Your Deck Theme Can't Be "I Have Sixty Dollars"

[@demolisherman1763]

Half of these recommendations are just “why I’m a kleptomaniac and why you should be one too”

[@DirtyDerg]

My deck is a Bic lighter and an aerosol spray can. I win.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

To be entirely fair, some of the funniest shenanigans in ANY card combat game I’ve ever witnessed involve using someone else’s shit against them or ON them.

[@zeusalternative1270]

1:39 According to the data, Mountain is the most played land that can produce red mana in the game, it's usage rate is huge so it must be a good card.

[@StarshadowMelody]

Hm! I wonder why it's usage rate is huge! It's not like it's one of five cards the entire game is designed around having a lot of! XD

[@LibertyMonk]

Yeah, ok, by why is it NUMBER EIGHT!?! It should either be way higher, or way lower. Like, 2 or like 47.

[@azelia2464]

@@LibertyMonk Maybe because of effects like Back to Basics and Blood Moon but I really don't see people playing those very often so I doubt it

[@Preaplanes]

Braid of Fire may as well read "I pay for Mystic Remora."

[@nonaG123]

I run it in a Lathliss dragon deck and it's basically just to fuel dragon boosting effects, specifically hers if I can manage it. I do like your play though that's funny too!

[@lunistg]

I use it with upwelling.

[@lemonancy64]

Braid of Fire is excellent in my phoenixes deck. There are so many ways to spend the mana in upkeep. I've never found another good place for it.

[@sarahbuck2506]

@@lemonancy64 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden is my home for Braid of Fire

[@simondiamond9628]

Hibernation's End is great with Braid of Fire.

[@quinnjackson9033]

Braids of fire is busted because you get to force your opponents to hear the tragic tale of “Mana Burn” when someone dares to ask you if that’s a real card.

[@Zirnike]

It's an amazing bit of tech in my feather deck. Cast all the instant buffs during upkeep. But you really need the right build for it.

[@TheMorbidHobo]

"I'm not sure we can stay in soldiers at the cost of playing really bad cards" You would not like my Frog deck.

[@sarahbuck2506]

How hyped were you for Bloomburrow? 19 new frogs!

[@deadpull7761]

New fear unlocked: maldhound finding one of my bs decks online and talking shit about it to the world 😂

[@melephs_cap]

Lol pretty sure the only decks he reviews are patron-submitted so you should be safe

[@leadpaintchips9461]

@@melephs_cap Ya, he only takes money to tear into people.

[@brittbread]

Happy to be featured! Love my weird little guys.

[@MosherVideos]

Yo man, how do I submit a deck for consideration? Is there a patreon or something?

[@brittbread]

​@MosherVideos yup, it's the $25 patron tier

[@noributts8032]

Who up malding their hounds

[@RavenDravenek]

0:29 Flaming Tyrannosaurus is canonically a she. To quote the Doctor from that episode “Oi! Big sexy woman! Oi!”

[@Zorgdub]

But can she get it?

[@taylorcrawford4387]

​@@ZorgdubFrom me, she can.

[@epicgamer-ny4fj]

​@@Zorgdubsexy is in the quote

[@TheRedneckBudha]

I've always been tempted to submit my "wall of american chaos" deck to mald but I'm also certain the tism I used to build it would rustle malds jimmies.

[@Apolloross0627]

Ovika has committed too many crimes to not get a roast

[@rudyh721]

My ovika deck is my lowest budget by far and it’s also by far the quickest at killing the entire table lmao

[@ticklord]

@@rudyh721 Is ovika the everything bagel commander?

[@rudyh721]

@@ticklord no it’s izzet colors, and it makes 1/1 goblins with haste equal to the cmc of every noncreature spell you cast

[@williampearce5757]

0:54 I would go for Glamdring instead of the Pike, if you can afford it. Costs one more mana to equip, but lets you continue evading taxes by giving you free spells from your hand when you hit.

[@09Dragonite]

1. In response to your title: yes it fucking can 2. You nailed it with the Braids of Fire roast in the first 10 seconds. I am constantly amazed that people still don't realize that card was designed to pay cumulative upkeep costs *AND THAT'S IT*

[@Cavouku]

Just finished putting together a $100 Canadian deck (~$75 USD). Nearly half of that value is tied up in 5 cards, so that last deck is operating on the same wavelength as me. Though my whole thing is running Edward Kenway (one-fifth the price of the whole deck) with treasures and thievery, so me not having expensive cards is fine so long as *you* have them.

[@alfazagato1455]

I love Braids of Fire in my Jaya Ballard deck. If I get it early enough, it's "GRENADE, recast Jaya, pass"

[@lucyarisato6850]

God, it's good to see more of this.

[@GeneralJerrard101]

Share the spoils is the best card in any of my decks (Prosper, of course). Everyone spends a full turn rotaion reading and completely comprehending it and then says, "that card's great, I love it" without fail.

[@normative]

I run Braid of Fire in both Grenzo & Xantcha, where it’s absolutely fantastic if you pull it early.

[@ChaosActual1]

Where should I place my deck lists if I want him to judge my nonsense?

[@shaidyn8278]

I haven't played magic in close to 20 years and I love all your videos.

[@GunCRAZYxD44]

Mald I 100% burst in fcking tears when you talked about the soldier deck. Definitely not the deck im using right now with my friends.

[@martaneon5310]

I've played against Solemnity... Using my Shadrix deck! My opponent's card made my commander into a one-sided creature factory! Booyah!

[@OCyrus1989]

Can't run * / * creatures effectively in Nethroi, they're considered to be as big as they are no matter what zone they're in so they don't default to 0 to get cheated in.

[@Darchias]

Stickfingers doesn't have to be reanimated by Nethroi to be good.

[@syrelian]

I mean, you totally can though, thats why Skyclave is in, in a Commander Game his value is often in the range of -10ish for a long long time, and guess what mother fucker, MATH, the negative integer works with Nethroi, so if you pick a -12 Skyclave, you get 22 value for Other Things instead of just 10

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Multani works tho :)

[@OCyrus1989]

@@syrelian Okay, but if you successfully resolve Nethroi and you can't win with just the 10 power then your deck blows.

[@sethb3090]

That's different though, there's a very short list of */*s that can have negative power​@@syrelian

[@Thoughtmage100]

That Myrel player didn't build a deck. They built a cry for help. :(

[@mintymanta2821]

I honestly believe Ovika, Enigma Goliath could use a roasting. I use her often, so I know a few at my LGS that would agree me!

[@ColonelCalamity1201]

I too am an eepy Arixmethes

[@galactic6262]

His response to Anzrag makes me want to share my Roxanne decklist. Its not crazy good and still needs tweaks, but I can have near infinite combat phases and beat my opponents by throwing rocks at them.

[@MiltiadesSpyrou]

My brother has an anzrag deck. It is made of jank and bulk, it still wins games but flops if you counter/kill anzrag a couple times. That’s how strong he is

[@FirstNameLastName-gh9iw]

The theme can be though I have 60 dollars and want to make an equipment voltron deck with this partner pair. The 60 bucks can be a restriction but it can’t be the theme

[@AzuriteCoast]

I like the longer breakdown

[@truittwilson7803]

Mald, we gotta talk about your mic peaking constantly

[@dontdoitdan7965]

this avenue of roasting a directionless meme mess is the kind of critique that gives me joy to hear about my decks and is hilarious to hear about other's decks. Most people build decks to win, I build them for psychological damage. psuedo-infinites you have to watch me put into a calculator, stack ruling setups, pure unga incorperated, the works. How do I submit a deck for these videos?

[@lucyarisato6850]

The short version is that it’s a monthly Patreon reward. At one point, Mald was doing it for just cash, but realized that if he did so he would do nothing for the entire rest of time.

[@terratrox7180]

I'd love to add a deck to be critiqued, but have no idea how to add it to the list or whatever.

[@wesomek]

Sick Mtg channel maybe I should put one of my old decks out there.

[@ambynavy]

plagarised thumbnail im calling my lawyers /j

[@maldhound]

Just out of curiosity, what thumbnail would you use for a video about one of my discord members suing me over a plagiarized thumbnail? Email me a png please.

[@lucyarisato6850]

Thumbnail by committee means no one knows who stole the thumbnail.

[@broodlingg]

@@maldhound now hol up. wait a minute.

[@CaptVooDooGaming]

How do I get my deck list roasted by the Mauldhound??

[@MaesterSaturn]

Sneaky Futurama reference at the end there

[@joshuaspector8182]

Hilarious, I’m ded! I love stealing!! I love taking things! Man of culture I see, but we knew this already 😂

[@vivecanada1]

What are these land counts?

[@rocketiermaster7498]

"17 protection spells?? Who hurt you" Well, you see, some people have the philosophy in a friendly commander game that the best strategy is to not let your opponent's commanders exist on the table. Like, I get removing things if they become a problem, but like... we can play something other than commander if you don't want commanders to exist

[@omegagaming609]

I mean, that can be fair depending on the commander. Always killing the mono white soldier player's commander might be kinda BM, but if you see a commander like Korvold, Chulane, Voja, or Miirym, the choice is between killing their commander every time they play it, or let them get an insurmountable advantage as soon as they untap.

[@Eramiserasmus]

Ovika is the criminal.

[@TheMeditatingRaven]

Who do you think leads a mono blue spellslinger deck better? Talrand, Sky Summoner or Octavia, Living Thesis?

[@Treps1]

If your pod is running Solemnity you're most likely playing cedh

[@omegagaming609]

Thank you for publicly announcing that you have no idea what cEDH is.

[@reverseded1780]

Ffs y'all, it's not a cedh card just because it's above your preferred power level

[@joannjames7985]

How do people get their decks reviewed?

[@Tanrdsgener]

How would I get my deck reviewed?

[@Thalarion]

How do we submit decks for this?

[@auricle2873]

I genuinely can't imaging half of these people are hitting more than 4 land drops in a game. How the hell is MORE THAN ONE person playing with 33 lands. Heck, the only people with 36 lands are simic players and not a single person had more than 36. Look. I get it. People would rather have a cool big spell in their hand than a land. But how do you expect to cast any of those cool big spells on curve if you're not running enough lands to consistently cast them on curve. Please for the love of god run 36 minimum unless you have a huge non-land ramp package, i.e. you're an artifact deck and half your non-lands are mana rocks. Btw, just for anyone wondering. The chance to hit all your lands/mana on curve by turn 3 with 33 lands and minimal ramp (lets say 3 mana rocks) are 70%. That's a 30% chance you won't have the mana for a TURN 3 PLAY!!. This compared to 37 lands with maybe 6 other pieces of ramp is 84% on turn three. To put that in other terms, that's sandbagging every 1 out of 6 games vs sandbagging every 1 out of 3. This may not seem that important but remember, casual Commander decks are almost all midrange decks, and thus, casual Commander is a game of attrition. It is a game of assembling a winning board before other people can. And generally, that takes lots of consistent mana to do.

[@gobletvapeur8607]

How can I have my Jon Irenicus deck reviewed? 😅

[@voldartthesorcerer9490]

what site is being used for these i want to post up one of mine so our boi can review it

[@omegagaming609]

Tappedout

[@wacthegamer4905]

How would I have the chance to show off my deck on one of these videos?

[@maldhound]

Two ways, becoming a Patreon member or purchasing a roast through my Ko-Fi commissions. Patrons get first come first served access to 30 spots a month, so you might not make it in any given month, 18 spots are sold through Ko-Fi so that is the best way to guarantee you receive one, but they sell out fast. They go on sale the first Sunday of every month at noon Pacific time

[@user-ko8pu5wu4l]

How can I get my deck rated?

[@Twilightdoppleganger]

I honestly want you to check out my deck to see how it stacks up, but I am unable to catch your streams at all.

[@matthewgallaway3675]

Yes it can

[@Someguyonline7732]

That Vorel Deck is just a worse version of my 10 year old pack pulled simic evolve deck

[@JengaCube]

HEY! Arixmethes IS funny!

[@anthonywolf943]

Dude they sell Dice on TCG player now :)

[@shadexvii3975]

Day 5? 6? Of requesting Nico Bolas roast

[@headhunter21711]

I am once again, asking for you to tell us why Leovold, Emissary of Trest is cancer and deserved to be banned.

[@workshoptelescope]

How are you paying KZbin to push your content through the content controls and blocks? I don’t want to see your videos.

[@workshoptelescope]

@@Alduinheadgud 1. I blocked, flagged, etc… his stuff still gets pushed through.

[@Alduinhead]

My comment was overly rude, sorry.

[@safeforwork8546]

KZbin just does that if it thinks it would improve engagement. An obscure mtg streamer is not using a secret method to bribe KZbin for more page views. If such a thing existed your entire feed would be telling you how to get free robux and valorant hacks.

[@workshoptelescope]

@@safeforwork8546 I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to have to navigate around it. And it’s the only channel I’m currently getting pushed I have actively tried to block and avoid.