Planeswalker as commander: who would you choose?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on April 5, 2016, 10:26 p.m. by greyninja
My LGS does an EDH tournament every Sunday, and they sometimes like to mix it up a bit (planechase, only legendaries from Ravnica, etc). This week they're running it as planeswalkers as commanders!
So! Who would you choose?! This has been asked a million times; but they are constantly printing new planeswalkers!
You might as well leave reasons why, and I do believe they are allowing the creature/flip walkers
Cheers
I feel like I would lean towards a walker with some sort of card advantage. Domri Rade, Narset Transcendent, Sorin, Grim Nemesis, etc
April 5, 2016 10:31 p.m.
That's cool...I always thought it was kind of dumb only planeswalkers that include the Commander cause were the only legal ones.
I would choose Liliana Vess or maybe Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip.
April 5, 2016 10:44 p.m.
So is this duel commander or round-table? I don't play duel commander that often, so this is more from a round-table perspective.
Venser, the Sojourner is a great ETB value increaser. He also lets you play Azorius Guildmage, who can save your bacon with all the activated ability walkers out there.
The other one who comes to mind is Ral Zarek. Make no mistake; getting close to his ult will probably scare the board, so think twice before driving his loyalty over 5, but a +1 which controls and ramps, and -2 which can deal 3 damage to another walker? Pretty relevant. Also, Clever Impersonator and Mizzium Transreliquat can go in this deck.
Others might say Garruk, Apex Predator has better removal, and he does, but I would prefer Ral, all things considered. Somebody else will be playing Garruk, rest assured, and I can easily see a "your commander dies" ability making enemies. Ral can remove a vulnerable walker, sure, but he can also just keep one from popping an ult without killing it. Non-lethal force is very useful when playing the table.
April 5, 2016 10:51 p.m.
beakedbard says... #6
I would do Sarkhan Unbroken dragons. He's decent for that tribe his first ability is card advantage and ramp his second ability creates pressure hell you could play him as a commander without going dragons but I would mainly for that ult. Also he is both blue and green which is very helpful in EDH.
April 5, 2016 11:02 p.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #7
Ob Nixilis Reignited. Mono-black can run with anyone at the helm, and he provides card advantage, clears threats, and if he lives long enough, ends someone's game.
April 5, 2016 11:37 p.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #8
I'd love to try out Sorin, Grim Nemesis personally. I think he's got some amazing potential for EDH &, as a commander, he can really fuel a combo deck.
April 5, 2016 11:37 p.m.
iBleedPunk says... #9
Sounds just like Spark Wars
Anyways Jace, Memory Adept centered around mill is fun for 1v1 but if its Multiplayer you may want either Sorin, Grim Nemesis for that Bob +1 or Xenagos, the Reveler as his ramp is real
April 6, 2016 12:37 a.m.
You should suggest they run it as Archmage
It is essentially EDH with a Planeswalker as commander, but your life total correlates to the Planeswalkers loyalty.
It would be easier if you go to the page and read about it.
April 6, 2016 1:15 a.m. Edited.
The format is multiplayer. If there are 8+ players they'll split into pods of 4-6 people, then the winners move onto a final pod of four
Ral Zarek is a walker I own and thought about using, but the idea of extra turns scares people and you become a target for sure lol but he's definitely in consideration
Mono-B has a lot of good options to kill other walkers (ie Hero's Downfall), but I would likely use Sorin Markov to put lives at 10 because it's hilarious
April 6, 2016 8:08 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #12
Ral Zarek would finally be an izzet coin flip commander, so I'd love it, but probably instead do Dack Fayden artifacts. (Izzet artifacts is also something we are waiting for lol.)
Ooh but wait, I could do Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver Dimir Aikido? That sounds fun too...
TOO MANY GOOD CHOICES!!! (I still think this needs to be a thing.)
April 6, 2016 1:10 p.m.
ComradeJim270 says... #14
Having started the format with Daretti, Scrap Savant, I feel like any other would be a let-down.
CuteSnail says... #2
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage is op. she's strong as hell.
April 5, 2016 10:29 p.m.