Bright Palm, Soul Awakener, the king of copy pasting

[@Laach826]

I will fight you on this, that furry can clearly bend and articulate those hands however they want. Just because their nickname is centered around their fighting style doesn't mean their bedroom style is also weakened.

[@maldhound]

The Might Guy pfp is selling me on this so well

[@_underscore_9271]

And besides, she's HAWT!

[@kraxosOBK]

​@maldhound I mean if anyone would know about throwing hands..

[@bigbone_99]

Thanks Guy-sensei

[@xaiverbres7335]

@@maldhoundit’s probably more the pic of might guy directly next to the words “I’ll fight you on this” rather than the argument tbh

[@makingnoises2327]

In form, spitting, top of his game, straight fire, unstoppable, impeccable, well-rested, nimble and precise, in-his-lane moisturized focused flourishing

[@alxcamara1325]

I had a small glitch of dyslexia and read moisturized as "circumcised"

[@Keyw]

are these keywords I can steal?

[@mariapolternest7993]

Zetalpa?

[@alxcamara1325]

@@Keyw this is the card text for new unreleased alphabet soup dinosaur

[@Nr4747]

A good description of Bright-Palm, but what about this KZbinr, BaldDog or whatever ?

[@paulcurran302]

Honestly, I feel like they missed a flavor chance with Bright-Palms here. I don’t know what, but doubling +1/+1 counters doesn’t seem right for a commander that has soul fists and enlightenment vibes

[@Chamber37]

Can't lie I agree, love the Backup precon but Shalai and Hallar are just better to run with

[@XvaleckX]

I also agree

[@nathones]

I concur

[@Lightmagician60]

The multiple hands symbolize the +1/+1 counters. And by the time you're done something has reached Nirvana and is alot to thousand fists your ass

[@thefierypaladin126]

@@Chamber37I feel the same way about the convoke precon. Traft and Rem are amazing and unique, so why is Kasla, the most card ever, on the box?

[@Belvayne]

Doubling ETB's is also really fun with backup effects. Let's double the counters, double the backups and double the suffering of our opponents

[@tepami]

wait but backup isn't a counter right?

[@ExeEspe-by2ct]

@@tepamibackup puts a +1/+1 counter on a target creature on etb

[@justinbrush126]

Also double the combats. I see that red mana symbol up there.

[@_underscore_9271]

And there are also cards that specifically double backup counters

[@JackSears95]

I bet you could make a shaman deck with this and Roaming Throne and do something crazy.

[@MrMinger]

I ran this as a clone commander and i am now forever team back up, that shit scales so good. Doubling becomes quadrupling becomes octupling real quick with rionya and a haste enabler

[@_underscore_9271]

Yeah, swinging for 24 commander damage that can't be chump blocked on turn 3 is definitely awesome, (and something you only get away with once before your pod makes you eat your deck)

[@LupineVolt]

I'll never surrender in my quest to get my commander roasted. Tell me exactly what is wrong with Volo, Guide to Monsters.

[@tetra654]

As a fellow Volo player I hope the answer is mutate, clones, or both.

[@AZDfox]

The man steals eyes and knows nothing, that's what's wrong with him

[@androkguz]

Everything

[@techpriest8965]

I want to see my jolly encyclopedist featured too! It boils down to us Simic players gaslighting the opponents by saying "look, I must play anti-tribal! What a fun and fair restriction". And if Volo survives on the board for one turn - it is war crimes time again.

[@CUATROMORCE]

well actually nothing, he is a pretty chill guy.

[@InquisitorReid]

No joke, i originally only bought the precon for the sliver tokens, but after a massive rework, she's become one of my favorite decks to run. Through a combination of battles and hideaway nonsense, the deck is all about getting BIG to win Wild Prizes.

[@moviefan2236]

I'm reeling in sympathetic pain from that ending, holy crap.

[@TaosoftheVoid]

MY GIRL BRIGHT PALM! I've been waiting for this! She is definitely my favorite commander. Very cool card that can swing for 11 suddenly even in her precon. Also the pretty fox lady can unquestionably get it. Souls ain't the only thing getting awakened!

[@pascalsimioli6777]

So we just openly admit to bestiality now? Ew

[@tanith117]

@@pascalsimioli6777 Its Furry, Slightly more Socially Acceptable, and also makes mad cash somehow.

[@Allodan678]

Agreed. Wish she had more lore tbh, the background they gave her sounded awesome and I was really sad we didn't get to see it elaborated on like other precon commanders get

[@TaosoftheVoid]

@@pascalsimioli6777 What in the world? How did you get that from my comment?

[@MrDoctorJudge]

@@pascalsimioli6777 bad bait

[@Orangebacon1-v2y]

Attempt 2 at asking for your local biblical plague, the Locust God

[@princeofrain1428]

My sincere reaction this whole video was just "hoo lordy"

[@DAsrada]

I think Maldhound is malding because a Birds of Paradise suddenly grew massive muscles and smushed him.

[@shahryarmishra5858]

"They wanna get letters involved" Green learns Algebra

[@energy538]

Despite buying this card's whole precon (the planechase got to me) I don't think I have ever actually played it. Slotted in Shalai and Hallar instead and never looked back. This should be fun.

[@Belvayne]

Bright-palm is fun but he got a bit repetitive for me so I tend to use Shalai and Hallar as well

[@ExeEspe-by2ct]

Most people do apparently

[@mysticr3448]

You good sir are a national treasure

[@jk2782]

Not only white, but red too for extra combats. Quad counters for the win!

[@hotdachsbun]

Bright-Palm understudy was a banger line. Kelsien the Plague, please funny man.

[@Allodan678]

As a Bright-Palm player I'm happy my girl finally got some mockery love. Just remember, she can give the counter to HERSELF and easily kill people with Commander damage. She is a beast in 1v1s and can definitely hold her own in 4 player pods.

[@FishSnackems]

Even worse with Conclave Sledge-Captian and haste. Granted you'd need 10 mana but you'd get a 12/11

[@Allodan678]

@@FishSnackems The highest I've ever gotten her was 324 power. She was bounced to hand within a turn cycle

[@FishSnackems]

@@Allodan678 I've managed to get her to 500k, about to breech multi-millions. The perks of playing against low power lol

[@Trasgobardo]

That Backup ability almost got me for my Marchesa deck, but in the end it didn't win me over. And speaking of her. . . Marchesa, The Black Rose is the best employee poacher there is. She just straight one ups any health care plans from the competition with her "Die and Come Back as Good as New to Continue Work the Next Day". All perfectly legal and humane, of course~

[@alexzandermanning6094]

This is not even the most busted commander in its own precon. That’s Shalai and Hallar. Straight Macgyver . Can go infinite with a pencil and a rubber duck.

[@mercymercy6837]

you have to actively try not to go infinite, and even then you might just do it on accident

[@Regaren1]

Hook it up with a hydraulic press had me dying

[@prosamis]

Hey man I laughed liked then clicked away but some time later I remembered that people don't get the support and appreciation that they deserve at all so I just wanted to say I love your content and somehow your jokes continue to be fresh and really funny! Keep it up and I hope you reach the place in life you want to

[@byroniousprime8078]

Hairy palms lives matter, get in on this furry train.

[@ThePrimith]

Honestly, this might be my favorite roast you've done of any MtG card to date.

[@claytonvoller3426]

My favorite mono green deck is Radagast. I think it’s pretty fair compared to other green BS. Plus the unique creature types is fun.

[@ryftedmage1404]

Didn’t know it was a precon so I bought all the cards for this deck. It’s backup tribal and I have cards in there that let me fling my big creatures at other people. Truly a fun time

[@clarencealger8380]

Bright-Palm is okay. What people should be worried are some of the support cards he came with. Conclave Sledge Captain comes in with three instances of backup 1 you can give to three different targets or just one big buff dork. It gets trample, three +1/+1 counters, and an effect that says it gets that it gets as much more counters on it for the damage it causes to a player. If those counters are applied to anyone else but Conclave Sledge Captain, they get triple that ability, too. That means if you deal 3 damage from recipient of all 3 backups, you get 9 counters on that boi. You know who else is in that precon? Death-Greeter's Champion. Dude got Dash, backup 1, doublestrike. Make it Conclave Sledge Captain's progeny and you get a double swing. Better yet, apply both backups to a different creature and it's good game. The only thing stopping this from happening is the fact that they're all expensive to cast. But here's the kicked. They have Hamza. Dude can discount 1 generic from any creature's casting cost, including himself, for every creature on the field with +1/+1 counter in it. Drop that boy down and everyone's like 1 or 2 drop. My circle got me to pick up my Marath deck again because that one I made with group hug. Btw, I used Bright Palm once in the 99 of my Marath. That also came with Kalonian Hydra and haste. nobody sees the naya commander damage until it's too late and it's time to calculate damage.

[@_underscore_9271]

Woohoo! My favorite commander, (also my first commander, but...) +1/+1 is so over supported, that just about any opening hand that includes rogue's passage, and krenko tin street kingpin will have you full swinging for thousands in damages divided among your army of 400 goblins by turn 4, because it doesn't matter what else you draw when every single card in the deck is either ramp, protection, or a counter/damage/token doubler. I have actually had games where the final swing ended up dealing over 20,000 unblockable damage I know that there are a lot of ways to deal with a brightpalm deck, and it isn't necessarily all that powerful, but man does it make number go big fast, and in the end, that's all that really matters isn't it?

[@Belvayne]

Ever tried forgotten ancient with shalai and hallar? Moving counters from forgotten ancient counts as placing counters on something which Shalai and Hallar really likes

[@_underscore_9271]

@@Belvayne yeah, along with other counter movers, it was a fun playstyle, but unfortunately, in my experience at least, shalai and hallar strategies struggle because they require s&h to be alive when you add counters, where with brightpalm, I can just drop her, enjoy my counters, and let her die if need be

[@provocative1122]

@@_underscore_9271 Yeah, plus, at least in my opinion, Bright Palm feels more fun to play with. You have to think about what creatures to attack with, where her backup and doubling should go, while S&H can just passively sit in the back row or swing in untroubled in the air.

[@conchurfitzsimons570]

​@@provocative1122 In addition, S+H can give a nasty infinite damage combo with The Red Terror (which gives itself +1/+1 counters when a red source deals damage) so I see it as the toxic commander of the 2. BP just seems more fun overall

[@KirioGameNote]

Thanking maldhound for making my favorite mtg content on the internet. Also what are your thoughts on kadena, the morph commander?

[@ninjaman0003]

People underestimate conclave sledge captain. It has backup 1 three times. That means it can give trample “gets counters equal to damage done” three times. And my favorite way to use it is all on one creature so it gets 3/3, trample, and counters equal to triple damage. It’s hilarious.

[@TheMorbidHobo]

Marath enjoys this new offering. Thank you.

[@carstein5696]

Goddamn this was an inspired roast. 10/10 maybe the best you've made so far. Though I don't think anything will top the individual line "I would crawl through broken glass for a sniff" Also goreclaw, terror roast. 🅱️lease.

[@cmdrvimes72]

Nahiri's Resolve, a card so purpose built to break Back up that its just a picture of an explosion, being in color and rampable thanks to the added green just makes this go from awful to apocalypse

[@jacobd1984]

Damn, I was just about to make a crack about "look at all those hands, of course Bright-Palm can get it". Good thing I watched to the end

[@BaconJake14]

I want to see him roast Dakkon Blackblade. Such an innocuous card with such a simple text box but an absolute workhorse in the right deck

[@RuroniKaito]

Congradulations Mald, i now need to remake this card as Might Guy

[@TSAdu]

This video doubled my mana and gave it to the next walking ballista

[@HexDotXenagogue]

Ok, this was one of my favorite builds and she slaps like nobody's business (heh). You'd figure he'd mention the red shenanigans' of creating a copy to backup bright palm with a different bright palm that zaps itself due to legendary rule.

[@eagled20]

I've been having a blast with my new favorite commander who is incredibly fair. Inferno of the Star Mounts. I like to call it my "build a bomb" deck as it is similar to Ashling the Pilgrim but funnier.

[@Edge0fElysium]

Obligatory "Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier" would give this backup ability to all of your creatures btw lmaoooo

[@spoopyboi1882]

"Go hook it up with a hydraulic press..." Sir, there are people who would be into that as their final act

[@hades91245]

While we're on +1/+1 strategies, Runadi, his first ability is practically a maths exam problem.

[@StormTheOnigiri]

adding this to my K&T group hug to boost up other player's counters

[@vaperroreon]

my first magic deck and love being represented

[@lachlanmacpherson4049]

I actually like this commander she is a lot of fun if you aren't just playing a random pile. This video was great

[@slicemup9]

I'm on my hands and knees Mald, I'm begging and praying and shiddin and farding. Give me Tovolar, Dire Overlord.

[@CheekiBreki420]

Bright palm and harmonic prodigy love each other

[@AGenomeSoldier]

Has the Mald done Atraxa, Grand Unifier? It seems ripe for the roasting.

[@dragonfeets2032]

I'm surprised you didn't mention things that double the triggers so that's all happening 4 or 5 times a turn. (like panharmonicon, harmonic prodigy, or mirror shield hoplite)

[@austinbrown2833]

Hilarious as always! Would love a roast of one of my favorite mono red legends Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

[@stripeybag6977]

Either Nashi would be nice to see Moon's Scion or Moon's Legacy.

[@kelduarjudgester9083]

Yeeess, more red green white counter creation, Shalai and Hallar will be pleased at this

[@androkguz]

I don't really think you need blinking. It either entered this turn, giving the ability to another creature, or it's attacking, triggering it herself. Or maybe I'm thinking too small and the real fun is too blink get multiple times per turn

[@maldhound]

Between white blink and red copies, you can plonk this onto your whole board real fast

[@Thetracker69]

Oh man, that just gives me so many fuckin ideas. Mirror Box + all of the red/colorless copying shenanigans I can muster. Bright-Palms, Clone Awakener.

[@syrelian]

@@maldhound Why buff the whole board? BACKUP EFFECTS STACK, you can flicker her repeatedly, and put all the Backup on one guy who now has 4 Backup effect copies and multiplies his four counters by 16x

[@Iceboxbeefboy]

Idk nahiris resolves kinda fucks hard in this deck

[@MusicoftheDamned]

White gives you blink effects and protection. Red give you cloning and haste effects to get around blink reapplying summon sickness. (And Green gives you ramp and +1/+1 doubling and, because it's Green, even more protection effects...and infect if you want to be a monster.)

[@kirodos]

I literally named my Bright Palm deck "The Power of Friendship."

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Can't wait for the GU Return to Strixhaven commander who asks us to integrate an exponential function just to find out how big the Fractal tokens are.

[@justnobody5527]

Okay but now that you mention hydrolic presses, like ya know

[@jordanchalker7363]

Having recently rebuilt this deck, I do love dealing over 100 commander damage

[@nicholasbenson5880]

The entire video I was waiting for the "this has access to white" for blink 🤣

[@Blooming.Grove1]

Let's get Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer with that morph!!!

[@geoshark12]

The problem comes in with that white white and green have quite a few “ if this gets counters then every other creature gets counters

[@evandurham8908]

Didn't know this existed. Now very *very* tempted to swap out Halana and Alena, Partners as commander and add some white bouncing to my red-green creature slurry.

[@Exile559]

I have this deck. Can confirm. Regularly commits war crimes with 50/50 trample creatures.

[@clem2526]

Maidhound is sleeping on the palm job 😊

[@sacredoath3167]

What/Whomst do I need to sacrifice for some hatin' on my Edgar Markov - absolutely love this series btw

[@FlawlessGoBot]

I too would like to see the funny man sass grandpa

[@michelebenedetti7507]

I am politely asking for a roast of Malik the grim conspirator. It's my personal guilty pleasure and he has gotten me almost banned from my LGS

[@abayal5814]

I mean he do be lookin fine tho

[@DreamingFool9189]

Could you do Jorn God of Winter for this Holiday Season?

[@D.3.Z]

Dammit I was hoping this would go unnoticed lol. This is my main EDH deck except Shalai and Hallar is my commanders

[@ExeEspe-by2ct]

Could you please do Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch?

[@lichtheimer]

Not only is it Green doing the double counter nonsense and White doing it's "left toe in, left toe out" shenanigans but it also has Red. That means it's gonna give all those creature Haste, do extra combats, AND make treasure while doing it all to play more Green and White awfulness.

[@captainwaffles1]

If you copy the backed up creature, that copy would keep the effect permanently. or effects, if it had several backups applied.

[@hernandez2011til]

Ya, red also gives this extra attacks, so agree completely green is getting lazy

[@mizziummortars]

One day, Mald will roast Feather. But today is not that day.

[@ylygylygynda]

This video sold me the commander. This is gonna be my next deck.

[@matthewbillings5894]

If you want the king of big numbers you should do Thromok, the Insatiable.

[@jamesfoat667]

The worst thing about the backup ability, sundial of the infinite. So with all the white flickering they are also going to just let all their creatures have that ability

[@Kobold1650]

Would love a video on Rith, Liberated Primeval.

[@CoolWhip125698]

Toralf, God of Fury gets more angry the longer you don't do him.

[@Mex_Luigi]

I really respect a Bright-Palm player who doesn't blink their commander. (Me, I respect myself.)

[@theprotagonists2019]

Day I've already forgotten of asking for the best wooden boy Reaper King

[@AvaricioDues]

Panharmacon also makes backup broken by triggering it again

[@daemonxblaze]

Once again I beg the Lord of Roasts to take a Crack at Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, my favorite commander

[@ofox716]

Dihada, Binder of Wills.

[@Drahjan_TheoryBREAK]

I have a serious problem. The first thought I had when you started talking about this card was literally: "This would make an excellent card for a Sliver Deck." Second thought was to make a Hydra/Dragon deck with this card. Third: Corpsjack Menace would make for a beautiful combo card.

[@syrelian]

From what others have said, the precon had Sliver tokens so it was totally sliver nonsense

[@AbystomaMexicanium]

This one really feels personal lol

[@eliastro66]

Your videos make my day

[@domadair2168]

I fully believe Charix the Raging Isle will come next

[@mrgarneau4895]

I want Treefrog roasted. Despite being vanilla, the deck can do some nutty things

[@ShinjiSixteen]

Once again: 10/10, no notes Roast on, king

[@ProfBrunoClemente]

Can you do Narci, Fable Singer, please?

[@tylert6837]

Felt that calculus statement

[@kierafurneaux3172]

And still playing second fiddle to Gordon Ramsay but-an-elf

[@takeyouforgranite7850]

Smeagol, Helpful Guide, I am crying and screaming and shitting, please give my gross boy some love

[@colinbamsey5262]

calling you out on the can he get it: He's called BrightPalm but the fingers are where he really shines

[@aganaom1712]

I saw this card and my first thought was "they figured how to give light paws decks access to vorinclex" Run

[@coleprater8228]

that with gyre sage is dummy thicc

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Lost track but asking once again for a video on Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

[@roberthicks3086]

Pssst. Do Neera and the kitty of the infinite. Neera, displacer kitten, flip cards until you hit omniscience, then flip until you hit thousand year storm, then flip until you hit any damage spell.

[@corwynjohnson4066]

Easily one of my strongest decks, yea he doesn't do anything original but the package is so tight that one spell hitting the battlefield turns my 3/3 hydra into an 8/8 with the ability to do it next turn or in two even if you remove him.

[@sonic21blast88]

Ah yes backup the atta boy with a little more kick