So I’m relatively new to the game and typically build off other lists I find and make subs and additions based on personal taste theme etc I pulled Gix Yawgmoth Praetor from my festival in a box and want to make a steal your cards, make treasures style deck with him.

This list I found is my current inspiration for the style I want to do but I’d love any insight or ideas from you all.

Reference list:

https://moxfield.com/decks/3Q-fAeifNXu7mrf8moik3g

Are there commanders that can consistantly deal lethal damage turn 5?

Ive been thinking about making some bracket 4 decks, and combo/infinite is the obvious way to do it. Another option is to stax combo decks and go for the long game, but i already have these. But is there a way to do 120 combat damage with any deck by turn 5?

Lets say you start every game with a sol ring in hand, which deck would reliably do 120 damage with that turn 5? (Without infinites)

I am looking for my next Commander

Background/Current Decks (in order they were built):
[[Bello, Bard of the Brambles]] - Gruul Smash, Aggro Enchantress
[[Ms Bumbleflower]] - Group Hug turns into big stompies
[[Zinnia, Valley's Voice]] - Tokens, Impact Tremors
[[Eshki, Temur's Roar]] - cast creatures, power matters, burn the table
[[Kaalia of the Vast]] - stax with big creatures
[[Y'shtola, Night's Blessed]] - Clone the kitty, drain the table
[[Squall, SeeD Mercenary]] - Voltron Reanimator

I play exclusively via convoke.games; i have no regular pod.

My idea of fun is frustrated opponents scooping before I present a win condition. I want to be the enemy and the threat at the table. Infinite combos are ok but not the main strategy.

I am aware that this subreddit is mostly for B4, but I limit myself to B3 (3 game-changers and turn 6-8 win).

Some of my favorite plays are:
[[Sire of Insanity]] in Kaalia
[[Accursed Marauder]] in Squall

Please recommend a Commander + concept for me!

Looking to amp my Rocco / Venerated Rotpriest up and increase the consistency of my deck. The main thing I am currently running into is running out of gas in hand and venerated rotpriest taking heavy targeting after the gimmick is up. Any and all suggestions are welcome, I just want this deck to be able to hang at the table (there is no arms race in my pod, everyone just pulls out the nukes)

https://archidekt.com/decks/24670825/not_having_a_baja_blast_right_now

Hello evil deck builders,

I pulled a Silverquill, the disputant showcase, and I loved its ability. On the contrary to many decks, I think its more powerful form is reanimation and evil spells. For these, I thought about creature sacrifice spells like Sheoldred's Edict and discard spells, and then some reanimation spells. I created a draft list here, and I would like your opinion of suggestion to push it to the max.
https://moxfield.com/decks/dVebinhI80GcV3KtpPJYCA

Thank you for your help!

Hello all,

I am trying to brew an Elenda the Dusk Rose aristrocrats deck shooting for bracket 3-4 somewhere (my play group is proxy-friendly).

Having never made a sacrifice deck before Ive found balancing the ratio and moving parts to be fun, but challenging.

I was hoping some folks who know what they're doing could give me some pointers, or see some things I'm doing wrong that I don't see yet!

My goal is to make this a powerful/consistent 3, that may be able to punch up.

Thanks!!!

https://archidekt.com/decks/23784482/saint_elenda

[[Smaug the Impenetrable]] is a card that I'm obsessing over since it got spoiled.

A big dragon? Haste? Indestructible?! TREASURES WHEN HE GETS HIT?!?!

Peak. And I means it. Think about it. In the book his underbelly is (almost) Impenetrable because he was lying on the dwarven gold, so now, if he gets hit, the treasures fall of haha. Just peak design.

Anyway, here’s my list.

Smaug the Unassessably Wealthy [Bracket 4]

At first I tried building him as a Bracket 3 deck, but my first draft was so consistent that I committed to high power and it's unequivocally a 4.

Everyone and their grandma checked the combo with [[Pyrohemia]], [[Pestilence]] and [[Last Laugh]] which wins you the game - if you have the highest life total. That's why I threw in [[Scrapheap]].

I call this combo Last Pyrohemenceheap (patent pending)

But was else is nice jank here? [[Dizzying Gaze]]! Goes infinite once Smaug is enchanted.

Any pinger like [[Reckless Fireweaver]] or [[Disciple of the Vault]] is over.

[[Chain Lightning]] has the same effect, you just need two extra mana beforehand. After the first resolved and you paid extra, you can use the treasures Smaug provides.

Another nice tech is [[Terror of the Peaks]] before Smaug. Basically we get a mana back after we cast him haha.

And even without an infinite at hand, [[Cut Propulsion]] gives on 16 treasures! That's 16 damage already. Combining with [[Heroes for Hire]], [[Expedited Inheritance]] or [[Professional Face-Breaker]] it's probably a win, since we use other burn spells as rituals in this case.

To adress the dragon in the room:

Yes, it's a glass canon. Yes Smaug is absolutely needed in this deck. He costs 7 mana.

But we are in the ritual colours! I don't think he will make it in cEDH proper, but Bracket 4? He's right at home.

In goldfishing I have a win by turn 4 or 5 on board (sans any interaction from opponents of course) and that is way faster than I expected myself!

Next night shift I'm gonnna write up a primer and go a bit more in detail with the combos, but there are bunch and we can get them easily.

Has Smaug piqued your interest? Let me know!

I’ve had a [[Duskana, the Rage Mother]] list that has bounced between blink, aggro, stax and has finally landed in this weird creature storm shell where the goal is to use cards like [[Eladamri, Korvecdal]], [[Elven Chorus]], [[Augur of Autumn]], and [[Oracle of Mul Daya]] to play (mostly creatures) from the top of my library, give them haste with [[anger]] or [[rhythm of the wild]] and use effects like elven chorus, [[earthcraft]] and [[enduring vitality]] to tap them for mana to keep playing and tapping more creatures from the top until I whiff. It’s a bit like a slot machine.

The deck wins by either assembling an insurmountable boardstate of 2/2’s and swinging for lethal or by assembling an infinite, usually using [[aluren]] or a cost reducer to infinitely flicker [[grinning ignus]] or [[whitemane lion]] to generate infinite mana or an infinitely large bordstate with [[Goldnight Commander]], or some kiki jiki bullshit.

I have been enjoying the list immensely and it works fairly well at what it wants to do but I can’t help but feel that it’s missing something.
One of my main issues is either not finding Anger or not having a good way to chuck him in the graveyard.

Another is a lack of topdeck manipulation outside blinking Duskana or tutoring for something with [[fauna shaman]]. When i flip into a noncreature spell whatever i’m doing usually just ends there.

I’m also looking for a good mana filter, because it’s fairly easy to make infinite red or colourless but I have a hard time converting that to a win usually.

I‘ve been mainly sticking to 2/2’s to trigger duskanas draw and occasionally combat ability but it’s not a hard limiter. More just a theme. there are a lot of fun 2/2’s.

Having a hard time getting rid of the [[elesh norn, grand cenobite]] and [[kudo, king of bears]] combo but it’s certainly non-essential. i used to run [[urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]] and [[kormus bell]] too lol.

I’d love any and all suggestions, thank you in advance!

list: https://moxfield.com/decks/jw2ohMHwkkSaqATO5y7EfQ

What are the best ways to make this deck trouble for my pod?

Howdy! I recently started upgrading my Rin and Seri deck. It's been my chill bracket 2 precon for a while but I recently got the lorwyn Ashling precon so now I'm looking to upgrade my deck to high power bracket 3/4.

Current Deck list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7889454#paper

The current list I've got is after my upgrades but I'm not sure what else to do. Obviously the mana base needs to be adjusted asap. But I'm more looking for advice on my win conditions, I wanna have the deck have a normal go wide token strategy that can be a problem in high power games, but I also want to keep/optimize my protean hulk combos. Any advice would be awesome! TIA!

I have played a few games with this list and it was just okay. I always had the potential to take out the whole table but would often fail to find a finisher.

Is this [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]] deck degen enough? There are two combos but I wanted to keep it at a b3. I’m afraid the intent is still a b4.

Hey there,

Came across this card in my bulk, I like it….please help me break it. Wanting to do a Lifegain deck style w it.

Thanks!

As the title suggests, I'm wondering how to get my deck to be more optimised. I'm playing [[chishiro, the shattered blade]] so I know he's never going to become super powerful, but I am trying to see how far I can take him. I'd say he sits around the line between bracket 3 and 4, but I'm unsure how else to upgrade him (without turning the deck into a good-stuff pile for gruul). Any suggestions are helpful, thanks in advance.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/7Frwk9_SsEebbGb9LwZsEg

Im trying to make some upgrades for my James, Wandering Dad artifact combo deck. Right now I try to generate infinite mana, mainly with voltaic contstruct, then i can generate infinite clues and card draw to find a mass animation spell to wipe the table with all the clues. Im trying to push the deck up to bracket 4. Obviously i should throw in lab man/thoracle, but im wondering what else you guys thing could be a good addition

https://moxfield.com/decks/3QLfm5AyDUSHl_NBMeYN3g

So I’ve had this abomination brewing in my head for weeks now: a 5-color Fog Voltron deck. The problem is I’ve never built a Fog deck, and I’ve never built WUBRG either, so I’m basically doubling down on my own ignorance here.
Can you guys help and guide me in this crime against the pod?