@@DarkX64 I have built a Vaevictis deck that is also mono-permanent and I can say from experience that it is really fun. WARNING: However much hate you think Vaevictis attracts, he attracts more.
So, like, a month ago I was just really getting into magic. Spending money, looking at standard meta, things of the sort. Then I discover the various formats. I was skeptical about Commander (or EDH whatever) because while building a 100 card deck out of a multi-thousand card pool sounds very hard, yet fun. What I'm trying to say is that these videos came in at a very convenient time and holy cow, are they high quality! Thanks for the tech, I'll put them to good use. :)
So I just got Vaevictis as a gift and was really struggling on thinking of a way on how to build him as I didn't want to go down the usual route however this channel has given me a great idea on where to start and for a nice budget also. Keep up the good work my dude. Definetly a fan!
Can always find budget sleeves by buying them in bulk if you plan on making multiple decks. I also highly recommend this budget carrying case that the Professor got me into: www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-10-Compartment-Deep-Pro-Small-Parts-Organizer-014710R/100375900
Hey, just a quick suggestion to the upgrade section. I feel like it would be relatively simple and yet extremely helpful to add what cards to replace with each upgrade at the end, I know I have a hard time choosing what cards to take out a lot of the time.
Thank you for the suggestion! I will definitely take it into consideration, but my only hesitation is that people may take these suggestions as hard facts. My approach to the upgrades and what I hope with people can do with them, is to make adjustments based on their own playstyle. Does that make sense?
@@TheCommandersQuarters Yeah of course, I get why you'd do that. Maybe in a separate video at some point you could do a short guide or walkthrough on what youre thinking as you change out cards or build decks to give new people a better idea of what to look for when were changing around builds. Thanks for the reply!
I'd like to thank you for making these, as someone who is relatively new to commander and magic in general, building commander feels like a tall order with such a wide array of cards available and these make it much less daunting
I love your videos. They're so helpful for people on a budget. With your card list I was able to make a Hallar, the Firefletcher deck for about $15, but I upped it to $25 with some upgrades. Keeping focused really helps out a lot!
I don't even play Commander (or Magic, actually), and these are great to watch! Excellent information, wonderfully formatted. I might just have to buy into one of these and lose horribly until I can play better! Keep up the neat deck tech, I'm rooting for you!
was looking at the random vaevictis I had just opened a few days ago and thinking of using it to start playing edh... then this video pops up! I love the editing and brief but clear run of the cards and strats, thx so much!
I just found this channel now and it is so cool! I really appreciate the $25 limit you guys follow as well. I love The Command Zone, Jumbo Commander and Tolarian Community College as well but sometimes their definition of "budget" is when a single card costs $20 which definitely differs from mine.
Honestly love your deck techs, makes me want to build many more decks since these are relatively inexpensive, keep up the hard work man, you deserve all the growth your channel is getting
Wow I love the tapped out deck list function. Never used the site, but it made it easier to find build the decks you show and gives an idea on price. When I get extra money I will have to build some of these decks to play test, this one looks super fun and I already have an It that betrays. Which is one of my favorite cards, for both it's effect and flavor text.
I've been brewing this and I would recommend for the reasonable upgrades that you get a set of the relevant scry lands. Temple of Malady, Temple of Malice, and Temple of Abandon add to your top fixing while being strictly better than some other lands here.
I’ve been wanting to build a Vaevictus Asmadi Control/value build ever since he was spoiled, but I haven’t had the money to do it. This deck tech is exactly what I wanted to accomplish, and for a really reasonable price! Thank you so much, and you earned yourself a sub
I love this deck idea... I have taken the list with a couple of my own touches and can't wait to see how it does. This is the only channel I have ever subscribed to and actually keep up with, thanks for your awesome ideas and tips!
For mana fixing Quirion Elves looks like a good add or maybe even a replacement for Elves of Deep Shadow. And if the deck has enough mana available for it Hellkite Charger could really ramp up the pressure on opponents. EarthLink might also work well in this deck even with its upkeep cost.
Wow, these decks are exactly what i love doing in the format. Finding budget-friendly interactions, combos etc. Just that my brews rarely reach this level of efficiency (deckstrength per cost). I do have some suggestions: -Tiana, Ship's Caretaker with tons of auras. (Protect her with umbras and maybe equipments, play politics with pacifism-like effects and curses, eventually win with a elementary master/breath of fury combo or a small voltron package) -Gonti, Lord of Luxury "I play your deck" with all the black and artifact flicker effects such as Minion Reflector, Supernatural Stamina etc. - Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest spellslinger voltron (similar to and arguably worse than Zada)
It's great that you have a lot of overlap of cards between the decks on your channel, really makes it easier on the wallet when you wanna make a bunch of 'em :P
Imma be honest I've been looking to get into commander for the past 2 months or so but I was unsure as to what I could build without breaking the bank. I think I just found the answer to my question. I am DEFINITELY making this deck. Love the channel keep that content coming.
Absolutely loving these videos. I've only watched this and one other (Plan to go through the rest). Budget decks are so great. Sitting down and being even somewhat competitive for a fraction of the cost is so much fun. I'd love to see either revamps of these decks with higher budgets, meaning a follow up video where you actively show us which cards should be swapped for something better. Please don't stop making these, insta subbed and like :)
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on youtube, and this is one of my favorite decks you've showcased so far! I've been getting a lot if friends into magic lately (their biggest deterrent was cost) thanks to you and your brews. Could you maybe do a build for Karlov of the Ghost Council? He was my first ever commander.
Perfect as always! Love the method you have for describing the decks, with the key questions before, the breakup into ten tactics, etc. Would like to see budget commander decks for Merieke Ri Berit, Rakdos, Lord of Riots and Chromium, the Mutable. Keep it up!
One upgrade you forgot would be one of the most underrated cards in edh, Tireless Tracker. This is because you can sacrifice the clues to Vaevictus' trigger and the Tracker would still gain a +1/+1 counter.
Can you please put out like a 100 of these asap, i have been subbed for two days and am now rewatching all the videos because i am addicted and want to build every single one
@@TheCommandersQuarters jokes aside, for the quality of edditing and how good the decks are, 2 a week is realy impressive, if you keep going like this this channel will be wayyy over 10000 realy soon
Other cards I like are reassembling skeleton. It says that you can cast it for 2 from the graveyard. There is also a 1 drop card from tarkir that has a raid ability to do that. Both of these act like phytotitan for a nearly free sacrifice. A great card for any deck that messes with the graveyard and has the mana for it is champion of stray souls. He has a power that costs five and tapping him to sacrifice ANY number of creatures you control, then return that many creatures from the graveyard. He has a second ability that puts him on top of your deck. In order to get Vaevictus the first time, you need at least six mana, so it is very likely that you can afford it. Vaevictus likes cards that do things when they enter/die, plus you can choose the best cards in your graveyard for your most expendable on the field. With the first two cards and phytotitan out, or any of the token folk, he can pull more creatures out than you put in. Currently he is under 50¢, so he is a budget card. I would also like to point out how much power comes from butcher of malakir when you sacrifice six or so creatures at once. If you have grave betrayal, you win.
Did 2 1v1 games with this deck and I must say I had a blast! First one was vs. the precon cat commander that is undefeated in my playgroup and it won. Those huge indestructeble kittens had nothing to help themselves. against Vaevictis. Second game was vs. a control aminatu deck where I didn't manage to get any decent steam up and started the game with to many 7-12 drops to make things comfortable. A wheel effect would have been truly great at that time. I might add some wheel effect into the deck to get rid of my hand and get things into the library again if I have 12 mana eldrazi on hand and nothing to do.
The Commander's Quarters absolutely will. Idk where to make a suggestion like this but maybe you might do a budget group hug deck (friendly group hug). Just a thought. :)
Mogis, God of Slaughter is also a good way to keep the sacrifice shenanigans going as well. May be a good consideration if you are going to upgrade with It That Betrays as well.
I have a Vaevictus deck. Probably not budget to the same extent, because I also run Scorpion God and Sheoldred. The former gets a lot of extra draws, and the latter really helps keep the board clear, whilst providing sac outlets. Scorpion God itself can be a sac outlet, especially if you put a -1/-1 counter on himself.
Out of curiosity, have you considered an Admiral Beckett Brass deck? There're a handful of budget decklists out there for her but I'm curious to see what you would do.
The Commander's Quarters Yeah, you're right of playstyle and meta. I've never built a deck before so it's just helpful for me use a guideline so try to understand the line of thought. Also, just curious, haha I've already made a few changes to deck like It That Betrays for Artisan of Kozilek and Courser of Kruphix for Garruk's Horde. But anyways, keep up the amazing work! :)
I think Wasitora, Nekoru Queen Dragon could work well in here as one of the 99 or a secondary commander, as well as more gravepact style effects to really put the hurt in
The green red and the red black mirage slow fetch lands in place of the naya and grixis panoramas would be a smart choice, and under reasonable upgrades put in the red green and red black battle duels and cycle duels. That will up the mana base by a fair bit for a reasonable upgrade. Sides that fun deck.
Judging by the thumbs, one person lost to this $24.89 deck. This was the first video I've watched in your series. A lot of what I would of done with this commander is shown here as well as some obscure cheap cards I wouldn't have thought of. The upgrades are spot on as well and you are still under $35. This deck could be a seriously fun deck for under $100 after mana fixing for sure.
Put together this deck and played a few rounds last night. Turns out people don't like losing their stuff and that it turns into archenemy pretty quickly. What's a few lands anyway.... Really liked Grave Betrayal and Aid from the Cowl in this deck, they can put in some serious work. I never felt mana constrained though, so will probably tune back on the mana dorks/ramp and throw in a bit more protection. Great deck though and a heap of fun to play when everyone reveals the top card.
I was really excited to see conduit of ruin because I have 3 of those and other ramp cards that I got from Duel Deck nissa vs Ob and maybe thought of myself hey "I could pull that off", then was expecting something like the 10/10 eldrazi to show or maybe Sandwurm Convergence, but I may try to brew things different from yours. Either way very informative and well made video, good job!!!
Looking at this deck because my wife wanted to play Jund then she picked out Vaevictis, Lurking Predators is gonna be such a huge value engine for her. We always play multiplayer, i play Izzet spells matter (so yeah, even 1 on 1 shes gonna have the ball rolling) and the other two plah ramp decks and cast quite a bit of spells per turn.
Mortuary is a good card to add if your creatures have a lot of etbs Just sac to vaevictis and it goes to the top of your library ready to go back onto the battlefield
Just be sure you don't play it before you need to because if a bunch of your creatures die, you'll be drawing those instead of other cards Gate to the aether is great because all our cards are artifacts, enchantments, creatures or lands Sadistic augermage if you're feeling nice Game preserve, goblin spy, deceiver of form, cruel deceiver, brutal deciever, and I don't know what the green one is but all of them let you see the top card before you attack, and game preserve shows what's on your opponents library Extractor demon because mill is great for disrupting opponents that don't use the graveyard Baleful Omen because our spells tend to be higher costed I put magistrates veto in all my jund decks and urabrask gives vaevictis haste while making sure if we do attack into the opponent with a huge flyer on top they can't block with it I have atarka worldrender, but I realized that vaevictis doesn't get double strike if she entered after attacks
Liability because you can keep sacrificing tokens and drain opponents I also have groundskeeper to get back the basic lands I keep sacrificing before I have a board state and llanowar scout to put them back on the battlefield Lens of clarity is definitely my golden pig Suspicious bookcase so vaevictis doesn't get killed in combat
I love this deck tech, I have my own Vaevictus deck that I recently made a few changes to but I'm tempted to buy this deck just to include some of it's cards
Vaevictus has been tugging at my mind for ages but I haven't been able to put together a "fun" version that doesn't Jund 'Em Out too hard Etalli, Primal Storm would be an interesting include for another free card off the top and to steal some of our opponents stuff. If it's on hand Sensei's top is a snap upgrade
@@TheCommandersQuarters Absolutely, I was lucky enough to trade into one at a pretty good deal. I will say, even without top in testing this deck the library manipulation is stellar
Definitely a consideration! But there are times later in the game when you could be wanting to cast a big creature from your hand, so you would have to be careful in building while including Nullstone
Nullstone Gargoyle only counters non-creature spells though. It really works with the composition of the deck, the only concern is enchantments/artifacts and you can still get those out with top-of-deck manipulation.
Strionic Resonator would fit nice in the upgraded version while Gutter Grime is an enchantment that has a somewhat similar function to Mitotic Slime although it does not help re-trigger itself unfortunately. Revel in Riches can help ramp enough to be able to cast any of the huge stuff that ended in your hand and u can't cheat them out. Plus it is an alternative win con that will distract your opponent's from dealing with your big stuff. All in all very interesting deck that embodies perfectly the Jund mentality of chaos and destruction. It must be really fun to play with and even against it cause it is quite unpredictable since no one knows what will be revealed from each library's top every time. I would like to see a Thantis (the Jund spider from C18 that everyone but me hates) deck tech built around forcing everyone to attack while u have a board with deathtouchers which will prevent them to some degree from attacking you. I want to see if such a deck can actually be classified as focused since my version is definitely not lol.
These decks are perfect for starting players and players who aren't sure if they want to build a certain deck. If you build one and love playing it, you can simply upgrade it.
Hey! I know this was a jund commander, so perhaps not next video, but a commander I would like to see a budget deck tech from you would be the Shattergang Brothers, i think it's a cool commander and one which a budget control can fit quite easily.
Interesting direction to slot in a lot of the "top of library" cards. Looking at your T/O page though, the average CMC is over 4. Even with your ramp package, I think the deck may run into situations where you just have a lot of fatties in hand early in the game, and just get out-valued by your opponents who play a good curve. The 4 and 5 CMC spots are pretty weak here, and I think they could be filled with value creatures that have either ETB or death triggers. Otherwise I think this is pretty solid.
I'm really enjoying you videos and the whole idea is genious! I just wish that as a green player who loves ramp that you'd use a more diverse ramp package, it looks like that you put the same ramp spells on every green deck
The Commander's Quarters I do believe that each decks needs its own type of ramp to take the most of it. Just like you did with that Tatyova, where you put more spell based ramp, in decks like meren, prossh, commanders that care about creatures I believe that creature based ramp is better
YAY NEW VID and asmodi is so much fun too :) Cant wait for the next one. Been looking at a lot of content discussing underused edu cards and theres a bunch I never even thought of, cards like foil and lotus vale,altar of the brood. Also every deck that doesnt include curse of the swine make me cry Mitch. Why do you do this to me? Curse of the swine is the golden pig of every deck forever *oink*
Also I was gunna say you and voidmage gamer should do a colab would be sick between the two of you. ALSO great idea you should make a pair of $25 decks for a commander two headed giant format kinda like battlebond or something. Would be awesome. Love the vid and cant wait to build this deck. Hopefully one day I can be a patron too.
Vaevictis! I love it! Why wasn't sensei divining top in the recommend upgrades? Thats like the first card I think of when it comes to controlling the top card of a deck. EDIT: oh it cost $20 that's probably why
i think i have to dissagre with the golden pig. while grave betrayal gives a big blow out and can be as a big win con, i think haunted crossroads is the best card of the deck. the amount of versatility it provides is incredible, both by setting up your plays and because it let's you easily dodge the commander tax. plus, people seem to underestimate the card, meaning that it will provide you a lot of value since they won't usually target it as a priority.
It was definitely a close contest for the golden pig and I went back and forth on a lot of cards. Haunted Crossroads is an incredible card in the deck!
I own a couple cards that each would combo awesome with the Vaevictis trigger and the It That Betrays Trigger. Grave Pact or Dichead of Erebos. I don't tend to play em enough because they get targeted quick. Of course now if I play black opponents tend to save removal for these cards. I need to get me It That Betrays for this deck when it comes.
It That Betrays has one of my favorite rules interactions where is your opponent sacrifices their Commander you still gain control of it, even if it goes to the command Zone
Went to go build this deck and got a modern masters pack just for the heck of it and ended up pulling a verdant catacombs. Find it kinda funny that a single card costs more then my entire commander deck lol
This channel stops being budget when you realise you want to try all these decks so badly xD
Haha true
Ugh same. It's actually kind of annoying that I wanna build all of these, Mitch just makes them all look hella fun to play
100% my fault haha
SAAAME
@@DarkX64 I have built a Vaevictis deck that is also mono-permanent and I can say from experience that it is really fun.
WARNING: However much hate you think Vaevictis attracts, he attracts more.
Mate you should be on the command zone as a guest/host
That would be pretty sweet!
and they all can only play sub 25 dollar decks
Jimmy and Josh would lose to the commander’s quarters.
Alex Fisher he’s too good for the command zone
I am sure they would do just fine with budget decks!
I just discovered your channel.
I am a budget edh player.
I am having a stroke.
I am calling 911
I am making sure the ambulance arrives quickly
I am thankful you are okay
could totally see this channel becoming a major one for EDH very soon. This looks like a very fun deck
Thanks! And yeah it’s a lot of fun!
Built Jhoira with most of what he had and some different but omg its so awesome... my GF dont want to play againts it anymore ;( ;)
Yeah Jhoira is pretty crazy!
So, like, a month ago I was just really getting into magic. Spending money, looking at standard meta, things of the sort. Then I discover the various formats. I was skeptical about Commander (or EDH whatever) because while building a 100 card deck out of a multi-thousand card pool sounds very hard, yet fun.
What I'm trying to say is that these videos came in at a very convenient time and holy cow, are they high quality! Thanks for the tech, I'll put them to good use. :)
Glad you are enjoying them, and that they could help!
So I just got Vaevictis as a gift and was really struggling on thinking of a way on how to build him as I didn't want to go down the usual route however this channel has given me a great idea on where to start and for a nice budget also. Keep up the good work my dude. Definetly a fan!
One of the best RUclips channels !
Blasted though all your vids yesterday .
Only thing i wish more to see is decks for up to 50 $
Thank you and glad you are enjoying them! Might be doing some extended budget videos in the future!
Some of the 25$ decks can reach 50$ if you include the cards showcased at the end of the video.
Definitely true as well!
Also, if you don't include heavily played/damaged cards, and you buy sleeves and a box, it's about $50~
Can always find budget sleeves by buying them in bulk if you plan on making multiple decks. I also highly recommend this budget carrying case that the Professor got me into:
www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-10-Compartment-Deep-Pro-Small-Parts-Organizer-014710R/100375900
Hey, just a quick suggestion to the upgrade section. I feel like it would be relatively simple and yet extremely helpful to add what cards to replace with each upgrade at the end, I know I have a hard time choosing what cards to take out a lot of the time.
Thank you for the suggestion! I will definitely take it into consideration, but my only hesitation is that people may take these suggestions as hard facts. My approach to the upgrades and what I hope with people can do with them, is to make adjustments based on their own playstyle. Does that make sense?
@@TheCommandersQuarters Yeah of course, I get why you'd do that. Maybe in a separate video at some point you could do a short guide or walkthrough on what youre thinking as you change out cards or build decks to give new people a better idea of what to look for when were changing around builds. Thanks for the reply!
Most definitely! And I keep going back and forth on whether to add them in or not, so maybe I will at some point!
I'd like to thank you for making these, as someone who is relatively new to commander and magic in general, building commander feels like a tall order with such a wide array of cards available and these make it much less daunting
No problem at all! Happy to help!
I love your videos. They're so helpful for people on a budget. With your card list I was able to make a Hallar, the Firefletcher deck for about $15, but I upped it to $25 with some upgrades. Keeping focused really helps out a lot!
Glad you are enjoying them! And that’s awesome!
I don't even play Commander (or Magic, actually), and these are great to watch! Excellent information, wonderfully formatted.
I might just have to buy into one of these and lose horribly until I can play better! Keep up the neat deck tech, I'm rooting for you!
That's awesome and thank you!
I commented about this 2 days ago and now its been made. YOU my friend are the best MTG RUclipsr I know and deserve WAY more Recognition
Well thank you, I am honored!
I'm loving your channel! You very quickly joined Jumbo Commander and The Command Zone as my top channels!
I am honored!
What great timing. Looking at making this guy a deck and I've been sussing out all the videos. Great video.
Thanks!
was looking at the random vaevictis I had just opened a few days ago and thinking of using it to start playing edh... then this video pops up! I love the editing and brief but clear run of the cards and strats, thx so much!
No problem! Glad I could help!
Wow you're doing these really making these often. We thank you for your work to help us out for some real budget commander decks!
No problem at all! Happy to help!
THIS is what EDH is about! Having fun. Love your channel.
I just found this channel now and it is so cool! I really appreciate the $25 limit you guys follow as well. I love The Command Zone, Jumbo Commander and Tolarian Community College as well but sometimes their definition of "budget" is when a single card costs $20 which definitely differs from mine.
Thanks! I agree!
I pulled Vaevictus at Prerelease and he's been sitting in my room up until now. Thanks for giving me some cool new ideas for a deck!👍
No problem!
Honestly love your deck techs, makes me want to build many more decks since these are relatively inexpensive, keep up the hard work man, you deserve all the growth your channel is getting
Thank you!
Wow I love the tapped out deck list function. Never used the site, but it made it easier to find build the decks you show and gives an idea on price. When I get extra money I will have to build some of these decks to play test, this one looks super fun and I already have an It that betrays. Which is one of my favorite cards, for both it's effect and flavor text.
Yeah Tapped Out is pretty great! And hope you enjoy it!
I've been brewing this and I would recommend for the reasonable upgrades that you get a set of the relevant scry lands. Temple of Malady, Temple of Malice, and Temple of Abandon add to your top fixing while being strictly better than some other lands here.
Great considerations!
I’ve been wanting to build a Vaevictus Asmadi Control/value build ever since he was spoiled, but I haven’t had the money to do it. This deck tech is exactly what I wanted to accomplish, and for a really reasonable price! Thank you so much, and you earned yourself a sub
I love this deck idea... I have taken the list with a couple of my own touches and can't wait to see how it does. This is the only channel I have ever subscribed to and actually keep up with, thanks for your awesome ideas and tips!
I think [Vizier of the Menagerie] and [Sensei's Divining Top] would be reasonable upgrades in this deck.
Vizier is definitely reasonable, but I try to keep the upgrades under $10 if I can, and the Top is $20
Dude, this is a great video! I only discovered your channel when looking into VA. Needless to say I've watched a bunch now and subbed!
Glad you are enjoying them and thanks for the support!
For mana fixing Quirion Elves looks like a good add or maybe even a replacement for Elves of Deep Shadow. And if the deck has enough mana available for it Hellkite Charger could really ramp up the pressure on opponents. EarthLink might also work well in this deck even with its upkeep cost.
Definitely all good considerations!
Wow, these decks are exactly what i love doing in the format. Finding budget-friendly interactions, combos etc. Just that my brews rarely reach this level of efficiency (deckstrength per cost). I do have some suggestions:
-Tiana, Ship's Caretaker with tons of auras. (Protect her with umbras and maybe equipments, play politics with pacifism-like effects and curses, eventually win with a elementary master/breath of fury combo or a small voltron package)
-Gonti, Lord of Luxury "I play your deck" with all the black and artifact flicker effects such as Minion Reflector, Supernatural Stamina etc.
- Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest spellslinger voltron (similar to and arguably worse than Zada)
All great suggestions! Glad you are enjoying the channel!
It's great that you have a lot of overlap of cards between the decks on your channel, really makes it easier on the wallet when you wanna make a bunch of 'em :P
Definitely doesn't hurt!
Imma be honest I've been looking to get into commander for the past 2 months or so but I was unsure as to what I could build without breaking the bank. I think I just found the answer to my question. I am DEFINITELY making this deck. Love the channel keep that content coming.
Glad you are enjoying the channel! And thanks, will do!
Oh yes, another video already
Hope you like it!
The Commander's Quarters it’s a deck I’ll definitely be buying, that’s for sure
Awesome! You will have to let me know how it plays for you!
Absolutely loving these videos. I've only watched this and one other (Plan to go through the rest). Budget decks are so great. Sitting down and being even somewhat competitive for a fraction of the cost is so much fun. I'd love to see either revamps of these decks with higher budgets, meaning a follow up video where you actively show us which cards should be swapped for something better.
Please don't stop making these, insta subbed and like :)
A great suggestion! Planning on potentially doing something like that in the future!
got excited when I saw the notification..as always great vid!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
this is great, you've shown me so many ways to improve my vaevictis deck and i'm on a budget so this realy helps.
Glad I could help!
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on youtube, and this is one of my favorite decks you've showcased so far! I've been getting a lot if friends into magic lately (their biggest deterrent was cost) thanks to you and your brews. Could you maybe do a build for Karlov of the Ghost Council? He was my first ever commander.
That's great news! Already have the next few deck techs planned, but you never know!
@@TheCommandersQuarters I'm looking forward to them already!
Glad to hear it!
Perfect as always! Love the method you have for describing the decks, with the key questions before, the breakup into ten tactics, etc.
Would like to see budget commander decks for Merieke Ri Berit, Rakdos, Lord of Riots and Chromium, the Mutable.
Keep it up!
Glad you enjoyed it! Already have the next few episodes planned but you never know!
I LOVE this deck! I've been wanting to try out commander. And I am gonna start with this deck. THANK YOU!
No problem!
Ive binged all of your vids over the past 3 days. These decks are all amazing and look like a ton of fun!
Now just to see how many i can build
Glad you are enjoying them!
I am completely in love with this commander, gonna have to try him out soon. Looks like a really fun time.
Awesome!
One upgrade you forgot would be one of the most underrated cards in edh, Tireless Tracker. This is because you can sacrifice the clues to Vaevictus' trigger and the Tracker would still gain a +1/+1 counter.
Definitely a good reasonable upgrade!
I love this channel and seeing all the decks you've created. I'm gonna give this guy a shot! Keep up the good work!
Awesome!
just found your channel, its fantastic here playing magic the right way and at a budget
Thanks! Yeah it's the way that I like playing it!
Can you please put out like a 100 of these asap, i have been subbed for two days and am now rewatching all the videos because i am addicted and want to build every single one
Haha I am working as fast as I can at it! Right now I am able to do about 2 a week.
@@TheCommandersQuarters jokes aside, for the quality of edditing and how good the decks are, 2 a week is realy impressive, if you keep going like this this channel will be wayyy over 10000 realy soon
Thank you!
Loving the channel so far! Two suggestions: Reassembling Skeleton and Tenacious Dead are good sacrifice fodder and fit perfectly in the budget.
Definitely good pieces of sacrifice fodder to consider!
I really really love your shit dude! Keep it up! You'll be huge one day!
Thank you!
Other cards I like are reassembling skeleton. It says that you can cast it for 2 from the graveyard. There is also a 1 drop card from tarkir that has a raid ability to do that. Both of these act like phytotitan for a nearly free sacrifice.
A great card for any deck that messes with the graveyard and has the mana for it is champion of stray souls. He has a power that costs five and tapping him to sacrifice ANY number of creatures you control, then return that many creatures from the graveyard. He has a second ability that puts him on top of your deck. In order to get Vaevictus the first time, you need at least six mana, so it is very likely that you can afford it. Vaevictus likes cards that do things when they enter/die, plus you can choose the best cards in your graveyard for your most expendable on the field. With the first two cards and phytotitan out, or any of the token folk, he can pull more creatures out than you put in. Currently he is under 50¢, so he is a budget card. I would also like to point out how much power comes from butcher of malakir when you sacrifice six or so creatures at once. If you have grave betrayal, you win.
Just purchased this whole thing. Really looking forward to testing this one out!
Awesome! You will have to let me know how it plays for you!
@@TheCommandersQuarters will do!
Did 2 1v1 games with this deck and I must say I had a blast! First one was vs. the precon cat commander that is undefeated in my playgroup and it won. Those huge indestructeble kittens had nothing to help themselves. against Vaevictis.
Second game was vs. a control aminatu deck where I didn't manage to get any decent steam up and started the game with to many 7-12 drops to make things comfortable. A wheel effect would have been truly great at that time.
I might add some wheel effect into the deck to get rid of my hand and get things into the library again if I have 12 mana eldrazi on hand and nothing to do.
Nice! Glad you are enjoying the deck!
I will surely be using many of your suggestions to build this.
Awesome! You will have to let me know how it turns out!
The Commander's Quarters absolutely will. Idk where to make a suggestion like this but maybe you might do a budget group hug deck (friendly group hug). Just a thought. :)
Great suggestion, and just might have to sometime!
Totally building Vaevictis next week!
Awesome! Let me know how it goes!
Mogis, God of Slaughter is also a good way to keep the sacrifice shenanigans going as well. May be a good consideration if you are going to upgrade with It That Betrays as well.
Definitely a good consideration!
I have a Vaevictus deck. Probably not budget to the same extent, because I also run Scorpion God and Sheoldred. The former gets a lot of extra draws, and the latter really helps keep the board clear, whilst providing sac outlets. Scorpion God itself can be a sac outlet, especially if you put a -1/-1 counter on himself.
Out of curiosity, have you considered an Admiral Beckett Brass deck? There're a handful of budget decklists out there for her but I'm curious to see what you would do.
I know you don't like to do this Mitch, lol, but what cards would you replace to put in your 'reasonable upgrade' cards?
Aaron Jones haha it’s not that I don’t like to, it really does depend on your playstyle and meta!
The Commander's Quarters Yeah, you're right of playstyle and meta. I've never built a deck before so it's just helpful for me use a guideline so try to understand the line of thought. Also, just curious, haha
I've already made a few changes to deck like It That Betrays for Artisan of Kozilek and Courser of Kruphix for Garruk's Horde.
But anyways, keep up the amazing work! :)
@@MegaAaron17 those are great upgrades! And thank you!
amazing content like always man! keep up the awesome vids
Thanks! Will do!
I think Wasitora, Nekoru Queen Dragon could work well in here as one of the 99 or a secondary commander, as well as more gravepact style effects to really put the hurt in
Definitely could work!
The green red and the red black mirage slow fetch lands in place of the naya and grixis panoramas would be a smart choice, and under reasonable upgrades put in the red green and red black battle duels and cycle duels. That will up the mana base by a fair bit for a reasonable upgrade. Sides that fun deck.
Great cards to consider!
This deck could use a Revel in Riches. With so many creatures dying, you could easily get 10 treasures?
But that card doesn't do anything!
Judging by the thumbs, one person lost to this $24.89 deck. This was the first video I've watched in your series. A lot of what I would of done with this commander is shown here as well as some obscure cheap cards I wouldn't have thought of. The upgrades are spot on as well and you are still under $35. This deck could be a seriously fun deck for under $100 after mana fixing for sure.
Most definitely! Glad you enjoyed it!
Put together this deck and played a few rounds last night. Turns out people don't like losing their stuff and that it turns into archenemy pretty quickly. What's a few lands anyway....
Really liked Grave Betrayal and Aid from the Cowl in this deck, they can put in some serious work. I never felt mana constrained though, so will probably tune back on the mana dorks/ramp and throw in a bit more protection. Great deck though and a heap of fun to play when everyone reveals the top card.
Yeah that can happen haha. Glad you are enjoying it!
still didn't watched, like it, shared it! always amazing content
Thanks!
Awesome, with out any doubt an amazing budget commander worth to try out.
Most definitely!
Generator Servant is a GREAT budget option you missed on. taps for 2 mana AND gives the creature haste.
I was really excited to see conduit of ruin because I have 3 of those and other ramp cards that I got from Duel Deck nissa vs Ob and maybe thought of myself hey "I could pull that off", then was expecting something like the 10/10 eldrazi to show or maybe Sandwurm Convergence, but I may try to brew things different from yours. Either way very informative and well made video, good job!!!
Absolutely! Put your own spin on it!
Amazing video! Jund is my favourite color combo, plus i live elder dragons
Thanks! And yeah they are pretty great!
Love the channel keep up the great work! Every video im like dangit another trip to the LGS. Now! lol
Haha sorry for that. Will do!
I’d love to see you cover the Reaper King! I think it’d be cool to see you cover such a remote tribe like Scarecrows!
Definitely an interesting commander! Already have the next few deck techs scheduled, but you never know!
Another great video!! I'd love to see a brudiclad deck :)
Thanks! Already have the next few planned, but you never know!
I second this.
Looking at this deck because my wife wanted to play Jund then she picked out Vaevictis, Lurking Predators is gonna be such a huge value engine for her. We always play multiplayer, i play Izzet spells matter (so yeah, even 1 on 1 shes gonna have the ball rolling) and the other two plah ramp decks and cast quite a bit of spells per turn.
Fantastic deck tech as always
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was great. Looking forward to what you can do for either Esper or Azorius control strategies.
Glad you enjoyed it! There are definitely some control decks planned for the future!
Love the vids man keep it up
Thanks!
Alright im sold i wana buy this. Looks like so much fun
It's a ton of fun! Enjoy!
Mortuary is a good card to add if your creatures have a lot of etbs
Just sac to vaevictis and it goes to the top of your library ready to go back onto the battlefield
Definitely a good consideration!
Just be sure you don't play it before you need to because if a bunch of your creatures die, you'll be drawing those instead of other cards
Gate to the aether is great because all our cards are artifacts, enchantments, creatures or lands
Sadistic augermage if you're feeling nice
Game preserve, goblin spy, deceiver of form, cruel deceiver, brutal deciever, and I don't know what the green one is but all of them let you see the top card before you attack, and game preserve shows what's on your opponents library
Extractor demon because mill is great for disrupting opponents that don't use the graveyard
Baleful Omen because our spells tend to be higher costed
I put magistrates veto in all my jund decks and urabrask gives vaevictis haste while making sure if we do attack into the opponent with a huge flyer on top they can't block with it
I have atarka worldrender, but I realized that vaevictis doesn't get double strike if she entered after attacks
Liability because you can keep sacrificing tokens and drain opponents
I also have groundskeeper to get back the basic lands I keep sacrificing before I have a board state and llanowar scout to put them back on the battlefield
Lens of clarity is definitely my golden pig
Suspicious bookcase so vaevictis doesn't get killed in combat
I love this deck tech, I have my own Vaevictus deck that I recently made a few changes to but I'm tempted to buy this deck just to include some of it's cards
Awesome! Let me know how it turns out for you!
I enjoy all of ur vids! keep it up
Thanks will do!
Vaevictus has been tugging at my mind for ages but I haven't been able to put together a "fun" version that doesn't Jund 'Em Out too hard
Etalli, Primal Storm would be an interesting include for another free card off the top and to steal some of our opponents stuff.
If it's on hand Sensei's top is a snap upgrade
Yeah that's a pricey card but would be amazing in the deck!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Absolutely, I was lucky enough to trade into one at a pretty good deal. I will say, even without top in testing this deck the library manipulation is stellar
Oh nice! And thanks!
Nullstone Gargoyle seems like a great include here, since you can cheat the mana cost and you mostly don't even cast your big stuff at all.
Definitely a consideration! But there are times later in the game when you could be wanting to cast a big creature from your hand, so you would have to be careful in building while including Nullstone
Nullstone Gargoyle only counters non-creature spells though. It really works with the composition of the deck, the only concern is enchantments/artifacts and you can still get those out with top-of-deck manipulation.
My apologies! Misremembered the card! Agreed
This actually looks like a really fun deck.
It is! The ability is just so unique that it’s a lot of fun to build around
Strionic Resonator would fit nice in the upgraded version while Gutter Grime is an enchantment that has a somewhat similar function to Mitotic Slime although it does not help re-trigger itself unfortunately. Revel in Riches can help ramp enough to be able to cast any of the huge stuff that ended in your hand and u can't cheat them out. Plus it is an alternative win con that will distract your opponent's from dealing with your big stuff.
All in all very interesting deck that embodies perfectly the Jund mentality of chaos and destruction. It must be really fun to play with and even against it cause it is quite unpredictable since no one knows what will be revealed from each library's top every time.
I would like to see a Thantis (the Jund spider from C18 that everyone but me hates) deck tech built around forcing everyone to attack while u have a board with deathtouchers which will prevent them to some degree from attacking you. I want to see if such a deck can actually be classified as focused since my version is definitely not lol.
All good considerations for the deck! Already have the next few deck techs scheduled, but you never know!
These decks are perfect for starting players and players who aren't sure if they want to build a certain deck. If you build one and love playing it, you can simply upgrade it.
Most definitely! That's a good way to go about it
Best commander channel
Thank you!
Hey! I know this was a jund commander, so perhaps not next video, but a commander I would like to see a budget deck tech from you would be the Shattergang Brothers, i think it's a cool commander and one which a budget control can fit quite easily.
Definitely a cool commander to build around! In the future, you never know!
Interesting direction to slot in a lot of the "top of library" cards. Looking at your T/O page though, the average CMC is over 4. Even with your ramp package, I think the deck may run into situations where you just have a lot of fatties in hand early in the game, and just get out-valued by your opponents who play a good curve.
The 4 and 5 CMC spots are pretty weak here, and I think they could be filled with value creatures that have either ETB or death triggers. Otherwise I think this is pretty solid.
Definitely something to test and evaluate for yourself, and adjust to your playstyle!
I play a non budget version of Vaevicalous Asmod and I got some good ideas from this video. Im going to test phytotitan and spearbreaker behemoth.
Awesome!
I have it that betrays in my VA dire deck, since it gets noncreatures also and we are making everyone sacrifice specifically
Absolutely! A great include
Give us some of that budget Najeela action. Great videos, keep it up!
Already have the next few deck techs scheduled, but you never know! Thank you!
You need to do a Mageta, the Lion Voltron deck. I would love to see that deck. Great work! Really love your videos.
An awesome commander in its own right. Thanks! Glad you are enjoying them!
Glad I grabbed 3 it that betrays when they were $0.75 a couple years ago, I had no idea they were over $2 lol
Haha nice!
I'm really enjoying you videos and the whole idea is genious! I just wish that as a green player who loves ramp that you'd use a more diverse ramp package, it looks like that you put the same ramp spells on every green deck
Thanks! I use them mostly because of my testing and personal preference. What type of ramp package do you prefer?
The Commander's Quarters I do believe that each decks needs its own type of ramp to take the most of it. Just like you did with that Tatyova, where you put more spell based ramp, in decks like meren, prossh, commanders that care about creatures I believe that creature based ramp is better
Most definitely!
YAY NEW VID and asmodi is so much fun too :) Cant wait for the next one. Been looking at a lot of content discussing underused edu cards and theres a bunch I never even thought of, cards like foil and lotus vale,altar of the brood. Also every deck that doesnt include curse of the swine make me cry Mitch. Why do you do this to me? Curse of the swine is the golden pig of every deck forever *oink*
Haha well I couldn’t include it in this one since it’s blue ;)
Also I was gunna say you and voidmage gamer should do a colab would be sick between the two of you. ALSO great idea you should make a pair of $25 decks for a commander two headed giant format kinda like battlebond or something. Would be awesome. Love the vid and cant wait to build this deck. Hopefully one day I can be a patron too.
That would be pretty cool! And thank you for your support in any form :)
Man I kinda need a 200 dollar budget episode on my favorite commander
Vaevictis! I love it! Why wasn't sensei divining top in the recommend upgrades? Thats like the first card I think of when it comes to controlling the top card of a deck. EDIT: oh it cost $20 that's probably why
Yep! I like to try and keep the reasonable upgrades under $10
i think i have to dissagre with the golden pig. while grave betrayal gives a big blow out and can be as a big win con, i think haunted crossroads is the best card of the deck. the amount of versatility it provides is incredible, both by setting up your plays and because it let's you easily dodge the commander tax. plus, people seem to underestimate the card, meaning that it will provide you a lot of value since they won't usually target it as a priority.
It was definitely a close contest for the golden pig and I went back and forth on a lot of cards. Haunted Crossroads is an incredible card in the deck!
God, your content is incredible. I'd love to see an Exava deck.
Thanks! Already have the next few deck techs scheduled, but in the future, you never know!
Awesome video as always :D
Thank you!
I own a couple cards that each would combo awesome with the Vaevictis trigger and the It That Betrays Trigger. Grave Pact or Dichead of Erebos. I don't tend to play em enough because they get targeted quick. Of course now if I play black opponents tend to save removal for these cards. I need to get me It That Betrays for this deck when it comes.
Yeah those are always top targets. It That Betrays is crazy good in this deck!
It That Betrays has one of my favorite rules interactions where is your opponent sacrifices their Commander you still gain control of it, even if it goes to the command Zone
That is a nasty interaction!
favorite ducking channel on MTG
I am honored! Thank you for your support!
If you have the budget grave pact may be awesome
Definitely would be! And dictate of erebos
Went to go build this deck and got a modern masters pack just for the heck of it and ended up pulling a verdant catacombs. Find it kinda funny that a single card costs more then my entire commander deck lol
Haha nice!
Soul of the harvest and harvester of souls back to back. Nice