bury the year Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Wanna find other people on here to discuss the format with. I love Magic but I never actually got into the game for the longest time because Modern/Standard decks can be prohibitively expensive, but Commander a. allows you to use cheap/janky cards due to the singleton style and b. allows really crazy stuff to happen almost every game. My Patron of the Orochi deck regularly kills people by sending multiple 50+/50+ tramplers at them. So discuss! What decks do you play, and what styles do you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Mostly play with the post-YCM group at Cardgame Coalition on rare occasions. It's a great format, since it's usually pretty free in deckbuilding, and in playstyles. Some people just wanna play politics, some people want to have something to do while they're chatting and relaxing, some people take it full on competitive. Personally, a politics guy myself.Don't play Commander IRL, so I tend to swap about a lot with commanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I'm a big fan of the format. It lets me play all the cards that would otherwise just collect dust and is a nice way to spend an hour with your friends. I have 5 decks; Sedris, Karador, Animar, Rith (will change to Marath), and Sharuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I mostly play Modern so all of my cast goes into that format. Commander is the second format that I play big in, if you can say that. I really only have one Commander deck that I play with vigoriously. Sharuum is the biggest commander I have ever used and it is the closest thing I have to an actual "Commander" Deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I've pretty much become an exclusively Commander player because the crazy games the format creates I can't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Got into Commander proper with the release of Commander 2013, largely because my friends either play only Commander or Draft. Have a Nekusar Deck, because I have grown to loathe Rhystic Study. Not sure what else I might want to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Moonflowyr Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Love Commander. I have a WIP Maelstrom Wanderer deck, Oona deck, Marath, and Niv-Mizzet the Firemind. My Niv and Oona decks cause much raeg with my friends, due to the obvious with Niv, and the fact that my Oona deck pillowforts like a bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysty Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'm a big fan of Commander, due to the hilarious moments a casual crowd can make. I run a BG Rock EDH (general not important, although Jarad works fine) in which the point is to ramp hard (Budoka Gardener, Explosive Vegetation, Boundless Realms, etc.) and cast bigger stuff than the rest of the table (Blightsteel, Colossus of Akros, Worldspine Wurm, etc.). Admittedly, my main win condition recently seems to be Genesis Waving for 30+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Stalfos19 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 One of my mates and I play Commander a lot with each other. Unfortunately, I don't have a Commander deck, so I have to borrow one of his. The one I'm most looking forward to buying is the Jeleva.dek that my mate has. As soon as you exile Temporal Mastery with Jeleva's effect and give her haste, you might as well be playing solitaire with yourself. Cruel, but extremely effective ^_^ Then there's the Oloro.dek which revolves around gaining life. True, it's weak against decks that can swarm aggressively, but 4 life per turn is hard to pass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysty Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 The one I'm most looking forward to buying is the Jeleva.dek that my mate has. As soon as you exile Temporal Mastery with Jeleva's effect and give her haste, you might as well be playing solitaire with yourself. Cruel, but extremely effective ^_^ Then there's the Oloro.dek which revolves around gaining life. True, it's weak against decks that can swarm aggressively, but 4 life per turn is hard to pass up. Two notes about these statements: Jeleva says "Whenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery card exiled with it without paying its mana cost." After you cast Temporal Mastery the first time, it is exiled due to itself, not exiled with Jeleva. As such, after it is cast, it is treated as a different Temporal Mastery and that Temporal Mastery will no longer be able to be cast with Jeleva. For Oloro, It's only two life per turn regularly. Only one of his triggered abilities will work per any one of your upkeeps. As for my news, turns out Karametra is a LOT better for a power-ramp deck than BG Rock. I recently switched to Karametra EDH and it's pretty nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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