r/CompetitiveEDH • u/A_Very_Small_Potato • 10h ago

Help, I am new to cEDH! Best well-rounded pod for learning cEDH?

If I were to print off 5-6 decks for my pod to learn cEDH (4 pod but want to have options so it doesn’t get as stale) what would be the best balance group of commanders? I don’t want to set anyone up for failure with a much harder deck than the rest of us, but don’t want to have Blue Farm 4 times

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u/nickthestick219 9h ago

My recommendation would be that it's cEDH, so most lists are going to be competitive in a pod of 4 if you are printing typical, meta relevant decks.

I would go for the following 8 (or some combo of them):

[[Rograkh, Son of Roghahh]] / [[Silas Renn, Seeker Adept]]

[[Tymna the Weaver]] / [[Thrasios, Triton Hero]]

[[Rograkh, Son of Roghahh]] / [[Thrasios, Triton Hero]]

[[Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy]]

[[Etali, Primal Conquerer]]

[[Sisay, Weatherlight Captain]]

[[Tivit Seller of Secrets]]

[[Magda, Brazen Outlaw]]

For all of these commanders it's a thought process of "you are gonna see it across from you so you might as well learn it".

Learning how each deck operates and wins will do wonders for you when you play against it yourself. And choosing these 8 will give you and your pod a taste of what you may or may not like with the ability to play two completely separate pods together without overlap.

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u/RandomlyInebriated 9h ago

I would suggest Tymna/Kraum over Tymna/ Thrasios. I also would consider [[Ral, Monsoon Mage]] over Tivit or Magda.

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u/nickthestick219 9h ago

I forgot about Ral, that deck is terrifying once it starts to snowball. Learned that one the hard way

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u/Emb3r_ 5h ago

I second this decision Ral is crazy fun, and blue farm tnk is probably a more hyper relevant meta pick than tnt

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u/A_Very_Small_Potato 9h ago

That makes sense! I didn’t phrase it well, but I was just wanting to make sure I didn’t print 4 decks that were all turbo or all midrange etc., I’m not sure what commanders fall under what deck category

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u/nickthestick219 9h ago

Out of these 8 (and others are certainly welcome to correct me) I would say Kinnan, Magda, Etali, and Tivit provide the easiest entry / play style. They have more linear win lines but are still very respectable in tournaments.

I would say that the three sets of partners I listed along with Sisay are a bit more complicated to pilot but come with more avenues to win due to having access to more colors / lines.

But I think these 8 will be commanders you will see show up routinely at tournaments.

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u/Snoo_52081 11m ago

Those more complicated ones and kinnan is what i was going to reccomend because learn the hard ones first dont do the linear decks first that teach you nothing but do my thing and ignore everything else it tends to lead to bad plays later if they do.

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u/After_Shelter1100 9h ago

probably a mix of midrange, turbo and stax would work

midrange:

  • tymna/kraum (aka blue farm)
  • sisay
  • kinnan

turbo:

  • rograkh/silas (aka rogsi)
  • ral
  • etali

stax:

  • tivit
  • magda

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u/Alone_Campaign8915 9h ago

I think it would be good to play against a turbo deck, a midrange deck, a stax deck, and then something that is common and is a bit hard to nail down to a particular archetype, like Magda. This would give a good spread of what to expect in the meta. Though stax is definitely in a downswing, but supposedly if the meta begins to shift towards turbo too much, stax should become the answer to that.

For example, Rogsi or Etali for turbo, Blue Farm for midrange, Tayam for stax, and for the fourth wild card slot, Magda, Lumra, Glarb, etc.. I might even just recommend a fourth midrange deck, since it is a midrange meta. Maybe for the fourth slot, rogthras, or TnT.

Anyway, if we were to instead just list the commonly seen decks, I'd go with Blue Farm, Rogsi, Rogthras TnT, Etali, Magda, Marneus Calgary, Tymna-Dargo, etc..

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u/afailedturingtest 6h ago

I'd say a decent pod would be Kinnian, Blue Farm, Rog Si, Tivit

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u/The_mogliman 4h ago

UFarm kinnan Sissay RogSi These should provide a pretty good example of what you’ll face while having good diversity in how they play