Most Commander players only really need two of their creatures to keep their engine up and you’re completely tapping out for it given it’s a) sorcery speed and b) the treasures are tapped. Honestly, Covetous Elergy just feels like a great way to lose the game unless you’re using it as a win-con in a Orzhov aristocrats shell rather than a sweeper; where it’s more about triggering your ‘creatures dying’ effects 10-20 times. It’s worse than Meathook Massacre at that but it’s also vastly cheaper in dollars than that lmao.
Elegy definitely seems like a pod meta call. If you know folks go wide it's great. If they're relying instead on one or two creatures comboing or going tall then it's a dead card. So in the right pod it's a 6 or 7 but most often it's likely a 3 or 4.
Josh from command zone called black market a "do nothing" card 😱 maybe in a U vs U vs U vs B table... but my creatures seem to die every turn, all game. I'd give it a 7.5 though
Nine Fingers Keen has been a great card in the 99 of my 5 color Ramos Gates deck. I find that anything other than 5 colors in gates you just lose to many payoffs
But you get them in installment. Of course in scenery if there are minimum 8 creatures (in that case only one player have creatures) max creatures is 14 (to 6 treasures). That's sounds much but in commander is not that much. But even if you get 4 treasures in installment that's great ratio, two mana for a boardwipe? Great I'm in.
I disagree on your assessment of Ludevic. Being one of the OG partners carries a lot of weight, and I do think he's better than the other Izzet partner, Kraum. He's a 1/4 that convinces your opponents to get the juice flowing and is just generic enough to where he can squeeze with a number of the more narrow partners from Commander Legends that I would put him in the upper half of the original partners easily. There are more impactful partners (Thrassios, Tymna, Vial-smasher, reyhan, etc), but like... for being mister Aristocrats guy, I'm astonished that you don't immediately start drooling at the idea of drawing a card because you triggerred Elas Il-kor.
Elegy isn't that great they choose what to keep and the treasures enter tapped so it just makes your next turn better. Also in two colors it's not worth it 3/10
Yeah it seems like I’d only be sad to see my opponent cast this if I’m playing a token deck. And even then, I keep my two best token makers/payoffs creatures. Seems pretty bad.
Elegy is mostly bad. It will never get rid of what you need it too and IF you happen to get a bunch of treasures, you can easily become the target of the table. - 3.75
Most Commander players only really need two of their creatures to keep their engine up and you’re completely tapping out for it given it’s a) sorcery speed and b) the treasures are tapped.
Honestly, Covetous Elergy just feels like a great way to lose the game unless you’re using it as a win-con in a Orzhov aristocrats shell rather than a sweeper; where it’s more about triggering your ‘creatures dying’ effects 10-20 times.
It’s worse than Meathook Massacre at that but it’s also vastly cheaper in dollars than that lmao.
Elegy definitely seems like a pod meta call. If you know folks go wide it's great. If they're relying instead on one or two creatures comboing or going tall then it's a dead card. So in the right pod it's a 6 or 7 but most often it's likely a 3 or 4.
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Wait, if Nighthawk Scavenger is a 5, then what’s Vampire Nighthawk?
Nine Fingers has destroyed me a bunch in casual commander. That ward is pretty brutal.
Josh from command zone called black market a "do nothing" card 😱 maybe in a U vs U vs U vs B table... but my creatures seem to die every turn, all game. I'd give it a 7.5 though
Black market is really good because nobody realizes how many counters are on it until you untap and drop 10 black mana into debt to the deathless 😂😂😂
Nine Fingers Keen has been a great card in the 99 of my 5 color Ramos Gates deck. I find that anything other than 5 colors in gates you just lose to many payoffs
Nighthawk Scav is soooo niceys in an Indominous Rex deck
Please talk more about the card Darkness thank you
Nine-Fingers Keene is a she actually and the only reason i know is because she's a minor antagonist in baldur's gate 3.
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But you get them in installment. Of course in scenery if there are minimum 8 creatures (in that case only one player have creatures) max creatures is 14 (to 6 treasures). That's sounds much but in commander is not that much. But even if you get 4 treasures in installment that's great ratio, two mana for a boardwipe? Great I'm in.
It is three dudes seriously.
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I disagree on your assessment of Ludevic. Being one of the OG partners carries a lot of weight, and I do think he's better than the other Izzet partner, Kraum. He's a 1/4 that convinces your opponents to get the juice flowing and is just generic enough to where he can squeeze with a number of the more narrow partners from Commander Legends that I would put him in the upper half of the original partners easily. There are more impactful partners (Thrassios, Tymna, Vial-smasher, reyhan, etc), but like... for being mister Aristocrats guy, I'm astonished that you don't immediately start drooling at the idea of drawing a card because you triggerred Elas Il-kor.
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I like Elegy. The treasures are great tradeoff for a big ol' exsanguinate/torment/etc. the next turn. Forcing sac is bonkers.
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Dev don't be putting that bad stuff out there, we need you around.
Covetous Elegy-3. The treasures enter tapped, so it's still not free 😢
on the other hand if you play it as soon as you hit 6 mana it sets up a beeg turn next.
Elegy isn't that great they choose what to keep and the treasures enter tapped so it just makes your next turn better. Also in two colors it's not worth it 3/10
Yeah it seems like I’d only be sad to see my opponent cast this if I’m playing a token deck. And even then, I keep my two best token makers/payoffs creatures. Seems pretty bad.
Elegy at most creates two treasure tokens. Not sure where you are getting six from.
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Elegy is mostly bad. It will never get rid of what you need it too and IF you happen to get a bunch of treasures, you can easily become the target of the table. - 3.75
Oculus is atleast a 9, its great in fair and broken decks, sleeper in vintage
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