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I am not talking about archetypes and specific commanders, I mean the strongest builds you have ever faced and what set it apart from others like it. The two that come to mind would be my friend's mimeoplasm deck. It combo's off turn 3/4 consistantly for wins using hermit druid to mill himself, dread returning a necrotic ooze for infinite damage. The other is my maralen deck. I have yet to have lost a tournament with it and the only games I have lost were to the mimeoplasm deck. Luckily, he lost before me the one tournament we both entered.

Those are the strongest that I have seen, personaly. Sorry if that is boring to you.

Dec 31, 2012 -- 7:45AM, niheloim wrote:

Based on your examples you're really asking for the most boring decks?

I totally agree. A game of 'who researched their infinite combo on the internet' is a bore. Sorry.

I'm a huge supporter of both playing casual (social) EDH and playing competetive, 1 vs. 1 (French rules), but seperatly - but you should never "cross the streams".  In fact, there's a push to re-brand 1 vs. 1 competetive as "Dual Commander" to differentiate them.   I think that there's a place for both formats (I love playing both of them), as some of us do have some competetive natures within us, but dislike how repetetive and unoriginal 4-of formats can be.  Playing competetively gives those of us who like that sort of thing an outlet, keeping the "real" EDH free from our shenanigans.

I have 3 tournament decks.  With a premium opening hand, my Sharuum the Hegemon deck can combo-off turn 3/4 - yes, the combos themslves are well known and unoriginal, but they only account for 15% of the deck - I came up with the rest (though I'm sure a lot of other players have similar decks).  I still prefer my Omnath, Locus of Mana deck, though - the last tournament I was in, I won, being undefeated - there are several ways to win turn 4/5, and it consistantly wins by turn 7. Also, I built that deck from scratch, tuned it mercilessly, and am really quite proud of it.  I also have an Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder mono-black control deck that is objectively worse ad slower than either of the other two tournament decks I mentioned, but it still consistantly places in the Top 4 (based on 3 tournaments - piloted by other players, each time, it always has made the semi-finals).

Dec 31, 2012 -- 11:37AM, buckjunt wrote:

Ad nauseam/maralen is known, but tuned anywhere near as much and as fast or consistant as mine...i highly doubt it. niv decks are everywhere, and most run an absurd amount of infinite combos. I find that boring because it is so commonplace. I am asking because I am interested in what other metas are like and I enjoy hearing "new" tech in known decks

New tech is always welcome.

Its hard to say though what really is the strongest in a diverse meta though... My Sharuum deck has an amazing track record in our meta, but I rarely play it. its just full of little bits of combo that will always assemble eventually to some sort of infinite thing. 

My thraximundar deck also has a great track record just for playing an offensive commander and enough counterspells.

My friends Epic Experiment (commanded by Maelstrom Wanderer) does really well. It plays an uncounterable Epic Experiment, or copies it, hits Minds Desire, and then storms into something ridiculous that we can't answer... Usually Utvara Hellkite and Rite of Replication and some extra turn effects.

I've thought about recording our games for the sake of tracking which decks are winning and how they do so... but never get around to it.