I am currently working on an Oloro Pillow Fort deck, mono red kazuul chaos/forced combat deck, a U/G Kruphix morph deck. So what is everyone else working on? If you guys have any questions about what I am working on just let me know and I will elaborate.
I'm currently working on converting my first deck into something playable. It was a super durdly Aurelia, the Warleader combat step matters type deck. It had some good stuff like Sun Titan but no good synergy with it like fetchlands or other relevant sac effects. I have now cut the curve down essentially to four with I think 3 maybe 4 cards above that and put Iroas, God of Victory at the helm. I still want to change it a lot though. Currently it has a few solid 1 drops and then the curve builds up to four with quite a few powerful four drops. I want to flip that around so that it does the opposite and then add a bunch of MLD so that I can always wipe the lands and recover much faster than everyone else and hopefully kill the table.
All of my other decks are also always works in progress. I'm thinking of changing Alesha from a reanimator deck with an Alesha package to a more Death and Taxes/Soul Sisters type of deck and pulling out the reanimator package to make a BUG Sidisi Zombie Tribal/Reanimator deck with the zombie tribal as a strong theme but not the only wincon. My marchesa list is very similar to Solrunes list on the forum and I am considering going in a slightly different direction with it, possibly infect. I'm retuning my Marath list which I had torn apart at one point from my most competitive and tuned list in favor of some other decks. I'm also always considering any new commanders that come out. I'm looking at different wincons for my Brago list because it is currently just a humongous value engine that often has difficulty closing out games.
My last big thing, is that I am hoping someday soon for a good Izzet or Jeskai commander that actually interacts with artifacts so that I can combine my daretti and muzzio lists because I think they are both getting a little stale. Additionally, I don't care to invest in multiple copies of the artifact package both of those decks want.
So many things... I want to do too much for my wallet...
Recently went through my extras and put together a Nesukar draw/discard pain deck as well as a Skullbriar goodstuff deck. Will probably post decklists after some testing...
I've been thinking A) I wanna try one of the planeswalker generals and B) manifest (particularly Temur War Shaman and Whisperwood Elemental) seems like fun so I'mma try my hand at Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury. Plus I like the old fluff and haven't tried my hand at mono green yet.
My decks are all pretty much finished, minus a few changes here or there (like working Metal Worker into Muzzio and Hangarback Walker into Jenara).
My biggest issue right now is figuring out whether I want to build certain decks to replace others or not (considering Marchesa, Grimgrin, and Karador over Mimeoplasm and Obzedat over Drana)
Ya I'm really excited to build the Kruphix morph deck it seems like it will be a lot of fun always keeping my opponents guessing lol. Also I've always been tempted to build an obzedat drain deck I would go for that one Sea Thief. My mono black Erebos satisfies my drain life ideas tho the whole opponents can't gain life really helps that style of deck.
Working on a U/R maybe a third color artifact control deck.
Something with a lot of early rocks, planeswalkers, tons of counters/control, and of course the lovely Winter orb
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Hey guys so I've actually moved on from commander on to 60 card decks so I don't have any commander decks.
Anyway I've started my own gameplay channel in which I play games (Magic also)
Just finished acquiring the cards for my Surrak and Jenara deck upgrades, I just have to wait for them to get here. I'm considering putting together more casual 2 color decks. Im currently hesitating between Ghost Dad, which I found really consistent and Rosheen Meanderer which I find very fun. I also bought all the merfolk cards that might be useful in a Sygg Merfolk tribal in preparation to new Merfolks from Zendikar.
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My finished EDH decks:
GSelvala, Heart of the Wilds Inf Combo/FattiesG GWSaffi Eriksdotter Inf ComboGW BLiliana, Heretical Healer StaxB RKiki-Jikki, Inf Combo/ETB AbuseR
I've spent about a month trying to figure out what tiny leaders decks I want to build. Unfortunately, I don't own anything more recent than Theros set.
We're taking a few weeks off from the Cube and I'm building a Naya deck. It's looking a lot like Airithne's deck. Still not sure how hard I want to lean on Combo or Control right now. Then if I have enough crap left over I'll give something UB a shot.
And then once we play those decks for a few weeks they'll get shuffled back into the Cube.
I've spent about a month trying to figure out what tiny leaders decks I want to build. Unfortunately, I don't own anything more recent than Theros set.
TL is an awesome format I play Brimaz and Alesha and they are very ppwerful. Also Shu Yun is bonkers.
Working on a U/R maybe a third color artifact control deck.
Something with a lot of early rocks, planeswalkers, tons of counters/control, and of course the lovely Winter orb
Sounds like a creature light build torpor orb wouldn't be a bad idea eother
It's on the list so far but the list still needs 20 cuts so we will see.
Hurting snapcaster and trinket mage makes me sad though
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Hey guys so I've actually moved on from commander on to 60 card decks so I don't have any commander decks.
Anyway I've started my own gameplay channel in which I play games (Magic also)
Probably rebuilding and retooling Selvala, Explorer Returned or Tajic, Blade of the Legion. My existing decks have been around for a few months due to limited playtime, so it's time to find something different.
I also want to play something blue and heavy on instants and sorceries so I can run Jace's Sanctum. I'm thinking Melek, Izzet Paragon or Riku of Two Reflections heading up a storm list because that seems like an excellent fit. I've also been considering a burn heavy list to make use of Pyromancer's Goggles, and those two ideas might blend into one.
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[Pr]Jaya | Estrid | A rotating cast of decks built out of my box.
I'm working on an Ixidor, Reality Sculptor EDH morph deck. I like the idea of blue control winning with creatures rather than combo. Plus, I want to see how good my bluff game is. Apparently everyone likes adding green to morph decks though.
Talrand, Sky Summoner was recently finished and needs a lot more testing. Running 15 counterspells makes my inner blue mage grin like an evil genius.
My The Mimeoplasm clone deck hasnt won a game in forever, so Im going to review the deck, and maybe cut some of the clones for theft cards (Bribery, etc.).
Awhile ago I took apart Roon, and I have a bunch of good white cards set aside (the blue and green cards were absorped into other decks), but I cannot figure out what to make. I was thinking of an Eight-and-a-Half-Tails deck with a protection theme, but it seems rather slow and clunky. So instead maybe an Orzhov deck, but I already have a life drain style deck in Thraximundar, a token deck in Prossh, and a sac/recur deck in Karador, so the only Orzhov general left that doesnt touch those themes would be a Selenia, Dark Angel tribal deck. A Mardu colored deck is another option, but none of those generals inspire me to build a deck.
Yisan is a fun commander I have a mono green list with him and he really does work. Bringing the Scute mob, scavenging ooze and predator ooze my favorite 1,2&3 drops in the deck.
I've been struggling with Commander for a while now, so much so that in the last two weeks I've completely abstained from participating in any games because I'm so unhappy with my current deck.
About two months ago I had a Zedruu the Greathearted deck that I happily played for about half a year, but wanted to evolve the deck. I noticed that I really wasn't enthralled with the white cards in the deck and decided to overhaul the deck by exchanging the white components entirely for black ones, shifting my commander to Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge. The entire premise of this new deck was based around casting my opponents' spells, which I thought was pretty cool, but very difficult to pick up as a theme. My excitement for the deck didn't last too long though. I think I learned pretty quickly that I didn't much care for it. It was always too linear: cast Jeleva on turn 3 and hope to attack on turn 4. Too many of the cards in the deck were just expensive instants and sorceries hoping to get freecast off of a Jeleva trigger. All too often I'd end up with these cards stuck in my hand because of how pricey they were. Even when I did manage to assemble the mana necessary to cast those spells, I'd be limited to only casting a single one each turn. It was far too clunky.
Desperate to change my deck, I quickly changed the Commander from Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge to Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. Mishra still worked well with the general idea of casting my opponents' cards, so it felt like a great change. Unfortunately, he's not pulling my heartstrings either. I believe this is because, rather than building Mishra from the ground up, I sort of just cobbled the deck together from the remnants of the Jeleva deck, and it does not play well at all. Too many cards in the deck like Knacksaw Clique and Ornate Kanzashi, that I admittedly enjoy playing, are just too expensive, slow, and clunky. I might be able to work with them if I tuned the deck more; it lacks the proper amount of artifacts (especially ramp) and card draw, but I've all but given up on the deck for now.
I suppose I said all of that to say that I'm not sure what my current EDH project is. I need a new deck asap; but deckbuilding is usually a slow and meticulous process for me. I've been thinking about building a monocolor deck lately that's mostly just a goodstuff deck full of some of my favorite cards. Red is probably my favorite color in Magic and I feel enticed to try constructing a Big Red Commander deck with Kumano, Master Yamabushi at the helm, but I'm a bit scared as to whether or not it will play smoothly. I suspect the mana will be less problematic due to having access to Extraplanar Lens, Gauntlet of Power, and Caged Sun, but card draw in red is tricky. I love Faithless Looting effects, but I'm worried that there won't be enough of those sort of card draw effects to make the deck operate well. Furthermore, those type of looting effects don't actually generate card advantage for me unless I'm discarding Squee, Goblin Nabob. I know a lot of folks play really miserable cards like Staff of Nin to mitigate this problem in red, but I'm not willing to stoop that low.
I guess I'm sort of just living in Commander limbo right now.
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WUBRGMr. Bones' Wild RideGRBUW Trap your friends in an endless game with this 23-card combo!
Im currently just trying to play as many games as I can while working 2 30+ hour a week jobs. I have played I think like 5 times total int he past month and it makes me kinda sad. Otherwise I've been working on my Selenia, Dark Angel thread and am currently getting a budget version together for the thread so that has eaten most of my EDH time. But I scale back to just 1 40 hour a week job once school starts So I'll have more time to make and upgrade some EDH Decks.
All of my other decks are also always works in progress. I'm thinking of changing Alesha from a reanimator deck with an Alesha package to a more Death and Taxes/Soul Sisters type of deck and pulling out the reanimator package to make a BUG Sidisi Zombie Tribal/Reanimator deck with the zombie tribal as a strong theme but not the only wincon. My marchesa list is very similar to Solrunes list on the forum and I am considering going in a slightly different direction with it, possibly infect. I'm retuning my Marath list which I had torn apart at one point from my most competitive and tuned list in favor of some other decks. I'm also always considering any new commanders that come out. I'm looking at different wincons for my Brago list because it is currently just a humongous value engine that often has difficulty closing out games.
My last big thing, is that I am hoping someday soon for a good Izzet or Jeskai commander that actually interacts with artifacts so that I can combine my daretti and muzzio lists because I think they are both getting a little stale. Additionally, I don't care to invest in multiple copies of the artifact package both of those decks want.
So many things... I want to do too much for my wallet...
Marath, Will of the Wild Tokens!! / Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund Dragons! / Muzzio, Visionary Architect / Brago, King Eternal / Daretti, Scrap Savant / Narset, Enlightened Master / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death / Bruna, Light of Alabaster / Marchesa, the Black Rose / Iroas, God of Victory / Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury / Omnath, Locus of rage / Titania, Protector of Argoth / Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Modern
Elves / Titanshift / Merfolk
| B Erebos, God of VampiresB | GYeva SmashG | RBosh ArtifactsR | GURAnimar +1 BeatsGUR | RBVial's Secret Hot SauceRB | UBRNekusar, Draw if you DareUBR | RGBDarigaaz'z DragonsRGB | GBSlimeFEETGB | UBOn-Hit LazavUB | URBrudiclad's Artificer InventionsUR | GUBMuldrotha's ElementalsGUB | WUGKestia's EnchantmentsWUG | GUTatyova - Draw, Land, Go!GU | WGArahbo's EquipmentWG | BUWVarina's ZOMBIE HORDESBUW | WLyra's Angelic SalvationW | WBChurch of TeysaWB | UAzami...WizardsU
Playtesting | Karador, Ghost Chieftain | Narset, Enlightened Master | Ephara, God of the Polis
Established | Gahiji, Honored One | Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker | Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo | Rubinia Soulsinger
Retired | Medomai the Ageless | Diaochan, Artful Beauty
My biggest issue right now is figuring out whether I want to build certain decks to replace others or not (considering Marchesa, Grimgrin, and Karador over Mimeoplasm and Obzedat over Drana)
MuzzioU XenagosGR NahiriW GitrogGB MarathGRW MarchesaUBR JenaraGUW KarlovBW TazriWUBRG
Retired: RakdosBR
Something with a lot of early rocks, planeswalkers, tons of counters/control, and of course the lovely Winter orb
Anyway I've started my own gameplay channel in which I play games (Magic also)
Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/dies_to_doom_blade
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/UpsidedownHandshake
Sounds like a creature light build torpor orb wouldn't be a bad idea eother
GSelvala, Heart of the Wilds Inf Combo/FattiesG
GWSaffi Eriksdotter Inf ComboGW
BLiliana, Heretical Healer StaxB
RKiki-Jikki, Inf Combo/ETB AbuseR
Ya there are 2 guys that play talrand at my LGS and those decks are brutal esspecially 1v1 counterspell for days lol
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain
B Toshiro Umezawa
BG Pharika, God of Affliction - Necromancy and Politics
WWW The Church of Heliod
WBR Zurgo, Helmsmasher
RG Wort, the Raidmother
UBR Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
UG Vorel of the Hull Clade
And then once we play those decks for a few weeks they'll get shuffled back into the Cube.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
TL is an awesome format I play Brimaz and Alesha and they are very ppwerful. Also Shu Yun is bonkers.
It's on the list so far but the list still needs 20 cuts so we will see.
Hurting snapcaster and trinket mage makes me sad though
Anyway I've started my own gameplay channel in which I play games (Magic also)
Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/dies_to_doom_blade
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/UpsidedownHandshake
| Omnath | Zada | Alesha | Scion |
| Mazirek | Animar |
Modern
UR Storm RU
UBRG Dredge GRBU
Standard
UR Thermo-Thing RU
I also want to play something blue and heavy on instants and sorceries so I can run Jace's Sanctum. I'm thinking Melek, Izzet Paragon or Riku of Two Reflections heading up a storm list because that seems like an excellent fit. I've also been considering a burn heavy list to make use of Pyromancer's Goggles, and those two ideas might blend into one.
My The Mimeoplasm clone deck hasnt won a game in forever, so Im going to review the deck, and maybe cut some of the clones for theft cards (Bribery, etc.).
Awhile ago I took apart Roon, and I have a bunch of good white cards set aside (the blue and green cards were absorped into other decks), but I cannot figure out what to make. I was thinking of an Eight-and-a-Half-Tails deck with a protection theme, but it seems rather slow and clunky. So instead maybe an Orzhov deck, but I already have a life drain style deck in Thraximundar, a token deck in Prossh, and a sac/recur deck in Karador, so the only Orzhov general left that doesnt touch those themes would be a Selenia, Dark Angel tribal deck. A Mardu colored deck is another option, but none of those generals inspire me to build a deck.
The Mimeoplasm || Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher || Vial Smasher/Tymna Group Slug
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief || Talrand, Sky Summoner
Yidris - Unblockable Saboteurs || Kiki-Jiki, ETB breaker
Kess, Dissident Mage
Draft my Peasant Cube.
Yisan is a fun commander I have a mono green list with him and he really does work. Bringing the Scute mob, scavenging ooze and predator ooze my favorite 1,2&3 drops in the deck.
About two months ago I had a Zedruu the Greathearted deck that I happily played for about half a year, but wanted to evolve the deck. I noticed that I really wasn't enthralled with the white cards in the deck and decided to overhaul the deck by exchanging the white components entirely for black ones, shifting my commander to Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge. The entire premise of this new deck was based around casting my opponents' spells, which I thought was pretty cool, but very difficult to pick up as a theme. My excitement for the deck didn't last too long though. I think I learned pretty quickly that I didn't much care for it. It was always too linear: cast Jeleva on turn 3 and hope to attack on turn 4. Too many of the cards in the deck were just expensive instants and sorceries hoping to get freecast off of a Jeleva trigger. All too often I'd end up with these cards stuck in my hand because of how pricey they were. Even when I did manage to assemble the mana necessary to cast those spells, I'd be limited to only casting a single one each turn. It was far too clunky.
Desperate to change my deck, I quickly changed the Commander from Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge to Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. Mishra still worked well with the general idea of casting my opponents' cards, so it felt like a great change. Unfortunately, he's not pulling my heartstrings either. I believe this is because, rather than building Mishra from the ground up, I sort of just cobbled the deck together from the remnants of the Jeleva deck, and it does not play well at all. Too many cards in the deck like Knacksaw Clique and Ornate Kanzashi, that I admittedly enjoy playing, are just too expensive, slow, and clunky. I might be able to work with them if I tuned the deck more; it lacks the proper amount of artifacts (especially ramp) and card draw, but I've all but given up on the deck for now.
I suppose I said all of that to say that I'm not sure what my current EDH project is. I need a new deck asap; but deckbuilding is usually a slow and meticulous process for me. I've been thinking about building a monocolor deck lately that's mostly just a goodstuff deck full of some of my favorite cards. Red is probably my favorite color in Magic and I feel enticed to try constructing a Big Red Commander deck with Kumano, Master Yamabushi at the helm, but I'm a bit scared as to whether or not it will play smoothly. I suspect the mana will be less problematic due to having access to Extraplanar Lens, Gauntlet of Power, and Caged Sun, but card draw in red is tricky. I love Faithless Looting effects, but I'm worried that there won't be enough of those sort of card draw effects to make the deck operate well. Furthermore, those type of looting effects don't actually generate card advantage for me unless I'm discarding Squee, Goblin Nabob. I know a lot of folks play really miserable cards like Staff of Nin to mitigate this problem in red, but I'm not willing to stoop that low.
I guess I'm sort of just living in Commander limbo right now.
Trap your friends in an endless game with this 23-card combo!
Currently Im trying to upgrade:
Lovisa Coldeyes
Dragonlord Atarka
Otherwise my other deck I've been kicking around recently is Centaur Tribal Karador, Ghost Chieftain