I think Boromir is terrific. The only reason I didn't include it is because I wanted to try and lean into the "you don't have to care if your creatures die" idea.
This isn't really relevant to him as a commander, but I've slotted him into the new Arna Kennerud commander and he's pretty cool there. When you have an aura-ed up creature die, he can just bring the whole woodland critters out since he'll count each nontoken permanent, and then having his activated ability is an easy way to modify creatures for Arna's trigger. I can see a pretty cool deck being built around him! If I didn't find my azorius bliss with Boromir, Gondor's Hope, I would totally give him a shot because I love off-the-beaten-path dudes like this.
Heyo! First time viewer here, really solid production value on the video, and the sound is crisp. Keep it up! That being said, I do find it a bit frustrating not being able to read the entirety of cards when the word "Alternative" is splat on top of it at the bottom. Otherwise solid interesting video :)
My soratami land bounce deck has commander Kami of the Moon, amulet of vigor and walking atlas. For wanting to max a bounce deck.. I'm surprised not more moonfolk got on here with massive land bounce activity. You're definitely missing out.
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on running this as a spellslinger-y polymorph style deck that can use fetch lands and bounce spells to generate tokens with the commander, then cast spells like standard Polymorph or Mass Polymorph to cheat out much more impactful creatures than the ones Genku makes. I already have a Jeskai list with that theme, but Kykar is a little too strong for my playgroup, so the deck doesn't see much play.
Make it an artifact deck, use cost reductors or 0 cost artifacts to do a cloudstone curio combo for one wincon then you can use artifacts that give value when sacrificed , intruder alarm paradise Mantle of course , make infinite mana to infinitely sac your commander to Altar of Dementia. You can do the same with Sai Master Thopterist except Genku w/ white can give you added protection and you can add soul sisters for lifegain when creating all these creatures
Having looked at the options, honestly I’m a pretty big fan of ninjutsu, since you get to make flyers which can then be used to ninjutsu more creatures in later
Oboro, Palace In The Clouds is an auto include if you have the budget for it. Actually, it’s about 50% cheaper than I thought so I’d even say drop Misty Rainforest for it since they’re around the same price. Thassa, Deep-Dwelling is also a no brainer to me.
There's no honour in incorrectly spelling words to save money on typesettings for 18th century printing presses. Jokes aside, cool deck tech. I was thinking he was kinda meh but actually connecting that bounce effect to what moonfolk historically have always done has got the gears turning for me. Appreciate the quality audio and production (something this space really lacks). Smashed sub 🫡
