If you are looking to steal creatures and attack, have you thought about using Chainer, Dementia Master as the commander? I think he would better suit the style you are going for than Kiku.
Kiku is very easy to cast, and doesnt suffer from the commander tax too badly. Unless you are using all the voltron/protection equipment for your other creatures, you could probably lose some of them in favor of a simple lightning greaves
Grave Betrayal: Steals any creature that you kill with Kiku. Nezumi Graverobber: GY hate, and eventual creature theft Phyrexian Reclamation: Only gets back your own creatures, but it’s still one of the most efficient recursion engines in black. Dawn of the Dead: Gives you another shot at the ETB triggers on your creatures and lets you crash in with them one more time. If you have a sac outlet, however, you can send them back to the graveyard instead of exiling them, allowing you to bring them back as many times as you please. Cabal Coffers: If you’re going to buy one expensive card for this deck, make it this one. Sadistic Hypnotist: Fill your opponents GY with creatures for you to steal Mind Slash: see above.
I would probably lose these guys in favor of creatures with a stronger effect: Slum Reaper - can help kill creatures than Kiku cant fleshbag Marauder - see above crypt ghast - you have nirkana revenant, why not? Gray merchant of Asphodel - insane in multiplayer. gaining 40+ life every time he ETB is normal Harvester of Souls - great card draw for all the murder that will be happening, and not a bad fighter himself
If you are looking for white/blue aggro with Angels, maybe try Bruna, Light of Alabaster? Ive never built this deck, but it seems very resilient. Auras are generally cheaper than equipment, if you want to go a voltron route. Take a look on the forums and see if she appeals to you.
Also, a fun control deck that I was thinking of building is Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer. The bribery mechanic can be a strong political tool, and it is in the colors you like.
Good luck and welcome to the best format in magic!
Edit: Something to consider if you are on a tight budget is Pauper commander. Instead of a legendary creature, you pick an uncommon one for your commander. The rest of the deck can only have common-rarity cards. This is extremely budget friendly, as most commons you can get for pennies. Still has the spirit of EDH, with less of the wallet-pain.
I would recommend something like Mayael the Anima or Animar, Soul of Elements. Giant smashing creatures seems to be a departure from what I would imagine your other decks to be like, and as someone above me said, it Gets you away from black. I am personally liking Mayael, she brings a certain amount of randomness that can keep a deck interesting. Doran, the Siege Tower is an interesting general that effects the entire game, which I believe is the mark of a good commander. Cards for him are generally cheap, most of which are only good in Doran decks.
my girlfriend made a slightly more budget version of this Sigarda enchantress voltron deck, and I lose to it every time. It's SO powerful when it gets going!
I figure now that Theros is almost done, we probably wont be getting many giant Sea Monsters for a good while. Who do you think would be the best commander for a giant Sea Monsters/hydras/leviathans type deck?
im personally leaning towards U/G for the ramp. Out of these, I think Kruphix and Vorel would be best for ramp possibilities, while Prime Speaker Zegana would benefit from the large creatures more directly.
he seems alright to me. Not as immediately awe inspiring as iroas was, but still interesting. I like that he doesnt scream storm/combo like most of the other R/U legends. Also encourages a more permanent-heavy deck compared to say, melek. mitebecool
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You might want to wait a week or 2 to see what the new G/U god from Journey into Nix will be like before you drop money on the kraj, unless you are dead set on him. personally Im trying to build a golgari deck but im waiting to see what Pharika is like before I go buying cards for savra.
though it's not an activated ability, I dont think there is a deck in the world that cant benefit from prophet of kruphix
how well does this deck translate to multi-player? Im trying to nail down a Kiku deck that can do both 1v1 and multiplayer, but for a casual group. doesn't have to win every game.
I was looking over this Kiku, Night's Flower deck that i'm builing, and I realized that I had something like 8 tutors in the deck. I know tutors are powerful, but I feel like I would rather have more fun cards in those spots. My deck doesn't run any combos, just synergy stuff. I find I usually just search for cabal coffers, but nothing else really NEEDS to be found right that second..If you dont have specific combos for a deck, is it worth playing tutors? casual playgroup, btw
what do you guys think about tutors in mono black control, or tutors in the format in general?
devastation tide saved my life multiple times. However, i feel like it was harder for me to recover from it than it was for my opponents. No real mana ramp to speak of makes recasting all the permanents you did have very hard. Melek on his own costs so much mana.
Kiku is very easy to cast, and doesnt suffer from the commander tax too badly. Unless you are using all the voltron/protection equipment for your other creatures, you could probably lose some of them in favor of a simple lightning greaves
Grave Betrayal: Steals any creature that you kill with Kiku.
Nezumi Graverobber: GY hate, and eventual creature theft
Phyrexian Reclamation: Only gets back your own creatures, but it’s still one of the most efficient recursion engines in black.
Dawn of the Dead: Gives you another shot at the ETB triggers on your creatures and lets you crash in with them one more time. If you have a sac outlet, however, you can send them back to the graveyard instead of exiling them, allowing you to bring them back as many times as you please.
Cabal Coffers: If you’re going to buy one expensive card for this deck, make it this one.
Sadistic Hypnotist: Fill your opponents GY with creatures for you to steal
Mind Slash: see above.
Blood Artist
Pain Seer
Onyx Mage
Thrill-Kill Assassin
I would probably lose these guys in favor of creatures with a stronger effect:
Slum Reaper - can help kill creatures than Kiku cant
fleshbag Marauder - see above
crypt ghast - you have nirkana revenant, why not?
Gray merchant of Asphodel - insane in multiplayer. gaining 40+ life every time he ETB is normal
Harvester of Souls - great card draw for all the murder that will be happening, and not a bad fighter himself
Also, a fun control deck that I was thinking of building is Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer. The bribery mechanic can be a strong political tool, and it is in the colors you like.
Good luck and welcome to the best format in magic!
Edit: Something to consider if you are on a tight budget is Pauper commander. Instead of a legendary creature, you pick an uncommon one for your commander. The rest of the deck can only have common-rarity cards. This is extremely budget friendly, as most commons you can get for pennies. Still has the spirit of EDH, with less of the wallet-pain.
good luck!
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/217240-sigarda-the-enchantress-jou-update-may-3-2014
lets see our options, feel free to add more:
Prime Speaker Zegana
Kruphix, god of horizons
Vorel of the Hull Clade
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Lorthos, the Tidemaker
im personally leaning towards U/G for the ramp. Out of these, I think Kruphix and Vorel would be best for ramp possibilities, while Prime Speaker Zegana would benefit from the large creatures more directly.
What do you guys think?
what do you guys think of Keranos?
he seems alright to me. Not as immediately awe inspiring as iroas was, but still interesting. I like that he doesnt scream storm/combo like most of the other R/U legends. Also encourages a more permanent-heavy deck compared to say, melek. mitebecool
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though it's not an activated ability, I dont think there is a deck in the world that cant benefit from prophet of kruphix
what do you guys think about tutors in mono black control, or tutors in the format in general?
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