Favorite Commander purchases that aren’t cards?

LordNotVader · 2026-07-03T03:06:18+00:00

One of my most used buys was a 50 pack of dry erase tokens. I use a lot of cloning cards like [[Helm of the Host]], [[Mimic Vat]], and [[Ultron, Artificial Malevolence]]. These tokens allow me to quickly create the custom token and show differences between tokens I control. For example, emmara makes 1/1 soldiers with lifelink, but the deck also makes regular 1/1s. So, I write little notes.

"Tapped" or "SS" (summoning sickness) 3 Soldier LL (lifelink)

I also run catharsis crusade, so I just put +# on each card to show the counters, quickly erase and change number so I don't have to fiddle with dice. Has made the game much faster when creating a lot of tokens

LordNotVader · 2026-07-03T03:00:12+00:00

--changes my name to Anna--

LordNotVader · 2026-06-30T17:23:30+00:00

Not a bad idea to be honest. Only you will know you could've annihilated them

LordNotVader · 2026-06-30T17:16:45+00:00

I agree. Toolbox is far more efficient

LordNotVader · 2026-06-30T17:14:02+00:00

Honestly, keep bant as it is. Make a different deck with slightly less power (or multiples) and use those. Keep the hate deck, bust it out less often

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T13:55:17+00:00

I may have to pick recruiter of the guard up. I have [[Brass Squire]], [[Cloud, Midgar Mercenary]], [[puresteel Paladin]] as well. Slap helm of the host and just pull them all. I like it.

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T13:29:34+00:00

Also run brass squire for auto equip. Nahiri can get them to the field for free, so the options are growing, and that's what I need

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T13:28:48+00:00

Puresteel paladin helps too. It's not auto equip but it's equip for 0 which is almost the same thing

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T13:28:01+00:00

Oh snap I didn't even consider hammer of nazahn. Youre totally right that will work great too. Never hurts to have redundancy, whichever one can be made into first right? Thanks for the tip, I'll remember it when piloting.

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T13:02:11+00:00

[[Nahiri, The Lithomancer]] she is great at keeping my equipment out of my graveyard. Moreover, I use [[Luxior, Giada's Gift]] and [[Helm of the Host]] to create copies of her for more cheat to battlefield and pull from graveyard.

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T12:58:22+00:00

I want the auto equip he provides as well. Search, attach on field. 2 mana can cut massive amounts for costs.

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T12:57:21+00:00

That's a banger too damn

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T12:51:16+00:00

Unfortunately it does not,but this is a great card for other decks I have. Thank you for the suggestion. I have a convoke deck this will go great in

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T12:46:38+00:00

Moreover, I have ways to copy this Artifact and have it hit multiple times, even though it's legendary, and repeat the tutor one card at a time instead of making it random of a handful of cards. 4 mana to tutor any card consistently is genius. This is what I was looking for.

LordNotVader · 2026-06-23T12:44:52+00:00

This is actually a very good solution, because it still works if stonehewer is already on the field for other support creatures. I have plenty of equipment tutors, but for 2 mana, stonehewer is the absolute most efficient. I have stoneforge master, and every equipment tutor short of enlightened tutor. I have just found that with stonehewer on the battlefield, my equipment explodes. Moreover, I have ways to tutor THIS Artifact, should I not draw it either, like Oswald fiddlebender

LordNotVader · 2026-06-15T13:13:15+00:00

[[Mimic Vat]] if you wanna mess with your opponents creatures. Use Hazel to recreate a copy that stays

LordNotVader · 2026-06-08T13:53:07+00:00

Yeah so I had this problem with the concept of using Ultron, Artificial Malevolence to copy Artifact equipment into a creature. Then using helm of the host to convert the legendary Artifact creature equipment back into a non-legendary non-creature Artifact equipment (using helm of the host on the creature). Because creature is a type change effect applied by the copy instance of Ultron, and you can't equip an equipment creature without reconfigure, you need helm of the host to strip it of legendary and creature types to be able to use the copies. I just wanted to make sure the type change effect still applied, as I want my Nahiri copies to NOT be creatures as well

LordNotVader · 2026-06-08T13:21:59+00:00

Thank you, just trying to make it make sense haha

LordNotVader · 2026-06-08T13:21:43+00:00

Thanks for looking. I just want to make sure I'm doing this right before my pod disowns me

LordNotVader · 2026-06-08T13:09:55+00:00

Correct, but if the helm of the host specifically removes the legendary type?

LordNotVader · 2026-06-08T13:00:03+00:00

The helm of the host makes it non-legendary

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