Lost Caverns of Ixalan Precons: Worst to Best 

The lifegain saved my butt countless of times.

Dumb in my etb yarrock deck

I got zetalpa as a rare in a commander masters pack. I was livid

Reprinted into the ground so hard that she doesn't have flying anymore 😂

@@LeonJohnson-yi3hg that’s brutal man

Zetalpa is the card we all make fun of but by the time it comes down we used most of our removal that would work on her so she is a decent game ender.

​@@hiddenleaf414she does 8 damage in combat, I genuinely do not understand how that makes her a good game ender

only really powerful thing they have is malcolm, and malcolm just leads you to running a bunch of infinite combos...

That was only thought too about the pirate deck. Personally I’m taking out the things that deal with GY for now. Wish they built on thieving which original Brass focused on.

Also the face commander is a complete flavor fail. Why is she reanimating things? The second grixis commander is a pirate that gets either a bigger crew or rewarded for stealing. Both is PERFECT. He should have been the face commander.

Shapeshifters and changing creature types can help make it punch abit better as a tribal.

I would've make the commander a 1 blue black red 1/4 human pirate that has: Ward: 2. Whenever a pirate enters the battlefield under your control or a pirate creature you control deals combat damage, generate a tapped treasure token. You can pay 2 and tap to steal a non land permanent an opponent controls until the end of turn. You can pay 2 and X: take control of target non land permanent with converted mana cost X or less. The idea being: lets make a heap of coin and use it to steal everyone elses fun cards~ I dunno.. sounds better to me than reanimation. Like, wtf... Its pirates, not necromancers.

Feel you. Usually explore sucks, but in this deck they're pretty lit

For 1G other ramp spells search a land for sure and put it on the battlefield. Explore doesn't guarantee a ramp if you don't have land in your hand.

@@LucaDV92 do you understand what exploring does

It's not a solid card. If it was only for you that's a different story. But doing it your opponent is very very risky. I feel like it's only useful if you intend to use your opponents graveyards or a wheel deck that punishes card drawing.

The merfolk on goes off so easily in every game I watched on RU-vid

Indomitable isn't a place; it's a people

@NitpickingNerds Its not the name of the ship? Im so confused. 🫠

@@SWAT6809 no it is, I was just quoting my man Thor

I think the indomitable in the story sank but was recovered. That's why beckett brass, who is the captain of the ship, is called the unsinkable. Also, beckett mils cards because she is descending through the caverns of ixalan, and reanimates pirates because she is rescuing the crew of the indomitable along the way

@@ferrangarcia1289 Thats a plausible take, I largely ignore the story, so when I make sense of flavor its likely far away from any in lore explanation

Growth Spiral is in the deck

I got 4 cards to be able to remove counters repeatedly. In this deck each one of them is greag

Exactly my thoughts and exactly the kinda upgrades im going with. How they didnt add Dreadfeast Demon at the very least is so odd.

@@ArmageddonAshbecause dreadfast demon doesn’t synergize wish the deck at all.

They also didn't go into the potential blink shenanigans you can add to the deck since Pantlaza's effect doesn't specify it has to be only on your turn. But this is more of a general overview of everything, so I get why they wouldn't go too far down that rabbit hole.

Yeah, it's about time

Lol damn I just checked, 19 printings so far

Also the free scry every turn helps you set up your explores

And it's a merfolk too. A nice upgrade could be adaptative automaton, as is both a lord and a merfolk.

all of that for you to just say you weren't gonna bother with the decks? 😭

@@bloodydumper gotta vote with your wallet.

After playing pirates and merfolk a lot I have to say pirates was really fun and kept performing really well. It probably isn't as good for higher power level players but as a kitchen table precon player it's exceeded all the expectations I've seen about it online so far

That’s not how that math works 💀

$200 now $150! OMG I’m making money by buying this! 😩

Hard disagree

@@zeroisnine you make an excellent argument 👍

@@burnsboy101 I agree man shattered my point 💀

Yea, I agree

Agree and there are a couple ways to give flash to your merfolk so you can hold up mana for either.

Glad you liked it!

I knew someone would call her out on that lol

@@NitpickingNerds If Gishath wasn't my current favorite deck to play I wouldn't have 😆

It’s a VAMPIRE deck bro NOT a demon deck lol. The point is for you to constantly be getting tokens out, gaining a bunch of life and turning your attacking vampires into demon tokens when your vampires die, while also buffing your vampires or making your enemies lose life whenever you gain it etc. The entire deck synergizes around vampires. The commander only turns attacking vampires into demons. Having actual demons in the deck would ruin it and not synergize at all. Plus if you add sanguine bond you can pair that with exquisite blood and infinite combo the entire board. It’s an instant win against anyone and any deck the moment you have both out. The deck is amazing.

@@hatchell18 I know how vampires work I was just hoping for something different. You could use conspiracy with lilianas contract as a backup win con that catches players off guard too.

@@whydoesthisexistpod I added in sanguine bond so I can infinite combo off of exquisite blood and instantly win the game if I get both out. Also added the new Vito Fanatic of Aclazotz vampire to make even more big demon tokens, Vito thorn of the dusk rose, teysa karlov to make all my cards with death triggers activate twice each time, while also giving all the demon and bat tokens this deck can create lifelink and vigalance, which makes them even more threatening. I also added the new queens bat paladin for some extra recursion anytime it attacks, fumigate for a better board wipe card that also gives massive life back, demonic tutor, vampiric tutor, grim tutor and enlightened tutor, rebuff the wicked, vindicate, grave pact, and massively upgraded the mana base with all the really good/expensive dual and fetch lands etc. Last but not least, I also added in deadly dispute, phyrexian reclamation for some really good/extra recursion, coat of arms to massively buff all my vampires/tokens at the same time, and tainted remedy to screw my opponents over with life even more lol. This deck is insane now with all these cards in it and the synergy is perfect. Doesn’t need any demon cards in it bro. I can make so many big demon tokens that all have flying, lifelink and vigilance and then they’ll all be majorly buffed with coat of arms and all my other vampires etc. You have the instant wincon with exquisite blood/sanguine bond, Vito thorn of the dusk rose and a bunch of other cards that can help towards that wincon too, plenty of recursion, lots of tutors, good card draw and removal etc.

That's weird, gameplay I've watched was complete opposite

@@charlied8284 I have watched Elder dragon hijinks; Decked out; Spikefeeders; Worst possible commander show (which weren't the precons but the face commanders)

The vampire deck is the best one outside of the Dino’s lol