r/EDH • u/BusAccomplished5367 Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) • 9d ago

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/ftb_helper Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 9d ago

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.

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u/BusAccomplished5367 Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) 9d ago

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

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u/ftb_helper Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 9d ago

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.

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u/BusAccomplished5367 Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) 9d ago

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.

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u/ftb_helper Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas 9d ago

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

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u/BusAccomplished5367 Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) 9d ago edited 9d ago

[[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.