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We already saw EDH cards affect other formats like Standard, Pioneer and even Legacy. 1 Players Guide w/ a visual encyclopedia of the set Related Products Quick view Add to Cart. It's a mechanic that will sooner or later break the format if you've been following how they've designed cards specifically for EDH in the last decade. At that point, from a lore perspective, you might as well allow partner on any commander. Not I can partner with anyone just because it has the word 'partner' on it. The various 'Partner With' commanders have the association of pets and their owners/friends, like a more elaborately designed Tolsimir. Like, you have Kynaios and Tiro who have such a strong bond that they feature on one card. Shop Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Rising - Draft Booster Box at Miniature Market. Partner as a mechanic is inherently broken because of the lore disconnect. Either they're good and go with the older partners which would suck or they're bad which in that case, why bother? Still, it's pretty bad that Teysa is still considered by many to be the defacto B/W commander. in this zendikar rising draft guide i discuss the top 3 commons for each color, i rank each color based on its power level, i give an overview of every archetype, i show you all the relevant combat. Lavina and Augustin are both staxy decks which everyone hates. In addition, we also get a five-color legend that cares about the new Party mechanic. I just think it's a very fun card to build around considering the damage that it does to a lot of the meta cards right now especially when it comes to cobra. General Tazri returns in Zendikar Rising as another five-color general with an Ally-supportive mechanic. I'm not trying to say this is some kind of new meta or this is overpowered or something. which obviously isn't going to do you a whole lot of good if you are playing against somebody who builds wide but if you're going up against some of the party decks, rogues, or crabs then it becomes a fairly large problem immediately. Because he becomes a 7/7 with haste and trample at that point unless the opponent sacrifices something. When combined with someone like loris which can cast dead weight and mires grasp from the graveyard it's really easy to bring larger creatures down to that level where he can be thrown onto the field and erase them.Īnd like I said being able to throw down a Clackbridge Troll and all of their goats immediately dying is not only pretty funny to watch in real time it's also a legitimate threat. Click to shrink.Yeah he is pretty easy to get off of the board which is why I have taken to using him more as a removal spell rather than a deterrent.