Koma, Cosmos Serpent | Kaldheim Spoiler | Sea Monster | Tokens | MTG | Commander | EDH | Quick Take

[@TedMattos]

Seems like Arcane Adaptation could be good here, naming serpents. :)

[@thewildmage36]

This is going into my Zur arcane adaption deck Edit: the zur deck is a kitchen table deck, not commander (it is super slow but loads of fun)

[@makotoxchihiroyaoifangirl8409]

@@thewildmage36 But Zur is an Esper commander and thus can not have a simic card in the 99.

[@thewildmage36]

@@makotoxchihiroyaoifangirl8409 you're right. I was talking about kitchen table, but didn't clarify. If a few more good green cards come out, I might make a reaper king or morophon commander deck with arcane adaption

[@ghostcritic8508]

Snakes is also lowkey good as tribal deck

[@thewildmage36]

@@ghostcritic8508 snakes are good, but unfortunately, the tokens are serpents, not snakes.

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

Just my 2 cents but I am pretty sure that the reason that Snakes and Serpents in Magic aren't the same and will likely never be errata'd to be the same like Hound/Dog is that they are specifically using "serpent" in the sense of "sea serpent" because they didn't want to make a two word creature type in "Sea Serpent". Correct me if I'm wrong but I am pretty sure there are no cards in Magic with the Serpent subtype that are just a snake, they are all huge sea beasts.

[@ripred42]

Generally yes, Cryptic Serpent is the only snakelike one that comes to mind.

[@JacobBos1988]

A Serpent in MtG is a sea serpent. A water based wurm/dragon like creature. Not a venemous snake.

[@kyubikirby]

this card already has a spot in my deck I call "Big Dumb Simic" which is led by Imoti and is just Big Blue/Green spells and ramp.

[@ripred42]

How original!

[@everythingisbizzaaaaaro3694]

Every upkeep? Duuuude. Edit: Paradox haze, anyone?

[@davidepadovani4973]

Paradox haze only gives you one extra serpent each turn cycle, it becomes useful if with other "your upkeep" sinergies

[@toddfromhoen]

Anyone else feel like serpents and snakes won't get that same kind of errata though? Mostly because ( at least to my knowledge) when a card is a serpent its usually in reference to being a sea serpent, where as snakes are just snakes. So I feel like there is a difference in how wizards perceives the two types compared to previous erratas

[@Danothyus1]

I think its a better chance of nagas getting erratad into snakes than snakes becoming serpents.

[@yungo1rst]

Serpents in mtg are remnants of the side that lost the dragon interplanar war. The serpents and wurms lost their wings and limbs with only a exception having flying again. Naga are a race like vedalkin so they most likely wont have an errata just yet for serpent. i would be fine with that since that just means more are usable with ulas temple.

[@mtlacunae8659]

Ah, Koma! Or some say Kosma! Do you hear our prayers?!

[@ziggenplays1208]

Don't make me rattle the cage

[@autobotjazz1972]

Hmmm Nidhoggr or the Midgard serpent/Jormungandr reference. I lean towards Jormungandr given the color identity.

[@r.d.b8853]

Funnily enough, its first activated ability option puts a permanent into a "coma" for a turn.

[@t.estable3856]

HA!

[@Arrow_67]

HA!

[@StephenRHayes]

It puts it to sssssleep! (Sssssorry, I had to!)

[@t.estable3856]

@@StephenRHayes Boooo, Hissssss.

[@darwin_viera]

i made this with opposittion and willbreaker not only tap their creatures. also gain control of them. arcane adptation and scute swarm for a loooot of serpent tokens. murkfiend liege makes it 4/4 and sage¨s row denizen can mill two cards on every upkeep. and the gold pig for sure is wordslayer an pharia¨'s shield.

[@ivarandresosorio6461]

Dragon Broodmother also makes dragon 1/1 tokens with Devour 2 and flying each upkeep, different color identity though.

[@AdleisioCefnforDolphin]

So far this is my favorite card out of the Kaldheim Spoilers, considering one of my decks is a Snake, Hydra, Naga themed mono green deck.

[@WayfarersBauble]

In the credits at 10:26 . As of this posting, my lowest TCGPlayer market price is currently $3.06 for my Duel Decks: Venser vs Koth printing. Don't forget that I can fetch Snow basics!

[@crabmtg9179]

When you said “sorry to your friend’s all counters talrand deck” my friend actually has one and hate it! Looks like I’m the building cosmos serpent!

[@lordvaust5830]

So, I made a Kraken tribal deck based around Brinelin and Kodama of the East. It was really strong because I could very quickly cheese big creatures onto the board before my opponents had finished ramping. This card would be an excellent addition to that deck, or even a better commander depending on how I want to adjust it.

[@simic0racle157]

Magic lore holds that serpents are water dwelling while snakes live on land

[@高安迪-o1y]

Lore hold lol

[@thegonk1345]

I love Jesper Ejsings art😍😍

[@ThePaido]

Funny thing about snakes and serpents: snakes were translated to "serpent" in french and english "serpent" got translated to "great serpent". For example, from the gatherer, Orochi Hatchery says "Mettez en jeu un jeton de créature 1/1 verte Serpent pour chaque marqueur « charge » sur le Couvoir orochi." But Aesi type is "grand serpent".

[@teradul2480]

Pretty sure that MTG's Serpents are Mythological sea serpents and snakes are supposed to be your garden variety snakes and snake-like humanoids, so that errata hope seems REALLY farfetchd

[@KokoLoko-km9ep]

But theres already legenday snakes no? From theros?

[@teradul2480]

@@KokoLoko-km9ep there are legendary snakes from Kamigawa, and there's also legendary serpents, but there's still a difference between them

[@josephcanini4287]

Sandworm convergence seem like a good time. Producer for this. They're kind of like thicc serpents anyway

[@HiILurk]

Please tell me you’re going to make a deck tech for this card. This is the first Simic commander I’m actually excited for

[@Tyhunmir]

I was considering an everything tribal at first, but I think I'm gonna throw some of the changelings for that into this deck xD

[@silvertiger4441]

I still like Aesi better for lore. Largest serpent, the seas belong to them and meant to be massive and oldest creature of the seas. Needing to have tributes or leave their domain to sleep on the floor. But I love the card for the norse mythology reference with indestructible and is meant to be massive controlling things

[@lucidlullaby894]

Right as I start building a Kruphix KLOS (Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, Sepernt) deck, Wizards walks in and drops this in my lap

[@KokoLoko-km9ep]

Ikr? I just built an Aesi Sea creature deck after scrapping a Wrexial sea creature mill deck

[@void-ih8cq]

I would want to build this deck around commander damage because you can easily use Koma's ability to sac a serpent to tap an opponents creature so it can't block or use its activated abilities.

[@Akbar-nc6hz]

Definitely brewing some sort of standard Sultai, Temur, or Bant midrange/control with Koma.

[@HiroZeroVirus]

I was already enamored with this set, and it’s presentation, but I think my favorite thing by far, is the fact that it’s made Mitch bring up doubling season twice so far!!!!also I want this guy to hang out with nadir kraken, and just make body parts enmasse

[@ianfraser2572]

Funnily enough Serpent Generator creates snake tokens.

[@fanaticalproductions9661]

Commander idea: Kezzik, the Inflictor 3BB (5) 4/5 Zombie Wizard Partner At the beginning of each players end step, each player loses life equal to the amount of life the player to their left lost this turn.

[@solidman8360]

instead of "each players endstep" you can just write "each end step,"

[@solidman8360]

maybe a 4mana 4/3?

[@solidman8360]

i like the idea tho!

[@fanaticalproductions9661]

@@solidman8360 Yeah thanks I’m leaving it at five mana though just so it doesn’t go off to much early.

[@solidman8360]

could arcane adaptation be good?

[@Blademaster145]

Yes

[@yungo1rst]

so far my rough drafts have clones and shapeshifters with simple ramps. Kinda replacing the interior of the Arixmethes deck.

[@emericmercier9819]

In French, they used to translate both the "snake" and "serpent" types as "serpent". But in the last few years they have started translating "serpent" as "grand serpent" (= big serpent). So yeah, it's a mess! But I don't think they will errata them to have only one type because they are pretty different in terms of flavor.

[@elipetrou9308]

Oh wow, I thought that you only made tokens on your upkeep, making them on every upkeep is amazing

[@Scheuersicle]

"I'll get off my high horse now." More like, get off your high pig. ;)

[@Steamboat2016]

Worth noting, you can tap down opponents planeswalker and shut off their abilities

[@ianfraser2572]

Probably one of the best uses for that ability as most planeswalkers don’t activate at instant speed.

[@rowanmanning1464]

Will Breaker seems very scary in this deck

[@ruffy5404]

could that be Jörmungandr?

[@jordanmaher7362]

Cards like whelming wave act as a one sided board wipe for this which is awesome

[@brianshanahan5274]

I plan on building a sea monster deck around this guy. Simic at its purest.

[@alan2here]

Sea Serpent should cost 1uu, be 6/3 against blue, and 3/6 against other colours. What decks want defensive against blue and aggressive against other colours?

[@OfficialMagisto]

This card looks amazing!! Although I will say I’m disappointed that it’s not mono blue because I was hoping to run it in my Thassa God of the sea monsters deck. 😞

[@ecureuilADN]

Kindred Discovery seems pretty good, wanna draw each upkeep and whenever you attack with the tokens you created ? :D

[@ranuuki_sempai9297]

Parallel Lives, and doubling season will be hard to get, but definitely, I'm building this EDH.... Love it!

[@johnnyscifi]

There's an old-school snake generator artifact, that my mind went to...unfortunately, snakes are no-bueno

[@abrahammendezgonzalez3242]

Id just love this commander, agree with Mich when he said that simic commander are kind of boring and repetitive

[@noardon1]

Coat of Arms would be a spicy pump for this. Wish I could put this guy in my Xyris Snake Tribal deck.

[@liambauer7922]

this in combination with a card that get rid of the hand limit and a monster like hero's bane you could technically have every token clone them and make them all 64/64 in three turns...

[@liambauer7922]

with trampleeeeee wtfffffff i just bought the card im excited to start building

[@micheal5973]

I just cant decide on putting it into the 99 of my slumbering isle sea creatures deck or making it the commander of said deck just cause of how annoying it is to deal with.

[@cjw2171]

This lad will fit nicely in my Aesi/Tatyova sea monsters deck

[@VirtualCheetah]

This will fit nicely into my Simic Sea Monsters deck B-)

[@jakeapplegate6642]

I can’t wait to play leadership vacuum on this commander!

[@roguewookiee]

Thanks for the tips, excited about this deck. Wish doubling season wasn't $100 😂

[@bonwaya5077]

Any spoilers become deck techs after the set is released

[@travischristian9373]

A good card that could go with this deck is Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep

[@josephhyde8387]

So far this one has got to be my next deck

[@olivierdebilde4292]

At first, I said to myself "Eventually a fair Simic Commander"... then I read the "EACH upkeep". *sighs* Okay okay, I admit, it's much less powerful than what Simic usually gets and its theme make it interesting. That's a good point.

[@deadNdivine12]

I Think I'll take apart my verazol deck and make this guy. Slap a Maskwood Nexus into it too haha.

[@ReplayStation]

I dig this card, it's pretty steep to cast tho. I also don't need a third simic deck @_@

[@johanandersson8252]

Finally i can get into a Coma through Standard.

[@danieliussupienis9703]

Lol.

[@jadethethief]

I have a Snakes and Nagas tribal deck, and yeah, it's really annoying that Snakes/Nagas/Serpents are all separate tribes, despite all being snakes. Kind of like how Warriors and Soldiers are separate, and have lords that buff them separately, despite being essentially the same in how they're represented.

[@patykaarplegos6282]

Well then arixmethes deck is getting a new buddy in the 99.

[@robertzeller4311]

Oh yeah 🐙

[@jackkansas2721]

Gotta love another unnecessarily strong simic card 👌 definitely going in the big dumb simic deck I'm building 😅

[@darknova000]

My turn: Play my commmander for 7 mana - Koma, Cosmos Serpent My opponents upkeep: I make a 3/3 serpent and my opponent immediately Swords to Plowshares it. Now if I want to cast it then it costs 9 mana. High cost commanders are almost never worth it. They are never able to stick around and the rest of the table sees you as a huge threat. Also with the way the power level is going in the game, newer cards like Ravenform are even able to get rid of this stuff.

[@nickclemitus4598]

Koma, Koma, Koma, Koma the Cosmic Serpent Doesn't have quite the same ring

[@dr.pultandmrgrimm991]

Simic keeps getting bigger and better

[@tarri16]

Whelp I have a new serpent for my sea monster deck

[@tannergariepy3408]

Found the next deck im gonna build

[@envysart797]

Seems good with parallel lives

[@mstolie2621]

How about Birthing Boughs, shapeshifter token ^-^.

[@garlicxlr]

Arixmethes gets another Serpent friend every set it seems.

[@Nightken91]

I'd say run Xenograph for making all your creatures into Serpents in addition to their other creature types

[@arjundilger7867]

I’m going to be honest, I’m pretty disappointed with the card. If It were just a normal card it’d be pretty solid, but I don’t feel it captures the essence of a massive serpent that circles the earth.

[@georgeswagg413]

Honestly the fact that it can't be countered (reference to the inevitable ragnarok ofc) and the other effects are really flavorful imo ==> sacrifice a serpent to shut off a creature (like venom) or to get indestructible. We need to keep in mind that this is also designed for standard

[@nanclibarb]

Don't forget the shapeshifters

[@beware3586]

Serpents are awful. This card is amazing. If they included snakes this deck would be a blast to play as tribal. I'm actually thinking of building this as a pure control deck and just using anthem spells and this cards natural beef to finish games

[@andykapsar4667]

really? when did you start playing? islandhome hasnt been playable since it was released 😝

[@Mister-Thirteen]

You just had to bring up the Snake tribal problem. Wizards now has three tribes, Serpents, Snakes and Naga that are effectively all snakes, share the tribal color identity and yet refuse to just merge the bloody tribes. Also Koma is a Serpent but Xyris is a Snake Leviathan? Fuck-the-what?! >:/

[@typhlocf5062]

Willbreaker synnergy

[@ollijay676]

Forget "commander legends" the commanders in Kaldheim are much more powerful!! 😬👏

[@deacon7519]

This thing is sick

[@DEVILantS23]

Anyone hear twilight of the thunder god?

[@nanya524]

Dragon Broodmother

[@ptodd5373]

And just a reminder... Stonecoil Serpent..... is a snake

[@cubencis]

Wotc please agree that serpents are snakes

[@jason2089]

Changelings

[@CastleGoCrash]

Worldslayer 👉🏻👈🏻

[@moonlight2870]

"Finally, a Simic commander that is not about ramping, drawing or value!" *looks at the absolute majority of simic commanders that are about +1/+1 counters* huuuum...

[@patrickbidwell6799]

I feel like you shouldn't have to give spoiler warnings when spoiler is in the title and picture. You give up the right to complain by clicking.

[@patrickbidwell6799]

"I'M SO MAD THAT I GOT SPOILED IN A SPOILER VIDEO!"- Karen

[@Themaskedathlete-4]

Yeah, the serpent isn't one of the biggest creatures in mtg. Sad moment bruh

[@daltondunn3212]

It is, if you wait long enough, since all the tokens he creates are technically part of his body

[@etria6604]

Am I a terrible person for seeing this commander’s potential for a stax deck? I say this because he taps permanents which will allow you to turn off Winter Orb/Static Orb before your turn as well as locking people out while they’re under said orb effects and he creates tokens on every turn which allows him to break parity effectively with smokestack so yeah that’s my thought process on this guy lol

[@qwormuli77]

Derevi flashbacks

[@SnowyGrass]

why is the world tree not legendary? its at the center of everything in kaldheim and there is only one.

[@Blademaster145]

Wotc doesnt like making legendary lands makes constructed feel weird

[@SnowyGrass]

@@Blademaster145 if it was any other land i would have said ok but, it's the World Tree! the center of kaldheim! im just saying it should be legendary because of what it is. if it stays as is i see it as a design flaw. but thats me personally.

[@Blademaster145]

@@SnowyGrass I agree I'm just stating why

[@Zjivarra]

Koma... Yuck... I hate it. Not fun to play against at all. Powerful on its own but I can’t hate on it too much. But, my friend cloned it twice using Sakashima of a Thousand faces and Moritte of the Frost getting 3 coils every upkeep. Now pondering why it needed to have the text line making it a spell that can’t be countered. I now just hate this card tbh 🤣

[@augmentedlinguist4674]

Bro this thing is gonna be absolute cancer ..Also sub to the channel for spicy content:kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2fEoIZ_pbNoZ80

[@Brok3nPixelz]

Boars are male pigs. The females are sows.

[@TedMattos]

First time I was first. I think. :)

[@TedMattos]

AND Mitch loved my comment. Perhaps 2021 will turn around for me, after all! ;) Thanks for the content, Mitch. You put out numerous videos a day, and I know how hard that is! :)

[@Deathmperor]

This seems fun like my omnath locus of rage but by the time you get 7 mana to play your commander you are very far behind even worse if others are playing 2 or 3 drop commanders like my playgroup

[@qwormuli77]

I mean, you better play other card aside your commanders, right? It's true, that this most likely doesn't fit into cEDH, but that's doe to it not comboing into a win or hating early enough, but that's different.

[@aaron9797]

instead of snakes they should combine serpents and wurms to one creature type

[@havendavis4318]

commander players: please give us good white cards wizards the color is basically unplayble wotc: heehee blue green go brrrr

[@kanvaros4451]

Ramp and grab a helm and with even 2 snakes it’s 8 snakes a turn !!!!!!! Go snake tribal !

[@comedyman4896]

does anyone else feel like this should have been GW? I mean, indestructible and taking away abilities until end of turn are in white's color pie, not blue or green. And tokens are definitely under white more than blue. What gives?

[@connoringram4948]

Blue taps and green makes tokens feels BU to me. I wish it was 4 color honestly. Omnath was the blackless 4 color legend i feel he coulda been redless 4 color legend.

[@NecroAsphyxia]

Not first