Just a quick note about this episode, I made a mistake during the pricing section, forgetting to mention that this is a Commander cost excluded episode since the Commander's cost is over $10. The cost isn't included in either prices mentioned in that section. My apologies for the miss on my part!
@marshallbenson4 жыл бұрын
The Commander's Quarters how could you do this to our playgroup...
@niccoloporretta71774 жыл бұрын
You should do a budget tymaret, the murder king video! ;)
@JimXUltima4 жыл бұрын
You also forgot that God-pharos statue is legendary and cant clone it with mirrormaid or Saheelis artistry without sacrificing one. Still like the episode, He's my favorite commander.
@dipakraj39254 жыл бұрын
You put a star next to the 50 in the thumbnail though, so it's fine for me.
@AbrahCadavre4 жыл бұрын
You were the chosen one Mitch, you were supposed to make fun edh decks, not destroy them!! I play Stax but I had to take the opportunity, sweet deck tech
@nicholas87394 жыл бұрын
This is what my friend told me when I made my first Stax commander deck, too.
@wintercat10274 жыл бұрын
Stax have grown on me over the years, it's like a puzzle to get through. That said if there's ever two stax decks ohhh boy
@d-m-n4 жыл бұрын
It's called stockholm syndrome, sweetheart.
@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche43034 жыл бұрын
If theres 2 stax decks: A) that sounds like my kind of place B) I feel so sorry for that playgroup
@sammysammyson4 жыл бұрын
I'd be one of those two stax decks lmao
@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche43034 жыл бұрын
@@sammysammyson I'd probably be both
@sammysammyson4 жыл бұрын
@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 That's what Spark Double is for!
@misterspaceman95634 жыл бұрын
Played a game where someone cast Fractured Identity on Augustin. In a 5 player game. On turn 4. Everything cost 4 generic mana to play, and we all scooped after one pass around the table
@Mizelei20124 жыл бұрын
It just sucks. Imagine if you had a great hand with a turn 1 sol ring and 3 lands and just good stuff. And it just gets ruined because of some stasis/stacks bullshit.
@jakemorse72324 жыл бұрын
@@Mizelei2012 I mean, that's how magic works man 🤷♂️
@neoboyam65484 жыл бұрын
Mizelei2012 imagine complaining about stasis/stack decks 😂
@DoomStarRequiem4 жыл бұрын
Glorious.. I'd build this just to piss off the cedh players in my lgs
@atlashasfallen21713 жыл бұрын
Is this really viable?
@dmgengar4 жыл бұрын
5:44 God pharaoh statue is legendary, so copying it, won't do much, besides making your opponents hate you less, because of you mistake, so... i guess it work too?
@InquisitorSinCross4 жыл бұрын
You need Helm of the Host and make Statue a creature to get extra statues. HotH copy loses Legendary subtype and can be safely copied
@AquarialDeloAtlantis4 жыл бұрын
Mirror Gallery is also a thing
@TheSkizz894 жыл бұрын
Was just about to say this.
@noahmanweiler88334 жыл бұрын
I really wish that the commander wasn’t worth a 3rd of the decks value lol.
@d-m-n4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, if any card in your deck is to be expensive, it should be your commander.
@noahmanweiler88334 жыл бұрын
Maybe I should clarify, I’m not mad about the cards price per say, I’m more salty that it didn’t get a reprint in the Guildkits like it should of.
@Mizelei20124 жыл бұрын
@@noahmanweiler8833 But, this card sucks. Games with this card in play are worse than games without it. Why would you want more of this out there?
@noahmanweiler88334 жыл бұрын
Mizelei2012 Bc sometimes I just wanna make people have a bad tome
@SilkySnow_4 жыл бұрын
@@noahmanweiler8833 forcing people to discard their hands has been really fun for me. This deck looks even funner :D
@GoldenScyther4 жыл бұрын
Me Yesterday: Azorius Deck Tech? Oh man, I hope its tribal bir- Mitch Today: Taxing effects Augustin IV Budget Me: Oh.
@zalfire91954 жыл бұрын
Tribal birds is the best
@williamt12674 жыл бұрын
BeatboxJames fun and interactive
@garrettmartin47504 жыл бұрын
I need tribal birds. How dare I not have a tribal bird deck. I'm gonna try an Esper Birds deck.
@Oz61024 жыл бұрын
I WOULD KILL FOR TRIBAL BIRDS
@FlyingZoroark4 жыл бұрын
Pro of selling a GAAIV, you’ll get 14 bucks Cons of selling a GAAIV, someone else will have it and probably will want to play with it
@c0nceited8224 жыл бұрын
Coronavirus: I sleep Mitch making a stax deck: I sleep Wayfarer’s Bauble is up to $2.17: REAL SHIT?
@MGone34 жыл бұрын
My first, favorite and least favorite deck
@conlanrichichi23284 жыл бұрын
I never thought he would do it. Why, Why Mitch, Why?
@Klinara4 жыл бұрын
Conlan Richichi some men just want to watch the table seethe.
@davethetalentlessguru7594 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness Mitch, The Instructor of Tolarian State University is smiling somewhere I'm sure!
@drakenwinter83864 жыл бұрын
Great to see a budget take on stax, albeit evil.
@zotmaster4 жыл бұрын
"How to Lose Friends and Influence People...For Less!"
@foorje4 жыл бұрын
5:45 I don't think you can copy the god pharao as it's a legendary artifact Mitch
@dtnuh4 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing to myself when I saw that, ha.
@zaclock-42284 жыл бұрын
For relatively the same cost, Soul Barrier is better than Isolation Cell in this deck: same effect, but enchantments are harder to remove and Soul Barrier costs only 1U with the commander in play, 2U otherwise, which is still easier to cast than Isolation Cell.
@autobotjazz19724 жыл бұрын
I am currently building a budget Grand Arbiter deck and this video has given me some ideas on how adjust things and showing me on the right path with it.
@robbiescargill31164 жыл бұрын
A deck that can also promote social distancing. Well played.
@XxiyoshixxАй бұрын
I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so much. You are an amazing human being. I just ordered this card and I wanted to build it so badly and now I can. You have earned my follow
@cannibaljames74652 жыл бұрын
If you're willing to spend alittle extra money on a great card "helm of the host" would be a great addition to copy the commander for a greater taxing effect.
@BlueGiygas4 жыл бұрын
When i first introduced my friends to cockatrice i thought it would be a fun way for us to play together and i saw it as an opportunity to upgrade and test the decks i have, see what updates would help the deck be more enjoyable. My friends didn't think that way when they realized the entire mtg library was available. I got tired of seeing turn one mana crypts and after my buddy turn one'd mana crypt, mana vault, selesnya signet i got tired of it and built a Lavinia, Azorious Renegade deck not that different from what you showed here today that included Grand Arbiter as part of the 99. Needless to say we haven't used cockatrice to play in a while.
@draketheduelist4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I love being the archenemy at every table I'm at with all my taxing effects making the best option "kill that guy!" Or... Jund player: "DOINK! I broke your stupid crap, moron!"
@joshuasutherland66924 жыл бұрын
Brb gonna rename my force-a-nature to The Shattergang Brothers.
@rabidadder36354 жыл бұрын
Ah, a budget way to get kicked out of my play group. Excellent...
@PocketHealer214 жыл бұрын
Whenever I play this Commander, I immediately get ganged up on. While powerful, GAA4 is a hate vacuum
@Robert-vk7je4 жыл бұрын
The problem is, that you can't deal with it later.
@zulfyby4 жыл бұрын
Also he looks a bit like the Imperator from Star Wars
@xploxive70194 жыл бұрын
You know when it’s a command quarter video when wayfarer’s bubble is the first card in the deck build
@zulfyby4 жыл бұрын
XPLOXIVE 701 there even is a fan called: „First up there is Wayfarere ´s Bauble“
@darkdragonXD14 жыл бұрын
Mich one point for win conditions on GAAIV that are all very cheap: Combination of Future Sight,Thought Lash, Thassa's Oracle, Paradigm Shift and Jace Weilder of Mysteries. Cheap( Cheap on both sides (CMC and $ Cost)) and really effective. (I did use on my GAAIV Cedh deck).
@judefranklinguerrero25274 жыл бұрын
Lol this is perfect!! I just started building a Augustin IV stax for my girlfriend. I love this channel!
@jakemorse72324 жыл бұрын
You're giving a beginner a lot of power
@kousueki70243 жыл бұрын
are you trying to make your friends hate your gf?
@judefranklinguerrero25273 жыл бұрын
lmao naw our play group is just nutty... so many stack, hatebear, token spam and other aggro combo decks.
@Tylersingin4 жыл бұрын
I could smell that approach of the second sun coming a mile away...
@wsixkiller77514 жыл бұрын
I love this. I have Lavinia Stax and Tax built, myself. This is fine art.
@samiam53084 жыл бұрын
My favorite combo in my arbiter deck is Mesmeric orb after I cast approach of the second sun with Grand Arbiter out, since I mill 6 cards then draw approach, cast and win
@thatgirlamelia82464 жыл бұрын
Wayfarers bauble could cost 30$ and you’ll still put it in a deck tech. You absolute madlad Mitch
@Phelps2854 жыл бұрын
I know you're supposed to build a deck around the commander the patron asks for, but there are some times when you just need to say no. This was one of those times. It's a good deck though lol.
@cobberhambone94844 жыл бұрын
“FUN, inexpensive and focused.” You checked two of those boxes today, Bauble Boy. Rock on.
@PawzBrownMTG4 жыл бұрын
The variety of ways to put decks together and you allow it to come together nicely. Thanks
@dreytonton3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your ideas. I love this channel!
@gegenonarwhal8174 жыл бұрын
you mad man, you did it, you finally did it, budget stax.
@matthewtorres4094 жыл бұрын
Can you make a break the bank episode on this commander? Would be appreciated even if you just made a deck list as a reply and not a whole video. Thank you for all your hard work on every deck and video you make!
@cuckoophendula82114 жыл бұрын
Hoo boy! I remember trying to make an arbiter deck awhile back, but stopped since I knew how much it would go against my principles of what a fun game of EDH would be. Perhaps a budget / gimped version may actually be a better idea.
@vincentrutledge94454 жыл бұрын
Awsome video!! Love azorius
@NotSceptile4 жыл бұрын
Lawful Evil at its finest **chef's kiss**
@johnwright71774 жыл бұрын
Imagine a helm of the host landing on Augustin.....oh the sheer fun of that....I think I would have to add one to the deck just for the wild chance it ever happens.
@sammysammyson4 жыл бұрын
Now *this* is the deck I've been waiting for.
@jordoncox96014 жыл бұрын
I made a deck list for this guy with the sole intention of just slowing everything down. It cost was $800. I think I will go with this deck instead.
@jallen37754 жыл бұрын
Legendary rule, you shouldn't be able to have more than one copy of God-Pharaoh's Statue on the field at a time (Mirrormade and Saheelli's Artistry)
@GubbiGap4 жыл бұрын
I really wanna build this guy, but only with cards that are both blue and white! Let's forget about Stax and take advantage of that sweet double discount!
@mintonmasson5064 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@RealClassixX4 жыл бұрын
There is one player with a stax deck in my playgroup. I can't remember him ever having won a single round with that deck, but they are never fun for anyone involved.
@arginwatcher13934 жыл бұрын
I actually wanna see him do a pharika god of affliction tech deck since I haven’t seen a single one on here even though I don’t play in Golgari colors
@alexb13754 жыл бұрын
This. This is the best one yet.
@AidanWR4 жыл бұрын
Archangel of Tithes is also a good tax/attack effect because it's also on a larger body than Baird, but it is almost $10 because it also has a second ability
@Mister_Tedious4 жыл бұрын
I love how you pronounced "elocutors" wrong.
@charleslegreatthegarbagemo72024 жыл бұрын
Me using the Vilis, Broker of Blood and Horizon Chimera combo while my opponent plays down damage dealer cards *oh yea. It’s all coming together now*
@LordFrakula4 жыл бұрын
Hey Mitch, just a quick correction to your piece about copying God Pharaohs Statue: it's a legendary artifact, so copying it would still leave you with one. I have a janky combo in my deck where I can use WAR Karn to turn it into a creature and copy it with either Helm of the Host or Spark Double because the copies lose the Legendary type, then you can copy the token without invoking the legend rule
@erichmahnke58065 ай бұрын
I love this. Been looking for a way to make my group have a taste of a deck as annoying as theirs
@SnailMan3074 жыл бұрын
You were the chosen one Mitch! You were supposed to destroy the stacks not join them! Bring balance to the battlefield, not leave it in darkness! You were my Mentor Mitch, I loved you. Still a good deck tech, love your content keep up the awesome work, hope your staging safe in these crazy times.
@kainariylius3924 жыл бұрын
I've tried this once without being a stacks style, but it seems to be the better choice. Here comes the quarantined fun police....
@xander8054 жыл бұрын
You should build a 50 dollar deck tech "precon" set of decks. Where you give us 4 different 50 dollar deck lists balanced to play in a group together. That would be incredible.
@xpandor_69144 жыл бұрын
Mitch is gonna have to make $100 deck techs when wayfarer's bauble costs 20 bucks.
@puffin-onehandedgamer11644 жыл бұрын
Feledar sovreign is good too. if your oppents aren't gonna do much attacking, you ight just win with the amount of life you have, the other card that says you win if you have 50 or more life works too.
@dtnuh4 жыл бұрын
As far as upgrades go, I would recommend Pendrell Mists over Magus of the Tabernacle.
@bringbackthesonics20974 жыл бұрын
Why not both. Piss them off more.
@tqbrowne4 жыл бұрын
Some budget decks are never meant to be unleashed upon this world!
@HaydenX4 жыл бұрын
I was looking at my own GAAIV EDH deck which has Omniscience (~$9), Bribery (~$18), Mana Tithe (~$1), Force Spike (~$1), Venser the Sojourner (~$11), Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (~$4), Rite of Replication (~$5), Remand (~$4), Propaganda (~$5), Rhystic Study (~$22), and Palinchron (~$25)...as well as some others. I was thinking about how great all of these cards work in my deck...and I didn't realize how many of them were currently over $10 as I got most of them before I had ever played EDH...and long before it was an official format in Commander. Palinchron, in particular, was a card I bought a playset of in 2004 for $3.50 total including shipping on Ebay. Now I'm asking myself if I should keep my GAAIV deck as is, or sell a bunch of cards for some much needed money...when the pandemic has passed anyway.
@josealexi51414 жыл бұрын
GAA the 4th was my favorite commander for a while.
@Kevinpapirar4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Greetings from Brazil!
@hottpockett15684 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised smothering tithe was not in the deck
@bluemanawizard96774 жыл бұрын
Oh here we go 😈
@darkfire12344 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this deck tech. This is one of my favorite and most hated commanders. I wanted to build it for so so long.
@ericsmith38084 жыл бұрын
Sad to think that this deck's overall cost will likely increase within just the next month alone. WotC is a greedy company and the secondary markets arent too far off themselves. I've wanted to make a stacks deck like this for awhile, albeit much stronger, and trying to do so is just horrid for the wallet in this day and age
@reinierjamescuyos64144 жыл бұрын
2:30 First off there Wayfarer's Bauble
@marcwilliams19423 жыл бұрын
Awesome deck! Thanks for the help! I've always wanted to try this
@matheusfunfas59164 жыл бұрын
Loved this one. Don't really like taxing, but I have almost all the cards already, including the expensive ones to upgrade it.
@staticfreeze61164 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for this since a player in my play group plays brago
@nathanielh.67114 жыл бұрын
Lavinia is a anti-combo with taxation effects. MLD is good with her.
@Drewbe8214 жыл бұрын
Between this and your happy hippo decks, the stall is real😜
@wobblefoot76074 жыл бұрын
Oh man this is great. I built a budget Derevi Stax for my girlfriend and her play group hates it. Time to add another to the pool
@nickthompson26404 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he will ever revamp his Vannifar deck
@749zen4 жыл бұрын
Oooh I get it... lock down
@boomgoesthedynomit34 жыл бұрын
Marble diamond taps for white, not colorless. Slight error in the video, thought I'd let you know.
@typhlocf50624 жыл бұрын
Sharuum the Hegemon for next commander build? It's budget itself and is an artifact loving esper commander. Wayfarer bauble is an artifact lol.
@fero_zetta4 жыл бұрын
You can't use mirrormade or Saheeli's artistry on God-Pharaoh's statue because is legendary. If you do, it would trigger the legendary rule.
@samr64084 жыл бұрын
Now it’s time to move on to lands. First up there’s tabernacle at pendrell vale
@crovax13754 жыл бұрын
Not everyone likes stax, but its good to see more diverse deck strategies
@josephmorris78474 жыл бұрын
Nice video Mitch!
@1990Alphaman4 жыл бұрын
You're the chosen one!!! You were supposed to bring balance to the force!!
@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche43034 жыл бұрын
*perfectly balanced as all things should be*
@AidanWR4 жыл бұрын
"Next up there's Winter Orb. What do you mean it's not the kind of deck and that the card is expensive?"
@ecos8894 жыл бұрын
We can't have more of the God Pharaoh statues though it's legendary. . .
@jakemorse72324 жыл бұрын
Duplicating removes legendary status
@UniGya4 жыл бұрын
You bastard, now that people know you can build an effective version of Grand Arbiter Augustin IV Stax on a budget even less people will believe me when I tell them my Grand Arbiter Augustin IV deck isn’t full stax!
@garrettmartin47504 жыл бұрын
My Grand Arbiter deck really upsets certain players in my group. Recently, I was asked why I play this deck. I said, it's for when I'm tired of shit talkers;) when members of my group get too cocky and forget to be humble, The Arbiter gets on his pedestal and kicks them off theirs.
@garrettmartin47504 жыл бұрын
Diplomatic Immunity....
@garrettmartin47504 жыл бұрын
Greater Auramancy.
@forbiddensun21274 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a good "boil" for a stax player. You could also wrenn and six +Strip Mine them. The best stax player in your playgroup is one that doesnt have any lands (or rocks) imo
@real_drainer4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but at that point aren't you the stax player
@smittynumber18124 жыл бұрын
An Augustin deck with win conditions? Impossible
@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche43034 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the archives are... incomplete?
@dustinwalters30872 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately God-Pharaoh's Statue is a Legendary artifact and therefore would be ineffective to copy, However Feroz's Ban is not.
@YGORetroRewind4 жыл бұрын
This is the "I want everybody at the table to hate me" deck.
@majestyblade85704 жыл бұрын
Budget edh deck?? Nah Budget stax deck?? My kind of fun
@nickpanther88334 жыл бұрын
Good deck but my all time favorite budget deck that you covered is Zada Hedron Grinder I even was able to get that deck on commander vs but with a few upgrades lol
@AbyssArray4 жыл бұрын
Mmmm... I don't think my table would even want this deck there, my cousin has an Urza deck that stops people from playing much as it is (not that he plays it often). Also, our table carries a lot of Enchantment/Artifact removal - and generally, it's worth putting this sort of deck behind because the collective group will pool efforts together for it. (I remember one time my sister's bf was playing an Avacyn deck - which did run the land destruction stuff. He placed a t1 Land Tax, blasted by Wear - followed by a t2 Sol Ring, blasted by Tear from another player. We know he ran taxing effects in the deck too, all the more reason to never let him get off the ground)