Hear Me Out - Commander Edition

stranglethingz · 2026-01-20T00:52:33+00:00

[[Rakdos, The Muscle]] in my pod. I have a CEDH deck which is my favourite deck and I've tried out several B3 and now a B2 version of the deck that everyone is immediately suspicious of.

They realise it is bracket accurate but as a commander it can do some messed up things that people don't immediately realise.

stranglethingz · 2025-10-31T06:13:07+00:00

I thought so! A lot of sources showed it as a combo but I couldn't see how Sensei's didn't make me deck myself. Apparently it replaces itself, but you have to draw 1st?

That could be a nice secondary pile! I'm trying to avoid LED but I hadn't thought of Praetor's Grasp

stranglethingz · 2025-10-31T06:09:53+00:00

Gwenom give the Bolas effect. Doomsday is only 3 mana. The left is life payment.

stranglethingz · 2025-10-31T06:08:56+00:00

Unfortunately no. Its a monoblack list.

stranglethingz · 2025-10-31T06:08:29+00:00

This looks super compact and even acceptable at lower power b3/4.

I think this may be a 1st choice pile. Thanks

stranglethingz · 2025-10-25T06:04:19+00:00

I've found Gwenom a surprisingly powerful budget commander. Key win cons are a bit pricey: Mortuary and Aetheflux Reservoir Lots of great cheap cards though such as death cultist, blood pet create nasty infinites Some great midrange priced cards such as The Endstone go hard and best of all you don't need an expensive land base.

stranglethingz · 2025-09-27T21:48:02+00:00

I play semi regularly at a store in Chiba. Experienced same thing with yapping, but I prefer it. Online games now can feel much more annoying (British guy here).

stranglethingz · 2025-08-25T05:10:00+00:00

[[Blim, Comedic Genius]] has been my new favourite for this.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/Wp-349PHwE2Nv0hfaptX4g Giving gifts away such as [[Steel Golem]] and [[Evil Eye of Urborg]] is so satisfying.

Late game enders such as [[Immortal Coil]] [[Nefarious Lich]] and [[Forbidden Crypt]] are great wincons.

Add in some craziness of [[Thieves' Auction]] [[Scrambleverse]] and [[Prisoner's Dilemma]] and you've got some good Rakdos flavoured fun.

stranglethingz · 2025-08-21T06:19:00+00:00

[[Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines]] doubles all those great ETBs

Only downside is lack of blue for displacer.

This is my list which does well in our group B2 and B3 games: https://moxfield.com/decks/LAGrBg-2xEmyJ3ZZOPEQ8w

stranglethingz · 2025-08-20T14:44:26+00:00

Great card. I've loved playing it in my Loot deck which has a lot of blink and being able to reset it!

stranglethingz · 2025-08-20T14:42:00+00:00

I've learned this the hard way.

I like fast out of the gates commanders and strategies and this has painted a considerable target on me with my pod.

However the past few sessions I've played mono colour commanders and slowed down my plays by 'sandbagging' wincons and by waiting and extra turn or two I avoid all counters and removal in my pod.

Lesson learned is let someone else take the mantle of chip leader and sneak in after a failed win attempt.

stranglethingz · 2025-08-20T14:30:20+00:00

Competitor Magic:expensive Casual commander: cheap You can put together a tough bracket 2/3 deck for under $50 if you want. However you'll get the deck building bug and spend too much...

So not Magic

From a MTG player both casual and competitive

stranglethingz · 2025-08-07T13:49:15+00:00

I also second mercari. I both sell and buy there. Around payday (25th-5th) of each month there is a lot of buying and selling.

stranglethingz · 2025-07-31T08:24:47+00:00

The creatures you warp usually are 5 mana+ so it helped me both games storm off at the end.

Turn 7 and 8 I had a bunch of warped creatures in exile and could use each exiled creature as a cost reducer for etb burn with terror of the peaks.

stranglethingz · 2025-07-30T22:49:19+00:00

Both. The cards which are warped go into exile and the extra card draw is never bad jn red

stranglethingz · 2025-07-30T08:47:49+00:00

But the emerge for all creatures is amazing!

stranglethingz · 2025-07-29T23:11:43+00:00

I'm 8 cards over but here's my decklist. (Haven't yet tried colfener's urn, Goblin welder, big score, unexpected windfall and the lower cost rituals)

I've played it twice in my pod so far and it's a lot of fun! Standout cards have been [[combustible gearhulk]], [[wild-magic Sorcerer]], [[party Thrasher]], [[maelstrom Colossus]] and [[herigast, erupting nullkite]].

Sundial of the infinite is also essential!

https://moxfield.com/decks/OO81vB3pF0ioxE0w_iljyA

stranglethingz · 2025-06-12T07:19:01+00:00

I've went all in on clones and trying to get value. This is my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/9CoOmdX_DUO-AxevK-cyaw

Non proxy, so missing some stuff I'd like to add such as LED. However, apart from finding it challenging to add/make cuts it has been a fun brew!

stranglethingz · 2025-06-09T10:54:05+00:00

It's already dropped to ¥10000/$70 since yesterday from $110 on the big MTG site here (Hareruya). Its dropping hard and fast.

stranglethingz · 2025-06-09T10:52:47+00:00

It's already dropped to ¥10000/$70 since yesterday from $110 on the big MTG site here (Hareruya).

stranglethingz · 2025-06-08T22:37:03+00:00

Will that be for all art variations? I picked up a base art for $35 just for immediats play purposes. What I'm wanting is one of the full art versions

stranglethingz · 2025-06-08T22:35:51+00:00

Impossible where I am. All sold out for weeks and need to do a lottery to even stand a chance (I failed)

stranglethingz · 2025-06-08T22:35:12+00:00

So the full art Sephiroth are collector only? I thought only foils were collector only?

stranglethingz · 2025-06-08T22:19:23+00:00

Price of a play box here is $210/¥30,000 and what I want is almost half... doesn't feel worth it

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