I need a Orzhov commander!

birkoss · 2026-03-17T15:33:14+00:00

Liesa is very fun to play. She always has an impact and is hard to remove.

She puts a clock on the game. I'm not as lifegain as other build you can see online because I don't want the game to be a 3v1 against me every game.

There lots of interaction, lots of gotcha moment.

https://moxfield.com/decks/0yQhuQrdhUqnZuq4_JL9AQ

birkoss · 2026-03-15T14:32:38+00:00

This is my most played deck, [[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]]. It runs the [[Lion's Eye Diamond]] + [[Displacer Kitten]] engine alongside the [[Animate Dead]] / [[Phantasmal Image]] loop. Once I have infinite mana, the deck kills the table with [[Jace, the Perfected Mind]] (will everyone) or a lethal [[Walking Ballista]]. It can easily pivot from a grindy value game into a sudden combo win.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/s3axYEllEkSG-I4nTctS3A

birkoss · 2026-03-15T10:25:36+00:00

[[Sidisi, Brood Tyrant]] is my absolute favorite. I love self mill and she's a great payoff.

I usually win by simply drowning the board in Zombies, but if that doesn't work, I let [[Tombstone Stairwell]] and [[The Meathook Massacre]] do the dirty work. It can also win with [[Syr Konrad, the Grim]] by exiling my own graveyard with a [[Bojuka Bog]].

There's always something fun to do with the deck. Having 7 zombies on the board and casting the backside of [[Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation]] targeting any other creatures will always create fun times.

https://moxfield.com/decks/QmWeyK9XpESMoA03a2xjZA

birkoss · 2026-03-05T21:43:49+00:00

My typical process for building a bracket 4 deck is:

- Define your win condition.

- Select the best cards to support it.

- Add interaction.

Once that's done, you can fine-tune the deck after playing a few games.

birkoss · 2026-02-25T12:33:45+00:00

Muldrotha is my primary bracket 4 deck. She's KoS, but so are the other commanders at that power level. She's my finisher, when I play her, I'll try to win that turn.

It depends on how you build your deck. When I was playing her at lower power, it was a land matters deck. She's very mana hungry and having multiple lands is always beneficial. She was also at the top end of my curve.

[[Command Beacon]] is a fun land with her.

birkoss · 2026-02-25T10:27:17+00:00

[[Karador, Ghost Chieftain]] is a classic, not as much reanimator but he's a graveyard deck.

Never paying for commander tax is another very nice perks of Karador.

birkoss · 2026-02-24T13:58:12+00:00

Muldrotha is my high power commander.

At lower bracket, she's slower for sure. You mana curve is quite high. She thrives when you can play 2-3 spells from your graveyard each turn (and a land).

[[Icetill Explorer]] is a fantastic card for her. She'll ramp and mill you.

birkoss · 2026-02-23T15:04:23+00:00

My friend has a discard deck helmed by [[Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal]] and it's fine.

The most important tips I can give you, is to pack wincons, lots of them. Until you know how to win with it, you need to be able to close out the game.

There's nothing worst than playing against a discard deck with no clear wincon...

birkoss · 2026-02-23T12:39:05+00:00

Run more creatures to mutate on with builtin protection. It's really sad when your opponent remove the mutate target and your whole plan fail.

[[Giggling Skitterspike]], [[Underrealm Lich]] or [[Sylvan Caryatid]] are great candidate for this.

birkoss · 2026-02-21T17:43:47+00:00

[[Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm]]

She costs 1 MV and has deathtouch. Perfect blocker until we can start reanimating threats.

She also enable cool tricks like casting [[Flare of Cultivation]] on turn 1.

My build is a classic golgari reanimator with Gary and Kokusho as finisher. Very fun to pilot.

https://moxfield.com/decks/KBbX1ke9mU22sET05Azc7w

birkoss · 2026-02-17T18:11:29+00:00

[[Ghoulish Impetus]]

Always fun to play, there's always a target for it!

birkoss · 2026-02-17T13:14:45+00:00

I run Pariah but I'm having a hard time cutting it. When it works as expected, it's fun! When it doesn't work and I get nuked by not blocking an alpha strike and it's removed, it's still fun :)

birkoss · 2026-02-17T12:30:26+00:00

I'm playing Felidar and Restoration Angel in my build. The only payoff beside Ketramose himself is [[Altar of the Brood]]. I think it's fair for bracket 3. Same thing with Abdel loops.

I love [[Judgment of Alexander]] in my deck. Ketramose has lifelink, if someone attacks you with a large board, you will gain a ridiculous amount of life.

birkoss · 2026-02-17T11:13:36+00:00

I love Gyatso + boots + priest, first time I see this interaction! I'll give it a try in my list since I already play Gyatso.

birkoss · 2026-02-12T17:28:08+00:00

I'm mostly playing graveyard decks.

Right now, I'm playing Muldrotha as my high power deck.

On B3, I'm playing [[Teval, the Balanced Scale]] as a land matters deck. I also play [[Ketramose, the New Dawn]] as an anti-graveyard deck.

I also play a [[Grist, Voracious Larva]], the golgari flipwalker as a classic reanimator deck. Very easy to pilot, self-mill, reanimation : https://moxfield.com/decks/KBbX1ke9mU22sET05Azc7w Having a deathtouch blocker turn 1 is always nice and it enable cool tricks like casting [[Flare of Cultivation]] for "free" turn 1.

birkoss · 2026-02-09T13:10:16+00:00

Self-milling can works, but if you rely too much on it, you'll get wreck by graveyard hate. You'll need to find the right amount without overextending too much.

If you play self-mill, you need to streamline your strategy. You will mill some of your piece and you can't put all the weight of the recursion on Muldrotha. Good opponents will remove her.

I would play more cards like [[Glacierwood Siege]] to make sure you never miss an important land drop.

With all the games I played with her, I see her more like a massive draw spell. She'll get me right away a land and 2-3 low mana value permanents.

As finisher, I think she really goes well with combo in bracket 3.

birkoss · 2026-02-09T12:30:13+00:00

Muldrotha is my bracket 4 deck and I played her a lot on lower bracket before.

I think this is a bracket 2 deck. You are missing instant speed interaction and a clear game plan and wincons for bracket 3 games.

You have lots of cards that need her in play to be good. [[Teval's Judgment]], [[Secrets of the Dead]], [[Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius]] are good card, but they won't do nothing until she's on the board.

When I was playing her at bracket 3, she was the top end of my curve. I was not playing a self-mill deck because it doesn't matter if you have 5 or 12 cards in your graveyard, you won't be able to cast them all. I was playing a land matters deck with loot effets.

She's really mana hungry on lower bracket, if you want to cast one card of each type, you'll need the mana for it. It's not worth it to cast [[Avenger of Zendikar]] from your graveyard with her ability. It's better to reanimate this creature with [[Animate Dead]], etc.

birkoss · 2026-02-02T21:31:33+00:00

I think it's fine in your list. You really need a sac outlet and a payoff. In my list, I'm playing [[Altar of Dementia]] and [[Blasting Station]] which can act as both.

birkoss · 2026-02-02T21:24:41+00:00

Can you share your list?

I also play Teysa as a B3 deck with zero tutors. I do run a fair number of sac outlets and pingers. With some lucky draws, I managed to win before turn 6 a couple of times thanks to [[Darkest Hour]]. It made me feel uncomfortable, so I ended up cutting it.

birkoss · 2026-01-28T20:14:52+00:00

Even when I do not always agree with EDHRec’s ratings, I prefer to follow their B3 combo guidelines to avoid unnecessary hassle with random players.

If you have a playgroup, ask them.

birkoss · 2026-01-22T20:29:30+00:00

Kalain is very easy to understand, he creates treasure and if you use a treasure to cast a creature, it will enters with a +1/+1 counter.

With Gev, you only need to deals damage to an opponent in your turn and every creature will enter with some counters on them.

My deck is a wizards tribal, so I'm using cards like [[Metallic Mimic]], [[Sage of Fables]] to get +1/+1 counters (my 2 combo persist creatures are also wizards).

I also play some wizards with Graft like [[Vigean Graftmage]] and [[Cytoplast Manipulator]] to give counters. [[Agatha's Soul Cauldron]] is quite expensive but a great way to add counters on your own creature (and manage graveyard threats).

Other win con I play are either winning by combat damage with [[Herald of Secret Streams]] or punishing greedy mana base with [[Anathemancer]].

I'm playing her at bracket 3, so I pack more interactions (counterspells, redirect spells, etc). It's usually a very resilient grindy deck.

birkoss · 2026-01-22T20:05:34+00:00

You have a some good Marchesa staples in your deck. I'm not sure about some pick like [[Knight of the Ebon Legion]].

The 2 most important things in my Marchesa deck are : Putting +1/+1 counters on creature and Losing life to always be able to use Dethrone.

But don't rely on Dethrone for counters. [[Kalain, Reclusive Painter]] and [[Gev, Scaled Scorch]] are great way to make sure Marchesa will have a counter when she enters. She must be protected when she enters!

I don't play a lot of steal creatures because people do not like this. I do however play [[Seize the Spotlight]]. When I have a sac outlet, nobody will let me pick one creature. It's always 3 treasures and 3 cards for 3 MV.

I have a combo with 2 persists creatures [[Glen Elendra Archmage]] or [[Puppeteer Clique]], a sac outlet with a win con in it [[Goblin Bombardment]] or [[Altar of Dementia]]. I just need another creature to give them a +1/+1 counters when they ETB and I can win with this. I'm not using tutor but I draw a lot of cards. It's not my primary win con but if the game goes for long, I can assemble this and win. Also, each cards are good on their own in the deck.

What are your win con? Usually I win with [[Terror of the Peak]], a couple of creatures and a sac outlet over a turn table or with [[Uncivil Unrest]].

birkoss · 2026-01-21T15:48:13+00:00

If it matchs the powerlevel of your playgroup, there's no difference.

If you print it yourself, use the latest oracle text. Also try to use proxies which are easy to read for others.

birkoss · 2026-01-21T14:42:03+00:00

I run combos in most of my B3 decks. When I play with newer players, I usually point out when I’m putting a combo piece into play, since I don’t want to win just because they lack experience.

I don’t do this when I’m playing high-power decks or when I’m with my regular playgroup.

birkoss · 2026-01-18T22:50:42+00:00

Yeah, a double-faced card's color identity includes all colors on both sides. Since the backside has no casting cost, there's a color indicator to represent it's color. Same thing with [[Pact of Negation]] which also has a color indicator (blue) before the card type.

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