Maestros Massacre
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- Commander
- Anhelo, the Painter
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $99.08
- Grade
- B-
How it grades
Fundamentals 69/100. Plays like Tokens and Spellslinger.
This reads as Tokens · Spellslinger, built around Anhelo, the Painter. Go wide: flood the board with cheap bodies, multiply them, then convert width into damage or value with anthems, drain triggers, and sacrifice payoffs. Board wipes are the great enemy, so rebuild speed and token-doublers that refill fast matter more than any single big creature. Anhelo, the Painter sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is land count (37 lands. About 39 fits this curve for Tokens, with your cost reduction counted); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 20 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want sacrifice support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Spellslinger, Tokens, Aristocrats; from EDHREC).
- AMana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- ARamp
- C+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- CCommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- C+Card draw6 draw effects (want 11+ for Tokens).
- CCommander synergyOnly 20 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want sacrifice support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Spellslinger, Tokens, Aristocrats; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #3,393
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
87 cards graded: A- 8, B+ 25, B 39, B- 9, C+ 5, C- 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Maestros Massacre from B- to B.
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.59
In place of Body Count: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 11+). Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (31 producers). Fits the instant-and-sorcery build players run with your commanders.
Third Path IconoclastUR$0.38
In place of Spellbinding Soprano: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (38/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. EDHREC Tokens staple. Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (31 producers).
Village RitesB$0.93
In place of Frantic Search: weakest slot in the deck (73/100)
Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (4 in deck). Fits the sacrifice build players run with your commanders. Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 11+).
Corrupted ConvictionB$0.34
In place of Xander's Pact: weakest slot in the deck (51/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 11+). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (4 in deck). Fits the sacrifice build players run with your commanders.
Impact Tremors1R$2.52
In place of Zndrsplt's Judgment: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Terror of the Peaks3RR$30.61
In place of A Little Chat: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Return the FavorRR$1.10
In place of Audacious Swap: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (31 producers). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (4 in deck). Fits the instant-and-sorcery build players run with your commanders.
Banner of Kinship5$7.39
In place of Smuggler's Buggy: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Dualcaster Mage1RR$4.23
In place of Drawn from Dreams: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (31 producers). Fits the instant-and-sorcery build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Reflections of Littjara4U$3.07
In place of Dogged Detective: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (31 producers). Fits the instant-and-sorcery build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 14
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Instants 10
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Sorceries 21
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Artifacts 12
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Enchantments 5
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Lands 37
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- B×2
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