Maelstrom Wanderer

[ChrisRodriguez]

Maelstrom Wanderer 100 cards, 1 sideboard 1 {Academy Ruins} 1 {Ancient Tomb} 1 {Arid Mesa} 1 {Breeding Pool} 1 {Cascade Bluffs} 1 {Command Tower} 1 {Evolving Wilds} 1 {Fire-Lit Thicket} 1 {Flooded Grove} 5 {Forest} 1 {Hinterland Harbor} 7 {Island} 1 {Misty Rainforest} 5 {Mountain} 1 {Mystifying Maze} 1 {Reflecting Pool} 1 {Reliquary Tower} 1 {Rootbound Crag} 1 {Scalding Tarn} 1 {Steam Vents} 1 {Stomping Ground} 1 {Sulfur Falls} 1 {Terramorphic Expanse} 1 {Verdant Catacombs} 1 {Vesuva} 39 lands 1 {Acidic Slime} 1 {Consecrated Sphinx} 1 {Deadeye Navigator} 1 {Deadwood Treefolk} 1 {Duplicant} 1 {Edric, Spymaster of Trest} 1 {Eternal Witness} 1 {Huntmaster of the Fells} 1 {Phantasmal Image} 1 {Phyrexian Metamorph} 1 {Riku of Two Reflections} 1 {Simic Sky Swallower} 1 {Snapcaster Mage} 1 {Solemn Simulacrum} 1 {Sun Quan, Lord of Wu} 1 {Thragtusk} 1 {Woodfall Primus} 1 {Zealous Conscripts} 18 creatures 1 {Beacon of Tomorrows} 1 {Beast Within} 1 {Blasphemous Act} 1 {Blatant Thievery} 1 {Blue Sun's Zenith} 1 {Bribery} 1 {Chaos Warp} 1 {Chromatic Lantern} 1 {Coalition Relic} 1 {Conjurer's Closet} 1 {Cryptic Command} 1 {Cultivate} 1 {Cyclonic Rift} 1 {Darksteel Ingot} 1 {Firespout} 1 {Font of Mythos} 1 {Gilded Lotus} 1 {Helm of Obedience} 1 {Howling Mine} 1 {Insurrection} 1 {Kodama's Reach} 1 {Krosan Grip} 1 {Library of Leng} 1 {Manalith} 1 {Mass Mutiny} 1 {Mindslaver} 1 {Mystical Tutor} 1 {Oblivion Stone} 1 {Personal Tutor} 1 {Pongify} 1 {Primal Command} 1 {Rhystic Study} 1 {Rite of Replication} 1 {Rites of Flourishing} 1 {Sculpting Steel} 1 {Sensei's Divining Top} 1 {Sol Ring} 1 {Stolen Goods} 1 {Temporal Mastery} 1 {Thran Dynamo} 1 {Time Warp} 1 {Worldly Tutor} 42 other spells Sideboard 1 {Maelstrom Wanderer} 1 sideboard cards Notes: I had been working on this all day. Making this for a new play group I'm in. Most of the players are new. So I didn't want to do any fast game ending combos. Let me know what you think and if there's anything I should add and take out for. I don't have much experience with this format. So any advice would be helpful.

[Agrajagzz9]

I am concerned about bloodbraid elf here. How many things. Tilley cost less than him? You don't want to flip twenty cards looking for a three cost and lose a lot of potential advantage from bigger threats that cascade passed by

[ChrisRodriguez]

I am concerned about bloodbraid elf here. How many things. Tilley cost less than him? You don't want to flip twenty cards looking for a three cost and lose a lot of potential advantage from bigger threats that cascade passed by

True I have been updating the list without BB in the deck.

[Double-O-Scotch]

You don't want combos that win early and you use Niv-Mizzett and curiosity...lol

[Desolatus]

You don't want combos that win early and you use Niv-Mizzett and curiosity...lol

He's not going to get them consistently and he doesn't *have* to combo off if he gets them. It's the same reason I keep Kiki/Pestermite in my Animar deck, to win if I get lucky and I'm playing against a jerk.

[ChrisRodriguez]

You don't want combos that win early and you use Niv-Mizzett and curiosity...lol

He's not going to get them consistently and he doesn't *have* to combo off if he gets them. It's the same reason I keep Kiki/Pestermite in my Animar deck, to win if I get lucky and I'm playing against a jerk.

^^^^^This

[ChrisRodriguez]

This is the new update of my deck.

[Keyeto]

What kind of decks are you up against? Commander is a format that can be pretty heavy on your meta. You can make some pretty cool combos by bouncing your own commander and recasting it. For example, get {Omniscience} out, and have a card like {Roaring Primadox} or {Stampeding Wildebeasts} out. Each turn you can keep double cascading for no cost! It's not terribly game breaking since it takes some setup, but can get pretty deadly. If you go with combos like that, {Warstorm Surge} could really start to do some damage to your opponents (or their creatures), especially if you start adding some more fatties in there. If you find yourself in need of more removal, {Savage Twister} and {Chain Reaction} can work well.

[ChrisRodriguez]

What kind of decks are you up against? Commander is a format that can be pretty heavy on your meta. You can make some pretty cool combos by bouncing your own commander and recasting it. For example, get {Omniscience} out, and have a card like {Roaring Primadox} or {Stampeding Wildebeasts} out. Each turn you can keep double cascading for no cost! It's not terribly game breaking since it takes some setup, but can get pretty deadly. If you go with combos like that, {Warstorm Surge} could really start to do some damage to your opponents (or their creatures), especially if you start adding some more fatties in there. If you find yourself in need of more removal, {Savage Twister} and {Chain Reaction} can work well.

The meta is just starting with my play group, but there is already a mono white {Odric, Master Tactician} deck, there will be a mono red deck built around {Krenko, Mob Boss}, there's a junk deck built around {Karador, Ghost Chieftain} mostly kill and big creatures, soon there will be a GB {Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord}, and a mono black {Relentless Rats} deck now that I think about it I'm gonna need some more field wipes. What do you recommend I take out.

[Keyeto]

What kind of decks are you up against? Commander is a format that can be pretty heavy on your meta. You can make some pretty cool combos by bouncing your own commander and recasting it. For example, get {Omniscience} out, and have a card like {Roaring Primadox} or {Stampeding Wildebeasts} out. Each turn you can keep double cascading for no cost! It's not terribly game breaking since it takes some setup, but can get pretty deadly. If you go with combos like that, {Warstorm Surge} could really start to do some damage to your opponents (or their creatures), especially if you start adding some more fatties in there. If you find yourself in need of more removal, {Savage Twister} and {Chain Reaction} can work well.

The meta is just starting with my play group, but there is already a mono white {Odric, Master Tactician} deck, there will be a mono red deck built around {Krenko, Mob Boss}, there's a junk deck built around {Karador, Ghost Chieftain} mostly kill and big creatures, soon there will be a GB {Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord}, and a mono black {Relentless Rats} deck now that I think about it I'm gonna need some more field wipes. What do you recommend I take out.

Unless I'm overlooking something here, I'm not seeing a lot of application for {Conjurer's Closet} or {Library of Leng}. In commander, consistency is pretty important, so if it isn't working towards your cause, it can easily end up as a dead card in your hand. Other than those, it'll take a few duels to figure out what cards are and aren't working. It seems everytime I take out a card, the next duel shows me why it was in there. Go through some games, figure out what does and doesn't work, and go from there. Wish I could give a more straightforward answer, but I hope this helped.