Kermit is a god on this Muppets MTG Commander deck

It’s time to placed on make-up, gentle the lights, and have lengthy take a look at this notably high quality instance of a proxy Commander deck, the place all of the playing cards are reskinned as Muppets. Bertie, a public servant from Australia, “used to look at Muppet Treasure Island a number of instances per week” and put the deck collectively, whereas making personalised EDH decks for his buddies, to have a good time a lifelong love of the franchise and its characters.

This fan didn’t go in for half measures. Not solely does each card within the deck, from the commander proper right down to the fundamental lands, characteristic the loveable puppets, they’ve even acquired Muppets sleeves and a Muppets playmat!

The Muppets deck itself is a five-colour legendary creatures deck, that includes Esika, God of the Tree and The Prismatic Bridge (aka Kermit, the Frog and The Rainbow Connection) because the commander. “I began pondering by means of what I cherished in regards to the Muppets, and it struck me that nearly each Muppet film is about how they’re all bigger than life personalities, however Kermit manages to band them collectively,” Bertie explains. “So, a ‘legendary tribal’ deck appeared like the right match.”

Proxying provides an additional problem to the Commander deck building course of – discovering playing cards that work each mechanically and thematically. Whereas some had been straightforward decisions – the boar Ragadragga slotted in as a terrific Miss Piggy, as an example – Bertie spent a very long time discovering the good picks for every character.

“I’m actually glad with the ultimate decisions, and after I play the deck with folks for the primary time, I like seeing the laughs and/or groans at any time when I play a brand new legend they usually work out why I selected that character.”

Our private favorite is Muppet creator Jim Henson himself. His creature? Kethis, the Hidden Hand.

Bertie says making MTG proxies with uncommon themes is an effective technique to inject extra self expression into the format whereas additionally being aggressive.

“I like constructing bizarre off-the-wall decks, however typically, for those who construct a deck suboptimally for flavour or pizzaz, you flip up at a desk and by no means get to have the magic second the place it reveals off how cool it’s.”

Proxying decks lets me categorical that creativity in an instantly seen and private means, while nonetheless having fun with the strategic facet of the sport.”