Talk:An Encounter with a Dragon/@comment-6102960-20151028130821/@comment-1755882-20151031092423

Counterattack is borderline useless on Commandant due to lack of Soulguard, and if use Wrath Trigger on him he's gaining Counterattack for the whole turn regardless.

I have no clue why you even brought up Penetrate when Commandant HAS PENETRATE NATURALLY, and if you really need Power, you can use Underling. Its certainly not worth running Gang AND the discard just to gain his Power gain ability.

Edgeknuckle's ability is cute, 1 attack that is immune to nullification (but can still be reduced) is strictly inferior to Triple Attack. Its only something you would really want in super specific scenarios.

Finally, Commandant is in no way a defensive card. Since you can't just wait for the opponent to declare an attack to gain the redirect ability, thus being able to punish your opponent, if you're not expecting Commandant to finish game then and there, you're better off placing him on the side and betting on your opponent NOT attacking him. Glacies/Prudent/Manliness can still defend you, and unless you're facing a super rush deck, the damage they can deal to you is unlikely to compare to the damage your very own Lifelink has a high chance of dealing to you. And those rush decks have easy ways of hitting high power these days, so Commandant is rather fragile. Of course, chances are your opponent will attack into Commandant ANYWAYS, because he's such a big pressure card, so we get what we want anyways.

Basically, there is no where near enough value in giving Commandant the redirect ability that it would justify running this terrible overcosted searcher over Emblem. And I'm pretty sure I adequately explained why every other ability you can search with this card is, in fact, inferior to Triple Attack.