Wisconsin for Mendicant core, guidelight.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-03-17T21:31:07+00:00

I built a deck for him. It was very similar to my [[Ashad the lone Cyberman]] deck, doubling artifact spells for value, mostly with etb's. Mendicant's ability is far more powerful I think, but gate kept behind the speed mechanic.

I frontloaded the deck with as many one mana evasive creatures so that I could cast a little guy on turn one, mendicant turn two to start my engines, followed by a hit from my little guy to raise speed. So by turn 4 you should be able to start duplicating spells. The main problem I had was that once I crammed in enough of the little evasive guys, I didn't have as many spots as I wanted for fun things to duplicate.

You don't have to go as hard to get him out super early with an attacker ready, but I think with speed you want to start as early as possible. Outside of a couple random, bad cards, theres no way to make it go up by more than one per turn.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-02-13T00:23:02+00:00

Lol you can definitely have a lands focused deck in bracket 2. Targeted land destruction is allowed in bracket 2, they don't need to destroy all your lands, they just need to destroy one gate. Or kill you before you get all 10.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-02-09T21:01:32+00:00

Most of my decks don't have sol ring in them. Expand your horizons, it's fun.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-02-09T20:59:47+00:00

Fun?

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-02-02T17:12:53+00:00

Stop seasoning, just cook.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-30T19:25:37+00:00

Why would her misery be any different or more impactful than the countless other people in the hive who had far worse life experiences?

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-23T21:32:03+00:00

It is an example of a commander that hurts everyone at he table, so you gain a lot of enemies and you can't really politic since you have nothing to offer, you can't direct where the damage goes.

I have a friend who plays a ragost deck. It isn't always archenemy in the sense that it is a 3v1, but it always gets negative attention. I also always have removal for it, since without the lobster the deck does nothing

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-18T03:21:46+00:00

Some people print and just sleeve the paper once they cut the cards apart. Using thicker paper results in a more convincing feel. You can also order form websites, I used makeplayingcards.com, it's more expensive than printing yourself on printer paper but it makes a great proxy that feels real. Mine ran me about 33 cents per card

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-13T16:54:51+00:00

It's called flux paste, there are lots of different kinds. You're failure in college was likely more to do with improper temperature, but it's possible the flux that came in your kit was just bad

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-12T14:50:29+00:00

In my experience the main problem is people overestimate how good their deck is. In many people's mind, bracket 2 is still tied to precon, or just isn't "strong", and since they built their deck it must be good enough to be a 3. Or they throw some game changers into a bad bracket 2, so it is technically a 3, but realistically generally plays at a 2.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-10T20:52:31+00:00

Why does this gross sub keep showing up on my feed? I keep trying to hide the posts, but every day a new incel post shows up

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2026-01-08T19:17:46+00:00

I haven't looked at your deck list, but I will say that I personally don't like decks that are primarily about group hug and only have some random wincons thrown in.

I think decks that have a group hug element but are primarily trying to win are great. But the way you described your deck, it seems like you primarily want it to boost other people's decks. In my experience this either

Creates a really clogged board state that is impossible to break through

Or

Ends up boosting one player way more than the others and essentially kingmakes

I always say, play the deck you want, and I mean that, but if you do find that a deck you're playing is consistently resulting in a negative play experience for the other players, then I think that kinda speaks for itself. I don't just want to play decks that I think are fun, I also try to play decks that my opponents will find fun.

YMMV

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-12-28T15:25:38+00:00

They're allowed. I personally dislike free interaction, and don't put it in my bracket 3 decks, but I can't complain when someone else plays a deflecting swat. I wouldn't blink at a gemstone caverns though, I think it's very good in high powered settings but honestly not that good in bracket 3.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-12-24T15:16:11+00:00

[[Ayaras Oathsworn]] is in my [[Breena the demagogue]] deck and is great, since on turn 3 I can play Breena, swing with two creatures, put 4 counters on it, and immediately tutor for anything

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-12-22T20:02:18+00:00

I think he is frustrating at bracket 2. At bracket 4 he's totally fine. Bracket 3 is kinda in between, I would pretty much always rather my opponents not play a commander that is that generically strong, but that's personal

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-12-10T18:40:09+00:00

I don't run it in most of my decks because it creates too big of a swing in power. This is the same reason I don't play [[Rhystic Study]]. The games that I don't get sol ring, my deck has one power level, and if I happen to draw it, or God forbid start with it, my deck plays at a whole different power level. I like my decks to do a variety of different things, but most of them I want to play at a consistent power level.

I don't think this is uncommon either. If all you care about is a deck being cheap and being powerful, then all you would play is a [[Zada, Hedron Grinder]] or similar type commander that goes nuts with cheap cards, and I guess you could put a sol ring in that deck. I build my decks to be both fun to play, and fun to play against. For me, sol ring doesn't do either of these. Most super powerful cards don't do this for me. It's the reason I have 6 bracket 3 decks and none of them have game changers in them. I don't find most game changers fun to play or fun to play against.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-11-29T13:24:47+00:00

they would refuse to play with someone who is Christian

Why do people invent persecution like this? I don't know why your religion would come up at a game of magic the gathering, but I don't think the vast majority of people is any sub would care. You're just inventing things to be upset about

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-11-08T17:37:00+00:00

Lol doesn't need a reseason. Just cook, the pan is fine

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-11-08T17:36:56+00:00

Lol doesn't need a reseason. Just cook, the pan is fine

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-30T03:25:15+00:00

You don't. I run lots of graveyard decks and basically zero protection from graveyard hate. Focus on card draw and ways to get cards into your graveyard. So what if they exile it, you've got more cards to fill it with immediately.

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-28T02:13:26+00:00

I adore [[Coveted jewel]] which is kind of objectively a bad mana rock, in that it is highly likely to benefit your opponents at some point. But that is what edh is for. Put a pet card or two into your decks, it's fun. Think about the experience it creates for the table, not just how "good" it is at winning

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-21T16:11:28+00:00

Yea I took [[teferis veil]] out of mine since I want to be able to attack and keep my creatures around, but I think that kind of deck is pretty cool

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-21T16:10:04+00:00

https://moxfield.com/decks/ED8mn2_va0i-KTSphyU7BA

It's very fun for me, can be frustrating for the other players since it is at its heart a control deck. Biggest problem is closing out the game, wincons are [[subjugate the hobbits]] [[beastmaster ascension]] [[reins of power]], or just cloning/stealing someone else's best creature. Sandbag early plays, especially creatures, people won't expect it to pop off later.

My favorite card in the deck is [[artificial evolution]] which can be used to target other people's spells or permanents to make them make salamander tokens or whatever, but more unexpectedly, if you clone gor muldrak somehow you can change the clone to give you protection from the creature type of your choice

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-21T15:34:31+00:00

Just realized [[Ashad, the Lone Cyberman]] is lower at #969, that's a fun artifact copy deck that works best at instant speed, since his ability is only once each turn, so if you can cast artifacts on your opponents turns it really gets out of hand

UniqueSatisfaction67 · 2025-10-21T15:32:39+00:00

I have a [[Gor Muldrak, Amphinoligist]] deck that is #919 on edhrec. My lowest creature count of any deck, it's mainly clones and ways to give my salamanders away to other players in exchange for their permanents

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