After watching several U Tube video's on building an EDH commander deck .
Lands 32-35
Mana Ramp 10
Board Wipes 5
Card Draw 10
Single card removal 5
Stand alone cards 20
Enhancers 10
Enablers 5
Question is ? I'm running blue and red with fist fill of counter spells (10) Would they count for single card removal or enablers.
So this is a baseline template, it is a good start to any Commander deck. However, as it was mentioned before, these numbers will change depending on several factors...
Your Commander is probably the biggest factor as its not only going to base what the deck does, but what colors. Some colors have an
abundance of a type of category, while lacking in others (for example, Green doesn't not have many Board Wipes or burn, but has a lot of Ramp and Enhancers). Then there is the theme of the deck, is it a Control deck, a Token Deck, Lands Matter, Tribal, etc? What you want to do with the deck is going to change those numbers. For example, a Token deck will usually not have many Board Wipes, if at all. The Land and Mana Ramp categories will change depending on if you run a lot of High CMC cards, or if your running a lot of Low CMC cards but want more Mana Ramp, you will probably want more Card Draw. The numbers also change depending on if you want to play Casually or Competitively.
On top of that, there are cards that could be considered for multiple categories. Like
Mirari's Wake could be considered as an Enhancer and Mana Ramp,
Cryptic Command has 3 separate abilities that could be considered as multiple categories, even a card like
Mirage Mirror could be considered for ALL categories depending on how the deck is built and who your playing against.
Commander deck building is fun but can be complicated. My best advice is to stick with what you want the deck to do and try not to deviate from that too much. I mean, I built a
Krenko, Mob Boss goblin tribal deck based around Tokens, but I threw in a
Altar of Dementia because I thought it would be funny to play it and see my opponent's reaction as I Mill them with a Red Deck. (It was also the only card that Milled in the deck.)