Livaan, the Greatest Commander You Accidentally Ignored (EDH Hidden Gem)

In this rendition of EDH Hidden Gems, we're looking at a Commander who is yet another unfortunate victim of Baldur's Gate Syndrome. Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat is an incredibly flexible card and one that has a vast array of buildarounds, and I'd love to hear how anyone who builds this ends up brewing in the end!
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(Apologies for the text being cut off, I messed up the editing)

[@raging_frog5411]

I love Livaan! She makes for some really interesting decks (I paired her with Feywild visitor, for a fun Izzet spellslinger combat deck)! It's nice to see some attention being brought to such a fun commander!

[@Kurogetsu1]

Love this commander. Ended up using it with tavern brawler to get access to more cards and even more power increases. It is incredibly fast and pumping a Phoenix chick up to 15+ power is always funny. Had an idea to just make 4 other pairings in different colors and just move the one copy of livaan around (auras in green, artifacts in blue, tokens in white, treasures in black)

[@sortfaar3]

"is nothing to sniff at"
*SNIFFS*

[@Randoman590]

I can certainly see how it got overlooked. It pretty much resembles a Chandra's Pyreling/Spitfire in the command zone, and we already have a fair few effects like that so people just kept scrolling. Izzet spellslinger commanders are a dime a dozen, so I reckon a bunch of people just decided there are better candidates for the Command Zone slot and maybe this can go in the 99.
Not to say you shouldn't build around this, it's perfectly valid, I like seeing underused commanders get their spotlight and I bet it could go nuts.

[@mkill572]

Livaan + Folk Hero is unironically my favorite deck. It just kills people.

[@scrap-ironsteve9605]

Are we talking Dragons or Shamans? Either way, VERY spicy

[@the_trooper_artr0911]

Can you do a video of kagha plis?

[@unknowncryptid115]

You want an underrated commander? Inferno of the Star Mounts has killed someone in every game I have played.

[@sablesalt]

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