[Top 15] MtG Best Commanders

MtG Best Commanders
Updated:
11 Mar 2021

15. Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

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What’s so good about Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain?

  • Easily pull cards out of your deck, with the ability to draw every time you play a historic spell!
  • Humans are buffed by a lot of effects
  • Fairly cheap to summon
 

14. The Gitrog Monster

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What’s so great about The Gitrog Monster

  • Deathtouch is such a good ability
  • Turns your deck into a card mill, letting you draw a multitude of cards by sacrificing land cards
  • Allows you to play additional land cards, meaning you can get your high-powered cards out faster.
 

13. Baral, Chief of Compliance

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  • Perfect for a mono-blue deck!
  • Makes your spells cheaper to cast.
  • Allows you to draw and discard cards whenever you counter a spell.
 

12. Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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What's so good about Meren of Clan Nel Toth?

  • Humans are easily buffed by spells and the like.
  • Allows you to get cards back from your graveyard, putting them in your hand if it costs more than your experience, or on the battlefield if less.
  • Honestly, she just looks cool
 

11. Brago, King Eternal

 
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What’s good about Brago, King Eternal?

  • Flying means he is safer than many other commanders.
  • Returns permanents to the battlefield
  • 2/4 is pretty decent stats for a commander, especially one with flying.
 

10. Captain Sisay

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What’s so good about Captain Sisay?

  • Low cost. Get her out on the battlefield faster!
  • Allows you to pull legendaries out of your deck every turn
  • Human Soldiers are easily buffed with other cards
 

9. Najeela, Blade Blossom

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What’s so great about Najeela, The Blade Blossom?

  • Summon warriors whenever Najeela attacks, summon warrior creatures, that summon more warriors when they attack
  • The special ability allows you to buff all of those warrior tokens.
  • Pretty cheap to summon!
 

8. Animar, Soul of Elements

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What’s so great about Animar, Soul of Elements?

  • Is protected from White and Black!
  • While it has pretty low stats initially, Animar gets a +1/+1 token for every creature spell you cast.
  • Each +1/+1 token on Animar makes creature spells cost less.
  • Become a spell factory!
 

7. Zur the Enchanter

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What’s so good about Zur the Enchanter?

  • Flying keeps him safe
  • Search your library for an enchantment EVERY time he attacks!
  • 4 Defense is pretty high for a commander
 

6.Zaxara, The Exemplary

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What’s so good about Zaxara, The Exemplary?

  • Gives you hydra tokens when you cast spells and buffs them.
  • Can tap to add 2 mana of any color
  • Deathtouch!

5. The Scarab God

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What's so good about Zaxara, The exemplary?

  • Drains your opponent’s life, more for every zombie you control.
  • Allows you to scry (more for the more Zombies you have), meaning you can choose which cards you will draw.
  • Can create more zombie tokens, on 4/4 (which is a lot for a token). These count towards the Zombies you control.
  • When he dies, he goes back to your hand
 

4. Edgar Markov

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What's so good about Edgar Markov?

  • Creates vampire tokens for every vampire spell you cast!
  • Has first strike AND haste! He’s a full-on warrior!
  • Buffs your vampires every time he attacks!

  3. Kenrith, the Returned King

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What’s great about Kenrith, The Returned King?

  • Multiple applications. Kenrith has a bunch of different abilities.
  • 5/5 means he will be a bit more survivable than many Commanders and can deal plenty of damage on his own
  • Can buff himself or other cards
 

2. Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice

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What's so great about Atraxa, Praetor's Voice?

  • Has Flying, Vigilance, Deathtouch, AND Lifelink. This is a great card on its own, without the additional effect.
  • Versatile! Proliferate works on positive counters (like the +1/+1 counters given by many other spells/cards. Also works on negative counters, such as debuffs.
  • Can take out monsters as well as just about any of your powerful cards

1. Thrasios, Triton Hero/Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

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What's so great about Thrasios and Kydele?

  • The Partner ability allows you to use both commanders!
  • Thyrasios makes you draw cards, and Kydele adds to your mana pool for every card you draw
  • Thrasios allows you to scry and play land cards.
  • This combination allows you to throw out your more powerful cards earlier, as your mana and land grow very quickly.

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