I'm a big fan of Brian Weissman's EDH replays on Youtube and recently he started playing a new budget EDH format started by one of the other regulars at Card Kingdom in Seattle called 2DH. In 2DH you can only build your deck with cards valued $2 or less according to MTGstocks. Commanders are allowed to be up to $3 to allow for variety.
Here's his Dralnu deck. It's mainly built for 1v1 but I think there's some merit to discussing it. He also has a Azami budget list I can post if anyone is interested.
I LOVE 2DH. I'm always thinking of new deck ideas and making mock decks even though I can't find anyone to play the format with around me. It forces decks that are focused around a commander or strategy and from what I can tell seems like an incredibly fun format. I wish it got more credit and more people bought into it instead of pauper.
Seems like an interesting format/variant. Price-based legality used to annoy me, but it doesn't seem like prices are as volatile as I thought. Not many changes since it was first posted, and the cards that are affected are all due to spikes I'm familiar with as a pauper player. Curse those online-only rarity downshifts! I'm looking at you, Chainer's Edict.
It's hard to say how this list would do though - I'm guessing many of the typical Commander staples aren't legal if everyone's using a 2DH deck. Wrath effects are probably less common and/or worse, so Dralnu may not have as much to fear there. I may end up building it and trying it out sometime... is there a discussion hub somewhere for this variant? I've found some lists but there isn't much out there, it seems.
Would that be $2 as per the "blue" average price on MTGstocks? Seems like this would be the perfect format for me to build the Lin Sivvi deck I always wanted but never wanted to pay for. Seems like there are plenty EDH staple wraths like Akroma's Vengence and Martial Coup with avg price <2 dollars.
Why not use this thread as a starting point for deck discussion?
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StaffHere's his Dralnu deck. It's mainly built for 1v1 but I think there's some merit to discussing it. He also has a Azami budget list I can post if anyone is interested.
1 Dralnu, Lich Lord
//Creatures - 6
1 Trinket Mage
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Mulldrifter
1 Aeon Chronicler
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Steel Hellkite
//Draw & Search - 15
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Impulse
1 Night's Whisper
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Probe
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Concentrate
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Tidings
1 Future Sight
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Treasure Cruise
//Countermagic - 13
1 Condescend
1 Miscalculation
1 Mana Leak
1 Negate
1 Memory Lapse
1 Counterspell
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Forbid
1 Dissipate
1 Dissolve
1 Void Shatter
1 Dismiss
1 Into the Roil
1 Recoil
1 Capsize
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Go for the Throat
1 Doom Blade
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Decree of Pain
//Disruption & Utility - 8
1 Duress
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Legacy's Allure
1 Control Magic
1 Pithing Needle
1 Scepter of Fugue
1 Muse Vessel
1 Phyrexian Processor
//Mana Fixing & Ramp - 14
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Thought Vessel
1 Mind Stone
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Star Compass
1 Sky DIamond
1 Dimir Signet
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Hedron Archive
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Dimir Guildgate
1 Temple of Deceit
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Underground River
1 Tainted Isle
1 Dreadship Reef
1 Urza's Factory
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
14 Island
6 Swamp
CMC - 2.83
Deckstats - http://deck.tk/10zf96ug
It's hard to say how this list would do though - I'm guessing many of the typical Commander staples aren't legal if everyone's using a 2DH deck. Wrath effects are probably less common and/or worse, so Dralnu may not have as much to fear there. I may end up building it and trying it out sometime... is there a discussion hub somewhere for this variant? I've found some lists but there isn't much out there, it seems.
Why not use this thread as a starting point for deck discussion?
A series of seven articles using Magic to explore the very stuff of the Universe!
"At least for those who can play cards, their present incarnation is not quite wasted."
[Click here for the articles!]