The Top 15 Commander Cards $1 or Less | Budget Bombs

[@Neobuddha73]

Stopped playing Magic for about 15 years... Then found my old boxes and restarted playing EDH 1v1, mainly with my son during COVID... Long story short - bought way too many precons, obsession (in a good way) is 100% back, etc... I started watching your upgrade videos... You are, by far, my go to channel for practical and reliable Commander information! Congrats and keep up the good work! You guys rock! Long Life to the Nitpicking Nerds! :)

[@enersha]

bought too many EDH precons? like you made too much profit?

[@illusivespecter8124]

I'd suggest exploring other options these guys are pretty good as well their info sometimes is rather biased but knowledge from all ends you know if your looking for good budget stuff I'd suggest commander's quarters, for cedh I'd say playing with power mtg and for like a nice middle ground the command zone.

[@djbisson9819]

There’s this neat little commander channel that focuses on semi budget fun builds called Commanders Brew I def recommend checking them out if you haven’t. Plus there so close to 10k subs and I think they would appreciate as well as deserve to hit that mile stone.

[@Neobuddha73]

@@enersha as in I restarted playing Magic again… and kinda flipped out on commander stuff - was more into Standard before

[@Neobuddha73]

Anyway am not boycotting the other channels / am a subscriber and avid watcher of all of them but wanted to congratulate the Nerds here mainly; that was the raison d’être of my comment / this said thank you for the recommandations! 8)

[@ColorwaveCraftsCo]

Nice haircut Beezy 😊 and as a budget player, I really appreciate this series! Thanks guys!

[@ColorwaveCraftsCo]

@@aljaziification 😂

[@NitpickingNerds]

I accept all complements even if they suck lol

[@Canyonmimbs]

Fresh haircut beezy, we all know your tryna lure us in with the rugged looks

[@DistantSon1]

Nature's Claim is SO amazing. Every time I play it people go "why does that cost one?!?"

[@NitpickingNerds]

Much better than 3 mana for split second if you ask us!

[@AbyssArray]

Exotic Orchard is more or a less an auto-include into my non-mono colour land bases, it doesn't have to look at basics notably, someone's bound to play an "all colour" land like a Command Tower for example (or maybe they just fetch a Triome) Always appreciate these budget bombs, feels nice to know I have these in my decks already

[@zeroisnine]

I've done that morph into massive card draw play. Very worth it.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

Krosan Grip is great for smashing Divining Tops before they even get to be used once. Just like they should be!

[@steveokegawa4140]

Facts. It also regularly is used to destroy my Leyline of Anticipation/Vedalken Orrery, almost to the extent that I wonder why I even run them anymore. :(

[@steveokegawa4140]

@@Frostgiantbutsmall That’s also true. It’s definitely completely insane when you’re allowed to keep either on the battlefield for several turn rotations.

[@markoramius4689]

I think I saw Krosan Grip's absolute ceiling when I used it to kill a Shimmer Myr when my opponent was fully untapped and had 10 cards in hand. I still don't play it now.

[@faerie7dragon]

Mine was killing a Greater Good with a Board Wipe on the stack.

[@wbw911]

yes it's main purpose is to beat interaction against it with Split Second

[@Jaffonso23]

I think ive lost ONE game ever to the split second of krosan grip, mid combo execution. It was pretty much the only card in existence that could have lost me the game. That being said, I swapped nature's claim in for krosan grip in all of my decks.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Like we say, Split Second matters like 10% of the time, but mana cost matters 100% of the time

[@Deebofreebo]

Would be fun to see this format broken into strategies. Top 15 bombs in lifegain, taxes, aristo etc. Like this format, another great video. So close to 100. Keep it up!

[@theoldgoddeuce5943]

This would be really helpful!! I would love to see this.

[@golgariguy]

So here's a story about mana dorks: I was playing my Xenagos deck. and I won through *two* (not one but *two* !) Cyclonic Rifts because I had a Guardian Project and 3 one-mana mana elves. So, every time they cast Rift I would go: Guardian Project, Elf, Elf, Elf, draw three cards :-) Btw guys, how about some strategy videos? For example, how to improve your threat assessment, or how to not look intimidating in order to improve your chances of victory etc. i would be very much interested in your opinion on these topics!

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

LOL I had a game with my Xenagos deck where I played Birds of Paradise than used Kessig Wolf Run giving the bird 6 power than doubled + haste with Xenagos, my opponent was flabbergasted at taking 12 flying haste damage from a ''mana dork'' #BoltTheBird :P

[@dcnole]

I want to make "BUDGET BAAAAHHHMMMMBSSSS" my cell phone ringtone. Alas, I lack the technological skills to do this. Also, it would be incredibly annoying to everyone but me. But still.

[@obadijahparks]

If I heard that I would laugh so.. hard!

[@NitpickingNerds]

I made a custom text tone on my iPhone and it basically took me three hours. For some reason it is impossibly difficult. Maybe they have made the process easier in recent years?

[@finks1]

Glad you guys finally made this. I’ve been wondering how you felt the top bombs stacked up against each other outside of their own colors/types.

[@magicmarc1966]

I think your Budget Bombs videos are great. They stimulate deck design ideas and also sometimes even fit into non-budget decks with a strictly better card. thank you!

[@pretzelvanille2585]

Congrats guys! Your channel is amazing and you have an interesting synergy together

[@zchwen]

The comments are right, it's a good fitting haircut beezy! Now on to watching BUDGET BOMBS!!!

[@golgariguy]

Hey guys we love you and we love your content, just be careful not to go in burnout to keep the daily content coming! I wouldn't mind skipping a day or even a week or more if it is for your health. Just saying this since I know it's a big problem for many creators.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Porque no los dos?

[@JellemaDilemma]

My locals is surprisingly high end competitive, so in my instance I run both natures claim and Krosan grip. Split second is very helpful when someone plays their food chain and I need it gone with out having to worry about counters.

[@geeganasaw3895]

I’ve been waiting for something like this

[@NitpickingNerds]

We did it for you

[@geeganasaw3895]

Thanks!

[@FecklessSpoon]

You kind of said it, but mono colored decks shouldn't run command tower, a basic has far more synergy

[@thekwjiboo]

I agree with one exception. If you're running mono green Azusa and your plan is to get field of the dead into play with a crucible of worlds and keep replaying and busting a fetch land, you need a variety of Lands to trigger field of the dead. In that specific deck command Tower is good.

[@corvoattano6765]

Doomskar is a pretty good "3 mana" boardwipe as you can foretell it a turn before I play both Krosan Grip and Nature's claim lol

[@alexbevan2183]

I just found you a while ago through your shorts videos and I have to say you are a great channel for tips and advice. Definitely watching more, you’ve gained a new sub keep up the great content!

[@NitpickingNerds]

So great to hear, welcome aboard Alex!

[@KingQuetzal]

Thought scour is good because of all the tutors that put things on top of your deck. You can respond to draw trigger by milling the card they tutored and drawing for 1 mana

[@Drewbe821]

Sun Titan: if white was included in the decklist, it was in that precon.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Also true of Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

[@elipetrou9308]

One is a biiiiiit better than that other

[@nickhughes8179]

It came with my Gavi precon.

[@PileOTaters]

It might not be top 15, but verity circle is an underrated card

[@crawdaddy2004]

So surprised that Frantic Search didn’t make it.

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's over a dollar :(

[@harrisonwulf8523]

One thing I like about budget deck building is that a lot of the cards aren't good on a budget - they're just good. I've got a fairly expensive Karador list, but it still runs minight reaper, haruspex, carrion feeder, viscera seer, and rec sage. Used to run sun titan but he similarly got dropped off for just being a smidge too slow, but I've thought about bringing him back since he can be redundancy for combo pieces.

[@TheRedGauntlet]

I used Nature's Claim on a turn 1 Sol Ring one time. My oponent got so upset XD

[@ZeroNobo]

Don't know why he's upset. He's winning now, look at that extra 4 life. If anything he should be thanking you. 😅

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah, life gain is INVALUABLE

[@CristianM93]

You became in my favorite MTG channel. Keep on doing such as great job. Thanks.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We're happy to occupy the spot of your fav! hoping to keep it moving forward

[@Npocommander]

Myriad landscape is one of the best lands, i dont use command tower in mono colored decks

[@entiao5570]

You should, in case you play Field of the Dead ^^

[@Npocommander]

@@entiao5570 dont own any of those

[@Npocommander]

@@entiao5570 if i did it would be in my 5 colored mutate

[@abderianagelast7868]

I'm not all that hot on Myriad Landscape anymore. The fact that you have to wait a turn and end up spending 3 mana to fetch 2 basics that have to be the same means that anything above 2 colors probably won't want it. Now, in colors like Boros or mono-red, yes, it's one of the best ramp options you have. But most of the time, I'd rather just draw into a Command Tower. And yes, I know Myriad Landscape's ability is 2 mana, but you also have to tap the Landscape itself, meaning you're losing out on 3 mana worth of lands for the turn.

[@Polfor]

Damn haircut beezy looking as fresh as a turn one sol ring into Arcane signet

[@NitpickingNerds]

Haha thank you!!!

[@TheObstalace]

Fun fact! Encoring Gray Merchant with Araumi and no other pips in play is a 126 point life swing

[@NitpickingNerds]

Fair magic, it IS a common after all

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I love using ''Gary'' with Rite of Replicate :P

[@lassevikingkristensen5488]

I don't understand why gray merchant of asphodel with 2 black devotion can net you 12 life in a 4 player commander game. Each opponent loses 2 life = 2 x 3 = 6? Can someone please explain :D Thanks!

[@beepboopkendo4206]

I'm 99% sure that Command tower won't produce mana for a colourless commander

[@untitledphysicist3205]

It wont

[@searchforgreatness69]

Colorless isnt a color so youre right

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yep, it doesn't

[@soleo2783]

And exotic orchard can't copy a wastes

[@shamtactics4712]

I sat down and played against a colorless commander player. It was my 3rd time playing commander. I had exotic orchard in my hand and that game I learned colorless is not a color bc it was a one v one game

[@rosegarrity3720]

The Nitpicking Nerds: Exotic Orchard is Command Tower at home. Command Tower: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@toctheyounger]

Fact or Fiction is one of the best cards in the format in many ways. Its instant draw that can draw better than its CMC, and its a challenge to play from both players involved. I absolutely LOVE the fact or fiction minigame.

[@marcoortiz6616]

I do love all your videos and all your tips :)

[@Npocommander]

Gary a staple in black decks, and awesome in alesha, who smiles at death

[@andrewhoward6946]

Just a note: Tragic Arrogance doesn't hit artifact lands. You CAN pick an artifact land as their artifact though, but they only sacrifice "non-land"s

[@austinblankenship7631]

me out here with mystic sanctuary/time warp loops as the main wincon in two decks: 👁👄👁 in FAIRNESS, trade routes is decent in landfall decks anyways, and soratami cloudskater is a rogue🤷‍♂️

[@EPICSAGA007]

Am I reading tragic arrogance wrong? You shouldn't be able to lose a darksteel citadel to it. It ends with "each player sacrifices all other NONLAND permanents he or she controls" so even if they don't choose your darksteel citadel as your Artifact you get to keep you don't sacrifice it since it's a land

[@plazmatic954]

I think this is correct way to go about it. It has both the types land and artifact, which should protect it since the spell says sacrifice nonland permanents.

[@NitpickingNerds]

IVE BEEN CHEATED OUT OF A CITADEL! Still top 5 boardwipes ever! Thanks for the heads-up, we'll keep that in mind for next time we mention it

[@plazmatic954]

@@NitpickingNerds Oh the card has still won me games, so big agree. Though you can pick someone's citadel as the protected artifact still.

[@EPICSAGA007]

@@NitpickingNerds no problem! You guys put out such good educational content, I'm just happy I could teach you something in return

[@ryanshaw4907]

Love your daily content makes the day go by fast!

[@NitpickingNerds]

We'll keep em coming!

[@RazgrizAce67]

Exotic Orchard is IMO a windmill slam in most any multicolor deck even non-budget. Especially if you are playing either blue and/or green you are almost guaranteed that someone at the table is in those colors.

[@Domenico44055]

Barber: "Ready for your all inclusive treatment? It'll be a little expensiv-- Beezy: "BUDGETBOOOMB!!!" Barber: "Say no more."

[@NitpickingNerds]

I got the budget bomb haircut

[@p1k4nurxp13sr]

Split second on Kgrip is relevant if you are in a meta with a huge amount of Aetherflux/Ballista

[@noahrawlins7487]

I play kadena slinking sorcerer and grim harupex needs morph for that deck.

[@Morrodin182]

Well I do have 2 color decks without command tower and even sol ring but that is just because I have a deck building 'addiction' (currently near 40 deck or so) and one has only that many command towers or sol rings :pppp ... though yeah if anyone disagrees on command tower being the best budget command tower they are CLEARLY wrong ^.^

[@manop98]

Most underrated magic channel

[@NitpickingNerds]

Soon we will be appropriately rated!

[@timbombadil4046]

Exotic Orchards get significantly better the more other players use them. That way they even help your own lands fix for the orchard. Not in the habit of putting them in my 2-color decks since they frequently face each other, and the 2-color decks don't want to enable greedier 3-color decks.

[@krunkykong]

Another thing I like about llanowar elves and such is that they are immune to opposition agent.

[@aidankeyes5526]

That fresh cut on sir Beezy looking great

[@NitpickingNerds]

Ayyyy appreciate it!

[@alejocuruchet76]

You're super awesome guys! Freshest edh content!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hey thanks so much, we try!

[@alejocuruchet76]

@@NitpickingNerds I follow you since the begining and I'm proud to see how much you have improved so far!

[@eversor431]

Tragic Arrogance/Mythos do not get the upside of forcing sacrifice of artifact lands. They're worded to sac all non-land permanents not chosen. You can choose the artifact land to force all their non-land artifacts to get sacrificed though.

[@lucasfigueroa6165]

I know i'm late. But yoy can filter cards by price in scryfall. You need to put usd

[@ethanwetzel7]

A g'baby. An unforgettable intro

[@corsel6911]

Beezy, you look like I guy I work with and the way your personality comes across in your videos is similar to his also Every time I watch your videos I'm reminded of him. Thanks for the videos NN.

[@NitpickingNerds]

It would be weird if we actually worked together

[@corsel6911]

@@NitpickingNerds You're welcome to come work with us, I'll have a helmet ready for you when you arrive 👨‍🚒👨‍🚒🚒🚒

[@mimiklureaegis9906]

I do not agree with Hour of Reckoning...out of everything here, Hour of Reckoning could have been something else, tbh...still, great, great, GREAT list!!

[@dhov760]

Mystic Sanctuary also sees some play in Vintage.

[@marecar900]

Remind your friends that Command Tower doesn't work in colorless edh decks :D

[@rickyrichards1294]

Profaner of the dead is a neat budget boii as well

[@BIGFRANKOL75]

Command Tower is unplayable in mono color decks, right? Unless you using Field of the Dead maybe?

[@themenace2718]

Is it just me or is barely any of these cards bombs. They just seem like very efficient creatures or one for once and I have never played a game of Commander where in Elvish mystic could be called a bomb I'm pretty sure I've seen one in the game but not be a bomb.

[@thrillhouse4151]

The price for punch ratio doesn’t get much better than Sun Titan, an absolute chad of a card for like 59 cents

[@rule-of-three1483]

If you're building a deck in green, why can't you hold up the mana for Krosan Grip? Are you frankly isn't that why people play green, to be good at everything but firstly ramp?

[@KingDavid12DT]

Guys, I would really appreciate it if you made a video that focuses on great ways to build your kids first Commander deck to introduce them to Magic. Lets face it, we all are getting older daily, and we need to pass on knowledge to the next generation. Im afraid that I may overcomplicate the build and he lose interest before he actually gives it a try. Any ideas?

[@jacobgherardi3793]

I do enjoy the fact of playing one mana drops, but just because it’s played in competitive doesn’t make it good for lower powered decks, not trying to pick apart your argument, but you will see cards played in CEDH that aren’t played in EDH. I’m not saying your point is wrong, I’m just saying good in CEDH =/= good in EDH

[@jaredremedies8730]

Lmao the morph comment I have a kadena deck and yeah most of the morph creatures suck but you can really murder some artifacts and enchantments

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

I don't play command tower in any of my mono colored decks. It just doesn't make sense to play them in a mono colored deck. I'd rather play a basic land so I can get a bit more synergy with my deck.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah it doesn't do anything in a mono colored deck :P

[@mufasafalldown8401]

My kinda content right here! 😆

[@returnoftheduelist9790]

I thought this was top 15 commanders for under $1, but nonetheless love the budget segments

[@jochemberends3438]

checked on bazar of magic: 15, 6 and two of the signets are €1,00+ in the EU

[@kingginger3335]

If there was a 5 color lands matter commander, that isn't Golos because he's not really lands matter unless you build it that way, and there's about 500 ways to build it. Probably way more than that.

[@mariofisher6340]

Naya, Jund, and Rith's charm are the best modal spells under a $

[@atticusdanielson7198]

Fresh cut 🙌🙌

[@TopLevelJiuJitsu]

Good list

[@marcoortiz6616]

Me gustan muchos sus videos y sus recomendaciones !

[@puer1110]

Hey, Im trying Beledros witherbloom with Carion feeder; so, can I sacrifice my creature token (Beledros effect) for Carrion feeders effect of adding a 1/1 counter on Carrion?

[@tomerick28]

I liked all the red cards on this list 🙃 command tower and exotic orchard will help my monored deck 😭

[@NitpickingNerds]

Apologies to red cards, although By Force ALMOST made it!

[@tomerick28]

@@NitpickingNerds a solid choice!

[@Arisawa_Heavy_Ind]

My educated guess for number 1 is swords to plowshares tho I'm not sure if that card is under a dollar

[@elipetrou9308]

I think it’s getting to be a couple bucks, could be wrong though

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah it's still pricey we were hoping though

[@sup3rdank694]

Sonic bombs list, we need more red cards!!

[@bluepomegranate]

Tragic Arrogance specifies nonland, it shouldn't be able to make you sac Darksteel Citadel

[@mateocossani8231]

Here's a challenge for you; build me a Rakdos Lord of Riots deck that it's also a Rakdos the showstopper deck

[@crovax1375]

I know that this isn't a cedh channel, but there is a video from cEDH TV on why he doesn't play Command Tower. I'd post a link, but I don't like leaving links from other content creators in different comment sections

[@anguishedcarpet]

Cedhtv is wrong though lol

[@crovax1375]

@@anguishedcarpet how many competitive or high power matches do you play? I'll bet that it's not that many! Lol

[@anguishedcarpet]

@@crovax1375 I almost exclusively play cedh, gitrog is my baby lmao. An untapped rainbow land is good in any format, idgaf what some random youtuber says rofl

[@DAsrada]

Run Cycling Lands with Sun Titan.

[@ezekielshackelford9865]

Nice haircut Beezy 👍

[@vds92]

Quick question - what do you think about Graven Lore from Kaldheim as budget draw power? With snow lands, you can scry 5 and draw 3 for 5 mana. Thanks!

[@NitpickingNerds]

If you have the snow lands for it I think that card is a sweet budget card draw option!

[@vds92]

@@NitpickingNerds Thanks for the response! Appreciate it, I like the card too for a budget build.

[@fenixiliusstrife1253]

Nature'claim should be included in every two color green deck, except GB. GB has too many good "everything" removals to be running this. Abrupt decay, Assassin;s trophy, maelstrom pulse. It is just too narrow to be playing in GB unless you are super budget.

[@rasarock5107]

Everybody load up on these cards RIGHT NOW before TCG rises their price!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Too late, they're all $10+

[@rasarock5107]

@@NitpickingNerds hahahaha

[@poofypeanut0221]

Love you guys. But you'll never convince me green signets suck 😂😂 ❤❤

[@NitpickingNerds]

One day you will wake up hating green signets and that is the day I rest easy

[@Cobracon7]

I run a Command Towerless Radha elfball deck...

[@Kaybee3104]

haircut looks great!

[@baconsir1159]

Colorless decks don’t play command tower, they swap it out with Command Beacon lol

[@arthurvandenbergh1881]

Lookin sharp Beezy

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks :P

[@acsralphie]

Nature's Claim is amazing. Played against Atraxa super friends and they played Oath of Teferi. With the etb on the stack I was able to Nature's Claim it to save the table from an unwinnable game if that sat on the table for a single turn. Chef's Kiss!

[@ZombiMuff]

How do you get 30 from Gary and not 15?

[@nightfang175]

Yeah I feel they misspoke, for some reason they doubled the amount of life you gained, it would be only 15 since each opponent would be losing 5 life and you would gain 5 life for each opponent.

[@MrBigkruntry]

They said it’s a life change of 30. Meaning they lose 15 and you gain 15.

[@vincentferrer1495]

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[@NitpickingNerds]

BUDGET BAHHHHHMS

[@teddy7799wastaken]

15:29 someone call the cops I witnessed a murder

[@NitpickingNerds]

Don't signal boost this I'm keeping it quiet

[@dereko333]

i like ya cut, beezy

[@tarthur11]

i wana rip a bong with beezy lol if only youtube would allow shorts called bong rips with beezy