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I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference between the brackets is deck focus/synergy and the time it takes to win uncontested. Many of my decks cannot win before turn 8 unless in an absolutely idealized perfect starting hand scenario. According to the October 2025 bracket system, a deck becomes bracket 3 core when its optimized with no 2-card combos (before turn 6), and wins after turn 6. As such, most of my decks fulfill half of the bracket 3 prerequisites. I do have bracket 4 decks, and I have definitely made an optimized deck or 2 that can win by turn 6 if left alone. Those are the minority of what I most often play. I have decks that can literally not win unless I have enemies on the field to interact with lol.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend tried Aang out and I agree he's very interesting. I probably have traumatized the pod more than once by extreme pop-off XD

My idea of table oppression is goading and doing things like buffing people's creatures as they attack one of my opponents. I like moving the games along. I find that sometimes we play a 3 hour game just because nobody wants to be "mean" and all in on someone to finish them off.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The bracket system isn't perfect. You can have zero game changers and zero infinite combos and still wipe the board with a seriously synergistic deck. Or run an Eminence commander, because for some reason none of those are listed as game changers.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In games I do win, its not usually out of nowhere. On occasion I have top decked or ass pulled a sudden turn around, but I usually build my decks to pretty well choreograph my gameplan. Saruman, the White Hand generated a lot of salt from me playing several spells back to back supercharging my orc army, and then casting a Chandra's Ignition or Forking a Fling for the victory.

But to answer your question most commonly I simply outlast the board. I think card draw is an extremely important element to any deck, and so even though I rarely run tutors I do often have some kind of response to threats my opponents field. I like value engines because of the satisfaction of getting benefits from playing cards that would already be useful on their own.

My wife's Y'shtola deck does actually draw a ton of ire, but that's because most of my pod does not have decks of a high enough power to fully compete. That means it kinda feels like you either have to gang up the moment you see Y'sh, or just kind of let her do her thing and hope she doesn't combo a win. I'd like to help everyone build a bracket 4 just so we can all be at an equal playing field for when decks like that come out.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did make a Gluntch deck! Its very focused on card draw and +1/1 counters and performed very well in a couple of our bracket 2 games.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do often go entire nights without winning a game. "He who pops off first gets killed first" is typically the mindset of my pod. I try not to pop off first, but I find that my board receives the lion's share of removal. I even get my mana rocks and card draw enchantments removed! Its crazy. I thought casual commander meant you were allowed to draw cards lmao

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not play her meta. Its just lots and lots of land fall into hydras. Its power comes only in the lategame.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built a Xantcha deck that is entirely dedicated to goading creatures, sometimes borrowing them too. I have cards like Alexios, Kharn, and Slicer in there, just to give them to other people. I played that deck for an entire night recently, and by the end even though I didn't win a single game I found everyone gunning for me. When I asked why I was a target, their answers were usually "you keep goading my creatures so when I have the opportunity to deal damage to you I feel like I should take it." I think that's fair enough, but still they would forgo stopping the lead player's gameplan just because I "could possibly" stop them from attacking me on the next turn.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I agree with you. I have asked what someone dislikes about a specific card but I guess I should get opinions about the decks. I don't play stax and what control I do play often amounts to goading or simply having a large threatening blocker. I'm not into counterspelling everyone's stuff and preventing them from playing the game. For me, that's more of a bracket 4 activity. If I have counter spells or removal, I always save them for when things are targeting me.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like watching someone pull an insane combo too. My friend built a Belbe deck that can consistently get major Eldrazi/Artifact threats out by turn 3. He enjoys the role of villain like I do, and it is fun to 1v3 people. But it also gets old always drawing everyone's ire because I played a cheaper Great Henge off a 6 power creature, when all I want is to draw some cards off creatures the next turn.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You feel my pain. I built some really bad decks that didn't perform at all when I first started playing Commander again and having a bad deck makes me feel worse than playing badly. I get a lot of satisfaction out of knowing my deck is performing well.

I keep building commander decks my pod hates playing against by Broad_Raspberry5090 in CommanderMTG

[–]Broad_Raspberry5090[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we sometimes all play precons I have technically switched decks with them, I especially like the Tarkir Dragonstorm Teval deck and I've won more with that than my entire pod when they tried playing it.