UltimateRoxas40

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I've played kitchen table magic for many years now. I started playing during the original Mirrodin block, where I built a ridiculous 80-card Elf deck, an equally bad Samurai/Barbarian deck, and a super janky Dragon deck.

I then played off and on again for a while, visiting Kamigawa and Ravnica the first time, then stopping at Time Spiral. I picked it back up again with Return to Ravnica, but only stuck around until the beginning of Theros.

I finally came back full-time with Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon and playing since then. As far as formats, I've played a little bit of Standard: from Eldritch Moon, through Kaladesh, then stopped after Hour of Devastation, and I'll play a pre-release event every now and then, but since the release of Commander 2016, I've been an EDH-focused player, and I don't plan on looking back!

I usually like to play Optimized decks, ranging from 6-9 on the Power Level charts. My primary two playstyles are Vorthos (Lore/Story inspired) or anything with Counters (+1/+1, ability, Proliferation, etc).

There are so many fantastic stories or worlds that I like to explore. My first and primary EDH deck exemplifies this philosophy - Atraxa, Angel of New Phyrexia [Infect Primer] is an homage to the corruption of Mirrodin, the first plane I ever visited, and was the first EDH deck I ever bought and built. To this day, she is the gold standard against which I judge all cards and commanders. Whenever a new set comes out, my first thought is how will it work with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice.

Beyond the original stories and planes in the world of Magic, I love being able to tell or represent a story or mythos with MtG cards. My Eldritch Captain of the Deep [Lovecraftian Primer], formerly my 'Lazav, Eldritch Mastermind', delves deeply into my love for the works of H.P. Lovecraft, especially the stories and tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. I find it incredible that I can mix both Lovecraft and Magic the Gathering together in fun ways.

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Made_Compleat Thanks for taking a look!

I had thought about Coral Atoll, but I ended up going with Halimar Depths to represent the underwater city of Y'ha-nthlei, and they both enter tapped, but I like the pseudo-Scry 3 effect.

Mind Flayer would be a good addition here, and fairly on-point thematically, but the main drive of this deck is Milling, not stealing other creatures. Mind Flayer just doesn't seem impactful enough here. If anything, I'd probably play Bribery for the same CMC and effect without the limits of 'as long as you control Mind Flayer'. But I appreciate the suggestion!

September 15, 2023 8:23 a.m.

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KongMing Ooh, I love the idea of adding Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant. This deck already feels mean, and this would be the icing on the cake haha. Being able to copy any of my X spells would be fantastic, or even something like Soulfire Eruption. I'll have to find a way to include him.

As for the bounce lands, that's also a good suggestion. I generally don't like using them unless I'm anticipating some land/landfall shenanigans, but that would cut down on the mana cost to set up the Reality Spasm loop. I'll keep them in mind.

Thanks for looking at the deck and the suggestions!

September 8, 2023 9:18 a.m.

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Commander / EDH - Counters, Commander / EDH - Infect, Commander / EDH - Primer, Commander / EDH - Vorthos

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Isshin, Dual Wielding the Heavens [Combat Primer]

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Finished Decks 13
Prototype Decks 2
Drafts 0
Playing since Darksteel
Points 95
Avg. deck rating 18.40
T/O Rank 150
Helper Rank 53
Favorite formats Commander / EDH
Suppressed formats Standard, Historic, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Legacy, Vintage, Leviathan, Premodern, Oldschool 93/94, Limited, Pre-release, Planechase, Archenemy, Vanguard, Block Constructed, Arena, Casual, Unformat, Quest Magic
Cards suggested / good suggestions 27 / 4
Joined 6 years