The ultimate is good, but not if your opponent has ways to get a ton of life
Damping Sphere Damping Sphere is a sideboard all-star that punches combo decks right in the face
This Uncommon card is numbered 3/12 in the set
With two or more influence counters, opponents risk taking heavy damage from not allowing the card draw, plus this deck already wants those big creatures in the graveyard anyway
While theyre not actively fighting, Benched Pokmon can still use their abilities and can swap out with the Active Pokmon if its in trouble.
Decklist: Codie Commands in Commander Codie, Vociferous Codex | Illustration by Daniel Ljunggren Commander (1) Creatures (11) Archmage Emeritus Birds of Paradise Crystal, Inhuman Princess Ignoble Hierarch Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios Jodah, Archmage Eternal Noble Hierarch Riku of Many Paths Simian Spirit Guide Voltaic Construct Witherbloom Apprentice Instants (24) Abrupt Decay Arcane Denial Assassin's Trophy Atarka's Command Beast Within Counterspell Cyclonic Rift Dromoka's Command Frantic Search Kolaghan's Command Lorehold Command Mystical Tutor Noxious Revival Ojutai's Command Prismari Command Quandrix Command Quicken Reverberate Silumgar's Command Swan Song Swords to Plowshares Teach by Example Vampiric Tutor Verdant Command Sorceries (21) Approach of the Second Sun Ashling's Command Austere Command Blasphemous Act Conflux Culling Ritual Cultivate Demonic Tutor Emergent Ultimatum Farseek Fractured Identity Jeska's Will Kodama's Reach Mind's Desire Mnemonic Deluge Primal Command Profane Command Rampant Growth Three Visits Trystan's Command Witherbloom Command Enchantments (4) Jeskai Ascendancy Mana Cannons Sorcerer Class Whirlwind of Thought Artifacts (7) Arcane Signet Chromatic Lantern Commander's Sphere Fellwar Stone Mind Stone Obsidian Obelisk Sol Ring Lands (32) Ancient Tomb Blood Crypt Breeding Pool City of Brass Command Tower Exotic Orchard Flooded Strand Forest x2 Hallowed Fountain Island Ketria Triome Mana Confluence Misty Rainforest Mountain x2 Mystic Sanctuary Overgrown Tomb Plains x2 Polluted Delta Reliquary Tower Scalding Tarn Steam Vents Stomping Ground Swamp x2 Temple Garden The World Tree Verdant Catacombs Watery Grave Zagoth Triome There weren't really any specifically command-themed Commander decks until Riku of Many Paths, so I went ahead and threw together a list of what I think it could look like
