MTG Salvation

After playing my +1/+1 attraxa counter deck I found out that creatures with counter party was a bit to cassual for me. Not enough reactive cards, not enough card draw. I want to try other things with it. Generate a lot of mana, and cast big spells.

But I still wanne use Atraxa, Praetors' Voice for good stuff. Does Energy work?

Two energy cards in particular caught my attension:



Or are the above Cards to cute in commander? I am unsure how much energy the deck will be able to generate to make the energy cards rellevant. I think Thrummingbird , Steady Progress or Contagion Clasp might just be to slow/ low inpact.

Any experience with Atraxa would be welcommed.

People usually use Parallax wave.

I think Energy is pretty weak. Aside from Aetherworks Marvel and Dynavolt Tower, they don't accomplish much.

Atraxa goes well with planeswalkers.

I think Energy will be fun. Honestly in a 4-color deck Servant of the Conduit, Aether Hub, Attune to the Aether, and Rogue Refiner all seem fine enough as is and I think Aetherworks Marvel is enough of a payoff.

I conversely have found that most Proliferate cards are "too cute" for Commander, and recommend against all of them except maybe Tezzeret's Gambit.

Don't forget Everflowing Chalice, Pentad Prism, and Astral Cornucopia!

I think the two divinety counters are nice. Particularly the black diacard hand effect.

I specifically wanted to design a deck around energy and here was the result : http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/760517-energy-in-commander-brago-is-the-way-to-go

Energy is not very good in commander, just due to the fact that there really is only one pay off card and that's Aetherworks Marvel. Even Dynavolt Tower is not good in commander, for the same reasons that Lightning Bolt is not exciting in this format either.

Energy pay-off cards are all about small incremental advantages, and commander tends to go way over the top to make it very useful.

I think there is an argument for aetherwind basker being good in commander.

I only run the aether hubb in the latest version of the deck draft. Cards with counter now include:

4 vivid lands*
gavony township
aether hub*
opal palace
llanowae reborn
oran-rief, the castwood

Jitte*
Scooze
Everflowing challice*
Astral Corncopia*
Party Jace*
Fertilid
Paralax Wave*
Infused Arrows*
Crystaline Crawler
Etched Oracle
Tamyio field reseracher*
Forgotten Ancient
Spike Weaver
The Mimeoplasm
Kalonian Hydra
Contamination Engine*
Carnifex Demon*
Ajany Unyielding*
Myojin of Cleansing Fire*
Myojin of Night's Reach*
Avenger of Zendikar

Sadly, only the once marked with * are not +1/+1 counters. But I am very exited for Myojin every turn. Now I need a darksteel plate to do it every turn.

Palliation Accord is kinda cool.

Consulate Surveillance also works well with energy proliferating.

Myojin of Seeing Winds is also great.

I did some digging. City of Shadows seems slow but steady. Non stacks atraxa is very slow anyway.

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People usually use Parallax wave.

...which is really awesome with Opalescence, as a quick aside.

I'm kind of fond of Fathom Mage. Combine her with Archangel of Thune for a Drogskol Reaver. Combine her with Atraxa for a Phyrexian Arena. Combine her with Cathars' Crusade for a better Mentor of the Meek. Combine her with Viral Drake to get an Azure Mage. Or with Contagion Engine to get a much better Jayemdae Tome. The possibilities are limitless. Or, just cast Increasing Savagery on her to replenish your hand.

Also, consider the quest counters. It's really cool because the only one that is absolutely worthless in Commander is Pyromancer Ascension, which is also not in her colors.

I like Sigil of Distinction; it's cheap at 1 mana and it just sort of lingers since no one wants to use removal on it, but it steadily becomes good and also isn't awful to topdeck.

There are similar equipments like Banshee's Blade or the more famous Umezawa's Jitte. And if you really want to get weird, there's Sensei Golden-Tail (the counters don't actually do anything, buuut... )

Hankyu isn't completely awful, and any of the Shrines can make a neat doomsday clock.

There's also Fate Transfer for an extremely gimmicky combat trick; works great with Sheltering Ancient

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Hankyu isn't completely awful, and any of the Shrines can make a neat doomsday clock.

Actually, only three of them are an actual doomsday clock: Shrine of Burning Rage (but you're not in red, so you'll only get once per turn), Shrine of Boundless Growth (but you need a nonred x spell; I'm fond of Decree of Justice, Entreat the Angels, and Exsanguinate, but you can also use Hurricane, though your life total must be greater than your opponents', or x creatures.), and Shrine of Loyal Legions.

But my favorite doomsday clock with proliferate is Ichor Rats.

Or you can just be literal. (Warning: Card is absolute crap in multiplayer, and kind of expensive for what it does.)

Magistrate's Scepter can go infinite with enough proliferate cards, or Gilder Bairn or Vorel.