How To Irritate Magic: The Gathering Players at Commander: Zo-Zu The Punisher EDH

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Tolarian Community College don't go down this dark path. It's why I was banned from blue.

[@Tony-ey5ct]

Tolarian Community College dear prof please do another modern deck tech with goblins PLEASE

[@jozzyalthefool9273]

Tolarian Community College That deck is missing a Rampaging Ferocidon to be more annoying.

[@brennanolthoff1437]

Yo how much this cost tho?

[@patrickhennessey7129]

Dont want to he that guy but the intro might cause a seizure with the flashing light. FYI. Otherwise another great EDH video!

[@Shield_OW]

Mtg community: Blue is the most annoying colour... The professor: HOLD MY BEER

[@toriko4603]

More like hold my Blood Moon.

[@itsmel9390]

Or hold my merfolk tribal edh deck

[@beliffywu5804]

@@itsmel9390 bet it sucks.

[@xanosdarkpaw1]

Woah, slow down there Satan...

[@xChikyx]

The video should be called "Tutorial on how to not have friends"

[@eating_a_cookie]

No, that was his deck on Leovold, but since that card is banned, I guess this could be "Tutorial on how to not have friends 2.0"

[@twilightcall06]

Or "Tutorial on how to paint a target on your forehead." You drop something like this into a game and they realize what's happening, every other player in that game is going to be trying to kill you as fast as possible.

[@charlesthompson1315]

twilightcall06 yes but if I play something like this, I’m not caring about winning. I just want to watch the world burn.

[@shaneamplify15]

Charles Thompson haha I shall Join you. Let's team up and snort oxycodone while were at it 2! After we win we can Throw Mint Packs of Iconic masters at all the THOTS who happen to be inside the LGS we are causing Havoc in, once they pick them up we will Shout "Be gone Goblin THOT, You have your Sheckles"! 🤣🌮🤔😌

[@charlesthompson1315]

Shane Amplify sure why not, I like teaming up with those as demented as me lol

[@ArgusQuadocular]

Red commander? Check. GOBLIN commander? DOUBLE CHECK. Annoying red commander deck? you have my undivided attention.

[@HieronymousLex]

Great profile pic lol

[@codywink4428]

If you get to play this deck on Game Knights, my heart will be complete.

[@TankCommanderWatchdog]

Use it to take out Josh after that dumb shadowborn apostle game.

[@magicalpro]

Omg prof please please please!!!

[@CyberSkunkStudios]

Hets banned from game knights. "Chill guys, it was just a prank."

[@calebfowler102]

yes he must play this on game knights it will be amazing

[@GioNecromancer]

Please prof!!!!

[@Mistressofevil87]

Tried the deck, my husband has now filed for divorce. The judge seems to take his side that this was to evil so im left with nothing... except the delicious salty tears :P

[@markrodriguez2661]

The deck suits your name, lol

[@matshbocks]

*backs away after strolling on whatever the fuck dis is*

[@michaeldavis3013]

he should win your heart back with a blue black reanimator

[@epicureaneternity]

Marry me? Lmao 😂

[@ariksanderstuckwisch1604]

Definitely worth it.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Can confirm. Playing against Zo-Zu is a frustrating endeavor.

[@TheCommanderDojo]

MTG Muddstah This is why you get table talk going and convince your fellower sufferers to help you punish the Zo-Zu player 😂

[@cdmusic850]

Please play this deck muddstah

[@novaknight30]

MTG Muddstah love your vids!

[@AndrewWoodford]

MTG Muddstah *generic goblin laugh*

[@gond9166]

Nah, that's not bothersome at all. Not when your play group combo off at 5th or 7th turn. And even if the game lasts longer there is no efficient way in red to tutor crucible of world's. That's a gimmick deck at best and won't annoy players with built serious commander decks.

[@matthewbrown3794]

"Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question: How can I play a deck that will have me targeted in my playgroup for eons to come because of that one time?"

[@Darnold4Prez2024]

Luckily, everybody in my EDH playgroup has bern guilty of this. We all have a deck in retirement because of “that one time”… and we’re all just waiting for a reason to bring it out of retirement!

[@laynearguello4473]

The funniest joke in the video was him saying players could have fun in other formats

[@KillinTime2792]

Funniest joke was calling the cards mentioned affordable when he mentions wheel of fortune.

[@filippodardi2180]

Ahahah :) I attended my first modern league a couple of days ago with a homebrew after deck and I'm telling you - it was great fun! People at the store were eager to clash against a new deck and helping the local noob (me) to improve it

[@oORoxas13Oo]

I like standard though.

[@kevinsun7617]

"somewhat affordable" Proceeds to include wheel of fortune. Logic.

[@MrThomasCWest]

I thought the Lattice was expensive. I nearly crapped my pants when I checked the price of Wheel Of Fortune.

[@hugolind880]

Substitute it for Magus of the Wheel

[@tclark3514]

Ankh isn’t cheep either

[@pappaeisy9031]

And blood of moon

[@Darnold4Prez2024]

Luckily it’s a commander deck, and 1 card shouldn’t make or break the entire thing (excluding the commander, obviously..).

[@aiRCoft]

"Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question: How can I irritate other Commander players?"

[@SgtMoo]

I already know the answer to this, I run a Phenax commander deck. It has been nicknamed the fun police deck because I take everyone's fun

[@SomeGuy-cn5vm]

aiRCoft are you familiar with our lord, Empress Galina + Intruder Alarm?

[@Jerhevon]

Riffle shuffle your unsleeved deck. Proceed to play a fetchland to find an original dual.

[@Jonathan-qk5ed]

Best turn 1 I ever had was a Blinkmoth Well into Sol Ring into Winter Orb. Everybody else conceded when they realized the combo on field, lol.

[@beliffywu5804]

newb shit

[@Nateson]

Had never heard of Zo-Zu before. Now I think it's my favorite card.

[@paltrygeist]

you play magic!! this is great news! hi nateson!

[@TheClosetGamer]

Zo-zu is a great card, hurt people for playing duals, hurt them even more for shocks. Taps, bounce etc. Screwed.

[@Cless012]

That's Kamigawa for you, interesting cards all over

[@FearOgre]

Zo-Zu isn't that punishing for non0-basic lands.

[@tonysmith9905]

Zo-Zu was my first rare, I'll always love the guy

[@josephjacobs4593]

Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question, "Should I get a tattoo of a target on my forehead?" (Yes)

[@Tony-ci2vt]

I'm so angry right now!!! I gotta play this as soon as I can.

[@thecrimsonchapperling4154]

Okay, This is a reference to "How to Irritate people" with John Cleese Right? I hope so that movie is how I aspire to live my life.

[@Bandit-Darville]

Even if it didn't already state so in the title, the acting by itself is a reference enough. And there is absolutely no cause for alarm.

[@LovecutV]

I only made it to Crucible of Worlds before I decided that I need to report you for bullying.

[@gigas115]

Even if you don't win, you'll still have won because your opponent will have had nothing to do with it.

[@Darnold4Prez2024]

I feel like there are too many decks that this can happen with.

[@1235q]

Woah, I JUST disassembled my Zo-Zu deck, cuz I had no idea how to make it good, and suddenly, my man Prof does it for me. Thank you!

[@jonnyalcatraz5987]

Chicken and rice for a very good price edh rec .com

[@1235q]

I know about this site, boi. And because of that, I put plenty of trash land destruction spells in my deck, and a lot of trashy red enchantments. Also, there were no decklists that would seem stronger than the mine as well.

[@jonnyalcatraz5987]

I ll also recommend scryfall.com to search for obscure and lesser known cards

[@pogobat]

Do you ever run out of cards in hand with this build? Love the idea, might run a “Mind’s Eye,” “Staff of Nin,” etc. to keep the gears spinning if opponents interact with takes 1 & 2 at MLD-soft-locks.

[@seanmower3926]

I went with lots of cycling effects

[@beliffywu5804]

staff of nin? yuck. why you would pay for that when you can just run immortal sun and also turn off walkers... besides they would both get blown up by the destroy all artifact combos

[@azerim2039]

"How to die first at the commander table" the deck.

[@omegablast2002]

Azerim YTube hahaha when? If by turn 4 you havent killed that player it starts to become nearly impossible

[@felipegaldino9336]

the answer is: use a deck that wins until turn 3, doing a lot of anoying cycles and kill everyone at the same time, after 15 minutes of tutors and extra turns. Next time you play, they will counter your landdrop ;p

[@Ogamra]

Something is deeply wrong with me for wanting to play this deck.

[@blueberry187]

I am going to buy the cards and build it. It is happening

[@josuanachname1914]

... So have you had some fun yet?

[@Ogamra]

@@josuanachname1914 I've been too poor, maybe soon

[@josuanachname1914]

@@Ogamra ah, I know that!

[@l_scanu8645]

This was a great trailer, i'm pumped for the new SAW movie! Looks more gruesome then ever!

[@heyitspayne7612]

underrated comment

[@grimfirehead603]

Luca Scanu that made me laugh for reals. I would watch that movie.

[@pkphantom]

A "Fight me bro" deck, where you force enemy creatures to face off against your stronger creatures before combat, then attack them while they can't defend. I think that'd be cool to see. I don't even know if thats viable or doable lol

[@wormspeaker]

So, a nearly 15 minute video about how to be the first player that everyone wants to knock out of the game.

[@TehSeksyManz]

wormspeaker Yeah, this is a guide to losing first in your playgroup.

[@Xantain]

Becoming the enemy of the board 101

[@Edgeof666]

...and probably never play with again.

[@flaccidreflex5563]

you always gotta have 1 or 2 decks that no one likes because it's either too good or too competetive

[@dedf15]

Sometimes you just have to BE the gisela player in your group. It helps take out some pre-game aggression on the other players

[@speakerskat2867]

Red: I'm not fun or interesting but I want to win and on the ocassions I don't win I at least want you to hate everything

[@theredstormer8078]

It's even worse than playing against a good control deck sometimes.

[@jorgel.quiroz8862]

>Not fun C'mon man.

[@wrjirgrpoklgg]

funniest color on the pie by far

[@ExtremeMedium]

Well here's a side to The Professor I've never seen before...

[@vantain20]

Well since Prof's favourite deck got banned (Leovold), this is the next best thing

[@nathansmith5333]

*Plays commander with zo-zu* *all experienced players see the shot storm coming* *gets ganked by all the experienced players*

[@sethb3090]

Can confirm, same thing happened to me when I played Riku of Two Reflections

[@johncox9575]

Yup this deck is devious... But no where near unstoppable especially when you have 3 other players aiming at you... It's like trying to play with Skittles or atraxa as comie.

[@Darnold4Prez2024]

@@johncox9575 just gotta hope at least 1 other person is playing with one of the many other “not this fcking deck” deck, too. Make them choose who to gang up on, and then team up with the other annoying deck and basically make it 2v2. Table politics are something else, man. Just another reason EDH is the best.

[@sethb3090]

@@notrolling-er1wq Riku is a nuts payoff. A 5 mana 2/2 with no protection thar does nothing until you cast another spell with 2 mana to spare is not a fast starter. To get value from Riku on the turn you cast him, you need at least 8 mana and 5 of that needs to be UURRG or UURGG with at least one other colored pip requirement

[@Tsuna_SoulSilver]

"Hollow as the modern format." Good job "irritating" two formats at the same time.

[@theonlycatonice]

Why is Sean Bean telling me about the greatest commander deck I've ever heard of?

[@k-ram9]

The devil on my left shoulder is shouting at me to play this deck

[@Dreznin]

The devil on my left shoulder has brought a friend to strangle the angel that's protesting... I'm debating making this as a deck to pull out once in a blue moon, just to be "that guy".

[@dementiamaster2]

my devil got fired and is Looking for a new Job :(

[@k-ram9]

I was once that guy and they were not very happy. #ShadowbornAppostlesOP

[@omarortiz9660]

I thought Infect was the best way to lose all your friends in Commander

[@fate3071]

Nah, land hate is much more hated

[@CyberDeconstruction]

Infect walk into the room.... "Have you met my friend Zo-Zu...."

[@fate3071]

@@CyberDeconstruction Zo-zu: Omae wa mou shindeiru Infect: NANI!?

[@ferdithetank7535]

You can also combine both by equiping Zo-Zu with Grafted Exoskeleton.

[@IcyHaze02]

0:27 "To help your friends stop loving Commander and start hating it." So playing Brawl? Also, can equip Zo-Zu the Punishing with a Lifelink Equipment to gain life when people play lands.

[@saltefan5925]

Basilisk collar should be in the 99

[@pichorrnaikim5366]

Give Zo-Zu infect.

[@saltefan5925]

Grafted exoskeleton, here we come! (On a side note, it does not synergize well with the rest of the deck, and killing the exoskeleton kills Zo-Zu)

[@jasonallen5318]

Perfect video, I was actually planning on making a Zozu deck but hadn't yet done the research on nasty cards to put into it, so this makes a very good starting point, THANK YOU!

[@darksteelmenace595]

This deck is truely degenerate I think the 3 mana dinosaur, that damages players for playing creatures and denies lifegain would fit in this quite well

[@kristiandahl1310]

Stop giving the prof ideas

[@fieldy409]

Yeah lifegain is kind of the nemesis of these kinds of decks. You can't ping somebody to death easily if they have 100 life.

[@Xephon589]

How to kill a Lord Windgrace player 101

[@andrewvisser8210]

Can confirm

[@m310n4]

My only deck is lord wind grace, and the further I got into this video, the gladder I was that none of my friends are evil.

[@ezraezra666]

"Hollow as the modern format" i died

[@GeneralNickles]

How to irritate magic the gathering players: Play Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@kyubbiman2255]

How to irritate yu-gi-oh players: deny them access to their graveyards

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Turning off special summoning works pretty well too, given that recent deck that’s been tearing up the meta which is entirely “you don’t get to have fun” and “you can’t special summon” cards.

[@brittanynguyen3794]

Can confirm.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

How to irritate Canadian Magic: the Gathering players: Put a 10% tariff on Magic cards.

[@jasoncornwall6379]

In costa rica, the packs (standard)are almost $10.

[@macjones6394]

This is why I run the one-drop red "Artifact Blast".

[@daemonCaptrix]

PLEASE DO NOT RUN THIS DECK

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

daemonCaptrix you haven't seen the tip of the salt iceberg

[@CrimsonFox36]

run this deck though

[@DmonikChris]

Why not?

[@teglasiadam6258]

You think this is irritating? Try to play against a Hokori, Dust Drinker.

[@surfingconcrete]

While I typically agree. When you come up against turn 6 wins in your play group, it makes you really fancy doing so.

[@jeremymerkt3526]

Shattering Spree is like $13 I have like 20 of them. Who would of guessed

[@monster2slayer]

Shattering spree is 4-5 bucks. Where the hell do you buy cards?

[@yeenbeanmachine2594]

@@monster2slayer not when this video came out, price dropped due to the izzer guild deck.

[@nightshade2313]

You should absolutely do a video on Chainer, Dementia Master. Not only is he a fun and underplayed mono colored commander but he has a serious shortage of information about him.

[@DualSwordBesken]

Abaddon I love Chainer. If I still wanted to run a mono black EDH deck, I would rebuild him.

[@BurningInquiry]

Abaddon YES! I approve!

[@DualSwordBesken]

And as a follow-up, I built a casual Chainer deck. I became re-inspired.

[@dakotamcintire7419]

Just wanted to drop a thank you for the professor. Been working bits from his zo-zu deck into a nekusar deck to enable a deck destruction sub-theme alongside the draw punishment and other goodies.

[@Uldification]

Cube April.dec

[@brokenursa9986]

As a red player, this deck makes me very happy.

[@hepatitis123]

Zo-Zu has always been one of my favourite commanders. Good to see him getting some love.

[@ShutUpAndPlayIt]

Good deck for a beginner?

[@matthewferrill1985]

Thank God for counter spell decks!!! Best way to beat Zo-Zu counter every spell that player casts.

[@MuxusLordofthehorde]

Vano Zuch and then get trashed on by the other two players.

[@redwastlander2631]

Just built this amazing deck! I have all the cards except wheel of fortune, unfortunately I couldn’t afford that card, I had to replace it with Magus of the wheel which plays the same. One of my favorite decks so far. Thanks professor

[@TheCommanderDojo]

Why not play Sek'Kuar Deathkeeper? Instead of dinking people for a damage or two, you can animate all the lands on the battlefield, destroy them and be rewarded with a legion of hasty graveborn!

[@DrukenReaps]

That will actually end the game quickly and be fun :P

[@TheCommanderDojo]

654billygoat If you're going to make your playgroup suffer, might as well end their pain quickly 😂 Or don't and be a sadist I guess

[@hungjury7482]

Self promoting your new deck tech, huh? Love your work!

[@TheCommanderDojo]

Omer Frank shhh don't let the trolls hear you, they'll sling insults at me! 😂 Thanks, I appreciate the love!

[@DmonikChris]

Deck Builder’s Society Always be a sadist. Lol I run Inalla, with the combination of both alters.

[@stonedyeti8825]

I like how every time I watch a video of yours the ad before the vid is a ad for my community college near me

[@davidjcritser]

The commander alone will get you hated out of play.

[@ketonblaziken]

Your deck tech videos are getting better and better, I love the presentation here! Great work, Prof.

[@daltondee5666]

I’d absolutely love to see Selvala, hero returned! I’ve always wanted a group hugs deck and one that has a secret backstab for the win

[@daltondee5666]

Raphael Dean see that’s why I’d like to have a group hug deck. I like the interaction between decks at some of their bigger potential, but want to let it be at some cost to them here and there, not being completely oppressive the whole time. Let them play excited at how their deck is running, keeping their mind off the fun inducing, group hug player, and attack the other members of the group, and then sweep their legs out from under them, sometimes very closely depending on how well their decks fire off. And if I lose I lose, but we will all(hopefully) have had fun playing our decks to their potential. That may be a little too perfect of a situation but that’s how I’d want it

[@NAMESWEREALLTAKEN]

i use her as my turbofog commander

[@jacobmcguffin726]

I have a black vice version where you make 4 if then and make everyone draw 20 cards a turn

[@kyubbiman2255]

Built this deck and loved it. I cut back on the land destruction a bit to add some meat to the deck, threw in a dragon or two and a magmatic force for some late game damage dealing, added in Stolen Strategy for a bit of chaos and some random strategies.

[@judesmith6310]

I hate it. No wait I love it. Wait no.

[@AngelStickman]

Manabarbs! I run that and become enemy #1 as soon as it drops. lol

[@paleumbreon8494]

Stickman Productions pair it with power surge and really piss them off

[@ClampEEGEE]

I hate you. Congratulations.

[@clivedix3948]

I have played a Zo-Zu commander for about a year. I love your take on the deck, i think I will be changing a few cards now.

[@xBakesale]

Ok, don't tell them but you need to play this on the next command zone. Just say you are playing mono-red

[@lyleparmely6264]

My dad has a rat milling deck, a sliver deck, a green man ramp deck, a land destruction deck, a blue sea creatures, and a few others. I want to use this and see how it goes.

[@hamishian0]

Truly horrible. Why did you turn your brilliant mind to such destruction? Who hurt you prof? Atraxa? Meren? Braya? The horror!

[@kyubbiman2255]

I built this deck a while back and can say this deck is fun when it works but if you get mana screwed or mana flooded you are screwed. This deck has win-cons but it;s more about irritating players and wreaking havoc on the board, which is where the fun lies. While this deck is fun I strongly recommend playing it sparingly b/c of it's hit or miss tendencies and the fact that you get targeted really quickly. That being said I love this deck so much fun to be had.

[@roland2864]

Cool deck, but if you want to run this expect games to be 1 vs 3 until you get eliminated.

[@christopherwoodbury7520]

Doesn't matter, the point is to make everyone else miserable.

[@roland2864]

Christopher Woodbury I mean I can not shower for 2 weeks and show up smelling like ass to a tournament

[@halfjack2758]

I want to watch a mirror match

[@r34p3r1992]

How to irritate a player in EDH : Turn cards the wrong way ... That's how.

[@davidjcritser]

Mistress Gineva ....theres a right way?

[@Anergyne]

The right way is, funny enough, to the right.

[@AwesomethChuc]

Nah, you play your lands in front of all other permanents. That's how you tilt people

[@Anergyne]

Just mix lands and other permanents together.

[@ecolvill]

Or the Coup de Gras, turn your lands the wrong way, played in front of all your permanents, while playing this deck.

[@Ilvaldi]

You should also run Thieves Auction with Tunnel Ignus and Zo-Zu. It’s a nice, flavorful, mono red way of giving your opponent a choice and punishing them for their decisions (like Browbeat and Vexing Devil). Thieves Auction exiles all non token permanents and each player drafts a permanent from the exiled pile while you get first pick. Your first pick would be Tunnel Ignus which makes it so that any land entering your opponent’s battlefield will cause Tunnel Ignus to do 3 damage to that player. So with Ignus and a damage doubler, your opponents would take 6 damage per land they draft. You force them to either draft lands and die, or draft no lands and be left without lands in play. The “combo” has a pretty similar flavor to red cards like Browbeat and Vexing Devil. It’s “give me this, or I punish you.”

[@Tempest_Murder]

Reprint flavor text: C'mon Eat some of these dang eggs ya dingus! -Dr. Steve Brule

[@nightknight8556]

It was at 0:25 that I realized that this is a parody of John Cleese's How to Irritate People. Well done, Prof.

[@Tha3l]

Please do some Pauper EDH decktech. The format is amazing and could use some love.

[@MetalFrogman23]

I actually have a Zo-zu deck! Thanks for the great suggestions! This helps out a lot, I never would have thought about the snow mountains and extra planar lens!

[@Pentlochnap]

Hey doc. can you please use this commander in Command zone, if they call you for a game ? I would like to see it in game, and what would be better idea, than play it in CZ ? :D

[@BrunoCasagrandaNeves]

The new Radha plays this role pretty well too! Nice! I would love to see a nice Rashmi build next! Strionic resonator+sol ring+Paradox Engine, sooooooooo sweet!

[@lazuardibarkah7114]

If this card banned on commander, it's on you, proof!

[@dariofischer9572]

awesome professor! pls more commander videos like this :D loving to see not popular commander deck techs! greetings from switzerland :)

[@epicureaneternity]

I didn't even finish the video because I was already irritated lmao 😂

[@timothywhite8130]

A good group of MTG players love u playing this deck bc it gives more of a challenge to kick your ass faster😄

[@judesmith6310]

Prof what have you done

[@paleumbreon8494]

You forgot to couple Mana Barb's with power surge so they take damage for not using their lands as well. I just to have a table top deck with this similar concept using a lot of the cards you mentioned in this video.

[@Balthazar-mo4ix]

pale Umbreon ohh that’s horribly mean

[@DemeatTheSkull]

Just added every card for this deck to my cart on tcgplayer.com and yeah. $303. Very affordable.

[@bobbyselden1369]

I put every card into cardkingdom and the total cost was $387

[@tomhansen7585]

These are the commanders I want to see a deck tech on, and they are as followed. 1 Dosan The Falling Leaf. 2 Niv-Mizzet Reborn. 3 Atraxa, Praetors´ Voice. 4 Tatyova, Benthic Druid. Show me more of what you're capable of creating Professor.

[@TheNardDog1996]

10 cards in and my stomach is hurting

[@TheOneAndOnlyCrawl]

I play a very similar style in my Mogis deck. Zo-Zu is in there of course. Playing black gives you access to even more misery like Kaervek the Merciless, Havoc Festival, Sire of Insanity and a lot of other fun things that people tend to dislike. It's the deck I bring when people in my group start playing too much combo or durdle strategies. Games are a lot more fun if everyone is under a clock.

[@SkeletonsYouControlHaveHaste]

Can I get a deck list?

[@TheOneAndOnlyCrawl]

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mogis-meatgrinder-10/?cb=1534102435 there's always room for change. depending on your playgroup (and your expendable money), you can use more boardwipes, tutors or specific cards to throw a wrench into a certein players gears.

[@WhiteWolf.the.Artist]

Update: I ordered all cards. Built this deck. I double sleeved it and innocently invited friends over to play Magic with me.... Then.... BOOM!! This deck is unstoppable!! Timing is everything. It even surprised me and I was the one piloting it! Talk about maintaining a poker face and staying calm!! This deck is Amazing!!!!!!!! I wipe out everything my opponents have! They can't cast ANYTHING!! Oh and they get soooo mad! I love it! Despite them repeatedly threatening to punch me in the throat lol they keep wanting a rematch!! Bwahahaha! It's like they want to be punished! BUILD THIS DECK!! WORTH IT!! Thank you Professor! Side note: Personal choice, I added Jaya Ballard, Rampaging Ferocidon and Chandra, Torch of Defiance. They seem to work really well with this deck! In case anyone wants to build it and wants to switch out a card here or there.

[@SkeletonsYouControlHaveHaste]

First off, Love your picture and your art work :) Secondly, What cards did you switch out to bring those in? I'm trying to modify this deck a little bit as well.

[@WhiteWolf.the.Artist]

ERRORx I have to go back and look. But off the top of my head Wheel of Fortune, and only because the price on that card went way up. That's why I added those planeswalkers. The deck has some weak creatures with amazing tapping effects... however, if your opponent manages to play a strong creature... The key is to not let them get that far into the game with that much mana. On chance that you pull a bad hand, you might want to switch out one or two of those creatures with that little dinosaur. The not allowing players to gain life really helps! But I'll take a look and get back to you. But typically what I do is play a deck a few times and stitch out the cards that I don't like or that don't go with my playing style. Timing is everything with how this deck is played. Be attentive to your opponent and what they're doing. Knock their lands out as fast as possible, kill their mana rock artifacts and then play yours. Try to stay two steps ahead of them.

[@WhiteWolf.the.Artist]

ERRORx Also thank you for the compliment! You're awesome! Instagram: slynx_art Facebook: Priscilla Anne (DJ Slynx) Feel free to add me!

[@nickrandazzo5249]

The key to playing this deck and keeping your friends is you cut down the land destruction to the interactable sort like Dwarven driller, and you bust this out after the 3 and a half hour slog fest where no one at the table could end the game and you all tried to prevent brain rot while getting through the duel honorably. Not only will they thank you for bringing something to either punch or put the game on a timer, but they may even appreciate the honestly beautiful akki poetry that is zo zu by the end

[@advisorofatlantis4483]

the only thing that could be more irritating is leovold, emmisary of trest. But i guess he is banned. So congrats you have created the most anoying commander deck ever.

[@constructapex2021]

i dont know much about magic, not sure why this was recommended to me, glad i watched the whole thing and fuckin love the suit

[@GustavoOliveira-pc7xw]

Just run one taxes deck and use Armageddon...

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Gustavo Oliveira I've been banned from playing blue for a reason.

[@ericupchurch9778]

I normally only go to drafts or play sealed but building this deck has me excited to try out commander. I've decided to swap out 26 mountains for 26 snow-covered mountains.

[@darylchiu9030]

Prof, your previous video about Mono Black Land Destruction was already enough to make me quit pauper. Please don't do this, I beg of you.

[@SonofSethoitae]

Really? You don't have to play it, and it's neither popular nor even the best Ponza build in Pauper.

[@draegonspawn5361]

Orbs of warding would fit in, makes you nonburnable, and blocks a lot of minion damage, due to our lack of creatures.

[@Gumpinn]

Sen triplets, while we are on the hate deck track :)

[@necrogenesis1981]

He did Sen Triplets a while ago, but it might be a good idea to do an updated version.

[@Gumpinn]

Ohhh missed that one

[@dr.popping8560]

I have a very similar deck with Kaervek, the Merciless as the commander. Takes a similar approach of hurting people when they play the game, but I don't go out of my way to make them hurt. The idea isn't necessarily that I want them to feel punished for playing magic, more like I want them to really think about whether playing the game is even worth it. Runs many of the cards mentioned here, minus all the land destruction spells. Two cards I'd recommend for this style of deck are Repercussion and Price of Glory. Repercussion goes great with red staples like Blasphemous Act and other damage based board clears, works amazingly with damage doubling effects and has the added bonus of making people hesitant to swing or block. And Price of Glory is great for those pesky blue players or mana sinks. Possibility Storm is an honorable mention for any deck that wants to disrupt things. But it can be kind of tricky to pull off as it messes with your x spells and overloads and whatnot.

[@vincentperon2950]

play this kind of game at my table and I'll just stand up and leave the game. No one wants to play 0-1 card a turn to finally die 1 hour later without doing anything.

[@andrewamann8855]

Learning to play against Staxy, punishing board states is one of my favorite aspects of the game. The sooner you can identify the moving parts, the sooner you can have them removed.

[@tprocess1993]

“It’s very obvious what you are up to as soon as you cast them.” LMAO

[@TheF0XR]

I lost respect for you! When you thought a mox ruby was a black lotus!

[@chrisd9656]

Irritating other players is what got me into magic. Especially EDH, why I love blue, I used to dislike red until this. Right up my alley. Zozu was my first legendary BTW.

[@Morgenseier]

I approve of this Commander. Zo-Zu the Funisher is both great and delightful. Been my main Commander for several years now and my former friends can and will all agree on the Fun this deck brings to the table. Also, who needs friends, right? We got Zo-Zu!

[@dalemackenzie4320]

Yes. I'm a Purphoros player, and I find that my deck sometimes doesn't leave the losers of my matches unhappy enough. This deck is sure to do what I cannot