This Commander...Will Be A Hit! | Mari, the Killing Quill | Streets of New Capenna Spoilers | MTG

[@idfk1608]

holy crap every commander in this set so far is a banger. Epic job wizards.

[@projectxon66]

Save for zander who is awful and shouldn't exist

[@coolblockWILL]

@@projectxon66 run interaction

[@astuteanansi4935]

@@coolblockWILL You need to stop him from even hitting the board to completely negate him, so you have to be in blue. If you fail to do that, even if you remove him immediately, he still ditches half your board unless you have exile effects. Just running interaction isn't enough, you have to tailor your deck specifically to stop him.

[@MatthewCJoy]

@@projectxon66 really wish he did something else, he's one of MTGs coolest characters in A LONG time.

[@Helpfulhelp]

@@astuteanansi4935 you can transform him in green and white. Or exile him. Red can steal him.

[@TheMorbidHobo]

I was going to bring up Etrata. I'd say it makes her broken, but moreso it makes her actually playable.

[@astuteanansi4935]

@@Dragon_Fyre You can however run this *in* Etrata and just run a million tutors

[@MrMeeseeksthe1st]

I wanna put them in a prismatic bridge deck, bunch of removal and protection and maybe something to make etrata hastey every time she comes back from the deck. Sounds fun in my head.

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

@@MrMeeseeksthe1st Thank you for my next brew idea Mr. Meeseeks.

[@MrMeeseeksthe1st]

@@Bongus_Bubogus you're most certainly welcome, love to share ideas

[@rmreagle]

Etrata is playable with ninjas, you ninjitsu AFTER dmg is dealt with her trigger on the stack

[@carlospolk5033]

Jeez, all my years of playing magic since high school and I never would’ve expected the 3 most aggro colors combined (being Jund of course) would literally become a treasure trove lol

[@starmanda88]

Something about black cards just make my heart beat faster. Definitely my favorite color and this breakdown was most enjoyable. Thanks for all the hard work you’ve done this spoiler season Mitch (and Eddie of course)

[@matthewmccreight9854]

The ability is a triggered ability that checks when the creature dies. It doesn't replace the effect. That means it doesnt interact with death triggers in a way that hoses them.

[@TheGnomeOnFire]

I've been waiting so long for a mercenary tribal commander!

[@murdochthefool]

Yup, you got it right Mitch. Dauthi Voidwalker is a replacement effect, so it supercedes Mari's triggered effect. A complete nonbo unfortunately

[@murdochthefool]

@@MunchKING Valid points

[@HiyaaGeorgie]

I’d just hold back on playing him until they kill Mari and i can’t protect her, same with Gisa

[@hitbycars]

Holy shit, the only thing remotely close to "Mercenary Tribal" over 20 years since the tribe was introduced. Might even be closer to 25 years by now, but don't quote me on that.

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

You are correct about Dauthi Voidwalker shutting off Mari's first ability. DV's ability is a replacement effect which happens first, then Mari would never even see the cards. If they were both replacement effects or both triggered abilities, then this would work as with replacement effects you decide the order in which they replace.

[@xhaser56]

I don't think that's the case. Dauthi needs to see it "hit" the graveyard for its replacement affect, whereas Mari will see it die before it hits the graveyard

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

@@xhaser56 Nope, replacement effects will happen first, they have to as they replace that action that is about to happen. Trigger abilities happen after the game sees that event happen. Replacement effects also don't use the Stack, they just replace how something that would resolve from the Stack happens, whereas triggered abilities do add a new thing to the Stack.

[@xhaser56]

@@ThisIsACommanderChannel thanks for the info!

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

@@xhaser56 Sure thing. It's crazy rules interactions like this that prompted me to create this channel and do what I can to help clear up confusion in Commander games. Glad to help out.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMillennial]

Just ordered a playset of etrata after seeing this, think I see a fun, wacky pioneer or modern deck in the works. Also ordered a fifth etrata for the commander deck I always wanted to make with her

[@wizardwithanaxe]

At last, a deck for everyone's favorite Worm Mercenary, Death Charmer.

[@krissrensen8265]

Going into my Queen Marchesa deck 😍

[@JanFWeh]

Assassins, Mercenaries and Rouges? *Why not also Ninjas!??* *flips table

[@Iamthequick]

Out of all commanders so far, this is the one I most interested in (and the lady Cat)

[@pgat1247]

I cannot wait to upgrade my bounty hunter deck with this

[@DarthMetool]

Throw in Conspiracy (the enchantment, not the card type) to change all cards in your deck and on the battlefield to Mercenary. Then use your Mercenary tutors to bring stuff out.

[@Celebalph]

Hey Eddie, just wanted to say, I appreciate you.

[@scotthamilton598]

Revel in riches... easy peasy treasure win

[@DefenestrateWindows]

how does a mana dork help you get exiled cards?

[@FixerFour]

Hooded Blightfang is a non-tribal that goes great with this commander

[@bossez83]

Im building a Kelsien deck right now... she is so perfect for him

[@philippschmidt9499]

Oh yes

[@MrLaggy]

I like this channel when it’s making cool budget decks but is anyone else kinda beat on the Eddie thing?

[@DefenestrateWindows]

Dies means goes to the graveyard. So Dauthi replaces that going to the graveyard with the card instead going to exile. No death trigger will occur while Voidwalker is out.

[@mibbzx1493]

Yea no dauthi for this, more like assassin/vampire/rouge support

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

I’ve been brewing both a Mercenary tribal deck and a Kelsian, the Plague deck. Back to the drawing board.

[@theinvisiblegentleman1142]

I've been looking for an interesting mono-black commander that interests me but isn't hated/Uber-expensive. This seems like a good one.

[@bigdisappointment3980]

My first deck I built was mono black. The commander is Vito so it's all themed around gaining life and using that to deal damage. Although I might be swapping it around and move him to the 99 and make Krrik the commander.

[@adambajczyk1451]

Queen Marchesa deck too.

[@banzaicroc9227]

Are mercenaries making a comeback

[@CBSmrclean18]

Let's not forget Kelsien! This lady turns Kelsien into a killing machine

[@nathanbrehm1085]

And of course "whenever" is a trigger word for Strionic resonator.

[@rubyyrare]

holy shit i wasn't even thinking about that, double hit counters means double the goodies :D

[@blakem000]

Bit of a flavor miss...but Umbris Fear Manifest would dig this card as well.

[@linuslemke6914]

Deathtouch tribal is an archetype that we always wanted a commander for. Hooded Blightfang from M21 would be a banger then because he makes every creature with deathtouch drain life on attack, granting you a lot of value.

[@planetfucksquad]

Fynn the Fangbearer?

[@rubyyrare]

@@planetfucksquad he's in green tho, which doesn't have as good deathtouch support. yeah, there's some dinky creatures with it, a couple that grant other creatures it, and of course, fynn, but that's really it. ideally a golgari deathtouch tribal commander would be the best, so then you can include fynn, hooded blightfang, archetype of finality, etc.

[@UberElmo68]

Korvold must be very happy with al this synergy

[@infernalgoblin4508]

it works with voidwalker. Voidwalker is a replacement effect when it goes into the graveyard, and mari is a triggered ability when it dies (aka leaves battlefield for graveyard) the battlefield. so it actually should work, sorry had to edit because i didnt use proper words

[@bobduncan777]

No it doesn't work with voidwalker. REPLACEMENT effect means it doesnt die. so mari's triggered ability doesnt even go on the stack.

[@sagatario58]

I could be wrong about this, but I think Dauthi Voidwalker does work because you can choose which trigger resolves first. So, if Mari and Dauthi's triggers both hit the stack, then you can have Mari's trigger resolve first exiling the creature with a hit counter. Then Dauthi tries to exile the card with a Void counter, but since it's already exiled, it can't do so again and fizzles. Unless I'm wrong, both work. So, Dauthi is 100% a card you can run with this commander, both to exile cards when Mari isn't on the field, and also to exile everything that Mari doesn't hit.

[@DefenestrateWindows]

Dies means goes to the graveyard. Dauthi Voidwalker replaces a death trigger because it will never go to the graveyard.

[@sagatario58]

@@DefenestrateWindows Oh, got it. NVM then. Just goes to show how a slight wording difference changes things.

[@tylerthejetsuarez8902]

@@DefenestrateWindows no dying happens before something enters the graveyard. Mari triggers first

[@DefenestrateWindows]

@@tylerthejetsuarez8902 wrong 700.4. The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”

[@jodypschaeffer]

Pretty sure you mean Riftsweeper, yes? Rift Sower is a mana dork with suspend.

[@morgoth2425]

this card is going straight into my kilsein deck

[@joshgordon9741]

This be good in my kelsien deck?

[@cicero1173]

this card is great in a Queen Marchesa deck i guess

[@dylanjacob3017]

Thats my plan!

[@georgirosehempson1454]

Changling outcast would be great in This deck

[@brianbishop5322]

Stop it, Eddie! You're "Killing" Mitch by working him so hard!!! (See what I did there? Zing!!!)

[@sebastians.7372]

Is it always like that when a new set is coming or is this one very good? (long abstinent)

[@nolanoleary8654]

Love this channel

[@OGTahoe3]

Kinda wish it was blue black but still really cool

[@NyxTheScary]

Right in my anawon deck

[@dregenbern6810]

Proliferate is something that may be helpful here

[@bradradb5076]

Gonti would be great too

[@Benjamintheartteacher]

Maybe dockside extortionist will get reprinted

[@waynezor]

Dauthi Mercenary is of type Summon Knight.

[@adamcappella8088]

Kelsien the plague. Does this work with him? You're still killing the creature, they just go to exile instead of the Graveyard and all he looks for is death triggers

[@michaelearthur93]

Black got ramp D:

[@adams3627]

So if I'm interpreting the flavor correctly... she's not a hitman, she's the one who manages all the other hitman contracts?

[@grizzlen]

Owen wanted me to tell you... don't ask who Joe is

[@landonstewarttt]

Mildly bummed it doesn't count for ninjas but oh well

[@oceangaming88]

Get Mari to put hit cou ters then cast etrata once to end the game

[@RestFunction]

sure glad I got vandalblast a month ago

[@hollowbear45]

I'm gonna make a mono black assassins deck and call it assassin's creed. Mari will be the commander. 😂

[@viceverse11]

Murder she wrote.

[@arroaboy7348]

This card is IMMEDIATELY going into my negan deck

[@KajeTheCat]

Did anyone else think kiku synergy?

[@BeWrong666]

The blame eddie's joke is really becoming stale...

[@Blainprime]

I think this commander is broken. for 3 mana. it's a little strong for the price. rouges are really good and a played creature type and idk it just seems a bit too strong for 3 mana

[@rmreagle]

Eddie, why didn't you correct mitch about rift sower....second time today he's mentioned that card when he meant to say riftsweeper. Letting him do it once was questionable, but twice in two separate videos....come on Eddie, do better...