<p>We didn't <em>plan </em>to have a Jodah Day here at EDHREC, it just kind of happened that way.</p>
<p>You probably noticed not one, but two other Jodah-related articles today, and those other Jodahrticles are excellent write-ups that take Jodah seriously and aren't a big goof. We could not go three-for-three on that front, unfortunately.</p>
<p>If you're a Jodahmaniac, you're eating good today. Consider the articles by Julia and Owain to be a dual main course (if there's two main courses, there is no main course - that's a reference maybe three of you will get), and this article is the dessert that sounded good when you ordered it, but now that it's on the table you're wondering why you make these masochistic dining decisions.</p>
<p>This is a Jodah deck that I cannot in good conscience recommend for you to play against friends/opponents who haven't watched the late 90s television hit <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretender_(TV_series)">The Pretender</a>. </em></p>
<h2>Jodah, the Pretender</h2>
<div id="attachment_188076" style="width: 376px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/51ammsLMxAL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-e1783648295735.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-188076" class="wp-image-188076" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/51ammsLMxAL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-e1783648295735.jpg" alt="" width="366" height="350" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/51ammsLMxAL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-e1783648295735.jpg 708w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/51ammsLMxAL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-e1783648295735-300x287.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-188076" class="wp-caption-text"><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Jodah, the Pretender</span></strong></p></div>
<p>You may have heard of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jodah, the Unifier" href="#" target="_blank">Jodah, the Unifier</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. He's the 17th-most popular commander across the entirety of EDHREC, he's credited with more than 30,000 decks, and he's second only to The Ur-Dragon as the most popular five-color commander. If you head over to the <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/legends">"Legends Matter"</a> theme page, you'll see Jodah comfortably at No. 1, with around twice the number of decks with that theme tag as the next highest, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ezio Auditore da Firenze" href="#" target="_blank">Ezio Auditore da Firenze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>But the Jodah of <em>this </em>deck isn't really that Jodah. Today, we're pronouncing "Jodah" as "Jarod."</p>
<h2>What is The Pretender?</h2>
<p><em>The Pretender </em>was a show that ran from 1996 to 2000. There were a couple of made-for-TV movies which extended the continuity. Basically, there was a guy named Jarod who was classified as a "Pretender," a kind of genius who could almost instantly learn everything about any profession.</p>
<p>"Are you a doctor?" the old woman asks. "I am today," answered Jarod.</p>
<p>When Jarod was a kid, he was stolen away by a shadowy organization called "The Centre" (yes, with the British English spelling for some reason, despite being based in Delaware), but he escaped, and loped around the country spending every episode in a new job.</p>
<p>It was very dumb. I loved it very much.</p>
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<p>At this point you may be wondering why, if I wanted to stay on-theme, I didn't build this deck around <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mairsil, the Pretender" href="#" target="_blank">Mairsil, the Pretender</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's got "Pretender" right there in the name. I don't have what some might call a <em>good </em>explanation for that, but rather a vibes-based one. Jarod was a good guy, and Mairsil is not a good guy. Jodah, for the most part, is a good guy. End of rebuttal.</p>
<p>If anything, Mairsil is a Mr. Lyle.</p>
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<h2>Key Cards for Jodah, the Pretender</h2>
<p>Jarod was able to assume the role of any profession. Jodah, with the help of 29 Background enchantments, can do the same. Sometimes multiple times in a turn.</p>
<p>Backgrounds are legendary, and Jodah says that when we cast a legendary spell, we pseudo-cascade into another one of lesser mana value. So if each of our turns is an episode of the TV show, we might see Jodah become an Agent of the Iron Throne to save an innocent person, then next episode see him become a Guild Artisan to save an innocent person. Jarod saved a lot of innocent people, it was kind of his thing.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hardy Outlander"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Haunted One"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Inspiring Leader"></div></div>
<p>That other ability of Jodah's, the legendary creature buff, isn't quite as relevant. Jarod on the show wasn't exactly known to assist other Pretenders. He was more of a lone wolf, if you will.</p>
<p>The other thing Jarod was really good at was using tools. He'd be able to pick up a welder, or a guitar, or the controls of a backhoe, and just go ham like he'd been doing it his whole life. So as you'll see, we've got an assortment of legendary tools for Jodah to use. Most of them are good.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bilbo&#039;s Ring"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bitterthorn, Nissa&#039;s Animus"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Blackblade Reforged"></div></div>
<p>Since Jarod was such a rascally chameleon, we want to somehow exemplify that in our card choices. At the same time, you might be wondering how we make use of the Backgrounds that require a certain creature type to really function. To solve both problems, we've got some changeling chicanery.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Springleaf Parade"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Amoeboid Changeling"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Maskwood Nexus"></div></div>
<p>In the TV show, Jarod didn't get his ability to blend in via the influence of a weird, amorphous blue blob with a face, but maybe it happened off-screen.</p>
<p>One other recurring bit in <em>The Pretender </em>was Jarod's fascination with "common" artifacts of the modern era. Remember, Jarod grew up in The Centre, isolated from the outside world. So, throughout the course of the show, he'd become enamored with stuff like ice cream and Silly Putty. Listen, it worked in the show, okay?</p>
<p>To represent that, we've got a few items that we as Commander players take for granted, but someone who was locked in a Commanderless, fringe-science, illegal holding facility might find them just delightful.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sol Ring"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Arcane Signet"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Path to Exile"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Farseek"></div></div>
<h2>How Does Jodah, the Pretender Escape The Centre?</h2>
<p>Technically, if we want to stay true to canon, we have to win games by creating a big explosion we're not sure if Jarod/Jodah survives, since that's how the main series ends. Then there were the movies after that, reliant on the fact that yes, he <em>did </em>survive, but I mean who's got time to watch a bunch of movies?</p>
<p>In a Commander game of <em>Magic: The Gathering, </em>Jarod would probably win via some convoluted combo only he could recognize and assemble, but I'm not a Pretender. I'm just a guy. A guy with a dream, and an overactive sense of nostalgia for the late 90s.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Caduceus, Staff of Hermes"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Spear of Bashenga"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Andúril, Flame of the West"></div></div>
<p>Jodah will win some games via attacking with all his tools. Surprisingly, in goldfishing this list on <a href="https://archidekt.com/decks/24226807">Archidekt</a>, it wasn't that bad. It actually, you know, functioned. I set out to make a deck firmly in the Bracket 1 territory, but dare I say it might actually be able to hang with Bracket 2 adversaries?</p>
<p>There's a reason why Jodah, the Unifier is so popular. That reason is this: the card is nuts. I can cram 29 Backgrounds into a list, some of which straight-up don't do a damn thing on their own, and the deck still works, kinda. That's how good Jodah is.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Acolyte of Bahamut"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Criminal Past"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dungeon Delver"></div></div>
<p>Sure, most deck techs you read on EDHREC probably don't include a "you know, this deck is actually not <em>terrible</em>" passage, but there's a reason I don't write that many deck techs.</p>
<h2>The Deck List</h2>
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*1 Jodah, the Unifier
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[Enchantment]
*1 Acolyte of Bahamut
*1 Agent of the Iron Throne
*1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
*1 Candlekeep Sage
*1 Clan Crafter
*1 Cloakwood Hermit
*1 Criminal Past
*1 Cultist of the Absolute
*1 Dragon Cultist
*1 Dungeon Delver
*1 Far Traveler
*1 Feywild Visitor
*1 Flaming Fist
*1 Flowering of the White Tree
*1 Folk Hero
*1 Guild Artisan
*1 Hardy Outlander
*1 Haunted One
*1 Inspiring Leader
*1 Leyline of the Guildpact
*1 Master Chef
*1 Noble Heritage
*1 Passionate Archaeologist
*1 Popular Entertainer
*1 Raised by Giants
*1 Scion of Halaster
*1 Shameless Charlatan
*1 Springleaf Parade
*1 Starfield of Nyx
*1 Street Urchin
*1 Sword Coast Sailor
*1 Tavern Brawler
*1 Veteran Soldier
[/Enchantment]
[Artifact]
*1 Andúril, Flame of the West
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Bilbo&#039;s Ring
*1 Bitterthorn, Nissa&#039;s Animus
*1 Blackblade Reforged
*1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
*1 Chromatic Lantern
*1 Conformer Shuriken
*1 Drach&#039;Nyen
*1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
*1 Hammer of Nazahn
*1 Maskwood Nexus
*1 Mithril Coat
*1 Sol Ring
*1 The Spear of Bashenga
[/Artifact]
[Creature]
*1 Absorbing Man
*1 Amoeboid Changeling
*1 Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
*1 Eutropia the Twice-Favored
*1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
*1 Reki, the History of Kamigawa
*1 Sanctum Weaver
*1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
*1 Wildsear, Scouring Maw
*1 Zur the Enchanter
[/Creature]
[Instant]
*1 Crib Swap
*1 Path to Exile
[/Instant]
[Sorcery]
*1 Dance of the Manse
*1 Farseek
*1 Urza&#039;s Ruinous Blast
[/Sorcery]
[Lands]
*1 Brushland
*1 Canopy Vista
*1 Cascading Cataracts
*1 Command Tower
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*8 Forest
*5 Island
*3 Mountain
*8 Plains
*1 Plaza of Heroes
*3 Swamp
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Thank you for allowing me to indulge in this walk back into the 90s. If you're a <em>Magic </em>player of a certain age, it's likely you remember <em>The Pretender. </em>And, you probably remember it being a lot better than it actually was.</p>
<p>I'd love to hear a few things from you, in the comments: 1) do you play Bracket 1? and 2) do you want to read more Bracket 1 deck techs?</p>
<p>Let me know; I'm, as Dr. William Raines used to say, all ears.</p>


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Building Jodah, the Unifier As Bracket 1 Backgrounds

<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Radiant Solar" href="#" target="_blank">Radiant Solar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/mokhman">Alexander Mokhov</a></h6>
<h1>Venture into Valuetown</h1>
<p>Hello, fellow brewer, and welcome back to <em>Brew for Your Buck</em>, where we swap out the top 10 most expensive cards in a deck with 10 budget cards that add a unique twist.</p>
<p>It's probably no secret at this point that black is my favorite color in the game, so I was on the lookout to not bore you all with another black deck but also search for something I could put together from cards in my collection.</p>
<p>An LGS in my area was unfortunately going out of business (thankfully someone bought it and it's back!) right around the time of <em>Commander Legends: Battle for Balder's Gate </em>release, so I ended up getting a few discount boxes during their closing sale. In reading through the Background pairings possible, I noticed a really interesting synergy between these two:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Alora, Merry Thief"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Far Traveler"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Alora, Merry Thief" href="#" target="_blank">Alora, Merry Thief</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can make one of our creatures unblockable, but that comes with the drawback of having to return it back to our hand in the end step. However, when we order our triggers on our end step, we can target that creature with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Far Traveler" href="#" target="_blank">Far Traveler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> first, blink it, then not have to return it! Now we have something most blink decks don't have: a way to win quickly. Looking at the average list on EDHREC, the deck clocks in at $189.10, with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhystic Study" href="#" target="_blank">Rhystic Study</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and a bunch of blink staples making up our top 10. When did <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Propaganda" href="#" target="_blank">Propaganda</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> become a $4+ dollar card?!</p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhystic Study" href="#" target="_blank">Rhystic Study</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($37.63)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Preston, the Vanisher" href="#" target="_blank">Preston, the Vanisher</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($20.68)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa, Deep-Dwelling" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa, Deep-Dwelling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($13.60)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Displacer Kitten" href="#" target="_blank">Displacer Kitten</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($9.90)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Farewell" href="#" target="_blank">Farewell</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($9.64)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Conjurer&#039;s Closet" href="#" target="_blank">Conjurer&#039;s Closet</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($7.91)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($6.05)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Teleportation Circle" href="#" target="_blank">Teleportation Circle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($5.07)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Talisman of Progress" href="#" target="_blank">Talisman of Progress</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($4.68)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Propaganda" href="#" target="_blank">Propaganda</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($4.65)</li>
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<p style="padding-left: 200px; text-align: left;"><strong>Total Value of Cuts: $119.99</strong></p>
<p>This time around, the manabase doesn't make up a huge percentage of the deck's value. We can save an additional $23.70 if we cut and replace the ones that would have made the top-10, bringing our total savings to <strong>$143.69</strong>.</p>
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<h2>Additions</h2>
<p>For all of you that are upset with taking out our blink pieces, don't worry. You'll still be able to head straight to value town and with an actual clock to boot. For our budget package, we turn to another <em>D&amp;D</em> mechanic: dungeons. It turns out that there are a lot of ways to venture into the dungeon when our creatures enter the battlefield or do combat damage to an opponent, and our commanders are set up to do both of these, so we'll be flying through dungeons and reaping the benefits in no time!</p>
<h3>Venture "Lords"</h3>
<p>Our first substitutions are the some of the best venturers we have access to. First up, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Radiant Solar" href="#" target="_blank">Radiant Solar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.48) is just cracked. Not only do we get a venture trigger when it enters, but we'll venture <strong>every time</strong> we blink a creature. Not to mention <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Radiant Solar" href="#" target="_blank">Radiant Solar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> also flies, so we can target something else with Alora's ability and still crack in for a six-point life swing. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker" href="#" target="_blank">Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.06) is a no-brainer, doubling up our dungeon value for just existing on the battlefield.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Radiant Solar"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker"></div></div>
<h3>Attacking for Value</h3>
<p>While Alora gives us some fantastic evasion, she only does so with one key creature. Our plan is to end the game through combat damage while supporting our creatures with all of our dungeon value, so granting more of our board evasion will accelerate us to a win. To start, we can add <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Midnight Pathlighter" href="#" target="_blank">Midnight Pathlighter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.25) to grant our board a unique form of evasion. Even though the format is clogged with more and more legendary creatures, at the bare minimum we guarantee a venture trigger with the creature we target with Alora. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seasoned Dungeoneer" href="#" target="_blank">Seasoned Dungeoneer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($3.42) can give 17 out of 39 creatures in our final list protection from creatures (read: unblockable) and some card filtering with the <em>Explore</em> mechanic as well. Finally, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thorough Investigation" href="#" target="_blank">Thorough Investigation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($1.61) grants us Clues for attacking so much, and in turn the Clues will give us a venture in addition to a card. We can even store up the Clues and turbo through a dungeon in one big card-drawing, venturing turn!</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Midnight Pathlighter"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Seasoned Dungeoneer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thorough Investigation"></div></div>
<h3>Completion Bonuses</h3>
<p>Now that we've accelerated our dungeon room rate, we can take a look at cards that grant us big bonuses for completing them. The recently-banned-in-Legacy <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="White Plume Adventurer" href="#" target="_blank">White Plume Adventurer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($3.22) saw a significant price drop, so we can snag a copy on the cheap. Like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seasoned Dungeoneer" href="#" target="_blank">Seasoned Dungeoneer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> above, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eccentric Apprentice" href="#" target="_blank">Eccentric Apprentice</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.06) can help us attack with other creatures that aren't being sneaked through with Alora by turning a blocker into a bird. These two are also fine blink targets, as we'll take the initiative on their way in. Finally, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Imoen, Mystic Trickster" href="#" target="_blank">Imoen, Mystic Trickster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.06) keeps the good times rolling, drawing us two cards per turn as long as we have the initiative, which should be trivial if we have an unblockable creature each turn.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="White Plume Adventurer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Eccentric Apprentice"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Imoen, Mystic Trickster"></div></div>
<p>One omission from our budget package to note is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nadaar, Selfless Paladin" href="#" target="_blank">Nadaar, Selfless Paladin</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. He's a great card for the strategy and cheap ($0.30) if you want to pick up a copy, but his inherent vigilance prevents him from being blinked with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Far Traveler" href="#" target="_blank">Far Traveler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Watch out for those non-bos!</p>
<h3>Generic Value</h3>
<p>Okay, we could slot in some other dungeon cards, but I just thought it was criminal that <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sludge Monster" href="#" target="_blank">Sludge Monster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.17) and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Myr Battlesphere" href="#" target="_blank">Myr Battlesphere</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.21) were not in the average deck list. Both of them have ETB and attack triggers that are just insane if we get them turn after turn. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sludge Monster" href="#" target="_blank">Sludge Monster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will lock down two creatures per turn, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Myr Battlesphere" href="#" target="_blank">Myr Battlesphere</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>... well, games will just END if it sticks around for a few turns. A note on <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sludge Monster" href="#" target="_blank">Sludge Monster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>: just because it leaves the battlefield when it blinks doesn't mean the slime counters are removed from anything, so feel free to slime it up like a Nickelodeon show from the 90s.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sludge Monster"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Myr Battlesphere"></div></div>
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<h2>Wrap Up and Savings</h2>
<p>Let's take a look at what we've saved:</p>
<p><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Picture1.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-97451 aligncenter" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Picture1.png" alt="" width="364" height="262" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Picture1.png 364w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Picture1-300x216.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px" /></a></p>
<p>Now that's what I call some savings! We dropped the price of the deck down to just under $55, and yet again kept 90/100 cards from the original list. Value engineering at its finest.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Venturing for Value" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Alora, Merry Thief
*1 Far Traveler
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion&#039;s Ward
*1 Aerial Extortionist
*1 Aether Channeler
*1 Archaeomancer
*1 Brago, King Eternal
*1 Circuit Mender
*1 Cloudblazer
*1 Dawnbringer Cleric
*1 Eccentric Apprentice
*1 Flickerwisp
*1 Githzerai Monk
*1 Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker
*1 Hero of Bretagard
*1 Imoen, Mystic Trickster
*1 Inspiring Overseer
*1 Karmic Guide
*1 Kor Cartographer
*1 Midnight Pathlighter
*1 Mistmeadow Witch
*1 Mulldrifter
*1 Myr Battlesphere
*1 Oji, the Exquisite Blade
*1 Pegasus Guardian
*1 Peregrine Drake
*1 Radiant Solar
*1 Reflector Mage
*1 Reveillark
*1 Rumor Gatherer
*1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
*1 Sludge Monster
*1 Solemn Simulacrum
*1 Soulherder
*1 Spirited Companion
*1 Sun Titan
*1 Venser, Shaper Savant
*1 Watcher for Tomorrow
*1 White Plume Adventurer
*1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
[/Creatures]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Azorius Signet
*1 Commander&#039;s Sphere
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Golden Argosy
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Swiftfoot Boots
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Austere Command
*1 Hallowed Respite
*1 Time Wipe
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Blessed Sanctuary
*1 Candlekeep Sage
*1 Ghostly Prison
*1 Thorough Investigation
[/Enchantments]
[Instants]
*1 Blur
*1 Cloudshift
*1 Counterspell
*1 Eerie Interlude
*1 Ephemerate
*1 Generous Gift
*1 Ghostly Flicker
*1 Lae&#039;zel&#039;s Acrobatics
*1 Momentary Blink
*1 Negate
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Adarkar Wastes
*1 Azorius Chancery
*1 Command Tower
*1 Deserted Beach
*1 Glacial Fortress
*1 Hallowed Fountain
*1 Idyllic Beachfront
*8 Island
*13 Plains
*1 Port Town
*1 Prairie Stream
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Sea of Clouds
*1 Temple of Enlightenment
[/Lands]"></span></div>

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<p>Time for feedback! Did you like the dungeon idea? Is there a commander that you want to see next? Let me know in the comments and I'll see you next time when we brew for your buck!</p>


backgrounds

Building Jodah, the Unifier As Bracket 1 Backgrounds

Brew for Your Buck - Venturing For Value