danaroach {"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"We have the June 2026 finalists! "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPlease be sure to shoot your favorite deck(s) an upvote! Each finalist's placement at end of voting on Wednesday, June 24 determines their awarded Cardsphere credit. Congratulations to the finalists, and thank you to all who participated!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/archidekt-deckbuilding-contest-finalists-june-2026"},"insert":"https://edhrec.com/articles/archidekt-deckbuilding-contest-finalists-june-2026"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: M4THI3U\nDeck: Arcum vehicles tutor\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23291564/arcum_vehicles_tutor"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23291564/arcum_vehicles_tutor"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: ryankgress\nDeck: Here-Lies White Dragons\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23211494/herelies_white_dragons"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23211494/herelies_white_dragons"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: walruscustard\nDeck: Tibor and Lumia Know How To Win In Blue\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23290855/tibor_and_lumia_know_how_to_win_in_blue"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23290855/tibor_and_lumia_know_how_to_win_in_blue"},{"insert":"\n\n\nHello, and welcome to June's Archidekt Deckbuilding Contest.\n\nThis is a monthly contest (if you ignore May) with a different theme each month. The goal is to build a Commander-legal deck that fulfills the prompt in a creative or unique fashion, and at the end of each month, three finalists will be selected for you to vote on. Whoever gets the most votes will be crowned the winner, although all three finalists will receive a prize.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"June's challenge is to brew a creative and interesting commander-legal deck featuring a commander originally printed in 2010 or earlier. This means any set up to and including Scars of Mirrodin. This should be an innovative, novel, and attention-getting take on a deck using an older commander as part of its strategy or theme."},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWhat’s the Contest All About?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWorking within the parameters of the provided prompt, construct a deck list with your own creative and compelling spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/?utm_source=edhrec"},"insert":"store credit to use on Cardsphere"},{"insert":".\n\nFor June's deck building contest - Build a unique, different take on a Commander-legal deck using a commander first printed in 2010 or earlier.\n\nDecks will be judged on the creativity and originality of their brew. For example, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/commanders/zur-the-enchanter"},"insert":"Zur the Enchanter"},{"insert":" was indeed printed in 2006, but a Zur deck built around tutoring "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/cards/necropotence"},"insert":"Necropotence"},{"insert":" to draw down to a "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/cards/demonic-consultation"},"insert":"Demonic Consultation"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/cards/thassas-oracle"},"insert":"Thassa's Oracle"},{"insert":" combo probably isn't going to cut it.\n\nA complete list of all the commanders that would be legal for this contest "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/23128730/commanders_printed_in_2010_or_earlier?utm_source=edhrec"},"insert":"can found here"},{"insert":".\n\nFor more details about the prompt, check out "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/archidekt-deckbuilding-contest-june-2026"},"insert":"the full announcement article"},{"insert":" over on EDHREC!\n\nHow To Participate"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt."},{"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 even if they manage to violate the laws of space and time and manage to be first printed prior to 2010."},{"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 EDT"},{"insert":" (UTC -4, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, June 10 2026"},{"insert":".\n\nThere's also a new easy-to-remember landing page for anything contest related that can be found at "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contest?utm_source=edhrec"},"insert":"archidekt.com/contest"},{"insert":" and you can comment on individual decks directly from the submission.\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, June 17 2026,"},{"insert":" we’ll announce three finalists via the Archidekt Discord and a brief article on EDHREC highlighting each deck.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/sets?utm_source=edhrec"},"insert":"Each finalist will be awarded credit on cardsphere.com"},{"insert":". 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, June 24 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\nHere are the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"official contest rules."},{"insert":". If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/rYDFFVCmGr"},"insert":"Archidekt public Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!\n"}]}
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Slivering Merfolks
Created by: Kota
13 days
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"This decklist mostly consists of slivers, merfolk, and changelings. The intended play-style is to get one of the various artifacts or enchantments to turn all your slivers to merfolk and/turn all your merfolk to slivers in addition to their other types. This rounds out some of the various lord effects and evasion given by either of these creature types. You can of course play Mistform Ultimus to get in with commander damage or just them as something to help trigger any one of the various effects."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#000000"},"insert":"There is also the addition of refill effects based on how many of a certain creature type you control or ways to draw upon swinging out. For the most part the deck is supposed to be slow but sure with its tempo plays until your creature can go uncontested by your opponents. The deck itself is not a very high power level, but it makes for a unique play."},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}
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Angelic gifts
Created by: Meeply
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is a very simple deck commanded by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rasputin Dreamweaver"}},{"insert":". The plan is really simple we blink rasputin a lot of times make lots of mana and eat them with eldrazi.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Blink"},{"insert":"\nWe have a very diverse and large blink package with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cloudshift"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ephemerate"}},{"insert":" to blink our commander to get his counters back. We also have spell recursion like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Salvager of Secrets"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lier, Disciple of the Drowned"}},{"insert":" to get our blink back for more. Lastly we have copiers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Panoptic Mirror"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Isochron Scepter"}},{"insert":" to cast our blink repeatedly to get our commander blunk more.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finishers"},{"insert":"\nLastly we just have a lot of eldrazi. We have all the titans like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kozilek, Butcher of Truth"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emrakul, the Promised End"}},{"insert":" to finish our opponents. We also have X spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kozilek's Command"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drown in Dreams"}},{"insert":" to help us win.\nThank you for reading\n"}]}
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Merieke Control, Winning with Weenies
Created by: SwagPlay
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"The win condition is simple. Reduce all of your opponents life totals to 0 without letting yours reach 0 first.\n\nTo do this I will use Merieke, the commander, to control the board with the assistance of cards that untap and bounce her both destroying whatever opponents creature was stolen. The most important thing is that I have the strongest board position or nobody has a board position.\n\nSide synergy with creatures power 2 or less, battlefield and graveyard cycling cards with ETB effects with bounce, sac, and recursion effects.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Notable Baddies:"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Super Shredder"},{"insert":" - This guy goes down on turn 2 and if nobody can answer him he will get big fast, creatures dying from my opponents, sacrificing and bouncing my own creatures, he is a must answer threat that comes down on turn 2, can be easily brought back from the graveyard or blinked in response.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Intruder Alarm"},{"insert":" - With Merieke and Alarm on the battlefield no opponent can play a creature or else it will untap Merieke instantly killing any creature stolen with it and allow me to steal the new creature cast. This means I can lock all opponents out of playing any creatures until delt with.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Realmwright "},{"insert":"- Paired with Urborg this helps me fix my mana in the early game to make sure I don't have to mulligan as many hands due to having the wrong sources of mana mixed with costs to pay. Realmwright specifically can be used to fix for White mana the majority color of the deck, Black mana which is needed early on, or Blue mana which is good for the untap enchantments, one being Freed from the Reel, but since it is a creature can also be blinked to change the color fixed which is even better with Freed.\n\nOverall this should allow control over the board with the ability to lock the game down, sticking to a theme of older less game changing cards but still being competitive in the higher brackets excluding cEDH.\n\nHope you enjoy!\n"}]}
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Chisei's Hall of Mirrors
Created by: shiny21
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Do, I pay the 1???"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chisei, Heart of Oceans"}},{"insert":" \n\nA mono-blue deck based around creating as many copies of Chisei as you can to mitigate the cumulative upkeep costs and re-trigger the best chapter abilities of your control pieces/sagas. Win the game through general combat shenanigans with Marit-Lage, Chronozoa, or just an army of 4/4 flyers from your commander copies, or exile your library with Thought Lash and Thassa's Oracle your way to victory (like a normal Thassa's Line but like, way worse, and really only here to give the deck something to end the long games.)\n"}]}
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Rafiq of the Many Hours
Created by: PigeonFodderDos
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"We're copying "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Finest Hour"}},{"insert":"using cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirrormade"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Copy Enchantment"}},{"insert":" and then getting in with small but potent creatures like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Schema Thief"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thada Adel, Acquisitor"}},{"insert":" that trigger on combat damage to an opponent!\n\nEach additional combat after the first we'll have to use a new creature, allowing us to get a few different interesting and useful effects each turn from our creatures!\n\nOur commander "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rafiq of the Many"}},{"insert":" grants additional combat damage triggers by giving our creatures double strike!\n\nWe win by hitting with big creatures such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Koma, World-Eater"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quakestrider Ceratops"}},{"insert":" in tandem with Rafiq, and have various methods of giving our finishers evasion like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thassa, God of the Sea"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Power Matrix"}},{"insert":" !\n\nTutors like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Academy Rector"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Idyllic Tutor"}},{"insert":" round out the deck and help us achieve our game plan!\n\n\n\n\n"}]}
Hot Thopt Walking Over There
Created by: Lexxicon
13 days
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Planeswalkers are Thots"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThis deck is a representation of the Before Times in the Long Long Ago. Back in 2007, Planeswalkers were the new hotness. The two OGs, Jace and Chandra, were some of the \"look at that ho over "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"THERE"},{"insert":"\" cards. They were the 2000's equivalent of frosted tips, MySpace, T9 Txting on your Motorola Razor, and putting Linkin Park lyrics in your AIM away message. To that end, I needed the perfect commander for the deck. Tibor and Lumia are exactly that. Coming out a year before planeswalkers, they bring that authentic early-2000s energy. They where the smexy bling in you deck to Pwed your enemies into tears over their epic fails because you are that much of a baller. Tibor and Lumia's ability to burn the board keeps any threat to your planeswalker Bae. Leaveing them in a pile of ash, while letting your creatures fly over anything trying to stand between you and victory. \nTo protect our favorite Thots, we assembled an army of Thopts. Was that pun a driving force in the flavor of the deck....you can't prove that because they work so well in the deck synergy! I also put in every proliferate card I could find that best serves our thots like the simp I am. The plan is simple: flood the board with tiny flying robots, whistle like a construction worker at Chandra and Jace, then start multiplying loyalty counters. Opponents spend the game trying to figure out whether they're being attacked by a token swarm or pummeled to death by various Planeswalker abelites.\nTibor and Lumia command the deck, run security for Club Superfriends, while Jace and Chandra and their BBFs let everyone know the truth...The Thots are in Charge now. \n"}]}
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Koboldz of Kher Keep
Created by: IllyriaSirene
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Do you like Silly Little Guys? If so, this is the deck for you!\n\nEnter the leader of this silly little deck, and silliest little guy: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rohgahh of Kher Keep"}},{"insert":". Most Rohgahh decks tend to go one of two ways: either kobold typal (pop out as many "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kobolds of Kher Keep"}},{"insert":" as possible and try to maintain control over the kobold swarm) or a gift/donate strategy (turning undesirable creatures into kobolds or putting undesirable affects on them and give them to an opponent). This deck, instead of these game plans, intends to make our opponent's creatures into honorary kobolds of kher keep and send them around the board!\n\nThis is an artifact deck. It utilizes "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spy Kit"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Paper"}},{"insert":" to turn other creatures into kobolds of kher keep. We aim to make many copies of one/both of these equipments and put them on creatures our opponents control. The deck runs a couple of wild, many card combos that can get up to every creature on the board turned into a kher keep inhabitant.\nCombo Option 1: you need one of the equipment on the battlefield, plus a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prototype Portal"}},{"insert":", optimally imprinted with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sculpting Steel"}},{"insert":" , an artifact like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coveted Jewel"}},{"insert":" that taps for a whole bunch of mana, a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Clock of Omens"}},{"insert":" (or other way of untapping the portal and the mana source), and an artifact that makes a whole bunch of artifacts at once ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myr Battlesphere"}},{"insert":" is most efficient here since it will make enough myrs to untap both the mana rock for mana and the portal, but with the options that make fewer artifacts at once, saccing them to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Krark-Clan Ironworks"}},{"insert":" will also generate the mana you need). You will end up with as much mana as you want, and as many copies of whatever artifact you want to be copying.\nCombo Option 2: you need one of the equipment in hand, plus "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ingenuity Engine"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Firion, Wild Rose Warrior"}},{"insert":", Clock of Omens or other untapper, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prized Statue"}},{"insert":", a card that nets you an extra artifact when you cast things like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stridehangar Automaton"}},{"insert":", and a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Semblance Anvil"}},{"insert":" imprinted with an artifact (or other large mana source). Cast the equipment, make a token copy of it plus a guy. Pay 1 and sac the guy to the ingenuity engine to return the equipment to hand. Cast equipment again, tap 2 equipments to untap ingenuity engine. Picking up and casting prized statue nets you with the mana you need to repeat this however many times you like, (just be careful to time this one optimally, since the token equipments have a time limit unless you prevent it)\n\nNow that we have tons of equipment, they can be attached either by imprinting "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Isochron Scepter"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magnetic Theft"}},{"insert":" and casting this many times, or the more likely option is to attach the copies by taking control of the opponent's creatures and equipping them while they are visiting our battlefield.\n\nIt's more likely that we're going to be converting our opponents' creatures more slowly than all at once with one of these combos, but that's ok! Once the creatures start being converted, if our commander is on the battlefield, those kobolds will go to party with everyone else (as it's not just OUR creatures named Kobolds of Kher keep who go on vacay, it's all of them on the battlefield. All. Of. Them.\n\nWhat is the gameplan:\nramp a lot. we need a lot of mana and big mana stuff in order to pay for our expensive commander and everything else we need."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"make an amount of kher keep friends for ourselves. we need to have a defense, after all!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"once we find our key equipments, we can start making copies of them in various ways. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"once we start having copies of things, we can start thieving creatures for a turn so we can equip them."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"once we've converted a number of guys into the cult of Silly Little Guy, we can cast our commander and start letting other people swing with the team."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"try to not die by guilting people into not attacking you (I just gave you a full attack squad!), or by playing cards that make the swings go elsewhere, goad effects, etc"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIf we do get an absurd quantity of equipments, and/or it's down to 1v1 and the opponent remaining can pay for the upkeep cost to keep the kobolds, the deck does run a way or two to make them give them back. If you want to make the likelihood they can't pay or don't want to pay more likely, you could add some stax pieces but I feel like those kind of go against the vibes here as they are. This is a very silly low power deck, and I hope you think it's fun!\n"}]}
Trading in his Junker for a Mustang
Created by: Theconndor
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Adun is having a mid-afterlife crisis with his friends. He takes, planes, trains, and automobiles in search of his next big adventure. In search of feeling unalive again, they travel to the Aviskar Grand Prix in search of his longest lost friend. Eventually for a price, he is reunited with his undead steed.\n"}]}
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Tibor and Lumia Test Friendly Fire (and it's definitely on)
Created by: Jimithr33
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This is my submission to the June 2026 deckbuilding competition. This deck is centered around "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tibor and Lumia"}},{"insert":" who are often played to damage and remove our opponents creatures. However I saw this and immediately saw its potential for an Enrage deck. The commander offers and easy and repeatable source of damage to our creatures. This deck aims to play cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wrathful Raptors"}},{"insert":" to deal constant damage to opponents while refilling our hand with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Expedited Inheritance"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Niv-Mizzet, Visionary"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Body of Knowledge"}},{"insert":" . In order to have enough mana to play our higher cost cards the deck makes use of rituals and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Neheb, the Eternal"}},{"insert":" who can make us an obscene amount of mana in our second main phase. Since we need to keep our creatures alive long enough to burn out our opponents there are many indestructible enablers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Walls of Ba Sing Se"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eldrazi Monument"}},{"insert":" , as well as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bria, Riptide Rogue"}},{"insert":" who will guarantee our creatures don't die if the red spells we cast are noncreature. Specifically for our commander (because we don't want them caught in the crossfire) there is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Winged Boots"}},{"insert":" to give them flying and ward. If worst comes to worst we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lifeline"}},{"insert":" to bring our creatures back. In the end the deck wants to finish with either one big turn using rituals and cantrips to burn our opponents, by assembling one of the many infinites allowed by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pariah's Shield"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fiendlash"}},{"insert":" , winning with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thassa's Oracle"}},{"insert":" if we manage to empty our library, or bombing the board with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasphemous Act"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Star of Extinction"}},{"insert":" .\n\n"}]}
Hanna, Ship's Navigator
Created by: ronnie.caffey@gmail.com
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Approach of the Second Sun"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chameleon, Master of Disguise"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doc Ock's Tentacles"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Robe of Stars"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Walking Ballista"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trinket Mage"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teferi, Time Raveler"}},{"insert":" \n"}]}
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Today Magic, Tomorrow The Spire (Mono-Blue Rogue-Lite)
Created by: BlackBudokai
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Primer: The Rogue-Lite Engine"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1. Introduction: The Rogue-Lite Concept"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Welcome to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar"},{"insert":", a mono-blue deck unlike any other. Instead of playing a rigid, linear strategy, this deck operates like a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"rogue-lite deckbuilder"},{"insert":" (such as "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Slay the Spire"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Inscryption"},{"insert":").\nOur Commander completely removes the luck of the draw. Because Tomorrow replaces every single draw with an \"Anticipate\" a effect, you are presented with "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3 choices"},{"insert":" every single time you would draw a card. You take the best option for your current \"run\" and draft your way to victory.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Draftable Archetypes"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck is split into a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"core engine"},{"insert":" of lands, ramp, and card-velocity spells, plus three distinct "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"12-card modules"},{"insert":" that you can mix, match, and draft into during the game:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sea Monsters (The Stompy Draft):"},{"insert":" Big mana, massive threats, and crushing board presence."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Artifact Tokens (The Go-Wide Draft):"},{"insert":" Swarming the board with mechanical tokens, animating them, and swinging out."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mill (The Control Draft):"},{"insert":" Attacking our opponents' libraries directly to leave them with zero resources."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n2. The Core Engine: The \"Run\" Enablers"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Before you can build a crazy archetype deck, you need a strong baseline. The core engine consists of lands, counter-magic, and \"draw\" multipliers that turn into massive drafting sequences once Tomorrow hits the field.\n\n3. Choose Your Path: The Three Archetypes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"code-block":"plain"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Archetype A: Sea Monsters (Mono-Blue Stompy)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"When you want to abandon subtle blue trickery and just smash face, you draft the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sea Monster"},{"insert":" package. This is mono-blue's version of Green Stompy—massive Krakens, Leviathans, and Octopuses that control the board while presenting lethal combat damage.\n\nArchetype B: Artifact Tokens (The Go-Wide Swarm)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If your draft hands give you a lot of token generation, you pivot into the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Artifact Token"},{"insert":" strategy. This is your go-wide lane, utilizing blue's affinity for artifacts to create a massive mechanical army.\n\nArchetype C: Mill (The Classic Blue Win)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"When the board is too locked down to attack with creatures, you pivot your drafting into the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mill"},{"insert":" strategy. This package attacks your opponents' libraries instead of their life totals.\n"}]}
All Horned Up
Created by: NuGori
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck centers around giving our commander "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lord of Tresserhorn"}},{"insert":" infect, then flinging it at our opponents simultaneously (most simply a with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tainted Strike"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Ignition"}},{"insert":"), making use of our commander being a low-cost 10-power creature, although there are many ways we can combo for redundancy (e.g. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyresis"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pain for All"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasphemous Act"}},{"insert":" on any creature, although still slightly better with our commander since the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pain for All"}},{"insert":" enters trigger could immediately take out an opponent who represents a threat, given we use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyresis"}},{"insert":" first). The upside of our commander being able to regenerate for {B} is also something that can come in handy quite often, whether as protection or a weird infect-less commander damage combo by looping a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Ignition"}},{"insert":" type effect several times and regenerating the Lord to keep him around.\n\nThis deck is honestly as weird as it looks, and besides the main element of the infect finish, has a couple major tools to help the deck get there. First is the wizard package, using the wizardcyclers "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vedalken Aethermage"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Step Through"}},{"insert":" to find our wizards, most importantly "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spellseeker"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archaeomancer"}},{"insert":" to assist us in setting up our blink engine with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Displacer Kitten"}},{"insert":", which is our second major piece. This allows us to repeatedly tutor our suite of 2-mana or less instants and sorceries in the case of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spellseeker"}},{"insert":", or loop whatever instants and sorceries we have in the graveyard with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archaeomancer"}},{"insert":", which leads us to find our third piece, the very precarious infinite turn engine. The wizardcyclers can also find us a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tribute Mage"}},{"insert":", which itself can find our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sundial of the Infinite"}},{"insert":", or find us "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Obeka, Brute Chronologist"}},{"insert":" directly, although she's a little more vulnerable to interaction as a creature. With one of these turn-ending effects (which also offer the utility of negating our commander's downside, the enters trigger), and our blink engine online, we can loop our "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Last Chance"}},{"insert":"-type spells (in several different ways, if we only have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spellseeker"}},{"insert":" we can only do so 4 times, since we have 4 of the effect in the deck, but "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archaeomancer"}},{"insert":" can do so infinitely given a least one other instant or sorcery), and use the turn-ending effects to skip out on the lose-the-game triggers (this even lets us avoid paying for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pact of Negation"}},{"insert":", although any spells we cast that turn will have to be at instant spell since it triggers on upkeep rather than end step).\n\nThe synergy and lines within the deck are pretty innumerable, with things like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs"}},{"insert":" being a land "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Merchant Scroll"}},{"insert":" can find, the infinite draw blink combos with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Frantic Search"}},{"insert":" and a cost reducer, or especially the conditionality of almost every tutor in the deck all contributing to the deck being very complex to learn but super rewarding to execute once you do. Just make sure the table you're playing with is okay with a bit of goldfishing non-deterministically, I will not be held responsible for the social implications of this deck!\n"}]}
A Simpler Time
Created by: BirdNestSoup
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is an homage to the first non-preconstructed deck I ever owned back in the days of Kamigawa. The deck wasn't very complicated. It had three things: lands, ramp, and big creatures. To recreate this, I used "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant // Sasaya's Essence"}},{"insert":" and a whopping 70 basic forests. With this many forests, chances are high you can draw into seven of them and flip Sasaya. Land tutors that put lands into your hand like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nissa's Triumph"}},{"insert":" are there to compensate if you draw too many nonlands. Every other card in the deck is something that can win you the game on its own with a copious amount of mana such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ant Queen"}},{"insert":" to make tokens or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blightsteel Colossus"}},{"insert":" to just be lethal. It's a simpler deck from a simpler time.\n"}]}
ABC's of Magic Recycling (by toxik&bobster)
Created by: toxik
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Are you familiar with the ABC principle of recycling? It’s simple enough for even kids to remember.\nBut how do these same principles apply to Magic: The Gathering? Unfortunately, things are never that simple in Magic, but the core concept remains the same:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"A"},{"insert":" — Assess and Awareness\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"B"},{"insert":" — Bin and Behavior\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"C"},{"insert":" — Circular Economy\nLet’s break it down step-by-step and look at what each principle means, using our deck as an example.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Assess and Awareness:"},{"insert":" This is the absolute foundation. It includes all the cards we can safely pitch into the graveyard, knowing they can be recycled and reused later. However, all these cards require proper recycling methods. Some recyclers want to see Vampires ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deathless Ancient"}},{"insert":" ), while others demand Angels or Berserkers ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cleaving Reaper"}},{"insert":" ). We’d love to provide the exact cards to satisfy all their specific needs, but our Head Garbage Man,"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Volrath the Fallen"}},{"insert":", just dragged in a bunch of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bins For Mixed Waste"},{"insert":" in the form of his fellow Shapeshifters. You’d think this violates the rules of separate waste collection, but hey—it works!\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bin and Behavior:"},{"insert":" This category features all the cards that actually help us process and recycle different types of waste. Yes, many of them are incredibly picky about trash types ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Corpse Harvester"}},{"insert":" )... but we can always use our Shapeshifters ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Maskwood Nexus"}},{"insert":"), right?\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Circular Economy:"},{"insert":" This is where the real profit from recycling comes from. There aren't many cards here, but the ones we have are extremely powerful ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Monument to Endurance"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teval's Judgment"}},{"insert":"). And even if they aren't around, we always have Volrath ready to get a massive stat boost in this beautiful "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(nearly)"},{"insert":" infinite card-recycling loop!\n\nAnd that is exactly what the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"ABC's of Magic Recycling"},{"insert":" looks like.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Supporting Categories:"},{"insert":"\nOf course, the overall gameplay is backed by cards that aren't directly part of the ABC categories. Not everyone is as eco-friendly as we are, and other players will definitely try to mess with our operation.\nFor those exact moments, we have a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Protection "},{"insert":"category with cards to shield both ourselves and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Volrath"},{"insert":". If everything goes completely south, we have "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Return From Waste"},{"insert":" category for emergency recursion. And if things are going great and we want to apply more pressure, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Strengthening "},{"insert":"category is there to reinforce our offensive positions. Board wipes and targeted removal are also included in the inventory.\nYou might have noticed that the deck is looking a bit on the heavy side, right? To fix that, we’ve packed a whole bunch of R"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"amp "},{"insert":"and a few tutors into the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Draw"},{"insert":" category!\nAnd the cherry on top of this trash heap is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"The Ring tempts you\""},{"insert":" mechanic from "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"The Lord of the Rings ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Ringwraiths"}},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Call of the Ring"}},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":")"},{"insert":"... somehow, it just synergizes with the deck way too well.\n\nI hope you’ve properly memorized the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"ABC's of Magic Recycling "},{"insert":"with "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mr. Volrath"},{"insert":"!\n"}]}
Isperia's Incrutable Hand
Created by: Pencilshaved
13 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck tries to offer a fresh take on an old classic, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Isperia the Inscrutable"}},{"insert":", by reinventing the way we use her final ability. While Isperia is traditionally used to tutor up a strong board of Flying creatures to put into play, I wanted to take advantage of a very particular wording on her ability, and one I wouldn't necessarily expect to see in modern, faster-paced Commander designs: "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"rather than being tutored onto the battlefield, cards grabbed with Isperia remain in her owner's hand"},{"insert":". This actually allows the deck to take advantage of multiple abilities that activate right from our hands, to get value without even needing to put things on the board.\n\nThe star of the show is Forecast, letting us reveal the card from our hand for value. The two main value pieces are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sky Hussar"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pride of the Clouds"}},{"insert":", who can reveal themselves on each of our turns for repeated card draw or tokens, respectively. Sky Hussar is especially interesting, as it uses tapping rather than mana to pay for its ability. This lets us run several low-cost creatures who benefit from being tapped to get even more value, such as card draw from "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fallowsage"}},{"insert":" or land-based utility from "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scaretiller"}},{"insert":". The other major ability is landcycling, letting us put creatures into our hand that can then be traded away for lands to help offset the high cost of some activated abilities, as well as paying to recast Isperia if she gets removed. Our ramping package is similarly meant to help with those high costs, giving us the colored mana we need in synergistic ways\n\nSince these abilities are all activated from hand, we can get away with casting fewer spells per turn, and leverage that by running control pieces that limit how many spells "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"any"},{"insert":" player can cast in a turn. Some of them can even be found with Isperia, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archon of Emeria"}},{"insert":". Of the few things we do want to be hard casting, several of them are useful interaction pieces to further keep us safe from our opponents, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"K-9, Mark I"}},{"insert":" for protection, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Retribution of the Meek"}},{"insert":" to remove high-power threats, and the classic "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sun Titan"}},{"insert":" to get our permanents back. While the focus is on tutoring to keep cards in hand rather than cast them, we can still use Isperia to search for several of them, for extra consistency.\n\nIsperia isn't the only way to search for cards in our deck, either! "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Muddle the Mixture"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Drift of Phantasms"}},{"insert":" add a third hand-based ability in Transmute, letting us turn these cards into anything of mana value 2 or 3 that we want, which happens to be a huge portion of our deck. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Delivery Moogle"}},{"insert":" can also be cast to grab us a few key artifacts like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcane Signet"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swiftfoot Boots"}},{"insert":" in a pinch.\n\nWe still have to close out the game, though, so we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Divine Visitation"}},{"insert":" to turn our various 1/1 tokens into much more menacing 4/4 Flying beaters, and a handful of anthem effects to increase their power by +2/+2 or even more. With "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sky Hussar"}},{"insert":" giving us the draw to let us find them, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pride of the Clouds"}},{"insert":" being a major source of our tokens, I believe it's safe to say that the abilities we cast from our hands are indeed doing a significant amount of the work towards helping us succeed, making the most out of this less conventional take on this Sphinx.\n"}]}