edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Precons › Commander 2021

Silverquill Statement

Commander precon · Commander 2021 · 2021 · led by Breena, the Demagogue

Main theme: +1/+1 counters · Synergy 2.9/5 (developing) · Bracket 1–2 · Breena, the Demagogue works with 6 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.

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.9 → 3.9 of 5, from developing to connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.2 → 4.5 of 5, still on target; still 3 short on interaction, 1 short on card advantage, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  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.

Ramp

  1. Take out Mind Stone: Mind Stone also does card draw, and doesn't make white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in Talisman of Hierarchy: Talisman of Hierarchy is the same ramp and makes white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells, but does not do card draw.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Cunning Rhetoric: Cunning Rhetoric is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Deathbringer Liege. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Starving Revenant bigger stats.
  2. Take out Citadel Siege: Citadel Siege is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Stone Haven Outfitter: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Stone Haven Outfitter counts as card advantage. Stone Haven Outfitter gives Deathbringer Liege bigger stats.
  3. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Scrivener: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Blood Scrivener counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Blood Scrivener bigger stats.
  4. Take out Zetalpa, Primal Dawn: Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is next on the report's cut list. Works with 5 other cards: with 5 again and again. Put in Diviner's Wand: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Diviner's Wand counts as card advantage. When Infernal Offering makes a player draw a card, Diviner's Wand gets +1/+1.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Vow of Duty: Vow of Duty works with no other card in this deck; Boss's Chauffeur works with 33 cards, all of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Boss's Chauffeur: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian works with 12 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian triggers

Upgrades at bracket 3

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

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

Its cards work together more: synergy 2.9 → 4.0 of 5, from developing to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.2 → 4.5 of 5, still on target; still 3 short on interaction, 1 short on card advantage, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  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.

Ramp

  1. Take out Mind Stone: Mind Stone also does card draw, and doesn't make white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in Talisman of Hierarchy: Talisman of Hierarchy is the same ramp and makes white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells, but does not do card draw.
  2. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Smothering Tithe. Put in Smothering Tithe: Smothering Tithe is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  3. Take out Orzhov Signet: Orzhov 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.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Cunning Rhetoric: Cunning Rhetoric is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Deathbringer Liege. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Starving Revenant bigger stats.
  2. Take out Citadel Siege: Citadel Siege is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Stone Haven Outfitter: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Stone Haven Outfitter counts as card advantage. Stone Haven Outfitter gives Deathbringer Liege bigger stats.
  3. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Scrivener: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Blood Scrivener counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Blood Scrivener bigger stats.
  4. Take out Zetalpa, Primal Dawn: Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is next on the report's cut list. Works with 5 other cards: with 5 again and again. Put in Diviner's Wand: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Diviner's Wand counts as card advantage. When Infernal Offering makes a player draw a card, Diviner's Wand gets +1/+1.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Vow of Duty: Vow of Duty works with no other card in this deck; Boss's Chauffeur works with 33 cards, all of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Boss's Chauffeur: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian works with 12 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian triggers

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 2.9 → 4.0 of 5, from developing to tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.2 → 4.6 of 5, still on target; 2 short on interaction, was 3, 1 short on card advantage, was 5. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Orzhov Basilica: Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. Put in Desolate Mire: Desolate Mire never enters tapped and makes white or black.
  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.

Ramp

  1. Take out Mind Stone: Mind Stone also does card draw, and doesn't make white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in Talisman of Hierarchy: Talisman of Hierarchy is the same ramp and makes white and black, which the deck is short of for its spells, but does not do card draw.
  2. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Smothering Tithe. Put in Smothering Tithe: Smothering Tithe is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  3. Take out Orzhov Signet: Orzhov 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.
  4. Take out Spectral Searchlight: Spectral Searchlight 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.
  5. Take out Tempting Contract: Tempting Contract 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.
  6. Take out Victory Chimes: Victory Chimes 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 Cunning Rhetoric: Cunning Rhetoric is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Deathbringer Liege. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Starving Revenant bigger stats.
  2. Take out Citadel Siege: Citadel Siege is next on the report's cut list. Works with 2 other cards: with 1 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Stone Haven Outfitter: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Stone Haven Outfitter counts as card advantage. Stone Haven Outfitter gives Deathbringer Liege bigger stats.
  3. Take out Together Forever: Together Forever is next on the report's cut list. Works with 3 other cards: with 2 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in Blood Scrivener: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Blood Scrivener counts as card advantage. Deathbringer Liege gives Blood Scrivener bigger stats.
  4. Take out Zetalpa, Primal Dawn: Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is next on the report's cut list. Works with 5 other cards: with 5 again and again. Put in Diviner's Wand: Card advantage: you were 5 short; Diviner's Wand counts as card advantage. When Infernal Offering makes a player draw a card, Diviner's Wand gets +1/+1.
  5. Take out Ambition's Cost: Ambition's Cost 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.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Vow of Duty: Vow of Duty works with no other card in this deck; Boss's Chauffeur works with 33 cards, all of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Boss's Chauffeur: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian works with 12 cards, 10 of them on it. Put in Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian: When Deathbringer Liege enters, Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian triggers

Opens a route: Aunt May. 19 of its cards reach Bold Plagiarist through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: card advantage 9 of 14, interaction 9 of 12.

The decklist

Creatures

Angel of Serenity · Author of Shadows · Bold Plagiarist · Boreas Charger · Combat Calligrapher · Deathbringer Liege · Deathbringer Regent · Elite Scaleguard · Fain, the Broker · Felisa, Fang of Silverquill · Guardian Archon · Hunted Lammasu · Keen Duelist · Knight of the White Orchid · Magister of Worth · Necropolis Regent · Nils, Discipline Enforcer · Oreskos Explorer · Orzhov Advokist · Scholarship Sponsor · Selfless Squire · Stalking Leonin · Sunscorch Regent · Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts · Windborn Muse · Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Planeswalkers

Gideon, Champion of Justice

Instants and sorceries

Ambition's Cost · Fracture · Incarnation Technique · Infernal Offering · Inkshield · Oblation · Promise of Loyalty · Secret Rendezvous · Stinging Study · Tragic Arrogance · Utter End

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Bloodthirsty Blade · Citadel Siege · Coveted Jewel · Cunning Rhetoric · Curse of Disturbance · Debtors' Knell · Duelist's Heritage · Ghostly Prison · Martial Impetus · Mind Stone · Orzhov Signet · Parasitic Impetus · Pendant of Prosperity · Sol Ring · Soul Snare · Spectral Searchlight · Tempting Contract · Together Forever · Victory Chimes · Vow of Duty

Lands

Barren Moor · Bojuka Bog · Caves of Koilos · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Mikokoro, Center of the Sea · Myriad Landscape · Opal Palace · Orzhov Basilica · 14 Plains · Rogue's Passage · Secluded Steppe · Silverquill Campus · Study Hall · 10 Swamp · Tainted Field · Temple of Silence · Temple of the False God

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