Commanders by Power Level [EDH Tier List]

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Updates, please keep working on tier 2/3!!! —April 4, 2016

Thanks everyone for keeping the discussion rolling!!! I moved a couple commanders that have been discussed, but there are still many things to update. Please keep on helping!

Also, I would like to point out some things: Please follow the rules of the forum. I will no longer accept posting too much times in a row and pushing personal lists.

Also, please stop talking about 6 tiers... We use 5 now.

trinitok says... #1

Iname as One can't use the almighty Storm Crow.

But it can use Charging Badger...

April 2, 2016 12:24 a.m.

you think an old joke would know when to die...

too bad it keeps getting Reanimated against its will,.

April 2, 2016 12:28 a.m.

@Prime_Time This list is favored towards multiplayer, where Thrun as a voltron commander is pretty terrible. Most of the wraths still kill him, mono-color restricts the pants options for voltron, and voltron is a pretty bad multiplayer strategy to begin with unless you're using Bruna (broken) or Uril (broken). This is also why Geist sucks in multiplayer. Even if we were only making a tier list of green generals I would have a hard time believing Thrun is tier 3.

Also Vorosh, Lord, and Kangee all suck. And that's from someone who has tried hard to brew with Kangee. There aren't enough good birds and the kicker is overcosted. Vorosh is the worst of the shard/wedge dragon cycle by far and doesn't protect himself to make his ability useful. Lord of Tresserhorn is just too very bad, no good terrible.

April 2, 2016 12:31 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #4

yavimaya_eldred You do realize that the discussion of those terrible generals was on April 1st right?

April 2, 2016 12:34 a.m.

trinitok says... #5

On a more serious note, I played a Linvala, Keeper of Silence deck earlier today instead of joining in the hype for the pre release. She is awesome. She is cheap enough to get out there fast and early. She has a great ability that makes a lot of commanders (or cards in general) just kinda sit there. I really want to push her for tier 2, but her color just isn't good enough. It saddens me.

April 2, 2016 12:38 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #6

I actually had a voltron build using her for a while. It was actually the source of much salt.

Give her a sword and she can kill you pretty quick.

That being said, she seems best in a prison style deck. Dunno.

April 2, 2016 12:45 a.m.

@Ohthenoises Yes but I'm not sure Prime Time was joking.

April 2, 2016 12:56 a.m.

sonnet666 says... #8

trinitok, The problem with Linvala is that you might as well be playing Gaddock Teeg and just tutor her up whenever she seems useful.

April 2, 2016 11:41 a.m.

IdleRed says... #9

Speaking honestly and as unbiased as I can, I really feel Borborygmos Enraged could move up a tier. He fits tier 3's description well: He is a strong casual general, and as a combo general he can go infinite as early as turn 5 and consistently on turn 6 and 7, but he can be weak to hate and requires favorable politics to go off that early and win against higher tier decks. I know he isn't common, but even a semi-optimized build can be quite powerful due to his third ability going infinite. I'll link both my list and a far more optimized version which I based mine on for consideration.

My list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/kill-it-with-mountains-borborygmos-enraged-edh/

Optimized list & primer: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/2cdj3b/borborygmos_enraged_primer/

April 3, 2016 7:48 p.m.