danaroach {"ops":[{"insert":"Welcome to the Archidekt Deckbuilding Contest! For those unfamiliar, this is a monthly contest with a different theme each month. Your goal is to build a Commander-legal deck that fulfills the prompt in a creative or unique fashion. At the end of each month, three finalists will be selected for you to vote on. \n\nI'm Dana from the EDHRECast and I'm joining the Archidekt contest team in 2026 to take over some of the day-to-day contest management tasks from Ben, so these announcements will be coming from me moving forward.\n\nWhat’s The Contest All About?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"For February's deck building contest - "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Brew a creative and interesting commander-legal deck led by a couple. The couple can be partners, backgrounds, companions, whatever configuration works, as long as they're part of the deck's theme in a way that feels innovative and novel."},{"insert":"\n\nDecks will be judged on the creativity and originality of their brew. For example, a deck doing nothing else beyond running a typical food list helmed by Sam and Frodo probably won't cut it.\n\nHere's a link to the EDHREC page for "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/partners?utm_source=edhrec"},"insert":"Partners"},{"insert":" as a list of samples to get you started.\n\nFor more details about the prompt, check out "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/archidekt-deckbuilding-contest-february-2026"},"insert":"the full announcement article"},{"insert":" over on EDHREC!\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"How To Participate"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Any unreleased cards spoiled during the contest’s duration are allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Silver-bordered and acorn cards, while cool, are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Digital-only cards (such as those designed for the Alchemy format on Arena) are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Strictly one deck submitted per user."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTo submit a deck, select the orange button labeled \"Submit a deck to this contest\" and follow the form prompt. Submissions are accepted until "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00 pm EST"},{"insert":" (UTC -4, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, February 11, 2026"},{"insert":".\n\nOnly one submission per user! If you change your mind and want to submit a different deck before submissions close, you may do so by first deleting your submission. To edit your description, you can do so from the deck page itself. From the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, February 18 2025,"},{"insert":" we’ll announce three finalists via the Archidekt Discord and a brief article on EDHREC highlighting each deck.\n\nEach finalist will be awarded credit on cardsphere.com. The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in deck upvotes at the end of the week-long polling period:\n 1st Place Prize - $250"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" 2nd Place Prize - $150"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" 3rd Place Prize - $100"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFinalists will be contacted via email regarding their winnings within roughly 24 hours following the conclusion of voting on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, February 25, 2026"},{"insert":".\n\nPlease note, you must have a Cardsphere account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- register "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/signup?referrer=archidekt_contest"},"insert":"here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"Official contest rules."},{"insert":"\n\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join our public "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/rYDFFVCmGr"},"insert":"Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!\n"}]}
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Elmar and Bjorna
Created by: spencer.vitale
9 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"A tricolor artifact sacrifice and card draw deck with a sub-theme of activating Bjorna's ability to damage your oppponets\n"}]}
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Jeska "desecrated" reborn
Created by: Waff
16 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"Cursed to seek death yet never find rest, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska, Thrice Reborn"}},{"insert":" is raised again and again, each time returning stronger than before. Her partner "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tormod, the Desecrator"}},{"insert":" returns to her tomb after every fall, reanimating her as a zombie, bound to an unrequited love that refuses to die. I\n\nThis deck is built around Jeskas - X abillity which allows her to split damage across the board and kill herself in the process. But Jeska never stays in the grave for long since she either gets reborn or goes back in the Commandzone, whichever it is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tormod, the Desecrator"}},{"insert":" is there to make a 2/2 Zombie everytime this happens.\nThis is not the only way you can take advantage of the suicidal Jeska dying, if you use her +0 abbility and kill her afterwards with a removal or a sacrifice abillity and than bring her back you can use the +0 again. This abillity stacks and can boost the damage of one creature with a multyplayer of nine for big damage (comander damage one shoot).\n\nThis deck has a lot of tools to capitalize from looping chandra. Some of the cards gain advantage from the noncombat damage Jeska provides. (fpr example "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magmatic Galleon"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Incinerator"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Neheb, the Eternal"}},{"insert":" ) And other cards reward you for casting her. ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fury Storm"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flamekin Herald"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Poxwalkers"}},{"insert":" )\n\nThe generel gameplan is to get Tormod out before Jeska (for additional loyalty and for Tormod trigger) and than start to built a board of Zombies one way or another. To win the game you either burn your opponets by looping an alway growing Jeska or kill them with a zombiehorde or a combination of both. This deck includes a lot of ramp because it can get really expensive to pay for all the set up cards and the comander tax in your later turns.\n\nUnique Cards and interaction:\nThe deck plays"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rowan, Scion of War"}},{"insert":" , to target your own life with Jeska, this way you can get a heavy mana reduction to cast her many times again this turn (espacialy good with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Defiler of Instinct"}},{"insert":" ...)\n "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Radiant Performer"}},{"insert":" combined with Jeska can either give the whole board tripple damage or as a \"boardwipe\" (you can only choose one target with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska, Thrice Reborn"}},{"insert":" )\nCards that revive themself like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skyfire Phoenix"}},{"insert":" plus Tormod plus a sac outlet like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thermopod"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Warren Soultrader"}},{"insert":" can give us 2-4 mana per jeska cast. \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar"}},{"insert":" gives Jeska deathtouch - can kill 3 creatures for every activation\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Repeated Reverberation"}},{"insert":" allong with Jeska allows us to bost the damage of a creature by 27 times to oneshot anyone \n\n"}]}
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Red is the color of love
Created by: Sliert
20 mins
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jeska, Thrice Reborn"}},{"insert":" embody a love story of reckless escalation: she doesn't protect the scrappy kobold, but she weaponizes him with gifts, then weaponizes everyone else to show him what real chaos is. This deck wins through Voltron commander damage or by forcing opponents to destroy each other while Jeska amplifies the carnage.\n\nThe gameplan starts as you would expect: Rograkh costs zero mana, so he's out immediately and starts picking up equipment like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blackblade Reforged"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Buster Sword"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Commander's Plate"}},{"insert":" for example. When Jeska shows up, her 0-ability triples his damage and suddenly a potential 5-power kobold is dealing 15 commander damage per swing. Add damage doublers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lizard Blades"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dictate of the Twin Gods"}},{"insert":" and the damage gets ridiculous high. A single combat can deal 30, 60, even 90+ damage. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar"}},{"insert":" is a way to spread that tripled damage to everyone, while "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Basilisk Collar"}},{"insert":" can converts it into lifegain so we don't die to our own chaos.\n\nBut when the table decides to gang up on Rograkh (because they will), we switch gears entirely and Jeska is there to protect him. For example "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Disrupt Decorum"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agitator Ant"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shiny Impetus"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer"}},{"insert":" and his lover "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Popular Entertainer"}},{"insert":" as our second couple in the deck, force opponents to attack each other instead. Jeska is the real danger, she can triple ANY creature's damage, not just Rograkh's. That goaded 8-power commander the enemy controls is now dealing 24 to whoever it's forced to swing at. Then add cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Life of the Party"}},{"insert":" to give us more ways to turn the table into a bloodbath.\n\nFor closing out games, we've got options: Voltron with an over-equipped Rograkh and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"World at War"}},{"insert":", or use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Ignition"}},{"insert":" turning him into a nuke (three times damage with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fiery Emancipation"}},{"insert":" out); or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fling"}},{"insert":" effects that chuck him at someone's face before recasting him for low mana cost. Other ways are making sure your opponents take each other out first before finishing it. And when all fails, just make sure you have casted Rograkh enough times so you can use the -x ability of Jeska to drain opponents for double/triple damage.\n\nWhat makes this deck work and makes them the perfect couple is that both commanders are actual threats. Rograkh looks like the obvious Voltron danger while Jeska quietly becomes the most powerful political piece at the table, making deals, tripling allies' creatures to take out mutual threats, and generally causing mayhem. By the time everyone realizes she's been orchestrating their deaths through forced combat, they've already killed each other and Rograkh's coming in for the final blow.\n\nIt's love as controlled chaos: A kobold and a planeswalker making each other more dangerous. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Red is the color of love, blood and burning everything down together."},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint: Partners in Marriage
Created by: GrebisDooble
50 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"Detectives forever! This married duo solves mysteries together, fights evil together, and grows stronger together! The goal of this deck is to make it as thematic as possible, true to the source material, while still providing valid Bracket 2 gameplay patterns. I hope you find this entertaining, and enjoy some of the flavorful picks!\n"}]}
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Feywild Visitor//Safana, Calimport Cutthroat (Under $15)
Created by: FograwNYAM
57 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"Date of Creation:\nJune 2024"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nRecord By Year:\n2024- 4/10 (28%)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2025- 9/10 (47%)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTheme:\nAn Initiative//Party deck with an underlining aristocrat strategy."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPower: [Bracket 3]\nYou can normally have both your commanders out and the ability to create faerie dragon tokens by turn 4 each game. After which you can start working on going through The Undercity while you are building up your resources in order to maximize your aristocrat strategy. This deck reliably starts closing out games around turns 10-12."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWin Conditions:\nThe main win condition of this deck is through the accumulation of resources which allow you to win with you aristocrat strategy but every so often it'll sneak out a win through combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nRules and Notes:\nDeck must remain under $15 value."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deck only uses common and uncommon cards under 50 cents. (Unless it's a special birthday addition)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"No Sol Ring or Arcane Signet."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Color cost splits must remain equal at all times."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There must be an even distribution of Party creatures (Clerics, Rogues, Wizards, and Warriors) at all times."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBirthday Edition:\nCoveted Prize (7/22/25) "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}
Rock n Roll
Created by: 1eyewonder
60 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Temur partner landfall deck with the primary theme of generating rocks using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith"}},{"insert":". The primary strategy is to generate massive value and board presence through land drops, creating numerous Rock tokens with Toggo. These tokens are then used as fuel for artifact synergies, damage triggers("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reckless Fireweaver"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ingenious Artillerist"}},{"insert":"), and token multiplication("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Avenger of Zendikar"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scute Swarm"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Omnath, Locus of Rage"}},{"insert":") . "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thrasios, Triton Hero"}},{"insert":" provides a mana sink and card advantage engine when needed. The deck wins by overwhelming combat with token armies, direct damage from rocks, or assembling infinite landfall loops with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kodama of the East Tree"}},{"insert":" and a bounce land.\n\nWhen coming across Toggo, I thought it would be humorous to beat my pod by just throwing rocks at people. Digging more into the combos and synergies, I came to really enjoy the strategy of this deck. I hope you all find the concept of this deck to be as fun as I do!\n"}]}
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3rd Doctor/Bill Potts (deckbuilding #2)
Created by: Gitt575
67 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"Temur Shenanigans. Target Bill Potts with non-legendary copy spells while playing cards from outside of your hand to buff her up with the 13th doctor.\n"}]}
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a slime, and elf, and a cat walk into a bar (Deck Building Contest Feb 2026)
Created by: scarrotz
95 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"If there was a deck to prove how good creatures are now, this is it. Modern power creep has really nerfed the power of noncreature spells and buffed the crap out of creatures. I didn’t really have a problem finding everything I needed to make this deck function like any other non-restricted commander deck. I feel as though I could sit down at any normal commander pod and hold my own with this deck. It tries to win by burning out the table with the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agate Instigator"}},{"insert":" type effects or sacrificing all those tokens and winning with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirkwood Bats"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Artist"}},{"insert":" . Or just beating down with commander damage or an overwhelming amount of tokens (hopefully buffed by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tendershoot Dryad"}},{"insert":" ). Hope you enjoy! \n"}]}
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God of War
Created by: puebi123
100 mins
{"ops":[{"insert":"BOY! This deck pairs Kratos and Atreus in a Jeskai God-Tribal build. The strategy is simple: slay Gods to gain Experience, proliferate your counters, and use Atreus to keep your hand full. \"Close your heart to their suffering. We do not hide, we prepare!\"\n"}]}
Big Leazel (Feb Commander Brew)
Created by: shellyvonmiller
2 hrs
{"ops":[{"insert":"Lae'zel likes to add counters to things, so I made sure to put creatures and other spells that also like to add counters. I also made sure Lae'zel was big by making her background Raised By Giants so she hits hard and so does everything else on the board.\n"}]}
Valentines day present
Created by: Deadcrowfarms
3 hrs
{"ops":[{"insert":"In honor of valentines day, my wonderful girlfriend built me this deck two years ago, as a present for valentines day, its gone through multiple reiterations and rebuilt but the core has stayed the same, Krav and Regna are the perfect match, He sacrifices creatures to pump himself and gain you life, she makes little guys to add more to sacrifice every time you gain life, the rest of the deck have little couples hints such as secret rendezvous and wedding ring. it overall is a solid bracket 2 deck that focuses on gaining as much life as possible and using life as a way to make more little guys as sac and protection from larger threats. Personal best with this deck is 400+ life in total and dropping a storm herd just for the jokes, using that much to only double from there to burn out opponents through sacking creature tokens and making Krav as large as possible. \n"}]}
&
Created by: The_Real_Nurgle_Snurgle99
4 hrs
{"ops":[{"insert":"Every creature card in the deck has \"&\" in the name!\n"}]}
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Endure and Survive (The Last of Us Part I)
Created by: dikooz
4 hrs
{"ops":[{"insert":"An aristocrats The Last Of Us Part 1 commander deck, hovering around high bracket 2 and low bracket 3. The way to play this deck is to basically play Ellie, Brickmaster by turn 2 and get a bunch of tokens on the board and then bringing in Joel, Resolute Survivor - making him big with +1/+1 counters and then swinging with him; essentially making him the pay off for sacrificing tokens.\n\nOn another note, this is my first commander deck I built from scratch. I think I did a pretty swell job.\n"}]}
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Not just for Christmas
Created by: Hella_QH
4 hrs
{"ops":[{"insert":"My submission for the February Archidekt Deckbuilding Contest about Partners. This deck utilises cheap legendary permanents, +1/+1 Counter synergies, a few reanimation spells and some Pirate Shenanigans for the win. The Commanders are Yoshimaru Ever-Faithful, Francisco Fowl Marauder and Lurrus of the Dream Den as a Companion. While the Partners used for a Valentine's day challenge might be a bit weird given they're a Dog, a Bird and a Cat, The entire deck is legends so its just one big polycule with their collective pets.\n"}]}
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