Jeremy(Archidekt Moderator)
41 days{"ops":[{"insert":"10/22/25"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Voting has concluded!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n1st: ryankgress\n2nd: Pandalk\n3rd: erisaurolophus\n\nEach winner will be contacted via the email associated with their Archidekt account within the next 48 hours.\n\nCongratulations, and thank you to all who participated!\n\n---"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"10/15/25"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"We have our finalists!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/deckbuilding-contest-finalists-october-2025"},"insert":"https://edhrec.com/articles/deckbuilding-contest-finalists-october-2025"},{"insert":"\n\nPlease be sure to shoot your favorite deck(s) an upvote! Each finalist's placement at end of the voting on Wednesday, October 22 determines their awarded Cardsphere credit. Congratulations to the finalists, and thank you to all who participated!\n\nUser: erisaurolophus\nDeck: Beware the Hidden Cellarspawn\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16528583/beware_the_hidden_cellarspawn"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16528583/beware_the_hidden_cellarspawn"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: Pandalk\nDeck: Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds - Omenpath to Zendikar\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16399353/ghired_mirror_of_the_wilds_omenpath_to_zendikar"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16399353/ghired_mirror_of_the_wilds_omenpath_to_zendikar"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: ryankgress\nDeck: All the Legends... All at Once!\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16400532/all_the_legends_all_at_once"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16400532/all_the_legends_all_at_once"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"---"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"Welcome to the Archidekt Deckbuilding Contest! For those unfamiliar, this is a monthly contest with a different theme each month. Your goal is to build a Commander-legal deck that fulfills the prompt in a creative or unique fashion. At the end of each month, three finalists will be selected for you to vote on.\n\nWhat’s The Contest All About?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWorking within the parameters of the prompt provided below, construct a decklist with your own creative spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded store credit to "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://cardsphere.com/"},"insert":"cardsphere.com"},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"For October's deckbuilding contest, build a Commander-legal deck that features a \"jumpscare\". In other words, your deck should appear to be doing one thing, then quickly shift in an unexpected and threatening direction. Decks will be judged primarily on their creativity and originality."},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFor some ideas about what constitutes a jumpscare, check out the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/archidekt-deckbuilding-contest-october-2025"},"insert":"full announcement article"},{"insert":" over on EDHREC!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"How To Participate"},{"insert":"\n Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Any unreleased cards spoiled during the contest’s duration are allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Silver-bordered and acorn cards, while cool, are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Digital-only cards (such as those designed for the Alchemy format on Arena) are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" Strictly one deck submitted per user."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTo submit a deck, select the orange button labeled \"Submit a deck to this contest\" and follow the form prompt. Submissions are accepted until "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00 pm EST"},{"insert":" (UTC -4, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, October 8, 2025"},{"insert":".\n\nOnly one submission per user! If you change your mind and want to submit a different deck before submissions close, you may do so by first deleting your submission. Edits can be made to your deck up until submissions close-- no actions are necessary to make chance To edit your description, you can do so from the deck page itself. From the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, October 15, 2025"},{"insert":", we’ll announce three finalists via the Archidekt Discord and a brief article on EDHREC highlighting each deck.\n\nEach finalist will be awarded credit on"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://cardsphere.com/"},"insert":" cardsphere.com"},{"insert":". The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in deck upvotes at the end of the week-long polling period:\n 1st Place Prize - $250"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" 2nd Place Prize - $150"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" 3rd Place Prize - $100"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFinalists will be contacted via email regarding their winnings within roughly 24 hours following the conclusion of voting on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, October 22, 2025"},{"insert":".\n\nPlease note, you must have a Cardsphere account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- register "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/signup?referrer=archidekt_contest"},"insert":"here "},{"insert":"if you don't have an account already!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"Official contest rules."},{"insert":"\n\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join our public "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/rYDFFVCmGr"},"insert":"Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!\n"}]}
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Beary Scary (Story Deck)
Created by: Ghostplants
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"”So it’s just bears?” \nThis is what most people say when I play this deck. On the surface, it’s an odd bear deck with discard and graveyard mechanics. \nThen you tutor for Doomsday. Then you stack 5 cards with Cosmogyf. Next thing everyone knows, there’s a 85/86 monster swing in and there are cards to add trample and protection. Boom. Scary. \n"}]}
Bake pies of enemies
Created by: Niekjansma@gmail.com
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Gain control of your fattest targets until end of turn, to sac with ayara into damage and life. It gets really fun if you manage to bake that 11/11 fatty into some sweet, sweet witches oven pie (-Eldrazi taste if you got lucky). Laughs all round if you manage to sacrifice the stolen creature to off another one of opponents' creatures. 'ha' 'ha' 'ha'\n\nI like my sweet Pies SALTY.\n"}]}
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Super fling
Created by: Mtgfan333
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This may seem like a completely normal krenko deck until I start madly flinging goblins every way imaginable.\n"}]}
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Antisymbiotic
Created by: Daily
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"The main idea of the deck is to get Anti-Venom out and direct all attacks to him then deal so much damage the opponent has a stroke\n"}]}
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Welcome to the Scrapyard
Created by: icyhandofdeath
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Ornithopter"}},{"insert":" my beloved\n"},{"insert":{"video":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/HnzLconK4Tw?showinfo=0"}},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Cosima
Created by: fortek13
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Deck is doing nothing for most of the game, except for playing cards and gathering counters on Cosima. Once there's enough on her, I bring her back to bf at the end of opp's turn so she can swing right after that (and draw as much cards as possible doing that). Deck wins either with commander damage or poison counters thanks to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Corrupted Conscience"}},{"insert":". \nBest part of this deck is that I don't have to ruin other players fun just stop them from winning until I am able to do that.\n"}]}
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Spider's Nest
Created by: ElectricCrow07
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Set up a large board state of spiders and tokens, then play Ygra and Kindred Dominance and clear the board of all of the \"food\" to power up Ygra and deal large amounts of damage\n"}]}
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Scarecrow, Scareldrazi?
Created by: roundy
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"At first glance, this looks like a clunky, janky Scarecrow kindred deck with a few changelings and bad tokens. You might even convince the table you're just trying to \"do something silly with Reaper King.\" The idea is to play small, non-threatening creatures like Heap Doll, Scuttlemutt, or Irregular Cohort, and clutter the board with some silly goats, changelings, or other tokens.\nWith a single spell such as Polymorph, Reality Scramble, Mass Polymorph, Synthetic Destiny, with the support of Proteus Staff, one of your tokens might just turn into an Ulamog, Void Winnower, or another spooky scary eldrazi, sending the table into panic mode.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"You go from a silly scarecrow kindred playstyle to table-ending eldrazi threat in one horrifying instant."},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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An (Un-) Reasonable Response to Landfall
Created by: FireStrykr
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"I designed this deck to look like a classic mono-black \"Things die so mine get bigger deck\" but the deck is actually secretly built around a group hug archetype centered around Ob Nixilis's second body of text that says \"Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life.\" buy utilizing cards that either tempt or force my opponents to tutor their library. This is done by utilizing cards like Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire, Maralen of the Mornsong and Scheming Symmetry. \n\n"}]}
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Go wide? (October 2025)
Created by: presidentwyrm
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"\""},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"and though we may die in these mountains, we will die in service to something greater than blood"},{"insert":"\"\n\nEveryone loves a go wide token spawner right? Well that's what "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marneus Calgar"}},{"insert":" was designed to do! Draw cards for each instance of token creation and spawn two guys for a little more than I would normally justify unless there was a big payoff. All-in-all, a perfectly fine esper commander with- hold on, what's that? Oh my, I think it's the phyrexian invasion! And, they've just destroyed all of my tokens to create one very big token with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Rebirth"}},{"insert":"? Who could have seen this coming?\n\nMe, that's who.\n\nMay I introduce you to Go "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"Wide"},{"insert":" Narrow, the token spawners nightmare, and my dream. We're going to spawn a bunch of tokens and then feed them to the phyrexians to create one (or two, or fifty-two, but we'll get to that later) giant phyrexian we can use to smash our competitors in a new and unexpected way. \n\nFirst things first, we need to lull them into a false sense of security and make them think they know exactly what we're planning.\nWe've loaded this deck up with token spawner staples like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skullclamp"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kambal, Profiteering Mayor"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirkwood Bats"}},{"insert":". They think they're getting a normal token spawning experience, and they'll plan accordingly. Which is fine. Ideally, they use their removal on some typical bombs like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Adeline, Resplendent Cathar"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myrel, Shield of Argive"}},{"insert":", so they won't have it later when the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"horrors "},{"insert":"arrive."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"We've got enough ramp and protection to weather the storm while we prepare for our invasion of the kitchen table. Commander staples like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smothering Tithe"}},{"insert":" and token spawner staples like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pitiless Plunderer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Golden Throne"}},{"insert":" meet to allow us to continue our facade while they unwittingly prepare to meet their end by playing more blockers, perhaps even doing some token spawning of their own. In the mean time, we can fly under the radar with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dawn's Truce"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flawless Maneuver"}},{"insert":", etc. until we're ready to enact our plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWhich leads me to\n\nTHE PLAN"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIt's time to surprise them with the true horror of EDH: a late game board wipe. \nIdeally, you've played some important token doublers like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Anointed Procession"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth, Storm Slayer"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mondrak, Glory Dominus"}},{"insert":" and some helpful equipment like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swiftfoot Boots"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Greaves"}},{"insert":". Technically, none of these are necessary, but they will be super helpful when it comes to our plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Then, we need a LOT of tokens. Like, ideally, we just got swung at and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inkshield"}},{"insert":"ed our way into like 20-30 Inklings."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lastly, we need the pieces to complete our glorious path to perfection. That means, we need "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blade of Selves"}},{"insert":" on the field, or ready to go, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Rebirth"}},{"insert":" in hand, and enough mana to equip all our fancy equipment to our new avatar of destruction. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Rebirth"}},{"insert":", ideally have a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swan Song"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Counterspell"}},{"insert":" in hand or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grand Abolisher"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Silence"}},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"just in case."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Attach at minimum "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blade of Selves"}},{"insert":" and ideally "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Genji Glove"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swiftfoot Boots"}},{"insert":" to your new Horror. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swing for the fences! If you have even one token doubler on the field, you will show your opponents the true meaning of fear. If you're able to get all of them on the field when you swing, I believe each opponent not taking the original Horror will have 24 coming at them, with the max being 52 total, including 24 going at each none blocker, and 4 from originally casting phyrexian rebirth with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Anointed Procession"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth, Storm Slayer"}},{"insert":" on the field. But we're losing the plot. Even one big enough Horror coming at each opponent, potentially twice with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Genji Glove"}},{"insert":" could be more than enough."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAnd that's it! There's enough tutors and card draw in the deck to ensure you can pull off the combo. A decent amount of protection and spot removal to keep you alive, and everything you need to show your opponents that they gotta expect the unexpected.\n\n\n\n\n"}]}
Firion's Goblin Polycule
Created by: SaffronSpringbok
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a list based on the one featured in my article, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.goonhammer.com/magic-the-gathering-commander-focus-eon-hub-copiable-values-and-firion-wild-rose-warrior/ "},"insert":"here"},{"insert":". Firion seems like a solid enough Voltron option, but hidden beneath the facade of suiting up a gentleman and swinging out is a lurking artifact combo strategy, bolstered by the use of Polymorph alongside the plentiful tokens these Equipment produce. You'll go from threatening lethal with Firion one moment, to a nondeterministic storm term by way of KCI the next, and all it takes is a Poly to flip the game on its head.\n"}]}
Mesmerise My Balls
Created by: PupGames
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Copy Mesmeric Orb A bunch, Mill Your Openents out of existence and force them to draw. good ol good ol torture\n"}]}
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Atraxa Did WHAT?! - October Contest Submission
Created by: dustin.kelly88@gmail.com
41 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"What is scarier? Poison counters or big stompy things? Neither! The worst is death by 1000 cuts!\n"}]}
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