MTG Salvation

What are favorite uncommon generals(I don't mean rarity). which Generals are ones that maybe you don't see very often, or are outclassed in their colors, or are too expensive with otherwise interesting abilities.

I have a few EDH decks that don't use what I would see as the main generals people use. Some of my decks need quite some work still, but they are edh decks.

I have a Chorus of The Conclave deck, a Wrexial thhe Risen Deep deck, An Akroma Angel of Wrath deck, and a Dromar the Banisher deck.

What are some generals you use that you feel need some more love?

Nin, the Pain Artist is such an underrated general from the new precons. She is a card advantage machine and oh-so-affordable at 2 mana. I have busted many heads with her at the helm. Most of my opponents underestimated what would happen when I untapped with her and would summarily drown in my card advantage shortly thereafter. She definitely got a bit of a reputation after just a few games.

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Dakkon ..but just because he is awesome...really lvoe the artwork and he can be a decent beater in mid/lategame.

My favorite deck i ever made and my first deck was dakkon, just lots of board wipes and kill spells and good creatures, so much fun

I really need to rebuild him as a deck

I was sad he was not in FTV

In my Chorus of the Conclave deck in the late game, any creature I play can turn into a potential game ender, people sometimes forget this.

I love my Dromar's subtheme of killing tokens. No more for you.

hehe alblaster and almostmeek both begin with "al" and posted within 4 minutes of eachother, interesting coincidence.

On topic I love my non-group hug Phelddagrif based around cards to give me benefits for using his abilities to give opponents creatures/cards/life.
My Sensei Golden-Tail deck is based around Meekstone effects and proliferation without +1/+1 counters. Basically a tapdown control/white weenie strategy.
Last but not least is Meloku the Clouded Mirror, his ability allows me to get lands in hand at instant speed for benefit, which is a highly underrated ability if you ask me. Throw down a Ward of Bones or Land Equilibrium and watch the ramp player cringe, or play a couple pump effects and fly over with your mass of illusions to beat ftw.:D

Atogatog.

He is amazing at voltron, incorporated 5 color control into his decks, and looks awesome.

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My favorite deck i ever made and my first deck was dakkon, just lots of board wipes and kill spells and good creatures, so much fun

I really need to rebuild him as a deck

I was sad he was not in FTV

Go buy Dakkon for $9, black bordered too!

Norin. The best red general no one takes seriously, until you get locked out of the game.

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Go buy Dakkon for $9, black bordered too!

I have been meaning too, so many other cards i have been needing to buy to complete decks and he is currnetly not the head of any deck i have

But it would have been so sweet to have him foil in new card frame

My LGS has learned to fear my Skeleton Ship deck, but it's a general that no one thought of using.

Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
Adun Oakenshield
Angus Mackenzie
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer

And I'm totally with SuperSonik on Nin, the Pain Artist. I continually have to fight the urge to make yet another edh deck because of her.

I've tried to make and break Rosheen Meanderer but the ramp is just too slow. Somone out there has got to be able to break her in half, but I'm just not the guy to do it.

Vorosh, the Hunter is very underrated/hated general. (insert hating here)

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Norin. The best red general no one takes seriously, until you get locked out of the game.

This. Nobody at my store believes that mono-red can be played in EDH but I intend to prove them wrong!

Nin, the Pain Artist is incredible, as has been said.

Norin the Wary is too often overlooked. There are some very broken Norin decks.

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The problem I see with Norin is, apart from Confusion in the Ranks, Pandemonium, and Warstorm Surge abuse, what does he actually DO? Wouldn't the deck running Norin be better suited by running a general with amazing combo potential like Kiki-jiki or game-ending aggro potential like Godo?

Look at gaka's list. You will see the light or rather the giant flaming head of norin.

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I've seen his list, and it's certainly a good list, and it does run all three of the cards I've mentioned, but I feel my point still stands: since Norin only meaningfully interacts with three of the cards in the deck, and none of those are cards that the deck can reliably tutor, wouldn't it be better served with very minor modifications and Godo, Kiki, or heck, even Ashling at the helm?

^this^

while mono red is normally stronger than expected, norin is not ideal imo

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^this^

while mono red is normally stronger than expected, norin is not ideal imo

Have you ever sat across the table from it?


My favorite unused general is Circu, Dimir Lobotomist. I love locking out artifacts.

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I've tried to make and break Rosheen Meanderer but the ramp is just too slow. Somone out there has got to be able to break her in half, but I'm just not the guy to do it.

I've considered her over Radha...I have no clue how that ramp is too slow. Just use all the mana-doublers...ALL the mana-doublers.

I might do just that, too.

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Have you ever sat across the table from it?


My favorite unused general is Circu, Dimir Lobotomist. I love locking out artifacts.

I think it was Gaka who mentioned he played Circu against a Relentless Rats deck. I hope people don't build Circu to stop my Rats deck.

And Gaka's Norin list is an absolute machine. As one of my friend's described it: "it's a mono-red blue deck."

An underrated general imo has got to be Savra, Queen of the Golgari. She tends to be looked as a fun general to play with for new players, and as a result older experienced players tend to give her the shaft. Her first ability is pretty beastly.

A lot of people dismiss Circu because of the last clause, but exiling the top two for every UB spell isn't really bad, and in multiplayer it can still lock some things out.

Seconding Norin. At 1 mana, he's probably the cheapest non-x-mana legend, and that means he keeps coming back again and again and again. That's where the ETB things really pay off.

For me it'd have to be Lorthos, the Tidemaker and Hazezon Tamar