Commander Tune-Ups #5: Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Welcome back to Commander Tune-Ups, the series where we edit YOUR viewer submitted decks! We're taking a look at the powerful and popular Meren of Clan Nel Toth this week, so buckle up for some sacrifice shenanigans!
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[@frankmagyar5532]

People were so critical of these early videos lol. It's a lot of work I'm glad you stuck with it

[@jaredbartlett556]

Thanks guy. Great video. Appreciate the advice and will try out your changes.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Happy to hear it, and glad you enjoyed!

[@jaredbartlett556]

@@NitpickingNerds not trying to Bogart your videos, but I also have a Nekusar deck that I've been wanting to upgrade. And since yall rocked it on the budget I can do that as well. I have a tappedout link for yall this time. tappedout.net/mtg-decks/03-12-18-hot-wheels/

[@jaredbartlett556]

Hey I was updating my deck list on tappedout. Are you guys ok if I name your channel?

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@jaredbartlett556feel free

[@liamblood5239]

@@jaredbartlett556 hey man don't know if you'll see this but theres a pet card of mine I want to tell you about for Nekusar, Helm of the Ghastlord is really really fun to put on him Also Molten Psyche Archfiend of ifnir is a boardwipe when you discard Library of leng so you never have to care about playing a wheel and losing a great hand Teferis puzzle box for sheer nonsense

[@johnweinhandl8890]

Nitpick the nerds! Grammar police inc. stink weed imp Does not have death touch. Had to be that guy. Catching up on your old videos. Thanks nerds!

[@knightbane2857]

Laniowar mentor is amazing in meren you get a laniowar elf and a card in your graveyard for one G

[@crawdaddy2004]

To get around the Living Death issue, there’s always Gray Merchant and a card no one ever remembers, Mogis’s Marauder.

[@Logan-gb7uy]

Golgari lich lord is amazing with lord of extinction on the field

[@w1llp3n24]

Can we update this one? and do it for the 50$ upgrade series?

[@NitpickingNerds]

We don't do deck techs much anymore

[@w1llp3n24]

@@NitpickingNerds i meant do it as part of your Precon Powerup series, $50 Budget Upgrade. A lot of new stuff has come out since this video was made, and wanted to see how you guys would do the power up now. :) Hope the series is still running

[@jaredbartlett556]

Hey could you explain Diligent Farmhand? Not sure I understand the Muscle Burst aspect.

[@NitpickingNerds]

The muscle burst aspect means nothing. Look up the card muscle burst to see why it matters. 😂😂😂

[@jaredbartlett556]

@@NitpickingNerds ok thanks. I had looked up the card. Was just wanting to make sure I wasn't missing something.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Nope just a completely useless line of text on the card. 😅

[@djbisson9819]

Olde but goodie

[@NitpickingNerds]

This is actually one of our more hated videos but hope you enjoy the NN nostalgia 😂❤️

[@djbisson9819]

Nitpicking Nerds idk def a little unrefined maybe but I still enjoyed it.

[@alexanderparker9421]

The nitpicking nerds. Always here to nitpick eachother.

[@NitpickingNerds]

This might be our nitpickiest video 😅

[@porfirioayarzagoitia6966]

I find that if you load up your deck with cheap death touch creatures that it slows down your opponents willingness to attack and block you

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's a neat way to deal virtual damage to your opponents by having people attack them instead of you

[@daniilmironov6683]

I actually really like this small off topic tales and jokes during deck tech. In the beginning of the video they are frustrating because I witing until you get to the video topic.

[@NitpickingNerds]

This our most hated video. We have improved a lot since the dark times

[@daniilmironov6683]

@@NitpickingNerds Yeah, I watch your content from time to time. I've seen a lot of negativity, so decided to show that some people still enjoyed the video.

[@daniilmironov6683]

@@NitpickingNerds You're really cool guys, you answer, like, every vievers' comment. Good luck to you

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks we appreciate that! (We do literally try to answer every comment)

[@psychosamuri]

I believe my first comment idea was already put out there and I am all for constructive criticism so I also agree , I don’t dislike you guys and like what your doing but you need to get to the point . Please spend more time telling us your picks and why you make them . Going back and forth with the banter can be funny for a bit , but it feels constant and it makes this video kinda boring . With that being said I am going to subscribe and continue giving you all a chance . Go get em’ !

[@NitpickingNerds]

We have really been more focused in our later videos with less banter ( not none but less) and more to the point. I highly suggest checking out one of our new videos 😁

[@TheJordanPayne]

interesting concept. would love to have a deck of mine peer reviewed. how would i go about having that done? Is there an email to send out?

[@NitpickingNerds]

You need to be a subscriber and comment a link to the deck preferably tapped out.

[@TheJordanPayne]

@@NitpickingNerds sub is already done. i'll post a link in a little bit after i decide which deck of mine i'd like to see.

[@TheJordanPayne]

@@NitpickingNerds tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gisela-the-re-igniter/ This is a Repercussion deck designed around utilizing burn spells and abilities to deal direct damage to players and creatures, and using Gisela to double the damage. Another use for repercussions is to bounce a burn spell off of a creature to double the damage to the creature, triggering repercussions to deal quadruple the initial damage to the play, make damage based board-wipes a win con. Alternatively i am look for card draw in any form, and the best ways to enable haste and protect my commander. the land base is not finished yet, feel free to look around at that, but the basic count is purely temporary. Aside from that, i don't really tutor that much, i prefer my deck to play itself out. That's really it. look forward to seeing it if you do it.

[@liamblood5239]

I feel like you've missed quite a few staples You play Mike but don't play trike? You have Entomb but no reanimate? Which are great, opening hand reanimate and one of your big creatures is ridiculously good The phyrexian tower, altar, and arena are all great. 2 are Sac outlets The new Vraska is a sac outlet for card draw, underrealm lich when combined with something like sylvan library is look at top 9 cards choose 3 put 6 in the yard take 0 damage Toxic Deluge for a board wipe Panharmonicon! Absolute beast in this deck Also to cut jarad but keep Mazirek? You say you don't have creatures with high attack but give examples of the creatures growing by 3 strength through fleshbag? And even just the fact if your opponents are playing stax or just have an army of creatures, having that sac outlet to ding them all for damage is great, and it can be done at instant speed, you can do it in response to a board wipe, creatures are dying anyway why not drain your opponents Good video but you missed quite a bit here

[@NitpickingNerds]

All good suggestions. In most cases, we were working with Jared's budget and didn't want to get too pricey. Personally we didn't think Jarad or Panharmonicon was good enough, they seem a bit clunky and have pretty low floors

[@angrytomasz]

I see some potential here but you need to just get to the point and have some uniformity in your videos. I came here for a deck tech and got a pod cast where one host is cutting the other off and each are telling bad jokes and using their arms too much lol. Just get to the point.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you for the feedback! We are always trying to improve and I feel our newer videos have benefited from feedback like yours. :)

[@angrytomasz]

@@NitpickingNerds Not a problem. Thanks for not taking it personally. It's not. I just used to run a channel (still do just not updating it) and I know it's a lot of work. And sometimes it takes honest feedback to help make changes. Best of luck.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks, again! :)

[@cande1978]

Devuelvanme el primer minuto. Q manera de decir y hacer pelotudeces.

[@cande1978]

Son imposibles de mirarlos. Chau chau.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Lamentamos que no te haya gustado el video :(

[@edwardsmall6916]

Cut the BS and get to the point

[@NitpickingNerds]

Edward Small we strayed off topic more than we wanted, our future videos definitely fix that issue!

[@leosciotti1389]

@@NitpickingNerds yeah, you guys screw around too much. It's funny but it gets old really fast...

[@NitpickingNerds]

This is a very old video. We’d say we’ve worked out the kinks since then but it’s up to you to judge

[@johnweinhandl8890]

Haters gonna hate. Dude has small hands and other small things. Just salty with rude feedback. Could be more productive with your feedback bro.

[@Gritziii]

watched your Muldrotha video and I really liked it. This video however, I'm barely a third of the way through it and I'm so annoyed by the dude on the left I'm about to turn it off. I recommend you guys take a look back at the Muldrotha video and stop screwing around so much. You're giving out good info but I can't watch this because the goofing off and just plain stupidity is too much. I wanna reach through the screen and slap the guy on the left to make him shut up so I can hear what the guy on the right has to say.

[@TheJordanPayne]

i agree, the video itself seemed unfocused. i like some of the information given but it's scattered and hard to hear over them talking too fast and talking over each other. i'd like to see them become more concise and clear with their words, and stay focused. Have fun, but get the information out effectively.

[@DummyUrD]

Yup, the information is not focused at all, a lot of fooling around and even the explanations are longwinded and at times repetitive.