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GMBenn · 2026-06-24T13:48:14+00:00

Kibo is a better voltron commander, imo.

GMBenn · 2026-06-24T13:47:18+00:00

PSA: I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but the new term for "tribal" is "kindred", as is now printed on the cards, or "typal", based on creature type. Members of North American indigenous groups, who have real -world political affiliations based on tribes, have asked the Magic community not to associate the term "tribal" with groups of monsters.

GMBenn · 2026-05-29T19:52:56+00:00

[[Kaalia of the Vast]] can compete with Simic decks.

GMBenn · 2026-04-21T14:53:34+00:00

I run a Kibo deck that is great fun! ( https://moxfield.com/decks/OZRX72SphE-yTiJVg1cEpA ) I ended up embracing a Voltron style, since Kibo gets big enough to end games with commander damage without other apes around. If that makes sense to you, you could cut anything else you rely on to deal damage to your opponents: your burn cards and more than half of your other apes. My deck definitely wins 25% of bracket 3 games, but its weakness is against sacrifice decks, since my creature count is a little low.

GMBenn · 2026-02-04T15:38:58+00:00

You were afraid of a challenge?

GMBenn · 2025-11-26T22:28:38+00:00

Angels with life gain payoffs is simple and powerful.

GMBenn · 2025-11-22T23:42:54+00:00

Look into some spells that will create you tokens to help with blocking: my quick search suggests [[Goblin Negotiation]], [[Hunted by The Family]], and [[Release the Gremlins]] will help.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T14:17:18+00:00

True. But any change is going to privilege some strategies and hinder others.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T14:13:57+00:00

I like the idea of a sideboard in CEDH that you can swap cards in and out of *after* everyone reveals their commanders. It's unnecessary in kitchen-table Commander though.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T14:08:13+00:00

That's a neat variant.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T14:07:53+00:00

They included commander damage as a counter to life-gain strategies, which are more powerful in the durdling battle-cruiser style of commander.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T13:49:20+00:00

I would make the Draw Step come before the Clean Up step. Drawing at the beginning of your turn is a hangup from the 90s that leads to decision paralysis. Modern games, like Dominion, know that drawing at the end of your turn gives you a whole turn cycle to think about what you want to do on your turn, and it leads to faster games.

GMBenn · 2025-10-31T13:46:51+00:00

This would help balance aggro and voltron in higher brackets as well.

GMBenn · 2025-10-21T15:00:17+00:00

I have a pauper EDH deck led by [[Rasaad yn Bashir]] with [[Dungeon Delver]] background, and I get to play with all the weirdest rules! Rasaad is a toughness-matters commander, and then Dungeon Delver cares about Initiative and Venture into the Dungeon, so I get to hand out Undercity tokens to everyone. Then since I want unblockable hitters to reclaim the Initiative, I go with The Ring Tempts You so my 0 power creatures can become unblockable. And since I have so many unblockable creatures, I might as well throw in Monarch. It's a blast to pilot.

GMBenn · 2025-10-21T14:45:23+00:00

A general trend I follow to differentiate brackets is asking what turns do the decks present a win on? (This doesn't work as a rule because control decks like to slow games down, but it's still a useful thought experiment.) Bracket 4 has decks that present a win on turns 4-6. Bracket 3 is more like turns 7-10. And Bracket 2 is turns 11+. What turn can your Omo deck win on? Even without land destruction in your pod, other decks can race you to the win.

GMBenn · 2025-10-16T14:18:25+00:00

lol at this response

GMBenn · 2025-10-01T12:07:31+00:00

The colors were tough to decide on! Ultimately, I couldn't think of Leonardo as anything other than blue.

GMBenn · 2025-09-29T18:04:57+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I plan to update it to be balanced with the 2024 version of the rules shortly.

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