Melina, Ysmir of Nature (NEEDS HELP)
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Posted on Jan. 7, 2022, 9:02 p.m. by SoulTrasher626
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This is an idea for a homemade Commander card for the Commander Deck (Dina, Soul Steeper - Lifegain Theme) of my fiancee based on her OC.
Her character is a dryad and a planeswalker who synergizes with the cycle of life and also uses it in the sense of battle (That's why we discarded her old elf tribal deck together and we built a deck with Dina, which gives her a lot of joy). I'm not sure the card will fit as it should go with her OC and her deck. Therefore I would appreciate your advice, improvements and opinions. Especially since you guys have helped me so far in the forum.
plakjekaas says... #3
The Exquisite Blood wincon already is on a Commander though, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose says hi. Creature removal is more prevalent in Commander than planeswalker removal though, if you ever want your Commander to not be attacked down immediately, and actually profit from the use of the abilities more than once, it might be wise to lose the kill-on-sight ability.
If the first ability stays at +2, the emblem is fine as is. Reminiscent, but less deterministic than the emblems from Ob Nixilis Reignited. Because this card is your commander, and you can keep recasting it and trying, I think it's great to show a little restraint in the ultimate. If you have Doubling Season or Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider you could hand out your emblems immediately, and Timmy's suggestion would make that a little hard to recover from for your opponents. If you're going for Timmy's suggestion anyway, I suggest to lower starting loyalty or raise loyalty requirements to an amount that will not play so well with a counter-doubling effect like Doubling Season.
January 8, 2022 12:46 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #4
First of all, the ability. I took them in as it's the basic combo of her deck. Her Commander Dina, Soul Steeper and within the 99 Sanguine Bond, Marauding Blight-Priest, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Epicure of Blood and Defiant Bloodlord are cards, that go infinitely with Exquisite Blood once she gains life or an opponent loses life until all opponents in Game are dead (the combo only ends as soon as there are no more targets / players when it has started). Since all cards are already direct targets for removal, especially her Turn 2 Commander, I thought it would be good to have such a capability on this card so that the idea is retained, Especially with the Exquisite Blood combo in mind. Above all, I didn't want to create a second Exquisite Blood. And like TypicalTimmy said, with a tutor she can get exactly that from the deck, since it is the first goal of her deck.
Right now I'm also playing with the idea that she can be like this:
Melina, Ysmir of Nature Show
As already mentioned, counter-doublers are at home in the color combo (especially when you have played against Atraxa, it is very stressful to see some Planeswalker Ultimate in the round where they are played). And an emblem which is like part of the Dina, Soul Steeper + Exquisite Blood - combo I find myself too strong because you can't get rid of an emblem (as far as I know). How do you like this idea of rewriting? Better or worse than the basic idea?
TypicalTimmy says... #2
Immediately I have concerns about that Exquisite Blood wincon bring stapled a Commander. One tutor in the opening hand and you've won, especially with the ramp that provides.
The rest looks lovely. I'd suggest reducing her +2 to a +1, but balance it by increasing the 0 also to a +1. In this way, you get the best of both worlds as you need them while not risking her lack of progression for a turn.
That emblem is extraordinarily weak for a -8. It sounds great in theory because it looks at all creatures and not just their own, but if there are no creatures in play, it does nothing. You'd almost need to go super wide and wrath the board to make that opponent lose, and even then it isn't a wincon - it's a ... Uh, "losecon"? A losing condition?
Maybe for -8, the emblem is instead "You get an emblem with 'Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 2 life.'."? That way you can legitimately win on the spot with one good wrath?
Otherwise it's very nicely balanced and costed for a Witherbloom Commandwalker.
January 8, 2022 12:10 a.m.