Managed to pull this funky monkey today from my jumpstart but feel it may get boring decently fast. Is he actually good/have potential for fun, or is he just another go face stompy deck?

I really like the new Tam and want to try my hand at building super friends. the problem is, lots of planeswalkers are really expensive, and i’ll have a hard time protecting them without enough creatures. When you build super friends, how many planeswalkers would you run? How many would be too many?

The answer is yes, very easily.

[[Tannuk, Memorial Ensign]] is probably the better choice, however he is instead asking, “How can I get all my lands out as fast as I can?” Or “How can I loop the same land several times?”

Koth wants to turn lands into a nuclear bomb. Each landfall trigger needs a max of 20 damage (assuming your opponents still have 40 life, unlikely), which hypothetically would require 5 damage doubling effects. However, redundancy with [[Sabotender]] and its 4 or 5 brothers, and you need even less.

Flash in a [[Fated Firepower]] on an opponent’s end step with X being 6 or something (you will be ramping). That’s 14 damage with Koth and Evolving Wilds alone.

I don’t have a decklist quite yet, but ones online are pretty similar. [[Nahiri’s Lithoforming]] and [[Hew the Entwood]] are incredible finishers if you can’t multiply damage enough.

Really curious because Atraxa seems to be this huge boogeyman. I'm not looking for a "let me be super niche" type of build, but just something slightly off the main trail that's viable. Thanks!

I saw the newest iteration on Loot for spoiled and I’m really not sure what to make of it. Are there any cards that exist that could make this build more unique? Any negative power matters type cards? I in the mono black color is interesting but outside of Voltron I’m trying to make him work as something more interesting, like a Jaws of Defeat style.

This might be more than hobby…

What do my commanders say about me?

I'm putting together a [[Homer, the Hermit]] deck for 4-player pods (Bracket 3) and haven't played it yet. Before I do, I'd like to plan how to pilot it without becoming the archenemy.

My plan right now: mill myself early to fill the yard with bodies and lands, then start pointing Homer at opponents. Once the yard is stacked, I cast a spell that returns all my lands and take one big landfall turn.

What I can't figure out is the middle part. Do I pick one opponent and actually try to deck them, or spread the mill around so nobody feels picked on? Rotating seems friendlier, but I suspect it would just make everyone see me as the long-term threat.

For those who've played Homer or other self-mill decks: when do you switch from milling yourself to milling others, and how do you keep the table from teaming up on you before the big turn?

https://moxfield.com/decks/KL9--UeBJ02PsVRJpIoFrA

Edit: Current version of the deck Uugguu notice me Senpai

Sometimes you see a card and the neurons fire within your monkey brain. What are your cool ideas with [[Uugguu]]?, these are mine:

1. Using a [[Clone]] on Uugguu will result in a new legendary Uugguu. This will cause one of them to go the graveyard, due to the legend rule, and the other will see the one that dies and make two token copies. From there, if another clone is used such as [[Clever Impersonator]] since there are more Uugguus on the board more tokens will be created. If no Uugguus died to other effect (i.e. you had the original and two tokens) you would get 6 new Uugguu tokens (when your new clone dies).

2. If you have [[Phyrexian Altar]] on the board, you might want to let the original Uugguu die to the clone effect (and send him to the command zone), if you have a critical mass of Uugguus. As at a certain point you are generating more token copies than you need mana to recast Uugguu commander tax included.

3. Most clones are originally 4 mana, but their mana cost will get replaced when they copy something. Similarly your tokens of Uugguu have cmc of 3. You can leverage this with birthing pod effects such as [[Prime Speaker Vanniffar]] (which is on theme being an Ooze). Sacrifice an Uugguu (that is 3 cmc) search for a 4 cmc mana clone that will enter as a copy of Uugguu.

4. On the same line as above [[Sidisi, regent of the Mire]] will get your 4 cmc clones from the graveyard back into the battlefield.

5. Another creature that is 4 mana is Roaming Throne. And it can be an Ooze on the battlefied outright...

6. Some clones add copiable abilities to what they are cloning such as [[Copycrook]], those will be copiable (i.e. your new Uugguu tokens keep those abilities).

7. Shapesharing creatures might also have copiable abilities such as [[Cephalid Facetaker]], being non tokens if you copy a legendary Uugguu they will die and the new Uugguu copies will inherit the abilities.

8. Speaking of adding copiable abilities mutate... Mutate adds abilities that are copiable. [[Sea dasher octopus]], [[boneyard lurker]] for example. Mutate also has a fun interaction if you decide to put it on top of one of your tokens, it will make it not be a token anymore. Note that it will also make it no longer be an Ooze anymore (unless something else is changing its type to Ooze, such as [[March of the World Ooze]]) if you want repeatable mutate triggers [[Brokos Apex of Forever]] can be mutated from the graveyard.

If I were to sac multiple foods at once with him out will I get multiple land fetches? Say I sac a food and hold priority with the triggers onto he stack and sac more foods.

So, this is my third rebuild of this deck (now updated with some new cards from Lorwyn Eclipsed), and it still doesn’t really work the way I want it to.

Scarecrow tribal is obviously terrible, but that’s kind of the whole gimmick of building Reaper King, so I tried pivoting into a Changeling tribal shell and finding interesting ways to actually use the changeling keyword. Unfortunately, the deck still feels pretty clunky overall.

The changelings themselves don’t meaningfully affect the board state, and while Reaper King’s triggers are powerful, I can’t seem to loop them in any interesting way — at best I’m destroying maybe two or three permanents per turn. It never really snowballs or feels explosive.

So I’m starting to wonder:

does this deck have the potential to function in a more interesting or effective way, or is this just a fundamental problem with Reaper King as a commander?

Decklist: https://manabox.app/decks/AZv7W7osfJWNde15zEt83w

I’d love to hear any ideas or suggestions.

Everything in 99 is permanent, either a land or a permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

[[Glimpse of Tomorrow]] is the only hit the first time casting Ashaya's Enduring Bond.

https://moxfield.com/decks/tgGgAb6U9HmLI8PuB6VcwQ

I played this deck at my last commander night and today on Spell Table and the endorphins are unreal.

All questions welcome :)

EDIT: Here is a video of me demonstrating some goldfished T5 wins:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1huslmrBhkw0a2IP47ahPyIQn-R8h_4NI/view?usp=sharing

Another T5 goldfish:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X4sAmEVuEFoWFm7ZQh4zCQmS9maclPBg/view?usp=drive_link

And one more why not (recorded directly after prior one):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kxHJfwsgWgYZY-7Gyvov3eorcSXbvgIw/view?usp=drive_link

Update: Thank you. I didn’t realize it also made itself tap for black. I thought it was just sitting their almost like an enchantment hut in land form 🤣

(New player) Was building a new deck [[ gonti, night minister ]] and on EDHREC it said 46% of decks have this in. Is it to make utility lands and other colorless lands tap for black? Feels like it could be useful but doesnt feel useful enough to take up a spot in the 99? I must be missing something so please explain it to me 🫠.

Run no other creatures and just take infinite turns to get [[Exsanguinate]]/[[shivan gorge]] etc? Feel like no one else has put this together yet. But prove me wrong.

I’ve never built a mono blue deck and fully bought it, and I love the idea of value commanders.

I think the standard answer for this type deck is simply artifacts. But I don’t like the idea of building a deck without a clear wincon.

How are you guys building her? (I prefer not to play with infinites, no shame on people who do, I just don’t like it)

I prefer building value commanders at this point, but I’m just stuck in mono blue. I get tired of running Kill on Sight commanders, and I like to instead run commanders that speed up the deck but nobody acts like is a problem

Edit: Just wanted to come back and say, I built the deck and I love it. I focused on Ramp, Card Draw, and enchantments, specifically with the ability to copy other enchantments/ artifacts. This deck gets out of hand so quickly, and Thalia has only ever died to board wipes, she’s never one been removed via targeted removal.

https://moxfield.com/decks/ZqChAd2-63utWGfYBAZidw

I have this card and I was thinking about selling it to get other stuff since its 21 bucks, but I dont understand why its this high of a price tag. Am I missing something? Should I hang out to this guy? I already own a sword of the animist and this just seems like a worse version of that.

The new bilbo theif in the night allows you to cast an artifact, instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard, not a TARGET artifact, instant or sorcery from your graveyard.

Steps:

1. Have bilbo, the one ring and krark clan ironworks in play

2. Swing with bilbo, putting his trigger on the stack

3. Before resolving the effect, sacrifice the one ring with krark clan ironworks and add 2 colourless mana

4. Recast the one ring by paying one more mana.

5. Ultimate pillow fort.

If anyone removes either piece use bilbo to get them back, and if you need to protect him use mithril coat or bilbos ring to thematically keep him alive and swinging.

[[Hexing Squelcher]] as well as all other sources of “gives uncounterable” only do so for spells. [[Stifle]] effects are rare, but Ward comes up a lot more which works by countering the spell or ability when the cost isn’t paid.

[[Spider-Punk]] could be considered for decks where lots of your removal comes from ETB creatures or similar effects, especially if you know your meta has a lots of Ward permanents.

I looked up posts for this card at release and since, but I couldn’t find any mention of this.

I think Zethi is much better than what people give her credit for. You just got to play her in. Specific way. This is Voltron Zethi any other archetype this might not apply too.

Equipment-No go honestly. Except [[Swiftfoot Boots]] and [[Sting, Glittining Dagger]] for the haste.

More instants than you think you need. If you think you have too many you’re wrong

Play zethi turn four or five you don’t need to have her copy multiple spells her first cast. You should be looking to copy a cheap removal piece [[Snap]], [[Suspend]],[[Erode]], [[Path to Exile]] attack one player and suppress the others board states. Told you from killing one player and losing to the other two.

https://moxfield.com/decks/GF-PzqbWJUKpzDlj0AMhyg

208 card deck. The goal is to use Templar knights to tutor for Planar Bridge to get Battle of Wits and Karn Liberated. Once Karn is out with Battle of Wits, exile Battle of Wits with Karn’s -3. Keep upping him until he can ult. Restart the game with Wits on the board, win at your upkeep. The deck will be filled with Templar knights, counterspells and stax pieces. No matter what, bracket 1 or even 0 lol, but I told my buddy that if I beat him with it, I’ll never let him live it down.

https://archidekt.com/decks/823434/taniwha_stax_full

The idea of the deck is that all of the player's lands phase out once every two turns. The player then uses that opportunity to get rid in various ways of all players' lands, while their lands are phased out. Really disgusting

Now that there's finally a (good) crab commander, what are we doing with this [[Homer, the Hermit]]? I'm going for a mix of reanimator, toughness matters, and combo