benthic_druid 5 days{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello brewers,\n\nHappy New Year! Before we get to the first deckbuilding contest prompt of 2025, a brief introduction. My name is Ben, and I'll be helping Jeremy run the competition this year. I've been writing articles for "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/author/ben-doolittle"},"insert":"EDHREC"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://commandersherald.com/author/ben-doolittle/"},"insert":"Commander's Herald"},{"insert":" since 2019, with a focus on legendary creatures that come with a drawback. So it seems only fitting that this month's prompt should also highlight these tricky commanders. With great restriction (sometimes) comes great power. Details below.\n\nWhat’s the contest all about?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Working within the parameters of the prompt provided below, construct a decklist with your own creative spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded store credit to cardsphere.com. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"For January's deckbuilding contest, brew a Commander-legal list helmed by a commander with a drawback that turns that drawback into a strength. The goal is not to mitigate your commander's drawback, but to work with it as much as possible. Lists will be evaluated on how effectively they turn the commander's drawback into an advantage. "},{"insert":"\n\nKeep in mind that this prompt isn't limited to \"bad\" commanders. In fact, it's much easier to build an interesting deck when the commander has a powerful effect, but requires you to work a little to achieve it. For example, what would a deck need to do to win the game with Inferno of Star Mounts' activated ability? Or could you build Lord of Tresserhorn like a Nekusar deck? Your chosen commander should have a powerful payoff with your deck's strategy.\n\nThis is also the perfect opportunity to combine themes and bend the color pie in unique ways. Can mono-white draw enough cards to make Kiyomaro, First to Stand a real threat? Or can you combine spell slinging with aristocrats in Dralnu, Lich Lord? What is a downside in one color can sometimes be an advantage in another, and with 30 years of cards to choose from chances are there's some way to take advantage of any effect. \n\nFinally, be sure your commander doesn't impose a restriction and then immediately solve it. Taigam, Sidisi's Hand may skip your draw step, but also draws a card and fills your graveyard in your upkeep. Compare that to Asmodeus the Archfiend, who stops you from drawing cards at all until you pay the price. The same applies to Companions most of the time. They're so powerful, and easy enough to build around, that they end up being all upside for little to no cost. If you include a companion in your submission, think carefully about how impactful it's restriction actually is for your deck.\n\nHere’s how to participate:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt.\n\nAny 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":"\nReply to this newspost, or the Discord submission post with a link to your deck before "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00 pm EST"},{"insert":" (UTC -5, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, January 8, 2025"},{"insert":" (do not submit the same deck in multiple places). Only one submission per user! \n\nFrom 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, January 15, 2025"},{"insert":", we’ll announce three finalists via Discord and a brief article on EDHREC highlighting each deck. Each 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\n1st 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 or Discord (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings within roughly 24 hours following the conclusion of voting on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, January 22, 2025"},{"insert":". Please note, you must have a Cardsphere account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/"},"insert":"register here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"Official contest rules"},{"insert":".\n\nThank you!\n\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join our "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/sctEc9Ru36"},"insert":"public Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team\n"}]}
Edited 1/1/2025, 4:28:23 PM
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Poneface 3 days{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10711594/badcommander"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10711594/badcommander"},{"insert":"\n\nMorinfen has Cumulative upkeep - pay 1 life.\n\nDeck Summary: Get your life total low and swap your life with someone else's. Have enough lifelink/life gain/extort in order to not die while setting up win conditions. Card that do both like Dreadhorde Invasion are particularly good.\n\nSynergistic cards:\nVilis, Broker of Blood: draws cards when you lose life\nFont of Agonies: Gains counters when losing life that can be used for 2 mana removal\nVampire Scrivener: gets +1/+1 counters when gaining/losing life\n\nCards that swap your life with an opponent's:\nMagus of the Mirror\nMirror Universe\nProfane Transfusion\nSoul Conduit\nRepay in Kind - makes everyone have the lowest life\n\tCan be comboed with Triskaidekaphobia/Tree of Perdition\n\nTemporal Extortion: Can be used to take an extra turn or to cut your own life in half\n\nProtection:\nThe One Ring: Protection from a turn and provides draw + life loss to trigger other cards\nPact Weapon: Stay alive even with 0 life as long as there's a creature to attach it to\nStunning Reversal: Draw cards instead of losing the game\n\nLife total triggers:\nPhial of Galadriel\nArguel's Blood Fast\nCryptolith Fragment\n"}]}
Edited 1/2/2025, 7:40:26 PM
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Budgie_DH 4 days{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Fish Liver Oil\":"},{"insert":"\n\nToday I am building THE Chief Commander, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10704939"},"insert":"Zhou Yu!"},{"insert":"\n\nZhou Yu is an 7 mana mono blue Human Soldier with 8 power and 8 toughness. He also"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" requires "},{"insert":"that your opponents control an island in order to attack. So, we need to fill the deck with effects that give opponents islands. \n\nSea's Claim is a one-off enchantment that can turn one land into an island."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Eluge, The Flood of Mars, and Quicksilver Fountain slowly spread Islands around turn after turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finally, Harbringer of Seas pretty quickly turns a nonbasic land on each opponents' board into an island. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSo as long as we're jumping through this hoop of throwing islands around, we might as well turn it into an upside! We're going to give Zhou Yu and the rest of our board Islandwalk to make them unblockable!\n\nThe Deck's namesake card "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fishliver Oil "},{"insert":"is an aura that will give THE Chief Commander islandwalk. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sandals of Abdullah and War Barge are repeatable islandwalk granters."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"We have a fair amount of Merfolk in the deck so we have two lords, Lord of Atlantis and the Master of the Pearl Trident."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Then we have some fatties with islandwalk built in, like Stormtide Leviathan and Inkwell Leviathan."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWe need more mana than a mono-blue deck usually needs because of how expensive our commander is and how expensive some of our sea monsters are. So, we're running Thran Dynamo and Gilded Lotus. We're also going to try and steal our opponents sol rings out of their decks with Thada Adel. \n\nSpeaking of Sea Monsters, while not as powerful as a Cyclonic Rift, we're running Whelming Wave to hopefully close out games with some remaining Leviathans and friends if the board gets gunked up. \n\nLet me know what you think!\n"}]}
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Aktarus006 4 days{"ops":[{"insert":"We hunt them down, and we kill 'em."},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10278979/hunt_shoot_repeat"},"insert":"Decklist"},{"insert":"\n\nThis deck revolves around"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Daryl, Hunter of Walkers"},{"insert":" ("},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Hansk, Slayer Zealot"}},{"insert":"), a guy so cool he turns giving gifts (Walkers) into a devastating advantage. Every time Daryl hands out some undead tokens, he grabs his trusty crossbow, shoots them down, and says, “Thanks for the cards.” The more Walkers show up, the more fun we have—and by fun, we mean turning opponents’ creatures into chaos, cards, and carnage.\n\n---\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. (Nearly) Unlimited Ammo for Daryl"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDaryl doesn’t just shoot once per turn—oh no, we’re getting our money’s worth. With untap effects like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Seeker of Skybreak"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quest for Renewal"}},{"insert":" , and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seedborn Muse"}},{"insert":" , Daryl’s ready to lock, load, and fire again. Add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nature's Chosen"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Instill Energy"}},{"insert":" for even more action. By untapping him repeatedly, you can clear Walkers from the board, refill your hand, and keep the pressure on your opponents. When Daryl’s on duty, Walkers don’t last long—and neither do your enemies.\n\n---\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. Making Walkers Hurt (For Everyone Else)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nGiving your opponents creatures doesn’t make you a bad person—it just makes you creative. With cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Repercussion"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spiteful Banditry"}},{"insert":" , every time someone gets hit, their Walkers hit back… hard. When things get out of hand, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasphemous Act"}},{"insert":" is your reset button, dealing massive damage to everything. But beware—with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Repercussion"}},{"insert":" , the Act can hit everyone’s life totals hard, including yours! Use it carefully, preferably when you have just a bunch of creatures on the battlefield or a clear path to close out the game. It’s not just a fireworks show—it’s a calculated explosion.\n\n---\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. Weaponizing the Walkers Presence"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe Walkers your opponents receive don’t just power Daryl’s ability—they create value for the entire deck. Cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Compost"}},{"insert":" turn their deaths into card draw, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reap"}},{"insert":" lets you recur key cards from the graveyard, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pygmy Kavu"}},{"insert":" draws you even more cards when your opponents play black spells. With so many ways to benefit from the Walkers, you’ll find yourself drawing, recurring, and ramping far ahead of the competition.\n\n---\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"4. Shooting for Value (With or Without Walkers)"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNo Walkers? No problem! Daryl is more than happy to start targeting your own "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Enrage"},{"insert":" creatures for extra value. Shoot your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ripjaw Raptor"}},{"insert":" for a card, ping your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Silverclad Ferocidons"}},{"insert":" to make opponents sacrifice permanents, or ramp up with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ranging Raptors"}},{"insert":" . And if you equip Daryl with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Basilisk Collar"}},{"insert":" , his crossbow becomes a lifegaining, deathtouch sniper. Pair this with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thornbite Staff"}},{"insert":" , and suddenly every kill untaps Daryl, letting him clear entire boards while you rack up insane value.\n\n---\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"5. Weaponizing Defense of the Heart"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThanks to Daryl’s ability, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Defense of the Heart"}},{"insert":" is almost guaranteed to trigger at the first upkeep it’s on the field. The constant presence of Walkers ensures you can cheat out powerful creatures early, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hyrax Tower Scout"}},{"insert":" for infinite tokens, or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Godo, Bandit Warlord"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Helm of the Host"}},{"insert":" to create endless combat phases. Whether it’s combos or powerful value engines, this card turns your opponents’ Walkers into game-winning plays for you.\n\n---\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"How We Win"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWe draw all the cards, burn all the creatures, and laugh maniacally as our board grows stronger. When the dust settles and the Walkers are all dead, the last one standing is—you guessed it—Daryl, sipping a beer and grinning.\nSo grab your crossbow, equip some gear, and let’s show those Walkers (and opponents) who’s boss!\n\n\n"}]}
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Soupangel44 4 days{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/9611984/counter_i_hardly_know_er\n\nCaptain Xavier Sal requires you to remove counters from your permanents in order to populate, which is normally a downside as most of the time counters are a good thing, but this deck is full of cards that actively don't want their counters. Stuff like Unstoppable Slasher, the Duskmourn Overlords, Chronozoa, Devoted Druid, Arixmethes and Garruk Relentless, as well as several sagas and battles. Add to that a bunch of big tokens to populate, like those from Octomancer, Urza's Saga, Idol of Oblivion, or any number of clone spells, and you've got a winning formula.\n"}]}
Edited 1/4/2025, 12:33:03 AM
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kws 4 days{"ops":[{"insert":"I'm having fun with my deck led by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed"}},{"insert":" that presents a fun twist on graveyard recursion strategies. This is a pretty funky commander -- he has an awesome ability that returns any black card from your graveyard to your hand. However, the downsides are that he sacrifices himself to do it and you can only activate that ability at sorcery speed. \n\nFlipping this into our benefit -- we can make Xiahou Dun immortal using some clever death-flicker spells like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Feign Death"}},{"insert":", and there is a lot you can do with recurred ETB or death triggers! It's scammy, aristocraty, comboey, and just plain weird but it's a unique strategy you can take to a few different goal posts, i.e.:\nGravestorm with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bitter Ordeal"}},{"insert":" , or"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Storm with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tendrils of Agony"}},{"insert":" , or"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Drain everyone's life with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"insert":" effects, or"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Extra Turns (or probably the big time life drain instead) with repeated casts of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Temporal Extortion"}},{"insert":" , or"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Zombie army with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rise of the Dread Marn"}},{"insert":" ,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"and more!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDecklist: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/8796745/immortal_oneeye"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/8796745/immortal_oneeye"},{"insert":" (More info in deckpage's description section!)\n\nThere are certainly routes to take this deck in a very aggressive or mean direction (like adding Dictate of Erebos) but I don't think this deck needs it to work, so I'd rather not. Also, while the deck can definitely go infinite, depending on your strategy or the game state it really doesn't need to.\n\nAs a bonus, many people will never have heard of or seen this commander before, which is fun for people who like janky old cards!\n\n"}]}
Edited 1/2/2025, 12:38:35 AM
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Cedict 19 mins{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10768868/stop_hitting_myself"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10768868/stop_hitting_myself"},{"insert":"\n\nWho knew that +2 toughness to my green creatures could be awesome. This deck wants to set it's board state on fire for profit.\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 4:15:58 PM
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ColdSeasons 29 mins{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10725284/triad"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10725284/triad"},{"insert":"\nThe principle of this budget build is gain valor from discarding cards from opponents hand. The specters are the way for discarding recursively and distribute damage over time. Triad is there to remove threats and fill opponents hands so i can discard and gain valor from this. Other form from keeping cards in opponent hands is from rule of law effects. From discarding i gain valor for cards like tinybones and geths grimoire. This is a control deck that seeks to mitigate resources both from hand and board and win by damage from discarding. \n\n\n"}]}
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Ysurano 94 mins{"ops":[{"insert":"Hey :) \n\nPlaying MTG now for 2 months, so this is one of my first Commander Decks. Lets see!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.\""},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sokrates"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10171906/sokrates_group_hug_"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10171906/sokrates_group_hug_"},{"insert":"\n\nSokrates turns damaging an opponent into drawing cards, but also for the opponent. What a bummer?! :D So my idea was to include as many cards as possible, that turn opponents drawing cards into a strength. Creatures that grow, life that goes up, cards that I draw myself when opponents draw cards, and so on. :)\n\nMay the best win! :D Or as Sokrates would say: "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.\""},{"insert":" ;)\n"}]}
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ParkerPoltergeist 98 mins{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sarevok, Deathbringer "},{"insert":"with the background "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cultist of the Absolute"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10673010/sarevok_deathbringer"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10673010/sarevok_deathbringer"},{"insert":"\n\nSarevok, Deathbringer's ability drains each player at the beginning of their end step if a permanent has not left the battlefield that turn. That includes me... This deck is built around dodging Sarevok's damage by sacrificing my creatures and permanents, and finding ways to increase Sarevok's power. The background Cultist of the Absolute helps me sacrifice creatures so I can avoid my commanders drawback, while everyone else struggles to survive with his power increased! The more his power is increased the more damage my opponents take. Cards like Criminal Past and Ghost Lantern could make his power so high, my opponents could be taking 10+ damage on their end step, while I am dodging his ability. If Sarevok continues to get removed, I have cards similar to him like Vrock and Titan Hunter that can deal huge damage. And if all else fails, I have Blood Artist and Zullaport Cutthroat abilities that will allow me to drain my opponents when I sacrifice my creatures for value.\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 2:54:57 PM
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ChillingTouch 107 mins{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/109134/allybomb"},"insert":"Ally-Bomb • (Commander / EDH deck) • Archidekt"},{"insert":"\n\nMany Child of Alara decks I've seen over the years do some variation of board wipe tribal, or just avatar goodness. I've taken a different approach here - Child is powerful, but hits your own stuff too, so it can be challenging to get wipe value while also protecting your own permanents. This deck loves it when the things I've committed to the board are destroyed: we abuse Ally ETB triggers via mass reanimation, and the triggers are value when you commit 2-4 of them to the board pre-bomb. It's even better when they die, because it sets you up for a big (and game ending) reanimation later on. \n\nThere's some great pieces that help advance this gameplan - Hatching Plans, Induced Amnesia, Altar of the Wretched, Flare of Duplication, and Pitiless Carnage all provide value when the wipe occurs, or help get additional value out of triggering the wipe. \n\nWhile everyone else is rebuilding, you can use cut your losses, traumatize, bring to light, and mirror mad phantasm to load up your yard. This sets us up for a past in flames/recoup/yawgmoth's will into patriarchs bidding, twilights call, or living death. Most games you don't need to play Child more than once, but if you end up doing so, it's nice that we're actively setting up for a win with it, rather than just stalling out a game. \n\nHope y'all like this unusual Ally Build! \n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 2:42:06 PM
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Darkraven99 114 mins{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Yukora, the Prisoner"}},{"insert":" is a commander with less than 50 decks on EDHREC and it's not hard to see why.\n\nIt turns out that Yukora actually protects and helps facilitate an infinite combo. You can read all about it in the deck description below. There's some fun stack manipulation and a slightly confusing rules interaction.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10767445/yukoras_sacrifice_loops"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10767445/yukoras_sacrifice_loops"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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VagabundoCósmico 2 hrs{"ops":[{"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10767455/chisei\n\nUsing the downside of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chisei, Heart of Oceans"}},{"insert":" to remove counters and proliferate to add allows the player to have complete control over their sagas, planeswalkers, and artifacts to dominate the game.\n\nYour opponents should also expect to see some cards show up earlier than usual. Chisei's upkeep helps you remove counters from cards like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Overlord of the Floodpits"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dark Depths"}},{"insert":" .\n\nWin with cards such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Millennium Calendar"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darksteel Reactor"}},{"insert":", or whack your opponents in the head with Chisei equipped with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Excalibur, Sword of Eden"}},{"insert":".\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 1:48:44 PM
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Artaud 6 hrs{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10752264/iname_as_mulch"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10752264/iname_as_mulch"},{"insert":"\n\nLet me present "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Iname as One"}},{"insert":" . A Commander so bad it's a waste resources to cast it, especially as a mere 8/8 without evasion for whopping 12+ mana. Its cast trigger is nothing to talk about either - tutoring for a single creature with one specific type is not something worth 8BBGG paying for. It has highest mana value among multicolored Commanders in Magic history though and the deck takes advantage of that in several ways:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1."},{"insert":" Transfer into creature stats - green is great in land search / return department so "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cactus Preserve"}},{"insert":" can beat people with its spiked 12/12 body. There is also "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tangleweave Armor"}},{"insert":" to turn other creatures into behemoths. Cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Life's Legacy"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Season of Gathering"}},{"insert":" allow to turn that fat into a lot of cards if needed.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2."},{"insert":" Make direct profit - draw 12 cards with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stinging Study"}},{"insert":" , make a huge board with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Majestic Genesis"}},{"insert":" or kill everything with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cloudkill"}},{"insert":" .\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3."},{"insert":" Get into hand with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Command Beacon"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Netherborn Altar"}},{"insert":" and ... \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3a"},{"insert":" ... exile it with Nourishing or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sickening Shoal"}},{"insert":" \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3b"},{"insert":" ... discard it with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Geier Reach Sanitarium"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Slumbering Tora"}},{"insert":" or Grieven. Once it's binned "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urgent Necropsy"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Aesir Escape Valhalla"}},{"insert":" can exile it for profit, even double one if "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Amzu, Swarm's Hunger"}},{"insert":" is around.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3c"},{"insert":" ... cast it. Yes, it's possible and even plausible - a lot of land search and Coffers / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crypt Ghast"}},{"insert":" + Urborg can provide mana necessary for this effort. While "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kuro, Pitlord"}},{"insert":" is probably the only Spirit worth finding Iname can be "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sacrifice"}},{"insert":"d with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Soldevi Adnate"}},{"insert":" or Szeras to cast something more relevant. There is also "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Geode Golem"}},{"insert":" to get it faster for that purpose.\n\nRest of the deck continues theme of turning big-mana dudes into mulch for profit. There is also some "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reanimate"}},{"insert":" support for those willing to play the common way.\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 1:28:55 PM
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Islarf 6 hrs{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10766549/varchild_voltrony_2025_deck_building_challenge"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10766549/varchild_voltrony_2025_deck_building_challenge"},{"insert":"\n\nVarchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor!\n\nWe give our opponents creatures and resources. And we're limited to mono red.\n\nHowever we're getting to use some small aristocrat synergies in a Voltron strategy! And some niche use cards like \"Blades of Velis Vel\" to steal creatures if anyone tries to remove my commander, or if I do myself!\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 10:54:21 AM
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Pikarin 6 hrs{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10765916/rakdos_deckbuilding_contest"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10765916/rakdos_deckbuilding_contest"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 1/6/2025, 9:35:57 AM
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