{"ops":[{"insert":"some guy who updates his decks all the time\n\nfiltering by scryfall query is #1 archidekt feature.\nCategories (Multiple) on all my decks please.\n\nuseful land filter: \nt:land ((o:tapped -o:unless ((-o:2 OR -o:3) -o:life)) OR (ci:c -o:\"any\"))\n\nMy deckbuilding quirks are that I enjoy higher amounts of lands, interaction, and draw than the average edh player. \nFlexibility on cards also rank highly in my mind. Also, most of my decks do not centralise around the commander often.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Edgar Markov"}},{"insert":" :: I do not play this against randoms. I wish there wasn't a vampire tribal commander so centralising, but here he is. I like vampires.\n\nThe following decks are designed with the conscious exclusion of expensive format hyperstaples.\nNotably, no fast mana (besides "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" (EDIT 2024: Officially Brainstorm-legacy card),\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necropotence"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyclonic Rift"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rhystic Study"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Remora"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Smothering Tithe"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teferi's Protection"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Esper Sentinel"}},{"insert":", \n"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Dockside Extortionist"}},{"insert":" (banned 2024)"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":","},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The One Ring"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Craterhoof Behemoth"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orcish Bowmasters"}},{"insert":",\nfree-with-commander spells, free counterspells.\nMy LGS meta has been generally against mid-power casual. This allows for slightly greedier and slower gameplay than I might otherwise build.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baron Bertram Graywater"}},{"insert":" :: Originally an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elenda, the Dusk Rose"}},{"insert":" , and before that "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teysa Karlov"}},{"insert":" list, aristocrats is one of my favorite things to do. Teysa does not inherently offer the aristocrats gameplan any of the three tools it needs, fodder, altar, payoff, on its own, but Baron offers one and a half as well as card draw. Elenda offers two. No "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grave Pact"}},{"insert":" type effects.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marchesa, the Black Rose"}},{"insert":" :: In 2022 I pulled "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Ozolith"}},{"insert":" out of an Ikoria pack and felt I should build a counters EDH deck of some kind. Vampires like counters, so I felt it was an opportunity to build a non Edgar vampire deck, which gradually became this one. Adding blue means adding clones and countermagic, which is fun. Marchesa's second ability makes everything very sticky and allows for aristocrat shenanigans as well. Not built toward theft.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rakdos, Lord of Riots"}},{"insert":" :: Originally my $80 budget low-power big dumb creatures list. Over time I have added more and more money value to the deck. It used to be that I skewed focus away from the commander, since Lord of Riots demands so much deck space to reliably cast him, but I figured that instead on pingers that decrease the card quality of the deck instead I have evasive threats that can be flexibly played either to cast Rakdos or to take advantage on his discount. Testing "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Florian, Voldaren Scion"}},{"insert":" as alternate commander; they both care about damage to enemies and the deck needs a good blocker on 3 to survive early. Looking at a lot of cards also helps. Purposely does not include legendary Eldrazi or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blightsteel Colossus"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Anhelo, the Painter"}},{"insert":" :: I liked the card but disliked the precon. Grixis spellslinger pile and can also play "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kess, Dissident Mage"}},{"insert":" in the command zone instead.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Carth the Lion"}},{"insert":" :: Wanted an excuse to jam Sorin planeswalkers and didn't want to build "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Atraxa, Praetors' Voice"}},{"insert":". Has "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Doubling Season"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eladamri, Korvecdal"}},{"insert":": Originally a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kodama of the East Tree"}},{"insert":" /"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kamahl, Heart of Krosa"}},{"insert":" partners deck, then a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Saryth, the Viper's Fang"}},{"insert":" deck. Since I don't build real green decks that often, in 2023 I decided to add a monogreen edh deck. Kodama is one of the most tantalizing card designs in green to me, sneak attack plus partner and include Kamahl for a guaranteed wincon. Originally more budget go-wide tokens and slam Kamahl for the win, didn't feel quite right to me. Then I noticed I only had like 8 non-permanent cards (due to Kodama) and decided to go all in on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Primal Surge"}},{"insert":". Then later realizing the deck isn't very good at protection, went looking for a new commander. Saryth is very underplayed but fits this deck and what it needs. She was a good commander for the deck for a while, but then "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Eladamri, Korvecdal"}},{"insert":" was previewed for MH3 and yeah. Mostly an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Augur of Autumn"}},{"insert":" +"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elvish Piper"}},{"insert":" in a deck with 40 creatures, many of which are big? Throwback to Kodama vibes. No "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger"}},{"insert":". \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Xenk, Paladin Unbroken"}},{"insert":" :: Even though voltron gameplay can be not great at times, I've been looking for a voltron build I actually like since 2021. Previous almost serious iterations were "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daxos of Meletis"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Haktos the Unscarred"}},{"insert":" but this is what I settled on finally. Also gives me an excuse never to build a selesnya enchantress deck.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aragorn, King of Gondor"}},{"insert":" :: New aikido deck. Was thinking about "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Queen Marchesa"}},{"insert":" aikido again with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sunforger"}},{"insert":", I could also pull all the blue cards I like out of an older "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nymris, Oona's Trickster"}},{"insert":" deck, which was itself a cheaper control/aikido deck. Wanted to make that deck an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time"}},{"insert":" deck but also "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Toshiro Umezawa"}},{"insert":" deck as a control strategy, which did work but was less enjoyable for my opponents and me than this strategy.\nAragorn is very good in the 1v1 with the monarch and unblockable vigilance creature, and the aikido elements are very good with more than one opponent.\n"}]}