How Scheduling your EDH decks makes them better | Deck Driver MTG

[@raphaeltrillanes8874]

My deck is a well oiled machine that transforms 60+ of my favorite cards into a turn 3 "Bruh why me? I don't even have anything out yet!"

[@zakromero7795]

..?

[@TonyTheMahony]

Less talk, more evidence. Show us your deck!

[@Kjos_jax]

So you are the lonely guy with no one to play with

[@Knoxx96]

​@@Kjos_jaxjust play more interaction

[@Kjos_jax]

@@Knoxx96 Perhaps try respecting other people and their time. You'll have a lot more fun and so will everyone around you

[@bmorr]

I watched the Salubrious Snake $100 Pirate deck video where he goes over this concept just before this. I’ll listen to useful info twice in a row.

[@jonathankessler1983]

Snake?

[@TonyTheMahony]

*Snail

[@ricknicolai5740]

bro the moment you said machine operator i got the concept. that is part of my job so that hooked me RIGHT in

[@ridwana4037]

My deck is a machine that sometimes won't even start, but some other times would suddenly go on overdrive. There's no in-between.

[@TonyTheMahony]

my prayers were answered and I stumbled upon this video. I want to build Prava/Ikra so damn long and now I have a list to work with 🙏🏼

[@imaginarymatter]

My deck isn't going to be a machine operator until Aetherdrift comes out.

[@deckdriverMTG]

Hahaha Vroom Vroom! I can't wait for the set tbh

[@michaelpatalano9884]

One of the easiest examples: your Commander is 4 CMC. You want to play them when you have 4 mana. Don’t have a lot of 4 mana cards in your deck, bc you’d rather play your commander. Have 3 or 5 mana cards instead

[@maxspecs]

Turn your deck into a machine, the way Phyrexia always intended. Once it’s compleated, you’ll feel nothing but bliss as you commit atrocities to all your opponents.

[@corruptpixel8441]

My deck is a well oiled machine that turns card draw into land draw when i need interaction the most

[@Moose00019]

It is satisfying to see that this is why my toski deck is low power but terrifying: i play mana dork and deathtouch creatures, get toski out to convert those creatures into cards, then find my finishers.

[@grantmurdock7385]

I always like Henzie for this example. Turn 1 I want a Vampiric Rites, Evolutionary Leap, some ceap easy value for later. 2, mana - fixing or extra, I'll know my opening hand can handle it. 3, it's my boi. And 4, I should be ready to start throwing big Jund value around. 3 mana blitz nets a card plus whatever value I set up does the trick. If Henzie gets removed? Oh, I'm delayed a turn but then the bigger discount means I double blitz next time.

[@mehkibragg16]

This is hilarious given I'm literally a machine operator 😂

[@antroz9181]

I play this EXACT partner pairing and have these exact sequences in my deck

[@Saurcroc34]

Great video, but the more I play the more I build my deck in the total opposite of what you are describing, if you are building a battlecruiser with value piece you are gonna be the arch ennemy at some point in the game and there is some chance people are gonna use so much removal on you and you can't comeback from the game. I prefer to run more political cards or hatepiece like eye of singularity or leyline of singularity to shut off the people playing the same staples from gaining value. To me, to be the underdog is easier to came on top at the end if your deck can have 3 to 4 way of winning instead on just focusing playing the biggest cards or board state to have the biggest creatures. I also tend to avoid the big staples like smothering tithe or the combo sanguine bond and exquisite blood because the moment you play them people are just gonna recognize the threat immediatly, it's also the same exact staples in every decks and to play the same cards over and over is extremely boring to me and the people around me. For example I run a life swap decks with a ton of alternative plans with selenia dark angel as a commander, the deck is very junky but has 5 ways of winning without sanguine bond/exquisite.

[@szeitlin]

How do you go about building a schedule for a more controlling deck?

[@Andrea-jg3sh]

Ye, i'm a control player too and keep struggling with deck building

[@hersheys4199]

It's actually more or less the same. Your goal is probably to play mana rocks early and set up a card draw engine to follow. Find what engines work best for the deck and what mana value(s) they trend towards. Let's say your commander costs 6 but you have no intention of playing it on 6 as it is meant to be a closer for much later. Then your goal is probably to mana rock early (let's say turn 2) followed by a turn-three 4-mana draw engine. from there you just play your control plan. just like everyone else you set up value/stax/hate pieces etc, you just commit less to the board. There are great videos about this by the trinket mage that may help further.

[@Andrea-jg3sh]

How do you calculate how many 1/2/3 drops including in order to have em in early turns?

[@deckdriverMTG]

Typically around 10-14 permanents or spells in each of these slots. In the next few days I'll have a video coming out explaining the process of Ikra Prava!

[@Andrea-jg3sh]

@@deckdriverMTG That's nice, thanks for the help for the comunity!

[@GrizzneyGames]

This playstyle would get you killed at my lgs. There's far too much interaction to plan things that far ahead. I do like the thought process, though!

[@TheWatcherLogopolis]

Let me save everyone time. It's clickbait. 2:55 and this guy is rambling on about basic stuff calling it scheduleing. Nothing new, nothing special.

[@axelbrackeniers5488]

Yeah curving out a deck is basic knowledge. Whether you play EDH or standard, its one of the first steps you learn in mtg deckbuilding.

[@TonyTheMahony]

It’s not clickbait when I stumble over this video and never saw something that explains that topic to me. Calm down pro player.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

As I was watching this I realize I already do this lol

[@deckdriverMTG]

Nice! It's a fairly straightforward concept that most people already follow, but definitely something people should always keep in mind!

[@typoholic]

What if your setup is a defensive strategy, where turns 1-4 involve interaction to slow down your opponent while you build mana to bring out a haymaker? Or to lure opponents into your turn 4 board wipe to set them back? Your game plan then requires less automation and more assessment of how your opponent's board state is developing so that you can use that interaction. You may need more finesse and flexibility instead of casting something on each turn - preserve cards while your opponents lose theirs. There’s some good advice in here, but I pilot my decks, they don’t play themselves.

[@thatzombifiedpotato4925]

Overall this very is exactly how I now build decks. In my play group, I'm always the arch enemy because of my experience and knowledge in the game in comparison to everyone else. Which means I'm always the person to beat. My decks on average are at a power level of 8 to 10 and everyone else's decks range from the power level of 6 to 9. Keep in mind that I actively help push them to improve at magic and make it as fair of a fight as possible

[@deckdriverMTG]

I'm in the same situation pretty much. Me and a friend of mine play at around a 8-10 level and it's hard to find pods, but we look to help those around to raise the power levels around us!

[@insertname5195]

10 is not cedh in this case?