I need a commander idea...

Commander (EDH) forum

Posted on Aug. 9, 2011, 10:27 p.m. by Kenny_Smith1234

I have tons of cards, and lots of money to spare, so I can afford any commander I need.Any suggestions?

hrrhythm0 says... #2

It depends on your strategy. A really cool Commander, considering all of your cards, would be Captain Sisay . She can search for legendary creatures, and you can turn the deck into a legend-based deck. For big creatures, you can use Mayael the Anima . If you want tokens, then Rhys the Redeemed is a great general. Wrexial, the Risen Deep is a cool one too, lots of cool combos and sneaky playing. Sharuum the Hegemon is great for artifact decks. Brion Stoutarm is also a fantastic general, with high-damage dealing and lifelink. If you wanted to splurge and go 5-color, Child of Alara and Karona, False God provide all five colors, and are great to buff your deck. It really depends on how you like playing.

Hope this helps!

August 9, 2011 10:47 p.m.

I really love Burn AND Control. Doing both has been a passion for me. And I do not like Izzet at all.

August 10, 2011 7:30 p.m.

hrrhythm0 says... #4

Well, in those areas, Memnarch is a very controlling commander, he can take anything permanently. Ashling the Pilgrim can give you increasing general damage, and can be a field-wipe when needed. Gwafa Hazid is fast, and can lock down big creatures and even other generals, or act as a draw source. Intet, the Dreamer has fantastic potential to work with big spells. Kaervek the Merciless is constant burn towards your opponent. Kumano, Master Yamabushi can burn and remove creatures, and he's especially deadly if given deathtouch. Merieke Ri Berit can take creatures, and destroy them later on. Nin, the Pain Artist can burn and draw, depending on target. She's great with deathtouch as well. Riku of Two Reflections makes tons of copies, which is fairly controlling.

August 11, 2011 9:41 a.m.

I think thet I will go with Kaervek the Merciless for it.I just need to make a deck that ramps and burns up to him.

August 11, 2011 11:45 a.m.

hrrhythm0 says... #6

Yeah, Black/Red ramp is hard. Go for the artifacts Myr, everflowing chalice, ect) and instands (Pyretic Ritual, Seething Song, Geosurge, ect.). It should turn out pretty well.

August 11, 2011 12:48 p.m.

Nethermind says... #7

for dicks control and burn you can play Reaper King . no one expects him, and everyone underestimates him. he's got every colour (also great for scarecrows), is CMC 10 but can cost 5 (maelstrom nexus Ho!) , and lets you blow up ANYTHING without prot or shroud.

August 11, 2011 4:31 p.m.

hrrhythm0 says... #8

What nethermind said, I'm running a Reaper King EDH, he's pretty legit.

August 11, 2011 9:39 p.m.

Okay.Scarecrows, TALLY-HO!

August 12, 2011 1:24 p.m.

You can't Run Memnarch as a Commander, he has a blue ability but he is colourless. He is great to put in blue EDHs though ;) As for Generals, I personally have a lot of fun with Jhoira of the Ghitu , which is powerful, and Progenitus is pretty fun too :)

September 5, 2011 12:11 p.m.

You are wrong, 4thWarmasterKais. Generals have color identities, which are the summation of all colors in their mana costs and text boxes. Memnarch may be a colorless creature, but its color identity is blue. Similarly, Bosh, Iron Golem is a colorless creature with the color identity red.

September 5, 2011 12:39 p.m.

cybercore323 says... #12

you should do something like blue red relentless assault you could use World at War Relentless Assault and Seize the Day and use easy to get out creatures and get like 2 or maybe 3 battle phase's in one turn

September 5, 2011 8:18 p.m.
September 7, 2011 11:14 a.m.

gheridarigaaz says... #14

I see little problem with running Tibor and Lumia for blue/red control. early damage and removal. with spells that cantrip you should be able to keep them going, and in that case you'd want replicating cards like Echo Mage and Twincast just to tick the opponent off. definitely put the chandras in there. but other commanders to suggest... Razia, Boros Archangel burn and control, Jhoira of the Ghitu just churns out big ones at a steady pace. and she's cheap so you can let her die a couple of times. I like the scarecrow idea. I'd have the changelings in there and a pile of artifacts and a bunch of Reanimate /Skeleton Shard type things to compliment it along with Adaptive Automaton to name a few

September 7, 2011 12:09 p.m.

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