Personally, I rather like the idea of a Stormy Daniels themed deck using Gwendlyn di Corci as the commander. Heck, the dude in the artwork kinda even looks like Trump.
Here's how I'd do it: Dude loves to talk, right? So find a choice selection of Trump quotes to provide a thematic outline of Trump's character as a president. Then, use key words or phrases from those quotes to find blue, red, and white cards with similar flavor text.
-Bonus if all cards have flavor text as a limitation to emphasize his love of "communication".
-Extra point if you specifically build a sunforger package with only instants with savage insults or ad hominem attacks as their FT.
You need a color identity with a long track record of hating on black -- like white. When putting together the cards for your deck, you'll want to come up with broad categories that every deck needs, and fill them with the cards most unsuited for said needs. Once your deck is complete, remove cards that don't do what you need in a game, but never replace them. At most, put a basic land in its place as an acting position.
Well :
Make America Great. -Red/White/Blue
Strong political stance
Building a wall
Everyone ahtes him despite him being the best president since Reagan.
Well :
Make America Great. -Red/White/Blue
Strong political stance
Building a wall
Everyone ahtes him despite him being the best president since Reagan.
So Id say: Narset, Enlightened Master
Welcome to the forums, leagueisbetterthandota! First, I'd recommend being careful with strong political statements such as President Trump being the "best president since Reagan". I think you'll draw a ton of ire/disrespect from other users on the forum and discourage them from contributing to this particular thread, which is definitely what we don't want to see.
I do agree that a President Trump inspired deck pretty much HAS to be Jeskai colors; President Trump's campaign slogan was "Make America Great Again", after all, so President Trump is all about supporting the Red, White, and Blue.
I think that President Trump might be best represented by Ruhan of the Fomori. He has a ton of media and political power from his constituents, represented by Ruhan's high P/T stats. President Trump's mood can be very mercurial, and his temper just as quick to rise and fall, represented by Ruhan's "random attack" trigger. I've also observed that President Trump prefers to be on the offensive from a media/political standpoint, which is also represented by Ruhan's "must attack" trigger. Further, I'm sure several of President Trump's critics/opponents would agree that Ruhan's flavor text is a great depiction of Trump, making the Ruhan as a Commander a total win in my opinion.
Perhaps a Ruhan control deck with a few powerful walls like Wall of Denial and Wall of Reverence could actually be a decently competitive deck.
I concur with benjameenbear on all points. Being capable to put politics aside, which in and of itself is practically entirely subjective with hardly an iota of objectivity, and simply by observing and prevailing facts on the current president of the United States, Ruhan of the Fomori is the best representation so far Trump. It's got the colors, the spirit, and the flavor text.
As far as deck building goes, you can add lots of political cards and lots of taxing cards as well as lots of great walls. If you wanna go purely for flavor you can add cards like Political Trickery and creatures with the advisor creature type. You could also run cards like Expropriate, Blatant Thievery, Annex, etc. which can represent a more sinister side of politics. You can also add Zedruu the Greathearted in the 99 to represent the less sinister side of politics with the backscratching aspect (as well as the fact that Zedruu itself can be a great politics commander). Adding things like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Smothering Tithe, Tithe, etc. as well as cards with the extort mechanic could be flavorful as well. Addendum is also another flavorful mechanic since addendum is a word pertaining to law. You could also add law cards like Rule of Law and the like.
I feel like these things could make for a pretty interesting deck. You'd have control aspects, politics, tax, all with an aggro commander. It should also be pretty fun to play. You can also yell appropriate quotes when doing things. For example, yelling "wrong!" in the same condescending, quasi-comical tone upon casting Render Silent. Or say quotes about building walls when casting walls. You could also quote what he said about Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria when you play an island: "This is an island surrounded by water - big water, ocean water."
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I feel like these things could make for a pretty interesting deck. You'd have control aspects, politics, tax, all with an aggro commander. It should also be pretty fun to play. You can also yell appropriate quotes when doing things. For example, yelling "wrong!" in the same condescending, quasi-comical tone upon casting Render Silent. Or say quotes about building walls when casting walls. You could also quote what he said in the about Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria when you play an island: "This is an island surrounded by water - big water, ocean water."
Yeah, some of his quotes and mannerisms are quite humorous. There's a hilarious skit with Jimmy Fallon and Madea that does a good job of caricaturing President Trump. Check out the video here. Hysterical!
Please keep political discussion out of this thread and focus on the cards and theme (as best you can - I realize this is going to be political in nature)
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I started working on this but never actually playtested the deck. And y'all missed the most Trumpy general of all: he's gold, he's America, and he hates land! Numot, the Devastator.
Deck must include Piracy - so that you can build you walls and make your opponent pay for them! Smothering Tithe is a similar principle. Neither has flavor names that work, but the effect seems right.
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-Bonus if all cards have flavor text as a limitation to emphasize his love of "communication".
-Extra point if you specifically build a sunforger package with only instants with savage insults or ad hominem attacks as their FT.
Make America Great. -Red/White/Blue
Strong political stance
Building a wall
Everyone ahtes him despite him being the best president since Reagan.
So Id say: Narset, Enlightened Master
Welcome to the forums, leagueisbetterthandota! First, I'd recommend being careful with strong political statements such as President Trump being the "best president since Reagan". I think you'll draw a ton of ire/disrespect from other users on the forum and discourage them from contributing to this particular thread, which is definitely what we don't want to see.
I do agree that a President Trump inspired deck pretty much HAS to be Jeskai colors; President Trump's campaign slogan was "Make America Great Again", after all, so President Trump is all about supporting the Red, White, and Blue.
I think that President Trump might be best represented by Ruhan of the Fomori. He has a ton of media and political power from his constituents, represented by Ruhan's high P/T stats. President Trump's mood can be very mercurial, and his temper just as quick to rise and fall, represented by Ruhan's "random attack" trigger. I've also observed that President Trump prefers to be on the offensive from a media/political standpoint, which is also represented by Ruhan's "must attack" trigger. Further, I'm sure several of President Trump's critics/opponents would agree that Ruhan's flavor text is a great depiction of Trump, making the Ruhan as a Commander a total win in my opinion.
Perhaps a Ruhan control deck with a few powerful walls like Wall of Denial and Wall of Reverence could actually be a decently competitive deck.
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As far as deck building goes, you can add lots of political cards and lots of taxing cards as well as lots of great walls. If you wanna go purely for flavor you can add cards like Political Trickery and creatures with the advisor creature type. You could also run cards like Expropriate, Blatant Thievery, Annex, etc. which can represent a more sinister side of politics. You can also add Zedruu the Greathearted in the 99 to represent the less sinister side of politics with the backscratching aspect (as well as the fact that Zedruu itself can be a great politics commander). Adding things like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Smothering Tithe, Tithe, etc. as well as cards with the extort mechanic could be flavorful as well. Addendum is also another flavorful mechanic since addendum is a word pertaining to law. You could also add law cards like Rule of Law and the like.
I feel like these things could make for a pretty interesting deck. You'd have control aspects, politics, tax, all with an aggro commander. It should also be pretty fun to play. You can also yell appropriate quotes when doing things. For example, yelling "wrong!" in the same condescending, quasi-comical tone upon casting Render Silent. Or say quotes about building walls when casting walls. You could also quote what he said about Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria when you play an island: "This is an island surrounded by water - big water, ocean water."
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Yeah, some of his quotes and mannerisms are quite humorous. There's a hilarious skit with Jimmy Fallon and Madea that does a good job of caricaturing President Trump. Check out the video here. Hysterical!
UB Dralnu, Lich Lord
RBW [Primer]-Kaalia of the Vast
BUG [Primer]-Tasigur, the Golden Fang
GWU [Primer]-Arcades, the Strategist
WUB Primer-Aminatou, the Fateshifter
UBR Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
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I started working on this but never actually playtested the deck. And y'all missed the most Trumpy general of all: he's gold, he's America, and he hates land! Numot, the Devastator.
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I also think it might be cool to do a wall/border tribal theme in Jeskai and use High Alert as a win-con.
Flavor wins:
Border Guard
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My skeleton of the deck would be...
1 Perimeter Captain
1 Steel Wall
2 Doorkeeper
2 Gleaming Barrier
2 Jeskai Barricade
2 Stalwart Shield-bearers
2 Wall of Glare
2 Wall of Omens
2 Wall of Tears
3 Aether Membrane
3 Glacial Wall
3 Wall of Denial
3 Wall of Frost
3 Wall of Nets
4 Vent Sentinel
4 Wall of Reverence
1 Mother of Runes
2 Rolling Stones
2 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
3 High Alert
3 Warmonger's Chariot
4 Wakestone Gargoyle
And We're Going to Make Mexico Pay For It! 9
1 Land Tax
1 Piracy
2 Mana Drain
3 Ghostly Prison
3 Propaganda
3 Rhystic Study
3 War Tax
4 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
4 Smothering Tithe
5 Spell Swindle
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
Maga made me laugh
Illusions of Grandeur
Revel in Riches
Stranglehold
Tariff
Overeager Apprentice - The Apprentice
Tower of Calamities - Trump Tower
Border Guard, Border Patrol, Exploding Borders
Ongoing Investigation
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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1 Cleanse
1 Retaliate
1 Crackdown
1 Magistrate's Veto
1 Reign of Terror
1 Security Detail
1 Whiteout
1 Abolish
1 Absolute Law
1 Act of Authority
1 Always Watching
1 Angry Mob
1 Armageddon
1 Armed Response
1 Arrest
1 Ballot Broker
1 Blind Obedience
1 Bound in Silence
1 Brainwash
1 Bring Down
1 Call to Serve
1 Cataclysm
1 Catastrophe
1 Cleansing
1 Condemn
1 Conqueror's Pledge
1 Cornered Market
1 Deft Dismissal
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Endure
1 False Prophet
1 Fanatical Devotion
1 Fragmentize
1 Global Ruin
1 Isolation Zone
1 Lapse of Certainty
1 Master Decoy
1 Master of Diversion
1 Purge
1 Quarantine Field
1 Rebuke
1 Renounce
1 Temper
1 Tragic Arrogance
1 Unconventional Tactics
1 Vanquish
1 Wall of Resistance
1 Warning
1 Abandon Hope
1 Ambition's Cost
1 Bane of the Living
1 Behind the Scenes
1 Bitter Ordeal
1 Bitter Revelation
1 Blackmail
1 Bog Down
1 Brink of Disaster
1 Capital Punishment
1 Choice of Damnations
1 Coercion
1 Conspiracy
1 Corrupt
1 Corrupt Official
1 Cruel Reality
1 Despise
1 Doomsday
1 Drag Down
1 Dread Return
1 Dystopia
1 Eater of Hope
1 Eradicate
1 Evil Presence
1 Extinguish All Hope
1 Extortion
1 Fallen Ideal
1 False Cure
1 Fear
1 Feebleness
1 Fill with Fright
1 Grim Reminder
1 Gruesome Fate
1 Harrowing Journey
1 Hatred
1 Hint of Insanity
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Induce Despair
1 Insubordination
1 Intimidation
1 Liability
1 Lose Hope
1 Lost Legacy
1 Lurking Evil
1 Misinformation
1 Mourning
1 Nausea
1 No Mercy
1 One with Nothing
1 Oppression
1 Painful Lesson
1 Painful Memories
1 Painful Truths
1 Perilous Predicament
1 Persecute
1 Plunge into Darkness
1 Price of Fame
1 Remorseless Punishment
1 Ruinous Path
1 Scare Tactics
1 Screams from Within
1 Self-Inflicted Wound
1 Sick and Tired
1 Sicken
1 Sins of the Past
1 Succumb to Temptation
1 Suffer the Past
1 Suppress
1 Tainted Remedy
1 Terror
1 Thief of Hope
1 Ultimate Price
1 Underhanded Designs
1 Unliving Psychopath
1 Vendetta
1 Vicious Rumors
1 Warped Devotion
1 Wave of Terror
1 Witness the End
1 Wit's End
1 Words of Waste
1 Worst Fears
1 Amnesia
1 Back to Basics
1 Backfire
1 Backslide
1 Balance of Power
1 Betrayal
1 Bribery
1 Broken Ambitions
1 Censor
1 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Clever Impersonator
1 Condescend
1 Confirm Suspicions
1 Confound
1 Contempt
1 Contradict
1 Corrupted Conscience
1 Cowardice
1 Cruel Fate
1 Deprive
1 Diplomatic Immunity
1 Dismal Failure
1 Exclude
1 Eyes Everywhere
1 Fabricate
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Frightful Delusion
1 Hinder
1 Hoodwink
1 Illusion of Choice
1 Illusionary Wall
1 Illusory Gains
1 Imaginary Threats
1 Impulse
1 In the Eye of Chaos
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Increasing Confusion
1 Insidious Will
1 Invoke Prejudice
1 Mass Manipulation
1 Misdirection
1 Nagging Thoughts
1 Opposition
1 Oppressive Will
1 Paralyzing Grasp
1 Persistent Nightmare
1 Plea for Power
1 Political Trickery
1 Power Taint
1 Propaganda
1 Prophet of Distortion
1 Reality Spasm
1 Regress
1 Repulse
1 Selective Memory
1 Send to Sleep
1 Shared Fate
1 Shifting Borders
1 Shifting Loyalties
1 Stifle
1 Stream of Unconsciousness
1 Stupefying Touch
1 Stymied Hopes
1 Sunken Hope
1 Sway of Illusion
1 Take into Custody
1 Thought Collapse
1 Totally Lost
1 Tragic Lesson
1 Trait Doctoring
1 Traumatize
1 Treachery
1 Tricks of the Trade
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Tunnel Vision
1 Unnatural Selection
1 War Tax
1 Weaver of Lies
1 Wheel and Deal
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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