Iru, Thunder of the SteppeRGW
Legendary Creature - Horse
Unicorn, Pegasus, Antelope, Centaur and other Horse creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
Whenever ~ attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it is a land card, put it into your hand and create a 1/1 white Horse creature token. 2/4
Tilda, Soil Spinner2BRG
Legendary Creature – Spider [MR]
Reach, Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard. BRG, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonland permanent if it has converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of land cards in your graveyard. Tilda, Soil Spinner deals 3 damage to that permanent's controller. 3/5
Next: A commander with a hybrid mana cost that includes blue and a converted mana cost of 1.
Tui Zhai, Mistfire Apostle(W/U)
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
Flying, defender, prowess 2W: Tui Zhai, Mistfire Apostle gains protection from the color of your choice and can attack as though it didn't defender until end of turn. 2U: Tui Zhai, Mistfire Apostle gets +2/-1 and can attack as though it didn't have defender until end of turn.
1/2
Next: Commander who cares about tokens and/or legendary lands.
Kaia Achun, Explorer of Myth - 2
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Legendary Landwalk, Vigilance
When ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, search your library for a Legendary Land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
2/4
Mauve D'Orm-Mul1WUR
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue Eminence - Whenever you cast an Instant or Sorcery, if Mauve D'Orm-Mul is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token with Lifelink. UR, : Target instant or Sorcery in your graveyard gains Flashback with a flashback cost equal to it's mana cost until end of turn.
3/4
Next A Commander that care about or has a trigger for cycling and or discarding cards.
Droplet of the Lifeblood1GG
Legendary Creature - Ooze
Whenever a player cycles a card, create a 0/0 green Ooze creature token with "Oozes you control get +1/+1."
Each creature card in your hand has Cycling GUB
Sacrifice an Ooze: ~ gains indestructible until end of turn, tap it.
3/3
Next: A shapeshifter that does not have the word "copy" in it's text.
Primordial Amalgamation5
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Avatar
Primordial Amalgamation is every color among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation has every creature type among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation has all abilities among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
*/*
Okay, so I'm not sure if this works the way I intend within the rules, but the intention is that as your commander this counts as any color combination you want (monocolor, 2color, 3color, 4color, 5color, whatever you want to build it as, because it inherits its colors from your other creatures), and as one of the 99 it can go in any deck (because again, what colors it is depends on what colors other creatures in your deck are.
It shouldn't be the same as cards like Transguild Courier because that has text that specifically sets its color identity to 5 colors, where Primordial Amalgamation's color identity is variable.
I'm not sure if that works within the commander color identity rules, or if they would force it to be 5 colors or colorless or whatever, but there it is.
Next: A commander that punishes land ramp in some way.
Zaido of Glinting-Disk Prairie1WU
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Cleric
Vigilance
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may have Zaido of Glinting-Disk Prairie gain all activated and triggered abilities of that creature until end of turn. You may spend mana as though it was mana of any type to activate those abilities and you may activate them any time you could cast an instant and as though it was your turn.
3/3
Haku-Hoku, Headbasher1RR
Legendary Creature - Goblin Shaman
Protection from lands and from Samurai T: Haku-Hoku, Headbasher deals 5 damage to target player who had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn or who controls ten or more lands.
1/4
Next: Someone with a drinking problem who is nonred
Yelafs Irhc, the Unabashed1GGG
Legendary Creature - Human
Whenever you tap a creature, put a Keg counter on Yelafs Irhc. Yelafs Irhc gets -1/-0 for each Keg counter on it.
Remove 3 Keg counters: Gain 3 life.
Remove 6 Keg counters: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to three target creatures.
Remove 9 Keg counters: Draw cards equal to the highest power among creatures you control.
4/4
Next - A commander that cares about the number of cards you have in exile, manipulating cards you have in exile, or otherwise rewards you for having cards in exile.
Vahless, One Without - 2WUB
Legendary Creature - Vampire Lord
Flying, Hexproof, Lifelink
Whenever a card is exiled, you may pay 3 life. If you do, put 2 +1/+1 counters on ~.
0/3
Next - An Abzan commander who cares about enchantments.
Muse, the Weaver of Lives2BGW
Legendary Creature - Spider Shaman
Protection from enchantments
Each other permanent you control that's enchanted or is an enchantment has indestructible. BGW, T, Sacrifice an enchanted creature: Return target creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control. Then return up to one target enchantment card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
2/6
Next: A legendary Crab that makes Crab tribal playable.
Crazy CrabUR
Legendary Creature - Crab Mascot
Crazy Crab and other Crab creatures you control gain Hexproof and get +1/+1 for each other Crab you control. 2U: Target creature you control becomes a Crab in addition to any other creature types it has. 2R: Discard your hand and draw cards equal to the number of Crabs you control.
1/3
Next - a Commander that encourages you to play it from the command zone a certain number of times for a big payoff
Phara, Ender of all Sorrows - WUB
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Flying, Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent if you spent 3 or more mana to cast it.
When ~ enters the battlefield, you deal 6 damage to each opponent and gain 6 life if you spent 5 or more mana to cast it.
When ~ enters the battlefield, you win the game if you spent 11 or more mana to cast it.
4/4
Next - An Orzhov commander who encourages high risk, high reward gameplay.
Melisk, Teysa's Attendant3WB
Legendary Creature - Spirit
At end of turn, if you have no cards in hand, gain control of target permanent.
At end of turn, if you have 5 or less life, each opponent loses 3 life.
At end of turn, if you control no creatures on the battlefield, you may return a creature card from you graveyard to your hand.
2/5 Unknowingly to Teysa, Melisk was an agent of the Obzedat, frequently using Teysa to achieve his and Obzedat's goals via "narcolepsy spells" during which Teysa became a puppet in his hands.
Next - A Boros Commander that will draw cards and/or generate card advantage in a Boros-like way
Darmos Flameblood2RW
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Haste
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the end of your turn, return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of creatures you attacked with this turn.
3/2
Kass, Keeper of Hurt - 2RB
Legendary Creature - Demon Wizard
If you lost 4 or more life this turn, then during the end step each opponent loses 2 life.
3/3
Next - A Boros commander who emphasises something other than attacks and damage.
Umbarg, Resource Minister3WR
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
When Umbarg enters the battlefield, each player chooses up to five lands they control, then sacrifices the rest.
Whenever a land enters the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a permanent.
2/4 “During times of war, resources must be managed with an iron fist,”
Next - a Commander that steals activated and/or triggered abilities.
Irg, Mercurial Ignus1UR
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a permanent they control, they choose a card in your hand at random. You reveal that card. If that card shares a card type of the permanent whose ability was activated, gain control of that ability. You may choose new targets for it. T: Draw a card, then discard a card. 2/2
I wanted some degree of randomness to this so your opponents don't just stop using activated abilities as long as Irg is on the battlefield.
Next: A commander that slowly takes cards away from your hand and lets your opponent cast them (as a drawback)
Kewdaan, Sword of Erlundi1RWB
Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior
First strike, Lifelink, Menace
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, exile a card in your hand face-down. The turn's player may look at and play that card this turn, and he or she may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. At the beginning of the next end step, if that card remains exiled, return it to your hand.
Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, Kewdaan deals 4 damage to that opponent and he or she discards a card.
4/2
Fun fact: Zedruu is also from Erlundi.
Next: October is coming, so make a spoopy non-B Commander. (Extra rule: U Zombies not allowed because reasons)
Bem Hamut, Voice of the Real - 3WW
Legendary Creature - Angel Shaman
Flying 2WW, :Each player chooses a non-land permanent with the least converted mana cost they control, and removes it from the game. You will cease this immediately, or you will cease to be.
3/4
Next: October is coming so make a spooky U Commander.
The Blackwater Abomination3UUU
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Horror
Flash
Whenever The Blackwater Abomination enters the battlefield or attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped during your turn, you may put a +1/+1 counter on The Blackwater Abomination and draw a card.
3/3
Inspired on the Creature from the Black Lagoon, if it wasn't obvious enough.
Next: Make a Commander that isn't. Phrasing intentionally vague and open to interpretation, as long as it follows the game's rules.
I understand that request to mean "a commander thats technical legal but not a functional commander". So here we go:
Zendikar, Bereft of Soul2C
Legendary Land Creature - Avatar T: add C
~ can't attack or block unless you control a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain and Forest.
8/8 Once pristine, now no more than a husk, yearning for rebirth.
NEXT: A BGR commander that sacrifices creatures for interesting effects.
Vestige of Windgrace3BRG
Legendary Creature - Cat Spirit Wizard B, Sacrifice a creature: Create a 1/1 black Cat Spirit creature token. R, Sacrifice a creature: Add two mana of any one color. G, Sacrifice a creature: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. BRG, Sacrifice two creatures: Destroy target permanent.
4/5
King CandyWUBR
Legendary Creature - Confectioner King
Hexproof
:Create a Candy token with "Sacrifice this token: Gain 4 life."
, sacrifice 3 Candy tokens: Each opponent loses 6 life.
If an opponent controls a Glitch or you control 5 or more Candy tokens, transform King Candy
3/4
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Legendary Creature - Racer
First Strike, Hexproof
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Turbo.
3/4
Next - A commander that wants to be damaged and/or killed.
Lacademo, Defiant Hoplite3WR
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, put a +1/+1 counter on it then untap it. ~ may block an additional two creatures this turn.
When ~ dies or is exiled, create X 1/1 red Soldier creature tokens where X is ~ toughness.
"Come and have a taste of my spear!"
2/4
Next: Choose a figure from history you like, then turn them into a card
Legendary Creature - Horse
Unicorn, Pegasus, Antelope, Centaur and other Horse creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
Whenever ~ attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it is a land card, put it into your hand and create a 1/1 white Horse creature token.
2/4
Next: A selfmill commander
Legendary Creature – Spider [MR]
Reach, Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.
BRG, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonland permanent if it has converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of land cards in your graveyard. Tilda, Soil Spinner deals 3 damage to that permanent's controller.
3/5
Next: A commander with a hybrid mana cost that includes blue and a converted mana cost of 1.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
Flying, defender, prowess
2W: Tui Zhai, Mistfire Apostle gains protection from the color of your choice and can attack as though it didn't defender until end of turn.
2U: Tui Zhai, Mistfire Apostle gets +2/-1 and can attack as though it didn't have defender until end of turn.
1/2
Next: Commander who cares about tokens and/or legendary lands.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Legendary Landwalk, Vigilance
When ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, search your library for a Legendary Land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
2/4
Next: A Pure Control Jeskai Commander.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Eminence - Whenever you cast an Instant or Sorcery, if Mauve D'Orm-Mul is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token with Lifelink.
UR, : Target instant or Sorcery in your graveyard gains Flashback with a flashback cost equal to it's mana cost until end of turn.
3/4
Next A Commander that care about or has a trigger for cycling and or discarding cards.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Ooze
Whenever a player cycles a card, create a 0/0 green Ooze creature token with "Oozes you control get +1/+1."
Each creature card in your hand has Cycling GUB
Sacrifice an Ooze: ~ gains indestructible until end of turn, tap it.
3/3
Next: A shapeshifter that does not have the word "copy" in it's text.
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Avatar
Primordial Amalgamation is every color among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation has every creature type among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation has all abilities among creatures you control.
Primordial Amalgamation’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
*/*
Okay, so I'm not sure if this works the way I intend within the rules, but the intention is that as your commander this counts as any color combination you want (monocolor, 2color, 3color, 4color, 5color, whatever you want to build it as, because it inherits its colors from your other creatures), and as one of the 99 it can go in any deck (because again, what colors it is depends on what colors other creatures in your deck are.
It shouldn't be the same as cards like Transguild Courier because that has text that specifically sets its color identity to 5 colors, where Primordial Amalgamation's color identity is variable.
I'm not sure if that works within the commander color identity rules, or if they would force it to be 5 colors or colorless or whatever, but there it is.
Next: A commander that punishes land ramp in some way.
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Cleric
Vigilance
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may have Zaido of Glinting-Disk Prairie gain all activated and triggered abilities of that creature until end of turn. You may spend mana as though it was mana of any type to activate those abilities and you may activate them any time you could cast an instant and as though it was your turn.
3/3
Haku-Hoku, Headbasher 1RR
Legendary Creature - Goblin Shaman
Protection from lands and from Samurai
T: Haku-Hoku, Headbasher deals 5 damage to target player who had two or more lands enter the battlefield under their control this turn or who controls ten or more lands.
1/4
Next: Someone with a drinking problem who is nonred
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Legendary Creature - Human
Whenever you tap a creature, put a Keg counter on Yelafs Irhc. Yelafs Irhc gets -1/-0 for each Keg counter on it.
Remove 3 Keg counters: Gain 3 life.
Remove 6 Keg counters: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to three target creatures.
Remove 9 Keg counters: Draw cards equal to the highest power among creatures you control.
4/4
Next - A commander that cares about the number of cards you have in exile, manipulating cards you have in exile, or otherwise rewards you for having cards in exile.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Vampire Lord
Flying, Hexproof, Lifelink
Whenever a card is exiled, you may pay 3 life. If you do, put 2 +1/+1 counters on ~.
0/3
Next - An Abzan commander who cares about enchantments.
Legendary Creature - Spider Shaman
Protection from enchantments
Each other permanent you control that's enchanted or is an enchantment has indestructible.
BGW, T, Sacrifice an enchanted creature: Return target creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control. Then return up to one target enchantment card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
2/6
Next: A legendary Crab that makes Crab tribal playable.
Legendary Creature - Crab Mascot
Crazy Crab and other Crab creatures you control gain Hexproof and get +1/+1 for each other Crab you control.
2U: Target creature you control becomes a Crab in addition to any other creature types it has.
2R: Discard your hand and draw cards equal to the number of Crabs you control.
1/3
Next - a Commander that encourages you to play it from the command zone a certain number of times for a big payoff
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Flying, Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent if you spent 3 or more mana to cast it.
When ~ enters the battlefield, you deal 6 damage to each opponent and gain 6 life if you spent 5 or more mana to cast it.
When ~ enters the battlefield, you win the game if you spent 11 or more mana to cast it.
4/4
Next - An Orzhov commander who encourages high risk, high reward gameplay.
Legendary Creature - Spirit
At end of turn, if you have no cards in hand, gain control of target permanent.
At end of turn, if you have 5 or less life, each opponent loses 3 life.
At end of turn, if you control no creatures on the battlefield, you may return a creature card from you graveyard to your hand.
2/5
Unknowingly to Teysa, Melisk was an agent of the Obzedat, frequently using Teysa to achieve his and Obzedat's goals via "narcolepsy spells" during which Teysa became a puppet in his hands.
Next - A Boros Commander that will draw cards and/or generate card advantage in a Boros-like way
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Haste
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the end of your turn, return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of creatures you attacked with this turn.
3/2
Next - A commander that wants you to lose life.
Legendary Creature - Demon Wizard
If you lost 4 or more life this turn, then during the end step each opponent loses 2 life.
3/3
Next - A Boros commander who emphasises something other than attacks and damage.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
When Umbarg enters the battlefield, each player chooses up to five lands they control, then sacrifices the rest.
Whenever a land enters the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a permanent.
2/4
“During times of war, resources must be managed with an iron fist,”
Next - a Commander that steals activated and/or triggered abilities.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a permanent they control, they choose a card in your hand at random. You reveal that card. If that card shares a card type of the permanent whose ability was activated, gain control of that ability. You may choose new targets for it.
T: Draw a card, then discard a card.
2/2
I wanted some degree of randomness to this so your opponents don't just stop using activated abilities as long as Irg is on the battlefield.
Next: A commander that slowly takes cards away from your hand and lets your opponent cast them (as a drawback)
Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior
First strike, Lifelink, Menace
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, exile a card in your hand face-down. The turn's player may look at and play that card this turn, and he or she may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell. At the beginning of the next end step, if that card remains exiled, return it to your hand.
Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, Kewdaan deals 4 damage to that opponent and he or she discards a card.
4/2
Fun fact: Zedruu is also from Erlundi.
Next: October is coming, so make a spoopy non-B Commander. (Extra rule: U Zombies not allowed because reasons)
Legendary Creature - Angel Shaman
Flying
2WW, :Each player chooses a non-land permanent with the least converted mana cost they control, and removes it from the game.
You will cease this immediately, or you will cease to be.
3/4
Next: October is coming so make a spooky U Commander.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Horror
Flash
Whenever The Blackwater Abomination enters the battlefield or attacks, tap target creature an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped during your turn, you may put a +1/+1 counter on The Blackwater Abomination and draw a card.
3/3
Inspired on the Creature from the Black Lagoon, if it wasn't obvious enough.
Next: Make a Commander that isn't. Phrasing intentionally vague and open to interpretation, as long as it follows the game's rules.
Zendikar, Bereft of Soul 2C
Legendary Land Creature - Avatar
T: add C
~ can't attack or block unless you control a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain and Forest.
8/8
Once pristine, now no more than a husk, yearning for rebirth.
NEXT: A BGR commander that sacrifices creatures for interesting effects.
UR Mizzix of the Izmagnus ~~~ Build your own win-condition: Finite Spellslinging
UR Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer ~~~ We are the Borg. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.
WUB Oloro, Ageless Ascetic ~~~ A Guide to dying slowly
UBR Marchesa, the Black Rose ~~~ Marchesa's undying Marionettes
RGW Mayael the Anima ~~~ All Hail the Big Chungus
GWU Chulane, Teller of Tales ~~~ Permanents Only ETB Shenanigans
BGU Sidisi, Brood Tyrant ~~~ Sidisi's Restless Servants
WUBRG The Ur-Dragon ~~~ Dragons eat your face
Legendary Creature - Cat Spirit Wizard
B, Sacrifice a creature: Create a 1/1 black Cat Spirit creature token.
R, Sacrifice a creature: Add two mana of any one color.
G, Sacrifice a creature: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
BRG, Sacrifice two creatures: Destroy target permanent.
4/5
Next: A confectioner
Legendary Creature - Confectioner King
Hexproof
:Create a Candy token with "Sacrifice this token: Gain 4 life."
, sacrifice 3 Candy tokens: Each opponent loses 6 life.
If an opponent controls a Glitch or you control 5 or more Candy tokens, transform King Candy
3/4
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Turbo
Legendary Creature - Racer
First Strike, Hexproof
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Turbo.
3/4
Next - A commander that wants to be damaged and/or killed.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, put a +1/+1 counter on it then untap it. ~ may block an additional two creatures this turn.
When ~ dies or is exiled, create X 1/1 red Soldier creature tokens where X is ~ toughness.
"Come and have a taste of my spear!"
2/4
Next: Choose a figure from history you like, then turn them into a card
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock