Jeremy(Archidekt Moderator)
2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nOne of the toughest parts about getting new players into Commander– or any Magic format for that matter– is the cost. Sure, you can point them to a $40 precon, but seeing multi-hundred dollar price tags on custom decks can be super intimidating. With that in mind, we’re brewing budget decks for this month’s Card Kingdom-sponsored deckbuilding contest! 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":"It’s budget month! For June’s deckbuilding contest, construct a Commander-legal deck that costs $100 (USD) or less using Card Kingdom pricing (basic lands not included). Playability and uniqueness will earn additional consideration!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNote: Prices can fluctuate over the course of a week, so we’ll afford decks a little bit of wiggle room on the $100 limit when selecting finalists. Just make sure it’s at that mark or lower when you submit!\n\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":"Reply to either this newspost or "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1672326188318982144?s=20"},"insert":"the announcement tweet"},{"insert":" from the @archidekt account on Twitter with a link to your deck before "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00 pm EDT (UTC -4, currently) on Friday, June 30"},{"insert":". Only one submission per user!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"From the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!"},{"insert":"\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Saturday, July 1, 2023"},{"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 "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tuesday, July 4, 2023"},{"insert":". 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 official contest rules. \n\nSomething newish:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"As you might have noticed, we added a new “"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/community"},"insert":"Community Stuff"},{"insert":"” tab to the homepage. In addition to a variety of curated decks and stats, we display contest winners on this page until new ones are selected. If you haven’t already, check out May’s winners before they’re replaced in a week!\n\nThank you!"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask here, reach out on "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"Twitter"},{"insert":", or join "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/eZg3mvJd7v"},"insert":"our public Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nEdit: We have our finalists! Assuming Twitter will open for you (it's been uhh... pretty rough lately), please consider stopping by "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1675269614056402944?s=20"},"insert":"our poll"},{"insert":" to vote. Congratulations to KnightOfTheNorth, Pheresis and wade42! "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 7/4/2023, 5:40:07 PM
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iycewynd 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Here is my submission using a very fun commander in my opinion, [[Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths]] with a price of exactly $99.77 as of time of submission.\n\nThe first main plan of this deck is to use Atris' ETB effect as much as possible to get tons of card advantage throughout the game. The card selection mini-game you get to play with your opponents is so much fun and it works as a great bargaining/political tool when paired up with other cards like Wishclaw Talisman and Scheming Symmetry to try and get the best possible piles with Atris. I loaded the deck with other good budget dimir card draw, removal, and boardwipes to help maintain control of the board and stay ahead on cards, but one hard thing about building budget good stuff decks is how do I actually win?\n\nWell I decided that since we're on a budget and good stuff is too expensive, lets just steal and reanimate all of our opponent's good stuff. Using stealing effects is the main win condition of this deck, and this deck has ways to steal permanents on board and in opponents decks. There were some powerful cards I could not fit into the budget like Praetor's Grasp and Bribery, so I found some cheaper budget options, that aren't quite as powerful, but still get a similar enough effect. \n\nhttps://www.archidekt.com/decks/4797981/atris_highway_robbery_deck_building_submission\n"}]}
Edited 6/28/2023, 3:00:53 AM
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Seesawjackson 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Fun phoenix deck with a lot of board control using damage from Syrix ability. This is especially nice in lower cost decks since most low cost decks involve creatures. I like that this deck has a lot of decision making and requires some thought to play. Can be played over and over and will be different based on the phoenixes you find. Passive damage and healing from creatures dying and coming back lets you slowly kill your opponents while you phoenixes swing in from the sky. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4787785/rise_phoenix_rise"},"insert":"Rise Phoenix Rise"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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NewerRonan 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I think that one of the strongest decks you can build on a budget would be Koll. This is a deck I built for a $50 budget challenge me and some friends had with a few extra cards thrown in. Its a boros combo deck with the focus on effectively \"free\" creatures you can recast over and over again for victory. Either through casting it a lot to get infinite life or mana finished through witty roastmaster or storm count. Alternatively you can through your ornithopters directly with goblin bombardment.\n\n[archidekt_link]https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4341908/boros_combo[/archidekt_link]\n"}]}
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gbleavell 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Bash your opponents' faces in for $45 dollars (excluding basic lands): https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4799605/stompy_on_a_budget \nIf you have $45 and a dream (of turning creatures sideways) , then this deck is for you!\n\nBuilder's note: This is similar to my first \"good\" commander deck that I built around 5 years ago, but with a bit more of a focused approach. Since Goreclaw, Terror of Qal-Sisma has been reprinted a few times since I originally built the deck, she's less than $2. At 3{G}, she's not too expensive to cast, and her ability, which makes your creature spells cost 2 less if they have power 4 or greater, makes for a very easy strategy of trampling over your opponents on turn 4 before they even knew what hit them. \nAre there better, more efficient options? Likely. However, there's an age-old saying that goes \"if it ain't broke, don't fix it\", and Goreclaw has proven time and again that she don't need any fixin'. Thank you for looking at the deck!\n"}]}
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Hedgehogahog 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"So I love a good alternate win con, and some of the fun ones are pretty cheap to build around. Plus, my first real experiences with MTG were during Odyssey and Onslaught. \n\nI give you Zndrsplt and Okaun, and their tribe of goblin coin-tossers, trying for a Chance Encounter victory!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4785174/counting_pennies_budget_build"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4785174/counting_pennies_budget_build"},{"insert":"\n\nthis comes in roughly at $82 and what it lacks in power cards it more than makes up for in sheer joyful chaos. 🙃\n"}]}
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AudioApathy(Common Patron)
2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I have had an immense amount of fun both brewing and playing this ~$50 budget Silvar/Trynn deck. It can either be voltron or go-wide depending on the opponents and has a bit of aristocrats for good measure.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4088308/silvar_is_hungry_for_humans"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4088308/silvar_is_hungry_for_humans"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 6/27/2023, 5:01:32 PM
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Zim 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Whew. This took a LOOOOOONG time to build. But-\nI have a Meria, Scholar of Antiquity STAX deck that is under $50 excluding basic land cards.\nThat's half the requirement!\nThe decklist is here-\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4786463/meria_stax_and_mass_hand_disruption\nPlease won't you give my humble little....\nMASS LAND DESTRUCTION DECK\n...a small piece of your time?\n"}]}
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AshDude 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"War. War never changes.\n\nBut you're ready for the nuclear post-apocalyptic wasteland with "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4797023/fallout_dominaria"},"insert":"Fallout- Dominaria"},{"insert":"!\n\nComing in at just under 92 caps, the strength of this deck's commander makes it surprisingly playable for casual games even though it was designed entirely for flavor. The variety of creatures and spells keeps opponents (and you!) guessing. It may not win very often, but you'll have a fun and unique game every time.\n"}]}
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Galderman 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a Concept deck I built and have sooo much fun with every time I play! It's Green Flyers! All of the creatures can fly. It comes out of nowhere and is so quirky. When I built the deck originally, I had Sword of the Animist and Song of the Dryads in it because I either got it in a draft pack or from the commander precon at the time. I've substituted Armory of Iroas and Lignify in their place to bring the price under $100.\n\nHope you enjoy my deck!\n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4796577/green_flyers\n"}]}
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PBandJake 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4794485/gobbling_on_some_enchantments \nWhen most people see \"whenever you cast a noncreature spell\" on a creature, they think about instants and sorceries. While I am still like most people, I realized enchantments are not creatures. That is how I ended up with an enchantress go-wide deck that has no business being in the colors that it is with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ovika, Enigma Goliath"}},{"insert":". Sitting $99.29 at the time of writing, it's not horribly expensive either, while still containing some fun cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"City on Fire"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"One with the Multiverse"}},{"insert":" to close out games.\n"}]}
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goblinking86989786786755 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"ooohhh!!! i really love this Alesha Humans buid I made for this! https://archidekt.com/decks/4796013/alesha_budget\n"}]}
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Ejwins 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I would like to submit my Nazgul deck from the new LOTR set this deck is $88 not excluding the basic lands with a salt sum of 28.8\n\nI would love this prize money because I am trying to build my own combo deck that will aid me in my local commander nights. Although I am only 12 I hope I can win the contest. \n\nThis is my deck and I hope you enjoy: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4719256/nazgul\n\n"}]}
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Ejwins 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I have added some other cards seeing the functions weren't working in the play tester and I think I have to resend the link. But I have made the addition of some draw because my hand was getting emptied the deck is over $100 but with basic lands excluded it is under.\n\nhttps://www.archidekt.com/decks/4719256/nazgul\n"}]}
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PiRoScOuT 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This is a great coincidence, my local game store has recently started hosting various budget leagues which I've made a deck a few decks for. The one I might be most proud of is my "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4355987/power_hungry_heliod"},"insert":"Heliod, the Radiant Dawn / Heliod, the Warped Eclipse"},{"insert":" deck. It comes in comfortably around $80. It's a super unconventional way to play competitively, which is what it was built for.\n"}]}
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Pixell(Common Patron)
2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"My deck for this month's challenge is the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4774562/budget_challenge_the_burakos_looting_party"},"insert":"Burakos Looting Party"},{"insert":". \n\nUse low cost cards to quickly fill out your party, then use the treasures Burakos makes to put out your higher value party members.\n"}]}
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Kegak 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"I made this for the hipster challenge, but with a few tweaks it fits these constraints. So this is my Krydle Hipster Poison deck! Enjoy!\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4030774/krydle_poison"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4030774/krydle_poison"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 6/26/2023, 5:28:53 PM
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