Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept are two brand new partner commanders that both caught my eye. Sidar sneaks small creatures through and Silas gets you value when it connects. So together they can help each other out. Sidar also encourages opponents attacking each other by making weenies unblocakable. Having always been a fan of Thieving Magpie and friends i decided to build the deck around creatures that trigger when they damage opponents.
I have read about the 8x8 deck building strategy where you take 8 different categories of cards and pick 8 for each, add lands and you got a deck. This seems like an interesting plan so i am going to try it with this deck.
Here is draft 1 of the deck. This is one of those decks that could evolve a lot over time. Please let me know what y'all think!
Pygmy hippo does nothing with mana burn no longer around. They just tap their lands in response.
They tap their lands in response and then their mana pool is emptied by the Hippo's ability and you get an amount of colourless equal to the amount in their mana pool in your postcombat main phase. It works exactly the same way as before and if anything it's even better as you can't mana burn yourself. The only thing your opponent can do is spend the mana before the ability resolves.
Elbrus, the Binding Blade could just pump your creature's power over 2 and make them blockable. Doran, the Siege Tower is kind of nuts, here. The Sidar does five damage and the treefolk gets evasion.
Instead of the Archetype, you could just pitch Wonder into your 'yard.
I definitely like Daxos and friends, but I don't think you'll need all 8. You can safely cut Diviner Spirit because it costs five and lets other players draw cards.
I saw a Bant version of this deck last Sunday (running Kydele) and one card I saw that helped the deck was Bower Passage. People tend to run a bunch of fliers, so this makes sure you can still damage your opponents for all of your saboteur triggers.
I have read about the 8x8 deck building strategy where you take 8 different categories of cards and pick 8 for each, add lands and you got a deck. This seems like an interesting plan so i am going to try it with this deck.
Here is draft 1 of the deck. This is one of those decks that could evolve a lot over time. Please let me know what y'all think!
1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
1 Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Finishers/Big Threats
1 Guiltfeeder
1 Spawnwrithe
1 Raving Dead
1 Graveblade Marauder
1 Ebonblade Reaper
1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade
1 Scytheclaw
1 Quietus Spike
Card Draw
1 Ohran Viper
1 Dimir Cutpurse
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Diviner Spirit
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Augury Adept
1 Daxos of Meletis
Removal/Control
1 Throat Slitter
1 Farrel's Zealot
1 Blinding Angel
1 Mistblade Shinobi
1 Cephalid Constable
1 Somnophore
1 Cabal Executioner
1 Cephalid Constable
1 Centaur Rootcaster
1 Honored Hierarch
1 Pygmy Hippo
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Coiling Oracle
1 Burnished Hart
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Avenger Druid
Misc Guys
1 Thorn of the Black Rose
1 Archetype of Imagination
1 Den Protector
1 Soltari Visionary
1 Acidic Slime
1 Hornet Queen
1 Kukemssa Pirates
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Artifacts and Trinkets (stuff for Silas)
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Expedition Map
1 Baleful Strix
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Meekstone
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Chromatic Sphere
1 Trinket Mage
1 Coastal Piracy
1 Bident of Thassa
1 Stolen Identity
1 True Conviction
1 Bower Passage
1 Painful Truths
1 Urban Evolution
Mana Rocks/Spells
1 Sol Ring
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Hedron Archive
1 Nissa's Renewal
Lands
35 Command Tower
In Progress
GBIshkanah, Grafwidow ~ BWGRTymna the Weaver & Tana, the Bloodsower ~ UGRashmi, Eternities Crafter ~ RGAtarka, World Render
Edric, Spymaster of Trest, Trygon Predator seem excellent in this deck
Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Feather, the Redeemed
Estrid, the Masked
Teshar
Tymna/Ravos
Najeela, Blade-Blossom
Firesong & Sunspeaker
Zur the Enchanter
Lazav, the Multifarious
Ishai+Reyhan
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They tap their lands in response and then their mana pool is emptied by the Hippo's ability and you get an amount of colourless equal to the amount in their mana pool in your postcombat main phase. It works exactly the same way as before and if anything it's even better as you can't mana burn yourself. The only thing your opponent can do is spend the mana before the ability resolves.
Instead of the Archetype, you could just pitch Wonder into your 'yard.
I definitely like Daxos and friends, but I don't think you'll need all 8. You can safely cut Diviner Spirit because it costs five and lets other players draw cards.
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