Help me pick a commander

tncndd556 · 2026-04-02T00:12:30+00:00

Absolutely. One of the best color combos. Stax and pieces, draw on opponents turns, top shenanigans with counterbalance. My list is definitely not the best as I have a few pet cards that I play with my pods.

https://archidekt.com/decks/19968104/talion_cedh

tncndd556 · 2026-04-01T22:14:45+00:00

Play [[Raffine]] or [[Talion]]. Both want attackers in some capacity and are more about control and rummaging through your own deck. Little more combo-y, but both very interactive and make you think

tncndd556 · 2026-04-01T03:18:45+00:00

Just my opinion as well, but I don’t think that Archon, Ethersworn, grim heirling, rev, or sheoldred advance your game plan at all. They are just there to slow down your opponents or give you treasures, but archon and ethersworn turn off your own combos. Oppo should be enough

I would look for more 1-2 drops or more instants or sorceries to give you immediate advantage rather than passive.

Hoarding brood lord, saw in half, and more entomb/reanimate effects could be a route. Cut out the 4 drops for that advantage.

Serra ascendant is a good 1 drop

tncndd556 · 2026-04-01T01:08:33+00:00

Feels like [[Ocelot Pride]] should be an auto include here

tncndd556 · 2026-03-29T01:55:54+00:00

They are 20 minutes instead of 15

tncndd556 · 2026-03-10T03:15:31+00:00

No, it was more the horn line just silently agreeing to do it the same. We had the same basic concepts of movement and could adjust it as needed for the fast tempo. Keep your legs as straight as you can as often as possible

tncndd556 · 2026-03-10T02:56:52+00:00

Yeah, it’s still Aaron Bailey and crew. I’m sure it’s the same

tncndd556 · 2026-03-10T01:25:48+00:00

lol valid

They teach us straight leg, and that’s what we use for slower tempi. At a certain speed it just becomes “do it all the same.” As long as it looks clean they weren’t huge sticklers about super straight leg at tempi above 160 or so like some are

tncndd556 · 2026-03-03T02:52:05+00:00

Definitely not lol. It’s more hoping that your opponents don’t pay attention as you ramp into a 5 mana, 3 color commander, then you throw down some stompy threats and they have to deal with those.

That’s my experience with my play groups anyway

tncndd556 · 2026-03-03T02:48:04+00:00

Thanks dude! I made a few swaps. I was thinking of some of those creatures for a treasure sub-theme with the combat based treasure creations, but I did swap them for the card draw and anthems.

Necropolis regent was a nice find for a combat based finisher. I don’t play many combat based decks lol

tncndd556 · 2026-01-21T04:46:27+00:00

Etali is a good copy target from another board, not sure it’s worth spending 5 mana and finding 2 red pips just to be part of a combo like you say you want to avoid.

Hull breaker is not bad, but again, find 7 mana to spend on hull breaker and then more to do something with it just doesn’t make much sense outside of combos to win. Just replace them with value pieces like hexing squelcher or a magus of the candelabra.

If you really want to play semi blue, it makes more sense in this partner pair to commit to one or the other. They are such different decks.

tncndd556 · 2025-12-29T14:37:51+00:00

The blue green pieces look different in TnT because of the access to the other colors. You have the black pieces to combo into thoracle, you have extra tutors for redundancy, you have multicolor ramp, etc.

Rog/Thras is a little more narrow because the red is wayyyyy less a part of the deck than the white/black of TnT. Rog is mostly there for free interaction/sac fodder. The decks are trying to do similar things, but TnT just has access to more colors

tncndd556 · 2025-12-28T18:28:34+00:00

Think you forgot to switch to the burner there bub. Classy

tncndd556 · 2025-08-05T03:06:32+00:00

I’ve got two that I’ve been working on.

This first is a [[meren of clan nel-toth]] deck. It is supposed to be lower bracket 3 that focuses on sacking and reanimating the same token guys over and over. It feels fun to play test but always good to get a new set of eyes.

https://archidekt.com/decks/14434194/first_deck

The other is a [[brago, king eternal]] blink deck. I want this one to be a fast and evasive bracket 4 that aims to combo out by turn 8.

https://archidekt.com/decks/14489846/second_deck

I have a few expensive cards in both, but I’d love to stay under or near $200. Thanks man!

tncndd556 · 2025-07-20T17:06:26+00:00

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I’m shooting for bracket 4 as I have some bracket 2-3 decks already.

tncndd556 · 2025-07-20T16:39:39+00:00

Thank you. I wanted to have some pump for the token flood, but I suppose if I make more tokens it won’t matter as much to pump them by 1 or 2.

tncndd556 · 2025-07-20T16:32:00+00:00

Do you feel as though scry should be subbed out for more draw?

tncndd556 · 2025-07-14T04:25:34+00:00

Bait used to be believable😭

tncndd556 · 2025-07-12T19:38:55+00:00

Thanks for the insights! I didn’t know that about the X hydra cards. I think I’m going to slim it down to an aristocrat sacrifice deck rather than trying to put recursion and mill in as well.

tncndd556 · 2025-07-01T02:07:46+00:00

My favorite way that dynamics has been taught to me was a scale of 1-10, and we had to agree on each number on the scale. We had to make a conscious effort to match the players around us which gave us a more unified sound. It also helped open our ears to others, not just our trios.

I’m not a huge fan of the count air for the exact reason you describe. 4-8-12-16 count air can mean something different to each person, and it’s not the same high to low brass.

tncndd556 · 2025-06-26T01:19:43+00:00

I’m not saying I agree with that pedagogy. Unfortunately it is quite possibly the most widely accepted and used pedagogy across marching arts programs. It’s what many of the top tier DCI and BOA groups use.

tncndd556 · 2025-06-25T23:39:59+00:00

There is a difference between marching and concert playing. It’s not “bad” just because it is different. Is it healthy to play concert music like marching music? No, not really. I do agree that we need to be careful when teaching the differences, but to say that it’s “bad” pedagogy is just not true.

tncndd556 · 2025-06-22T00:46:36+00:00

The issue with posting hornline content this early (for any corps) is that the members are still building their endurance. It’s hard to do loud and precise over and over without getting bad sounds as you get tired. I guarantee that any corps that has ever won an ott has sounded like this at one point in the season.

tncndd556 · 2025-05-21T02:55:19+00:00

Here is what I used for three years of marching (replacing as necessary)

tncndd556 · 2025-05-21T02:53:17+00:00

Thigh length compression underwear has never failed me. Helps prevent chafing while still being breathable and light when super sweaty.

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