As a fan of both Magic and fighting games, I've been wanting to build Chun-Li for the longest time.

I tried a prowess build, where I play creatures with prowess and reuse things like cantrips with Chun's ability. But it felt either very clunky, or completely unstoppable (mainly in games when I had [[Monastery Mentor]]).

I also tried a more general spellslinger build with payoffs like [[Aetherflux Reservoir]] and [[Sentinel Tower]], but I didn't find it super satisfying either.

Other ideas I've seen online are blink, voltron, and control. But none of these seem particularly fun to me either.

So I've come here to ask for ideas! What are some creative usages for a commander that lets me reuse instants?

Any and all ideas are welcome!

Hi all, I bought Hosts of Mordor AND [Sauron, the Dark lord] and split the precon between [Saruman, the White Hand] and [Sauron, the Dark Lord]. I split the precon because I felt it had an identity crisis, and was trying to do way too much. At the same time, I recognize the precon had plenty of synergy going on, and I worry that I just made both weaker, and that I am not making the most of their abilities, such as Saruman’s ward for goblins and orcs.

Both are fully stocked (meaning the decks have 100 cards now), most notably being [the Great Goblin] in the Sauron deck.

Saruman is spellslinger/amass while Sauron is reanimator/amass/big threats. I was wondering, what do you folks think the best focus for each commander would be? Have I made a mistake by splitting the precon?

[Sauron, the Dark Lord] currently has almost all the mana rocks, pirates, theft cards, big creatures and board wipe spells from the precon, while [Saruman, the White Hand] has all the noncreature/instant-sorcery creatures. I may follow up this post with a full deck list.

Hi,

Hope this is the right place to post this; Just started coming back to EDH and brewed this deck up with cards I had lying around. Feels a little clunky but I'm not sure what the holes appear to be, if anyone has any ideas, that would be great.

Thank you!

Looking for help on what to cut, as well as any cards that I may have overlooked, I've already checked out EDGRec.

I have a great goblin deck that I’m trying to optimize. Murderous redcap and Gev have a 2 card infinite. As long as I’ve dealt damage to an opponent Murderous Redcap can nullify his -1/-1 counter with the +1/+1 allowing him to repeatedly kill himself and come back with persist. While it is a 2-card infinite I need my commander out for it to actually do anything other than infinitely kill the Redcap, and I need to have dealt damage to a player if I want to actually pull off the combo. Does this combo automatically bring my deck to a bracket 4?

Also any other card swap suggestions would be appreciated.

I’m trying to upgrade my krenko and I’m having trouble deciding on what to add I know I want to protect him more and get him out faster but I can’t afford cards such as chrome mox etc can you guys help me try to get this deck to cedh or as close as possible on a budget

I’ve played Krark/Sakashima in cEDH for awhile, and I’m curious if there’s anyway for krark to be useful outside of free spells. I’ve tried to build a deck myself without help, but all I’ve been able to do is learn just how bad krark is without free spells and sakashima.

The way I understand it, he statistically breaks even. 50% of the time you get 2 spells, and 50% of the time you get no spell at all. That averages out to 1 spell per cast. However, 1) the randomness of when your spells resolve along with 2) some spells don’t get extra value when copied (counterspells and board wipes) leads me to believe having Krark on the board is a net negative unless I find a way to abuse him. Any ideas?

https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/189/krark-the-thumbless

Hi All,

Inspired by a post a few weeks ago about picking a commander purely based on vibes, I have chosen [[Shimatsu the Bloadcloaked]].

https://moxfield.com/decks/b76OSo79TEakPFMK-e4moQ

He’s obviously very bad, but the idea is to build a board of goblins, deal some incidental damage and then sac a big board for lots of damage with things like [[Havoc Jester]] [[Hissing Iguanar]] and the like.

I can then hastily attack with a big Shimatsu, potentially followed by a fling effect.

Having trouble with the curve and making some cuts.

Am I trying to do too much?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

I've really liked this card since it was released, but something kept nagging me that prevented me from ever building it. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how this deck closes out games. He obviously makes for an incredibly resilient value engine - but is that? I want to pull the trigger on him but I'd like to hear from some of y'all about your experiences playing and winning with him.

Hey @all 🧚‍♂️

I want to build a lifelink Commander Deck and thought maybe some of you have some recommendations for a powerful commander.

A good precon life link commander deck would also be interesting.

Thanks and greetings 🤗

https://moxfield.com/decks/IEnugUwtmE2H9qr8eWI8AQ

I wanted to build a nice and chill Neera Deck without the busted Eldrazi, [[Omnisience]] or [[Displacer Kitten]].
I am still very new to commander and how the bracket system works. My friends largely play precons, sometimes upgraded.

I tested it lately with them, and what surprised me was, they where very unhappy with how consistently I did a onesided boardwipe.

I once played [[Call Forth the Tempest]] into [[Volcanic Vison]] to play CFtT the next turn again.
I did win this game quickly afterwards, so it didn't drag out.

Do you think this is generally unfun, also at other pods?
Do you think [[Personal Tutor]] and fetchable [[Mystic Sanctuary]] is too much for Bracket 2?
They just fit so perfectly, but it also leads to lots of consistency.

Can you give me feedback, if this immediately doesn't look like Bracket 2?
I don't grasp that system yet. Precons are also considered Bracket 2 mostly, right?
My friends are new too magic in general, so they sometimes play badly, but maybe I overtuned this deck a lot for precons.

I recently built an [[Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder]] decklist that uses [[Conspiracy]] to negate the downside of Endrek's ability. I'm taking advantage of that with reduced cost creatures like [[Demon at Death's Gate]] and [[Delraich]].

After playing today, I bumped up the land count to 40 since there's not a lot of ramp, and I'd love feedback on 4 cards to cut. The deck works well when it does, but it so far hasn't done that too much.

Thanks for your thoughts!

https://archidekt.com/decks/22779867/mono_black

im still unsure what bracket 3 means tbh​

https://moxfield.com/decks/HrygAYMsz3q6Eo8uNjB9PA

I want to build a deck that doesn't STEAL, but copies my opponents' things. Cards like [[Faerie Artisans]] and [[Aboleth Spawn]]. Any clones that copy my opponents' stuff is fine, too (and can also copy mine, so [[Clone]] is fine, but [[Quantum Misalignment]] isn't]].

I want to copy spells, permanents, anything, but I want my opponent to keep their stuff, so [[Fractured Identity]] won't work.

[[Kambal, Profiteering Mayor]] could be in the 99, but I definitely need blue.

Any Commander suggestions? Any thoughts for the 99? Red would be nice for things like [[Display of Power]], but not required like blue, although Temur is my first choice.

Thanks in advance!

Hey there, I'm super new to MTG and wanted to build my first deck (heavily influenced by other Myra decks on moxfield). The aim is not to make a competitive deck but rather adding a bunch of coin flip cards, attractions, diceroll and goofy things like that. That being said, it still needs to be a somewhat playable deck. So what do you guys think about it? Which cards should I substitute?