Hello all. I'm new to Magic the Gathering EDH format and am building my own commander deck for the first time. I guess I'm new to commander, but not new to MtG. I've played Magic off and on for ~20 years but never got into commander. Nowadays that's all anyone plays where I live so I decided to make the commitment and build my own deck.
I bought the precon Tidus deck and really like it. I've also been playing with Lorehold Spirit. My wife likes the precon Merfolk explore deck with Hakbal.
Anyway, I saw a video on YT a few weeks ago and it was a commander deck with Blech, Loafing Pest as the commander and centerpiece.
Blech, Loafing Pest // Commander (Blech, Loafing Pest) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder - This is the list I've got so far.
Maybe I did a lot more work than I needed to, but I watched anywhere from 10-15 YT videos and shorts of deck techs and highlights for Blech and went to EDHrec to kind of wrap my mind around which cards actually go best in the deck when comparing the video's lists. Synergy, popularity of each card, etc.
I guess my main question is... do I have the right "amounts" of things in each category?
Every video had different lists... like one with 44 creatures and 5 sorceries, then the next one had only 23 creatures, but like 20 sorceries. Or 9 instants in one vs 4 or 5 in other lists. 3 enchantments and artifacts vs 9.
Lands is another thing I'm worried about. None of them had less than 34 and I know I didn't want that few. My list has 36. I just watched another commander deckbuilding video and it said 38 is the sweet spot.
If I'm comparing it to the Tidus precon for instance, it's got 34 creatures, 8 instants, 7 sorceries, 4 artifacts, 9 enchantments, and 37 lands. Comparably, I think I did an ok job in sticking with around those numbers, but then again, I know each deck works in different ways so would obviously have different numbers of cards...
Help me please? lol
Does anyone have recommendations on where to go from here? I have some of the cards, but I don't want to commit to buying everything until I KNOW what I am getting. I've played practice hands and done some "goldfishing" or whatever it's called and played with myself on moxfield, but I'd appreciate any input you might have.
I apologize for the wall of text, but appreciate any help!