The official Commander format was initially "the only sanctioned format maintained by an outside entity" other than Wizards of the Coast
Kenrith, Kindred Princes | Commander | Stephen Johnson Commander (1) 1 Kenrith, the Returned King Creatures (27) 1 Clement, the Worrywort 1 Dour Port-Mage 1 Dreamdew Entrancer 1 Flubs, the Fool 1 Glarb, Calamity's Augur 1 Great Whale 1 Grolnok, the Omnivore 1 Haze Frog 1 Helga, Skittish Seer 1 Jade Avenger 1 Lilysplash Mentor 1 Long River Lurker 1 Octomancer 1 Palinchron 1 Peregrine Drake 1 Poison Dart Frog 1 Pollywog Prodigy 1 Rampant Frogantua 1 Spore Frog 1 Tatsunari, Toad Rider 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster 1 The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride 1 Three Tree Scribe 1 Twenty-Toed Toad 1 Valley Mightcaller 1 Yargle and Multani 1 Yargle, Glutton of Urborg Instants (12) 1 AEtherize 1 Aetherspouts 1 Arcane Denial 1 Counterspell 1 Fierce Guardianship 1 Heroic Intervention 1 Jaheira's Respite 1 Kindred Summons 1 Polliwallop 1 Polymorphist's Jest 1 Rapid Hybridization 1 Turn to Frog Sorceries (8) 1 Camaraderie 1 Croaking Counterpart 1 Cultivate 1 Kindred Charge 1 Kindred Dominance 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Rampant Growth 1 Shamanic Revelation Enchantments (8) 1 Amphibian Downpour 1 Frog Tongue 1 Frogify 1 Guardian Project 1 Kindred Boon 1 Kindred Discovery 1 Rhystic Study 1 Shared Animosity Artifacts (6) 1 Arcane Signet 1 Ashnod's Altar 1 Chromatic Lantern 1 Chromatic Orrery 1 Phyrexian Altar 1 The Great Henge I decided to lean way into my theme this week, playing Rapid Hybridization because it makes a Frog Lizard token, but eschewing cards like Pongify, Swords to Plowshares, and Path to Exile for not being froggy enough
1 Harmonic Sliver
Adding in a mass removal spell to a card draw one makes this very powerful at most kitchen table formats, and it's one color, so it's pretty easy to add into your decks in Commander where color identity matters
You don't need the most expensive, best artifacts to work with pod commander Stark, so start innovating with what you have and design a nice mana curve
Sauron, the Necromancer Legendary Creature Avatar Horror Menace Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard
