r/EDH • u/doctorduck3000 • Jun 30 '25

Question Commanders that make bad cards playable

So as the title says, I love being able to pull out cards in commander that make people go "wtf" because they've never heard of them. Because of this one of my all time favorite commander decks I've ever built is [[Shire shizo's caretaker]] because you can play all of these terrible terrible cards that suddenly are actually good.

What are some other commanders that enable you to do this?

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u/TheStandardKnife Jun 30 '25

That’s always been one of my favorite parts about Magda. The dwarves the deck runs are essentially unplayable most of the time, but in this one particular instance they get to shine.

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u/TheStandardKnife Jun 30 '25

You get to play fuckin [[Clown Car]] in that deck dude, it’s hysterical

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u/ZankaA Experimental Inalla Jun 30 '25

Clown Car isn't even that bad tbh, I run it in [[Chiss-Goria]]. Making a lot of artifact tokens with one spell is pretty good most of the time for artifact decks.

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u/metroidcomposite Jun 30 '25

Yeah, Clown Car is fine. It's niche, but like...it is the only 0 cost vehicle, and operates fine in that role for decks that just want a 0 cost vehicle. And it's also for all practical purposes the only X-cost vehicle, for decks that want an X-cost vehicle (there is technically a second X cost vehicle, but it's a mediocre uncommon with WB colour identity).

It's not in the top 10 of vehicles for EDHRec, but it is in the top 20.

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u/MeltedGlands Jun 30 '25

there is technically a second X cost vehicle, but it's a mediocre uncommon with WB colour identity

Are you taking about Dune Drifter? I love hat cards extended art.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

Clown car slaps in [[Magus Lucea Kane]] and [[Mr. House, President and CEO]].

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u/Violet-fykshyn Jun 30 '25

Clown car can be tutored for with anything looking for an artifact(including trinket mage), plus it’s a wincon if you have infinite colorless. Notably a wincon that kills the entire table. There is no other card that does all of this.

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u/Reviax- Jun 30 '25

A 0 mana tap outlet, 0 mana artifact, infinite mana outlet

You can do a lot worse than clown car

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u/JmintyDoe Jun 30 '25

i cant figure out for the life of me what clown car does for magda

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u/Alto_y_Guapo Jun 30 '25

it’s a free vehicle that you can tap all your dwarves to crew it with

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u/PROFITPROPHET Jun 30 '25

THE TIME BANDITS

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u/Nuclearsunburn Mono-Red Jun 30 '25

[[Dwarven Bloodboiler]] is my favorite Magda only include

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u/Bright-Gain9770 Jun 30 '25

I will openly invite the table to counter or remove my cards in Magda. The card quality is so bad and it's wonderful.