Commander VS: Build Around Me!

Here’s a challenge: Take a few random cards and build an entire functional Commander deck around them! Can you do it as well as our Commander VS heroes did?

By justin.parnell

May 18, 2016

Arjun, the Shifting Flame Justin Parnell

Commander

Article Deck

May 17, 2016

Commander (1)

1

Arjun, the Shifting Flame

Creature (12)

1

1

Consecrated Sphinx

1

Dack's Duplicate

1

1

Izzet Chronarch

1

Knollspine Dragon

1

1

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

1

1

Psychosis Crawler

1

Sphinx of the Final Word

1

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Planeswalker (2)

1

Chandra, Flamecaller

1

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Artifact (10)

1

1

1

1

1

1

Teferi's Puzzle Box

1

1

1

Venser's Journal

1

Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (9)

1

Berserkers' Onslaught

1

1

Fevered Visions

1

1

1

Protective Bubble

1

Rage Reflection

1

Sphinx's Tutelage

1

Thought Reflection

Sorcery (12)

1

1

1

Blasphemous Act

1

Chandra's Ignition

1

Distortion Strike

1

Invoke the Firemind

1

1

Mizzium Mortars

1

Mizzix's Mastery

1

1

Recurring Insight

1

Slip Through Space

Instant (19)

1

1

1

Cerebral Vortex

1

1

1

1

1

1

Long-Term Plans

1

1

Mystic Confluence

1

1

1

1

1

1

Temur Battle Rage

1

1

Veil of Secrecy

Land (35)

1

1

Blighted Cataract

1

1

1

Desolate Lighthouse

1

1

1

8

1

Izzet Guildgate

4

1

Myriad Landscape

1

Reliquary Tower

1

Rogue's Passage

1

1

1

1

1

Swiftwater Cliffs

1

Temple of Epiphany

1

Temple of the False God

1

Terminal Moraine

1

Terramorphic Expanse

1

Wandering Fumarole

1

Warped Landscape

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard Stephen Green

Commander

Article Deck

May 17, 2016

Commander (1)

1

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Creature (27)

1

Adaptive Automaton

1

1

Baru, Fist of Krosa

1

1

1

1

Eternal Witness

1

Golgari Grave-Troll

1

1

1

1

Joraga Treespeaker

1

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

1

1

Magus of the Vineyard

1

Mossbridge Troll

1

Pathbreaker Ibex

1

1

Skyshroud Troll

1

Sporeback Troll

1

Tel-Jilad Exile

1

Thrun, the Last Troll

1

Tribal Forcemage

1

1

Trolls of Tel-Jilad

1

Ulvenwald Tracker

1

Undercity Troll

Planeswalker (1)

1

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Artifact (3)

1

Akroma's Memorial

1

Lightning Greaves

1

Enchantment (8)

1

1

1

Descendants' Path

1

1

Moldervine Cloak

1

Rite of Passage

1

1

Sorcery (22)

1

Animist's Awakening

1

Collective Voyage

1

1

1

1

1

1

Green Sun's Zenith

1

1

Hunter's Prowess

1

1

1

Life from the Loam

1

1

Nissa's Renewal

1

Praetor's Counsel

1

1

1

1

Riding the Dilu Horse

1

1

Verdant Confluence

Instant (4)

1

1

Decree of Savagery

1

1

Setessan Tactics

Land (34)

1

Blighted Woodland

1

1

1

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

1

1

Myriad Landscape

1

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

1

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

1

23

Snow-Covered Forest

1

1

Yavimaya Hollow

Erebos, God of the Dead Wes Wise

Commander

Article Deck

May 17, 2016

Commander (1)

1

Erebos, God of the Dead

Creature (11)

1

1

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

1

Liliana's Specter

1

Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

1

1

1

Nirkana Revenant

1

Rune-Scarred Demon

1

Sepulchral Primordial

1

1

Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (4)

1

1

Liliana of the Dark Realms

1

Liliana of the Veil

1

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Artifact (11)

1

1

1

Ensnaring Bridge

1

Extraplanar Lens

1

Gauntlet of Power

1

1

1

1

1

1

Enchantment (11)

1

Bloodchief Ascension

1

Exquisite Blood

1

Liliana's Caress

1

1

1

Painful Quandary

1

Phyrexian Arena

1

1

Shrieking Affliction

1

1

Wound Reflection

Sorcery (21)

1

Barter in Blood

1

Black Sun's Zenith

1

Cabal Conditioning

1

1

1

1

1

Diabolic Revelation

1

1

1

Hymn to Tourach

1

Increasing Ambition

1

1

1

1

1

Pox

1

1

1

1

Instant (5)

1

1

Hero's Downfall

1

Silence the Believers

1

Tendrils of Corruption

1

Land (36)

1

1

1

1

1

Deserted Temple

1

1

Haunted Fengraf

1

1

Howltooth Hollow

1

Leechridden Swamp

1

1

Myriad Landscape

1

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

1

19

Swamp

1

Thespian's Stage

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1

Volrath's Stronghold

Kangee, Aerie Keeper Jeremy Noell

Commander

Article Deck

May 17, 2016

Commander (1)

1

Kangee, Aerie Keeper

Creature (36)

1

1

1

1

Aven Mindcensor

1

Aven Riftwatcher

1

Aven Sunstriker

1

Chromeshell Crab

1

Commander Eesha

1

Crookclaw Elder

1

Defender of the Order

1

1

1

1

Geist-Honored Monk

1

1

Hidden Dragonslayer

1

High Sentinels of Arashin

1

Ixidor, Reality Sculptor

1

Jeskai Infiltrator

1

Judge's Familiar

1

Keeper of the Nine Gales

1

Kheru Spellsnatcher

1

Master of Pearls

1

Master of the Veil

1

1

Mischievous Quanar

1

Riptide Entrancer

1

Shorecrasher Elemental

1

Silent Sentinel

1

Simic Manipulator

1

1

1

Vesuvan Shapeshifter

1

1

Windbrisk Raptor

1

Planeswalker (7)

1

Ajani Steadfast

1

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

1

Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

1

Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

1

Teferi, Temporal Archmage

1

Tezzeret the Seeker

1

Venser, the Sojourner

Artifact (7)

1

Astral Cornucopia

1

Contagion Clasp

1

Contagion Engine

1

Everflowing Chalice

1

Lightning Greaves

1

1

Enchantment (2)

1

Inexorable Tide

1

Mastery of the Unseen

Sorcery (9)

1

Akroma's Vengeance

1

Austere Command

1

Cleansing Meditation

1

1

Decree of Justice

1

Increasing Devotion

1

1

1

Tezzeret's Gambit

Instant (3)

1

Secure the Wastes

1

Steady Progress

1

White Sun's Zenith

Land (35)

1

Calciform Pools

1

Celestial Colonnade

1

1

Emeria, the Sky Ruin

1

Hallowed Fountain

9

1

Mage-Ring Network

15

1

1

Reliquary Tower

1

Temple of Enlightenment

1

Temple of the False God

1