Just wanted to share my commander cube it's one that's been around long before legends and I thought it would be fun to get people's thoughts on it. There are a few ways to draft it, that is: 60 card deck, 80 Card Deck, 100 Card Deck
To start depending on the number of players you draft your commanders using the commander draft (This is optional as I include a decent number in the cube itself but I think this makes it more enjoyable as it guarantees you at least have something to work with. Normally to draft the commanders I just do 1 pack of 5 cards for each player
Afterwards the actual draft begins for 60 card decks you can go up to 8 players and I found either 4 packs of 15 or 3 packs of 20 work best. For 80 card decks you can go up to 8 and I found 5 packs of 15 work best here. For normal 100 card decks though I would draft 6 packs of 15, which means for the time being a max of 6 players could draft.
Other small rules I used when making this cube, Partner as a keyword does not exist even if a card has it with one exception, the Prismatic Piper who can partner with any commander regardless of if they have partner. As well there are a few cards normally banned in commander that are in here.
All comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated, if you think there are better card options or if any theme seems too weak, ect! Or if you found another interesting way to draft it! Anyways here it is
So these are the general themes I tried the build around Golgari:
Graveyard/Sacrifice
+1/+1
Azorius:
Flyers
Legends
Stax Selesnya:
Tokens
Stax
+1/+1 Izzet:
Draw
Artifacts
Control Dimir:
Control
Artifacts
Evasion Grull:
Spellslinger
Creatures Matter
High Power Orzhov:
Enchantress
Sacrifice
Tokens
Stax Simic:
Control
Lands Matter
Counters Rakdos:
Self Discard
Sacrifice
-1/-1 Boros:
Spellslinger
Combat/Voltron
Big Creatures Sultai:
+1/+1
Graveyard/Sacrifice Mardu:
Stax
Lifedrain
Combat/Voltron Temur:
Creatures Matter
Spellslinger Jeskai:
Combat/Voltron
Tokens
Spellslinger Abzan:
Graveyard
Big Toughness
+1/+1 Bant:
Bounce
Enchantress Jund:
Sacrifice
Graveyard/Combat
Stax Naya:
Combat/Stax
Big Creatures
Multi-Color Grixis:
Graveyard
Spellsling Esper:
Graveyard
Enchantress
Artifacts
Hello just wanted to share my historic Jhoira deck. The theme is legendaries and to asmaller extent artifacts. It's meant to be more controlly and to draw heck of a lot of cards. Any comments for possible card improvements is always welcome
1) Are you looking for budget-friendly suggestions?
2) What is your overall game plan? Normally Rafiq will suit-up and win with commander damage, but you a decent number of your creatures look like THEY want to be the ones to attack instead. This is NOT a problem; will just help with suggestions.
To answer
1) Yes and no. I enjoy budget options as placeholders until I can get the actual big boys to fill the spot if that makes sense.
2) The main plan is to suit up Rafiq and smash face, but I also like having other creatures as backup plan in case Rafiq gets to the point of costing 1 million and a half mana.
Hello, so I plan on making a for fun deck using Mishra Artificer Prodigy as a commander, however the catch is only using cards in reference to the Brother's War. Other than cards from the dark and Antiquities, does anyone know of any other cool cards of items either used during the war or people/spells from it? Thank you!
Built a superfriends deck with the War of the Spark release and this is what I got so far. I chose Niv because he's beefy, he flies, and most importantly he can get a good number of cards into my hand. Comments and criticism welcome. I'm mostly looking at other walkers I can use, and the amount of removal I have Cheers.
Hello everyone looking for some comments and possible cards for my Naya angels deck. Any suggestions would be great. For my general meta, there are a few tribal decks (Cats, slivers, and zombies) and then after that a lot of slower decks, and I would say 2 or so slowish combo decks. As a side note With my commander the reason I used Mor and not Mayael is mostly because I like the idea of using an elder dragon, not nay real gameplay reason. Cheers!
Thanks for all the suggestions! It helped a bunch and now I have Grixis graveyard shenanigans, UG +1/+1 shenanigans, mono-green enchantments, and UW control (Yes I'm a mad man when it comes to building multiple decks at once)
In the future I think I might try that fungus tribal idea and the BW life shenanigans. Seems like they could be fun decks. Cheers!
So looking for some new deck ideas on what to build next. I'm trying to get 1 deck for every color combo, and trying to make them unique in their own ways, so if anyone has any cool deck ideas to spit out I'm open. Mostly I'm just stuck trying to come up with a new deck idea.
Current decks
Hello so after another of magic me and a couple friends were playing 2 headed giant. However a couple of ruling questions we weren't quite sure on popped up. So I figured I would post them here to get other thoughts.
The first involves Portal Mage. The question being say player a attacked with 3 creatures could you use it to instead make him attack his teammate? since they are two separate entities or because both players life totals are combined and you attack them like one entity you cannot.
The second involves Polymorphist's Jest. While not necessarily 2hg in particular it did pop up in our games and it got us curious. Let's say player A has a Phantom Nishoba with 7 counters on it equipped with a Grappling Hook , Sword of the Animist , and a Behemoth Sledge and player B casts jest. What would the end result of the nishoba be. Would it still keep all the equipped abilities or would player A need to reequip everything.
So I was looking around and while there may not be a true prison lock deck like in say legacy or modern, I do believe you can get something close. Brewing and looking around I feel it would work best in a GW list. As someone mentioned above Deadlock Trap can be an icy manipulator essentially with with Greenbelt Rampager (If you lack the appropriate energy. As well along with that there is also Pacification Array Which helps against both vehicles and the creatures that could possibly crew them however 2 mana can be hefty. I imagine you would wanna run a removal set of Cast OutSilkwrap, Suspension Field, Declaration in Stone, and Thopter Arrest .
As for finishers some I think that could work are like Dragonlord Dromoka . She's just a big body that also locks down your opponent on your turn. Hornet Queen also could possibly work with good ramp to back it up. Some planeswalkers could also fit or even Approach of the Second Sun if you wanted to go that route. I think the deck as a concept sounds fun though and entirely possibly, just a little more difficult to brew with.
To start depending on the number of players you draft your commanders using the commander draft (This is optional as I include a decent number in the cube itself but I think this makes it more enjoyable as it guarantees you at least have something to work with. Normally to draft the commanders I just do 1 pack of 5 cards for each player
Afterwards the actual draft begins for 60 card decks you can go up to 8 players and I found either 4 packs of 15 or 3 packs of 20 work best. For 80 card decks you can go up to 8 and I found 5 packs of 15 work best here. For normal 100 card decks though I would draft 6 packs of 15, which means for the time being a max of 6 players could draft.
Other small rules I used when making this cube, Partner as a keyword does not exist even if a card has it with one exception, the Prismatic Piper who can partner with any commander regardless of if they have partner. As well there are a few cards normally banned in commander that are in here.
All comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated, if you think there are better card options or if any theme seems too weak, ect! Or if you found another interesting way to draft it! Anyways here it is
So these are the general themes I tried the build around
Golgari:
Graveyard/Sacrifice
+1/+1
Azorius:
Flyers
Legends
Stax
Selesnya:
Tokens
Stax
+1/+1
Izzet:
Draw
Artifacts
Control
Dimir:
Control
Artifacts
Evasion
Grull:
Spellslinger
Creatures Matter
High Power
Orzhov:
Enchantress
Sacrifice
Tokens
Stax
Simic:
Control
Lands Matter
Counters
Rakdos:
Self Discard
Sacrifice
-1/-1
Boros:
Spellslinger
Combat/Voltron
Big Creatures
Sultai:
+1/+1
Graveyard/Sacrifice
Mardu:
Stax
Lifedrain
Combat/Voltron
Temur:
Creatures Matter
Spellslinger
Jeskai:
Combat/Voltron
Tokens
Spellslinger
Abzan:
Graveyard
Big Toughness
+1/+1
Bant:
Bounce
Enchantress
Jund:
Sacrifice
Graveyard/Combat
Stax
Naya:
Combat/Stax
Big Creatures
Multi-Color
Grixis:
Graveyard
Spellsling
Esper:
Graveyard
Enchantress
Artifacts
1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1x Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
1x Kangee, Sky Warden
1x Shabraz, the Skyshark
Dimir
1x Rona, Disciple of Gix
1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
1x Szadek, Lord of Secrets
Rakdos
1x Anje Falkenrath
1x Lyzolda, the Blood Witch
1x Garna, the Bloodflame
1x The Scorpion God
Gruul
1x Hans Eriksson
1x Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
1x Wort, the Raidmother
Selesnya
1x Rhys the Redeemed
1x Gaddock Teeg
1x Dromoka, the Eternal
1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
Orzhov
1x Daxos the Returned
1x Ghost Council of Orzhova
1x Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium
1x Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
Simic
1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Izzet
1x Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1x The Locust God
1x Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Boros
1x Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
1x Anya, Merciless Angel
1x Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer
1x Firesong and Sunspeaker
Jund
1x Shattergang Brothers
1x Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
1x Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
Naya
1x Mayael the Anima
1x Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
1x Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
Bant
1x Tuvasa the Sunlit
1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
1x Amareth, the Lustrous
1x Varina, Lich Queen
1x Zur the Enchanter
1x Sharuum the Hegemon
Grixis
1x Kess, Dissident Mage
1x Obeka, Brute Chronologist
1x Sedris, the Traitor King
Jeskai
1x Ruhan of the Fomori
1x Akim, the Soaring Wind
1x Narset, Enlightened Master
Mardu
1x Queen Marchesa
1x Zurgo Helmsmasher
1x Licia, Sanguine Tribune
Abzan
1x Doran, the Siege Tower
1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
1x Teneb, the Harvester
Sultai
1x Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1x Vorosh, the Hunter
1x Damia, Sage of Stone
Temur
1x Animar, Soul of Elements
1x Kalamax, the Stormsire
1x Surrak Dragonclaw
Rainbow
1x Progenitus
1x Reaper King
1x Weathered Wayfarer
1x Ainok Bond-Kin
1x Magus of the Balance
1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1x Mangara of Corondor
1x Prava of the Steel Legion
1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant
1x Silverblade Paladin
1x Basri's Lieutenant
1x Dragonscale General
1x Keeper of the Accord
1x Luminous Broodmoth
1x Magus of the Disk
1x Magus of the Tabernacle
1x Rebbec, Architect of Ascension
1x Restoration Angel
1x Rhox Faithmender
1x Rambunctious Mutt
1x Scion of Vitu-Ghazi
1x Serra Angel
1x Sun Titan
1x Sunblast Angel
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Emeria Shepherd
1x Silent Sentinel
1x Soul of Eternity
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
1x Blazing Archon
White Planeswalker
1x Gideon Blackblade
1x Teyo, the Shieldmage
1x Serra the Benevolent
1x The Wanderer
1x Gideon Jura
1x Basri, Devoted Paladin
White Artifact Creature
1x Ethersworn Canonist
White Artifact
1x Marble Diamond
1x Norn's Annex
White Instant
1x Niveous Wisps
1x Path to Exile
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Forsake the Worldly
1x Generous Gift
1x Rootborn Defenses
1x Return to Dust
1x Trostani's Judgment
White Sorcery
1x Balance
1x Idyllic Tutor
1x Armageddon
1x Cataclysm
1x Refurbish
1x Silverflame Ritual
1x Wrath of God
1x Akroma's Vengeance
1x Finale of Glory
1x Triumphant Reckoning
White Enchantment
1x Rest in Peace
1x Aura of Silence
1x Ghostly Prison
1x Martial Impetus
1x Anointed Procession
1x Citadel Siege
1x Court of Grace
1x Reverence
1x Smothering Tithe
1x Worship
1x Martyr's Bond
1x True Conviction
White Enchantment Creature
1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
1x Heliod, God of the Sun
Blue Creature
1x Jushi Apprentice
1x Magus of the Bazaar
1x Thassa's Oracle
1x Chasm Skulker
1x Hullbreacher
1x Kefnet the Mindful
1x Simic Fluxmage
1x Simic Manipulator
1x Vendilion Clique
1x Kheru Spellsnatcher
1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
1x Sakashima the Impostor
1x Siani, Eye of the Storm
1x Spark Double
1x Deepglow Skate
1x Magus of the Jar
1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
1x Magus of the Mind
1x Roil Elemental
1x Sapphire Drake
1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Blue Planeswalker
1x Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
1x Jace, Architect of Thought
1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1x Teferi, Master of Time
1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Blue Artifact Creature
1x Master of Etherium
1x Master Transmuter
1x Phyrexian Metamorph
Blue Artifact
1x Sky Diamond
Blue Instant
1x Cerulean Wisps
1x Counterspell
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Reality Shift
1x Disallow
1x Fierce Guardianship
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Rewind
1x Force of Will
1x Gush
1x Precognitive Perception
Blue Sorcery
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Tinker
1x Kefnet's Last Word
1x Library of Lat-Nam
1x Reverse Engineer
1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
1x Upheaval
1x Curse of the Swine
1x Reshape
1x Aminatou's Augury
1x Treasure Cruise
1x Temporal Trespass
Blue Enchantment
1x Mystic Remora
1x Propaganda
1x Psychic Impetus
1x Rhystic Study
1x Frozen Aether
1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
1x Thopter Spy Network
1x Inexorable Tide
1x Metallurgic Summonings
1x Meishin, the Mind Cage
1x Swarm Intelligence
Blue Enchantment Artifact
1x Bident of Thassa
Blue Enchantment Creature
1x Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
1x Thassa, God of the Sea
Blue Land
1x Academy Ruins
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Black Creature
1x Disciple of the Vault
1x Blood Artist
1x Dark Confidant
1x Golgari Thug
1x Endless Cockroaches
1x Opposition Agent
1x Phyrexian Crusader
1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
1x Braids, Cabal Minion
1x Disciple of Bolas
1x Magus of the Abyss
1x Sangromancer
1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
1x Bloodgift Demon
1x Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
1x Markov Dreadknight
1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
1x Puppeteer Clique
1x Witch of the Moors
1x Carnifex Demon
1x Champion of Stray Souls
1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
1x Grave Titan
1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
1x Magus of the Mirror
1x Massacre Wurm
1x Defiant Bloodlord
1x Ebon Dragon
1x Rune-Scarred Demon
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
Black Planeswalker
1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
1x Liliana, Death Wielder
Black Artifact
1x Charcoal Diamond
1x Cranial Plating
1x Bolas's Citadel
Black Instant
1x Aphotic Wisps
1x Deadly Rollick
1x Sickening Shoal
Black Sorcery
1x Reanimate
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Grim Tutor
1x Dread Return
1x Dredge the Mire
1x Syphon Mind
1x Increasing Ambition
1x Spread the Sickness
1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
1x Extinguish All Hope
1x Ghastly Conscription
1x Torment of Hailfire
1x Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
1x Decree of Pain
1x Profane Transfusion
Black Enchantment
1x Animate Dead
1x Bitterblossom
1x Gate to Phyrexia
1x Oubliette
1x Parasitic Impetus
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Pestilence
1x Dictate of Erebos
1x Tymaret, Chosen from Death
1x Nighthowler
1x Erebos, God of the Dead
1x Fate Unraveler
1x Doomwake Giant
Red Creature
1x Stigma Lasher
1x Agitator Ant
1x Dualcaster Mage
1x Flamekin Herald
1x Legion Warboss
1x Magus of the Wheel
1x Squee, the Immortal
1x Taurean Mauler
1x Treasure Nabber
1x Everquill Phoenix
1x Fallen Ferromancer
1x Hazoret the Fervent
1x Ogre Menial
1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1x Spitfire Lagac
1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1x Urabrask the Hidden
1x Zealous Conscripts
1x Etali, Primal Storm
1x Flameblade Angel
1x Inferno Titan
1x Balduvian Hydra
1x Balefire Dragon
1x Akroma, Angel of Fury
Red Planeswalker
1x Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded
1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
1x Koth of the Hammer
1x Jaya Ballard
1x Jaya, Venerated Firemage
Red Artifact Creature
1x Combustible Gearhulk
Red Artifact
1x Fire Diamond
Red Instant
1x Crimson Wisps
1x Chaos Warp
1x Mages' Contest
1x Electrodominance
Red Sorcery
1x Gamble
1x Vandalblast
1x Cathartic Reunion
1x Wheel of Misfortune
1x Fiery Confluence
1x Goblin War Party
1x Past in Flames
1x Chandra's Ignition
1x Hour of Devastation
1x Incendiary Command
1x Reforge the Soul
1x Red Sun's Zenith
1x Brass's Bounty
1x Finale of Promise
1x Jaya's Immolating Inferno
1x Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
1x Saheeli's Directive
1x Blasphemous Act
Red Enchantment
1x Goblin Bombardment
1x Impact Tremors
1x Pyromancer Ascension
1x Furnace Celebration
1x Mudslide
1x Shiny Impetus
1x Valakut Exploration
1x Sneak Attack
1x Vance's Blasting Cannons
1x Double Vision
1x Stolen Strategy
1x Rage Reflection
1x Sunbird's Invocation
1x Warstorm Surge
Red Enchantment Creature
1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
Green Creature
1x Lotus Cobra
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Champion of Lambholt
1x Eternal Witness
1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
1x Pridemalkin
1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
1x Rhonas the Indomitable
1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
1x Setessan Champion
1x Bloodspore Thrinax
1x Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
1x Champion of Rhonas
1x Polukranos, World Eater
1x Acidic Slime
1x Ant Queen
1x Elder Gargaroth
1x Keeper of Fables
1x Seedborn Muse
1x Bane of Progress
1x Brutalizer Exarch
1x Greenwarden of Murasa
1x Pathbreaker Ibex
1x Vigor
1x Giant Adephage
1x World Breaker
1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
1x Myojin of Life's Web
1x Apex Devastator
1x Decimator of the Provinces
Green Planeswalker
1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
1x Garruk, Unleashed
1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
1x Garruk, Savage Herald
Green Artifact
1x Moss Diamond
Green Instant
1x Viridescent Wisps
1x Worldly Tutor
1x Heroic Intervention
1x Beast Within
1x Krosan Grip
1x Force of Vigor
1x Chord of Calling
Green Sorcery
1x Cultivate
1x Explosive Vegetation
1x Harmonize
1x Creeping Renaissance
1x Hour of Promise
1x Seasons Past
1x Genesis Wave
1x Praetor's Counsel
1x The Great Aurora
Green Enchantment
1x Burgeoning
1x Night Soil
1x Sylvan Library
1x Awakening Zone
1x Garruk's Uprising
1x Court of Bounty
1x Freyalise's Winds
1x Guardian Project
1x Asceticism
1x Predatory Impetus
Green Enchantment Artifact
1x Bow of Nylea
Green Enchantment Creature
1x Destiny Spinner
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
Azorius
1x Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
1x Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
1x Godhead of Awe
1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
1x Archon of the Triumvirate
1x Drogskol Reaver
1x Teferi, Time Raveler
1x Dovin Baan
1x Venser, the Sojourner
1x Time Wipe
1x Ephara, God of the Polis
Dimir
1x Araumi of the Dead Tide
1x Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
1x Ghastlord of Fugue
1x Nebuchadnezzar
1x Sire of Stagnation
1x Silent-Blade Oni
1x Ashiok, Dream Render
1x Tezzeret, Master of Metal
1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
1x Lim-Dul's Vault
1x Phenax, God of Deception
Rakdos
1x Juri, Master of the Revue
1x Tymaret, the Murder King
1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
1x Murderous Redcap
1x Boltwing Marauder
1x Kulrath Knight
1x Rakdos Ringleader
1x Sarkhan the Mad
1x Kolaghan's Command
1x Everlasting Torment
1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
Gruul
1x Tuya Bearclaw
1x Huntmaster of the Fells
1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
1x Deus of Calamity
1x Nikya of the Old Ways
1x Wrenn and Six
1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
1x Domri, Chaos Bringer
1x Clan Defiance
1x Cindervines
1x Xenagos, God of Revels
Selesnya
1x Knight of Autumn
1x Oversoul of Dusk
1x Sigarda, Heron's Grace
1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
1x Chorus of the Conclave
1x Ajani, the Greathearted
1x Calix, Destiny's Hand
1x Ajani Unyielding
1x Eladamri's Call
1x Growing Ranks
1x Karametra, God of Harvests
Orzhov
1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
1x Vizkopa Guildmage
1x Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
1x Divinity of Pride
1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
1x Treasury Thrull
1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1x Kaya, Bane of the Dead
1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
1x Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
1x Athreos, God of Passage
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Lotleth Troll
1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1x Corpsejack Menace
1x Storrev, Devkarin Lich
1x Deity of Scars
1x Sisters of Stone Death
1x Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Pharika, God of Affliction
Simic
1x Eutropia the Twice-Favored
1x Gilder Bairn
1x Master Biomancer
1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker
1x Overbeing of Myth
1x Progenitor Mimic
1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
Izzet
1x Sprite Dragon
1x Jhoira of the Ghitu
1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
1x Lutri, the Spellchaser
1x Dominus of Fealty
1x Mercurial Chemister
1x Djinn Illuminatus
1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
1x The Royal Scions
1x Ral Zarek
1x Keranos, God of Storms
Boros
1x Archangel Avacyn
1x Nobilis of War
1x Aurelia, the Warleader
1x Foundry Champion
1x Boros Battleshaper
1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1x Ajani Vengeant
1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
1x Aurelia's Fury
1x Assemble the Legion
1x Iroas, God of Victory
Jund
1x Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper
1x Charnelhoard Wurm
1x Darigaaz Reincarnated
1x Flesh // Blood
1x Violent Ultimatum
Naya
1x Jared Carthalion, True Heir
1x Marath, Will of the Wild
1x Realm Razer
1x Fiery Justice
1x Titanic Ultimatum
Bant
1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
1x Estrid, the Masked
1x Beck // Call
1x Wargate
1x Finest Hour
Esper
1x Wandering Mage
1x Alela, Artful Provocateur
1x Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant
1x Sen Triplets
1x Thopter Foundry
Grixis
1x Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
1x Blood Tyrant
1x Breaking // Entering
1x Cruel Ultimatum
Jeskai
1x Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
1x Elsha of the Infinite
1x Flying Crane Technique
1x Catch // Release
1x Jeskai Ascendancy
Mardu
1x Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
1x Brutal Hordechief
1x Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
1x Oros, the Avenger
1x Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Abzan
1x Anafenza, the Foremost
1x Siege Rhino
1x Ivorytusk Fortress
1x Colfenor, the Last Yew
1x Abzan Ascendancy
Sultai
1x Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
1x Emergent Ultimatum
1x Villainous Wealth
1x Sultai Ascendancy
Temur
1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
1x Illuna, Apex of Wishes
1x Intet, the Dreamer
1x Guided Passage
1x Genesis Ultimatum
Rainbow
1x The Prismatic Piper
1x The Prismatic Piper
1x The Prismatic Piper
1x The Prismatic Piper
1x O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
Colourless Creature
1x Artisan of Kozilek
1x Void Winnower
1x Cryptic Trilobite
1x Desolation Twin
Colourless Planeswalker
1x Karn, Scion of Urza
1x Karn, the Great Creator
1x Ugin, the Ineffable
1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Colourless Artifact Creature
1x Lore Seeker
1x Steel Overseer
1x Burnished Hart
1x Canal Dredger
1x Cogwork Librarian
1x Silent Arbiter
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Mishra's Self-Replicator
1x Soul of New Phyrexia
1x Platinum Emperion
1x Sundering Titan
1x Phyrexian Triniform
1x Hangarback Walker
Colourless Artifact
1x Mox Amber
1x Zuran Orb
1x Expedition Map
1x Skullclamp
1x Arcane Signet
1x Journeyer's Kite
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Basalt Monolith
1x Bonder's Ornament
1x Commander's Sphere
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Mimic Vat
1x Scroll of Fate
1x Skyclave Relic
1x Staff of Domination
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Tangle Wire
1x Whispersilk Cloak
1x Lithoform Engine
1x Lux Cannon
1x Nevinyrral's Disk
1x Prototype Portal
1x Seer's Sundial
1x Smokestack
1x Thran Temporal Gateway
1x Unwinding Clock
1x Urza's Filter
1x Eldrazi Monument
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Mind's Eye
1x Ring of Renewal
1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
1x Tome of the Guildpact
1x Loreseeker's Stone
1x Staff of Nin
1x Chromatic Orrery
1x Spine of Ish Sah
Colourless Sorcery
1x All Is Dust
Colourless Land
1x Ancient Ziggurat
1x Arch of Orazca
1x Blast Zone
1x Cavern of Souls
1x City of Brass
1x Command Tower
1x Dark Depths
1x Desert
1x Drownyard Temple
1x Endless Sands
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Exotic Orchard
1x Fabled Passage
1x Field of the Dead
1x Forge of Heroes
1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Glacial Chasm
1x Glimmervoid
1x High Market
1x Karn's Bastion
1x Lotus Field
1x Mana Confluence
1x Maze of Ith
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Mystifying Maze
1x Opal Palace
1x Paliano, the High City
1x Path of Ancestry
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Rogue's Passage
1x Sequestered Stash
1x Strip Mine
1x Temple of the False God
1x Terramorphic Expanse
Colourless Conspiracy
1x Advantageous Proclamation
1x Backup Plan
1x Emissary's Ploy
1x Power Play
1x Sentinel Dispatch
1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
Creatures
1 Loyal Apprentice
1 Squee, the Immortal
1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Kefnet the Mindful
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Jhoira's Familiar
1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
1 Syr Elenora, the Discerning
1 Syr Carah, the Bold
1 Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
1 Atemsis, All-Seeing
1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Etali, Primal Storm
1 Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp
1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
1 Platinum Emperion
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Emrakul, the Promised End
Planeswalkers
1 The Royal Scions
1 Saheeli, the Gifted
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Enchantments
1 Bident of Thassa
1 In Bolas's Clutches
1 Sunbird's Invocation
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Sol rin
1 Fire Diamond
1 Sky Diamond
1 Thought Vessel
1 Izzet Signet
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Darksteel Ignot
1 Hedron Archive
1 Weatherlight
1 Mindslaver
Other Spells
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mindswipe
1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
1 Counterspell
1 Reality Shift
1 Dissipate
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Chaos Warp
1 Disallow
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Rewind
1 Learn from the Past
1 Force of Will
1 Reverse Engineer
1 Hour of Devastation
1 Part the Waterveil
1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Temporal Trespass
1 Command Tower
1 Spire of Industry
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Fiery Islet
1 Highland Lake
1 Wandering Fumarole
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Transguild Promenade
1 Gateway Plaza
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Castle Vantress
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Castle Embereth
1 Dwarven Mine
1 Ash Barrens
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Phyrexia's Core
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Buried Ruin
1 Karn's Bastion
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Sequestered Stash
8 Island
8 Mountain
To answer
1) Yes and no. I enjoy budget options as placeholders until I can get the actual big boys to fill the spot if that makes sense.
2) The main plan is to suit up Rafiq and smash face, but I also like having other creatures as backup plan in case Rafiq gets to the point of costing 1 million and a half mana.
1 Mother of Runes
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Relic Seeker
1 Stone Haven Outfitter
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Eternal Witness
1 Daxos of Meletis
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Sun Titan
1 Medomai the Ageless
1 Grunn, the Lonely King
Planeswalkers
1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Enchantments
1 Mystic Remora
1 Rancor
1 Favor of the Overbeing
1 Spirit Mantle
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Shield of the Oversoul
1 Ardent Plea
1 Dueling Grounds
1 Finest Hour
Artifacts
1 Sol Ring
1 Azorius Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Conqueror's Flail
1 Blackblade Reforged
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
1 Sword of Truth and Justice
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Forebear's Blade
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sword to Plowshares
1 Brainstorm
1 Flusterstorm
1 Path to Exile
1 Spell Pierce
1 Counterspell
1 Tale's End
1 Dovin's Veto
1 Open the Armory
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Regrowth
1 Cultivate
1 Krosan Grip
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Return to Dust
1 Wrath of God
1 Force of Will
1 Austere Command
Lands
1 Brushland
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Temple Garden
1 Breeding Pool
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Botanical Sanctum
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Rustic Clachan
1 Strip Mine
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Alchemist's Refugee
1 Cathedral of War
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
1 Tectonic Edge
4 Snow-Covered Plains
4 Snow-Covered Island
5 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Wort, the Raidmother
Creatures
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Eternal Witness
1 Dualcaster Mage
1 Acidic Slime
1 Thragtusk
1 Charmbreaker Devils
1 Greenwarden of Murasa
1 Hostility
1 Terastodon
1 Woodfall Primus
Planeswalkers
1 Wrenn and Six
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Jaya, Venerated Firemage
Enchantments
1 Sylvan Library
1 Cindervones
1 Aria of Flame
1 Unbound Flourishing
1 Mudslide
1 Vance's Blasting Cannons
1 Outpost Siege
1 Sunbird's Invocation
1 Sandwurm's Convergence
Artifacts
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Gruul Signet
1 Endless Atlas
1 Thought Vessel
1 Firemind Vessel
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Earthquake
1 Sylvan Offering
1 Red Sun's Zenith
1 Artifact Mutation
1 Commune With Lava
1 Electrodominance
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Finale of Promise
1 Comet Storm
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Mages' Contest
1 Beast Within
1 Chaos Warp
1 Essence Filter
1 Pir's Whim
1 Anarchy
1 Creeping Corrosion
1 Fiery Confluence
1 Force of Vigor
1 Incendiary Command
1 Plow Under
1 Hour of Promise
1 Reforge the Soul
1 Desert Twister
1 Seasons Past
1 Rain of Thorns
1 Volcanic Vision
1 Praetor's Counsel
1 Blasphemous Act
1 The Great Aurora
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Emergence Zone
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 BlastZone
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Command Tower
1 Gateway Plaza
1 Gruul Guildgate
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Rugged Highlands
1 Game Trail
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Crag
1 Smoldering Crater
1 Slippery Karst
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Forgotten Cave
9 Forest
9 Mountain
1 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
Creatures
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
2 Budoka Gardener
2 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Courser of Kruphix
3 Eternal Witness
3 Kefnet the Mindful
3 Ramunap Excavator
3 Tunneling Geopede
4 Centaur Vinecrasher
4 World Shaper
5 Crash of Rhino Beetles
5 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
6 Rampaging Baloths
6 Rubblehulk
6 Sun Titan
7 Emeria Shepherd
7 World Breaker
Planeswalkers
2 Wrenn and Six
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
4 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
Artifacts
0 Zuran Orb
2 Thaumatic Compass
3 Crucible of Worlds
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
Enchantments
1 Mystic Remora
2 Sylvan Library
3 Ghostly Prison
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Retreat of Coralhelm
3 Rites of Flourishing
4 Wilderness Reclamation
5 Mending of Dominaria
1 Animist's Awakening
2 Broken Bond
2 Explore
2 Growth Spiral
2 Life from the Loam
2 Lull
2 Winding Way
3 Kodama's Reach
4 Circuitous Route
5 Hour of Promise
5 Planar Outburst
5 Urban Evolution
6 Akroma's Vengeance
6 Desert Twister
6 Hour of Revelation
7 Approach of the Second Sun
8 Treasure Cruise
9 The Great Aurora
Lands
0 Alchemist's Refuge
0 Blasted Landscape
0 Blast Zone
0 Blighted Cataract
0 Blighted Woodland
0 Command Tower
0 Dark Depths
0 Desolate Lighthouse
0 Drownyard Temple
0 Evolving Wilds
0 Forgotten Cave
0 Gateway Plaza
0 Geier Reach Sanitarium
0 Glacial Chasm
0 Halimar Depths
0 Kessig Wolf Run
0 Lonely Sandbar
0 Maze of Ith
0 Memorial of Genius
0 Mystifying Maze
0 Prismatic Vista
0 Reliquary Tower
0 Rupture Spire
0 Secluded Steppe
0 Sejiri Steppe
0 Strip Mine
0 Tectonic Edge
0 Terramorphic Expanse
0 Thespian's Stage
0 Tranquil Thicket
0 Transguild Promenade
0 Vivid Crag
0 Vivid Grove
0 Vivid Meadow
4 Forest
3 Island
3 Mountain
3 Plains
1 Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Creatures
1 Merfolk Skydiver
1 Evolution Sage
1 Flux Channeler
1 Spark Double
1 Storrev, Devkarin Lich
1 Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
Echantments
1 Kaya's Ghostform
1 Oath of Ajani
1 Oath of Gideon
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Oath of Teferi
1 Inexorable Tide
Planeswalkers
1 Dovin, Hand of Control
1 Teyo, the Shieldmage
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Domri, Chaos Bringer
1 Chandra, Fire Artisan
1 Ajani, the Greathearted
1 The Wanderer
1 Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
1 Dovin Baan
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Samut, Tyrant Smasher
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Liliana Vess
1 Urza, Academy Headmaster
1 Rowan Kenrith
1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Sol Ring
1 Journeyer's Kite
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Staff of Nin
Other Spells
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Aid the Fallen
1 The Elderspell
1 Kamahl's Druidic Vow
1 Call the Gatewatch
1 Anguished Unmaking
1 Krosan Grip
1 Chaos Warp
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Tezzeret's Gambit
1 Ignite the Beacon
1 Obzedat's Aid
1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
1 Wanderer's Strike
1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Primeval's Glorious Rebirth
1 Planewide Celebration
1 Conflux
1 Blasphemous Act
Lands
1 Command Tower
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Interplanar Beacon
1 Gateway Plaze
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Savage Lands
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Mystic Monastery
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Opulent Palace
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Temple of Silence
1 Irrigated Farmland
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Blood Crypt
1 Polluted Delta
1 Temple of Mystery
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Stirring Wildwood
3 of each basic
Removed skirmisher for odric
And then swapped out titanic ultimatum, cataclysm, and warstorm surge for defense of the heart, eladamri's call, and selvala's stampede.
1 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner
Creatures
1 Gisela, The Broken Blade
1 Odric,lunarch marshal
1 Angel of Jubilation
1 Acidic Slime
1 Anya, Merciless Angel
1 Thalia's Lancer
1 Sigarda, Heron's Grace
1 Archangel Avacyn
1 Herald of War
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
1 Platinum Angel
1 Emeria Shepherd
1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Bruna, the Fading Light
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
Enchantments
1 Burgeoning
1 Path of Mettle
1 Defense of the Heart
1 True Conviction
1 Zendikar Resurgent
Planeswalkers
1 Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
1 Domri, Chaos Bringer
1 Ajani Unyielding
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Vivien's Arkbow
1 Boros Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Thought Vessel
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Urza's Incubator
1 Herald's Horn
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
1 Hedron Archive
1 Mind's Eye
1 Loreseeker's Stone
1 Staff of Nin
1 Parhelion II
Other Spells
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Vandalblast
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Aurelia's Fury
1 Finale of Glory
1 Clan Defiance
1 Regrowth
1 Forsake the Wordly
1 Genesis Wave
1 Armageddon
1 Wrath of God
1 Primal Command
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Selvala's Stampede
1 Nissa's Revelation
1 Command Tower
1 City of Brass
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Needle Spires
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Timber Gorge
1 Rugged Highlands
1 Temple Garden
1 Fortified Village
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Mosswort Bridge
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Balduvian Trading Post
1 Strip Mine
1 Temple of the False God
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Arch of Orazca
6 Plains
5 Mountain
6 Forest
In the future I think I might try that fungus tribal idea and the BW life shenanigans. Seems like they could be fun decks. Cheers!
Current decks
Wort, the Raidmother- Non-Creature shenanigans
O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami- Spirit Tribal
Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder- Eldrazi Tribal
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis- Lands
Saheeli, the Gifted- Artifact shenanigans
The first involves Portal Mage. The question being say player a attacked with 3 creatures could you use it to instead make him attack his teammate? since they are two separate entities or because both players life totals are combined and you attack them like one entity you cannot.
The second involves Polymorphist's Jest. While not necessarily 2hg in particular it did pop up in our games and it got us curious. Let's say player A has a Phantom Nishoba with 7 counters on it equipped with a Grappling Hook , Sword of the Animist , and a Behemoth Sledge and player B casts jest. What would the end result of the nishoba be. Would it still keep all the equipped abilities or would player A need to reequip everything.
Thank you for the help!
Some other cards of note I found that fall in the prison line Authority of the Consuls which slows down your opponents haste creatures. Hushwing Gryff seems like it could fit in very well along with Aven Mindcensor. Protection of the Hekma probably won't make the list because of the mana cost and Sandwurm Convergence (unless you have a very slow meta). Thalia, Heretic Cathar also seems nice in a prison strategy.
As for finishers some I think that could work are like Dragonlord Dromoka . She's just a big body that also locks down your opponent on your turn. Hornet Queen also could possibly work with good ramp to back it up. Some planeswalkers could also fit or even Approach of the Second Sun if you wanted to go that route. I think the deck as a concept sounds fun though and entirely possibly, just a little more difficult to brew with.