Life has thrown me a curve ball and I'm going to be relocating soon. In the mean time I'm looking at taking the summer off and need something to occupy my time. Haven't quite determined where, be it a local shop with some extra space or the local library, but I'm looking at a weekly or twice weekly game night, contents will also contain RPGs. One of my ideas is to have a collection of 10 Commander decks each with a focus on a different mechanic or theme common to the format. These lists will be at a TIGHT ($20-25) budget and I'm going to attempt to balance the power levels. Here is my rough draft of concepts:
Cut off on first pass for commanders was less than $1 TCGplayer.com Mid.
Given budget restrictions and a desire to have a fairly solid theme for each deck, I'm wondering if there are any keys to the format I missed or commander options that would be better suited to show off such themes.
Cut off on first pass for commanders was less than $1 TCGplayer.com Mid.
Shards
Bant: Roon of the Hidden Realm (Exile for Profit / Enters the Battlefield Triggers)
Esper: Sydri, Galvanic Genius (Artifacts Matter)
Grixis: Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge (Spells Matter)
Jund: Shattergang Brothers (Sacrifice for Profit)
Naya: Gahiji, Honored One (Tokens)
Wedges (Much harder fewer Budget Options)
Abzan: Daghatar, the Adamant (+1/+1 Counters)
Jeskai: Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest (Voltron?)
Sultai: Sidisi, Brood Tyrant (Self-Mill)
Mardu: Alesha, Who Smiles at Death (Reanimation)
Temur: Yasova, Dragonclaw (Stole your stuff)
Given budget restrictions and a desire to have a fairly solid theme for each deck, I'm wondering if there are any keys to the format I missed or commander options that would be better suited to show off such themes.
Savra, Queen of the Golgari (Green Black Control with Graveyard Advantages)
Standard
Probably Mono Red Sligh
Modern
Dredge
Legacy
Dredge
Beating Face with Bane
Beatrice, the Golden Witch
Abzan: switched Daghatar for Anafenza, the Foremost because she is better and cheaper than Daghatar (+1/+1 Counter deck)
Jeskai: Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest (spellslinger oneshot voltron)
Sultai: Sidisi, Brood Tyrant (Self-Mill, zombie horde), but I am thinking to switching her to Tasigur, the Golden Fang who I think is more political.
Mardu: Alesha, Who Smiles at Death (2 power creatures, tokens, Reanimation)
Temur: Yasova Dragonclaw (Stole ENEMY stuff and then sacrifice it - in progress)
As for shards, I think Jeleva is quite week and Thraximundar or Marchesa, the Black Rose would be better. Other are cool generals.