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KBK7101 on Captain Ferrero Rocher

1 day ago

This deck looks pretty good! I love the idea of a better Hero of Precinct One as a commander. The tokens he makes have really nice art, too!

Maybe ditch Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran for a damage doubler like Dictate of the Twin Gods or something? Feather, the Redeemed doesn't seem to have much support, so I'd suggest replacing her (I think I only counted one or two instants that would trigger her). Nahiri, the Harbinger also seems a bit weak. Maybe another card to be replaced? War Room is another card draw effect on a land. Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip might be worth a look to replace a basic as well. Same with the white and red artifact lands, Ancient Den and Great Furnace .

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

4 days 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

4 days 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

3 weeks 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.

unstable_anomaly on Lecture by Prof. Osgir: how to handle artifacts

1 month ago

Hello there,

Big thanks for the comment / upvote on Full Metal Alchemy, and listing it in your own deck description. Very much appreciated!

I really like the Myr Retriever + Workshop Assistant + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Ugin, the Ineffable / Foundry Inspector / Cloud Key line. You could also add Quicksmith Genius to this to draw / discard your whole deck.

I see your running Steel Hellkite which can be an awesome infinite mana sync. If you have the budget for it Walking Ballista can also be an awesome mana sync and ultimately win you the game. Aurelia's Fury could be a more budget friendly way to close out games too if you have access to infinite mana.

Your land count seems good (I run 33 lands with Valakut Awakening  ^Flip as an optional 34th). I personally wouldn't go lower than that because missing land drops can be pretty detrimental. I would probably swap all the tap lands for ones that have the ability to come into play untapped when the conditions are met. Clifftop Retreat / Furycalm Snarl / Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip / Rugged Prairie / Spectator Seating are a few I'd recommend if you have the budget for them.

Your ramp package seems solid, but if you feel like it's too much maybe add some more card draw? Or a few more "heavy hitters"?

If you're using the "heavy hitters" to win via combat damage you might consider adding a few more cards to give them haste. Hanweir Battlements  ^Flip / Crashing Drawbridge .

Anyway, just some random thoughts and suggestions. Cheers.

Mechanon on The Mighty Gaveleers

2 months ago

It definitely seems like a fun deck. If you want to spend a bit, Zendikar Rising came out with some flip lands, mainly Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip for your best interests. Although Battlefield Forge would be a decent substitute. I would agree with the artifact costs. It seems like with your creature abilities, you need to be more interested in stacking up artifacts quick, as opposed to using useful artifacts. Kazuul's Toll Collector might be an interesting late game creature, if you ever feel the need for one. He doesn't have trample though.

multimedia on WTF KAALIA

2 months ago

Hey, you're welcome.

My next advice is consider improving the manabase? More dual lands in place of some basic lands, Bloodfell Caves and Immersturm Skullcairn to help color fixing. 27 basic lands is a lot for a three color deck since you risk drawing all of one or two types of basic lands. On a budget there's several lands to consider adding:

• Exotic Orchard
• Caves of Koilos
• Battlefield Forge
• Path of Ancestry
• Nomad Outpost
• Tainted Field
• Smoldering Marsh
• Ash Barrens
• Evolving Wilds
• Orzhov Basilica
• Rakdos Carnarium

Lands that will always ETB untapped are better, but there aren't a lot of budget options. The next tiers of prices for some lands for future upgrades ($4 lowest to $10 highest):

• $4 Pathways: Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip, Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• $5 Filter lands: Graven Cairns , Rugged Prairie , Fetid Heath
• $5-7: Bond lands: Spectator Seating , Vault of Champions
• $5-6 Check lands: Dragonskull Summit , Isolated Chapel
• $8-10 Shock lands: Godless Shrine

multimedia on vampire tribunal

3 months ago

Hey, good start on a budget.

Cards to consider cutting to make 100 cards:

• Beacon of Immortality
• Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood
• Vein Drinker
• Defiant Bloodlord
• Mirari
• Grisly Spectacle
• Archetype of Finality
• Arvad the Cursed
• Teysa Karlov
• Captivating Crew
• Bishop of Binding
• Regal Bloodlord
• Tempt with Immortality
• Solar Blaze
• Commander's Insignia
• Congregate

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The cuts to consider above will reduce the mana curve a lot, but consider reducing it even more by adding more low CMC Vamps: one drops and two drops? With Edgar you want an established battlefield of Vamps to attack before you cast him. Lower CMC Vamps gives you more Vamps on the battlefield because each one also creates a Vamp token. Edgar is the high CMC Vamp you want to cast more the than the others therefore you don't really need lots of other high CMC Vamps or even high CMC nonVamp cards.

Vamps to consider adding that are $1-$2 each, most are less than $1:

• Knight of the Ebon Legion
• Vampire of the Dire Moon
• Shadow Alley Denizen
• Vampire Cutthroat
• Cordial Vampire
• Gifted Aetherborn
• Legion Lieutenant
• Olivia's Bloodsworn
• Nullpriest of Oblivion

If your budget allows more then these tribal Vamps are powerful upgrades:

• Captivating Vampire
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• Sanctum Seeker
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

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Some budget land upgrades for the manabase:

• Unclaimed Territory
• Caves of Koilos
• Concealed Courtyard
• Battlefield Forge
• Exotic Orchard
• Tainted Field
• Foreboding Ruins
• Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• Temple of Silence
• Temple of Triumph
• Temple of Malice

If interested I offer more advice. Good luck with your deck.