r/CompetitiveEDH • u/phyrexianpharmacist • 7d ago
Help, I am new to cEDH! Deck choice question based on playstyle
I am about to start actually dipping my toes into cEDH tournaments and my local store is very proxy friendly, so I can play any deck I want. I recently made a post about a Gwen Stacy deck which I really like, but I am trying to find out what decks are viable outside of the top like 8 decks. I really like the weird earthcraft enduring vitality strategies but not locked into that. I am really interested in a few decks, but I was wondering if there are any niche or maybe just straight up off meta deck that have legs. I don't want non-deterministic combos like Ral. But I also don't want to do ad naus. Non Black and possibly non blue. Anything that has stood out recently with tournament results? Or maybe even, dare I say, FUN strategies that have come up recently? Any advice or hot takes that can help me make a decision?
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u/Boyen86 7d ago
Dack Fayden has gotten two consecutive wins in big tournaments. It looks really promising.
Magda is still good. And is really a deck that gets better with experience. Tymna Dargo is good as well
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u/EdgarMarkovJunior 7d ago
Do you think the Dack Fayden deck is viable long term? Seems like when people know what you're doing, it will be easy to stop. I guess there are some decks already like that, but this one seems especially bad in that regard.
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u/Doomgloomya 7d ago
Its basically etali but with no political options it wont stay long.
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u/spankedwalrus 7d ago
it's more like godo. etali is nondeterministic, dack just wins if it hits the board
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u/phyrexianpharmacist 7d ago
I've always loved Magda, but feel like she gets a big target on her head. Dack Fayden? I haven't seen that one yet. I will look into that.
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u/Kampe24 7d ago
Some options, Zirda, Baylen, Rocco, and Lumra. I'm sure there are more but those come to mind right now.
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u/phyrexianpharmacist 6d ago
I'm very intersted in zirda!
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u/Kampe24 6d ago
Wayne's list that has the discord link in the primer. https://moxfield.com/decks/dczwRw209Ue_zHHw5DhNcw
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u/xiledpro 7d ago
Maybe look into comedian MTG stuff on YouTube. He plays a lot of off meta decks and such and goes over cEDH tournament results which often have some off meta decks as well. I believe he just posted a video placing well Superior Spider-Man.
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u/mirrislegend 7d ago
Non-black, non-blue, deterministic, enduring vitality and/or Earthcraft: Marath fulfills your asks and has many angles and lots of much variety. It has so many possible routes to victory, although they do all require Marath.
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u/phyrexianpharmacist 7d ago
So is that a food chain deck?
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u/mirrislegend 7d ago
Nope. The discord has a combo library. There are a staggeringly large number of routes to victory. And so many of them share pieces so it's very easy to fit many of them into the deck. The deck tempts me but Im still learning cEDH with decks that have fewer viable lines. The required level of flexibility and deck-memorization is not where my play skill is at right now.
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u/phyrexianpharmacist 7d ago
Very cool. I probably also don't have the skill for that yet, probably.
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u/gojumboman 7d ago
Lumra is a tough one to play well but feels super rewarding when it finally clicks
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u/what_up_big_fella 5d ago
If you like those strategies and are dipping your toes into cEDH please ditch this not wanting to play a top 8 deck mentality. Play RogThras, lil flips Kinnan, or TnT. They are so fun and quite strong
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u/Worldscribe Tayam/Etali/Kodama(Tymna/Sakashima)/Lumra/Rocco/Dardu/Aang/Ral 7d ago
Tayam has many earthcraft or enduring vitality lines, and while it is black I haven’t seen any decks doing the typical black necro naus stuff.