Some commanders synergize with cheap easy strategies others don't. I'd like to suggest a few Budget commanders, commanders that typically require cheap cards to make them work, I have: - Zada Hedron Grinder: Stack 1cmc Red can trip spells because each time the spell targets Zada the spell will also target your other creatures drawing MOOOOORE cards. Fun,fast, lots of card draw, cheap CMC spells. - Ivy Gleeful Spellthief: Put in some Mutate, (maybe toxic/infect) Auras that can draw cards/pump your commander and protect them and always try to have a buddy around because Ivy likes to share. Cheap auras, draw cards, fly in for commander damage (or wreck with Poison counters) - Kamahl Fist of Krosa: Put in lots of mana dorks, keep mana handy in case of boardwipe to turn their lands into 1/1 creatures, now they have no land. Mana dorks, Overrun, some possible land destruction - Ghalta, Primal Hunger: POWER, POWER, POWER. Stack your deck with lots of high powered creatures, get Ghalta out for cheap and crush. I've been able to get Ghalta out on T5 average, get crazy card draw from his 12 power, recast for cheap via adding more POWER to the battlefield. I originally designed this deck using only Pioneer legal cards and it was amazing how well it worked without EDH staples. POWER, power matters card draw effects, attack! - Krenko Tin Street Kingpin: POWER matters again! Increase Krenkos power, get more Gobbo's, use auras/equipment to protect Krenko, sacrifice gobbo's to Goblin bombardment/Pashalik Mons/Goblin Warrens/Impact Tremors/Purphoros(might be expensive for that god) to make more gobbos and deal direct damage as finisher. My playgroup developed a saying after fighting Zada and my Krenko deck: ''One Gobbo, One Gobbo too many.'' Power, Firebreathing Auras, Equipment, Aristrocrat strategy. - Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second: Go wide with X spells that make tokens, blitz out with 2/2 Haste cats, double the damage, anthem effects, turn all token effects into 2/2 haste cats. X Spells, Ramp, Anthem effects, ATTACK! I hope this has encouraged some people for deck builds and most of all have fun! :P
These are some classics! A budget brewing best-of good to study for any budget brewer. For this series, I want to focus on lesser-known budget commanders. I will accept that I might not be able to make a high-powered one. But I'll try to make it as powerful as possible!
Thank you for the scryfall class as a bonus! One little tip that's saved me a bunch of time for searching commander legal cards is the "f:c" command. I have been so inspired for brewing lately. This has inspired me.
Vazi seems like it’s perfect for a combo deck, you act like a group hug deck by giving as many treasures as possible to the losing player all the while letting you draw from the effect and set up your board.
The 3 decks I brewed recently are Sethron, Skullbriar, and averna so those are my suggestions. There’s a surprising amount of Minotaur lords for a tribe that’s never played, skullbriar synergizes with keyword abilities on ikora cards so it’s easy to get a commander with trample death touch, menace and indestructible permanently, and finally averna has some really good “leave exile” triggers in the 40k set. Plus with averna you can put all your lands in play in a turn and win off of mazes end
Definitely a fine option. I just prefer having everything in one place. Plus, I feel that making adjustments to the search is way easier this way. Whatever works for you though! There's a lot of cards to sort through...
@@CommandersBrew Tbh this comment was meant for everyone but you, you seem to be more than capable of using the in line commands! I prefer the visual feel of the advanced search, and I'm pretty sure you can do everything you can with the in line commands. If you hit return instead of opening a new advanced search it saves everything you searched with so you can edit it. My only complaint is when you return to the search in this fashion there is a visual bug with the card types.
This inspired me to build a budget deck around Jedit -- first version was only $35! (I replaced some cards with ones I already owned and it's over > $50, but still not bad.)
Great to hear! Yes, it's so hard to make a lean budget deck when you've got a few expensive cards in your collection that go really well. As an exercise though, I still think it's worth it.
Ultra Magnus, I built this but could never get it to go off (I was always a target); would love to see how you make this one successful in play not just a budget brew. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
I’d like to see Imoti. I’ve got an Imoti deck that I built from cards I already have in my collection, and I’d like to see your take on it in case there’s some spice that I’ve missed
I really liked the directions you were going with Tobias and Neyam. May start brewing a Tobias myself even if you choose a different one here. I also could get into Myra -I just worry that since attractions probably aren't going to be printed for a while, does the deck get stale because your attraction deck will never change?
That certainly could be a concern. I feel, however, you could get some freshness from the regular deck by swapping in some different strategies. Izzet has a lot of different personalities.
Some commanders synergize with cheap easy strategies others don't. I'd like to suggest a few Budget commanders, commanders that typically require cheap cards to make them work, I have:
- Zada Hedron Grinder: Stack 1cmc Red can trip spells because each time the spell targets Zada the spell will also target your other creatures drawing MOOOOORE cards. Fun,fast, lots of card draw, cheap CMC spells.
- Ivy Gleeful Spellthief: Put in some Mutate, (maybe toxic/infect) Auras that can draw cards/pump your commander and protect them and always try to have a buddy around because Ivy likes to share. Cheap auras, draw cards, fly in for commander damage (or wreck with Poison counters)
- Kamahl Fist of Krosa: Put in lots of mana dorks, keep mana handy in case of boardwipe to turn their lands into 1/1 creatures, now they have no land. Mana dorks, Overrun, some possible land destruction
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger: POWER, POWER, POWER. Stack your deck with lots of high powered creatures, get Ghalta out for cheap and crush. I've been able to get Ghalta out on T5 average, get crazy card draw from his 12 power, recast for cheap via adding more POWER to the battlefield. I originally designed this deck using only Pioneer legal cards and it was amazing how well it worked without EDH staples. POWER, power matters card draw effects, attack!
- Krenko Tin Street Kingpin: POWER matters again! Increase Krenkos power, get more Gobbo's, use auras/equipment to protect Krenko, sacrifice gobbo's to Goblin bombardment/Pashalik Mons/Goblin Warrens/Impact Tremors/Purphoros(might be expensive for that god) to make more gobbos and deal direct damage as finisher. My playgroup developed a saying after fighting Zada and my Krenko deck: ''One Gobbo, One Gobbo too many.'' Power, Firebreathing Auras, Equipment, Aristrocrat strategy.
- Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second: Go wide with X spells that make tokens, blitz out with 2/2 Haste cats, double the damage, anthem effects, turn all token effects into 2/2 haste cats. X Spells, Ramp, Anthem effects, ATTACK!
I hope this has encouraged some people for deck builds and most of all have fun! :P
These are some classics! A budget brewing best-of good to study for any budget brewer. For this series, I want to focus on lesser-known budget commanders. I will accept that I might not be able to make a high-powered one. But I'll try to make it as powerful as possible!
Thank you for the scryfall class as a bonus! One little tip that's saved me a bunch of time for searching commander legal cards is the "f:c" command.
I have been so inspired for brewing lately. This has inspired me.
f:c - massive tip. Thanks! So many keystrokes saved! That might sound sarcastic, but I'm 100% sincere!
@@CommandersBrew It was a game changer for me! Thanks again for the cool video.
Vazi seems like it’s perfect for a combo deck, you act like a group hug deck by giving as many treasures as possible to the losing player all the while letting you draw from the effect and set up your board.
I haven't thought of things from that perspective. It might work!
The 3 decks I brewed recently are Sethron, Skullbriar, and averna so those are my suggestions. There’s a surprising amount of Minotaur lords for a tribe that’s never played, skullbriar synergizes with keyword abilities on ikora cards so it’s easy to get a commander with trample death touch, menace and indestructible permanently, and finally averna has some really good “leave exile” triggers in the 40k set. Plus with averna you can put all your lands in play in a turn and win off of mazes end
Some fun ideas for sure!
@@CommandersBrew misread averna, its a single land
Neyam looks sweet and and interactive.
Yeah, i think there's something there.
I’d strongly recommend using the advanced search button if you’re not comfortable with all the in line commands. It’s super easy and very intuitive
Definitely a fine option. I just prefer having everything in one place. Plus, I feel that making adjustments to the search is way easier this way. Whatever works for you though! There's a lot of cards to sort through...
@@CommandersBrew Tbh this comment was meant for everyone but you, you seem to be more than capable of using the in line commands! I prefer the visual feel of the advanced search, and I'm pretty sure you can do everything you can with the in line commands. If you hit return instead of opening a new advanced search it saves everything you searched with so you can edit it. My only complaint is when you return to the search in this fashion there is a visual bug with the card types.
Very helpful, thank you!
You're welcome! Happy to do it!
This inspired me to build a budget deck around Jedit -- first version was only $35! (I replaced some cards with ones I already owned and it's over > $50, but still not bad.)
Great to hear! Yes, it's so hard to make a lean budget deck when you've got a few expensive cards in your collection that go really well. As an exercise though, I still think it's worth it.
Ultra Magnus, I built this but could never get it to go off (I was always a target); would love to see how you make this one successful in play not just a budget brew. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
It's a strong ability for sure. I can understand how that might happen. I guess if I were to do a budget version, it'll still be targeted a bunch...
The Scryfall is strong with you. I like Neyum most, but wonder if we'd struggle getting our commander damage through.
That would be the biggest challenge for sure. But there's always the possibility of deals. Gotta love Whispersilk Cloak!
I’d like to see Imoti. I’ve got an Imoti deck that I built from cards I already have in my collection, and I’d like to see your take on it in case there’s some spice that I’ve missed
I love deckbuilding so much that even tho I’m completely confident in my ability to brew budget decks I will still watch this whole thing
Much appreciated! I'm the same. I just love the building of it all!
I really liked the directions you were going with Tobias and Neyam. May start brewing a Tobias myself even if you choose a different one here. I also could get into Myra -I just worry that since attractions probably aren't going to be printed for a while, does the deck get stale because your attraction deck will never change?
That certainly could be a concern. I feel, however, you could get some freshness from the regular deck by swapping in some different strategies. Izzet has a lot of different personalities.
I vote Neyam. I have never seen that card
It's a frontrunner among the comments!
ever the part 2?