Nothing is better than getting some big groan-worthy guy for cheap, and the best part is since the grave is public your opponents see it coming!
I’ve got a Sidisi, Brood Tyrant commander list, and some of my favorites are:
Archon of Cruelty: Classic value dude. Gets you stuff immediately, hits for 6 in the air, and continues to cause problems every turn he’s alive. He’s usually the best option.
Ancient Brass Dragon: Reanimate a Reanimator! Honestly kinda slow, not to mention inconsistent, but I got the extra large Bauldurs gate d20 and it’s just so fun to roll!
Dreadfeast Demon: what if my zombies were demons instead? Obviously requires some work to make sure you have fodder, but even if your entire board gets eaten having a board full of 6/6s with evasion is a pretty good spot to be.
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut: But what if instead of demons, they were Juggernauts?? Transforming everyone as soon as he arrives makes Graaz a big aggro play, and depending on boardstate may take out a player or two on the same turn. I’ve even had the “can’t be blocked by walls” text be relevant (take that fog bank!)
So what are your favorite bigguns to bring back from the dead?
I have an Alesha commander deck (like any good trans person) so I’m pretty partial to [[Master of Cruelties]] (although ik it’s not really a biggun, it can definitely make a splash)
If you have instant speed reanimation I love having a [[false prophet]] in the yard to punish someone swinging my way.
Oh didn’t know about that card actually, I’ll definitely have to see if I can fit it into one of my decks.
Sidenote: cool that we have mtgcardfetcher on here, definitely makes discussions about cards easier
Yeah. I’m on kbin.social, so I am not seeing the bots or notifications of replies at the moment, but it is the same formatting as a lot of the mtg subreddits I would reply on.
That said the card works best if you have sac outlets on board, so you don’t exile anything you want to reanimate later.
Edit: Just did not scroll down far enough to see the comment. I’m still figuring things out.
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[[Sire of Insanity]] is a great target and can really change the game. Not overly liked however.
Ha for sure! How do you usually win with Sire, do you take advantage of your grave-based nonsense like flashback etc, or just beat down with the demon?
(Also holy crap this comm has a working cardfetcher already?? 😍)
Win? Sir, this is Commander. Who wants to win?
[[Trostani’s Summoner]] and [[Vesperlark]] is one of my favorite combos. May not be one big creature but it’s an army in a can.
Ha talk about cheating! “Yes Vesperlark don’t worry, she has one or less power. Ignore her friends behind the curtain”
“It’s just a 1/1 I don’t see the problem…”
What I like least about using Ancient Brass Dragon is that the die roll starts the decision tree, so the card takes a long time to resolve each time as the owner can’t easily decide what to get before it triggers.
I’d disagree based on my own experience, since I usually have a full turn rotation before I get the chance to hit, Ive taken a look and already know what the important targets are, and then hit those in order based on my die roll. My deck is also pretty low to the ground, so I do have a good amount of 1, 2, and 3 drops to fill in any extra space
I also play Sidisi, but I play it as Zombie Tribal. My usual go-to Dread Return target is Gravespawn Sovereign, which then lets me reanimate a bunch of other things, often including Craterhoof Behemoth.
Ooh I had good zombie tribal elements in my original build, but I slowly cut them out once I decided I personally enjoyed Reanimator more (only one left is the guy that gives deathtouch, for obvious reasons). I hadn’t even thought of Craterhoof for some reason, I always associate it with elves, but I guess it inspires zombies just as well lol
