Hi all,
I'm looking for a fun commander that has a focus on winning by dealing commander damage, like a voltron. But without a heavy focus on equipments or auras, like Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale (equipments) or Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice (auras). Some examples that I have found are:
I'm having trouble finding more commanders like these, so I'm looking forward for your recommendations.
Thanks for sharing!
Yep, combat trick big boy Yargle!
[[Indomitable Might]] is such an eff-you card in Y&M lol
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Love this card in my list.
There's also a free pump spell so long as you have a forest you give and opponent 3 life (like it matters). [[Invigorate]]
My Ghalta deck is pretty consistent at getting her out and attacking very quickly, 2 hits unmodified is lethal, or one hit with a power doubler in play.
Plenty of room for improvement as well, it doesn’t have anything from the last 2 sets or a [[Zopandrel]].
Yea, was about to comment him. He basically one shots people, practically no voltron needed
The one mana black card that gives infect also works.
[[Tainted strike]]
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I have a ghalta deck and when I get [[zopandrel, hunger dominus]] or [[unnatural growth]] out, things start to go a little crazy
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[[Karlach, Fury of Avernus]] with [[Flaming Fist]] does 20 commander damage in 1 turn on its own
I use [[Raised by Giants]] with my Karlach. Then just find ways to give her 1 more power for lethal in 1 turn. I added in various ways for more combats or doubling power.
Here is my v1 of the list. I recently updated it to have more ramp and less flashy stuff, but you get the general idea. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/pHC3OGlSmUmJ7h1dpcfvaA
Edit:online list is not updated yet. It is still the old version
I think you need to lower the curve a lot more IMO.
I also run karlach and raised by giants and it's so much fun. My friends don't think so though.
I was thinking about raised by giants but chose flaming fist because I already have a [[stangg echo warrior deck]] and karlach+giants would have been too similar (both Voltron gruul) Your list looks cool - you should look at the AC set, there is some nice stuff like [[brotherhood regalia]]
Yeah I chose raised by Giants because I already had a Boros deck in [[Shadowfax]] so I wanted a Gruul list. But Flaming fist was one of the ones I looked at for sure.
You should add [[shadowspear]] if you haven't already
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How do you get white? Newish to edh
Backgrounds are like partners for commanders that have “Choose a background.” You pick flaming fist as Karlach’s background and it starts in the command zone with her and the deck gets its color identity too
So a lot of the mono-color Baldurs Gate Commanders have the "Choose a Background" text on their cards. This lets them choose one of the Background enchantment cards as a second "commander". The [[Flaming Fist]] is a white background which changes the color identity of the deck to red/white.
Karlach and Flaming Fist are the commanders, Karlach has ‘Choose a background’
I just built this deck to replace my [[Amber Gristle O’Maul]] [[folk hero]] dwarf deck. Literally just swapped commanders to Karlach, and the deck pops off way better now. It was a combo dwarf tribal equipment deck but much faster with Karlach all other cards equal.
Personally, I think using Flaming Fist as the background is a mistake, Karlach already gives herself First Strike and there's so many ways to dish out Double Strike, such as [[Embercleave]], that you might as well run a different background.
Karlach with [[Noble Heritage]] is so good
[[Skullbriar]]
give him indestructible and hexproof counters with [[Slippery Bogbonder]] and [[Daring Fiendbonder]] and watch your pod turn into a salt pit
"I very much consider this man the Batman of the MtG universe, because he's not the commander many of you wanna see, and he is not the commander you need, but he is the commander some of you motherfuckers deserve. Because Skullbriar is here, turn 2, every single game, to say, 'Guess what bitches? We fightin'.'" -Maldhound
I had one game where I had skully out with greaves on in turn 1.
Forest, lotus petal, dark rit, greaves, skully, equip, smack! Didn't have the card draw gas to keep up with such an explosive start, ended up with 2nd place, but i was feeling myself that game.
Took a greedy hand? Bop bop.
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It’s all fun and games until someone [[Black Sun’s Zenith]]s
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I've always wanted to try him but the fear of him getting a bunch of -1/-1 counters before having a chance to do anything keeps me up at night
who tf plays that anyways? [[Jarad's Orders]] will get you the Bogbonder so you can protecc, and even gets the other one to the grave.
I do. [[Kulrath Knight]] is an MVP in any Rakdos deck.
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Yep, great card. Black has a lot of counter removal.
I run a lot of [[Scar]] and [[Virulent Wound]] in casual when I can because they're pet cards. Pretty funny to run into the rare Skullbriar player other than myself.
You can always beat this with opal palace
Almost never comes up but run a regrowth effect and the counters fall off in your hand
Unless you have someone in your playgroup that often plays a - 1/-1 strategy I wouldn't worry about it. Aside from Yawgmoth I can't remember the last time I saw someone handing out - 1/-1 counters.
skullby is also in two of the best removal colors anyways, so its not hard to remove anything with that potential anyhow
I just make sure my deck has sac outlets so I can sac skullbriar in response to the counters.
[[Gift of the viper]] is also a nice new addition. Reach and Death touch counters. Especially if you can give it trample.
[[Vraska joins up]] also gives death touch counters.
[[Me, the immortal]] in a similar way
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And [[Gift of the Viper]] for more hate.
i found these other keyword counters quickly dont matter with how big he gets, i ended up only having the trample counter on titanoth rex and the lifelik counter because i had a synergy with lifelink. i disbanded the deck a few years ago tho.
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[[THE MIMEOPLASM]]
A [[Yargle and Multani]] slapped onto a [[Tyrannax Rex]] is absolutely hilarious
New ulamog and Yargle results in annihilator 23 most of the time.
That was my first reaction to seeing the new Ulamog cause im brewing Mimeo currently. And as cool as it is im pretty sure its winmore, but i guess it makes it unblockable usually. But its still so cool to have the biggest annihilator possible. Its definitely going in if i open one but i wont buy it.
Don't forget about our buddy The Tarrasque! Comes in with haste, ward 10 and takes a blocker down on the way in!
That's super funny if they can block lethal you still put them on a 3 turn clock with its poison 4. Lmao add in a Felix five boots is 2 turns. Poison is a combat damage trigger I believe. I could be wrong since a single damage gets 4 infect on them.
You have it right. Toxic only cares that you hit them at all, they'll get the poison counters regardless of whether you deal 1 damage or 20 (they'll also take damage normally). With Infect, you didn't deal damage to their life total at all but you'd give them poison counters based on how hard you hit them.
Edit: Sorry, I was unclear. Toxic isn't a triggered ability, so Felix doesn't really do anything with it. I was focused on the last sentence.
Unfortunately not. Toxic is a static ability similar to lifelink and does not use the stack. Infect and Toxic are both unaffected by Felix. Poisonous on the other hand does work since it is a triggered ability. [[Snake Cult Initiation]] and [[Virulent Sliver]] are the only two such cards.
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Poisonous is a combat damage trigger, but Toxic is not. That's the big difference between the two mechanics and was likely done specifically to avoid shenanigans with the trigger. Toxic is simply an effect of combat damage, similar to infect or lifelink.
Felix will not double counters from Toxic, but would from Poisonous or something like [[Fynn the Fangbearer]]
Interesting.
[[Grismold, the dreadsower]] is a lot more about making sure tokens get killed and putting +1/+1 counters on something already with trample. His biggest downside is people just don't block with plants until necessary. But that is where stuff like [[sickness in the ranks]] or forced sacrifices become part of his gameplan.
I love my Grismold deck. It's such a weird way to go about voltron. The balancing act of going wide with tokens, trying to get them all killed, while trying to put a lot of counters on Grismold is fun to navigate.
I just love being able to swing at someone with him and waiting to smack someone with combat tricks like [[Invigorating Surge]] or [[Solidarity of Heroes]].
I came here to recommend my favourite gardening neighbour. I love mass removal of small stuff - lots of -1/-1 effects. Fun!
Love Grizzy. He’s sooo fun.
[[illness in the ranks]]
Wanted to suggest him too! Really cool dude!
[[Breena, the Demagogue]] Usually kills in 2-3 hits and when it gets to 9 power you just grab the enchantment that gives an attacker double strike and one-shot someone on swing.
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She’s so fun I’ve made 2 Breena decks. My favorite is when she’s only at 8 damage so my opponent will choose not to block since they’ll survive, then I get that sweet sweet attack trigger and play [[Tainted Strike]]
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I’ve found my people, it’s really fun to get my [[Jetmir]] friend to swing at everyone every turn “you want some cards?” Lmao
Yeah the play pattern of these kinda of decks is rad, me and my friends dubbed them the “incentive your opponents to make bad decisions” archetype. Gets nutty once you double up on the effect by throwing [[Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor]] into the mix. My favorite line is “well I can’t swing at him, cuz then I won’t be getting cards.” All the while Breena looking juiced like a gym bro on gear
I was looking for this, I played my friend's strixhaven precon with this commander and I just sat on the corner playing stax, but the commander was constantly massive by the time it came back round to me, often killed off but then it just got big again,
It felt good going oprah, 'you draw a card! And you draw a card!'
[[Sergeant John Benton]] is a pump spell commander damage commander if that's more your speed. The card draw turns pump spells from draft chaff to ancestral recalls.
You can also do this with [[xyris]]
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My [[Bell Borca, Spectral Sergeant]] is my favorite voltron commander who wants to exile high mana value cards (combined with combat tricks) to one-shot opponents. The equipment I run is just for utility purposes, primarily hexproof and trample.
[[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] is another exile-based voltron commander who has a secondary win condition of mill, if you can't get attacks through.
Got a list for Bell Borca?
I love Umbris. People sometimes miss the fact that it’s just +1/+1 for each card in exile, not a +1/+1 counter each time one is put into exile; so they are shocked when he comes back bigger than before.
[[Treebeard, Gracious Host]] Goal is to attack in and gain life at instant speed to pump the commander. Harder to remove because of Ward 2, and it has trample. There are tons of instant speed gain life cards that double as buff spells. Here's my list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ZWsxTVH9s0i3k_mCwS069Q
Treebeard has been my most fun deck so far. I ran a quite a number of different cards but the strategy is more or less the same: cast treebeard start gaining life, then use instants to make him huge and trample commander damage over
The dream is to cast [[hallow]] in response to a blasphemous act and put 100+ counters on treebeard haha
[[Haktos]]! Because of his weird protection, it is very hard to consistently give him equipment or auras, so you can’t rely on them. This is the deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/f46CXdQhPU2cNITQCYnN6A
Fairly decent online win rate and I won the one time I used it in paper.
[[Indominus Rex, Alpha]] one-shotted me the other day. Still a bit salty about it but I was playing life gain and it was the correct counter-strat.
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[[Atarka, World Render]] has been a favorite of mine for both lethal commander and dragon tribal. Add in anything that doubles the power like [[Thrakkus the Butcher]] and you're swinging for lethal in no time. Only trick to not instantly make yourself the threat and get destroyed first.
Dumped about $150 in upgrades for the starter precon of Atarka, starts killing around turn 4, game is over by 7 if no one has an answer. Very agro heavy
[[Evra, Halcyon Witness]]
[[Volrath, the Fallen]]
Combat tricks for days. Chuck big spendy creatures into his pump ability when attacking (or surprise blocking). Non-modifier options like Falthis or Rogues Passage to sneak him through.
[[Pako]] and [[Haldan]]
Of course, equipment can help keep Pako alive here, too, but he's just generating +1/+1 counters on himself.
Pako is especially annoying because he grows fast and you just get to run a ton of interaction.
I hate that deck
[[Zethi, Arcane Blademaster]] is my spellslinger voltron commander. Using all the indestructible instant spells along with unblockable tricks. One of my favorite decks and even when everyone gangs up on me I have boardwipes to keep things honest.
I have a [[Skullbriar, the Walking Grave]] deck that I have built to deal commander damage currently.
[[Ishai]] paired with whatever you want. It's evasive and grows all on its own from your opponents.
Can't believe no one has mentioned [[Greven, Predator Captain]].
My favorite glass cannon deck. [[Fire Covenant]] and [[Wall of Blood]] are allstars. Just give Greven more evasion and/or lifelink and watch him take heads.
Love this guy.
I bought a greven deck off of eBay for $3 once. Deck list was very low power, but had a decent amount of red theft synergy. Mostly bought it on a whim, and just chucked it in my collection. Brought it out once to play at a high power table, then I realized theft decks are kinda just whatever power level of the decks you’re stealing from. Theft then sac to greven is a very roundabout way to do removal, but god was it fun to pump him and draw a bunch of cards (and kill myself in the process). Working now to build a purposefully strong greven deck, super stoked to finally pull it out
My [[Third Doctor]] + [[Martha Jones]] deck does this by making a ton of clues and saccing them to make my commander unblockable.
Man I love the Doctor who deck possibilities! Definitely gonna try this one once I have my fun with the ninth and second!
Korvold is the best voltron commander that isn't a Voltron commander.
He is just an everything commander haha.
[[Slogurk, the Overslime]] grows when you mill, sac or discard lands. He also has trample, protection and land recursion built in.
I frequently win off cmdr dmg with my Omnath, Locus of Mana deck.
I consistently win with commander damage with [[Karlov of the ghost council]], but it also has room for some good back up win cons, like [[test of endurance]], [[aetherflux resevoir]], and [[exquisite blood]] + [[Sanguine Bond]] combo. [[Vito, Thorn of the dusk rose]] can also close out a game if Karlov is strong enough.
Karlov gets huge using soul sister interactions, like [[Soul Warden]] and [[soul’s attendant]], and can use his ability to clear the way by removing blockers, attackers, an combo pieces.
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I play [[The Haunt of Hightower]], and it doesn’t need equipment to swing for lethal pretty quickly, but there is also lots of equiptment that happens to go well with the deck. But it is capable of winning without needing any equiptment.
I also suggested Haunt - Only equipment I run is [[Sword of Feast and Famine]] for land untap and discard, and [[Trepanation Blade]] because it can give Haunt such a huge boost in power, since the cards go into the GY.
My friend plays the fallout precon mutant menace with the mothman commader, he works primarily with one one counters that he gets through the radiation counters, works pretty well if you ask me
[[Perrie the pulverizer]] is a bant strange counters tribal commander with 132 types of counters at his disposal to use. You get blue counters green ramp/protection and white removal. Plus all the good counters matter cards. Can post list if people want.
It's high power and can kill someone t6. He has built in trample with his triggered ability can nuke someone to hell as well as built in protection with the shield counter. Really only way to deal this guy is a exile effect. Just slap in some evasion and protection and your off to the races.
Also note using counters you can loop infinite turns and get a W outta nowhere with the pieces on board and someone not knowing the interactions.
[[Sage of hours]] and [[magosi the waterveil]] are the turn enablers. It's honestly a fun deck to pilot and can pivot on a dime.
I'd love to see your Perrie. I think I went overboard on counter diversity on mine (50 types of counters).
[[Anzrag, the Quake-Mole]] works? You can swing and make him beefy with instants.
Okay hear me out. I’ve got both a [[Veyran, Voice of Duality]] and an [[Elsha of the Infinite]] that both have won through commander damage. They both grow on casting spells, Veyran wants Instants and Sorceries, Elsha wants noncreature spells. Throw in a few ways to make them unblockable and then storm off and swing for lethal!
My Veyran deck isn't built around being a voltron deck, but every game I usually kill at least 1 person with commander damage, I do not have an elsha deck, but i am considering building one, just want to put a different spin on it
My [[Ashaya, Soul of the Wild]] deck kills players with commander damage more often than not. It's often a 6/6 coming out and only gets bigger. By the time I'm killing players, Ashaya is 11/11 or bigger and that's just with creatures and lands. Finding a way to get the damage through is the hard part most days.
I’ve seen a lot of the ones I planned to mention here already. The only ones I have left to add are spellslinger Voltron commanders.
[[[Feather the Redeemed]] and [[Zerhi, Arcane Blademaster]] are good for this. Pump them up, give them invasion, then recast the same spells the next turn.
Atarka, World Render is amazing at this, and really only requires haste to be very impactful.
I once oneshot someone with the precon out of the box
I’ve been having fun with [[Ezrim, Agency Chief]]
Make more clues, and then give them exalted with [[Merchant of Truth]]. Very satisfying.
I like [[sergeant John Benton]] around combat tricks. Basically attacking with a 2/4 and then turning it into 10+ Commander damage that draws you the cards to be able to do it again next turn.
Or [[the mimeoplasm]] with the right combination of creatures you can start oneshotting people with Commander damage.
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Okay, hear me out: [[Veyran, Voice of Duality]]. She gets +1/+1 whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, which gets doubled by her second ability that doubles triggers that trigger when instants or sorceries are cast. Add in [[Balmor, Battlemage Captain]] and/or [[Bria, Riptide Rouge]] (coming in Bloomburrow) and you’re off to the races. Be sure to include the many cantrips that also give unblockable, trample, flying, haste, etc. and enough efficient counters to protect your game plan and interfere with your opponents’.
Let me introduce [[Evra, Halcyon Witness]]
One shot one person for the cheap mana cost of 10, nothing needed except having haste or let Evra survive till your next turn.
[[Kathril, Aspect Warper]] if you like dredge/self mill. Super fun and pretty much just becomes this giant unstoppable beast when you cast it.
[[Korvold, Fae-Cursed King]] and [[Prossh, Skyraider of Kher]] are both highly capable of dealing lethal commander damage
[[Pako]]/[[Haldan]]. You just fill the deck with ramp to get Pako early and protection spells to keep him on field. It's a brutal deck
[[Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest]]. It's so so easy to force the sacrifices and it even works on tokens like treasures/clues/food. And even yours count.
Cast value creatures, cast Mazirek, next turn swing with all creatures and crack a few treasures to cast [[Vona's Hunger]]. If you crack 3 treasures to do this on turn 5-6 you'll probably force 6 creature deaths so 9 counters on all of your creatures.
Obviously all of the [[Fleshbag Marauder]] type cards get you 4 sacrifice triggers each.
[[Grunn, the Lonely King]] pay the kicker cost and he comes out as a 10/10 and hits for 20
[[Brokos, Apex of Forever]]
[[sergeant John benton]] combat tricks, instant buffs, draw your gas, [[alms collector]] and [[psychosis crawler]]
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+1 for my boy Benton. Win fast or die with a lot of fun
I have a spell slinging, cantripy [[Blanka. Ferocious Friend]] that might fit the bill. Built it for pretty cheap too.
[[Me the immortal]] "better" [[Skullbriar]]
[[Laelia]] or [[Shu Yunn]]
Dargo paired with [[reyhan]] it's jund so you can do jund stuff and of course their are a bunch of combos off that stuff but as while and several directions you can go with that type of build
I pilot a [[Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe]] deck that uses Saga's to buff him. The Grand Evolution placing 7 +1/+1 counters on him every turn is pretty great!
So many Saga's that can buff or are the right kind of utility. Can't wait to test him out more
Do you mind sharing your list for him?
You still need to pump him up but [[Mr. Orfeo the Boulder]], is one mean commander for an uncommon. Using Instant and Sorceries boost to get him to 11 ( [[Become Immense]], [[Temur Battle Rage]], [[Blossoming Defense]] etc. ) and you can one-shot opponents.
My personal favorite is [[Kenrith, the returned king]], but is a multi-purposes/toolbox commander that he could fit almost any strategy.
[[Yargle and]]
[[Yargle and Multani]] wants 3 power and a form of evasion.
[[Abomination of Llanowar]] is a pretty pick if you like Golgari Elves Tribal.
[[Abomination of Llanowar]] is a pretty pick if you like Golgari Elves Tribal.
Let me introduce you [[Imaryll, Elfhame Elite]]. You play as many elves as you can and smack your opponent for lethal commander damage even if they have blockers.
I've been having fun with an [[Agent Frank Horrigan]] deck that swings with Frank and proliferates Planeswalkers and 1/1 counters
Commanders like [[animar]] [[Toothy]] [[Omnath, locus of mana]] get big just by doing what you'd be doing anyhow. Just need a way to ensure they connect with the opponent.
[[Prossh]] can be built around commander damage
I had an [[ashaya]] voltron deck, but she combos off a slight breeze, so I rarely win with commander dmg.
[[Inferno of the Star Mounts]]
I cannot overstate a commander with flying and haste for this. Especially one with a firebreathing ability.
Any of the commanders from Baldurs Gate that can have a background. And run them with [[Raised by Giants]]. I ended up swapping this one out for [[Acolyte of Bahamut]] in my [[Ganax, Astral Hunter]] deck for the sole reason that it just played Voltron every game. Having a 10/10 on any body with a Background is super good.
[[Okaun]] only needs 3 coin flip win to be lethal, or just +3/0 and 2 flips
Old school [[Multani, Marrow Sorcerer]]
[[wilson, refined grizzly]] and [[noble heritage]] fits this. You can just kill people with those two plus double strike and protection from your creatures.
[[tivit]] just swing with a fat flier that gives you card draw, mana, and artifact synergies. no need to buff him. Just spend mana on other threat pieces to draw out removal.
Mono red burn deck with [[the red terror]] has been fun. [[Manabarbs]] has him at 40 counters with one turn cycle with a few people.
Aragorn, The Uniter. I like having a couple hexproofs and indestructibles on him. Throw a [[Mariari's Wake]] down and he gets the 1/1 counter and then because it was a white and green he makes a soldier and puts a 4/4 counter on someone. Put it on him. Swing for 10 commander damage per turn everytime you cast a green spell.
His effects are: Whenever you cast a white spell, create a 1/1 human soldier token Whenever you cast a blue spell, scry 2 Whenever you cast a red spell, deal 3 damage to target player Whenever you cast a green spell, put a 4/4 counter on target creature.
The triggers are easy to remember as it's just on cast.
I have an [[Ashaya]] deck and a [[Thromok]] deck that do that.
[[Aragorn, the Uniter]]
Essentially a multicolor-matters deck with a lean towards green. You'd be surprised how often you can win by commander damage with Aragorn. It doesn't take much to pump him up, especially with cheap green spells or trigger doublers.
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It's an oldie, but a goodie. I used to run [[Kresh the Bloodbraided]] as a Jund Token/Counter/Aristocrat build that could regularly commander punch players out and had reach via [[Mage Slayer]] and Fling type effects to keep it from being one note.
[[Aragorn the Uniter]] with cheap green combat trick spells like [[Giant Growth]]. He becomes a 12/12 for one green.
[[ishai]]
[[Shu yun the silent tempest]] is pretty cool
[[LIBERTY PRIME]] DELIVER DEMOCRACY ONE 8/8 TO THE FACE AT A TIME
Voja, Carmen Cruel Skymarcher
[[The Third Doctor]]! The only Equipment you need is Boots and you can kill an opponent the turn he comes down.
If you're okay with Universes Beyond, [[Liberty Prime, Recharged]] is pretty scary
I played against [[Tahngarth, first mate]] two or three times and I shat my pants in each and every game with how fast that thing knocks people out if people start colluding.
Give it +2/+2 and someone can be knocked out in a single rotation, especially if you give it menace somehow.
I see plenty of reccomendations for Skullbriar but I'm much more partial to [[Me, the Immortal]] bc temur>>>golgari imo. Give her double strike off of [[Spectacular Showdown]], hexproof from [[Slippery Bogbonder]], she gives herself menace vigilance and first strike, she can get indestructible from [[tyrite sanctum]], etc etc
Only thing I can't seem to find for her is haste, so you might need to pack a few boots or a [[Concordant Crossroads]] or sth
[[Mishra, claimed by gix]] is a meld commander that can meld to do 9 damage per swing
[Imaryll, Elfhame Elite]
Ghalta, or xenagos depending on the build, yargmalt was made for it. Kenrith depending on the build the partner green and blue black whale cat guy. Halden and pakko, lathril or a bunch of the elves. Skittles kinda.
[[Greven, Predator Captain]]
pay life to buff him and one shot people
aura/equipements that gife lifelink are still very helpfull
[[Ruhan of the Fomori]] if you don’t mind the randomness of it. Honestly, he makes for a fun Chaos deck.
[[Liberty Prime, Recharged]] has a big enough body with enough abilities to make it easy to kill someone with commander damage. The only thing to keep in mind is the energy cost.
I will Put in [[Zurgo Helmsmasher]]
You do not necessarily need auras or Equipment. Go with combat tricks with double strike for example. Can then add something like [[Cultist of the absolute]] or [[criminal past]] for some evasion and/or [[tavern brawler]] or [[flaming Fist]] or [[Agent of the Shadow thieves]], for faster damage.
My moldy boy [[grismold]] is a great option for this! The duck functions around flooding the board with tokens and then killing them all to put a ton of +1/+1 counters on him at once. With his natural trample you can easily one shot players with this deck especially when you add [[hardened scales]] effects to the mix things just get crazy. Add in a bit of aristocrats and power matters synergies to round out the list and you have a very threatening voltron list that has multiple lines of attack. The main one is commander damage but cards like [[tend the pests]], [[scepter of celebration]], and [[wand of orcus]] you can easily switch to a go wide strategy or even use [[blood artist]] or [[vein ripper]] to close out the game if grismold gets removed too much!
I had fun swinging with a [[Ghalta, Primal Hunger]] after activating [[Rogue's Passage]] with a [[Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus]] on the field.
24 unblockable commander damage does it.
Let loose the GOOSE. [[the goose mother]] is perfect for what you're looking for. Flying hydra that can easily get to 21 with +1/+1 counter doublers. Throw in some weird food synergy and you've got a cool simic artifact thing going. Arguably my favourite deck right now.
[[Omnath, Locus of Mana]] is a favorite of mine
[[Coram the undertaker]] I’ve been playing him Voltron without equipment. Just the [[Prowler’s Helm]]. He literally one shots people.
[[Krenko. Tin Street Kingpin]] he goes wide. He goes tall. He goes GOBLINS!
[[Yargle and Multani]]
Evasion and buff spells deck
[[Feather, the Redeemed]] can be played for ridiculous pump ability but I prefer to play it like a control deck. There are plenty of spells that grant protection, or prevent at least two creatures from blocking, so you can play politic with the table. There are also plenty of damage spells similar to or better than [[fireball]] for removal. But my favorite card is [[sunforger]] which may be an equipment but lets you toolbox the deck for a repeatable spell
[[Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas]] is a good one. [[Ezuri, Claw of Progress]] can get a bunch of counters. They are about playing creatures but can get big themselves too. Also with a lot of the +1/1 counters style of commanders it can be pretty easy to swing for huge commander damage.
[[Varolz, the Scar-Striped]] is wonderful and different as well. The idea is to mill creatures like [[Death's Shadow]], [[Phyrexian Dreadnought]], [[Daemogoth Titan]] etc. into your graveyard and then eat them for some serious lols. For a single mana... Your commander is now a 15/15 with Death's Shadow (DS) for example.
You can also do other fun things with creatures who care about P/T. For example, [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]] can eat a DS and now you have a "mana dork" who taps for 13 mana.
Oh, did I mention that Varolz has protection built in? Someone wants to board wipe, just eat another creature and regenerate.
It's a very fun deck that's also easy to pilot. Apart from the dreadnought, it's also pretty cheap since the super high p/t creatures that are 1-3 mana are usually terrible and never get used anywhere.
With the right setup, I could see [[Coram, the Undertaker]] able to do so. Some high power creatures in the yard and combat tricks for evasion/double strike.
Also, it can be fun to brew with a newer commander that people aren't all losing their shit over.
[[Rayami, First of the Fallen]] It's a voltron deck about sacking your own stuff for keyword soup on your commander. It's not crazy powerful, but it's really fun.
While I do build mine with auras, [[legolas, master archer]] is a pretty strong one since he also has built in removal for creatures too.
Aragorn the uniter
[[Xyris]] is my favorite combat trick commander. I threw in 20ish protection spells, 25ish combat tricks, and then some wincons and payoffs, like [[Throne of the God]] Pharaoh, [[Goblin Bombardment]], [[Raid Bombardment]], [[Impact Tremors]], [[Skullclamp]], and [[Purphoros]]. The deck is pretty resilient, and is a ton of fun.
[[varolz, the scar-striped]]
Scavenge cards like [[phyrexian dreadnought]]
Also bonus points for it's regenerate double dipping on usefulness for cards like eternal witness.
[[progenitus]] anthems
I run a no-rare [[Wilson, Refined Grizzly]] that runs no Auras or Equipment (lore-accurate) together with [[Flaming Fist]], pump spells and +1/+1 counters to get him over the top. He doesn't need weapons to kill, and he's developed a bit of a reputation in my playgroup for sudden deaths.
[[Shu Yun]] is a lot of fun. I just built him up for a cantrip/spell slinger/voltron deck. Last game I played him I one shotted all three opponents one by one.
[[Progenitus]] with [[Homicidal Seclusion]] &/or [[Finest Hour]]
[[Ghalta, Primal Hunger]] You have card options that double your creature's power.
[[Yargle and Multani]] only need a single [[Giant Growth]] to be commander lethal.