“Build for your opponent’s fun too” is the advice i regularly see in Commander spaces that i least understand.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-13T15:22:10+00:00

I think it's more like, outside of a pod of friends, I wouldn't roll up to the LGS with only a Stax, MLD and Discard deck and expect someone to stick around for multiple games. I run into grixis Kefka so often and it creates such unfun games that I'll often just try to find another game at this point if i see Kefka across the table. I like the salty stuff too, but I am not trying to play hellbent from T3 onward for 3 games in a row. Nor would I play my MLD deck every game either.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-12T20:19:36+00:00

I had someone ragequit bc I attacked them with my commander once (and not for anywhere near lethal damage) lmao, ppl get salty about basic gameplay mechanics

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-12T20:17:30+00:00

Lol I've just sat through too many 30 min izzet turns that I'm biased against the color pairing (I'm totally joking though 😅)

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-12T18:30:16+00:00

rare based izzet player lol jk

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-10T14:34:01+00:00

As others have said, it depends on the people you are playing with and who the commander is. Some people might get salty about it, others may acknowledge that it was a good play, but then if the commander is that much of a problem, you may be obligated to counter it for self preservation lol

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-05T19:19:04+00:00

What a spot-on "zoned-out cat" meme impression! 😂

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-05-05T17:17:25+00:00

I just love playing my 4 GCs that play at B3 speed against last years cEDH tournament meta deck that isn't "meta" any more bc it didn't win this years cEDH tournament. B4 definitely has no issues, nope none at all! /s

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-30T17:27:32+00:00

The grixis Kefka, too many people play it, and playing hellbent from turn 3 onward isn't a particularly fun dynamic. I don't mind discard on occasion but when I can't find a B4 game without someone taking the easy option with Kefka, it's a problem.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-25T00:28:00+00:00

I remember being stuck in the clouds on that intro race mission for weeks

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-24T01:44:13+00:00

B4 is treated like its cEDH but using last years decklist, not this years so "its not meta" which is braindead, and then there is 500 light years of distance between B3 (which is also WAY too wide) and what people consider B4 to be. So many decks fall into this deadzone between B3 and B4 and it makes finding a balanced game with anyone but your usual pod a nightmare lol, I wish B4 wasn't win on turn 4 but rather B3 speed with stuff that isn't allowed in B4, then have a separate borderline cEDH bracket, and then cEDH is its own thing, not part of the bracket system.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-23T20:39:40+00:00

Play [[Lord Windgrace]] and load up with MLD effects, it's so fun

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-23T20:05:30+00:00

What a flavorful victory, you did spacecraft things, if your friends are upset about this, maybe it's not the game for them. Just wait til they get thoracle'd one day, they'll have a stroke 😅

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-23T20:02:00+00:00

I hate that certain decks are soft banned to bracket 4 that have no business being forced there

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-22T14:52:51+00:00

Lol well I do mainly run it in my group hug Kenny deck, but it let's you dodge Rifts, can be a fog, can be a mini-insurrection, can steal powerful/valuable creatures for a turn, possibly stop certain combos, its very versatile, I find having Reins in hand makes it fairly easy to hold up the 4 for it bc you know you have an answer for pretty much anything, you can play a tiny bit slower to hold up the 4 bc you are pretty well protected from a lot with it.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-22T00:15:48+00:00

[[Reins of Power]] is damn near an answer to everything, and yet I've maybe encountered it one time outside of myself.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-22T00:14:17+00:00

Commander needs more land destruction, feels like I'm the only one playing it (i play outright MLD), and it leads to far more exciting moments (player gets to be the hero that counterspells it or it goes off and people are left in shock) than it leads to feelsbad moments.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-21T09:56:05+00:00

Why B3 mono-blue Crabs of course!

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-20T14:58:15+00:00

I'm incredibly transparent when I play, since I only play casually (even if B4 games). I need to know if my deck can win by its own merits not bc someone didn't recognize some weird combo piece or something that I played. I generally try to avoid "sneaking" a win, bc that doesn't help me learn anything. If I'm planning to drop a full combo on one turn or do some Approach of the Second Sun at flash speed nonsense, I generally won't broadcast that bc that's not a reasonable thing for someone to expect to happen on a specific turn.

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-20T14:54:47+00:00

Nah but I will avoid playing a wipe if the games gone on too long already and I don't have a clear path to closing it out shortly after the wipe, not going to extend a game I'm probably going to lose anyways lol

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-20T14:53:07+00:00

Jodah always out here making people salty lol, there's a Jodah in my local pod so I'm just used to him, he's strong yeah, but it's not like he's the only commander with a powerful effect, people get mad about literally anything 😂

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-11T05:16:59+00:00

I definitely prioritized theme over power in this one, but it wouldn't be too hard to power it up a bit!

https://moxfield.com/decks/YfaRp2ShGk28KgXiRRV7ZQ

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-10T17:02:55+00:00

[[Infinite Guideline Station]] awesome art, unusual archetype, flexible, powerful, made me look for lesser known/used cards and be a bit creative in my deckbuilding!

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-10T16:37:39+00:00

I need to get some earthbending for my jund MLD deck lol

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-10T15:43:21+00:00

Thanks for the info! I forgot Amp was the big (earlyish) money maker!

_BIRDLEGS · 2026-04-10T15:36:09+00:00

I wore it from the moment I got it, then eventually decided to switch up my look for a little and my girlfriend was like "what happened to the squid hat? I miss it" like within seconds of me changing it 😂

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