Turning Commander into Boss Rush with Henzie

I’ll be honest I started this video mad at the Jund players and now I might build this man, this deck is like a model runway walk for all your most evil creatures.
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[@MagnaDrake]

That sentence flow of "Every single death only hastens the arrival of the Emrakussy" is absolutely horrifying. I love it.

[@ember3579]

Yeah, and it only gets to be even more horrifying the more you know Magic and the downright heresy that can result from making these bastards cost 0 mana.

[@psychogeko1527]

That line slays me every time

[@PlutoDarknight]

Witness me!!

[@spiralhaze2070]

"I'm not even sure how jund players raise children" Bold of you to assume that jund players have sex

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

If I could pick between sex or four 8 mana creatures on turn 3 I’ll pick the latter every time

[@maldhound]

Best comment

[@nndo6953]

this🙌🏿

[@uniraptor4277]

Hey now, adoption is always an option for people who can't/ don't want to conceive. Having said that DO NOT let the jund players into the orphanage, not after what happened last time!

[@Zelphiez]

They have plenty of sex...with dogs.

[@Mtgreenftw]

Jund doesn't raise children, they raise dragons

[@sammyiel9626]

I love the implication.

[@hamlet8179]

From the dead.

[@ChaosMind10531]

Well now... Imagine that...

[@kristophermichaud4467]

Jund doesn't raise kids. They *raze* kids.

[@curranmoonblade7451]

Jund doesn’t raise children, they raze villages.

[@Nukesnipe]

The Jund player is just politely trying to make sure the blue player doesn't make the game take forever.

[@Ceracio]

I (your friendly neighbourhood monored player) have a solution for blue players making the game take forever, especially if it's the ... *shudders* ... monoblue kind... It's a lovely 4-mana card called Boil. I was lucky enough to open it as an Amonkhet Invocation (or unlucky enough, considering its price vs some of the other Invocations), and ever since then I have been terrorizing blue players.

[@MetalMoose13]

@@Ceracio You're a hero of the people.

[@TheComicBookJoker]

@@CeracioI recently decided to add a bunch of the old blue hate and white hate cards from Magic’s past to a Latulla deck I’m building. That way, even if I can’t or don’t want to use them as written, I can instead discard them to activate Latulla’s Blaze ability.

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

​@@Ceracio I'm shocked anyone is willing to play with someone like yoy

[@Ceracio]

@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 I can't tell whether you're being sarcastic or not, and seeing how obvious I made the humour in my original post, I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. In any case, Boil is 1 card out of 99, and it's not like I run tutors (not that there are that many in red, outside of Gamble), and half the time even when I do get to play it it hits 4 lands max. The only time it's ever heavily impacted a game was when I was down to a 1v1 against a Talrand player and I topdecked it the turn he tapped out.

[@MetalHev]

"Wow, we really can't let that attack""Wow, we really can't let that die" The delivery on that line is absolutely hilarious

[@jamesehlenfeldt7132]

The best Henzie cards elicit both responses.

[@ctromsky5729]

I added kozelik and the new Etali to my Henzie deck and I've never been happier in Jund. Also Henzie killed Atraxa so put some respect on his name

[@Nevendar92]

Killed her seems like an understatement. He dropped a goddamn building on her, then got a bunch of buddies to finish her off by beating her to death with crowbars and baseball bats with nails in them. Dude does not fuck around.

[@malachai1381]

This is why every henzie deck is required by law to run titan of industry. Drop an entire skyscraper on whoever you are most upset with.

[@joueurdudimanche760]

As a Henzie main; I must share the story of my friend playing the new atraxa (the one that makes you draw) while I had my henzie deck. His face when I just said "Lore accurate" as I attack for the kill will forever hold a dear place in my heart.

[@harry4716]

@@Nevendar92common Riveters/Unionist W

[@brendonford3838]

Hendrazi is my next version of henzie for sure

[@janmelantu7490]

Calling Jund a “Life Insurance Scam” is the most correct thing Jund has every been called

[@Pluto137]

I usually use that to hate on white/black

[@seanmurphy3430]

If I had a nickel for every time Maldhound said Emrakussy I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s really, REALLY weird that it happened twice.

[@jasminewatson5653]

Look. He had to make up for the fact that he misgendered her in the video about her SOMEhow, and apparently permanently mentally renaming her to "The Emrakussy" is how that went.

[@tdimensional6733]

I do enjoy how quintessentially Jund he is. See, he's got the "murder people for profit" from black, the "where the fuck do all these creatures come from" of red, and the "that is far too cheap for what you're actually casting" of green!

[@Juniper_Rose]

"What if Red AND Green players had Card Draw?" - Statements dreamed up by a mad man. We have been played for fools.

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

? green is the 2nd best draw color in the game.

[@stevecooper6578]

I love Henzie's face so god damn much He's gonna bliz out goons to steal your knee caps and he knows it

[@AssimilateAndChill]

God, please do Imoti. That card is insane, it asks the question “what if every single one of your bombs had 3 more stapled to it?”

[@TooMuchBSToo]

The fun part of Imoti is adding some dumb shit like Gandalf, Westward Voyager, and getting more value

[@rubbersoulman5533]

"Asks the question?" No it answers it.

[@drpibisback7680]

​@@rubbersoulman5533Simic Value Pile is never the answer, it's a question and the answer is always "yes."

[@addicted2SODA1]

My 25$ imoti keruga deck regularly slaps multi thousand dollar decks. Card is hilarious.

[@Felixr2]

@@addicted2SODA1 To be fair, multi thousand dollar decks can just be garbage decks with four OG duals.

[@DrBrains123]

This was the first in person commander that showed me you can pull out seven eldrazi in four turns

[@shoetube]

Henzie Torre is proof that "fair Magic" can be incredibly unfair.

[@Xerxaxify]

"Henzie out here 'yelling witness me!'" Got me real good! 😂 Love your videos!

[@grantmurdock7385]

Henzie is an absolute riot, both in the "fun" sense and the "tipping over shit and breaking the windows of small businesses" sense.

[@shellfire6931]

As a proud Jund player, you have described the strategy exactly. Make people think we're playing fair and then punch them in the face while sacrificing children for gain.

[@leonardomadruga9090]

The commentary was delicious. Your analysis is always hilarious and outrageous but “Emrakussy” absolutely sent me 😂😂😂. I humbly request either my first commander, Nikya of the Old Ways, or my favorite commander, Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer.

[@schitify]

Love this one. For us cowards begging to let us untap with our commanders, please do a magus lucea Kane episode

[@SparkMatik716]

Henzie is THAT dude. You gotta pair him with Umori for some truly delectable "Oops all Creatures" warcrimes. Favorite commander by a mile. Also Jund Players don't reproduce we end civilizations.

[@rennac3152]

“Witness me blood bag! Witnessss!!”- A Jund player popping off

[@Rukalin]

As someone who got introduced to the church of Jund via Henzie, I can say this is accurate.

[@wickederebus]

Church? There's no Church in the wild.

[@wedgedhealer737]

I main deck is henzie, this is nothing but accurate. Plus I love sacing my own children for a card

[@impp18]

Ah yes Jund, the rabid bare-knuckle boxer of mtg. Another fun one in need of roasting is Kresh. Get 'em

[@alexthelion6187]

As a Henzie player, this was 1000% accurate

[@mrbonlino]

This dude pleasantly surprised me and suddenly became my number 1 deck i love playing. Bought the deck on a whim thinking it would be mid, suddenly realised i love the way it plays and ive blinged it out since when possible. And im always searching for more haymaker cards to add to it each time, i love my value shenanigans the deck provides.

[@STR13R]

Man said "Emrakussy" and made my week just as it was just starting.

[@NightShadowSystem]

And the "Toolbox" full of "Bad Dragons" in all different sizes did it for me xD

[@Dominus13]

"Henzie out here screaming witness me, every single death only hastens the arrival of the the Emrakussy" Absolutely slayed me man, you have rapidly hit the top of my subs as a place I go for a good laugh and excellent info, keep it up

[@HStorm26]

The official Jund motto is "raise and raze" It is important to note that this motto does not have a target because they will do it to themselves just as soon as they'll do it to you

[@smartfoam5107]

embracussy had me dead

[@maldhound]

FUCK I FORGOT TO OVERLAY EMRAKUL I’ll scream forever

[@piperisanerd5912]

this is my favourite flavour of Beating the Shit Out of You(tm) because interaction needs to happen at instant speed for it to be effective, and it’s one of those commanders where you can get a shell of great value & then just throw in all your stupid dumb monsters & still have a pretty fun deck. love henzie, he has every disease

[@s.dalner7245]

Day 5 of asking for Kasla, the Broken Halo. Love your true crime doc-, I mean card reviews ❤

[@ryanheinbach6374]

Henzie was my first commander deck, and I've loved jund ever since.

[@hotdachsbun]

You reminded me that I should add food chain into my Henzie deck, y'know the best way to eat your own young. Lol great video

[@prestontrammell9907]

I can’t believe Mald didn’t talk about reanimate nonsense in this deck. “Shucks guys. I bricked on my 20 draws and missed a giant thing to blitz in. Damn shame.” *Casts Rise of the Dark Realms*

[@ReploidZ]

Shorikai Genesis Engine has to be worth a roast. A literal Gundam as a commander.

[@dcrow9650]

Henzie is my second pre-con that I buy it. I love it. Currently using a budget version that's all about hitting fast and hitting hard

[@Spacetortise]

You’ve come so far and your videos keep getting fucking funnier. Please keep it up, I’d love some long form roast videos of like shards or guilds.

[@Dile0303]

You should roast Jodah Archmage eternal

[@Thatguy-un4yq]

had to come back and watch the review that started it as someone who has never played magic that most recent commander game on shuffle up and play looked so fun.

[@alanrollf2856]

I love "his toolbox is only filled with various sizes of bad dragons"

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

“If it were fair, it wouldn’t be green.” Says the Izzet player.

[@maldhound]

Sssh what has izzet ever done wrong other than all the cheating?

[@kalamander8563]

​@@maldhoundbeing smug about it

[@Konpekikaminari]

Mald playing this deck on The Professor's channel is the _only_ 2h+ video I've watched in the past few years It was glorious

[@pallen2645]

Blitz Squee the Immortal out of the graveyard for RR repeatedly. Could be great.

[@Death2010]

So I am a jack of all trades commander player, but I do love me some sac shenanigans, especially when GB is involved, so this made my day and got you my subscription.

[@nerdlord5718]

Personally I'd love to see you roast a personal favorite of mine, that being Wilson, Refined Grizzly. If you need a background for it, something totally reasonable would be , say, Raised by Giants. Just honest Green. Nothing horrible about it. Though it is such a fun deck to play, I had a friend build it for me after my old ass yellow lab of the same name passed away, and it's just my little nod to that old boi.

[@Airbro3183]

The “sometimes?” Got me 😂 Requesting my redheaded queen, Jhoira weatherlight captain

[@ninjojinjo7426]

I think this video was a transformative part of my MtG life--Henzie probably became my favorite commander after this and I love sticking Yargle & Multani in just so I can jumpscare people with a big frog

[@manikanniah5707]

Witness me! Fuck yes. This is my fav vid of yours. This is my fav commander. I'm a little sad you didn't reference Henzies smirk. Best turn 4 card ruthless technomancer, second seedguide ash

[@jessetaplin590]

This is the funniest and most spot-on Magic-related thing I have seen 😂 possibly ever. I love my Henzie deck.

[@Monsterthatsunderyourbed]

I'm glad you put _some_ respect on my boy Henzie he needs it, and I need him to be in the online mtg game or I stg I'll stampede into their HQ myself and shake all of them toll he's in the GOTDAMN GAME

[@TheJackjackification]

it's starting to feel like jund card downside would be not dying for doin their thing. Future "henzie" like card will have it stay on the field for the war crimes that jund commit if it were to die anyway. apparently not dying is the downside.... who would have seen that comming

[@codyjarvis4557]

Then combine it with black n green’s abilities to bring stuff back from the graveyard and it’s a perpetual motion device 😂

[@awesomesauce_3516]

Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker is a fair and balanced black card that I'd love to see a roasting of.

[@michaelmiller1824]

I stumbled across your videos one day in youtube rabbit hole and you are quickly becoming one of my favorites you are fuckinh hilarious my dude please keep it up

[@cameronsydnor7330]

Day 8 of asking for Rionya, Fire Dancer. Imma be honest I got nothing, I’m not a very funny person.

[@ackbarreserve]

Uh, you know what, you convinced me. Second doctor/goalie it Is.

[@GardeniaCreations]

Oh hey, I was just about to build him

[@maldhound]

There’s that targeted algorithm work again

[@MetalMoose13]

Thank you for roasting Henzie. After I read the bit of info about him that came with the deck I came to love this foo.

[@OrpheusSpyros5]

As a Constant Jund player, i can tell you that we usually have lots of Net's to catch the Kids...

[@double2helix]

I know these cards are a bit too boring on their own, but how about Commanders like Sythis and Sram that just say "Do your thing to draw a card"

[@BloodyMistGeneral]

Day I don't remember asking for Golos. #HeDidNothingWrong

[@ButchDeLoria]

Day whatever of asking for Feldon of the Third Path

[@JupiterExileYT]

Emrakussy is my cursed word for the day, so thank you for that.

[@SwedeRacerDC]

Great video! He's such a wild and fun commander and I had to embrace the idea that I want him to die as much as possible as fast as possible to give my opponents the swift merciful death they deserve.

[@qxmdeadeye6170]

These videos just keep getting better and better. What are your thoughts on the painharmonica himself, Isshin, Two Heavens as One

[@williamchristensen7354]

Excuse me, but Isshin, Two Heavens as One is clearly a SLAM-harmonicon and I won't hear otherwise.

[@demeyesoftheuniverse8170]

"WITNESS ME" I have legit had to cast this mofo for 15 one time to close out a game because people were so determined to keep him off the board... 😆

[@williamchristensen7354]

That's commitment.

[@jacobd1984]

WoTC should have just saved their energy when they were coming up with New Capenna family names, cause everyone just uses the shard names anyway.

[@laurelkeeper]

Well, the shards refer to colors now.

[@bahamut8995]

Day IDK anymore of asking if tree mommy Ashaya can get it

[@sheahon1179]

Day 1 of asking for the greatest lich Nekusar

[@FriendlyDoctorGuy]

Jund players don't raise kids, they raise insurance policies.

[@Valdreag17]

Hey, Henzie’s toolbox also includes Kokusho (good dragon), giant elementals, and Sheoldred… but I realize you aren’t talking about cards here. 😅

[@1996MartinsMatheus]

as a henzie player myself, i loved everything about this video

[@AlfredFJones1776]

Henzie is goated

[@Zander2212]

I am yet again asking for Raggadragga, it's basically spicy elf shenanigans.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

The one problem with a Henzie deck is you can punch hard but can’t take a punch since all your creatures are dead

[@mrbonlino]

Dedicated Henzie player here. 2/3 times I do blitz, but I do get that one off time I do hard cast the cards so I keep some blockers. Typically I have industrial advancement and Riveteers ascendancy meaning the card I blitzed is usually replaced by two more creatures. But yes, I have more moments of being empty boarded than not.

[@malachai1381]

​@@mrbonlinothat's what GB and RB graveyard recursion and reanimation are for!

[@dreadnine6858]

living death baybee

[@reddragonlegacy]

As someone who has a Henzie in the playgroup, he does indeed scream "Witness Me!". Its a double-edged sword, because if you kill Henzie, his stuff gets even cheaper, making you die faster. But if he lives, you still usually die pretty fast. Pitcher's Poison, I guess 😂 A good Commander either way

[@suzikumieda2452]

Can't wait for the next Jund support card: a literal wood chipper you feed creatures into and value comes out the back. Also, still requesting Kemba, Kha Regent, the cat that made a porcupine costume out of swords

[@DAsrada]

Kresh is the kind of Jund deck bold enough to ask the question: what if I just destroy everything repeatedly and turn that into a Voltron win?

[@DAsrada]

So I ask...Roast of Kresh.

[@blitzdeathdefy608]

what about ziatora?

[@CasperGrimshaw]

Come to this episode after watching Maldhound on Shuffle up and Play...I...this did not disappoint. Emrakussy.

[@nighthawk0317]

The toolbox full of bad dragons comment made me choke on my drink bc I was not expecting it and it was too funny😂

[@maldhound]

I measure my success exclusively in near spit takes so this pleases me greatly

[@zackkelley2940]

And now I'm imagining Henzie having a side hustle making pornos.^^

[@TheDerpyDeed]

I can totally see a player sacrificing Henzie to gain mana to then cast him again👀

[@Dyllon2012]

It’s usually not worth it. Once command tax starts going up a lot, you’d rather just spend that mana now for tempo. I just plan on him getting removed via a board clear or something at some point.

[@altruistic_ape]

I always love you Commander Roast, can’t wait for the day you do Ragavan

[@andrewmcnally5013]

I could just end the turn, or play Mikaeus the Unhallowed and have all my Blitz stuff have Undying to double up on the benefits. Just saying......... HOLD ON! I have to go and make a deck!

[@addicted2SODA1]

Wanted to build Henzie with obosh as the companion, but I just can't bring myself to make something that popular.

[@samjordan1724]

See now, as a Jund player myself Henzie is my absolute favorite Commander. Now I love beam town bullies, I love Ziatora, I love Karrthis, I love Korvold. But listen...listen I may have 2 Korvold decks. One for CEDH and one for edh. But HINZIE I HAVE 4. I HAVE 2 CREATURE LAND ONLY DECKS. And 2 full decks. One each for low power have fun jank games. One each for higher level I'm gonna crack your nuts games. Why this man did not show a giant adephage or a scute swarm in this video I don't know but I feel offended and personally attacked

[@joueurdudimanche760]

As a Henzie main, I confirm that bringing a monstrosity T3 or T4 with blitz and rolling a dice to choose wich one of my dear friend will get beaten up is the most endearing feeling in the world. Closely followed by all the mental reflexion my opponents have to do as "Can I kill his commander enough to REALLY make him irrelevant" and I just answer "YOU FOOL ! I'm green, of course I'll cast this eleven mana Henzie" to then proced to bodyslam him with a Worldspine Wurm for 7 mana and other big boys because KILLING ME ONLY MAKES ME STRONGER !

[@VIISkies]

I would ask for you to review my pet commander, but I genuinely don’t know anyone else who plays her Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence AKA Deathtouch Tribal AKA 9 Nazgûl’s as well as every Rabid Bite effect WOTC has ever printed. Yeah, one Deathtouch creature is a pain the ass to deal with, but what do you do when every single creature I play has it?

[@chaosundividedreborn]

I also have my henzie deck in henzie sleeves, and a henzie deckbox on a henzie playmat. I am this man’s NUMBER ONE STAN SO OF COURSE HE CAN GET IT! It being your ass.

[@NA-zs4xi]

Man you forgot the best card for this deck! SUNDIAL OF THE INFNINITE, OH NO MY BOY IS GONNA DIE, NAW PSYCH BITCH IT LIVES AND I STILL GET TO DRAW WHEN YOU DEAL WITH IT

[@Jidayun]

This guy is a house in my Vaevictus Asmadi, the Dire //Umori, the Collector deck.

[@SmashedFish76]

Entirely fair roast of my boy, I approve. He's the only thing remotely capable of keeping my friend's Ukkima/Cazur build at bay in 1v1s though, gotta commit a little tax fraud when you're up against an investment banker

[@frysauce8653]

YES, this is my favorite commander, the optimal way to play henzie imo is to ramp relentlessly for the first 12 or so turns, then take a 45 minute long turn thirteen involving barfing the entire contents of your deck onto the battlefield, giving them all haste, and swinging for 200,000 damage, $200,000 worth of property damage, and 200,000 whacks to the head's worth of brain damage. everything has a place in henzies toolbox, from dragons and eldrazi to elves and goblins, and every one of them kicks ass.

[@megatenshi]

My Henzie deck is what finally got my group to agree we should ban Underworld Breach. Turns out, four Cavalier Of Flame death triggers with 15 lands in my yard in one turn was a bit silly, who knew! For real though, sick ass commander, makes some rad cards like Tortured Existence really fun

[@edrovalo3566]

Your explanation of cards is as spot on as any spot removal, and you've covered a couple of my personal favorite commanders and that being said i must request you review/roast Grimgrin, Corpseborn. If you do i will subscribe to your channel. Simple enough. Fair trade right?

[@MagicManCM]

He was my first precon and after a little bit of alterations I didn't touch him for a while but recently was like "why did I stop upgrading this deck?!" Because I had a Terror of the Peaks and a Birds of Paradise at one point and instead of elevating my boy I traded them in for other shenanigans in other decks. RIP tbh but he's on the come up and is easily one of my favorite commanders. Got him spiced up with some degenerate shit like the new flip Etali, flip Vorinclex, and Zopandrel 🤙

[@Niac022]

It makes me sad I only play fair commanders like 'Mind Flayer, the Shadow' or 'Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant' cause they'll never get roasted like this.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

Please do a roast of Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. Her art is beautiful but don't be deceived. Master Warcraft the token army attacking you into hitting someone else and flash Gisela in off Winding Canyons/Emergence Zone for a surprise war crime and you'll see exactly what I mean when I call her the Patron Saint of Geneva Convention violations.

[@ember3579]

.......... A thought. A commander dying boosts their cost to cast for each death. Does this mean that Henzie blitzes himself?