edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Commander precon · Forgotten Realms Commander · 2021 · led by Prosper, Tome-Bound

Main theme: exiled · Synergy 2.0/5 (developing) · Bracket 1–2 · Prosper, Tome-Bound works with 2 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 more: synergy 2.0 → 2.6 of 5, still developing. Its consistency is unchanged: Build stays at 5.0 of 5, on target. 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 Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Mountain: Mountain makes only red. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Swamp: Swamp makes only black. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Light Up the Stage: Light Up the Stage costs 3 where Wrenn's Resolve costs 2. Put in Wrenn's Resolve: Wrenn's Resolve is the same card draw for 1 less mana.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Fevered Suspicion: Fevered Suspicion works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Glaring Fleshraker works with 14 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Glaring Fleshraker: Glaring Fleshraker makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  2. Take out Disrupt Decorum: Disrupt Decorum works with no other card in this deck; Vexing Bauble works with 12 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in Vexing Bauble: When you sacrifice Vexing Bauble, Bag of Devouring exiles it
  3. Take out Throes of Chaos: Throes of Chaos works with no other card in this deck; Rockslide Sorcerer works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Rockslide Sorcerer: Pontiff of Blight gives Rockslide Sorcerer extort
  4. Take out Apex of Power: Apex of Power works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Vaan, Street Thief works with 10 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Vaan, Street Thief: Vaan, Street Thief makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  5. Take out Share the Spoils: Share the Spoils works with no other card in this deck; Norin the Wary works with 11 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Norin the Wary: Pontiff of Blight gives Norin the Wary extort
  6. Take out Chaos Wand: Chaos Wand works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Relic Amulet works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Relic Amulet: When Danse Macabre is cast, Relic Amulet puts a charge counter on itself

Upgrades at bracket 3

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

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.0 → 2.6 of 5, still developing. Its consistency is unchanged: Build stays at 5.0 of 5, on target. 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 Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Mountain: Mountain makes only red. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Swamp: Swamp makes only black. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Ramp

  1. 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.
  2. Take out Ebony Fly: Ebony Fly 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 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.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Light Up the Stage: Light Up the Stage costs 3 where Wrenn's Resolve costs 2. Put in Wrenn's Resolve: Wrenn's Resolve is the same card draw for 1 less mana.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Fevered Suspicion: Fevered Suspicion works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Glaring Fleshraker works with 14 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Glaring Fleshraker: Glaring Fleshraker makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  2. Take out Disrupt Decorum: Disrupt Decorum works with no other card in this deck; Vexing Bauble works with 12 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in Vexing Bauble: When you sacrifice Vexing Bauble, Bag of Devouring exiles it
  3. Take out Throes of Chaos: Throes of Chaos works with no other card in this deck; Rockslide Sorcerer works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Rockslide Sorcerer: Pontiff of Blight gives Rockslide Sorcerer extort
  4. Take out Apex of Power: Apex of Power works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Vaan, Street Thief works with 10 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Vaan, Street Thief: Vaan, Street Thief makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  5. Take out Share the Spoils: Share the Spoils works with no other card in this deck; Norin the Wary works with 11 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Norin the Wary: Pontiff of Blight gives Norin the Wary extort
  6. Take out Chaos Wand: Chaos Wand works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Relic Amulet works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Relic Amulet: When Danse Macabre is cast, Relic Amulet puts a charge counter on itself

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.0 → 2.6 of 5, still developing. Its consistency is unchanged: Build stays at 5.0 of 5, on target. 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 Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Mountain: Mountain makes only red. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Swamp: Swamp makes only black. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Ramp

  1. 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.
  2. Take out Ebony Fly: Ebony Fly 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 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 Rakdos Signet: Rakdos 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 Light Up the Stage: Light Up the Stage is weaker card draw than Jeska's Will. Put in Jeska's Will: Jeska's Will is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Fevered Suspicion: Fevered Suspicion works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Glaring Fleshraker works with 14 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Glaring Fleshraker: Glaring Fleshraker makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  2. Take out Disrupt Decorum: Disrupt Decorum works with no other card in this deck; Vexing Bauble works with 12 cards, 11 of them on it. Put in Vexing Bauble: When you sacrifice Vexing Bauble, Bag of Devouring exiles it
  3. Take out Throes of Chaos: Throes of Chaos works with no other card in this deck; Rockslide Sorcerer works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Rockslide Sorcerer: Pontiff of Blight gives Rockslide Sorcerer extort
  4. Take out Apex of Power: Apex of Power works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Vaan, Street Thief works with 10 cards, 7 of them on it. Put in Vaan, Street Thief: Vaan, Street Thief makes fodder for Bag of Devouring
  5. Take out Share the Spoils: Share the Spoils works with no other card in this deck; Norin the Wary works with 11 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Norin the Wary: Pontiff of Blight gives Norin the Wary extort
  6. Take out Chaos Wand: Chaos Wand works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Relic Amulet works with 7 cards, none of them on it. Put in Relic Amulet: When Danse Macabre is cast, Relic Amulet puts a charge counter on itself

Opens a route: Monkey Cage. 18 of its cards reach Marionette Master through it.

The decklist

Creatures

Chaos Channeler · Chittering Witch · Dark-Dweller Oracle · Death Tyrant · Dire Fleet Daredevil · Dream Pillager · Etali, Primal Storm · Fiend of the Shadows · Gonti, Lord of Luxury · Grim Hireling · Izzet Chemister · Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant · Lorcan, Warlock Collector · Loyal Apprentice · Marionette Master · Ogre Slumlord · Piper of the Swarm · Pontiff of Blight · Tectonic Giant · Wild-Magic Sorcerer

Instants and sorceries

Apex of Power · Bedevil · Bituminous Blast · Chaos Warp · Commune with Lava · Consuming Vapors · Danse Macabre · Disrupt Decorum · Fevered Suspicion · Hellish Rebuke · Hex · Hurl Through Hell · Ignite the Future · Light Up the Stage · Phthisis · Rakdos Charm · Reckless Endeavor · Terminate · Throes of Chaos · Vandalblast · You Find Some Prisoners

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Bag of Devouring · Bucknard's Everfull Purse · Chaos Wand · Commander's Sphere · Dead Man's Chest · Ebony Fly · Fellwar Stone · Fiendlash · Mind Stone · Orazca Relic · Rakdos Signet · Share the Spoils · Shiny Impetus · Sol Ring · Talisman of Indulgence · Theater of Horrors · Unstable Obelisk · Warlock Class

Lands

Bojuka Bog · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Foreboding Ruins · Mortuary Mire · 13 Mountain · Rakdos Carnarium · Shadowblood Ridge · Smoldering Marsh · Spinerock Knoll · 14 Swamp · Tainted Peak · Underdark Rift · Zhalfirin Void

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