BEDH: Proper Paperwork

by NorthernWarlord on 07 April 2022

Command Zone (1 card)

Creatures (1)

Main Deck (99 cards)

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Deck Description

Bureaucracy, in cardboard form!

This is a Budget Elder Dragon Highlander deck (BEDH). It is meant for the Elder Dragon Highlander format, a.k.a. Commander. If you are not familiar with the format, I'll link it below for you.
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Commander_(format)

I mostly use MTG Vault for my own private projects nowadays, but feel free to comment or request a deck of your choice. I've loved the Vault so far, and I like that they are still improving on it, as well as I am improving on my English language skills.

So, if you like what you see, consider checking out some of my other budget-y work from the link below.
https://www.mtgvault.com/northernwarlord/budget/

How to Play

The moment I laid my eyes upon Nils I knew I was in love: who wouldn't love a guy that supports pillowfort, politics and +1/+1 counters, all in one package?

This deck requires some thought to pilot effectively, but it is quite fun nevertheless, at least in my opinion. Drop some handy-dandy-dudes onto the field, then set some +1/+1 counters on them, as well as some on the ones your opponents control. Remember to negotiate with other players about who would like to have counters put upon them, as a good politician should!

Once the game rolls on, try to setup a proper beating by stacking +1/+1 counters and holding on to boardwipes and ace-in-your-sleeve instant spells. You should aim to let your opponents handle each other (at least to some extent) before starting to land the killing blows yourself.


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Pros:
+ Can easily hunker down and gather their resources.
+ Ways to negotiate your way out of dangers. Perfect to be played with friends!
+ Can make your opponents with each other to death.

Cons:
- Outside several boardwipes, this deck is rather bad at generating card advantage.
- Quite slow.
- Winning is partially dependant on your opponents.

Deck Tags

  • Mono White
  • Politics
  • pillowfort
  • +1/+1 Counters
  • EDH
  • Casual
  • Budget
  • Cheap

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Deck Format


Commander

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for BEDH: Proper Paperwork

When your opponent is forced uo spend mana on attacking you simply start dividing their attention with other costs...

Ghostly prison, kataki, war's wage and similar :)

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Posted 08 April 2022 at 10:53

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Those are some good examples of cards which you should add if you decide to take a spin at a higher budget. Kataki is around 7,5 dollars and Ghostly Prison around 3 at this moment, so I decided to leave them out of this deck, at least for now.

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Posted 08 April 2022 at 10:58

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Oh, yeah, kataki went up shortly after treasure tokens became popular, and neon dynasty and a few other artifact heavy sets kept it crawling :)

I remember when I started using it mainboard in 2018.
I was late at a tournament because of a friends lax attitude towards meeting early at tourneys. So the first game against an opponent was an auto loss, so my opponent looked rather confident. He played affinity, so when I dropped
Kataki on turn 2 he was pretty shocked.

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Posted 08 April 2022 at 11:06

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