What Commander/cards Should I Use?

Commander (EDH) forum

Posted on Sept. 6, 2024, 9:44 a.m. by Kevin_illsbane

I want to make a mono-black deck based on rotating cards from my hand, to the graveyard/exile, and then to the battle field. To play larger creatures early, and taking advantage of other card effects for extra bonus. Basically constantly switching cards in and out of battle.

For example: I was thinking of using Sheoldred, Whispering One as Commander, in conjunction with Syr Konrad, the Grim So I could have a card in the graveyard, play it with Sheoldred's ability and have Syr Konrad trigger with whatever that card was. If there's a better Commander to use please let me know.

I'm currently using EDHREC to find cards but I'm struggling to make a proper deck that I like.

legendofa says... #2

To make sure I understand what you're looking for, it's sort of a reanimator/sacrifice hybrid? Discard big creatures, bring them back, and then sacrifice them again so they can be reanimated again?

There aren't too many cards that let you repeatedly bring big creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, and Sheoldred, Whispering One is one of the best. If you haven't looked in this direction already, I suggest filling out your deck with smaller, self-recursive creatures like Reassembling Skeleton, Gravecrawler, Bloodghast, Forsaken Miner, Bloodsoaked Champion, or Nether Traitor.

Some other possible commanders are Whisper, Blood Liturgist (if you can protect her for a turn), Drana, the Last Bloodchief (reanimates nonlegendaries only), and Moira, Urborg Haunt (good for immediate sac + reanimate). I would use the commander slot for the big reanimator effect so you can access it reliably.

September 6, 2024 1:33 p.m.