Uril, the Miststalker was only reasonable because if you untapped with him your next action was to drop an aura and then Armageddon. And that was still weak to blue but in the days of old a hexproof commander was good because it was less ways that you could get tucked and interreacted with.

I support the relative timeline you've described here. I do genuinely think there was a golden age of EDH and it was from that 2010-2018 level. But I'm also an old-timer for EDH, so I could be biased. That's when one of the most busted things you could do was Palinchron + Deadeye Navigator lol. I d...

River Kelpie is fringe playable in a few decks where it interacts with the commander or overall concept but its generally a card I see incredibly little of. Way back in the day I saw it a little here and there but its really always been a little underwhelming unless you have a big reason to include...

Deep Gnome Terramancer does a great job of punishing fetchlands. Turning each fetch into +1 land for you is really good and I like that it doesn't come with the super feels bad of some of the other ones and it works against most green ramp too (most being the ones that don't just +1 your land drops...

I mean, I kind of do it to myself a little bit just because of its one of my options. There is some more casual play earlier in the week but I can't make that timeslot and then there is cEDH on Friday nights and with what I already get I just try to avoid intentionally stepping that up lol. There is...

I remember the time of Primeval Titan and it was slogfest ETB magic where turns often were well into double digets before ending. Back then commander tuck made it hard to be half as fast not to mention that clones used to kill commanders as well as spawn more primeval titans. Ah, the good ole' days...

Have you ever played against a Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain deck? Its totally not cEDH because it gets absolutely bent over by removal but its a remove me or die immediately commander. I can't even tell you how many times I have died by turn 4 to this commander who is totally not cEDH. A buddy of mi...

Yeah, those cards that do what ephara does but with a mana discount (kadena, pantlaza, think there was another one for spells too) are very frustrating particularly for me :D The sheer amount of card and mana advantage they're willing to put on cards these days is really confusing to me. I wonder h...

I also believe things are not pip heavy enough. There are to Many 4W and not enough WWWWW I have been saying they should do more things like that as heavy color intensity is a way to give mono color more power rather than just giving more tools to multicolored decks. It plays well into devotion thi...

Cliffside Rescuer is cute, but completely outclassed, Mother of Runes and co. only cost 1 mana and can do this every turn, Benevolent Bodyguard and co. ony cost 1 and are ready to go the moment they resolve. If she only costed 1, or if she didn't have to be tapped, she might be worth considering, b...

I don't think its a problem that they embraced commander and I even think its.... kind of ok to design for it a little. Our issue mostly comes from when they power creep cards to drive sales. They do this not just for commander but for every format because desirable cards sell product. There has bee...

I know what you mean with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored . I have had some troubles with it myself but it can be a little clunky if they run a bunch of ramp spells because sometimes dinos just find more ramp which can run them out of steam depending on if they get unlucky or not. It can definitely feel like ...

I think I have put it in literally every deck I have played since it has come out. Its hard to forget about the card when I see it every time I go to play either in my own deck or across the table. The worst are the decks that are chalked full of ramp as a T2-3 ring is just ridiculous. I am still ve...

I built Alela, Cunning Conqueror as Faerie typal, although my creature count is much lower than yours. Due to the nature of the commander I wanted as much cheap spells/interaction as possible while keeping my creatures as lean/good as possible. I also run into the occasional issue re: life recovery...

I'd be unhappy with Braids, Cabal Minion unban. There is a guy at my playgroup that plays her and the group allows and its often miserable. Not even power wise, but someone will be a slow start and will never be able to get back after its a little unfun I would have no problem playing against it bu...

A quick and dirty fae tribal approach. I am fond of draw go like control strategies so I want to at least give this a shot. I don't have much for life recovery which might be a problem but I am able to block most things and have interaction so I am willing to just sort of give it a shot and see wher...

Primeval Titan is an interesting discussion point from the stance that the average game as far as turns has dropped quite a bit. Back when it was in its hayday a lot of games were more drawn out with slower wincons. I doubt you can convince the RC of this but the meta has changed a lot since its ban...

If you are going to a pre release with the intent of obtaining cards for commander I think you are probably not spending your money where you should. Pre release is fun and you will get potentially more packs for your money at pre release than just buying packs but that said buying packs is a horrib...

If Griselbrand wasn't a legend I wouldn't be half as concerned about him as I am. When you build a deck around him though its a lot easier to turn it into a mana burst sort of deck that tends to play storm / Ad Nausium fairly easily though. When you start looking at T1-3 consistant griselbrand who w...

Thanks for asking that question. I have a better understanding now. Yeah after thinking about it, I think I should just add another repeatable card draw card in Call of the Ring's place. I think Dark Prophecy is actually quite dangerous in this deck as you can lose a lot life due to death triggers ...

Thanks that is what I thought but it seemed a bit odd being a static ability. It makes sense though when you explain that it looks back at when it was in play to determine the death triggers that clears things up.

My understanding of 4x Mondrak, Glory Dominus is that you just do simple multiplication so it would be 1 commander trigger * 2 (Mondrake) * 2 (Mondrake) * 2 (Mondrake) * 2 (Mondrake) = 16 tokens. In a case where you have the 4 Monodrake, 1 commander, and Saw In Half him it would be along the lines o...

If I have a Ratadrabik of Urborg in play with Gandalf the White , Drivnod, Carnage Dominus , or Teysa Karlov do I get two triggers of Ratadrabik if the source of the double death triggers dies or is sacrificed? I assume I do but it feels a little odd being that its sort of a static doubling that sto...

I really wanted to do a Norin the Wary deck on Rocco because the commander could assemble the pieces and it gave the right colors to have good support for him. I never got around to doing it but I think its still totally viable.

Balance is a problem because players play it optimally and the counterpalay is heavily towards counter magic. If Balance isn't played optimally its no different than someone casting Jokulhaups with no follow-up. It is true that there is a long and tedious game after that but that is only sometimes ...