u/Einmalich

Heyo,
im trying to build a deck for a friend of mine. He loves fast aggro type decks (Zada, Pantlaza, John Benton...) so I am looking for something similar.
Id love to hear about your unpopular commander options for these types of decks.

Currently im trying to build Muxus, Goblin Grandee but he feels a bit inconstistent but can win as fast as turn 2 😃
Gut, True Soul Zealot with some partner seems cool aswell and may fit lower brackets better.

Hey dear brewes,

The kind of deck I am looking for is one that feels really layered. Decks with a bunch of different ways to win, where cards interact in weird or unexpected ways, and where each game feels like I’m finding some new line to play. Something where lots of cards overlap with each other so even random opening hands can lead to cool decisions or strange but effective plays.

I don’t just mean something straightforward like Landfall, Spellslinger, etc., where everything obviously points in the same direction. I’m looking for something a bit more unusual.

Curious to see what you have brewed up

For reference, one of my current decks is a very synergy-heavy colorless deck with Omarthis as the commander. One game I may be able to manifest my entire deck and reanimate my best cards or filter for the one board wipe I need to safe the game. One game I may just play for a removal engine and win the long game. One game I may win through a combo or just get my commander huge and unblockable.

I wanted to build a deck around Sir Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale, but after thinking about it for a bit, I realized there are way more directions than I expected.

Right now I’m considering three different versions:

1. “Normal” Sir Gwyn goodstuff: Basically just a solid Knights/Equipment deck with all the good cards you would expect. https://archidekt.com/decks/22119662/syr
2. Templar Knight spam 😄**:** This is probably not the strongest version, but I think the idea is really funny. It seems very simple and maybe a bit brain-dead to play, but being able to tutor for repeatable removal, lock pieces, or key equipment sounds pretty neat. I’m curious if this is actually ever playable or just a meme. https://archidekt.com/decks/22106843/syr_wtf
3. Living Weapon / For Mirrodin! style build The idea would be to play mostly Equipment that also comes with creatures attached. Then later, we can draw cards from them. If the creature tokens die, I can still move the Equipment onto Sir Gwyn and haven’t really lost all the value.

I honestly can’t decide which of these three directions I want to develop further. The Templar Knight version sounds kind of dumb, but also very funny to me.

What do you think? How would you build Sir Gwyn?