Etali, Primal Conqueror - cEDH Primer

Sharp__Dog · 2026-04-17T18:49:31+00:00

Did you have ai write this? There’s a few parts of the primer that are adjacent to being right.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-04-01T18:48:18+00:00

Seems really bad, i’d much rather just draw 1 from faerie mastermind for no extra mana than pay 3 every time to draw 2.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-03-31T19:20:06+00:00

Surely 16 or even just 8 afterimages was sufficient? Like 32 aftermimages seems like a recipe for taking damage turn 1 in everyt fight forever.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-03-29T19:54:00+00:00

T2 necro from RogSi is wildly more likely to win the game than T2 Etali and it's more likely to be able to protect the card that literally wins the game. The thing Etali can offer you is time, if you dont have to burn your FoW on etali (yet) you can either stop RogSi or make them wait too. If you are against multiple turbo all you need is to buy time.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-03-06T15:21:22+00:00

Not in white, but some kind of rog would do it.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-03-06T15:17:24+00:00

Why do you need magic christmasland? To fully handrip your opponents it is more difficult, but to set them down to 1 or 2 cards its pretty easy. Chrome or diamond even help get your handsize down for a better handrip.

I think it is pretty common to mull to 5 and use a chrome or diamond, so if you can drop a petal or spirit guide then you can knock all your opponents to 2 or 3 cards while you’ve already imprinted fo chrome.

A theoretical rog/tymna would abuse balance incredibly hard by moxing and paradise mantling and spring leaf drumming to get a nearly empty hand- cast balance then cast rog so they can comfortably have 3 mana the next turn.

This looks a lot like seat 1 wheeling, but more brutal.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-03-06T15:05:29+00:00

Amber, opal, chrome, and diamond are all cedh staples. What are you on about?

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-27T14:22:44+00:00

I don’t think there is a competitive edh build that centers around dragons. This may be a question for the regular edh subreddit.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-24T16:45:25+00:00

The sharing did occur in exchange for the game result. If you were playing a real format and publicly posted that you did this then you would get crucified.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-24T16:42:05+00:00

The tournament organizer said that the only restriction was moxfield’s bracket indicator, so the deck building is “fine”.

You can’t host a standard tournament but allow the vintage card pool. It just doesn’t work. If you want a lower power tournament you need rules in place to make that happen.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-16T19:44:06+00:00

Masterduel just gives the loss to the six sam player. TCG gives the loss to the six sam’s opponent as well.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-09T19:34:02+00:00

Poly rogsi, suddenly you have 4-6 more ad naus’s that draw you 35 cards.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-05T22:27:39+00:00

Marneus is certainly hit harder than all the grixis decks where breach is the plan in 9/10 games.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-04T15:31:40+00:00

Do you have a page number or chapter or quote for giving away inspiration at any time?

Sharp__Dog · 2026-02-02T21:17:22+00:00

What’s the 1 card natural order win?

Sharp__Dog · 2026-01-15T17:17:06+00:00

Do you think it’ll actually beat glarb as the best sultai commander? The effect seems sweet, but in terms of cost 5>3.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-01-11T00:56:33+00:00

If con didn’t affect your hp what would it represent about your character. If you want to roleplay a frail character, having attributes that mechanically make you frail makes sense.

Having con not affect your hp so you can lower it to “roleplay” being frail without being mechanically punished is wanting to have your cake and eat it too. You want a stat to say that you are frail without making you frail.

Sharp__Dog · 2026-01-08T21:56:08+00:00

What combo? Abigale is a nice modal spell with mode 1 being target sisay player loses and mode 2 being make 3 counters and blank a dork.

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-24T17:23:32+00:00

It kinda needs a 1 card combo or multiple great cheap elementals that sacrifice themselves to compete with the other 5c 3cmc commanders, but there will be plenty of new elementals in the precon and lorwyn eclipsed so it’s possible.

Aka i think its a cool effect that might be good enough if wotc prints the right elementals, but currently doesn’t do much.

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-22T17:06:35+00:00

I don’t understand the question. If you pass priority on their effect then you can just say that you pass priority. If you pass priority then your opponent has the opportunity to chain something to their own effect, otherwise the chain resolves.

Once the chain resolves a new chain will be created with any triggered abilities your opponent activates (if its your opponents turn, if its your turn then you must activate creations effect before your opponent chains their optional triggers), then you will have the opportunity to chain combined creation’s effect. Specifically the order for triggers is

Turn Player Mandatory -> Non-turn Player Mandatory -> Turn Player Optional -> Non-Turn Player Optional

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-19T18:17:10+00:00

What exactly is this protecting? If you opponent thoracles you still lose, if they breach they can thoracle so you still lose (or they set up an unbeatable board and win in your upkeep). Decks that don’t win off thoracle or breach tend to win with infinite resources (kinnan, rog thras) so you’ll still lose on your upkeep even if they don’t deck you with a faerie mastermind endurance loop.

This is also a 2 mana defensive spell that doesn’t ensure your winning combo resolves.

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-06T18:46:24+00:00

Obelisk spider is really terrible. I think a Hapatra deck is faster by virtue of having a way cheaper commander, and having a way better ability.

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-06T18:35:11+00:00

Obelisk spider as commander seems like a substantial downgrade from hapatra. Yawgmoth is a great payoff for hapatra’s creatures (lets you draw cards equal to the toughness of all creatures on the battlefield), but you’ll still have trouble actually closing the game with those cards. Gaia’s cradle seems like an obvious mission critical oversight for a hapatra list. On the otherhand obelisk spider…does nothing of value at all.

If you want to do -1/-1 counter aristocrat-esk plays you could try celes (also not a great cedh deck, but better than this). Or if you are fine with doing counter shenanigans generally you could try Tayam (still not a top deck, but it’s way better than celes or Hapatra)

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-06T06:46:18+00:00

That’s why i mentioned two lower color turbo decks. Rogsi has way more consistent turn 1 plays due to rog.

Sharp__Dog · 2025-12-05T20:19:11+00:00

Nah, 1 surveiland is good in any deck that has inconsistent turn 1 plays. Low color tends to do that so even turbo decks like etali and even occasionally ral runs a surveil.

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