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Commander / EDH Lucky77

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New Pheonix C19 —Aug. 8, 2019

The Commander 2019 Madness deck contained a new Pheonix, and I think this might be one of the best ones for the deck. Skyfire Phoenix is amazing! Free recasting cost whenever we play our commander is pretty good.

On a side note: C19 in general looks pretty good, and I’m exited for all the new reprints to come.

Here’s to another disastrous day for the Izzet Guild!

Edit to the Update: Also decided to throw in Mass Diminish from the Jeskai deck, because it’s essentially another Polymorphist's Jest for our deck, which combos nicely with Tibor and Lumia.

triproberts12 says... #1

This is a challenging tribe to build around. I would recommend checking out Saffron Olive's video on finding the competitive advantage of your tribe. Also, Tomer built a phoenix tribal deck for Commander Clash not too long ago. Watch the end to see how he wins, because it's pretty great.

In terms of specific cards, I think Mana Echoes would go well, since you need a lot of mana to enable phoenixes. Thundermaw Hellkite could be good. Lose Temple of the False God and Dormant Volcano , though, because those are awful cards. The former because it's useless as a 3rd, 4th, or 5th land, and the latter because it's just asking to be strip-mined and is both slow and makes colorless mana.

Finally, you might want to consider adding a second color. For example, in blue, you gain access to Favorable Winds , Gravitational Shift (It's freaking Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite in your deck), Sprite Noble , Stormtide Leviathan , Windstorm Drake , Warden of Evos Isle , Windreader Sphinx , Kindred Discovery , Call to the Kindred , Distant Melody , Mistform Warchief , Faces of the Past , Riptide Shapeshifter , Saheeli's Artistry , Sakashima's Student , Sakashima the Impostor , Metamorphic Alteration , Phantasmal Image , Clone , Quicksilver Gargantuan , Protean Raider , Mirror Image , Gigantoplasm , Stunt Double , Clever Impersonator , Dack's Duplicate , Phyrexian Metamorph , Coastal Piracy , and Bident of Thassa .

In white, you get Archon of Redemption , Energy Storm , Magus of the Moat (and Moat if you have unlimited money), Radiant, Archangel , Serra Aviary , Soulcatcher , Spirit of the Spires , Harsh Mercy , Shared Triumph , Kindred Boon , Mirror Entity , Radiant Destiny , . Going into Jeskai also gives you Teferi's Moat and Thunderclap Wyvern .

Tibor and Lumia would be my choice for an Izzet commander, Aurelia, the Warleader would be my choice for Boros, and Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker would be my choice for Jeskai.

January 16, 2019 3:27 p.m.

Lucky77 says... #2

Hey triproberts12 ! First of all, I really appreciate the help, and while this is just a theoretical list that would be cool to put together, all of the feedback you gave is amazing. 1) The article and video are actually a factor in why I decided to put my own list together. 2) Thank you for the specific suggestions, I’ll be sure to try and put those in. 3) I think another color could be cool. Izzet sounds good, but I think Jeskai isn’t bad either.

Mostly though, thank you for putting the effort in to help out a guy like me who doesn’t even know what he is doing half of the time.

January 16, 2019 9:49 p.m.

triproberts12 says... #3

I like the changes! Since you've chosen Tibor and Lumia , the last thing you probably want to do is put in a little commander support to really make the deck tick. Looking at their EDHREC, I think Charisma , Basilisk Collar , Gorgon's Head , Polymorphist's Jest , Neko-Te , and Gorgon Flail are the best cards to add from the typical lists.

February 26, 2019 5:14 p.m.

Lucky77 says... #4

I think those are all good cards that would work in the deck. Any suggestions for what to remove?

February 27, 2019 7:47 a.m.

triproberts12 says... #5

I think the cuts are probably Faces of the Past , Scrying Sheets (3 mana for 13 hits, once you account for the snow land you already need doesn't seem great), Mana Echoes , and Cryptic Gateway . Not sure about what else, if anything, to cut without goldfishing the deck. Also, I'd swap Chart a Course for Tormenting Voice .

February 27, 2019 9:16 a.m.

flai53 says... #6

I realy like your Deck.It just looks like there's at least one card in your deck illegally in EDH

March 31, 2019 1:33 p.m.

triproberts12 says... #7

I'm pretty sure the bad Shivan Dragon is legal. I'm no scientist, but I'm going to put the blame for that one on TappedOut.

March 31, 2019 7:16 p.m.

triproberts12 says... #8

Sorry, bad Moonveil Dragon . Gotta give Screeching Phoenix its proper credit.

March 31, 2019 7:18 p.m.

AquaMTG says... #9

triproberts12 Temple of the False God is not a bad card you just cant consider it a land in your opening hand.

April 3, 2019 6:03 p.m.