Symbiotic Swarm (Abzan Keywords) MTG Commander 2020 Precon Upgrade | $20, $200 | Budget Commander

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

The other thing I think this deck needs is every haste enabler it can possibly find. Haste is one of the few keywords Kathril can't grant, and having to wait a turn before you kill someone with your 11/11 flying double strike is a huge detriment. I would add: Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots Crashing Drawbridge Hall of the Bandit Lord Goryo's Vengeance Surrak, the Hunt Caller Concordant Crossroads (If you can afford it)

[@djelibaebi]

it's the 20$ upgrade, the higher upgrades at least have lightning and swiftfoot - though im not sure i agree going all in on the haste enablers given theyre somewhat win more cards and your 11/11 flying doublestrike will also have hexproof and indestructible a lot of the time as well, which only really leaves cards like council's judgement and merciless eviction as removal.

[@tomerabramovici32]

I think once you can afford Lightning Greaves + Swiftfoot Boots you're fine with just those two plus tutors to find them if necessary. For the $20 upgrade replacing Lightning Greaves with Crashing Drawbridge is a fine substitute though!

[@RedBossTV]

Good upgrade video, and thanks for focusing on the face commander instead of going for any of the sub commanders.

[@tomerabramovici32]

People specifically asked me for Kathril so I did it. All the new commanders in this precon look sweet though! Really like the variety we got here.

[@MidgarMerc]

Tomer during preview season: "Man the impetus cycle is a great addition! Thank you for the preview WotC! These are great!" Tomer in literally every one of these upgrade videos: "Take your impetus out of the deck, tie it to a firework and launch it into a landfill"

[@tomerabramovici32]

Don't worry, I'll be covering a deck soon that will be a good home for them!

[@0Whitelottus0]

Impetus cards are great political cards but those are greatly out of place in this decks that’s what he has been saying on his videos

[@MidgarMerc]

@@0Whitelottus0 It was a joke

[@MWorl91]

Merc I thought jokes were supposed to be funny

[@robertmitchell8052]

@@tomerabramovici32 Marisi? :D

[@OfficialMaddeck]

World Shaper is also a good card to return lands from the graveyard.

[@KingKoral]

Nowadays Wilson, Refined Grizzly seems to be straight up upgrade to Ramunap Hydra - same keywords, additional ward 2 and for 1G it's actually not bad to be played as a creature early game.

[@keaganrosario8230]

Had this precon restructured around Tayam and now I'm thinking I'll shift it back!

[@chimneyimp1486]

people always say you shouldn't hate... but bonder's ornament is a nice exception to the rule and i love tomer for shitting on it on all precon upgrades

[@dannewhall5256]

While I would love to make this deck in paper, the idea of having to deal with all those keywords in the bin and also distribute all those keyword counters seems pretty exhausting...

[@LapahnYT]

It's not that bad when you play the deck. There are way worse decks to play.

[@DemiNiBlack]

Tomer's way of making suggestions, talking about the merit of cards he's planning on cutting, and calm voice makes these videos an absolute delight. Thanks Tomer!

[@sOlOnOmO11]

I love this deck. Thank you for the quality video!

[@alexb1375]

It looks fun! Not much of a Voltron player, but I may try this one out. Btw, I think Nikara and Yannik are very unique partner commanders, I would really like to see your take on them!

[@robinkube16]

Can we have the video about tayam plz tomer

[@timothydeneen5389]

Eerie ultimatum is already in the deck what should we put in instead or just leave that one in….? I’m confused lol

[@Crazymachin3gun]

How do I email you a deck to be considered for commander clash cause my deck is super janky but pretty good based on step tribal no not art but the phases....

[@tomerabramovici32]

[e-mail] but I only look at requests for Viewer Submitted weeks.

[@Crazymachin3gun]

@@tomerabramovici32 thx

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

He got his deck played by Seth. Lolz and it won

[@avielp]

What's the name of the music at 11:30?

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Better Plan: Pull 41 cards you don't like(and *Sol Ring* ) Add *Buried Alive* . Bam! Your Kathril *Oathbreaker* deck is ready for the total upgrade cost of ~$2.50 USD!

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

thoughts on Winged Shepherd as a budget option? also perpetual timepiece is an amazing budget include that got left out. honestly not sure why no one seems to be running shepherd on edhrec...

[@tomerabramovici32]

It's okay and was in my initial build but the reason I didn't add it is because the keywords it brings are really common in the deck and filled by better creatures with more keywords. Flying vigilance is already covered very well.

[@MrKeroro623]

Hey there, In my Doran deck Zeltapa is an all star

[@aliabdalla5071]

So your $20 Article calls for an extra Forrest land that isn't mentioned in the youtube video. Also, the youtube video calls for "Springbloom Druid" where the article doesn't mention it. What's the move here compadre? Should I buy the druid card and replace with cartogophers hawk? Should I sub the forrest for the hawk until the druid comes in?

[@nathanedge3352]

What was the app you used to make the decks on?

[@Bigbird93]

I put in syr konrad in my kathril deck

[@_ualg]

Isn't the hawk really good for mono-white?

[@tomerabramovici32]

It will see the most play in Mono White yes but not always. Some decks I wouldn't run it, some decks like God-Eternal Oketra it'll be an all-star.

[@TeaHauss]

I'm surprised sylvan caryatid didn't make the list

[@bobfaceasdf9251]

probably because it's ~$9; a bit hard to fit in $20 upgrade still, if you have the card it's clearly excellent in the deck

[@MidgarMerc]

The link in the description is for the Enhanced Evolution article

[@neroson8840]

Okay so I wasn’t the only one.

[@tomerabramovici32]

Fixed thanks!

[@eldinatkin3128]

I'm pumped to try this out

[@BarbeChenue]

Do not play a drinking game based on "keyword soup", "keyword" or "soup" while watching this video.

[@twotonedSKAzn]

Voltron-style decks are my favorite! Great video!!

[@Alan-hw1np]

Yes, finally!

[@bdellovibrioo5242]

Brought to you by Campbell's.

[@aldinaneves]

I can‘t here the word soup anymore...

[@ddurst1]

Not the hugest fan of voltron but I'm sure I can make this a fun grindy deck

[@Big_Dai]

Removing Nikara and Yannik!?? Oh ho ho!! Also, it seems most of these new cards are mostly "personal choices" (like Painful Truths or Izoni for Hornet Queen or Nature's claim or Syphon Mind or Binding of the Titans) that I'm sure could be replaced by something better at a similar cost.

[@tomerabramovici32]

This upgrade is tuned around casting and winning with Kathril as quickly and consistently as possible. The partners do nothing for that strategy, so they are cut. The other cards are generic good cards that fill gaps the precon had. The precon severely lacks card draw, so I added the best ones at the price point. Not sure what there is to complain about?

[@SumNeuron]

If you’re brewing around kathril try out this fan made web app that helps you keep track of and manage your keyword soup to achieve the perfect seasoning of your brew sumneuron.gitlab.io/ktrl/

[@bamjo9]

not agreeing, but well done anyway

[@LapahnYT]

what would you do for $20 ugrade then?

[@theDON455]

This is no longer a 20$ upgrade 😔

[@rosspenney5158]

It's pronounced "Mirr-ee-ark" by the way bro

[@icebarrierangel6610]

Love you saf!

[@zenmello7616]

Should probably watch any of the video at all before commenting..

[@Logan-lz5gu]

Maybe it's a bot

[@rainbowspoon9872]

yikes

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

I think people are sleeping on the enchantment that goad the creatures.

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

Impetus. I forgot the name