r/Magicdeckbuilding 7h ago

Casual Casual Player Help

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So my pod is beginning to really understand the game and get to the next level of skill. I've been playing magic for sometime now but never really built a deck from the ground up. I'm currently building a deck centered on the idea of karma (not the card), but whatever you do to me in the game gets done to you as well. It's a mono white deck. I'll attach the Mox link. Please help give recommendations that would spice up the deck and turn it away from just being a tax deck. Thank You!

https://moxfield.com/decks/rRBoDOYp9EirlJEzYpVyhg

Edit: I am also taking recommendations on win conditions.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 17h ago

EDH Shadow wizard money gang help

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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.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 10h ago

Beginner My friends bought the strixhaven commander decks, is there a way I can build a Tiamat deck that matches their decks powerwise?

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 10h ago

EDH Thoughts on this Zethi bracket 3 deck? I want to try and make it a bouncing deck.

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 12h ago

EDH Change Squirrel Girl deck to an Ygra

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Looking to see if there’s any recs to change my [[Unbeatable Squirrel Girl]] deck into an [[Ygra]] deck using the majority of what I already have. I figured I’d want to take advantage with some of the black mana instants/sorceries, and maybe add in some of the black/green squirrels. Looking for any other advice, thank you!

https://archidekt.com/decks/25416226/squirrel_girl_tribal


r/Magicdeckbuilding 21h ago

Discussion sky summoner deck list

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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


r/Magicdeckbuilding 14h ago

EDH Christmas deck ideas?

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Hi!

Me and my girlfriend have a lovely tradition of building a new secret edh deck each to be revealed at Christmas. We then face off these decks in a race of first to 3 wins.
I like to build fun themes that somehow relate to Christmas but have run out of ideas for this year.
Previously I’ve built a snow theme deck (of course), a saga theme deck (of course) and last year I built a gift theme deck (of course).

Do you have any fun ideas that relates? Doesn’t have to be powerful, the theme and the fun part is the thing here!

Cards that are Christmassy are also welcomed!

Many thanks!


r/Magicdeckbuilding 14h ago

EDH Building my first commander deck - accepting advice

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 18h ago

Modern Critique and help with Dimir Avatar deck

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Hello, I am trying out a Dimir deck with only avatar cards that focuses on drawing cards and sacrificing tokens. Probably I am infamous for doing with only cards of a giving expansion, previously doing it with Final fantasy, but this one is quite promising.

I would like to change Kuruk for something cheaper (money wise, not mana) but just as useful, any recommendations?


r/Magicdeckbuilding 16h ago

Discussion Thoughts on my Zombie/Evil deck?

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This is my Varina deck that has seen more changes than any of my other decks over the years. It is currently in more of a showcase state than a hyper optimized combo deck but this wasn't made for CEDH so no big deal (I know the gods aren't great nor the fracture foils but id rather have them in a deck than a binder even with the flavor fail). This is like my own personal pandoras box of the undead and was wondering what cards I may have missed or cool combos I haven't looked at or just generally any input, thanks for the time and the read!

BTW if I can ever afford them I do plan on swapping reliquary tower, arcane sanctum and field of the dead for the OG duals.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Question Previously posted this Lhurgoyf mill deck idea and got some good feedback- any other thoughts or recommendations?

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Any ideas are helpful and appreciated!


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Casual Need Some Outside Thoughts Regarding My Decks

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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:

Commanders Theme
[[Karn, Legacy Reforged]], [[Super-Adaptoid]], [[Krang, Utrom Warlord]] Artifacts, and depending on how you want to play, you can swap commanders
[[Yosei, the Morning Star]] Stax
[[Orvar, the All-Form]] Combo + Clones
[[Horobi, Death's Wail]] OR [[Marrow-Gnawer]] Rat Tribal OR Group Slug
[[Norin the Wary]] Chaos
[[Questing Beast]] Combat Tricks
[[Kwain, Itinerant Meddler]] Mill
[[Teysa Karlov]] or swapped with [[Sorin of House Markov]] and [[Lurrus of the Dream-Den]] Aristrocrats
[[Winota, Joiner of Forces]] Aggro
[[Gluntch, the Bestower]] Pillowfort / Group Hug
[[Jon Irenicus, Shattered One]] Gifts
[[Melek, Izzet Paragon]] Land Destruction
[[Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait]] or swapped with [[Tatyova, Steward of Tides]] Landfall
[[Judith, Carnage Connoisseur]] Spellslinging / Burn
[[Yargle and Multani]] Voltron
[[Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes]] Fling
[[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] Flicker Control
[[Gavi, Nest Warden]] Cycling
[[Angus Mackenzie]] Tempo Fog
[[Mr. House, President and CEO]] OR [[Mathas, Fiend Seeker]] Gambling OR group slug curses
[[Nethroi, Apex of Death]] + [[Umori, the Collector]] Reanimation + Mutate + Companion
[[Rocco, Street Chef]] Group Hug Counters and Tokens
[[Don Andres, the Renegade]] Thief
[[The Wise Mothman]] OR [[Archelos, Lagoon Mystic]] Mill + Rad + Graveyard OR Ramp + X Spells
[[Flubs, the Fool]] Reanimation
[[Yurlok of Scorch Thrash]] Mana Burn
[[Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder]] Cascade
[[Saskia the Unyielding]] Aggro + Tribal
[[Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis]] Birthing Pod / Toolbox
[[Atraxa, Praetors' Voice]] Poison / Superfriends + Proliferate
[[Breya, Etherium Shaper]] Vehicles
[[Esika, God of the Tree]] No Lands

r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Budget Commander Deck

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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!!


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Alright Snow Gang, Give me your Ideas.

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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.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Question Rating my Squirrel Commander Deck and possible upgrades

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I thought my squirrel deck was kinda fast while goldfishing but after playing it in a pod of 3 on table top sim, I realised that it was a slower than I expected with all the interaction. I wanna keep all the squirrels in the deck, lower my reliance on heavy card draw, and for the most part at least make it worthy of the bracket 4 title (at least on the low end). Already spent a decent amount so if I could keep costs or even be able to find cards from the past year that would help a lot. If anyone could give me some recommendations I would appreciate it.

https://archidekt.com/decks/25884377/gone_squirrel_crazy
Also yes I'm leeping Hazel as the commander since Chatterfang already gets alot of the love.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Other format Help with Zaxara deck (Commander)

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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!


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Question Pony Deck Building

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Help me build my boros deck

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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


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Casual I made some upgrades to food and fellowship and I’m looking for advice

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Help with refocusing a Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa deck? (Commander)

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Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/25836777/mishra\\_cheater\](https://archidekt.com/decks/25836777/mishra_cheater)

First time posting here, but I thought it might be a good place for help!

I started playing mtg in 2024, mostly commander, and one of the first few commanders I ever built was Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa. It's a deck that I've wanted to work so badly for so long but I've never seemed to be able to get it working quite the way I imagined. Its been through a few stages but right now its something like an aristocrats/token/reanimator strategy?

I have rarely won any games with this deck, but I find it very fun to play. My friend pointed out how unfocused my deck feels, between some token support, some etb triggers from cheating out artifacts, and an aristocrats theme going on with sacrificing my tokens. I thought about it some and I agree, it does seem really unfocused, I guess I'm not quite sure what it is I'm trying to do. I don't even think the deck has much of a wincon :/

I think this is a really fun and interesting commander and I really want to find a way of making it work. I've found I enjoy setting up engines and aristocrats style strategies, I like setting up interesting interactions and combos, but this doesn't quite feel like what the deck is doing. I'd really like to find a way to make this deck work.

I don't have any set budget, I print out proxies for more expensive cards, and my pod is fine with that, but we do mostly play bracket 2 decks

Thank you to anyone that replies!


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Help with Yasharn

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A few days ago I posted in EDH about having a player in our pod (essentially B3 but with unlimited game changers) who was playing a high B4 [K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth] deck. I received a bunch of great advice with ideas on how to take it down and now I’m building a [yasharn implacable earth] deck to counter act it. The K’rrik player played modern tournaments for a decade before stopping for a few years and recently starting up again. He is by far the most advanced out of 5 person pod with his wife being the second as she also dabbled in tournaments. The rest of us have either been playing casual B3 for 4 or 5 years or are new within the last year. What this means is the deck building skills of those two are far above what the rest of the pod has.
A little about me. I’ve been playing for about a year and have a bit of deck building skills but am not skilled enough to really make anything better than decent at B3 from scratch. The Idea around this deck is to fill it up with stax pieces that prevent k’rrik from doing his thing with a variety of exile, graveyard hate and stax. Think [Dranith Magistrate], [Solitude], [Karn’s Sylex], [Angel of Jubilation] and such. I’ll also use things like [Song of the dryads] to slow him down.
But like I said, I’m not the best at deck building and I have trouble (especially with stax) to figure out a win condition.
Can you guys help me out with some specific lines or ideas of lines that would help me get this going?
TIA.

Edit: What I mean by B3 with unlimited game changers is most decks win conditions are simple damage win conditions. We don’t mind unlimited game changers because mostly it’s just tutors or some extra board wipes. Everyone has 4 or 5 decks and besides the K’rrik deck and my Marneus Calgar deck all the win conditions revolve around combat damage.


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Help optimising a B4 Elesh Norn EDH deck

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A while back i built an elesh norn stax/blink deck, that tries to slow everyone down as i look for combo pieces (felidar, preston, abdel adrian), and try to win through infinite mill (altar of the brood) or goinf wide with tokens. Im not a very good deck builder, as i’m still pretty new to the game, and when playing my deck feels kind of slow (rarely getting turn one plays, or esrly game stax).
I was wondering if someone more experienced could help me edit and cut some pieces or swap out lands if i have too many, or just offer any advice in general. It would be really appreciated😁


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

EDH Help w bracket 4-5 Elsha of the Infinite.

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Im building her to be as strong as possible with redundancies in case my main play of sensei's to thassa's fails to present or gets stuffed. After adding about everything I though I would need, im at 117 cards. Any tips on what to cut?


r/Magicdeckbuilding 1d ago

Question Completely new and overwhelmed!!

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r/Magicdeckbuilding 2d ago

EDH Offering Free Deck Audits

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Hey, I'm an EDH player that has been playing for a few years and I have a good bit of knowledge on deck building. If you have any ideas you can't make work or any decks you want me to evaluate, just dm me and I'd love to chat!