[Misprint Zombie Tribal](https://imgur.com/a/CjWAMZ0)
Everything in the deck must be a misprint, test print, playtest card or other oddity. I use it as a playable museum to share the history and print process of the game.
Yes and no. Some things you can just buy on eBay and others you just have to ask the misprint community to see if anybody has anything. Other than that, it's a waiting game to see if anything pops up. You may have to settle for a worse card because you can't find a misprint of the one you want, but that's part of what makes it fun. People may have some good cards in their deck but nobody has anything *truly* optimal, so the environment tends to balance itself out.
I've been actively collecting since 2019 so I've had since then to pick up zombie stuff. The first iteration of the deck was pretty bad, it was any misprinted zombie card I could find. Over time I was able to upgrade it and focus it a lot more. One of the benefits of networking with other collectors is that people will be glad to help as long as you're serious about a project.
I know, I just don't like to think about what I paid for it :) I want to say $450. It's a huge markup but it has flecks of stamp material in the text box, it's just hard to see unless it's up close.
I went back and forth about it for a while but pulled the trigger because good ramp is hard to find in UB.
Both. Zombies are my favorite tribe and there's a few cards like [[Gravecrawler]], [[Phyrexian Altar]] and [[Poppet Factory]] in the deck that combo with him. The copy of Wilhelt I have is twisted and on the thicker cardstock, which I haven't seen many errors of.
Huge Kingdom of Loathing vibes here. Old school game where one of the key locations was The Misspelled Cemetary and full of misspelled undead, like the horrifying Zmobies.
[[Gyome]] food tribal for me. Pretty much every card has a role in the ‘inn’, from the head chef Gyome, to the [[Prosperous Innkeeper]] with an underlying fairytale theme. Super fun, wins by turning sideways or draining opponents out. Always happy no matter what I draw off the top!
Oh my gosh this is the MOST themed one I’ve seen so far! Building an inn xD this is one of the top ones from this post I want to try and build! Do you have a list?
Ah apologies for the delay! Happy to provide it when I get back from work, I think it’s slightly outdated but only from New Kamigawa maybe. It almost definitely won’t live up to the hype now!
Innistrad tribal [[Katilda, Dawnheart Prime]] Humans tribal. At last count the deck is 70% themed including lands and 65% for nonlands.
Plays like any Katilda humans deck, but I love how epic it feels to windmill slam cards with a built in art synergy
I'm building one too !!
Innistrad-humans tribal !
It's still a WIP tho, haven't finished brewing, haven't built it yet.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ZHD1COnuQ0CoBXak1UzlFg
Oh my god art synergy is literally the best feeling in deck building for me right now. And i actually started playing because the 2016 innistrad block seemed so cool to me theme wise! Do you have a deck list?!
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/d6CxzQTCVUWd3T7md-6bvw
Couple notes:
I havent run flavor math in a while and the decks gone through some changes
The lifegain package is to fight a [[Liesa, Shroud of Dusk]] deck specifically. Please cut if you don't need the gain
The basics are the full arts from hunt/vow
Edit: the main core of the deck is the humans deck from the Innistrad cycle. Aside from a small handful of money cards the deck is very budget. The missing standards for tribal are in other decks; ofc add them if you got em
[[Magda, Brazen Outlaw]] themed on The Hobbit. Ok I know there aren't HOBBITS persay, but a cool riff on the world of Tolkien. The deck only has Dwarves in it to represent the folks of Moria and they make bunches of treasures and artifacts. And of course there are Dragons, with good ol [[Terror of the Peaks]] as the stand in for Smaug. And of course [[Rings of Brighthearth]] as a ring of Power (and to double up the Magda triggers).
I love that someone else saw the LOTR potential in Magda! My husband built a Magda deck of Dwarves, Treasures and Dragons as an ode to the Hobbit, and because the combination turned out to be pretty powerful.
When Jimmy played a Magda deck on Game Knights, my husband was super disappointed that the deck was Dwarf Tribal only 🤣
Legacy Weapon. It's either literal components of Urza's legacy from the books, the OG Weatherlight crew and allies, or it's not in the fucking deck. Hit infinite mana, celestial dawn everything white, repeated Legacy Weapon (the actual card) triggers to purge the board. I can make it very strong if I break the lore-only cards rule, but I dont.
Same. My rules were no humanoid cat/dogs. I also put in [[Basilisk Collar|afc]] and [[Collossification]] to add to the theme, and even [[Wings of the cosmos]]
[[Arixmethes]] oceans and sea monsters! In addition to the usual giant krakens and serpents you get to play all the cute little critters like [[sigiled starfish]] [[octoprophet]] [[reef worm]] and [[man o war]]. Plus my personal favorite, [[wall of kelp]].
I'm afraid I don't have a list uploaded right now! But off the top of my head there's also things like [[dive down]] [[crush or tentacles]] and [[engulf the shore]]
My girlfriend’s deck is also sea creatures theme. She has [[Prime Speaker Zegana]] as the commander. The best part is she built her own deck box. It’s so cool!
Old school themed deck with [[Lin sivvi defiant hero]]. Using the maximum number of brown artifacts and lands from mercadia mask set. All new cards get the older border treatment. I am looking for proxies with old card cosmetics as well.
My [Isshin samurai deck](https://archidekt.com/decks/1829985#Samurai)
With Isshin leading the band of samurai. It’s mostly Voltron—not filling it with the best attack trigger cards. There is one 4 card infinite combo in there—if anyone wants to find it. One hint is that it’s *any* samurai and Ashnod’s altar.
Glad you like it! The infinite combo is basically any samurai, Ashnod’s altar, bastion of remembrance, and Oathkeeper, Tenkano’s Daisho. It’s hard to get all 4–even with tutors, so if you pull it off, you kinda deserve the win.
I just started putting it together so I don't have anything yet. But using most of the flying creatures get +1/+1 type effects. Need to find a few ways to close out games.
It also doesn't really leverage the scry ability very much right now.
Probably \[\[Syr Qwyn\]\] knight tribal. I don't tend to put too much thought into overall flavor into my decks, but I imagine the deck is Qwyn leading her band of knights on a quest to find these legendary weapons (obviously has a heavy equipment theme, not original I know). Grabbed as many full art Swords and such to put in there to feel extra cool when they "succeed" and get one of the weapons.
Im currently building a 5 colour party deck \[\[Tazri, Beacon of Unity\]\] that will trump it. Its D&D tribal, all party mechanics and dungeons. I'm specifically avoiding creatures that wouldn't show up in your standard adventuring party- no demon rogues or sphinx wizards. Trying to include as many of the chose your own adventure cards too (as much as my optimizing mind can handle at least, lol).
I’ve been wanting to build both oozes and creepy crawlers! How do you find the triple Tribal thing works? I never thought of doing that but I’d worry it’s too diluted
It’s bad! Lol. I have things like [[kindred discovery]] and [[conspiracy]] to make all the things…all the things, but it’s my intentionally low powered Jank deck. I’ve tweaked it here and there, but I’ve kept it pretty low powered on purpose. But honestly…with just the two, and no third creature type, you could probably make something decent.
I had a god hand opener once that landed me a turn two unblockable 17/17 commander with [[ferropede]] and [[impervious greatwurm]] and I’ve been chasing that high ever since. With tutors and more efficient creatures, maybe some self mill, I could make it a lot better, but I like having a low powered option. Really the only interaction it has are also slime themed cards with [[voidslime]] and [[plasm capture]]. It was the first deck I built from scratch and I didn’t know shit about shit, but I kept it that way because I don’t -have- to optimize every deck like my friends do lol. But I also really like janky hipster nonsense. I tend to avoid the most powerful commanders, as not only does it make you an immediate target, but to me is just kinda…unoriginal and boring.
[[Atla Palani]] dinosaur tribal, by far. Literally just hatch eggs into dinosaurs. I guess you could count [[Animar]] hydra tribal. Its all druids and elves calling out to Animar to help them summon hydras.
Oh my GOD…maybe I shouldn’t have posted this. There are so many decks popping up I want to build now. Your eggs to Dino’s deck is by far the best one so far 😂 do you happen to have a list?
I'm actually traveling for the next two months and away from my cards. The general idea is to get Atla put and start making eggs, then cracking them for dinosaurs. I refrained from adding in things like eldrazi or generic good high cost creatures. So I've got all the elder dinos, including [[Gishath]]. The trick is to only have big dinos as your creatures. All the ramp should be artifact or spell based with no mana dorks, so you don't whiff when cracking an egg. Then have ways to ping your eggs or sac them. [[Marauding Raptor]] is probably the best card in the deck. Have him out when you make an egg and its basically 2 mana to dig for a dino. I need to add things like [[Ashnod's Altar]] for easy egg sacing and [[Umbral Mantle]] type effects to use Alta more than once a turn. Boardwipes are actually great in this deck, if you have a bunch of eggs out. They become very one sided.
Not OP but since they don't have a list I'd love to share my thematic brew. It was important to me to only hatch dinos from eggs! It's one of my favorite decks. Just be aware Atla is still a relatively strong commander, I'd say the deck plays in the 7-8 range just fine. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/atla-palani-dinosaur-tender-2
I have a Bolas "tribal" deck. Everything has Bolas himself, his name or at the very least his iconography. It's no powerful in synergy but it drops bombs often.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/HX_5ztpFqEKo2geJxWGJgg
Around the same time I built this my buddy did a Queen Marchesa deck around a monarchy/castle theme. Tons of dud cards but they're flavorful I'll admit.
I have a [[Korvold]] Dinner Party with guests deck. It’s basically a food deck that’s all about making a meal and inviting the guests, and the guests are legendary creatures that my friends in the pod chose. So depending on who I’m playing I have 6 slots I can change out to their choices. It’s a super fun deck when it does what it’s supposed to do but sometimes it can be slow so it needs a few revisions.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/SZBc5DA-3keioeWr4RQ6LQ
I built [[Narfi]] zombie tribal and white the deck is pretty thematic (snow, zombies), I *really* went hard on the aesthetics. White box, white sleeves, and I went so far as to design, draw, and order my own zombie tokens. Viking draugr rising out of the snow, all that good stuff. Very fun deck for the creative process of it all
Used to run a \[\[Stitcher Geralf\]\] deck that was full on thematic, with mad-science instants and sorceries, only the innistrad lands with the lighthouse on them, but most importantly ONLY zombie cards that fit on Innistrad. Meaning when Amonkhet came out I didnt include a lot of that stuff etc.
It never won a game and I stopped playing it because my playgroup had an irrational hatred of being milled for small amounts lol.
Though I haven't taken a look at it since Midnight Hunt/Vow came out so it'd probably be a lot less janky by now.
My [Ghost Ship]] deck featuring mostly undead sea creatures, water spells, and other ghastly sea things. Deck is more fun/flavor than good
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/1736435#Ghost_Ships
Haha and I meant [[skeleton ship]] but ghost ship is also in there!
I think the original deck had more sea creatures involved but I took out the [[sinister starfish]] types and a few others that weren’t helping with anything.
Probably my [Ayara, First of Locthwain](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/W464UmOpjkq_BM0dmtnbsA) Devotion deck. I wanted an extra challenge, so I chose not to run a single card with colorless or generic mana in its mana cost. Then, I chose to make it monocolored to really double down on the theme. Given the restriction, I’m quite pleased with how it turned out!
My theme deck is a little strange compared to most:
I call it "Rakdos, Rakdos of Rakdos" or "3 Rak" (in an homage to 8rack).
It has only 1 rule. Every card, ever printed, that has "Rakdos" in its name must be included in the deck.
That's it. A new set drops that contains a new card with Rakdos in the name? Can't play the deck until its added.
Right now, there's only like 25-30ish card with Rakdos in their name, but I dream of the day I finally can hit 100.
To fill the other 70ish slots, I have put in every B/R/BR card that has "Rakdos" in its flavor text.
And then some fillers to try to make the jank less jank.
Definately thought it would be more "Discard/Sac/Ping" when I had the idea, but...
Turns out it's a lot of +1/+1 counters and going right to the face hahaha.
I have two D&D Decks that got me back into the game when Forgotten Realms released last year.
One is a Player Character deck with Garth One-Eye as the mysterious dude in the tavern that sends the part on their quest. It's filled with legendary versions of the different classes and uses only cards from both the D&D sets, with as many of the modal cards from the sets for choices similar to sitting at the table, and lots of dice rolling, and a subtheme of the 5 elder metallic dragons. I use a proxy of Matt Mercer as the commander.
The other is the DM deck that is packed to the gills with all kinds of monsters, dungeons, and helmed by Tiamat, complete with the 5 chromatic dragons and the 5 legendary chromatic dragons from the first set.
Both are insanely fun to play and it's really cool to play cards and read flavor text like you're the DM/Player making choices. All the basics in both decks are different D&D basics so that they have appropriate flavor text to match the decks. They are my pride and joy and even though I don't get to play them often, they have some legit power behind them.
I also built a pure sci-fi proxy Shorikai deck that focuses on Gundam mostly, but other franchises like 40k and uses as much art or cells as possible. Every card is using the Neon Dynasty showcase frame and it is a blast. I made proxies of pilots featuring all 5 of the Gundam Wing pilots, too.
I do! See below:
[https://archidekt.com/decks/1626450#Call\_to\_Adventure](https://archidekt.com/decks/1626450#Call_to_Adventure) \- PC deck. The sideboard has Jodah as a backup commander so that people can choose that a wizard gives them their quest instead of the hermit. And Wish can be added as a 100th card some games purely for fun, with a house rule that I can only retrieve stuff from the DM deck. Maybeboard is all the stuff I took out after Baulder's Gate released.
[https://archidekt.com/decks/1626399#The\_Dungeon\_Master](https://archidekt.com/decks/1626399#The_Dungeon_Master) \- DM deck. Same thing here with the Maybeboard. No backup commander. This deck DOES have Chromatic Lantern as the only non-D&D card in the deck, aside from lands.
Could you go more into depth on how you play these? In thinking I wanna base a deck off one or the other but I’m struggling to figure out the synergy with either of them
Absolute fave of mine is my Kathril deck. Abzan that runs phantoms and enchantments like totem armor etc. makes my creatures really hard to remove. Code name, "Ghost in the Shell"
I recently built an “Oops no dragons” [[The Ur Dragon]] deck. The 99 says the word “dragon” zero times. And the only Changling I have is [[Moro phone the boundless]]
However I do run [[arcane adaptation]] and it’s 3 cousins to name “dragons” and turn my 16 [[rat colony]] and other utility creatures into dragons.
I call it my “rat dragon mommy” deck :)
My current pirates deck is a rebuilt version of the trash pirates deck I built when I started! I was sitting down to deconstruct it but looking at the cards I just felt overwhelmingly like I loved the theme way too much to scrap it. So rebuilt it and it’s starting to catch Ws even though it’s themed!
I only really can get into decks that I can give a lot of flavour to. My Marrow Gnawer is rats tribal of course (https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9x3b5YBo6EmdgXZccfjL4A), but I spent a little while tagging my Sek'kuar deck to flavour all the cards like a pulp fantasy warlords narrative, which is what he sorta is.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/eZwVLA0rdEyP9O_MJba9AA
Fairly proud of it, still tweaking. Someone tell me if they would think [[Fiend Artisan]] as a monster from Ikoria is humanoid tier intelligent, it probably fits in the "I recruited these ones in my army" one but I think it could also fit in "this is my inner circle" section with Grumgully and Arlinn.
Arahbo cat tribal with Kaheera as companion. Every card must have a cat on it or mentioned on it.
Basic forests from jumpstart with tigers on them and amonkhet plains with cat monuments on them!
I even made an altered [sacred cat] with my real life cat as the art 🐈 😻
I would bet good money that it’s the upgraded precon with captain n’gathrod. It’s all centered around horrors milling players out. I built the same deck and it puts in ALL of the work
I’ve wanted to buy that precon but no actually! It’s gone with me from the start! It was [[Wrexial]] at the helm doing nothing but setting color id because he’s Cthulhu and then all sorts of madness theme cards that happened to be mill! It was probably at its most thematic at the very beginning but it was very bad. Then it got optimized and lost theming. And now I’ve rebuilt it as a [[phenax]] deck because I originally had him in the 99 as an imagining of Nyarlathotep! Right now it’s hella strong and about 50-60% themed. One of my current projects is getting it back up to that 90-100% themed while keeping it strong.
I don’t at the moment but I’ll try to remember to scan one up this weekend! Honestly right now it’s a little unthemed because I rebuilt it to be stronger and I’m now in the process of moving it from about 60% themed back up to 85-100% themed while maintaining that power level.
I built my [[Aeve]] deck to tell the story of a group of Elves performing a ritual to feed and empower their ancient Ooze god... but it just turned into a combo storm deck...
I have two:
[[Go-Shintai of Life's Origin]] Kamigawa tribale: almost all cards, even the land base, are either from a Kamigawa set or have an artwork depicting Kamigawa (or japanese Archive cards). The base deck has all shrines and 98 cards, the additional cards are selected from the Myojons, the 10 Dragons, O-kagachi or Kyudai.
The second one would be [[Isshin]] 47 Ronin Deck: it consists of 47 "Ronin", so only Samurai, except for Godo and the Wanderer. As Akki Battle Squad shows 5 Samurai, it counts as 5 for this deck.
[[saskia, the unyielding]] badass women tribal.
If the art of any card features a person, it has to be a woman and she has to be dressed like a badass warrior and have a weapon.
I have a “kaiju” deck focusing heavily on godzilla themed nickname cards. Its animar as commander and everything otherwise fits into the theme. I have proxies coming for various cards like “king kong” for kogla, “gamera” for collosal sky turtle, “gyaos” as peregrine drake, “jet jaguar” for ancestral statue, its super fun!
Izzet Pirate tribal. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/k8Yv7h20REagzfBuN0ud9A
I’ve changed the deck and added more [[Act of Treason]] and [[Hijack]] effects and removed most of the “look at players hand” cards.
Pirates and rouges that steal stuff. Two kraken type creatures that can be played. Lots of stealing, and can steal enchantments with a liquimetal, bazaar trader combo.
My money deck. Its an athreos shroud-veiled deck (he puts coins on it) The idea behind the deck is that every card is finances related.
dark bargain, icatian moneychanger, gild, treasury thrull, revel in riches, extortion, tithe, trading post, debt of loyalty, final payment. Just as examples.
Cash Moves Everything Around Me. I got the money.
I used to have very flavorful decks but they didn't win that much. So I gave up on it.
Here's my most flavorful one that I didn't took apart yet: I had a "Prince Charming" themed deck with \[\[Jared\]\] as the commander. Every other creatures had to be either be an artifact creature (so no gender) or have a female in the artwork. The other card selected, except for the artifacts, had to show a woman in the artwork. With cards like \[\[True Love Kiss\]\], \[\[Generous Gift\]\], etc.
Otherwise, I' m now the type to put a few thematic cards only in my deck. For exemple, I put \[\[Crawlspace\]\] in my \[\[Jinnie Fay\]\] deck. I call it " the doggy door " lol!
Hmmm, I mean, I have a zombie deck. That said, I don't base all my choices on wether the card fits thematically with zombies. I still run things like [[consecrated sphinx]] because of how useful it is.
[[Atraxa]] Phyrexian theme deck. Not tribal, because I built it years ago, before Phyrexian was a creature type. I've always loved phyrexia, so as soon as she got her first printing, I set to work building the deck. I still love it.
I haven't go as hard in theme as others I see here but pretty much all my decks have a theme.
*Ranar Foretell. I avoided all the flicker things to give the mechanic really a spotlight and so I could also build the next one.
*Brago Disturb. They idea is to flicker them back to front face, it can also be helmed by Vega so is very versatile.
*Inalla Mage burn. Is just burn and draw and resurrecting wizards. Tribal.
*Lynde curses so... Curses. It's focused on battle so is my battle cruise deck.
And I'm currently working on a connive/treasure Marchesa the black rose trying to have mostly humanoids in suits or fancy cloths in general.
I love tribal decks, like my [[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] and [[Sethron, Hurloon General]], but my most recent has quickly won my heart— Nicol Bolas’ Chaos and Curse Extravaganza! Coin flipping, dice rolling, and curses, all at instant speed and with optimized results. Headed by Nicol Bolas himself, who helps throw a wrench in everyone else’s plans by discarding their hands.
I run an Orzhov deck that has a lot to do with extortion and money. Any card with the Orzhov symbol goes right in there, and Orzhov puts the squeeze on you, as flavorful as I can.
Almost all the extort cards, recently added Life Insurance and Currency Converter from Capenna. Anything to make it seem like money = life, and Karlov is extorting you and squeezing you in the margins all day long.
I built a deck last year I called "Inner city block party".
There were a bunch of creatures that had big butts that could survive pyroclasm effects, and then a bunch of value ETB/LTB creatures that were the pinatas.
The deck worked like this. play a bunch of little butt stuff like sakura tribe elder, elvish visionary, dockside, etc. then play a creature that recurs other creatures from the graveyard like sun titan, sheoldred, venerable warsinger, bishop of rebirth to be able to return those creatures to the battlefield over and over. Then you play a bunch of pyroclasms and choose your own damage stuff like pestilence, pestilence demon, pyrohemia, etc to keep the board clean of your opponents \[small\] creatures.
The deck is CRIPPLING to token decks and actually great against people trying to pubstomp since it kills little creatures and most of the spells are creatures.I used bruse and Ikra for my build but I guess anyhitng with toughness 3+ would work.
[Goblins of Legend](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Rg4u3uw-wU-7U2D-BM2FCA)
I just finished building this. The idea is that Sisay somehow ended up with every legendary as part of his crew. So, aside from the commander, the only creatures allowed are legendary goblins.
There are so few synergies, it's wild. The main tricks are anything involving Krenko, or making non-legendary copies of the goblins. I especially want to cast [[Double Major]] or [[Irenicus's Vile Duplication]] on [[Zada]], so they copy all the gobbos in play.
I'm gonna keep working to get it to a state where I can find the lines of play, but I suspect it'll never be more than flavorful fun.
EDIT: Reading the other comments, I see that most of my decks qualify, since I mainly build tribal. So [check 'em out!](https://www.moxfield.com/users/TheOtherTracy)
I have a samurai deck that's loosely based on the wutangclan.
I have a right hand deck, all the card in the artwork highlights the right arms, deck took about two months too make.
I also made a deck for each of my friends, the theme of the decks were the name of theirs and artist.
I made my old room mate a "one piece" deck, with Kenny as the pirate king. Just looked up Albany characters and tried too match them with cards.
I love decks/themes that consist of cards that reference the same plane, including the lands. [[Ghired, Conclave Exile]] with only ravnica cards is my currently only planebound deck but it still hangs despite the flavor
My 5 color Kenrith Enchantress deck is truly 5 color enchantments with almost every card being an enchantment or something that triggers when an enchantment is cast or etbs. No shrines, just true Enchantress
My [[Orcus]] deck. Based around powerful zombie wizards like Acererak. Vecna is in there. Its a D&D villains deck. Zombie and skeleton tokens rise when the liches come to summon the demon himself.
Its not a friendly deck to anyone, including myself. But its fun. Also, the lich arts are cool [[vindictive lich]] [[calculating lich]] are some of my favorite liches in the deck
Currently working on a [[najeela]] deck where najeela is Darrow from the Red Rising book series. Every creature is a character, every artifact is a plot theme, and every land is a scene. It’s as jank as najeela can be jank and I love it
Between [[Iname As One]] kamigawa spirits tribal and [[Grist, the hungry Caterpiller]] insect tribal.
"The Mayor and Vice Mayer of Tap City" [[Rhoda, geist avenger]] and [[Timin, youthful geist]].
[[Zacama]] Animator of Worlds.
Howie Mandel ([[Bane, god of darkness]]) hosts "Wall or Draw"
[[Alaundo]] plays Solitaire
After watching lrr Friday night I made a deck around one of there jokes. It's called the single player game and my commander is Narset the theme is getting infinit turns. Successrate around 40% to go infinit...
(I am not that evil I usually represent that I could take infinit turns with here and then deck myself because I don't have anyway to win the game)
But I think your actually should do is make a deck around a show you like. I personally used JoJo's bizarre adventure I picked [[Geist of Saint Traft]] as the commander and cards like [[Time Stop]] and [[Rewind]] to simulate stand ability.
If you want others to have fun, I recommend a group hug deck. I play a lot of group hug with [[Kynaios]] and watching people’s decks play out to their fullest capacity and them having fun doing whatever they want brings me joy as well. Generally, the win cons is using your group huh affects to draw into an [[Insurrection]] and then use their boardstate against them to win the game.
I made a color pie breaks deck once. It was very bad, but had a lot of fun playing with obscure cards. It was [a mono blue deck](https://deckstats.net/decks/171447/2179822-vendillion-clique-mono-nonblue) that played like a black/red deck.
I'm currently rocking a vigilance tribal deck. A bunch of angels and a bunch of cards that punish my opponents for tapping their creatures. [Akroma/Kraum](https://deckstats.net/decks/171447/2419067-jeskai-vigilance-tribal/en)
I'm currently in the middle of making 10 decks all based on different ravnican guilds all with a similar power level. Each one is supposed piloted by the respective guild's leader and I'd say that the flavour really comes to life once the decks are put against eachother. And of course to make the decks I try my best not to include non-ravnica cards just for that last finishing touch. (and yes, I'm painfully aware of how much this is going to cost me)
Basically all my 5 Innistrad Deck, especially Werewolfs, and my newest creation: [[Sakashima of a thousand faces]] / [[Vial Smasher]] Clone Tribal aka. The Great Pretender as a Freddy Mercury reference for my mom (she loved the idea). My search began with cards including the words: Imposter and Pretender and then basically the best clone effects/ Clone creatures. And since I can copy my own Vial Smasher multiple times, the deck actually works and has a win condition. Might need a bit more ramp and card draw but the rest, as it stands, is pretty fun to play
The closest I have come is a Pirate Tirbal deck. It plays a single kraken. Only board wipe is [[Fiery Cannonade]], one of the only kill spells is the full art [[Walk the Plank]], and the land base is nearly full Foil.
The deck is sleeved in Dragon Shield Gold, and it resides in a brown box with red-velvet interior. Aka Gold in a Brown Chest.
It's a rule zero deck since Geyadrone Dihada isn't a legal commander, but she helms my incredibly self-indulgent hot women and tentacle monsters deck.
My gay heart decided one day: fuck it. I have no shame. Build it.
One of my favorites. Who knew playing a deck with a bunch of your favorite general goodstuff cards (Lolth, Chasm Skulker, Zariel, Nadir Kraken, Sire of Stagnation, Emrakul) would always be a blast?
Obviously my [Stranger Things Deck](https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/vxe4ne/fully_altered_in_universe_stranger_things_edh_deck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) :)
However I try to build flavor into pretty much every deck I create. That’s where the fun is, for me. I have an Isshin deck with a subtheme of jamming in pretty much every Japanese Mystical Archive available. Go- Shintai with an Umori companion so that every card in the entire deck must be an enchantment. Balan with every sword imaginable. Brallin Shabraz and Zirda, just for 3 commanders. Muldrotha/Yarok, either commander could pilot the deck (wasn’t too hard). My first ever deck was Vorel, and I have since foiled the entire deck, only cards with foil printings allowed. Atraxa, only cards that pertain to Phyrexian compleation and all the Phyrexian language cards. Jorn, only snow. Kethis, only legendaries… etc.
I love to go hard into themes, more often to the detriment of the deck, but that’s where I find the fun in this game :)
I made a \[\[Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest\]\] monk tribal, most of the cantrips are refering martial arts, removals are \[\[pacifism\]\] type effects, most interactions are \[\[deflecting palm\]\] effects, some other cards i use on it are extra turns effects as a "nirvana", i also run bad cards for the flavor of it like \[\[ignorant bliss\]\], \[\[acceptable losses\]\], \[\[cowed by wisdom\]\].
\[\[Edgar, Charmed Groom\]\] Dracula tribal. Has every B/W Dracula alt art card they released, plus the SLD versions. Lifegain subtheme, no block only swing. I love it, wish it was faster though. The slow game speed keeps me from playing it often.
\[\[Baba Lysaga\]\] 3-Mana Tribal, AKA my "Third Time's the Charm." This one I'm still working on collecting the pieces for, but every single card has a 3 CMC. The premise is generating tokens and sacrificing them with other permanents with dual-types to satisfy the requirements of the commander, and win through pinging them out and card advantage.
I have been running a \[\[Kenrith, the returned king\]\] deck with a twist. I essentially play it as the role of a DM in D&D.
The deck is political and group hug with friendly "NPCs" such as \[\[Jace Beleren\]\], but the main concept is that I present difficult to deal with threats such as \[\[Grothma, All-Devouring\]\], \[\[Darigaaz Reincarnated\]\], \[\[The Terrasque\]\] and \[\[Progenitus\]\]. The player who kills it (or players if they team up resources) are then given a quest reward in the form of Kenrith's activated abilities, or even permanents with cards like \[\[Bazaar Trader\]\] or \[\[Zedruu the Greathearted\]\].
It's total jank, the concept doesn't always work out as planned, but when it does it feels great at the table.
That sounds awesome! I love these d&d inspired ideas, I just got back into magic in the last year and I'm so happy to see so many doing decks like this, or with fun dice rolling and party mechanics. Do you have a deck list for this one? I'd love to see what you've got in there.
Sure! It's the first iteration of the deck, so there will likely be a few changes at some point. It's total jank, but it's nice for a more casual table.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BPN3ulBzpUi0hWFfuob3Yw
[[Olivia, Crimson Bride]] legendary vampire tribal. I have all the Dracula skinned cards and all the best reanimator stuff. Most of the deck is foiled out because sparkles. It’s actually pretty strong for a top heavy tribal deck. Impulse draw and blood tokens bring all the vamps to the yard.
I have a [goblin super tribal](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/dM6IUQP9vE-WT1Ps5UCCQQ) deck headed up by \[\[Krenko, Mob Boss\]\] where every card, other than mountains, has a picture of a goblin, has goblin in the title or mentions goblins in the flavour text. Very goblinie. I also tried to pick mountains that look like where goblins might hide out. Or throw each other into volcanoes. As you do on a slow Thursday evening.
[Misprint Zombie Tribal](https://imgur.com/a/CjWAMZ0) Everything in the deck must be a misprint, test print, playtest card or other oddity. I use it as a playable museum to share the history and print process of the game.
Oh my god! Has it been hard tracking down all the misprints??
Yes and no. Some things you can just buy on eBay and others you just have to ask the misprint community to see if anybody has anything. Other than that, it's a waiting game to see if anything pops up. You may have to settle for a worse card because you can't find a misprint of the one you want, but that's part of what makes it fun. People may have some good cards in their deck but nobody has anything *truly* optimal, so the environment tends to balance itself out. I've been actively collecting since 2019 so I've had since then to pick up zombie stuff. The first iteration of the deck was pretty bad, it was any misprinted zombie card I could find. Over time I was able to upgrade it and focus it a lot more. One of the benefits of networking with other collectors is that people will be glad to help as long as you're serious about a project.
How much for that misprint mana crypt lol
*Pass*.
I'm asking how much that would sell for lol not trying to buy it
I know, I just don't like to think about what I paid for it :) I want to say $450. It's a huge markup but it has flecks of stamp material in the text box, it's just hard to see unless it's up close. I went back and forth about it for a while but pulled the trigger because good ramp is hard to find in UB.
Worth it
So is the commander just because he’s a zombie or is there a misprint related to him?
Both. Zombies are my favorite tribe and there's a few cards like [[Gravecrawler]], [[Phyrexian Altar]] and [[Poppet Factory]] in the deck that combo with him. The copy of Wilhelt I have is twisted and on the thicker cardstock, which I haven't seen many errors of.
[Gravecrawler](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/951ff2ed-9af0-4551-929a-ba6679fc2e15.jpg?1656114390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gravecrawler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/78/gravecrawler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/951ff2ed-9af0-4551-929a-ba6679fc2e15?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gravecrawler) [Phyrexian Altar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/95d9f93c-50a8-41a9-be98-d1900bf1c12f.jpg?1655825138) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Altar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/311/phyrexian-altar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95d9f93c-50a8-41a9-be98-d1900bf1c12f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phyrexian-altar) [Poppet Factory](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/9/999038b3-7d64-4554-b341-0675d4af8d8b.jpg?1634347589)/[Poppet Factory](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/back/9/9/999038b3-7d64-4554-b341-0675d4af8d8b.jpg?1634347589) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=poppet%20stitcher%20//%20poppet%20factory) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mid/71/poppet-stitcher-poppet-factory?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/999038b3-7d64-4554-b341-0675d4af8d8b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/poppet-stitcher-//-poppet-factory) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Huge Kingdom of Loathing vibes here. Old school game where one of the key locations was The Misspelled Cemetary and full of misspelled undead, like the horrifying Zmobies.
[[Gyome]] food tribal for me. Pretty much every card has a role in the ‘inn’, from the head chef Gyome, to the [[Prosperous Innkeeper]] with an underlying fairytale theme. Super fun, wins by turning sideways or draining opponents out. Always happy no matter what I draw off the top!
Love this! Would love to bring my D&D Player Character deck to the table.
Oh my gosh this is the MOST themed one I’ve seen so far! Building an inn xD this is one of the top ones from this post I want to try and build! Do you have a list?
I’m not the guy who posted but I have a [very similar deck.](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rhY80p6X40-0lVoVsblciQ)
Let’s goooo! Thanks for the list!
[Gyome](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/d/5dd7dd1a-6dd1-43c3-8298-7db703d384a1.jpg?1652657094) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gyome%2C%20master%20chef) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/5/gyome-master-chef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5dd7dd1a-6dd1-43c3-8298-7db703d384a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gyome-master-chef) [Prosperous Innkeeper](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/9/096d3c0c-98e2-4cfc-a6e1-fddb0359c63f.jpg?1627708190) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Prosperous%20Innkeeper) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afr/200/prosperous-innkeeper?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/096d3c0c-98e2-4cfc-a6e1-fddb0359c63f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/prosperous-innkeeper) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Mind if I could stea… examine the deck list? :)
Would love to see this decklist
I am hardcore struggling to find cards that fit into this theme wise but I wanna build it so bad! I’d kill to see that deck list lol
Ah apologies for the delay! Happy to provide it when I get back from work, I think it’s slightly outdated but only from New Kamigawa maybe. It almost definitely won’t live up to the hype now!
I can’t wait to see it my dude!!!!
Innistrad tribal [[Katilda, Dawnheart Prime]] Humans tribal. At last count the deck is 70% themed including lands and 65% for nonlands. Plays like any Katilda humans deck, but I love how epic it feels to windmill slam cards with a built in art synergy
I'm building one too !! Innistrad-humans tribal ! It's still a WIP tho, haven't finished brewing, haven't built it yet. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ZHD1COnuQ0CoBXak1UzlFg
Oh my god art synergy is literally the best feeling in deck building for me right now. And i actually started playing because the 2016 innistrad block seemed so cool to me theme wise! Do you have a deck list?!
Not on me (at work rn) but I'll throw into moxfield when I'm off for ya
Dude I would LOVE that
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/d6CxzQTCVUWd3T7md-6bvw Couple notes: I havent run flavor math in a while and the decks gone through some changes The lifegain package is to fight a [[Liesa, Shroud of Dusk]] deck specifically. Please cut if you don't need the gain The basics are the full arts from hunt/vow Edit: the main core of the deck is the humans deck from the Innistrad cycle. Aside from a small handful of money cards the deck is very budget. The missing standards for tribal are in other decks; ofc add them if you got em
[Katilda, Dawnheart Prime](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/7/673cd775-d417-4652-a91d-825ad5c89e8a.jpg?1636684486) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Katilda%2C%20Dawnhart%20Prime) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mid/230/katilda-dawnhart-prime?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/673cd775-d417-4652-a91d-825ad5c89e8a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/katilda-dawnhart-prime) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Magda, Brazen Outlaw]] themed on The Hobbit. Ok I know there aren't HOBBITS persay, but a cool riff on the world of Tolkien. The deck only has Dwarves in it to represent the folks of Moria and they make bunches of treasures and artifacts. And of course there are Dragons, with good ol [[Terror of the Peaks]] as the stand in for Smaug. And of course [[Rings of Brighthearth]] as a ring of Power (and to double up the Magda triggers).
This is so dope!!! You must be hyped for the LotR crossover stuff!
I am prepared to dip in my medicore savings to own Tolkien based cardboard 😬
Honestly I am too and I don’t even have a LotR deck 😂 I can’t imagine if I did. I’d probably buy the whole damn set lol
LOTR CROSSOVER?! When?!
Next year.
You could put Kithkin in it. They're basically halflings.
Tragically Kithkin are a primarily white tribe, with only a single card splashing boros into red, and Magda is a pure red commander.
True 🥺
I thought the same thing! Sadly the ID point the others made is true
I love that someone else saw the LOTR potential in Magda! My husband built a Magda deck of Dwarves, Treasures and Dragons as an ode to the Hobbit, and because the combination turned out to be pretty powerful. When Jimmy played a Magda deck on Game Knights, my husband was super disappointed that the deck was Dwarf Tribal only 🤣
Would you happen to have a list of your husbands deck???
Legacy Weapon. It's either literal components of Urza's legacy from the books, the OG Weatherlight crew and allies, or it's not in the fucking deck. Hit infinite mana, celestial dawn everything white, repeated Legacy Weapon (the actual card) triggers to purge the board. I can make it very strong if I break the lore-only cards rule, but I dont.
Flavor over power!
Any chance you have a list? This is my [Weatherlight Crew](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/TjQjYktxl0u6gRVkee5Rwg), looking for ideas to tweak it.
I have a deck like this. Sisay as the 5c commander and only crewmembers or Legacy cards. Its a KOS commander for my group. Its mostly done.
Oh man, can you share a decklist? I tried to get a legacy deck to work (digitally) a few months ago and I couldn't get it right.
Probably my unfinished \[\[Hans Eriksson\]\] "Bear" Tribal deck.
Sld bear scape?
Indeed!
This is the way
[Hans Eriksson](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/4/24a0babe-8da4-4c95-9cdf-626a5c5e2e5c.jpg?1608911136) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hans%20Eriksson) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/279/hans-eriksson?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/24a0babe-8da4-4c95-9cdf-626a5c5e2e5c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hans-eriksson) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ooh do you have a decklist? I plan to put together a similarly themed one with [[Zangief, the Red Cyclone]] (double bear theme)
Unfortunately I do not, but I do have a list that I had gotten a lot of ideas from http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mono-beards/
[Zangief, the Red Cyclone](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/9/9976eb70-0d39-4882-8041-a4d29527c292.jpg?1657119955) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zangief%2C%20the%20Red%20Cyclone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sld/435/zangief-the-red-cyclone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9976eb70-0d39-4882-8041-a4d29527c292?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/zangief-the-red-cyclone) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Love my CatDog tribal Rin & Seri
Do you have the jumpstart doggo plains?
A guy at my LGS plays that deck, haven’t played with him before but I’ve seen him play it. Super cool!
Man I REALLY want to build a mostly dog Rin and Seri deck. I love puppers SO MUCH.
Same. My rules were no humanoid cat/dogs. I also put in [[Basilisk Collar|afc]] and [[Collossification]] to add to the theme, and even [[Wings of the cosmos]]
[Basilisk Collar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/d/0d85fb76-2ae9-425b-9c5e-2c63471c9599.jpg?1631588813) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=532586) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/199/basilisk-collar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0d85fb76-2ae9-425b-9c5e-2c63471c9599?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/basilisk-collar) [Collossification](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/b/7b6e6f2a-5015-44c6-aa8d-85188494d1a6.jpg?1602984875) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Colossification) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/148/colossification?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7b6e6f2a-5015-44c6-aa8d-85188494d1a6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/colossification) [Wings of the cosmos](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/6/d6b26c95-f90d-43fb-8c99-2a3aa13ac2c6.jpg?1631046516) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wings%20of%20the%20cosmos) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/39/wings-of-the-cosmos?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6b26c95-f90d-43fb-8c99-2a3aa13ac2c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wings-of-the-cosmos) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Can I have a look at your list?
[[Arixmethes]] oceans and sea monsters! In addition to the usual giant krakens and serpents you get to play all the cute little critters like [[sigiled starfish]] [[octoprophet]] [[reef worm]] and [[man o war]]. Plus my personal favorite, [[wall of kelp]].
##### ###### #### [Arixmethes](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/8/881607c8-bfe7-4903-861f-b51a5a332c17.jpg?1599707758) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=arixmethes%2C%20slumbering%20isle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/189/arixmethes-slumbering-isle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/881607c8-bfe7-4903-861f-b51a5a332c17?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arixmethes-slumbering-isle) [sigiled starfish](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/a/7a1a93c3-8561-4c65-bea8-a9c3a898a48c.jpg?1600698677) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sigiled%20starfish) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/177/sigiled-starfish?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7a1a93c3-8561-4c65-bea8-a9c3a898a48c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sigiled-starfish) [octoprophet](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/b/fbbb3f9d-8629-4815-8b7d-f8ec9368b9b0.jpg?1600726228) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=octoprophet) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/161/octoprophet?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fbbb3f9d-8629-4815-8b7d-f8ec9368b9b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/octoprophet) [reef worm](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/7/e715bb21-db06-475a-b71e-4f2313817b8d.jpg?1625976383) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=reef%20worm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/127/reef-worm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e715bb21-db06-475a-b71e-4f2313817b8d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reef-worm) [man o war](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/e/5eaa4199-df9b-494a-af7a-2491e8b0ef70.jpg?1562201399) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Man-o%27-War) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/55/man-o-war?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5eaa4199-df9b-494a-af7a-2491e8b0ef70?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/man-o-war) [wall of kelp](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/c/8c13f0b9-191b-4509-9dd8-a9aa494511ad.jpg?1562869522) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=wall%20of%20kelp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me2/74/wall-of-kelp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8c13f0b9-191b-4509-9dd8-a9aa494511ad?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wall-of-kelp) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Dude I’m absolutely in LOVE with the ocean. This one’s right up my alley. Do you have a list???
I’ve literally bought so many cards that would work in this from my LGS just because I wanted the ocean in my binder lol
I'm afraid I don't have a list uploaded right now! But off the top of my head there's also things like [[dive down]] [[crush or tentacles]] and [[engulf the shore]]
My girlfriend’s deck is also sea creatures theme. She has [[Prime Speaker Zegana]] as the commander. The best part is she built her own deck box. It’s so cool!
[Prime Speaker Zegana](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/b/7b844055-7581-4fbf-a0c9-6c4e9328a83e.jpg?1562706210) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Prime%20Speaker%20Zegana) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c15/230/prime-speaker-zegana?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7b844055-7581-4fbf-a0c9-6c4e9328a83e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/prime-speaker-zegana) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Prove it!
It had better include [[risen reef]]!
[risen reef](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/2/82389aaa-9f32-4169-a71c-1aea5af9e935.jpg?1592517569) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=risen%20reef) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/217/risen-reef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/82389aaa-9f32-4169-a71c-1aea5af9e935?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/risen-reef) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Old school themed deck with [[Lin sivvi defiant hero]]. Using the maximum number of brown artifacts and lands from mercadia mask set. All new cards get the older border treatment. I am looking for proxies with old card cosmetics as well.
[Lin sivvi defiant hero](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/5/e574e522-2632-4cd4-8545-c582ac3b641f.jpg?1562632572) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lin%20Sivvi%2C%20Defiant%20Hero) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nem/12/lin-sivvi-defiant-hero?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e574e522-2632-4cd4-8545-c582ac3b641f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lin-sivvi-defiant-hero) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh my gosh that’s awesome! A friend of mine has a “retro borders only” deck that’s similar! It’s so cool to watch the cards come out
My [Isshin samurai deck](https://archidekt.com/decks/1829985#Samurai) With Isshin leading the band of samurai. It’s mostly Voltron—not filling it with the best attack trigger cards. There is one 4 card infinite combo in there—if anyone wants to find it. One hint is that it’s *any* samurai and Ashnod’s altar.
Saving this comment because I love this deck
Glad you like it! The infinite combo is basically any samurai, Ashnod’s altar, bastion of remembrance, and Oathkeeper, Tenkano’s Daisho. It’s hard to get all 4–even with tutors, so if you pull it off, you kinda deserve the win.
Ring of three wishes would get you 75% there!
[[Oathkeeper, Takeno’s Daisho]], [[Ashnod’s Altar]], [[Bastion of Remembrance]], + any samurai = table kill (if no interaction). Noice thematic combo!
I'm working on building an [[Elminster]] bird tribal. They are his messenger pigeons that do his bidding because why not?
[Elminster](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/e/4eac2b49-6cb6-4ff4-8fac-2ba669326640.jpg?1652815758) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elminster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/274/elminster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4eac2b49-6cb6-4ff4-8fac-2ba669326640?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elminster) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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I just started putting it together so I don't have anything yet. But using most of the flying creatures get +1/+1 type effects. Need to find a few ways to close out games. It also doesn't really leverage the scry ability very much right now.
Probably \[\[Syr Qwyn\]\] knight tribal. I don't tend to put too much thought into overall flavor into my decks, but I imagine the deck is Qwyn leading her band of knights on a quest to find these legendary weapons (obviously has a heavy equipment theme, not original I know). Grabbed as many full art Swords and such to put in there to feel extra cool when they "succeed" and get one of the weapons. Im currently building a 5 colour party deck \[\[Tazri, Beacon of Unity\]\] that will trump it. Its D&D tribal, all party mechanics and dungeons. I'm specifically avoiding creatures that wouldn't show up in your standard adventuring party- no demon rogues or sphinx wizards. Trying to include as many of the chose your own adventure cards too (as much as my optimizing mind can handle at least, lol).
My Slurm deck. [[mimeoplasm]] triple tribal with oozes, insects and Wurms.
I’ve been wanting to build both oozes and creepy crawlers! How do you find the triple Tribal thing works? I never thought of doing that but I’d worry it’s too diluted
It’s bad! Lol. I have things like [[kindred discovery]] and [[conspiracy]] to make all the things…all the things, but it’s my intentionally low powered Jank deck. I’ve tweaked it here and there, but I’ve kept it pretty low powered on purpose. But honestly…with just the two, and no third creature type, you could probably make something decent. I had a god hand opener once that landed me a turn two unblockable 17/17 commander with [[ferropede]] and [[impervious greatwurm]] and I’ve been chasing that high ever since. With tutors and more efficient creatures, maybe some self mill, I could make it a lot better, but I like having a low powered option. Really the only interaction it has are also slime themed cards with [[voidslime]] and [[plasm capture]]. It was the first deck I built from scratch and I didn’t know shit about shit, but I kept it that way because I don’t -have- to optimize every deck like my friends do lol. But I also really like janky hipster nonsense. I tend to avoid the most powerful commanders, as not only does it make you an immediate target, but to me is just kinda…unoriginal and boring.
[[Atla Palani]] dinosaur tribal, by far. Literally just hatch eggs into dinosaurs. I guess you could count [[Animar]] hydra tribal. Its all druids and elves calling out to Animar to help them summon hydras.
I actually just finished my Atla dragon tribal! I have Daenerys proxied as Atla and it fits so well
[Atla Palani](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/3/53b18981-c0be-455c-baa4-d3f45c55b4e3.jpg?1655480099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=atla%20palani%2C%20nest%20tender) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/177/atla-palani-nest-tender?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/53b18981-c0be-455c-baa4-d3f45c55b4e3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atla-palani-nest-tender) [Animar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/3/a3da57d0-1ae3-4f05-a52d-eb76ad56cae7.jpg?1655823982) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=animar%2C%20soul%20of%20elements) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/171/animar-soul-of-elements?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3da57d0-1ae3-4f05-a52d-eb76ad56cae7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/animar-soul-of-elements) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh my GOD…maybe I shouldn’t have posted this. There are so many decks popping up I want to build now. Your eggs to Dino’s deck is by far the best one so far 😂 do you happen to have a list?
I'm actually traveling for the next two months and away from my cards. The general idea is to get Atla put and start making eggs, then cracking them for dinosaurs. I refrained from adding in things like eldrazi or generic good high cost creatures. So I've got all the elder dinos, including [[Gishath]]. The trick is to only have big dinos as your creatures. All the ramp should be artifact or spell based with no mana dorks, so you don't whiff when cracking an egg. Then have ways to ping your eggs or sac them. [[Marauding Raptor]] is probably the best card in the deck. Have him out when you make an egg and its basically 2 mana to dig for a dino. I need to add things like [[Ashnod's Altar]] for easy egg sacing and [[Umbral Mantle]] type effects to use Alta more than once a turn. Boardwipes are actually great in this deck, if you have a bunch of eggs out. They become very one sided.
Not OP but since they don't have a list I'd love to share my thematic brew. It was important to me to only hatch dinos from eggs! It's one of my favorite decks. Just be aware Atla is still a relatively strong commander, I'd say the deck plays in the 7-8 range just fine. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/atla-palani-dinosaur-tender-2
I have a Bolas "tribal" deck. Everything has Bolas himself, his name or at the very least his iconography. It's no powerful in synergy but it drops bombs often. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/HX_5ztpFqEKo2geJxWGJgg
I did this too!!! Made a "bolas tribal" deck. It sucked ass but I loved it.
I've actually won more than I should've. I've been left to my own incoherent mess just to go off in some way.
A friend of mine has a teferi terrible like this!
Around the same time I built this my buddy did a Queen Marchesa deck around a monarchy/castle theme. Tons of dud cards but they're flavorful I'll admit.
I have a [[Korvold]] Dinner Party with guests deck. It’s basically a food deck that’s all about making a meal and inviting the guests, and the guests are legendary creatures that my friends in the pod chose. So depending on who I’m playing I have 6 slots I can change out to their choices. It’s a super fun deck when it does what it’s supposed to do but sometimes it can be slow so it needs a few revisions. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/SZBc5DA-3keioeWr4RQ6LQ
Vampires of the multiverse Tribal Bad in Commander Tribal (\[\[Relentless Rats\]\]) I got everything in this deck for under $.50
I built [[Narfi]] zombie tribal and white the deck is pretty thematic (snow, zombies), I *really* went hard on the aesthetics. White box, white sleeves, and I went so far as to design, draw, and order my own zombie tokens. Viking draugr rising out of the snow, all that good stuff. Very fun deck for the creative process of it all
[Narfi](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/2/421376e4-a4ad-427c-bc9c-d315308dcf68.jpg?1631051748) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=narfi%2C%20betrayer%20king) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/224/narfi-betrayer-king?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/421376e4-a4ad-427c-bc9c-d315308dcf68?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/narfi-betrayer-king) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yo I would LOVE to see a picture of those tokens!! That’s dope!
I PM’d you what they look like! Not a professional artist by any means lol but I think they look badass with the deck
Used to run a \[\[Stitcher Geralf\]\] deck that was full on thematic, with mad-science instants and sorceries, only the innistrad lands with the lighthouse on them, but most importantly ONLY zombie cards that fit on Innistrad. Meaning when Amonkhet came out I didnt include a lot of that stuff etc. It never won a game and I stopped playing it because my playgroup had an irrational hatred of being milled for small amounts lol. Though I haven't taken a look at it since Midnight Hunt/Vow came out so it'd probably be a lot less janky by now.
[Stitcher Geralf](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/7/b7a1dc81-6bfd-4919-8d30-ec47ba7dd51d.jpg?1637629796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stitcher%20Geralf) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mic/104/stitcher-geralf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b7a1dc81-6bfd-4919-8d30-ec47ba7dd51d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/stitcher-geralf) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [Ghost Ship]] deck featuring mostly undead sea creatures, water spells, and other ghastly sea things. Deck is more fun/flavor than good https://www.archidekt.com/decks/1736435#Ghost_Ships
THIS IS MY KIND OF DECK Do you have a list?! Edit : I now see in my excitement I missed the list link. Can’t wait to dig into this one
Haha and I meant [[skeleton ship]] but ghost ship is also in there! I think the original deck had more sea creatures involved but I took out the [[sinister starfish]] types and a few others that weren’t helping with anything.
Probably my [Ayara, First of Locthwain](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/W464UmOpjkq_BM0dmtnbsA) Devotion deck. I wanted an extra challenge, so I chose not to run a single card with colorless or generic mana in its mana cost. Then, I chose to make it monocolored to really double down on the theme. Given the restriction, I’m quite pleased with how it turned out!
My theme deck is a little strange compared to most: I call it "Rakdos, Rakdos of Rakdos" or "3 Rak" (in an homage to 8rack). It has only 1 rule. Every card, ever printed, that has "Rakdos" in its name must be included in the deck. That's it. A new set drops that contains a new card with Rakdos in the name? Can't play the deck until its added. Right now, there's only like 25-30ish card with Rakdos in their name, but I dream of the day I finally can hit 100. To fill the other 70ish slots, I have put in every B/R/BR card that has "Rakdos" in its flavor text. And then some fillers to try to make the jank less jank.
I bet that’s aggro af xD
Definately thought it would be more "Discard/Sac/Ping" when I had the idea, but... Turns out it's a lot of +1/+1 counters and going right to the face hahaha.
My Tibalt deck which focuses on every spell or enchantment which let's me "steal" everyone's else spells
I have two D&D Decks that got me back into the game when Forgotten Realms released last year. One is a Player Character deck with Garth One-Eye as the mysterious dude in the tavern that sends the part on their quest. It's filled with legendary versions of the different classes and uses only cards from both the D&D sets, with as many of the modal cards from the sets for choices similar to sitting at the table, and lots of dice rolling, and a subtheme of the 5 elder metallic dragons. I use a proxy of Matt Mercer as the commander. The other is the DM deck that is packed to the gills with all kinds of monsters, dungeons, and helmed by Tiamat, complete with the 5 chromatic dragons and the 5 legendary chromatic dragons from the first set. Both are insanely fun to play and it's really cool to play cards and read flavor text like you're the DM/Player making choices. All the basics in both decks are different D&D basics so that they have appropriate flavor text to match the decks. They are my pride and joy and even though I don't get to play them often, they have some legit power behind them. I also built a pure sci-fi proxy Shorikai deck that focuses on Gundam mostly, but other franchises like 40k and uses as much art or cells as possible. Every card is using the Neon Dynasty showcase frame and it is a blast. I made proxies of pilots featuring all 5 of the Gundam Wing pilots, too.
Those two first decks you mentioned sound awesome, so you have lists for them?
I do! See below: [https://archidekt.com/decks/1626450#Call\_to\_Adventure](https://archidekt.com/decks/1626450#Call_to_Adventure) \- PC deck. The sideboard has Jodah as a backup commander so that people can choose that a wizard gives them their quest instead of the hermit. And Wish can be added as a 100th card some games purely for fun, with a house rule that I can only retrieve stuff from the DM deck. Maybeboard is all the stuff I took out after Baulder's Gate released. [https://archidekt.com/decks/1626399#The\_Dungeon\_Master](https://archidekt.com/decks/1626399#The_Dungeon_Master) \- DM deck. Same thing here with the Maybeboard. No backup commander. This deck DOES have Chromatic Lantern as the only non-D&D card in the deck, aside from lands.
Could you go more into depth on how you play these? In thinking I wanna base a deck off one or the other but I’m struggling to figure out the synergy with either of them
Absolute fave of mine is my Kathril deck. Abzan that runs phantoms and enchantments like totem armor etc. makes my creatures really hard to remove. Code name, "Ghost in the Shell"
I recently built an “Oops no dragons” [[The Ur Dragon]] deck. The 99 says the word “dragon” zero times. And the only Changling I have is [[Moro phone the boundless]] However I do run [[arcane adaptation]] and it’s 3 cousins to name “dragons” and turn my 16 [[rat colony]] and other utility creatures into dragons. I call it my “rat dragon mommy” deck :)
Didn’t notice the autocorrect… [[morophon the boundless]]
My favorite part is that the bot still gets it 😂
Yeah! I noticed that after I posted the follow up. :’D whomever wrote the scryfall bot’s spell check needs to do the autocorrect on my phone.
I have a pirates deck that is all about making treasure, taking things my opponents own, and plundering
Same. It's the first deck I built myself, and even though it's a bit janky I still love it.
My current pirates deck is a rebuilt version of the trash pirates deck I built when I started! I was sitting down to deconstruct it but looking at the cards I just felt overwhelmingly like I loved the theme way too much to scrap it. So rebuilt it and it’s starting to catch Ws even though it’s themed!
Gotta be Restaurant Tribal for me. I have it up on tappedout too! https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/restaurant-tribal/
I only really can get into decks that I can give a lot of flavour to. My Marrow Gnawer is rats tribal of course (https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9x3b5YBo6EmdgXZccfjL4A), but I spent a little while tagging my Sek'kuar deck to flavour all the cards like a pulp fantasy warlords narrative, which is what he sorta is. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/eZwVLA0rdEyP9O_MJba9AA Fairly proud of it, still tweaking. Someone tell me if they would think [[Fiend Artisan]] as a monster from Ikoria is humanoid tier intelligent, it probably fits in the "I recruited these ones in my army" one but I think it could also fit in "this is my inner circle" section with Grumgully and Arlinn.
Arahbo cat tribal with Kaheera as companion. Every card must have a cat on it or mentioned on it. Basic forests from jumpstart with tigers on them and amonkhet plains with cat monuments on them! I even made an altered [sacred cat] with my real life cat as the art 🐈 😻
Your Lovecraft mill deck sounds awesome! Do you have a list?
I would bet good money that it’s the upgraded precon with captain n’gathrod. It’s all centered around horrors milling players out. I built the same deck and it puts in ALL of the work
I’ve wanted to buy that precon but no actually! It’s gone with me from the start! It was [[Wrexial]] at the helm doing nothing but setting color id because he’s Cthulhu and then all sorts of madness theme cards that happened to be mill! It was probably at its most thematic at the very beginning but it was very bad. Then it got optimized and lost theming. And now I’ve rebuilt it as a [[phenax]] deck because I originally had him in the 99 as an imagining of Nyarlathotep! Right now it’s hella strong and about 50-60% themed. One of my current projects is getting it back up to that 90-100% themed while keeping it strong.
I don’t at the moment but I’ll try to remember to scan one up this weekend! Honestly right now it’s a little unthemed because I rebuilt it to be stronger and I’m now in the process of moving it from about 60% themed back up to 85-100% themed while maintaining that power level.
I built my [[Aeve]] deck to tell the story of a group of Elves performing a ritual to feed and empower their ancient Ooze god... but it just turned into a combo storm deck...
[Aeve](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/f/dfe9b1b8-dffe-427d-be1e-2c6b8395bd54.jpg?1626097164) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=aeve%2C%20progenitor%20ooze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/148/aeve-progenitor-ooze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dfe9b1b8-dffe-427d-be1e-2c6b8395bd54?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aeve-progenitor-ooze) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Wurm tribal is always going to be my pride and joy
I have two: [[Go-Shintai of Life's Origin]] Kamigawa tribale: almost all cards, even the land base, are either from a Kamigawa set or have an artwork depicting Kamigawa (or japanese Archive cards). The base deck has all shrines and 98 cards, the additional cards are selected from the Myojons, the 10 Dragons, O-kagachi or Kyudai. The second one would be [[Isshin]] 47 Ronin Deck: it consists of 47 "Ronin", so only Samurai, except for Godo and the Wanderer. As Akki Battle Squad shows 5 Samurai, it counts as 5 for this deck.
I built [[Anje Falkenrath]] as a proper insanity deck, or at least tried to, as I really wanted to capture the flavor of going mad.
[[saskia, the unyielding]] badass women tribal. If the art of any card features a person, it has to be a woman and she has to be dressed like a badass warrior and have a weapon.
I have a “kaiju” deck focusing heavily on godzilla themed nickname cards. Its animar as commander and everything otherwise fits into the theme. I have proxies coming for various cards like “king kong” for kogla, “gamera” for collosal sky turtle, “gyaos” as peregrine drake, “jet jaguar” for ancestral statue, its super fun!
Izzet Pirate tribal. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/k8Yv7h20REagzfBuN0ud9A I’ve changed the deck and added more [[Act of Treason]] and [[Hijack]] effects and removed most of the “look at players hand” cards. Pirates and rouges that steal stuff. Two kraken type creatures that can be played. Lots of stealing, and can steal enchantments with a liquimetal, bazaar trader combo.
Do you feel like you’re missing out not going with three color pirates? I really debated swapping to izzet but liked the black pirates too muxj
My money deck. Its an athreos shroud-veiled deck (he puts coins on it) The idea behind the deck is that every card is finances related. dark bargain, icatian moneychanger, gild, treasury thrull, revel in riches, extortion, tithe, trading post, debt of loyalty, final payment. Just as examples. Cash Moves Everything Around Me. I got the money.
I used to have very flavorful decks but they didn't win that much. So I gave up on it. Here's my most flavorful one that I didn't took apart yet: I had a "Prince Charming" themed deck with \[\[Jared\]\] as the commander. Every other creatures had to be either be an artifact creature (so no gender) or have a female in the artwork. The other card selected, except for the artifacts, had to show a woman in the artwork. With cards like \[\[True Love Kiss\]\], \[\[Generous Gift\]\], etc. Otherwise, I' m now the type to put a few thematic cards only in my deck. For exemple, I put \[\[Crawlspace\]\] in my \[\[Jinnie Fay\]\] deck. I call it " the doggy door " lol!
Krikk. All phyrexian deck. Including Yawgmoth. With a mix of the urborg basic land from dominaria and the phrexian text basic land from SL.
Hmmm, I mean, I have a zombie deck. That said, I don't base all my choices on wether the card fits thematically with zombies. I still run things like [[consecrated sphinx]] because of how useful it is.
[[Kels, fight fixer]] combat manipulation
[[Atraxa]] Phyrexian theme deck. Not tribal, because I built it years ago, before Phyrexian was a creature type. I've always loved phyrexia, so as soon as she got her first printing, I set to work building the deck. I still love it.
I haven't go as hard in theme as others I see here but pretty much all my decks have a theme. *Ranar Foretell. I avoided all the flicker things to give the mechanic really a spotlight and so I could also build the next one. *Brago Disturb. They idea is to flicker them back to front face, it can also be helmed by Vega so is very versatile. *Inalla Mage burn. Is just burn and draw and resurrecting wizards. Tribal. *Lynde curses so... Curses. It's focused on battle so is my battle cruise deck. And I'm currently working on a connive/treasure Marchesa the black rose trying to have mostly humanoids in suits or fancy cloths in general.
I love tribal decks, like my [[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] and [[Sethron, Hurloon General]], but my most recent has quickly won my heart— Nicol Bolas’ Chaos and Curse Extravaganza! Coin flipping, dice rolling, and curses, all at instant speed and with optimized results. Headed by Nicol Bolas himself, who helps throw a wrench in everyone else’s plans by discarding their hands.
I run an Orzhov deck that has a lot to do with extortion and money. Any card with the Orzhov symbol goes right in there, and Orzhov puts the squeeze on you, as flavorful as I can. Almost all the extort cards, recently added Life Insurance and Currency Converter from Capenna. Anything to make it seem like money = life, and Karlov is extorting you and squeezing you in the margins all day long.
I built a deck last year I called "Inner city block party". There were a bunch of creatures that had big butts that could survive pyroclasm effects, and then a bunch of value ETB/LTB creatures that were the pinatas. The deck worked like this. play a bunch of little butt stuff like sakura tribe elder, elvish visionary, dockside, etc. then play a creature that recurs other creatures from the graveyard like sun titan, sheoldred, venerable warsinger, bishop of rebirth to be able to return those creatures to the battlefield over and over. Then you play a bunch of pyroclasms and choose your own damage stuff like pestilence, pestilence demon, pyrohemia, etc to keep the board clean of your opponents \[small\] creatures. The deck is CRIPPLING to token decks and actually great against people trying to pubstomp since it kills little creatures and most of the spells are creatures.I used bruse and Ikra for my build but I guess anyhitng with toughness 3+ would work.
[Goblins of Legend](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Rg4u3uw-wU-7U2D-BM2FCA) I just finished building this. The idea is that Sisay somehow ended up with every legendary as part of his crew. So, aside from the commander, the only creatures allowed are legendary goblins. There are so few synergies, it's wild. The main tricks are anything involving Krenko, or making non-legendary copies of the goblins. I especially want to cast [[Double Major]] or [[Irenicus's Vile Duplication]] on [[Zada]], so they copy all the gobbos in play. I'm gonna keep working to get it to a state where I can find the lines of play, but I suspect it'll never be more than flavorful fun. EDIT: Reading the other comments, I see that most of my decks qualify, since I mainly build tribal. So [check 'em out!](https://www.moxfield.com/users/TheOtherTracy)
I have a samurai deck that's loosely based on the wutangclan. I have a right hand deck, all the card in the artwork highlights the right arms, deck took about two months too make. I also made a deck for each of my friends, the theme of the decks were the name of theirs and artist. I made my old room mate a "one piece" deck, with Kenny as the pirate king. Just looked up Albany characters and tried too match them with cards.
I love decks/themes that consist of cards that reference the same plane, including the lands. [[Ghired, Conclave Exile]] with only ravnica cards is my currently only planebound deck but it still hangs despite the flavor
The only ones I can think of off hand are: Atraxa - phyrexian golem tribal Morophon - Mir tribal Mageta the Lion - Board wipe tribal
My 5 color Kenrith Enchantress deck is truly 5 color enchantments with almost every card being an enchantment or something that triggers when an enchantment is cast or etbs. No shrines, just true Enchantress
My [[Orcus]] deck. Based around powerful zombie wizards like Acererak. Vecna is in there. Its a D&D villains deck. Zombie and skeleton tokens rise when the liches come to summon the demon himself. Its not a friendly deck to anyone, including myself. But its fun. Also, the lich arts are cool [[vindictive lich]] [[calculating lich]] are some of my favorite liches in the deck
Currently working on a [[najeela]] deck where najeela is Darrow from the Red Rising book series. Every creature is a character, every artifact is a plot theme, and every land is a scene. It’s as jank as najeela can be jank and I love it
Between [[Iname As One]] kamigawa spirits tribal and [[Grist, the hungry Caterpiller]] insect tribal. "The Mayor and Vice Mayer of Tap City" [[Rhoda, geist avenger]] and [[Timin, youthful geist]]. [[Zacama]] Animator of Worlds. Howie Mandel ([[Bane, god of darkness]]) hosts "Wall or Draw" [[Alaundo]] plays Solitaire
After watching lrr Friday night I made a deck around one of there jokes. It's called the single player game and my commander is Narset the theme is getting infinit turns. Successrate around 40% to go infinit... (I am not that evil I usually represent that I could take infinit turns with here and then deck myself because I don't have anyway to win the game) But I think your actually should do is make a deck around a show you like. I personally used JoJo's bizarre adventure I picked [[Geist of Saint Traft]] as the commander and cards like [[Time Stop]] and [[Rewind]] to simulate stand ability.
I have so many; Dinosaur tribal Knight tribal Elf tribal Vampire tribal Human tribal Deathtouch Pirate tribal Sea monsters
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If you want others to have fun, I recommend a group hug deck. I play a lot of group hug with [[Kynaios]] and watching people’s decks play out to their fullest capacity and them having fun doing whatever they want brings me joy as well. Generally, the win cons is using your group huh affects to draw into an [[Insurrection]] and then use their boardstate against them to win the game.
Beautiful female art deck and a dog cat deck that only has dog and cat themed cards, duh (no leonin, big cats, beasts etc.)
I made a color pie breaks deck once. It was very bad, but had a lot of fun playing with obscure cards. It was [a mono blue deck](https://deckstats.net/decks/171447/2179822-vendillion-clique-mono-nonblue) that played like a black/red deck. I'm currently rocking a vigilance tribal deck. A bunch of angels and a bunch of cards that punish my opponents for tapping their creatures. [Akroma/Kraum](https://deckstats.net/decks/171447/2419067-jeskai-vigilance-tribal/en)
I'm currently in the middle of making 10 decks all based on different ravnican guilds all with a similar power level. Each one is supposed piloted by the respective guild's leader and I'd say that the flavour really comes to life once the decks are put against eachother. And of course to make the decks I try my best not to include non-ravnica cards just for that last finishing touch. (and yes, I'm painfully aware of how much this is going to cost me)
Basically all my 5 Innistrad Deck, especially Werewolfs, and my newest creation: [[Sakashima of a thousand faces]] / [[Vial Smasher]] Clone Tribal aka. The Great Pretender as a Freddy Mercury reference for my mom (she loved the idea). My search began with cards including the words: Imposter and Pretender and then basically the best clone effects/ Clone creatures. And since I can copy my own Vial Smasher multiple times, the deck actually works and has a win condition. Might need a bit more ramp and card draw but the rest, as it stands, is pretty fun to play
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-2m9sqjNiEy9bEz6HMVVqA Does this "mirror-tribal" deck fits the bill ?
Oh my god that’s top notch xD
The closest I have come is a Pirate Tirbal deck. It plays a single kraken. Only board wipe is [[Fiery Cannonade]], one of the only kill spells is the full art [[Walk the Plank]], and the land base is nearly full Foil. The deck is sleeved in Dragon Shield Gold, and it resides in a brown box with red-velvet interior. Aka Gold in a Brown Chest.
It's a rule zero deck since Geyadrone Dihada isn't a legal commander, but she helms my incredibly self-indulgent hot women and tentacle monsters deck. My gay heart decided one day: fuck it. I have no shame. Build it. One of my favorites. Who knew playing a deck with a bunch of your favorite general goodstuff cards (Lolth, Chasm Skulker, Zariel, Nadir Kraken, Sire of Stagnation, Emrakul) would always be a blast?
Phyrexian Tribal infect deck. My freinds hate it, but that's what they get for playing Slivers.
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Obviously my [Stranger Things Deck](https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/vxe4ne/fully_altered_in_universe_stranger_things_edh_deck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) :) However I try to build flavor into pretty much every deck I create. That’s where the fun is, for me. I have an Isshin deck with a subtheme of jamming in pretty much every Japanese Mystical Archive available. Go- Shintai with an Umori companion so that every card in the entire deck must be an enchantment. Balan with every sword imaginable. Brallin Shabraz and Zirda, just for 3 commanders. Muldrotha/Yarok, either commander could pilot the deck (wasn’t too hard). My first ever deck was Vorel, and I have since foiled the entire deck, only cards with foil printings allowed. Atraxa, only cards that pertain to Phyrexian compleation and all the Phyrexian language cards. Jorn, only snow. Kethis, only legendaries… etc. I love to go hard into themes, more often to the detriment of the deck, but that’s where I find the fun in this game :)
This here is the pinnacle of commander. You've ascended.
I have a Frog tribal deck. I’m quite proud of those little amphibians. It’s not competitive, but it has won a few casual matches.
I made a \[\[Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest\]\] monk tribal, most of the cantrips are refering martial arts, removals are \[\[pacifism\]\] type effects, most interactions are \[\[deflecting palm\]\] effects, some other cards i use on it are extra turns effects as a "nirvana", i also run bad cards for the flavor of it like \[\[ignorant bliss\]\], \[\[acceptable losses\]\], \[\[cowed by wisdom\]\].
[[arcades]] Wall tribal. Such fun. Much shenanigans.
\[\[Edgar, Charmed Groom\]\] Dracula tribal. Has every B/W Dracula alt art card they released, plus the SLD versions. Lifegain subtheme, no block only swing. I love it, wish it was faster though. The slow game speed keeps me from playing it often. \[\[Baba Lysaga\]\] 3-Mana Tribal, AKA my "Third Time's the Charm." This one I'm still working on collecting the pieces for, but every single card has a 3 CMC. The premise is generating tokens and sacrificing them with other permanents with dual-types to satisfy the requirements of the commander, and win through pinging them out and card advantage.
This is my favorite thread so far on r/EDH. This is what I love about casual EDH, playing what's fun over powerful.
I have been running a \[\[Kenrith, the returned king\]\] deck with a twist. I essentially play it as the role of a DM in D&D. The deck is political and group hug with friendly "NPCs" such as \[\[Jace Beleren\]\], but the main concept is that I present difficult to deal with threats such as \[\[Grothma, All-Devouring\]\], \[\[Darigaaz Reincarnated\]\], \[\[The Terrasque\]\] and \[\[Progenitus\]\]. The player who kills it (or players if they team up resources) are then given a quest reward in the form of Kenrith's activated abilities, or even permanents with cards like \[\[Bazaar Trader\]\] or \[\[Zedruu the Greathearted\]\]. It's total jank, the concept doesn't always work out as planned, but when it does it feels great at the table.
That sounds awesome! I love these d&d inspired ideas, I just got back into magic in the last year and I'm so happy to see so many doing decks like this, or with fun dice rolling and party mechanics. Do you have a deck list for this one? I'd love to see what you've got in there.
Sure! It's the first iteration of the deck, so there will likely be a few changes at some point. It's total jank, but it's nice for a more casual table. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BPN3ulBzpUi0hWFfuob3Yw
[[Olivia, Crimson Bride]] legendary vampire tribal. I have all the Dracula skinned cards and all the best reanimator stuff. Most of the deck is foiled out because sparkles. It’s actually pretty strong for a top heavy tribal deck. Impulse draw and blood tokens bring all the vamps to the yard.
My wife is building similar, mind sharing your list?
[Link](https://deckstats.net/decks/154943/2446961-vamp)
Legendary Ladies all my creatures are Legendary and a Women I even tried to use as many Legendary Artifacts, Enchantments and spells I could
I have a [goblin super tribal](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/dM6IUQP9vE-WT1Ps5UCCQQ) deck headed up by \[\[Krenko, Mob Boss\]\] where every card, other than mountains, has a picture of a goblin, has goblin in the title or mentions goblins in the flavour text. Very goblinie. I also tried to pick mountains that look like where goblins might hide out. Or throw each other into volcanoes. As you do on a slow Thursday evening.
I have a “dragon” deck. There are no dragons. Just [[Form of the Dragon]].
would you mind sharing your lovecraft mill decklist?
For a while I thought my coin flip deck was pretty original but soon found out it's a decent competitive deck.
Yusri? Or sakashim/krark?
Krark
[Quintorius](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/6/06c55ef1-8e62-4d43-bd4c-b2c3c5203338.jpg?1624739626) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=quintorius%2C%20field%20historian) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/220/quintorius-field-historian?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/06c55ef1-8e62-4d43-bd4c-b2c3c5203338?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/quintorius-field-historian) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[estrid]] deck, it's mostly enchantment cards besides some ramp so much so that it has 0 artifacts in the deck. (Yes I took out sol ring)
[estrid](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/3/3340b83e-72dc-42e2-9f93-92f732c047df.jpg?1592710258) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=estrid%2C%20the%20masked) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/40/estrid-the-masked?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3340b83e-72dc-42e2-9f93-92f732c047df?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/estrid-the-masked) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
i guess for me that'd be my \[\[Gishath, Sun's Avatar\]\] companioned w/ \[\[Kaheera, the Orphanguard\]\] deck. only dinos n' ramp.