Just posting my first Commander decklist here (which was based/copied on the decklists found on this forum - mostly this one - not exactly "my" decklist).
Aim: Play with a competitive decklist, with some budget choices, playing with cards that can affect lots of players. It works well in multiplayer, can work well 1vs1 (just don't abuse with mindslaver ) Local players are starting to play Commander, so I didn't tested the list enough. Also, I wanted to use my sole Gaea's Cradle - and being able to fetch it is a plus. It's a monster with Chorus of Conclave and really fun (for me, maybe ) with Magus of the Candelabra + Hokori, Dust Drinker. Very fun stuff...
Details: Numbers are just for counting purposes, as you know. Cards are sorted by role in deck and (almost, due to number changing) by color/casting cost.
I didn't use some competive cards for budget reasons (maybe if you cut Gaea's Cradle - which is kinda evil in Sisay's deck - the deck is budget) and to avoid potentially unfun cards (yep, Hokori, Dust Drinker is there still - edit: he isn't anymore)
Also, Innistrad cards are already in (though still on preorder...)
Spoiler tags are there to avoid a enormous thread - they'll start go as soon as I test the suggestios/doubt cards.
Ulamog and Kozilek are pretty good big finishers and since you're playing green (and so, ramping), they shouldn't be too hard to cast. They're both worth about 10 bucks, so I'd understand if you wouldn't want to get them. I'd get a sol ring before them (lol turn 2 Sisay?)
Scroll Rack : Since you're constantly shuffling your library, this card is nuts.
Magus of the Library : Library of Alexandria on a stick? Plzkthnx. Since you're also tutoring an extra card per turn with Sisay and if you get your Sylvan Library out, this card is good. Not as good as the actual land, but still.
Enlightened Tutor : Again a bit expensive, but if you can afford it.. it's one of the best tutors.
Condemn : Stop worrying about an enemy's commander until he can figure out how to tutor for it.
Hum... Kozilek, Butcher of the Truth + Magus of the Library + Captain Sisay = I can see that really working. In fact, besides being a creature, I think Magus of the Library is better than the Library itself in this deck because it's easier to find him (creature tutors, maybe only one any-land tutor - Crop Rotation).
Condemn will be in, for sure. Command will be tested, but i'm not very sure (I'm avoiding 4cc+ creature spells 'cause normally I want Gaddock Teeg out.
I'll look for Enlightned Tutor and Sol Ring, but probably not this month (I'm already out of resources mtg-wise this month and there's like... 29 days until the month ends ). They're affordable, since I'm commited with this deck and maybe I can get both by $25-30. I'm a little careful with commander because the deck sometimes eats $100 if you don't pay attention.
Budget info: I'm willing to put a couple cards around $20 (Kozilek and Tutor), few cards between $5-$10 (sol ring and stuff) and other cards of interest under $5.
2010/01/13
On Hokori, Dust Drinker: it can get you mana sink penalty in some leagues. I should change a lot of cards in the deck after removing him, but I just don't have time and patience for doing so right now.
Aim: Play with a competitive decklist, with some budget choices, playing with cards that can affect lots of players. It works well in multiplayer, can work well 1vs1 (just don't abuse with mindslaver ) Local players are starting to play Commander, so I didn't tested the list enough. Also, I wanted to use my sole Gaea's Cradle - and being able to fetch it is a plus. It's a monster with Chorus of Conclave and really fun (for me, maybe ) with Magus of the Candelabra + Hokori, Dust Drinker. Very fun stuff...
Details: Numbers are just for counting purposes, as you know. Cards are sorted by role in deck and (almost, due to number changing) by color/casting cost.
I didn't use some competive cards for budget reasons (maybe if you cut Gaea's Cradle - which is kinda evil in Sisay's deck - the deck is budget) and to avoid potentially unfun cards (yep, Hokori, Dust Drinker is there still - edit: he isn't anymore)
Also, Innistrad cards are already in (though still on preorder...)
Spoiler tags are there to avoid a enormous thread - they'll start go as soon as I test the suggestios/doubt cards.
02 Sejiri Steppe
03 Sunpetal Grove
04 Selesnya Sanctuary
05 Graypelt Refuge
06 Brushland
07 Command Tower
08 Rupture Spire
09 Mistveil Plains
10 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
11 Bant Panorama
12 Terramorphic Expanse
13 Razorverge Thicket
14 Temple of the False God
15 Gavony Township
32 Miren, the Moaning Well
33 Hall of the Bandit Lord
34 Pendelhaven
35 Eiganjo Castle
36 Gaea's Cradle
37 God's Eye, Gate to the Reikai
38 Dosan the Falling Leaf
39 Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro
40 Arashi, the Sky Asunder
41 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
42 Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer
43 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
44 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
45 Mangara of Corondor
46 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
47 Commander Eesha
48 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
49 Gaddock Teeg
50 Saffi Eriksdotter
51 Chorus of the Conclave
52 Rune-tail, Kitsune Ascendant
53 Grimoire of the Dead
54 Mindslaver
56 Reclaim
57 Sylvan Library
58 Spike Weaver
59 Magus of the Candelabra
60 Harmonize
61 Garruk Wildspeaker
62 Asceticism
63 Seedborn Muse
64 Primal Command
65 Scout's Warning
66 Steelshaper's Gift
67 Stonecloaker
68 Condemn
69 Austere Command
70 Oblivion Ring
71 Aven Mindcensor
72 Reveillark
73 Day of Judgment
74 Rings of Brighthearth
75 Vedalken Orrery
76 Solemn Simulacrum
77 Swiftfoot Boots
78 Loxodon Warhammer
79 Nevinyrral's Disk
80 Ratchet Bomb
81 Prophetic Prism
82 Selesnya Signet
83 Wildfield Borderpost
84 Birds of Paradise
85 Mana Cylix
86 Everflowing Chalice
87 Explore
88 Sol Ring
89 Avacyn Pilgrim
91 Crop Rotation
92 Cultivate
93 Kodama's Reach
94 Skyshroud Claim
95 Armillary Sphere
96 Chord of Calling
97 Worldly Tutor
98 Green Sun's Zenith
99 Eladamri's Call
00 Summoner's Pact
Fetchlands
Savannah (expensive)
Temple Garden (I don't like shocklands...)
Mana Crypt
Hokori, Dust Drinker - Oblivion ring or Ratchet Bomb can open room for him.
Question is: Am I missing something really important?
Thanks for stopping by!
Legacy - R Burn
Commander - GWU Rafiq of the Many
Modern - BGW Melira Pod (with borrowed fetchlands, but still)
Standard - R Blitz
Ulamog and Kozilek are pretty good big finishers and since you're playing green (and so, ramping), they shouldn't be too hard to cast. They're both worth about 10 bucks, so I'd understand if you wouldn't want to get them. I'd get a sol ring before them (lol turn 2 Sisay?)
Scroll Rack : Since you're constantly shuffling your library, this card is nuts.
Behemoth Sledge : Upgrade from Loxodon Noobhammer, IMO.
Magus of the Library : Library of Alexandria on a stick? Plzkthnx. Since you're also tutoring an extra card per turn with Sisay and if you get your Sylvan Library out, this card is good. Not as good as the actual land, but still.
Enlightened Tutor : Again a bit expensive, but if you can afford it.. it's one of the best tutors.
Condemn : Stop worrying about an enemy's commander until he can figure out how to tutor for it.
Austere Command : So versatile, I love this card.
Tooth and Nail : Yep.
That's all I can think of for now. Good luck, Sisay owns.
Hum... Kozilek, Butcher of the Truth + Magus of the Library + Captain Sisay = I can see that really working. In fact, besides being a creature, I think Magus of the Library is better than the Library itself in this deck because it's easier to find him (creature tutors, maybe only one any-land tutor - Crop Rotation).
Mana is really not an issue if your Gaea's Craddle survives (you can cast Sun Titan, with a few counters from Chorus of Conclave, not "lots of" only because Hokori, Dust Drinker is out). This makes Eldrazi-casting easy.
Condemn will be in, for sure. Command will be tested, but i'm not very sure (I'm avoiding 4cc+ creature spells 'cause normally I want Gaddock Teeg out.
I'll look for Enlightned Tutor and Sol Ring, but probably not this month (I'm already out of resources mtg-wise this month and there's like... 29 days until the month ends ). They're affordable, since I'm commited with this deck and maybe I can get both by $25-30. I'm a little careful with commander because the deck sometimes eats $100 if you don't pay attention.
Budget info: I'm willing to put a couple cards around $20 (Kozilek and Tutor), few cards between $5-$10 (sol ring and stuff) and other cards of interest under $5.
2010/01/13
On Hokori, Dust Drinker: it can get you mana sink penalty in some leagues. I should change a lot of cards in the deck after removing him, but I just don't have time and patience for doing so right now.
Legacy - R Burn
Commander - GWU Rafiq of the Many
Modern - BGW Melira Pod (with borrowed fetchlands, but still)
Standard - R Blitz