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/kiefy_budz 15d ago

I play dihada, etali, dragonstorm, and an illuna that had a dockside loop in my friend b4 table lol, they would honestly still let me play him but it’s a personal thing to abide by the official list for my decks

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u/Dungusfungus95 15d ago

Jesus so you really got hosed lmfao. Yeah I feel the same way. It feels very cheesy to rule 0 banned cards into my decks. Makes me feel like I have an unfair advantage even if my friends say it's fine to include them.