Ideas for competitive red/green based deck
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Aug. 10, 2015, 2:52 a.m. by bigv54
I just bought my first dual land, a revised Taiga, for a pretty good deal and i need to play it! I currently have an Oloro combo/control deck and really want this one to play differently. My meta is extremely competitive so I'm really looking to build the best deck possible, and after several gatherer searches I'm at a loss. I could play straight Gruul or a three color deck with red and green. I'm looking for some opinions from everyone about commanders they've tried or seen that fit the bill. Thank you in advance!
Check out my Xenagos, God of Revels deck Xenagod, wrecker of face, it's a lot of fun and pretty competitive as well! + it's much different from Oloro ;)
August 10, 2015 5:19 a.m.
As kengiczar said, Prossh, Skyraider of Kher is good. You can easily build it to switch between voltron, creature swarm and combo. And the great thing is all the cards still end up complimenting each other. He's just that good a card.
Your other option is a RUG deck. Maelstrom Wanderer storm value is super good, though it'll take a bug of money to pull together. Its good fun but a bit tricky to pilot. Your other option is Riku of Two Reflections as either combo control or the king of goodstuff. The fact that he combos with Palinchron for infinite mana by himself though makes me lean towards combo control (plus I find goodstuff decks boring). You did mention that you already have a combo control deck though, so there's that.
August 10, 2015 9:25 a.m.
There are already two prossh decks in my group of friends alone, and a wanderer. RUG is a possibility still but i do want to avoid just building another deck like my oloro one. Xenagod does sound pretty sweet though!
Are there any other jund commanders that are good or maybe naya?
August 10, 2015 9:56 p.m.
I had a look at your Oloro deck - If you're talking about potential turn 4 victories and TaN combos and you're trying to build a R/G/x deck, then Xenagod will be too slow. Same goes for most Naya decks unfortunately.
You could look into a Marath, Will of the Wild as your commander, he is very combo focused. Other than that, trying to build a deck that can keep up your will most likely need blue.
August 10, 2015 11:03 p.m.
I have seen Marath duel commander decks that basically play like modern pod, is that when you're referring to? And yeah it is very possible that xenagod is too slow, but with how our meta is currently there is no way sommeone combos turn four anymore just because of the disruption. It becomes a cold war style game of chicken with nobody going for it until they have protection. If i have a deck that could possibly use large midrange threats to go under that I'm thinking that might work, which is another reason i want to go green. Also having the ability like pod to just "accidentally" go infinite sounds like what i want to do.
Now is Marath really the best choice for such a deck or is that just the popular choice in French?
August 11, 2015 3:50 a.m.
Marath is good because there are so many cards that offer synergy with him. Out of the Naya commanders, he definitely offers the most combo potential. If you're after mainly midrange threats then Mayael might also be worth looking into, however accidentally comboing off is much harder.
August 11, 2015 4:12 a.m.
I have always been a fan of Ruric Thar, the Unbowed as a commander. He warps the game incredibly and is super fun to build around.
kengiczar says... #2
One of the #1 decks is Prossh, Skyraider of Kher. You have access to tutors, enchantment/artifact destruction, recursion, mana ramp, Sacrifice and Prossh creates the kobolds whether he's countered or not so you can machine gun things down with Goblin Bombardment.
Another option is the Scion of the Ur-Dragon but you'd want pretty much all the duals to play it's most competitive form. It tutors harder than prosh and can combo out turns 2-4 with the right hands. (Yes, more than one way to get T3 win and multiple ways to get T4 win.)
I am not 100% but I don't think straight
offers much as far as competitiveness goes. Even in group EDH you'll be a bit limited.
August 10, 2015 3:21 a.m.