Planechase for Commander- Night of the Ninja

Planechase decklists are out and will be available Friday (June 1). I'm still very excited to play with these as I'm sure many of you are as well. But, what I'm more excited about is playing these new cards in commander and the new planes in planechase/commander.
For today's deck building exercise, I'm going to take one of the 4 decks lists, Night of the Ninja, and transform it into a commander deck with the same basic feel.

Reviewing lands: 5 color lands

Lands are quite possibly be the most under looked aspect of any commander deck that is built. There are 455 land according to a current gatherer search, and choosing from among them can be tricky. So, I'm going to go through each and every land and give it a review. This will be a series covering 5 color, dual cycles, colorless lands, and others. Today I will talk about the backbone of any 5 color deck: 5 color lands.

Karador brings it all back

Karador, Ghost Chieftain was the first new commander from the 2011 commander product to be spoiled. At first I was unimpressed, then I played with him. In this deck he is often a 3 mana general, even very late into the game. He can completely take over a game when left unchecked. He gives you a virtual hand size of everything that you've played so far. 

Werewolf Tribal Commander?

Unfortunately, I feel Wizards dropped the ball for commander tribal players by choosing not to print a legendary werewolf in Innistrad block. They bring in these creatures that are really flavorful and fun to play with in a casual setting and then fail to give us a commander to lead them? I'm hoping they rectify this when the commander product comes out next month, but I'm not holding my breath.

But hey, that's not going to get me down. I'm still going to build a Werewolf/wolf themed deck based around these guys. Now the questions start: Who will lead the pack?

Bosh, Golem Catalyst

If you haven't realized by now, I'm a fan of tribal commander. Today we are going to take a look at a tribal deck based around my favorite Legend from back when I fist started really playing Magic: Bosh, Iron Golem. I just always loved Bosh's flavor a giant golem that trampled over foes and when he didn't get his way he started throwing things around. I was very happy when they came out with the color identity rules, so that I can now play Bosh as my commander.

Legendary Review - Planechase 2012

Spoilers are starting to filter in for the new cards in the 2012 planechase product coming out soon. Here I will post my initial thoughts on the legends that appear in the set.

Spoiler warning:

The incredible Ruhan

Ruhan is easily the most underrated commander in the 2011 commander product. Opinions on him range from too vanilla to too random. Me, I think he is too kickass. Most people who build voltron decks run a lot of equipment or enchantments to get their general to pack enough of a punch, Ruhan does not need it. This isn't a voltron deck, it's the Incredible Hulk!

Not your normal tribal deck

Building the zombie tribal deck was a lot of fun. As I said tribal is one of my favorite themes. Today's deck is not a legal tribal deck, though it may be able to qualify with some tweaking. This deck is just tribal themed. You may be asking, "But Jake, what is the tribe for this deck?"

All of them.

Grimgrin, Corspe-Born

Now it's time to switch gears and build around my favorite Innistrad general, Grimgrin, Corpse-Born. "Many have tried to stop him. All have failed. His homicidal march toward the city of Thraben continues." Now he has an army of undead minions at his call.

Tribal is one of my favorite archetypes, not usually powerful but always flavorful. Armies of goblins, elves, humans, zombies, and dragons all going head to head. While this deck will be playable in any commander game, it will be the most fun in a tribal vs tribal vs tribal situation.

Sigarda, Host of Herons

Sigarda, Host of Herons will be the second of the Avacyn angels to command one of my decks. Sigarda, being a 5/5 flier for 5 that is hard for an opponent to remove, pushes us to make a voltron commander deck. While I will likely build one for this site at some point, I feel that they are a bit over done and want to go a different direction with her. I want to focus on the "Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to sacrifice permanents." part of the card. That is one step in the direction of building the Indestructible Army.