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There are a lot of new Commanders these days, so it makes sense that not every single one of them gets the attention they deserve. But today, we’re shining a light on some hidden gems: powerful, cool, or flavorful commanders we think should be more popular! Rachel and Gaurav go over a selection of underappreciated commanders, telling you why they should be more played and how to play them. Maybe you’ll find the perfect next brew to surprise your playgroup. Don’t miss it!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:15 - Underrated Commanders
00:05:06 - Esix, Fractal Bloom
00:16:06 - Eruth, Tormented Prophet
00:29:09 - Grismold, the Dreadsower
00:42:41 - Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
00:55:45 - Queen Kayla Bin-Kroog
01:07:54 - Mahadi, Emporium Master
01:15:13 - Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
01:28:58 - Stangg, Echo Warrior
01:36:01 - Grothama, All-Devouring
01:43:12 - Cadric, Soul Kindler
01:51:40 - Let's Build!
01:54:16 - Outro
01:56:53 - Gaurav’s Big Announcement!
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@commandcast 9 месяцев назад

What commanders do you think are underplayed? Do you have any of the decks we talked about today? Why do you love them?

@jameseddleman6944 9 месяцев назад

Busybody and Cloakwood Hermit, I made a green white re animator so big green and white mix with tokens too. I made a discard theme to it, that gets tokens or other value and those big creatures I discard will come back later for less.

@dizery8372 9 месяцев назад

I have a Willowdusk essence seer deck, which has a lot of cards that are really strong in the deck but not so much otherwise. I would've assumed that such an interesting commander would have more play, but I never see others play it at all.

@VincentWolfeye 9 месяцев назад

I built a Lulu cloakwood hermit deck. It's a sacrifice deck that gets back it's whole board with all the e.witness effects and cards like second sunrise, twilight shepherd, faiths reward, revivify and so on. Keeps the board protected and on my next turn I go in for the kill. I haven't found any etb or ltb damage/lifeloss spells in G/W so it's combat damage as wincon as usual.

@XerexB 9 месяцев назад

Varolz, Scar Striped is one of my favorite brews. Either kill opponents with 21 commander damage with a commander who can protect and pump himself, or go unblocked with anything 9 power and cast a tainted strike for lethal out of nowhere.

@evaninstinct1165 9 месяцев назад

Feather, but that should be obvious

@HakureiIllusion 9 месяцев назад

Esix isn't as popular as other Simic commanders because it doesn't have the words "draw a card" and "put a land card onto the battlefield" on it

@TokyoKoolProductionz 9 месяцев назад

Truuuuuuuuuue.

@Boblol126 9 месяцев назад

Plus Adrix and Nev is just a better simic token commander on average

@BlueFox571 9 месяцев назад

That, and recasting Esix for 8 and 10 mana sucks a lot.

@markrichter8476 9 месяцев назад

It also make my brain hurt because math :( but that's why I don't play simic

@thickpickles2325 9 месяцев назад

@@BlueFox571but we're playing blue here, just counterspell!

@Smeargle360 9 месяцев назад

I would love to see an Extra Turns video with 4 commanders from this video! Would be great to see underappreciated decks being played on here

@nateperkins9860 8 месяцев назад

Please, I want that now

@glowingmonster 7 месяцев назад

Don't count on it. They're always doing the most popular or whatever WoTC can push. Why do you think they have 20 minutes of ads for a 30 minute game?

@inagyb 27 дней назад

That would be great to see!

@alexnazemi5787 9 месяцев назад

Rachel is such a goated edh content creator, her views on mtg and deck building are always a joy to hear

@kristoferhausmann5458 9 месяцев назад

“Lulu’s in cars getting coffee” is an absolutely inspired idea

@T_Peazy 8 месяцев назад

She actually wants to have fun playing commander. She doesn't care about winning.

@emmanewton7342 8 месяцев назад

lasagna tier edh for the win ! commander is for going off the wall with brews imo

@pedrino321 7 месяцев назад

@@T_Peazyi prefer both 😅

@weirdmusicmixmaster 9 месяцев назад

would LOVE too see 1: an extra turns playing some or a full pod of these, and 2: more vids on this subject for weird build arounds

@bc6292 9 месяцев назад

It blows my mind that Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier only has 800 decks! That ability is unique AND strong.

@Iwoqvossik 9 месяцев назад

Should be in the 99 of every Brightpalms deck.

@Goscalyon 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I recently built a deck around him, it can be very explosive.

@bc6292 9 месяцев назад

@@IwoqvossikO_O that's nutty

@Brew-Tality 9 месяцев назад

Its because its not unique because "Zada, Hedron Grinder" does it for free. Ofc Boros would you access to a bigger card pool then mono red, to not have to pay extra mana for every time you use this abbility is way better. My friend has a Zada Deck and its nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Iwoqvossik 9 месяцев назад

@@Brew-Tality You're mistaken. Agrus Kos is specifically for abilities. Which makes it unique in regards to "x targets your creature target all of your creatures instead" effects.

@HunterK47 9 месяцев назад

Relatively new dad myself (2.5 yr old and 6 mo old), best dad tips I've received/thought up: 1. You're going to receive a lot of advice (some unasked), but at the end of the day only 2 opinions matter - those of you and your wife 2. Prioritize communicating with your wife about how your child is developing and how you want to guide their development. Time is the first casualty when you have a child, and it's important to focus on your relationship with your partner and the relationship you are developing as a couple with your child 3. This is one of the very few times in your life that you will develop a relationship with a pure consciousness. It's a beautiful, unique relationship that not everyone has the chance to experience. Enjoy the beauty and significance, celebrate the small victories and developmental milestones, and be willing to forgive yourself/wife when someone feels like they're failing. Do your best, you are only human, as long as you love your child they are going to be okay. Excited for your journey, and hoping for the best for you and your family.

@doublegxg 9 месяцев назад

Really great dad tips, thank you so much! Will be sharing these with the wife!

@jasonhelfrich970 9 месяцев назад

So glad that Grismold is getting the recognition he deserves. Definitely my favorite deck that I have. It never ceases to make the table do a double-take once I get the deck going

@DRdarktnt 8 месяцев назад

He is also my longest running deck atm, only deck I actively update too.

@gary_mckee2 5 месяцев назад

My Friend has a budget Grismold. Always a surprise when it comes through for a win 🏅

@skruffytiger2002 3 месяца назад

he ends up in the 99 for any deck that can play it for me, as they mention in the vehicle X.X

@BlackHawkXx9 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for showing some love to my boy, Grismold The Swole Troll. I originally built him a budget no rares in the 99 build for one of my play groups, and i fell in love with him so much that i built a regular EDH version of him as well. I still have both decks assembled, and he is my most played deck, by alot. Massacre wurm has pretty much become the all-star of the deck, pumping grismold so much or even just killing people out of nowhere with all the plants given out.

@aidennoir597 9 месяцев назад

Hey, my Grismold deck also started as a commons only deck! My local playgroup did a league and I won it with him! The prize was to get an alter of your Commander so I had him done up to look like he's on the cover of a romance novel. Definitely my most cherished card.

@wnightshade 9 месяцев назад

I also built Grismold by just sieving my collection for green and black cards, but he has evolved into one of my favourite decks.

@DRdarktnt 8 месяцев назад

He could do with some new artwork though, my poor poor single art only boi in a sea full of alt full art shiny petrol magic foils

@XerexB 9 месяцев назад

after all these years and taking occasional breaks from the game, this channel still makes me incredibly happy :)

@poofypeanut0221 7 месяцев назад

Same. Is a comfort show for sure

@Auscilius 9 месяцев назад

GRISMOLD IS UNDERRATED AF! Such a fun one to play that pulls a lot of cards to light that don't get much play and it is REALLY strong when built decently lol He's the boogieman of my play group

@wnightshade 9 месяцев назад

Decklist please, from another Grismold fan!

@Auscilius 9 месяцев назад

@@wnightshade of course! Its actually kind of a spell slingy strategy that really catches people off guard and I love it! Paranoia ensues when things start happening! Just cuz he's a 5/5 swinging at you doesn't mean it won't be a 30/30 at the snap of a finger!🤣

@Auscilius 9 месяцев назад

@@wnightshade COMMANDER] 1 Grismold, the Dreadsower [PLANESWALKERS] 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter 1 Lolth, Spider Queen [CREATURES] 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Cankerbloom 1 Ilysian Caryatid 1 Leafkin Druid 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale 1 Guardian Augmenter 1 Plague Engineer 1 Twin-Silk Spider 1 Pitiless Plunderer 1 Clackbridge Troll 1 Iridescent Hornbeetle 1 Mycoloth 1 Silumgar Scavenger 1 Massacre Wurm [ARTIFACTS] 1 Animation Module 1 Skullclamp 1 Sol Ring 1 Witch's Cauldron 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale 1 Golgari Signet 1 Idol of Oblivion 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Talisman of Resilience 1 Thought Vessel 1 Ashnod's Altar 1 Mirage Mirror [INSTANTS] 1 Ranger's Guile 1 Snakeskin Veil 1 Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket 1 Village Rites 1 Inscription of Abundance 1 Oblivion's Hunger 1 Ram Through 1 Return to Nature 1 Sheltering Word 1 Unexpected Fangs 1 Wilt 1 Bloodline Culling 1 Fungal Rebirth 1 Hunter's Insight 1 Invigorating Surge 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory 1 Putrefy 1 Return of the Wildspeaker [SORCERIES] 1 Eaten Alive 1 Road of Return 1 Carnivorous Canopy 1 Gaze of Granite 1 Primal Growth 1 Read the Bones 1 Culling Ritual 1 Fungal Sprouting 1 Dark Petition 1 Overwhelming Stampede 1 Soul's Majesty 1 Ezuri's Predation [ENCHANTMENTS] 1 Hardened Scales 1 Branching Evolution 1 Treefolk Umbra 1 Deathreap Ritual 1 Inner Demon 1 Path of Discovery 1 Doubling Season [LANDS] 1 Field of Ruin 10 Forest 1 Gargoyle Castle 1 Gingerbread Cabin 1 Golgari Rot Farm 1 High Market 1 Jungle Hollow 1 Khalni Garden 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Skemfar Elderhall 10 Swamp 1 Temple of the False God 1 Tranquil Thicket 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince

@redcoatsrevolt6538 9 месяцев назад

@@AusciliusI would also love to see the decklist if you have it please!

@Auscilius 9 месяцев назад

@@redcoatsrevolt6538 check the replies to my comment. You should see it there!😁 I make sure to include tons of instant speed protection for my boy haha

@seththeace6217 8 месяцев назад

Lulu + far traveler will not do much if you don't have a way to make something else leave before the end step. Sure, far traveler can blink a tapped creature, but the beginning of the end step already happened, so lulu won't trigger off of it.

@Redleadhead 9 месяцев назад

We love all episodes, but we especially love the episodes that aren't set reviews or precon upgrades 🎉🎉

@mitchellbruderlin8621 8 месяцев назад

Great Video!! small correction: Far Traveler does not work with Lulu. Lulus ability is a if claused trigger so at the beginning of the endstep if nothing has left beforehand the ability does not go on the stack only fartraveller will trigger so you can blink something but at that point The beginning of the endstep is done and Lulu does not trigger.

@montyvelezjr1016 9 месяцев назад

I love Grismold. One of my friends had one that was devastating if left alone. It’s a fun sac/voltron strategy that always gets fun new toys to use

@chrisvanderheiden12 9 месяцев назад

Far traveler will not trigger lulu if nothing has left the battlefield before the end step. The trigger from lulu won't see a permanent having left, so it won't try to resolve, even though you will be blinking something

@MrGeebee1983 9 месяцев назад

Indeed this is a real nonbo

@eoin5169 9 месяцев назад

Tip, from experience: Esix is a must-answer threat, but it's slow and telegraphed. You want efficient, reactive ways to protect it. Stubborn Denial, March of Swirling Mist, and Slip Out The Back are all **criminally** underplayed protection. Asceticism comes in nicely under-curve. The EDHREC page for Esix is full of Adrix/Nev's precon cards and traps 😢 The other thing I'll suggest is... Esix gets ONE shot at an explosive thing to do per round, and only after you cast it. Don't go overboard with the bombs/finishers, you truly don't need that many if your draw is good, and they clog up hands sooo badly.

@the_r4ts 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Goldfishing can't teach you this, and these are solid card choices :D

@Princess_Weekes 9 месяцев назад

I have a Queen Kayla Bin-Kroog and it took awhile, but it really pops off now!

@commandcast 9 месяцев назад

Drop a list!

@DevouringKing 9 месяцев назад

i doubt it. Boros lacks of good Commanders (Feather put aside), but even the old 4 Mana Tajic would be more effective in a 4 player Commander Game. At Turn 5 my Enemys got a Inferno Titan or Massacre Wurm or a Steel Hellkite or a Ghalta or Shelob. There is no way i could keep those powerlevels with my Queen Kayla Decks. Maybe i can Kombo Win (Boring), but Beatdown is not an Option, and thats so sad because its Boros.

@lucaedwards6537 9 месяцев назад

Eruth seems like such a genuinely fun take on a storm commander, with a genuine downside too to make things interesting. Love it!

@devlinclark5657 3 месяца назад

Someone in my play group had an eruth deck for a while, and the whole play group hated it, including the owner. The issue was it either did a turbo lab man thing where it drilled through its whole deck and won before anyone was ready, or it did nothing because it tried to do that and ran out of mana, then the deck sat there contributing nothing to the game because they didnt topdeck draw spells

@sirpaulins 9 месяцев назад

I really hope to see an Extra Turns featuring the two decks you picked plus two other ones that were also featured on your list!

@lightfut 9 месяцев назад

Two things: 1) stangg extra combats. Twins, triplets, quadruplets, oh my! 2) Mana curves had quite the Cadric Planeswalker deck

@sambarker4357 8 месяцев назад

Crazy because I have already built the first two of these. My Esix deck is nasty but super fun to pilot. People always forget it says "a creature" not one you own. So you got a Avenger of Zendikar, now I have 8 of them, cool.

@Space_Bryan 6 месяцев назад

I'm trying to build esix right now. If you happen to have a list it would be cool to see!

@joshuastearns5894 9 месяцев назад

I love to see Lulu. I built Lulu using only Baldur's gate cards and she absolutely sings. Myriad and Goad themes. So fun.

@mn6334 9 месяцев назад

I have a Lulu in my Jan Jansen "Baldurs Gate Cards Only" deck and it's been pretty sweet when I've gotten to use it.

@irreleverent 9 месяцев назад

Yes, but what did she do before she became of Hollyphant?

@joshuastearns5894 9 месяцев назад

@@irreleverent she made sandwiches.

@insainraven9875 9 месяцев назад

These are the type of commanders I love so much. If I’m sitting down at the table and the table knows immediately what I’m doing I’ve already lost. It’s the main reason I can’t get into competitive card games, the Metas are too strong and too known

@stephenbradford8524 9 месяцев назад

I feel like the mental energy one has to expend to brew/optimize these decks might explain why they aren't more popular. Also - congrats to Gaurav on the daddening! However hard it is for you (and it's going to be hard), it's probably gonna be harder on the mom. Do what you can to help her out, and then find some time to de-stress so you can be there for the family when they need you.

@doublegxg 9 месяцев назад

Super good advice. I'll do my best, thank you!

@stephenbradford8524 9 месяцев назад

@@doublegxg You’re going to be great.

@Fettsbounty07 9 месяцев назад

I've got a Stangg deck built for enchantments. Seen another in the wilds built for equipments. My most unique however is a modular artifacts deck under Blaster, Combat DJ. Haven't seen or heard anyone else with it. People do enjoy seeing it do it's thing.

@jacobdavis9424 9 месяцев назад

Congrats on the baby! As a new dad myself, it's true you'll never be prepared enough but never be too hard on yourself. Everyone has lot's of opinions and its okay to listen to some but the babies parents have the most info and are the most equipped for making the best decision. P.s. Cadeic is awesome, and populate effects are great in there too.

@jordanlarson8310 9 месяцев назад

Mirkwood bats would work well in a Grismold deck

@tomallan9615 9 месяцев назад

I built a Stangg Echo Warrior Enchantress deck and it’s honestly busted! So many cheap enchantments allowing you to draw cards on ETB/LTB with many strong auras that buff him up. So much fun 🙌🏻

@amigraber6062 9 месяцев назад

I also built that! It's allot of fun!

@clarke9345 9 месяцев назад

My Grismold deck is one of my favorites! and Mahadi is high on my list but just keeps getting included in other decks instead.

@shaylic3795 8 месяцев назад

Really like the idea of the background commanders and been working on making a modular deck that goes monocolor to color pairs for each color background. Depending on the background you can really change how a deck is played.

@ethanboyd2981 8 месяцев назад

Never seen Grismold before. Now I really want to make that deck.

@Rigmorock 9 месяцев назад

I still loved my keyword tribal Doran deck. Lots of high toughness creatures were gifted so many keywords to share between concerted efforts and Odric, and very potent when you get skulk involved.

@KiteBM 9 месяцев назад

You really forgot two of Grothama's best friends: Psychosis Crawler and Vigor, how could you! Love to see the wurm get a bit of well deserved spotlight. My playgroup loves the Grothama deck I'm running, always a good time and often surviving with just 1 or 2 Lifepoints remaining.

@pablowarcraft 9 месяцев назад

Love that you talked about Grismold! Was my second commander deck, however had to dismantle it when I started playing with higher power tables, voltron just does not really do it despite the fact the Grismold can grow ultra fast. Btw, a virulent plague refers to a plague caused by a virus (a locust plague would be a non-viral example type of plague)

@satchmosanzabar9023 9 месяцев назад

I built Queen Kayla as a combo deck with Zirda, Basalt Monolith, Retrofitter Foundry, Altar of Dementia, Dualcaster mage, Sevinne's reclamation..etc I don't put a lot of tutors in it so it's purposefully tuned slower. It's always a nice surprise to wheel into a combo piece. People at the LGS seem to enjoy seeing the deck.

@DisownedVT 9 месяцев назад

Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig was my first commander I ever built by myself, no key words just an ability that rewards you for playing green creatures and does both tall and wide strategy, only 621 decks on EDHrec and Wilds of Eldraine coming out I think this is a great simple build

@DemonaruMusic 8 месяцев назад

5:00 I LOOOOVE my Esix Fractal Bloom deck, but I've never put my decklist online, and I imagine alot of people just upgraded the strixhaven deck, so that explains why there's not many noted decks for it. I've also had an Eruth commander. I LOVED that Eruth was a storm commander that required you to do your storm specifically on your turn and you don't get to keep any of it. It's a blue deck that frankly can't run any normal counter spells.

@davewallace2992 9 месяцев назад

These are fun! Thanks for sharing! I’d love to see a small list of “not awesome yet” commanders. In other words…once the support is there…very cool.

@timmenemkvsd9283 9 месяцев назад

On Jhoira you can use feed from reel to help untap her a lot. I am making a Karn Legacy reforged deck with eldrazi's and microsyth lattice.

@kennethmarkwith4678 7 месяцев назад

Vandalblast is fun!

@jordyherring9161 9 месяцев назад

I just built a Mahadi deck a couple of weeks ago. I'm happy to see he made this video!

@PaulHobaica 8 месяцев назад

I've built 3 of the commanders on this list! Mahadi is still going strong. Lulu was so fun, I was sad to take it apart, but I needed the counters support for a different deck and she just didn't make the cut for that one. Jhoira and Stangg are pet decks of someone at my LGS, and one of my best friends has a REALLY powerful Eruth (Renfield) deck that is wild to see hit the table every game cause we never know what it's going to do next. I would love to revisit Lulu at some point.

@GabeBurch 9 месяцев назад

I absolutely love my Grismold deck! Engineered Plague, Illness in the Ranks, Kaervek, the Spiteful, Night of Souls' Betrayal, Plague Engineer, Virulent Plague

@jamesthefront2246 7 месяцев назад

Yes!!! Finally people see the massive potential in Mahadi. Such a good commander!

@Toasty373 5 месяцев назад

He's in my Garth one eye deck, solid mana booster

@MikhailHudon_ZerithFarron 9 месяцев назад

I've been having a blast with Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer. It's such a fun and unique voltron deck that can snowball super hard with something like Hammer of Nazan and Scroll Rack

@Cheslucky 9 месяцев назад

The black morph spell is amazing in grismold as well, you can instant speed give him indestructible

@CAPTAINCHAOS_ 7 месяцев назад

My Zurzoth deck is my favorite deck, so glad to see him mentioned here. I even tuned DOWN the deck a little to add a little more chaos and spice. Loot Dispute, Court of Ire, Brimstone Vandal - they all add a bit of chaos and diverse gameplay to the mix. Great Commander. Very consistent despite the randomness. Then again, “At Random” are my two favorite words in Commander.

@TB317 9 месяцев назад

This was a really cool episode and list! I'm inspired to build some of these.

@thesarcasticliberal День назад

I play Stangg, and there are some key adds that you didn't mention: Ancestral Mask/Helm of the Gods/Nettlecyst are gross due to the power they put on board, Alpha Authority makes it very hard to deal with Stangg (hexproof + only 1 blocker), and you can do stupid things with Moroug, Fury of Akoum to get extra combat steps, as you get another Stangg twin for the 2nd attack (Stangg + twin for the first attack, then Stangg + 2 twins for the 2nd). Kediss is also an MVP of the list, as you can turn killing one opponent into killing the table VERY easily.

@DJJordanLee 9 месяцев назад

Don't make our boy Grismold too popular, I like sitting down at a table without everyone knowing how great ol RizzMold is.

@elmowithyaagain 9 месяцев назад

I was a nanny for 8 years. Sign language is amazing for early development and can help with nonverbal communication before speech is developed.

@amigraber6062 9 месяцев назад

Two cards I find insane and play in my Stangg deck that weren't mentioned are Nylea's Colossus and Pattern of Rebirth. All the auras ETBing make Stangg giant when he attacks. Pattern of Rebirth gets me the best creature in my deck straight onto the battlefield every end step. Edit: The deck is really fun to play because of these weird interactions and or jank cards and combos that just work.

@zodi4991 9 месяцев назад

do you find yourself losing a lot the moment your opponent takes stangg away? I kinda want to make a Stangg deck but im scared if he always gets removed that the deck will be utterly useless

@amigraber6062 9 месяцев назад

@@zodi4991 That is true, but the deck tends to make a lot of mana and it's and to rebuild quickly. Because you draw a ton of cards, getting new auras is easy. If u want to be more cautious, using equipment means you aren't even scared of Stangg dying. You can even have haste enablers if you don't want to waste a turn of attacking.

@zodi4991 9 месяцев назад

@@amigraber6062 is it a good idea to have a mix of some.equipments to do that and auras?

@PiquantPan 9 месяцев назад

Great episode. My Rakdos treasure deck is Baeloth Barrityl + Agent of the Iron Throne, and of course Mahadi is in the 99. It leans more into goad and forced combat too, which keeps the treasure flowing. That said, my absolute favorite “underrated” deck is my Orzhov reanimator partner deck of Tevesh Szat and Yoshimaru, lovingly called “Kill The Puppy.” That pairing has about 100 decks on EDHREC, it draws SO many cards

@minispiel19 5 месяцев назад

Wow! So many cool commanders! Definitely going to try out a bunch of these.

@MMorgan182 9 месяцев назад

Don’t know where you found Rachel but thank goodness ❤ what a golden addition to the GK fam. 🎉

@bonidc6732 9 месяцев назад

The thing with Eruth is that you run out of cards in yout hand easily and when you have a lot of cards exiled you just dont have the mana

@jameshogan4679 9 месяцев назад

Just had my baby girl last tuesday and have a 19mo old boy. Fatherhood is hands down the best thing ive ever had going, youre going to love it! Protip: have more than 25 bibs!

@olivierdebilde4292 9 месяцев назад

Congrats Gaurav ! Pick mono blue for the kid. Jimmy's one is working on mono red already...

@doublegxg 9 месяцев назад

Hahaha that's good advice, thank you!

@shadowstargaming7186 9 месяцев назад

Something fun about Cadric; Sundial of the Infinite. Now you get to KEEP your extra legendary things! You could also do it for Stang and add in a Mirror Gallery/Box to get around the legendary problem. Imagine a growing army of super buffed up Stang's!

@Travis_Newman 8 месяцев назад

Grismold is my all time favorite deck. So many ways to play him.

@billymack1778 8 месяцев назад

I have an Esix deck and I've had some AMAZING moments with ezuris predation. Making 15 copies of a random creature that draws cards, ending up with 8 eldrazi dudes, and more. Love that card

@elifunnyguy6917 9 месяцев назад

Esix was my first commander and its so much fun! no two games are the same, its great. just add lots of token makes, lots of ramp and some commander protection and you are set.

@GuyrillaBraun 8 месяцев назад

Recently switched my Chandra planeswalker tribal deck to Leori and looking forward to casting Cadric in that deck and getting to double up some PW's for a turn.

@joedominguez8064 9 месяцев назад

I have a grismold deck that smashes people. Running effects in black that punish opponents for creatures entering is great as well

@haingis 8 месяцев назад

I had a Grothama deck that was pretty good. I did have some stupid fight mechanics in there for the fun of it, but the amount of cards I could draw during a turn was absolutely mental. I dismantled it only recently to build something new.

@jakelarntz 8 месяцев назад

German Gary Oak's Cadric deck was so insane. I bought one literally immediately after seeing that episode. Such a cool card.

@chickenfinger2920 9 месяцев назад

Been looking into building an Esix deck, happy too see the card get some attention

@sergentharker7182 9 месяцев назад

Honestly looking on EDHrec, i was surprised that Odric Master Tactician doesn't even have 500 decks, I really like him as the commander of my white weenies deck

@Slugbug 9 месяцев назад

I have a Odric, Master Tactician soldier tribal that is a lot of fun to play. It's surprised a few people who still don't expect a white deck to compete.

@Pinpoint3621 8 месяцев назад

I may have to build Griswold. That seems so much fun. One of my first brews was Kayla Bin Kroog! Ended up going an equipment route, but things like Brallin, Glint horned, psychosis crawler, and alhammarret's archive make it a little scary.

@krgood9008 4 месяца назад

My favorite ramp/draw spell in esix is risen reef. Turns any of your token makers out into a massive draw and ramp package.

@trumpets101 9 месяцев назад

For Lulu, a really good card to include is False Floor. Creatures enter tapped. All creatures. So as long as you have triggered Revolt, Lulu pops off.

@Jarrik73 9 месяцев назад

Not Magic related, but I'm wondering where Gaurav got that sweet Macross shirt. I've been a big fan of that particular story that was bastardized into the American anime Robotech, and the mech table top wargame BattleTech that was loosely based on both. Magic related, I really love that you guys are showing the spotlight on so many interesting potential commanders that haven't felt like they were impacting as much as they could have. That's awesome! Plus there were some I didn't even know about, like Grothama and Grismold.

@johnjacob5882 5 месяцев назад

I used my Esix deck that only had a $60 precon upgrade. As soon as they realized the game plan, I was instantly targeted, but through ramping and protecting Esix, they didn't have an answer. It basically let me combine the best of my opponents' creatures, and they couldn't stop it.

@chrisgallo2236 9 месяцев назад

I just made an Alora, Merry Thief deck and gave her Popular Entertainer. I basically use “Threaten” effects to take my opponents creature and then attack with them making them unblockable with Alora. Then they either go back to their hands OR I shave sac outlets OR have ways to blink them back under my control. So much fun!

@mtgspecs 9 месяцев назад

The first time I played Stangg (the last two g's stand for 'Good Game) and he did his thing, one of the other players picked him his card in disbelief and said 'Why don't more people know about this guy?' He is in my top five decks, so much fun, so much value - he's amazing. Chuck in Kediss for that '3 for 1' special! It's all about ETB and LTB effects with auras. Highly recommend!

@pvtpain66k 8 месяцев назад

This gave me two ideas for inbetween Game Knights episodes. 1) Commander games with under 2500 decks on EDH rec; Show off the unknown/less used commanders. 2)Mirror matches with versatile commanders. I love Alela & have a flying tribal deck built around her, but she can do stax, equipment, auras, cheerio's ect & would love to see show's that show off other versatile commanders.

@WarlockBear 9 месяцев назад

I got the cool Etched holographic Mahadi for like 80 cents. He's going into my Ziatora, the incenerator deck I'm building. All about sacrificing, graveyard recursion and using tokens for big stuff to sac it again. I haven't gotten to playtest it since I'm still building it. very excited though. he's one of my favorite cards in the deck

@stratuvarious8547 9 месяцев назад

Esix is one of my favorites, when I saw the Strixhaven decks I was immediately pulled toward the Adrix and Nev deck, but Esix is so much more unique and interesting than a simple token doubler. This is one of the few commanders that can make Biovisionary work in commander.

@Volkbrecht 9 месяцев назад

Biovisionary works best if you don't telegraph him. People tend to not expect him, so the best strategy is to build on that surprise effect. I have a lot of fun with im in a deck that relies mostly on creative, reactive defense (think Snakeform, or Polymorphist's Jest :) ) until I have filtered my deck for sufficient copy effects to do his thing in a single turn.

@stratuvarious8547 9 месяцев назад

@@VolkbrechtI had a good time when I cast Biovisionary, once it resolved, my opponent responded with an effect to make me sac 3 creatures, I responded by activating my Mosswort Bridge with Ezuri's Predation under it, soon, there were 23 Biovisionary's on board. It was glorious, and probably not something that'll repeat any time soon.

@zacjacobson1751 9 месяцев назад

Jhoira is my personal favorite. Tap/untap shenanigans combined w/ wheel effects to keep a full grip are fun

@user-ll2rv7dy3w 8 месяцев назад

I have an Eruth deck and I've never seen another one. It's one of my best decks!

@scottb7040 9 месяцев назад

Congrats Gaurav! One of the best, and most disgusting, baby items you will want is a Nosefrida nasal respirator. Ask any parent who has utilized one . . . Magical

@especko6789 9 месяцев назад

Grismold is my most loved Commander. I have high power decks but my Grismold voltron is my favourite. Thank you for the mention 💚🖤

@WikkitKlown 9 месяцев назад

I love Lulu, I pair her with Master Chef and run her as a flicker/ +1/+1 counter deck with elephant tribal, it's a fun deck

@ColorwaveCraftsCo 8 месяцев назад

I might build a Kayla Bin-Kroog deck. I never realized how many cool things you can do with it.

@idkwdfimdg2009 9 месяцев назад

Grismold is one of my favorite decks that I have. A really fun side effect of him is that I can just damage people with the tokens I make because nobody wants to block them and make grismold bigger. Also it is just unnecessary that he just has natural trample...

@IrrelevantGeOff 9 месяцев назад

Stangg Gangg Represent!

@ekahn 9 месяцев назад

For Stangg, Fists of Ironwood gives Trample and 2 saprolings for turn for 2cmc

@tdot8280 9 месяцев назад

Always happy to see my boi Grismold (first serious Commander) on RU-vid. At the beginning my playgroup smiled down on him and his tokens, but with the time the decks tune got better and better and jeeez ... they have massive respect now. He reached kos-status. Leave him alone and he just roflstomps the table.

@zanheda1200 9 месяцев назад

This should be a yearly episode maybe some deck techs and game play!

@blemski 9 месяцев назад

Love my Queen Kayla deck and Rachel is right, Surly Badgersaur is amazing in the deck and gets a ton of value.

@fajenthygia5760 9 месяцев назад

I've been very tempted to build Kayla, but I already have four other boros decks....

@cameronpowell1864 9 месяцев назад

I used to hate having to figure out whether or not I should attack. So my 2nd commander deck ran 20 unlockable rogues and my 3rd commander deck was Henzie so the creatures were gonna die anyway. Swinging with reckless abandon is the best.

@iguiif 6 месяцев назад

Esix is one of my favorite decks and it almost always goes off

@tylerwolf42 9 месяцев назад

Dad tip: Do your best not to yell. I really limit how often i raise my voice. That way they know its an emergency or something like that if I yell. Cause honestly, you have to raise your voice every now and then, but i have found it best to do it as little as possible. Also, rough housing is so much fun.

@JamesRiley-fb3lg 8 месяцев назад

I was playing my Esix deck against my friends artifact deck. It went off and went for an alpha strike to win the game. I cast curious herd, suddenly had 17 Darksteel Juggernauts. Such an amazing moment. 😂

@Drewaford8 7 месяцев назад

Got floored by seeing two of my favorites on the thumb nail

@chrisault9785 9 месяцев назад

Grothama has been my mono green commander since it debuted. One fantastic card/finisher left out is Vigor. You can have all of your creatures fight grothama on attack, and instead of dying or killing Grothama, all of your creatures will gain increasingly ridiculous numbers of +1/+1 counters

@AdairCorbin 9 месяцев назад

I love my Esix deck, as does my playgroup, it's big mama and crazy explosions of tokens.

@andersnielsen3163 9 месяцев назад

FYI Tombstone Stairwell gives everyone tokens at the same time in EACH upkeep. Its super bonkers and very well underrated

@ogrokun 9 месяцев назад

One of my favorite cards in my Wilhelt deck. Every time the Tombspawn are sacrificed, I get that many Zombies with decayed.

@andersnielsen3163 9 месяцев назад

@@ogrokun yup, have the same combo. love that card!

@ogrokun 9 месяцев назад

@@andersnielsen3163 my Tombstone has history: it belonged to a friend that does not collect mtg anymore. We played in high school over 20 years ago, in the school courtyard. No sleeves. On the ground. You can imagine the condition of that card, very well played :) But when I assembled Wilhelt I wanted that copy so bad, so I bought it from my friend.

@johnathanrhoades7751 5 месяцев назад

I just recently built a Grismold deck and it can definitely kill someone turn 5 if unanswered on top of normal aristocrat shenanigans. It’s a little fast for my friend group, normally, but I love him!