r/BudgetBrews

Hello guys I need help making my deck bracket 3 on a budget my commander is mimeoplasm, fairly new to mtg, lol I kept losing on my pod they said their decks are bracket 3 so I need to make a bracket 3 deck.

Hello all, title. I want to start participating in official FNMs in my LGS instead of staying in proxies with my pod. I'm looking for a commander that has a consistently high winrate in FNMs on a $50-$80 budget, as well as the deck being money-efficient when it comes to upgrading the deck later on (going past $100-200) in the future to push to high power B3 or even B4. That said, I asked around some of my podmates and they suggested me these commanders:

1. [[Tifa Lockhart]] Landfall Voltron
2. [[Lyse Hext]] Voltron
3. [[Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice]] Voltron
4. [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] ???
5. [[Winota, Joiner of Forces]] Aggro Stax

I am leaning more towards Tifa Landfall out of them all actually, but there are already a few Tifa Landfall players from my LGS' previous tourneys so I feel like it's getting too cramped there unless it's fine. There's also Lyse Hext voltron who has access to blue counter spells and white protection spells to keep her safe as a voltron. I am curious about Winota as well since I have heard she is a scary/broken commander, but one of my podmates told me she's easy to beat since all they need to do is remove her and the deck falls apart. What do you guys think about that and who do you guys think I should pick?

I'll leave more info as well regarding our LGS' tourney meta if it helps you guys further, I believe it's roughly 60% spellcaster/storm players, 30% big creatures on field, and 10% token swarm. I'm perfectly okay with one trick pony decks since I usually have variety in proxy decks that I play with my B3 pod, and that this deck I'm asking for right now is purely for winning official FNMs.

I'm pretty new at deckbuilding and have a $30 deck edh event at my local lgs this weekend. I was planning on looking up some cool build and buying the cards I need online but thanks to time and money constraints I won't be able to do that. That being said I started collecting again about 2 years ago so I have a small collection of about 3500 cards mostly from newer sets but there is some older stuff too. I was curious if I could get any help here trying to put something together or someone could set me in the right direction. I really have no real play preference, at least not when it comes to this actual deck, just something in the bracket 2 to 3 range for a fun event this weekend. Of course the lowest cost printing from tcgplayer is how we track budget. Any help would be awesome even if its just a direction or which commander I have that looks most compatible with the cards I have available. If their are a few cards I don't own that might help fill something out I'm sure I could find the at a local lgs. Here's the link to my collection https://moxfield.com/binders/KH2cAviWO06VBgc\_\_ODfog

Thanks for any and all help!

EDIT after looking through all my legendaries I think I have the cards to support The Astonishing Ant Man, Excava Risen Past, Zara, Renegade Recruiter, or Wolverine Fierce Fighter.

Hey everyone,

Looking for a Dragon theme (Dungeon & Dragons / Tarkir / The Hobbit).

Or a dungeon kind but with dragons, you get the point, we like dungeons dragons and hobbits.

I also looked for cards in the LOTR set but didn't find anything..

Yesterday i found out about this card [[Sword of Dungeons & Dragons]] but sadly is not commander legal, i was like damn, WHY.

But yeah..

The idea is to gather some dragon staple cards and then implement more dragon cards from the hobbit coming next month.

If you have any decks or ideas, please right below, or if you have moxfield links feel free to share.

Thanks in advance.

Between kilo and inspirit which of the two are better out of thr box and what are some budget upgrades you recommend?

Hi all, I like playing fast decks, like Magda, Ral... Hell, even Winota counts.

What are the fastest decks you have for a budget of 50$ Max?

Im looking for ideas even if you dont have a list, thanks!

It's $48.40 on TCGtrader according to Archidekt, and it's not too bad. If I had the stuff to proxy, I would've proxied 20 rat colonies though tbh

Now that we’re half way through 2026 how has everybody’s commander games been going? Are your new decks working out like you thought they would? Are your old decks still putting up the same numbers as last year or maybe the year before?

I love stats and even though I don’t keep crazy stats like I used to I do still keep some that I think will be useful to me at the end of the year for my deck progress tracking.

With that being said I thought I’d share some with you all today just to see how I have stacked up to everybody else so far.

Each deck I make could be regarded as bracket 2 up to a mid bracket 3. The decks I’ve played against have ranged anywhere from bracket 2 up to bracket 4. Tbh idc what others play and I just play whichever deck I’m feeling at the time regardless or bracket level.

Each of the games recorded are only games with full 4 person pods. I did not include 3 pod games or 5 pod games.

Overall W//L record for Jan-Jun 2026:
Jan- 11 Games 3-8 (27%)
Feb- 12 Games 5-7 (41%)
Mar- 11 Games 3-8 (27%)
April- 11 Games 3-8 (27%)
May- 11 Games 2-9 (18%)
June- 16 Games 8-8 (60%)
Overall- 72 Games 24-48 (33%)

W//L by table position:
1st- 20 (1st 5x, 2nd 8x, 3rd 3x, 4th 4x)
2nd- 20 (1st 6x, 2nd 6x, 3rd 4x, 4th 4x)
3rd- 19 (1st 10x, 2nd 6x, 3rd 1x, 4th 2x)
4th- 13 (1st 3x, 2nd 8x, 3rd 1x, 4th 1x)

Average Game Length Per Month:
Jan- 1H 8M (68M)
Feb- 59M
March- 1H 13M (73M)
April- 1H 16M (76M)
May- 1H 17M (77M)
June- 1H 8M (68M)
Overall- 1H 10M (70M)

To preface this stat I mainly play at two LGS on a regular basis with two separate playgroups, and then other times I’ll play games at my friend’s houses or at another random LGS in town.

W//L by Location:
LGS #1- 11-19 (36%)
LGS #2- 10-23 (30%)
LGS #3- 1-1 (50%)
Friends House #1- 2-3 (40%)
Friends House #2- 0-2 (0%)

Decks with an * are new decks that were made in 2026.

Decks played W//L records:
Migloz, Maze Crusher* 1-0 (100%)
Winter Solider, Icy Assassin* 1-0 (100%)
Safana/Feywild Visitor- 11-6 (64%)
Omnath, Locus of All- 5-3 (62%)
Flamewar, Brash Veteran 2-4 (33%)
Reki, the History of Kamigawa 1-2 (33%)
Witch-Maw Nephilim 1-3 (25%)
Caradora, Heart of Alacria* 1-6 (14%)
Jyoti, Moag Ancient* 1-7 (12%)
Patchwork Automaton (P) 0-1 (0%)
Thanos, the Mad Titan* 0-1 (0%)
Zahur, Glory’s Past* 0-1 (0%)
Coram, the Undertaker* 0-2 (0%)
Lonis, Cryptozoologist* 0-2 (0%)
Abdel Adrian/Master Chef* 0-3 (0%)
The 3rd Doctor & Dan Lewis* 0-2 (0%)
Grismold, the Dreadsower 0-5 (0%)

Type of wins or loses:
Combat Wins- 47
Non Combat Wins- 18
Alternative Wincon- 3
- Lab Man
- Maze’s End
- Twenty Toed Toad
Commander Damage- 3
Mill- 1

Top 5 most loses by color identity:
Izzet- 8
Mono Black- 6
Bant- 5
Golgari- 4
5C- 4

Like I said nothing crazy as I like to keep things fairly simple these days but thanks for reading and let me know what kind of starts you’re keeping for your own decks!

Also if anybody is interested in diving deeper into my stat sheet just let me know and I can send you a link to my whole spreadsheet.

Hi guys, i'm trying to build a [[Maha, its feathers night]] control deck for bracket 3, and i have a few issues. First of all, what win conditions does mono black have? I am pretty new so i'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but all i can think of is [[rise of the dark realms]] or some infect shenanigans, that i'm not really into. Any suggestions about that? Also, this deck is very good at dealing with creatures of course, but waht about otherr things, like artifacts? do i just have to deal with that being on the board or am i missing something? Any suggestion is welcome, either about this or for the deck in general

I see him in top commander lists and being super powerful but I just cannot understand what makes him so good. Can someone help explain him to me and how to build a budget deck with him

I'm attempting to teach a 65 year old man how to play commander. This will be his first card game ever. Give me your absolute cheapest brews that are also so no brain a new person can pilot it. Those starter commander decks are over 60$ Canadian! Save us