Beauty and the Beasts - Braids $40 Budget Monsters

Commander / EDH Budget Eldrazi Mono-Blue

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I use antlers in all of my decorating. (Beasts) (17)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Guile
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Nullstone Gargoyle
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Tromokratis
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher

I warned you never to come here! (Counters) (7)

• 1x Counterlash
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Negate
• 1x Nullstone Gargoyle
• 1x Swan Song

Utility (6)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Quicksilver Fountain
• 1x Stitcher Geralf
• 1x Timesifter

Show me the Beast! (Cheaters & Clones) (10)

• 1x Aetherplasm
• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Clone
• 1x Counterlash
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Omen Machine
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Stunt Double

Kill the Beast! (Removal) (9)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Arena
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Wash Out

Who said anything about the castle being enchanted? (Mana Base) (38)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Coral Atoll
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 32x Island
• 1x Temple of the False God

Commander (1)

The Beast is mine! (Steal) (8)

• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Guile
• 1x Roil Elemental

Soon she starts getting ideas and thinking. (Card Draw) (6)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Azure Mage
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken

Thank you for saving my life. (Protection) (5)

• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Veil
• 1x Vanishing
• 1x Vodalian Illusionist

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The #3 Braids deck on TappedOut!

 

This deck has gone through many changes. It started out extremely budget, but as I gained more cards, it turned into a pricier build which I have now made into:

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Grey Ice Water - Kozilek Eldrazi

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Now I am bringing it back to the basics. Braids loves calling up big beefy creatures to surround herself. I've seen some Braids decks feature mainly sea creatures and some feature mainly artifact creatures/Eldrazi but I thought it best to do a mixture of both.

In my ongoing endeavor to bring frugality to Commander, each card in this deck is under $2 and the whole deck is under $40. If you like what you see, UPVOTE! or you can check out all my other $40 budget decks. If you see some areas of improvement, let me know what you'd change. Just make sure all suggested cards are under $2.

The Strategy

Step 1 = Ramp

At some point your opponents will get sick of you cheating out bigger things than they have and they'll start going after Braids. When that happens, you'll be glad you ramped early (if possible) so you can hardcast your fatties.

Step 2 = Play Braids, Conjurer Adept

There's no time like the present to get your beaters out and doing work. It's even better if you can get a phasing piece out to make sure you are the only one benefiting.

Step 3 = Swing away

Big creatures were meant to punch people in the face. Put the pressure on!

The Win Cons

Only win con is beating people to a pulp with huge creatures.

The Upgrades

Feel free to suggest any of your favorite upgrade cards:

Beasts: It That Betrays, Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, Void Winnower

Card Draw: Consecrated Sphinx, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Rhystic Study

Cheaters & Clones: Clever Impersonator, Faerie Artisans, Phyrexian Metamorph , Rite of Replication

Counters: Disallow

Mana Base: Caged Sun, Gilded Lotus, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Reliquary Tower, Sapphire Medallion, Sol Ring, Thought Vessel, Thran Dynamo

Protection: Lightning Greaves

Removal: Cyclonic Rift

Utility: Fabricate, Paradox Haze, Planar Bridge

$40 Budget Decks

I love the challenge of building really cheap decks. This is how the majority of my real life decks start out and then I improve them over time.

Mono Decks

Do A Baral Roll - Baral $40 Budget Counterspells - #1 Baral deck on TappedOut

Blinded By The Light - Seer $40 Budget Colors - #1 Blind Seer deck on TappedOut

Beauty and the Beasts - Braids $40 Budget Monsters - #3 Braids deck on TappedOut

The Thrull Is Gone - Endrek $40 Budget Control - #1 Endrek Sahr deck on TappedOut

Turn Down For What - Ixidor $40 Budget Mystery

Black Water - Korlash $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Korlash deck on TappedOut

The Godfather - Krenko $40 Budget Goblins

Spirit In The Sky - Oyobi $40 Budget Spirits - #1 Oyobi deck on TappedOut

One Plus One Is One - Rishkar $40 Budget Counters - #2 Rishkar deck on TappedOut

Srama Lama Ding Dong - Sram $40 Budget Voltron

Bugs - Thriss $40 Budget Infectious Insects - #1 Thriss deck on TappedOut

2 Color Decks

Army - Agrus Kos $40 Budget Soldiers - #1 Agrus Kos deck on TappedOut

Baby, Come Back - Brago $40 Budget Blink

Time Is On My Side - Jhoira $40 Budget Suspension

Kitty - Katametra $40 Budget Tribal

Where Is My Mina? - Mina/Denn $40 Budget Landfall - #4 Mina & Denn deck on TappedOut

We're Going To Be Friends - Munda $40 Budget Ally - #1 Munda deck on TappedOut

Bulls on Parade - Neheb $40 Budget Minotaurs

I Am A Rock - Noyan Dar $40 Budget Man Lands - #3 Noyan Dar deck on TappedOut

Red Rain - Olivia $40 Budget Vampires - #4 Olivia deck on TappedOut

One Time Too Many - Phenax $40 Budget Mill

King of Pain - Rakdos $40 Budget Beaters

Jumpin' Jack Flashmi - Rashmi $40 Budget Flashers

Cage The Elephant - Selvala $40 Budget Tribal

Stone Free - Sisters $40 Budget Thievery - #1 Sisters deck on TappedOut

Three Times A Lady - Triad $40 Budget Blinkers

3 Color Decks

I Put A Spell On You - Jeleva $40 Budget Spells - #3 Jeleva deck on TappedOut

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Uril $40 Budget - #2 Uril deck on TappedOut

Been Caught Stealing - Yasova $40 Budget Thievery

Whoomp! Zur It Is - Zur $40 Budget Enchantments

4/5 Color Decks

Super Metroid - Akiri & Silas $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Akiri & Silas deck on TappedOut

Let My Love Open The Door - Sidar & Kraum $40 Budg

Beds Are Burning - Vial & Thrasios $40 Budget - #5 Vial & Thrasios deck on TappedOut

My Current Decks

Re: Stacks - Brago Stax

The Funeral - Chainer Reanimator / deck:one-thing-leads-to-another-sidisi-combo-control

Breeze(un)blocks - Kaseto Budget Unblockables

Grey Ice Water - Kozilek Eldrazi

A Whiter Shade of Pale - Michiko Budget Lifegain - #1 Michiko Konda deck on TappedOut

Paint It Black - Mikaeus Budget Combo

deck:turn-turn-turn-narset-budget-creatureless

Hurt - Nekusar Wheels

Bein' Green - Omnath Elves

Tangled Up In Blue - Talrand Morph

Red Right Hand - Zada Budget Aggro

Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	5.11
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Zombie X/X U
Folders	Good EDH, EDH decks, $40 Budget Commanders, braids budget, Potential decks, Cool (budget) EDH, EDH, EDH ideas, Commander Ideas, edh_to_build