u/Appropriate_King_732

Honestly fantastic pool. I could have made a strong Rakdos+X deck as well (there were not enough cards for a Rakdos one), but the aggro deck didn't quite click. I even have Justice in the pool but ended up not adding him to the deck. I am so much better in seal than in draft and I love three colours in sealed, I think the decks almost always work better that way.

Last screenshot is my rares/mythics. Couple of attempts and fantastic outcome.

Here is the 17 Lands link if you are curious about the pool because it is a super interesting pool. https://www.17lands.com/deck/80cb5cac4b9f4572af68079dff924f66/0?view=deck

They are actually from a few days ago, but I wanted to share since I have been seeing so many comments about Azorius. I think there is much more to the format than Azorius to be honest. It is the blank best colour combination, but, with a bit of creativity, the best possible deck for your seat is probably not Azorius.

As is the case with budget decks, you gotta keep the colour number low to dig deeper into the colours and find the cheaper cards; lands are also expensive. I believe this forces one into finding more unique decks. All decks end up at below 70€/$.

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Decklists (some of them are a loose collection of cards in consideration):

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Rasaad + Sword Coast: https://moxfield.com/decks/NgqafvdyKEqEaqsvTQ1edQ

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Loot, Exuberant Explorer: https://moxfield.com/decks/ComQsLqPb0qIQq8bl20JoA

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Arahbo, the First Fang: https://moxfield.com/decks/j3tJf82gxEWUcO3NFnkTnQ

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Namor the Sub-Mariner:

https://moxfield.com/decks/0vKni-LZKkKsamqGO7xa0A

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Aurlock: https://moxfield.com/decks/MpBqGRYCrUyoFlvwJidgEA

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[[Namor the Sub-mariner]] generates a super interesting take on tribal, forcing you away from the classic creature-based tribal deck towards a spellslinger deck.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/0vKni-LZKkKsamqGO7xa0A

Early into the deck construction phase it becomes obvious that this does not build like other tribal decks. In fact, the closest comparison is [[Talrand, Sky Summoner]] budget commander staple. Compared to him, I would consider Namor the power-crept version due to the Merfolk keyword, larger creature creation, and alternative Voltron wincon. Talrand is the main point of comparison.

The Merfolks give you a few important anthems [[Vodalian Hexcatcher]] that give the deck more of an endgame, something to strive towards while storming off.

While play-testing, it becomes clear that the 1/1 Merfolks work best as convoke mana dorks with [[Battle of Segovia]] or [[Spirit Water Revival]] solving games. Thus, you get to dig super deep while every cantrip becomes a 1 mana 1/1 that draws a card + an extra effect [[Enter the Enigma]] . It breaches the threshold of token creation so much that it takes long turns even without ramp.

What really closes out the deck to make it better than Talrand is not how Namor is one turn faster, but rather the instant option to go Voltron after storming off. The guy flies and the deck has a few ways to make him unblockable or bounce blockers. This solves the speed problem with Talrand so well.

I think the commander ends up as a fantastic low bracket 3 option at a budget. It is capable of responding to threats efficiently, build a board fairly quickly and come back up after a board-wipe. Genuinely a super cool deck to play as long as you don't take forever playing it.