Malcolm, Siren of The Flying Dutchman | V-EOE

Commander / EDH Beebles

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Overburdened With Treasure —April 22, 2022

Well, this was probably the most treasure-laden set since Ixalan… Here's my analysis of the ones that could be added in this deck:

• First off, back in Neon Dynasty Commander we got Universal Surveillance. Although it’s not an instant, it is a better fit here than Commander's Insight. It’s the logical extreme of cards like Thoughtcast and Reverse Engineer. Happy to run this.
• We have a great new outlaw to add to our crew in Professional Face-Breaker. Almost a second Malcolm in terms of treasure generation (only combat damage), but with the upside that all our creature types can join the fray. The ability to turn any treasure into impulse draw is a major benefit! Taking out Sigil of Sleep for this, which proved to be a bit too situational here.
• Prosperous Partnership: an awesome treasure producer in our colors, but unfortunately more at home in a creature or creature token heavy deck. Although it has some synergy here with cards like Magda and vigilance Akiri, there likely aren’t enough tappable creatures in here to make this card outperform something like Monologue Tax, as Malcolm wants us to swing with most of our creatures instead.
• Hoard Hauler: too slow and situational for my taste, at least for this list. Also, there aren’t a lot of creatures here that can crew this.
• Rose Room Treasurer: another treasure producer that gels well with creature token decks. Which, unfortunately is not this deck… It’s a bit of a similar card to Storm-Kiln Artist here, as the deck does not provide enough synergy to warrant an include.
• Indulge / Excess: one more treasure maker that goes into go-wide decks. Not enough synergy here.
• Smuggler's Share is probably more valuable as a draw spell than a treasure token maker. In terms of token production, it will probably also not outperform a Monologue Tax, but taken overall it is probably the stronger card of the two. I like the flavor of this one as well. Cutting IntuitionGC to try this one, as it ultimately felt a bit out of place here.
• Rain of Riches: I’m split on this card. One the one hand it’s an interesting treasure payoff. I like that it works on any turn and that it’s a super greedy card that’s very on theme. On the other hand it takes the deck in a different direction, as it incentivises that we use our treasure instead of banking them. That’s why I won’t be running it for now.