Partner Up (make a legend with partner)

PickausernamePickausername
in Just for Fun Contests
Commander Legend spoilers are well underway and before we get the full set, I want to see your ideas for monocolored partners. The rules are simple: make a legendary creature (or planeswalker that can be your commander) that has partner and I'll favorite it for your efforts. If you have an old card, that works too but remember that it needs to be monocolored.

Glak Very Helpful Assistant

There isn't an entry limit, just stay creative and have fun!
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  • ObidiahObidiah
    Here's an entry:
    Effigy the Ever-Watching
  • PickausernamePickausername
    I really like using colorless commanders to give a color identity effects they don't usually get,  especially since it has partner so you can combine it with a more traditional mono white commander. Cool card!
  • FireKing661FireKing661
    Buru of Ancient Eons
    Here's my first entry! Hope it's good.
  • PickausernamePickausername
    While Buru is capable of doing odd things for blue, (such as recurring a fetchland) the focus definitely seems like it will be on using self-mill to find an instant or sorcery you then cast on each of your turns. I approve!

  • ChoyBoiChoyBoi
    edited November 2020
    Here's my first entry:
    Dorma the Forgotten
  • PickausernamePickausername
    A wound reflection type effect for commanders is a cool way to get a version of double strike in a color without the ability. It can even double noncombat damage. Very neat!
  • MemoryHeadMemoryHead
    Since many of the uncommon partners in Commander Legends come in flavored, semi-synergistic pairs, it seems only fitting for me to do such a thing as well. I'll admit to being slightly concerned that they're a little too synergy-linked, but hey.

  • PickausernamePickausername
    While they both like making tokens, I think Elenora and Haloki are mechanically distinct enough that they wouldn't always be built together. Populate has always been unique in that it prefers singular large tokens as opposed to a hoard of them. Haloki would work well with a partner like Tana the Bloodsower and I would personally build Elenora with a blue partner to make token copies of something massive. I actually love the amount of synergy between your entries, I feel like you did "intended partner" better than some of the pairs in Commander Legends.
  • Fallen_Lord_VulganosFallen_Lord_Vulganos
    Dunno about this tbh.


    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/mira-omenbringer
  • joemamajoejoemamajoe
    Honok the Deadly Berserker

    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/honok-the-deadly-berserker
  • PickausernamePickausername
    I'm not sure if the tools exist for it, but I feel like Mira would be an interesting co-commander for a political group hug deck that gives your opponents tokens to kill each other and if they try to turn them on you, you draw a load of cards.
  • joemamajoejoemamajoe
    Zoal Fire Reborn

    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/zoal-fire-reborn
  • PickausernamePickausername
    edited November 2020
    I love how red Honok's recursion ability feels. You can get a lot of value out of it but it will hurt and you risk losing your combo piece if an opponent removes it on their turn. Initially, black seems like the shoo-in partner color as it's the one best at sacrificing things for value but green gets you the mana to loop creatures more, white is best at offsetting the damage Honok deals to you, and blue gives you stuff like leyline of anticipation that helps negate the risk of having key cards stranded in exile. I like how open-ended that leaves the commander, it feels like there are a lot of unique decks that could use its ability.
  • PickausernamePickausername
    Zoal has a cool innovation of the goblin bombardment effect that not only removes the ability to hold a player or key creature "hostage" by threatening to kill them, but also encourages very red gameplay of acting now and not waiting. Zoal's first ability is similar to what we've seen on Vilis but requires different combo pieces than what the demon usually uses, it's always great when a commander encourages you to play with jank that isn't useable anywhere else.
  • joemamajoejoemamajoe
    Joon the Fearless Climber

    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/joon-the-fearless-climber
  • ObidiahObidiah
    Here's another entry:
    Charix the Shadowformed
    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/charix-the-shadowformed
  • ObidiahObidiah
    Another entry:
    Kos of the Secret Clan
    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/kos-of-the-secret-clan
  • PickausernamePickausername
    I like Joo'n's impromptu raid ability being an attack trigger. The enchantment is often used to brute force your way to a creature but here you need to rely on chance and topdeck manipulation. That and Joo'n giving sneak attack gameplay to a wider variety of color combinations makes it just what I'm looking for in this contest.
  • ObidiahObidiah
    Makenson the Unlucky
    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/makenson-the-unlucky
  • PickausernamePickausername
    edited November 2020
    Either together or separately, Charix and Kos feel like they would do work to make commander damage viable in limited while also scaling in constructed. Specifically, the shade ability helps Chairx encourage monocolor partner combinations and Kos is nicely universal while also being extra good with its partner.
  • PickausernamePickausername
    Makenson is a clever way to have protection in red and my new favorite of yours, Obidiah. There's not much more to say about it because it is clearly more a support commander than a primary one, though I feel like it could thematically lead a misdirection tribal deck.
  • joemamajoejoemamajoe
    @Pickausername, thanks for the awesome feedback! You're really hosting an awesome contest even though you're a newcomer.
  • ObidiahObidiah
    I also thank you for the feedback, @Pickausername, I definitely am enjoying this contest.
  • ObidiahObidiah
    Priest of the End Times

    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/priest-of-the-end-times
  • TenebrisNemoTenebrisNemo
    Jenni of Legorna
  • PickausernamePickausername
    edited November 2020
    Priest of the End Times has a cool reanimation ability. I suspect you designed it so you would only be able to keep the commander or reanimated creature but if this card was real I would definitely partner it with Sidar Kondo for wall tribal.

    I really like Dauntless on Jenni of Legorna. A white deck that has minimal creatures in order to take advantage of it sounds interesting and the ability could trigger off things the color is typically behind in to generate value that can keep up with your opponents' ramp and card draw.
  • Fallen_Lord_VulganosFallen_Lord_Vulganos
    edited November 2020
    More... suspend and snowy things, I guess. 


    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/runa-the-walking-glacier
  • joemamajoejoemamajoe
    The Yob-Squad

    https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/the-yob-squad
  • SpellPiper2213SpellPiper2213
    edited November 2020
    Horlan Piper of Teraasa Abigor Cackling Archfiend
  • PickausernamePickausername
    I like Runa's protection ability as it's more flavourful than indestructible and interactable in the earlier game. Having snow mana as the cost also lets two-color partner decks contribute mana from non-island snow basics. It's a shame Commander Legends isn't Time-Spiral-like enough to have cards like Runa, the Walking Glacier.

    I've mentioned it before, but I love how commanders like The Yob-Squad enable themes to be in any color combination. Would The Yob-Squad make Azorious goblins function? No, but it would let your opponent know which creature type you consider your changelings to be. Mechanically, The Yob-Squad uses commanders as a resource which feels appropriate in a limited format where commanders could be chosen for color identity and nothing else.
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