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I can choose a deck that won't shut down anyone else's or be enabled by someone else's strategy. I can choose a deck that fits a niche or a strategy not represented by the other decks. Together, we can build an interesting and dynamic game of commander simply by choosing decks that resonate.

I don't really play cEDH so I won't speak to that, but I generally think being open about your deck's game plan is good practice for all casual brackets. I enjoy choosing what deck I'm playing so that it's not only a good fit for the other players, but also for their decks.

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I can see that, though I'm of the opinion that most commander players could afford to be more open about how their decks play regardless of their strategy.

Aggro/Voltron decks can have a play pattern that some people don't like. Better to be upfront if you don't want to risk a bad play experience.

Haha. I love this idea.

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This is my issue with flicker decks. So often they're built so tightly around not losing the game that all they can do is grind the game to a standstill and hope that the fact that their 2/2 commander has flying is enough to get them across the finish line in between their 20-minute turns.

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Yeah, I think having an expectation that the game could end faster as you move up brackets if players don't have interaction is good, but it's definitely not a rule. My most powerful deck probably won't even attempt to win the game until turn 10+ and even then will take players out one at a time

What's funny to me is I feel like even my bracket 3+ decks aren't gonna win a game in 6 turns. My higher bracket games are more often defined by higher rates of interaction and less by a shorter turn clock.

Yikes. No thank you. Even superfriends with a win con takes FOREVER to end a game.

Something to keep in mind for these brackets is that they're conversation tools. If you're playing an aggro or voltron deck that *could* take a player out before the "correct" turn, tell the other players. These aren't supposed to be rigid. It's about aligning expectations, not defining power-level.

I had a very similar reaction. 😅

I used to build SO MANY decks whose answer to this question was "oh...uh...I dunno." Got so caught up in the synergies that I never thought to include a win condition. Glad I've learned from that; it led to more than a few uncomfortable situations.

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I think the number of brackets we have now is honestly pretty good, especially with the updates they just made to them. I think cutting one will put too much burden on their neighbors and adding another one makes the system harder to parse with little added benefit.

Does your opinion of it change if the Hullbreaker Horror is also a ✨Furby✨?

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I'm just a big fan of the color restriction system so things that break that down don't spark joy for me, especially when Gavin mentioned treating Beseech the Queen as a colorless card (again, only for deck-building). I dunno how many other cards are like that, though.