Hey there!

So I had this scenario last weekend and would like opinion or even a rules statement.

TL;DR:

Opponent made a choice based on a false assumption and I didn't correct them to my benefit. They claimed I kept information hidden I wanted a takeback.

Context:

I played my Gruul in-your-face deck with [[Samut, Vizier of Naktamun]]. It features some hasty creatures but also many haste-enablers. One classic enabler is [[Anger]], which I had on the board. I attacked with it on a already lower life opponent, who deciced to block it, so it would die.

"Since you don't control a mountain for now, I'm gonna block it to protect my life total." was their comment on my attack and his block choices. I proceed with "Damage?" and Anger died on resolved combat.

At this time I had a [[Commercial District]] in play.

On my next turn I took advantage of my new gained haste-enabler and my opponent, who blocked Anger, called me out for hiding information. They said, they would have never blocked the Anger, if they'd knew about the Mountain. Correcting them on they assumption is my obligation as per rules, they stated.

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What is your take on this situation? I didn't "allow" him to not block the anger as a takeback and the other two players were fine with it. For me, it was an obvious overlook, since it's a surveil land, that has a signature ETB trigger.

But I'm still asking myself, if I could have handled it better in term of "fairness" and of course "rules-wise".

Hi all,

I've been playing this deck for a few months now with some very mixed results. I've had games where everything pops off, I'm creating all sorts of artifacts and tokens and things get big and wide.

But I have also had games where I have not even had a wimper. Is there something I have missed within this deck? The deck is built around artifacts and Saheeli's ability. Should I rethink it? The kappa cannoneer though has to stay, such a powerful card in this deck.

https://manabox.app/decks/HNSGaHb8TUCF1rwl7HimNQ

Hi Reddit,

I ran into a situation in one of my latest edh game where I was not 100% certain how many Ob Nixilus triggers I would receive

The situation was as followed. My boardstate consisted of Ob Nixilus, Captive Kingpin, a Kederekt Parasite and a Razorkin Needlehead.

My brother had his Nekusar, the Mindrazer out in play.

I would think that when an opponent draws his two cards in his/her draw step both the parasite, needlehead and Nekusar would ping 1 damage separately per card, resulting in 6 +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilus.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10027959

The idea is that Mr.Foxglove cheats into play the big mana cost ETBs so that I can blink those for value. I either refill my hand with Mr foxglove or my menagerie of card draw ETBs.

The deck should win by going wide with tokens and then having an overrun ETB like [[End-Raze Forerunners]] be put into play.

I’ve noticed whenever I use the playtester the deck is prone to mulligans. I also struggle with construction of the landbase.

All critiques are welcome. Keep in mind that it is a budget deck (all cards are under $2.50 with the exception of [[Winged Boots]] because I thought the idea of a fox wearing them was funny), but any recommendations above that price threshold will be considered for future upgrades.

Am getting 2 of the precons of LTR: Riders of Rohan and Host of Mordor and have the chance to buy singles in the US and someone is bringing them to our country.

Would love to upgrade them with possibly more cards of LTR or pure synergy/power but not to expensive for my budget. As a reference my most expensive decks range $300-400 USD.

Also already have jankie [[Aragorn, the uniter]] which I pulled and would like to make it less jankie because it's pretty much what I had laying around. Never had a 4C commander before so mana base was/is also a struggle.

Link to Aragorn Deck:

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/gmPklF6MiUGozZ-A7K90XA

Thanks!

Hey, I bought jumpscare precon and really liked it, so I decided to upgrade it with some cards from my collection. I think the deck plays fine but I feel like I can make it better or more consistent. What do you think about the deck overall? What would you change/remove/add?

Cards in the sideboard are carda that I consider adding.

Here's the decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ZEcQRpT-Q0CAAxOwQeaOgA

Same as the title, here's the deck list for the [[reaper king]].

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OWaFIMU6hUq8jKOByUwNGw

There's so many ways I could take this list and I'm just not sure how to make it optimal, I could run a tribe like zombies alongside the reaper king since I'm running every copy of [[conspiracy]] in the game except for the 5 color sliver guy, I could go u/w for a bunch of blink effects, I could do what I am currently and just do artifact good stuff, generally just unsure the direction I should take the deck and am curious what other people can cook up.

Hello! I recently got the hosts of Mordor precon and basically ripped out 30 cards to replace with other LOTR cards I had accumulated. I was wondering have any of you ever bought a booster box and just made a whole edh deck with its contents purely out of said box? I’m fairly new and would love to hear your thoughts and story’s. One thing I really liked about modifying this precon was the restriction to myself to only use other LOTR cards besides maybe 4 q:

I am really new to commander, my card collection consists of two precon decks - and I don’t even know why they are called “precons”. I built a really jank red-black chaos with demons deck since it seemed fun and it only gets steamrolled. I am a turbo noob at deck building or deck fixing, and I called up my lgs and they said they advertise Friday nights as “casual commander”.

I went for about 5 weeks and I’m just kind of at a loss. Every single player there seems to have 5-10 decks each. Their cards are mostly in the 10-100$ range. And every table i walk up to says "we're playing high power".

I think I understand that each scene is unique and as long as it's thriving, thats a good thing. But I really feel lost on what to do. it feels like i need to cough up $600 and consult a deck building expert to be a part of the game.

My lgs has a tuesday night commander event that they say is “more competitive” which left me scratching my head on how I am even meant to play these two Precon decks.

Do I talk to the LGS about it? Find a different store further out? Are there online games of actual casual EDH?

I have been playing around with the idea of using deadeye navigator and peregrine drake as a win con for my new Kylar Zephyr Awakener, I am working on a flicker style deck and wanted to confirm if the addition of a fairly new car, dourport mage. Is this a combo to draw your deck? If so I can use things such as laboratory maniac to win the game with not infinite mana but nearly and being able to cast him from drawing my deck right? Thank in advance for.

Been trying to search for said deck above, but can't really find one. So I assume that they do not go well together? :(

Love both dragons and dinosaurs, and would pref to have them part of one deck, rather than having to have 2 different ones.

I guess it doesn't really work because the dino or dragon commander that is usually used, is typically focused towards that creature type. So you're screwed if you had a Dino commander, and then you only pulled Dragons lol. But I've only played 2 games of commander so far, so still new to it all.

I'm trying to put together a Damia Discard deck, I'm pretty certain it still needs some work. I'd like it to be somewhat functional without having Damia consistently on the field as she's fairly mana intensive. Added [Glarb] and [Muldrotha] mostly because I have them, they seem fun. and could both potentially work as alternate commanders (more Muldrotha than Glarb).

Would welcome any thoughts about obvious omissions or bad inclusions. I worry the current list could be a little inconsistent (and probably reviewing it now needs more mana rocks).

List:

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/_UqDBTSQw0aMdB76YzGo0g

Hi all! So yesterday I won a small local tournament at my lgs and now I have 50 bucks to spend at the store in magic products If you have to decide, should I spend It in foundations boosters or wait for Innostrad Remastered boosters? What would be more valuable in your opinions? Thanks all!

Hello, im new to commander amd im trying to find a deck that i enjoy playing. I like small interactions and combos, dislike too many tutors or extra turns or infinite combos.

I made this budget casual deck, with things that i like and trying to not upset opponents too much.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/kWHWXrxhBE6EqchLgt6ZoA

There are some blue ones like [[Cosima, God of the Voyage]], [[Patron of the moon]] and I’ve been brewing a deck with [[Tameshi, Reality Architect]] at the helm. Are there anymore options that I’m missing.

*wip Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/0MCd_Y7QqEiKd-EUDggeCg

(I’m a bit unsure about the powerlevel I should build, considering the deck has combos)

So I’m coming from a [[Braids, Arisen Nightmare]] pile and I decided to build two decks out of it.

One turned into a high powered [[Liesa, Shroud of Dusk]] list with lifegain shenanigans.

And the other became a [[Negan, the Cold-Blooded]] deck, built around sacrifice and reanimating effects.

Before I build Negan in paper and dump some money into it I wanted to ask you guys, if you’ve got any advice on my list:

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10243780

Thanks in advance!

Hello, currently working on a [[Slimefoot, the Stowaway]] deck and was wondering if anyone had any reccomendations on what could/should be removed/added to the deck. Deck will be used in a casual-competitive play group. Ideally trying to stick to a ~$180 budget.

https://archidekt.com/decks/10340399/slimefoot_the_infected_stowaway

Specially, there's a handful of cards I'd love to include but just can't seem to make room for,

[[Funeral Room // Awakening Hall]]

[[Undercellar Myconid]]

[[Psychotrope Thallid]]

[[Viscera Seer]]

[[Verdeloth the Ancient]]

[[Pitiless Plunderer]]

Thanks.

I recently got back into Magic after a few years hiatus. My first, and absolute favorite, EDH-deck is Grenzo, Dungeon Warden. Back when i built it i focused on goblin tribal. Looking back at the decklist i realise that i could cut a lot of cards to make it more consistent. I’m asking you for advice! Preferably still keeping the goblin shell, just need your thoughts to help me make this deck more effective.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/lrPLs3KGPE2g-yPhy8XeMg

Thank you!

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https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QmjjqR_3CkiXJbG6t0f57A

Hi I’m trying to create a token Caesar edh mid power, any advice to make it faster, I’m on budget limit right now.

For me it seems pretty decent but inconsistent (I’m also learning how t9 effectively deck build)

I have some MDFC cards that aren't highly optimized for my deck and I’m considering cutting them. However, since they are MDFCs, I can count them as lands, and they might be useful in the late game. I'm currently running 31 lands plus 4 MDFCs (35 total) two of which enter untapped if I pay 3 life. Should I consider swapping the tapped MDFCs for basic lands? I've seen conflicting opinions about this.

What do you guys think of it? I see a lot of people complain about peoples rule 0s of things not to play and sone I agree with and some I dont when it comes to casual edh. What is your opinions on what the spirit of the game means?

For me, my opinion on commander's spirit of the game is that everyone is here to have fun, so don't make it unfun. Stax, hand hate, and mill are just generally unfun to play against, especially when piloted by people who dont know how to close out a game. It's different if i get milled for 87 cards all at once. Sure, fine, but dont make me discard 3 cards every turn and have no way of actually winning outside of swinging your 2/2 flyer at me 20 times. This is regarding casual commander. Cedh, do whatever it takes to win, its competetive, it makes sense. When it comes to casual, don't make me sit here and "play" against a deck thats whole purpose is to make me not be able to play. Thats not fun for me and fuck you for being a sadistic dick. I came here to play my cards, why did you come here to make sure I can't?

I'm looking to get a precon as a brand new EDH player to play at my LGS. Grave Danger first caught my eye, since I've played some graveyard decks on Arena and I found the idea of being able to pull creatures from the graveyard quite fun, as well as summoning tons of zombies. However, it also seems like a lot of the cards have high mana cost, and I've read that the deck can be frustrating to play while you have low mana and no cards in your graveyard. Token Triumph seems much more straightforward, with a simple win-con of stacking a bunch of tokens. However, it seems like it might be a little one-note. Does anyone own the decks and have an opinion? Thanks!

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6010079#paper

Calgar: Optimizing a Pre-Con Deck

Hi all , just wanted to know what upgrades do i get for my Pre-Con 40k Calgar Deck?

I bought this deck when it came out and this was my 7th deck before i stopped playing due to work. I just got back since work has been steady and i wanted to know what cards do i get and remove from the deck to optimize it?

Preferably budget upgrades but i dont mind expensive cards either , ill just upgrade it slowly.

For gameplay wise , ive played with this deck a couple of times and it seemed very slow but since its a pre-con deck its expected. I wanted to make this deck a bit faster while utilizing the commanders ability and controlling the opponents cards .

Also the friends and group im up against are usually running Mono Black , Staxs, Mono Red and White/Blue Control. So i need a bit of protection while also being agressive

Thank you for the advice in advance

Thanks for the Advice.

Trying to make a [[toxrill, the corrosive]] deck centered around giving low level tokens to my opponents to have them die from toxrill and giving me more slugs, I'm not sure how plausible giving low level creatures or tokens are in dimir but I thought it would be a funny give and take of "here's ten 1/1s" to "thanks for my ten slugs" any help is appreciated.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/hUWWnB8mhE6teHMa-gN3-A

(List is just the commander since idk where to start)

After asking for how possible is a thematic deck (found it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/1gugtw0/is_it_possible_to_build_a_commander_deck_around_a/ ),

here I am with a kind of first draft. This is my first deck ever so I know I probably suck so I would be happy if you could provide me some advice to make a "not so bad deck" (stronger than a precon) or/and how to fit better the deck thematic.

Find list here :

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/n5Rzc5fL9UGI5xLtpG2eJg

Thanks :)

I’m crafting [[Ramos, Dragon Engine]], and am throwing in the Borderposts from Alara as mana rocks, mainly because they give counters to Ramos.

For reference, they’re an ally-pair cycle of cards like [[Fieldmist Borderpost]] or [[Wildfield Borderpost]].

The thing about them is they effectively count as your land drop for turn. You pay 1 and return a land and can then instead of paying the normal cost. You can return the land you tapped, then play that land again, and be down 0 lands.

I’m trying to make cuts (currently around 115), and I’m wondering if these should take the slots from my lands. I’m currently at 37 lands, but if I count these as “lands,” then that’s 42, which is more than I want.

What do you guys think?

Building a combo deck around discarding artifacts and doing pirate stuff. Having a hard time deciding what to cut though, because some of the less synergistic stuff is what I'd need to keep the engine running by discarding it (some less optimal pirates/vehicles).

Any help is appreciated!

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/znZRXckR6U6MmMFcV9EPPQ

I have a [[glarb, calamity's augur]] where I mill and cheat out huge creatures. Its fun and works well but to be more effective what are some good haste enablers in the Sultai colors to get these 15/15 wurms to swing the turn they come in? (Besides [[crashing drawbridge]] I'm already getting that one.)

Here's the decklist if anyone is curious

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/lnCTeCxJ1kOy2O-odu1NbA

I just recently built an [[Anhelo, the Painter]] deck that tries to copy big instants and sorceries. I built this deck with the intention of creating fun interactions between a big table, my favorite cards to use and copy right now are [[Prisoner’s Dilemma]] and [[Explosion of Riches]] because they put my opponents into fun situations when they go off multiple times. I’m looking for more chaotic cards like that, so which instants and sorceries do you guys use to spice up your games?