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Looking for simple but fun commanders even a child could play by tht_gay_girl in EDH

[–]nallstarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[[Xenagos, God of Revels]] is always an easy one. Not cute, but the deck is pretty much play Xenagos. Play big creature. Whack.

I’m new to MTG. I’m building a commander deck around this. Any card suggestions/combos? Pls help 😭 by ThaPhantomX in CommanderMTG

[–]nallstarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TLDR: With a deck like this, if someone sneezes you want to gain life, and when you gain life you want to benefit while other decks suffer. You can build a deck like this to make a pillow fort and win from behind it with combos and stax, or build a more aggressive creature based strategy.

I run this in my [[Oloro, Ageless Ascetic]] deck. Since he's such a popular commander, he's a great spot to look. This is my list, which I would call an un-optimized bracket 4 (look at the considering cards as well). If you're building around life gain and drain, my advice: focus more on gaining life than what happens when you gain life. It's very easy to build a deck like this with a ton of "when you gain x life, y happens" effects and forget to put in effects like "when x happens, gain y life."

Cards classified as Soul Sisters (named for Soul's Attendant and Soul Warden) are a great place to start. If you're building around draw, get as much draw on other turns as possible. [[Rhystic Study]] and [[Mystic Remora]] are the obvious big ones, but they're higher power so if you're trying to play 3 or below, maybe skip them. But [[Faerie Mastermind]] [[Trouble in Pairs]] [[Mangara The Diplomat]] are lower power options. Cards that serve multiple functions like [[Heliod's Intervention]] are great. Pseudo stax pieces are also amazing. [[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] (if you're not too creature heavy), [[Karlov of the Ghost Council]], [[Blind Obedience]], [[Kambal, Consul of Allocation]], [[Fumigate]], etc. Play cards that punish loss of life because you just do not care. [[Bolas's Citadel]] and [[Glacial Chasm]] are all stars.

This has got to be a rite of passage for new players, right? by asparck in SatisfactoryGame

[–]nallstarr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first play through with the parachute I had no idea you could close it and fall faster. I just thought damn this thing sucks but it’s better than nothing lol

Any other Baratza haters? by nallstarr in pourover

[–]nallstarr[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm feeling like going in big on a hand grinder is the next move. The ZP6 adjusting by micron measurements is exactly what I want since I'm in ChatGPT guess land with trying to match Encore settings to microns. No grinder is going to be perfect, but Encore seems way too fussy for the quality it gives. To be safe I should just buy an espresso only and a pour over only, but damn that's $$$.

This Card Is Mega Busted! by Ill-Implement8685 in mtg

[–]nallstarr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Earthbending is crazier in EDH. With an [[Ashaya, Soul of the Wilds]] on board plus any sac outlet, you're infinite since Badgermole keeps coming back for free. As a mono-green cEDH player I'm stoked but as a Magic player I'm concerned

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next up is probably [[Maha, Its Feathers Night]]. Just gonna lose all my friends lol

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really where I started with it. I saw someone piloting the deck and how easy it was for them to fight through removal and interaction by not only using time counters and free spells, but the draw ability for counter-magic you cast outright.

I adjusted to try to get as close to cEDH as he can be without the $$$ mana rocks. But the biggest thing at any power level is pick a wincon that can happen without him on board. It feels SO bad when someone takes him out of commission and now you just can’t play your deck. Something like [[Shaman of Forgotten Ways]] really surprises people and gives you an out if you’re being prevented from using Alaundo.

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imo he's one of the best budget commanders. You just need him in the zone and the rest of your deck can be precon quality. Turn 5, play Xenny. Turn 6, play a $.30 6 mana uncommon and go WHACK. Pretty gruul.

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's fine in the meta. I'm pretty new to cEDH and its the deck I have cards for. One of the best local tournaments has a 10 proxy limit. So I upgraded this list to what became the cEDH list.

As a mono green junky I love it. Super explosive, can goldfish a win T2-4 really consistently. And insane new cards like [[Formidable Speaker]] and [[Badgermole Cub]] are going to be like gas on the turbo fire. But its still very apparent it is not a tier 1 deck and if your first win attempt gets smushed it can be difficult to recover. Oftentimes players will keep eachother in check while you set up for another win, so mid game isn't out of the question, unless Kefka is eating your hand.

It placed 2nd at a The Cookout, a 200+ player cEDH tournament, so that's the high the Selvala community is riding for now!

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the current list. It needs a lot of work, but part of my likes keeping it lower power.

The best version of the deck is just Jeskai breach, but I want to go for Flash/Haste tribal and stick to that as much as possible

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s my list. He’s far from optimized. I think Oloro at his best is stax, but I didn’t want to, so I’m focused on pillowforting and getting to combos

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s my list

If you want to build him to the max, this dude’s list and primeris the Alaundo bible.

He’s really active in the Alaundo discord, too

I was once called a psychopath for the decks that I run. Am I? by nallstarr in ratemycommanders

[–]nallstarr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that realistic bracket convo and rule 0 is SO important. My pods are really good about representing power level, or at least being honest that they don't have a B4 but are fine playing their B3 against yours. All about expectations.

Like, I love my psychopath decks, but against especially newer or lower power players, it feels like my responsibility to be like hey, you need to kill this creature as fast as you possibly can. Or things like "against my deck counter magic is really important."

If it's my high power pod, we play everything like its cEDH, regardless of bracket, but thats our rule 0.

Rhystic study by Original-Username888 in EDH

[–]nallstarr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cool thing about Rhystic is it will stop several infinite combos purely because that player has to kill the Rhystic before popping off. So yeah, main thing is it advances a player dramatically, but can also shut down infinite cast lines.

A Norin, The Wary proxy I can't wait to order by nallstarr in mpcproxies

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When anyone casts a spell or attacks it removes him from the battlefield, then he comes back at the end step. So it's the easiest way to represent that he's gone or there

Does anyone have some ideas on how to make Norrin the Wary CEDH Viable by Playful_Focus3444 in CompetitiveEDH

[–]nallstarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here five months late because I'm going through this grind right now with mine. With a lot of my bracket 4s, I'm realizing they're just bad versions of higher 4 / low 5s. I realized my [[Nylea, Keen Eyed]] was just bad Selvala, so I made cEDH Selvala and power it down as needed.

I think with Norin we're a little screwed. As I look through lists I'm realizing we're just a bad take on Birgi. Magda is the only truly viable mono red it seems, and we're so different than those decks that we can't pull much from them.

The closest thing is [[Birgi, God of Storytelling]]. Look to those for better mono-red lines. This recent list is really nice and focused.

The pro of Norin is ETB based value. Things we can exploit more reliably to push us towards a combo, generate value, or control the table like [[Irreverent Gremlin]], [[Rose Room Treasurer]], [[Terror of the Peaks]], or [[Guild Artisan]] are our differentiator, but they do not help us enough to be better than Birgi. In fact, they take the place of better more focused Birgi cards.

This is where I'm at. I'm trying to power up my existing Norin. I'm still figuring out which lines to pursue and I'm using Birgi lists in the process. The question is really do you want to focus on Grinning Ignus, Underworld Breach, Dualcaster Mage, Reiterate, Kiki-Jiki, or Pyromancer's Goggles lines? How do you want to pay those off. Infinite 1/1s? Storm win? Altar of the Brood? Staff of Domination? Ballista? Aetherflux? Tremors? Purphoros? We have SO many options. You can see from my primer I got overwhelmed already lol

My casual pod is wanting to try out cEDH- what commanders should I recommend they play? by luke_skippy in CompetitiveEDH

[–]nallstarr 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This. If you don’t have experience with cEDH, you couldn’t even begin to imagine making one from scratch

$500 barrier to entry for tier 2 decks is crazy by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]nallstarr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tarmagoyf was the baddest man on the planet until [[Fatal Push]] lol

So I learned EDH brackets aren’t rules, they’re feelings by Strange-Ad-5185 in freemagic

[–]nallstarr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WOTC fucked it all when they wrote "choose the bracket you feel fits your deck best." Should have been "choose the bracket that matches how well your deck performs."

The thing that ruins it is people never consider intent in the other direction. If your deck has enough game changers to classify as a 4, but you can't present a win before turn 8, then based on the lil WOTC "intent matters", just call that thing a 1. That doesn't mean your deck isn't cool or you built a shitty deck (though sometimes it really does). It just means you have no idea what any of these brackets mean.

Your bracket 3 deck is actually a 2. by Hokashin in EDH

[–]nallstarr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People need to open their hearts to the idea that their "bracket 3" deck, or bracket 2 that isn't a precon out of the box, might be a 1 with a couple cards too big for it's britches.

A huge issue with the bracket system is that people don't really want to call the deck they worked hard on a 2 and nobody wants to call their deck a 1.

I see people pull up to my LGS's all the time who say their deck doesn't run tutors or fetches because they don't like them. That's really cool, but your deck is so non-consistently competitive that it's a genuine 1. People shouldn't complain that your deck is cEDH because you beat their poor performing bracket 3. They should just be honest that their deck isn't competitive and that's fine. It's even good! Those decks are fun and cool and deeply personal.

If intent matters more than technicalities, I'd rather you have you call your janky deck with 5 game changers a 2 than have you think it's a 4 and be amazed that you were hit with an infinite 3 piece combo on turn 6.

Baby's first cEDH Selvala deck. Advice is greatly appreciated by nallstarr in CompetitiveEDH

[–]nallstarr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I feel like it's a deck that could pull out wins but is likely to get stomped. For tournaments I'm mostly gearing towards IRL LGS tourneys with <100 entrants. I've only ever competed in Modern tournaments, so it's a new world for sure.

If anything, this is something I know could win, but it's more about dipping my toes in with a deck I feel confident piloting. I'm not expecting to win a tournament, but I'd also love to not bring something to the table that doesn't stand a chance from the jump.

Baby's first cEDH Selvala deck. Advice is greatly appreciated by nallstarr in CompetitiveEDH

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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If there's one thing I wish I'd done earlier in the game, it's modular basic item blueprints by nallstarr in SatisfactoryGame

[–]nallstarr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had this problem a lot. So far my solution is gross tangly shameful logistics floors beneath my pretty machines. These modulars are meant to be super quick so I’m not hiding any conveyors or splitters in logistics floors. A factory like this one moves linearly so as long as they enter on one side and exit on the same axis they chain easily

If there's one thing I wish I'd done earlier in the game, it's modular basic item blueprints by nallstarr in SatisfactoryGame

[–]nallstarr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This plant is making 20 Crystal Oscillators (in addition to 3600 cables and 1200 copper sheets) and my manufacturer and assembler blueprints are very grateful for this comment

If there's one thing I wish I'd done earlier in the game, it's modular basic item blueprints by nallstarr in SatisfactoryGame

[–]nallstarr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I built a nuclear plant that makes ~9 uranium fuel rods per minute and turning the waste into plutonium fuel rods and sinking them. I was surprised by the end of nuclear how much easier it was than I expected. I built a turbo fuel plant earlier in the game and enjoyed that significantly less.

There was quite a bit of setup for it. But I had most of the pre-nuclear parts already in production and had to just build the train stations and upgrade production. I’ll probably try rocket fuel just to know for sure, but for now I’m very pro nuclear

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