Need help to turn a Commander 1v1 deck into EDH
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 19, 2017, 4:24 p.m. by Teufell
Hello, I just gave up on the 1v1 commander, but I really love my Thalia, Guardian of Thraben deck. I've been thinking about converting it to EDH in order to keep playing the deck somehow. But, the thing is, most of the combinations I've tried did not work as I expected, so If you guys could give me some tips I'd appreciate It.
Winterblast says... #3
If you want to keep a taxing commander you could use Grand Arbiter Augustin IV instead of thalia and keep her in the 99.
I have played much online recently and at some point someone happened to accidentally join my EDH two player game with a duel commander Thalia deck. It wasn't even bad, it just lacked the explosive power that is available with all the mana artifacts. The spot removal helped that guy overcome the lack of speed, but if there had been another player in the game, it would have been a very bad matchup. If you replace the cards that do little against multiple opponents and add more speed instead, you are definitely on the right way. Also, aggro isn't really competitive with 40 life and the amount of combo decks you face in EDH...you can scrap most of the goodstuff creatures that do nothing but beatdown. Only creatures with a really ridiculous cmc/power like Serra Ascendant can help you with an aggro strategy.
Maybe you consider adding a combo win, such as Rest in Peace and Helm of Obedience.
August 20, 2017 7:57 a.m.
Winterblast, I see your point. I do have Augustin, but i never gave a thought about using him and my 1V1 Commander together. Should be interesting to me.Thanks
August 20, 2017 3:35 p.m.
Winterblast says... #5
If you want to have a look, this is for example my take on Augustin:
Augustin's $t4ks (Primer)
Commander / EDH
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AkromaPhage6 says... #2
I've never played commander 1v1, however, Mono white Death and Taxes is my deck of choice in legacy. The problem with mono white in multiplayer commander is that it's the worst color identity to be in. Therefore my suggestion would be to use the same ideas of taxing and hatebears and splash other colors. Green is great, it gives you access to Gaddock Teeg as well as creature tutors. 3 color hatebears using green, white and either red or black is also helpful. Black gives you access to more tutors and kill spells. Red gives you access to win conditions like Splinter Twin and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker. That's just a a quick glance on my thoughts about it. I also look around the competitive decks quite a bit even though no one wants to play cEDH in my area. Here is a competitive list to get some ideas, however:http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/marath-of-the-titans/
August 19, 2017 8:53 p.m.