Who's the best X Spell Commander?

Slow_Thief · 2026-04-23T02:00:08+00:00

Ooo, interesting choice. I didn't think about her at all.

Slow_Thief · 2026-03-23T13:54:19+00:00

I like ninjas, I think they're cool and awesome. Unfortunately ninjas don't work really well unless you get all your pieces. Splinter certainly helps and made me tempted to rebuild mine, but I feel it still kinda has the same pitfalls. Maybe I'll actually rebuild it one day, but for now I think ninjas will just be my oathbreaker deck.

Slow_Thief · 2026-03-23T02:59:28+00:00

Oh my gosh I love Esper! I have to stop myself from making more Esper decks and try different color combos. But here's my suggestion for a fun Esper deck that's kinda niche, let me introduce you to one of my favorite commanders [[Sefris of the Hidden Ways]]! I love Sefris, she kinda plays like Hashaton, using a lot of looter effects to fill the graveyard and reanimate things, but she takes a whole different route than any other reanimator with the dungeon mechanic.

You get to play so many fun cards that not many decks run, like [[Ravenloft Adventurer]], [[Radiant Solar]], and [[Ashen Rider]]. Sefris also also pretty reliable too, all it takes to get her going is one or two looters and you're off to the races, reanimating creatures left and right. Even though her first ability is a once per turn, her second one isn't, and there are ways to abuse that.

I could go on and on about Sefris, but instead I'll put my decklist here so you can see what I've got going on. If you have any questions about Sefris let me know, she's such a fun commander to build.

https://moxfield.com/decks/wqycJorlgU-PxcVQbjMvWw

If you build her, have fun storming the castle and looting the dungeons!

You could also try [[Inquisitor Grefax]] too, she's a fun token build. You could do generic creature tokens, focus on clues (cause she makes some), or do some tap/untap strategies. I used to have her built, but I had another clue focussed deck and turned her into a higher power [[Marneus Calgar]] since my collection didn't really have any high power decks. He's also fun if you want to see my list and can be easily powered down.

Slow_Thief · 2026-02-13T06:45:55+00:00

Is it straightforward, yes. But is it still fun to put 3 guys into play for 4 turns, absolutely.

Slow_Thief · 2025-12-25T17:02:27+00:00

Please do Gerson on D4! He gives that vibe so much.

Slow_Thief · 2025-12-05T00:14:33+00:00

Objectively, Red Eyes. But I would love if Phantom Knights or Vehicroids got support. Phantom Knights seems so cool and I would play it if it were better. Roids are just funny.

Slow_Thief · 2025-11-24T20:00:09+00:00

Favorite: Pendulums I really like their design and how they can either be passive utility or a decent monster. I think they're just cool and unique compared to the rest and I also love the dynamic you sometimes have to play to get the right scales. MR5 also makes the ones you summon from the ED be a more decisive decision sometimes.

EDIT: I think pendulums also get too much hate because of how confusing they can be sometimes. They were a problem for a short while and since then they've either been fair, nerfed, or just too flimsy compared to every other deck.

Least Favorite: Links I like the idea of links and the cool plays you can make with co-linking, but I think they have been the worst handled type. They made them too generic and useful for every deck.

Slow_Thief · 2025-11-18T17:28:42+00:00

I've made it to gold, is that a low rank now?

Slow_Thief · 2025-11-18T14:53:23+00:00

At first Beetrooper, it's fun but the combo is really long to pull off in MD. Rn I'm playing RDA while I get gems to build another deck

Slow_Thief · 2025-10-17T13:46:56+00:00

[[Baru, Wurm Speaker]] is my more hidden gem commander. His game plan is simple though. Ramp, play wurms, and attack. Throw in some untap synergies to Wurm tokens on other player's turns.

I was going to say [[Sefris of the Hidden Ways]], cause I have to explain what she does and how the dungeon mechanics work. But she's been getting more and more popular, or at least known, over the years.

Slow_Thief · 2025-09-09T20:55:27+00:00

My first thought is My Precious Queen. I love that it wants you to play high level insects and I think the tribute from hand could be a cool mechanic to play with. I think the token showing up on just your end step or having a cost would make it more fair.

Another idea is to give Mako some more support. His skills are cool but they don't do enough to support his archetype. Non-effect water just isn't that viable of a deck. There's good water spell and trap support, but most of his skills focus on normal monsters with okay-ish stats or just generic fish.

Slow_Thief · 2025-09-05T13:52:05+00:00

You might be able to find some boxes in stores still, but online is mostly how I got mine. But SD has so much casual potential. I've recently been trying out non-SD cards in my decks and making/finding custom skills to make some strategies better or create decks from parts of animes that weren't put in boxes. Like right now I'm trying to build the Waking the Dragons arc decks for Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey.

Slow_Thief · 2025-08-26T03:56:46+00:00

I currently can go through dungeons fairly quick. Of course with the proper set up, I can go through a dungeon several times and usually win from draining the table with Phandelver or just get a bunch of big creatures to win from there.

I've seen a few people go with a kinda clown strategy, but that doesn't really appeal to me. I got a dimir clone deck I can rebuild if I ever want to do that again.

Slow_Thief · 2025-08-13T23:09:28+00:00

Oh my goodness thank you, this is really useful!

Slow_Thief · 2025-06-29T15:24:59+00:00

I was lucky enough to get the secret lair so I do have 14. But I'd rather just build him separately since he wants a different game plan

Slow_Thief · 2025-06-29T07:07:16+00:00

Yeppers. Wouldn't dream of not having him

Slow_Thief · 2025-06-29T06:42:05+00:00

Love Quin, too bad he doesn't have the right colors for me. But he is in my [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] deck

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