Commanders with Nasty Combos | Underrated | Powerful Combos | EDH | Commander | Magic the Gathering

[@derekhedgecoth789]

Mitch is just here to preach the praises of the bauble

[@kirbyball97]

PRAISE BE TO THE GREAT BAUBLE.

[@theodoremarlow4557]

He’s the reason it’s 5$ right now 😂

[@fronckiewcz]

Wait a minute... that Dralnu combo can't be used with Dralnu as commander. Pull from eternity is a white card and Dralnu is only black and blue

[@seasnek7024]

Yeah I was tripping going "but pull from eternity is white..."

[@wolfsbayne21]

Ok glad I wasn't the only one....

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

What an oddly easy thing to not fuck up

[@simonvega7640]

at least isochron + pull can be enjoyed very much in any Osgir Deck :)

[@verzun8470]

@@simonvega7640 how do you cast it from grave?

[@possiblypigeon]

finally Sharuum getting some love! She's amazing, and a super budget commander at that. Respect for showcasing her!

[@georgeramsey6070]

I’m so close to finishing a nuts sharuum combo deck that ends with infinite activations of mindslaver lol.

[@christinamouawad1153]

When sharuum was standard legal one of my pet decks utilized Time Sieve and Colfenor's Urn for infinite turns. Still may work in commander lol

[@wesleyrhode3016]

@@christinamouawad1153 could always try Thopter Assembly with Time Sieve in commander instead of the Urn

[@Illuxx777]

How are you gonna play pull from eternity with Dralnu as your commander? It's white, while Dralnu is dimir.

[@haramba506]

Have a friend who has a sharumm deck it's so off the wall.

[@JonLeitheusser]

Hey Mitch, suggestion. For new sets, I think it would be cool if you did a review of the set with an eye toward cards that are cheap now, but fill important roles and might be good to get some copies of before they get expensive (such as Cursed Mirror).

[@AnomAnomMTG]

You can also perform the sharuum loop with just a sac outlet. Sac in response, trigger resolves, target sharuum, repeat.

[@SchemingGuide]

23:31 a white card in a dimir deck?

[@kirbyball97]

Laughs in niv mizzet, with curiosity with a graveyard shuffling eldrazi/ thassa's oracle.

[@theotherguy4478]

There was an infinite combo with Composite Golem. If Nim Deathmantle is out with Composite Golem, Nim can bring back the golem once it was sacrificed, creating infinite wubrg. The combo would work better with Golos than with Kenrith.

[@maxmaier7023]

Mitch: *pictures Dranlu* Also Mitch: *only shows a combo you couldnt use with Dranlu at the helm*

[@valornetwork508]

True but I can't wait to use this in my sen Triplets deck that has dranulu

[@thomashighum9355]

I am curious how the Dralnu combo works with him as the commander. Doesn't it need white as part of the color identity?

[@Zendath666]

I was about to ask the same thing.

[@XeioDeSono]

This needs answer!

[@christinamouawad1153]

The dralnu one can use something like Narset's Reversal on a scepter to make Dralnu the commander and the combo still works.

[@flareinc7413]

Was just about to comment that the Dralnu-combo isn't legal is Dralnu is Commander but this works yes.

[@davidvonjohnston]

Sharaum is infitine mill with Alter of Dementia. She enters, you sac her to Alter, you choose her from the grave, rince repeat

[@faperito2389]

Important to note that the ordering is a little different because of how the stack works, but it still works, and also, you need an artifact with the copy artifact ability fot it to loop.

[@jasons9895]

Yedora, Grave Gardener is a combo machine

[@Synergyseek]

Been having fun crafting a Colfenor, the Last Yew deck. If you have an x-cost creature and Pawn of Ulamog or Sifter of skulls, you now have unlimited colorless mana and creature casts/deaths. If you have a sacrificer, you can use Oketra's monument, abzan ascendancy, Gutter Grime, etc. for token generation. A few other ways to combo like tangleroot + servant of the scale + x/g-cost + sacrificer, Good-Fortune Unicorn + 2 x-cost + sacrificer, but they take more pieces.

[@deadso]

Isochron Scepter says: "You may exile an instant card with converted mana cost 2 or less", no Sorcery Mitchel @23:24

[@dylanperkins2883]

You exile the pull from eternity with isochron scepter, then each turn cast it using the ability. That puts the extra turn spell in your graveyard, which you can then cast using Dralnu's ability

[@deadso]

@@dylanperkins2883 I get it, but he still read the card wrong ;)

[@magicmitch5000]

I'd like to see some true budget B/U combos for Dralnu. From one Mitch to another, please make this happen.

[@ryangainey94]

“That’s right, even a mono white commander has nasty combos” Me remembering my Avacyn Angel of Hope deck with all the wipes including all the land wipes that have become completely one sided once you get her into play: ... Also, the most evil combo I know is in Selesnya anyway

[@omnomnomnath415]

One of my favorite combos is in my Locust God deck with Sage of the Falls + the God + a graveyard shuffling effect(Kozilek for my deck but there are a few cheaper cards to choose from). Sage enters, triggering it's looting ability, then you play Locust God triggering the Sage's looting ability again which in turn triggers the God creating an insect token which once again triggers the Sage, creating millions of insects with haste. The graveyard shuffling effect is there to keep you from decking yourself as well as being able to create as many insects as you want.

[@Gaming_Duck]

Idk if you've seen this one before but Riyona fire dancer and combat celebrant plus any instant or sorcery give you infinite combat phases

[@jadencima50]

You actually don’t need an instant or sorcery because she makes X copies where X is 1 plus the number of instants or sorceries cast this turn.

[@TheHunter128]

No shhh don't tell people about my op commander

[@TruNamek]

Isn’t pull from a eternity a white spell? so you wouldn’t be able to play it in a Dralnu, Lich Lord

[@ishakmuratovic4804]

yeah i thought of that too. he messed up

[@danielvanginkel7081]

@@ishakmuratovic4804 Well, messed up is maybe a bit too much, but yeah you can't have Dralnu be your commander if you want to pull this one off.

[@daftjoe5652]

Though it doesn't affect the combo's you mention, there is a minor discrepancy in the bit about Sharuum. The Legend Rule does not sacrifice, it places one of the legends in the graveyard as a state based action. It still dies, but it is never sacrifced.

[@olivierdebilde4292]

Question about Sharuum combo with a regular non-artefact clone. You have to sacrifice Sharuum in this case to the legendary rule for it to work, right ? (since Clone is no longuer an artefact inside the yard)

[@NotAnEvilMastermind]

Correct. Thankfully the way state-based actions kill off legends before triggers have to have their targets chosen makes that still work.

[@zeka2255]

Great video! How about Siona, Captain of the Pyleas + Shielded By Faith?

[@jadencima50]

I think that combo was in the first video of this series.

[@zeka2255]

Oh, I think I haven't watched that. Thanks for letting me know! Have a nice one!

[@whosilence]

I've got a Siona deck focused on finding Shielded by Faith, coz I find it easy to tutor for, and to recur if it's stopped. But I was amazed at how versatile Saffi can be. Nasty!

[@Player_not_found]

I want to point out that while it works similar to it, the Legend Rule does not involve sacrifices. You take all but one copies and put them in your Graveyard, you don't actually sacrifice anything. It's pretty much one and the same but it doesn't trigger anything that cares for sacrifices (Like Mayhem Devil or Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest - which are both irrelevent in a Sharoom deck, I know)

[@dungeonsanddacnomania4731]

I have a question concerning Sharuum, I have been playing my Sharuum deck utilizing the combo mentioned in this video, however members of my more recent play group insist it does not work as a target must be chosen before legend rules causes you to sacrifice. After looking into it, I have seen a lot of dabate on this and could use some answers. Thanks!

[@TheCommandersQuarters]

Good question! State based actions are checked first before the ETB goes on the stack. So the Legend Rule sacrifice happens first, then you get to choose the target for the ETB which goes on the stack. It’s strange for sure

[@DavidR-5797]

Hey Mitch! Great video, you had some really cool combos. On a different note, how is the close quarters episode coming along? I can't wait to see what crazy decks you are going to play!

[@trevorthomas9850]

Mitch is sounding like he is doing a Saffron Olive impression the whole time. 🤣

[@anthonymarciano6050]

I cant stand that guy

[@TheCommandersQuarters]

Mitch here...proooobably better known as...

[@trevorthomas9850]

@@anthonymarciano6050 Seth is a good dude. He truly cares about the health of Magic - he makes great content too!

[@reillocb]

@@anthonymarciano6050 I respectfully disagree

[@anthonymarciano6050]

Thats fine

[@wookie306]

Heya Mitch just a note Taniwha is a Maori (New Zealand's indigenous) mythological creature the pronunciation is more like tonne-e-far (or tun-e-far). Good video :)

[@vanessaeve925]

I have a Bladewing deck and have never encountered those combos before... And I now have to include them :)

[@icetea214]

Krark & Sakashima, just a really powerful commander combo in general. Krark army will basically just return all your instants and sorceries back to your hand and in addition will create copies of those spells. Pair that deck with a bunch of rituals and draw effects and you got a pretty consistent turn 5-6 win.

[@morgoth2425]

bro i have a chainer deck and i never realized that krrik works like that with abilities. and he's in the deck!!!

[@Nvenom8.]

Regarding the Lehsrac's Sigil combo, you can naturally cast it for the first time and bring it back with natural mana (since you presumably cast Reservoir on your prior turn), netting +1 life, but assuming you have to use life for mana after that, you would net -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1 and then need to have at least 9 life to not die to the next cast, which is where it would zero out and start gaining. So, you have to be at 29+ life or have access to more than 4 mana to pull it off.

[@michaelcrowe111]

the deck that always makes my playgroup groan is my narset, enter the infinite combo. essentially you cast enter the infinite off narset (or from hand) put omniscience on top, then play fury of the hordes for free, attack again, cast omniscience. boom, i can play everything for free, and use beacon of tomorrow and nexus of fate for infinite turns!

[@ACrazedGaming]

That just sounds like normal narset shit

[@michaelcrowe111]

@@ACrazedGaming fair, actually haven't played against another high level narset deck, have the proteus staff no creature build too

[@ACrazedGaming]

@@michaelcrowe111 every narset deck I’ve played against has that as one of the win cons My urza deck had it in there and my playgroup hated playing against me and my buddy because it was basically a race to see who can get it off first I was usually the first one just because it was urza and he’s pretty broken lol

[@Diabeat]

Brallin + curiosity, Animar + ancestral statue. My two personal favorites as I built decks around each combo :)

[@MrDainmon]

I wonder if the last one works - in the untapstep no one gains priority so you should not be able to cast Sunder.

[@Goldscorpio7]

Exactly

[@Chukoko]

How can Dranlu use "pull from eternity" ???

[@caycepoisal6864]

One of my favorites in my Aminatou Superfriends deck involves Spark Double, Oath of Teferi, and Tezerret, Master of the Bridge (plus at least 1 artifact on your board). In short, you spark double Aminatou, use Tezerret's +2 twice to deal damage to all opponents equal to the number of artifacts you control and gain life, then you use Aminatou (double) to flicker Tezzeret to do it again, flicker again, and use Aminatou (real) to flicker the copy every second cycle, and using Aminatou (double) to flicker Aminatou (real) once a cycle after the first one. You can use the same Aminatou, Spark Double, Oath of Teferi cycle on any planeswalker really. Mill everyone with Ashiok, Dream Render. Mill opponents and draw your deck with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Exile all nonland permanents with Kaya, the Inexorable. Draw your deck with Tevesh Szat. Ping with Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord. Etc.

[@obicortes8199]

Obeka, Brute Chronologist can also give you infinite turns with Isochron Scepter and Final Fortune.

[@EvGamerBETA]

You can abuse Sharuum with an altars as well, but it only works with artifact clones (Sculpting Steel and Metamorph) Basically you have Sharuum, Blasting Station and Metamorph enters. Metamorph copies Sharuum. Important here to put Real Sharuum into a grave, then in response to the trigger you sacrifice the copy. Trigger resolves, you get Sharuum, she triggers, and you get your Metamorph back. Repeat untill everyone is dead Took me a while to work out, how it should work and how to explain it to people I prefer it because I have a lot of artifact tutors in my deck, and it's easier to fetch Altar of dementia or a Blasting Station, than apreantice. (Also Bitter Ordeal is expensive)

[@danielvanginkel7081]

With the card Clone, the loop with Sharuum the Hegemon only works if you sac the real Sharuum and keep the Clone version, as Clone is not an artifact. With Phyrexian Metamorph and Sculpting Steel it does work either way though.

[@estebanramirez1178]

One of my favorite commanders of all time is Morophon while running a “tribal” deck where I’m running all changelings with tribe specific cards. It’s not even that good; I just enjoy pissing of my friends whenever I attack them with my Zombie Dragon Merfolk Wizard Goblin army. Especially the actual Scion of the Ur-Dragon deck whenever I tell him my dragon deck is better than his dragon deck. It’s all for the joke, but I really wanted to share it.

[@Muundruid]

It may have been mentioned but if you commander is Dralnu you can’t use pull from eternity (not in your commanders color identity)

[@typhlocf5062]

There is one more combo with Ashaya. If u have Magus of the Candelabra u can untap ur creatures equal to the number of lands u pay into x, and this is an ok way of holding up surprise blockers. However, this can be broken when u have Mana doublers out like Zendikar Resurgent, Nissa Who Shakes the World, and Nyxbloom Ancient. Then, u can untap land and creatures with mana floating.

[@rikhaanskorf2567]

My opinion of nasty combo's and the decks i run: Sliver Queen + Mana Echoes (+ Lavabelly Sliver for infinite damage) Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host Tasigur, The Golden Fang + Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal (have at least 3 mana rocks or dorks) Urza, Lord High Artificer + Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal (have at least 3 Artifacts (try to get a lot 0 Mana rocks or very cheap ones)) And ofcourse the Laboratory Maniac/Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo.

[@Digstreak]

My veyran deck combos really well with a lot of combinations of 2 or more cards + veyran. Storm-kiln artist or birgi can be used with krark, the thumbless to generate infinite draw and mana. archmage emeritus or niv mizzet parun with one of the previous mana generators can also be used to generate infintie mana and draw the whole deck. Veyran can speed up token generation and then use surge to victory to exile time stretch, kill 1 or 2 people and take 8 or so extra turns. I really like this deck because it can combo in many different ways and is really sinergistic. When a deck relies on one or two specific combos I think it's kinda boring because every game kinda goes the same, but when it's a deck like this that can do a lot of crazy stuff I think it's really cool to try and piece your win condition with the options that you have.

[@nchomeier]

Aminatou + Altar of the Brood and Felidar Guardian/Spark Double. Vito + Exquisite Blood. Peregrine Drake + Eldrazi Displacer + 5 lands(Command Tower, Temple of the False God, Tron) and any etb trigger (Altar of the Brood/Corpse Knight).

[@Aratios]

Sharuum. My first Artificer Love. And the perfect introduction to Esper-Decks :) Goddamnit i love your videos :-D

[@-yourmother-9894]

combo with atraxa: copy her a lot with cards like sakashima, helm of the host or spark double- copy her at least four times, then play a card like magistrates scepter and put at least one counter on it, boom infinite turns, then play something like an azors elocuters and ya basically just won. GG

[@lucalapointe6011]

Mitch just to clarify dralnu is dimir so pull from eternity (a white card) can't be in the 99 of it's deck.

[@anthonymondragon5043]

I am a huge fan of Kenrith because of all the combo potential he has given his multitude of abilities. There is a lot of fun to be had with him, besides breaking down your opponent's mental states.

[@kaynesharperson2944]

So I'm just wondering how the pull from eternity + temporal trespass combo is going to work if dralnu is the commander seeing as he isn't white

[@bmsy87]

Great video, will be swapping a few cards in my Ur-Dragon deck for the Bladewing combo

[@InRealTime769]

Everyone talking how Dranlu isnt white is also missing that you dont need a spell that exiles itself either. Since you're flash backing, that exiles it already

[@fredthered98]

Isn't Dralnu A Dimir commander? What alternative can there be for pull from eternity?

[@Circu_ch]

Another Combos for Ashaya (cause he was my main CMD and i won many games with it) Ashaya + Wakeroot + Karametra's acolyte you get those put of the field float mana with acolyte then pay 5 from wakeroot untap acolyte and you will know where it will go. Same goes for Ashaya+ley weaver+any creature that float for mana same thing you'll get your infinite mana with this combo or if you got Yisan the wandering bard you know you'll cheat your whole deck with it. Additionally Ashaya gives protection from some specific field wipes such as planar cleansing, Child of Alara, and Cyclonic rift because ashaya makes your creatures into "L a n d s"

[@Death2010]

Correct me if wrong, but for the first two can't you sacrifice the original as a cost of activating an ability in response to the EBT Triger going on the stack and then target the og with its ability resolving?

[@javenvail6142]

I discovered a land that could help any multi coloured deck it is called Rath's edge and it tap for any color and does not come into play taped it. Is only 20 cents

[@thomasowen781]

Kodama of the east tree, ruin crab and any land that had return a land to your hand when this comes in to play. Infinite mill.

[@meliodasescavor8506]

Teshar ætherflux reservoir loop with the bauble and Ruins right?

[@Rabbit3]

And I thought I was cool when I realize the dramatic reversal and Isocron scepter combo works with codex shredder to infinite mill haha

[@Wicca_P]

So does a creature enters and is also a land. Does it not still have sommoning sickness and unable to tap?

[@someepicnerd7821]

Me, who loves rakdos and dragons and has impact tenors as one of the first cards I got (I got the dragons of tarkir fat pack in like 2016) YES!

[@timtauber5557]

These listed combo’s are mostly playable in casual commander pods, which is fine. Saffi is very good.

[@Shoyro]

Dralnu is a Dimir colored card and the combo is with him as the Commander if I recall correctly... Pull from Eternity is a White spell... Huh? If it's an Esper deck and everything is in the 99, it makes sense then.

[@mateuszcegowski499]

Wait a moment! Dralnu color identity is UB. How can you put white Pull from Eternity there?

[@Matengu55]

Wouldn't blasting station also work with Sharoom and the dragon commander?

[@ordernow12345]

For the Leshrac’s sigil combo. I don’t see how that works? If you pay 4 life to get it out. And then four to get it back. You just lost eight life and would only get one life back from aetherflux Resevoir???? I’m I wrong or could someone explain?

[@Skyy_A]

How can you cast Pull From Eternity if the commander is Dimir?

[@edededOo]

what about sharuum+phyrexian altar? i think u can use the altar with sharuum etb trigger on the stack and just farm mana or sharuum+woe strider for infinite scry its not really a budget friendly combo tho

[@LowellEitelberg]

With Sharuum and Bladewing, cant you just sacrifice them in response to the trigger so you dont even need clones?

[@WayfarersBauble]

27:16. My lowest TCGPlayer market price is currently $3.45 for my The List printing.

[@gerdfast3466]

neither the sharuum nor the bladewing combo work with just one clone. Sharuum could work with phyrexian metamorph + sculpting steel but not just one of them. Because the triggered ability says "target" and you have to choose a target as soon as it goes on the stack (which is the very moment it enters the battlefield). Then the state based action of sacrificing down to one copy of the same legendary occures and after that the trigger resolves but the target had to be chosen before the second sharuum was in the grave. The bladewing + hellkite curser one would work though, you just have to use the stack correctly (sacrificing the curser before its effect resolves).

[@robertharp16]

some what confused now, does artifacts that tap for mana really work with Nyxbloom? so would doubling cube work with him then?

[@JackieVargo]

There is the discard outlet+ dakmore salvage + the Gitrog Monster combo that im personally quite partial too

[@mik3monkey1]

When's your next game play video Mitch? Keep up the awesome content! 👌

[@hwosaidicantfreerun]

dralnu doesnt have white how in the world would you put it pull from eternity into a dralnu deck ?

[@christ9808]

Correctme if i'm wrong, but you cannot have Pull from Eternity (W) in a deck w/ Dralnu (B/U) as commander. Wrong color combo

[@ryancua1191]

Now I wanna see a Bladewing decktech! Haha good job, keep it up. 😆

[@rule-of-three1483]

Bitter Ordeal is my favorite finisher/crippler, it is the most brutal of win conditions.

[@Fire-Fire-Go]

Found a crazy combo building Araumi of the dead tied. Have specimen collector in the grave, alter of dementia on the field. Need at least 2 opponets though. Activate Araumi, and create encored tokens of specimen collector. Sacrafice one of the tokens of specimen collector to alter of dementia, it creates a copy of another token you control, which is the other token of specimen collector. 2 card combo mill your opponets 😈😈😈

[@SuperSilverSerpent]

Unfortunately, the Dralnu combo doesn’t work if he’s your commander since pull from eternity is white.

[@papamech4962]

So how do you have a white card in Dralnu?

[@ryanducrow8502]

Wouldn't the Leshrae's sigil + Aetherflux Reservoir combo just drain you of life instead of gain because of the 8 life you spend to cast and recast?

[@ordernow12345]

This is what I’m talking about. I’m actually looking through the comments and can’t find a good answer…

[@ellisroper3201]

Aetherflux one life gain is cumulative (if that's the right word to use); say you cast Aetherflux and then another spell, you get one life. If you cast another spell, you get 2 life instead of 1 (so 3 total), then the next spell gains you 3 life (6 total) and so on. You'd get to the point where you're gaining a whole lot more life than you're losing very quickly.

[@kylejackson3131]

For that first K'rrik combo, assuming you're only using life instead of mana, you have to be at 37 or more life for it to work.

[@Alphadog2064]

Title "underrated" Thumbnail: one of the most popular commanders in existence

[@swoletadpole2405]

Magda is broken because she can literally tutor your combo onto the battle field by herself Magda with liquimetal coating/ mycosynth latice and clock of omens allows for infinite tapped treasures tokens. Tap liquimetal coating to make Magda an artifact. Next tap clock of omens and Magda with clock of omens to untap Magda but because you tapped Magda she creates a treasure token. You then continue this combo by tapping Magda and the newly created treasure token to make another token and untapping Magda for eternity. You then sacrifice these token for the ability of Magda to bring out hellkite tyrant and gonti aether heart recontinue the loop 2-3 times to get the energy for aether heart activate the ability and win during your upkeep due to hellkite tyrant.

[@BloomingRose98]

Sidri, galvanic genius plus aetherflux. Animate it, give it lifelink and deathtouch... machine gun EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE

[@mitrimind1027]

Najeela + bear umbra Ezuri, claw of progress + sage of hours Chulane + village bell ringer Kikijiki + Zealous Conscripts Animar, Soul of Elements + Ancestral Statue

[@tomgeraerts8194]

How does Dralnu combo work? You can only use blue and black spells but in the video you used a white spell

[@LegendLeaguer]

I don't think you can do that combo with Taniwha, at least not without 5 mana worth of mana rocks. Your lands phase out before they untap (I looked that part up to check), and iirc you can't even do anything on your untap step anyway before it gets to "the beginning of your upkeep"

[@Valcin3241]

How are you putting a white card in a blue black commander deck?

[@shapooopiefour7173]

The extra turn spell doesn’t have to exile. Pull from Eternity can get it back from flashback

[@kG-fv3jd]

in my ashaya deck i use Ashaya + ley weaver to create infinite mana, as well as ashaya + ley weaver + karametras acolyte which also creates infinite mana, basically many things can create infinite mana with ashaya shes awesome.

[@urahara64360]

Not gonna lie I really want to make a combo with ashaya in my lathril elf tribal deck. Especially since I've been tweaking to make a full board of powered up creatures with trample. I'm thinking ashaya, leyline of abundance and my caged sun for all the mana I could ever need. Since leyline gives an additional 1 and caged sun doubles all my land of a certain type so minimum plus 5 mana every turn and with some of my mana rocks even higher.

[@ZachDeloe]

For Kenrith + Peregrine Drake, I prefer to sac the Drake with Carrion Feeder, ending the looping with a Red Kenrith activation to slam someone with a one drop 1000/1000.

[@valornetwork508]

For the kenerith combo he also for gets he can net a extra 2 mana with hearthstone so it only cost black

[@julyananderson2216]

I love how the white commander is great because of colourless cards

[@PixelEldonAwesomeness]

You can do the same thing with nyxbloom, but instead of pili pala, you can use magus of the candelabra, which utilizes alll of your lands

[@TitanPallas]

ashaya has several ways of going infinite that are way way easier, i use ley weaver, she taps to untap 2 target lands, tap one for mana then tap her targeting herself and the other to untap.