New to commander

Started by Vindog, July 16, 2013, 12:03:00 PM

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Dudecore

Like everyone has been saying: standard magic offers up a number of good EDH cards. You can make a fine deck out of most of the guild commons/uncommons/rares that you'll likely encounter from opening packs. Then then mono-colored cards are fine too. There are "too many" great options for a Selesnya deck considering standard, a fierce Boros deck, a long-play Dimir deck or even a permission based Azorius deck {Sphere of Safety} and a myriad of {U}{W} enchantments. Orzhov "Extort" decks are great too, because you can drain life from each opponent - gain that much life.

Mostly every RtR block card in a guild color/mono color guild aligned isn't a bad option in EDH. CMC prohibited cards become better in multiplayer (you get more turns to cast huge cards) and low CMC cards can be great to always have pressure on the board every turn. Your curve becomes much much different in an EDH game because of that cushion.

EDH can be broken with cheesy combo decks for sure, but if those people can be hated into other strategies, you get a much more personal meta game. For a long time I ran a {Sen Triplets} deck with different lockouts, I got hated out because I had no allies, switched to {Dromar, the Banisher} to play more of a "Kingmaker" role. A friend of mine ran {Kaalia of the Vast} for a long time, until we all teamed up and killed him repeatedly, got frustrated he didn't get to "play" and switched like me.

EDH is an ever evolving meta game. What might work this week may not next. People keep tabs of scary decks, even if you don't win a game forever - others are keeping tabs and trying to keep you from the next level of dominance: there is a much to account for. Playing all Standard cards in your first EDH deck, or playing basically everything you've got that fits - eventually you can upgrade or swap things based on the environment you're in:

Some basic principles are covered in the Guide to Commander thread sticked up top, but no one really "needs" a certain card or combo to win games - sometimes it's good play, dumb luck or inevitability.

KILLERBEE

 {Master of Cruelties} asked for it.

Vindog

Anyone , link to the pre made decks?

Vindog


That_Guy

I recommend reading the stickied threads by dudecore above too