Being a Brago player I had to upvote this deck. Everything is pretty much spot on, and the explanaitions you give are a big +1 for both new players and Brago players that might want to tune their decks.

Well done sir.

My only suggestions would be Dovin Baan and Tezzeret the Seeker.

For the token strategy Elspeth, Sun's Champion.

If you go planeswalkers heavy Teferi, Temporal Archmage if you don't go planeswalkers heavy he's pretty much a second Sea Gate Oracle so you still get value.

Again kudos for the guide.

Thanks for the comment @Fuklaw

I will add the planeswalkers to the list of cards and finish writing the last sections of the guide soon :)

Glad you liked everything overall. Feel free to suggest more cards and suggest changes to any stupid stuff i said =P

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You're missing Coalition Relic under mana acceleration. I'm running it because I have it, but honestly the extra mana isn't that necessary once you get past a certain point in the game. I'm thinking about switching it out for Commander's Sphere.

ShinakoX2 thanks. just added to the list

Here are two great end game combos for a Brago deck if you want to add them to your summary:

Felidar Guardian + Parallax Wave (Infinite etb for all your creatures)

Archaeomancer + Time Warp (Infinite turns) Or use Mnemonic Wall and any other take an extra turn spell.

jwkeel Thanks! Forgot to mention infinite turns and did not know about felidar and parallax wave! Already on the guide!

You fricken hit it out of the park, man. I really do like this guide. I would suggest maybe throwing in two honorable mentions to Thwart and Daze?

I tend to have a lot of problems with people countering Brago. I can deal with people trying to straight up destroy him, as I have different artifacts to deal with that, but maybe suggesting to people as to how to not get Brago countered?

Seetigermage yeah, ill mention this counters and also Foil as alternatives to force of will and pact of negation.

I never really faced your problem, since on my store people tend to play more midrange and aggro decks. There are only a few people playing control, and they usualy focus on holding down aggro strategies. Online i don't have this problem either since i usualy play on xmage on more casual tables.

But if you are having problems getting your commander on the game, i would suggest the following options:

1) Make your deck more independent from your commander. Use things like Conjurer's Closet, Panharmonicon, Eldrazi Displacer. Keeping your deck going even if Brago dies is a good plan B. If you are able to consistently blink things like Cloudblazer, Mulldrifter and Sphinx of Uthuun even without your commander on the field, you will eventualy find the answer you need or a win condition. And you won't feel so bad if brago is being consistently dealt with.

2) Play counters to fight their counters. Well... i imagine you already do that, but ill make some considerations: If you are planning to play brago with mana open, you know you won't be playing him on turn 3-4. Plan your deck accordingly, lowering your curve and maybe playing more instant stuff. Maybe put a vedalken orerry or something like that. If you are planning to protect specifically from counters, no shame on using Dispel, Swan Song, Negate. Most things that will fuck you up are non-creature spells anyway, since you can deal with permanents more easily.

3) One off-game thing thing about is sit right before the control guy on turn order. If you are the last one playing before he does, maybe a threat is played before it comes down to your turn, and you will have green light to play your commander. But remember that this can backfire. If nothing is played, he will for sure counter your commander because otherwise he might waste his mana open (if he has many counters in hand and is playing Baral or something like that). Anyway, the lesson is: try to avoid being the most threatening person on the table. Keep doing fair stuff until you feel the way is clear to go off and lock the game in your favor.

Hope i helped somehow, if i remember something more ill come back and comment. Thanks again for ur suggestions.

New to commander, and was struggling with trying to build a brago deck that wasn't netdecked. But with your guide I feel i actually created my own deck, thanks!

erectorz o/ Glad i could help. Feel free to ask for advice if you find any dificulties and leave any suggestions to make the guide even better for newcomers :)