Osgir struggles to finish games
I have an [[Osgir, the Reconstructor]] deck that I built shortly after it's release in 2021 during a time when I was playing with a group of friends pretty regularly. That group played almost exclusively bracket 4 decks, so I relied heavily on EDHRec to try and make this deck keep up with that group, adding some high powered cards that I didn't quite understand how to utilize.
Nowadays I don't play as often as I once did, and the group I now play with regularly run mostly bracket 3 decks. I find that with this deck, I can generate a lot of value, but I struggle to close out games. It becomes a bit of a game of solitaire, which isn't fun for me or my opponents. I've got some [[Basalt Monolith]] combo pieces, some burn pieces like [[Walking Ballista]], and plenty of cantrip artifacts, but these feel almost like conflicting themes.
I also really struggle to pilot this deck, as there are a lot of triggers and lots of combo potential that I miss. As I said, I don't play as much these days, and I think I'm just an okay Magic player in general, so a lot of the sequencing gets messed up. It has too much under-utilized combo potential that muddies the game when the rest of the table typically plays more of a battlecruiser or midrange style.
I do really like the commander and the potential this deck has, but given my play style and my normal play group, I'd like to make this deck less of a chore to play with and against. I'd be open to powering it up and making it more efficient, even if it pushes it further into bracket 4, so long as I find it a more fun and engaging play style. I'd also be open to simplifying it a bit to fit more closely to bracket 3 or the lower side of bracket 4. I'd be open to spending up to $100 on new cards for this at this time. More information regarding my thoughts on individual cards can be found in the primer.
Please let me know any thoughts or questions you might have. Thanks for reading!
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