Cycle Commander deck. Want to be perfect
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Posted on Dec. 17, 2020, 7:35 p.m. by theleastobvious
So I built a cycle deck Cycle the deck, and destroy everyone based around Brallin, Skyshark Rider Flip and Shabraz, the Skyshark. TBH mostly because a sharkbird is the best card to come out of magic EVER. but now I want this to be a polished deck, any help is wonderful
If you just want to discard and draw, Forgotten Creation has done a lot of work in my self-discard Glint-Eye Nephilim deck. Being able to wheel myself every turn stacks up a lot of triggers for no mana investment.
kpres says... #2
Fortunately, these two commanders trigger off of drawing and discarding, so you don't have to limit yourself to just cycling. This is great, because although cycling has been around since Urza's Saga, the number of cards available to you are fairly limited.
During Pro Tour in the Onslaught days, there was a fairly successful cycling deck that made use of Astral Slide to prevent opponents' creatures from being able to attack, and Lightning Rift to ping for damage. The big finisher was Decree of Justice.
See:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/throwback-standard-gauntlet-3-early-2000s
Recently, Ikoria has given us Zenith Flare.
Since you're going to be filling the graveyard with spells or permanents with cycling, I would recommend Mizzix's Mastery and cards like Open the Vaults.
Any cycling deck is going to be weak on the board state, because you'll be spending your mana on discarding cards rather than playing stuff, so you're going to want to run lots of board wipes. It won't be a fun time for the other players, but if you want it to be polished, that's what you're gonna have to do. Also cards like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda.
I'm really interested in this deck, and I want to see how it goes, so I'm going to upvote and follow it. Good luck!
December 18, 2020 7:09 p.m.