To make the transition from Legacy to Commander, we need to build a grindy deck that can allow the Knight to draw from a toolbox of lands, while having a top end. įor those of you unfamiliar with the Loam strategy in Legacy, it's a grindy midrange deck that wins by utilizing cards like, ,, , and, of course. I'm talking about the powerful Aggro Loam decks in Legacy, centered around one of my all-time favorite cards in the entire game. There's one interesting land strategy missing though. Loaming the LandĪs we can see from the previous section, there are plenty of options for playing Lands in Commander. Being able to fetch any land from your deck allows you to ramp, to complete combos, or to find other key pieces. replaced Child as the go-to five-color lands commander. Last but not least, M20 gave us a card that I'm sure everybody is familiar with by now. Jund also seemed the most logical color combination, as the most important cards for such a strategy-, ,, and -all fit right in. Here was a commander that allowed players to combine the strongest landfall cards with a dredge/cycle graveyard package. Commander 2018 brought us perhaps the most straightforward land-themed commander yet.
While this deck played completely differently from previous land commanders, it's high power level and combo-centered linear strategy made it both feared and loved, depending on who you ask. I'm talking of course about everybody's favorite Frog Horror. Shadows over Innistrad gave players yet another land-themed commander, this time completely centered around combos and graveyard interaction. The landfall theme allowed players to move away from the durdly and slow combo and pushed them toward an aggressive playstyle that could easily go over the top. Battle for Zendikar (2015) and Oath of the Gatewatch took land-based Commander in a new direction with all stars such as and. Playing all five colors allowed you to run the combo, while Child was just a way to keep your opponents' board in check.
I remember that for a long time from Conflux (2009) was one of the most popular lands commanders. Wizards have released a lot of commanders that utilize lands as a strategy over the past couple of years.
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