Azorius Signet

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multimedia on Nihiloor Nightmares

4 days ago

Hey, well done for a first deck on such a low budget. I haven't seen this Commander before.

When you're just starting out building decks in Commander it can be helpful to have some basic deck structure guildlines to follow.

• 36-38 lands (Exotic Orchard, Path of Ancestry)
• 20-25 creatures (Soulherder, Brago, King Eternal)
• 10 ramp sources (Arcane Signet, Knight of the White Orchid)
• 10 draw sources (Brainstorm, Palace Jailer)
• 10 removal/board wipes/counterspells (Swords to Plowshares, Cleansing Nova, Counterspell)

This is just a basic structure to get things started. It doesn't cover everything and your final deck may have different numbers for each part of the structure such as you might have more creatures. Some cards can cover more than one area such as Palace Jailer who is creature removal and can be repeatable draw which is really helpful.

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Ramp is something all Commander decks need since you don't want to only rely on lands/land drops to make mana. You have Sol Ring which is really good, but that's where the ramp ends here. Only Sol is not enough ramp.

I always explain to new Commander deck builders that you need to be able to sacrifice (cut) some of the fun cards to add ramp to your deck. Since doing this will help gameplay so that you can more easily cast your Commander and the other big fun cards you want to play. In the case here my advice is consider cutting at least 9 cards to add more budget ramp?

• Arcane Signet
• Knight of the White Orchid
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Fellwar Stone
• Azorius Signet
• Orzhov Signet
• Mind Stone
• Commander's Sphere

Some cards to consider cutting to add more ramp are creatures who don't do enough for their mana cost: Gods' Hall Guardian, Living Tempest, Dread Rider, Shepherd of Heroes, Kor Celebrant, Ronom Unicorn, Brinebarrow Intruder

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Like ramp all decks also need draw that comes from single draw effects and more importantly repeatable draw sources. Currently your deck has three good single draw effects Baleful Strix, Champion of Wits, Cloudblazer and one repeatable draw source Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. There's a reanimation theme here that can get you more draw from these creatures which is good, but consider more draw?

• Brainstorm
• Palace Jailer
• Sea Gate Oracle
• Thorn of the Black Rose
• Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• Notion Rain

Jailer and Rose can be repeatable draw sources with the Monarch Emblem. When you have the monarch then you draw a card at your end step. Only one player in the game at one time can be the monarch and it can change players. As long as you are monarch you get the repeatable draw at your end step which is a big advantage.

For an opponent to become the monarch they have to do combat damage with a creature to you or play a card/effect that makes them the monarch. When this happens you loose the monarch and that opponent becomes the monarch. You can get back the monarch though by doing combat damage with a creature to the opponent who is the monarch or playing a card/effect that makes you the monarch.

Some cards to consider cutting to add more draw: Withercrown, Grave Endeavor, Arcane Endeavor, Smite the Monstrous, Extract Brain, Wand of Orcus

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The area of your deck that you have a lot of is removal. I count 23 single effects of removal here. You can afford to cut some removal to improve other areas of your deck: Withercrown, Befuddle, Iron Verdict, Smite the Monstrous.

If you're interested I offer more advice in another comment. Including explaining how blink from single effects or repeatable such as Soulherder and Brago, King Eternal can be powerful here. Would you like me to continue with more advice?

Good luck with your deck.

KBK7101 on Kykar, Try some Flying

1 month ago

As someone who has a Kykar deck, I'd definitely recommend cutting some lands and adding some more artifact ramp such as Boros Signet, Azorius Signet, Izzet Signet and Mind Stone. Casting these will trigger Kykar, netting you a spirit token and helping to ramp you further ahead. I'd try and stick somewhere around 33-34 lands.

Other cards I'd recommend are Murmuring Mystic as another flying token producer, Jubilant Skybonder to help keep the heat off your fliers, Boros Charm for anti-boardwipe protection, Whirlwind of Thought for some more card draw and Immolating Gyre as a one-sided board wipe. Raugrin Triome is probably also worth a look.

Kykar is a super cool commander and I wish he had more lore. I really wanna know what plane he's from so I can tweak my basic land art accordingly. lol

stellarnear on Take it it's yours

1 month ago

Azorius Signet>Gamble

stellarnear on Take it it's yours

1 month ago

Niv-Mizzet, Parun > Cyclonic Rift
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind > Azorius Signet

DemMeowsephs on Kykar Spellslinging Wizards

3 months ago

• Izzet Signet / Azorius Signet / Boros Signet ?
• Brainstorm is great too

multimedia on Varina's Eternal Legion

6 months ago

Hey, good budget version of Vania. I'm impressed by your card sense on a budget.

Wonder is nice when you can easily discard it with your Commander. Giving all creatures you control flying is powerful. When Wonder is in your graveyard you need an Island on the battlefield to activate it this makes Island/Swamp and Island/Plains dual lands helpful and upgrades for the manabase.

• Sunken Hollow
• Prairie Stream
• Ice Tunnel
• Irrigated Farmland
• Glacial Floodplain
• Fetid Pools
• Watery Grave
• Hallowed Fountain

Pools, Grave and Fountain may be out of budget range, but I mention them for possible future land upgrades.

Some other budget lands upgrades to consider:

• Unclaimed Territory
• Tainted Field
• Esper Panorama

On a budget Talisman of Dominance is not worth $8. Could replace it with Azorius Signet or Commander's Sphere and use $8 to improve the manabase. It's actually more important that the mana rocks can make the two other colors because consistently on the battlefield you'll have basic Swamps.

Good luck with your deck.

Omniscience_is_life on No Playing... But Still Magic

8 months ago

I think you can improve the quality of your mana rocks a little, Gilded Lotus, Commander's Sphere, and Marble Diamond are a little slow. I'd suggest adding Sol Ring, Mind Stone, Azorius Signet, and, if you have the money, a Mana Crypt.

I'd also cut Mangara, the Diplomat--your opponents won't be attacking or casting spells against THIS deck!

I'd trade Court of Cunning with Confounding Conundrum, as well

multimedia on Dreams of the Fae

8 months ago

Hey, nice budget version of Alela, but you forgot Sol Ring :)

My suggestions are to improve the mana. 30 lands is low with only 6 ramp sources. My advice is add 5 more lands or five more mana rocks or a combination of both.

• Exotic Orchard
• Path of Ancestry
• Caves of Koilos
• Sunken Hollow
• Esper Panorama

and/or

• Sol Ring
• Dimir Signet
• Azorius Signet
• Orzhov Signet
• Mind Stone

Cards to consider cutting:

• Shambling Suit
• Baneful Omen
• Kiora Bests the Sea God
• Norn's Annex
• Oppressive Will
• Cancel

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Some upgrades to consider for repeatable draw:

• Bident of Thassa > Shoal Kraken
• Skullclamp > Blue Sun's Zenith
• Reconnaissance Mission > Arcanist's Owl

Bident and Mission are very good repeatable draw sources with Faeries since you draw a card for each creature who does combat damage to an opponent. When your Commander can create 1/1 creatures then Skullclamp is a reliable powerful draw source.

Good luck with your deck.