Chandra Tribal (Everyone's Here!)

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Commander Legends 2: Electric Boogaloo Update —June 30, 2022

Commander Legends 2, overall, felt rather lacking... at least, for me. As spoiler season started, and I saw the new rares and mythics, very few stood out to me. In fact, none of the new commanders stood out as "I must build this!". However, as spoiler season got further and further along, they revealed some cool new uncommons. Wild Magic Surge and Overwhelming Encounter in particular excited me. Flash forward, and after a few other revelations about my deck, I've switched some cards out. And so, here are the updates to my Chandra Tribal deck listed out, before I dive into my reasoning.

1. Light Up the Night removed, added Wild Magic Surge.

2. The Chain Veil removed, added Honor-Worn Shaku

3. Arcbond removed, added Witch Hunt

So, we'll start with number 1. Light Up the Night, on paper, sounds like a great card with the deck. An X-costed burn spell, that can later finish a player by sacrificing my board of Chandras sounds very good. Unfortunately, in practice, the deck falls flat with this card. When I had it in hand, I had other things to do. And when it was in the graveyard, I often left it alone to focus on other cards. It fit the deck's theme and flavor well, but wasn't very helpful, so it got the boot. To take its place is one of my favorite new cards from Commander Legends 2: Wild Magic Surge. I love a bit of chaos and randomness, and Chaos Warp is one of my favorite magic cards. Though this card is usually worse, the few times I've used it have been game-changing. So, here, it'll have a chance to shine.

Next up is a little controversial. The Chain Veil is a very good card. I play it in my Liliana-Tribal deck where it fits the theme and flavor perfectly. Unfortunatly, it seems rather underwhelming in this deck when compared to the other. In addition, 4 mana to get some more burn off in a turn isn't as powerful as multiple additional discards and sacrifices in Liliana. I often ignored it on the battlefield and used my mana elsewhere. It may return in the future, so it's going to the MaybeBoard. Taking its place is Honor-Worn Shaku, a card I had forgotten even existed. Thanks to a friend, I rediscovered this card, and realized how good it'd be with my Chandras to untap it. So, it's getting a chance to do some good in the deck.

Finally, here's a weird one. Remember when I said I like a bit of Chaos and Randomness? Well, a while back I had a Zedruu the Greathearted deck. It eventually got the boot, but I had this card left over. And let me say... I love Witch Hunt. I think its a funny card that bounces around the table, and I knew I just had to find a home for it. And so, I took out Arcbond. Arcbond was a card I was excited to try out, which was mentioned in the previous update. I gave it a try, and it didn't live up to my expectations. And so, it will be leaving to give Witch Hunt some time to shine.