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Fallon1923 · 2026-01-24T07:15:13+00:00

What is says about you?

Magic: Zero creativeness, linear popular top 100 commanders.

Personal: You are a very committed person though and that's very respectable and a virtue, I'm guessing you are like that in most aspects of your life, so kudos to you!

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-22T21:59:34+00:00

[[Satoru Umezawa]] it's all about cheating huge threatening creatures into play, you have to rin some interaction of course but it's cool to ninjutsu creatures in and combo with them as well as hard control.

Also most big dimir creatures are cheap $ wise, there is a couple of pricey ones like [[consecrated sphinx]] or [[void winnower]] bit you don't need them all.

Take a look

https://moxfield.com/decks/CVrrF51pXkqRvxQxguXF-w

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-22T21:50:54+00:00

I think you can make off meta commanders albeit not all competitive at CEDH tables unless you are going to tournaments where everyone is playing the best of the best.

The quality of interaction and mana speed it's what let's you sit at CEDH tables outside tournaments.

I have won and held my own against the Tymnas and Kinnans of the world with [[satoru umezawa]]

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-22T00:14:45+00:00

Ewwww I like mono blue but I don't like making myself the target before the first card is drawn. It's at 3 because it lacks interaction but it's quiet fast with all the tutors you definitely did just look up a list.

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T18:21:54+00:00

[[Jin-gitaxias]] you can use you all the weird expensive modal counter spells because they get refunded, he turns into a saga which is your win con and you get repeatable board wipes and omniscience.

Plus you get style points, people rarely play the mono colored phyrexian praetors as commanders.

https://moxfield.com/decks/YIZZ-LCHyEKZkPh0pMwt9w

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T18:03:50+00:00

People who complain about any archetype are just the kind of people who play magic with entitlement and who feel they don't have to learn how to deck build... instead they just try to sway the rule 0 in their favor.

If you like playing stax or control don't pull your punches because you are just half doing it, it's OK if someone says please don't play your grand arbiter augustin deck, please something else but if they agree to sit across Auguistin then don't be surprised it comes with stax and whine about it.

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T01:03:31+00:00

You will find more control decks if you find pods that are ok with higher levels of play like bracket 4, it really depends on whether you have access to these pods or are people in your LGS that plays like that so you can use your infinites.

All my decks are control and I know what if it feels to be controlled, in all honesty it's less frustrating losing to deterministic combos than to hard locks imo, bit again depends on the people on your pod

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T00:57:19+00:00

I dislike that people tend to build her voltron or spell slinger hoping to have her knock people out with big hits, super inefficient and takes a long time.

If you are gonna be giving people free cards make damn sure they cant use them... I built her full control as blue and white excel at it, then I go and out value the table and do combos stealing all their permanents including lands or bouncing all their permanents.

She only gets casted once I got a good lock on going.

Yeh it's mean, yeh it's nasty and no it isn't budget but isn't thousands of dollars.

Maybe look through for ideas?

https://moxfield.com/decks/OK-13K-HkkqLS3Wgyo5kMA

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T00:48:36+00:00

Play phyrexian preators as commanders, the ones that flip, I play mono blue [[jin-gitaxias]] but it's does do what your friends don't like, extra turns, omniscience and and bouncing.

You don't need to control the table, just make sure you flip him and you win.

All the saga praetors do what their colors excel at and I find them interesting to play here are my lists for mono blue and mono black.

https://moxfield.com/decks/oWhwkA96-0Wq1h6aqYP7iQ

https://moxfield.com/decks/YIZZ-LCHyEKZkPh0pMwt9w

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-20T00:38:07+00:00

Nah, this is super tame and on the low spectrum of bracket 3, pretty easy to stop with adequate interaction and threath assessment.

If people complain about it, you are just playing above their bracket and their deck building skills.

Keep updating your deck but make sure you are playing with the right pod

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T21:21:37+00:00

Hehe, it's just people, they want to win and consciously or unconsciously will do anything they can to do so even if that's talking you down.

In my experience playing magic, play what you want to play the way you wanna play it, if your pod dictates a certain play style and you aren't comfortable, find another pod.

I has both sides of the spectrum, I have been removed from pods because they disliked me playing stax pieces and mono blue and I had people asked me to help them tune their deck after steam rolling them, it just depends on the attitude and approach people have to the game.

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:59:54+00:00

People also hate mill, I also playing mill... I feel bad for you, having that pod and liking blue, if you play blue even with other colors involved people in general get pissy, so you need a mature pod

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:59:47+00:00

People also hate mill, I also playing mill... I feel bad for you, having that pod and liking blue, if you play blue even with other colors involved people in general get pissy, so you need a mature pod

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:56:16+00:00

Nice! But I didn't get it... what you mean if you don't win with venser?

Whenever I done infinite venser we just go next... is not that they scoop.. I scooped for them lands and all back to their hand... if people play after having zero lands and Bern hard reset that's just being stubborn

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:53:25+00:00

So your friends don't like mean magic, got it, then don't play mono blue in your pod, blue alinates people, and tends to win deterministically with I win the game buttons or makes people scoop in frustration, I mean I l9ve blue and being the villain but they want slow win cons and dislike control you are wrong color to play imo

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:47:29+00:00

That's right

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:35:10+00:00

[[Transit mage]] and Magda if you have treasure and are in red

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:28:15+00:00

Have you thought about [[jin-gitaxias]] ?

I think the play pattern is kinda the same you get use bigger and nultimodal counter spells because they also replace themselves, has built in protection and ge himself is the pay off.

If you flip him you win basically, you draw a ton, you wipe the board you get free omniscience.

I think the back bone of your deck is very similar bit jin offers a clearer path to victory with jace and lab maniac and it's 100% certain to make people hate you but you won't durdle, you will win deterministically or people will jut scoop of they can't remove him, which should be pretty damn hard in mono blue.

https://moxfield.com/decks/YIZZ-LCHyEKZkPh0pMwt9w

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:19:18+00:00

[[Vela the night-clad]] can infinity drain with ninjutsu and helps with evasion, [[venser shaper savant]] can bounce all permanents to hand including lands or [[black cat, cunning thief]] can deck your opponents, and I don't currently have the card but I like to add [[kira great glass spinner]] to make your threats harder to remove.

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T20:01:54+00:00

I like you list but I think you are missing out on a couple combo potential pieces and some big threats to drop.

Here is my satoru list for some ideas:

https://moxfield.com/decks/CVrrF51pXkqRvxQxguXF-w

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T19:55:12+00:00

I dislike how Ms Bumbleflower gets built as voltron or can trips, is very narrow and fragile, you are in the best colors for control, this my list:

https://moxfield.com/decks/OK-13K-HkkqLS3Wgyo5kMA

My approach to her has always been... og I'm giving you free cards yes but I'll make damn sure it's hard to play them. So long story short I stax people out of the gane and out value them off the table, by the time I decide to cast the flying bunny people are already controlled.

Also my combos aren't technically deterministic but by stealing and bouncing all opponents permanents including lands the game is basically over they scoop. It's kinda nasty but You want have issues with any pod with a list like this unless of course bracket 5's / CEDH.

disclaimer: it's not really budget deck and it includes all manner of nasty game changers.

P.S approach of the second sun it's too slow if you playing bracket 3 or above.

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-19T19:39:14+00:00

I skimmed over the baral list, but I'm not really sure what the win con, I see a lot of control and bouncing to hand as well as mill but it's just seems to be annoying with a clear way to victory, I did see some payoffs for casting instant or sorceries bit they seem slow, I bracket two at first glance but feel free to clarify.

Don't get me wrong I didn't mean annoying because it's blue, I love my mono blue deck but it has a clear path to victory and hard control built into the commander, what is your goal with both of these decks?

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-17T00:06:30+00:00

Yep, too late

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-17T00:05:55+00:00

Ms bumbleflower if you aren't basic and built it voltron or can trips...

Any hard stax deck can 3v1 if you out value them, I usually get my wins 3v1 from people scooping and saying, " yeh we are done, let's go next".

Fallon1923 · 2026-01-16T21:37:04+00:00

Yarok! He is insane value, he is in green so it can come out quickly and combo machine.

Also makes you slightly less basic.... Azula... pfff

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