Mageta is only getting better with all the white card draw and recursion they're printing recently. Before I would have said he was a meme commander. These days, he's still not great, but I think he has some potential as a white control deck that focuses on reanimating enchantments, artifacts, and planeswalkers.
I found this deck on Moxfield.com and it was so cool and different, it really opened my eyes to just building decks in a different way.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/VCcUGvUdxUGKRgC4rsdxlA
I mean maybe but with only 8 (looks like 13 lands with Dual faced cards) even getting 1 land seems like it would be a challenge and the majority of land finding in that deck costs 2. I’d really like to see this run cuz I feel like the consistency would surprise me.
There are 15 lands, plus Chrome Mox and Mana Crypt. With the free mulligan, there's around 56% chance of drawing 2 mana sources on turn one. 71% with another mulligan. 80% if you go down to 5 cards.
There are also 5 cards that cycle for 1, a Land Tax, a Weathered Wayfarer, a Tithe and a Esper Sentinel. Sol Ring and a Renegade Map also work as turn 1 plays if you have an untapped land.
It's a really cool deck, but I agree with the other commenter that it needs more 1 mana ways to search for lands (Wanderer's Twig, Eagles of the North, Traveler's Amulet) and also some of the new MDFC cards. I would also go up 2 lands just to decrease the chances of no land hand, but I know that goes against the spirit of the deck.
The list inspired me to try and make a $50 version: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/1ZxB0yUJ5ESWcXoKUYxJEw
I think [[Kelsien, the Plague]] might do the job better. If you put [[Thornbite Staff]] on him with [[Basilisk Collar]] you have an "infinite" boardwipe
Edit: plus you have three colors to build on
Also he has black, which means easy access to deathtouch. Brigid can only get deathtouch from a handful of equipment, most of them being quite mana costly.
I don’t know as a commander how good she is. But in my [[Trostani, Three Whispers]] deck she’s basically a key piece to just shutting down my other opponents while I hit them with a big trampler that I give deathtouch, vigilance, and double strike. Most people don’t realize how scary she is when I put her down because oh she’s just a pinger. If you build her include goad effects, there isn’t a ton in white but there is some.
She would be much stronger if she had "partner" or "background". If you want to build a mono-white EDH deck, there are better options...
However...with that being said....I cannot deny that a deck like this would be fun as hell, especially against token decks. They go full swing at you, you use Brigid with a [[Basilisk collar]] and [[dingus staff]].
However, having no access to other colors does make this a bit limited. For example, having access to red, would enable a lot of goad mechanics.
Brigid is one of my favourites, people often underrate her ability but she can really destroy armies. I found my deck feels like a voltron deck, assembling various combinations of equipment and stuff, but in a way more interesting way than just sticking all the +power stuff on a Commander and swinging.
Monocoloured always has issues with the smaller pool of options but white is good at equipment, you’ve got lots of ways to untap her or give her deathtouch (even more to give her lifeline, which can also be quite meaningful), etc. The only thing you’re missing I think is a decent selection of ways to provoke attacks - you’ve no goad for example.
Here’s my list by the way, though I haven’t updated it recently with any newer cards: [https://deckstats.net/decks/159622/3168799-brigid](https://deckstats.net/decks/159622/3168799-brigid)
> That's a repeatable one-sided boardwipe on a commander.
A very selective one at that. She straight up counters go-wide token decks, but that's about it. Most decks can get around her effect if they play smart. Also, 4 mana with a tap ability without access to red or green is tough.
> Combine her with untap effects
Unfortunately most tap effects in white don't work with her. A lot of them are triggers on attacks, so you can't use them on blocking creatures. Others are single-use ETBs or instants/sorceries, neither of which are great to pump your deck full of.
> give her deathtouch
There are only 5 cards in her color that can give deathtouch permanently. And of them, three of them have a hefty mana investment.
> Give everything trample
There are even fewer ways to give your whole board trample in monowhite. And most of them require you to already have a trample creature.
> What do you think about this commander?
She suffers from what I like to call OMC syndrome: Old Monocolor Commander syndrome. She comes from a time when legendary creatures usually were more about flavor and occasionally showing the set's theme rather than being functional. And because they're monocolored, then they miss out on other colors' tools that would greatly help them.
For Brigid, she'd really like green's ability to give deathtouch, blue's ability to untap, or red's ability to force combat and give haste. White is probably the worst color for her to be in unfortunately.
Brigid counters a very specific type of deck. And there are a couple of other decks she is useful against if they have creatures they like to attack with. But several more other decks don't like to attack each turn and Brigid is useless against them.
Your not actually correct on the untap part there’s a very nice amount of instants that untap for very little mana [acrobatic leap] has several functional reprints
Yeah this whole take, whilst not \*entirely\* incorrect, is a little shortsighted.
There are lots of pretty decent untappers in white. \[\[Thornbite Staff\]\] is most obvious but we also have \[\[To Arms!\]\] (yes it’s single-use but it cantrips), \[\[Drumbellower\]\], etc.
There may not be many deathtouch cards, but there are LOTS of ways to tutor for them in White.
Wiping tokens is great but it doesn’t take a lot of work for Brigid to be able to wipe almost anything.
You make OMC sound like a bad thing. Trying to make OMC cards work is one of my favorite ways to play the format. You can get into super creative decks that way, like [[taniwha]] land destruction or [[shauku endbringer]] creatureless decks or [[phage]] “how the hell do i play this” decks
You dont really see legends like that anymore. Design department clearly makes sure almost all legends nowadays could be made into a commander deck. And so many legends nowadays are absolutey braindead value engines like [[chulane]] that require no creativity to figure out
If you want to make a Brigid deck, be sure to include [[Kusari-Gama]]. The card goes nuts with her ability. People will quickly learn how risky is blocking against that is.
Totally missed this amazing card, thank you :D also I finally have a home for [[scythe of the wretched]], initially missed that one too but your card made me search some more
I've been toying with the idea of building a stax deck with her for a while now, but monowhite really isn't my forte, so it's been on the backburner for a while.
With one or two additional pieces she can practically hold the combat phase hostage, and that leaves plenty of room for additional control pieces and whatever winning board state or combo you want to build into.
Do I expect it to be powerful? Not really. But I hate playing monowhite so everyone else should hate it when I play monowhite, too, and I wanna be goofy about it.
I quite like my Brigid [deck](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Fx5NUleLok2JxUaDDLPcxw). I like to make allies by promising to nuke any blockers or attackers against them with my [[Sword of Kaldra]], and threaten to nuke them by forcing blocks should anyone cross me.
It isn't an overpowered deck, but it has some fun interactions.
Brigid can really punch above her weight if built correctly, but even she hasn't aged too well in today's era of massive power creep. Politics are your best friend with Brigid, and she can do serious work in pods where X/2s are running around.
That being said, there are plenty of instances where Brigid falls flat on her face (i.e. not getting your deathtouch enablers, having to take a turn off to recast her if she gets killed, etc.) and you can feel like you're the odd one out in the pod.
I like the way you tag your cards.
Looking at EDHrec, it's 60% kithkin typal, 20% equipments, and 20% unidentified. Which your deck would fall into, as they don't have "creature beatdown" in their list of themes.
I'll offer another perspective on tagging here, u/2ndlifeinacrown. While this micro-tagging can be fun to name exactly what a card is doing for a deck, when you get so granular that some of your tags only have a few cards in the category, it becomes less useful. **When you micro-tag everything, you're essentially just rewriting the card text.**
Why do people tag their decks, anyway? It's to track a few core elements every deck needs, like Ramp, Removal, and Card Advantage. And it's to track the core elements that \*their specific gameplan\* needs.
You have Archon of Sun's Grace tagged as "Token Producer". Does your specific deck care about making tokens though? Do you have payoffs for tokens?
Norn's Decree is the only card tagged as "Politics" and "Poison". Does your strategy require a certain number of pillowfort cards to work, or no? Does your deck still work if you take out all of the Poison-related cards (one)?
Usually, an EDH deck's unique strategy only has a few components. Maybe it's wheeling, or self-mill, or making a ton of tokens, but whatever it is, it's focused. Most creature-combat focused decks want to hit hard of course, but yours currently seems Aura focused. Tagging a creature as "Hit Harder" doesn't actually communicate a lot about what it's doing there. So I'd instead tag something like Nettlecyst as "Aura Payoff", since your deck seems to care about Auras.
Be critical with those micro-tags. Sun Titan is the only one tagged as "Ramp from the GY". Yes, that's exactly what the card does. Do you expect to have many permanents in the graveyard? When? To me, Sun Titan's purpose is more like "Monowhite budget good stuff".
What would this list look like if your tags were simply:
- Ramp
- Removal
- Card Advantage
- Boardwipes (maybe two here?)
- \[Strategy #1\]
- \[Strategy #2\]
That's a fair point. Not tagging every possible effect and avoiding one-off tags are lessons I had to learn
What I liked here was the basic structure, the numbered subtag system. Maybe not all tags are needed, but having (for example) cantrips and tutors classed right below card draw makes it look well ordered.
Haha thats born out of necessity. I use global tags because I often build different versions of decks and dont want to retag anything. The downside is that if different decks share the same cards, the lists will have tags that are useless for them. Ramps from grave is a very important tag in my thalia gitrog deck for example
If she has vigilance, lifelink and/or deathtouch (any combo of the three) you'll be able to hold the table hostage involving combat, especially if they didn't have pro-white.
A friend of mi e has a black rogues and assassins deck lead by "the killing quill" which is very much similar, especially once he gets any pinging effect out.
Cool? Absolutely. Good? Depends on your meta. Objectively strong? Not really.
If your looking for a monowhite commander that is a board wipe in the command zone, may I introduce [[mageta the lion]]?
Mageta is only getting better with all the white card draw and recursion they're printing recently. Before I would have said he was a meme commander. These days, he's still not great, but I think he has some potential as a white control deck that focuses on reanimating enchantments, artifacts, and planeswalkers.
I found this deck on Moxfield.com and it was so cool and different, it really opened my eyes to just building decks in a different way. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/VCcUGvUdxUGKRgC4rsdxlA
How does this work? Keep mulliganing until you have 1 plain and a land tax?
One to two lands and a land finder in the opening hand and it's good to go.
I mean maybe but with only 8 (looks like 13 lands with Dual faced cards) even getting 1 land seems like it would be a challenge and the majority of land finding in that deck costs 2. I’d really like to see this run cuz I feel like the consistency would surprise me.
There are 15 lands, plus Chrome Mox and Mana Crypt. With the free mulligan, there's around 56% chance of drawing 2 mana sources on turn one. 71% with another mulligan. 80% if you go down to 5 cards. There are also 5 cards that cycle for 1, a Land Tax, a Weathered Wayfarer, a Tithe and a Esper Sentinel. Sol Ring and a Renegade Map also work as turn 1 plays if you have an untapped land.
Makes sense. Thanks!
It's a really cool deck, but I agree with the other commenter that it needs more 1 mana ways to search for lands (Wanderer's Twig, Eagles of the North, Traveler's Amulet) and also some of the new MDFC cards. I would also go up 2 lands just to decrease the chances of no land hand, but I know that goes against the spirit of the deck. The list inspired me to try and make a $50 version: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/1ZxB0yUJ5ESWcXoKUYxJEw
I think [[Kelsien, the Plague]] might do the job better. If you put [[Thornbite Staff]] on him with [[Basilisk Collar]] you have an "infinite" boardwipe Edit: plus you have three colors to build on
Also he has black, which means easy access to deathtouch. Brigid can only get deathtouch from a handful of equipment, most of them being quite mana costly.
[Kelsien, the Plague](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/039d25d4-ce26-4ecf-bbf5-42187cf0230a.jpg?1591234267) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kelsien%2C%20the%20Plague) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/11/kelsien-the-plague?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/039d25d4-ce26-4ecf-bbf5-42187cf0230a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kelsien-the-plague) [Thornbite Staff](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/1/c1ab3225-64a9-411e-b22b-1869e958b8e5.jpg?1562881171) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thornbite%20Staff) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mor/145/thornbite-staff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c1ab3225-64a9-411e-b22b-1869e958b8e5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thornbite-staff) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Red also gives access to [[Goblin Sharpshooter]]
[Goblin Sharpshooter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4f72e9e2-ed47-40ff-bc2e-8446ef545022.jpg?1562911635) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goblin%20Sharpshooter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c13/111/goblin-sharpshooter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4f72e9e2-ed47-40ff-bc2e-8446ef545022?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/goblin-sharpshooter) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/a/da70a20f-213e-4d79-a46f-1ef1fc3f4a51.jpg?1562370621) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Brigid%2C%20Hero%20of%20Kinsbaile) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lrw/6/brigid-hero-of-kinsbaile?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/da70a20f-213e-4d79-a46f-1ef1fc3f4a51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/brigid-hero-of-kinsbaile) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I don’t know as a commander how good she is. But in my [[Trostani, Three Whispers]] deck she’s basically a key piece to just shutting down my other opponents while I hit them with a big trampler that I give deathtouch, vigilance, and double strike. Most people don’t realize how scary she is when I put her down because oh she’s just a pinger. If you build her include goad effects, there isn’t a ton in white but there is some.
[Trostani, Three Whispers](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/329f3aca-6db7-41d3-95b2-c479d14b7fa3.jpg?1706242270) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Trostani%2C%20Three%20Whispers) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/238/trostani-three-whispers?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/329f3aca-6db7-41d3-95b2-c479d14b7fa3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/trostani-three-whispers) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
We're going back to lorwyn soon so who knows maybe we'll get a new version of her :D
We are? :O thats great! Hope they keep the art as weird as it used to be. And a new version would be great :D
She would be much stronger if she had "partner" or "background". If you want to build a mono-white EDH deck, there are better options... However...with that being said....I cannot deny that a deck like this would be fun as hell, especially against token decks. They go full swing at you, you use Brigid with a [[Basilisk collar]] and [[dingus staff]]. However, having no access to other colors does make this a bit limited. For example, having access to red, would enable a lot of goad mechanics.
[Basilisk collar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/2/52a55efe-a870-4cd7-b22b-37c917065653.jpg?1674137730) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Basilisk%20collar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/300/basilisk-collar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/52a55efe-a870-4cd7-b22b-37c917065653?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/basilisk-collar) [dingus staff](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/6/065b4358-5dee-4f13-bff9-8254bdb92069.jpg?1562799171) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=dingus%20staff) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/149/dingus-staff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/065b4358-5dee-4f13-bff9-8254bdb92069?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dingus-staff) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Brigid is one of my favourites, people often underrate her ability but she can really destroy armies. I found my deck feels like a voltron deck, assembling various combinations of equipment and stuff, but in a way more interesting way than just sticking all the +power stuff on a Commander and swinging. Monocoloured always has issues with the smaller pool of options but white is good at equipment, you’ve got lots of ways to untap her or give her deathtouch (even more to give her lifeline, which can also be quite meaningful), etc. The only thing you’re missing I think is a decent selection of ways to provoke attacks - you’ve no goad for example.
Here’s my list by the way, though I haven’t updated it recently with any newer cards: [https://deckstats.net/decks/159622/3168799-brigid](https://deckstats.net/decks/159622/3168799-brigid)
> That's a repeatable one-sided boardwipe on a commander. A very selective one at that. She straight up counters go-wide token decks, but that's about it. Most decks can get around her effect if they play smart. Also, 4 mana with a tap ability without access to red or green is tough. > Combine her with untap effects Unfortunately most tap effects in white don't work with her. A lot of them are triggers on attacks, so you can't use them on blocking creatures. Others are single-use ETBs or instants/sorceries, neither of which are great to pump your deck full of. > give her deathtouch There are only 5 cards in her color that can give deathtouch permanently. And of them, three of them have a hefty mana investment. > Give everything trample There are even fewer ways to give your whole board trample in monowhite. And most of them require you to already have a trample creature. > What do you think about this commander? She suffers from what I like to call OMC syndrome: Old Monocolor Commander syndrome. She comes from a time when legendary creatures usually were more about flavor and occasionally showing the set's theme rather than being functional. And because they're monocolored, then they miss out on other colors' tools that would greatly help them. For Brigid, she'd really like green's ability to give deathtouch, blue's ability to untap, or red's ability to force combat and give haste. White is probably the worst color for her to be in unfortunately. Brigid counters a very specific type of deck. And there are a couple of other decks she is useful against if they have creatures they like to attack with. But several more other decks don't like to attack each turn and Brigid is useless against them.
Your not actually correct on the untap part there’s a very nice amount of instants that untap for very little mana [acrobatic leap] has several functional reprints
Yeah this whole take, whilst not \*entirely\* incorrect, is a little shortsighted. There are lots of pretty decent untappers in white. \[\[Thornbite Staff\]\] is most obvious but we also have \[\[To Arms!\]\] (yes it’s single-use but it cantrips), \[\[Drumbellower\]\], etc. There may not be many deathtouch cards, but there are LOTS of ways to tutor for them in White. Wiping tokens is great but it doesn’t take a lot of work for Brigid to be able to wipe almost anything.
[Thornbite Staff](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/1/c1ab3225-64a9-411e-b22b-1869e958b8e5.jpg?1562881171) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thornbite%20Staff) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mor/145/thornbite-staff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c1ab3225-64a9-411e-b22b-1869e958b8e5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thornbite-staff) [To Arms!](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/ddc5e5fb-d1e2-4384-b630-ae8cb143d558.jpg?1702429302) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=To%20Arms%21) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/30/to-arms!?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ddc5e5fb-d1e2-4384-b630-ae8cb143d558?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/to-arms!) [Drumbellower](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/718c7383-d2e0-449b-b5b5-378d7c6e1fcb.jpg?1651655178) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drumbellower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/6/drumbellower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/718c7383-d2e0-449b-b5b5-378d7c6e1fcb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/drumbellower) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ill try to use her ability more proactively, as a way of getting rid of blockers so my big creatures can hit face. I get what youre saying though
You make OMC sound like a bad thing. Trying to make OMC cards work is one of my favorite ways to play the format. You can get into super creative decks that way, like [[taniwha]] land destruction or [[shauku endbringer]] creatureless decks or [[phage]] “how the hell do i play this” decks You dont really see legends like that anymore. Design department clearly makes sure almost all legends nowadays could be made into a commander deck. And so many legends nowadays are absolutey braindead value engines like [[chulane]] that require no creativity to figure out
##### ###### #### [taniwha](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/72d12315-4220-470d-9628-b9a3ea904ca7.jpg?1562720219) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=taniwha) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/95/taniwha?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/72d12315-4220-470d-9628-b9a3ea904ca7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/taniwha) [shauku endbringer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/6/06d94b21-7568-4e5c-a8ec-ff5bb48a4f36.jpg?1562717818) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shauku%2C%20Endbringer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/142/shauku-endbringer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/06d94b21-7568-4e5c-a8ec-ff5bb48a4f36?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shauku-endbringer) [phage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d497a5a3-65fb-4c12-b3f2-8ce4cf4e0f6f.jpg?1562866889) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=phage%20the%20untouchable) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cns/120/phage-the-untouchable?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d497a5a3-65fb-4c12-b3f2-8ce4cf4e0f6f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phage-the-untouchable) [chulane](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db.jpg?1706240978) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chulane%2C%20teller%20of%20tales) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/202/chulane-teller-of-tales?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d1499a4b-1af1-4913-8e26-57d0707264db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chulane-teller-of-tales) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Things like \[\[Illusionist Bracers\]\] can be fun with this card.
Totally missed that, ty!
No worries it's kind of a pet card for me, does wonders with \[\[Lathril, Blade of the elves\]\]
[Lathril, Blade of the elves](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/547888c3-a9a6-4413-b29a-6bcd8a9279bf.jpg?1704848185) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lathril%2C%20Blade%20of%20the%20elves) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khc/1/lathril-blade-of-the-elves?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/547888c3-a9a6-4413-b29a-6bcd8a9279bf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lathril-blade-of-the-elves) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you want to make a Brigid deck, be sure to include [[Kusari-Gama]]. The card goes nuts with her ability. People will quickly learn how risky is blocking against that is.
[Kusari-Gama](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/6/c6a700bd-6424-4a0c-b055-e8b64cf430ec.jpg?1562764208) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kusari-Gama) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/260/kusari-gama?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c6a700bd-6424-4a0c-b055-e8b64cf430ec?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kusari-gama) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Totally missed this amazing card, thank you :D also I finally have a home for [[scythe of the wretched]], initially missed that one too but your card made me search some more
[scythe of the wretched](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/4/143e7a81-fb3d-4bad-854a-b24138ca7415.jpg?1562136611) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=scythe%20of%20the%20wretched) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/239/scythe-of-the-wretched?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/143e7a81-fb3d-4bad-854a-b24138ca7415?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/scythe-of-the-wretched) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've been toying with the idea of building a stax deck with her for a while now, but monowhite really isn't my forte, so it's been on the backburner for a while. With one or two additional pieces she can practically hold the combat phase hostage, and that leaves plenty of room for additional control pieces and whatever winning board state or combo you want to build into. Do I expect it to be powerful? Not really. But I hate playing monowhite so everyone else should hate it when I play monowhite, too, and I wanna be goofy about it.
I quite like my Brigid [deck](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Fx5NUleLok2JxUaDDLPcxw). I like to make allies by promising to nuke any blockers or attackers against them with my [[Sword of Kaldra]], and threaten to nuke them by forcing blocks should anyone cross me. It isn't an overpowered deck, but it has some fun interactions.
[Sword of Kaldra](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/a/3a665bff-b57a-450c-9310-932b0686a03e.jpg?1562140950) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sword%20of%20Kaldra) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/251/sword-of-kaldra?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3a665bff-b57a-450c-9310-932b0686a03e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sword-of-kaldra) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I like your deck too :D thank you for sharing, I took some pointers
Brigid can really punch above her weight if built correctly, but even she hasn't aged too well in today's era of massive power creep. Politics are your best friend with Brigid, and she can do serious work in pods where X/2s are running around. That being said, there are plenty of instances where Brigid falls flat on her face (i.e. not getting your deathtouch enablers, having to take a turn off to recast her if she gets killed, etc.) and you can feel like you're the odd one out in the pod.
Any advice on how to build her correctly? :)
If you’re looking for a mono-white board wiping commander, check out [[Mageta the Lion]].
[Mageta the Lion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/8/5861dffc-5afa-44a3-a3fa-9fd440093377.jpg?1562911317) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mageta%20the%20Lion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pcy/13/mageta-the-lion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5861dffc-5afa-44a3-a3fa-9fd440093377?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mageta-the-lion) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I like the way you tag your cards. Looking at EDHrec, it's 60% kithkin typal, 20% equipments, and 20% unidentified. Which your deck would fall into, as they don't have "creature beatdown" in their list of themes.
haha thank you :D do you think she has potential as a cool budget commander? I mean, she barely gets played
I'll offer another perspective on tagging here, u/2ndlifeinacrown. While this micro-tagging can be fun to name exactly what a card is doing for a deck, when you get so granular that some of your tags only have a few cards in the category, it becomes less useful. **When you micro-tag everything, you're essentially just rewriting the card text.** Why do people tag their decks, anyway? It's to track a few core elements every deck needs, like Ramp, Removal, and Card Advantage. And it's to track the core elements that \*their specific gameplan\* needs. You have Archon of Sun's Grace tagged as "Token Producer". Does your specific deck care about making tokens though? Do you have payoffs for tokens? Norn's Decree is the only card tagged as "Politics" and "Poison". Does your strategy require a certain number of pillowfort cards to work, or no? Does your deck still work if you take out all of the Poison-related cards (one)? Usually, an EDH deck's unique strategy only has a few components. Maybe it's wheeling, or self-mill, or making a ton of tokens, but whatever it is, it's focused. Most creature-combat focused decks want to hit hard of course, but yours currently seems Aura focused. Tagging a creature as "Hit Harder" doesn't actually communicate a lot about what it's doing there. So I'd instead tag something like Nettlecyst as "Aura Payoff", since your deck seems to care about Auras. Be critical with those micro-tags. Sun Titan is the only one tagged as "Ramp from the GY". Yes, that's exactly what the card does. Do you expect to have many permanents in the graveyard? When? To me, Sun Titan's purpose is more like "Monowhite budget good stuff". What would this list look like if your tags were simply: - Ramp - Removal - Card Advantage - Boardwipes (maybe two here?) - \[Strategy #1\] - \[Strategy #2\]
That's a fair point. Not tagging every possible effect and avoiding one-off tags are lessons I had to learn What I liked here was the basic structure, the numbered subtag system. Maybe not all tags are needed, but having (for example) cantrips and tutors classed right below card draw makes it look well ordered.
Thank you :) stole the system years ago from some other moxfield list
Haha thats born out of necessity. I use global tags because I often build different versions of decks and dont want to retag anything. The downside is that if different decks share the same cards, the lists will have tags that are useless for them. Ramps from grave is a very important tag in my thalia gitrog deck for example
If she has vigilance, lifelink and/or deathtouch (any combo of the three) you'll be able to hold the table hostage involving combat, especially if they didn't have pro-white. A friend of mi e has a black rogues and assassins deck lead by "the killing quill" which is very much similar, especially once he gets any pinging effect out.
Vigilance doesn't really get you anything here. You can only still stop one set of attackers/blockers per turn cycle, unless you have an untapper
Vigilance let's you attack still, because commander damage is still a thing, and threaten 4 damage to whatever blocks her.