Building your deck with the Bracket systemor another power leveling system if your friend group or LGS prefersmakes games much more even, as youre unlikely to roll up to a random table and get stomped by a cEDH deck, or stomp a different pod with your highly tuned, high-power deck
The idea was that since people might only spend $20 to $40 on cards and those cards would be randomized, you could sit down to play a game with someone who had cards that you had never seen beforepossibly never even heard of
Unlike Mazirek, he didnt bring enough +1/+1 counters to share with the whole classbut the tradeoff is card draw instead
If theres no golden circle around a characters cost, they are only a character card, and cant be played for ink

Creatures (28) 1 Weathered Wayfarer 1 Karmic Guide 1 Boldwyr Intimidator 1 Balefire Liege 1 Knight of the White Orchid 1 Knight-Captain of Eos 1 Kederekt Leviathan 1 Serra Ascendant 1 Sunblast Angel 1 Hero of Bladehold 1 Hero of Oxid Ridge 1 Suture Priest 1 Hellrider 1 Odric, Master Tactician 1 Aurelia, the Warleader 1 Firemane Avenger 1 Frontline Medic 1 Legion Loyalist 1 Tajic, Blade of the Legion 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge 1 Medomai the Ageless 1 Felhide Spiritbinder 1 Sphinx's Disciple 1 Iroas, God of Victory 1 Keranos, God of Storms 1 Thousand Winds 1 Hallowed Spiritkeeper 1 Arashin Foremost Planeswalkers (4) Lands (37) Spells (30) 1 Sol Ring 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Goblin Bombardment 1 Kirtar's Wrath 1 Decree of Justice 1 Skullclamp 1 Opposition 1 Wayfarer's Bauble 1 Coastal Piracy 1 Mind Stone 1 Field of Souls 1 Dismantling Blow 1 Ghostway 1 Prismatic Lens 1 Pollen Lullaby 1 Springleaf Drum 1 Goblin Assault 1 Armillary Sphere 1 Elixir of Immortality 1 True Conviction 1 Phyrexian Rebirth 1 Increasing Devotion 1 Blustersquall 1 Vandalblast 1 Assemble the Legion 1 Azorius Cluestone 1 Boros Cluestone 1 Spirit Bonds 1 Make a Stand 1 Pore Over the Pages Check out our comprehensive Deck List Database for lists of all my decks: SIGNATURE DECKS Purple Hippos and Maro Sorcerers

So let's do a quick rundown of the cards in Commander that cost 12 mana or more and whether or not they're worth our time