Estrid, the Masked

Legendary Planeswalker — Estrid

+2: Untap each enchanted permanent you control.

-1: Create a white Aura enchantment token named Mask attached to another target permanent. The token has enchant permanent and totem armor.

-7: Put the top seven cards of your library into your graveyard. Return all non-Aura enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, then do the same for Aura cards.

This can be your commander.

Combos

• Doubling Season + Estrid, the Masked + Oath of Teferi
• Doubling Season + Enchanted Evening + Estrid, the Masked
• Enchanted Evening + Estrid, the Masked

Tokens

• Mask

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

legendofa on A challenge extended to AI …

1 week ago

I like to think I'm reasonably creative with deck ideas, and that I can design something that nobody's ever seen before. I just spent some time checking out AI deckbuilders, and I was generally unimpressed. They do decently, if boringly, with well-established archetypes and common shells, but give them an unusual prompt and they start to fall apart.

I asked several different AI deckbuilders to design a Temur Goad deck for Commander. This combination has only four decks on TappedOut (and I'm happy to say one of them is mine), six on Archidekt, none on Moxfield (but that could be user error on the search), and 46 on EDHrec (assuming Forced Combat overlaps with Goad). So it's not exactly a common strategy.

I'm not going to reveal which AI builder gave which results, but I tested edhgen.ai, ai4chat, ChatGPT, and yeschat.ai a couple times each. The results included:

• a Temur goodstuff deck with no goad cards.

• a 64-card deck that included Taunt from the Rampart and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant, claiming they weren't legal as commanders but could be in the 99.

• Estrid, the Masked as a highly recommended card, then quickly devolving into pure broken-AI gibberish.

• a suggestion for the best commander as Nefarox, Spymaster from the RRG set--anyone recognize that?

• a Xyris, the Writhing Storm deck (yay!) that was mostly wheels and token stuff (boo!) that tried to sneak in Kardur, Doomscourge. (This one was the best, and I'll give it credit for recommending a card I had overlooked. It was still mostly generic first-draft-level Xyris with off-color-ness.)

• an unfocused Marisi, Breaker of the Coil deck.

• Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss + Grenzo, Havoc Raiser as a Commander + Background option, then claiming that green was off-color.

I then asked each one for a deck that uses only mythic rare cards and basic lands, a looser version of a prompt I got on here. Set symbols are red, but the budget isn't is where I ended up. Similar results for the AI:

• nonexistent cards, then breaking.

• a 38-card deck.

• cards of all rarities, failing to understand the prompt.

So I'm offering a challenge to AI deck builders and those who use them: pick a prompt for a niche archetype or unusual deck gimmick and post it here. I build a deck meeting that prompt using my human creativity, the AI of your choice builds a deck using whatever digital skills it has, and the TappedOut community judges the decks.

Or, if you have other general thoughts or comments about AI deck building, please feel free to add to the conversation. Spoiler: I'm generally against AI-built decks. The best ones are generic and un-nuanced, the worst ones straight-up don't work as decks.

tonylomas on Manlanditian

1 year ago

Morning ppl! as the title suggests...has anybody built a decent/succesful Estrid, the Masked manlands deck? and now with Preston Garvey, Minuteman ..is he good enough to take the lead or is he a very good second to Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor ?

legendofa on Oathbreaker deckbuilding challenge

1 year ago

Made_Compleat How about The Masquerade is Over, with Estrid, the Masked and Wargate at the helm? It's far from tuned, but I think it's a respectable first draft--I don't have much Oathbreaker experience. I thought about Sarkhan Unbroken + Genesis Ultimatum, but this one started falling into place.

If I need to issue a challenge, it's to make a really bad deck. Overcosted and useless cards, sabotaging yourself, and generally not able to do anything. Inspired by the Nihilist format I learned about a couple of years ago from 99 Ways to lose (Nihilist), where you make a garbage deck, then switch with your opponent and try to win using the garbage deck they built. Nihilist: Too Angry to Think is my design. Bring that philosophy into Oathbreaker.

FauxFaux on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

So, by my count:

• Grixis or "Maestros" is covered plenty by the nearly absurd amount of Nicol Bolas' that exist, so no worries there;

• Esper or "Obscura" has Aminatou, the Fateshifter from a commander pre-con, and Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

• Jund or "Riveteers" have Lord Windgrace, also from a commander pre-con;

• Bant or "Brokers" have Estrid, the Masked and Tamiyo, Field Researcher. Big sad on the last one, RIP.

• Naya or "Cabaretti" has no prints, but has been a challenge;

• Jeskai or "Raugrin" has Narset of the Ancient Way

• Temur or "Ketria" has the aforementioned Sarkhan Unbroken;

• Sultai or "Zagoth" has none but has been a challenge;

• Abzan, or "Indatha" has none but has been a challenge;

• And finally, Mardu, or "Savai" has Dihada, Binder of Wills from a commander pre-con.

Sheesh. That's a load of my memory dumped. Ok, so for the challenge!

Since my favorite tri-color has been done, (Abzan ftw) I'll do my back up: Grixis!

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Begard, Deceitful Beggar {1}{B}{R}{U}

Legendary Planeswalker - Begard

~ enters the battlefield under an opponent's control. At the beginning of ~'s controller's endstep, if they did not activate a loyalty ability of ~, they discard a card, lose 5 life, and sacrifice a non-land permanent other than ~.

0: ~'s owner creates a 1/1 Black Rogue creature token with deathtouch and "If this creature would deal damage to a planeswalker, instead, put an additional loyalty counter on it."

-1: ~'s owner draws 2 cards, and creates 2 Treasure Tokens.

-3: ~'s owner may search their library for a card and put it into their hand.

-9: ~'s owner gains control of all permanents ~'s controller owns. All creatures gain Haste until the end of the turn.

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How do you get to that elusive -9? maybe some proliferate strategies? lol. Good pay off if you can get to it, or a great politic card I think!

Wild!

king-saproling on Sven I don't think we're in Arendelle Anymore

2 years ago

lol good god Caribou Range is funny. Really cool deck. I could picture a commander deck helmed by Estrid, the Masked that could do some similar Caribou shenanigans

MooseMagic42 on Does Totem Armor Stack

3 years ago

If I play multiple forms of totem armor like Eel Umbra, Bear Umbra and Estrid, the Masked -1 ability, do their buffs stack, and when a creature is destroyed do I get to choose what get's removed or is it in a specific order? Thanks!

Argy on Mask Deck

3 years ago

In my opinion Tuvasa the Sunlit is a better Commander than Estrid, the Masked

That's what I use in the precon, and it's amazing.

DrukenReaps on First edh deck

3 years ago

Evasive Maneuver Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Mind Seize Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Adaptive Enchantment Estrid, the Masked

Subjective Reality Aminatou, the Fateshifter

Mystic Intellect Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

Faceless Menace Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Timeless Wisdom Gavi, Nest Warden

Symbiotic Swarm Kathril, Aspect Warper

Ruthless Regiment Jirina Kudro

Enhanced Evolution Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

Arcane Maelstrom Kalamax, the Stormsire

Aura of Courage Galea, Kindler of Hope

Dragonic Rage Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

Dungeons of Death Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Planar Portal Prosper, Tome-Bound

Reap the Tide Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Eleven Empire Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Lorehold Legacies Osgir, the Reconstructor

Prismari Performance Zaffai, Thunder Conductor

Quantum Quandrix Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Silverquill Statement Breena, the Demagogue

Witherbloom Witchcraft Willowdusk, Essence Seer

This should help some folks be more inclined to help you. I for one have no idea what the name of most of the decks are, it is just the commander(s) that I care about. What I would highly recommend is if you know your general preferred play style let us know and we can start pointing you in one direction or another.