Is my Exava Deck decent?

Commander Deck Help forum

Posted on Feb. 28, 2019, 2:53 p.m. by ShadowDave

So I've been making an Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch EDH deck, and I've just finished it. It's my first time making an EDH deck from scratch instead of just adding cards into a pre-constructed one.

What do you guys think?: tappedout.net/mtg-decks/exava-edh-deck/?share=da215e1ebfbc2060ded3c2e1168604dc

triproberts12 says... #2

In all honesty, it's not great. But that's okay! The important thing is that you clearly understand how an EDH deck is supposed to work. The right number of lands, mana rocks, interaction, and card advantage are all there. Little things like upgrading Ambition's Cost to Syphon Mind and are pretty easy.

What I recommend you do is check out the EDHREC page for Exava. It looks like you're running a pretty budget build, so you might want to toggle to the budget tab at the top right, as well. I also advise you to check out the page for Rakdos staples in general, as well as this Scryfall search for all cards in your colors that reference +1/+1 counters, ranked by EDHREC popularity.

The other thing you might want to consider is going with Marchesa, the Black Rose , instead, if you're not particularly set on your commander. Part of the reason Exava has so few decks is Marchesa just does counters better than any other non-green commander. You can find her EDHREC page here.

February 28, 2019 4:43 p.m.