Unique Commanders | Unexpected Deck Builds | Magic the Gathering 

If a deck from this video constantly fails, then you can legitimately blame Eddie for giving you the idea for that deck.

3:22 The Aeves don't actually see each other entering, from the first ruling on its gatherer page: "The storm copies enter the battlefield one by one, followed by the original spell. Each of them enters the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of Oozes you control as it enters the battlefield. If you don't control any Oozes at the start, the first one enters with no counters, the second one enters with one counter, and so on."

Just got into Magic a couple of weeks ago. Been REALLY enjoying your content! Definitely makes me excited to learn more 👌🏽

Flumphs are actually named flumph because that's the sound they make while flying!

Arjun the shifting flame was my very first commander. The amount of tech I found for that deck in 2016 makes me overwhelmed when I imagine what he could do in 2024

That Ruxa deck would be a great way to introduce a new player to the game

It's funny that Aeve is the first commander you mentioned. I just ordered a Thrasta to build a mono g storm deck around and Aeve was going in the deck ha

Pinapple bacon and jalapeño...perfect combination for a pizza. I hate people who get mad at that lol it's like I'll eat what i want the way i want

Wonderful video, thank you. Brewing special decks is so much fun, if winning is not your first priority. That's why I like pauper Commander

My unique-y commanders are: - Stangg, Echo Warrior: a Voltron deck that can hit more than 1 player at the same time and can have an artifact/enchantment sacrifice subtheme - Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant: a Selesnya deck that doesn't want +1/+1 counters. It basically has Skulk+Vigilance on any creature with Reach

Oskar rubbish reclaimer. No more gatekeeping lol. I feel like you guys overlooked how dirty that ability is if you have blood tokens. Pay 1 to cast any card at instant speed then draw a card. 🤯

Would have, Could have, Should have, Get Milled! should be on a shirt in the swag store.

As a "Krenko, mob boss" player since my first EDH Deck, I really thank you for this video 😄

Great video. I bought a Commander Legends box the other day and got Archelos, and have been pondering how best to use it. Since you asked why people hate mill, I'll answer from my perspective: I don't get to play as often as I'd like, and I'm playing on a budget, so when I am playing against mill, and I see the card that I certainly couldn't guarantee I was going to draw, go into my graveyard without ever seeing the light of day, it is deflating. Likewise, since I am playing on a budget, I have less win conditions in my deck, typically, or at least my win-cons are not as reliable, so when they get milled, I just know it is over. Never drawing the card, even if it is the same at the end of the game, *feels* like more *authentic* bad luck. The card being countered as I play it, while still the same at the end of the game, feels more interactive than just "mill X cards". At the end of the day, I don't discourage anyone to play mill, and I don't shame them for it, but I personally don't enjoy playing against any deck that alternative win conditions that dropping your opponent's life to zero, but that's just my preference, and not something I would ever try to impose on others.

Love the ideas!! Do these kinds of videos more, I like seeing unique commanders for ideas 😁

Glad to see they made the Maldhound joke about Arjun.

Flumph's are essentially sentient telepathic jellyfish from space. Idk if that answers why they can fly, but that's what they are lol.

Ive been working on Archelos for over a week. The timing is perfect

I already did Arjun Mill ☝, it is a very hard deck to make work (balance between storming and control to start your gameplan) but it is very fun. Tips: don't try to make the perfect play when you storm off, just play fast and dont miss mill trigger 😉

I built an Arjun deck when he first came out and there were few things more fun then holding my entire deck in my hand

Made two odd ball commandrers recently myself Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist and Old manwillow

Good old Archelos The Lands of "Tap a creature you control: add mana of any color" are also a must in this deck. Cryptolith Rite and Vehicles are staples, but because I could control how creatures where going to RTB and all the shenanigans with tapping and untapping creatures (sometimes each turn), I also put one of my favorite janky mechanic; Inspired. After I did everything I wanted in my turn, then tapping Archelos for some random thing or "Purple mana" the casting one creature with inspíred to cash immediately with an untapping effect. Also Royal Assasin and False floor . Outside of that one, my most unique decks are a Izzet coinflip one, a Izzet attractions one, a Sliver Overlord one and a Marchesa TBR one in which I wanted the creatures to do almost everything reaction wise, so they only have 1 instant. And a Mairsil deck where I wanted THE commander to do everything reaction wise so it have 0 Instants.

As someone who has been playing Archelos for years, remember, if you play Archelos and your opponent is a Blitz deck (like Henzie) don't you EVER keep Archelos tapped during their tun stopping them from blitzing. They will consider you such a problem that the moment they realize they can still normally cast their creature and wait a turn to attack they will destroy you with overwhelmingly big creatures. Your only hope would be to assume that they cannot even consider to normally cast a big creature.

Good vid, nice stuff. Also you were correct about the zootopia refrance. His name was flash😂

FIrst up, there's Doritos. Then Wayfarer's Bauble. POP: Yes

I have an Arjun deck that I call ‘Arjun take the wheel’ cause I’m just as likely to deck myself as I am to win via some card draw triggers. I’d love to see Eddie’s deck list

My Arjun deck is one of my favorite decks to play. I embrace the chaos and let Arjun decide on how he wants to win. The last game it played voltron at first, then go-wide, and finally won via mill. He also like to imploded, but he is always fun to play.

Thinking of a yuriko deck with hidden commander satoru umezawa. I want to be able to interchange both commanders as I please. The decks power level may take a hit but Idm as it keeps it fresh

I had a very strong planeswalker deck that used Jadzi Oracle of Arcavios as the commander, it was very strong and jank

Flumphs are super nice dudes that ha gout in the underdark a notoriously hostile place. Pretty fitting to be a hug deck commander

I built a Gate deck with Archelos and Nine-Fingers Keene, it's so fun personally

Oh, I'm putting some of those Roalesk cards in my fallout radiation deck

Ermagerd I need to find Sarinth for my Mayael the Anima commander deck :o It would fit so great

I am so, so shocked to see an "Arjun, The Shifting Flame" deck that, in today's card environment, does not include the new Karlov creature card called, "Living Conundrum." Hexproof, if you would draw a card while there are no cards in your library you may skip that draw, and as long as there are no cards in your library it has base power and toughness of 10/10 and gains Flying and Vigilance. It's the perfect card for an Arjun deck that would completely protect you from drawing yourself to a loss as long as it stays on the field, which with Hexproof makes such a feat much easier to accomplish.

Great stuff, Could we get a more indepth video on building Gluntch in this way?

The Jellifish and Meria are such dope offcolor builds. "Flample" 😂 i'll steal that and i don't blame Eddy, no pinapple on a pizza. 🇮🇹

So I have a Slime Against Humanity deck but I actually use Alaundro from baulders gate to consistently put them in exile to be cast, that way it buffs the cards +1s due to them being suspended, and I’ll use cards like freed from the real and other untap shenanigans to do it as many times as I can in one turn. It also sees cards like Lier Disciple of the Drowned and test of talents so when I cast a Slime, I can counter it with test of talents, lier prevents it from Being countered but the second effect of test lets me exile as many cards with the same name as I want so I can really buff up a slime before it gets cast

just got back from officemax getting my slime deck ready - running Xavier Sal as commander

I recently converted my Roalesk deck to an infect deck that uses tutors to find one of the two spells that put an infect counter on all opponents and then just kill the table with proliferation

Question: If we gave "Roalesk" myriad, I don't think we would get the death trigger's because of exiling the copies or do we?

Wait hold on so weird question. I had seen a comment in the past saying you can only use planeswalkers that say they can be used as commanders but this is a commanders video and that legendary planeswalker didn’t have the thingy. Can I use Kaya as a commander in my phyrexia deck?

Yall forgot thrumming stone for them slime against humanity... that by itself makes Aeve a problem

Marchesa pirates is my favourite unusual brew

Ive thought of having ghalta as a meme commander just to get around commander tax food chain would be a powerful card in such a deck

Arjun fan here, and the decks you can build around him are WILD. Also, you don't "almost" deck yourself playing Arjun. You will. Multiple times. Love it all the same.

Kresh the Bloodbraided with a Rat Colony/Aristocrats theme aptly dubbed “The AristoRats”

Pineapple is possibly the best topping aside from pepperoni in my opinion. Its perfect with most sauce and cheeses. Fruit and cheese has veen an iconic thing for over a century. Idk why ppl act like its not great.

Roalesk player here, simply copy/clone him then put the +1/+1 counters on the OG Roalesk and simply win with big flample. Other counters matter also. Charge, loyalty, poison, have fun with it!

Love both you chatting really good 🤗

To this day my favorite budget deck is the Nylea artifact creature storm deck you built. I bet with some minor tweaks and toss in Aeve that deck starts to look degenerate in a casual game.

I blame Eddie for getting stuck building Ziatora, the Incinerator for over a year to get it to a good place

Does Killian reduce the cost of Noxious Gearhulk?

Funny, I was just goldfishing Arjun and I think this is my sign to build it!

The problem with mill is people play it when they don’t have lines to win immediately. And it feels cheeky when they mill me for fourteen or something and i get a massive resource boost and win because something they did. Happens all the time when I play jund.

Academy Manufactor for gluntch goes hard

Im building a Red Death mill deck that has a couple untap combos so I can mill people out 1 card at a time.

Slime Against Humanity + Thrumming Stone = Shenanigans 😂😂😂

my ruxa deck is one of my favorites it’s just so funny.

My foodchain storm deck is Wilson Guild Artisan. Ill just polymorph my encjamtment and... Oh... Look at that.... Foodchain Online. Deck is full of wacky winconditions.... Such as lands like study hall and opal palace....

Omg arjun would ro k with plot cards. You can have them available to combo off with😊

One of my favorite decks is a Ziatora deck that uses his fling effect to fling hydras at my opponents. I call it my "Hydragen Bombs." It's like casting a fireball you can attack with first!

roalesk will be good in my mothman deck

i have a Archelos deck its poison counters

vertibird killed me last night. beware the bird.

Anyone else remember the jacked doritos ranch dipped hot wings flavor? rip

Pineapple on pizza only with ham though :)

I'm traditional, Nacho Cheese Doritos and no to pineapple on pizza.

Let's get a deck for people who enjoy pineapple on the 'zaa

A three dollar COMMON? God the secondary market is insane in the mucous membrane.

timestamps?

Commander coming to MTGA ?

+1 to hawaiian pizza

How come you dont play commander play videos anymore?

just wanna make feather and killian partners

No pineapple

Flash flash hundred yard dash

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Fun fact about Flumphs, they are actually just farting to levitate themselves, according to the older lore, anyway. So, Farting Magical, Lawful Good, Telepathic Jellyfish... Old D&D is Weird.

The intro was really loud, but the content is barely audible in comparison. Feedback and such.

Mitch putting pineapple on pizza, go team!

That's a big NO to pineapple on pizza.

Pineapple goes on pizza. Anchovies doesnt.

Myrkul Lord of Bones?!?

All unique except meria; she is gruul urza and a broken commander