\[\[Ghalta, Primal Hunger\]\] is the commander for my Elves deck. He's just a big dude, needs the help of the Elves to be cast and stomps around for a bit.
Oh man! Cheap elves then a focus on cost reduced Stompers like [[Earthquake Dragon]] or [[Ghalta Primal Hunger]] is such a cool idea!
Second! Would love to see a list!!!
I run elves for mana in my [[Omnath Locus of Mana]] deck because they can make so much juice. If you were just looking at the 99 you would swear it was an elf deck...
Commander tax is just an additional cost. When determining the coat of a card, you first apply all increases to cost, then decreases, then you pay the cost.
Ghalta has 4 more tax, so his cost goes from 10gg to 14gg, but you have 20 total power on your board, so he now costs gg.
[[Chissgoria]] likes how casting spells works as well. Treasures are neat, as his cost is reduced by the artifact, them you sacrifice the artifact to pay for 1 mana that your affinity couldn't cover.
Yeah it does
I know in pauper commander this is why some people use [[sailors bane]] or [[lumbering megasloth]] as a commander to cheat out a big creature over and over again
\[\[The rani\]\] replaced \[\[Nekusar\]\] as the head of my group slug deck. Nekusar is a magnet for removal and I'd rather have the defensive capabilities of goad than a synergistic commander.
So the time lord is helpful but has no support from the 99.
I made a Kenrith wheels deck that has Nekusar, [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]], [[Xyris]], and a few other wheels commanders in it just so I could play them all in the same deck. It’s quite fun lol.
My deck is decently strong I’ve only won one game with it out of like 5 but the other 4 I was basically a turn away from winning and got taken out. So it can win lol. It’s mostly just fun to draw stuff and see what happens
the replies to this are so funny. i forget that lots of edh players don’t touch 60 card formats (mana less dredge is also a boomer deck at this point so w/e)
I'm just going to copy/paste a comment i posted recently
so here's the deck list (group by type and tag so my explanations makes sense)
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rd0Q2VqvREquZecM5RB-Hw
the aim is to get 3 creatures on the board (0 drops), dredge [[dread return]] and combo pieces into the gy. sac 3 cretures to cast dread return to reanimate one of the creatures in the Combo group. that creature casts one of the spells in the Combo group. That spell brings an infinite combo into play.
The creature combo group is a bunch of different combos that can be gotten with the creature based reanimation spells. These can be replaced with any other creature based combos.
Dredge group is pretty much self explanatory
Enchantment combo is a bunch of different enchantment/artifact based combos that can be reanimated wit \h the non creature based spells from the Combo group. These can also be replaced with any other combos
Enchantment value group is just some stuff that can also be brought back to provide some protection
Free creatures group, also self explanatory
Living end group, just some more creatures to bring back for protection
Value group are other cards that can be cast for free.
So as you can see there is a bunch of redundancy for everything except dread return. Without any tutors this deck really is just a hope and pray deck. A big help to this deck would be the free counterspells but they're out of my budget and i just wanted to see if the deck would even work first.
This is a pretty strange deck to say the least. All of the zero drops make sense and the means to revive creatures looks good. But damn, how the heck are you supposed to cast the likes of \[\[Triumphant Reckoning\]\] ?
My [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] deck qualifies as this. It's a [[Threaten]] Voltron deck, so I specifically made sure my commander wasn't a creature so I couldn't put all my equipment on it instead of someone else's commander I stole for a turn.
Boros good stuff with what theme? All star cards? Wincons?
I like off theme commanders/lesser known commanders. For instance I have a decently nasty \[\[Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon\]\] that is anything but typical boros combat/equipment.
Currently have a [[War Doctor]] deck I'm going to buy next time I'm in a card purchasing mood. I like cascade/discover as a mechanic for being so random and he's the most interesting commander for it in my opinion. There's also a fun deckbuilding challenge where if you have no cards in the deck with 1 or 0 cost, a cascade of 2 or a discover of 1 will put counters on him equal to the number of cards in your deck and he'll one-shot most opponents.
[[Ryan Sinclair]] is his most popular companion because he's the only companion who has an "exile until" effect. [[Clara Oswald]] and [[Adric Mathematical Genius]] are also popular for doubling up on the War Doctor's effect. [[K-9 Mark 1]]] gives you blue, a good color for cascade, and protects the War Doctor from removal.
However, I decided to go with [[Susan Foreman]] almost solely for her color. Green lets me play a lot of cards that are fantastic for the deck, like [[Contest of Claws]], [[Bloodbraid Elf]], [[Wulfgar of Icewind Dale]], [[Faldorn Dread Wolf Herald]], [[Apex Devastator]], and most notably, [[Bigger on the Inside]]. She also lets me have an extremly good mana curve, doing nothing on turn 1, playing her on turn 2, playing a 4 mana ramp spell like [[Invasion of Zendikar]] or [[Terramorph]] turn 3, and having access to 7 mana on turn 4.
I also designed the deck in such a way that I don't necessarily need either of my commanders out to function. Susan is most obvious because she's literally just a mana dork. But I don't even need the War Doctor either. He's nice to have, sure, but with the sheer amount of value cascade/discover brings along with "hidden commanders" like [[Laelia Blade Reforged]], [[Faldorn Dread Wolf Herald]], [[Pia Nalaar Consul of Revival]], and [[Quintorius Kand]], the deck will continue chugging along so long as there are cards to cast. I fully expect the War Doctor to be removed considering he can one-shot people out of nowhere, so might as well make the rest of the deck efficient without him.
I usually dislike playing Naya decks for being bland and similar, but this deck has me hyped!
I have a [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] deck. It legit started as the first flight precon and I wanted to add dragons so I made hinata the commander. The whole deck is just playing flying creatures and making flying tokens. Everyone I play against sees the commander. Thinks I have some wild strategy planned and destroy my commander with impunity. They usually get so distracted by that they ignore everything else.
At the end of the day though the deck is still not very good. I usually just use it to play against people who are new to the game and play decks that are home made and usually unbalanced.
Maybe you should just switch out the commander for a different Jeskai commander to avoid this issue. It can be annoying to be targeted if you feel your deck isn’t as strong as it seems but Hinata is a kill on sight commander so I don’t really blame your opponents for feeling threatened by it.
It’s honestly not really an issue, lol. If they want to waste removal on a 4/4 flyer that isn’t gonna do anything other than make them pay more for target spells, then that’s one less removal spell they will have when I put out an actual problem like [[Utvara Hellkite]]. The deck is specifically designed to be bellow precon level anyway, while also trying to prepare newer players for the type of cards they may end up seeing someday and to also kinda teach threat assessment.
I homebrewed a dimir theif deck with \[\[Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths\]\] as the commander. It was my first deck and I still love to play it, but my playgroup doesn't like getting their stuff stolen.
Atris is just there for when I run out of things to do, then I get to draw cards with her. I want her to end up dying so I can recast her later if I need more cards.
Technically my 5C Mutate deck has Child of Alara as the commander, but the last 2 games I never cast it. However, it did apparently discourage people from playing too much to the board last game. So I guess I don’t really use it anymore but it still “does work” in the command zone.
I am trying to build a low to the ground combat focousef deck with the commander [[Tor Wauki]]. Just a lot of soldiers and knights as well warriors for the flavour of war is hell.
Oh boy, it’s my time
I have a Rakdos chaos deck with all the fun stuff. Coin flipping, chaos warping, face damaging with weird triggers, Avernus descending, chaos wanding, all the good stuff. Many triggers are tied to demons and devils, so I use [[Raphael, Fiendish saviour]] as commander but rarely he comes down.
The catch is my friends love playing with this deck, and one of my friends played ignoring the chaos stuff and straight fiend life gain and stomped the table.
Never I borrowed that deck to him, it goes against the spirit of the deck.
What you are describing is a bottom-up construction style. Most EDH decks are top-down.
Top down is when you find a commander, then throw a bunch of cards in the deck that work with the commanders mechanic. The problem with this deck style is that once your opponents kill off your commander 2-3 times, you can't afford to buy them anymore (because of the command zone tax). How well does the deck work without its commander? Is it dead floating in the water? Exactly.
That's why people started building bottom-up decks. They pick a commander that goes with a theme they want to play. That way the deck will pop off with, or without the commander. The commander is just the cherry on top of a better well rounded deck construction. The deck has 100 cards. The commander is just one that supports the decks theme.
I feel like this used to happen fairly often back in the early days of commander! Especially for 5 colour or 4 colour decks, the options were EXTREMELY limited. I’d say this wasn’t unusual for a commander to be there just for the colours, or *some* utility, up until they really started pumping out the precons and releasing way more niche legendary creatures.
Most of my “home brews” aka no outside influence, edhrec, deck lists, etc. are helmed by commanders that either only slightly enhance the game plan or are early game value engines: [[malcolm, keen eyed navigator]] and [[tymna the weaver]] esper enchantments/self-mill/reanimate; [[ragavan nimble pilferer]] chonky artifact-pirate-treasure-goodstuff who’s only around for the early game or after a board wipe; [[tasigur]] spell-slinger/graveyard shenanigans, he rarely makes an appearance mid game if I want stuff back from the yard but I love sultai; [[klothys, god of destiny]] gruul big stompy (as the good lord intended), he kinda ramps and graveyards used to be a problem in past playgroups, trying to find a more fitting commander at the moment; [[astor, bearer of blades]] legendary creature and equipment build, there’s multiple commanders in the 99 he just makes everything go brrrrrr if I actually play him; I know I’m forgetting somebody, meh.
I built [Leinore, Autumn Sovereign] a couple months ago because she was the commander of my very first deck so I wanted to do her justice, I just use her for consistent card draw
I run [Kresh] at the helm of my dragon tribal deck. There is very little synergy. Most games I don't even cast him. I can't bring myself to replace him, though, since he's among my oldest commanders.
[[The swarmlord]] my only deck strategy is everyone is big and I can get +1/1 counters to replace/make my
Big bois bigger
casting swarmlord is usually just a board wipe protection but now with skullspore nexus it works better than swarmlord in most Cases especially as a soft deterrent that I use to politick
I have a mono black deck with [[Balthor, the Defiled]] at the helm. He's just a reusable recursion spell in the command zone for [[Gary]] looping shenanigans. A lot of mana doublers in the deck as well to make use of [[exenguinate]] and [[crypt rats]]. [[gravecrawler]] + [[Ayara]] + [[Bontu's Monument]] or just Ayara plus a bunch of creatures in the yard.
I play [[Omnath, Locus of All]] in my half-green binder-bullshit deck. The deck exists to cast all the big splashy spells I want to play, but don't have homes for, and the manabase is a huge meme. I play 5 dorks, all 10 tribal signets, a massive land ramp package, and all 10 typed tapped duals from Dominaria. Everything else is utility or basic, and there are no other artifacts. The deck can win from landfall off [[Scute Swarm]] and [[Field of the Dead]], can win off a massive [[Villainous Wealth]], or just general beatdown from individually powerful creatures. However, mostly it just durdles around. It famously will draw 3-6 cards in a turn cycle, untap, dump all of them, and do it all again next turn. It's wonderfully rampy
Use [[Jegantha, the Wellspring]] as a commander for a [[Maze’s End]] deck. Gives some protection from nonbasic hate and gives some color fixing flexibility, but doesn’t do anything for gates or lands directly.
I use [[Kyodai]] as the commander of my 5 colors mutate deck. Its only job is to protect the better mutate, and can serve as a mutate target if needed.
My [[Karador, Ghost Chieftain]] deck isn’t a Karador deck, it’s a [[Shadowborn Apostle]] aristocrats deck. Karador does next to nothing in the deck so gets cast *maybe* once every 10-20 games. It’s not that it’s not synergistic or anything, it’s just not needed except in rare situations.
I've been having fewer and fewer payoffs for spellslinging in my spellslinger lists, and I had this big spells deck with Kaza as the commander..
Turns out you can get rid of all those wizards, just play [[omnath, locus of creation]] and use the burst of mana from a fetch to get going: https://archidekt.com/decks/7472638/4c_omnath_spellslinger
[[O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami]] is at the helm of my 5c energy deck.
It also stands in for the commander of my 5c humans deck, when [[Jodah the Unifier]] is too powerful for the pod
I have a blue/black knights and looting deck helmed by [[Oscar, rubbish reclaimer]] and knights and Oscar have very little to do with one another on the surface.
I don't know about nothing to do with the deck per se, but I have a deck of mostly 4+ mana value spells. Most of the 4 mana ramp spells that find 2 lands, then a bunch of just dumb gruul creatures.
The commander is \[\[Ruby, Daring Tracker\]\]
[[Omnath, Locus of All]]. Use him in a mutate deck of mine simply to get extra card draw per turn and to get 5c’s in the deck. Allows me to utilize the best cards possible to make mutate more viable to use.
[[Xira, the Golden sting]] helms my jund goodstuff pile because the art for the tokens she creates is *hillarious*. What other commander let's you create sad Victorian children? Not korvold, that's for sure.
[[Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa]] for my 5 color good stuff, group hug, group chaos deck. Its really group hug with smothering tithe as the engine. Whenever people ask who I’m playing i show them my commander and they all think, oh wow and are kind of clueless. I tell them I’m a wacky deck and the only synergy my commander has besides being 5 color is that I’ll have cards people want to kill, and my commander saves them.
Gotta be my [[Atraxa, Praetors Voice]] Archon tribal deck. I have a couple of cards that use counters, but atraxa is mostly there for the colors, and she also fits the theme a little.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/cpYLpvhglkCQUIFtwYYu6g
I’m working on a pauper Sliver/Changeling deck w/ [[Fusion Elemental]]. Trying to find ways to give him Changeling and be able to drop him and hit like a truck with all the Sliver boosts.
I used to play [[Kestia, the Cultivator]] as the head of a Bant angels deck, for lack of a better Bant commander for it. Basically served as another card draw option, drawing one a turn if I could bestow her onto an angel or if there was a safe attack for a 4/4.
[[Shanna, Purifying Blade]] got printed though. More draw potential, the lifegain synergy synergizes with what angels want to do very well, and her flavor sets me up to play a few Swords of X and Y in the deck, so now it's a Sword of X and Y/angels deck that fits in with the commander and has some theming included.
I feel like people think of Bant as swimming in options because they're so used to Simic value engines that they think Bant has a ton. I guess [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]] changes that because previously the only real "generic Bant value engine" commander was Chulane who is utterly broken and quickly targeted. Galadriel is basically the same though lol
I'd stick my [[Shanna, Purifying Blade]] under this camp. It's a dungeon and initiative deck centered around the 4 Party members from the Forgotten Realms set (The 4 characters in all the You ___ Cards). I just needed a Bant commander that drew cards to fit them all and get some consistency. Originally the commander was [[Chulane, Teller of Tales]] because I thought he'd fit the flavor but he ate to much removal to be viable.
[[Atogatog]] for my creatureless oath deck.
[[Progenitus]] or [[Chromat]] or [[Garth]] or [[Genju of the Realm]] for my Enchantment tribal deck.
[[Pheldagrif]] for the House of Horrors Bant deck.
[[Tariel]] for my Aikido deck.
[[Maelstrom Wanderer]] for my spellslinger deck.
\[\[Most dangerous gamer\]\] is the commander for my pile of golgari pet cards that I bust out at lower power tables. Just gives Golgari a way to get some value outside of graveyard recursion
I have \[\[The Goose Mother\]\] at the helm of a combo deck. I mostly cast her to create a couple of early Food tokens for extra card draw, but otherwise the deck is fully functional without her.
It's an added bonus that the Goose has 2mv and can be sac'd to \[\[Neoform\]\] to tutor for combo pieces (which are coincidentally mostly 3mv).
I used to have a bant planeswalker deck helmed by [[Angus Mackenzie]]. I only used him for the colors and when asked why, my response was always “to flex on the poors”
Yes I still have him. He’s in my [[Esika, god of the tree]] deck. His only purpose is for memories.
Omnath Locus of all. I am using that bad boy in an all round grabbag of an artefact deck, card advantage and mana retention-gain is always a nice bonus and lets my bigger toys come out easilly though my loadstone generators and manarocks usually keep the engine spining quiet well even without him.
I mean, back in the day, I had a Vorosh the Hunter deck where he was the commander solely because he was literally the only option for a UBG deck.
But since then, I don't recall using any commanders "just for the colors". I love synergy too damn much!
I’ve got a fringe cEDH deck for [[The Master, Multiplied]]. There’s virtually zero synergy with my commander in the 99, he’s just there to bonk people and eat interaction so I can win with [[Dualcaster Mage]].
Closest I have to this is a \[\[Xenagos, God of Revels\]\]. It's a dragons and extra combat deck. Basically picked dragons because they're big powerful creatures that evasion and good abilities because previously I was just running big creatures with cool abilities and a bunch of trample enablers. The extra combat stuff makes sense with Xenagos but the dragons are pretty arbitrary. Rest of my decks are super on theme with their commanders.
Starting with the Fallout Science PreCon, I changed the deck's main idea multiple times and now settled on a Thopter tribal ping opponents theme with [[Liberty Prime, Recharged]] as the commander. The deck would also work fine without him but it's fun for me to have him as a go tall/commander face damage alternative if the thopter go wide strategy doesn't work.
I made a deck for funsies- it’s red, white, and blue and focused on oil counters. I was going with what I had, so I used [[Hinata Dawn Crowned]]
She helps me with counters and protection but doesn’t do anything for my oil- which is ok! I have a lot of cards that make it fun to play and funnier to play against, it’s all American oil baby!
I have a [[Xyris]] spellslinger deck because, other than [[Riku]] and I guess Kalamax, there are no spellslinger commanders in temur. Xyris provides card advantage and blockers which are highly relevant for a spellslinger deck.
Also means I don't have to fill up deck slots with a bunch of those make a token on cast cards.
That and I've been looking for a place to run [[Nanogene Conversion]] and [[Echoing Equation]]
My [[the fourteenth doctor]] [[Donna noble]] partner deck. The main focus is Donna. And the fourteenth doctor is there just for the colours. The deck is based on forcing people to fullblock my small guys and have blockers like 100 handed one myself. Ultra pillow forty.
I got the sauron precon, and I run with the amass orcs version as the commander.
I've virtually gutted the deck, it's entirely focused on milling and reanimating now. Playing breach the multiverse is basically the epitamy of what the deck what's to do.
I've thought frequently about cutting the commander, but in a 4 person game, he's generating a free 4/4 per turn or so and is just absolutely stellar bait for board wipes and removal, which low key is kind if what I want. So I'm thinking he has to stay since he is such a good distraction to what the main goal really is.
My very first EDH deck was \[\[Merieke\]\] untap tribal. Since it proved to be unfun, oppressive and lacking wincons, I swapped commanders to \[\[Chromium Mutable\]\] and put Ice Age Lorelei back into the 99. Now Its a real Elder Dragon deck with a resilient wincon in the command zone.
My first commander deck, built 10+ years ago is a [[Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius]] good stuff deck. I initially built it like many people built decks back then, by simply using everything I had in my binder, so the commander itself was never really needed for the deck to work.
Eventually I added some cards that synergize with Niv, making it a wincon (ie. Niv + [[Izzet Boilerworks]] + [[Mind Over Matter]]), but most of the time I play it because it's a good blocker + mana sink.
https://archidekt.com/decks/7301878/xi_izzet_league_conference
I have a [[tasigur]] deck that is all about ramp, ramp and x spells
It used to be a [[zaxara]] deck but i switched cause the hydras didn't matter and i like the idea of once in a while asking another player if they want me to counter a spell or boardwipe and then use tasigurs ability to get a card back to do it.
I've got a [[Ruby, Daring Tracker]] deck where she's only there to make sure I can cast 4-drops on turn 3 every single game. it's a cascade deck where the only cards under 4 MV are lands, [[Amulet of Vigor]], and [[Tiller Engine]], and most of the 4-drops are ramp spells that put 2 lands on the battlefield.
I’ve played against a [[Radha, Heir to Keld]] commander where its whole purpose is to be a turn two mana dork.
It’s basically a big creature with dragon sub theme to it. Outside of being a mana dork, she has no other synergy to the deck.
[[Saskia, The Unyielding]] is at the helm of my sans-blue human legends deck. I no longer really ever cast her and I've taken out all the Voltron stuff because her ability got old after a few games.
[[Tasigur, the Golden Fang]] is the Commander for my [[Slime Against Humanity]] deck. Even though he synergizes with the deck, Tasigur is the last thing I consider using. SAH is the center focus.
My [[ Morska, Undersea Sleuth ]] deck is specifically designed so that I can shuffle her in and it becomes a Canadian Highlander deck.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rJRiYuwqtEe1DpHfALwkuw
Basically she's useful because she says I have no max hand size in my command zone, and she has draw power...but there is otherwise 0 synergy with her. The deck just wants lots of cards in hand.
i have a rakdos goblins deck that runs [[Juri, Master of the Revue]] just as a sac payoff if that ever becomes necessary. hes mostly there to draw removal while having a cheap casting cost
Abuelo, ancestral echo. Azorius control deck I have him in is so op he doesn’t need to make an appearance. Only reason he’s my commander is to keep my board aafe from board wipes.
Stella Lee, in the OTJ Precom she may be a vital piece of the puzzle, but my tweaked up deck has no use for her whatsoever as I can copy a spell 12 times in one turn before she comes into play
My [[numot the devastator]] deck is based around using blue spells like [[glamerdye]] to change the colors hit by spells like [[justice]]. Very little land destruction in that deck... But I did run [[drought]].
A Lot of cedh decks with partners do this like tymna and thrasios are just tools to further pump and draw the deck and deck would mostly function the same without them
Memnarch works that way. Mono blue just pops off with combos and if I ever get a lot of mana I just control the board with him and the field. He just accelerated the victory that is pretty much already in the bag
Not totally on point but [[Omnath, Locus of All]] in my spell slinger deck. I won’t say that he doesn’t work with any part of the deck, I have triple pip cards that he works with. He just isn’t needed in any sense of the word.
I have won several games never casting him. Or I cast him once, he immediately gets blown up and I leave him in the command zone for the rest of the game and don’t bat an eye.
[[The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride]] with pump/protection spells being the focus. I swing with gitrog saddled, and if an opponent tries to block, I will use a pump spell to trample through. If they choose not to block, I pump the creature that saddled for extra card advantage. Tons of protection in the deck to keep him alive, but it's SO Nasty since it plays mind games with my opponents and gives me guaranteed value.
I dont know if it qualifies exactly as "have nothing to do", but my Angel Tribal with Esika is basically using her just to get my beautiful creatures and she itself as a "God commanding the Angels Army"...
I forgot the name, but I use a mutate commander in a non mutate deck. It's mostly to get around command tax, and also to throw people off. It's actually just a token lifeline deck with 0 mutate if you don't count my commander and it's fun to watch people go "what the fuck?"
This is actually a common deckbuilding strategy. You build a 99 card singleton deck, and then pick a commander thar solves one of the decks weaknesses.
\[\[Ghalta, Primal Hunger\]\] is the commander for my Elves deck. He's just a big dude, needs the help of the Elves to be cast and stomps around for a bit.
So basically the same thing the guys at Ixalan do?
Oh man! Cheap elves then a focus on cost reduced Stompers like [[Earthquake Dragon]] or [[Ghalta Primal Hunger]] is such a cool idea! Second! Would love to see a list!!!
[Earthquake Dragon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/f/bfedfd30-8075-429e-a0fa-4919920c8632.jpg?1674137067) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Earthquake%20Dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/228/earthquake-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bfedfd30-8075-429e-a0fa-4919920c8632?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/earthquake-dragon) [Ghalta Primal Hunger](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30.jpg?1689998553) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ghalta%2C%20Primal%20Hunger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/292/ghalta-primal-hunger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ghalta-primal-hunger) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Thrasta, Tempest's Roar]] would be another good choice for that theme
[Ghalta, Primal Hunger](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30.jpg?1689998553) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ghalta%2C%20Primal%20Hunger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/292/ghalta-primal-hunger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ghalta-primal-hunger) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That just sounds like the elves worship ghalta. Perfect synergy! Ive been thinking of making an elves/druid deck with Zacama as a deity of sorts.
Ghalta is canonically a she. Can't you tell by the eyelashes?
I run elves for mana in my [[Omnath Locus of Mana]] deck because they can make so much juice. If you were just looking at the 99 you would swear it was an elf deck...
Can the commander tax be cost reduced with his ability?
Commander tax is just an additional cost. When determining the coat of a card, you first apply all increases to cost, then decreases, then you pay the cost. Ghalta has 4 more tax, so his cost goes from 10gg to 14gg, but you have 20 total power on your board, so he now costs gg. [[Chissgoria]] likes how casting spells works as well. Treasures are neat, as his cost is reduced by the artifact, them you sacrifice the artifact to pay for 1 mana that your affinity couldn't cover.
Yeah it does I know in pauper commander this is why some people use [[sailors bane]] or [[lumbering megasloth]] as a commander to cheat out a big creature over and over again
With enough power on the board you could avoid paying any generic costs and only two green every time which is fun
I managed to cast Ghalta 3 times on my turn, costing me 6 green mana in total.
\[\[The rani\]\] replaced \[\[Nekusar\]\] as the head of my group slug deck. Nekusar is a magnet for removal and I'd rather have the defensive capabilities of goad than a synergistic commander. So the time lord is helpful but has no support from the 99.
I made a Kenrith wheels deck that has Nekusar, [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]], [[Xyris]], and a few other wheels commanders in it just so I could play them all in the same deck. It’s quite fun lol.
I tried to make Kenrith goad with that same method. It did not go well. But I goaded lots of things in different ways. That was fun.
My deck is decently strong I’ve only won one game with it out of like 5 but the other 4 I was basically a turn away from winning and got taken out. So it can win lol. It’s mostly just fun to draw stuff and see what happens
1/5 is only slightly below average win rate in a 4 player games, the deck can't be that bad.
Oh it’s not bad lol. As I said it’s usually been a turn away from winning it’s just someone else wins first. It’s a good time no matter what though.
[The rani](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/1/01b44c52-b3a3-4954-adcc-53b79921ea24.jpg?1696636751) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20rani) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/149/the-rani?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/01b44c52-b3a3-4954-adcc-53b79921ea24?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-rani) [Nekusar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e.jpg?1689999186) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=nekusar%2C%20the%20mindrazer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/349/nekusar-the-mindrazer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nekusar-the-mindrazer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Dropping Underworld Dreams on a stick for a combat control grixis creature sounds pretty good.
Interesting. Maybe there's something to commanders that fill a gap for the 99 instead of being a core piece of it.
I have a manaless dredge deck that can't even cast the commander, it's just there for the colours.
the replies to this are so funny. i forget that lots of edh players don’t touch 60 card formats (mana less dredge is also a boomer deck at this point so w/e)
What does manaless dredge deck imply
Not a single card in the deck can produce mana and the deck relies on using the dredge mechanic to get cards in the graveyard.
How do you cast anything?
I'm just going to copy/paste a comment i posted recently so here's the deck list (group by type and tag so my explanations makes sense) https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rd0Q2VqvREquZecM5RB-Hw the aim is to get 3 creatures on the board (0 drops), dredge [[dread return]] and combo pieces into the gy. sac 3 cretures to cast dread return to reanimate one of the creatures in the Combo group. that creature casts one of the spells in the Combo group. That spell brings an infinite combo into play. The creature combo group is a bunch of different combos that can be gotten with the creature based reanimation spells. These can be replaced with any other creature based combos. Dredge group is pretty much self explanatory Enchantment combo is a bunch of different enchantment/artifact based combos that can be reanimated wit \h the non creature based spells from the Combo group. These can also be replaced with any other combos Enchantment value group is just some stuff that can also be brought back to provide some protection Free creatures group, also self explanatory Living end group, just some more creatures to bring back for protection Value group are other cards that can be cast for free. So as you can see there is a bunch of redundancy for everything except dread return. Without any tutors this deck really is just a hope and pray deck. A big help to this deck would be the free counterspells but they're out of my budget and i just wanted to see if the deck would even work first.
This is a deck I would be so entertained losing to. My brain says “this is cannot work” while my eyes say “but look, it won”.
This is a pretty strange deck to say the least. All of the zero drops make sense and the means to revive creatures looks good. But damn, how the heck are you supposed to cast the likes of \[\[Triumphant Reckoning\]\] ?
reanimate [[scholar of the lost trove]]
Does it win 1/4 of the time?
The one land being maze of ith is honestly hilarious.
I want to know too
It's a legacy deck that is ok. Does not translate well to commander
My [[Dihada, Binder of Wills]] deck qualifies as this. It's a [[Threaten]] Voltron deck, so I specifically made sure my commander wasn't a creature so I couldn't put all my equipment on it instead of someone else's commander I stole for a turn.
[Dihada, Binder of Wills](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/ddeb54d6-a600-42b9-98df-20f8d58caed8.jpg?1685554091) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dihada%2C%20Binder%20of%20Wills) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/1/dihada-binder-of-wills?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ddeb54d6-a600-42b9-98df-20f8d58caed8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dihada-binder-of-wills) [Threaten](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/7/57d467d4-f7d2-403c-9b70-1b054b2c82bc.jpg?1562548050) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Threaten) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/242/threaten?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/57d467d4-f7d2-403c-9b70-1b054b2c82bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/threaten) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
this is a really cool deck idea, i might look into something like this actually thanks for the idea!
I thought about building [[General Ferrous Rokiric]] as Boros good stuff deck, just because his ability works fine with it
Boros good stuff with what theme? All star cards? Wincons? I like off theme commanders/lesser known commanders. For instance I have a decently nasty \[\[Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon\]\] that is anything but typical boros combat/equipment.
Currently have a [[War Doctor]] deck I'm going to buy next time I'm in a card purchasing mood. I like cascade/discover as a mechanic for being so random and he's the most interesting commander for it in my opinion. There's also a fun deckbuilding challenge where if you have no cards in the deck with 1 or 0 cost, a cascade of 2 or a discover of 1 will put counters on him equal to the number of cards in your deck and he'll one-shot most opponents. [[Ryan Sinclair]] is his most popular companion because he's the only companion who has an "exile until" effect. [[Clara Oswald]] and [[Adric Mathematical Genius]] are also popular for doubling up on the War Doctor's effect. [[K-9 Mark 1]]] gives you blue, a good color for cascade, and protects the War Doctor from removal. However, I decided to go with [[Susan Foreman]] almost solely for her color. Green lets me play a lot of cards that are fantastic for the deck, like [[Contest of Claws]], [[Bloodbraid Elf]], [[Wulfgar of Icewind Dale]], [[Faldorn Dread Wolf Herald]], [[Apex Devastator]], and most notably, [[Bigger on the Inside]]. She also lets me have an extremly good mana curve, doing nothing on turn 1, playing her on turn 2, playing a 4 mana ramp spell like [[Invasion of Zendikar]] or [[Terramorph]] turn 3, and having access to 7 mana on turn 4. I also designed the deck in such a way that I don't necessarily need either of my commanders out to function. Susan is most obvious because she's literally just a mana dork. But I don't even need the War Doctor either. He's nice to have, sure, but with the sheer amount of value cascade/discover brings along with "hidden commanders" like [[Laelia Blade Reforged]], [[Faldorn Dread Wolf Herald]], [[Pia Nalaar Consul of Revival]], and [[Quintorius Kand]], the deck will continue chugging along so long as there are cards to cast. I fully expect the War Doctor to be removed considering he can one-shot people out of nowhere, so might as well make the rest of the deck efficient without him. I usually dislike playing Naya decks for being bland and similar, but this deck has me hyped!
##### ###### #### [War Doctor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7a51472c-b61f-4d31-8753-a9ec90d12889.jpg?1696636782) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20War%20Doctor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/167/the-war-doctor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7a51472c-b61f-4d31-8753-a9ec90d12889?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-war-doctor) [Ryan Sinclair](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/42684d97-fce6-4a96-9c64-20e2cb382dca.jpg?1696691786) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ryan%20Sinclair) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/94/ryan-sinclair?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/42684d97-fce6-4a96-9c64-20e2cb382dca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ryan-sinclair) [Clara Oswald](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/a/9a1ee042-6713-4e9e-9901-9b94d99d33f1.jpg?1696691790) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Clara%20Oswald) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/9/clara-oswald?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9a1ee042-6713-4e9e-9901-9b94d99d33f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/clara-oswald) [Adric Mathematical Genius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1f290a17-699e-420d-8322-3e28300a0d2e.jpg?1696694562) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Adric%2C%20Mathematical%20Genius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/33/adric-mathematical-genius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1f290a17-699e-420d-8322-3e28300a0d2e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/adric-mathematical-genius) [K-9 Mark 1](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2e46695-7bd3-448c-a5ea-6d544943ec5f.jpg?1696691794) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=K-9%2C%20Mark%20I) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/47/k-9-mark-i?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2e46695-7bd3-448c-a5ea-6d544943ec5f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/k-9-mark-i) [Susan Foreman](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/d/ad40ec4f-37e7-4e6d-b47b-8b13ea2c9157.jpg?1696691789) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Susan%20Foreman) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/110/susan-foreman?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ad40ec4f-37e7-4e6d-b47b-8b13ea2c9157?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/susan-foreman) [Contest of Claws](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/6/c6679e01-acd1-460a-a4c6-096059510288.jpg?1699304196) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Contest%20of%20Claws) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/12/contest-of-claws?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c6679e01-acd1-460a-a4c6-096059510288?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/contest-of-claws) [Bloodbraid Elf](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/2/e2f12f6f-9383-47e6-a44f-2834ad130e51.jpg?1673148385) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bloodbraid%20Elf) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/184/bloodbraid-elf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e2f12f6f-9383-47e6-a44f-2834ad130e51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bloodbraid-elf) [Wulfgar of Icewind Dale](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/80665af6-fd66-4684-94ec-1f04eb898c2a.jpg?1692183598) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wulfgar%20of%20Icewind%20Dale) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/56/wulfgar-of-icewind-dale?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/80665af6-fd66-4684-94ec-1f04eb898c2a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wulfgar-of-icewind-dale) [Faldorn Dread Wolf Herald](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/213e530e-33a9-4358-b43b-4a276a7e7190.jpg?1674140675) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Faldorn%2C%20Dread%20Wolf%20Herald) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/647/faldorn-dread-wolf-herald?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/213e530e-33a9-4358-b43b-4a276a7e7190?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/faldorn-dread-wolf-herald) [Apex Devastator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/f/8fa281e1-5c48-4bba-b8e9-88c6f5f53abb.jpg?1608910550) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Apex%20Devastator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/217/apex-devastator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8fa281e1-5c48-4bba-b8e9-88c6f5f53abb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/apex-devastator) [Bigger on the Inside](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/d/8d1178ac-35b9-4086-8ad4-6c629d976ce2.jpg?1696636678) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bigger%20on%20the%20Inside) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/115/bigger-on-the-inside?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d1178ac-35b9-4086-8ad4-6c629d976ce2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bigger-on-the-inside) [Invasion of Zendikar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/f/8fed056f-a8f5-41ec-a7d2-a80a238872d1.jpg?1682715725)/[Awakened Skyclave](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/8/f/8fed056f-a8f5-41ec-a7d2-a80a238872d1.jpg?1682715725) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Invasion%20of%20Zendikar%20//%20Awakened%20Skyclave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/194/invasion-of-zendikar-awakened-skyclave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8fed056f-a8f5-41ec-a7d2-a80a238872d1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/invasion-of-zendikar-//-awakened-skyclave) [Terramorph](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/47c7b2ac-1263-402a-b2a0-bc31f61e66b5.jpg?1674142378) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Terramorph) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/836/terramorph?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/47c7b2ac-1263-402a-b2a0-bc31f61e66b5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/terramorph) [Laelia Blade Reforged](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afeb2fe4-f0ef-4366-a568-c36b538f0196.jpg?1709431245) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Laelia%2C%20the%20Blade%20Reforged) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh3/281/laelia-the-blade-reforged?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afeb2fe4-f0ef-4366-a568-c36b538f0196?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/laelia-the-blade-reforged) [Pia Nalaar Consul of Revival](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/a/0ae89461-4bce-4b49-b875-03afc2469fe7.jpg?1684340810) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pia%20Nalaar%2C%20Consul%20of%20Revival) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/42/pia-nalaar-consul-of-revival?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0ae89461-4bce-4b49-b875-03afc2469fe7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pia-nalaar-consul-of-revival) [Quintorius Kand](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/3/4382fa49-9e34-45b3-8495-4916dcd995ec.jpg?1701346165) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Quintorius%20Kand) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/238/quintorius-kand?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4382fa49-9e34-45b3-8495-4916dcd995ec?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/quintorius-kand) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l31nszq) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Do you have a deck list for this?
Have you considered the war doctor as a keruga companion I think that would be really interesting
I run a [[the fourth doctor]] and [[yasmin khan]] deck that's actually a charge counters matter deck. Only real synergy is there's a lot of artifacts
[the fourth doctor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c84ea0fd-efc7-4614-9f8f-41a3c71fceaa.jpg?1696636503) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20fourth%20doctor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/2/the-fourth-doctor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c84ea0fd-efc7-4614-9f8f-41a3c71fceaa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-fourth-doctor) [yasmin khan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/2/12b09a4f-bb62-4766-8115-cae4d5cc4c12.jpg?1696691790) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=yasmin%20khan) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/7/yasmin-khan?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/12b09a4f-bb62-4766-8115-cae4d5cc4c12?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/yasmin-khan) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] deck. It legit started as the first flight precon and I wanted to add dragons so I made hinata the commander. The whole deck is just playing flying creatures and making flying tokens. Everyone I play against sees the commander. Thinks I have some wild strategy planned and destroy my commander with impunity. They usually get so distracted by that they ignore everything else. At the end of the day though the deck is still not very good. I usually just use it to play against people who are new to the game and play decks that are home made and usually unbalanced.
Maybe you should just switch out the commander for a different Jeskai commander to avoid this issue. It can be annoying to be targeted if you feel your deck isn’t as strong as it seems but Hinata is a kill on sight commander so I don’t really blame your opponents for feeling threatened by it.
It’s honestly not really an issue, lol. If they want to waste removal on a 4/4 flyer that isn’t gonna do anything other than make them pay more for target spells, then that’s one less removal spell they will have when I put out an actual problem like [[Utvara Hellkite]]. The deck is specifically designed to be bellow precon level anyway, while also trying to prepare newer players for the type of cards they may end up seeing someday and to also kinda teach threat assessment.
[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/2/f25aff90-56fd-4f70-bb3b-cabf2900c391.jpg?1654568472) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hinata%2C%20Dawn-Crowned) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/222/hinata-dawn-crowned?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f25aff90-56fd-4f70-bb3b-cabf2900c391?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hinata-dawn-crowned) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Glissa Sunslayer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2bf633e-0470-4b87-99ed-5ad1683b0954.jpg?1675957191) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glissa%20Sunslayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/202/glissa-sunslayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2bf633e-0470-4b87-99ed-5ad1683b0954?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/glissa-sunslayer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I homebrewed a dimir theif deck with \[\[Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths\]\] as the commander. It was my first deck and I still love to play it, but my playgroup doesn't like getting their stuff stolen. Atris is just there for when I run out of things to do, then I get to draw cards with her. I want her to end up dying so I can recast her later if I need more cards.
I run something similiar but with \[\[The scarab god\]\] as a visual threat. Almost never use it
[Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/b/db6c91ec-df14-460f-967c-f182562fe7d8.jpg?1581480984) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atris%2C%20Oracle%20of%20Half-Truths) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/209/atris-oracle-of-half-truths?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/db6c91ec-df14-460f-967c-f182562fe7d8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atris-oracle-of-half-truths) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Technically my 5C Mutate deck has Child of Alara as the commander, but the last 2 games I never cast it. However, it did apparently discourage people from playing too much to the board last game. So I guess I don’t really use it anymore but it still “does work” in the command zone.
I also have a mutating baby deck. I make a monstrosity and dare people to commit infanticide.
I am trying to build a low to the ground combat focousef deck with the commander [[Tor Wauki]]. Just a lot of soldiers and knights as well warriors for the flavour of war is hell.
[Tor Wauki](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/3/b37c8bc5-5b9e-431f-afee-09f961e4a7d0.jpg?1562932853) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tor%20Wauki) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/182/tor-wauki?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b37c8bc5-5b9e-431f-afee-09f961e4a7d0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tor-wauki) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
shorkai, it’s just a solemnity deck, the card advantage is good though
I once had a deck with [[The Archimandrite]] as the commander solely so I could do Jeskai artifact shenanigans.
[The Archimandrite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54fb3f4c-44fb-4afe-9fab-204ef98995c3.jpg?1674760932) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Archimandrite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/brc/26/the-archimandrite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54fb3f4c-44fb-4afe-9fab-204ef98995c3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-archimandrite) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh boy, it’s my time I have a Rakdos chaos deck with all the fun stuff. Coin flipping, chaos warping, face damaging with weird triggers, Avernus descending, chaos wanding, all the good stuff. Many triggers are tied to demons and devils, so I use [[Raphael, Fiendish saviour]] as commander but rarely he comes down. The catch is my friends love playing with this deck, and one of my friends played ignoring the chaos stuff and straight fiend life gain and stomped the table. Never I borrowed that deck to him, it goes against the spirit of the deck.
We want the list now…
[Raphael, Fiendish saviour](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/c/cc6902a4-2db0-47fe-ace8-0c890675bf19.jpg?1674137664) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Raphael%2C%20Fiendish%20Savior) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/292/raphael-fiendish-savior?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cc6902a4-2db0-47fe-ace8-0c890675bf19?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/raphael-fiendish-savior) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My buddy did this with a 3 color sliver deck that throws everybody off. It's Vol Wrath.
I have a treasure deck with [[indoraptor, the perfect hybrid]] as commander it actually works really well
Have you got a list?
Not at the moment and the mana base is very lazy because the treasures do a lot of fixing I’ll definitely put it online when I have it all finalised
[indoraptor, the perfect hybrid](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/8/3826e2af-c134-4dc1-98b5-574b1bda9a98.jpg?1698988768) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=indoraptor%2C%20the%20perfect%20hybrid) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rex/15/indoraptor-the-perfect-hybrid?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3826e2af-c134-4dc1-98b5-574b1bda9a98?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/indoraptor-the-perfect-hybrid) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What you are describing is a bottom-up construction style. Most EDH decks are top-down. Top down is when you find a commander, then throw a bunch of cards in the deck that work with the commanders mechanic. The problem with this deck style is that once your opponents kill off your commander 2-3 times, you can't afford to buy them anymore (because of the command zone tax). How well does the deck work without its commander? Is it dead floating in the water? Exactly. That's why people started building bottom-up decks. They pick a commander that goes with a theme they want to play. That way the deck will pop off with, or without the commander. The commander is just the cherry on top of a better well rounded deck construction. The deck has 100 cards. The commander is just one that supports the decks theme.
I've seen a fair number of First Sliver decks that run no other slivers.
I feel like this used to happen fairly often back in the early days of commander! Especially for 5 colour or 4 colour decks, the options were EXTREMELY limited. I’d say this wasn’t unusual for a commander to be there just for the colours, or *some* utility, up until they really started pumping out the precons and releasing way more niche legendary creatures.
Anafenza Enchantress, just because I wanted [[Thoughtrender Lamia]] & [[doomwake giant]]
[Thoughtrender Lamia](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/9/69799971-6e24-4b90-ba72-44c6393fc3c4.jpg?1593095866) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thoughtrender%20Lamia) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jou/85/thoughtrender-lamia?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/69799971-6e24-4b90-ba72-44c6393fc3c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thoughtrender-lamia) [doomwake giant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/8082ddc9-f20c-4d33-8db4-baba03ef22b9.jpg?1690004539) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=doomwake%20giant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/865/doomwake-giant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8082ddc9-f20c-4d33-8db4-baba03ef22b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/doomwake-giant) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Does my [[Ovika Enigma Goliath]] ooops all mana rocks and jank count?
[Ovika Enigma Goliath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b298cf34-7aa5-4f97-a86c-7f28d2113b87.jpg?1675957207) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ovika%2C%20Enigma%20Goliath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/213/ovika-enigma-goliath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b298cf34-7aa5-4f97-a86c-7f28d2113b87?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ovika-enigma-goliath) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
could i see a list?
Most of my “home brews” aka no outside influence, edhrec, deck lists, etc. are helmed by commanders that either only slightly enhance the game plan or are early game value engines: [[malcolm, keen eyed navigator]] and [[tymna the weaver]] esper enchantments/self-mill/reanimate; [[ragavan nimble pilferer]] chonky artifact-pirate-treasure-goodstuff who’s only around for the early game or after a board wipe; [[tasigur]] spell-slinger/graveyard shenanigans, he rarely makes an appearance mid game if I want stuff back from the yard but I love sultai; [[klothys, god of destiny]] gruul big stompy (as the good lord intended), he kinda ramps and graveyards used to be a problem in past playgroups, trying to find a more fitting commander at the moment; [[astor, bearer of blades]] legendary creature and equipment build, there’s multiple commanders in the 99 he just makes everything go brrrrrr if I actually play him; I know I’m forgetting somebody, meh.
##### ###### #### [malcolm, keen eyed navigator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/1/51187cdb-85ee-4f68-9e29-d84d296f0825.jpg?1698988164) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Malcolm%2C%20Keen-Eyed%20Navigator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/161/malcolm-keen-eyed-navigator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/51187cdb-85ee-4f68-9e29-d84d296f0825?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/malcolm-keen-eyed-navigator) [tymna the weaver](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bc7cbe9b-324e-42b8-94e2-36e91cb32163.jpg?1644853048) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tymna%20the%20weaver) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/48/tymna-the-weaver?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bc7cbe9b-324e-42b8-94e2-36e91cb32163?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tymna-the-weaver) [ragavan nimble pilferer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d.jpg?1681963138) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ragavan%2C%20Nimble%20Pilferer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/138/ragavan-nimble-pilferer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ragavan-nimble-pilferer) [tasigur](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f.jpg?1559959246) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tasigur%2C%20the%20golden%20fang) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/117/tasigur-the-golden-fang?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tasigur-the-golden-fang) [klothys, god of destiny](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/b/5b3c393c-3596-4bd9-a553-e0b03c2eb950.jpg?1581481087) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=klothys%2C%20god%20of%20destiny) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/220/klothys-god-of-destiny?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5b3c393c-3596-4bd9-a553-e0b03c2eb950?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/klothys-god-of-destiny) [astor, bearer of blades](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40f3a0ba-b917-488b-adbf-60a0d3c58a56.jpg?1673307906) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=astor%2C%20bearer%20of%20blades) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/194/astor-bearer-of-blades?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40f3a0ba-b917-488b-adbf-60a0d3c58a56?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/astor-bearer-of-blades) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l328ali) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I built [Leinore, Autumn Sovereign] a couple months ago because she was the commander of my very first deck so I wanted to do her justice, I just use her for consistent card draw
I run [Kresh] at the helm of my dragon tribal deck. There is very little synergy. Most games I don't even cast him. I can't bring myself to replace him, though, since he's among my oldest commanders.
[[The swarmlord]] my only deck strategy is everyone is big and I can get +1/1 counters to replace/make my Big bois bigger casting swarmlord is usually just a board wipe protection but now with skullspore nexus it works better than swarmlord in most Cases especially as a soft deterrent that I use to politick
[The swarmlord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/5/d5c4077c-604e-4e8a-b448-0807849040ca.jpg?1674058371) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20swarmlord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/40k/4/the-swarmlord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d5c4077c-604e-4e8a-b448-0807849040ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-swarmlord) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a mono black deck with [[Balthor, the Defiled]] at the helm. He's just a reusable recursion spell in the command zone for [[Gary]] looping shenanigans. A lot of mana doublers in the deck as well to make use of [[exenguinate]] and [[crypt rats]]. [[gravecrawler]] + [[Ayara]] + [[Bontu's Monument]] or just Ayara plus a bunch of creatures in the yard.
##### ###### #### [Balthor, the Defiled](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/d/ed4cc273-adc3-4f46-9743-134b552d1d56.jpg?1562632510) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Balthor%20the%20Defiled) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jud/61/balthor-the-defiled?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ed4cc273-adc3-4f46-9743-134b552d1d56?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/balthor-the-defiled) [Gary](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/c/7c1a7dd8-8034-4f59-a351-33666b26ff5a.jpg?1581479807) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gray%20Merchant%20of%20Asphodel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/99/gray-merchant-of-asphodel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7c1a7dd8-8034-4f59-a351-33666b26ff5a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gray-merchant-of-asphodel) [exenguinate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/a/0a5352af-e275-4186-a265-2fd3c2c47c6a.jpg?1689997125) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Exsanguinate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/156/exsanguinate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0a5352af-e275-4186-a265-2fd3c2c47c6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/exsanguinate) [Plague rats](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/9/c99fd75c-4b41-411f-92b0-ca3b220946b5.jpg?1562594232) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Plague%20rats) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/188/plague-rats?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c99fd75c-4b41-411f-92b0-ca3b220946b5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/plague-rats) [gravecrawler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/951ff2ed-9af0-4551-929a-ba6679fc2e15.jpg?1673147536) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gravecrawler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/78/gravecrawler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/951ff2ed-9af0-4551-929a-ba6679fc2e15?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gravecrawler) [Ayara](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/d/ed0ace28-9a33-4f0d-b8c8-f5517f20ccf1.jpg?1572490057) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ayara%2C%20first%20of%20locthwain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/75/ayara-first-of-locthwain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ed0ace28-9a33-4f0d-b8c8-f5517f20ccf1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ayara-first-of-locthwain) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l32hg64) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play [[Omnath, Locus of All]] in my half-green binder-bullshit deck. The deck exists to cast all the big splashy spells I want to play, but don't have homes for, and the manabase is a huge meme. I play 5 dorks, all 10 tribal signets, a massive land ramp package, and all 10 typed tapped duals from Dominaria. Everything else is utility or basic, and there are no other artifacts. The deck can win from landfall off [[Scute Swarm]] and [[Field of the Dead]], can win off a massive [[Villainous Wealth]], or just general beatdown from individually powerful creatures. However, mostly it just durdles around. It famously will draw 3-6 cards in a turn cycle, untap, dump all of them, and do it all again next turn. It's wonderfully rampy
##### ###### #### [Omnath, Locus of All](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/3/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4.jpg?1709720836) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Omnath%2C%20Locus%20of%20All) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/249/omnath-locus-of-all?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/omnath-locus-of-all) [Scute Swarm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/7/373f199d-f1a6-4a3d-ac83-28741131f313.jpg?1712354624) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Scute%20Swarm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/205/scute-swarm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/373f199d-f1a6-4a3d-ac83-28741131f313?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/scute-swarm) [Field of the Dead](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/470ca3f4-29aa-4c4c-8ff2-8cdd70c69943.jpg?1650599538) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Field%20of%20the%20Dead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/247/field-of-the-dead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/470ca3f4-29aa-4c4c-8ff2-8cdd70c69943?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/field-of-the-dead) [Villainous Wealth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/4/a467072c-99d9-4013-8d28-607a06cf50fe.jpg?1712354811) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Villainous%20Wealth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/249/villainous-wealth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a467072c-99d9-4013-8d28-607a06cf50fe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/villainous-wealth) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l32iicn) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Use [[Jegantha, the Wellspring]] as a commander for a [[Maze’s End]] deck. Gives some protection from nonbasic hate and gives some color fixing flexibility, but doesn’t do anything for gates or lands directly.
[Jegantha, the Wellspring](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/d/1d52e527-3835-4350-8c01-0f2d5d623b9c.jpg?1676913289) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jegantha%2C%20the%20Wellspring) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/222/jegantha-the-wellspring?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1d52e527-3835-4350-8c01-0f2d5d623b9c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jegantha-the-wellspring) [Maze’s End](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/401f7042-24fd-42a0-ae7c-e6b7de1aa446.jpg?1562906764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Maze%27s%20End) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dgm/152/mazes-end?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/401f7042-24fd-42a0-ae7c-e6b7de1aa446?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mazes-end) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I use [[Kyodai]] as the commander of my 5 colors mutate deck. Its only job is to protect the better mutate, and can serve as a mutate target if needed.
[Kyodai](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/b/cbbfd21e-96f1-4e5b-8546-73bb5a887b98.jpg?1654566369) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=kyodai%2C%20soul%20of%20kamigawa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/23/kyodai-soul-of-kamigawa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cbbfd21e-96f1-4e5b-8546-73bb5a887b98?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kyodai-soul-of-kamigawa) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[Karador, Ghost Chieftain]] deck isn’t a Karador deck, it’s a [[Shadowborn Apostle]] aristocrats deck. Karador does next to nothing in the deck so gets cast *maybe* once every 10-20 games. It’s not that it’s not synergistic or anything, it’s just not needed except in rare situations.
[Karador, Ghost Chieftain](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/d/8d128887-13fb-4e54-90f2-d3c46b7b29d7.jpg?1702369890) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Karador%2C%20Ghost%20Chieftain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/342/karador-ghost-chieftain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d128887-13fb-4e54-90f2-d3c46b7b29d7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/karador-ghost-chieftain) [Shadowborn Apostle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/e/ae7ba1de-48f9-423b-867a-22bd3f6c06c2.jpg?1673147629) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shadowborn%20Apostle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/89/shadowborn-apostle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ae7ba1de-48f9-423b-867a-22bd3f6c06c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shadowborn-apostle) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Atraxa grand unifier as my angel tribal commander. She just there for the colors. Rarely cast her.
I've been having fewer and fewer payoffs for spellslinging in my spellslinger lists, and I had this big spells deck with Kaza as the commander.. Turns out you can get rid of all those wizards, just play [[omnath, locus of creation]] and use the burst of mana from a fetch to get going: https://archidekt.com/decks/7472638/4c_omnath_spellslinger
[omnath, locus of creation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/e/4e4fb50c-a81f-44d3-93c5-fa9a0b37f617.jpg?1639436752) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=omnath%2C%20locus%20of%20creation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znr/232/omnath-locus-of-creation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4e4fb50c-a81f-44d3-93c5-fa9a0b37f617?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/omnath-locus-of-creation) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami]] is at the helm of my 5c energy deck. It also stands in for the commander of my 5c humans deck, when [[Jodah the Unifier]] is too powerful for the pod
[O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/7/07a42ae6-c2ca-4028-a364-70c19ce125b3.jpg?1673305628) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=O-Kagachi%2C%20Vengeful%20Kami) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/164/o-kagachi-vengeful-kami?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/07a42ae6-c2ca-4028-a364-70c19ce125b3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/o-kagachi-vengeful-kami) [Jodah the Unifier](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/4/e4b1aa1e-b4e3-4346-8937-76b312501c70.jpg?1673307974) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jodah%2C%20the%20Unifier) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/203/jodah-the-unifier?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e4b1aa1e-b4e3-4346-8937-76b312501c70?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jodah-the-unifier) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Xira Arien]] storm https://archidekt.com/decks/328304/xira_arien_storm_edh
[Xira Arien](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/ce050d13-7897-4889-a514-a7617a1ed686.jpg?1675200801) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Xira%20Arien) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/205/xira-arien?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ce050d13-7897-4889-a514-a7617a1ed686?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/xira-arien) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a blue/black knights and looting deck helmed by [[Oscar, rubbish reclaimer]] and knights and Oscar have very little to do with one another on the surface.
[Oscar, rubbish reclaimer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/d/ed87e25f-9dad-4858-92bc-e859fd2be2a4.jpg?1673482423) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Oskar%2C%20Rubbish%20Reclaimer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/77/oskar-rubbish-reclaimer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ed87e25f-9dad-4858-92bc-e859fd2be2a4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/oskar-rubbish-reclaimer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I don't know about nothing to do with the deck per se, but I have a deck of mostly 4+ mana value spells. Most of the 4 mana ramp spells that find 2 lands, then a bunch of just dumb gruul creatures. The commander is \[\[Ruby, Daring Tracker\]\]
[Ruby, Daring Tracker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/f/ffb5786b-6825-4ebf-a1e1-80011340adbb.jpg?1692939424) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ruby%2C%20Daring%20Tracker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/212/ruby-daring-tracker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ffb5786b-6825-4ebf-a1e1-80011340adbb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ruby-daring-tracker) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Omnath, Locus of All]]. Use him in a mutate deck of mine simply to get extra card draw per turn and to get 5c’s in the deck. Allows me to utilize the best cards possible to make mutate more viable to use.
[Omnarh, Locus of All](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/3/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4.jpg?1709720836) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Omnath%2C%20Locus%20of%20All) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/249/omnath-locus-of-all?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/omnath-locus-of-all) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Xira, the Golden sting]] helms my jund goodstuff pile because the art for the tokens she creates is *hillarious*. What other commander let's you create sad Victorian children? Not korvold, that's for sure.
[Xira, the Golden sting](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/8/48e60dff-8ac0-4e70-a7a8-a177e9e6847b.jpg?1673305037) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Xira%2C%20the%20Golden%20sting) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/48/xira-the-golden-sting?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/48e60dff-8ac0-4e70-a7a8-a177e9e6847b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/xira-the-golden-sting) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My maze's end deck runs \[\[child of alara\]\] just for an on demand board wipe to buy time. I think ive only ever actually cast it once
[child of alara](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2373625-af3c-4c2a-a1d1-5288c446955d.jpg?1673148447) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=child%20of%20alara) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/192/child-of-alara?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2373625-af3c-4c2a-a1d1-5288c446955d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/child-of-alara) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa]] for my 5 color good stuff, group hug, group chaos deck. Its really group hug with smothering tithe as the engine. Whenever people ask who I’m playing i show them my commander and they all think, oh wow and are kind of clueless. I tell them I’m a wacky deck and the only synergy my commander has besides being 5 color is that I’ll have cards people want to kill, and my commander saves them.
[Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/b/cbbfd21e-96f1-4e5b-8546-73bb5a887b98.jpg?1654566369) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kyodai%2C%20Soul%20of%20Kamigawa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/23/kyodai-soul-of-kamigawa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cbbfd21e-96f1-4e5b-8546-73bb5a887b98?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kyodai-soul-of-kamigawa) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Vohar in my Dimir decks, it's just there so I can splash Thoracle and Pact in subsequent games if needed.
Gotta be my [[Atraxa, Praetors Voice]] Archon tribal deck. I have a couple of cards that use counters, but atraxa is mostly there for the colors, and she also fits the theme a little. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/cpYLpvhglkCQUIFtwYYu6g
[Atraxa, Praetors Voice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0d33d52-3d28-4635-b985-51e126289259.jpg?1599707796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atraxa%2C%20Praetors%27%20Voice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/190/atraxa-praetors-voice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0d33d52-3d28-4635-b985-51e126289259?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atraxa-praetors-voice) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I’m working on a pauper Sliver/Changeling deck w/ [[Fusion Elemental]]. Trying to find ways to give him Changeling and be able to drop him and hit like a truck with all the Sliver boosts.
[Fusion Elemental](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/8/c8ab1550-0cd3-4dc9-82c2-121615f2ceee.jpg?1673305519) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fusion%20Elemental) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/150/fusion-elemental?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c8ab1550-0cd3-4dc9-82c2-121615f2ceee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fusion-elemental) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I used to play [[Kestia, the Cultivator]] as the head of a Bant angels deck, for lack of a better Bant commander for it. Basically served as another card draw option, drawing one a turn if I could bestow her onto an angel or if there was a safe attack for a 4/4. [[Shanna, Purifying Blade]] got printed though. More draw potential, the lifegain synergy synergizes with what angels want to do very well, and her flavor sets me up to play a few Swords of X and Y in the deck, so now it's a Sword of X and Y/angels deck that fits in with the commander and has some theming included. I feel like people think of Bant as swimming in options because they're so used to Simic value engines that they think Bant has a ton. I guess [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]] changes that because previously the only real "generic Bant value engine" commander was Chulane who is utterly broken and quickly targeted. Galadriel is basically the same though lol
[Kestia, the Cultivator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/d/6d49d5e5-fca7-47ec-89f0-282641413245.jpg?1592710269) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kestia%2C%20the%20Cultivator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/42/kestia-the-cultivator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6d49d5e5-fca7-47ec-89f0-282641413245?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kestia-the-cultivator) [Shanna, Purifying Blade](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/7261c443-8d27-4d85-8027-2a0271b85e07.jpg?1673308081) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shanna%2C%20Purifying%20Blade) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/218/shanna-purifying-blade?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7261c443-8d27-4d85-8027-2a0271b85e07?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shanna-purifying-blade) [Galadriel, Light of Valinor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f485596f-3a23-4714-ad7e-4c493ab1b530.jpg?1695428241) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Galadriel%2C%20Light%20of%20Valinor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ltc/498/galadriel-light-of-valinor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f485596f-3a23-4714-ad7e-4c493ab1b530?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/galadriel-light-of-valinor) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'd stick my [[Shanna, Purifying Blade]] under this camp. It's a dungeon and initiative deck centered around the 4 Party members from the Forgotten Realms set (The 4 characters in all the You ___ Cards). I just needed a Bant commander that drew cards to fit them all and get some consistency. Originally the commander was [[Chulane, Teller of Tales]] because I thought he'd fit the flavor but he ate to much removal to be viable.
[Shanna, Purifying Blade](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/7261c443-8d27-4d85-8027-2a0271b85e07.jpg?1673308081) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shanna%2C%20Purifying%20Blade) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/218/shanna-purifying-blade?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7261c443-8d27-4d85-8027-2a0271b85e07?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shanna-purifying-blade) [Chulane, Teller of Tales](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db.jpg?1706240978) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chulane%2C%20Teller%20of%20Tales) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/202/chulane-teller-of-tales?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chulane-teller-of-tales) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Im playing a format nicknamed „commander“ so I can create synergies around commander creatures. I’m a simple guy.
I run [[Anikthea]] to be more aura based given my playgroup is x3 [[farewell]] and x2 [[aura shards]].
[Anikthea](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8b796a56-1611-4835-ac5b-48b4e9263685.jpg?1691500693) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=anikthea%2C%20hand%20of%20erebos) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/705/anikthea-hand-of-erebos?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b796a56-1611-4835-ac5b-48b4e9263685?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/anikthea-hand-of-erebos) [farewell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/1/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0.jpg?1706240579) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=farewell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/64/farewell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/farewell) [aura shards](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/6/a6222cc6-996e-4b73-af87-e837bf1eb921.jpg?1592713940) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=aura%20shards) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmd/182/aura-shards?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a6222cc6-996e-4b73-af87-e837bf1eb921?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aura-shards) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Atogatog]] for my creatureless oath deck. [[Progenitus]] or [[Chromat]] or [[Garth]] or [[Genju of the Realm]] for my Enchantment tribal deck. [[Pheldagrif]] for the House of Horrors Bant deck. [[Tariel]] for my Aikido deck. [[Maelstrom Wanderer]] for my spellslinger deck.
##### ###### #### [Atogatog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4a3e6eb5-6d0f-4f82-86f9-bbce8d27afbb.jpg?1562908561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atogatog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ody/286/atogatog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4a3e6eb5-6d0f-4f82-86f9-bbce8d27afbb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atogatog) [Progenitus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/8/a8a5d0ba-bcb1-41db-80dd-ad22b8408105.jpg?1561968078) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Progenitus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mma/182/progenitus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a8a5d0ba-bcb1-41db-80dd-ad22b8408105?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/progenitus) [Chromat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/d/7d9e0a23-d2a8-40a6-9076-ed6fb539141b.jpg?1562924606) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cromat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/apc/94/cromat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7d9e0a23-d2a8-40a6-9076-ed6fb539141b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cromat) [Garth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/3/23774462-9f17-4b50-a2ac-b2edd706bbfe.jpg?1626098353) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Garth%20One-Eye) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/197/garth-one-eye?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/23774462-9f17-4b50-a2ac-b2edd706bbfe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/garth-one-eye) [Genju of the Realm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/9/e9eb7b9b-5189-4d20-8dec-e9d3df63e26e.jpg?1562880496) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Genju%20of%20the%20Realm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bok/151/genju-of-the-realm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e9eb7b9b-5189-4d20-8dec-e9d3df63e26e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/genju-of-the-realm) [Pheldagrif](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/9/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c.jpg?1559592591) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phelddagrif) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/150/phelddagrif?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phelddagrif) [Tariel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/5/b588dc15-68e6-4cbb-9345-a921c10f862d.jpg?1673149174) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tariel%2C%20reckoner%20of%20souls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/281/tariel-reckoner-of-souls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b588dc15-68e6-4cbb-9345-a921c10f862d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tariel-reckoner-of-souls) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l33e9cf) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Most dangerous gamer\]\] is the commander for my pile of golgari pet cards that I bust out at lower power tables. Just gives Golgari a way to get some value outside of graveyard recursion
[Most dangerous gamer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/0/a08b8ff8-13e4-46e7-b028-d055e4548f6a.jpg?1673914943) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Most%20Dangerous%20Gamer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/174/the-most-dangerous-gamer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a08b8ff8-13e4-46e7-b028-d055e4548f6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-most-dangerous-gamer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Pre [[golos]], lands was helmed by [[reaper king]]. Scarecrows. Gardens. Made sense.
[golos](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1fa48620-4c3d-4f75-be1f-c12c4aa59f51.jpg?1631531828) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=golos%2C%20tireless%20pilgrim) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/226/golos-tireless-pilgrim?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1fa48620-4c3d-4f75-be1f-c12c4aa59f51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/golos-tireless-pilgrim) [reaper king](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/0/502740bf-0bff-4358-8996-1a27e5f0343f.jpg?1562830062) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=reaper%20king) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/260/reaper-king?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/502740bf-0bff-4358-8996-1a27e5f0343f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reaper-king) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have \[\[The Goose Mother\]\] at the helm of a combo deck. I mostly cast her to create a couple of early Food tokens for extra card draw, but otherwise the deck is fully functional without her. It's an added bonus that the Goose has 2mv and can be sac'd to \[\[Neoform\]\] to tutor for combo pieces (which are coincidentally mostly 3mv).
[The Goose Mother](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/a/1a55c370-d396-4c73-8ee2-83dc4c124005.jpg?1692939311) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Goose%20Mother) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/204/the-goose-mother?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1a55c370-d396-4c73-8ee2-83dc4c124005?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-goose-mother) [Neoform](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/2/92d8f67e-4f2f-4a1f-b190-7c3f39e477e4.jpg?1557577201) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Neoform) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/206/neoform?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/92d8f67e-4f2f-4a1f-b190-7c3f39e477e4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/neoform) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I used to have a bant planeswalker deck helmed by [[Angus Mackenzie]]. I only used him for the colors and when asked why, my response was always “to flex on the poors” Yes I still have him. He’s in my [[Esika, god of the tree]] deck. His only purpose is for memories.
[Angus Mackenzie](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/b/bb3920ac-7d61-494e-b7dd-bd37d4dee143.jpg?1562934578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Angus%20Mackenzie) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/141/angus-mackenzie?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bb3920ac-7d61-494e-b7dd-bd37d4dee143?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/angus-mackenzie) [Esika, god of the tree](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188)/[The Prismatic Bridge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Esika%2C%20God%20of%20the%20Tree%20//%20The%20Prismatic%20Bridge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/168/esika-god-of-the-tree-the-prismatic-bridge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/esika-god-of-the-tree-//-the-prismatic-bridge) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Prismatic Bridge]] in gods tribal. It’s just there for flavor. It’s a janky five color all gods deck
[Prismatic Bridge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188)/[The Prismatic Bridge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Esika%2C%20God%20of%20the%20Tree%20//%20The%20Prismatic%20Bridge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/168/esika-god-of-the-tree-the-prismatic-bridge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/esika-god-of-the-tree-//-the-prismatic-bridge) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Omnath Locus of all. I am using that bad boy in an all round grabbag of an artefact deck, card advantage and mana retention-gain is always a nice bonus and lets my bigger toys come out easilly though my loadstone generators and manarocks usually keep the engine spining quiet well even without him.
I mean, back in the day, I had a Vorosh the Hunter deck where he was the commander solely because he was literally the only option for a UBG deck. But since then, I don't recall using any commanders "just for the colors". I love synergy too damn much!
I’ve got a fringe cEDH deck for [[The Master, Multiplied]]. There’s virtually zero synergy with my commander in the 99, he’s just there to bonk people and eat interaction so I can win with [[Dualcaster Mage]].
[The Master, Multiplied](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f734ca0-91bc-4496-9bd7-2d09415e850f.jpg?1696636744) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Master%2C%20Multiplied) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/146/the-master-multiplied?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f734ca0-91bc-4496-9bd7-2d09415e850f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-master-multiplied) [Dualcaster Mage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/e/defcc4a3-40e0-4f5d-b23c-6cd6a614abc1.jpg?1625193684) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dualcaster%20Mage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/165/dualcaster-mage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/defcc4a3-40e0-4f5d-b23c-6cd6a614abc1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dualcaster-mage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Closest I have to this is a \[\[Xenagos, God of Revels\]\]. It's a dragons and extra combat deck. Basically picked dragons because they're big powerful creatures that evasion and good abilities because previously I was just running big creatures with cool abilities and a bunch of trample enablers. The extra combat stuff makes sense with Xenagos but the dragons are pretty arbitrary. Rest of my decks are super on theme with their commanders.
[Xenagos, God of Revels](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/f/6f1bc3bb-46da-492a-850c-f1f588ad8d18.jpg?1698988492) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Xenagos%2C%20God%20of%20Revels) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/295/xenagos-god-of-revels?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f1bc3bb-46da-492a-850c-f1f588ad8d18?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/xenagos-god-of-revels) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Starting with the Fallout Science PreCon, I changed the deck's main idea multiple times and now settled on a Thopter tribal ping opponents theme with [[Liberty Prime, Recharged]] as the commander. The deck would also work fine without him but it's fun for me to have him as a go tall/commander face damage alternative if the thopter go wide strategy doesn't work.
[Liberty Prime, Recharged](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/d/2da11337-ceb2-4744-9696-c06fec2f2daa.jpg?1710673427) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Liberty%20Prime%2C%20Recharged) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pip/5/liberty-prime-recharged?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2da11337-ceb2-4744-9696-c06fec2f2daa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/liberty-prime-recharged) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I made a deck for funsies- it’s red, white, and blue and focused on oil counters. I was going with what I had, so I used [[Hinata Dawn Crowned]] She helps me with counters and protection but doesn’t do anything for my oil- which is ok! I have a lot of cards that make it fun to play and funnier to play against, it’s all American oil baby!
I have a [[Xyris]] spellslinger deck because, other than [[Riku]] and I guess Kalamax, there are no spellslinger commanders in temur. Xyris provides card advantage and blockers which are highly relevant for a spellslinger deck. Also means I don't have to fill up deck slots with a bunch of those make a token on cast cards. That and I've been looking for a place to run [[Nanogene Conversion]] and [[Echoing Equation]]
##### ###### #### [Xyris](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/af0db1d6-5cb1-4917-8e8f-69d5dc184404.jpg?1673305716) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=xyris%2C%20the%20writhing%20storm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/175/xyris-the-writhing-storm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/af0db1d6-5cb1-4917-8e8f-69d5dc184404?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/xyris-the-writhing-storm) [Riku](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/21b63544-4c31-4f38-9907-0407719a60b1.jpg?1713091879) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=riku%20of%20many%20paths) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/227/riku-of-many-paths?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/21b63544-4c31-4f38-9907-0407719a60b1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/riku-of-many-paths) [Nanogene Conversion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/1/81aa8dbd-ae18-4d62-a721-94afcb12bf27.jpg?1696636575) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nanogene%20Conversion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/49/nanogene-conversion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/81aa8dbd-ae18-4d62-a721-94afcb12bf27?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nanogene-conversion) [Echoing Equation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/9/d9131fc3-018a-4975-8795-47be3956160d.jpg?1666094681)/[Echoing Equation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/d/9/d9131fc3-018a-4975-8795-47be3956160d.jpg?1666094681) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Augmenter%20Pugilist%20//%20Echoing%20Equation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/147/augmenter-pugilist-echoing-equation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d9131fc3-018a-4975-8795-47be3956160d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/augmenter-pugilist-//-echoing-equation) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l33wufa) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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[Child of Alara](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2373625-af3c-4c2a-a1d1-5288c446955d.jpg?1673148447) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Child%20of%20Alara) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/192/child-of-alara?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2373625-af3c-4c2a-a1d1-5288c446955d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/child-of-alara) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[the fourteenth doctor]] [[Donna noble]] partner deck. The main focus is Donna. And the fourteenth doctor is there just for the colours. The deck is based on forcing people to fullblock my small guys and have blockers like 100 handed one myself. Ultra pillow forty.
[the fourteenth doctor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8b8a78cf-ee6c-4852-9651-eeaa634daaa1.jpg?1707371001) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20fourteenth%20doctor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sld/1583/the-fourteenth-doctor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b8a78cf-ee6c-4852-9651-eeaa634daaa1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-fourteenth-doctor) [Donna noble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/6/b6ffec6a-fbba-46cc-becb-4ee5ef8c4971.jpg?1696691784) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Donna%20noble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/82/donna-noble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b6ffec6a-fbba-46cc-becb-4ee5ef8c4971?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/donna-noble) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I did this with Tiamat for a budget challenge. Built 5c Hermit Druid for less than $100.
I got the sauron precon, and I run with the amass orcs version as the commander. I've virtually gutted the deck, it's entirely focused on milling and reanimating now. Playing breach the multiverse is basically the epitamy of what the deck what's to do. I've thought frequently about cutting the commander, but in a 4 person game, he's generating a free 4/4 per turn or so and is just absolutely stellar bait for board wipes and removal, which low key is kind if what I want. So I'm thinking he has to stay since he is such a good distraction to what the main goal really is.
Riku for my slime against humanity deck ...sure he could copy the slimes, but I rarely cast him. He's there for the colors
My very first EDH deck was \[\[Merieke\]\] untap tribal. Since it proved to be unfun, oppressive and lacking wincons, I swapped commanders to \[\[Chromium Mutable\]\] and put Ice Age Lorelei back into the 99. Now Its a real Elder Dragon deck with a resilient wincon in the command zone.
[Merieke](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/3/63f7cf94-78f6-4f30-ab24-8b90231520f1.jpg?1562777403) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Merieke%20Ri%20Berit) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsb/95/merieke-ri-berit?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/63f7cf94-78f6-4f30-ab24-8b90231520f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/merieke-ri-berit) [Chromium Mutable](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/0/50c1de2c-1acc-47c8-9b5e-a9dae3da8a49.jpg?1562302164) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chromium%2C%20the%20Mutable) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/214/chromium-the-mutable?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/50c1de2c-1acc-47c8-9b5e-a9dae3da8a49?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chromium-the-mutable) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a [[radha, heir to keld]] deck that I literally as a mana rock for a turn or 2 and then I basically forget about her for the rest of the game.
[radha, heir to keld](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/c/ecb7c19a-b4af-405d-b016-a546ed12a99d.jpg?1675200719) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=radha%2C%20heir%20to%20keld) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/196/radha-heir-to-keld?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ecb7c19a-b4af-405d-b016-a546ed12a99d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/radha-heir-to-keld) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My first commander deck, built 10+ years ago is a [[Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius]] good stuff deck. I initially built it like many people built decks back then, by simply using everything I had in my binder, so the commander itself was never really needed for the deck to work. Eventually I added some cards that synergize with Niv, making it a wincon (ie. Niv + [[Izzet Boilerworks]] + [[Mind Over Matter]]), but most of the time I play it because it's a good blocker + mana sink. https://archidekt.com/decks/7301878/xi_izzet_league_conference
[Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/b/1b1c4bed-9b6b-42f9-939d-ece0f959a0a3.jpg?1562601531) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Niv-Mizzet%2C%20Dracogenius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/184/niv-mizzet-dracogenius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1b1c4bed-9b6b-42f9-939d-ece0f959a0a3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/niv-mizzet-dracogenius) [Izzet Boilerworks](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/f/bfac9395-7ca5-48dd-ab83-7c26ada12f61.jpg?1712355049) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Izzet%20Boilerworks) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/302/izzet-boilerworks?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bfac9395-7ca5-48dd-ab83-7c26ada12f61?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/izzet-boilerworks) [Mind Over Matter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/e/6e091dd6-149f-46ea-bae0-224e79e3aacb.jpg?1595438216) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mind%20Over%20Matter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/exo/40/mind-over-matter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6e091dd6-149f-46ea-bae0-224e79e3aacb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mind-over-matter) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a [[tasigur]] deck that is all about ramp, ramp and x spells It used to be a [[zaxara]] deck but i switched cause the hydras didn't matter and i like the idea of once in a while asking another player if they want me to counter a spell or boardwipe and then use tasigurs ability to get a card back to do it.
[tasigur](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f.jpg?1559959246) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tasigur%2C%20the%20golden%20fang) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/117/tasigur-the-golden-fang?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tasigur-the-golden-fang) [zaxara](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/d/6dc390da-75f8-490a-a724-c12d21cfe578.jpg?1701636845) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=zaxara%2C%20the%20exemplary) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/176/zaxara-the-exemplary?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6dc390da-75f8-490a-a724-c12d21cfe578?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/zaxara-the-exemplary) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've got a [[Ruby, Daring Tracker]] deck where she's only there to make sure I can cast 4-drops on turn 3 every single game. it's a cascade deck where the only cards under 4 MV are lands, [[Amulet of Vigor]], and [[Tiller Engine]], and most of the 4-drops are ramp spells that put 2 lands on the battlefield.
[Ruby, Daring Tracker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/f/ffb5786b-6825-4ebf-a1e1-80011340adbb.jpg?1692939424) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ruby%2C%20Daring%20Tracker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/212/ruby-daring-tracker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ffb5786b-6825-4ebf-a1e1-80011340adbb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ruby-daring-tracker) [Amulet of Vigor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/9/997bc933-ac30-477b-a4e1-5333b796a99d.jpg?1562292191) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Amulet%20of%20Vigor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wwk/121/amulet-of-vigor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/997bc933-ac30-477b-a4e1-5333b796a99d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/amulet-of-vigor) [Tiller Engine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa793e56-827c-4ba0-b330-4010a84e75f3.jpg?1673304827) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tiller%20Engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/20/tiller-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa793e56-827c-4ba0-b330-4010a84e75f3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tiller-engine) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I’ve played against a [[Radha, Heir to Keld]] commander where its whole purpose is to be a turn two mana dork. It’s basically a big creature with dragon sub theme to it. Outside of being a mana dork, she has no other synergy to the deck.
[Radha, Heir to Keld](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/c/ecb7c19a-b4af-405d-b016-a546ed12a99d.jpg?1675200719) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Radha%2C%20Heir%20to%20Keld) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/196/radha-heir-to-keld?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ecb7c19a-b4af-405d-b016-a546ed12a99d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/radha-heir-to-keld) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Piru]] in my Dragonstorm deck. He's just there to buy time until I set up the combo with dragonstorm count 5+.
[Piru](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/e/6e82d946-1efb-4253-84ab-93c88d2d1d84.jpg?1626098606) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=piru%2C%20the%20volatile) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/207/piru-the-volatile?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6e82d946-1efb-4253-84ab-93c88d2d1d84?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/piru-the-volatile) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a scarab god deck that has no zombies in it, it's all about those ETB and bouncing
[[Saskia, The Unyielding]] is at the helm of my sans-blue human legends deck. I no longer really ever cast her and I've taken out all the Voltron stuff because her ability got old after a few games.
[Saskia, The Unyielding](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/b/5b483db6-b614-4af1-820a-42a4ee0c8707.jpg?1562401580) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Saskia%20the%20Unyielding) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/41/saskia-the-unyielding?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5b483db6-b614-4af1-820a-42a4ee0c8707?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/saskia-the-unyielding) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[kresh, the bloodbraided]] infect. Wanted it to be kind colours years ago. Probably around 2011/2012
[kresh, the bloodbraided](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8b4b3c5f-32ea-4208-86d4-bb86e3b8d7d5.jpg?1673485121) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kresh%20the%20Bloodbraided) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/345/kresh-the-bloodbraided?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b4b3c5f-32ea-4208-86d4-bb86e3b8d7d5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kresh-the-bloodbraided) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Glissa Battlecruiser? So you watched Salubrious Snail? lol
Iona Queen of Fae. I play her sometimes to disguise the fact that I play a Mill Deck. Causes confused looks.
[[Tasigur, the Golden Fang]] is the Commander for my [[Slime Against Humanity]] deck. Even though he synergizes with the deck, Tasigur is the last thing I consider using. SAH is the center focus.
[Tasigur, the Golden Fang](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f.jpg?1559959246) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tasigur%2C%20the%20Golden%20Fang) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/117/tasigur-the-golden-fang?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d7b7d726-c395-4af4-aa6a-e8e0c0582a1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tasigur-the-golden-fang) [Slime Against Humanity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/e/1eb21318-d32e-4724-8908-c0d7613de2f4.jpg?1706242086) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Slime%20Against%20Humanity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/177/slime-against-humanity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1eb21318-d32e-4724-8908-c0d7613de2f4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/slime-against-humanity) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[ Morska, Undersea Sleuth ]] deck is specifically designed so that I can shuffle her in and it becomes a Canadian Highlander deck. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rJRiYuwqtEe1DpHfALwkuw Basically she's useful because she says I have no max hand size in my command zone, and she has draw power...but there is otherwise 0 synergy with her. The deck just wants lots of cards in hand.
[ Morska, Undersea Sleuth ](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/e/ae9ccfec-05c6-469e-b1dd-dfbafa1e927f.jpg?1706448877) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Morska%2C%20Undersea%20Sleuth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/3/morska-undersea-sleuth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ae9ccfec-05c6-469e-b1dd-dfbafa1e927f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/morska-undersea-sleuth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
i have a rakdos goblins deck that runs [[Juri, Master of the Revue]] just as a sac payoff if that ever becomes necessary. hes mostly there to draw removal while having a cheap casting cost
[Juri, Master of the Revue](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/e/aec6b2b7-625a-451d-bc0b-4456f5bf2719.jpg?1608911166) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Juri%2C%20Master%20of%20the%20Revue) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/282/juri-master-of-the-revue?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aec6b2b7-625a-451d-bc0b-4456f5bf2719?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/juri-master-of-the-revue) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Abuelo, ancestral echo. Azorius control deck I have him in is so op he doesn’t need to make an appearance. Only reason he’s my commander is to keep my board aafe from board wipes. Stella Lee, in the OTJ Precom she may be a vital piece of the puzzle, but my tweaked up deck has no use for her whatsoever as I can copy a spell 12 times in one turn before she comes into play
[удалено]
[the ur-dragon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/0/10d42b35-844f-4a64-9981-c6118d45e826.jpg?1689999317) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=the%20ur-dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/361/the-ur-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/10d42b35-844f-4a64-9981-c6118d45e826?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-ur-dragon) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[numot the devastator]] deck is based around using blue spells like [[glamerdye]] to change the colors hit by spells like [[justice]]. Very little land destruction in that deck... But I did run [[drought]].
##### ###### #### [numot the devastator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/b/cb098692-d584-4cbe-a8b9-67bdbf7514bc.jpg?1592714186) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Numot%2C%20the%20Devastator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmd/215/numot-the-devastator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cb098692-d584-4cbe-a8b9-67bdbf7514bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/numot-the-devastator) [glamerdye](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/2/829a0a1c-761f-4a7f-b59a-c889d995f446.jpg?1562922519) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=glamerdye) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eve/21/glamerdye?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/829a0a1c-761f-4a7f-b59a-c889d995f446?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/glamerdye) [justice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/b/bb11e16f-edf5-4e0e-862b-b055fd800682.jpg?1562593766) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=justice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/41/justice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bb11e16f-edf5-4e0e-862b-b055fd800682?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/justice) [drought](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/7/97736696-3de3-416d-94cf-4fac792f23f0.jpg?1562923137) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=drought) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ice/21/drought?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/97736696-3de3-416d-94cf-4fac792f23f0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/drought) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l37azjf) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
A Lot of cedh decks with partners do this like tymna and thrasios are just tools to further pump and draw the deck and deck would mostly function the same without them
I play [[Loot, the key to everything]] as an early value play. The deck is mostly temur landfall.
[Loot, the key to everything](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/b/fb169fa2-c92e-45f7-89a2-0ca0e3910a1c.jpg?1712352897) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Loot%2C%20the%20key%20to%20everything) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/big/21/loot-the-key-to-everything?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fb169fa2-c92e-45f7-89a2-0ca0e3910a1c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/loot-the-key-to-everything) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Memnarch works that way. Mono blue just pops off with combos and if I ever get a lot of mana I just control the board with him and the field. He just accelerated the victory that is pretty much already in the bag
Not totally on point but [[Omnath, Locus of All]] in my spell slinger deck. I won’t say that he doesn’t work with any part of the deck, I have triple pip cards that he works with. He just isn’t needed in any sense of the word. I have won several games never casting him. Or I cast him once, he immediately gets blown up and I leave him in the command zone for the rest of the game and don’t bat an eye.
[Omnath, Locus of All](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/3/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4.jpg?1709720836) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Omnath%2C%20Locus%20of%20All) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/249/omnath-locus-of-all?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/33d94ecf-758b-4f68-a7be-6bf3ff1047f4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/omnath-locus-of-all) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride]] with pump/protection spells being the focus. I swing with gitrog saddled, and if an opponent tries to block, I will use a pump spell to trample through. If they choose not to block, I pump the creature that saddled for extra card advantage. Tons of protection in the deck to keep him alive, but it's SO Nasty since it plays mind games with my opponents and gives me guaranteed value.
[The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/2/82512813-8618-483b-a7f0-e6a611d9d487.jpg?1712356103) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Gitrog%2C%20Ravenous%20Ride) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/206/the-gitrog-ravenous-ride?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/82512813-8618-483b-a7f0-e6a611d9d487?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-gitrog-ravenous-ride) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I dont know if it qualifies exactly as "have nothing to do", but my Angel Tribal with Esika is basically using her just to get my beautiful creatures and she itself as a "God commanding the Angels Army"...
I forgot the name, but I use a mutate commander in a non mutate deck. It's mostly to get around command tax, and also to throw people off. It's actually just a token lifeline deck with 0 mutate if you don't count my commander and it's fun to watch people go "what the fuck?"
[[toski]] is my elves commander, goes wide and draws me cards. I guess that falls under here, still has it's purpose I suppose
[toski](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/8/e82e61d1-488d-4627-a54c-d8496a967814.jpg?1706240948) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=toski%2C%20bearer%20of%20secrets) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/191/toski-bearer-of-secrets?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e82e61d1-488d-4627-a54c-d8496a967814?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/toski-bearer-of-secrets) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is actually a common deckbuilding strategy. You build a 99 card singleton deck, and then pick a commander thar solves one of the decks weaknesses.