need to speed things up with my deck
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on April 25, 2022, 11:23 a.m. by GioMontanari
my deck Hamza, Selesnya +1/+1 counters is a little slow, somebody can help me find ways to speed things up?
GioMontanari says... #3
Thank you very much for the suggestions, I started playing commander like two weeks ago so I’m really a rookie in deckbuilding. As for Doubling Season is really out of my budget at the moment. Would you care to suggest me which cards to take out and which to take in? Thank you very much.
April 26, 2022 2:25 a.m.
A good way to cut a card is to look at what a card does and cut a card in your list that has a similar function. AstroAA mentioned a few cards that would fit your deck use those examples and cut a creature or spell that produces mana in favor of a suggestion. Generally you will want to cut higher mana cost cards first and work your way down.
April 26, 2022 8:39 a.m.
GioMontanari says... #5
Ojallday AstroAAThank you for your advices, I made a few changes with the cards I have available at home and now the average CMC is 3.1 which is certainly better than before. I added a few cards to the maybeboard, which, for me, is more a "As soon as possible I will buy it board". If you have any other advices on how to improve my deck, not only for speed and ramping but also other aspect, I would really appreciate it
AstroAA says... #2
To start, your average converted mana cost is 3.44, which is kind of high. I would definitely work on lowering that. In addition, while you are running things like Somberwald Sage, Heronblade Elite, and Gyre Sage - things that can tap for lots of mana - they are all three CMC, which is a lot for ramp that you cannot even use that turn. You'd want to look at things like Elvish Mystic, Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves and Birds of Paradise.
You're also running a lot of lands, but no way to ramp via lands besides Cultivate. Things like Exploration, Kodama's Reach, Burgeoning, etc can help with this.
Also, general suggestion - if you want to do things with counters, run Doubling Season and/or Anointed Procession; they're too good in counter-based decks. You also need a Cathars' Crusade, as it can easily distribute multiple counters in a single turn to every single creature you control.
April 25, 2022 3:13 p.m.