Each Card Less Than $1.00 Commander Deck | Volo, Guide to Monsters | Complete Guide | EDH | MTG

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[@willstebbins5338]

I thoroughly enjoyed the return to the roots in this video. Explaining every card, including lands, going back to the tactics, all of it. I think this is one of the better vids we’ve gotten recently so thanks Mitch!!

[@TheElectrikCow]

I feel the same! I have liked his recent videos, but I personally like this style a lot better, showing the prices and the lands. I love the deck techs he does for a budget

[@Gusta_Gustav]

It's what initially brought most people to the channel including me. The new news is fine, but this is what we are here for from the start.

[@daxmansfield5649]

I echo that 100%

[@jor-elmasterofscheduling2002]

Can't wait for Maximillian's 'Every cards over $100' response video

[@AlexSilver9]

Did somebody say Tropical Island?

[@kevintiemann6875]

I guess you could go more budget than tropical island with something like gaea's cradle.

[@q2kfallen464]

Yes!!!!! I need to see this haha

[@estherholt8060]

I wanted to include this card but it's out of my price range so Im using a black lotus as a proxy for it -_-

[@gutogrando]

Who is maximillian? There is a non budget channel?

[@timothygerbig875]

Also, hilarious way to hose this deck would be to donate a changeling.

[@cactusman1771]

Lol

[@trumantucker4905]

Crib swap is the best counterplay

[@textidwell9543]

A lot of the "changes" you did, go back to how you started, and it's nice to see. I love the return to all cards, including lands; as a budget land base appropriate to the deck can be hard for many players. Thanks.

[@Omega_Orion]

I really think Volo will be the first deck I get to build in real life because I've had so much fun with it online and I dont have the budget for multiple decks at the moment. So excited for this video

[@nickenicklp5953]

me too

[@RealClassixX]

I recently built a Sek'Kuar deck with no card costing more than 0.20€ and realized how fun such a deck building restriction can be. The best part is that I also really enjoy playing that deck, even if it's a little weaker than the others in the pod.

[@RealClassixX]

Feels great being able to order an entire deck for 12€.

[@RealClassixX]

@@bodaciouschad Yeah, I am. It depends on the power level of your group, and I'm doing just fine in mine.

[@TheChronoG]

Hey, do you happen to have a decklist for it?

[@5055hunter]

Yes, like the full discussion and the longer length is fine.

[@finks1]

Just yesterday I was thinking “Damn when was the last time Mitch posted a real budget deck build”. It’s been a minute man. I get it though with all the set releases you’ve been buried.

[@k9commander]

You have to be careful with the mutate beasts. While you can put them under the mutate target to not have a beast on the field, it won't work with Volo if you already have a beast on the field. If you already have Arboreal Grazer on the field, Volo can't copy it.

[@regaleagle6533]

Yeah way way too many beasts plus they go to graveyard.

[@k9commander]

@@regaleagle6533 I get around the graveyard by adding in cards that remove them from the grave. Scrabbling Claws, Crook of Condemnation, Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and a few other cards.

[@regaleagle6533]

@@k9commander yeah I’m leaning away from Uro style and towards Menagerie so I’m not waiting on cards to make my deck work normal. 2 card combos should be more impactful than commander works without it. At least any crossover I do use won’t be on the same scale

[@kwagmeijer26]

the mutate bird is nice, though, cause you can mutate it on top to get ride of a pesky creature type (probably beast).

[@TheMorbidHobo]

Thank you for putting prices under your cards again.

[@TheRatifyer]

Been waiting on this one Mitch!

[@popanda9685]

I love the idea it proves to people you can play commander for less then $20

[@Oopsall]

It’s always super cool to see that if you’ve got a $20 bill it’ll get you started on commander. Crazy!

[@ryanvance7020]

Even crazier, if you have a good shop nearby a lot of players would gift you bulk rares like these, possibly getting most of a budget deck like this for free.

[@Oopsall]

@@ryanvance7020 yep, that’s what we do in our town. We get excited every time we see a new player

[@Saintvallen]

I would say "Mind flayer" from Forgotten Realms is a shoe in - less then $1 and takes their creatures for good.

[@Tremulantone]

I tossed in a Prosperous Inkeeper from AFR. Its a 1 colorless 1 green 1/1 Halfling Citizen so it doesn't overlap with anything. When it comes into play you get a Treasure token and It also has the effect "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life. So if you have Volo out, and get 2 of these, any other creature entry that gets you a Volo trigger will net you 4 life. Not to mention on the intial cast you basically get it for free and net 1 life. Huge value. Also mulling replacing one of the elf/druids with Circle of Dreams Druid which is a 3 green 2/1 with Tap: Add green for each creature you control. Not sure on that one though as it doesnt create a permanent land but could get nutty real quick.

[@Khaldryn]

I'd love all your future videos to share this format.

[@thomasshamrock9731]

Thank you for the pricing under the cards. Glad to have it back.

[@q2kfallen464]

So happy you returned to card by card explanations again. Made this channel what it is! Keep up the amazing work Mitch, i'll always be there to watch what is new. 👍

[@stefanellrodt52]

Back to the roots and I love it. I really enjoyed that you went through every card. The only thing I miss are maybe 5 cards you would recommened to swap for a bigger budget (which are not lands).

[@BstFrmThEst]

I prefer this style. I know it’s a longer episode but it’s fun to see everything and the price of cards rather than just the few cards the deck is built around like before.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Fanatic video format! I like everything about it! The length, the prices on screen, etc! Only thing I'd ask is a link to the deck list in the Description.

[@grant2193]

I was just working on this, deck thanks for making a vid on it!

[@aeichhor777]

I enjoy the explaining of all the cards. I have no issue with a longer video.

[@tedhand6237]

I'm catching up with the game after years away and these videos are very helpful to me for getting acquainted with cards I didn't know about

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Just reaffirming that the Mulldrifter copy is sacrificed as well. Copying the spell is not the same as copying a Mulldrifter permanent. I love Volo and this Spike is returning to Magic by finally embracing commander with Volo as my guy!

[@wildernaut595]

IKR I love volo it is one of my favorite commanders of all time!

[@matthowe2703]

if you add in a Sakashima you can make it worse, then you hit Volo with a rite of replication and you have 7 Volo

[@obeliske4334]

Incorrect, Mulldrifter has to hit the field in order to be sacrificed the rules clearly state that state based modifiers to cards are not copied when a card is duplicated meaning the new copy is an identical copy to the original card and not the state based sacrifice one. See rule 706.

[@adeptmage2293]

Love the inclusion of the lands. I've watched previous deck techs where it just ends and I'm like, "where the mana base?" So this was great keep it up.

[@elsanto2401]

mad respect for resisting the amateur mistake of putting bad cards in just to meet the creature types. having a few elves in a 100 card deck is likely not to be an issue. also been waiting for this one for a while, so you've more than earned the youtube stuff.

[@digitalmojave]

Your content is too good. I have watched a few videos - even newer ones, but this one finally had me subscribing.

[@trema968]

Great deck, I love the inclusion of mutate creatures! However as other have pointed out i think the interaction with evoke doesn't work as you said, since you copy the spell itself and not the creature. Verazol is a commander similar to Volo, as it also allows to copy permanent spells but only if kicked, and its rule page states that the copy will also be kicked, so i guess the rule that applies to additional costs also applies to alternative costs. However this means that some kicker creature are also a great inclusion in volo! My suggestions are: - Thieving skydiver for 1U + X that allows to steal artifacts with cmc X or less - Mold shambler for 3G + 1G to destroy non-creature permanents - Wolfbriar elemental for 2GG multikicker G to create tons of wolves - Sphinx of lost truths for 3UU + 1U to draw 3x2 cards Finally these are not as budget, but you can add Twinning staff, Strionic resonator and Lithoform engine to get even more copies!

[@BananaNationTV]

this is correct, 702.74a Evoke represents two abilities: a static ability that functions in any zone from which the card with evoke can be cast and a triggered ability that functions on the battlefield. “Evoke [cost]” means “You may cast this card by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “When this permanent enters the battlefield, if its evoke cost was paid, its controller sacrifices it.” Casting a spell for its evoke cost follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f-h.

[@kevintiemann6875]

I think a creature like "riptide shapeshifter" is perfect for a deck like this!!! Must include.

[@brianleighton370]

I'm so glad this is the first one he did

[@TheElectrikCow]

Like many others, I am really happy to see you doing another budget deck in your original style, showing all cards (including lands, because those can be important!) and their prices (at the time of the video). It's what I personally subscribed to you for, and while I have enjoyed your recent videos, I definitely prefer these types of videos that are very creative and wallet friendly!

[@redsilvergriffin153]

I really loved it. It’s like the good old days.

[@origaminosferatu3357]

This is a cracking alternative commander to an Adrix and Nev-style simic token flood strategy. In terms of the episode, really appreciate the pricing being put back into the episode.

[@Grief111]

I feel like a few cards with delve like Treasure Cruise would be invaluable in this deck. Can have some duplicates, but make sure to delve everything away. It's a 99 card format, so you're unlikely to draw the few duplicate types you have in the deck. And even if you do, make sure you have some delve redundancy to clear out your yard.

[@noxserpentis]

I dont even play MTG but love watching this channels content.

[@austinreed7758]

I appreciate the price of individual cards. Sometimes I'll see a card and think of a slightly better, less budget friendly card, and the prices on the bottom will save me time looking them up. Love the content regardless, keep it up!

[@TIprgm]

Mitch last video: Mana dorks are overrated. Also Mitch: Puts mana dorks into his next deck.

[@TheCommandersQuarters]

It was my first Commander deck I made, I made a lot of mistakes back then! Still make some now too haha

[@lukeholder2829]

I like this restriction because its basically just how I build decks lol

[@lauravturner]

Picked up Volo for 50p a few days ago. Excited to use him. He is very much my jam.

[@diSTUD013]

I haven't watched a commander's quarters video in a while and I liked less scripted nature of this video! I am really interested in building a Volos deck and this made it even more so! Keep up the good work Mitch!

[@trentyndays9015]

Definitely enjoyed the "old school" feel of this as compared to recent episodes and deck techs. This feels like you, and what you were all about when you started this channel. I really enjoyed this Mitch 🤘 keep it up!

[@natekite7532]

Just wanted to say thank you for putting the prices underneath the cards again! Even after the info gets outdated, it's always cool to see how the budget is getting allocated! It's also really fun to see what's super cheap and what warrants a bit of a splurge. Keep up the good work!

[@apjapki]

Love the return to the old format. This is the kind of tempting cheap deck idea I love from this channel.

[@jacobh4077]

Would love to see this style of video again. Keeps you to a budget, but one where each card matters towards the bigger picture. Great deck!

[@mathieup3765]

Go back to Mitch's old videos, they all had the same format. I built most of my favorite decks using his decklists. That guy is awesome!

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

I love having budget decks. I love trying a commander with a budget deck then upgrade if I like it.

[@Kribage]

I love the $1 or less per card limit. My playgroup has a format dedicated to exactly that, so this was really nice to see!

[@basededh3509]

Love budget builds! Thanks for another great video mitch!

[@carolusrex9138]

Since I played your zur deck you shown on the professors channel I've became a huge fan and still play the deck to this day ( just a few changes it went from 48$ to 1K but the spirit is the same landestruction and stax 😂)

[@notthisguyagain4931]

I just happened upon this card and decided to creat my own deck with it. This was my 3rd commander deck that I built myself and it has been so much fun trying to put it together. There where a few cards that I used that you ended up mentioning, so I feel I’m on the right track. I’ve learned quite a bit from your vids. Can’t wait for more!!

[@rickdearbin84]

Absolutely loved the old-school format. Nice job and totally throwing this one together as I just picked up Volo drafting with some friends. Thank you kindly!

[@phenixdrake3609]

I just decided last night to build a deck around this guy. Your ideas have really helped me. Thanks for the awesome video!!!

[@colinsheffieldpharm.d.8931]

Really Enjoyed this! Love that you included pricing!

[@cylonsteve2511]

This version of Volo is such wonderful design by the true genius! Thank you, Mitch. I want this joy to play lots! The same beholder would admire your eye for detail 😉

[@ajk354]

This set looks very fun to play in draft, especially with a d&d friend group

[@aaaaaaaaaaa5820]

So glad you put the prices for each card back in, even though the prices change a lot it's nice to have some idea

[@johannesl5870]

I like the 1$ or less idea, keep up the good work!

[@kylejackson3081]

Love these super budget videos. Can’t find them anywhere else.

[@Sparky-uz4rj]

FEEDBACK - 10/10 i love this breakdown of everything from the lands to the cost, its perfect. If videos take longer to make but have this in them i fully support that and will happily wait. Edit - The only thing i wish is if you could show us the whole Mutate thing better, i dont really understand it.

[@GasStationSushiSkatesat48]

same

[@devon0711]

This deck is awsome. I never would have thought about using the mutate this way.

[@thepinoyplaneswalker5616]

Great episode, such episodes are the things that actually got me hooked into this channel. Thank you !

[@blakemcgill880]

Dollar General format is the happy medium between regular budget and quartermaster

[@williamcecil4265]

Wizards should really let Mitch build the lists for the commander precon decks. Have the Professor pick some reprints to include, give Mitch some new cards to play with, and just let him run with it.

[@apjapki]

Reprint value would be way down though :)

[@TheSaladOne]

Loved the idea of all of the 99 being cheap! I already want more decks like this!!

[@amandusholthe4123]

I love all of your videos, they always leave me inspired and excited for my next game of commander.

[@stoephil]

Actually, casting Mulldrifter with Volo does not work as you say. The copy is the copy of the spell and remembers all modes and alternate costs. So the token will be sacrificed as the original mulldrifter.

[@bouncingdonut9969]

im surprised how many beats are in the deck. Fun video to watch. Love from Minnesota.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

The Mutate Beasts get to "hide" the creature type from Volo by always putting it beneath the target.

[@forloveofthepage2361]

I really like the deck and am making a volo of my own. My one worry is there are like 10 beasts in this deck. With the budget constraint I know the options are super limited, but I was surprised to see so many beasts.

[@willbelliveau5596]

I'm currently building Volo as well, and my pet card for the build is Augmenter Pugilist//Echoing Equation. You'd need a bit of mana, but casting Echoing Equation, turning all of your creatures into non legendary copies of Volo, and casting something will get you stupid amounts of copies.

[@Giga-lemesh]

Very cool deck, and explanation of the how the mutate works with Volo. I had seen people talking about it, but didn’t quite get why it was good

[@cameronschile2764]

Really good take on the mutate mechanic. I'm a pretty big passionate player with budget as well and I love all your content. I really enjoy the prices under the card and each different break down including lands. Keep Killin it mitch your aspiring to watch. :) makes me want to build better around my decks and you help a lot with that

[@stalkerstomper3304]

I still don't understand how you get 3 mutate triggers the way Mitch explained it. You get the mutate for the copy, and you get the original mutate. Where the hell does the 3rd mutate trigger come from? Is he talking about putting the mutate creature onto a creature that already had mutate on the battlefield? I'm seriously confused and don't know how everyone else seems to understand it or must just be taking Mitch's word that it works that way. I'm not saying that Mitch is wrong either. Just that his explanation didn't make it any clearer to me. I want to be able to explain it to my opponents when they ask how the hell I'm getting 3 mutate triggers. Say I have an Arbor Elf. I target Arbor Elf to mutate a Migratory Greathorn. Somehow a copy of the mutated Arbor Elf gets created, even though the Arbor Elf hasn't actually mutated yet, and the new Arbor Elf has a Migratory Greathorn trigger somehow, despite it not actually seeming mutate, but rather just being a copy of the mutate creature that hasn't even actually mutated anyway yet. It's all very confusing.

[@bardiel83]

Very cool deck, Mitch. And with all the money we saved, we can afford a Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and watch as our board grows even bigger.

[@regaleagle6533]

Double major is like 1 buck. Spark double much better than a human for 5-6. Sakashima is very mediocre in Volo.

[@tobias2287]

Very informative deck tech Mitch! I was lucky enough to pull Volo out of my box, and want to build around him as more of a value-centric commander. Now, with that said a follow-up episode to this one with higher-budget enhancements would be very nice to see - I'm sure there's more than a few of your viewers that have some higher budget cards in their collections and would like to know your thoughts on how to work things like guardian project into the deck.

[@dracosfire7247]

Uro would be a crazy addition if it wasn’t so expensive. Exile a bunch of graveyard duplicates and draw 2, gain 6 life and possibly ramp twice.

[@allopeth]

I think reflections of littjara would go great in this deck!

[@wildernaut595]

if you want a 2nd copy of risin reef where it makes copys of it self then the copys also trigger the og one theres a card called dormant sliver where when a sliver enters the battle you draw a card!

[@silentmessiah98]

Very nice, please more Deck techs again.

[@nickenicklp5953]

i wanna note that if you evoke mulldrifter, you have to sacrifice the copy too as the copy has the same properties as the original which is also why you get 3 mutate triggers

[@fsfreturns5242]

Showing the online prices for european players is a good move. Price and shipping outside of specific countries varies a lot, and depending on the LGS itself if you order singles from such stores, especially the ones located in huge cities. The main advantage though is that for some of the singles that are a bit pricey for certain countries, these same singles will be lower in price elsewhere.

[@hentaidancer]

if you put scavenging ooze into the 99, it'll be easier for later to double in effects because you'll remove those creature types from your graveyard. also any kind of recursion effects

[@tiasammons1840]

Good video! I would like to see more videos of you playing some of these budget decks out in a pod of 4 commander gameplay like a mini command zone sort of thing.

[@invisiblekid3731]

I really enjoyed having a longer episode

[@PUDRETE919]

5:35 the mutated creature isn't an ETB and therefore you don't get a copy of it, so only the original creature triggers Volo 702.140c As a mutating creature spell resolves, if its target is legal, it doesn’t enter the battlefield.

[@stalkerstomper3304]

Can you please reword your explanation? Say I have an Arbor Elf and I target it with Migratory Greathorn. What happens, in what order, how many total triggers, and what's the final result? I need to be able to explain this to my playgroup if this situation comes up. I don't wanna just say "Well, some guy named Mitch said it worked this way", especially when your explanation made it sound like Mitch was wrong to begin with. Thanks!

[@PUDRETE919]

@@stalkerstomper3304I was wrong, like a different answer said, Volo is an on-cast-trigger, so as long as you keep hiding away the Mutate Beasts under a none beast creature, the cast gets copied and also targets the same creature since you can't change the target, but the copy sees the original ETBing and therefore every mutate triggers atleast once if you have no beasts in your yard So to take you example, you decide to mutate under Arbor Elf (AE), Volo sees no beasts and copies the creature spell, now the copy ETBs first, making you get a basic, you shuffle, the original ETBs, both mutate triggers, you look for 2 basics, meaning for 3 Mana mutate you ramp for three tapped basics, but you need to put the Mutate underneath something otherwise future mutates won't trigger since they are all Beasts+, because the creautre only gains the abilities of the mutates

[@PUDRETE919]

@@stalkerstomper3304 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn2TZ4Gig52Hmdk&ab_channel=MTGShorts

[@brianleighton370]

I'd love to see you do a deck tech for Xanathar, those decks are pretty easy to build on a budget because your opponents provide all the expensive cards

[@flareinc7413]

Excellent video,excellent deck :) Well done.

[@dreddbolt]

Everything is awesome about this, especially prices, the mana dudes, and the land base. I'm interested in seeing what kind of creatures from AFR would fit in the deck, considering the budget.

[@regaleagle6533]

Froghemoth is kind of spicy. Or mindflayer as horror/frog or horror. The purple worm is a little vanilla but not many worms and two 8/7 w ward for 5 mana isn’t the worst in the world. The rest eh too much legend or multi type or soso mechanics.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Mind Flayer is my Horror in my copy. Only because Sower of Temptation is a Wizard and so is Volo

[@someepicnerd7821]

It’s not budget but apex devastate/cascade in general works nicely. You don’t get extra cascade triggers from apex but if you get creatures with cascade it will trigger volo

[@jonathandobbs3750]

Love this tech. Can’t wait to see the reasonable upgrades

[@ThrabenValiant]

Love it! What a blast!

[@shouderi]

Just for clarification: The mutate trigger 3 times because volo copy the mutate creature mutating, so you mutate what you cast and mutate the copy in the same creature, making 3 triggers because it was already mutated when the original resolves?

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

I *think* you get it, but I'm not sure because parsing that comment is very difficult!

[@kaoss6835]

Yes

[@PUDRETE919]

Mutate isn't an ETB so you don't get any copies at all, sadly

[@kaoss6835]

@@PUDRETE919 Yes a mutating creature spell does not ETB, but Volo's ability is a on cast trigger so you will get copies

[@PUDRETE919]

@@kaoss6835 True, oversight on my end :)

[@gamosgamer]

I don't think that Volo allows 3 triggers of ETB's. Debated about it with some friends but one quoted the rule: "201.5. Text that refers to the object it’s on by name means just that particular object and not any other objects with that name, regardless of any name changes caused by game effects." Which seems to note that all ETB that mention name just mean the creature itself and not any copies

[@salaciousSaucegames]

Great budget build, Volo definitely in my opinion, is the strongest new commander from Forgotten Realms, the doubling ability is insane and having different creature types that don't conflict with each other isn't really that hard to do.

[@tcolliass]

Love the format of this episode

[@shadow3856]

This looks so good. But I am still waiting for a full deck list for Drrizt! :P

[@jettblade]

Volo can be really strong but the Human Wizard part is what limits it in a good way. Makes you think on what you wanna do with it. I know there are ways on making a creature lose its type but not consistent enough to be a good strategy though if someone could remove Human and/or Wizard from Volo you could have a really interesting combo potential.

[@nelsonmarques6732]

Loved the deck, Mitch!

[@jk6975]

@25:00 Blossing bogbeast when attacking with two of them should gain +4/+4 trample, not +6/+6 trample (at the least). I think Mitch misspoke or I don't understand it

[@jarnicksmit3476]

The first blossing bogbeast gives you 2 lives so +2/+2 yrample. The second gives you 2 lives but also triggers the first one so +4/+4. Combined that's +6/+6 trample.

[@jk6975]

Ahh, Thank you. I think I get it, but I don't think it triggers the first one again (probably not what you meant). More so, It used the 2 life gained from the first one on the second Blossing bogbeast trigger. (Stacking attack triggers)

[@damienkai651]

I just started building a Volo deck yesterday, this is exactly what I needed! Thanks Mitch!

[@StevenBryceWroten]

There are so many more beasts in this deck than I thought there would be.

[@kaoss6835]

Yes but a lot of them have mutate which can still get you the Volo triggers, so its not that bad.

[@StevenBryceWroten]

@@kaoss6835 Unless I’m misunderstanding something, though, having even a single beast on the field or in the graveyard would cause any beast mutate cards to not trigger Volo, which could feel pretty bad. Obviously it isn’t the biggest deal in the world, I just wasn’t expecting to see so much overlap.

[@MrThomasCWest]

I like the concept of this deck, but I have built a version of this one already using Adrix And Nev and a lot of cloning to make things insane. The way a friend of mine puts it, I am playing 3,000 cards in a 100 card deck.

[@eac-ox2ly]

DAMN, this deck is looking amazing!