Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast! This week we continue to breakdown the 2019 Precon decks! Mark and Adam kick things off with a a overview of the Sultai colored deck, Faceless Menace! We start with General Thoughts as we go over the three main Commanders for the deck. Then, we go into how the deck plays, what strategies are built in, and if they work like they should. Then a quick Tech segment where we go over cards that get a thumbs up or down and a few ideas for what to add and where to move some of the cards for a better experience.

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CommanderCast 2019 Precon Special! (part 2)

Posted: October 7, 2019

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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The Deck: Faceless Menace 

General Thoughts (Ha! Puns!):

• Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
• Grismold, the Dreadsower
• Rayami, First of the Fallen
• Volrath, the Shapestealer

Strategy – How does the deck play?:  

• Eh. Precon deck is a precon deck.
  • Card draw? Decent, if Kadena is on the board.
  • Removal? Not enough good sources.
  • Ramp? Not bad, considering.
• Manifest is just better than Morph.  ‘Nuf said.
• Win cons? 
  • Bad overrun?
  • Assassin token hail Mary?

Technology – Highlights & Lowlights:

Thumbs down:

• Gift of Doom
• Kadena’s Silencer
• Leadership Vacuum
• Mire in Misery
• Pendant of Prosperity
• Rayami, First of the Fallen
• Scaretiller
• Sudden Substitution
• Thought Sponge
• Voice of Many

Thumbs up:

• Apex Altisaur
• Grismold, the Dreadsower
• Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
• Road of Return
• Scroll of Fate
• Thieving Amalgam
• Volrath, the Shapestealer

Recommended Upgrades:

• Brine Elemental
• Dream Chisel
• Heartless Summoning
• Helm of Awakening
• Alchemist’s Refuge
• Ugin, the Ineffable
• Whisperwood Elemental

High-end Upgrades:

• Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
• Cloud Key
• Vedalken Orrery
• Leyline of Anticipation

Outro:

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