Summary

• Don't underestimate your Commander deck's power level - consistency and speed matter more than you think.
• Fast mana and early wins may indicate your deck is stronger than you claim - watch out for those tells.
• If you're consistently the target at the table and the only one having fun, it might be time to reassess your deck's power level.

If there's one thing that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering players can all agree on, it's that the average player is pretty lousy at determining how strong their 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:casual Commander decks are☂. "My deck's a seven," says the player who then proceeds to combo-kill the ♒entire table on turn four.

There's no unified grading system for the power level of a Commander deck, yet players often want to p🅘lay against decks that are in line with their own. They often use the ten-point system to put a value on the power of their deck, but as we all know, everyone's deck ✨is a seven, the perfect number for making it seem like it's at an acceptable power level for casual tables.

This rough grading system has no bearing 💟on competitive Commander, since cEDH decks are optimized to win.

7 You're Playing High-Powered Fast Mana

"Oh, You Have Five Mana On Turn Two? Wonderful!"

Okay, everyone gets a pass on Sol Ring. It's a wonder it was ever deemed okay for the format to begin with, but you can't bash anyone for playing it when Wizards crams it into every single precon they can. But 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:other forms of fast mana don't get off so easily.

If you're playing cards that regularly generate🌳 more mana than they cost, like Dockside Extortionist, Grim Monolith, and Mana Crypt, but you claim your deck is a seven, you're either lying, delusionaജl, or unaware of just how powerful these cards are. Lotus Petal in your deck is a tell-tale sign you're trying a bit too hard.

6 You're Consistently Winning On Turn Five

"Alright, I'll Cast My Draw Spell, Play A Mana Rock... aaand The Game's Over."

Casual players love casting Cultivates, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:expensive draw spells, and battlecruiser creatures. That's part of the fun of casual Commander games. If your deck is so streamlined that you're ending games while opponents are just getting their engines started, you might be𓃲 in a league above the other 'sevens' at the table.

Consistency is the key here. Even the worst decks can win in the early-to-mid-game if the pieces fall in place, but if you're constantly assembling a win on turns four, five, or six, your deck might be ❀better than you're giving it credit for. Sorry, but sandbagging the win for three extra turns doesn't change that.

Having access to two-card combos doesn't automatically make your deck hyper-pow𝔉erful. It's the consistency and speed with which you assemble those combos that might be an issue.

5 🎀 Everyone Groans When You Reveal Your Commander

"This Atraxa Deck Is Totally Different From All Those Other Atraxa Decks."

If the players on the ꧟other sꦚide of your local game store can hear the collective moaning of your opponents as you turn your commander face-up, you might want to take note. Some commanders are just not suited to casual tables, regardless of how your Toxrill, the Corrosive deck "isn't like other Toxrill decks, I swear."

You can absolutely play a toned-down deck and still h🦩ave a busted commander that bumps up the average power level of your deck. Sure, 'Koma Kindred Serpents' is a really sweet deck title,♈ but it's not going to convince everyone else that Koma, Cosmos Serpent is suddenly a fair and balanced Magic card.

4 You're Tutoring Your Library Constantly

"Wow Sorry That Ended So Fast, I Swear My Deck Doesn't Usually Do This."

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Some players shun tutoring altogether, and that's fine. But a simple, harmless Demonic Tutor doesn't automatically make your deck a top-ti♓er competitive monster. However, if your deck features ten tutors and the same subset of wincons you plan to find every single game, you might have to accept that you don't belong in the seven crowd.

Tutoring is perfectly acceptable; it's the frequency at which you tutor and what you're finding that might bump your deck up to the next tier. If your gameplan devolves into 'tutor, find win𝕴con, win,' and that's all your deck's capable of, you're probably going to draw the ire of the actual sevens.

3 You're Playing All The Best Free Spells

"You're All Tapped Out Right? What Could You Possibly Have?"

Wizards knows no bounds and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:continues to print free spells♊ at an alarming rate, whether those are the commander-specific ones from Commander 2020, or Modern Horizons 3's Flare cycle. It's very easy to fall into the 'trap' of playing too many free spells in a casual environment.

When your deck is full of cards like Force of Negation, Deflecting Swat, and Flawless Manꦓeuver, it becomes hard for other low- and mid-power decks to predict your moves and play around your instants. A free spell or two won't break the game, but a handful of interaction while you're tapped out can be a hard hurdle to overcome.

2 You're The Archenemy Nearly Every Game

"Why Are You Attacking Me? Everyone Else Is Open!"

It's easy to brush off the fact that everyone's always coming after you. Maybe they're successful, maybe not, but there comes a time when you're the target at the table so often that you have to ask yourself if you're presenting the kind of deck that warrants ཧthat reaction from your opponents.

If you're constantly in a three-on-one scenario ('the Archenemy'), it might be because you just always have the objectively strongest d🧸eck at the table, and the team approach is the only way your opponents can keep you down. Nothing humbles a misplaced 'seven' like three opponents smashing their creatures and interaction into you over and over again.

1 You're The Only Person Who's Enjoying Your Games

"That Was An Absolute Blast, Do You All... Wait, Where'd Everyone Go?"

Are your opponents always on their phone while you play through your deck's Rube Goldberg 20-minute combo? 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Are they playing Dandan subgames in the time it takes for you to finish ♊a turn? Have they passed of old age before you've made it to combat? It might be time to face the facts, friend.

Needlessly complex combos aren't enough to qualify a deck for the big tables on their own. But if your opponents are always complaining and you're constantly 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:stifling their ability to playꦓ and interaꦡct, it might be time to admit that you're at least an eight. Not a nine though, of cour𒀰se. Never that high.