If I see one more propaganda effect hit the table I will begin weeping loudly and everyone will know its your fault. #magicthegathering #mtg #mtgcommunity #cardgame #mtgcommander
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@prysthaea773511 ай бұрын
As a very wise man once said: "Playing group hug is like walking into a bar fight and handing out knives"
@ember357910 ай бұрын
Well, at the very least it'll be entertaining. No slow grindy bullshit here, everybody's hopped up on that free card draw crack.
@carloversace374811 ай бұрын
I love that you refined azorius as being specifically anti-furry, they definitely be gatekeeping
@Sangraven1311 ай бұрын
Gatekeeping is the Azorius brand
@erlockruuziik723711 ай бұрын
But Sphinxes tho
@ferdithetank753511 ай бұрын
@@erlockruuziik7237Sharuum definitely can get it with those big honkers, that's where black mana allegiance puts you IG.
@erlockruuziik723711 ай бұрын
@@ferdithetank7535 the black mana represents all the sins commited in her name. Sock drawers just full of sins.
@paulcurran30211 ай бұрын
“No furry dubs in stax colors” 😭 Kwain seems so cute and innocent, dropping Kami of the Crescent Moon and Howling Mine to help out the table, until he drops Teferi’s Ageless Insight + Toothy or Ominous Seas and then you’re getting eaten out by tentacle beasts
@jamescruz867811 ай бұрын
Eaten out? 👀
@pigbimpin415111 ай бұрын
Or sphinx/teferi's tutelage and psychic corrosion
@paulcurran30211 ай бұрын
@@jamescruz8678I said what I said
@kibousn168611 ай бұрын
Kinky
@theNightDice11 ай бұрын
Forced Fruition is such a neat effect! I just want y'all to have cards! Don't mind my Smothering Tithe..
@SnepEmperorSnow11 ай бұрын
I lovingly describe my group hug deck as. "I'm hugging everyone. And I'm wearing a bomb." Deal X to all players. X equals "enough"
@Ventus77777711 ай бұрын
You know, as someone who doesn't play magic and watches Mald because a) I like to learn about other card games and b ) because Mald is a funny I'm proud to know that when I heard him say the effect I knew it was group hug.
@maldhound11 ай бұрын
LETS GOOOO
@thermophile169511 ай бұрын
"Mald is a funny" You knew what you were doing.
@valteine11 ай бұрын
Same. I'm jus here to watch a funny man an to see whether various artworks can get it.
@almightyk1111 ай бұрын
Maid?
@thermophile169511 ай бұрын
@@almightyk11 It's a lowercase L, not a capital I
@isnotaghost11 ай бұрын
The first time I played against this commander, the turning point was when they managed to put 4 copies of Forced Fruition into play in a turn. Play a card, draw 28.
@Nersius11 ай бұрын
Forced fruition is so scary, even if you have lethal on board. Played against it during Eldraine pre-release, took me 3min to think of my turn despite obvi having lethal just because I could only play 1 more card, and it had to create enough of a buffer jic any more funny business occurred.
@bradsimpson872411 ай бұрын
At least it's a quick game-ender.
@TenmaBackup11 ай бұрын
Man and I thought pot of greed is broken
@theNightDice11 ай бұрын
Now I'm curious what the fourth card they used was, my deck only plays two copy enchantments and the fruition 🤔
@moshimeshowu74711 ай бұрын
How helpful! :D
@Kwevin665911 ай бұрын
Love my Kwain deck, it's my "we're all not bricking today" deck, we're all drawing as many cards as you want because I don't plan on winning. I can win, but it's a lab man win, everyone can draw their deck looking for an out as I'm drawing too. It just feels bad having those games where one guy's stuck on two lands with a cultivate in hand, so go ahead, get your extra cards, I wanna see how this game goes.
@PhoenicopterusR11 ай бұрын
Gotta love the "I'm not here to win. I'm here to see some fucked up plays." type of energy.
@miguelarrieiro11 ай бұрын
i love this bcz if i get minimal extra resources and is my turn, either a board wipe or paramedics are needed
@raccoonnerd4057 ай бұрын
And when all's said and done, CUE THE SUN
@ThatOneIrishFurry15 күн бұрын
I have a deck thats called "where were going we don't need hand size" which is the same energy 🤣
@GrimCharon11 ай бұрын
I need to make group hug decks, so everyone can have trust issues, like me! :D
@pikadragon278311 ай бұрын
I have one. It's wonderful. Atraxa as chief, in case everyone gets a bit too untrusting. More cards for everybody, more mana for everybody, more lands for everybody. Sheming symmetry and Monkey Paw for extra fun. The only actual win condition is Villanous Wealth. This deck does not win often. But boy, is it fun.
@GrimCharon11 ай бұрын
@@pikadragon2783 This sounds right up my alley, pain! :D Thanks!
@wadewilson571211 ай бұрын
i put jin-gitaxias in my deck and people were not happy about drawing cards
@ebhoverman1811 ай бұрын
Its a lot of fun
@rythmiccoma280911 ай бұрын
"If my deck doesn't make you shit your pants I will shit them for you" - Kwain according to Maldhound
@jacobd198411 ай бұрын
Kwain is just a swell little furry guy who hops around giving gifts! What’s not to trust?
@Grieves000111 ай бұрын
the blue mana symbol in his cost
@zackkelley294011 ай бұрын
Ancient proverb- "Beware of strangers giving gifts."
@bradsimpson872411 ай бұрын
As a blue player, my own card-draw engine is automatically part of my deck build. And if you want everyone to draw cards, and me to draw EVEN MORE cards, you must have malicious intent. Plus, just as a matter of course, people playing Azorius colours typically rate highly on my "nuke this guy" list. Only a fool lets the control guy settle in for the mid-game.
@iPhoneeditor11 ай бұрын
Played against this once. It got to a point where everyone was drawing 16+ cards a turn and people were being decked out by various card draw and mill effects. Once he had his engines going he held up counter spells and proceeded to play blue-white control on everybody. He had some Eldrazi in the deck to recycle his graveyard so as to not deck out. I managed to fight through interaction by casting insane amounts of spells he drew me into, but holy shit was that a hard game to win. The other two players got hugged to death!
@ITJohan11 ай бұрын
I would love for you to check out Surrak Dragonclaw. It's what happens when the Gruul player has had, one too many control players against them, decide to dip into the dark side, so they can yell: PARRY THIS, YOU CASUAL!!!
@Veelofar11 ай бұрын
I continue to ask for Yeva, played by the green player who watches the counter war across the table and then at end of turn everyone asks "Who's Aeve, and what does Storm even DO on a creature?"
@oinkytheink122811 ай бұрын
That’s at the moment your table knew y’all ###### up
@Veelofar11 ай бұрын
@@oinkytheink1228 the best version is when Yeva wasn’t out at the start, but the Yeva player flashes her in eot before Aeve. Going from 0 threat creatures to WAY too many is very fun
@justenleonas11 ай бұрын
When I maid my own Kwain deck I based it on one phrase. "Don't look at me." The deck is meant to help EVERYONE, but the moment you start looking my way, either becuase you're greedy or I'm the only one left, things start going badly for you as all my defensive and counterspells will only have one target.
@dragonfeets203211 ай бұрын
To anyone who asks “what’s the worst that can happen?” Approach of the second sun cast twice in one turn and counterspells to prevent people from stopping them, cuz they had the card draw to get away with that.
@Grumbl3cakes11 ай бұрын
Last time I played against Kwain, I was playing simic Jolrael, turning my lands into X/X fliers equal to the amount of cards in my hand. Other opponents were looking at us like we hustlers in cahoots and had a secret meeting before the game.
@kalhann827211 ай бұрын
very accurate. "oh don't worry you can have some cards and treasures and things! i'm so nice :)" and then goddamn stax and approach of the second sun is group hug's entire thing. also would be great if you roasted yarok the desecrated because while i do love that deck we totally deserve a roast for panharmonicon in the command zone.
@davidcano781911 ай бұрын
you mean that this person isn't going to play Narset, Parter of Veils at the first opportunity? No-one but the Kwain player is going to get those extra cards
@maldhound11 ай бұрын
If I had to say something every time a planeswalker made a game of magic the gathering worse, I would suffocate within the hour 🫠
@davidcano781911 ай бұрын
@@maldhound Thank god hullbreacher is banned in Commander
@siosilvar11 ай бұрын
Can't mill the table if you run Narset. :)
@nicholasfarrell598111 ай бұрын
@@siosilvaror use silly things like Iron Maiden and Viseling, for that matter.
@siosilvar11 ай бұрын
@@nicholasfarrell5981 I like to leave the damage win con to commanders that can run the hybrid turbo/damage pieces like Fevered Visions or Spiteful Visions, but yeah those are reasonable in Kwain too.
@residentfacehead346511 ай бұрын
I have never liked helping people who are not me but i can appreciate the need to fuck with all three opponents at once, which is why its day 27 requesting Duke Ulder Ravengard.
@foop8711 ай бұрын
Holy shit a real thumbnail
@maldhound11 ай бұрын
The guy who does my thumbnails is gonna lose it over this comment
@AnonYmous-mc5zx11 ай бұрын
I got to be the "does anyone have a counterspell?" hero when a Kwain tried to sneak an Omniscience into play. I do have a counterspell, Spell Swindle.
@ianr701411 ай бұрын
I’ve played magic longer than some of y’all have been alive and the creativity of some decks still-*still*-makes my inner Johnny weep with glee. Remember when Channel + Fireball was a game-ending combo? When Glimpse the Unthinkable was one of the strongest mill effects for its cost? Stuffy Doll remembers.
@boredcryptek551311 ай бұрын
Sai Master Thopterist. A personal favorite.
@elementgold11 ай бұрын
I'd love to see you do Leinoire, that's a commander that's slept on in my opinion.
@NatFreeman66611 ай бұрын
Second this. My gf plays Lenore and the deck is so unassuming. “I got it at Walmart”, she says. Little do they know it dishes out +1/+1 counters like candy on Halloween. We just added Hardened Scales which is absolutely wild with a go-wide counters theme.
@UniversalJuan11 ай бұрын
@@NatFreeman666my girl runs it too and I want to run it so bad but don't feel right running a deck that she does as well... But it's sooooooooo good!
@sayntfuu11 ай бұрын
"No furry dubs in stax colors" true words
@Pachitaro6 ай бұрын
"Oh! That's not too bad." *SMOTHERING TITHE*
@jaredmaynard497011 ай бұрын
I was looking for this video FRANTICALLY last week and was so sad I couldn't find it. Thank you.
@m_inferno451011 ай бұрын
I'm glad I got to play my Kwain deck before you made this, so it didn't ruin the surprise. Sadly I'm not allowed to play it anymore :(
@johanandersson825211 ай бұрын
What happend
@m_inferno451011 ай бұрын
Knowledge pool, hive mind, and forced fruition happened
@johanandersson825211 ай бұрын
@@m_inferno4510 Have you tried cards that targets you and another player (Sorry for the advice)
@LegacyKricketune11111 ай бұрын
You know who's cool? Grist the Hunger Tide; what a funky commander.
@AuruxTheShady11 ай бұрын
I would like to thank you for showing me what i want for my third deck. Big Love
@cupmallows10 ай бұрын
It's fun to use in a 'mill' deck. They put their library into their hand instead of graveyard. But you can still run the mill packages in bruvac and other 'draw cards to mill cards' effects. Slap on some board wipes, turbo card draws like wheels or coveted jewels to feel like you're not targeted, and steal your board type stuff. Someone ramped - scholarship sponsor everyone gets their lands, someone built a lethal board- reins of power them, or if needed a graveyard hate - calamity's wake exiles it and stops non creature spells.
@MakeVarahHappen11 ай бұрын
I believe we are entering month three of asking for Vaevictis Asmadi the Dire on both acounts, to the point where my phone autocompletes the sentence. It even fits because it's like jund group hug in that it kills your stuff and you.
@IrregularDoctor11 ай бұрын
Got to hear your take on my favorite control owl, Vega, the Watcher!
@kelp-ist346911 ай бұрын
“I will swing at you” “I will block with my comma-“ “I will full swing you instead”
@emmettceglia11 ай бұрын
Returning as always to appreciate your comedic wizardry and to request my girl, Liesa Shroud of Dusk.
@antivirusexe285611 ай бұрын
Smothering tithe plus permanents that untap stuff. Draw cards every turn and noone else can afford to benefit or you end up with more treasures than a dragon.
@alfred893611 ай бұрын
When it comes to helping people to death, it's really a situation of Mind Over Matter
@Strat85311 ай бұрын
*Kwain my beloved*
@lordlucario882811 ай бұрын
"no extra cards" narset and smothering tithe say HELLO!!!!!!
@koover11 ай бұрын
Stab wounds are the deepest when they're in the back
@YourBoyNobody5303 ай бұрын
The tables faces when my green deck is playing more instants and drawing more cards than the blue player is priceless.
@adamfrancescutti761511 ай бұрын
"Draw some cards, everybody loves drawing cards" they say, pulling smothering tithe off the top of their deck (Also could I get your thoughts on Marchesa The Black Rose?)
@Servantproto11 ай бұрын
long may she reign
@accidie_11 ай бұрын
Four group hug players walk into a bar...
@senatorarmstrong904111 ай бұрын
Kaervek the Merciless, it's like group hugging, but with big painful hugs.
@jlr135711 ай бұрын
Also, if you manage to put some kind drawing limitation for your opponents onto the battlefield, Kwain's ability becomes purely one-sided
@laytonjr66014 ай бұрын
The best way to play the game (in term of enjoyment) is to mill the whole table while they have 50 cards in hand. If you want to stax them out and cast approach of the second sun twice in one turn, you'll lose frienfs
@williamkraft2211 ай бұрын
Charix, the Raging Isle because Crabmander
@PhenoFatality11 ай бұрын
Oh hey, it's budget Zedruu
@TaosoftheVoid11 ай бұрын
The leading cause of death for planeswalkers is blue drawing cards? Dang, that explains why a super friends deck ran over my table at the lgs last week! I - the dimir faerie player - didn't touch enough cards!
@colemcnutt413611 ай бұрын
Attempt 19 at requesting the Sapling of Colfenor
@frankkyle959011 ай бұрын
I run a Kwain deck. It is fun, however people realize quick that the wabbit is doing a lot more damage than help. One of my big combos is crested sumare + Phyrexian Metamorph (or copy effect) using Kwain you can generate a massive army of Horses lead by a Crazy Rabbit.
@deathcore109711 ай бұрын
Sen triplets won't stop asking!
@iBenjamin100011 ай бұрын
I recently stumbled across Shanna, Sisay's Legacy in another mtg video. looked at the card and thought it seemed rather tame compared to some of the other commanders you've been talking about. would be interested to see if you know any scary strategies to use with it.
@simonchi537211 ай бұрын
Greater Good and such lets you draw insane amount of cards with her
@Eric_The_Cleric11 ай бұрын
My sister plays this commander. She plays it exactly as you'd want to have it played. It just helps the table, bar none. No wincons. No counterspells. Nothing bad. Just lifegain and card draw. Maybe the occaisional "decking out" if you let her play too long, but she'll likely deck herself first. Yet people are so paranoid of what Kwain does because of the bad apples, who take him and twist him into some Phyrexian amalgamation, that she gets targeted down and subsequently loses quite quickly. It is all I can do to keep her in the game after turn 4 when this happens. And I usually want to keep her in so I get my wincons and my opponents can see who the real asshole of the sibling pair is. She literally made the deck to help someone at the table win. She's told me. She's not incompetent. She's made plenty of crazy powerful decks that have iron tough defenses and hit like trucks. She's a fantastic Magic player. This is how she has fun, now. Now her other, REAL Kwain deck that she only has the money to play with on free avenues such as Cockatrice on the other hand... *shiver*
@fireicelightarrows11 ай бұрын
Kira Great Glass-Spinner for all the life in a bubble jokes
@9-b_b-911 ай бұрын
All group hug commanders be catching these hands ✊️✊️
@NovaZero10011 ай бұрын
Kinda want your take on Eriette, or new paper cut waifu That said, I run Kwain in a Zedruu build that definitely wants to look like group hug, but it's actually just a carnival; creating chaos and making the whole table mad. It's almost like group hug, except I'm not letting people try to hoard their nukes, I'm giving everyone a crack.
@rennac315211 ай бұрын
The common reference that all players are still technically referred to as planeswalkers
@calebwindomable11 ай бұрын
I legit stopped mid bite into my taco from Taco Bell, and looked up at the video in shame. 🤣
@GoneMorbid11 ай бұрын
"Leave them, they're already dead" Lmfao
@HuntersheepKaridas11 ай бұрын
continuing to ask for the mass milling madman syr konrad, the grim
@moonlight287011 ай бұрын
"I just want everyone to draw! Keep drawing, guys! :D" "W-wait, I'm gonna deck out-" "I SAIS KEEP DRAWING :D"
@TheDerpyDeed11 ай бұрын
nice Ever did one about Ivy, gleeful spellthief? she looooves touching cardboard (by copying "target creature gets +1, DRAW A CARD" as well as simic enchantments) and she CAN get it
@bricecart614811 ай бұрын
Zethi is calling you Mald, don't keep her waiting
@sweetandsaltyminx731011 ай бұрын
Askin again fooooooooooor Greven, the Rakdos one.
@chrisdavis594811 ай бұрын
Still sitting here (im)patiently waiting for Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker to get his time to shine
@scottfitzpatrick193911 ай бұрын
When someone lets you draw a card, there is a reason, and you won't like the reason 😂
@Shadowkat032611 ай бұрын
I continue to beseech you, O Great and Powerful Maldhound, for a roast of Atla Palani, Nest Tender.
@a_fuckin_spacemarine751411 ай бұрын
I took my Kwain deck to a "casual" commander night. I was the only had fun that night.
@icy_plaz123811 ай бұрын
Hopping to see you at Vegas Mr. Mald Hound (:
@michaelbalcom523311 ай бұрын
Can definitely agree my first commander deck was an Animar deck that used a group hug method to pull everyone's lands to the battlefield then wipe them once ineas ready for animar to go off.
@reclinedpartygaming377411 ай бұрын
I will sacrifice a gingerbread cookie to garruk if you do Minn Wily Illusionist
@saucecreek504411 ай бұрын
I once again must ask for Galazeth Prismari, and his tax evasion habits!
@beowulf119611 ай бұрын
Neheb the Eternal, always and forever.
@Matteo_the_Plague_Doctor11 ай бұрын
As someone who has this deck, you are completely correct sir! I run two Eldrazi titans in this deck literally to just cycle draw through my deck and draw infinitely. And if I do somehow get to the mana required to cast them An Ulamog out of the fluffy bunny man deck is always a surprise! Everything you said about this is true!
@sharlockshacolmes938111 ай бұрын
This is literally the gaslight commander "Haha look silly rabbit man make you draw hahaha everybody is having fun! Oh... looks like I drew my Narset wheel combo guess I'm winning... In twenty turn... While you can't play"
@TheTarema11 ай бұрын
I would absolutely love to see you do my boi Kruphix, God of Horizons/Lord of Storage.
@colinbamsey526211 ай бұрын
I'd love to see Eriette of the charmed apple, who is super helpfully handing out auras, don't worry about the second effect, it's fine
@SyxxPunk11 ай бұрын
As a fellow Izzet player, I must ask for Niv-Mizzet, Parun. Also, who thought it was a good idea to make him the Living Guildpact?
@arridueldes984311 ай бұрын
Pretty sure he did, might have had help from Ugin, chunks of War of the Spark lore have blocked themselves from my memory for some reason
@superwill123811 ай бұрын
Love this. Now can we do the W/U Group Hug god that also commits Tax evasion of the highest order, Heliod: the Radiant Dawn?
@NoOneUsesThis11 ай бұрын
Great to hear some group hug fear. I have the reputation in my group of targeting hug effects and everyone acts offended until the hug deck kills us.
@takeyouforgranite785011 ай бұрын
Please, I've been begging for MONTHS, let's get a spotlight on my boy Smeagol, Helpful Guide!
@alainpbat390311 ай бұрын
Your name must be Alice cause this rabbit gonna guide you through wonderland
@AlterationA11 ай бұрын
I appreciate that Mald's aversion to allowing furries to get it doesn't interfere with the threat assessment.
@herohades223011 ай бұрын
The fun of group hug is that no one, including the person playing the deck, will know what the game plan is until we all get there. And if you're playing a fun group hug deck, the journey will be a complete mess.
@ProfDragonite11 ай бұрын
...Karador? Going on Week 3 here.
@stripeybag697711 ай бұрын
Please do either Nashi, Moon's Legacy or Moon's Scion
@vahnvega199011 ай бұрын
The first clue you're in for a bad time is its Blue. B/U Zombies is alright though, those blue Zombie players are fun and surprisingly straightforward.
@sarahross97511 ай бұрын
Perhaps Sen Triplets will finally have a chance
@gackybass11 ай бұрын
One of these days my boy Horobi will get the cooking he deserves
@bradmalcolm4511 ай бұрын
I play a Kwain deck where I have Angels and Cloning built in, so Kwain just helps through the early game. Plus Azorius is my favourite colours to play aside from Orzhov
@Fateherald11 ай бұрын
Ah yes. I run him in my “group hug” twisted heliod deck. Flood them with cards until they can draw no more!!
@nerfedirl11 ай бұрын
I dont need a roast i just want a reaction video of first time reading Elline of Wild Court
@weferin11 ай бұрын
I will swallow a whole egg if you do Titania, nature’s force. This is month 5
@TheSpearkan11 ай бұрын
It's all fun and games until the guy pulls out a Compleated Heliod and you watch in despair as they play Eldrazi for free.
@CrazyCorey-tx2gy11 ай бұрын
Id love to see your take on Grist, or Sethron, Hurloon General!!
@joshboulter16711 ай бұрын
Most fun my Kwain deck ever had was pre hullbreacher ban. I put down teferi's puzzle box and the whole table just groaned.
@Exile5593 ай бұрын
He's gonna get it. Just not the it it may be wanting.
@ChristianKid797711 ай бұрын
My friend has a true group hug deck with Kynaios And Tiro Of Meletis.
@elkinvargas64815 ай бұрын
There is a maldhound Jr out there
@Eramiserasmus4 ай бұрын
Group hug with Blue not only arms everyone but makes sure everything turned towards them is a dud.