Jeremy(Archidekt Moderator)
2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"\nHello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWelcome back! After a break in December, we’re excited for a new year of deckbuilding contests. This month, we’re going back to the “build weird, probably suboptimal stuff” well. Details below! \n\nWhat’s the contest all about?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"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 "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/"},"insert":"cardkingdom.com"},{"insert":". \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"For January’s deckbuilding contest, construct a Commander-legal deck that showcases a theme or strategy that doesn’t normally appear in its colors. For instance, you might build RG stax or UB landfall. The more unusual, the better!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHere’s how to participate:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"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 either this newspost or the announcement tweet from the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"@archidekt"},{"insert":" account on Twitter with a link to your deck before 9:00pm ET (UTC -5, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Friday, January 27"},{"insert":". Only one submission per user!\nFrom the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Additional characteristics by which your deck may be judged include playability and uniqueness (i.e. “spice”); budget has no direct bearing on your chances to win. Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Saturday, January 28, 2022"},{"insert":", we'll tweet out a poll for the community to vote on its favorite of the three selected finalists' lists. Any finalists who submitted their lists on Archidekt will be notified via the email associated with their account. We’ll also publish a newspost on Archidekt announcing the finalists and linking to the poll on Twitter. Each finalist will be awarded store credit to cardkindom.com. The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in the community poll at the end of its two day duration:\n1st Place Prize - $50"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place Prize - $30"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place Prize - $20"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finalists will be contacted via Twitter or email (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings following the conclusion of the poll by Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Please note, you must have a Card Kingdom account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/register"},"insert":"register here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\nAn important note:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unfortunately, due to wild variance in contest laws, eligibility is limited to residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). We’d love to allow all of our users to participate, but ensuring we are legally compliant with each country’s national laws is too great a barrier. For additional information regarding eligibility, check our "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"official contest rules"},{"insert":". \n\nCongratulations to November’s winners! "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1st Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/10631"},"insert":"xerogold"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3011948#Abraham_Lincoln,_Vampire_Hunter"},"insert":"Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/82891"},"insert":"daggerhart"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3611345#Cloud_Atlas"},"insert":"Cloud Atlas"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/user/150055"},"insert":"MooGiGon"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3602661#The_Fold"},"insert":"The Fold"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThank you!"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask here, reach out on Twitter, or join our public Discord server. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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Ezdawg52 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3863540#Jaxis,_the_Catmaker's_Mono_Red_Cats"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3863540#Jaxis,_the_Catmaker's_Mono_Red_Cats"},{"insert":"\nMono Red cats\n"}]}
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Syngraphaeor 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a great contest theme - as a very off-the-wall brewer, I love doing crazy stuff with my decks! With that being said, I'm actually just in the process of finishing up a similar concept around a series of 6 decks. Basically, my idea was: what if I built tribal decks focused on a colour's iconic or characteristic creature type... But then made a four colour deck with every colour "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true},"insert":"except"},{"insert":" for the characteristic/iconic creature type?! I call it the Colour Warped Tribal Series!\n\nLink to the fo"},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)"},"insert":"lder: "},{"attributes":{"background":"#ffffff","link":"https://archidekt.com/folders/322288"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/folders/322288"},{"insert":"\n\nAnyway, as my actual submission to this month's contest, I present my black-less demons deck... "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3678839#Blackless_Demons:_Chaotic..._Good"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3678839#Blackless_Demons:_Chaotic..._Good"},{"insert":"? This is a chaos deck, with a little bit of a group hug sub theme. It's definitely not optimized, but it's a ton of fun! I hope you all like it!\n"}]}
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HelenaBruh 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Hey all! Today I return to the Archidekt deck building contest scene to bring you a strange little brew of mine: a sacrifice/pseudo-reanimator deck using every color that isn't Rakdos. This deck is helmed by two commanders, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Othelm, Sigardian Outcast"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter"}},{"insert":". Othelm is the centerpiece of the deck, allowing me to repeatedly sacrifice creatures for value and then return them to the battlefield to do it again! Hargilde supplements this by fueling several artifact-based sacrifice outlets like the old-school "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Carnage Altar"}},{"insert":" and even by activating Othelm with the help of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Liquimetal Torque"}},{"insert":". But the deck isn't dead in the water without Othelm, sporting several alternatives that allow me to keep accruing value even when my commanders aren't present, such as the highly underrated "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Adarkar Valkyrie"}},{"insert":". One Othelm activation per turn may be a bit slow sometimes, so I have some artifact-based untappers like the ever-popular "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Staff of Domination"}},{"insert":" which Hargilde can help activate to keep Othelm's engine running. \n\n\tThe deck is packed with card advantage, including death payoffs such as the high-risk, high-reward enchantment, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fecundity"}},{"insert":". The creatures in this deck also have all kinds of useful death triggers. Whether you prefer the classic "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Solemn Simulacrum"}},{"insert":", the hilarity of bouncing all of your opponents' tokens with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kairi, the Swirling Sky"}},{"insert":", or the dangerously oppressive "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archon of Justice"}},{"insert":", this deck has something for you. With a hefty tutor package including powerful "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Birthing Pod"}},{"insert":" effects, you're sure to have the answers you need for any occasion. With cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Boss's Chauffeur"}},{"insert":", this deck can quickly accumulate a massive board and close out the game the old-fashioned way. My favorite inclusion is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mass Calcify"}},{"insert":": it misses both the commanders of this brew, as well as many of the creatures, but can demolish opposing boards and flood my own with death triggers to quickly swing the game in my favor.\n\nHope you enjoy this brew! I certainly enjoyed making it :)\n\nhttps://www.archidekt.com/decks/3867898#No_Rakdos?_No_Problem\n"}]}
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Tabias 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3266292#Grandmother_Sengir"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3266292#Grandmother_Sengir"},{"insert":"\n\nThis is mono black wizards. \n"}]}
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Kamakazi339 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Something that is very niche is Mono Red enchantments. \nThis build is a semi stax build that uses a multitude of enchantments and creatures to slowly burn out the table and deny everyone resources. At the very worst I can use the tokens I get from Kazuul to counterattack my opponents for the win. It's a lot of fun. \n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/2107752#Kazuul_Enchantments_EDH\n"}]}
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FunkyDragon 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mono-Red Mill"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3857981#Deckbuilding_Competition_-_Mono-Red_Mill"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3857981#Deckbuilding_Competition_-_Mono-Red_Mill"},{"insert":"\n\nKiki-Jiki doesn't need Dimir to mill out all of our opponents. We either win through one of the 9+ infinite mill combos (incorporating our commander and various cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of the Brood"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hellkite Courser"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zealous Conscripts"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Delina, Wild Mage"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thornbite Staff"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skirk Prospector"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crumbling Sanctuary"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hair-Strung Koto"}},{"insert":"), or we take the slow grindy route to incrementally mill them with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Keening Stone"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sword of Body and Mind"}},{"insert":". Wheel effects serve double duty, forcing our opponents closer to the bottoms of their libraries while helping us to dig for our combo pieces.\n\nThe actual combos are listed in the deck description.\n"}]}
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Menacing_Squirrel(Common Patron)
2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I just want to play group hug in the friendliest color in magic: mono-red!\n\nI want everyone to have a nice relaxing game of magic. Nobody has to worry about dying to combat damage from me. Kharn is like having Coveted Jewel in the command zone. The plan is to share the love and let everyone draw lots of extra cards and play extra lands. I'm happy to take advantage of various attack triggers I can slap on Kharn, but I'm always sure to have pingers ready so he doesn't actually hurt anybody. The real win comes from a few pseudo-combos, like Underworld Breach + Price of Progress a few times, or Pyrohemia + Vicious Shadows while my opponents conveniently have hands full of cards I gave them.\n\nhttps://www.archidekt.com/decks/3372863#Mom_said_it's_my_turn_on_the_Xbox\n"}]}
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TevishSzat 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I present, Monogreen Control-Stax: https://archidekt.com/decks/2229996#Freyalise_Cruel_Control\n\nGreen actually has a lot of the makings of a good control deck, with lockdown elements like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Freyalise's Winds"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ritual of Subdual"}},{"insert":" alongside powerful card draw and selection pieces like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sylvan Library"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rowen"}},{"insert":" . Add into that, Freyalise herself is a near-perfect staxy commander, giving you an infinite drip of value to feed into the hellish grinder or sniping enemy pieces that could otherwise keep them afloat. She can play the classic artifacts like Smokestack and Tangle Wire but cal also crush anyone's hope of playing multicolor with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hall of Gemstone"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Collector Ouphe"}},{"insert":" . The deck, on the whole, wins with existential despair or by beating down with green's top end evil like Vorinclex once a lock has been established.\n"}]}
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DaveLists 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Holy shit, I thought I was the only MGC builder on here!\n\nYou build is staxier while mine is more walker-based, but I'm seeing that ritual of subdual and hall of gemstone :P\n"}]}
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StannumMantis 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Dimir flicker deck built around "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ukkima, Stalking Shadow"}},{"insert":"'s leaves the battlefield trigger, and trying to buff up Ukkima with consistent buffs like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hero's Blade"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cultist of the Absolute"}},{"insert":" to drain out your opponents.\nUnfortunately, there aren't quite enough flicker pieces in Dimir to get the number of triggers the deck needs, so the deck also takes advantage of the various "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Supernatural Stamina"}},{"insert":"s and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Intervention"}},{"insert":"s with a sacrifice outlet to \"flicker\" Ukkima and achieve the same effect. \n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3865320#ukkima_%22blink%22"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3865320#ukkima_%22blink%22"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 1/22/2023, 6:21:38 AM
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LeJaune_citron 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Why not Mono red artifact sacrifice, with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Farid, Enterprising Salvager"}},{"insert":" \nhttps://www.archidekt.com/decks/3864367#January_Deckbuilding_contest_-_Mono_red_sacrifice\nThere is not one interaction (exept the commander) in this deck. The main goal is to sacrifice artifacts for payoffs, with the worst artifact color, Mono Red\n"}]}
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Syngraphaeor 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I'd say that mono red is one of the best artifact mono colours... Still though, neat deck\n"}]}
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SpaceBacon 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3862744#Volo's_Haunted_Humans"},"insert":"Volo's Haunted Humans"},{"insert":"\n\nHuman tribal, but without any of the human support in their single best color, white.\nThe "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Haunted One"}},{"insert":" background gives our board of humans a significant power boost and some nice resilience, all while being able to safely enable it with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Volo, Itinerant Scholar"}},{"insert":"'s activated ability (and drawing some cards in the process)\nSpeaking of drawing cards, this deck is still capable of playing like a Volo deck - despite every creature in the deck being a human, there are 27 unique creature types in the deck (28 since "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Changeling Outcast"}},{"insert":" allows you to choose whatever you want. Like sponge). That allows for some potential non-combat wincons like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Triskaidekaphile"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laboratory Maniac"}},{"insert":".\n"}]}
Edited 1/22/2023, 12:46:00 AM
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MagicSlater 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a fun idea I had a little bit ago. Its still in its early stages but I hope you get the idea. Feel free to add any advice in the comments. The idea is to just change the targets of spells instead of just countering them. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3895721#Can't_Touch_This\n"}]}
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ArtosKincaid 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"How about Gruul Cheerioes with a side of Stax? https://archidekt.com/decks/3897842#Meria_-_Shawshank_Redemption_for_Judging\n\nI finally got this list to a place I was happy with shortly before the contest was announced. I wanted a place to play Winter Orb and Static Orb that let me break the symmetry on them (i.e. tapping them before my turn started) and I didn't want to do it with Urza because that's been done to death. When I saw Meria, I knew I had the perfect commander for some serious stax/prison shenanigans and all the zero cost artifacts let you basically play moxen in commander!\n\nIt's definitely a high salt deck and it's never one I'd play without warning the table first, but it's a ton of fun to pilot. The couple times I've played it so far, my table has even enjoyed it because the main win condition is the Painter's Servant/Grindstone combo, which gives people plenty of time to find answers.\n"}]}
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xerogold 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3890262#Secret_Commander_-_Noyan_Dar's_Roil\nPrimarily a blue/white deck with the goal of attacking with lands. Sneaks in a little green to get the lands roiling.\n"}]}
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nandochip 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I love trying to make jank work, and I've always wanted to brew using one of the background commanders from Baldur's Gate, so I went ahead and made a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy"}},{"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)"},"insert":{"card-link":"Cloakwood Hermit"}},{"attributes":{"color":"var(--color)"},"insert":" Deck"},{"insert":"\n\nHere's a Self-Mill Spell Slinging Token deck in Simic:"},{"attributes":{"link":" https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3891208#Self-Miller,_Spell-Slinger"},"insert":" https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3891208#Self-Miller,_Spell-Slinger"},{"insert":"\n\nI'd say this is an off-color spice brew since we are self-milling without black and also spell-slinging without red. Not to mention that instead of having good payoffs like reanimating creatures from our graveyard, we are simply giving things in our graveyard pseudo flashback and then attempting to use buyback/retrace to create value loops with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy"}},{"insert":".\n\nThis list is more of a semi-budget brew at $250 but certain things can be cut or added based on budget. Obvious upgrades are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aether Gale"}},{"insert":" for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"End-Raze Forerunners"}},{"insert":" for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Craterhoof Behemoth"}},{"insert":", while budget cuts are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cryptolith Rite"}},{"insert":" for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaheira, Friend of the Forest"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shark Typhoon"}},{"insert":" for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deekah, Fractal Theorist"}},{"insert":".\n"}]}
Edited 1/27/2023, 3:34:16 PM
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