Most Powerful Commanders You've Never Heard of

[@mattmoore2512]

Great vid, interesting choices with great support. Keep up the good work

[@patchworkcommander4995]

Thank you, any cards on this list that peaked your interest?

[@Xenozfan2]

Lots of fun here! Well-made video for a small channel. Something for Horobi: Bloodthirsty Blade. One mana to shoot down your opponents' creatures, and keep the biggest thing away from you if Horobi isn't out. Side note: the Elder Gargaroth myriad tokens don't get the attack trigger, since they're created after the time has passed. They're still massive, though.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

I am really happy that you enjoyed, you are actually one hundred percent correct that's definitely a mistake on my end. But still getting 24 mana seems awesome. Bloodthirsty blade is great in that deck. That's some super cool tech. Have you played a Horobi deck or you just thought of that

[@Xenozfan2]

@@patchworkcommander4995 Just thought of it. I've been meaning to work it into a deck, but never found a place for it. SaffronOlive played Horobi for a Commander Clash a long time ago (S2E13), so if you're interested you can take a look there.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@Xenozfan2 I got to do that because they have some good articles. I will have to give it a look!

[@Paul24mny]

Nice video! I have Balthor collecting dust, and haven’t given it a 2nd glance. Now I’m going to dig to see if I have Iname too, that extra win-con with Mortal Combat looks spicy too

[@Gingerbeard]

Woah i have never seen Sakiko before. Definitly building a green stompy with that eventually. Great video man, thanks for making it.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

I love green stompy decks mono green Omnath was one of the first decks I was ever shown when starting. I know the feeling, this deck seems sweet though. What other decks did you build

[@Gingerbeard]

@@patchworkcommander4995 Well i am building a flavor deck of Berserker tribal. With Kardur, Doomscourge. Hes not the best commander, he could be really good if i just found some way to play him multiple times. Rakdos colors so not sure how to do that tho, but its fun :)

[@tariik.h]

You deserve more views. Great content!

[@RafaNeveraVieja]

I saw that blue commander last week in a list of tribal commanders and thought that the ability was very limited and kind of useless but now with your video I need to build that deck!

[@patchworkcommander4995]

Right, its twisted bit really cool. I think a lot of the cards in the deck are efficient enough (like most of them are cheap and even draw you a card) that playing these types of cards doesnt come at a loss for the deck. I think its evil in the right kind of way

[@piquelle2774]

You know what, I made cephalid tribal deck with Aboshan Cephalid Emperor as the commander. I would sometimes swap out for llawan if I was playing against a bunch of blue decks. I pulled the deck apart a while ago but now that you just introduced me to some of the cards llawan can use I’m a little interested in getting it going again.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

That's, what i like to hear. There are a bunch of spicy cards that can go into the list. I like the fact that a bunch of card replace themselves by drawing a card

[@HalDays8630]

I always find myself playing around with chandra's ignition as a wincon where possible, but wow doing 100 damage to everyone would be a pretty sick play.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

That's why I'm amazed to see that this commander has so little decks around it. I'm honestly thinking about building this rn just to do that. Deal a cool 100 damage

[@HalDays8630]

@@patchworkcommander4995 Add in Mage Slayer and rogue's passage and make it a little package!

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@HalDays8630 Mage slayer is an awesome card, I have it in my packo and haldan deck. I can only image the amount of damage it will deal here too. Also, a card like terror of the peaks seams really gross.

[@Jagzal10]

He was pretty popular early on in the format but I don't see much of him anymore but one of my favorites to run is Kresh, The Bloodbraided with a sacrifice theme.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

Yes, I do remember him. He was the original jund sac deck the problem is cards like Korvald are just too strong. But dont underestimate this commander because it swings for lethal quick. You have a deck with it at the helm?

[@Jagzal10]

@@patchworkcommander4995 Yes, a good old fling or equip him with the mage slayer and its good fun. And an ozolith just in case those counters somehow go missing >:)

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@Jagzal10 That sounds like some fun. What other commanders you got?

[@Jagzal10]

@@patchworkcommander4995 I have some of the usuals, Golos the Tireless Pilgrim, Elsha of the Infinite, Gavi nest Warden. Then some tribals with Dragonlord Kholaghan, Aryel Knight of Windgrace and currently working on one of the new ones from Kaldheim Narfi, Betrayer King. All built within the last year and no where to play due to the pamdemic lol

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@Jagzal10 I feel that, it kind of feels like a waste to be building deck through the pandemic but i cant help. The addiction is real, I might do a deck tech on some of mine. I got pakoc/ haldan, mr mime, chainer, korvald, atraxa 1/1 counters, roon, tuvasa, daretti spagetti, and animatou. Just to name a few

[@ben-weyland]

Gargoroth unfortunately doesn’t get triggers off the blade of selves tokens since they are already attacking

[@patchworkcommander4995]

I actually realized that because someone said that. But i thik with it dealing 24 damage and getting the mana. I still think its bonkers with Sakiko. What do you think?

[@Silt44]

I just sleeved a Belbe deck today - someone at my LGS fired off with one during a CEDH match and did surprisingly well. Mine is nicer, but I'm excited to try it.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

What kind of cards do you run in it?

[@Silt44]

@@patchworkcommander4995 I've got a few theme variations I want to try, but right now it has as many cheap "hit everyone" spells as I can find (Hurricane being an example I wouldn't otherwise run in EDH), then pays off with Golgari good stuff. This version has a bit of a Tergrid line, but I think I'm going to eventually refocus the deck into more artifacts or Eldrazi.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@Silt44 Do you think cards like hurricane are better than creatures that deal one. Since, they will get you the mana directly on turn 2 when you play belbe. Verses, having to wait a turn to do anything?

[@Silt44]

@@patchworkcommander4995 I have several versions if the effect, though creatures are definitely preferred as they leave a blocker behind. Maggot Carrier and Cauldron Familiar are great, but I want as many of the effects as I can reasonably fit at 1-2 cmc.

[@MagicalHackerMTG]

Loved it! Try to use fewer edits in future videos, and you're gonna go far my friend!

[@patchworkcommander4995]

Thank you, thank you. Im trying to find the middle ground. Not to much and not too little. But im Learning a lot. Hopefully, the quality of each video reflects that

[@ito2246]

Awesome video. As a grenzo player, im glad that its finally getting some love. Its really good but its rakdos version gets all the glory

[@patchworkcommander4995]

I can see why, sometimes people like the more its combotastic commander but this deck can pull all the card advantage to the victory. That doesn't mean it doesnt deserve the same kind of love.

[@jackroque793]

Spicy take keep it coming patch commander. How does a person get started in magic cards?

[@patchworkcommander4995]

The best way I think would be to go to a local game store because there they have a bunch of people that can help you play. If you cant see people because of covid then I would stay an online client like Mtg Arena. It will give you a tutorial but first try a local game store if possible.

[@jackroque793]

@@patchworkcommander4995 thank you I will definitely get on that!

[@BrianHunsakerMusic]

Horobi is bad ass. I use him in my red / black deck that has goblin bombardment and Yawgmoth. Ping off opponent's creatures for gain. And I usually have Dictate of Erebos in play so they lose more creatures.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

Horobi annihilates a board single handedly. It's crazy to see. Especially, when you get one of those cards that lets you target multiple creatures.

[@exiledhero3791]

I own Thromok, and it isn’t as good when I have a limited card pool and budget. I do want to make a token deck though. Horobi is too easy to make a budget deck, and it is too easy to shut down equipment decks. I haven’t used or owned the rest, so I can’t comment on them. Also, Jhoira of the Ghitu. I have made a deck around her, never seen anyone else use her, and you could get lucky and have a turn 5 eldrazi Titan, void winnower, or desolation twin. Plus, it’s basically paying two mana to cheat things and counts as a cast. My version could use some bounces, but it is overall quite effective.

[@patchworkcommander4995]

On a budget, belbe seems like a really strong deck that you might like. It has the ability to also cheat in the big eldrazi too. Also, have you tried mage slayer (idk what the budget is) its around 2 dollars and can do a lot of work. Also, the tokens like scute swarm if you dont have it already and really do work

[@exiledhero3791]

@@patchworkcommander4995 my budget is whatever cards I have, and I decided to make one on Untap, where there’s no actual budget. I will try to make one in paper, but it will be weaker. I just say budget because I rarely have a deck worth $130+

[@patchworkcommander4995]

@@exiledhero3791 That's better than me. I dont spend a terrible about on cards because I have been playing the game for a while but the cost out of pocket tends to be 200. But I might have some of the more expensive cards