New atraxa is niche? And worse than the original? I definitely don’t agree with that. You do realize new atraxa is a multi format all star and the original one only saw play in commander, and only in one of three strategies being +1/+1 counters, poison counters, and planeswalkers, and now there’s more modern commanders for each of these. +1/+1 counters get a new commander every month, guff is a much better super friends commander, and poison is probably better served using toxic with Ixhel. The new atraxa made new decks in standard, pioneer, modern, and even saw experimental play in legacy and vintage! Not to mention being on the top tier of CEDH decks. There is no comparison here, new atraxa completely outclasses the original
I'm glad to see you felt motivated to comment. From guff perspective that planeswalker commander missed out being 5 colours to truly utilise all the pre-existing planeswalkers but that's besides the point. However 3 mana extra for the new atraxa becomes near impossible to cast if running in a pod with removal say she dies 3 times, plus the effect of her etb is just that an etb not a static uptick as a 1 draw spell each player gets a poison can and will win you game's. From a build perspective if the original atraxa was out and realised in standard set it would be played in that format. I will concede the point that new atraxa is a better reanimation target hence it sees play in modern. Thanks for taking the time to comment and if you haven't already considered why not subscribing to the channel. What commander would you consider need's a remake?
They're being measured as commanders. Not their impact on various other formats. OG atraxa supports several kinds of architypes new Atraxa just says draw a bunch of cards. But to draw that bunch of cards you need to build your deck in a way to satisfy the conditions of the draw. Basically OG has a plan and knows what it wants to do, New will let you do whatever you want but makes you build the deck in a certain way around it.
i own both commanders and let me tell you....new atraxa is busted lol start blinking that and boy your lethal combine that with omniscience, negates, removals or cheating out big creatures or have infinite combo in hand its gg
Thanks for commenting. I agree the new atraxa is awesome and with blink effect's she can rule the board state rather quickly. My preference is for the OG one but I love the card. It's a definite inclusion for the cube me and pod are building. If you're not already why not think about subscribing to the channel.
