A CLAWsome SHELLebration of Crab
Commander / EDH
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Adding your KRILLiant suggestions! —Feb. 25, 2021
Thank you for the input! I'm eager to try out some of the new cards! I'm not sure how to best do a changelog, but here's my first try
Out: 2x Island ---> In: Homeward Path ,
War Room : Get our SHELLmets on, we're going to war! Adding some utility lands. War Room
card draw in the late game for minimal cost. Homeward Path, call me SHELLfish, but I don't like sharing my commander, as much as I enjoy the thought of giving our opponents crabs ; ).
Out: Fumble ---> In: Mirrormade : Fumble seems EXCELLENT in theory. In reality, it was was very underwhelming. The Voltron commanders I encountered usually had built in hexproof or gained protection from blue. Mirrormade on the other hand seems like an extremely versatile card! It has fun interactions with our own enchantments that steal or shut down creatures, can double down on the best artifacts on the board, and can even reactivate Vessel of Endless Rest in a pinch (pun intended) to go for Tunnel Vision.
Out: Into the Roil ---> In: Mystical Tutor , As pointed out, this card can search for our bombs and wincons, anything from Polymorph, Tunnel Vision, even Twisted Image!
The two cards I cut were both forms of interaction in the form of bouncing in favor of more consistent cards. Will have to playtest to see if the deck needs more interaction (I'm looking at you, Capsize).
Will keep updating the deck as I playtest it, and keep improving it with your suggestions! I've also been considering making a Penny Pincher XD version of this deck as well, so stay tuned!
@Reins of Power While the creatures do synergize well with the voltron aspect, it doesn't mesh well with the polymorph package I'm trying to run. I've found that with Polymorph, you need a game changing hit from it after it resolves. Unfortunately, if I add too many creatures, it can gum up the works.
Skeleton Key and Trailblazer's Boots have been on my radar for possible includes, I really like the skulk the skeleton key provides, I'll go digging through my bulk for them!
War Room I like that a lot! I'll try it out!
Aqueous Form Was in my first draft of the deck. In playtesting, I found myself in situations where I could tudor for the Twisted Image , but it would kill the crab due to the 0 toughness, so I tried out Aether Tunnel instead.
Masterwork of Ingenuity looks like fun, especially in my meta full of swords of this and that! I've gotten in trouble before by copying some of the pro blue swords and been unable to target my charix or creature with my blue enchantments, but I don't think it's come up as an issue too often to ignore the benefits.
I was thinking of running Commander's Plate , but I play in a meta with a lot of Guilded Drake,
Homeward Path is becoming a pet card of mine, and I plan to also include it when I can get a copy!
February 18, 2021 2:04 p.m.
@ king-saproling I miss linked! But I responded above! Thank you for the suggestions!
February 18, 2021 2:49 p.m.
Sweet deck!! Thats one cool crab.
Surprised not to see
Mystical Tutor
as it seems polymorph and tunnel vision are basically win cons for you.
Also
Sapphire Medallion
is worth a slot and the $, that card is OP in mono.
Also I'm not convinced on into the roil. Sure it cantrips, but
Capsize
can do the same thing and is a win con, late game.
Cheers and have fun!!
February 23, 2021 1:29 p.m.
@ Grind Thank you! Mystical Tutor makes a whole lot of sense, not sure how I missed that. It even is another tutor for Twisted Image , which can be a kind of wincon in some situations. A lot of this deck was made from cards I had laying in binders not using. Same thing with Sapphire Medallion . I'd like to playtest it, only hitch I can see is that our Crabbo needs mana for activated abilities as well as equip costs, but I agree on that awesome upside. I'm not married to Into the Roil either. The first draft of the deck had way more cantrip cards, slowly phased out for more consistency. I was also thinking of Mirrormade or Copy Enchantment , the utility of doubling down on the powerful artifacts seems like it'd be good, so I may swap it for that!
king-saproling says... #1
Thoughts on these? Sword of the Animist , Trailblazer's Boots , Skeleton Key , Merfolk Thaumaturgist , Crookclaw Transmuter , Paragon of Gathering Mists , Burnished Hart , Aqueous Form , War Room , Masterwork of Ingenuity , Deadeye Quartermaster , Vanishing , Trinket Mage , Tribute Mage , Trophy Mage , Inventors' Fair
February 18, 2021 12:56 p.m.