The Odd Acorn Gang vs Mr Foxglove vs Wildsear vs Arthur

[@skylarthoma5353]

Never be afraid to finish off the Gruul player Also I might build Mr Foxglove now

[@TK-zd7ym]

Bello and Wildsear are so so good. Love to see Gruul do the old fashioned bash face but with enchantments.

[@TheBigPenguu]

I never thought that the little trash panda was going to be particularly powerful. Man, was I wrong. I'm building him now, with a lot of cool vehicles and 4+ enchantments.

[@Arutima]

Seems like Bello is very good when he's not the commander haha . Because Bello seems to be kill on sight, so, you are better off making a board state then casting Bello

[@TheBigPenguu]

It's worth running a bunch of equipment and enchantments that give protection or Hexproof with Bello in the command zone.

[@jemm113]

@@TheBigPenguu bello sadly cannot animate equipment, but protection pieces in general are a good choice!

[@livanbard]

​Unnecessary​ @@TheBigPenguuyou build your board and cast bello. If he gets taken out you grull ramp makes casting him again pretty easy. He doesn't need to stick around when it's not your turn and he doesn't care about having summoning sickness. Of you need protection instant speed ones are way better.

[@voodooogaming]

That's why I put Bello in my Marina Vendrell rooms deck

[@DarkEinherjar]

About Zinnia VS Arthur, the precon is clearly meant for Zinnia to be at the helm. That Curiosity Crafter you cheated out with Arthur? Absolutely bonkers with Zinnia out, especially if you offspring it. The family precon also has a 2-card combo: Helm of the Host + Combat Celebrant. I had no idea until I ran a simulation with it yesterday. 😅

[@ramonfigueiredo4995]

I really like Arthur and I've been trying to make him work out of the box, but I think I might have to switch him for Zimnia after all

[@madscientist2621]

​@@ramonfigueiredo4995Zinnia at the helm with Arthur on board is bonkers, all gas

[@jemm113]

Arthur needs his own deck, though does well as a Lieutenant in Zinnia proper.

[@mattrodriguez1712]

Love love love the turn for the conclusion of the video. Keep up the amazing work

[@stevenguitink5947]

I feel like Arthur is more like Winota and needs to be a build-around.

[@danriemer9724]

Crazy to give the person at 2 life an extra turn and not finish them off with the 4 2/2 flyers you just created. Was there life gain on board that I’m missing? Also, loyal warhound’s plains comes into play tapped.

[@b1p_mac275]

It did come in tapped. He searched for it after passing turn. See it appear at 3:54

[@danriemer9724]

@@b1p_mac275ahh that’s why I missed it. Good catch

[@buddadragonmtg]

Bello is in my opinion the best of the four decks. Once a couple of the nasty enchantments come out and you drop him it's pretty much game over.

[@AxillaryPower2]

I've been trying to to brew a Mr. Foxglove deck, but have been struggling to make it interesting. I feel like it needs a gameplan besides "ramp up to 5, start cheating out big creatures," which sounds agonizingly slow. Maybe I should try modifying the precon, since it already seems okay; build a functional deck that works without the commander.

[@jarvvoitlus9458]

More than most other precons, these backup commanders seem way more buildaround than typical. They really need their own custom lists, just switching them out in the precon feels bad.

[@DarkEinherjar]

I think The Odd Acorn Gang is better than Hazel, being a draw engine in the command zone all by itself. The precon also has Chatterfang as a possible 3rd commander, and IMO, he's way better in the token department than Hazel.

[@corwinniederer9763]

Chattefang should be at the helm. If there was a red game. That would have been it.

[@rancidrance875]

Yeah like, look at the Bello deck without bello. It's night and day.

[@jadiekat56]

Huh. Did not see that coming. That was fun.

[@GeoReza]

corwin forgot to make tokens on his end step from hazels trigger

[@Metroidhunter13]

Bello is a powerhouse and wildsear is gross. It just gets nutty

[@thengine7]

Arthur needs brainstorm

[@bryceneedham1860]

Arthur is a slower Winota

[@davideleidi9361]

Is that difficult to put creatures in front and artifacts/enchantments/pws in the back?

[@franzjimenez9398]

The squirrel commander cheated because when they attacked the squirrels with myriad he only had to steal 1 in total and not 1 for each squirrel that landed the hit.

[@nicolarre]

I think there was a missplay with The Odd Acorn Gang and the myriad squirrels. The last ability of The Odd Acorn Gang says whenever ONE OR MORE squirrels deal damage, so you only get to draw 1 card, regardless of how many squirrels dealt damage

[@DarkEinherjar]

Not sure where the misplay is, but if the squirrels connect with multiple players, their controller draws a card for each player that received combat damage.

[@nicolarre]

​@@DarkEinherjar You are right, I wasn't counting that the 3 hits where to 3 different players and not just one player. My bad.

[@Spirited_skiing]

Never scoop

[@proxylab7465]

13th

[@DarkEinherjar]

Are these the precons straight out of their boxes again, but with the other commander? I'm disappointed that the Chatterfang in the squirrel precon wasn't foil... 🥲

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yep!