Oh, it's hardly just Umbral Mantle. There's a whole family of artifacts that get silly with creatures that tap for X mana:
Umbral Mantle
Staff of Domination
Sword of the Paruns
...and I think I'm missing one. If you go into Blue, then just toss out the rulebook because you have oodles of ways to go infinite, from Freed for the Real, to Pemmin's Aura, all the way that Pressure Point-esque aura from Khans and the Flood-esque enchantment from Theros.
Kydele doesn't need to go "infinite". I mean, you can with Staff of Domination, but you don't "need" to, you just have to get her to generate 100+ mana. She allows players to basically build Tolarian Academy decks by packing them full of things that Academy decks got banned for. Memory Jar. Frantic Search. Gush. Time Spiral. Stroke of Genius etc. You might need to add some kind of mana filtering element to it like Mana Prism etc, and you'll need a way to repeatedly untap her (Instill Energy effects, etc), but yeah. All the pieces are there.
I mean, you could arguably also pair it with a R/B general just so you can add storm elements, Wheel of Fortune, Winds of Change, and things like that. This is a combo player's wet dream. This thing is terrifying.
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EDH: Grand Arbiter $tax, Freyalise Stompy, Mimeoplasm Death From the Grave
Oh my. Just another reason why Kruphix is best God.
Seriously, this is the only Partner commander I actually like so far. That ability. And even more importantly, THAT ART.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
I was thinking "Kai-Dell".
That's how I say it as well. And I pronounce Cymede as "Sigh-Meed"
Kydele is on the boring side for a GU Commander,
but at least she's something new.
She's also one of the more promising Partner cards revealed so far.
You could build a fun Sultai deck between her and the Dimir dude that digs up artifacts.
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Kydele is on the boring side for a GU Commander,
but at least she's something new.
She's also one of the more promising Partner cards revealed so far.
You could build a fun Sultai deck between her and the Dimir dude that digs up artifacts.
She's half a commander; of course she's boring compared to whole ones.
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Check out the thread for my cube if you have the time, and tell me how terrible it is.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
I was thinking "Kai-Dell".
That's how I say it as well. And I pronounce Cymede as "Sigh-Meed"
Well. After actually looking into Greek pronunciations, it got weirder. If the "Y" in both of these names is meant to be the Greek "Y" or "upsilon" then they're pronounced "oo". The "e" seems to nearly always be pronounced as "eh".
So...
"Koo-meh-deh"
and
"Koo-deh-leh"
...Idk man. I'll probably keep the "eh" sound but assume Wizards just wanted to stand Y in for I to look cool and use the "ee" sound for both Y's instead.
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"Pop in, find a dragon, roast a dragon."
-Chandra Nalaar
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
I was thinking "Kai-Dell".
That's how I say it as well. And I pronounce Cymede as "Sigh-Meed"
Well. After actually looking into Greek pronunciations, it got weirder. If the "Y" in both of these names is meant to be the Greek "Y" or "upsilon" then they're pronounced "oo". The "e" seems to nearly always be pronounced as "eh".
So...
"Koo-meh-deh"
and
"Koo-deh-leh"
...Idk man. I'll probably keep the "eh" sound but assume Wizards just wanted to stand Y in for I to look cool and use the "ee" sound for both Y's instead.
I've always pronounced Cymede as Sim-eed. If I had to take a guess as Kydele, I'd probably pronounce it Kai-dell or Kai-deh-lay. Yes i know this leads me to pronouncing the same letter different ways, but it is what my stupid brain says it is.
Umbral Mantle
Staff of Domination
Sword of the Paruns
...and I think I'm missing one. If you go into Blue, then just toss out the rulebook because you have oodles of ways to go infinite, from Freed for the Real, to Pemmin's Aura, all the way that Pressure Point-esque aura from Khans and the Flood-esque enchantment from Theros.
Many thanks to DNC at Heroes of the Plane Studios
I mean, you could arguably also pair it with a R/B general just so you can add storm elements, Wheel of Fortune, Winds of Change, and things like that. This is a combo player's wet dream. This thing is terrifying.
EDH: Grand Arbiter $tax, Freyalise Stompy, Mimeoplasm Death From the Grave
Seriously, this is the only Partner commander I actually like so far. That ability. And even more importantly, THAT ART.
Edit: Also, please fell me her name is pronounced "kai-dey-ley". Anax and Cymede is correctly pronounced as " sai-mee-dee" but pronouncing this woman's name as "kai-dee-lee" just feels silly.
-Chandra Nalaar
I was thinking "Kai-Dell".
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
I always just took the short-hand to call them "Anthrax & Cyanide". Because that sounds more intimidating.
Steel Sabotage'ng Orbs of Mellowness since 2011.
but at least she's something new.
She's also one of the more promising Partner cards revealed so far.
You could build a fun Sultai deck between her and the Dimir dude that digs up artifacts.
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
She's half a commander; of course she's boring compared to whole ones.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
So...
"Koo-meh-deh"
and
"Koo-deh-leh"
...Idk man. I'll probably keep the "eh" sound but assume Wizards just wanted to stand Y in for I to look cool and use the "ee" sound for both Y's instead.
-Chandra Nalaar
I've always pronounced Cymede as Sim-eed. If I had to take a guess as Kydele, I'd probably pronounce it Kai-dell or Kai-deh-lay. Yes i know this leads me to pronouncing the same letter different ways, but it is what my stupid brain says it is.
Marath, Will of the Wild
Friendly Kess Twin Combo
Tatyova - Sir Bounce A Lot
Gonti's Luxury Pie
Prime (Eldrazi) Speaker Zegana (Retired)
We may get Kruphix himself as a reprint
Because Iroas is confirmed for a reprint in commander 2016