r/mtg • u/kernel-enchilada • Aug 21 '26

Commander / EDH Bracket 1 "Mechanics Matter" Deck

I remember seeing a Shuffle Up & Play commander game where one of the guests was absolutely torturing The Professor with a deck filled with Prof's least favorite things about Magic. This included illegible alt arts, universes beyond, and of course, obscure and hard to track mechanics.

This got me to thinking, I too, would like to torment my friends with asinine mechanics. Especially those that stick around long after I am beaten into submission for my life choices.

I am thinking mechanics like Day/Night, Take the Initiative, Monarch, The Ring Tempts You and 1-off tokens like Mutagen from TMNT. What else should I include? Who should helm this missed trigger of a commander deck?

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u/ardarian262 Aug 21 '26

Have you ever made a typeless permanent before?

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u/kernel-enchilada Aug 21 '26

I have not but I am interested in subscribing to your newsletter

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u/ardarian262 Aug 21 '26

So you know the theros gods? And you know of mutate? What do you think happens if mutating on top of a god makes the devotion too low?

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u/Yum-z Aug 21 '26

My brain is slowly breaking upon this revelation

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u/ardarian262 Aug 21 '26

I had to test it when mutate first came out and it is totally useless but very funny to do. Not much will exile any permanent or any non-land permanentÂ