Kemba or Isamaru?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on May 5, 2011, 9:45 p.m. by KarnAgentofBolas
I wanna make an EDH deck, based around either of the two, but I dunno which way to go. I like the rush of isamaru, but kemba's Cat army is a calling me. let me know what you think?
shamanicgreen says... #3
Kemba, for sure, Konda's pretty bad as a general... Yay, I did 2 damage on turn 2 to one of my multiple opponents with 40 life...
May 6, 2011 12:12 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... #4
Ah, but you forget that Isamaru himself only needs to do 21 damage to a specific opponent. Plus, because of his super-bargain-basement price, he's a lot easier to repeatedly get out of your command zone than most generals, and to throw equipment or pump spells on him to make him do more of the damage.
He's pretty dang effective in an EDH deck built for him, really. But I think Kemba's a lot more interesting and potentially fun.
May 6, 2011 12:18 a.m.
shamanicgreen says... #5
Thats a good point, didn't think of that, about to go look up an Isamaru EDH... Still, Kemba is pretty boss, my friend runs a Kemba EDH, its sneaky good. He just sits in a corner and plays defense, amassing an army of kitties until he gets card:Konda's Banner or Raksha Golden Cub out, or Kemba just kills everyone via general damage as she is equipped with a bunch of stuff at that point.
May 6, 2011 12:25 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... #6
Besides, with Kemba you can make "cat clawing your face off" jokes.
May 6, 2011 12:26 a.m.
KarnAgentofBolas says... #7
lol thank you for the feedback. stay tuned for my decision.
May 7, 2011 12:32 p.m.
Relicblackout says... #9
I run Kemba as one of my generals and she is one of my favorite decks to play. All the swords to help protect her, Eldrazi Monument is also clutch. Also I love the card:White Sun's Zenith and Phyrexian Rebirth 's in the deck.
MagnorCriol says... #2
I think I'd go Kemba, simply because I think there's fewer decks built around her. Plus I think there's a lot of potential fun to be had with a monowhite equipment deck - make sure to pay attention to Zendikar's Kor cards while you're building it. Also, card:White Sun's Zenith...You could have a token swarm subtheme going, between WSZ and cards like card:Conqueror's Pledge and card:Nomads' Assembly.
May 5, 2011 11:17 p.m.