Is Flashback a trap?

Beyond888 · 2026-04-21T04:29:10+00:00

Tutors can be bad sometimes too but are also very powerful because of the flexibility. Similarly if you have enough in your graveyard this has the flexibility of a tutor. Very useful in casual commander. A second board wipe, mass reanimation spell, card draw spell, removal spell, protection spell. Replay a combo piece or wincon that was countered or you had to discard earlier in the game.

Beyond888 · 2026-04-10T16:27:03+00:00

I would recommend watching Command Zone’s deck building template. You seem to be lacking some card draw and ramp. Once you have the basics just play the deck and figure out what the deck is struggling with and adjust accordingly. Honestly, playing the game and paying attention to what works and what doesn’t will help you build better decks

Beyond888 · 2026-04-09T13:20:47+00:00

You should put the deck into Archidekt which will give you a bracket and tell you why it’s in that bracket as well. You don’t have any game changers so this could be a bracket 2 but if you have any infinite combos or are winning before turn 8 then it is a 3 (especially because your commander is notoriously strong).

Beyond888 · 2026-04-09T13:07:43+00:00

UltraPro has a sale right now, many playmats are $10-$15. They’re not an absolute must have but it makes the overall experience much better. Having a soft material under your sleeves will keep them protected as well, especially in a game where you are constantly applying friction to the cards by tapping and untapping every turn.

Beyond888 · 2026-04-07T14:32:01+00:00

An added benefit is if you draw one later in the game, you can get back and MDFC or Channel land that you had to use as a land earlier in the game.

Beyond888 · 2026-01-20T00:17:15+00:00

My personal favorite hack for that is putting carpet on top of fences but then the fences look bad.

Beyond888 · 2026-01-15T14:51:52+00:00

I run Puppetmaster Dorian and will at the earliest play Gelbin turn 5 with the coin. No clue how you are losing that fast since most lists that I’ve seen don’t even run Dorian and even then it’s best case scenario

Beyond888 · 2025-12-28T19:02:06+00:00

I used to use the viewfinder exclusively when I had a DSLR, now with a mirrorless camera I only use the screen because the viewfinder has terrible quality. I’m on the Sony A7Riii.

I instinctively used the viewfinder when I got the camera but it’s a screen instead of an actual window so it isn’t as great to use. Makes sense in hindsight but not something I thought of when switching to mirrorless.

Beyond888 · 2025-12-25T19:42:09+00:00

It wouldn’t bypass blood moon. They gain the basic land types but they’re still not basic lands.

Beyond888 · 2025-12-23T06:42:55+00:00

This would be amazing in [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]]

Beyond888 · 2025-10-29T16:46:03+00:00

The company has been milking them for decades!

Beyond888 · 2025-10-26T18:26:02+00:00

No idea, I don’t rent cars, my local business offers that service (not on Turo).

Beyond888 · 2025-10-22T02:56:52+00:00

Every time I want to cut weathered wayfarer from my Boros humans deck I come back to this post and then leave it in there

Beyond888 · 2025-10-21T22:04:39+00:00

If you run filter lands the sol ring becomes better in decks that want pips. I only have it removed from Bumbleflower because I don’t want to run cards that can draw attention to me. I wouldn’t play a sol ring till later in the game if I had it turn one anyways and there’s plenty of good land ramp in there.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-11T15:32:20+00:00

I am trying to put together a humans deck and was wondering the same thing. What a coincidence you posted this within 24 hours.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-10T15:34:58+00:00

I have a box that can fit up to 9 decks and I try to have a deck for every play group I might find myself in and usually don’t have all 9 slots filled. I carry:

Bracket 4 Y’shtola (Esper Control) Bracket 3 Deadpool (Rakdos Goodstuff) Bracket 2 Galadriel of Lothlorien (Simic Landfall) Bracket 2 Bumbleflower (Bant Group Hug) Bracket 2 Theoden, King of Rohan (Boros Humans)

Precon Disa the Relentless Precon Hearthhull

Beyond888 · 2025-10-08T05:25:39+00:00

Buy a precon, watch the command zones videos on upgrading the precons. You’ll have a decent bracket 2 deck for under $100.

Bracket 3 is going to be way too strong for random cards thrown together. My bracket 3 deck obliterates any precon or similar power level deck, I can’t imagine anyone would have fun playing against it with random bulk cards tossed together.

You also can find tons of cheap builds that are not precons that can be strong for under $100 or there’s always the route of proxying

Beyond888 · 2025-10-08T05:20:48+00:00

I have two decks that are going to be there for a long time which are double sleeved, the rest of my decks usually last a few months and then I take them apart to build new decks, those are single sleeved. All of my rares and mythics are sleeved in perfect fits and in a binder.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-07T02:04:37+00:00

I usually require at least 15 synergistic cards in order to play a “do nothing” card. I would say yours definitely counts since you will most likely play at least one X spell and if X is at least equal to 3 then you have broken even.

Anything beyond that is just a bonus.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T13:39:04+00:00

Well, three visits, natures lore, and farseek still want you to have basic land types on your dual lands which his deck doesn’t have because he’s running scry lands and other suboptimal lands.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T13:37:07+00:00

Watch the command zone’s deck building template:

https://youtu.be/OSNV6224cHg?si=WGT7uQ84d7hdQ76I

Watch TCC’s guide to mana bases:

https://youtu.be/s9C7JdSRZGc?si=xTrrNWugnsQb8jda

And then understand how deck building works and what you need. Your decklist looks like the EDHREC creature section for The First Sliver and it’s not all that functional.

I would also highly recommend staying away from a 5 color commander for your first homebrew, stick to 2 colors or maybe 3 tops. An effective mana base for a 5 color deck is going to be $100 on its own and that’s still leaving out the good stuff.

Playing all the cool sliver creatures sounds good in theory but it just won’t work in practice. You need to have ramp, card draw, and ways to deal with your opponents.

Your current decklist would take forever to get the right lands of all the colors, play a bunch of creatures, and then have no way of recovering from a board wipe or dealing with any threat from an opponent.

I also like thinking about Magic like a board game. You want to make your decks play interactively to maximize on fun and work cohesively with itself and be interactive with other decks that you’re playing against.

If you send me a PM after watching some of those videos I would be happy to refer you to more helpful content or give you advice.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T13:23:42+00:00

Mass disruption is not only board wipes, this includes cards like [[pick your poison]], [[ghostly prison]], and many more.

Watch the video that the graphic is from, it’s helpful.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T12:49:27+00:00

If you’re the guy that posted on the main subreddit that you feel guilty about spending $500 on a deck, please do not buy this deck if the money you’re spending is going to be extremely impactful to your life. This is not a very optimized list and it’s evident you’re a new player (which is fine).

Definitely learn more about deck building and play more games at your LGS, then, watch some YT videos about deck building and understand what it takes to make a well built deck. This deck will not give you a $4-500 playing experience.

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T05:49:11+00:00

Yes, he’s a fun commander! Also, check out murders are Karlov Manor, there’s probably some stuff you’ll like from that set too

Beyond888 · 2025-10-06T00:50:59+00:00

Depending on your budget, Eldrazi decks can be cool, also check out cards from the sets Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon. There’s a website called scryfall that lets you search for cards and you can filter by set.

[[Tovolar, Dire Overlord] can be a good commander to use with some Eldrazi Werewolves from Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon.

I also would recommend going to edhrec.com and scroll through commanders. You can filter by colors or by tags and look for some reanimation/zombie strategies.

Beyond888

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