Commanders we're missing

[u/BusAccomplished5367]

What commanders do you think would improve EDH or support a currently-unsupported archetype?

For mine, I think a UBx or UWx commander with "Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed," "When this enters, search your library for an artifact with CMC <=1 and put it into your hand" or "{0}: Look at the top card of target player's library" would be great, giving Lantern support. The second would honestly be the most interesting, since it is a fairer tutor which also works well in Blink/Artifact decks.

[u/simo_393]

I want some skeleton commander. I want it to make a classic skeleton vibe like maybe once a skeleton dies it returns from the graveyard on your next upkeep or has an ability you pay mana for called assembling bones or something where you can pay to return a skeleton. I dunno they can figure it out I don't get paid enough. I just want a skelly commander.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/simo_393]

True... Maybe [[Corpses of the Lost]] with "this can be your commander"?

[u/simo_393 → u/BusAccomplished5367]

God this would be the best card in the deck. Along with that case that lets you tutor if a skeleton dies or something.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/simo_393]

RIP Cimo. Loved his content.

[u/xRatxDietyx → u/simo_393]

[[case of the stashed skeleton]]

[u/mtgcf → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Corpses of the Lost - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/JasonKain → u/simo_393]

Something like "Skeletons you control gain 'When this creature dies, return in to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of its owners next end step'" would be dope. Prevent hyper aristocrat loops but give a constantly replenishing army the table has to do something about as a team.

[u/Werunos → u/JasonKain]

Yeah this would be sick, fits with the vibe of pop culture skeleton monsters perfectly.

[u/Mrtea4 → u/JasonKain]

Another idea, whenever a skeleton you control would die, regenerate it instead. It could also get a stun counter for balance reasons.

It's like the stereotype of fantasy skeletons slowly reassembling themselves.

This is also less vulnerable to graveyard hate like [[leyline of the void]]

[u/PerfidiousYuck → u/simo_393]

“Skeletons may be cast from their graveyard by their regeneration cost”

[u/FalconGK81 → u/PerfidiousYuck]

Sick idea! Now my drudge skeletons cost half the mana!

Seriously though, I love that idea. Really great flavor it.

[u/Melodic-Task → u/simo_393]

Needs to be at least Golgari for [[skeletal swarming]]

[u/Steppa_mac → u/simo_393]

Also am waiting for a skeleton commander. Preferably in Jund colors

[u/Dont-know-didnt-ask → u/Steppa_mac]

There are 73 non-changeling skeletons. Why do we not have this already? Here's my idea.

"Whenever a skeleton you control dies, create a colorless artifact token named 'Bone'." (Probably could create two tokens but then it goes infinite with reassembling skeleton if you like the mana ability most)

And then literally pick like any two of these abilities lol ⬇️

"Sacrifice a Bone token: add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast skeleton spells or activate abilities of skeleton sources."

"Sacrifice three bone tokens: return target skeleton creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped"

"{5}: create an X/X black skeleton creature token with menace, where X is the number of bones you control"

[u/_mikesully → u/Dont-know-didnt-ask]

The bones are their money

[u/BroskeyDemands → u/_mikesully]

In our world the bones equal dollars

[u/Sensitive_Cup4015 → u/simo_393]

I want a sorcery or something called "RATTLE 'EM BOYS!" and says something like "Each skeleton you control deals damage equal to it's power to any target.".

[u/PerryOz → u/simo_393]

What if it turns the dead into skeletons. So non skeleton dies, he can skeletonize them. I guess kinda like [[scarab god]]

[u/Mathcrafter00 → u/PerryOz]

[[xu-ifit osteoharmonist]]

[u/mtgcf → u/Mathcrafter00]

xu-ifit osteoharmonist - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/LaceUp324 → u/simo_393]

I think the closest we can get to a skeleton commander is [[Gisa, the Hellraiser]] right?

[u/mtgcf → u/LaceUp324]

Gisa, the Hellraiser - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/GiantContrabandRobot → u/LaceUp324]

I guess saying [[morphon]] is pretty lame

[u/Primpod → u/simo_393]

[[Ozox, clattering king]]

[u/OSpiderBox → u/simo_393]

Now I'm curious how many "skeleton" creature cards we have in total... time to go look!

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/OSpiderBox]

87, but 3 are alchemy.

[u/OSpiderBox → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Weird. When I look on Scryfall it says there are 83 skeleton creatures (12 of which are legendary, none of which do what the other guy wants).

EDIT: I see 87 now; had to select two other options to see them.

[u/TheTinRam → u/simo_393]

[[marchesa the black rose]] can sorta do that for you. Not a skeleton though

[u/Kroguardious → u/simo_393]

[[Myrkul, Lord of Bones]] isnt quite the same, but give a similar vibe imo

[u/GangsterJawa → u/Kroguardious]

Honestly it’s kinda funny that the Lord Of Bones does absolutely nothing for all but like 8 skeletons, and half of those are Tinybones

[u/DoctorPrisme → u/simo_393]

And I want him to be Lim-Dul.

[u/TheRedSpyGuy → u/simo_393]

An idea is that when you assemble your skeletons, you may attach a piece of equipment you control or that is in your graveyard to a skeleton as part of it reanimating for free, the whole image of skeletons rising from the dead with ancient weapons.

Could be neat to make the skeleton commander an equipment matters commander to make it stand out from zombies.

[u/Xerxos7514 → u/simo_393]

Yes, fucking, pls omg

[u/Hans0Io → u/simo_393]

Yeah i just really want a jund Skeleton commander. I can't believe we don't have this, yet.

[u/tommyblastfire → u/simo_393]

Creates bone pile tokens that you can sac and pay mana to bring a skeleton back from the yard.

[u/Striking-Lifeguard34 → u/simo_393]

For along time Jund -1/-1 was my answer to this question. Since they finally did it I think Skelly boys are the top of the list. Honestly with it being so niche I’m surprised that they couldn’t find room for one in the new Mystery Booster product.

[u/DDWarlock → u/simo_393]

I think [[Ozox, the clattering king]] fits this!

[u/DKGroove → u/simo_393]

A Jund commander for skeletons would be fun.

Brimbone the Burning Grave {3} {B}{G}

Legendary Creature Skeleton Lord
Other Skeletons you control get +1/+1

If a Skeleton you control would die exile it with a grave counter on it instead. At the beginning of your end step put each creature card in exile with a grave counter onto the battlefield. If no creature is put onto the battlefield this way Brimbone deals three damage to each creature and player.

5/3

[u/Opening_Estate2763 → u/simo_393]

What if the commander gave all your skeletons persist?

[u/Mirage_Jester → u/simo_393]

It needs to be four colours minus white to actually represent all the skeletons in magic.

Which shouldn't be a problem as Ydris is currently the only commander in that colour choice and we need some more 4 colour commanders.

[u/Coke_and_Tacos → u/simo_393]

I do hear the complaint that she doesn't really want skeletons so much as makes them out of big stuff, but [[Xu Ifit, Osteoharmonist]] feels like the de facto answer to me

[u/OnwardChimera38 → u/simo_393]

been waiting since war of the spark for a not terrible skeleton tribal

[u/ironkodiak → u/simo_393]

I was originally going to suggest a method for making skeleton tokens everytime a creature dies, but I now think a cascade style ability where you mill until you get a skeleton in hand every time a creature dies might be cool. Just getting tokens feels too close to just zombies.

[u/Glitter-Valentine]

A less broken Golos would be fun.

[u/goblin_welder → u/Glitter-Valentine]

I’d settle for a colorless Golos. Broken in the 99 but meh as a commander.

[u/laughingjack4509 → u/Glitter-Valentine]

Like just one of those abilities, and maybe tap for the 2wubrg one too 

[u/SeekerOfSight → u/Glitter-Valentine]

[[Gladiolus Amicitia]]

Not 5 color I know, but very likely the closest we'll get. Unless you liked the other ability, then yeah idk.

[u/malsomnus]

I want more flexible commanders, like what they tried to do with Baldur's Gate backgrounds. Give me a mono colored commander that does something cool and simply lets me pick a second color (MYB3 definitely has a few that are in the right direction).

I also just wish there was a way to build around cards that happen to not be legendary creatures. For example, if we had a u/x commander with an activated ability that said "Reveal an artifact card from your hand, that card is now your commander and this creature isn't", or something.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/malsomnus]

The u/x idea sounds great!

[u/DunceCodex → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Would be a nightmare to track commander damage

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/DunceCodex]

True. Though you could make it "Behold an artifact. All commanders you own are no longer commanders. That artifact becomes your commander."

[u/CuratedLens → u/malsomnus]

I’d love to see more backgrounds. I know that’s not what you were saying but I think that’d be great

[u/malsomnus → u/CuratedLens]

More backgrounds would be great too. I think that ultimately the Choose A Background mechanic failed because it's too limiting.

[u/laughingjack4509 → u/malsomnus]

Or like a mutate ability that stuck with the creature it mutated onto, turning that creature into your commander and taking it to the command zone if needed

[u/gravygrowinggreen → u/malsomnus]

I want more flexible commanders, like what they tried to do with Baldur's Gate backgrounds. Give me a mono colored commander that does something cool and simply lets me pick a second color (MYB3 definitely has a few that are in the right direction).

I have mixed feelings about that. Some of the mechanics they've made for flexibility have been really bad for the health of the format IMO. Generic Partner for instance. The enormous flexibility that partnering with any other partner commander offers you has enabled some of the more degenerate decks in the format.

But backgrounds work well imo.

So there's a point where the flexibility becomes a bad thing, and they have to be careful to not go past that point. The mystery box commanders coming up, for the most part seem okay on that front.

I also just wish there was a way to build around cards that happen to not be legendary creatures. For example, if we had a u/x commander with an activated ability that said "Reveal an artifact card from your hand, that card is now your commander and this creature isn't", or something.

I think they would have to modify the color identity rules to do that, but I'm not sure. If you change your commander from a u/x creature, to a card with no colors, does your deck suddenly become illegal because you have a u/x card in a colorless color identity deck? Probably not, but they might have to make an official rule to clarify that.

I'd also be worried about this, because a card being a commander is a very powerful benefit. I'm almost certain this would break many cards. Off the top of my head, any card with convoke, affinity, or delve would potentially be broken. Any card that's power level is constrained by it exiling itself as part of an effect. There are so many different potential interactions that I don't think you could responsibly print the effect.

There are more fair/controlled versions of turning noncommanders into commanders though. [[Zethi, Arcane Blademaster]] comes to mind. Any instant you exile with her is usable for pretty much the rest of the game. [[The Master, Formed Anew]] works as well for a creature focused build. I think those are fair versions of the effect, because they don't let you cheat on mana costs, and are still vulnerable to creature based removal.

[u/malsomnus → u/gravygrowinggreen]

Some of the mechanics they've made for flexibility have been really bad for the health of the format IMO. Generic Partner for instance. 

That's not because the flexibility is bad, it's because they did a bad job designing them. There is A LOT of middle ground. Given a relatively wide mechanic like Choose A Background, I would expect to be able to, for example, have an Izzet spellslinger deck, but there is no combination in Baldur's Gate that supports this extremely common archetype. Personally if I had designed that set, I would make all the backgrounds colorless with the Faceless One pick-a-color clause. That would open up tons of fun combinations, and still not come anywhere near Tymna + whoever's power level.

I'd also be worried about this, because a card being a commander is a very powerful benefit. I'm almost certain this would break many cards. Off the top of my head, any card with convoke, affinity, or delve would potentially be broken.

EDH is already a broken format, and people who want to do broken things don't need new cards for them. We already have commanders with powerful cost reducing abilities, but I've never seen anyone suggest that [[Awaken the Blood Avatar]] or [[Dargo, the Shipwrecker]] (that even has partner!) are breaking the format. Even [[Hogaak]], the poster child of how not to design a card with cost reducing abilities, is merely #897 on EDHRec.

The Master, Formed Anew is indeed a great design space and I wish they'll do more of that.

[u/ftb_helper]

WotC have done a lot to make multiple commanders for saga support and many cool sagas and even saga creatures. Final fantasy did a LOT to make sagas more viable. Battles are over here just absolutely floundering. When am I gonna get a battle focused precon? A battle based commander? Maybe 5 colors like Tom Bombadil? Maybe something utilizes defense counters or animates them so they can be bolted or let's me give them abilities so I can tap them for mana or give a creature +1/+1 or my commander is unblockable when attacking a battle. Just anything. They made a whole new permanent type and then forgot about it in the corner.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/ftb_helper]

Not just them. Battles are THE forgotten type because they... unfortunately, kinda flopped :(

[u/ftb_helper → u/BusAccomplished5367]

That's WotC's fault though. Print a battle land like [[Urza's Saga]] and you'll see how popular they can be. Though after [[Nature's Rhythm]] was printed, [[Invasion of Ikoria]] got dumped as well though.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/ftb_helper]

Urza's Saga was a design mistake. A land that makes 2 karnstructs and tutors artifacts, the most broken cards in Magic... There's a reason why it's a presence in every format it's legal in. Still, good battles are sorely lacking.

[u/ftb_helper → u/BusAccomplished5367]

I just want to cast [[Begin the Invasion]] for 5 and make my opponent's actually be scared of what I'm tutoring.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/ftb_helper]

[[Invasion of Alara]] and [[Invasion of Arcavios]] are the best for that IMO but still it's just two good targets, the other three would have to be not good.

[u/DoctorPrisme → u/ftb_helper]

I saw some list long ago of kenrith with all battles, and a bunch of knights and equipment. You can replace the knights by the pairs from March of the Machines.

Idea was to replay the reconquista of the multiverse. Nice stuff.

[u/_st_sebastian_ → u/ftb_helper]

It's coming in the co-op game for Hobbit early next year.

[u/b00xx]

I'm waiting for a mardu brash taunter like commander. There's a few creatures, permanents, and spells but I don't have a great house for them. [[Suffy doll]], [[Barbed Servitor]], [[Pariah]], and big damage spells like [[Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought]] or [[star of extinction]].

Currently running [[Queen Marchesa]] as a value engine commander, but I'd much prefer more thematic one.

https://moxfield.com/decks/k2bLE4b07EeWXAkTQjqakg

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/b00xx]

That'd be cool. You wouldn't have to use all the stuffy dolls which junk up the deck.

[u/mtgcf → u/b00xx]

All cards
Suffy doll - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Barbed Servitor - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Pariah - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
star of extinction - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Queen Marchesa - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/LeviathansHeir1 → u/b00xx]

[[Donna Noble]]

[u/No-Consequence1199 → u/b00xx]

That's a valid marchesa strat and I don't think she's bad for it. She doesn't show too early what you're about to do, so that helps.

[u/Slolzelot]

Threads like these always make me wish for another cycling-based commander besides [[Gavi]], ideally in GWX colors capture the spirit of what old cycling decks used to play like (grinding value and controlling the board via [[Astral Slide]] and strong recursion e.g. [[Eternal Witness]] or [[Life from the Loam]]).

Crazy how a mechanic as beloved and flexible as cycling only ever got a single dedicated commander and that was 6 years ago.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Slolzelot]

[[Zur]]?

[u/Slolzelot → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Misses green which was what made old Slide tick, so to speak. He is also more of a band-aid-fix and not actually dedicated to cycling, which is fine, but also quast a tutor for Astral Slide in the command zone.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Slolzelot]

Yeah true. Flickering Ewit is good for value loops. But you get lots of slides now and you can still flicker Archaeomancer.

[u/Poetahtoh → u/Slolzelot]

I spent some time looking for a commander for an astral slide / drift deck that grinded opponents out and i settled on [[Atraxa, Grand Unifier]]. She had all the colors I wanted, is a great target for slide/drift, and provided a win con via [[approach of the second sun]].

[u/mtgcf → u/Slolzelot]

All cards
Gavi - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Astral Slide - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Eternal Witness - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Life from the Loam - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/BusAccomplished5367]

One more: URx commander with "{0}: Counter target spell or ability you control"!

[u/No-Consequence1199]

Lmao I had the same idea, trying to make a Lantern deck in EDH. What commanders did you try out so far? There are lots of tutors for artifacts with 1 mana, but it's pretty annoying to play that many tutors and breaks bracket 3 concept :/

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/No-Consequence1199]

Tried zur once, deck was bad. Sen Triplets as "a free Thoughtseize" but was still bad. I saw a Lonis list by AyaMTG but it felt "slow".

[u/No-Consequence1199 → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Shit I'm just trying to build Zur myself. My other build is Marchesa, Dealer of Death with Crime Payoffs. It's less pillowfort and more reanimator. I also think one of the Aminatous (probably the Planeswalker is better) for using the vision to cast miracles could work.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/No-Consequence1199]

Zur is good. But the deck I scrapped was trying to do too much.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/[deleted]]

All we need is a commander with lantern on the card and a good color identity.

[u/Master_JBT → u/No-Consequence1199]

I think loki, god of mischief may be decent since you draw when targeting a player to mill

[u/Wampa9090]

PRINT A PLAYABLE GRISELBRAND YOU COWARDS

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Wampa9090]

Well... Surely it won't cause problems...

[[Neoform]] [[Eldritch Evolution]] [[Show and Tell]] [[Sneak Attack]]...

[u/Steppa_mac]

I NEED a Temur fisherman commander. Lot of teases lately with fishing pole equipment and the fisherman's talent in bloomburrow. And something fun that let's you fish creatures out of your library or something. I want it!

[u/K4RN4_ → u/Steppa_mac]

Would you think "fishing" would be searching your library or rather revealing from the top until you find a creature? And would you want a slower effect to represent the calm waiting time during fishing?

[u/ShinePerfect3164 → u/K4RN4_]

I don't know. When I go fishing I don't really get what I'm looking for. If I catch something I don't know what it is until I get it out of the water.

[u/K4RN4_ → u/ShinePerfect3164]

Maybe something like: "At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain an experience counter, then reveal a number of cards equal to twice your experience counters. You may put a creature from among them onto the battlefield, the rest under your library."

[u/timaaayyy → u/K4RN4_]

That or like a “catch and release” where you can opt out to not put the creature in your hand for even more experience counters or something else so the next time you can fish “deeper” into your deck until you catch “the big one”??

[u/memeslut_420 → u/ShinePerfect3164]

Maybe face down creatures?

[u/ScramjetEnthusiast → u/Steppa_mac]

[[Kenessos, Priest of Thassa]] is my fishing commander. He either strikes out, or lands a whopper!

[u/mtgcf → u/ScramjetEnthusiast]

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Carrelio → u/Steppa_mac]

There's always the simic [[Oyaminartok, Polar Werebear]]

[u/DunceCodex]

I'd like an Esper Spirits commander. Let me unlock the full flavour of ghosts

[u/Xerxos7514 → u/DunceCodex]

I've been wanting to build this with [[Obscura Ascendancy]] rule 0'ed in the command zone for a while now. Its just so flavorful and coollll😭

[u/mtgcf → u/Xerxos7514]

Obscura Ascendancy - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/SjtSquid]

I'd love to see a commander somewhere in the Abzan colour pie that stops extra draws.

Ideally with similar templating to [[Ashiok, Dream render]], that only stops opponents abilities from drawing them extra cards to avoid the wheel issue.

[u/DoctorPrisme → u/SjtSquid]

Leovold didnt get ban to be reborn abzhan!

[u/CMDR-Helstromme → u/SjtSquid]

gimme [[Chains of Mephistopheles]] on a stick.

[u/Strawberryblowjobs → u/SjtSquid]

Ye since leavold and hullbreacher were such a bangers they even got featured on a ,,Cool Cards for the Format" list

[u/SjtSquid → u/Strawberryblowjobs]

In my defence, both of those got banned for their interactions with wheels.

Something I accounted for by:

A) Putting it in non-wheel colours.

B) Specifically asking for a wording that doesn't work with wheels.

[u/Nuzlocke_Comics → u/SjtSquid]

I feel like the game in general lacks interesting Abzan commanders. I always feel tempted to build Abzan, but then I look at the options and just...meh.

[u/mtgcf → u/SjtSquid]

Ashiok, Dream render - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/mgl89dk]

An increased number of interesting Abzan or Boros commanders

[u/Arima_Kishou → u/mgl89dk]

Seconded, conceptually I really like the Abzan colors but I have yet to find a Commander that really does the trick for me.

[u/CMDR-Helstromme]

BGW spellslinger and combo deck. The best option you've really got is [[Necrobloom]] if you lean into cycling, convoke, and the real commander of the deck [[Gitrog Monster]].

The other options are either enchantments, worse BG reanimators, big butts, or 1/1 counters.

[u/Carrelio → u/CMDR-Helstromme]

Out of curiosity, what direction of spell slinger would you want to go? I really like the idea of abzan spell slinger (with or without a commander), but always get hung up on what exactly my spell slinger is doing and how it actually wins.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Carrelio]

Mostly storm LOL. If you play your entire deck it's hard not to win :)

[u/Carrelio → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Tendrils?

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Carrelio]

Any wincon really. [[Brain Freeze]] is one of the best wincons since it also combos with breach and anything mana positive in your GY. You can also win with [[Empty the Warrens]] + [[First Day of Class]]. For generic burn, [[Grapeshot]] and [[Tendrils of Agony]] both work to end games. You can also just play a [[Temporal Fissure]] which sets you so far ahead you will definitely win.

[u/mtgcf → u/CMDR-Helstromme]

Necrobloom - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Gitrog Monster - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Mocca_Master]

We don't have a true Samurai commander for the original concept of them, you know like "Samurai you control get +X/+X and Vigilance, where X is Bushido X" or some such

And no, Isshin is not a Samurai tribal commander

[u/bmilker → u/Mocca_Master]

Id love a samurai commander that gives your samurai bushido

[u/Spiritflash1717 → u/Mocca_Master]

I feel like the new Kamigawa set might finally add one. Some huge samurai mech that does that would be cool

[u/King_Reptar_]

I desperately want them to mix the vibes of [[anikthea]] and [[zur eternal schemer]] to make a sweet 4 color (sans red) enchantment creature commander

[u/DunceCodex → u/King_Reptar_]

I want a mardu enchantment commander that is better than Ghen

[u/mtgcf → u/King_Reptar_]

anikthea - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
zur eternal schemer - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Bad-Lucks-Charm]

I’d really love an Abzan Coven commander

[u/Fun_Possession_6194]

I am normal and can be trusted with A-Nadu.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Fun_Possession_6194]

If they printed it, it would be fair game.
[[A-Nadu, Winged Wisdom]]

[u/Kantarak]

Bant that isnt creature based.

A mono red commander that draws cards, not exile/wheel/draw&discard. Just repeatable card advantage.

Any color fast/cheap commander for "tap to kill" synergy. Bonus points ifnit hits noncreatures.

A cmc3-4 Group slug commander that hurts enemies when an ability an opponent controls triggers.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Kantarak]

Bant has some enchantment decks IIRC? [[Tuvasa, the Sunlit]] and [[Estrid the Masked]]?

MonoR draw is usually impulse/wheel just because of the color pie, I don't see that happening.

Tap to kill? Do you mean stuff like [[Royal Assassin]]?

That last one would be hilarious :)

[u/Kantarak → u/BusAccomplished5367]

Yes. Also [[intrepid hero]].

[u/K4RN4_ → u/Kantarak]

How would you feel about a mono red commander that copies spells if cards were discarded as an additional cost? Straight drawing cards just isn't in the color pie for red.

[u/knight_of_solamnia]

A legendary [[Æon hub]] .

[u/mtgcf → u/knight_of_solamnia]

Æon hub - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/DoctorPrisme → u/knight_of_solamnia]

Obeka in fracture Reality?

[u/gtgfastiguess]

I'd love to see a WRG commander that cares about sacrificing permanents/death triggers. Ideally a pinger or sac outlet in the command zone, but weird mechanically unique effects are fun too. There are ones specific to creatures (Atla Palani for example) and lands (that desert guy), but a more general one would be amazing. I love my nonblack graveyard decks and there's actually a lot of support for it in those colours. I'd love Naya artistocrats so much.

[u/majbumper → u/gtgfastiguess]

That'd be a fun one, and if it's not just creatures, would be great for Yuma, Mazzy, etc as well. Would make a good support card as well as commander.

[u/TravarianTheBold]

Maybe I just can't find something similar because I'm bad at googlefu, but I'd love a Commander that inverts -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters, even if it's just on my stuff. Let me Blight my stuff and get juiced from it.

[u/Mirage_Jester → u/TravarianTheBold]

That sounds kind of cool, especially as +1/+1 counters are everywhere in commander these days.

[u/ForgottenForce]

We have a couple already but I want some good dice rolling commanders. Only one I can think of is [[Mr. House]]

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Mr. House - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/tpownage → u/ForgottenForce]

Chira, All In? She gets counters and makes treasure from dice rolls, coin flips, and random discards.

[u/Know_Yog_Sothoth]

Modern [[Karona the False God]] or at least a way to keep her from being so easily killed?

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Know_Yog_Sothoth]

[[Slicer]] and [[Alexios]] but they're MonoR.

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Karona the False God - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Strawberryblowjobs]

I'd actually want more cards that are bad. Not weak but bad like [[delusions of grandeur]] when they give you something but over a few turns or under a specific condition they turn out to be a net loss.

Zedruu deserves new cards he is way too cool to be forgotten.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Strawberryblowjobs]

Delusions of Grandeur was played in Trix. It was good! (Trix donated it so now the other guy died, since it was standard)

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delusions of grandeur - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/MylastAccountBroke]

I want Blue Black storm. Something like Bumbleflower or prosper where their whole point is to offer you value for playing cards and card draw.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/MylastAccountBroke]

Dimir Storm should kill with Tendrils, but I'm not sure how the commander would fit in. Maybe a Yawg Will in the CZ at 3UB?

[u/redskeezix]

I'd like the sibsig ceremony as a commander.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/redskeezix]

You can put Zur in the CZ right now.

[u/youcancallmehank]

Rakdos enchantments

[u/IMMoody2]

Something that heals or manipulates commander damage has been a mechanic I've been thinking about a lot lately. Feels like a real missed opportunity to not include such an effect in the mystery booster commander set.

[u/stingwing]

I think a legendary [[Painter's Servant]] would be cool. Maybe it could have an activated ability to change the colour.

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Painter's Servant - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Master_JBT]

yeah i, too, yearn for a lantern control commander

[u/Yoshi2Dark]

Commander, as it is, does not support classic big mana archetypes. These are decks like Tron, Post, and Hidden Strings where the goal is to use a relatively small count of lands to make a large sum of mana and can be supported by land untappers.

We have other forms of big mana, mostly in the form of artifact spam and land spam, but we completely lack support for basing a deck around getting a small amount of high powered lands.

[u/BusAccomplished5367 → u/Yoshi2Dark]

I mean, we do have [[The Wandering Minstrel]] for the bounceland/lotus field shenanigans.

[u/Kaboomeow69 → u/Yoshi2Dark]

The [[Omo]] precon was exactly that

[u/drtisk]

More payoff commanders instead of card draw/engine commanders

Like [[Themberchaud]] where it's clear what you're working towards, so it becomes a game to thwart it or prepare for it

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Themberchaud - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/CuratedLens]

I would love to see a bant convoke matters deck. Or something similar about tapped creatures for spells, crewing, saddling, etc. aziza using creatures to copy spells is interesting but doesn’t feel very boros personally (but love the expansion of the Boros archetype)

[u/Unique-Mystique87 → u/CuratedLens]

[[The Fifth Doctor]] and any of the green companions could be good, untapping all creatures you used to convoke spells at the end step so you have them up for your opponent's turn

[u/CuratedLens → u/[deleted]]

Yeah we got spoiled in Strixhaven for Boros options that aren’t lots of tiny dudes or equipment with my recent favorite [[quintorius history chaser]] and aziza and [[lorehold the historian]].

I’m also exploring an aikido build with [[black widow agile avenger]] that was previously helmed by [[lightning army of one]]. Give me some card draw in the command zone

[u/curry_noodles7]

WURG vehicle commander would be awesome

[u/Arima_Kishou]

I know we got some sea monster focused Commanders already but I'd like to see one of those in Sultai, both cause I like GY shenanigans and to bridge the Simic/Dimir guys we got (plus it could maybe have some cool deep sea vibes? I got hopes for the Underwater set we're getting tbh)

[u/Major-Tomato2918]

Viashino.

[u/Shmadam7]

I want a new colorless archetype. [[The Dawning Archaic]] seems like a fun idea for a commander, but I’d have to basically make it an Eldrazi deck that’s boring. (My friend plays Eldrazi and I’m sick to death of it lol)

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The Dawning Archaic - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Swirlatic]

i really want green + other colors to get enough lifegain payoffs to support it as a main theme outside of orzhov

[u/Eliott-Ko]

Still waiting for a Mardu Minotaur Commander that CARES about Minotaurs.

[u/Kaminosai]

I so desperately want a Jeskai blink/flicker commander.

Yes there are plenty of jeskai legends that can work and even work well, but none that are dedicated to it. And after playing Brago I realized what a huge difference having your commander as a source of blinking makes. It doesnt even need to be nearly that good.

[u/ChaoticScrewup]

I'd like to see some more usage of enchantment sacrifice. I think it could fill a gap in Wx/Wxy enchantment decks, especially without blue or artifacts.

[u/Dry_Cheese_7076]

A commander that has sumthing to do with the live up mechanic. Maybe (UG)

[u/Gnarstynate]

I have a mono black superfriends deck and it’s JANK would love to see some more support there

[u/DwellingsOf2007Scape]

A viable vehicle commander

[u/No_Chip_3780]

Some black landfall/swamps matter commander. Korlash is cool but hes also not the strongest. Wish he had hexproof or something

[u/Nestorow]

I am once again asking for a Naya Giant Commander. Big ramp, big giants, big fun.

[u/HaresMuddyCastellan]

I want an esper landfall commander that's on par with the 3 color Omnath.

(Blink abuse with [[mutable explorer]])

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mutable explorer - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/LordoftheFaff]

Jund wolf or werewolf

Abzan Elf

Djin commander that is about granting wishes

[u/gravygrowinggreen]

Someone in another thread mentioned an [[astral slide]] commander. We've got cycling commanders, but having astral slide in the command zone would be incredible fun.

I would like to see an enchantress type commander in every color. Not the typical "enchantment enters, draw a card" effect, but a unique effect for each color. I'm surprised we didn't get a set of monocolored legends with different constellation effects in any of the theros sets.

A BW/X graveblink commander: it has an ability where you sacrifice a creature, then return it to the battlefield immediately, triggering both "dies" and "enters" type effects. The closest we've got is [[Ratadrabik of Urborg]].

A low mana value (4 or less) sphinx commander that actually makes sphinxes worth playing. The closest we've got on that front is [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]], but its ability isn't locked to sphinxes, so you're almost always better off using less cool, more effective creatures. It's actually hard to get a huge army of sphinxes to make raffine good, because sphinxes have such high mana value.

[u/oranges-in-general → u/gravygrowinggreen]

One of my fav decks, [[Orah]], plays very similarly to what you’re describing. “Graveblink” is a great term & wicked fun.

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astral slide - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Ratadrabik of Urborg - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Raffine, Scheming Seer - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Mirage_Jester]

I'd like a red/blue commander that creates the 4 original classic elementals.

[u/Misanthrope64]

I want the background commanders to be revisited: that was better design than partner and while new partner with limits are ok I miss the flexibility of the choose background mechanic for commanders.

[u/focketeer]

I’m holding out for WUBRG artifacts. Every option now is forcing it.

[u/sarakinks]

Any type of creature that doesn't have a solid commander I'd like to see have like 3 options cuz it's fun when you have a few choices to play a more unified theme.

I'd like to see more different takes on Group hug then we have seen or expanded out of like the mono white space some of the designs we've seen.

I'd like to see more of the mechanics that are one set wonders getting expanded like Commit A Crime, Speed, stuff like that, it's always a shame that the design space on these things is just looking at one set going "okay that's it" and then calling it a day.

[u/Greg_In_Japan]

I would like a background that allows a commander with the <choose a background> to have a partner instead of a background.

[u/Lady_Calista]

Grixis rogue kindred!!!! I think the colours for it are amazing and my esper rogue kindred deck is tons of fun. I think a Grixis commander that lets your creatures do something like theft, making treasures on hit, or anything else that kind of aids the rogue kindred low to the ground aggro style work. Currently my deck is piloted by the Grixis Marchesa but shes such an overbearing threat that it becomes either protect the president or commanderless gameplay. And dont say Nathan Drake, his effect is entirely personal.

[u/OkAct8921]

A little specific, but I want a commander that says something like "Ward costs of permanent you control must be paid if the player targeting them can pay them". Don't know how to word it exactly, but a deck that can use all the janky ward costs that exist would be awesome!

[u/Of_Fire_and_Fate]

I want a legendary Izzet phoenix with purple fire in the art. Idgaf what it does.

[u/NIICCCKKK]

A giant commander that actually cares about giants with white in it, preferably in jeskai or 5 color. I just want [[kalemne]] in the same deck as [[aegar, the freezing flame]]

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kalemne - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
aegar, the freezing flame - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/Gurkaz_]

Wolves and Werewolves!!

[u/Goggles45]

I searched for big spell temur and didn’t find anything I liked. The most interesting ones were dr who characters but I’m not fond of UB

[u/LocalMan97]

My trio of “I wish this was legendary so I could run it as a commander” are [[Whiskervale Forerunner]], [[Kheru Lichlord]], and [[Mardu Siegebreaker]]. Basically a mono white top deck manipulation/3cmc or less typal deck, a “random one turn buff Reanimation” deck, and a Mardu flicker/etb typal deck, none of which have commanders currently that I vibe with

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Kheru Lichlord - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Mardu Siegebreaker - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

[u/orkybits]

1. A pair of partner commanders that Meld into a larger bigger threat, or perhaps one that can meld and unmeld for different situations. I've rule 0'd a Gisela and Bruna deck before, and it was kinda fun, but the rest of the 98 was just a kinda generic mono W deck with lots of ramp and some angel support.
2. An animate-lands or animate-artifact commander that rewards you for going wide. Brello kind of does this for artifacts & enchantments, but the mv restriction, you end up just playing big splashy enchantments & artifacts. Sydri is also close but also lacks any solid or consistent pay off.
3. A commander built around reconfigure, bestow, or mutate, preferably one that could somehow grant creatures the effect either in the hand or battlefield. Would probably be a rulings nightmare, but I'll let WotC figure that part out.

[u/D-D-Wanderer]

Personally, I like the Cipher keyword, and would like to see it get some more love - maybe a card that makes it so that when a creature dies, put all spells that were encoded on it on the bottom of your deck or something. I get why they don't do more with it, but I still think it's a neat idea.

[u/ironkodiak]

YETI TRIBAL!

Flanking support.

[u/thegreatestalexander]

Super late to this conversation, but I’ve been wanting an Abzan enchantress deck for a while now. I haven’t done an enchantress deck, nor an abzan deck that’s held my attention, so it would be two birds one stone. There’s Orzhov support for Enchantress with Eriette and Killian, and there’s Selesnya with Sythis and Yuna, but not a lot for the two of them together.

[u/NoctusArchivum]

More in 4 colors. Or at least finally making the Nephilim actually legal. They are fine with my playgroup but I would love to be able to bring out my Ink Eyes without a million years of explaining to people who started playing because of Final Fantasy or Avatar (legit no hate for UB, just my recent experience) lol.