You can fetch Woodland Chasm as well as the Snow basics. I think I'd prefer fetches to Cemeteries.
Your card selection seems to indicate you plan to play against creature decks nearly exclusively. That many main-deck sweepers seems unnecessary to me. I'd prefer to see Abrupt Decay in some number for sure, but maybe I've been out of it too long. Hand disruption can also help with the prolonging-the-game strategy and is effective against non-creature decks as well.
That also seems to be a whole bunch of fairly high-costed planeswalkers.
Natural Affinity is an interesting card, I think I may look for one. It would seem to be a good commander card to use along with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. I sold my copy of Living Plane and it's gotten too expensive to replace.
Good luck with your strategy and my apologies if my advice is as outdated as I am.
FYI, Vanishing Verse can't hit lands and Path to Exile isn't a sac outlet. Vindicate on the other hand, can hit lands and probably should be in any BW 75.
I could see getting the Spirit deck myself. It's pretty close to the Bant Spirit deck played in Pioneer. The big difference is Collected Company, which I've got.
The Lotus Fields would be nice, but there's nothing else in that deck I'm much interested in. The Aura deck has some good stuff, but nothing I don't already have.
Slapped this pile of GW cards together after shuffling cards around now and then for some time. We played a few games and I managed to combo off in one of them.
I've already decided to swap Oust in for Condemn and Ghost Quarter for Tectonic Edge. I've also got Arid Mesa available, I just forgot about it. I don't think Sigarda is the best commander; she's a good girl and can just beat someone to death now and them, but not much synergy.
If Verdant Catacombs drops significantly, I'll spring for one, but it's a bit too dear right now.
Karametra doesn't really feel good and KoR doesn't either. VoR is probably not really conducive to the game plan. Elspeth and Creeping Corrosion don't seem great, although Elspeth can just about win by herself sometimes. Ranger Captain seems a complete waste of a slot; not sure what I was thinking, to be honest.
In any event, if anyone has some good ideas, I'd be grateful to hear them.
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Dragonlord Dromoka is a good idea, it's one that stood out when I searched.
Gaddock Teeg is actually a possible Commander himself. If nothing else, it'll annoy everyone else. . . which is probably a bad idea, come to think of it. I might still try it.
Captain Sisay crossed my mind, but I initially discounted it, but I may have been too quick to dismiss her.
Using Devoted Druid just gives another way to combo. It may be a bad idea, I haven't really gotten down to the real card selection yet. I haven't thought about other infinite mana combos yet either.
Either of the twoSigardas would make serviceable commanders, but neither seems terribly synergistic although some (most?) of my combo pieces are human.
After a long hiatus, I'm working on getting back into Commander. I've had a pile of GW cards that I've set aside for this purpose and I need some advice about which Commander to use.
I've been considering Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for no real good reason. Something that would add creature search would be ideal, but I don't really have any good idea. I suppose I should just search Legendary GW creatures in Gatherer, but I just thought of that and I've already typed all of this, so I'm going to go ahead and post it and then search Gatherer.
So, if you have an idea and don't mind helping a lazy player out, I'd love to hear what you think.
Looks like fun.
Your card selection seems to indicate you plan to play against creature decks nearly exclusively. That many main-deck sweepers seems unnecessary to me. I'd prefer to see Abrupt Decay in some number for sure, but maybe I've been out of it too long. Hand disruption can also help with the prolonging-the-game strategy and is effective against non-creature decks as well.
That also seems to be a whole bunch of fairly high-costed planeswalkers.
Natural Affinity is an interesting card, I think I may look for one. It would seem to be a good commander card to use along with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. I sold my copy of Living Plane and it's gotten too expensive to replace.
Good luck with your strategy and my apologies if my advice is as outdated as I am.
The Lotus Fields would be nice, but there's nothing else in that deck I'm much interested in. The Aura deck has some good stuff, but nothing I don't already have.
I've already decided to swap Oust in for Condemn and Ghost Quarter for Tectonic Edge. I've also got Arid Mesa available, I just forgot about it. I don't think Sigarda is the best commander; she's a good girl and can just beat someone to death now and them, but not much synergy.
I feel I need faster ramp and I know there are a few staples that I need but I will have to find sufficient trade material for Enlightened Tutor. Worldly Tutor might be better than Green Sun's Zenith. I think Generous Gift is a must get.
If Verdant Catacombs drops significantly, I'll spring for one, but it's a bit too dear right now.
Karametra doesn't really feel good and KoR doesn't either. VoR is probably not really conducive to the game plan. Elspeth and Creeping Corrosion don't seem great, although Elspeth can just about win by herself sometimes. Ranger Captain seems a complete waste of a slot; not sure what I was thinking, to be honest.
In any event, if anyone has some good ideas, I'd be grateful to hear them.
Creatures
1 Giver of Runes
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
1 Devoted Druid
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Lesser Masticore
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Riftsweeper
1 Safehold Elite
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Vizier of Remedies
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wall of Omens
1 Eternal Witness
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Mirror Entity
1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Wood Elves
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Magus of the Disk
1 Magus of the Moat
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Karametra, God of Harvests
1 Reveillark
1 Sun Titan
1 Angel of Serenity
Planeswalkers
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Artifacts
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Altar of Dementia
1 Arcane Signet
1 Blasting Station
1 Birthing Pod
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
Instants
1 Condemn
1 Noxious Revival
1 Reclaim
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Dromoka's Command
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Beast Within
1 Chord of Calling
1 Krosan Grip
Sorceries
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Finale of Devastation
1 Regrowth
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Creeping Corrosion
1 Skyshroud Claim
1 Wrath of God
1 Rout
1 Austere Command
1 Terminus
Lands
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Brushland
1 Command Tower
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Flooded Strand
10 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Kor Haven
1 Krosan Verge
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
10 Plains
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Temple Garden
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Yavamaya Hollow
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Gaddock Teeg is actually a possible Commander himself. If nothing else, it'll annoy everyone else. . . which is probably a bad idea, come to think of it. I might still try it.
Captain Sisay crossed my mind, but I initially discounted it, but I may have been too quick to dismiss her.
Using Devoted Druid just gives another way to combo. It may be a bad idea, I haven't really gotten down to the real card selection yet. I haven't thought about other infinite mana combos yet either.
Shalai, Voice of Plenty is a fine card to include and I hadn't even thought of Solemnity yet.
Either of the two Sigardas would make serviceable commanders, but neither seems terribly synergistic although some (most?) of my combo pieces are human.
Karametra, God of Harvests is a possibility. I will be casting creatures.
Thanks for the responses, folks.
The deck will rely on three win conditions: Walking Ballista, Altar of Dementia and Blasting Station. Ballista uses the Vizier of Remedies - Devoted Druid duo and the other two artifacts rely on Creatures with Persist and one of several creatures that prevents the -1/-1 token from being applied.
I've been considering Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for no real good reason. Something that would add creature search would be ideal, but I don't really have any good idea. I suppose I should just search Legendary GW creatures in Gatherer, but I just thought of that and I've already typed all of this, so I'm going to go ahead and post it and then search Gatherer.
So, if you have an idea and don't mind helping a lazy player out, I'd love to hear what you think.
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