edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Hail, Caesar

Commander precon · Fallout · 2024 · led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Main theme: Aristocrats · Synergy 3.8/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · Caesar, Legion's Emperor works with 46 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.

11 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 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, still 1 short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Temple of Malice: Temple of Malice enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Silence: Temple of Silence enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  3. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  4. Take out Dragonskull Summit: Dragonskull Summit can enter tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Isolated Chapel: Isolated Chapel can enter tapped. Put in Godless Shrine: Godless Shrine never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  6. Take out Clifftop Retreat: Clifftop Retreat can enter tapped. Put in Rugged Prairie: Rugged Prairie never enters tapped and makes white or red.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Ruthless Radrat: Ruthless Radrat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 9 other cards: with 6 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Saw: Card advantage: you were 1 short; Saw counts as card advantage. When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers.

Interaction

  1. Take out Desdemona, Freedom's Edge: Desdemona, Freedom's Edge is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon: Interaction: you were 4 short; Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan: Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Yahenni, Undying Partisan: Interaction: you were 4 short; Yahenni, Undying Partisan counts as interaction.
  3. Take out Craig Boone, Novac Guard: Craig Boone, Novac Guard is next on the report's cut list. Works with 11 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 4 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Secure the Wastes: Secure the Wastes works with 8 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; General Kudro of Drannith works with 33 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in General Kudro of Drannith: When a Human is sacrificed thanks to General Kudro of Drannith, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers

Upgrades at bracket 3

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

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

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 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, still 1 short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Temple of Malice: Temple of Malice enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Silence: Temple of Silence enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  3. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  4. Take out Dragonskull Summit: Dragonskull Summit can enter tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Isolated Chapel: Isolated Chapel can enter tapped. Put in Godless Shrine: Godless Shrine never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  6. Take out Clifftop Retreat: Clifftop Retreat can enter tapped. Put in Rugged Prairie: Rugged Prairie never enters tapped and makes white or red.

Ramp

  1. Take out Luck Bobblehead: Luck Bobblehead 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.
  2. Take out Talisman of Conviction: Talisman of Conviction is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Ruthless Radrat: Ruthless Radrat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 9 other cards: with 6 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Saw: Card advantage: you were 1 short; Saw counts as card advantage. When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers.

Interaction

  1. Take out Desdemona, Freedom's Edge: Desdemona, Freedom's Edge is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon: Interaction: you were 4 short; Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan: Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Yahenni, Undying Partisan: Interaction: you were 4 short; Yahenni, Undying Partisan counts as interaction.
  3. Take out Craig Boone, Novac Guard: Craig Boone, Novac Guard is next on the report's cut list. Works with 11 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 4 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Secure the Wastes: Secure the Wastes works with 8 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; General Kudro of Drannith works with 33 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in General Kudro of Drannith: When a Human is sacrificed thanks to General Kudro of Drannith, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

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

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 4.4 → 4.7 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, still 1 short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Temple of Malice: Temple of Malice enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Silence: Temple of Silence enters tapped. Put in Fetid Heath: Fetid Heath never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  3. Take out Temple of Triumph: Temple of Triumph enters tapped. Put in Plateau: Plateau never enters tapped and makes white or red.
  4. Take out Dragonskull Summit: Dragonskull Summit can enter tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Isolated Chapel: Isolated Chapel can enter tapped. Put in Godless Shrine: Godless Shrine never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  6. Take out Clifftop Retreat: Clifftop Retreat can enter tapped. Put in Rugged Prairie: Rugged Prairie never enters tapped and makes white or red.

Ramp

  1. Take out Luck Bobblehead: Luck Bobblehead 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.
  2. Take out Talisman of Conviction: Talisman of Conviction is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  3. Take out Talisman of Hierarchy: Talisman of Hierarchy is weaker ramp than Mox Diamond. Put in Mox Diamond: Mox Diamond is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Ruthless Radrat: Ruthless Radrat is next on the report's cut list. Works with 9 other cards: with 6 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Saw: Card advantage: you were 1 short; Saw counts as card advantage. When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers.

Interaction

  1. Take out Desdemona, Freedom's Edge: Desdemona, Freedom's Edge is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon: Interaction: you were 4 short; Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan: Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan is next on the report's cut list. Works with 10 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Yahenni, Undying Partisan: Interaction: you were 4 short; Yahenni, Undying Partisan counts as interaction.
  3. Take out Craig Boone, Novac Guard: Craig Boone, Novac Guard is next on the report's cut list. Works with 11 other cards: with 8 again and again, with 3 just once or in the background. Put in Mondrak, Glory Dominus: Interaction: you were 4 short; Mondrak, Glory Dominus counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Secure the Wastes: Secure the Wastes works with 8 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; General Kudro of Drannith works with 33 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in General Kudro of Drannith: When a Human is sacrificed thanks to General Kudro of Drannith, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers

Opens a route: Cadric, Soul Kindler. 16 of its cards reach Boomer Scrapper through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 8 of 12, card advantage 13 of 14.

The decklist

Creatures

Aradesh, the Founder · Boomer Scrapper · Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake · Captain of the Watch · Colonel Autumn · Craig Boone, Novac Guard · Desdemona, Freedom's Edge · ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot · Elder Arthur Maxson · Gary Clone · General's Enforcer · Impassioned Orator · Keeper of the Accord · Kellogg, Dangerous Mind · Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace · MacCready, Lamplight Mayor · Morbid Opportunist · Mr. House, President and CEO · Mysterious Stranger · Overseer of Vault 76 · Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy · Pitiless Plunderer · Powder Ganger · Rose, Cutthroat Raider · Ruthless Radrat · Securitron Squadron · Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan · Thrill-Kill Disciple · Wasteland Raider · White Glove Gourmand · Yes Man, Personal Securitron

Instants and sorceries

Anguished Unmaking · Deadly Dispute · Entrapment Maneuver · Heroic Reinforcements · Hour of Reckoning · Lethal Scheme · Martial Coup · Ruinous Ultimatum · Secure the Wastes · The Nipton Lottery · V.A.T.S. · Wear // Tear

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Assemble the Legion · Bastion of Remembrance · Battle of Hoover Dam · Black Market · Charisma Bobblehead · Fervent Charge · Intangible Virtue · Luck Bobblehead · Marshal's Anthem · Skullclamp · Sol Ring · Stolen Strategy · Survivor's Med Kit · Talisman of Conviction · Talisman of Hierarchy · Talisman of Indulgence · Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma · Vault 75: Middle School · Wild Wasteland

Lands

Ash Barrens · Canyon Slough · Clifftop Retreat · Command Tower · Desolate Mire · Diamond City · Dragonskull Summit · Evolving Wilds · Isolated Chapel · Memorial to Glory · 5 Mountain · Myriad Landscape · Nomad Outpost · Path of Ancestry · 5 Plains · Shadowblood Ridge · Smoldering Marsh · 4 Swamp · Tainted Field · Tainted Peak · Temple of Malice · Temple of Silence · Temple of Triumph · Terramorphic Expanse · Windbrisk Heights

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