The Predator of Predators
Commander / EDH
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Commander Legends Leaks – Court of Plenty —Oct. 23, 2020
A few days ago some Leaks for the upcoming Commander Legends set were spoiled on Reddit. For those out of the loop you can check out a breakdown of the leaks on the MTG: Finance reddit thread here. Note: All leaked cards are roughly translated from German, so the final card may likely have some different wording. Additionally, Wizards issued a Cease and Desist order to the leaker so what’s posted is it – according to the leaker, they spoiled roughly ¼ of the set so there is plenty left for the official spoiler season. One of the leaked cards in particular caught my eye – Court of Plenty, pictured in the top right of the image:
CoP seems like it would be very beneficial for this deck – while I have monarch, it cheats out big creatures and grants somewhat limited card draw (Thanks to the end of turn Monarch trigger). Worst case scenario, without Monarch it’s an over costed Exploration. I plan on swapping it in for Rishkar's Expertise, which tends to be real hit or miss from my experience. Let me know what you think of Court of Plenty, as well as my planned substitution down in the comments section – if you so feel inclined. Also, yes, I’m totally going to proxy this in for the time being…
Hi! I like your deck and explanation a lot. Not sure about the dino sub theme but i Think that's a personal preferance
August 30, 2020 1:49 p.m.
guidoc93, appreciate the feedback. The Zacama based combos are quite complicated in terms of on the stop arithmetic - from my experience it's very important to show your work to your opponents so no one feels confused about my proving I have infinite mana/untap triggers/etc. Not so sure about the Dino tribal subtheme, huh? Well yeah, your assessment is correct - i'm running that theme due to my own personal preference - Dinos are just plain cool. As time goes on Wizards will hopefully print more (and hopefully powerful) Dinos for me to stomp on things with.
Anyway, thanks for commenting!
September 5, 2020 2:50 p.m.
KevinLandonChanning says... #4
Mortlocke First of all, the deck is bad ass. So bad ass that I see you have converted the Gishath Jurrasic deck successfully into a same commander recently (your paint job there did the trick, lol!)
I have been building up my dino deck slowly and have used both yours and Jurrasic park as frameworks. Have to say your shell is def more powerful I have found
One suggestions/curiorsity: is Atla Palani, Nest Tender
really productive in this deck aside from being on theme? I felt your deck is very light on recursion... and would swap Atali out for one of those Zendikar uncommon flip lands (Bala something) that is a 3mana regrowh / land.
Also, have to say you are 100000% correct on the Playmat! I bought one from Inked last week and it arrived in only 3-4 days. The mats are incredible! Got the same Zacalma as you did, please a Omnimath one. both absolutely gorgeous. highly recommended indeed. thanks for sharing that with us all!!
October 1, 2020 11:52 a.m.
KevinLandonChanning, thanks for the words of praise! Zacama is definitely one of my favorite commanders - she offers a depth and complexity that in my opinion is not characteristic of Naya in general - she's just so much more than "turn right, win fight". I'm uh, not exactly sure what you mean by "converting" the deck you mentioned. Are you saying I inspired someone to change commanders? If so, could you link that deck?
I'm grateful that you used my deck as a reference for your own, I hope my deck page/explanation of combos are of use to you. As for Atla Palani, Nest Tender, her inclusion is solely to take advantage of Marauding Raptor's deal 2 damage... ability. The two cards essentially guarantee that for each Atla activation I get a new creature into play for only once per turn. (I call the combo "The Marauding Nursery"). Plus there are other cards that can be swapped in for Marauding Raptor, namely Huatli, Warrior Poet and Pyrohemia. So I guess what i'm trying to say is that Atla is well within a subtheme of her own - cheating big creatures into play.
You're right that my deck is really light on recursion. The only option that's within theme is Atzocan Seer. But, i'm having a hard time figuring out where to put it. It's a decent mana dork, but it's primary function late game is to help me retrieve a big dino. I think i'll likely swap it in for one of the Talismans.
I'm glad you bought a Playmat! Rachel Weeks is an amazing artist and member of the Magic: The Gathering Community. I'm just happy to support her.
Viera says... #1
+1 From Me!
June 20, 2020 4:27 a.m.