Commander 2014 (Baseless Speculation and Spoilers)

[Spikepit]

I'm really keen to give the Kor/Soldier/Token/Equip a run! I haven't looked heavily into the others, but I feel the Mardu decks are the most cohesive.

[Dudecore]

Ob Nixilis planeswalker is ass. But Gisa is good, and it's got some kind of synergy. It at least IS a mono-black deck.

The red one is newish and exciting. Mono red is traditionally not a great EDH color so they pushed it pretty hard.

The white deck is straightforward, tons of room to upgrade and it's a simple archetype for players to build around.

Blue stinks.

I've spent almost no time reading the green one.

[Spikepit]

Same, I have no idea what's in the green. I did just preorder all five for AU 170, and I was happy to get the other 4 for that!

[Mattao19]

The Green Land Wrath is so OP and lame if you play it vs a 5 colour deck it's {Armageddon} that doesn't kill your lands ... It's pretty dumb if you ask me 

[Dudecore]

The Green Land Wrath is so OP and lame if you play it vs a 5 colour deck it's {Armageddon} that doesn't kill your lands ... It's pretty dumb if you ask me

Isn't it just green {Jokulhaups}? The art is similar..

[Mattao19]

The Green Land Wrath is so OP and lame if you play it vs a 5 colour deck it's {Armageddon} that doesn't kill your lands ... It's pretty dumb if you ask me

Isn't it just green {Jokulhaups}? The art is similar..

True .. BUT then you get basics into play. If you're playing 3+ colour EDH you run like 5 non basics and this just kills you

[Dudecore]

The Green Land Wrath is so OP and lame if you play it vs a 5 colour deck it's {Armageddon} that doesn't kill your lands ... It's pretty dumb if you ask me

Isn't it just green {Jokulhaups}? The art is similar..

True .. BUT then you get basics into play. If you're playing 3+ colour EDH you run like 5 non basics and this just kills you

That'd fall squarely in the catagory of "poor deck design". It doesnt say you can never play lands again...it's worse then {Armageddon} or {Jokulhaups} even.

[Mattao19]

Not really if I'm playing 5 colour why would I ever want more than 5 basics? You need to hit dbl. {B} then dbl {W} then {U} {G} {R} so why wouldn't I run all the non basics?

[Mattao19]

Look at Taysbys 3 colour Narset deck it runs 4 basics ... And that's 3 colour!!

[Remillo]

That's just the nature of running a mana-greedy deck.  The more non-basics you decide to play, the more you open yourself up to being blown out by {Price of Progress}, {Back to Basics}, {Ruination} and the like.  Playing lands that produce multiple colors is both a luxury and a risk.  There has to be a drawback, and being prone to more land hate is certainly a big one.  Otherwise, 5-color goodstuff with perfect mana bases would be absolutely everywhere.

[Dudecore]

That's just the nature of running a mana-greedy deck.  The more non-basics you decide to play, the more you open yourself up to being blown out by {Price of Progress}, {Back to Basics}, {Ruination} and the like.  Playing lands that produce multiple colors is both a luxury and a risk.  There has to be a drawback, and being prone to more land hate is certainly a big one.  Otherwise, 5-color goodstuff with perfect mana bases would be absolutely everywhere.

Pretty much this. Punishing greedy mana bases is part of how the game works. Its why {Blood Moon} is so popular.