Hi,
I don't play Duel Commander, so I have no idea how a normal EDH deck will play out in that format
I've only played Duel a handful of times so far. My LGS runs a Duel tournament once a month. With prize support.
Duel plays a lot like cEDH, except that all the fast mana is banned. Very incremental mana advantage has proven to be very effective for me.
Lotus Petal was The Bomb before it was banned a few months ago.
The early turns are very important when you only have one opponent.
You have given a lot of advice for someone who admitted they have no idea how Duel plays out. Many of the cards you suggested are banned in the format, like
Ancient Tomb and
Mana Vault.
Card evaluation is much different in a 1v1 format. Much like card evaluation differs a lot between Standard and multiplayer Commander. 1v1 is not quite as solved a multi-player.
Winds of Change and other wheels are horrible in 1v1. You never want to give your opponent more cards. All of them will get used against you.
I admit that many of the cards I am trying out to see how well they work in Duel. Like
Curse of Opulence. It is only one mana; and I plan to attack.
I don't need many sac outlets of
Anger to be useful. Discard is a very common tactic in duel. Much more useful than in multi-player.
Direct damage is much more useful in Duel too, as the starting life total is 20.
With all
due respect Crimsonking, please save your lengthy bullet-pointed advice for a format you have some knowledge about.