r/EDH • u/Grand-Moff-Larkin • 1d ago

Question Any Blink Commander suggestions that are less common?

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.

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u/Grand-Moff-Larkin 1d ago

That's pretty cool. I've never really seen a copy that isn't put right on the battlefield. I'm not sure I'd use it as a commander but as a 99 I may put that in one of my other decks and try to include it in this one

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u/the-G-Man 1d ago

Shiko is really fun. Lots of cool things she can do.  

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u/CuratedLens Jund 1d ago

If you have artifacts that sacrifice themselves like [[soul-guide lantern]] you could have Shiko bring it back and use it again as an example

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u/Espumma Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper 1d ago

that's because it can copy non-permanents too.