[MtG] Mysty's custom commanders thread

[Mysty]

I will use this thread to contain any custom commanders I have thought up, in written form (I may post imgur images eventually). Rather than post all of them at once, though, I will probably post a few every day or every few days, although if people request fewer or more be posted more or less frequently, I'll change the frequency and magnitude of the posts.

EDIT: I did. I realized that I have 51 of these, and that only posting one per day would take me 51 days. I think I'll post three today and two every day after that to speed this up. If anyone wishes me to slow down or increase the frequency of these posts or how many I put in each update, please say so.
Anyway, here are: Acrune, Deserter of Stone; Aureus, Wilt-Leaf Dawnhand; and Doc, Master of Time.

Acrune, Deserter of Stone
4GUB
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you play a card, draw a card.
Your maximum hand size is reduced by three.
4/4

I used to have a custom commanders project where I'd make a general based on what I thought of a person. The person (who I'll call "Acrune") is very big into value plays and is someone I could really see playing Damia as a commander (although I don't think he ever has). Since I didn't just want to hand "Acrune" a Damia card (that would cost actual money), I wanted to make a sidegrade based on Recycle and Null Profusion. The blue comes in in that it just reduces the hand size by a certain amount, meaning it is still compatible with a Reliquary Tower played earlier (Recycle and Null Profusion will replace "no maximum hand size" with "reduce it to 2"), but it also will regularly allow four cards in hand as opposed to two. Being the same P/T (minus deathtouch) and cost as Damia, I expect that this card would be a reasonable sidegrade to Damia. "Aureus" noticed the Damia hint immediately but appreciated the gesture anyway.

Aureus, Wilt-Leaf Dawnhand
1BGW
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a -1/-1 counter from each creature you control.
(1)(W/B): Choose any number of target creatures without +1/+1 counters on them. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn.
“I never really understood our obsession with beauty, but I’ll be damned if I let the darkness take away that which you have left!”
2/1

I didn't actually design this second one, one of my friends did, but I felt like posting it anyway since it fits him very well. He's also about value, although more about creature graveyard value. With "without +1/+1 counters on them" is designed to shut down most degenerate combos with persist (creatures entering with +1/+1 counters, creatures with undying, etc.).

 

Doc, Master of Time
WUBRG
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
If Doc, Master of Time is your commander, you have an additional ten card sideboard.
WUBRG, T, Pay half your life, rounded up: You may choose a card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand. Exile up to one target emblem.
“I’ve been playing this game longer than you’ve been alive.”
3/3
 

This is much more a joke card referencing how "Doc" has been playing the game since basically the beginning, how he'll always be sure to tell the new college freshmen "I've been playing this game longer than you've been alive", and how he has a vast collection to choose from (and several 60-card casual decks). Unfortunately, mtgcommander rules state that "outside the game" effects can only reference the sideboard, so I had to include that in (even though "Doc" hates sideboards). "Doc" also hates emblems, so I stapled that clause onto it. He never actually uses the general, but he likes having a copy to show everyone.