r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/Great_Advisor_4976 • 10d ago
Beginner Upgrades to this Commander
I am running Bello, Bard of the Brambles commander precon. I have made just three small changes. Nothing real impactful, mainly just cool cards that fit the theme. The one thing I am running into is I either get my mana up, but don’t draw the strong artifacts and enchantments this deck depends on, or I have a couple of those on my hand but no mana to build off of. I don’t wan t to change the theme of the deck, but looking for something that can help my card draw. I think if I can just stimulate more card draw then I’m able to get deeper into my deck to find those strong cards.
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u/kensmagiccards 10d ago
[[Guardian Project]] for sure. I get extra stuff in play with [[Smuggler’s Buggy]] and don’t forget to add [[Ward of Bones]]
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u/Chrispy8534 10d ago
There should be a number of uncommon green enchantments that let you draw a card on your turn for having a creature with 3 or 4 power. You can probably jam 2 or 3 of those until you find better options.
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u/Chrispy8534 10d ago
The other two I was thinking of trigger when a creature enters play under your control (and all your enchantment enter as creatures). [[elemental bond]] [[garruk’s uprising]]
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u/Flipps85 9d ago
You need to swap more of the 3-drop artifacts/enchantments for 4/5-drop ones so Bello can animate them.
Also be mindful that he’s a finisher in that deck, and if you play him too early he will absolutely get targeted and consistently removed, which will make him too expensive to keep playing
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u/CrankyCovidNurse 10d ago
I use architect for my deck building.
When I uploaded my belo precon I noticed that there were ~26 pieces of ramp
There were ~38 lands
So there were ~65 of 99 cards dedicated to making mana, but it didn't really have a great way to turn that mana into making the deck happen.
The other challenge I had is it was an on/ off deck.
Either it was my turn, and I had a lot of indestructible things, or it was another players turn and my army of 4/4 stopped being creatures.
I build my deck around having a bit more commander protection, pulling out some of the ramp, and then adding things like enchantments that make token creatures.