Top 5 Budget Commanders (That Haven't Been Done to Death) Mtg

[@ianespinosa57]

Definitely bring this back as a series! I love budget commander content. I suggest a reanimator style deck next, you get to use some cool cards that not alot of people have seen before especially if you're on a tighter budget.

[@thomasvogel106]

I get excited when new players get excited. Glad to see you're dipping your toe into more commander content.

[@Generic42]

I love seeing Dev excited, but I do hope he continues making mostly regular magic content!

[@actual_catlady]

AHEM I play islandwalk! My merfolk deck utilizes islandwalk as a win con. Yes, it sucks. Great video Dev. Welcome to commander!

[@willstebbins5338]

Dev, I'm so fuckin ready for you to dip into EDH. You're literally the very first MTG content creator I started watching, you got me into MTG, especially with your older 5 deck techs for $5 vids. I legitimately have you to think for all the enjoyment I've gotten out of MTG. After my first FNM Standard night, I realized it wasn't for me and I got into casual EDH. Even though I haven't really gotten down with Standard, I still love your videos, and I still rank your opinion on cards and sets more highly than I do almost any other content creators. All that being said... the hype is SO fuckin real to see you jumping into Commander. Like a wise man once said, "We will watch your career with great interest."

[@starguardlux2874]

Oh man, this is almost my story beat for beat. I dipped my toes into standard too, and its just too hard for me to keep up with the meta. I still watch Dev too, even if he doesn't play the format I mainly play. I sometimes use his decks as inspiration for my EDH decks. His Ixalan vampire decks for some reason stuck in my head for so long I just gave in and built a deck just recently haha

[@willstebbins5338]

@@starguardlux2874 I’m glad I’m not the only one! Dude makes some of, if not THE, best MTG content on KZbin. I’ve also used some of the standard decks as inspiration for my commander decks too right there with you!

[@cameronmoore136]

Bro that analogy at the beginning was hilarious.

[@StEEVOxxKNIEVO]

You cracked me up with the 5 year old reference. Your a funny dude. You got me into standard years ago and I'm glad you wandered into commander.

[@lukewhitaker173]

Allways excited to see your EDH content Dev! I only play commander but still watch all your content. Its great to see those worlds come togeather!

[@samdunn5846]

Its my time to be "that guy"!!! I play islandwalk creatures i have 2 commander decks atm and 1 of them is sygg, river guide merfolk tribal

[@laurentrobitaille2204]

7:59 Merfolk tribal being forgotten once again. Yes I know this video was made before Lost Caverns of Ixalan and yes I made a merfolk tribal deck before LCI was even teased.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Underrated commander decks I have according to EDHREC: - FBLTHP the lost at 494: Combo out and draw out your deck, make infinite mana to cast infinite Capsize, loop spells with Archaeomancer, etc... - Kamahl Fist of Krosa at 334: Mana dork tribal, overwhelm for days or destroy opponents lands :P

[@johnbrahaney9350]

Love ya Dev, Always a Bright morning when you drop a new Vid! I've chewed through most of your video library on my drives for work so, Don't quit now! 😂

[@ForestKingSem]

I think part of what makes a good budget commander is one that works with cheap tech. Like if you ever see a commander and it reminds you of some draft or sealed fun you had and might could use that theme for a deck. Like Kyler, right? Selesnya counters? That’s almost every other set, so you know the pieces for it are affordable and available.

[@thorium883]

Great video Dev, gonna build a Jalira deck! And definitely wishing for a part 2

[@Supafuba154]

Im so happy you brought up Vega! I thought the exact same thing with jumpstart, suspend, and cast spells from the top of the deck, as well as your opponent’s deck! I dont do the lockout combo, but it mine is a token control strategy.

[@dakotapoole4293]

Hell yeah. When paper standard was a thing I loved your deck techs. Hope you do some spicy commander brews.

[@plumokin5535]

Omg I've been looking at Vega for so long as a commander! I wasn't expecting that at all but I'm so happy!!!

[@thenashty01]

Super happy to see growth in this channel that has me mightily ENGAGED! Don’t have a favorite budget commander per say, but whenever they release the commander precons I look at the alternate commanders in those for cool ideas. Obeka was an example and those alternate commanders are often under $1! Great content Dev!

[@thescuffedcinamaticunivers3565]

one deck i've been playing on arenas brawl is radagast the brown, which embodies most of green. idk why it only has 300 decks on edhrec rn but i highly recommend trying it out.

[@noob-tube8126]

Been watching for years!! Love that your dipping your toes in the commander pool! Knowledge pool is crazy!!!

[@Mrs.Chachere]

Tawnos is my favorite commander deck I built. When I opened up a brothers war pack with Urzas apprentice as a foil rare, I said I'm building him right now. Birds, Beast and the mutate mechanic, OH MY what FUN I have.

[@angrypotato589]

Welcome aboard! There’s a very budget r/b pirates that is tricksy and fun. My Jorn god of winter deck is fun and was super budget when snow was leaving standard. Still well under $100 even with the foils and stuff.

[@sinisterindustries6166]

Started playing back in the late 90s, also decided to build my first commander deck recently...went with Ihsan's Shade from Homelands due to how awesome the artwork looks.

[@super021orbe]

Its been 5 years since i watched Strictly Better MTG since i played standard at that time , now i play EDH and i see edh content ❤ . Keep on going dude , thanks to you i was able to play standard on a budget .

[@narkfly]

One of the things players coming into the format means: for Commanders that were popular 5-10 years ago, there are a ton of new cards that will be perfect for the deck that weren't in the original deck techs... so new picks can still make those older Commanders relevant, interesting, and cool.

[@Lucarioguild7]

As someone who has been playing EDH for over a decade I love budget decks especially since WotC really started pumping out the uncommon legends there is some really fun options now

[@joshbowdish9851]

About Jalira: the problem with polymorph decks is that they tend to play out the same game after game, which I find affects replayability drastically. Buttt, you can mitigate this by having a rotating cast of creatures which is fun. Really good way to find unknown bombs

[@zacharygoater9812]

Dev!! Welcome to the infectious world of Commander. If you're looking for a really fun budget option, consider Pauper Commander too. Fun challenge that of which it seems like you'd enjoy the spin.

[@LPchief]

Welcome to commander dev! Glad you're hear

[@Zacharadus]

New to the commander format or not, I'm totally here for any Commander content you are putting out! Welcome to the best format! (Subjectively)

[@keithmpire]

Ey yo Dev, first time, long time. One little trick I've picked up for making Magic vids is that on Scryfall, if you choose "Download PNG Image" under "Images and Data", you should get a file with transparent corners, so the little white edges won't show up. I love the vids, keep it up!

[@DaveDevourerOfPineapple]

Excited to see you enjoy EDH deckbuilding dude. Also, gotta share the 🖤❤for Bladewing the Risen. Built it about 5 years ago and it's been my favourite and most powerful deck since! I didn't go the infinite combo route, just cheating out dragons from the graveyard.. It's the coolest 😄

[@Tronyx91]

Great video!! We need more of this Dev. I have never played EDH but always have been interested to do so. Budget builds are great to see

[@TheBlitzgundam]

Hey man, I’m so glad you’re now discovering how fun Commander can be. I enjoyed your Standard content very much in the past however… it’s not the same as many years back.

[@wrayfinlay8104]

Dev learning nice. Always good to have growth and a different perspective keep up good sir

[@Sinfamous81]

Vega is such a fun deck to play. If you decide to build a deck, Vega is definitely a fun one to start with.

[@pistolpete7422]

SBMTG + EDH = awesome, looking forward to more vids on the topic! In EDH I tend to try and build off-meta decks, and build on a budget, so this is perfect! Great content as always.

[@matthewcecil8552]

Creatures see a lot more play than instants and sorceries in commander. Storm decks aren't super popular because they're too easy to respond. Sorcery at instant speed look fun but it's only competitive if they're gonna thassa/jace. The knowledge pool idea was slick and casting from exile is a pretty great way to avoid interaction.

[@JetNAmplify]

Holyshit! This looks rad! Very excited to watch this one. I love devs takes on things like this

[@michaeltaylor4492]

New EDH content from Dev? You love to see it. Looking forward to more in the future. Bladewing is a very spicy choice. I have glossed over it dozens of times not realizing it can reanimate itself. Another cool rakdos legend that is similar but not plagiarizingly so is Garna.

[@furonet138]

Love seeing you discover the joys of EDH! Keep it up!

[@VultureXV]

I kind of want to make a Varolz deck because I would really like a Golgari themed deck that isn't simply reanimator nor torkens, but plays mostly with the idea of the Golgari of resilience and scavenging, as well as "beneficial death" so to speak. I would also like to make a "Graverobber" deck but I think I'd have to go Sultai for that to also include spell theft from the Yard.

[@jormgundtheballast7397]

I've loved horde of notions since it first came out. One of my all time favorite build arounds.

[@Robshi]

Dev: You should play Bladewing! It's a dragon and dragons are cool, right? Me with my Ur Dragon deck: Do tell. This does look like an interesting series though. Highlighting unusual commanders is definitely something I'd like to see more of.

[@bronsonbronson5313]

Your videos have such cool vibes. Glad I found your channel.

[@christianmontoya4674]

Great vid love your content. I just pay for high quality proxies and can have whatever deck I want for cheap instead of thousands.

[@stephenbradford8524]

Late arrival - Jalira was my first Commander deck, and I miss her greatly.

[@mattd3978]

Always love your card focused stuff like deck ideas and seeing the slow conversion to edh is even better

[@rayw9656]

we might know the commanders but we're here for the delivery big dawg!

[@starfruitgrady]

Awesome picks Dev! I’m a huge fan of Rivaz of the Claw, which uses a ton of the Rakdos Dragons you pointed out for bladewing, hoarding broodlord is sneaky good!

[@TheArchanjel]

Awesome vid, Dev. Doin' my due. Cheers buddy! Always a pleasure. B/W auras!!

[@kairenault]

Please do more content like this. I LOVE budget unknow builds. Bladewing?? Ufff spicy as hell!!

[@narkfly]

Lock combos are great in 1v1 - but in multiplayer for a "fun-oriented" format, you run the risk of the feels bads for opponents not getting you invited to the next game night. Just so you know, it's worth mentioning in your "rule zero" conversation with your pod.

[@shmackydoo]

Love this list. Love seeing cards I've never heard of

[@massdiscored7275]

A good number of these fell out of favor years back like bladewing and ones that are newer just started getting their better support like Vega, and cus of how this are going most new commander that doesn’t do over the top things or are head of a percon doing get as much time in the sun. Still nice to see someone standing up and saying “hey, these are cool and you should revisit them” to the the oddballs of the format

[@bippzy7283]

Your jokes in this video were hilarious. Subscribed

[@stephentaylor451]

I love Vega and Jalira, I’ve always wanted to build around them but never have. But I don’t think Bladewing and Cursed Mirror works. You’ll have to choose a target on Bladewing’s ETB and he’s not in the graveyard yet when the ETB triggers so he won’t be an available target. I’m totally digging the dive into EDH and I hope you continue! I also have a wittigo somewhere or another 😂

[@tonysmith9905]

It works because legend rule doesn't use the stack, it's a state based action (sba). As soon as two copies are on the field one goes, then any etbs trigger as normal. I know, it's confusing as hell cuz sbas aren't usually required knowledge, but yeah this combo works and there are quite a few others that rely on this interaction as well.

[@Sketchfox]

Tawnos is fantastic! I had a build using mutate creatures, which gets interesting when you copy the mutated creature onto the same creature and get 3 mutate triggers at the same time.

[@KL-ie3dj]

A friend I know made a Vega deck… I pretty quickly gathered that it fell into a “so powerful it’s gross and almost boring to play” category. 😬. It was ugly.

[@andrueurbane7361]

For not playing a lot of commander, you have a great mind for the fun of it.

[@joenobody5871]

Have you tried Pauper EDH? Build decks for fraction of cost and use old cards 😀

[@MrClawt]

This sounds like a lot of fun!

[@davesimpas2046]

I have a Vega with kpool... But I removed Lavinia because it's too mean... Instead I added archmage emeritus for drawing 2 cards. Both spells you cast from your hand and from kpool are both casted, so you draw both times..

[@CD-ek3iq]

Jalira is one of my fav decks. She can be so nasty and it’s too fun to beat down with an uncommon commander. She’s a sleeper budget commander for sure.

[@dyslexichitman]

I like turtles! I recently unearthed my old Kaalia deck..... I last bought cards in ~ 2013.... It has some, current, high value cards. I need to start playing commander again.

[@voltcorp]

"no one plays islandwalk" back in the day Inkwell Leviathan was a bomb in edh

[@Zacharadus]

Huh, never realized that Bladewing, Scourge, and Molten Echoes was a full on infinite combo. Resilient too, considering if Scourge is in the graveyard, you can still get it to work. Pretty cool!

[@scottricks1676]

Love ya man! Keep up the dope vids!

[@Tgaxgriffen]

I built a tawnos deck and it’s pretty fun when you play a crater hoof and get an extra craterhoof. Also I really thought he was going to say this deck is not to be toyed with lol.

[@barrytdrake]

I'm looking forward to part 2! Personally, I love Jinnie Fay as a budget commander, but (cough) the rest of that deck I built definitely isn't budget.

[@joelynch4698]

just built a nymris deck as a flash tribal. pretty fun playing on everyone else's turn. Kind of a struggle figuring out how to win with that without going the CEDH route which has been a bit of a weakness. Having a game ender is an issue.

[@IfYouNeedAnEdge]

the best budgetting tips for commander are found at your local Kinkos/FedEx Office tbh

[@seanperry4576]

Keep the commander content coming Dev!

[@deadNdivine12]

Energy tap! Been looking to slot that card in some of my blur decks, but haven't found a spot.

[@elchingon12346]

If you’re my favorite magic channel, does that mean you’re your own favorite magic channel? I like that kind of confidence, Dev From The Place.

[@EliyaSelhub]

Bladewing is neat but it's 7 mana in a color identity with limited ramp options. There are a few ways to sneak it in early but in general commander has gotten way too fast for something that maybe finds a combo on turn 8. You'll definitely see Bladewing in the 99 of other dragon decks but as a commander it looks slow. Miirym is a more powerful dragon combo engine with green to ramp it out early, and it costs pennies.

[@tonysmith9905]

No ramp options? Wut? All the rituals, dock side, jeska's will, crazy mana rocks. You're insane. White is legit the only color that doesn't have good ramp options of some kind (blue has lots of ramp for socery/instants/artifacts). And even a big cost commander in white is fine with all the insane mana rocks available these days. You're playing in 2012 EDH if you think colors can't ramp well.

[@o_vortex]

glad ur playing EDH!

[@moocowp4970]

Nooooo Dev! Dont do this to me! I too am a Standard player who has recently started looking at Commander, ive spent the last 2 weeks spending an insane amount of time crafting my first budget deck (ive gotten it down to 130 cards 😅), and now i need to look at all these commanders too :P

[@RtheDoost]

Awww shnap! Devs dippin into the commander pool! Im down for some more budget commander content.

[@JetNAmplify]

Good pics dev! I really thought the second one you suggest was very interesting. The only problem with tawnos the toymajer is that its simic. As a budget option its probably pretty good, but i think the reason that it gets no decks is bwcause simic can just be super super strong and somewhat obnoxious. It just gets all the best things all the time. At least it has that reputation Diddnt know bladewing even existed. Vega is cool for sure. I think it was an alt commander in a kaldheim precon so that's probably why it's played more than the others

[@forisrex]

if you are looking for interesting budget options, or totally random weird magic decks, mitch (commander quarters) could be a good place to check out

[@B__C__]

Vega's got a spot in my tiny commander cube.

[@hoseaosborn7271]

One of my favorite budget commander's is slimefoot the stowaway

[@KriusAerion]

Please do more of these!

[@StrykerLee]

I'm stoked on this video. And hats off to Joe 🎩🤫☕.

[@dyne313]

I've played Vincent Vega in Historic Brawl (they gave him Ward to make up for the fact that he just gets killed in one on one formats)

[@theconductor_]

Bladewing is such a fun Commander. Also pretty good in Historic Brawl if you’re playing that on arena 😌

[@benistoneman9737]

Wow I am an old school player I get commander. But am honestly wanting to give a few of these decks a try especially for cheap. Wish emperor was still a thing though

[@randy5606]

Try jhoira of the ghitu it's one of my favorite. And haven't seen many people use her. Suspend and protect the suspended cards with counter spells. It's fun putting obliterate on suspend and watch every lose their minds

[@Blacklionguitarist]

There’s also a lockout with knowledge pool and the creature teferi

[@RainRecoded]

I made a Jalira deck once, good deck but everyone will target you after the first time you play it

[@justharry2190]

I got a bunch of low cost legends in my jalira deck with good etbs.

[@TheEvilGingerNinjas]

Keep up the good work!

[@nrossetti2046]

Looking fresh, Dev

[@Ryarat]

I run Bladewing the Risen in the 99 of my Rivaz of the Claw deck. I just felt like Rivaz had more consistency as the commander.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I put Rivaz in my Ur Dragon deck and than realized they aren't a dragon LOL ;p

[@BurgerDrawz]

I've seen Bladewing included in the 99 of other dragons decks.

[@jonasSB-vn8en]

we need more of this

[@dyne313]

The Izzet Gandalf is my favorite, and of course it's the least talked about now.

[@MrPugsrock]

Please make more budget commander decks, make the next round spicier!

[@BadDrummerCarl]

The reason bladewing doesn't see play as a commander is mostly because The Ur Dragon is just busted, it's often better in the 99 in 5 colour dragons than sticking to Rakdos dragons.

[@georgegregory6083]

Umaro! Excellent ff6 reference

[@snokeflake]

This is the first time I’ve noticed your cool shit in the back. Can we get a Dev shows you his cool shit series? That sailor moon clock is neat.