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... How difficult would it be to build a */* creature deck?
There're at least a dozen in the last few sets.
Isaac Butler
White > Blue > Black > Red > Green
Sebastian Bailey
value frog user still here eager to talk about my deck with helpful user
Liam Peterson
Thats funny. I was just thinking that. Was about to do a search on gatherer and check what my options would be.
Jason Martin
>Whats going on in this cards art?: Edition The golem is carrying that pillar for the lady. What's difficult to understand about that?
Elijah Bell
Doesn't sound like it'd be very fun to track those *s throughout the game
Landon Powell
They're almost universally = number of critters.
Though there are a few tokens that come in as clones, and other clone options.
Chase King
I am thinking of putting this in my zur deck just as a fun boardwipe. Thoughts?
Andrew Howard
>every single Lhurgoyf It doesn't matter if Tarmogoyf and Mortivore are the only notable ones
Nathaniel Wood
The guy knocking rituals is objectively wrong on that front. Since your deck draws a fuckton of cards, rituals are good both early and late (early it speeds you up, later it gives you the tempo you need to play your huge hand) Necropotence or Diabolic Revelation could be good too
Dominic Lopez
I am inclined to agree, user. I am skeptical of some of the suggestions. I think the deck might be a little more subtle with the landfall subtype, to its benefit and to its detriment.
Benjamin King
Dilemma. I'm charmed by the concept of a Xenagos deck, but in practice a lot of people say it's one note and gets boring.
Nolan Gray
depends, user is winning boring to you?
Ayden Brown
Does anybody else have problems with wanting to choose flavor over function for their card choices? Like, putting Eldrazi into a General Tazri deck, no matter how much it works it just feels wrong?
>later it gives you the tempo you need to play your huge hand Do you know what also does that? More lands on the battlefield or a rock/dork that taps for big mana. Dark Ritual generates a net of 2 mana, which is comparable to tapping a Worn Powerstone once. The deck in question is very battle cruiser, so a permanent ramp like will generate mana on multiple turns and if it's an ETB dork like Wood Elves you can sacrifice it for additional value.
Other than what I've already said, multi mana lands like Coffers, Crypt of Agadeem, and Nykthos is all I've got for suggestions.
Jason Phillips
>problems It's not a problem, I consider it a fun challenge to build a strong deck without breaking flavor. It's not hard, either. Do you have a problem sticking eldrazi in every one of your decks? Tazri has access to every card in the game and you can't build it without jamming in a titan?
Alexander Rodriguez
I don't have a Tazri deck, I was just using it as an example of the deck flavor not working.
Juan Torres
Not really, but the complaints I've seen all seem to agree that the deck's gameplan becomes real same-y very quickly. It's not tutoring for the exact same card(s) every game like some decks, but everything's going to be doing the same thing.
Grayson Watson
user please call it 5-colour anuses
Carson Wood
>but everything's going to be doing the same thing. hallmark of an effective deck
Logan Flores
Rainblowhole? Omni-Starfish? The brown-eye pride parade?
Wyatt Anderson
I say it adds fun to the deckbuilding. I feel it wasn't right either to add Bruna, Fading Light and Elesh Norn on my OG Avacyn deck, and I added new Odric and new Thalia on it instead.
Alexander Turner
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Julian Russell
Post secret tech
Nolan Wilson
Fair enough I suppose.
Matthew Garcia
I just won a 6 man F4A by infinite turns. It felt good to win but dirty at the same time, will I get accustomed to this feeling?
Ryan Nguyen
No. If it feels dirty at all then you are like the rest of us non-dickhead people. The only way you don't care doing annoying shit like that all the time is if it never effects you in the first place.
Adrian Brown
you'll get accustomed to nobody wanting to play with you
Jaxon Bennett
This is why I don't play anything beyond 4p EDH.
Either someone plays a game of Solitaire and ends the game nothing anyone did before hand matters, or the game takes five hours.
Wyatt Gutierrez
This guy can be pretty hilarious since most edh decks run at least a couple good equipment, at worst he can pull off a pair of boot.
Grayson Hughes
That's good.
It was a janky ass combo I would have never pulled off if I didn't get the proper card draw. My group runs a few infinite combos that we all agree to concede on this was just the first time I ever pulled one off
Hunter Thomas
>6 man F4A Just break up into two 3 mans, Jesus Christ. To answer your question though there is absolutely nothing wrong with going infi.
Nathaniel Phillips
My group enjoys 5 man one-of-each monocolor EDH.
Gavin Green
That sounds pretty fun. I've always liked the Idea of "themed" edh games
Hudson Hall
Star? That would at least mitigate the never ending game problem of 5+ FFA.
Jaxson Cooper
That's what it went by, yeah. Good times. We'll even half-roleplay it, calling each other by "[Color] Mage" as we play. "Are you sure you want to do that, Blue Mage?" is the most common thing to hear.
Charles Reed
This is a pretty hilarious way to either fuck an opponent's had OR help them grab an answer to a more dangerous threat
Anthony Parker
Is it playable?
Kevin Nguyen
Absolutely
Christopher Fisher
that's very playable, unless your in a game with some serious ramp most players aren't going to want to throw away that much mana just to prevent you from drawing 1 card and that upkeep cost is pretty manageable.
Bentley Harris
Think Ayli or Sadistic Hypnotist is a better choice for a sac outlet in an Alesha deck?
Brody Fisher
just got this guess the deck
Blake Howard
Zedruu or no balls.
Jack Thomas
Cool, I'll see if I can find a slot for it. I tried it years ago and didn't find it very helpful, but I was just starting EDH at the time and mostly played 1v1 with a friend who only shat out creatures
I've had good luck with the Sadistic Hypnotist in a mono-black deck. I suspect instant-speed free sacrifice isn't that important to you, otherwise I'd recommend Viscera Seer.
Hudson Carter
Can someone explain to me why Zur the Enchanter is run in Scion of the Ur-Dragon decks?
My friend runs Zur in his, and he say its to grab tech like O-ring, Phyrexian Arena or what have you, but...isn't the gist of Scion to send things to the 'yard or some combo like Moltensteel/Skittles and Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault?
I don't know, Zur just feels like it's less impactful. You're better of committing to the schtick of the deck, no?
Mason Johnson
Since no one's done it yet, Post em'
Jose Barnes
Viscera's already in there actually, I'm just adding some extra options.
Josiah Morales
I'm thinking of making a Star Boxset for my playgroup - three commander decks per color. Would this be too boring? Should I have a mono-color set, and two dual-color sets? Or is there enough variety in just mono-color to make three decks for each?
What the fuck am I doing? Is this feasible? I'm just looking to be able to play star without having to rely on folks building their own decks, then losing those players or requiring them to be at every meetup just to play the variant.
Ayden Evans
Is kaalia worth playing?
Daniel Howard
Post template
Brandon Turner
Playing, sure. Buying, nah.
Ayden Reyes
When she works, she destroys the table. Thus, everyone hates her out of the game any time she so much as she tries to be cast.
Here, this is what I'm working with at the moment.
Dominic Powell
Very nasty and fun. I would use it.
Carter Jones
At worst he's a 2/2 haste for 5. In red.
William Campbell
I don't know that I would call them cool, but I did grab Sorin LoI, Sad Sorin, and Elspeth KE for my Marchesa superfriends, which brings the total to 15.
Between Elspeth, Ajani, and Sorin, I get to Voltron Marchesa without going Voltron.
Hunter Ramirez
That's a woman
Robert Morris
These things are always awful and autistic.
Owen Lopez
I got a $50 coupon from eBay, so I put in a low bid on a Crucible of Worlds. Nobody else bid against it, so I ended up getting the Crucible, a copy of The Gitrog, and half a dozen $1-2 cards to fit in the deck.
It's going to be a while before they show up, but that should be fun.
Jaxon Turner
I could say the same of you.
Carson Perry
Wait until Return to Alara when we will inevitably get a new Kaalia.
Landon Rivera
She's from Alara? I don't recall that blurb from the first Commander release mentioning which plane she's from
Grayson Torres
One of the most underplayed cards in the format.
Hypnotist, but why not both?
Ian Phillips
There are only two types of person in the world: autists who act like attention whores and autists who call out attention whores.
None of you have any idea what the fuck the term autist even means anymore.
She got a story at around M13 telling of her backstory. Her real name was Lia or something, the Kaa is a title from the leonin.
John Long
I think there was an Uncharted Realms article about her. She was a young red mage from what was once Bant picked up by some cat people from postNaya who were hunting Nefarox.
Nefarox killed her village and the cats in an attempt to raise a dragon for his army. I think Kaalia managed to destroy the dragon's skeleton in time though.
Adrian Kelly
>Play Sen Triplets >Target an Opponent with the ability >Head Games them >Tutor through their entire deck, grabbing cards I want to cast that turn, and basic lands for the rest >mfw they're left with a handful of trash and I've gotten a better Conflux for 5 mana.
Joshua Jones
Just difficulty finding room for all the toys I suppose. Posted the list above if you feel like suggesting a cut.
John Evans
I forget the whole story but she's basically an outcast from Bant.
We still don't know where Nekusar is from.
Robert Nguyen
Mystic Remora should be evaluated on similar grounds to Rhystic Study. It's a tax-card, where if it doesn't tax and slow down the game, as it should, it instead will draw cards for you.
Because of that, it fits into an early-game Stax package quite cleanly. It's not hard stax, as it's not a definite denial of resources or mana. But because of it's low mana cost, it fits a role that Rhystic Study can hit too late for.
It's very nice to stall people's early game plans just because you hit this for a bit. Then you drop a more legitimate piece of slowness when you're ready. It's a great card overall, and fits into the strongest archetype in the format.
Logan Sullivan
I'm not in love with Utter End or Break Through the Line. While we're at it I think Comeuppance is a great Sunforger target that will punish/deter a lot of attacks against you.
John Baker
In my experience you will draw cards. I'm one of a handful of players in my area that pay one damn mana for Rhystic Study, no one is going to pay 4. The trick is to play it at a point where the cumulative upkeep doesn't paralyze you before you get a satisfactory number of cards.
Alexander Ward
So, I picked up a foil Atarka, World Render and a couple other dragons, and I think I might try and make something out of them. I figure the deck practically builds itself, but I was just wondering if any of you guys knew some funny R/G Dragon tech.
Also, I have a CMA Sylvan Library sitting around doing fuck all and I don't have much experience playing the card, would that work out well in there?
Elijah Collins
Not tech per se, but Savage Ventmaw is one of the things that goes infinite with Aggravated Assault. Sylvan Library is always good; be sure to play cards that care about the top of your library and some shuffle effects like fetches
Aaron Thomas
I like it because the errata means it hits everyone. It's a very tasty turn 1 drop
Gavin Young
Comeuppance is interesting, thanks.
Don't think I have too many creatures?
Ayden Hernandez
>We still don't know where Nekusar is from.
We don't know where most of the commanders are from, with the exception of the 2015 cast who all made it pretty obvious.
Matthew Robinson
>Don't think I have too many creatures? Not at all. Alesha decks should be creature heavy.
Tyler Jones
I thought we were actually aware of most of the commanders and the ones not tied to a specific plane were in the minority. Even 2025 had Arjun though iirc he was the only one of the bunch to have no specified home plane.
Caleb Gomez
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Aiden Rogers
>Rashmi used to cost 5 and they decided to push it down to 4 and change it 'each turn' because they'd love it to show up in constructed
Someone please take control of UG away from Wizards.
Joshua Martin
Do you suppose either Grenzo would offer me much? I rather like Havoc Raiser and I'm kinda looking for a place to fit him. I think I have some of the things he wants but maybe not enough evasion.
Luke Adams
>"We designed Depala specifically for commander"
Hunter Allen
The deck is about 1/3 creatures so Dungeon Warden might be good. How often do you have an empty hand or excess mana laying around?
Nathan Anderson
2014 and 2015 all make it pretty obvious where theirs are coming from, with the exception of Ob Nixilis and Arjun, so ignoring those, let's see:
>Known Kaalia: Alara Edric: Fiora Karador: Theros Ruhan: Ir The Mimeoplasm: Muraganda Derevi : Alara Jeleva: Innistrad Prossh: Dominaria Shattergang Brothers: Ravnica Sydria: Fiora
EVERYONE bitches about "every boros commander is all just cheap combat tricks! Give us diversity! "
We get a commander that isn't strictly combat based in boros. She's not only dwarf tribal, but uses vehicles too. She almost makes up for the awful card draw in red/white with her "becomes tapped " ability . Aka when she pilots a vehicle.
I think she's great.
Liam Brooks
>"Adriana, Captain of the Guard is probably our best take on combining muiltiplayer politics with combat-based fun"
Isaiah Jackson
Empty hand usually only after a card effect, but excess mana with some frequency. I find I don't need that much turn to turn if I can keep Alesha alive.
Samuel Baker
What happened to your little bro?
Joseph Powell
Marath is from Naya (Alara)
Brandon Perry
who in your opinion is the most bro tier commander? hard mode: no phelddagrif
Julian Williams
I still wanna see the Roon deck
Noah Howard
Dungeon Warden seems like a pretty good place to put it then. He doesn't even need counters to fish out most of the creatures in your deck.
Tyler Brown
Source?
Best I can find it only says Marath is from a "plane ruled by shamans".
Evan Nguyen
Roon looks like he's from Bant
Isaac Anderson
But Depala IS just another "turn shit sideways and kill people with combat damage" commander. Her ability will only occasionally draw you a card, which will be a very specific card and it will cost you a buttload of mana.
I would've preferred they did red's impulsive draw or looting or some mentor of the meek style card instead. It's trash.
Riku is from Kamigawa, I believe. Nin might be from Mirrodin, as she's a 4 arms Vedalken.