Vehicle Commanders

SammySammysonSammySammyson
edited September 2019 in Just for Fun Contests
I won't be judging this or anything -- this is just to give y'all some ideas and see what y'all do with it.

Having Vehicles as commanders is something I've always wanted to see! Here's mine (which I think might need some powering down haha):

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Also included a custom alternative crew mechanic ("Crew creatures with [condition] [power]") inspired by the newly seen "Equip Knight {0}" in Eldraine. EDIT: This was seen in Dominaria with Blackblade Reforged. Thanks, @PhantomJoker for correcting my buffoonery.

Huzzah, have fun!

Comments

  • ThePhantomJokerThePhantomJoker
    edited September 2019
    Here's my entry:
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    I'll probably make more. Also: the thing that you say is "newly" seen in Eldraine, was actually already featured in Dominaria with Blackblade Reforged - "Equip Legendary creature"
  • ThePhantomJokerThePhantomJoker
    And here goes another one!
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  • SammySammysonSammySammyson
    edited September 2019
    @ThePhantomJoker Wack. I didn't really start collecting cards until the beginning of this year, so I never really looked into Dominaria. I thoroughly enjoy both Teferis, however. Azorius tax and control for life *shrug*

    That card is wack (as in fascinating) and definitely a worthy commander. I think the fact that it only gets +1/+1 for other crewed The Fleet of Doomflames is a nice way to balance it. You could pump one up big if you have a lot of them and use them to crew one another haha

    If the Wizards released Vehicle commanders, do you think that they'd release coloured ones, or maybe release a largely colourless theme in the set to help support colourless ones better? Or probably a mix?
  • ThePhantomJokerThePhantomJoker
    Oh, that was quite unintentional to be honest :D Yeah, I guess it is balancing, but I didn't reslise, that I wrote "creatures" and what that actually means for the card.

    Thanks for your response. I think, that Vehicle commanders are very unlikely to ever exist in real Magic (but that's why Cardsmith exists!) In the merely non-existant chance, that they do, I think they will be colored ('cause Wizards are really pushing the colored-artifact theme for some weird reason), but both could be possible. I never really understood how colorless commanders work. What colors can your deck be then?
  • ThePhantomJokerThePhantomJoker
    Also, I fixed the image on the first comment
  • Derain2Derain2
    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/sarames-the-last-warship?list=user
  • CrediusCredius
    edited September 2019
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    sad that you got to have premium for the vehicle border. Tokens also need an update imho
  • CorwinnnCorwinnn
    edited September 2019
    @Credius - We don't have Vehicle Borders yet. MTG.design
  • CrediusCredius
    @corwinn allright, guess it just confused me
  • CorwinnnCorwinnn
    @Credius - That's alright... I had to look after you said it, just to be sure!
  • Fantastickill7Fantastickill7
    This is my signature vehicle, I don't think it's too excessive
    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/deaths-vengeance
  • Flameice2Flameice2
    edited September 2019
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  • SammySammysonSammySammyson
    edited October 2019
    @ThePhantomJoker most colourless commanders are either Eldrazi, or they have a noncolourless colour identity determined by coloured symbols in their text. Wastes are the basic land for colourless commanders (they produce colourless mana and thus can technically go in any deck). Otherwise, they'd have to rely on only permanents whose colour identities are colourless, which is more than feasible with artifacts being largely colourless.

    I enjoy coloured artifacts! I think they provide more flexibility, as they don't have to up costs (as they need to do so to avoid colour pie violations), but they also blur the line between artifact and enchantment (aside from never tapping enchantments). I dunno, I just find design principles, especially for MTG, very fascinating. If they didn't want to push them again, they'd probably make it part of their colour identity by including symbols in their rules text rather than mana costs, or push another artifact set with largely colourless artifacts.
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