Improving Budget Atraxa
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on June 14, 2021, 10:55 p.m. by EleshNornsFs
Here is my current budget Atraxa list: New Phyrexia Lite (TM)
Really, what I want to know is if there is a solid, budget way to make the deck faster and smoother. I suppose an inherent problem in a 4-color deck is issues with mana. I could definitely make the better by putting in fetches, duals, and shocks, but that is not really in my budget. Does anyone have any way to improve the manabase or manafixing without going expensive?
One of the better ways to fix a land base is to lean into green more. Cards like Harrow , Sakura-Tribe Elder , Cultivate , Kodama's Reach , Fertile Ground , Roiling Regrowth , and Khalni Heart Expedition make playing your other colors easier. There’s also cheap rainbow lands like Unclaimed Territory (since most if not all of your creatures have the new creature type Phyrexian). I love the thriving lands from Jumpstart like Thriving Isle , Thriving Heath , Thriving Moor , and Thriving Grove for 4C decks.
June 16, 2021 9:08 a.m.
EleshNornsFs says... #4
Here is an updated list. Sorry, I have this thing about making a new deck instead of just editing the original. New Phyrexia Lite (TM) 2.0 Ideally I would probably throw in a Rhystic Study and rhystic buddy , but I think this should make do.
enpc says... #2
With the release of the new snow dual lands from Kaldheim, you have access to comes-into-play-tapped-always fetchable lands on a budget. Glacial Floodplain and the like.
By combining these with cards like Wood Elves , Nature's Lore , Skyshroud Claim , Farseek , Into the North , as we ll as the set of bad fetches ( Flood Plain , Bad River , etc.) then you have an ok mana base which you can eventaully directly swap shocks into (though you may have to swap in some snow basics or drop Into the North ).
In general though, part of the reason that the deck is a bit slow is that you're lacking ramp. you have 8 pieces that I counted and typically you want double that. Additionally, the higher the overall curve or the more complicated the mana base (and Atraxa isn't an easy one) then the more ramp you want to pack. I know you run a high artifact count however you still have a lot of coloured mana symbols to deal with.
You also don't have a huge amount of draw-card either. Given that the majority of your draw is cantrips (which work much better whne you have lots of them or in conjunction with a bunch of other draw), you may want to look into a few repeatable draw engines.
June 15, 2021 12:58 a.m.