Twinning Staff?

Thanks for the suggestion Coward_Token. Deck is still fairly early in play-testing, so I'm still getting a feel for what fits and what doesn't. Twinning Staff is definitely on my radar. My Moxfield version of the decklist has a more extensive Maybe/Considering Board than this one.

I’m most excited for this commander over several others coming out! One card I think could prove valuable would be Elemental Expressionist. While Anhelo only gives your first instant or sorcery Casualty, the Expressionist seems like both an enabler for future Casualty and a payoff for when you copy spells with Casualty. Suits the Artist theme too!

Thank you for the suggestion Orpheus124. I kinda forgot about Elemental Expressionist tbh. If I'm reading this correctly, would its ability be used to target tokens that get sacrificed to Casualty, and the token essentially replaces itself with a 4/4 elemental token?

That’s how I’m interpreting it, Crow-Umbra. You may need a Casualty sacrifice to start off that reaction though, since you don’t create the token until the exile happens.

Is that a replacement effect, or does the death trigger still happen? The wording there is a little different, but reads as though the death trigger should still happen.

Orpheus124 and bushido_man96, I recently asked around about the potential Anhelo, the Painter / Elemental Expressionist interaction, and it doesn't seem like it will work. According to the person in one of my Discord servers, "Casualty is an extra cost as you cast it, like Village Rites. You won't be able to target the creature being sacrificed with Anhelo"

i recommend Lightning Coils gives you some sac fodder for your spells :O

Thank you for the suggestion AaronEchoes, I haven't seen Lightning Coils before. My only apprehension is that I have a kinda low non-creature count for the deck. I'll def keep an eye on this though

I wasn't super high on New Capenna as a whole, but I have to admit that Anhelo looks pretty awesome. This deck is really well constructed, too, as most of my recommendations I had ended up already being the deck. Bravo!

The only thing I think I'd recommend is Immolating Gyre. A nice boardwipe for spellslinger decks that could work really well here.

Thank you KBK7101, I appreciate! I haven't had a chance to play the deck irl yet, but it's ready to go next time my friends and I get together. I could see Immolating Gyre replacing Jaya's Immolating Inferno, especially since it can hit creatures and opponents simultaneously.

I'll be making my next batch of significant updates after getting some games in, and probably once Commander Legends 2 is dropped. Keeping an eye out for any spells from the set that could fit this build.

Might I suggest Arterial Flow in place of Skull Rend? While Anhelo is out, it does the same thing but cheaper and with a bit of lifegain. In the same vein, Anhelo lets you reap the full tribal rewards of New Blood and Blood Tribute by himself.

Oooo that's a good suggestion Cornonjacob07. I think I might've had it in consideration in the earliest drafts of the deck, but didn't include it for some reason.

Alternatively, another strong discard spell could be Rakdos's Return, also doing some damage

That's another cool one Cornonjacob07. I brewed up a Zevlor, Elturel Exile list, and have Rakdos's Return in that list, since I think it can get a bit more mileage with Zevlor's ability. I'll def keep it in consideration for this list.