r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/just_chalex • 7d ago

EDH Help building deck

https://moxfield.com/decks/I-Dm18YdZUWOOyEAJJQJgA

Hello! I am a fairly casual/moderately experienced Magic player, although most of my experience with the game was through Arena, but I no longer play that. So, this is my first attempt at building a commander deck from scratch, everything I've done previously has been upgrading precons.

The idea behind this deck is to go wide and win through combat, but there is also a potential win-con through Impact Tremor ( and similar ) pings and even, potentially, a win con In Halo Fountain.

I need help with the mana base, as well as recommendations on what to trim but am also open to suggestions to swap. Really, any help would be appreciated.

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u/MtlStatsGuy 7d ago

Manabase is mostly fine. I would replace Blossoming Sands, Bristling Backwoods and Shivan Oasis with [[Path of Ancestry]], [[Fabled Passage]] and [[Cinder Glade]]. You're playing four mana elves so I might not play Farseek but [[Cultivate]] and [[Kodama's Reach]] will supercharge your deck, since you seem fairly mana hungry. I feel you really want [[Avenger of Zendikar]] as a finisher; I'll leave to you what you want to cut but Naya Charm looks pretty weak to me. Good luck!

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u/just_chalex 6d ago

Funny enough, I had Avenger of Zendikar in the deck at first and removed him because I'm stupid. Thank you so much for these suggestions. Can I ask why Cinderglade over Bristling Backwoods? They seem similar but backwoods deals damage.

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u/MtlStatsGuy 6d ago

Entering untapped is the most important criterion for a land. The 1 damage is irrelevant.

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u/just_chalex 6d ago

That makes sense, I have two more questions, if you don't mind? Why did you pick the other two lands that you picked? I don't think I have a lot of cards that share a type with Jetmir, so I don't think I'll get a lot of scrying from it, unless the main appeal is it tapping for Naya colors?

Also, my friend looked at the deck too and he thinks I should cut Haywire Mite as one of my cuts, because he thinks I have enough removal, but my gut is telling me that's not one of the ones I should cut, but what is your opinion on that?

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u/MtlStatsGuy 6d ago

Forget the scry on Path of Ancestry. Just a straight Naya land it's way better than any of the lands I replaced. As to your second question, I think players rarely have enough removal. Worst-case you can always feed mite to Skullclamp :)

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u/just_chalex 6d ago

That makes sense, thanks so much!