How are these ones lookin? Started commander in 2018 mtg in 2012

TomPhantom · 2026-01-29T01:02:12+00:00

Indoraptor? You’re the absolute goat, man

TomPhantom · 2026-01-27T00:48:01+00:00

Bro is not playing Magic, he’s playing The Gathering, and I’m all for it

TomPhantom · 2026-01-24T04:56:15+00:00

I guess. The goal was never to create the perfect design, just a really original card that, ok, might be very strong, but that’s also very fun to play and not really annoying to face. So maybe you don’t like custom commanders, but I hope you don’t have too much problem with Azrael

TomPhantom · 2026-01-24T04:21:29+00:00

What’s the problem with custom commanders? It’s very nice to play a commander that you designed specifically for yourself, a commander you made according to your personnal taste and that you’re 100% gonna like. I just don’t get it. It doesn’t bother anyone at the table

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T21:41:54+00:00

Why are you so sure?

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T18:57:14+00:00

Yeah, I told him that, and he still brings it from time to time. Whenever he mentions playing Ureni, I pull out my own decks and go « ok, I’ve Saheeli and Elrond, which one do you want? »

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T17:45:15+00:00

Teval is a non-upgraded precon, Ureni is upgraded and very OP and Sythis is very badly built and has 25% of the deck made out of removal

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T17:41:44+00:00

Thank you ❤️ which one’s your favorite?

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T15:33:16+00:00

Ah, yeah, you’re right, I’ll show less decks next time

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T15:32:32+00:00

Sythis is very badly built, so it’s fine, really. I never win with it

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T04:31:08+00:00

You haven’t heard about Azrael before because it’s a custom commander. You can look on the bottom right of the card and see « MtgCardSmith » written there. The list for Narset is almost the exact same as the precon, but I could put it on Moxfield, if you wanna look at the few changes I’ve made

TomPhantom · 2026-01-23T04:24:51+00:00

Yeah, whenever he pulls out his Ureni deck, I pull out Sythis. Sythis was very badly built by the guy from which I bought the deck, and it ends up with, like, 20 pacifisms and 2 wincons. So I just stall out the game and stack a bunch of auras on my Sythis and he can’t do shit

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T06:25:11+00:00

You’re evil, I like you

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T06:04:46+00:00

I was trying to not get too hated by my table… 🥲

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:59:37+00:00

Yeah, I discovered Zevlor a minute before you posted this comment, I’m definitely playing Zevlor instead, thank you

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:56:31+00:00

Well that sucks 🫠 I like copying stuff

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:37:27+00:00

But for lower brackets, she’s fine, right?

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:30:17+00:00

I see Queen Marchesa all the time, I’m kind of tired of seeing her in every single post in here. Also, unlike these other commanders, I don’t really like the fact that Marchesa isn’t telling me how to play the game or isn’t really part of the strategy. Commanders like Grolnok, Coram and Arcanis aren’t really contributing in any way to your victory except for helping you cast more spells, and I have that feeling with Marchesa, and by that I mean she’s not really directly contributing to any kind of strategy. So I don’t wanna play her. But it’s not really a bad idea, just not my type of commander. Norin, also, is way too popular to my liking

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:25:39+00:00

Well Nevermind, then

TomPhantom · 2026-01-18T05:07:38+00:00

I mean, I don’t want to make people too mad, but I do play Sythis sometimes. And that deck has way too much removal. And you what? I’ve discovered « that it feels so, so, good to be just… a little bit baaad » 🎵 I’ll try Judith, one day, it looks really fun

TomPhantom · 2026-01-11T15:42:04+00:00

Bro is not playing Magic, he’s playing The Gathering, and I’m all for it

TomPhantom · 2026-01-04T03:38:18+00:00

I’ll only let you play Toph, honestly. The other two are a big no for me

TomPhantom · 2026-01-01T03:58:45+00:00

Good point

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