I really want to like Captive Audience, but I know I play in the meta that it's going to be literally a waste of 7 mana. Yes I know the target is known only after it ETBs, but eh where I am the blue-control decks tend to draw really well and are more liberal with their countering to include "if it can potentially heavily cripple me, I'll still counter it" stacked with the knowledge they know I'm more likely to target a player with less board-enchantment removal in the deck.
Font of Agonies though, is something I could totally get behind. Low-cost, flexible card that has little incentive for spot removal.
Sure, there is a chance of spending $4 on a booster and getting the Mythic Rare $30 super card. There is also a chance of surviving putting your tongue in a light socket.
It gives you access to all the good white/black reanimation cards as well as most of the "same name" effects (though you miss out on green for Bloodbond March and Doubling Chant) and because Merieke is (potentially repeatable) removal on a stick, you have more room in the deck to play the card draw, reanimation, combo/synergy pieces, and other cards that this deck needs, which is important when 20-30 of the slots are taken up by semi-do-nothing Maritime Guards.
Other options include Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, who is more all-in and synergistic but lacks white, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, who makes your Petitioners cheaper and is an advisor himself, but the lack of black really hurts and he draws a lot of hate (though TBF Merieke does too), and Thrasios+Tymna, which gets you all the colours and would probably be the most consistent deck but they're a bit overplayed as partners and don't offer any real theme or synergy (your army of Petitioners can try to get in to draw cards with Tymna, but they're not good attackers and I don't think we're supposed to play buff cards like the Rat decks do).
Screaming Shield that is not a discrete shield, I kinda want to use it because it have a silly flavour.
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EDH BGU Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Lurking Zombies. GBG Sapling of Colfenor - Forest Growth and Destruction. RWU Zedruu the Greathearted - Blinking and trading. GWB Teneb the Harvester - Enchantments, you lose life I gain life. RRR Neheb the Eternal - Ping people for mana burn.
Now that the full set is spolied, whats peoples first impressions?
Sleeper hit or total snoozefest?
I'm not all that hyped like I was for Guilds of Ravnica. There is very few standing out like wow this could be fun.
Guilds gave us
There's nothing I'm dying to build around and nothing that I'm likely to include as often as Underrealm Lich, but lots of stuff that I'll certainly play at some point.
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[Pr]Jaya | Estrid | A rotating cast of decks built out of my box.
As for the set as a whole, I'm thinking that there are some really good cards that will see play in very specific circumstances (as opposed to having a lot of cards that will see play in tons of decks where they just need to be the right colors). I'm looking forward to really digging into this set and seeing what it has to offer for Commander.
Font of Agonies though, is something I could totally get behind. Low-cost, flexible card that has little incentive for spot removal.
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Dragons has a spot for it.
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Could be fun? This will be hilariously fun.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Nice idea: you can ‚cycle‘ the Petitioners for getting more Petitioners and then a mass reanimate via Immortal Servitude.
Let's make an Esper bureaucracy deck!
Marath, Will of the Wild
Friendly Kess Twin Combo
Tatyova - Sir Bounce A Lot
Gonti's Luxury Pie
Prime (Eldrazi) Speaker Zegana (Retired)
Who shall lead this evil???
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
From the cards I've been looking at, one of the better generals for this deck might be Merieke Ri Berit, since a lot of the flickering, untapping, and activated ability doubling cards that go great with her (Brago, King Eternal, Eerie Interlude, Sky Hussar, To Arms!, Rings of Brighthearth, Illusionist's Bracers) also go great with the Petitioners.
It gives you access to all the good white/black reanimation cards as well as most of the "same name" effects (though you miss out on green for Bloodbond March and Doubling Chant) and because Merieke is (potentially repeatable) removal on a stick, you have more room in the deck to play the card draw, reanimation, combo/synergy pieces, and other cards that this deck needs, which is important when 20-30 of the slots are taken up by semi-do-nothing Maritime Guards.
Other options include Sidisi, Brood Tyrant, who is more all-in and synergistic but lacks white, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, who makes your Petitioners cheaper and is an advisor himself, but the lack of black really hurts and he draws a lot of hate (though TBF Merieke does too), and Thrasios+Tymna, which gets you all the colours and would probably be the most consistent deck but they're a bit overplayed as partners and don't offer any real theme or synergy (your army of Petitioners can try to get in to draw cards with Tymna, but they're not good attackers and I don't think we're supposed to play buff cards like the Rat decks do).
Oloro, the life gain means the Bereaucracy lasts longer.
Dragons of Legend, Lead by Scion of the UR-Dragon
The Gitrog Monster
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Shogun Saskia
Hive World
Atraxa hates fun
Abzan
EDIT: Just saw
I AM HYPED
Marath, Will of the Wild
Friendly Kess Twin Combo
Tatyova - Sir Bounce A Lot
Gonti's Luxury Pie
Prime (Eldrazi) Speaker Zegana (Retired)
Undead Alchemist
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
BChainer, Dementia Master(Big Mana/Reanimator)
BRRakdos, The Showstopper (Mass Life Loss/Ramp)
BUThe Scarab God (Zombie Tribal/Control)
BWKarlov of the Ghost Council (Life Gain)
BGJarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Stompy/Dredge)
BRGProssh, Skyraider of Kher (Tokens/Non-infinite Combo)
OMFG
I am picking up a copy, JUST FOR THE FLAVOR TEXT!
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BChainer, Dementia Master(Big Mana/Reanimator)
BRRakdos, The Showstopper (Mass Life Loss/Ramp)
BUThe Scarab God (Zombie Tribal/Control)
BWKarlov of the Ghost Council (Life Gain)
BGJarad, Golgari Lich Lord (Stompy/Dredge)
BRGProssh, Skyraider of Kher (Tokens/Non-infinite Combo)
BGU Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Lurking Zombies.
GBG Sapling of Colfenor - Forest Growth and Destruction.
RWU Zedruu the Greathearted - Blinking and trading.
GWB Teneb the Harvester - Enchantments, you lose life I gain life.
RRR Neheb the Eternal - Ping people for mana burn.
Sleeper hit or total snoozefest?
I'm not all that hyped like I was for Guilds of Ravnica. There is very few standing out like wow this could be fun.
Guilds gave us
Geeze the list goes on and on
Allegiance so far
And the mill guys Persistent Petitioners...
To me, set seems lacklustre as a whole compared to Guilds
Also don't forget Guile...
I'm looking forward to putting Priest of Forgotten Gods in my Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder deck.
I think the best place for Dovin's Acuity is in something like Brago, King Eternal where we can bypass the need to cast it again.
As for the set as a whole, I'm thinking that there are some really good cards that will see play in very specific circumstances (as opposed to having a lot of cards that will see play in tons of decks where they just need to be the right colors). I'm looking forward to really digging into this set and seeing what it has to offer for Commander.
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