Which Colors Are Most Popular In Commander?

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My third edition of ranking the colors in the Commander format by popularity.
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@totakekeslider3835 27 күн бұрын

I mean, let's be real: what's cooler than dragons? More dragons.

@brendans1983 27 күн бұрын

Zombie dragons

@mitchcieslak9476 6 күн бұрын

Anti dragon Dino’s are cooler

@RedCometNurse 27 күн бұрын

I ended up figuring out a while ago that I am secretly a Boros player. My first three commander decks were Jeskai, Naya, and then Mardu. It is the most common color combination in any of my 2- or 3-color decks (though Azorius is tied at the moment).

@TheSmartCinema 27 күн бұрын

same for me, the boros legion is the best

@Wojtek36762 27 күн бұрын

I also build a lot of Boros+ but haven’t built a pure Boros deck since I took Osgir apart.

@nanoglitch6693 26 күн бұрын

I inadvertantly built every bw+ combination with my first few decks. Didn't build just orzhov until Eriette tho.

@teeeea1741 25 күн бұрын

Very mono white of you

@Insanity1245 22 күн бұрын

I tend to play Naya, temur, simic, sultai, and gruul. Almost all of my decks have green Except for my new favorite deck, taii wakeen

@rafaelsantos-nl9jd 26 күн бұрын

I feel that the reason why Selesnya is not that popular is the color combination itself, but the fact that lack "cool" commanders, Selesnya fall on the same issue that Boros was in the past, lack of diversity and commander that have more identity

@HellecticMojo 9 күн бұрын

What flavor of tokens are we making today boys ZZZ

@thaddeuscole3718 27 күн бұрын

“When’s the last time we didn’t get a 5 color commander in a set?” Outlaws at Thunder Junction… literally the last set lmao

@evrettkeller2797 26 күн бұрын

Finally, though, huh?

@thaddeuscole3718 26 күн бұрын

@@evrettkeller2797 Not really, Lost Caverns didn’t have one and Wilds of Eldraine didn’t have one. Of the last 4 standard sets (about 1 year) only MKM has one

@snowmanO07 26 күн бұрын

Most of the Commanders you said, “already X,000 decks!” were precons. Pantlaza, Hakbal, Mothman, and a couple others. Granted, essentially cascade-like new Dino and merfolk commanders might be nearly that popular anyway if they weren’t precons.

@Shimatzu95 27 күн бұрын

The "problem" of selesnya as i think people see it is that it just does 2 things: Enchantress and Tokens If you want something else you have to dig around, realy it's kind of of the same problem boros had for a long time.

@Twime. 27 күн бұрын

This is completey false. It does lifegain,1+1+, and flicker super well.

@eewweeppkk 27 күн бұрын

+1/+1 is one of the most popular strategies in the format and selesnya is the strongest combo for it.

@Shimatzu95 26 күн бұрын

@@Twime. counters sure, i guess I just see it more in gruul nowdays, but i honestly cant remember the last time i have seen a selesnya deck with lifegain as main theme (i run trostani, but mostly as a token deck). I feel like lifegain is nowdays mostly either monowhite or, most of the time, orzhov.

@dizzynarutofan100 26 күн бұрын

It's under rated in Voltron imo

@shawnpanzegraf5642 5 күн бұрын

@@eewweeppkkEhh, not sure I’d go that far. Maybe the best +1/+1 counter color combo if you don’t want to break the bank, but an optimized Vorinclex, MR deck will perform as well or a bit better IMO. Outside of Vorinclex exclusively, though, I’d give it up to Selesnya for having more diverse options and a bit deeper toolbox. Who’s your #1 Selesnya pick for +1/+1? I would really, really like to see both Mono Green and Selesnya get some more Commanders that really pack a punch. I kinda see it as a design misstep on WotC’s part to ignore a number of two-color identities in favor of doing many of one or two three-color identities. I know they do it for greed’s sake to keep people chasing cut-rate dual lands, but c’mon. Several of these two-color identities are slipping in the rankings for the same reason. Lack of new Commanders/Commanders as strong or stronger than preexisting ones in the identity.

@EmmettHanly 27 күн бұрын

thanks for making this! i’ve been curious about the changes from last year for months

@daveczerwinski8816 26 күн бұрын

What a great video. Thanks so much for the effort and information!

@yoshitheonly 27 күн бұрын

When I fell in love w Magic 7 months ago, I set out to have a deck for every mono color and duo combo. Last stop is colorless Graaz, then celebrating the set of 16 with my first WUBRG from MH3. This game has me hooked nasty lol

@StarlitWitchy 24 күн бұрын

On the way to all 32 colour comboes? o7 It's so fun because then you get tqo make 2 of each!!! :p

@tyrannoeil1609 27 күн бұрын

Grixis will jump up next time with the new Obeka for sure.

@guico33 27 күн бұрын

I can see many people brewing her. But from there I find her quite underwhelming. From the brewing stage, you realize payoffs aren't that great for how much efforts it takes. Seen her in play a couple of times, not particularly impressive either.

@Controlqueen31 19 күн бұрын

@@guico33 I think she is "go wild and stomp" or "fuck, I don't have any upkeep broken cards on the moment". She has no games of just doing things. She does everything or nothing. At least, those are my impressions having played against it and having tested that same deck by the person who build it (which I must say was well constructed for how recent the commander is).

@ehecatzin 27 күн бұрын

I want to chime in on Yargle and Multani, I have this built, and man, I think It's both, the meme factor of doing swamp frog sounds, and It's a pretty interesting build around to find cards that can abuse that 18 power. You can run it with a critical mass of instant reanimation and buffs, and it can get silly with that "Voltron insta reanimate the frog" playstyle. I love it.

@loganweippert6884 24 күн бұрын

There's nothing better then swinging in and casting a berserk on the big frog

@SSolemn 26 күн бұрын

I have a Mono blue deck and I'm planning the second one. My Commander is Donal, Herald of Wings and its a Faerie tribal deck 🧚💙✨ and my next one will be a Geralf, Visionary Stitcher 🧟

@markdziamski4859 27 күн бұрын

Come on, really? “It copies Dragons”. YES!!! lol. Of course copying dragon is one of the most popular decks. Everybody loves dragons and you’re telling me I can get double the dragons. Yes Please. Lol

@Chimeraiam 27 күн бұрын

Yeah I'm not sure why Miirym surprises him so much. Seems like the biggest no brainer in terms of popularity to me lol

@LexAnarchy 27 күн бұрын

Yes it's not surprising that it's popular but #3 in the entire format just behind a 5 colour Dragon commander certainly is mind-blowing. I was expecting it to have around 10k decks but double that is bonkers!

@guico33 27 күн бұрын

Who would have thought players of a card game based in a fantasy world like elves and dragons? Truly surprising indeed... My dude is quite disconnected on that one.

@markdziamski4859 27 күн бұрын

@@LexAnarchy You’re surprised a 3 color dragon deck that doubles your dragon is so close behind a 5 color DRAGON deck? I’m not. The moment I saw Miirym I said I have to build this. When I played when I was a kid I also wanted to build a strong dragon deck (60 card formats) but I was kid with no money so I could never build it. But now with Miirym you build on a budget even and be stupid powerful

@DmanDominate 25 күн бұрын

Most dragons have ETB effects so this wasnt surprising!

@thomaspetrucka9173 27 күн бұрын

There's pretty clearly been a BIG focus from Wizards to give white and red and boros a ton of support for commander. I pointed this out to my cousin just barely. We've gotten 13 Naya commanders just in the last 6 months, and 22 BOROS commanders too! And this shouldn't be too surprising, since the majority of recent pre-cons have been 3-color, and lots have included white and red together!

@Lazydino59 27 күн бұрын

Wizards completely overhauling boros colors to be actually viable (ie adding card draw and good finishers and legends) is probably the best decision they’ve made in the past decade imo. I built a boros deck for the first time in like 8 years and it’s one of my favorites and doesn’t feel much worse than any other color combo (it still definitely feels a cut below some tho)

@thomaspetrucka9173 27 күн бұрын

@@Lazydino59 I totally agree! There's a lot of interesting synergies between White and Red, but never enough gas to keep the deck moving. My Sophina, Spearsage Mentor deck is probably my favorite.

@Lazydino59 27 күн бұрын

@@thomaspetrucka9173 Nice! I just wish boros commanders were a bit more diverse and interesting, feels like almost all of them are equipment and combat focused. My current general is duke ulder ravenguard and he has been a blast as a boros valuetown commander, I considered pivoting him an aristocrats strategy but in his current form is fun

@danielcurren2119 25 күн бұрын

Since last year, each set has pretty much had a naya precon with the exception of doctor who

@crimsonleg4237 27 күн бұрын

Black is good. Black is great. All hail Mono-Black, Grixis, Mardu, and Esper.

@drummerboy0511 27 күн бұрын

Small correction: Judith, Carnage Connoisseur is from this year. MKM was in February. She's already ridiculously popular.

@stigmaoftherose 27 күн бұрын

Mono red is still my favorite CEDH deck even if it isn't tier 1.

@BlackWolfC091 27 күн бұрын

I just came here to say that I have 4 Mono Black decks 😂😂

@aibalta6340 24 күн бұрын

Yep, me too. I never will be able to complete 32 deck challenge. Always end up making mono red or mono black decks.

@argentbast 7 күн бұрын

Love your stuff Demo. I noticed that this information is incomplete. So, to finish this off (as of 5/10/2024): #27: Witch-Maw (50,685) Notworthy commanders: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice (32,287 decks) Atraxa, Grand Unifier (10,725 decks) Thrasios, Triton Hero & Tynma the Weaver (4,408 decks) #28: Ink-Traders (37,156) Noteworthy commanders: Omnath, Locus of Creation (13,165 decks) Aragorn, the Uniter (11,632 decks) Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis (6,902 decks) #29: Colorless (34,984) Noteworthy commanders: Zhulodok, Void Gorger (10,256 decks) Kozilek, the Great Distortion (6,793 decks) #30: Yore-Tiller (23,741) Noteworthy commanders: Breya, Etherium Shaper (12,371 decks) Kraum, Ludevic's Opus & Tymna the Weaver (5056 decks) #31: Glint-Eye (12,100) Noteworthy commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder (6,342 decks) And last and certainly least, the least popular color is: #32: Dune-Brood (8606) Noteworthy commander: Saska the Unyielding (5,375) It's fascinating to note, in contrast to Multicolored's 186,765 decks, Four-color identities have NOT been getting ANY love. These color combinations are dominated by a handful of commanders which often make up over half of the decks they are representing.

@dreddbolt 27 күн бұрын

> Izzet To avoid Izzet spellslinger? Easy, there's partner combinations and Background combinations. Try Karlach//Charlatan with combat damage triggers and high power creatures, giving it the occasional support of other good attack trigger creatures. Even Livaan//Sailor has ways to facilitate non-sorcery, non-instant methods of taking advantage of her ability. > Lathril and Miirym Being able to **facilitate** certain colors with certain tribes, then combining such with the lure of power... well, those two are definitely going to be extremely enticing. Lathril having access to black removal and Golgari value helps to 'do the thing,' so it's THAT much easier to have fun 'doing the thing.' Miirym facilitates copying legendary dragons, and having busted torrents of value is going to be quite the siren's call. It is quite the rush to play with heaps of high power. My alternatives are Skanos//Acolyte and Viconia//Giants, because I like the idea of flying under the radar until I can stomp like crazy. I'm looking forward to another Tarkir set next year, and I may eventually finally get enough pieces to make Golgari elves fun for me. Of course, the 98 of the former has Old Gnawbone, and the 98 of the latter has Lathril, so there's some considerable power in both builds.

@Yourbeautiful666 24 күн бұрын

The funny thing is about these most popular decks is that they’re basically all the same deck. Usually if you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen the rest, as they are rarely built differently apart from doing “the thing”. Feather for example, you play spells that target feather, then you do the same thing the following turn. And all feather decks do that, because it’s “the thing” in feather. So it’s makes it really easy to counter these decks, because you already know the game plan before it happens. Only rarely you get someone mixing up a deck by running something different like Prosper, Tome Bound as a Rakdos control deck with land destruction value. Or Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer as red 1 drop tribal with aggressive red creatures.

@Controlqueen31 19 күн бұрын

While I agree that some decks are easy to stop, you need to have the cards to do so. A good Feather player will never play her without at least one protection spell, or even two if the table has color combinations with a lot of removal spells. It is clear that the vast majority of commanders go for what they were are made for, except for those that are good cards themselves (like Kenrith) or can generate several possible strategies because they generate value themselves (Prosper). And within this world, there are strategies that are very easy to protect with the right cards. I have a Jeska/Ishai deck that is not cEDH, but high level casual. Between Cavern of Souls, the amount of counters, draw spells and removals I have, my strategy is very simple because it depends on my opponents playing the game, which is a must for them. Once Ishai is ready, I triple her damage and kill the most problematic opponent. And so on with the other two on the next two turns.

@Yourbeautiful666 19 күн бұрын

@@Controlqueen31 That’s what I mean though. You expect the feather player to cast feather when it makes sense to cast feather, like with protection or when everyone is out of resources. So you just gotta do what you can to not give them the opportunity, otherwise they’re just going to loop the same turn over and over again, cus that’s all feather does. Same thing with Jeska/Ishai, we kind of already know the strategy is to swing with big bird. Yes you need the cards to deal with these things, or just cards to outrun them, but my point is mostly that when you see these decks at a table, you more or less already know what your game plan should be to go against them. You just have to play well and hope that plan works out. The decks just aren’t typically unique, so the answers to go against them have been solved already. I have a Meren of Clan Nel Toth deck that plans on reanimating things from the graveyard and to eventually win through Protean Hulk lines, or other combos on the end step. Pretty typical of a Meren deck. I have an Azami, Lady of Scrolls deck which plans to draw cards into extra turns or a Thassa’s Oracle/Laboratory Maniac combo. Also pretty typical for an Azami deck. But I have an Archangel Avacyn deck that people assume is a weenie token deck that will swarm the board with creatures, but it’s a Boros control/land destruction deck that plans to get ahead on resources, and deny others theirs by making treasures, and blowing up lands while protecting my own. Or my Tymna/Kraum deck that people assume is a blue farm deck, but it’s just a Nekusar wheels deck that splashes white for smothering tithe and a few other cards to assemble a terrible combo.

@Chimeraiam 27 күн бұрын

It's interesting to me that all the commanders you seem shocked are so popular are the ones where I go, oh yeah of course that's gonna be wildly popular lol

@totakekeslider3835 27 күн бұрын

7 of the top 10 are tribal decks, which is very unsurprising to me. People love amassing an army of the same creature type.

@SeekerOf7ruth 27 күн бұрын

There is the matter of Demo's style of deckbuilding, as always. But those commanders also tend to draw the most attention from the rest of the table and have interaction held back to deal with their presence/gameplan.

@ivernedit4132 27 күн бұрын

Naya has really got the newest commanders that people like to build. Duskana and voja went very ham

@danielcurren2119 25 күн бұрын

Don’t forget pantlaza. Didn’t take people long to hack its restricted discover with blink

@Badassest 27 күн бұрын

I wouldn't play Commander if five color commanders weren't a possibility. It takes a bit of work collecting to fill out the manabase and deck concept. But it's worth it. Esika and Kenrith top my list.

@totakekeslider3835 27 күн бұрын

Maybe it's just me, but I find 5-color really boring. A lot of them feel very same-y and all too easily just kinda end up as good stuff piles.

@Badassest 27 күн бұрын

@@totakekeslider3835 I get it but all decks are becoming good stuff. Especially the closer they get to optimal. I look at it as a journey through collection and concept until one maxes out the threshold of 100 cards. Then a new journey to build another begins. I have about 15 decks but my 5c gets the most love, contemplation and play. Because the other decks are so concentrated that playing them doesn't seem interesting. Very linear and predictable. I seldom see surprise off-theme variants in the restricted colors. Like a monoblue voltron Goldberry deck for example. Everyone is just using goodsuff commanders. Ive been working on an equipment based recursive ability deck. As an example look at most of the new precon commanders- they are mostly doing something every turn while they are on board. I put something together that just protects them so they stay on the field as long as possible. It's funny because most of them are mixed pip mana values and jegantha can be a companion. This works with mose of the newer precon secondary commanders as well. WotC is always printing across the color and typal spectrum. It's only a matter of time until the print something you truly adore and it's best, funnest and most interesting pieces and synergies pull you into 5c. I personally don't intend on building 50 Kenrith decks but in the end I realize that I can use just one Kenrith to play in 50 themes of the years and it will give me peace of mind when I build for each theme. It's why I sleeved all my cards the same so I can always change my mind and nothing is ever stuck in a dusty deckbox storage deathtrap. Plus I spend less time and expense on storage, sleeves, time and gain more freedom with imagination. I guess if you're wondering why I would want to build a 5c ability recursion deck the answer is simple- Most players just want to do a bunch of good stuff on their turns.

@Badassest 27 күн бұрын

@@totakekeslider3835 one caveat to the way I deck build is there is no real synergy. Its meant quite specifically to something different every game. There are almost zero related support cards for any particular theme so it may actually never be linear or predictable and each time an opponent plays against it they will never feel like they are playing against the same deck unless they think about it in generalized terms. Each game in a session is quite personal. I would like to think if the average win rate is around 25% one fourth of any game in a pod of four (which is probably mathematically actually 12.5%) then I would rather play with and look at the cards I find most interesting in the most accessible way possible. Gonna be bored 87.5% of the time other people are doing their crazy idea of good stuff lol.

@FallenStarFeatures 24 күн бұрын

My guess is the unpopularity of Jeskai and Bant among 3-color decks is a testament to the lure of Black. As for 5-color decks, their overwhelming popularity is the inevitable result of the deluge of Treasure tokens.

@malmasterson3890 23 күн бұрын

That doesn't explain why they're less popular than Azorius. Imo the reasoning is simply that Azorius got a very strong core of commanders in 2022 that they've been able to hold onto for a long time, meanwhile Bant and Jeskai despite support just hasn't seen anything stick. New Capenna, all the jeskai precons, none of them were ever as popular as their counterparts.

@davidcardoso3525 27 күн бұрын

I currently own six decks. Usually White has a very heavy presence. My oldest deck is mono-white, my two most played decks are Izzet & Rakdos. I have one Jeskai & one Bant deck. My least-played is Orzhov. Commanders are (respectively) Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Ghyrson, Mogis, Hinata, and Chulane. Liesa, Dawn Shroud may be on the way out.

@Syncopiia 27 күн бұрын

I used to play mostly decks with green and black but these days I really like mono-red and mono-white. Balan, Giada, Krenko and Goro-Goro are some of my all-time favorite commanders.

@Clepto_and_Co 27 күн бұрын

mono-colorless

@JakeTheJay 27 күн бұрын

Out of the 8 decks I have built, almost half of them have Golgari in it or are Golgari, and the other decks have green or black in them to some degree. I kinda have an addiction to the Golgari color combination

@Uri6060 25 күн бұрын

Dang it might be due to me mostly playing commander on mtgo, but I havent seen a rin and seri over the past few years but i am happy its getting so much love. Such a sick card, that ecourages just such a fun theme.

@bobbyfartz5591 27 күн бұрын

Cool video idea would be you ranking the colors based on which are your favorites/least favorites and then which are (in your opinion) the most powerful (or have the most powerful cards)

@allknighter5791 27 күн бұрын

Yknow I wasn’t expecting Dimir to be this popular

@Shimatzu95 27 күн бұрын

My guess is thats where all the control or salt players end up at some point. I can't realy get behind the appeal of esper either.

@allknighter5791 27 күн бұрын

@@Shimatzu95 honestly that’s a pretty good guess I avoid blue like the plague because I piss off my friends in real life enough as is lol

@malmasterson3890 23 күн бұрын

I saw it coming right around the time of Zendikar Rising. Between the Rogue precon and Araumi things were already looking up for them to become the top 2 color pair and it only snowballed as 2021-22 carried on, especially with Innistrad double feature where practically all the dimir commanders ended up on top.

@BobCain2006 27 күн бұрын

Lathril is a lot of fun. I like making a lot of elves and then tapping them to deal 10 damage to my opponents and then playing Vitalize to untap them and do it again. Very powerful effect.

@edhdeckbuilding 27 күн бұрын

and you're opponents just sit there and let you?

@BobCain2006 26 күн бұрын

@@edhdeckbuilding Timing is everything in commander. If they are tapped out or can't interact they don't have an option.

@SeekerOf7ruth 27 күн бұрын

Should note that within the past year we haven't had that many interesting 5-color commanders (two nearing 10,000 decks, while the other four are at 2,200 or less). If anything you could argue that the interest in 5-color will stagnate while we get *another* Eldrazi deck in MH3 of all products.

@GizmosMonster 27 күн бұрын

Meanwhile me sitting here with 3 mono blue commanders.. (Jace, Vryns Prodigy | Hakim, Loreweaver | Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel). I'll soon have a Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign ready (it's a bit sphinx like, mostly about riddles) and i really wanna build Azami, Lasy of Scrolls and Rayne, Academy Chancellor

@itsdeanbeaches 27 күн бұрын

Dang do I have to become a patron to like and comment first? Jk always love your videos. I have taken so much advice from you sir ty.

@Lootsweeper 27 күн бұрын

The patron discord is where it's at.

@Twime. 27 күн бұрын

I second loot, I love the Patreon discord.

@Lazydino59 27 күн бұрын

my favorite decks to play are the 2 least played on the list and one of the most played lol. Gwaihir and Ioreth for mono white and blue and skanos cultist of the absolute for golgari, they've all been a blast

@Controlqueen31 19 күн бұрын

When the new Rowan came out, I was happy because I thought that another Rakdos commander will get almost as many decks as Prosper giving the right amount of time, cause she is powerful and something "new" (there is another loose life Rakdos legend but I can't remember his name and, compared to Rowan, he is not that powerful). I say this because, when you speak about the difference in numbers between Sythis decks and Arabo's, is very important to note that the top commander of each color/color combination is very powerful, maybe not to reach cEDH, but powerful in casual tables, like Sythis. Also, this commanders build themselves cause they are so simple, their strategy is so powerful or they are just plainly good, or even a combination of the three. PD: When we reach three color combinations is when I feel bad for some of them, like Jund. There are a lot of funny and fairly good Jund commanders, but the two most used are Windgrace and Korvold, and that's all. There are no other Jund commanders that reach the level of playability or power of those two. And that's why I think Wizards needs to try and create more powerful commanders with other strategies. The Jund legend that mana burns your opponets is fun and some fresh air, but is so bad compared to those two.

@chaosactual-ev2ck 21 күн бұрын

Hearing what's most popular is cool and all, but I'd honestly rather know what's least popular. Im not looking for the same decks I see every week, im looking for something weird to bring to the table.

@tyrannoeil1609 27 күн бұрын

Dragon tribal... Dragons are good! Thanks D&D Baldur Gate.

@juliolozano865 25 күн бұрын

Love this videos

@dizzynarutofan100 26 күн бұрын

4:24 They did release a secret lair deck for angels, that might be a bit of the weighting.

@erc4375 Күн бұрын

Miirym is neat, i figured out a non-infinite combo with him that will deal 3.2 billion damage to each opponent

@alexabney7913 20 күн бұрын

I’m definitely a grixis player lol. My first deck was the hosts of Mordor and my current main deck is a high power Sauron the dark lord combo deck that the precon inspired me to make

@jean-baptistedelabroise5391 19 күн бұрын

izzet will go back up next year with the new precon commander and the spoiler for bloomborrow

@DrSneelex 24 күн бұрын

I think 5 color is so popular because everyone of the commanders is wildly different in olay style from the last with a few exceptions. They are always super narrow like dragons, slivers, legendary typal. It also seems a lot of old commanders that have broader build paths have fallen to very streamlined commanders, commanders that tell you what to focus on in deck building.

@ShadowMiner2358 21 күн бұрын

I’m progressively working on building a deck of each color combination using all of my bulk cards

@Wojtek36762 27 күн бұрын

I play a lot of Jeskai: Eowyn, Commodore Guff, and I just took my Kykar deck apart to built the new Narset. Very different play styles between all three. A friend of mine built Hinata and never plays it anymore. I think the deck looks very cool but in fact is pretty linear both to build and play. Do people see Hinata decks at tables? If you have one, do you play it much? As for Bant, I think only Bernard has been very interesting recently. I have a feeling we’ll see a lot of Kellan, the Kid decks boosting the numbers a little. Abzan got tons of attention with new ideas, none of them quite grabbed me. Anikthea is cool. I’m still thinking of building Wernog and Othelm (Will and Mike from Stranger Things) but keep building other things instead that I can do more cheaply and easily with increased confidence that they’ll work.

@Wojtek36762 27 күн бұрын

I love my Liesa, Shroud of Dusk deck. She’s a sneaky control commander who’s also a big beat stick that you’ll always have mana to recast and finish the game with. It’s one of my highest win rate decks and I’m not surprised people enjoy it. I also play Henzie, it’s not nearly as powerful as Korvold but it’s a fun deck and I get to run big Timmy creatures that don’t fit in my others and do some graveyard shenanigans. I just built Stella Lee as my first Izzet deck and one of my spikiest. When Kykar was my spellslinger deck I didn’t want an Izzet one, but Stella and Narset are different enough for me to enjoy both decks. I play Kinnan but rarely pull him out, don’t want to build him competitive and the casual version still swings a little hard for many tables. I bought the Hakbal precon to play with a friend who was learning on his own precons and I’ve enjoyed it a lot. I really don’t get what’s confusing you about Miirym. People love dragons, they’re iconic fantasy creatures that do impressive things on the table. People also love copying stuff, commanders that multiply permanents or triggers are popular all over (hence Lucea Kane, who I can confirm is tons of fun). You don’t have to combo out or do big brain plays to win with Miirym, just ramp and play your favorite creatures out. You don’t have to build a five color mana base like you do with Ur Dragon, either. I think the format has more Timmies (or at least players who love to indulge that side of themselves with one silly dragon deck) than you assume. I’ve still never built a Grixis deck. Sauron, the Dark Lord appeals to me but much less so given that I’m not willing to buy 9 Nazgul to run. Eventually I’ll proxy the 6 I still need and build him. I don’t think Sauron ever catches Nekusar, who works great as a spicy casual commander and is also fine for cEDH.

@Wojtek36762 27 күн бұрын

My friend who’s just started playing immediately bought 3 Naya precons (Pantlaza, Rin and Seri secret lair, Dogmeat). The combo is getting tons of attention lately and people love dinosaurs. I’m not surprised Pantlaza is popular, the other good dinosaurs are “drop when it’s time to end the game” types, whereas Pantlaza shows up earlier and adds value. Ishin is another “Demo doesn’t understand how much people love doubling stuff” commander. He’s also much nastier in practice than I even expected by reading him. He’s so good that he edges out a lot of other Mardu attacking-based commanders. I built Caesar as the swingy token deck I’ve always wanted and threw Ishin in the 99. The new treasure guy from OTC is gonna be popular too. People have been itching to use their treasure stuff in more decks than Prosper.

@nicolasperrin4518 24 күн бұрын

Played against Hinata a few times and I think the problem is its power, it's always quite boring because either you kill Hinata right away (on the hinata player turn), or they just win. So the games this deck creates are not really interesting. Hinata seems fine in very high power though, if everything is a threat that needs to be answered then maybe it survives a turn.

@Wojtek36762 24 күн бұрын

@@nicolasperrin4518 yeah that’s more or less what I’ve seen, and it would fit with a deck a bunch of people built but rarely play. EDHRec tracks decks modified in the past 2 years, and we’re about 2 years out from KND’s release. If Hinata takes a big dive over the next year, it’ll indicate that a lot of people who built the deck shelved it almost immediately.

@malmasterson3890 23 күн бұрын

ThalRog & The Hobbits in particular was massive for Abzan, but it's clear wizards saw how down Abzan & Jeskai were considering how many precons they made for them. ThalRog was my commander of the year last year, and I predicted it'd not only top Abzan, but be top 5 overall for 2023. (Almost got it, top 6) Whilst Jeskai did get a ton of support last year, most of the strategies & commanders had a hard time working out properly for the color combination. Interesting ideas, but not enough to really execute on. I'm an azorius player at heart, so I really want to like both Bant & Jeskai, but every Jeskai deck I've built just doesn't feel right or always feels like it's missing something to really be fun to play, meanwhile Azorius just feels more concise and the commanders more appealing, even the less popular ones. I do have Galea which is fun, but zero interest in Bant outside of that.

@sambrown9475 10 күн бұрын

Marwyn not being on the mono green list feels criminal to me

@williamkeiser7562 27 күн бұрын

I got a mono blue commander with jin-gitaxias. Games tend to degenerate to games of solitaire if people let him flip to the the great synthesis as I'll end up having very long turns and numerous multiple turns. I play Boris with jor kadeen, first goldwarden as well.

@edsainmuramasa4751 20 күн бұрын

I don't see how a higher ranking color combo having lower numbers of commander usage is bad. It means it has more viable options, making it more fun and diverse

@actiondk2279 27 күн бұрын

Even in Outlaws there are more Naya commanders

@okgut2033 27 күн бұрын

izzet is for me a color combination that does alot of the same broken stuff. its either spellslingers or artifacts. in different variations like cast big spells, cast alot of spells, cast alot of carddraw spells, copy spells, make spells cheaper, oops combo and so on. ofc that one gets booring esp if you get alot of toys that are just better versions instead of open new ways to play.

@obadijahparks 26 күн бұрын

I love mono black, but I'm playing rakdos dragons this historic. Standard i may play gruul. I don't have enough wild cards.

@WraysCustoms 8 күн бұрын

I'm just here to play elves. Marwyn the Nurturer is something people tend not to see coming for some reason.

@batatac4mil86 25 күн бұрын

Suggestion: A video like this could really use timestamps

@zackbonno3675 24 күн бұрын

The most interesting bant commanders were from a very unpopular product last year(Doctor Who pairings) and Brenard was really the only other bant standout from last year because I don't think people cared about Lier and Katilda

@mitchcieslak9476 6 күн бұрын

I like anything with swamp in the color identity. Other than Aragorn the uniter “my baby” which is a niai deck everything I have has swamp. I tend to gravitate towards Mardu the most

@thomaspetrucka9173 27 күн бұрын

People are going to hate me, but I EXCLUSIVELY play red, white, and green. I was introduced to Magic through commander, and what started as a meme has become my identity as a player. 😂 I've dipped into black and blue while drafting, and I have a 5-color deck that runs black and blue, but other than that...I have 5 Naya decks, 3 Selesnya decks, 1 Boros deck, and a few mono-colored decks. 😂

@eliasmartin9689 27 күн бұрын

I'm in the same boat, but for Boros. I've got 7 decks that are very different from each other, very little card overlap, which somehow baffles people.

@Shimatzu95 27 күн бұрын

As a token main i realy get you. Still trying to get dimir tokens into a shape i like and simic will always be hard to make interesting 😅

@thomaspetrucka9173 27 күн бұрын

@@eliasmartin9689 @shimatzu95 Wow! I didn't think I was in good company! 😂 Let's goooooo!!!

@brendans1983 27 күн бұрын

I have a 5-color deck that runs black and blue 😂 love it 👍

@brendans1983 27 күн бұрын

Wasnt expecting Bant to drop down, maybe everyone was like me. It was one of the last colour combinations i built, Simic with white never appealed to me. BUT..... i have been quite surprised with how Bant decks play out. A lot more aggressive than the colours let on.

@shawnpanzegraf5642 5 күн бұрын

Relatively few new Bant and Simic Commanders, and some of the few we did get were very scattered in their functionality, so there are other options to do what they do better. For example: Galadriel, Light of Valinor looks great at a glance. Until you ask yourself what kind of deck do you want her to helm? Scry & Draw is better in Simic, +1/+1 Counters better in a number of more stable base-green or just Mono Green (Vorinclex, MR, my #1). Chulane does it differently, but I think he fills the role she was aimed at in a categorically better manner.

@paxtonfurr6670 24 күн бұрын

Bant needs a commander that really supports tokens. It's the color combo that can fit all the doubters but none of the commanders really capitalize on that

@48thPresident 24 күн бұрын

Woo-hoo! None of my commanders made the list except Edgar*. *precon

@sambrown9475 10 күн бұрын

How did i know that the top three mono blue commanders would be Urza, orvar (my main Squid) and talrand

@robparizo4773 27 күн бұрын

We got Judith this year

@christophercombs7561 10 күн бұрын

Im actually MORE surprised the top like 4 of the top 10 arent tribal dragons frankly

@christophercombs7561 10 күн бұрын

In my play group theres only 2 5 color decks played by the same player ur dragon and sliver hivelord

@calebburch9816 14 күн бұрын

Judith was this year, brother

@dankoerner887 22 күн бұрын

How dare you not mention Skullbriar, my baby. 😂

@kalewilliamson1384 26 күн бұрын

I see Izzet and Simic the same way. The decks mostly feel samey. Simic has gotten better with some unique tech, but a lot of it is just out-valuing your opponents.

@kakuofwei 27 күн бұрын

I play Simic, Dimir and Sultai. Then I built Hylda Spirits and Queza discard and I've been in love with Azorius and Esper. I wanted to play a game with you some day and show that my secondary deck is Eloise and I don't see people play Eloise.

@SSolemn 26 күн бұрын

Hi fellow Sultai player 🧚👍🏼✨ I'm into Dimir and Simic but not Golgari tho. And I play faeries everytime I can

@hallorette5059 11 күн бұрын

Seems like you have a blind spot when it comes to tribal decks. That kept coming up over and over. Zombie commanders, ninja commanders, elf commanders, goblin commanders, dragon commanders. It’s all about the tribes, baby!

@Lootsweeper 27 күн бұрын

5 color is most popular I can feel it.

@WilhalmBrion 24 күн бұрын

I’m not sure why you don’t include all the commanders outside the fact it might be hard to count. There are far less commander options in 5 colors so many of the decks made are going to be concentrated in the upper 16.

@HAYDS510 20 күн бұрын

It really just depends on the text though

@dreyfus37_65 27 күн бұрын

I’m surprised at how surprised you are that miirym is the third most popular commander. I would argue that dragons, humans, elves, and goblins are the most popular tribes in magic. And I don’t think goblins, elves, or humans have a commander that just give you a free copy for casting another creature of the same tribe. So it’s a perfect storm really: incredibly busted ability for an incredibly popular tribe Edit to add: same thing with Lathrill. Popular tribe meets crazy ability. Tapping 10 elves in an elf all deck is not hard at all. The hard part is keeping Lathrill around through all the removal she’ll be facing

@edhdeckbuilding 27 күн бұрын

both those commanders to me are again products of people just not running enough boardwipes. the fact that you think getting 10 creatures in play is no problem at all really speaks to that.

@dreyfus37_65 27 күн бұрын

@@edhdeckbuilding that’s a fair point. I don’t think it’s easy for any deck or any tribe to get 10 creatures out. I think goblins and elves are by far the easiest tribes to do it in. Both are really good at spitting out tokens of that tribe. You just look at the goblin player funny and they make 20 1/1 goblins. I also think, by and large, removal in general has taken a dip in casual commander. Board wipes and single targeted removal.

@Deathmperor 25 күн бұрын

Just built a mardu mr house deck l. The list started at 45 dollars I think I ended up paying like 150 because everyone wants to roll dice.

@iggyvulpes8130 26 күн бұрын

There's a bottleneck when it comes to picking a Temur commander. It makes sense why it is to top heavy since there probably is only 16 choices to pick from.

@daylearmstrong4447 25 күн бұрын

Is this top 16 for each color combination or the top 16 of all of them? Top 16 of every commander on edhrec is going to give very bad and unreliable data

@JuggerToad 7 сағат бұрын

My dude, what don't you get? People love dragons! It's not all about power or being flashy. Most casual commander decks are for fun, so people build what they find cool. And a lot of people find dragons cool. I have a Miirym deck that's not overpowered, just at a fun level, and I made it just because I like dragons and I like Temur creatures. That's all there is to it my dude!

@micahhonig1575 27 күн бұрын

I understand why Miirym is as popular as it is while still not thinking it’s especially fun or interesting myself.

@eighteentwilight8547 11 күн бұрын

I need you to apologize for the Shelob pronunciation lmao

@eliasmartin9689 27 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, when I first started playing, I played green and anything but Boros, but when I kept hearing that Boros was terrible--I got sick of it. I challenged myself to prove them wrong and now (eight years later) I have 7 very different Boros decks that range from "5" to "9" and they are not even the most popular options Boros offers. Players still scoff to this day when I bring any one of the 7 out to rumble, but they are either corrected, or warned, by another player who knows my decks well or are eating their words after I've won. After all that, the reality still rings true: a deck (or color in this instance) is only as good as the player.

@burningpapersun1 26 күн бұрын

Who wouldn't want copy dragons?