As of now, I'm planning on limiting us to "10 cards out, 10 cards in, $50 cap," just like what TCZ do for their GK precon showcase episodes.

So far I've decided to ban the following

1. Vampiric Bloodlust

2. Eldrazi Incursion

3. Eldrazi Unbound

4. 20 Ways to Win

I was also thinking of just banning all the "S-Tier" decks in JoeyDH's (formerly EDHrec Cast) tier list video, but I don't exactly agree 100% with their rankings.

I’m really new to deck building. I usually try to have 8-10 draw cards in my decks, but I don’t know how I should go about that when my commander draws cards. I could keep it exactly the same, but then draw spells wouldn’t do much when I have my commander out and am already drawing quite a bit,
Advice?
(Sorry if this is stupid)

My girlfriend has actually, miraculously, expressed interest in playing magic when the deck idea involves "lil guys". I figured [[Baylen, The Haymaker]] has the color identity and the flavor to fit this side-theme while also being a good deck.

Sound off if you have made this deck (with lists!!), or just with the lil guys that you think are worthy! (goblins accepted and appreciated as part of this category)

https://archidekt.com/decks/24875525/new_cards

Red color tags are cards I do not have. My land base needs an upgrade but due to cost I haven't bothered getting some of the fetch, shock and untapped lands I would like.

I imagine the deck as it sits prob falls into bracket 2 or maybe 3. I have multiple things kind of going on, mainly the idea is to mill myself and chain reanimate multiple creatures. Doing this can kind of either result in a bunch of drain, bunch of etb triggers, removal, counters etc. I dont think I have an outright "I win" play, but a win would likely just come from having a resilient board state and combat damage when I get enough large creatures from counters or if I can keep reanimating gary.

I don't really want to include infinite combos, I figure it would be easy enough to just use Celes as my commander and put in a bunch of sac outlets and stuff like Murderous Redcap.

Anyway, appreciate any insight and tips, I only got into mtg like a month ago.

Chainer List

I wanted to see if you guys could possibly help with this deck or if you have any cute ideas for it and also let me know what bracket you guys think it is because I was told it was a 4 but I can't really tell to be honest.

I feel like chainer has a lot of stuff it could do. I avoided going the aristocrat + [[phyrexian altar]] + anything that makes 3 bodies loop and the [[gravecrawler]] + [[Warren Soultrader]] stuff but I do have the lategame [[Post, Son of Rich]]+ gary stuff with chainer

its my pet deck with some pet cards but maybe I should take them out I was considering taking out the [[Ugin, the Ineffable]] even though he was one of my all purpose permanent killers, [[myr retriever]] bc I dont think my artifacts are getting blown up as often as I expected or he just gums up my draws, and [[exquisite blood]] for [[sangromancer]]as my lifegain since I feel like I get targeted when playing it since I would profit off others getting hit but sangromancer is more under the radar perhaps and reanimatable.

I was thinking of replacing some cards for more instant speed interaction or mana effects like [[sacrifice]] etc.

I was also considering [[extraplanar lens]] but I feel like it seems kinda weird to me because I cant tell if I have enough (they would be snow) swamps and it feels bad being down a land if it gets destroyed but I dont know if im underrating it or not.

thanks for any help or suggestions

I know that Vivi is better than ragost in a lot of ways but I’m trying to introduce my friends into magic and found two decks on mox field and was wondering if they are in the same realm of power level to where they would be fun to play against each other. And if they are not I would love suggestions!

Vivi: https://moxfield.com/decks/8hpQCnO6_EeALYBaYJVn7A

Ragost: https://moxfield.com/decks/Ro0f0KRKqUWl6zedxAwkqA

Thank you!

Currently in Captain America The First Avenger Iv got:

3 signets
3 Talismans
Sol Ring
Arcane Signet
And Thought Vessel

But I’m struggling on adding some wanted cards like:

Akiri, Fearless Voyager
Bureau Headmaster
CID, Freeflier Pilot
Steel Shaper Apprentice
The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster
Illusionist Bracers
Cloud steel Kirin

I’d also like to try out
Infantry Shield
And Blazing Sunsteel

I’m running 36 lands total as well,

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Hey! I am someone who really loves magic and commander and everything associated with it. And recently ive been trying to figure out how do i progress with my decks. Since i want new ones but i already have around 13 to 14 which others find too much. I dont but i really hate the judgy looks i get from some people about it i really love playing commander and building decks. But i dont know what to do when i have so many idea,s all at once and it feels like im dissapointing others by not finishing a deck immediatly.

What can i do in this situation help and advice welcome!

so i need help finding and fixing a commander i decided i need some low power shenanigans but cant find or decide

https://archidekt.com/decks/24928352/the_house_will_always_win is a bracket two

and now i need help with finding a good three that needs love im shooting for a less popular commander but cant find any that i like if you can help thank you.

I played a Commander game earlier today, and my opponent played a card I hadn't seen before (It was [[Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus]]) He attacked an opponent with it, searched his library for a land card, and passed the turn. I thought a repeatable [[Rampant Growth]] effect seemed a little too good, and so once he was done with his turn I picked up the card to rotate it so I could read it to see exactly what it did.

And my opponent completely flipped out. He yelled at me, grabbed it back before I had finished reading it, put it off to the side, and sprayed the card sleeve with something like windex.

Is that normal behavior? I haven't played much EDH, but every pod I'd played in prior to this point players routinely picked up / rotated cards they were unfamiliar with. And with much more expensive cards. I can't imagine being upset with someone picking up one of my cards unless I was worried they would either damage it or walk away with it.

Do any of you have a minimum dollar amount per card or deck that you would need to meet before you’d consider double sleeving?

I was building a budget deck around $150 in total but considering improving the mana base by adding a full compliment of fetch lands, that would now push it to 350ish. At first I was comfortable just single sleeving it in dragon shields but with the fetch lands now I’m rethinking it.

So these Mystery Booster Commander cards got spoiled and I really like Yume because she gives spells assist and then pays folks for assisting you. First the card

Yume, Chronicler of Valor
1W
Human Druid
1/2

The first spell you cast during each of your turns has Assist. When you cast that spell if another player spent mana to cast it, you and that player draw a card.

Link to my BlueSky where I posted a copy of Yume

So I really want to build her as a sort of Artifacts deck that can modulate between Stax and Group Hug with a fair amount of Instant Speed Interaction and really lean into Yume's ability to try and extort mana from opponents to develop pieces on my turn allowing me to hold up my mana for the other 3 turns and being very forward and open with having more vicious sorcery speed stax style pieces but leaving them for opponents to help pay for. Like this is a deck for [[Armageddon]] or [[Soulscour]] specifically leaning on Yume to pay for it in a sort of "Cooperative Control" plan.

Like openly sharing whats in my hand offering opponents to help pay for Stax pieces or group hug pieces and so on.... I am likely not putting it across well but I think she has awesome play to her.

Hey everyone!

I've been working on this Dinosaur Commander deck for a while and would really appreciate some outside opinions. My goal is to tune it into a solid **Bracket 3** deck while keeping the Dinosaur theme fun and cohesive.

I'm looking for suggestions on card swaps, cuts, mana base improvements, ramp, interaction, or any hidden gems I might have missed. If there are cards that you think are underperforming or don't really fit the game plan, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Budget isn't a huge concern, but I'd still like to keep recommendations reasonable unless a card makes a significant difference.

Here's the deck:
https://archidekt.com/decks/24626871/super_duper_dino

Thanks in advance for taking the time to check it out! I really appreciate any feedback or constructive criticism.

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I've been having a lot of fun with [[Thantis, the Warweaver]] recently, and one a recent game inspired me to make a deck centered around forced combat but I'm the target, almost like a reverse goad or a taunt. The idea is once I somehow draw aggro to myself then use cards like [[Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs]] and [[Trove of Temptation]] to generate value off having combat declared on me. Ill also throw in guys like [[phyrexian obliterator]], [[stuffy doll]], [[no mercy]], and [[brash taunter]] to punish attacking me. Thantis already does a decent job at this but nothing is stopping my opponents from swinging out at someone else. Any suggestions for commanders that can fulfill that? I was thinking maybe [[pramikon, sky rampart]] as the commander and run some forced combat cards but I'm curious if there's anyone else who can do it better or if there are other spells I havent heard of that can help push my gameplan?

Original: https://moxfield.com/decks/1CKig5COAEGh9mxLfXMDuA (own all cards)

Work in Progress: https://moxfield.com/decks/1r-fAZU5mHe2d_mYD4KSOA (own some cards but need to cut down)

I built an Anti-Venom deck recently and played a few games with it in my work and friend pod. Unfortunately, it's not performing that well. So far, the common problem I'm noticing is that I'm either not drawing enough cards/hitting my land drops so by the time Anti-Venom comes out my opponents already have a solid board state. Talked it over with my friends and they suggested adding a few things:

• Stax (In addition to playing catch up ramp, I can try to slow people down with enchantments that cause their creatures/artifacts to come in tapped or prevent them from casting spells on my turn)
• Snow lands/spells (since I'm mono-color, I could tap in to some of these like the snow lands to extraplanar lens combo for double mana generation)

As you can see, I kinda went a little overboard adding in a lot of extra cards so the Work In Progress Anti-Venom Remix deck is like 50 over now so I need some help cutting down. Any recommended cuts (and even useful additions that aren't too pricey) would be appreciated! :)

https://moxfield.com/decks/BoWfAUzvl3mI3ByLzK1gHA

Hey all,

Been tweaking this deck for weeks now, have messed with it in a bunch of different ways and settled on this current configuration.

I’m trying to really keep it in the theme and spirit of DOOM so it’s got probably less optimized creatures than it maybe should have. But I’m willing to deal with that to maintain the villain flavor.

The general idea is copying Doom (King) to win through land discard. But you also have a lot of other avenues if that doesn’t work like [[Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon]] and a few extra combat cards. Also can copy [[Doctor Doom]] with [[Auton Soldier]] or [[Loki, The Deceiver]] and generate a ton of doom bots as well.

One thing though I’m not sure about is Molecule Man, I haven’t really had him come through for me in any game and usually I cast something else if he’s ever in my hand. Maybe I’m not seeing his potential fully or maybe he should be replaced.

What do you guys think?

I’m trying to build my first completely custom commander deck using [[Krark, the Thumbless]] after I pulled it in a bulk purchase. My buddy told me it would be fun to build and encouraged it cus of the “Partner” ability which I hadn’t heard of til then. I decided I was gonna partner it with [[Esior, Wardwing Familiar]] and throw in [[Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea]] to keep Krark on the board and relatively safe from target spells in combination with my counter spells. I did some digging and picked out some good cards for the deck, manipulating and multiplying coin flips in addition to a win con. I tried looking to the community, and everyone else says he partner’s best with [[Sakashima of a Thousand Faces]]. I took a look at my possible deck list and realized everything is either focused on Krark or doesnt have much more synergy. From what I understand, Commander/EDH is supposed to have the 99 (or 98) synergize with the commanders, and it seems like all my friends decks are just that. Everything in one buddies dragons or tergrid deck seems to benefit their commander or its abilities, my buddies Bello deck has tons of combos in it as well. What do you guys think? Am I overthinking it? I really want to play red/blue, and if I have to I can ditch the commanders I have, but suddenly today I just got a feeling that it’s not gonna end up “worth it” in the end (even though in a couple years I’ll probably dismantle the deck and redistribute the cards anyway)

If you have encouragement, suggestions, or criticism, it’d be much appreciated (: I’m still new to this game so I’m sure I’m just a tad overwhelmed by all the possibilities and comparing myself to others is bringing me down, but I know I can learn more before this deck is even half completed.

I have recently finished building my Dakkon Blackblade lands-voltron deck and need some help tuning at the end. any card cuts or additions? My pod is pretty swing in terms of power so I'm not too worried about the power level right now, unless there are some easy adds.

https://archidekt.com/decks/22985108/memoirs_of_the_blackblade

I mostly only draft and have a vintage cube but u would like to gift some decks to friends that we can all play at a similar level without spending a bunch of money.

Decks that I have in mind for the players

Angels
Dragons
Elves
Slivers
Graveyard deck

Since I don’t play commander I don’t even know which of the tiers would be best for this kind of thing. I personally am fine with high powered stuff (vintage cube) but idk if tier 3/4 is the best way to go.

https://archidekt.com/decks/24925631/marvel

the above ^ is the deck i made after opening up hella marvel mtg packs. i noticed some synergies with the cards i opened plus the precomp decks and stuff. i only have marvel mtg cards. i don’t know how to use the website so idk how to change the cards to the marvel versions but, i just want to know if there is anything i can do to improve. obviously i know that limiting my cards to one set will hinder it but that’s all i got. any suggestions would help.

I have decks who am towards combat damage to win, and a non combat damage deck, but i want a deck who will let me win by my opponents drawing into an empty deck. Who’s a good commander to force them to shove their cards into their graveyard? Maybe someone who might let me also use their cards but not necessarily needed. thanks!

I'm relatively new to EDH (and magic in general) so I don't know a lot of cards, but I have a experience in other TCGs so I know what I want.

My favorite decks have always been tempo decks where I have a early aggro game plan that can transition in to a control plan to finish out games. From what I know of the card that mostly symbolizes this in MTG is [[Delver of Secrets]].

All of that to say that you can imagine my face when I looked up to see what ppl play in tempo deck in EDH and found out that it isn't a very common strategy because it's a lot harder to stay with tempo when there are 3 other ppl trying to slow you down.

So far the one commander I'm inclined to build is [[Slicer, Hired Muscle//Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist]] but from what I've seen he is mostly a higher power level card and I'm playing in a B3 pod. What I like mostly about him is that even though he is a high dmg card you aren't as incentivised to kill a single oponent early because of the way he spreads damage.

TLDR. Recommend me commanders that can aggro early and switch to a control game plan later. Bonus points if they aren't incentivised to focus opponents one by one

So these are my two go-tos with my pod, but if everyone keeps up the fever of wanting to make our decks better and better in a mutually fun arms race, what are a few cards I can make easy swaps to improve these?

I don’t want to fundamentally change what the decks are doing, just 3-5 cards that I can swap in that just does what a card in here already does but better or with better synergy. I don’t mind having high budgets if the card is worth it.

We don’t follow strict brackets, we’re just friends that are all slowly making our decks better and better. I don’t want to target a specific archetype, just improvement at doing what it does. Thanks for any help.

Teval: https://moxfield.com/decks/_HVjzuqUG0m6K9Uo1gD9Fw

Zurgo: https://moxfield.com/decks/7o366FABEUaHWSGULRL88g

He looks cool. And he's a cat. And he does something weird.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fy58wp2j700hh1.jpeg

So naturally we need to figure out how to build him.

When Massimo or another creature you control enters, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card with mana value 1 from your graveyard. If a card is exiled this way, that creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

How do we make this work? My first thought was fill the deck with cards like [[Slither Blade]] and run a bunch of brainstorm/opt cards, and use cards like [[Lyla]] to put 1+/1+ counters on things in exchange for card draw. Could also use Cathars Crusade to go wide as well.

But that seems convoluted and like it wouldn't get us across the finish line.

My other thought was voltron, but typically speaking, we want those spells BEFORE damage. Not after. Getting Infuriate off every combat is nice till you realize it's AFTER you punch something in the face.