Commanders by Power Level [EDH Tier List]
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ThatGrimGuy says... #2
I cannot believe that you people are typing up articles just to argue something that, for the most part, is opinion based and is up for debate. Please stop arguing like this list is the only list to go off of. In my OPINION this list is faulty in many many places. For one thing, why is there a "maximum power" when they all perform just about the same as many of the competitive commanders. And if your argument is that the commander deck is powerful witohut running the commander, then I counter this with my own reasoning, why play commander without your general? That is just plain stupid to me.
December 13, 2018 10:20 a.m.
ThatGrimGuy it's about making the most powerful deck you can. if you can function perfectly without your commander but it helps your plan still then you're stronger for it. Also, the majority of tier 0 actively uses its commander. Arguing that playing commander without a commander defeats the purpose begins to sound a lot like the "spirit of the format," and honestly no one gives a fuck. We're building to win.
December 13, 2018 10:32 a.m.
ThatGrimGuy it's about making the most powerful deck you can. if you can function perfectly without your commander but it helps your plan still then you're stronger for it. Also, the majority of tier 0 actively uses its commander. Arguing that playing commander without a commander defeats the purpose begins to sound a lot like the "spirit of the format," and honestly no one gives a fuck. We're building to win.
December 13, 2018 10:32 a.m.
Also, it isn't yours or anyone else's place to tell us what to discuss here. Especially when we're the ones on the topic of this list and you really aren't.
December 13, 2018 10:44 a.m.
ThatGrimGuy, what is point to argue, if it is not opinion based and up for debate? Would it be better to argue about fundamental theorem of arithmetic?
December 13, 2018 11 a.m.
ThatGrimGuy you're the only one who is being opinionated and arguing so get off your high horse and move along to another page already if you don't like what you see. All of us are aware that there are not accurate placements, but Jhoira is appropriately placed according to everyone besides you. We even acknowledge that there is not much of a distinguishable difference between Maximum Power and Competitive frequently, but if you actually read the descriptions of each tier, you would understand that Maximum Power generals "have proven themselves as consistently competitive, even over several shifts in the meta." That's it. Right in front of you. I commonly refer to Maximum Power as a sort of extension of the Competitive tier because there is not much of a difference between the two, but you wouldn't know that because you decided to pop in out of nowhere without the slightest clue of how the power level of each commander is measured.
I will say that you're neglecting to recognize that we also pointed out that Jhoira has inconsistencies since she isn't in Grixis colors. That's a big one buddy. Also, all of the commanders in Maximum Power use the commander themselves in their main strategy, obviously. Why else would they use them right? The thing is, and the big difference between them and your precious clickbait titled Jhoira deck (I checked it out and contributed one view, you're welcome) is that they can actually do something productive without the commander on the field while Jhoira can't refuel the hand and keep the gears moving when she isn't on the battlefield, and that's a huge part of your goal. You also rely heavily on well timed counterspells for protection, which isn't effective when someone exhausts them with cheap removal toward your commander and lays down an Arcane Laboratory, Rule of Law, or Damping Sphere. How do you combat that? A 100% competitive meter isn't the most accurate thing to go off of either by the way.
It goes without saying, but I'm going to go ahead and say it. This is a community driven page, and when someone like you barges in here and is making bold claims for a tier placement without much of an argument, and dismisses other commanders who have earned the placements they were given with even less of an argument, it comes across as really abrasive and is a poor demonstration of your character. No one here is going to take you seriously unless you have something legitimate to go off of.
December 13, 2018 11:08 a.m.
Nice short story DangoDaikazoku, SynergyBuild is currently writing a novel lol
December 13, 2018 11:19 a.m.
WildFang16 says... #11
This is a bit off topic, but even for a Mid-Power General, I can say from experience that Chromium, the Mutable as a finisher alongside Approach of the Second Sun in an Esper control shell, while it’s no Banana man, it’s still really fun to play and can hold it’s own against competitive decks... if played right! Essentially it’s a deck of answers and good Esper value, with a very light stax package (Arcane Lab, Stony Silence, silences, etc). You gotta be a bit more careful in your answers though!
December 13, 2018 1:21 p.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #12
green- yisan/selvala.
white- sram is boarderline. white doesnt really do it a bunch of the time
red- godo. hands down. the rest dont really compete
blue- CVT. probably jvp and baral following
black- SUV and raza
colorless- id argue karn, hope of ghir, or newzilek.
also the only other tier lists that ive seen that hold community merit are the cedh reddit listings and averagedragon's listing. Under both of which, the listings only cover decks that have been proven which cut out like 70+% of the commanders. Up to you which one to use.
December 13, 2018 1:27 p.m.
Godo Helm is the only list. They're all mostly identical.
December 13, 2018 1:57 p.m.
gtoast99 wrote a solid cEDH primer for the list when Helm of the Host spoiled. It can be found here.
December 13, 2018 2 p.m.
Also chaosumbreon87, I added you on Discord earlier today. I didn't know there was a Discord server for Aminatou, so if you would be so kind to add me to it I would love to present our Stax Primer on that server for review and discussion.
December 13, 2018 4:19 p.m.
DangoDaikazoku y'all should make untap.in accounts. After you get to know people you learn who's good for cEDH and we could for sure use a larger cEDH presence
December 13, 2018 5:26 p.m.
SynergyBuild says... #17
Soren841 Lol I suck at untap.in, tried it though xD, and I don't know what the novel is...
Oh wait, the comment from before? DangoDaikazoku I blame you... you deliciously amazing hype man that overhyped my 1000+ word essay on why Grimmy boi was wrong?
BTW ThatGrimGuy, still waiting for you to respond m8, that 4 line "It is my opinion" argument when you said we were factually wrong earlier, claiming slowness, and a low reliance of the commander, of which none are opinions, well...
It was weak.
December 13, 2018 5:55 p.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #18
oh people do cedh on untap? its usually just find games through the main cedh discord and games played through cockatrice, xmage, or webcams.
December 13, 2018 5:56 p.m.
Lol I don't do Discord anymore. Even if I did I'm banned on the cEDH Discords. And yeah there's some cEDH in untap but u gotta keep an active block list and get to know who's good. I like to look through people's decks who r like active in chat because if they've got decks listed as cEDH you know that they actually know what it is
December 13, 2018 6:16 p.m.
Aphoticate says... #20
Cool Aminatou list. I've been thinking of making one too. Ill def use yours for inspiration if I make one.
ThatGrimGuy, What other tier lists do you know of? This is the only one I've seen. Id like to see others if they are out there.
December 14, 2018 10:50 a.m.
Aphoticate says... #21
Cool Aminatou list. I've been thinking of making one too. Ill def use yours for inspiration if I make one.
ThatGrimGuy, What other tier lists do you know of? This is the only one I've seen. Id like to see others if they are out there.
December 14, 2018 10:50 a.m.
SynergyBuild says... #22
Soren841 wait you're banned on the cEDH forums? What?
December 14, 2018 10:54 a.m.
Aphoticate Thank you for the praise! We've gotten some great feedback lately and we may be modifying the list with some slight revisions in the near future. I highly recommend trying it out, and tuning the deck a bit to suit what you commonly face in your current metagame to get some great results.
December 14, 2018 11:06 a.m.
SynergyBuild says... #25
Soren841 you'll need to tell me that story xD
You are so helpful now, were you mean in the past xD?
Dango says... #1
n0bunga I think you might want to look at commanders like Daretti, Godo, Hidetsugu, Kiki, Krenko, Neheb, Purphoros, and Zada for mono-red. I think those are all the mono-red generals listed in High Power, but that's the highest for mono-red apparently.
For mono-white we have kind of the same thing going on, but Sram is the highest tier mono-white general and seems to be the only one standing in High Power. That seems wild to me though because that means the remaining mono-white generals (near 100 of them) are ranked in the Mid Power and Casual tiers...
December 13, 2018 9:27 a.m.