Previous Thread: >>96527238>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-april-22-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the rules committeehttps://mtgcommander.net>Statistically see what everyone else puts in their commander decks based on what is posted to the internethttps://www.edhrec.com>Learn about PDH, Commander's budget pauper formathttps://pdhhomebase.com/https://www.pdhrec.com/>Deck list site: You can search for decks that other people have made. Authors often have comments that explain their deck strategy and card choiceshttps://www.archidekt.comhttps://www.moxfield.comhttps://www.tappedout.net>Find out what lands you can add to your deck, sorted by category, based on a chosen color identityhttps://managathering.com>Card searchhttps://scryfall.com>Make custom cardshttps://magicseteditor.boards.nethttps://mtg.designhttps://mtgcardsmith.com>Proxy a deck or a cube for cheaphttps://pastebin.com/9Xj1xLdM (embed) (embed)>How to proxy using any printerhttps://mtgprint.cardtrader.com>Preconshttps://magicprecons.comTQ: What are your biggest pet cards or things you run in everything?
>>96535353sol ring, energy drain, fierce guardianship, propaganda, command tower, exotic orchard, path of ancestry, chromatic lantern
>>96535353TQ: pithing needle and ratchet bomb.Get pithed, dumbass.
>>96535399>fierce guardianshipBoo this man
For me, a pet card is a card that you don't often see in other decks, if at all, but which you personally like and play.For me it's pic related.
>>96535405They never expect it in upgraded precons or meme decks. I usually win by playing politics or being a backstabbing rat and people don't perceive a major threat from me and tend to underestimate what I have until I get them
I hate Timmies so much
>>96535353>TQ: What are your biggest pet cards or things you run in everything?I will always try to get a platinum angel into my deck along with a rogue's passage
>>96535353>TQancient tomb into chalice on 1 is probably my favourite turn 1 play
>>96535353>TQ: What are your biggest pet cards or things you run in everything?Sensei's Divining Top. I think it's the best card in the format.>turn 1 Sol Ring into Top is the best
>TQthis hard working mani even run him in my Rakdos Sacrifice/Fling deck. I have a Yavimaya in there to turn him on, and run some tutors specifically to find these two and make it happen
>>96535524forgor the man
>>96535451Every time I get a platinum angel out it instantly eats removal.>TQ Lightning bolt
>>96535353>TQCopies of Akroma's Memorial and Warping Wail are in every single deck I own.
>>96535546>Every time I get a platinum angel out it instantly eats removal.You gotta save it for the last opponent with protection to back it upthat's where it really shines, in the final showdownI also very much enjoy playing decks that will have 15+ cards in hand and mucho counterspells so that does help
Thirty (30) starting life is objectively superior to fourty (40)
>>96535624maybe for little commandersbut not CUMMANDER
>>96535438Imagine hating this>a kid goes into a game store. Let’s just call him… 'Timmy.' Now, Timmy doesn’t have a lot of money. So, he buys one pack of Tempest. He rips it open and starts tearing through the cards to find the rare. And then he sees it. It’s a big green creature. Seven power. Seven toughness. It’s huge. Huge! He’s eyes keep moving. He glances up at the casting cost: 5 ManaGreen ManaGreen ManaGreen Mana, blah, blah, blah. Boring. Move on. Timmy looks at the rules text. There’s a bunch of words. Timmy reads. Every turn Timmy gets another creature. Another entire creature. It’s small, but in ten turns, he’ll have twenty creatures. A 7/7 creature with twenty 1/1s. How does his opponent stop that? It can’t be stopped! Timmy finally exhales. He has found the Holy Grail.”
>>96535438what's wrong with big mana cards and people having fun? what if they have good mana ramp or a way to put them on the field and counterspells/blink to keep them alive?
>>96535639Tendershoot Dryad made this guy irrelevant. Timmies are based though
whats a good commander for a pirate tribal deck to sail the seven seas with?
>>96535694do you want black, or do you just want red/blue?
>>96535708partial to blue/red to use the funni spells like share the spoil, but whatever commander you think is fun
>>96535524>>96535529You can't run him in a BR deck. He explicitly adds Red or Green mana, thus RG identity.
>>96535694>>96535708lol
>>96535723Wew
>>96535723Even before they added the rule that you can produce any mana in any deck (dumb), it didnt make this card rg, it just produced colorless if you picked green in a non-green deck.
>>96535765the current text has green mana symbols, doesn't that make it RG color identity?
> mfw its commander night tonight
>>96535675>play Bahamut>flip Terra>put 3 extra counters on the 2nd Bahamut>play Rootborn Defenses in instant speed for a 3rd Bahamut>Instantly kill everyoneThe true MVP is Mirari's Wake for giving me more mana than I would ever need. Being a Timmy is fun
You can quickly identify retards when they dont understand that cards in deck is useless. The local 'tard is always complaining he cant win cause too many good cards in his deck got milled or something. Its like bruh I know you arent running combos and if you were, youd fetch them from the yard.
>>96535679I still love my Verdant Force/Embracemore tokens, more
>>96535432Always hated how these said hand lemme cast my commander dang
>>96535802I got Bahamut out once but he just got nuked right before turn 4 but I've had a lot of fun with Odin. I threw down a Hraesvelgr on the second turn of the saga which made him unblockable and just KO'd the guy who was in the lead and cackling about his cancer ass Glarb deck. The funny thing was that I read Odin's description out twice and nobody seemed to care
>>96535765It was never legal in a deck without green as the card has red and green mana symbols on it.
>>96535790Me too!
>>96535353>TQi love any card with effects like this and will always run root maze, kismet, the other thalia or frozen aether if i can
>>96535829>Make someone discard 5 cards>Crickets>Mill 10>They freak out
>>96535907Who are you playing with that discards 5 and says nothing id like to meet them
>>96535907discard is one of the few archetypes more hated than mill though
discard is honest and rogueit's black's premiere form of removal for enchantment and artifacts, don't hate it
>>96535954i wish tergrid wasnt the best discard commander im still disappointed by how lame tourach was as well...
>>96535993I have them together (he's in the 99), they are friends :)Raven Man can join the party too
u mad?
>>96536003No, because those cards are in my deck too
>>96536003Yes, because - even though those cards are in my deck too - you're not allowed to use them against me.
>>96536003no because im flashing in my own aven interrupter in response to stop it
>>96535353>TQ: What are your biggest pet cards or things you run in everything?I will run this card in every red deck, its too fun to not
>>96536153>topdecks a land 5 times in the same game
>>96536191did you just tutor niqqa ?
>>96536191Like I care that my 2 drop enchantment has failed to produce value one game
>>96535771>>96535861Damn you oracle text its rg
>>96536003what is a commander for this feel btw. probably something in azorius?
>>96535954>rogueSure pal>honestTurdgrid certainly isnt
>>96535353>things you run in everythingI love this four mana do nothing.
>>96536388grand arbiter augustine IV, the king of azorius stax
>>96535723shit your rightit is sad day
>>96536399you claim to run this in your every deckyet it sits in the binder outrageous
>>96536476>he didn't play non-stop conspiracy 1 draftsI feel bad for you, the majority of us have a dozen copies
>>96536388these are just good interaction pieces for any yt deck, especially that bird
>>96536476Tbf I run orcish bowmasters in every deck and still have one in a binder
>>96535993>>96536000I wish Hypnotic Specter was legendary or they made a functional equivalent that doesn't cost 7 mana.
>>96536003I've been on a real quantity over quality kick lately, Sure you can have my 6th worst land untapper or my 4th best card draw spell, my decks are extremely redundant, even if the effects are kinda meh.You basically 2:1'd yourself.
>>96536502What about Aclazotz?
RB pirate deck, what do you think?https://archidekt.com/decks/15987305
>>96535954Discard pisses people off less than mill
>>96535954Color that has never dropped below #2 in power claims it's oppressed and needs mechanic systematically removed from every other card game.
>>96535954I played squall discard/sac the other day and the other players just went SIGH UGH and quit
>>96536645It'd be better with Malcolm.
>>96535954if discard is blacks enchantment artifact """"removal""""then lifegain is whites extra turnswhat in tardation
>>96536003feeling so edged rn
>>96536738>what in tardationhey man, I'm not the one making the rules. Black's artifact and enchantment removal is supposed to be discard, that's why they drag their feet on giving black proper interaction for those types (That isn't 20 years old)
didn't notice the last thread died so I'll ask againI got accused of playing too high bracket even when not casting a single game changer or stax or combo. I just freecasted shit from exile for overwhelming value for 2 turns, they said I was playing bracket 4 against 3s. is that wrong, were they right. I had a generic cascade pile with rituals to do more multi cascade spells
>>96535954personally I am a dedicated enjoyer of so-called toxic mechanicsthe only one where the hate is even remotely justified is MLD without a followup planif you play armageddon without a way to win off it you are a double nigger and that's a fact
There is a boomer at my lgs who insists on calling creatures summon spells
Anyone using Mtgprint know how to add the OM1 versions?
>>96536826based grandpa
>>96536826be annoying and play some Summon: whatevers from FF
>>96536783they sound like huge crybabies if this story is realcascade isn't a "bracket 4" mechanic
>>96536783the issue, is that brackets are poorly defined system; you could cite the deck building guidelines as being 'bracket 3', but if you're shitterstomping them consistently, they could invoke the 'upgraded precon' and 'optimized' designations, arguing that your deck is too good to merely be an 'upgraded' precon.
>>96535954>play lots of discard stuff>it is all choice based, allowing you to not discard for another penaltyNot my fault if they think that card wasn't worth the five life or me dropping a depthshaker titan
>>96536852thugshaker titan
>>96536826There's a boomer at my shop that insist on calling kindred decks "tribal"
>>96536862
>>96536862I will call it tribal to spite wotc's retarded performative changes
Post commanders
>>96536775too bad someone can still decide if they want to discard, say, a creature that is soft to blacks interaction anyways, or keep a value enchtantment/artifact that interactionlets cant do anything but seethe about
>>96536849I guess the problem lies in me having 2 playgroups.one is kinda cutthroat. not cedh by any means but none of my decks stomp there and we agreed to do 3s without game changers. very interactive but can't really keep up with real bracket 4 I feelbut the other is upgraded precons and some combo decks. I would still say they are 3s in powerlevel. decks that win in couple turns if left alone once the commander comes down but fall apart to interaction (shocker). I guess they don't really pack enough removal and all that but does that mean I'm stomping?
>>96536826They're still summon spellsIt's still converted mana costIt's still tribalPhyrexian retyping is fucking stupidIt's a viashino not a lizardNo, I don't recognize slivers that don't effect everyone's slivers
>>96536887No u
>>96536826>plays lands in front of creaturesProblem?
>>96536826Based summon enjoyer
>>96536887>Post commandersBaral and Kari ZevBurakos, Party Leader / Folk HeroOjer AxonilRed Death, ShipwreckerSekkuar, DeathkeeperThe Third Doctor / Sarah JaneZurgo Stormrender
>>96536929*taps lands after casting*The future is now, old man.
>>96536887Gisa/Geralf is becoming one of my favorite decks.
>>96536887XENAGOS budget bracket 2 pubstompHapatra (waifu, noc commanders allowed to touch her in command zone) bracket 2 pubstompMrs Bumblefkower (I am married to Japan artwork) bracket 2 +1 counter foodstuffArixmethes board wipe tribal pubstomp
>>96536887Currently Playing>Necrobloom>Cloud Ex-SOLDIER>Master of Keys>Ureni the Song UnendingRetired >Narset Enlightened Exile>Rashmi and Ragavan>Otharri Suns' GloryBuilding>Sophia Dogged Detective*>Neerdiv Devious Diver>Nissa Worldsoul SpeakerMight swap her to Proft, need more 2 color commanders and yes I started during ONE
>>96536941Got a list for Burakos, Party Leader / Folk Hero?
>>96536966>fellow kardurbrono wayif you're running royal assassin you ma nigga 4life
>>96536887Took out my boxes to show them. I need to make 3 more decks but I'm not sure what yet
