The Easiest Way To Get Into Commander

[@edhdeckbuilding]

so as i was editing this video i realized i had the necessary cards sitting in my card box so i quickly threw it together (with a few other additions for my collection of course) and played a game with my patrons. here it is if you're interested in how the deck plays: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGOweKFua8uMmZY

[@dariocampanella7992]

This channel is "night drive radio" of magic: demo has a really interesting voice and manages well to change tone every often to stay interesting.

[@cameronbowman7302]

I think this is my favourite video so far! It's refreshing to see someone really focus on having fun rather than ways to win. Keep up the amazing work demo!

[@erikschwartz1214]

While I do look for synchronicity in my decks, I always build with a "story" in mind. The cards have to feel like they could all be characters in a world. I'm still trying to make my Dune deck work. I got thopters, wurms, equipments like daggers and energy shields.

[@MaturinSleeps]

@@erikschwartz1214 decklist?

[@bassfingas11]

Bag of Holding would be pretty awesome here too

[@DigitalinDaniel]

This deck made me think of Borborygmos Enraged... you could run him and like 19 cheap ramp spells with 80 basics... maybe $10 tops, could even splurge an extra $10 to add a Life From the Loam which is just insane with him.

[@Not-The-Plan]

Try praetor’s council might be a good fit.

[@NoctisVigil]

I have a Borborygmos Enraged list. The list: Borborygmos Enraged Abundance Bloodbraid Elf Throes of Chaos Keen Sense Snake Umbra Storm Cauldron Is very silly.

[@DigitalinDaniel]

​@@NoctisVigil Hmm, I would ideally like to try and play Borborygmos by at least turn 4 without having to depend on Storm Cauldron... and I feel like Storm Cauldron would also just set him up to fail? You wait 8 turns to play him and return all your lands to hand on Cauldron, and he gets hit with Swords-etc... you just wait 3 more turns? :^( I do like the rest of your list**

[@NoctisVigil]

@DigitalinDaniel It's possible to ramp into him faster using lands. Myriad Landscape, Blighted Woodland, Terrain Generator, Horizon of Progress. These can get you extra lands out. There are also lands that tap for more than one mana. I chose Storm Cauldron as my ramp piece because it works double duty, both ramping me into the big guy and refilling my hand with fuel for him without getting in the way of my cascading. There are definitely other options.

[@bretts3046]

4:50 Running mostly basic lands and throwing in cards like Winter Moon, Tsabo's web, Blood Moon, Magus of the Moon, and for more spicy tech using Planar Nexus and running all Snow Covered Basics in mono-colored decks is always a good time.

[@bobbyfartz5591]

There is a downside to being too little of a threat though-people just attack you. Attack triggers, damage triggers, people will attack you if you don’t have any blockers and if your plan is to discard lands enough to kill what comes at you, you’ll run out of lands real quick

[@bretts3046]

I love my Rona, Herald of Invasion Dimir Reanimator deck. Rona is my commander simply because she loots and is the colors I wanted.

[@kylemeyer2139]

she's so good, I use her as my sheoldred commander

[@Robert-vk7je]

My cheapest deck is Esior and Falthis voltron/bogles. There are a lot of good and cheap auras in magic that noone plays, because everyone fears getting 2 for 1ed. Esior does the attacking and is hard to remove and Falthis keeps people from attacking me. Auramancer's Guise and Thran Power Suit help finishing people off quickly and I draw a lot of cards with Curiosity like effects. Counterspells help me to keep my Bird on the board. Building the deck has cost me around 20€.

[@goldenawsome5434]

I think im gonna build this deck, seems like fun

[@MycobraII]

Every play group ive played in supports proxies. This is by far the best way to remove the cost barrier.

[@bretts3046]

I love building moderate power decks by having no budget on my commander but an extreme budget for the 99😊

[@LocalRagamuffin]

This was a super fun video. Would be awesome to see more, especially in other colors!

[@michaelpatalano9884]

I’m an avid deck builder and the only realistic way to do it is by making $15-25 decks

[@zakromero7795]

? In what way? Can I not be an avid deck builder and realistically build decks at 50 dollars each?

[@bretts3046]

Without proxying*

[@Turn140]

Yup

[@memnarchprogenitus9839]

Avid?

[@Lukelondon]

Yes and no, it obviously depends on your personal budget as the importance of $20 is relative to people's incomes and what not. I like to build decks as cheaply as I possibly can at first, and then build them out slowly but surely. I have 12 decks right now, another 6 about halfway done. if I want to add $5 cards to each one, I'm spending around $75. That is a lot and adds up quick, so yeah starting at around $20 - 30 is the most tenable.

[@braxsensindelar1910]

Change of Fortune would be a GREAT draw in this deck: 1. It won't be caught by Plargg's ability. 2. If you'll be discarding into seismic assault, you'll just refill your hand equal to the number of cards you discarded this turn. 3. Even if it use it earlier, say you use Plargg's loot ability. You'll discard your hand and then draw PLUS one. Seems pretty decent. It is a one-time use, but it seems like a pretty good one here. I would personally add Molten Vortex here. It is a SIGNIFICANT downgrade to Seismic Assault, but it's always good to have a backup in a deck. You never know who will exile your Seismic Assault. You never know.

[@edhdeckbuilding]

that's the great thing about this build. everyone can just add in the cards they think fit best.

[@braxsensindelar1910]

​@@edhdeckbuildingEXACTLY. With the amount of basic lands in here, many have free reign to add their favorites. I just listed some that I think would be SLAM DUNKS and are also budget friendly. Thank you for the reply!

[@rainbowcrash6990]

Great video, love things for new players, and a chance to get new ideas for myself. I have an Aesi lands + big-mana-drops deck that i love... but I'm constantly tempted to turn it URG for seismic and red landfall 😂

[@bluesight_]

Dragon Mage is less than a dollar; it draw can draw you back a full hand of mountains each turn to keep discarding, amazing on it's own, and would synergize like crazy with the Cavalier of Flame too

[@jongailey85]

I could see the backside of Plarg being good with creatures that want to be tapped. The new survival mechanic would work well with her.

[@GemBMs]

I love this deck tech.

[@NoctisVigil]

I would definitely consider Torbran, Thane of Red Fell for this. Double your damage!

[@YoSoyMatiVlog]

Ur content it's always amazing and inspiring!! What about zirda companion?

[@edhdeckbuilding]

great idea. or just throw it in the 99.

[@mannerosen9140]

Taii Wakeen, perfect shot is a slam dunk in this deck. Gives you a draw each time you remove a creature with seismic assault and is a cheap legendary that can fill your low curve

[@edhdeckbuilding]

yes i threw it into my version

[@AKAaBuster]

Zirda is also dirt cheap and would help take that cost to 2R, but I guess if you aren't running many creatures that isn't super helpful.

[@BudgetPubStomper-lr7nh]

If anyone is interested in building inexpensive decks that can not just hold their own but actually beat expensive decks built by more enfranchised players, that’s what my entire channel is dedicated to. Just a few commander ideas for “budget pubstompers”; Magda Kinnan Yuriko Malcom Kediss Selvala Marwyn Minsc n Boo timeless hero. All of those decks have videos on my channel and if your sub $100 deck really is just too powerful for the money piles at the LGS it’s a lot easier to power down than up. Spoiler alert* these decks will be too powerful for the lgs money piles 🤷‍♂️ As you become more proficient you can cut key cards and add some “casual staples” instead of the real efficient stuff in these budget decks. Start at a 9 then season to taste😁 This video did well; kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXy7Znl9o8psp8Usi=AQN67G3NJ2rd3k5O

[@N1NJ4P1R4T3]

I like this idea and might put together an ultra budget version of it. However, I can see this being demoralizing for a new player to play in its most basic form. The likelihood of them waiting 5 turns to do anything while watching everyone else play magic would be rough. Not to mention having no blockers and the possibility to burn 5 mana to whiff and have to keep doing virtually nothing until you hit one of your impact pieces. I suppose you would hope to have a friend that could give you some pointers, like adding bounce lands, defensive creatures that can buy you some time, some sort of ramp to get to your game plan earlier, more ways to benefit from discarding, etc. In a deck like this, one mans trash is genuinely a new players treasure. Im sure your friends have a pile of bounce lands and slow rocks/dorks that are collecting dust.

[@DoctorCataclysm]

I want to make a mono colored edh deck that has most of the common mechanics in the game, that's still somewhat competitive, and not that expensive to build. I built a Ruxa deck that had token generation, anthem effects, a couple planeswalkers, vanilla creatures, and tutors. It was around $300. A bit too expensive to be a "learner".

[@shanonkallhoff2431]

Can you please consider building at least two Commander decks built from the Uncommon Legendary Commanders that get no attention but could be built as a Paupermander budget deck that really shines with speed and power? There are so many amazing Uncommon

[@Leather247]

Countryside Crusher

[@colinhofer7830]

Mind's Eye seems good. Really any janky 4+ CMC artifact draw. Bargaining Table, Loreseeker's Stone, Memory Jar, Sandstone Oracle, and Bag of Holding.

[@runcmd1419]

Perfect commander for Planar Birth.

[@snethss]

newest precons are so powerful, that I dont think you can beat their price. even pauper is going to cost about as much.

[@andychen4240]

Add Zirda, the Dawnwaker as your Companion to reduce the activated ability of Plarg. 😅

[@andychen4240]

Also have a Mystifying Maze as a land in case you do get attacked out of the game.

[@friendo6257]

Love this

[@jumpsteady1777]

I been back into magic for 3 years and have never played commander

[@rainbowcrash6990]

Killing the single seismic assault would feel like when i use reaper king to destroy lands. Sorrrrrry 😬 i did want that W tho 🤭

[@tylerstegman6846]

Needs more lands edge

[@sepeterson86]

I don't like the 98 mountain thing because the first time you play it with your group, everyone catches on and knows to stop the silly.

[@JeffBoes-m4s]

And that's when you start adding in the other cards.

[@friendo6257]

Seismic assault. Uh okay. How do you replenish your hand? You have 7 lands. That’s 14 damage. Then you have 2 damage each turn. You cannot win that way. That’s bad advice for a new player.

[@MycobraII]

I agree I would add in cards like dragon mage and magus of the wheel to discard and draw more. Both those cards are pretty cheap.

[@jacquesdespadas]

He’s not saying build this and head to the lgs. He’s talking specifically about playing with close friends who want to make your first game enjoyable enough that you decide to try it again. This is actually a brilliant template for getting started in that context and for developing a progressively more complex deck over time.

[@MegiddoTheImmaculate]

​@@jacquesdespadasnice straw man but that doesn't answer the question of how to replenish your hand once you've burned your basic lands.

[@jacquesdespadas]

@@MegiddoTheImmaculate Seems like you are deliberately missing the point.

[@friendo6257]

@@jacquesdespadas I get it, but think it's bad advice. You might as well give the advice of putting 99 lands and a commander in a pile and take that to the LGS.

[@sunbro7853]

Plargg is my $5 gimmick deck

[@natedawg6755]

I think bag of holding might break this

[@edhdeckbuilding]

that would certainly work. the only issue is you have to be careful with the amount of cards that your plargg can fetch.

[@bobbyfartz5591]

Proxies

[@brennanmohr7348]

Haha I have all the cards except commander.

[@JudgeLevel0]

I love this deck idea. The only issue is that they play the same way all the time and you're missing out on the beauty of the format. Great way to enter the format and get creative deck building though!