Making the First Legendary Phoenix: Syrix! New Capenna Commander Magic: the Gathering Design

[@DeangusMcFife]

even thought Mark just talked about this in a newer podcast episode, a Myr legend would be great

[@mankeyproductions9109]

YES!!!!! LEGENDARY MYR!!!!

[@fuckyougoogle5915]

We've got Myrophon xD, but yeah a 5 colour legend that actually cares about myr would be neat.

[@goatsfluff]

I second this. WUBRG Myr so you get to use all the monocolored Myr dorks! I wanna see what the first Myr is up to!

[@andrewsparkes6275]

@@goatsfluff Given we're liking going back to New Phyrexia, I'd like to see the Myr accidentally and unwittingly causing the revolution against the Phyrexians!

[@goatsfluff]

@@andrewsparkes6275 You might be onto something. They Myr, if I'm not mistaken, aren't necessarily conscious. After Memnarch's disappearance, they're still doing... something; whatever they're programmed to do. But what if they gained sentience? I'd love to at least see a sentient legendary Myr. Because they're adorable, but the little guys pack a punch. Them rolling into a giant ball strikes fear into the hearts of men. Just imagine what they could do with a little free will. I wonder if they could do something with blinkmoth still.

[@themanadork6143]

This is honestly a great design in that it compliments Phoenix decks without a generic anthem-like effect, it’s also multicolor, and lets said Phoenix players take advantage of sacrificing effects as well.

[@macmusial3644]

Speaking of Reassembling Skeleton, I would love a Skeleton commander that actually plays well with other Skeletons, like maybe something that cares about when a creature etbs tapped or becomes tapped, since that covers regeneration and reassemble effects which are the two main things skeletons do

[@ev6781]

Or Go wide could totally work for that skeletal hoard theme.

[@DarkX64]

I think a cool tribal commander should be a Golgari Skeleton lord. And make it incorporate regeneration (or some fixed version of it) Second to that would be a legendary Grixis Specter that actually cares about Specters, and interacts with discard.

[@claymoutz2966]

I have all the pieces for a golgari skeleton commander deck set aside, just waiting for the right legend.

[@christopherlbooth2332]

I want a myr commander. Sadly would need 5 colors to play them all but a myr commander that builds different myr machines in a catd layout similar to kenrith would be awesome.

[@eulefranz944]

U got your wish!

[@JacobBos1988]

I would love to see a Legendary Lhurgoyf. Also more Atogs would not hurt:)

[@Ekair42]

Yeah, although atogs have a very narrow design space in the fact they sacrifice certain permanents

[@Hakapiks42]

We've been due for a new Legendary Griffin. The one that exists (from Mirage) is highly overcosted and boosts your opponents' griffins. Maybe revisit Zuberi, Golden Feather in the next Jumpstart?

[@willb4056]

Myrs! The little robot friends are in desperate need of a 5 colour legend for them!

[@christiannettel6157]

Awesome Phoenix, I definitely agree with the addition of black. This might seem crazy but I would like a 5 color legendary Myr. Morophon didn't help my tribal Myr theme one bit and Golos got banned. I need a proper commander for this deck and not just Progenitus.

[@dillonevertsen5938]

I would love a commander where he cares about having a lot of creatures on the battlefield. On your side and your opponents side of the field too. For example his power is equal to The amount of creatures you control and toughness is equal to the amount of creatures your opponents control.

[@Nyxol001]

maybe more attention to The lesser used types? Like The bat, or something that needs a tribal commander, like the myr.

[@SSolemn]

I need a Sultai faerie Legendary, so I can finally play a real faerie tribal 😅 I have decks for Nymris, Alela and Rubinia, but none of them can take full benefit of them as a tribe, and the green ones are cool too!

[@bensantos7361]

Ik there technically is one but a turtle legendary centered around turtle tribal would be 🔥

[@regaleagle6533]

Archelos is built around turtle tribal. It’s a great nod to the tortoise and the hare.

[@gogaschnitzel3222]

@@regaleagle6533 how the fuck is archelos turtle tribal😂

[@regaleagle6533]

@@gogaschnitzel3222 There was a turtle and hare He said I’ve got haste beware The rabbits they napped And came into play tapped The turtles killed him fair and square

[@gogaschnitzel3222]

@@regaleagle6533 it's rap untap shenanigans not turtle tribal

[@regaleagle6533]

@@gogaschnitzel3222 I don’t think you understand what tribal means

[@goatsfluff]

Neat video! Since you asked: I want a legendary Myr. Myr tribal would be so cool! Yes, Brudiclad might kind of be a Myr (there are theories that he is a compleated version of the first Myr), but I want one that references Myr properly. And I feel like it should have more colors. Maybe all colors. However, WUBRG, as a casting cost... well, it would actually fit, since we have the mana dork Myrs! So you know what, a WUBRG Myr commander sounds fun! It'd be awesome to see what became of the first Myr. What would even Myr tribal do? I love the Battlesphere, and there seem to be quite a few Myr cards making tokens. Other than that, there's Bant Merfolk, raccoon... I'd love a fox tribe. I wonder how a Vedalken tribe commander would look. Then there's Phyrexian. I want a deck that just brims with power and, more importantly, flavor! This one could be in all five colors, but I'd be curious to see one with only the 'allied' praetors is five colors seem not feasible (so without Urabrask). It'd actually be really cool if, one day when we went to a more compleated plane, we got a deck that has some praetors on the Phyrexian side and another with Urabrask, possible deserters and other badass characters. Also, Skeleton tribal! I've seen some fun ideas about the commander making itself stronger by building itself up with other skeletons you sacrifice or exile. Seems fun! But I'm digressing. I'd love more colorless commanders, but Myr as a tribe is what I perhaps want the most. Once again, great vid as always! It was interesting to learn about the development of this commander. A new tribe has been born! Or perhaps... risen from the ashes?

[@lcscrdr]

Myr is my favorite creature type and I want to join the folks who are asking for a legendary creature for that tribe

[@someepicnerd7821]

It would be neat to get more legendary animals mostly for the lore. Gore claw is super cool. Maybe you could make a legendary turtle that has a huge island in its shell or something

[@harleybaker4684]

We have a legendary turtle already right? It’s not in the tribal sense but I believe he’s there at least

[@RadioSilver27]

I'm happy you've made this one. I've been working on a Phoenix Tribal deck with the Rakdos chainer for over a year now but never felt it could be fast enough. Now we're cooking with gas!

[@addybob]

I’ve always wanted a legendary gargoyle.

[@colbyhill25]

Legendary Goat! Give me Goat tribal or give me death!

[@mayasloos]

I've been waiting for so long for a legendary Phoenix. Thank you Gavin!!!!! Gonna have a lot of fun with this boi

[@crystalcoulson5303]

The commander I’ve been looking for for a long time is a commander who actively rewards you for playing Vehicles in your deck. A couple of thoughts/observations I’ve had trying to brew around them for over a year now: Crewing vehicles is just not inherently powerful enough of a bonus for a commander to provide. At the end of the day, if your strategy is to play a bunch of relatively fair creatures on curve, and your commander is just there to let them attack, you’re way behind what most commander tables are doing. Color identity is a huge issue for the archetype. For a long time, vehicles were in RW, but didn’t quite have the card pool to build a decent commander deck. Neon Dynasty brought some new legends to Vehicles, including even a precon, but… nothing in an appropriate color identity to utilize the existing card pool. Greasefang in particular is the first legend that really does something powerful for a vehicle deck, but unfortunately, she can play neither the old red cards or the new blue cards. Which brings us to now. We have two distinct card pools for vehicles (RW, UW) with no commander to tie them together, and a really interesting vehicle commander (BW) who can use neither of them.

[@charleydingboom8714]

It's been XX years, please give us a legendary Kavu...

[@bordnation1594]

Wouldn't say its a creature type... but im pretty fond of defender decks. Would love to see a crab commander

[@dess8815]

here me out guys playable eldrazi commanders that have colors in their casting costs i mean just imagine a blue black eldrazi that lets you cast things from your opponents exile and makes ingest create value

[@regaleagle6533]

1 color eldrazi are bad enough haha

[@thatguycam1989]

Now, we just need more Phoenix cards :)

[@twarnold14]

Myr. But I'm secretly afraid I won't like it. ... Unless we got a bunch of them! Like they are all different colors and they have a Friends Forever variant so I can mix and match my little robot buddies!

[@ericsmith3808]

I think there needs to be a legendary card that works with the Rampage mechanic. It was an interesting self-buff mechanic that didnt get a lot of cards (less than 30!). I think the best way to build it would be in either a Naya or Dune deck with the main commander mechanic being something along the lines of "creatures you control with power 3 or less have trample and rampage 2". The deck would be focussed on putting out combat-utility creatures and then using cards that force opponents to use blockers.

[@marcoluciani4790]

A Legendary Myr that cares about the things Myrs do instead of tokens, for some reason (Looking at you, Brudiclad!) would be extremely sick. Plus, their design feels pretty simple, doesn't it? All they wanna do is assemble a chain of operations with a bunch of small guys that eventually let you push out the bigger ones like Myr Enforcer or Myr Superion. The cards themselves feel like a bunch of factory workers on the job, which is extremely spot-on considering what the Myrs are to begin with. Please give us more Myrs when we return to Mirrodin/Phyrexia, Myr Tribal was the first deck I ever made.

[@marshall4439]

Shaman! I would love a commander that pulled some of the old Morningtide shaman tribal stuff together in a cool way. Shaman don’t seem to have an overarching theme, other than perhaps having powerful tap abilities, so maybe this would be an opportunity to fully establish a mechanical identity

[@jamgong7422]

I would love to see a legendary Orzhov Demon !!! Doesnt even matter what playstyle he supports, but i would love for him to be a devilish, gentelman styled and dapper fellow.

[@sethkappaccilli9509]

more Orzhov legends in general best guild

[@NXPhoenix3]

Thank you for listening and giving us a desired tribal commander. As for next, my inner Timmy calls for Wurmmmmmmmmmmmmms! Straight up would be great, although the idea of sort of having other creatures "ride" wurms (potentially share their abilities but use the wurm's power/toughness) also sounds super cool.

[@alastorkyohi2645]

I would love to see more Werewolf Horror support as a deck, the art of Howling Chorus is really cool

[@TheVampire989]

How about a 4-color Ooze legend to finally bring the whole collection of ooze creatures together!

[@kingfuzzy2]

A 4 colour frog commander would be great so I can finally have a non partner commander for my two four colour frog decks. Licids, leech's, sponges, nightstalkers and other wacky obscure tribes from scourge block would also be grate.

[@PhazonOmega]

Gorgons, since you're asking. I would love a gorgon commander. I know they tend to be solitary creatures, but there's a lot of ability and flavor directions a legendary gorgon support commander could go, such as when Pharika's gorgons are much more helpful than other gorgons.

[@marcossoares2545]

I would love to see a Myr commander!

[@spacekrill]

I'm still outraged that Brudiclad isn't a Myr tbh

[@kevin_Masters]

I’m not a tribal player but I’d love some exile reward legendary. Something that makes oblivian ring playable. 1W Something mono white with: whenever a spell or ability you control exiles a permanent draw a card. Triggers only once each turn. 1U. Whenever a permanent enters the battlefield from exile this turn or was cast from exile return it to its owners hand instead.

[@tylerbinder8698]

Legendary plant creature

[@AcePlaysTCGs]

I love that this phoenix is a creature you may not actually want to put back in the command zone. Just graveyard it and keep casting it for its mana cost until it gets exiled.

[@Saffron-mb8mp]

I think Drakes deserve a legend, or at least a mythic

[@TheYGOMusketeer]

An Angel that enables your big Angels! They cost so much and Angel decks are so numerous in colours that all existing Angel commanders can't use some of the cooler Angels in other colours. It meant be time to consider 4 or 5 colour Angel tribal to be honest!

[@andrewforsythe9146]

I've thought about this for a while. Over the years a lot of popular creature types have bled out into all 5 colours. Could we get a cycle of 4-mana iconic creatures with mana costs that are 4 hybrid mana symbols (e.g. all white for angels, all red for dragons, all blue for merfolk and so on?) I'd settle for some more mono-coloured creatures with multi-coloured abilities though. Also, a colourless legend that has all 5 colours and some way of being any creature type but having a drawback for not sticking to the tribe would be nice for our obscure creature types (e.g. if you control more creatures of one creature type than any other, cardname is that creature type too, but it gets -1/-1 for each each creature you control that isn't that type).

[@dess8815]

here is an idea i had for a long time so a imp fell in love with this powerful angel and devoted his entire life to finding a way to free her from her prison when she was set free by him she fell for his bravery and granted him a blessing that would empower and protect him together they ruled over their war torn world and fought side by side in countless battles so our imp is a 2 mana 1/1 red black flying death touch creature who says angles cost 4 less mana when he's on the battlefield and our angel is a 8 mana black white 7/7 with vigilance flying and lifelink that grants all imps you control +6/+6 indestructible and trample i just love the idea of some imp reducing the cost of some of the most powerful beings in magic and when he his lover hits the battlefield she empowers his people turning them all into huge threats and making imps playable of course they are partner commanders but they can only partner with each other making their love all the more true

[@FasrielynGaming]

A legendary drake would be amazing. They were my favorite since 7th edition.

[@thefranchise6222]

It's time to give the people what they want, a good dogo commander, just a good Boi that cares about other dogs and also that it has protection from cats

[@Buchaus]

The Cinematic Phoenix from Heroes of the Realm was *technically* the first Legendary Phoenix, which is funny because it was also black/red. I like that this works on the concept of phoenixes leaving the graveyard, but giving them undying would have been such a flavor win. Understandable why you didn't though

[@TheDreamTwist]

Shark legendary, dimir colors and theme of submerging/stalking hopefully some graveyard matters (sunken ships/treasure) maybe with something of flash also to represent the sudden burst from the depths

[@mrinsanity1888]

I would love to see a legendary skeleton since there isn’t much support for skeleton tribal

[@cactusguy4363]

Not a specific type, but I've always wanted an arsonist/avalancher commander who likes removing land. Not your opponent's, your own. Maybe even some condition like "opponent's lands gain indestructable and cannot be tributed" to counteract all of the old cards that destroy everyone's lands.

[@SketchingHands]

Really looks like Yugioh’s Winged Dragon of Ra. Which has a Phoenix form lol

[@Protoss64]

I would love to see a Jund Elemental legendary.

[@Stoicgame]

As long as it’s one that hasn’t been done yet, and it makes sense lore wise anything is fine for me. Heck, make a legendary ouphe. They already have cool mechanics anyhow.

[@andrewsparkes6275]

2GGG. When Legendary Ouphe enters the battlefield, No player may do anything for the rest of the game.

[@sethkappaccilli9509]

@@andrewsparkes6275 Legendary Ouphe makes players start another game of a different card game. If player who controls the L Ouphe loses the new game. They must sac this creature.

[@YayapLives]

Man I love the idea of 'phoenixes you control have undying so much.' It'd be cool if, because you're assuming that the undying is not as big of an upgrade as it would be on other creature types, that instead the main benefit was something else. Like 'modified phoenixes you control have doublestrike'

[@Kifusagi]

I’d love to see a legendary Horse/Pegasus/Unicorn that essentially makes them one creature type, for synergy between the three

[@panwall1327]

I see a lot of love for Myr in the comments, but with the introduction of goldhound, what about Legendary Treasure?

[@bryceduyvewaardt8136]

A legendary 5colour golem that looks like a BIONICLE would be really cool! RIP my old Golos deck; it’s commander was too strong.

[@TheAngelChaz]

Drake commander always wondering why that hasn’t done with how many there are

[@pokugrf4000]

I think they're worried about making a Drake commander without also making a Kanye commander

[@chickenwyngs3646]

Would love a Sultai Ooze Tribal commander. While The Mimeoplasm is an Ooze in Sultai, it’s usually a copy of something, and lends itself better to reanimator.

[@cayladodd9216]

I want more fairies! Like a really good solid fairy tribal commander

[@CelticMTG]

I want a Legendary Uncle Istvan... please make that happen!

[@matthewmccreight9854]

Bant morph with alternative/ cheaper ways to turn them face up. (Also needs card draw in some way to be playable; ie "on combat damage draw a card." Or "whenever a permanent is turned face up, draw a card.") (I want an aggressive option, as kadena is reactive and does that well, the other axis would be fun to build.)

[@jonathandoherty9082]

It'd be great to actually have a sea monster specific commander

[@sethkappaccilli9509]

the one new flip vamp ?

[@ToxicAtom]

I would love to see an Angel commander that's not mono-white that also mechanically cares about Angels. Giada was a step in the right direction, but there are plenty of Red- and Black-inclusive angels I'd want to play too. (and before anyone says "Just play Kaalia," yes I have considered that, but I don't want to play a commander that paints a neon target on my face, thanks.)

[@orsettomorbido]

Of note, there are not THAT many phoenixes who can freely come out of the graveyard without the need of entering the battlefield beforehand. Even less if we want those birds to enter the battlefield from the gy and not just go back in hand. Black is an AMAZING addition to the tribe, but it's usefulness has to searched in a lot of places, not just library to graveyard.

[@user-ko8pu5wu4l]

Legendary pangolin is the way to go

[@rotheraisscott7315]

I'm honestly shocked someone else commented this before me, pangolin tribal deck for the win

[@thegameboy710]

I would love to see a sultai colored frog legendary creature,frog tribal really needs some love,or maybe a legendary brushwagg just for the fun of it.

[@1coolnika133]

Now we need it’s awesome secret lair version and I can be 100% happy again

[@coinsas]

I feel dogs need more synergy with each other, and just some more dogs for variety. There’s a few of them but I feel you still need to dip into changelings for “good” dogs. I could be wrong but I want a fun dog commander

[@XxSamuxK2LxX]

Get this.... A Leech commander. Just imagine the possibilities. Drain, swarm, buff!!!

[@chaseoswald7904]

Spider!! Please!! I have a snake deck and a rat deck. This would just fit my creepy crawly theme. There are a few spider legends, but they feel like spiders that just happen to be legendary.

[@jonathanjardines469]

Skeleton knights or more Lichs would be really cool. Not sure how it'd fit into a set though since I doubt we will be seeing planes like innistrad or Eldraine any time soon.

[@mythito9032]

Crab, I know we already have Charix, the Raging Isle, but i just desperately want a crab legend centered around boosting other crabs

[@KnucklesGum]

I would love to have a multicoloured Wurm commander, which has synergy with Wurms. Grothama is cool, but the card doesn't really ask for a Wurm tribal deck

[@Alexsnow0_0]

Honestly I would like more support for tap strategies. Like tap opponent creature strategies to clarify.

[@skyride945]

I'd love to see a legendary ouphe that cares about other ouphes or a legendary spider that that cares about spiders

[@sethkappaccilli9509]

I want a legend spider so bad

[@lokidragon8725]

Next? I want a Sultai Crocodile commander that cares about counters, I’ve currently got a croc tribal deck lead by Vorosh he works but just takes over the deck if I ever cast him. Something that cares about the crocs going into combat would be good.

[@schrottinator]

I would love a legendary wurm in Jund.

[@robohex6]

I think a Myr tribal commander would be really cool

[@Mandolorian1001]

Remember the era of edh when they didnt spoonfeed you everything you wanted or needed for a commander deck?

[@lukechaney3718]

A legendary sliver that's not all five colors

[@siulshrill.3230]

Skeleton lord, golgari but maybe golgari + partner (with/friend/etc) maybe

[@willcorff]

Maybe not a Goat legendary, but perhaps a legendary shepard that makes goats for goat tribal, and maybe a heard dog that goes with it

[@alexdentondxiw]

Dimir Angel. Something dope AF

[@overfailed3639]

I would live to see a legendary Assembly Worker!

[@Battleguild]

Would like to see a Legendary WUBRG Leech. With the effect of making your spells cost WUBRG more to cast.

[@anthonymartin4065]

I know I shouldn’t… but a Final Sliver (the name being that would be dope) with Annihilater 2 (or 4) being 2 and WUBRG to cast would be dope. Or make it colorless and 9 or 10 to cast, would be awesome. Also, pay WUBRG and give target Sliver Annihilater 4. I have a personal love and soft spot for Eldrazi and Slivers.

[@jeremycourtney8797]

Im here to mention the long dust tribe of Spikes.

[@izzyv830]

obviously, we need a legendary Triskelavite, its kinda a no brainer. i have been waiting to make a Triskelavite tribal deck for sooooo long

[@Themetaldad]

I would love to see a horror legend that cares about horrors

[@darkzero3]

The new Commander Decks has them

[@Roxas_241]

My first commander deck was tribal spider because the only cards i like when playing modern were spiders, i was kind or disappointed with my options as Thanatis is okay but feels counter productive as it forces my big defensive spiders to attack and the others are basically mono green, i would like a new legendary spider that goads creature so i can play into the huge defense value of spiders without forcing mine to attack

[@barelyahuman5293]

If you guys haven’t designed all the dnd commanders I’d love to see a legendary kobold and some other kobold tribal cards

[@j143417]

I want a thoughtseize dual land. For example it has land types forest, swamp and as this card enters the battlefield you may discard two cards. If you don't this land enters tapped.

[@kaijuknight9109]

I would love to see a shark legend at some point but i know we don't have enough support to build a shark tribal deck yet

[@albertofraccaroli6795]

I think a Ooze legend that care about other oozes would be very cool

[@regaleagle6533]

They already made Aeve

[@qou2600]

I'd love a legendary monger

[@GreaseGuy281]

A good kithkin commander would be fun. Hopefully in blue white and green

[@Mtglilypads]

I still want a Legendary Bant Merfolk Commander because when I 1st started I made Sygg UW and then became UG Kummena but in the end I like the tap untapped merfolk abilities and also liked all 3 colors so I've been using the Bird Derevi but I still crave a REAL Bant Merfolk commander

[@LopaRB]

I really want a Good Mardu Warriors Commander!! (It could also be Blue-Less)

[@philippniemann8842]

I am still wanting for my platypus tribal! 😭😭😭

[@FightingForFinancialFreedom]

more colorless legendary creatures please!

[@kendallhall7502]

Black green white fungus legendary that deal with spore counters

[@Alien_Chicken048]

A crab commander that cares for crabs