Official MagicalHacker Commander List Update (OMCLU) for Commander 2017

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Posted on Aug. 29, 2017, 4:17 p.m. by MagicalHacker

Welcome, fellow planeswalkers, to the Official MagicalHacker Commander List Update (OMCLU) for Commander 2017!

If you are not aware, I have had lists for commander staple effects for a very long time now, and I have been updating them as new sets are released. Unlike other staple lists that showcase individual cards that are commonly used (which http://edhrec.com does better anyways), I instead use these lists to show all cards in categories that have proven to be advantageous to have in Commander. More specifically, these categories of staples are ones that answer certain problems a deck could be experiencing, such as having a hard time against control, not being able to play cards in hand quickly enough, or dealing with problematic commanders. (The full list can be found on my profile.)

The purpose of this thread is three-fold:

1. To raise public awareness for these lists (which I know to be extremely useful since I use them more than literally any other resource online when building decks), especially for the newest additions to them.

2. To receive feedback about C17 cards that should be added/removed from lists, as I am only human and make mistakes too.

3. To receive feedback about older cards that should be added/removed from lists. I'm surprised how many times I miss cards when they should be included.

Commander 2017 is up on Gatherer, so its now time to go through the process of updating my decks! (Sorry for the delay, I was working through some technical difficulties.)

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MagicalHacker - List of All Draw Cards (Steady):

• Curse of Verbosity

• Kindred Discovery

• The Ur-Dragon

• Heirloom Blade

• (Kor Spiritdancer)

• (Mesa Enchantress)

• ( Tallowisp )

• ( Lunar Mystic )

• ( Novijen Sages )

• ( Secrets of the Dead )

• ( Sire of the Storm )

• ( Unifying Theory )

• ( Vedalken Archmage )

• (Argothian Enchantress)

• (Eidolon of Blossoms)

• ( Enchantress's Presence )

• (Gilt-Leaf Archdruid)

• (Primordial Sage)

• (Reki, the History of Kamigawa)

• (Soul of the Harvest)

• (Verduran Enchantress)

• (Dire Undercurrents)

• (Momir Vig, Simic Visionary)

• ( Horn of Plenty )

• (Seer's Sundial)

• ( Serum Tank )

• (Temur Ascendancy)

MagicalHacker - List of All Draw Cards (Burst):

• Magus of the Mind

MagicalHacker - List of All Recursion Cards:

• Bloodline Necromancer

• Mairsil, the Pretender

MagicalHacker - List of All Tutor Cards:

• Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith

MagicalHacker - List of All Protecting Cards:

• Kindred Boon

• Hammer of Nazahn

MagicalHacker - List of All Board Wipe Cards:

• Kindred Dominance

• Fortunate Few

• Refined linked gatherer search to include Black Sun's Zenith

• (Black Sun's Zenith)

• Aethersquall Ancient removed

• Call for Blood removed

• Coastal Breach removed

• Devastation Tide removed

MagicalHacker - List of All Ramp Cards:

• Curse of Opulence

• Traverse the Outlands

MagicalHacker - List of All "Tuck" Cards:

• New Blood

MagicalHacker - List of All Creature Removal Cards:

• No changes

MagicalHacker - List of All Counterspell Cards:

• No changes

MagicalHacker - List of All Item Removal Cards:

• Fortunate Few

• Qasali Slingers

• Fractured Identity

MagicalHacker - List of All Anti-Control Cards:

• Alms Collector

• Taigam, Ojutai Master

MagicalHacker - List of All Pillow Fort Cards:

• Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist

• Refined linked gatherer search to include Engulfing Slagwurm's wording of pillow fort

• (Godsend)

• (Engulfing Slagwurm)

MagicalHacker - List of All Anti-Tutor Cards:

• No changes

MagicalHacker - List of All Anti-Infinite Cards:

• No changes

MagicalHacker - List of All Gold-Hate Cards:

• No changes

MagicalHacker - List of All Group Hug Cards:

• Refined linked gatherer search to include Curse of Vitality's wording of group hug

• Curse of Vitality

• Curse of Verbosity

• Curse of Disturbance

• Curse of Opulence

• Curse of Bounty

• Hungry Lynx

• Fractured Identity

• Mathas, Fiend Seeker

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Thanks for reading the wall of text! If you would like to see the whole list of lists, they can all be found on my profile: MagicalHacker.

Have fun deckbuilding!