Ratadrabik of Urborg | Legendary Tokens | Commander | EDH | Budget | Cut-Rate Commander | MTG

[@GrazzetMTG]

Please let me know in the comments if you enjoyed the build, if there are any cards you would have added, and what commanders from The Brothers War you want to see in future polls!

[@THE_T.o.P]

Liberator, Urza’s Battlethopter looks unique! Also hoping for a Niz Mizzet, Parun budget video yours are so easily digestible yet quality

[@kismet8010]

My only suggestion is to keep up the prices for multiple cards up instead of having them remove over time.

[@luismiguel6159]

I love it

[@JustPixelNoIDontWantAnyNumbers]

I really like Odric, Lunarch Marshal. All the Legendaries have so many varied keywords and we can share them. While yes, having two copies of him doesnt change that, he does help with the go wide approach this commander brings.

[@TheFoxlover93]

I think something that might be nice to have during the "sidegrades" or "upgrade" sections might be noting cards you would personally swap out for the upgrades. Sort of like "if I didn't have a budget, or this card is just a better version of X card" would make doing updates easier. For example would you swap New Athreos in the list for Old Athreos? Would you swap Moira, Urborg Haunt for something like Mikaeus the Unhallowed? I think that would be a nice little addition to help people see lines of play, or cards to swap if they don't like X thing. Overall the deck is really cool and interesting. Since we have some synergies with +1 counters, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful would be a great addition. Adding in another 1 drop that gets bigger as more legends ETB is a nice effect, and even if it gets too big, once it dies we get a non-legendary copy to now do it again. Another great add from Brothers War is Loran of the Third Path. A "reclamation sage" in white that, in a pinch, we can instant speed sac it to get rid of another thing. The other amazing thing is that it gets to add card draw and once we get a reanimation cycle going, we can keep things off the board easily I recently made Elas, using some inspiration from your video to help me, but honestly might swap to this decklist depending on if I can get my version of Elas to work. Thanks for the great videos and hope to see more cool and interesting interactions from your channel!

[@ihavegotnoidea]

I'll be honest here, I hope you keep finding an audience because your builds are fun, affordable and at a decent power level. I just don't really play magic atm.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Understandable and thanks for the well wishes! Sometimes you just need a break from the hobby or just find it doesn't work for you anymore, but thanks for supporting the channel regardless!

[@darthkang_]

Great build! "The ring tempts you" mechanic fits nicely with this commander, there are quite a few low cost legendary creatures that tempt you when they die allowing you to make your tokens legendary again

[@joshuahall1249]

Cauldron of Souls fits really well with the counters theme, as the -1 and +1 counters cancel each other out. Allowing you to repeat this every turn.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Good suggestion! We certainly have enough +1/+1 counter sources of offset the -1/-1 counter persist would give, so I can see this easily being added in as another easy to use source of repeatable reanimation.

[@scottricks1676]

One cool thing is any instance speed “the ring temps you” bc it makes the creature legendary!

[@nickatwork]

Here comes 8k! My vote is going to be for Ashnod. I love death triggers too much. Would love to see your take on Harbin, Vanguard Advisor OR literally any of the new transformers cards because I just think they're all not too powerful and potentially fun build arounds.

[@GrazzetMTG]

And 8k here we are! Thanks for voting and I would love to tackle some of the Transformers Commanders, but that will likely be in an extra episode if I have time so it doesn't interrupt the regular weekend releases covering the main set.

[@BuckShotTherapy]

Already had this built but some the cards you mentioned I haven't thought about adding. Thank you for the great video as always and looking forward for many more

[@GrazzetMTG]

My pleasure and there are going to be plenty more builds from The Brother War coming soon!

[@markusschoenthbier661]

I play ratadrabik in sefris, who is built around reanimate legendary creatures. Its great!

[@tessikthegrand]

Don't sleep on the sorcery Rite of Consumption either. It is a fantastic, budget, sacrifice spell that also damages an opponent. I think it is especially good here because of all the +1/+1 counters being added to our creatures.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Not a bad suggestion - considering some of our creatures can get pretty beefy and this black version of fling with upside can help us bring their life totals down to size or outright eliminate them once they get low enough.

[@tessikthegrand]

@@GrazzetMTG Absolutely. I discovered the card when I was building my Umbris, Fear Manifest deck, (using a lot of your suggestions of course!) and fell in love with it.

[@jzoobs]

Love the idea of Legendary Aristocrats

[@GrazzetMTG]

Happy to hear it! While this isn't a fully dedciated aristorcats build (doesn't have quite the critical mass of on death payoffs) it can certainly be speced to be with a few minor adjustments (Ayara and Syr Konrad for example).

[@Angreesloth]

I've already got a Rata build on MTGO, I'm excited to see how your specific choices differ from mine! Great content as always :).

[@GrazzetMTG]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@thelasttrueblade6684]

I'm curious about what these differences are

[@heresyseed]

Protection is key for rata to shine!

[@lurisb]

Fantastic, spicy build. I've been looking for a way to get more triggers from Athreos, putting him in Ratadrabik's 99 does the trick

[@othellosmistake]

Had not seen this guy. Very cool build. Something other than aristocrats.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! And while he can certainly be built as a all in legendary aristocrats build, Ratadrabik is certainly flexible enough to helm other playstyles as well - making him really fun to build around!

[@IslarfPokemon]

Black Market could be a great first card upgrade. and getting Mikaeus, the Unhallowed could be great as a pricy upgrade.

[@rayray5768]

I was looking at Ratadrabik but I wasn't sure how to build it on a budget! Thanks for the video. The deck looks really nice and cohesive and I'm really thinking about building it soon. I'm just always pretty indecisive when it comes to my next Commander. I already own a Sythis Enchantress and a Jinnie Fay Go Wide deck and I want to explore other colors now. Black is really interesting to me! Blue is still kind of an enigma for me and I don't know how good blue is without all the expensive stuff like cyclonic rift and free counterspells! If anybody has somel recommendations for cool commanders, feel free to tell me because I'm always on the lookout for a new and cool Commander.

[@Koios90]

Blue can be very fun, even without all the expensive spells! I'd recommend Orvar, the All-Form. He is on the pricier side himself, but a lot of the spells that he works best with are 1 mana cantrips that are mostly useless in other decks and therefore dirt cheap. There have been so many times I've had Precursor Golem go ham with Slip Through Space in that deck. Master of Waves also becomes a problem quite quickly with all the tokens that gets pumped. There's also Minn, Wily Illusionist that gets played at my LGS sometimes. Drawing cards to make Illusions that then gets sacrificed to cheat out the things you drew, value all around!

[@rayray5768]

@@Koios90 Thanks for the recommendation, I'll chech those out but if you have any lists for me,, preferebly under 100$, I'd be super grateful!

[@Koios90]

@@rayray5768 Afraid I don't have one under $100, but I do got an Orvar list up on tappedout. Same username as here, don't think YT is very happy with links these days. Swapping out the expensive cards for some that does virtually the same should be possible, although if you do decide to go Orvar I highly recommend splurging on Whim of Volrath.

[@rayray5768]

@@Koios90 Thanks, I'll check that out!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! The Channel currently has a 63 separate builds of various color combos (not counting precon upgrades) and playstyles if want to take a look and see if anything strikes your fancy from the playlist.

[@chriskatsaras5]

What cards would you recommend subbing out for the "Upgrade" cards? Great video btw 😃!

[@jaxonrocksalot]

Deadly dispute is a strictly better version of costly plunder. It makes a treasure, i run that with reckoner’s bargain in all of my decks

[@GrazzetMTG]

You are correct, but due it it being about $2 it sadly was not able to be included in the build at the $65 budget. Still, if you don't mind going over budget or have one already, it can certainly replace Costly Plunder in the 99.

[@Doxicyclin]

this is very interesting. I always wanted to build an orzhov deck. thanks

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@EricErik]

I'm sorry to say that the only reason why I'm not going with this sweet build is that your Dihada, Binder of Wills precon upgrade was so cool, I'd rather spend the money on that instead. As a budget player, I have a thing against buying a lot of the same cards twice unless they're staples, especially if they're similar strategies and playstyles.

[@GrazzetMTG]

I completely understand! Glad you still enjoyed it though and I hope you have fun with the Dihada build!

[@KappaDiem]

Small note 6 mana Athreos says another creature so you can't do the trick of him targeting himself

[@GrazzetMTG]

Fair point - it can still be done with the non-legendary copies of Athreos to the token back on the original once he's reanimated but that was indeed an oversight on my part. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!

[@mowglijones]

Hi Grazzet! Quick question If i want to put those '' Upgrades '' Cards you mentionned: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Sheoldred, Whispering One Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Ravos, Soultender Elenda, the Dusk Rose Junji, the Midnight Sky Athreos, God of passage Kokusho, the Evening Star Which 9 cards you suggested to remove from the deck? And what you mean by '' Sidegrades? '' Should i put them too or nah ? i have those cards too Sorry for my english.

[@supersalty_9459]

warlock and cleric class would work well for this deck since it cares about two major things: summoning creatures, sacking them, and bringing them back as zombies, the classes will be on overdrive if you keep doing your combos! hell, u don't even need to level them up to get great value out of them, just them being level 1 alone can do the job, cleric class to gain much more life, and warlock class to deal damage to ur opponents if a creature died on your end step. never sleep on these classes because they are low key broken and low key cheap af :D

[@GrazzetMTG]

Good suggestions! The classes could certainly pull their weight as our creature and token enter and leave play!

[@supersalty_9459]

@@GrazzetMTG they been hitting the gym ever since they were released.

[@Galchoo1]

Holy shit, it's Rata of Drabik fame! Crappy references to Rank10YGO (a.k.a Rata) aside, amazing cut-rate vid as always! Truly legendary... maybe the video can trigger Ratadrabik? As for the vote... well, Ashnod takes the win. As much as I like Tawnos, an Artifact Deathharmonicon with a Catch is much more appealing and potentially entertaining than Clue/Food/Treasure/Blood tribal. Day 452 of waiting for the Grazzet face reveal. By the way, I just realised the order of the decks that are soon to be upgraded is also similar to the spotlight sharing order in the original book... mmm, the flavour is delicious. Ever read any MTG books?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and thanks for the support as usual! Its looks like most folks agree with you regarding the poll this week - with Ashnod currently having a massive lead! Regarding the MTG novels, I have not read them myself (Sadly I do not have the time) but I do watch Magic Arcanum from time to time to catch up on the plot of the storyline of the latest sets at least to keep up to date.

[@adeorose]

I wanna know the music you use for the background noise in your videos, it's nice

[@snowmochi]

So it's my Meren deck, but Orzhov and eve meaner. I love it. I spose this is a great opportunity to branch out from the Golgari/Simic habits I fall into and will be the 3rd/4th deck I build from your vids. Keep up the incredible work.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and will do!

[@barrysetser3909]

Another great deck; been trying to figure out a good Kambahl build and this might be it. You think one is bad? Try dealing with multiple copies of his Zombie brothers

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yeah - Kambahl and get out of control really fast with multiple copies in play!

[@saltdee9477]

Great video! Can you do Tawnos, the Toymaker?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! And I'll see what I can do about getting Tawnos, the Toymaker onto a future poll!

[@crovax1375]

Would Purgatory or Strands of Night work for this build?

[@Koios90]

I'd say so, yes. Purgatory is a bit of a removal magnet if you got a few creatures under it, though, but with the upside that it negates graveyard hate. Nice find, hadn't seen that one before I think.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Purgatory is an interesting option - on the one hand it conflicts with all our other reanimation and is vulnerable to removal (which will have us lose the cards it exiles forever), but it does allow for repeatable reanimation. I would personally say that the cons outweigh the pros but thats just my opinion without having had tested it. Strands of Night is a much more reliable source of repeatable source of reanimation that really works well in the late game where we have more lands than we know what to do with - so I would considering running it over Purgatory or in general as some additional reanimation.

[@enilson002]

Wouldn't Mikaeus' token copy immediately die since it wasn't cast and would have no +1/+1 counters on it?

[@grovestreet1520]

Nope. Ratadrabik has the token copies enter as 2/2 black zombies in addition to their other colors and types. So you would have a 2/2 Mikaeus with all his abilities!

[@enilson002]

@@grovestreet1520 Oh good point! Didn't think of that - thanks!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Exactly! That's what makes Ratadrabik really good with 0/0 creatures - effectively giving them a +2/+2 stat-boost when he creates copies of them.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear you've stuck with the channel since then and that you're getting some mileage out of the builds!

[@morkyness]

Hey im early again! I was actually waiting for the upload.

[@morkyness]

Also, you're almost 8k! That's so cool. Hope your channel gets even bigger.

[@GrazzetMTG]

And now at 8k thanks to the support from folks like you! Thanks for helping the channel get here and hopefully grow even more!

[@dots4873]

Wait... Won't the copies of Mikaeus die instantly because they'll be 0/0?

[@GrazzetMTG]

They would not, due to Ratadrabik creating a copy that is a 2/2 instead of his base 0/0.

[@dots4873]

@@GrazzetMTG Right Sorry my bad 😅

[@cooperaa]

God, I wish I could watch the rest of this video but I can't stand the way you intonate...

[@GrazzetMTG]

Fair enough. Its not the first time that someone disliked my cadence....

[@lorettelisa753]

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[@GrazzetMTG]

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