This is a pretty mediocre deal and ultimately is sort of odd to see considering these options are for free by default on other sites. With this subscription came better access to the simulator, unlimited deck storage, and some more customization options. I had big hopes for TopDecked, but I was immediately greeted with an attempt to get me to buy a membership for about $5 per month as soon as I made an account. Being totally free isn’t something to call home about nowadays, so despite being a 5/5 for payment model, TappedOut falls short everywhere else. This is purely opinionative, but I can’t help but think it and I know for a fact most of my EDH friends share the viewpoint. The brown background color clashes with the potent greens and reds and just kind of looks disgusting overall. In terms of visual appeal, the site isn’t doing any better here. The site just isn’t updated anymore, and that’s okay. The pricing for various cards and decks also doesn’t typically line up with where it should be on the screen, and it’s always been like this. The website has every feature available for free, but it’s hard to look past that once you’re distracted by the visual clutter and clearly older style. It’s been around for forever and somehow still manages to cling onto relevancy despite an ever-decreasing visual appeal. TappedOut is an all-time classic of Magic deckbuilding. That’s a serious blow to its ranking if they do. We want sites that don’t charge us for core features. Payment Model: Last is the payment model.Websites that are outdated and obviously haven’t been updated are just less attractive to the eye and put a grosser taste in my mouth. Visual Appeal: The difference between this and visual clarity is that visual appeal is more opinion-based and less objective.If a website is messy and all over the place, it’s less clear how you make a new deck, view others, or do anything else. UI Visual Clarity: Visual clarity goes hand-in-hand with intuitiveness.Some sites are much easier to understand right away while others ( *cough* TappedOut *cough*) are a little messier in nature. Intuitiveness: The site or deck builder has to be easy to use and understand without looking to another resource for a tutorial.With the sites and resources I’m looking at today, here’s what I’m looking for: There’s more than just a flash UI or popularity among my Commander friends. Criteria for Choosing the Bestįaerie Guidemother | Illustration by Mila Pesicįiltering through and judging deck builders and resources turned out to be a much trickier task than I originally thought. A website that compiles it in a sensical way and displays the card itself and its mana cost plus price tag is almost needed to successfully build in Commander. Combos here, unique interactions and synergies there, and keeping your decklists on a notepad file that just shows text can be hard to wrap your head around. My point is that there’s a lot more variety in cards and things to keep track of. Where typical 60-card Constructed decks have one to three cards for turns 1 through 3, EDH has 10 to 12. It can be really hard to keep track of, especially when you’re used to keeping track of seven to nine playsets of cards in your typical Standard deck. You have access to just about every single card in Magic and on top of that your deck has 100 different cards. Why Use a Deck Builder for EDH Anyway?Ĭommander is a very complex format. If you’re just here to read what the best is, there you go! Otherwise keep on scrolling and I’ll get into just what I’m judging these resources by, and which ones are best. It’s more like a Wikipedia for EDH rather than a site that builds the deck with you. I do want to point out that EDHREC doesn’t actually build the deck for you, it just shows you hundreds of thousands of other decks and what cards are most included in specific types of decks. Opening up EDHREC is always the first move I make when I’m starting to put together a new list, and I wouldn’t be nearly as successful in my deckbuilding quests without it. It uses data-driven examples to help you find useful and commonly included cards for any commander, color combination, and theme. I’m not here to waste your time so I’ll tell you right now that if you could only use on resource, I’d recommend EDHREC. Collectigull (Only the Best) | Illustration by Wylie Beckert
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