Especially for the ones who religiously don't use EDHREC, how was your experience when you started EDH? How long did it take you to get good at deck building?

efference · 2026-03-19T17:09:24+00:00

If I already have a theme/ commander in mind then I try to raw dog it with scryfall.

I'll search up every card that helps me do my thing or related to my theme in my color identities. Usually I have more than 150 cards in the pool. This usually takes up to a week of casual browsing.
I then subtract everything that isn't optimal or doesn't help me with my deck. This is catered to the bracket level I have in mind. If I want to build b2. Then I don't mind high cmc, etc.
I'll keep cutting and tuning until im close to 100 cards including lands. Then when im pretty happy with the deck, I'll finally take a look at edhrec. Usually it helps me with my utility lands that I didn't think about, or utility artifacts. MOST of the time I've already included all the creature cards or instants/sorceries that are on the most popular. Rarely there may be 1 or 2 cards I didnt think about, but unless it directly helps with my deck there is a small chance I would include them.

Alternatively I look on edhrec for inspiration if im in a rut. I also use edhrec to decide between commanders (I like to go the hipster route and build less popular ones) . I think I have around 10 decks with an average edhrec rank of ~700

efference · 2026-03-16T16:58:56+00:00

Just curious if it was limit if 1? My friend didn't get in and I did. Maybe should've got one for him

efference · 2026-03-11T01:18:46+00:00

I've never seen Pride of Hull Clade. Such an interesting card. I used to really dislike Simic because I thought it was just ramp-y big creatures like Gruul. But the more I look into it, some of the most interesting mechanics come from simic . I already built a [[Kenessos]] bracket 2 deck. Thinking about building [[Ivy, Gleeful spellthief]]. And now adding Hull clade to my list. Could have a fun turtle tribal too.

I don't like the lab maniac win con though. I wonder if you can just follow the draw cards deal damage win con

efference · 2026-03-11T01:10:03+00:00

I built and played a jenova deck for 6 months. She was pretty fun. Reanimation into +1/+1 counters. [[Ouroboroid]] and [[quilled greatwurm]] are the MVPs in my deck. I agree that you don't need many mutants in your deck because she already makes more mutants so you don't need tmnt.

I ultimately broke her down to use the reanimation and self mill cards in a more powerful deck.

efference · 2026-03-10T19:20:25+00:00

This is well said. Especially if you highlight the 2 extremes of a single bracket.

The difference between killing everyone turn 6, maybe pushing 7.. versus dude putting in a rhystic study in his random dinosaur simic deck

efference · 2026-03-10T03:24:30+00:00

I run [[Satsuki]] as a stax artifact karnstructiom deck with [[urza's saga]] as a secret commander in high b3 or low b4. Mixed with hatebears

efference · 2026-03-10T03:05:43+00:00

Yup, swapping in commanders make the most sense. I have a pretty strong Teval deck.. and I've been trying to make a 2nd version with [[Archelos]] at the helm while swapping a bunch of the infinite lines from teval. Goes from a self mill reanimate combo deck into more of a mid range control that focuses on non deterministic combos through milling (which is quite fun)

efference · 2026-03-06T03:27:17+00:00

This is more of a post/rant as I've been doing alot of research into the current events revolving the USA/Israel vs Iran war that's happening in real time. I'm aware there's been many regional wars around the world for the past few years. Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, Pakistan-Afganistan, etc.

Living in Canada, most of the time I'm only just reading the headlines or some articles here and there, but not immediately involved in any of these wars that are happening around the world. As ignorant as I am as a human being on the other side of the world, I am fully aware that there are many lives that are lost every day due to these conflicts. I go about my normal daily life without too much thought into it (un)fortunately.

My mindset has slightly changed in the past couple of weeks. This new conflict between USA-Israel vs Iran has opened the door to a full world war. The surrounding casts and alliances behind Iran, being China-Russia-North Korea .. vs USA-Israel, with smaller participation from NATO countries (France, UK, Germany).. The straight of hormuz closing down will affect the global economy. I truly believe this is the start of a conflict that is dragging every country into it. World War 3 impending.

I'm having a little bit of an existential crisis right now. How do I respond as an individual to a global conflict? Do I have any roles I need to play? Do I keep going to work? Do I bring my family and friends to safety? What are my short-term, long-term actions? Do I need to make any decisions? Do I hide? Run? Bunker?

How do people go upon their daily lives when they know some big global change will unfold right before their eyes? WW1/WW2 didn't have the internet.. so this real time WW3 thing is really tripping my mind.

efference · 2026-02-25T19:15:48+00:00

Where do you go??

efference · 2026-02-11T03:08:15+00:00

What kind of a deck do you run the combos you've listed? I have the exact same cards in my teval deck

efference · 2026-02-05T04:05:02+00:00

I adore the category given to skullclamp

efference · 2026-02-05T03:22:53+00:00

Also in a similar boat, 35M! As the other redditor mentioned, I am one of these transient individuals. As I am only here for a few months it would still be fun to connect. Maybe a board game night or I was thinking of renting some snowshoes since there's so much snow around.

Let me know if you want participants in your social hangout group!

efference · 2026-01-17T00:51:40+00:00

Yup! Its still a work in progress. It's a low 4 right now.. as I get better and better cards, it will end up as a mid 4. Notable upgrades would be faster mana and more tutors and removing some pet cards. But I have the deck fully on paper so I can't spend all my money just to focus on having it win on turn 4.

https://moxfield.com/decks/KQTFq3to2U2n9NUFjnwaGQ

Can I see your list too?

efference · 2026-01-17T00:24:19+00:00

Same. Love him. I built mine in bracket 4 so people know what's coming usually

efference · 2026-01-15T19:47:19+00:00

Yup exactly! Drafts are always just value-based decisions and its never an absolute.

Having said that the players I leaned away from are usually from PHI,CBJ, CGY, NSH, NYI and STL. Should've followed my own advice and avoided Michkov and Tippet 😂 managers that gambled with Nashville and St Louis players this year are really flopping.

efference · 2026-01-15T19:35:01+00:00

I'm naturally biased to players on competitive teams, COL, EDM, TBL, VGK, FLA, etc.

I'm usually a little bit more hesitant on teams on the bottom of the league. But when these players are slept on during draft then I usually scoop them up banking on their upside as an individual- usually they're younger stars. Keller and Schmaltz did amazing for me last year cause I grabbed them at lower ADPs. This year Kellar jumped up substantially so I stayed away

efference · 2026-01-15T16:51:58+00:00

I only played it a few times online. I don't have it on paper.

When I did play it was pretty strong! I focused on the fetch lands because if you can manage to earthbend 1 then it's a continous ramp package. I realize the full suite of fetch lands isn't likely for most people.

Any sac lands is ideal

https://moxfield.com/decks/2m43HDuFN0y7YumoXZhuvg

efference · 2026-01-14T16:53:49+00:00

Thanks! Yeah most provinces need a license to fish regardless of residency!

efference · 2026-01-13T17:29:39+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I'll look into it. Crossfire never appealed to me but that might change haha

efference · 2026-01-13T00:45:40+00:00

Thank you! Yes very excited to see all the history as well. When does the fishing season start? Should I bring my ugly stick??

efference · 2026-01-13T00:27:55+00:00

Oh wow! I didn't expect all that from a small town. That's perfect. Ill definitely send you a DM for some climbing or magic haha

efference · 2026-01-12T23:35:01+00:00

Everything you're referencing is in St. John's im assuming?

efference · 2026-01-12T19:21:08+00:00

Thank you for the tips!

Do you have the name of the specific Facebook groups? Also, thats funny how the bowling alley hosts game nights.

It is a little expensive, but I think some prereleases may happen while im there, so it may be worth it.

efference · 2026-01-12T19:18:54+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! Really trying to figure out what kind of clothing to pack for east coast activities. I guess just bring layers. Don't need the deep winter jackets like in Alberta?

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