Finally! The Perfect Commander! | Lagrella, the Magpie | Streets of New Capenna Spoilers | MTG 

This card reads like a YuGiOh card. I play a lot of YuGiOh and a lot of cards are written in this sort of long-form, roundabout way to work with specific combos.

Sun Titan has entered the chat for a commander Combo Piece. Otherwise, it looks really good with Ephemerate, Restoration Angel or even Yorion to give the entire team a boost

Just wanted to add a VERY minor side note about Yannik: Even though the partner card is not in your deck, you can still search and fail to find for any card that says partner. This can be useful because you are allowed to shuffle your deck. All partner cards essentially read "When this enters the battlefield, shuffle your deck". This can be useful if you want to manipulate the top of your library at all.

the reason they made this a single ability, instead of two abilities is because they don't want fiendhunter shenanigan's where your leave the battlefield trigger resolves before the etb, causing the permanents to be exiled forever.

Thank you eddie for helping mitch during spoilers this channel always has more than other channels.

My favorite budget Modern deck right now is my "Mindlink Mech + Blighted Agent" deck. It's consistent.

I think my favorite part about the new set is the potential turn 1 3 color commanders

You should call the "Fiend Hunter Tribal" the "Monte Engine" like three card monte.

the way she works is: she etb's and you exile up to 4 creatures, one per person. once she leaves play, they all come back, and the one that's your creature gets the 2 counters. it's kind of a group huggy "banishing light" commander (you get slightly more upside with the counters, obviously). it kinda sucks a little bit because she doesn't pay off any other exile ability, such as blink/flicker effects and whatnot, only her own. unlike ranar, who for sacrificing green in your deck, pays it off INSANELY well. of course, the entire reason this commander is going to be helpful is because it's cheaper than ranar (2UW vs just UWG) and adds the much needed ramp from green. you can always just stuff him in the 99 and he'll still likely kick major ass in this deck. furthermore, it's worded this way because fiend hunter's wording is technically split into two effects, and people found a way to use him to just permanently exile whatever it targets by stopping the second half from resolving, basically machine gunning the opponent's board, and they want to make sure that doesn't happen again with any of these cards printed in the future. hopefully this helps some people confused in the comments here :D

I was in the process of building around her, and while I had a number of the cards you were talking about, I missed out on the fiend hunter and a few of his colleagues. You should probably add Suture Priest to your list. It's in your price range and if you get your commander going as part of that infinite combo it'll straight up kill everyone, and/or give you infinite life (should someone not be killable by damage directly)

It worded that way so that any creatures that return under your control will all get counters, not just the one that was under your control when it was first exiled. If someone stole your creature you can get it back with upside.

You do not get to control cards you exiled from your opponents by default. They return under your opponents control and not the Lagrella player's control.

Savior of ollenbock would go great with this commander. It is a little slower with the taining aspect. But you can exile from your graveyard as well to bring creatures back.

I would love to see you version of this Deck in action. :) I really hope you get the chance to play her in a future video!

I'm cutting all the lifegain creatures and sliding in dungeon ETBs for mine, and making it a Venture into the Dungeon style win-con deck.

The interaction with the +1/+1 counters and Garruk’s Packleader doesn’t work. Lagrella adds the counters as a delayed triggered ability that goes on the stack after the creature ETBs, which is after you’ve checked its power for Packleader.

I thought that it worked that way but wasn't sure. Thanks for the breakdown. I think the convoluted text might turn off some people to this card. Also Suture Priest is a win combo piece for the exile loops, as long as your opponents has a creature you can target and blink.

Thassa's Oracle for your alternate wincon/insurance to go with all the draw loops

Magpie's are known to steal a lot. So when someone is referred to as a Magpie it's in reference them to being a thief, or a compulsive thief. It fits a character who steals permeants don't you think?

The cards you control doesnt etb with the counters, its a triggered ability that checks after the card is on the battlefiels

Ok first off let me say I enjoyed this video and ill probably make this. It will be very busted to do a non budget version of this deck. I figured out my issue with a lot of your videos well its a problem with how i think. As a lover of commander I see these as spoiler videos which they are but your videos are more about a how to build. I can't believe it took me so long to understand this. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the idea on this deck

is there a full deck list for this deck idea?

I have a yannik partner deck thats all about this stratagey of infinitly flickering yannik and making everything massive. Now debating taking it apart and putting yannik in the 99 of this one instead since you have more blink creatures to choose from in blue and i already have too many +1/+1 counter decks

This deck seem pretty fun and unexpected. Maybe I could try my own version.

I really can't wrap my head around this rule text.

11:34, I don't think it works that way with the packleader. Lagrella says "when that creature enters the battlefield, put 2 +1/+1 counters on it" but if they are 1/1 when they enter, it won't trigger the packleader.

I’m….still a little confused about this effect. So when Magpie enters, you choose any number of other creatures that are each controlled by different players (so I guess a max of 4 including yourself?). Then when she leaves play, any creature that comes back under your control gets two +1/+1 counters?

"What is a magpie? I think it's a bird, right?" Oh you sweet summer child.

also if you play this with deadeye navigator and flicker it before its first ability resolves the creatures are just exiled forever :D

My thoughts? I need a deck tech.

What if you bounced, blinked, or removed your commander once played and exiling the opponents field but before the exile etb takes effect. There is no creature that gives everything back to the opponent leaving his field exiled permanently.

YOOOOO THIS IS GOING IN MY GROUP HUG DECK FOR SURE!!! That’s rad

Wont every kind of permanent will get +1/+1 counters if u exile them and bring em back? Like vehicles, enchantment or even lands? It says "when cards..." not "when creatures..." enter the battlefield. Or do i miss something?

if i remember correctly i think magpie also means someone who collects things of little value or sum

Where is everyone getting that ruling from? It say any number of other target “creatures” how would you not word it any different if it’s not any number of creatures

As a veteran mtg player i want to ask the question: is this really fun? I mean you combo and win... might be funny 1 time, but really commit and build a deck around it?

Funny that Smuggler's Share is only $6 now. It was like $35 when this video was released

To me it clearly says when etb ANY NUMBER of other creatures (than itself) controlled by different players. Different players to me sounds like that each Player can be meant. By this wording they wanted to make Sure you can choose which players and how many creatures. That's how I understand it. Edit: So I think you can just empty the Board from token armies when she enters. Which would be way too strong.

Welcome to the " C Q " where we will blow your mind with epic MTG decks and lists !!!!! Tx as always Mitch keep dropping dem bombs on us

Nowhere in the card does it specify one target creature per player.

how does magpie bring them back under your control?

I don't think this works the way you're saying it does. It looks like whenever the card enters the battlefield, EVERYONE has to exile the same amount of creatures until she leaves. Its written so you can't target a specific player. Then when lagrella leaves the battlefield, all the cards come back with YOUR creatures getting 2 counters.

If Lagrella is the perfect commander for you does that mean we can see you play it in a close quarters gameplay???

Is this a semi 3 mana board wipe?

Can't play the owl in the magpie deck tho, she's UB ;(

The think I don't get about Lagella is that it says "exile ANY NUMBER" so I interpreted that as i can choose any number I.e ALL of my opponents creatures and my opponents agreed its broken but that's what it says. So that's how I played it, and they agreed I could. But legally you can only exhile 1 creature? So why doesn't it say "exhile A creature from each opponent" can someone clarify? 😂

I think you guys are reading the card wrong. Im reading it as, exile ANY number of target creatures OTHER players control (different than yourself), when lagrella dies they come back into play. However, i believe the abuse mechanic would build around playing exiled cards from other people's exile stacks.

Doesn't it exile all opponents creatures?

Wow

Gotta say: I love having an abusable O-Ring in the command zone that also plays nicely with silly stuff like +1/+1 counters and ETB in BANT. degenerate deck if you can keep up with all of the triggers because my god there are so many of them

Wow I’m so early that people haven’t completed the video yet

When you gonna play this on camera for us?

I don’t see whats all the fuss about this card. It says that it only gets counters when it etb’s and exile createru you don’t control. Most of the cards shown where about exiling your own creature but that doesn’t synergize’s with Lagrella. Am I missing something? I get that the deck wants to exile stuff but the commander only work with herself… right?

I've noticed you didn't add to your list THE best card for a bant blink deck ever, and I'm disappointed with that.

They're going with the slang term for Magpie, which is essentially a snitch. A Magpie is a person who gossips or snitches.

Come again?

I know I'm going to receive heat for this, but I honestly really prefer budget deck idea videos over these clickbaity hot takes. I legit mean no offense at all, I REALLY like this channel, but ANYONE can come up with quick takes on a card. However you, Mitch, EXCELL at creating powerful budget decks.

A magpie is a bird, same family as ravens, and crows. It can also refer to a person who talks incessantly, or a person who collects and hoards things, usually indiscriminantly. I'm thinking the last definition is the one they intended for this commander.

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To be truth, i think Roon is better

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Wtb better video titles. Getting tired of "this commander is busted", "this commander does what", "the perfect commander", these titles aren't helpful or useful in any way

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How is this the perfect commander? Just seems boring

This is great. We desperately needed more female representation.

why you always gotta talk like you're trying to drum up business for a carnival