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  • wither is the mechanic that deals damage to creatures in the form of -1 counters, read my opinion above. the best payoffs just want you to stop your opponents from having any creatures. generally any strategy that stops your opponents from playing the game their deck was built to play is felt as stax (see smokestack) and I would discourage that for casual. The issue is that its not a very strong strategy, it has trouble closing out games, it just slows them down really in my experience.


  • poison/infect/toxic decks are not suitable for casual commander. having played a wither deck as well I can say that you are only winning if youre staxing your opponents out of the game. not to say there isnt a place for these things, but atraxa isnt fun for a casual pod unless youre doing energy or +1/+1s or something. superfriends can be done in a less oppressive way than poison, but it still sucks to play against bc people have to focus your planeswalkers down or let you walk away with the game.