Elsterooo

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Hey there.

I'm an old player who has been around since Urza's with a long break in between and consider myself a deckbuilder first, a player second nowadays.

Gameplay- and cardknowledge steadily approving, I hope that my decks are able to reflect the progress I make as I learn!

It's just a lot of fun for me building decks, and I push my limits at times trying to contest the meta. However, for every time I do so, I like to produce unique strategies ranging from strong to casual. In my opinion, mainstream decks/netdecking are/is holding back so many interesting, possibly powerful decks from being discovered. The decks you'll find here are, because of that, whacky and different with a few exceptions, my own spin on current metas, if I find something interesting.

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Hey there! A quick and short overview of my listed decks. Besides Tyvar Priest, I have been focusing entirely on budget decks, visibly. But I have done so very on and off and played less Magic overall because my faith in it has dwindled with the way Hasbro is handling it.

My deckbuilding has suffered because of it, less refined, some decks I put up here are not even worthy to be considered out of the "rough sketch" state. I put these up mostly to keep track of what I need to work on for myself. That said, I hope you find something you like with that in mind!

April 2, 2025 4:50 p.m.

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Sure, I hope I will not forget anything from before.

The card I posted was Military Intelligence. Not necessairly for this list, but you said you like, in part, a control focused approach and I wanted to at least post something if I was going to comment. I'm glad if that was a helpful suggestion.

I think the comments already mentioned all the important bits. And I agree about less to no Disallow. The reason for this is Lofty Denial should take care of everything you need. Even if someone casts a one mana spell on T2 and you don't have a flier out, you wouldn't be able to cast Disallow either. I do not believe leaving three mana open on T3 to enable it is beneficial to your strategy as well, I'd even prefer a Spell Queller in that situation.

All in all, my reasoning for this is that by the time you could meaningfully cast Disallow, your opponent should be on life support at the bare minimum.

No matter your experience, it is substantially hard to make these choices without cardpool knowledge and a feeling for the powerlevel of the format. You're doing great, though.

April 8, 2025 10:21 a.m.

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Hey there! A quick and short overview of my listed decks. Besides Tyvar Priest, I have been focusing entirely on budget decks, visibly. But I have done so very on and off and played less Magic overall because my faith in it has dwindled with the way Hasbro is handling it.

My deckbuilding has suffered because of it, less refined, some decks I put up here are not even worthy to be considered out of the "rough sketch" state. I put these up mostly to keep track of what I need to work on for myself. That said, I hope you find something you like with that in mind!

April 2, 2025 4:50 p.m.

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Pseudo-Infinite Cat (Now without Oven!)

Pioneer Elsterooo

SCORE: 2 | 58 VIEWS

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Slogurk these Nu

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[Budget] Mono Red Control

Standard* Elsterooo

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[Budget] Izzet Reckless Crew

Pioneer* Elsterooo

5 VIEWS

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[Budget] Dimir Gixian Control

Standard* Elsterooo

444 VIEWS

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[Budget] Human Tribal Sacrifice

Standard* Elsterooo

SCORE: 2 | 606 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

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Holy Diver

Pioneer* Elsterooo

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[Budget] Fateful Handoff Reanimator

Standard Elsterooo

17 VIEWS

Finished Decks 23
Prototype Decks 7
Drafts 0
Playing since Urza's Legacy
Avg. deck rating 4.20
T/O Rank 860
Helper Rank 212
Favorite formats Pioneer, Modern
Joined 3 years