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I was looking at building Helga, and on EDHRec I didn't see any inclusion for Spark Double or Sakashima of a Thousand Faces; both 3U creatures that can copy helga and will hit her trigger/can be summoned by her tap ability, with spark double entering with a +1/+1 on it. I thought they would be easy includes as it supercharges her abilities and provides backup against single removal -- is there something I'm missing on why no one's running either of these?

Do you think a Sunscape Familiar lowering all green and blue spells by 1 for 1W would fit well into this even at higher budget?

It's interesting that you recommend and alt commander. That's something you don't usually see and can make you almost have 2 decks for the price of one

I built Helga mostly with a +1/+1 strategy, but included proper hydras as that was my first thought when building this deck.

I'm building a Helga deck now, Total sucker for things that untap her and giving creature spells flash + wilderness reclamation heh

I've been brewing a hydra deck lately with Zaxara but it didn't seem to fit my playstyle while testing. Helga looks like a nice different perspective on hydras so I'll definitely try her out! thanks for all the recommended cards as well!

what upgrades can I add if I want to spend more for this deck? love the content!

Although that does mean when you go to cast a spell you can double up the damage. You can also play a sorcery on your main phase, and an instant during combat even if it is a nothing spell to pull just a bit more damage that can't be blocked. And hopefully you gave it lifelink so your all good!

I’m the guy you’re talking too in this video. New to commander, played 3 matches. All honestly big green ramp decks. Didn’t enjoy the experience. But with my Helga theory craft, me and my friend are building a Flash creature deck, to give me more say on peoples turns to counter or negate damage. Etc

I like running 20 land’s because most of my decks are fast and cheap bug if a deck has alot of expensive cards run 24 or more lands but if your playing a supper fast format you can go down to 18 or 16 lands

I don't have a first card choice, honestly just want it to be fun so I try to find silly or less used commander's and try and make that work lol

First thing I think about is how many dragons can I functionally play then mana reduction

10ish ramp pieces, 15ish interaction (10 single target, 5 multi target/boardwipe), lands focusing on mdfcs, card advantage then round out with 20ish cards that interact well with the commander

Mana rocks an interaction first, then card draw. Always run 38 lands, depending. An creatures last

I like to browse mythic/rares and find a card that looks unique and build around that!

nissa, ressurgent animist, how does this one fair for elfball as CMD?

I have thought about taking my elf deck and making it mono-colored instead of golgari. There are definitely some advantages but I'm still happy with mine since it can in theory go infinite by turn 5

Really glad your video appeared on my feed. I really like how you have done it. The pacing is good and keeps me interested. I'd love to see some sea monsters from you at some point!

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Oh wow. That’s a beautiful Utopia Sprawl. The original art is pretty, too, but that’s something else. I also built a Sythis deck a few years ago, but this summer I decided to switch things up and recruited Narci, Fable Singer as my new commander. Sythis was such a powerhouse, that my roommate’s decks struggled against her too much. : ) My favourite card in my enchantress deck is Mother of Runes. ”:D I love my foil Eliette Mitchell’s Secret Lair illustration (for Mother’s Day 2021). It isn’t an enchantment, but it definitely has pillowfort energy. I also like Sphere of safety, Righteous Aura, and Darksteel Mutation. Flyer wincon is familiar, too, and I run Archon of Sun’s Grace and Sigil of the Empty Throne. Hallowed Haunting is on my wishlist. : D

Hey, I am new to the game and I want animar to be my first "more competitive deck" (not cEDH thow), my budget is around 300-400$ could you provide a solid list if possible. Thank you very much

While i don't always like them, I gave my husband an Isamaru Voltron deck to teach them the game. It had a lot of key words on it to teach what each meant, and it was a pretty easy strategy.

I bought the necron dynasties pre con and built artifacts around train the infinite is he a good beginner friendly deck or should I switch him out to something a little better I’m literally like one week new to magic any suggestions help

And that's why WotC gets away with printing a 5/5 for 5 with such seemingly powerful abilities. If can become a huge downfall late game. Edit: it just hit me, toxic would be horrendous with this commander.

I’m trying to get my girlfriend into commander too haha. Perfect timing when I found this video. Please make more!!

Making this deck out of spite. I'm usually a weaker deck at the table, and still get hit over and over, so I'm ready to have people not have fun too.

This deck absolutely needs Humility. The Humility will pump your living weapons while turning off any deck that wants to use creatures.

I built this commander deck back when it first came out! Batterskull was the mvp of the deck and was the most expensive card I owned at the time (college budget $10 was a months worth of ramen). It’s a great deck and the route you’ve taken to build it in the video makes me want to give it another try!

Imma preface this by saying im not trying to be negative, im trying to add some insight differing from your views. This deck’s concept is fundamentally not great. Casting two spells a turn and drawing two cards a turn aren’t synonymous. That being said you definitely can bridge the gap with cards that allow you to double spell and save you mana. I’ll give my favorite: “Reinterpret”. 4 mana counter spell (seems bad at first) but if you counter something predictable, let’s say an opponent’s 4 mana commander, you can then also advance the board state bc it allows you to cast from your hand any spell with EQUAL or lesser mana value. It also CASTS the spell for free. So this on it’s own triggers your commander and draws a card. So it’s technically can give a spell in your hand flash, is versatile interaction AND cantrips (while your commander is out) so you don’t go down on card advantage unlike a regular counter spell. Next cantrips are bad because they don’t actually draw cards. Even in an ideal scenario they don’t provide much value. Example: cast 2 can trips w/cmmdr out> gets 2 cards BACK plus 1. Net 1 card for 2 mana and 2 SPELLS. Why did i emphasize spells? Because the cards you drew aren’t necessarily spells. You have a 35ish% chance of drawing a land aka a dud. And a higher chance of drawing NOT another cantrip. And you wasted 2 mana to draw a card essentially. For 3 mana you can get more bang for your buck. Let’s do this again. “Discover the impossible” (my favorite “cantrip”) 3 mana instant, look 5 cards deep, grab any of these to your hand. If it’s an instant with mana value 2 or less you may cast it for free. 3 mana, grab a card, trigger commander, (two separate magecraft triggers) and a free spell potentially, net an extra card from your commander. Not to mention the cost can actually be reduced thanks to the sapphire medallion you added unlike cantrips. And you get card SELECTION. So you get net 1 card (cost a card, grabbed a card and cmmdr gave you 1). Then there’s amazing cards you missed on. Instead Ledger Shredder and Faerie mastermind which are generic spells that only put you ahead if your opponents are getting ahead (you don’t want that), you can play a “Harmonic Prodigy” doubles triggers for ALL your Wizards and Shamans. That includes your commander. Whole team panharmonicon for 2 mana. Lastly big spells like Nehuzal, Storm of Saurumon, Immolating Gyre, and Sea Gate Restoration look good on paper, but they cost too much mana and that leaves your mana down and unable to counter a critical spell. Good blue players (in my opinion) should never tap out unless there’s no other option. Murmurring mystic, improbable alliance, and talrand all cost too much mana or can’t synergize with other wizard cards. 4 mana, to make 1/1 flyers isn’t great. Lighting bolt is great in 60 cards but gets outscaled easily in commander. “Resculpt” and the new “Zoyowa’s justice” are amazing in any deck as they get rid of anything guaranteed. If you’re scared of the drawback then it’s not worth removing. Btw best replacement for Storm of Sauronmennnenennn is Swarm Intelligence or Thousand Year storm but those are also trap cards as they leave you open for a whole turn cycle before you can capitalize on them. Good luck have fun.

Interesting concept for how to build this deck. I wasn't really sure how to approach something like this. I have no idea what you mean that "azorious equipment isn't the standard" though. Seems normal to me. ;P lol

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Just destroy him by then lol

Nice vid. Keep it up. Also the video formate seems interesting. Looking forward to the next commander that are comming.

Excluding basic lands and tax/ shipping my goblin deck came out to about $15 and some change

Add Serra's Sanctum plz

Super curious what she did with Sigarda!

Thank you, love the way you choose cards based on the artwork, I usually print cards to play so I feel like I am missing this side of mtg. And because I have no restriction over my cards I think my decks have less flavor, or are often too strong. You inspired me on how to build decks ! And I will try to print it for my gf, I will see if she likes it !

YOu are a lucky dude that you can get your girlfriend into magic.

Super quality video, beautiful arts, crazy you only have 200 subs, keep up the good work!

Nice deck! Definitely consider running Song of the Dryads, so nice that it can hit any permanent

Classic Sythis! It's always wholesome when a couple can share a hobby together, have fun you guys!

Lovely deck tech!

Thanks for this video! I am searching and browsing as i make a comeback in mtg, and edh is now that is the most populair format being played at my lgs; and the information is just endless...... and confusing, especially what 'precon' to buy. My favorite colors always were dimir, and i am a lotr fan; so Lord of the Nazgul is going to be the one i will focus on making my first own deck!

Is there any way you can provide a list of the commanders? Trying to build alela, but every list is outdated it will be good to find ideas. thx in advance.

it doesnt say they get to choose, neither does it say you choose, but the card faces u not them

Yeah it's pretty obviously not built for Standard 🤷‍♂️ and in EDH just give it lifelink and you're set

It would be so fun in a 1v1 to win by using deflecting swat on your own lord of pain

This is why WOTC suggest using this deck as the archenemy. I just saw 3 playing archenemy vs the miracle deck & played this late in the game not realizing it was ONLY going to do damage to a player on their own team. It killed them. 😵‍💫

great video, thank you

Lifelink + sanguine bond done You could exquisite blood the whole game to get a serious amount of life till late game. Your opponents can’t gain life.🤔