Secret Tech: Red | Underplayed and Undervalued Red Cards in Commander

[@bongaston2855]

"Bolt Bend" is nice too. And you can replace your Darksteel Plates with it to make the Boys happy.

[@hiddenleaf414]

Bolt Bend has been doing amazing in my Prossh, Surrak and Thrasios/Kraum decks! Such an underrated red card.

[@bensonkayden9346]

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[@eliseosawyer6132]

@Benson Kayden instablaster :)

[@karlwebb4799]

Great list. My list would include -Frenzied Fugue: lots of interesting ways to use this. Stealing a planeswalker before ultimate. -Volcanic Offering: excellent political removal spell for big creatures and problem lands -Bolt Bend: if your commander is big or you have many big creatures you can redirect a removal spell for 1 mana -Flametongue Kavu: efficient and often relevant 4 damage to kill a creature and still leaves a 4/2 body. - Grab the Reins: flexible and modal. An expensive Fling with added versatility - Backdraft Hellkite: Needs to survive long enough to attack but can generate great value is does. - Release the Gremlins: I think is a very underated X spell, there are always hot artifacts to hit and doesnt punish you for tapping out because the blockers

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

Volcanic offering always impresses me immensely, it deserves to see much more play

[@ryananderson4352]

Blood Frenzy is my favorite relatively unknown red card for commander. Really fun to target an opponent’s creature that’s attacking someone else as a cheeky way to increase damage to them and destroy the attacking opponent’s creature at end of turn.

[@Ryan-so3il]

My favorite red secret tech is burnout: Counter target instant spell if it's blue. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

[@geotle]

Latulla's Orders is some very nice secret red tech if you've got creatures that are going to get in.

[@darkrexkigntstone8773]

I like uphill battle and Shredded Sails. Uphill Battle is one of my pet cards. Great video guys. Tribe scout out. Enjoy your day.

[@PeliPelaaja]

1:51 This card is unreal. I have seen some chaos, but Invasion Plans is on another level.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Right? It's gonna mess people UP

[@gustavgans403]

And again, i feel like 90% of the mentioned cards need to go right into my decks.. thank you guys i didn't had enough cards to choose from before this video :D

[@NitpickingNerds]

Stop watching or eventually you'll end up with 500 card decks!

[@gustavgans403]

@@NitpickingNerds 500 cards to get a superb shuffle feeling?:D

[@TheOneAndOnlyCrawl]

My favorite Secret Tech I put into my red decks, that I never see anyone else see play, is "Keldon Firebombers". 3RR for a 3/3, when it ETBs each player sacrifices all lands except 3. I know most players dislike playing against LD, but I think it is one of the few real equalizers red has access to. Green decks often are able to run away with games because they have double the lands of anyone else and wiping their creatures doesn't do much because they are often unaffected by the commander tax and are able to recover quickly with all the mana they have. So Firebombers is a nice Vibe Check. It's also pretty sweet when you are ahead because it solidifies your lead.

[@FlashLeopard22]

I put the Shieldbreaker in Trynn and Silvar when I was looking for stuff the deck wants on bodies that can help Silvar I can't speak for how good it is because ive never drawn it.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Well I hope it does work for you!

[@AllegoryGar]

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[@NitpickingNerds]

Applying secret tech to all areas!

[@HypogeanSupremacy]

I use half the cards you mentioned in my red decks, I have two. One is Etali storm and Zada real storm

[@NitpickingNerds]

Great minds think alike!

[@z4t3k21]

Hey nice call on the Invasion Plans and Izzet Chemister... I really liked those ones :)

[@NitpickingNerds]

They're some of the coolest on the list I think

[@zchwen]

Knollspine dragon with Sarkhans unsealing could be cool, I think this would fit neatly into my dragon jhoira deck

[@donovanloreman]

Avaricious Dragon is amazing if you empty your hand quickly. I use it in Kiki-Jiki as free card draw

[@theodorestephens2504]

Izzet Chemister combos really well with Unearth, you can bring it back whenever you sack it

[@NitpickingNerds]

Honestly Unearth is one of my favorite cards ever. -Beezy

[@qwormuli77]

@@NitpickingNerds Unearth is so underrated.

[@CaptTelnet]

Nice video, I’d like to share some secret cards aswell. “Cyclops gladiator” is an amazing card in an iroas deck. “Grip of chaos” if you just don’t care about interaction then go nuts. Can stop a lot of infinite combos as a bonus. “Prophetic flamespeaker” dude comes with built in trample and doublestrike with a decent on hit trigger. Just pump him and he’s amazing. “Márton Stomgald” criminally undervalued, dude is like a mini craterhoof. He has many downsides: no haste, doesn’t give himself the buff, has to attack, is a 1/1. But that effect is still very powerful. Plus he’s a legend AND he’s on the reserve list.

[@ChichimonLeagues]

WOW invasion plans could be really cool for my Aurelia extra combats deck. I'll have to try that out. Thank you.

[@dahuntre]

LRR did the “metal band or magic card,” mostly Graham. Also, Aftershock is a 20-cent 4-mana red sorcery that destroys a land, artifact, or CREATURE!

[@bellona0544]

I’m very high (legally), but haze of rage seems amazing in a Kykar Storm deck I have been meaning to build

[@NitpickingNerds]

It was meant to be then! How do you feel about it post-high?

[@bellona0544]

@@NitpickingNerds alas friends, I am high once more, but it still sounds like a good idea! How do you feel about decks that are transformative, having like an extended sideboard, that you can use to adjust the power level? Like rather than having one cEDH deck and one more casual one, just have the same commander and a lot of the same cards with maybe some more powerful combos or mana rocks or interaction?

[@kingginger3335]

Thank you for showing me Obsidian Fireheart! This is absolutely going in my Windgrace deck immediately!

[@mehatestuesdays]

My secret tech suggestion is Fall of the Titans. People regularly pick up the card in amazement when a fireball blows up two of beefy creatures on the table. Its niche has kind of been overtaken by Shatterskull Smashing, but Fall has the added utility of doming two players for 10 in the nitty gritty. PS: It seems you are really streamlining the introductions of your videos. Great decision, I think it makes your videos more attractive to first time viewers.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Nice to see love for flame jab! Retrace is an underrated mechanic that deserves more love! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of haze of rage! Storm AND buyback seems busted!

[@monktribal951]

Love the secret tech videos.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We've got a few more planned!

[@monktribal951]

Awesome! 💛

[@ndrewgrivera3280]

Love secret tech.. Just want to ask a random case Yarok + animate dead / necromancy = can i get 2 creature? Thanks

[@CDeVries]

Amazing! I just got Invasion Plans last week for my Marisi, Breaker of the Coil deck.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Have you gotten to play with it yet?

[@CDeVries]

@@NitpickingNerds Nope. I got it in the mail 3 days ago and put it in the deck box but I haven’t decided what to take out. Also, I haven’t had a chance to play a 4 player in person game of EDH in months :( so no idea when I’ll get to test it.

[@atxplex]

You guys are the best! I love the amount of quality content you guys create! Keep it going Joe and Beezy!

[@christopherxgordon]

I can totally relate to beezy and how he sometimes looks at edhrec and is like "I don't even want to build this deck anymore". I'll find a commander that I think would have a fun and synergistic deck, then I look at the commonly played cards on edhrec and I find it so dull and boring. My favorite deck that I've built is my Kalamax deck where I went off the rails of the normal convention and just played cards that I think are good, even though a bunch of the cards I play don't show up on EDHREC.

[@EJsGameplay]

Mass Hysteria is my favorite card to include in Rin and Seri.

[@benkersey4921]

My pet red card is Tooth and Claw. I play it in Prossh: it's another free sac outlet, lets you turn smaller tokens bigger ones, doubles up ETB triggers for Purphoros, and can do infinite ETB/Dies triggers with a token doubler (Doubling Season). Love it.

[@Arvaniz]

I've been using Haze of Rage for quite some time. Only three words are needed to describe its place and utility: Jhoira Artifact Storm It's the classic Jhoira built with 0 and 1 CMC artifacts, plus artifact cost reduction. Cast multiple spells per turn, draw a bunch of cards, trigger Sai, Master Thopterist, Efficient Construction and Saheeli, Sublime Artificer... and then with Haze of Rage you pump your servos/thopters.

[@MINDofNIV]

Love Bedlam got one in my Muxus deck definitely gonna pick up Mass hysteria.

[@DstileSK8]

I play Embereth Shieldbreaker in my Syr Gwyn deck and it’s always funny to me that everyone picks the card to read it’s effects, it’s like almost nobody knows it exists even though it isn’t even an old card lol.

[@maxwellnichols3873]

Prophetic Flamespeaker is three mana, has trample and double strike, and impulse draws whenever it connects with a player. I don't think it goes in literally every red deck, but I personally will run it at the drop of a hat

[@HienNguyenHMN]

Flame Jab is great in a cantrip-spellslinger Torbran deck (the kind that uses Guttersnipe). If you cantrip into a land, normally feels bad, but with this you can at least do one last bit of damage before your turn fizzles out.

[@blackmountain1983]

Vicious Shadows is another great card, only in 2084 decks on EDHREC. If you have that out and someone board wipes you can often kill at least 1 opponent outright.

[@damonlouis6536]

I play 3 of these. Heat stroke belongs in this list 2R enchantment - at end of combat destroy all blocking/blocked creatures

[@keganuptain9486]

Izzet chemistry would be great in Boros if there is a lot of removal and you could blink it so you don’t lose your exiles card

[@fangornfan]

Chance for Glory was such a fun show! Glad to hear a new season is in the works.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Glad you enjoyed it! And suffered through the worse quality lol

[@dragonbane97x]

Haze of rage in fact works great in boros swarm decks. Love your commitment to the legion!

[@NitpickingNerds]

We are here to help them!

[@yumyumeatemup]

Thanks for the *whispers* secret tech in red. A color i admit i dont play nearly as often as i should. Gonna give this video a 2nd look if i ever build into a purphoros deck or the like in the future.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Good to hear, glad to offer some new insight!

[@scottricks1676]

dude obsidian fireheart is so sweet, i nabbed a copy the 1st time it was mentioned on this channel.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Seriously it's so fun! Especially reminding them of their burn triggers

[@johanahlberg9452]

Love episodes like this! Great work! Looking forward to the next color :)

[@NitpickingNerds]

Green, and then most likely gold and colorless, potentially with lands as well

[@TheMc50cal]

Hell yeah glad I saw this pop up, great background listening at work 👍

[@NitpickingNerds]

That makes us happy

[@olivierdebilde4292]

On point for Embereth Shieldbreaker. I love it in my Anax deck, for instance. Kyren Negociation is also ok in token wide decks. Can help finish opponents without attacking and works around Propaganda effects and such. Oh, and by the way, we did make use of magic card names in the lyrics of one of our Death Metal LP :) I can prove it ! Haha. No song or band name however.

[@waynefeller8824]

I ran Thermopod as a backup to Skirk Prospector. And if you have seven goblins in play and a haste enabler, it goes infinite.

[@mella4376]

Mass Hysteria + Alena Kessig Trapper seems awesome as you are planning to activate her right away and go infinite. Like sure if you are brewing for cEDH you are probably still better off doing the exact same stuff in Selvala, but doing it in Alena gives you more colours so I wouldn't say she's entirely off the table there either. Good stuff.

[@jordankirby7632]

Was fire storm above the threshold? You can do some really fun stuff with that card especially if you copy it with howl of the horde, increasing vengeance ecetra. It's a card you have to build around for sure but if you care about discard or need a finisher for a combo deck it can definitely do some things. Or if for some reason you want to be hell bent. Two-headed all star as well not that that matters.

[@brandonhiggs88]

I didnt know about obsidian fireheart, I need that for my emblem burny chandra

[@asinclair666]

I use Knollspine Dragon in my Heartless Hidetsugu deck!, Also i use Haze of Rage in a Kykar build.

[@atwistedsky9169]

I have Bedlam in my Subira deck and it's simply insane. You play it when the board state is right, activate Subira and swing to draw like 10-15 cards.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Wow that sounds awesome

[@HienNguyenHMN]

Feldon of the Third Path (and to a lesser extent, new Purphoros) is essentially a red flicker deck.

[@joedominguez8064]

Obsidian fire heart rocks in my Akroma-Elena boros big mama deck.

[@jankpilediver3863]

Knollspine Dragon straight into the Feldon of the 3d Path Deck. Big beater + wheel effect?! That's literally all what this deck wants to do.

[@jankpilediver3863]

well on top of that (if you can untap feldon) you may abuse this etb and draw your deck or what. solid gold, this could easily be the best card in the deck.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Seems like a shoe in for RAKDOS lord of riots too!

[@certaingloom3797]

Mob Rule is a nice secret Red tech card at less than a $1. 6 mana to punish heavy hitter players or those that like to spam lower power ones like token armies.

[@waynefeller8824]

I run Haze of Rage in my Adeliz Prowess tribal deck.

[@demphisford614]

The game show was awesome went back and watched them last time I'm excited , also nice secret tech as always gentlemen

[@NitpickingNerds]

Why thank you! Glad you liked our low quality game show :P

[@georgeakoury7915]

Beezy is right about Izzet Chemister in Boros. It would be great in Feather

[@NitpickingNerds]

Oh yeah that's a spicy meatball combination

[@alexmendoza9645]

I feel like you guys should have to whisper the entire thing lol

[@KaervekTM]

Must be I'm in the 0-1% club. I've built decks with all of these except Flame Jab. Looks like I found a use for that Mina and Denn.

[@waynefeller8824]

Izzet Chemistry is an amazing Storm enabler.

[@Malverde888]

Ha! Jokes on you! I just got a Knollspine Dragon yesterday for like 1,5 usd. The Mystery Booster version is that cheap. Great vid as always, boyes

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you

[@christiancalligraphycorner139]

What about Abandon Reason? Is that even worth it any deck anymore? Just curious.

[@jeromed9750]

You guys are so much fun!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks a million!

[@austinweigle3543]

Good stuff guys. Keep it up

[@thetogtube2]

BEDLAM IS FIRE! love that one :) good find!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Ha I see what you did there

[@mazzaj89]

Yeaaaah secret tech! Btw guys, i opened two jeweled lotus in one box yesterday, and one is foil \o/

[@NitpickingNerds]

Gratz on the sweet pulls!

[@mazzaj89]

@@NitpickingNerds :D

[@ygaudreault]

Thermopod is great in my Valduk Deck.

[@PeliPelaaja]

14:44 I don't understand how you can have so many secret cards that they're all completely new and awesome from the beginning to the end. Haze of Rage just reads win the game.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I think this was my favorite Secret Tech so far!

[@pastelcia42]

Bedlam is the best card in my Marisi Deck!

[@isexedthepumpkin8176]

Ahh mass hysteria... I ran it in my Rakdos, the Showstopper coin flip deck (which runs very few creatures) for so long, and I don't think it benefited me once. The other day, I was upgrading the deck, and I think replacing it for one with nothing definitely an improvement

[@andersnielsen3217]

Loading ready run did "magic card or metalband"

[@agustinprosello4687]

Every red card is amazing in it's own way

[@NitpickingNerds]

Especially these!

[@ndrewgrivera3280]

Love secret tech.. Just want to ask a random case Yarok + animate dead / necromancy = can i get 2 creature? Thanks

[@jakeapplegate6642]

This question piqued my interest so I did a little research. Yarok + animate dead works mostly the same as it would without yarok. To keep it simple (not easy as the oracle text on these cards reads like a novel) there is a trigger that gets copied but it is redundant and won’t let you target another creature or return another creature. The targeting part happens when you cast it as an aura. The etb doesn’t target. It just returns whatever was targeted by the first part. Yarok + necromancy however works very differently. It is a non aura enchantment when you cast it and the etb will copy and let you recur 2 creatures with necromancy becoming an aura and attaching to each as it resolves so it will end up enchanting the one that resolves last but if the aura leaves play you will lose both creatures that you returned with necromancy even if they are not both enchanted. Day of the dead works the same as animate dead. Hope this was helpful.

[@sethhale8828]

You guys need a Grandpa Grognar. Who sits in the back quietly smoking his pipe every once in a while pipes up "In my day we would have played..." Most of the time being something superfluous. But every once in a while it is a hidden gem that is pertinent to the video. And you guys can be all "ok grandpa/uncle Grognar!.. "

[@sethhale8828]

Maybe he sits in the back sorting stacks and interrupts midsentence with a perceived "eureka moment". Comic relief and a witty way to incorporate old cards that became usable.

[@sethhale8828]

Maybe in some episodes he just plays NES in the background and never says anything. And you guys occasionally roll your eyes to his grumbles and noise I the background.

[@sethhale8828]

Obviously you guys dig deep. Go weird with it

[@FunGsCollections]

Flame Jab… but negative on bolt

[@meatrace]

Me at the beginning of this video: Yeah, Red is such a weak color in EDH. Even THEY say they had a hard time finding secret tech. I doubt there's anything interesting. Me at 3 minutes into this video: *builds a deck around Invasion Plans*

[@NitpickingNerds]

Better post it in the discord sir

[@meatrace]

@@NitpickingNerds no

[@Takadox]

I need to know the card used for the thumbnail lol

[@braddtheodd3390]

Make Haze or Rage cost 3 less and it's 1 red to pump your team exponentially for each red mana you have :v

[@NitpickingNerds]

That really cool

[@Zedekiah92]

what are your jobs (just curious, not creepy) and i would LOVE a heart

[@NitpickingNerds]

Xander Fredlund Beezy is pizza guy and I am you tuber for now

[@Zedekiah92]

@@NitpickingNerds well, i hope you get a ten-thousand dollar patron so you guys can work full time at doing what you love.

[@troylambert1601]

Are you finally going to mention "Heat Stroke"

[@NitpickingNerds]

Maybe...

[@murd3r0tica]

I dont play red, But if I do Ill use haze of rage for sure.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Totally stellar in go-wide!

[@Vario69]

17:19 shield maiden 😅😅

[@zotmaster]

A lot of these are budget. Are Secret Tech Budget Bombs in our near future?

[@NitpickingNerds]

The crossover we all deserve!

[@Alex-kc7tp]

Dude izzet chemister is a GOBLIN? its over bro mono red goblin burn is too strong

[@NitpickingNerds]

GG no re

[@kingginger3335]

Mass Hysteria isn't a secret card. I used it in my Marisi deck before I turned it into Jared Carthalion

[@danielzitnik4247]

Thanks for the secrets. To keep them a secret I reported this video.

[@NitpickingNerds]

NOOOOOOO

[@BornFromEmbers]

If it ain’t red it’s dead ya feel me

[@NitpickingNerds]

Similar to "Not Gruul? Then die!"

[@RogueCoup]

Invasion Plans doesnt force people to attack

[@NitpickingNerds]

No but it incentivizes attacking heavily, and by not attacking your creatures are very likely to die on defense, resulting in you being virtually forced to attack

[@nilsdattenberg7444]

so it‘s soft pressure.... not force 😉

[@psychozen7169]

Interesting

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

The land continues to burn.

[@NitpickingNerds]

best reminder ever

[@sammyf1567]

8th :( noti took too long

[@NitpickingNerds]

Took too long asking for stream

[@sammyf1567]

stream when

[@idiothead5511]

Early

[@NitpickingNerds]

Not just Early but 1st!