Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait | EDH Three Ways [Commander Strategies for Every Player]

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait is a Simic (Blue, Green) commander, that is getting printed into the Magic: The Gathering Multiverse, coming to us from Commander Legends, as a new commander at the helm of the deck: Reap the Tides. Reap the Tides is a new Commander Pre-constructed (pre-con) deck that will be released alongside Commander Legends Booster Boxes and Collector Booster boxes. Joel offers 3 different strategies (for every player) for building Aesi, each doing its best to utilize Aesi to its best potential! Aesi is a phenomenal draw engine for your deck and is a great commander if you like having big creatures in your deck. In the strong category, we start things off leaning into the landfall mechanic heavily, followed by fun: Serpent Tribal: how many big creatures can we reasonably fit into the deck, and finally, the mean way will focus on big mana and taking over the board! There is a lot to go over! Check out the video and thanks for spending your time with us!
About the Three-Ways Series:
Some people like their chicken wings sweet while others prefer them scorching hot; either way, you are eating chicken. Magic the Gathering is a game with many different rules and building a Commander deck that works takes some time and strategy. Understanding the commander of your deck will help inform a deck-building plan that works for you. In this series, Joel discusses commander strategies for every player. This broad-strokes approach will give you a basic breakdown of the commander and three different ways you can build your deck to work with its abilities, without providing a full deck-tech.
What is Commander:
Commander, officially recognized on June 17, 2011, originated from a format called EDH (Elder Dragon Highlander-- there can only be one). The first time we played EDH was around 2009. It is easily the best way to play Magic: The Gathering. The idea was to have a casual format with 100 cards and only a single copy of any one card, with a General: a singular Legendary Creature card in its own zone that can be cast any time, once you have the mana for it. If your general is removed, it goes up by a casting cost of 2 for each time it is removed. Once WOTC officially recognized the format and printed the first Commander product, your General was instead called your Commander and instead of the format being called EDH, it instead became recognized as Commander. If you ever hear anyone say EDH, they are talking about Commander. Make sure to know the cards that are banned in the format before building your deck (listed below).
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[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait 1. Strong - Landfall a. Tatyova b. Retreat to Coralhelm c. Zendikar's Roil d. Rampaging Baloths (in deck) e. Roil Elemental f. Courser of Kruphix g. Oracle of Mul Daya ($30) h. Tireless Tracker i. Trade Routes j. Field of the Dead 2. Fun - Serpent Tribal a. Serpent of Yawning Depths b. Deep-Sea Kraken c. Pearl-Lake Ancient d. Stormsurge Kraken e. Inkwell Leviathan f. Deepchannel Mentor g. Thassa, God of the Sea h. Archeype of Imagination 3. Mean - Big Mana a. Scapeshift b. Splendid Reclamation c. Boundless Realms d. Freed from the Real i. Bloom Tender ii. Mul Daya Channelers iii. Arixmethes iv. Gyre Engineer v. Argothian Elder vi. Krosan Restorer e. Omniscience f. Jin-Gitaxias g. Kozilek h. Ulamog i. Finale of Devastation j. Walking Ballista

[@coachmt1082]

out of you FUN list. what cards would you take out to add the 8 cards?

[@matthewhall3654]

This was such a great video! Beginner player here and I’ve learned so much from you bro. Totally watching your videos from now on for any advice! Thanks again!

[@benjaminkaye5119]

Intros on point , and some of the secret outtros are comedic gold.

[@thefinalsins]

Impressed by your video. Thank you for the tips.

[@TheRichard714]

Such a great commander... I'm so grateful for this card.

[@tidus001]

Still optimizing my Gyruda/Gigan theft/clone deck and now they drop this bombshell. Sea themed decks are my favorite decks so definitely going to pick this one up. Keep up the good work, you guys are consistently putting out great videos.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

we appreciate it! you keep watching and we'll keep creating!

[@PraiseGodandJesus528]

I just ordered a bunch of cards to improve this commander deck and NOW this video pops up lol.. good thing I got most of the cards you recommended🤙

[@richardmoody6361]

Ok I got this deck thanks for the tips of the three ways to build it, I think I might go for the land support build for it. 😄

[@amaruvermelljack7388]

Intro, is the best of this videos!!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Glad you think so!

[@eliasaurus4461]

Ngl I really come to these videos for the intros😂😂😂 keep them up👌

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

XD

[@benzpinto]

precisely. same here.

[@Malvoric114]

I believe my deck list is a big mix of strong and mean. Running ancient greenwarden and lotus cobra. Then use scapeshift to get double ETB triggers off cobra and my commander fill my hand with cards and use all the mana from cobra to drop omniscience to cast all the cards I pile into my hand. My pod just scoops everytime

[@hoseadowning2814]

Honestly I'd say the meanest Aesi strat to take advantage of is the deck filtering aspect. Just get some fetch lands and cards like crucible of worlds, ramunap excavator, or ancient greenwarden which also allows for double landfall triggers (useful later) to play as many lands as possible each turn plus you get each trigger twice with both the fetch and the land it gets entering. If you use card doublers like Teferi's ageless insight, thought reflection, and Alhamaret's archive in tandem with redundant/copy cards like Sakishima, double major, Tatyova, horn of greed, and spark double you can just draw your deck and win with lab man, Jace, or thasa's oracle.

[@MustangMike52]

This guy with ruin crab, Teferis insight, teferi master of time, azusa and that new sphinx from commander legends gets disgusting real quick. Lands draw and mill for days. Play reshape the earth, drop 10 lands, make em mill 30 and that's a wrap

[@benjaminkaye5119]

Would love to see Obeka 3 ways. Ending the turn early seems unique and fun.

[@sarico7827]

I agree with this and I made more push to landfall. I still have fish and some big mama like gen wave.

[@Badassest]

I like the fun way😁

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

:)

[@dylanwilliams8007]

Play horn of greed tatyova Aesi and other draw spells. Also Azusa and wayward sword tooth go good. Reshape the earth and boundless realms are musts and pretty much anything that makes mana. Ashnods altar goes good if you play scute swarm. That’ll give you two win cons if you play thassas oracle and lab maniac. Search lands are pretty important too because they’re 2 landfalls per drop. you can essentially be getting 8-9 landfalls a turn if you play appropriate ramp spells paired with the 3 cards I first mentioned. As soon as you cast reshape the earth it’s pretty much done. Especially if you have amulet of vigor. (You’re drawing so much it won’t take long to find it)

[@jarekhartwell6235]

I'm so sad this guy was nominated for the golden toilet since he isn't unique for simic. I love this guy!! He is so fun to play since he gives so much advantage for playing lands (Also can u do a surgeon commander one next)

[@TheRichard714]

Yeah Aesi did not deserve that...

[@CaptVooDooGaming]

Is there a way to play a mix of these ways? I’m a newer magic player and just impressed by the many different ways to play magic

[@Rabid_Wombat]

Can't believe you don't have more subscribers...keep up the great vids 👍👍

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks, will do! Appreciate your comment!

[@doomaster6265]

My favorite way that i built aesi was a deck out build where you try to make token copies of aesi and continue doing so or play into control with frozen aetherand silent arbiter

[@ShinobiBiz]

On TappedOut, look up the deck Flash Dance. You are welcome.

[@silvertiger4441]

Retreat , plus walking atlas and Asei with a bounce land is infinite draws/landfall etb.

[@BathrobeKeck]

I'm thinking a blend of the three

[@metroplexgrimlock7089]

I want to play with that landfall ability, play more lands. I want to use the blue and green Archetypes and Ulamog

[@ldragondeity]

So becomes you can draw a lot, and I mean a lot if you get some more cards that can copy aesi, and end up running say I don't know.... Tezzeret, Cruel Machinist since his -7 can put any number of cards in you hand onto the field as 5/5 artifact creatures. Just run some stuff that eliminates your hand size( they're some that come with the deck itself) you can quite little flood the field. Only down side with my deck is that its kinda slow, but you can get things running turn 5 or 6 usually, 3 or 4 if you're lucky.

[@sgt_excaliber8147]

So the aesi, tyrant of gyre strait can play two lands per turn or can put as many as long as you have lands to put? Help ty

[@samrose5780]

Spawning Kraken from Commander 21 would be a solid addition to the tribal, 9/9 Kraken for every ocean boi that does combat damage to a player!

[@jonathonharris1758]

What’s the card the gives you the tokens that keep dying and giving you a bigger token. It is also sea creatures themed token?

[@javieralfioun7454]

But what cards should I remove from the deck to put those on??

[@4RESKO]

Your the GOAT!!! #TappedOut

[@Badassest]

It would be funny to make a strong/fun/mean with both the rabbit and turtle commander, could be thematic and comparative with uses for fast and slow strategies😃

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

love that idea

[@periodichs7727]

I wouldn’t say retreat to choralhiem is nessciarly a strong only choice, since scout and others that can tap to put a land into play is dangerous for commanders like aesi, and tatyova. Having an ability to draw cards on a commander off of land fall and have it be redundant, now makes simic even more dangerous. Since there is a huge possibility that you’re able to draw the deck with multiple land falls that come From the same turn

[@alanstern6930]

If you are already putting in retreat to coralhelm shouldn't you put in the other half of the combo?

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

yeah - I honestly was originally planning to include that but I felt like since this is a precon commander I wanted to keep it simple and hope that people would come across that as an infinite combo for further upgrades

[@primaldragon240]

I run with this camander and adept abilitys with land

[@fanaticalrage89]

Question. If you copy this card do you then get to use it's play an additional land and draw card affect twice?

[@andrewulrich5570]

I would assume if you could get past legendary rule? Not sure though

[@kylemattox2080]

Yes. Put sakashima of a thousand faces or spark double in there to break the legend rule

[@chanceespinosa3861]

I'm too high for that into bruv🤣

[@chrishusted9296]

If you keep running the 3 bounce lands, sakura tribe scout make coralhelm an infinite land drop loop. Aesi can win off thoracle and labman.

[@hoseadowning2814]

Yeah, this also works with walking atlas

[@chrishusted9296]

@@hoseadowning2814 yup, I think I run like scout, atlas, and skyshroud ranger in the deck. They're all fantastic for the deck in general and a combo piece when you can get coralhelm out.

[@bobbyz5443]

I wonder how you would remake this with all of the simic copying shenanigans from Strix in simic

[@tielove]

If I have two lands to play on my turn, does that mean I draw TWO cards (one for each land played) or does Aesi only allow one card draw per round of putting lands down?

[@bigchungus2536]

Yes you draw each time a land enters your field.

[@hountybunter]

Yes even when you manage to play 5 lands or more. You draw for each land you play.

[@hountybunter]

Yes even when you manage to play 5 lands or more. You draw for each land you play.

[@jeremylindemann3933]

Please do Kwain, Itinerant Meddler.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

added to the list

[@dustinjackson8270]

I feel like if you want a simic landfall just get tatoyva it’s the same just a mana cheaper you can’t play extra lands with her but do you really need to invest the 1 more to have another creature that says you may play extra lands honestly people should just build this the fun way as sea creature tribal

[@wilson5793]

If you do the risen reef, scutte swarm, parcelbeast combo, Aesi is def worth it. Play two fetch lands in one turn and boom, you'll probably draw your entire deck

[@xx_mirai_xx7479]

lmao i built Aesi landfall combo primarily extra turns dead eye navigator and drake with dryad arbor also has thassa wins

[@ste7en777]

The mean face scared me a little pee came out

[@Offensivetrackrecord]

Ramp, control, draw, trample

[@micheal5973]

Mentions coralheim but doesn’t mention the infinite combo with it a bounce land and a creature u can tap to play a land

[@mtgmeansmagic4758]

Ooo nice catch

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

yeah, you weren't the only one to point that out - I tried to keep this three ways to build a little more straightforward, as it's a precon commander. I thought that if we included that, people might find that infinite on their own. Thanks for watching!

[@vexvesper]

I basically cloned my commander so I can draw three times per land drop. Synergize that with unlimited hand size and zendikar resurgent

[@fanaticalrage89]

Does this work? Like it's a legit thing? My friend did it while playing me and I thought surely that can't be right. But just went with it cuz magic does have some pretty messed up mechanics lol

[@rymaxrules6416]

@@fanaticalrage89 Magic rules stats that there can’t be multiple of a legendary creature on the field at one time, sorry bro

[@emansfield2017]

@@rymaxrules6416 not true, spark double can copy and that legend rule doesn’t apply. Sorry bro

[@Zap2x_93]

1:50 Strong >:D 5:47 FUN 9:03 mean >:|

[@dewaynecurtis2753]

I created mine as a Ruthless mill machine.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Lol that's super mean but sounds really dope

[@dewaynecurtis2753]

Deck: Aesi Counts : 99 main / 1 sideboard Creatures:29 1 Ruin Crab 1 Coiling Oracle 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent 1 Chasm Skulker 1 Cosima, God of the Voyage // The Omenkeel 1 Eternal Witness 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore 1 Kefnet the Mindful 1 Ramunap Excavator 1 Thassa, God of the Sea 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle 1 Fathom Mage 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling 1 Wickerbough Elder 1 Acidic Slime 1 Alrund, God of the Cosmos // Hakka, Whispering Raven 1 Body of Knowledge 1 Kruphix, God of Horizons 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 1 Murkfiend Liege 1 Consecrated Sphinx 1 Avenger of Zendikar 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent 1 Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer 1 Simic Sky Swallower 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar 1 Windreader Sphinx 1 Stormtide Leviathan 1 Inkwell Leviathan Spells:33 1 Burgeoning 1 Exploration 1 Sol Ring 1 Counterspell 1 Elfhame Sanctuary 1 Explore 1 Growth Spiral 1 Jace's Erasure 1 Maddening Cacophony 1 Open into Wonder 1 Rampant Growth 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Thought Vessel 1 Cultivate 1 Didn't Say Please 1 Field Research 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Midnight Clock 1 Myth Unbound 1 Psychic Corrosion 1 Replicating Ring 1 Retreat to Kazandu 1 Rites of Flourishing 1 Sphinx's Tutelage 1 Teferi's Tutelage 1 Aetherize 1 Maskwood Nexus 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight 1 Reflections of Littjara 1 Spitting Image 1 Stolen Identity 1 Alrund's Epiphany 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God Lands:37 1 Blighted Woodland 1 Command Tower 1 Coral Atoll 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Faceless Haven 1 Forge of Heroes 1 Guildless Commons 1 Hinterland Harbor 1 Lumbering Falls 1 Memorial to Genius 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Opal Palace 1 Rejuvenating Springs 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Rimewood Falls 1 Rupture Spire 1 Shimmerdrift Vale 1 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Simic Guildgate 4 Snow-Covered Forest 5 Snow-Covered Island 1 Temple of Mystery 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Thornwood Falls 1 Thriving Grove 1 Thriving Isle 1 Vivid Creek 1 Vivid Grove 1 Woodland Stream 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary Sideboard:1 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

[@dragonballtalk8527]

He said mean in a funny way

[@mtgmeansmagic4758]

Lol I’m still not convinced Joel knows how to be mean

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

ok next time I'll be mean

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

I'M TRYING - there, I yelled, does that count

[@mtgmeansmagic4758]

@@JakeandJoelareMagic lol niiiice

[@undeadoctopus97]

This guy with scute swarm are broken

[@brianmulvey6132]

Just so people know bloom tender is a 45 dollar card

[@bigchungus2536]

And I'll never forgive myself for trading mine when I was new to the game and didn't know how good it is.

[@matthewlugo2417]

First replace aesi with tatiyova

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

lol!