Which commander for a Simic ultra-budget deck?

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Posted on Sept. 7, 2024, 10:26 p.m. by legendofa

I have a deck series on here that's all about making decks as low-budget as possible--like, below $3 on TCGPlayer, below $25 on CardKingdom cheap. I'm looking in a couple of different directions for , and I'd like to get some ideas of what option would get more people interested. My main thoughts right now are

The outside thoughts are

Which of these sounds the most interesting for a ultra-budget deck? For some examples of what I've done so far, check these out.

Crow_Umbra says... #2

I used to play Eutropia the Twice-Favored a few years ago and had a lot of fun with her at the time. The recent addition of Role tokens and all the new Enchantment stuff from Duskmourn opens up new support that could be interesting.

Being able to stack counters on creatures and give them temporary Flying made damage feel much more doable and inevitable.

September 7, 2024 10:43 p.m.

seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3

I recently heard of a way to play Eutropia with spells such as Broken Wings and Hurricane to basically play Simic Doom Blade tribal. Sounds like a cheap way.

September 8, 2024 8:08 a.m.

legendofa says... #4

seshiro_of_the_orochi Oh, that's a nice touch. I didn't think of that.

September 8, 2024 1:02 p.m.

FormOverFunction says... #5

I like the idea of using Vorel on other people’s things. He’s in my Simic watermark deck, and it’s funny to double the -1/-1 counters on the 2/2 undying creature my opponent was planning on using, or the stun counters that someone just put on something. Vorel operates on a very fundamental/basic level, which is my favorite kind of card. Totally open-ended when it comes to weird interactions with the 300 other cards people in my pod brought. “That Chalice of the Void is pretty bad-ass... I think it would be even BETTER if it had 8 counters rather than four.....” ;p

September 10, 2024 4:22 p.m.

SteelSentry says... #6

I'm a fan of Troyan, Gutsy Explorer myself. I don't have him built in paper but he's my Brawl deck on Arena rn. His second ability opens up edge case cards like Madness, flashback spells like Deep Analysis, and incarnations like Wonder.

September 11, 2024 7:11 p.m.

legendofa says... #7

SteelSentry What other cards would you suggest for this with the budget restriction?

September 12, 2024 9:27 p.m.

SteelSentry says... #8

On Arena I have every budget beater and card draw spell in those colors I own for the most part. I usually don't recommend it as a first stop, but in this case, the theme is wide open enough that a scroll through EDHREC is a fine place to start.

https://edhrec.com/commanders/troyan-gutsy-explorer/budget

It looks like Adventures are a good budget option, and Keruga as a companion is another neat direction to go in. Check out split cards and the new Rooms in Duskmourn for ways to get around Keruga, the Macrosage's restriction!

September 13, 2024 12:08 a.m.

legendofa says... #9

SteelSentry I don't want to turn down your advice, I'm going to check EDHrec, but I have a Gorion, Wise Mentor deck in this series for Adventures. Keruga, the Macrosage would be a fun twist if I can make the budgeting work.

September 13, 2024 1:03 a.m.

SteelSentry says... #10

No problem! I'm glad my suggestion piqued your interest if anything. Like I said, I've currently only built him in 1v1 Brawl which is a much different deck building philosophy. I'm excited to see if it ends up turning out.

September 13, 2024 7:07 a.m.

hyalopterouslemur says... #11

Prime Speaker Zegana is pretty budget-friendly (under $2) and consistently draws a lot of cards. You can just play power matters and goodstuff. Or you can put her in the 99 in any deck.

October 25, 2024 5:53 p.m.

legendofa says... #12

hyalopterouslemur I'm pretty much locked into Eutropia the Twice-Favored enchantments at this point, but I do like your thinking. Prime Speaker Zegana might find her way into the deck.

October 25, 2024 7:30 p.m.

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