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Commander Deck Reviews / Brawl to Commander

« on: October 08, 2020, 05:20:57 pm »

Hello everyone, I bought a constructed Brawl deck from a card store lady year with Niv-Mizzet, Parun as it's commander. It was a fun deck and I could win with it on occasion.

Over the past year I've updated it to help keep up with my friend's decks, but now that Niv has rotated out of Standard, he's no longer Brawl legal. So I wanted to convert him to Commander but I don't know exactly how as I've only been playing magic for less than two years. I was hoping some of you would be able to help me.

The most recent deck list is below and here are a bunch of cards I own that I was thinking of adding:

Creatures:
Tazeem Roilmage
Cephalid Looter
Umara Mystic
Lore Drakkis
Magmatic Channeler
Sea-Dasher Octopus
Tome Anima
Forgotten Creation
Kinetic Augur
Spelleater Wolverine
Windrider Wizard
Omnispell Adept

Instants:
Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
Insidius Will
Bolt Bend
Rewind
Keep Safe
Repeated Reverberation

Sorceries:
Experimental Overload
Flood of Recollection
Quasiduplicate
Tormenting Voice
Beacon Bolt
Inscription of Insight
Howl of the Horde
Saheeli's Artistry

Enchantments:
Reconnaissance Mission
Illusionary Armor (to help protect Niv)
Omniscience
Improbable Alliance

Artifacts:
Traveler's Amulet
Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
Rogue's Gloves

Lands:
Reliquary Tower
Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway

I've centered the deck around copying instants and Sorceries and drawing cards as much as possible, with Niv being my main damage dealer. Thassa's Oracle as an alternate win condition. I'm pretty sure I need more protection for Niv as he's targeted a lot. Also I'm aware the triomes are illegal with my color identity, I'll be removing them.

Deck: Crunch Berries

//Commander
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun

//Planeswalkers
1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1 Ral, Storm Conduit

//Creatures
1 Chandra's Spitfire
1 Faerie Vandal
1 Gadwick, the Wizened
1 Ghostly Pilferer
1 Goblin Electromancer
1 Irencrag Pyromancer
1 Murmuring Mystic
1 Sprite Dragon
1 Syr Carah, the Bold
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

//Instants
1 Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor
1 Bone to Ash
1 Channeled Force
1 Chemister's Insight
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Electrodominance
1 Fire Prophecy
1 Opt
1 Shock
1 Stern Dismissal
1 Sublime Epiphany
1 Thrill of Possibility

//Sorceries
1 Cathartic Reunion
1 Finale of Promise
1 Of One Mind

//Enchantments
1 Double Vision
1 Firemind's Research
1 Sanctum of Calm Waters
1 Thousand-Year Storm

//Artifacts
1 Firemind Vessel
1 Izzet Locket

//Lands
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Fabled Passage
7 Island
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Ketria Triome
8 Mountain
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Raugrin Triome
1 Steam Vents
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Temple of Epiphany

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Deck Reviews / The Future of Brawl and [Card List] Gargos, Vicious Watcher

« on: August 16, 2020, 04:42:18 pm »

So I'm curious as to what everyone thinks of this. My friends and I love playing Brawl, however my most of the cards in my main Brawl deck (including my commander) will be rotated out of Standard next month. So we've decided that when they rotate out, we're going to play "Pioneer Brawl" that way our decks don't become obsolete or have to update them so they stay in Standard. My main Brawl deck's commander doesn't seem to have a Standard equivalent, so I would have to make an entirely new deck to be in Standard and I just don't have a lot of Standard cards. I know Brawl isn't super popular, but what's everyone's thoughts on this?

Another thought I had was to make a version of Brawl where the sets that were Standard legal when Brawl was released would be the cutoff for legality for the format, so GRN/RNA to future sets would be this version of Brawl.

I also built a new "Pioneer Brawl" deck and want to see if it works.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

I made this just with the cards I currently own and plan on upgrading it so that it's a decent deck. Adding more Hydras is probably the first thing I'll do. The idea is to ramp Forests as quickly as possible so I can keep playing Gargos as he's killed, then target my creatures with spells to trigger him to fight. I know there's a lot of better cards to use, this is just my first rough draft with what I own that's not already being used in one of my decks. What does everyone think?

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Deck Reviews / Re: Built a White/Green deck, not sure if it's viable

« on: August 05, 2019, 11:37:59 pm »

I wouldn't say I'm "at that level" lol, three of the other people I play against have been playing for years and have broken decks. I just was taking advantage of the others strong players targeting other strong players and strategized my way to victory. Had I gone one-on-one with any of them I'm quite confidant that there would be nothing I could do.

I really appreciate your suggestions, the last deck I posted got no replies so to actually hear from someone is really nice.

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Deck Reviews / Re: Built a White/Green deck, not sure if it's viable

« on: August 05, 2019, 10:42:08 pm »

Blanchwood Armor - cmc 3 for +1/+1 per forest, but you play only 9 forests out of 23 lands, doesn't seem like a good deal. there are some better auras around for that slot, Armadillo Cloak would be an example.

That sounds like a good trade-off, I'll look into that.

Forced Worship - unless you use it's recursion effect you could also play Pacifism. Same cost, another penny card but also denies blocking.

Another great suggestion. I like it.

Druid of the Cowl - unless you use its 1/3 body as blocker, he could also be replaced with Llanowar Elves or Elvish Mystic.

I like the 1/3 stats of Druid of the Cowl, but I like the single cost for the other two. Hmm.

Trollbred Guardian - he could be interesting in the right deck, but in yours he feels a little displaced, because you don't got that much sources for +1/+1 counters (the auras doesn't give counters, to they don't count)

I was able to get him on to the field once, and buffed him up with enchantments and a couple counters, but was quickly disposed of from an instant. Will definitely have to look into better options.

Thank you for your help!

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Deck Reviews / Built a White/Green deck, not sure if it's viable

« on: August 04, 2019, 10:06:03 pm »

I built this the other night to play against my friends. I played two games with it (first against 3 other people, second against 4 other people). First game went terribly, but I won the second game. Is there a way I can make it better? I have a limited collection at the moment but I'm not opposed to buying cards from my local store or the internet to make this better. What does everyone think?

Deck: Test White/Green Deck

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Deck Reviews / First Deck! How did I do?

« on: May 26, 2019, 05:45:10 pm »

Hello everyone! I just recently got into Magic and built my first deck. It's intended to be a Blue/Black Surveil/Scry deck. I'm very new at this, so I'm not sure how well this works and if it's even a good strategy. I played it a couple times, but it was against 4 other people at the same time, so I didn't get to utilize much of the deck. Please tell me how I can do better!

Deck: Blue/Black Surveil/Scry