Making Kamigawa's "Useless" Commander Work | Deck-Tech, Lore, & Orientalism 

My favorite pet deck (ironically with a kamigawa commander too) is Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant. Super janky creature that requires you to have 7 lands in your HAND to transform into an enchantment that turns all lands with the same name into "cloudpost" lands. I've gone out of my way to have zero infinite combos, but the deck can produce over 400 mana in a single turn (stars align and the game goes way too long). I usually win through turbo fog followed up by a hurricane effect with glacial chasm in play. Other win conditions include Helix pinnacle, snake basket, or sprout swarm.

@@Fyrefrye 5 Color Saproling EDH deck with +1+1 counters as a second theme

Not to mention the elephant on gift of tusks.

i don't remember there being any cost reduction that would ONLY reduce the casting cost of pack-e-derms.....?

and now theyre gamers

A good pal & a bastard is the prof :3

And here i thought most any vanilla legendary creature would just be terrible since we now have so many actual voltron synergistic legendary creatures and such.

For those of us who live on the internet, memes are our native tongue.

@@StrongButAwkward memes are the traditional weapon of our native land. The professor is an unmatched master in their use.

Thé professor scares me.

14:03 for anyone looking

About time WotC banned reading, its just too powerful!

so its not just yugioh players that cant read

The good ol RTFC technique

Sadly, while this technique is essential, it’s not always sufficient.

samurai dinosaurs construct angels*

He does state that it is an alternate win con if maskwood isn’t there, other than that yeah, you’re right

so its not just yugioh players that cant read

@@lolface_9363 what do you mean?

@@chrisrd19 its a a meme in the yugioh community that yugioh players cant read

Oh bless you! What a lovely comment thanks!

@@Spice8Rack what's it gonna cost us to get you to do more of these, without stopping all the other delightful nonsense on the channel? Serious question! I would hate to lose videos like the D&D ones, but I need more deck techs like this in my life.

Agreed! More, more, more!

Satan has plenty of red mana to cast more burn on the stack lol (I literally just won a game with a ghyrson kharn deck that had enough damage available at instant speed to just re-kill my opponent with their TP on the stack lol)

I'll do you one better, the cross explosions from Evangelion

Hahaha thank you :D

@@Spice8Rack with d is is d so so so hard use his be gusher ddnejuseidirudies ssshdhehese deddiehdbehee amongus

Well it is basically erotica in some places.

100% agree with that, we see that rarely so respect to him for adding that to the Video and acknowledging he did jump to assumptions, which really is something widespread, including in the MTG Community. And for those interested in History and don't mind some reading: I work as a Historian for the IFZ In München/Munich here in Germany & often also with/for other Research Institutes on shared Topics of our Countries (especially France, Russia and Japan) I also want to add that the Podcast he recommended is definitely not a Podcast i'd recommend for those wanting to listen to learn about History, but People who enjoy Alternative Theories or Revisionist Ideas and Theories about History. Now that doesn't mean the Podcast is bad, i listened to the whole thing and it's just like any other Podcast that theorises and talks about alternative theories to Historical Topics, not Facts. I do enjoy Podcasts like that as Historian because it's interesting to consider & theorise about any Historical Topic of which we don't have 100% Facts - which is pretty much every Historical Topic and the further in the past, the less we know but even in Contemporary History we still keep finding out new information that even sometimes changes what was considered "Facts". One Reason why i love my Job, it's often like a Treasure Hunt. But back to the Podcast, it's worth listening to, but Theories are very often told to the Listener as if it was Fact, which will definitely mislead some Listeners. I also checked the little bit of Sources that are mentioned, most are from other Theory/Opinion Work and the rest was actual from factual Sources. I listen to many History-focused Podcasts because i'm interested in everyone's View & Opinions on any Historical Topic, so in the past 10 Years i can say that Podcasts on History & Theories rarely make clear they just theorise and that they will use Theories/Opinions as Sources. I hope some of the People who will check that Podcast, or pretty much any Podcast on Historical Topic sout keep that in Mind. I can't tell you how often i had People who argue some Theory online as "Facts" tell me "Listen to Podcast X and Number Y, that's the Sources" and then you check the "Sources" and they turn out to be just more Opinions & Theories. So everyone: Listen to every Podcast on Historical Topics that interest you, but if you won't or can't check their Sources (if they mention any) at least keep in mind to not take everything as actual Fact but as Theories & Opinions, which is important for History since we don't know everything about anything in History. So Theories & Discussions are vital for us Historians but also anyone interested in History to consider different Angles & the Possibilities of it being incorrect as this sometimes leads to new Results and sometimes even a Historical Topic to be re-researched and finding out that it was false or was missing Information. Stay safe everyone and definitely listen to more and any Podcasts, but keep in mind to be both questioning what is claimed but also being open to what is claimed in the Podcast. Prost & Cheers from the Snow-Covered Bavarian Alps

its relevant in inshin samurai where you're playing all of the double attack triggers cards including the "whenever a samurai attacks alone" cards and then you just turn your best attack triggers into samurai.

I feel like the Urza's incubator exclusion is due to Spice's well known opposition to Urza's extensive human rights violations

@@bradymclaughlin6376 But he did include Urza´s Saga tho.

Urza's saga isn't made by him though it's a story about him. If it insults him enough I assume it's fine

He probably just doesn’t have those, they are freakin expensive and haven’t been printed in a long time.

@@thrillhouse4151 Herald's horn was in jumpstart and is 7 dollars.

TRUE!

He could have used Maskwood Nexus to turn Eldrazi into Samurai and cast them for colorless mana instead of colorless mana! What a miss

Do it! It's so fun!

Tarox Bladewing is your commander, have fun!

@@FrostiKing That's evil

Yes, it does look weird

I thought he played yugioh till he showed he had the ability to read the cards

OOOOOH TOPSY!

That's like Spice's whole niche, really.

its not tho, politics is one of the stupidest things ever invented and anyone who thinks its important should be rolled down a hill in a porta-potty that has been on the job site for 5 months.

Ok, but like to be fair. Thats completely hilarious

@@briana3602 "IT SCARRED ME FOR LIFE" "we're not talking about that"

Hell yeah they rock!

I have seen literally one DDH deck with Kentaro at the helm. What a shame :,(

YES! My pet deck is Shizo aristocrats :)

Ayy! Oh how lovely to hear :D

Oooh yes!!

Stepmom ain't bad either

Don't forget Devoted Caretaker- can give any permanent of yours protection from instants and sorceries.

@@zackkelley2940 that’s cool- I’ve never seen her before. So we have mom, step-mom, and godmother? Since she’s a cleric

@@nathanseverson-baker3412 It certainly fits^^

Except that it led to a lot of identity-crisis problems and gave colors access to effects and abilities they aren't supposed to have.

@@Waffletigercat Which sounds like it was the entire point of the set?

@@Th3D3vilishBoy My point was that it has been unhealthy for Magic in the long-term though, so shouldn't be done a second time.

​@@Waffletigercat Really? The only color-shifted cards I can even think of are Damnation, Harmonize, and Mana Tithe, and I wouldn't consider any of those being unhealthy for the game. Your description sounds more like what Phyrexian mana did, giving all decks and colors access to a bunch of staples for the low price of 2 life on cast.

The normal rat colony card is pretty cheap, I think he just wants to get the very cool looking ones.

Those are the pimped version of a basic card. Flash is the point

For the sake of the joke

If you proxy them, they are no longer super expensive

Or flex by proxy-ing the better colony art on-top of the cheaper version for anyone who complains about your proxy. It’s quite fun, would recommend

A fair and powerful point!

Honestly, praise be BJ

It does have artifact, it does have enchantment, but not one that lets you choose one

@@gersonmoura3284 Yes, that was what I tried to capture, but failed in being clear. White has creatures that kill artifacts, and creature that kill enchantments, but the creature options that can handle both permanent types are harder to come by. Thanks!

B. terrifying....

YES TRUE!