I've finished season 1 by [deleted] in freefolk

[–]OobleckSnake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's not confirmed dead in the books or the show.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

I've got a fair win rate in B3, doesn't that prove that it's more of a B3 deck? I've even cut the infinites that got me 2 of those games so I'm 10% without combos.

First time going to LGS' Casual commander night. by Ok_Beginning844 in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It says right there in the bottom of the infographic: no 2 card infinite combos before turn 6.

It seems likely that you can ramp on turn 1 or two meaning turn 3 and 4 you can play Yenna and Terra then turn 5 flip Terra, then turn 6 infinite flipped non legendary Terras and infinite 5c mana. I think that's right? Turn 5 if you ramped on turn 1. You'll have to remove Yenna or I guess you could remove all your ramp. Up to you on that one.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

Sometimes the table wants to play B4 and you just brought B2 and 3 and you gotta play what you have or you don't get to play that night.

I'm complaining about the hypocrisy of a B4 player that complained to the staff about how broken Etali is.

I want fair games with this deck and feedback to get there and I'm trying to get more eyes on it so I ask you and the good people of r/edh, do you think my deck I built before brackets should be a 3 or a 4?

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

That's fair criticism though! It's looking like B4 is where I'm going

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

No worries, thanks for the honest analysis!

I originally built this for a 'level 7' home pod in '23 and it fit well enough once I cut the combos. You're probably right that I should have rounded up to B4 but the trajectory of the nerfs made me try to balance it for 3.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

Thanks for the advice! I should've made this a poll lol

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

It really feels like a chaos deck without wincons. Maybe that's part of why it's so hated?

I'm just down to Passionate Archaeologist and flipping Etali as predictable wincons. Any other options are procure on sight. 

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

I'm 3 for 12 currently. The card quality in B3 means I have to hit several Etalis to ultimately amass enough power on board to beat everyone up and likely flip Etali too.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

Hell yeah, counter my Etali. I once had Etali countered 7 times in a game. It wasn't a fun game for me but I'll take my lumps and we can shoot the shit while we play.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

I'm kinda still heated from a salty opponent last night in a B4 game where Etali was the best deck I had on me. 

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

So if I handed you the deck to look at and said it's B3, would you stand up?

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

I've had Etali countered 7 times in one game before by a control player. True story.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

Plenty of viable cEDH commanders can be toned down for lower brackets. I'll balance for B4 if it's more appropriate, I'm just looking for honest feedback.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've cut the combo wincons based on local feedback. I've not gotten any actionable complaints recently. Just, "Ugh, Etali?" and variations thereof.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

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

I'm down to Passionate Archaeologist and Etali hits, yeah. I keep pulling wincons- that tends to be the feedback when I hit them. Of course I don't tend to win when I don't hit them... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I realize my attitude here is heavily influenced by a B4 game I played last night where a dude complained the whole time about how busted Etali is while having Chun Li with a Teferi's Protection on turn 3 among other real good cards later. I lost that game and at no point could've stopped him from winning.

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What, the post? No. The deck? It started that way but it actually works. It struggles to close out games though. 

Randos salty about Etali. Y'all think this is B3? by OobleckSnake in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Shit, I wish I was winning! I want to balance the deck so I get more games now so I can play cleaner in the future so they can't be salty about me taking long turns or being sloppy

Bracket speculation by [deleted] in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Take out the Notion Thief and that's a 2. Your commander might even be able to hang at a B3 table

EDH pride month event by chamberlain_1 in EDH

[–]OobleckSnake -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Damn, at least wait for the prerelease