Updating Commander...

Reinforcements have arrived....


This feels like somewhat of a downgrade in power, but I feel the deck will play better (and by better I mean it'll feel like a swingy game of MTG, not just board sweepers and landslides) 

Remember I'm trying to build a deck which is up against someone doing the exact same deck approach (all nu-new boarded) and I want it to look just awesome on the tabletop. Perhaps my Warhammer like love of nicely painted armies transfers over to MTG. 

So here's the list and the why...

-1 Cataclysm (Strictly an un-fun Commander card)
-1 Virtues Ruin (Seems really poor when 80% of my games are against Sultai)
-1 Aggressive Mining (The card design is sweet, it's application in this deck is not)
-1 Burning of Xinye (Wildfire in Commander is balloni because mass LD is a little tedious) 
-1 Longshot Squad (Bye bye dog archers, you are meh at best)
-1 Sultai Flayer (The lifegain just isn't needed and we're replacing you)
-1 Hornet Nest (I didn't wanna take this out but I need creatures which can swing) 
-1 Tuskguard Captain (Outlast isn't something I want to do with this deck)
-1 Fated Intervention (Triple green gets me down in a 5 colour deck without amazing mana)
-1 Smokestack (Stax may make a return depending on the evolution of this deck)

+1 Jeskai Banner (Fixing until something better comes along, plan on the cycle of these)
+1 Jeskai Charm (I want a cycle of these charms)
+1 Temur Charm (Same as above)
+1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury (I want a cycle of these powerhaüs dragons!)
+1 Deflecting Palm (I see too many big spells finishing people off. So here's my 2 mana one!)
+1 Surrak Dragonclaw (YES! YES! The bearpunchin' sonnofabitch is mine!)
+1 Savage Knuckleblade (He seems a little weaker than a lot of the deck but his bounce is legit!)
+1 Thousand Winds (I'm going to enjoy ruining combat steps with this guy)
+1 Mindscour Dragon (The start of another cycle)


The deck will look something like this...

10 Dragons (5 rare, 5 uncommon)
10 Khans (both old and new)
5 Charms
5 Banners
5 M15 Soul's (Rav, Theros etc)
5 5-Mana Morph guys (Ponyback Brigade etc)
that's 40 cards... So some 20 value cards will come into the deck and that'll seal the deal
40 lands... 



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