Ranking The Tribes of Commander | EDH Tier List

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Welcome to a Nitpicking Nerds Tier List, this time we are taking the most popular tribes in commander and ranking them all on a tier list. Let us know which tribes should be in a potential follow-up video for this one!

[@benjaminschomburg7746]

To be fair, the starfish tribe will probably be top tier after the SpongeBob secret lair, with Patrick Star as commander

[@lcfishing859]

Lol your starfish get +24 +30 lol

[@SickOfItAll1988]

MH2 new starfish looks like Patrick, the corrupted one

[@34Vilend]

Omg I want this

[@TJE.13]

Well we got Fortnite instead you sadist

[@janinem4419]

@@lcfishing859 and only 2000 copies will be available for 1 hour and twenty five seconds, at 2000 dollars a pop. Then it goes straight to the reserve list and will have text saying its legal in every format til the end of magic, in addition to having indestructible and making a copy of itself when it takes damage or is targeted by a spell.

[@randomguy6232]

The only tribes I'm surprised weren't on here were warriors, minotaurs, ninjas, and rats

[@theoriginalmew2889]

Same I was just thinking about that

[@NitpickingNerds]

Random Guy I even have ninjas deck

[@randomguy6232]

@@NitpickingNerds I completely agree about how soldiers, knights, and warriors are pretty lame though, if it wasn't for Najeela and a few other odd warrior supports they'd be a joke. Ninjas though are actually one of the most powerful tribes thanks to Yuriko, even if you get focused for playing her

[@TheUltimateRey]

Beasts tribal

[@jaydoherty7676]

I own a ninja deck and have built werewolf decks. 🤷‍♂️

[@OtterSpaceCadet]

When they put birds as a B list, i knew this list was a joke

[@NitpickingNerds]

Storm Crow is a bird

[@voldemort008]

the bird is the word.

[@shotgunmacgaming2391]

And said all the trash on merfolk😂

[@kellorol89]

Flying has a ridiculous amount of support

[@samuelhazelton7969]

@@NitpickingNerds nobody uses that bird tribe is garbage

[@riccardocalosso5688]

I have an elemental deck for 2v2 that is really fun, here is the list: Commander: maelstrom wanderer 1x omnath, locus of rage 1x Risen reef 97x random lands

[@Vearru]

How are you ever going to get 8 mana? Edit: Wait 2v2 basically just means your ally has the job of protecting you until you win the game.

[@riccardocalosso5688]

@@Vearru precisely. It's not a good deck, by any means, but it's fun!

[@monkeytime3169]

@@Vearru It could work well in secret partner

[@williamgreenwood3035]

Yoooo another person running this

[@poofypeanut0221]

Isn't risen reef GU? And the commander you said is GR, unless you meant locus of roil or creation.

[@Ptdangerous1]

So elves is A but Goblins are S when everyone who plays goblins just want to make a million goblins

[@NitpickingNerds]

PTdangerous gobins are too funny not to be S

[@super1upmushroom]

yes

[@woodycooper301]

Duh have you never watched/read goblin slayer???? Thats all goblin do 🤣

[@CaptTelnet]

Yeah man, they can make a million goblins.

[@Erspel]

Isn't the same true for Elves?

[@ukiahduran6793]

"none of them are haymakers in commander" (when talking about angels) *Avacyn, Angel of Hope would like to know your location*

[@generationgaming9087]

Agreed, ramp and boom

[@yes.thatjanedoe]

Shalai is probably a good angel commander, gives you green ramp and protects your angels

[@jarltryggvi]

Akroma as well

[@justinanderson2631]

I can't build a white deck without having *some* Angel. Aurelia is my favorite.

[@chancecarlson2023]

That things a menace to society

[@jollygreenjackson5787]

What’s crazy is I agree about Bears but at the same time I have NEVER seen them lose a game, any online video from Commander vs to command zone Ayula always wins and it’s hilarious

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's even funnier, lots off pressure on whoever plays next to keep the streak alive

[@Xopher1222]

Can confirm, I am 0-1 vs Ayula. I think everyone worries about the other decks until all of a sudden you get mauled.

[@--CHARLIE--]

@@Xopher1222 that seems like why. Even the game knights episode that featured an ayula deck won that way.

[@marcobabini8123]

Say that to my best friend's ayula killed by a rakdos charm 😂

[@kurtisyoung6739]

"Everything Wizards can't think up a type for is an elemental." 🤣🤣🤣 oh man, that one got me.

[@NitpickingNerds]

It got us too!

[@nicolaslarranaga8721]

6 Birds dont have flying: Bronzebeak boa, Darba, Hunting Moa, Porcuparrot, Whippoorwill, and perhaps most importantly, Zodiac rooster. Un-sets have a few more.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Nicolas Larranaga Dropping the hard facts in the comments

[@keelsron634]

You forgot all changelings :)

[@cultoftyler9045]

zodiac rooster is my favourite planeswalker

[@hggfhh4449]

​@@cultoftyler9045I get what you did there.

[@blaze556922]

I feel like you guys ranked birds too high. There are lots of them have very little support and have the same drawbacks as knights, humans, and elementals.

[@rxclxse5751]

I agree, I feel like the guy on the left was more accurate but he didn't have the mouse so he had little influence

[@thiagocaristo3490]

@@rxclxse5751 he would be like, C... guy was on the right was like, uh A because I said so.

[@vader5fist]

Once they rated Birds a B, it offset their grading system and everything after was in comparison to Birds.

[@diegomeringer3953]

If fungus/saproling tribal isnt first, I riot. DAMMMIIITTTTTT

[@NitpickingNerds]

Don't riot too hard on us XD

[@Rt4LP4C4]

if I had a dollar for every time someone doesn't expect to die from 21+ Slimefoot triggers in a single turn, I would have enough for a verdant catacombs by now.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Is that a random number or do you mean commander damage?

[@Rt4LP4C4]

@@NitpickingNerds It was a random number the first one that came to mind. Unfortunately slimefoot triggers don't count as commander damage. The thing is when I' m up to my neck in saproling tokens people's first instinct is to board wipe and forget that slimefoot triggers, along with whatever other bloodartist-like effects are on the board.

[@MrGrimlocksmash]

Diego Meringer nah man it should be mono white kor

[@highclassgoblin]

i fast forwarded to the end to see if goblins were s tier, saw that they were, and gave the video a like

[@NitpickingNerds]

I love that

[@justinadams9263]

In my experience I disagree with bear and elves. Bears while yes are lacking support still have a lot of potential so I’d put it in D and elves I’d say is S tier just for sheer amount of support not to mention the variety of commanders out there.

[@cozycowboy]

I feel like it’s A just because it’s not very fun to play against. Playing as it makes you feel powerful and it gets big fast, but trying to fight 9 2/2 mana dorks on turn 3 is very, very annoying.

[@vintageman91]

Dinosaurs, Demons, Sphinxes, Hydras, Elemantals and Dragons are some of my favorites.

[@thetogtube2]

Zaxara says hello from X tribal landia. Gargos HYDRA stomps too.

[@sarahmorgan7543]

Zaxara x tribal has been by far my favorite and most powerful deck ♥️ gang gang

[@thetogtube2]

@@sarahmorgan7543 i have 2 Zaxara decks now... one is a strong with x spell theme and the other is s fun 6 with hydras... such a blast that it can be built both ways.

[@s.i.rjewel828]

Hydra's are dope in counter decks and they build insanely fast if you've got the right support

[@cougarocigaro2261]

I was coming to say the same

[@bigxjeff]

Krenko Goblins is the first EDH deck I ever built. Goblins are so much fun and you can build such a good deck on a budget.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I've seen some people have a ton of fun with the deck as well!

[@chronischunterfordert4345]

I feel that. Also working on Krenko as my First and its really fun Even with Not that much of a Budget

[@Frothmeister]

WEIRD TRIBAL S TIER CONFIRMED

[@NitpickingNerds]

You heard it here first 😂

[@jrwall336]

At first I was bummed about Knight placement, but I get it. Looking at my Knigh tribal deck, Syr Gwyn is the only real support. I would love if Wizards took a second look and did something cool for them. Maybe something similar to prowess, but makes equipment better for knights compared to other creatures.

[@finks1]

Fantastic episode. Seen so many other channels do top whatever lists and you never see the list getting made. This earned my sub.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Glad to hear it!!!

[@burningpapersun1]

ALL HAIL THE SLIVER TRAIN Slivers can totally be competitive but I will admit that they can get kind of boring sometimes. So I've been making a crazy sliver deck.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We did it fir the fans cuz we hate slivers lol

[@wescocinco4870]

"Elementals don't work together" underrated hard

[@Venomanonthe1st]

Temur elementals is easily A tier.

[@tab021]

Yall chatting about your personal play experiences at the end was fun! Especially referencing the kroxa deck tech, I went and rewatched it to see how different my tuning was to yours. Great stuff fellas

[@NitpickingNerds]

We love doing the tidbit at the end, it's always off-the-cuff so we get pretty deep into conversation sometimes lol

[@jamesd4929]

Recently made a bear queen tribal deck with a voltron sub theme , its quickly becoming one of my favourite decks. Think poop is abit low

[@blaze556922]

All wolves would count as dogs and vice versa. I also agree with Joe that all nagas should be snakes. It's like they disrupted a few tribes that could otherwise have some cohesion.

[@cayladodd9216]

I love playing Faeries! Alela and Oona are great commanders and soooo much removal! I think you need a faerie deck in your lives 😆

[@NitpickingNerds]

I wonder if we do! :D

[@Dynoboot]

I'd love to see the next 25 or so tribes as well. Aurochs need some love. Wait, there's no Aurochs tribal in commander? I think shapeshifters can be fun, but it's as a changeling deck where you throw in any other creature you have lying around. Slivers and Aurochs, oh my!

[@jaimevazquezjr.89]

Merfolks are so underrated. Give them at least an A

[@NitpickingNerds]

Jaime Vazquez Jr. Merfolk are fine but they just don’t seem to have enough pieces

[@jaimevazquezjr.89]

Maybe I’m referring to EDH idk but in commander that is. Green and Blue are the best colors. I have almost every tribal deck there is and I faced my friends’s Merfolks 1v1 with my top tier Zombies and Slivers and lost and played Merfolks in rumbles twice an everyone loses to Merfolks going infinite lol. Give them a B the least. He uses Thasios as the commander

[@psicoffee819]

Yeah these guys don't know anything about how great Kumena is, or Merfolk in general. I've won many games using Simic Ascendancy's alt-win condition with Hardened Scales and Vorel of the Hull Clade; plus lots of tap/untap synergy with Merrow Commerce, Throne of the God-Pharaoh, Quest for Renewal, Seedborn Muse and Kiora's Follower. Not to mention other greats: Galena steals commanders permanently, Thada Adel and Thieving Skydiver steal artifacts, Lullmage adds reusable counterspells to Kumena's abilities, Surgespanner is a massive tempo play, Thrasios gains lands, lots of lords/+1 counters/hexproof tokens, islandwalk with Quicksilver fountain, Reef Shaman and Tideshaper Mystic to mess with lands. Simic has the best counter spells, ramp, and card draw. You get Force of Will, Mana Drain, Cyclonic Rift, Intruder Alarm, Rhystic Study, Heroic Intervention, Sylvan Library, Harvest Season, Gaea's Cradle, Yavimaya's Hollow, Oko and more. Explore and proliferate are great mechanics too. The tribe has incredible synergy, outclassed only by slivers, so it's definitely at least an A tier.

[@sasukeds]

@@NitpickingNerds Don't have enough synergy? WHAT???? They have so many lords and alt wincons its ridiculous..... draw your deck and play thassas oracle. standard beatdown with lords+Coat of Arm or Stampede type effects. Mill opponents. Simic ascendancy. Infect with Kumena or unblockable merfolk. Merfolk are one of the best supported tribes and has one of the most versitile play styles.

[@jamesbryant455]

I have a Kumena +1/+1 deck that is a lot of fun to play and can quietly build up and pop off a Simic Ascendency quickly. Has plenty of support and being in u/g has easy access to ramp, draw and counterspells.

[@bradwinward1237]

Please do the next 25! That sounds really fun. Evaluating the tribes the meta maybe doesn't already have a clear opinion on. Possible candidates: Giants, dogs, myr, fish (octopus, leviathan, serpent, crabs, whatever, lol), Gods, Demons, devils, clerics, sphinx, Beast, rogues, scarecrows, Dwarves, Vehicles, Hellion, Wurms, cyclops, and Ooze. Personal note, please PLEASE do giants. Giants have a lot of great cards that are synergistic that recently came out in Eldraine. On top of that, Uro, Kroxa, realm cloaked giant, primeval titan, oloro, ageless ascetic, grave titan, and towering titan are all absolute BOMBS and definitely push the case for giants. Theres also a decent curve. Only weakness is picking a commander. Without playing Morophon, giants are difficult because of their lack of primary identifying colors. Thanks for the fun content, keep it up guys!

[@diegomeringer3953]

FUNGUS FUNGUS FUNGUS

[@NitpickingNerds]

Brad Winward a long time ago we tried giant tribal amd it was rough to build

[@diegomeringer3953]

Foxes, Atogs

[@diegomeringer3953]

in kaldheim though, i can guarantee some good giants. Your dream of good giant tribal will come true! also maybe some good dwarves in kaldheim. There might be elves, but if they are there, they will be weird and probably not that synergistic.

[@mitchelljordan1967]

Golems, splicers, myr All part of my fave deck and only the cute little robots made the cut! XD

[@Dreodhiel]

Definitely think Soldiers should be at least C tier, they received a ton of support cards back in Onslaught block (mostly in white), a scattering of support cards since then. As long as you include white for the support cards there's great commanders for it too. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain - Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis - Jirina Kudro

[@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs]

My Aleesha Soldiers/Warriors deck goes pretty hard with building counters and bringing back the units with Aleesha, due to her ability bringing back a 2/2 base creature, and then when they come back having cards that will buff them up. I've gotten a few creatures up between 8/8 to 12/12 with counters in my first few games with the deck.

[@stevesmith5883]

Eldrazi decks are multicolored? My Selvala, Heart of the Wilds eldrazi deck would like a word, shes an amazing eldrazi commander plus your low end is filled with green ramp so you get to the big tentacle bois quickly.

[@obliviouslich1722]

My saheeli, the gifted pacific-rim-like big robots and big cthulhian monsters decks also like a word. Puting a Kozilek on the battlefield turn 3 is just fun!

[@mark1A100]

But is that really eldrazi tribal? Isn't that more big power tribal like the eldrazi creature type doesn't matter they could be artifacts they could be constructs they could be hydras it's just that currently within the game of magic the best beefy boys happen to be eldrazi

[@stevesmith5883]

@@mark1A100 Yeah they could be, but the way I've built it I've made it very eldrazi centric. I have the spawn and scion making things at the lower end for tribal ramp, plenty of colourless lands, and am playing lots of the big eldrazi, even if they aren't best in slot, like uncommon and common ones as well as the obvious titans. Sure I run some generic ramp and a few value creatures like Nyxbloom Ancient, but it still very much feels like an eldrazi deck.

[@st0rts11D4]

I can't believe faeries is so low! Probably my favorite deck. The commander choices are super slim but man do they have some cool abilities

[@michaelbrumbaugh5389]

I agree with this completely. My faeries deck is my absolute favorite deck and it actually performs quite well. They are especially fun to play in a political way. My deck is called "faery trickery" and it's filled with bargaining chips and out of the blue plays. Agreed we need better choices for commanders but that's coming! Have you seen Wilds of Eldraine yet? Our favorite tribe is getting so much love and I'm psyched.

[@st0rts11D4]

@@michaelbrumbaugh5389 yeees, it's such a niche tribe. I run Oona with all of the flashy highlight secret lair art type stuff, with all of accoutrements like coat of arms etc. I like your take, something like a "group hug" but not really type thing? What commander are you running? Highlight cards? And no thats my first time hearing of it? Upcoming set or secret lair or what? Thanks for the reply brither

[@michaelbrumbaugh5389]

@@st0rts11D4 I run Oona as well. My deck is Aggro control so I also have coat of arms, as well as, a few other token generating cards. I have 3 or 4 tutors and will bargain with Sower of temptations... Ya know most peeps like their commanders and with various other creature bounce and removal spells. I also run things like polymorphist's jest and turn to frog etc because they're a great value out of nowhere plus my faeries are tiny little things so they need some help every now and then. I pushed my mana curve really low so I pretty much always have mana open but I don't control to be oppressive I control to make deals and get x better outcome. My sub theme is also rogue so I have a ton of cards that do silly things based on combat damage. I also run rankle so group hug comes in there and there is all types of silliness that can happen with him. I also run bitter blossom and necropotence so much of the time faeries are playing their tricks at the cost of my health lol. Of course those two cards combined with Aggro staples give a ridiculous advantage and that deck tends to stay ahead of the curve. Of course all said my faeries are rather oppressive one on one so I tend to enjoy them in groups and most in teams. My faeries have always been considered by my group to be quite formidable and some of them are afraid of them in all truth. That's also why I don't get why they ranked so low they have tons of synergy and just about every one of them has an ability for cheap. Of course, I get some of the tribes ahead of our faeries but still peeps seem to be dismissive until they play against faeries.

[@BillaChillaa]

I feel like elementals are simply just spirits of nature 🤯

[@NitpickingNerds]

Larry a patron say they are nature given form and I kinda like that

[@Koehler99]

Eldrazi dying to a burn spell killed me! They definitely cheaped out on that.

[@Jumpstart_My_MTG_Heart]

What program are you using to drag and drop the tribes?

[@timhartel8012]

You guys are great XD, glad I stumbled upon you!

[@NitpickingNerds]

How did you find us out of curiosity?

[@maltemenger5620]

hey joe, just wanted to let you know that you are super likable in your videos. keep going! :-)

[@NitpickingNerds]

Joe says thanks 😊

[@batmanwins5701]

Anyone is likable next to beez...zing! Jk love you both as much as possible without making you feel uncomfortable💜 Real Talk though... Elves rule "Yavimaya forever!"

[@Fobia17]

As a hydra player, I will tell you that there is not a mythic hydra in every set. And Rosheen Meanderer is the correct commander for R/G.

[@overfailed3639]

And Gargos for Mono-Green.

[@tablesaltedh]

This list was awesome!!!! You really learn how biased you are towards certain tribes when watching something like this.

[@psicoffee819]

Merfolk, especially Simic with Kumena, are incredibly underrated here. I've won many games using Simic Ascendancy's alt-win condition with Hardened Scales and Vorel of the Hull Clade; plus lots of tap/untap synergy with Merrow Commerce, Throne of the God-Pharaoh, Quest for Renewal, Seedborn Muse and Kiora's Follower. Not to mention other greats: Galena steals commanders permanently, Thada Adel and Thieving Skydiver steal artifacts, Lullmage adds reusable counterspells to Kumena's abilities, Surgespanner is a massive tempo play, Thrasios gains lands, lots of lords/+1 counters/hexproof tokens, islandwalk with Quicksilver fountain, Reef Shaman and Tideshaper Mystic to mess with lands. Simic has the best counter spells, ramp, and card draw. You get Force of Will, Mana Drain, Cyclonic Rift, Intruder Alarm, Rhystic Study, Heroic Intervention, Sylvan Library, Harvest Season, Gaea's Cradle, Yavimaya's Hollow, Oko and more. Explore and proliferate are great mechanics too. The tribe has incredible synergy, outclassed only by slivers, so it's definitely at least an A tier.

[@NeuroDevCoach]

Scrolled down to see if anyone also understood this hahaha

[@williamwilson9799]

Yes, ive lost to these shenanigans.

[@Droid6689]

Elves synergize the most past slivers. Merfolk are maybe around 4th with fairies

[@karlwebb4799]

Artificers have some really powerful creatures, they just lack a commander to take advantage of them. I have a Lin Sivvi Rebel deck that is a very interesting toolbox commander deck

[@NitpickingNerds]

She traitor and a part of the rebel Alliance

[@mitchelljordan1967]

I’m with ya!

[@GamerTT00]

Angels need the same treatment as dragons in edh and by that I talkin about our Ur-dragon with good angel finishers

[@Caelus]

I would lose my shit if we got an angel tribal commander like that. Preferably in bant colors. I desperately wish Angel tribal was better lol

[@brettbat]

I put this tier video in the D Rank. The placements were too based on personal bias & multiple tribes were left out.

[@RobMedellin]

Harsh... But I agree more with your rank than with this video so yeah lol

[@JonReid01]

This should be an annual video since new support comes out every set!

[@Beltorra1]

B-But where are my demons ? I love them...

[@Zedekiah92]

OH MY GOSH I FORGOT ABOUT THE NEW NITPICKEING NERDS VIDEO!!!! CATS ARE DA BEST I RIDE AHRABO TO VICTORY!!!!!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Cats are so cuddly and fun

[@solidraven6986]

I have a random quick question... So my opponent brought out rune scar demon with kaalia and searched out path to exile then he wanted to play it as soon as he got into his hand..can he do that or do I have time to respond to his attackers?

[@XSteelEagle75X]

I know this comment is really old, but I might as well answer. He could play the Path to Exile before you declare blocks.

[@SerieusFrank]

I have a Sphinx tribal deck, it's working alot with flying and are quite strong with esper colors.

[@Pokemanautomata]

Somebody hold me back because my favorite deck is kights

[@kevinj4002]

I have flying tribal, dragons, knights, and I recently built infect rogues. Dragons are much better than the rest. Knights do have a lot more support and better payoffs than birds. I tried to build birds and ended up going flying tribal lol.

[@jameshogan4679]

My favorite commander is tolsimir friend to wolves. I was looking forward to you guys dunking on wolf tribal just to be dissapointed by their exclusion.

[@Swatman170]

I actually made a functional Ogre Commander Deck with Ruric Thar the Unbowed as the Commander. It's really good at Punishing noncreature spells and countering. Gonna try and see if a Troll deck works with FR and Kaldheim adding a few. Surprised to not see Giants, hopefully in P2.

[@tchoupo786]

Knights S fight me.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Tchoupo where we fighting

[@tchoupo786]

@@NitpickingNerds On Eldraine's tournament field *pepereeeee*

[@Ethan-de2li]

This. Syr Gwyn is cool as hell. Circle of loyalty and a bunch of equipment? Super fun.

[@kevinj4002]

I have a syr gwyn deck too, I call it lords with swords lol. They're a good tribe, but I would probably give them a B.

[@thetogtube2]

I would have thought Elves and Goblins would be on the same tier.

[@NitpickingNerds]

guru khalsa they are both great but goblins are too stronk

[@thetogtube2]

@@NitpickingNerds true... i guess maybe my thought is more based on that they should be on the same tier from a lore perspective. Zombies and Dragons and Hydras oh my!

[@benjaminhorton143]

Gargos hydra deck with ramp and target creature spells is a force to be reckoned with

[@heavenbot]

You guys are great, keep up the Nitpicking! Edit: I've never forgotten my favorite dinosaur, Quetzalcoatlus ftw

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks robot, also what the heck is that deck?

[@NitpickingNerds]

Oh it's a dinosaur, duh

[@heavenbot]

Have you seen the things? They're like flying doom giraffes!!

[@emanuelheinzmann867]

The chairs of magic are sad, because you didn't mention chair tribal

[@adriaklocke3219]

The only two tribal decks I have are Sephara Angels and Ayula Bears.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Adria Klocke do you like them?

[@adriaklocke3219]

@@NitpickingNerds I love bears and angels. Angels are my pet tribe, and I try to get one angel card in every deck. Going back to when I started playing in 2000, I always thought bears and angels were so awesome.

[@brianmather9074]

I know it doesn't have any support but my Arcades deck is super fun to play. I would upgrade to bottom tier of D at least

[@Digihubtcg]

just curious on where you would rank the insect tribe and wurm tribe

[@jackhill3273]

Best intro! "At least one tribe from Commander."

[@NitpickingNerds]

It kinda went off the rails and we just kept it lol

[@nooneknows3520]

I was hoping for sea monster tribal.

[@NitpickingNerds]

NoOne Knows that’s not even a type lol 😂

[@nooneknows3520]

@@NitpickingNerds I still consider it a tribe, even if it doesn't have a unified type.

[@Jakerunio]

Weird tier list. I really feel like wizards and elves should be up in S tier (Azami is the biggest push for wizards), then move the entire C tier up to A except for Hydras. I know you were looking at how fun these tribes are as well but I really think you missed the mark on those since they actually have a ton of support. I get that the game plan doesn’t seem as good in commander, but that’s tribal decks in general. Cats are almost in that same group but I agree there just aren’t enough playables yet.

[@murdochk32]

Werewolves: *not viable when the video released noises*

[@alexstewart8877]

I had to upvote from 69 to 70, but it was worth it.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Wow thats saying a lot 😍

[@revelmonger]

Wtf no Atog? Or minotaur?

[@NitpickingNerds]

We might cover them next time around!

[@andrewamann2821]

To be fair, Atog tribal has approximately 1 build, with a bit of variation for support cards...

[@blackmountain1983]

What is the program you guys are using to arrange the grades?

[@NitpickingNerds]

Sorry to get to this so late, have had a lot of comments lately. It's tiermaker.com but you can also just google "tier list maker" and it should be the first thing that pops up. It's a pretty cool site

[@3SidedCard]

Cool graphic and a great show! Let the tribe debates never end!

[@SacredCharizard]

I might be biased, but you guys are highly underselling Merfolk. The biggest downside is that they only have one strong commander: Kumena. But Kumena enabled a really strong strategy with his abilities to draw cards and put +1 counters on the team. Merfolk's strength lies in its versatility. There's TONS of cheap CMC merfolk with great utility abilities for almost every situation, and there's tons of lords to pump your board. Kumena wants lots of cheap merfolk so you can start drawing cards asap, those cheap merfolk all have different utility abilities to slow down/outpace your opponents, and once your board is flooded you drop your lords, pump with Kumena's third ability, and/or drop your game ending craterhoof, triumph of the hoards, or finale of devaststion. Pros: incredibly fun, powerful, and versatile Cons: only one strong commander, lots of combat math, and keeping track of +1 counters and untap triggers Merfolk are definitely A/B tier at least

[@zapsdiputs]

Y'all have never came up against an Avacyn board wipe tribal deck and it shows

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's not angel tribal though 😂

[@dac314]

"Faeries in Throne of Eldraine, none of them were even that good" LOLOLOL clearly someone has just discovered words and has not yet discovered that they have meanings.

[@morgl9478]

Jesus dude

[@dac314]

@@morgl9478 yes my child?

[@dmereel]

Great video! I want to try and make great poop decks now.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

Love my Tribal Tribal deck. Tazri, Beacon of Unity with lots of Warrior/Dragon synergies, random fun lord effects, and Changelings to tie it all together. Even has Lilliana's Contract as a random longshot win condition. Very fun in casual. Edit: I just reached the Changeling part of the video. Assessing changeling as a contained, standalone tribe is incorrect. Changelings can use the most powerful synergies from other tribes. Puting Lathliss into a changeling deck still pumps out 5/5 dragon tokens (probably more efficiently I might add).

[@commanderlich3739]

Hello, What's the best zombie commander?

[@welkijken]

I never understood the hate for slivers. They were rarely relevant let alone tier one in any competitive format that i know of apart from abusing that one poison sliver. Anyway. i recently switched my Sliver Overlod commander to The First Sliver and oh my god, it's so much fun. Spamming voltron is what they are now. Much more fun then just shortcutting to the combo's. removed a lot of tuters too. Sliver at their core should be spamming out a voltron build through number of creatures instead of a single one. And i like that. I am a sucker for voltron decks if you havnt noticed. I recommend it. Although deck construction involves a lot of carddraw engines to work propper.

[@ryangodin6857]

Hey! Love content like this!... Can you guys do a tier list of all the Dual-lands... (Bounce, check, battle, thriving, vivids, gates, cycle) etc....) consider the lands being in 2 color decks and/or also 3 color decks where it may apply. Thanks for reading your comments!

[@NitpickingNerds]

I try to respond to as many as humanly possible! That could be something we try down the line, especially if a lot of people ask for it

[@patrickpoirier7177]

This outrageous!!! Outrageously good

[@NitpickingNerds]

Lol at first I was like “now what?” 😂

[@matthite5938]

Just your intro alone made me hit subscribe lmao

[@mibbzx1493]

Angels in D is insane to me 🤣 Giada alone puts angels on the map, that deck bro you’ll be lucky to make it past turn 5-6. Also both version of Leisa, Feather is a monster, Atraxa, Gisela, Sigarda, Avacyn? Like dawg aint no way angels are in D 🤣

[@8Smoker8]

There was no Giada back then.

[@keelsron634]

Spider's are D class? I would be okay with this but I just ordered a Commander spider deck so I hope it does better that a D tier rank also where the Ooze at?

[@thevupar334]

Goblins are a solid A whilst elves are S tier since you can ramp better with elves and go wide that way. I feel like elves are faster that way and playing more cards is more fun than resolving a big spell. Both are weak to board wipes but in green you have heroic intervention and in a goblin deck you probably run eldrazi monument or goblin churgeon.

[@TheKillerman3333]

Elves and goblins can do the same thing. Rhys, the redeemed can double all your tokens for 6 mana, and due to him being in a green deck, can mana ramp into it with llanowar mentor. Not to mention the "double the number of tokens a token producer creates" enchantments in green.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

The non-flying bird issue is complicated. There are technically six Commander legal birds that don't have and can't gain flying through their own effect. Coastal Hornclaw, Fledgling Osprey, Roc Egg, Roc Hatchling, and Rukh Egg are also Birds that don't have flying but instead either can gain through their own effect or create flying tokens. Including Changelings/Mistform Ultimus, there are an additional 35 creatures with the Bird type that don't have flying and an additional 4 Changelings that don't have flying but can gain it through its own abilities [Shapesharer, Mothdust Changeling, Moritte of the Frost, and Cairn Wanderer]. There are also 7 creatures [excluding Clone effects] that can be birds by choice and don't natively have flying; Adaptive Automaton, Metallic Mimic, Proteus Machine, Mistform Warchief, Mistform Wall, Mistform Stalker [which doesn't have flying but can gain it natively], and Mistform Sliver. So, in total, there are 41 Birds/Changeling Birds without flying, 9 Birds/Changeling that don't have flying but can gain it through an effect on their card, and 7 creatures without flying that can be birds by choice with native abilities. So, yes, with 57 potentially flightless birds and honorary bird things without flying, there are enough creatures to make Flightless Bird tribal, with there even being a 5 color flightless Bird to use as a commander [Morophon, which is an honorary bird thing without native flying]. Funnily enough, there are actually mutliple commanders for the archetype: Mistform Ultimus, Morophon, Moritte of the Frost, and Orvar. There are a further 10 Birds that are not Commander legal that don't have flying with two of them able to gain flying natively but not having the ability consistently. Finally, there 2 uncards that are either every creature type [which includes birds] or can become a bird [and, in this case, can choose to gain flying], with those being Dr. Julius Jumblemorph and Greater Morphling respectively. TL, DR; There are 57 creatures outside clones that are/can be birds that do not have flying or do not have flying unless a condition is met. 11 are just birds and 46 are either changelings or creatures that can choose to be birds through some effect.

[@cc8879]

As a bear force one owner I have to say they are very fun thank you very much 😆 as always tis really interesting to see another person's takes on the tribes

[@NitpickingNerds]

Joe brought the bear rank down! lol

[@CrimsonKing88]

Where are my precious rats?! You can make a whole tribal deck out of just 1 or 2 different creatures (Relentless Rats/Rat Colony). So fun!

[@smashflame2136]

me seeing zombies only beat out by goblins : *happy Tormod the Desecrator noises*

[@IsaacPunts]

Here 2 years in the future with the new Shelob and Spiders finally have a deck right when you guys said they would

[@Olafwulfgarson]

You definitelly have elves wrong. They belong to S cathegory. They're the fastest tribe. Can generate insane mana and card draw in first 3 turns and win quickest. Whenever my friend brews an elf deck, it's the strongest I've ever seen. Other tribes just don't get to do anything when he can win turn 2 or 3

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

"Everything wizards can't think up a type for is an Elemental" unless its in cannon in which case Weirds exist, and they are literally the classification of "A wizard made this, what the fuck?" and anything else that can't be classified

[@shlomotuttle8956]

I have a golems tribal deck and i was really hoping it would be on here

[@--CHARLIE--]

My favorite planet was Pluto. Was sad to know what happened to it, even though I was born after it was unjustly demoted.

[@merlinduty7546]

I recently built an edh Hydra Deck with Gargos as Commander and I gotta say, I am pretty sure you just dont now what hydras can do. First of all, I have just a few X Hydras in this deck, like 5 or maybe less, and there is a hydra for every main function, there is a ramp Hydra , a Draw Hydra , removal Hydra , wipe Hydra and even a Genesis Hydra. Hydras do have a theme besides X : they like to fight, they dont like flyers, and they are hard to kill or give you stuff when they are killed. Dont underestimate hydras. PS: I also consider a tribal deck, a deck that does not solely rely on creatures of the chosen type, so we might be talking about different things. I only have 14 + Commander Hydras in my deck. I do consider this Hydra - Tribal. Good day

[@Uma_and_friends]

"Where there's marketing there's vampires" Well this joke aged perfectly

[@wademiller2376]

I got lucky with jumpstart, got my muxus and allosaurus shepherd. I plan on doing mono green elves with maybe a couple big payoff hydras in it, just fun. Got the unicorn commander too... Probably not doing that one

[@parvizmohammad9998]

Where would you guys put Clerics in the list?

[@Rexcilious]

Can you revisit this video? There have been a plethora of new commanders that support some of these listed tribes. There are also probably a few other tribes you could add. Appreciate you nerds!

[@FelipeLundgreen]

Can Angels be considered at least B after Giada?

[@kristennorth3268]

I don't want to agree with you on angels. But my whole binder full of angel cards that will eventually be able to go into a working commander deck agrees with you. Soldiers should be up a rank, however. They're very playable and have lots of fun synergies. Re Eldrazi, I don't think any tribal counts if you have to use Morophon. I haven't built slivers because they just seem to predictable. What are the alternate ways you can do a deck? Finally, Bear Force One did win a Game Knights. Second tier tribal would be fun. You'd get a lot more of the things people feel real affection though. The grading would have to be more like E-J. I love allies and shaman. Rats are popular. Do a survey maybe. Hilarious intro. Although I realized how old I am when my response to Joe's complaints about DG not answering his phone was "Well he can't. He's traveling."

[@Tae_Grixis]

Wizard tribal is my favorite above all others. Second to that would likely be zombies, maybe followed up by vampires and dragons in no specific order at the moment.

[@AdleisioCefnforDolphin]

I really want to build a Dino Tribal deck only because Ixalan is what got me back into brewing for Magic after leaving university mostly because they had feathers, they looked how dinosaurs should look instead of the bald Jurassic Park version of dinosaurs.

[@millzy8885]

we need a updated list now would be great with all the tribal changes