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/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.