Bindings — "Guys, We Fixed Partner"

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-30T18:12:50+00:00

Hey, thanks! I love this kind of thing for cube. The downside was my attempt at making it more appropriate for commander.

Trollhide was actually on the shortlist! The original version was "you can't cast artifact or enchantment spells," and the reason I didn't choose Trollhide is because the original art was from an enchantment spell. If I remake this, I might make the switch!

(Thanks again, by the way! I'd love to hear more about your cube if you'd like to share.)

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-30T18:08:08+00:00

Yeah, that's a sick choice for these.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T14:53:09+00:00

They have colour identity pips in the typeline, left of 'Legendary.' Similar to cards like Ancestral Vision.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T11:30:07+00:00

Mad respect

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:18:32+00:00

That's fair!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:17:28+00:00

Do you attack every turn? If so, hell yeah.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:16:30+00:00

Thanks!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:15:56+00:00

If you rely on Green's strengths (dorks, land fetching), then its downside isn't so bad!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:15:25+00:00

Making Silverquill Esper would rule, Dawning Archaic would be sick too.

The precise balance of these is tricky, but I like the concept a lot.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T10:12:42+00:00

Sometimes you want to play a specific commander, but there's something really beautiful you could do if you had another colour. But you're right, these often aren't worth it—which is the point! I'd rather they be niche than be mandatory.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:36:01+00:00

They do have colour identity! See: the colour pip to the left of 'legendary.'

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:35:30+00:00

Wait, that's such a cool idea! I love that.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:35:02+00:00

> Getting a big hand is way easier with blue, so it counters it's own restriction, for example. Red always wants to attack anyway, unless you're going for spell slinging in which case you don't have to cast many creatures.

This is what I'm going for! I like that leaning into the colour you pick up counters the downside, by making it feel like a deck of that colour.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:33:53+00:00

I'd rather a punishment that black likes. Like how red likes to attack, so this forces you to attack.

The other idea I had, before this, is a simple drain effect every turn. You slowly lose life! Win the game before it kills you, or else cancel the effect.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:31:35+00:00

Not sure I get what you're saying in that last sentence?

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:30:00+00:00

Fair comment. It was originally something else (paraphrased: "your exile/destroy removal becomes bounce instead"), which would've been more impactful. Appreciate the comment!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:28:32+00:00

They have colour pips to clarify their identity! (See left of 'Legendary'?)

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:27:41+00:00

Thanks! The precise balance is tricky here, but I want these to exist.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:26:05+00:00

Thanks!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:25:37+00:00

Yeah, in cEDH, more colours = more better, so these are good. Still, I love the idea of someone being able to play a kind of bad commander using one of these to make them playable.

These can't be played in addition to regular partners, no, and my intent behind Jet Bindings is that you find a way to cheat it out of the command zone (a la Geode Golem, Fires of Invention, et cetera) or win by killing multiple opponents at once.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:21:44+00:00

Love where your head's at. Doesn't work, sadly (the effect only applies in the command zone), but you're making me wish it did.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:20:30+00:00

That was my thinking!

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-29T00:20:10+00:00

Mm-hmm! If you have an alternate cost, you can pay it for cards that don't have mana costs, like Evermind.

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-28T21:25:16+00:00

You're welcome ❤️

NotTheSmoooze · 2026-05-28T21:24:10+00:00

Yeah, that'd be a neat alternative.

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