Hey Folks! See below for the full list of swaps, let me know if you agree/disagree with them, and also let know which commanders from Phyrexia: All Will Be One you want to see in future polls! --------------------- Creatures --------------------- Midnight Haunting >>> Krenko, Mob Boss Battle Screech >>> Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin Hate Mirage >>> Rakka Mar White Sun's Zenith >>> Zeriam, Golden Wind Myr Battlesphere >>> Lena, Selfless Champion Goldwardens' Gambit >>> Keeper of the Accord Hordeling Outburst >>> Skyknight Vanguard Heroic Reinforcements >>> Priest of the Blessed Graf Cut a Deal >>> Welcoming Vampire Mask of Memory >>> Rumor Gatherer Solemn Simulacrum >>> Commander Liara Portyr Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer >>> Nobilis of War --------------------- Instants --------------------- Maul of the Skyclaves >>> Swords to Plowshares Mace of the Valiant >>> Chaos Warp Loxodon Warhammer >>> Grand Crescendo --------------------- Enchantments --------------------- Kemba's Banner >>> Prosperous Partnership Glimmer Lens >>> Tocasia's Welcome Hexplate Wallbreaker >>> Rabble Rousing Phantom General >>> Glory of Warfare --------------------- Artifacts --------------------- Buried Ruin >>> Wayfarer's Bauble Vulshok Factory >>> Fire Diamond Commander's Sphere >>> Marble Diamond Chain Reaction >>> Halo Fountain --------------------- Planeswalkers --------------------- Temple of the False God >>> Zariel, Archduke of Avernus --------------------- Lands --------------------- Forgotten Cave >>> Battlefield Forge Secluded Steppe >>> Clifftop Retreat
all the added cards for easy finding Krenko, Mob Boss Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin Rakka Mar Zeriam, Golden Wind Lena, Selfless Champion Keeper of the Accord Skyknight Vanguard Priest of the Blessed Graf Welcoming Vampire Rumor Gatherer Commander Liara Portyr Nobilis of War Swords to Plowshares Chaos Warp Grand Crescendo Prosperous Partnership Tocasia's Welcome Rabble Rousing Glory of Warfare Wayfarer's Bauble Fire Diamond Marble Diamond Halo Fountain Zariel, Archduke of Avernus Battlefield Forge Clifftop Retreat
Probably won't see this but I'm new to magic and tried the Mind Flayaaars precon (I'm a d&d nerd), and loved it! I watched your upgrade guide with a few others and sheesh. I can mill out people's decks in a short amount of time now. Thank you! I'm upgrading the Ruinous Powers next with your guide!
Really appreciate this upgrade guide, I like it a lot more than the other guides I've seen for this deck! I feel like you nailed the upgrades and kept the deck in a great price range.
Thank you for this video. It helped me a lot when I was a new player and I still like to play the deck the way you suggested. In addition nearly all the cards are really good for new decks I try :)
Thank you Grazzit! i’ve been waiting for this, i’ve been playing the deck since release and i love it, ive also been racking my head on what can be pulled and what can be added, but now i know, thanks again!
I do like the upgrades for this deck, but I'd be tempted to completely rebuild this commander. I've been experimenting with various w/r decks that cheats Hostility into play and uses AOE damage to make Elemental tokens and Neyali might be the right commander for the job!
I just want to say thank you for this -- I just started playing magic the gathering and this is my commander deck, super interested in these upgrades :)
Good suggestion! It is a lot cheaper than it used to be for sure and can do a whole lot for us by turning our 1/1's and 2/2's into big evasive threats!
As a new EDH player I really appreciate this upgrade guide. What do you think about "Release to Memory" ? Could it be a good swap for "Soul-Guide Lantern"? It provides a graveyard hate and tokens at same time
Hey Grazzet, nice video, but either iam blind or there is a mistake, cuz i fail to come the same numbers as you on your list. would you mind breaking down genereal stats with there card names?
Nice upgrade guide and nothing I would really change, but I still have suggestions because I like giving suggestions that could be sidegrade. You did an excellent job I'm really surprised to not see Elturel Survivors in the upgraded card. Sure it dont get the draw trigger, but let say a 4/4 Double Striking Trampling at the very "worst" seems such a big hit against the opponents, even more considering you talked about Battle Angel as a further upgrade I'm personally a fan of Gut, True Soul Zealot because transforming let say a 1 1 token into a 4/1 Double Striking Menace token one seems OK to me. It is probably a sidegrade though Skyhunter Strike Force as a second melee enabler seems also great to boost power of all attacking creatures. I'm personally a fan of Delina, Wild Mage and Jaxis, because you could create big tokens even though with Delina you wouldnt get the exile draw. Divine Visitation as a way to boost all token productions into big angels seems great too I always had a soft spot for Rites of Raging Storm personally and in this deck, it seems like It would make the game move a LOT faster Another card that makes the game moving is Combat Calligrapher. In that case you get "hard to block" tokens that will do 4 damage Inspiring Leader could be a fun way to boost the power of the tokens, but it is probably not consistent enough :O For Adeline like effect, maybe Veteran Soldier ? Again not consistent enough probably ? Maybe Breath of Fury for possible Extra Combat Shenanigans with your harder to block tokens ? Probably too cute.. If Not I'm personally a fan of Karlach, Fury of Avernus or Moraug just to get more of those exile draw trigger Again , they are mostly cards I like :D
@@Koios90 This commander is really more open ended than people think. There are so many tokens producing things in those colors. You can just play what you like :D
@@munsulight721 Oh, absolutely! One of my strongest decks is a Winota that makes tons of non-human tokens and easily snowballs with stuff like Marton Stromgald
Good suggestions! I played Gut, True Soul Zealot in the 99 in testing (for the same reasons you mentioned) and he was fine, but I ended up cutting him for Rakka Mar sicne she doesn't require us to lose baordstate to use her (but I could still see him being used since 4/1's are really nice in this build). Personally, I find Elturel Survivors deeply medium - their great for exactly one time since the original is likely going to be blocked and removed, never to be used again. Now, if we can engineer a way for the original to attack safely turn after turn then I would consider it, but as is it was a pass for me (though again, that's just my personal preference). Otherwise, all other other suggestions are pretty solid - thanks for taking the time to put this together!
I wished Red had some toxic / mites so i could use this commander with Mites. i hope the Mites get some expansion in the future to use this commander with them.
Fair - Mites are a fun little tribe that have a few commanders that can build around them (Vishgraz & Ria Ivor for example), so getting some more support for them in the future would be nice.
So im currently messing around with a Neyali/Faldorn Deck that uses Jetmir as the Commander for more value from the tokens and honestly so far it seems pretty fun. Its kinda janky since neither Faldorn nor Neyali are your actual commanders so you need to be a bit lucky with drawing them but theres a reason im running like 14 Draw Sources but if you get either of them early enough you can find the other one relatively easily. Its fun though
Sounds interesting. You may want to invest in some creature tutors to fetch up Neyali and/or Faldorn to improve consistency if you're not drawing into them often enough (Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer, Fauna Shaman, Magus of the Order, Time of Need, Uncage the Menagerie, and Yisan, the Wanderer Bard are all good budget options).
@@GrazzetMTG So I kinda went over the Deck and changed it to run Sisay, Weatherlight Captain as the Commander to have searching in the Command Zone and to give you more access to the Token Generators and Anthems of other Colors, and im not gonna lie, its kinda good. It allows you to run things like Isshin and Aryel, as well as Ashiok Weaver and Ashiok Muse for the Exile payoff from Faldorn. Running your suggestions as well made the Deck scarily consistent since with all the Anthems you can get Sisay quite high to cheat out your legends, of which the Deck runs 30 in its current Variant. Haven't gotten to test how it runs in actual games and if it struggles with finishing, but from the Test Hands ive tried it seems pretty solid so far. Also Najeela doing Najeela stuff because you can play her in this Variant.
@@JustPixelNoIDontWantAnyNumbers Fair enough - having the creature tutor in the command zone does fix the consistency issues and, since you'll be running a fair amount of legends anyway, Sisay seems like a good fit.
For Mirrodin! At least while it lasts! Anyways, amazing deck as always! Perfect for my rest after a rough long day... As for my vote, it goes to Graaz, cause Juggernaut Tribal is fucking sick. Hopefully you reference that one scene in X-Men: The Last Stand with the video! Day 557 of waiting for the face reveal. Which side do you prefer - Phyrexia or Mirrodin?
Glad you enjoyed it as usual! Graaz is certainly popular in the polls, so its likely we're going to see that build soon (maybe with a few old Juggernaut memes if I can get away with it without being demonetized). As far as what side I perfer - I'm going to have to side with Mirrodin. While the aspect of "perfecting" ones body that the Phyrexian's offer is enticing - Elish Norn is much too much of a Totalitarian to really make it worth it. Maybe once she's dethroned I'll consider switchign sides, but for now I'm siding with the Mirrian rebels to take back their plane.
At this time I'm only tackling the new sets (mainly due to not having the time to do anything else) so sadly I will not be able to do this. Still, if I do open suggestions up to commanders outside the current set(s), I'll be sure to let you folks know.
Effectively yes - for both commanders - once the cards have been exiled, if the conditions are still met, they can still be cast from exile even if the commander is not in play.
He would certainly make for a powerful build round but sadly I'm not tackling commanders outside of the current set at the moment (since I do not have the time). Maybe some point down the line.
Good suggestion! I would certainly run it if the build had a more multiple attack theme going on or a critical mass of evasive tokens (since the creature has to connect for it to proc) - though I can still see it as being a good alpha strike enabler even without them.
Most of the music I use is from Dark Fantasy Studio. Humble bundle did a royalty free bundle for them with premium licenses for a bunch of their tracks, which is what I've been using.
Short hand for Area of Effect - which I sometimes use to describe effects that affect our entire board. Would be akin to Lords or Anthems but since those primarily deal with stat boosts and not keyword distribution that may not be entirely correct.
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Hey Folks! See below for the full list of swaps, let me know if you agree/disagree with them, and also let know which commanders from Phyrexia: All Will Be One you want to see in future polls!
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Creatures
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Midnight Haunting >>> Krenko, Mob Boss
Battle Screech >>> Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
Hate Mirage >>> Rakka Mar
White Sun's Zenith >>> Zeriam, Golden Wind
Myr Battlesphere >>> Lena, Selfless Champion
Goldwardens' Gambit >>> Keeper of the Accord
Hordeling Outburst >>> Skyknight Vanguard
Heroic Reinforcements >>> Priest of the Blessed Graf
Cut a Deal >>> Welcoming Vampire
Mask of Memory >>> Rumor Gatherer
Solemn Simulacrum >>> Commander Liara Portyr
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer >>> Nobilis of War
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Instants
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Maul of the Skyclaves >>> Swords to Plowshares
Mace of the Valiant >>> Chaos Warp
Loxodon Warhammer >>> Grand Crescendo
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Enchantments
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Kemba's Banner >>> Prosperous Partnership
Glimmer Lens >>> Tocasia's Welcome
Hexplate Wallbreaker >>> Rabble Rousing
Phantom General >>> Glory of Warfare
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Artifacts
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Buried Ruin >>> Wayfarer's Bauble
Vulshok Factory >>> Fire Diamond
Commander's Sphere >>> Marble Diamond
Chain Reaction >>> Halo Fountain
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Planeswalkers
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Temple of the False God >>> Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
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Lands
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Forgotten Cave >>> Battlefield Forge
Secluded Steppe >>> Clifftop Retreat
Just back to magic and decided on this deck. What do I buy to get the cards for the upgrade?
all the added cards for easy finding
Krenko, Mob Boss
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
Rakka Mar
Zeriam, Golden Wind
Lena, Selfless Champion
Keeper of the Accord
Skyknight Vanguard
Priest of the Blessed Graf
Welcoming Vampire
Rumor Gatherer
Commander Liara Portyr
Nobilis of War
Swords to Plowshares
Chaos Warp
Grand Crescendo
Prosperous Partnership
Tocasia's Welcome
Rabble Rousing
Glory of Warfare
Wayfarer's Bauble
Fire Diamond
Marble Diamond
Halo Fountain
Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
Battlefield Forge
Clifftop Retreat
Probably won't see this but I'm new to magic and tried the Mind Flayaaars precon (I'm a d&d nerd), and loved it! I watched your upgrade guide with a few others and sheesh. I can mill out people's decks in a short amount of time now. Thank you! I'm upgrading the Ruinous Powers next with your guide!
Glad to hear that the Mind Flayaaars upgrade worked well for you and hope that the Ruinous Powers upgrade does too!
Really appreciate this upgrade guide, I like it a lot more than the other guides I've seen for this deck! I feel like you nailed the upgrades and kept the deck in a great price range.
Thank you for this video. It helped me a lot when I was a new player and I still like to play the deck the way you suggested. In addition nearly all the cards are really good for new decks I try :)
Thank you Grazzit! i’ve been waiting for this, i’ve been playing the deck since release and i love it, ive also been racking my head on what can be pulled and what can be added, but now i know, thanks again!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it and I hope it was worth the wait (and sorry for the delay)!
I do like the upgrades for this deck, but I'd be tempted to completely rebuild this commander. I've been experimenting with various w/r decks that cheats Hostility into play and uses AOE damage to make Elemental tokens and Neyali might be the right commander for the job!
Interesting! That is certainly an interesting build around and I would love to see it once its completed!
I just want to say thank you for this -- I just started playing magic the gathering and this is my commander deck, super interested in these upgrades :)
You are welcome and I hope this build helps you out!
Another great upgrade video. Myriad with doublestrike is brilliant.
Yeah, Legions Loyalty would make a for a superb addition for that.
I would to add that divine visitation, is a very good add/upgrade too and in a mid range price this days.
Good suggestion! It is a lot cheaper than it used to be for sure and can do a whole lot for us by turning our 1/1's and 2/2's into big evasive threats!
Specially in a build the create tokens in a pasive way like this.
As a new EDH player I really appreciate this upgrade guide.
What do you think about "Release to Memory" ? Could it be a good swap for "Soul-Guide Lantern"? It provides a graveyard hate and tokens at same time
Very helpful
Glad it helped!
Hey Grazzet, nice video, but either iam blind or there is a mistake, cuz i fail to come the same numbers as you on your list. would you mind breaking down genereal stats with there card names?
Nice upgrade guide and nothing I would really change, but I still have suggestions because I like giving suggestions that could be sidegrade. You did an excellent job
I'm really surprised to not see Elturel Survivors in the upgraded card. Sure it dont get the draw trigger, but let say a 4/4 Double Striking Trampling at the very "worst" seems such a big hit against the opponents, even more considering you talked about Battle Angel as a further upgrade
I'm personally a fan of Gut, True Soul Zealot because transforming let say a 1 1 token into a 4/1 Double Striking Menace token one seems OK to me. It is probably a sidegrade though
Skyhunter Strike Force as a second melee enabler seems also great to boost power of all attacking creatures.
I'm personally a fan of Delina, Wild Mage and Jaxis, because you could create big tokens even though with Delina you wouldnt get the exile draw.
Divine Visitation as a way to boost all token productions into big angels seems great too
I always had a soft spot for Rites of Raging Storm personally and in this deck, it seems like It would make the game move a LOT faster
Another card that makes the game moving is Combat Calligrapher. In that case you get "hard to block" tokens that will do 4 damage
Inspiring Leader could be a fun way to boost the power of the tokens, but it is probably not consistent enough :O
For Adeline like effect, maybe Veteran Soldier ? Again not consistent enough probably ?
Maybe Breath of Fury for possible Extra Combat Shenanigans with your harder to block tokens ? Probably too cute..
If Not I'm personally a fan of Karlach, Fury of Avernus or Moraug just to get more of those exile draw trigger
Again , they are mostly cards I like :D
Very nice list, gonna keep them in mind when I upgrade my own deck =)
@@Koios90 This commander is really more open ended than people think. There are so many tokens producing things in those colors. You can just play what you like :D
@@munsulight721 Oh, absolutely! One of my strongest decks is a Winota that makes tons of non-human tokens and easily snowballs with stuff like Marton Stromgald
Good suggestions! I played Gut, True Soul Zealot in the 99 in testing (for the same reasons you mentioned) and he was fine, but I ended up cutting him for Rakka Mar sicne she doesn't require us to lose baordstate to use her (but I could still see him being used since 4/1's are really nice in this build).
Personally, I find Elturel Survivors deeply medium - their great for exactly one time since the original is likely going to be blocked and removed, never to be used again. Now, if we can engineer a way for the original to attack safely turn after turn then I would consider it, but as is it was a pass for me (though again, that's just my personal preference).
Otherwise, all other other suggestions are pretty solid - thanks for taking the time to put this together!
I wished Red had some toxic / mites so i could use this commander with Mites. i hope the Mites get some expansion in the future to use this commander with them.
Fair - Mites are a fun little tribe that have a few commanders that can build around them (Vishgraz & Ria Ivor for example), so getting some more support for them in the future would be nice.
I gotta vote for Glissa. Counter removal allows for some interesting stuff.
Looks like she didn't quite make it this time - hopefully we'll see her again in a future poll!
So im currently messing around with a Neyali/Faldorn Deck that uses Jetmir as the Commander for more value from the tokens and honestly so far it seems pretty fun. Its kinda janky since neither Faldorn nor Neyali are your actual commanders so you need to be a bit lucky with drawing them but theres a reason im running like 14 Draw Sources but if you get either of them early enough you can find the other one relatively easily. Its fun though
Sounds interesting. You may want to invest in some creature tutors to fetch up Neyali and/or Faldorn to improve consistency if you're not drawing into them often enough (Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer, Fauna Shaman, Magus of the Order, Time of Need, Uncage the Menagerie, and Yisan, the Wanderer Bard are all good budget options).
@@GrazzetMTG So I kinda went over the Deck and changed it to run Sisay, Weatherlight Captain as the Commander to have searching in the Command Zone and to give you more access to the Token Generators and Anthems of other Colors, and im not gonna lie, its kinda good. It allows you to run things like Isshin and Aryel, as well as Ashiok Weaver and Ashiok Muse for the Exile payoff from Faldorn. Running your suggestions as well made the Deck scarily consistent since with all the Anthems you can get Sisay quite high to cheat out your legends, of which the Deck runs 30 in its current Variant. Haven't gotten to test how it runs in actual games and if it struggles with finishing, but from the Test Hands ive tried it seems pretty solid so far.
Also Najeela doing Najeela stuff because you can play her in this Variant.
@@JustPixelNoIDontWantAnyNumbers Fair enough - having the creature tutor in the command zone does fix the consistency issues and, since you'll be running a fair amount of legends anyway, Sisay seems like a good fit.
For Mirrodin! At least while it lasts!
Anyways, amazing deck as always! Perfect for my rest after a rough long day...
As for my vote, it goes to Graaz, cause Juggernaut Tribal is fucking sick. Hopefully you reference that one scene in X-Men: The Last Stand with the video!
Day 557 of waiting for the face reveal. Which side do you prefer - Phyrexia or Mirrodin?
Glad you enjoyed it as usual!
Graaz is certainly popular in the polls, so its likely we're going to see that build soon (maybe with a few old Juggernaut memes if I can get away with it without being demonetized).
As far as what side I perfer - I'm going to have to side with Mirrodin. While the aspect of "perfecting" ones body that the Phyrexian's offer is enticing - Elish Norn is much too much of a Totalitarian to really make it worth it. Maybe once she's dethroned I'll consider switchign sides, but for now I'm siding with the Mirrian rebels to take back their plane.
I have an odd request. Would you be willing to do a +1/+1 atraxa? All of the deck techs are either infect or super friends.
At this time I'm only tackling the new sets (mainly due to not having the time to do anything else) so sadly I will not be able to do this. Still, if I do open suggestions up to commanders outside the current set(s), I'll be sure to let you folks know.
@@GrazzetMTG honestly, fair.
Would you make a Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres deck?
I'll see what I can do about getting Ezuri on a future poll!
So with Ixhel and Neyali, they don’t have to be on the board for us to play the cards they give us? We just have to meet the requirements ?
Effectively yes - for both commanders - once the cards have been exiled, if the conditions are still met, they can still be cast from exile even if the commander is not in play.
Commander nicol bolas the ravager?
He would certainly make for a powerful build round but sadly I'm not tackling commanders outside of the current set at the moment (since I do not have the time). Maybe some point down the line.
Breath Of Fury with all the token generators…
Good suggestion! I would certainly run it if the build had a more multiple attack theme going on or a critical mass of evasive tokens (since the creature has to connect for it to proc) - though I can still see it as being a good alpha strike enabler even without them.
What music do you use?
Most of the music I use is from Dark Fantasy Studio. Humble bundle did a royalty free bundle for them with premium licenses for a bunch of their tracks, which is what I've been using.
@@GrazzetMTG awesome!! Thank you
And what's an aoe?
Short hand for Area of Effect - which I sometimes use to describe effects that affect our entire board. Would be akin to Lords or Anthems but since those primarily deal with stat boosts and not keyword distribution that may not be entirely correct.
@@GrazzetMTG Seems wrong to say. Thank you though
Why do you speak like that