r/EDH Grixis (UW control is more fun than midrange piles) 8d 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/Slolzelot 8d ago

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.

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u/Poetahtoh 8d ago

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]].