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Image 1 — Is Dina, Soul Steeper the best commander for fast 2-card infinite death loops?
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Is Dina, Soul Steeper the best commander for fast 2-card infinite death loops?

- Her color identity is fantastic for tutoring the other card needed.

- She's very cheap (2cmc)

- Can death loop with either of 2 cards (Exquisite Blood and Bloodthirsty Conqueror)

- The only other requisite after having the two cards on the field is gaining life or dealing damage to a player.

- She's very pretty.

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Should I run Sylvan Library in Chulane cEDH?

I want to get more cards early in the game, and I'm unsure whether I should use Sylvan Library specifically because the card itself is so-so, using up a lot of resources (HP) for minimal benefit. Am I wrong?

Here's my decklist, I'm looking for any advice other than this:

https://moxfield.com/decks/bw-gDz86KUmWCk90WPKHGg

u/FoxYk_raktar — 1 day ago
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Suggestion for Blue-Black budget deck

Hello everybody.

I have quite a few cards (bulk) of blue and black and I am looking for a commander deck under 50€. The normal colors that I usually use are green, red and white, and I want to have something different exactly because of the bulk I have. It's probably not amazing but if someone wants to see what I have let me know how to do it and I will gladly share it.

My questions are as follow:

  1. What archetypes are there for these two colors? I am open to just focus on one. What I am looking for in the deck would be to interact and mess with my pod's stuff. They usually go either wide, big creatures/tribal, and one of the players as a life gain/drain deck.

  2. Is there somewhere that could give me suggestions based of my collection? Any help here is really appreciate. I feel like I always come here to look for ideas and it's super useful, I usually feel a bit overwhelmed.

  3. Below are the possible commanders I have at my disposal. I am leaning a bit towards [[Tinybones, Bauble Burglar]] because of being able to play other people's stuff. I have a group hug deck so I kind of want to have the opposite of that deck.

Possible commanders

Thanks in advance and I'll try to answer any question/responses I get, whenever possible.

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u/DoctorPepperboy — 1 day ago

Looking to build a bear deck with Beorn, The Fierce but want to put a spin on it with food tokens

I enjoy building fun themed decks and I thought building a bear deck with a possible combination of food tokens would be a fun deck to play and a challenge to build. I'm calling it my "Bears and Honey" deck or maybe "Bears and Picnic Baskets". Looking for any insight the community may have. I have the bears from this set (Hobbit), and some bears from past sets. Willing to order a few cards, but not spending an insane amount of money either.

u/SkeezMageez — 1 day ago

Which should one I build?

Hello!

I am looking for some help.

I wanted to make an ETB matter monored deck and I think I found the two best commanders for this kind of idea. I am leaning towards Orthion only because of preference regarding the art and the effect ( I get why Tannuk is good as well ) but I really can't decide who should I run.

What do you think?

Do you have some tips or suggestions?

Would you share some of your experiences with these commanders?

If you have some decklists that you are willing to share I would happily take a look.

Thanks🙏🏻.

u/Ambitious_Sir_529 — 1 day ago
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Deck upgrade teval commander format

Looking to upgrade my teval deck. I have a budget of around 200$-250$. I've seen a couple of YouTube videos already but I would like to see if I can get opinions from other people that have played the same commander. I for sure know I need to upgrade my mana pool but id like advice with that too. Thank you in advance.

https://moxfield.com/decks/-Gp8TIYUG0m2HniNg5McHg

u/Lariat99 — 2 days ago
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I need help if my deck is any good and what I should cut from it or sugegstions for adding(budget ones preferably

I made this deck from mostly one atla box and all my bulk and gifts(mostly bulk alot of my gifts went into another azula deck) from my in law. I also might have missed counted lands or left a few cards out or I'm crazy and can't count but ik the physical deck is 100 cards had 4 people count it to quad check I'm not crazy https://archidekt.com/decks/25506379/iroh_or_smth

Commander

1 Iroh, Grand Lotus

1 Thundering Raiju

1 Sisterhood of Karn

1 Melek, Izzet Paragon

1 Massive Raid

1 Hidden Strings

1 Waterbending Lesson

1 Earthbending Lesson

1 Great Divide Guide

1 Bitter Work

1 Cycle of Renewal

1 Firebending Lesson

1 Uncle Iroh

1 How to Start a Riot

1 Combustion Man

1 Boar-q-pine

1 Boomerang Basics

1 Jet's Brainwashing

1 Aurora Phoenix

1 Sparring Dummy

1 Elemental Teachings

1 Make Mischief

1 Punish the Enemy

1 Runner's Bane

1 Weapon Surge

1 Quick Study

1 Mass Manipulation

1 Fading Hope

1 Consuming Tide

1 Depart the Realm

1 Experimental Augury

1 Fang, Roku's Companion

1 Goblin Gathering

1 Hullbreaker Horror

1 Geistwave

1 Cathartic Reunion

1 Burnished Hart

1 Chaos Warp

1 Arcane Signet

1 Freedom Fighter Recruit

1 Uncovered Clues

1 Collective Defiance

1 Cursed Mirror

1 Glacierwood Siege

1 Abrade

1 Brush Off

1 Embrace the Paradox

1 Stadium Tidalmage

1 Tackle Artist

1 Guttersnipe

1 Bone to Ash

1 Fiery Temper

1 Scorchmark

1 Shimmer of Possibility

1 Oracle's Restoration

1 Essence Scatter

1 Elemental Expressionist

1 Thought Vessel

1 Impetuous Devils

1 Sin Prodder

1 Turn // Burn

1 Swiftfoot Boots

1 Sol Ring

1 Mascot Exhibition

1 Ragefire

1 Evolving Wilds

1 Mana Leak

9 Island

9 Forest

9 Mountain

1 Thriving Bluff

1 Pit of Offerings

1 Game Trail

1 Myriad Landscape

1 Izzet Guildgate

u/Past-Article-5521 — 2 days ago
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Commander league help

Hi new friends!
I recently joined a lgs commander league as a new to commander player. It was super fun, we all got our names called and got to pick from a random assortment and I got merciless rage.
We’re about to go into week one and have to play our decks as is but then at week 2 we can make changes and id like to illicit the advice of those more knowledgeable than me. Genuinely thank you for any help and recommendation’s
Here’s the rules:
•2 game changers allowed per deck
•Can change the commander to one of the different ones in the precon starting week 2
• week 2 six spells and 2 lands ( can also use the 6 for more lands )
• following weeks leading to week 8 2 spells and 1 land

TLDR help a noob slowly upgrade a precon for commander league
Thank you legends
https://moxfield.com/decks/Yx_C9qFJdkejuq2ZVSvI0Q

u/juzzybear — 1 day ago

Building up to bracket 3

I have a Grimgrin deck ive built up at a bracket 1 but would really like to bring it up a level or two. I'm having difficulty figuring out the next steps. Would anyone be available to help?

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u/Plus_Solid5642 — 2 days ago
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Questioning Deck Brackets

Hello fellow EDH player's,

I just play in some casual commanders games with my friends right now and I have slowly been upgrading 2 pre-cons. (Token Triumph (TT) ft. Emmara Soul of the Accord https://archidekt.com/decks/25434011/emmara_soul_of_the_accord_token_deck ) (Mardu Surge (MS) ft, Zurgo Stormrender https://archidekt.com/decks/25175552/mardu_surge_upgraded ) On Archidekt it says that the Emmara deck is Bracket 4 and the Zurgo Deck is Bracket 2 both I think feel about a Bracket 3 to me. Just wondering what others opinions are on it and what "upgrades" would need to be done to the Zurgo deck to make it Bracket 3?

Side note I have had the TT deck longer and have been putting cards into it for longer. Also the MS deck was for me to play around the Mobilize mechanic but really seems I need to be leaning into Aristocrat play style more

u/Sideswipe626 — 2 days ago

Similar cards?

Trying to fix up my captain Sisay deck, does anyone have any cards with similar effects to Thran Temporal gateway?

u/Starry_Knights- — 3 days ago
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Lumra, Bellow of the Woods early land ramp?

Basically, I wanna just speed chuck a bunch of lands into my graveyard and out onto the battlefield and then try to cast as quick as I can. I’d like some help and some advice. Commander. Aiming for bracket 3. Budget is no constraint, just try not to be overly powerful. Even if it’s just a 4/4 turn three that’s still pretty good.

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u/Last_Distance_7602 — 3 days ago

First Game of Commander.

I started playing Magic back in ‘94 with buddies in high school. We had no idea what we were doing and threw every card we liked into our decks that were probably two hundred cards after a while.

No sleeves or play mats, every game taking multiple hours because it took that long just to draw useful cards and mana to cast them. Joined the Corps in ‘96 and for the most part quit playing.

I played some standard and drafts back in 2014 when my daughter got old enough to show interest but that didn’t last.

Now all these years later I have decided to start playing again. Wife is super stoked I have found something else to spend money on lol.

Played the Hobbit pre release at my LGS here in west Central Florida and had a blast. The crowd was nice and I had an excellent time.

I had never played Commander but you can’t look Magic up online now without seeing Commander related content so I decided to give it a try.

I bought the Prismari Artistry pre con and headed to the LGS. Found a group of three and jumped in. Once again everyone was great, even with me needing to read or have nearly every card explained.

Two hours later after multiple board wipes and crazy plays the game came to an end. I had zero chance to win but had a hell of a time. It reminded me of those long games in highschool with buddies.

I am not sure if I like it more than sealed but I will definitely be building my own deck and going back.

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u/Kcardwelljr — 3 days ago

Cards you avoid?

Just curious about the general feeling about some cards. I dunno if it's just me, but while creating a deck there is cards that I will never add to my deck cause I hate when they are used against me and how unfair and/or annoying they seem to be. Do you guys do this?

The cards I personally avoid:

• Scute Swarm

• Cyclonic Rift

• Any nonland tutor

• Any land tutor that says "Shuffle" (But this is just cause shuffling my deck 5+ times a game is boring AF for everyone. And a pain for me.

• Reanimate

• Mana Crypt/Time walk/Black lotus (obviously)

• The One Ring (and recently I have been cutting out the Sol Ring from my decks too)

• Bolas Citadel effect cards

• "when deals combat damage, that player lose the game/lose half life" effects

• Elesh norn, Grand Cenobite

• Some Eldrazi

And that would be more or less the list. Also, I always throw a Volcanic Island (proxi) to my Izzet decks.

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u/Possible-Leopard-601 — 3 days ago
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Need Help Building a commander deck!

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is well. Today i wish to come to you all with an ask for help! I would like some cards to support a new deck i am trying to build. For context i just got the Welcome to Stardew valley Secret Layer and i was wondering what cards might be good for it!

Thank you for reading! [[Stardew Valley]]

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u/Exciting_Musician692 — 3 days ago
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Fiancé in need of help

Hello MTG community, I need some help! My partner (25M) and I (24F) are getting married Halloween this year. I am working on a special surprise and I need some recommendations. Similar to how some people have been doing the boudoir photos for their partner instead I want to give him 10 magic cards to start a commander deck but with either us or me on the card. I was thinking about either finding a commander that has a couple on it or two different commanders one that could represent me and one that could represent him so that we could build the decks together and play two headed giant style. I would love any recommendations if possible. I have seen Gisa and Geralf but I feel weird because they are siblings. If any recommendations can work with a cyclonic rift for his deck that would make my day. Thank you for your help- a desperate new player and loving fiancé.

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u/Imaginary_Car5429 — 3 days ago

Can Urza Lord High Artificer be built to be B3?

So I already have two well established bracket 4+ decks, not interested in more of those. I opened a Commander Masters pack today and found Urza inside, and I’m wondering if it’s possible, like the title of this post says, to make a functioning, lower powered Urza? Any ideas as to what to build around for that?

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u/BladeeLover — 3 days ago