edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Painbow

Commander precon · Dominaria United Commander · 2022 · led by Jared Carthalion

Main theme: shuffle · Synergy 1.7/5 (developing) · Bracket 1–2 · Jared Carthalion works with 4 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.

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 1.7 → 3.3 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.9 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Interaction

  1. Take out Mana Cannons: Mana Cannons is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 2 again and again. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 1 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction. Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Claim the Kingdom an extra untap.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Chromanticore: Chromanticore works with 5 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Omnath, Locus of the Roil works with 18 cards, 8 of them on it. Put in Omnath, Locus of the Roil: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Omnath, Locus of the Roil an extra untap

Upgrades at bracket 3

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

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 1.7 → 3.6 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.9 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Painful Truths: Painful Truths 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 Mana Cannons: Mana Cannons is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 2 again and again. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 1 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction. Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Claim the Kingdom an extra untap.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Lavalanche: Lavalanche is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Hero of Precinct One: Hero of Precinct One works with 4 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Rydia, Summoner of Mist: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Rydia, Summoner of Mist an extra untap
  2. Take out Duneblast: Duneblast works with 5 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Gandalf, Shadow's Foe works with 16 cards, 9 of them on it. Put in Gandalf, Shadow's Foe: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Gandalf, Shadow's Foe an extra untap
  3. Take out Chromanticore: Chromanticore works with 5 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Omnath, Locus of the Roil works with 18 cards, 8 of them on it. Put in Omnath, Locus of the Roil: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Omnath, Locus of the Roil an extra untap

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

6 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 more: synergy 1.7 → 3.6 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.9 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Painful Truths: Painful Truths 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 Mana Cannons: Mana Cannons is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 2 again and again. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 1 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction. Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Claim the Kingdom an extra untap.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Lavalanche: Lavalanche is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Hero of Precinct One: Hero of Precinct One works with 4 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Rydia, Summoner of Mist: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Rydia, Summoner of Mist an extra untap
  2. Take out Duneblast: Duneblast works with 5 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Gandalf, Shadow's Foe works with 16 cards, 9 of them on it. Put in Gandalf, Shadow's Foe: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Gandalf, Shadow's Foe an extra untap
  3. Take out Chromanticore: Chromanticore works with 5 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme; Omnath, Locus of the Roil works with 18 cards, 8 of them on it. Put in Omnath, Locus of the Roil: Archelos, Lagoon Mystic gives Omnath, Locus of the Roil an extra untap

Opens a route: Alania, Divergent Storm. 25 of its cards reach Xyris, the Writhing Storm through it.

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

The decklist

Creatures

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic · Atla Palani, Nest Tender · Baleful Strix · Chromanticore · Coiling Oracle · Faeburrow Elder · Fallaji Wayfarer · Fusion Elemental · Glint-Eye Nephilim · Hero of Precinct One · Illuna, Apex of Wishes · Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile · Knight of New Alara · Maelstrom Archangel · Nethroi, Apex of Death · O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami · Primeval Spawn · Rienne, Angel of Rebirth · Selvala, Explorer Returned · Solemn Simulacrum · Surrak Dragonclaw · Tiller Engine · Transguild Courier · Two-Headed Hellkite · Xyris, the Writhing Storm · Zaxara, the Exemplary

Instants and sorceries

Abzan Charm · Beast Within · Cultivate · Duneblast · Echoing Truth · Explore · Explosive Vegetation · Farseek · Growth Spiral · Iridian Maelstrom · Kodama's Reach · Lavalanche · Merciless Eviction · Migration Path · Naya Charm · Painful Truths · Path to Exile · Radiant Flames · Search for Tomorrow · Sultai Charm · Sylvan Reclamation · Terminate · Time Wipe · Unite the Coalition

Artifacts and enchantments

Abundant Growth · Arcane Signet · Coalition Relic · Commander's Sphere · Fellwar Stone · Maelstrom Nexus · Mana Cannons · Obsidian Obelisk · Path to the World Tree · Prophetic Prism

Lands

Arcane Sanctum · Bad River · Canopy Vista · Cascading Cataracts · Cinder Glade · Command Tower · Crumbling Necropolis · Crystal Quarry · Evolving Wilds · Exotic Orchard · Flood Plain · 3 Forest · Frontier Bivouac · Grasslands · 2 Island · Jungle Shrine · Krosan Verge · 2 Mountain · Mountain Valley · Murmuring Bosk · Mystic Monastery · Nomad Outpost · Opulent Palace · 2 Plains · Prairie Stream · Rocky Tar Pit · Sandsteppe Citadel · Savage Lands · Seaside Citadel · Smoldering Marsh · Sunken Hollow · 2 Swamp · Terramorphic Expanse

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