After a long hiatus, I'm working on getting back into Commander. I've had a pile of GW cards that I've set aside for this purpose and I need some advice about which Commander to use.
I've been considering Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for no real good reason. Something that would add creature search would be ideal, but I don't really have any good idea. I suppose I should just search Legendary GW creatures in Gatherer, but I just thought of that and I've already typed all of this, so I'm going to go ahead and post it and then search Gatherer.
So, if you have an idea and don't mind helping a lazy player out, I'd love to hear what you think.
Creature search besides Captain Sisay isn’t in those colors, which she would work to pull Melira, Sylvok Outcast. It’s up to you what you’d want to pick tbh.
Dragonlord Dromoka: Generic Selesnya Combo Commander stops your opponent from interacting when you are ready to go off. Captain Sisay: While I feel that sisay is normally more toolbox than combo, having a commander with the power to grab Melira for the combo win, Teeg or Dosan to run interference, saffi to protect a combo piece, Teshar to grab a piece back... it can be a decent toolbox approach to the deck. while it's slow and paints a bit of a target on your back, I'd still say it beats Trostani's "LoL infinite life". Shalai, Voice of Plenty: Another off-beat one. It protects your other dudes and gives you a secondary infinite mana sink in case of emergencies (such as stony silence, which turns off all of your win conditions other than "attack with big ballista"). Siona, Captain of the Pyleas: This oen is actually my favorite. All you have to do is use a single slot in your 99 for Shielded by Faith (allowing for infinite 1/1s) and you get another play-line leading to infinite Altar/Station sacrifices (and potentially infinite mana for ballista if Phyrexian/Ashmod's Altars are in there) where one of the combo pieces lives in your command zone.
Also a bit confused regarding why you are using the devoted druid combo. While Vizier works with both druid and with persist, cards like Melira or Solemnity nonbo with druid (you can't try to pay a price that you are unable to pay) and you have alternate means of accessing infinite mana via persist loop with Phyrexian/Ashnod's altar.
Dragonlord Dromoka is a good idea, it's one that stood out when I searched.
Gaddock Teeg is actually a possible Commander himself. If nothing else, it'll annoy everyone else. . . which is probably a bad idea, come to think of it. I might still try it.
Captain Sisay crossed my mind, but I initially discounted it, but I may have been too quick to dismiss her.
Using Devoted Druid just gives another way to combo. It may be a bad idea, I haven't really gotten down to the real card selection yet. I haven't thought about other infinite mana combos yet either.
Either of the twoSigardas would make serviceable commanders, but neither seems terribly synergistic although some (most?) of my combo pieces are human.
The deck will rely on three win conditions: Walking Ballista, Altar of Dementia and Blasting Station. Ballista uses the Vizier of Remedies - Devoted Druid duo and the other two artifacts rely on Creatures with Persist and one of several creatures that prevents the -1/-1 token from being applied.
I've been considering Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for no real good reason. Something that would add creature search would be ideal, but I don't really have any good idea. I suppose I should just search Legendary GW creatures in Gatherer, but I just thought of that and I've already typed all of this, so I'm going to go ahead and post it and then search Gatherer.
So, if you have an idea and don't mind helping a lazy player out, I'd love to hear what you think.
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn
Creature search besides Captain Sisay isn’t in those colors, which she would work to pull Melira, Sylvok Outcast. It’s up to you what you’d want to pick tbh.
Dragonlord Dromoka: Generic Selesnya Combo Commander stops your opponent from interacting when you are ready to go off.
Captain Sisay: While I feel that sisay is normally more toolbox than combo, having a commander with the power to grab Melira for the combo win, Teeg or Dosan to run interference, saffi to protect a combo piece, Teshar to grab a piece back... it can be a decent toolbox approach to the deck. while it's slow and paints a bit of a target on your back, I'd still say it beats Trostani's "LoL infinite life".
Shalai, Voice of Plenty: Another off-beat one. It protects your other dudes and gives you a secondary infinite mana sink in case of emergencies (such as stony silence, which turns off all of your win conditions other than "attack with big ballista").
Siona, Captain of the Pyleas: This oen is actually my favorite. All you have to do is use a single slot in your 99 for Shielded by Faith (allowing for infinite 1/1s) and you get another play-line leading to infinite Altar/Station sacrifices (and potentially infinite mana for ballista if Phyrexian/Ashmod's Altars are in there) where one of the combo pieces lives in your command zone.
Also a bit confused regarding why you are using the devoted druid combo. While Vizier works with both druid and with persist, cards like Melira or Solemnity nonbo with druid (you can't try to pay a price that you are unable to pay) and you have alternate means of accessing infinite mana via persist loop with Phyrexian/Ashnod's altar.
Gaddock Teeg is actually a possible Commander himself. If nothing else, it'll annoy everyone else. . . which is probably a bad idea, come to think of it. I might still try it.
Captain Sisay crossed my mind, but I initially discounted it, but I may have been too quick to dismiss her.
Using Devoted Druid just gives another way to combo. It may be a bad idea, I haven't really gotten down to the real card selection yet. I haven't thought about other infinite mana combos yet either.
Shalai, Voice of Plenty is a fine card to include and I hadn't even thought of Solemnity yet.
Either of the two Sigardas would make serviceable commanders, but neither seems terribly synergistic although some (most?) of my combo pieces are human.
Karametra, God of Harvests is a possibility. I will be casting creatures.
Thanks for the responses, folks.
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn