Things I Like: Clarion Spirit - One spirit is all you need for this bear to be excellent. Has potential in aggro or control. Ravenform - I mourn for the color pie. But this is a versatile blue answer. Masked Vandal - This is a whole lot better than Naturalize. I don't have any dedicated tribal archetypes, but there are a few opportunities for incidental payoff. Replicating Ring - Ramp decks and 4C control decks will run a manalith. The nine rings win the game with mana sinks like Rolling Thunder or Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage.
Maybe: Battlefield Raptor - Carries equipment and counters well Bind the Monster - More blue removal. Not sure if I like this more or less than Bubble Snare. Elven Bow - An effective tool for token decks to beat flying decks. Snakeskin Veil - Similar to Undying Evil, this stops removal and leaves a counter. Probably a tad worse but still seems useful.
I feel like Tormod the Desecrator could make the cut? One zombie token is good value, and there are many ways to get a whole lot of zombies. So it's a very cool build-around and relatively low-risk.
Looking at my black section, 23 out of 69 cards can make cards leave graveyards (1/3). And other colors have some ways as well, with delve and flashback and such.
Broken Wings looks like they might have pushed Naturalize enough for it to see play? Midrange decks probably want it over Acidic Slime - killing flyers comes in clutch.
Also due to quarantine, I just started running Perfect Hand Magic on Discord yesterday. I'm open to teaming up on you, though I'm trying different rules and card limitations each time, similar to how it was played here on the MTGS forum.
Dawnbringer Cleric feels flexible enough to maybe be good
Plate Armor is great if equipment as a strategy gets there
Soulknife Spy feels like an upgrade to Jhessian Thief
Demogorgon's Clutches is maybe a monocolor Blightning
Feign Death is Undying Evil but I think I like Feign better
Power Word Kill is another kill spell
Battle Cry Goblin is interesting, possibly good enough
Dueling Rapier is more equipment support
Owlbear is simple but solid
The "Maybe" List:
Usher of the Fallen - Top tier white one drop.
Things I Like:
Clarion Spirit - One spirit is all you need for this bear to be excellent. Has potential in aggro or control.
Ravenform - I mourn for the color pie. But this is a versatile blue answer.
Masked Vandal - This is a whole lot better than Naturalize. I don't have any dedicated tribal archetypes, but there are a few opportunities for incidental payoff.
Replicating Ring - Ramp decks and 4C control decks will run a manalith. The nine rings win the game with mana sinks like Rolling Thunder or Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage.
Maybe:
Battlefield Raptor - Carries equipment and counters well
Bind the Monster - More blue removal. Not sure if I like this more or less than Bubble Snare.
Elven Bow - An effective tool for token decks to beat flying decks.
Snakeskin Veil - Similar to Undying Evil, this stops removal and leaves a counter. Probably a tad worse but still seems useful.
Cards I'm still thinking about:
Notable Reprints:
Looking at my black section, 23 out of 69 cards can make cards leave graveyards (1/3). And other colors have some ways as well, with delve and flashback and such.
Likely Includes
Unlikely but Considering
Nothing really stood out as S-tier this season
A-Tier: A solid improvements my current options
B-Tier: Unsure but looks good enough to test
C-Tier: Probably not but seem worth keeping in mind
Special Edition: Commander 2020
Bonder's Ornament
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