Tiamat's Tavern

  Hello everyone, today I’ll be discussing a topic that I recently got into. I’ll be discussing good commanders, but not just overall commanders. Today, I’ll be discussing good Deathtouch commanders. These are not in order of best to worst, they are just all good deathtouch commanders I am interested in reviewing. Deathtouch For a refresher and for anyone who is new to the game; deathtouch is an ability that creatures can have.  Deathtouch:  Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. For example, if a 2/2 deathtouch creature is attacking and a 4/4 blocks that 4/4 and the 2/2 are dead.  There are ways to get around deathtouch, one other ability called First strike where the other creature hits first, but that’s not what this blog is about so let’s get into these commanders! Queen Marchesa Mana cost: 1 white, 1 red, 1 black, 1 colorless/any color Abilities: Deathtouch, Haste At the beginning of your upkeep, if the opponent is the monarch, pu...

Hello! I’ll be giving you all a lesson on intimidate today! I’m super excited to do this so let’s get going. What is Intimidate? Intimidate is an ability that was introduced to M:TG during Zendikar. This ability is similar to the ability fear. Fear stated: This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures. Intimidate on the other hand is an ability where creatures can only be blocked by other creatures that one share it’s color or is an artifact. Intimidate, in my opinion, is a better version of fear that works with all colors. This ability is very unique, here are a few facts you might want to know: First Introduced: Zendikar Last Used In: Commander 2017 Actual Text: Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Statistics (as of November 2018): 19 cards Black:63% Green:11% Red:5% White:5% Artifact:11% Multicolor:5% Examples My Opinion My opinion of this ability is that it ...