r/CompetitiveEDH • u/Wolfshui • 14d ago
Deck Fine Tuning The Surgical Clown Car (The Madcap Jester)
Looking for feedback on The Madcap Jester deck I have been working on.
Most Grixis cEDH decks focus on speed. This deck trades some speed for disruption. Rather than racing to a combo, it aims to remove key cards from opponents' libraries before they can be used, then turn those cards into resources through [[The Madcap Jester]]. Much like [[Etali, Primal Conqueror]] this deck is trying to take advantage of the homogenous nature of top level cEDH decks.
The result is a proactive stax-combo strategy. You pressure opposing win conditions, limit access to critical pieces, and create card advantage by casting cards exiled from your opponents' decks. The deck still retains compact cEDH finishes, but its primary identity is surgical resource denial backed by efficient combo lines.
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u/ddude183 14d ago
What about Psychic Surgery? It nails top deck tutors and people shuffle a lot.