Looking For Inspiration
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Sept. 19, 2021, 3:30 a.m. by LivingThing
Hey! I'm looking for inspiration for new brews. I have a few commanders I've been interested in - feel to suggest which direction I should go with that commander, or suggest an entirely new one, I'm just looking for new ideas and fun brews.
The commanders I've been looking at are:
Sigarda, Champion of Light - Human Tribal/Coven
Halvar, God of Battle Flip - Equipment
Neheb, the Eternal - Storm
Elenda, the Dusk Rose - Aristocrats
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath - Graveyard/landfall
Tovolar, Dire Overlord Flip - Werewolves
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Flip - Discard/Control
Esika, God of the Tree Flip - God tribal
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Combo?
Go wild!
griffstick says... #3
There are so many humans in the game I feel if you were trying to put together something easy Sigarda, Champion of Light would be the easiest to build and likely the cheapest.
I'd stay away from Halvar, God of Battle Flip. It's mono white
Neheb, the Eternal storm is a neat approach but there's not gonna be much fuel to keep the storm going.
Elenda, the Dusk Rose is so good now that they changed the cmdr dies rules to work with her. Aristocrats are one of te most popular archetypes for good reason. It's strong and fun and Elenda, the Dusk Rose allows you to go wide and tall and generate tons of mana with altars . This is my recommendation.
Simic landfall is always strong everyone should try a landfall deck at least once. Playing a deck that has so many layers of triggers is so much fun. However Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath isn't the best landfall cmdr.
Tovolar, Dire Overlord Flip... this is my least favorite because it's the least diverse. Every Tovolar, Dire Overlord Flip deck list will look the same. That will get boring fast and predictable.
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Flip is surprisingly not that good. Grixis discard and control is very unfun for the table. But if that's your thing who am I to judge.
Esika, God of the Tree Flip god is such a unique deck however it's the way everyone is building it. It just looks like so much fun. This will be the hardest one to build because of all the Mythic rares and the 5 color mana base.
I like the last one too. Zacama, Primal Calamity combo feels fun. Not much to say here.
September 19, 2021 10:08 a.m.
Krark, the Thumbless + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa as a naya token build with some enchantment support. Keep all your token makers instant/sorcery spells, and run Wheel of Sun and Moon. Every time you cast a token maker with krark out, either you get a copy of it, or it’s countered and put to the bottom of your library.
September 19, 2021 1:45 p.m.
Unlife - A naya Wheel of Sun and Moon tokens deck should really use Sunforger instead of trying to get value out of Krark. Personally, I'd use a different pair, like Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist / Tana, the Bloodsower.
But, hey, whatever works.
September 19, 2021 3:50 p.m. Edited.
MagicWizard1993 says... #6
I would suggest World Shaper for Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath. Instead of lands deck, you can make it into a mill deck instead. Magus of the Bazaar could also make a nice include.
September 19, 2021 6:41 p.m.
Necrosis24 says... #7
I think I would more or less do the same with the commanders you have laid out so I don't have much to offer there. Instead here are some deck ideas I have planned/currently working on:
- Adamaro, First to Desire: Mono-Red group hug
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots | Hamza, Guardian of Arashin: Morph
- Sakashima of a Thousand Faces&Krark, the Thumbless: Focused on Brothers Yamazaki
- Barrin, Master Wizard: Modular-control deck (Arcbound Ravager)
- Firesong and Sunspeaker: Angel Spellslinging
- Daughter of Autumn: Damage Redirection Deck (Pariah/Vigor)
- General Jarkeld: Block everything! (Hundred-Handed One)
- Kentaro, the Smiling Cat: No plains in the deck, maybe cat tribal
- Baru, Fist of Krosa | Korlash, Heir to Blackblade: Utilize grandeur
- Korvold, Fae-Cursed King: Food token and Stuffy Doll with Gyome, Master Chef and Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar as the secret commanders.
- Kogla, the Titan Ape: King Kong theme (2005 Peter Jackson)
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster: Battle Cruiser (Unpredictable Cyclone/Sneak Attack)
- Any tribal deck because tribal is my favorite
1empyrean says... #2
I had this idea for using Tovolar, Dire Overlord Flip with Elementalist's Palette and Unbound Flourishing.
September 19, 2021 7:20 a.m.