Create a fun multiplayer deck, that can become a decent duel deck with only a few minor substitutions.
Aside: My Definition of a Fun Deck:
A deck that I enjoy playing, that others enjoy playing against (So keep the Stax under control, and focus more on creatures that are impossible to kill). I like synergies and combos, but not infinite combos. More cool little interactions and rules quirks than omfgmindlslaverlockrrr.
I enjoy decks with: Big Creatures and massive Token Swarms, fortunately, Green and Black both deliver.
I want to explore a deck with lots of Sac and Recur effects. Re-using my creatures as many times as needed to thwart the many board wipes prevalent in Commander games.
Lots of ETB and LTB effects, Sacrifice outlets, recursion, Reanimator effects to sneak fatties out early, etc.
Gameplan: Lock the board down with multiple grave pact effects, and other removal. Dump large creatures into the GY and reanimate to start chipping away at opponents health, or build up a large token army and overrun for the win. Overwhelming Stampede is rather nasty with a single Doomgape and a swarm of 1/1's.
So:
Others:
I think someone mentioned the wurd.
IF you already have it, why not be excited that you get to play it in standard again?
Yes it can, but a typical Affinity draw vs a typical Melira draw will not favor Melira. You really need a natural combo to have any sort of advantage over the angel pod deck.
Not really. It depends entirely on how much sideboard hate you have. Neither combo is fast enough to matter much against a typical affinity draw.
...this is the casual forum, right?
Your evaluation of Pharika is appallingly bad.
Sounds like Jeff Winger from Community.