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I'm really interested in beginning commander, but don't currently have a playgroup (small town and virus ensures that there are none) and would like to enlist your help with building a casual commander deck with Kresh the Bloodbraided as the commander. I've whittled down the card pool to about 120 cards (not including basic lands).
I know that a fair amount of the deck needs to change depending on the playgroup, but I just need a decent starting configuration. Effectiveness is great, fun is better.
Here are the current aims of the deck, which I think work well together
1: play a lot of fatties - when they die, they will give substantial boosts to Kresh
2: kill lots of opponents' creaturs - boost Kresh, and remove opportunities and blockers
3: sacrifice outlets - I want to be sure that my stuff goes to graveyards for Kresh, nowhere else
4: value from dying things - I want lots of stuff to die, extra value
5: steal creatuers from graveyards - more power and for me, more stuff to die for kresh (also, Threaten)
6: fling - kresh is gonna get big, and this might let me kill two opponents in one turn. Also works on other fatties
support stuff:
reanimation from graveyard
ramp
card draw (particularly weak)
board wipes (also pretty weak)
targeted removal
graveyard hate
haste
evasion
power boosting
artifact/enchantment removal
Plenty of cards fit into multiple roles. I'm looking for possible decklists. Really try to stick to the cards listed, but if there's a card that would be beneficial not in the pool, suggest it as a replacement to something else from the pool (if possible). I don't think this next thing will be an issue, but it may also be helpful to have some substitution suggestions in the event that I'm playing against weaker decks, I'd be glad to have those too.
I do have other cards that might fit into this, but thought that they didn't really apply. So if some aims need some more alternatives, I can look.
I know you said that you want to use cards from your existing pool but chandras ignition is fire in kresh. If you ever get your hands on one it's totally worth including.
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I'm really interested in beginning commander, but don't currently have a playgroup (small town and virus ensures that there are none) and would like to enlist your help with building a casual commander deck with Kresh the Bloodbraided as the commander. I've whittled down the card pool to about 120 cards (not including basic lands).
I know that a fair amount of the deck needs to change depending on the playgroup, but I just need a decent starting configuration. Effectiveness is great, fun is better.
Here are the current aims of the deck, which I think work well together
1: play a lot of fatties - when they die, they will give substantial boosts to Kresh
2: kill lots of opponents' creaturs - boost Kresh, and remove opportunities and blockers
3: sacrifice outlets - I want to be sure that my stuff goes to graveyards for Kresh, nowhere else
4: value from dying things - I want lots of stuff to die, extra value
5: steal creatuers from graveyards - more power and for me, more stuff to die for kresh (also, Threaten)
6: fling - kresh is gonna get big, and this might let me kill two opponents in one turn. Also works on other fatties
support stuff:
reanimation from graveyard
ramp
card draw (particularly weak)
board wipes (also pretty weak)
targeted removal
graveyard hate
haste
evasion
power boosting
artifact/enchantment removal
Plenty of cards fit into multiple roles. I'm looking for possible decklists. Really try to stick to the cards listed, but if there's a card that would be beneficial not in the pool, suggest it as a replacement to something else from the pool (if possible). I don't think this next thing will be an issue, but it may also be helpful to have some substitution suggestions in the event that I'm playing against weaker decks, I'd be glad to have those too.
I do have other cards that might fit into this, but thought that they didn't really apply. So if some aims need some more alternatives, I can look.