English-language Forums > Commander Discussion

Swapping decks for a game: what deck would you bring?

(1/2) > >>

CleanBelwas:
As some of you may have seen, the Professor over at the Tolarian Community College Youtube channel recently posted a video where he and his guests sat down for a game of commander. They each brought along their favourite deck, then before they started playing, passed their deck to the right so that their deck was being played by someone else.

It's a wonderful idea that, if you watch the video, had the desired effect of letting everyone at the table get excited as different cards were played. They all spoke animatedly about the different cards and lines in the deck, why certain cards where there, why they loved the deck, what inspired them to create it etc. It was a genuinely wholesome time.

So, if you were to attend a game like this, what deck would you bring, and more importantly, why?

Go off in the replies. Share you deck lists. I want to see your pride and joy. I want to hear why you love it. I want to hear about cool games you've played with the deck. Let's all remember why we love this format despite the perpetual spoilers and power creep.

paulusdeboself:
I think I would bring my Kethis Elf tribal deck. It's quite a different take for Kethis and while I'm not the only one that has made an elf tribal Kethis deck it's fun to play a lot of legenday elves (both literally and as a figure of speech, because for me Imperious Perfect is a favorite card that got me hooked on tribal decks).

While it's not the typical fast mana deck it's fun and can be strong in the late game, because it has a recursion package that no deck of mine has.

It's also one of my only decks that has quite a lot of expensive cards in it (for me that is at least)

Here is the deck: https://deckstats.net/decks/104951/1340073-commander-kethis-elvish-legend

anjinsan:
Probably some kind of political deck?

I find such decks fun to play, and I think most people find them fun to play against too, since they create interaction (but that's not just killing or countering your stuff). And, after all, if I'm swapping decks I kind of want to give someone one that I'd like to play against!

It has the added benefit for this format that if you're giving people cards that require some politicking and thinking to get the most out of them rather than just cards with raw power, you're challenging them a bit more on a sort of metagame level (without just deliberately giving them a weak deck - in terms of winning that would be the optimal strategy, of course, but seems rather against the spirit of the thing).

Aetherium Slinky:
Would love to bring my Kami.
https://deckstats.net/decks/93006/2617595-mommy-my-hand-got-an-owchie-ka

The only problem is that the deck is pretty complicated and I'm not sure how easy it is to pilot without explanations. But it's a fun deck that snowballs from group hug to oppressive control.

robort:
While this deck does need some tweaking most everyone I've played against it gets surprised at what it does. The biggest surprise is because the commander gives a creature haste along with myriad. Second biggest is how it can ramp while actually in Boros.
https://deckstats.net/decks/52552/2643190-duke-ulder-demolition

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

Go to full version