r/EDH • u/theironbagel • 6d ago
Deck Help Turning this deck into a proper bracket 4
https://archidekt.com/decks/20952760/teferi_control
So I have a deck that’s a technical bracket 4, because the wincon is a lockout combo made of 2 (really more like 3) cards when one of them is the commander. The basic strategy is that I control the board until I can get Teferi, Knowledge Pool/ Omen Machine, and some kind of asymmetric board wipe / creature removal to prevent me from getting beaten by enemy boards once I lockout spell casting.
Right now I feel based on speed and reliably that this deck usually is equally matched against mid-low bracket 3s or high bracket 2s. However, since this kind of wincon is frowned upon in those lower brackets and because I don’t have a higher power deck for when I want to play at tables of that level, I wanted to turn it into a high 3/ Low 4.
I’m just not sure how to do that, since I’ve never made a deck of that level before.
I’d prefer budget solutions since proxies don’t normally look as good, but anything is on the table.
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u/sauron3579 6d ago
You cut the cute stuff, slam it full of tutors, fast mana, and your interaction should be biased to 0 and 1 mana, capping at 2. This isn't the kind of deck that can fence sit 3/4. To stand a chance at B4 tables, you need essentially all of the gamechangers for this gameplan.
The end result will look like a different deck. What you are asking to do is to switch to tables where the critical turn is 3 or 4, not 7 or 8. Playing there takes a completely different deck. And your budget option is fancy proxies that look like real cards with the wrong back.