Cut-Rate Commander | Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

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Cut-Rate Commander - Episode 94 - Featuring Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods from Murders at Karlov Manor #mtg #edh #commander #mtgkarlov
Hey Folks! Submitted for your approval, we have our 3rd Cut-Rate Commander build for Murders at Karlov Manor - this time covering the Gruul practitioner of The Old Ways - Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods.
In this build, in order for us to get maximum value out of our commanders effects without just retreading the exact same path we took when upgrading Deadly Disguise - we’ll start off this build somewhat similarly by including a suite of cards we can play face down and that let us play other cards face down to enable our commanders gameplan, as well as the typically payoffs for those cards to net us even more value as we cast them and flip them over and ways to empower our creatures so they can more reliable get in for damage, but then change things up by adding in a variety of sac outlets so we can flip our face down ourselves at a cheaper rate and for more value, as well a handful of spells that can take advantage of most of our face downs ETBing twice to empower them or to net us more resources - bringing Yarus that much closer to his goal of resummoning the remaining pantheon of Gruul gods.
Let me know if the comments below if you agree with my choices and/or what you would add to the deck instead. Also, let me know know who you would like to see next by voting on in the comments on the three choices of commander listed at the end of the video.
Decklist - www.archidekt.com/decks/69834...
All art used is copyright of Wizards of the Coast
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Commander & Playstyle
05:10 - Creature
11:55 - Instant
12:43 - Sorcery
13:35 - Enchantment
16:21 - Artifact
18:13 - Planeswalker
18:46 - Land
19:53 - Breakdown
24:59 - Closing Thoughts

[@GrazzetMTG]

Hey folks! Let me know in the comments below what you thought of the build, if there are any cards you think I missed that would be a good fit for it, and what other commanders you would like to see me cover from this set for from the Fallout Set.

[@ulfgaryggr9627]

That TGH moment was epic. Thank you again for all the hard work !

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Schattenbaroee]

I love the episodes where you build your own decks much more than the improvements to prebuilt decks :)

[@Jerppa95]

Hard agree! These decks seem quite powerful even with such a low budget.

[@bigZ..D..]

The Great Henge skit had me dying. I have one real Henge and one from the HP set.

[@Eisenwulf666]

I'm not a huge fan of morph in any of it's forms(cloak, disguise, manifest..) but this deck made me change my mind! Great work as always!

[@tonyt5383]

I have been waiting for your Yarus Deck! Thank you!!!

[@GrazzetMTG]

You are welcome and sorry for the delay!

[@DigitalinDaniel]

Yarus was the most interesting looking card from this set in my opinion, glad I found your channel while looking for deck ideas.

[@crioxian]

That great henge moment had me laughing. My not so budget friends act the same way knowing I'm on a budget

[@MoonFantasizer]

Amazing build, as usual! I especially commend you for stressing so well the differences between Yarus and the Naya precon. This one feels faster, more resilient and more aggressive. If I had to pick one, it would definitely be this one. About the shorter format for the precon upgrades, I think it's for the best: faster for us, less mentally exhausting for you and still at high quality PS: The Great Henge storyline never disappoints!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you liked it! I really wanted to make it clear that both Kaust and Yarus had about 90% of the same cards / playstyle at their disposal, but their plastyles were different enough to make them feel unique - so I'm happy that point came across. Also - thanks for the feedback and for enjoying my endless hatred for that stupid tree!

[@parabot2]

Great series ( Cut Rate Commander ) Like how you also flash card prices etc . Subbed

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for the sub and happy to hear that you enjoy the content!

[@HalcyonAcorn]

Omfg!! I love the great henge skit!! Well, I hope it’s a skit 🤞

[@jeremiahjones9940]

Thanks Graz 👍 Your the only non cEDH channel I watch ❤

[@krisring3945]

I love the upgrades you add to every deck, awesome idea that I dont see in other budget build videos. You should add the way over budget, at gun point to every video, pretty funny

[@AndreaGiuseppeCastriotta]

Fun fact: if Yarus is on the field with a bunch of Morphed/Disguised creatures when activating Showstopping Surprise (or Blasphemous Act), it will wipe out the board, Yarus while dying will see all the face-down creatures dying too and revive them So basically you can shotgun a Blashemous/Showstopping (almost the same if you flip something massive with) AND retain your board (now bigger, stronger and with triggers) at the cost of just Yarus... it's insane

[@supersalty_9459]

TGH is taking over the channel lolz

[@TheDevonshireMint]

One of my friends has built a yarus deck. It's actually scary

[@torinviger]

Glad to see Yarus getting some attention, and nice list! The deck also has nice synergy with generic big Gruul creatures that benefit from haste (Etali primal storm, savage ventmaw, giant adephage) since there's haste built into the command zone and there are a handful of ways to cheat them into play through scroll of fate / hide in plain sight etc.

[@TheCCPlayer]

I’ve been a big fan of all your deck techs and deck upgrades ever since I found your channel, and this seems like another one I want to build irl and test out. Also waiting to see what you did with Mr House, my friend built it as well and I’m interested to see other builds on him as well. Massacre girl is another interesting one I’m waiting for. Also love the jokes you have for power cards that go way over budget, like the always looming Great Henge. I know Wizards isn’t really giving time for deck builders like you, but I still appriciate all the precon upgrades and the deck techs themselves regardless.

[@chuckmower]

This convinced me of the untapped synergy you can have with face down cards in commander. I wouldn’t have given this archetype a second glance until now. I also agree that there is not true upgrade for the deck unless you already have a great henge. No need to buy one for the deck. But if that is your thing that is your thing. Thank you for the video.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear that this build helped convince you to give Yarus and morphs a fair shot, as, all jokes aside, the deck is pretty solid and may just be better than the Deadly Disguise Precon its competing with. Also, yeah - if you were lucky enough to crack The Great Henge, by all means slot it in. It honestly should go in every single deck that has green in it that has a decent amount of creatures it it (which is why I hate it), but dropping $55 on it may be overkill.

[@chuckmower]

⁠@@GrazzetMTGso I pulled the trigger and built this deck. I changed out 2 of the creatures for some other morph/disguise that I had on had. I have been playing this for the last 2 weeks at my LGS commander night. It has been super fun. Also it definitely can keep up with the other builds at the table. Thank you again for the idea. This is my new go to deck.

[@islarf5095]

Was actually thinking about this!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Lucky for me then! Hope you enjoyed it!

[@roborob6033]

So could i buy the precon and slot stuff in? Also, your videos are getting better!

[@virgilhoward9071]

That upgrade was hilarious. My sons were sitting next to me, and they both jumped. Lol

[@GrazzetMTG]

Happy to hear that you two enjoyed it!

[@chrishogan9143]

3.nice avg. cmc. 10/10 deck, I am 100% putting this together in paper. "You spelled 'their' wong" blink twice if you're okay, Grazzet.

[@Silvio_Nightwind]

Gotta say, just found your channel after slowly getting back into MTG since I was in High School (this time with EDH instead of Standard). I watched your Caesar precon upgrade video which was dope. Is it possible to make a video for a Sorin Markov commander deck? Any of his cards that use the Orzhov scheme? He's one of my favorite Planeswalkers and unfortunately I just can't find any guides or starting points. I was thinking Grim Nemesis, but I don't know. It's a slow process for me relearning how to deck build.

[@edgardoacosta2646]

Nice!!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks!

[@koibo403]

Been a fan of your vids for a long time. I would love to see you do a deck tech on one of your personal favorite decks!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for sticking around! Maybe at some point I'll tackle some of my favorite builds (provided I get a breather between sets of course).

[@SeekerOf7ruth]

Definitely use the short format for the precons, if for your own sanity if nothing else. They are still plenty enjoyable!

[@Zeromus5555]

Big issue with Jeering Instigator is its only on your turn, which is awkward.

[@GrazzetMTG]

True - though I still like it alongside our sac outlets as a way to get ride of otherwise resilient or dangerous creatures that still fits with our face down centric playstyle - since our options are a lot more limited in just red / green.

[@Galchoo1]

Man, the thumbnail pun is just peak... especially when you realize the joke that ISN'T related to badly-written vampires or Rank10YGO. Also, the upgrade section? Chef's Kiss. Just be careful how much metal is in your system... ;) As for the polls- yup, Massacre Girl killed it. Talk about an obvious suspect. Day 323 of waiting for the face reveal... who are your editors, BTW? Cause I wanna give 'em some well deserved thanks as well.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment as usual! Honestly, I was surprised that Massacre Girl got the nod here - I was sure that Voja would take it by a mile but it looks like, in this case at least, people decided to go with the fan favorite over power. As far as my edittor, I'll let them know that you asked about them and they can reveal themselves here if they so choose, but - for the record - I edited The Great Henge bit in this one since I wanted to get it just right, so I'll just take the credit for that thanks!

[@azimemeteli4270]

love your videos marvo is soo fun to play but please make a yuriko decklist

[@danonellemoes1153]

Looking forward to the massacre girl video!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear it! Just wrapping up Mr. House as we speak, so I'll be tackling her build soon.

[@4oWhat]

Weird request but is it possible to make playlists for your videos based on what color combinations the decks are?

[@ben59320]

TBH I almost bought Deadly Disguise in the shop but the overall value of the cards is way too low. I do have Yarus (opened in a pack), and now I'm super hyped to build the deck around him !!!

[@iggykoopaa]

I'd really appreciate a video on Lara Croft :) I got the secret lair and I just can't seem to make a reasonably priced deck that works with her.

[@GrazzetMTG]

She does seem like a fun historic style commander with an emphasis on artifacts / legendary lands rather than legendary creatures - maybe with some self mill and non-hand casting payoffs thrown in for good measure. Not sure if I'll have the time to tackle her before Outlaws of Thunder Junction is upon us though...

[@roborob6033]

What about printlifter ooze?

[@rockinwithjoe]

Curious to see how’d you go about making a Frank Horrigan deck!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Frank Horrigan would an interesting Golgari proliferate / possible Voltron style commander to build around - so I wouldn't mind tackling him at some point!

[@daviddoorbell2909]

For someone without a big card collection, do you recommand buying the deadly disguise precon first then buying the extra cards ?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Honestly, if you want to build the deck as is, it may actually be cheaper to buy the cards from the precon individually since the prices for them tanked upon its release. That said, the precon does come with a copy of Jeska's Will, which is a fantastic card and would slot right into the Yarus build as solid ramp/draw upgrade - so if you want it, then the precon would be the better choice there. Hope that helps!

[@BurningFingr]

Will you do a Three Dog build from the fallout set?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Sadly its not likely. He was on the latest poll but lost to Massacre Girl, Known Killer - and with Outlaws of Thunder Junction right around the corned, I doubt I'll be able to get to him outside of an extra episode (which admittedly CAN happen, but I'm stretched pretty thin already)....

[@DanHovann]

I can't believe GrazzetMTG got hacked by a green rock :(

[@krisring3945]

Do werewolves or transformers flip effects interact with this guy at all?

[@jeremiahjones9940]

Hes superior because hes Gruul.

[@Zeromus5555]

I think Yarus is more powerful than Kaust, but only have 2 colors and losing some really great removal and cloak cards really hurts him for me. Such a sweet commander if you get the set up, but sadly he just eats removal since the deck heavily revolves around him.

[@GrazzetMTG]

I agree with this - that is why I made a decent effort in getting in ways to protect Yarus from removal so we can keep using is effect for a long as possible. Hopefully we'll be getting more face down centric cards in the future, as they will only help to make Yarus better as time progresses.

[@Zeromus5555]

@@GrazzetMTG I hope so too. Morph is so fun.

[@Zeromus5555]

Temur War Shaman is worth playing here, not in Kaust.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Personally I still like it in Kaust, but I do agree that it works well here for some extra repeatable removal - especially as we get cards in play that pad our creatures core stats so they can remove even bigger creatures.

[@Zeromus5555]

@GrazzetMTG I think it's just too expensive in Kaust and with white the extra fight removal isn't really needed.

[@MrShazaamable]

Are you going to make Mr.House my man?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yep, he's the next build - so stay tuned.

[@MrShazaamable]

@@GrazzetMTG HELL YES.

[@DanHovann]

Real comment: I always was never impressed by Kaust (the face commander of the Morph decks), as it seemed like he was way too monotoneous in his design and his timing was awkward to get the payoff of a single card (Example: attacking with a flip land and getting a card is impossible due to how Kaust is worded and generally never worth it.) I might honestly just make this guy at this point since you have the avenue of sac outlets and a way to cheat out the morph cost at any point in time. That, and Haste is severely underrated. I know its not a budget card but Cloudstone Curio (16 USD at this point of time) could be a potential sidegrade as it can allow you to reuse morph abilities. Given enough cost reducers you can also get it to the point where you can infinite cast with two morphs, add your commander and a sac outlet and its infinite [whatever morph trigger you have]. 6 card+ combo yes but at that point, you deserve the win if you get it off unimpeded.

[@Zeromus5555]

I actually really dont like Showstopping Surprise. If it said "your opponents control" it would be good. As is, its a terrible Blasphemous Act. Its not bad if you have Yarus and a bunch of facedowns as they'll see Yarus was on the board and all come back faceup, but thats happy Christmas land, plus I have to recast Yarus for 6 at that point. It's a terrible card, dont play it.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Those are fair assessments - but I will counter with that the fact that this being an instant makes it better than it may intially appear. Being able to respond to an opponents committing to the board by wiping it and being able to start rebuilding before them is fantastic. Admittedly though, it does require us to keep 5 mana open for a full rotation, which is not ideal - so I can see the argument for cutting it.

[@Zeromus5555]

@GrazzetMTG Ya, I've tested Kaust for dozens of games now and most games it either was dead in NY hand or set me back further. Really poorly designed card.

[@LibertyFixxxer]

I would like to see you make Caesar, Legion's Emperor!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Already done - you can see the precon upgrade for it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZmqhYJseLmChbM