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@stereomayhem1088 2 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Love the energy and card picks. Will definitely be looking out for more of your vids :)

@jaivse5085 4 күн бұрын

not many people know this but battles uses Defense Counters that you can use for Xavier Sal

@ironprophet9200 4 күн бұрын

heyy great deck, just what i was looking for,i only got one question , why arent you using the dredge cards? i think that they are pretty nice in this type of deck :D

@pizza_for_cowboys 4 күн бұрын

Thank you! And great question. Dredge cards are definitely very good with any graveyard strategy. Over time though, I ended up cutting them out because they felt like there are cards that can more easily/reliably perform their roles for Meren. Without writing an essay, dredge feels clunky and slow with Meren because she is competing with dredge to get cards out of the graveyard. I always felt better off just drawing a card from the library than dredging out a piece. Thanks again and check out the updated deck list! (I need to remake this video) 💭

@koffeeing2116 10 күн бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong but, doesn't populate specify "creature tokens"? so you wouldn't be able to populate Garruk's pack leader or chronozoa?

@pizza_for_cowboys 10 күн бұрын

Right, they need to be tokens so you'll need something like Cackling Counterpart or Mirage Mockery. I have a category of copy cards in the deck list! Chronozoa doesn't need a copy spell though, because populate doesn't specify a target. You 'choose' a creature token as it resolves, so when Xavier removes the last counter from Chronozoa, Populate goes on the stack, then the Chronozoa sacrifices itself from its triggered ability which makes 2 token copies, then Populate can resolve and you then 'choose' a token you control.

@blueredlover1060 27 күн бұрын

Alright, you gave me ideas for my Abdel Adrian deck.

@opinionhaver5910 27 күн бұрын

Does anyone actually understand a word that this man just said

@LostLandsLife 27 күн бұрын

I mean, it's okay.

@oscarramirez4102 27 күн бұрын

You can also remove a blocker to get in for the kill shot or restart a walker before it pops you can target any nonland permanent so it can do more then you think

@pizza_for_cowboys 27 күн бұрын

For sure it absolutely hoses +1/+1 counters! Throw a Greatsword of Tyr in on Turn 3 and you can get through 2 blockers every attack.

@supersaiyandoyle1 27 күн бұрын

It's like a single target Brago except it long flickers and can hit opponent things, though a lot of the stuff that you'd flicker with Brago gets rid of opponent permanents anyways.

@harleybaker4684 27 күн бұрын

The princess takes flight also helps by giving Phelia evasion basically every turn

@pizza_for_cowboys 27 күн бұрын

One hundred percent! I think Phelia needs a lot of voltron-esque cards to work as a commander, because you have to be attacking every turn to get value

@michellewichterich5083 27 күн бұрын

Great inspo! Thanks!

@freaklikeme211 Ай бұрын

Cool video, I like the focus on overlooked commanders! Also: Third-Path Iconoclast, Saheeli Sublime Artificer and Chrome Host Seedshark give additional artifacts with every non-creature spell. And Paradoxical Outcome may be a good option to draw cards after emptying your hand.

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

Paradoxical Outcome is ridiculous I'm adding it asap. Bounce protection, card draw, AND you get to replay spells for Captain Storm triggers?? Bonkers. Appreciate the recommendations!

@fly69ism Ай бұрын

Love the edits!

@zinerhawk Ай бұрын

great video!

@fly69ism Ай бұрын

cum? numbah #1

@RGL1AX1M Ай бұрын

Lithoform engine and Strionic resonator looks powerful

@Pighway Ай бұрын

I wish this had more visuals than card images, but I like the voiceover accompaniment and the intro.

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! Were you thinking more detailed card animations or something else in mind?

@louishathon Ай бұрын

Great vid, subbed

@fidly4 Ай бұрын

Even if you can tap orcish spy before Jasper's ability resolves, Jasper has to pick a target when his ability is first put on the stack, so you'll still choose whose library you're targeting before you get a chance to see the third library. Orcish spy still seems like good tech for the deck, just not quite as good as it seemed for this specific scenario.

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

Looked into this and you are definitely right 🫨 Thank you for your wisdom 🙏

@ColossaldreadmawOP Ай бұрын

Tribute to horobi always feels insane to me, you play it turn 2 and while you don’t get the rats at the first trigger that’s ok because in a lot of cases you wanna still cast one of your own spells on turn 4

@genesis1383 Ай бұрын

Can someone explain why Orcish Spy is a rogue? Confused.

@topgear178 Ай бұрын

The oracle text says it’s a rogue

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

Orcish Spy has been errata'd. I believe Rogue wasn't a creature type when it was released. If you look up its current oracle text on Scryfall or somewhere else, you'll find its creature type has been updated. A lot of old cards have dated/confusing text printed on them and if you look them up online, many of their text boxes have been updated to reflect how we play Magic today. Check out Burnt Offering, it's an example of a card that has had its wording updated to sound like almost a completely different spell

@Lavorre Ай бұрын

Ive always wanted to use Orcish spy! Also Laughing Jasper Flint is just an amazing name

@Webdaddyy Ай бұрын

Truly the next skibidi toilet, wow!

@seanmikel Ай бұрын

Nice deck concept, and nice to see more videos for him to come out. Thoughts on these few things i have in my deck that might be worth thinking about (caveat* I proxy with no shame in this day and age): 1. Reef Worm - instant sac to make your token to populate from. 2.Thornbite Staff + Glen Elendra Archmage - for repeatable counters to boardwipes. 3. Vigean Graftmage for repeatable untaps once you put a +1/+1 on Xavier. Plus if you get her out first, she gives Xavier the needed +1/+1. 4. Compy swarm seems similar to what youre going for. 5. The Scarab God to get copies of your opponents creatures 6. Oko, The Ringleader has great synergy. 7. Astral dragon to copy your lands into 3/3 dragons. Pair with Intruder alarm or Vigean Graftmage to combo off.

@Lunaarvibes Ай бұрын

Finally a video on this style of Xavier. I have had this same deck idea since I saw this commander come out. But it has been so hard to find people discussing or theorizing about this version of them. Thank you so much for the video! Your deck varied a lot from mine but you sold me on some cards.

@20x20 Ай бұрын

haven't looked at the decklist yet, but I'd say that spark double and irenicus' vile duplication would be real good in this because you can then make copies of xavier that are non-legendary and they are each proliferate/populate targets, respectively.

@guru_of_discomfort5328 Ай бұрын

This is awesome! Definitely some really good casual play picks. I look forward to seeing what else you come up with

@SwedeRacerDC Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Definitely a cool deck to look into. I had a couple ideas for creatures that you may like in your deck. Master Biomancer comes to mind as a broken guy to copy making each one enter with exponentially more counters to be able to remove and populate more. Biophagus is just a good manadork that gives you counters to work with. Evolution Sage will give you proliferation with landfall triggers. Vigean Graftmage could be an all-star here. Get him out before Xavier to graft a counter onto Xavier. Then you can untap Xavier multiple times and abuse him even more. There are infinite mana combos that you could do with this. Finally, Ayara's Oathsworn will be an incredibly broken tutor here if you can get it going. Once it deals combat damage to get that 4th counter (possibly only after dealing it once before and proliferating twice), you will tutor for anything you need or just want. Then remove the counter with Xavier. Don't proliferate her anymore and just keep tutoring every time she deals combat damage. She should hopefully win you the game even if it's in a bit of a standstill. Just make sure she can get through somewhere. Some of these may not be good with how you built the deck, only you will know that answer, but I thought I would suggest some cards

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

Will definitely put Ayara's Oathsworn and Graftmage in! Very cool creatures I haven't seen before 👍👍👍

@SwedeRacerDC Ай бұрын

This is a very interesting commander to build around. I think I want to put him into my Attaxa unique counters deck, which is built around Perrie the Pulverizer, not infect or superfriends.

@izzyv830 Ай бұрын

chronozoa is such a fun card to break. im so excited to put it in the new obeka

@starslayer18 Ай бұрын

Right there with you. Chronozoa is essentially the Scute Swarm of Obeka, Splitter of Seconds. She is going to be so much fun to build.

@charlespriest2103 Ай бұрын

If I’m not mistaken doesn’t the cronozoa trick not work because you assign the target of the populate before you pay the cost of tapping and removing a counter so while on the next turn you could populate cronozoa tokens you can’t have 3 on the turn it dies

@charlespriest2103 Ай бұрын

Also city of death is is good tech thanks

@alexreffand Ай бұрын

No, it doesn't target and it isn't modal. You create the token and choose what it's copying as the ability resolves. Since removing the time counter is part of paying the cost to activate it, chronozoa triggers and resolves before Xavier Sal, creating two tokens. Then Xavier Sal's ability resolves, so it sees the two tokens for you to choose from.

@pizza_for_cowboys Ай бұрын

It all depends on if the Chronozoa dies before the Populate trigger resolves. Since removing the last Time Counter is part of the activated cost, I'm pretty sure it has to be sacrificed before Xavier populates. But I can see it going either way. Even if you don't get 3 Chronozoa turn 5, getting 2 of them is still very good!

@SwedeRacerDC Ай бұрын

Since Chronozoa has fading, it will be sacrificed when the last is removed before populate resolves. The biggest thing here is that populate says choose and doesn't require a target. Very good use of chronozoa. This is what I call the lieutenant of the deck, because it really serves the commander so well