Shoutout to @TheGildedGoose for the inspiration for doing this. I've haven't been this excited for deckbuilding in a while.
Criteria here is that the deck must be less than $50 in TOTAL VALUE, while each single being preferably less than $1 with with some exceptions.
I want these lists to be as powerful as possible while still being within budget. I'll steer away from infinite win cons unless the deck struggles to win otherwise. But the point being is that I want these decks to be competetive while still being budget.
I also want these decks to feel unique and not have too much overlap with decks I already own or that are already featured in my playgroup.
Why Sygg? I think he is a great budget commander in that he only costs 2 to play and can draw you a bunch of cards. My philosophy with budget deckbuilding is that the commander needs to be efficient, and have built in draw and/or ramp. If the commander doesn't have ramp, the list needs to have a relatively low curve of playable cards. These lists are meant to fare well in my playgroup and be a deck the owner can build upon as their budget allows.
Ideally, these decks will be sold double sleeved, with an ultra pro playmat and a set of cheap dice. (if desired)
With Sygg, we want to find ways to damage our opponents on their turns while keeping aggro off our backs. I've slotted in quite a bit of removal, control, and wipes to mitigate damage.
Win con is to drain out our opponents life totals, preferably by getting them to kill eachother and not us I want to maximize the life loss of our opponents they are taking NOT on our turn. Should be fairly easy to get 3 damage through on our own turn without going 100% rogue tribal. This way should be maximizing our card draw.
There could also be a discard theme here but it might be harder to pull off without a pretty dedicated discard theme since Sygg doesn't have any discard abilities.
Just vomited my brain on the internet here with the help of EDHrec. Very much a WIP at this point. Originally I wanted to go stronger with the rogue tribal but decided to take a different direction. Still think I might put more unblockables in here, but the deck is a bit of mess atm.
Please chime in with hidden gems or other thoughts on the list!
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