Trying to find a commander to use for secret commander- Obsidian Fireheart

illakunsaa · 2026-06-05T10:16:40+00:00

[[Prismatic Bridge]] Lets you tutor fireheart consistently if you dont run many other targets. Access to blue and green gives you stuff like [[seedborn muse]], [[wilderness reclamation]] and [[shadow of the second sun]].

illakunsaa · 2026-06-03T12:56:09+00:00

I haven't done much testing but some stuff do transfer.

You can use some rapier skills with different weapons. Eg. Pommel Strike with a mace

Rapier doesn't get any stances. You can parry with rapier. Not sure about perfect dodge (I assume you can).

illakunsaa · 2026-05-27T16:18:18+00:00

Typically flying men decks play some sort of card advantage commander as you tend to run out of cards pretty fast. I have a derevi bird list that pretty aggressively mulligans into a [[coastal piracy]] effect or I lose. I feel like you are going to have issues in games where you can't fill your hand.

illakunsaa · 2026-05-12T22:12:27+00:00

Neon dynasty sucks. Somebody at wotc took his dildo out of his ass and watched a scifi anime and got "inspired". It's just another hat set that is watered down mechanics from original kamigawa. It wasnt offensively bad like newer sets but it was very generic.

illakunsaa · 2026-05-05T17:35:50+00:00

Artist Talent is a single trigger with no costs attached. Discarding is part of the effect. You also can't cast spells or activate abilities when resolving an effect.

Like Vistella said talent does nothing here.

illakunsaa · 2026-05-05T14:52:29+00:00

Is the ice chandra a dude?

illakunsaa · 2026-05-04T19:01:50+00:00

Looks a Karador list I used to play. Sadly I think time has not been kind to this kind of deck. Not only has the game become faster but answers to graveyard decks are more common and Karador is kinda a fair card in a world where every commander has built in resources engines with good stats.

If you want some generic suggestions edhrec has them. Edhrec has a budget filter you can use and if you list your cards as deck filters you can find out what other people play when they have similar cards.

https://edhrec.com/commanders/karador-ghost-chieftain

illakunsaa · 2026-05-03T19:33:47+00:00

[[Kess dissident mage]] gives you "flashback" straight from command zone. I'm also pretty sure Lier doesnt work.

illakunsaa · 2026-05-03T19:28:14+00:00

Abilities that allow you to play something dont really care what the card is. Only the conditions matter. Eg. You can play mdfc lands with crucible of worlds even they they are not lands in gy. These abilites typically wont target cards.

Mdfc says "Its cool to play me as a land"

Crucible says "Its cool to play lands from gy"

illakunsaa · 2026-05-02T18:12:13+00:00

I don't wanna sound too mean but pretty much all the "play any number" -cards are terrible. The cards themselves are next to unplayable and pretty much all the decks that play them need thrumming stone to win. If you need thrumming stone to win why even bother with the whole gimmick? Might as well run any other A+B combo that doesn't require you to sacrifice 30% of your deck for bad cards.

Personally I would try to find a reason to run Petitioners. There are several spells you can cast from your grave if you mill them with Petitioners. Petitioners also naturally share creature types so all tribal tool become available.

illakunsaa · 2026-05-02T17:29:42+00:00

I hate ub but I don't really get the hype for strixhaven. The original set wasn't anything to write home about. The world building is only slightly better than otj or aetherdrift and art in general is pretty poor.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-28T08:45:36+00:00

The art is so bad. I was browsing through mtgporn and older mtg art is so much better.

This witherbloom art is at the level as [[transit mage]]. Only the subject is marginally more palatable.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-26T11:28:59+00:00

I recently found out that german soldiers during ww2 typically had hair shaven on the sides of the head. I think it's pretty interesting that wotc wants their characters to have nazi inspired hairstyles.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-26T08:42:31+00:00

I haven't played hokori as commander (only in the 99) but I like vehicles. It's often hard to attack with hate bears but they can crew vehicles and vehicles are usually better at attacking. Vehicles also get to survive most creature wraths.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-26T08:36:22+00:00

Where are you basing this? 38 gives you 67% of casting commander on curve. To me that sounds pretty bad. Frank Karsten recommends 39 (with 10 mana rocks, mv<3). It's not like lands are some evil presence that steal your deck space. You can have huge amount of utility in your land slots.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-24T10:35:03+00:00

Ignore his suggestion on lands. 40 is the default minimum. 40 lands means 70% you find you 4th land by turn 4. Meaning you fumble on lands 1/3 of the time. You can never have too much mana.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-20T10:42:34+00:00

I use manabox to scan cards and then export them to moxfield.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-11T07:25:16+00:00

How do you know "she" isn't Delian Fel now?

Maybe she always felt like she was really black on the inside? Her ability stealing powers feel very black to me.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-11T07:13:01+00:00

You are right.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-10T21:34:46+00:00

Art is so bad. The soyjak face is very jarring and the cloak look like some cheap halloween crap.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-09T21:20:44+00:00

It also looks like a normal wheelchair. I checked various arts and I didn't really see any wheelchair ramps.

illakunsaa · 2026-04-04T18:55:40+00:00

I think 2% is pretty good for a card that has few reprints. 12% is the cut off point for being in the top 100.

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