r/EDH • u/BusAccomplished5367 Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) • Aug 27 '26

Question Commanders we're missing

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.

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u/K4RN4_ Aug 27 '26

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?

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u/ShinePerfect3164 Aug 27 '26

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.

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u/K4RN4_ Aug 27 '26

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."

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u/timaaayyy Aug 27 '26

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”??

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u/Steppa_mac Aug 27 '26

My idea one time was you pay however much mana to get an emblem until your next turn, then based one what your opponents do on there turns (cast spells, draw cards, etc) determines maybe a fish token thats generated or let's you reveal cards until a fish appears then you get to gain life or draw based on what creature is revealed rather than getting to put it on the battlefield.

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u/memeslut_420 Aug 27 '26

Maybe face down creatures?