Of note, this ability is particularly unique for mono-white decks that don’t usually have many ways to reuse instant and sorcery spells once they’re in the graveyard.

Are they really not going to block your 11 power commander because they want to deny you two extra cards?

While not every creature with flash is so egregious, there are still a low of powerful cards out there that can be used to catch your opponents with their shields down.

Coalition Victory isn’t an option, so maybe we’ll just have to settle for casting Omniscience to make all of the other spells in our hand free.

The deck as a whole has undergone some changes, but the base principles are still the same. Mill cards, bring them back threefold, rely on strong enters-the-battlefield (ETB) abilities to try and close out the game.

Chief: Drop of Honey was actually reprinted as a white card in Planar Chaos. Check out Porphyry Nodes if you want a more affordable equivalent.

Exxaxl: Shhh no white article spoilers, I still have the colorless one to write first.

Have you ever been in a situation where beating a board wipe and then having just one more turn would allow you to win a close game of Commander?

While 3 mana and 2 life for an Esper Sentinel or a Skullclamp isn’t exactly the best rate, it can be argued that these cards are worth more than 1 mana in the first place!

Now that 2022 has had some time to settle and we’ve had enough time to play with the cards from the final releases of the year, we’re ready to share our favorite cards from 2022. We (Chief, Who Endures and Exxaxl, Progress Tyrant) will recap our selections for each major set released last year.

With cards like Jeska’s Will, Professional Face-Breaker, and Prosper, Tome-Bound seeing a ton of play in Commander, this card is in a prime position to have a big impact on the table every time that it hits the battlefield.

The groans of the graveyard player when you cast this are usually preferable to those of their freshly raised undead legions.

I’ll preface this with the fact that I go as far as to sort my basic lands per set, my tokens alphabetically and I even know exactly where my keyword-counter, art cards and ‘how to play magic’ info cards are. My empty sleeves are sorted per 100 and I know how many empty deckboxes I have available in which color and form factor.

Imagine an enchantment with an effect like K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth but for all colors. For each colored mana in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. That doesn’t sound broken at all, especially not with Fist of Suns.

Exxaxl: We’ve yet to see our first ever mono-white goblin appear in the game, so I was quite surprised you chose this one.

Chief: It’s only a matter of time! We even have mono-white orcs now!

Too many people abuse this silent agreement that lands should be left alone and go overboard by stapling strong effects and interactions in their land base, knowing people likely aren’t running the correct targeted removal to deal with it. Prevent that Villainous Wealth or Torment of Hailfire of reaching X = 15, don’t allow the voltron player to keep their Rogue’s Passage and get rid of that Urza’s Saga before it can tutor up an artifact.

Even without a voltron player at the table, when’s the last time you had a game without Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, Shadowspear or any of the ‘Sword of’ cards getting played? Sure, their commander can have hexproof or shroud, but chances are high the equipment will not!

Exxaxl: It’s not like I’m trying to limit everyone to one spell a turn because I like them or anything…

Chief: Don’t.

I also noticed that Commander fan favorite Azusa, Lost but Seeking was conspicuously absent from the Kamigawa Ink Secret Lair. I guess she’s still lost out there somewhere.

I’d question the edibility and logistics of forcing an animated Ichor Wellspring into a cake tin, but I’m sure you can ask Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar on how to make that recipe work.

Energy Tap turns into quite a strong ritual in a color that’s not really known for playing this type of effect. Tapping your Torrential Gearhulk to help you overload a Cyclonic Rift feels amazing to pull off.