You can't self-mill your commander, plus she's mono-White which is way to restrictive for what we want to do here, so she's not a viable option. Elesh Norn is a great reanimation target but not so sweet a commander.

Now let's figure out what commander we're going to use to lead the final deck in this article. This is a Red-less self-mill deck that reanimates big creatures like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Ashen Rider and mechanics like Flashback or Dredge to get them back in play from the graveyard. Here is an example of the archetype upon which our conversion to Commander is based that went 6-0 in a Vintage challenge: 1 Ashen Rider

We'll start by taking a look at Vintage Dredge, which is 35% of the Vintage metagame at the time of this writing. We're going to mix in elements from the competitive 60-card decks that usually don't make it into Commander to make it interesting, and more familiar to the 60-card players. These won't be the typical decks you see for the selected commanders. Or if you're a veteran Commander player, maybe you'll still find something cool here to try out.

If you're new to Commander, doing so helps you dip your toes in the water with a style of play to which you're already accustomed. This is the first in a series of three articles where I'll discuss transferring some of your favorite 60 card deck archetypes into Commander.

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