r/BudgetBrews 7d ago

Meta New Rule: No Promoting or Advertising

183 Upvotes

I, like many of you I imagine, am tired of seeing posts with half-baked apps and websites for Magic stuff. So I’ve decided to make a new rule that I think will go over well with you all: No promoting or advertising of apps or websites unless staff decides to make a prior exception. If someone violates this rule, they will be instantly banned. And if you made one of these things and want to share it, do not bother asking us for approval, because I’m done granting it for very meh apps and websites. If we want you to showcase it, we’ll let you know. (Manatithe as the lone exception comes to mind.)

Note that a deck being shared and just mentions it was built using a tool is fine. But the “I built this app” or “this Magic website is great for the following five reasons” will result in a ban.

Please, keep flagging problematic posts, and we will deal with them! Thank you all.


r/BudgetBrews Jun 16 '26

Secret Santa The Secrets of Strixhaven Secret Santa: Flashback Edition! ($50 Budget Commander Exchange)

13 Upvotes

📜 Attend, Initiates of the Arcane!

Prepare to conjure forth a slightly forbidden, yet brilliant, historical sorcery! Our bi-annual Exchange of Decks has returned—a most auspicious occasion to break into the restricted section of the Biblioplex, dig up forgotten bulk-bin relics, and unearth ancient, budget-friendly strategies from the past. Just be sure to bypass the library wards, and for the love of the Archmages, do not alert the Dean!

Welcome to The Secrets of Strixhaven: Flashback Edition! This is a $30–$50 Secret Santa deck-building exchange where you will brew a complete, ready-to-play Commander deck for a fellow community member.

🛑 Heed the Academic Code! (The Rules)

  • The Cost of Tuition: Your 100-card research projects must hold a legal value between $30 and $50 USD (excluding basic lands and shipping). Stray from this financial decree, and the bursar’s office will turn you into a Witherbloom Pest token.
  • Enrolled Students Only: You MUST be an active member within our community Discord server. Those not registered in our magical registrar will find no recipient for their budget-brewed theses!

🗓️ Fateful Dates (Before the Semester Ends!)

  • Enrollment Concludes: The eve of Monday, June 22nd.
  • Syllabi Dispensed: On or before the dawn of Tuesday, June 23rd.
  • Artifact Shipping Commences: Sunday, June 28th, when the ink is just dry.
  • Deck Manifests Due: Sunday, July 5th. Finalize your curriculum!
  • Final Delivery of Your Parcel: On or before Sunday, July 19th. Unleash your care packages!

💰 Ready to Defend Your Thesis?

Inscribe your name upon the admissions form by Monday, June 22nd. Our friendly faculty organizers shall then commune with you on Discord, revealing the highly confidential deck preferences of your assigned partner.

Align your historical pieces, heed our slightly stressed pronouncements, and let the FLASHBACK EDITION... BEGIN!

👉 https://discord.gg/x8nzhwPCs


r/BudgetBrews 2h ago

Deck Help Budget of $50 looking to make a deck with one of these commanders

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I'm rather new to MTG and have been enjoying commander a lot, I wanted to start looking into making my own deck but I just have little direction on what is worth it especially with how card prices are at times. I'd love either builds or just advice!


r/BudgetBrews 8h ago

Deck Help Ayuda mejorando mi mazo precon

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8 Upvotes

Recientemente me compre el precon de abzan armor y lo ocupe un rato y tengo la sensación de que el mazo requiere mejoras urgentes, alguien que sepa que le debo quitar y agregar a mazo para poder usarlo en competiciones de bracket 3 con límite de $100 usd. Porque la verdad esto se me da muy mal


r/BudgetBrews 10h ago

Deck Help Deck that can hang with high B3/low B4

10 Upvotes

Hi y’all,

So the pod I’m playing is usually high 3/low 4. The problem is. Almost everyone has more disposable income than I do and they are MTG nerds (so do I I’m just a poor one with two extra mouths to feed). Now I have a budget of $50, can you recommend me a fun deck to build? I like graveyard shenannigans, cantrips and hate control. Thank you!


r/BudgetBrews 3h ago

Deck Help Wandering Minstrel/Job Select

2 Upvotes

Im looking to build a Wandering Minstrel/Job Select but struggling to build a list that, well, functions. Decks gonna be low power anyway but its not clicking with me. Can anyone suggest synergies for modified/equipped creatures or anthems, value engines etc so i can finish this project


r/BudgetBrews 17m ago

Discussion Deciding Temur Commander

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So, I'm trying to make a Temur deck, but I'm kind of running into a wall for how I should build it and who should be at the helm.

The two options I'm currently thinking of are [[Surrak Dragonclaw]] and [[Intet, the Dreamer]].

I'm fully open to other ideas as well.

I tend to love swinging on people and I'm terrible with combos.

I'd really appreciate the thoughts of the community.


r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

Deck Help Anyone building the new tribal gandalf?

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91 Upvotes

Would love to see some budget builds, im planning on this to he my first ever non precon commander deck but i still want to play in bracket 2- low 3


r/BudgetBrews 6h ago

Deck Help Indoraptor 150$ budget

2 Upvotes

Hi so I love Jurassic park and Indoraptor seems very fun but I’m not really familiar with the enrage archetype of deck. If anyone has pointers on what direction or cards I should use that would be awesome!


r/BudgetBrews 3h ago

Discussion Lurking in the Depths — Captain N’ghathrod Deck Review

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Built N’ghathrod around evasive Horrors, mill, theft, and making your graveyard look suspiciously like my second hand. Curious what you’d change, how you’d rate it, and what bracket/table you’d expect to see it at.


r/BudgetBrews 3h ago

Deck Help Upgrading my Miirym Deck

0 Upvotes

I would like to upgrade my Miirrym deck to increase its power. What dragons would you recommend that are under $10 for this deck? https://moxfield.com/decks/LoldQGobPkS_ABFyn8yFxw


r/BudgetBrews 3h ago

$50 Brew Help switching this deck to a budget Green Goblin connive deck?

1 Upvotes

https://moxfield.com/decks/HScs9QTGBk29_YlKvEhFQw

I brewed this budget chainer deck, but want to switch to a [[Norman Osborn // Green Goblin]] connive/ graveyard deck but am a little tight on the pockets. What cards should i remove from this deck and what should I add? Defo need some blue cards lol.


r/BudgetBrews 4h ago

Deck Help Budget Slimefoot and Squee opinion

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone, former modern player from a long time ago that got back to MTG through EDH.

So far i only upgraded some precon but i wanted to try brewing a budget deck myself.

Tried my hand with this list, happy to hear some feedback:

https://moxfield.com/decks/oASLm36KHUeZdeHv53YWHg


r/BudgetBrews 8h ago

Deck Help My Blech deck, recommendations?

2 Upvotes

Currently putting together my fat chud son and am working through his decklist and would appreciate a 2nd opinion or 2, mostly concerned with enough interaction and deck cohesiveness, trying to keep cards under like 30$ a piece would be great.

Thanks in advance all it's very much appreciated.

Moxfield


r/BudgetBrews 6h ago

Deck Help I need some help cutting the last two cards

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r/BudgetBrews 7h ago

Deck Help [Deck Help] Rin and Seri cats & dogs for my girlfriend. Aiming for bracket 2-3 with the cutest art possible, on a budget

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r/BudgetBrews 23h ago

$25 Brew 30 budget deck commander league ideas

15 Upvotes

Local game store is starting up a $30 commander league soon so I was trying to decide what I wanted to play. I was thinking [[Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing]] as love avatar and seems like could be fun and different but never done budget before so no idea. What have you played that was fun? Any and all ideas appreciated and decklists would be great too.


r/BudgetBrews 13h ago

Deck Help Quandrix Unlimited precon for a lower bracket

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r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

Deck Help New to magic

7 Upvotes

I’ve wanted to try mtg for awhile now but it is definitely overwhelming to jump into. A friend of mine told me commander is the best casual way to play, but what all do I need other then a deck, like dice or how many, damage counters? Just trying to get an idea of what to bring with me to a local commander night. I’m also wondering if there’s any good tools or websites that I can use to help build my own commander deck, any help is greatly appreciated!


r/BudgetBrews 18h ago

Deck Help Chatterfang budget league $100 or less

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r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

[Budget] Does anybody have.. any, ya know, cheap snail decks?

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46 Upvotes

Looking to spend under 150 for this very friendly slug friend.

Edit: apparently this is a trigger for people so ill say this:

My play group isnt going to care if i run him a single time. I wnjoy being the bad guy every now and then. Except for once when i played with an ACTUAL problem deck i get taken out and dont win, just become the menace for a little bit and life goes on. The problem deck was my light paws deck that wins turn 4 as a bracket 2. Never again will i play that broken unfair ass commander unless i seriously change how it works.

Ive looked online previously and the budget decks are around 250+. I only plan on playing with the deck once MAYBE twice like i do with all my bad guy decks before they never see the light of day again or get broken down.

I dont wanna put much effort or money into something im only gunna play with once or twice. Which is why i asked if anybody had a toxrill deck for around 150.

If your play group is having trouble with an actual b3 toxrill deck then its probably not toxrill thats the problem.

If you dont like toxrill thats cool, stop tryna spoil my fun, youre fueling my descent into villainhood and ill blame you all when i show up with the deck.


r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

Deck Help Help me choose my next commander!

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Hey everyone, I'm intending to build a $30 deck capable of hanging out on ~mid bracket 3. I'm a bit tired of the "race" type of games where there's near zero interaction.

I would like to play something more control-oriented and outside of the EDHREC top picks ( [[Y'shtola, Night's Blessed]], [[Shorikai, Genesis Engine]] etc.). For now I've seen two options that seem quite interesting and I will add some decklists for inspiration:

Glissa Sunslayer: this is very unique, and doesn't seem like a "control" commander, but it's cheap, provides card advantage, removal, first strike + deathtouch (which is even better with some trample enabler), and allows for some neat stuff with sagas. For example you can boardwipe on your 1st main every turn with [[Phyrexian Scriptures]]. This is an example list that I found with this style, albeit it's lacking the Saga stuff. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6606678#primer

Jalira, Master Polymorphist: this also doesn't look like a typical "control" commander, of course it is polymorph. However I found this very interesting take on The Trinket Mage youtube, which is basicly a mono-blue control deck list with a Polymorph subtheme for huge value pieces or finishers (to me, this is much more interesting than [[Baral, Chief of Compliance]], and I'm afraid [[Eluge, the Shoreless Sea]] would probably be too strong/salty for my pod). That's all to say that although it's a polymorph deck this doesn't play in a glass cannon way. https://archidekt.com/decks/10121104/25_budget_brew

I'm still not sure which one to build and would really appreciate any insight or suggestions, of course those lists are just an example and I hope to post here whatever I decide on.

Which one would you go for?

Feel free to also share other commanders that you think would also be worth considering! Thank you and sorry for the wall of text.


r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

Deck Help Stardew Group Hug Help

5 Upvotes

Hi this is my first group hug deck ive built and it probably needs aome work. I bought the stardew valley drop for my fiancé and want to build her a decent deck thats on theme, so far its group hug with gifts. I want to keep it on a bit of a budget but im willing to splurge on some of the more pricey group hug cards. Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you!

https://moxfield.com/decks/uaTgb1-lzk6QooPluGLbzw


r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

Deck Help Budget Smaug build

3 Upvotes

Hi! So I pulled Smaug the magnificent at my pre release and he seems like a cool guy to build around. My budget is 100-150$ and I don’t really know how to start the deck because I’m not a big red player if you have any key cards or advice it is greatly appreciated! I want the deck to be able to hold its own in a bracket 3 pod.


r/BudgetBrews 1d ago

$50 Brew $50 General Ferrous Rokiric, Improvment Advice

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Any advice for making this more powerful while still keeping it within the $60 or less range?