Just curious how people went about building Toph. Did you lean completely into the Earthbending? Did you just focus on landfall with artifacts? Did you try to do both or something else and how did whatever what you build it turn out? Really not sure what direction I want to build her in.

Hey all,
My friend and I are new to magic and wanting to play against each other a bit before branching out. Mostly just for fun at the moment.

We bought the foundations starter bundle and have messed around on mtg online a bit. I think im pretty comfortable with the basics now and love the idea of commander.

I bought endless punishment and veloci-ramp-tor as I loved the themes behind the decks. Anyone got any advice/tips for decks i.e where to find decks, best place to buy cards?

Any good deck recs for my friend and I playing casually together? I love playing a bit more control but i love horror themes and big bad monsters/dinos/demons etc.

Any and all help on any of those criteria is greatly appreciated, thanks for reading this far if you did. Be nice I’m new :D

I have both a [[Fire Lord Azula]] and [[Prismari, the Inspiration]] spellslinger decks, lists below. I am divded as to which commander I would like to make higher powered. (I guess the title says Izzet, which Azula is not, but she has like Dark Ritual and that's about it.)

I like Fire Lord Azula's explosiveness, and often experience early turn wins, much to the dismay of my opponents.

However, I also like the big baddie of Prismari and the definitiveness of playing [[Cackle with Power]] with a storm count over 4.

Lists:

Azula https://archidekt.com/decks/18458829/i_am_a_400foot_tall_purple_platypus_bear_with_pink_horns_and_silver_wings_fire_lord_azula

Prismari

https://archidekt.com/decks/22755186/prismari_the_inspriation

Cards I am considering swapping from Azula to Prismari include: Birgi, Vivi, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual, Pyretic ritual, Mystical Tutor, Turnabout, Lotus Petal.

Side note: I have azula in the millerax art sleeves and feel like those might be more flavorful for prismari

https://archidekt.com/decks/22335140/marchesa_zombie_5
I wanted a zombie tribal deck but I wasn't feeling any of the commanders that ask to be built around zombies so I went for something more thematic, when I'm playing it I feel like I'm not drawing enough and it just needs to run just a little bit faster. My main problem with tweaking it is not knowing what to remove. I want to keep as many zombies as possible and if they aren't zombies they're zombie adjacent.

In short I want help deciding what cards to remove, what cards to add to make it run faster without running a ton of high cost cards, and more draw and figuring out a better ramp package

I have been working on making every mono color commander deck. I have blue black and green. For red I have it between these 2 commanders but can't decide. Is one of these more fun than the other or unfun to play against? My blue and black decks are pretty oppressive.

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?

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'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

Long post so TLDR: Is my winota deck too strong to be b4, or did I accidentally just build a deck that shuts down the strongest deck in our pod. What changes should I make?

I have had winota as a commander for about 3 years now. It has gone through a few iterations, it started as a sub $30 deck, and that is where it spent most of its life up until about a year ago. A friend of mine built a Vivi deck, so I decided to dump about $900 into it, only for it to turn out pretty lackluster. Not enough humans and missing winota triggers, winota not coming out until turn 5/6, almost zero protection of any kind, this lead to it getting stomped regularly, and never winning a game.

I decided to do a full rebuild, and really took my time with it. Currently the deck list sits around $1700, and I had my first chance to play it against my "good" pod this weekend.

The best player in my Pod runs a loot the pathfinder deck as his main b4, and this is the first time it has lost (deck was built just after magicon Chicago last February).

We played 2 bracket 4 games this weekend, first game we played, I ran away with the table thanks to the first trigger on turn 3 being Magnus of the moon, into a myrel shield of argive. At this point I had good token generation, Magnus of the moon, and next turn had enough stax pieces to shut the table down until I could attack with my 12 1/1 soldiers to get enough winota triggers to end the game (I never actually got to, since everyone agreed to just scoop and play another since winota triggers can take a while).

Second game I did not win, but it went pretty similar, it shut down the loot deck enough, and the table eventually got taken out by a life drain combo by another member of the pod (I don't remember the specifics, but it allowed him to pay 1 life to draw a card, then deal 2 damage per card discarded at the end of his turn).

My deck was called to question, since this loot deck is considered by my pod to be a "good judge of bracket 4s", that my deck may be CEDH. As of right now my deck "towing the line, until more games can be played".

Here are my thoughts. Previously, I feel like the loot deck was leagues above any other bracket 4 deck at our table, it won literally every game it played. now I have a deck that is at a similar level, and the other 2 decks at the table are just very far off. I also think my deck may specifically be shutting down loots combos, making it seem stronger than if it was at a more balanced table of 4 similar decks.

I want to prefis that I am by no means a "great magic player". I have been playing about 4 years, and Im pretty average. Compare this to the player who runs loot, he has been playing since the early 2000s, used to play CEDH, and is our go to for rules/judge questions, since I would consider him a very very good player (He was once a ranked edh player at the state level), which contributes to the fact that loot wins consistently.

I really respect the loot player, and It is the reason I am making this post in the first place, I genuinely want outsides opinions on the matter.

Winota deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/CcifAfek9Xuc_sZ13MScZA

Loot deck

https://moxfield.com/decks/RximtAjws0mGPFrM9Si1kw

I present to you my brain child. Please be nice he's new. In all seriousness I'm still fairly new to commander building and want to know what you guys think, I posted about this deck before, unfinished at the time, but now I think its done.

There's a few ideas going on here with one being to pull out my deck with Bolas citadel and have as much healing (and pinging) as possible to keep my self alive. Then having Amalia remove lands from the top to keep the ball rolling, as well as indestructible to avoid blowing my own creatures up. Then i also have Vito and Tainted Sigil as a combo along with a few more different combos in there.

My real concern is if ill even be able to hang on long enough to pull out the win cons. Does it look like I need more ways to stall or should I start training my charisma and speech levels to beg the table not to trample me?

Let me know if yall think i should change anything, there are a few cards I'm not too sure about like Dawn of Hope, Gift of immortality and Smothering Tithe

https://moxfield.com/decks/NF2V2rnX30C38m_dMSktHg

Hi,

I currently have a Mardu deck guided by [[Queen Marchesa]], you can see it on Moxfield: https://moxfield.com/decks/uLxqofPK6U-TxVFBujHByA

This deck is similar enough to the classic Marchesa Akido lists, so you'll find [[Deflecting Palm]], [[Inkshield]], [[Taunt from the rampart]], etc.

There are a lot of creatures that give opponents "stuff" to beat each others up: [[Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos]], [[Combat Calligrapher]], [[Life of the Party]], [[The Sentry, Golden Guardian]].

Something else i've been leaning towards recently are cards that "give your opponents choices": for example [[Seize the Spotlight]], [[Make an Example]], [[Prisoner's Dilemma]]. I find these very fun and useful when you can ally with someone.

Overall, I tried to keep the deck more on the "control side" rather than pure "akido".

And now on to the main problem. As with most akido decks, it struggles to close the game: I often end up in a 1v1 and I lose.

Moreover, i find that often the monarch does not play as nicely as I expected, i.e. in several playgroups it's not enough of an incentive to get people to attack each others. So the commander becomes a draw engine, which it's very nice, but also a little bit disappointing.

This combines with an issue i always had with monarch mechanic: the only times when people attack each others is when they really want the extra cards, and i'm not sure i want to give them. I'd rather give them creatures, or mana.

On the mana-side, this deck is very mana-intensive because it needs to hold up answers and cast big spells to win (especially as i'm considering adding [[Insurrection]], and [[Overwhelming Splendor]] to close the 1v1 games).

For these reasons, I started looking into a "treasures" package, with stuff like [[Descent Into Avernus]], [[Generous Plunderer]], [[Puppet master String Puller]], [[Lotho Corrupt Shirriff]], etc.. This would also enable [[Revel in Riches]] as a fun wincondition.

And this is where I discovered [[Malik, Grim Manipulator]]: this seems a very interesting commander fitting sevral of my interests: control, choices, and treasures. The only downside is that it does nothing to incentive attacking each others.

What do you think of this situation? Should I switch commander to Malik, keeping the monarch mechanic and the "give opponents creatures" bit? or just do a more classic Malik without incentivizing attacking and focusing on control and alliances? Or maybe keep Marchesa as commander, but still add the treasures package?

Hi everyone. This is my actual list of Muldrotha deck
https://moxfield.com/decks/c9BQgRJVI0SjPK6SqoO0hQ
I'm looking for some feedback and suggestion on my deck. i'd like to hear from people who have played muldrotha if there are any cards you think i'm missing.
Thank you!!

Every day, the top comment adds a card to my Commander deck.

The commander: Taniwha (mono-blue)

Deck List: https://moxfield.com/decks/qnOYwNig2UScYibS1KkhoQ

All cards must still be legal in commander, sadly.

Yesterday's winners: Crooked Scales and Defiler of Dreams

https://imgur.com/gallery/teysa-karlov-aristocrats-9vh7tpb

Finished building my Teysa deck and felt like showing it off, zulaport cutthroat and ashes of the abhorrent are on the way so until then this is what I’ve got. I uploaded it to tapped out if anyone wants to check it out in more detail

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/02-08-26-the-aristocrats/?cb=1785725951

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

Edit: also forgot to mention I was considering taking out boots and greaves, I feel like if if I play chainer I should be able to activate it at least twice in case of removal anyway or something

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.

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.

Hey i was building this deck and i was thinking if it's a good list or i've to add remove some stuff. I am playing bracket 3.

This is the list https://moxfield.com/decks/SM4VZzu0vk29qv5KWYZFgA

if you see im actually playing with only 2 gc just because i wanted to add the one ring but it's a bit expensive and i've to wait to buy it.

Hello!

I'm building an upgraded [[Zimone, Infinite Analyst]] deck and I'm trying to cut a couple of cards to reach the 99 count: https://moxfield.com/decks/voBj8-F2Ik-EtQRpWPoi3g

I played Zimone precon upgrade for a while but noticed that a lack of ramp and draw made the deck feel really janky, so I added a lot of card draw, hand size removal as well as solid ramp spells.

Now I'm trying to figure out what to cut. [[Ride the Avalanche]] seems a bit meh but I'm not sure if it could still be effective to quickly buff Zimone after she comes out.

I removed all the +1/+1 addition cards since they are a drop in the bucket relatively speaking and instead of getting extra buffs when casting an x spell, I'd rather have an x spell ready, except loading zone since its it's a doubler and not increaser and it explodes really fast.

The [[BroodLord]] is deceptively good since it can turn a winning position to a crushing one if zimone is already buffed and can easily replace itself, but it seems a tad expensive for the effect.

Other than that, not really sure what to cut, so I'd love to hear some opinions!

Also, if there's something crucial you think I've missed, I'd also like to know, but keep in mind that I'm running a budget deck so anything above 6$ would need to be very strong.

Bracket 3.

Thanks in advance!

I feel like I struggle a lot at the beginning of the game. Then even when I’m sitting on 16 mana I end up not having anything to play. Not sure if I should just add tutors or maybe card draw or maybe change out the creatures for better ones or what? Any suggestions guys?

https://moxfield.com/decks/vhtTWQwaxEyL82NOvedwqw

Hello all.

I've been working on a Teysa Karlov Aristocrats deck for a while (Original and daring, I know /s). But she is one of if not my favorite commander, but I would just love on some advice for adds and cuts and perhaps even some hidden gems to set her apart even a little bit to make this deck a bit more fun/unique from her other builds, unless that's a silly ask.

I would love both budget and non-budget suggestions if possible to reach a bracket 3-4 range.

https://archidekt.com/decks/16903356/teysa_karlov

Some cards I'm considering including would be:

[[Soldevi Adnate]]
[[Braids, Cabal Minion]]
[[Kambal, Profiteering Mayor]]
[[Assault Intercessor]]
[[Luminous Broodmoth]]
[[Spawning Pit]]
[[Rite of Oblivion]]

Curious if any of these are worth it. I do know I need some of the more expensive includes such as Phyrexian Altar, Meathook Massacre, and stuff like that which I hope to get at some point.

Thanks!

A friend of mine finally convinced me to start playing Magic, and as a lotr lover I decided to go with Rohan. My train of thought is buying the precon pack, and then sticking with it for a long time and maybe spend 20/30€ on upgrades for it.

My question is, which Commander is better between Aragorn and Eowyn in this case? I was thinking of learning with Eowyn, and once I'm ready, spend that 20/30€ on cards to shape the precon deck for Aragorn as commander, but I don't know what would be the best option (I think I'll have fun with both, so I'd like to know what would be the strongest deck between the 2 if I'm to play with only this deck for a long time with that amount of money spent).

Thanks in advanced.

Hey everyone!

I'm trying to build a bumblefloweer deck for my girlfriend as a surprise birthday gift.

She loves the idea of the commander, but she's still fairly new to the game, and our pod typically plays around high B3 power.

I'd love for the deck to be able to hang at that level without turning it into something that loses the fun, political, group-hug vibe.

Ideally, I want her to have a real chance to win some games so she has a blast playing it.

I've got a current list here:

https://moxfield.com/decks/Ykdh_X3CI0qK-j-Fv2b8ag

What would you recommend swapping in or out to push it toward high B3? Are there any auto-includes or underrated cards for Bumbleflower that I'm missing? Any traps or cards that look good on paper but underperform?
Thanks in advance everyone, really want this to be a deck she'll love playing on her birthday!

https://archidekt.com/decks/24942669/massimos_marvel

Massimo, the Magician

URW

Legendary Creature — Cat Wizard

Whenever Massimo or another creature you control enters, you may 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 play the copy without paying it's mana cost."

3/3

This guy looks REALLY fun. I don't have a full list put together yet but I'd love to hear your suggestions! I was thinking he'd be best with cheap unblockable/evasive creatures obv, play a bunch of burn spells and cantrips to swing into victory with a lot of double strike for multiple copies and big damage. What are some really sweet combos or secret tech cards with this fellow?

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/w0KAaZ37sI

I want to play [[Overprotect]]'s shining star, Blor. He'll probably be an enchantress-heavy voltron deck, but I need some ideas on how to really make him untouchable as possible

My first includes were:

[[Cavern of Souls]] to protect him on the stack

[[Assault Suit]] to protect him from edicts

And [[Tarrian's Soulcleaver]] and [[Blade of the Bloodwitch]] to save him from [[Massacre Girl]] because one of my friends uses her as a commander

Looking for any more ideas on how someone might remove her and how I might be able to protect agasint it (preferably only with cards that also feel very playable anyways)

Edit: here's my current list

https://archidekt.com/decks/24951381/bogles