Commander Game

{gamma3}This seems like a soft version of Neheb. On the other hand, you can more easily abuse it with effects that untap creatures. I like how the vigilance makes him a potntial voltron commander while still being able to use his ability.

{thaneofglamis}You got quite the interesting set of cards there. I think you did pretty good. I can imagine this deck going with a token strategy supported by tribal cards. Or maybe the other way around. I think Tevest can explode if left unchecked, but in a way that you can see it coming.

{SilentKobold}That's a fun combinations of abilities and a creative way of using deathtouch creatures. I just think the fighting should be optional. Else you'd have to do some weird tricky situations playing around it. (e.g. Targeting the same creature with each trigger, when the first one kills anyway, just to keep the others alife for combat.)

{Jartis}Exchanging control is usually a blue thing. Yet I know that black is the color that can really do mean stuff with it, so I totally approve. Also being forced to do it gives it some extra blackness. I imagine your opponents trying to kill all your other creatures just to make you give Zalia herself away. Maybe the exchange needs some restriction though, like Puca's Mischief or something. Else I'd just run a token strategy to get all the goodies my opponents play. Tokens are also good for feeding her second ability.

{Xenozfan2}That's a lot of text doing different things. I'm glad each of those abilities is very simple on its own. Overall it's just a bit too much going on with the card for my tastes.
Yes, the Battalion is a really odd fit with the rest. And you are actually the only one who didn't get exactly two colors in their rares. So I guess kreds for still making some kind of sense out of that.

{raphiezar}I like the combination of different build-arounds that still play well with each other. I can imagine this in a precon commander deck.

{winner}raphiezar

{viriss }I do like enchantment creatures, and if you're gonna run a monocolor commander, blue isn't a bad choice. The illusion tribal is interesting, and I like that you can use the last ability to get more use out of the Illusions that have the "Sacrifice it when it's targeted" rule. I also like that this commander seems to generally be defensively focused, with higher toughness and an emphasis on go-wide strategies.

{gamma3 } Given the popularity (and price) of Vedalken Orrery, this commander would definitely see a ton of play. I also love the little Esper flair in its second ability that makes it something more than an Orrery with legs.

{thaneofglamis } First thing I noticed, which may have been intentional, but it is a bit of a shame that it nonbos with itself. Like, it won't outright kill itself, but it definitely *wants* to create tokens to attack instead. That cost, though. Comparing it to similar abilities like Bloodline Keeper, Leafdrake Roost, or Whirlermaker, it just doesn't have a ton of value at its current cost. You could probably keep the bird tokens and it would be fine, but as it is 10 mana over two turns for a 2/2 flyer that doesn't even stay on the board just doesn't feel great to me. I will, however, give it props for being a really interesting way of running a mono-red pillowfort.

{Flo00 } I'm not gonna include this in my judgement, but I don't think I'm comfortable with Azorius flavor on Dimir colors, lol. As for the card itself, that is an interesting take on the challenge, since it applies to most sorceries and instants (and a single Planeswalker). It's almost certainly gonna get you a ton of card draw, though, which would be good even without the life loss.

{sdfkjgh } I like the idea of this card. Brushwaggs are a fun creature type that need more representation, imo. There's just so much going on here that part of me wants to assume it would be silver bordered. The things I find weird from top down: name, colorless mana symbol combined with wubrg, trample hexproof and +5/+5 to your whole team (even if conditional), the last ability can be used for politics but because you don't have to choose an opponent it's almost always better to just choose yourself (except in team games, I guess, but I've never seen Two-Headed Commander, personally) especially since I'm pretty sure the combination of abilities would mean they become 6/9s when they block or become blocked. Also the hexproof applies to Swaggbrush itself, making for a nigh-unbreakable boardstate. To top it all off, I put this on a card, and it's 11 lines long, with 4 paragraph breaks. The text is absolutely tiny.

{Xenozfan2} I was under the impression that you are able to choose new modes because you copy the spell as written, rather than how it enters the stack. That doesn't help with the X situation, though. I would also argue that this doesn't really fit the spirit of the challenge, though I can see the argument for "non-instant or sorcery," or "non-copy," so I'll let it slip. This seems to me like a legendary League Guildmage, and comparing it to that, it's maybe a bit powerful. Namely in the copy ability, just being a flat 2 mana, especially since your instants and sorceries can't be countered. Great design for a spellslinger deck, could definitely see print, I think it just needs a bit of number tweaking.

{Lady Mapi } So I take it the idea is to untap your nonbasics so you can use them the turn they come down, at the cost of not being able to use them next turn? Though I could also see using this ability if you need to help another player take down a bigger threat. I like the simplicity, I like the versatility, I like the flavor. I would maybe drop it to a 3/3 or raise it to 5 cmc, but that's just how I see it. Still great work.

{Winner}The winner this time gamma3 , with runners-up viriss and Lady Mapi