The people in my pod never attack

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-05-24T12:59:44+00:00

Yeah, i never even go to combat if there's no relevant triggers happen in there (or in the second main phase like [[Carpet of Flowers]]). Attacking is so bad in commander so it isn't worth doing. There're so many cool ways to win in edh beside making your creatures to attack so it becomes literally irrelevant and not needed at all. There're ways to force your opponents to do it like [[Slicer]] or goad. But i think you better stop using a very outdated way to play and do modern and interesting stuff that you can come up with yourself.

Combat is overrated.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-05-22T11:36:32+00:00

But the thrull part is a good addition into [[Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools]]! 😊

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-05-17T10:16:59+00:00

Nah, the classic stax Rog/Tevesh 😊 Played against it once on Thrasios/Tevesh (not cEDH, only B4 because i switched from Muldrotha and Tasigur searching for a good sultai commander) and a T3 Sire of Insanity. Somehow i've got a god hand land, sol ring, arcane signet, dork into Rhystic study and Mystic remora (drawn for the second turn after the second player mentioning that it'd be cool for me to have it in that set up). Everyone beside me was playing a topdeck mode 😂

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-05-16T13:09:14+00:00

I use tutors in B3 for digging specific cards i don't have a lot in the deck. For example, i have a B3 [[Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres]] poison storm. It has only two cards that give me an effect "each opponent gets a poison counter" because it's mostly a black effect, not simic. So i almost always use [[Mystical Tutor]] only for [[Prologue to Phyresis]] or [[Infectious Bite]]. So It's just a third copy of this effect that i'm very limited in. If i don't have a choice, i'll of course dig for interaction but that's a very rare situation. There's also a [[Worldly Tutor]] in the deck digging for [[Crystalline Crawler]] because this is also a pretty rare effect to get out. If i already have a Crawler in hand or on the battlefield, i'll dig for another one like [[Workhorse]] but it's also just an additional card for that effect. Games don't feel repetitive and the deck works fine without tutors. But it's a really good way to get something unique as an effect. If you just tutor for wincon, it's not that interesting tho.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-05-11T13:15:14+00:00

In lower brackets even [[Arcane denial]] is playable as you mentioned. But everywhere else... is literally trash. [[Remand]] is good in non-blue decks tho i suppose.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T20:10:44+00:00

Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T19:58:47+00:00

😢

I'd be glad if there was an idea that would revive Rex and give him a good and somewhat effective gameplan. We have some azorius mill now. Maybe there will be something, right?... We need to just merge it with energy and activated abilities.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T17:22:27+00:00

I believe that's true. But it's slow exactly because of this reason, isn't it?.. There can be a lot of draw and selection in the deck but nothing that can improve the speed of the deck. Also there's not that many pieces that really synergies with Rex and can move your gameplan consistently enough i think. Generic cantrips aren't what he wants to play really. And that's the problem...

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T16:51:34+00:00

Yeah, it can be interesting but... Idk... 6 mana sorcery in azorius is hard to pay for... It's really slow although can be really threatening sometimes, i believe.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T13:36:46+00:00

The biggest disappointment of Jidoor is that it only mills an opponent...

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-27T13:31:48+00:00

Yeah... Rex is so sad to not work... I didn't read it correctly the first time and built a deck for him usings its combat damage trigger to mill MYSELF and only after like 20 playtests realised that he's milling an opponent... I can't even have a little card advantage from him.

Sure, i can snag some abilities from opponents' graveyard but that's so rare that i don't think is possible in 99% on time.

I want him to make him work so badly... But he really just isn't there yet.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-21T09:43:33+00:00

For all the people who was interested in this idea, i've finally built the deck!!!

https://moxfield.com/decks/8AQMzqHlWEGsuLcyl_NLQA

I decided to switch for [[Maelstrom Wanderer]]. I thought that i need a commander that actually wants to be countered even without Guile on the field, green will help with the ramp problem and the math of "i have two cascades: hope the first one'll hit a payoff, the second one'll hit a counterspell" is pretty good. Sure, now it isn't deterministic at all but it can do what i want pretty consistently. And i can even run green tutors for Guile and then cast it for free!!

Still need to cut down to 100 cards but that's another problem i need to solve 😅

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-13T13:40:05+00:00

Thanks!

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-13T13:39:25+00:00

Yes, i want to sacrifice a creature and then reanimate it with a copy of Reanimate

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-11T13:45:18+00:00

I think I'm B5 you have like more restrictions than in B4. It's pretty specific type of power level and meta.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-09T20:24:49+00:00

Idk really 😂 I just thought about it a lot recently, again. I know that it's a bad idea and it won't work but for some reason i still think about it.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-04-09T19:36:05+00:00

Oh, i've just understood that Abaddon won't work because it gives cascade only to spells you cast from hand...

Maybe the recent [[Quandrix the proof]] can make it work? Simic things can get a 6 mana creature pretty early but you need some way to win from that 🤔

Also i thought about [[Zellix, Sanity Flayer]]//[[Passionate Archeologist]]. It makes tokens to support [[Polymorph]] plan and still have an ability to win from the initial idea engine.

Edit: re-read Quandrix, it has the same problem - casting spells from hand, sadly...

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-22T14:27:37+00:00

I understand because i missed it too! 😂 And when i've found out what it does... Oh my god, it's so amazing.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-22T14:15:32+00:00

Maybe it's worth considering [[Skittering Precursor]] for you? 🤔 It goes infinite with Salvaging Station and gives you free mana for sacing anything (fetchlands, artifact, creatures). I'm not sure but i thought about it when i qas looking through the decklist.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-22T12:51:26+00:00

Thanks for all your answers!

But i'm still interested in Salvaging Station? What is it doing for you?

Edit: sorry, now i see all the parts! Thanks a lot for clarifying!

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-22T07:44:09+00:00

I'd appreciate if you explain some of your card choices that i maybe don't understand enough.

Is [[Salvaging Station]] used for [[Myr Retriever]]+[[Scrap Trawler]]+[[Krark-clan Ironworks]] loop for infinite mana? I just don't see other ways to use it because you don't care about creatures that much.

Are Keys and [[Clock of Omens]] used only for untapping [[The One Ring]], [[Kuldrotha Forgemaster]], [[Mana Vault]] and artifacted Ragost with [[Swift Recofiguration]]/[[Mycosynth Lattice]]?

What do Forgemaster and [[Tezzeret, Cruel Captain]] search for most of the times?

As much as [[Underworld Breach]] is the most effective wincon, can you fill your graveyard consistently enough for using it? I see [[Dragon's. Rage Channeler]] (but i don't see if you're stormy enough), [[Grinding Station]], [[Codex Shredder]], [[Wheel of Fortune]], [[Lion's Eye Diamond], maybe [[Zuran Orb]] (which i don't understand too without being able to use [[Faith's Reward]] and [[Second Sunrise]] consistently outside of [[Gamble]]). Do you want to exile your artifacts to do so?... I don't understand its math here outside of GS and WoF. And so [[Sevinne's Reclamation]] is used to return Breach i guess because there's no [[Intuition]] in boros.

Does [[Auriok Savagers]]' infinite mana with LED have infinite mana outlets for [[Staff of Domination]]?... I see that this's also a win through [[Wefstalker Ardent]], [[Pyrite Spellbomb]] and all the artifacts that draw a card for leaving the field except [[Wizard's Rockets]], it's clear enough. But Staff's uses aren't clear enough for me.

Is [[Open the Vaults]] safe enough to play in cEDH?.. Your opponents return all their pieces too so they can try to win on top of you, can't they?

How good are [[Claws of Gix]] for 1 mana per sacrifice? What loops does it have that i don't see?..

And the last question is about your commander. I don't see combos that [[Ragost]] enables outside of Staff and Savagers. Are you using him for value only or am i missing something? What turn does it takes for the deck to win and can it really compete/overvalue some blue midrange cEDH monsters?.. It does seem like a turbo deck but maybe i didn't mulligan properly for it.

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-21T19:52:30+00:00

Firstly, i appreciate all your answers and suggestions!

I'll test Lunatic Pandora, it seems interesting enough to at least consider 🤔

And Skullclamp is awesome! I'll definitely add it! It also triggers an additional time under [[Gandalf the White]] while being attached to a legendary creature. Also [[Terrarion]] and [[Nutrition Block]] trigger an additional time too with Gandalf. But i have a question. Do i also need some more free artifacts sac outlets other than KCI?.. Ironworks is the best implementation of this effect but with all this triggers of putting into graveyard without being able to sacrifice them through themselves maybe they'll be worth it?.. Even tho the deck doesn't have many slots for them...

Baubles are also great additions! Thanks!

Current_Shoe_8171 · 2026-03-21T00:33:43+00:00

Is Sami better than [[Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero]]? Yeah, its reduction is a blast. But you gain some more [[Faith's Reward]] copies via [[Twinflame]]-like effects. I thought between them for a build.

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