It's your favorite undercity connection, Johnny Confidant. Today marks the first episode of Command Zone OG's, a series featuring quick hits on Legendary Creatures
On the Rise, Under the Radar, or potentially Always Around a local playgroup.
No matter where you play, or who you play with, there's always going to be new Legends trending and old Legends re-surfacing to lead new designs into battle once more. And whichever it may be, we're going to keep you in the know.
ON THE RISE
Azorius Newcomer - Daxos of Meletis
Before Theros was even out, Daxos had a serious buzz on TappedOut and in the MTG Salvation forums for good reason. Like Thada Adel, he's cheap to cast, slips past big blockers in his mission to bring value.
Though he does come with a few obstacles to overcome, most of his problem is solved by handing him one pertinent static ability: Double Strike.
Because lands and library manipulation like Crystal Ball can really ruin your plan, Double Strike enablers like Fireshrieker, Steelblade Paladin, and True Conviction not only help net you stuff to play, but also help make this 2/2 shirtless Soldier a little more beefy and frightening.
Speaking from experience, the Voltron-ing helps. So far, the best card I've exiled is Sanguine Bond. With life gain from Daxos and Drogskol Reaver, the combo-ing was incredible. Medomai the Ageless can also help support and finish off an opponent if you need a couple extra turns to get to 21.
Here's my list if you want to check it out:
Daxos of Mediocrity
ALWAYS AROUND
Mono White - Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien here is a Human Lord (Errata Human Soldier) from way back in Coldsnap. He makes tokens, is semi-tribal and while not very fast at 6 mana, he makes up for it with lots of White utility.
Most Darien decks run heavy sorcery-speed board sweeps, especially if they don't destroy tokens. Austure Command, Martial Coup, and Hour of Reckoning with Global sweep all-stars like Wrath of God, Day of Judgment and Phyrexian Rebirth are all reasonable expectations in a Darien.
A piece of interesting tech about Darien is putting in Pain lands that help Darien pop out his soldier babies when your opponents won't. Tarnished Citadel, Grand Coliseum, and City of Brass to essentially read {t}: add any color mana to your mana pool, X deals 1 Damage to you then put a 1/1 Soldier into play. It's an odd way to get tokens out but it works well with Skullclamp, which creates a great draw engine.
This deck wins with assistance from some Elspeth love, and stuff like Cathar's Crusade, True Conviction, White Creature Buffs, Avacyn and Mirror Entity to push through with swarms of lethally strong soldier babies.
UNDER THE RADAR
Golgari Goodies - Sapling of Colfenor
Sapling is a deck I have only seen once. Honestly I'd like to see more. An Indestructible creature with a reward for attacking is pretty nice.
What I like about her is that despite dodging the most common removal, 2 power is still not very threatening. Underestimating her is a real possibility if you're not careful.
Colfenor usually contains Pariah's Shield to buy time and take advantage of her abilities. Other strong includes are Lurking Predators and Shaman Tribal which has a strong and underrepresented presence at the kitchen table. Eternal Witness, Drana, Deathrite Shaman. They all sound good to me.
That's it for this week Zoners. Be sure to check back for the Stack on Saturday and GG on Sunday.
Have a good one.
-JC
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