The Last Samurai

Commander / EDH* Hardhitta7

SCORE: 15 | 9 COMMENTS | 1230 VIEWS | IN 6 FOLDERS


This deck looks fun. In your thread, you asked for alternative commanders: Since you only have 5 or 6 creatures with power 3 or greater, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death could be very useful. You wouldn't even have to change the deck and could include Iroas in the 99. For additional protection for your samurai, how about adding in Sunforger with Unbreakable Formation and similar spells? Konda, Lord of Eiganjo is another crazy powerful samurai.

April 13, 2021 1:40 p.m.

Hardhitta7 says... #2

Thank you for the suggestions, I’ll consider Alesha! I already have Konda, Lord of Eiganjo and Sunforger but I will add Unbreakable Formation !

April 13, 2021 1:58 p.m.

Hardhitta7 says... #3

What do you think I should cut for Unbreakable Formation ? Maybe Brass Herald ?

April 13, 2021 2 p.m.

I must have scrolled over them. Kicking Brass Herald for Formation seems fine. Maybe add in some more instants for more tools with sunforger?

Rootborn Defenses , Akroma's Blessing and Make a Stand seem fine.

April 13, 2021 2:08 p.m.

Hardhitta7 says... #5

I cut Hall of Triumph instead, I forgot that it only pumped creatures of one color and not creature types.

Yeah those seem good, I’ll try to fit them in!

April 13, 2021 2:11 p.m.

enpc says... #6

I would recommend Gorgon Flail or Basilisk Collar . Giving Ronin Cliffrider deathtouch is really rude.

As for commanders, I really like Aurelia, the Warleader , though I think that she's a bit build around. Here, Akiri, Fearless Voyager is a good fit. I would look at increasing the equipment count a little bit so that you can ensure card draw from her. I know it's not on theme, but stuff like Bloodforged Battle-Axe and even Bonesplitter are cheap and good damage buffs. I really like using O-Naginata in voltron decks due to its cheap cost, but it doesn't equip to as much stuff here without getting a bushido buff. That being said, it equips to your commander so it's still pretty good.

If you were going to try Aurelia as commander, I would recommand adding Helm of the Host to the list. Even without adding her, it's still a good card here anyway. It makes more samurai for you and allows you a combo out with Godo.

April 13, 2021 9:45 p.m.

Hardhitta7 says... #7

Oh wow, I didn’t even think of giving Ronin Cliffrider deathtouch, I’ll add Basilisk Collar for sure. I just included him cause doing 1 damage would be good against my buddy’s elves deck.

I went ahead and switched the commander to Akiri. I’m gonna try to squeeze in a few more equipments, I like some of your suggestions. I like Bloodforged Battle-Axe but I’m trying to keep this deck pretty budget (I already own the Jitte), that’s why I just cut Stoneforge Mystic for Stonehewer Giant . I still wanna get a Stoneforge eventually though.

Is Council's Judgment good in multiplayer? I’m new to commander and I’m used to 1v1 where you just exile anything you want.

Do you see any cards that are obvious cuts?

April 13, 2021 9:52 p.m. Edited.

enpc says... #8

Council's Judgment is waaaaaaay better in 1v1, because it actually exiles the thing you want it to. My understanding was that it was specifically printed to fix the problem that was True-Name Nemesis for legacy, since it got around protection since you never "target". But in commander it's not really worth it unless you're building a voting based deck (which just sounds god-awful to play).

April 13, 2021 10:22 p.m.

9-lives says... #9

Love Bushido! Great deck!

April 18, 2021 2:02 p.m.

Please login to comment