Chaos Incarnate Upgrade Guide | MTG Commander Starter Deck

Preconstructed Commander Starter decks gets the Upgrades treatment! Jeremy and Jonathan break down their suggestions for upgrading your out-of-the-box Starter deck!
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[@parkershaffer5409]

Started playing paper on spelltable remotely with my friend from out of state. He’s taught me a lot and my first deck i bought was the Chaos Precon. This is the first time I’m hearing about the goad mechanic and I’m really excited to add some of these upgrades to the deck! Thanks so much love your guys’ videos!

[@emmanuellephillips4711]

Looking forward to the upgrades on this. My kids just got into commander so this set was a great way to get 5 decks for everyone to have one to build.

[@tzarl]

If you're looking for a budget alternative to conjurer's closet, erratic portal falls within your budget range. Sure you have to pay mana and recast the creature but it can also be a hugely tricky card in bouncing an opponent's creature if they're foolsih enough to tap out!

[@Ryan-so3il]

You should check out Skull Collector.

[@ClubbinSealz]

This is actually an amazing deck, especially the wipe cards

[@stephwagner8278]

As someone who is new to magic and owns this deck, I would love to know what cards to remove in order to add the recommended upgrades!

[@gritgrimdark]

Me as well. I am in the same boat.

[@HerrenGamingNews]

Same I just got this deck. I love the strategy. It's pure evil!

[@MitchBridges-cf6gn]

Maha would be fun to add in. All your opps creatures toughness dropping to 1

[@Ryan-so3il]

A budget swap for Conjurers Closet is Skull Collector. It does serious work in my Kardur deck

[@alexandergartner8877]

Great Idea. Hadn't this one on my list.

[@LordsycoOG]

My only issue with blasphemous act is it takes out all your creatures too, which for this build can make you useless when it's your turn again. I've used it once and it backfired on me lol

[@alexandergartner8877]

I happen to play Kardur for some time now. In my opinion there are two keys to the deck: First one is retriggering his ability every turn: Conjurer's Closet, Sword of HaH, Helm of the Host, Blade of Selves, Erratic Portal, Blood Clock, Umbilicus, Delina, Kiki-Jiki, Flamerush Rider, Felhide Spiritbinder, Jaxis, Heat Shimmer, Twinflame, Malakir Rebirth, Feign Death, etc. Second one is winning the 1vs.1 endgame: Plague Wind, In Garruk's Wake, Liliana's Contract, Vorpal Sword, etc. I find Tibalt's Trickery and Warping Wail extremely helpful here. I also play tons of draw and most available noncreature removal. Edit: Keep in mind to protect Kardur against being elked, darksteel mutated or imprisoned in some moon. Play some instant sac effects and recast him. Disrupt Decorum is actually quite bad here. For two mana you get the same effect with Twinflame. Sorry guys. Still like your content.

[@vaderka1833]

But Kiki-Jiki says "nonlegendary" creature...

[@alexandergartner8877]

@@vaderka1833 Yes, you're absolutely right. Now I remember why I didn't include him in my deck. 🤣

[@dyperbaby]

I know it's hard to find slots, but Hunted Dragon, Hunted Horror, and Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor have been fun in my Kardur build.

[@TheRafy]

Been waiting for this one🙌

[@Brian-DragonFire]

So you recommend cards to put in your deck but what cards do you take out to replace them with?

[@Oz__MTG]

Very good question. I’d love to know as well. This precon deck has some pretty solid swap candidates, but swapping the wrong one can cost us a lot as well.

[@stevenlittle4947]

What I did was I took out about 10 cards, replaced with what I thought was more suitable. Out. 1x vampire nighthawk 1x rakshasa debaser 1x wildfire devils 1x guttersnipe 1x breath of malfegor 1x reign of the pit 1x scythe spector 1x indulgent tormentor 1x ob nixilis, reignited 1x bloodgift demon In. 1x conjurer’s closet 1x swiftfoot boots (or just keep lightning greaves, basically same thing up to you) 1x garna the blood flame 1x garna, bloodfist of keld 1x torbran, thrane of red fell 1x jaya, venerated firemage 1x tor, wauki the younger 1x harvester of souls 1x ob nixilis, the adversary 1x Judith, the scourge diva. I wanted something that was going to coincide with the commander more, it’s pretty decent. Give that a try

[@Rayan01012]

Will we see a gameplay video with the upgraded versions of the decks?

[@Th3FlyingSquirr3l]

Im new to MTG Commander, and the deck I currently have is the Chaos Incarnate. Im still trying to figure out how to use it effectively can you do a Chaos Incarnate for Dummies video?

[@BraveLittlePixel]

I wish there was more info on playing Commander as 1v1, as most these decks do some pretty expensive things for just a 1v1, like the first card you show, Mana Geyser costs 5 mana, and in a 1v1, it's unlikely I'll really be getting that 5 back, and if so, may only gain 1 or 2 extra mana. In a 4 player game, sure, really good, but I don't have 3 friends, I only know 1 other person who would play, and so I wish there was a Commander format or deck list suggestion for a 1v1 gameplay style. Or at least a good Side Deck of cards to switch out for 1v1 equivalents to these 4 player suggestions

[@ArmandoEnriquez]

Are there certain cards to remove from the deck yo replace them with your list?

[@kristineedmonds7366]

Timestamp 6:17 for the start of the upgrades.

[@zackarywilburn8428]

It's fun when you get to pop off with it

[@PurifyingBlade]

great recs on upgrades, but really need a section of cards to consider removing, thanks!

[@PrimeShifter]

Oh I like this brew personally i like massacre worm in it

[@quaidbrooks3132]

Sorry for the silly question but when using Mana Geyser does that mana permanently stay in your pool of mana?

[@kevinkubicheski6359]

I think it goes away. :(

[@dyllanreed6514]

Sulfuric vortex and havoc festival. Two great cards for this

[@kevinkubicheski6359]

Love this video. May i ask what cards would you remove when you add these upgrade cards?