![]() The most popular commanders were cards that had been tuned for competitive formats and rose to the top because they facilitated what the color identity represented at that time. ![]() Before Commander 2011, this was by no means the case. Every year, we’re bound to see a cycle of two color ally and/or enemy commanders, and shard or wedge commanders at least once in a two year span. Hope you packed some mittens, because next time we meet, we'll be predicting the popularity of Kaldheim commanders.Having played Commander for over a decade, it’s easy to say that options for any given color identity have never been as plentiful as they currently are. Well, that’s a fairytale ending to this article. My Overall Correct Prediction Percentage: 71% My Throne of Eldraine Correct Prediction Percentage: 89% (Career best!) Think Forever Young, Delve cards, Morality Shift, and more (I think that last one just wins the game on the spot). In other words, I recognized some of Konrad's interactions, but certainly not all. ![]() Aristocrats is also great with other colors ( Teysa Karlov and Meren of Clan Nel Toth, for instance)." "Mill is made so much stronger when we add blue, and it’s just awkward in mono-black. A few telling statements from my initial evaluation: This set offered a round table of four obvious Unders (with one notable exception). I love when they throw random uncommon legends into sets these days. There are so many good ones and so many ways to put them into the ‘yard that Emry shines nonetheless. So it goes.)Įmry didn’t get many additional tools from sets after Eldraine, but that’s just a testament to the depth of artifacts in general. (That gibe at the end didn't age well, considering the Browns made the playoffs this year. And she’s definitely got the hype factor, which helps more in Magic than it does in, say, the NFL (just ask the Cleveland Browns)." She’s also rife with combo potential, as any degenerate Modern player will tell you. " self-mill element is interesting, as is the cost-reduction clause. Emry offers some undeniably cool interactions, as covered in my 2019 article. I'm one of the 965 people to build this deck, and I still have it to this day (which is really saying something since my decks usually don’t last longer than a year). Some complained the card was too easy to play and didn’t require much strategy to build around."Ĭhulane has become no less controversial over time, though that hasn't impacted its popularity. "There was once a Bant commander that caused controversy because of its power and broad application. Show some restraint, girl.'"Īnd what of the fourth Brawl deck face commander? Allow me to remind you of the tale I wrote of that card. "Listen, I love Gwyn’s flare for dramatic visuals, but if I’m a knight in her army, I’m gonna be like, 'Yo G, can you please douse your flaming sword? We’re standing on a field of dry grass and you’re wearing a billowy cape, plus your horse looks like it’s about to keel over. She's also the most popular Esper commander on the site and the 9th most popular commander overall. Her third most popular theme is Faerie tribal. I believe this makes her the de facto Faerie tribal commander for the foreseeable future." ![]() Speaking of which, Alela produces them whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment. " line of text has broad application for a number of strategies and tribes, perhaps most notably with Faeries. I did not expect to see this guy to show up in Standard, but hey, it was a weird year. ![]() Most Korvold decks run Pitiless Plunderer, Dockside Extortionist, and/or Tireless Tracker. Plus, Jund is the go-to color combo for land retrieval, meaning Korvold can snack on one’s lands without much downside. Red also offers Treasure, green offers Clues, and both green and black offer the new Food tokens. The Jund color combo has tokens aplenty, doesn’t it? Goblins from red, Saprolings from green, Zombies from black. Here's what I wrote about Korvold in my 2019 article: That's surprising to me, especially considering the popularity of these three (and the fourth, which we'll get to soon). These were three of the four "face cards" for the Brawl decks, a then-new product line which hasn't appeared since. ![]()
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