My take on Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. This is meant to be a fairly casual superfriends build where I can shove all of the planeswalkers I wish I could play in other decks in one place.
Nice, I've been wanting to see other people's take on an Atraxa superfriends EDH deck. Right now I have a Cromat superfriends list I've had in the works for ages, been debating on whether it's worth losing the likes of Dack Fayden, Sarkhan Unbroken and the Bolases (especially God-Pharaoh who looks awesome!) in order to be able to run Atraxa as my general.
How does Nissa, Steward of Elements work out in the deck? Since your deck only runs 3 creatures, it seems like her 0 will wiff a lot of the time and while her other abilities aren't bad, they don't seem that amazing to me in Commander, but I could be wrong! I guess her second ability can be good for ramp, but it just seems so hit or miss to me, I feel like I'd rather just run a Kodama's Reach or something in place of her.
I see a lot of these decks running Nissa, Vital Force but she also never looked very impressive to me. Is it because she can recur Planeswalkers? Or is it because she makes a decent-sized chumpblocker (at the potential cost of a land)? If I convert my deck I'll need to replace some walkers so I might consider her.
What about Oath of Ajani and Gideon? Are they worth the deck slots, in your experience? I didn't try them in my deck because I felt like I'd rather have a mana ramp spell or another removal spell in their place. Gideon's does make a couple of chump blockers at least. Ajani's is like a pseudo mana-rock but I can't decide if that's worth it over just running, say, a Fellwar Stone or something. The +1/+1 counter ability of it seems mostly irrelevant to me, but of course in the right circumstance it can be pretty good.
How about Vraska? I had her in my deck but I cut her. 5 Mana for a pseudo-Vindicate just didn't seem worth it to me, and I've never liked her + ability.
4 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
Planeswalker (27)
2 Nissa, Steward of Elements
3 Jace Beleren
4 Ajani Steadfast
4 Dovin Baan
4 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Jace, Architect of Thought
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
4 Narset Transcendent
4 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
4 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
5 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
5 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
5 Liliana Vess
5 Nissa, Vital Force
5 Ob Nixilis Reignited
5 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
5 Venser, the Sojourner
5 Vraska the Unseen
6 Ajani Unyielding
6 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
6 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
6 Sorin Markov
6 Teferi, Temporal Archmage
7 Garruk, Apex Predator
8 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Creature (4)
2 Bloom Tender
2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
5 Deepglow Skate
5 Djeru, With Eyes Open
1 Sol Ring
2 Torpor Orb
3 Chromatic Lantern
3 Coalition Relic
3 Rings of Brighthearth
4 The Chain Veil
Sorcery (14)
2 Demonic Tutor
2 Farseek
3 Call the Gatewatch
3 Kodama's Reach
3 Toxic Deluge
4 Skyshroud Claim
4 Supreme Verdict
5 Rout
5 Time Warp
6 Austere Command
6 Deploy the Gatewatch
6 Hour of Promise
6 Merciless Eviction
6 Seasons Past
Enchantment (8)
1 Oath of Nissa
2 Oath of Ajani
3 Oath of Gideon
3 Pernicious Deed
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Rhystic Study
5 Doubling Season
5 Inexorable Tide
Instant (3)
2 Cyclonic Rift
3 Beast Within
3 Krosan Grip
0 Alchemist's Refuge
0 Breeding Pool
0 Cavern of Souls
0 Command Tower
0 Drowned Catacomb
0 Flooded Strand
0 Glacial Fortress
0 Godless Shrine
0 Hallowed Fountain
0 Hinterland Harbor
0 Isolated Chapel
0 Kor Haven
0 Krosan Verge
0 Mana Confluence
0 Marsh Flats
0 Misty Rainforest
0 Overgrown Tomb
0 Polluted Delta
0 Reflecting Pool
0 Sunpetal Grove
0 Temple Garden
0 Verdant Catacombs
0 Watery Grave
0 Windswept Heath
0 Woodland Cemetery
3x Forest
3x Island
3x Plains
3x Swamp
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How does Nissa, Steward of Elements work out in the deck? Since your deck only runs 3 creatures, it seems like her 0 will wiff a lot of the time and while her other abilities aren't bad, they don't seem that amazing to me in Commander, but I could be wrong! I guess her second ability can be good for ramp, but it just seems so hit or miss to me, I feel like I'd rather just run a Kodama's Reach or something in place of her.
I see a lot of these decks running Nissa, Vital Force but she also never looked very impressive to me. Is it because she can recur Planeswalkers? Or is it because she makes a decent-sized chumpblocker (at the potential cost of a land)? If I convert my deck I'll need to replace some walkers so I might consider her.
What about Oath of Ajani and Gideon? Are they worth the deck slots, in your experience? I didn't try them in my deck because I felt like I'd rather have a mana ramp spell or another removal spell in their place. Gideon's does make a couple of chump blockers at least. Ajani's is like a pseudo mana-rock but I can't decide if that's worth it over just running, say, a Fellwar Stone or something. The +1/+1 counter ability of it seems mostly irrelevant to me, but of course in the right circumstance it can be pretty good.
How about Vraska? I had her in my deck but I cut her. 5 Mana for a pseudo-Vindicate just didn't seem worth it to me, and I've never liked her + ability.
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