Token precons
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Feb. 9, 2023, 9:18 a.m. by Inarion
Hello,
Coming back after a 4 years break.
I just picked up the Emmara, Soul of the Accord and Neyali, Suns' Vanguard precon (love making tokens)
I was wondering If I was better off upgrading them separately or merging them together under a commander and which one other than Jetmir, Nexus of Revels.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
Generally speaking, each of these commanders can be done in a powerful way, but they differ quite a lot in playstyle.
Emmara wants to enter early and get a way to tap her, resulting in incremental value. Neyali wants you to produce a few tokens and then drop her with more Mana to spend while already attacking that turn with some tokens.
If either of these playstyles is your jam, go for the seperate decks solution. If you want something else, take a look at possible commanders and go for it. Jetmir would work, but there are more options.
Ghired, Conclave Exile can be done, but he usually wants bigger tokens, and not puny 1/1s. This would be a great home for Neyalis anthem effect, and her attack trigger will do some work there, as well. Emmara isn't too good here, but the cards from her precon might still be fine (don't have the list at hand).
Hazezon, Shaper of Sand could be fun with the token focus, but he really needs deserts. Then again, many landfall cards produce tokens, so it could be done.
Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second could be quite fun as a way to improve your tokens (would also combine neatly into Ghired).
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil wants lots of small creatures, but isn't usually build as a token deck. It's possible, I guess.
Here's the search result for all existing Naya commanders.
February 10, 2023 12:46 a.m. Edited.