Killing your Darlings
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 31, 2023, 12:16 p.m. by Tsukimi
I have a Bant Copy/Populate deck that I have posted about a few times over the years, my favorite deck and a blast to play. The commander (Chulane) was basically on permanent vacation in the command zone while I played with a glorious stack of 99 singleton. I'm very excited to finally have a token commander in Bant with the advent of Brenard, Ginger Sculptor.
I have tried to meld my previous decklist with some more cards that will benefit from/work well with Brenard. So a few of the best splicers to buff our golems, more sac outlets, etc.
At this point, I think the deck has a lil bit of a split identity issue. A lot of the big splashy creatures to act as copy targets for tokens have been cut, as well as a lot of single token producers like Quasiduplicate and Croaking Counterpart have been cut since we can generate tokens more reliably. However, I think the deck still needs some work- but I am too close to kill my darlings. There are definitely too may 4CMC drops but every one thats there is a superstar in the deck as of now. I think I need more low CMC copy targets (3 CMC or less probably) to be already out when I cast Brenard. Also, my playgroup is very fun/casual, we avoid infinite combos and the like.
I'd really appreciate any suggestions on thoughts, cuts, and replacements, really any thoughts! I was so excited when Brenard was spoiled and I have been working on this deck for a week straight and am too close at this point lol.