I'm sorry for your disappointment, but if I never see another atraxa again, it'll still be too soon. I for one am happy that the new one is weak enough to not be an omnipresent headache. I think Atraxa is pretty tame compared to some of the commanders we've been seeing lately. Proliferating only on...

Atraxa, Grand Unifier wasn't quite the atraxa I wanted to see. First card that comes to mind is Niv-Mizzet Reborn but I like Niv better because of the build around uniqueness. Atraxa just says "fill your deck with normal cards" She doesn't really add anything over the original at least to...

I think meta playgroup restrictions could be an answer, and I think they might be best received if they are mutable. For example, "today we are only playing our budget decks." or "Today we are only playing our mon-colored decks" or maybe, "Today we all borrow one player's de...

Something I like about this deck is that it has a lot of room to grow as new artifact sets come out. I feel like there is a critical mass of cards to make this deck viable, which wasn't true a couple of years ago, at least in my meta. BROTHER'S WAR Cityscape Leveler - i think this is pretty good. wo...

At least in my limited experience with Privileged Position it was a bit too mana intensive. This was in my Naya dinos deck. The deck definitely wants to ramp hard and then push mid to late game aggro through. Cards like Teferi's Protection , Heroic Intervention , Akroma's Will , Flawless Maneuver se...

The problem is, the commander for such a deck would have to be pretty compelling to be worthwhile given the myriad of land strategies available in other colors besides white. All of the things that go well with sacrificing lands aren't white: playing lands from graveyard, multiple land drops, landfa...

I think running a commander like Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy , Kess, Dissident Mage (i know you said izzet, but Kess is amazing) or Lier, Disciple of the Drowned is proably your best bet if you need the recursion that badly. You always have access to the effect and if they die you can recast. But as oth...

This is a big update, but I think it's been nearly a year since I made an official update to the primer. I've had surprisingly little time to test cards and even less to actually post on these forums with how my life is going right now. Lots of work other responsibilities. CHANGELOG - 11/10/22 Pyret...

So I've been really dissapointed with Seize the Spotlight . I think in a theft themed deck it would probably be fine, or even if you could copy it. But it is far too inconsistent to be used as ramp or draw. If a person has no creatures or some stupid mana dork it's really a waste which, early game i...

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is the black version of Luminous Broodmoth.

Ruination is a card (among others) I felt a lot better about playing in 1v1 matches. When I started playing actual multiplayer, I started running Blood Moon instead. I agree with what another said about cards that win on the stack vs cards that can be removed from the field. It's a different game wh...

Ban Cyclonic Rift?

Or wait, Smothering Tithe and Dockside Extortionist. That would be funny...

1. Cyclonic Rift 2. Armageddon 3. Notion Thief 4. Time Warp Cyclonic Rift has to be the winner for me. I have removal for Rhystic Study or Smothering Tithe in all my decks. Most people in my group know these to be prime threats and so they usually don't stick around too long. But there is really not...

I found Grafdigger's Cage and Cursed Totem hinder my own strategy too much. I'm not too concerned about activated abilities. Shutting things down that much tends to make me a hate magnet. Salvaging Station . It untaps and lets you recur a thing every time a creature dies, and depending on what you r...

I'm looking for an artifact based control piece that works to prevent my opponents combo-ing off with a creature based death trigger combo. For example, something involving Nim Deathmantle and Blood Artist or maybe Skirk Prospector and Krenko, Mob Boss . Something along the lines of Portcullis altho...

Making an official update to this list. Been a while since I've done that. CHANGELOG LANDS: Brushland Karplusan Forest , Sungrass Prairie ==> Bountiful Promenade , Spire Garden Spectator Seating - The commander duals literally have no downside 90% of the time. I guess they aren't fetchable?? Battlef...

A card I've had some success with in decks that care about the top card of your library is Insidious Dreams . It works better in a deck that also cares about whats in your graveyard, which I don't think this one really does. But the fact you've got so many low to the ground creatures means you can c...

I prefer Ancient runes myself. That's really not....the same thing at all. Depends on what you are trying to control with it I guess. Treasures made during your own turn from things like Old Gnawbone or Pitiless Plunderer are going to get past Ancient Runes obviously, but things like Smuggler's Sha...

This is a potentially endless resource. Have you ever listend to EDH deckbuilding on youtube? He has a series of niche cards, a lot of them budget.

Thanks for the comments! Looks like a good Meren of Clan Nel Toth list with a sprinkle of red. I've often joked that this is the case. "This is Meren with red" but Dockside Extortionist (which somehow didn't make it into the above list), Purphoros, God of the Forge , Anger , Xenagos, God o...

BaronCappuccino Thanks! Yeah, this deck has been a learning curve for sure but very fun to play. Going all in with artifacts feels great with cards like Metalworker and Bronze Guardian where you are getting the best possible mileage from them. Cranial Plating is a huge threat in here too because of...

Haha, this is hilarious... looking for a very astute and informed critique of my Atraxa deck: viewtopic.php?p=89643#p89643

Again, awesome picks! Will add them. I wanted to splurge for Wound Reflection in here. $6 on TCGplayer. I can probably make room for it.

Thanks Rumpy, these are all great suggestions! I'll add a bunch of them. I especially like Citywide Bust. Katsumasa, the Animator looks great too.

It should be in here probably. I'll add it in place of rampant growth since it's a body and only costs one more. Thanks!

I think this list is fairly out of date. I'll work on it a bit when I get a chance.