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[Top 15] MtG Best Commanders

MtG Best Commanders

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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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[Top 15] MtG Best Commanders

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