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Phage the Untouchable would work with it, I suspect...
And this goes with Tablet Of the Guilds, too:
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Yeah, so I gave in and ordered the Orzhov pre-con as well earlier today. Between that, the Simic one and my own Marchessa buiild I should be kept happily deckbuilding until Christmas.
I'm hoping to get the Orzov deck. It really is appealing to me, for some reason...
Just realised... there are no Planeswalkers in this set of decks...
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Yeah - I can really see some of the parts of it that would suit you. Enchantments have always been something that you've used to good effect (going back to Savage Auras). Black and white are certifiably awesome colors outside of standard (in standard / modern they have their moments but don't always go well) and give you access to the best removal in the game. It could be a fun deck.
I'd actually like to play my take on the Orzhov deck against yours some day because I have a feeling we will go in distinctly different directions with it. I've never been much of an enchantment person (Madcap Skills nonwithstanding) but lifegain/drain? Oh yes...
Here's to another year of fun commander.
Oh yes, the Planeswalkers were a bit of an anomaly being designed for Commander. I think that they may possibly return to do them again at some point but I wouldn't expect it to be a regular thing. Planeswalkers in Commander need to work a little differently to 'normal' planeswalkers in order to have value as a commander that can be specifically attacked by creatures as well as targetted by spells (and is therefore easier to kill off at any point).
I'm tempted to get a couple of the decks, to be honest... two Orzhov decks...
I'm wondering about the Boros, but that's about it...
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That's interesting - it highlights our different tastes quite well.
I've pre-ordered Simic and Orzhov. Erzui in the Simic deck has the potential to make things quite obscene in a short space of time and with blue counterspells around then there is a chance of keeping him out for a while. That type of deck appeals to me - it's fairly commander centric but not in a 'voltron' style but more as a synergy with small creatures and the commander as an enabler.
The Orzhov deck I really like the 2nd legend - something Karlov - and the interaction with lifegain. I've wanted to build a deck around the extort mechanics for a little while but there hasn't been anyone to lead it that would get the most benefit. Now there is so I want to throw everything for that mechanic and similar drain / lifegain effects into the deck and see what fun I can have with it.
The Boros deck didn't immediately appeal to me though and it took me a while to work out why - it's only because I already have a very strong, aggressive Boros commander in Gisela. If you took that deck away from me then I might be inclined to go down that route.
...in fact, if I'm honest the whole set is interesting and I will probably end up buying all of them over the next 6 months because they all have that little bit of 'fun potential' that would make it worth building a complete deck around. That actually surprises me because I didn't think I'd every consider building another Izzet deck after Niv-Mizzet but...
