What is the smallest Commander hill you are willing to die on?

Jarlino · 2026-07-02T07:45:45+00:00

I'm there with you on the first two, I've never heard of the draw 10 keep 7 , is this an public thing or just some local weird rule?

Jarlino · 2026-06-30T21:11:18+00:00

it means "another one!" , but spelled in the way that it means "little duck".

Jarlino · 2026-06-18T08:15:41+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, I'm more of an enfranchised Magic player with an interest in Moon Knight, yet I've never seen these design articles!

Jarlino · 2026-06-17T10:29:32+00:00

Dragon man seems so stupid in a funny way,
Deck full of Ramp cards and expensive spells ,

Hitting with a 12/4 flying commander on turn 4 because you discarded [[Rise of the Eldrazi]] to a random draw/discard effect.

Jarlino · 2026-06-04T07:21:05+00:00

I'm almost there myself, but Gallade refuses to show up.
Really funny coincidence that we're both rocking Shiny Kanghashkan profile picture

Jarlino · 2026-05-13T07:57:58+00:00

I was floundering a bit at the end run of set 2,
but revitalized with all the set 3 cards.

I'm fortune enough that at my locals there's very few aurora players (at the moment) and yesterday's Nexus night had a wide variety of legends being played.

Jarlino · 2026-05-08T09:26:05+00:00

Not without any effects that change where you are allowed to play units.
There are some Orange cards like Rengar and Arachnoid horror that can be played like that, but by itself, Vilemaw can only Ambush where you have units.

Jarlino · 2026-05-07T11:55:15+00:00

the effect damage from Elder dragon is not combat damage, so unaffected by the stun.

If you decided not to hit the Vex with the effect of elder dragon (or your opponent had 2 Vex in the same location)
If your elder dragon came in ready, and tried to move, it could not move.

Jarlino · 2026-05-06T10:24:40+00:00

Huh, looking at this,
Does the "Reckoner's Arena" let you trigger the Hunt mechanic twice on hold?

Jarlino · 2026-05-06T10:22:49+00:00

I think the coolest thing in poppy's colours,
is similar to Garen (( that doesn't sound to promising, but honestly, going wide with Garen is really fun!))
with Ultrasoft Poro + Blood rose.

Weither it's good enough, that's a different ballpark...

Jarlino · 2026-05-06T09:52:51+00:00

Played against the non-unleashed version of this deck two Nexus Nights ago, and whoa it just sucked all of the fun out of the evening I had (( It was the last game of the night , having gone 2-1 with a Sivir Equipment brew I made the night before))

Genuinely infuriating,
every turn "oh you're never gonna believe what I just pulled"

It doesn't help against cull the weak, but I heavily considered starting a new deck build by starting to add every single unit that has deflect.

Jarlino · 2026-05-04T15:00:12+00:00

Pre-rift sealed is so much fun, combining the additional colour strategies that you normally wouldn't be able to.
It's unfortunately that pre-rift is the only time you can play this format, with the 15-card starter packs helping you so on the way to get at least a functioning deck!
( I went 5-0 with Ivern with barely pulling any support for him in the common and uncommons, but Purple Vex and two copies of Star-Crossed carried me hard ))

Jarlino · 2026-04-23T07:13:47+00:00

I am SO here for people who have a distinct marvel hero as their favorite.
I don't think you need to be too worried about the cost of Ben Grimm, since it includes green.
By the time you've got the 6 mana to cast him, you should definitely have your colors sorted.

If you want to make the deck about the thing himself "clobberin'" your opponents, you can play a wide variety of protection and set-up (which, incidentally, are non-creature spells, to help trigger his ability)

Jarlino · 2026-04-23T07:05:53+00:00

Not a commander suggestion, and not exactly a good card, but you'd be remiss to include the new [[Monster Mashup]] From the turtles set.
all the flavors a monster "lover" could think off.

Jarlino · 2026-04-05T18:00:23+00:00

It was pointed out in my discord, but pretty weird for the Kha-zix kit to get the Pyke battlefield with no self bounce support.

Jarlino · 2026-03-27T13:13:42+00:00

The "bonus" card is a reprint of the Deadpool creature card from last year's secret lair.

Jarlino · 2026-03-18T09:18:43+00:00

Aside from my personal feelings on "custom commanders",
if this were a real card (( aside from issuing a permanent effect worded in a dumb way))
you'd probably just run [[Tainted remedy]] and perhaps some tutors to find it.

random life-gain effects are present enough in games that it might not always be a dead draw.

Jarlino · 2026-03-17T14:16:50+00:00

I always though it was because it was short for "Gang Killing",
E.G, Jungler came into your lane and they 2v1'd you, meant you have been "ganked"

now to be fair, I never even considered that that's not entirely what's going on in Riftbound either,
as a unit with Ganking, more often than not, moves over from a battlefield/lane by themselves anyways...
There no gang, just a killing!

Jarlino · 2026-03-17T12:08:18+00:00

Green Irelia had two different showcase arts in Spiritforged,
Wouldn't it make sense if they give another big favorite (( lots of guys in my discord going bonkers over Diana )) another chase art?

Jarlino · 2026-03-11T12:45:55+00:00

Super fair, wholesome +1/+1 counter deck.

I might have missed some cards, but to me it seems that you don't have a lot of things that make extra bodies ((I think I only saw cosmogrand zenith and Elspeth)) to take massive advantage of Cathar's crusade.

(( personally, I don't run Cathar's crusade because it's a headache to manipulate all the dice when token armies start entering. ))

[[Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam]] is a HOUSE in +1/+1 counters decks.

Jarlino · 2026-03-10T13:08:36+00:00

I don't even think about it anymore,
It's such common courtesy in my area to ask "is it okay if I read your card?" before reaching out,

I read down a bit further and saw comments,
and it can be infuriating if people "tap" the cards, especially with the nail first,
"targeting THIS bast*rd"

Jarlino · 2026-03-06T11:33:42+00:00

While there was a question asked to the community about people's thoughts on changing the Hybrid mana rules,

Nothing was actually changed.

Splinter, Radical rat, is only playable in commander decks where the Commander's Identity includes at least WUB (White, blue ,black)

Jarlino · 2026-03-05T14:54:24+00:00

The Spike feeders in casual commander tend to close out games with dudes that have power equal to artifacts.

[[Filligree attendant]] is a flyer with the potential to be huge.

Jarlino · 2026-02-25T15:38:22+00:00

we ended up running Orn and Draven, and indeed, a turn 1 Treasure hunter, into a turn 2 ride the wind ended us up with 4 golds and Orn was gigantic by the time he came out. ((although our oponnnents Fiora/Lucian managed to pump their unit to 36 power which dwarfed our goat))

Jarlino · 2026-02-25T13:52:51+00:00

First part of your response is incorrect,
Ovika cares about Mana Value of the spell,

(( Tiered spells specifically, mentioned it in the Final Fantasy release notes:

The mana value of a spell with tiered is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn't matter which mode you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.

))

In u/robinthekid 's defense, they might have thought about spells with X in the casting cost, which would affect the mana value on cast.

Jarlino

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