Mana base for first commander deck

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Posted on Oct. 23, 2017, 11:39 p.m. by Pevira

I'm new to Commander, and am not too sure on a good mana base. Any advice on it is welcome, but I am mostly looking for help with lands/mana rocks.

Vampiric Flood

Azdranax says... #2

Looks like you have a pretty good start here, but if anything you are probably a little mana flooded, as you have 36 lands, 4 rocks, Legion's Landing, Expedition Map, Black Market, Sword of the Animist and Cabal Ritual. Meanwhile, your deck only has one card that exceeds a CMC of 6, and no X-value instant or sorceries to pump extra mana into, once achieved. Considering how nimble the deck is based on CMC, your current mana base is overkill.

Realistically, Bottomless Vault and Gilded Lotus aren't going to do much for you, as they are too slow based on the average CMC of your deck. I'd lose both and replace with something like Fellwar Stone, which should also speed up your early turn plays. You can then add back Anguished Unmaking as well. From there, play test and see how often you're dealing with too much mana and not enough spells by turn 6, and then potentially pare down one more utility land and possibly Black Market as well, unless you move to some additional card draw to increase it's value.

Hope this helps, good luck with your build.

October 24, 2017 12:22 a.m.

Pevira says... #3

Thanks Azdranax for the suggestions. Any stand-out suggestions for some X cards? Thematically compatibility is preferred, but if it is fun and helps me when, that's cool too.

October 24, 2017 12:52 a.m.

Azdranax says... #4

Exsanguinate would probably be my first choice, especially as a vampire theme deck. Also, Profane Command is a good choice.

October 24, 2017 1 a.m.

bjarneudenarme says... #5

October 24, 2017 1:13 a.m.

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