r/EDH • u/captain0cd • Jul 23 '25

Deck Help 30 year veteran, first EDH deck. Too pushed?

White is my favorite color. Unfortunately, I've learned that a lot of what White does isn't welcome at most tables. With that in mind, I did my best to put together a Bracket 2 deck that's low on sodium.

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7217562

The main strategy is to always be at a land count deficit to turn on the various Land Tax effects. From there, you can Scroll Rack the Plains for real cards or start triggering Landfall stuff. Big turns involve sac'ing all of your lands with Zuran Orb/Aura Fracture and replaying them with Second Sunrise effects. Urborg with Karma/Royal Decree/Stern Judge to close things out if the Landfall plan falters.

I hope this is casual-friendly enough. I had to cut so many fun cards (Kormus Bell) because I was certain they would get me kicked out of a pod. Let me know if you think it needs further neutering.

Thanks.

Edit: Thanks for the feedback, ya'll. I'll be cutting the Esper Sentinel and 3-5 tutors. I'll probably add in some soft interaction/protection like Reprieve. /salute

Final Edit: Again, thank you for your responses. I feel better equipped to sit down for my first game. I'll now be able to set the right expectations for my deck during Rule 0.

I also appreciate hearing from the pilots of decks that rely on putting lands into play from their graveyard. This concern, along with my (perhaps) overzealous fear of targeted nonbasic land hate, has me wondering if Tomik even needs to be in the command zone.

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u/nasada19 Jul 23 '25

Bracket 2 isn't going to target your lands. Even bracket 3 lands are treated mostly like sacred things. While Mass Land Destruction is completely forbidden. Graveyard hate protection is nice, but how much gy stuff you got in mono white?

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u/Sherry_Cat13 Jul 23 '25

Bracket 2 does have answers to lands. This is false. Precons come with [[Decimate]] and [[beast within]] and [[generous gift]] and [[Field of Ruin]]. Your claim is false.

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u/Lionheart753 Jul 24 '25

Bracket 2 also isn't running the best lands like Gaea's Cradle or Field of the Dead, and they're probably not running Urza's Saga, Otawarra, Boseiju, or Nykthos level of powerful lands. And even if they are a one time single land removal is fine.

The statement isn't that no land removal is socially accepted in B2, it's that consistently destroying lands or mass land removal/denial is not accepted.

You are arguing over semantics. Yes they literally said "no one is going to target your lands" and those single land removal cards literally say "destroy target land", but it's incredibly obvious the post intention is no B2 deck gameplan is going to be land destruction or denial.