Brightclimb Pathway

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imbadatnames on Platinum Angel turn 2 Deck

2 days ago

You said you want budget lands, so Caves of Koilos and Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip are fairly cheap and better than Snarls. Godless Shrine is great, though a little expensive. You also definitely don't need 28 lands for this deck.

FearRipper70 on Clerics of Soul

1 month ago

-3 Dark Confidant/-3 Speaker of the Heavens/-1 Cleric of Life's Bond

+1 Bitterblossom/+2 Wedding Announcement  ^Flip/+4 Voice of the Blessed

-4 Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip +4 Shattered Sanctum

zAzen7977 on KAALIA'S CATACLYSM - Aggro/Stax [cEDH Primer MH2]

2 months ago

Hey Privian, thanks for commenting. You can definitely reduce the cost of the deck by swapping out the cards you listed. Here are my suggestions for replacements:

Plateau > Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip

Scrubland > Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip

Badlands > Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip

Mox Diamond > Fellwar Stone

Grim Monolith > Dark Ritual

Imperial Seal > Grim Tutor

Ravages of War > Armageddon

Ravages of War is identical to Armageddon, I just happen to have a copy of Ravages I picked up years ago.

You could also run Mox Opal, but in that case I would also run the Mirrodin artifact lands (ex:Vault of Whispers.)

zapyourtumor on Vito & Vamps

4 months ago

Also you probably need more dual lands. Some budget ones are Concealed Courtyard , Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip, Temple of Silence , Caves of Koilos .

multimedia on Kaalia of the Vast

4 months ago

Hey, nice personal version. I respect you're willing to post for critique your personal deck that you're currently playing.

An area to consider improving is ramp. Consider cutting some basic lands especially Swamps for more low CMC mana rocks?

• Arcane Signet
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Talisman of Conviction
• Talisman of Indulgence

You can get ramp other ways than mana rocks such as Rakdos, Lord of Riots who's underrated with Kaalia. Can also be a backup to more easily cast high CMC creatures if you can't cheat them onto the battlefield with Kaalia. Rakdos could replace Iona, Shield of Emeria because she's banned in multiplayer EDH/Commander.

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40 lands with 27 basic lands isn't a good ratio for color fixing when you need all three colors equally. You can't count on having Chromatic Lantern every game for color fixing, but you should consistently be able to count on your lands. Bloodstained Mire is great, nice Expedition, but currently it can't fetch a white source because there's no Swamp/Plains or Mountain/Plains land. Savai Triome , Godless Shrine and Sacred Foundry are Plains lands that Mire can search for.

Less lands, more color fixing and more ramp will help gameplay. You want at least 20 sources of each color from lands in the manabase which is completely doable with the already high budget. My advice is cut basic lands for more dual lands. I'll suggest two different tiers of land improvements to consider based on your current budget.

Tier 1 (more expensive lands, better color fixing): more Rainbow lands, more Fetch lands, Shock lands, Bond lands.

• Mana Confluence
• Exotic Orchard
• Forbidden Orchard
• Marsh Flats
• Arid Mesa
• Savai Triome
• Godless Shrine
• Sacred Foundry
• Blood Crypt
• Vault of Champions
• Spectator Seating
• Luxury Suite

Tier 2 (less expensive lands, less color fixing): lesser Rainbow lands, Bond lands, Pathways and Filter lands.

• Exotic Orchard
• Savai Triome : for Mire to fetch.
• Path of Ancestry
• Vault of Champions
• Spectator Seating
• Caves of Koilos
• Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• Graven Cairns
• Rugged Prairie
• Fetid Heath

I offer more advice. Would you like more advice? Good luck with your deck.

bdobinski on Brad's Commander Cube (v2): Non Basic Mana List

5 months ago

Update 6/14/2021 - Kaldheim + Strixhaven Changes

Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip replacing Arcane Sanctum
Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip replacing Crumbling Necropolis
Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip replacing Frontier Bivouac
Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip replacing Jungle Shrine
Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip replacing Mystic Monastery
Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip replacing Nomad Outpost
Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip replacing Opulent Palace
Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip replacing Sandsteppe Citadel
Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip replacing Savage Lands
Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip replacing Seaside Citadel

bdobinski on Brad's Commander Cube (v2): Full List

5 months ago

Update 6/14/2021 - Kaldheim - Strixhaven Changes

Aggravated Assault replacing Dragon Mantle
Omnath, Locus of Creation replacing Hope of Ghirapur
Cosima, God of the Voyage  ^Flip replacing Jalira, Master Polymorphist
Maja, Bretagard Protector replacing Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Sign in Blood replacing Read the Bones
Wandering Archaic  ^Flip replacing Brass Squire
Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip replacing Arcane Sanctum
Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip replacing Crumbling Necropolis
Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip replacing Frontier Bivouac
Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip replacing Jungle Shrine
Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip replacing Mystic Monastery
Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip replacing Nomad Outpost
Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip replacing Opulent Palace
Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip replacing Sandsteppe Citadel
Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip replacing Savage Lands
Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip replacing Seaside Citadel

Gory.Flory on The Queen Of Politics

6 months ago

Online class is in session, which just means I've got an excuse to post my suggestions now. My suggestions for lands are a doctrine I'm going to press on you; the following suggestions are just ideas that you can decline based on your taste. Overall, your list epitomizes the Commander format to me.

1. LANDS MAN LANDS! You could have the best cards in every format and never play them when you need them because you're topdecking the wrong basics at the wrong time. There's budget options, not every mana base needs to be fetches and shocks. Prioritize your lands over cards that are powerful but not essential to your strategy. There are some specific lands that would be interesting in here too. I recommend prioritizing buying one or all of these cycles before buying stuff like Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth if you don't already have one. The basic land ratio can then be more specific once your lands are fixed, but that can be the last step of your construction.

Your Mardu and Commander staples: Command Tower , Savai Triome , Nomad Outpost , Exotic Orchard , Terramorphic Expanse , Evolving Wilds . I have a Forbidden Orchard that would be cool in this deck but would need to be part of a good deal (I'm strict about lands).

Your bicolored lands:

a. Pain lands: Caves of Koilos and Battlefield Forge are cheap as hell. Sulfurous Springs is the most expensive of these three but if you can get your cycle of lands for less than $15, it's still really good.

b. Filter lands: Graven Cairns , Rugged Prairie , Fetid Heath . You can get all three of these for $16 so it doesn't pass our test... but I have a Cairns for trade, bringing you to $12.50. These are good because you have some cards essential to your strategy that have double-colored-mana costs and others with multicolored costs. These are a great budget cycle, especially for your colors.

c. Temples are super cheap now: Temple of Malice , Temple of Silence , Temple of Triumph .

Less good bicolored lands that are require deckbuilding technique:

c. Check lands: these are fantastic if you have a good basic land ratio (why it would be important not to run both the thriving lands and the pathways at the same time as these)- Dragonskull Summit , Clifftop Retreat , Isolated Chapel

d. Pathway lands: Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip, Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip, Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip. You saw the foil full art Blightstep Pathway that was in my knight deck, you asked about the price when you said it was cool. I wouldn't necessarily go out of your way to buy these, but definitely seek them out in binders. If you're not running cards like Cultivate where you want to have some ratio of basic lands, these are strictly better than basic lands and could replace your Thriving Lands (which are a decent start; I have the nonred ones available).

e. These lands: Foreboding Ruins , Shineshadow Snarl , Furycalm Snarl

1. Curses, Vows, Impetuses: these could be cool, especially with the Sigarda's Aid you already own. Having these in your hand (and even better, a sigarda's aid in play) means when you say "if you attack this person instead of me, I'll reward you with ____" and bluff, or if someone attacks you you could flash in a Vow of Duty . I have most of these in the cube (as well as marchesa and the jankier cards in your deck), so you can try these out and see if you like them.

a. The other vows are Vow of Lightning , Vow of Torment , and Vow of Malice (quick trivia- there's two black vows because R&D has tried to ween off of intimidate and other mechanics like protection from [color] and likely didn't want to include it in Commander Legends).

b. More aggressive and prone to cause kamikaze-style attacks, the Impetuses are similar to the vows but definitely play very differently. Martial Impetus , Shiny Impetus , and Parasitic Impetus could even be considered removal for multiple creatures in combat if you flash them out with Sigarda's Aid.

c. Curses: Marchesa was the most popular commander for curses until Ghen, Arcanum Weaver was released. Curse of Chaos encourages the player with a shitty hand to swing in a bit. Curse of Bloodletting punishes the opponent who is too far ahead. Curse of Shallow Graves is cool at a table with Gedan's Varina, Lich Queen deck. The curses from Commander 2017- Curse of Opulence and Curse of Disturbance are the best in your deck as they also give you something when your opponent attacks them too. These are really the only curses that fit the theme and psychology of your deck by not making you a target IMO, but .

1. Removal: You have some "soft" enchantment synergy going on, so you might as well make it more broad. You're in the late game, you've got all your powerhouse enchantments in order and extra mana... why not cast Idyllic Tutor for whatever removal would smooth out your schemes? Darksteel Mutation shuts down commanders. Seal of Cleansing can be recurred with Hall of Heliod's Generosity . Dark Banishing is honestly a better run for your cash over Bedevil ... you're supposed to be able to convince those opponents to remove the black creature ;)

2. Individual cards: Gedan has a Rite of the Raging Storm you could get. Wishclaw Talisman is more on theme than Diabolic Tutor or cheaper than Infernal Tutor . This is the only deck I wanna see those and Grim Tutor in since I know what you tutor for will actually be interesting and not a combo piece. Sphere of Safety would be impenetrable and bait removal if you have the mana for it. I have a foil Keeper of the Accord somewhere but I don't know where it is. Commander's Sphere as a budget option for Chromatic Lantern , and if you build a solid budget land base the draw effect would be better (adding but lantern but not replacing would be good eventually)

3. Some cards I'd remove or wanted to comment on, but understand maybe stylistic or preferred: Sunforger can be a cool aikido spell tutor at instant speed. However, looking at your white instants, you have to spend 3 and then RW to save yourself with Angel's Grace . That could be a cool maneuver. I was also going to suggest dropping Akroma's Will until I saw Sunforger... that's fucking cool too, especially game changing after blockers are declared. Otherwise you're Mortify ing a creature, having your opponent talk to the Deflecting Palm , or Tear ing an enchantment in half. Batwing Brume wouldn't do anything with Sunforger. Therefore Sunforger basically has two game-changing effects and three utility effects, but I'd suggest keeping an eye on Sunforger to see how often the 3RW cost is available and worth it. The fewer cards you're dependent on, the more decentralized your strategy is, making it way harder to compete against (I'm saying this both critically and in favor of Sunforger- just keep it in mind). Torment of Hailfire wins you the game, but isn't gonna be less than $15 in the next couple years. You might not need it. Revival / Revenge can make you one of six creatures or one of three opponents an enemy- it seems like there are better cards you could play. Revel in Riches makes you a threat that your opponents need to race against, and I (genuinely) don't know if that's a position you want or if you want to maintain your monarch status. Try to think of when you want to win with this deck- by beating down your opponents individually, by beating them all at once, by spontaneously winning, or by drawing the game out for as long as possible and having the best resources throughout the game.

I haven't been able to analyze most of my own decks this intensively in a while, your design is competitive while still unique and interesting. Knowing your play style and how well it fits to this too also helps me suggest cards- it's the difference between auto-generating a deck from EDHRec and building a deck. I haven't been super inspired in the decks I've been building for myself, but this one of yours has me just as interested in the game as you now.