Commanders. Thoughts?
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Posted on June 11, 2022, 1:34 a.m. by Stardragon
Movkil, The Luxa Killer
Legendary Creature- Zombie Jackal Uncommon
First Strike
Afflict 3
Other creatures you control have Afflict 1
Whenever three or more creatures you control attack all token creatures gain -1/-2 until the end of the turn
4/3
Plagus, The Death Spreader
Legendary Creature- Zombie Warlock Rare
Whenever a creature with Infect, Wither, Poisonous or Deathtouch you control deals damage to player or deal lethal damage to a creature or planeswalker draw a card and that card deal 1 damage to you
If you have 10 or more Poison counters you win the game instead
2/3
Bishu, Guardian of the Heavens
Legendary Creature- Elder Dragon Angel Mythic Rare
Flying, Hexproof from Auras and Sorceries
When Bishu enters the field choose a type of permanent. You gain protection from chosen permanent type, but you cant play the chosen type.
: Exile target attacking creature
"An elder who guards the Seven Heavens of Vatuo"
5/7
A fictional Innistrad Vampire clan and it's progenitor (Vampire/Devil tribal along with madness, discard/self discard, dredge, cycling ect. synergy)
Bartholomew Derskrel
Legendary Creature- Vampire Devil Mutant Mythic Rare
Haste, Menace
Whenever a card is discarded gain 1 life
All Vampires and Devils gain +1/+1 and protection from Humans and White
Whenever you gain life put a 2/2 Red Black Vampire Devil token with Haste and "Whenever this creature dies deal 1 damage to any target onto the field"
The leader of the power hungry and crazed Derskrel Vampire Clan. He fused his clan with devils to gain power over the underworld but at the cost of the clan sanity
Barbarossa, Derskrel Lieutenant
Legendary Creature- Vampire Devil Mutant Rare
Haste, Flying, Lifelink, Protection from Red and White
Sacrifice a human or vampire, search your library for a vampire card add it to your hand than shuffle your library.
When you discard a card you may return a vampire card from your graveyard to hand if you do lose life equal to it's converted mana cost
The only son of Bartholomew Derskrel, he plots to kill his father and take over the clan and rule Innistard, he cares little for his minions lives will sacrifice them if necessary to archive his goals and will do so with pleasure
King Agadem, Lord of Hallow Graves
Legendary Creature- Skeleton Knight Mythic Rare
First Strike, Lifelink, Vigilance
Skeletons, Zombies and Spirits you control gain Haste and Vigilance while on the field and Unearth while in the grave
4/5
Stardragon says... #3
Movkil, The Luxa Killer- No it wasn't my intention intention to give him both Afflict 3 and Afflict 1 and he's was meant to an Uncommon Legendary (some thing i forgot to add to all of them) so i didn't want to add to much though i could add haste or first strike to make a bit more powerful as for making him jund color why not
Plagus, The Death Spreader- Yeah his 7 mana cost makes him a late game commander but his effect i felt were lategame powerful but you do want sooner turn 4 or 5 at latest. I don't if the whole oddly specific was complment or a negitive. if i negitive i don't see the reason why. There nothing wrong with have a very narrow niche commander that doesn't have a broad appeal some it them that more interesting when they do show up (though they do have less flexible ways to build a deck true)
Bartholomew Derskrel- First he's a 4/3. Second i may of wanted him to do to much as a leader and pregentior of his clan (be a lord, making tokens, and deal with there mechanic of pure discarding). as for his colors vampires from innistrad are all rakdos except for both Edgars (and a couple of sorins even though se a walker not a creature but that semantics) three random vampires (Markov Waltzer, Markov Purifier and Welcoming Vampire) and Odric, so the idea of have a three color clan didn't mesh well
Bishu, Guardian of the Heavens- Never gave your thoughts on him
Barbarossa, Derskrel Lieutenant- Glad you liked him as you could tell the important Derskrel Vampires are named for famous Caribbean pirates (these were made before Ixilan came out i have a whole back log of custom cards that i peoples thoughts on)
King Agademtatis, Lord of Hallowed Graves- Glad you like him as well he's one of my favorites and i wanted a leader of a undead army (not just zombies) almost all necromancers are zombie based (i think some make skeletons im not sure) but none you ghosts and wraiths and such so yeah i wanted a true undead leader. but i could be abzan it can see it. as for the ehh it could be shortened
June 12, 2022 12:42 a.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #4
I just realized how harsh my comment sounded. Sorry for that. Had a good night's sleep now ;)
Plagus, The Death Spreader
"Weirdly specific" was meant neither positive nor negative, but simply descriptive. As I said, the design is cool. I might have had an epiphany on how to fix it: cut the first ability, make it cost and turn it into a 1/3, and it would actually work quite well.
Bartholomew Derskrel
The colour topic makes sense. Still doesn't feel particularly red, but I totally get your reasoning.
Bishu, Guardian of the Heavens
Missed that while copying the names. This feels like a Bant-coloured Iona, pretty powerful, but seven mana seems adequate.
June 12, 2022 4:52 a.m.
Stardragon says... #5
seshiro_of_the_orochi I didn't think your comments were harsh you were just stating your thoughts but fixed the commanders wording problem
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
Ok, so here are my thoughts:
In general, there are some issues with the wording and punctuation. But the cards still are understandable regarding what they do.
Movkil, The Luxa Killer
That one is pretty cool, if a little weak. The way it's worded, it has both afflict 1 and 3, which propably wasn't your intention. Just give it an "other creatures you control", and it's fine. You could change it to Jund colours to make it a decent Jackal commander.
Plagus, The Death Spreader
This one is interesting. I like to compare it to the commanders from Anje Falkenrath's precon generation. Interesting, but weirdly specific. What's odd about it that it costs 7 mana, but wants to be in play as early as possible. I have no idea on how to easily fix it.
Bartholomew Derskrel
What are his stats? I like the combination of abilities, but there isn't much Red about him. Maybe Mardu? That would feel better.
Barbarossa, Derskrel Lieutenant
First things first: I really wanna see that raving vampire with a fluffy red beard, that sounds hilarious. This seems like the most powerful and most colour-pie appropriate design to me. Thumbs up on this one!
King Agademtatis, Lord of Hallowed Graves
That name is definitely too long to fit into the same line, but the design is awesome. It feels more Abzan than Mardu, but otherwise, I like it.
June 11, 2022 8:51 a.m.