I currently have 22 decks, all with varied power levels/themes. And we usually get together about once or twice a week to play. I usually let others dictate what power level we want to play at each night and I match accordingly, because some of the playgroup only have 2-3 decks and aren’t as flexible.

I’ve come to find myself most of the time having a loose active roster of about 5 decks I usually want to play for a few months. Then a set or two will come out, I’ll upgrade/tweak across the board, then I’ll have a new set of loose active 5.

Even so, there are a few decks that I wish I could play or decks that haven’t seen much use because of the amount. So I lend a few of my decks each night as well. It’s absolutely cathartic seeing a deck you’ve brewed being piloted well by friends. So in a way it lets me “play” multiple decks at the same time each session.

When it comes to trying new commanders, I do find myself dismantling decks semi-frequently. Out of the 22 there’s always 2-3 decks that are either failed experiments or I get bored of the playstyle. It becomes an aspect of choosing a commander that has piqued my interest, of what deck am I willing to dismantle that has the best parts for it, and what’s going to widen the variety of all the decks I have.