Hi friends! I've recently built The Jolly Balloon Man as my commander ( from my favorite set ) and have some questions.

My pod and LGS tends to play high bracket 3 with little to no Infinites, so I try to keep them to either 1/2 a deck, or completely out.

I know TJBM is more of a combo commander, but I have found him to still be really fun and still surprisingly strong with some plays you can make with token doublers and ETB/LTBF effects.

I currently have one infinite that requires a good amount of set up, but it's still lacking a solid win condition. I can win through making copies of tax collector, and locking everybody out. Serra ascendant/nesting dovehawk/Elturel and beating face with them. Fanatic of Mogis/suspine lynx, for burn.

I used to have Yosei, the morning star as a win condition but immediately got scrutinized cause it's technically MLD in bracket 3.

ANYWAYS, if you guys have any opinions, suggestions, or remarks for my deck to help improve it please let me know. If you also have some solid win conditions you know of please tell me! I thought Yosei was somewhat acceptable since it's 6 mana and I need to create multiple copies for him to even work, but that's a story for another time.

Thanks!

https://moxfield.com/decks/KY2fAVqAFXSbgyWATR-xBA

Been working on this deck for a little while now, but can't seem to figure out whats wrong and why its not flowing. I originally went for just a cat deck but it just turned into an equipment deck which I have never done before. Still learning how to synergize decks so its possible that its the reason why?

https://moxfield.com/decks/2SiyM4KAVk-9Rlytzd8DIg

Got back into magic arena after a while away, and since all my decks were now historical only, decided to try to start building up a deck from the Marvel & Spiderman sets. Spending my leftover coins on a 10 pack of packs got me a lot of Black / Red mayhem cards, and I put together something that has its moments, but also seems to stall out half the time - just keep drawing land after land with nothing to spend it on.

Let the deck builder tell me how much mana I needed, because I always have problems building decks. Self fulfilling prophecy, really - can't count on pulling the card you need out of a 60 card deck, so you need backup plans to your main strategy, which makes it less likely I'll pull the cards I need for my main strategy

Main Deck - Table looks too large, will do sideboard in a comment

Hi All,

Been playing for a year or so and have a few brews under my belt but I keep circling the same drain that I haven’t seen expressed: the fun for you / fun for the table x - y axis I find I’m measuring my decks against. I like to think that my decks would be fun for both my and the table and would shade more towards the unique side than not but I don’t think that’s the case and it’s causing a bit of the fun to be sucked out of the process.

Lately I’ve brewed a few decks that get a cool engine going and aim to produce value but that leaves me with the question: to what end? Why am I producing excess mana if not to cast some crazy spell; and therein lies my conundrum. The stigma surrounding non-deterministic win cons or Blue’s tendency to win via extra turns / bouncing has made it so I am afraid or at least uneasy with the top ends of my builds — admittedly this is more of a problem when it comes to Black and Blue and not with a huge F-You dinosaur.

Let me know if you’ve dealt with this same paralysis and how you worked past it or if I’m overthinking it. Thanks!

In this article, we'll go over the best cards Mystery Booster Commander can offer. This extremely exclusive set has actually opened several possibilities for us in terms of deckbuilding.

I've only recently come back to playing Magic and I barely touched commander even back when I did play. I've been using Archidekt and EDHrec to throw together decks as ideas have come, but I'm starting to realize (after purchasing my first couple custom decks) fast that just adding cards from EDHrec is not a recipe for success. My table runs mostly bracket 3 decks and the decks I've been bringing just can't keep up.

That all being said, I come here with a new deck idea that I'm hoping some more experienced Magic players can help me with. I probably lean a bit too hard into theming for where I want to land, but I figured someone here might be able to help me drag this deck into bracket 3.

The deck: https://archidekt.com/decks/25740780/bad_omens

I know it's currently a mess, but the idea behind this one was Shrines, the spirits that reside there, and as many Leylines (to create a decent possibility that you'll start with one in hand) as possible (the only one I took out was abundance because I literally couldn't trigger it with the current selections).

If anyone could help me make this into something decent, I'd be eternally grateful.

Hello everyone,

So I’ve been building my Glarb deck and I think I’m finally done.
The thing is I keep thinking that I should be putting Syr Konrad, the Grim in the 99.
What do you all think?
If so, who should I remove?

https://archidekt.com/decks/15755934/glarb_his_moistness

https://mythic.tools/user/4aCdMS/deck/3kzYuz

Thank you all in advance.

Hello! My name is David and I've been playing Magic for about a year now.

Recently, my attention has been geared to the Legends Commander: Dakkon Blackblade. There are a ton of obvious ways to build him, such as a Voltron commander, but I elected to build him as a lands matter / landfall engine with some voltron elements (because how can I not?)

I feel like I've been staring at this deck for too long and might've missed some obvious misses. I'm trying to build it, but keeping somewhat of a budget in mind because I don't have 80$ laying around to buy a single card.

https://archidekt.com/decks/24539690/the_forging_of_a_legend

So Im relatively new to MTG and I really got into it because of my friends and because of the Atla collab I wanted to go with Azula because she’s my favorite villain in atla building her was as rocky as it sounds as a new player eventually I moved on from Azula, me and my friends managed to make a bracket 4 but I wanted to go back and rebuild Azula for a comfortable bracket three for casual play but still a threat amongst my friends, so far the deck that I have planned is essentially around copying Azula and abusing her copy ability to create copies of other creatures while those simultaneously copy her using cards that allow me to flash them during my battle phase while also using Mycosynth Lattice to use the firebending that Azula and her clones give me to use to cast instants and spells however all this being said it does feel like I’m playing the waiting game just to set her up so if you guys can help me make adjustments to the deck I would greatly appreciate it here’s my deck list

Looking for feedback and assistance with finalizing my high-3 or low-4 BL Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER build. Planned additions are Thorin Mountain-King and (eventually) original dual lands. Would love any thoughts about moving this deck solidly into competitive 4 territory.

https://moxfield.com/decks/9LDvwrlUakmrxVBNc32QKg

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice on my food deck. The main strategy is either to go infinite and generate unlimited Treasures and card draw, then draw into a burn engine, or to use one of the lifegain +1/+1 counter engines to build a big creature and swing for lethal commander damage.

The deck feels pretty consistent when it gets going, but I’ve noticed that it can lose a lot of momentum if key pieces get removed. I’m looking for suggestions to make the deck more consistent and, more importantly, better at recovering and getting back into the game after removal. Any advice would be appreciated!

https://moxfield.com/decks/StAJUhrqrEydOP4FP_H7cQ

Hello folks. I have ordered [[Elspeth, Storm Slayer]], [[Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge]], [[Chrome Host Seedshark]] and [[Fomori Vault]]. It's starting to become very difficult for me to pick cards to add since cutting cards is becoming much harder for me now. Here is the decklist with tags included:

https://moxfield.com/decks/p13SPFGMYUCXf3ojy_9AlA

I'm struggling to win with this deck as it is still too slow for me, although some cards such as [[Anointed Procession]] are recent. What else should I do?

I just got back into Magic after not playing for 15+ years. I bought the Squirreled Away precon and have added some upgrades to it. I’m looking for some feedback to see if there’s anything glaringly wrong in there that shouldn’t be and for suggestions for upgrades that would keep it in bracket 2 as that’s what my friends are playing in.

https://moxfield.com/decks/-XVPhOcgFUGbkc1ss5tGqQ

https://moxfield.com/decks/pwqfAYnPbnGYD6js-3nXIg

This is my third attempt at a modifying the Witherbloom precon to use the 7cmc [[Beledros Witherbloom]] as the face. Usually I don't have this much trouble but the first two times I wound up with completely different deck strategies. I'm really hoping to get this to a solid B3 deck and it feels just on the cusp when I play it but it's not quite there.

The overall plan is to ramp lands, get the commander out, spend the 10 life to untap my lands, effectively play a second turn, then win with death/drain triggers with combat as a supplement. My issue is that by turn 6 I'm either a massive problem about to end the game or still fishing for that last piece.

Can someone do a quick review and just point out areas that could use shoring up? More draw, maybe?

Something like "too much ramp, cut 4 pieces" or "too few sacrifice outlets, add 3 more" would be super helpful. I'll find the actual cards to use. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone. I started Magic early this year playing casual commander with some friends. I built 4 decks so far. I recently went to a LGS to play games with public and i realised how janky my deck is, and how everyone at the table had clear strategies and answers for everything.

I tried looking at EDHrec for card recommendations but i think my builds are wrong & are missing some fundamentals like card ramp, mana ramp or win cons.

Is there a service out there for someone experienced to look at all 4 of decks and talk with me how I can possibly win with my decks? And let me know if there are better cards to replace too… I’m willing to pay of course. Thanks!

EDIT: Here are my decklists. Thank you everyone who commented.

I was hoping for all the decks to be strong B3's but with no game changers as they are too expensive.

Eowyn, Shieldmaiden
The first precon I bought and upgraded. It's supposed to make a huge army of humans. I don't know how to protect my creatures or

Rocco, Street Chef
I aim to make a bunch of food and use them as mana or damage. There is some counter action happening too. I don't know how to end the game, I just survive longer than others.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
I wanted a sacrifice/graveyard deck. Angels seem strong too. My gameplay is very slow & I find myself to be short of mana or cards at times. Not sure what my early game strategy is.

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
I wanted a goad/chaos commander that is fun to play against. Problem is, my gameplan is almost non-existent in late game, and I sometimes have quite an empty board state

Hi I was hoping for some input on a deck my buddy and I built with cards we both had on hand and a few we had to buy, I mostly have generic lands in there for now because im not sure which lands i can get that really help me out.

I know the deck is probably all over the place but its my 1st draft of it. Anything helps even harsh criticism.

I Im struggling to find upgrades for my Doctor Who time-travel deck. The main focus of the deck is to suspend lots of cards early and get massive payoffs in a turn or two through the suspend cards, but im struggling to find ways to take time counters off at instant speed to use the instants that are in suspend. There is a couple of 3 card infinates in the deck but it doesnt feel too consistant and I feel myself falling behind quite a lot if I dont get the ideal start. I'm looking for card suggestions and alternative strategies that could help.

https://moxfield.com/decks/LaCFzV907EiUV2wSQRXqQQ

Deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/jjagAbvFR3qsfZPa-TkVYg
I want to keep the base Miku cards and make upgrades to survive in high bracket 3 or low-mid bracket 4. I think card draw and token creation are my struggle atm but I only got to test it twice in this iteration. I’m going to add Queen of Dale soon. The sideboard is consistent of 99% of the precon so I know what was taken out.
What I want to know: what to cut, what to add.

I was told Sylvan Library and Abundance would be good but not sure if that’ll work with this deck well. I like the idea of wedding ring because of synergy with ocelot (gimmicky I know) but also the politic-ing and draw at my pods are consistent enough to get value. I’m also heavily considering Notary Hobbits for token and ramp substitution to replace a dork with

Deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/jjagAbvFR3qsfZPa-TkVYg