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Volo’s weirdly-worded activated ability means that it can still be Stifled, but once we’ve noted two creature types, the draw are very inexpensive. Like the original Volo, Guide to Monsters, this version of Volo rewards us for playing a broad array of creature types. My first try for a legendary creature / Background pick might be Candlekeep Sage and Abdel Adrian, Gorlon’s Ward to generate many tokens. Particularly useful in decks led by partners, Candlekeep Sage triggering on commanders entering or leaving the battlefield means we’ll likely replace our commanders getting killed numerous times. I adore the fact that a common made the Top Five. Then we start smashing faces and drawn cards and smashing more faces. We’ll once again want ways to make it unblockable. Prior commentary notwithstanding, Ancient Silver Dragon is a card to make the inner Timmy in all of us squeal.

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I was going to keep my ten-card upgrade deck together, but Imoen and Dungeon Delver make rebuilding the deck sufficiently attractive.

This way, we can speed-run dungeons with Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker helping out and Dungeon Delver giving us more triggers. Blue Honorable Mentionĭespite the fact that we could choose mono-blue and have Imoen, Mystic Trickster as the commander, I’d prefer to run it in a deck led by Sefris of the Hidden Ways. Having flash is nice because you can wait most of the early turn cycle without exposing Archivst of Oghma to targeted removal. It’s simple and doesn’t take anything away from other players, yet provides a huge amount of value on what some players are already doing. I suspect we might see this Halfling Cleric at high-power tables as well as others. We’ll just have to wait for our moment after the dust has cleared from some battlefield sweeper and then rise up to the highest peak. Because it exiles itself during resolution, we can’t do the same kind of things we might in looping Living Death. The trick with Ascend from Avernus will be how long we wait to cast it. Toss in Strionic Resonator or Lithoform Engine to double up on the triggers. Forebear’s Blade offers trample, which will make it highly likely to get through all we need is one damage for the trigger-and 10/13s don’t get chumped very often. Add the handy Whispersilk Cloak or Rogue’s Passage to ensure you can’t be blocked. Ancient Gold DragonĪ knock-off of Rith, the Awakener’s block, Ancient Gold Dragon will have us creating creature swarms like there’s no tomorrow. The latter, in fact, will offer all the Juniper Order Ranger shenanigans you like. Clan Crafter and Master Chef provide compelling directions. Lae’zel, Vlaakith’s ChampionĪ clever way of getting +1/+1 counters onto the other strategy you like, Lae’zel lets us choose a Background to go along with this solid Gith Warrior. Even if we play it just as an enchantment, it provides some protection for us when players want to get greedy. Seriously, it’s an amazing Background that fits into many strategies. I knew this was the best card because it had the most words on it. Some of my disappointment with the Elder Dragons can be mitigated by the fact that dungeon stuff has come back. Maybe we need a new supertype called “mediocre” or something.

I’ll also look past the fact that we have Elder Dragons which aren’t legendary. I’ll lean into the idea that many folks like Treasures and leave it there. My individual opinion of a card also won’t be colored by my thought that the number of Treasures in Commander is just too damn high individual cards can’t be held responsible for bigger design philosophies. Since last week we talked about all the legendary creatures, I’ll try to not repeat myself too much.īaldur’s Gate Commander: Reviewing The Legends So Far

The criteria are subjective, which may include a card’s power level, flavor, synergies, or various other intangibles. I’ll break down every color, multicolored, and colorless, picking my Top Five for each, as well as the top common and top uncommon (assuming they’re not already on the list). It’s a flavor-driven set that will clearly have favorites due to players’ nostalagia. If a card has significant impact on the higher-powered end, I’ll bring that up as well. For the most part, we’ll discuss the set in the mid-range part of the format. This is a set review for Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate in Commander.

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It also supplies a deep dive into Baldur’s Gate, both the PC games and the setting, for those of us who don’t know all that much it. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate provides both Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons fans (where there’s lots of crossover) some shiny new toys to explore our love of the format. New armies will be built and existing one augmented. Commander season is on us in a powerful way.

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