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WHO'S THE BEST cEDH COMMANDER FROM COMMANDER LEGENDS? - Play to Win Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Tymna the Weaver Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

    Tymna the Weaver / Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

    A stax-oriented creature deck that uses hate bears and clones to tax opponents, limit their interactions, and protect key pieces, aiming to dominate the board and win through incremental advantage.

  • Jeska, Thrice Reborn Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

    Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    A Grixis combo deck utilizing Jeska as an infinite mana outlet combined with Ad Nauseam or Isochron Scepter to generate large storm counts and win quickly.

  • Thrasios, Triton Hero Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

    Thrasios, Triton Hero / Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

    Leveraging Divergent Transformation to exile the commanders and search for a one-card combo with Thassa's Oracle and Leveler to win the game instantly.

  • Obeka, Brute Chronologist

    Obeka, Brute Chronologist

    Using Obeka’s ability to take multiple extra turns to generate overwhelming advantage and disrupt opponents’ game plans, aiming to close out the game through repeated actions.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Casting Opposition Agent early as a tempo play to disrupt opponent tutors and gain early control.

  • 2

    Using cloning effects like Phantasmal Image and Sakashima to create difficult-to-remove threats and protect key creatures from opponent interactions.

  • 3

    Deploying Thorn of Amethyst and Vryn Wingmare to tax opponents’ spells, increasing their costs and slowing down their game plans.

  • 4

    Sanctum Prelate’s ability effectively shut down a powerful combo line involving Tainted Pact and Wheel effects, illustrating the strength of stax elements against combo decks.

  • 5

    Players prioritized clearing counterspells and interaction early to enable their own win conditions, highlighting the importance of resource denial and tempo in cEDH.

  • 6

    Repeated damage from Mana Crypt and Manicrypt was a consistent cost, emphasizing the risk-reward nature of fast mana in competitive multiplayer games.

Notable Cards

  • Opposition Agent

    Opposition Agent

  • Phantasmal Image

    Phantasmal Image

  • Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

    Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

  • Gilded Drake

    Gilded Drake

  • Vryn Wingmare

    Vryn Wingmare

  • Thorn of Amethyst

    Thorn of Amethyst

  • Sanctum Prelate

    Sanctum Prelate

  • Mana Crypt

    Mana Crypt

  • Mother of Runes

    Mother of Runes

Summary

The game started with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence, with notable plays including casting Opposition Agent early to disrupt tutors and using cloning effects with Phantasmal Image and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces to double powerful creatures like Gilded Drake and Vryn Wingmare. The Tymna/Sakashima deck focused on stax elements, leveraging creatures that increase opponents' spell costs and protective clones to control the board and limit interactions. Meanwhile, the Silas/Jeska Grixis deck aimed to generate infinite mana with Jeska as a mana outlet and planned to win through combo pieces like Ad Nauseam or Isochron Scepter. Thrasios/Rograkh utilized Divergent Transformation to exile commanders and find a one-card combo win with Thassa's Oracle and Leveler. Obeka's deck capitalized on repeated extra turns to gain advantage and disrupt opponents. A key turning point was the Tymna/Sakashima player establishing a taxing board with Thorn of Amethyst and forcing opponents to pay extra for spells, combined with cloning effects that made removal inefficient. There was also a significant moment where Sanctum Prelate shut down a major combo plan involving Tainted Pact and Wheel effects, illustrating the power of stax elements in the game. The game’s tension revolved around counterspells, taxing effects, and strategic cloning, with each deck aiming to either lock down the board or assemble their combo pieces for a swift victory.

Description

Commander Legends is here so we decided to take a look at some commanders we thought might be the strongest.

WE HAVE

Two Tymnas - This stax deck looks to fill the board with hate bears and doubles up on the imporant ones with Sakashima - www.moxfield.com/decks/uaQDCV_ALUuv1_k1yzoD9w

Silas//Jeska Grixis Scepter - Using jeska as an infinite mana outlet, this grixis shell looks to win quickly with Ad Naus or IsoRev - www.moxfield.com/decks/1ohq9vIuw02HyjryKb9qkA

Divergent ThrasiRog - This deck uses the “one card combo” of Divergent Transformation to exile it’s two cheap commanders and find Thassa’s Oracle and Leveler to win the game - www.moxfield.com/decks/-2wgjGmvuEas6yKmklfpYw

Heartless Fortune Obeka -THREE TIME WALKS - www.moxfield.com/decks/4vS5fQwCt0G1XmzaupEdjQ

My updated Two Tymna’s list - www.moxfield.com/decks/hcLgqWmVt0mAa-jbNLMr-w

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