Magic: The Gathering

[Neo Emolga]

@Homura

So, I'm in the process of making another commander deck, this time a white, green, and blue one. The price of some of these cards was a doozy, but I think it'll be worth it. Let me know if this has a better shot of being a good commander deck to fly with.

COMMANDER

1x Jenara, Asura of War

CREATURES (20)

1x Emancipation Angel
1x Angelic Field Marshal
1x Adarkar Valkyrie
1x Serra Avatar
1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
1x Twilight Shepherd
1x Celestial Force
1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1x Angel of Finality
1x Archangel of Thune
1x Emeria Angel
1x Angel of Jubilation
1x Yavimaya Elder
1x Fyndhorn Elder
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Illusory Angel

ENCHANTMENTS (15)
1x Land Tax
1x Pacifism
1x True Conviction
1x Angelic Destiny
1x Arrest
1x Ghostly Prison
1x Prison Term
1x Worship
1x Dawn's Reflection
1x Awakening Zone
1x Quiet Disrepair
1x Rancor
1x Wild Growth
1x Armadillo Cloak
1x Aura Shards

SORCERY (8)
1x Decree of Justice
1x Entreat the Angels
1x Wrath of God
1x Explosive Vegetation
1x Life's Legacy
1x Cultivate
1x Rampant Growth
1x Harmonize

INSTANTS (12)
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Divine Offering
1x Disenchant
1x Wing Shards
1x Return to Dust
1x Dissipate
1x Counterspell
1x Faerie Trickery
1x Cancel
1x Deprive
1x Eladamri's Call
1x Treva's Charm

ARTIFACTS (11)
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Sol Ring
1x Quicksilver Amulet
1x Lifeline
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Caged Sun
1x Basalt Monolith
1x Nevinyrral's Disk
1x Loxodon Warhammer
1x Moonsilver Spear
1x Armillary Sphere

LANDS (32)
11x Plains
4x Island
6x Forest
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Command Tower
1x Faerie Conclave
1x Temple of the False God
1x Azorius Chancery
1x Halimar Depths
1x Rupture Spire
1x Seaside Citadel
1x Sejiri Refuge
1x Selesnya Sanctuary
1x Treva's Ruins

PLANESWALKERS (1)

1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant

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So, let me know what you think, please. This guy I play with at work has some crazy, killer decks, so I'm hoping this one makes him sweat a little more. XD

[Homura]

@Neo Emolga Sure I'll take a look at all this:

I like the direction of where the dragon deck is going. I like the mass of dragons, and a clear game plan where you get to that point.

So for land, I have a few easy cuts:
Ball lightning: I really prefer damage output that is higher than a set 6 that can be blocked easy.
Llanowar Elf, Fydhorn Elder, Fydhorn Elf, Elvish Mystic: Elder especially. It's nice to have, but I think that just having 4 extra lands are more useful than the ramp that dies to removal.
Tinder Wall: You have 40 life, and in general commander isn't a format where you'll be beaten down by 1-3 mana creatures. And also an easy cut for land.

I'm not saying to add land just for land's sake. It's because they do a lot while making sure you don't mana screw as well. Also you need it for squirrel nest's function (you can cast spells and get a squirrel):
Kessig Wolf Run: Powerful land that generates you mana, but also lets you dump mana onto a double striking Atarka to just kill a guy off.
High Market: It's a really easy way to sac a creature as a sac outlet. Also lets you easily beat paths and swords with a lifeline out.
Cavern of Souls: Call Dragon. You're welcome
Crucible of the Spirit Dragon: Let's you bank mana over turns, and also fixes your mana to cast dragons more easily.
Haven of the Spirit Dragon: Free mana fixing for dragons, and brings dragons back.
Homeward Path: You remember that blue player who hates you and steals your dragons? Ya that's funny.
Miren, the Moaning Well: Also another sac outlet, but a bit harder to hit than high market.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx: It makes a LOT of mana.
Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers: Pumps Atarka and other legendary creatures. Repeatedly.
Raging Ravine: Fixes your mana (R/G) and also becomes a 4/4 attacker that gets bigger.
Yavimaya Hollow: Regenerates dragons.
Wooded Foothills: Looks for Stomping Ground so you'll have R/G fixed easily.

I honestly think 38 lands is the sweet spot for this deck. I'd even go to 40 if I were to build it.

Other cards I think are great:
Oracle of Mal Daya/Courser of Kruphix: Both of these reward you for playing more lands, and gets rid of lands on the top of your deck so you draw dragons faster.
Kodama's Reach: The original cultivate. It's honestly better than wild growth.
Dragonlord Atarka: Did you did that girl? O_O
Thunderbreak Regeant: Oh you target ANY OF MY DRAGONS? Take 3. Better than giant growth for the most part.
Deathrender: Oh you killed the dragon this is equipped to. Oh well I guess I'll just play this dragon for free instead.
I'd also want to try to put in 1 or 2 cards that destroy enchantments/artifacts:
Bane of Progress: blow everything up and get a huge creature
Krosan Grip: They actually can't counter or respond to it. Say I cast this on your greater good, you can't sac guys in response to get use out of it before it goes away.


I'll take a look at the Bant deck in a bit as well~

[Neo Emolga]

@Horura;

Thank you! This was exactly the kind of guidance I was looking for. Also, I have Cavern of Souls for another deck and I love it. What's not to love? Eh... the price tag. But other than that, it's an awesome card.

Adding:
- Haven of the Spirit Dragon
- Raging Ravine
- Homeward Path
- Yavimaya Hollow

- Kodama's Reach
- Oracle of Mul Daya
- Courser of Kruphix

As for taking out the green-producing Elves, I'll try it and see how stuff like Oracle of Mul Daya and Courser of Kruphix go instead. I'll do that with the white, green, and blue deck I just posted as well.

[Ash K.]

For the Dragons, you have some very gaping Dragon-shaped holes:

Steel Hellkite (the X ability is amazing. Especially if they have a horde of tokens and you use X=0.)
Scourge of Valkas (Every Dragon deck needs it.)
Moonveil Dragon (Why Firebreathe one when you can Firebreath all?)
Scourge of the Throne (if you don't find yourself to be the highest life, of course)
Savage Ventmaw (free mana! Even better with extra combat steps like Scourge of the Throne!)
Hellkite Charger (combos with Savage Ventmaw to give additional combats for just one mana. Or without to get them for seven, you might not even care.)
Mana-Charged Dragon (Politics is always fun)

Also, I don't think Disintegrate works how you hope (it only exiles if the creature would die, it won't work on Indestructible creatures because they won't die in the first place.)

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Meanwhile, I still can't stop building my own commander decks. Most recently it was Sen Triplets. Also I hate myself because I might have found a deck that makes me want to start playing Modern, but for it I need to acquire some expensive cards (not to mention the lands...)

[Homura]

Gambled a MM2015 box. I lost about 120 dollars in the process. :P

Only 2 pulls from the box worth mentioning: Dark Confidant and Emerakul, which make up 70 bucks. I estimated the rest to about 30 bucks. Didn't pull a 3rd mythic in the box, which is why my value is less than half, where it should normally be over half.

Expected, sure. But still kinda sucks that instead of say double hierarch/AIDS/Fulminator/Wilt-leaf/Spellskite/twin/AiD I get double precursor golem and double swans. >.>

Oh well, you win some (conspiracy), you lose some (just about 1 box every time a new set comes out). XD

[Neo Emolga]

I swear, I'm getting addicted to making decks for this game. Anyway, I made another one and it's one that's made to just spam out a whole ton of tokens. I grabbed a bunch of ideas I saw from other decks online, picked the best of the best, found a bunch of other cards to throw in there, and came out with this:

COMMANDER

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

CREATURES (18)

Oracle of Mul Daya
Hornet Queen
Rampaging Baloths
Wayfaring Temple
Wilt-Leaf Liege
Hero of Bladehold
Avenger of Zendikar
Master of the Wild Hunt
Trostani's Summoner
Kazandu Tuskcaller
Slime Molding
Giant Adephage
Hydra Broodmaster
Archangel of Thune
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Rhys the Redeemed
Wolfbriar Elemental
Armada Wurm

ENCHANTMENTS (11)

Leyline of Sanctity
Dawn's Reflection
Mana Reflection
Cathars' Crusade
Mirari's Wake
True Conviction
Beastmaster Ascension
Martyr's Bond
Parallel Lives
Growing Ranks
Doubling Season

SORCERY (10)

Decree of Justice
Austere Command
Martial Coup
Explosive Vegetation
Phyrexian Rebirth
Harmonize
Kodama's Reach
Wrath of God
Hour of Reckoning
Cultivate

INSTANTS (4)

Fresh Meat
Sundering Growth
Advent of the Wurm
Swords to Plowshares

ARTIFACTS (11)

Crystal Ball
Sensei's Divining Top
Sword of Body and Mind
Phyrexian Processor
Basalt Monolith
Perilous Vault
Eldrazi Monument
Mimic Vat
Chromatic Lantern
Skullclamp
Sol Ring

LANDS (39)

Plains 10x
Forest 12x
Selesnya Sanctuary
Temple of the False God
Evolving Wilds
Windbrisk Heights
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Temple Garden
Graypelt Refuge
Krosan Verge
Myriad Landscape
Gavony Township
Mosswort Bridge
Grove of the Guardian
Elfhame Palace
Sunpetal Grove
Command Tower
Terramorphic Expanse
Stirring Wildwood

PLANESWALKERS (6)

Ajani Goldmane
Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Elspth Tirel
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Garruk, Primal Hunter


Wish I could play some of you guys.

@Homura - Again, thank you for all the awesome advice you've given me with the previous R/G dragon deck. I've started using a bunch of the recommendations you gave before (sorry for the delay, it takes a little while to order the cards, get them in the mail, put them in the deck, and then get a few games with them going). I haven't gotten to experiment with all of them yet, but I did start using High Market in combination with cards like Grab the Reins, Act of Treason, Act of Aggression, and Mark of Mutiny to temporarily attack a player with their own creature, and then sac it before they get it back. I'm also using Greater Good and Life's Legacy for other sac outlets.

I've also started using Cavern of Souls, Haven of the Spirit Dragon, Homeward Path, Raging Ravine, Yavimaya Hollow, Oracle of Mal Daya, Courser of Kruphix, Kodama's Reach, and Deathrender. Some of them haven't seen play action yet, but quite a few of them have, and they've been great! Oracle and Courser have actually seen quite a bit of action and man, they're good creatures. The only drawback with them is the card lying face up does give your opponent a heads up to anything that might be coming their way, but it's definitely not a deal-breaker.