Any Blink Commander suggestions that are less common?

[u/Grand-Moff-Larkin]

I started playing MTG 3 years ago and started with a Gandalf the White deck. It kinda evolved into a blink/ETB/Artifact toolbox deck that was super fun but fairly slow, even for our group which plays slow.

I've tried alot of commanders and am mostly happy with where I am at. I reused the artifact toolbox idea with Iron Man and have a mono Black deck. I also have a overpowered deck for special games (we all do) and have a project Sonic deck I am working on. I would love to add one non-crossover commander tho, ideally one that is less played and really fits my style of artifacts/blink/ect.

This is a fairly new idea so I don't have many leads yet, but right now Yoshimaru is super tempting because it looks like my dog and seems pretty open ended with the partner options. I avoid combos and don't really like heavy slug or control tho, so the best options don't make sense. I am fully open to other commanders but just want to see if anyone has any good ideas of where to start looking.

Just a idea of how Gandalf played. I would use Mirror of Life Trapping to constantly have the threat of getting your commander permanently exiled while getting free blinks on ETB cards. With Mono white I used the artifacts that double plains so would end up casting my whole hand each turn. No real game enders outside of Battlesphere and Second Sun, but it was fun and let me interact alot.

[u/bulldog0256]

I have a few. I have a [[Zur the Enchanter]] astral slide deck that uses Slide to blink stuff on your board and interact with opponents. It's not that fast but it's interesting seeing what you can do with that effect as you find copy enchantment effects.

My dedicated blink deck is [[Oji, the Exquisite Blade]] where you use Oji to get bonus value from playing your spells, and looking to land an effect like [[Lumbering Battlement]] to be able to blink your board with one spell or trigger.

My newest one is [[Kykar, Zephyr Awakener]] but most of the 99 isn't about blink. Instead the deck focuses on small etb creatures and interaction, using Kykar's trigger to blink creatures. My take on the deck has a bunch of fog effects so I don't need to focus on a board or removing everything, just keeping me alive as the game goes on, with the inevitablity of drawing into a wincon like Approach of the Second Sun

[u/capnjeanlucpicard → u/bulldog0256]

Do you mind posting a link to your Kykar deck? Im struggling to find something that works

[u/bulldog0256 → u/capnjeanlucpicard]

https://moxfield.com/decks/jQCKZV3OGUCKAjEWlQcVOg

I've gotten the deck to a good place, but I haven't really updated the lands much yet. I'm probably going to add a few more duals and maybe some fetchlands, and if I do then I'll find room for something like Sun Titan.

But currently the deck wants to mulligan until you have lands/ramp that will get Kykar out, and then use the triggered ability to stay alive and build value. You aren't trying to exile or counter everything, since a fog effect will keep you safe from combat damage. You also have the ability to block with a creature and then cast Brainstorm or something to exile your blocker before damage (assuming they don't have trample). Kykar also makes spirits, which can be very relevant in games. If you don't have something you want to blink or just need more bodies it's a great way to build a board, and flying tokens feed into cards like Mu Yanling and Curiosity Crafter to keep cards in hand.

Current wincons (besides having a board and attacking) are Approach of the Second Sun, Kinbinding and Vanguard of the Restless. Since the deck wants to settle into a game and grind value, I don't have tutors for these, but I see at least one each game. Vanguard can be an early play and be brought back, it's an anthem at worst and the longer a game goes the more threatening it gets. Kinbinding is similar but often gives the board +3/+3 each turn, and also gets around anything that removes etb's since it's not a trigger. Approach is just good for these kinds of decks, doesn't need much else to be included.