Commander Challenge

Ok so this isn't what I promised but that is coming....

How to make my commander experience fun! 

So I'm not a massive commander fan, it's got silly.. I'm not a fan of 4/5+ hour games where it's all about who can convince who to do what. Magic is a skill testing amazing game and Commander for me in my area has some good players but vastly it seems to me something I'd only want to indulge with friends or when it's put into a more competitive environment forcing players to stop being silly. That would work for me. 

Don't get me wrong, I've had some great commander games, but generally the best place to play commander is somewhere private, not public. For me it's like having a few mates together and you can gang up a bit on the gobbiest of the lot and then feel sorry for them and betray the person you first were in cahoots with! all that sounds cool right? I guess that's the silly part of commander, but perhaps I prefer not to leave my house or my mates house to have those kind of games, So anyways it's time to inject something fun for me into the game, so I made.... Blingmander. 

Jon Welfare, perhaps the one of the coolest commander player going in my area, is embarking on a challenge I've set the both of us. The guy respects the game, doesn't like games which are going nowhere and doesn't seem to be stuck in some kind of AEther of single games of commander for a whole night. I also don't play against Jon as much as I'd like so that was part of the idea.

We're both traders and collectors of interesting things so the rules are as follows. Commander rules apply, but every card in the deck must be A) Foil (premium, shiney, etc) and B) M15 and Beyond (new new boarders)

The decks will start out crap and over time they will get powerful, plus provide us with incentives to trade.

So I may not enjoy every game of commander and when everyone starts basically helping each other out and stopping people from dying etc, I can just sit there and look at my foils and think.... they look pretty. :P 

I'll start with the decklist...

General: Child of Alara

Smokestack

Mardu Banner

Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Avalanche Tusker

Abzan Guide

Efreet Weaponmaster

Mardu Charm

Snowhorn Rider

Abzan Ascendancy

Fracturing Gust

Ponyback Brigade

Warden of the Eye

Sultai Charm

Abomination of Gudul

Mindswipe

Mantis Rider

Siege Rhino

Bear's Companion

Longshot Squad

Tuskguard Captain

Hooting Madrills

Siege Wurm

Elvish Mystic

Hornet Nest

Shaman of Spring

Rattleclaw Mystic

Hydra Broodmaster

Sultai Flayer

Feed the Clan

Heir of the Wilds

Fated Intervention

Font of Fertility

Kin-Tree Warden

Siege Dragon

Arrow Storm

Kird Chieftan

Aggressive Mining

Burning of Xinye

Decree of Annihilation

Chandra, Pyromaster

Bloodsoaked Champion

Virtue's Ruin

Living Death

Nightfire Giant

Murderous Cut

Singing Bell Strike

Jeskai Elder

Soul of Ravnica

Cancel

Treasure Cruise

Prognostic Sphinx

Disdainful Stroke

Icy Blast

Feat of Resistance

Defiant Strike

Terminus

Avacyn, Guardian Angel

Cataclysm

Herald of Anafenza

Smite the Monstrous

High Sentinels of Arashin

Evoling Wilds

Windswept Heath

Tomb of the Spirit Dragon

Tranquil Cove

Blossoming Sands

Bloodfell Caves

Dismal Backwater

Scoured Barrens

Frontier Bivouac

Mystic Monastery

5 Plains

5 Island

6 Swamp

5 Mountain

11 Forest

So as you can see the deck is crapola and over time a rhyme and reason will come...

For now I'm concerntrating on cycles of cards, in particular...

M15 buddy cards (get's +1/+1 if you control X Basic Land)
Banners
Cycle of Tri-Colour Clan Morphs

Cycle of Dual Color Tapped Life Lands
Cycle of Tri-Colour Lands
Cycle of Fetchlands
Cycle of Clan Charms
Cycle of Planeswalkers

etc