#deck idea

And this is a card that should have been made WU instead of BR. Crucias was a sailor in the Yotian Navy who was drummed out due to an indiscretion with an Admiral's daughter. Yes, Crucias became a pirate and then an honest businessman and sea captain but the big thing about him is that he would later become a planeswalker and change his name to Bo Levar.

Combining keywords can be fun, and today we’re messing around with a very potent combination.

Keywords: Deathtouch and First Strike

When a creature with both first strike and deathtouch battles another creature, the other creature is usually destroyed before it gets to deal any damage. The creature is virtually unbeatable. of course, there are a lot of ways for an experienced player to break up this combo, but it’s good to let the kids feel like they’ve run into something broken once in a while.

I recommend only letting kids play this deck against adults an not each other, as this deck has the potential to be frustrating to play against for the kids.

Focus Cards: Nightshade Peddler & Hanweir Lancer

We’re using the Soulbond keyword to grant the abilities. these creatures can be paired together to make two death-strikers, or they can be combined with other creatures to make more disposable death-strikers.

We of course can’t rely on always getting both of our Soulbond creatures, so we’re including alternatives, where we can replace one of our soulbond creatures with a regular French Vanilla

If the kids ask why this card is white bordered, you can tell them it’s what they used to do with reprints, but this isn’t something they need to know unless they ask

I’m also including other simple keywords, as well as both high power and high toughness creatures, so the kids can experiment with which combinations works best.

Since we’re granting deathtouch, I’m omitting trample from this deck since the interaction can be confusing.

Hey guys, check out one of my extremely lore focused Commander decks: The Coalition Rides Again!

Two cards that are going in my Navy-themed memorial deck.

'Admiral's Order' may depict pirates but it depicts them wearing the colors of the Navy, blue and gold.

'Unsettled Mariner' is probably the most expensive Creature card that will be going into my Navy-themed deck at $2.25, with 'Cosima, God of the Voyage' coming in at $2.00.