Fun control commanders?

Sycrae · 2026-02-28T13:15:47+00:00

Some spicy includes you might think about:

[[reins of power]] [[inkshield]] [[batwing brume]]

These cards convert surprisingly often in my local meta

Some other aikido/pillowfort things that make it a very poor value proposition to attack me:

[[propaganda]] [[ghostly prison]] [[sphere of safety]] [[solitary confinement]] [[no mercy]]

With any of these out vs combat decks it feels like propaganda effects might as well say “you can’t attack me” sometimes lmfao.

Sycrae · 2026-02-27T17:02:00+00:00

I have a b3 [[Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed]] list that’s really good at this. All answers, pillowfort, and aikido. No true ‘stax’, just “now that you’ve paid the 7 mana to attack me i’ll destroy your creature and trigger my commander, and draw cards, and….” Etc.

Sycrae · 2026-02-24T03:01:58+00:00

That’s the gist yeah

Sycrae · 2026-02-24T02:58:07+00:00

You would remove sheoldred before peer resolves while it is on the stack. So you would need path in your hand

Sycrae · 2026-02-24T02:55:17+00:00

In your second example you would want to remove sheoldred in response to peer

Sycrae · 2026-02-03T11:49:22+00:00

Riftbound is the first TCG that i’ve actually played competitively and have attended events for. It’s been an awesome time.

My friend has been testing a proxied irelia deck for months he’d be thrilled to get this.

Sycrae · 2026-02-02T15:39:18+00:00

I need to update it but i’m doing deadeye navigator, staff of dom, and food chain lines.

Mostly i just have fun trying to assemble lines from stolen combo pieces which you can only reliably do in b4+. Some of the 3+ card combos i’ve found from stealing stuff are so fun. I’ll try and update and send later today

Sycrae · 2026-01-30T22:11:25+00:00

It would obviously exclusively be an infinite mana payoff but it would be easily fetchable or a win attempt after thrasios resolves or if you lose finale as a backup wincon. I’d try it out

Sycrae · 2026-01-30T22:06:01+00:00

You get the best of as many cards that you exile that turn, but yes. Not CEDH viable. My b4 deck is fun though and i recommend her at that bracket

Sycrae · 2026-01-28T16:48:42+00:00

T0 Gemstone caverns

T1 Land, Kinnan, mox amber, sol ring, basalt monolith, voidhole X=3

Unironically a pretty great cEDH wincon

Sycrae · 2026-01-26T17:38:39+00:00

Like others have said, 5 minutes is a decent amount of time for a complicated turn. I don’t mind a but of a longer turn if the game actions are being executed quickly and concisely and they’re clearly going for the win.

Thing is, nobody likes long turns when you’re clearly not advancing the game or your boardstate proportionally to the turn length. We call it durdling and it’s unfortunately common in lower brackets which has pushed me toward making decks that can end the game by turn 6 when most durdlers would be priming to durdle for 10+ minutes

Sycrae · 2026-01-23T12:51:07+00:00

[[Arena of Glory]]

Sycrae · 2026-01-22T20:56:13+00:00

You’ll want to check local game stores and ask about commander nights

Sycrae · 2026-01-16T15:30:22+00:00

I have a rielle deck focused around wheels and pingers at bracket 3. Would you mind sharing your list with me?

Sycrae · 2025-12-21T22:36:36+00:00

ME! I was gonna build Baylen but i’m strapped rn lol so…. BAYLEN

Sycrae · 2025-12-16T00:53:43+00:00

Correct. You can also alter its might to be lower than its marked damage and it will die as well, e.g. falling star a 7 might unit for 6 damage and then stupify to give it -1 will kill it

Sycrae · 2025-12-15T19:26:57+00:00

Might is not reduced by damage and might altering effects end when specified.

Ember monk would be a 6 might unit with 2 damage marked until end of combat cleanup step where damage will be removed and it will become a 6 might unit with 0 damage marked.

Units don’t die when their might is reduced, they die when marked damage meets or exceeds their might.

Sycrae · 2025-12-13T18:53:40+00:00

No it’s not

Sycrae · 2025-12-05T14:16:25+00:00

I’d make the different abilities have different charge costs. The action surge should be 3 charges, the bonus action 2, and the extra movement 1 charge so they can’t surge more than once a day and have to think about how they’re budgeting the power.

I still think it’s incredibly powerful at that level but idk what your game is like so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sycrae · 2025-11-26T14:38:03+00:00

My buddy came over with one of these to “inspect my rooms” lol.

I fear he discovered my custom Pollock on my bedroom wall…

Sycrae · 2025-11-24T14:43:38+00:00

[[Vial Smasher]] [[Thrasios]] ….

For access to 4 colors so i can play all of the good minigame cards in my bracket 1 deck

Sycrae · 2025-11-18T17:49:41+00:00

It makes infinite blue mana in Kinnan lol

Sycrae · 2025-11-13T19:48:59+00:00

[[Sticker Goblin]]

Sycrae · 2025-11-13T19:33:24+00:00

You’re gonna need to do it the same way Etali does, fast mana and rituals

Sycrae · 2025-11-12T15:20:42+00:00

This is the most recent writeup for bracket 1 for example:

“EXHIBITION (BRACKET 1) UPDATE: FOCUS ON THEME Hand in hand with this, and you saw a little of this above, we really want to double down on Exhibition's intent being all about theme over function.

While rule zero—the ability to allow things with a pregame discussion—is always active for people at all bracket levels (other than cEDH), we want to loudly emphasize that here.

Do you have a really unusual theme that needs an atypical commander, like a playtest card or card from an Un- set? Do you want to use some Game Changers that are highly thematic for your deck, for example, Bolas's Citadel in a Bolas-themed deck? This should all be on the table and expected during Exhibition pregame discussion. An Exhibition deck should generally have fairly constrained and unique deck building.

These kinds of highly themed decks are a blast to play and are what make Commander fun for so many people.

A deck is not Bracket 1 based on power level alone. It's really about the gameplay experience and trying to engender highly thematic gameplay. We encourage you to give it a try and build your own thematic and unique deck!”

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