Introduction to Commander Deck Building | The Command Zone 372 | Magic: The Gathering EDH

[@wizardwithanaxe]

So I'm sitting on a rectangle, sleeving a bunch of rectangles into other rectangles, listening to people talk about rectangles on my rectangle. Neat.

[@JediMB]

It's a good shape, toast.

[@spacefreak5064]

Same here. I am laying on my rectangle, my head on some smaller soft rectangles, covered by a large rectangle, hugging my anime rectangle ^^

[@heavenbot]

@@spacefreak5064 ngl I laughed out loud when I read that whole thing Cheers you comedic bastard

[@ahzidel1478]

I just uploaded my first video an intro video to my channel a somewhat road map. I love to see some feedback on it. And I plan on uploading commander content every day. I'm here serve the community. Hopefully I can do it as good as the other content creators. kzbin.info/door/5QnlFkhnxdH-HkpxoYgA_g thank you for taking your time of checking it out. And I hope to see you there. Also I plan on giving out cards that I talk about in every video.

[@alexanderdnieves5286]

Surreal isn't it? I love my rectangles

[@shamtactics4712]

Dear new players, I started most of my decks from cards left over after drafts at local game stores. Most game stores hand out lands. All you need is a 99 cards and a legendary creature you like. Upgrade over time. Magic is a hobby, invest into it what you want out of it. (:

[@travistaylor7209]

That’s kind of how I started Pokémon. Great advice for most card games! :)

[@PatataMaxtex]

After my first draft some experienced players, that gave me tips for drafting before, just gave me their cards they drafted as a start to my collection. One started, others followed, I think I went out with over 200 cards. Next time the lgs just gave me 100 basic lands and I could get myself some of their bulk cards I wanted to use for my precon I bought.

[@JeLLoH1000]

Thanks for the tips. I built a deck with your help and impressed my husband who’s been playing for more then 10 years 👍🏽

[@CHEFPKR]

Maybe that's why I love white. I spent 6 years healing as a priest in WoW and a Monk in EQ1.

[@Vidious808]

I'm excited seeing this comment just as much as watching a new command zone video. Love your work man!

[@neo_ender_man3090]

Honestly everytime I see a channel chef is always there and it's awesome to see

[@troyamhaz4817]

i played as a hunter! is that why i love green? i don't even care for ramp, i just love the different beast type monsters.

[@keyaccount1603]

Wait... monks could heal in EQ1? I don't think mend counts ;)

[@commandcast]

Chef doesn’t need fire to cook, he just needs some good ol healing

[@jtk40]

When I made my 1st deck I tweeted josh not really expecting a reply and he ended up made suggestions as did Craig, Felt awesome to actually hear back from them and it definitely helped the deck.

[@JonathanHecht]

Josh and Jimmy: Superfriends tend to be multicolored and never one color The Professor: May I present to you my *"Vorinclex Superjerks"* video

[@belledorris1973]

I lucked out... I bought one booster box and I got the pherexian copy. Not playing it as commander it looks too much like being a asshole...

[@KomradeKD]

I really appreciate this channel. I'm getting back into Magic after a 16 year hiatus and have been binge watching your Game Knights playlist. A whole lot has changed in sixteen years, and Commander has really appealed to me with the ability to play with cards that I remember as well as the new stuff as I learn it and become more comfortable. My first deck that I've built is a mono green deck that is all about pumping out saproling tokens. I wanted to do a squirrel deck, but there just isn't really enough cards for that, so saprolings was the next best choice. The rest of the deck is mana ramp. My primary choice is... mana dorks (I think that's what the kids are calling them these days), but I've been hearing that the current meta is to avoid them, so I have an entire sideboard that is land hunting. I have no idea how competitive this deck is going to actually be, I know it's simple, but I've always loved putting a ton of tokens on the board, and I thought this would be a fun deck to learn the format on. But I wanted to thank you guys for educating me on a game that i've missed and love, and I'm looking forward to diving back into the community.

[@jacobjensen7704]

Who did ya choose for your commander for Saprolings? :)

[@KomradeKD]

@@jacobjensen7704 I built the deck with Nemata, Grove Guardian in mind, But I also have a Verdeloth the Ancient in there that I could use, but I think Nemata is the stronger choice. I also have a Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury in the deck as well that I could use for throwing out a mana dork each turn, permanent control and card draw. But I think my mana ramp is going to be pretty fast as it is, so I don't think the extra dorks are worth giving up Nemata's non-tapping ability to crank out a saproling for 3. I really feel like Nemata is the strongest choice for critical massing

[@zd-1249]

Don’t forget about Slimefoot! If you want to expand into black, I love him.

[@KomradeKD]

@@zd-1249 Holy crap! I didn't look outside of mono green. Slimefoot provides the definitive win condition that my deck has been lacking.

[@JakeBossMTG]

Hey guys love the show

[@bfox379]

You guys should make an episode on underused commander

[@PatrickNanEdits]

They are the coolest

[@FeastOfFiction]

Who's this guy

[@F3A5T]

@@FeastOfFiction look at you people padding the comments...

[@JeremyTheGraten]

😂😂😂

[@TheMegaMagikarp]

I have made almost 20 commander decks, why do I like episodes like this

[@Daralome]

Im here too man and im clocking in over 60 xD

[@emeraldsky1289]

@@Daralome saaaaaame. I'm at 66 atm but still enjoy episodes like this

[@sea81793]

I'm at 1 - modified a few times. I'm too much of a perfectionist with building, so i do not end up building. I feel like this video is specifically for me.

[@filipfrondelius]

@@sea81793 I took me a total of about 2 years to say that my Niv-mizzet, Parun Edh deck is finished. So I understand the struggle

[@edgelordgaming7923]

One thing I’ve learned is “don’t be a slave to your theme” it’s helped me with magic and even like Yugioh

[@_Asleep_]

AMEN

[@guochensong5955]

I've played for 6 years and still watch this

[@tenin982000]

i've been playing for 1994. god i feel old saying that, but i still love just the different opinions/decks.

[@AllegoryGar]

I don’t play magic and I still watch this

[@themtgnerd5811]

Yeah I have only recently gotten back into the game (about a year ago) and this is still very interesting

[@40Found]

@@tenin982000 you've been playing longer than some people with Master's degrees have been alive

[@tenin982000]

@@40Found yeah i never thought about it like that. Saw some things well before they became a format. Large decks were rare but they were out there. Highlander aka commander wasn't new. A few of us did the singleton rule back in 96-98 at a local store. Sure it was 60 and not a 100. Fast forward to now i love commander and my roommate got me into it 2 years ago

[@marcellusjordan5681]

So thankful to have ran across this channel. Can't express enough how much I have learned SOLELY from watching Game Knights. It has turned into something the fam and I watch after dinner

[@danacoleman4007]

cool

[@danag9648]

"are you building a stax deck??" man that part had me bursting out laughing

[@hbot2758]

For stax, you use an alternate account

[@IncrediPaulAZ]

One of the only shows where I actually watch the ads. So funny 😂

[@TnumsProd]

I was just rewatching the old deck building template earlier today. How fitting.

[@nathantawfik7100]

I'm new-ish but something me and my brother did that was fun was we spent 10 bucks on 1000 bulk cards and each proxyd a commander then used those random cards to build commander decks. We then spent like 5-7 bucks for basic lands. It wasnt very good, but it was a lot of fun, and a great cheap way to get into magic. We have since went on to upgrade those decks and play them against our friends precons.

[@mygodsnameiskyle]

My recommendation is: If you find someone who you played against and think "THAT WAS A COOL DECK" talk to them and ask them to mentor you through the process. That's how I learned and still learn today!

[@emanueleduarte7118]

The new challenge in my playgroup is to build commanders of maximum $25 dollars, and this opens the opportunity to use that heavy cmc cards that is not playable in other formats. Searching for cards and deckbuilding, this is the greatest part of commander

[@zoeperrone5706]

And you don’t have to use all your money to get cards that way :)

[@sunstrid3r44]

Thats the best part for me, i built three cheap decks recently with szadek lord of secrets, dragonlord ojutai and vaevictis asmadi the dire (now im tunning them a little, but they play really nice against each other)

[@Crimzinn]

Love doing this. Did a trip with a group of friends a couple years back and all of us built a couple of $25 decks. It was fun diving into the slew of card options that typically don't get much love/attention.

[@justinernst5595]

oof. did this last spring with my playgroup. Built Shu Yun. We played the decks for maybe 3 sessions and wrre over them. So I spent around 1,000 in making it better. The 25.00 did not age well for me

[@hiddenleaf414]

My playgroup all bought the same set of EDH staple proxies and each week we make a new deck using any of them we want and all of our cards. Since none of us play CEDH decks or combo the power levels are actually really even while still being able to play the fun splashy spells.

[@jordancarlson6556]

I recently made my 5th deck after only having been playing edh for over a year. Been playing magic since the end of 2014. It's a morophon deck around a creature type that is super obscure: Horror. I built it for a couple reasons. Horrors are cool, and black is probably my favorite color in magic, and horrors are predominantly black. One would say that I'm hooked.

[@Fyrwulf]

Did you include Thing In The Ice?

[@SeldomFollower]

Just purchased my first pre made commander deck to learn how to play! I'm.so excited being new to magic and watching you guys now endlessly has given me the best advice/tips! Thanks for the amazing content and hopefully one day, I can sit rightfully at the command table and play with you legends 😎 👑

[@alexssain]

You forgot about colorless, ashlen is gonna be unhappy

[@TopLevelJiuJitsu]

Seriously tho!

[@LoMagicBorider]

What a coincidence, just starting to build my first deck after tinkering with the precon, thank you guys ! Awesome video as per usual !!

[@liammurphy3258]

Which one?

[@LoMagicBorider]

@@liammurphy3258 I own 4 precons (land's wrath and ghired being my 2 most played) and i start to build lathiel

[@santuli_91]

@@LoMagicBorider Lathiel sounds like a great commander to make your first deck from scratch! Mine was Vorel of the Hull Clade, so also a +1/+1 counter deck. It's a good, well-supported strategy that is great to build-around and polish your deck-building skills with when you're starting off!

[@TrueTgirl]

Talking about the types of players just reminded me what a Tammy I am and one moment that came to mind was a game where everyone was looking at my board, terrified at what I might do next, and I just deadpan laid Aurelia, the Warleader on the table and everyone else went insane. Gooood times.

[@itzbugbotboiz4196]

I was debateing on building a deck, found this, perfect timing. Thanks Jimmy and Josh

[@SunShinyReys]

I really been meaning to brew my own decks instead of just copying other people's lists. Much needed, thank you very much!

[@mastertadpole9194]

Super Mario RPG, insanely amazing and difficult game!! Back when you could get stuck if you didn’t grind enough. I’m a gruul player at heart but finding inspiration can be hard. Great episode.

[@Wauly]

Woohoo I've been theory crafting my first commander deck for weeks now. Thank you for this 🙏

[@obed6901]

Its kinda funny that commander veterans will still watch an episode like this including me.

[@obed6901]

I commented this before i had watched 2 minutes in

[@shadowrundas]

@@obed6901 nice, I replied 32 seconds in!

[@theteddy1487]

I posted about it as soon as i started the video as well 😅😅😅

[@vasylpark2149]

Yeah it's good to see new perspectives on the format after 6 years.

[@sindoray2094]

You stop learning when you die. Why stop learning?

[@VelcroStrip]

I have 6 EDH decks under my belt, but that’s not gonna stop me from using these episodes as a guide!

[@TSGypside]

Best word of encouragement I can give to players making their first deck from scratch? Your first deck will most likely suck. The important thing is not getting frustrated and being able to identify why it sucks so your next one is better.

[@dannydoscher2638]

You are right. My first deck sucked but with the help of the MTG community my third deck is a high level casual commander deck

[@Superintendent_Chalmers]

I wouldn’t just “suck” More… “Jank”

[@Jaebird88]

I recently built a deck around Arasta of the Endless Web that is just spider tribal, and it includes nearly every green spider in my collection. I call it: This Deck is Full of Spiders 😆

[@freelancecoma]

Is that a David Wong reference? Love those books haha

[@hyrumvanslyke4439]

Definitely gonna show this to my friends who are newer to magic

[@LeonardoIV]

I'm glad y'all did an update on deck building. Things have gotten wonky in just the past 2 years. So this really will help everyone with there ideas and deck construction🤙

[@lirazel6414]

The second part of this was really useful to me. I kept hearing people talk about archetypes, but never knew what they meant.

[@curtisn.9486]

I just made the switch to building commander. I swear you guys can read minds. Also... that was the best build me up buttercup!

[@PhazonOmega]

Josh: Superfriends typically has 15 planeswalkers. My 25 planeswalker deck: Oh, are you approaching me? Love this updating guide video. Excellent for new players of the format!

[@diggerdog9205]

I have 23 Planeswalkers in an orzhov deck 😎. 0 creature spells. LOTS of removal

[@jacobjensen7704]

iS tHAt A joJO rEfeRenCe?!?!

[@coreyroberson4550]

I found 21 to be ideal in my build. 15 seems super light.

[@solzor1593]

2:55 Jimmy finally achieved every magic players dream, becoming one with the booster box

[@searchforsecretdoors]

23:13 THANK YOU for acknowledging that that is not what "beg the question" means. I try not to be pedantic about it, but I always find myself annoyed when people get it wrong. I am so happy you pacified the pedant in me. Much love.

[@Pupalah]

Amen, jimmy. Chrono Trigger is still, to this day, my favorite game ever.

[@tenin982000]

i still prefer chrono chross

[@caiocsl]

@@tenin982000 both? Both is good

[@JediMB]

Chrono Trigger was ridiculously good for a 16-bit JRPG. I'd only played it for maybe an hour before I got the DS version of the game, and without nostalgia involved it still felt like one of the best games I'd played in the genre.

[@Pupalah]

@@JediMB thats why i find it so good. Even after 25 years, it still holds up. Music, story, graphics. Still amazing. It was Squaresoft in their prime.

[@tenin982000]

@@caiocsl i don't hate chrono trigger i just enjoy chrono cross more.

[@GaianEntertainment]

Excellent timing. I've been sorting my collection to build a deck this weekend. None of my past decks have been more than a rough draft or experimental quality. So, although I'm not new to deck building, I'm also not very good at it yet.

[@danacoleman4007]

I'm not very good either. but then again I've only been playing since early 94 🙁

[@GaianEntertainment]

@@danacoleman4007 I started around 7th edition and quit shortly after due to having only one person to play with, with an unfair advantage against me. A co-worker got me back into the game a few years ago and my collection has grown quite a bit since then.

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

I'm just watching this even though I don't plan to play commander format yet. Maybe in the near future, so this is a great video 👍

[@kaynesharperson2944]

Kinda funny when you notice the Jimmy and Josh have borders correlating to their favorite color

[@jordanzeveney5375]

Izzet funny though? :D

[@kaynesharperson2944]

It is lol

[@Dracomandriuthus]

That's because of the colors they were printed in

[@emberlight799]

At 51 minutes the word you’re looking for is exponential... I thank you for this video and love your guy’s content

[@dam49365]

I Would recomend people to start a commander journey within one of the ravnica guilds themes.

[@NorthernPrepper]

Hey guys awesome episode. Love watching GameKnights. I just built my first Commander Deck. It was built very close Ashlyn's Deck from Double Masters.

[@Duskrequim]

As a Beta Tester from Everquest... and someone who has an account that is now almost 24 years old. Seeing plugs for it really made me so happy.

[@Duskrequim]

As for Commander. I never could get into commander when it first came out because of the only 1 of each card, upset me. I still struggle to not put 4 of every card in my concept into standard/historic decks. The only commander deck I have, was based on Megrim so I built a Nekusar deck, and have pretty much never got to play, because the few times I have, I am killed off in couple turns. So now I am about to build a Boros, mainly because everyone seems to consider Boros to be not as good. But I love equipment.

[@danielsmith5318]

"Intro to Commander Deckbuilding" with a Sol Ring looming in the background. Yup, sounds about right.

[@pattmahiney]

My friend and I just started playing mtg again the other day after years and years off. No one plays standard at the game shop in our town lol it's all commander. It's a really fun format, ngl, but it's all very new to me. Thanks for updating this content, yall. That's huge. I really appreciate it.

[@ancientswordrage]

My trick when deck building is to creat 4-8 categories, and try and pick the best 5-10 cards in each one. Each is part of the game plan, and I try to be conscious of the mana curve and what I need if ahead/behind.

[@cheapskateotaku7123]

I love how you use MTG Wheel Explains Humanity in your video in trying to explain to players who are new to this game to understand what and how they can play or choose the right commander. Thank You so much Josh and Jimmy, you guys really work around the clock to keep on giving us tips and ideas on how to improve not just as player, but also maintaining the fun for the format. Good Job guys

[@Zjivarra]

Timmy, Johny, and Spike, but they forgot about shredder; the guy who just wants to lawnmower mill everyone.

[@ceulgai2817]

That's pretty Timmy, ngl.

[@claygillman9351]

Excellent video guys. Working on building my second deck now, and this was really helpful.

[@sagarmaster8958]

I just bought a commander desk recently black + blue, just need an opportunity to play. Thank you Jimmy and Josh for these videos, I have watched a few Game Knights (with a K) Commander videos and have been getting some ideas for deck builds.

[@12ntim]

This is quality stuff as usual guys, but what the community really needs is for Ashlen to have more camera time. Lol

[@Manaboygaming]

Ordered cards from card kingdom today and it’s amazing. Love it and love your guys content. Glad I subscribed 👍🤩

[@srenhelms168]

As a brand new commander player (and long time fan of the show), this episode is the BEST thing all year :)

[@diggerdog9205]

Welcome!

[@ChubbPirates]

That was a lot of content just to say mono red is the way to go

[@Flickstro]

For my money, one of the best "tools" I had while tuning my first precon deck was actually your video on deck basics; how much card draw, ramp, single target removal, board wipes etc. should go into a deck. I know it's a little old now, so it'd be super awesome if you could make an update to that video as a followup to this one (not to say you don't already have one in the works, because I have no clue lol). Another sort of map for just whipping a deck together to playtest is the 8x8 method. I won't go into detail here, since it's easily found through google, but it's a nice way to ensure that your deck is playable without too much fussing over it. If the play style doesn't suit you, it's easy enough to take it apart and start again, or you can continue with and refine the deck over time as need be.

[@Chris-qq2cu]

it was refreshing to see Mitch get mentioned in this episode. I've been wondering lately where most content creator's stood with him ever since the "Captain" nuke fiasco. I loved seeing his Kenrith deck in action on extra turns and felt his personality fit well too and was fun to watch. I hope as things get better that he might make more appearances in the future. Thanks for all you do for the community. I started in 2018 and this challenged me to make a mono colored deck and so far im loving it.

[@danacoleman4007]

what does this mean?

[@jamesallen29]

I always thought I’d be primarily red, but I’ve played with blue recently and loved it!

[@wesleyjohnson2251]

around 2:13 they mention seasoned players watching , I still refer to you guys' deck building 101 episode. keep doing what you're doing guys. #loyalpatreon lol

[@KT-dq6wv]

Great idea to make videos for the new players! I feel, that i have seen alot of new players in our gameshop recently.

[@dustinkrout3261]

It’s excited to see the changes y’all made when it comes to deck building now vs in episodes past.

[@sagehatch7733]

I was just looking at your old template for a new deck. Can't wait till you update it

[@momagic383]

There is no boxing analogy to combo. But picking Tyson and Ali was sensible for your other analogies. Happy new year guys.

[@ImperialVideo]

That intro was amazing and made me smile. This channel is amazing.

[@anthonyelliott839]

Hey guys, great content as always! I created my first deck in February last year, Teysa Karlov Aristocrats (had only altered precons previously) using a lot of the theories and ideas from your previous videos. I have not yet been able to play it thanks to the global pandemic. Since then a commander has came out that spoke to my very soul... Moraug, Fury of Akoum! So I have 2 scratch built decks that I have not yet played :-(

[@rosavanopheusden5211]

I can never understand why people say white is bad at ramping. After green, it is by far the *best* color at ramping, especially on a budget. That said, I love seeing the return of more general videos now that the commander legends breakdowns are done! Happy 2021 guys :)

[@noahbenn54]

Also, you guys always make the best content! Hope y’all are doing well

[@derecktaylor6310]

I just built my first Commander deck. I based it off my first standard deck which is based around “Underworld Dreams” and from there I found a commander (Nekusar, the Mindrazor) and went from there. Can’t wait to try it out for the first timw

[@moontygress6761]

I swear I watch these just for the intro song every time. Love you guys and always brings a smile to my face :D

[@captcharisma02]

Building is the most exciting part. I watch loads of different KZbin videos to help with finding a theme, building a mana base. Then i use EDHreck and other decks to list out all cards i want. Then whittle them down. My last deck had a first draft list of 202 cards

[@RiotontheRadioMSCR]

Glad you boys are doing well. Always nice to see the show.

[@CapitalZ100]

Cheers guys, going to link this to my buddies that are still scared of Commander.

[@Drow333Grey]

My first deck was Hapatra, Vizier of Poison. I did not use edhrec because I didn't know about it back then. I really just threw everything I had at that time in it that was in green and black xD It was a bad deck but I won with it sometimes, probably by accident 😅 Since then I got much better in Deck building. There is always a start and new players should just build away and see what happens. Always explore like one would do in an rpg game. Love your content! Can't wait for your next edh game. Keep up the good work! Best wishes from Germany 😁😊

[@ScrattleGG]

There are some pretty fun tests to find your colours in commander. It isn't that accurate but it feels pretty fun to build a deck on colors a test made you out to be instead of just choosing at random

[@diggerdog9205]

Reminds me of a Friday Nights episode on LRR.😆

[@jamesthefront2246]

I agree with trying to play something that you don't often. I hardly ever played mono decks, especially red and blue. So I built a Feldon and a Talrand deck. They have since become one of my favourite decks to play.

[@peoplelovechicken]

I really appreciate the interpretation of the "holy trinity". I have realized I am far more of a Johnny than I thought I was.

[@erwinvanoostenbrugge]

I think 2- or 3-color decks are most budget friendly. You're not limited to expensive options for things that one color isn't very good at, but you can still get away with playing lots of basic lands.

[@Freshest_Fisch]

Everyone else in my play group make very combo-focused decks and then there’s me over here like “hehe funny birds”

[@Yukark]

yeah, preetty much was the same for me, but it got so tiring existing in that arms race that i quit Magic altogether. The Magic for me was lost

[@Freshest_Fisch]

@@Yukark yeah I can see how that would get boring.

[@angelowilliams5239]

Lol perfect timing. I tore down a few decks and am focusing on a Rogue Tribal deck and a Gruul Elemental Beatdown deck. Always looking for something I may have missed.

[@lovetownsend]

I'm ultimate TIMMY, I play a Jodah deck (gets any spell out for rainbow mana) and i just play Apex Devestator (cascade x4), Drakuseth Maw of flames (deals 4 damage, + 3 and another 3 when attacks), and Storm Herd (make 1/1 pegasus equel to your life), a bunch of fun big stuff. New to commander and it's super fun! Mostly play Brawl rules.

[@IncrediPaulAZ]

The way of the fist! Super great show with all the callbacks and cheesiness

[@TenkoGamingVA]

My first ever introduction to Commander, was a precon of Oloro, from 2014. Until now, I never really realized that it was a stalling type of EDH.

[@baddonkey75]

Yes a fresh take on this for a player starting last year. My decks seem to slow with mana and such.

[@ulyssessanchez2328]

I don't know what the hell I just started But that was an AMAZING intro guys Already hooked

[@MercuriSM]

“Group Hug is usually in green and blue, maybe white will be in there...” Ah yes, the politics of the Orzhov and the Will of the Council have been recognized. All is well

[@sup3rdank694]

Love the return of non set review content!! Also I know it prob temporary, but I prefer this new layout for sure. Keep it up guys!

[@Vermazing]

NEED MORE OF THESE VIDEOS YEARLY! as the game expands we need more videos like this.

[@codicarroll5537]

I’m glad you guys made this

[@VMSelvaggio]

JW! My family used to have Tetris Tournaments on our household Macintosh computer when I was a young teenager. (13-15 years old) Love that game! Also, My wife was Assistant to the Master Storyteller in London, and used to be the Chapter Coordinator for her Guru LARP, and had several Vampire the Masquerade LARP characters as well. -- She definitely misses it.

[@NiceViking100]

My first Commander deck was a Dwarf (Boros) tribal deck. But I just started out with the idea of being a planeswalker who came from a nordic plane or realm of zelous Dwarves who raised dragons. And it is still my main deck to this day. The commander and many of the cards have changed but it's still my favorite! I started with Tarkir & there wasnt many Dwarves before Kaladesh & I've been hyped & waiting for Kaldheim since forever!

[@rubenrelvamoniz]

Always good to see a good commamder structure

[@mtghippie3144]

Hi guys! thank you for all of your hard work, these kind of videos are very helpful

[@sadberserkr]

Great episode my dudes. Love your content. I wish this video was out when I started making EDH decks. My first deck I build was Kenrith Knights and it’s still not good. But I still have it. 😂

[@mackwa]

Tribal is a fun way to start commander! My first deck was a Nicol Bolas dragon deck

[@chummer2060]

My first deck was Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest. I picked a bunch of stuff from EDHREC. It was fun to play, but was WAY too reliant on the commander. Learned a valuable lesson, even though I took it apart. Also, Jimmy. Chrono Trigger and SMRPG are two of my absolute favorite games, too. Excellent taste, my good man.

[@zoeperrone5706]

Thanks guys :) went through all my legends and finally picked out my commander to build, thraximundar

[@oswaldbuttery7664]

One of the best deck building tips I’ve ever gotten is this. Go to edhrec, find the commander you’re interested in, click your theme and the expensive filter. Find a deck and write down all the cards under a dollar. Those cards will always be synergistic for the commander. Cheap cards played at the highest level.

[@canadianham]

Oh man! My wife and I are just starting a story in vampire the masquerade. I played way back in 96 and when I saw the reprint I freaked put!

[@deon2639]

Precons! They are great for getting into the game and deckbuilding. You'll be able to play with the precon and get a solid feel for what its trying to do. then you don't have to try to build something from the ground up, use it as a skeleton of sorts, after you've played it a few times you'll be able to see that you can swap this card for that one, or switch up the mana base a little. It seems to me like a more relaxing way to slowly teach yourself what needs to go into a deck and what it needs to accomplish to do well.