I've been mulling over an idea since the announcement of FTV: Flip (really?!) and I wonder what people would put into FTV: Commander?

I keep starting lists and discarding cards and honestly I have no idea of what my 15 would entail.

What would your lists be?

Rules:
Reserved list excluded & nothing that has already appeared in a FTV product, otherwise open bar!

The "Well, Duh" pick:
Command Tower

The "Auto-include" picks:
Deadeye Navigator
Tooth and Nail

The "Probably But Oh God I Hope Not" picks
Genesis Wave
Derevi

The "Has Been In An FTV But Here It Is Again Because We Love It So" pick
Sol Ring

(Will edit and add more cards later if inspiration strikes)

Kokusho for being banned then unbanned, but this time with alternate art to justify using it again.

Also random commander not yet foil, like Basandra or Nin

I would hope it was obscure cards that are strong or fun in EDH, but not well known or widely used. Unfortunately, it would likely be "good stuff" fodder. E.g.:

Preferred:
Blaze of Glory - reserved...really?
Mana Cache
Cream of the Crop
Baton of Morale - banding on defense - so underrated


Expected:


Resources

So here's my list:

Elesh Norn
Cyclonic Rift
Ixidron
Victimize
Mikaeus the Unhallowed
Warp World
Skyshroud Claim
Kaervek
Pernicious Deed
Lord of Extinction
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Mimic Vat
Lurking Predators
Dack Fayden
Solemn Simulacrum

A mix of staples, heavy hitters and a couple of cool spells.

FTFY

Not very balanced color-wise and some of those have had an awful lot of reprints already as well; but not a bad list.

Here are some of my nominees:

Gift of Estates
Library of Lat-Nam
Overwhelming Forces
Hecatomb
Warrior's Oath
Three Visits
Crown of the Ages
Baton of Morale
Elemental Augury

I feel like Demonic Tutor deserves a commander reprint.

Doubling Season. It's legendary.

Of course! I was so caught up in the Green spell being Skyshroud Claim that I didn't even think about it.

I've already revised my list, but I just can't decide on artifact or land. If I stick to the criteria, I can't include the artifacts I want to so I went with Solemn Sim. Is Mana Crypt too obscure for a product like this?

Same with Land: I would have loved to add some of the cards from FTV Lands or about 20 from the reserved list. After that it's either Wasteland or Cabal Coffers, neither of which really appealed.

DT is also a good call. I'm personally not a fan of open-ended tutors in Commander but I can see the appeal.



Command Tower was in Arsenal as a foil and in every single commander deck since. Is that not too "common" for a FTV printing?

Your Auto-includes are very high on a lot of people's "Groan" lists. You sure you don't want to put Craterhoof in there?

Actually, each colour and card type has issues for the most iconic.

White is either removal or one of the big legends. Pretty much everything else is obscure or Mother of Runes.

Blue has a huge amount of options, but the top contender is probably Rift which is pretty controversial.

Black: I want another Living Death, thought seriously about Grave Pact, went with Mikaeus and added Victimize because I love it. Would probably change that to Necromancy & DT now. Damnation?

Red: What's Iconic in Red? Goblins? Dragons? Lightning Bolt? I went with what I liked but it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Green: Skyshroud Claim & Doubling Season. Lurking predators was a fill in at enchantment.

Colourless: Probably one of the legendary Eldrazi, maybe All is Dust if White doesn't provide the boardwipe.

Gold: I went with Boom Tube, one of the original fatties, but I'd audible to one of the Elder Dragons now. Not Bolas. Chromium would be cool.

Artifact: Probably should be Sol Ring but, excluding that, it's about 15 other artifacts and not everyone else is as in love with Cloudstone Curio as I am. Ensnaring Bridge would be cool, but maybe not iconic.

Land: I really want it to be Gaea's Cradle or Serra's Sanctum but maybe Wasteland or Coffers would fit here. Or Command Tower. (*coughs* boring *coughs*)

Enchantment : Pernicous Deed.

Planeswalker : I wanted flip-Jace but that would be unfeasable logistically, so I went with one I find most effective: Dack Fayden There's none that really stand out to me apart from him. I have a PW deck and he's almost the only 'walker I run outside that deck in all the decks I play (Swamp Liliana in Mono-B, but she's unlikely to make the cut here.)

Here's my edited cut:

Elesh Norn
Cyclonic Rift
Necromancy
Demonic Tutor
Skyshroud Claim
Chromium
Pernicious Deed
All is Dust
Doubling Season
Dack Fayden
Command Tower

A red Card
A gold card with Red
A blue Card
An Artifact

Oblivion Stone would be nice for colorless.

Wouldn't this be more likely to be "Commander's Arsenal 2" ?

FTVs are named with a theme. FTV Commander would probably never exist as anything but 15 legends (commanders)

Not Deadeye Navigator... I'm having enough trouble as it is getting a hold of every possible copy for a massive bonfire.

1. Land Tax (could use a new printing and it's a very useful mana fixer)
2. Cyclonic Rift
3. Demonic Tutor
4. Chaos Warp
5. Birds of Paradise
6. Merciless Eviction
7. Mirari's Wake
8. Detention Sphere
9. Mystic Snake
10. Command Tower
11. Sol Ring
12. Vedalken Orrery
13. Solemn Simulacrum
14. Sakura-Tribe Elder
15. Wrath of God

Just off the top of my head, but there isn't much value in those.

I would much rather see another commander's arsenal but such that it was a deckbuilding toolkit. Something like 100 cards pulled from a pool of commander staples, deck box, 100 sleeves, 2 d10 percentile dice for life totals.

Pretty much every list I came up with isn't viable. Half the old gold cards I want reprinted are on the reserve list. I can't really express my artistic tastes without going completely off rails, so a list of legends with bad art is out and kinda undercuts the uniqueness of FTV (and Oona is on a FTV list). A land list for 5 color decks isn't worth posting.

FTV isn't going to give me the things I want.

Ok...
1. Land Tax
2. Path to Exile
3. Cryptic Command
4. Future Sight
5. Demonic Tutor
6. Phyrexian Arena
7. Chaos Warp
8. Blasphemous Act
9. Doubling Season
10. Mana Reflection
11. Oblivion Stone
12. Gauntlet of Power
13. Vindicate
14. Eladamri's Call
15. Fire's of Yavimaya