Who's /b/'s favorite Commander?
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Who's /b/'s favorite Commander?
>>767272022
i just love red/black
>>767272083
That looks fun as fuck
>>767272207
ye i use it with eldrazi, shoot the opponent in the face with 1-2 red spells and then summon my whole hand since eldrazi mainly costs colourless mana
hail the queen
Mogis for sure because I love red & black
>>767272408
I know she's fairly popular as a Commander, but I've never seen her played. What is the game plan with her?
>>767272496
You magnificent bastard, you
>>767272727
That also looks fun. What I'm learning from this thread is that I need to build a RB deck.
>>767273104
You get access to the best removal so that helps. Mines a punisher build with things like spreading plague and no mercy. That paired with a ton of removal and boardwipes makes the things like mogis and torment of hail fire game winners. If you play with a lot of creature centric decks then this is a great choice to take them on.
its ya boy
5 color bombs, never had so much fun in commander ever
Wasitora - playing Land destruction on it
Really nice on Goblin decks.
>>767273545
Full-blown goblin tribal featuring Krenko as your lieutenant....sounds awesome
>>767273408
5-color decks seem intimidating to play. How often do you find yourself unable to play anything due to not having the right color of mana available?
>>767273355
I wish I had enough decent equipment to build a good Voltron deck. He seems powerful.
salty sal.
>>767273704
I....can't argue with this.
Looks like you guys are protecting your virginity really good with those pokémon cards.
Fun hate around the table
>>767273831
We have a guy who only plays this deck at our shop. I save a special deck for when he shows up.
>>767272022
David Hogg, the Gun-Banisher
Brago is best.
Yidris close second
Let me just blink everything
i Play mainly 1vs1 so this one is really good. good tempo plays with build in hate
>>767272022
>>767275585
It's so easy to break Commander in 1v1. That Omnath up there wrecks shit in 1v1.
>>767275799
i hardly think you will get to that amount of mana without getting blown out first by hand destruction or just spot removal / aggro decks.
'bout to be this guy
>>767275799
in 1vs 1 your deck should be able to win without the commander
>>767273775
My nigga
Not a very good commander but my favorite because she was my first commander
Omnath Tokens, Krenko Tokens/Combos, Markov Tokens, and Trostani Tokens/Life Gain. I like tokens.
>>767273773
Fag.
>>767275955
What, for Omnath? I have a metric shitload of cards that search up lands and put them directly onto the field, as well as cards that let me play extra lands every turn. I can usually get him out turn 4 or 5, and can continually get more lands afterwards. With the average amount of creature removal a single deck runs, it's rarely difficult to recover from a Path or whatever.
Now in multiplayer, yeah, I can get hated out fairly easily, assuming I stand to be the biggest threat, which isn't too unlikely. But in 1v1 I'm usually fine.
>>767276155
My brother, let me show you the way.
>>767273681
I have 9/10 shocks and a decent amount of fetches, checks, pains, 5c, etc., so fixing isnt a problem.
You also have cards like dingot, birbs, chromatic lantern etc.
>>767276501
my first and still favourite legendary
he is so op
I like this for a multiplayer zombie apocalypse deck
>>767276001
I feel like it's more necessary to be able to win without your commander in multiplayer. Since more opponents=more removal to worry about. I guess it's not as big a deal if you like to play low-threat-level commanders, but a lot of the most fun commanders do relatively crazy shit.
In any case, most of my decks can win without my Commander being out. Omnath and my Yahenni deck are the only two that don't fare so well without them.
>>767276727
For real, I hate to sound like one of those zombie-apocalypse-obsessed spergs, but in Magic, an absolutely massive army of zombies would be amazing. I might try to build a Gisa deck.
>>767276633
He really is. I have a commander deck with him at the helm and it's ridiculous. It's so easy to rebuild after a total board wipe.
I used to run Cathar's Crusade in that deck, but fuck keeping track of all those varying amounts of +1/+1 counters.
>>767276501
Used to have a million elves in no time, not to mention stacking joraga warcallers.
>>767276881
It's slow building , but once it gets going it's pretty powerful. Especially with cards like endless ranks of the dead, army of the dammned, and other cards that boost zombie power.
>>767273291
Lol you bad. Such a trap, this card is not good.
>>767272022
generalfeldmarschall erwin rommel
>>767275968
That does look awesome, and I've seen some people do some broken shit with her.
I'm most looking forward to this fun fella. Not as broken but right up my alley for the aspects of Magic that I love the most. Also he deals damage, not life loss. Know what that means? Motherfucking Triumph of the Hordes.
>>767277428
Man, I really missed my chance there to call him a "fun guy"
Same man. The dude is fun as shit to play and draws hate from my entire pod even early game.
>A few draw spells
>A single wheel effect
>Tainted Strike
>All opponents die from infect
>>767277725
Wheel into Waste Not feels amazing
Kess, Dissident Mage
But original Jhoria and Glissa the traitor are up there too
>>767273311
Basic bitch commander
>>767273773
My squirrel tokens will rape thine self a new asshole
Kinda generic cause she came with one of the prebuilt decks, but this with panharmonicon, mistmeadow witch, and filigree angel is nuts. Get a sharding sphinx in there too to generate more 1/1 thopters and just gain 200+ life per turn easy. Then just stall until tutor for hellkite tyrant and win by default
>>767276501
I'd build that but my girlfriend is already running elfball. I'm tempted tho. We have a bunch of elves so maybe I will.
Storm ass hole reporting in
Yargle, I've come to bargle
>>767272022
I usually play derevi for combos, and zurgo for straight damage but my favorite is rhys the redeemed
>>767273311
Do like that infinite with him and I think ancient golem or stone watched giant or something
>>767272408
This is the correct answer.
>>767279583
I don't even focus on elves. I just use random ass token generators. Increasing Devotion (humans), One Dozen Eyes (insects), Conqueror's Pledge and Nomad's Assembly (kor)....granted, elves might be cheaper mana-wise and more synergistic, but with the insane amount of tokens Rhys's ability can give you, it really isn't needed unless you're playing a super cut-throat meta
>>767279661
Beautiful
>>767276501
Spiked feeder, archangel of thune, Tristan fits nicely in
>>767272022
>He was behind..
>>767278630
I really, really want to build the most go-wide deck possible based around squirrel tokens. Pic related, mfw
>>767280751
?? How so?
>>767280889
Probably your best commander for that. Had a friend who tried the same thing once
Best politics commander.
>>767272408
I got an alter done for her.
>>767282908
What style do you play her as? I go for the pillowfort/stax lockdown then try to win on card advantage with monarch. Seems like a lot of people play her as an aggro commander though.
>>767273104
I use Queenie in an aristocrats deck. Steal, sac, death synergy cards. But the endgame is black mana ramp and X spells.
>>767272083
I miss Ravnica era Rakdos when I played.
Start of your turn sacrifice half your non demon permanents.
You damage the enemy with rakdos, they sacrifice half theirs.
Much fun was had with that red black deck
![220[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/TWR1ATL.jpg "220[1].jpg")
>Get 6 mana
>Watch as the entire table hesitates to put out their commanders.
Steal decks aggro like a motherfucker, but watching your opponents get killed by their own shit is a special kind of happiness.
>>767283308
I haven't played for years, what's all this commander business?
>>767282973
>>767283012
This. I use her as pillowfort, but I let my opponents destroy each other while they fight over monarch. Think about it like this. Phyrexian Arena costs 1 life to draw 1 extra card. That's a great deal. But monarch costs a great deal more life for that 1 extra card. So let your opponents take that deal, and then just finish them off in the endgame.
>>767272022
i play a ton of different decks irl and online but right now Chainer, Dementia Master is my favorite. its just a fun toolbox with lots of firepower and an answer for almost anything
>>767272022
Holy shit this would too great my red/green Mana deck
>>767282908
I also had an alter done for my other commander, who just happens to be the other Marchesa. She commands my unblockables deck loaded with ultra-evasion, ninjutsu, and kickass equipment.
Toolbox for the win!
Can't afford the pimped out version of the deck with all the best drakes but it's still really fun!
also tfw no cool alt art for your commander
>>767283372
Commander is a format of Magic the Gathering with the following rules.
>Players build decks of exactly 100 cards, with no repeating cards save for basic lands.
>One of those 100 cards is a legendary creature who acts as the "commander" of the deck. The deck can only include colors the commander identifies as.
>The commander starts play in the command zone, an area that they can be played as if they were in your hand (but they're not in your hand.) If your commander leaves play at any time for any reason, you may put them back in the command zone.
>Every time your commander re-enters the command zone, it costs 2 colorless mana extra to play.
>If a single commander does 21 combat damage to another player, that player dies.
>Everyone starts with 40 life.
I think that covers everything.
>>767283888
Wew, seems like an interesting mixup to the game.
Thanks anon, appreciate you explaining it all. Hopefully will get back into it once I start getting more shekels coming through
>>767273681
get prismatic omen and any card that can fetch it for you
>>767284079
It's important to note that it's a 4-player format, and politics are really important. Which is to say, openly colluding with players, making deals (and keeping your word or breaking it, along with the consequences) is a big part of the game.
>>767284210
Commander can be played anywhere from 2-6 players.
You can play with even more, but be prepared for at least a 3 hour game if someone's not using boardwipe or insta-win combos.
>>767284210
>>767284305
2=6 player? Holy shit, it'd be madness.
That sounds like a ton of fun.
I assume only one can win? So it's a last man standing out of four, and whoever jews the best, wins.
I'll have to check it out anon! Any recommendation on how to get into it? e.g. what decks/packs to buy
>>767284373
Just buy a preconstructed Commander deck. They're actually pretty well designed and easy to modify after you've got the hang of things.
>>767284425
Beauty, I'll do that anon, got plenty of places near me I can buy them from. Cheers for the advice.
>>767277419
my man
Been playing him for a couple years, nothing like infinite turns
>>767284373
Only one person wins.
I'd use edhrec *dot* com to go through and see which commanders ar popular, which ones do what you want them to do, and which ones seem like fun. Additionally, the site will show you popular cards used in conjunction with the commanders so you can build a super gay/broken deck to annihilate your friends with.
Assuming you have the money, of course.
Also, the Dominaria set that was just released is great for commander since the set is stacked with a whole bunch of legendary creatures.
>>767280889
maybe make an unstable deck?
>>767272022
>>767273773
Go fall in a hole full of saprolings on flame javelin.
>>767285201
*Flame fusillade.
>>767285201
Reminds me of this guy I know
>friends discuss mtg at dinner
>"fuck off with that faggot shit anon"
>year or two later dumps gf of 10 years
>new gf super hot and plays commander
>suddenly really into mtg
>>767276881
>Annialition
>Incite rebellion
Dummy
My last couple of cards are on their way to finish up Edgar Markov so I'm hyped as hell.
Probably going to do Animar, Phelddagrif, or Yidris next.
Also rules check, does Coat of Arms double dip or is it, "Amount of creatures that share a type -1" and does Cathar's Crusade give a counter to the creature that just entered causing Cathar's Crusade to trigger?
>>767284600
Explain
>>767283372
It's easier to look it up than to have someone explain it, but essentially, you pick a legendary creature to be your commander, and then build a 100 card deck around that creature (100 cards including the commander). You can't have more than one copy of any card in the deck other than basic lands, and you can't use cards that don't match your commander's color identity.
You start the game with the commander in the command zone, where it can't be fucked with in any way other than you casting it. If it would change zones (go from the battlefield to your hand, hand to your graveyard, battlefield to exile, etc.) you can choose to send it back to the command zone instead so you can cast it again. But every time you cast it from the command zone after the first time, it costs an accumulating 2 additional mana.
The appeal is that it's not as easy to break as other formats, and it's meant to be a casual, social format, usually played in groups of 4. And it's fun to build and play the decks. Most decks are built around the commander's abilities, so a deck built around most of the creatures here would probably expand on what that creature does. It's just a way to build fun, interesting, thematic, and unique decks and have fun playing Magic.
That turned out to be a longer explanation than I thought it would.
>>767285077
Have you ever seen anybody pull off anything more than a 3 colour deck? I've only ever seen people do 3 maximum, and even then their decks had to be tight as hell.
Only time I could see anything more being viable would be if you're sperging and want to play sliver deck. But that was years ago, so.
>>767285527
Thanks anon, the more I hear the more interesting it sounds.
I do remember fondly the days of trying to make the stupidest combo to break my mates decks, so this format does sound like a nice way to get back into it. Also sounds like you could have more variety in decks, building around the commander rather than creature type etc.
>>767283530
Yeah he used to be in my 60-card casual Gruul Bloodrush deck. Dump a bunch of lands, make a bunch of dudes, use said lands to pay multiple bloodrush costs, and finish the game off. It was fun but he's way more fun as a commander.
>>767285653
This is my current go-to 5-color commander. Tons of fun.
>>767284480
Careful which ones you buy. Anything more than a two-color deck is going to be crappy right out of the box, and you'll have to spend a pretty penny on fetch lands and other such things in order to make sure you can play all your stuff.
>>767285458
I'm not really sure what you're getting at with your first question. Coat of Arms only gives +1s, not -1s. It also affect your opponents' creatures, as well, so watch out for that.
Your second question is yes, creatures entering the battlefield gives those creatures themselves the +1/+1 counters, and that triggers for every creature that enters. So if you have 5 1/1s enter, they'll each come in with 5 counters on them.
This can be insanely powerful in go-wide token-heavy decks like Rhys the Redeemed, but my fucking god, it is hard to keep track of all of those counters. I used to use it in my Rhys deck but I cut it because it very quickly became overwhelming and confusing. And the sheer amount of tokens that deck puts out is more than enough to kill my opponents without needing power boosts.
>>767285924
If that's your commander, that makes it 10x more viable I imagine. Does look like you could cause trouble with that
>>767285936
I intend to not go more than two colours, 3 colours is in my mind once you've got a handle on the game and good amount of shekels and cards.
Cheers anons for the advice
>>767286314
Awesome, I didn't know Cathar's also buffed the creatures entering.
For Coat of Arms what I'm wondering is if I have multiple Vampire Knights would it be +2/+2?
>>767273408
You're fucking retarded. Mana sources that generate any mana not in the color of your general generates colorless mana, dipshit. Get fucking good.
>>767272022
commander is s dick measuring contest and no fun
>not playing superior modern or house rules standard
>not having a comfy theme-deck
>unironically trying to win
>>767285653
Even 3 colors can be difficult. I'd recommend starting with 2 colors. Just be aware that mana ramp and card draw are much more importan in commander due to the way decks are built. So it's a good idea to avoid building mono-red, mono-white, or red-white decks, at least starting out, because those colors don't do either of those things very well. There are a couple of commanders in those colors that can do all right, but most of them are going to be painful.
That's just advice though, obviously if you see a legendary creature you really like and want to build a deck around it, go for it.
Idea:
Volatile Rig
Mechanized Production
Flame Fusillade
Arcbond
Proceed to nuke every single thing
>>767285653
When I played with The Mime I had a very disposable income. I had all the corresponding duals, fetches and counters. My deck was up to $1200-$1300 easy.
I consistently got him out and was a threat almost every game. But playing a $1300 deck against my buddies with only a couple hundred invested wasn't much fun so I downgraded a lot.
Even in games against strangers with comparable decks I used to smash.
>>767286582
Not anymore, they changed that rule a while back. Also, color identity is not the same as card color. Color identity also includes mana symbols in a card's text box, as well as the normal criteria for card color. So that creature's color identity is WUBRG.
>>767286582
its color identity, of which he is all 5 colors. you dont know the rules of commander at all, do you?
>>767286857
That's a forced draw deck.
Add splinter twin, too.
I have allot of fun with this guy. It's a fast all or nothing build.
>>767286701
Commander is the least dick-measuring-contest format there is. Unless you're just playing with overly-competitive people, which is expressly what the format *isn't* supposed to be. Every other format is full of turn 2-4 wins, 5 minute games, and, in standard's case, stupid card limitations. Also, tryhards galore, due to the potential to win big in tournaments.
Commander doesn't even have official tournaments, which puts off a lot of those hyper-competitive players since they can't get money off playing it. Like legit, the whole concept of commander was built on the idea of having laid-back, casual, fun games of magic and discouraging early-game infinite combos and other annoying bullshit.
>>767284600
>>767285479
get experience counter 5+
e z
>>767277428
I got a promo version and made a commander deck just for him
>>767283308
Mine does something similar
Made this fella recently, and let me tell you how good it feels to just flash everything in at all times. U/W Historic ftw
>>767286528
It does not. Otherwise changelings would get like +100/+100
>>767280316
Some sort of voltron deck I suppose?
>>767288405
Alright, thank you!
Oh captain my captain
>>767288582
That's what people are gravitating towards. It won't be great though, since it can't protect itself in any way.
>>767273681
I have a reaper king deck that I made for shits and giggles using basically no shocklands, just a few manastones, chromatic lantern and random dual lands I have, some guildgates even.
Rarely if ever have the mana problems though.
My favorite is the dinosaur king
My favorite commander I'd never run.
>>767276074
Posting superior commander version
Fun as hell
Grand Arbiter Control deck cannot be beaten
>>767274144
Thank you for practicing restraint.
>>767290015
Yeah she's a mean Voltron commander
>>767290100
I have never even heard of this card. Looks fun though.
Norin, just because he's fun as fuck
combined with Confusion in the ranks builds you a board for free. Toss in a Purphoros, or a Warstorm Surge and you got yourself a game
Azor, the Lawbringer + Alhammarrets archive + mana rocks + vensers journal = a pissed off opponent
i played this shit 12 years ago, did it change much? thinking about picking it up again
>>767272022
Breya, Etherium Shaper the commander deck i built for her is super broken
>>767292481
na not alot has changed
>>767272022
Child of Alara. Don't be fooled, the end of the maze is what'll get you
>>>767293415
i fucked up but it's phelddagrif
>>767292481
> did it change much?
you have no idea
Pic related + ethereal armor
Energy field + rest in peace shenanigans
Finishing move is <spoiler>Armageddon</spoiler>
>>767272022
I've never played commander but I'm thinking about getting into it. What cards should I look into making my commander? I prefer Red/White decks
>>767272022
Nice dubs. Here is one of my faves for 3.
No love for just immediately locking everyone else out of the game in the least interactive way possible? Watching the hope fade from new players' faces when I explain the teferi/knowledge pool interaction (turn 3-5 average case, turn 1 in magical christmasland) is one of the best feelings in magic.
Try it, you'll like it
>>767272022
THE GOD IS HERE
>>767274889
fuck outta here
I’m surprised you can even touch the card to make it attack or defend.
The one and only
>Xenochad, god of dick slapping
I love this guy
>>767285077
oh, that's mean
>>767273291
Has to be legendary to be commander.
karona false god
>for a gods-themed deck
>>767291973
love norin about to pick up the pieces to build him but Pope daretti is my go to right now. I have an equal love for goblins and artifacts and red is best color
>>767295948
>get out your magnifying glasses you eusocial little fuckers
>>767290508
my sweet sweet spider bitch
Posting more faves... this guy makes me happy and pairs well with a rummaging goblin for extra draws.
>>767296113
I like artifact bitches
Going to make a deck to make people pissed. Anyone know a good commander for a deck based around pic related?
>>767296480
Neck urself, fgt. Chaos lolsorandumb umadbro? decks are the worst
>>767296722
Not if you do it right. Or make it specifically as a counter to a hydra deck
Anyway, non spazlords. Does this seem like a good match?
>>767296775
>Not my commander
Surprised this cunt hasn’t been posted yet.
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
>>767297143
I also run Endless Swarm.
I'm the guy.
>>767297228
> sorcery
True wizard detected
>>767296816
How do you do that right? All you do is annoy everybody and make doing anything a pain in the ass.
If a bunch of hydras are giving you trouble:
Go mardu and wrath/kill everything
Go golgari and make them sac everything
Go dimir and steal all their shit
Go simic/temur and counter all their shit, with your own hydras to fight theirs
There's so much more you could do, anon
>>767272022
Suck on this losers.
>>767272727
>those digits
>>767298140
Oh my fucking god, Aquabats. I didn't know there was another human on the planet that knew about that band. Those guys are the shit.
>>767296480
Yidris would have an interesting interaction with this
>>767298038
>lolrandomchaos isn't fun because it annoys everyone
>Board-locking and heavy control is fine though.
>>767298711
Mishra had the best interaction with this. Stack the abilities so that mishra resolves after your artifact hits the bottom of library. Two artifacts for the price of one.
>>767298728
Pretty much dude. Idk about you but all the groups I've played with didn't hate a locked down or controlled boardstate, but no one I've ever met likes bullshit chaosrandumb cards
>>767298818
Best interaction, sure. The guy I replied to was looking for a chaos deck, though. Yidris fits that bill pretty well on his own, and with this card in play, it'd get really crazy.
>>767296775
cards like this are supposed to be funny
>>767298908
>all the groups I've played with didn't hate a locked down or controlled boardstate
Bull. Shit. "Oh, look, I can't do anything at all. This is great. I don't hate this one bit." Riiiiight.
A lot of people like chaos decks if they're not played too often. If they are they lose the charm and just become repetitive, but if you only break it out once in a great while? People will usually roll with it unless they have a stick up their ass.
you dont get countered=you win.
locust god is a close second, but when you have 13 decks its hard to choose
