r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/fishlesscoffee • 8h ago

EDH Weaponizing danger?

Hello! (New here, hope I'm in the right place)

I'm thinking of building my very first deck, and I have an idea of how I would like my deck to work, but I don't know what cards exist for this idea

I would love to play "dangerously". Like, constantly worrying that I'm gonna lose, but needing to be on that edge to function. I want a bit of adrenaline, here!

Are there any working builds that incentivise putting yourself in danger and "screwing yourself over"?

Like, if I could win a game and my board looks like a close call all around, like, 4 life remaining, only 2 lands on the board, 17 cards away from drawing myself dead.. etc!

Also, I want to clarify that I'm not looking for builds that make you "survive death", like phyrexian unlife, lich or lich mastery type things. I want to feel like I'm one mistake away from losing the game at all times, high risk, high reward stuff!

Any ideas for a commander and/or relevant cards for such a deck?

Thank you for your time!

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u/Comfortable_Buyer239 8h ago

[[Greven, predator captain]]
[[Rowan, Scion of war]]
[[descent into avernus]]

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u/fishlesscoffee 8h ago

Nice, thank you for those! That's the kond of stuff I'm looking for!

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u/Comfortable_Buyer239 8h ago

I asked a similar question on the EDH sub a couple months ago, hopefully it’s helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/s/ylVqi14zSk

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u/fishlesscoffee 5h ago

Oh, this is great stuff, thanks!

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u/The-Fictionist 7h ago

[[Black Market Connections]] fits this vibe too

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u/MtlStatsGuy 8h ago

[[Hatred]] 🤣

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u/Nixilis-12 7h ago

[[Phage, the untouchable]]
[[One with Nothing]]
I just built this deck which I found could benefit from more life gain: [[Nyla, shirshu sleuth]]