The Problem with Glass Cannon Commanders

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  @ENCHANTMEN_ · 11 months ago (edited)

  i don&apos;t have a BACKUP COMMANDER. i don&apos;t &quot;build a COHESIVE DECK&quot;. i don&apos;t play STAX PIECES. i build around a guy that LOOKS COOL, and if it gets removed, then i DON&apos;T WIN.<br><br>edit: for clarity, this is a reference to the &quot;I don&apos;t have a secondary&quot; meme

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  @Sophtym211 · 11 months ago

  I noted to a friend that his decks seemed to stumble if his commander wasn&apos;t on the board and his face looked like he&apos;d left the oven on. <br>A couple of weeks later he (jokingly) mentioned that the comment had broken his brain. Every single one of his commanders was an enabler and he had just never noticed.

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  @Dlark17 · 11 months ago

  Pro tip for Kaalia brewers: make your deck with a Reanimator subtheme. It fills a similar role to Kaalia, acts as sideways ramp, and helps you recover from board wipes.

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  @Lazydino59 · 11 months ago

  One thing I would add, is ask yourself &quot;if I cannot access my commander in a game, what does my deck do?&quot; And if the answer is &quot;nothing&quot;, &quot;very little&quot;, etc., you probably have a glass cannon and are setting yourself up for more polarizing games. I always joke that &quot;I value being able to actually play every game of magic&quot;, so I play more lands/draw and goldfish without access to my commander to ensure I can still play and win. With that being said, I still build my decks around their commanders, it is just an extra measure to ensure that when things are not going according to plan I can still stand a chance.

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  @imaginarymatter · 11 months ago

  There&apos;s a reason why Kaalia of the Vast is the most featured commander in the Am I the Bolas series on EDHRec.

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  @mrgarneau4895 · 11 months ago

  The ceiling and the floor is something that you need to look at for not just your Commander, but every card in your deck

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  @Shimatzu95 · 11 months ago (edited)

  Jodah is literally 2 legendary slivers stitched togeter with all instances if slivers being exchanged for legends.

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  @bamit11 · 11 months ago (edited)

  IDK about Gishath. Pretty sure he just says look at the top 7 cards of your library, then put them all on the bottom

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  @lambdalandis · 11 months ago

  This is exactly why to took my Jodah The Unifier deck apart. Your either made a huge unbeatable board or your opponents consistently and mercilessly removed Jodah every time he entered. Very unfun play patterns

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  @sleepysentret · 11 months ago

  One day I&apos;ll find the fast, resilient, midrange deck that has interaction and protection. One day...

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  @Clutchtampa · 11 months ago

  I don&apos;t mind playing glass cannon commanders, I do run a protection pack in those decks. But the best part of it all is the big boom, we don&apos;t always need win but we did &quot; do the thing&quot;.

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  @AtlasDuval · 11 months ago

  I like to think of a commander as the garnish on a fancy drink. It draws your attention to the theme, makes you interested in the drink, but if the drink is terrible then the garnish is pointless. You need a good drink like you need a good deck to make the most of both the commander and the garnish.

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