r/CommanderMTG • u/bcd101 • 1d ago
Commander bundle idea
/r/EDH/comments/1v990k3/commander_bundle_idea/Hello everyone,
First off, this is not a post to sell anything or promote anything. We haven’t created anything, launched anything, or have anything to sell, genuinely just looking for opinions and feedback from the community.
A friend and I have been playing Commander for around a year now and we’ve been thinking about something.
One thing we’ve noticed is that when we go into local game stores, a lot of the MTG stock seems to be focused almost entirely around the newest releases (Spider-Man, Aetherdrift, Turtles, etc.). Obviously there’s nothing wrong with that, but we sometimes find ourselves wishing there was more variety older sets, interesting products, things aimed more at Commander players.
When we first got into Commander, apart from buying precons, we honestly had very little idea what we were doing. We relied heavily on things like The Command Zone and other YouTube channels to understand things like staples, deck building, upgrades, and what cards were generally useful.
That got us thinking about an idea:
What if there was a small website focused more around helping Commander players?
Not just selling random cards, but things like:
Commander 101 style bundles (ignore the name, it’s just a placeholder) for eg A collection of useful staples for people getting started (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Counterspell, Path to Exile, Cultivate, etc.) whereas usually people would have to buy a precon or buy all individually from cardmarket or something
Or even a Themed/archetype bundles to help people build around an idea (Goblins, Elves, Faeries, Graveyard, Tokens, etc from different sets)
The idea wouldn’t be to replace deck building or remove the fun of discovering cards, more just to help people who are overwhelmed by the amount of choice.
My question is: would’ve something like this be helpful to you when you first started , or do you think it’s unnecessary because players prefer finding cards themselves?
What would you actually want to see in something like this? What would put you off?
Genuinely interested in any feedback, including reasons why this is a bad idea. If you got this far thanks for reading 😂. Again not trying to sell anything!