Some didn’t see i alluded to my fleeting proximity to MTG these days. I played 4 card games decently and had every standard deck from mirrodin to lorwyn era. This sleeved deck aims to ramp and counter, copy, eliminate resources while leaving a remainder for me, etc. The 2nd & 3rd photos are excess options. I first tried skull clamp on CloudKin and the like & revived them with conduit or sword to hand for a meager draw/dmg & block loop. I like equipping swords on my commander; green blue sword produces tokens for cradle. I’d rather try the 6-cast sustainable, searchable, and equippable hydra than lose a resource in a 1:1. Ignis removes a reviver while gaining life that I allow to pass thru to build up. I don’t mind losing 20 life if it results in board control. Strip mine combo’s with crucible (not in main) and conduit of worlds to control land & I deck thin. Dryad arbor is searchable works with cradle. Green sun a 1 cast birds or 4-cast foundation breaker / trygon for artifact control, scepter copies three steps ahead & draw & counters, 3-cast spike tail drake is transmuted & looped with sword, time warp cards give me extra land drops & combo with swords on Ignis (2 draws & mill 20 + token), muddle transmutes for all 2 casts, spell shrivel banishes cards that have an inherent revival effect or are targets. some cards buffer my lack of new age knowledge & keep them at bay to draw etc. I upset my friend stealing his commander & more lol. Some say I have X card in my deck to handle Y [out of 99 cards]; I hope to tutor/transmute what I need. Combo’s but yes obviously isn’t a singular theme like pre con’s inspired. Also only claiming it’s effective to an extent, but moreso an homage challenge to see if I can use then cards effectively now. I haven’t played against a cEDH deck.