MTG: Weekly EDH – Top Five – Something Festers in Mordor
Just when I thought Atraxa was unstoppable, an ancient enemy from a Universe Beyond usurped her. You’ll want to keep your eye on this one.
Welcome Planeswalkers and Praetors to our ongoing series about the best casual experience in Magic: Commander. For the uninitiated, Commander is a semi-casual format for Magic: the Gathering, where you use a deck of 100 cards led by a legendary creature, your Commander.
Aside from basic lands, you are only allowed one copy of each card in the deck. Moreover, you can only include cards in your Commander’s “color identity” or artifacts. Each color and color combo has a unique playstyle and a wealth of mighty generals to lead your deck to victory.
EDHRec.com is a great source for Commander info and can give you ideas to build your next Commander deck or tune an existing one. They also provide a definitive ranking of which Commanders are ranking the highest each week. These are the top five Commanders for this week, based on decks built and logged playtime.
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Seems like nobody can unseat Lazer Pants the Raptor King, and I’m not surprised. Until Ravnica Remastered and Murders at Karlov Manor come out, there just isn’t a better value Commander out there. Plus, he still counts as “the hot new thing”, so there’s all the shiny hype around him.
Gishath, Sun’s Avatar
Gishath keeps the silver medal, and like Pantlaza, I don’t think that will change anytime soon. Pantlaza is incredible for utility, but you can’t beat Gishath for power. This is the perfect deck for the “turn cards sideways” strategy.
Hakbal of the Surging Soul
Keeping his shiny bronze medal, Mer-cules himself is maintaining Merfolk supremacy. Ravnica Remastered is going to do wonders for this deck, and I can’t wait to see what war crimes my fellow Hakbal players cook up.
The Ur-Dragon
Moving up a few spots, this Avatar proves players really like the idea of unleashing a horde of Dragons and cheating out even more. I’m curious how he’ll hold up against the incoming forces of Ravnica.
Sauron, the Dark Lord
Speaking of Avatars, this might be the most powerful one around. Sauron made a huge splash during the Tales of Middle-earth era, and it’s nice to see him making a comeback. I’m curious how he’ll function in the Ravnica universe.
What are your thoughts on this week’s commanders?
