If you want to get cute/tricksy I've long had a fondness for cards like Illusionist's Gambit and Mirror Match, which I suppose work well when building up a table of beefed-up decks and encouraging them to fight each other, but not you. Lots of "rattlesnake" effects and fogs/combat tricks to make you an unappealing target.
The idea of a RGWU Landfall deck is really growing on me now. Setting yourself up to take the most advantage of symmetrical (and asymmetrical) shared draw and ramp effects could take you far, and should make for some very interesting games. And I love the idea of playing Omnath, Locus of Rage with Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper.
I'm also fond of several of the two-color pairs of only the enemy color partners. Both Orzhov partners have a lot of potential, and together provide a lot of fuel for an aggressive creature-heavy deck. The Simic partners give you card advantage, mana ramp, and a mana sink, great for speeding you into the long game. Ludevic and Kraum together make Nekusar-Lite, not the most threatening but could have potential to win with commander damage through Kraum. The Boros team want you to play Allies and lots of Equipment, which have some additional synergy together already in Battle for Zendikar block. The Golgari partners don't really have much specific synergy with one another, aside from wanting to buff up Shidiqi by sacrificing Reyhan, I guess. Ikra Shidiqi doesn't have much synergy with either of the partners that come in her deck, actually, aside from wanting you to drag the game out longer, I guess.
I was waiting to see more of this cycle! I really like this one, the color-fixing is cheap and flexible and it has a real possibility of finishing out a game that has been dragging out very long.
With the new Partner commanders coming in Commander 2016, you could use Thrasios, Triton Hero in combination with a UR or RG partner for a Temur deck with a commander that directly supports landfall. I think that should be worth considering as an option.
Vial Smasher + Ludevic : Burn! Ludevic keeps the cards flowing and VS adds additional pain.
Ravos/Tymna + Vial Smasher/Bruse Tarl : Mardu aggro. I favor Ravos of the two Orzhov partners but Tymna has more card drawing potential. Vial Smasher gives more consistent extra damage but Bruse has a higher ceiling on damage potential.
Kydele + Tymna : No specific theme, but plenty of synergy between them, and a wide color base. Card advantage and mana ramp in the command zone is a potent combination.
The pairs of enemy-colored partners are supposed to be connected to each other, so I'd expect those pairings will have the most direct synergy with one another (at the cost of only having two colors, of course). With Kraum's ability, I'd expect Ludevic to be something in the vein of Nekusar to have synergy with one another (and to complement the theme of the "group hug" deck). Not sure who or what will pair with Kydele, and I'm assuming Bruse will have some sort of beefy Ox to order around.
I think the Bant colored praetors were ahead by the time we left NPH. Was Atraxa one of the black sub-praetors? It gives us a ton to speculate!
Nope. Closest name I can recall off-hand is Azax-Azog. And the true four-color characters are supposed to all be brand new, from familiar locations.
I've long loved the idea of a GW Phyrexian themed deck (Trostani as commander, ideally with comissioned "compleated" art mod), but making one for Atraxa seems like a no-brainer now. The synergy with Ezuri is fantastic too. This might be the first precon I get for that reason, although without having seen its commander yet I'm still holding out hope for the WUBR artifacts deck. Very curious to see what other RW partner comes with Bruse. Maybe it's a legendary Ox? Since the two UR partners are creatively linked it makes sense that they all would be, and they presumably should have some strong synergy with each other too.
I'm very happy for the amount of creative space opened up by being able to mix-and-match different partner commanders to get exactly the right combination of colors and synergies for a deck you want to build but don't have an existing commander for.
On first reading the card, I thought the controller of the creature drew the card. On re-reading, it looks like a one-stop shop for creature control, card draw, and even politics. The cheap equip cost is a bit scary but assuming it's in a Commander/Eternal-only supplemental set I don't think that's a problem. One nice value engine is great for red but not nearly enough to be worrisome.
There's also at least one uncommon card that rewards you for having creatures with +1/+1 counters on them. So I expect to see cards that reward you for using both "modes" for your fabricate cards.
Good point. White has some nice landfall stuff too.
Vial Smasher + Ludevic : Burn! Ludevic keeps the cards flowing and VS adds additional pain.
Ravos/Tymna + Vial Smasher/Bruse Tarl : Mardu aggro. I favor Ravos of the two Orzhov partners but Tymna has more card drawing potential. Vial Smasher gives more consistent extra damage but Bruse has a higher ceiling on damage potential.
Kydele + Tymna : No specific theme, but plenty of synergy between them, and a wide color base. Card advantage and mana ramp in the command zone is a potent combination.
Nope. Closest name I can recall off-hand is Azax-Azog. And the true four-color characters are supposed to all be brand new, from familiar locations.
I've long loved the idea of a GW Phyrexian themed deck (Trostani as commander, ideally with comissioned "compleated" art mod), but making one for Atraxa seems like a no-brainer now. The synergy with Ezuri is fantastic too. This might be the first precon I get for that reason, although without having seen its commander yet I'm still holding out hope for the WUBR artifacts deck. Very curious to see what other RW partner comes with Bruse. Maybe it's a legendary Ox? Since the two UR partners are creatively linked it makes sense that they all would be, and they presumably should have some strong synergy with each other too.
Angel of Invention 3WW
Creature - Angel (Mythic)
Flying, vigilance, lifelink
Fabricate 2
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
2/1