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Would a lil aggro ruin/mess with the synergy of the deck to much?

Tryin to build a {mayael the anima} deck but wondering where my non-creature spell list should be; I feel mana fetch will be dominant but where is it best to focus these limited card slots due to a more increased creature count then I'm used to. This is kind if a budget deck and I have enough creatures on my own to make something playable. But any suggestions are welcome.

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Just picked up the 2013 {Oloro, Ageless Ascetic} commander deck. And I have never built a pillow fort style deck before, but the idea has always peaked my interest. But here is my dilemma; my original plan was Extort, set up a solid defence, aggro+{pontiff of blight} and widdle down opponent/opponents slowly. However this is going require heavy Heavy ramp in order for this to be a viable win con. I had planned on {Teysa Envoy of ghosts} as the commander with {crypt ghast} and {magus of the coffers} as main ramp, but with a esper mana ID I feel that these two cards loose aren't as strong cause of the 3way split between mana and with that gone extort looses it's flashy appeal (cause I will no longer me able to maximize dmg/life gain). Am I correct or just over thinking? I have played against Oloro and when he is set up is IMO very difficult to deal with. I want to be able to use my life as a resource (ie. {serra avatar}+{essence Harvest}, {phyrexian processor}, {yawgmoths bargain} etc.). Should I abandon the extort all together? I was thinking on still going aggro but as mentioned I have little experience with a fort build. Any ideas/input would be greatly appreiated. Feelin like I hit a wall

Wanted to do a extort style commander. The best choice for a commander is {teysa envoy of ghosts}, the plan is to construct a pillow fort style and cause death by distort. Ideas?

When gaining control of a planeswalker using {word of seizing}, {confiscate}; if let's say {Xenagos the reveler} and his +ability has been activated three times since entering the battlefield, then I {word of seizing} Xenagos does it come under my control retaining the loyalty tokens from it's previous controller, or does the loyalty reset to the base amount? I was under the impression the permenant leaves the battlefield and the returns under my control, and wiping all counters/tokens placed on the permenant

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With {Narset the enlightened master}'s activated ability, let's say {white sun's zenith} is exiled am I able to cast it and pay (x) for the tokens in addition to casting it for free? Just wondering how the (x) cc would work in this situation.

{Phantasmal Image} makes it easier for your opponent to shut you down.

I feel like you want {Sylvan Caryatid} so you can ramp with blue mana as well.

Might I suggest {Stormtide Leviathan} as one of your backups? Shuts down most decks while putting your opponent on a three turn clock.

Would love to have the caratyid but all the ones I have available are in my EDH decks (I'm mainly a EDH player, but my group decided to make a couple casual decks fer fun). Storm tide seems like a bad a$$ choice. Would {gate creeper vines} or {borderland ranger} be a good sub cause of the fetch, or would {rampant growth} be a better choice?

Just wondering on triggering. IE {thrull parasite} & {pontiff of blight} are both out in play. Being the parasite already has extort, and the pontiff gives all creatures extort would the thrull get extort twice? Also would one mana active both cases of extort or would I have to pay for both abilities seperatly?

{clone} vs. {phantasmal image} which would be a better fit? I like p Image due to the cheaper casting cost and honestly it it is gonna be a target (which is likely a control spell) I have {negate} to deal with it if I'm closin to winning with visionary or just let them waste the spell if I can deal with it. I'm going with 3 {infinite reflection} over {doubling chant} cause for same cost it will more than likely produce a win. Using {elvish archdruid}, {elvish mystic} for ramp. {elvish visionary} for chump blockers/draw/targets for {polymorphic rush}. Also kinda want a couple beaters for back up my choices are {frost titan} and {ship breaker kraken}. Thoughts?

Always wanted to abuse the .poo. outta {bio-visionary}. Any body have any helpful strategies or good card ideas? I'm just getting back into casual from EDH and I always liked the Simic.

I'm puttin together a {sidisi brood tyrant} self mill deck. Tryin to focus on a aggro fall back strategy. I have a fair amount of ramp/mana fetch between creatures and spells, and 4 counter spells and no creature elimination at all. My question is, is counter better than elimination?

Let me start by saying I know many ppl are probaly sick of {Narset the Enlightened Master} builds. Wether you've fought against, greatly abused the commander already, or just sick of hearing/reading on her altogether. But I still ask for your help.

Currently I only have 2 cards in the deck that can give me extra combat turns {fury of the horde} and {Aurelia the war leader}, also only one extra turn card {temporal mastery} (however this card is in another deck so it's not even in my current constructed deck, and considering put it in my Narset). So abusing the $@&t outta these cards (which seems to be an amazing however widely used play style for Narset). I have 5 fork style spells which I've never been able to utilize but very much want to. A creature count of 14 which is very low for me (really really low), key creatures I feel work awesomely are {talrand sky summoner}, {young pyromancer}, {serra ascendant}, {Aurelia the war leader), {delver of secrets} and a {phantasmal bear} and about 8 more with various effects/abilities. I had thought about throwing in {cathars crusade} because of {intangible virtue} talrand and the pyromancer.

Any ideas welcome

Thx fer all the help