Olivia, Wandering DancerWR
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Haste T: Target creature you control has Haste and Vigilance until end of turn. WRT, Exert ~: creatures you control have Haste and Vigilance until end of turn. "Her dances reinvigorate the spirit and ignite the heart"
2/2
Faradal the Flagellant3RW
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Defender, lifelink
Whenever damage that would be dealt to you or to a permanent you control is prevented, ~ deals that much damage to any target. Damage dealt by ~ this way can't be prevented. T: The next time damage would be dealt to target permanent this turn, prevent that damage.
2/5
Danathel the Mad2UR
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
At the start of your end step you may create a copy of target creature except it is a colorless Legendary Artifact Construct names Statue.
Child of the Storm2UR
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Flash
When ~ enters the battlefield you may copy target instant or sorcery spell for each other spell that was cast this turn, you may choose new targets for the copies. 1UR, sacrifice ~: return target instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard to your hand.
Xithatl, Hive Progenitor 2BRGW
Legendary Creature - Insect Shaman [M]
Whenever a land enter the battlefield under your control, create a Hive, a 0/3 green Insect token with defender and "At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Insect token."
Swarming creatures you control get +1/+1 and lifelink. (Insects, Rats, Spiders, and Squirrels are swarming)
4/8
Next: A commander that makes copy tokens for your favorite EDH archetype.
The Rising SwarmGWU
Legendary Creature - Insect Eminence - At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield, that player creates a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying.
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, if you cast it, gain control of all Insects.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control ten or more other insects, you may exile ~. If you do, return it to the battlefield transformed.
3/3
------ The Swarm That Speaks
Legendary Planeswalker - Swarm
+2: Create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying.
-X: Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less, that creature is an Insect in addition to its other types.
-8: Put all non-Insect creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
3
Serra, Goddes of the Choir2WW
Legendary Planeswalker - Serra
+1 : up tp one target creature can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
-2 : Create a token that's a copy of target angel you control, except it isn't legendary.
-7 : you get an emblem with "at the beginning of each upkeep create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance."
~ can be your commander.
4
Winghoof, Protector of the Sanctuary2WW
Legendary Creature - Pegasus
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep if ~ is in the command zone or on the batthefield you may skip your draw step. If you do, creatures without flying can't attack you or a planeswalker you control until your next turn.
Flying
2/2
Next:
An offcolor creature, like a blue Wurm or a black Dryad.
Sil, Keeper of OdunosBB
Legendary Creature - Zombie Dryad
Hexproof, Defender T, Exile a card from any graveyard: Add one mana of any color. 4BG,T: Target player loses life equal to the total toughness of all Treefolk you control.
1/2
Next:
A commander that untaps opponents creatures for advantage
Yuki, the Onsen MaidWUR
Legendary Creature - Human
Haste T: untap target tapped creature an opponent controls, on that player's turn that creature can't attack you or a planeswalker you control. Create a Treasure token. WURT, exert ~: untap up to three tapped creatures you don't control, those creatures can't attack you or a planeswalker you control on their controller's next turn. Create a Treasure token for each creature untapped this way.
1/3
(I think we all know what treasure tokens do, at this point)
Tarm the Hospitable2WG
Legendary Creature - Human
As long as it isn't your turn, other creatures you control have hexproof. WG: Another target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap that creature. Activate this ability only during your turn. "Have a good rest and let me hear your stories! I'll make sure you're ready for your next adventure." 3/3
Next: A commander that cares about the same tribes asSwarmyard
Ega Brag, Lord of the Swarmyard2BG
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever an Insect enters the battlefield under you control, gain 2 life.
Whenever a Rat enters the battlefield under you control, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a Spider enters the battlefield under you control, destroy target creature with Flying.
Whenever a Squirrel enters the battlefield under your control, Populate.
3/4
Next - A Commander with Fading/Vanishing that uses Fade/Time counters in some way.
Teferi, Mage of Suq'AtaUBR
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Flash
Vanishing 1
~ enters the battlefield with an additional X time counters on it, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast it.
Remove a time counter from ~: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
3/3
Beholder of Beings - 1WUBRG Legendary Creature - Elemental
For each color among Elemental creatures you control, Beholder of Beings costs one less mana of that color to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay.
When Beholder of Beings enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Elemental card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
When Beholder of Beings leaves the battlefield, you may return another target Elemental card from your graveyard to your hand.
Evoke 1WUBRG 7/7
The Dronepack of Mondronen8
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Werewolf (Mythic Rare)
Trample, haste
When you cast this spell, you may transform any number of permanents you control. If a permanent transforms into a Werewolf this way, it gains double strike and trample until end of turn.
Emerge 5RGB Emrakul may be gone, but her influence never left.
8/6
Next: A card with more colors in its color identity than in its mana cost.
Feather, Firemane Guardian2WW
Legendary Creature - Angel
Partner with Agrus Kos, Wojek Recruit
Mentor, Vigilance (W/R)(W/R)T: until end of turn, if damage would be dealt to target creature you control, prevent that damage if you spent W and deal that much damage to another target creature or player if you spent R.
3/4
Agrus Kos, Wojek Recruit1R
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Partner with Feather, Firemane Guardian
Battalion - Whenever ~ and at least two other creartures attack, white creatures you contorl get +0/+2 and red creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Provoke (When this attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)
2/1
Next:
Commander that can't be hardcast from the command zone
The Aether
Legendary Creature - Elemental Shade (Cards without mana costs cannot be cast.) 2B: Put The Aether into your graveyard. Activate this ability from any zone except your library.
Haste, Shadow
9/9
Next - A Commander with a built in alternate win condition.
CytocosmCGWU
Legendary Creature - Germ
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control at least ten permanents named ~ and no other permanents, you win the game.
Nontoken permanents you control enter the battlefield as copies of ~, except they aren't legendary. CGWU, T: Exile target permanent you control, then return it to the battlefield.
3/3
Seto, Shaper of Broken Mirrors2UURR
Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Spellshaper
Eminence - As long as ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield, creatures you control are legendary in addition to their other types.
The "legend rule" doesn't apply.
Legendary creatures you control have +1/+1 for each other legendary creature with the same name you control. 2URT, discard a card: create a token that is a copy of target legendary creature you control not named ~.
3/3
Next:
A commander with the same effect as Kaalia, but different colors and creature types interactions.
Forseros of the DeepBUG
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Islandwalk, Swampwalk
Whenever Forseros of the Deep attacks an opponent, you may put an Octopus, Serpent, Kraken or Leviathan creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.
1/3
Next: A commander that has an ability that is annoying to manage from its controllers viewpoint
By "annoying to manage" I understood "difficult to keep under control", hope that's the right interpretation. Haner, Efreet of Madness2BR
Legenday Creature - Genie
Cumulative Upkeep - Put the top card of your library in your graveyard.
When you draw the first card of each turn, surveil 3 then draw a card instead. He will give you what you want, at the cost of your sanity.
4/4
Otherwise, an ability that is physically "annoying to manage" Haner, Efreet of Madness2BR
Legenday Creature - Genie
At the beginning of each upkeep, for each player put a gamble counter on a random creature they control without gamble counters on it, then each player takes control of all ceatures with gamble counters the player on their right controls, those creatures gain haste until end of turn. He will give you what you want, at the cost of your sanity.
4/4
Next:
An Urza commander from before his spark ignited.
Urza, Artificer Savant - 1URW Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry X, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, reveal the top Y cards of your library, where Y is that spell's converted mana cost. You may put an artifact card from among them with converted mana cost Y or less onto the battlefield. Then put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. 4/4
Tobias Andrion, Military Genius3WU
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance
Battalion - When ~ and at least two other creatures attack, all creatures defending player controls must block if able. You choose how those creatures block this combat.
4/4
Lich Lord Andrion3UB
Legendary Creature - Zombie Advisor
Indestructible
When you control no other legendary permanents, sacrifice ~.
Whenever a creature you control that's a Zombie or an Advisor or is Legendary attacks, defending player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard.
4/4
Next:
A friend for Darigaaz Reincarnated (One of the other 9 dragons from that cycle)
Intet, the Dreamlost3URG
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Flying, Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the first card of your library face down. You may look at cards exiled with ~ any time you want.
Once per turn, during your turn you may cast a card exiled with ~.
When you cast a card from exile ~ loses defender until end of turn.
6/6
Next:
Alternative timeline version of Ixidor (the one responsible for the Red Akroma)
EDIT: misspelled Ixidor
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Haste
T: Target creature you control has Haste and Vigilance until end of turn.
WRT, Exert ~: creatures you control have Haste and Vigilance until end of turn.
"Her dances reinvigorate the spirit and ignite the heart"
2/2
*for all Fire Emblem fans out there*
Next:
Non-combat centered WR commander.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Defender, lifelink
Whenever damage that would be dealt to you or to a permanent you control is prevented, ~ deals that much damage to any target. Damage dealt by ~ this way can't be prevented.
T: The next time damage would be dealt to target permanent this turn, prevent that damage.
2/5
Next:
A sculptor
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
At the start of your end step you may create a copy of target creature except it is a colorless Legendary Artifact Construct names Statue.
1/1
Next:
10 cmc commander
Legendary Creature - Elder Wurm
Trample, Reach
When Sathratai enters or leaves the battlefield, create three 6/6 green Wurm creature tokens.
Sacrifice another Wurm: Put a +1/+1 counter on Sathratai, draw a card and gain 3 life.
8/10
Next:
An Elemental commander whose theme is not combat damage
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Flash
When ~ enters the battlefield you may copy target instant or sorcery spell for each other spell that was cast this turn, you may choose new targets for the copies.
1UR, sacrifice ~: return target instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard to your hand.
2/3
Next:
Insect commander
Legendary Creature - Insect Shaman [M]
Whenever a land enter the battlefield under your control, create a Hive, a 0/3 green Insect token with defender and "At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Insect token."
Swarming creatures you control get +1/+1 and lifelink. (Insects, Rats, Spiders, and Squirrels are swarming)
4/8
Next: A commander that makes copy tokens for your favorite EDH archetype.
Legendary Creature - Insect
Eminence - At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield, that player creates a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying.
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, if you cast it, gain control of all Insects.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control ten or more other insects, you may exile ~. If you do, return it to the battlefield transformed.
3/3
------
The Swarm That Speaks
Legendary Planeswalker - Swarm
+2: Create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying.
-X: Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less, that creature is an Insect in addition to its other types.
-8: Put all non-Insect creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
3
Next:
A legendary Pegasus
Serra, Goddes of the Choir 2WW
Legendary Planeswalker - Serra
+1 : up tp one target creature can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
-2 : Create a token that's a copy of target angel you control, except it isn't legendary.
-7 : you get an emblem with "at the beginning of each upkeep create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance."
~ can be your commander.
4
Winghoof, Protector of the Sanctuary 2WW
Legendary Creature - Pegasus
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep if ~ is in the command zone or on the batthefield you may skip your draw step. If you do, creatures without flying can't attack you or a planeswalker you control until your next turn.
Flying
2/2
Next:
An offcolor creature, like a blue Wurm or a black Dryad.
Legendary Creature - Zombie Dryad
Hexproof, Defender
T, Exile a card from any graveyard: Add one mana of any color.
4BG,T: Target player loses life equal to the total toughness of all Treefolk you control.
1/2
Next:
A commander that untaps opponents creatures for advantage
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Human
Haste
T: untap target tapped creature an opponent controls, on that player's turn that creature can't attack you or a planeswalker you control. Create a Treasure token.
WURT, exert ~: untap up to three tapped creatures you don't control, those creatures can't attack you or a planeswalker you control on their controller's next turn. Create a Treasure token for each creature untapped this way.
1/3
(I think we all know what treasure tokens do, at this point)
Next:
an innkeeper
Legendary Creature - Human
As long as it isn't your turn, other creatures you control have hexproof.
WG: Another target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap that creature. Activate this ability only during your turn.
"Have a good rest and let me hear your stories! I'll make sure you're ready for your next adventure."
3/3
Next: A commander that cares about the same tribes asSwarmyard
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever an Insect enters the battlefield under you control, gain 2 life.
Whenever a Rat enters the battlefield under you control, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a Spider enters the battlefield under you control, destroy target creature with Flying.
Whenever a Squirrel enters the battlefield under your control, Populate.
3/4
Next - A Commander with Fading/Vanishing that uses Fade/Time counters in some 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 Wizard
Flash
Vanishing 1
~ enters the battlefield with an additional X time counters on it, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast it.
Remove a time counter from ~: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
3/3
Next:
A commander with Evoke
Legendary Creature - Elemental
For each color among Elemental creatures you control, Beholder of Beings costs one less mana of that color to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay.
When Beholder of Beings enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Elemental card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
When Beholder of Beings leaves the battlefield, you may return another target Elemental card from your graveyard to your hand.
Evoke 1WUBRG
7/7
Next: A commander with Emerge
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Werewolf (Mythic Rare)
Trample, haste
When you cast this spell, you may transform any number of permanents you control. If a permanent transforms into a Werewolf this way, it gains double strike and trample until end of turn.
Emerge 5RGB
Emrakul may be gone, but her influence never left.
8/6
Next: A card with more colors in its color identity than in its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Angel
Partner with Agrus Kos, Wojek Recruit
Mentor, Vigilance
(W/R)(W/R)T: until end of turn, if damage would be dealt to target creature you control, prevent that damage if you spent W and deal that much damage to another target creature or player if you spent R.
3/4
Agrus Kos, Wojek Recruit 1R
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Partner with Feather, Firemane Guardian
Battalion - Whenever ~ and at least two other creartures attack, white creatures you contorl get +0/+2 and red creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Provoke (When this attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)
2/1
Next:
Commander that can't be hardcast from the command zone
Legendary Creature - Elemental Shade
(Cards without mana costs cannot be cast.)
2B: Put The Aether into your graveyard. Activate this ability from any zone except your library.
Haste, Shadow
9/9
Next - A Commander with a built in alternate win condition.
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 - Germ
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control at least ten permanents named ~ and no other permanents, you win the game.
Nontoken permanents you control enter the battlefield as copies of ~, except they aren't legendary.
CGWU, T: Exile target permanent you control, then return it to the battlefield.
3/3
Next:
A non-green legends matter commander.
Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Spellshaper
Eminence - As long as ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield, creatures you control are legendary in addition to their other types.
The "legend rule" doesn't apply.
Legendary creatures you control have +1/+1 for each other legendary creature with the same name you control.
2URT, discard a card: create a token that is a copy of target legendary creature you control not named ~.
3/3
Next:
A commander with the same effect as Kaalia, but different colors and creature types interactions.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Islandwalk, Swampwalk
Whenever Forseros of the Deep attacks an opponent, you may put an Octopus, Serpent, Kraken or Leviathan creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.
1/3
Next: A commander that has an ability that is annoying to manage from its controllers viewpoint
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Haner, Efreet of Madness 2BR
Legenday Creature - Genie
Cumulative Upkeep - Put the top card of your library in your graveyard.
When you draw the first card of each turn, surveil 3 then draw a card instead.
He will give you what you want, at the cost of your sanity.
4/4
Otherwise, an ability that is physically "annoying to manage"
Haner, Efreet of Madness 2BR
Legenday Creature - Genie
At the beginning of each upkeep, for each player put a gamble counter on a random creature they control without gamble counters on it, then each player takes control of all ceatures with gamble counters the player on their right controls, those creatures gain haste until end of turn.
He will give you what you want, at the cost of your sanity.
4/4
Next:
An Urza commander from before his spark ignited.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry X, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, reveal the top Y cards of your library, where Y is that spell's converted mana cost. You may put an artifact card from among them with converted mana cost Y or less onto the battlefield. Then put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
4/4
Next: Tobias Andrion as a viable card.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance
Battalion - When ~ and at least two other creatures attack, all creatures defending player controls must block if able. You choose how those creatures block this combat.
4/4
Next: a reanimated version of Tobias Andrion
Legendary Creature - Zombie Advisor
Indestructible
When you control no other legendary permanents, sacrifice ~.
Whenever a creature you control that's a Zombie or an Advisor or is Legendary attacks, defending player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard.
4/4
Next:
A friend for Darigaaz Reincarnated (One of the other 9 dragons from that cycle)
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Flying, Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the first card of your library face down. You may look at cards exiled with ~ any time you want.
Once per turn, during your turn you may cast a card exiled with ~.
When you cast a card from exile ~ loses defender until end of turn.
6/6
Next:
Alternative timeline version of Ixidor (the one responsible for the Red Akroma)
EDIT: misspelled Ixidor