Hun er en av de som våker ved flammen (for vår jord)
En av de som holder grenene sammen (for vår jord)
Hun ser at jorden er vår mor, stå vakt for vår jord
~ Karoline Krüger
My philosophy
I play Commander for its social and psychological aspects. I prefer games to last for a while and to be full of interesting interactions and surprising situations. Whenever I feel like playing to win, I play some other format instead. Multiplayer is all about having fun with your friends. My CMD decks tend to be slow and defensive and combos are coincidental (if any).
The deck's philosophy
This deck is an exception to the general philosophy described in the previous paragraph for it's fast and comboish. Azusa was actually my very first Commander deck many, many years back. When I decided to get into the format, I went through all legendary creatures ever printed and chose her as the most interesting one. Back then, I had no idea how she was usually played, and my first deck was actually quite slow and consisted mainly of big green creatures and spells, no combos. Needless to say, a slow mono-green deck can be very boring and non-interactive to play, so it got dismantled as I built more interesting decks.
Recently, however, I decided that maybe I should have at least one competitive deck in my arsenal, and decided to give Azusa a new chance. Even if I play in competitive tables only rarely, it doesn't matter because a mono-colored (and specialized) deck doesn't tie up that many "contested" resources.
The numbers in front of nonlands are converted mana costs, which I think is a nice (and probably not too confusing) way of packing some extra information into singleton format deck lists.
All of my CMD decks are named after Eurovision Song Contest entries (or eurobeat). For those of you from other continents, it's the world's biggest annual music event, and one of the longest-running and most varied, too. Imagine a cross between the Olympics and X-Factor and you're very close to the essence of ESC.
Why this habit? Well, first of all, I've been a huge ESC fan since I was five. And I guess this naming convention was really born when I realized Vampires Are Alive is a perfect name for an Anowon, the Ruin Sage deck
My philosophy
I play Commander for its social and psychological aspects. I prefer games to last for a while and to be full of interesting interactions and surprising situations. Whenever I feel like playing to win, I play some other format instead. Multiplayer is all about having fun with your friends. My CMD decks tend to be slow and defensive and combos are coincidental (if any).
The deck's philosophy
This deck is an exception to the general philosophy described in the previous paragraph for it's fast and comboish. Azusa was actually my very first Commander deck many, many years back. When I decided to get into the format, I went through all legendary creatures ever printed and chose her as the most interesting one. Back then, I had no idea how she was usually played, and my first deck was actually quite slow and consisted mainly of big green creatures and spells, no combos. Needless to say, a slow mono-green deck can be very boring and non-interactive to play, so it got dismantled as I built more interesting decks.
Recently, however, I decided that maybe I should have at least one competitive deck in my arsenal, and decided to give Azusa a new chance. Even if I play in competitive tables only rarely, it doesn't matter because a mono-colored (and specialized) deck doesn't tie up that many "contested" resources.
The numbers in front of nonlands are converted mana costs, which I think is a nice (and probably not too confusing) way of packing some extra information into singleton format deck lists.
3 Azusa, Lost But Seeking
Creatures (14)
1 Magus of the Candelabra
3 Fierce Empath
3 Eternal Witness
3 Dosan the Falling Leaf
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
6 Bane of Progress
6 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
7 Avenger of Zendikar
7 Regal Force
8 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
8 Terastodon
8 Craterhoof Behemoth
10 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
11 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Instants (5)
0 Summoner's Pact
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
3 Beast Within
3 Chord of Calling
Sorceries (11)
1 Sylvan Tutor
1 Green Sun's Zenith
2 Regrowth
2 Life From the Loam
3 Genesis Wave
4 Harmonize
4 Natural Order
5 Rude Awakening
7 Tooth and Nail
8 Primal Surge
8 Praetor's Counsel
1 Concordant Crossroads
2 Sylvan Library
3 City of Solitude
3 Hall of Gemstone
4 Defense of the Heart
4 Abundance
4 Greater Good
6 Mana Reflection
Artifacts (10)
1 Sol Ring
1 Expedition Map
3 Horn of Greed
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Staff of Domination
4 Slate of Ancestry
5 Mind's Eye
5 Memory Jar
6 Planar Portal
7 Akroma's Memorial
Planeswalkers (2)
4 Garruk Wildspeaker
5 Garruk, Primal Hunter
Lands (48)
1 Maze of Ith
1 Vesuva
1 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Temple of the False God
1 Deserted Temple
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Dust Bowl
1 Eye of Ugin
1 Yavimaya Hollow
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Dryad Arbor
34 Snow-Covered Forest
The name
All of my CMD decks are named after Eurovision Song Contest entries (or eurobeat). For those of you from other continents, it's the world's biggest annual music event, and one of the longest-running and most varied, too. Imagine a cross between the Olympics and X-Factor and you're very close to the essence of ESC.
Why this habit? Well, first of all, I've been a huge ESC fan since I was five. And I guess this naming convention was really born when I realized Vampires Are Alive is a perfect name for an Anowon, the Ruin Sage deck
My Azusa deck got its name from the Norwegian ESC entry in 1988 ("For our earth").
Dreams of the Sphinx (Sharuum the Hegemon)
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Roon of the Hidden Realm)
For vår jord (Azusa, Lost But Seeking)
Black Power (Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed)