MTG Salvation

Elera, Storm Seraph 3UWR
Creature - Angel Warrior

Flying, Prowess, Doublestrike
Whenever Elera, Storm Seraph deals combat damage to a player, defending player reveals his or her hand. You may cast any instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost 5 or less in that player's hand or in your hand without paying its mana cost.

2/2

A commander that encourages a deck that runs nothing but permanents.

Veumuhr, Butcher of Hollowhenge4BG
Legendary Creature - Demon
Flying
If a you would draw a card, instead draw card and reveals it. If it's a permanent card, you gain life equal to its converted mana cost. Otherwise lose life equal to its converted mana cost.
6/6

Next: A commander that hates keywords.

Voran the Honourable
WB
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Other creatures lose all abilities that aren't activated or triggered abilities.
Other creatures can not gain abilities that are not activated or triggered abilities.
"To him, honour is nobody else doing what he will not"
2/2

Next: An enemy coloured Elder Dragon from Tarkir.

Dragonlord Khubal 4RW
Legendary Creature -- Elder Dragon
Flying, double strike
Each player with more cards in hand than you can't draw cards.
Each player's maximum hand size is X, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
3/5

Next: A commander with an upkeep ability.

Well, I recently made a proliferate commander to help out level up guys, and morph has plenty of support... time to make the obvious split card design.

Vertrev, Ambidextrous Servitor 3
Legendary Artifact Creature - Wizard
You may cast spells as though they had fuse.
WUBRG, T: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard or that you own in exile to your hand.
7, T: Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
2/2

Next: An Esper commander - as in from the Alaran shard, not necessarily white, blue, and black.

Vorik, Commander-General 3WW
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Ally
3W, : Put a level counter on each creature you control.
4/5

Next: Dragons matter.

Ixidor, Reality Butcher 3BB
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Whenever a creature you control dies, manifest it.
2B: Each player sacrifices a creature.
3/4

Arel, Unseen Whisperer 1RG
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Megamorph 2U
Arel, Unseen Whisperer gets +X/+0, where X is the number of other face down creatures on the battlefield.
Other creatures you own have Megamorph 2U.
X/7

Next: Split cards matter Commander

Lol it looks like we all jumped on each other.

Esper dude:
Vertmor, Etherium Infuser 1UU
Legendary Artifact Creature - Vedalken Artificer
T: Put an etherium counter on target nonartifact permanent. That permanent is an artifact in addition to its other types.
1U, T: Tap or untap another target artifact.
2WB, T: Exile another target artifact. Its controller draws a card and loses 2 life.
1/4

Dragon matters bro: (fun fact: There are only 3 monored legendary dragons. Look it up.)
Gantuazis, Dragon Monarch 3RRRR
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Flying, Trample
Dragon spells cost 10 less to cast.
RRRRR: Gantuazis, Dragon Monarch deals 10 damage to target creature. Activate only if you control 5 or more Dragons.
7/5

Split mama:
Adna the Twincaster 1UR
Legendary Creature - Salamander Mage
When Adna the Twincaster enters the battlefield, you may return target split card from your graveyard to your hand.
Split cards in your hand have fuse. (You may cast one or both halves of those cards from your hand.)
2/3

Next: A Commander that gives your opponents a choice.

Hard choices that are still advantageous to you always reminds me of Orzhov, so here goes my first post ever:



Mazradet, Slave trader 3BW


Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor


1BWT: Exile up to three creature cards from any graveyard. Target player may choose to summon one creature exiled in this way without paying its mana cost. If the player does so, you may do the same.


Any creature coming under your control from exile gains haste.



"The key of a good trade is to find people who will sacrifice one person's freedom to secure that of another."




For your next trick, how about a commander that rewards that rewards playing with coin flips, clash, or some other random chance mechanic?

First post in this thread, sorry if i ask for Stuff/design stuff that has already been done, can't bother to read through 120+ pages =)

Isfan, the Twisted Fate 2UR
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Whenever you win a coin flip, draw a card.
Whenever a creature cou controls deals combat damage to an opponent, you may flip a coin.
3/3
"If luck doens't come to you, go get it yourself."


NEXT: A commander that interacts with the command zone, but not with the cost you pay for casting it.

Lena of Two Voices 1GU
Legendary Creature - Human
Lena enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Lena.
If Lena of Two Voices has an odd number of +1/+1 counters, whenever you cast a noncreature spell, draw a card.
If Lena of Two Voices has an even number of +1/+1 counters, whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
0/0

Next: A fair combo commander

Ea of The Beginning 2RGU
Legendary Creature - Spirit Oracle

At the beginning of each upkeep, scry 3, then exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until end of turn.
The coming of the Ea is seen as an omen of both prosperity and annihalation
1/3

Next commander that benefits opponents if kept alive

Brak, the Flourishing Oak 2GGG
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Druid
Reach
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player searches his or her library for a plains, island, swamp, mountain, or forest and puts it into his or her hand then shuffles his or her library
Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns.
6/6

Next commander that enables a new tribal deck.

Gridra, General of Nights 4BBBB
Legendary Creature - Demon

Flying
As long as ~ is on the battlefield or in a command zone, creatures you control and creature cards in your library are Demons.
Tap another untapped Demon you control: you lose 3 life and draw a card.

6/6

Next: A legendary instant/Sorcery that can be your commander (you may only have one copy of a legendary Instant/Sorcerie in your library.)

Pact of Liches 2UB
Legendary Instant

At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is in the command zone, put 2 phylactery counters on ~ and you lose 2 life
Put a blue black legendary zombie wizard creature token named Lixidor, Immortal Lord of Liches with flying, deathtouch, and "Lixidor's power and toughness are each equal to the number of phylactery counters on ~."
~ can be your commander

I made this so the thread can continue because "Legendary" is a supertype that can only go on permanents

Next: a GWU enchantment hate commander

Keilara, the Purifier 3GWU
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Flying
When Keilara, the Purifier enters the battlefield, destroy all artifacts and enchantments. You may draw a card for each enchantment destroyed this way and gain 3 life for each artifact destroyed this way.
3/4

Next: A 5-color commander that makes everyone in the game care about color (or lack thereof).

The Painter Queen
(2/W)(2/U)(2/B)(2/R)(2/G)
Legendary Creature - Scarecrow
2: Choose a colour. All permanents that aren't that colour gain protection from that colour until the end of the turn.
2: Choose a colour. All permanents of the chosen colour gain protection from permanents, spells and abilities that aren't of the chosen colour until the end of the turn.
2: Target permanent becomes the colour or colours of your choice until the end of the turn.
5/5

Next: An instants/sorceries matter commander

Claudius, Rector of the Academy
2UUW

Vedalken Wizard Artificer

Defender

Wizards you control gain +1/+1 and Flying

Every time an instant is played, you may pay UU. If you do, put a 1/1 Blue Wizard Apprentice token on the field under your control.

Every time a sorcery is played, you may pay WW. If you do, a wizard gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.


UW Detain target wizard.


2/3


"A good instructor looks out for his students. Even when they are a danger to themselves."



Next: Theros gave us the legendary creature/enchantment model. What other settings
could that look fun in?

How about a roman themed set, have heliod replaced with a RW and change purphoros to represent Mars(Ares) rather than Hephaestus(Vulcan)
(not sure if I understand your request)
Next: A black(can have other colors) commander who can be donated and makes it so whenever its controller is attacked, the attacking creature gets buffed

Squee, Lackey of the Vault BR
Creature - Goblin Horror
Whenever Squee dies, return squee to the battlefield under your control.
Whenever a creature attacks you, that creature gains first strike and deals 1 damage to you.
Whenever you cast a sorcery spell, you gain a poison counter.
3 : Target player without a poison counter gains control of Squee.

Next: A four color commander with a powerful but hard to trigger triggered ability.

Hashtet of Flourishing GWU
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
~ is only a creature as long as you have 7 or more lands and 4 or more other creatures.
Tap ~ and another creature you control: Put a land from your hand into play.
During your upkeep, if at least 3 creatures you control untapped this turn you may look at the top 5 cards of your library, put them back in any order then draw a card.
6/5

Endraweiss the Ancient GUURRB
Legendary Creature - Human Sage
Trample, Deathtouch
Whenever a player casts their fourth spell of the turn end the turn then, if it isn't your turn you may take an extra turn after this one.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if it is an extra turn, ~ deals 3 damage to each other player.
5/5

Next: an undead treefolk. I.E. a rotted husk of a tree shambling about doing whatever it is zombie trees do.

The Thrasher of Kallenwood
4BG
Legendary Creature - Zombie Treefolk
Indestructible, Trample
Whenever damage would be dealt to the Thrasher of Kallenwood, prevent that damage and put that many -1/-1 counters on it.
Sacrifice a Forest: Remove two -1/-1 counters from The Thrasher of Kallenwood
Sacrifice a Treefolk or Dryad Creature: Remove X -1/-1 counters from The Thrasher of Kallenwood, where X is the sacrificed creatures toughness.
"Fortunately, undead trees are more interested in eating their own kind than our brains. Unfortunately, they seem to be unable to distinguish between what is and isn't a tree"
7/7

Next: A commander that creatively discourages other players from attacking you.

Meuschebog, the Black Marsh 1BG
Legendary Creature - Zombie Treefolk

Whenever an instant spell is cast, search the top 7 cards of your library for all basic land cards and put them in your hand. Shuffle your library.
1BG: Target Sorcery spell in your graveyard gains retrace until end of turn. (A spell with retrace can be casted from the graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs)
1/4

This is was supposed to be a land creature, but it turned too complicated. Now it is implied to be the entire bog/marsh is a creature that remembers all true magic (sorcery) and reacts to all trickery (instants).


A legendary creature anti-tokens and anti-instants commander.

Arkun, Shifter of Man 3UU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (R)
Hexproof
U,T, Discard a creature card: Return target creature and all creatures with the same name as it to its owners' hands.
U,T, Discard a noncreature card: Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
2/3

Next: A commander that "breaks" Drana's Chosen