Choosing Your Commander - Simic

Next up is the blue/green color combination.  There are only three choices, but each one has the ability to be an awesome commander.  Blue/green both like to draw cards and pump creatures in interesting ways, an the only place where the color combination is truly weak is at destroying creatures.  Hoefully, we get more options for commanders when Gatecrash arrives, as the color combination has a lot of promise.  I'm not going to bother with a Top 2 list, as that seems a little silly.  I will say that Edric is probably the best in a competetive arena, but Experiment Kraj is the most broken in terms of combination potential.

Edric, Spymaster of Trest:  On first examination, its easy to dismiss Edric as a "group hug" or cuteway to incentivize your opponents to not attack you.  But when properly built, an Edric deck can absolutely bury slower decks in damage and card advanatge with a swarm of small creatures.  Edric is also nice in that he doesn't necessarily hurt the opponent when he is out, and sometimes they will let him live far longer than he should just so they can draw cards of their own. 










Experiment Kraj:
There are so many combinations of abilities that when combined on a single creature creatue some fairly degenerate situations that it should not be hard for you to find a few that you find fun and exciting.  Just looking at combos with Devoted Druid and Doubling Season can allow you to prety much have Experiment Kraj do anything you want, and the introduction of the untap symbol can make things really interesting.  It's actually a little difficult to not go infinite while trying to abuse Experiment Kraj, so finding a middle ground will take some real time and energy.

Momir Vig, Simic Visionary:  Momir Vig is a realtively easy creature to build around, in that you are greatly rewarded for playing creatures that are both blue and green, but even so thees colors are very good at manipulating the top of the deck and can still generate card advantage with just playing blue creatures.  Overall, its nice to be able to play the deck as a toolbox deck with answers to many different situations or permanents, so if playing blue/green control strikes your fancy then Momir Vig may be the general for you.