EDH Deck Creation - The Infamous Cruelclaw

[@puzzl3pirat3king]

This video is really interesting to me because I have also been building a very different Cruelclaw deck (I've been working on a Madness version) and I think there are a lot of really interesting choices that you went for, some of which I have brought over to my deck. That said, there were a couple of cards that I think are really really good in Cruleclaw you didn't touch. 1. Insatiable Avarice - I know this is kind of a terrible Cruelclaw hit, but it's another top of deck tutor that can also function as a tripple black draw 3. I like the flexibility, especially when the top of the deck matters so much 2. Valki - This is very much in the realm of virtue of persistence where if you hit if off of Cruelclaw you can cast the big side for free (I still think this work, and I found no ruling disproving it, but this is the interaction I am least sure on right now). If you draw it though, it can be hand attack which is a nice balance. 3. Discard value engines - This is a class of card you didn't touch at all, but with how consistently you should be able to discard a card, things like Veronica, Dissident Scribe, Inti, Seneschal of the Sun, Hostile Investigator and especially Bone Miser become real solid includes. 4. Emrakul, the World Anew - getting this free of the top of your library with the cast trigger cause Cruelclaw casts, or madnessing it out, this card can be scary. I honestly think there might be an Eldrazi version of this deck since you do get all the on cast triggers. I will admit that Emrakul requires some landbase consessions that this deck might not want to be making to be able to have 6 colorless, but it's a real powerful option

[@maximilianallen3132]

I really like the punishing enchantments aspect, or basically anything other than the typical eldrazi+reanimator. Feels a lot more on-brand for a villainous weasel to put people in binds with Painful Quandry than just killing them outright. I'm always looking to pack the surveil lands these days, in addition to your Temples in deck that care about the top of the library. The Rowan backup plan is interesting because I expect Cruelclaw will be killed pretty frequently, so the double-commander aspect is neat. Though with Rowan in particular, I'd be interested to see how long it takes her on average to find, set up and profit off of, at least compared to a dedicated Rowan deck. Lots of cool ideas in this one, I hope it finds the sweet spot in power level, and hopefully doesn't get aggro'd out because of his reputation

[@philipwong9911]

How about prosperÉ