Super-Budget Commander Staples: Part I

[@JumboCommander]

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[@TheMadInsanity]

Love this series. One of my favorite parts about commander is finding those hidden gems that are super cheap.

[@RaventhornSpiritsong]

The wonderful thing about these types of videos is that for beginners it gives them ideas to expand on, and for more experienced players it reminds them of things they may habe forgotten, or not even noticed in the first place. Redundancy is important in singleton, which is why i hope to win one of the bundles. Even if you're fortunate enough to have the expensive versions, if it's a key effect extra copies are always a plus. Great video.

[@JumboCommander]

Spot on

[@MrRayRockstar]

Reality Shift is by far my favorite budget blue card! Sometimes the card they manifest is a important sorcery or enchantment.

[@JumboCommander]

Sometimes they mystical tutored it to the top themselves :D

[@MrRayRockstar]

Jumbo Commander I love using Undying Evil on my black decks and Blossoming Defense in my green decks.

[@benjamincoyle5316]

Blossoming Defense is not really a budget option.

[@MrRayRockstar]

Benjamin Coyle Ranger's Guile?

[@JumboCommander]

I think Blossoming Defense will go back to semi-budget after rotation so we will keep an eye on its price.

[@tecnomarlaz]

Italian guy, here. I wanted to say thanks for your insight. Mostly because, as a student, I don't have the funds for a game as expensive as magic can be sometimes, and these super budget cards are indeed a blessing. You're making me want to go back to older sets and try to find some "hidden treasures" now

[@McDodgerMan]

I've actually been trying to get my friend into commander for the longest time and primer videos like this are really encouraging for those with budget qualms. Thanks!

[@merrowmania1366]

One day, I'm going to get a Bazaar of Baghdad...and it will be Beautiful. Until that day, these cheap fun cards will have to suffice.

[@JohnSmith-rh7ts]

Funny story, I just got four from a random buy

[@merrowmania1366]

Cood ya hook a brudduh up?

[@JumboCommander]

I want a Drop of Honey

[@merrowmania1366]

You'll get a Porphory Nodes and you'll LIKE IT!!!

[@spyguy4558]

merrowMania love the subtle caddyshack reference

[@nrgray6469]

Great selection of cards. Love that you gave examples of their utility and contrasted them against their more costly versions.

[@TheMuffinMan328]

Grim Haruspex has a different effect from Harvester of Souls. Harvester is when any non-token creature dies; opponent's included. Haruspex is only when yours die.

[@JumboCommander]

Good call. It is better effect for sure and it's also budget. Think it's worth the extra mana?

[@insomniackitty9397]

definitely harvester, works better with board wipes, it's good with savra and merciless executioner effects and i've always found that there are so many tokens in a sac your board deck so you dont even get that much value off of it, i only like haruspex in meren or karador when the idea is to play value creatures to sac and reanimate

[@xBenjiSx]

Also, Haruspex forces you to draw and Harvester just lets you ("you may") which also MAY come in handy in some situations :)

[@Doofindork]

In commander however, Harvester of souls is more of a target, because no person on the board wants you to have that demon with a good effect, decent sized body, and deathtouch, on the field. Haruspex on the other hand, is so cheap and tiny that the enemies have to put their thinking-caps on and ask themselves: "Is it worth the effort to remove that creature?"

[@SteamClockWork]

Always great to find a new channel to help build commander decks. Plus a contest too. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos

[@wyattgrenstiner1709]

Newer to commander and it seems like some great staples. Just made Omnath and getting hyped for commander 2017.

[@MrGorillafist]

Wyatt Grenstiner Omnath was my first commander as well and to this day he is still my best commander.

[@RipRop__]

Same!

[@RipRop__]

He is too good.

[@crippleingdepressionismyfu7157]

oh boy i have an omnath deck too, and i play warstorm surge and where ancients tread with all the token doublers while stuffing out lands as fast as i can, can you imagine 10 damage everytime you play a land? 15?20? its amazing

[@TheMystcast]

Omnath is a good voltron. Add staples like mana ramp and creatures that care about lands in play. Omnath works well with doubling cube which i think dropped in price since i last saw as a budget option.

[@FinchyFinchFinchFinch]

For someone without much disposable income, these kind of videos are great and immensely helpful.

[@fergusofdalibor4264]

I love off color effects, especially for blue. Exiling in blue for only TWO mana???? That's sweet

[@JumboCommander]

I love how good it is in commander ... but like that's it. Nothing in any other format. Even in limited it was MEH because a 2/2 is a real downside but for commander. Forget about it. Also! Secret tech, they mystical tutor then you kill a creature and manifest the spell they set up :D

[@fergusofdalibor4264]

Jumbo Commander I think it could try to be something in modem

[@KeiruKeiru]

Jumbo Commander Evil. That's just pure delicious evil >:D

[@dragobot999]

Loved this list. Budget concerns are very real, but they can net some hidden gems. Some of my favorite out-of-game times in Magic have just been going through the bulk boxes at my LGS and finding random cards that I think could be fun or do work in Commander.

[@permafrost2064]

Whoa, tragic arrogance is way better than I thought.

[@nicksakowski2450]

I love the fact that you included Sidewinder, and Ancient Excavation. I think you also managed to convince me that Magister of Worth is really sweet! Great job, I love you your content!

[@coledoog9604]

Super insightful and interesting video!

[@KairahVTVods]

I found your channel through, The Command Zone when they spoke about your Mirage Mirror video, I'm really glad I was turned to this channel because I'm getting all sorts of cool tips for commander that I never would have thought of. Awesome videos as always!

[@timothygerbig875]

Just throwing out an idea for another budget staple, but Treasure Cruise is about 8¢. If you're playing blue, it's an auto-include.

[@crippleingdepressionismyfu7157]

OMG, just checked and its legal! holy crap! i thought it was banned, im going to go put some in my blue decks. IF you have 7 cards in your graveyard its an 8c ancestral recall woot!

[@swolegolisopod7340]

crippleingdepression ismyfullname only banned in pauper and I think modern Maybe legacy?

[@LaPoubelle42]

dig through time is like $1 and it is a million times better than treasure cruise. Even some of the best decks in commander run dig through time

[@crippleingdepressionismyfu7157]

nut we are talking budget! under $0.25 and its 8c :P

[@JumboCommander]

Treasure Cruise is great. I really like it in decks like Rashmi and Yidris which let you "cascade" with the spells CMC even if you only paid a couple real mana for it.

[@sped13]

This is the first video I saw of yours and I'm a fan. You give great explanations of cards and show the non budget versions of them so we can even double up on effects. I am looking forward to future videos of your channel and this series.

[@helpmeget500subswithnovide3]

Liked and subbed, like if your hyped for the giveaway!!!!!!!!!

[@garrynicholls395]

Yeah this look really cool. :-)

[@Ghostknight310]

It's good to see budget cards that can be used! Got a couple friends into playing Commander and they are hooked. Keep the up the great work.

[@81dnomyar]

That moment when... you raise the price of all the good cheap cards by publicizing the fact that they are cheap. Mostly joking, but some of these borderline rares will most likely go up in price

[@JumboCommander]

There are two cards that I might have bought out at the lowest price but I technically found 10 copies under $0.25 so I'm counting it! ... but realistically if they jump they'll go to like $0.30. Still an awesome deal!

[@brinkhouse169]

Your explanations about magic is so good, it's what keeps me comming back. love it, keep up the awesome work!

[@osalem7798]

This is a big help. I usually struggle to make a cost-effective deck that still keeps up with my meta. This'll give me a solid set of cards for reference

[@waylandli24]

My playgroup was wondering why I put Pontiff of Blight in my zombie commander deck. Now I can show them this video. Great job as always.

[@DatBrasss]

Mad respect for the last comment, about giving cards to new players. When I started out, a local judge got me about $14 worth of cards. It helped me start out, and, perhaps more importantly, it showed me what this community is capable of.

[@crippleingdepressionismyfu7157]

at my LGS there's some people that aren't that well off so i constantly let them have some rares that i don't need whenever i pull them/need space in my binder, i really don't need them and they do so its a win-win :)

[@jeramyseago1760]

I love the concept of this! I am always trying to bring people into commander and what better way than to show them the glory of budget.

[@TreefrogOriginal]

This is super useful for people who haven't got a foothold in commander yet, going to recommend this video to newer players.

[@raulrivera6743]

As someone who is fairly new to mtg this vid is a great way to learn about budget alternatives that exist, especially when most players only like to talk about the expensive popular staples lol

[@masonwatamura3742]

I love the idea of this series, and as a player new to commander I find this very helpful. Keep up the great content, Jumbo

[@apersonnamedjack]

As someone jumping into commander with the 2017 decks, finding this video was awesome! This are cards I would have totally overlooked with my modern/legacy mindset, but seem proper fun in multiplayer. Subscribed!

[@trungdang8119]

This is a great series you are doing. I'm a very casual commander player, so I happy to find out there are good cards for this low of a price. Keep up the good works.

[@josephkoch6881]

This list is full of some of my favorite cards (Grim Haruspex, Reality Shift, Tragic Arrogance, & Rakdos Charm). I'm also really happy to find out about skullwinder. Thanks for the super sweet video!

[@BrunoCasagrandaNeves]

I really like this topic, there's so much value and diversity among cheap, overlooked cards. Thanks for the video, even more so when those sweeties arrive at my doorstep!

[@onjoyner]

Very nice list, my wife and I are just getting into Magic and are interested in Commander, and this will definitely help our deck building.

[@Archivold]

This video is a great resource for new Commander players to learn about staples or about budget alternatives. Nice work

[@MrMiscellaneousMen]

Got a couple of these cards, but also been working on a set of cards to give to a friend just getting into commander, this would be the perfect addition! Cheers for the oppurtunity!

[@timothymahon9426]

i really enjoy how your videos incorporate common and popular cards and explain synergies with other cards that i haven't seen before. great video

[@waldenjh82]

Awesome video, I appreciate all of the budget suggestions because magic can get expensive quickly. Underutilized cards are fun to play with and add creativity.

[@omisuookami]

Love that you're doing this showing us how to make commander decks that don't cost very much.

[@Judexor]

Thanks, I enjoy finding new cards to play in fun ways, especially when experienced players with extremely expensive decks have to ask what just happened, and have to think about the cheap cards I'm playing that they never heard of.

[@jessebbaker3]

this is a great video. Staples are a huge part of the game for newer payers. Can't wait to see more from you.

[@hobbymasterd808]

I've never heard of half of these cards yet they're awesome budget options. Thanks for this. I'm building multiple decks right now so this is great information.

[@tclark3514]

Love the content in this and other videos to help build more commander decks. Can never have too many! Building budget friendly decks also keeps your family from flipping tables because your deck was loaded with $100 cards. Great stuff!

[@albertotorres5565]

Love the vid. Always wanted someone to talk budget commander staples but no one seems to do it. Thanks!!!

[@greggorygibson8063]

I enjoy seeing all the budget yet still viable options for commander you show as I personally have a low budget for this game

[@Feerioz]

just found your channel and this is all awesome info to have, I started playing with eldritch moon and have dropped it for standard. the list of every card is staggering. it's good to know there are channels like this that offer nice budget alternatives!

[@mr.shigyru4155]

I love these type of videos and i always get really excited to see them in my feed when they come out. Awsome work DJ!

[@coopergraveline4533]

I really liked this video. I like using cards different cards in my decks - not necessarily obscure cards, but I try to avoid having the same green cards in every green deck, or the same white cards in every white deck, etc. This really helps open the options up, and helps keep a deck pretty cheap, which I really appreciate! :D

[@rjasian]

Finding unique, super budget alternatives is always so exciting. Ashling's Prerogative was my budget haste source for my to-be Mairsil deck and I'm so excited to play it.

[@antoniobarion3295]

I'm kinda new to magic as a whole and this friend of mine, who introduced me to magic, is a fervent commander player. I immediately fell in love too with this format. I like its variety and its complexity since you can't rely on those few key cards every game (of which you run a full set) but have to build your deck to have each card be of great impact! Starting with the freyalise commander preconstructed i'd like to make an aggro elf tribal and evolving it later with some time and (more than some) money into a more hidden combo infinte mana deck. Like how you try to make commander affordable to anyone interested!

[@taylorlarson593]

Only part of the budget volume I've seen so far. Great selection. I've been playing edh/commander since 2008 (before "commander" came out). These cards are very viable and would have been greatly appreciated back then in a couple different decks

[@oateater5044]

I picked up a Tragic Arrogance today for my brand new B/W Knights deck. When I cast it, everyone had to read it, and it was the perfect card at that moment. I LOVE this card.

[@jimbryant2157]

Great options and ideas. I already use a couple (Rogue's Passage & Rackdos Charm) and I can see multiple uses for many of the cards you mentioned. Thanks!

[@rabidwallaby84]

This popped up in my Suggested feed, today! Glad I clicked on it. I love budget series!!

[@Ahwill]

this is such a helpful video for me. recently got my first commander deck and there some good cards in here that i could bring in. ive been working on building my second deck thats pure white and trying to pull down the cost but still have good wipe cards in it and that first card is just amazing sounding for a great price. videos like this are so nice since im not familiar with most cards in magic so it opens my eyes to things i havent seen before. this is really helpful video and am looking forward to seeing more parts

[@AarhgYouTube]

This is a great idea for a little mini series. I almost always have trouble sticking to my budget when putting a deck together, so these videos might help me discover a card or two I have overlooked.

[@lordvyb]

Awesome video! I'm always looking for budget alternatives for Commander. There are so many cards to go through and your video really helps to highlight some of the best. Thanks a ton for all your hard work.

[@alecbishop2619]

I love lists like these! Thanks so much for helping out the budget players Jumbo Commander! I'd love to have more tools in my EDH toolkit!

[@FitnessZombie]

I really loved the look at these interesting cards. Haven't played magic in forever, but this has me fiending for the meta game!

[@pedrogarcia5849]

i recently start playing commander and i played magic for nearly 16 years; this format makes fun for me a thing i hate in mtg: multiplayer. thanks for the recomendations, its very informative to people like me who just jump into the format!

[@SenseiShional]

It's pretty cool that you cover some lower costed cards, i know a lot of players who hate to spend too much on a card (including me), so this is great !

[@MrUshiikun]

I love these videos, because I know the expensive versions you listed, but had forgotten ever known the cheaper versions. These are super great options for my friends that don't have large collections, but they want to upgrade a precon without spending large amounts of money.

[@MrTcips]

Just started watching your videos. I really like this series. I'm just starting to play Commander and I've been having a hard time keeping really interesting cards in my budget. Can't wait for the next video!

[@Jeemo88]

Now this is my kind of series... lol. Great brewing and finds as always, Jumbo!

[@platypusab]

This is a pretty awesome set of cards, it's cool that your going through these hidden gems, I imagine it takes a while to compile a list of all these lesser known cards that have great value.

[@jackprototype8059]

The ideas are awesome. I think the trick with the skullwinder can be a very powerful machination in a multiplayer commander match! :D love it

[@Miztickow]

Thanks for the great video. I just bought 4x Skullwinder and Reality Shift. I've been ordering some really cheap staples recently. This last week, I got 4x Hallowed Burial, Merciless Eviction, and Stoneforge Masterwork for $0.40 to $1 per card.

[@JumboCommander]

Great staples! Nice to have them on hand and if they get reprinted who cares if they drop from $0.40 to $0.30?

[@majinvegeta6364]

Great video! This is a very fun idea, not just as a give away, but for future players to referance for years to come. These are some great options for players to just throw in a few extra bucks on an order to add value to their existing decks.

[@QuentinBarbault]

Great video. I knew almost all of these cards but I think we all forget them way too fast due to netdecking and research. When I build a commander deck, it is always easier to go with the pricey staple everyone is playing with but my favorite cards are actually the ones that cost nothing and that no one knows. :D

[@eduardofroner6205]

Budget and rarely-used cards are usually more fun actually, they don't do anything stupid that makes people mad or just not fun, which, might I say, IS (or should) be the focus of EDH. Really looking forward to the rest of the series, loved it :D

[@kylecarlson1159]

I'm glad to see a cool variation in your videos lately! Can't wait to see what else you have to show us!

[@charli-cuti]

Just getting back into Magic and the Commander format is very much for me. This video has been helpful. Thanks!

[@TheSayian101]

Thank you for all the videos you have made each one has helped me understand what some commanders want and that there are other options out their besides the expensive stuff. Can't wait to see your next video.

[@jessespanogle6127]

Great value...great fun! Commander is the best format for a reason! It's a great way to get new players involved!

[@EricTheCleric93]

It's really funny how before this video, I always read "creature" on Zealous Conscripts and not "permanent". Great video, man!

[@aarona7962]

Great vid Jumbo. I always like to encourage people to dig deep and find cards that keep Commander financially manageable

[@hawkeye137137]

I love this kind of alternative cards which award a good deck builder's spent time and effort to find em. Tragic Arrogance is one of my most favourite cards from Origins, but probably most doesn't remember or know it exists.

[@TheDldowling]

Great video, Budget or otherwise alternative cards are great. Using cards like these keep the games interesting and help the decks you build feel different from one another.

[@shaynegunsher7206]

I really like how how these cards play more to the political/fun side of commander and not to the win more side. This is going to a great resource!

[@megajackle130]

Getting my first commander deck on Saturday, the Edgar Markov one for an event at my LGS. Really want to get into commander, this video will help me get an idea as to good cards to use when making my own decks.

[@auronit927]

I love this series! Reality Shift is in almost every single deck running blue and it has won me a game just last week when I faced an indestructible platinum angel. Also I'm a big fan of Zealous Conscripts in my Alesha deck. You know the card is good when I run it in Alesha and I can't even get it back with her ability.

[@TapirD.Ogenes]

I love building on budget. It feel like a whole new format sometimes and if you're lucky you find the weirdest cards sometimes to be better than the ones you wanted to replace .

[@steffenpabst3432]

Very nice video! I always tell my friends too, that the expensive cards often are not worth the extra costs in comparrisson to their budget brothers and sisters - actually, often they are even better.

[@JumboCommander]

Exactly! Magic can FEEL like it's pay to win and I don't think it has to be.

[@steffenpabst3432]

I think the most memorable games, when I feel like I "won" is not necessarily when I win, but after I pulled some really strange stuff with cards noone ever actually saw played or even heard about. And these are the cards that normally are not strong, but cause distraction at the table, like when yu suddenly through in a monarch emblem. Thank you for mentioning the will of the council mechanic. It is fully overlooked for its potential, because most of the opponents do not even feel it being that strong, even when they are destroyed by it. Most importantly, however, they do not feel like it was you destroying them =D Hey Jumbo, when will you make a video for such overlooked, but awesome cards, that make you opponents hate each other? Crown of Doom needs some love!

[@rokdadMT]

I love finding budget cards that are actually useful, thanks Jumbo.

[@RexTang00]

This video really got sifting through all my cards to see if I have the ones you went over. Great video

[@santuli_91]

I love videos like these. There's little that I love more than awesome budget commander cards.

[@D3M0NikChiLD]

Hey jumbo, pretty new to magic and now new to commander. Love your videos. Thanks for the opportunity!

[@JumboCommander]

It's a great game; glad you're a part of it with all of us!

[@WHmetalsage]

I love the idea of this series since it can show us many good cards that we might have not seen before...keep up the cool content

[@nickwoodcock5234]

Some solid, value cards here! Great list to consider for more budget options if that's what you're looking for.

[@allissaandvernoncook7126]

I haven't heard of any of these cards, but a lot of them really do seem pretty powerful, thanks for the video and the information!

[@danielgolinski2265]

I Just found your channel on a random scroll through whatever popped up on my KZbin feed. This was a great video, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest in this series. I've already ordered several of the cards you highlighted! I feel some deck tweaking happening really soon!😎👍

[@andrewode5880]

I saw some of my favorite cards in here, especially Ancient Excavation. I was also reminded i need to put Reality Shift into more blue decks. Thanks for the awesome content! and good luck to me!

[@kinnairdclan]

Just wanted to say this was a great video expressing some solid and cheap means to obtain what most want to get out of Commander--fun, surprising games that everyone can enjoy! I'm Making a Scarab God budget deck for a close friend who doesn't really have the time or cash to devote to serious deckbuilding--she will love a pretty and powerful card like the Bident! Also, I'm now strongly considering replacing a Harvester of Souls with Grim Haruspex in a jank-filled Exava reanimator deck I run--in general fit the small, belligerent R/B creature theme much better. Well done, subbed!

[@codykanter6090]

So I've been compiling a list of these awesome super cheap cards like this, I totally added all of these to that list, you're doing the lords work out here lol

[@KooroshForootan]

This entire series is gonna be incredibly relevant to me. I'm a massive budget player.

[@stebst]

Great cards, just getting back into playing after having my decks stolen a few years back. Can't wait to see what other fun cards you have hidden away that I can afford, so I can get started playing again.

[@Angelnex6]

This is one of the best Commander style videos I have seen, keep it up!

[@MB-uu3mu]

Great content, some of those I've never need and been playing/collecting for about 2 years. Look forward to the next video!