Jeskai STORM Commanders?
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Posted on Jan. 12, 2018, 10:27 a.m. by Arcaneful
Hello!
Currently I'm working on a storm deck and while it started out Izzet I eventually tried Grixis which I found there was little unexplored territory there. I wanna make a deck that makes people go "what does your deck do? What? With THAT commander"? But by this I mean I don't want something obvious but want something that does help the game plan in some way shape or form. So I came to Jeskai and thought that this was my favorite 3 color combo so maybe I should try and make storm work here! And with white and Aetherflux Reservoir it should be not to hard to win games. Here are the commander choices (BTW I don't like the partners all that much.)
While an odd choice, she does give us constant life gain and card draw. Yes we have to give something to our opponents but since storm I thought maybe we can give them something such as a 0 costing artifact like Ornithopter? Might not work but we shall see.
Okay so Im scared to run her. Her abilities work really well with storm, but she gets focused SO hard when you play her. I think maybe going under the radar abit would work better.
This guy is interesting. With enough storm we can make him huge: making him another win con through commander dmg. I do feel like maybe he could easily be chumped blocked and provide little to nothing for the strategy besides a way to win (that is somewhat shaky)
Uhmmmm... I mean I guess he could chunk people down and then we have an easier time with something like Grapeshot for the kill? I'm really unsure.
Another interesting pick; putting others behind on lands so you can continue to ramp so you can cast all your spells for storm sounds interesting.
Any advice guys?
Why not pure UW? You would be more focused around tapping and untapping artifacts but you could set up some amazing turns with Taigam, Oujai Master?
January 12, 2018 11:02 a.m.
Yidris is pushing it for me. I can make a decent 3 color mana base on my budget (which I forgot to add to the question so I'll do that in a moment) so yeah... I also really like white in it (for some reason even unbeknownst to me) and would like to stay in jeskai.
Also not disdain for grixis just boredom. Theres no new territory to explore really.
January 12, 2018 11:03 a.m.
Never thought of dropping red:
What are some of the advantages of doing that do you think? Azorius storm sounds like it could be quite interesting.
January 12, 2018 11:11 a.m.
You are more artifact based but I dont think their is an advantage beyond the suprise factor? It seems like that is what you want.
January 12, 2018 11:15 a.m.
That's true. I do want a surprise or abit of a wacky factor. I guess an advantage would be more lifegain for the Aetherflux Reservoir... and the making them uncounterable could really lead to popping off. Can you think of any rituals in white though? I feel like there are some but they're just not coming to me.
January 12, 2018 11:23 a.m.
I like Shu Yun, I think he is the best choice if you really want your opponents to say "what does your deck do? What? With THAT commander"? Check out my list (Oh no, its a stormy day!) and you will probably see what I mean. Having unusual combos like a complete Paradox Engine + Sunforger chain for winning is kind of neat. In certain metas it might not be super strong but it is fun.
Entrei says... #2
TBH Jeskai is a really bad color combo for storm.
I would say grixis, but you already expressed your disdain. Maybe Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder?
January 12, 2018 10:49 a.m.