When it comes to buying and building the best Commander decks in Magic: The Gathering sure to guarantee a win, turning to the most played and powerful strategies tends to be the best approach. Introduced on June 17, 2011, the mega-popular Commander format, also known as Elder Dragon Highland (EDH), adopts a gameplay mechanic developed by Adam Staley in the 1990s and Sheldon Menery in the 2000s. The format consists of players using 100-card decks, with each card (minus basic lands) appearing only once. Players opt for a legendary creature or Planeswalker to command their army, and enter the battlefield using the Command Zone.
In 2011, five Precon Commander decks were introduced, with each deck built around an MtG Commander and a specific mechanical theme. While these are great entry points into Commander, however, they are often built sub-optimally and require a lot of tweaks to fix. Another option is to simply eschew the Commander Precons and jump right into the most played Commander strategies in the format – we’re using the always great EDHREC.com as our primary source for this data – while also planning out a budget on top of this.
Shorikai, Genesis Engine is the most popular Commander for the vehicles strategy, which sees decks play the powerful artifacts (and creatures, when crewed) alongside enablers like cheap creatures to crew them and synergistic removal and disruption. Shorikai is a U/W deck which means players have access to many options to fill out their curve alongside vehicles; counter magic like Dovin’s Veto and Counterspell are appealing, while white cards like Refurbish can help reanimate target artifacts to control the battlefield. Important cards to consider for Shorikai are Imposter Mech, Mobilizer Mech, and Parhelion II.
Edgar Markov is the king of the Vampires typal Commander deck. It’s easy to see why – he has the powerful Eminence ability, which triggers even when he’s in the Command Zone to pressure board states. There are options with Edgar Markov – Vampires swarming the battlefield can be the main goal or a sub-theme, with the latter playing second fiddle to life gain combos that can end the game on the spot. Important cards for Edgar Markov are Edgar, Charmed Groom; Vito, Thorn of Dusk Rose; and Drana, Liberator of Markir.
Ah, Kenrith. A card that once terrorized Standard as part of an extremely efficient ramp strategy has now come to Commander for an equally impressive reign of terror. Kenrith is most popular as a Pod-style commander – which means strategies that sacrifice smaller creatures to bring more powerful ones onto the battlefield for free, or for a discount. Kenrith also has a 5-color mana identity which means players can add pretty much whatever they want to their strategy. Crucial cards for any Kenrith deck are Birds of Paradise, Smothering Tithe, and Rhystic Study to help ramp out and cycle through its more niche cards and counters.
2023-12-25 16:41:03
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