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This is a cool take on a Frodo and Sam deck. I have one that I built just focused on the hobbit theme rather than winning. It uses all cards from the set. It's always interesting to see someone take the commander and build something with a similar idea but totally different goal.

February 27, 2025 3:08 p.m.

Said on Feed the Bear...

#2

Very cool deck, I love that commander. I have some thoughts, but take it with a grain of salt, I haven't played the deck and I don't pretend to be an expert.

I would personally recommend more land and maybe ramp card draw. I know your curve is low, but I still think 35 lands and 9 pieces of ramp is a little low. You have a mana sink in your command zone and multiple triggered abilities you need to pay mana to take advantage of and you need to pay to crack that food so I think the deck might actually be deceptively mana hungry. Besides, the biggest advantage of a low curve is being able to cast multiple spells per turn and you need mana for that.

Similarly I would personally run a little more card draw. I counted 10 pieces, but with such a low curve you want to empty and refill your hand quickly. It also works well with adding more ramp/land as it will give you more to do with it.

Lastly I would cut some of the "payoff" cards that trigger when you gain life. Obviously you want to keep the best ones, especially any that help with ramp or card draw, but you have a lot that are aimed at making tokens or buffing creatures and you already run a lot of creatures and have your commander buffing them. Having some overlap in case the commander gets removed or just to buff your creatures more is always nice, but most of them aren't as good as the commander so they take slots that could be used for more card draw, ramp, land, life gain, or interaction for something that feels a bit "win more" when you take into account already having your commander and a deck full of creatures to buff.

Overall cool build, I hope you have fun with it! +1 for the adorable bear

February 27, 2025 2:55 p.m.

Said on Gruul Creature Stax...

#3

Thanks capwner!

All great suggestions! I especially like Shigeki, Jukai Visionary and Dosan the Falling Leaf, going to have to play around and see if I can make room for them.

February 17, 2025 11:18 p.m.

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