Just like the Detective overload in Karlov Manor this set is overstuffed with Legends, Villains and (terrible) memes. It feels forced. Still, there's some cool designs such as the new Satoru. Forsaken Miner is an easy include for aristocrats strategies. Goes infinite with Phyrexian Altar and Blood A...

After quite a number of games with this deck, I'm surprised how well it plays out: There's quite a lot of Combo potential and Jerren himself is a lot stronger than I expected. I really enjoy the aristocrats route this deck offers, coupled with the fact, that whenever Agatha's Soul Cauldron comes dow...

Re: Forensic Team Toolsmith - well, seems we finally broke Basalt Monolith.
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The March cycle is quite flexible and I've been surprised every time I've seen one used in game. The cost reduction is great if you have cards to spare. March of Otherworldly Light is definitely worth a second look as is any removal spell that can get rid of that cursed The One Ring . The exiling of...

Kellan is the more interesting and flexible Commander, imho. I've seen people play a token strategy with him, using the tutor side to get Skullclamp primarily and using the pump the Commander gives to great effect. Wyleth seems rather bland to me, I'd rather play Akiri, Fearless Voyager for the ince...

Haunted One is actually quite good in Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter kindred humans. Playing some tap enablers such as Springleaf Drum helps to get the best out of the card. The deck can use both the pump for attacks and the undying for some aristocrats shenanigans. And the co...

For me it's kind of the same as for duducrash . I consciously don't follow sets and releases I'm not really interested in. This includes most of the UB stuff (except LotR) and the Un-Sets. But sometimes that's just subsets of cards, like, I still don't know what the dice throwing cards from the D&am...

So, I decided to actually build the deck. Though after dozens of goldfishes some changes are in order to streamline the deck and plug a few holes. In: Deathgreeter Dogged Detective Skirsdag High Priest Morbid Opportunist Pitiless Plunderer Solemn Simulacrum Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Springleaf Drum ...

Thanks for chiming in, Dunadain. Actually, there are four tutors: Demonic Tutor , Vampiric Tutor , Diabolic Intent and Final Parting . Final Parting even is a one card enabler finding both parts of the transform equation: the Cauldron to hand and e.g. Ravenous Demon // Archdemon of Greed into the ya...

Preface With a steady influx of new players in my commander group recently, I've decided to do some brewing with rather obscure / underplayed commanders that seem interesting / are not just the usual fare. I always liked the design of Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter but found i...

You can't, but he works with Body Double and Phyrexian Delver pretty well. Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Phyrexian Delver + Rot Hulk will go infinite with any altar / sac outlet as well so it's kinda nice to have an option that doesn't cost mana and works with zombie sac outlets (similar to Mikaeus, ...

Back after some time of reconfiguring the deck. I'm off the Second Sunrise plan and a lot closer to what your lists are doing - it feels a lot more organic. I still lean a bit more midrange with some discard synergies such as Bone Miser and Archfiend of Ifnir and reanimation, though. In this regard ...

Merry Christmas to you all! It's been a while since I had time to engage with this thread. But I had some game nights where I could test my Second Sunrise version of the deck. Unfortunately, the Sunrise effects feel a bit clunky and a lot more suited to a controllish deck, where you have time to set...

You definitely have me convinced of Cosmic Intervention now. I didn't realize you could bring things back twice in a turn. Overall the interactions are sweet. Also, the synergy of the Sunrise cards with fetchlands do provide some ramp and a means to get more lands into play than one per turn. So one...

Thank you for the kind responses. I would absolutely appreciate any feedback and you guys helping with fine tuning the list. :) I don't have any budget limits, really. I won't go out and buy a Bazaar of Baghdad or anything in that price category. But having played almost constantly since Invasion, I...

Wow, this thread moves so fast, it's hard to keep up with two children consuming quite a bit of spare time. Thanks for being curious about my list, guys. It's kind of a mess currently. The old one was just too sluggish some time and not focused enough. I still think I'm trying too many things with i...

Sorry to derail the current discussion about burst lands, but since I'm thinking of rebuilding my Varina list, I wondered why none of you run any on-board protection for the Commander? I was thinking more of Unsettled Mariner than Lightning Greaves , but both seem good here. I don't know if this was...

Since Battletide Alchemist is probably one of if not the best card for damage prevention, you could go for a cleric tribal (sub)theme. Use Nalia de'Arnise as a commander and sprinkle in some (incidental) party stuff such as Oketra's Monument to get the commander to its full potential. I also like Di...

Fun Fact: Tooth and Claw was in the Prossh, Skyraider of Kher precon where it generated infinite damage with Primal Vigor and Goblin Sharpshooter . I think, that was the only Infinite combo ever in a precon. I have never seen it used in anything else, though I kind of like the card per se. Ardeyn

It's a fun card. And its a lot more powerful than it looks - once on the field. I think, that's enough for a lot of people to like it. I play it in my combo focused Derevi, Empyrial Tactician deck, where it wins with the commander and Blasting Station . Also, t's an engine + outlet for infinite Blin...

Most of the cards mentioned in this thread don't bother me at all. The cards I can get behind are Scrambleverse - to which I'd like to add Thieves' Auction . Both create a total mess of the game and make players entrust multiple of their cards to other players at the same time. Also, I really despis...

That is actually a pretty good reason. I realized that darrenhabib - who doesn't seem to have any budget constraints - doesn't run the monkey either. Even though I think it's overhyped in EDH, I feel like it's a good card here though, if budger allows. On another note: I really like Unexpected Fangs...

Any reason there is no Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer in b this list? It ramps you into Greven, gives you some play against Top Deck Tutors, sometimes gives you cards off opponents' decks and at worst will draw you two cards for one mana when sacrificed to Greven. I added it to my version and am really ha...

The best Answer to Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle. And all around versatile.

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I played Neyith for a while, but never got it to work well in my Meta unfortunately. Thus, I switched to Tovolar for my Combat oriented deck. Nice to see Neyith is a success for others though. I'd run Tibalt's Trickery in place of Blast / Response. It's such a versatile card and catches people off g...