Elder Dragon Highlander/Commander General

EDH /edhg/ Ph as in g Ed it io n

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>Deck List Site: You can search for decks that other people have made. Authors often have comments that explain their decks strategy and card choices.
tappedout.net

>Statistically see what everyone else puts in their commander decks based on what is posted to the the internet.
edhrec.com/

>Find out what lands you can add to your deck, sorted by category, based on a chosen Commanders color identity.
manabasecrafter.com/

CARD SEARCH

>Official search site. Current for all sets.
gatherer.wizards.com/

>Unofficial, but has GOAT search interface.
magiccards.info/

>Thread question
Have you ever built an EDH deck based around a mechanic/keyword?

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>Have you ever built an EDH deck based around a mechanic/keyword?
I don't play to win when I use it.

Trying to brew up a control list with pic related, any of you played with / against him? Help me out lads.

chaos isn't really a mechanic bro

I have a Feldon deck that I'm trying to tune up. Recently trimmed some of the fat and got the land count up to something a bit more respectable(used to be at 33, super dodgy), but it's still not where I'd like it to be. Suggestions appreciated, the deck is my baby and I want to see it able to keep up a bit better in my metas.

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/i-have-nothing-left-to-give/

I had a very shitty anafenza deck built around the abzan as a whole. It was taken apart though with the change of group from casual fun to tryhards

Almost always. Most recently it was UB cycling.

Milling everyone and then doing reanimator shenanigans, turning their own fatties against them, sounds like a reasonable path. Recycle a sepulchral primordial and all that fun stuff.

If you want specifics, posting a tappedout list might be helpful.

Demons or zombies?

Big, fat, meaty demons.

I built a deck with an exert tribal subtheme and I want to build a Zur cycling deck, do those count?

With Sylvan Library when I draw two extra cards can I choose which on to keep and put the other two on my deck in any order? The wording on the Eternal Masters printing is different than the old.

Quicksmith Genius-cycle your hand
Amulet of Vigor-counters Kismet/Blind Obedience effects which kind of fuck up your deck
Scrap Mastery/Trash for Treasure-optional recursion
Codex Shredder-Recur EVERYTHING

>Gitrog is broken

He's a great combo general since he can recycle tutors all day erry day. Put together whatever combo you'd like, maybe make it a fun multi-part one for laughs.

>tfw scapeshift is worth 1/4 of my deck

Ok, Sylvan Library is oddly worded. Here's what happens.

During your draw step, you draw two extra cards. You then select 2 cards from among those that you have drawn this turn and put them back in any order, unless you pay 4 life a card to keep them.

Note: you can put back cards you didn't draw with Library but already drew this turn (say, from a Phyrexian Arena or Staff of Nin). This isn't super useful, but it's come up in my games before and been handy, so its worth you knowing about it.

>Things no one has actually said on /edhg/

I think every pepe costs these frogposters a few more brain cells.

>tfw have a gitrog that isn't memes

It's a pretty good feel.

Mine's value/turbofog. Pisses people off with Constant Mists and stax elements.

Never thought about stax with gitrog I just play mine like golgari landfall. How does it work

Pretty well, for a casual circle. Stax is decently commander independent, though it works WELL with Gitrog (Since I can sac my lands and draw fresh, including potentially dredging back and replaying Dakmor) on the field I can do a lot of damage to the board even while the frog is dead. The big weakness is that I NEED either a crucible effect or Loam. It got a lot more comfortable with Ramunap, who can be found by a few extra tutors compared to Crucible and Loam (which basically needed unrestricted tutoring in black/green) and is a little easier to recur than crucible.

For being horrible jank normally, Tainted Aether is a fucking all-star. A lot of decks lose their mind when I've got forced-sac running and they can't gain +permanents from dropping creatures. But I'm drawing cards and if I really need to throw dudes down without losing my land I can feed Tainted to the Smokestack.

I'm not gonna lie and say it'll hold up to competitive pressure but it's a nice low-power execution of Stax principles.

Anyone have advice for improving the Breya precon on a budget? I play in a really slow durdly meta where all the decks are U/G and I don't want to scoop to wave of vitriol

Trophy mage, any of 4 WUBR gearhulks, ashnod's altar, nim deathmantle. If wave is hosing you invest in more counterspells

>play Radiant
>monowhite angel shit
>plenty of annoying shit though
>opponent is playing RazzleDazzle apostles
>has tons of mana because monoblack
>casts Necropotence
>other guy moans at blue player because he tapped out to counter his spell the previous turn
>smugangels.png
>cast scouts warning in response
>cast Angel of Jubilation
>gets huffy
>drops a Plague Lord and tries to kill angel
>tell him he can't because angel
>SALTY turn pass
>blue player wind falls
>Razzledazzle discards a few apostles, Phyrexian altar, and bidding
>blue player tells him they're exiled because necropotence
>salty scoops and leaves in a huff
Am I wrong for loving every second of his assmaddery?

Adding combo outs and counterspells instead of the more value cards will really help. Ashnods altar and nim deathmantle make infinite death triggers, artifact etbs, thopters if you want. Cards like Lord of the vault or reckless fireweaver make that lethal immediately

Reckless fireweaver and panharmonichon. Its less boring pinging people to death not using breya.

>Angel of Jubilation
My nigga
The only reason this cunt isn't in my Boros deck is Hall of the Bandit Lord

play this combo.

here's my budget breya deck that does fairly well in my own durdly meta. a lot of the cards are either in the precon or fairly easy to grab. only a few cards really stand out as pricey (lotus bloom, master transmuter, scarecrone, krarks clan ironworks)
tappedout.net/mtg-decks/breya-grave-combos/

My playgroup doesn't like combos or counterspells which is why everybody plays blue green...

Should have told him to rtfc, other than that 9/10 for a self saltening scoop.

>don't like counters or combos
>play UG
sounds like a shit playgroup. play combos to make them mad and change things up. you must be the catalyst for change. also, who could get mad at you for pulling off the combo i posted?

>abzan
that's not a mechanic or keyword. why are people struggling with this question.

who was the commander?

>exert
>cycling
yes those count

your playgroup sounds worthless

>SIX card combo
with a 4 color commander you can do a lot better than this.

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Yeah, it is based on the combat mechanic and it wins by reducing my opponents likepoints to 0

mm. missed the sarcasm.

>doesn't like the 6 card convoluted combo
>mfw
each card in the combo is fine on it's own, and scrap mastery pulls them all out of the grave anyway. not to mention it is a really fun combo: it allows for milling everyone out, infinite mana, casting of every spell in your grave an infinite amount of times, and infinite myrs if you do it right.

>that's not a mechanic or keyword
Ok Bolster/Outlast. Happy now dumbass?

You fucking suck at sarcasm.

So is Spike Tourney Grinder going to be edh legal, and if so how will having them as a commander affect fetching cards that aren't black? Will I finally be able to play Erayo in edh?

No

No

Definitely fucking not

everything is legal as long as your playgroup says so

>silver border
>edh legal
nope. your playgroup may allow it, but there's a reason why you can't have frankie peanuts as a commander either - it's just too much of a headache to run cards that were made to be jokes. that being said, i wish i could run fruitcake elemental in a deck.

>doesnt want to unleash the reeses storm with thopter pie network

Why is this so funny to me?

Funnest/most christmasland targets for rite of replication?

Shadow deck user here.

I am thinking of ordering a custom playmat, since I like making the deck and accessories aesthetically pleasing to look at.

Pic related is one image I am considering using. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Grayscale/shadowy stuff is preferred, but I'll consider anything.

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because it's hilarious

dual caster mage goes infinite. mindclaw shaman is one of my favorite cards tho.

I used this as a win condition for my hypothetical tazri allies deck.

targeting a reaper king you control is equal to 25 vindicates, targeting a reaper king someone else controls is 20 vindicates.

Gary is my favorite target. I

>artifacts
>fun ever
Shit's exodia tier.

But my Heart of the Underdog Exodia deck was fun.

ink-treader nephlim, all other answers are wrong.
is close to being right

U/G is the combo counterspell king though...

angel of invention with commander out

>what? You don't like sitting there and watching me draw/play solitaire until I instantly win?

Let's see 'em

learn to take my giant robo dildo, fag

That's more of a Laser dildo.

I'm so glad this card is real
>old boarded
>powerfully weak
>p h a s i n g
>named after a mythical creature in my New Zealand ancestry

This is going straight into my Skeleton Ship deck. Old boardered, pirate, ship, skeleton and sea themed.
It's the worst deck ever made that I use against new players

Can you post Ayli?

how many 6/7/+ mana cards should i have if i only have 5 ramp 4 rocks and 36 land?

Worldslayer + Taniwha

50

How many does that make? I can't into math right now

you'd have 6 non-tokens and 12 tokens total

and then you snapcaster rite out of your grave again and get an infinite amount of golems.

>Scout's Warning a Phyrexian Obliterator into play after attacks are declared

Make as many golems as you like friend.

Who /monoblack/ here?

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I have yet to touch any of my other decks for weeks now. I fucking love Erebos.

I want to but I have other shit to build. Big Black is probably something I'll make over the long term.

Cabal Coffers/Urborg are just getting more expensive with each passing month

Would you allow a deck with silver bordered cards in your table as long as it's not some dumb shit like Mindslaving your opponents to do the HokeyPokey?

>slow durdly meta
sounds like they are in need of some "the game ends at turn 5".

Work in progress, desu. I'm probably going to get that new Parallel Lives from Amonkhet and gain mad value off of Boon Reflection. Elspeth, Extort, Daru butts, Panharmonicon, and more.

Jesus Christ, all those ETB activations.

That image reminds me of someone.

Mine's changed slightly, cut down the WIP decks to the one I'm ACTUALLY building instead of half-brewing on tappedout and then forgetting about. Also updated to reflect that I'm running the FRF printing of Atarka (prerelease foil and everything!) because my friend gave me his.

Syura a best

looking for a GW land shenanigans deck inspiration **because fuck GB**

Fuck off, this counts as spam at this point.

Don't remind me.

>tfw this is probably going to end up just like wheel of fortune where I don't buy it, it spikes, and now I'll never buy it

They gives people something to do, they let people find decks they might be interested in, and they're a jumping-off point for discussion. What's the harm?

So is this infinite board counter?

You can say the same abouy discount viagra pill ads too, the problem is the frequency.

Yeah if they aren't also infinite lifegain.

Ruin Ghost
Landfall Quests, Ascensions, & Ordeals Lifegain Enchantress

Where is the synergy with ascensions?

There isn't, just another enchantment cycle I thought of and they aren't bad cards.

The "Retreat to X" from BFZ would be more in line, also the big landfall critters from that set . White's was Emeria Shepherd, idk the Green equivalent

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Run the Hippie Sack

Star breaker best girl
Nath second best girl

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