Fun cards make fun decks
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on April 30, 2025, 1:10 p.m. by Felipix
I think there's a type of card that in multiplayer make decks more fun as they make for social situations cards like goad efects Chain of Vapor, Goblin Game and Standstill make funny situations, I'm building an esper control deck with chromium and I think would be fun to put more cards like that into the deck (not in the chaos way) someone have any sugestions of cards that I can put in that deck or want to put fun cards in your own decks? The idea here is to build a list of fun cards that make fun situations
FormOverFunction says... #3
It’s the wrong color, but I think Cruel Entertainment fits the theme. I love having it in my tricky witches deck…
May 2, 2025 1:07 p.m.
When you talk about 'fun cards', it makes me think of political stuff, nothing makes for memorable games like politics showing up. I'm a fan of Axis of Mortality and Exquisite Blood, either is a useful card on it's own, but combined they can be really, really fun (opponent's exchanging life totals is treated as one gaining and the other losing life, so it'll trigger Esquisite). War Tax is a fun political trick, not sure if I prefer Tax or Flood, both can actually do valuable work.
Fractured Identity is a nice Azorius card that can both remove a problem card while also making a whole bunch MORE problems! Very weird with Strixhaven Stadium for example. Visions of Duplicity is an interesting spell if your Commander has a fairly high MV, the effect is quite strong potentially. If you like the idea of giving opponent's some choices to keep things interesting, there are also Callous Oppressor and the very $$$ Preacher. Fealty to the Realm is the final relevant theft effect that comes to mind, not sure if it's good enough.
I'm one of few people who cape for them, but some of the Advocates are very strong repeatable effects; I like Pulsemage Advocate, and I love Spurnmage Advocate. I love how vs some people you can actually hurt them by putting stuff they need in the graveyard into their hand, and that you can also give the player who's fallen behind a tiny leg up.
Oh, and if you ever feel like having a blocker that can feed people cards, there is Flumph, yet also Soldevi Sentry (which is a 'combo' with Smothering Tithe in the sense that you can just feed someone as many cards as both people want, handy if you're helping them dig for a solution fwiw). Coveted Jewel is hilarious in the right meta, a real joy to see in action.
Dawnbreak Reclaimer can do a shocking amount of work sometimes, as can a World Queller (even funnier with Martyr's Bond).
You might want to look into the Hunted creatures, Hunted Horror is probably the best, but there some others that work a bit differently.
May 2, 2025 2:16 p.m.
hyalopterouslemur says... #5
Tombstone Stairwell can be fun. Everyone likes extra tokens. You can use entry and death triggers (Think Blood Artist and Suture Priest.) to break the symmetry. But it has cumulative upkeep, so it won't be on the board for long.
Monkey Cage is just fun. It's really great with Living Death or Rise of the Dark Realms since the Cage is worded such that it sees all the creatures enter and triggers to all of them (meaning if a creature which costs , a creature which costs , and a creature which costs enter at the same time, you get six tokens.), but even Smile at Death or Victimize nets you two creatures (and tokens equal to their total mana value). Plus, it's a fun creature type with a little bit of unpredictability.
legendofa says... #2
I would start by looking for cards with "any player may [...]"-type effects like Endbringer's Revel, Well of Knowledge, or Tidal Barracuda. One thing to keep in mind is that active games are usually considered more fun than static games. If the people you play with like Standstill effects, then absolutely put it in. But I would lean more into the group hug idea and focus on keeping the game moving.
Or if you're looking for cards that set up mini games and mind games, something like Master of Predicaments, Reverse the Sands, or clash cards could fit in.
April 30, 2025 1:57 p.m.