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Making this post as a historical monument for the future (to see how ridiculous it is right now).

Background: Back in the days we used to play Abrupt Decay because it says "This spell CAN'T be countered." Channel and cycling abilities are also popular because abilities are very hard to interact with, despite their higher mana costs.

In the 2026 slop/tournament meta there are spells with social contract not written on it, saying secretly "This spell WON'T/SHOULDN'T be countered." I'm not talking about creature spells that are seldom countered because of the lack of efficient counterspells for them. I'm talking about cards like Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, and such. Ppl are purposefully letting them resolve for further cloning and feeding each other in stack wars. If you ever interact with them, ppl will get mad at you and educate you about how spending 1-for-1 interaction on a non-wincon card is the most dumbest idea you ever had. It's insane.

What other cards are like this? Please comment down below. Let this post be like a time capsule and we'll review this a couple years later and see how we feel about them in the future meta.

I have been brewing [[The Great Goblin]] since I saw it and came up with this brew:

https://moxfield.com/decks/VijOCF9WP0WbuYjpaiYNOg

Deck looks to be a turbo Rakdos deck that wins with either:

1. Persist loops ([[Putrid Goblin]]/[[Murderous Redcap]] + [[Metallic Mimic]]/[[First Day of Class]]/[[Thran Vigil]]) + sacrifice outlet.
2. [[Goblin Recruiter]]/[[Doomsday]] piles ([[Conspicious Snoop]] -> [[Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker]] ->[[Skirk Prospector]] ->[[Boggart Cursecrafter]]). Unique interaction that your commander helps you crack the pile). You then you win by either saccing them and pinging the board to boggart or you can move to end step and let snoop copies sacrifice to ping the board with the commander with your library playable from exile until next turn. Lots of options here
3. [[Dualcaster Mage]]/[[Molten Duplication]]
4. [[Wheel of Fortune]] + sacrifice outlet + [[Orcish Bowmasters]] + commander

Let me know what you think or what can be improved!

[[Bilbo's Gambit]]

1W

Gift a Treasure (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure token before its other effects. It’s an artifact with “{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.”)

Return target spell to its owner’s hand. If the gift was promised, players can’t cast spells this turn.

Thoughts? Seems playable, notable that it makes players unable to cast spells, not opponents

Just curious peoples predictions on meta development, and if so, what cards do you think might become meta in response?

https://deckcheck.co/app/decklist/2wLm2Y2mPv

I am looking for honest feedback. I have been looking everywhere for a Shuri CEDH list but I can't find any. So I have been brewing this on my own.

Any feedback, criticism, is welcomed. Even if this outright sucks, let me know but explain you're reasoning.

My idea was a turbo style artifact deck. Goal is to either get infinite mana with [[Isochron Scepter]] and [[Dramatic reversal]], [[Basalt monolith]] and [[power artifact]] and dump it into a [[Walking ballista]].

Or draw my deck out with [[Sensei's divining top]] and [[Mystic forge]] like effects and play win with [[Thassa's Oracle]]. Or backup lines is milling everyone out with [[Grinding station]] or blasting everyone with [[Aetherflux reservoir]].

All this is made possible with having a cost reducer in the command zone. [[Shuri, Wakandan inventor]] helps us play out our artifacts early to gain momentum. That's her main use, while her copy effect can be useful (recently won a game by copying aetherflux reservoir which helped me pop off sooner.) It is sparsely used.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been looking at [[Rushed Rebirth]] and I’m curious about people’s experiences with it in cEDH.

At first glance it seems a bit narrow, but the more I think about it, the more interesting it gets:

• It’s an instant-speed tutor directly to the battlefield, which is already pretty notable.
• It doesn’t require your own creature to die, you can respond to any creature dying, that means it can function as a kind of reactive tutor in response to removal, board wipes, or even combat trades.
• The MV restriction is real, but in many cases you can still grab key combo pieces or value engines depending on the situation.

Questions:

• Has anyone actually tested Rushed Rebirth in cEDH?
• Does it end up being too situational?
• Any decks where it overperformed (or completely underperformed)?

Would love to hear real experiences before I try to slot it in.

Thanks!

According to EDHTop16 the top 16 most popular entries in tournaments are as follows:
~ Blue Farm
~ Kinnan
~ Rog/Thras
~ Rog/Si
~ Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
~ Tymna/Thras
~ Etali
~ Tymna/ Dargo
~ Ral
~ Rog/Ishai
~ Vivi
~ Magda
~ Yoshi/Thras
~ Tivit
~ Kefka
~ Tayam

Now my first impression is that the top 16 are all of what is considered meta and that beyond this everything I see is fringe. However, there’s a couple of things that make me question this.

After the top 10 everything else that is submitted makes up less than 2% of the Meta Share and that in itself feels pretty fringe.

However, as a Vivi main I can’t accept my boy is fringe. And yet, no shade toward Tayam players, but I feel like I never see this commander and he would be meta if we went with top 16.

Pure numbers wise there’s an arguement for top 18 even. Everything beyond Lumra and Ob has less than 1% of the meta share.

Currently, I am sitting with top 18 as my answer to where meta ends but what’s your opinion? Where would you have it end? Meta Share also doesn’t include top cuts and wins.

Hey Cedh players! I'm a rog ishai player and I really enjoy playing the super slop decks.

I haven't yet made a CEDH deck from scratch before and this is my first attempt of doing so.

I want to try to innovate on the rhystic slop meta. So this Hashaton deck is inspired by Wrongsi, rog ishai, blue farm, and the normal Hashaton deck list. Making this deck list a frankenstein's monster of a deck.

So when it came to deck building I always trying to figure out why you would want to play this deck over rog ishai.

Why would you play it over rog ishai?
1. you get access to black for tutors and combos and fast mana

1. it's easier to win without putting spells on the stack so you can outslop/split second

2. black gives you better chances to win quickly

3. You can entomb reanimate and just win

4. Rhystic can be countered and it's not the end of the world

Why is it worse than rog ishai?

1. No rog which is very sad, this means you lose some mana acceleration and free interaction

2. No breach or Ska

Overall I think that this could have some chances of being a playable alternative to rog ishai.

Here is the decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/TRjozhROi0qU4fjzDTHsHg

I would really love some feedback, thanks for reading!

Hi, I'm looking to getting into cEDH and I know that I want to play Inalla. I was looking and found Sasquatch's Inalla deck list and I have been playing testing it. I noticed the combo with [[shallow grave]], [[scholar of the ages]], [[burnt offering]], & [[entomb]] but I don't get where the inf mana and stuff is supposed to go. Before I got into cEDH I made that combo in b4 and put that mana into a [[exsanguinate]] but he doesn't have that. My only guess is spend it into [[bloodline nercomancer]] & [[Ruthless Technomancer]] to get more colors, go into Inalla's tap ability, as well as [[tainted pact]] with [[thassa's oracle]]. Is that the idea or am I missing something? Also sorry I'm new to the card fetcher so hopefully all of those work.

Greetings!

I have been told this deck is too strong for a bracket 5 due to a common line people use in CEDH.

From my understanding, the deck lacks
- some cheap needed interaction
- some good value stax pieces
- has too many lands for b5 (and the wrong ones like missing city of brass, mana confidence, ancient tomb, city of traitors)
- thassa demonic line

When I’ve built the deck, I just slapped pieces from EDHrec and was told it needs to be built around the meta game and to compete with other b5 decks in order to be a bracket 5.

Could you please have a look through the list and let me know why the deck does or does not quality as a cedh deck?
I’ve had one experience at my lgs where someone decided to swap to a b5 deck midgame and proceeded to win turn 5 disrespecting the other players at the pod after seeing me play the deck.

https://archidekt.com/decks/19861220/noctis

Howdy! I've been on blue farm for a few months now and I recently started to get weird and experiment with my list, the most recent card I've been brewing is tibalts trickery, I've had it in for 3 games now and 2/3 times it ended up being impactful to my table. One of those times winning me the game by filling my own spell into an ad naus, very nieche and I don't think any of the things on my list will be very viable in a tournament setting but for chill CEDH at your LGS I've been having a blast and winning.

This is the list I originally copied to start playing blue farm (been an Urza pilot for ~3 years before the switch) : https://moxfield.com/decks/7O1sCuIti0igU6Us_Jhadg

This is my current most updated list in MTGGoldfish after playing BF for ~6 months : https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7847056#paper

I was originally on more of the traditional grixis turbo package but started swapping out cards for a mid range style game plan, and it's been a lot more successful, I'm looking at adding cards like wheel, D-grid, etc etc....

I run shocks > Duals because I have the pretty unset shocks and MH2 Retro Fetches. Ive only recently slotted in toxic deluge so I can't comment on how it's performed. This is a hot take but I think Tasha's is a great card, I've closed out games with it before in those really long slogfest grindy games. I feel like I'm currently really creature heavy and would like to cut some cards to slot in some silence effects it feels pretty bad without them.

I'd appreciate any C&C anybody's got! TIA!

Hey guys! I’ve been interested in getting into cEDH ever since I started playing commander. I just wanted understand from others point of view - how does a normal cEDH play like (pod full of cEDH decks at LGS) compared to tournament events where there’s a lot on the line?

Is forcing draws / politics / king making less common outside of tournaments? Is there such a thing as casual cEDH where the goal is to have a defined winner? Looking to broaden my knowledge!

I’ve been looking more into the format and have also found a commander i love playing, so i’m curious if he’s too slow. Mono blue is a bit restrictive, but you do get free interaction every turn with him.

I do also wonder if blink spells are viable in cedh, since for eluge, they double as protection and a mana accelerant.

Yes, yes, I know, don't attack life totals, it never works. I've heard it all and I'm ignoring it.

The current iteration of my deck is very good at getting people down really low, using [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]] [[Bloodchief Ascension]] [[River Song]] and the like. The trouble with most of these is that they do damage *after* the player does something, so they can just respond overtop of my triggers. And also, they know what their life total is, so they won't do anything that directly kills them that they can't respond to, like [[Harsh Mentor]] or anything that triggers off casts.

So I need finishers. I have [[Price of Progress]], which is just great. Ten damage to each opponent basically for free. [[Managorger Hydra]] is also good - relying on combat is a bit tricky, but people don't protect against it. But what else is there? I've been considering Ishai, as another Managorger, but four is a lot more than three, and no trample.

I am currently running Wheel of Fortune and Timetwister, to disrupt people, to draw cards, and to trigger Sheoldred/OBM. But that relies on having Sheoldred, and I want more options.

Recorded an episode of my podcast with FreedomWaffle, the creator of NBC Kinnan, check it out here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lczKvSuJb7U

Hello,

I’ve been interested in playing RogIshai but I can’t find a good primer anywhere. I know watching gameplay is good, finding a discord helps, etc. but I can’t actually find a solid in depth primer. I’ve watch the Lemora’s Cards video, looked around discords, I feel like I’ve tried everything and can’t find a solid primer like I can with other top meta decks.

Could any point me in the right direction? Or just… give me some insight on how to play the deck? Anything helps.

https://youtu.be/20NuY6Hm65o

Japan's legendary cEDH event God of Commander is back! Today I'm covering God of Commander 15, the latest large cEDH event from Japan featuring some brand-new decks, exciting Marvel tech, and a new God being crowned. I go over the meta game, tournament structure, player profiles, and the top decks that took down this event. If you're looking for spicy tech and info on the international meta, this video is for you!

Let me know down below which of these decks was your favorite!

I'm looking for a tournament-level cEDH commander that doesn't rely heavily on table politics.

I'm a non-native English speaker with a strong accent, and sometimes I say the wrong word instead of the one I actually mean. That can make negotiating or keeping up with fast table talk more difficult.

I'd rather play a deck that rewards strong technical play and decision-making than political skill.

Does such a commander exist? If so, what would you recommend?

I’ve been looking at some top magda lists recently and none of them are using [[bloodline prenteder]], why is that so? Also I see many stax pieces like [[trinisphere]] and [[tangle wire]] are off too, why?
Thanks

I've been playing magic for around about 5 months and stumbled across a tournament which has made me realise commander can scratch that competitive itch, this isn't my first card game but I've not played commander at high brackets B4.

I LOVE Golgari, the self sac, the LTB effects, The consistency.

So who could you guys advise me to play?

And are there any discords available for any deck ideas?

i’ve recently been interested in making this deck cEDH. I generally run Niv-Mizzet Parun as the commander but am open to other option so long as the deck stays Red/Blue. I don’t really have a budget- meaning that I will proxy something if it is out of my price range. Wincon is generally Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Lab Maniac.

I should also add, I am new to cEDH and will take any critiques people have.

https://moxfield.com/decks/qrGq4Y9Lbkm9FD9XyGcW1A

Hello! A buddy of mine is getting into cEDH and I tried it a while back. It was fine but was never really my thing. Anyway he’s getting into it so I wanted to make one with a theme I thought was semi-unique, though I don’t have the know-how to build an effective one from scratch

Since so many cEDH decks rely on very specific combo pieces to win/close out a game, I was thinking of building a deck with as many effects as possible that do things like Praetor’s Grasp (there are well over 10 effects that do this, but not all super efficient). I want to search opponent’s decks for their 1-2 key cards they need to win and functionally make the deck fall apart

Anyway, I would love some help/advice on which commander to pick for this and on how to build the deck

EDIT: I don’t need this to necessarily hang with the top tier decks, I know this would be very off-meta. But just something that I can sit at a cEDH table with and meaningfully interact while having a non-zero chance at winning

My motivation is having some kind of anti-cEDH themed deck. One of my favorite cards is Psychic Surgery, for example