Runo Stromkirk | Sea Monster Reanimator | Commander | EDH | Budget | Cut-Rate Commander

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Cut-Rate Commander - Episode 34 - Featuring Runo Stromkirk
The vampiric cult leader Runo Stromkirk from Innistrad is joining us today in our latest build, where he will be summoning his master Krothuss from the depths of Nephalia to flood the surface world with long dead abominations.
Aiming to streamline Runo's transformation into Krothuss, we'll have him helm a reanimator deck focused around reanimating sea monsters - both which will enable us to get big cmc 6+ horrors of the deep into our grave for Runo to set up his transformation with and then, once Krothuss is onboard, will allow us to get them board quickly with cheap reanimation sources instead on hard casting their massive cmc costs and start flooding the board with token copies of them. From there, we just need to make to protect our board from disruption and our army of deep sea horrors will drag our opponents screaming beneath the waves.
Let me know if the comments below if you agree with my choices and/or what you would add to the deck instead. Also, let me know know who you would like to see next by voting on in the comments on the three choices of commander listed at the end of the video.
Decklist - www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4456...
All art used is copyright of Wizards of the Coast

[@GrazzetMTG]

Be sure to Like, Comment and Subscribe if you liked the video and would like me to make content like this in the future. Also, go vote on the poll in the description for the commander you want to see in a upcoming episode and let me know in the comments who you voted for and what commanders you would like to see in an future poll.

[@morrius0757]

It would be nice if you posted a link to Archidekt of the decks you create in the description of each video or list each card there so we can copy and paste it in to Archidekt ourselves. I know that would be a little time consuming so I understand why you don't but I figured I'd throw the suggestion out there. Love your deck techs btw, I suck at constructing decks myself and yours always seem very well thought out. Thank you for making these videos for folks like me.

[@GrazzetMTG]

@@morrius0757 Thanks for the feedback! Does the download option in mtggoldfish not work for copying it to Archidekt? I've never tried it myself, so I am unsure if this could be a work around.

[@morrius0757]

@@GrazzetMTG Just checked, yeah, MTGGF works, you could link to there.

[@jasonmckeogh7376]

Nailed it buddy! I’m gonna build this build 100%. I already run simic sea monster so this is right up my alley! Looking forward to next week’s video.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and the next one is coming on along nicely so stay tuned!

[@islarf5095]

I suggest Junk Winder! It's a kraken that also taps everything

[@jadeavenger2376]

Damn.. I just came across this channel looking for a Koll, the forgemaster deck and wow.. I'm super impressed. I love watching your video's, I binged through almost all of them by now. You have one additional subscriber here, keep it up!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you are enjoying my work and thanks for the sub! And rest assured, much more is to come, so stay tuned!

[@nickatwork]

Congrats on 2k! Here's to 3! I honestly find both commander pairs really interesting, but there's something about making one partner really big that's exciting to me so I'm voting for Rhoda and Timin

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thank for all the support, since without it the channel wouldn't have gotten to this milestone! And thanks for voting!

[@tmdblya]

Thanks, been eagerly waiting for this!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Hope you enjoy it! This one was a fun one to build and test for sure!

[@grimducky]

This was great 👍. Made me subscribe!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub!

[@mtgsus]

Came across this video to see what cards I could add in that might be overseen. But you nailed it, love the deck. This will be a good base for my deck idea with a few changes here and there for personal preference.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@mtgsus]

Keep up the good work. Subbed to see more of you videos. You summarize the decks card ratio and mana value very clear.

[@GrazzetMTG]

@@mtgsus Will do!

[@halomax360]

Great deck tech! i was looking for a build with runo and this one is the best one i found by far. what will you change for the sidegrades and upgrades, i managed to found a quest for ulas but dont know what to change it for and also what do you think about craswhing drawbridge for haste and ominous seas

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! I would swap out Turn Aside if you want to keep the mana curve the same, otherwise Sift if you want to bring the curve down (though you will be a bit lighter on draw). Crashing Drawbridge is definitely a good choice to make sure our sea monsters can get in ASAP but I found Ominous Sea's to be too slow in this build personally.

[@JoeMama-sc3pc]

Hey Grazzet I want to make this one for my dad just wondering what you would swap out for upgrades! Thanks love the vids❤

[@Eisenwulf666]

Nice sea monsters themed deck! perfect for the kitchen table or the lgs

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@allenyates3469]

Kitchen table and lgs games are where it's at anyway. Who wants to play cedh where every deck is "race to fastest combo"? All you have to do is spend enough money to copy some other cedh deck that has a solid win record. 🥱

[@Eisenwulf666]

@@allenyates3469 oh i agree, EDH for me is about having fun with friends or even random people. I wasn't commenting on the viability for cEDH, just on the flavourfulness

[@Sesshoumaru-Sama]

Great Video, very Happy i can given Aesi a Rest and make a true sea creature tribal now. Fun Additions might be lands that Turn into creatures Like faceless Haven (since your already running icebreaker Kraken), hive of the eye tyrant and mishras facory etc. which by attacking can generate tokens. sweet little way of ramping that will Work even If krothuss wouldnt have good targets. haveb ramps you for 2 Lands since its a shapeshifter:)

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! Faceless Haven would make for a very interesting way to ramp indeed, though we would need to swap our lands for snow lands to be able to get use out of it consistently. Good suggestion!

[@Galchoo1]

CTHULHU FHTAGN! Eldritch jokes aside, amazing deck as always! Will definitely test whenever possible, provided my opponents do not lose their sanity just by looking at it pop off. My vote goes to the Rakdos Goaders, due to that playstyle being just a bit more fun IMO than Tapping Shenanigans. Plus, you gotta be creative in the Endgame with such a deck, while Azorius... tends to control a lot and slow the game down as a wincon. Day 118 of waiting for Grazzet's face reveal. Have you thought of making a Universes Beyond deck in the future? Or do you think too many people will click off the video once they see Negan as a commander? Because I personally won't mind him too much.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and thanks for voting! I don't have any planes to make universes beyond content at the moment, but if the Warhammer 40k Commander decks end up being I thing I will certainly be down for making upgrades for them, since it is another fandom I am a part of.

[@MrSebordel]

Hey! Amazing deck, like all the rest of your vids. Thanks for the multiple inspirations :) For this deck, I would suggest "Walk the plank" instead of "Cast Down". 2B, a bit more effective cause it can target legendaries, and it's really in the flavor of this deck ! The recent "Thirst for Discovery" would also be in flavor. Keep up the good work, amazing content you're doing here.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad to hear you've been enjoying the content! While I agree that Walk the Plank would be able to hit more targets (and more importantly, our opponents commanders) - I personally like my removal to be instant speed to be able to react to my opponents plays instead of having it get back to me (which it may not depending on what they played). That said, its still a perfectly reasonable removal spell and if you prefer consistency over speed - Walk the Plank would make a fine addition to the build. And Thirst for Discovery is a very solid way to set up our bin while digging for our reanimation spells, so I can see it easily slotting in as well. Great suggestions!

[@MrSebordel]

@@GrazzetMTG You're totally right about the instant speed, I forgot Walk the Plant was a sorcery! Fair point, I guess that's why you're the one building the awesome decks and not me ^^ Keep building, thanks for your vids!

[@nanoacido5174]

11:30 Cumpulsive Research should really be an instant, like the rest of the supercicle

[@GrazzetMTG]

I would make it more flexible, that's for sure.

[@AdamKaiser1]

I was wondering how many $5+ cards you were going to throw into this deck for Runo. Hoping for the tap dancing spirit and the avenger for a decktech.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for voting! And yeah, I had to include a few bigger budget cards for the tribe, but thankfully a large number of sea monsters are on the cheaper end so I was still able to come in on budget.

[@HalGL01]

Ah finally, was waiting for this! got my trade down for sakashima and hullbreaker horror. can't wait to copy my commander, will also be throwing in a spark double :) definitely gave me some inspiration for the reanimation sub theme

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and happy to hear my build gave you some idea's for your own!

[@Playlist4Ella]

Junk Winder has good synergy here. While it's ability is not as explosive as the others, if some of the cards in this list are out of your budget range, Junk Winder is cheap, accessible replacement.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Very true, since we can drop it on the cheap and it provides some solid tapdown for anything, including lands. Good suggestion!

[@Dalandow]

Does the token generating ability prevent him from making copies of Legendary Krakens, etc since you'd have to sacrifice one or the other? I have been out of the game for quite some time, so maybe I am missing something.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yep - a token copy of a legendary creature is still legendary (unless the ability or another card in play says otherwise) - so while the copy would be created, it would immediately be saced.

[@geogaddimaxima7421]

2k 🎇🎇🎇

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks for helping us get this far!

[@xSant17]

could you tell me the song of this video?

[@GuilhermeOliveira-sz7mj]

Please could you bring a tech deck from Dorothea, Vengeful Victim \o/

[@GrazzetMTG]

That is a tough sell - since I honestly think she belongs in the 99 if other decks than helming her own - but I can leave it to a future vote and see if the community wants to see it happen.

[@ElijahS0109]

Hey could you do one on Extus, Oriq Overlord

[@GrazzetMTG]

Currently I'm working on the new Commanders from the latest sets (Crimson Vow in this case), but some time down the line I may tackle older commanders - maybe once we start closer to when the next set it going to drop and we've covered most other commanders in the current set. We'll have to see....

[@ElijahS0109]

@@GrazzetMTG thanks I have him but all the better decks are of course at least $300 and I don't have an idea for how to tackle it.

[@JackedUpLope]

Voted for the geist crew. Seem like they would do for some fun politicing.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Very true - our opponents will be more than willing to make deals if it means that their creatures get to untap.