Magic: The Gathering Sea Creature Commanders: Draftsim Ranks 18 Best
Draftsim's ranking of the 18 best sea creature commanders for Magic: The Gathering runs from Slinn Voda at #18 to a Sultai partner pairing at #7.
Draftsim has published a ranking of the 18 best sea creature commanders in Magic: The Gathering Commander. The provided portion covers ranks #18 to #7, plus several commanders the author left unranked. This is press coverage, not a Wizards of the Coast announcement.
How Draftsim Defines Sea Creature Commanders
The author counts legends that care about kraken, leviathans, octopuses and serpents, grouped as the "KLOS" creatures. A sea creature deck needs blue in its color identity.
Magic Sea Creature Commanders Ranked #18 to #7
- #18 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep: supports the full suite of sea creatures and needs a lot of mana. Its kicker ability is likened to a mini-Cyclonic Rift.
- #17 Sin, Spira's Punishment: ranked for a good amount of card advantage. The process ends once a nonland card is found.
- #16 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus: an Esper commander that gives one attacker unblockable and another double strike. Cephalids are now octopuses through typing errata, and white allows Yorion, Sky Nomad.
- #15 Koma, World-Eater (Foundations): tamer than the Kaldheim Koma, with uncounterability, size and serpents.
- #14 Wrexial, the Risen Deep and Gyruda, Doom of Depths: both Dimir at the same mana value. Wrexial is a legendary kraken that steals opponents' spells, and Gyruda can be a companion.
- #13 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood: flood counters can ramp into big creatures and enable islandwalk, such as Stormtide Leviathan.
- #12 Phenax, God of Deception: a popular toughness-matters commander in blue devotion colors that turns creatures into toughness-based mill engines.
- #11 Koma, Cosmos Serpent: uncounterable, sacrifices serpents and makes Koma's Coil tokens. The author prefers a commander costing less than 7 mana.
- #10 Charix, the Raging Isle: a toughness-matters commander with 17 toughness and the crab creature type.
- #9 Marvo, Deep Operative: works in the clash and topdeck space and cares about big mana. It shares colors with Runo Stromkirk and costs as much as Phenax.
- #8 Sin, Unending Cataclysm: its enter-the-battlefield effect interacts with proliferate counters, and its death trigger keeps +1/+1 counters in play.
- #7 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper: a Sultai partner pairing. Brinelin is a big-mana payoff that bounces permanents.
Sea Creature Commanders Left Off the List
Octavia, Living Thesis is a legendary octopus and a good mono-blue commander that wants a spellslinging or cantripping shell. Lorthos, the Tidemaker and Monstrosity of the Lake are also left off.
Keruga, the Macrosage is excluded because most players use it as a companion rather than a Simic commander.
Maelstrom Wanderer, an oddball Temur commander, is not recommended because red fling effects rely on power rather than toughness.
Context for Commander Players
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What it means for players
- Decide whether your build is a true KLOS deck: the author's definition requires blue.
- Toughness-matters options Phenax (#12) and Charix (#10) both made the ranked portion.
- Gyruda can be a companion and is ranked at #14, while Keruga is left off because most players use it as a companion.
What is still unknown
- Which commanders fill ranks #6 to #1 is not in the provided text.
- No official publisher announcement is involved.
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