They Made the Bears Hateful (Kudo, King Among Bears)

Why did board control need to be even more viable for these people
#magicthegathering #mtg #mtgcommunity #cardgame #mtgcommander

[@slayinderp7501]

I love how the synergy between the Royalty Among Bears is just furball-flavored creature torpedos.

[@eeflos]

I was going to build a deck with him as a commander and call it "The Right to Arm Bears" but now I *have* to call it "Furball Flavored Creature Torpedoes"!

[@Kustan112]

Creature torpedo's is what I now call semen.

[@slayinderp7501]

@@Kustan112 I am both happy to have influenced someone's vernacular, and saddened by the fact that *that* is the influence.

[@liamwhite3522]

Bearzooka

[@Isheian]

Honorary partner commanders? The king and queen of bears? Yes please!

[@moonlight2870]

"Everything is a 2/2 bear!" :D "I play elesh norn!' D:

[@phoenixgaming454]

And green can get to 7 mana pretty by turn 3? Only two have to be white mana..

[@hellhound74]

And that white mana is stupidly easy to grab because half of the green land enchantments say "of any color" or "any combination of colors" so they dont actually have restrictions on casting shit until they actually tap as far as green is concerned that mana might as well just be labeled "casting juice, add color as needed" ​@@phoenixgaming454

[@shantheman9922]

To be fair, D: is the universal response to "I play Elesh Norn!" In any situation

[@hellhound74]

@@shantheman9922 unless your response to "i play elesh norn" is "i cast counterspell"

[@draco4569]

​@@hellhound74 To which you respond, "Veil of Summer".

[@benjaminehren7965]

‘I would try to give him tummy rubs and then would promptly die’ This is the most I have ever agreed with this man.

[@rythmiccoma2809]

If bear not friend why friend shaped?

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

I disagree, clearly you would turn into a bear in his presence

[@jacobd1984]

Can’t wait till Modern Horizons 10, when we finally get to build the whole bear court.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

I'm looking forward to the bear jester

[@Thetracker69]

​@@PhoenicopterusR that's just me at any gay bar. I am the Jester Among Bears.

[@PotassiumLover]

@PhoenicopterusR that would go so hard

[@Juniper_Rose]

The real question is not "Can he get it", it's "Him or a random 2/2 Man in the woods"

[@DarthTUK]

I mean with Kudo it's him or a random 2/2 Bear. It is inevitable to pick a bear.

[@Zanador]

Would you rather encounter a man or become a 2/2 Bear

[@valteine]

@@Zanador You either die a man or live long enough to become a 2/2 Bear

[@Y00bi]

In this situation, the man is also a 2/2 bear. You're a 2/2 bear.

[@tuckermatis1572]

Having seen what Selesnya does to Humans? Bear any day.

[@nexmeles8023]

"I have to draw into it!" **Laughs in Eladamri's Call**

[@einstein951]

*laughs in Worldly Tutor* For those on a budget: Time of Need Threats Undetected (though if your chosen opponent lets you have Ayula, they deserve the bear cannon) War of the Last Alliance Primal Command Shared Summons Wild Pair (since any creature is a 2/2 on the field, it lets you get all the bears from your deck whenever you cast a creature)

[@Bigbadbo121]

Personally, I'm rocking Defense Of the Heart, Worldly Tutor, and Tooth and Nail

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Yeah, I thought he was going to directly point out a lack of creature tutors in GW being a lie since that immediately came to mind even before the generally game-ending (and mono-Green) Tooth and Nail.

[@StripesChaosGremlin]

Laughs in 'he is my commander.'

[@xenosai371]

@@einstein951 Shoutout to Traverse the Ulvenwald too depending on the deck

[@Wodferd]

To be fair you would both die if you gave him tummy rubs. He'd make you a 2/2 and you'd cancel each other out.

[@FanOfMostEverything]

How to start beef with Graham Stark without ever saying his name.

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

Bear Force One will not be denied!

[@aether6293]

​@@parkerdixon-word6295embrace the bear supremacy!!!!

[@Haights]

Bear Force One vs. Bears Forced All

[@Skipston55]

"I have to draw into it!" *Meanwhile playing the best creature tutor color in the game*

[@robob2968]

my thought exactly

[@Linosek279]

The second you see something in white that gives things 2 toughness you _immediately_ know where this shit’s going

[@oneleghendo5239]

I immediately thought Elesh Norn when I saw the 2/2 bit.😂

[@AFreakingLlama]

i hate this building the deck now

[@SeraSmiles]

My first thought was delney + Ayula with etb triggers...my second thought was Norn

[@BoisegangGaming]

The mental image of Elesh Norn in the shape of a Grizzly Bear cracks me up tbh. Someone draw that please

[@oktalley99]

imagine the norn mask but furry​@@BoisegangGaming

[@HazzardFlame]

I am SO dropping Helm of the Host on my Elesh Norn...

[@emerald_lord2267]

Finally, support for the legendary "8 fucking bears- holy shit" card.

[@TheMorbidHobo]

That last line was beautiful.

[@clawso9014]

BEARFORCE ONE!

[@majinvegeta6364]

BEARS FOR ALL!!!

[@berrim26]

Surrak Bearpuncher approves.

[@maximillionchaoswolf]

theres been like 5 interesting bears in a relatively short period of time at least 3 of them could be commanders, I think it might be time for me to build bear tribal

[@seanheath4492]

I mean, with this thing you can do bear tribal with whatever Selesnya creatures you want. :P

[@MrBrownLostHisM00]

Here’s to hoping Bloomburrow comes with more bear support as well.

[@maximillionchaoswolf]

@@MrBrownLostHisM00 I think the odds are good for that.

[@maximillionchaoswolf]

@@seanheath4492 thats certainly more versatile a good deck to throw lots of mana dorks into. but I do tend to get indecisive If I have too many options to pick from so I think mostly bears is a good start for the deck concept.

[@llamarama6976]

There is already an elemental bear that grows its size depending on land count and returns some lands in the very few spoilers we have​@@MrBrownLostHisM00

[@BloodSplatterArtist]

He's going in the Naya bears deck from Murders. Now all those 2/2 hate bears I stuffed into it are also actual bears now too.

[@woomod2445]

And is himself a hatebear! yeeaaaaah.

[@canolathra6865]

the moment I saw "other creatures have base power and toughness 2/2" and the white pip I immediately though "yet another Elesh Norn one-sided board wipe, except this time with green so we can ramp to her faster and/or cheat her out early"

[@thesarcasticliberal]

Kudo + MOM = evil Kudo + MOM + Living Plane = galaxy brain evil (and you not being invited back)

[@XpVersusVista]

add coat of arms to that and now your bear stats get increased by the amount of bears you have. each bear on the battlefield buffs every bear on the battlefield. 10 bears? every single one of them gets +9/+9.

[@thesarcasticliberal]

@@XpVersusVista Coat of Arms is symmetrical, and effects EACH CREATURE. And so, yes, your bears will get +9/+9, but so will everybody else's.

[@dannybeane2069]

And then still taking multiple turns to win the game.

[@KodamaoftheWeastTree]

When asked “Man or Bear.” You proudly proclaimed, “Neither.”

[@th3summoner]

"But I have no tutors!" Worldly Tutor: 👁 👄 👁

[@CelticRot]

Eladamri's Call and Green Sun's Zenith would also like words

[@adriankuester4605]

I disagree with your ending on this one mald. You are a 2/2 bear yourself if he’s around so giving him a tummy rub is far less risky

[@FLCL_rox]

My immediate thought would be all the tribal cards you could use to make any creature you wanna use suddenly perfect tribal synergy.

[@16fireheart]

This deck title can only be called " Just the bear necessities". I will accept no other.

[@amiablereaper]

"Bears repeating"

[@therandomguy403]

Bearforce 3

[@eeflos]

BRILLIANT!

[@magnusprime962]

“Bear Down for Midterms”

[@WittyCorvian]

"Grin and bear it"

[@kallahcreates6942]

It's okay guys, Coat of Arms is symmetrical so we 'all' have giant roidBears. No don't look at my selesnya colors and scute swarms. It's symmetrical. Just run more creatures BLUE DECK.

[@AnonYmous-mc5zx]

No > Cyclonic Rifts for the 3rd time

[@Randoman590]

Haha scute swarm go brrrr, get bugged on

[@sethb3090]

​@@Randoman590scute swarm go bearrrrr

[@thejellybeanbazooka1451]

Don't forget, there's also enchantments that turn everyone's lands into creatures, so him and bone mommy just break everyone's will to live

[@whereideasgotodie2267]

Now hear me out, Have Kudo on the field, play every creature (even those that would shrink because of him), play Delney, Streetwise Lookout Bearharmonicon achieved

[@laurenhahn8569]

I didn't know about this card, and now I have to build a Kudo deck with Ayula and Elish Norn! Thanks, Maldhound!

[@Ceyx000]

lil T: "But green and white are the colors of healing.." Da Bears: "We're Intensive Care Bears"

[@breawycker]

Me: this isn't too bad. I mean you keep the abilities. Elesh Norn: hi Me: * dumps more counterspells into my deck *

[@sethb3090]

It won't save you

[@purgeutopia8696]

I now need a Prince of All Bears. And they need to have some porridge.

[@D35TR0YM4N]

I totally misread and assumed only my creatures were 2/2 bears. He is even more amazing!

[@giantotter319]

"I would rather be alone in the woods with a bear then a man" The bear in question:

[@flynnscheib2487]

You know I wasn't going to make this deck because I already have a bear mommy deck but you got my "creative" juices flowing and now I'm gonna make my play group hate me

[@tuongpham7609]

The fact that Kudo and Ayula are not partner commanders make me sad. I'mma make a new house rule just for them.

[@scottlind1]

Time to make a bear deck titled “Enter the bear circle!”

[@deeperestmeme479]

Elish norn entering the field when you are playing Kudo is justification for your opponent to grab that card and put it to the scissors

[@JackgarPrime]

Okay, but what if he DID let you give him tummy rubs? He looks INCREDIBLY fluffy.

[@evandill]

"I have to draw into it" is the defense that I have used to put combos into otherwise kinda weird slow decks and I feel ATTACKED.

[@The_Paradox]

My brain instantly went to comboing it with Elsh Norn Grand Cenobite and just saying no to your opponents to having any creatures

[@raymondjohnson5922]

After five thousand years I am still here and I am still asking for you to talk about meren

[@mathieuaurousseau100]

"My bears are slightly fluffier than your bears" lol

[@matthew3021]

There's definitely creature tutors in those colors

[@tciddados]

I know there's many more broken things you could do with this, but my immediate thought was just that it would be funny to throw down ornithopters with this and have 0 cost flying bear machines.

[@jaywellgate8304]

Bear tribal - if the bear cards dont kill you, the bear puns will. Also, asking for Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

[@silllyfun]

you are severely underestimating how infuriating my modular kudo deck is. built it when he got leaked and its brutal

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

[@owenschmidt5961]

One of the white lord of the rings sagas. Searches for legendary creatures, twice.

[@TheMag1cWalrus]

Bears but no fish. Please embrace Emry

[@viper102691]

I can already feel a living lands hitting the field followed by an elesh norn or ayula making me more miserable than i needs to be cause it's just "bears".

[@benjaminbruner5600]

“But I can’t tutor bone mommy” Umm, Worldly Tutor? Sylvan Tutor? Congregation at Dawn? Time of need?

[@varsoonhks3211]

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite : "Ya'll still have bears?"

[@josephhawkins7974]

Definitely already have the rest of the deck ready for him so I can Elesh and Kudo. I regret nothing.

[@giovannirocket9954]

Kudo, Ayula, and Elesh is that polycule look across the bar at you wondering if you'd like to come have a drink with them

[@TheSOGchronicles]

Man elesh norns phyrexian bear strat was born

[@nicolasgodfrey5668]

Correction. You'd get turned into a 2/2 bear. Then you'd die. Probably because of Elesh Norn. Or the other Elesh Norn doubling Ayula's trigger.

[@Lightmagician60]

Coat of Arms is a fun way to win with this... because while every thing is now an X/X bear you'll probably have more

[@einsUNDcolt]

I absolutely love the Kudo comics one artist is doing on twitter.

[@pj-wille]

"I have no tutors!" has been the goto excuse of every pl6-9 deck online that just happens to be a 9 the game they're playing with me.

[@maldhound]

Thank you for being the sole commenter to grasp that line 🫡

[@LanaDelGayyylmao]

Elesh Norn mentioned. Happy day.

[@yamatohekatsue9143]

Why is it that the moment i read the effect i was like elish norn ftw

[@dakkenblah1450]

Green can find legendary creatures for 2 mana and that’s just one of the cards they have access to search for creatures.

[@Nslygh1213]

Slightly fluffier bears… that’s a good deck name.

[@Shiny_Plume]

You don’t have to draw into it, Eladamri’s call and Tooth and Nail exist. And Worldly Tutor… and Archdruid’s Charm… and Last March… and-

[@rylanddungan8797]

I'm working on building this commander but instead of leaning into the bear creatures I'm filling it with shirtless men.

[@Threepool]

Look I know the new bear hotness is the King, but I'd still like to see a review of my boy Wilson, Refined Grizzly.

[@percivalyracanth1528]

This in Pheldagriff with some specific enchantments basically stops everyone from attacking you if their creatures arent buffed

[@gaze2156]

Don't worry, it's not weird, he turned you into a bear, too, it's fine if he can get it

[@Dannymiles1987]

To be fair. I thought of making a stacks deck so bad. The word bear will haunt them.

[@RhysticTutor1]

You can’t diss the Rizzlybear like that

[@gunofbrixtonz]

Don't forget to turn all lands into creatures after you elesh norn

[@My_Myopic_Optic]

There are AT LEAST 3 good creature tutors in green. They're getting Norn if you let them.

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

The synergy a god damn bear has with the Mother of Machines herself is one of the stupidest yet most disgusting things I have ever laid my eyes upon

[@aganaom1712]

It's the eight bears meme Holy shit

[@darkknightdante6836]

Green has some crazy creatures tutore spell indeed

[@KigerrEE]

Changing the entire conception of the name "hate bears"

[@benji9313]

Hadn't seen it. I finished reading it and immediately thought of Elesh Norn. Hopefully the Derevi player in my group doesn't find out this exists!

[@nickolas8890]

Personally, my plan is play coat of arms for the fluffiest bears ever

[@tomduckworth6430]

Draw into it? It’s also green which is the creature tutor color. Bear mommy and Bone mommy are always coming out

[@zagqueenofchaos8352]

Or another win con is coat of arms and you make your bears huge cause chaos reigns supreme in my house

[@MrBrownLostHisM00]

Soooo what I’m getting from this is that Mald won’t choose the bear.

[@mistamemewide]

Bear Deck inbound.

[@uselessinformation9554]

Inb4 you play the green enchant that turns all lands into creatures, then slam bone mommy onboard with the hatebear. Major OOF.

[@collinliles1928]

MaldHound now conically has at most 2 toughness.

[@Daxma006]

Green white not having creature tutors and the ramp to cast bone mommy? Thats a myth! You can run machine mommy and as a bear she gets work done all the same

[@Randoman590]

I'ma use this opportunity to start requesting Cadric, Soul Kindler.

[@zachywatcher2312]

this is buffing my ooze tokens from my slime against humanity deck

[@brianhunter5759]

Yes, I understand that it is degenerate. Yes, I am still going to build it. No, you cannot stop me

[@darkma1ice]

We need a Magda brazen outlaw

[@oberlin27]

I'm so disappointed there's no joke about meeting him in the woods

[@like17badgers]

outside of OG phyrexian mommy, I've seen this deck enjoy Living Plane. which is the Magic equivalent of putting a revolver on the table and saying "go ahead, make my day" to anyone with board wipes day 57 of asking for Baron Von Count

[@Pandapunch75]

Now we all are playing Bear Force One.

[@Amperture]

"I'd try to give him tummy rubs and would probably die." But mald you're forgetting that when you get close to him you also become a 2/2 Bear you could probably kill him yourself.

[@baronfuath5872]

ngl, i was expecting a BG3 joke for the "can he get it?" section for a second, but then i remembered Mald "Isn't a furry."

[@starslayer18]

Can’t wait for him to see Azlask lol

[@AshleyoftheSwiftspear-pb8cs]

I personally am loving running Eldrazi Monument in this deck.

[@EstradusTheDragon]

On the meme side of things; run this with coat of arms. Every creature on the field gets +1/+1 for each creature that shares a type with it - theyre all bears. they are all equally strong.

[@sethb3090]

And they all bear arms

[@coreytre5016]

Time to bear down and play this 🐻

[@Cocytus127]

Gaddock Teeg finally has a friend!

[@maskednobody7906]

Turning eldrazi into bears is good

[@VirgilAllenMoore]

It's worse than you think, green creature tutors like shared summons and cord of calling, or finale of devastation. Not to mention that Crater Huff still works