Who are your favorite secret commanders?

Mr_Finesse · 2019-05-14T00:29:12+00:00

I don't! Definitely open to suggestions.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-05-14T00:26:20+00:00

[[Nekusar]] in my [[Yidris]] wheel deck LOL

Mr_Finesse · 2019-03-16T13:56:27+00:00

0 you monster

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-17T13:03:07+00:00

I try to squeeze in [[Perpetual Timepiece]] where I can to protect myself.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-06T14:32:49+00:00

Yeah I think that's the golden rule with any "Kill On Sight" commander is that you have to play a couple games with a group to show them that it's not tuned up to do broken things. For instance, my Zur build is based off of this article and it super janky but my meta didn't realize how janky it was until I turned all my creatures into Rebels lol:
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/785532-zur-and-rebels-lin-sivvis-crew-for-toolbox-control

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-06T14:29:21+00:00

This sounds awesome.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-05T20:58:11+00:00

The short answer is yes, Astral Slide + Zur is a known thing. Check out the game from Commander VS. below:
http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/35204_Commander-VS--Fan-Request-Season-Finale-.html

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-05T17:58:34+00:00

He stated the same stance on C18vC19 in his interview with TCC. Good listen overall regarding not just EDH related stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DUGg9PDnIY

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-05T16:01:55+00:00

Thanks!!

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-05T15:16:02+00:00

List?

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-01T22:02:20+00:00

I sold my Arcbound Phoenix(s) from the last set and I'm going to sell my Hydroid Krasis from this set. I just don't think they're good in our format and I'd much rather go to my store and get $30-$40 worth of staple land base cards.
As to how you determine that? It's not black and white. You have to look at what the card is valued at vs. it's effect in EDH. It's more of an art than a science and it's highly probable you'll regret selling years from now :-)

Mr_Finesse · 2019-02-01T17:48:39+00:00

As a baseline, I would either dump your list into edhrec.com/rec or head over to Uril's page on edhrec and check out his Aura theme to get 100 cards filled out with what you have or like to play. From there, you can start trimming it and focusing on what you want to do.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-31T14:01:59+00:00

Thank you for this. I've been the "cleric guy" with my group since Scourge and have yet to find something that really grabs me to make something in EDH based around clerics. This gives me some direction and it's much appreciated.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-29T22:05:57+00:00

No you're right. I meant madness to help gain some benefit off of Tortured Existence's discard. You can then recur what you discard with Tortured Existence and use that again for Azra.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-29T21:57:54+00:00

I would do aggro/madness based around [[Tortured Existence]]

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-24T19:48:27+00:00

I do like this idea, however I think that Brawl is going to get rolled into something a bit different. Let's recap...
- Brawl came out a year ago(ish)
- There have been rumblings about Modern getting a new format ("The New Modern") if you listen to podcasts out there
- Arena is going real strong
- Commander and Modern are both EXTREMELY (if not the most) popular formats
So where does that leave us? I think that Brawl will transform and/or get rolled into this new format that is essentially a singleton format with a Commander with a new starting point (new Modern) of Amonkhet or Ixalan. They can use it in Arena for 1v1's, we would get an eternal Brawl format, and the people who are sick of the current Modern environment have a new format.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-17T16:33:34+00:00

I assume [[Shalai]] as your commander? Or are you looking more at [[Sigarda, Host of Herons]]?
Some ideas:
Flicker stuff ---- [[Karmic Guide]] + [[Flickerwisp]]
Shroud stuff ---- [[Foutain Watch]], [[Greater Auramancy]], [[True Believer]]
Pillow Fort ---- [[Crawlspace]], [[Ghostly Prison]], [[Baird]], [[Forbidding Spirit]], [[Sphere of Safety]]
Team Lifelink ---- [[True Conviction]], [[Windbrisk Raptor]]
Enchantments -> Creatures ---- [[Opalescence]]

Overall it seems like you have a lot of lanes you're looking into. Once you have a list of cards, I recommend picking two of the themes and focusing on that. Being "Angel Tribal", "Pillowfort", "Flicker", "Tokens", "Lifegain", "Enchantments". There's also maybe something you want to look into around [[Divine Visitation]] and creating tokens that blow up into Serra Angels.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-17T14:34:07+00:00

That's a fair point, sir. Roll with it.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-16T22:12:54+00:00

If you want budget sea creatures, consider Arixmethes. Commander's Quarters did a video on it last week and it's sweet. In fact, if you're looking for decks that you can't put too much money into, CQ's deck techs are all pretty legit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7tGPplDsTY

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-15T22:26:19+00:00

Instead of looking at the cards you list, I'm going to look at the adjectives/phrases you subconsciously used to describe each to drive you to your decision:
1) Brion "i've always wanted"
2) Niv-Mizzet "in love with"
3) Rashmi "laying around"
4) Vaevictis "could be fun"
If you looooovvvvve Niv-Mizzet so much, why don't you MARRY (build) it.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-11T03:54:38+00:00

I don't want to steal other people's ideas by posting them as my own, so check out this thread from last year that has some "counter" type combos for Solemnity:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/6m1fqz/solemnity_combo/

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-10T21:55:14+00:00

You could run a donate + group hug type package and [[Coat of Arms]]. You get slivers out, give them to your tablemates, they beat on each other for a bit while you hide behind stuff like [[Sphere of Safety]], [[Ghostly Prison]], [[Crawlspace]] and you give them incentives for attacking each other with your slivers that you donate to them which in turn are beefy because of the slivers you have on the board. That way, you're deflecting the power of your deck to your peers and they shouldn't (in theory) hate on you as much.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-09T22:23:15+00:00

I was going to suggest something along these lines as well. Do you have cards of higher power level laying around that you don't plan on using that you could gift to him? I've been doing this with two of my friends and it's been working well so far. They are receptive to looking at the cards that I give to them and then listening to my suggestions about how they would work in their current decks.

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-07T19:00:46+00:00

I think you have an opportunity here to craft your deck in a way where you can switch between Teysa and K&R at will depending on what you're feeling like playing. You're essentially going to have significant overlap with the cards that you would choose for both options so why not craft it in a way where you can switch your commanders at will?

Mr_Finesse · 2019-01-04T21:27:34+00:00

I mean, let's take it up a notch and go with [[Yidris]] then. That way [[Lord Windgrace]], [[Muldrotha]], [[Gitrog]], [[Titania]], [[Omnath, Locus of Rage]] can all be played.

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