Welcome to cEDH Budget Brews! We are a Discord based community here to help you gain entry into cEDH via a more modest price point. We understand everyone's budget is different, but we have found from experience that decks below a total budget of $500 (Pricing from deckstat.net) will not truly achieve a "cEDH" deck in most cases. With this in mind, we request that any deck submitted for review or optimization not be below a price point of $500. Please read the FAQs and feel free to use the resources available, including the deck lists, and the members of this server.
What is cEDH?
Competitive Elder Dragon Highlander (cEDH) is about building your deck to be able to consistently win before anyone else is able to. With this in mind, naturally there will be certain strategies that work better. The number of powerful generals and deck lists is vast, but the top performing archetypes are somewhat narrow. For cEDH you will mostly choose between: control, stax, fast combo, slow combo or a mixture of these archetypes.
What if I can't afford $500+?
cEDH Budget Brews has the $500 target because that's where most commanders and cEDH deck types can be brought down to, and still function almost the same. Pro tip: proxies exist for a reason...
But what about [insert deck], will it work for less?
Yes, for less money, there are some decks that function well at lower budgets, down to about $200. These are mainly Momir Hackball, Yisan, Selvala Brostorm, and Gitrog Dredge. For a deck to perform well when severely budgeted, the important elements are non-reliance on mana rocks for ramp, and the combo being heavily commander focused. This is because the strongest mana rocks are expensive, as are the best tutors.
Use these commands in the #bot-commands discord text channel or simply click the links below.
cEDH Budget Brew Templates:
?manabase
Mana Base Template?ramp
Ramp Template?dudes
Creature Based Interaction Template?spells
Spell Based Interaction Template?stax
Permanent Based Interaction Template?tutors
Tutor TemplateMiscellaneous Resources:
Official brews by the cEDH Budget Brews crew. These decks are not meant to be definitive lists, just an idea of what a budgeted list could look like. Feel free to adjust based on cards you own, shifting card prices or your play group's meta.
Deck-lists | Commanders | Strategies |
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Two Tymna Tuesday | Adaptive |
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Time Pirates | Adaptive |
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Heliod Combo | Adaptive |
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Marwyn MilfStorm | Proactive |
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Ikra Kraum | Proactive |
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Half a Seared Sausage | Proactive |
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KCI Teshar | Proactive |
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Selvala | Proactive |
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Animar | Proactive |
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Evolution of a King | Adaptive |
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Kinnan Scepter | Proactive |
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Razakats | Adaptive |
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Rielle | Adaptive |
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Pauper King | disruptive |
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Dawnwaker Evolution | adaptive |
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TnT Consult | disruptive |
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Hermit Druid | Disruptive |
Pako Turns | Proactive |
Fire Shark Tornado | Disruptive |
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Rashmi Control | Disruptive |
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Jhoira | Proactive |
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Cobra Kai | Proactive |
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Blue Pod | Adaptive |
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Consult Alela | Adaptive |
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Filter Anje | Proactive |
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Tatyova | Disruptive |
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Ghave | Disruptive |
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Edric Turns | Proactive |
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Pet Cemetery | Proactive |
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Najeela Tempo | Proactive |
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Unpaid Intern Urza | Adaptive |
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Meren | Proactive |
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Korvold | Proactive |
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Mairsil | Disruptive |
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Chulane | Adaptive |
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Lesser Thief | Adaptive |
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Tasigur | Disruptive |
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Tainted Shimmer Zur | Proactive |
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Kykar | Adaptive |
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Yeetsan | Adaptive |
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Spin to Win | Adaptive |
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Shaper Taint | Adaptive |
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Elsha | Adaptive |
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Gitrog Dredge | Proactive |
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Godo Helm | Proactive |
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Consultation Kess | Adaptive |
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Niv Mizzet | Adaptive |
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FC Prossh | Proactive |
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The Hate Dude | Adaptive |
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Curious Control | Disruptive |
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Meta Pod | Disruptive |
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Varolz Hulk | Proactive |
Rarely prioritizes disrupting opponents over finding wincons and/or playing value engines. Not necessarily fast, but they are unlikely to switch their focus to disrupting opponents.
Focuses on preventing opponents from winning or gaining board presence before spending resources on wincons, with rare exceptions.
Often switches between proactive and disruptive based on matchups or draws, and employs tools which allow for both winning early and grinding late game.
The hot pepper denotes some level of spiciness that may deviate from the full price list.
The dollar search icon denotes a list that is sub $500. Included here because we like it.
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