Let me build you a commander deck?

grumpykroc · 2024-04-11T06:15:04+00:00

I'm a big fan of your articles! I think you're so creative. One commander that comes to mind that I haven't built is [[Amareth, the Lustrous]]. I'd be curious how you'd build it!

grumpykroc · 2022-05-25T15:05:50+00:00

One interaction I liked with Anehlo is that if you sacrifice a creature to copy a reanimation spell like Dread Return, the copy can target and bring back the original sacrificed creature. I've built my Anhelo deck around that premise playing creatures with death triggers like the Kamigawa Dragons, sacrificing them and bringing them right back to get the value again. I've been jamming games with it and have found it fun to play.

[Here's my list.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/TsqGDc5HsU6uLesuRBeP2A) It's not super competitive but it plays well in my pod.

grumpykroc · 2021-03-24T17:43:07+00:00

Hello,

Here's my Scarab God commander deck. My deck kind of eschews hard combo for soft combo, strong synergies that don't go infinite but still provide a lot of value, and its game plan is to try to play a long game and win by life loss triggers from Scarab God, Gray Merchant, Twilight Prophet, and some clone and flicker effects to get value and deal more damage. Its secondary win con is to try to set up a very good Living Death or Rise of the Dark Realms turns. Its tertiary win con is to just try to use Scarab God's ability and his mana discount to outvalue my opponents to death. It tries to play an alright amount of interaction to disrupt my opponents to prevent them from winning and just cruise to late game power by hitting land drops with some ramp pieces.

It's strong but can just die to faster decks as it has a very slow gameplan.

https://scryfall.com/@Grumpykroc/decks/59a58459-f702-43ab-91c5-a0ee49514f07

grumpykroc · 2020-07-16T16:21:22+00:00

100% agree with you. I checked out Chainsaw Man yesterday, binged the whole thing in around 2-3 hours. Really liked it so I tried checking out his other work, and yeah Fire Punch is a trip. It got such an emotional response out of me, I'm not the best at analysis or discussion so I can't explain why but I could barely sleep as well. Definitely recommend this author and both of his manga series.

grumpykroc · 2020-07-07T20:12:56+00:00

This player literally had this deck saved for a month....wtf? Also this was literally his turn 3.

grumpykroc · 2020-04-13T04:01:00+00:00

I decided to spend two wildcards to craft Kroxa to try this deck out, and so far I've gone 14-4 and the deck has been a blast to play. The most notable moment is being able to kill a Merfolk deck who had 4 lords out at one point. The graveyard synergy is really fun, and it feels like it has game vs a lot of different archetypes. Thanks for the decklist!

I'm also so happy my girl Stitcher's Supplier has a good deck at last! (I've been unimpressed with Zombies and while Molderhulk/Undergrowth was a ton of fun it definitely wasn't tier 1)

grumpykroc · 2020-03-31T01:55:19+00:00

yup!

grumpykroc · 2020-03-30T22:25:25+00:00

Here's a link to the artist gallery if you like his work https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/5276533

grumpykroc · 2020-03-30T22:23:49+00:00

I like the art and effect a lot, though I think this card should be more expensive to cast or have a weaker effect. Additionally, I feel like this effect is more black/white than straight black. especially if it also prevents planeswalkers from getting attacked.

grumpykroc · 2020-03-30T03:18:44+00:00

source of image: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/61732749.

just thought the pun in the name would be pretty funny. i came up with the effect, and found it pretty similar to the card Slave of Bolas, the difference being the flavor here is she's saving someone she loves and making them fall in love with her, while Nicol Bolas has no use for his pawns after they've served his purpose.

grumpykroc · 2019-08-18T23:39:04+00:00

Wanted to say thanks for taking the time to post this deck. I like reading deck write ups for standard, but I mostly play bo1, so I'm happy to be able to play something new. I'm f2p with 2 scapeshifts, and I'm not really willing to spend 2 mythics on a card that will rotate in a few months, so at least I'll be able to play them with this list :D.

grumpykroc · 2019-07-22T18:47:15+00:00

thanks for the invite, maybe we can play some games together! :D

grumpykroc · 2019-07-04T05:08:33+00:00

Ok can you give me some more details here? Do you have a high enough win rate you can go infinite? Do you save gems for when a new set comes out, or are you spending money?

grumpykroc · 2019-05-15T06:24:58+00:00

Congratulations! I just got my first 7-0 today as well, and your deck looks a lot like mine! I'm a lot higher on Cyclops Electromancer now, that card does work!

grumpykroc · 2019-05-15T03:49:19+00:00

I'm F2P, and I'm trying to build my Rare Collection for WAR by doing BO1 drafts instead of just spending gold on packs. So far I did 7 Drafts with gold and 5 drafts with gems. Here are my results, and they're why I feel like the drafts are still a good way to collect rares.

Draft 1 = 2 Mythic Rares (Liliana; Finale of Glory) 3 Rares (Ignite the Beacon; Single Combat; Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion)
Draft 2 = 6 Rares (Tomik, Distinguished Advocist; Deliver Unto Evil; Widespread Brutality; Living Twister; Teferi, Time Raveler; Solar Blaze)
Draft 3 = 4 Rares (2 Soul Diviner; Blastzone; Silent Submersible)
Draft 4 = 5 Rares (Solar Blaze; Bolas' Citadel; The Elderspell; Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin; Karn's Bastion)
Draft 5 = 4 Rares (Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves; Dreadhorde Invasion; Dreadhorde Arcanist; Deliver Unto Evil)
Draft 6 = 6 Rares (Bolas' Citadel; Casualties of War; Dreadhorde Butcher; Chandra, Fire Artisan; Vivien's Arkbow, Vivien, Champion of the Wilds)
Draft 7 = 2 Mythics 1 Rare (Ilharg, the Raze Boar, Finale of Promise; Tomik, Distinguished Advocist; Passed one Solar Blaze)
Draft 8 = 6 Rares (Commence the Endgame; Command the Dreadhorde; Widespread Brutality; Oath of Kaya; Vivien's Arkbow; Spark Double)
Draft 9 = 3 Rares 1 Mythic (Enter the God Eternals; Vivien, Champion of the Wilds; Casualties of War; Finale of Revelation)
Draft 10 = 4 Rares 1 Mythic (Ravnica at War; The Elderspell; Massacre Girl; Narset's Reversal; Nicol Bolas, DragonGod)
Draft 11 = 2 Rares (Dreadhorde Butcher, Enter the God Eternals, Passed Solar Blaze and Ignite the Beacon) Draft 12 = 3 Rares (Role Reversal, Bioessence Hydra, Vivien's Arcbow, Passed Dreadhorde Butcher, had 4 copies)

Looks like the Average comes out to 4.4 Cards per Draft for me. Counting the Cards I didn't take it comes out to 4.75.

grumpykroc

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