I’m a certified judge through Judge Academy and Commander/EDH player that started my MTG career 11 years ago playing Standard back when Worldwake and Rise of the Eldrazi dropped. I continued playing standard until Mirrodin Besieged, after which I took a break for a few years before returning to play commander exclusively (just couldn’t let go of those old cards!). I loved the Eldrazi and Mirrodin sets and you’ll probably see that reflected in my decks with a few cards, and I enjoy building a variety of styles and strategies. I play with a decent sized play group every other weekend so I’m always testing new ideas and updating my decks to their full potential! Hope you enjoy checking out my builds, and find inspiration for exciting ways to play Magic!

When I first started playing commander I had built two decks, a basic Gishath fun dinosaur deck and a mostly functional Ur-Dragon deck. Filled with hype and optimism I joined a playgroup consisting of friends who had been playing commander for a decent amount of time, and jumped into the game. To sum up the events of that first outing:

I got WRECKED.

Dinosaurs dying left and right, dragons getting buried before they ever took off, and getting absolutely plowed by a Liliana, Heretical Healer discard themed deck, it was a night filled with defeat. But undaunted by this devastation, I reviewed my decks and simultaneously decided to build a new deck, one based around one of my longtime favorite characters in MTG, Nicol Bolas. (I can hear the booing from some of you already). It started as a Grixis superfriends deck that tended to flounder or flop, and then steadily received upgrades, full reworks ranging from a land destruction theme to voltron, and finally settled on it’s current superior form, Nicol Bolas, the Deathbringer. I had finally crafted my leading deck, and was starting to win fairly consistently. Off this success I built my Kruphix deck focused on Eldrazi titans and big creatures, my cat tribal Arahbo deck, my very popular Korvold, the Draconic Railgun *Primer*, and more recently my Koma deck that regularly gets me in trouble in my playgroup. There were few interesting decks explored along the way, but these 5 decks are staples of my arsenal, and have won me numerous victories since their creation!

The Five, in all their glory

My newest set of decks has caused quite a stir in my playgroups, featuring 3 of the Strixhaven elder dragon founders! Galazeth Prismari, Velomachus Lorehold and Shadrix Silverquill caught my interest immediately and I decided to make decks for them. The decks were made with a higher base power level than my previous decks, in part due to having much more experience in EDH since my starting days and are more strategic overall. If you’re looking for a fun deck headed by an elder dragon to embody the Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) spirit, I hope you’ll check out these decks below and find something you like!

As of 12/1/21

-Checking out Crimson Vow and making minor upgrades and tweaks to the Strixhaven Series decks!

-Updating Arahbo

-Another deck in the works!

Stay tuned!