It’s been a while since I’ve come across an Abzan general that really excited me, but Kathril, Aspect Warper shares so much with Rayami, First of the Fallen – a general I really enjoyed out of Commander 2019 – that I’m willing to bet that lightning strikes again here. I also think this deck will be well placed to disincentive opponents from casting spells through Niv-Mizzet, Parun, Mystic Remora and Rhystic Study. Given we’re in Blue and White, we have plenty of ways to keep our generals in play, too – from counterspells to cards like Teferi’s Protection. Between Windfall, Wheel of Fortune and the many others, we’ll be able to stack plenty of triggers, and won’t have to worry about restacking our deck thanks to shuffle wheels like Echo of Eons. The two can both be win conditions, but where things really get spicy is the sheer amount of wheel effects we have in Red and Blue. It’s uncommon for us to see generals that care about both the drawing and discarding of cards, making cards like Anvil of Bogardan and Grafted Skullcap independently relevant. Brallin, Skyshark Rider and Shabraz, the Skyshark hold true to that sentiment. Smothering Tithe really gets the action going with Akim!Įvery time we get new partners I like to state at least once that I really love the idea of creating them in pairs, allowing for a more balanced, focused design. This is the kind of wide spectrum general that I really love to get behind – let’s not forget too that Brudiclad works really well with treasure tokens. If you’re planning on making other tokens too, that’s fine, since I would recommend cards like Aven Wind Guide, Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, and Intangible Virtue that will be augmenting our creature tokens. Our general is not a combo by itself, but the activated ability (while not the same as Flying Crane Technique) feels an awful lot like it if enough of your tokens are already flying, or when pumped by something like Shared Animosity or Cathar’s Crusade. that may come in the form of goblin tokens through Pashalik Mons or drakes with Drake Haven. If you don’t want to get into a thematic build I don’t think the type of creature tokens you’re creating are going to be as important as the fact that for this deck you want to be making creature tokens. When I was writing about Kykar, Wind’s Fury last summer, I would have loved to have had a co-pilot like Akim, the Soaring Wind around to help give the deck extra reach. The deck may be a bit of a glass cannon, even if it aims to play for the long game, but I think it’s fair to say that Gavi can be built in any number of ways, including dedicating an even higher ratio of the deck to cycling. Last week I covered the larger picture of what I would do with Gavi, Nest Warden. Copying spells is always fun, and the other creatures in the deck lend themselves to getting the ball rolling, and keeping it rolling. Arcane Maelstrom is a more splashy deck, built around big plays and swingy turns.Out of the box, it features a deck built around ‘maximal velocity’, with ways to slowly accelerate while building up your board. Symbiotic Swarm is the Abzan deck, and features general themes of recursion, enter-the-battlefield effects, and ‘value’ creatures.The deck itself is a tempo-control style deck that hopes to build up tokens and enjoy other benefits of playing reactively. The face-Commander does through cycling, and focuses on giving you more opportunities to pull this off on your turn. Timeless Wisdom is a Jeskai deck that centers around drawing and discarding cards.This week we’ll be looking at three of the decks to analyze what can be done with the twelve generals inside them: This was a little bit easier to do in past years, as the deck count had been paired down to only four, but since this year’s decks are a return to the wedges we last saw in the first Commander product, I’m willing to let that slide.
Commander 2020Įvery 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.
While they don’t have the same sole-release impact I’ve grown accustomed to in the last few years, there is a lot to discover about the slew of new cards we’ve been delivered. This year’s decks were all built to pair well with the new Standard set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.
We’ve reached Commander 2020 previews a little early this year, and it’s been a welcome and exciting change. How do the decks feel, and where can he see them going? Today, he looks at Abzan, Temur, and Jeskai. Today, Ryan assesses three decks from Commander 2020.
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