How it grades
Fundamentals 73/100. Plays like Spellslinger.
This reads as Spellslinger, built around Kardur, Doomscourge. The spells are the deck: every instant and sorcery triggers payoffs (drain, tokens, copies, treasure), so chaining cheap cantrips is the game plan. Creature count stays low by design; protect the two or three payoff engines and the velocity does the rest. Its strongest fundamental is land count (40 lands. About 42 fits this curve for Spellslinger); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 19 of 59 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want lifegain, enters-the-battlefield, burn support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Group Slug, Aristocrats, Blink; from EDHREC).
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- BMana curve
- A-Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- CCommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- ACard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BMana curve25% of spells cost ≤2, 22% cost 6+.
- CCommander synergyOnly 19 of 59 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want lifegain, enters-the-battlefield, burn support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Group Slug, Aristocrats, Blink; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, land count, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
78 cards graded: A- 7, B+ 36, B 28, B- 5, C+ 1, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Chaos Incarnate from B- to B+.
Coruscation Mage1R$1.71
In place of Breath of Malfegor: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (22 producers). Shares the commanders' burn mechanic. Top-5% staple by play data.
Dualcaster Mage1RR$4.21
In place of Dredge the Mire: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
Fits the enters-the-battlefield build players run with your commanders. Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (22 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Marionette Apprentice1B$2.04
In place of Hate Mirage: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (13 producers). Fits the enters-the-battlefield build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.39
In place of Theater of Horrors: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (13 producers). Shares the commanders' burn mechanic. Top-5% staple by play data.
Conjurer's Closet5$4.05
In place of Scythe Specter: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (11 producers). Pays off the commanders' enters-the-battlefield plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Impact Tremors1R$2.52
In place of Dictate of the Twin Gods: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (9 producers). Shares the commanders' burn mechanic. Top-5% staple by play data.
Terror of the Peaks3RR$30.11
In place of Sunbird's Invocation: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (9 producers). Fits the enters-the-battlefield build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Purphoros, God of the Forge3R$27.38
In place of Spiteful Visions: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (9 producers). Shares the commanders' burn mechanic. Top-5% staple by play data.
Warstorm Surge5R$1.43
In place of Brash Taunter: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (9 producers). Fits the enters-the-battlefield build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose2B$10.03
In place of Explosion of Riches: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your lifegain engine (7 producers). Pays off the commanders' lifegain plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 22
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 8
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Sorceries 14
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Artifacts 10
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Enchantments 4
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Lands 40
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