Tetzimoc as a commander?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on July 13, 2020, 9:56 p.m. by Omniscience_is_life
So, I don't think a Tetzimoc, Primal Death deck could ever be anything past casual, but I'm interested to hear everyone's thoughts on how YOU would build around him. Seems like a fun challenge at least...
Honestly... building around him feels like a trap. I'd just build a solid mono black deck and pretend my commander is a 6/6 deathtouch for 6.
July 13, 2020 10:40 p.m.
Sanctum of Eternity Makes Tetzimoc much more playable. This would be the first thing that I would fetch after casting him the first time.
July 13, 2020 10:41 p.m.
Netherborn Altar among other things. This is in no way a good idea unless your just trying to meme your playgroup and get some janky plays.
July 14, 2020 8:32 a.m.
FormOverFunction says... #6
I’ve been looking through the cards for tricky things to do with counters, but I’m coming up dry. I do like the idea, though! Keep going that direction!!
July 14, 2020 10:58 a.m.
Other than what other people have said (I would focus on casting him then adding him from GY to hand), I would play cards that copy activated abilities (I'm pretty sure they exist in some artifacts?) so that you get more than one counter per activation. (Unfortunately, most counter adding cards are green, so...) I would also play some GY hate because you're going to be killing stuff and black is probably the best color for it. Other than that, I would just focus a lot of attention on ramp and card draw, because with a 6 mana commander, you'll need it.
July 14, 2020 11:17 a.m.
@Omniscience_is_life I love it!
This will be a very challenging build but when you pull it off it will be amazing!
Black has so much great synergy for this mechanic if you get it up and running.
Black Market, Torment of Hailfire, Revel in Riches, Torment of Scarabs to name just a few
i cant wait to see what you do with it
July 14, 2020 2:01 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #9
Thanks for the positive words and great suggestions Ramble! I'll be sure to drop a decklist when I'm done so y'all can see the final result ;)
July 14, 2020 2:25 p.m.
RNR_Gaming says... #10
Not every card is meant to be for commander. There are a lot of hoops to jump through to make make his ability moderately relevant but in black there are much better options if you just care about colors. It would probably play out very similar to Haakon, Stromgald Scourge or a Phage the Untouchable deck. Command Beacon and Netherborn Altar become your bread and butter and everything else is generic black value.
July 14, 2020 9:42 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #11
RNR_Gaming: the deck is not supposed to break any records for optimization or value or anything, I just wanted to know how it could be made possible. Command Beacon-type effects are really what I was looking for, and now I know a few from you all. Thanks again btw, my dream of hella-janky commanders continues!
July 14, 2020 11:39 p.m.
RNR_Gaming says... #12
Omniscience_is_life I thought you wanted it to be beyond casual; so I was approaching the question as how to make this a mid power commander. Sometimes creatively comes from constraints. Theres a deck on here called rainbow in the dark with Haakon at the helm you could probably derive a lot of tech from that list; it's fairly popular.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #2
Expedition Map can find Command Beacon which can put your commander in hand. If you want to do it repeatedly, Crucible of Worlds will allow you to replay the land. Or cast commander once, and return from graveyard to hand with stuff like Phyrexian Reclamation
July 13, 2020 10:07 p.m.