The 7 Most Savage Commanders (And Their Decks)

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@lioco6124]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@nickstart2299]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@brwilson505]

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

[@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?

[@iankane3732]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@andrewrockwell1282]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

Buzzy?

[@Tarmobob-w7w]

Amber

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@Tarmobob-w7w I knew it

[@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.

[@AmazingArchus]

Love how heartstone is apparently the game in the description

[@mrnixon2287]

Inspired! totally building a slimefoot and squee deck ;)

[@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.

[@dullestpenguin4151]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

Super glad you liked it :D

[@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.

[@obliviouslich1722]

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

[@Merit_Liege]

Etali is so damn good. Definitely a CEdh consideration

[@hartmtg4316]

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

[@tashannoc]

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

[@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

[@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

[@snappified1622]

I like when big monster swing

[@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!

[@scottnixon9367]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you for watching! 💖 -Mia

[@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)

[@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

[@YeaItsMeMatt89]

These commanders are wild

[@gageriggs3914]

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

[@mothdentist]

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

[@jessejames6692]

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

[@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

[@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

[@natewalker6887]

I agree. Feed the algorithm!!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you! 💖

[@JohnAutopsy]

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

[@obadijahparks]

Next the most savage nonlegendary creatures! Grave titan!

[@adrianspiby9969]

Great vid ❤

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you! ❤️

[@tarkus6670]

i absolutley adore my selvala deck!

[@frankenhumper]

What happened to Joe Cherries?

[@elijahlyons8164]

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

[@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!

[@danielchu1539]

What about Slivers?

[@WoundedDuckify]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

Definitely on the horizon!

[@heroesoftheshire4681]

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

[@MrJustintreat]

Prosper is my favorite deck I own

[@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

[@sachabingham]

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

[@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.

[@murphygoodman2277]

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

[@SlaytanicSuperstarr]

They split due to creative differences

[@Theotherlostprimarch]

Don’t forget earthcraft in sevala

[@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.

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

5:16 what about goblin bombardment

[@NitpickingNerds]

Also a good sac outlet for sure

[@frankiesantos1050]

Tergrids gotta be pretty savage right?

[@jacobcardona2457]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

Unfortunately it may not be your day

[@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!

[@rah2823]

What happened to the other dude ?

[@alexmuccilli]

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

[@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

[@marcoottina654]

maelstrom wanderer may take advantage of Orthion

[@wizap7]

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

[@scampb]

I thought Yuriko was banned as a Commander?

[@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.

[@olioliooooooooo]

Nitpicking nerds! Even though I miss Joe you've made a smooth transition and content is still very good. Congratulations ❤!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you!

[@sebastianscopa3188]

Surprised I didn't see Tergrid! Mono black support for tons of mana and tutors, and you can assemble all the pieces to take enemy permanents if Tergrid lives for a turn.

[@NitpickingNerds]

She might go into "7 most hated" lol

[@mibbzx1493]

I love playing against tergrid , pls discard me more mommy im playing necromancy 🤤

[@drpibisback7680]

​@@mibbzx1493But how do you reanimate your big monsters when Tergrid stole them? The trick to playing Tergrid is never feeding your opponents' graveyards - you hold your mass discard and sacrifice cards until Tergrid is in play.

[@justinross7469]

Made a Sigarda deck to play against people who decide they want to try to ruin game night playing Tergrid. It's so funny watching Tergrid players rage when she is hexproofed an indestructible and they can't make me sacrifice or discard anything and they have no answers for all the Angel's that fly over them. So far it's 7-0 against Tergrid an becoming a staple in my rotation.

[@HexproofButHopeless]

You said if you attack with 5x warriors with Devilish Valet it’s 64 damage but doesn’t the Valet only get larger when the creatures enter? Or does it work with attacking creatures? Great video! I have never wanted to play Yuriko more than I do now 😂 new brew!

[@Aphidae]

Whenever one of your warriors attack najeela makes another 1/1 warrior.

[@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.

[@reckiuh]

Tergrid snubbed. If they untap, you lose.

[@ThrashFantasy]

Animar should be on this list imho guys 😂

[@christopherstoeffel4811]

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

[@NitpickingNerds]

We’re EXTREMELY slick

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Moxfield guess... 12:34

[@NitpickingNerds]

Not a bad guess!

[@jeffnorris211]

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

[@bobfranklin2572]

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

[@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

[@jessewhite1679]

Gut should have made list

[@krevin543]

I’m building a simic deck around Kiora, sovereign of the deep. Does anyone have any recommendations for lesser known mana ramp cards? I want to play a ton of 6-9 mana sea monsters to player cheaper spells for free with Kiora’s ability.

[@mibbzx1493]

Navigation orb, entish restoration, cultivate, rampant growth, harrow, the simic talisman of whatever, arcane signet, springbloom druid, sakura tribe elder are usually my go to. All busget friendly if im not mistakenb

[@mibbzx1493]

Also use cost reducers like goreclaw or like you can do some ninjustu shinanigans just be creative

[@krevin543]

@@mibbzx1493 thanks! I hadn’t heard of the Navigation Orb before 👌

[@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)"

[@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!

[@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 😂

[@slimyelbow]

Allegory mathom

[@NitpickingNerds]

never heard it called that before!

[@Breviparopus]

I think imoti is cooler than maelstrom wanderer

[@NitpickingNerds]

Me too, honestly

[@ryanmorris5923]

17:43

[@rosearmor45]

Nice

[@colinisabot]

12:14 is my guess

[@NitpickingNerds]

If only you were right...

[@TheSmartestManonEarth]

Eleven fourteen noxfirld ad

[@Ashaman556]

13:29

[@NitpickingNerds]

solid guess