Golgari Legends / Counters | Budget & Non-budget Cleopatra Deck Tech! Benjamin Levin • January 18, 2025 Budget Deckbuilding Win games in historical fashion with this Cleopatra Commander deck tech from Benjamin Levin, all under $100! 6 Commander Cards to Gruul in the New Year Landon Crisp...
Another theme ofCommander Legendsis a push to make white a stronger color in Commander. As the weakest color in the format, Wizards of the Coast is pushing to give the color more options to draw cards and create an advantage on board. One of the new cards that exemplify this effort is ...
The Background mechanic, first introduced viaCommander Legends: Battle or Baldur’s Gate(CLB), is a variation of the Partner mechanic. First seen in theCommander 2016set, Partner allowed for two legendary creatures to get placed in the command zone if each had the Partner mechanic. Both comma...
“Legends matter” is another approach you can take to this deck. Something likeGoryo's Vengeanceworks well because so many dragons happen to be legendary. You could capitalize on this with cards likeRelic of LegendsandHeroes' Podium, or some niche payoffs likePiru, the VolatileandCrystal Drag...
The other odd-card-out in this deck is theLegendscardArena of the Ancients. At the very least, this turns off those powerfulcommander damagebased decks, but at the very best, you’re wreckinglegendarycreatures decks likeDihada, Binder of WillsandJodah, the Unifier. TheChroniclesprinting of th...
Nasty EndandDeadly Disputeboth allow you to trade up easily on cards in a deck with so many cheap Legends and artifacts. I’ve been trimming tutors from my decks lately, but clearly Worldy Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Eladamri’s Call, Demonic Tutor and so forth can all boost your consistency...
I really do like both versions ofHell’s Caretaker, as different as they are. Sandra Everingham’s abstract, Balrog-like horror has that early Magic feel, and I would absolutely play a black bordered Legends version. I did, however, open a foil Masters 25 Greg Staples version of this car...
"Tyrannosaurus Rex" translates to "Tyrant Lizard King," and that name couldn't be more apropos. These legends, for lack of a better word, totally rule. However, while studying these Dinosaurs, I've come across some bizarre anomalies in the data and analysis of their respective EDHREC pages...