When I got back into Magic in 2016 after a long hiatus (from Shards of Alara, back in… 2008), my LGS had a few of the Commander 2016 precons. I hadn’t followed the New Phyrexia story, but I knew of the old Phyrexians, and the image of an « Phyrexian angel » really appealed to me. This Precon was my introduction to the Commander format.
Of course, this being my first attempt at a Commander deck, it ended up a haphazardly lump of random pet cards slapped together instead of a coherent deck, but I liked it anyway.
Most of my experience playing it was in a Duel Commander event of my LGS. Needless to say, faced with a Teferi Stasis deck, my downgraded Precon (my tweaks definitely not upgrading it) couldn’t stand a chance. But I had fun anyway. Except that one game where I felt tricked by a opponent who had innocently played that obnoxious, Basic Forest-looking, Dryad Arbor. Yes, you know the one. This didn’t feel great.
Sadly, no trace exists to this day of this highly unsynergistic deck.
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