>>96832516
I generally have an idea for a theme, playstyle or mechanic that I wanna pursue when building a deck. It doesn't have to be optimal for the commander, but I do try to make it work well enough. For example Jon Irenicus:
>I can gift nasty shit, but then I also have to deal with it myself at some point, it might just get blocked and opponents will wanna take me out faster
>Or I just gift them unblockable creatures, which generate card draw pretty reliably
>Then I can also slot in a bunch of value equipments to get more triggers off of them potentially
>And for control cause I barely have any board for my own, I can use force to sac effects as my gifts are kinda excluded from them
The rest is just filling the deck with cards that fall into those categories plus ramp. It's one of my weaker decks, but nice to play against beginners.

What bracket is a Jon Irenicus deck that forces stalemates with islandhome creatures if it never technically wins any games?