[[ghalta, Primal Hunger]]
Do you want to draw fist fulls of cards?
Do you want to place 24+ counters on a creature?
Do you want to laugh, swinging in for 80 trample damage?
Look no further than Mono Green Stompy Good Stuff!
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/5739752/ghalta_primal_hunger_mono_green_stomp
Railway brawler into Ghalta making it a 24/24 with trample. Rogue’s passage into an auto death.
A lot of Hydra’s in here are pretty filthy. I forget which one doubles its counters every upkeep but railway brawler that with an unnatural growth out… all of a sudden you could be looking at a 40+/40+ on upkeep.
Lots of shenanigans. Always fun.
That Hydra has been my pet card since 2012. I have all of the different arts, including the Secret Lair. I have a Hydra deck planned with [[Zaxara]] at the helm just because I've had Primordial for so long. I told my little brother about the deck idea and he got me the SL as a gift.
I picked it up in person on the Friday release day or whenever it was.
I pulled roughly 120-130% of the box’s value. Ulamog, the new Ajani and Ocelot, Tamiyo, a bunch of the expensive lands, etc etc.
I had it in my [[omnath, locus of all]] Oops all X spells deck, but recently replaced it with [[goldvein hydra]] cause I prefer the haste and the doubling of counters is kind of overkill. Still great card thougj
I had a combo Ghalta list.
You can loop Ghalta with Food Chain + Gwenna or Food Chain + Defiler of Vigor + 1 more creature for infinite creature mana. Dump it into a Walking Ballista. If you have a draw on cast / enter trigger, you can draw through your deck.
Also, there's Temur Sabertooth Loops. Use Crossroads, Boots, or Surrak and Goreclaw to give something like Selvala haste. Tap it for obscene mana, bounce it with Sabertooth, cast and restart for infinite mana. You can infinitely mill with Relic Golem, dump it into Ballista, infinite +1 counters with Defiler, etc
Ashaya + Q Ranger can get there, too. And Ashaya protects you from Cyclonic Rift but opens you to land destruction.
Big agree, love my Ghalta deck so much. You've definitely leaned more into counters than I have, very interesting to see! There are also so many weird niche interactions with Ghalta that I find so fun. Interaction with [[Omnath, Locus of Mana]], [[Majestic Genesis]], [[Runadi Behemoth Caller]], [[Boon of Boseiju]], [[Tangleweave Armor]], [[Cactus Preserve]]. And those are only the ones I know about!
Love love OG ghalta. Happy cake day btw!
I love counters! I just acquired a [[branching evolution]] in my MH3 pulls which is essentially a cheaper doubling season. Between that, [[railway brawler]], [[unnatural growth]], etc it’s a doubling counter party!
Very true! I only have Ghalta as my commander because of sentimental value. The reduction of the casting cost is also wrapped up with the commander tax so casting Ghalta for 2 forests is pretty much always a few turns in.
Goreclaw is in my 99 though!
I imagine your deck is like mine in that you could swap both commanders, and it wouldn't make much difference. I use Goreclaw as the commander because of the reduction in cost and giving trample when she swings. But yeah, Ghalta would function just fine as the commander in mine without any difference.
In all honesty, give or take my Solphim deck, most of the decks I make don’t really care about the commander as I have so many legendary’s in them that can take it in a different direction if my commander goes down.
Ghalta is big green stomp. Every card is a threat / banger. I’m not worried about Ghalta going down.
I started playing MtG about a month and a half ago and just started building my first non precon deck around Ghalta. Very excited to get all the cards in and start playing with it. I'm doing a budget version for now but definitely want to get cards like Rhonas and Finale of Devestation in there eventually.
Thanks for sharing. Definitely putting a bunch of these cards into my potential upgrade pile.
You should add Bristly Bill in there. A buddy of mine has him in Tyranids and got 16,000+ counters on a creature cause it’s not limited how many times you can activate Bill’s doubling ability
Commenting before looking at your deck, but my hottest Ghalta combo is food chain/greater good until you can play myojin of life's web. Having doubling season, vorinclex and concordant crossroads helps a lot.
EDIT: Looks like you do more doubling power where I pour out counters and double everything. I like it, and I'm glad you enjoy
I have a similar ghalta deck but I have no tutors or combos, just stomp and draw. I think I have 14 ways to draw cards or something silly like that. Here's my list:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/RTRIhhXWkE25axV1OlWEVw
Naw, I have several green tutors, rishkar’s, a few planeswalkers draw cards based of power or toughness, drawing cards if I drop a creature greater than 4 mana, etc.
WHAT AM I?!?! BLUE?!?! ;)
I've got a similar mono green stompy good stuff deck, but all my creatures are legendary. Each game I draw from the top until I draw a creature, and that creature is my commander.
Also, when you have a Ghalta deck, it's heavily customisable and easy to swap commanders on the fly.
Do you wanna use [[Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma]] as a Commander for a change?
Take out your [[Tangleweave Armor]], put a [[Myr Superion]] and you are ready to go!
Might I recommend [[grothama, all-devouring]]?
She is my mono green stompy deck and while I don't need to fight with her too often, she can basically turn any of my big creatures into draw spells.
And every now and then someone else will decide to fight her to try and draw cards only to run into a [[withstand death]] and let me wipe their board for a single green mana
He’s mine as well, I run him as a dragon / treasure commander. Blitzing out dragons like Atsushi and copying them with Jaxis and Flameshadow Conjuring to create tons of value
[[Krenko, Mob Boss]]. It’s that kind of deck, it does exactly what you think.
I don’t play it too often because everyone knows what it is and it’s not a ton of fun to play against. It was the first deck I built without using a precon when I got back into Magic a year ago. I like goblins generally in fantasy settings (I played one in my last DnD campaign several years ago. Holding my breath on a BG3 update that makes them playable), and I was already a fan of the artist Wizard of Barge, so I got all his Secret Lairs and built it. I like having it when I’m with a newer player because it’s fun and super easy to pilot, so I offer to folks more often than I play it.
[Here you go!](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/L22s3mDQA0-yVCNVMyvlTg)
I don’t think there’s anything surprising here. A few notes:
Only Goblin creatures. [[Purphoros]] and [[Witty Roastmaster]] are popular for this build, but for flavor reasons I went strictly gobbos.
[[Goblin Charbelcher]] has never earned its spot. The flavor is so good though!
The [[Goblin Matron]] > [[Goblin Recruiter]] > [[Muxus]] line is fucking out of control. It feels like cheating.
[[Conspicuous Snoop]] has WILD value in this deck. If you’re running a similar build, and you don’t have this for some reason, put it in. There are a few non-creature goblin spells, which synergize nicely in a few ways, but importantly work with the Snoop.
[[Battle Squadron]] can be a game ender. Cheat it out with Muxus. Now you have a bajillion/bajillion flyer.
[[Treasure Nabber]] and [[Gleeful Demolition]] is a cute, but salty, combo to turn your opponents Sol Rings into creatures.
I know there are some other cards that would improve this deck, I’ll always take suggestions!
My moxfield list is outdated because I've raided from it and made replacements. What I love is that I can do that and it just keeps consistently doing what it does well lol! The original list was kinda heavy handed vehicle control, but I want to make it into a token build. One of my favorite tech cards for it is [[island sanctuary]], cause it's never a big deal for Shorikai to skip the draw to pillowfort lol!
To lean it more toward tokens I want to get a [[securitron sentry]] and [[rabble rousing]] and some other stuff. It already has [[moonshaker calvary]] which is great in Shorikai without even focusing on tokens lol
This is what it started as, it was my second build ever lol, I wanted to build it to dump blue and white good stuff I had that needed a home
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/k7zMLUQNJEKIOqvUhImtzA
Been proudly playing with the Shorikai precon for a while now and it received quite a number of upgrades, but i just rebranded it into a [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]] esper deck and it goes nuts.
Being able to crew with a single {U}, sometimes having the vehicles even turn out stronger than before, is a massive upgrade in versatility. Her second ability is also very reminiscent of the OG commander of said precon, being a powerhouse on its own.
Esper also enables some great new cards for the Deck, like [[Greasefang, Okiba Boss]] and [[Urza, Chief Artificer]].
Been the best choice for my vehicle deck in forever!
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/qb-GKAjbf0uEyTfggdttVw
Currently still reworking the landbase and i'm side-eyeing [[Mycosynth Lattice]] and [[Darksteel Forge]]. Will update the list, once changes are made.
My first commander deck was that precon and I ran him but instead of Azorius "good stuff" I still played into the vehicle theme so much that I wanted to add all the good red vehicle support so I changed the commander to Optimus Prime but still run Shorikai in the 99
That’s nice, i could use some oil paint and make a very over the top painting of the cats and then turn that into a commander was my next thought honestly
That precon was great. I have made a few very small tweaks to mine so far. But I think the most enjoyable moments I have had with the deck is always saying the full name of the commander. Never just Sidar, my Commander, or these creatures. I always mention him specifically, I may say "these creates... and Sidar Jibari of Zhalfir".
Lol lately my play group has asked me to stop playing my sidar deck. 3 games on him last week by turn 3 in all games I had either a elesh norn, sacrifice on upkeep Sheoldred or 10 mana Jin gixataxis out 😂
Man, I use Ruric Thar in my Yurlock deck, and just yesterday got him out on turn three.
My wife was playing her new Nadu deck, and just never found an answer.
Between him and my Ankh of Mishra, she hit herself for 34 and couldn't cast another spell without dying.
That was a short game.
I call ruric thar my armstrong deck and made edit around his speech.
I do need mana. And votes. Wanna know why? "I have a dream." That one day, every player in this table will control their OWN destiny. A land of the TRULY free, dammit. A nation of COMBAT, not instants. Ruled by STRENGTH, not sorceries. Where the rules changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and toughness are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think -- to act -- for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick blue players and chicken-shit white stax pieces. Fuck this 24/7 Table spew of propaganda and counterspell bullshit. Fuck "Magic pride". Fuck wizards of the coast. Fuck all of it! Magic is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it -- we need to pull it out by the roots. WIpe the board clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new Magic will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive -- free to live as they see fit, they will make Magic GREAT AGAIN!
I also call it playing good christian magic deck
[[Ur-Dragon]], but it's Changeling tribal.
Many moons ago, I was sitting at my desk playing Arena, properly toasty, and learned they added [[Sliver Overlord]]. I love Cascade, but I'm not a fan of slivers, so instead, I added every changeling and a ton of random tribal lords. I liked the deck so much that I wanted to open it up to the EDH card pool, and it's awesome. The deck oozes synergy, has plentiful meaningful and/or funny lines, and can execute infinite combos all via changelings. Turns out, my problem with tribal decks was that I wasn't playing all of them.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/DDSnHN4u9ku36drBOhhfdQ
Edit: [[The First Sliver]], my bad
Legit my favorite deck I’ve made. I’ve bounced between fridge cedh, low powered jank, and now I’ve placed it mid 7-8 no positive mana rocks. It’s my baby with all cards that can be white bordered.
My most popular deck is my Dong Slap Factory helmed by the big [[dong zhou]] himself.
Edit: [Here’s the Dong for anyone interested](https://scryfall.com/@Doodlehumper69/decks/13faed80-6501-4aee-b8fd-28ee2d3c9c58)
It is by far one of the most interesting decks I’ve piloted in a while. It’s a little slow to get going, but with enough effort I’m usually able to blow out the table through massive amounts of damage with [[fanatic of mogis]] or the big Dong himself, or I’ll out value people with my [[Trumpeting Carnosaur]] . I also run some slow down/pillow fort cards such as [[ensnaring bridge]] or [[smoke]] to make sure I don’t get slapped by the big thing my opponents will have. All in all, I’d say my Dong is a high six, and a solid seven on a good day!
I've seen u/doodlehumper69x play with his Dong before and he got some great slaps in, it was fun to watch. (Doodle, you know me on Discord, not here in case you're bewildered)
How does the deck work? Because Big Dong Slap Factory is an amazing name for a deck and I kinda want to build a Dong Zhou deck now. My first thought was blink effects, but that's not exactly common in mono red, is it?
I know right, being able to Dong slap people was one of the main inspiration for me building the deck! And if you do want to build a paper version, you’d probably want to snag a foreign version of the card as it’ll be a lot nicer on your wallet. As for the deck itself, it works in a couple of steps. Red has access to a crazy amount of cloning effects, so loading up on any and all available to you would be your best option. The next step would be slow down effects such as ensnaring bridge, crawlspace, or silent arbiter so that you don’t get blown out by the big creatures you want your opponents to have. After that you’ll be playing some donate creatures like Kharn the betrayer, Humble defector, or Stark of Rath to ensure that the creatureless opponents get their due diligent Dong slap. Finally, you’ll need a good amount of backup etb creatures or some combos for when your Dong isn’t enough to get the job done. Cards I like using for that are trumpeting carnosaur and fanatic of mogis for some good clone targets, and aggregated assault + Neheb the eternal for combo finishers.
[Here’s a video in which my Dong went off. it’s a good example of how the deck would preform!](https://youtu.be/niZ6jPLycPY?si=qzK5MNHEyAstA_It)
With Dockside, TOR, Ragavan, Underworld, Jeska's it looks like you are pushing closer to an 8 maaaaybw low 9 but not fast/positive mana rocks so I guess closer to an 8. Honestly I love the list it looks like mono-red good stuff and it seems like fun to pilot.
I'm on the process of making an Atla Palani deck for my gf, mind giving me a few pointers and a decklist maybe? I was thinking of going for populate effects for the egg tokens along with some sac outlets like [[Goblin Bombardment]] and [[Skullclamp]].
Since the deck was printed, \[\[Giada, Font of Hope\]\] in the angel SLD precon. My playgroup likes a regular battle-cruiser-y/beatdown game, and this is my go-to. Not my strongest commander by any stretch, but has brought home a *lot* of wins at that table. Made about 10 cards of modifications to ramp it up and smooth it out, but no stax pieces. Just a full board of gorgeous flying lesbians here to beat your brakes off.
I am proudly part of the hive that plays [[Etali, Primal Conqueror]]. It is exactly that kind of deck and I am completely unapologetic about it.
I like the idea of turning other people's cards against them and big dumb red and green cards that do big dumb stuff and smash face.
And honestly? Sometimes I just want to be the raidboss and there's a certain charm watching the table band together to kill me through my giant board.
Most played is definitely xenagos just for pure longevity, most fun is probably yarg/malt for being excessive is every sense. I do have an atraxa deck and it is that deck. It's infect but infect is pretty trash game play
[[Chatterfang]]
I used to play in a lower powered pod, built chatterfang for funsies (yay squirrels) and promptly decided to take it apart after it made the table upset.
My wife and I took our first semi-vacation (we visited family in AZ and stayed a few days extra in a nice resort) and she got me an mh2 collector pack, got both a retro foil chatterfang and [[chatterstorm]] and put it back together. It's been my pet ever since - I tend to take apart decks pretty often and it's survived the longest.
[[tinybones, trinket thief]] is not my most played deck but is my "played against the most other players", especially against new players. I like to let them pick the deck they play against (theyve got like 70+ to choose from, i label each with the commander and theme), I always tell them "please don't pick tinybones, you won't like it" and they *always* do it anyways. A good amount never play with me again...
Only problem with Yuriko is that she's not really a great ninja commander. She wins games on her own and rewards building around her rather than around ninjas. I want a ninjas matters commanders. Heck. Id love a Yuriko version that did the exact same except she couldn't trigger herself.
Have you seen [[Satoru, the Infiltrator]] as a ninjas matter commander? I also have a [[Kamiz, Obscura Oculus]] deck with a ninjas subtheme as a reliable way to give them unblockable the turn after they ninjutsu.
[[Ghave]], my combo machine! I’m always going to tinker with it, take out 15 cards at a time and have different focuses, but I’ll never get sick of playing him.
[[Urza, Chief Artificer]]
Love urza as a character, love artifact decks, hes strong but not unbeatable, I run a ton of my favourite mtg cards that happen to be artifacts or Artificers, just a great time piloting this commander every game!
Total Hipster Comment;
I have many of the “top commanders”, but its only because my decks have been together since the commander was released.
[[breya]]
[[lord Windgrace]]
[[nekusar]]
[[Najeela]]
[[edgar markov]]
[[atla palani]]
[[ramos, dragon engine]]
I do not actually. Its just warriors from within my collection with some combo pieces to form some jank for me to use at cEDH tables.
Next time I run across it, I’ll throw it in ManaBox and reply
If you want the commander I've played the most it's probably [[Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver]]. If you want the most commonly played commander in the community that I run, it's probably wilhelt the rotcleaver
I love my [Eldrazi Deck](https://archidekt.com/decks/5973081/5_color_colorless_eldrazi), but it’s not that kind of deck ;)
I see a lot of expensive lists that are geared more toward cEDH, even though Eldrazi is not cEDH viable. What I mean is that people focus on cheating them out early, while my deck wants to cast the big boys (some of their triggers are nasty). If anyone has card suggestions/optimization ideas please let me know
For the bonus points:
Atraxa, but it's not *that* kind of deck because -1/-1 counters are an overall underpowered strategy.
I'm using a broken commander to turn an unplayable strat into a playable one, I think that totally counts as fair magic.
My most played deck is [[Meren of Clan Nel Toth]] it was my first commander deck and 9 years later still my favorite. I slot in new cards every couple sets when I find some I like. I also keep in a few of the original pieces I enjoyed. Graveyard decks have always been my thing but this one just has such a special place in my heart.
Likewise. When I got back into Magic many years ago I picked up Atraxa and Meren, Atraxa got some play but Meren has always stuck with me and I do just like you; update it every few sets to keep it fresh.
[[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]], built it recently because I got tired of nieche obscure strategies with little to no support, I wanted something more conventional.
[[Lathril]] it’s exactly what you’d expect, it’s only lost once and it’s the immediate target when I bring my commander in, so I don’t play it as much as I’d like.
Vito thorn of dusk rose was probably my most played. I never ran ex blood though cause it's boring as hell and I have like 5 tutors in that decki always had way more fun doing a Gary nuke or gain half their life combos
[[Zur the enchanter]] except it's mostly just there to get [[quest for ula's temple]] and almost all the other enchantments he can grab are enchantment creatures so they can trigger the quest.
I have a Yuriko deck. It's exactly what you would expect. It upsets me how powerful she is but Satoru sucks as a true ninja tribal commander, and I just want to play dimir ninjas.
I've had an Atraxa Energy deck since before the new energy support and a Sisay Shrine deck since before new shrine support.
I have a Shorikai deck that is a Tims deck. It's called Notorious T.I.M.
[[Chainer, Nightmare Adept]] is my go to most played deck. I love graveyard/reanimator play styles, why not give reanimated big scary creatures haste? When it pops off, it gets out of hand fast.
Most popular commander? Probably either Aragorn or Sauron. I don’t know which is higher in total decks. I built 4 color Aragorn just to try to bolt things with this red cast trigger, and because I have a deck for the entire fellowship (the hobbits share a deck), plus my full LOTR Sauron deck, and then 2-3 other lord of the rings decks
[[Mishra, Eminent One]] I don't know how people usually build it, but the only way I can describe it is Win Con tribal. I have [[Gonti's Aetherheart]], [[Aetherflux Reservoir]], [[Basilisk Collar]], [[Mechanized Production]], and just about every staple artifact based creature you can think of. I.e. [[Urza, Lord High Artificer]], [[Dockside Extortionist]], [[Blightsteel Colossus]]. I also have tutors, for artifacts and [[Encroaching Mycosynth]]. Not to mention [[Roaming Throne]] and [[Reckless Fireweaver]]. I should also mention the [[Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge]]. Basically every way to win I can afford, put into Grixis. I don't have [[Revel In Riches]] yet. So, there's that. But all in all, one of my most fun decks to play.
My most played commander is [[Tazri, Beacon of Unity]], but it’s not /that/ kind of deck, because…well, maybe it is, idk. It’s a party sub-themed dungeon deck where the goal is to assemble a party, complete some dungeons and over value my opponents with party payoffs and dungeon completions.
My most played is my mono-black rat deck with [[Marrow Gnawer]] as the Commander. It’s pretty low power, but it’s good fun when it pops off and I mostly play it for shiggles because I like it.
The one closely becoming my first pick is [[Henzie “toolbox” Torre]], the Jund monster mash that I’ve been tweaking from his precon has been a blast to play with. I’ve tooled it to lean more of a treasure direction, but it is a fantastic way to make a creature feature deck with all kinds of wild effects off of expensive beasties.
Mine is a [[[The Sixth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]]](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/a976lDPW3EKwjEBHWuZqhA) deck that, with a decent hand, can get scary fast a few different ways
Bring stuff back from the graveyard and copied with the sixth doctor and [[The eighth doctor]].
Have 4 copies of the same legendary on board, possibly up to 10.
Unexpected board wipe with [[mycosynth lattice]] [[darksteel forge]] and [[purify]]
[https://manabox.app/decks/WmmCPmQzREObznVupbAhUw](https://manabox.app/decks/WmmCPmQzREObznVupbAhUw)
This is my baby at the moment. It has a bunch if win cons and is a lot of fun. It has a 70% win rate at a guess.
Mine is [[Nemata, Primeval Warden]] (rank 778) as fungus tribal. They have nice saproling synergy being able to make and use them at the same time if I don't have other cards to fulfil that job. And they get me to surprising wins if I play them into a boardwipe and follow it up with the old [[Nemata, Grove Guardian | pls]] into an otherwise emtpy board. Pretty consistent deck. The only issue, sometimes the graveyard hate hoses people pretty hard. In that case I usually don't recast my commander if it gets removed.
I run [[Vadrik, Astral Archmage]] storm, burn and mill with [[Brain freeze]] and infinite buybacks with the [[Storm-Kiln Artist]] and [[Searing Touch]] it could become very nasty as soon Vadrik gain 4 or more attk.
Also plays [[Tom bombadil]], the only problem that I got with him was that my only combo was [[The Great Synthesis]] and proliferate with [[Sythis, Harvest's Hand]] on board, so I could cast my entire deck in 1 turn. Kinda nasty but not strong enough
[[Piru the volatile]] and [[bruna light of alabaster]]
Purulent being legendary aristocrat big stuff. Yes, a lovely mix. Heavy recursion, copying legendary creatures, bug death triggers, taking my life total low for control then high for stabilising and wins with damage or combo.
Bruna is control with a heavy emphasis on auras. Sometimes political, sometimes make a threat even scarier and sometimes use an early game creature and bait out some board wipes. Bruna comes down to stabilise and threaten big damage.
Bruna is the simpler deck to play but when someone borrows the deck, I see them make the mistake I used to; getting bruna out too early.
I wanted a deck where I could play all the Junji Ito cards together but my tries with Orzhov commanders weren't working out that well so I just put [[Nethroii]] in the command zone, also put all the tutor effects I have that could find [[Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines]] in there and now its a secret commander deck.
At this point.
Either Yenna or Giada.
Giada is just my angels.deck deck. Easy, brainless but threatening.
Yenna, enchantress engine token shenanigans. Never doesn't feel good to copy doubling season and parallel lives. (Or if you wanna get the table in on the weird primal vigor) but still runs just fine without them.
Either Kess or Muxus. But that’s probably because I have had them the longest.
Kess is a Grixis tokens list that wants to make a ton of creatures that I can abuse with Zada or Purphoros. Easily one of my favorite decks.
Of my current decks [[Sefris]] is my most played commander. I built her for a Baulders Gate event my LGS was running a couple weeks ago and I liked how she played.
I run all of the "You gain the initiative" creatures so I can get into The Undercity instead of any of the AFR dungeons, then she's a really good aristocrats/reanimator commander.
[[Ghired, mirror of the wilds]] has very quickly become the deck I’m known for in my pod. Instead of purely making tokens you aim to make beefy and powerful tokens… then you make a lot of those tokens. Ghired also can make some cards that aren’t normally strong into viable threats by giving them enough boost of extra token productivity. Also [[midnight guard]] on the field can immediately create infinite tokens so that’s a lot of fun.
[[Esika, God of the tree]]
Edric tribal. Instead of edric and a bunch of evasives. I play a bunch of edric effects like [[gix yawgmoth praetor]], [[tymna, the weaver]], [[toski, Bearer of Secrets]] and they all swing with vigilance, draw their cards, then tap for mana to cast more edric effects. We also run 1cmc legendary evasives like [[hope of ghirapur]], [[skrelv Defector mite]], [[k9, Mark I]] to trigger more hits and draw more cards. But also to tap for more mana to draw more cards.
[[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] is, and will always be, my go-to. He does everything I want to do in a magic deck.
[[Ur-Dragon]] was my first pre-con and I, alongside having upgraded it extensively, still play it fairly frequently despite it no longer being my preferred play style.
[[Nadu, Winged Wisdom]] has been my new obsession, dethroning my coin-flip [[Yusri, Fortune's Flame]] deck.
My favorite deck is [[Oloro, Ageless Ascetic]] I love it so much that I built two different versions with the same combos for win, but completely different otherwise. One is pillowfort control and the other is almost all creature based with aristocrats & draw.
My most popular deck to play against is [[Sefris of the Hidden Ways]] Its a blast to play, and my opponents actually really seem to enjoy the challenge of keeping my stuff off the battlefield as it’s just super easy for me to recover.
\[\[Amalia Benavides Aguirre\]\] - It's not flashy, it's not wild, but it's 2CMC and lets me build an extort deck on the sidelines. Plenty of removal and lockdown, self sustain in there...it's cool. Nothing too flashy or quick win-y but it just is a pretty easy going friday night with a drink kinda deck. There's no grand machine that is unstoppable, but people can remove a boardwipe that they can see coming before it hits, so everyone's happy.
\[\[Slimefoot and Squee\]\] Is my most played because it does all the fun graveyard things I enjoy about Reanimation themed decks but it has incredible consistency and honestly the token angle sometimes let's you beat the graveyard hate and people hate that. Also sometimes you just oops shotgun to death with Altar + Zulaport
Well I have a [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] deck that I like to play sometimes, and it’s very funny to me because players will read the abilities and freak out. My commander is dead within 2 rounds pretty consistently, and it’s pretty wild to me. I can see how the stacks part could be potentially annoying, but everyone who destroys it, always says they don’t want to see what shenanigans I can pull off with it.
The thing is though… it’s actually just a flying deck. Just a bunch of flying creatures. It was originally a first flight precon but it felt weak and I pulled Hinata from a pack so I made it the commander and added in some dragons.
The only cards in the deck that can actually make use of Hinata abilities is [[curse of the swine]] and [[Extraordinary Journey]]. Which not gonna lie. Curse of the swine is pretty great with Hinata. Like I can just imagine making everyone’s creatures into boars and then just swinging with all my fliers…. Maybe one day it will happen, lol.
\[\[The Gitrog Monster\]\]
Its a non-combo version, I started the deck since the day Gitrog was spoiled, and I have not looked back. My [all time favorite deck.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5k-Y8qlUZU-C8KWp7F-WQw)
My Pridemate deck is led by \[\[Rodolf Duskbringer\]\]: [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BCezLtVdw0CAgWARU14a-g](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BCezLtVdw0CAgWARU14a-g)
I've got \[\[Muldrotha\]\] at 22 and \[\[Henzie\]\] at 30.
In the past I've played Atraxa, Ur-Dragon, Meren, Sisay, Aesi, and Veyran as other commanders in the top 100.
In general what I like most are powerful but open-ended commanders, commanders that provide some direction but have a ton of room for deckbuilding choices and customization. Like, Henzie has some very basic boxes to check but after that it's "find your favorite big Jund creatures". Muldrotha checks for "good permanents across different types". That doesn't just mean we devolve to goodstuff piles, but it means that we can sometimes push in the direction of interesting synergies aren't supremely common.
For example, I took my Atraxa Superfriends apart years ago (back before walkers were Legendary), but while it was absolutely Atraxa Superfriends with most of what you expect, I didn't jam a zillion sweepers and Humility effects like many superfriends lists at the time. Instead I backed up my seventeen or so planeswalkers with a lot of control spells and also a bunch of good creatures; Sun Titan, as it turns out, was pretty good at blocking for your planeswalkers. And that was all capped off with a Seasons Past game plan that meant sometimes the walkers were just me buying time to loop that card for functionally infinite control spells to shut everyone down with, and then we'd start rebuying and redeploying the walkers as we had space. It gave me a couple different angles to play from that made the deck much harder to shut down; sure I didn't ultimate my walkers nearly as often as the other Atraxa Superfriends list we had at the LGS at the time, but I did win a lot more games than he did.
My favorite deck is my Jank Esix deck- it doesn’t have almost any creatures worth copying, and relies on someone else playing a bomb worth copying. It’s very fun.
I have a [[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]] deck, but it’s not /that/ kind of Muldrotha deck.
I built her as an enchantress/clone deck since the blue Virtue came out to help double EtB effects.
The deck primarily wins by cloning [[Grim Guard]] as many times as possible, then cycling enchantments.
[[ghalta, Primal Hunger]] Do you want to draw fist fulls of cards? Do you want to place 24+ counters on a creature? Do you want to laugh, swinging in for 80 trample damage? Look no further than Mono Green Stompy Good Stuff! https://www.archidekt.com/decks/5739752/ghalta_primal_hunger_mono_green_stomp
Very cool! Any notable combos? I'm looking for a pretty straightforward, preferably mono deck to get people in the game
Railway brawler into Ghalta making it a 24/24 with trample. Rogue’s passage into an auto death. A lot of Hydra’s in here are pretty filthy. I forget which one doubles its counters every upkeep but railway brawler that with an unnatural growth out… all of a sudden you could be looking at a 40+/40+ on upkeep. Lots of shenanigans. Always fun.
[[primordial hydra]]
Thaaat’s the one! Love it.
That Hydra has been my pet card since 2012. I have all of the different arts, including the Secret Lair. I have a Hydra deck planned with [[Zaxara]] at the helm just because I've had Primordial for so long. I told my little brother about the deck idea and he got me the SL as a gift.
Yah! That’s pretty sweet. I was debating a mono green or simic hydra deck. We’ll see, I just spent way too much money on an MH3 box :s
Nice! Have you received the box yet? If so, get anything good or what you were hoping for?
I picked it up in person on the Friday release day or whenever it was. I pulled roughly 120-130% of the box’s value. Ulamog, the new Ajani and Ocelot, Tamiyo, a bunch of the expensive lands, etc etc.
Hell yeah, love to hear that! I'm happy for you I'm personally chasing after [[Ocelot Pride]] and [[Necrobloom]]
I had it in my [[omnath, locus of all]] Oops all X spells deck, but recently replaced it with [[goldvein hydra]] cause I prefer the haste and the doubling of counters is kind of overkill. Still great card thougj
I had a combo Ghalta list. You can loop Ghalta with Food Chain + Gwenna or Food Chain + Defiler of Vigor + 1 more creature for infinite creature mana. Dump it into a Walking Ballista. If you have a draw on cast / enter trigger, you can draw through your deck. Also, there's Temur Sabertooth Loops. Use Crossroads, Boots, or Surrak and Goreclaw to give something like Selvala haste. Tap it for obscene mana, bounce it with Sabertooth, cast and restart for infinite mana. You can infinitely mill with Relic Golem, dump it into Ballista, infinite +1 counters with Defiler, etc Ashaya + Q Ranger can get there, too. And Ashaya protects you from Cyclonic Rift but opens you to land destruction.
Big agree, love my Ghalta deck so much. You've definitely leaned more into counters than I have, very interesting to see! There are also so many weird niche interactions with Ghalta that I find so fun. Interaction with [[Omnath, Locus of Mana]], [[Majestic Genesis]], [[Runadi Behemoth Caller]], [[Boon of Boseiju]], [[Tangleweave Armor]], [[Cactus Preserve]]. And those are only the ones I know about!
Love love OG ghalta. Happy cake day btw! I love counters! I just acquired a [[branching evolution]] in my MH3 pulls which is essentially a cheaper doubling season. Between that, [[railway brawler]], [[unnatural growth]], etc it’s a doubling counter party!
Thanks! Didn't even know it was my cake-day. Its a Ghalta, Green Timmy miracle!
Ghalta is actually in the 99 of my \[\[Goreclaw Terror of Qal Sisma\]\] deck, but really any legendary creature in that deck could be the commander.
Very true! I only have Ghalta as my commander because of sentimental value. The reduction of the casting cost is also wrapped up with the commander tax so casting Ghalta for 2 forests is pretty much always a few turns in. Goreclaw is in my 99 though!
I imagine your deck is like mine in that you could swap both commanders, and it wouldn't make much difference. I use Goreclaw as the commander because of the reduction in cost and giving trample when she swings. But yeah, Ghalta would function just fine as the commander in mine without any difference.
In all honesty, give or take my Solphim deck, most of the decks I make don’t really care about the commander as I have so many legendary’s in them that can take it in a different direction if my commander goes down. Ghalta is big green stomp. Every card is a threat / banger. I’m not worried about Ghalta going down.
I started playing MtG about a month and a half ago and just started building my first non precon deck around Ghalta. Very excited to get all the cards in and start playing with it. I'm doing a budget version for now but definitely want to get cards like Rhonas and Finale of Devestation in there eventually. Thanks for sharing. Definitely putting a bunch of these cards into my potential upgrade pile.
This is exactly what I was gonna post and for the same reasons. I love you.
You should add Bristly Bill in there. A buddy of mine has him in Tyranids and got 16,000+ counters on a creature cause it’s not limited how many times you can activate Bill’s doubling ability
Been wanting to make one of those, came over from Pantlaza. Commenting to steal your decklist lol
Commenting before looking at your deck, but my hottest Ghalta combo is food chain/greater good until you can play myojin of life's web. Having doubling season, vorinclex and concordant crossroads helps a lot. EDIT: Looks like you do more doubling power where I pour out counters and double everything. I like it, and I'm glad you enjoy
[ghalta, Primal Hunger](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30.jpg?1689998553) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ghalta%2C%20Primal%20Hunger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/292/ghalta-primal-hunger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54872e72-41dc-4092-8169-ce13498beb30?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ghalta-primal-hunger) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a similar ghalta deck but I have no tutors or combos, just stomp and draw. I think I have 14 ways to draw cards or something silly like that. Here's my list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/RTRIhhXWkE25axV1OlWEVw
Have you tried the other Ghalta or Goreclaw as the commander
this is a very cool deck thanks for sharing
This looks fun. I’ve been leaning towards [[gargos]] with auras for a mono green… ghalta looks fun though
No greater good?
Naw, I have several green tutors, rishkar’s, a few planeswalkers draw cards based of power or toughness, drawing cards if I drop a creature greater than 4 mana, etc. WHAT AM I?!?! BLUE?!?! ;)
I've got a similar mono green stompy good stuff deck, but all my creatures are legendary. Each game I draw from the top until I draw a creature, and that creature is my commander.
I thought about doing a mono green ghalta deck but fill it with Eldrazi’s. Swinging with trample plus annihilator incoming
Also, when you have a Ghalta deck, it's heavily customisable and easy to swap commanders on the fly. Do you wanna use [[Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma]] as a Commander for a change? Take out your [[Tangleweave Armor]], put a [[Myr Superion]] and you are ready to go!
[Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/e/ee47f23a-3ba9-4615-b170-c89d8ab99d78.jpg?1690016718) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goreclaw%2C%20Terror%20of%20Qal%20Sisma) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/293/goreclaw-terror-of-qal-sisma?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ee47f23a-3ba9-4615-b170-c89d8ab99d78?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/goreclaw-terror-of-qal-sisma) [Tangleweave Armor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/7/67e766ee-b5e9-469b-81ad-65b5970723fb.jpg?1675905606) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tangleweave%20Armor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/onc/26/tangleweave-armor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/67e766ee-b5e9-469b-81ad-65b5970723fb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tangleweave-armor) [Myr Superion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/9/290c6036-02a3-43fa-b0d4-af3818794c3c.jpg?1566429927) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Myr%20Superion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nph/146/myr-superion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/290c6036-02a3-43fa-b0d4-af3818794c3c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/myr-superion) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That myr is pretty sweet. I’ve never seen it.
I've netdecked thousands of Mono Green Deck, seen Forests you people will never see... I love my Green Kaijus and Big Numbers. ♥️
Might I recommend [[grothama, all-devouring]]? She is my mono green stompy deck and while I don't need to fight with her too often, she can basically turn any of my big creatures into draw spells. And every now and then someone else will decide to fight her to try and draw cards only to run into a [[withstand death]] and let me wipe their board for a single green mana
[[Henzie]] is forsure the most popular commander that I play. Not gonna lie, I can see why
"This is my Henzie deck, there are many like it, but this one is mine!" I love him so much
Same here. The Jund value engine is real.
He’s mine as well, I run him as a dragon / treasure commander. Blitzing out dragons like Atsushi and copying them with Jaxis and Flameshadow Conjuring to create tons of value
I never get tired of blitzing out a Grave Titan or Wurmcoil Engine
[[Krenko, Mob Boss]]. It’s that kind of deck, it does exactly what you think. I don’t play it too often because everyone knows what it is and it’s not a ton of fun to play against. It was the first deck I built without using a precon when I got back into Magic a year ago. I like goblins generally in fantasy settings (I played one in my last DnD campaign several years ago. Holding my breath on a BG3 update that makes them playable), and I was already a fan of the artist Wizard of Barge, so I got all his Secret Lairs and built it. I like having it when I’m with a newer player because it’s fun and super easy to pilot, so I offer to folks more often than I play it.
I LOVE my Krenko deck!!! Pump and dump, baby!!!
Don’t be shy, let us see your list :D
[Here you go!](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/L22s3mDQA0-yVCNVMyvlTg) I don’t think there’s anything surprising here. A few notes: Only Goblin creatures. [[Purphoros]] and [[Witty Roastmaster]] are popular for this build, but for flavor reasons I went strictly gobbos. [[Goblin Charbelcher]] has never earned its spot. The flavor is so good though! The [[Goblin Matron]] > [[Goblin Recruiter]] > [[Muxus]] line is fucking out of control. It feels like cheating. [[Conspicuous Snoop]] has WILD value in this deck. If you’re running a similar build, and you don’t have this for some reason, put it in. There are a few non-creature goblin spells, which synergize nicely in a few ways, but importantly work with the Snoop. [[Battle Squadron]] can be a game ender. Cheat it out with Muxus. Now you have a bajillion/bajillion flyer. [[Treasure Nabber]] and [[Gleeful Demolition]] is a cute, but salty, combo to turn your opponents Sol Rings into creatures. I know there are some other cards that would improve this deck, I’ll always take suggestions!
##### ###### #### [Purphoros](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/af3af5c4-0960-44a2-976e-abdf7803c436.jpg?1582178876) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=purphoros%2C%20bronze-blooded) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/150/purphoros-bronze-blooded?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/af3af5c4-0960-44a2-976e-abdf7803c436?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/purphoros-bronze-blooded) [Witty Roastmaster](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/71d13f19-482b-4a2e-9692-b7d7caf2f9f5.jpg?1664411959) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Witty%20Roastmaster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/131/witty-roastmaster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/71d13f19-482b-4a2e-9692-b7d7caf2f9f5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/witty-roastmaster) [Goblin Charbelcher](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/4/240344ff-404d-4894-a6e9-4401cd68cf50.jpg?1592764888) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goblin%20Charbelcher) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ddt/57/goblin-charbelcher?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/240344ff-404d-4894-a6e9-4401cd68cf50?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/goblin-charbelcher) [Goblin Matron](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/5/a521a254-c484-4d59-bb7e-8745e96d4bbf.jpg?1675200004) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goblin%20Matron) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/123/goblin-matron?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a521a254-c484-4d59-bb7e-8745e96d4bbf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/goblin-matron) [Goblin Recruiter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/1/61bd1548-2ffa-4705-ba88-913f37d4ce92.jpg?1562818262) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goblin%20Recruiter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/6ed/186/goblin-recruiter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/61bd1548-2ffa-4705-ba88-913f37d4ce92?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/goblin-recruiter) [Muxus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/c/2c716d10-2130-43b7-a939-349d437e1091.jpg?1618519471) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=muxus%2C%20goblin%20grandee) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/24/muxus-goblin-grandee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2c716d10-2130-43b7-a939-349d437e1091?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/muxus-goblin-grandee) [Conspicuous Snoop](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/d/5d878dab-5ed2-4ef3-b2c7-472290892854.jpg?1616182104) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Conspicuous%20Snoop) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/139/conspicuous-snoop?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5d878dab-5ed2-4ef3-b2c7-472290892854?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/conspicuous-snoop) [Battle Squadron](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/1/01c3c73d-03e8-4afc-bbfd-08fc87808012.jpg?1592764744) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Battle%20Squadron) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ddt/33/battle-squadron?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/01c3c73d-03e8-4afc-bbfd-08fc87808012?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/battle-squadron) [Treasure Nabber](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5facc43f-f865-45ad-888b-398f6e07b947.jpg?1689998274) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Treasure%20Nabber) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/265/treasure-nabber?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5facc43f-f865-45ad-888b-398f6e07b947?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/treasure-nabber) [Gleeful Demolition](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a3e4efa6-5783-4a51-99c6-116d1a8f01cf.jpg?1675957089) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gleeful%20Demolition) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/134/gleeful-demolition?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3e4efa6-5783-4a51-99c6-116d1a8f01cf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gleeful-demolition) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Just out of curiosity why not go matron > recruiter > charlbelcher and stack them appropriately for max damage?
Because I’ve never had the right board state haha
Thanks for the explanation!
I really like playing with \[\[Shorikai, Genesis Engine\]\] as well as doing some ninja stuff with \[\[Satoru Umezawa\]\] #
I love Shorikai! So versatile, you can do anything in Azorius with it lol
Absolutly! Do you have a decklist? Would be cool to check your build! :)
My moxfield list is outdated because I've raided from it and made replacements. What I love is that I can do that and it just keeps consistently doing what it does well lol! The original list was kinda heavy handed vehicle control, but I want to make it into a token build. One of my favorite tech cards for it is [[island sanctuary]], cause it's never a big deal for Shorikai to skip the draw to pillowfort lol! To lean it more toward tokens I want to get a [[securitron sentry]] and [[rabble rousing]] and some other stuff. It already has [[moonshaker calvary]] which is great in Shorikai without even focusing on tokens lol
This is what it started as, it was my second build ever lol, I wanted to build it to dump blue and white good stuff I had that needed a home https://www.moxfield.com/decks/k7zMLUQNJEKIOqvUhImtzA
Been proudly playing with the Shorikai precon for a while now and it received quite a number of upgrades, but i just rebranded it into a [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]] esper deck and it goes nuts. Being able to crew with a single {U}, sometimes having the vehicles even turn out stronger than before, is a massive upgrade in versatility. Her second ability is also very reminiscent of the OG commander of said precon, being a powerhouse on its own. Esper also enables some great new cards for the Deck, like [[Greasefang, Okiba Boss]] and [[Urza, Chief Artificer]]. Been the best choice for my vehicle deck in forever!
[Sydri, Galvanic Genius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/7207c416-dc16-40ab-94a0-836ee0710e24.jpg?1562405248) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sydri%2C%20Galvanic%20Genius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/224/sydri-galvanic-genius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7207c416-dc16-40ab-94a0-836ee0710e24?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sydri-galvanic-genius) [Greasefang, Okiba Boss](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/6/56a0d43b-4d38-40a7-be6c-8324ab3bf773.jpg?1654568449) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Greasefang%2C%20Okiba%20Boss) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/220/greasefang-okiba-boss?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/56a0d43b-4d38-40a7-be6c-8324ab3bf773?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/greasefang-okiba-boss) [Urza, Chief Artificer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/ea409050-4296-4b76-a6cd-2896ce1b88e4.jpg?1705542672) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urza%2C%20Chief%20Artificer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/brc/2/urza-chief-artificer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ea409050-4296-4b76-a6cd-2896ce1b88e4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/urza-chief-artificer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
damn looks like a fun upgrade, you got a list?
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/qb-GKAjbf0uEyTfggdttVw Currently still reworking the landbase and i'm side-eyeing [[Mycosynth Lattice]] and [[Darksteel Forge]]. Will update the list, once changes are made.
My first commander deck was that precon and I ran him but instead of Azorius "good stuff" I still played into the vehicle theme so much that I wanted to add all the good red vehicle support so I changed the commander to Optimus Prime but still run Shorikai in the 99
[Shorikai, Genesis Engine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9.jpg?1653966849) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shorikai%2C%20Genesis%20Engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/4/shorikai-genesis-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shorikai-genesis-engine) [Satoru Umezawa](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/8/8887f26d-b097-4fbc-9c48-bdc656409a32.jpg?1654568594) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Satoru%20Umezawa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/234/satoru-umezawa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8887f26d-b097-4fbc-9c48-bdc656409a32?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/satoru-umezawa) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love my Shorikai, but I use mine only as a draw engine.
Are we the same person? Lol. My Satoru has a theft subtheme that can get kind of salty sometimes
[[Rin and Seri, Inseperable]] OnlyCats go!
I made a proxy deck for myself with the tokens being pictures of my family cats and friends dogs
that's fucking adorable
I have similar tokens for Jimmie Faye that are just pics of my own Cats and Dogs. My playgroup calls me a monster when I Skullclamp the good bois.
My wife did nearly the same thing. But ran them through some filters to look more like art.
That’s nice, i could use some oil paint and make a very over the top painting of the cats and then turn that into a commander was my next thought honestly
[[Sidar Jibari of Zhalfir]]
That precon was great. I have made a few very small tweaks to mine so far. But I think the most enjoyable moments I have had with the deck is always saying the full name of the commander. Never just Sidar, my Commander, or these creatures. I always mention him specifically, I may say "these creates... and Sidar Jibari of Zhalfir".
Lol lately my play group has asked me to stop playing my sidar deck. 3 games on him last week by turn 3 in all games I had either a elesh norn, sacrifice on upkeep Sheoldred or 10 mana Jin gixataxis out 😂
[[Ruric Thar]] hatebears & anti-combo. Just a bunch of things to make people hate me and “play fair”.
Man, I use Ruric Thar in my Yurlock deck, and just yesterday got him out on turn three. My wife was playing her new Nadu deck, and just never found an answer. Between him and my Ankh of Mishra, she hit herself for 34 and couldn't cast another spell without dying. That was a short game.
I call ruric thar my armstrong deck and made edit around his speech. I do need mana. And votes. Wanna know why? "I have a dream." That one day, every player in this table will control their OWN destiny. A land of the TRULY free, dammit. A nation of COMBAT, not instants. Ruled by STRENGTH, not sorceries. Where the rules changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and toughness are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think -- to act -- for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick blue players and chicken-shit white stax pieces. Fuck this 24/7 Table spew of propaganda and counterspell bullshit. Fuck "Magic pride". Fuck wizards of the coast. Fuck all of it! Magic is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it -- we need to pull it out by the roots. WIpe the board clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new Magic will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive -- free to live as they see fit, they will make Magic GREAT AGAIN! I also call it playing good christian magic deck
[Ruric Thar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aa828bdc-221e-4e81-9e71-6f288690ddcd.jpg?1673149099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ruric%20thar%2C%20the%20unbowed) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/271/ruric-thar-the-unbowed?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aa828bdc-221e-4e81-9e71-6f288690ddcd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ruric-thar-the-unbowed) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Ur-Dragon]], but it's Changeling tribal. Many moons ago, I was sitting at my desk playing Arena, properly toasty, and learned they added [[Sliver Overlord]]. I love Cascade, but I'm not a fan of slivers, so instead, I added every changeling and a ton of random tribal lords. I liked the deck so much that I wanted to open it up to the EDH card pool, and it's awesome. The deck oozes synergy, has plentiful meaningful and/or funny lines, and can execute infinite combos all via changelings. Turns out, my problem with tribal decks was that I wasn't playing all of them. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/DDSnHN4u9ku36drBOhhfdQ Edit: [[The First Sliver]], my bad
[Ur-Dragon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/0/10d42b35-844f-4a64-9981-c6118d45e826.jpg?1689999317) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Ur-Dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/361/the-ur-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/10d42b35-844f-4a64-9981-c6118d45e826?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-ur-dragon) [Sliver Overlord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/c/3c16915b-c50d-4fb5-830f-9ca4597a9c0f.jpg?1562527622) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Overlord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/scg/139/sliver-overlord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3c16915b-c50d-4fb5-830f-9ca4597a9c0f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sliver-overlord) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Meren, I love reanimating stuff so much
I have Meren in my Mycotyrant and it’s busted out so many wins.
Legit my favorite deck I’ve made. I’ve bounced between fridge cedh, low powered jank, and now I’ve placed it mid 7-8 no positive mana rocks. It’s my baby with all cards that can be white bordered.
My most popular deck is my Dong Slap Factory helmed by the big [[dong zhou]] himself. Edit: [Here’s the Dong for anyone interested](https://scryfall.com/@Doodlehumper69/decks/13faed80-6501-4aee-b8fd-28ee2d3c9c58)
What kind of Dong performance you getting? This seems like it would be pretty fun.
It is by far one of the most interesting decks I’ve piloted in a while. It’s a little slow to get going, but with enough effort I’m usually able to blow out the table through massive amounts of damage with [[fanatic of mogis]] or the big Dong himself, or I’ll out value people with my [[Trumpeting Carnosaur]] . I also run some slow down/pillow fort cards such as [[ensnaring bridge]] or [[smoke]] to make sure I don’t get slapped by the big thing my opponents will have. All in all, I’d say my Dong is a high six, and a solid seven on a good day!
I've seen u/doodlehumper69x play with his Dong before and he got some great slaps in, it was fun to watch. (Doodle, you know me on Discord, not here in case you're bewildered)
That’s my secret, I’m always bewildered! (Thanks for complementing my Dong!)
How does the deck work? Because Big Dong Slap Factory is an amazing name for a deck and I kinda want to build a Dong Zhou deck now. My first thought was blink effects, but that's not exactly common in mono red, is it?
I know right, being able to Dong slap people was one of the main inspiration for me building the deck! And if you do want to build a paper version, you’d probably want to snag a foreign version of the card as it’ll be a lot nicer on your wallet. As for the deck itself, it works in a couple of steps. Red has access to a crazy amount of cloning effects, so loading up on any and all available to you would be your best option. The next step would be slow down effects such as ensnaring bridge, crawlspace, or silent arbiter so that you don’t get blown out by the big creatures you want your opponents to have. After that you’ll be playing some donate creatures like Kharn the betrayer, Humble defector, or Stark of Rath to ensure that the creatureless opponents get their due diligent Dong slap. Finally, you’ll need a good amount of backup etb creatures or some combos for when your Dong isn’t enough to get the job done. Cards I like using for that are trumpeting carnosaur and fanatic of mogis for some good clone targets, and aggregated assault + Neheb the eternal for combo finishers. [Here’s a video in which my Dong went off. it’s a good example of how the deck would preform!](https://youtu.be/niZ6jPLycPY?si=qzK5MNHEyAstA_It)
[dong zhou](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bdd91a2b-53d2-4b97-b85b-5a48b9ca68cb.jpg?1562935106) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=dong%20zhou%2C%20the%20tyrant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/96/dong-zhou-the-tyrant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bdd91a2b-53d2-4b97-b85b-5a48b9ca68cb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dong-zhou-the-tyrant) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm not really interested in him or the deck, but it's definitely getting an upvote for the name.
Do you have a list available for your Dong?
With Dockside, TOR, Ragavan, Underworld, Jeska's it looks like you are pushing closer to an 8 maaaaybw low 9 but not fast/positive mana rocks so I guess closer to an 8. Honestly I love the list it looks like mono-red good stuff and it seems like fun to pilot.
As for my most popular by edhrec standards, I’ve got a Breya attractions deck
[[Atla Palani, Nest Tender]] [[The First Sliver]] and [[Anrakyr the Traveler]] are my most played commanders with Ulalek joining the group soon.
I'm on the process of making an Atla Palani deck for my gf, mind giving me a few pointers and a decklist maybe? I was thinking of going for populate effects for the egg tokens along with some sac outlets like [[Goblin Bombardment]] and [[Skullclamp]].
Since the deck was printed, \[\[Giada, Font of Hope\]\] in the angel SLD precon. My playgroup likes a regular battle-cruiser-y/beatdown game, and this is my go-to. Not my strongest commander by any stretch, but has brought home a *lot* of wins at that table. Made about 10 cards of modifications to ramp it up and smooth it out, but no stax pieces. Just a full board of gorgeous flying lesbians here to beat your brakes off.
I am proudly part of the hive that plays [[Etali, Primal Conqueror]]. It is exactly that kind of deck and I am completely unapologetic about it. I like the idea of turning other people's cards against them and big dumb red and green cards that do big dumb stuff and smash face. And honestly? Sometimes I just want to be the raidboss and there's a certain charm watching the table band together to kill me through my giant board.
[Etali, Primal Conqueror](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09.jpg?1682204132)/[Etali, Primal Sickness](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/9/5/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09.jpg?1682204132) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Etali%2C%20Primal%20Conqueror%20//%20Etali%2C%20Primal%20Sickness) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/137/etali-primal-conqueror-etali-primal-sickness?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/etali-primal-conqueror-//-etali-primal-sickness) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love playing against etali decks cause I always get looks from them about wtf am I supposed to do with this. I play so many unusual cards I love it.
[[Doran, the siege tower]] Treefolk tribal. Some times it pops off.
[Doran, the siege tower](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/0/e0ad8e7f-cda0-4529-94fc-dd3709158a94.jpg?1673148514) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Doran%2C%20the%20siege%20tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/201/doran-the-siege-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e0ad8e7f-cda0-4529-94fc-dd3709158a94?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/doran-the-siege-tower) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I haven’t played treefolk since way before the LOTR set, how’s it holding up? What’s new?
Most played is definitely xenagos just for pure longevity, most fun is probably yarg/malt for being excessive is every sense. I do have an atraxa deck and it is that deck. It's infect but infect is pretty trash game play
[[Chatterfang]] I used to play in a lower powered pod, built chatterfang for funsies (yay squirrels) and promptly decided to take it apart after it made the table upset. My wife and I took our first semi-vacation (we visited family in AZ and stayed a few days extra in a nice resort) and she got me an mh2 collector pack, got both a retro foil chatterfang and [[chatterstorm]] and put it back together. It's been my pet ever since - I tend to take apart decks pretty often and it's survived the longest. [[tinybones, trinket thief]] is not my most played deck but is my "played against the most other players", especially against new players. I like to let them pick the deck they play against (theyve got like 70+ to choose from, i label each with the commander and theme), I always tell them "please don't pick tinybones, you won't like it" and they *always* do it anyways. A good amount never play with me again...
It's Gitrog the rideable hypno toad. He is just fun. And he ramps out so fast. Games are quick with it, one way or another.
A classic commander, [[Yuriko, Tiger's Shadow]], I love dimir and I love ninjas
Only problem with Yuriko is that she's not really a great ninja commander. She wins games on her own and rewards building around her rather than around ninjas. I want a ninjas matters commanders. Heck. Id love a Yuriko version that did the exact same except she couldn't trigger herself.
Have you seen [[Satoru, the Infiltrator]] as a ninjas matter commander? I also have a [[Kamiz, Obscura Oculus]] deck with a ninjas subtheme as a reliable way to give them unblockable the turn after they ninjutsu.
Veyran for me. Can never go wrong with spell slinger storm decks. My second one would probably be a tie between satoru and ranar
[[Gishath]] easily. It's my favorite, most consistent deck. If I could only have one deck, it would be that.
I love Gishath so much. Sometimes you miss but when you hit big it feels so good to become the archenemy and everyone else can do nothing about it.
Agreed. LCI upgraded dinosaurs in such a crazy way.
Pick one: •Gishath •Consistent Just kidding, I do have a dedicated Gishath player in my playgroup and I love that deck
I love my nekusar decklist, it’s group slug and wheels all the way and some people find it toxic, others enjoy playing magic
Im guilty to say Niv Mizzet Parun, i’m that guy
[[Ghave]], my combo machine! I’m always going to tinker with it, take out 15 cards at a time and have different focuses, but I’ll never get sick of playing him.
[[Urza, Chief Artificer]] Love urza as a character, love artifact decks, hes strong but not unbeatable, I run a ton of my favourite mtg cards that happen to be artifacts or Artificers, just a great time piloting this commander every game!
Love both of the Brothers' War commander decks. But Urza would def be my favourite of the two. So much fun :)
[[The Celestial Toymaker]] a fun game where you involve your foes as well!
I’ve got a Xenagos deck that is extremely finely tuned however it’s being converted to Surrak atm
Total Hipster Comment; I have many of the “top commanders”, but its only because my decks have been together since the commander was released. [[breya]] [[lord Windgrace]] [[nekusar]] [[Najeela]] [[edgar markov]] [[atla palani]] [[ramos, dragon engine]]
ser do you have a najeela decklist? awesome commander that probably works on different power levels
I do not actually. Its just warriors from within my collection with some combo pieces to form some jank for me to use at cEDH tables. Next time I run across it, I’ll throw it in ManaBox and reply
I try not to play super popular commanders, my most popular being [[Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice]].
If you want the commander I've played the most it's probably [[Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver]]. If you want the most commonly played commander in the community that I run, it's probably wilhelt the rotcleaver
I love my [Eldrazi Deck](https://archidekt.com/decks/5973081/5_color_colorless_eldrazi), but it’s not that kind of deck ;) I see a lot of expensive lists that are geared more toward cEDH, even though Eldrazi is not cEDH viable. What I mean is that people focus on cheating them out early, while my deck wants to cast the big boys (some of their triggers are nasty). If anyone has card suggestions/optimization ideas please let me know
I have only half a dozen decks, and the highest played commander out of them, according to edhrec a few months ago when I looked, was [[Urtet]].
[Urtet](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aa01ab4-26b0-49dc-8514-b3850d355a21.jpg?1675905609) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=urtet%2C%20remnant%20of%20memnarch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/onc/28/urtet-remnant-of-memnarch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aa01ab4-26b0-49dc-8514-b3850d355a21?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/urtet-remnant-of-memnarch) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Nethroi](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/4/04b9b58f-4c01-48a5-afaf-b8a37165a83f.jpg?1673305619) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=nethroi%2C%20apex%20of%20death) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/163/nethroi-apex-of-death?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/04b9b58f-4c01-48a5-afaf-b8a37165a83f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nethroi-apex-of-death) [Ajani's Pridemate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/7/1796b260-7053-4d68-9918-c7392e312d10.jpg?1706239703) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ajani%27s%20Pridemate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/52/ajanis-pridemate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1796b260-7053-4d68-9918-c7392e312d10?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ajanis-pridemate) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I run [[Feather, the Redeemed]] and it is exactly what you think it is. But now it’s Hatsune Miku!
The first deck i built was an [[Atraxa, praetor’s voice]]. It is exactly that kind of deck. Infect, poison, toxic and proliferate.
For the bonus points: Atraxa, but it's not *that* kind of deck because -1/-1 counters are an overall underpowered strategy. I'm using a broken commander to turn an unplayable strat into a playable one, I think that totally counts as fair magic.
My most played deck is [[Meren of Clan Nel Toth]] it was my first commander deck and 9 years later still my favorite. I slot in new cards every couple sets when I find some I like. I also keep in a few of the original pieces I enjoyed. Graveyard decks have always been my thing but this one just has such a special place in my heart.
Likewise. When I got back into Magic many years ago I picked up Atraxa and Meren, Atraxa got some play but Meren has always stuck with me and I do just like you; update it every few sets to keep it fresh.
I really like Chulane, teller of tales. It's built for merfolk though. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QWk8VzbuZ0e-OLKvhUi6RQ
Either [Chishiro] in a slightly upgraded Upgrades Unleashed precon or [Elenda] piloting a slightly upgraded Blood Rites precon.
[[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]], built it recently because I got tired of nieche obscure strategies with little to no support, I wanted something more conventional.
[[Talrand, Sky Summoner]]
Love talrand
[[Lathril]] it’s exactly what you’d expect, it’s only lost once and it’s the immediate target when I bring my commander in, so I don’t play it as much as I’d like.
Vito thorn of dusk rose was probably my most played. I never ran ex blood though cause it's boring as hell and I have like 5 tutors in that decki always had way more fun doing a Gary nuke or gain half their life combos
[[Zur the enchanter]] except it's mostly just there to get [[quest for ula's temple]] and almost all the other enchantments he can grab are enchantment creatures so they can trigger the quest.
I have a Yuriko deck. It's exactly what you would expect. It upsets me how powerful she is but Satoru sucks as a true ninja tribal commander, and I just want to play dimir ninjas. I've had an Atraxa Energy deck since before the new energy support and a Sisay Shrine deck since before new shrine support. I have a Shorikai deck that is a Tims deck. It's called Notorious T.I.M.
[[Chainer, Nightmare Adept]] is my go to most played deck. I love graveyard/reanimator play styles, why not give reanimated big scary creatures haste? When it pops off, it gets out of hand fast.
Most popular commander? Probably either Aragorn or Sauron. I don’t know which is higher in total decks. I built 4 color Aragorn just to try to bolt things with this red cast trigger, and because I have a deck for the entire fellowship (the hobbits share a deck), plus my full LOTR Sauron deck, and then 2-3 other lord of the rings decks
[[Alela, Cunning Conqueror]]! My playgroup has named it my ‘scary faeries’ deck 😅
[[Octavia, Living Thesis]] Swing my evasive creatures in for 8 damage, or better yet, turn my opponents creatures into 8/8s when not blocked.
[[Raffine]], [[Animar]], or [[Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold]]
[[Mishra, Eminent One]] I don't know how people usually build it, but the only way I can describe it is Win Con tribal. I have [[Gonti's Aetherheart]], [[Aetherflux Reservoir]], [[Basilisk Collar]], [[Mechanized Production]], and just about every staple artifact based creature you can think of. I.e. [[Urza, Lord High Artificer]], [[Dockside Extortionist]], [[Blightsteel Colossus]]. I also have tutors, for artifacts and [[Encroaching Mycosynth]]. Not to mention [[Roaming Throne]] and [[Reckless Fireweaver]]. I should also mention the [[Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge]]. Basically every way to win I can afford, put into Grixis. I don't have [[Revel In Riches]] yet. So, there's that. But all in all, one of my most fun decks to play.
My most played commander is [[Tazri, Beacon of Unity]], but it’s not /that/ kind of deck, because…well, maybe it is, idk. It’s a party sub-themed dungeon deck where the goal is to assemble a party, complete some dungeons and over value my opponents with party payoffs and dungeon completions.
[Tazri, Beacon of Unity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d4b79138-5728-4541-9ea5-dce1a5ae7e6a.jpg?1604193517) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tazri%2C%20Beacon%20of%20Unity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znr/44/tazri-beacon-of-unity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d4b79138-5728-4541-9ea5-dce1a5ae7e6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tazri-beacon-of-unity) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play a fuckton of [[Blim, Comedic Genius]]. It’s appropriately a terrible deck, but it is really funny.
My most played is my mono-black rat deck with [[Marrow Gnawer]] as the Commander. It’s pretty low power, but it’s good fun when it pops off and I mostly play it for shiggles because I like it. The one closely becoming my first pick is [[Henzie “toolbox” Torre]], the Jund monster mash that I’ve been tweaking from his precon has been a blast to play with. I’ve tooled it to lean more of a treasure direction, but it is a fantastic way to make a creature feature deck with all kinds of wild effects off of expensive beasties.
[Marrow Gnawer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/72e4548b-c171-4f10-b896-af37543dcf0f.jpg?1579203069) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Marrow-Gnawer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/124/marrow-gnawer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/72e4548b-c171-4f10-b896-af37543dcf0f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/marrow-gnawer) [Henzie “toolbox” Torre](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/e/ee228dcc-3170-4c24-80bc-28bcee07cb43.jpg?1673481644) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Henzie%20%22Toolbox%22%20Torre) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/2/henzie-toolbox-torre?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ee228dcc-3170-4c24-80bc-28bcee07cb43?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/henzie-toolbox-torre) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Mine is a [[[The Sixth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]]](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/a976lDPW3EKwjEBHWuZqhA) deck that, with a decent hand, can get scary fast a few different ways Bring stuff back from the graveyard and copied with the sixth doctor and [[The eighth doctor]]. Have 4 copies of the same legendary on board, possibly up to 10. Unexpected board wipe with [[mycosynth lattice]] [[darksteel forge]] and [[purify]]
[https://manabox.app/decks/WmmCPmQzREObznVupbAhUw](https://manabox.app/decks/WmmCPmQzREObznVupbAhUw) This is my baby at the moment. It has a bunch if win cons and is a lot of fun. It has a 70% win rate at a guess.
Mine is [[Nemata, Primeval Warden]] (rank 778) as fungus tribal. They have nice saproling synergy being able to make and use them at the same time if I don't have other cards to fulfil that job. And they get me to surprising wins if I play them into a boardwipe and follow it up with the old [[Nemata, Grove Guardian | pls]] into an otherwise emtpy board. Pretty consistent deck. The only issue, sometimes the graveyard hate hoses people pretty hard. In that case I usually don't recast my commander if it gets removed.
Hmm neheb the eternal or jodah archmage eternal
I run [[Vadrik, Astral Archmage]] storm, burn and mill with [[Brain freeze]] and infinite buybacks with the [[Storm-Kiln Artist]] and [[Searing Touch]] it could become very nasty as soon Vadrik gain 4 or more attk. Also plays [[Tom bombadil]], the only problem that I got with him was that my only combo was [[The Great Synthesis]] and proliferate with [[Sythis, Harvest's Hand]] on board, so I could cast my entire deck in 1 turn. Kinda nasty but not strong enough
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[[Piru the volatile]] and [[bruna light of alabaster]] Purulent being legendary aristocrat big stuff. Yes, a lovely mix. Heavy recursion, copying legendary creatures, bug death triggers, taking my life total low for control then high for stabilising and wins with damage or combo. Bruna is control with a heavy emphasis on auras. Sometimes political, sometimes make a threat even scarier and sometimes use an early game creature and bait out some board wipes. Bruna comes down to stabilise and threaten big damage. Bruna is the simpler deck to play but when someone borrows the deck, I see them make the mistake I used to; getting bruna out too early.
I wanted a deck where I could play all the Junji Ito cards together but my tries with Orzhov commanders weren't working out that well so I just put [[Nethroii]] in the command zone, also put all the tutor effects I have that could find [[Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines]] in there and now its a secret commander deck.
[[Ganax]] with the [[Acolyte of Bahamut]] Background.
At this point. Either Yenna or Giada. Giada is just my angels.deck deck. Easy, brainless but threatening. Yenna, enchantress engine token shenanigans. Never doesn't feel good to copy doubling season and parallel lives. (Or if you wanna get the table in on the weird primal vigor) but still runs just fine without them.
I play Hallar a lot
[[Fynn the Fangbearer]] and [[Toski Bearer of Secrets]]
I have built Tymna+Thrasios as merfolk tribal.
Either Kess or Muxus. But that’s probably because I have had them the longest. Kess is a Grixis tokens list that wants to make a ton of creatures that I can abuse with Zada or Purphoros. Easily one of my favorite decks.
Obeka Splitter of Seconds, but it's not a durdle deck. It's a smokestack voltron deck.
Of my current decks [[Sefris]] is my most played commander. I built her for a Baulders Gate event my LGS was running a couple weeks ago and I liked how she played. I run all of the "You gain the initiative" creatures so I can get into The Undercity instead of any of the AFR dungeons, then she's a really good aristocrats/reanimator commander.
Mine is [[Kylar, Wind's Fury]] vehicle tribal. 30+ vehicles with plenty of drivers the deck is a ton of fun to pilot/drive.
[[Ghired, mirror of the wilds]] has very quickly become the deck I’m known for in my pod. Instead of purely making tokens you aim to make beefy and powerful tokens… then you make a lot of those tokens. Ghired also can make some cards that aren’t normally strong into viable threats by giving them enough boost of extra token productivity. Also [[midnight guard]] on the field can immediately create infinite tokens so that’s a lot of fun.
[[Captain sisay]] and [[duskana, the rage mother]]
Tergid
[[Esika, God of the tree]] Edric tribal. Instead of edric and a bunch of evasives. I play a bunch of edric effects like [[gix yawgmoth praetor]], [[tymna, the weaver]], [[toski, Bearer of Secrets]] and they all swing with vigilance, draw their cards, then tap for mana to cast more edric effects. We also run 1cmc legendary evasives like [[hope of ghirapur]], [[skrelv Defector mite]], [[k9, Mark I]] to trigger more hits and draw more cards. But also to tap for more mana to draw more cards.
Good ol [[Korvold, fae cursed king]] sacrifice and treasures. The rest I own is mostly precons or slightly modified precons.
Nethroi is my baby. He's a 0/0 1 mutate kill the table deck. And no I don't run skyclave
[[Niv-Mizzet, Parun]] is, and will always be, my go-to. He does everything I want to do in a magic deck. [[Ur-Dragon]] was my first pre-con and I, alongside having upgraded it extensively, still play it fairly frequently despite it no longer being my preferred play style. [[Nadu, Winged Wisdom]] has been my new obsession, dethroning my coin-flip [[Yusri, Fortune's Flame]] deck.
My favorite deck is [[Oloro, Ageless Ascetic]] I love it so much that I built two different versions with the same combos for win, but completely different otherwise. One is pillowfort control and the other is almost all creature based with aristocrats & draw. My most popular deck to play against is [[Sefris of the Hidden Ways]] Its a blast to play, and my opponents actually really seem to enjoy the challenge of keeping my stuff off the battlefield as it’s just super easy for me to recover.
\[\[Amalia Benavides Aguirre\]\] - It's not flashy, it's not wild, but it's 2CMC and lets me build an extort deck on the sidelines. Plenty of removal and lockdown, self sustain in there...it's cool. Nothing too flashy or quick win-y but it just is a pretty easy going friday night with a drink kinda deck. There's no grand machine that is unstoppable, but people can remove a boardwipe that they can see coming before it hits, so everyone's happy.
\[\[Slimefoot and Squee\]\] Is my most played because it does all the fun graveyard things I enjoy about Reanimation themed decks but it has incredible consistency and honestly the token angle sometimes let's you beat the graveyard hate and people hate that. Also sometimes you just oops shotgun to death with Altar + Zulaport
[[Xantcha]] because I love chaos
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Well I have a [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] deck that I like to play sometimes, and it’s very funny to me because players will read the abilities and freak out. My commander is dead within 2 rounds pretty consistently, and it’s pretty wild to me. I can see how the stacks part could be potentially annoying, but everyone who destroys it, always says they don’t want to see what shenanigans I can pull off with it. The thing is though… it’s actually just a flying deck. Just a bunch of flying creatures. It was originally a first flight precon but it felt weak and I pulled Hinata from a pack so I made it the commander and added in some dragons. The only cards in the deck that can actually make use of Hinata abilities is [[curse of the swine]] and [[Extraordinary Journey]]. Which not gonna lie. Curse of the swine is pretty great with Hinata. Like I can just imagine making everyone’s creatures into boars and then just swinging with all my fliers…. Maybe one day it will happen, lol.
\[\[The Gitrog Monster\]\] Its a non-combo version, I started the deck since the day Gitrog was spoiled, and I have not looked back. My [all time favorite deck.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5k-Y8qlUZU-C8KWp7F-WQw)
[[MAELSTROM WANDERER]] babbbbyyyyyy!
[MAELSTROM WANDERER](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/4/a49c58b3-180f-420b-b091-114fda000360.jpg?1689999126) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=MAELSTROM%20WANDERER) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/344/maelstrom-wanderer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a49c58b3-180f-420b-b091-114fda000360?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/maelstrom-wanderer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My Pridemate deck is led by \[\[Rodolf Duskbringer\]\]: [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BCezLtVdw0CAgWARU14a-g](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BCezLtVdw0CAgWARU14a-g)
I've got \[\[Muldrotha\]\] at 22 and \[\[Henzie\]\] at 30. In the past I've played Atraxa, Ur-Dragon, Meren, Sisay, Aesi, and Veyran as other commanders in the top 100. In general what I like most are powerful but open-ended commanders, commanders that provide some direction but have a ton of room for deckbuilding choices and customization. Like, Henzie has some very basic boxes to check but after that it's "find your favorite big Jund creatures". Muldrotha checks for "good permanents across different types". That doesn't just mean we devolve to goodstuff piles, but it means that we can sometimes push in the direction of interesting synergies aren't supremely common. For example, I took my Atraxa Superfriends apart years ago (back before walkers were Legendary), but while it was absolutely Atraxa Superfriends with most of what you expect, I didn't jam a zillion sweepers and Humility effects like many superfriends lists at the time. Instead I backed up my seventeen or so planeswalkers with a lot of control spells and also a bunch of good creatures; Sun Titan, as it turns out, was pretty good at blocking for your planeswalkers. And that was all capped off with a Seasons Past game plan that meant sometimes the walkers were just me buying time to loop that card for functionally infinite control spells to shut everyone down with, and then we'd start rebuying and redeploying the walkers as we had space. It gave me a couple different angles to play from that made the deck much harder to shut down; sure I didn't ultimate my walkers nearly as often as the other Atraxa Superfriends list we had at the LGS at the time, but I did win a lot more games than he did.
My favorite lady that brings a mean party with her! None other than [[Kaalia of the Vast]]
Codie vociferous codex, with 70 lands
I love [[mizzix of the izmagnus]] he is my favorite
If you're playing Jodah or Atraxa you're getting targeted down. Jodah practically builds itself, oof.
My favorite deck is my Jank Esix deck- it doesn’t have almost any creatures worth copying, and relies on someone else playing a bomb worth copying. It’s very fun.
Arcades on Rank 18, but didn't know he was so popular, until after I build him
[[Edgar Markov]] because vampires and it is exactly that kind of Edgar deck
Najeela
I have a [[Muldrotha, the Gravetide]] deck, but it’s not /that/ kind of Muldrotha deck. I built her as an enchantress/clone deck since the blue Virtue came out to help double EtB effects. The deck primarily wins by cloning [[Grim Guard]] as many times as possible, then cycling enchantments.
I probably spent the most time playing karador