The Best Commanders of 2022
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- My picks for the best commanders of 2022. And there was a long list to choose from.
Kharn, the Betrayer
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It’s amazing how Kamigawa was printed in the same year as Brothers War lol. There has been so much content this year that I felt like Kamigawa was last year. Definitely one of my favorite sets, as it gave me Light Paws!
Great set! I built a budget Greasefang deck, and she's become my favorite to play!
My favorite this year is Hazazon for sure. Landfall with a spin on it that makes use of all the unused deserts? And a crucible of worlds on a stick?? Yeah sign me up.
Great commander!
For Ghyrson I went with an idea someone else came up with, and that is (mostly) Thopter Tribal. Having a bunch of 1/1s with flying combined with cards like Cavalcade of Calamity and Raid Bombardment that both deal 1 damage whenever any of my 1/1 Thopter attack, plus Impact Tremors, Witty Roastmaster, and Reckless Fireweavet that all deal 1 damage whenever a creature (or for Reckless Fireweaver, and artifact, which my Thopter tokens are) ETBs that synergizes with all the red and blue creatures that make Thopters on ETB, things can get real crazy real fast.
This is totally not related, but Demo I thought you’d be proud.
Today my friends and I were playing some EDH. I was playing my mono white Bruna/sell mill deck. I was able to cast Approach of the Second Sun once, sacrifice my Pursuit of Knowledge that had three counters, draw 7 and cast it again in one turn for the win. So good!
Pursuit of knowledge has been an all star in my mono white decks!! Thank you!
Thank you for including your Kharn list! Gave me some great ideas for my own build
Cheers for a great year of EDH content!
One of my favourite decks to play against this year is my friends' Henzie Torre Spirit tribal soulshift deck featuring most of the original kamigawa spirits. Loads of fun and pretty unique :)
Sounds really spicy.
Neon Dynasty was a blast for Commander, from Commanders to 99.
Tatsunari, Toad Rider has got to be my favorite. Very flavorful and makes you dive deep into the deckbuilding, absolutely perfect.
I was running out of Commanders that interested me, but then this video conveniently showed up. Now I have a bunch more deck lists to make!
Preston the Vanisher is straight gas in an Abdel/candlesage white blue blink build. Also Nadir Kraken and Marneus Calgar have a silly strong two card engine drawing cards until you run out of mana while you fill your board.
Glad you got your channel back man, keep up the awesome work!
Ognis, the dragon's lash, is my favorite deck to play right now.
Have gotten agro wins, passive sac wins and one spicy reanimation loop win.
(Activated sleeper is "slept" on)
Feels like Hinata gets rule zeroed off the table pretty often
Glad to see Tor Wauki made this list, I have him as commander with Obosh companion. The theme is dragons approach/spell slinger and it burns the table down.
Would you be willing to share that decklist? It seems very fun and easy to play for new people, I know a couple of people that might enjoy that.
Up to now, I watched a bunch of those list and this is the first one I really liked. I definitely going to build Magar now that I know about him. So thanks for inspiration
I might actually take out Magus Kane from the tyranid deck and build an entirely new deck around her. I switched commander in the precon to her and threw in a few more x spells instead but I realise now that I better just build a new home for her. Love her ability!
I have a Tor Wauki deck that partners with Obosh and is a Dragons Approach deck. Really fun commander!
Slowly building this. Looking forward to it!
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss is my favorite, probably my favorite Gruul commander of all time. A Christmas Guild legendary that can combo, go infinite, swing with X spells, Mana Dork tribal :P
25% of all commanders in existence were printed in 2022. Let that sink in.
@@keatonjohnston7258 "magic will be dead in three years" said in 1993
@@keatonjohnston7258 :o)
Most of those commanders are useless garbage, so barely commanders
Why is that a bad thing?
I wonder what that damn sink wants this time...
Great Commander choices! 🔥🔥🔥
I honestly thought Captain N`ghathrod would be on the list. Probably my favorite commander atm. Mill may not be the most fun for others but horror tribal is so much fun.
That deck is just a great pick up. I actually really like Zellix and the haunted one background that also ship in that deck.
I love Marneus Calgar, I’ve been having fun abusing the card. Btw with his ability if you use training grounds to reduce it to 4 mana & have a phyrexian altar you make infinite tokens drawing your whole deck
For the Emperor
I like Nadir Kraken and Asnod's Altar for a, much, cheaper alternative.
Gix is the second most recent deck I built. I have 9 decks from a 4-a very powerful 8 which is on the border of c. That being said, there isn’t another general in my arsenal with as much raw power in one card as Gix. The deck itself is pretty strong, but if Gix had access to one other color, it would be outrageous. Mono black limits it to a very healthy power level IMO. Myrkul plays really nicely too, plays like a combination of reanimator, aristocrats and enchantress. The way I built it puts it in a very healthy power level between my more casual decks and my old faithful Mimeoplasm build.
For all of their errors this year, there sure have been some interesting legends to build around.
My favorite commander of the year is Rasputin, the Oneiromancer. Really fun blinking it over and over again giving all my opponents goblin, tokens then using cards like Absolute Law and effects like monarch and initiative to incentivice everyone to attack everyone with their goblin army.
that's a great use for Rasputin! I thought he had looked cool but was trying to think of ways to build him
Most based lover of the Russian queen
I'd love to see gameplay of this! Sounds fun, and interesting to say the least.
Hinata is elite. I think the reason why I think it's not so popular is because people feel dirty playing it. I hated playing against it in my pod LOL
Great stuff
Neon Dynasty is one of my favorite sets of all time, and I got 3 really fun decks out of it: Light-Paws, Tatsunari, and Hinata. Plus I got some cool toys for Yuriko.
I played Henzie pretty heavily when he came out and he really doesn't play like a sneak attack in the command zone. Unless you build around something like food chain to cast him over and over. The average game is usually has your creatures being reduced by 2, maybe 3. Which is still very good, but makes it really hard to hold a board presence If everything just gets sacrificed.
Have you been dissapointed with it?
How does it typically play?
I was disappointed with the fact that Henzie doesn't lead to a very powerful win condition without combo. It's a lot of hoping you keep drawing large threats to keep pressure on life totals. Also you have to worry about having sufficient ramp in the early game. Overall though It did play well. I had good games where I sprinted out of the gates with a blitz'd Etali and Protean hulk on the same turn.
Have you done a deck doctor on Ghyerson? Would love to see one!
I took my Isshin deck in a tokens theme with cards like Rabble Rousing and Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin creating a ton of tokens on attack, then buffing them up with Felidar Retreat, Cathar's Crusade, or Fervent Charge to make them swing in harder or using drain effects like Comissar Severina Raine, Calculating Lich, or Mishra Claimed By Gix to kill the table when I swing with a massive board. It's by far my favorite deck that I've built thanks to Isshin
I've just built a Myrkul rat/deathtouch tribal that seeks to win the game by making rat tokens and using Fynn, the Fangbearer and the new Karumonix, the rat king to give all my rats toxic 2 and I was really happy to come up with such a design
YESSSS, Ghyrson is so FUN!! I goldfish him and make 3 deck with different theme, but just settled on Cavalcade goblin token instead.
My friend built Hinata and took it apart because it was a kill on sight commander and didn't want to have to play arch enemy from turn 1.
Hazezon is my favorite deck I own. It’s resilience and power is unreal! I unique twist on landfall. It’s so unassuming, people rarely even remove the commander
Ivy is very fun to play against a Feather deck. They have to consider if whatever benefit they get from targeting their stuff is worth giving it to you too.
Worth mentioning with Marneus, his activated ability has a lot of combos. Him + Ashnod’s Altar + Pitiless Plunderer, him plus Ashnods and a token doubler, a couple token doublers plus Phyrexian Altar, probably something with Rings of Brighthearth, etc.
Anointed Procession and Training Grounds are insane I run tjem and it shits. Also with Tax affects and cost reducers you van really draw out your whole deck at instant speed and drop a Labratory Maniac. Or as an alternative win con you can tron him up with Shadow Spear and equipment that grant Trample and you have an absolute nightmare during combat even with the Cultist of the Absolute background you can deal insane amounts of commanders damage
I've built the myrkull deck and it is just amazing.
Balmor, Battlemage Captain is definitely my favorite from this year. Prowess in edh is all I ever wanted
That trample is so so nice
I was about to make Hinata deck but I decided not to since my friend made it. After playing against it for a year now the amount of salt that deck produces is so unbearable that I'm seriously considering to build Gaddock Teeg deck just to counter it into oblivion.
I myself made two new decks this year: *Kardur ETBs* and *Svella artifact synergies.* Obviously, I'm a bit behind the times.
I am kinda sad and surprised that Jan Jansen wasn't on this list
The number of usable commanders in 2022 is 328 creatures plus any non-creature cards that says “this can be used as your commander”
I checked the number of legendary creatures on scryfall, accounted for all new cards released this year and ignored the reprints/list cards.
If u have tor wauki out with Chandra’s incinerator and you cast lightning bolt you will deal 13 damage to any target. That’s a little silly
My favorite commander is runo stormkirk/krothuss, lord of the deep !!! it's a sea monster (kraken, levianthan, serpent, etc...) tribal really fun!
my favorite for this year tho it's jodah, the unifier!
Hey my friend, merry Christmas. Didn't you have a Greasefang Deck on your channel?
When it comes to Hinata in particular, I just can't break it out. Feels too powerful for my playgroup, and if I'm gonna play it, I'm going to choose to play it to its utmost
I figured many people would feel that way about optimization. I find it FUN to restrict the power of a deck.
Unrelated question to the video but one that I have been meaning to ask:
I am building a Kotose, the Silent Spider control edh deck. With her ability I can still look at the player's hand and library even though I know they won't have another copy of that card I exiled, right? Just want to see what the opponents are running for wincons so I can use cards like Praetor's Grasp to get rid of them; while getting some value with the exiled card.
yes you can.
@@edhdeckbuilding Thank you so much
We starting great!
I love Kharn, but i am a bit confused about wether the combat damage he deals while under the control of an opponent still counts towards the commander damage.
It does, commander damage is tied to the freqture itself, not who controls it. Same idea for Xantcha. So if you attack someone with Kharn and then someone else attacks that same player that player will have taken 10 total commander damage from Kharn
@@freerunner1953 thank you. Now I'm definitely building one!
@@riccardocalosso5688 Glad I could help!
My favorite commander of the year is Oskar. I get a lot of people reading the card and then going, “it does *what*?”, and then seeing the busted stuff I can do with it. I think there are just too many cards being released and people can’t keep up.
I loved Tameshi, Reality Architect ❤️ Moonfolk power !
my favorite was sarevok death bringer, not powerful, just a fun build around
I imagine Hinata isn't as popular as it could be because people want to kill it as soon as it comes out. It's basically a praetor.
Are you going to update the video of your own personal decks?
Rings doesn't work for Braids but Strionc resonator definitely does.
can someone explain why Braids, Arisen Nightmare's ability is a triggered ability and doesn't work with Rings of Brighthearth? I understand that the ability is triggered by it being the end step, but because it says "may" does that not mean it is an activated ability because you can choose not to activate it by not paying the cost (sac)?? i dont understand how it's considered a triggered ability if you can choose for it not to activate.
hopefully I can answer your question. A triggered ability usually happens when; you move through your turn phases, a creature enters the battlefield, or you attack (I'm sure ther are exceptions).
Braids says "at the beginning of your endstep" (trigger) the "may sacrifice" on her card has nothing to do with wether its trigger or activated.
And most activated abilities have a cost and can be used at the players will and almost always have a colon (:)
"Sacrifice a creature (:)"
"(4), tap, sacrifice a creature (:)
(if anyone wants to add anymore specific examples feel free)
@@misterfox6094 yeah the fact that most activations have a cost is what is confusing to me i think.
i guess if the card specifies that something happens at a specific point it's a trigger, regardless of whether or not you pay to make the effect happen? that makes more sense to me. i think...
... magic is hard :(
im suprised jodah the unifier isnt here
For me personally it was Rodolf the Duskbringer and Lozhan, Dragon’s legacy. Easily the two most fun commander decks I’ve made this year
No Shorikai, Genesis Engine? Been playing that deck all year
So Kibo is Gruul even tho it's the artifact's ability producing red? This is the only time I've ever been confused about color identity.
Listening to the intro music on 1.25x speed and I thought I was having a stroke
Jetmir is the truth. The Great Catsby is a almost better Craterhoof in the command zone
Magar is prety good as rakdos as far as name and time just switch the set symbol to a return to ravnica set symbol and unfinty boarder
I have to disagree with your assessment of Giada. I dont think she will be replaced any time soon as the go to angel commander. Yes there will probably be better mono white commanders that do other things, but i dont see them making something better for angel tribel
I think Hinata is not played more because you quickly run out of spells to use when building it. I was struggling to fill out the deck. Needs more multi-target spells.
I really like Jan janson
As for Myrkul lord of the bones being 7... Yeah, but like nah at the same time. He's got green. He's pretty much a 4 mana commander because you absolutely will be running mana dork 1 drops, they're going to be enchantments soon anyway.
422 legendary creatures should not be considered the same as 422 commanders. Some legends just suck as a commander and shouldn't be considered anyway.
The best go wide strategy commander isn't Jetmir, it's Jinnie Fae. Jetmir goes in the 99 FTW
My fav commander of the year is elminster ....
Hinata allows combo players to combo with less expected interaction than usual because it simply makes it harder.. and although it is unique in the aspect that makes janky x cards useable, it doesnt get you real card advantage.. its better off as a gimmicky auras deck than any other thing, and auras/equipment are still some of the worst themes when it comes down to being effective, so.. yeah its not a great commander, and not even a good build around, its just a card that works on a specific and not yet developed aspect of the game.. yeah there are some good auras, but not enough to make it doable
My biggest sadness with commanders this year is the lack of support for mono white illusions. I wanted to build a deck around Preston, but since there wasn't enough support for the theme in white, I ended up slotting him in my Brago deck
But i don't think you really need suport for illusions to play Preston. There's so many blink cards in monowhite and It's ALL you need to have fun with him.
@@FelipeLundgreen the thing is I already have a blink deck in my Brago one (althought that's not its main thing) so I wanted to go a different route with Preston, and I wanted to do it in mono white. Maybe I'll find another azorius commander, use Preston as my hidden commander and go Illusion tribal. I really wanted to play lord of the unreal
I wish preston was blue white
Raggadragga and abaddongot snubbed
where's Jodah?
Wow, totally skipped Jodah, Go Shintai and Miryem...
I’m a little surprised Jodah didn’t make the list as we have never seen legendary cascade before
I find your lack of Be'lakor saddening, making that demon trbal deck.
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Hinata is just so strong that she gets immediately blown up again and again. It's either that or you lose. For me that's neither fun to play as or play against. So not surprised that it's not super popular
I don't think Preston is that good tbh. It doesn't do anything by itself and requires both a creature and a blink card. If you don't put enough blink effects in your deck, your commander does nothing, but at the same time... if you put too many blink effects in your deck you will probably draw only blink effects and no etb creatures a lot of the time, resulting in your commander doing nothing yet again.
Drafna better be on this list 😂. Drafna will without a doubt go down as one of the top 150 commanders of all time. Just give it time for people to truly figure it out.
light paws is so over powered I doubt people won't keep running it, you could have zero deck building knowledge and be at game 0 of magic, and still easily make light paws comp ready. that ability on that cheap of a creature is just wrong
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I am really bothered by your pronunciation of Giada.
I'm sorry, but that is just the Italian version of jade, and while i can excuse butchering a fantasy name, i really can't do the same with a real name. Call me a grammar Nazi, but it just irks me way too much.
1st lol
Funny how Miirym has just 100 less builds than Isshin yet didn't make this list. That's an unsubscribe for me!
Jinnie fae jetmirs second
Wilhelt the rot cleaver
Isshin two heavens as one
Are the three decks with new commanders I built this year.
Two decks that are currently under construction is:
Be'lakor demon tribal
Garna bloodfist of keld
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