It was a few weeks ago, during a session of Commander brewing, that someone brought up using Elspeth, Knight-Errant in her deck. I was quick to point out the amount of aggro that would draw in her direction and told her that Elspeth would probably have a pretty minimal impact on the board. Afterwards, though, I thought about ways to use planeswalkers and decided that I could capitalize on an all Planeswalkers deck.
The rest of the Planeswalking types are either there for support (Ral Zarek has some strong synergies, Kiora is a shield for her friends, Liliana is a reusable tutor) or exceptionally strong despite not being able to insta-Ultimate (Venser, Ajani Vengeant, Karn, Sorin Markov).
Idyllic Tutor, Rings of Three Wishes, Conflux, and Liliana Vess will all help find what you need to win the game. The various field wipes take advantage of the fact that you play very few creatures. I intentionally left out the mass land destruction and some of the more powerful “Exile All Permanents/ Non-Land Permanents.” The MLD isn’t there because I want people to love me. The other group isn’t there because I don’t need people searching my library and playing it, or playing it from my graveyard.
I don't quite have the budget for Alpha/Beta duals, but I already had the fetches. So I've added them in for their synergies with Rings of Brighthearth and Crucible of Worlds. Thinking of adding Krosan Verge as well.
Going to add in Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, Sage of Hours, and maybe Sanguine Bond once Journey Into Nyx releases.
The main reason I'm posting on here is that I'd like everyone's opinion and maybe their own take on the deck. Another issue is that the deck is fun and rewards good play, but I'd like to make it a bit more interactive. It sometimes seems like I'm just dropping a tutoring for Doubling Season, wiping the field, playing a planeswalker, and winning. I'd like less field wiping and more interacting, I suppose? Or maybe any other way that someone would like to take the deck.
1x Akroma's Vengeance
1x All Suns' Dawn
1x Austere Command
1x Blasphemous Act
1x Conflux
1x Decree of Pain
1x Final Judgment
1x Hallowed Burial
1x Martial Coup
1x Recurring Insight
1x Savor the Moment
1x Supreme Verdict
1x Temporal Mastery
1x Terminus
1x Time Stretch
1x Time Warp
1x Walk the Aeons
1x Wrath of God
Land (38)
1x Academy Ruins
1x Ancient Tomb
1x Arid Mesa
1x Blood Crypt
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Breeding Pool
1x City of Brass
1x Flooded Strand
3x Forest
1x Godless Shrine
1x Hallowed Fountain
3x Island
1x Marsh Flats
1x Misty Rainforest
2x Mountain
3x Plains
1x Polluted Delta
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Sacred Foundry
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Steam Vents
1x Stomping Ground
3x Swamp
1x Temple Garden
1x Temple of the False God
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Watery Grave
1x Windswept Heath
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Ajani, Caller of the Pride
1x Ajani Vengeant
1x Chandra Nalaar
1x Chandra, Pyromaster
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
1x Garruk Wildspeaker
1x Gideon Jura
1x Jace, Architect of Thought
1x Jace, Memory Adept
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Karn Liberated
1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
1x Liliana Vess
1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1x Ral Zarek
1x Sarkhan Vol
1x Sorin Markov
1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
1x Venser, the Sojourner
1x Vraska the Unseen
Instant (1)
1x Enlightened Tutor
Enchantment (5)
1x Doubling Season
1x Inexorable Tide
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Privileged Position
1x Rhystic Study
Creature (4)
1x Gilder Bairn
1x Oracle of Mul Daya
1x Spike Weaver
1x Weathered Wayfarer
1x Coalition Relic
1x Contagion Clasp
1x Contagion Engine
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Mana Crypt
1x Ring of Three Wishes
1x Rings of Brighthearth
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
1x Thran Dynamo
It was a few weeks ago, during a session of Commander brewing, that someone brought up using Elspeth, Knight-Errant in her deck. I was quick to point out the amount of aggro that would draw in her direction and told her that Elspeth would probably have a pretty minimal impact on the board. Afterwards, though, I thought about ways to use planeswalkers and decided that I could capitalize on an all Planeswalkers deck.
Uses Doubling Season and Planeswalkers for obvious strong effects. I've chosen Planeswalkers that will either win with an ult or ones that can play strong support roles for the deck. Garruk, Primal Hunter; Jace, Architect of Thought; Sarkhan Vol; Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker; Ajani, Caller of the Pride; and Tamiyo, the Moon Sage. All have ultimates which are useable instantly with DS in play, and all will win you the game.
The rest of the Planeswalking types are either there for support (Ral Zarek has some strong synergies, Kiora is a shield for her friends, Liliana is a reusable tutor) or exceptionally strong despite not being able to insta-Ultimate (Venser, Ajani Vengeant, Karn, Sorin Markov).
Idyllic Tutor, Rings of Three Wishes, Conflux, and Liliana Vess will all help find what you need to win the game. The various field wipes take advantage of the fact that you play very few creatures. I intentionally left out the mass land destruction and some of the more powerful “Exile All Permanents/ Non-Land Permanents.” The MLD isn’t there because I want people to love me. The other group isn’t there because I don’t need people searching my library and playing it, or playing it from my graveyard.
I don't quite have the budget for Alpha/Beta duals, but I already had the fetches. So I've added them in for their synergies with Rings of Brighthearth and Crucible of Worlds. Thinking of adding Krosan Verge as well.
Going to add in Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, Sage of Hours, and maybe Sanguine Bond once Journey Into Nyx releases.
The main reason I'm posting on here is that I'd like everyone's opinion and maybe their own take on the deck. Another issue is that the deck is fun and rewards good play, but I'd like to make it a bit more interactive. It sometimes seems like I'm just dropping a tutoring for Doubling Season, wiping the field, playing a planeswalker, and winning. I'd like less field wiping and more interacting, I suppose? Or maybe any other way that someone would like to take the deck.
though i'd probably cut a few sweepers and put in some dedicated targeted removal
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