So everyone has a Mayael the Anima deck, and Uril, the Miststalker is for knuckledraggers who can't play Bruna, and Marath, Will of the Wild is indeed awesome, but is he really the only choice for this color combo if you want to play something interesting?
Let us stop to consider Akiri, Line-Slinger and Tana, the Bloodsower.
Two cheap and awesome Voltron commanders. Akiri goes tall while Tana goes wide.
And yet over on EDHRec, they're near the very bottom of Naya commanders when it comes to # of deck lists.
EDH Pantheon UBRG Yidris, Eye of the Storm WBR Kaalia, Herald of Apocalypse UBG Damia, Sage of Nightmare WBG Karador, the Bridge Between WU Grand Warden Augustin IV RG Omnath, Locus of Awakening BG Nath Addict UR Niv Mizzet, Brain Aflame B Kokusho, the Mourning Star U Memnarch is All
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
I just don't see much point in going with Akiri + Tana. They don't really synergize well and if you are going to go partners why not go four color combo instead?
Tana: Tymna lets you generate card advantage with go wide strategy and Ravos, Soultender lets you punch harder with go wide.
Akiri:
I think Silas Renn is the best partner for Akiri. Dimir fixes a lot of problems boros has and red gives access to cool artifact matters type cards like Scrap Mastery.
I just don't see much point in going with Akiri + Tana. They don't really synergize well and if you are going to go partners why not go four color combo instead?
Tana: Tymna lets you generate card advantage with go wide strategy and Ravos, Soultender lets you punch harder with go wide.
Akiri:
I think Silas Renn is the best partner for Akiri. Dimir fixes a lot of problems boros has and red gives access to cool artifact matters type cards like Scrap Mastery.
Honestly I find 4-color to be pretty overwhelming in terms of options and both of those combos are pretty overdone afaik
Tana and Akiri do have some synergy, you just have to find and dig for it, which is what EDH is totes all about!
Let us stop to consider Akiri, Line-Slinger and Tana, the Bloodsower.
Two cheap and awesome Voltron commanders. Akiri goes tall while Tana goes wide.
And yet over on EDHRec, they're near the very bottom of Naya commanders when it comes to # of deck lists.
Let's brainstorm cards that mutually benefit both Commanders, like Sigil of Valor and Leonin Sun Standard!
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1st pass of cards that we might want in.
1x Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
1x Myr Battlesphere
1x Angel of Invention
1x Cultivator of Blades
//Buffs
1x Cathar's Crusade
1x Mayael's Aria
1x Sublime Archangel
1x Mirari's Wake
1x Sigil of the Nayan Gods
1x Might of the Masses
1x Glare of Subdual
1x Breath of Fury
//Ramps
1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc
1x Earthcraft
1x Inspiring Statuary
1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
//Worshipped Gods
1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
1x Garruk Wildspeaker
1x Elspeth Tirel
//Draws
1x Shamanic Revlation
//Tutors
1x Chord of Calling
//Other borderline cards
1x War Report
1x Chorus of Might
1x Hope Against Hope
WUBRG Reaper King - Elf Tribal WUBRG | Tribal Fun
WRG Gishath, Sun's Avatar - Dinosaur Tribal WRG | Rawr!!!
WUG Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - Enchantress Tactics WUG | Enchantments Focused
GBG The Gitrog Monster - Land Shenanigans GBG | Lands/Mill Focused
WBW Kambal, Consul of Life Allocation Matters WBW | Life Gain/Loss focused
UBR Kess, Dissident Mage of the Lotus UBR | Spellslinger
BGB Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons - Counters & Tokens BGB | -1/-1 counters focused
Coat of Arms is interesting, can pump your token army while keeping in the artifact theme. And of course what's all this without Goblin Bombardment to fling them all at someone's face.
UBRG Yidris, Eye of the Storm
WBR Kaalia, Herald of Apocalypse
UBG Damia, Sage of Nightmare
WBG Karador, the Bridge Between
WU Grand Warden Augustin IV
RG Omnath, Locus of Awakening
BG Nath Addict
UR Niv Mizzet, Brain Aflame
B Kokusho, the Mourning Star
U Memnarch is All
Of course, with cards like Pennon Blade and Cathars' Crusade, "go wide" and "go big" are kinda the same thing. (Tribal decks have access to Coat of Arms and Door of Destinies as well, to just prove my point more.)
On phasing:
Tana:
Tymna lets you generate card advantage with go wide strategy and Ravos, Soultender lets you punch harder with go wide.
Akiri:
I think Silas Renn is the best partner for Akiri. Dimir fixes a lot of problems boros has and red gives access to cool artifact matters type cards like Scrap Mastery.
Honestly I find 4-color to be pretty overwhelming in terms of options and both of those combos are pretty overdone afaik
Tana and Akiri do have some synergy, you just have to find and dig for it, which is what EDH is totes all about!
That said, I do think it's cool that you're trying to find a way to get this very rare combination to work.
As for a suggestion, go all in with Mycosynth Lattice. The more Tana hits, the bigger Akiri gets.