These Commanders Just Keep Getting Stronger Every Set

About this video

• Video Title: These Commanders Just Keep Getting Stronger Every Set
• Channel: The Commander's Quarters
• Speakers: Mitch
• Duration: 18:59

Overview

This video discusses several Magic: The Gathering commanders that remain powerful and relevant with the release of new sets. The speaker highlights how these commanders benefit from ongoing support, new card mechanics, and tribal synergies, making them consistently strong choices for decks.

Key takeaways

• Yarok, the Desecrated: This commander, often referred to as the "OG Panharmonicon commander," doubles enter-the-battlefield (ETB) effects for permanents. New sets continually provide more creatures and artifacts with ETB abilities, ensuring Yarok's continued power and adaptability.
• Tatsa Karlo, the Deathbringer: This commander functions as a "death Panharmonicon," doubling death triggers. The resurgence of aristocrats strategies and the consistent release of creature-token generators and sacrifice outlets in new sets keep this commander relevant.
• Mirket, the Sentient Worm: This commander creates non-legendary copies of dragons entering the battlefield. The continuous stream of powerful dragon cards and supportive mechanics like blink effects in new sets make Mirket a strong choice for a dragon-themed deck.
• The Necroloom: This commander synergizes with landfall and graveyard strategies. The ongoing support for land ramp and graveyard interactions in new sets, along with potential tribal synergies (like zombies), ensures The Necroloom remains a potent commander.
• Prosper, Tome-Seer: This commander excels at playing cards from exile and generating treasure tokens. The consistent release of impulse draw mechanics and treasure-support cards in new sets ensures Prosper remains a powerful and popular choice.
• Jodah, the Unifier: This commander, in his "Eternal" form, allows players to pay WUBRG instead of mana costs for spells. The consistent release of high-mana-value, impactful spells and the vast card pool available to the WUBRG commander make Jodah incredibly strong and adaptable.
• Jetmir, Nexus of Rebels: This commander rewards players for controlling a large number of creatures, granting stat buffs and keywords that escalate with creature count. The continuous support for creature-token generation and anthem effects in new sets allows for explosive wins.
• Zurgo, Bellower: This commander grants experience counters for creatures with power two or less entering the battlefield, and then buffs creatures with those counters. The ongoing support for proliferation and the consistent release of small, effective creatures and Eldrazi/artifact cards keep Zurgo powerful.
• Lea, Artful Provocateur: This commander generates artifact and enchantment creature tokens when artifact or enchantment spells are cast. Its versatility in supporting tribal strategies (fairies, flyers), artifact/enchantment themes, or even Voltron builds makes it highly adaptable to new set releases.
• Animar, Soul of Elements: This commander grants counters to creatures as they enter the battlefield and reduces the cost of subsequent creature spells based on those counters. The vast card pool of creatures and artifact/colorless creatures, combined with consistent support for proliferation and creature-based strategies, makes Animar incredibly powerful.