We all have that deck that just survives even though it isn’t the best. For me that’s [[Torgaar, Famine Incarnate]]. It’s not the best mono black commander in any way but its particular combination of effects to me is emblematic of mono black. It’s a bit of a swiss army knife and so I find myself hard pressed to really change anything about the core of the deck.

What’s your pet deck?

  • jake_eric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My oldest deck is [[Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait]] which has turned into a bit of a monster since I added a few cards that happen to create a bunch of ways to make infinite Landfall combos. It could probably be even stronger if I took out some of the high-cost sea monsters to focus just on Landfall, but I like big sea monsters.

    After that my [[Gishath, Sun’s Avatar]] deck is pretty new, I just made it this year, but I already love it. Big dinos!

  • Brage@mtgzone.com
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    1 year ago

    [[Isperia the Inscrutable]]

    This is the only commander deck I’ve consistently kept around over the years. I don’t remember how I discovered this card, but I think it’s a neat ability and the commander itself feels flavourful and badass. I started playing during Return to Ravnica, which perhaps added a bonus feeling of “wow, it’s the original Isperia!”.

    My deck isn’t terribly good since I don’t play Commander very competetively. I’ve tried to have sphinxes and stuff that feel badass and fitting for the deck instead of busted combos or whatever. [[Medomai the Ageless]] is a typical target to search for.

    The only “combo” I can think of off the top of my head (been a while since I’ve played the deck) is [[Bruna, the Fading Light]] and [[Gisela, the Broken Blade]]. I think that combo is hilarious due to the name of the melded card: Brisela. We ship Brisela.

  • Mike@mtgzone.com
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    1 year ago

    For me it’s anything with [[Stitcher’s Supplier]] in it. Right now I really love trying to make Dredge work in Historic and soon Pioneer.

    E: didn’t see this was in Commander. That would be Kenrith, the Returned King 😛

  • Cloaca@kbin.social
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    I built a [[Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar]] $50 budget deck a number of years back that is just a mono green spell slinger build. It is pretty simple to play for new people and resilient enough to play with my normal group.

    Being a budget deck I even run it unsleeved and get that nostalgia of playing kitchen table magic as a kid.