Commander Suggestions!

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Posted on Oct. 13, 2019, 5:53 p.m. by DarkHero

So making new Commander decks is super fun, and I'm looking for some new ideas to work off of!

Let me know some of your favorites, generally the unconventional ones, and maybe tricks of the trade for that style! I like to see other people's perspectives on Commander.

MagicalHacker says... #2

I built Red Green enchantress, and uploaded four gameplay videos to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTjsJtMHsDPhT1sZVYQ2L776ZWJS9twff&v=4hXnunof9og

October 13, 2019 5:58 p.m.

JANKYARD_DOG says... #3

My favorite is Isperia the Inscrutable , and Here is my list. The one 'trick' I guess you can say is sticking to 'Look' effects rather than 'Reveal' so to leave a bit of mystery for the other players. I've also thought of going different ways with it like Voltron or Go Wide/Flying tokens so there's that.

Another Commander I ran before was Sigarda, Heron's Grace as a Human tribal/Hatebear deck. Here is the list, though its outdated... I retired it to build other things. Was fun while it lasted, to me... my opponents didn't think so much.

There's a couple to work with. I have others if you wish to look through my profile. Hope you find something you like.

October 13, 2019 6:04 p.m.

MoonHollow124 says... #4

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain is a deck I'm finishing just about now. It's really fun and can play from many different angles as it is very toolboxy.

October 13, 2019 6:41 p.m.

zume says... #5

Zur the Enchanter will always be one of my favorite commanders. Doomsday + Necropotence type build is how I play him. I also play food chain and Flash hulk. But my most fun decks I play are not really competitive.

The most fun decks I play are Boros Giant tribal. Win con being Godo and Helm of the Host . Also been playing with an mono blue shutdown deck with Llawan, Cephalid Empress + Painter's Servant . I also play Grindstone of course.

October 13, 2019 6:44 p.m.

Nicol Bolas is great and he pretty much shuts down any opponent.

My decklist:

Nicol Bolas, the Original

October 13, 2019 6:52 p.m.

Wolfsbane706 says... #7

I once put together a decklist that was UB aggro, though I seem to have deleted it. I should still have it saved elsewhere though so I'll put it together when I get a chance.

October 13, 2019 11:24 p.m.

zume says... #8

October 13, 2019 11:51 p.m.

dbpunk says... #9

Honestly one that I think is really underrated is Surrak Dragonclaw . He's great as a fun creature combo deck.

October 14, 2019 12:05 a.m.

saluma says... #10

I roll with a superfriends deck with Golos, Tireless Pilgrim as the commander.

Link to my deck: My hive of Friends

October 14, 2019 12:30 a.m.

dbpunk says... #11

Here's the ones I had a lot of fun with. I changed each of these into tricolor decks, so it's the dual color paired with the tricolor it corresponds with. I think any of the 20 are pretty fun and unique in their own way.

Dragonlord Ojutai / Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest extra turns/control

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born /Muldrotha the Graveside mill/grave control

Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury / Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire goblin/dragon tribal

Mina and Denn, Wildborn / Surrak Dragonclaw cheating creatures/creature combo

Selvala, Explorer Returned / Mayael the Anima elf tribal/super ramp into creatures

Daxos the Returned / Ertai, the Corrupted enchantments and sacrifices

Meren of Clan Nel Toth / Anafenza, the Foremost sacrifices and +1/+1 counters

Rashmi, Eternities Crafter / Roon of the Hidden Realm bounce and etb abuse

Arjun, the Shifting Flame / Kess, Dissident Mage spell slinging and mass draw

Brion Stoutarm / Mathas, Fiend Seeker burn and destroy

October 14, 2019 12:51 a.m.

dbpunk says... #12

October 14, 2019 12:52 a.m.

Toshiro Umezawa is a pretty nasty control/spellslinger commander. My list that's up here isn't perfectly correct, but the most important parts are there:


Double Tap: Toshiro Umezawa Spellslinger

Commander / EDH seshiro_of_the_orochi

SCORE: 5 | 14 COMMENTS | 382 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS


October 14, 2019 10:06 a.m.

ZendikariWol says... #14

I have this lovely Sisay, Weatherlight Captain politics/kingmaker deck! It's got a really fun new toy from C19 in Pramikon, Sky Rampart .

I play a lot of +1/+1 counter decks and I've tried a lot of commanders for the strategy, including some of my favorites; Marath, Will of the Wild , Marchesa, the Black Rose , Ezuri, Claw of Progress (which uses, weirdly, a lot of the same creatures as UG enchantress, minus the bogles), and I bet I could make a really weird, cool one with Feather, the Redeemed using Heroic + a lot of Support and other +1-counter-related spells. We'll see.

I also play a lot of aristocrats, my favorite commanders for that being Meren of Clan Nel Toth (who my spikier friends were quite concerned about), Korvold, Fae-Cursed King (who is very easy to just pop off with), and Reyhan, Last of the Abzan partnered with Ravos, Soultender (yes, that's a +1 counter deck too but it's more of an aristocrat deck)

I also have a Roon of the Hidden Realm blink deck, Sygg, River Cutthroat and Daxos of Meletis decks that focus on combat triggers, a Tiana, Ship's Caretaker aura deck, a Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer token deck, an Emmara, Soul of the Accord tap tribal deck that is sad beans after losing Paradox Engine , an Aminatou, the Fateshifter topdeck matters/trading permanents deck, an Odric, Lunarch Marshal keyword tribal deck, a Feldon of the Third Path deck (you can guess what it does), a Karlov of the Ghost Council voltron deck (yes, you heard me right), and a WUBRG Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck headed by King Kenrith himself!

That being said, my decks haven't been upgraded in a while. Most of them still hold up, but we'll see. Maybe I'll make some alterations.

October 14, 2019 10:57 a.m.

I second seshiro_of_the_orochi's suggestion. Toshiro Umezawa is a fantastic commander.

I'm also a fan of Massacre Girl who is surprisingly easy to turn into a board wipe in the command zone. My list for her is here.

October 14, 2019 7:05 p.m.

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