<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caesar, Legion&#039;s Emperor" href="#" target="_blank">Caesar, Legion&#039;s Emperor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>| art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/geringalex">Alexander Gering</a></h6>
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Caesar’s Legion </b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So I know what you’re thinking, what on earth is a character called Caesar, Legion’s Emperor decked out in traditional Roman Empire gear doing at the head of a Commander deck set in a post-apocalyptic future setting entirely localized within a <em>Magic: The Gathering</em> expansion? Good heavens. Well, we’ll get to that. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome back to our <em>Universes Beyond</em> guide to <em>Fallout</em>, <em>Magic: The Gathering’s</em> latest foray into the IP medley. If you’ve not caught our <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/the-lore-of-fallout-mutant-menace/?utm_source=edhrec&amp;utm_medium=article_preview">last article</a>, you should! We’ve already touched on <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/the-lore-of-universes-beyond-fallout-scrappy-survivors/">the <em>Fallout</em> setting</a> and now we’re going to be looking at some more of the characters that inhabit it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hail Caesar is the third in line of our Commander decks, a deck that features heavily the game <em>Fallout: New Vegas</em> (which, despite its age, is widely regarded as the standout of the series). This deck heavily features the factions you can find within the <em>Fallout</em> games and the individuals that lead those factions. The Hail Caesar deck is one that utilizes the foot soldiers of the factions heavily, attempting to win through token strategies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this article, I’ll be introducing you to a lot of the faction leaders. The ones you should fear and the ones you’d be glad to have on your side. <em>Fallout</em> is a game of choices though, so your answers might not be the same as mine. Let’s dive in.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<h2><b>Hail Caesar </b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Caesar, also known as Edward Sallow, is a prominent figure in the game<em> Fallout: New Vegas</em>, set in the Mojave Wasteland of post-war Nevada. Caesar succeeded in forming his own legion by uniting disparate civilisations and implementing the tried and tested ideals from our own history to take the post-apocalyptic people by force. As the barbaric head of Caesar’s legion, he can prove to be quite the ally or enemy of the Courier, the player character in <em>Fallout: New Vegas</em>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Caesar’s goal is to, you guessed it, establish a new Roman Empire sitting at the head of it himself. With an armored fist and totalitarian ideals, Caesar uses military might to conquer the wasteland. Uniting a myriad of warring bands of raiders under his command, with strategic brilliance and fierce ideology, Caesar proves to be quite the force to be reckoned with. He succeeds in cementing order within the wasteland and representing a powerful legion of barbaric and savage raiders all fighting under one banner. Organized forces aren’t common within the <em>Fallout</em> setting; many survivors are operating within individual settlements. When faced with the Legion, there isn’t much chance but to submit or die. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Caesar’s card is the epitome of a brutal dictator: He sacrifices the lives of people to get what he wants, represented in this card by creating tokens, gaining knowledge by drawing cards or dealing damage directly to his opponents. He does this only by attacking. There’s no sitting back with this commander, he is all about war and domination. If you think that might makes right (and we’d hope that’s where the similarity ends) then you might enjoy commanding the battlefield like only Caesar can. </span></p>
<h2><b>The House Always Wins </b></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mr. House, President and CEO"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mr. House, President and CEO" href="#" target="_blank">Mr. House, President and CEO</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is one of the most powerful and influential characters in the Mojave Wasteland, and potentially within the <em>Fallout</em> setting. Robert Edwin House is the founder of RobCo Industries, one of the primary institutions of robots across the games. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yes Man, Personal Securitron" href="#" target="_blank">Yes Man, Personal Securitron</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is one prime example of House’s creations, created as a robotic security guard. You’ll find other RobCo creations alongside other cards found in the other decks such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mister Gutsy" href="#" target="_blank">Mister Gutsy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a machine created for war. House founded the company prior to The Great War and became one of the richest and most influential individuals in the world. Eventually controlling many other businesses such as the Lucky 38 Hotel &amp; Casino, his post-war headquarters. House used his intellect to build supercomputers, capable of running algorithms to predict the future and through doing this found that nuclear war was inevitable.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">House dedicated his life to finding a way for Las Vegas to survive the war, and augmented his body with ways to survive a potential n</span>uclear fallout<span style="font-weight: 400;">. Coming into contact with the player character, The Courier in the events of <em>Fallout: New Vegas</em>. House can be varying degrees of a hero or an antagonist depending on the player, but the impact of House is felt throughout the <em>Fallout</em> games. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The House might not always win in the video games, but the card is sure to be a winner on the table. At the time of writing House is the most popular commander from the Fallout set, bringing a unique blend of artifact and dice rolling synergy that you can only find in New Vegas. <em>Wizards</em> have hit the jackpot with this card and we’ll be seeing him roll red or black (or white) at our tables for some time to come. </span></p>
<h2><b>Follow the Freedom Trail </b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Desdemona we return to the world of <em>Fallout 4</em> and its Commonwealth. Desdemona is fighting another fight altogether, one that doesn’t involve raiders, ghouls or super mutants but freedom itself.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A common theme within <em>Fallout 4</em> is autonomy, and what it means to be alive. A prominent feature within <em>Fallout 4</em> are Synths. Synths, synthetics or synthetic humans are created by an institution known as… Well, The Institute (Although, who knows whether it really exists). To The Institute, Synths are produced, pre-programmed and destroyed. To Desdemona, they are as alive as you or me, and through her organization The Railroad (bit on the nose, but it is what it is) she offers Synths another chance at life escaping The Institute’s clutches. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a faction leader within a <em>Fallout</em> game, it was only right for Desdemona to receive her own card and granting the Escape mechanic to artifact creatures within your graveyard perfectly captures her spirit and care for the discarded. </span></p>
<h2><b>Lord of the Flies </b></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="MacCready, Lamplight Mayor"></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Little Lamplight is a settlement within <em>Fallout 3’s</em> Capital Wasteland, made from an old tourist attraction tunnel. Little Lamplight is inhabited exclusively by children under the age of sixteen, and ruled by a mayor elected from amongst them. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The initial denizens of Little Lamplight sought guidance and salvation from the residents of a nearby vault, Vault 87. When they found Vault 87 however, they were turned away by the adults inside. Growing resentful of adults and passing down the feelings of mistrust and betrayal. The children of Little Lamplight survived within the tunnel and became strong, adept combatants and governors. Although, once a citizen of Little Lamplight turns 16 they are exiled to the wasteland where they will hopefully make it on their own.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MacCready is the Mayor of Little Lamplight at the time of <em>Fallout 3</em>, and the one who meets the player character. The card is very representative of the Little Lamplight, and does so well to cram so much into one card. Giving the skulk ability to creatures with power 2 or less is evocative of MacCready’s dedication to his people, and dealing damage whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you encapsulates his resentment for his elders. </span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Speaking of Elders</strong> </span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elder Arthur Maxson is the leader of the East Coast Chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel faction in <em>Fallout 4</em>. Maxson is at the forefront of the fight to save humanity from all that ails it. From his perspective, that includes Synths and the unchecked pace of scientific discovery.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Armory Paladin"></div></div></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bringing with him the full might of the Brotherhood of Steel, a faction of power armor-clad knights that stand for justice and the greater good. Maxson is a valiant ally, or implacable foe depending on the player’s choices within the <em>Fallout</em> games. Maxson is descended from the founding family of the Brotherhood of Steel and despite his young age, Maxson is a ruthless and powerful individual who is absolutely fit to be at the head of any Orzhov deck. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just don’t look too deep into his card text if you decide to play <em>Fallout</em> and want to be surprised. </span></p>
<h2><strong>War Never Changes </strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s the article, thanks a lot for staying with us and learning all about the cards you’ve just upgraded your Commander decks with. With this article finished, we’ve covered three of the four Commander decks. Join us in the last article as we cover the Science! Commander deck, where we’ll look at what was done to protect the people of the wasteland in the name of democracy. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As always, we’re interested to hear what you’ve been thinking about the <em>Fallout</em> set. Have you been inclined to put these cards in your deck? Are you considering running more <em>Universes Beyond</em> cards? Let us know in the comments below. More than one of us here at EDHREC have been inspired to boot up old games and revisit the world of <em>Fallout</em> on and off the table! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve been Joshua, also known as Princeofbieltan on the internet and if you’d like to reach out and chat cards, you can do so on <a href="https://twitter.com/PrinceofBielTan">Twitter</a> and on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0BZvcpmLomA-z0FLjqM8A">Youtube</a>. In the meantime though… </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll see you in the next article, and may your lucky number always come up! </span></p>
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<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Wise Mothman" href="#" target="_blank">The Wise Mothman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/leoluch">Sergei Leoluch Panin</a></h6>
<h1>Another Settlement Needs Your Help!</h1>
<p>Welcome back to the second article in our series covering the narrative, setting and flavour of the latest <em>Magic: The Gathering</em> expansion: <em>Universes Beyond: Fallout</em>.</p>
<p>My name is Joshua and I’m here to bring you existing <em>Magic</em> players up to speed when it comes to the <em>Fallout</em> setting, guiding you through the world we're visiting. As we’ve seen from <em>Warhammer</em>, <em>Doctor Who</em> and <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, <em>Wizards of the Coast</em> puts an enormous amount of effort into making lore-accurate and game-appropriate renditions of beloved characters from these franchises and <em>Fallout</em> is no different.</p>
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<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nuclear Fallout"></div></div>
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<p>We’ve already covered the <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/the-lore-of-universes-beyond-fallout-scrappy-survivors/">Scrappy Survivors</a>, so if you haven’t read that article be sure to go back for an overview of the wasteland and the people defending it. In this article, we’ll be looking at the mutants that now call the earth home. It’s time for a radical roundup of the Mutant Menace!</p>
<p>While nuclear fallout ravaged the surface of the earth, new nightmares flourished atop the world’s surface. Embracing the radiation and ruin and making themselves all the stronger for it. This deck is going to utilise the radiation itself to erode your opponents minds, milling their best cards and draining their life total all the while.</p>
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<h2>To Catch a Cryptid</h2>
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<p>Our face commander is one of the most esoteric denizens of the fallout setting, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Wise Mothman" href="#" target="_blank">The Wise Mothman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>The Mothman is revered by the Cult of the Mothman in the Appalachian mountains, though in actuality there are many mothmen. Some of them are stalking, some vengeful and others wise. A creature festooned in folklore, depicted as a half-man half-moth that would guide the enlightened with knowledge from before the great war. The Mothman appears to the player character throughout <em>Fallout 76</em> (which isn't the 76th game in the franchise, nor is it named as such because only 76 people played it).</p>
<p>Choosing The Mothman as your commander will allow you to slowly tick up the Geiger counter on your opponents with rad counters, as their minds melt away trying to comprehend what is happening to them (kind of like in <em>Fallout 76</em>, huh). The Mothman, surrounded by the Cult of the Enlightened would end up being one of the focus factions within the game. The Cult will perform frequent ceremonies to invoke the presence of The Wise Mothman, attempting to draw it to the Mothman Museum in the Appalachia setting to hear it's blessings and wisdom.</p>
<p>Admittedly, this is one of the stranger creatures to capture in cardboard form, but this did mean <em>Wizards of the Coast</em> were able to present us a preconstructed deck featuring around each of the more modern <em>Fallout</em> games. While The Wise Mothman might lack the charm of Dogmeat, it absolutely makes up for it in sheer weirdness. Showing us the weirdest things the wasteland has to offer is something that <em>Fallout</em> has no problem with at all. Creatures such as this one and, you know... The <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lumbering Megasloth" href="#" target="_blank">Lumbering Megasloth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, are great at getting us to embrace the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wild Wasteland" href="#" target="_blank">Wild Wasteland</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
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<h2>Super Mutants</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Agent Frank Horrigan"></div></div>
<p>Super Mutants are advanced humans, who were created by exposing a regular human to a biological element, the Forced Evolutionary Virus. This created a new breed of human, one that was overwhelmingly strong, with exceptional endurance as well as immunity to radiation and most diseases. Appearing in every <em>Fallout</em> game, Super Mutants are a hallmark within the series. Depending on the game, the Super Mutants have been depicted with varying degrees of intelligence, some possess regular human capabilities and form peaceful settlements. Peaceful Super Mutants such as Fawkes and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Strong, the Brutish Thespian" href="#" target="_blank">Strong, the Brutish Thespian</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> have been known to accompany the player character. Others are driven mad, borderline feral and act only as antagonists within the games.</p>
<p>The Super Mutants would bring with them many threats, their size and bulk for sure. Though, there’s something notable about an enemy that brings a tiny portable nuclear warhead launcher into battle with them. I couldn’t describe the madness of <em>Fallout</em> without showing you the Nuka-Nuke Launcher. Often carried into battle by Super Mutants who themselves are immune to the radiation. The creativity of the <em>Fallout</em> setting might only be matched by the creativity of the weapons within. I never thought we’d see a <em>Magic</em> card that implied the equipped creature would fire a nuclear bomb at our opponents, but that’s <em>Universes Beyond</em> for you! Anything can happen these days, but war… War never changes.</p>
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<h2>The Master, but not the Doctor Who One</h2>
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<p>We can’t talk about Super Mutants without talking about The Master, and I’m not talking about any of the Masters we met in <em>Universes Beyond: Doctor Who</em>. I’m talking about The Master, the antagonist of the original <em>Fallout</em> game. Once a man known as Richard Moreau, he became The Master once exposed to the Forced Evolutionary Virus. While The Master might have started off as one man, he ended up much like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Abomination of Llanowar" href="#" target="_blank">Abomination of Llanowar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. A great myriad mess of several humans and mutants, all merged together and poised at the pinnacle of the Super Mutant Faction.</p>
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<p>With the aim of uniting all the peoples of the wasteland under the glorious umbrella of the Super Mutant, it’s no surprise that The Master’s card rendition has him doing exactly that. Stealing the best creatures from your own, or your opponent’s graveyards and turning them into 3/3 Mutants is the Master’s plan and Magic’s plentiful ways of milling cards into the graveyard is how he’ll accomplish it.</p>
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<h2>Ghouls</h2>
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<p>So we know what happened to the humans who slept soundly in the vaults. Let’s see what happened to the humans who survived on the surface, in tunnels and caverns under the earth with prolonged exposure to radiation.</p>
<p>Despite their appearance, ghouls aren’t intrinsically evil or vicious. No more than any other human anyway in a post apocalyptic setting. That being said, some ghouls have unfortunately abandoned their humanity and sanity and roam the wasteland as feral killers.</p>
<p>There are myriad Ghouls within the Mutant Menace deck, allowing you to explore the full breadth of Ghoul physiology. The <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Feral Ghoul" href="#" target="_blank">Feral Ghoul</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> may often be found stalking abandoned train tunnels and lurking in caves. Driven utterly mad by vast radiation exposure these ghouls will never reason or bargain, they only think to kill and consume. Some ghouls, the ones most closely exposed to the radiation have become something otherworldly. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glowing One" href="#" target="_blank">Glowing One</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>'s are luminescent beings who expel radiation from their own bodies. Get close enough to a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glowing One" href="#" target="_blank">Glowing One</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and the radiation can <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Putrefy" href="#" target="_blank">Putrefy</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> even the strongest wasteland wanderer.</p>
<p>Ghouls can be feared and ostracised by some for their appearance, but some ghouls continue to live happily alongside humans.</p>
<p>Immune to radiation and in some cases even healed in the presence of it, ghouls are a solemn forced adaptation of humankind in the presence of an inhospitable world. Wonderful and tragic at the same time.</p>
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<h2>Green Fingers</h2>
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<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Harold and Bob, First Numens"></div></div>
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<p>Ghouls ain’t all bad, and Harold is one of the best. Harold didn’t become a Ghoul through surviving the Great War out in the wasteland. He lived in a vault, in fact and roamed the wasteland as a human for many years. This was until he came into contact with the Master and turned into a ghoul-like mutant, set to wander the wasteland once more.</p>
<p>Harold is a positive force in the wasteland and will speak fondly of his travels to the player and form friendships with those he passes. I can imagine you have some questions though? Why on earth does the card depict a ginormous tree? Well, that’s where Bob comes in.</p>
<p>Once Harold was exposed to the Forced Evolutionary Virus, Bob started growing out of his head. Bob was a spall sapling, who sprouted from Harold’s skull. From small beginnings, Bob began to grow and grow eventually overwhelming Harold and rooting him in place. A cult called The Treeminders would one day find Harold, and grow to worship him as a beacon of life in the wasteland. Harold and Bob together show that not all mutants are evil and while there’s death in the wasteland, there’s also life.</p>
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<h2>What's that Coming over the Hill...</h2>
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<p>But, there’s mostly death and if you’ve played a <em>Fallout</em> video game you know exactly what I’m talking about here. Deathclaws are insane, often arriving when you least expect it. When you’re low on health or over encumbered and especially when you haven’t saved the game in a while (Don’t ask me how, these guys just know). Deathclaws are a ludicrously strong enemy in Fallout, and it wouldn’t be an article about mutants if I didn’t talk about them.</p>
<p>The best thing about Deathclaws is that they're the ‘good guy’s fault! They were created before the Great War by the United States as a combat threat. The plan was to mix animal stock together to create the ultimate predator. Unfortunately, the ultimate predator was too successful, escaped captivity and spread across America.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Young Deathclaws"></div></div>
<p>Deathclaws are lizard mutants that the Simic Combine would salivate at getting their hands on. Depicted in the deck throughout their life cycle. The <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Young Deathclaws" href="#" target="_blank">Young Deathclaws</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> might be a little easier for the player character to deal with, but the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Alpha Deathclaw" href="#" target="_blank">Alpha Deathclaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is another story altogether. <em>Wizards</em>’ depiction puts trample, menace and monstrous all on one card as well as an ability to destroy permanents when the creature enters the battlefield. That’s because when you see an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Alpha Deathclaw" href="#" target="_blank">Alpha Deathclaw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> you’d better run, or at least have several Stimpaks ready. Because that permanent that’s about to be destroyed? It’s probably you.</p>
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<h2>Casualties of War</h2>
<p>Our second look at the world of <em>Fallout</em> comes to a close, but by no means have we seen all of the villains this setting has to bear. By the time this article comes out, <em>Fallout</em> will have been released into our own local game stores. We want to know, did you pick up any of the <em>Fallout</em> commander decks? How about some singles? Are you a fan of the series or is this your first time in the Commonwealth? Let us know in the comments section below. As always, I’m Joshua and if you’d like to keep up with me and talk cards you can do so <a href="https://twitter.com/PrinceofBielTan">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0BZvcpmLomA-z0FLjqM8A">here</a>.</p>
<p>I’ll be back for part three very soon, where our rogues gallery continues with the Hail Caesar commander deck. We’ll tackle Caesar’s Legion and the world of New Vegas before finding out if there’s any hope left for the post-apocalyptic wasteland at all.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading, and as always keep a RadX handy!</p>
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<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska the Unseen" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska the Unseen</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artofmtg.com/art/vraska-unseen/">Aleksi Briclot</a>)</h6>
<h1>Where Do The Golgari Go To swim? Under Da City.</h1>
<p>The question of planeswalkers as commanders has been brought up in <em>Magic</em> discourse an infinite number of times. People say it would kill EDH as a format, and others say it will do nothing but give more options to a perpetually endless pool of commanders. I believe the truth is somewhere in the middle. My name is Nick, and the fifteenth installment of <em>Myth Realized</em> will cover Golgari (black and green) cards. Let's look at how they would each ruin (or not ruin) your favorite 100-card Singleton format.</p>
<p>If you've stuck around with me until this article, you know what cards to look for in this color combination. If not, check out the articles I did in <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/myth-realized-what-if-any-planeswalker-could-be-your-commander-black/">black</a> and <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/myth-realized-what-if-any-planeswalker-could-be-your-commander-green/">green</a> to see the cards I've previously shouted out in these colors.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garruk, Apex Predator" href="#" target="_blank">Garruk, Apex Predator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 5BG</strong></h3>
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<p>There might never be a better poster child for former powerhouse planeswalkers than this card. With a name like Apex Predator, this card had to put in <strong>work</strong> when it hit the table, and by all accounts, he did just that. Garruk had four abilities at a time where the only other planeswalker with that amount was the powerhouse <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jace, the Mind Sculptor" href="#" target="_blank">Jace, the Mind Sculptor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. His +1 either removed an opposing planeswalker or made a formidable blocker with deathtouch. Creature removal and life gain on the -3 with an ultimate that will kill one player in most scenarios. The big downside with this card is the mana cost. Commander and <em>Magic </em>in general seem to get faster as the years go on, and time has not been kind to Garruk. It's a very cool card, and I would love to see it at a table where I play, but it won't break the format anytime soon.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garruk, Cursed Huntsman" href="#" target="_blank">Garruk, Cursed Huntsman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 4BG</strong></h3>
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<p>So, what if you like Garruk to the point where you want to play all versions of him? Then this right here is the commander for you. A simple in-concept planeswalker can turn a game upside down if brought out at the right time. It has the standard abilities of making blockers and removing creatures for value, but it can also provide loyalty to any other Garruks you have lying around. The card is best used when you can either give it another counter as soon as it hits to get the emblem or when you have a way to sacrifice the Wolves to up the loyalty on itself and other Garruks you control. Maybe not a Superfriends deck, but at least one super friend for the person running this cursed huntsman as their commander.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garruk Relentless" href="#" target="_blank">Garruk Relentless</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 3G</strong></h3>
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<p>Somehow, Garruk is always getting cursed. A card often found in cubes, this might be one of the strangest planeswalkers on any of my lists. Essentially, the front-side version of this card wants to "die." But don't let it die <em>too</em> hard, or else we will not be able to get what we want to be doing with this card: playing the back side. <span class="edhrecp__link reverse"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garruk, the Veil-Cursed" href="#" target="_blank">Garruk, the Veil-Cursed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, needs some help before he comes out, but then the possibilities are endless. This card and how good it can be depends on how many counters you can get the back side to come out with. Whatever that number may be will let you decide which ability best suits you. Maybe make a blocker that can be sacrificed? Or if you have a creature lying around, get your big win-the-game card; I like the classic <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Craterhoof Behemoth" href="#" target="_blank">Craterhoof Behemoth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. How about we win the game, provided we have a stocked graveyard to help pump up our creatures? The world is your oyster, and Garruk looks strong enough to pry it open with his bare hands.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nissa of Shadowed Boughs" href="#" target="_blank">Nissa of Shadowed Boughs</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 2BG</strong></h3>
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<p>Landfall commanders seem to never have the ability to be bad. They always land on the scale somewhere between OK and broken. While Nissa is much closer to the OK end of the scale than the broken side, she <em>can</em> do some broken things. The -5 is very easy to get to on this card and is an ability you can use multiple times if your deck is built for it. Figuring out when you want to play it is what makes this card hard to pinpoint. Slamming it down on turn four might mean you don't have a land drop to pair her with. And playing her without having enough land to get the creature you want means she does nothing for you. This card is a pick-your-moment type of commander. Pick wrong and lose; pick the right, and you might win.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler" href="#" target="_blank">Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 1BG</strong></h3>
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<p>This is undoubtedly the single most powerful card on this list. It's strong, and having it in your command zone makes it stronger. While not giving your creatures actual haste, letting them use abilities that need them to tap when they come down and being able to untap one of them can let a player get crazy. Most people will rightfully pair this card with any Elf they can get their hands on. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Priest of Titania" href="#" target="_blank">Priest of Titania</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elvish Archdruid" href="#" target="_blank">Elvish Archdruid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and even the lowly <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Llanowar Elves" href="#" target="_blank">Llanowar Elves</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can all do work with this card. And the -2 ability on this card should not be overlooked. Golgari is a color combination that has many die-hard fans in the ranks. If there is a way to break this card, they will find it by letting it live in the command zone. Tyvar is a card that would need to be watched if a rule change came down from on high.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska, Golgari Queen" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska, Golgari Queen</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 2BG</strong></h3>
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<p>Vraska does a bit of everything anytime they make a Golgari version of her. A planeswalker that takes the standard outline of uptick-for-value, downtick-for-removal, big-downtick-game-win-ultimate and turns all the dials to make it look shiny and new. And Vraska <em>does</em> look new, but maybe not very shiny because of where the Golgari are typically found in Ravnica (read: the sewers). I have died to the ultimate of this card before, and while I'm unhappy about it, I wouldn't be worried about it. Sadly, this card just isn't very exciting. People often pick <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ob Nixilis Reignited" href="#" target="_blank">Ob Nixilis Reignited</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as the baseline for how a planeswalker should look. I would say Vraska might also be a good contender for that pick.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska, Regal Gorgon" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska, Regal Gorgon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 5BG</strong></h3>
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<p>The only planeswalker deck planeswalker on the list <strong>isn't</strong> necessarily the worst one I have seen. It's overpriced, and the effects aren't exactly top-notch. However, this card<em> does</em> have nice numbers compared to other planeswalker deck cards. A +2 does a lot of heavy lifting to make this card not laughable bad. Pair that with a reasonable cost to kill a creature at -3, and we have a pretty standard-looking planeswalker on our hands. The -10 takes a lot of work and requires a setup to take full advantage of, but it does land close to the mark of a game-winning ability. It's still a card that is close to unplayable compared to everything in its color and planeswalkers, but it is far from the worst of the worst.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska, Relic Seeker" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska, Relic Seeker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 4BG</strong></h3>
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<p>This might be the best -3 removal effect on any planeswalker ever. Removing almost any permanent type and giving you a Treasure to further your plays is on par or better than drawing a card. The +2 creating a token with menace means you hope to have other protection for Vraska since that token only wants to get at your opponent's life total. The ultimate on this card is also very good. At first glance, it's reminiscent of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sorin Markov" href="#" target="_blank">Sorin Markov</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and his -3. However, taking someone to one life instead of ten is a big difference. So many things in the game can deal one point of damage, and many do it as an afterthought. Even if you don't possess anything that can deal the damage, this will take your opponents off using a variety of lands, anything with pay life to activate effects and make them play on the back foot for the rest of the game.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska, Swarm&#039;s Eminence" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska, Swarm&#039;s Eminence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 2(B/G B/G)</strong></h3>
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<p>Like many keyword-typal decks, deathtouch will always get pieces whenever cards come out. It might only be one or two cards, but there will <em>always</em> be cards. This Vraska does two things very well: Kill planeswalkers and make your opponents regret the attack step. Her 1/1 Assassins that can literally assassinate planeswalkers, when you get right down to it, can be perfect in the right matchup. Putting a +1/+1 counter on your deathtouch creatures means what used to be an annoying little <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Moss Viper" href="#" target="_blank">Moss Viper</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> into a card to be feared. She also fits into a nice spot regarding the other nine possible <a href="https://edhrec.com/themes/deathtouch/bg">Golgari commanders</a> focusing on deathtouch as a theme. Not the top-end powerhouse like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chevill, Bane of Monsters" href="#" target="_blank">Chevill, Bane of Monsters</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but I believe above the low end such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sisters of Stone Death" href="#" target="_blank">Sisters of Stone Death</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3><strong><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vraska the Unseen" href="#" target="_blank">Vraska the Unseen</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - 3BG</strong></h3>
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<p>This is an excellent example of how to make a planeswalker in the earlier days of the card type's existence and a great example of how they would never make one today. The +1 on this card is a good deterrent for being attacked since she might not die outright. Vraska is also not enough of a deterrent for someone to find a reason not to poke it just so that you will never hit the -7. We once again see a solid -3 removal option for Vraska and a 1/1 Assassin (with chronologically their first planeswalker appearance). I think this card is long past the days of seeing a play at the commander's table, but she gives a glimpse back to the past of what planeswalkers used to look like, and I will give her some appreciation for that.</p>
<h1>Wrap Up</h1>
<p>Golgari is in a sad place when it comes to planeswalkers. Outside of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler" href="#" target="_blank">Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, nothing here synergizes on a deep level with what this color combination is known for—there is only a light sprinkling of anything related to sacrifice, token-making, and self-mill strategies. Ten options is not the most extensive list to date, but I have to note that the hits in this color combination disappoint me. However, the most significant thing against the Golgari is the steady onslaught of time. Many walkers cost too much mana and do too little in exchange. They were initially designed for one-versus-one formats, but even considering that having a five or above-cost commander in today's world can mean two things. You love the card so much you will play it no matter the cost. Or the card is so good that it wins as long as it can resolve.</p>
<p>I believe that Tyvar would be a dangerous card to add to the ever-growing list of commanders since it does everything you want a good commander to do. The electricity we saw in the last article with the Izzet has brought us equally to the dampness feature within the Golgari. Regardless, we push forward in the quest to answer the question: What, if any, planeswalker could be your commander? And we only have two colors left to go. Join me next time as we suit up with the Boros Legion.</p>
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