If you could run one card for each color outside your commander's color identity...
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Posted on June 3, 2017, 3:31 a.m. by StopShot
Which cards would you run? (Presuming you had reliable color-fixing for those cards.)
For example my deck runs Alesha, Who Smiles at Death which is a Red-White-Black Commander. So the colors I wouldn't be able to run is Green and Blue.
If I could run one of each color outside my commanders color identity I would run Words of Wilding for green and Lim-Dul's Vault for blue. (One is a combo piece while the other is an excellent tutor.)
What cards would you pick from outside of your commander's color identity? (If you choose a card that contains two or more colors outside the commander's color identity it will count as your pick for both colors.)
landofMordor says... #3
Oh man. Where to begin? My Gisela, Blade of Goldnight would really love any kind of ramp whatsoever from G (Rampant Growth is all I'm asking for), Dispel from U, and Harvester of Souls from B.
On the other hand, all Nekusar, the Mindrazer wants is Rites of Flourishing, and all Talrand, Sky Summoner wants is Craterhoof Behemoth...
June 3, 2017 6:13 a.m.
Well, I'm gong to be that guy and say I wish my non black decks could run Demonic Tutor.
June 3, 2017 6:28 a.m.
I'd run Cyclonic Rift in with Saskia the Unyielding as the commander.
For Yasova Dragonclaw in white I'd run Felidar Guardian, in black it would be Massacre Wurm.
June 3, 2017 9:16 a.m.
PookandPie says... #6
I'd basically want the same cards in each deck if color options opened.
In green, it'd be Beast Within or a creature tutor, depending upon deck. Chainer would want a Beast Within for artifact/enchantment removal at instant speed, while Kemba would really like to get Stoneforge Mystic more consistently (doesn't matter if it would be Birthing Pod, Eldritch Evolution, etc., just a tutor that doesn't just grab a green creature).
For blue, it'd be Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, etc.. Or Mystical Tutor/Cyclonic Rift, depending upon the deck (Kemba wouldn't have much use for Mystical Tutor, but it'd certainly love a Rhystic Study, for example).
For black, Demonic Tutor. Necropotence would be nice, but DTutor is easier to cast in a splash.
For white, it's Swords to Plowshares or Enlightened Tutor, depending upon deck. Arcum would love Enlightened Tutor, for example, while most others would enjoy a Swords.
For red, it'd be Gamble, Vandalblast or Winds of Change, depending upon deck. Chainer would prefer Vandalblast, Ghave would enjoy Gamble, and my wife's Elves would probably love Winds of Change.
June 3, 2017 12:33 p.m.
In my Zurgo's toolbox of death deck which is with gree or blue I'd put in Counterspell or Cyclonic Rift for blue. For green I really don't play that color so it'd have to be Hull Breach of Decimate which have green in them.
June 4, 2017 5:10 p.m.
Id want to run Exava in my Anafenza Abzan counters deck just to add mass haste since exava is a counter lord funny enough
June 9, 2017 9:54 a.m.
I have a +1/+1 counter Anafenza deck also, but I would go with Deepglow Skate.
June 12, 2017 10:40 a.m.
deepglow skate is nice but I have an atraxa build with it
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #2
My Atraxa, Praetors' Voice superfriends sure would like the old Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker... or the new one, Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh. I'm not picky.
June 3, 2017 3:58 a.m.