They say it takes nothing to destroy, but it takes energy to create. That’s the point of Creative Energy, the new Commander deck in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering’s 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Modern Horizons 3. With Creative Energy, you’ll use the titular energy produce🅠d by your vari𒈔ous spells to make powerful effects that mere mana couldn’t hope to achieve.

They also say 🌱that creativity doesn’t coꦏme with a guide, but they’re wrong; it does come with a guide! This one. Read on to take a look at the Creative Energy Commander deck, how to play it, and what you can do to make it just a little bit better without breaking the bank.

Creative Energy Commander Deck List

Here's the full Creative Energy deck list broken down by card type.

Creative Energy Commander Deck Themes

You just need to look at the deck's two potential commanders to identify Creative Energy's two main themes. The first is energy counters, as exemplified by Satya, Aetherflux Genius. Every time you atജtack, Satya creates two energy counters that can be used to power a multitude of spells and devices.

Want to draw cards? Feed Roil Catrographer six energy and you'll gain three of them. Time to attacꦑk twice in a single turn? Give Lightning Runner eight energy counters to make it happen. Blaster Hulk also wants eight energy counters to blast things for eight damage, as is appropriate. And you can have an army of Constructs if you're willing❀ to pay six energy to Stone Idol Generator.

The other theme of Creative Energy is token and counter multiplication. Satya creates tokens that are copies of creatures, but Cayth, Famed Mechanist is the real token manipulator of the deck. She can fabricate, populate, or proliferate. Whatever token or counter you nee🎐d, she can make more of it.

Since the deck already has a bunch of energy counters being made, Cayth has a ready target for proliferation. Still, she can also populate 1/1 tokens thanks to her fabricate ability. There are also plenty of other t🐽oken generators, like Whirler Virtuoso, Myr Battlesphere, and Angel of Invention to provide populate targets, but these work just as well with Satya's duplication abiliꦏty.

Since Satya is the box-topper for Creative Energy, we're going to continue this guide assuming he's your commander. Feel free to give Cayth a try to see w🐎hich w𓄧orks better for you.

Creative Energy Commander Deck Analysis

Satya's ability requires aggression. He's already got haste and menace to make him a little easier to get through, but he's still going to need a strong supporting cast of target creatures to duplicate. Thankfully, Satya has a number of excellent targets like Solemn Simulacrum, Myr Battlesphere, or Aetherstorm Roc.

The general idea with Creative Energy is to play a few early-turn threats like Amped Raptor or Aurora Shifter before dropping Satya on turn four (or three with the help of a mana rock). Then start attacking while duplicating your most threatening card.

The deck could have a few more threats for Satya t𝓀o play wit💎h, but we'll discuss those in the following section.

A notable issue with the deck is a lack of instant-speed answers. The deck has Akroma's Will and Swords to Plowshares, and that's pretty much it. Creative Energy could do with a few more combat tricks to keepꦇ your opponent guessing and keep Satya alive should he be targeted by a removal spell.

Three board wipes are present in the form of Localized Destruction, Austere Command, and Farewell. That's about the average we'd see for most Commander decks, and mig🌺ht even be excessive for a deck that relies on aggression.

Creative Energy could also see some improvements in its mana base. Twenty basic lands is a curiously high number for a three-color deck, especia🍌lly when there are plenty of cheap non-basic lands that could help here (some of which are even in Modern Horizons 3)ꦆ. Paring down those basic lands will help ensure you don't wind up lacking a mana symbol by the time Satya should be played.

And while Creative Energy is generally a solid deck, there are a few cards that don't seem to fit with the deck's overall game plan. We'll toss those cards and reꦰplace them with something better in the following sect🦄ion.

Underperforming Cards

Combustible Gearhulk is fantastic, but the number of times it's whiffed dealing damage on a mill doesn't make it the best target for Satya to duplicate. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser is also great, but doesn't really fit the overall theme and it's not likely you'll have two red mana to cast it on your second turn with just 15 lands producing red mana (we'll add more, but it's still not a great price fo✤r an early-game play)🔯.

With just nine instants or sorceries for Filigree Racer to jumpstart, you're not going to get much value out of it. Aether Refinery will often just be a six-mana artifact that produces two energy per turn, which isn't great value. Scurry of Gremlins and Aethersphere Harvester are also someꦉwhat middling cards that don't make ღthe cut.

Aethergeode Miner having one toughness and no evasion means it'll most often use the energy it produces to blink, which makes it a useless card. Coveted Jewel paints an enormous target on your head, which isn't a good ideꦑa without a ready sacrifice outlet.

Aethersquall Ancient is a fourth board wipe, and although we stan Leviathans in this house, Creative Energy might be better off with a more aggressive crea💎tureꦇ.

Silverquill Lecturer is an interesting choice. On the one hand, you'll definitely get more value out of your energy-producing creatures than your opponent will, but you really don't want to give your opponent blockers, so it gets cut. Era of Innovation is essentially five mana and several turns to d𒅌raw three cards, and there are way better forms of card draw in blue.

We're also tossing a Mountain, a Plains, and an Island in favor of a few more lands that produce multiple colors of mana, but we'll have a tip for even more cheap mana-fixin😼g lands at the end of this guide.

Creative Energy Commander Deck Budget Upgrades

We're going to help get those creative juices flowing a little better with cards that directly synergize with Satya, some more instant-speed spells, and some help on the mana front🎉. Plus a bit of card draw in the form of Mulldrifter, because who doesn't love Mulldrifter?

Other Budget Upgrades To Consider

• There are still plenty of basic lands that could be upgraded without losing much tempo. Seachrome Coast, Spirebluff Cana, Inspiring Vantage, Deserted Beach, and Stormcarved Coast are all cheap options.
• Even with the above changes, Creative Energy is still very light on targeted removal. Consider good options here: Generous Gift, Stroke of Midnight, Pongify, Rapid Hybridization, Path to Exile, and Swan Song.
• A lot of cards show potential in Creative Energy. Aether Revolt deals damage every time you gain energy, while Emissary of Soulfire could make Satya enormous enough to attack alone. Consulate Surveillance can prevent damage at the cost of energy, and Synth Eradicator can help draw cards or eliminate smaller threats.
• Guide of Souls would be a great addition to Creative Energy, but we'll have to wait and see if its price comes down to consider it a budget addition.
• Supreme Verdict can replace either Farewell or Austere Command if you want a cheaper board sweeper while losing some flexibility.