Deviations
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on July 13, 2025, 5:59 p.m. by tonylomas
Hello! have you ever taken a commander and build the whole deck with another idea that wasnt "ideal" ? im interested in commander made into aura decks or landfall decks when the actual commander has nothing to do with that at all but the deck is so adapted that it actually works. Tell me :D
FormOverFunction says... #3
I generally pick my commander last. My “Kaervek, The Enchantress” deck is the most recent example; I wanted to make an all-non-aura-enchantment deck in black and red, and finally settled on Kaervek (with Scorpion God as a close second). There’s so much room to work in the 99, I feel like that’s a much better place to flesh out an idea rather than having the commander be THE idea and the remaining 99 just riding shotgun.
July 14, 2025 9:32 a.m.
DarkKiridon says... #4
Not sure if this example works, but Mathas, Fiend Seeker
isn't very popular and I wanted an off color group hug style deck so I went with Mathas and threw some goad/forced combat cards in.
July 14, 2025 11:04 a.m.
lol legendofa FormOverFunction DarkKiridon thanks all for those comments :D
legendofa says... #2
I have a few of those, I cycle them every so often on here. Best examples are probably:
Muldrotha, the Gravetide gives Elves help with recursion when I inevitably overextend, instead of leading a more traditionally graveyard-focused deck.
Enchantments (not Auras) that literally doesn't have a dedicated commander, just a placeholder until something good shows up.
I was kind of surprised that Temur Goad is so underdeveloped. There's only four decks with those two hubs on here in any format. Xyris, the Writhing Storm's the commander there.
If I think I can find a way to make something work in unusual colors or strategies, I'm probably going to try. It fails a lot more than it succeeds, but the fun is in the attempt. I tend to build decks and fit the commander to the deck instead of choosing a legendary creature and building around that, so a lot of the time the commander's simply the best available option.
July 14, 2025 2:29 a.m. Edited.