Teshar - Weenie Apostle

Commander / EDH* NoNeedToBragoBoutIt

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Vash13 says... #1

This deck is hallarious! its like mono white golgari, way to mess with peopls heads, i like it, ive been checking out all your decks they look like a fun collection, i dont have as many decks as you but you more than welcome to scrutinize them out of fairness lol.

January 15, 2019 6:52 p.m.

Once again, thanks for your kind words, Vash13!

Just like you said, the deck isn't anything people would expect from mono-. While it "only" durdles with Weenies and Artifacts it rebuilds disgustingly well after board wipes. It takes some time to get within reach of an actual win, but the journey there is very fun and random at times.

Close to 7 years of playing Commander does build a collection of decks, indeed. If i can find the time soon-ish, i'll make sure to look at your decks and gladly give you some feedback.

January 24, 2019 9:49 a.m.

Vash13 says... #3

Yeah ive been playing for about 15+ yrs but only was introduced to commander this last year and ive become obsessed.

January 28, 2019 12:26 a.m.

VietMoneys says... #4

Sweet deck. Seems like Recruiter of the Guard would work nicely here. Sun Titan would be a great way of adding redundancy if your commander is getting hated off the board too.

I'm curious about the limited sacrifice outlets. Does the deck often have historic spells to play and no targets in the yard? My instinct would be to add Ashnod's or Phyrexian Altar , but I am only guessing at the lines of play. If you go that route, Karmic Guide and Reveillark would be great adds too.

Keep up the good work, man. This is a super unique and fun-looking build!

April 3, 2019 3:58 p.m.

Thanks a lot for your kind words and freaking 12 upvotes VietMoneys, i'm flattered!

I get your curiosity about sac outlets, the problem is as follows:

a.) Mono- doesn't come with a lot of free sac outlets - if you have any others, i'd be more than happy to hear about them (if they qualify considering b.). Currently i'm considering Altar of Dementia , due to the fact it can fill my gy and double as top deck-tutor disruption.

b.) My playgroup frowns upon infinites (i'm cool with that) and both Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar combo waaay too easily. With this type of deck it's more or less impossible to avoid all combos (e.g. more than 1 -artifact + etb/die recursion/bounce option + free sac outlet + a value engine, say Cathars' Crusade ) but i try to avoid them enough not to look like bending our house rules on purpose.

Karmic Guide + Reveillark are similarily problematic as described under b.) when combined with a free sac outlet. Plus, they don't qualify to be recurred with Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle . The only exception to said parameter right now is Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite because she's a great non-infinite win con. I'd like to keep it that way.

Sun Titan is a nuts card, yet in this deck he's easily outclassed by the 10-ish recursing/bounce effects due to the simple fact i'm not blinking, i'm recasting things. For a total of i can usually recurr twice. Plus, he can't be reanimated by my commander.

You'd be surprised how well this deck actually works without its commander, because of the extreme redundancy of engines. Typically i start flooding the board until the setup is right to drop my commander. Significantly later than i planned when brewing the deck.

Anyhow, thanks again for the input, i'd be more than happy to hear about your feedback on my other decks. I'll have a go at yours, for sure.

Keep brewin'!

April 3, 2019 6:06 p.m.

VietMoneys says... #6

Totally makes sense. Thank you as well for the thoughtful discussion and generous upvotes. I figured there was a meta-related reason for the altars' exclusion. I too find self-imposed rules to greatly stimulate the fun of deckbuilding, so you won't hear any complaints here!

April 3, 2019 6:45 p.m.

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