Commander deck help
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 25, 2015, 11:04 a.m. by Brad7986
So I am currently surrounded by broke friends and so I'm working on a commander deck series (one of each colour combo), all of which have solids plans (most of which I'm already building) the plans are as follows:
White: Kemba, Kha Regent, equipment voltron
Blue: Sakashima the Impostor, copy/steal everything
Black: Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, sacrifice value engine
Red: Krenko, Mob Boss, Goblins and mischief
Green: Seshiro the Anointed, snake tribal
W/U: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Pure control
U/B: Zombies or mill, I need help with this
B/R: also need help, I've been thinking about
R/G: Rosheen Meanderer, lots of x costs
G/W: Dromoka, the Eternal, lots of value creatuers with a +1/+1 counter theme
W/B: Teysa, Orzhov Scion, board control and reusable creatures
U/R: Melek, Izzet Paragon, as the deck is known "melek cantrips
B/G: Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, dredge+reanimater
R/W: Iroas, God of Victory, Boros tokens
G/U: Kruphix, God of Horizons lots of mana and not enough things to do with it
Bant: Phelddagrif, group hug
Esper: Sen Triplets, artifacts with a sphinx tribal theme
Grixis:Garza Zol, Plague Queen, Vampire Tribal
Jund: Unsure of yet, surgestions appreciated
Naya: Mayael the Anima, Naya and Temur mechanics all big creatures, might change commander
Mardu: completely unsure of what to do here
Temur: Maelstrom Wanderer, Temur good stuf, lots of cascade and value
Abzan: Unsure
Jeskai:Narset, Enlightened Master
Sultai: Competitive combo control, this is the only deck that should be 100% tuned and perfected
5C: Progenitus, Gods
Colourless: Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, colourless stuff
Now my main problem is that the decks have a lot of conflicting themes which I don't like, for instance I had Sultai on Tasigur, the Golden Fang or Sidisi, Brood Tyrant with a graveyard matters theme but then Jarrad came along in the B/G deck which was previously elves but now elves has been moved to the Abzan slot (which it can work in that shell sue to the amount of B/G and G/W elves but no commander to fit)) and as you can see above there are a lot of slots missing which i just cant think of what to do, my primary concern is the Dimir(U/B) deck which I want to be zombies but also mill and I don't know what to do as those 2 Themes don't fit in other colours that aren't already taken. And my last problem is that i want my reanimation cards to be in my mono-B and my G/B and my Sultai but I don't want the decks to feel the same or have a high correlation (EG: my friends might be like "I don't want Golgari, Sultai's straight up better)
What i ask of you is if you can think of any themes for the decks i dont have any for (or move themes) and solve my problems above, thanks :)
ComradeJim270 says... #3
For 
I've been having a blast with Lazav, Dimir Mastermind in an aikido sort of deck. Just a "mill people, take their stuff and kill them with it" sort of gameplan and he's one of the few commanders who benefits from mill regardless of whether or not they're able to get stuff out of the yard. Running zombies with that commander isn't uncommon; you have stuff like Undead Alchemist, Necromantic Selection, Grave Betrayal and Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (note the combo with the Alchemist and Grimgrin) among others.
For Mardu, your options are very limited. Probably Kaalia of the Vast, drop fatties sort of thing. Or you could do Alesha, Who Smiles at Death for a weenie reanimator strategy.
In Abzan? I see lots of fun and clever things with Karador, Ghost Chieftain. Instead of reanimating fatties, you can do it with little value creatures to combo off. I've also seen a Doran, the Siege Tower deck kill people with walls. That was funny.
August 26, 2015 9:18 a.m.
Thank you both Ender666666 and ComradeJim270
Im gonna start on a lyzolda comboish like deck with chaining creatures.
And i completely forgot about Undead Alchemist and Co. I love the idea of incorporating it (it fits flavor wise too :P )
Mardu is definitely hard to not be the Kaalia deck, I think an Alesha winnie may have some merit
Karador seams to be the pick here and if that doesnt work Doran will be a good back up :)
thanks guys for good commander ideas :P
August 26, 2015 9:56 a.m.
Ender666666 says... #6
Same here. Happy to help. Feel free to use any of my ideas.
On a side note, (and I don't mean to threadjack), my Lyzolda deck doesn't get much attention, or up votes... Can I get your opinions on why that might be or what I could do to get it more attention? PMs are fine. Up votes from you all would be welcome too :)
Ender666666 says... #2
Well, for the
deck I'd suggest a strong Rakdos recursion and card draw theme. Lyzolda works really well and can be built into a real recursion machine. As an example, take a look at Lyzolda's Carnival of Carnage. Although this deck doesn't get a lot of votes, it is by far one of my most consistent and powerful decks, especially in multi-player matchups.
August 25, 2015 11:45 a.m.