#groupslug aikido pipebomb!

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ember fossil
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Hi! i had this really cool idea for a deck where i give targeted and widespread benefits like card draw, treasures, and other things to make the game progress faster than normal. which encourages overcommitment because i have also played enough burn cards to have a "timer" to the game in a sense, and use aikido/reversal spells that scale in value based on said players commitments to the game. the goal is to be the answer to the problem of games lasting too long, or everyone playing very greedily

what commander did i have in mind for this?? ***introducing PIRU THE FUCKING VOLATILE ***
why him? well, he supports all three ideas! he breaks parity from the burn thanks to lifelink, he scales in value based on how much is on the board, and the fact you can choose not to kill him makes for a fun dynamic in politics

and thats about it! give everyone a gun and set the building on fire! befriend the green player, kill the combo player, then throw the pipebomb and win!

is this deck over ambitious? am i doing too much? is there ways to make this work better? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ty :>

https://moxfield.com/decks/D67xoVgpoUiSdvfIs_qK0A

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I HAVE A BOMB - Commander (Piru, the Volatile)

A Commander deck featuring Piru, the Volatile by ballsballs69 • View on Moxfield

brave jacinth
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One problem with trying to give people stuff in a game like Magic is that they can use that stuff to win, or go right over any attempt to throw it back at them

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So this deck tries to set up a bunch of fireworks instead

ember fossil
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yeah, at that point it turns into a burn/lifegain deck, which is definitely better

brave jacinth
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That and he’s like, 8 mana

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And is a living pipe bomb, so you can’t really do the group hug thing and gaslight people into thinking it’s not a threat

ember fossil
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well, yeah-

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maybe i overcomplicated it a bit

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🥶

atomic crescent
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So I love the idea. I like non bant group hug. But I'm thinking, since your commander is so expensive with low ramp, and you have the starts of a tool box for it, maybe look into adding some cards that add some more "slug" to the groupslug.

[[Howling mine]] for more draw, [[megrim]] for over full hands, [[pain magnification]] and a damage doubler to make the draws and discards more painful. Stuff like that. I have more thoughts, but I'll wait to see what you think

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ember fossil