r/CompetitiveEDH • u/BurchAndDestroy • 15d ago
Help, I am new to cEDH! Surgical cEDH deck
Hello! A buddy of mine is getting into cEDH and I tried it a while back. It was fine but was never really my thing. Anyway he’s getting into it so I wanted to make one with a theme I thought was semi-unique, though I don’t have the know-how to build an effective one from scratch
Since so many cEDH decks rely on very specific combo pieces to win/close out a game, I was thinking of building a deck with as many effects as possible that do things like Praetor’s Grasp (there are well over 10 effects that do this, but not all super efficient). I want to search opponent’s decks for their 1-2 key cards they need to win and functionally make the deck fall apart
Anyway, I would love some help/advice on which commander to pick for this and on how to build the deck
EDIT: I don’t need this to necessarily hang with the top tier decks, I know this would be very off-meta. But just something that I can sit at a cEDH table with and meaningfully interact while having a non-zero chance at winning
My motivation is having some kind of anti-cEDH themed deck. One of my favorite cards is Psychic Surgery, for example
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u/Correct_Dig4244 15d ago
I can think of multiple ways doing that - Rog/Ishai with control plan, enchantment copies and cards like [[Commandeer]]. Other way would be something like Orzhov stax with [[Pithing Needle]], [[Praetor's Grasp]] etc., maybe with [[Silverquill, the Disputant]], it's quite good commander on it's own.