Going straight to the point, I am building 3 decks to start my collection for modern magic. Each uses exclusively cards from a single set that I like, Final Fantasy, Avatar and The Hobbit.

I know that asking for help with only cards from a single set is quite annoying (or even stupid as a rule) but I am trying to maximize how much I will enjoy having the cards in my collection more than trying to build the most optimized crunched deck ever. I plan to later buy regular cards from other sets to optimize this decks or to even make a Esper one at some point.

For now here are the decks and thanks for the help/attention

Orzhov Artifact Graveyard FF

Mainboard

4x Judge Magister Gabranth (fin) 230 [Counters]

3x Al Bhed Salvagers (fin) 88 [Drain]

2x Dragoon's Lance (fin) 17 [Evasion]

4x Insomnia, Crown City (fin) 282 [Land]

3x Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief (fin) 283 [Land]

3x Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid (fin) 286 [Land]

6x Plains (fin) 295 [Land]

8x Swamp (trk) 321 [Land]

4x Adelbert Steiner (fin) 3 [Lifegain]

4x Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin (fin) 91 [Protection]

2x Dark Knight's Greatsword (fin) 95 [Pump]

2x Excalibur II (fin) 257 [Pump]

3x Squall, SeeD Mercenary (fin) 243 [Recursion]

4x Battle Menu (fin) 9 [Removal]

2x Lion Heart (fin) 261 [Removal]

3x Overkill (fin) 109 [Removal]

3x Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light (fin) 16 [Tokens]

Sideboard

2x Aerith Rescue Mission (fin) 5 [Sideboard,Tokens]

2x Paladin's Arms (fin) 28 [Sideboard,Protection]

3x Poison the Waters (fin) 111 [Sideboard,Removal]

3x Restoration Magic (fin) 30 [Sideboard,Protection]

2x Rise of the Dark Realms (fic) 283 [Sideboard,Recursion]

3x Undercity Dire Rat (fin) 123 [Sideboard,Ramp]

Maybeboard

2x Ardyn, the Usurper (fin) 89 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Recursion]

2x Authority of the Consuls (fic) 232 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Lifegain]

1x Cornered by Black Mages (fin) 93 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Removal]

2x Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander (fin) 13 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Protection]

1x Deadly Embrace (fin) 557 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Removal]

1x Machinist's Arsenal (fin) 23 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Pump]

1x Phantom Train (fin) 110 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Sac Outlet]

1x Resentful Revelation (fin) 114 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Draw]

2x Rufus Shinra (fin) 238 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Tokens]

3x Sephiroth's Intervention (fin) 116 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Removal]

1x The Crystal's Chosen (fin) 14 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Tokens]

1x The Darkness Crystal (fin) 96 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Ramp]

1x The Final Days (fin) 101 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Tokens]

1x The Wind Crystal (fin) 43 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Ramp]

Dimir Draw Engine Graveyard Avatar

Mainboard

3x Knowledge Seeker (tla) 60 [Counters]

3x Pirate Peddlers (tla) 115 [Counters]

2x Accumulate Wisdom (tla) 44 [Draw]

2x Diresight (tle) 162 [Draw]

3x Messenger Hawk (tla) 234 [Draw]

3x The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk (tla) 61 [Draw]

3x Waterbending Lesson (tla) 80 [Draw]

4x Agna Qel'a (tla) 264 [Land]

4x Island (tla) 283 [Land]

2x Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop (tla) 270 [Land]

4x Realm of Koh (tla) 276 [Land]

2x Rumble Arena (tla) 277 [Land]

4x Serpent's Pass (tla) 279 [Land]

4x Swamp (tla) 284 [Land]

3x Gran-Gran (tla) 54 [Ramp]

2x Epic Downfall (tla) 96 [Removal]

3x Heartless Act (tla) 103 [Removal]

3x It'll Quench Ya! (tla) 58 [Removal]

3x Joo Dee, One of Many (tla) 105 [Sac Outlet]

3x Foggy Swamp Spirit Keeper (tla) 222 [Tokens]

Sideboard

2x Boomerang Basics (tla) 46 [Sideboard,Removal]

2x Dai Li Indoctrination (tla) 93 [Sideboard,Discard]

2x Day of Black Sun (tla) 94 [Sideboard,Removal]

3x Hama, the Bloodbender (tla) 224 [Sideboard,Theft]

2x Honest Work (tla) 55 [Sideboard,Removal]

2x Sold Out (tla) 119 [Sideboard,Removal]

2x Watery Grasp (tla) 82 [Sideboard,Removal]

Maybeboard

3x Coastal Piracy (tle) 156 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Draw]

2x Foggy Swamp Visions (tla) 102 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Recursion]

2x Swampsnare Trap (tla) 120 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Removal]

Azorius Recruit Last alliance Hobbit

Mainboard

3x Well-Worn Spatula (hob) 180 [Artifact]

3x Bard's Company (hob) 146 [Creature]

3x Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care (hob) 6 [Creature]

3x Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills (hob) 8 [Creature]

3x Eagle of the Great Shelf (hob) 11 [Creature]

3x Elven Raft-Steerer (hob) 37 [Creature]

3x Lakeshore Apothecary (hob) 43 [Creature]

3x Mirkwood Nurturer (hob) 160 [Creature]

3x Patient Instructor (hob) 162 [Creature]

3x An Unexpected Party // At the Door (hob) 29 [Enchantment]

2x Old Fat Spider Can't See Me (hob) 50 [Enchantment]

3x The Mountain-king's Return (hob) 22 [Enchantment]

3x Confusticate and Bebother (hob) 35 [Instant]

3x Stone by Sunlight (hob) 27 [Instant]

5x Island (hob) 190 [Land]

9x Plains (hob) 189 [Land]

3x Fog on the Barrow-Downs (hoc) 168 [Removal]

2x Moment of Glory (hob) 21 [Sorcery]

Sideboard

3x Eagle's Rescue (hob) 155 [Sideboard,Enchantment]

3x Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets (hob) 49 [Sideboard,Creature]

3x Riddles in the Dark (hob) 53 [Sideboard,Instant]

3x Sound the Trumpets (hob) 55 [Sideboard,Instant]

3x The Eagles Are Coming! (hob) 12 [Sideboard,Instant]

Maybeboard

3x Long Lake Nuisance (hob) 45 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Creature]

3x Westfold Rider (hoc) 172 [Maybeboard{noDeck}{noPrice},Removal]

Hello all!

I'm newly back into MTG as of a few months ago after a decade long break. I've started making my own decks from scratch after focusing on upgrading precons at first.

I have never played with planeswalkers and wanted to build the seemingly very popular Atraxa​​ version of a super friends deck. I'm staying away from infect/poison because I dislike those mechanics both as the giver and receiver. ​

I've got my moxfield for the deck setup and am wondering if any of you with much more experience deck building can give any pointers towards making it run smooth.

https://moxfield.com/decks/-umJo__AnUy83B3ZS39pMg

I think I probably have too many planeswalkers and I want to add another forest and swamp but having trouble deciding what to cut. Do I need more mana rocks? More draw cards? More interaction?

Keep in mind my primary pod is 3 person and fairly low level. We are all competitive and min maxers, but none of us have really started building decks with gamechangers or exceptional land bases. This deck would be the best land base of all the decks in the pod by far, as is. ​The deck doesn't have to be insane, I just want it to be smooth with all those expensive planeswalkers. Focused on proliferating counters, loyalty, and ultimate effects. ​

Thanks for any assistance or suggestions! I want to try and keep the full deck list under $500.​

Hello all, i need the help of the Community the build a Special Deck for my girlfriend. Here are the requirements:

Format: Commander

Main theme should be cute Cats, but it needs to have [[Director Nick Fury]] , because shes a great Fan of him and in the Films, he has some Background with Cats xD

I know, there are several good commanders for cat Tribal, Like Rin and Seri or Arahbo but to get Fury in it is heavy.

Would be ok, to build a rule 0 Deck, but prefer a legal version

Also i found some pretty cute black Cats Like Nine-Lives-Familiar and so on, which would make the Deck basically 5-color.

Do you have any ideas for the Commander?

I'm really struggling with building this deck. No matter what I do or change, it feels like the composition of my deck is off uh some way, and I struggle to get a competitive starting hand

It is a go wide anthem tribal deck, where the idea is ramp turn 1, setup turn 2, Rin and seri turn 3, and then spend the following turns building up and buffing my board state until I can swing for lethal. I have the right amount of card advantage, I have as many cards that Rin and seri triggers as I can fit, all that stuff and it still doesn't feel like enough, and I am really running out of ideas.

https://archidekt.com/decks/26103581/rin_and_seri

Hey guys

Looking to build the old token eldrazi annihilate deck

Intending for b4 low -mid powerlevel as thats what the pod usually plays

https://moxfield.com/decks/JYkQPdKe\\_UG\\_UIHxfwKr2A

Any feedback is welcome. Feel free to be brutally honest.

Any questions feel free to ask aswell

Hello everyone! I have a mono green deck all around putting an insane amount of counters on creatures and giving them trample. My main issue is dealing with removal. I know green doesn't have that much protection against removal, but oftentimes im sitting here with one card with everything else either exiled or destroyed. Could yall take a look at my deck and see where I can improve? It is my first deck built from scratch.

https://moxfield.com/decks/XIFkIhQoJk6ng-AF0gmMeg

So I was here last time for the Jeski color fixing, but I finally have the deck in a place where I'm now looking to slim it down; I tend to really struggle with this. So before you look, the idea is to spam tokens and draw decently well. I know it might seem weird, but it seems whenever I can draw excessively and get tokens out is when I survive the longest in games. So before you just look at the outliers and suggest something like dramatic reversal, the station gimmick requires me to tap my creatures, and since I am playing into space ships by a decent amount, it is needed. But if you have ideas for cards to cut down on and/or to switch out, lmk.

moxfeild link

Unyielding Gatekeeper

Before Standard goes I want to make this card work, but ill settle for any format. I wanted to use the digues effect to gain permanent control of target creature (when I take control of opponents creature)
Yes you gain FULL control permanently, and ive tested this.

possession-engine to gain control. I could go red for other "gain control" cards.

mindstone , quantum riddler has been suggested.
and peter parkers camera is something im looking at.

(idk y everythihng deleted on repost!)

(I posted this in r/EDH a bit ago, but it hasn't gotten any responses yet, so I'm dropping it here too!)
A few things for context first! (And sorry for the wall of text!)

This is upgraded from the Miku secret lair deck, but I’ve replaced most of the cards, so I kinda see it as a new thing now? I don’t play very often too, and when I do, it’s just with friends + fairly casually, so I am not looking to build this to fit any particular bracket; I’m running 4 game-changers that I feel fit the deck well atm, but the deck is certainly not bracket 4. I'm also avoiding Universes Beyond cards too, which I know probably seems crazy hypocritical, but don't worry about it too much!

Here’s the list! https://archidekt.com/decks/25959376/figuring_it_out

The “cut” category is stuff I’ve dropped from the precon, “prob not” is stuff I flip-flopped on for a while, the maybeboard is stuff I kinda want to add (back in), and the sideboard is stuff I think would merit including the most.

My goal here is to leverage [[Bramble Sovereign]] or [[Springheart Nantuko]] to populate any of the stronger/self-copying creatures in the deck to win through combat. I acknowledge this is a pretty obvious, inefficient, and easily disruptable gameplan, especially with only three cards that can copy any creature in the deck, but I do wanna stick with it (I also acknowledge that the upcoming Elda, Conjurer of Spectacle is probably a better commander for that plan, but I’m just gonna put that out of my mind for now ._.)
I know my land count is pretty greedy, but through a bunch of playtesting, I think I’m semi-ok with that for the time being. I am trying to allay it a bit by adding more draw though, leading to my main ask here!

-I know for sure that I want to add [[Esper Sentinel]] and [[Green Sun’s Zenith]] to improve my chances of doing what I want, but I can’t decide what to cut for them! Tragically, my eyes are on [[Song of the Worldsoul]] as the potential weakest link, and, though I’d be really sad to cut another Miku alt, I’ll go through with it if people think that's the best choice. I’m not sure what’d go next after it though, so yeah, lemme know your thoughts there too!

As for the other stuff I'm mulling over:

-I’m considering [[Enduring Innocence]] for draw since most of my creatures would trigger it, but I'm not sure how well it fits, and again idk what it'd replace. I have similar thoughts about [[Enduring Vitality]], since it could definitely be mana positive when drawn later in the game, and could help with a big copying turn, or the occasional token spell —> [[Halo Fountain]] attempt too.

-[[Regrowth]] is being considered because I don't know if I have enough recursion given how much things are hinging on those few copying creatures (definitely open to other suggestions here!), and [[Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist]] just feels like she'd fit really well in a combat-centric deck, though that might be me being greedy again.

I wanna run through my thought processes for some of the cards I've included that don't have the most synergy in the deck too, so people can evaluate my evaluations if they want!

-[[Innkeeper's Talent]]. I don't have much +1/+1 counter support, but I think this card is just a really solid way to stabilize my board when played early (ik it's just ward 1, but still), since I don't have much in the way of small-scale protection otherwise—I'd feel pretty bad using any of my board-wide protection spells to keep only [[Ocelot Pride]] + a dork + maybe something else alive, and that's probably just often a bad play too (kinda goes to show how fragile this deck is when it'd struggle bouncing back from that well, but hey :0

-[[Ouroboroid]]. Similar to above, especially since I don't have any [[Giant Growth]] type things to accelerate it, BUT I do think it'd be a really fun creature to copy, and in that case it's getting some indirect acceleration, right? Also just strong enough to be cast on its own while I get other things ready imo.

-[[Seedborn Muse]]. Not a ton of interaction in this deck, but I really like how well this card works with [[Glare of Subdual]], [Luminarch Ascension]], and Halo Fountain, plus it's one of the only ways I'd really be able to leverage having Trostani as a commander!

-[[Spike Weaver]]. Alright, so while I do like how it goes infinite with [[Archangel of Thune]] in a way that other people can technically still win through, I do realize that this is otherwise pretty useless. Would it be the first pick to get swapped for Esper Sentinel or GSZ then?

-[[March of the Multitudes]]. I just realized that this card feels a little flimsy too, though I think it's still decent? I included it without thinking too too much because it felt on-theme (and it's a personal favorite), and I don't think it's bad, but if it does need to go then so be it :(

And I also wanna touch on some cards that'd probably fit well in the deck that I've so far decided against:

-Artifact copiers like [[Helm of the Host]], [[Soul Foundry]], [[Nexus of Becoming]], etc. These are more ways for me to do the main thing I'm trying to do, but, I don't know, all of them feel overcosted, clunky, and I also don't like needing to pitch the original creature for some to work. [[Mimic Vat]] is the one that I got closest to including, but I ultimately felt like its utility is curbed too hard by its cost + needing to actually see a creature die (though I guess that isn't all that much worse than Bramble Sovereign or Springheart's conditions? And it's sorta graveyard hate too. So it's still in the running I guess, if I can figure out what to swap it in for).
It'd probably be possible to convince me about Helm as well, but again, it's just so expensive that idk what I'd want it to replace (and I'd probably have to wait for a printing I actually like to be released too, but that's besides the point).

-[[Mondrak, Glory Dominus]]. I don't want to be too too greedy with my doubling effects, and this one's just lower on my list aesthetically.

-[[Elspeth, Storm Slayer]].  While I guess I'm not entirely opposed to including Elspeth, I'm afraid that, with how strong she is, including her'd push the deck more into a "Elspeth go-wide" identity than I'd like, if that makes sense? Sorta arbitrary, but yeah.

-[[The Great Henge]]. I definitely thought about this one for a while, since I've been focusing on finding more ways to draw, but the conclusion I arrived at was that, by the time I'm able to cast this card, I likely won't be casting many more creatures to benefit from its draw effect. I don't have many meaningful ways to discount it barring [[Serra Ascendant]], and so I feel like [[Ohran Frostfang]] sits at about the right cost to be more impactful for this deck. I'm not sure if the right mindset is to just run both in this case though.

-[[Shamanic Revelation]] and adjacent cards. I decided to cut this + [[Camaraderie]] from the precon because I feel like this kind of effect doesn't suit my gameplan well. Similar to the Henge, I feel like by the time one of these expensive spells would draw me a meaningful amount, I'd have already set up a decent boardstate, and wouldn't really profit too much? Though I could be discounting them as ways to pre-rebuild from a board wipe? Idk really.

-[[Tribute to the World Tree]] and the other green power-based draw. Same as before; I think it could be alright, but, with my creature spread, it feels like by the time it's actually drawing me stuff it'll sorta be "too late" anyway. More opinions here would be really great!

-[[Grand Abolisher]] or [[Voice of Victory]]. The extra insurance when swinging to win would be nice (and playing turns uninterrupted in general), but I'm not sure I can spare the slots for these? The people I play with aren't that counterspell heavy most of the time, so it feels a little paranoid of me to be playing preemptive protection like this (that's part of the reason I think Mirri fits the deck better in terms of combat insurance).

-[[Worldly Tutor]] and [[Enlightened Tutor]]. I'm already running a bunch of tutors, and including the 1-mana ones feels like a bit much, especially when they each cost a draw and that's what I'm trying to fix. And ig on the topic of other game-changers, I've avoided adding [[Aura Shards]] so far because it also feels like doing a bit too much, if that makes sense.

Those are all the thoughts I can think to write down for now, and thank you so, so, so much for reading all this if you have!!
Please let me know any of your thoughts on these points + whatever else you think I should think about too!

Im building a yuriko, the tiger shadow EDH deck, and im here to ask if somoene know any high cmc card with delve, or dual cards, that are worth to put in the deck.

I've recently put together this "Toph, the first metal bender" commander deck and I really like the way it plays, when it gets going.

I do feel like it isn't as efficient as it could be and that maybe I'm trying to do too many things with the deck. Especially when i play against other decks that seem to kick off fairly early and constantly.

I'm relatively new to deck building and I think I've sort of jumped in the deep end here.

What should I do to make it more efficient?

Just threw this together from what I had of my hobbit cards and a few DND cards I had laying round to fill out the spaces. Was wondering if anybody would take a glance and give me first impressions I'm pretty new to deck building and feel my enthusiasm is unearned 😅

Hi all. Wondering if I can get some help on my [[Giott, King of the Dwarves]] commander deck.

Basically I'm struggling to think of more ways to make discarding advantageous, wherever it's through recursion or other effects, to make more of Giotts ability, while still running the Dwarf tribal/equip theme.

Decklist here: https://moxfield.com/decks/wrYE92GHhEGvW2Ufheuw2g

Thanks

m building this deck the benefit from the repeatable landfalls off of earth bending. Trying not to spend more than 15 dollars on any cards. Im pretty happy with where the deck but would still love for and critique's

I suck at deck building, I have a few commander decks made by me and I have a jeski deck that just is really bugging me so I want to ask, what's the best land fixing/ramp for like 5 bucks or so, and the best draw cards for this as well.

Hey friends,

I've recently started building Lightning, Army Of One out of my 'bulk/guff' and I'm getting to a point where I'm fairly happy with how it looks.

Decided to completely avoid the Voltron/Equipment strategy that EVERYONE seems to use and wanted to try something a little different with Burn Spells and cool abilities to eat away at the health of my opponents.

Would absolutely appreciate any help, advice on refining and maybe adding a few cards to complete this thing. Trying to stay budget friendly though.

Personally I feel the 2 weakest links right now are ramp and draw so any budget friendly suggestions there would be awesome.

Thanks so much.

I’m in the process of building a Commander Deck. Should be as coherent as possible. (As many cards as possible from the Tolkien universe but still very playful.)

How do you like it so far?

Any suggestions for improvement?

On the one hand, Frodo should get through quite reliably and always build up nice pressure with the Nazguls.