I have been playing Magic casually now for about 10+ years. My very first deck was a Myr artifact deck (in which we allowed the artifact lands to be basic lands) but after a while I switched to Mono-Red Goblins. My next deck was a Samurai deck. I still remember pulling a foil Konda from my very first Kawigawa booster pack. The first two decks have long since been taken apart and lost to time; I do still have all the samurai cards, just not in a deck anymore.

My favorite format is Commander. I like Mono-Colored or Dual-Colored decks. Five Colored decks are alright, but the mana base gets pretty expensive. I really enjoy tribal Commander decks. My top ten favorite tribes are the following:

  1. Dinosaurs
  2. Slivers
  3. Squirrels
  4. Rats
  5. Dragons
  6. Samurai
  7. Vampires
  8. Zombies
  9. Minotaurs
  10. Goblins

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Doombeard1984 Thank you for the kind words and sharing your hive with me. I too feel old when it comes to MtG.

Every sliver you mentioned is already on my watchlist. However, I am thinking about adding the anthem Slivers back into the hive as my 1/1 and 2/2 are not as threatening. With that said, when I play I either run away with the game or get archenemy out of it.

Board wipes are not a huge issue as I recover really fast with this deck. I had a game where I was board wiped three times and won cuz I was able to keep recasting First. So protection spells are not a priority. Same with recursion spells, yet. I have toyed with the idea of adding some. I run any target removal because I play with a wide variety of players, so I never know what I'm dealing with. The two ramp spells you mentioned are also on my watchlist, but I want to add zero drop mana rocks so I can cascade into.

To my surprise, I never run into mana issue, at least not that I can remember. I will keep your suggestions in mind as I really like them.

September 14, 2025 10:40 a.m.

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Prototype Decks 3
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Playing since Mirrodin Besieged
Points 15
Avg. deck rating 62.00
T/O Rank 685
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Favorite formats Commander / EDH, Casual
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