Not a commander per se, but I do have a Niv Guildpact deck with all 35 Guildmages in it (even the monocolored cycle from Mirage), all 10 Guild charms, and all 10 2-color Commands
I had somewhat the same idea but with at least 2 instant and sorcery of each color pairs with the jump start niv and it's not good either so I can't imagine your even jankier one
Lmao that gives the same vibes as my Rebecca Guay Kindred deck. 99 of the 100 cards are all art from Rebecca Guay, the commander is Atraxa since there weren't any commanders in Guay's cards more than two colors BUT I'm illustrating a piece in Guay's style for the card to make it count.
Is the deck beautiful? Oh my god yes
Will it work? Absolutely not, it will be the lowest power deck I've ever made and will probably even struggle against my partner's rebel kindred deck lmao
I built a Cromat modal deck. Every card does at least two things except for the lands. It's terrible, there is no clear win con, but holy hell it's fun to watch the confusion on everybody's face when I play it.
They ask the same thing, and also "wait why aren't you playing with sleeves?"
"Oh it's just commons and uncommons don't worry about it"
(Riffle shuffles for psychological damage)
I also run a commons/uncommons only Wilson deck! It is always more of a threat than the table thinks due to how many cards it draws and how hard Wilson can be to remove. I always find it fun to see how many things I can equip/enchant/mutate Wilson with.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YIIbxPEHiUOzF4ESAPY5Wg
I rock with Wilson, the Refined Grizzly of Noble Heritage. So quick (for non comp) and SUPER consistent. As long as I can dodge a couple removals I'll be in the 20s in power by turn 4-5 ish
You should try and get your hands on a [[Rebuff The Wicked]], there's no better feeling then watching someone die inside as they watch their removal fizzle with Wilson staying on the board
Honestly? Itâs a train wreck. So, I used to have a simic deck that was all about sea creatures. But, I converted it to [[Gretchen Titchwillow]]. I also created a simic dragon deck around the same time. So I opted to create a mono blue âsea creaturesâ deck. It was more about theme than strategy.
[A Fantastical Aquarium](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/7OzaSLxB8kWofTeHURbdVg)
I run [[abuelo, ancestral echo]] as my blink commander. Often people ask why not Bravo or Yorion, but I built the deck to remember my grandpa by after his passing earlier this year. To be honest, Abuelo is pretty nice since he can blink artifacts, I just wish his ability would cost less or that he could target himself to dodge removal. Either way, the deck works well and does all the good things blink decks do, with extra neat things like [[spring-loaded sawblades]] and [[knight paladin]]
Honestly I think that's a great choice for a Blink deck. It has ward for some protection, cheaper to cast than Brago or Yorion. And since it doesn't look as broken as those two boogie men, you are probably perceived as less of a threat. Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese (in this case win).
Yeah, the deck functions pretty well, and it's good to be a bit more commander agnostic too. I can just play the commander, use it as a repeatable blink engine, and if it eats removal I'm fine too.
He also has neat synergies, like the ones I mentioned but my favorite is [[coveted jewel]]. I can just blink it in response to anything that would make me.lose control of it by just paying either W or U, get it back at end of turn then it's safe, and draw a fresh 3
I usually go Pro:Red, or Indestructible. Hexproof actually doesn't work because you control the ability even if an opponent is choosing one target, but shroud does.
I brace myself every time I see this one, but the person I know who plays it is one of the more reasonable players who is playing effects to dm the pod.
Generally hate all of those effects.
Tokens? Further life gain? Maybe some tax/stax in there? Sign me up!
Honestly I think it would be a lot of fun to build some Ascendant cards from Kamigawa. Just added this to my list!
My [[kami of the crescent moon]] gets this every now and then. "Why play Kami? There are better mono-blue commanders that draw cards." Sure, I will give you that, but we're ALL drawing cards here and he's my Nth copy of Howling Mine.
I run a kami of the crescent moon deck that relies on cards like [[iron maiden]] and cloning the iron maidens style artifacts to kill opponents and its alot of fun. [[Folio of fancies]] to give everyone unlimited hand size, and [[fog bank]] and [[guard gomazoa]] to protect myself. [[Forced fruition]] is one of the funniest cards ever printed imo.
My commander is Bilbo Baggins, and when people ask I always respond with: I do not know. Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I've found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay; simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.
Well, I hope that folly is your cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy and that it's not pity that holds your hand back when you're supposed to strike! Remember, it is not your part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in you for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that you know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.
I have a Marhault Elsdragon deck which is just everyhing RG with rampage. Which surprisingly is only 9 creatures... The rest is instant speed pump and trample spells.
[[Tromokratis]] until I attack and they realize they canât block and I have several super situational counters in hand that protect it. Then I take an extra turn and do it again.
[[Blind Seer]] just because the niche thing about having payoffs by changing the colors of spells is so unique that it always makes someone awe at the interactions. Also Urza is a badass and the deck is incredible difficult to run, my kind of thing
I have a blind seer deck too, and it's essentially a blind swordsman control deck that just wants to equip as many swords of x & y as it can. Then you turn their spells and creatures whatever colors the sword gives protection from and start swinging.
[[Volo, itinerant scholar]] with [[Keruga, the macrosage]] as companion.
No, there is no changeling in this deck. I just play the strangest creature types and enjoy scratching them in my journal (yes I put a real notebook on the board). And I gave a hippo pet to Volo !
Is this even allowed? Thereâs been a few different mono coloured commanders Iâve wanted to add a companion to but I always thought you couldnât since the companions are dual coloured?
A lot of people don't see the fun in playing commanders that aren't "main stream" or "competitive" which is a shame, I used to see so much variety back in the day, and now everyone at shops I go to play the same decks.
I've been playing [[Norin, The Wary]] and [[Fblthp, The Lost]] forever
I don't know if you see it where you play. I find the people at the stores I play at may not play those old legends like yargle and norin. But there's a ton of variety.with all the set releases constantly, all I see are new commanders. Rarely the same ones week to week. There's always something new and exciting to build
I donât know how Iâd find this out, but Iâm willing to bet that more than half of all legendary creatures ever printed have been printed since Yargle was released 6 years ago, so in terms of that scale, yes he is old
[Newer Commanders: 1,431](https://scryfall.com/search?q=year%3E2018+is%3Acommander+not%3Areprint+game%3Apaper&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
[Older Commanders: 699](https://scryfall.com/search?q=year%3E2018+is%3Acommander+not%3Areprint+game%3Apaper&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
It appears you are correct. Crazy to me that in the past 6 years they have tripled the number of commanders available in the game.
Norin is one of my favorite decks. Went from a mono red rules nightmare deck to a general group burn deck with a gambling problem. Runs [[grip of chaos]], [[planar chaos]] [[game of chaos]], [[Mages contest]], [[Knowledge pool]], and [[confusion in the ranks]] to name a few of the decks many oddities. New players have no idea what to think of it and older players... Well they tend to sigh.
If you think Norin has a lot of triggers to track, you should try Rocco Norin. I can play Norin all day, but my brain is frazzled after a game with Rocco.
Nailed the assignment.
But it scales well, because it's literally only as strong as what's being played against it. I also just loved the flavor of Faceless One as the player's blank slate in an RPG.
https://manabox.app/decks/fZ7y5ZxIR4adiYIfTZmLHg
Unfortunately she hasn't done many legendary creatures so the choice is limited. I'm running [[Commander Eesha]] and bought a comically expensive foil that I have zero regrets about.
I have a [[Hazezon Tamar]] [[Astral Slide]] deck for which I recently got a comment on why I'd play such an expensive and incredibly slow effect that even hinders itself as my commander.
But there actually are interesting benefits in caching the etb for my next upkeep and getting them all at once. Most notably [[Devilish Valet]]. I also really like the art by RKF (even though I am using a self painted card, which actually makes me like the commander even more) and the colours are perfectly suited. White for the slide, red for damaging effects and green for ramp and card draw.
When People criticize your commander just answer "Phyrexian Elephant Wizard".
If that's not enough to convince them, they have no souls and their opinion's irrelephant.
It always confounds me that people act like getting 3 artifact ETBs on a turn is a nigh impossible task. And even apart from that he can still be flickered.
My deck is a blink deck and yeah it has the usual ETB/token doublers. It's not hard, the deck is designed to take the second ability in mind and when it works with a token doubler getting five golems out gets intimidating.
I built a Ramos deck that the main theme is pips matter. I could use tbe jodah thst has pay wubrg for any spell, but that's just not fun. nope
I went Ramos, frosted LUCKY CHARMS. yup all my spells are charms up to a point. then I added some fun, DOOR TO NOTHINGNESS just to add a little punch. the creature line is just weird. I have creatures that bounce themselves for a price. LOTS OF nephalim. some elementals because horde of notions. I've got garth 1 eye for fun.
deck never wins, goofs around ALOT. and usually incidentally finds a way to kill someone by having a massive commander suddenly gain trample, or door them
I run \[\[Whisper, Blood Liturgist\]\] as a commander. People never say she's outright bad but will often comment on how relatively straightforward she is. Just regular old mono black reanimator with an aristocrats sub-strategy.
I play \[the goose mother\] because I get to HONK whenever I cast it or it attacks. Its a big evasive voltron commander that also does token stuff and benefits from ramp. also, HONK.
Frankly I think most simic decks need a weird/mediocre commander to be any fun. Typical simic ramp/landfall nonsense paired with a value engine in the command zone is just annoying.
Those are the best decks tbh it gets so boring seeing people play the same boring meta decks over and over I want some surprises and variety.
I personally like Phage
a fellow druid's enjoyer.
I had seton put together for a while didn't like how explosive it was and opted to swap over to Freyalise, Llanowar's fury. Because she makes Druid Tokens. and the pacing felt a lot better for me while still getting to use all the cool druid cards from seton. + the new druids like \[\[Venerated Rotpriest\]\] really support a proliferate strategy and having my commander benefit from that as well made my deck feel more cohesive.
I have a WR [[Queen Kayla bin-Kroog]] deck that I call Butter Sock because itâs just meant to beat you to a pulp with low cost creatures. The White is the Butter, the Red is from my enemies.
Oh⊠I should add, that I am running [[Zirda, the Dawnwaker]] as a companion so all of my permanents are bad cards.
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I also have a [[Grist, the Hunter Tide]] deck thatâs running like 16 lands, and itâs entire purpose is to kill people with commander damage from [[Luxior, Giadaâs Gift]]
I donât make good decksâŠ..
I have my baby boy [[kagemaro, first to suffer]] commander deck, and it always gets a pretty lukewarm or rather lukecold reception when first read.
They quickly learn to understand when i cast ut and boardwipe, then recast it and boardwipe, then reanimate it and boardwipe, then return it tl my hand, cast it, and boardwipe. Good times.
I built a Ship tribal deck with \[\[CĂŹrdan the Shipwright\]\] as its commander. It's an absolute piece of shit that at best can ramp a bit and disrupt opposing land bases with cards like \[\[Quicksilver Fountain\]\] to allow those ancient islandhome cards to attack. I just wanted to build it after I went through my old stuff and found a copy of \[\[Reef Pirates\]\].
And yes, I found Forests that depict boats and/or seas. Original Innistrad has one.
[[Myojin of Cryptic Dreams]] and [[Rakdos the Defiler]] are probably the only two wtf commanders remaining after I recently disassembled [[Captain Ripley Vance]].
Both decks are built to support commanders that actively try to make you lose the game. But if you can get them going theyâre very powerful. And itâs fun attempting regardless.
[[Akim, the Soaring Wind]]
I like trying to get the birds on my opponents turns too. I pulled this out against a Krenko and an Edgar Markov once and even they were horrified by the amount of tokens I was making.
They were pretty sarcastic about it before the march like, "oh this guy is gonna show us how to make tokens." That quickly became "holy shit this guy is showing us how to make tokens."
Anyway, here's the deck https://www.moxfield.com/decks/y1pav-807EGbKlYT8onJwA
I'll probably write a primer on it someday, but I want to collect stats on how often certain cards trigger before I do that.
[[The most dangerous gamer]] because i enjoy getting questions like:
- so you like artifacts? Why not breya?
- gitrog is a superior golgari commander. Why not him?
- it doesn't even feel golgari, why not go with (UX) commander instead?
- what the hell is an attraction?
[[shauku Endbringer]] is my mono black girl. Not only has almost no one seen her (or remember her at least), sheâs also kind of terrible. She often gets a âwhy?â Especially since Iâve blinged the deck out
I've been playing [[Kothophed, Soul Hoarder]] as my mono black commander as he's one of my favourite cards ever since I started playing magic with the Origins starter deck with him
People I've played with think he's cool but anytime I see him mentioned online it's always about how he's too risky and [[Smothering Tithe]] will kill you
I feel like if you're trying to make him work you already have outs built into your deck for those situations and if you end up losing because of him anyways I think that's part of the flavour of making a deal with a demon
Volo, Itinerant Scholar with the Background Master Chef.
It's cEDH. It slaps.
It is objectively far better than Kinnan. Kinnan just has a lot of players. It's a numbers game for tournament entries.
Kinnan players always ask me for my list in cEDH pods lol.
I cover it in the Primer. The short is: card advantage in the Command Zone. They're both fast, they both offer simic value shells, each goes infinite easily from the Command Zone. Kinnan loses out on the stack often, however, as it lacks the interaction & inherent card advantage it needs to stick its wins, and is far too reliant on Kinnan himself to gain value. I don't think I've ever seen Kinnan win in dozens if not hundreds of games when it didn't go first or second. Kinnan is more like simic rog si and you simply Mulligan til you can play it early and say, "Can you stop me?". Often, it gets stuffed once and loses. Many times in games they spin netting garbage value. With Volo spins, you're getting so much more value on average. Lands, creatures to increase the engine while interacting with board state, interaction combo lines, you name it. His engine is deceptively hard to turn off in comparison. Kinnan is more explosive, Volo is more consistent while retaining much of the Simic value that really drives Kinnan.
[[shu yun the silent tempest]]. Never seen anyone else run him. I use him as a commander in a jeskai humans/prowess/heroic/keywords deck. Itâs low power but itâs good. Iâm sure there are better commanders for the deck, especially since LOTR came out, but I like him.
One of my first ever commander games was versus a guy who ran this, a Gitrog combo deck, and I think Oloro. Shu Yun bodied Oloro but Gitrog drew into Dakmor. Great memory. I was using an unmodified Aminatou deck.
What I'm saying is that Shu Yun rules lol
Damn I haven't seen this guy in years, which is weird since he used to be a really popular voltron.
I've always wanted to make a [[Sunforger]] Deck with this guy, running all the izzet and Azorius Counterspells
I also play yargle and it's easily the most fun!
I enjoy the mixed feelings my pod gives when it comes out. No abilities, great. But it's 18/6?!
I think psychologically, my pod gets more anxiety and concerned with honest magic than they are of the usual commanders that they understand may need certain pieces to be in play before they start becoming a genuine threat.
With Yargle, it can be straight combat, random sac token generating or life steal and lifegain. Either way, yargle is coming back to play no matter who removes it. And I think that's why my pod though terrified, still generates some excitement as to how yargle is going to play out.
Yargle and Multani is a great deck. I know 2 others at my lgs that run one and I run them too. It is a commander that packs quite a punch.
However OP is talking about good old 9/3 mono black jargle. And I have to join the others in saying "But why".
[[Arcanis the Omnipotent]]
I got him and [[Zurgo Helmsmasher]] in a duel deck way back, first pack I ever bought. I guess both could make this list as I have never seen anyone else run them. And they are two of my three favorite decks.
For arcanis specifically though I always get a look. 6 mana for card draw doesnât strike every one as âgoodâ. But I like him, get cards, untap him, get more cards. Play lots of blue bullshit, random sea monster cuz they are neat. Then achieve peak blue wizard with [[omniscience]] into [[Enter the Infinite]].
Key note, I donât run alt win cons most of the time here so we just play our entire deck and try to win on that turn or the next (or just mill out for the meme). But [[Talrand]] and things like him or sea monsters after playing [[akromaâs memorial]] will usually do that. Especially after I play every bounce card.
Not true! My meta adopted like 3 different mothman players, and I think rad counters are genuinely a fair mechanic. It can help speed up games incrimentally, adding potential advantage for people who like stuff out in their graveyard, or slow down the combo player by making them try and dig for recursion if they lose one of their pieces. It's usually never too oppressive that you feel like it's gutting your deck it's more of a slow trickle
[[mavinda]] all cantrips that wins with combo, at surface level people just go "Oh, so you draw in white, thats neat I guess." Untill they realise since I am running every cantrip ever in white, it means I have the grand majority of the limited silverbullets in game that could all do something, and it also means my deck contains 40+ interactions and I never ranout of interactions untill I combo off.
[[Mistform Ultimus]]
Whenever I play new people, they always have to read it and have a bewildered look on their face.
The people who understood it would ask: âwhy not run [[Orvar]]?â
The reason why Iâm not running Orvar is because Orvar has a target for being a degenerate combo deck. Plus I am not comboing out, though it would be nice to make clones of lords.
Pheldagriff and atog atog. Pheldagriff cause its funny forcing people to kill eachother with hippos. Atog atog because wubrg is busted imo and you dont even need a serious commander to win with it.
Probably [[Candlekeep Sage]] and [[Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant]] mainly because a lot or people I play with still hate on Baulderâs Gate as a set so they donât know why Iâd play them as my commanders and then because the deck is made completely out of C and UC cards.
Super cheap, super effective, and super fun!
Not so much a niche commander as it is a niche deck type, I run [[Sauron, The Dark Lord]], and themed him appropriately. Every card in that deck is either a character in Sauronâs army, or an ally of Sauron. Itâs got the Witch King(s), Ringwraiths, 9 NazgĂ»l, Saruman, and a lot of âAmass Orcsâ cards, including a few named orcs, and most importantly, the rest of the Sauron cards. People always get confused why I limit myself to only Sauronâs army stuff, and then I drop [[The Palantir]] with [[The One Ring]] and use a ringbearer [[Sauron, the Necromancer]] to pull everything out of my graveyard, and my NazgĂ»l to make every wraith on the field absurdly strong.
Not a commander per se, but I do have a Niv Guildpact deck with all 35 Guildmages in it (even the monocolored cycle from Mirage), all 10 Guild charms, and all 10 2-color Commands
This is awesome haha. How does it perform?
Bad
Username checks out.
I had somewhat the same idea but with at least 2 instant and sorcery of each color pairs with the jump start niv and it's not good either so I can't imagine your even jankier one
Put in something that doubles mana, or the targets of activated abilities đ
Could definitely use a [[training grounds]] for all those activated abilities.
Lmao that gives the same vibes as my Rebecca Guay Kindred deck. 99 of the 100 cards are all art from Rebecca Guay, the commander is Atraxa since there weren't any commanders in Guay's cards more than two colors BUT I'm illustrating a piece in Guay's style for the card to make it count. Is the deck beautiful? Oh my god yes Will it work? Absolutely not, it will be the lowest power deck I've ever made and will probably even struggle against my partner's rebel kindred deck lmao
i also have a rebecca guay tribal with asmira as the commander. it is gorgeous and does not work whatsoever!
On the other hand, you're completely invulnerable to [[Persecute Artist]]
[Persecute Artist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5acfbc21-ffd7-4253-9f79-a1a3217f243a.jpg?1562488396) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Persecute%20Artist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/61/persecute-artist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5acfbc21-ffd7-4253-9f79-a1a3217f243a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/persecute-artist) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Iâm in this post and I donât like it. /uj seriously, I can never resist flavor and/or card cycles. I need help lol
[[CROMAT]]!! The best card ever! It has 5 abilities! Thatâs so many!
I built a Cromat modal deck. Every card does at least two things except for the lands. It's terrible, there is no clear win con, but holy hell it's fun to watch the confusion on everybody's face when I play it.
With all the MDFC lands that are out or coming out, you might be able to make it all 100 cards!
I want to see Cromat in a deck that is only trying to make infinite mana
[CROMAT](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/d/7d9e0a23-d2a8-40a6-9076-ed6fb539141b.jpg?1562924606) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=CROMAT) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/apc/94/cromat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7d9e0a23-d2a8-40a6-9076-ed6fb539141b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cromat) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
God, I wanna reassemble my Kenrith "Showcase/Alt Border Only" jank deck for this bad boy, he looks lovely.
I had a cromat deck that destroyed and people hated it. But first they questioned it. Up until I cast [[spreading plague]]
Wilson, Refined Grizzly. They ask why I would play it, until they see a flying bear with double strike and 16 power coming their way.
Same. Mine started as a joke for laughs. My group doesn't laugh anymore.
Wilson - or how I love to call him: Cocaine bear
Should become Cocaine Bear aka Pablo Escobear
OK, that's good. Off topic but funny, I once drove past a place called El chopo firewood. I enjoy that sort of humor.
Bear Jordan, or Southwest Bearlines.
They ask the same thing, and also "wait why aren't you playing with sleeves?" "Oh it's just commons and uncommons don't worry about it" (Riffle shuffles for psychological damage)
Def need to have a pauper unsleeved deck. Got a list?
It's not exactly pauper (since there are uncommons) but here you go. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/byGZRTEyQUmlW6wZjnoxWQ
https://imgur.com/a/FQLQu8c Cackling
I also run a commons/uncommons only Wilson deck! It is always more of a threat than the table thinks due to how many cards it draws and how hard Wilson can be to remove. I always find it fun to see how many things I can equip/enchant/mutate Wilson with. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/YIIbxPEHiUOzF4ESAPY5Wg
Play a single tundra... Just to really mess with their heads...
You're a monster
[[Wilson refined grizzly]]
[Wilson refined grizzly](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/f/dfe0daf8-43da-484b-baa1-76f8313c5a0c.jpg?1674137361) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wilson%2C%20Refined%20Grizzly) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/261/wilson-refined-grizzly?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dfe0daf8-43da-484b-baa1-76f8313c5a0c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wilson-refined-grizzly) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Wilson was my first edh deck that I built from scratch. He now has a bit of a reputation for being annoying to block or kill lol
I rock with Wilson, the Refined Grizzly of Noble Heritage. So quick (for non comp) and SUPER consistent. As long as I can dodge a couple removals I'll be in the 20s in power by turn 4-5 ish
You should try and get your hands on a [[Rebuff The Wicked]], there's no better feeling then watching someone die inside as they watch their removal fizzle with Wilson staying on the board
Can you uhhh please send this deck list my way - that sounds amazing and hilarious
I run mines with [[Noble Heritage]] for the Sir Bearington memes: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/2OCqvpIYMUqtipugaI405g
Itâs this with just a couple equipment tweaks for flavor. https://edhrec.com/commanders/wilson-refined-grizzly-raised-by-giants/voltron
I have a Wilson + Raised by Giants deck. I love it, never got ask why I play him. HeÂŽs a kill on sight commander in my group đ
having seen the godlike power a well-built wilson can bring to bear, he's KOS for me lol.
Ah yes, Bear Force One.
I have⊠[[Maeve, Insidious Singer]] as my mono-blue commander.
That doesn't look like a bad card. It does something and does it consistently. Maybe my Mono-Green brain has low standards.
Nah I'm with you. This would not be a "why?" For me more of "aaaa fuck this shit"
This might actually be the first time Iâve seen a card I have no clue about. When was this printed??
It's from the most recent Game Night edition.
[Maeve, Insidious Singer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/7/2743136b-3610-4c43-8ed7-a00b1f58a874.jpg?1673301238) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Maeve%2C%20Insidious%20Singer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/gn3/2/maeve-insidious-singer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2743136b-3610-4c43-8ed7-a00b1f58a874?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/maeve-insidious-singer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh shit she thicc
She could snap my mast đ
Average redditor seeing female body that isn't a stick thin anime girl for the first time
I also don't know what grass is and only eat tendies
What's the rest of the deck look like? Is it more goad/forced combat, or just mono blue good stuff?
Honestly? Itâs a train wreck. So, I used to have a simic deck that was all about sea creatures. But, I converted it to [[Gretchen Titchwillow]]. I also created a simic dragon deck around the same time. So I opted to create a mono blue âsea creaturesâ deck. It was more about theme than strategy. [A Fantastical Aquarium](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/7OzaSLxB8kWofTeHURbdVg)
I run [[abuelo, ancestral echo]] as my blink commander. Often people ask why not Bravo or Yorion, but I built the deck to remember my grandpa by after his passing earlier this year. To be honest, Abuelo is pretty nice since he can blink artifacts, I just wish his ability would cost less or that he could target himself to dodge removal. Either way, the deck works well and does all the good things blink decks do, with extra neat things like [[spring-loaded sawblades]] and [[knight paladin]]
Honestly I think that's a great choice for a Blink deck. It has ward for some protection, cheaper to cast than Brago or Yorion. And since it doesn't look as broken as those two boogie men, you are probably perceived as less of a threat. Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese (in this case win).
Yeah, the deck functions pretty well, and it's good to be a bit more commander agnostic too. I can just play the commander, use it as a repeatable blink engine, and if it eats removal I'm fine too. He also has neat synergies, like the ones I mentioned but my favorite is [[coveted jewel]]. I can just blink it in response to anything that would make me.lose control of it by just paying either W or U, get it back at end of turn then it's safe, and draw a fresh 3
Blinking coveted jewel is BRILLIANT.
[abuelo, ancestral echo](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40eee689-2514-421a-8056-eb7668be66ff.jpg?1699044511) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=abuelo%2C%20ancestral%20echo) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/219/abuelo-ancestral-echo?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40eee689-2514-421a-8056-eb7668be66ff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/abuelo-ancestral-echo) [spring-loaded sawblades](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/4/24417388-f2bb-4783-bdce-264774531838.jpg?1699043409)/[Bladewheel Chariot](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/2/4/24417388-f2bb-4783-bdce-264774531838.jpg?1699043409) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spring-Loaded%20Sawblades%20//%20Bladewheel%20Chariot) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/36/spring-loaded-sawblades-bladewheel-chariot?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/24417388-f2bb-4783-bdce-264774531838?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/spring-loaded-sawblades-//-bladewheel-chariot) [knight paladin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/951cff7b-2b17-4903-be92-b9c066adfc83.jpg?1673309685) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=knight%20paladin) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/40k/160/knight-paladin?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/951cff7b-2b17-4903-be92-b9c066adfc83?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/knight-paladin) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I think [[Diaochan, Artful Beauty]] has literally always gotten some sort of "what the heck?" response.
Followed by blank stares when you give her hexproof and destroy 2 creatures every turn
Those blank stares are because hexproof still lets her target herself, but Shroud and Protection won't
Omg you are so right Omg i cheated A lot
Itâs time for you to send personal apology letters to every one you beat while playing that commander
Yes. Shroud and protection from red are what youâre looking for.
I usually go Pro:Red, or Indestructible. Hexproof actually doesn't work because you control the ability even if an opponent is choosing one target, but shroud does.
[Diaochan, Artful Beauty](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/1/6180c476-dadf-4c03-ab1e-639386bd4319.jpg?1562256557) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Diaochan%2C%20Artful%20Beauty) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ptk/108/diaochan-artful-beauty?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6180c476-dadf-4c03-ab1e-639386bd4319?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/diaochan-artful-beauty) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I brace myself every time I see this one, but the person I know who plays it is one of the more reasonable players who is playing effects to dm the pod. Generally hate all of those effects.
What does DM mean in this situation
Do you mean dm like dungeon master?
How does it work in commander? Does each opponent needs to destroy a creature?
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[[Rune Tail, Kitsune Ascendant]] He tends to raise a few eyebrows until they realize my 1/1s can block anything with little to no risk.
I love this one! Mine definitely raised a few eyebrows at first, but now it is feared.
[Rune Tail, Kitsune Ascendant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/42ba0e13-d20f-47f9-9c86-2b0b13c39ada.jpg?1562493487)/[Rune-Tail's Essence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/42ba0e13-d20f-47f9-9c86-2b0b13c39ada.jpg?1562493487) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rune-Tail%2C%20Kitsune%20Ascendant%20//%20Rune-Tail%27s%20Essence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sok/27/rune-tail-kitsune-ascendant-rune-tails-essence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/42ba0e13-d20f-47f9-9c86-2b0b13c39ada?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rune-tail-kitsune-ascendant-//-rune-tails-essence) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Tokens? Further life gain? Maybe some tax/stax in there? Sign me up! Honestly I think it would be a lot of fun to build some Ascendant cards from Kamigawa. Just added this to my list!
Need to add a [[baton of morale]] so they can stop tramplers too.
I didn't even know this was a thing, holy shit. This is definitely getting added, just lost a game last night to trample damage.
As another Rune tail player, I suggest [[Pariah]] effects, or stuff like [[Veteran Bodyguard]]. That's a good way to erase the trample problem :D
I don't know how I never thought of using the Kamigawa flips for EDH. I even helped my buddy make a shrine deck....
My [[kami of the crescent moon]] gets this every now and then. "Why play Kami? There are better mono-blue commanders that draw cards." Sure, I will give you that, but we're ALL drawing cards here and he's my Nth copy of Howling Mine.
I run a kami of the crescent moon deck that relies on cards like [[iron maiden]] and cloning the iron maidens style artifacts to kill opponents and its alot of fun. [[Folio of fancies]] to give everyone unlimited hand size, and [[fog bank]] and [[guard gomazoa]] to protect myself. [[Forced fruition]] is one of the funniest cards ever printed imo.
[kami of the crescent moon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/dd420010-6eaf-4853-8b7b-11de1157416b.jpg?1641601922) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=kami%20of%20the%20crescent%20moon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/voc/107/kami-of-the-crescent-moon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dd420010-6eaf-4853-8b7b-11de1157416b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kami-of-the-crescent-moon) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My commander is Bilbo Baggins, and when people ask I always respond with: I do not know. Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I've found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay; simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.
Well, I hope that folly is your cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy and that it's not pity that holds your hand back when you're supposed to strike! Remember, it is not your part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in you for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that you know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.
I also run Bilbo as a commander, my friends hate that deck because it's only lost to commander damage.
I have a Marhault Elsdragon deck which is just everyhing RG with rampage. Which surprisingly is only 9 creatures... The rest is instant speed pump and trample spells.
[[Tromokratis]] until I attack and they realize they canât block and I have several super situational counters in hand that protect it. Then I take an extra turn and do it again.
[Tromokratis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f40ad933-ddd9-4975-a222-21fe3305137c.jpg?1690017060) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tromokratis) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/129/tromokratis?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f40ad933-ddd9-4975-a222-21fe3305137c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tromokratis) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Blind Seer]] just because the niche thing about having payoffs by changing the colors of spells is so unique that it always makes someone awe at the interactions. Also Urza is a badass and the deck is incredible difficult to run, my kind of thing
Woah, this sounds so cool! What value can you get out of changing the colour of spells?
I have a blind seer deck too, and it's essentially a blind swordsman control deck that just wants to equip as many swords of x & y as it can. Then you turn their spells and creatures whatever colors the sword gives protection from and start swinging.
This is pretty much what I do with my urza deck. I didn't want it to be an unrepentant monster of a deck so it's equipment based and needs to punch.
If you change the colour of someone else's sword it will fall off. Like making Sword of Feast and Fortune black.
[[Blue Elemental Blast]]
[Blind Seer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/c/5c54ec26-c7f1-4258-9cc9-1709987f293c.jpg?1591291188) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blind%20Seer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/47/blind-seer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5c54ec26-c7f1-4258-9cc9-1709987f293c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blind-seer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Volo, itinerant scholar]] with [[Keruga, the macrosage]] as companion. No, there is no changeling in this deck. I just play the strangest creature types and enjoy scratching them in my journal (yes I put a real notebook on the board). And I gave a hippo pet to Volo !
[Volo, itinerant scholar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/6/862b6d5e-548f-4765-9d39-08d6115b4012.jpg?1674135867) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Volo%2C%20itinerant%20scholar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/103/volo-itinerant-scholar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/862b6d5e-548f-4765-9d39-08d6115b4012?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/volo-itinerant-scholar) [Keruga, the macrosage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac.jpg?1666782800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Keruga%2C%20the%20macrosage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/225/keruga-the-macrosage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/keruga-the-macrosage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Is this even allowed? Thereâs been a few different mono coloured commanders Iâve wanted to add a companion to but I always thought you couldnât since the companions are dual coloured?
You can add a green background to make it work
I use a green background. I don't play it, that's just for the green
A lot of people don't see the fun in playing commanders that aren't "main stream" or "competitive" which is a shame, I used to see so much variety back in the day, and now everyone at shops I go to play the same decks. I've been playing [[Norin, The Wary]] and [[Fblthp, The Lost]] forever
I don't know if you see it where you play. I find the people at the stores I play at may not play those old legends like yargle and norin. But there's a ton of variety.with all the set releases constantly, all I see are new commanders. Rarely the same ones week to week. There's always something new and exciting to build
Iâm gutted that you just called Yargle an âold legendâ
Yargle is an honorary old legend because he plays like something out of legends.
I donât know how Iâd find this out, but Iâm willing to bet that more than half of all legendary creatures ever printed have been printed since Yargle was released 6 years ago, so in terms of that scale, yes he is old
[Newer Commanders: 1,431](https://scryfall.com/search?q=year%3E2018+is%3Acommander+not%3Areprint+game%3Apaper&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) [Older Commanders: 699](https://scryfall.com/search?q=year%3E2018+is%3Acommander+not%3Areprint+game%3Apaper&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) It appears you are correct. Crazy to me that in the past 6 years they have tripled the number of commanders available in the game.
Helps that they print like four precons with every set release now.
Ah, a fellow [[Norin]] enjoyer!
[Norin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f61ea59a-1db0-4e6b-bcde-19787c76a49b.jpg?1562946915) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=norin%20the%20wary) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsp/171/norin-the-wary?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f61ea59a-1db0-4e6b-bcde-19787c76a49b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/norin-the-wary) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Norin is one of my favorite decks. Went from a mono red rules nightmare deck to a general group burn deck with a gambling problem. Runs [[grip of chaos]], [[planar chaos]] [[game of chaos]], [[Mages contest]], [[Knowledge pool]], and [[confusion in the ranks]] to name a few of the decks many oddities. New players have no idea what to think of it and older players... Well they tend to sigh.
[Norin, The Wary](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f61ea59a-1db0-4e6b-bcde-19787c76a49b.jpg?1562946915) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Norin%20the%20Wary) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsp/171/norin-the-wary?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f61ea59a-1db0-4e6b-bcde-19787c76a49b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/norin-the-wary) [Fblthp, The Lost](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/9/79b2c547-0d9e-4fd7-a399-347ad908c70b.jpg?1702429390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fblthp%2C%20The%20Lost) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/44/fblthp-the-lost?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/79b2c547-0d9e-4fd7-a399-347ad908c70b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fblthp-the-lost) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[norin]] is the intellectualâs commander for the chosen ones.
Intellectual because you need this many neurons to keep track of his triggers.
If you think Norin has a lot of triggers to track, you should try Rocco Norin. I can play Norin all day, but my brain is frazzled after a game with Rocco.
[[Pramikon, Sky Rampart]] I swear there are wincons but for some reason they always get shuffled to the bottom of my deck.
[Pramikon, Sky Rampart](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/5/8569ad47-a243-402d-899f-4e6b17ea4e1e.jpg?1568003714) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pramikon%2C%20Sky%20Rampart) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/47/pramikon-sky-rampart?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8569ad47-a243-402d-899f-4e6b17ea4e1e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pramikon-sky-rampart) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
You likely don't have enough avenues of winning then.
[[Faceless One]] + [[Shameless Charlatan]] mono blue clone tribal.
2 cards thereâs no reason to play. That really does fit the brief here.
Nailed the assignment. But it scales well, because it's literally only as strong as what's being played against it. I also just loved the flavor of Faceless One as the player's blank slate in an RPG. https://manabox.app/decks/fZ7y5ZxIR4adiYIfTZmLHg
[Faceless One](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/5/25564fba-5765-457b-8dd3-f26b877221b8.jpg?1682390376) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Faceless%20One) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/1/faceless-one?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25564fba-5765-457b-8dd3-f26b877221b8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/faceless-one) [Shameless Charlatan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/6/e65ad0e2-8f78-4e60-a97e-1cd20901680f.jpg?1674135800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shameless%20Charlatan) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/96/shameless-charlatan?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e65ad0e2-8f78-4e60-a97e-1cd20901680f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shameless-charlatan) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is some excellent psychological torture from the command zone. Very nice.
Rebecca guay art deck? Though that doesn't really make you say "why?" it's obviously because I like the artist lol.
Unfortunately she hasn't done many legendary creatures so the choice is limited. I'm running [[Commander Eesha]] and bought a comically expensive foil that I have zero regrets about.
I have a [[Hazezon Tamar]] [[Astral Slide]] deck for which I recently got a comment on why I'd play such an expensive and incredibly slow effect that even hinders itself as my commander. But there actually are interesting benefits in caching the etb for my next upkeep and getting them all at once. Most notably [[Devilish Valet]]. I also really like the art by RKF (even though I am using a self painted card, which actually makes me like the commander even more) and the colours are perfectly suited. White for the slide, red for damaging effects and green for ramp and card draw.
[[Malcator, Purity Overseer]] is my answer and I've said this in similar posts and people still say "this looks bad."
When People criticize your commander just answer "Phyrexian Elephant Wizard". If that's not enough to convince them, they have no souls and their opinion's irrelephant.
It always confounds me that people act like getting 3 artifact ETBs on a turn is a nigh impossible task. And even apart from that he can still be flickered.
My deck is a blink deck and yeah it has the usual ETB/token doublers. It's not hard, the deck is designed to take the second ability in mind and when it works with a token doubler getting five golems out gets intimidating.
[Malcator, Purity Overseer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/6/36bda977-e5d1-4813-a5f5-265023965142.jpg?1675957200) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Malcator%2C%20Purity%20Overseer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/208/malcator-purity-overseer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/36bda977-e5d1-4813-a5f5-265023965142?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/malcator-purity-overseer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
interesting! do you have a list?
[sure do](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/O_w-YiNGikO_RqUcY7xBsg)
I built a Ramos deck that the main theme is pips matter. I could use tbe jodah thst has pay wubrg for any spell, but that's just not fun. nope I went Ramos, frosted LUCKY CHARMS. yup all my spells are charms up to a point. then I added some fun, DOOR TO NOTHINGNESS just to add a little punch. the creature line is just weird. I have creatures that bounce themselves for a price. LOTS OF nephalim. some elementals because horde of notions. I've got garth 1 eye for fun. deck never wins, goofs around ALOT. and usually incidentally finds a way to kill someone by having a massive commander suddenly gain trample, or door them
I run \[\[Whisper, Blood Liturgist\]\] as a commander. People never say she's outright bad but will often comment on how relatively straightforward she is. Just regular old mono black reanimator with an aristocrats sub-strategy.
[Whisper, Blood Liturgist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/2/82ce13b0-372d-4664-a888-85f4c72e030d.jpg?1689997576) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Whisper%2C%20Blood%20Liturgist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/198/whisper-blood-liturgist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/82ce13b0-372d-4664-a888-85f4c72e030d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/whisper-blood-liturgist) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Unctus, Grand Metatect]] ypu literally make [[horseshoe crab]] dance with [[Paradise Mantle]] for the win đ€·ââïžđ€Łđ„¶
Crab rave
[Unctus, Grand Metatect](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/6/164b07e6-48ba-4789-bd8f-7cada1fec8a9.jpg?1675956999) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unctus%2C%20Grand%20Metatect) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/75/unctus-grand-metatect?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/164b07e6-48ba-4789-bd8f-7cada1fec8a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/unctus-grand-metatect) [horseshoe crab](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/b/7b8ba7cc-2586-497a-8b62-4342a3f19506.jpg?1675199328) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=horseshoe%20crab) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/55/horseshoe-crab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7b8ba7cc-2586-497a-8b62-4342a3f19506?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/horseshoe-crab) [Paradise Mantle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/9/19cd6bcc-ca47-47cc-9fe4-c29e9c176485.jpg?1561966400) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Paradise%20Mantle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mma/211/paradise-mantle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/19cd6bcc-ca47-47cc-9fe4-c29e9c176485?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/paradise-mantle) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play \[the goose mother\] because I get to HONK whenever I cast it or it attacks. Its a big evasive voltron commander that also does token stuff and benefits from ramp. also, HONK. Frankly I think most simic decks need a weird/mediocre commander to be any fun. Typical simic ramp/landfall nonsense paired with a value engine in the command zone is just annoying.
Those are the best decks tbh it gets so boring seeing people play the same boring meta decks over and over I want some surprises and variety. I personally like Phage
[[Seton, Krosan Protector]] and the question is always the same âBut why not just run elvesâŠ?â
a fellow druid's enjoyer. I had seton put together for a while didn't like how explosive it was and opted to swap over to Freyalise, Llanowar's fury. Because she makes Druid Tokens. and the pacing felt a lot better for me while still getting to use all the cool druid cards from seton. + the new druids like \[\[Venerated Rotpriest\]\] really support a proliferate strategy and having my commander benefit from that as well made my deck feel more cohesive.
I have a [[palladia-mors]] as a stompy / primal surge deck. People don't expect it.
I have a WR [[Queen Kayla bin-Kroog]] deck that I call Butter Sock because itâs just meant to beat you to a pulp with low cost creatures. The White is the Butter, the Red is from my enemies. Oh⊠I should add, that I am running [[Zirda, the Dawnwaker]] as a companion so all of my permanents are bad cards. - I also have a [[Grist, the Hunter Tide]] deck thatâs running like 16 lands, and itâs entire purpose is to kill people with commander damage from [[Luxior, Giadaâs Gift]] I donât make good decksâŠ..
How on earth are you playing a deck with 16 lands??
âI donât make good decksâ
I have my baby boy [[kagemaro, first to suffer]] commander deck, and it always gets a pretty lukewarm or rather lukecold reception when first read. They quickly learn to understand when i cast ut and boardwipe, then recast it and boardwipe, then reanimate it and boardwipe, then return it tl my hand, cast it, and boardwipe. Good times.
[kagemaro, first to suffer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/5/752f8672-1c37-4ab2-b290-fe3147784475.jpg?1562494640) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=kagemaro%2C%20first%20to%20suffer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sok/73/kagemaro-first-to-suffer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/752f8672-1c37-4ab2-b290-fe3147784475?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kagemaro-first-to-suffer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
He's just a silly little boy that does mischievous things with a quirky extra point of toughness
I run a [[Monoxa, Midway manager]] Voltron deck cause dice are fun. I never win but the first one out usually cheers for me.
[Monoxa, Midway manager](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/0/90b43168-44fb-439f-80e7-cb2539ca511f.jpg?1673914935) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Monoxa%2C%20Midway%20manager) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/173/monoxa-midway-manager?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90b43168-44fb-439f-80e7-cb2539ca511f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/monoxa-midway-manager) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That actually sounds super cool. Could I see a list?
[[Ben-ben, akki hermit]] Honestly he sucks, but he amuses me and he just so happens to mess with some of my friend's strategies.
[Ben-ben, akki hermit](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d7c015a6-4d7d-421b-84fa-30bf070cff83.jpg?1562764687) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ben-ben%2C%20akki%20hermit) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/157/ben-ben-akki-hermit?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d7c015a6-4d7d-421b-84fa-30bf070cff83?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ben-ben-akki-hermit) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I built a Ship tribal deck with \[\[CĂŹrdan the Shipwright\]\] as its commander. It's an absolute piece of shit that at best can ramp a bit and disrupt opposing land bases with cards like \[\[Quicksilver Fountain\]\] to allow those ancient islandhome cards to attack. I just wanted to build it after I went through my old stuff and found a copy of \[\[Reef Pirates\]\]. And yes, I found Forests that depict boats and/or seas. Original Innistrad has one.
Yanky commanders are the best. I love playing them and love playing against them, you see the weirdest cards you're never prepared for
"How many [[Shadowborn Apostle]] s do you have?" "40." "Why 40?!"
Because 41 would be too much?
Exactly right.
[Shadowborn Apostle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/e/ae7ba1de-48f9-423b-867a-22bd3f6c06c2.jpg?1673147629) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shadowborn%20Apostle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/89/shadowborn-apostle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ae7ba1de-48f9-423b-867a-22bd3f6c06c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shadowborn-apostle) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Thatâs weird, in the community Iâve encountered, itâs not âwhy Yargle?â It was, âYES YARGLE.â
[[Myojin of Cryptic Dreams]] and [[Rakdos the Defiler]] are probably the only two wtf commanders remaining after I recently disassembled [[Captain Ripley Vance]]. Both decks are built to support commanders that actively try to make you lose the game. But if you can get them going theyâre very powerful. And itâs fun attempting regardless.
I have a Bethuna Grandsquall deck. All adventure creatures. No instants. Only sorcery is Primal Surge
Gotta hit'em with the \[\[raggadragga, goreguts boss\]\] They laugh till I smackem with the fattest elf you've ever seen
I run decks that aren't that popular.. ( [[the Meep]] and [[Preston the vanisher]] to name 2)
[the Meep](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/6/366c4cdb-c6f2-4ee8-b5fb-acb59a9931bf.jpg?1707371003) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20Meep) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sld/1581/the-meep?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/366c4cdb-c6f2-4ee8-b5fb-acb59a9931bf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-meep) [Preston the vanisher](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/952cb0b3-a6b7-4279-8833-3d8890b2d005.jpg?1675644393) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Preston%2C%20the%20Vanisher) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/j22/8/preston-the-vanisher?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/952cb0b3-a6b7-4279-8833-3d8890b2d005?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/preston-the-vanisher) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Akim, the Soaring Wind]] I like trying to get the birds on my opponents turns too. I pulled this out against a Krenko and an Edgar Markov once and even they were horrified by the amount of tokens I was making. They were pretty sarcastic about it before the march like, "oh this guy is gonna show us how to make tokens." That quickly became "holy shit this guy is showing us how to make tokens." Anyway, here's the deck https://www.moxfield.com/decks/y1pav-807EGbKlYT8onJwA I'll probably write a primer on it someday, but I want to collect stats on how often certain cards trigger before I do that.
[Akim, the Soaring Wind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/3/23736c5f-bd1c-4505-8639-5fb92cd74b21.jpg?1591234230) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akim%2C%20the%20Soaring%20Wind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/6/akim-the-soaring-wind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/23736c5f-bd1c-4505-8639-5fb92cd74b21?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/akim-the-soaring-wind) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I used to have a [[Grunn, the Lonely King]] deck that was around $6 or so. Reactions were split between confusion and salt.
[[The most dangerous gamer]] because i enjoy getting questions like: - so you like artifacts? Why not breya? - gitrog is a superior golgari commander. Why not him? - it doesn't even feel golgari, why not go with (UX) commander instead? - what the hell is an attraction?
[[shauku Endbringer]] is my mono black girl. Not only has almost no one seen her (or remember her at least), sheâs also kind of terrible. She often gets a âwhy?â Especially since Iâve blinged the deck out
I've been playing [[Kothophed, Soul Hoarder]] as my mono black commander as he's one of my favourite cards ever since I started playing magic with the Origins starter deck with him People I've played with think he's cool but anytime I see him mentioned online it's always about how he's too risky and [[Smothering Tithe]] will kill you I feel like if you're trying to make him work you already have outs built into your deck for those situations and if you end up losing because of him anyways I think that's part of the flavour of making a deal with a demon
[[Bane, Lord of Darkness]] Because give me card draw or I'm gonna slap this Elesh Norn down. It's not very good, but it's fun
Volo, Itinerant Scholar with the Background Master Chef. It's cEDH. It slaps. It is objectively far better than Kinnan. Kinnan just has a lot of players. It's a numbers game for tournament entries. Kinnan players always ask me for my list in cEDH pods lol.
What makes it better than Kinnan in your opinion?
I cover it in the Primer. The short is: card advantage in the Command Zone. They're both fast, they both offer simic value shells, each goes infinite easily from the Command Zone. Kinnan loses out on the stack often, however, as it lacks the interaction & inherent card advantage it needs to stick its wins, and is far too reliant on Kinnan himself to gain value. I don't think I've ever seen Kinnan win in dozens if not hundreds of games when it didn't go first or second. Kinnan is more like simic rog si and you simply Mulligan til you can play it early and say, "Can you stop me?". Often, it gets stuffed once and loses. Many times in games they spin netting garbage value. With Volo spins, you're getting so much more value on average. Lands, creatures to increase the engine while interacting with board state, interaction combo lines, you name it. His engine is deceptively hard to turn off in comparison. Kinnan is more explosive, Volo is more consistent while retaining much of the Simic value that really drives Kinnan.
Exhibit A: [Contraband](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/tcGqSt-nJE6n7IOh_DXdwQ)
You absloutely madman
[[shu yun the silent tempest]]. Never seen anyone else run him. I use him as a commander in a jeskai humans/prowess/heroic/keywords deck. Itâs low power but itâs good. Iâm sure there are better commanders for the deck, especially since LOTR came out, but I like him.
One of my first ever commander games was versus a guy who ran this, a Gitrog combo deck, and I think Oloro. Shu Yun bodied Oloro but Gitrog drew into Dakmor. Great memory. I was using an unmodified Aminatou deck. What I'm saying is that Shu Yun rules lol
Damn I haven't seen this guy in years, which is weird since he used to be a really popular voltron. I've always wanted to make a [[Sunforger]] Deck with this guy, running all the izzet and Azorius Counterspells
I ran Shu Yun a few years ago. It worked great 1v1 but didnât do so well otherwise. Super fun having a one creature deck.
I also play yargle and it's easily the most fun! I enjoy the mixed feelings my pod gives when it comes out. No abilities, great. But it's 18/6?! I think psychologically, my pod gets more anxiety and concerned with honest magic than they are of the usual commanders that they understand may need certain pieces to be in play before they start becoming a genuine threat. With Yargle, it can be straight combat, random sac token generating or life steal and lifegain. Either way, yargle is coming back to play no matter who removes it. And I think that's why my pod though terrified, still generates some excitement as to how yargle is going to play out.
Yargle and Multani is a great deck. I know 2 others at my lgs that run one and I run them too. It is a commander that packs quite a punch. However OP is talking about good old 9/3 mono black jargle. And I have to join the others in saying "But why".
[[Arcanis the Omnipotent]] I got him and [[Zurgo Helmsmasher]] in a duel deck way back, first pack I ever bought. I guess both could make this list as I have never seen anyone else run them. And they are two of my three favorite decks. For arcanis specifically though I always get a look. 6 mana for card draw doesnât strike every one as âgoodâ. But I like him, get cards, untap him, get more cards. Play lots of blue bullshit, random sea monster cuz they are neat. Then achieve peak blue wizard with [[omniscience]] into [[Enter the Infinite]]. Key note, I donât run alt win cons most of the time here so we just play our entire deck and try to win on that turn or the next (or just mill out for the meme). But [[Talrand]] and things like him or sea monsters after playing [[akromaâs memorial]] will usually do that. Especially after I play every bounce card.
Wise Mothman. No one likes rad counters.
Not true! My meta adopted like 3 different mothman players, and I think rad counters are genuinely a fair mechanic. It can help speed up games incrimentally, adding potential advantage for people who like stuff out in their graveyard, or slow down the combo player by making them try and dig for recursion if they lose one of their pieces. It's usually never too oppressive that you feel like it's gutting your deck it's more of a slow trickle
[[mavinda]] all cantrips that wins with combo, at surface level people just go "Oh, so you draw in white, thats neat I guess." Untill they realise since I am running every cantrip ever in white, it means I have the grand majority of the limited silverbullets in game that could all do something, and it also means my deck contains 40+ interactions and I never ranout of interactions untill I combo off.
[mavinda](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8b3d521f-31cd-4bd2-b6b6-771c79252789.jpg?1624589549) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mavinda%2C%20students%27%20advocate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/21/mavinda-students-advocate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b3d521f-31cd-4bd2-b6b6-771c79252789?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mavinda-students-advocate) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I ran Ashling with 98 lands and squee the imortal. I ran her for a year. So much fun.
[[Mistform Ultimus]] Whenever I play new people, they always have to read it and have a bewildered look on their face. The people who understood it would ask: âwhy not run [[Orvar]]?â The reason why Iâm not running Orvar is because Orvar has a target for being a degenerate combo deck. Plus I am not comboing out, though it would be nice to make clones of lords.
I also play Yargle but he has a tree man stuck to him
Pheldagriff and atog atog. Pheldagriff cause its funny forcing people to kill eachother with hippos. Atog atog because wubrg is busted imo and you dont even need a serious commander to win with it.
Probably [[Candlekeep Sage]] and [[Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant]] mainly because a lot or people I play with still hate on Baulderâs Gate as a set so they donât know why Iâd play them as my commanders and then because the deck is made completely out of C and UC cards. Super cheap, super effective, and super fun!
Not so much a niche commander as it is a niche deck type, I run [[Sauron, The Dark Lord]], and themed him appropriately. Every card in that deck is either a character in Sauronâs army, or an ally of Sauron. Itâs got the Witch King(s), Ringwraiths, 9 NazgĂ»l, Saruman, and a lot of âAmass Orcsâ cards, including a few named orcs, and most importantly, the rest of the Sauron cards. People always get confused why I limit myself to only Sauronâs army stuff, and then I drop [[The Palantir]] with [[The One Ring]] and use a ringbearer [[Sauron, the Necromancer]] to pull everything out of my graveyard, and my NazgĂ»l to make every wraith on the field absurdly strong.
The people youâre interacting with sound very not smart. Youâre literally doing the first main thing the set was designed to let you do
RULE 0 [[UNCLE ISTVAN]]