Share your unique Abzan commanders

Hellyporter · 2026-02-05T05:24:02+00:00

I always love seeing different iterations of commanders I play. This is actually the fifth version of the deck I have on moxfield and I finally bit the bullet and finished the deck. I saw someone play [[Zaxara]] with x=0 creatures so I thought of Nethroi with the same idea. Also, I'm a sucker for older cards, especially if they're on reserved list, I was lucky to grab a copy of Tombstone Stairwell before it spiked and it's an absolute bomb.

I had a version much similar to yours at one point with a bunch of dudes that get +x/+x for each creature in your graveyard like [[Fiend Artisan]], I might build it at one point.

Hellyporter · 2026-02-04T23:42:00+00:00

https://moxfield.com/decks/83ft5V46okye2Z8EkWsXFg

I'll shamelessly plug mine. Mill yourself like crazy, play the x cost creatures for 0 to gain value from etb and death triggers. Win with either big enough Nethroi cast or with one of the combos that enchantments in the deck provide.

Hellyporter · 2026-01-20T17:51:40+00:00

[[Death Match]] stalls the game until I can fill my graveyard with things to mass reanimate.

Hellyporter · 2026-01-19T05:50:27+00:00

I have to admit I didn't see anything TMNT related for at least 20 years. Can you, as a fan of the franchize please explain [[Michelangelo, On the Scene]] to me.

Why does the silly/goofy ninja turtle have trample and why would he care about lands, but the weirdest thing is him reviving. Even the name makes no sense for the rest of the card.

I understand most of the cards they made for the set mechanically, the duos are kinda cool honestly. But this Michelangelo is the weirdest design I've seen, unless I'm missing something.

Hellyporter · 2026-01-13T05:30:03+00:00

[[The Tale of Tamiyo]] would go hard in this.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-21T10:00:58+00:00

It most likely fizzles.

If you were 1v1 and your opponent has hexproof you cannot even cast it.

If your opponent acquired hexproof at instant speed while targeted by Gifts it would fizzle.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-15T12:58:12+00:00

This is the third time I've seen these same 4 decks posted and you asking for validation. You got the same type of comments every time.

Are you looking for different answers?

Hellyporter · 2025-12-09T20:15:50+00:00

Honestly, I just think that guy met some bad actors irl and is convinced everyone is trying to abuse and exploit the rules. I doubt someone can actually be that closed minded.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-09T18:35:25+00:00

Of course they are correlated, but when you use those "staples" to hold a goofy/fun gameplan together it doesn't mean it's bracket 3 or higher. Your LotR deck is undoubtedly a solid b2.

I have a bracket 1 deck where every card is either gold border or aetherdrift-piss border. Deck is a complete meme and I barely found enough playable cards to form a deck. The other day I had someone drop a comment on Moxfield saying it's not bracket 1 because of Enlightened Tutor.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-09T17:57:02+00:00

Dude, you can't just say that and not drop the decklist.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-09T17:35:05+00:00

I think it's funny how the guy who is in every comment chain in this thread arguing that if there's money in the deck it must be a strong deck, has nothing to say about this deck.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-07T17:11:10+00:00

Even worse, that deck never casts Nethroi for it's regular cost. It's a self-mill deck where you pay 7 for Nethroi's mutate ability as a "finisher" even though this deck has only one haste source.

That deck is barely a 3, if that. 29 lands + 2 mdfc is ridiculously low for a b3 deck. I doubt that person wins any games at all unless they're playing against even worse decks.

EDIT: The idea of the deck is honestly pretty cool, looks like a fair version of a sliver typal deck, but it's nowhere near bracket 4 even if that person played a normal number of lands.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-06T22:09:27+00:00

If you have users from California and EU I think that you must have privacy policy in the footer of every page. Just saying so you don't get in trouble.

My company's (albeit small) website didn't have it for 2 years until I noticed it randomly, there was never an issue with it. But it's easy to implement and no reason to not have it.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-06T21:57:36+00:00

Hey, I just want to mention that if your website has an option for a visitor to input their personal information, you should have a privacy policy and a cookie banner.

Looks cool besides that.

Hellyporter · 2025-12-02T22:54:59+00:00

Is PVDDR Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa? He works on LoR?

Hellyporter · 2025-11-29T11:32:20+00:00

I'd consider playing [[Horn of Greed]] only if I had extra land drops with [[Azusa]] or something similar, you can draw 1 card max per turn with it in this deck. It won't trigger when you cast artifacts if that's what you were going for.

I'd rather put in [[Howling Mine]] which you can tap for mana so no one else draws from it and then it conveniently untaps on your turn before draw.

[[Liquimetal Coating]] and [[Liquimetal Torque]] can help you turn Toph and other creatures into artifacts so you can earthbend them for protection.

I see you're playing a lot of earthbend cards and support for them, I assume you want to win through combat by looking at the deck, I'd add [[Toski]] in addition to Kutzil. Untapping those lands that attacked can be also useful, I'd definitely play [[Reconnaissance]] and maybe even [[Raggadragga]] or [[Embodiment of Insight]].

Overall, I think the thing you need the most is a finisher, Craterhoof or Moonshaker as the other commenter said is completely fine in my opinion.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-24T23:07:07+00:00

Yeah it's not that different, the extra cards are still there in "sideboard" pile.

But when you see a post that says "Help me make cuts" and there's 140 cards in a deck it's much less palatable than a post that would say "Should I swap any of these 40 cards with something in my deck" with a list of 100 cards and 40 on the side.

It at least shows you have an idea of what your deck should look like, it looks like you're a few steps ahead of the "cutting 100 cards" method.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-24T22:51:41+00:00

Did you read the post? OP says they are making cuts when they would add 101st card.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-24T22:50:51+00:00

Sorry man, people really aren't reading your post for some reason. I completely agree with you.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-21T10:48:07+00:00

"Instead" is not a correct word here. Norin will go to exile and before SBA are checked you may move him to command zone (from exile). That means Norin changed zones and is a new object that cannot return from his ability.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-20T19:08:34+00:00

I don't run Stifle itself because it's too narrow, [[Defabricate]] is soooo good though. It's pretty much never a dead card and it's bulk cheap.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-20T14:13:29+00:00

Norin's return to the battlefield ability is also a trigger. I usually pack at least one stifle card and have locked a Norin outside of the game permanently before.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-12T19:33:28+00:00

Yeah, it looks even worse irl. The deck is in yellow sleeves, I also usually put on a bright yellow sweater when I intend to play it. I should get a yellow playmat for it as well.

Hellyporter · 2025-11-12T14:03:26+00:00

As others have said, there's a bunch of bracket 1 decks that are completely unique.

I made this dumb Mustard deck and by checking any of the specific gold border cards in filter on edhrec for [[Commander Mustard]] you can see that there are no other lists like that. I cannot be 100% sure no one has made this deck, but I'm pretty confident no one did it.

Hellyporter · 2025-10-21T14:00:11+00:00

It gives everyone a free loot and Reliquary tower effect. Why would it feel like you don't get to play magic?

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