edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Cabaretti Cacophony

Commander precon · New Capenna Commander · 2022 · led by Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva

Main theme: Citizen tokens · Synergy 3.1/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva works with 17 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.

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

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 3.1 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.5 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; 3 short on interaction, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Fortified Village: Fortified Village makes only white or green. Put in Jetmir's Garden: Jetmir's Garden enters tapped and makes white, red or green.
  2. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  3. Take out Game Trail: Game Trail enters tapped. Put in Fire-Lit Thicket: Fire-Lit Thicket never enters tapped and makes red or green.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle: Interaction: you were 5 short; Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Gahiji, Honored One: Gahiji, Honored One is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 8 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 5 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction. When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Mondrak, Glory Dominus, it makes a token.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Sandwurm Convergence: Sandwurm Convergence works with 8 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed: While you control Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  2. Take out Arasta of the Endless Web: Arasta of the Endless Web works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Haliya, Guided by Light: While you control Haliya, Guided by Light, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  3. Take out Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs: Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Rite of Harmony: When a Citizen enters thanks to Boss's Chauffeur, Rite of Harmony draws you 1 card

Upgrades at bracket 3

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

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

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 3.1 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.5 → 4.8 of 5, still on target; 2 short on interaction, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Fortified Village: Fortified Village makes only white or green. Put in Jetmir's Garden: Jetmir's Garden enters tapped and makes white, red or green.
  2. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  3. Take out Game Trail: Game Trail enters tapped. Put in Fire-Lit Thicket: Fire-Lit Thicket never enters tapped and makes red or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Fellwar Stone: Fellwar Stone 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 Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle: Interaction: you were 5 short; Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Gahiji, Honored One: Gahiji, Honored One is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 8 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 5 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction. When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Mondrak, Glory Dominus, it makes a token.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Sandwurm Convergence: Sandwurm Convergence works with 8 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed: While you control Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  2. Take out Arasta of the Endless Web: Arasta of the Endless Web works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Haliya, Guided by Light: While you control Haliya, Guided by Light, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  3. Take out Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs: Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Rite of Harmony: When a Citizen enters thanks to Boss's Chauffeur, Rite of Harmony draws you 1 card

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

10 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 as before: synergy stays at 3.1 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.5 → 4.8 of 5, still on target; 2 short on interaction, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Fortified Village: Fortified Village makes only white or green. Put in Jetmir's Garden: Jetmir's Garden enters tapped and makes white, red or green.
  2. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  3. Take out Game Trail: Game Trail enters tapped. Put in Fire-Lit Thicket: Fire-Lit Thicket never enters tapped and makes red or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Fellwar Stone: Fellwar Stone 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 Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle: Interaction: you were 5 short; Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Gahiji, Honored One: Gahiji, Honored One is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 7 again and again, with 8 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 5 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction. When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Mondrak, Glory Dominus, it makes a token.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Sandwurm Convergence: Sandwurm Convergence works with 8 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed: While you control Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  2. Take out Arasta of the Endless Web: Arasta of the Endless Web works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Haliya, Guided by Light: While you control Haliya, Guided by Light, Boss's Chauffeur counts it and does more
  3. Take out Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs: Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs works with 16 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Rite of Harmony: When a Citizen enters thanks to Boss's Chauffeur, Rite of Harmony draws you 1 card

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 7 of 12.

The decklist

Creatures

Agitator Ant · Arasta of the Endless Web · Bess, Soul Nourisher · Boss's Chauffeur · Champion of Lambholt · Gahiji, Honored One · Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs · Leafkin Druid · Life of the Party · Magus of the Wheel · Master of Ceremonies · Orzhov Advokist · Phabine, Boss's Confidant · Rose Room Treasurer · Rumor Gatherer · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Scute Swarm · Selvala, Explorer Returned · Sizzling Soloist · Thunderfoot Baloth · Wood Elves · Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

Instants and sorceries

Artifact Mutation · Aura Mutation · Beast Within · Boros Charm · Cabaretti Charm · Cabaretti Confluence · Call the Coppercoats · Camaraderie · Crash the Party · Cultivate · Fell the Mighty · Grand Crescendo · Harmonize · Indulge // Excess · March of the Multitudes · Martial Coup · Path to Exile · Seize the Spotlight · Shamanic Revelation · Sylvan Offering · Vivien's Stampede

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Assemble the Legion · Awakening Zone · Beastmaster Ascension · Bloodthirsty Blade · Commander's Sphere · Duelist's Heritage · False Floor · Felidar Retreat · Fellwar Stone · Idol of Oblivion · Intangible Virtue · Killer Service · Outpost Siege · Prosperous Partnership · Sandwurm Convergence · Scepter of Celebration · Sol Ring

Lands

Ash Barrens · Cabaretti Courtyard · Canopy Vista · Castle Ardenvale · Castle Embereth · Cinder Glade · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · 8 Forest · Fortified Village · Game Trail · Jungle Shrine · Mossfire Valley · 4 Mountain · Myriad Landscape · Naya Panorama · Path of Ancestry · 4 Plains · Rugged Prairie · Sungrass Prairie · Temple of Triumph · Thriving Bluff · Thriving Grove · Thriving Heath · Windbrisk Heights

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