Battledroid 54 days{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello all,\n\nI am trying to build a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thalisse, Reverent Medium"}},{"insert":" deck. I have narrowed it down to 110 cards, and just can't seem to identify what I want to cut. This is a token strategy that wants to make tokens on every single turn. The idea is to swarm the board with the spirits the commander creates. The deck also has aristocrat elements to punish blocks on my creatures; making combat a no good option choice. I would like to keep some of the less played cards in so that it doesn't just mirror every single list on EDHREC.\n\nI also build all of my decks with some deck building restrictions; each deck must contain at least one of every permanent type on this list: planeswalker, battle, background, room, and saga. It just gives my decks a little more diversity, and really adds to the appreciation of some of the less used types and sub-types in the game.\n\nFeel free to ask any questions, or start a conversation about some of my less than optimized card choices. I want this to hang around with brackets 2-4. I am not looking for perfect. Just optimized with a few splashes of flare and creativity.\n\nThanks for your help!\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/10965436/thalisse_returns\n"}]}
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darkconfidnt 52 days{"ops":[{"insert":"Love the deckbuilding restrictions and emphasis on novelty rather than pure staples :)\n\nDo "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darkest Hour"}},{"insert":" do anything for the deck? Unless I'm missing something, I'd cut them. (hmm ok, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darkest Hour"}},{"insert":" comboing with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teysa, Orzhov Scion"}},{"insert":" feels fun, I suppose, but is a dead card otherwise?)\nI'd also cut "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Horn of Gondor"}},{"insert":" (I count ~13-15 Humans or cards that make Humans, which IMO doesn't warrant the 3-mana activation) and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Reclamation"}},{"insert":" (feels more fitting when you reliably fill your graveyard... and I don't think the single Altar of Dementia suffices)\n\nWanting to hang around with brackets 2-4 is a big range. A handful of cards (i.e. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smuggler's Share"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Monologue Tax"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff"}},{"insert":") play well at the higher brackets but are close-to-useless in bracket 2. I suppose keeping them in ensures you have some 'dead' cards for bracket 2 games, because on average, I'd say this list punches above bracket 2. \n-> Similarly, without land-tutors, the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Coffers"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Stronghold"}},{"insert":" / "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth"}},{"insert":" trifecta feels like it will underperform here. I'd consider swapping them for basics, not cutting lands altogether. \n\nBeyond that, to reduce your homogeneity to EDHREC... I'd suggest taking out some of the most commonly played cards for WB tokens, and then swap them back in if you find another card underperforming. Hope this helps\t\n"}]}
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Battledroid 51 days{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darkest Hour"}},{"insert":" are good calls. I love having sacrifice outlets. They are my form of protection spells. You also called it on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Darkest Hour"}},{"insert":". \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Horn of Gondor"}},{"insert":" is just an instant speed way to make tokens on someone else's turn. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thalisse, Reverent Medium"}},{"insert":" is a human, so I will at least always have one to start the activation. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Reclamation"}},{"insert":" is just so that I can get my key non-token creatures back if they keep getting removed. \nI was thinking about pulling out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cabal Stronghold"}},{"insert":", but I do think I want the extra mana the coffers/urborg can make. I will keep me alive in higher power games even if I don't tutor them. \n\nThis helped out a good bit. Explaining the thought process behind why a card is in the list can sometimes help you see if its just gonna be too dead in the deck.\nProps to you though. You do seem to understand the overall thought process, and I always like when people appreciate the restrictions.\n\nUltimately, I just want consistent token generation on every single turn to swarm the board, and use aristocrats as a backup.\n\nThanks for the help!\n"}]}
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