Players have come to expect these elite few cards will have unique and powerful effects, so how do you decide what kind of effect is deserving of Legendary status, and how do you pick what characters get that premium treatment

Izzet Guildmage Izzet Guildmage | Illustration by Jim Murray Commander (1) Creature (7) Oliphaunt Automated Artificer Fallaji Archaeologist Ornithopter of Paradise Academy Wall Trinket Mage Murmuring Mystic Instant (31) Brainstorm Consider Dispel Electrickery Fiery Impulse Frost Bite Galvanic Blast Gigadrowse High Tide Intervene Lightning Bolt Opt Skred Arcane Denial Blink of an Eye Counterspell Deprive Dramatic Reversal Fire / Ice Fire Prophecy Impulse Into the Roil Memory Lapse Moment of Truth Muddle the Mixture Negate Radical Idea Think Twice Thrill of Possibility Volcanic Spite Dizzy Spell Sorcery (9) Gitaxian Probe Hard Evidence Lrien Revealed Ponder Preordain Treasure Cruise Cleansing Wildfire Hidden Strings Merchant Scroll Enchantment (1) Artifact (18) Everflowing Chalice Arcum's Astrolabe Moonsnare Prototype Relic of Progenitus Springleaf Drum Arcane Signet Fellwar Stone Izzet Signet Neurok Stealthsuit Sky Diamond Star Compass Bonder's Ornament Honored Heirloom Lantern of Revealing Network Terminal Firemind Vessel Sisay's Ring Ur-Golem's Eye Land (33) Ash Barrens Command Tower Evolving Wilds Great Furnace Izzet Boilerworks Maestros Theater Molten Tributary Mystic Sanctuary Prismari Campus Silverbluff Bridge Snow-Covered Island x17 Snow-Covered Mountain x4 Terramorphic Expanse Volatile Fjord The cycles of Guildmages from the various Ravnica sets have always made for good uncommon commanders

A Guide to Your Magic: The Gathering Norin the Wary Commander Deck There are commanders that scream power, like Atraxa or The Ur-Dragon, and then theres Norin the Wary
But there are some nifty ways to use this as an enchantment commander if you can weather the storm of players immediately suspicious of your deck
They have an extra ability called cycling, but have a downside of entering the battlefield tapped, meaning you cant produce mana with them on the first turn they are played
Repentant Blacksmith Rarity: Common TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Human CMC: 2 Mana cost: USD: $44.17 EUR: 43.74 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 30586 (1/2) Protection from red Ring of Ma'rf Rarity: Rare TYPE: Artifact SUBTYPE: - CMC: 5 Mana cost: USD: $115.82 EUR: 82.29 TIX: 0.00 EDHREC RANK: 29056 , , Exile this artifact: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead put a card you own from outside the game into your hand