Deckbuilding Contest - October 2022

Jeremy avatarJeremy 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"\nHello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIt’s October, and it wouldn’t be the spookiest month of the year without another brand beating you over the head with Halloween theming. Details for this month’s "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/"},"insert":"Card Kingdom"},{"insert":"-sponsored deckbuilding contest below!\n\nWhat’s the contest all about?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Working within the parameters of the prompt provided below, construct a decklist with your own creative spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded store credit to cardkingdom.com. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"For October’s super spooky deckbuilding contest, construct a Commander-legal deck showcasing “tricks” and/or “treats”. What does that mean? No clue! Just make it interesting and be sure to explain your interpretation either in the deck’s description or with your submission. "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHere’s how to participate:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Any unreleased cards spoiled during the contest’s duration are allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Silver-bordered and acorn cards, while cool, are not allowed. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Digital-only cards (such as those designed for the Alchemy format on Arena) are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Strictly one deck submitted per user."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nReply to either this newspost or the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1581029567162380288?s=20&t=mnB1GVcoiLG5hFWh2ctBKQ"},"insert":"announcement tweet"},{"insert":" from the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"@archidekt"},{"insert":" account on Twitter with a link to your deck before 9:00pm ET (UTC -4, currently) on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Friday, October 21, 2022"},{"insert":". Only one submission per user!\nFrom the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Additional characteristics by which your deck may be judged include playability and uniqueness (i.e. “spice”); budget has no direct bearing on your chances to win. Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Saturday, October 22, 2022"},{"insert":", we'll tweet out a poll for the community to vote on its favorite of the three selected finalists' lists. Any finalists who submitted their lists on Archidekt will be notified via the email associated with their account. We’ll also publish a newspost on Archidekt announcing the finalists and linking to the poll on Twitter. Each finalist will be awarded store credit to cardkindom.com. The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in the community poll at the end of its two day duration:\n1st Place Prize - $50"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place Prize - $30"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place Prize - $20"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finalists will be contacted via Twitter or email (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings following the conclusion of the poll by Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Please note, you must have a Card Kingdom account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/register"},"insert":"register here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\nAn important note:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unfortunately, due to wild variance in contest laws, eligibility is limited to residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). We’d love to allow all of our users to participate, but ensuring we are legally compliant with each country’s national laws is too great a barrier. For additional information regarding eligibility, check our "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"official contest rules"},{"insert":". \n\nCongratulations to September’s winners! "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1st Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/15139"},"insert":"Volbe"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2022874#Vesh_I-o_Second_Rise,_I_Need_to_Get_My_Story_Straight"},"insert":"BW Landfall"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place:  "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/user/127746"},"insert":"Menacing_Squirrel"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3278319#Ramses,_Millsassin_Lord"},"insert":"Ramses, Millsassin Lord"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/145536"},"insert":"TevishSzat"},{"insert":" - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3286192#Band_of_Butchers"},"insert":"Band of Butchers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThank you!"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask here, reach out "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"on Twitter"},{"insert":", or join our public "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/eZg3mvJd7v"},"insert":"Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 10/14/2022, 9:10:24 PM
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Saje avatarSaje 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3414470#Troll_or_Treat\nTroll or Treat? how about both!\n"}]}
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cringe avatarcringe 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Budget Breya\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/3404256#Breya,_Etherium_Shaper\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2441285#Hugs_from_the_Group_Slug"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2441285#Hugs_from_the_Group_Slug"},{"insert":"\n\nHey it's not land destruction if I'm giving you your lands back right? This deck tries to present as a group hug deck at first, offering treats in the form of lands from cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Veteran Explorer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Collective Voyage"}},{"insert":", but of course they can't have a treat without a trick, so lets make sure they pay up with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ankh of Mishra"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Polluted Bonds"}},{"insert":". They don't want the tricks so they won't take the treats? No need to worry, we'll force feed those little buggers! Reset lands to lower numbers with stuff like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Keldon Firebombers"}},{"insert":" so they're forced to take our offer, or we can bring them all back ourselves with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Second Sunrise"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Planar Birth"}},{"insert":"! If all their basics go, we can shuffle in graveyards with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Struggle // Survive"}},{"insert":", and we can protect ourselves from our tricks with stuff like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Purity"}},{"insert":"! With all our built in ramp, the deck has a lot of room for fun cards you don't see often. The commanders offer the right colors and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vial Smasher the Fierce"}},{"insert":" helps us finish the game. Hope you like it!\n"}]}
Edited 10/18/2022, 4:57:40 PM
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GoblinWarBuggy avatarGoblinWarBuggy 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"You forgot to add the deck link to the comment\nDeck looks sweet though\n"}]}
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oleandervine avataroleandervine 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3423565#Spooky_Seance\n\nSeances... ouija boards... are they tricks for the gullible? Or is there something to them? Either way, most spirits don't like being disturbed from their eternal slumber, but maybe if you ask nicely, a few benevolent ancients may be willing to give you a treat or two. Just be careful who you trust, you never know who might be on the other end...\n"}]}
Edited 10/19/2022, 7:58:24 PM
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evolution1988 avatarevolution1988 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Firesong and Sunspeaker - https://archidekt.com/decks/2220556#Firesong_and_Sunspeaker\n\nTricks: Turning red instant/sorcery burn into lifegain.\nTreats: Turning white instant/sorcery lifegain into burn.\n\nPretty straightforward. Play commander. Profit. \n\nMore Treats: Sunforger to play cards from the deck, lots of red mana production, Reiterate/buyback combo with Mana Geyser.\n More Tricks: Brash Taunter and Stuffy Doll are sneaky damage sources, Darksteel Plate makes your commander very sticky, damage boosting (gisella, torbran, fiery emancipation) , alternate win con (aetherflux, felidar sovereign).\n"}]}
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GoblinWarBuggy avatarGoblinWarBuggy 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"of course\nwith that prompt\nyou can only expect us to gravitate towards the classics\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3412200#Aminatou,_Trixter"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3412200#Aminatou,_Trixter"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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BuffHammer avatarBuffHammer 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3424928#A_Haunted_Investigation_(Eloise,_Nephalia_Sleuth)\ninterpretation in description :)\n"}]}
Edited 10/18/2022, 3:56:43 PM
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cabennett04 avatarcabennett04 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3260296#Zedruu's_Island_of_misfit_cards\nTrick or treat! Treats? Lands, protection, creatures and card draw! Tricks? I'll gift you the perfect cards for me to combo with! Be good and dissipation field will protect you, be bad and it'll help war storm surge and memnaite ping you infinitely . Howling mind will help you draw, but consecrated sphinx will let me draw twice. Bigger tricks? Thought lash and Illusions of grandeur are well known tricks, but Vensser lets me use them twice. \n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3415266#The_Secret_Ingredient"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3415266#The_Secret_Ingredient"},{"insert":"\n\nThis is an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar"}},{"insert":" combo deck that "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"tricks"},{"insert":" opponents into thinking it's a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brash Taunter"}},{"insert":" type deck that sacrifices all of its"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"treats"},{"insert":" to deal lethal damage, except it's actually an efficient combo deck that will suddenly swoop in and win in one turn!\n\nYou start by discarding "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brash Taunter"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stuffy Doll"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fiery Emancipation"}},{"insert":", and similar effects early on to make your opponents think you're far from a win, but instead combo off in the following turns.\n\nMany of the pieces are super redundant, with combos like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Underworld Cookbook"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Academy Manufactor"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ovalchase Daredevil"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Clock of Omens"}},{"insert":" making you infinite treasures, food, and clues, or instead "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Witch's Oven"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Metalwork Colossus"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Clock of Omens"}},{"insert":" with enough other artifacts in play. There are many more other combos, which are categorized in the decklist.\n\nThe deck also has many ways to bring combo pieces back from the graveyard, so they can be discarded or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Entomb"}},{"insert":"ed before being brought back with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Welder"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trash for Treasure"}},{"insert":". Never let your opponents think they're stopped you!\n\n\n"}]}
Edited 10/19/2022, 3:59:29 AM
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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3429881#Gyome,_Master_Trick_or_Treater."},"insert":"Gyome, Master Trick or Treater. (Commander / EDH) - Archidekt"},{"insert":"\n\nI'm going to be creating a whole bunch of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Treats"},{"insert":" and my only "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Trick"},{"insert":" is I'm the only one allowed to eat them. \n"}]}
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termanatorbob avatartermanatorbob 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Once again Halloween is coming to the multiverse and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gyome, Master Chef"}},{"insert":" won't be caught lacking in candy to hand out to the droves of trick-or-treaters. When friends join Gyome on the battlefield he cooks them fresh treats for their help in preparing to scare his oncoming guests. Once he's done preparing a large batch of food he can use it for various tricks, from mana advantage to card draw, life gain, and drain and provide a night of fright for all in the multiverse.\n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/3423577#Gyome_Trick_or_Treat\n"}]}
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BaleKenyon avatarBaleKenyon 18 months
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3410395#Karona's_Trick_or_Treat_Night"},"insert":"Karona's Trick or Treat Night"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Karona, False God"}},{"insert":" is ready to lead tricks and treats! This deck captures beggar's night itself, with beggars (creatures) in their costumes (equipment) ready to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Take to the Streets"}},{"insert":" , and go door-to-door in pursuit of candy. Of course you can expect to run into some ghosts, pirates, skeletons, vampires, witches, and zombies along the way. Will you get tricks or will you get treats? Or will you end up with a rock (mana rock) like Charlie Brown? Just be careful not to eat too much candy along the way!\n"}]}
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Triton00 avatarTriton00 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Everybody loves me until I drop Elesh Norn: https://archidekt.com/decks/3437493#A_Severe_Case_of_Gluntchies\n"}]}
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StannumMantis avatarStannumMantis 18 months
{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3414401#the_treat's_trick"},"insert":"https://www.archidekt.com/decks/3414401#the_treat's_trick"},{"insert":"\n\nThis appears to be a typically food token deck that uses the ETB abilities of many food producers with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yarok, the Desecrated"}},{"insert":" to pump out food like a professional restaurant. However, these treats don't plan on being eaten, and with the help of cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rise and Shine"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cyberdrive Awakener"}},{"insert":", they can plot their revenge and run over the table!\n"}]}
Edited 10/21/2022, 8:32:27 AM
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Drake_Soul avatarDrake_Soul 18 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/3011040#I've_Put_a_Spell_on_You\nIt's a curse deck. The \"trick\" is that with Lynde there you can break your curses however many times you want, but They'll always come back. I may bleed when I'm attacked, but so will my enemies with cards like Revenge of Ravens and Cunning Rhetoric. Last but certainly not least, I can create token copies of my curses sprinkle a little Puca's Mischief and steal their stuff in return of control of their own curse.\n"}]}
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