HORROR TRIBAL "Mind Flayarrrs" Full Deck Reveal | Magic: The Gathering Commander

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate is coming soon and along with the set comes four new and exciting commander decks. This horror tribal control reanimator mill deck is simply incredible. Thanks Wizards for this free preview opportunity.
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[@xOptoger]

Reprints in this deck are pretty good, I was not expecting Hullbreaker Horror at all.

[@JumboCommander]

I wasn't either. Gavin mentioned that it's atypical to get a reprint in a commander deck so close to the regular release of a card but ... Gavin's right it fits in the deck so well!

[@goatsfluff]

@@JumboCommander I'm glad they added it! I'm hoping it can help normalize putting more solid reprints in the decks. Sure, it's recent, but boy, it's worth a few dollars. That shouldn't stop you from reprinting it in my opinion. Allosaurus Shepherd in the next Elf deck, c'mon, Wizards. You're doing well!

[@KevinYuMusic1]

Pretty good deck with solid reprints - Good to see Herald’s Horn getting one as it is unreasonably expensive atm for an uncommon

[@stormcrow4202]

Do consider that while Herald's Horn is an "uncommon," throughout all of it's printings, that rarity status has not affected the amount of Herald's Horns opened due to the products it has been put into, so it being an uncommon has never affected it's price.

[@buddatello]

Yeh as the mate said its printed as "uncommon" in commander products still just a per product printing

[@bend5963]

Both ramp and card draw on a 3 mana colorless artifact? I’m not surprised it shot up.

[@shaunkingkgttoatyerrdvhjus6850]

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[@zacharyjoy8724]

Rarity isn’t the issue. Playability and value is. And Herald’s Horn is pretty much a mandatory staple for tribal decks.

[@thevoidbeckons]

The best part of this imo is that they reprinted cards with more thematic art. I wish there was more than 3, but hopefully this is the new standard going forward as a ton of the artifact creatures in the "Buckle up" precon from Kamigawa could have been more thematic, I'm looking to play [insert deck theme] and have fun, I don't need a hyper competitive pre-con.

[@PopoTCG]

Ya know, I am just gonna call him Captain Enword

[@cc_rex5017]

Real challenge of the deck: Pronouncing your commanders name without sounding racist. Once you say it a little to fast, you've already lost

[@davidstone281]

I just call him Davy Jones

[@cc_rex5017]

@@davidstone281 probably the best decision

[@bryceduyvewaardt8136]

Congratulations on getting to present this deck with Gavin! Nice editing and I’m looking forward to playing with this deck 💙🖤

[@jameslarsen3658]

I really want to put Captain N'arg.... Davy Jones into my Admiral Becket Brass deck! It's very on theme with stealing opponents creatures.

[@oom-3262]

excuse me captain _what_

[@austinharris1118]

This is the best job wotc has ever done on a deck for me. Can't get enough of the themed art for decks, finally a drop of continuity 💜👾

[@jonpiest4648]

I don't think it's intentional but there's GOTTA be another way to pronounce that name. "N'G" should probably be two separate phonemes separated by a a glottal stop or pause specifically to avoid this issue. Not gonna influence my purchasing or subscription decisions but a little forethought here could avoid some awkward convos in LGSs around the Anglosphere

[@PopoTCG]

Captain Hard Arrr lol

[@JacobSmith-rh2sr]

stop being woke and overly sensitive. you are choosing to let the name of a fictional creature on a piece of cardboard trigger you. get over it.

[@burmabaines]

I’d put emphasis on the Gath.

[@adrianrusso5737]

I thought the same thing as soon as he said it... I've been pronouncing it /N/-guh-thrahd. That comes from a few years of reading Lovecraft and seeing those types of names pronounced all over lore videos. I'll stick to that way of saying it.

[@brysondameron8936]

I've been saying it as Un - Guh - Throd

[@balakkei]

Captain WHAT

[@colexian]

This deck seems so much stronger and more cohesive than the goad precon that was also revealed. This precon seems VERY solid, nothing crazy out of place, lots of good synergy. Very solid deck. Wish it had a wayfarer's bauble cause I think they should be printed in every non-green precon but at least one is in the poopy goad deck.

[@ach9109]

You said Captain what-throd?

[@joshuahowell4785]

The mana base on this looks pretty decent. No shocks or fetches, obviously, but way better than a few years ago when we got a ton of tapped duels.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Great overview of the Precon! Can't wait to break it down and tinker with it myself!

[@Cantthinkofname-rp3iw]

Hell yeah can't wait for your vids on these commanders

[@TheGrifcannon22]

I don't need another Dimir deck. I don't need another Dimir deck. I don't need another Dimir deck. Aaaaahhh!!! I'm getting another Dimir deck!

[@murphyspell7125]

🤣🤣🤣

[@KeroTheInvincible]

Ever since Zendikar Rising's Rogue precon deck, I've been wanting to make some sort of mill-themed Horror/Sea Creature tribal deck. Horrors seemed like a neat tribe, and much more on theme than Rogues. I went through so many different ideas; Wrexial (who might be a consideration for this deck), Araumi (yet again, tripling a Consuming Aberration seems like a barrel of laughs), etc. I eventually saw Umbris, Fear Manifest and thought I'd finally found it. Until I realized that Umbris got a little too big too fast, and the constant exile was better than strictly milling, but also a nonbo with the graveyard shenanigans I was hoping for (you'll have to exile graveyards eventually, yes, but I didn't want to be doing it ALL the time). I'd eventually put it all on the back burner, quietly observing the mill cards being released every set. Until finally CLB rolls around, and they announce literally the exact deck I've been hoping for all this time! This deck looks great, and even has some reprints of cards I've been wanting for other decks. I haven't even seen the others yet, but I'm definitely considering picking this one up.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I compromised and use Satoru Umezawa and drop big phat sea monsters/horrors :P

[@ephraimmann]

Umbris is skyrocketing on tcg. From $4 up to $12... I plan on buying this deck only for Umbris

[@Deebofreebo]

Struggling to decide if I am going to rip this apart for Umbris upgrades, or rip Umbris apart for this. Good deck intro from a fave creator. Thx

[@darkmatter41224]

I have the same problem but I am putting eater of the dead/phenax combo & then mind dialation

[@serpentsilver6323]

How about both. Create proxies cards that will go in both and when you want to play the other one grab the cards you need from the other deck and place the proxies in the other. 😁

[@bend5963]

Are you going for more of mill/exile strategy to pump umbris or more of a nightmare/horror tribal strategy?

[@Hedgemonkey5]

This decklist reads almost identical to my Umbris deck, but I also *need* those new horrors...

[@Deebofreebo]

@@bend5963 building it too aggressive into the pump/exile mill strat meant I got targeted too early. Umbris is a good lead but struggles with all the typical voltron pitfalls if you play heavy into that theme, so stepping back from mill into nightmare horror good stuff has made the deck gel with the table better.

[@jordansams6240]

This is one of the few pre cons i legit got excited about, really just this one and the adrix and nev deck. This one looks so legit and a ton of fun i can't wait to buy it and start playing

[@derekandtheroadman8162]

captain what throd??????

[@mana_fiend]

When I first saw Pirate Horrors, I was sold. When I read the face card's ability, I was even more sold. Seeing the preview, I can't wait for this deck!

[@carboncuber3147]

I haven't notice anyone mentioning it, but this deck does come with an infinite combo. It's Hullbreaker Horror with Sol Ring + Everflowing Chalice which generates infinite colorless mana. For a payoff, you can use Consuming Aberration to mill out your opponents. Since Consuming Aberration doesn't require you to spend mana, you could even do the combo with Sol Ring and any 2 drop mana rock. It's not an amazing combo as it requires 4 cards and the deck has no tutors, but against the other precons, it could be viable way to win.

[@al_kaufman]

Captain what?

[@alphaskag1878]

Greetings owners of fine delightful cardboard squares!

[@charliemarlow647]

Excited for the new toys for my Mimeoplasm mill deck! Already has a sub-theme of "big, scary monsters", so more horrors fit right into that!

[@Blainprime]

As someone who's favorite tribal types are Cats, Horrors, and Merfolk I gotta say I'm so psyched for this deck. Horrors will always be such an interesting archetype with how random and sometime just outright OP abilities they come with. I can't wait to get it. it'll give me a chance to try it out against my BU Zombie triple deck

[@senneboorsma460]

There actually is a mindflayer dragon in Fizbans treasury of dragons, a dnd monster manual that came out last year

[@jasondincauze3629]

The way you pronounce N'Ghathrod 😂

[@gregboulton8230]

Best commander video I’ve seen in a while. Well Done!

[@NamebeDale_592]

Legit bought this for my sister just yesterday, and I'm so glad I got it and now I'm watching this video around in the morning so I can teach her how to play it when she gets home from school

[@datastorm17]

I love these new precons. They have interesting and fun ways to play. They are just out of my budget

[@jkabanas]

Great job DJ! Really looking forward to messing around with this deck.

[@Heliyum]

I'm so glad I held off on Hullbreaker Horror. I was only 50% sure it would be in this deck. I bought Thing In The Ice immediately, because I didn't expect a double face card getting reprinted.

[@goatinanovercoat1164]

I’m looking forward to using this deck! Graveyard shenanigans are my favorite!

[@condensedmilk]

Exile

[@goatinanovercoat1164]

@@condensedmilk counter spell

[@jonathandiaz3366]

So like where and when can I buy this ?

[@nik700]

I like the balance between impactful reprints and flavourful ones. Pretty solid list

[@volosguidetomonsters3440]

Imagine Psionic Ritual with the second commander. Also, Brainstealer Dragon in dungeons and dragons could be an elder brain dragon (Fizban's treasury of Dragons). Uchuulon (Chuul reference, see Monster Manual), would also be fun with Zellix

[@kyleholden7529]

1st time on your channel. Searched YT for this deck after I saw Starcity do the Dragon one. Gotta say very impressed on how detailed this was. Immediate fan right here. Keep up the great work.

[@Doofindork]

I rarely ever pre-order a deck; But this one I do want. Partly to have a horror tribal, but I also want that amazing secondary commander for a deck of its own.

[@kokushin55]

First of this pre cons that I see, immediately in love. Probably picking this up as I don't have a Dimir deck at the moment and I love this theme. Let's see if I like any of the others better. Great video, as always.

[@pops91]

I love the flavor of the deck and the reprints are on point, dunno if wrexial is here but it should be, it came on the previous set of commanders. The only problem I am noticing here is the lack of ramp vs the high mana spells, yeas I know I can steal rocks with commander but that's a possible turn 6 ramp, it looks like the amount of rocks on the deck is barely enough to bring commander 1-2 turns early but if he gets shut down most of your high cmc spells are going to be dead in your hand. Possible upgrade for the deck could be mass mill including yourself and more reanimation

[@nickw7125]

I love when wizards gets creative with the creature typings; Uchuulon has what might be the coolest subtype set I have ever seen, on top of a really cool effect. It’s a strong contender for my favorite card in my favorite one of the Baldur’s Gate precons. Good stuff!

[@FearThePinkMist]

Man, im so happy that i did not end up finishing my umbris deck before command legends B came out, saved a ton of money since 70% i was gonna buy were in this precon

[@romeopompei6891]

I wish I could say the same.... I just bought half of these awesome reprints within the last 2 months 😭

[@FearThePinkMist]

@@romeopompei6891 Such shame, tho i feel your pain. Same thing happened to me with draconic dissent deck.

[@CraftySloth]

The deck isn't my personal playstyle, but wanted to commend both of you for explaining the deck so well and letting us share in your excitement for it. Loved seeing Gavin's enthusiasm and direction for this deck and thought it was really cool that he sought the horror themed reprints to contribute to the overall aesthetic. Well done!

[@gregfougere7447]

Thanks for the review of the deck, surprised the serious synergies in this deck!

[@brett5569]

This is how all precons should be. Love that we got a good amount of decent reprints

[@thebloodybonecrusher]

This combined with Tasha the witch queen and classic horror creatures looks like a blast

[@phoenix-walker]

I feel like you have to ramp with this deck. In my play group, someone will for sure hold up instant speed spot removal for turn 5. Then if they kill him (Assuming you don't have a force of will or some other free cast protection), you won't see him again till turn 7. And by then, he'll be mostly irrelevant.

[@Rabid_Wombat]

Don't forget you can choose for the Captain to go to the Graveyard...there are plenty of reanimation spells that can get him back on the field fast !

[@Junorimo]

This is by far my favorite precon of all times, hands down. My favorite commander has been Umbris, since its release, but now i want to build Zellix so bad! Gj Wizards

[@redzone4412]

Had a really bad experience with the lathril elf tribal precinct but I think I’ll try this tribal deck out looks really interesting. Love the Vid keep it up pls

[@idodo32]

WOTC - well we have to raise the price for the con since we're making a lot of new designs! also WOTC- don't worry we "freed up" reprint slots by desiging less cards

[@Jimburlyman]

Yayy happy they gave you a preview DJ, you deserve it! Cheers, sweet deck!

[@zaclarocque-walker9103]

Haunted One is a slam dunk in my Lathril deck. Need that card.

[@igniusgaming2587]

If you had a way to give them haste and phenax it'd be infinite with that commander

[@saintdane7336]

Guess they hadn’t read Fizban’s guide to dragons because there is actually a elder brain dragon template in the book. Pretty terrifying.

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

I know one friend in my playgroup is picking this up. Looking forward to seeing it in action.

[@SimonLewis_photography]

I think I’m turning into a dimir player! This is a horrifically good deck straight out the box and seems relatively easy to upgrade too. Me likey a lot…now off to bed with all the lights left on!

[@turntsnaco824]

Dimir is best colors....building an Aurami deck and discovering all of the possibilities within that pairing is what made me fall in love with it. I've been wanting another Dimir deck to play, I think this will be it.

[@goatsfluff]

Honestly, this seems like a really solid deck! I gotta say; some of the reprints for this deck are really nice too. Leyline of Anticipation (once very expensive; thanks for reprinting it in M20!), Reflections of Littjara (It got too expensive for me to buy alone!), Black Market (I have one, but I'll gladly take another!), Talisman of Dominance (please do this for *all* the Talismans in the cycle!), Herald's Horn (another tribal staple), it's not valuable but it's fun to see Plague Spitter, Chasm Skulker... and there are a bunch of fun cards here. I know that commander decks are supposed to be a little split in what they do and stuff, but I'm pretty happy with this deck. Looking forward to playing with it in two weeks' time! The one criticism I have is that I'd love to see some fetch lands, shock lands and pain lands, but it's been much worse before, and it's not really up to me how the decks are made and what cards are printed. All in all, it looks like a really solid design, Gavin! EDIT: Also, Hullbreaker Horror. Seriously, you guys are onto something here. I know it might just be because it's a horror and it fits well... but honestly, I like the attitude! I know commander decks are meant to be an introduction to the game, but I think the decks are getting better and have more 'snacks' for established or experienced players, and I'm glad they do. The cards tend to be worth more, and I know that's hush-hush, but it makes me feel better as a customer knowing I'm getting solid reprints (again; those tend to have value because they're good cards). EDIT 2: I love the flavor of Nihilith. It's not incredibly powerful, but it's a big baddie that's slowly approaching. And it works with the main commander. Super cool! I love that you guys put weird old-ish cards in when they're relevant!

[@ozymandias3110]

Looks like my Nihiloor deck is about to get even more jank with a horror subtheme!! Great content, and congrats on the preview!!

[@pauldyson8098]

The name of this deck is an affront to my Boston accent.

[@BenjiByt3]

I was thinking a bout making a mind flayer steal stuff themed deck, looks like they made it for me lol

[@jefferymuter4659]

Ive really wanted horror tribal. Love the cthulu vibe too

[@ivettea.192]

Great video! I loved hearing Gavin's comments on the cards and the overall deck. Thank you! :)

[@martinprybylski2392]

Great video! Thanks for the value breakdown in the preview video.

[@ccggenius]

This deck had me checking the database for Horrors, and... yeah, there are A LOT of bad ones. Like, I don't think there are any that we're missing out on really... maybe if you inexplicably want a zombie or mercenary tribal subtheme?

[@theinvisiblegentleman1142]

The blue card from the court cycle (court of cunning?) is a no brainer inclusion. If you manage to reach your upkeep while holding onto the monarch you could mill an extra 30 cards, ripe for the reanimating.

[@ender3255]

My Umbris deck is beaming at this decklist... I can't wait to get my hands on it!

[@starmanda88]

Wow congrats on being the one to present the deck! Really cool!

[@bongzong9824]

Grell Philosopher + Mind Grind yeeeeet

[@PiquantPan]

ah, yes, that famous thing pirates say: "errrrrr" -- cmon DJ, put some energy and fun into your ARRRRRRR, matey

[@captcharisma02]

From the catacombs is not great. 5 mana value means most turns it will be the only spell you cast. You have to get something that has a real impact on the board.

[@JustABrokenToy]

I like that the mill aspect of Captain N'ghathrod is reanimator than strict mill. as mentioned in the video, it (usually) feels less bad to steal something from your opponents' graveyard than from their battlefield. that said, lots of decks care about graveyards so it fights on that axis which is neat. seems like a fun deck, and the reprints look pretty solid. no watery grave or fetid pools in the mana base, but river of tears, tainted isle, sunken hollow, darkwater catacombs, and choked estuary are solid. and not a guildgate to be found! the mana bases have definitely improved over the past few years.

[@Wkenbkejake]

The best thing you can always do to a precon when it comes to upgrading it is to upgrade that land basis...boring i know but still holds true.

[@itz1201]

How did no one on wizards team see that the name of this card literally has you say the n word........

[@JacobSmith-rh2sr]

stop crying and overthinking it you're soft.#triggered #wokeaf

[@MatthewCJoy]

It's an already established character, and it's a name with a part that sounds sus. At the end of the day it isn't the word, wasn't intended to be, and anyone who gets mad at it is stupid AF.

[@fishingjoe683]

I just saw a piece about different kinds of mindflayers including the brainstealer dragons. Can't wait for this precon!

[@pinthemattman]

I would combine this deck with some of the cards in the Ashiok, Mindsculptor deck as cards like swimmer in nightmares and devourer of memory would probably fit super well in this deck with all the milling

[@Codence666]

Captain Nigga Throd

[@ClamantisVox]

Thanks for the classic Dragon covers. That Daniel Horne is a personal favorite.

[@nelsonmarques6732]

Great video, DJ! This deck seems pretty strong.

[@vicioushellsing]

I was interested in this before. Now I am completely sold. I have a fear manifest horror deck already. And so many of these cards look like fantastic fits.

[@xicy133x]

UMBRIS HOLY CRAP SOME OF THESE CARDS BE POPPIN WITH MY BOI HYPE!!!

[@Iamthequick]

I was thinking of gettig the white black precon for this set, because i have too many dimir decks... however! xDDDD man, the dimir club won't let me go

[@jaydoherty7676]

Great reprints. So have they finally admitted that Swiftfoot Boots just isn't Lightning Greaves?

[@murdochthefool]

Solid precon, I think I'm reshaping my Umbris deck into Captain N'ghathrod

[@Cha0sRising90]

My Atraxa horror tribal deck getting new toys!!

[@flyingmonkeiesRus]

Been waiting for this all week!

[@pytawidmo]

I really hoped for more pirrrates in this :

[@159RaMa159]

Really loved the pacing of this deck reveal. Awesome work as always DJ

[@seanedgar164]

honestly main thing I took away is there's a new crab card. we're sultai now hahah

[@matthewbenoit3098]

The yellow box on the bottom right. Slide that fella into your shelf :)

[@doomkiller9297]

Umbris would be good in this deck

[@ElderDemonHighlander]

Thank you for revealing this Deck!

[@dontgetsore]

Awesome reprints and some heat for my Umbris deck. I like it.

[@goatsfluff]

How I would upgrade the deck: - Ask R&D why the black/blue Liege isn't a horror like several of the others - Consider Call of the Nightwing - Consider Corpseweft - Consider Spoils of Blood - Consider Umbris, Fear Manifest (if we're going for our opponents' libraries, we might as well exile some of it too, swinging with a beefy horror). - Consider Despoiler of Souls - Seriously consider Fleshwrither (if you need, say, Ravenous Chupacabra) - Cross my fingers that we'll get more fun, awesome Horrors. Seriously, the Fleshwrither is weird. It's like Transmute, but you have to have the creature on the battlefield. Then you essentially Transmute it, but it enters the battlefield. Neat!

[@fellshepherd6151]

Oooh, my favourite Dimir Horror will fit well into this. Good ol' Toxrill! (Toxrill + Endless Evil = SLIME-O-RAMA!)

[@autobotjazz1972]

was not thinking this would be horror tribal.

[@mywife69]

“stealing your opponent’s permanents all the time is really unfun” well that’s just, like, your opinion man

[@tonthax]

Really good video. I love hearing the reasoning for cards from the designer himself

[@SifSehwan]

A lovely video as always, this is one of your best. Keep it up!

[@w00dm31st3r]

WotC, you’ve done it again…I’m buying it

[@BushBumperBaker]

4th edition DnD had a Mindflayer dragon in one of its monster manuals if I'm not mistaken.

[@abastecki]

My friend pre-ordered the deck because he assumed it was going to be horror + pirate themed based on the name (He has an Admiral Beckett Brass deck). Strange for it to be only horror-based.