I’m pretty new to magic, I’ve been playing commander for just over a month now. I pretty much exclusively play 1v1 with my friend since he’s the only other person I know who plays commander and isn’t a dick. I picked up the Fae dominion precon and have slightly modded it with stuff I’ve pulled from packs but it’s still mostly the same deck.

My friend plays Mono-white angels, he runs [[Sephara, Sky’s Blade]] as his commander with [[Avacyn, Angel of Hope]] in the 99 and he seems almost unbeatable since his win-con is getting out 2 cards, one of which is his commander, and he has multiple artifacts and enchantments that tutor for angels, buff his angels and let him gain life like no tomorrow, and he can summon plenty of tokens which are then made indestructible. I can deal damage early game but he always just gains it back and gets his winning combo out right before I can deal lethal damage.

As I understand, there’s not a whole lot I can do within Dimir to deal with his artifacts and enchantments but some tips on improving my deck or just links to better deck lists(which stay relatively cheap) would be appreciated. I’m not married to faeries but I do enjoy black so any deck lists would ideally include black, whether mono or mixed.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/to-jmuG0s0GCFfRDLnPfgA

  • delver@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Sounds like the deck power levels are mismatched if they’re playing avacyn and tutors, and you have a slightly upgraded precon?

    I’m a fairly new player myself so I can’t give much insight tbh but sounds like you need to get rid of Avacyn as soon as they come out (or even before!)

    Try some cards that exile specific cards:

    [[Duplicant]]

    [[Jester’s Cap]]

    [[Brittle Effigy]]

    [[Reality Shift]]

    [[Sever the Bloodline]]

    And so on. Thing is depending how quickly they can tutor up Avacyn, you might need to splash out on some tutors yourself to ensure you have one of your answers ready.