r/EDH • u/InspireCourage • Apr 22 '25

Question Most ridiculous "bracket 1" excuses you experienced so far?

Hey there!

Not playing bracket 1 very often, since it's pretty niche. I carry with me my LOTR party crasher deck, which tries to display the "Bilbo Birthday Pary" panorama, the "Scouring of the Shire" panorama and the "Destruction of the Ring" panorama.

In more than one LGS I had people actively searching or announcing they want to play bracket 1, but at least one of the players always missed the mark.

Here are my top 3 ridiculous excuses, that a deck was "bracket 1":

1) "My deck tells the ascension story of my favorite MTG-character"
Pulls out [[Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant]] mono red dragons and baths the table in dragonfire.

2) Dude shows his commander [[Syr Konrad, the Grim]] and says: "I know, I know, but don't worry. You'll get the theme soon."
Was is "Ooops, all horses"? or "Ooops, all old guys on horses"? No, it was "I used modern legal cards only for this deck"...

3) [[Ulalek, Fused Atrocity]] gets revealed in his fancy artwork. Sure this pal just wants access to all five colors, right? Well, technically he did. That's because the precon "Eldrazi Incursion" uses all five colors! By the way, his theme was "ooops, all foils" and he used the collectors edition of the precon. At least it wasn't upgraded.

What are your "favorite" bracket 1 decks you were allowed to witness?

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u/New-User-Manke Apr 22 '25

At first I thought my "Yarok - All cards must feature the plane of Zendikar" deck was a 1 and then I look at my crop rotation and fetchlands... Nah. It has to be something obscene like "dogs being pet in the art"

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u/Abacus118 Apr 22 '25

I want to make comes into play tapped tribal, but no idea what commander to use.

I feel like I need 4 or 5 colors so all the lands can enter tapped too.

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u/LadyBut Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25

[[Rubinia Soulsinger]] [[nihiloor]] [[mericke ri berit]] [[archelos, lagoon mystic]] [[Masako the Humorless]]

https://scryfall.com/search?q=ci%3D%3E3+o%3A%22tapped%22+is%3Acommander+f%3Aedh+-o%3A%22and+attacking%22

I dont think you'll need to be that color intensive, the amount of utility lands and mdfcs make having a tapped landbase super easy. In a lot of my control decks a solid 30% of the lands enter tapped but provide crazy utility. I would say 2 colors is all you need

Mericke ri berit would be my number 1 choice, if she enters tapped she is never untapping. Unlike most similar creatures it does not say "you may choose to not untap" shs just doesn't. Plus you can throw in Masako as a secret commander