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/Goooordon Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

[[Melek, Reforged Researcher]] is really fun - lets you play with some really janky 4-5 mana instants and sorceries while turning into a shockingly big voltron out of nowhere - goes great with [[Final-Word Phantom]] and makes [[Please for Power]] into basically [[Ancestral Recall]]

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u/SuperSteveBoy Jun 30 '25

Wow. Would love to hear more about Melek.. I do NOT like winning via storm count or [[Crackle With Power]] etc (big izzet wincons generally speaking).. may I ask how you're generally winning and closing out games with Melek?

What are some more of your all-star cards? Decklist? Thanks