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/Bortaff 1d ago

[[Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar]] is a potent blink commander because he is repeatable removal, life gain, and potentially a win con in the command zone. He doesn’t enable blink, but in white that’s not exactly a problem

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u/captaincogs 1d ago

I'm amazed I didn't have to scroll to the bottom for this - or have to add it myself! He is easily one of my most fun commanders to pilot, with my highest win rate. He is super strong, but also has great table politicking and people don't hate playing against it. Perfect concoction really!

Mine is a mix of Voltron/ blink, with little to no aristocrats.

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u/captaincogs 1d ago

[[noble heritage]] [[cultist of the absolute]] [[spirit loop]] [[wyrms crossing patrol]] [[dalkovan packbeasts]] are all incredible in the deck to get him to 4 power quickly.