Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Commander - Aminatou, the Fateshifter

I want to continue the Commander deck improvements (that I started with Saheeli) with Aminatou, the Fateshifter. Here's the base deck:

Instant
Aethermage's Touch
Utter End
Banishing Stroke
Return to Dust
Brainstorm
Predict
Telling Time
Esper Charm
Mortify
Crib Swap
Artifacts
Azorius Signet
Commander's Sphere
Crystal Ball
Dimir Signet
Mind Stone
Orzhov Signet
Seer's Lantern
Sol Ring
Enchantment

Lightform
Cloudform
Primordial Mist

Sorcery
Terminus
Aminatou's Augury
Entreat the Dead
Skull Storm
Entreat the Angels
Army of the Damned
Akroma's Vengeance
Devastation Tide
 Dream Cache
Ponder Portent
 Treasure Hunt
Lands
Isolated Watchtower
8 Plains
5 Island
3 Swamp
Forge of Heroes
Arcane Sanctum
Azorius Chancery
Azorius Guildgate
Barren Moor
Command Tower
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Guildgate
Dismal Backwater
Forsaken Sanctuary
Halimar Depths
Jwar Isle Refuge
Lonely Sandbar
Meandering River
Mortuary Mire
New Benalia
Orzhov Basilica
Orzhov Guildgate
Scoured Barrens
Secluded Steppe
Sejiri Refuge
Submerged Boneyard
Tranquil Cove


Creatures
Enigma Sphinx
 Varina, Lich Queen
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Boreas Charger
Magus of the Balance
Night Incarnate
Sower of Discord
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Serra Avatar
Adarkar Valkyrie
Conundrum Sphinx
Djinn of Wishes
Jeskai Infiltrator
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Sphinx of Uthuun
Phyrexian Delver
Duskmantle Seer
High Priest of Penance
Silent-Blade Oni
Loyal Unicorn
Loyal Subordinate
Geode Golem
Mulldrifter
 Ninja of the Deep Hours
Sigiled Starfish
Pilgrim's Eye



 
OK, so this deck..................

I hate it.

Aminatou doesn't do anything really interesting, the ultimate is the sort of play that makes games go on FOREVER, and the setup/payoff for that ultimate is way too much work, the mana base is absurd with all the lands that enter tapped, I actively despise Lightform and Cloudform, Aethermage's Touch is not a thing, stop trying to make it a thing, I am 100% sick of WotC shoving Serra Avatar into white decks...basically, this deck exhausts me. It is for someone. But not for me.

I'm going to change it up and run Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign as my commander instead. That's the payoff card, meant to work with Aminatou, in my opinion. I'd much rather encourage game states where I am pushing things towards the conclusion, even if that conclusion is: I lose.

So here we go.

1 comment:

  1. I see miracle mechanics,cycling,and cascade in this deck.

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