Exile Control EDH deck help
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Posted on June 10, 2017, 10:34 a.m. by RedmundR2
Any suggestions welcome, Prison-themed EDH deck based on stopping everyone else from having fun. help me make my friends hate playing commander so we can go back to playing modern. Thanks
Winterblast says... #3
dlamars exactly my opinion...I'll only watch such long turns when it's someone trying to play storm or other stuff that's interesting to watch and which you have to follow to find the correct time for interaction. Having people count their mana with a calculator or exchanging control over all permanents twice each turn is when I say fuck this shit you win and we start again.
June 10, 2017 1:58 p.m.
Geralf_Cecani says... #4
Stax is never fun to play against: throw together a deck with Zur the Enchanter as the commander and dropping, probably in this order: Rule of Law, Spirit of the Labyrinth and finally Bottomless Pit, Oppression or Necrogen Mists. If you're having trouble attacking, Steel of the Godhead is a useful addition.
Then, when everyone is locked down and pissed off, you can either go Voltron (with Battle Mastery and Phyresis etc.) or combo (Necropotence and Phyrexian Unlife, draw half your library, and then, if you didn't draw Repay in Kind, play one of the 3 or so tutors in the deck to search for it.) If you want to piss off your opponents more, then you can always Nevermore naming their commander. Darksteel Mutation and Imprisoned in the Moon are also 3 mana enchantment commander removal that stops them just re-casting them. (NOTE: Necropotence does not count as drawing cards so Spirit of the Labyrinth doesn't trigger.)
Its quite slow, but Rule of Law will probably prevent any hate directed at you, especially this early game. Also, enchantment removal is generally not as prevalent as, say, artifact removal. Don't forget to be an arsehole and gloat over their pain, that really pisses people off and will help you return to modern.
June 11, 2017 5:12 a.m.
Winterblast says... #5
You could try playing my Augustin's $t4ks (4000$ Solution/Stax) but I personally don't think stax is unfun to play against. At least it's a challenge to break through the control pieces, which is a cool way to test your deck...if it fails completely and doesn't even remotely have a chance to interact with stax it's just badly built.
Razulghul says... #2
Lol in my experience people find group hug and chaos decks the most annoying actually. I hate playing Norin the Wary for example with Confusion in the Ranks, Grip of Chaos, Possibility Storm etc because it makes it so difficult to interact or plan I just scoop and find another game. Decks that run a ton of mana doublers also suck because turns start to take 10 minutes or more almost immediately. That's my experience, if you really want to make them hate playing commander go chaos or ramp.
June 10, 2017 11:32 a.m.