edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Maestros Massacre

Commander precon · New Capenna Commander · 2022 · led by Anhelo, the Painter

Synergy 2.9/5 (developing) · Bracket 1–2 · Anhelo, the Painter works with 38 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.

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

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 2.9 of 5, developing. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.8 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, no longer short on ramp. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Foreboding Ruins: Foreboding Ruins enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Epiphany: Temple of Epiphany enters tapped. Put in Ferrous Lake: Ferrous Lake never enters tapped and makes blue or red.
  3. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Syrix, Carrier of the Flame: Syrix, Carrier of the Flame is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Talisman of Creativity: Ramp: you were 1 short; Talisman of Creativity counts as ramp.

Interaction

  1. Take out Squee, the Immortal: Squee, the Immortal is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 3 again and again. Put in Kels, Fight Fixer: Interaction: you were 1 short; Kels, Fight Fixer counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Double Vision: Double Vision works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Nalfeshnee works with 7 cards, 6 of them on it. Put in Nalfeshnee: When a creature, artifact, planeswalker, land or battle is cast thanks to Audacious Swap, Nalfeshnee copies a spell
  2. Take out Parnesse, the Subtle Brush: Parnesse, the Subtle Brush works with 2 cards in this deck, all of them on its theme; Enigma Eidolon works with 6 cards, 1 of them on it. Put in Enigma Eidolon: Reign of the Pit can put Enigma Eidolon into the graveyard, and it returns itself

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 2.9 of 5, developing. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.8 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, no longer short on ramp. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Foreboding Ruins: Foreboding Ruins enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Epiphany: Temple of Epiphany enters tapped. Put in Ferrous Lake: Ferrous Lake never enters tapped and makes blue or red.
  3. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Syrix, Carrier of the Flame: Syrix, Carrier of the Flame is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Talisman of Creativity: Ramp: you were 1 short; Talisman of Creativity counts as ramp.
  2. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet 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.
  3. Take out Dimir Signet: Dimir Signet 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.
  4. Take out Fellwar Stone: Fellwar Stone 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.

Interaction

  1. Take out Squee, the Immortal: Squee, the Immortal is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 3 again and again. Put in Kels, Fight Fixer: Interaction: you were 1 short; Kels, Fight Fixer counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Double Vision: Double Vision works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Nalfeshnee works with 7 cards, 6 of them on it. Put in Nalfeshnee: When a creature, artifact, planeswalker, land or battle is cast thanks to Audacious Swap, Nalfeshnee copies a spell
  2. Take out Parnesse, the Subtle Brush: Parnesse, the Subtle Brush works with 2 cards in this deck, all of them on its theme; Enigma Eidolon works with 6 cards, 1 of them on it. Put in Enigma Eidolon: Reign of the Pit can put Enigma Eidolon into the graveyard, and it returns itself

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

11 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 4–5.

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 2.9 of 5, developing. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.8 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction, no longer short on ramp. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Foreboding Ruins: Foreboding Ruins enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Temple of Epiphany: Temple of Epiphany enters tapped. Put in Ferrous Lake: Ferrous Lake never enters tapped and makes blue or red.
  3. Take out Choked Estuary: Choked Estuary enters tapped. Put in Morphic Pool: Morphic Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or black.

Ramp

  1. Take out Syrix, Carrier of the Flame: Syrix, Carrier of the Flame is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Talisman of Creativity: Ramp: you were 1 short; Talisman of Creativity counts as ramp.
  2. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet 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.
  3. Take out Fellwar Stone: Fellwar Stone 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.
  4. Take out Izzet Signet: Izzet Signet is weaker ramp than Grim Monolith. Put in Grim Monolith: Grim Monolith is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Smuggler's Buggy: Smuggler's Buggy is weaker card selection than Narset, Parter of Veils. Put in Narset, Parter of Veils: Narset, Parter of Veils is card selection too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Squee, the Immortal: Squee, the Immortal is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 3 again and again. Put in Kels, Fight Fixer: Interaction: you were 1 short; Kels, Fight Fixer counts as interaction.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Double Vision: Double Vision works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Nalfeshnee works with 7 cards, 6 of them on it. Put in Nalfeshnee: When a creature, artifact, planeswalker, land or battle is cast thanks to Audacious Swap, Nalfeshnee copies a spell
  2. Take out Parnesse, the Subtle Brush: Parnesse, the Subtle Brush works with 2 cards in this deck, all of them on its theme; Enigma Eidolon works with 6 cards, 1 of them on it. Put in Enigma Eidolon: Reign of the Pit can put Enigma Eidolon into the graveyard, and it returns itself

Opens a route: Echoes of Eternity. 15 of its cards reach Parnesse, the Subtle Brush through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 11 of 12, ramp 12 of 13.

The decklist

Creatures

Bloodsoaked Champion · Cormela, Glamour Thief · Dogged Detective · Goblin Electromancer · Kess, Dissident Mage · Parnesse, the Subtle Brush · Puppeteer Clique · Rekindling Phoenix · Sinister Concierge · Skyclave Shade · Spellbinding Soprano · Squee, the Immortal · Syrix, Carrier of the Flame · Woe Strider

Instants and sorceries

A Little Chat · Army of the Damned · Audacious Swap · Bedevil · Body Count · Call the Skybreaker · Chain Reaction · Clone Legion · Damnable Pact · Deep Analysis · Dig Through Time · Drawn from Dreams · Dread Summons · Fact or Fiction · Feed the Swarm · Flawless Forgery · Frantic Search · Hex · Maestros Charm · Maestros Confluence · Make an Example · Mystic Confluence · Ponder · Preordain · Reign of the Pit · River's Rebuke · Sever the Bloodline · Talrand's Invocation · Waste Management · Xander's Pact · Zndrsplt's Judgment

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Commander's Sphere · Cryptic Pursuit · Determined Iteration · Dimir Signet · Double Vision · Extravagant Replication · Fellwar Stone · Izzet Signet · Lightning Greaves · Mimic Vat · Rakdos Signet · Rite of the Raging Storm · Smuggler's Buggy · Sol Ring · Twinning Staff · Wayfarer's Bauble

Lands

Ash Barrens · Cascade Bluffs · Choked Estuary · Command Tower · Crumbling Necropolis · Darkwater Catacombs · Exotic Orchard · Foreboding Ruins · Grixis Panorama · 7 Island · Maestros Theater · 5 Mountain · Myriad Landscape · Path of Ancestry · Shadowblood Ridge · Smoldering Marsh · Sunken Hollow · 6 Swamp · Temple of Epiphany · Thriving Bluff · Thriving Isle · Thriving Moor

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