Let's build around Unplayable Commanders; Kodama of the center tree
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Posted on Sept. 14, 2016, 4:34 p.m. by joecool1299
Another week, Another Unplayable commander. Let's take a look.
What makes an Unplayable commander?
I'm using EDHREC'S list of Unplayable commander's. They are commander's that have less then three decks on tapped out, you can find the list here.
List of EDHREC unplayed commanders
Casual
SCORE: 6 | 2 COMMENTS | 4793 VIEWS | IN 5 FOLDERS
How does this work?
I'll randomly select a commander. I'll build the rough skeleton. You send me suggestions for weird cards for it. And we'll cut it down and ship it. Let's put the minds of the internet to the test
Why would you build around (Insert bad commander) when you could play (Insert better commander in the same archetype or colors) instead, what's the point?
First off the object should not be to just build good stuff with X. If we're building Rohgahh of Kher Keep we aren't building R/B good stuff. We're building around Rohgahh of Kher Keep. Weird drawbacks and neat side effects and all.
Because if you limit yourself to just the best deck of their colors, you limit yourself to 30 decks in the entirety of the format (Mono color, guilds, shards ect), But the great thing about commander is that there are hundreds of ways to build around one commander. I can build Zedruu the Greathearted as a prison deck, a evil santa deck, a group hug deck, Heck I could build voltron Zedruu, Sky's the limit.
So instead of simply looking at the cards and seeing what they aren't, let's look and see what they bring to the table. No matter how bad it looks. No matter how weird it is.
Plus it'll be a lot of fun.
TLDR; What's the deck already
The random god's decree...
Last week he had Samurai, This week we have Spirts. The Random Generator God must be fans of Kamigawa.
Take that Maro!
Spectral Trees! (Unplayable commanders)
Commander / EDH*
SCORE: 1 | 68 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER
The complete deck along with my thoughts for all to see.
joecool1299 says... #3
Last week there were 21 on color creatures for the deck.
This week, 68.
This is gonna be a while.
September 15, 2016 11:46 p.m.
joecool1299 says... #4
I'm thinking some sort of grinding Green deck built around soul shift. But I'm not exactly sure on a win condition. Maybe just stomp big guys?
September 15, 2016 11:58 p.m.
This could be a fun challenge. I can't seem to stop myself from wanting Voltron Horsemanship lol. Nobody plays Horsemanship.
September 16, 2016 2:07 a.m.
Out of curiousity, do you build and play these decks or do you just make the lists?
September 18, 2016 11:45 p.m.
joecool1299 says... #8
chirz2792 I don't actually assemble the decks in real life for two reasons.
One is that to properly test and tweak a deck takes a long time. building, cutting and linking take long enough and I plan on doing this for a while. I just don't have the time to properly test all of them.
The other and more prominent reason is that building a deck in paper cards every week cost this thing called money. I don't wanna be restricted by budget. I want these to be as good as possible. And I don't have all the money in the world. I can barely build a 100 dollar deck every month. So it's easier to just build in theory.
However, if some crazy person actually built Kodama of the Center Tree or has been playing it for a while, and had some critiques or additions to my deck. I'm all ears.
primtj17 says... #2
Wow the list of bad commanders makes me cringe
September 14, 2016 5:59 p.m.