benthic_druid 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Voting has concluded!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n🥇 Boomstud\n🥈 jkz\n🥉 rynoman14\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!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://edhrec.com/articles/deckbuilding-contest-finalists-april-2025"},"insert":"https://edhrec.com/articles/deckbuilding-contest-finalists-april-2025"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: jkz\nDeck: Aragorn the Mono Uniter\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/7256787/aragorn_the_mono_uniter"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/7256787/aragorn_the_mono_uniter"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: Boomstud\nDeck: Niv Rizzet\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12286933/niv_rizzet"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12286933/niv_rizzet"},{"insert":"\n\nUser: rynoman14\nDeck: Haste\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12270297/haste"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12270297/haste"},{"insert":"\n\n----\n\nHello brewers,\n\nThis month, we're getting into the spring cleaning spirit by cutting a color from our decks.\n\nWhat’s The Contest All About?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Working 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 cardsphere.com.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"For April's deckbuilding contest, construct a Commander-legal deck that uses fewer colors than are in the commander's color identity. You may include lands to cast your commander, but spells and abilities must not require the color you're omitting. For example, if you choose to build an Izzet deck with Eshki Dragonclaw as your commander, you cannot include any cards that require green mana to cast or use, but you can include green lands to cast Eshki. As always, decks will be judged on creativity and originality."},{"insert":"\n\nThis contest prompt is inspired by the growing list of commanders that don't require all of their colors to be cast. Commanders like Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, Keruga, the Macrosage, and Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second can all helm decks that leave out one color in their identity. Two color decks often have cheaper mana bases, or you might prefer how a deck with fewer colors plays. Some of these commanders also naturally push you to prioritize one color over the others. An Alesha deck with no other red cards can more easily optimize it's mana base to pay for her activated ability. On the other hand, you can build Simic Yasova Dragonclaw to play the rare theft deck without red.\n\nOf course, you can choose any commander for this challenge, not just ones that abridge their own mana costs. This is a great opportunity to push strategies outside of their normal colors while having support from a strong commander. Nethroi, Apex of Death can lead a Selesnya reanimator deck, or a Golgari aggro deck that cheats its smaller attackers into play en masse. Raffine, Scheming Seer could make for an interesting Orzhov or even mono black tempo deck.\n\nPerhaps the easiest route to take is to choose a commander that doesn't need to be cast at all. You can easily build a deck of any color with The Ur-Dragon, and Oloro, Ageless Ascetic has been helming mono white lifegain decks for almost as long as Commander's been around. These commanders tend to be more specific to a creature type or theme, however, so building a creative deck that stands out will be more difficult.\n\nHow To Participate"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"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":"\nReply to the Archidekt newspost, or submission post on the Archidekt Discord with a link to your deck before "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00 pm EST (UTC -5, currently)"},{"insert":" on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, April 9, 2025"},{"insert":" (do not submit the same deck in multiple places).\n\nOnly one submission per user! 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, April 16, 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 cardsphere.com. 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\n1st 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 or Discord (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings within roughly 24 hours following the conclusion of voting on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wednesday, April 23, 2025"},{"insert":".\n\nPlease note, you must have a Cardsphere account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- register "},{"attributes":{"background":"#232323","link":"https://www.cardsphere.com/signup?referrer=archidekt_contest"},"insert":"here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#232323","link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"Official contest rules."},{"insert":"\n\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or join our "},{"attributes":{"background":"#232323","link":"https://discord.gg/rYDFFVCmGr"},"insert":"public Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!\n"}]}
Edited 4/24/2025, 1:49:48 AM
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Sylexia 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Have you ever wanted to make an enchantress deck without the enchantments? Now you can with "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12286068/april_2025_deckbuilding_challenge_myrkul"},"insert":"Myrkul Lord of Bones"},{"insert":"!\n\nThis deck is inspired by Olivia Gobert-Hicks' own Myrkul enchantment deck but reimagining it to a selesnya lifegain strategy. It focuses on incremental lifegain creatures such as the soul sisters and Authority of the Consuls to slow down the rest of the table. Use your small creatures to ramp and gain small bits of life without drawing the gaze of your opponents before slamming down Myrkul and sacrificing them to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"insert":" to turn them into enchantments! Token doublers help enable this as they will create multiple times the amount of intended enchantments and then recur your exiled creatures with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Isochron Scepter"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pull from Eternity"}},{"insert":" to keep casting them and creating an ever flowing mass of lifegaining enchantments that were once creatures. Finish off your opponents with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aetherflux Reservoir"}},{"insert":" to secure your victory!\n"}]}
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AdversusElitus 6 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12377707/mono_vig"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12377707/mono_vig"},{"insert":"\n\nMinor Vig wants to paint a vibrant, green picture with his Painter's Servant!\n\nTurns out that tutoring and drawing creatures in Mono Green is still incredibly powerful! Painter’s Servant feels really good here, but there are a number of draw engines that will fill the same role as well as Vivian Reed that can play creatures off the top of the deck. Excited to show this off for my first submission into Archidekt’s deck building challenge series! \n"}]}
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ArchangelAlchemist 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Toluz, Clever Conductor"}},{"insert":" wants to play mono-blue but while it might be harder to cast out commander Mono-black adds more utility, protection, and synergies. "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12304755/to_lose_or_not_toluz_2_electric_boogaloo"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12304755/to_lose_or_not_toluz_2_electric_boogaloo"},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}
Edited 4/8/2025, 12:21:54 AM
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lennonf2707 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12374125/ms_poisonflower\n\na selesnya poison counter based bumbleflower deck with lots of proliferation effects. \nshe got tired of giving gifts to other players so she's now giving out poison with her new phyrexian friends\n"}]}
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MrTrout 6 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Simic Riku! Why copy spells when you can just focus on copying creatures!"},{"insert":"\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/12377259/simic_riku_creatures_all_the_way\n\nNo more pesky mana fixing and counting your available pips, don't worry about Izzet colors and copying spells, that's boring anyway! Just focus on creating copies of creatures and getting multiple ETB triggers! And you know what's nice about a token copy of a creature? It copies it's mana value, so let me introduce you to my good friend "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Birthing Pod "},{"insert":"and his friends "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Neoform "},{"insert":"and"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" Eldritch Evolution! "},{"insert":"Say you copy a Reclamation Sage. Do you need that copy to stick around? Why not sack it and find something more fun, like a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Clever Impersonator! "},{"insert":"Or a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sower of Temptation!"},{"insert":" \nReject the Izzet, embrace Simic!\n"}]}
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Vexanine 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"A completely normal manadork Raggadragga deck that has nothing wrong with it whatsoever..."},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12375696/manabros_incorporated"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12375696/manabros_incorporated"},{"insert":"\n\nI thought it would be interesting if I put together a fairly common Raggadragga deck, but with a twist! What if the color green didn't exist? (I know it's still in Raggadragga's mana cost but shoosh). As most Raggadragga decks rely on the good green manadorks, I thought it would be interesting if I had to use the not-so-great red dorks and eldrazi scion/spawn generators to make up the creature-base. Most of the dorks are a bit underwhelming by themselves, but with the pump from Raggadragga you can make a pretty beefy board, especially with the damage multipliers I sprinkled in as a little treat. A challenge I had making this deck was consistently drawing a green pip to pay for Raggadragga, but I think the mana-base now should be fine, especially with all of the red mana your dorks make. Is this deck amazing? Ehhh, no not really... But it was fun to make, and was quite the detour from my usual lazy EDHrec reliance.\n"}]}
Edited 4/7/2025, 11:33:07 PM
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MyxinLattes 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Here's my take on this challenge, a Mono-Green "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wort, the Raidmother"}},{"insert":"! She packed her favorite instants and sorceries to bring in her favorite tokens, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Invoke the Ancients"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baloth Cage Trap"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Giantbaiting"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crash the Party"}},{"insert":", and she double checked her lands and ramp were all packed in tight. She's sure she's forgetting something, but as the saying goes: \""},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"If you can't remember, it wasn't important."},{"insert":"\"\n\nThis mono-green Wort list forgot all of it's Red mana, but that's not holding it down! Storm off with your Green tokens to let you Conspire all of your instants and sorceries! All of your spells are Green, so no tracking token colors and worrying if they match. Double your ramp with your goblins and snakes, or double up on your new best friends and slam "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ezuri's Predation"}},{"insert":" twice for all the fun you can! We may be Mono-Green in mana, but we're still packing some neat Gruul tricks, like a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Guttural Response"}},{"insert":" for those pesky Blue players trying to stop our little friendly gathering of tokens. We even bought some gifts in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glamdring"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Runechanter's Pike"}},{"insert":" to let those spells we slung help Wort and friends fend off the competition and get back to their picnic. We don't need our missing red mana anyways, since remember:"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12159788/if_you_cant_remember_it_wasnt_important"},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12159788/if_you_cant_remember_it_wasnt_important"},"insert":"If You Can't Remember, It Wasn't Important."},{"insert":"\n\n\n"}]}
Edited 4/7/2025, 11:03:22 PM
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chet.skolos 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/11437990/evelyn_swamps_and_vampires\n\nSwamp themed Evelyn deck I brewed awhile ago. I'm not sure if it matches the prompt exactly since there are non-black cards, but they can all have alternate ways to cast so I think it is okay? With 36 swamps as the bulk of the mana base it is at least within the spirit of the challenge.\n"}]}
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Bodymod89 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"I’m a newer Commander deck builder so this challenge seemed like a fun way to challenge myself. So I give you Mono Green Skullbriar. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12273809/go_big_or_go_home"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12273809/go_big_or_go_home"},{"insert":"\n\nThis deck doesn’t have a single black pip on a card besides Skullbriar and lands. Main idea of this deck is pump Skullbriar up with as many counters as possible to swing in for big commander damage. Since he doesn’t lose counters besides going to your hand or library he can easily get big in no time. A little bit of a glass canon but with other decent threats in the deck maybe some heat can be drawn away from Skullbriar. \n"}]}
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TheSDBux 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Peace and Quiet behind these walls... "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12350751/sanctuary_april_deck_build"},"insert":"Sanctuary!"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBuild up your defense and let your neighbors do their thing. If they bug you too much, well you can take care of that.\n"}]}
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Stapletapeworms 6 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Balmor Eldrazi Ruby Storm"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12373643/archidekt_deckbuilding_contest_april_2025_balmor_eldrazi_ruby_storm"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12373643/archidekt_deckbuilding_contest_april_2025_balmor_eldrazi_ruby_storm"},{"insert":"\n\nThat's a lot of words...too bad I'm not readin' em.\n\nThe overall goal here is two plans: build up a board of Eldrazi Spawns and Scions while casting some low-cost instants and sorceries to prepare for swinging everything out after a few turns of construction thanks to Balmor's ability. Our instants and sorceries are all low cost and many generate us resources, especially with cost reducers and card recursion. \n"}]}
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fortek13 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"I realise this deck might not meet requirements 100% and I even remade it so it does... but I prefer sharing original idea. That being said...\n\nBehold my 5c MonoGree Ultimatum Ramos deck: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10356305/mono_g_ramos_ultimatum"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/10356305/mono_g_ramos_ultimatum"},{"insert":"\n\nI created it cause I really like all the Ultimatums and I'd love be able to play them all and not playing 5c deck (cause that is too easy). So I made it mono green with only 7 multicolor cards (I've added Progenitus for good measure) . I've had many games that I won (or lost) where I didn't even drew any of those cards but the deck still plays quite sweetly as +1/+1 counters deck. Not really sure why nobody relaxes when I say not to be worry since it's just a mono green deck?!\n\nAnyways... here's simple \"real\" mono Green version: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12374212/copy_of_mono_g_ramos"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12374212/copy_of_mono_g_ramos"},{"insert":" but you can ignore it since it's lame without all those super sweet ultimatums. \n\nThanks for realding\n"}]}
Edited 4/7/2025, 9:46:07 PM
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DumbLuck 6 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"April's SpringBloom"},{"insert":"\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/12373484/aprils_springbloom\n\nSelesnya edition of Audrey II\n"}]}
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Brotherblades 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Under siege"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/12366008/knights\nI'm sure a knight tribal deck seems boring and overdone, but this deck is centered solely around brimstone trebuchet. With plenty of tutors to get it into hand/battlefield as quickly as possible to ping opponents, play knights, untap, repeat. Stack it with several spells to double and then triple the damage output to make it truly devastating. Eowyn, shieldmaiden will create two knights at the beginning of combat, stacking them to use the trebuchet between each ETB and then, we add insult to injury by having some duplication tricks with Eomer, marshal of Rohan and blade of selves to stack more trebuchet triggers with extra combat turns\n"}]}
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Aotidae 6 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Esper but Orzhov control/tokens. Blink to go wide with bunnies and limit opponent's resources with the girls and enchantments.\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/12291807/saltine\n"}]}
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