edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Precons › Commander 2014

Built From Scratch

Commander precon · Commander 2014 · 2014 · led by Daretti, Scrap Savant

Main theme: artifacts put into a graveyard · Synergy 3.8/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · Daretti, Scrap Savant works with 41 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

6 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.8 → 4.0 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.7 → 4.9 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, 1 short on card advantage, was 3, now 1 short on ramp. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Pristine Talisman: Pristine Talisman doesn't make red, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in Chromatic Lantern: Chromatic Lantern is the same ramp and makes red, which the deck is short of for its spells.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Dualcaster Mage: Dualcaster Mage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Farid, Enterprising Salvager: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Farid, Enterprising Salvager counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Warmonger Hellkite: Warmonger Hellkite is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Adaptive Omnitool: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Adaptive Omnitool counts as card advantage. Adaptive Omnitool is fodder for Daretti, Scrap Savant.
  3. Take out Bogardan Hellkite: Bogardan Hellkite is next on the report's cut list. Works with 4 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Breya's Apprentice: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Breya's Apprentice counts as card advantage.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bitter Feud: Bitter Feud is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender: Interaction: you were 1 short; Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Beetleback Chief: Beetleback Chief works with 3 cards in this deck, 2 of them on its theme; Dragonspark Reactor works with 13 cards, 9 of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Dragonspark Reactor: When Dragonspark Reactor is in the graveyard, Daretti, Scrap Savant can bring it back

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

5 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.8 → 4.2 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.7 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on card advantage, no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Pristine Talisman: Pristine Talisman is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Dualcaster Mage: Dualcaster Mage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Farid, Enterprising Salvager: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Farid, Enterprising Salvager counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Bogardan Hellkite: Bogardan Hellkite is next on the report's cut list. Works with 4 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Breya's Apprentice: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Breya's Apprentice counts as card advantage.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bitter Feud: Bitter Feud is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender: Interaction: you were 1 short; Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Beetleback Chief: Beetleback Chief works with 3 cards in this deck, 2 of them on its theme; Dragonspark Reactor works with 13 cards, 9 of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Dragonspark Reactor: When Dragonspark Reactor is in the graveyard, Daretti, Scrap Savant can bring it back

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

5 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3. These are the same swaps as at bracket 3: none of the stronger cards bracket 4–5 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 3.8 → 4.2 of 5, from connected to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.7 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on card advantage, no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Pristine Talisman: Pristine Talisman is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Dualcaster Mage: Dualcaster Mage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Farid, Enterprising Salvager: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Farid, Enterprising Salvager counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Bogardan Hellkite: Bogardan Hellkite is next on the report's cut list. Works with 4 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Breya's Apprentice: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Breya's Apprentice counts as card advantage.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bitter Feud: Bitter Feud is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender: Interaction: you were 1 short; Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Beetleback Chief: Beetleback Chief works with 3 cards in this deck, 2 of them on its theme; Dragonspark Reactor works with 13 cards, 9 of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Dragonspark Reactor: When Dragonspark Reactor is in the graveyard, Daretti, Scrap Savant can bring it back

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: card advantage 11 of 14, interaction 11 of 12.

The decklist

Creatures

Beetleback Chief · Bogardan Hellkite · Bosh, Iron Golem · Bottle Gnomes · Cathodion · Dualcaster Mage · Epochrasite · Feldon of the Third Path · Flametongue Kavu · Goblin Welder · Hoard-Smelter Dragon · Ingot Chewer · Junk Diver · Myr Battlesphere · Myr Retriever · Myr Sire · Palladium Myr · Pentavus · Pilgrim's Eye · Solemn Simulacrum · Spitebellows · Steel Hellkite · Tuktuk the Explorer · Tyrant's Familiar · Warmonger Hellkite · Wurmcoil Engine

Instants and sorceries

Blasphemous Act · Chaos Warp · Faithless Looting · Impact Resonance · Incite Rebellion · Magmaquake · Scrap Mastery · Starstorm · Volcanic Offering · Whipflare · Word of Seizing

Artifacts and enchantments

Bitter Feud · Caged Sun · Commander's Sphere · Dreamstone Hedron · Everflowing Chalice · Fire Diamond · Ichor Wellspring · Jalum Tome · Liquimetal Coating · Loreseeker's Stone · Mind Stone · Mycosynth Wellspring · Panic Spellbomb · Pristine Talisman · Ruby Medallion · Sol Ring · Spine of Ish Sah · Swiftfoot Boots · Trading Post · Unstable Obelisk · Wayfarer's Bauble

Lands

Arcane Lighthouse · Buried Ruin · Darksteel Citadel · Dormant Volcano · Flamekin Village · Forgotten Cave · Ghost Quarter · Great Furnace · 29 Mountain · Phyrexia's Core · Reliquary Tower · Smoldering Crater · Temple of the False God

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