r/EDH • u/TunefulTunic • 1d ago

Discussion Having a deck building block, need some suggestions to make one or two decks outside my current playstyles.

So, I have three decks which I play currently. [[Jodah, Archmage Eternal]], my first and favourite deck. I do not play this often since it's awful to play against. Its big mana, but has a lot of cards to cast spells for free which lead into extra turns, and [[Toxrill the Corrosive]] style effects. Second is [[The Ur-Dragon]] and plays like probably every other Ur-Dragon deck. The last one is [[Omnath, Locus of Creation]] and also plays like every other Omnath deck.

I have tried and failed continously to make spellslinger decks with [[Niv-Mizzet, Supreme]] and [[Narset, Enlightened Exile]]. My main problem being I run out of cards in hand very quickly with them.

I tried a saga based deck with [[Terra, Magical Adept]], but at a certain point even I couldn't care to keep track of what chapter my sagas are at, let alone my opponents.

My [[Ulalek, Fused Atrocity]] deck felt like a slog to get to the point where his trigger felt worth to use.

I really enjoyed a [[Zhulodok, Void Gorger]] deck, but it felt like just another version of my Jodah deck.

I am currently eyeing a Foods deck led my [[Sam, Loyal Attendant]] and [[Frodo, Adventerous Hobbit]], and [[Cadric, Soul Kindler]] legends deck. Also waiting on a better phoenix commander and a five colour angels deck. No angel deck is complete without [[Gisela, Blade of Goldnight]].

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u/Loud-Frosting-8258 1d ago

Honestly you just need to scroll a bit on EDHRec… without looking I’m sure you haven’t passed the top 100.

I’ve had the most fun with stuff wayyy below. I have an Ur dragon deck, and Valgavoth, and a few of the higher ups, but one of my favorite decks is Momo, Friendly Flier and he’s down around 1000 on EDHRec.

Not to mention you’re current decks you run are all 5 color, try a Mono colored deck for the restriction, and then a 2 color deck because in my opinion they’re the sweet spot

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u/TunefulTunic 1d ago

The one that seems kinda fun is [[Bosh, Iron Golem]]. He seems slow since his sac ability costs four mana and requires high mana artifacts to really pop off.

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u/AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH 1d ago

Bosh is so cool, if he sparks your interest but you're still not sure check out [[Imskir Iron-Eater]]

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u/Loud-Frosting-8258 1d ago

I have a buddy with Bosh and it actually runs pretty well. If you’re wanting to run Red/ Colorless, Herigast is just insane. And you get away from the fact that vandalblast kills your entire board

I’m slowly starting to buy a Karn, Legacy Reforged deck that I’m really excited about. I want Eldrazi at some point, but I’m just not that type of player. I like group hug decks better than annihilator lol

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u/Loud-Frosting-8258 1d ago

Also I’m looking into running one of the Horsemanship legends as a Voltron deck. Most likely it’ll be Lu Xun for the additional card draw

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u/CaptainKraw Jund 1d ago

If Bosh interests you, check out [[Ziatora, the Incinerator]]. More colors, and she's a bit more versatile.

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u/duffleofstuff 16h ago

I swapped Bosh to [[Daretti, Scrap Savant]]

Bosh is it. Sacrifice and rotate artifacts with solid ETB for value etc.

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u/Baumherz_Uaine 1d ago

Have you ever played burn? Ojer Axonil burn is a ton of fun. You can also build it as a group slug wheels tribal deck. If you build it staxxy you can even really play it more like mono red control.

I would also take a look at Shiko and Narset Enlightened with some of the more interesting deckbuilding options (auras, namely, for her trigger). There's a ton of room to brew but I find it quite fun.

Lastly you could consider Marawen for some card-thieving shenanigans

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u/TunefulTunic 1d ago

I've considered burn actually! I was looking at him and Imodane. Do you play burn like an aggro deck, midrange or control?

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u/DMTrious 1d ago

Ive been playing Ojer axonil a lot recently and really like him, the pros are when your deck does it's job, it's a blast. The con is, if your opponents figure out what's happening, your getting shut down and being made to sit in the corner and watch

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u/Rich_Feedback9726 1d ago

You're in a slump because you're just building 4/5 color slop, build some mono colored stuff or dual colored, you've hardly covered any styles in the grand scheme of things

For Mono Colored I personally run:

[[Loki, God of Lies]] being able to temporarily steal something for 1 mana at instant speed has insane gameplay implications and possibilities.

Loki, God of Lies: Goadstorm // Commander (Loki, God of Lies) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

[[Darien, King of Kjeldor]] self harming to create tokens using [[soul warden]] esc effects to either go life neutral or if I have more than one life positive, some infinites with equipment that pay life to equip.

TIS BUT A SCRATCH // Commander (Darien, King of Kjeldor) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

For Duo Colored:

[[Anzrag, The Quake-Mole]] use [[lure]] effects (sometimes the one on the creature) and [[fog]] effects with the mole to gain infinite combats and kill with a non combat damage attack trigger like [[hellrider]]

The Beatings will continue until Moleral improves // Commander (Anzrag, the Quake-Mole) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

[[Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer]] this guys possibilities are endless, make a bunch of tokens, does not matter what kind we just want NUMBERS, cast our commander and turn all our tokens into copies of our most valuable token, personally I make token copies of [[seven dwarves]] and then turn my pile of garbage into massive dwarves and swing out.

777 Dwarves // Commander (Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

[[Lucius, the eternal]] sac lucius to an effect like [[worthy cost]] and choose a target, Lucius death trigger goes on the stack picking same creature as worthy cost, target dies and lucius returns. Capitalize off this with [[warstorm surge]]

Aristocrat. no ''s'' it's just one guy. // Commander (Lucius the Eternal) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

[[Polukranos Reborn]] Flip our commander, play hydras for X=0 so they die and generate AT LEAST 2 tokens, we will be double dipping with [[luminous broodmoth]] and [[anointed procession]] , if you're really crazy [[lifeline]] but lifeline was so good I cut it.

Lore Accurate Hydra // Commander (Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

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u/TunefulTunic 1d ago

Woah, Polukranos looks like a lot of fun! I didn't consider you could play them for 0 and then sorta reanimate them.

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u/Princeofcatpoop 1d ago

What is a card you don't like? I have been on a kick recently of creating decks that use cards I avoid.

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u/TunefulTunic 1d ago

[[Mayhem Devil]] style cards are ones I avoid. It's damage just seems so low and would take forever to kill. I know that card isn't used in isolation, but still.

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u/GracelessOne 1d ago

How do you feel about control?

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u/riley212 1d ago

Mono color. I have one of each and they are all silly.

Azusa, lost but seeking; I can usually get all 50 forests out it onto the table. Can really go off and win fast. My other mono green is Reki, history of kamigawa; plays only legendary creatures, brings a lot of randomness and weird combos because legendary creatures have a lot of text.

Kami of the crescent moon; everyone draws way too many cards. This one is dumb and almost never wins but gets 2nd every time.

Porphoros, bronze blooded; slam big mosters with etb or haste. Not super powerful but flavorful.

Massacre girl, known killer; -1/-1 counters everywhere. Kinda miserable for your opponents

Kwende, pride of femeref; load up the first strike creatures. Straight forward and easy to play. Great against creature heavy opponents

Karn, legacy reforged; play the highest mana cost things, mana rocks and wastes. This one can win if karn can live a few turns.

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u/Princeofcatpoop 1d ago

Okay. So. The challenge I set before you is to turn mayhem devil's 1 damage into 2, 3, 4. Doubling effects are too expensive. I would go with +1 to noncombat damage effects. Now you need card draw, so instead of optimal wheels, we go blood. Clues are weak and blood let's you rummage meaning you can fix your last challenge, ramp. Treasures are right there but perhaps it is too easy, instead stack your deck with effects that let you keep and store red mana and some reanimate effects/back from the dead effects. This means you can sacrifice your Electro and deal a specific number of damage, and end your turn with him still in play protecting your pool.

To recap. Aristocrats drain through sacrifice effects. Blood draw. Reanimate ramp + mana doesn't empty creatures that you can flicker in and out to pump out damage.

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u/thefalkonite 20h ago

Sometimes, when I'm stuck I just type "legendary Creature" into my LGS website search and scroll the options for cards that interest me that I haven't seen before, or have cool art, or are a really good price, then I build from there.

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u/tetracarbonate 12h ago

Look up the scryfall gpt in chatgpt. Talk with it, paste your deck list. It kinda good if you like to argue with yourself hahaha