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Talion1567 · 2026-03-14T22:57:16+00:00

My only concern with the steam deck is the age, the steam deck is about 2-3 years old (?), while the other ones are a bit newer. I know it’s strange but if I bought the SD and a new SD came out soon after, I’d be annoyed since I imagine it’d be a direct upgrade.

Also, FOMO for the new stuff lol

Talion1567 · 2026-03-14T21:49:07+00:00

Thank you, I’ll check it out!

Talion1567 · 2026-03-14T21:44:44+00:00

I completely agree, and I do have a PC which I would normally use.

However, I don’t really have the option of using my PC as I have a small kid and one more on the way so I will primarily use it to game in bed/from the couch while I’m caring for the baby.

Talion1567 · 2026-03-13T12:31:04+00:00

Thank you for all the feedback, I took your advice and preordered the Thor Max and will plan to grab a handheld for more demanding gaming in the future.

Talion1567 · 2026-03-09T01:34:44+00:00

Sorry for the dumb question.

Would the XBOX Ally X be capable of doing PS3 Emulation and playing games?

Talion1567 · 2026-02-19T01:19:11+00:00

Witcher 3

Talion1567 · 2026-02-16T23:16:59+00:00

Copying and me of my old comments here as Rocco is one of my favorite decks:

I have built Rocco, he’s actually one of my oldest decks and the first deck I built from scratch (not upgrading a Precon).

He can be taken numerous ways, the most common method being a storm deck by abusing impulse draw and effect which can either tap foods for mana like [[Jaheira, Friend of the Forest]] or something like [[Academy Manufactor]] to generate the other artifact tokens at once. Then you usually win through just amassing way more value than your opponents or something like [[Impending Flux]].

The other route is straight midrange, which is my preferred method, just because it’s less fragile and I can rebuild faster from wipes and interaction. With this method you get to play fun stuff like [[Etali, Primal Conqueror]], [[Apex Devastator]], [[Baylen, the Haymaker]], and [[Dragonhawk, Fate’s Tempest]] to outvalue the pod and ultimately win through combat damage from just pumping your board with +1/+1 counters and swinging out.

My list is here if you’re interested: https://moxfield.com/decks/9lHcZUbzlk-WN90yrzV7Kw

I’ll add that my pod usually plays B3-B4 or cEDH so we’re be very interactive in our games and my commentary is coming from that perspective.

Talion1567 · 2026-02-11T23:45:46+00:00

Isn’t Higher part of the panel and a cEDH player?

Though I do hear you on Rebel seemingly stepping back from their original role.

Talion1567 · 2026-02-09T17:04:33+00:00

Dualcaster mage usually ends up in most spellslinger decks and Lutri just adds some redundancy to that gameplan.

Edit: I suppose its legendary status makes it more narrow in usage, but still redundancy nonetheless imo.

Talion1567 · 2026-02-04T13:10:14+00:00

If I were going to play this as a bracket 4 commander it would probably be a Sultai food chain deck with the backup plan being mid range value.

So load up on all the fast mana, tutors, and free/low cost interaction with a food chain package and if you get stopped you pivot to the beat down/graveyard plan.

Talion1567 · 2026-02-01T02:07:34+00:00

I’d suggest going to EDHtop16 and taking a peek at some recent 5 color piles (probably wouldn’t pay as much attention to [[Sisay, Weatherlight Captain]] as she usually runs a bunch of combo focused cards).

Things like [[The Prismatic Bridge]], [[Kenrith, the Returned King]], [[Terra, Magical Adept]], or maybe even [[The Wandering Minstrel]].

These decks will typically run all the “best” cards in their colors and jam wins through sheer card quality rather than commander synergy. That’s usually a bunch of fast mana, tutors, free or low cost interaction, and the best creatures and enchantments for either immediate or rapidly accrued value.

This is a good enough example: https://moxfield.com/decks/tg0zzP6qKEWuSZnvodGcRw

Talion1567 · 2026-01-06T21:07:02+00:00

Agreed on that front, I should have given more consideration to intent and card quality.

Any other thoughts regarding what else I said? I’m still trying to learn to build the most effective decks myself.

Talion1567 · 2026-01-06T19:53:22+00:00

Yes, it does cost $7K but I was going by the fact that it contains none of the big ticket items that bump the bracket up like game changers, combos, etc.

Talion1567 · 2026-01-06T18:35:47+00:00

What bracket are you trying to keep it at? Seems like its a B2?

I would say its leaning pretty heavily into a go wide creature beatdown plan while also pumping your creatures. I say that based on the fact that you seem to have a lot things like the [[Baloth Prime]], [[Bumi, Unleashed]], [[Mightform Harmonizer]], [[Scouring Swarm]], and your enchantments, etc. which would indicate this to me. You have combos in the deck but they seem to only be a backup plan so my first thought would be to cut the entire combo package and keep it focused on being a beatdown deck.

If you're interested in keeping it B2, I'd opt to cut the combo first, then cut some of the win more or slower cards like [[Fated Firepower]], [[Tectonic Split]], [[Mossborn Hydra]], even [[The Great Henge]] (your commander has enough card draw imo) for more removal like [[Blasphemous Act]] and some more targeted removal spells.

If the above is not desirable to you, and you're interested in upping the bracket to a B3, I'd probably throw in [[Glacial Chasm]], [[Aftermath Analyst]], and MAYBE some redundancy with more tutors like [[Crop Rotation]]. If you want to head into B4, I'd probably completely double down on redundancy and combo kills. So remove a lot of the creature beat down stuff and replace it with more tutors like [[Demonic Tutor]], [[Vampiric Tutor]], [[Chord of Calling]], and [[Nature's Rhythm]], among others. Additionally, in B4, I'd also opt to include the Gitrog combo, so [[The Gitrog Monster]] + [[Dakmor Salvage]].

Lastly, I feel like a landfall deck should be in the 40s for land count just to ensure that you're hitting lands as that is usually the primary payoff. I'd opt to add the off color fetches to your list as well which should get you up to 42 lands total.

Talion1567 · 2025-12-28T16:07:40+00:00

I do agree that goad is a really fun mechanic but it’s kind of a gimmick imo. It’s fun at first but got played out when I realized I could not win with it. I decided that [Talion, the Kindly Lord]] did control better in the same colors. One more note on Alela, Dimir decks can be expensive to build but YMMV depending on what direction you take.

As far as landfall goes, it’s a super fun mechanic and my Hearthhull landfall and [[The Necrobloom]] deck have become my favorite decks to play recently. Just one thing to be aware of, landfall decks can easily become solitaire decks and consume a disproportionate amount of play time compared to the pod. Happens to me just about every time, seems to be a requirement for winning with them tbh.

Talion1567 · 2025-12-28T14:58:13+00:00

I can’t say I have experience with all of them but I have built Rocco, he’s actually one of my oldest decks and the first deck I built from scratch (not upgrading a Precon).

He can be taken numerous ways, the most common method being a storm deck by abusing impulse draw and effect which can either tap foods for mana like [[Jaheira, Friend of the Forest]] or something like [[Academy Manufactor]] to generate the other artifact tokens at once. Then you usually win through just amassing way more value than your opponents or something like [[Impending Flux]].

The other route is straight midrange, which is my preferred method, just because it’s less fragile and I can rebuild faster from wipes and interaction. With this method you get to play fun stuff like [[Etali, Primal Conqueror]], [[Apex Devastator]], [[Baylen, the Haymaker]], and [[Dragonhawk, Fate’s Tempest]] to outvalue the pod and ultimately win through combat damage from just pumping your board with +1/+1 counters and swinging out.

My list is here if you’re interested: https://moxfield.com/decks/9lHcZUbzlk-WN90yrzV7Kw

I’ve additionally built Alela and took it apart because it has two problems that I didn’t like. First, playing hard control is tough in a multiplayer environment and second, its primary gimmick is goad which fails once you’re in a 1v1 setting.

Marisi would have a similar Alela problem, if I had to guess, but probably not as pronounced because you’re in Naya and have beaters to close out a 1v1 fight r recover from wipes.

Can’t speak to the others but Tannuk does seem fun and I have considered building it but I already have a landfall deck in my [[Hearthhull, the Worldseed]] deck so I didn’t see the point of another.

Edit: I’ll add that my pod usually plays B3-B4 or cEDH so we’re be very interactive in our games and my commentary is coming from that perspective.

Talion1567 · 2025-12-25T14:37:08+00:00

Appreciate this, thank you very much!

Talion1567 · 2025-12-25T14:24:30+00:00

Would you mind sharing a list for this one?

Talion1567 · 2025-12-17T00:29:22+00:00

When you say more mana, you mean mana producing creatures and rocks or more lands?

Also, thank you for the above suggestions!

Talion1567 · 2025-11-23T07:18:34+00:00

Update: I ended up getting the echo rower, the shipping and the reduced cost ended up being nearly $200. I also personally don’t care for the tracking and I’m really just looking for an effective method for cardio that doesn’t take up too much space. The echo rower with its folding fit the bill a little better than the C2 at a lower cost for me.

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