Commander 2017 Edition

[phonics]

Gideon tribal, Jace tribal, Chandra tribal, humans tribal.

As absurd as that sounds, it sounds like something they would do.

[Crimhead]

ELDRAZI!!!

Fae?

[civet five]

You are technically incorrect, which is the most important kind of incorrect.

Mistform Ultimus

Gotta put this post on a hotkey so I can refer to it every time someone gets sad about not having a Commander of their favorite creature type.

Beebles?
Volvers?
Incarnation?
Eye?

Mistform Ultimus to the rescue!

[Barook]

ELDRAZI!!!

BFZ + Eldritch Moon were pretty successful to kill the creature type forever. WotC is going to avoid it like the plague now after the fucked it up that hard.

[TsumiBand]

A coworker pointed out to me that it is really fairly stupid to try and print inside of the big, well-established tribes, precisely because of their existing weight and the tightness of those decklists. Like who gives a shit if there's a new Sliver, unless it really pushes the envelope; they're setting themselves up to fail if they stick to the overpopulated tribes. It would probably be much easier and much more interesting for them to do tribes like Merfolk, Kithkin, Treefolk, maybe Vampires? Elementals? Hell, Dwarves? I feel like there are several 'beloved' tribes that never see any action because Standard is typically driven by the larger creature types (or Eldrazi, snore) so there's lots of room for some second chair tribes to get a little shot in the arm.

[Darkenslight]

My initial reaction was to cover Clerics, Druids, Wizards and Rogues.

And then, someone changed the Druid for Warriors, and I was immediately sold, given Wizards' gaming roots.

[TsumiBand]

My initial reaction was to cover Clerics, Druids, Wizards and Rogues.

And then, someone changed the Druid for Warriors, and I was immediately sold, given Wizards' gaming roots.

Haha that'd be sick af

[rufus]

Maybe the time has come for coward tribal.

[danyul]

Man yall got me hyped now.

Let's hope they give this dude an army to lead.

[Barook]

My initial reaction was to cover Clerics, Druids, Wizards and Rogues.

And then, someone changed the Druid for Warriors, and I was immediately sold, given Wizards' gaming roots.

That would be too clever for Wizards.

[Cire]

My initial reaction was to cover Clerics, Druids, Wizards and Rogues.

And then, someone changed the Druid for Warriors, and I was immediately sold, given Wizards' gaming roots.

I would love for it to be Profession oriented "tribes". We need a good Prowl Deck

[Barook]

I would love for it to be Profession oriented "tribes". We need a good Prowl Deck

What could be the names?
Rogues - Cloak & Dagger
Warrior - Sword & Board
Wizards - ?
Clerics - ?

[Lava Snacks]

Man yall got me hyped now.

Let's hope they give this dude an army to lead.

I feel like that army should go up against a Norin the Wary EDH deck.

[Cire]

What could be the names?
Rogues - Cloak & Dagger
Warrior - Sword & Board
Wizards - ?
Clerics - ?

Rogues - Cloak and Dagger
Warriors - Sword and Fist
Wizards - Tome and Blood
Clerics - Defenders of the Faith

[Holiday]

It might be the LOTR fan in me but I'd love to see WOTC expand on the tribes for Orcs and Dwarves. Lorwyn was one of my favorite sets and I'd like them to do something similar and bring back that classic fantasy feel again.

[joven]

It might be the LOTR fan in me but I'd love to see WOTC expand on the tribes for Orcs and Dwarves. Lorwyn was one of my favorite sets and I'd like them to do something similar and bring back that classic fantasy feel again.

Yes to classic fantasy feel, but IMO Lorwyn was more in the realm of fairy tales, too kitschy.

[Holiday]

@joven yeah that's true. I think they had to make it kind of kitschy so they could really show contrast with Shadowmoor.

Heres another question I was wondering about, if we had never had Orcs and Dwarves in MTG before would they still be in red if they were made today? I feel like Orcs could be Red, Black or both. Dwarves I think were Red only because they live in mountains but they seem to fall under White because they are lawful and a bunch of small creatures who work together as opposed to chaotic and emotionally driven. Thoughts?

[Sylphnir]

Dunno the typical LotR, discworld and warcraft dwarves are all known for their hotheadedness and temper, which makes them fine in red imo. Also a love for alcohol and carousals.
Another frequently used and prominent characteristic (sometimes just a preconception) would be greed, a very black trait.

For the small people working together thing, we have the also rather underutilized Kithkin.

[Crimhead]

I just posted my wish list at Reddit:

A midsized Eldrazi with ETB destroy target nonland.

A nonbasic Island that also taps for (Merfolk spells only).

A 1/1 Elf for that taps Elves instead whenever they would be put into their owners library.

A Legendary Tribal Elephant Land that is otherwise identical to The Tabernacle At Pendrell Vale

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Eldrazi can beat Moat, Aggro comes back, Elves can beat Miracles, and Lands gets a some love. Everybody wins.

[joven]

A midsized Eldrazi with ETB destroy target nonland.

A nonbasic Island that also taps UU for  (Merfolk spells only).

A 1/1 Elf for G that taps Elves instead whenever they would be put into their owners library.

A Legendary Tribal Elephant Land that is otherwise identical to The Tabernacle At Pendrell Vale

Why would Lands need more Pendrell Vale?
You realize you won't get these!
The Merfolk Island sounds neat to try to bring back Merfolk but would push stupid "Nemesis of Magic", too.