Tortex

[Ulka]

Hello all and Welcome to the Tortex Engine based thread. While this is no primer I wanted to start talking about a deck I love and with some recent additions in Commander Masters The deck has made a shift that makes me excited to test it out.

Currently I am running a Catcow variant but many versions of the deck exist. I figured I'd post my current deck and will update once I get a league or two in.

Dreaded Existence of the CatCow

DecklistCMCManaPricesChartsDraw 7

Creatures

3 Basking Rootwalla

3 Cauldron Familiar

3 Spore Frog

2 Viscera Seer

2 Sanitarium Skeleton

3 Golgari Brownscale

2 Stinkweed Imp

3 Bartered Cow

2 Grave Scribbler

1 Generous Ent

2 Troll of Khazad- dum

2 Lotleth Giant

Enchantments

4 Tortured Existence

2 Vessel of Nascency

Sorcery

4 Dread Return

Lands

4 Forest

3 Jungle Hollow

3 Riveteers Outlook

8 Swamp

Sideboard

2 Nihil Spellbomb

2 Scattershot Archer

4 Deglamer

2 crypt rats

2 gnaw to the bone

1 suffocating fumes

1 arms of hadar

1 thorn of the black rose

Approximate Total Cost:

[TheAmericanSpirit]

This is a sweet deck, but the numbers seem a little random. Rootwalla, Bartered Cow, and cauldron familiar could easily be 4-ofs. IMO, cutting the skeletons and a lotleth giant would be an easy swap for more consistency.

[Ulka]

This is a sweet deck, but the numbers seem a little random. Rootwalla, Bartered Cow, and cauldron familiar could easily be 4-ofs. IMO, cutting the skeletons and a lotleth giant would be an easy swap for more consistency.

I think you are right. I just have always loved the chaotic 1-3 copies that Tortex decks typically run as it feels unique to the deck's efficiency despite the occasional inconstancy.

[TheAmericanSpirit]

This is a sweet deck, but the numbers seem a little random. Rootwalla, Bartered Cow, and cauldron familiar could easily be 4-ofs. IMO, cutting the skeletons and a lotleth giant would be an easy swap for more consistency.

I think you are right. I just have always loved the chaotic 1-3 copies that Tortex decks typically run as it feels unique to the deck's efficiency despite the occasional inconstancy.

That's really interesting. For some reason my brain latches onto even numbers, so I'm always jamming 2 or 4 copies of a given card if I can. In formats with more rarities, I'm still a big believer in 3 copies of a legendary max in the maindeck, no matter how many monkeys in modern say otherwise.

Lemme know how it plays! I've been buying into pauper in a big way lately, both as a way to learn a new format and to cheaply teach people how to play while still maintaining more interesting complexity than a welcome deck or whatever. I recently bought into Black Burn, Caw Gates, and Boros Synthesizer, but I'd love to add a combo deck to the roster eventually. I think I like this a touch more than Flicker or Defender Combo.