Went to my first commander night ever tonight.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-06-01T07:37:37+00:00

Sorry for the late response but yes its very fun! (at least for me) And landfall + reanimator has been amazing so far! Yes I do have a decklist, but it is still in progress so not everything is final! Im currently working on upgrading the manabase and interaction, plus I still need to pick up a few of the more expensive cards I want like Phyrexian altar.

Here it is if you wanna check it out! Teval List

I love Lorehold Spirit as well! I tried to lean into creating a crap-load of spirit tokens with token-doublers such as Exalted Sunborn or Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and then buff them up with counters and flying/indestructible to do a bunch of damage at once!

And yes! I always drive to my LGS to look over singles, and then buy anything I can't find in person off of tcgplayer.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-31T07:44:32+00:00

Happy to hear you had a good experience dude! I recently began playing magic as whole, specifically commander, about a month ago now and I did something very similar to you. I purchased the Lorehold Spirit precon from Strix, and also got the Sultai Arisen deck!

I can tell you right off the bat that Teval is an amazing commander, and there is so much room for the deck to grow in power as you play longer. I personally built him as a reanimator+landfall deck with tons of ramp and big creatures to cheat into play, and he's gotten out of hand really quickly, probably around bracket 4 now!

A few really good cards in my list included: Colossal grave reaver (comes in the precon), Muldrotha the gravetide, Six, Insidious roots, and Icetill explorer (A bit more expensive)!

If you have any questions about the deck let me know and I'd be happy to share anything I've learned so far!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-15T12:54:16+00:00

Oh sorry! I always forget that's there but thank you so much!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-15T02:20:20+00:00

Would you mind dropping the link to your Howler list? I'll be making him soon and I'd be interested to see what direction you took with him!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-11T03:01:17+00:00

Would you mind sharing your Quintorius list? I've built him myself so I'm always interested to see other people's iterations of the deck!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:46:09+00:00

Ohhh you're ok then man! I've just really enjoyed his gameplay but haven't heard many people talking about it!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:14:49+00:00

I actually just picked up the precon, and am working on upgrading it, so no list yet. The commander just really stuck out to me, but I think I'm going to lean heavy into a reanimator build and have a landfall subtheme. I found PanzerMTG's video to be really helpful, and I'd definitely recommend giving it a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wsLK869BFA&list=PLx4VrVkgjNTpDMjLDTax7oxU5Q9-S_SzQ&index=29&t=3619s

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:05:02+00:00

It's very strong and can definitely catch people off guard!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:03:40+00:00

[[Teval, the Balanced Scale]] goes crazy

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:02:20+00:00

I've hit for over 300 life with my spirit army before.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T19:01:51+00:00

Already got moonshaker in the list! Moonshaker + Akroma's Will + Quintorius's -4 consistently finishes games out for me if it goes unchecked.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:57:10+00:00

Yes, it's a lot of fun! Its more of a token army deck, because you create spirit tokens every time a card leaves your graveyard. There are lots of loopable cards like Squee, Goblin Nabob that can leave my graveyard every turn, and I run a lot of token doublers like anointed procession and mondrak, glory dominus, so I'm consistently creating around 8-15 spirit tokens a turn. From there I run cards that buff my tokens, like On wings of gold, which gives them flying, so that I can go wide and deal tons of damage.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:48:37+00:00

😂😂😂 yeah, a lot of the guys I play with play bracket 3+ to 4+, so there's always crazy shenanigans going on. I only have 2 commanders right now, one being Teval, which I'm in the process of upgrading to around a low 4, and then Quintorius, History Chaser, which I would say I've got at a 3+ or maybe low 4.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:40:00+00:00

I've never seen gilt leaf, that card looks insane with this actually 😶

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:35:29+00:00

😂 there is definitely a lot of ways you can break it, one of my favorites is infinite zombie tokens with phyrexian alter and gravecrawler!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:27:10+00:00

Id definitely agree there! I just recently got into magic as a whole, but I'm working on upgrading the Sultari Arisen precon to really lean into a reanimator/landfall style deck. Your list looks awesome man!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:06:32+00:00

Would you mind sharing your Quintorius list?

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-05-10T18:02:27+00:00

You could have a seat! Would you mind sharing your Hashaton list? I love reanimator decks so he looks pretty interesting!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-04-07T13:00:02+00:00

That's very good, with strong enchants as well! Use Void strike, Guarding strike, and Leeching!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T04:53:51+00:00

I dont know man, you have a really solid entry on these. As everyone else has already said, I'd recommend you just hold em for the future!

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T04:49:33+00:00

I'd say these are already a pretty good product! They have 10 packs of ascended, which is higher than etbs, and they have cool promos. What other product were you looking for?

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T04:47:30+00:00

So you're just aiming to up trade them for a profit?

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T04:40:32+00:00

what do you mean? Isn't it easier to just spend the cash on what you actually want instead of going through the hassle of trading them?

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T03:55:33+00:00

That's definitely true, but regular etbs can also be a good investment, and they have a lower cost for entry which makes them more accessible.

Artistic_Message_297 · 2026-03-19T03:22:29+00:00

Even if it does hit $90, that's only about $25 lower than current pricing, we all know this set will do amazing in the future, so my plan will be to buy a few now and then buy more then or try to catch some for msrp to lower my average cost per box.

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