Marton Stromgald comes to mind. The vast majority of people ask to read the card the first (and sometimes second, third, and fourth) time I play them with him. He's pretty amazing when used right though.
Can't think of others, but I'm sure there are some. Bnen tempted to make an Atogatog deck with each Atog and a bunch of color cycles, cause I can't think of a way to make it actually good with the general and each Atog in there. Some changelings and such I'm sure.
Can't think of others, but I'm sure there are some. Bnen tempted to make an Atogatog deck with each Atog and a bunch of color cycles, cause I can't think of a way to make it actually good with the general and each Atog in there. Some changelings and such I'm sure.
Hmm, Whispersilk Cloak on Atogatog, activate Chameleon Colossus twice, sac it and swing for 21. Not, perhaps, the best commander, but certainly the best story fodder!
Diaochan, Artful Beauty
It does something pretty unique for red, and makes you pretty much HAVE to play a political game, because choosing and opponent to kill things makes you have to read the table pretty carefully, and not choose the guy who's going to use the second kill to just kill off one of your creatures or Diaochan.
Typically I do put Lu Bu in her deck, but that's because right now I'm working mono-color EDH decks all having a mono-color Portal 3 Kingdoms general, so horsemanship usually is kinda relevant.
my main edh deck is built around Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant. Its easily my favorite and i have since built an edh deck for every ascendant minus the blue one for obvious reasons...
Shauku, Endbringer. There is not a single, serious Shauku player, who has assembled and spent actual money on an actual Shauku deck in real life. I think I can be sure of this.
I basically run a heavy life-drain theme, with combos , big creatures, or big mana to win. A general that can exile any problem creature for the mere cost of just 3 life per upkeep isn't much to pay, especially when you manage to untap her several times in one turn.
She's also much less threatening than Visara, the Dreadful.
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BGJumpin' JaradsGB BB Furry Rat Lady: The Deck BB UU I Don't Ever Want To Explain How Knowledge Pool Works Ever Again UU RR This Is My Suika Cosplay Lightning Bolt Deck RR WW Mangara exiles both permanents and friends RWG Marath Sunforger RWG WUBRG Cromat and Friends WUBRG
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EDH, on the other hand, is more like a monster truck rally. It's more about the spectacle than the race, the games go long, and it's not usually clear who's in the lead until there's only one truck left.*
Single player EDH is like two guys smacking each other with pillows... until one of them pulls out a shotgun.
Kasimir the Lone Wolf is my new pet project. I'm only playing old frame cards as a building challenge and it's been tons of fun to pilot so far. Nothing's funnier than playing Feldon's Cane because "back in my day we had to remove it from the game, and we didn't get any life from it and we LIKED it!"
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EDH Decks:
RRRDo Not Pursue Lu Bu!!!RRR UBUWydwyn, the Biting Gale 1v1UBU WRWBrion Cho Aniki!! I Wanna Be Strong Like Big Brother!WRW BRBLyzie Borden and the Thrill Kill CultBRB GWUDerevi, Birdman TacticianGWU
"Gotta have opposites dark and light, light and dark in painting. It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come." -Bob Ross
Lu xun, scholar general. You get bonus points for a P3k general. Plus he has two very relevant abilities. You could go voltron, with equips or run all the extra turn cards + artifact mana and a few wincons like rite of replication or combos. You could also go the route of pingers with things like thornbite staff type cards.
Jace SHOULD be unbanned in modern. I hate all the people saying "JACE IS BROKEN OHMYGOD HE'LL TAKE OVER AND CAWBLADE WILL REIGN SUPREME AGAIN" when bloodbraid elf literally comes down after jace and kicks jace right in the crotch, takes jace's lunch money, and jace is left to bleed out on the sidewalk in agonizing pain.
Jasmine Boreal always gets good reactions. She gets even better reactions when I win with general damage. Commander Greven il-Vec has gotten remarkable amounts of support, and he's actually a pretty solid general. A three turn evasive clock who's also a sac outlet is nothing to scoff at.
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[Pr]Jaya | Estrid | A rotating cast of decks built out of my box.
I like using Rubinia Soulsinger for my theft deck. Bant colors are super-strong, and Rubinia is just my non-threatening figurehead. The deck functions fine without her, but it has plenty of cards that have synergy with tap-to-steal creatures like her.
Pianna, Nomad Captain has been my general for a long time for my mono-white EDH deck. Sadly, she was outclasses by Mikeaus a few months ago, but I still sometimes put Pianna in charge for nostalgia.
Maraxus of Keld list in my sig is a lot of fun, but he's hard to take advantage of in mono R. Lack of tokens/token generators hurts. Still, there are some games he just gets large and can swing in for a ton. Fun to play if only because you're probably all in on his gameplan and flying by the seat of your pants.
Marton Stromgald seems criminally underplayed in general; as a singleton AND as a Commander. As a finisher in a token deck he's bonkerstastic.
If you really want a reaction to your general, just play a P3K general. They are in general rather rare and obscure and most new players won't even know they exist. I always get alot of whoa what is that card when i play my P3K cards or i whip out my Xiahou Dun deck or Lu Bu Deck.
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Generation 15: The first time you see this, add it to your sig, but add 1 to the number. Call it a social experiment.
Hakim, Loreweaver has been really great for Me so far. Everybody has to pick Him up and read Him and in a lot of cases I still end up having to explain how I can get multiple activations of His 1st ability.
I hope to get similar random responses from My Skyfire Kirin when its finished
Can't think of others, but I'm sure there are some. Bnen tempted to make an Atogatog deck with each Atog and a bunch of color cycles, cause I can't think of a way to make it actually good with the general and each Atog in there. Some changelings and such I'm sure.
Hmm, Whispersilk Cloak on Atogatog, activate Chameleon Colossus twice, sac it and swing for 21. Not, perhaps, the best commander, but certainly the best story fodder!
It does something pretty unique for red, and makes you pretty much HAVE to play a political game, because choosing and opponent to kill things makes you have to read the table pretty carefully, and not choose the guy who's going to use the second kill to just kill off one of your creatures or Diaochan.
Typically I do put Lu Bu in her deck, but that's because right now I'm working mono-color EDH decks all having a mono-color Portal 3 Kingdoms general, so horsemanship usually is kinda relevant.
I basically run a heavy life-drain theme, with combos , big creatures, or big mana to win. A general that can exile any problem creature for the mere cost of just 3 life per upkeep isn't much to pay, especially when you manage to untap her several times in one turn.
She's also much less threatening than Visara, the Dreadful.
BG Jumpin' JaradsGB
BB Furry Rat Lady: The Deck BB
UU I Don't Ever Want To Explain How Knowledge Pool Works Ever Again UU
RR This Is My Suika Cosplay Lightning Bolt Deck RR
WW Mangara exiles both permanents and friends
RWG Marath Sunforger RWG
WUBRG Cromat and Friends WUBRG
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BG Savra, Rocking Attrition (retired) GB
BB">Shauku, Envoy of the End (retired) BB
BU Wrexial, the Tentacled H beast(retired)UB
BB Endrek Sahr, Master Commander (retired )BB
UU [PRIMER] Talrand's Terrible Tempo Terror Teatime (retired) UU
UBW Senator Trio - Three Heads Are Better Than One (retired) UBW
BB MONSTRUAL BLEEDING EREBOS SADISM (retired) BB
I'm still working on Celestial Kirin but even with the whole set released, there just isn't the support... Le sigh.
On building a Celestial Kirin Stax EDH:
UBUWydwyn, the Biting Gale 1v1UBU
WRWBrion Cho Aniki!! I Wanna Be Strong Like Big Brother!WRW
BRBLyzie Borden and the Thrill Kill CultBRB
GWUDerevi, Birdman TacticianGWU
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GVorinclexG -- RGodoR -- BSheoldredB -- UTalrandU -- WDarienW -- XKarnX -- WRBKaaliaBRW -- RUGMaelstrom WandererGUR
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Generation 16: First time you see this, change the number up 1 and copy into sig. It's a social experiment.
Commander Greven il-Vec has gotten remarkable amounts of support, and he's actually a pretty solid general. A three turn evasive clock who's also a sac outlet is nothing to scoff at.
I like using Rubinia Soulsinger for my theft deck. Bant colors are super-strong, and Rubinia is just my non-threatening figurehead. The deck functions fine without her, but it has plenty of cards that have synergy with tap-to-steal creatures like her.
Also, I have assembled a very fun Iname, Life Aspect deck.
Marton Stromgald seems criminally underplayed in general; as a singleton AND as a Commander. As a finisher in a token deck he's bonkerstastic.
Humongous Big - R - Maraxus of Keld
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=385039
I hope to get similar random responses from My Skyfire Kirin when its finished