Commanders that are hard to make bad
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on March 31, 2020, 9:34 p.m. by RNR_Gaming
So, I'm curious as to what commanders you all think are hard to make bad or that you have to intentionally try and water down because they're just a cut above most legendaries. Here's my list
1) urza - this card is hands down the best artificer printed to date and gives you so many avenues to explore. Turns all artifacts into mox sapphires and makes a construct when it enters. Oh, and the icing on top is that it's a mana sync. Basically, good at all point in the game.
2) Animar - even morph builds are viable; it's a cheesy mechanic that's not all that great but animar enhances it to being playable and capable of winning.
3) Yisan - an activated ability that incrementally puts bigger and better creatures onto the battlefield after each activation; consistent and powerful
4) Meren - raise dead every turn that inevitably becomes a reanimate every turn is fantastic.
5) tharsios + any other partner - this card is just ridiculous. Its basically tasigur minus a color but with a better activated ability and a static ability that produces card advantage in the command zone.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide is pretty hard to make bad.
Tatyova, Benthic Druid is also pretty hard.
March 31, 2020 10:24 p.m.
ZendikariWol says... #4
Idk, I feel like you can make basically any commander bad. In fact, all of the commanders you listed except Thrasios are dependent on a higher-than-average number of a specific card type in your deck. "How on EaRtH can you make Animar, Soul of Elements bad??" Just put him in a deck that has 20 creatures in it.
March 31, 2020 10:25 p.m.
SynergyBuild says... #6
Run each deck as an all basics deck, Urza flip? ugh, another island xD
Better yet, just run no lands or mana producing cards of any sort, and run all colorless crap cards so even a dream halls won't work.
March 31, 2020 11:21 p.m. Edited.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #7
TypicalTimmy That's fantastic.
"I don't understand why I can never cast anything. I have mana ramp!"
Points to uncastable Nest Invader
April 1, 2020 12:31 a.m.
dingusdingo says... #8
Tasigur, the Golden Fang - Combos with playing the game. In casual games you get hyper political recursions with him, in competitive game people let you play stack police against other players. It feeds itself, and your deck always has something to do. Delve helps keep Tasigur on the board, even with opponent's using removal or board wipes. Nice commander that a hyper budget player can make effective, and can grow with the player's budget and experience.
hejtmane says... #2
Chulane, Teller of Tales just to much value
March 31, 2020 10:01 p.m.