2019 was great for Jeskai nerds like me, probably the best year since Khan's block. Kykar, Wind's Fury was an amazing 3c legendary gift to us (FROM A CORE SET!) and the pre-con had lots of goodies . Elsha of the Infinite is bonkers, but the other two legendaries in the deck are eyed with a bit more skepticism. Pramikon, Sky Rampart at least lends itself to some off the wall (ha), but powerful, strategies.
Sevinne, the Chronoclasm, on the other hand, comes across as a one trick pony at first glance: fill the yard and play spellslinger goodstuff with an emphasis on flashback, retrace, jump-start, aftermath, and Snapcaster Mage type effects so you can get free copies and profit. Cool, right? Well, sure. . . but the problem I have with it is that, apart from some notable exceptions, there aren't many powerful effects on instants/sorceries that can be played from the graveyard. I want my commander decks to have a strong identity, and I felt that the "typical" Sevinne build would be generic jeskai spellslinger goodstuff. Nothing wrong with that. I love those cards, they're literally why I play this wedge almost exclusively. It's just that I want a more unique experience from each deck, and Sevinne 1.0 wasn't cutting it.
All that said, here are two Sevinne lists I'd like to solicit feedback on.
The first is a Jeskai Wizard Tribal deck that's looking to be creature heavy with an extensive ETB/bounce/flicker theme that fills most of it's lower count of spell slots with the Sevinne goodstuff flashback/retrace/jump-start/aftermath etc. I've been keen on 3c wizards for some time, and the only other Jeskai general that really seemed to fit the bill was Kykar, but my bird buddy has about a dozen different potential builds that seem stronger and cooler than wizard tribal, so Sevinne it is perhaps. My concern is that it's just a bad version of Kess, Dissident Mage or Inalla, Archmage Ritualist.
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Have Naban, Dean of Iteration or Panharmonicon in play, cast Trinket Mage, fetch Sol Ring with one trigger and an artifact land or Expedition Map with the copy from Naban/PH, then cast Storm Sculptor, returning Trinket Mage to hand with one trigger and sculptor with the copy so you can do it all over again.
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Cast Reflector Mage, bouncing the most threatening creature or an opposing general. Cast Cackling Counterpart targeting Reflector Mage to do it again. Next turn, flash back Counterpart, which gets copied by Sevinne, putting two more Mages in play to bounce more threats.
The second is built around Sevinne's first line of text and runs creatures that don't take damage or that want to take damage and supporting spells to take advantage of this. There's a little less of the cast from the graveyard theme here, but it's still there with enough density to matter I think.
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With Firesong and Sunspeaker and Stuffy Doll in play, cast Star of Extinction. In response, cast Reverberate to copy Star, gain a billion life and kill one other player.
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With Sevinne and Nin, the Pain Artist in play, cast Seething Song, flashback Increasing Vengeance targeting song which gets copied by Sevinne and again targets song for 4 copies + the original song = 25 red mana. Tap an Island to go with it and blast Sevinne with Nin's ability and draw 24 cards. All at instant speed.
Anywho, I can't decide which deck I'd like to move forward with, so I'm hoping some other folks' perspectives and insights will help me choose a path. Let me know what you think!