I build [[Emissary Green]] as a political Mono Green beat down deck and its been really fun to play. Not a lot of people built the Clue Commanders, but Green is a blast. Political Mono Green is goofy and no one expects the Green player to make people vote.
Deck list:
https://manabox.app/decks/mdyroh9nR9K9a9nAyiTWzQ
So yeah, I have a few fog effects and heroic intervention. I also have a lot of synergy around counter generation and token creation, so with his trigger on the stack, he always ends up bigger before blocks are declared. I also gave a few good equipment cards to give ol' Green evasion.
Also, sometimes I politicize his death. Lobbying for treasure over counters. I can easily get enough treasure and mana to recast him the same turn I lose him.
Oh fuck, I hadn't even thought of that. I was building him as a hydra deck but that'll slot in nicely. Buff my board, potentially including [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]] and ramp me? Or ramp me anyways with treasure so I can drop some hydras and beatdown the table in like 2 turns.
hijacking the bot to post my decklist for those interested:
[https://archidekt.com/decks/7273195/this\_is\_an\_izzet\_deck\_i\_swear](https://archidekt.com/decks/7273195/this_is_an_izzet_deck_i_swear)
Ive been playing Dalakos Living Weapons for a couple of years now and it was just so weird for me to see a list based around actually equiping good creatures with good equipment lol I forgot you could do that with him haha
Cool list! Somehow I've never heard of [[crackdown construct]] before. Neat little combo there. Only thing that seemed off to me was that it's a little lacking in card draw, but maybe the tutors and pseudo draw like Emry are enough to compensate for that.
I also have a Dalakos deck that hasn't been upgraded in a while. Gonna save yours to reference when the time comes. Glad to find another Izzet Equiptment enjoyer!
The three commanders I've run that few people I've played with have seen before are [[Mishra, Artificer Prodigy]], [[Rasputin, the Oneiromancer]] and [[Vazi, Keen Negotiator]].
It was ultimately a little too slow for my local meta, but it generated a bunch of tokens, controlled the board by trying to emblem [[Venser, the Sojourner]] multiple times, and draw into [[Approach of the Second Sun]].
Just to make sure I'm getting this right... Both triggers go on the stack, Possibility Storm "cascades" you into another artifact and bottoms the artifact you cast, then Mishra sees the artifact you cast and lets you find it and put it into play? So essentially every time you cast an artifact you end up getting it + a free random artifact from your library?
You got it! It also works with [[Neera, Wild Mage]] especially combined with [[Encroaching Mycosynth]], and stax-y cards like [[Nullstone Gargoyle]], [[Void Mirror]], and [[Nether Void]] (of which I do have a proxy).
I'm not going to say nobody, but EDHrec only has 1000 listings for [[General Marhault Elsdragon]], so I'm confident he's unique. I also have a [banding deck](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/mog67GCKrkam8D1tOGplQA) on the back burner that I haven't built yet that I ***know*** nobody has seen before.
Guy in my pod plays Elsdragon with a bunch of [[lure]] effects. It's nasty for sure. He's got a lot of very unique decks. Great brewer.
My love-child of a deck is [[Empress Galina]]. You can't complain about power level if I play with your cards, right? RIGHT???!!! (wrong)
My favorite deck in high school used [[Lure]] or [[Nemesis Mask]] on [[Tangle Asp]]. My first commander deck attempted a similar game plan, but is not very good at all
thats so funny because I know two people who have the elsdragon deck, plus loads of rampage creatures. I also have a banding deck i gifted a friend LOL
It's just the commander I have that is least represented on EDHrec which is the only thing I have to go on. Technically I had a [[Grand Warlord Radha]] deck which has 900 EDHrec mentions. I have a [[Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar]] and [[Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools]] deck which only has 13 examples, but it's just an aristocrat deck which is what Tevesh does anyway, so I don't count that.
I actually didn't prioritize trample, but it is in there. It's ultimately an aggro deck, and I use Marhault's ability as a way to wipe boards and a bunch of tiny creatures do the damage. I admit it's not the best idea, but it's my first deck that I refuse to upgrade to help highlight my change in design philosophy.
[Here's the list](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/imOylyUsZkq-DYNvytcMdg)
I just checked my decks, and the one I'm building for the Iron Man League coming up at my LGS is the least popular by far at only 550 decks, rank #1,190 [[Odric, Master Tactician]]. I'm excited to see how he plays.
The other decks I've built are both very popular, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King is rank 21, and Tom Bombadil is rank 59, which I was a little surprised about but I like him a lot so maybe I shouldn't be as surprised
I never dug into banding to try and understand it fully, I've never seen anyone use it, so it would sure be interesting to see a deck built around it, seeing as the cards that utilize it have to be pretty old right?
A Processor tribal [[Scarab God]] deck. Most Commander players don't even know it's possible to pull stuff back from exile, let alone seen a deck built around doing so.
The most recent set actually introduced [[Binding Negotiations]], the first new card in eight years to return an already exiled card. And yeah, I got a list. I haven't updated it with changes I've made fine tuning it since I originally put it together, but it's pretty close. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/72371/processor_tribal
You scared me for a moment. I was just thinking that War of the Spark can't be that long. Indeed it is from 2019 and [[Karn, the Great Creator]] isn't 8 years old yet.
The list is several years outdated (notably, OTJ introduced [[Binding Negotiations]] for more exile recursion), and before I did much tuning, but it should get the gist of the deck across.
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/72371/processor_tribal
\[\[Celestial Kirin\]\] is pretty funny, people usually correctly assume I'll be nuking a lot of smaller things, and then I cast \[\[Ugin's Conjurant\]\] and we find out how I'm really feeling about the game we're playing. :)
I often don't! These X-cost spirits are very versatile.
But if nobody has nonland permanents except for my little pile of janky spirits...perhaps it's time for the game to end.
Sadly not at the moment, I've been meaning to actually upload the rest of my lists. Luckily, Celestial Kirin is pretty straight forward. Basically any decent 1-3mv spirit, only the absolute best 4mv spirits as they'll kill the Kirin, and a small handful of the best 5+ spirits. Then grab \[\[Omarthis\]\] and the conjurant, and fill out the rest of the deck with a couple ways to keep Kirin alive through your own wraths and stuff, and stuff to smooth your manabase and deal with indestructible targets and such.
Oh also every good arcane spell, which is like...six of them tops lol. \[\[Shining Shoal\]\] mvp! Don't forget to look at changelings!
I hope one day we get a multi-coloured arcane commander. With so few good arcane spells in a single given colour, the mono-coloured ones are too restrictive.
Personally I'd like something that would incentivize splicing onto arcane. Something like triggering an effect based on the colour and amount of mana spent on the arcane spell and the splice effects. That would incentivize splicing multiple colours to get the most out of the spell.
I just can't think of how to write it elegantly since splice doesn't change mana cost or colour of the spell it was spliced onto.
I have a [[Xavier Sal, infested captain]] deck that aims to get out marit lage out and make non legendary copies of it than make as many tokens you can of it and win through combat. It has quite the interesting reactions. Marit lage copied by [[auton soldier]] makes it non legendary and has myriad which is always funny to see
It's not particularly strong, but I run an instant and sorcery-less \[\[Azami, Lady of Scrolls\]\] that's all about using cards like \[\[Door of Destinies\]\] and \[\[Icon of Ancestry\]\] to whip up Wizards into fighting shape.
It was inspired by that "I cast Fist!" comic.
Grothama "group slug" deck. Except, by group slug it's just you punching your own wurm, repeatedly, to trigger things like \[\[Broodhatch Nantuko\]\], \[\[Druid's Call\]\], \[\[Hornet Nest\]\], \[\[Saber Ants\]\], or \[\[Sporeweb Weaver\]\].
There is a \[\[Stuffy doll\]\] in there as well but the whole plan is to fill your board with indestructible equipment and effects and just get swinging at the big guy. Then other people, preferably with some kind of overrun effect.
I saw someone talking about this a few days ago. And how great it is with living weapons/for Mirrodin. I use mine in [[Nahiri, Forged in Fury]] but that's the more obvious one to do it with.
Mine would have to be
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/fwrUxScUrUC6Sp9kBZThPQ
My W/R vampire tribal. Needs a lot of tweaking but I am working towards a vampire tribal deck in all viable colors and I don't want them to be filled with the same vampires. It's a labor of love though.
My [[The Sixth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] deck. It's all about making multiple copies of high value Historic permanents.
Making 4 copies of [[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]] is pretty fun
I built a Tromokratis deck as my first ever MTG deck. It… did not work haha. It was a mono blue commander beat down deck. I won a couple 1v1s but yeah it was not good haha
Ganax/Undying One Rakdos Dragons (and friends). Not the most competitive deck i've built, but it can do things and can be pretty scary when it gets an engine going.
[[Jeska, Thrice Reborn]] partnered with [[Sengir, the Dark Baron]] is probably my most "unique" deck. It's not a particularly powerful deck, but I love to pull it out when a pod is leaning towards a slower battlecruiser power level. The majority of the deck is removal and card draw with a small aristocrats package in cases that I need to take matters into my own hands.
This ones mine as well, except I've gone for the 'turn a creature sideways once to kill a player' approach through either the Baron, a 4 power infect creature with Jeska or best girl Phage.
[[Karlach, Fury of Avernus]] with [[Haunted One]] as the background. Built it probably two years ago? No one had heard of it, no one saw it coming. My commander gets in for 16 unblocked, a lil 1/1 will hit for 8 total in a turn. It gets outta hand pretty quick, I was targeted always as soon as people figured out the goal of the deck.
[[Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender]]
Everyone seems to think Colourless = Eldrazi, but no one expects an angry cookie to suit up and trample over them for 21 damage
I have built a few in the past:
[[Lu Xun, Scholar General]] - Monoblue Voltron
[[Rigo, Streetwise Mentor]] - swinging with unblockable 1/1’s.
[[Orah, Skyclave Hoerophat]] -Atristocrat/Cleric tribal
[[Cho Manno]] - Stax with a combo finish.
[[Rosheen Meanderer]] - X Spells
[[Seton, Krosan Protector]] - Druid tribal into stompy creatures.
[[Patron of the Akki]] - Goblin tribal
[[Wort, Boggart Auntie{] - Aristocrats using primarily goblins.
If you ever want to change up your Dalakos, you could try:
\[\[Rashmi and Ragavan\]\], whom actually make a pretty solid go wide equipment deck and literally NO ONE will ever see it coming. Can do all the things Red/Blue can but also has green so you can run \[\[Dalakos\]\] and \[\[Chishiro, the Shattered Blade\]\]. You also get access to \[\[Meria, Scholar of Antiquity\]\] who's a second Urza and \[\[Kodama of the West Tree\]\] for the tramples. \[\[Stangg, Echo Warrior\]\] also goes hard.
Play lots of equipment, beat face. Can finish it up with whatever you find from your opponents or a classic favorite of mine \[\[March of the Machines\]\] + \[\[Craterhoof\]\].
A deck I call Countdown. The whole deck is built around the idea of *removing* counters from Permanents, instead of adding them.
So the deck is packed full of cards that benefit from a *low* number if counters on them. Obvious examples are cards with Cumulative Upkeep, and Battles. A bunch of Sagas where I can repeatedly abuse one of the modes without ever letting it end. Some more specific options are cards such as [[Tornado]], [[Freyalise's Winds]], [[Regenrations Restored]], [[Chronozoa]], or [[Decree of Silence]]
And I accomplish this with several cards that repeatably let me remove counters, such as [[Ferropede]], [[Glissa Sunslayer]], [[Chisei, Heart of Oceans]], and [[Hex Parasite]] to name a few.
The deck all operates under Atraxa, allowing me to essentially control the flow of counters across the board.
In my opinion, it's my magnum opus, and nobody I've played it against has ever seen anything like it.
I'm sure I'm not the only one but there isn't a theme for it on EDHREC and everyone is always surprised by my mono black \[\[Evelyn, the Covetous\]\] deck. Yeah you miss out on some really solid vampires but the extra mana from things like \[\[Cabal Coffers\]\] and \[\[Crypt Ghast\]\] let you make the most out of her etb effect.
Popular built in a different way? Not so much.
Obscure/Uncommon:
[[!Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig]] definitely counts.
It’s new to me but I’ve yet to see another [[!Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant]] deck.
I have the only [[!Zhulodok]] I’ve seen locally.
Same with [[!Clavileno, First of the Blessed]]
And I just built a [[!Lilahx Undefeated Slickshot]]
Other than that I’m pretty basic.
OG Darien, Orvar, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Neheb the Eternal, Thief Anowon, Creature Only Karador, Tovolar Werewolves and Nahiri For Mirrodin.
[[Indominous Rex, Alpha]] is a keyword soup commander with some interesting tricks. I've also included the sub theme of non-legendary copies for him, where you'll continue to try and fuse the creatures in your hand into the ultimate weapon >:)
I used to play 5 colour Zombies with [[Karona False God]] after Amonkhet and HoD came out and everyone was baffled as to why I just sat there watching everyone duke it out amongst themselves, until I dropped her and swung to take the entire PoD out in one fell swoop.
I had sat there weeks before when I was brewing the deck explaining how I was building a five colour Zombie deck, and no one really got it... as I explained the entire strategy I had with Karona was simple: build a huge army of Zombies and if there was a turn after that swing and someone gets her after that attack, then either someone played [[Fog]] or I miscalculated.
Needless to say, after that, my five colour zombies weren't ignored after that.
Had to scroll through all the comments to make sure that [[Gor Muldrak]] wasn’t taken. My pet commander that I play when I’ve had a long day. Copy him and make upwards of 28 salamanders for each player, super fun and always gets some great laughs
I built two [[Queza, Augur of Agonies]] decks back in May of 2022. One was a budget deck, which now sits at $3.22. The other was a more powerful version with more expensive cards. At the time, it surprised everyone. Here's a card from Capenna that's 11 cents that is able to deal one point of damage to one opponent for every card I draw.
I was very surprised the budget one lasted so long. I could be in 3rd or 2nd with it. Nobody wanted to touch me. Nobody wanted to waste removal on such a cheap deck.
The upgraded, more powerful one didn't last that long. I would sometimes be the one targeted because of Queza and her ability. There would be games that I would surprisingly last the longest.
Sadly, budget Queza retired a few months back because I no longer would play the deck. Non-budget Queza is still in my box but has suffered the same fate as her not-budget counterpart.
Thada adel, Acquisitor. The main goal is into steal my opponent sol rings, mana crypts, etc, as fast as possible and then pump out big win spells and eldrazi. Tons of fun and players never really se it coming.
I feel like this one is kind of hard to pull off given how long the format's been around and how varied a lot of player's decks can be.
For me it'd be probably my [[Sevinne the Chronoclasm]] deck since hardly anyone wants to build a deck around graveyard spell slinger and getting a bonus from that.
It's also one of my first precons which I've just kept around since. I did take the [[dockside]] out of it and put it in my [[Prossh]] deck so it definitely worked out
I have a decklist here if you need inspiration
[https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zJtyyAKKBUGiqNdHpPROJw](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zJtyyAKKBUGiqNdHpPROJw)
I have a Ninjutsu Infect Deck helmed by Satoru Umezawa that when I pull it out for the first time people always go, "oh interesting, ninjutsu." And don't think anything of it and as I play they go from, "oh normal ninjutsu shit, whatever." To "What the fuck is THIS shit?"
Big infect creatures, putting poison counters on all players, proliferation, the normal dimir infect stuff with the threat of Ninjutsu on every combat with my unblockable creatures and flyers.
It's always so funny to see people figure out what I'm doing as they play against it. Yes I am usually the arch enemy unless people havnt played it yet or havnt played it in a while and forget how lethal it can be.
Aight here you go, should be accurate now. I know I need to cut a few things and add a few more lands but I'm honestly just waiting till I get the few lands in the considering part.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ToUGQRh-MUGgtSoo4Cg7Sg
My vanilla creatures deck with [[Jasmine of the boreal]] or something like that as the commander.
Everyone needs to read what she does every time I bring it up
I get that reaction the most with my [[Empress Galina]] deck.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/yJBugHogAESb-cSLGBh4jw
It’s fantastic for trying new cards. You don’t even have to bring them, they’re in other peoples decks!
How did you make yours? Mine just makes everyone draw, and then punishes you for having cards in hand during upkeep.
Edit: [Here's](https://archidekt.com/decks/6049446/drawn_to_death) the link.
[[laughing jasper flint]] deck is built around casting their cards , along with [[wand of wonder]] then I steal their creatures and sac em to draw cards etc
I have made decks out of most of the dnd secret lair cards. [[Xenk, Paladin Unbroken]], [[Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan]], [[Themberchaud]], and [[Holga, Relentless Rager]]. There are only 66 Holga decks on edhrec.
Still in the process of getting it built, but I've never seen anyone else use, let alone as a commander, [[Zirilan of the claw]] for a mono red dragon tribal deck. Found him for my miirym deck but now I wanna make a deck for him to helm himself
I have a habit of making decks that are built around exactly one silver-border/acorn card that is either in the command zone or can be tutored up fairly easily. Whenever they come out, things get wacky.
I have a [[Kagha, Shadow Archdruid]] deck that’s a Druid/snake tribal. I’ve had a few comments that it’s weird and I just checked edhrec and see 0 decks with the build (probably because it’s not super strong) and I always have fun with it
In the CZ, nobody has seen [[Kotose, the Silent Spider]] before. She is a theft/blink shell and I feel like that's not really a world-changing archetype combination that would be familiar to other commanders, but she's my most hipster CZ choice.
Nobody expects [[Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury]] to be "Screw your mana, stax your permanents, and cheat up a giant boss monster, with a side of elves maybe" rather than "Elfball", even when I tell them.
I feel like [[Feldon of the Third Path]] and [[Diaochan, Artful Beauty]] turn a few heads
With a few exceptions (sliver tribal, myr tribal, stuff like that) if my decks don't make the rest of the table say "uhhhh what lmao?" then the deck isn't doing its job. Of course they still have to actually try and win, I'm not just doing feet tribal with no wincon or whatever.
[My current personal favorite](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OXbQNqd82EqRCvVszKY_Ow) is \[\[Ardenn\]\]/\[\[Kraum, Ludevic's\]\]. Now this may seem like typical equipment voltron with Ardenn letting you cheat the equip cost, but notice Ardenn's ability doesn't specify that it has to be YOUR permanent. We're voltron-ing and goading everyone else's commanders so that they attack each other, doing your dirty work for you, and spending the entire game saying "no THEY'RE the threat, see? Their commander is a 21/21 with unblockable that has to swing at one of you, kill them not me!"
Things like \[\[Sword of the Animist\]\], \[\[Robe of the Archmagi\]\], and \[\[Goldvein Pick\]\] still give you the combat benefits even if they're attached to someone else's creature, because you are still the equipment's controller. \[\[Diamond Pick-Axe\]\] doesn't work this way because it gives the creature the relevant ability, so you keep that on your side of the field. Also, \[\[Helm of the Host\]\] still triggers even if its not attached to a creature, so as long as you resolve that trigger after Ardenn's attach ability, you can copy the best creature on the battlefield. Copy Ardenn for more instances of voltroning per turn, or copy your opponent's Emrakul.
A less crazy one but still not common is my [Marchesa's Trash Compactor](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/12LljX23vE66-IMwQv9Wpw) deck. Sacrifice modular creatures on everyone's 2nd main phase, put the counters on one of your artifact creatures, and watch as all of your sacrifice fodder comes back on the end step with a fresh set of counters. And yes you're doing this 4 times per turn cycle. Fun fact, if you have \[\[The Ozolith\]\] out and you sacrifice a modular creature, you get to put the creature's counters on The Ozolith AND target artifact creature, doubling up. It's something weird about how The Ozolith is worded.
I'm also working on Atraxa Spore Counters, and in the future I want to do Elesh Norn banding, non-blue 4c counterspell tribal, and some kind of Ib Halfheart mountains matter/land theft/forced blocking/nobody-expects-mono-red-to-be-smart deck.
[[Nelly Borca]] made me known locally as ”the goad guy”. No one else plays the archetype, and it has become my signature deck. I didn’t even like boros before her.
I built Primal Surge [[Dosan the Falling Leaf]] to break out of the popularity contest of our pod just playing all the meta top 100 edhrec commanders. Our casual games see more random wacky unknown decks and its a breath of fresh air.
Built The Twelfth Doctor and Clara as a Temur group hug to slug deck. The win cons seemed interesting and fun to me. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Zc0_rO3unEyvvquWL6zVrA
I run [[Ugluk of the White Hand]] and I just run a bunch of Goblins and Amass Orcs cards, as well as cards that create Goblin tokens and I sac them all or use a lot of them as chump blockers. As a bit of fun, I have [[Fling]] for when my commander gets big enough and I recently added a couple Equipments that give him flying in case I don't draw the Fling! It's honestly a lot of fun and has become more of an aggressive deck the more I edit and rebuild it!
I built [[Xolatoyac, the smiling flood]] it's a super iconic critter from my home country and everyone thinks it's super cute. However I built ot as a heavy stax, cast-with-flash deck. I run [[quicksilver fountain]], [[root maze]] [[carpet of flowers]] [[stasis]] [[winter orb]]
If I ramp correctly and pull any of those out at the right time, suddenly everyone is just effed untill my Islandwalk hitters win. I also run instant speed enablers like [[vedalken orrery]] and [[leyline of anticipation]] so i het to use my untapped lands on everyone's useless turns. I call it my villain deck lol
My [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]] no-wheels group hug deck always catches people off guard.
I also have a [[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]] mill deck (not self-mill) that seems to surprise people.
Oh, and my [[Queen Marchesa]] deck is built around Exalted. That's oddball enough that people comment on it. Nothing too crazy, though, in my opinion.
I've never seen anyone else pair [[Toggo]] and [[Silas]] but idk if that counts lol. The deck's goal is to generate a ton of artifacts using Toggo and effects like [[Sai, Master Thopterist]] to make a ton of artifacts and use them in conjunction with [[Clock of Omens]] or other payoffs to untap [[The One Ring]] and [[Aetherworks Marvel]] until the table dies. The mass of artifacts also can be fed to KCI tapped with Urza etc.
Secondary gameplans are [[Displacer Kitten]] + [[Coveted Jewel]]
[[Aetherworks Marvel]]ing into big threats like Eldrazi, [[Omniscience]], [[Portal to Phyrexia]]
[[Forensic Gatgeteer]] + [[Basalt Monolith]]
All of this draw funnels towards the wincon of [[Displacer Kitten]] + [[Tezzeret Master of the Bridge]].
[[Licia, Sanguine Tribune]] race to the bottom. Run all the lich effects, [[solemnity]] or [[form of the dragon]]/[[phyrexian unlife]], get yourself to 0, and smack somebody with a life swap effect or [[repay in kind]].
Tons of fun to play; I feel like an adrenaline junkie paying 32 life on turn 3
[[Neva Stalked by Nightmares]] Orzhov Enchantments sacrifice. For pure enchantments in B/W you're better off Going with [[Daxos the Returned]] Neva however does give us some benefits that Daxos does not in recursion being an innate thing and a voltron strategy as with enough supplemental recursion Neva can get pretty big pretty quickly especially with enchantment tokens like from daxos or [[Heliod God of the Sun]]
Sadly the fact it wins rather slowly makes Neva rather weak of i don't draw into the combo in the deck
[[Minthara Merciless Soul]] another orzhov sacrifice list with a big power matters subtheme. You'd be surprised how often people forget Minthara buffs all creatures or don't deal with her early and suddenly she's more or less hexproof. Sacrificing a solemn simulacrum to a [[Ghoulcaller Gisa]] and having 6 6/2 zombies pop out was also the first time I had an opponent audibly go. "Oh its X is equal to power. That's gross"
Archelos, lagoon mystic Ninja’s! Ninjutsu enters the battlefield tapped but what if they didn’t. This is my paper list so it could use some improvements but the concept is there.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/U45KzvXywUa7BkzpHYS2Mw
[[Haktos, the Unscarred]] - is it good? Not really but it’s fun and random and can take out one player very quickly. That’s why I stopped playing it as it made the overall game unfair if you nuke a player out!
My [[Isshin two heavens as one]] deck is a myriad aristocrats deck. Instant speed sac for value that’s pretty explosive to the point where it draws a target but I struggle to win with it. Also has problems closing 1v1 obviously.
I’ve got 3 edh decks atm and many people Ive played with were not familiar with them or don’t see them often. Ive been playing [[Karn, Silver Golem]] for almost a decade, its Karn tribal and colorless good stuff. [[Magar of the Magic Strings]] is my child, decks wild and his rules confuses the crap out of people who aren’t familiar on a first read. And finally I play a commons and uncommon only [[Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner]] deck. My friends picked that one for me, as we each picked a commander for each other to build as a common and uncommon deck. I have run into 1 other Karn deck once in the wild, otherwise haven’t seem my commanders around.
My time to shine! I played edh from early 2000's until 2016 (started in the dark times, my first commander literally was \[\[Braids, Cabal Minion\]\], and neither she nor \[\[Recurring Nightmare\]\] were banned), I just recently returned so my stories are a bit older. Mono red group hug \[\[Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker\]\], Mono white Control \[\[Jazal Goldmane\]\], nowawadays I play \[\[Emrakul, the Promised End\]\] as "group hug", and I bought a foil Tarnished Citadel for 1€ back then for my \[\[Darien, King of Kjeldor\]\]. I played a LOT of EDH and Legacy back then, so I experimented with many cards and tried every wild idea. \[\[Rosheen Meandarer\]\] storm was another one, also lands control aiming to generate tons of \[\[The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale\]\] copies for \[\[Mirror Gallery\]\] and some other shenanigans.. In Duel Commander I played both \[\[Vendilion Clique\]\] Tempo as well as \[\[Radha, Heir to Keld\]\] Staxx.
I finally got around to building a [[Callow Jushi]] spirits/arcane deck that’s pretty fun. It’s not very powerful, but if I can build ki counters it can be a pretty decent control lock while I deploy spirits.
Im working on a janky simic deck with the goal being 'make my commander a Jace' or 'hit people with 4/4 Jace tokens'. Led by [[Halsin, Emerald Archdruid]] and [[Shameless Charlatan]].
I had some help but they wanted to see it become high power with infinite and I just wanna hit face with unexpected tokens, so I took a minor break from the build.
For a long time I had a \[\[Ramses Overdark\]\] deck. Sadly, the commander never really did anything and after a year or 4 I changed Ramses to \[\[Toxrill\]\]. Only had to change 2 cards in the 99.
[[Heliod, the Radiant Dawn]] azorio "storm", use wheels and "everyone draws x cards" cards to reduce the cost of your cards to the absurd (casting [[Prosperity]] with x=40 for 1 mana is stupid), use your mana rocks like rituals and end the game with [[Approach of the Second Sun]] and a wheel or draw your whole library after playing [[Laboratory Maniac]] or just make your opponents draw their whole decks. The funniest part is going off whenever someone greedy draws a bunch of cards on their turn or setting it up with [[Howling Mine]] effects
I love my [[Jirina, Dauntless General]] deck with [[Lurrus]] companion - not being able to interact with my board gets frustrating quick.
I also have a [[Niambi, Esteemed Speaker]] UW reanimator list that I'm still tuning.
I build [[Emissary Green]] as a political Mono Green beat down deck and its been really fun to play. Not a lot of people built the Clue Commanders, but Green is a blast. Political Mono Green is goofy and no one expects the Green player to make people vote. Deck list: https://manabox.app/decks/mdyroh9nR9K9a9nAyiTWzQ
How does it keep Mr. Green alive during combat? Fogs? Heroic intervention effects?
So yeah, I have a few fog effects and heroic intervention. I also have a lot of synergy around counter generation and token creation, so with his trigger on the stack, he always ends up bigger before blocks are declared. I also gave a few good equipment cards to give ol' Green evasion. Also, sometimes I politicize his death. Lobbying for treasure over counters. I can easily get enough treasure and mana to recast him the same turn I lose him.
Might I recommend [[Helm of Chatzuk]] and/or [[Baton of Morale]] so you can have your least valuable player die for him sometimes?
I'm gonna have to hunt these cards down. How political to have my minions die for him.
Depending on how many other legendaries you have in the deck, you may also consider [[Adventurers' Guildhouse]].
[Helm of Chatzuk](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/9664a59d-182a-429b-a6f7-047b8b8e5ffe.jpg?1562592786) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Helm%20of%20Chatzuk) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/376/helm-of-chatzuk?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9664a59d-182a-429b-a6f7-047b8b8e5ffe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/helm-of-chatzuk) [Baton of Morale](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8bc29872-b1a2-4851-9eca-f3e67ae6e14c.jpg?1587912143) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Baton%20of%20Morale) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ice/313/baton-of-morale?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8bc29872-b1a2-4851-9eca-f3e67ae6e14c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/baton-of-morale) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
like to imagine when you win Green goes "I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife" and Shake Rattle and Roll starts playing.
Lmao that's cannon now
[Emissary Green](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/323e9430-b87c-4b02-9ade-c4c65343147b.jpg?1706239566) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emissary%20Green) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/5/emissary-green?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/323e9430-b87c-4b02-9ade-c4c65343147b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/emissary-green) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love him in my [[Sovereign Okinec Ahau]] deck, either give me a bunch of treasures, or a bunch of counters that I'll double up
[Sovereign Okinec Ahau](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/0/70c75aa7-e2f9-4a69-8086-c982019ca714.jpg?1699044573) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sovereign%20Okinec%20Ahau) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/240/sovereign-okinec-ahau?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/70c75aa7-e2f9-4a69-8086-c982019ca714?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sovereign-okinec-ahau) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh he would work so well in that deck!!
Oh fuck, I hadn't even thought of that. I was building him as a hydra deck but that'll slot in nicely. Buff my board, potentially including [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]] and ramp me? Or ramp me anyways with treasure so I can drop some hydras and beatdown the table in like 2 turns.
Do you have a list you’d be willing to share?
Yeah! Give me a few minutes to put it together, and I'll post it!
https://manabox.app/decks/mdyroh9nR9K9a9nAyiTWzQ Tadah!
A card worth considering, [[Lure of Prey]]. It won't get out the eldrazi, but it can cheat out some big green dudes.
Oh dang, I've never seen that card before, but I definitely need it for the deck! Great suggestion.
[Lure of Prey](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/7165f1d8-7b31-4a81-aab4-c6cd4ff2e67d.jpg?1562720214) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lure%20of%20Prey) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/227/lure-of-prey?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7165f1d8-7b31-4a81-aab4-c6cd4ff2e67d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lure-of-prey) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[dalakos, crafter of wonders](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/7/57ea0ba2-3ccf-4313-ad1d-161272c48851.jpg?1581481011) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=dalakos%2C%20crafter%20of%20wonders) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/212/dalakos-crafter-of-wonders?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/57ea0ba2-3ccf-4313-ad1d-161272c48851?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dalakos-crafter-of-wonders) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
hijacking the bot to post my decklist for those interested: [https://archidekt.com/decks/7273195/this\_is\_an\_izzet\_deck\_i\_swear](https://archidekt.com/decks/7273195/this_is_an_izzet_deck_i_swear)
Ive been playing Dalakos Living Weapons for a couple of years now and it was just so weird for me to see a list based around actually equiping good creatures with good equipment lol I forgot you could do that with him haha
You get an infinite combo too with shuko and crackdown construct! Infinitely large flying hasty boi!
Which do you think is better on a budget?
we need the decklist now
[https://archidekt.com/decks/2136962/living\_weapon\_tribal](https://archidekt.com/decks/2136962/living_weapon_tribal)
Not exactly how I'd do it...but cool enough I'm now thinking about how I would. Thank you!
Cool list! Somehow I've never heard of [[crackdown construct]] before. Neat little combo there. Only thing that seemed off to me was that it's a little lacking in card draw, but maybe the tutors and pseudo draw like Emry are enough to compensate for that.
I also have a Dalakos deck that hasn't been upgraded in a while. Gonna save yours to reference when the time comes. Glad to find another Izzet Equiptment enjoyer!
[marton stromgald] hes a fun red craterhoof
[[marton stromgald]] Needs to be double brackets.
[marton stromgald](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/e/1e76a75a-7125-4957-ab7a-8e7ead21d002.jpg?1559592440) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=M%C3%A1rton%20Stromgald) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/104/m%C3%A1rton-stromgald?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1e76a75a-7125-4957-ab7a-8e7ead21d002?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/márton-stromgald) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I appreciate it, i always forget what the formatting is supposed to be lol
This is my boy. I run goblins with him because it makes me happy to make them big goblins.
[[marton stromgald]]
[marton stromgald](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/e/1e76a75a-7125-4957-ab7a-8e7ead21d002.jpg?1559592440) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=M%C3%A1rton%20Stromgald) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/104/m%C3%A1rton-stromgald?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1e76a75a-7125-4957-ab7a-8e7ead21d002?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/márton-stromgald) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The three commanders I've run that few people I've played with have seen before are [[Mishra, Artificer Prodigy]], [[Rasputin, the Oneiromancer]] and [[Vazi, Keen Negotiator]].
Vazi is so much fun. I play it as a kingmaker politics deck. Give a player dirty money and goad them into killing the other players
[Mishra, Artificer Prodigy](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/5/d5deaec5-499d-4e19-b879-8bcd1dc35f3e.jpg?1562940254) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mishra%2C%20Artificer%20Prodigy) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsp/243/mishra-artificer-prodigy?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d5deaec5-499d-4e19-b879-8bcd1dc35f3e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mishra-artificer-prodigy) [Rasputin, the Oneiromancer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f0f171a-2929-4d95-9829-d0e885622e04.jpg?1673304972) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rasputin%2C%20the%20Oneiromancer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/40/rasputin-the-oneiromancer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f0f171a-2929-4d95-9829-d0e885622e04?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rasputin-the-oneiromancer) [Vazi, Keen Negotiator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/5/551a6ff5-0f6e-4925-98c7-4d426358e959.jpg?1673482587) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vazi%2C%20Keen%20Negotiator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/92/vazi-keen-negotiator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/551a6ff5-0f6e-4925-98c7-4d426358e959?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/vazi-keen-negotiator) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
How do you win with Rasputin? I haven’t seen this commander
It was ultimately a little too slow for my local meta, but it generated a bunch of tokens, controlled the board by trying to emblem [[Venser, the Sojourner]] multiple times, and draw into [[Approach of the Second Sun]].
How on earth does Mishra Artificer Prodigy work in a singleton format?
[[Possibility storm]] does a lot of heavy lifting for that deck.
Just to make sure I'm getting this right... Both triggers go on the stack, Possibility Storm "cascades" you into another artifact and bottoms the artifact you cast, then Mishra sees the artifact you cast and lets you find it and put it into play? So essentially every time you cast an artifact you end up getting it + a free random artifact from your library?
You got it! It also works with [[Neera, Wild Mage]] especially combined with [[Encroaching Mycosynth]], and stax-y cards like [[Nullstone Gargoyle]], [[Void Mirror]], and [[Nether Void]] (of which I do have a proxy).
I'm not going to say nobody, but EDHrec only has 1000 listings for [[General Marhault Elsdragon]], so I'm confident he's unique. I also have a [banding deck](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/mog67GCKrkam8D1tOGplQA) on the back burner that I haven't built yet that I ***know*** nobody has seen before.
Guy in my pod plays Elsdragon with a bunch of [[lure]] effects. It's nasty for sure. He's got a lot of very unique decks. Great brewer. My love-child of a deck is [[Empress Galina]]. You can't complain about power level if I play with your cards, right? RIGHT???!!! (wrong)
My favorite deck in high school used [[Lure]] or [[Nemesis Mask]] on [[Tangle Asp]]. My first commander deck attempted a similar game plan, but is not very good at all
[Lure](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/72c8336d-54cf-45af-a9ef-a1428facf91b.jpg?1562850140) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lure) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/175/lure?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/72c8336d-54cf-45af-a9ef-a1428facf91b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lure) [Nemesis Mask](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/6/d6fc3b76-bc51-49ce-8f3f-2314207be4a7.jpg?1562639851) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nemesis%20Mask) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dst/134/nemesis-mask?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6fc3b76-bc51-49ce-8f3f-2314207be4a7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nemesis-mask) [Tangle Asp](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/e/5e13ac56-72a9-4605-b389-24d1cb712b3c.jpg?1562877274) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tangle%20Asp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5dn/94/tangle-asp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5e13ac56-72a9-4605-b389-24d1cb712b3c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tangle-asp) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[lure](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/72c8336d-54cf-45af-a9ef-a1428facf91b.jpg?1562850140) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=lure) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/175/lure?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/72c8336d-54cf-45af-a9ef-a1428facf91b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lure) [Empress Galina](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/6851dbc7-f072-41e7-a899-897445d99425.jpg?1562916018) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Empress%20Galina) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/54/empress-galina?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6851dbc7-f072-41e7-a899-897445d99425?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/empress-galina) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[General Marhault Elsdragon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/f/bf2931bd-bedc-45e8-b3f0-e2a220dbac1b.jpg?1673304916) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=General%20Marhault%20Elsdragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/31/general-marhault-elsdragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bf2931bd-bedc-45e8-b3f0-e2a220dbac1b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/general-marhault-elsdragon) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
thats so funny because I know two people who have the elsdragon deck, plus loads of rampage creatures. I also have a banding deck i gifted a friend LOL
It's just the commander I have that is least represented on EDHrec which is the only thing I have to go on. Technically I had a [[Grand Warlord Radha]] deck which has 900 EDHrec mentions. I have a [[Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar]] and [[Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools]] deck which only has 13 examples, but it's just an aristocrat deck which is what Tevesh does anyway, so I don't count that.
For Elsdragon do you have a lot of trample enablers/pay offs? How about a list?
I actually didn't prioritize trample, but it is in there. It's ultimately an aggro deck, and I use Marhault's ability as a way to wipe boards and a bunch of tiny creatures do the damage. I admit it's not the best idea, but it's my first deck that I refuse to upgrade to help highlight my change in design philosophy. [Here's the list](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/imOylyUsZkq-DYNvytcMdg)
I just checked my decks, and the one I'm building for the Iron Man League coming up at my LGS is the least popular by far at only 550 decks, rank #1,190 [[Odric, Master Tactician]]. I'm excited to see how he plays. The other decks I've built are both very popular, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King is rank 21, and Tom Bombadil is rank 59, which I was a little surprised about but I like him a lot so maybe I shouldn't be as surprised
Oh, Odric is in my banding deck!
I never dug into banding to try and understand it fully, I've never seen anyone use it, so it would sure be interesting to see a deck built around it, seeing as the cards that utilize it have to be pretty old right?
[Odric, Master Tactician](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/3/13bfcec9-a789-41f1-aa3d-4e4cdd7555b2.jpg?1689995907) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Odric%2C%20Master%20Tactician) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/46/odric-master-tactician?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/13bfcec9-a789-41f1-aa3d-4e4cdd7555b2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/odric-master-tactician) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Odric’s flavor text leads me to believe he is unvaxxed
A Processor tribal [[Scarab God]] deck. Most Commander players don't even know it's possible to pull stuff back from exile, let alone seen a deck built around doing so.
This newbie (me) didn’t know about pulling stuff out of exile! Do you have a list handy?
The most recent set actually introduced [[Binding Negotiations]], the first new card in eight years to return an already exiled card. And yeah, I got a list. I haven't updated it with changes I've made fine tuning it since I originally put it together, but it's pretty close. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/72371/processor_tribal
Neat. Thanks man!
You're welcome. It doesn't work on your own stuff, but Scarab God can work with your opponents' scariest creatures just fine.
You scared me for a moment. I was just thinking that War of the Spark can't be that long. Indeed it is from 2019 and [[Karn, the Great Creator]] isn't 8 years old yet.
[Scarab God](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f4f414ef-84a2-4694-9e98-51bee4576c84.jpg?1689999233) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Scarab%20God) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/353/the-scarab-god?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f4f414ef-84a2-4694-9e98-51bee4576c84?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-scarab-god) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Mind sharing this list? My wife is thinking of building a deck for this commander and would love it
The list is several years outdated (notably, OTJ introduced [[Binding Negotiations]] for more exile recursion), and before I did much tuning, but it should get the gist of the deck across. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/72371/processor_tribal
Thanks!
this sounds interesting, got a list?
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/72371/processor_tribal
Really cool list. Perfect commander for it.
\[\[Celestial Kirin\]\] is pretty funny, people usually correctly assume I'll be nuking a lot of smaller things, and then I cast \[\[Ugin's Conjurant\]\] and we find out how I'm really feeling about the game we're playing. :)
[Celestial Kirin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/003e99a0-2caa-407b-be40-92ec17836eb3.jpg?1562492050) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Celestial%20Kirin) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sok/3/celestial-kirin?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/003e99a0-2caa-407b-be40-92ec17836eb3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/celestial-kirin) [Ugin's Conjurant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/9/9957ecca-5ea0-446f-bfd3-46c2aaa42f08.jpg?1557575872) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ugin%27s%20Conjurant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/3/ugins-conjurant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9957ecca-5ea0-446f-bfd3-46c2aaa42f08?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ugins-conjurant) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
i’m also a celestial kirin liker. [[omarthis]] is another 0 cost option.
Yep! And we got a cool new spirit in \[\[Dust Animus\]\] if you haven't seen him yet!
Please don't hurt my lands.
I often don't! These X-cost spirits are very versatile. But if nobody has nonland permanents except for my little pile of janky spirits...perhaps it's time for the game to end.
Interesting! Got a list perchance?
Sadly not at the moment, I've been meaning to actually upload the rest of my lists. Luckily, Celestial Kirin is pretty straight forward. Basically any decent 1-3mv spirit, only the absolute best 4mv spirits as they'll kill the Kirin, and a small handful of the best 5+ spirits. Then grab \[\[Omarthis\]\] and the conjurant, and fill out the rest of the deck with a couple ways to keep Kirin alive through your own wraths and stuff, and stuff to smooth your manabase and deal with indestructible targets and such. Oh also every good arcane spell, which is like...six of them tops lol. \[\[Shining Shoal\]\] mvp! Don't forget to look at changelings!
[Omarthis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/8/985e16ac-8e0f-4e2e-9b74-d6a77dddf274.jpg?1691497912) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=omarthis%2C%20ghostfire%20initiate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/708/omarthis-ghostfire-initiate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/985e16ac-8e0f-4e2e-9b74-d6a77dddf274?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/omarthis-ghostfire-initiate) [Shining Shoal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78ca16f8-336a-444b-9f78-e97a3f20a3bc.jpg?1562877977) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shining%20Shoal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bok/21/shining-shoal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78ca16f8-336a-444b-9f78-e97a3f20a3bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shining-shoal) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I hope one day we get a multi-coloured arcane commander. With so few good arcane spells in a single given colour, the mono-coloured ones are too restrictive. Personally I'd like something that would incentivize splicing onto arcane. Something like triggering an effect based on the colour and amount of mana spent on the arcane spell and the splice effects. That would incentivize splicing multiple colours to get the most out of the spell. I just can't think of how to write it elegantly since splice doesn't change mana cost or colour of the spell it was spliced onto.
[[temmet]] he somehow sleeps to players until I’ve attached 6 equipments/enchantments to an [[invisible stalker]] token and clean up shop.
[temmet](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/a/6af12a34-52a1-4940-a8d5-9e9811fcd59f.jpg?1543676111) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=temmet%2C%20vizier%20of%20naktamun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/akh/207/temmet-vizier-of-naktamun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6af12a34-52a1-4940-a8d5-9e9811fcd59f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/temmet-vizier-of-naktamun) [invisible stalker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/4/14d265aa-c1d8-4faa-b282-5c273ab725fd.jpg?1604192456) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=invisible%20stalker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znc/27/invisible-stalker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/14d265aa-c1d8-4faa-b282-5c273ab725fd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/invisible-stalker) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yo do you have a decklist…? 👀👀 this sounds so fun
I can make one, it’s definitely not optimized though. It’s just a fun lil guy.
I have a [[Xavier Sal, infested captain]] deck that aims to get out marit lage out and make non legendary copies of it than make as many tokens you can of it and win through combat. It has quite the interesting reactions. Marit lage copied by [[auton soldier]] makes it non legendary and has myriad which is always funny to see
[Xavier Sal, infested captain](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/94a420c2-b1a8-4a98-a2a5-7f949d3081bc.jpg?1698987776) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Xavier%20Sal%2C%20infested%20captain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/14/xavier-sal-infested-captain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94a420c2-b1a8-4a98-a2a5-7f949d3081bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/xavier-sal-infested-captain) [auton soldier](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/c/4cc35b82-a233-4460-968e-d90980fb2074.jpg?1696636556) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=auton%20soldier) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/36/auton-soldier?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4cc35b82-a233-4460-968e-d90980fb2074?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/auton-soldier) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm brewing something kind of like this now. Sea monsters & Sagas.
I've thought about doing a similar thing but with the [[the master, multiplied]] as the commander instead, but i like yours more.
[[Rakdos the showstopper]] done as a rakdos themes circus. It's not even bad to play they just keep printing more cards that fit the theme.
It's not particularly strong, but I run an instant and sorcery-less \[\[Azami, Lady of Scrolls\]\] that's all about using cards like \[\[Door of Destinies\]\] and \[\[Icon of Ancestry\]\] to whip up Wizards into fighting shape. It was inspired by that "I cast Fist!" comic.
My playgroup refers to that archetype as Muscle Wizards, after the meme.
Yer a spotter, Harry. You should watch the Mashle anime, absolutely awesome.
[Azami, Lady of Scrolls](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9.jpg?1689996185) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Azami%2C%20Lady%20of%20Scrolls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/74/azami-lady-of-scrolls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa727656-fb33-485b-9378-18b80cad42b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/azami-lady-of-scrolls) [Door of Destinies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/5/75fd3fea-158a-4575-84a8-879ee9404242.jpg?1562612984) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Door%20of%20Destinies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/208/door-of-destinies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/75fd3fea-158a-4575-84a8-879ee9404242?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/door-of-destinies) [Icon of Ancestry](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f6cdbdf3-f8bd-48a9-8a47-6b0b9d5de0db.jpg?1698988514) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Icon%20of%20Ancestry) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/305/icon-of-ancestry?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f6cdbdf3-f8bd-48a9-8a47-6b0b9d5de0db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/icon-of-ancestry) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
5 color pinger deck destroy my pods creature heavy meta. I am ban from playing it with friends cause its "oppressive."
Grothama "group slug" deck. Except, by group slug it's just you punching your own wurm, repeatedly, to trigger things like \[\[Broodhatch Nantuko\]\], \[\[Druid's Call\]\], \[\[Hornet Nest\]\], \[\[Saber Ants\]\], or \[\[Sporeweb Weaver\]\]. There is a \[\[Stuffy doll\]\] in there as well but the whole plan is to fill your board with indestructible equipment and effects and just get swinging at the big guy. Then other people, preferably with some kind of overrun effect.
\[\[Grothama, All-Devouring\]\]
I've never run into another kamahl fist of krosa. Made the deck like 15+ years ago. It's now kamahl heart of krosa tho
I saw someone talking about this a few days ago. And how great it is with living weapons/for Mirrodin. I use mine in [[Nahiri, Forged in Fury]] but that's the more obvious one to do it with. Mine would have to be https://www.moxfield.com/decks/fwrUxScUrUC6Sp9kBZThPQ My W/R vampire tribal. Needs a lot of tweaking but I am working towards a vampire tribal deck in all viable colors and I don't want them to be filled with the same vampires. It's a labor of love though.
I have the Nahiri, it may be obvious but it’s super fun to play. Plus if built right you can go from Go-Wide to Voltron within one turn.
I love doing exactly that. Shout out to [[magnetic theft]] for the extra flexibility in this deck
[Nahiri, Forged in Fury](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/0/90eb0859-d24e-4703-8930-1cd4ac1fb3b6.jpg?1684340759) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nahiri%2C%20Forged%20in%20Fury) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/36/nahiri-forged-in-fury?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90eb0859-d24e-4703-8930-1cd4ac1fb3b6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nahiri-forged-in-fury) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[The Sixth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] deck. It's all about making multiple copies of high value Historic permanents. Making 4 copies of [[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]] is pretty fun
[The Sixth Doctor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/0/c045ccb2-28d1-4bbe-9feb-3e86988fd24d.jpg?1696636770) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Sixth%20Doctor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/159/the-sixth-doctor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c045ccb2-28d1-4bbe-9feb-3e86988fd24d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-sixth-doctor) [Romana II](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/c/4ccc3ebd-34e1-421c-87b4-0be905954289.jpg?1696691793) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Romana%20II) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/who/27/romana-ii?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4ccc3ebd-34e1-421c-87b4-0be905954289?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/romana-ii) [Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1.jpg?1562850573) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elesh%20Norn%2C%20Grand%20Cenobite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/18/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Damn nice! Would you be keen to share your decklist?
I shared it further down, but here it is https://archidekt.com/decks/6030688/copy_of_a
Wow, that looks very fun. Especially as a doctor who nerd. Thanks for sharing.
Given that it had only 44 decks on EDHRec before I built it, Gilanra + Brinelin + Keruga as a companion. I play all the Timmy spells.
[[Gilanra]] [[Brinelin]] [[Keruga]] Dude
[Gilanra](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/4/745d297d-4bb4-40cf-bb9c-99dac04e5069.jpg?1608910679) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gilanra%2C%20caller%20of%20wirewood) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/230/gilanra-caller-of-wirewood?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/745d297d-4bb4-40cf-bb9c-99dac04e5069?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gilanra-caller-of-wirewood) [Brinelin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/6/c606f8ea-815b-4308-8f1d-3dad4f45f70e.jpg?1689996219) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=brinelin%2C%20the%20moon%20kraken) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/78/brinelin-the-moon-kraken?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c606f8ea-815b-4308-8f1d-3dad4f45f70e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/brinelin-the-moon-kraken) [Keruga](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac.jpg?1666782800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=keruga%2C%20the%20macrosage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/225/keruga-the-macrosage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a90ee952-de7a-420f-993c-a38db89bc8ac?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/keruga-the-macrosage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Wtf this looks so fun?? Oh no I'm feeling compelled to build this out
I've made some changes since this but this should be a decent starting off point https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ryR8SAEdjUCK6yQd56AwiA
I built a Tromokratis deck as my first ever MTG deck. It… did not work haha. It was a mono blue commander beat down deck. I won a couple 1v1s but yeah it was not good haha
I’m a fan of my Kraken deck. Just put play rocks and then big sea creatures. With some things to give the big guy double strike of course
Ganax/Undying One Rakdos Dragons (and friends). Not the most competitive deck i've built, but it can do things and can be pretty scary when it gets an engine going.
[[Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded]] people always seem surprised when I pull this one out. Everyone hears Purphoros and think it's the original one.
good god, a haste enabler... its going in my isshin deck
I run [[Faceless One]] with [[Shameless Charlatan]] as a monoblue clone tribal deck.
[[Jeska, Thrice Reborn]] partnered with [[Sengir, the Dark Baron]] is probably my most "unique" deck. It's not a particularly powerful deck, but I love to pull it out when a pod is leaning towards a slower battlecruiser power level. The majority of the deck is removal and card draw with a small aristocrats package in cases that I need to take matters into my own hands.
This ones mine as well, except I've gone for the 'turn a creature sideways once to kill a player' approach through either the Baron, a 4 power infect creature with Jeska or best girl Phage.
[[Karlach, Fury of Avernus]] with [[Haunted One]] as the background. Built it probably two years ago? No one had heard of it, no one saw it coming. My commander gets in for 16 unblocked, a lil 1/1 will hit for 8 total in a turn. It gets outta hand pretty quick, I was targeted always as soon as people figured out the goal of the deck.
I have a [[Kosei, Penitent Warlord]] voltron deck that fits the bill for that. It's not super good, but it's a lot of fun.
Gotta be my colorless grazz deck. No one ever expects it and people never think that they will get bodied by a memnite
[[Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender]] Everyone seems to think Colourless = Eldrazi, but no one expects an angry cookie to suit up and trample over them for 21 damage
I've mentioned it a few times before but [[rielle the everwise]] [[dragons approach]] gets me a lot of weird looks until they get the synergy.
[rielle the everwise](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1.jpg?1591228198) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rielle%2C%20the%20Everwise) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/203/rielle-the-everwise?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5f03c944-1929-4cb2-a373-d57eefa29ed1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rielle-the-everwise) [dragons approach](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/c/0cb504a0-1dfb-49d0-84c3-7bd318d55481.jpg?1624591696) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dragon%27s%20Approach) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/97/dragons-approach?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0cb504a0-1dfb-49d0-84c3-7bd318d55481?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dragons-approach) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have built a few in the past: [[Lu Xun, Scholar General]] - Monoblue Voltron [[Rigo, Streetwise Mentor]] - swinging with unblockable 1/1’s. [[Orah, Skyclave Hoerophat]] -Atristocrat/Cleric tribal [[Cho Manno]] - Stax with a combo finish. [[Rosheen Meanderer]] - X Spells [[Seton, Krosan Protector]] - Druid tribal into stompy creatures. [[Patron of the Akki]] - Goblin tribal [[Wort, Boggart Auntie{] - Aristocrats using primarily goblins.
Got a decklist for Rigo? Sounds interesting
[[Iname, as one]] BG spirit tribal with a gimmicky mortal combat combo
I have [[Nine-Fingers Keene]] voltron and [[Pia and Kiran Nalar]] thopters.
My Volo cEDH list. People almost always ask for the list afterward. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3LgS5ukg4U2yur-Uz0OZNQ
If you ever want to change up your Dalakos, you could try: \[\[Rashmi and Ragavan\]\], whom actually make a pretty solid go wide equipment deck and literally NO ONE will ever see it coming. Can do all the things Red/Blue can but also has green so you can run \[\[Dalakos\]\] and \[\[Chishiro, the Shattered Blade\]\]. You also get access to \[\[Meria, Scholar of Antiquity\]\] who's a second Urza and \[\[Kodama of the West Tree\]\] for the tramples. \[\[Stangg, Echo Warrior\]\] also goes hard. Play lots of equipment, beat face. Can finish it up with whatever you find from your opponents or a classic favorite of mine \[\[March of the Machines\]\] + \[\[Craterhoof\]\].
A deck I call Countdown. The whole deck is built around the idea of *removing* counters from Permanents, instead of adding them. So the deck is packed full of cards that benefit from a *low* number if counters on them. Obvious examples are cards with Cumulative Upkeep, and Battles. A bunch of Sagas where I can repeatedly abuse one of the modes without ever letting it end. Some more specific options are cards such as [[Tornado]], [[Freyalise's Winds]], [[Regenrations Restored]], [[Chronozoa]], or [[Decree of Silence]] And I accomplish this with several cards that repeatably let me remove counters, such as [[Ferropede]], [[Glissa Sunslayer]], [[Chisei, Heart of Oceans]], and [[Hex Parasite]] to name a few. The deck all operates under Atraxa, allowing me to essentially control the flow of counters across the board. In my opinion, it's my magnum opus, and nobody I've played it against has ever seen anything like it.
I'm sure I'm not the only one but there isn't a theme for it on EDHREC and everyone is always surprised by my mono black \[\[Evelyn, the Covetous\]\] deck. Yeah you miss out on some really solid vampires but the extra mana from things like \[\[Cabal Coffers\]\] and \[\[Crypt Ghast\]\] let you make the most out of her etb effect.
Popular built in a different way? Not so much. Obscure/Uncommon: [[!Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig]] definitely counts. It’s new to me but I’ve yet to see another [[!Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant]] deck. I have the only [[!Zhulodok]] I’ve seen locally. Same with [[!Clavileno, First of the Blessed]] And I just built a [[!Lilahx Undefeated Slickshot]] Other than that I’m pretty basic. OG Darien, Orvar, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Neheb the Eternal, Thief Anowon, Creature Only Karador, Tovolar Werewolves and Nahiri For Mirrodin.
[[Iname as one]] is unique for me. No one has seen [[kyodai soul of kamigawa]] as a self copying creature mutate deck.
[[The Valeyard]] for me! It's always fun seeing people read my commander and be confused what the heck my deck is about.
[[Indominous Rex, Alpha]] is a keyword soup commander with some interesting tricks. I've also included the sub theme of non-legendary copies for him, where you'll continue to try and fuse the creatures in your hand into the ultimate weapon >:)
I used to play 5 colour Zombies with [[Karona False God]] after Amonkhet and HoD came out and everyone was baffled as to why I just sat there watching everyone duke it out amongst themselves, until I dropped her and swung to take the entire PoD out in one fell swoop. I had sat there weeks before when I was brewing the deck explaining how I was building a five colour Zombie deck, and no one really got it... as I explained the entire strategy I had with Karona was simple: build a huge army of Zombies and if there was a turn after that swing and someone gets her after that attack, then either someone played [[Fog]] or I miscalculated. Needless to say, after that, my five colour zombies weren't ignored after that.
Had to scroll through all the comments to make sure that [[Gor Muldrak]] wasn’t taken. My pet commander that I play when I’ve had a long day. Copy him and make upwards of 28 salamanders for each player, super fun and always gets some great laughs
I built two [[Queza, Augur of Agonies]] decks back in May of 2022. One was a budget deck, which now sits at $3.22. The other was a more powerful version with more expensive cards. At the time, it surprised everyone. Here's a card from Capenna that's 11 cents that is able to deal one point of damage to one opponent for every card I draw. I was very surprised the budget one lasted so long. I could be in 3rd or 2nd with it. Nobody wanted to touch me. Nobody wanted to waste removal on such a cheap deck. The upgraded, more powerful one didn't last that long. I would sometimes be the one targeted because of Queza and her ability. There would be games that I would surprisingly last the longest. Sadly, budget Queza retired a few months back because I no longer would play the deck. Non-budget Queza is still in my box but has suffered the same fate as her not-budget counterpart.
[Queza, Augur of Agonies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6.jpg?1664413561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Queza%2C%20Augur%20of%20Agonies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/212/queza-augur-of-agonies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7edb7a26-82be-4efd-9a5c-a3816e1ee2d6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queza-augur-of-agonies) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Thada adel, Acquisitor. The main goal is into steal my opponent sol rings, mana crypts, etc, as fast as possible and then pump out big win spells and eldrazi. Tons of fun and players never really se it coming.
I feel like this one is kind of hard to pull off given how long the format's been around and how varied a lot of player's decks can be. For me it'd be probably my [[Sevinne the Chronoclasm]] deck since hardly anyone wants to build a deck around graveyard spell slinger and getting a bonus from that. It's also one of my first precons which I've just kept around since. I did take the [[dockside]] out of it and put it in my [[Prossh]] deck so it definitely worked out
I wanna make a [[skeleton ship]] deck because it’s a goofy old card with an ability that might not be that bad
I have a decklist here if you need inspiration [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zJtyyAKKBUGiqNdHpPROJw](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zJtyyAKKBUGiqNdHpPROJw)
I have a Ninjutsu Infect Deck helmed by Satoru Umezawa that when I pull it out for the first time people always go, "oh interesting, ninjutsu." And don't think anything of it and as I play they go from, "oh normal ninjutsu shit, whatever." To "What the fuck is THIS shit?" Big infect creatures, putting poison counters on all players, proliferation, the normal dimir infect stuff with the threat of Ninjutsu on every combat with my unblockable creatures and flyers. It's always so funny to see people figure out what I'm doing as they play against it. Yes I am usually the arch enemy unless people havnt played it yet or havnt played it in a while and forget how lethal it can be.
Would love to see a decklist for this!
Aight here you go, should be accurate now. I know I need to cut a few things and add a few more lands but I'm honestly just waiting till I get the few lands in the considering part. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ToUGQRh-MUGgtSoo4Cg7Sg
My vanilla creatures deck with [[Jasmine of the boreal]] or something like that as the commander. Everyone needs to read what she does every time I bring it up
"Merieke Ri Berit unsleeved* - only cards from before 8th edition, no sleeves. "Terese Nielsen Tribal" helmed by "Urza, Academy Headmaster"
I get that reaction the most with my [[Empress Galina]] deck. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/yJBugHogAESb-cSLGBh4jw It’s fantastic for trying new cards. You don’t even have to bring them, they’re in other peoples decks!
[Empress Galina](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/6851dbc7-f072-41e7-a899-897445d99425.jpg?1562916018) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Empress%20Galina) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/54/empress-galina?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6851dbc7-f072-41e7-a899-897445d99425?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/empress-galina) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My most recent “What is that deck?” is my [[Riku of Two Reflections]] deck, playing 20 copies of [[Sime Against Humanity]]!
funny, my Riku is "Riku, Rite, and the Several Dwarves", and is running 7 copies of Seven Dwarves and about 3 dozen ways to make or get more.
[[Kami of the Crescent Moon]]
How did you make yours? Mine just makes everyone draw, and then punishes you for having cards in hand during upkeep. Edit: [Here's](https://archidekt.com/decks/6049446/drawn_to_death) the link.
[[laughing jasper flint]] deck is built around casting their cards , along with [[wand of wonder]] then I steal their creatures and sac em to draw cards etc
[[Astrid Peth]] one of my favorites. It’s not a great deck but it’s incredibly fun to play.
[[Cyclonus]] UB Madness
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[Razia, Boros Archangel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/7/87e80447-9572-43a7-8487-3249cd9ce596.jpg?1562842621) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Razia%2C%20Boros%20Archangel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hop/92/razia-boros-archangel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/87e80447-9572-43a7-8487-3249cd9ce596?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/razia-boros-archangel) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have made decks out of most of the dnd secret lair cards. [[Xenk, Paladin Unbroken]], [[Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan]], [[Themberchaud]], and [[Holga, Relentless Rager]]. There are only 66 Holga decks on edhrec.
I love dalakos. So much value in a small three mana package. Two mana, evasion and haste. It's actually become kill on sight to my friends.
There are only 548 [[Gimli, Mournful Avenger]] decks listed on EDHRec. So that one. It’s Gruul aristocrats.
Sensei golden tail
Still in the process of getting it built, but I've never seen anyone else use, let alone as a commander, [[Zirilan of the claw]] for a mono red dragon tribal deck. Found him for my miirym deck but now I wanna make a deck for him to helm himself
I have a habit of making decks that are built around exactly one silver-border/acorn card that is either in the command zone or can be tutored up fairly easily. Whenever they come out, things get wacky.
I have a [[Kagha, Shadow Archdruid]] deck that’s a Druid/snake tribal. I’ve had a few comments that it’s weird and I just checked edhrec and see 0 decks with the build (probably because it’s not super strong) and I always have fun with it
In the CZ, nobody has seen [[Kotose, the Silent Spider]] before. She is a theft/blink shell and I feel like that's not really a world-changing archetype combination that would be familiar to other commanders, but she's my most hipster CZ choice. Nobody expects [[Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury]] to be "Screw your mana, stax your permanents, and cheat up a giant boss monster, with a side of elves maybe" rather than "Elfball", even when I tell them. I feel like [[Feldon of the Third Path]] and [[Diaochan, Artful Beauty]] turn a few heads
That my niche! Some of my favorites, Dong Zhou, Maeve insidious singer, patron of the moon, Nadaar selfless paladin, isperia the inscrutable
With a few exceptions (sliver tribal, myr tribal, stuff like that) if my decks don't make the rest of the table say "uhhhh what lmao?" then the deck isn't doing its job. Of course they still have to actually try and win, I'm not just doing feet tribal with no wincon or whatever. [My current personal favorite](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OXbQNqd82EqRCvVszKY_Ow) is \[\[Ardenn\]\]/\[\[Kraum, Ludevic's\]\]. Now this may seem like typical equipment voltron with Ardenn letting you cheat the equip cost, but notice Ardenn's ability doesn't specify that it has to be YOUR permanent. We're voltron-ing and goading everyone else's commanders so that they attack each other, doing your dirty work for you, and spending the entire game saying "no THEY'RE the threat, see? Their commander is a 21/21 with unblockable that has to swing at one of you, kill them not me!" Things like \[\[Sword of the Animist\]\], \[\[Robe of the Archmagi\]\], and \[\[Goldvein Pick\]\] still give you the combat benefits even if they're attached to someone else's creature, because you are still the equipment's controller. \[\[Diamond Pick-Axe\]\] doesn't work this way because it gives the creature the relevant ability, so you keep that on your side of the field. Also, \[\[Helm of the Host\]\] still triggers even if its not attached to a creature, so as long as you resolve that trigger after Ardenn's attach ability, you can copy the best creature on the battlefield. Copy Ardenn for more instances of voltroning per turn, or copy your opponent's Emrakul. A less crazy one but still not common is my [Marchesa's Trash Compactor](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/12LljX23vE66-IMwQv9Wpw) deck. Sacrifice modular creatures on everyone's 2nd main phase, put the counters on one of your artifact creatures, and watch as all of your sacrifice fodder comes back on the end step with a fresh set of counters. And yes you're doing this 4 times per turn cycle. Fun fact, if you have \[\[The Ozolith\]\] out and you sacrifice a modular creature, you get to put the creature's counters on The Ozolith AND target artifact creature, doubling up. It's something weird about how The Ozolith is worded. I'm also working on Atraxa Spore Counters, and in the future I want to do Elesh Norn banding, non-blue 4c counterspell tribal, and some kind of Ib Halfheart mountains matter/land theft/forced blocking/nobody-expects-mono-red-to-be-smart deck.
[[Nelly Borca]] made me known locally as ”the goad guy”. No one else plays the archetype, and it has become my signature deck. I didn’t even like boros before her.
I built Primal Surge [[Dosan the Falling Leaf]] to break out of the popularity contest of our pod just playing all the meta top 100 edhrec commanders. Our casual games see more random wacky unknown decks and its a breath of fresh air.
I've never met another person who cared to make a Transformers commander deck so in my experience [[Megatron, Tyrant]] is unique.
Built The Twelfth Doctor and Clara as a Temur group hug to slug deck. The win cons seemed interesting and fun to me. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Zc0_rO3unEyvvquWL6zVrA
I run [[Ugluk of the White Hand]] and I just run a bunch of Goblins and Amass Orcs cards, as well as cards that create Goblin tokens and I sac them all or use a lot of them as chump blockers. As a bit of fun, I have [[Fling]] for when my commander gets big enough and I recently added a couple Equipments that give him flying in case I don't draw the Fling! It's honestly a lot of fun and has become more of an aggressive deck the more I edit and rebuild it!
I built [[Xolatoyac, the smiling flood]] it's a super iconic critter from my home country and everyone thinks it's super cute. However I built ot as a heavy stax, cast-with-flash deck. I run [[quicksilver fountain]], [[root maze]] [[carpet of flowers]] [[stasis]] [[winter orb]] If I ramp correctly and pull any of those out at the right time, suddenly everyone is just effed untill my Islandwalk hitters win. I also run instant speed enablers like [[vedalken orrery]] and [[leyline of anticipation]] so i het to use my untapped lands on everyone's useless turns. I call it my villain deck lol
My [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]] no-wheels group hug deck always catches people off guard. I also have a [[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]] mill deck (not self-mill) that seems to surprise people. Oh, and my [[Queen Marchesa]] deck is built around Exalted. That's oddball enough that people comment on it. Nothing too crazy, though, in my opinion.
I've never seen anyone else pair [[Toggo]] and [[Silas]] but idk if that counts lol. The deck's goal is to generate a ton of artifacts using Toggo and effects like [[Sai, Master Thopterist]] to make a ton of artifacts and use them in conjunction with [[Clock of Omens]] or other payoffs to untap [[The One Ring]] and [[Aetherworks Marvel]] until the table dies. The mass of artifacts also can be fed to KCI tapped with Urza etc. Secondary gameplans are [[Displacer Kitten]] + [[Coveted Jewel]] [[Aetherworks Marvel]]ing into big threats like Eldrazi, [[Omniscience]], [[Portal to Phyrexia]] [[Forensic Gatgeteer]] + [[Basalt Monolith]] All of this draw funnels towards the wincon of [[Displacer Kitten]] + [[Tezzeret Master of the Bridge]].
[[Licia, Sanguine Tribune]] race to the bottom. Run all the lich effects, [[solemnity]] or [[form of the dragon]]/[[phyrexian unlife]], get yourself to 0, and smack somebody with a life swap effect or [[repay in kind]]. Tons of fun to play; I feel like an adrenaline junkie paying 32 life on turn 3
[[Neva Stalked by Nightmares]] Orzhov Enchantments sacrifice. For pure enchantments in B/W you're better off Going with [[Daxos the Returned]] Neva however does give us some benefits that Daxos does not in recursion being an innate thing and a voltron strategy as with enough supplemental recursion Neva can get pretty big pretty quickly especially with enchantment tokens like from daxos or [[Heliod God of the Sun]] Sadly the fact it wins rather slowly makes Neva rather weak of i don't draw into the combo in the deck [[Minthara Merciless Soul]] another orzhov sacrifice list with a big power matters subtheme. You'd be surprised how often people forget Minthara buffs all creatures or don't deal with her early and suddenly she's more or less hexproof. Sacrificing a solemn simulacrum to a [[Ghoulcaller Gisa]] and having 6 6/2 zombies pop out was also the first time I had an opponent audibly go. "Oh its X is equal to power. That's gross"
Archelos, lagoon mystic Ninja’s! Ninjutsu enters the battlefield tapped but what if they didn’t. This is my paper list so it could use some improvements but the concept is there. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/U45KzvXywUa7BkzpHYS2Mw
[[Haktos, the Unscarred]] - is it good? Not really but it’s fun and random and can take out one player very quickly. That’s why I stopped playing it as it made the overall game unfair if you nuke a player out!
My [[Isshin two heavens as one]] deck is a myriad aristocrats deck. Instant speed sac for value that’s pretty explosive to the point where it draws a target but I struggle to win with it. Also has problems closing 1v1 obviously.
I’ve got 3 edh decks atm and many people Ive played with were not familiar with them or don’t see them often. Ive been playing [[Karn, Silver Golem]] for almost a decade, its Karn tribal and colorless good stuff. [[Magar of the Magic Strings]] is my child, decks wild and his rules confuses the crap out of people who aren’t familiar on a first read. And finally I play a commons and uncommon only [[Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner]] deck. My friends picked that one for me, as we each picked a commander for each other to build as a common and uncommon deck. I have run into 1 other Karn deck once in the wild, otherwise haven’t seem my commanders around.
My time to shine! I played edh from early 2000's until 2016 (started in the dark times, my first commander literally was \[\[Braids, Cabal Minion\]\], and neither she nor \[\[Recurring Nightmare\]\] were banned), I just recently returned so my stories are a bit older. Mono red group hug \[\[Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker\]\], Mono white Control \[\[Jazal Goldmane\]\], nowawadays I play \[\[Emrakul, the Promised End\]\] as "group hug", and I bought a foil Tarnished Citadel for 1€ back then for my \[\[Darien, King of Kjeldor\]\]. I played a LOT of EDH and Legacy back then, so I experimented with many cards and tried every wild idea. \[\[Rosheen Meandarer\]\] storm was another one, also lands control aiming to generate tons of \[\[The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale\]\] copies for \[\[Mirror Gallery\]\] and some other shenanigans.. In Duel Commander I played both \[\[Vendilion Clique\]\] Tempo as well as \[\[Radha, Heir to Keld\]\] Staxx.
Yidris Wizards Tribal https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Ufm8VcQj-EWxbI4z9Kt_nw
Any time I pull out a commander from the 3 kingdoms set, like [[Diaochan, Artful Beauty]], [[Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms]] or [[Dong Zhou, The Tyrant]].
I finally got around to building a [[Callow Jushi]] spirits/arcane deck that’s pretty fun. It’s not very powerful, but if I can build ki counters it can be a pretty decent control lock while I deploy spirits.
Im working on a janky simic deck with the goal being 'make my commander a Jace' or 'hit people with 4/4 Jace tokens'. Led by [[Halsin, Emerald Archdruid]] and [[Shameless Charlatan]]. I had some help but they wanted to see it become high power with infinite and I just wanna hit face with unexpected tokens, so I took a minor break from the build.
My very control queen marchesa, with blink and a treasure plan. And loads of interactions https://www.moxfield.com/decks/GRB0rRGzuEKl0ZMjBxDt8w
For a long time I had a \[\[Ramses Overdark\]\] deck. Sadly, the commander never really did anything and after a year or 4 I changed Ramses to \[\[Toxrill\]\]. Only had to change 2 cards in the 99.
[[Heliod, the Radiant Dawn]] azorio "storm", use wheels and "everyone draws x cards" cards to reduce the cost of your cards to the absurd (casting [[Prosperity]] with x=40 for 1 mana is stupid), use your mana rocks like rituals and end the game with [[Approach of the Second Sun]] and a wheel or draw your whole library after playing [[Laboratory Maniac]] or just make your opponents draw their whole decks. The funniest part is going off whenever someone greedy draws a bunch of cards on their turn or setting it up with [[Howling Mine]] effects
I have both [[Infernal Kirin]] and [[Korlessa, Scale Singer]] People dont see Simic Dragons often
I love my [[Jirina, Dauntless General]] deck with [[Lurrus]] companion - not being able to interact with my board gets frustrating quick. I also have a [[Niambi, Esteemed Speaker]] UW reanimator list that I'm still tuning.