Best Way to See Card Relationships?
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Posted on Oct. 8, 2017, 7:16 p.m. by machineghost
I have a Commander deck with a lot of combos, and many cards overlap different combos. This makes it hard to differentiate a card that's used in four different 3-card combos and a card that's only used in a single 6-card combo.
I've tried using Word/Excel to list the cards/combos but that only sort of works because of the many possible combinations.
Has anyone found a good way to track which cards in a deck (of which maybe 40 of which are used in combos) are used in which 2-card, 3-card, etc. combos?
I like to physically lay out my deck and sort it out into different categories. Over time you tend to find the essence of the deck and it's easier to see how things interact with eachother.
October 9, 2017 9:03 a.m.
machineghost says... #6
The other part of it is that it comes down to how good your understanding of the game is, as well as your memory. But this can be somewhat helped by going over a combo a few times once you have figured it out.
I understand the game well enough, but my memory is not the best. And again, we're talking about 40+ cards which are parts to at least 10 different possible "combo sets", and some of those combos are things like "this card, that card, and one of Sol Ring, Temple of the False God, Mox Chome, or seven other cards") ... so I think even people with a good memory would get a bit overwhelmed trying to hold all those connections in their brain at once.
It sounds like physical sorting is the best tool anyone has so far (and on that note, perfect post AMJacker).
enpc says... #2
You should be able to figure out the easy ones off the bat (e.g. Palinchron + Deadeye Navigator + Vela the Night-Clad) however I have found that one of the best ways comes down to goldfishing the deck a bunch. If every turn you try and look for a winning line, you'll come across the more practical ones.
The other part of it is that it comes down to how good your understanding of the game is, as well as your memory. But this can be somewhat helped by going over a combo a few times once you have figured it out.
October 8, 2017 8:19 p.m.