Chong and Lily, Nomads
TLE · rare · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
below rate
does nothing alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
multiple modes
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
Chong and Lily are a 4cmc 3/3 legendary Bard that rewards attacking with Bards by advancing or leveraging Sagas — adding lore counters (accelerating Saga chapter completion) or granting a potentially large mass pump based on total lore counters across Sagas. Signature in Saga-matters and Bard-typal shells in red, but requires both a critical density of Sagas AND attacking Bards to function, making it highly conditional and double-niche.
Learnings (3)
The lore-counter mode can accelerate Sagas past their final chapter, causing them to trigger their final ability and sacrifice immediately — a powerful tempo play when the final chapter is impactful.
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The pump mode scales off total lore counters AMONG all Sagas you control, meaning multiple Sagas at chapter III or IV can generate enormous one-turn power spikes, but is highly volatile and board-state dependent.
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Red has very limited Saga support and Bard tribal outside of specific sets (Kaldheim, Kamigawa), making this commander extremely narrow in mono-red without heavy set restriction or cross-set tribal builds.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #21,411