The 7 Most Savage Commanders (And Their Decks)

These are the MOST savage commanders you can face down in your games!
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[@StoneSourFanBoy]

"Prosper is a sleeper" might be the funniest thing I've heard in a long time, that's why he's the most played rakdos commander (having 15k decks is insane, even for a precon commander).

[@TheDownSmasher]

lol right

[@ImOutYonder]

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin is the best rakdos commander

[@mibbzx1493]

Nah you get more value from prosper ngl but very close debate

[@MCC17011]

Sleeper in terms of threat on the table, people just gloss over Prosper. In a vacuum you get 1 card and treasure a turn, and not always. People are rarely going to waste removal on him, and tbh while a great asset to the deck you're probably better off targeting win cons unless you have excess removal. As for Ob, he's really strong but unlike Prosper he will draw ire. Not only will you be pinging and annoying people, but a huge flample body has to be removed or the game ends. Couple this with high(though often wasted) impulse draw, and you'll either stomp the game or get 3v1 quickly.

[@ImOutYonder]

@@mibbzx1493 ain’t no way lol ob nix is hella value but he will get targeted hard at a table since you can pull a win out your ass real fast

[@mrjey3434]

Dont know what to write, so i guess im just gonna feed the algorithm

[@NitpickingNerds]

It appreciates you

[@davidhowell1415]

Al gore’s rhythm

[@brendans1983]

Algorithm & Blues

[@fadhlilahzainol2486]

Feed

[@meant09]

@@brendans1983new episodes of bluey are out

[@jeremiahchamberlain4179]

You guys suggested some very wierd cards for slimefoot and squee, for mana ramp why wouldn't you use creatures that fetch pands as an etb that you can reanimate and use as sack fodder. Also atsushi and ashnod's altar gives you infinite mana for slimefoot and squee reanimations.

[@wesleypollek4637]

Really hope Greven, Predator Captain is on this list, he seems actually savage in the lore and with his abilities

[@edwarddaignault5243]

I have been killed by Greven, can confirm lol

[@BrodyTwice]

Makes a cool rat colony decj

[@OG_13RAX]

As someone who recently built Slimefoot and squee I’ve been struggling. I went too hard in saproling tribal and did not enough Mill and sac outlets. I appreciated all your recs

[@andonus]

For slimefoot & squee another infinite would be phyrexian altar and sprouting thrinax, infinite saps -> infinite mana

[@brwilson505]

I'm probably a dummy, but are there complete deck lists for these?

[@Fausto_4841]

Extra turn spells are perfect for Yuriko. Let's be honest, we're never getting past like 6 mana anyways, those Draco's and eldrazi are reduced to burn spells. If you're going to have stupid expensive cards you might as well run extra turns bc they synergize.

[@murphygoodman2277]

What happened to the other guy. Is he ok? Wtf ?

[@SlaytanicSuperstarr]

They split due to creative differences

[@Hyxtrem]

I have to agree on them. Especially Prosper, Selvala and Wanderer. Selvala is like a submarine deck. You're like "ok sure" and then it's too late. I prefer Samut over Wanderer as Haste enabler because of white color over blue. But the extra cascade cascade is stupid. NEVER underestimate Haste on board. It WILL kill you.

[@Hyxtrem]

@@mofomiko its 3 very different Builds. Xenagos is hard to remove, but it does grant Haste only on the combat phase to one target, tho it grants a very nice boost to it aswell. Chainers can act as a Haste enabler, but you have to set up things properly and once again, you will have very few Haste enabled in your turn. Samut, on the contrary, is just a massive board haste enabler by itself, she has Flash so it's not that hard to cast it at the good timing, you have access to Green and Mana Dorks which can tap immediatly and this will lead to a Turbo playstyle.

[@jackrosen1]

Isn't prosper the most played rakdos commander? Not sure if I'd call that a sleeper haha

[@mibbzx1493]

Facts i built it and have the deck and they printed so many treasures now and i just thought it would be a dope value commander but turns out ppl hate you getting value and treasures so i barely play it but its fun and i dont play bullcrap it it, i use it as a storm deck

[@teokoles789]

Hell yeah, love Slimefoot and Squee. Awesome budget friendly commander and very fun to play. I build it with a saporling subtheme tribal kind of...

[@exohunter1902]

Same, made a really janky version with thallids for saproling support/sacrifce outlets. It might not be the best version of this deck, but it is hell lot of fun.

[@nickstart2299]

Prosper deck is named "Why Do They Keep Printing Cards for Prosper"

[@akselhansen304]

you should do more of these types of videos and the ones where u give deck ideas :) do you have any links to the lists u mentioned in this video?

[@lioco6124]

i like that even tho joe cherries isnt a nitpicking nerd anymore, 1 patron is still trying to buy him a cedh deck

[@iankane3732]

Prosper is the king of taking 20 minute turns that hardly advance their board state. I absolutely loathe playing against Prosper.

[@michaelpatalano9884]

I played the nerds at commandfest Orlando and Mia doored us all!

[@NitpickingNerds]

LOL that is one of my favorite decks, thank you so much for playing with me! 😁💖 -Mia

[@DARKMalice9000]

Slimefoot and Squee was fun to watch on The Command Zone the Episode is March of the Machine Planechase Kozilek the Great Distortion was fun to watch Ashlen win with it on Fan Vs Game Knights So I can understand their "Savage" Title

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Today I'm going over the seven most savage Nerds! And you won't believe who makes number one!!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Buzzy?

[@rudisgoldeneluger2640]

Amber

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@rudisgoldeneluger2640 I knew it

[@FredBobBurps]

Oswald fiddlebender may look innocent at first, but he is SAVAGE. I built a deck under $200, and you can just use him to first grab lightning greaves or swiftfoot boots, and then grab whatever you need for the situation at hand. Consistent turn four wins, or, if my table doesn't mind, I can mess around with crown of the empires and such and gain control of everybodies creatures.

[@rah2823]

What happened to the other dude ?

[@gershomtan5879]

Korvold has to be one of the most savage commanders ever. Kinda wild y'all didn't highlight him, because he's one 20 min turn away from you just dying.

[@skiatheshade]

I feel like a lot of people build Slimefoot and Squee as a Saproling tribal and lean way to hard into that direction. I think you only need a few backup Saproling generators and the rest should be full on reanimator with ETB effects, and you will make some explosive turns.

[@obliviouslich1722]

As a Korvold player, I'm just happy he is not here. He is even more exploitable than Yuriko or Maelstorm Wanderer.

[@billytheframe1355]

This video make it sound like you tried to play high power but some pubstomber packed out their cEDH deck (especially Selvala and Najeela)

[@jeffnorris211]

Marionette master and cranial plating in prosper ends people pretty quickly.

[@frankiesantos1050]

Tergrids gotta be pretty savage right?

[@reckiuh]

Tergrid snubbed. If they untap, you lose.

[@FatstaxMTG]

Fair and najella don’t belong in the same sentence. But chatterfang in najella is life.

[@mibbzx1493]

Chatterfang is cheap asf too. Thats no justification for it

[@scampb]

I thought Yuriko was banned as a Commander?

[@stormybaker4135]

Umbral Mantle can't pump the rest of your team "to infinity" with Selvala unless you have some way of tapping the creatures (or the creatures all have activated abilities, like mana dorks.) There's a world where Birds of Paradise + Umbral Mantle + Training Grounds kills people.

[@Brownian_floation]

Cryptolith Rune can help

[@yoyepo91]

You guys mentioned imoti- she imo is a savage commander that belongs in the list. With my imoti deck, if i ever cast any big spell when she’s out, I’m taking infinite turns and crushing everyone with enormous creatures

[@AmberPanda382]

I like the list, but next time add Jetmir, nexus of revels. He will literally one shot the table w/ 8 tokens

[@iankane3732]

Jetmir hate bears is the scariest

[@AmberPanda382]

@@iankane3732 yeah no kidding. I play speed blitz tokens and I’m terrified of it

[@loganspeller5194]

I’ve actually been tweaking my maelstrom wanderer deck for the past few months and it’s pretty sweet. I focused my deck on bouncing the commander back and forth and having a bunch of stuff out that lets me draw from casting creatures to keep my hand full. It’s pretty scary and even if my commander gets countered the cascades still go off

[@Theotherlostprimarch]

Don’t forget earthcraft in sevala

[@jessejames6692]

My Yuriko deck has no extra turns. I'd put them in, but my play group refuses to play against them.

[@danielkilgore8654]

I need to find that Slimefoot and Squee budget deck...

[@NitpickingNerds]

It was sooo good! Joe Cherries might have access to it since it was their boyfriend's deck!

[@danielkilgore8654]

@@NitpickingNerds good to know!

[@voidprism_studios666]

Shoutout to slimefoot and squee. Its been my main deck right now. Goes infinite with a ham sandwich. Infinite mana you can end the game with cards you mentioned like syr konrad. But I use the new etali to exile all of opponents libraries and cast their libraries, meat hook massacre or terror of the peaks for a syr konrad effect. You can go infinite with eternal witness, returning every card in your graveyard to hand good for tutoring. And even exile cant stop us with Endurance effects or Riftsweeper 😂

[@sketchymofo]

Does Mia have a deck list for her Door to Nothingness deck? Have been thinking about a build for that card for a long time now.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yes! www.moxfield.com/decks/m1lwxYT130ePXEx0qu89rQ

[@sketchymofo]

@NitpickingNerds Very cool! Will have to test this sometime.

[@heresyseed]

Listen nerds… I’m parroting all this shit back to my pod… don’t make me look bad in front of a bunch of 9 year olds… “you wouldn’t want that”… “Would you ?😅“ -Biff

[@deputydevil6839]

I literally just built maelstrom wanderer, had the most insane starting hand and had 10 mana by turn 3, even with all eyes focused on me for the rest of the game there was just no hope.

[@ivernedit]

Don’t see my goat, the witch-king of angmar. His power is truly savage and I kill my friends pretty awesome with his voltron tech.

[@elonaswrath]

Couple other cards i love for slimefoot and squee, Razaketh for a sac outlet and tutors, Pitiless Plunderer for near infinite combos with a bunch of creatures, and skirk prospector as a sac outlet cause s and s are a goblin and it makes colored mana

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Moxfield guess... 12:34

[@NitpickingNerds]

Not a bad guess!

[@heroesoftheshire4681]

Slimefoot is the only one i would remove from the list. Adding something like Kinan.

[@sachabingham]

Been playing an new etali deck recently and it's been gross. Very budget because you play everyone else's good cards

[@frankenhumper]

What happened to Joe Cherries?

[@moonwitch5466]

Fun bit of tech. Cloudstone Curio + P Drake and Deadeye Nav. = infinite mana and can keep sending Wanderer to hand and cast it again.

[@obadijahparks]

Next the most savage nonlegendary creatures! Grave titan!

[@JohnAutopsy]

Great video! Watching this on a mobile device it would be nice if the cards you talk about would be bigger

[@danielchu1539]

What about Slivers?

[@TheSmartestManonEarth]

Eleven fourteen noxfirld ad

[@mrnixon2287]

Inspired! totally building a slimefoot and squee deck ;)

[@wizap7]

I’m the unicorn of Yuriko players who doesn’t play extra spells

[@tashannoc]

I love my najeela deck but don't play it very often because of how brutal it can get.

[@RazgrizAce67]

Always thought cascade deck would be fun but with Maelstrom Wanderer the play pattern is too boring: ramp, ramp, ramp, play Wanderer, win.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah you really need to KO the player before they can do their thing

[@drpibisback7680]

​@@NitpickingNerdsI think the problem is that OP was themselves the Wanderer player - they were saying the play pattern was too repetitive.

[@bobfranklin2572]

You guys should both build a mono colored deck each. Only have 3+ is so boring.

[@jordonpohl7393]

Whenever Etali is mentioned (Either of them) can we get a “Joe Cherries 🍒 staple!” Shout out?! 🎉

[@hartmtg4316]

Any decklist for Najeela? I think I wanna build her.

[@gageriggs3914]

i always pair Butcher of Malakir with Dictate of Erobos. double the effect

[@jessewhite1679]

Gut should have made list

[@alexmuccilli]

Prosper slept on? He's one of the most popular rakdos commanders ever...

[@noodle6679]

Im so glad joe is gone 😂

[@yannikkissa9419]

Someone should have told me that Yuriko is so strong. I am back into the game, want to play blue and black, look for cool tribes, see ninjas, my friend says they are strong in EDH, put together Yuriko, ninja tribal. You automatically change it to the classic shell since it just makes sense and the actual ninjas aren't strong at all.

[@Merit_Liege]

Etali is so damn good. Definitely a CEdh consideration

[@donovanmorris1848]

Selvala is spelled “Selvage” at the bottom of the screen 8:00

[@freezerburn7]

Love how heartstone is apparently the game in the description

[@deathsgauntlet]

Just a note, you can't use Jeweled Lotus to add colorless mana to your pool to pay for Kozilek's colorless requirements.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah you just use it to make any color, any lands or mana rocks in the deck most likely pay for the two waste symbols

[@marcoottina654]

maelstrom wanderer may take advantage of Orthion

[@edwarddaignault5243]

Karlach and Flaming fist sure did a number on my group the other day. Then the Karlach player had Karlach stolen from him and lost lol.

[@mibbzx1493]

Karlach deserves it

[@jonathantavitian7283]

LFGGGGGGG

[@davidjones2921]

Boost

[@ThrashFantasy]

Animar should be on this list imho guys 😂

[@RobMedellin]

I have 2 of these 7 and could also build selvala on a whim. I know why my friends don't like my decks.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Don't show them this!

[@MrJustintreat]

Prosper is my favorite deck I own

[@iansvoice1]

It’s too bad Grave Titan isn’t Legendary or else I’m SURE he would be on this list

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah, or maybe "The 7 Most Stinky, Miserable Commanders (And Their Decks)"

[@dullestpenguin4151]

Love this video. Give me cool commanders and the best cards to play, simple and perfect.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Super glad you liked it :D

[@tarkus6670]

i absolutley adore my selvala deck!

[@WoundedDuckify]

When do we get the Mia decks video? I want to see the deck with door to nothingness

[@NitpickingNerds]

Definitely on the horizon!

[@loganpiper734]

Algorithm

[@elijahlyons8164]

This is great content, I'd love these mini deck techs more niche stuff too

[@snappified1622]

I like when big monster swing

[@rehberg.]

I’m surprised Myrkul, Lord of Bones isn’t on the list. When you summon him it feels like the game is over instantly. He allows you to go infinite super easy and can establish board states that are almost unbreakavle.

[@kennellfrederick4367]

He costs 7 mana, so he's easier to control

[@mibbzx1493]

I cast mykrul Opponent: counter target spell Mykrul: didnt expect that

[@simionion9998]

I thought thst the title said: The most savage tier 7s and their decks. I was like are whole commanders 7s?!

[@NitpickingNerds]

every commander deck is a 7! lol

[@simionion9998]

@@NitpickingNerds Exactly!

[@scottnixon9367]

Thanks for the Najeela deck advice. Mia... ❤❤

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you for watching! 💖 -Mia

[@YeaItsMeMatt89]

These commanders are wild

[@lucario9054]

Horn of Gondor would go nuts with Najeela...

[@MCC17011]

It makes human soldiers and Najeela only cares about warriors. She already functions like the horn per combat and can grant extra combats herself. Think of anything to abuse that(Isshen, token doublers, etc) but mostly anything to help get warriors on the board ASAP and WUBRG by turn 5 and you can kill 1-2 players outright.

[@bluepomegranate]

One of my most savage commanders is Atla Palani, Nest Tender. Watch out for when a sacrifice outlet hits the field, because if she cracks even one egg, you’re in for a world of hurt!

[@iankane3732]

Funny thing is the sac outlet into eldrazi is actually the "fair" version of atla. The cedh version cycles infinitely through its deck with mirror entitiy and kills everyone with a creature that repeatedly ETBs for damage.

[@bluepomegranate]

Oh, I’m well aware lol. Mirror entity is a favorite of mine

[@iankane3732]

@@bluepomegranate its an all star in the fair version of the deck too, it's always fun when someone plays a board wipe into it not realizing what it can do.

[@christopherstoeffel4811]

idk why you think you're slick, the ad is at 14:32

[@NitpickingNerds]

We’re EXTREMELY slick

[@jacobcardona2457]

Todays my day I’m guessing the ad comes in at 14:38

[@NitpickingNerds]

Unfortunately it may not be your day

[@Breviparopus]

I think imoti is cooler than maelstrom wanderer

[@NitpickingNerds]

Me too, honestly

[@ericklewis1530]

I would definitely add Toxrill to that list

[@mibbzx1493]

I hate that damn slug, i finally beat a toxrill player and it felt good but my winrate against that commander is cery low. Its best to hold up counter magic cuz it can still sac itself to its own ability and draw a billion cards

[@watchdogsboston]

I wonder if my friends consider me a savage for playing Yuriko 🤔

[@super1upmushroom]

The answer is yes

[@NitpickingNerds]

If you play any of the common Yuriko cards... probably :p

[@watchdogsboston]

@@NitpickingNerds I’ll take it!

[@rosearmor45]

Nice

[@andree9412]

Doorda!

[@Buchaus]

Day 17 of guessing the Moxfield ad at 16:44

[@NitpickingNerds]

How's it going for you?

[@Buchaus]

Currently not very well, but it's only been a couple of weeks 😂 I'm sure the start will eventually align and I'll cheat by getting the time right. Then again, by guessing the same time every video, you could theoretically make it to where I was never right 🤔 I don't know why you'd go through the trouble of doing that though 😂

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

5:16 what about goblin bombardment

[@NitpickingNerds]

Also a good sac outlet for sure

[@natewalker6887]

I agree. Feed the algorithm!!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you! 💖

[@Ashaman556]

13:29

[@NitpickingNerds]

solid guess

[@petermullins10]

🎉🎉🎉

[@ryanmorris5923]

17:43