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Last_Laugh says... #1

Hey, I was hoping I could get you to take a look at a newer deck I've built and another from Fallout that's still in crafting mode to see if you have any suggestions or feedback. If not, no worries but any and all help would be appreciated.

Dopplegang Bangers - Historic Flash Convoke Copies

My 1st historic each turn has convoke and gets a non-legendary copy from the commanders. I'm trying to flash convoke on everyone's turn and copy my historic spells/tokens multiple times. Parallel Lives effects don't work here though.

"Wake Up, Wasteland! It's Me, Three Dog!".

3 Dog sacs an aura on attack and creates a copy for everyone else that's attacking. I have several cantrip auras for card draw, ways to get the sac'ed aura back, some creatures to support/carry those aura copies, and just some gross auras to go wide with.

March 4, 2024 3:03 p.m.

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It's not a bad list at all, but if you want to go with vampires plus lifegain subtheme there are better choices of commanders (Astarion, the Decadent, Amalia Benavides Aguirre, Vona, Butcher of Magan, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, and Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher are solid options. There are tons of other good options too).

If you're heart-set on Athreos, I would drop the vampire/lifegain themes and go with creatures that have sac effects (e.g. Westfold Rider, Cathar Commando, Bounty Agent, Priest of Fell Rites, Stronghold Assassin, Necrotic Sliver, Burnished Hart, Dauthi Voidwalker) plus cards with reanimation abilities (e.g. Bishop of Rebirth, Celestine, the Living Saint, Custodi Soulcaller, Redemption Choir, Sun Titan, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled, Breathkeeper Seraph, Court of Ardenvale, Gift of Immortality).

March 14, 2024 3:29 p.m.

My gripe with Grim Reaper's Sprint is that it only gives the extra combat when it enters during a main phase. When you make token copies of it using Three Dog, you don't get extra combats because the tokens are entering during combat phase. It's not bad but I wonder if it's a bit of a win-more rather than something that puts you in a better position

March 5, 2024 3:11 p.m.

Man this commander is so crazy. Seems like you'll need a lot of dry-erase cards to write up aura tokens haha. Anyway these would be my swaps:

Grim Reaper's Sprint -> Hope Against Hope
Reconnaissance -> Born to Drive
Swiftfoot Boots -> Mantle of Leadership
Armored Skyhunter -> Cartouche of Solidarity
Nomad Mythmaker -> Nurturing Presence
Mesa Enchantress -> Valor of the Worthy
Wyleth, Soul of Steel -> Squire's Devotion
Tiana, Ship's Caretaker -> Archon of Sun's Grace
Sphere of Safety -> Ajani's Chosen
Unquenchable Fury -> Boon of the Spirit Realm
Sigarda's Aid -> Forgeborn Oreads
Angelic Destiny -> Pious Wayfarer
Court of Ardenvale -> Knight of Doves
Kellan, the Fae-Blooded -> Akki Ember-Keeper
Cass, Hand of Vengeance -> Gift of Wrath
Danitha Capashen, Paragon -> Breath of Fury

Here are some other considerations: Shifting Shadow, Gift of Immortality, Splinter Twin, Soul-Strike Technique

March 4, 2024 4:31 p.m.

This list looks great, definitely a good pairing of commanders. Personally I would make these swaps:

Tishana, Voice of Thunder -> The Great Henge
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite -> Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
Masako the Humorless -> Errant, Street Artist
Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist -> Second Harvest
Selvala, Explorer Returned -> Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
The Second Doctor -> Patron of the Orochi
Rhystic Study -> Murkfiend Liege
Heroes' Podium -> Sakashima the Impostor
Swiftfoot Boots -> Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Neoform -> Awakening
Beast Within -> Sundering Growth

Some others you might like: Wake the Reflections, Phyrexian Metamorph, Idol of Oblivion

March 4, 2024 3:37 p.m.
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