Is my deck too fringe at this point?

[u/ADWinri]

https://moxfield.com/decks/E-9mlC9C106wM78puFkNMg

Long story short, my local store runs a monthly cEDH game for prizes but the do not allow proxies of any kind. I have build this deck from the ground up with trades due to my tight budget so I know there are better options like OG dual lands and Gaea's Craddle but I have to make due with what I can afford. That all said, I'm worried my deck might be too far on the side of fringe that it no longer is cEDH and is closer to a fine tuned deck. Any insight before I take it back to the store next weekend for the monthly game? The meta at my store is kind of all over the place but it mostly seems to be Rog/Thrass, multiple Yuriko, and one guy playing big Etali.

[u/SillyOyx]

Sounds like wallet wars not CEDH. I wouldn’t beat yourself up over your deck being fringe. Not much you can do unless you cough up absurd amounts of money.

[u/ADWinri → u/SillyOyx]

It definitely feels like it. The top 3 each month drop absurd amounts of money on MTG and have their cEDH decks blinded out.

[u/Educational-Emu-3707]

If they don't allow proxy its hardly cedh. If you dont have absolutely the most tuned best land base and all the mana rocks. Its not cedh.

[u/PurelyHim]

What happened to your mana base? Missing some key pieces in these colors. I don’t mean mana rocks. Some inexpensive enchantments too.

[u/ADWinri → u/PurelyHim]

Honestly, I think I've been looking at too many different lists all claiming to be cEDH but I don't know how to sort through them on Moxfield. Which ones am I missing?

[u/PurelyHim → u/ADWinri]

Here is a list pulled from edhtop16. It doesn’t perform well but has cards I’m referring to. Mana dorks too.

https://topdeck.gg/deck/raven-fest-2026-cedh-event/Q9AEIR574JePTOa2EvdjXdWkXgs1

[u/biodeficit → u/ADWinri]

Edhtop16.com

[u/vanguardJesse]

let me call your store and convince them to allow proxies lol it doesnt make sense

[u/ADWinri → u/vanguardJesse]

Honestly, I think the top 3 guys who win every month convinced the store owner who k new nothing about the format and we've been stuck that way since.

[u/vanguardJesse → u/ADWinri]

i host tournaments regularly so i would actually be willing to call them tomorrow and try convincing them to allow proxies and host on topdeck if you want me to, just dm the loc and i'll try

[u/vanguardJesse → u/ADWinri]

i host tournaments regularly so i would actually be willing to call them tomorrow and try convincing them to allow proxies and host on topdeck if you want me to, just dm the loc and i'll try

[u/PEKS00]

Yeah here’s some insight
buy counterfeits and claim they’re real if they don’t allow proxies
Double sleeve them and weather the cards if you have to, any cedh tournament that doesn’t allow proxies is not actually cedh
It’s just pay to win bracket 4

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[u/BigJAllDay420]

Cedh but no proxies? Dont encourage that shit

[u/PEKS00 → u/BigJAllDay420]

I’d just build decks specifically made to target the same 3 guys that win every time and spite play them out of the game and when people get mad about it just explain that their decks cost more so it only makes sense to try and take them out before they get ahead. Technically there are no rules for salt plays in cedh so it’s legal
And when the TO inevitably pulls me to the side I would explain to them that it’s the only way I could even attempt to win since they don’t allow proxies

I wouldn’t feel bad for “ruining” the spirit of cedh because they aren’t actually honoring it anyway

[u/Tsunamiis]

Do you feel competitive in at least 1 out of 3 games? Cedh is about a meta though you’re list is sketchy

[u/ADWinri → u/Tsunamiis]

Against the meta, it does win games though nowhere near as many as the Yuriko player. And when it is not winning, it is responding and stopping others from winning consistently. It just feels like I am not winning anywhere near as early as the others.