Leviathans & Krakens

Started by xStrayKnightx, January 15, 2014, 03:21:17 AM

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xStrayKnightx

With some of the cards that are being spoiled in Born of the Gods, I've been wanting to make a Commander deck with Blue in it. It wouldn't be counter Blue, either. More like tapping down with Blue and drawing cards. What are some good Commanders that allow me to do this, with the above creature types in mind?

I'm willing to go for Blue-White, Blue-Black or Blue-Green. Wanna stay away from Red.

Gorzo

I know you said you wanted to stay away from red, but {Jhoira of the Ghitu} would be pretty good for that.

But, red aside, you have three options IMO.

1: {U}{G}. {Prime Speaker Zegana} would be really solid with this deck type, and green gives you access to mana ramp, which is going to be VERY valuable to you with your giant cost sea monsters. {Momir Vig, Simic Visionary} and {Experiment Kraj} are other good options.

2: {U}{W}. If you like tapping stuff down, white can help with that! Stuff like {Gideon's Lawkeeper} and other tap-down spells, and ways to destroy tapped creatures like {Sunblast Angel} and {Gideon Jura}. None of the UW legends jump out at me for the theme, but there are lots of options to pick from!

3: {U}{G}{W}! Best of both worlds! Bant gives you the ramp and growth of green, and the tap assist of white. The new Commander 2013 Bant legendaries could probably work pretty well with this theme, too.

xStrayKnightx

I've been thinking of using Simic as the deck colour scheme, to be honest. It gives me access to Kiora when she's released as well, giving me a 9/9 each turn.
Thanks for the help, Gorzo! +1 for you!

Stromack


NyghtHawk

{Experiment Kraj} definitely seems like the choice over {Prime Speaker Zegana} imo. Seems really good to build around.

Gorzo

Quote from: NyghtHawk on January 15, 2014, 10:52:15 AM
{Experiment Kraj} definitely seems like the choice over {Prime Speaker Zegana} imo. Seems really good to build around.

I love both. But highlighted Prime Speaker because she's a sea creature (merfolk) so she fits the theme, and her effect is incredibly powerful in a deck with nothing but huge leviathans and krakens and potentially big green dudes.

But yeah, Kraj is amazing, I love that mutant ooze! He's super fun to build with, and would still be amazing here. Has all those activated abilities? Sure, we'll give him {Shipbreaker Kraken}'s monsterous ability, why not? Lol