Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale deck brew
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Jan. 17, 2023, 11:19 a.m. by PickleNutz
Hello,
I am currently interested in making a mostly competitive Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale commander deck. I’m aware of staples such as Path to Exile and Sol Ring, so I’m not asking for card suggestions that are on the nose. I’m mostly looking for highly competitive card draw engines and equipment pieces.
I want to make this approximately a 7-8 turn board wide win and highly functioning deck. Combo pieces in mardu that work well with Syr Gwyn, lands that can impact play, and on theme creature suggestions are what I am after. My first idea was to create a cheerios style voltron deck to draw out huge numbers of cards and stack up Syr Gwyn for a board wide win.
These are already on the brew list.
Ideas are to keep costs low, and find some multi-target options like Myriad or copies that can send my commander damage into multiple directions.
These are options I’ve considered for final touches as a direct damage option with the commander.
PickleNutz says... #4
One question though, does the Myriad copies effect legendary rule and force sacrifice? How do I prevent that effect in the deck or work around it? The goal is commander damage.
January 17, 2023 1:19 p.m.
Necrosis24 says... #5
Myriad would indeed force you to sacrifice down to one if it is equipped to a legendary creature.
- Mirror Box and Mirror Gallery work around this
- Seeing as you are in an equipment strategy Helm of the Host works as well in which you would equip Blade of Selves to the nonlegendary token copy.
Just keep in mind commander damage only comes from your commander. Clones or token copies do not count towards commander damage. I will say Helm of the Host is great tho regardless cuz you will get more card draw triggers and you can equip for free.
January 17, 2023 4 p.m.
FormOverFunction says... #6
Duh - I got all excited for getting the myriad sword in the list and forgot about legend rule. Still, if you’re trying to win with combat damage against three separate opponents I would strongly recommend that sword.
FormOverFunction says... #2
Blade of Selves seems like a really good idea for a combat damage focused wincon.
January 17, 2023 12:02 p.m.