Nice deck! It might help if tasigur wasn't banned as a commander in 1v1. But it doesn't matter based on meta.

@SphinxOfChimes1080 Thanks! We don't play Duel in my meta, we play regular edh. No banned as commander rules. Also we usually have 5-7 players. Our games tend to last loooong!

(Did I label this as duel unintentionally?)

Sounds fun! hope my comment didn't sound too negative-nancy.

Not negative at all! Just had me thinking I mis-labeled this as a Duel Commander rather than reg EDH (different ban lists). I recognize he has the potential to be banned though. I'm still considering Damia as a better option. I'm not entirely sure tho.

I did play the deck this weekend with some others. It utterly failed when pressured in a 1v1. Acidic slime destroyed my rocks & lands one game. The other I was just hosed on lands. No rocks. All big casting yard-theft with my opponents yard staying empty. Think I need to bring in more green sources. Green was a big problem. I need a few more games before I change too much. Maybe bring in an additional land for now.

INCOMING!

Life from the Loam, Soul Manipulation, Krosan Grip, Oath of Druids, Putrefy and possibly Countersquall

So it was recommended to me that I pitch several "bad" cards, like Counterspell, Spinal Embrace, Psychic Intrusion, Talent of the Telepath & Mind's Dilation. Well, I don't think he sees the same vision I'm seeing for this deck. I went very deep in the "steal your shit" theme :)

I'll pitch Talent, it's whiffing too often. Maybe even Herald of Leshrac. I don't like the idea of them getting back the lands I stole. Counterspell is too good! Hold it to protect my key spells or to stop them from dropping their bombs (that I can't otherwise stop/steal). That and the threat of untapped is often enough to stop your opponents from doing anything!

I'm going to be bringing in Memory Plunder & Havengul Lich.

He also suggested I ditch the tutors... To that I say, "Pffft!" If I do ditch them, they'll be replaced by a tutor in my "maybe" list. I could just grab Vampiric Tutor or Demonic Tutor, but I'm not sure I want to spend the money, or get that serious with the deck.

So funny story - last Friday, the Marchesa player was SO afraid of my stealing power he wouldn't recast his commander. Instead he attacked me over & over again to kill me (I wasn't drawing anything to board wipe either.). He lost the game because Mayael built up while he focused on killing me, so he could try to combo off & win. I was holding Desertion lol. I just needed a board wipe.

Finally updated the list, showing Leo as the new commander (primarily because he was just best in slot & deterred targeted removal), and the next damn day those cucks ban him. Kinda pisses me off. "It's unfun" when people optimize a Leo strategy. Well fuckin yeah, all stax are unfun. Learn to work around it & quit bein a god damn pussy. Mono-colored decks still have to deal with Iona. That's pretty fuckin trash too, but you learn to deal with it.

Incoming are - Sheoldred, Whispering One and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. They've been ordered, but I'm not sure what they will be replacing.

Long overdue update to the deck. Jin is in. As is Crypt Ghast & Animate Dead. Sheoldred ended up in another deck, so hopefully Ill pull one in Iconic for this deck.