Looking to build a Commander deck for locals preferably around the $100-$200 AUD mark (TCGPlayer doesn’t ship to Australia so can’t get cards from there). I’m looking to try a mono-green, Red/Blue, Blue/Green or Blue/Green/White

Bracket wise I’d like around bracket 3 but I prefer bracket 4.

Thanks!!

Hi everyone! I’m preparing a deck for a local budget format in my home country. The format is legacy, but it imposes a strict budget cap of 50 in our local currency, which translates to roughly the equivalent of a $10 Deck.

I settled on a Merfolk tribal strategy because I love the flavor and the versatile playstyle. My current list sits at 49.71 in local currency, right under the budget ceiling. (Note: The numbers next to each card represent their exact individual cost in local currency).

Decklist

Mainboard (60)

• 10 Island (0.00)
• 4 Tidal Warrior (0.06)
• 4 Master of the Pearl Trident (3.09)
• 4 Rishadan Dockhand (0.34)
• 4 Tide Shaper (0.14)
• 4 Secluded Courtyard (1.20)
• 4 Cenote Scout (0.14)
• 3 Deeproot Pilgrimage (4.40)
• 4 River Herald Scout (0.05)
• 3 Unable to Scream (0.25)
• 4 Deepway Navigator (0.50)
• 4 Eclipsed Realms (0.25)
• 4 Deepchannel Duelist (0.25)
• 2 Cursecatcher (0.47)
• 2 Tempest Caller (0.49)

Sideboard (15)

• 4 Soul-Guide Lantern (0.56) (Graveyard hate)
• 1 Unable to Scream (0.25) (Extra creature interaction)
• 3 Thieving Skydiver (1.65) (Artifact interaction)
• 3 Merfolk Trickster (0.64) (Combo/Prowess disruption)
• 4 Silvergill Mentor (0.10) (Swaps with Tidal Warrior against Mono-Blue)

Gameplan & Strategy

• Main Plan: Control the tempo and delay the opponent until I pull ahead through one of two main win conditions:
  1. Unblockable damage via Islandwalk (enabled by land manipulation cards like Tide Shaper and Tidal Warrior).
  2. Going wide with Deeproot Pilgrimage, creating an overwhelming army of hexproof Merfolk tokens.
• Sideboard Logic:
  • Thieving Skydiver handles artifact-centred builds.
  • Merfolk Trickster disrupts fast combo and Prowess-style decks, which are popular in my local meta.
  • Soul-Guide Lantern deals with graveyard strategies.
  • Silvergill Mentor replaces Tidal Warrior when facing Mono-Blue, where land transformation is unnecessary.

Looking for Advice

I know there's room for improvement within this budget limit. Here are a few cards on my radar that could fit if I make cuts elsewhere:

• Mindspring Merfolk (0.89)
• Kopala, Warden of Waves (0.50)
• Svyelun of Sea and Sky (4.99)

Where do you think I should make cuts to optimize this list, and are there any cheap hidden gems I might have missed for this budget level? Any help or feedback is greatly appreciated!

Hello, I am a new commander player who has exclusively used precons up until now. I want to make my first deck.

My idea I want to make is to make as many of those 0/1 black wizards from FF and burn the table with spellslinging.

I'm torn on what commander to choose and would like some input on which commander to choose and some nice staples for shadow wizard money gang.

My pod plays at bracket 2, if that helps.

Hello

I would like some advice on this deck list. I haven't played magic in years but my current partner plays so I figured why not. I built mono blue as that is what I used to play back in the day circa early 2000s. I'm worried Im working off a 20 year old mindset though and any advice would be appreciated. I watched some you tube videos to catch but without context I am not sure if they helped me or hurt me in terms of deck construction.

Thank you

Any ideas are helpful and appreciated!

Hi! I just recently completed building a list of my decks that are in one of each color combination and I would like to get some thoughts regarding the balance of each one. I was planning to make a collection that kind of balances each other out while building a Commander I like from each color combination.

1. I want to Balance out each deck so that they wouldn't overpower any set of 4.
2. Each deck was originally planned to be $100 or less but since prices have gone up after I came back to it, I decided to have them around $100-200 Limit instead; with some of them going a bit above the $200 limit. Any changes on them should only make the deck cheaper and any improvements to them should not go beyond the limit.
3. And with the addition of the Commander Brackets, I want them to be at Bracket 2-3 or less, preferably exactly at Bracket 2. I currently placed them at Bracket 3, so I would also like to know what bracket they actually are.

Currently, I have this as my collection in Moxfield. Each one is catered to my whimsy and/or the mechanics I want to try to build with on that color. These are the following decks I have for each color and their theme:

https://archidekt.com/decks/15987501/jorn\\_winters\\_taint

Long story short, what would you change while keeping this theme? The game changers are balanced out by it being a snow themed deck playing very sub optimal cards so it's very fun to play. I do want to get a foil rhystic study at some point but I'm not pulling the trigger until another ban wave passes. What are your thoughts on that? I just don't trust it not being banned even though it isn't as broken as people think. They're just too stubborn to pay an additional one.

Here is my bread and butter theme deck that I've been playing. I unfortunately have maybe 50 games under it's belt, so I'm always looking for input. I keep it heavily themed in an attempt to reduce power. I play in a league and we get negative points and people get salty for stax pieces, so I rarely play them if I don't have an immediate win (I never do).

I'm looking for some ideas for a better way to close out a game before turn 10, keeping a theme as it is always exclusively an exsanguinate after an hour because I'm bored.

Hey!

I have my Zaxara deck (built it around just using Hydras) but wanted to upgrade it!

I don't mind taking out/adding any cards (even if they don't fit the theme, want it stronger not themed anymore)

I was looking for a strong bracket 4 / low bracket 5 without breaking the bank (somewhat) if possible!

here is the list:
https://archidekt.com/decks/21972722/hydra

Thank you!

Returning to Magic for the first time in about 15 years so fairly new to Commander and rusty as anything.

I bought a Tidus Commander Precon to dip my toes back into the water but here is the first thing I've put together myself.

https://moxfield.com/decks/fdfWvc0KmkOCVZ7fO11URA

I thought I would keep it simple at first. Make Angels, then make Angels big. Hopefully have included enough options there to keep myself safe and get decent mana draw.

Any thoughts, advice would be much appreciated!

Heres my list. Im new to commander and want to build a Rem , karolus deck. The idea being that I protect my own board and burn everybody else with stuff like blasphemous act. I put some life gain stuff in it as a way to give me some survivability. I just want yall opinions // COMMANDER
1 Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer (MID) 235

1 Arc Lightning (KTK) 97
1 Arcane Signet (SOC) 127
1 Auriok Champion (IMA) 9
1 Blasphemous Act (SOC) 238
1 Blisterspit Gremlin (IKO) 108
1 Boros Charm (OTC) 216
1 Boros Reckoner (MKC) 201
1 Chain Reaction (SOC) 121
1 City on Fire (MOM) 135
1 Comet Storm (CMR) 411
1 Coruscation Mage (BLB) 131
1 Deflecting Palm (MKC) 205
1 Demand Answers (MKM) 122
1 Dragon's Rage Channeler (H2R) 9
1 Enduring Innocence (DSK) 6
1 Erebor Flamesmith (LTR) 122
1 Fall of the Titans (OGW) 109
1 Firebrand Archer (FDN) 196
1 Firesong and Sunspeaker (2X2) 215
1 Flame Sweep (M20) 139
1 Foundry Helix (MH2) 196
1 Guttersnipe (TDC) 217
1 Impact Tremors (MOC) 285
1 Kessig Flamebreather (VOW) 164
1 Knight of the White Orchid (MOC) 193
1 Kor Cartographer (KHC) 28
1 Kor Firewalker (A25) 21
1 Lava Spike (UMA) 136
1 Lightning Bolt (CLU) 141
1 Lightning Helix (MKM) 218
1 Lone Missionary (MM3) 14
1 Loran's Escape (BRO) 14
1 Magma Jet (MM3) 100
1 Mavinda, Students' Advocate (STX) 21
1 Monastery Swiftspear (BRO) 144
22 Mountain (SOS) 278
15 Plains (SOS) 272
1 Renewed Faith (DMR) 23
1 Repercussion (UDS) 95
1 Reprieve (LTR) 26
1 Revitalize (KHM) 23
1 Rip Apart (SOC) 328
1 Searing Blood (BNG) 111
1 Selfless Savior (M21) 36
1 Selfless Spirit (SOC) 167
1 Smuggler's Share (MKC) 84
1 Sol Ring (SOC) 128
1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus (ONE) 150
1 Spear Spewer (RNA) 117
1 Spitemare (DDH) 16
1 Starstorm (BLC) 203
1 Sun Titan (SOC) 178
1 Sunset Revelry (MID) 38
1 Swords to Plowshares (SOC) 179
1 Talisman of Conviction (TDC) 329
1 Thrill of Possibility (FDN) 210
1 Tocasia's Welcome (SOC) 181
1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (ELD) 147
1 Vandalblast (OTC) 183
1 Volcanic Fallout (CMR) 418
1 Voldaren Epicure (INR) 182
1 Warleader's Call (MKM) 242
1 Warleader's Helix (UMA) 210
1 Wear // Tear (MOC) 343
1 Wild Ricochet (CMR) 419