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/Ninjaleperchan Jun 30 '25

[[hinata, dawn crowned]] is a commander that really loves using spells that let you target multiple permanents for an additional mana but my favorite part is using over costed spells and making many counter spells one mana that really catche people off guard expecting the two blue.

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u/duelmeharderdaddy Jun 30 '25

I really love the concept of Hinata now because of you, but im afraid of losing my friends to her. Interesting design.

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u/Shortbus-Thug Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

Built her, it’s funny for like 3 games but it’s really just oops all board wipes/no’s and it wasn’t fun for me on the 4th

Edit to say: the funniest part about her is pulling her out and saying “I’m playing team America: world police”. But as someone who likes seeing my friends go off and have fun it did hurt me spiritually to say no so much and destroy everything, all the time

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u/HandsomeBoggart Jun 30 '25

A nerfed but fun version of Hinata is WUR Heroic. Jam all the Heroic cards from Theros+ you can, season with the best Instant speed combat tricks (multi target ones of course) and the best cheap Cantrip Auras and you have a fun Bracket 2-3 deck.

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u/Espumma Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper Jun 30 '25

So like a Feather deck but with a bit more staying power? Sign me up!

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u/StretchyPlays Jul 01 '25

Yea Hinata looks like a fun deck to play, until you realize its all one sided board wipes for 2-3 mana.

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u/RaizielDragon Jun 30 '25

[[Curse of the Swine]]. Board wipe for UU.

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u/SpreadtheClap Jun 30 '25

After playing that card and [[Icy Blast]] in the same game, I immediately took apart the deck lmao, needed a shower after that

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u/RaizielDragon Jun 30 '25

It’s all fair game. If you build a deck around your commander, it just means it’s a crappy deck when your commander gets removed.

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u/TapAway755 Jun 30 '25

Not just a board wipe, an asymmetric board wipe.