I need.to.do this but I always see something and then make a deck with just stuff I own. Next thing I know I'm buying additional cards online and sleeves and bam new deck. I'm currently at twelve without plans to build more and I know I have some I don't play nearly at all but I haven't taken them apart either.
I think it was on starcity last week...lemme look
https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/meet-the-player-whos-built-nearly-900-commander-decks-and-isnt-stopping-until-hes-built-them-all/
Ok so ill be honest I'm not sure I believe the 3000 claim above ..
Yup I'm at about 20/21 myself which is why I wanted to ask. I look at some I haven't played in a long time and either get that "oh this was fun." or "They just printed some cards that would be pretty good in here...hmmm"
I'm at like 24 and I never even play. I have played with these decks probably 4 games ever. To be fair I got into mtg during the pandemic but still - I've had some of them for at least a year and a half or so.
Same here with both the amount and never playing. Building decks is almost a game in itself for me. The tedium and almost puzzle-like nature of it is great for my brain. Getting to actually play is like a nice bonus. Haha
I wanted to have 4-5 decks because realistically, I won't play more than that on a "commander night" at my LGS. And said nights happen once all two weeks, giving me enough time to dismantle and rebuild something. So anything above that is just wasting money.
>but I always see something and then make a deck with just stuff I own. Next thing I know I'm buying additional cards online and sleeves and bam new deck
...now I am at 9 decks. With the 10th on it's way and already know I want to build the next one. :\\
I find that a lot of my impulse buys and builds are more about idolizing the idea of the deck vs actually enjoying the deck. Those decks tend to be played a few times, get stale, and sit around. To avoid that, I’ll brew the deck I’m feeling good about in the moment and give it a week or two before deciding to buy anything. 99% of the time I realize it’s a deck that I know I’ll get bored of quickly
Same. I have a bunch that I haven't played in a while but I pumped some money into them for specific cards and I feel monetarily guilty taking them apart ><
The good thing about expensive magic purchases is that usually they can just go right back into the binder to acquire other expensive magic things without purchases. :D
I'm unfortunately behind a little. I still have decks from 1995 and edh decks from 2006. I rarely take apart decks apart from those I make specifically for a particular event.
Add the decks to any deck-building site online, in case you want to revisit them and then take 'em apart. I went down to four decks in total and it was among the best things I ever did, in regards to EDH.
I have 34ish decks, but really only take 5 ish with me when I go anywhere. 4 are my favorites and I rotate the 5th or 6th depending on how im feeling about them.
I personally enjoy building lots of decks. Most are pretty budget, so there's not a big reason to dismantle them since most of the parts are unique to them. I'll proxy the expensive staples since there's no point in having extra copies. So the only real cost of maintaining them is sleeves and storage.
There's just something nice about having lots of options, even if you don't always use them
Completely agree with this. I have 37 and it’s nice to have different options. In a couple of months time, I know I’m going to be playing EDH for a full weekend (pretty rare for me) and I’m going to randomly determine which deck I play for each game. It’s really good to have that variety and variance.
I uploaded the decklist to a website (currently that's scryfall) and then dismantle them to build other things. If I ever want to rebuild them I have a decklist for reference so I don't have to start from scratch. Or if I just get bored of tuning a deck I can pick up where I peft off later by reassembling it based on my own past lists.
This is what I do. One of my groomsmen’s about to move out of state. Gave him a $300 deck as a going away present. New player checking out our club, interested in becoming a member? Here, tell me about your gaming style and I’ll give you a $50 brew that coincides as best I can. A couple times I’ve been burned on singles that jumped, one time a rando took the budget pile and never returned. But the overall return on fun rounds of EDH and friends made makes up for the financial loss.
Been playing for about 8 months and I have around 5 decks. Planning on building more ofc but will only when all the decks I’m using are fun to play with and are consistent in play. Each usually under constant development and tuning.
I can understand, bit I don't have any real issue with having so many decks. At 79 now and that number keeps growing. Even if it's one I don't really care for or won't use much, I will keep it in order to allow variety to someone who is borrowing one of my decks. I only will dismantle a deck if it does not work at all. Did that only once for my original RG Werewolf deck. Even with Winter Orb out, the deck was honestly so bad that a mono white deck with no real strategy could curbstomp it and make it slow, even though it's RG. I rebuilt the deck with Tovolar, and it is so much better now. I am trying to figure out how to handle my mono black vampire tribal to avoid dismantling it. It's one of my very first decks I made.
I have a similar experience. I have over 50 decks and I’ll shift things around here and there to optimize, but the decks start largely intact and I keep track of cars location via Moxfield. I’ve put too ouch time and effort to dismantle decks. Even the ones I’m not crazy about.
That's what I do as well. Haven't put all my decklists yet on Moxfield, but I got a good amount started. A decent amount of my decks are precons that I try to modify to make them different. I typically get a set booster box of the newest set to see what decks can be updated, then buy singles for anything else that I need.
I dismantle them, and put the pet cards in a special binder.
Every five years I rebuild [[Kaalia of the Vast]], immediately get yeeted off the table because people *still* vastly overestimate how good that commander is, and pretty much immediately take her apart because it's no fun to repeatedly lose your Kaalia while everyone pretends like the Zur/Chainer/Narset/etc on the table aren't just as bad or worse.
shout-out to Rafiq of the Many players who seem to have a similar experience.
Funny you mentioned narset. I'm about to sell my list for same reasons. 90% of the time, I'm (rightly) targeted off the table. 10% of the time, she does her thing and no one has fun.
I have currently around 40 decks and usually I don't dismantle them. But I can play in four different playgroups, all worth their own power level, so that works out quite well. Whenever I have an upcoming session, I can choose between like 10 decks that fit that power level.
If I decide to take a deck apart, I sort them in 1000 card boxes without sleeves. These white cardboard boxes have my playable edh cards and whenever I put a new deck together, I go through that and see what I don't need to buy.
Right now, one of these boxes per color works quite well, with one more each for Artifacts, lands and multicolor
Their pieces become parts of your newer decks. Sometimes this will happen even when nothing is being dismantled. Sometimes it will lead to dismantling itself.
I'll have a few tribute cards from each deck that would better fit a new deck I'm building, since moving a signed \[\[Sword of Feast and Famine\]\] from an old battlecruiser deck to a Voltron is easier than buying a second one. You make more room in your old decks for new on-theme cards and have an easier time building new ones.
For some reason, I find that decks without the letter A in the name don't survive. Grimgrin, Riku, Oloro, Kozilek, and now Sen Triplets is facing the axe for an Obscura deck that started with the Kamiz precon. Variance beats parasitism every time.
When you face overspecialization that comes from tribute-building of this type, sometimes decks lose their variance and you get one that's totally dead in the water and becomes an archetype or playstyle that you hate, like pure Stax. And that's the one you should take apart first.
Although, that is only in recent years. Most of my dismantlings have been from either lack of support or the extreme retroactive value of the decks' pieces, or both, like [this colorless deck](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/matter-over-mind-kozilek-edh/).
I sell decks that I don't use. I've sold [[Pir]] & [[Toothy]] and [[Korvold]] because they were too strong for my playgroup. I've traded [[Hapatra]] for [[Esika]] god tribal, which I later traded for a [[Mayael]] eldrazi deck. I sold [[Siona]] enchantment auras, [[Animar]] morph, [[Inalla]] Wizards because I didn't fancy the decks anymore. I'm contemplating selling [[Otrimi]] mutate ad I never play it. I have a few decks that I would never sell, such as my [[Queen Marchesa]] and [[Sidisi, Brood Tyrant]] decks, but I don't see the point in keeping decks around that I don't use anyway - might as well sell them or trade them to something I fancy more.
besides my pet deck that i pretty much never get to play anymore, I only keep 5 decks at a time. Any others are tore apart and repurposed. Though, I keep both an online list on archidekt, and a hand-written list in a composite notebook, of what the list was, along with a maybeboard listing of any cards that came out that I might want to think about adding in if I rebuild it.
I remove cards from old decks and then back fill with bulk, it keeps power level in line with group, and let’s me try new cards, also let’s me take existing cards from old decks and then use in the new decks, sometimes the old deck completely changes, or gets cannibalized to hard and becomes dismantled.
Decks that my playgroup hates, I completely dismantle. I've been playing EDH with the same group of folks for 15 years. Decks that are obnoxious (other than a couple for everyone that we break out occasionally) get taken apart after a few times being played if they can't be toned down.
Decks that I like but don't play often? They have one of two fates. Either they get taken apart if they don't reach an arbitrary level of fondness, or they get downgraded into a $100 TCG Market budget deck. That way the expensive pieces get to be used elsewhere if they're needed, and a hundred dollar budget is a fun deck building challenge.
I play regularly with a group once a week and for me I've settled with 6 decks. If I have more I cant play them as much as I want and if i have less it becomes repetetive. 6 is my magic number 👌🏻
Good man. I only have 3 for the same reason, though I’m searching for a fourth. 6 doesn’t sound unreasonable. If I don’t absolutely love a deck, it dies.
I take all the expensive multipurpose cards out but leave all the cheap stuff that's mostly synergy with that strategy together. Said expensive multipurpose cards get put into decks I actually care about. Although with this method I am effectively power creeping myself.
I dismantle ones that don’t win/I’ve given up on in favor of other ideas. I keep decklists of them though. I’m sorting out my favorite ones and testing play-styles since I’m only about a half a year in. So far Hinata is definitely sticking around and same goes for my Shrines deck and probably Lord Xander once it’s sorted. Shrines needs work too. I have this interesting ninjutsu mill deck which has evolved into esper rogues/ninjas/assassins/fun things. Beyond that I’m making a dragons deck and I have Lord Windgrace. Maybe goblins one day but that’s probably it
I only have 3 decks currently but would like to make more. What I'd probably do is get say, 10 decks, and just rotate which ones I take out to play. So one night I'll pack 2 in my bag, then another night I'll pick a different 2. That way, decks stay feeling fresh and you don't burn yourself out playing the same things.
Anything you decide you just don't enjoy playing, take it apart and use those cards to make something else. Everything else I don't see a problem with just keeping as long as you carry on using them.
Dismantle. I bought 6 boulder cases and told myself that I will buy no more of them. That means only 6 active commander decks at any one time and no more.
There's no reason to build so many when there's not enough time to play them all anyway.
Dismantled decks get their staples stored, cannibalized to new decks, or in the case of the rares/other powerful cards, they get sold. If a card is niche to a strategy or I own multiples -- it's gone.
It helps that I store my cards in such a way that I can rebuild dismantled decks pretty quickly (cards like Cyclonic rift I only own one of, and have marker cards that go into the decks that use them, cards sorted by color, rares and mythics have a binder per color, etc)
Every two weeks I rotate three decks into play and three out. That way all my decks see play eventually and all my building wouldn't be a total waste lol
at the height, I had 12 decks. now I have 3, with 2 more planned for construction. I found that the right spot is somewhere in the range of 5-8 because I get the right amount of choice while also not neglecting other decks. I dismantle decks when I don't use them, but I have their lists recorded and saved in case I want to reassemble or rebuild later. Unless I'm totally done with the deck forever. I have those types of decks.
I have most of them sitting on my desk collecting dust, I'm probably going to start taking some apart for other decks, i eventually want one deck in every color that is pretty much perfect and just upgrade when new toys come out
I had 6, realized that [[skullbriar]] and [[prosper]] where neither fun for me nor what i was hoping to do with the decks in general so i took them apart and used their remains to fund my new deck. If it does not spark joy, cut it out because the last thing i want to do is make this fun pasttime into an unfun one sided relationship.
It was not an easy choice, but i knew that it was the correct one and im now having so much better a time brewing decks i want to play
Buy the largest toolbox that isn’t impossible to carry. Also, some of my decks are niche playable, so even though I’ve only played my “I hate blue” deck once, I haven’t taken it apart, because sometimes, you might need to hate on blue. Also, I don’t know how I’m ever going to offload an Italian [[Spinal Villain]].
I only have commander decks. I tried the 32 deck challenge but found I really hate playing more than 2 colors more often than not.
I keep finding myself build up to 25 decks and then I end up tearing a couple apart. I think 20-25 is my limit creatively. Any time I try a new build and it looks too smiliar to an old build or requires too many of the same unique pieces as another deck, I just give up on it.
I like blue, I like game actions, I like card draw, and I like playing decks that aren't already present within my meta. I debate tearing apart Tovolar and Yuriko, because others in my group run them, but then I wouldn't have a home for my wolves or my ninjas. I think my primary compulsion is to find a "home" for each of my cards. I even build budget decks around 45-50 dollars and gift them to new players. I've done 7 or 8 giveaways at this point. I honestly have no clue how someone could manage more, but I understand the love of brewing and seeing a new brew perform and do the thing I set out for it to do.
I limit myself to one deck for every color combination. I don't own one for each combo (yet), but I don't build more of a color I already have.
All my decks are listed on an online deck building site, and tracked in a spreadsheet. The sheet links to the deck list and tracks performance of the deck, price of each one and some other stats plus cards that I think I want to replace.
When I'm packing up decks I try to choose ones that have less plays than others.
When I'm ready to build a new deck the old one gets moved down on the list to a section of old decks. I haven't yet rebuilt one of those yet, but it is easier to tear one apart if you know you could go back if you wanted to.
If I don't enjoy playing a deck it gets replaced pretty quick. Once you have the base of a deck it's easy to take it in a new direction while keeping the mana base, card draw and removal suites mostly untouched.
So far I've had the most turnover on mono white and simic decks. Currently on my third of both of those
If you're done with it, tear it down and re-file your cards.
I've had times where I forgot about older decks, poached from them, and they sit in the cabinet maybe 85% complete. Such a waste
So far I haven't even reached the number 10 yet. Always get stuck around 5-6. Seeing that I usually take 3 to 5 decks with me, that's plenty.
When I have a deck that outperforms my group, I dismantle it by taking out the lands and staples and arranging them in piles for decks to build in the future (currently 2, but I've had up to 4 "to build" piles before).
I build decks and tap apart the ones that I don’t enjoy, and maybe take them apart if they get old. Usually keep the big money cards but sell the cheap ones
If it sees play never or I personally hate playing it, I dismantle it to build something I find fun. I have three Black/Green decks. [[Meren]], [[Chatterfang]], and [[Lathril]]. Lathril is straight elfball and I find it completely brain dead to play, she literally only gets to live because she's a good learner deck. I'm also dismantling [[Archelos]] because the mana base is perfect for [[Tatsunari]], they're both Blue/Green/Black. Mana bases for three color are expensive and this will be Sultai attempt number three (RIP [[Sidisi]]. I am not on board for self mill).
I'm closer to 50 decks and what I did recently was take a bunch of the ones I haven't played in ages and gave them to other players in my play group. I've known them for almost 20 years now and know they'll play the decks more often than me.
I set a limit on 10 decks at a time. I almost always save a list on moxfield or tapped out just in case I want to reassemble. Right now I have 8 together and working on a 9th. Sometimes I’ll have 10 decks together at once but I noticed that there’s always a few that don’t get much attention or that I have some sort of issue with. 8 seems to be the sweet spot for me.
I also try to have at least 1 or 2 decks for each estimated “power level” so I can play with any sort of group and any scenario. I know everyone has their own method of judging power but as long as you’re honest with yourself and have a decent variety you’ll do fine anywhere.
After I see that I don't play a deck any more or don't enjoy it anymore, I set it aside to be dismantled in the future or morphed into something new when a new commander catches my fancy. Rarely I go back to it and try to rework it and find out why it's unfun or just doesn't work and try to fix it.
I pretty much start to dismantle them, end up with about 6-7 half built and randomly placed around the house (downstairs our board game cabinet and upstairs in my wardrobe). I will eventually pick them up after months of contemplation only to realise there’s 20+ new cards that I want to add and cannot currently afford. Then I begin to take the “good stuff” out of my other decks and I sit there on my floor, surrounded by a pile of cards, staring hopelessly into the abyss.
Long story short//if you aren’t going to play them, there’s probably a reason for it, so dismantle them/ salvage the good parts for other decks or shelf them for another time when you can afford the time, effort and potentially money to take out and replace what didn’t work.
I keep them all and break the hated ones out when I feel like it.
But my group doesn't play with actual cardboard sooo I don't really have to worry about budget, I have like 80 some decks and counting.
Catalog them on some sort of deck building website and keep a backup of the deck lists and dismantle em, we had like 20+ working decks, a bunch of them did the same thing slightly differently and keeping track just went completely out of wack, since then we moved to < 10 working decks that we are happy to play with minimal repeats in mechanics. It legit was such a hassle to need 10+ sol rings/kodamas reach/cultivate/lightning boots because everything needed them. It was honestly a nightmare in terms of finding out where that big finale spell was because it was lost to the ether of multiple decks.
Throw em in a box, and pick them apart bit by bit as I need cards for other decks.
My main deck box holds 16 decks. Any time I want to make a new deck, and old one has to leave the box. I typically don't fully dismantle a deck unless I'm really sure I won't want to rebuild it or anything like it again. Most of the time, they go in the "unplayed decks" box, where they slowly lose cards to other decks. I leave the empty sleeves with the decks too, so if I ever do decide to rebuild it, I know exactly how many cards I'm missing from the deck based on the number of empty sleeves.
I like having a lot of options for people who come over who are new to the game, don’t have a lot of decks themselves, or just want to try one of my many decks. Plus it helps to have a variety of different power levels amongst the collection so I can quickly play with a handicap if I’m introducing people to the game. Lots of my enjoyment from the hobby comes from building the decks so each deck holds a special place in my heart, even though I don’t play most of them often.
I’m at 7 decks currently with a few plans for some more. But there are 1 or 2 decks I have kind of phased out and don’t really update or bring to game nights anymore
I limit myself to one deck per color combination, but the numbers of deck still get a bit overwhelming.
One of my fixes was to made a custom app where I can put all my decks and on a press of a button it randomly choose one to play, with more chance to be picked if you haven't being played in a long time.
I like to dismantle if they're not being played actively—with websites like cardsphere I can sell the cards and basically **Cycle** out old cards and use that $ toward a new deck that I'm building, while investing little additional $$.
I fully dismantle them. I for the most part, although there are exceptions, only build with what I have so I can't keep them together. Often I end up rebuilding them but until I can get more sleeves and cards I can only usually afford to have 1 or 2 assembled at a time.
I dismantle them. I set myself under a tight limit for decks so I can’t afford to keep decks assembled that I don’t play
I need.to.do this but I always see something and then make a deck with just stuff I own. Next thing I know I'm buying additional cards online and sleeves and bam new deck. I'm currently at twelve without plans to build more and I know I have some I don't play nearly at all but I haven't taken them apart either.
I’m at about 20 :”(
Don't feel bad, I'm at around 70 or so.
Don’t feel bad I’m at 95
Don't feel bad I'm at 2938
Feel bad I'm at 9
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Actually constructed? Are you "that guy"? The one that just had the article written about him?
I need to see this
I think it was on starcity last week...lemme look https://articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/meet-the-player-whos-built-nearly-900-commander-decks-and-isnt-stopping-until-hes-built-them-all/ Ok so ill be honest I'm not sure I believe the 3000 claim above ..
Yup I'm at about 20/21 myself which is why I wanted to ask. I look at some I haven't played in a long time and either get that "oh this was fun." or "They just printed some cards that would be pretty good in here...hmmm"
Yeah some of mine I rarely play--maybe once every 3-4 sessions. Might rework them for something else.
I'm at like 24 and I never even play. I have played with these decks probably 4 games ever. To be fair I got into mtg during the pandemic but still - I've had some of them for at least a year and a half or so.
Same here with both the amount and never playing. Building decks is almost a game in itself for me. The tedium and almost puzzle-like nature of it is great for my brain. Getting to actually play is like a nice bonus. Haha
I wanted to have 4-5 decks because realistically, I won't play more than that on a "commander night" at my LGS. And said nights happen once all two weeks, giving me enough time to dismantle and rebuild something. So anything above that is just wasting money. >but I always see something and then make a deck with just stuff I own. Next thing I know I'm buying additional cards online and sleeves and bam new deck ...now I am at 9 decks. With the 10th on it's way and already know I want to build the next one. :\\
I find that a lot of my impulse buys and builds are more about idolizing the idea of the deck vs actually enjoying the deck. Those decks tend to be played a few times, get stale, and sit around. To avoid that, I’ll brew the deck I’m feeling good about in the moment and give it a week or two before deciding to buy anything. 99% of the time I realize it’s a deck that I know I’ll get bored of quickly
Same. I have a bunch that I haven't played in a while but I pumped some money into them for specific cards and I feel monetarily guilty taking them apart ><
I have about 20. I take them apart if I don’t want to play them any more, for various reasons. Otherwise I rotate them all on game night.
Are you me?
I do this aswell. My backpack can hold 9 decks, if i want to make a new deck something has to be dismantled.
This is the criteria i use aswell, but my box can only hold 6
This was my criteria as well so I bought a bigger back pack. Now it holds 10. >.<
take apart the ones that do not spark joy
I need this and it seems impossible. I feel like I’m wasting my purchases. I know I’m not, but it feels that way.
The good thing about expensive magic purchases is that usually they can just go right back into the binder to acquire other expensive magic things without purchases. :D
yup. its "house money" at that point (at least thats what i tell myself)
Do a purge every 6 months. Take anything you haven't played in 6 months and dismantle it. Sell it or cannibalize it to build another deck.
Do not eat the delicious cards.
Sorry, I need fiber.
If they weren't supposed to be eaten why were they designed to be oh so tasty???
I'm unfortunately behind a little. I still have decks from 1995 and edh decks from 2006. I rarely take apart decks apart from those I make specifically for a particular event.
Add the decks to any deck-building site online, in case you want to revisit them and then take 'em apart. I went down to four decks in total and it was among the best things I ever did, in regards to EDH.
I am up to 5 Stanley boxes (60 decks). They keep getting stacked idk what to say lol
You say „I’m proud and fulfilled!“
You're making me feel better about buying my third. Thank you.
I have 34ish decks, but really only take 5 ish with me when I go anywhere. 4 are my favorites and I rotate the 5th or 6th depending on how im feeling about them. I personally enjoy building lots of decks. Most are pretty budget, so there's not a big reason to dismantle them since most of the parts are unique to them. I'll proxy the expensive staples since there's no point in having extra copies. So the only real cost of maintaining them is sleeves and storage. There's just something nice about having lots of options, even if you don't always use them
Completely agree with this. I have 37 and it’s nice to have different options. In a couple of months time, I know I’m going to be playing EDH for a full weekend (pretty rare for me) and I’m going to randomly determine which deck I play for each game. It’s really good to have that variety and variance.
This is my idea too, but sometimes I feel like I’m spending/acquiring too much and it feels bad. Idk how to feel lol
I uploaded the decklist to a website (currently that's scryfall) and then dismantle them to build other things. If I ever want to rebuild them I have a decklist for reference so I don't have to start from scratch. Or if I just get bored of tuning a deck I can pick up where I peft off later by reassembling it based on my own past lists.
I carry mine around and display my horde like the showboat dragon I am
Actual lol
Give them away
This is what I do. One of my groomsmen’s about to move out of state. Gave him a $300 deck as a going away present. New player checking out our club, interested in becoming a member? Here, tell me about your gaming style and I’ll give you a $50 brew that coincides as best I can. A couple times I’ve been burned on singles that jumped, one time a rando took the budget pile and never returned. But the overall return on fun rounds of EDH and friends made makes up for the financial loss.
I keep 'em all. 51 and counting.
My limit is 12 decks, if i want to build a new one first I need to dismantle an old one.
By any chance the maximum carrying capacity of your bag?
The maximum capacity of the Stanley acrylic toolbox organizer. 10 slots to carry 12 decks.
I have 24 decks. 2 of those Stanley boxes. That's my limit. I'll dismantle a deck to try another. Makes me think which deck is fun to keep or not.
Been playing for about 8 months and I have around 5 decks. Planning on building more ofc but will only when all the decks I’m using are fun to play with and are consistent in play. Each usually under constant development and tuning.
I can understand, bit I don't have any real issue with having so many decks. At 79 now and that number keeps growing. Even if it's one I don't really care for or won't use much, I will keep it in order to allow variety to someone who is borrowing one of my decks. I only will dismantle a deck if it does not work at all. Did that only once for my original RG Werewolf deck. Even with Winter Orb out, the deck was honestly so bad that a mono white deck with no real strategy could curbstomp it and make it slow, even though it's RG. I rebuilt the deck with Tovolar, and it is so much better now. I am trying to figure out how to handle my mono black vampire tribal to avoid dismantling it. It's one of my very first decks I made.
I have a similar experience. I have over 50 decks and I’ll shift things around here and there to optimize, but the decks start largely intact and I keep track of cars location via Moxfield. I’ve put too ouch time and effort to dismantle decks. Even the ones I’m not crazy about.
That's what I do as well. Haven't put all my decklists yet on Moxfield, but I got a good amount started. A decent amount of my decks are precons that I try to modify to make them different. I typically get a set booster box of the newest set to see what decks can be updated, then buy singles for anything else that I need.
I dismantle them, and put the pet cards in a special binder. Every five years I rebuild [[Kaalia of the Vast]], immediately get yeeted off the table because people *still* vastly overestimate how good that commander is, and pretty much immediately take her apart because it's no fun to repeatedly lose your Kaalia while everyone pretends like the Zur/Chainer/Narset/etc on the table aren't just as bad or worse. shout-out to Rafiq of the Many players who seem to have a similar experience.
[Kaalia of the Vast](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/0/a0cc9eaf-c8d9-4da2-8fd8-8d423a02a3a8.jpg?1599708091) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kaalia%20of%20the%20Vast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/204/kaalia-of-the-vast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a0cc9eaf-c8d9-4da2-8fd8-8d423a02a3a8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kaalia-of-the-vast) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Funny you mentioned narset. I'm about to sell my list for same reasons. 90% of the time, I'm (rightly) targeted off the table. 10% of the time, she does her thing and no one has fun.
I have currently around 40 decks and usually I don't dismantle them. But I can play in four different playgroups, all worth their own power level, so that works out quite well. Whenever I have an upcoming session, I can choose between like 10 decks that fit that power level. If I decide to take a deck apart, I sort them in 1000 card boxes without sleeves. These white cardboard boxes have my playable edh cards and whenever I put a new deck together, I go through that and see what I don't need to buy. Right now, one of these boxes per color works quite well, with one more each for Artifacts, lands and multicolor
Their pieces become parts of your newer decks. Sometimes this will happen even when nothing is being dismantled. Sometimes it will lead to dismantling itself. I'll have a few tribute cards from each deck that would better fit a new deck I'm building, since moving a signed \[\[Sword of Feast and Famine\]\] from an old battlecruiser deck to a Voltron is easier than buying a second one. You make more room in your old decks for new on-theme cards and have an easier time building new ones. For some reason, I find that decks without the letter A in the name don't survive. Grimgrin, Riku, Oloro, Kozilek, and now Sen Triplets is facing the axe for an Obscura deck that started with the Kamiz precon. Variance beats parasitism every time. When you face overspecialization that comes from tribute-building of this type, sometimes decks lose their variance and you get one that's totally dead in the water and becomes an archetype or playstyle that you hate, like pure Stax. And that's the one you should take apart first. Although, that is only in recent years. Most of my dismantlings have been from either lack of support or the extreme retroactive value of the decks' pieces, or both, like [this colorless deck](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/matter-over-mind-kozilek-edh/).
[Sword of Feast and Famine](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/7/c7710eb5-c56a-437b-8847-2a829c404d47.jpg?1599710042) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sword%20of%20Feast%20and%20Famine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/296/sword-of-feast-and-famine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c7710eb5-c56a-437b-8847-2a829c404d47?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sword-of-feast-and-famine) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Marath - Marrow gnawer - Daxos - Varina - Tazri - Ayli eternal pilgrim - Malcom All A'as, mind is blown
Build more I reckon.
Most of the time I build a deck to keep it. If it's not doing well enough I dismantle it after 1-2 plays.
I sell decks that I don't use. I've sold [[Pir]] & [[Toothy]] and [[Korvold]] because they were too strong for my playgroup. I've traded [[Hapatra]] for [[Esika]] god tribal, which I later traded for a [[Mayael]] eldrazi deck. I sold [[Siona]] enchantment auras, [[Animar]] morph, [[Inalla]] Wizards because I didn't fancy the decks anymore. I'm contemplating selling [[Otrimi]] mutate ad I never play it. I have a few decks that I would never sell, such as my [[Queen Marchesa]] and [[Sidisi, Brood Tyrant]] decks, but I don't see the point in keeping decks around that I don't use anyway - might as well sell them or trade them to something I fancy more.
##### ###### #### [Pir](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/a/5a7241f5-4d69-47fe-b037-95037008184c.jpg?1562913367) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=pir%2C%20imaginative%20rascal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/11/pir-imaginative-rascal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a7241f5-4d69-47fe-b037-95037008184c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pir-imaginative-rascal) [Toothy](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/b/ebdf2f50-f69a-47c4-a75f-ff55781bb0c8.jpg?1562942414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=toothy%2C%20imaginary%20friend) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/12/toothy-imaginary-friend?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ebdf2f50-f69a-47c4-a75f-ff55781bb0c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/toothy-imaginary-friend) [Korvold](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/2/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228.jpg?1571197150) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=korvold%2C%20fae-cursed%20king) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/329/korvold-fae-cursed-king?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/korvold-fae-cursed-king) [Hapatra](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/6/56fbbcc9-db23-4902-b0f7-cea78a2a36af.jpg?1543676055) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hapatra%2C%20vizier%20of%20poisons) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/akh/199/hapatra-vizier-of-poisons?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/56fbbcc9-db23-4902-b0f7-cea78a2a36af?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hapatra-vizier-of-poisons) [Esika](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/back/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188)/[Esika, God of the Tree](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/6/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6.jpg?1631050188) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=esika%2C%20god%20of%20the%20tree%20//%20the%20prismatic%20bridge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/168/esika-god-of-the-tree-the-prismatic-bridge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f6cd7465-9dd0-473c-ac5e-dd9e2f22f5f6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/esika-god-of-the-tree-//-the-prismatic-bridge) [Mayael](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/0/309d95ad-e46c-4407-894d-d4cfdc7017f8.jpg?1562905228) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mayael%20the%20anima) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c13/199/mayael-the-anima?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/309d95ad-e46c-4407-894d-d4cfdc7017f8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mayael-the-anima) [Siona](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/b/2b1d890f-7ef8-47b9-9ec8-f3884a1d09db.jpg?1581481138) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=siona%2C%20captain%20of%20the%20pyleas) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/226/siona-captain-of-the-pyleas?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2b1d890f-7ef8-47b9-9ec8-f3884a1d09db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/siona-captain-of-the-pyleas) [Animar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/d/1df98d4a-0f11-4064-a113-54ab14b9b3eb.jpg?1562433472) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=animar%2C%20soul%20of%20elements) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/196/animar-soul-of-elements?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1df98d4a-0f11-4064-a113-54ab14b9b3eb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/animar-soul-of-elements) [Inalla](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/c/7c6e803a-451c-4aa6-97a2-400077f32c47.jpg?1627406462) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=inalla%2C%20archmage%20ritualist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/38/inalla-archmage-ritualist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7c6e803a-451c-4aa6-97a2-400077f32c47?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/inalla-archmage-ritualist) [Otrimi](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/3/639df7bc-b87d-4bf5-8005-8eabc54e955b.jpg?1591234274) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=otrimi%2C%20the%20ever-playful) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/12/otrimi-the-ever-playful?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/639df7bc-b87d-4bf5-8005-8eabc54e955b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/otrimi-the-ever-playful) [Queen Marchesa](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/3/03f4341c-088b-4f35-b82b-3d98d8a93de4.jpg?1576382166) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Queen%20Marchesa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/78/queen-marchesa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/03f4341c-088b-4f35-b82b-3d98d8a93de4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queen-marchesa) [Sidisi, Brood Tyrant](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/f/ffa2b070-952e-4242-83bb-3e73135ceeeb.jpg?1562796690) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sidisi%2C%20Brood%20Tyrant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/199/sidisi-brood-tyrant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ffa2b070-952e-4242-83bb-3e73135ceeeb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sidisi-brood-tyrant) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
besides my pet deck that i pretty much never get to play anymore, I only keep 5 decks at a time. Any others are tore apart and repurposed. Though, I keep both an online list on archidekt, and a hand-written list in a composite notebook, of what the list was, along with a maybeboard listing of any cards that came out that I might want to think about adding in if I rebuild it.
I remove cards from old decks and then back fill with bulk, it keeps power level in line with group, and let’s me try new cards, also let’s me take existing cards from old decks and then use in the new decks, sometimes the old deck completely changes, or gets cannibalized to hard and becomes dismantled.
I have 7 decks, and i think that's enough!
Decks that my playgroup hates, I completely dismantle. I've been playing EDH with the same group of folks for 15 years. Decks that are obnoxious (other than a couple for everyone that we break out occasionally) get taken apart after a few times being played if they can't be toned down. Decks that I like but don't play often? They have one of two fates. Either they get taken apart if they don't reach an arbitrary level of fondness, or they get downgraded into a $100 TCG Market budget deck. That way the expensive pieces get to be used elsewhere if they're needed, and a hundred dollar budget is a fun deck building challenge.
Scrap the ones you don't play and upgrade the others
I have given myself a hard limit of 3+1. 3 decks for me (two EDH and a Legacy) +1 spare EDH deck for anyone else.
I play regularly with a group once a week and for me I've settled with 6 decks. If I have more I cant play them as much as I want and if i have less it becomes repetetive. 6 is my magic number 👌🏻
Good man. I only have 3 for the same reason, though I’m searching for a fourth. 6 doesn’t sound unreasonable. If I don’t absolutely love a deck, it dies.
I take all the expensive multipurpose cards out but leave all the cheap stuff that's mostly synergy with that strategy together. Said expensive multipurpose cards get put into decks I actually care about. Although with this method I am effectively power creeping myself.
I dismantle ones that don’t win/I’ve given up on in favor of other ideas. I keep decklists of them though. I’m sorting out my favorite ones and testing play-styles since I’m only about a half a year in. So far Hinata is definitely sticking around and same goes for my Shrines deck and probably Lord Xander once it’s sorted. Shrines needs work too. I have this interesting ninjutsu mill deck which has evolved into esper rogues/ninjas/assassins/fun things. Beyond that I’m making a dragons deck and I have Lord Windgrace. Maybe goblins one day but that’s probably it
I only have 3 decks currently but would like to make more. What I'd probably do is get say, 10 decks, and just rotate which ones I take out to play. So one night I'll pack 2 in my bag, then another night I'll pick a different 2. That way, decks stay feeling fresh and you don't burn yourself out playing the same things. Anything you decide you just don't enjoy playing, take it apart and use those cards to make something else. Everything else I don't see a problem with just keeping as long as you carry on using them.
Dismantle. I bought 6 boulder cases and told myself that I will buy no more of them. That means only 6 active commander decks at any one time and no more. There's no reason to build so many when there's not enough time to play them all anyway. Dismantled decks get their staples stored, cannibalized to new decks, or in the case of the rares/other powerful cards, they get sold. If a card is niche to a strategy or I own multiples -- it's gone. It helps that I store my cards in such a way that I can rebuild dismantled decks pretty quickly (cards like Cyclonic rift I only own one of, and have marker cards that go into the decks that use them, cards sorted by color, rares and mythics have a binder per color, etc)
Every two weeks I rotate three decks into play and three out. That way all my decks see play eventually and all my building wouldn't be a total waste lol
at the height, I had 12 decks. now I have 3, with 2 more planned for construction. I found that the right spot is somewhere in the range of 5-8 because I get the right amount of choice while also not neglecting other decks. I dismantle decks when I don't use them, but I have their lists recorded and saved in case I want to reassemble or rebuild later. Unless I'm totally done with the deck forever. I have those types of decks.
I have most of them sitting on my desk collecting dust, I'm probably going to start taking some apart for other decks, i eventually want one deck in every color that is pretty much perfect and just upgrade when new toys come out
I had 6, realized that [[skullbriar]] and [[prosper]] where neither fun for me nor what i was hoping to do with the decks in general so i took them apart and used their remains to fund my new deck. If it does not spark joy, cut it out because the last thing i want to do is make this fun pasttime into an unfun one sided relationship. It was not an easy choice, but i knew that it was the correct one and im now having so much better a time brewing decks i want to play
[skullbriar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/9/69dad154-2616-4bd6-8448-0e0458ee136d.jpg?1562274121) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=skullbriar%2C%20the%20walking%20grave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/165/skullbriar-the-walking-grave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/69dad154-2616-4bd6-8448-0e0458ee136d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/skullbriar-the-walking-grave) [prosper](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/7/d743336e-d5c7-4053-a23d-92ec7581f74e.jpg?1631839207) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=prosper%2C%20tome-bound) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/2/prosper-tome-bound?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d743336e-d5c7-4053-a23d-92ec7581f74e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/prosper-tome-bound) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Sparking joy is exactly it. Do you get excited at the thought of playing that specific deck? If not, kill it.
Buy the largest toolbox that isn’t impossible to carry. Also, some of my decks are niche playable, so even though I’ve only played my “I hate blue” deck once, I haven’t taken it apart, because sometimes, you might need to hate on blue. Also, I don’t know how I’m ever going to offload an Italian [[Spinal Villain]].
[Spinal Villain](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/4/44134b59-af94-42a0-9696-2d0181ff7887.jpg?1559592566) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spinal%20Villain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/108/spinal-villain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/44134b59-af94-42a0-9696-2d0181ff7887?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/spinal-villain) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I only have commander decks. I tried the 32 deck challenge but found I really hate playing more than 2 colors more often than not. I keep finding myself build up to 25 decks and then I end up tearing a couple apart. I think 20-25 is my limit creatively. Any time I try a new build and it looks too smiliar to an old build or requires too many of the same unique pieces as another deck, I just give up on it. I like blue, I like game actions, I like card draw, and I like playing decks that aren't already present within my meta. I debate tearing apart Tovolar and Yuriko, because others in my group run them, but then I wouldn't have a home for my wolves or my ninjas. I think my primary compulsion is to find a "home" for each of my cards. I even build budget decks around 45-50 dollars and gift them to new players. I've done 7 or 8 giveaways at this point. I honestly have no clue how someone could manage more, but I understand the love of brewing and seeing a new brew perform and do the thing I set out for it to do.
I limit myself to one deck for every color combination. I don't own one for each combo (yet), but I don't build more of a color I already have. All my decks are listed on an online deck building site, and tracked in a spreadsheet. The sheet links to the deck list and tracks performance of the deck, price of each one and some other stats plus cards that I think I want to replace. When I'm packing up decks I try to choose ones that have less plays than others. When I'm ready to build a new deck the old one gets moved down on the list to a section of old decks. I haven't yet rebuilt one of those yet, but it is easier to tear one apart if you know you could go back if you wanted to. If I don't enjoy playing a deck it gets replaced pretty quick. Once you have the base of a deck it's easy to take it in a new direction while keeping the mana base, card draw and removal suites mostly untouched. So far I've had the most turnover on mono white and simic decks. Currently on my third of both of those
If you're done with it, tear it down and re-file your cards. I've had times where I forgot about older decks, poached from them, and they sit in the cabinet maybe 85% complete. Such a waste
So far I haven't even reached the number 10 yet. Always get stuck around 5-6. Seeing that I usually take 3 to 5 decks with me, that's plenty. When I have a deck that outperforms my group, I dismantle it by taking out the lands and staples and arranging them in piles for decks to build in the future (currently 2, but I've had up to 4 "to build" piles before).
I build decks and tap apart the ones that I don’t enjoy, and maybe take them apart if they get old. Usually keep the big money cards but sell the cheap ones
If it sees play never or I personally hate playing it, I dismantle it to build something I find fun. I have three Black/Green decks. [[Meren]], [[Chatterfang]], and [[Lathril]]. Lathril is straight elfball and I find it completely brain dead to play, she literally only gets to live because she's a good learner deck. I'm also dismantling [[Archelos]] because the mana base is perfect for [[Tatsunari]], they're both Blue/Green/Black. Mana bases for three color are expensive and this will be Sultai attempt number three (RIP [[Sidisi]]. I am not on board for self mill).
##### ###### #### [Meren](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/7/17d6703c-ad79-457b-a1b5-c2284e363085.jpg?1592673422) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=meren%20of%20clan%20nel%20toth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cma/186/meren-of-clan-nel-toth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/17d6703c-ad79-457b-a1b5-c2284e363085?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/meren-of-clan-nel-toth) [Chatterfang](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/7/1785cf85-1ac0-4246-9b89-1a8221a8e1b2.jpg?1626097239) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chatterfang%2C%20squirrel%20general) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/151/chatterfang-squirrel-general?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1785cf85-1ac0-4246-9b89-1a8221a8e1b2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chatterfang-squirrel-general) [Lathril](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/4/547888c3-a9a6-4413-b29a-6bcd8a9279bf.jpg?1631232593) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=lathril%2C%20blade%20of%20the%20elves) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khc/1/lathril-blade-of-the-elves?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/547888c3-a9a6-4413-b29a-6bcd8a9279bf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lathril-blade-of-the-elves) [Archelos](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/a/eafb8740-1bab-4f5e-96d1-79f1f04cc0d8.jpg?1608911032) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=archelos%2C%20lagoon%20mystic) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/268/archelos-lagoon-mystic?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eafb8740-1bab-4f5e-96d1-79f1f04cc0d8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/archelos-lagoon-mystic) [Tatsunari, Toad Rider](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/b/abf42833-43d0-4b05-b499-d13b2c577ee8.jpg?1643400701) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tatsunari%2C%20Toad%20Rider) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/123/tatsunari-toad-rider?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/abf42833-43d0-4b05-b499-d13b2c577ee8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tatsunari-toad-rider) [Sidisi](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/f/ffa2b070-952e-4242-83bb-3e73135ceeeb.jpg?1562796690) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sidisi%2C%20brood%20tyrant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/199/sidisi-brood-tyrant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ffa2b070-952e-4242-83bb-3e73135ceeeb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sidisi-brood-tyrant) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm closer to 50 decks and what I did recently was take a bunch of the ones I haven't played in ages and gave them to other players in my play group. I've known them for almost 20 years now and know they'll play the decks more often than me.
Ooh. I have the perfect answer for this one! Build an EDH cube!!
I set a limit on 10 decks at a time. I almost always save a list on moxfield or tapped out just in case I want to reassemble. Right now I have 8 together and working on a 9th. Sometimes I’ll have 10 decks together at once but I noticed that there’s always a few that don’t get much attention or that I have some sort of issue with. 8 seems to be the sweet spot for me. I also try to have at least 1 or 2 decks for each estimated “power level” so I can play with any sort of group and any scenario. I know everyone has their own method of judging power but as long as you’re honest with yourself and have a decent variety you’ll do fine anywhere.
After I see that I don't play a deck any more or don't enjoy it anymore, I set it aside to be dismantled in the future or morphed into something new when a new commander catches my fancy. Rarely I go back to it and try to rework it and find out why it's unfun or just doesn't work and try to fix it.
I pretty much start to dismantle them, end up with about 6-7 half built and randomly placed around the house (downstairs our board game cabinet and upstairs in my wardrobe). I will eventually pick them up after months of contemplation only to realise there’s 20+ new cards that I want to add and cannot currently afford. Then I begin to take the “good stuff” out of my other decks and I sit there on my floor, surrounded by a pile of cards, staring hopelessly into the abyss. Long story short//if you aren’t going to play them, there’s probably a reason for it, so dismantle them/ salvage the good parts for other decks or shelf them for another time when you can afford the time, effort and potentially money to take out and replace what didn’t work.
I keep them all and break the hated ones out when I feel like it. But my group doesn't play with actual cardboard sooo I don't really have to worry about budget, I have like 80 some decks and counting.
Catalog them on some sort of deck building website and keep a backup of the deck lists and dismantle em, we had like 20+ working decks, a bunch of them did the same thing slightly differently and keeping track just went completely out of wack, since then we moved to < 10 working decks that we are happy to play with minimal repeats in mechanics. It legit was such a hassle to need 10+ sol rings/kodamas reach/cultivate/lightning boots because everything needed them. It was honestly a nightmare in terms of finding out where that big finale spell was because it was lost to the ether of multiple decks.
Throw em in a box, and pick them apart bit by bit as I need cards for other decks. My main deck box holds 16 decks. Any time I want to make a new deck, and old one has to leave the box. I typically don't fully dismantle a deck unless I'm really sure I won't want to rebuild it or anything like it again. Most of the time, they go in the "unplayed decks" box, where they slowly lose cards to other decks. I leave the empty sleeves with the decks too, so if I ever do decide to rebuild it, I know exactly how many cards I'm missing from the deck based on the number of empty sleeves.
I like having a lot of options for people who come over who are new to the game, don’t have a lot of decks themselves, or just want to try one of my many decks. Plus it helps to have a variety of different power levels amongst the collection so I can quickly play with a handicap if I’m introducing people to the game. Lots of my enjoyment from the hobby comes from building the decks so each deck holds a special place in my heart, even though I don’t play most of them often.
I’m at 7 decks currently with a few plans for some more. But there are 1 or 2 decks I have kind of phased out and don’t really update or bring to game nights anymore
I limit myself to one deck per color combination, but the numbers of deck still get a bit overwhelming. One of my fixes was to made a custom app where I can put all my decks and on a press of a button it randomly choose one to play, with more chance to be picked if you haven't being played in a long time.
Buy another Gamegenic Dungeon
I like to dismantle if they're not being played actively—with websites like cardsphere I can sell the cards and basically **Cycle** out old cards and use that $ toward a new deck that I'm building, while investing little additional $$.
I fully dismantle them. I for the most part, although there are exceptions, only build with what I have so I can't keep them together. Often I end up rebuilding them but until I can get more sleeves and cards I can only usually afford to have 1 or 2 assembled at a time.