MTG Salvation

I am currentl;y stuck in my process of making a Monoblue Stax deck as I have never played monoblue for Edh seriously and am trying to build Stax but without trying to take the most ovbious commander for that as they draw hate too quickly.

I am currently stuck between these three:
Lady Sun , Meloku the Clouded Mirror, and Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Each offers it own upside and down side:

Lady Sun
Pro:
- Creature bounce: creature bounce + taxing effects is extremely powerful
- Cool Factor: its a P3K so thats Automaticly cool and her name is Lady Sun. Just too cool.
- Low CMC: Enables for more use.

Cons:
- Cost: P3K is expensive.
- weak body: 1/1 is kinda weak
- Lack of finshing: Doesn't specifically enable a wincon or help generate a win con.

Meloku the Clouded Mirror
pros:
- Sweet Tribe: Moonfolk are really cool. I really wish I had played in Kamigawa
- Win Con: a built in wincon.
- Enables stax: Provides tokens

Cons:
- higher Cmc: not going to be able to use as often
- Lack of originality: I have seen this deck done as a tuned comob deck and it is good but Lacks the creativity that I love.

and finally
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
pros:
- No one expects stax: people expect an aggro deck so stax is more allowed to set up.
- Steals artifacts: creates a nice bit of ramp/tempo for stax to thrive on.
- Lack of combo win con: more grindy to win.

Cons:
- least cool: I personally don't find Him/Her as cool as the other two.
- Overdone tribe: I have two semi tribal syggs in my play group one of each so the tribe is present already


I am curious to see what you guys think and would love some input for my Stax commander choice.

I like Lady Sun simply because I've never seen a deck built around her at all. It's probably not quite as strong as the other two, but definitely more original.

My vote goes to Thada Adel, I used to have a deck with her at the healm but I had to retire it due to money issues. I loved stealing peoples rings boots and swords. it always feels good then you control 3 Sol Ring's

I would personally go with Thada Adel, but I think any of the choices you mention could make for an interesting deck, and I do appreciate it when people play unusual generals.

Another commander I forgot I had was Barrin, Master Wizard which could also be a very good commander. Now that I have been thinking for a much longer time i am leaning away from Thada Adel because I don't feel like I am going to enjoy games with him/her as much. Yes s/he could be very oppressive but I am just lacking the gusto to play it.

edit: Also thank you guys for your input.

I vote for Lady Sun. I have never seen a deck built with her at the helm, and it seems like she could be pretty useful.

My vote goes for building Lady Sun. I don't see enough decks run her as the general.

Thada Adel stax is usually pretty hilarious, I used to run it and people would focus so much on trying to keep Thada off the board that they ran out of answers and were helpless when the stax effects started hitting the board.

You have to go with Lady Sun. Very cool card and she has a baby! The only Baby-Mother commander, it has to count for something....

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Thada Adel stax is usually pretty hilarious, I used to run it and people would focus so much on trying to keep Thada off the board that they ran out of answers and were helpless when the stax effects started hitting the board.

Do you have a list I could look at? I am intrested to see some of the elements for stax that you run.

I made a Lady Sun prison deck a while ago. Here's the thread if you need some ideas.
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/527691-lady-sun-mono-blue-prison

Lady Sun would be really cool to see, i've seen the other ones.

I voted Meloku. The tokens it provides can go a long way towards making sure your Stax effects never really affect you and there are some cool things you can do with cards like Patron of the Moon, Druidic Satchel, Walking Atlas, and especially Surveyor's Scope. Even a Storm Cauldron becomes deadly in that sort of deck.

i want to mention that lady sun goes to your hand, so you play her again at 3 not 5.