We all have that deck that just survives even though it isn’t the best. For me that’s [[Torgaar, Famine Incarnate]]. It’s not the best mono black commander in any way but its particular combination of effects to me is emblematic of mono black. It’s a bit of a swiss army knife and so I find myself hard pressed to really change anything about the core of the deck.
What’s your pet deck?
That’s awesome! I love the “spin the wheel” aspect of Atla Palani. You can cheese it by stacking the deck with whatever you want but ultimately it’s still random what you get each time.
Have you heard of modular decks? The idea that some part of the deck is randomized each time. For example with Atla Palani you would have a stack of cards kept separate from the deck and before each game randomly deal a number of them into your deck before you shuffle.
I actually have! I’ve thought about doing that, or building a couple of other Atla variations that I can bust out when I’m feeling like playing a little differently, and the only thing I’d have to interchange between the variations is the core mana base because that’s way too expensive to have multiple of.