Or you can look at it this way: Wizards brought attention to commander and has thus increased its popularity. Being that the precons are the most likely entry point, many more players would be be using those box legends. The newest 2014 commander averaged lists have been pretty stock for some time.
If I were given the choice between growth in popularity and not having custom-made generals for cookie cutter decks that make it far too easy for tryhards to spike casual games, I'd choose the latter. The extra people playing is not worth getting blown out by Combo Animar in two out of three games.
Keep in mind, this list doesn't have all the precon commanders, nor are they necessarily even a majority among the whole. Moreover, experiences do vary and these commanders hardly show the degree of how "cookie-cutter" they are (scoeri's linearity index shows that).
I hardly see any of the precon commanders very often in the metagames I play, and I favor this extra growth for a more diverse playgroup. I understand that your stance is more self-centered, and that's fine. Just know that without growth, you won't find many people to play with.
The fact is, it doesn't matter what the players choose to play with. It's how each player interacts and responds to the environment. If you anticipate Animar that much, adapt to it. Likewise, if the Animar player doesn't fit well with the playgroup, they must adapt.
Thanks... I guess.
7 Kresh the Bloodbraided
# Creatures (26)
5 Fleshbag Marauder
5 Anger
5 Acidic Slime
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Eternal Witness
4 Sheoldred, Whispering One
4 Shriekmaw
4 Yavimaya Elder
3 Butcher of Malakir
3 Rune-Scarred Demon
3 Wood Elves
3 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Vampire Nighthawk
2 Bloodgift Demon
2 Phyrexian Dreadnought
2 Brawn
2 Corpsejack Menace
2 Reaper of the Wilds
2 Urabrask the Hidden
2 Terastodon
2 Spitebellows
2 Slum Reaper
2 Malignus
2 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
2 Steel Hellkite
2 Bloodghast
# Enchantments (6)
3 Survival of the Fittest
3 Greater Good
3 Grave Pact
2 Asceticism
2 Dictate of Erebos
2 Rancor
6 Lightning Greaves
5 Sol Ring
4 Whispersilk Cloak
4 Darksteel Plate
3 Skullclamp
3 Chromatic Lantern
3 Swiftfoot Boots
2 Birthing Pod
2 Darksteel Ingot
2 Golgari Signet
2 Gruul Signet
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Rakdos Signet
# Instants (8)
4 Terminate
4 Putrefy
3 Worldly Tutor
3 Beast Within
2 Fling
2 Fatal Frenzy
2 Chaos Warp
2 Tribute to Hunger
# Sorceries (11)
4 Cultivate
4 Decree of Pain
4 Kodama's Reach
3 Dreadbore
3 Living Death
2 Blasphemous Act
2 Harmonize
2 Skyshroud Claim
2 Diabolic Tutor
2 Demonic Tutor
2 Damnation
# Lands (35)
7 Command Tower
7 Swamp
7 Mountain
7 Forest
6 Bojuka Bog
6 Overgrown Tomb
5 Stomping Ground
5 Blood Crypt
5 Dragonskull Summit
5 Savage Lands
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Jund Panorama
4 Kessig Wolf Run
3 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
3 Raging Ravine
3 Wooded Foothills
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Strip Mine
3 Reflecting Pool
3 Woodland Cemetery
3 Evolving Wilds
3 Bloodstained Mire
2 Twilight Mire
2 Golgari Rot Farm
2 Badlands
2 Bayou
2 Gruul Turf
2 Rakdos Carnarium
2 Darigaaz's Caldera
2 Volrath's Stronghold
2 Yavimaya Hollow
2 Spinerock Knoll
2 Taiga
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Thanks very much.
14 Eternal Witness
12 Oracle of Mul Daya
11 Terastodon
10 Regal Force
10 Avenger of Zendikar
10 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
9 Acidic Slime
9 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
8 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
8 Lotus Cobra
7 Rampaging Baloths
7 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
7 Fierce Empath
7 Woodfall Primus
7 Duplicant
7 Steel Hellkite
6 Courser of Kruphix
6 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
5 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
5 Craterhoof Behemoth
5 Fauna Shaman
5 Scavenging Ooze
5 Seedborn Muse
5 Genesis
4 Artisan of Kozilek
3 Ant Queen
# Enchantments (7)
10 Sylvan Library
8 Exploration
5 Greater Good
5 Mana Reflection
5 Recycle
5 Survival of the Fittest
4 Burgeoning
10 Crucible of Worlds
9 Horn of Greed
9 Sol Ring
7 Seer's Sundial
6 Oblivion Stone
5 Sensei's Divining Top
5 Memory Jar
4 Lightning Greaves
4 Caged Sun
4 Mind's Eye
# Instants (6)
9 Beast Within
8 Crop Rotation
7 Krosan Grip
7 Worldly Tutor
6 Chord of Calling
5 Realms Uncharted
# Sorceries (20)
12 Green Sun's Zenith
10 Tooth and Nail
10 Harmonize
10 Genesis Wave
8 Praetor's Counsel
7 Rude Awakening
7 Journey of Discovery
7 Natural Order
6 Cultivate
6 Life from the Loam
6 All Is Dust
6 Kodama's Reach
6 Seek the Horizon
4 Regrowth
4 Search for Tomorrow
4 Explosive Vegetation
4 Ranger's Path
4 Skyshroud Claim
4 Boundless Realms
4 Sylvan Scrying
10 Garruk, Primal Hunter
# Lands (29)
11 Temple of the False God
10 Forest
9 Strip Mine
9 Eye of Ugin
8 Ancient Tomb
8 Homeward Path
7 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
7 Reliquary Tower
7 Vesuva
7 Buried Ruin
7 High Market
7 Dryad Arbor
6 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
6 Deserted Temple
6 Dust Bowl
6 Winding Canyons
5 Maze of Ith
5 Wasteland
5 Evolving Wilds
5 Verdant Catacombs
5 Petrified Field
5 Misty Rainforest
5 Gaea's Cradle
5 Terramorphic Expanse
5 Mosswort Bridge
5 Tectonic Edge
4 Yavimaya Hollow
4 Ghost Quarter
4 Tranquil Thicket
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Could I get the stats on Gaddock Teeg& Anafenza, the Foremost& Korlash, Heir to Blackblade?
Thanks!
GSelvala, Heart of the Wilds Inf Combo/FattiesG
GWSaffi Eriksdotter Inf ComboGW
BLiliana, Heretical Healer StaxB
RKiki-Jikki, Inf Combo/ETB AbuseR
4 Gaddock Teeg
# Creatures (51)
4 Grand Abolisher
4 Aven Mindcensor
3 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Mother of Runes
3 Eternal Witness
3 Sun Titan
3 Acidic Slime
3 Stonecloaker
2 Angel of Finality
2 Oracle of Mul Daya
2 Restoration Angel
2 Sigarda, Host of Herons
2 Wilt-Leaf Liege
2 Mirror Entity
2 Seedborn Muse
2 Karametra, God of Harvests
2 Glowrider
2 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Reclamation Sage
2 Whitemane Lion
2 Lotus Cobra
2 Dauntless Escort
2 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
2 Containment Priest
2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Saffi Eriksdotter
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Sylvan Ranger
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Fleecemane Lion
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Champion of Lambholt
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1 Banisher Priest
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Borderland Ranger
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Yavimaya Dryad
1 Fleetfoot Panther
1 Tolsimir Wolfblood
1 Wolfbriar Elemental
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Genesis
1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
1 Karmic Guide
3 Aura of Silence
3 Sylvan Library
3 Aura Shards
2 City of Solitude
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Land Tax
2 Stony Silence
2 Mirri's Guile
# Artifacts (2)
2 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Birthing Pod
# Instants (15)
3 Swords to Plowshares
3 Eladamri's Call
3 Path to Exile
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Beast Within
2 Krosan Grip
2 Oblation
1 Reincarnation
1 Harrow
1 Constant Mists
1 Bind
1 Reclaim
1 Rebuff the Wicked
1 Noxious Revival
1 Mana Tithe
# Sorceries (7)
2 Sylvan Scrying
2 Council's Judgment
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Cultivate
1 Regrowth
1 Rampant Growth
1 Gaea's Blessing
# Lands (16)
4 Forest
3 Command Tower
3 Plains
3 Sunpetal Grove
3 Temple Garden
2 Riftstone Portal
2 Temple of Plenty
2 Sungrass Prairie
2 Krosan Verge
2 Kor Haven
2 Stirring Wildwood
2 Wooded Bastion
1 Gavony Township
1 Grasslands
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Winding Canyons
12 Anafenza, the Foremost
# Creatures (33)
9 Eternal Witness
7 Knight of the Reliquary
7 Birds of Paradise
6 Scavenging Ooze
6 Qasali Pridemage
6 Abzan Falconer
6 Mother of Runes
5 Stoneforge Mystic
5 Sun Titan
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Voice of Resurgence
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Gaddock Teeg
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Elves of Deep Shadow
3 Mirran Crusader
3 Spirit of the Labyrinth
3 Dauntless Escort
3 Aven Mindcensor
3 Mangara of Corondor
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Arbor Elf
3 Yavimaya Elder
3 Twilight Shepherd
3 Tuskguard Captain
3 Llanowar Elves
3 Grand Abolisher
3 Fertilid
3 Elvish Mystic
3 Reclamation Sage
3 Soul Warden
3 Abzan Battle Priest
3 Hushwing Gryff
6 Phyrexian Arena
6 Sylvan Library
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Bow of Nylea
3 Phyrexian Reclamation
3 Hardened Scales
3 Pernicious Deed
3 Mirari's Wake
3 Aura of Silence
3 Survival of the Fittest
# Artifacts (4)
4 Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Sol Ring
3 Sword of Light and Shadow
# Instants (7)
8 Swords to Plowshares
6 Abzan Charm
6 Enlightened Tutor
5 Beast Within
5 Path to Exile
4 Abrupt Decay
3 Go for the Throat
# Sorceries (10)
5 Demonic Tutor
4 Vindicate
3 Living Death
3 Kodama's Reach
3 Thoughtseize
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Cultivate
3 Austere Command
3 Council's Judgment
3 Green Sun's Zenith
# Planeswalkers (2)
3 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
3 Liliana of the Veil
10 Plains
9 Overgrown Tomb
9 Temple Garden
9 Forest
9 Command Tower
9 Windswept Heath
8 Verdant Catacombs
8 Swamp
7 Godless Shrine
7 Marsh Flats
6 Isolated Chapel
6 Misty Rainforest
6 Woodland Cemetery
6 Bayou
5 Scrubland
5 Sunpetal Grove
5 Savannah
5 Sandsteppe Citadel
5 Bloodstained Mire
5 Polluted Delta
5 Wooded Foothills
5 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
5 Gavony Township
4 Vault of the Archangel
4 Flooded Strand
4 City of Brass
4 Wasteland
3 Arid Mesa
3 Tectonic Edge
3 Llanowar Wastes
3 Terramorphic Expanse
3 Dryad Arbor
2 Orzhov Guildgate
3 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
# Creatures
3 Crypt Ghast
3 Grave Titan
2 Bloodgift Demon
2 Graveborn Muse
2 Gravecrawler
2 Withered Wretch
2 Pilgrim's Eye
2 Geth, Lord of the Vault
2 Rune-Scarred Demon
2 Fleshbag Marauder
2 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Walking Atlas
2 Burnished Hart
2 Phyrexian Arena
# Artifacts
3 Nightmare Lash
3 Lashwrithe
2 Unstable Obelisk
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Armillary Sphere
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Whispersilk Cloak
2 Wayfarer's Bauble
2 Sword of Vengeance
2 Swiftfoot Boots
2 Withering Boon
# Sorceries
3 Sign in Blood
2 Life's Finale
2 Mutilate
2 Extinguish All Hope
2 Decree of Pain
2 Beacon of Unrest
2 Read the Bones
# Lands
3 Swamp
2 Cabal Coffers
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Bojuka Bog
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GSelvala, Heart of the Wilds Inf Combo/FattiesG
GWSaffi Eriksdotter Inf ComboGW
BLiliana, Heretical Healer StaxB
RKiki-Jikki, Inf Combo/ETB AbuseR
3 Rakdos the Defiler
# Creatures (19)
2 Reaper from the Abyss
2 Rune-Scarred Demon
2 Lord of the Void
2 Abhorrent Overlord
2 Sire of Insanity
2 Malfegor
2 Master of Cruelties
2 Archfiend of Depravity
2 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
2 Blood Speaker
2 Anger
1 Necrotic Ooze
1 Triskelion
1 Phyrexian Devourer
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Demonlord of Ashmouth
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Halo Hunter
1 Magus of the Coffers
# Enchantments (5)
2 Phyrexian Arena
2 Heartless Summoning
1 Dystopia
1 Parallax Nexus
1 Blood Moon
# Artifacts (5)
2 Sol Ring
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Tangle Wire
1 Defense Grid
# Instants (11)
3 Dark Ritual
2 Burnt Offering
2 Rain of Filth
2 Insidious Dreams
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Fire Covenant
1 Chaos Warp
1 Dismember
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Pyroblast
1 Shred Memory
2 Curse of the Cabal
2 Living Death
2 Pox
2 Death Cloud
2 Read the Bones
2 Sign in Blood
2 Exhume
2 Reanimate
2 Demonic Tutor
2 Diabolic Tutor
2 Dreadbore
1 Doomsday
1 Slagstorm
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Damnation
1 Persecute
1 Unmask
1 Painful Memories
1 Distress
1 Duress
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Thoughtseize
1 Buried Alive
1 Dimir Machinations
# Planeswalkers (1)
2 Liliana of the Veil
# Lands (31)
3 Swamp
3 Mountain
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Command Tower
2 Rakdos Carnarium
2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2 Cabal Coffers
2 Mana Confluence
2 Lake of the Dead
2 Sulfurous Springs
2 Graven Cairns
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Bojuka Bog
2 Tainted Peak
2 Dragonskull Summit
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Blood Crypt
1 Wasteland
1 Rishadan Port
1 Badlands
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Shadowblood Ridge
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Arid Mesa
1 Mutavault
1 Ebon Stronghold
1 Peat Bog
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Modern- Protean Hulk combo WBRG -Mill UB
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URJhoira of the Ghitu-WRG Mayael the Anima-WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain-WBR Kaalia of the Vast-RG Ruric Thar, the Unbowed -UBRNekusar the Mindrazer-W Darien, King of Kjeldor-GFreyalise,Llanowar's Fury-W Nahiri, the Lithomancer-UB Grimgrin, Corpse-Born-UW Brago, King Eternal-WBR Alesha, Who Smiles at Death-UBR Mishra, Artificer Prodigy-BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher-WUBRG Scion of the Ur-Dragon-BG Skullbriar, the Walking Grave-WR Tajic, Blade of the Legion-UBG Damia, Sage of Stone-WUB Sharum the Hegemon-RG Wort, the Raidmother-WURZedruu the GreatheartedUGKruphix, God of Horizons-BWG Ghave, Guru of Spores-GUEzuri, Claw of Progress-URMizzix of the Izmagnus-WGSigarda, Host of Herons-BROlivia Valderan-WG Rhys, the Redeemed-UGExperiment KrajRG[mana]OmnatH,LoCUSofRaGE[/aRd]-[mana]BG Nath of the Gilt-Leaf" target="blank">-RG[mana]OmnatH,LoCUSofRaGE[/aRd]-[mana]BG Nath of the Gilt-Leaf-URGMaelstrom Wanderer -
11 Jhoira of the Ghitu
# Creatures (23)
5 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
5 Rift Elemental
5 Deep-Sea Kraken
5 Blightsteel Colossus
4 Jhoira's Timebug
4 Fog Bank
4 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
4 Steel Hellkite
4 Aeon Chronicler
3 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
3 Pathrazer of Ulamog
3 Darksteel Colossus
3 Consecrated Sphinx
3 Balefire Dragon
3 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
3 Artisan of Kozilek
3 Stormtide Leviathan
2 Sphinx of Uthuun
2 Sphinx Ambassador
2 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Hypersonic Dragon
2 Dragon Mage
# Enchantments (4)
6 Omniscience
6 Paradox Haze
3 Leyline of Anticipation
3 Mind Unbound
# Artifacts (11)
9 Sol Ring
8 Izzet Signet
6 Thran Dynamo
5 Swiftfoot Boots
4 Gilded Lotus
3 Crystal Ball
3 Worn Powerstone
3 Wayfarer's Bauble
3 Coldsteel Heart
2 Coalition Relic
2 Memory Jar
8 Cyclonic Rift
6 Fury Charm
5 Timecrafting
5 Counterspell
4 Negate
4 Mystical Tutor
4 Fact or Fiction
4 Counterflux
3 Hinder
3 Dissolve
3 Mana Leak
3 Steam Augury
3 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Long-Term Plans
3 Clockspinning
3 Spell Crumple
3 Muddle the Mixture
2 Reverberate
# Sorceries (22)
4 Blasphemous Act
4 Rite of Replication
4 Ancestral Vision
4 Jokulhaups
4 Enter the Infinite
4 Temporal Mastery
4 Time Stretch
3 Preordain
3 Spelltwine
3 Recurring Insight
3 Beacon of Tomorrows
3 Windfall
3 Time Warp
3 Reforge the Soul
3 Obliterate
3 Ponder
3 Savor the Moment
3 Devastation Tide
3 Blatant Thievery
3 Insurrection
2 Fabricate
2 Wheel of Fortune
3 Ral Zarek
# Lands (20)
10 Island
9 Mountain
9 Command Tower
9 Shivan Reef
8 Izzet Boilerworks
8 Reliquary Tower
7 Steam Vents
7 Temple of Epiphany
5 Halimar Depths
5 Sulfur Falls
5 Izzet Guildgate
5 Cascade Bluffs
4 Desolate Lighthouse
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Thawing Glaciers
4 Temple of the False God
3 Darksteel Citadel
3 Tolaria West
3 Academy Ruins
3 Caldera Lake
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6 Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
# Creatures (30)
5 Balefire Dragon
5 Bladewing the Risen
5 Utvara Hellkite
5 Steel Hellkite
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Hellkite Tyrant
4 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
4 Thundermaw Hellkite
4 Dragon Broodmother
4 Kilnmouth Dragon
3 Atarka, World Render
3 Stormbreath Dragon
3 Eternal Witness
3 Dragonmaster Outcast
3 Moonveil Dragon
3 Kokusho, the Evening Star
3 Scourge of Valkas
3 Hellkite Overlord
3 Broodmate Dragon
2 Scourge of the Throne
2 Dragonspeaker Shaman
2 Ryusei, the Falling Star
2 Oracle of Mul Daya
2 Dragonlord's Servant
2 Anger
2 Disciple of Bolas
2 Fierce Empath
2 Flameblast Dragon
2 Genesis
2 Hellkite Charger
# Enchantments (8)
4 Crucible of Fire
4 Greater Good
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Pernicious Deed
2 Asceticism
2 Sneak Attack
2 Frontier Siege
2 Dragon Tempest
5 Sol Ring
2 Thran Dynamo
2 Chromatic Lantern
# Instants (4)
2 Chaos Warp
2 Vampiric Tutor
2 Chord of Calling
2 Savage Beating
# Sorceries (18)
5 Demonic Tutor
4 Skyshroud Claim
3 Cultivate
3 Kodama's Reach
3 Damnation
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Descent of the Dragons
2 Crux of Fate
2 Dragonstorm
2 Explosive Vegetation
2 Harmonize
2 Nature's Lore
2 Plague Wind
2 Violent Ultimatum
2 Tooth and Nail
2 Patriarch's Bidding
2 Living Death
2 Fearsome Awakening
# Planeswalkers (6)
4 Sarkhan Vol
3 Liliana Vess
3 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
2 Vraska the Unseen
# Lands (30)
6 Swamp
6 Forest
6 Blood Crypt
6 Stomping Ground
6 Mountain
5 Wooded Foothills
5 Bloodstained Mire
5 Command Tower
5 Overgrown Tomb
4 Taiga
4 Bayou
4 Badlands
4 Savage Lands
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Kessig Wolf Run
3 Volrath's Stronghold
3 Woodland Cemetery
3 Temple of the False God
3 Reflecting Pool
3 Temple of Abandon
3 Bojuka Bog
3 Temple of Malice
2 Windswept Heath
2 Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
2 Opal Palace
2 Gruul Turf
2 Rakdos Carnarium
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The format is alive as ever.
The glass is half-empty, buddy.
I hardly see any of the precon commanders very often in the metagames I play, and I favor this extra growth for a more diverse playgroup. I understand that your stance is more self-centered, and that's fine. Just know that without growth, you won't find many people to play with.
The fact is, it doesn't matter what the players choose to play with. It's how each player interacts and responds to the environment. If you anticipate Animar that much, adapt to it. Likewise, if the Animar player doesn't fit well with the playgroup, they must adapt.
3 Erebos, God of the Dead
# Creatures (25)
3 Crypt Ghast
3 Grave Titan
2 Cunning Lethemancer
2 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Bloodghast
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Coffin Queen
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Merciless Executioner
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Mindslicer
1 Sangromancer
1 Chainer, Dementia Master
1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
1 Scythe Specter
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Myojin of Night's Reach
1 Burnished Hart
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Duplicant
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
# Enchantments (14)
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Necrogen Mists
2 Oppression
2 Underworld Dreams
2 Exquisite Blood
2 Necropotence
2 Underworld Connections
2 Gibbering Descent
2 Waste Not
2 Bottomless Pit
1 Contamination
1 Infernal Darkness
1 Gate to Phyrexia
1 Bitterblossom
3 Sol Ring
3 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Crucible of Worlds
2 Anvil of Bogardan
2 Geth's Grimoire
2 Thran Dynamo
2 Tormod's Crypt
2 Everflowing Chalice
1 Clock of Omens
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Grim Monolith
1 Jet Medallion
1 Mana Vault
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Winter Orb
# Instants (3)
3 Vampiric Tutor
1 Snuff Out
1 Hero's Downfall
# Sorceries (13)
3 Ashes to Ashes
3 Exsanguinate
3 Damnation
3 Demonic Tutor
2 Syphon Mind
2 Dark Deal
2 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Unnerve
2 Black Sun's Zenith
2 Death Cloud
1 Crux of Fate
1 All Is Dust
1 Reanimate
2 Sorin Markov
2 Liliana of the Dark Realms
2 Liliana of the Veil
1 Karn Liberated
1 Liliana Vess
# Lands (22)
3 Bojuka Bog
3 Cabal Coffers
3 Swamp
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Strip Mine
2 Polluted Delta
2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2 Myriad Landscape
2 High Market
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Marsh Flats
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Buried Ruin
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Inkmoth Nexus
1 Lake of the Dead
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Vesuva
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UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU's prison: blue is the new orange is the new black.
Mizzix Of The Izmagnus : wheels on fire... rolling down the road...
BSidisi, Undead VizierB: Bis zum Erbrechen
GTitiania, Protector Of ArgothG: Protecting Argoth, by blowing it up!
GYisan, The Wanderer BardG: Gradus Ad Elfball.
Duel EDH: Yisan & Titania.
In Progress: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV duel; Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Doomsday.
Thank you! Sorry I missed that.
UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU's prison: blue is the new orange is the new black.
Mizzix Of The Izmagnus : wheels on fire... rolling down the road...
BSidisi, Undead VizierB: Bis zum Erbrechen
GTitiania, Protector Of ArgothG: Protecting Argoth, by blowing it up!
GYisan, The Wanderer BardG: Gradus Ad Elfball.
Duel EDH: Yisan & Titania.
In Progress: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV duel; Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Doomsday.
DECKS
Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
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Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks