Commander Deck with 97 Wastes

[@nathanl8622]

If you include the player running it you can up that count to 98 wastes.

[@PhyrexianFleshgorger]

Ha! Better than the whole video!

[@under9081]

Came here to make this comment, seems I was 45 minutes too late xD

[@wiiblewobble]

💀

[@TheGriftcast]

Sensible chuckle.

[@ZeroIsEven]

😂 Waste of time makes 99

[@unnamedminus]

If you don't have approach of the second sun in your hand remember there are only 3 possible outcomes when you draw from your deck: you draw a waste, you draw narset's, or you draw approach of the second sun. This means you have a 1/3 chance to draw approach of the second sun each turn

[@RaceBandit]

Outcomes do not always have equal probabilities.

[@unnamedminus]

@@RaceBandit that was the joke, yes... Thank you for pointing it out for us

[@KilerKlownFromSpace]

I think it's actually 50/50, because you either draw Approach of the Second Sun, or you don't.

[@unnamedminus]

@@KilerKlownFromSpace Tru tho!

[@muhlor]

@@RaceBandit you failed miserably. This channel is def. not four you, kek.

[@Kwevin6659]

The wincon for this deck is 100% A.S.S. (Approach of the Second Sun)

[@TheLPfunnTV]

200% cuz you play it twice duuhh

[@NbNgMOD]

300% if you have fork

[@makariosagios]

Interesting that the 2 non-land cards you use for this are white and blue.

[@RobMedellin]

Noah has been really quiet since this comment

[@oberlin27]

Because those colors ruin games and this is a showcase on one way they do it

[@RaceBandit]

@@oberlin27 | He's done these showcases for all five colors, not just Blue and White.

[@marcoottina654]

He doesn't want to taint Colossal Dreadmawl

[@Bee-eautiful]

he wants us to understand how they ruin the fun of magic

[@TheDudeManitee]

Noah made a deck with 97 wastes just so he could play azorius, I'm on to you, guy.

[@aglamarche]

Can we get the decklist somewhere?

[@bcfblack]

You know I always just took Noah's word for it that hard mulling would work here, but I did the math this time and being willing to mull down to 1 card gives you a ~40% chance to find Approach. Genius, 40% of the time it works every time, colorless is the best color (after green), Colossal Dreadmaw till I die

[@veronicaloki]

i did the math that also accounts for avoiding narset, and it goes down to 28.8%

[@bcfblack]

@@veronicaloki NICE I didn't factor in improved mulligan from Serum Powder, did you?

[@GlazedGoose]

@@veronicaloki if you get narset in your hand after you mulligan you can just put it on the bottom

[@kabobawsome]

@@bcfblack Serum Powder actually makes the odds WILD because if you have to count in getting a hand with Narset's Reversal and Serum Powder, preventing you from using Serum Powder's free mulligan.

[@redshirtnumber3494]

@@GlazedGooseTRUE

[@phantompop3192]

Speaking of Wastes, I really wish we had more Eldrazi that cared about them. We only have Walker of the Wastes.

[@hmroid6884]

It would be cool if eldrazi had another comeback with waste I imagine they would probably just end up trying to eat phyrexia Waste Detroit mechanics when?

[@phantompop3192]

@@hmroid6884 that’s be neat. Or they could do something like.. Landfall for Wastes specifically?

[@hmroid6884]

@@phantompop3192 maybe landfall, but idiotically more hostile? Or just extra use augmentation (ex: if you control a waste it gets 'tap add on poisen counter to self add two colorless mana)

[@phantompop3192]

@@hmroid6884 I was thinking more like: A new keyword: Desolation/Desolate And it could be “Whenever a Waste enters the battlefield under your control, **this creature/land/artifact/planeswalker, etc.**

[@adraxer12]

I run few of them in my urza liberator deck in case my oppononent let me search for basic land. Otherwise it's useless (a waste) cause you have better non-basic colorless lands cheaper

[@bradleykamm1823]

Replace the wastes with islands. That way, you can cast Narset's Reversal if you draw it.

[@oniinside123]

but it is all about asserting dominance, if you play Islands you manifest weakness

[@CapnWatson]

@@oniinside123 cabbage

[@oniinside123]

@@CapnWatson cauliflower!

[@Matisyahuwu]

Just pray to RNJesus you don't get her in your last mulligan down to 1 and you'll be fine, ish.

[@xaius4348]

maybe just 1 island?

[@anthonycannet1305]

There’s a game store near me that holds “casual” commander tournaments where you win by acquiring points rather than just coming first every round, every month the points change and you’re allowed to switch decks between rounds to get more points if your deck doesn’t happen to be able to get everything (you’re only allowed to get each point once). Well one month one of the points was having zero cards in hand, field, grave, or exile at your upkeep, so I played the Esika cultivator colossus deck you made a video for a while ago and mulligan down to zero to get the free point and still won

[@toolittletoolate]

Why did you put casual in quotes? If it's not cEDH then it's casual.

[@starcrossedfool]

​@@toolittletoolatebro ur 7 months late

[@anthonycannet1305]

@@toolittletoolate Because it's a tournament which is inherently competitive. There are bonus points and penalties to encourage more casual play but everyone is still competing for tournament prizes

[@leopardbunny]

@@toolittletoolate cEDH is an oxymoron.

[@jacehildebrandt4304]

Do you happen to play at obsidian games? Cause that sounds EXACTLY like my LGS LOL.

[@schmendrake]

Colorist ALSO has color in it. I'm not sure what that means, but I'm sure Noah can explain why its significant.

[@jeffbrownstain]

I finished my latest deck this week that's: -Entirely Incapable of producing colored mana -Incapable of doing any damage on its own -Plays only Artifacts -Can't ever Lose the Game -But more importantly, it also cannot win the game by any means other than a natural deck-out. It does not mill, it just gains life and recycles its own exiled and graveyard cards while protecting its hand. It also sacrifices lands to replay them from the graveyard. I made it so I never have to stop playing magic ever for the rest of my unlife.

[@pachpach6101]

Decklist?

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@pachpach6101 I'm not going to share the list until I'm done tuning it. Once I post it somewhere you can make your own version. It will be titled 'Lich's Horcrux' wherever I post it and that gives you some hints as to the playstyle and included cards. I still have about another $75 worth of singles to buy to finish my first version to test in real play.

[@techley4322]

@@jeffbrownstain Godspeed, and please share when you're done.

[@johngalbicsek5567]

Hope you have a way to get rid of rotpriest before the poison counters get you

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@johngalbicsek5567 I could be doing more, thanks for pointing it out. I have at least three solutions in the deck that could solve both rotpriest preemptively, xut once counters are stacked that will be more difficult to maintain. Considering this is an all colorless all artifact deck, I think its in flavor that poison be the only thing I stay worried about actually killing it.

[@ubbychubbs4238]

I saw this and clicked immediately. I just saw the classic Magic The Noah image and clicked it without thinking. No regrets

[@Orvieta]

Together with Brewer's Kitchen, this is honestly my favourite MTG channel. It's just different.

[@insignia9028]

You could also have one of the cards that says “draw until you get a creature card” then draw the whole deck

[@murlocmasher3368]

97 wastes is asserting maximum dominance

[@Gamebuster]

Since you have no creature cards, you would just deck yourself.

[@Cheapiebeepie]

Divide your deck into three. Select which third you think approach of the second sun is in. A neutral arbiter will look through all three stacks and remove one of the remaining two stacks that does not contain approach of the second sun. You are then given the opportunity to stick with the stack you’ve chosen, or switch.

[@TetrisTutorials]

Switch

[@Cheapiebeepie]

@@TetrisTutorials That's the logical choice. Well done on your inevitable magic the gathering win.

[@Chocomint_Queen]

I'll stick, because I've palmed Approach into the pile I chose. In fact, I have a second one in my lap, just in case.

[@stephendonovan9084]

The Monty Sun problem

[@pixaphy]

I need you to understand, I don't even play magic the gathering. I am so fascinated by this, the world of intentionally batshit card game decks is one that I will never get enough of

[@BadDrummerCarl]

Considering the price of wastes it would probably be cheaper to find utility lands that are colourless and trick your opponents into thinking you're a lands deck

[@SwagMaster824]

True but I think it’s just more funny if they’re all regular wastes.

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

“We’ve ascended past the need for color” “Colorless is a color”

[@dutssz]

Never ask Noah where did he got the second blue mana

[@maestroicarodecarvalho3947]

Did you read velociraptor codex's effect? You can cast without paying its mana cost, thats why you die if you get it in your hand...

[@maestroicarodecarvalho3947]

But to be frank, i was asking myself the same question. Thats why i would put 97 islands as precaution

[@truetrueevil1]

@@maestroicarodecarvalho3947 That did seem just a bit of a better idea.....

[@srobpencer]

6:00 If you use unsubstantiate (return target spell or creature to owner's hand for 1 colorless and 1 blue), approach will still be counted as a cast trigger so you don't have to worry about drawing unsubstantiate unlike narset's reversal

[@slottmachine]

In fact, it doesn’t even matter that the Approach is copied, because that doesn’t count as a cast in the first place. “A copy of a spell isn't cast, so it won't count as the first nor as the second Approach of the Second Sun”

[@Ibu_bolo]

“But Noah…!?”- God 5,000 years ago.

[@jeffbrownstain]

This is actually more genius than I first thought it was going to be 🤔

[@violet_broregarde]

"we can only other cast that's card in the deck" thank you for this brilliant insight HMSS Noah

[@AlaricXIII]

Divide by Zero and Remand also return Approach to your hand and only have one blue pip so they could be cast off of Cody's mana.

[@VGV1deo]

Same with Unsubstantiate, Failure (to Comply, it's a split card), or even, if you're stretching it, Memory Lapse

[@master_of_illusion6260]

take a shot every time he says alright

[@Mou5eketeer]

Magic: The Noah is easily my favorite MTG content creator.

[@Kornerupine888]

this is what I like to see in a competitive commander deck. like I either win or I die. simple as that. it's one trolley one track and everyone is tied to the track i just don't know which direction the trolley is coming from and I'm the farthest to the right.

[@arnaudamaya2504]

dude am new to the channel and i watched every single video. And i can say very surely this guy is a genius at magic. And also comedy.

[@mikelezhnin8601]

"tell me three words better than i love you" "asserting dominance cabbage"

[@salamanteri_]

A fine and educational video. I won't be playing wastes but instead all the mismatching and white bordered basics I have in my closet.

[@four-en-tee]

This is what goes through my mind in Yugioh when I shove Gale Dogra into a Hungry Burger deck (its 1000 less LP cost than Extra Foolish and has more targets than Diviner).

[@xIronCladx]

i just need 97 wastes to build this, i built the 97 mountain deck for memes in my playgroup and they had no idea what was in store for them. won first game flawlessly. 100% win rate so far

[@jonathanhh3728]

Hilarious video! It inspired me to actually try this and I just did it on MTGA Historic Brawl. Used 97 Plains and Memory Lapse instead of Remand. Just had to hold full control before casting Approach and it worked!

[@KillerofGods]

Hold full control? What's that mean, I'm not a magic player.

[@jonathanhh3728]

@@KillerofGods Normally after you do something it's assumed you are passing "priority" (sort of like whos time it is to take a game action, you or your opponent) but in magic you can hold priority by simply saying so, then immediately taking another action. These actions will go onto the "stack" and your opponent can then respond to them or let them resolve. In the example I mentioned above, it allowed me to cast Memory Lapse on my own spell

[@KillerofGods]

@@jonathanhh3728 Ah tyvm, that is really good information to know.

[@Theycallmetomu]

Very consistent deck, if you're not playing against anyone that 1.) Can deal 40 damage before your turn... 7? 2.) Has hand hate 3.) Has a single counterspell 4.) Has artifact removal (admittedly, less of a problem) But it's a meme deck so obviously it's not going to be good.

[@creeqy]

we want a video of a magic game using this deck right now

[@thegooddoctah]

The only deck I run that this reminds me of is a Maelstrom wanderer deck, where its 97 lands, an Intruder Alarm, and a Krenko, Mob Boss.

[@jocylinfrancis930]

Colorless is the best color, after all

[@abacaba5348]

As much as I love the meme value of getting wasted, you can optimize this deck hard and join the cool kids club by removing blue from the combo. Just put Reverberate instead of Reversal and spam Mountains instead of Wastes and volia. The copied Approach goes on the stack above the original, so it resolves first and the hard-cast approach already sees the previous copy-cast and wins. If you don't want to bring so well tuned a deck to an event use Lapse of Certainty, it also has you play the second Approach on the next turn, but you get to a) dodge discard b) lose gloriously to mill c) go hard on white so you can replace wastes with Plains and tell everybody you brought a monoW deck and then win and show them which color is the best.

[@Kokonutzlz]

The trigger also requires a cast spell, not a copied spell

[@kingofbudokai]

@@Kokonutzlz That is irrelevant, as it only applies to the 2nd time you cast. If you reverberate an approach of the second sun, the copy gets cast first, making the one you cast from your hand win the game immediately. It's the EXACT same mechanic as using narset's reversal on your own approach, only an entire turn faster.

[@Kokonutzlz]

@@kingofbudokai Here are the 3 rulings that matter from the rulings on the Gatherer page: 4/18/2017 The second Approach of the Second Sun that you cast must be cast from your hand, but first may have been cast from anywhere. 4/18/2017 A copy of a spell isn't cast, so it won't count as the first nor as the second Approach of the Second Sun. 4/18/2017 As your second Approach of the Second Sun resolves, it checks only whether the first one was cast, not whether the first one resolved. If your first Approach of the Second Sun was countered, you'll still win the game as your second one resolves. The first one is cast as long as you put it on the stack in a way that says cast. Copies won't work for either the first or second cast. Returning it to your hand with Narset's Reversal will work, as with this 3rd ruling it sees you tried to cast a spell with the name before. The copy ability of Narset's Reversal doesn't matter at all past gaining you 7 life, it's putting it back in your hand that matters for the two-turn combo

[@stromitty]

This might just be the greatest deck ever constructed

[@petermorgan1527]

I really enjoy the kind of unhinged energy this video portrays

[@onestormgx8948]

My man made a deck with my entire uni promotion.

[@lloydlineske2642]

That is the most elegant solution I've ever heard of. I wonder why more people don't do that?!?

[@fredscoffee]

I always come here to learn, I am never disappointed

[@MusicGuy950]

The Mythical Chef Josh of Magic.

[@homeboy2258]

No one: This guy every two seconds: Alright...alright 😂

[@lunondisposable5382]

I'm totally gonna try this, except with a bounce instant instead so it'll actually work

[@Benji-kf8hf]

I'm creating a KZbin account just to say this; this video was amazing, it felt like a demon gave me a nightmare but it had severe ADHD. The unapologetic comedy is absolutely amazing, I love it!

[@mdrmdr944]

Man this eldrazi precon looks great

[@xitrainerixmc5160]

couldnt you just use blue mana to make the deck not only cheaper, because wastes are like 75 cents, but wouldnt you also be able to cast narcets reversal, and make the deck more viable?

[@timgalivan2846]

They've gone down in the last 2 months I guess

[@BrotherAlpha]

You forgot the part where people scoop when they realize what deck you are playing and start a new Commander game, one that you are not invited to join.

[@pops91]

You sure like to love in magical Christmas land thinking that combo is going to slide in your games

[@Vitaire]

You can also add Unsubstantiate and Remand to the deck, as you've only needed to have cast Approach, it doesn't need to actually resolve.

[@dkm9090]

This funny as hell bro. Transcended the need for color haha

[@trevorgreenough6141]

"just don't do that" This gave me a good laugh

[@zachywatcher2312]

-Hello, just a reminder that wastes are not free and non full art goes at 1.50$ and full art it goes to 1$ so the deck is going to be 97 dollars.-

[@awkwardcultism]

Sounds pretty cheap for an EDH deck all things considered.

[@garrettselig8781]

Tier 10 gaslighting

[@shimshamer6644]

Your genius knows no bounds

[@Doomquill]

"I am comedy incarnate" I cant disagree.

[@MrBerserkinTime]

Finally, I too can assert dominance cabbage

[@MayorWestCS2]

Would be cool to see you play the decks you talk about

[@TheYulverick]

This feels like some red blue tomfoolery…

[@mantidream8179]

Serum powder is a running meme at this point

[@rRagnaBR]

"It is not a color!" "Then how did Dave get it right?"

[@atmxtherealfatwo880]

You could throw a vitalize 1 green cost instant just in case you get the blue spell and second son in your opening hand that way you could untap your commander and get your second blue mana

[@kazuichikazzie1567]

“How do you like them apples” Without any color, next question

[@painandpyro]

"You can only play one land per turn, so it doesn't affect anything anyway" 😂 Dam, he's good!

[@Abzanafenza]

This is commander's version of zombie hunt

[@SirBearingtonSupporter]

I want to see your “hive mind and one with death” combo.

[@trents.3149]

So does this mean that if we just run islands instead of wastes, we don't lose to Narset's removal?

[@Araragi298]

Amazing. They counterspell your Narset reversal and you have to scoop immediately

[@martenkahr3365]

Or they remove Codie until you no longer have the mana to keep casting it from the command zone.

[@zen_walker4473]

I laughed so much to this video that I want to make the deck now.

[@milokiss8276]

That’s genuinely so sick.

[@RockstarMythbusters]

Bro this is the only commander deck i wanna play now

[@boopaloop]

My Codie deck is 50 lands and 50 instants/sorceries. I imagine a battlefield where dragons, ninjas and elves are flying around, and then there's just this book sitting on the ground. Someone goes to pick it up and it hops off the ground and spits out a fireball or some random shit.

[@realhuman2166]

So a little late to the game but may just add all blue land instead of colorless. If I do so what happens if Codie’s ability makes me exile from the library but narset’s reversal and approach of the second sun are both in my hand? Do I just lose the game at that point?

[@corrymuth2997]

But Noah, isn’t colorless a color according to you? You too are an addict to color

[@reflexwraith]

this deck goes against all commander rules 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@riftstrider5433]

Playing a modified version of this on Arena. Including gate lands, swapping wastes for forests for some channel effects, and including some green channelers which will make the deck ramp ever so slightly faster if I end up with them.

[@aidanbrendel1592]

New trailer has colossal dreadmaw

[@Nosa_VR]

if you mulligan until you have approach and narsets, you can put narsets on the bottom.

[@hnnlr2788]

This is actually brilliant 😂

[@hsakai97]

Is this the new precon

[@roguedecksonly5014]

I miss this Noah, he forsaked us.

[@MasterNeptor]

There is actually a solution called Dramatic Reversal which you search for from approach. You just leave the blue mana, do instant tap for mana ability of Cody and then Narset's reversal them. Should work well enough and you can cast approach again if ur lucky :p

[@NStripleseven]

You can actually make the deck better by taking all of the wastes and replacing them with islands. Then if you draw the Reversal you can get a few more mana and just hardcast it.

[@georgeandrews1394]

I was very disappointed to look up and find out that the commander card was not, in fact, a librarian dinosaur.

[@ishmailbari673]

You are just mental and I love it

[@logangant7732]

you should make a cedh deck they pretty much look like these in some shape or form

[@hotcoldman9793]

Now i know that I'm a color addict I will be going to rehab. Thank you Noah

[@tomhalpin5058]

This is a masterpiece

[@achille_king]

I subscribed because i felt sorry that no one subscribe you from so many viewers. So now you have polish subscriber.

[@Benji-kf8hf]

This video feels like a nightmare that a demon with severe ADHD gave me. The unapologetic nerdy comedy is just amazing, I love it! XD

[@boorango122]

That “vape” is an emergency inhaler that you use when your lungs fail.

[@katiequeen7225]

That’s the joke, why do you think he said „nice lungs“?

[@boorango122]

@@katiequeen7225 …because if it was a vape it would cause lung problems? I use an emergency inhaler and can’t consistently “get” stuff like this.

[@fanamatakecick97]

97 is legit my favorite number

[@ChitosVids]

all this deck needs is Chromatic Lantern: all lands gain tap for any color. you can also tap itself for 1 mana of any color. but it will need to be cast before commander. so prob needs to be in opening hand

[@sohpeeah3131]

you could run remand or reprieve and get the benefit of drawing an extra card to trick ur opponent into thinking u have interaction

[@wernhervonkerman2382]

Bro the inhaler💀💀💀

[@justamicrowave5297]

This entire video seems like he is trying to give a presentation on a slide show he hasn’t seen before.

[@Chocomint_Queen]

Hang on, this deck only has 96 wastes. Out of the 100, you've got Codie, Approach, Reversal, and Serum Powder.