Anax & Cymede Commander

by Cruncher on 28 August 2013

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Deck Description

Anax & Cymede EDH deck. It's budget friendly :)

Anax and Cymede
1RW
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
First strike, vigilance

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anax and Cymede, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

3/2

How to Play

1. Get multiple token out
2. Target your commander with an aura
3. Profit

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After THS is released I will put up another version with the new goodies in the set.

Deck Tags

  • Commander
  • Boros
  • Token

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Anax & Cymede Commander

Nice deck, love the deck. Definately add some new Theros cards once the set comes out. My suggestions of cards to add are:

Aurelia, the Warleader: Nice P/T and with Anax she can become a real powerhouse. Also you get to attack twice and that might be nice.

Bathe in Light, Rally the righteous, Wojek Siren: All of them have the old boros ability which pumps a creature and all creatures with that color so if you pump up Anax not only will your army get the boost from the card, but also from her(him? them?).

Sword of Feast and Famine: +2/+2 and pro black and green is good, but +2/+2, pro black and green, AND untaping all your lands every turn is even better.

Shattering Spree: The one thing the deck really lacks is spot removal and Shattering spree is a really good way to kill a lot of artifacts for cheep. Blow up as many artifacts as you can make red mana.

Disenchant, Return to Dust, War Priest of Thune, Fiend Hunter, Banisher Priest: All great spot removal for artifacts/enchantments/creature.

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Posted 08 September 2013 at 06:30

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Balefire liege would do wonders in here as well.

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Posted 08 September 2013 at 16:43

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 07:17

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Not a fan of the Radiance cards, if my opponent has a shared color or even the same colors I might as well not play them at all.
Aurelia and the Liege sound nice, as do the Sword and Banisher Priest, but I have no idea of what to cut for them, bringing it to 100 was already difficult for me (the deck started with 250 cards lol).

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 11:59

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Hmm... I would probably take out Gather the Townsfolk and Timely Reinforcements. Gather's spot can be better used as something like Feast and Famine that will buff up Anax. As for Timely Reinforcements, You make a lot of tokens with this deck so you're almost always going to have more creatures than most people so the most it should do is gain you 6. Now, those two swap out for Sword and the Priest, but for Aurelia and Balefire Liege you need to take out some higher cmc cards. I'd say Storm Herd and Chancellor of the Forge. Storm costs 10 mana and by turn ten everyone's going to be set up, rolling, trying to get combos off, aggressive decks will be swinging, and its a very nice target for a mana leak. With only 3 life gain cards in the deck once you are able to cast it you won't have anywhere near 40 life plus, someone can just Austere command Creatures cmc 3 or less and that's 10 mana and a turn down the drain. Chancellor on the other hand, is one of those cards that's really good if you're winning. If it's in your opening hand, great, you get a 1/1 and a dead card in hand for the next 7 turns.


In short, my suggestion of cuts is:
Gather the Townsfolk -> Sword of Feast and Famine
Timely Reinforcements -> Banisher Priest
Storm Herd -> Aurelia
Chancellor of the Forge -> Balefire Liege



Some cards I forgot to mention earlier:

SWIFTFOOT BOOTS: You NEED Swiftfoot Boots. Every single EDH needs Swiftfoot Boots. Boots are so hard to find because Commander players hoard them. If nothing else put Boots in this deck.

Boros Signet: Just take out a Mountain for it. It ramps. It fixes mana. I'm a real fan of the Signets but hey, its up to you.

Solemn Simulacrum: 4 mana 2/2, fetches you a land, draws you a card if something big blocks him. What's not to like?

Wear // Tear: At its worst it's Disenchant or Shatter. At it's best it's both. Only 3 mana. Great Artifact/Enchantment removal.

Dolmen Gate: Prevent all combat damage to your creatures. 2 mana. Straight, sweet, and to the point.

Sudden Disappearance: Blink someone's creatures and kill 'em while they can't block.

Fervor: Everything you have has Haste. Great red card.

Signal Pest: Get an extra battle cry. Only 1 mana.

Three Dreams: The deck has a lot of game ending Auras. Tutor for any three you want!

Crystal Chimes, Skull of Orm, Mine Excavation, Auramancer: All cards that take Enchantments from your yard to your hand in different ways; Chimes, Mine, and Auramancer all only work once but the Skull works every turn, however much more expensive.

Decree of Justice, Entreat the Angels, Nomads' Assembly: All large scale token makers.

Other cards I recommend removing:

Warstorm Surge: It isn't as good as you want it to be. Trust me. It's been in several of my decks and the only one it works in is Rakdos where I summon a 5/5 or three every turn. It's just not worth the six mana.

Promise of Bunrei: Again, not as good as you want it to be. Sure it turns one of your creatures into four but all someone has to do is naturalize it and even so, it only works once.

Strata Scythe: Better in a Mono colored deck. There are much more useful equipments. Like Swiftfoot Boots. Put in Swiftfoot Boots. Other than Boots, Fireshrieker, Darksteel Plate, Infiltration Lens, Explorer's scope, Kusari-Gama, Trailblazer's Boots, Skullclamp, there are loads of great artifacts.

Spectral Procession: It's Gather the Townsfolk but 1 more mana and you get an extra token.

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 21:00

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Thanks, updated a few cards.
Strata Scythe is nice to have because it counts not only my lands, so I think having two colors to chose from depending on what your opponents play pays off.

Some of the cards are simply too expensive, for example sword of FaF, sadly.

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Posted 10 September 2013 at 18:30

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