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Title: Commander Staples
Date Posted: Thu Jul/18/13 at 7:34pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Commander is a very complex format where every deck is unique. But in all of the complexity and "ramdomness" there isn't that much certainty and sureness in the gameplay. But there are cards I use in my commander decks that are not only colored staples but colorless staples that can be run in any commander deck. Here are some cards that I consider to be staples.
Prophetic Prism, Chromatic Lantern, Wayfarer's Bauble, Journeyer's Kite (also useful for Retrace), Seer's Sundial (draw engine), Mangara's Tome (for mass search), Mind Unbound, Warstorm Surge, Bloodgift Demon, Cryptic Annelid, Augory Owl, Foresee, Preordain, Life's Finale, Demonic Tutor, Fierce Empath, Krosan Drover, Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Explosive Vegetation, World at War, Fervor.
If you can name any other cards that you would consider staples then name them here.
Date Posted: Thu Jul/18/13 at 11:15pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

Lets see, how about a creature and spell for each, plus a land for that color
White:  Land tax, mother of runes, kor haven
Green:  acidic slime, tooth and nail, gaea's cradle
Red: vicious shadows, Anger, kher keep
Black:  Braids, Cabal minion, Beacon of unrest, volrath's stronghold
Blue: blatent thievery, riptide shapeshifter, Tolaira West
multi: dimi doppleganger, vindicate, vesuva
colorless:  mind's eye, sol ring, duplicant, Temple of false gods
 


[Edited by gericault5 on 18/Jul/13 at 11:20PM]
Date Posted: Fri Jul/19/13 at 8:05am

GoodGuyTyler
Posts: 202
Joined: 14-Mar-12

One word: Insurrection.

I can't tell you how many times my friends have pulled random victories out of nowhere with that card.
Date Posted: Fri Jul/19/13 at 3:23pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

If a deck has White in it then it can use Angelic Arbiter to screw with an opponent. If it's using Red then it can use Hellkite Charger and Rage Reflection. If Green then Bear Umbra. If Black then Wound Reflection and Exanguinate.
Date Posted: Sat Jul/20/13 at 6:21am

RedZTape
Posts: 293
Joined: 13-Jan-13

Counterspell
Date Posted: Sat Jul/20/13 at 7:38am

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

In Commander, Counterspell is only good in mono blue. In a multicolor deck uou alos have Mana Leak, Syncopate, Hesitation, Power Sink and Draining Whelk.
Date Posted: Mon Jul/22/13 at 12:26am

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

Chromatic Lantern, Dark Ritual, Commander's Tower, Unmake, Reflecting Pool?
Date Posted: Mon Jul/22/13 at 7:48am

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Yes those are good too Boyachi. What about for blue?
Sturmgiest, Recurring Insight, Ancestral Visions, Treasure Hunt, and Distant Memories.
Date Posted: Tue Jul/23/13 at 6:10pm

hedsak
Posts: 44
Joined: 12-Jun-12

Dual lands, fetches, mana crypt, STP, PtE, sad robot, mana doublers.
Date Posted: Fri Jul/26/13 at 5:47am

Goomania
Posts: 62
Joined: 29-Jul-12

ryhstic study, caged sun, safe haven, maze of ith, gilded lotus
Date Posted: Tue Jul/30/13 at 1:32am

Chewy
Posts: 841
Joined: 18-Jan-13

Extraplanar lens, life from the loam, teferi, iona, quicksilver amulet, sylvan primordial, terastadon, reliquary tower, strip mine, eternal witness, grand abolisher, sneak attack, conspiracy, isochron scepter, lightning greaves
Date Posted: Tue Jul/30/13 at 6:14am

Draco_lich
Posts: 1073
Joined: 07-May-10

serra ascendant
oblivion ring
mana vault
sol ring
condemn
wheel of fortune
lightning greaves
regrowth
disenchant
scute mob
weathered wayfarer
phyrexian processor
darien king of kjeldor (works well with trostani)
ghost quarter
strip mine
avacyn angel of hope
nevinyrrals disk
shock lands, dual lands
demonic tutor
peregrine drake
rewind
counterspell
fetch lands (stuff like scalding tarn)
washout
basilisk collar
martyr of the sands <-- severely underrated in pure white
animate dead
rancor
birds or paradise
dark ritual

there are others, but i need sleep before i can finnish this list of EDH staples
Date Posted: Mon Aug/05/13 at 7:18pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

What about staples for mono-colored decks.
Gratuitous Violence, Claws of Valakut, Blanchwood Armor, Lashwrithe, Liturgy of Blood
Date Posted: Sun Feb/09/14 at 4:54pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Hey I thought that with some new sets released I'd reopen this thread. Two other Staples for white are Baneslayer Angel and Lifelink.
Date Posted: Sun Feb/09/14 at 7:46pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

Spirit Link always over lifelink. Same cost and can be used on an opponent's creature.
Date Posted: Sun Feb/09/14 at 9:57pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Anyway play Baneslayer Angel or Spirit Link and watch your life skyrocket.

Also if your deck has both white and blue in it then you can use Medomai the Ageless or even make her your general.



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