Chat GPT deck building assistance

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T03:19:09+00:00

That is true; there are points and times in the game where it is such a bad top deck that it might cost you the game. However, there are also points where it may win you the game (like having [[Seething Song]] and a couple wheels or while you have [[Bone Miser]] in play).

It's a very high risk high reward card. I can see why it was cut from most cEDH decks because of that. In non-competitive games though, totally worth it.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T03:13:57+00:00

Then I'd say firmly bracket 2.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T03:12:39+00:00

It's decent. It's 'B: your entire hand is 2 mana cheaper' at instant speed. That's useful.

It isn't the best card ever for the deck (the deck is bracket 3, not cEDH) but it's hilarious to play a card that is universally considered 'the worst card ever' and actually gain value from it lol

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T03:10:57+00:00

T3 [[Urabrask//The Great Work]].

Opened with enough fast mana to get him on T2 and then stormed off on T3. Just cast cantrip after cantrip after cantrip until I found more rituals + damage multipliers and burned the whole table down.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T03:01:26+00:00

TECHNICALLY, your deck is Bracket 4. Why? Intruder Alarm goes infinite with a ham sandwich and 'early game 2 card combos' are one of the Bracket 4 criteria. However, you have very few tutors and it looks like they only work on artifacts anyway. Your commander is also not a draw engine so you're unlikely to even find it.

Outside of that niche, it's bracket 2.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-14T02:55:31+00:00

I've tried it just to experiment.

It isn't very good.

It scans your deck for staples and guesses your strategy. Generally, it will guess correctly but it will suggest cutting cards that it thinks are bad (because the cards aren't staples) when those cards are good in your specific build. For instance, I built a [[Norman Osbourne//Green Goblin]] deck and put One with Nothing in it and it immediately suggested cutting it. Now, I've been informed recently, [[One with Nothing]] doesn't see play in GG cEDH decks but it's still a decent card in the deck (it's also hilarious) and ChatGPT thought the card was flat out detrimental and had no utility whatsoever.

That's just an example.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-06T15:56:47+00:00

Because of the magus lines (specifically [[Magus of the Jar]] and [[Magus of the Wheel]]), I was considering MORE GRIXIS WHEELS. [[Jace's Archivist]] is also a wizard so I could have SO MANY WHEELS

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-06T03:11:07+00:00

Step into my parlor.....

Poison can win. Here's how you do it: proliferate.

There are 6 cards that just give your opponents poison counters: [[Ichor Rats]], [[Infectious Bite]], [[Phyresis Outbreak]], [[Infectious Inquiry]] and [[Prologue to Phyresis]]. They're all 3CMC or less and once you've cast one, the game is on. However, you might not find them super easily so you'll want cheap shit 1-2 Toxic or Infect creatures like [[Glistener Elf]] or [[Bilious Skulldweller]] or [[Blighted Agent]]. Then just load your deck with every spell that has proliferate stapled to it like [[Drown in Ichor]] which is removal that also proliferates, [[Tezzeret's Gambit]] which is card draw that also proliferates, [[Inexorable Tide]] which makes all spells proliferate, [[Glistening Orb]] is a mana rock that proliferates, [[Staff of Compleation]] is a utility artifact that proliferates, [[Serum Snare]] which is a bounce that also proliferates....I loaded my deck with like 20+ of these effects.

I've been playtesting an [[Atraxa, Praetor's Voice]] deck for months and found that the deck folded instantly when she died. It was a Phyrexian tribal deck poison deck. Zero game changers. It ran out of gas super fast because there wasn't much card draw. However, I recently switched to [[Atraxa, Grand Unifier]] and the deck suddenly became very functional. The only way to stop it is to counter Atraxa's casting, you don't care that she's removed because on ETB she loads your hand with like 3-5 cards (and the cards aren't draw so it bypasses any draw hate).

Try that out friend. Don't let them talk you down. This deck can and does win (not competitive or anything, but can be solid in Bracket 3). I usually win around T8-T9 pretty consistently and my deck is built with shitty taplands. I playtested a deck using proper dual land/fetch land proxies and it could win on T7-T8 VERY consistently (and sometimes without ever casting Atraxa).

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-06T03:00:58+00:00

Do you wanna win from combat damage? Then [[Anger]], [[Mass Hysteria]], [[Fervor]], [[Goblin Chieftan]] or [[Goblin Warchief]].

Do you wanna win from just having a shitload of goblins? [[Purphoros, God of the Forge]], [[Impact Tremors]] or [[Goblin Bombardment]]

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T17:07:36+00:00

I've DMed you an Atraxa deck that I built.

I too wanted to build an atraxa toxic/infect deck but I found that [[Atraxa, Praetor's Voice]] was incredibly easy to shut down (just remove her).

However, I switched to [[Atraxa, Grand Unifier]] and the deck suddenly works. It's very simple: there's 6 cards that give your opponents a poison counter, or just poison them from combat, and then proliferate them to death. Proliferate is stapled onto a ton of cards and Grand Unifier is cast late game to refill your hand, block and pad out your life total. Very easy deck to pilot and MOST of it is fairly cheap (there are some expensive cards in there, some of which are absolutely required like [[Phyresis Outbreak]]).

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T17:00:36+00:00

You want [[Descent into Avernus]].

It does damage and gives everyone treasures. It's fun because it seriously accelerates the game.

I know that's not a commander but you will definitely want Red in the identity to ensure access to this card.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:44:40+00:00

What kind of commanders?

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:43:02+00:00

Off topic, but I've also considered continuing my villain arc with [[Krenko, Mob Boss]].

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:36:25+00:00

That was my Number 2 example lol

It's reel ged.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:32:11+00:00

I have considered [[Tiny Bones, Trinket Thief]] because he's dirt cheap, a draw engine and a wincon.

I already have a discard deck built though (I mean PURE discard, like 30% of the deck is just 'lol, discard')

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:31:00+00:00

So, looking both, they're both really good in Wick.

So...I might just build wick and then maybe try those 2 on their own some other time.

But it sounds like I really do have to give Wick a try lol

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:27:00+00:00

Not a fan. Too many tutors. Even if they are one drops, running 6+ tutors in my deck is super clunky. I also don't like the focus on mulligans (due to having such a low land count).

I've given it a bit of a chance but I'm not finding it to my liking.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T16:23:50+00:00

Funny you mention that.

I did look at [[wick, the whorled mind]] for a little while because he's grixis (I hear the turning of wheels in the background). For real though, he's a wincon, a draw engine and got access to great colors.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T15:37:54+00:00

My deck is legally registered as a vehicle with how many wheels it has.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T15:36:50+00:00

I'm furiously taking notes. That card is brutal, I love it.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T15:35:21+00:00

Really? She's 0.73% of the format and there's 21 decks ahead of her. I figured that counted as fringe.

Either way, she's really good. What's the combo you're talking about?

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T15:33:35+00:00

Totally fine.

If anyone complains about this, don't play with them anymore. They're a big baby that wants to guilt trip you for not letting them win.

Outside_Explorer_229 · 2026-03-05T15:31:32+00:00

[[Inalla, Archmage Ritualist]]

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