Brewing With Underwhelming Commanders | Episode 26

[@PanicBlade757]

That Thrasta deck tech is so cool! So many things I didn’t even realize were possible with it.

[@clinthenderson2016]

Bro, you honestly changed the way I view commander and how to build decks. Keep up the fantastic work. You are a pillar of the commander community.

[@Danonito_flavor]

Thanks for the fair treatment of the poll Demo ! These polls definitely DONT let you vote once per day. I suggest you use a different vote template coz this one is easily abusable.

[@cardsinthemail]

whoa, you did my purraj deck similar to how how I did my purraj deck. neat

[@justinthompson7238]

Man, where the hell did you get your intro? I love it and I wanna hear the whole song.

[@fabio.n4458]

i always think the same haha. it frickn slams!

[@g4greed502]

i hope he never changes it. its iconic

[@rowangraves7327]

I feel like he probably made it. He always has guitars in the back of his videos when he shows his face, so he is musically inclined.

[@connorl0204]

I also like the intro, but i have one small issue with it. I have a 12 in the back of my car so when i watch the videos, the bass is like disgustingly intense, to the point of being unpleasant.

[@blakerobinson4198]

Purraj is one of my favorite decks! Of course i love how this one flies under the radar, but I'm glad to see this deck get some love 💕

[@mortycremwatch]

Have you ever made a brew video with a colourless commander? It would go well with your series on colourless ramp, removal, draw and utility lands

[@edhdeckbuilding]

i have not, and that's a good idea

[@MD-ru9rr]

His colorless videos helped me a lot when creating my new Kozilek The Great Distortion Deck :)

[@silentcrow5220]

I went with Tetsuo for my neon dynasty ninja/umezawa tribal commander, it discourages people from blocking allowing me to ninjitsu my creatures or just triggering my ninjas effects.

[@williamkeiser7562]

Thrasta is one of the commanders like Aeve that scream food chain when you look at it. Food chain is a one card combo with thrasta. Combo with cards that have you draw cards for casting it over and over again and go crazy.

[@ryanbrackett6463]

Fatestitcher with Ilussionists Braces + Royal Assassin + Fatestitcher with Ilussionists Braces allows you to destroy all your opponents creatures

[@frantasvoboda4387]

I'm not sure if you take suggestions from the comments, but I think that a Linvala, the Preserver deck based around paying your life and sacrificing creatures and then blinking Linvala could be super interesting. I myself have wondered about if I could make it work, so maybe you could think of something cool...

[@josiahbell4772]

K'rrik would be a perfect fit for Purraj, too. Adding a combo element, and would remove the need to leave up mana for her ability and for most of those 1 mana protection instants.

[@oppositecatchyghost8025]

I requested Thraximundar for the Underwhelming Commander poll and I have yet to see it on the poll, am I missing something?

[@ivernedit]

Been thinking about making a umizawa deck. Even wanted to put every bolas on for flavor, I just didn’t know how to build it to make it fun

[@Hazaak.]

One I'd Really like to see. Averna, the chaos bloom

[@SSolemn]

I have a Thrasta deck and is really fun, I went with an spellslinger approach, so my combat tricks are hidden.

[@connorl0204]

Thrasta also makes a good food chain commander too!

[@obadijahparks]

Thrasta has so much potential. I'm glad I pulled one.

[@jesseseifert7995]

Willbreaker could be a cool include for tetsuo if you really lean into abilities that tap opponents creatures

[@peterklein3354]

I have had a Tetsuo deck for a long time :)

[@whaleofdarkness]

Another cool janky enchantment with Thrasta is Elemental Resonance. Food Chain is of course a lot better but it doesn't cost a bajillion dollars.

[@connorl0204]

Since you mentioned being able to cheese the poll, i decided to test it. In 5 seconds i was able to vote three times for trogar (i stopped there because im not a dick) but it was the first idea that popped into my mind that worked. I would suggest trying to see if theres a different/better poll website for you to use.

[@obadijahparks]

Shenanigans!

[@saleah4368]

yeah that poll site is not great lol. you can just go back and vote again, you could probably get 30 votes a min if youre quick

[@bendlebimpcrumpystump8952]

I hope Taigam wins! He's my favorite budget deck ive ever made. A cool card I like to use with him is Zur's Weirding, its always funny when everyone has to read a card you play

[@gemmen98]

i'd like to nominate teysa envoy of ghosts for one of these underwhelming commanders. She was the first deck i built and she was surely underwhelming. id love to see what you could do with her

[@okgut2033]

So tetsuo umezawa is the og. ping deck :)

[@danielpatterson1475]

hi just watched this & i was thinking of Nettling Imp

[@ry7hym]

wow I never knew that Deathtouch + Trample worked that way

[@robloxplayer0003]

WHY DOES THRASTA NOT HAVE FLASH! THE CARD FEELS MADE FOR THAT MECHANIC!

[@carldooley9344]

Umezawa? How about including the rest of his 'family' in the list?

[@silentcrow5220]

That's exactly what I did, made it umezawa/ninja tribal

[@SoulofStorm333]

Why not painter's servant for Purraj ?

[@burningpapersun1]

I put my thrasta in my mayael deck in hopes that i top deck it with mayael's ability.

[@alessandrosina48]

I reanimate it with The mimeoplasm :)

[@storage_unit79f]

Mirri, the cursed could be switched out for Purraj

[@cheeso338]

I'd love to see a good Polymorph deck that is not Kykar ^^ I just struggle to find a fun commander for this Archetype since i had a Kykar Polymorph/ Spellslinger deck and that just wasn't fun at all.

[@timtauber5557]

Thrasta is semi-workable, I would use creature enchants to buff it.

[@PresidentClambake]

Gotta be smart like instead of rushing toshi ahead, make it win by a reasonable amount.

[@Nobody-zl3kk]

I just realized that one could introduce the infinite mana KCI combo in this deck as a back up wincon without much cost to the rest of the deck: - KCI - Sol ring, mox opal, mox amber, jeweled lotus, astral cornucopia, everflowing chalice - Scrap trawler - Myr Retriever Plus: - Chromatic sphere and/or star if you wish to draw your whole deck - Aetherflux reservoir, because the reservoir is a completely _fair_ card (get it?) - Weather the storm becuz there's no funnier way to beat a mirror storm deck in commander than winning more life than what most storm cards can deal in damage in the format (reservoir not withstanding) - That one spell with storm that is overcosted but puts 4/4's on the table, becuz funni - Chatterstorm, some say the game will end with fire, others with ice, but this is how you win the game, not with a bang, but with a whisker.

[@olafthemoose9413]

Thrasta with phyrexian altar sounds like something that could get very real.