I think they ' re fairly weak compared to the 4 C commanders . Plus almost no synergy . They feel more like goodstuff than cohesive commanders . However , it ' s still early , so some neat stuff will probably get discovered as folks fiddle with them . That being said , I love the mechanic and would love to see it in the 5 C Commander set . They could do a Wedge commander with the enemy dual partners . Then we get more wedgies and more enemy duals . But Wizards won ' t do that . <| sep |> 211 Squall and Lightning all dupes # fml <| sep |> California and Texas would definitely have career tributes <| sep |> I imagine it ' s a joke about them being pierced <| sep |> Your best bet is to tech up , optimize your planets production and build up your fleet into a single doomstack then take out the federation piece by piece . The empires you are superior in fleet power to will be cake and won ' t contribute much , and equivalent in fleet power especially at this stage can mean differences of a few thousand fleet power above or below your own so take it with a grain of salt . Either way bide your time and try and wait till the fed is at war with someone else before you act . Good luck .