MTG - Introduction To Commander Deck Construction - How To Build EDH

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Building a Commander deck from the ground up can be an exciting process, but it can also feel daunting for a player new to the format. This video will guide you through the process and hopefully help you as you construct your commander deck.
A few words before I begin:
*This is meant as guidance, not absolute rules. Hopefully the video will help you through the process by showing one possible way to construct a deck, but it is just that: one possible way of many.
*The deck I am about to construct is one I am building just for this video. I didn't already have it built, and I didn't just download another person's deck list. The final product is not being offered as the end all, be all, win fast and hard secret tech. It's the process on building this deck that I am highlighting, not the result.
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@Sandalphonium 8 лет назад

My problem is that I get an idea, then spend three hours looking at options, then get burnt out of that idea. But that is the story of my life.

@ashark9898 7 лет назад

Galren same

@niallreid7664 6 лет назад

Ugh Jesus, are you me?

@imasiontist653 6 лет назад

Galren I just started playing but I guarantee that's gonna be me.

@jacobweisman5557 5 лет назад

I’ve been building the same deck for the past 2 months, and I keep agonizing over what cards I should/shouldn’t add. I’m still over my card limit, and keep seeing cards that could be quite good! Gggaaahhh! Why!?

@golemgaming1687 5 лет назад

SAAMMEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t stand it because Christmas is almost here and my mind is racing

@spocot 10 лет назад

Step One: Purchase a Sol Ring

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

Thank to the pre-constructed decks, this is not a difficult thing to do.

@randommindz6782 5 лет назад

Step Two: Chromatic Lantern (now that it's cheaper years later)

@kymab.5172 5 лет назад

Step 3: buy Commander's Sphere

@inactiveaccount6095 5 лет назад

spocot Step 4: Protect it from Green

@fidelmorales4866 5 лет назад

Step 5: git gud

@RhysticStudies 9 лет назад

this is such a beautiful guide. I'm also sold on Sygg. what a cool barrel of gilly fun!

@thomasrands5728 9 лет назад

TheMagicManSam your a boss

@TheRealPlato 6 лет назад

Sygg's pretty chill

@tylersimmons7105 7 лет назад

4:42 "IT'S A BIRD WIZARD, And the deck is name is IT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE MY COMMANDER IS A BIRD, WHO'S ALSO A WIZARD!" -Paul, LoadingReadyRun's 'Friday Nights', "Politics"

@haku155 8 лет назад

Only just started buying magic cards and haven't actually played a game in person, but I can already see this game is a lot more detailed than I previously thought

@deimos7305 5 лет назад

3 years later, are you still playing it? :)

@ericr4677 3 года назад

@@deimos7305 I know I am. 😊

@skylerclyne6542 3 года назад

Very much in this boat as well. I thought at first it was all about getting big creatures but it’s much more of a chess game

@TheManaSource 10 лет назад

AZORIUS MERFOLK HYPE!

@davidk-s9895 8 лет назад

Gotta say Professor, your videos have made me want to make an EDH deck. Came up with a Sultai zombie engine to just overwhelm the board with zombies. Thanks for making all the awesome videos!

@TolarianCommunityCollege 8 лет назад

+Dave 'd That's awesome! Good luck with your deck!

@adamj4759 8 лет назад

+Dave 'd *cough* pyroclasm *cough* ;)

@DeathxThexKid100 8 лет назад

+Tolarian Community College For extra card advantage and tap, you could do Azami lady of scrolls, since she isn't your commander in 3+ player games your not a huge threat, and the wizard subtype helps justify her and her fantastic ability. She may not be a merfolk but she sure is a wizard!

@nayarwg9033 7 лет назад

could you talk about the best ways to ramp and accelerate in EDH/Commander

@dustinjackson8270 6 лет назад

Adam Jackson by the time you find pyroclasm or cast it the zombies will most likely be out of the 2/2 range lol

@jabbernaut52733 9 лет назад

You could name this deck "Tap Water"! Heh heh, get it? :)

@adamj4759 8 лет назад

+Jared B. (Jabber5) Get the *fuck* out XD

@crawler0095 8 лет назад

+Adam Jackson Ah... the bet complement a pun can receive

@adamj4759 8 лет назад

Yep lol

@joeywarren60 7 лет назад

Jared B. ba dum tss

@octospice531 7 лет назад

XD thats amazing

@Adelrawas1 9 лет назад

I really want to thank you very very much for those videos. I am relatively a new player. I have been playing commander for about a year. I used to get frustrated most of the time as my decks don't work. I keep reviewing them over and over and over again and they still don't work. I thought about quitting the format. After watching your videos, I amended most of my decks and built few new ones. Now my decks work really really well. Even though I don't use expensive cards or fancy lands, my decks work extremely well every single time. Commander now is my favorite format and I have 12 decks XD

@ColtonWilson3000 8 лет назад

This video gave me so many ideas on how to start the immense task of building a commander deck from scratch, thanks a lot. Hope you put up new commander themed videos in the future.

@xemnatakashimioudowitzscud8441 10 лет назад

Fan for a while and all i can say is... You sir, are a gentleman and indeed a scholar.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

Cheers, man.

@xemnatakashimioudowitzscud8441 10 лет назад

Jah, You deserve.

@swordcop3668 10 лет назад

When you introduce your commander, the background image looks great. Little touches like that are why I like this channel.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

I am very happy with how that ended up looking. Cheers! :)

@akadeannahawk5405 8 лет назад

I am just getting into Magic The Gathering and I have had my taste of playing a Green/White Commander deck and I had a blast; I am looking forward to learning more both from players and from videos like yours

@niwatorimeat 8 лет назад

I'm rebuilding my EDH and this guide def. helped!

@XAmusedGryphonX 10 лет назад

As someone who is getting into Commander, these videos have been really useful. Thanks man! (Maybe in future, you could do a similar set of guides for some of the eternal formats.)

@Zestmistergamer 10 лет назад

Thanks man for teaching me how to make a tribal deck, I will keep your advices in all my trading card games experience

@missingno.5597 8 лет назад

Thanks for providing this video. This is definitely useful information that makes building an edh deck easier.

@damacarwykert2293 5 лет назад

Very helpful to me in making some of my first decks, including my thallid wall.

@allbunsglazing 10 лет назад

I've been really looking forward to this video! Thanks!

@netherworkscostumes1003 9 лет назад

Very helpful. Excellent breakdown on deck building, which is half the fun. Great video all in all.

@nathanhouston5 9 лет назад

Love your videos, extremely thorough and insightful, thank you.

@TWgamerbuilder 9 лет назад

I usually only play limited and constructed but lately ive been starting to get into commander. Great video :)

@hachi9404 9 лет назад

your channel is awsome, i just got into edh and now i just wanna keep making decks

@fatbeard8072 4 года назад

Excellent video. Very informative, which is what I was looking for. Funny thing is that EDH deck is something I had already built a 60 card multi-infinite combo deck.

@lucasmorales974 9 лет назад

THANKS SO MUCH!!! Now I need to go check out the "Choosing the Right Commander" video...

@Robochuck 8 лет назад

Hope you don't mind, but the "Merfold Wizard" theme will be a main part of my Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper deck. I have started brewing with it and remembered you had made this video last year and re-watched for inspiration.

@theartofjayden1761 4 года назад

Thanks, i have build a deck for commander and i can’t do that without your help. Your one of the best teachers of Magic. Thanks Tolorian Community College for your help.🔮

@BushRat253 10 лет назад

Way to go! Loved the video. I thought it was great that you didn't go with some typical Bant goodstuff deck. Maybe not your thing but I'd really like to see the deck in action!

@deckardcain3253 8 лет назад

Dude! Thank you, this guide is superb!

@socalgamer7254 10 лет назад

Tolarian Community College is the best, hands down. Tons of helpful info about EDH. I post these videos all the time in the MTG EDH group on facebook. Keep it up :D

@jjautin 9 лет назад

Made this deck some time ago, this is the only time I have seen this deck other than mine

@LunairKnight 10 лет назад

Thanks for showing me the website at 2:43 I been looking for one like this.

@sydneyrailla-duncombe1244 9 лет назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS HELPED SO MUCH

@Athreous 9 лет назад

I'm loving your videos! Thank you so much for sharing all this info! =D I'd love to see a video of how to play the commander fotmat.

@TheShiftrysShadow 10 лет назад

I love this series of videos!! :)

@josht9518 6 лет назад

Merfolk now white/green/blue! Derevi would be fun here. Lots of tapping/untapping and attacking!

@menahhadura7802 9 лет назад

Overall just love your channels content, always looking forward to more

@Araju540 9 лет назад

I absolutely love this channel, as for the Merfolk Wizards deck I'd think Azami, Lady of Scrolls would be a great addition in this deck. Card Advantage all day :D

@TolarianCommunityCollege 9 лет назад

NYTEoBlocks Yup, have made that change since and can confirm, is great advantage.

@Amyas80s 7 лет назад

I dusted off my old Sygg, River guide deck last weekend and gave it ago. I was shocked that it kept up in our current meta. I am going to make some changes soon =) It is also now a EDH deck =)

@BrimstoneAdobe 8 месяцев назад

So glad i found this.

@mjlapasta 7 лет назад

thanks for doing you ! helping me get into magic at a very late stage lol

@Whosegameisit 6 лет назад

Hey professor very helpful video the combination of this and the one you did with inalla, I originally bought inalla after reading about her on reddit then i watched your videos after i bought her deck and found out she really is the commander for me, once i got her i used your videos to personify my deck aka making it mine different from all the other Inalla's; in one of your next videos could you possibly go through your favorite counters throughout each format that would be much ablidged. PS PLZ get a your own Reddit going

@alphaninja0202 10 лет назад

I want to build this deck now :)

@TheUberTyphlosion 10 лет назад

My favorite card is Elesh Norn, Grand Praetor by far! Wish me luck cause I'm making a mono-white (cause of her colors) token/angel deck for commander as a challenge! :D Thanks for the advice on stepping into commander!

@MrR3DP4ND4 10 лет назад

I have a similar deck in a 60 card casual deck, and it's fun to play once it gets going.

@paullavoie5542 6 лет назад

I'm building a commander deck for this friday hopefully.

@Wouldntyou98 10 лет назад

I love your narration. Clear words, nice clarification. Understandable,to the point, with good visuals. I'm subbing now. Cheers to you! PS: What do you think of Vorel of the Hull Clade? I'm planning on doing a kind of aggro deck instead of just control.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

I like Vorel as commander a lot. I think there's a few clever decks that can be built around his ability with counters.

@justinmackay4613 8 лет назад

Love these commander orientated videos

@TrollArkOffice 9 лет назад

Tolarian Community College Thank You! im Building a Crosis deck the adds to a strong mill stratagy :) i just needed a lil bit of advice to finish it up. Again, thank you

@alexpeterson9913 10 лет назад

Tolarian Community College tribal deserves coat of arms and door of destinies. I'd also recommend couple more sweepers in rout, cyclonic rift, and wrath of God. Otherwise, looks great! Let us know how it works. I always try to run at least three sweepers in all my Edh decks, seems to be the magic number for keeping you from being overrun.

@StarshipMaximus 8 лет назад

Beautifully made deck.

@DannyRWade 7 лет назад

Great video! Could you go into more depth on the refining process? How do you know what adjustments need to be made if games aren't going well?

@Myusuki 7 лет назад

I would recommend this video to a friend or other people

@Amyas80s 8 лет назад

I love my Sygg River guide tiny leaders. I want to build a EDH with him soooo bad!

@obeycelestia 10 лет назад

Great primer-- this deck looks like a ton of fun! Maybe you can record a game with some folks?

@ichias16 8 лет назад

Rhystic Study, Strionic Resonator, Vedalken Orrery, Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots would be great for this deck!

@dogmd7 10 лет назад

Excellent guide.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

Thank you!

@willmo42 9 лет назад

That's really neat using tokens to generate infinite counters spells. Sounds like my kind of deck.

@TheSithHaveCookies 7 лет назад

This was helpful thank Love your channel

@umcarainteressante 9 лет назад

Why does this video has only five comments?! Thanks for this helpful guide, man!

@PajamasandMore 4 года назад

Very helpful thank you.

@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ 6 лет назад

Thanks! I built an epic enchantment/curse Tribal deck, and it is so affordable, it’s under 20 dollars

@vstar8047 5 лет назад

I just made a new commander deck, I got a simic guild kit and shoved the cards in it ( and some I had lying around,) it is my best commander deck I made so far

@matrix_624 9 лет назад

slapping cards together the make a EDH deck is good! i used krenko, mob boss for a commander. slaped a ton of goblins and burn spells in the deck... add the land and BAM! OP deck

@VGJustice 6 лет назад

Dang, Prof. If you've still got this deck, Dominaria is going to add a ton with the Wizard specific spells!

@gaiajae6269 4 года назад

Thank you!

@theartofjayden1761 4 года назад

Building my second deck with this video

@XmortoxX1990 9 лет назад

I got a Sidisi and I think she can be a good commander, i'll folllow this guide and if I can make a strong self-miling/reanimator deck.

@posiden666 10 лет назад

nice video as always

@Onbutteredtoast 8 лет назад

Awesome creepy dolls one of my favorites

@briansix2317 7 лет назад

I love this game

@metalsabatico 5 лет назад

Something that is really important for brewing EDH decks (or any deck, really) is to think on how your endgame looks like. I've built several decks considering strategy, synergies, etc., but without an idea of how your deck will be usually winning the game you'll end up with a deck that only durdles and will be grinded out most of the time. You should also try to have a plan B in case your winning strategy becomes unattainable. In this case the Professor highlighted the infinite turns lock but he might want to add some white anthem effects for beat down in case one of the pieces gets removed. Are you running a Mono Green big creatures deck? So maybe your endgame looks like casting Craterhoof Behemoth and Avenger of Zendikar, but you might want to add Helix Pinnacle in case you can generate huge amounts of mana (which in Mono Green you most likely will) so you can also win that way.

@heavy_elite 8 лет назад

Well, the Video is nice. But it is up to the Builder him or herself to decide how many mana are to be used. For me for excample, I play everytime about 33 to 34 lands, where at least 5 lands are for both colors I play. If I play a 3 colored deck, then the numbers of basiclands I play is a bit more limited. Then I play artifacts, like you to fix the manabase, I already have. If would play heavyhitter, then ofcours I play more mana. For instance, my Phenax "You don't have soon no deck anymore"- Millcommander. I love Dimir Cluestone or others, If I play more than one color in my deck. At least, you're partly right, but as I said, how many mana someones play or better should play, depends on the deck-theme, the color variation and at least on the commander at all. But nice work so far. The other things you told, were totally right. That was the only thing I wanted you to point out :D... Keep up the good work :D

@saint_kaii 6 лет назад

Awesome vid

@masterthnag105 6 лет назад

I love the 80s style of these videos.

@gregorneumann5391 3 года назад

Maybe a win con could be thassas oracle +mind over matter tapping and untapping kwain until you have no more cards in deck?

@mrjanemba 10 лет назад

I know this was just an example deck, and I really love it's synergy (it's a lot more thought than I put into my Sygg, Riverguide deck, which, humorously enough, was my first commander deck) but no wake thrasher? that makes me a sad planeswalker!

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

I was strongly considering Wake Thrasher and may still add him. I used to have a lot of luck with that guy in my Modern merfolk deck.

@sirsilentxx 10 лет назад

Tolarian Community College This was a great video Tolarian Community College thank you for this . Also how has this deck been working for you ?

@AVAL2775 7 лет назад

i love your video as a starting point, but over the years you learn that 1: there are decks that dont need as many lands and 2: certin tribes are better than others i think the best deck to point at is sachi daughter of sashiro sachi is a trible commander just like sygg except that she is shamans over merfolk now shamens are a very interesting tribe as they have existed for much of magics history this has allowed shamans to accumulate many abilities and become a very diverse group they have become a sort of jack of all trades type of tribe, though this does have its downsides mainly that while there good or decent at most things they do not excel in one thing this is where sachi comes in, giving guidance for the restless shamans, becoming there leader by giving them a new focus which is createing and generateing mana the all powerful life force of the world and the multiverse so now the shamans who were once disorganized but powerful have become organized and powerful using there multitude of abilities to aid in the war effort of sachi

@chrisbrindamour9558 9 лет назад

I have many options for commanders to use: Rakdos lord of riots, obzedat ghost council, Iona shield of emeria, narset the enlightened one, varolz, and keranos... The only issue is I have a mono black EDH with many of my best cards

@thesimsdreamer 8 лет назад

Thanks a lot. I already know that decks need synergy. I want to know some good ways to keep drawing lots of cards and get more land out than normal when not using green, because I keep getting beat due to these two factors on MTGO. I do see that taking lots of extra turns would get you more draws and land out, but how are you making sure that you draw the extra turn combos in the first place? Also, opponents will likely concede if you keeping countering and/or taking extra turns, at least on MTGO.

@papernes 8 лет назад

+Sims Dreamer Mana rocks are the typical accelerates outside of the generic "put lands into play" green spells. Mana doublers are unfortunately only in green, outside of Doubling Cube, which you can tap to double the mana you have in your pool. There are very few cards that put lands into play outside of green, none that I know of at least. There are plenty of draw effects. Blue Sun's Zenith (blue), Jace's Ingenuity(blue), Harmonize(green), Phyrexian Arena(black), etc. the list goes on.

@greedfires9694 8 лет назад

+papernes if you are in white there are other ramp cards, granted not many

@ericomoraes2724 5 лет назад

Awesome!

@soldierofmankind 10 лет назад

COOLNESS!!!

@joeywarren60 7 лет назад

I used this to create my Green/Black Terror Command deck. Commander is Ishkanah, and the theme is insect, horror, anything that can be considered scary.

@TheMajonson 9 лет назад

My favorite wizard, Patron Wizard

@janetlapham3919 5 лет назад

adapt your mana base to your decks needs. when adding lands think about the ratio of lands in your deck: what are the chances to draw a land; what are the chances to draw a specific colour of land; what are the chances to draw a non-land mana source; does this give me enough land to cast the non-land mana sources, and cast what i need? try to ensure you don't fully rely on mana sources that may be removed by opponents, but still allow your deck to really benefit from them. some decks can get away with 22lands, some need 50. be sure you have a a mana base that works for you, and dont be afraid to tinker with it, if it does not. you don't need expensive cards to have a working mana base, a little searching, synergy, and budget alternatives can go a long way in commander where games can last long enough for your dual land coming in tapped to not matter much. if your deck focuses on enter the battlefield triggers, then you may want to replace some lands with enter the battlefield effects that get mana for you. if your deck likes to recur creatures, then creatures that get mana on death, or enter the battlefield can work well. if you have a deck that focuses on amassing tokens, then tokens that can give mana are a good include. if your deck likes to untap creatures, then include creatures that can tap for mana.

@ReyBlanco216 6 лет назад

You should make an updated video since this one has rules that are not up to date, new players keep coming to the shop asking about commander, and as much as i want to, i cant recommend this video any longer.

@hnjahnjah 9 лет назад

Thanks for the great educational videos and the great detail you go into reviewing every TCG product necessary. Sadly i didn't get acquainted with your channel prior to buying the ultra pro portfolios so i kinda shanked myself in the knee with that one...but you get what you deserve for not doing research. Could i just ask one piece of advice for EDH? For now i bought the "Eternal Bargain" Esper deck and got a ton of control cards i traded/got from a couple of booster boxes i bought,so i naturally thought of going a control heavy Esper EDH deck with multiple win conditions...sadly i didn't stumble into any good combos for that one. Could you help me bit here with that? Also,considering i got pretty much all slivers from m14 and after watching your sliver EDH deck tech i'm thinking of bringing that one to life aswell.

@Tvboy777 6 лет назад

Felt more like a guide to building Sygg then a general EDH guide IMO. Kinda went off the deep end around the 5:30 mark talking about the obscure combos in the deck. Has he done a better guide more recently?

@Datfatassgamer 10 лет назад

I would strongly suggest running Azami, Lady of Scrolls, as she gives you an instant speed tap outlet, and will draw you more gas or answers, and will help you to get your combos working by drawing you into those combo pieces you need.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 лет назад

Great suggestion! She's absolutely going in the "upgraded" version of this deck.

@BushRat253 10 лет назад

Azami is also disgustingly broken and paints a huge target on your forehead.

@ThePhoenixPaladin 9 лет назад

Sygg's flavor text sounds familiar, hmmm... "Ain't no place I ain't been. Ain't no place I can't go again..." omg he's Tahm Kench xD

@zigzack54 9 лет назад

Maybe you mentioned it and I missed something, How many cards were in this deck?

@erikhelmstetter2492 9 лет назад

do you have a decklist on tappedout or someplace like that? Love the idea and wanted to try it out for myself!

@deviatespade7692 5 лет назад

Could you do a video on Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca

@codinginthesaddle5641 3 года назад

I am making a dragon tribal deck so this helps

@danielegiuntini8844 7 лет назад

I play a monoG elf tribal edh and I put into approximately 43 creatures. It works very well.

@DnN5481 9 лет назад

Your video really helped my commander deck what do you think of mono green Verdaloth saprolings? I know there were a lot of different choices in other colors for saprolings.

@martialartsfan 4 года назад

Prof!!! Would it be possible to make a new more updated set of videos on the commander format That is condensed? I know it will take some time, however some friends of mine and I are interested in seeing a whole condensed video sometime when you have the time to make One!

@georgeofthejungle7607 10 лет назад

Will you make any update videos on this deck like fine tuning and such, plus will u give a decklist. Thanks awesome vidoe . Hi areeba

@juanglariaabril5206 3 года назад

Nice video and arriving here a liiiittle bit late. I have a question: Does mana curve matters in commander when u are building your deck? I guess yes but not the same way that in standard, for instance

@NagbratzNasenbeisser 10 лет назад

LOL even though I don't have a pretty big card pool, i have so many of these cards, since my first good Casual deck was built of the Lorwyn predonstructed Merfolk deck and just gained nearly infinite life and milled his oponents to death :D Wise choice, Mister College teacher!

@NagbratzNasenbeisser 10 лет назад

Exept for the pink sleeves. Kinda meh.