Anje Falkenrath | Upping the Average 

While I picked up this deck for all the hype around K'rrik, I'm really glad (Miss) Anje has stood the test of time. So much fun to play, making a mechanic otherwise overlooked in commander really fun and genuinely competitive!

I bought this deck for my daughter and a precon for myself at the same level, I think this video might get her into building her own, so now I can play my jank. Everything was very well explained. Thanks!

I was waiting for the "con'druculations" pun...it never came but loved the video.

"ConDRACULAtions" never change Joey, never change

I don't even watch Drag Race but the memes are somehow already familiar, this was great.

Miss Anje. Miss Aaanje. Miss. Miss Aaaaaanje. *Sashays away

I’ve been messing with building an Anje deck for awhile. You’re timing is as always, on point

Thanks for this. I have a non-combo Anje deck and this will really help elevate it

Bruh. I’ve been waiting for this for forever. I’ve been maiming Anje for almost a year now bc I love the mechanics you can use with her. I have already done a ton of research on decks with her but when I saw this I had to watch it.

Worldgorger dragon, your time with us was magical...we wish you the best... Now, sashay away!

This just brought so much joy (and was helpful). Thank Mr Joeeeyyy

Really good discussion on whether or not to focus on the Worldgorger combo. Great video Joey

That Vanjie reference killed me

Thank you for the video. I had had some trouble with how much reanimation I should include in the deck, because I had seen the worldgorger combo, and I didn’t know what other win con to use. The stuff with glint horn, brallin, konrad, etc seems way more fun and fair to me!

Yeah this is what I loved about Commander Quarters earlier videos. Easy UI for Card viewing, quick explanation of the combos, FAST talking and bad puns. I also like the premise of using the EDHrec Average Deck. There are all the staples already included which do not need to be explained. Nice format.

I live for the Miss Vanjie references. I wish more people got that one.

Condragulations on this amazing Upping the Average!

I've been waiting for this

This is Madness!

I don't play Miss Anjie, but I loved the references. Edit: I'm gonna build this deck so I can say "Miss Anjie, Miss Anjie, Miss Aaaaaaaanjie" everytime I play her.

I like how having such a high madness creature count essentially decreases your deck size, letting you find what you need the sooner you start utilizing your commander. I love this build!

I love Anje, as someone named Áine ( pronounced the same way ) its nice for someone to actually say it right for once XD

I am building an Anje deck (I found the precon). I've never played magic before so I hope the madness mechanic isn't too overwhelming but I'm really looking forward to playing my first game. Been doing a ton of research and this video was super helpful, thanks!

Love this. It got so many interesting new cards in recent sets it’s worth a fresh take on the list. I bought the precon and made a Kr’rik deck, but the Anje deck always felt underpowered and I didn’t want it to be a glass cannon Worldgorger combo deck because my pod runs too much instant speed removal and once they know how the combo works they’ll just hold up mana to make sure I get disrupted. Not fun for anyone at the table… Living Death, Twilights Call and even a Rise of the Dark realms are a really fun way to win with this deck, and if you can simultaneously drain your opponents from discard and wheel effects then if they exile your graveyard you still have a shot!

3:45-4:30 is truly excellent. I really like how you articulated CDH and why you decided to not use the infinite combo and even recommended those interested seek it out. My only criticism would be to provide a recommendation on where to go. But that's being picky and digging deep. As always great job on the deck.

Thks for the non combo list

I'm 100% on board with non-Worldgorger combo of Miss Anje, because I've dedicated that combo to my Kroxa deck!

I've been building all of my recent decks to swap in and out combos for different power levels and play groups. This Anje deck is my most ambitious: swapping in and out 10 cards to allow both the Worldgorger combo or a Balthor/Living Death reanimation plan: archidekt.com/decks/1485479#Back_From_The_Brink

Sent this to my friend he will love it. He recently got Worldgorger Dragon and Animate Dead. Do you think you will do one for Gahiji, honoured one some time? Thanks for the great series

Pretty cool. Moving away from the combo is pretty obvious because the high power combo deck is probably already pretty solved by the high power community so doing a lower powered upgrade is cool. I wonder if Surly Badgersaur is worth a look. It would probably get pretty big with all the creatures you're trying to discard and can be decent removal with the fight ability when discarding any non-creatures. The land->treasure ability probably won't happen as often but it can be a little bit of extra mana.

I'd love to see an upping the average of Phelddagrif group hug!

hmmm... interesting. While I am a combo player at heart, I think this might be more fun, I'll have the WGD combo pieces on the side if I switch the deck over to cEDH. to add living death was interesting, I was sure you would have added rise of the dark realms, that way you get everyone's creatures :) but maybe you can add that too.

BIG ANJ, as I call her, is still my favorite commander. Thanks for this!

I play Anje with eldrazi and tergrid synergies instead of world gorger combo. It can be brutal for a table to deal with pathrazers and crushers on t4 but most of my time I’m just end of turn madness cycling and digging for oppression and tergrid. Konrad and a mind crank seem like good adds to my list.

Can you do a video on Breena, the demagouge? I want to build her but I don't know what the win conditions would be. Thanks Joey for making these videos!

In place of or alongside could add bathroom the defiled as another mass reanimation effect..

I would love to see an episode on Kelsien, the Plague, maybe going into mardu control vs straight deathtouch voltron?

My favorite vampire is still Elenda, the Dusk Rose though.

Here's hoping that this means there's more of the C19 precon commanders coming up soon. Dare I hope for a Ghired video? :D

Only one recommendation: Library of Leng. If I understand well, that's a really easy way to go discard infinitely the same card, allowing you to get that discard trigger infinitely.

Phage the untouchable next!! thx!! :)

Wgd combo and necrotic ooze combo both tuck nicely into anje

I came here for the Miss Vanjie reference

You can put phyresis or other infect tech in this deck to make the bralin kills much faster

Joey referencing madness by muse made my life

dammit joey, wrong merciless rage commander! lol jokes aside, i'm patiently waiting for chainer

Could you make an elsha the infinate upping the average deck please

Joey, Shantay you stay.

I built Anje as a Worldfire deck.

Solid idea not to include worldgorger combo. It also gives you a lot more wiggle room to add cool stuff because worldgorger is almost $15

leyline of the void, living death , revolutionist and a decent sac outlet usually is enough to make them all quit

Will you do one for the whale wolf Ukkima? Her EDHrec page is incedibly confusing.

Lol good stuff.

Not interested in this commander, however you do a great job pulling the viewer in and made it very entertaining regardless of my I interest. For that, thank you. ❤️

Another combo uses ubra mantle btw

My CEDH anje build is scared to see if Joey even suggests cutting a madness card Update: He did the unthinkable

@EDHRECast do you consider to re-do a deckteck for this commander after some years? she is my absolut (V)anje

can you do new liesa or ayli

Have you made any updates to this deck with the new cards?

I feel like it is bad luck to use Bojuka Bog in a deck if I want to utilize my own graveyard.

Miss Aaaaaanji Miss aaaanji Miss…….. anji… jajajajajajajjaja

Condraculations! Hahaha!

39 madness cards is a minimum for Anje

Question concerning Syr Konrad. Since madness cards discard into exile, won't they not trigger him unless you choose not to cast them for their madness cost? I realize a good chunk of the madness cards are just there to fuel the draw engine; I just want to confirm how the cards would interact.

Probably also worth noting that World-Gorger is super, super fragile and can kinda knock you out of the game if your opponents know what they’re doing.

of all commanders picking a combo commander to da a deck tech on. good job....really.

Playing reanimation cards...Bring back my girls.

First!

i would recommend Library of Leng. it combos with Glint-Horn Buccaneer and Brallin even if you don't play the worldgorger combo, everyone expects you to.

Kinda a slow boring deck but you explain the deck well and are a great help for deck ideas. I'm not a cedh player but this deck would lose to most precons.

I think that conspiracy theorist would be a nice addition too

Miss anjeeee took me out.

This is probably too personal, but do you have kids? Your dad jokes are just too authentic for you to not be a dad

Boo! You should NOT cut Nightmare Unmaking. Play it a few times and see how often it truly whiffs (my guess? zero). It's one of the most underrated cards of all time!

75? i have never seen you grab such a cheap deck. nice

use library of leng thank me later

I actually would have liked the vid more if you looked out for the budget Worldgorger combo players. They exist and I got to play with such players before the whole pandemic thing happened.

Stop stealing my video ideas lol

*upping the average*-"51% is the majority, lets not up the 49%"😒

That's ridiculous lol you really only play low power magic ugh why make this video lmao big fan but damn