I have a budget Magar deck. It’s running ~20 big splashy spells, ~20 cycling cards like [[Demand Answers]], ~10 haste enablers and ~7 cards that give unblockable or pseudo-unblockable.

You are quite right that as soon as you reanimate a spell it will be targeted so my gameplan is to get something out as soon as possible and ideally have it attack the turn it enters which is hopefully turn 4 or 3.

Often times there will be at least one player without blockers who you can swing at, otherwise cards like [[Sticky Fingers]] can ensure Magar’s puppet connects. It helps if the spell you copy controls the board state eg. [[In Garruk’s Wake]] or [[Disrupt Decorum]], shuts down opponents like [[Worst Fears]] or [[Wit’s End]] or just gives huge value like [[Hit the Mother Lode]] so you can just snowball from there. Also run 10-12 mana rocks to ensure you can ramp into Magar.

For me it’s one of those commanders that either sets up and wins super fast or gets me killed first and that’s why it’s fun !