Commander Deck Construction

A lot of people choose a commander solely based on the colors it gives them access to and that s ok but you ve got easy reliable access to the commander card in the command zone you might as well use it to your advantage.

Commander deck construction.

At their base level a theme deck can be a tribal deck or a deck set on just one plane like innistrad. Mara katz august 5 2019 commander. Theme decks are one of the most creative and fun ways to build commander decks. Building a commander deck an article by b phillip york gaming magic the gathering tactics august 6 2020 0 we ve previously covered the basics of commander check out our getting started article here but in today s article we re talking about how to build a solid commander deck.

Like i have a breya deck that doesn t have a lot of removal because i use her ability to give 4 4 as removal. Whatever the reason sitting down to build a more casual deck can be a refreshing experience. Typically the first thing you ll feel is a breath of freedom. In commander each player chooses a legendary creature as the commander of their deck.

A card s color identity is established before the game begins and cannot be changed by game effects. Delving deeper you could go for hat tribal or screaming people tribal having a connection through artwork or flavor. A card s colour identity is its color plus the colour of any mana symbols in the card s rules text. When building your deck and choosing the cards to go into it always ask yourself does this card have good synergy with the rest of my deck.

Depends on the commander probably. Building your first commander deck. They then play with a 99 card deck that contains only cards of their commander s colors. Players choose a legendary creature as the commander for their deck.

This makes it exciting since you can build a fun and functional deck around any commander or archetype. Commander is an exciting unique way to play magic that is all about awesome legendary creatures big plays and battling your friends in epic multiplayer games. 4 multiple cards serving the same function functional density the chance of drawing a single card by turn 6 in an edh deck is only 13. So my removal package is lower so i can have more game plan and then my game plan can work with her to be removal.

Building a casual commander deck.