A Commander Deck That's Beyond Belief - Chainer, Nightmare Adept | Magic: The Gathering

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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

The Professor posted a brand new deck box review? It's true, a video like that happened just last Tuesday, and you can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CpeXpsl72jrdU

[@JB-pl8vj]

VERY GOOD LOOKING PROF, NAILED IT. Cheers from Argentina

[@santiman2938]

Where is the deck list?

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Professor Don't be Gruul!, any chance of doing the King of haymakers, Xenagos God of revels deck tech? Etali hasted for 12 damage with that trigger on the stack before damage or blockers chosen *Chef Kiss

[@luigicadorna8644]

I like the Professor much better with short hair. I’m not a fan of this slicked back, black clothes look. He looks like my cocaine uncle.

[@dwaynebrice1697]

BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

[@Patrick-bu2uh]

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

[@notevenmadbro]

Maybe im dumb and this is a big r/woosh but i don't understand why he mentioned fact or fiction when talking about a rakdos deck. Can anyone explain it to me?

[@PopeGoliath]

@@notevenmadbro The meme is Jonathan Frakes asking you weird, unprompted questions. I assume the FoF question was just to be unpredictable.

[@pietarimajuri9753]

I've had a Chainer deck for like six months, and I've never realized he gives himself haste when cast from the zone. Duh!

[@jeromesontag5276]

Haste on everything except the "fair" way :)

[@richardmahle1882]

I've had it built since he came out. One of my favorite decks even

[@endruler8625]

lol same

[@JayWhipp1e]

The prof has been killing me lately, hes hilarious!

[@noalindqvist9826]

That ending was superb! I've always wanted to know the answer and now I do, thank you!

[@johnbuscher]

And then the Command Zone did a “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” sketch and the answer was yes.

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

When I got the Madness precon this last year, Chainer was definitely one of my favorite cards from it. The whole synergy he has with other cards is amazingly fun.

[@DeaconClash5000]

Have you ever stubbed your toe and thought it must be ghosts? When was the last time you were standing in an ATM vestibule and were attacked by a living puppet holding a tiny knife? Have you ever been walking down the street and fallen down a manhole only to be trapped for an eternity in a never-ending black hole of sorrow and agony?

[@Isolanporzellator]

Another nice synergy card for Chainer is Blacklance Paragon (or Dire Fleet Poisoner). You can discard them for reanimation and because they have flash and deathtouch, you can always block and kill an attacking creature as long as you have a card in hand and 2 mana open for Chainer's ability, strongly discouraging players from attacking you. Flash in general is a pretty strong mechanic for Chainer, so Vedalken Orrery can also be a strong option. Having a toolbox of creatures in the yard that allows you to react to any circumstance at instant speed is great. Fulminator Mage is also nasty. Oversold Cemetery turns creatures in your yard into Squee, basically drawing you a card every turn for just 2 mana.

[@silleeel8322]

i really appreciated the twilight zone mock up here, very well done !

[@WolxVal]

I back to this on a bored day at work, still loving this this video and still loving this legendary deck I still have

[@sankethbhaskar4236]

Wow I like this deck more than I thought. I may build it... once I can actually play commander again.

[@Kessig_IRL]

One slightly more expensive card that I run in my Chainer list is Crucible of Worlds, because when you discard lands, you’ll be able to play them like in your hand.

[@bobby45825]

More video's like this. In-depth commander deck list break down's are great.

[@johnshoemaker8931]

I'm really tempted to take apart my old Rakdos, Lord of Riots i haven't played in like 2 years to build this! I really, really like the idea of recurring ramping robots like sad robot and Burnished heart for BR in the early game. Tortured Existence could be added to do an impersonation of our Commander's activated ability. Winding canyons and Veldeken Orrery giving flash to everything, making your toolbox all the harder to interact with. As someone who has played Survival decks for years and years, I can't wait to abuse Squee for card advantage all over again.

[@kristengregory7014]

John Shoemaker for sure. You can add a dockside extortionist too if you have one, it’s a great thing to repeat!

[@benjyskutch-freedman6839]

I LOVED the intro.

[@TheBlessingo]

Amazing editing in your latest videos!!

[@PlaneswalkerProject]

Have to hand it to you, Prof, the dark outfit and the beard are a very nice look for you. Very stylish. Also pretty sweet deck, might have to try it out myself sometime!

[@Pigpen0228]

Actually this is my cedh deck. Chainer reanimator can deal with a large variety of decks by sending your answers to the grave to use. And if you are feeling scumbagish turn 2 pathrazor of ulamog with haste is a fast way to shut out someone.

[@SuperUltraDevin]

I used to love that show as a kid. I have been watching in on KZbin recently!

[@R3C0NSPARTAN]

My friends and I did a c19 league with the precons, while changing cards over time following our system. I opted to turn the anje deck into a chainer reanimator deck. While I did fairly bad early on, by the end the deck was really powerful

[@voweless]

Using the mountain from Unsanctioned by Rob Alexander. *standing ovation*

[@Knightfall8]

Not sure if just a deep cut reference, or a nod to the recent emergence of the Frakes supercut memes

[@tizlife]

I got a deck like this. It's one of my favorites!

[@aidanwright3037]

I built my Chainer deck kind of like this, but one card I would definitely want to include is Demon Lord Belzenlock. He can refill your hand with a ton of high value cards.

[@hcgneophyte]

nice rakdos way of reanimator ! the deck deserve a panharmonicon maybe ! good video Prof. greets from france.

[@sintwelve]

This is so entertaining to listen to

[@InzaCz]

I have Chainer deck as CEDH for a while and it runs well...

[@seanmachlan3282]

That opening!! Hilarious lol

[@dbpelectronico6074]

Prof, I think that you could add the waste knot creature

[@matt9591]

Real talk Chainer, Nightmare Adept was one of the coolest c19 cards

[@jaketorbeck]

Oh, well done.

[@justinjones5034]

Would bag of holding be a good ad to the deck? Lots of discard effects could be undone if you start to get low on hand options.

[@ExtremeMedium]

What is the card used for the background at 6:52? That art is crazy

[@patricklickman9972]

Yawgmoth's Vile Offering!

[@CalastantNight]

Wow. How many cards would be fixed if they had the blessed Once Per Turn limit. Reminds me another TCG...

[@timothyhedgpeth2361]

I came here for a video from the professor..who's this evil villain looking guy;)

[@Mrtfarrugia]

Should I use sleeves with "extreme thickness" for this deck?

[@djelibaebi]

eck-sang-u-ate is certainly a pronuncation i have now heard.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Tomato, tomato. ... Uh, picture me pronouncing each differently.

[@giovannialain]

is using Chainer to cast Croxa from the graveyard for 2 mama considered "escaping"? or if I do that will I have to sacrifice it immediately since I didnt pay the "escape" cost?

[@foorje]

Running sneak attack but not the new purphoros? Kinda weird. I suppose it's less flexible, but it does have the advantage of being a creature in the graveyard.

[@patrock400]

Excellent memery here

[@PopeGoliath]

Me: Lookin' pretty Frakes there, bud. Prof: "Have you ever..." Me: Oh yep. Here it is. [Minutes later] Me: OHHH THE TITLE. That really should have given it away before I clicked.

[@mikelogs7680]

This is almost like my kroxa reanimator

[@Mightypoo007]

5:19 say it with me Prof: ex-san-gui-nate.

[@awalloftext]

Love Chainer 2. "Unpredictable" is a good way to describe him, lots of lines of play during a given game. One of my favorite pieces of "secret tech" for him is the land Dakmor Salvage. It's a great replacement for Squee in case your graveyard gets nuked, as it not only gives fuel for Chainer (by returning to your hand), but also refills your graveyard each turn.

[@lessercrow]

Not sure what about this is beyond belief, seems like big good Rakdos stuff dot deck

[@scrottilathehun6085]

I definitely love this look. You look great in the black suit and with your hair back.

[@archon458]

Yay! Rakdos Meren

[@brianferryfuck11]

We can't just pretend it never happened. Bring back The Extream Thickness remix!

[@Jordares]

Hahaha this is awesome, beyond belief, fact or fiction was one of my favorite shows growing up. I still wonder if even half their stories they claimed was true, is true lol

[@MasterQuestMaster]

In the fineprint it says that true just means "based on a real occasion" ;)

[@vidgrod695]

How can people dislike this lol

[@themustardjarz510]

I can’t believe he opened with a meme. I love it.

[@GraemeGunn]

It's not a meme, it's Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, with your host, Jonathan Frakes. Lmao, "a meme"

[@gysahlgemuse7208]

If you can't express something recognizable, just call it meme

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@GraemeGunn You expect these people to know anything outside of Reddit? Surely you jest.

[@slannstarmaster6555]

Huh

[@MrZeplon]

Pronounces sepulchral correctly (eventually) Immediately mispronounces exsanguinate All love prof, great video

[@AhmedM1247]

That monologue was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SporeTres]

Prof in actually good looking clothes looks terribly well as a villain.

[@Kwickstryke]

The prof channeling his inner Jonathan Frakes is the best opening I’ve seen to a video as of yet!

[@skenjamin7683]

Prof, could you make a guide to ramp and fixing in the commander format, with options for budget? I feel like lots of people could use that.

[@limiter3118]

Definitely.

[@orgazmo686971]

I can help you with ramp, fixing...to a lesser extent. It'll be green-focused though.

[@MrIronLight]

Some of these suggestions are pricey, but pick and choose to your own means. Generally artifacts are the best options. All the Signets, all the talismans, Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Thran Dynamo, Worn Powerstone, Sol Ring, Coldsteel Heart, Darksteel Ingot, Fellwar Stone, Mindstone, Star Compass, Thought Vessel, Coalition Relic, Commander's Sphere, Palladium Myr, Alloy Myr, Extraplanar Lense, Hedron Archive, Ur-Golem's Eye, Sisay's Ring, Gauntlet of Power, Gilded Lotus, Caged Sun, Dreamstone Hedron. I think most of these are good options. Of course there are more, but it's pushing it (I am already on a few of these, but if you are desperate this is what you get). If want to go deeper, you have the banners, obelisks, cluestones, keystones, and lockets. White just has some catch up land draws when behind on lands: - Land Tax - Weathered Wayfarer - Knight of the White Orchid - Kor Cartographer (no land restriction) - Gold Myr - Marble Diamond Blue really on has some rituals for temporary mana bumps, but other than that you have: - Silver Myr - Sky Diamond Black doesn't ramp either but has swamps matter cards that produce a lot of mana (All which work well with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth): - Cabal Coffers - Crypt Ghast - Nirkana Revenant - Leaden Myr - Charcoal Diamond Red has lots of rituals, but those aren't really ramp. It has some that can have narrow uses and some that are universal effects: - Braid of Fire (Only can be used at instant speed during upkeep) - Gauntlet of Might (doubles all mountains) - Mana Flare (doubles everyone's mana) - Iron Myr Tried to keep it under two mana per mana return, unless you get a rainbow mana per three. GLHF

[@LC-wv7tz]

Just run artifacts and rituals. Signets, Talismans, and Felwar Stone. Bauble is worse, but playable I guess and certain decks can recur it for extra value. The best artifact ramp isn't budget. Unfortunately if you are criteria for ramp are non-green AND budget, your options are extremely limited. As SV just said though there are an insane number of tools at your disposal to go through magic cards and find what you are looking for. Scryfall, gatherer, and others. Just... go look... you're going to find that generically speaking the things I already posted are going to be your best bet. If you are mono or dual that heavily favors one color you can run Medallions as well.

[@KingBobXVI]

I'm pretty sure Commanders Quarters has a video on that from pretty recent.

[@inannaenigma9391]

‘Does playing Rakdos give you pleasure?’ And a great deal of pain, but YES.

[@Cyberium]

Anything to mess with people's head.

[@DuhMasto]

Nothing wrong with some bitter with your sweet.

[@themysticsdream]

We have such sights to show you.

[@Wildonion1]

Oh, my nostalgia! I miss Beyond Belief. Also, good to know what I can do with Chainer. Poor guy has been sitting in a binder.

[@duesexistat5016]

I threw him in my higher power Golos deck and it’s a great inclusion for late game recursion if the game stalls.

[@CarronBarboza]

Thank you for not only making a really cool deck tech, but one for a deck that’s pretty affordable and attainable for most players. I know that can sometimes be super hard so I always appreciate deck techs I can actually consider.

[@silentk59]

Ive been trying really hard lately to build cheaper decks. Me and my friends starting having arms races where our decks were getting outrageous! Like $800 minimum just to be able to compete with each other and the decks are SUPER salty. It started to get not fun, real fast. My last 2 decks have been both under $100 and honestly, iam more excited about this new one and the strat I got going for it then any deck ive ever built before!

[@hybridmoments333]

But where is the Extreme Thickness?? That was great 😂

[@isaacsanders8444]

hybridmoments333 yeah, why did he remove that video?

[@coreysierchio4650]

So Thicc it broke the internet.

[@nathanfriedman7367]

It was too thicc to exist

[@isaacsanders8444]

YARGLEIVECOMETOBARGLE I am so sad I missed it. I was doing schoolwork at the time.

[@JerrySnyder96]

Can somebody explain what the video was about? Missed it and now it's gone

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Previous video: Makes fun of misspelled words. This video (2:34): Uses the word “funnest”. Prof, I thought you were an english Major!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Just wanted to let you know that you failed to correctly capitalize the word English in your comment. Also, the period should appear inside the quotation marks, not outside as you typed it, of "funnest."

[@noahfaulk1210]

Aha get fucked

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Tolarian Community College thank you for the correction! I had seen the “English” error as I was writing, but I was too lazy to correct it. That being said, I’m not the English Major here! 😂

[@radiantburrito]

I've been wanting to make this deck for a while mow. Appreciate the tech. :o

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@MasterQuestMaster]

Can I just come out and say that I loved the BBFF-style intro? I really loved that show as a kid, even though it sometimes scared me to death.

[@thergonomic]

Just one consideration that I would like to point out. Vedalken Orrery. Why, you might ask. So that you can bring back creatures from your graveyard with Chainer during your opponents turn.

[@JujuInFlames]

I’d love to see this deck in action with that set up

[@nCedric1]

Im really surprised on the quality of this... deck guide? This has been produced so greatly. I wish to see more videos like this, specially in white commanders since white is such a difficult color to build on and keep up the power level.

[@mollz3704]

building this dude rn because I needed a budget deck, thanks professor!

[@GamingBear_Q_E_D]

Great episode, love the Beyond Belief take off, you rock it prof.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Thank you kindly!

[@RoastedPheasant]

The mad man went and said “Sepulchral” correctly. I guess he was an english major after all.

[@Dracinard]

7:48 Huh, I always thought it was Lamb-Eee-Ah. I remember studying the Keats poem and that was always how I pronounced it?

[@eusouzoom]

Great job by the editor too!

[@aMouse]

One really strong card is Doomed Necromancer. Discard Doomed Necromancer to Chainer, then cast it for 3 mana. Then because Chainer gives it haste, you can activate its ability and return something like Ancient Brass Dragon or Sheoldred, Whispering One. My Chainer deck pretty much hinges on Doomed Necromancer cheating out big things. Literally negates the downside of having to pay the mana cost

[@silphcolapras2573]

A beautiful tribute to the old James Brolin/Jonathon Frakes show. I love it!

[@Big_Dai]

"Sefulcral"? "Exsanguiate"? I'm ashamed, professor.. Maybe read a little.

[@lsynno]

Suh-Pull-Krull Or at least that's how Vincent Price said it which is good enough for me.

[@pkphantom]

I'm not sure I like this deck tech. The CMC is too high for it's colors. Again, this is JUST my opinion

[@moodystrategy7803]

"One of the funnest ways to win the game" Because funnest is the funnest way to say "most fun" Thank you Prof for proliferating the 'funnest' gang

[@hammanhouse]

Noticed the title and said to myself, "beyond belief: fact or fiction" Watches the video and is pleased

[@noahmorgan1888]

Yea this is great but what about extreme thickness.

[@zacharymartin4683]

My good friend plays a Chainer, Nighmare Adept deck and while not exactly the same looks pretty similar to this package. Definitely a strong deck. Lost to it twice last night.

[@Turn2Ugin]

Haste is really underrated in edh. My Samut deck is accidentally pretty wild

[@DousedFireball13]

Rise of the Dark Realms is an even nastier win con with Chainer since you don't have to wait til next turn to use your newly minted army. Chainer has been the Rakdos deck I've always wanted in EDH.

[@nicklittle8399]

11:10 What do I think? Well, I think that the slicked-back-hair college professor is the best version out there.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

That intro reminds me of Jonathan Frakes on that true-or-false show

[@kristengregory7014]

DeSaxofoonVanPeter I believe you are correct ;)

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

@@kristengregory7014 Yeah I just watched the outro

[@djcochrane]

Would you believe that was the intent? Have you ever questioned your eyes? Did you ever try to eat a card?

[@MasterQuestMaster]

it's called Beyond Belief, which is a phrase the professor even mentions in the intro :D

[@skypris974]

Don't give me a deck tech. I already have 17 decks (incl 2 Precons) and don't have the resources to make this yet, despite really wanting to lol. 😭 Kudos to Kristen, from Kris.

[@kristengregory7014]

Kris Sherwood haha, glad you enjoyed :)

[@kkhello823]

This is your best look by far. You are looking slick prof.

[@DeaconTaylor]

i felt very targeted in this intro. ive often shuffled away my scrys, ive wanted to figure out how to use blasphemous act efficiently and i bought a zombie apocalypse a couple of weeks ago.

[@jdlazin]

Oh man, my wife and I LOVE Beyond Belief. Thanks for the laughs, Professor!

You would not believe how happy I was to see Chainer and Greven in the 2019 commander decks (please correct me if I'm wrong). I love everything to do with the Weatherlight stuff, despite joining the game years after ended

[@Jrocknrolla]

This is the deck I have been looking since I dismantled my original Chainer deck. Thank you!

[@mutsuhanma7807]

You're not thinking creatively enough

[@StarDoesntUpload]

Professor, I want you to know I downloaded a copy of Extreme Thickness on my computer for archival purposes before you deleted it. A masterpiece like that must be preserved.

[@leress]

Same here.

[@Malthan]

What's this about Extreme Thickness?

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

HA. This was great. Professor if your reading this, I hope you do more of these.

[@specialkender]

.....so it's just a standard chainer deck.

[@simonnice9030]

I've decided to make my own Chainer deck today and my first draft made without looking at any reference decks is almost identical to yours! That makes me confident in my choice!

[@Reruro]

Such an amazing skit.

[@Crazymachin3gun]

U better be running heartless summoning

[@godscleric]

Thank you Prof. Chainer is one of my long time favorite characters in the lore, actually just finished Chainer's Torment novel and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you again, Commander!

[@GoodRogue]

The First is wise.

[@theADHDGames]

Prof channeling Johnathan Frakes I see

[@TheSkizz89]

Dang this was a deep call back.

[@TerryTags]

Would you believe that the name of Jonathan Frake's show was Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? Can a plant really identify a murderer? Is it possible that a parrot could give a young girl the will to live? Were there gases trapped in the milk bucket that caused the activity?

[@MasterQuestMaster]

Can sitting in a chair really cause you to become cursed?

[@rich347]

Bring back the thickness!