Zethi, Arcane Hate-Blender

[@joellongworth1850]

Well done, "The Gripper Zone" is officially the worst phrase you've ever said 👍

[@Keyw]

If she got the grippy socks, well, you know the rest.

[@TDeck1]

😂

[@GameConnoisseur69]

the grip

[@RootOnion]

Helps that she has the Chun-Li alt

[@LoneSkag]

@@Keywchun li got the grippy socks

[@123silverslash]

its chun-li, "multikicker" was quite literally the best idea theyve ever had

[@riverroth3688]

"would, would barkin like a dog" FUCKING EXACTLY

[@zackkelley2940]

As if there could even BE any answer other than a VERY emphatic YES.^^

[@garrymoore-eroomyrrag]

i think he meant "wood" as in the thing in his pants

[@Helios810]

@@garrymoore-eroomyrragno. He means as in he would smash

[@Sithreis]

This channel is truly the only thing I need MTG related.

[@maldhound]

I will strive to uphold this sentiment

[@Sithreis]

@@maldhound bro i got back into card games recently for the first time in years (mostly ygo tho) and there hasnt been a single other channel that hits that perfect "i love this game but check out this bs" + poetry like these vids have

[@bradleyhcobb]

I don't even play. Haven't in... almost 20 years now. I still love Mald and everything he does.

[@lumijo2407]

That includes the game itself right now...

[@bionova7]

Shoutout Spice8Rack, does similarly witty content but in very, very long form. Also much more lore focused but still funny as fuck

[@daedlus1220]

I've discarded a Teferi's Protection before and got it exiled with a kick counter. Phasing out at the end of each combat. EVERY. TURN.

[@apollotg1]

Zethi triggers when she attacks and you can only cast the spells as part of the trigger. You're not able to wait until end of combat to play the exiled cards

[@idjles]

Chronomantic escape and the 10th Doctor’s Timey Wimey is similar - no-one can attack you any more.

[@ericdundas9768]

She's really wacky. You spend 5 turns casting your 1-mana control cards, cast your kicky girl and get three of them back. She only hits instants making ber interesting for her colors, but if you let her live she will kill all of your things because while she can't burn you, she can absolutely bury everything you love. She's also super consistent which makes games enjoyable even though you become target number 1 after the first time you play her

[@AlextheLynx1]

"She can't burn you," .....my Prologue to Phyresis and Proliferate effects disagree.

[@hollowoat]

@@AlextheLynx1needed to wash the feet

[@Dyllon2012]

Yeah, I definitely see her getting out of control. Very similar to Arcane Bombardment and that enchantment is basically my wincon in my Izzet deck.

[@gackybass]

​@@hollowoatIt would cost you nothing to not say that.

[@yuukihanato9691]

@@gackybass nah he'd have to sac a creature pay 30 mana lose 40 life and tap all their creatures ,which i guess depending on the deck their running is nothing

[@jacobnelson6042]

2:09 I figured you’d wanna feel her “gripper zone”

[@TrueAmmySensei]

Azorius continues with its trend of making fair and fun to play commanders, just like how it did with Shorikai, Genesis Engine, who I so kindly request a roast on :]

[@silverwind0861]

I second this roast request as it is one of my favorite commanders

[@Firehawk376]

Azorias: "Fun is illegal."

[@AsuraBoss]

Didn’t he already cover Shorikai in the past?

[@seththeace6217]

As someone who has this deck. Fair and balanced. Almost got teferi's protection in the 'gripper zone' once.

[@gabomon08slayerofdragons]

I did but you wont be able to do anything since once you cast it she doesnt damage, its more of a troll combo though

[@Dragonshade64]

No shenanigans with Offer you can't refuse to somehow get more mana than what you started with?

[@rubberbandba11craft]

@@gabomon08slayerofdragonsthrow a kicked cyc rift onto that pile and you win

[@DraygaFlight]

​@gabomon08slayerofdragons mix in a "no shenanigans during my turn" card, and it becomes the deck that eternally kicks you in the nuggets, while disappearing into the shadows.

[@johncameron1935]

You. I don't like you. That's an amazing addition here, but I don't like you.

[@davidcano7819]

One of the ways to get that mana is through a bunch of cost reducing artifacts, which you can blow up with Kibo, Uktabi Prince. Is this just a roundabout way to ask for a roast of Kibo? Why yes, yes it is

[@FlamelX]

I want you to know that you got me back into magic after 10 or so years. Now I spend all my free time coming up with, starting to build, and then abandoning decks! Thanks!

[@maldhound]

Part of the ship, part of the crew

[@AnonYmous-et4mz]

Wow, took me all the way to the end to realise this is one of those Universes Within-treatments.

[@elijahc5331]

“The Gripper Zone” killed me

[@godofdarkness01]

1:49 Okay, this is majestic. Bravo for coming up with "a Scrooge McDuckian hoard of evergrowing depression', I am in hysterics. Especially good choice on having the word 'evergrowing', the joke could've been made without it, but it makes the comedic timing work so well.

[@HeraldOfOpera]

Chun-Li is responsible for generations of leg men. (1992, people!)

[@moxperidot1012]

Now I really wanna hear Mald's opinions on Feather the Redeemed

[@naiustheyetti]

Bro same.

[@rubbersoulman5533]

Oh I remember that card...

[@navypilot47]

It's basically the same deck, just angrier.

[@brandonzacher5263]

I have a nasty feather deck that just drops spells constantly

[@AdHocWholius]

Feather has access to massive amounts of ramp that Zethi does not, and some of the nastiest spell copying creatures in the game like Zada and Mirroring Dragon. Not to mention recursion with cards like Malvinda and Dreadhorde Arcanist (both of which Feather's replacement affects the spells of, so their exile is replaced with Feather's unique exile that brings it back to hand in the end step). Once the Feather Player has both their ramp and card draw it quickly becomes a game of how fast they can pop off, doubly so if they have storm-kiln for Treasure Tokens on every cast (which makes grapeshot absolutely, absurdly unfair for a recyclable damage and shittons of Treasures). If you want to be a megabastard in a pod, just use Aurelia's Fury for X=2 every turn and ping one of your creatures and whoever you don't want to play the game, they'll be locked out of noncreature spells.

[@beo9057]

Huh, I didn’t think about how much Azorious has in terms of 1 mana instant speed interaction…. They really aren’t beating the fun police allegations, are they?

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

It's literally in the lore of their plane. They ARE the police.

[@davey_rulez7301]

@@dontmisunderstand6041they’re the senate, which is arguably worse

[@Lio_Braga]

​@@davey_rulez7301I'm the Senate!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

​@@dontmisunderstand6041: The Boros are the police. The Azorious are the judge, jury, and executioner that is more corrupt than a New York City election during the time of Tammany Hall in "Gangs of New York." Don't believe me? Read the original Ravnica lore books, because I have. How f**ked is your plane when the supposed leader of the Azorious Senate, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (that taxing sonofabitch), is working with Szadek, the vampire who was head of the Dimir at the time? Put it this way: After Agrus Kos died and Niv-Mizzet ran away like a bitch, Agrus Kos got made the guildmaster of the Ghost Quarter: The colorless Underworld where everyone goes when they die. (Which, now that I think about it, makes no sense from a card flavor standpoint, given Ghost Quarter blows up any land, and gets a basic into play. How the hell is that even remotely connected to the place with ghosts, spirits, and dead people in them?)

[@Awes0m3n3s5]

​@@davey_rulez7301theyre senate and courts

[@tristonshelley96]

shes really fun with those 'beneficial' counter spells like offer you can't refuse. you can counter your own cantrips for treasures or card draw with arcane denial

[@DAsrada]

I must hear Maldhound's takedown of Davros. Out of all the UB Commanders from Doctor Who, he actually makes you feel like you're being invaded by murderous pepperpots that insist on abusing you.

[@Phoenixcallo]

I love Davros, especially when copying him many times to make a Dalek army :D What do you mean singleton format?

[@DAsrada]

@@Phoenixcallo I watched one of these decks employ Smokestack. It was misery for the table.

[@timmyda1st191]

You know, this might be the card to cure my green only deck building.

[@TheMeditatingRaven]

A roast for Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter would be hilarious. Who needs to choose aristocrats or treasure, you can have both and watch your opponents gulp in terror as your Zulaport Cuthroat, Mirkwood Bats, and Nadier’s Nightblade go off like popcorn.

[@calebbrown1068]

I believe he has anecdotally referred to him in another video on a Mardu Commander (Isshin likely) as ‘crackhead Legos’.

[@UniversalJuan]

I'm actually in the process of altering my Jan Jansen deck into a Mr House deck instead, currently

[@kevinwestermann1001]

It's Aristo-scraps!

[@zpinkerton7946]

Universe beyond/wiþin are wonderfully fun designs in general, imo. I know I have a ball when I bust out Wernog+Bjorna (also requesting Wernog, possibly +Bjorna) (Or Urtet)

[@Pachitaro]

"We have Feather at home"

[@NobleGiratina]

This is perfect timing. Last game of locals from like 2 hours ago, a friend and I switched decks. He had my Zethi and I had his Zurgo Helmsmasher. Once he understood how she worked, he won.

[@traviswilliams2348]

Had my wisdom teeth pulled today. Pretty sure the procedure multikicker on it as well XD. Love ya mald. Keep up ya shit, make me smile...even when it hurts to do so.

[@FennaDG]

How fitting, I literally just finished assembling a Zethi/Chun-Li deck and I’m going to test it out as I see this video pop up in my feed LMAO

[@duffomatic]

Oh, this is hilarious, I just built this commander for a deck exchange a friend and I are doing! I didn’t expect to see you do a video on it!

[@johnsmith-dn8kv]

"No? Eat shit." is my new response to counterspells.

[@dustinsollars2355]

Don't forget magecraft, whenever you cast or COPY a spell bullshit happens. Every turn she attacks she COPYS the kicked cards.

[@thomasdrnec4783]

Ah yes high tide the deck

[@hotdachsbun]

Scrooge McDuck Eldritch horror is a pretty banger line

[@Narakiomal]

If her’s is the “gripper zone” I wonder what the hell Feather’s would be lol

[@maldhound]

Swiffer Zone

[@brianjones374]

my first real intro to mtg was by this channel and i can with my entire chest that this is the only and best place for me to get all of my mtg knowlege from

[@SlavicHavoc]

Just a suggestion for everyone pointing out Nexus of Fate is an instant, you're better off just using Mystical Tutor to keep putting it on top of your library than trying some convoluted way to get it into your graveyard and exiled with her effect. That way you're not taking up deck slots with with cards that are mostly irrelevant to your strategy.

[@bluehoodie_gamer6867]

my favorite thing about this card is that if you put nexus of fate face down as a creature through some means and then kill it you can have it in your graveyard, exile it, and then take an extra turn every time she swings, giving you infinite turns :D

[@PotassiumLover]

I think you’ll have a much easier time getting nexus of fate in your yard by just discarding it rather than turning it into a creature lol

[@Dreadnote-pf7of]

Actualy a good point about counters on exiled cards. I at first missed this part and thought it would work like Arcane Bombardment (but cost mana to play spells), so she would just exile spells "under itself", and if you blink of destroy her - she need to rebuild. But that way you 99% safe that your spells wouldn't gone.

[@Gimpocalypse]

I humbly request my boi Tayam and/or my gurl Horobi. Your shit cracks me up and is always top quality. Keep up the good work =]

[@maldhound]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@kellfromhell9325]

I’m so glad I’ve found your channel. You have made learning about dumb BS cards a joy and has inspired me to make several dumb, stupid, and sometimes what I can only describe as truly evil commander decks

[@johnathanpetreman6701]

I don't even play MTG but the energy you bring js every thing I need.

[@spoopyboi1882]

"The one mana Fuck You" god i fucking love it now

[@orange-10897]

Nothing bad ever happened from copying the funny combat spells either lol

[@daemonxblaze]

Once more I beseech the Lord of Roasts to take a look at Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, my favorite commander

[@mahockey3]

Thanks for giving me another commander to build a deck around and make my friends hate me with

[@Apolloross0627]

I'll give you all of the kids in my basement if we get Zoyowa Lava Tounge, I'm begging you

[@CeltiesSin]

Is there any other answer to chun li other than “yes”? Like.. epitome of hot character right there lol

[@patrickoverstreet2372]

Im bout to start sacrificing chickens to the Ur-Dragon to get you to show him some respect

[@devintrivett4918]

The casual lemon party reference sent me to the shadow realm

[@spikysmoothness]

I made a Zethi deck that uses poison counters and proliforate with magecraft copy triggers :)

[@Cavemonkey747]

“IM BARKING LIKE A DOG “ 2023 quote of the year

[@Whistrash]

"It is a Scrooge Mcduckian horde of ever growing depression" LMAO

[@jedimasterajlee9983]

I see a pretty sword lady and I'm already in, but then you add in crimes? You've sold me. I'm building her. Also, I'd love to see a roast of my other favorite criminal lady knight, Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider! Aka the most Boros Boros to ever Boros

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

That Zethussy has kung fu grip, we ALL would.

[@SnakeBrine12341]

You forgot that the deck also has an anti win con, by discarding teferi’s protection and exiling it with her, you go from ‘gatchya bitch’ to the creatures, to then saying it to the players

[@davide887]

Finally, a commander in azorious that makes claire d'loon joy sculptor hilarious

[@rubberbandba11craft]

This with a kicked cyclonic rift is unstoppable

[@Blooming.Grove1]

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer! Get that morph on! Let's a vid on it!

[@Eramiserasmus]

I can only imagine the pain of getting kicked by those kick counters. Thank goodness Azorius doesn't have haste.

[@thegarunixking1101]

Teferi's Protection every turn, hell yeah!

[@samuelopoku4868]

"Gotcha Bitch" 😂😂😂 lost it

[@drpoprox2821]

Patiently waiting for each of the original elder dragons to get roasted.

[@bfeldz1023]

Finally, one of my commanders gets roasted. I feel seen!

[@ArninoStorm]

Good, you're just in time for the... cheese tasting phase!

[@slicemup9]

I will never stop asking for Tovolar, Dire Overlord, Maldhound.

[@redwillow1853]

As a fellow connoisseur of the gracious blessing that be Chun-Li's legs... I'm still waiting for my Kalamax the Stormshire roast Mald.

[@ashlynx1]

The chun li blockstrings dont stop

[@Badassest]

Who would've thought that faces are the best place to park feet!

[@spuriusbrocoli4701]

Incidentally, High Tide is an instant.

[@Zansatsu-0379]

The original version of this card was Chun Li, so the sheer level of can they get it has reached a new height.

[@justinanderson2631]

Mishra Eminent one: Best brother ever (by elimination)

[@casualgoats]

I have considered building her and you've now convinced me. Ok ok now do my muscle mommy Saskia!

[@jasonwright393]

Bro, Breya. Begging

[@LoneSkag]

Path swords and anything that stacks a card to top of deck is going to be nasty

[@takeyouforgranite7850]

SMEAGOL HELPFUL GUIDE, PLEASE, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR WEEKS!

[@andrewspears8891]

Another round of recasting heal on every other player's turn for a Feather the Redeemed roast.

[@stevenheydorf6931]

Leyline of Anticipation or Vedalken Orrery + Zethi + Nexus of Fate. Hello there, Infinite Turns, my old friend!

[@eddy40handzz]

It might be classified as criminal activity but I'm putting this into Kykar

[@jayemdaewarehouse9027]

We need Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury! All hail our half elf queen.

[@AsuraBoss]

Y’know, I never actually realized this was who Chun-Li was built over, and now I can’t choose which one I prefer.

[@gabomon08slayerofdragons]

Year 2077 of waiting for Teysa Karlov roast

[@zenerboi3580]

Love it man. Great as always. Still waiting for my boy Yurlock.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Nexus of Fate is her kick in your groin.

[@byroniousprime8078]

Aww The Gripper zone, fond memories of that place. Darren visits quite often.

[@divinearcadia]

You totally gotta roast my girl Meria, Scholar of Antiquity 😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidmoreira2334]

Yo, new Maldhound roast dropped! With that said can you talk about Ghyrson?

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Currently, the only instant-speed Time Walk in Azorius colors is Nexus of Fate. I'm sure there's a deck out there dedicated to getting Nexus of Fate into the graveyard and playing Zethi at instant speed for those sweet, sweet infinite turn combos.

[@thefloofeman8537]

I was wondering why the effect was so familiar then I remembered that she’s just chun li

[@Metphies]

Gotta see some love for my boy Rograkh, Son of Roghahh,. God knows wizards has given up on his creature type.

[@obfirmoviatorem]

You can also use the "perpetually reduce cost cards" again and again Yeahhhh this will be fun Think Mind Splice Apparatus Absorb Energy Discover the formula We casting 2 mana Alrund's Epiphany's

[@Pendergast891]

Please, the og horseman, karador, needs time to shine again.

[@kanoslayer2735]

This is why you always have a Aether Snap ready to fuck with anyone playing counter based deals like this

[@TheDogboywonder]

Zethi is a cool idea of a spellsword archetype. But my man Tetsuo, Imperial Champion is another, who needs to be roasted.

[@Doornenstroom]

mald is making me want to build a zethi deck now

[@AMerexican787]

Yet somehow this card is still the fair version of feather

[@GammaBoy4]

Surrack Dragonclaw. One of my favorite commanders and the deck he is in is super hilarious.

[@Dragrun1]

Roast Masako the Humorless, or "no, I am absolutely going to have fun with my incredibly wide board, eat shit"

[@qrowbranwen1864]

I was waiting for Chun-Li to show up

[@MidgarMerc]

My Chun-Li deck has a win condition where I get Teferi's Protection into the graveyard so I can exile it and then peace out for the remainder of the game lol. Also play token generators like shark typhoon or monastery mentor plus a Ashnod's or Phyrexian Altar and go to town

[@bricecart6148]

IT HAPPENED!!!!!!!! All hail the gripper zone

[@kieranclarke5389]

Tech in those processers to show just how much hate you have

[@TheLegacyDan]

Dang man, I just put her on the list of decks to take apart. But seeing this vid reminded me of all the repeated Brain Freezes I've kicked off with her