I’m still basically holding out for a great blue-black commander, but meanwhile, let’s look at what we can do with this guy.
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EDH Deck Time: Unesh
Apparently there is finally a monoblue legendary sphinx that’s worth playing (sorry, [scryfall]Alhammarret, High Arbiter[/scryfall], but you really aren’t worth playing in EDH).
Let’s do something with it.
Battle of Commander Ban Lists
As usual, I’m a bit late with this, but still, it’s worth it to discuss the two different banlists.
EDH Deck Time: Bontu
This might be a bit generic, because there’s already quite a few sac-centric decks, but at least its monoblack, so lets try this out.
EDH Deck Time: Olivia Voldaren
Although I’ve chosen not to play red (and white) in EDH, of the limited number of legendary creatures in Modern Masters 2017, Olivia is clearly the one for me.
(Of course, I’d choose the demon, if I could. Although, unlike Olivia, who’s just faring better after the fall of Sorin, Griselbrand is dead, in case someone wants to go that far into Vorthos territory.)
EDH Deck Time: Zegana v. 2
This was one of my earliest decks, and hasn’t really been updated in a couple of years, so I guess its about time (especially as the earlier version included two cards that are currently banned). This is a continuation of yesterday’s article, where I took a look at Zegana as a commander in a blue-green deck with an ETB-theme. This time we are going to be more controlling, with one goal: making huge creatures and then protecting them.
EDH Deck Time: Zegana v. 1
I haven’t played EDH in a very long time. I don’t even remember when was the last time I played, although I do have some idea. If I remember correctly, at least I went out on a high note by kicking ass with [scryfall]Liliana, Heretical Healer[/scryfall], a card I had sort of waited on for a while before playing her. I even have the SDCC version of her (actually, I have all the SDCC versions of her).
That was maybe six months ago, but, even if I don’t play much these days (although I do play other formats some), Magic is much more than the actual act of playing. Simply planning and designing decks, thinking about interactions and so forth has its own merit and rewards as a creative outlet. So, I was going through my favorite decks from years past and decided to update them a bit. First one being Zegana. I have two versions of the deck, so I’ll write about each of them, especially since the approach seems to be different from what I’ve seen from other people.
This first one goes all in on flickering and bouncing.
EDH Deck Time: Yahenni
This is possibly so simple that it would border on boring, but what the heck, [scryfall]Terminus[/scryfall] isn’t as popular as it used to be due to the new tucking rules, maybe this could do something.
EDH Deck Time: Baral, Chief of Compliance
A word of caution here: This guy is going to be hated. He’s not actually that powerful in EDH, because countering isn’t that fruitful, but both of his abilities are still good.
Just understand that even though this might not work out very well, blue is often a feel-bad color for others and others will see you as the big target in the game just because they dislike being countered, even though many other spells are much more effective answers in this particular format.
Even More Top 5 Lists on MtG
Haven’t done one in a while, so might as well…