This is a fantastic looking deck and I cannot wait to build and try it out, by any chance would you be willing to make an EDH deck, budget or otherwise with Amzu, the Swarms Hunger as the commander? I've made one recently and I am not having a lot of luck with it so I am curious about your take on how the deck should run and finding a build online is actually pretty difficult.
@BluebearsGames4 күн бұрын
@@assasinfromheaven92 thanks 😆 So here's what I can tell you about Amzu. The reason why you're probably having issues finding build revolving around it as the commander is most likely due to its rarity. It only available in the Clue bkxset and even then, you had to get lucky with a pack that included one in it. I go 1 box of this just to see what was in it and I didn't get a single golgari pack, so no Amzu for me. With that said, I'm gonna tell you how I would build it on a budget by pointing you in tge direction of a build that I made using syr konrad, the Grim. Th basic premise revolves around moving creatures from your graveyard to either tour hand or play which is basically the premise behind amzu, albeit in a mono black shell. There are a few green cards that focus on insect that I would include like vex and crawling infestation. I'll reply to this comment with a link to the Syr Konrad deck and you can see what I'm talking about.
@BluebearsGames4 күн бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKXEZ4OKrNdqfJI I'm not sure what your build looks like, but let me know how they compare thematically.
@assasinfromheaven924 күн бұрын
@@BluebearsGames I'll definitely have to check that out and send you my build when I get the opportunity, I have the deck already built it's just not getting the win rate I'm looking for. I will say I aimed for insect tribal with a return from the graveyard focus.
@BluebearsGames4 күн бұрын
@assasinfromheaven92 that's th direction I would have taken it. If you havent yet, get a list on one of th sites like mtggoldfish or Maxfield and message it to me on the Facebook page. It'd easier to message there.
@assasinfromheaven924 күн бұрын
@@BluebearsGames what's your Facebook?
@Hossyboy4205 күн бұрын
Great song
@BluebearsGames6 күн бұрын
@8:44 Ithe card shown is the wrong one. you can go here to see what Leyline Axe does. scryfall.com/card/fdn/129/leyline-axe
@Ohkapi6 күн бұрын
@8:41 Leyline Axe (though, you chose the wrong pic), it's great indeed. Thanks for mention this. I bought lots of single cards that you mentions in your choice of removed section of this video. Cards like @1:40 Three Dog @2:03 Almost Prefect and @1:57 Strong Back are all in. They are very strong cards❤
@BluebearsGames6 күн бұрын
Damn th picture never replaced when I was editing. Thanks for letting me know
@Ohkapi6 күн бұрын
I know you did not choose aura on this upgrade build, but if both aura and equipments stay, Reconstruct history is another good card to add in here. @6:39 Promise of Loyalty ❤ @4:01 Sram is amazing @5:19 Chishiro is cool. Since I am a huge fan of Mazzy (😂) , Mazzy Truesword paladins decks I own also has these three. Bangers. Also a card name "Fraying Line" can function as one side boardwipe, we destory that ourselves once we see fits.
@BluebearsGames6 күн бұрын
Mazza gives auras nice resiliency.
@Ohkapi6 күн бұрын
Interesting, thank you, Mazzy Truesword Paladin is a must add if anything comes with Aura. Protect her at all cost :) She's VIP
@BluebearsGames6 күн бұрын
My Uril build was an aura based build, but it was made before Mazzy was, so I'll look at the card for an eventual upgrade when I get to it.
@Tekillyah7 күн бұрын
Charcoal Diamond or Jet Medallion.
@BluebearsGames7 күн бұрын
Jet medallion always
@Tekillyah7 күн бұрын
@@BluebearsGames Oh sorry I meant I ran them always in my mono black decks. Jet got pricey though xD
@BluebearsGames7 күн бұрын
@Tekillyah gotcha. Iv never been a big fan of tge diamonds but I do put them in budget builds. The medallions got reprinted and finally saw huge price drops so I went amd bought 4 of each for the cheapest I've ever seen them recently.
@RDotG419 күн бұрын
This is great! You've earned both a like and subscribe. I can't wait to bring this out on my playgroup soon.
@BluebearsGames9 күн бұрын
@@RDotG41 well thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. May it bring you many vixtories.
@zacharyGODDAMN9 күн бұрын
Wow, nice pulls and banger music!!!
@BluebearsGames9 күн бұрын
🤘🤘🤘🤘
@Son_Of_Wan11 күн бұрын
Great video! I was looking for a good budget deck for Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
@BluebearsGames11 күн бұрын
I'm glad you liked it and I hope it helps you to create the deck you want. Alao thanks for the tip. It's greatly appreciated.
@codyhyde98511 күн бұрын
Bought this deck off your deck list on moxfeild and all i can say is wow and thank you. the only 2 cards i added was shared animosity and mana echoes and The god of the forge and no one will play it anymore because of all of the win cons being in there
@BluebearsGames11 күн бұрын
@@codyhyde985 that's awesome! Super happy to hear it's doing so well that people won't play you lol I'm curious what it cost you to have allt hose cards shipped to you. Up u til this weekend I still had tg deck on hand and may have been able to save a couple bucks lol
@codyhyde98511 күн бұрын
@ all in all it was 50 for the deck off card kingdom had them in about 4 days as well i thought about asking lol i am looking for some more decks as well
@codyhyde98511 күн бұрын
i had mana echoes and the god of forge laying around also ordered shared animosity which is absolutely berserk in it
@BluebearsGames11 күн бұрын
@@codyhyde985 any decks in particular? BTW, mana echoes is insane in a lot of decks. It's just a really good card in any deck that creates a lot of tokens.paired with staff of domination and krenko it must be crazy
@nippondeluxe3 күн бұрын
What did you remove to add Shared Animosity, Mana Echoes and The God of the Forge? and how many of each did you add?
@Ohkapi12 күн бұрын
Stealth Mission, Kaya's Ghostform and Planewide Celebration these 3 cards I had purchased as singles. To see these random cards included in War of the Spark booster here is a surprise. Great cards and pulls ❤😊
@BluebearsGames12 күн бұрын
@@Ohkapi thanks. It is an odd thing to watch someone pull cards that you've had to order that don't necessarily happen to be connected. Hopefully the shipping didn't get ya too bad.
@NerdinKorea12 күн бұрын
Gonti's Aether Heart is under a dollar! Oh my!
@BluebearsGames12 күн бұрын
Technically th org Iginla is exactly $1right now, but th mh3 commander precon version is under $1.
@Alphayert9314 күн бұрын
Excellent song choice ❤
@BluebearsGames14 күн бұрын
@@Alphayert93 powerman!!
@michaelbockert828015 күн бұрын
Love this commander.. Colossus Hammer (Equipment +10/+10) 1 colorless mana cost to cast, 8 to equip but with this commander that is free.. so one mana cost and you have +10/+10 auto equip. Wrecks. Could also do Masterwork of Ingenuity to copy that hammer and have another +10/+10 and it cost only 1 mana too.
@BluebearsGames15 күн бұрын
@@michaelbockert8280 yup its a card I always suggest as a small upgrade. It needs more printings.
@duk211216 күн бұрын
Orator of Ojutai will react with your commander on the field since it’s a dragon
@BluebearsGames16 күн бұрын
@@duk2112 this is true if somehow it's in your hand but the likelihood is quite small in most scenarios. On the off chance someone cyclonic rifled with boh in play, thn great, but th chances are slim.
@duk211215 күн бұрын
@ synergizing with your commander is the easiest thing to pull off. It’s an easy Draw 2 cards just like Wall of Omens or Wall of Blossoms with Arcades on the field, but Orator flies as well
@BluebearsGames15 күн бұрын
@@duk2112 I forgot hat orator say if you Reveal or control, not just reveal. So yes, arcades will trigger orator if it's in play.
@zuliani664016 күн бұрын
The wanderer is an underrated planeswalker
@BluebearsGames16 күн бұрын
@@zuliani6640 agreed. I always combine it with the other uncommon white walker cause why not.
@-Angix18 күн бұрын
One weird question, I thought that in this deck, you wanted to have like high mana price cards cuz Yuriko’s habilitie, am I wrong?, if i’m not, what type of cards can i add it?
@BluebearsGames18 күн бұрын
@@-Angix I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Yurikos ability only pertains to yuriko and nor other cards. Satoru on the other hand does affect other cards in your hand. Yuriko is basically a weird card because of its unique ability that sorta make it a volition type card without using buffs but using unblockable creatures to sneak it into play for commander damage.
@lilpotayto17 күн бұрын
I run a budget Yuriko deck too and I think I know what you're looking for. You can absolutely run completely low to the ground with a few big ninjas to do occasional bursts of damage and the deck won't struggle for it, but if you want to reveal the occasional bomb, I've found Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time to be nice includes. They're cheap, do a ton of damage, can be cheated out with Delve, and can give you much needed draw power to close out a game when your opponents are starting to find answers to your ninjas. Just be aware, making each opponent lose 8 life on turn 2 for a total of 24 can make you everyone's enemy if you top deck them too early so it's good to keep them few and far apart if your following up with more budget cards for the rest of the game. Especially if the table is unfamiliar with your deck and think you're going to cause them all to explode simultaneously in just a few turns (which occasionally might actually happen XD).
@BluebearsGames17 күн бұрын
@@lilpotayto this is all excellent information. Thank you for sharing. I think at first I wasn't understanding the op's question but now I get what they are asking and you've answered perfectly.
@BluebearsGames17 күн бұрын
Ao now that I understand what you're asking, I will say that you want a nix of different mana value spells so that you can cast things early game. What I've learned is most important is that you want spells that manipulate yhe top of your library so you can set up what's revealed foe the most damage possible. The poster who responded is correct that you want cards like treasure cruise for the damage off the top and th ability to cast it with is built in cost reduction. However, there are only so many options available that do have both so it's a balancing act that gets a little harder in a budget. Future iterations that I've made of this dexk have a couple have had some higher mana value spells in an attempt to get a better balance. The good things about yuriko specifically though, is her ability says whenever a Ninja and not whenever one or more ninjas, so when you hit with multiple ninjas, you get multiple triggers, so even if they're all 1 mana spells, you'll get multiple pings when you attack. Like I said, it's a tough balancing act and as I build this on a budget more and more, the deck will get better and better, ut I also encourage people to give me feedback so I can i.prove them over time.
@funwithpete668320 күн бұрын
Can you do a high powered no budget arcades deck
@BluebearsGames20 күн бұрын
My workload currently has it so I wouldn't get to it until next year at earliest so I'll just tell you a few ways to make this more powerful. First, upgrade the lands to shock, fetches and checklands. Second, add repeatable card draw like rhystic study. Third, upgrade the ramp to things like 3 visits and natures lore Fourth, there aren't many defender creatures out there that are much better, but thing in the ice is pretty good. And finally, use better board wipes and possibly targeted removal of various things like Walkers and such. To be honest, there aren't too many cards that are expensive that will improve the deck much outside the lands, so no budget would only matter if you got og duald.
@funwithpete668319 күн бұрын
@ thank you that was very nice of you
@BluebearsGames19 күн бұрын
You're welcome, hopefully that helps a little and I'm sorry i couldn't do more.
@MoosedUp21 күн бұрын
Bioessence hydra is one of my favourite cards, I had a nasty hydra poliferate deck that abused him cause it ran multiple planeswalkers and ways to clone them
@BluebearsGames21 күн бұрын
Sadlyitdoesnt fit in my pir and toothy deck cause it's barely got any Walkers in it, but if it did, I would definitely add it to the deck.
@MoosedUp21 күн бұрын
God I loved war of the spark, one of the best sets of all time for sure
@BluebearsGames21 күн бұрын
@@MoosedUp completely agree. Wish the would do another set like this. Maybe some Walkers can regain their spark as tye story.
@overheaven805724 күн бұрын
Bloomburrow is my favorite collection, many cards look cute
@BluebearsGames24 күн бұрын
@@overheaven8057 o haven't had much impact with it yet as it's been super busy since it's release, but I do agree, it's got a certain feel to it that's inviting.
@dankoerner88726 күн бұрын
Foil Mockingbird, great hit
@BluebearsGames26 күн бұрын
@dankoerner887 i wasn't mad 😁
@pangea52027 күн бұрын
This has got to be the funniest deck I’ve seen I love it
@BluebearsGames27 күн бұрын
It was one if there odder requests for sure.
@dankoerner88727 күн бұрын
Good pack! Not a fan of the music
@BluebearsGames27 күн бұрын
It was pretty good. Unfortunately music tastes vary vastly from person to person and the type of music I like is from an Era that's far gone. It's what I grew up on.
@dankoerner88727 күн бұрын
@BluebearsGames not knocking it, just saying not a fan
@BluebearsGames27 күн бұрын
@@dankoerner887 I didn't think you were. Just explaining the reason I choose my songs. Sometimes they're memes and most of the time they're from the Era I grew up on 😀
@MediocreTCG28 күн бұрын
That foil Mockingbird is SWEET
@BluebearsGames28 күн бұрын
@@MediocreTCG agreed!
@OhkapiАй бұрын
Interesting precon upgrade choices. From my perspective The backup commander "Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher" heavily relays strong sac outlet theme commander, removing the cards you chose to remove, may hurts her grows bigger. A shout out for a card called Pull from Eternity ❤
@OhkapiАй бұрын
I have finished watching this unboxing video, thank you Bluebears games, Those huge creatures (e.g. @10:24, @10:34) are fun surprises. Unexplained Absence @5:21 is the new card that is the VIP in this precon, it goes well in all decks that has white, as I've heard it's being praised
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@Ohkapi so are you gonna open your copy?
@OhkapiАй бұрын
Yarus is quite amazing 🤩 especially when you are recommending it to this precon upgrade ❤
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
Yards was a great addition for this. It could probably head a similar deck as well.
@OhkapiАй бұрын
All the bad things I hear about this precon, watching this unboxing may gives me idea if I should open mine :) Thank you
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
You're welcome. It's not the best, but I liked the concept and finally got flex the ideas I had for this theme in the upgrade guide.
@OhkapiАй бұрын
Thank you ❤
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@Ohkapi you're welcome 😀
@SarumanTheStupidАй бұрын
Not bad!
@savannahlion3081Ай бұрын
Hey my friend, it's been a while, but still want so send you and yours the Best Wishes and a Merry Christmas. 🎄🦁🎄
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
Thank you and happy holidays to you and you family as well 😀❄️🌲
@jasonst.george5799Ай бұрын
Its a great budget build. I have a Lyra deck that's my primary deck it ran me $1,100
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@jasonst.george5799 hopefully you had some of the cards before you started purchasing cards for it?
@jasonst.george5799Ай бұрын
I run different Angels along with board wipes, Decree of Justice and Starnheim Unleashed. My land base is snow-covered plains with extraplanar lens as a main source of ramp. Esper sentinel and Archivist of Oogha provide card draw. My sole Planeswalker is Serra the Benevolent. I had a lot of the cards already in my collection. It was a deck I built a while back and this year gave it a heavy upgrade. It's my number one deck so I put all my resources into it. Your build is good. I would suggest it for anyone to try. Mine is based off monowhite decks I have been playing since 2004. Anyone starting out with Lyra should play yours first to get the feel and adjust accordingly. Budget gets people into the game with their favorite commanders which is the most important part of the game.
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@jasonst.george5799 absolutely agree. Budget is always a barrier and all of th cards you mentioned should definitely be in th dexk, so that a nice little upgrade guide for folks to use when they become more invested in the game.
@jasonst.george5799Ай бұрын
@@BluebearsGames I am going to post my build if you are interested in seeing my whole list on moxfield by the new year.
@EldenRingStreamsАй бұрын
I think some light background music and a top light and you are pretty much set bro
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@EldenRingStreams I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate background music without getting dinged fo copyright fo a while now, so if I do, it will b added. As for the light, i do use an led light overhead that's way too bright and I use something to vlock some of the brightness. No kidding it's like the sun. Maybe I can adjust th dampening.
@Xerdan1234Ай бұрын
please remake this video like the newer ones where you actually tell us what to take out. I know you started doing that with newer ones but I would love if you re-did it for older ones as well (starting with this one :P)
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
I wish I had he time o, but right now I don't. I'm sill trying to catch up on the recent precons. There are just so many of the now 😪
@icemuppet361Ай бұрын
hey friend, been watching a few of your videos. where can i buy this deck from you/. i saw the link but it doesnt seem to be a purchase link from you. thanks for the videos
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@icemuppet361 I'm glad you're enjoying m videos. At the moment the way of purchase m decks is you have to message me on the facebook page and I do direc sales through there. It's kinda wonky but I don't have another way to replace my previous methods just yet.
@2319KennyАй бұрын
Love your videos they have to help me out a lot. Also wondering if you’re doing modern horizon three Commander boxes upgrades or openings?
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@2319Kenny I'm glad you like them and my hope is hey continue to help. I am in fact going to be doing the modern horizons comma der unboxi g and upgrade guides soon. The next ones u will be doing are the fallout precons in the next few weeks, followed by outlaws and the the MH3 ones right after.
@christianfistarol7023Ай бұрын
Learn to open pack so the rarest Is at end
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@christianfistarol7023 when there is a possibility to have between 1 and 4 rares, it's kinda hard to do that that accurately. If it was just one rare like it was years ago, then hat would be possible.
@cedarcedard5480Ай бұрын
great upgrades thanks man
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@cedarcedard5480 thank you. Hopefully it helped even a little.
@FordMrsonАй бұрын
what about mogg sentry
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@FordMrson wouldn't be bad to add. I just don't have one
@jimmygreen4260Ай бұрын
Really interesting deck dude. I have just restarted playing Magic since 2004 so there's a lot to learn lol. Love control decks. Have you looked at Ruin Crab as well as a cheap milling creature?
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@jimmygreen4260thank you sir. I actually have a mill deck on arena thst I use sometimes. It has all 3 mill crabs in it with green for land ramp cards. It's funny.
@jimmygreen4260Ай бұрын
@@BluebearsGames Question for you. Within a mill deck how many counterspell spells should I have and if I wanted to play a mono blue commander deck which commander should I use?
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@jimmygreen4260 if youre talking about 69 card formats, I would say 12-16. If you're talking commander it would probably be 15-18 depending on other factors. As for a commander itself, Bruvac in mono blue if you wanted to add a color, it would be black and then the option grow.
@jimmygreen4260Ай бұрын
@@BluebearsGames Thanks man, huge help.
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@jimmygreen4260 you're welcome. I hope it does help at least a little but. 😀
@businesstips5821Ай бұрын
What's up! Just reaching out to let you know that the link to this video on your Facebook post is broken; you actually linked to the Edit page for this video in Studio
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
Oh, man, thanks for letting me know. It has been fixed...I htink.. I'm not sure how that happened but I'm glad you caught it.
@georgeplymale8644Ай бұрын
Nice music. Maybe some nirvana next time for your cracks
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
He'll yeah man. I've used them a couple of times but my selections are limited for som bands unfortunately.
@Xela-x3dАй бұрын
Blue Bears, thanks for this awesome simple and to-the-point video. Everything is clear. Another difference I noticed between 4th and 5th was the alignment of Llanowar Elves and Summon Elves. In 5th Edition, these are aligned with the picture box. Thanks once again!
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@Xela-x3d you are welcome. Ill be happy if it helps. Add rhat last part to the list of ways you can tell differences @everyone
@RebTevyeАй бұрын
Thanks!
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
Wow, thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it 🤩
@YOUMADSTAYMADАй бұрын
I ended up building very similar to this deck list but after playing a few games with it the rule of law effects don’t make sense with GAAIV in my opinion. Near impossible to break parity (getting jace ultimate is very difficult when it’s so telegraphed). Ended up cutting them for a heliod package, which is pretty easy to tutor for. It’s a very consistent finisher in the deck and means that when you have a reasonable lock you end the game within a couple turns usually. Since the deck is already running both of whites tutors, you just need to fit a triskellion/walking ballista/recruiter of the guard/heliod and it becomes fairly consistent.
@YOUMADSTAYMADАй бұрын
Also I would suggest adding bribery as it lets you take away someone’s win condition or get a bomb out for 5 mana whilst making sure they can’t draw it, fantastic card unless you’re against a pod of spell slingers
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@YOUMADSTAYMAD I had considered heliod/wb and even made a deck with it as the main goal a few years ago to know how well it works. I think k for this one I wanted to "play with my food" a little and see how longi could keep control while searching for a different win con. It's possible that ill get bored with that and just add more straightforward win cons, but that will be for a later video to decide.
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@YOUMADSTAYMAD I had bribery in my oloroe deck and it was a great way to do exactly this. I recently try took that apart so it's only recently that I had a copy of it available to me to even consider in other decks and this is easily the tip contender.
@criticallyhonest9766Ай бұрын
This is great! Thanks for the video
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
@@criticallyhonest9766 glad you liked it. Hopefully it helped you in some way in your deck building.
@jamesp.4030Ай бұрын
Charix doesn't have defender. So its dependent the card Bedrock Tortoise.
@BluebearsGamesАй бұрын
The point of Charix was to add a du NY card that if left unchecked hits really hard thanks to a bunch of other cards that make creatures hit with toughness and not power.