Still another rekative newcomer question, sorry!
I've finally started finding my footing in draft a little bit, and I've found some cool unofficial formats that I've enjoyed deck building for, but this is something that's stuck in my craw a little bit for a while and I'm curious what my options are.
My friends all play EDH, so if I want a casual game I have to play that. They have a number of decks I've been able to borrow, and I did buy a precon I saw at a toy show (Prosper, Tome Bound -- Planar Portal), but so far, I've just not really found the fun, and I'm wondering what I'm missing.
The main problem is that during each of these games, I wind up mostly sitting there waiting to play the game. Not just hecause of long turn times (although when someone has a lot of triggers, that is a factor), but also due to my commander getting instantly removed, or having little in hand to play, or someone having only flyers and my not having any kind of protection or removal in hand...ever. Maybe my luck is phenomenally bad, but I mostly sit there with a near empty board after a couple board wipes or targeted removal or just...well I assume my precon must just be kind of bad because i wind up with a bunch of treasure tokens and nothing to spend them on. In short, for almost any game, my turns have been draw > land > pass, with an occasional play > removed/countered > pass. I've thought about trying to buy a different precon or maybe finding a budget deck list on edhrec and buying that, but I'm hesitant to spend more money on a format I haven't really enjoyed or even gotten to actually play in so far.
So I guess I'm looking for advice. Have I just been playing the wrong decks? Is it because I'm bad at the game (Only about 2 years in, so this seems plausible)? Is it something else? What do I have to do to enjoy it?
What I've been enjoying is Primordial. I got the group to try it but I can tell it's not going to replace or even really augment EDH as their social format. But I dont want to be completely locked out of the social angle with my friends, so I'm determined to find a way to have fun with commander and get into it with them.
It's just an unmodified precon.
https://moxfield.com/decks/3JwMHo6ANUeV4t-0eNLA5A
@sambeastie wow the precon is indeed really bad, can't compete against any recent precon
As suggested by @Artemis201 cuting 3 mana ramp for 2 mana ramp allows you a more consistent turn 3 prosper
I remove 22 cards (put in "considering") and suggested 22 new one (put in "sideboard") for a total for 15€
The most important one are :
- the ramp changes
- the protections (since you said prosper was highly focused)
- disciple/mayhem devil for a clearer wincon
- the card advantage
https://moxfield.com/decks/dy8SOdn4oUaizXF6ZTAq-A
I will definitely proxy those and test out this version of the deck next time we play. And if it feels better, I'll get the real ones.
@sambeastie @greenpisse
Hmm. Prosper is a deck that should go brrrr even when you don't always have the commander out. I play an upgraded precon and I found that adding every 2-mana artifact that produces mana as well as some extra things that exile more cards really makes the deck go off.
Should be pretty easy to upgrade for not that much. If you're interested, here's my list. It works very well. Could probably use with some additional protection for Prosper.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4703133#paper
I'll take a look, but I do wonder if maybe Prosper just isn't resonating with me and I should just look elsewhere.