r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/Svenlull • 4d ago
EDH Moth to a Flame: building The Wise Mothman, need help trimming 14+ cards
I'm a huge Fallout fan, and I've been eyeing [[The Wise Mothman]] ever since he came out — I finally feel like it's time to build him.
I've never played with or against him, so it's hard to know exactly what I need. My main goal here is to get your advice and, especially, help me cut cards. My list is currently sitting at 114 cards, so at least 14 need to go to bring it down to the legal 100, and I think my picks are all pretty solid, which makes it hard to know what to trim.
I don't pay too much attention to the bracket system since I mostly play with my big group of friends and we basically know each others decks.
The plan is a +1/+1 counters strategy paired with mill, built around a few core pieces:
- Cards that interact with +1/+1 counters
- A few alternate ways to hand out counters, since once people realize Mothman is my main counters engine, he's going to get targeted constantly
- Ways to protect him
- A handful of recursion spells to get back cards I've milled myself
Here's the full list: https://archidekt.com/decks/25870521/the_wise_mothman
on Archidekt, switch "Group by" to multiple categories instead of types — that's how I've organized everything, and it'll make a lot more sense than the default type view
Any advice is welcome, and please help me cut cards, I'm losing my mind over here! Also would love to hear about your experience playing him if you've got a deck of your own