Up first, Diluvian Primordial looks like it could go the distance in your next Blue Commander deck. At 5UU, for a converted casting cost of 7, he's topping out on the curve. When you cast something for this much mana, it had better make a difference. This guy delivers. This 7cc creature is a 5/5 flyer that can seriously swing the game in your favor by letting you cast an instant or sorcery for each and every opponent right from that player's graveyard. Mid-to-late game, graveyards are almost always stocked with juicy spells. When you drop this monster, you get to cast a bunch of them! At the same time!
Up next, take a look at Leyline Phantom. What would be really great - and I know you are thinking this - is if he returned to your hand before he died from combat damage, but no. It doesn't work that way. So, instead what we have is a 5/5 for 4U (5cc) that probably won't make a big splash in the Commander format. Do you have some crazy way to take advantage of his return-to-hand ability?
Last up, Giant Adephage is here for some green beats. I've played quite a few games of Commander and the one green creature that really gives me fits is Spawnwrithe. You know what I'm talking about. When I see it hit the table, my first instinct is to shout, "Kill it with fire!" The way I see it, you have two choices. Kill it immediately with direct damage or removal before it can attack, even once. Or, failing that, draw a sweeper before it overwhelms everyone. Giant Adephage looks like another one of those cards, only bigger.
There's almost always someone open to attack when Spawnwrithe hits the table. That, and for 3cc mana, he hits the table early. Once the train gets going, it's difficult to stop. You see, the token copies that the card makes also make token copies. 1 turns into 2, turns into 4, turns into 8. Giant Adephage is Spawnwrithe's bigger brother. At 7 power, Trample becomes a significant combat ability helping to push damage through to make a token copy. All aboard!
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