Innistrad Midnight Hunt in Commander

[WWolfe]

According to EDHRec, three of the top four commanders of the past week are Innistrad related. Two from the set and one likely due to the set itself.

1- Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge (500 decks)
2- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (458 decks)
3- Prosper, Tome-Bound (349 decks)
4- Edgar Markov (256 decks)

This is kind of typical for a new set, but it's interesting nonetheless. Especially the resurgence of Edgar.  Do we expect any of these decks to show staying power in the top decks for the month or do we expect them to fizzle out as typically happens over the course of a few weeks.

Personally I could see Tovolar staying around, maybe not the top 5 but definitely hanging around a while.

[Potato Chop]

I agree with you in that Tovolar will stay for a while. I think he's the Werewolf commander that people have been wanting for a long time, and a fresh take on the Gruul colours - that card draw is very useful.

I feel like Prosper should go down for good after a little while (maybe a month), and I think Edgar is going to see fast decline in the time between now and the release of Crimson Vow, when his popularity will shoot up again. Wilhelt's popularity really depends on the quality of the zombies in Crimson Vow and how quickly he becomes viewed as overpopularised. I know that I, for one, get bored of commanders quickly when there are a lot of people playing them around me. I have less of an urge to build them because it seems less unique.

[Akira Foxmind]

I'm suprised that Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor isn't in the Top 4 as well. I mean it's the first curse-tribal commander who really supports the theme.

[WWolfe]

I'm suprised that Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor isn't in the Top 4 as well. I mean it's the first curse-tribal commander who really supports the theme.

Lynde is 12th with 194 decks.

I think the problem is support for the deck in those colors. It's enchantment heavy (30 possible curses in the commander's color identity, some of which are marginal at best) but the best enchantment support (enchantresses, the new card that lets you add mana for each enchantment you control, Sigil of the Empty Throne, enchantment protection like Sterling Grove, Serra's Sanctum if you have a small fortune to drop on the deck, etc.) is all in green and white, the two colors not in the commander's color identity.

[WWolfe]

So for the past month....

1- Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge 1252 decks
2- Prosper, Tome-Bound 1018 decks
3- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver 960 decks
4- Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 865 decks
5- Kenrith, the Returned King 835 decks
6- Edgar Markov 806 decks

38- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 412 decks