Arcanis, the Omnipresent4UUU
Legendary Creature - Wizard
Flash, this spell can't be countered.
When ~ enters the battlefield, draw three cards. T: Create a token that's a copy of ~, except it's not legendary.
Sacrifice a creature named ~: Return ~ to it's owner's hand.
3/4
Bastions of Benalia1WUG
Legendari Creature - Wall
Defender, Reach
Creatures you control have Exalted.
As long as you control at least 5 other Knight, Soldier and/or Angel creatures, ~ has Indestructible and can attack as though it didn't have Defender.
0/8
Next:
A commander that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Inias Fez, InfiltratorUBR
Legendary Planeswalker - Fez
As Inias Fez, Infiltrator enters the battlefield, an opponent of your choice gains control of it.
{+1} Inias Fez, Infiltrator's owner creates a 1/1 Black Snake token with deathtouch, then create a 1/1 Black Snake token with deathtouch.
{+2} Inias Fez, Infiltrators owner draws 2 cards then draw a card.
{-8} Each player who is not Inias Fez, Infiltrators owner sacrifices 6 creatures and discards 6 cards.
At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of this planeswalker this turn, you lose 5 life.
Inias Fez, Infiltrator can be your commander.
[4]
not sure how good this is, I added that the chain veil clause at the end to entice people to activate the ability. but it seems like people would just draw a card and let it die though.
Next: A green commander that synergizes well with artifacts
Varthas, Exquisite Lifecrafter2GG
Legendary Creature - Artificer Elf
Metalcraft - Artifacts you control have hexproof as long as you control three or more artifacts.
~ has +1/+1 for each artifact you control. XT: create a copy of target artifact creature with converted mana cost X. Spend only green mana to activate this ability.
1/1
Next:
A commander that works with energy counters.
Himmat, Dusttrack Ace3RW
Legendary Creature - Human Pilot
When Himmat, Dusttrack Ace enters the battlefield, create a 5/2 legendary colorless vehicle artifact creature token named Bolide with Menace and Crew 3.
Whenever an artifact creature you control attacks, you get E (one energy counter).
Pay EEEE: Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control. 3/2
Next: A commander that supports two different tribes at the same time
Amanita, Fungus Monarch BRGW
Legendary Creature- Fungus
Lifelink Deathouch
At your end step chooses any number of permanents that are a fungus or a Saporling with a counter on them, then puts another of those counters on those permanents.
At the beginning of your upkeep if you control another creature that is a Fungus creature token or a Sapling creature token, create a 1/1 green Saporling creature token. It gains haste until the end of the turn.
3/3
Next: A commander that you could run in multiple color combos (like how Alesha, Who Smiles at Death could be the commander of a RW, RB or RWB deck)
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Vertha, the Stampede2GG
Legendary Creature - Centaur Spellshaper
Trample, Haste
Other Centaur creatures you control have haste. 3 ,T, Discard a card: Create a 3/3 Green Centaur creature token. Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each Centaur you control until end of turn.
3/4
Next: A commander that captures the idea of royalty or divine right or something like that.
Erath, the Sunkissed Regent2WW
Legendary Creature - Human
Creatures your opponents control come into play tapped.
~ has indestructible and hexproof as long as you control two other creatures. WWWT, tap two creatures you control: gain control of target tapped non-land permanent an opponent controls. Activate this ability any time you could cast a sorcery. "His will is law and his guards will make sure you will obey it."
2/2
The idea is an imposing presence (creatures come into play tapped), becoming almost invulnerable while having "bodyguards" and having law enforcement at the tip of his fingers ("appropriating" permanents). I hope this works as royalty.
Next:
A multiple ability spellshaper like the original Jaya Ballard, Task Mage in any color(s) you want.
Basker the Ever-Prepared - 1GWU Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper G, T, Discard a card: Search your library for a creature card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it. W, T, Discard a card: Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it. U, T, Discard a card: Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it. 2/2
Next: A multicolored commander who cares about basic lands in some way.
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is on the battlefield or in the command zone you may pay WUBRG. If you do, put 3 +1/+1 counters on target basic land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.
Domain - Land creatures you control have +1/+1 for each basic land types among lands you control.
Basic lands you control have indestructible.
0/0
Next:
A commander that embodies the flavour of a plane of your choice.
Soul of the Aethergrid (no mana cost)
Legendary Creature - Avatar
~ is all colors
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ~ or it is in your command zone, add E. EEEEE: Put ~ onto the battlefield from your command zone.
When casting a non-creature spell you may pay an amount of E equal to that spell's converted mama cost. if you do, copy that spell, you may choose new targets for the copy.
When a non-token creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay an amaount of E equal to that creature's converted mana cost. If you do create a token that's a copy of that creature.
5/5
Next:
A commander that punishes your opponents for a high life total.
Tharrar, Lost HealerWWBB
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Cleric
Shadow, Lifelink
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent's life total is at least twice their starting life total, that player loses the game.
Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 black Nightmare creature token with shadow and lifelink.
Combat damage dealt by any creature you control with lifelink to a player causes that player to gain life instead.
3/3
Next:
An Onslaught pit fighter (Not Arcanis) reimagined.
Visara, Death Gaze BBBB
Legendary Creature- Gorgon
Deathtouch
Creatures dealt damage by Visara, Death Gaze lose indestructible. 2: Visara gains Flying until the beginning of your next upkeep.
2/6
Next: A pair of Parter With each.
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Biggie3GG
Legendary Creature-Giant Warrior
Partner with Smalls
Trample
Whenever Biggie attacks, add G equal to the number of cards in your hand. 2G:Biggie gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
4/4
Smalls3U
Legendary Creature-Faerie Wizard
Partner with Biggie
Hexproof
Whenever you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead. 3U:Target creature must block this turn if able.
1/1
Next: A Magic Origins-Style Creature/Planeswalker that isn't one of the Gatewatch or Bolas.
Tamiyo, Attentive Student1U
Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Wizard
Hexproof
When a player casts a sorcery or instant spell, put a lore counter on ~.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ has 4 or more lore counters on her, exile ~ and return her to the battlefield under her owner's control transformed.
0/2
Tamiyo, Seeker of Stories
Legendary Planeswalker - Tamiyo
+1: Tap target creature an opponent controls, it doesn't untap durin its controller's next untap step.
-1: Surveil 2, then draw a card.
-5: You get an emblem with "you may cast sorcery and instant spells from any graveyard, if you cast a spell this way, then exile it. You can spend mana as it was mana of any color to cast spells from graveyards"
3
Next:
A "partner with" version of Crovax ans Selenia
Selenia, Guardian Angel3WB
Legendary Creature - Angel
Flying, vigilance
Creatures you control named Crovax Windgrace have indestructible and hexproof.
Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target.
Partner with Crovax Windgrace
4/4
Crovax Windgrace2WB
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
First strike, vigilance
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
Sacrifice a creature named Selenia, Guardian Angel: You gain 16 life, draw four cards, and get two poison counters.
Partner with Selenia, Guardian Angel
3/3
After the fall of Crovax:
Crovax, Lord of Rath3BBB
Legendary Creature - Vampire Horror
Flying, trample, deathtouch, haste
Whenever ~ attacks, you lose 7 life and sacrifice a creature unless you control a creature named Selenia, Angelic Husk.
Sacrifice a creature: ~ gains indestructible until end of turn.
Partner with Selenia, Angelic Husk
7/7
Selenia, Angelic HuskWB
Legendary Artifact Creature - Angel
Flash
Flying
When ~ dies or is put into the command zone, draw a card.
Partner with Crovax, Lord of Rath
0/2
Next:
A commander that gets cheaper each time it is cast from the command zone.
Rangros the Cantankerous - 6RG Legendary Creature - Centaur Berserker
Rangros the Cantankerous costs 2 less to cast for each previous time you've cast it from your command zone this game instead of 2 more.
Double strike, trample, haste
Whenever Rangros deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Rangros. 5/1
Thanazosh, Aspect of Death15BB
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Eminence - when another creature dies, if ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield you get an experience counter.
~ has +1/+1 for each experience counter you have and has all abilities from all creature cards in all graveyards.
0/0
Next: a commander that cares about reanimated creatures (must have white in the color identity).
Kyska, Avatar of Retribution2WBR
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Flying
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if it entered from a graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, put a revenge counter on that creature.
Creatures with revenge counters on them get +3/+0 and have vigilance, first strike and haste. 5/3
Next: A mono-green commander that doesn't have "creature(s)" or "land(s)" in its rules text
Burta, Cycle Incarnate3GG
Legendary Creature - Avatar (Mythic Rare)
Vigilance, trample
Whenever Burta, Cycle Incarnate enters the battlefield or attacks, you may discard a card. If you do, return another target card in your graveyard with converted mana cost equal or lesser than the discarded card's converted mana cost. "The great feasting has begun."
5/5
Incarnation of the Tides2UU
Legendary Creature - Elemental
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts a flood counter on target non-Island land they control of their choice. That land is an Island for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
At the beginning of each end step, if all lands on the battlefield are Islands, remove all flood counters from them. UU: target creature gains Islandwalk until end of turn.
3/3
Ortaz, Spirit of the StormUURR
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Flying
When you cast this spell, create a token that's a copy of Orthraz, Spirit of the Storm for each spell cast before it this turn except the token aren't legendary.
3/1
Ixidor, Master of Mystery 2BB
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, draw a card.
3UG: Manifest the top two cards of your library.
3/4
Next:
choose a pit fighter from this era and buff them
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Wizard
Flash, this spell can't be countered.
When ~ enters the battlefield, draw three cards.
T: Create a token that's a copy of ~, except it's not legendary.
Sacrifice a creature named ~: Return ~ to it's owner's hand.
3/4
Next:
A legendary wall
Legendari Creature - Wall
Defender, Reach
Creatures you control have Exalted.
As long as you control at least 5 other Knight, Soldier and/or Angel creatures, ~ has Indestructible and can attack as though it didn't have Defender.
0/8
Next:
A commander that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Fez
As Inias Fez, Infiltrator enters the battlefield, an opponent of your choice gains control of it.
{+1} Inias Fez, Infiltrator's owner creates a 1/1 Black Snake token with deathtouch, then create a 1/1 Black Snake token with deathtouch.
{+2} Inias Fez, Infiltrators owner draws 2 cards then draw a card.
{-8} Each player who is not Inias Fez, Infiltrators owner sacrifices 6 creatures and discards 6 cards.
At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of this planeswalker this turn, you lose 5 life.
Inias Fez, Infiltrator can be your commander.
[4]
not sure how good this is, I added that the chain veil clause at the end to entice people to activate the ability. but it seems like people would just draw a card and let it die though.
Next: A green commander that synergizes well with artifacts
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Artificer Elf
Metalcraft - Artifacts you control have hexproof as long as you control three or more artifacts.
~ has +1/+1 for each artifact you control.
XT: create a copy of target artifact creature with converted mana cost X. Spend only green mana to activate this ability.
1/1
Next:
A commander that works with energy counters.
Legendary Creature - Human Pilot
When Himmat, Dusttrack Ace enters the battlefield, create a 5/2 legendary colorless vehicle artifact creature token named Bolide with Menace and Crew 3.
Whenever an artifact creature you control attacks, you get E (one energy counter).
Pay EEEE: Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control.
3/2
Next: A commander that supports two different tribes at the same time
Legendary Creature- Fungus
Lifelink Deathouch
At your end step chooses any number of permanents that are a fungus or a Saporling with a counter on them, then puts another of those counters on those permanents.
At the beginning of your upkeep if you control another creature that is a Fungus creature token or a Sapling creature token, create a 1/1 green Saporling creature token. It gains haste until the end of the turn.
3/3
Next: A commander that you could run in multiple color combos (like how Alesha, Who Smiles at Death could be the commander of a RW, RB or RWB deck)
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Legendary Creature - Centaur Spellshaper
Trample, Haste
Other Centaur creatures you control have haste.
3 ,T, Discard a card: Create a 3/3 Green Centaur creature token. Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each Centaur you control until end of turn.
3/4
Next: A commander that captures the idea of royalty or divine right or something like that.
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Human
Creatures your opponents control come into play tapped.
~ has indestructible and hexproof as long as you control two other creatures.
WWWT, tap two creatures you control: gain control of target tapped non-land permanent an opponent controls. Activate this ability any time you could cast a sorcery.
"His will is law and his guards will make sure you will obey it."
2/2
Next:
A multiple ability spellshaper like the original Jaya Ballard, Task Mage in any color(s) you want.
Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper
G, T, Discard a card: Search your library for a creature card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
W, T, Discard a card: Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
U, T, Discard a card: Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
2/2
Next: A multicolored commander who cares about basic lands in some way.
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is on the battlefield or in the command zone you may pay WUBRG. If you do, put 3 +1/+1 counters on target basic land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.
Domain - Land creatures you control have +1/+1 for each basic land types among lands you control.
Basic lands you control have indestructible.
0/0
Next:
A commander that embodies the flavour of a plane of your choice.
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield, choose one:
Next: A commander that uses energy
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Avatar
~ is all colors
Eminence - At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ~ or it is in your command zone, add E.
EEEEE: Put ~ onto the battlefield from your command zone.
When casting a non-creature spell you may pay an amount of E equal to that spell's converted mama cost. if you do, copy that spell, you may choose new targets for the copy.
When a non-token creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay an amaount of E equal to that creature's converted mana cost. If you do create a token that's a copy of that creature.
5/5
Next:
A commander that punishes your opponents for a high life total.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Cleric
Shadow, Lifelink
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent's life total is at least twice their starting life total, that player loses the game.
Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 black Nightmare creature token with shadow and lifelink.
Combat damage dealt by any creature you control with lifelink to a player causes that player to gain life instead.
3/3
Next:
An Onslaught pit fighter (Not Arcanis) reimagined.
Legendary Creature- Gorgon
Deathtouch
Creatures dealt damage by Visara, Death Gaze lose indestructible.
2: Visara gains Flying until the beginning of your next upkeep.
2/6
Next: A pair of Parter With each.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Legendary Creature-Giant Warrior
Partner with Smalls
Trample
Whenever Biggie attacks, add G equal to the number of cards in your hand.
2G:Biggie gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
4/4
Smalls3U
Legendary Creature-Faerie Wizard
Partner with Biggie
Hexproof
Whenever you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
3U:Target creature must block this turn if able.
1/1
Next: A Magic Origins-Style Creature/Planeswalker that isn't one of the Gatewatch or Bolas.
Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Wizard
Hexproof
When a player casts a sorcery or instant spell, put a lore counter on ~.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ has 4 or more lore counters on her, exile ~ and return her to the battlefield under her owner's control transformed.
0/2
Tamiyo, Seeker of Stories
Legendary Planeswalker - Tamiyo
+1: Tap target creature an opponent controls, it doesn't untap durin its controller's next untap step.
-1: Surveil 2, then draw a card.
-5: You get an emblem with "you may cast sorcery and instant spells from any graveyard, if you cast a spell this way, then exile it. You can spend mana as it was mana of any color to cast spells from graveyards"
3
Next:
A "partner with" version of Crovax ans Selenia
Selenia, Guardian Angel 3WB
Legendary Creature - Angel
Flying, vigilance
Creatures you control named Crovax Windgrace have indestructible and hexproof.
Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target.
Partner with Crovax Windgrace
4/4
Crovax Windgrace 2WB
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
First strike, vigilance
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
Sacrifice a creature named Selenia, Guardian Angel: You gain 16 life, draw four cards, and get two poison counters.
Partner with Selenia, Guardian Angel
3/3
After the fall of Crovax:
Crovax, Lord of Rath 3BBB
Legendary Creature - Vampire Horror
Flying, trample, deathtouch, haste
Whenever ~ attacks, you lose 7 life and sacrifice a creature unless you control a creature named Selenia, Angelic Husk.
Sacrifice a creature: ~ gains indestructible until end of turn.
Partner with Selenia, Angelic Husk
7/7
Selenia, Angelic Husk WB
Legendary Artifact Creature - Angel
Flash
Flying
When ~ dies or is put into the command zone, draw a card.
Partner with Crovax, Lord of Rath
0/2
Next:
A commander that gets cheaper each time it is cast from the command zone.
Legendary Creature - Centaur Berserker
Rangros the Cantankerous costs 2 less to cast for each previous time you've cast it from your command zone this game instead of 2 more.
Double strike, trample, haste
Whenever Rangros deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Rangros.
5/1
Next: A colorless 1 CMC commander.
Legendary Artifact Creature - Gnome
Flim, Gnome Eternal can't block and can't be blocked.
3, Sacrifice Flim, Gnome Eternal: Draw two cards.
1/1
Next: Dying creatures matter
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Eminence - when another creature dies, if ~ is in the command zone or on the battlefield you get an experience counter.
~ has +1/+1 for each experience counter you have and has all abilities from all creature cards in all graveyards.
0/0
Next: a commander that cares about reanimated creatures (must have white in the color identity).
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Flying
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if it entered from a graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, put a revenge counter on that creature.
Creatures with revenge counters on them get +3/+0 and have vigilance, first strike and haste.
5/3
Next: A mono-green commander that doesn't have "creature(s)" or "land(s)" in its rules text
Legendary Creature - Avatar (Mythic Rare)
Vigilance, trample
Whenever Burta, Cycle Incarnate enters the battlefield or attacks, you may discard a card. If you do, return another target card in your graveyard with converted mana cost equal or lesser than the discarded card's converted mana cost.
"The great feasting has begun."
5/5
Next: A water elemental
Legendary Creature - Elemental
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts a flood counter on target non-Island land they control of their choice. That land is an Island for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
At the beginning of each end step, if all lands on the battlefield are Islands, remove all flood counters from them.
UU: target creature gains Islandwalk until end of turn.
3/3
Next: a thunder elemental
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Flying
When you cast this spell, create a token that's a copy of Orthraz, Spirit of the Storm for each spell cast before it this turn except the token aren't legendary.
3/1
Next: A grindy GB or BRG fair commander
BGGRock
Modern
BRGJund
BBGRock