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The two will likely be linked in the format, making cameos in each other’s decks and I think the existence of one makes the other better. Grismold on the other hand easily gets me thinking about Slimefoot, the Stowaway as a general I have been meaning to get off the ground. The fact that he takes advantage of the abilities of all players is very enticing and probably means that I will one day have something very exciting to say about him. In Rayam I see a lot of potential, especially as I’ve been trying to make Soulflayer work in Commander since its printing in Fate Reforged. Lastly there is Rayam, First of the Fallen and Grismold, the Dreadsower, two generals I honestly have less to say about. So look out for that in the coming months. I don’t want to dedicate too much of this article to what I plan to do with Volrath, the Shapestealer, as I fully expect to write an entire article on him once I’ve gotten some games in with a build. Or attack as a Ravenous Slime and avoid all the chump blockers. Become a Marionette Master and sacrifice your artifacts to decimate your opponents one by one. Have Volrath become a Beguiler of Wills and tap to likely nab the best creatures on the board. The game plan as I see it is to find creatures that gain value based on the size of their body but are built small.

The right deck skeleton will ultimately require some time thinking about ways to effectively get counters onto whichever creature we want to copy, but right now Generous Patron, Midnight Banshee, Xathrid Gorgon, and Makeshift Mannequin are topping my personal list.

Something I wasn’t prepared for was just how much of an all-star Volrath, the Shapestealer was going to be in this product. But I also want to look out for cards that were excluded from the precon, like Ebonblade Reaper, which can drastically change an opponent’s place in the game, or Primordial Mist, which can turn manifested instants or sorceries back into spells. The deck skeleton I envision will be able to also take advantage of the new Scroll of Fate, manifesting cards from our hand and drawing us another card.

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I think the design space for a powerful deck is absolutely there, making the first face-down creature spell you cast each turn effectively free and making all face-down spells cantrip massively empowers the deck. Our marquee legend is Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer and while I had been lukewarm on them, I understand that players have been clamoring for a general that explicitly plays well with Morph creatures. What I was not expecting was that the deck was going to house so many stellar legendary creatures. My Aminatou, the Fateshifter deck has a sizable Morph/manifest suite, but the deck has been more stagnant than I was hoping it would be as the last year since her release. When we learned that Morph was going to be a theme one of the decks would be built around this year, I have to admit I was pretty excited. Commander 2019 is no different as today I will be looking at the decks built around the mechanics of Morph and Populate. And then there is last year’s entries on Lord Windgrace and Saheeli and Aminatou and Estrid. You can find my thoughts one the Cat generals, as well as the Dragons, Vampires, and Wizards of Commander 2017. As the Summer winds down, we’ve reached one of my events of the year: Commander Previews! This year the decks were all built around a themed mechanic as their identity and while I was excited to see what might be possible with Morph or Flashback, I can confidently say I was not expecting some of what we got in previews this week.Įvery year I take a look at the new generals Wizards has created for the product and outline quickly what I would do if I were to build around each of them.

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