Which deck for FNM?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Sept. 14, 2017, 3:44 a.m. by Winterblast
We have an EDH tournament before the Ixalan midnight pre-release (finally, after almost a whole year) and it has been announced that it will be 1 vs 1 and with the normal commander banlist and rules (40 life, 1 free mulligan,...). Winner gets a fatal push promo.
We have already been discussing the matter and the big question is which deck should we play. We agreed that it's best to play a deck that we know well, so my choice is between Augustin's $t4ks (Primer) and The Incredible, Undisruptable Hulk. I could play Kess Doomsday but I don't have much practice with my deck yet. I would exchange a few cards in the Stax for 1 vs 1 play, maybe add a Serra Ascendant and Monastery Mentor but the combo decks would be played as they are.
My known opponents will choose between arcum dagssson/5c hermit druid, chain veil teferi/atraxa infect and others might play selvala, prossh, venser, baral, narset and low tier stuff. We don't know how many people will come but unknown strangers will probably bring rather weak decks or top generals with suboptimal builds.
Should I play Stax or Hulk? What will be the better choice against both tuned decks and casuals? I'm really not sure if I can get enough practice with my Storm deck to avoid misplays in stressful situations.
Thanks for your help!
I would recommend going with the faster deck because in 1v1 it will usually be about who can end the game quicker unless you play against a grindy control list. Deck consistency is also important to consider.
September 14, 2017 11 a.m.
Winterblast says... #4
redkhan the question is if I want to be the one with the grindy control list. Flash hulk can win the game very fast but the Stax can bring the game under control just as fast...it takes longer to actually win then (unless the opponent concedes).
I will most likely need to beat top decks and weak ones alike and I'm not sure which deck does that job better.
September 14, 2017 12:15 p.m.
Winterblast I guess it would end up coming down to preference then. I personally would go grindy control because in your situation I would be playing Tasigur, the Golden Fang control because I want to be able to disrupt what my opponent is doing. In 1v1 interaction is just too valuable.
September 14, 2017 1:36 p.m.
Yeah in 1v1 commander going control is extremely viable. You only have one person whose spells you need to counter etc
DrukenReaps says... #2
Which deck is faster? Both have a low average cmc so both will be quick but I would certainly lean towards whichever tends to go off first.
2 colors are more reliable than 5. Both of these seem very reliable but the 5 colors will need to color fix at some point where as the 2 color has very little ability to screw you. I always believe my decks are looking to screw me :P
Which is the most disruptive? Which is more resilient to disruption?
I would think the stax is more disruptive but I can't really say which is more resilient from looking.
Those are the sorts of things I would ask and whichever deck answers more of the questions is the one I would use.
September 14, 2017 10:38 a.m.