Wulfgar of Icewind Dale | Attack Trigger | Commander | EDH | Budget | Cut-Rate Commander

[@GrazzetMTG]

Be sure to Like, Comment and Subscribe if you liked the video and would like me to make content like this in the future. Also, make sure you stick around until the end of the video to see what commanders are up to vote for a future Cut-Rate Commander Video and let me know who you want to see in the comments.

[@Tekman31]

Always a great feeling when I see you already made a video for a commander I might wanna build!

[@GrazzetMTG]

With the backlog getting bigger each week, that may be becoming more and more common... I may have to update these older ones....

[@moglyn446]

Thanks for another great video! This deck looks pretty fun to play and I think I can throw something together that's pretty close to what you've got with the cards I have. It's a hard choice between Asmodeus and Oswald, I'd really like to see both. I think I'll throw my lot in with Oswald though.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and good luck with your games when you out your version together! Oswald escapes from the Archfiends clutches and takes the first place spot! Lets see how long he can hold onto it!

[@larsandersland851]

I'd love to see how you would build Asmodeus!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for the Asmodeus propels him to the first place - which the devilish monarch finds very fitting.

[@jonathanrichman2330]

My vote is for Asmodeus! I really like the idea of using life total as a resource, but I’ve been struggling with making a budget friendly deck.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for the Lord of Lies ties up the rankings - The Devil and the Gnome now in dead heat for the first place spot!

[@scottricks1676]

Great content as always good sir!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the support!

[@Heavyarms525]

Great videos, I love how you explain the gameplan and show how each card works towards that goal. I vote Oswald!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoy the content and how I break down the decks - I strive to have viewers understand why each card was chosen and how the contribute to the decks playstyle and gameplan, so its nice to hear that people are enjoying it! Another vote for Oswald brings him within spitting distance of double digits votes himself and that much closer to reaching Asmodeus!

[@MalteLewandowski]

Hi @grazzet Mtg, very good deck tech on Wulfgar. I like how structure and clear everything was presented. From a content perspective, however, I am missing some form of protection. We are a very creature-heavy deck and need to protect our board state, as well as Wulfgar himself. Green has some very good board protection spells and we could also add something like swiftfoot boots, which can protect Wulfgar (or any other high value creature we have on board) from pesty single target removal. I think once people realize how much value our commander provides, it could be hated out quite quickly. Did you think about the protection aspect and if yes, why did you decide to not include some of the staples there?

[@GrazzetMTG]

I can see the argument for some more pieces of protection - since our opponents will likely be gunning for Wulfgar once he gets rolling (or even earlier if they are particularly mean). In this case, I wanted to go for a more "glass cannon" type build to in an effort to hit hard and hit fast - in which some of the defensive options may be bricks that don't help us advance that game plan. That being said - both boots, help with protection as well as having or creatures get in for damage, while Wrap in Vigor and Heroic Intervention are great ways to keep our boards intact - all of which can slot in by replacing some of our less efficient creatures from some protection if you find your board getting picked apart frequently.

[@jonwagner6220]

Great video

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build!

[@joeyvirtue4884]

Please add a list to all these cool commander decks

[@GrazzetMTG]

Each build has a link to the full decklist in the description - though you may need to expand it to see it.

[@aldousmaster]

Thank you for another cool build! Let's see what big bad Asmodeus is capable of?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build! The Lord of the Ninth continues his ascent up the rankings - a fitting place for a deity such as himself!

[@loonar7960]

I like Oswald quite a bit. I'd like to see a budget build of it that works decently.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Oswald does not appear to be giving up just yet - another vote brining him slightly closer to Asmodeus and the first place spot!

[@Jorm2189]

Awesome vid. My vote is for Asmodeus 🙌🏼🔥

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! Asmodeus ties up the rankings again - he and Oswald stuck in epic struggle for the first place slot! Who will come out on top?!

[@snowflake3114]

Thanks for building Wulfgar on a budget! As much as I would like to see Asmodeus get built for Commander, I'm casting my vote for Oswald Fiddlebender because the challenge of building mono-white for Commander is a challenge I will always enjoy watching.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Oswald cracks double digits as he is now just a step behind the Archfiend with this vote! Will he be able to tie it back up or even overtake him again?

[@doritodust0076]

Oswald Fiddlebender seems like he could helm a neat combo deck, so my vote is for him.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for Oswald lets him tie up the second place slot, now neck in neck with Zalto on who will overtake the other!

[@chrishogan9143]

Oswald has my vote. Fingers crossed that he pulls through.

[@GrazzetMTG]

The Gnome manages to get between the giants legs and overtake, now tied up with Asmodeus for the first place spot! Can this be an upset as the underdog climbs from last to first!?

[@JohnnyBilic]

Wothout further ado; I love this. This deck looks awesome and fun. Some obvious upgrades like Sol ring are in order, but you created an excellent budget core! This one I will definitely try out, great job! Also, I love the pick for the next week. Seems to me I’m gonna have to dig through my bulk to prepare for two new decks xD As for the voting, definitely Oswald. He seems super interesting and fun. Currently I’m working on Osgir, but I wouldn’t mind it at all if you showed my how Oswald could lead his own 99 on a budget. Knowing me, I’m probably gonna add more combos and whatnot, but that’s my problem alone ^^’ Again, great job and I’m looking forward to your next video!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build as always! Another vote for Oswald allows him to begin to close the gap between him and the devil in the lead! Can he make up the difference?

[@Knightfall8]

"annihilator is particularly nasty" A BLEEPING UNDERSTATEMENT lol when i suggested this route to the table when we discussed wulfgar at the lgs, the table literally went silent XD

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yeah, its pretty mean if it can get rolling - and the double proc thanks to Wulfgar just makes it insane.

[@paulwessendorf1487]

Loving your content more and more, your in depth analysis of includes really shows what a good deck designer you are. My vote is for Asmo.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoy the content and thank you for such a high praise! Asmodeus cracks the double digits with this vote - climbing to even greater heights as his competition continues to trail behind!

[@youngwillis63]

great tips with battle cry etc. I think average CMC is too high though

[@GrazzetMTG]

Fair point. Personally, I think decks with green in them can afford to go a bit higher with thier CMC's but I can see the argument to make it a bit leaner to avoid issues in the early game.

[@yankmyarea]

Zalto! Let’s turn dungeons into our opponents tombs!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Looks like the Fire Giant is the first one out of the gate this time around - emboldened by his frost giant kin's previous victory and eager to pull another win for giant kind!

[@nickatwork]

Great deck! Haven't seen anyone build Zalto so he's got my vote

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for Zalto continues to push him up the ranks! Does he have what it takes to catch up the the devil lord in the lead?

[@AYooo_Its_D]

Great stuff sir🎩, would a budget tasigur be possible?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Possible - sure. How good would it be, that would require further testing. Sadly I have my hand full with AFR stuff and likely so many new commanders from Innistrad - but maybe I'll be able to revisit some of these older commander later down the line.

[@angelsepulveda9211]

Love the videos. I like Oswald. Curious to see how you build Asmodeus, if you decide to play with life swaps or not. So either I'm excited to see.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad that you've been enjoying the builds so far! This split vote still keep both contenders tied for 1st - neither seeming to be able to get a edge on the other for too long!

[@MAKthe23rd]

Great video as always. Really liked the deck. Also felt like the possible upgrades you mentioned would change the deck price from cheap to pretty expensive :D Seen already a lot of Oswald decks and gameplays so I’m voting for asmodeus :)

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build! And yeah, some of the upgrades are a bit pricey, but I do like to give a wide selection to include things people may already own regardless of price in the upgrades. The Archfiend moves up the rankings yet again - could this be the beginning of the end of this race?

[@bohmel]

Given my often short tension span, this deck looks fun to just chill out and smash things with! I don't really have a preference for this next one, I'd be curious to see any, so I'll let the people who do cast the votes this week

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build!

[@MarvTheMadKing]

All about my giants. Zalto ftw. I currently have him in a deck with hedron matrix planned to make him tougher to get rid of

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yeah, Hedron Matrix is certainly one way to make him more beefy, all that you can ping him even more per turn. The fire giant brings up the rear, trying his hardest to catch up to the lead Asmodeus and Oswald have already established! Can he make up the distance or will he be doomed to the bronze medal?

[@keaganrosario8230]

My vote is for Zalto, Fire Giant Duke!

[@GrazzetMTG]

The fire giant may be the black horse in the race, but he is not our - another vote pushing him up the polls to close on the 2 competitors in the lead!

[@matthewgeritz344]

The first attack of Wulfgar we should have seen it coming still stepping into war-gear we heard a distant drumming and much despite our efforts our ford in disarray, the first attack of wulfgar bled into a second day. Asmodeus the Devil God, who's binding contract still to this day denies my soul an ounce of its free will. In desperation, years ago, I turned to Duke Zalto, beseeching him to seize the throne, yet He told me "Hell no." Just as I'd resigned my fate I had the strangest inkling the doorbell rang. It was a gnome Selling magical tinkering. He's Odd and wild and little. His magics full of splendor! He has my vote to save my soul, that Oswald Fiddlebender!

[@GrazzetMTG]

With a superb and well crafted verse, the bardic inspiration from our resident bard pushed Oswald to tie it up again with the Archfiend - now both neck and neck as they jockey for the first place spot once more!

[@ActingCastle24]

Great video man, can you do grazilaxx next I’m currently working on one myself and need some ideas.

[@GrazzetMTG]

Sorry, but I'm currently limiting the available builds to 3 options at the end of the video to keep the requests streamlined. Though Grazilaxx was on a previous poll and may appear again as on option, so keep an eye out.

[@ActingCastle24]

Sounds good man, I’m gonna be build a lot of these anyway so keep up the good work👍🏻

[@Mendrikk]

Hiho, nice bis again! Vote for Asmodeus

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! The Lord of the Nine Hells moves forward to tie up the first place slot - not willing to be shown up by a simple giant!

[@AdamKaiser1]

I would love to see either the Asmo or Oswald but my vote has to go to The Demon himself. Let's enjoy the war and the pillage!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another Vote for the Ruler of the 9th - now nearly breaking double digits in the poll as he continues to climb!

[@seanm4682]

I do have ine question, why do you never play mana dorks like Llanowar Elves or Elvish mystic?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Good question! Honestly, unless the deck has a hyper aggressive curve or take advantage of the mana dorks (by untapping them or some other means), I prefer land base ramp. Its harder for opponents to interact with a land over a creature and it helps thin out the deck (which in a 99 card deck may seem like nothing but can add up with multiple sources of land bases ramp). Hope that answers your question.

[@seanm4682]

@@GrazzetMTG thanks! That actually helps a lot, now that I think about it I should probably cut some of my own dorks in favor of land ramp

[@GRIEF_DH]

I would like to see Negan

[@GrazzetMTG]

Currently I'm focusing on new commanders that get released, but likely somewhere down the line I'll branch out to some of the older commanders from previous sets or even some of the Secret Layer or Silver Boarded cards if there's any interest (One day Twilight Sparkle, one day....).

[@bestregards9672]

nice deck, my vote is gonna go to oswald

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed it! Another vote pushes Oswald further up the rankings, now putting some distance between the devil that is hot on his heels (Get it. Devil. Hot. You get it....)!

[@LS-de9zx]

Asmodeus!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Another vote for the Archfiend puts some distance between him and Oswald - widening the lead as he contiues to climb the rankings!

[@eliaszbojko2559]

Papa Bless

[@GrazzetMTG]

Thanks!

[@tatz717]

I'd like to see Asmodeus take this one.

[@GrazzetMTG]

The Prince of Evil, not willing to allow a Gnome to show him up, surges up the ranking again, just a step behind Oswald and poised to tie up the first place spot.

[@ryantwomey3463]

waves of aggression deck? also no goood old overrun? i love overrun shit was my childhood the amount of times the game got to who casts overrun back in 99' Also war of the spark domri in here maybe? making creatures uncounterable seems worthwhile in this creature heavy tactic

[@maliciousmathon]

Vote for Zalto, Fire Giant Duke

[@GrazzetMTG]

Zalto pushed up the rankings again, now on the heels of the archfiend - not willing to concede defeat to a denizen of the lower planes just yet!

[@Galchoo1]

TIME TO GO TO WAAAAAAAAAAAAR! Amazing deck as always, one I will definitely test out. Hopefully I can read the data from all the blood. And Targ Nar is in it, successfully redeeming himself. Now that's what I call character development! My one-eyed vote goes to Oswald, The Artifact Birthing Pod, since White is my favourite color in Magic, along with Blue and Red. Also I am curious what a budget build of him would look like. Day 33 of waiting for GrazzetMTG's face reveal. Do you have a favourite color and/or color combination? Or you prefer the color identity of my one-eyed friend?

[@GrazzetMTG]

Glad you enjoyed the build and as far as a favorite color pairing - I go through so many that its hard to pick a favorite! What I do know is that my least favorite color combo to play is Mardu, despite how much I want a Mardu Human Tribal deck to work..... The artificer begins his accent up the rankings - still bring up the rear but its still early, so anything can happen!

[@LegoM007]

Oswald Fiddlebender please

[@GrazzetMTG]

Yet again, the Gnome ties it up with the devil - both these fierce competitors refusing to give even an inch in this tight race!

[@crazman36]

You should think about making a non-budget series or upgrades to decks and call it “cut-throat commander”

[@GrazzetMTG]

You would not have been the first person to pitch that idea to me - I may have to consider this...

[@morrius0757]

@@GrazzetMTG Please do, deciding what to upgrade is equally difficult as building a deck for those who suck at building decks or those who just don't like to do it. lol

[@ixion567]

I vote Oswald this time!

[@GrazzetMTG]

The Gnome pulls ahead - slipping into the first place slot as Asmodeus slides back to second! Lets see if Oswald can hold onto the lead this time!

[@heretosty]

Asmodeus

[@GrazzetMTG]

Asmodeus pulls ahead to claim the first place spot again, with Gnome artificer still hot on his heels!

[@Delwift]

Amodeus all the way!

[@GrazzetMTG]

Asmodeus takes the lead again, pulling ahead of Oswald to claim the first place spot for himself again! Will he be able to hang onto it for more than a few moments however?!