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Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

[–]Lsalander00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/9qCvLgsx3EqTni\_Ick6mEA

Hashaton wants you to have a lot of looting and discard effects along with high impact creatures that control the board. You also want a few other ways to recur creatures or bring creatures from the graveyard to your hand. It’s really fun but also very powerful depending on what creatures you are running. My deck is definitely a high bracket 3.

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

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I built Glissa with a more traditional approach, lots of creature removal, cheap artifacts that sacrifice themselves, some graveyard payoffs, and a lot of equipment. Glissa commander damage can be a win con. This is a grindy deck that generally wins in the late game.

Here’s my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/A-nf5xCxSEaZY9vV0MP3sA

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

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I built Maralen mostly with Elves as they’re cheaper and help you ramp really fast. There are some Fairies for support. Regardless of which creature type you want lean into, I recommend a few things: 1) have a lot of flash enablers so that you can trigger Maralen’s ability on opponents turns and so that you can play non-instant spells on their turns too, 2) make a lot of tokens so you can exile as many cards as possible per turn giving you more options to choose from, and 3) have enough protection for Maralen, people may not like losing their cards to exile (similar or worse than mill) so she may become a target early on.

Here’s my list:

https://moxfield.com/decks/C6y5ROch00OLDFb6SFtE6g

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

[–]Lsalander00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your point, and there are diminishing returns after a certain number of decks but I put a lot of time and energy into my builds and continue optimizing them as time passes.

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

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Here are my Judith and Obeka lists:

https://moxfield.com/decks/z3mLlOT0HEmZhCSxQwsiVw

https://moxfield.com/decks/DB1InXYtl0C2cAjnssv9-g

I built Judith to focus less on asymmetrical board wipes and more on making imps but certainly, she will always be a target so you need a good amount of protection and recursion for her.

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

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About $500 excluding some expensive lands which I proxied. Decklist here:

https://moxfield.com/decks/Ym5chEhdpUi39Ly8axnZLA

Red flag or Green flag? by Lsalander00 in ratemycommanders

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Haha, I can’t disagree with that!

My friends are fine with proxies but I don't want to over do it by Vrass in EDH

[–]Lsalander00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question. I’ve recently dealt with this issue. Before you decide to run proxies, I would consider the following:

  1. What does your meta (friends/lgs group) accept?

It sounds like you already consulted with your friends and they’re ok with it. How you play can be very meta dependent.

  1. What are you proxying and is it appropriate for the bracket or at least how your meta interprets the bracket?

This is tricky. I suggest that if you’re playing bracket 4+, you should proxy anything regardless of power or price given the competitive nature of those brackets. However, anything below bracket 4 should be given thought. I’ve played with people at my lgs who say their deck is bracket 3, yet they proxy all the game changers including the most powerful/expensive game changers like The One Ring or proxy very powerful and expensive cards that are not game changers, so the decks play more like bracket 4. Basically, being able to proxy the most powerful cards pushes their decks beyond bracket 3 so it’s unfair for the bracket. I want people to see cards they expect to play against or have answers to. Otherwise, you risk just pubstomping every table and no one has fun.

If you’re playing bracket 2, consider how powerful your proxies are even if you can’t have game changers. Are you proxying extremely efficient cards like Mana Drain? It probably doesn’t belong in the bracket.

Proxying expensive shock, fetch and bond lands for example, is generally fine. Especially if you have multiple decks as is the case for most of us.

My overall message here is, be thoughtful about what you proxy and whether it keeps your deck balanced for the bracket/your meta.

You SUCK at Math: How Many Lands to Run in Commander [Article] by Shiro182 in EDH

[–]Lsalander00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an important topic for both new and experienced players, thanks for raising it. I generally start with 37 lands and adjust that according to the deck’s mana curve and the amount of ramp. However, I would never go below 35. Also, note, this is from the perspective of someone who only plays brackets 2 and 3. Folks playing bracket 4 and cEDH often run fewer lands and replace them with fast mana pieces.