Benevolence, turned too Violence

Commander / EDH* Control Multiplayer Voltron WUB (Esper)

Chiberia

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Creature (7)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Mother of Runes

Artifact (19)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Godsend
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Thought Vessel

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Equilibrium
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Shielded by Faith

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Negate
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Wrath of God

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Chromium was never a violent dragon, often being characterized as benevolent, and doing many deeds that would be considered good in the eyes of most. But when provoked, he must defend himself, with lethal force. An Elder Dragon hardly needs any mortals help too defeat a foe, so he must do it himself. As a shapeshifter, he can turn into a human at will and avoid any lethal spells thrown his way. Once in this form he can slink by his opponents and perform a lethal strike with the equipment he's brought with himself.

Why Chromium?

When Chromium, the Mutable was printed I saw his insane potential instantly. He has been on my mind since his reveal, and he is nearly unstoppable as commander. The only thing he can be feasibly killed by is a board wipe, but you don't even need to cast him till the end of your opponents turn, load him up with equipment, discard a card and do lethal damage. To do this however, we must talk about the sub-theme to this deck besides Voltron.

Control

Esper's primary purpose in commander is 1. Artifacts, and 2. Control. For this subsections purpose, I will be discussing the control package I equipped this deck with.

1. Removal

In commander, I tend to focus more on hard removal rather than counterspells. Counterspells are good, but if you use them at the wrong time or there's a bigger threat soon after the major threat you countered, you no longer have the option to counter that spell, it also requires you to have mana open during your opponents turn. The alternative is letting it hit the floor and killing it when the time comes. This has proven to be more useful to be then counterspells. The same is true with board wipes if I'm facing a creature deck I most likely would prefer a board wipe to wipe the slate clean.

1. Counterspells.

While I do prefer removal, counterspells are life-saving and should always be put into a deck if it runs blue. A well-placed counterspell can cripple entire decks.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Manifest 2/2 C, Monk 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B