MTG Salvation

Orzhov Bookkeeper 1WB
Creature - Human Cleric
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, each opponent looses 1 life.
2/2

NEXT: Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

Rash Idea 1R
Instant - Arcane
Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Splice onto Arcane RR

What are your expectations of the mana base? Whats your budget? It heavily depends on both.

I have a 5c deck with a super budget mana base, but I run a lot of green for ramp and fixing. It works pretty well.
Budget:

• Terramorphic Expanse & Evolving Wilds
• Exotic orchard
• Path of Ancestry
• Mystic monastery (cycle of 10 3-color lands)
• Vivid Crag (cycle of 5 charge-counter lands)
• Chromatic Lantern + Trophy Mage & Fabricate
• Cultivate & Kodama's Reach (and similar)
• Commander's Sphere (and similar)

If you're going budget I recommend you stay away from 2-color lands unless your deck is heavily focussed on 1-2 colors, only splashing the rest.

If you got the monies:

• Reflecting Pool
• City of Brass & Mana Confluence
• Hallowed Fountain (cycle of 10 shock lands)
• Polluted Delta (cycle of 10 fetches able to fetch shocklands)

I really hope we do not get more 4-color stuff and I don't expect we will. It's just so unfocussed and lacks multifacetted flavor.

Finishing the 2-color cycle would be cool I guess, although I don't know if another (potentially busted) experience counter cycle would be the way to go.

In terms of what color combinations need it the most, wedges are least populated, especially Jeskai. They somehow never got a legend outside the jeskai commander deck and Kahns block (I'm ignoring partners here).

Tracton, Involuntary Hoarder 3RR
Legendary Artifact Creature - Golem
Trample
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy all other artifacts. Put a +1/+1 on ~ for each artifact destroyed this way.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, create a colorless Magnet artifact token with: "t, sacrifice this artifact: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn."
1/1

NEXT: "Strategy" theme commander

I recommend Mayael the Anima its super proactive, very fun to play and can be adjusted to fit any powerlevel (outside cEDH). It's also a great deck to give to people who are new to EDH. Spinning the wheel is just so satisfying.

Edit: Also, Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer. Super explosive, very proactive and also not overplayed, most people never played against a Brudiclad deck before. FOr a deck that wins through the attack step, it plays a lot of unusual cards. By far the funnest decks I have build in the last year.

I think it depends on what your goal is. If its power level or performance, yeah I think its possible to finish a deck, although for me that would mean its no longer a "work in progress" as opposed to "never change a card again". However I like to change around my decks a lot, tweak themes, include new subthemes, expand on strengths and cover weaknesses... but also cut cards that prove to be opressive or unfun to play against. As long as there is something to be done with a deck, it feels like a living thing to me, yearning for growth and grooming. As soon as a deck is done, its... done. Kinda dead.

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Yeah I also would have thought the death count would be higher given that this is a WAR!

Ajani, Jaya, Dovin, Ral Zarek and Sarkhan were all be people who could have died and would have had a good run and decent story arcs. And would have given more oompf to the story. Gideon feels a bit like Elspeth 2.0 so I am actually a bit disappointed with that.

I'm actually quite sad that Gideon dies. Admittedly, he's not a very interesting character, but I liked the idea that his suffering comes from the fact that he is quasi-immortal himself while his friends die around him. I would have preferred if the death of some Gatewatch members would be a recall to Gideon's backstory (Tragic Arrogance) on a bigger and more dramatic scale. THAT would give some edge to him for interesting writing.

Seems in line with what we already know. Nobody likes to play against MLD and cards that impose a hard lock or super harsh penalties/taxes. Cards that stop players from partticipating in the game, in short. I agree.

This got me good. I saw it late last night when I didn't have my guard up yet for April 1st. I was halfway through creating a thread here when it hit me... I guess all I can do is relish the memories of those 5 minutes of sol ring ban bliss.

Admuri, Silent Stalwart 2WWU
Legendary Creature - Giant Soldier
Vigilance
Whenever one or more damage of a source an opponent controls is prevented, you may draw a card.
t: Prevent all damage a creature of your choice would deal this turn.
4/6

Next: a commander that somehow uses your opponents resources

Moldrim the Corpseleech 2BG
Legendary Creature - Fungus Zombie
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponents graveyard from anywhere, you create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token and gain 1 life.
2/3

NEXT: A commander that creates a very unique kind of token

Grolm, Landslide Shepherd xRRR
Legendary Land Creature - Mountain Elemental
When ~ enters the battlefield, distribute X landslide counters on any number of Mountains you control.
Mountains with landslide counters on them have "2, t, sacrifice this land: Destroy target non-basic land".
4/2

Next: A commander that cares for the number of your opponents

you really don't need a full playset of shocks and checks to have a functional 3color mana base. Get 2 of each (thats still 12 rares mind you) and you have a solid mana base to start out with. Any shock and check you pull afterwards is icing.

Ornak the Fiendsower 2RRBB
Legendary Creature - Demon Avatar
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, for each opponent, choose a non-demon creature that player controls at random and put a corruption counter on it.
Creatures with corruption counters are demons, get +2/-1 and can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
4/6

NEXT: an upkeep-matters commander