_"It's not impressive just because it works, it's impressive if we all ask to see it again"_ -Mauldhound
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
As he often is, Maldhound is based.
@edwardcowart5990
2 күн бұрын
My favorite deck is my rocco cabaretti caterer deck with norin the wary as a secret commander, and I think it's because it was one of the only decks (out of 35 or so I've built in my life) that my friends asked me to play because they thought it was cool. I've been chasing that high ever since
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
@@edwardcowart5990 My friend runs the other Rocco, and I've had very similar sentiments for him too. Thanks for watching
@kanyda1
7 күн бұрын
I'm passing this video around, your philosophy is basically the exact same as mine, I was watching the video yelling "THAT'S WHAT I SAY TOO!!" Good stuff my dude.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Based commander community rise up 🤜🤛 Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you enjoy the next one equally as much
@danhatter6823
3 күн бұрын
This is why I love to play group hug decks. Doing stuff like “oh, everyone draw some cards!” or, “oh, I gave the land I have to pass around to it her players more mana generation, be kind and pass it to the right, won’t you?” As much fun as it is taking a 15 minute turn via Dockside and winning with 120 Niv-Mizzet Parun triggers, passing around a land that taps for 3 of any color or making everyone draw 3 cards each turn is enjoyable every time.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching ❤️ agree re group hug. It often feels like it accelerates games as opposed to slows them (provided the group hug player isn't planning on resetting the game every few turns)
@gpwaltz
8 күн бұрын
I play a lot of Apex Legends, a battle royale shooter where similar to Commander, you should statistically be losing most of the time. Most of the very best Apex games I've played have ended in losses, so it prompts the question: What makes a good loss? How can you ensure that a game that ends in defeat was to some degree fun for you? For me, it's interaction (did we get into a few scuffles along the way?), it's having options (did we have multiple chances to fight, flee, or reposition?), and did we stick it out to the end (where choices feel more consequential, with heightened stakes?). Oh, and of course, did we communicate as a team? Games where we fought, retreated, got to the final five squads, and communicated well...are pretty much *guaranteed* to be a good time. I think all of those apply to Commander and good deck building. Taking game actions in response to others' game actions, using flexible/modal spells creatively rather than having other players' swingy actions always dictate game flow. Having a *resilient* deck that'll help you get to the final showdown, rather than glass cannoning yourself to last place. And finally, avoiding those solitaire/battlecruiser games that essentially ignore the fact that you're playing with real human beings.
@gpwaltz
8 күн бұрын
This was a great video - and it came just at the right time, as I was locking in my first (honestly pretty boring) Selesnya +1/+1 Counters deck. I'm gonna take another major pass at it with your ideas in mind!
@BasedDeckDept
8 күн бұрын
@@gpwaltz Great thoughts friend 🤜🤛 And good luck with the +1/+1 build. At it's core, boring is how I see a counters deck as well, but I'd say some time spent looking for interesting cards on scryfall may help that a lot. In some decks, I love pump effects as they make combat all kinds of fun. Perhaps there's a similar angle with counters. That could be very different
@legruntdu94
7 күн бұрын
I'm on all your points. Took me years to arrive at those conclusions but I'm 100% behind that (except maybe the Sol Ring situation, that I believe, is a deeper problem) Only thing I'd add : "Remember who you play with, and try to build accordingly" Making decks to play with a specific, catered pod and building for playing with strangers at an LGS is 2 very different things. One allows you to discuss more freely from one game night 'til the next about power level, what every one wishes for, etc. The other bring people with varied opinions on the matter, play with them once, and maybe never see them again. When you only have the "strangers" situation, try to be prepared : - Take multiple decks with varied power level. Having 1 Precon, 1 Casual "Pet" deck and 1 Strong deck should cover all your needs. You only have 1 deck ? Bring cards to swap in so that every situation is met with possible answers ! (AND PROXY THOSE, NO ONE CARES !) - Never hesitate to not accept a game when you feel like they don't match your style. No game is better than a bad game. They're all going cEDH and you only have an updated precon ? Wait for another group, don't waste time and effort for a bad experience.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Based points all round. Joey from EDHRec has made some great content about walking away from games, at the start, or during the game and I'm here for his sentiments about it 🔥And couldn't agree more re LGS vs friends. I play in very few LGS situations for that reason, but your point is very valid. annnnnnnd as for Sol Ring, that's a video in itself I strongly believe no card is the problem, it's people that cause the problem
@deathstroke2795
8 күн бұрын
My guy i dont understand how you dont have more subscribers. Your videos are great and super insightful. Keep up the good work and good luck to you as your channel grows
@BasedDeckDept
8 күн бұрын
🤜🤛 thanks!
@ryuku2
8 күн бұрын
Seeing this comment makes me realize I haven't subscribed I fixed that.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@ryuku2 ❤
@Charlemagne_III
7 күн бұрын
It's because he didn't put the Gigachad in the thumbnail until now.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@Charlemagne_III TRUE. If only I'd known sooner
@GreatWhiteElf
7 күн бұрын
Omg, another magic player that thinks commander is social and should be fun for everyone. I found my people! Finally!
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
One of us. One of us. One of us. 🤜🤛
@cookiesandmilk6421
6 күн бұрын
Incredible video! We need more people thinking about commander in this way. I want to add a few things though. I'm going to use the Kemba Kha Enduring deck I recently built for my extreme budget pod as an example (15 euro budget) #1: Go out of your way to build archetypes in non-typical ways. (for example: looking for commanders that change things up or building it in the "wrong" colors) Kemba is an equipment commander, which typically just means voltron. But Kemba wants you to distribute your equipment over as many cats as possible, so that you can enjoy a free equip and +1 boost. This completely changes your card choices and transforms the DNA of the deck. You want to go wide with cats and cheap equipment and you don't care for equip costs, which all plays very differently from typical equipment decks #2: Play cards that win against cards your deck loses to. What does a go wide deck lose against? Board clears. So I play cards that save my team, like Resistance Reunited. What else can it lose to? Decks that go taller than it and snuff it out before it can get there. So I play efficient creature removal specifically and ONLY to target things that are too big for the deck to deal with reasonably, like Valorous Stance. This results in me being to put up a fight in the face of problematic cards or decks instead of folding at the first sign of resistance #3: Make sure your interaction/card draw fits into your decks strategy (The video already touched on this one, but I want to articulate it a bit more) In my deck ALL of the card draw either cares for or is the form of equipment and all but 1 of my removal pieces are either also cats, equipment or protection. I also don't play a single board clear in this deck either, instead opting to use Declaration in Stone to deal with token/copy decks, which also acts as a fine removal spell outside of that. With a focused Interaction package like this I very often have access to what I need #4: Redundancy. Make sure you run important effects multiple times or, if you can't, play a lot of recursion. My deck plays Auriok Windwalker, Brass Squire and the horribly expensive Puresteel Paladin for the times when my commander isn't around, since I always need access to a way to get around the high equip costs of my things. I also play effects like One Last Job to make sure they stick around #5: Most importantly of all: build on a budget. At least once. It naturally nudges you to include cards you'd normally never consider and exclude staple cards because of their price tag. You definitely don't have to go as extreme with it as me, but limiting yourself to something like 50 euro is already plenty Again, great video. Love your stuff!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks friend, glad you enjoyed it 🤜🤛 and a big fan of all your additions. It's no surprise there are a bunch of budget brews on my channel relating to #5 😁 hope you enjoy the next one equally as much
@TheChickenLord072
8 күн бұрын
I'm finding it very hard to read that font, anyone else experiencing the same??
@BasedDeckDept
8 күн бұрын
Thanks! I am planning on changing it, as I agree
@TheChickenLord072
7 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept Thanks for responding it's nice to know you are putting in a lot of effort and overall I felt your video was quite well made keep it up. (:
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@TheChickenLord072 Thanks! Appreciate it. 🤜🤛
@honeybeeees6666
7 күн бұрын
I like small magic content creators that use fun graphics. Subscribed and liked at 20 seconds, we'll see how the rest goes.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Let me know whether you made the right life choice friend
@NateFinch
8 күн бұрын
Love your videos. Please keep it up. I follow a lot of magic KZitemrs but you always have something unique and interesting to get my wheels turning.
@BasedDeckDept
8 күн бұрын
🤜🤛 thanks friend, glad you enjoyed it.
@lordfreed9453
7 күн бұрын
I have a $50 Jasper Flint deck that I pull out sometimes, and every time I do, I end up saying to someone "If you didn't want to lose to X, you shouldn't have put it in your deck." Most recently X was Ghalta, Primal Hunger which I played as a massive blocker to wall out the dino deck from killing me. My personal favorite was when I reanimated an Atla Palani player's Void Winnower, who had a bit of a tantrum about how he couldn't play the game anymore before ragequitting a couple turns later. It's an interesting thing to watch, how unpleasant people realize their cards are when suddenly someone else is playing them instead. I don't pull this deck out very often anymore, I initially built it to play against newer players to match the power level of the table, which it never really does.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
You are the hero we deserve 🤜🤛 And couldn't agree more that it's always the people who play the worst cards, in the worst faith, that complain the loudest when the shoe is on the other foot. Keep up the good work soldier
@JustASpider980
7 күн бұрын
I've been workshopping a copy deck for the same reason. I don't really want to take people cards (respect that you do!) but playing other people's cards as a way to show them what they do. Also, the copy character in any fanstasy/anime is my favorite almost everytime
@MlgBlt
6 күн бұрын
Mind sharing the deck?
@gammarayrjs
8 күн бұрын
BLESSED MELEK POSTING my casual Melek list i have in paper required 0 trading, plays a ton of cards no one has ever wanted to play (i just cut searing winds for example) and it makes them at least nearly playable or cracked. it feels SO good to play crummy cards at a good rate, and make people go "oh, your commander says THAT?"
@BasedDeckDept
8 күн бұрын
Haha my fellow Melek enjoyer 🤜🤛 He's so good isn't he. Agree it's incredibly fun playing all these random, yet fantastic cards for far less than they should. Whilst not a random card, I love nothing more than casting Traumatize on myself for almost no mana and turning Melek into a 25/25
@gammarayrjs
8 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept Unfortunately for this "everyone gets to have fun :)" mentality, he's also incredibly good at theft and land destruction. And I am 100% that person. Lands have had it too good for too long, I'm coming for your ancient tombs and I'm keeping your Jin-Gitaxias
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@gammarayrjs If anyone is out here playing broken utility lands thinking they're free of persecution, may the long arm of the law, Sherriff Melek take them right to jail
@dinggleberry9529
7 күн бұрын
It always seems easier to build a strong deck than a fun deck. More videos like this would be awesome!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Yeah I can probably do a whole video on the development over time of dynamics of a play group and how that affects decks going strong vs interesting. Glad you enjoyed this, and thanks for watching! Share it far and wide to get your friends and play groups to build based decks
@stortrut
5 күн бұрын
Planning on making my first commander deck soon! This helped a ton!
@BasedDeckDept
5 күн бұрын
Glad I could help ❤️ thanks for watching 🤜🤛
@user-et3xn2jm1u
2 күн бұрын
For me, the thing with powerful staples is, I don't want to win because I played Gaea's Cradle, or Sol Ring, or The One Ring. If I won, I want it to be because my bunny commander made a bunch of bunnies, or my tricky card-filtering commander assembled the pieces for an unlikely gamewinning contraption. If I spend 15 mana and draw four cards while developing the biggest board on turn 5, I don't really feel like the cards I play are making much of a difference at that point. Just about any win condition works if it's amped up with enough juice. I am a player who craves novelty, so I always make sure that's something I'm contributing at the table.
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
Novelty gang rise up Thanks for watching friend
@raybob7904
7 күн бұрын
Hard agree with everything except sol ring. Early sol ring does provide a big advantage at the start but I believe such an advantage leads to more interesting and varied game states rather than just ruining it for all that didn't draw sol ring. It becomes problematic when you stack fast mana like crazy but just sol ring is chill and usually foreshadows the enemy of the table. Love your insights though bro 💋
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Haha to quote my friend in the game I'm playing right now, Sol Ring is ok except when it's Sol ring into mana rock 🤣 glad you enjoyed the video 🤜🤛 fortunately Sol ring ain't going anywhere so you're quite safe
@hollandwiens4620
Күн бұрын
I also think sol ring can be fun but not in early game as it paints a target on your back that can stay for way longer then it should. My playgroup has a house rule where it’s no sol ring till turn 3 to help everyone not run away with the game too early and not feel unnecessary dogpiled on.
@BasedDeckDept
Күн бұрын
@@hollandwiens4620 my playgroup has a very similar rule for many of the games we play ❤️
@lazy_airsoft
7 күн бұрын
I definitely scry hard when using scryfall. It's how I found out the fun Guided Passage!
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Guided passage is one of those cards that feels like such a treat to discover in a deckbuilding adventure
@otterfire4712
7 күн бұрын
I appreciate this video for how similar an approach to deck building and game philosophy. It's part of what got me to pick up Rielle the Everwise after playing about a month of Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain. I wanted to draw lots of cards but I also wanted quicker turns so opponents wouldn't get too bored or frustrated. Turns out, she's really quite good to play. Built in power ramping so you can dome someone for lethal commander damage in one to two hits, unique draw mechanic which capitalizes on Izzet's plethora of looting/rummaging, and discard as an additional cost spells/abilities. This lets you turn something like Rites of Refusal into a Counterspell that is also a Tolarian Winds.
@fernandob2275
7 күн бұрын
Build with 1) companions 2) friends with 3) adventures 4) dungeons 5) loops that result in draw everytime Got it 👏🏽
@scales251
6 күн бұрын
I really like these tips! I've sent it to my regular group, I think they'll agree.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks friend, glad you enjoyed it 🤜🤛 and hope your play group does too!
@katalyze101
Күн бұрын
As a new player this was a very insightful video, with the added bonus that you introduced some fun cards to me, I’d love to see more “Fun Deck” MTG videos!
@BasedDeckDept
Күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it friend Definitely go watch some of my budget brew videos. LOTS of interesting and fun cards in there
@BrandyJ
6 күн бұрын
Excellent video. Your point about ‘what does your deck want to do, and how many cards do all of them’ is especially potent
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend, glad you enjoyed it
@Jynxix
8 күн бұрын
Haven’t watched this yet, but I’m very excited to as this is my most important thing to consider during deck building
@jameji_phd
5 күн бұрын
This is part of why me and my friend like to build decks in tandem - sometimes we end up with decks that specifically have really fun games when played against each other specifically. My buddy loved playing Kardur Doomscourge, but I hated playing against it with my Chandra planeswalker-focused deck, but when I swapped to my Tyranid deck or my mono green Eladamri deck where being goaded isn't as annoying. He also retooled the Kardur deck after a while, going from a Gladiator Joaquin Phoenix RP Server to an "I'm Joining the War on War on the Side of War" arms dealer deck where he hands out cards and buffs and then tells people to fight. The second one is FAR more fun to play against. It gave me 22 0/1 goats once. It was a good time.
@BasedDeckDept
5 күн бұрын
Both sound like a good time. Thanks for watching 🤜🤛
@vileluca
8 күн бұрын
Great video and that's not just cuz I share almost the exact same deckbuilding philosophy, lol. You've earned a sub, good sir.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
🤝 Glad you enjoyed it friend. Hope you enjoy the next one
@vileluca
7 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept for sure!
@piewar3076
3 күн бұрын
The second point in the video is a great way to sum up why my brother’s Delina, Wild Mage deck has Calamity Bearer in it.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Love that, and thanks for watching
@Benjithegreat37
7 күн бұрын
Agree with all your points. I like to think of my deck as a story telling device. I’ve had many people at my LGS and conventions all tell me stories of something cool that happened in their games. I wanna enable more stories to be told. An unexpected card,a well timed gotcha…I want everyone to leave the game happy and talking about fun moments
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and yeah, we're on the same page. Thanks for watching friend 🤜🤛
@Ghost-Toast819
7 күн бұрын
i support the idea that one should build a deck that is fun to play against and that the better games people have are those that are interesting rather than those that they win. whe it think is important to point out though is that a great story is born is stuggle. commander games are no different. the secret to an interesting game is not what decks you play and specifically having a deck that is interesting and unique. it is about playing to succeed while removing the attachment the game has to your self worth (a big problem in tcg games for some reason) and being satisfied with a loss provided it was an interesting game. i prefer playing a more optimzed deck and like including good staples where i can. this does not mean that i need a demonic tutor in every one of my black decks, and trust me i know it is boring to lose to the same combo every time. but when a win comes in an unexpected way that is satisfying. i honestly think we all need to work on our social skills more and learn that games where we are proud to be obliterated by a hamster that hits as hard as saitama from one punch man and congratulate the opponent sincerely will lead to far more fun in a game. (and yes i have lost to the same boo hamster deck many times as getting hitt witha 30/30 trample with hast tends to take me out pretty quickly.) if i had to critique the video in any way i would say try to remove the "based" component from it. in truth there is no deck that is more "giga-chad" than another, and using that lingo and those kind of jokes is more off putting imo that funny. just my own thoughts though
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Thanks for the input. Love the sentiment re social skills, as that's where 99% of the problems in commander come from. As for based feedback, that's a bit of a challenge given my channel name but in context of the video, it seemed fitting for the thumbnail more so than anything else 👍
@Ghost-Toast819
7 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept i did consider that. the video was insightful and i hope you cnotinue to get more traction with your channel
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@Ghost-Toast819 Thanks again for the input, and for watching! It's always appreciated
@Putuk22
6 күн бұрын
From the thumbnail I expected a very frantic video with a bunch of fake enthusiasm, but instead it's well thought out, calmly and well presented and above all else highly informative in terms of making the game fun! Good job, you earned yourself a subscriber!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks friend 🤜🤛 glad you enjoyed it. Hope you enjoy the next one 😁
@S3XYG4MS
5 сағат бұрын
Really nice video that wants to keep the spirit of the format going, I would say though I do very much enjoy playing very high power decks with the few mates down for that, remember people, enjoy the game however you want! Everything has its time and place somewhere, from vanilla tribal decks to cedh lists!
@BasedDeckDept
53 минут бұрын
Thanks friend, appreciate you watching! Definitely nothing wrong with higher power decks. It is actually my preferred end of the spectrum having come from playing competitive predominantly competitive magic, but more casual play widens the pool of people I can play with, hence my exploration and appreciation of what commander is meant to be. Mirroring what you're saying one can have all the fun, social hijinx of commander playing the most cracked cardboard there is. It's the people, not the cardboard that make the game. The joy of commander is truly that it can be anything to anyone, provided the 4 people sitting down are aligned in what kind of experience they want to have
@martinwu897
7 күн бұрын
Absolutely loved this video. I like your insights and can't agree more. You definitely deserve more views. Please keep creating amazing content!
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
🤜🤛 Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the kind words. Hope you enjoy the next one in about a week
@jadinc77
23 минут бұрын
I built a Flubs, The Fool deck and I adore it. Filled it with pet cards and group hug cards and political cards. Mini game cards too like Custody Battle. He's a commander that really allows you to fill a deck with whatever you want
@BasedDeckDept
6 минут бұрын
I made it about 70% through a video on Flubs but was unhappy with the build and what I was doing. Glad you found more success with him!
@MrMattogreen25
2 күн бұрын
Turn one Sol Ring makes for a very good early game twist, throwing a curveball at every other player who didn't have one in their opening hand, keeping things interesting
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
As long as you and your playgroup are as happy getting Sol Ringed as you are doing the Sol Ringing I have no beef 🤣 thanks for watching friend ❤️
@MrMattogreen25
2 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept It rarely wins any of us the game, it's all about how you respond to the Sol Ring coming out in the following turns that determines whether or not they run away with the game. I ramp like crazy with or without Sol Ring (green player here) so it doesn't matter to me, but for players outside of green, Sol Ring is a great way to avoid getting mana screwed or left behind by other players that have ramp
@jameji_phd
5 күн бұрын
I experienced a bit of this with my Ghyrson Starn deck. I hadn't played in years, and wanted to get back in with that deck, and I didn't realize how strong/popular of a commander he was. However, I did intentionally go with the weaker variant of his deck (the Izzet spellslinging variant) because I wanted to go all-in on being a "wizard cowboy". Partly because of inexperience, I accidentally put several combos in the deck, but the deck isn't built around them, they only exist because the individual cards are just good in the deck (combo-ing Niv-Mizzet with Tandem Lookout and Ghyrson, for example). Even with those combos in the deck, it's a fun time to play and play against (as far as I can tell and have been told) because the deck isn't built to get the combo pieces out, and I make it clear when we set up that they're in there, but the deck isn't built around them, so when the combos do go off it's less of a "god dammit the combo player is going again" and more "oh SHIT the combo went off!" Alternatively it also works with my favorite deck: Chandra Tribal. It's a little more "mono red superfriends" now, but I built a deck with (currently) 11 Chandra planeswalkers, 2 Koths, and 2 Jayas, with Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh as the commander because planeswalkers are my favorite card type, and Chandra is my favorite planeswalker, so why not? It's a deck without a ton of a super-concrete gameplan beyond "play planeswalkers and cast spells until you win and/or lose", but it leads to a very fun, freeform table where for me I get to try and adapt between casting spells, using planeswalker abilities, and even within that deciding whether to focus on the utility of + and - abilities or trying to mainline it for the emblem abilities, and then waiting for the great moments like one game where I managed to get Chandra, Dressed to Kill's emblem off twice at once, or killing the table with a damage-doubled Prisoner's Dilemma (my favorite card in all of Magic).
@justinayran
7 күн бұрын
The idea of using flexible cards really spoke to me. Aside from Beast Within and Generous Gift, I also use cards like Divide by Zero, Oblation, and Supreme Will. I tend to value flexibility over efficiency, which is why I'd never run something like Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares. Great video!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 Playing flexible cards is such an important concept. Glad it resonated with you! Don't sleep on Path to Exile though. In the right deck you can exile your own token or a creature that you want to die and ramp a land. Rampant Growth for a single white mana isn't bad and pretty flexible
@justinayran
7 күн бұрын
I find that building with limitations also helps a lot with making the deck building process more fun, and can create moments in games that are truly legendary. I was running my 5 color pure spellslinger deck, and an opponent running Lonis looked at my empty board and assumed that I've been having the worst draws and most of my good creatures are still in my library. They used up like 20 clues trying to look for creature, and found nothing but lands, instants, and sorceries.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Love that. Yeah I think limitations are great. Like my Simon Wild Magic Sorcerer deck where every instant or sorcery has to be 3cc or above. It's obviously tied mechanically to him, but it's more fun that way than running mana drain.etc.
@freezerb0y
7 күн бұрын
I've always found it fun to make a deck that has an inherent flaw to it, like my latest creation Emry, Lurker of the Loch that is only swords, stones, knights and water themes. Figured it worked with the whole "Lady of the Lake" style art on the card. Is it the most tuned artifact draw Emry deck? No, but I do get to play things like Lodestone Bauble which would never see play for any reason otherwise. Or Dark Sphere because it at least looks like a stone.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 This is the exact novelty I meant. One does have to balance power a bit, or play decks like that into similarly powered decks, but love the sentiment.
@farty555
7 күн бұрын
Boomerang mention! It's so good and everyone tells me to cut it 😭 Thank you for this video!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 Boomerang is an OG, how dare they! To be fair there are so many good bounce spells now that it is power crept out a little, but hey, if it works, it's still an incredible and versatile card.
@auronit927
6 күн бұрын
That slide at 11:00 aged well 😂 Great video btw, I really enjoy your content ❤
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Hahahaha I know right. Thanks for watching 🤜🤛
@Zeyga
7 күн бұрын
I agree with the general sentiment in the comments- your channel is amazing and CRIMINALLY undersubscribed. Your videos are fantastic my dude.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thank you friend. Glad you enjoyed it. There will be more where that came from 🤜🤛 Based gang rise up.
@alexanderleonard7351
7 күн бұрын
This video uses very cute images and has a good message :)
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching 🤜🤛
@DelayedLaunch
7 күн бұрын
Great video! Turns out I love deck building more than I love playing the game itself! Only been in the hobby for 3 years or so. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 And yeah I'm in the same boat. It's actually why I made this channel and why I started with deck brews. Building decks and talking about building decks is what I enjoy most about MTG, and playing commander to me is literally social fun + deck testing
@vinz4015
8 күн бұрын
Insanely well tought out and executed video, great work man. I really adore your philosophy of deck building and playing edh as a whole. i find often myself searching for cards that are explicitly powerful and make my deck strong, but for decks with very weird or cool types of interaction. for example i love my mazzy deck, were a briar shield turns into a stupidly good card. and of course, i could look such cards up at edhrec or other sources, but i found that card while looking through a friends old mtg collection, and that just feels awesome. keep up the great work!
@vinz4015
8 күн бұрын
i just wanted to say i really like the style and pacing of this video, it is very nice to look at and listen to
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@vinz4015 Thanks friend. Glad you enjoyed it! 🤜🤛A lot of the magic of commander is finding people that share a similar philosophy about how to play, or what they want out of a game. Finding great cards that are a 10/10 in a very specific deck, and getting to hare that experience with others is such a good time.
@W0lfguard1997
3 күн бұрын
I subscribe to the idea that first and foremost the defining trait of each deck is the commander. Thus almost every card should in some way or form synergyze with it. Unfortunately that means that the power level depends heavily on the chosen commander and as soon as I've had one pop-off game my co-players are on the safer side if they preferably remove it. The decks where there are the most: "oh that's a really fun idea"-moments are things like etrata deadly fugitive, where almost all removal puts things on top of their owners libraries to be stolen by her trigger and played by me in turn. But then there is my sacrifice deck around Carmen Cruel Skymarcher that can go the aristocrats route or the mass removal route. That can really annoy some people, especially if their deck doesn't have the means to create multiple creatures in a turn and they feel locked out of the game. It's really tough to make a (midrange) deck that feels strong enough without it being overwhelming. The same goes for combo decks. There is a reason I've retired a lot more decks than I currently have right now.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching (and commenting) friend Yeah l am very similar to you in the way that I like to build. I love taking a commander that interests me, and going all in on maximizing their abilities and the themes that plays into.
@PollutersInc
6 күн бұрын
That frog cartoon was so cute tho :3
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
IKR! Thanks for watching 🤜🤛
@cultiumera
3 күн бұрын
this isnt thaaat related to the vid but i have format i wanted to share: "collector" its kinda a slower form of draft: basically if you enter into it you start by choosing the colors u wanna play and then you get a completely random singleton 40 card deck with cards of that color (and some random artifacts too if you opt into that) then every match you get to open a "booster" (its not an actual booster its 4-5 random cards in the same card sleeve you open that was prepped beforehand) these new cards are added to your "trash pile" and you may swap the ones in your trash pile with ones in your deck or trade them with other players (basic lands are not included, you can just add or remove them however you want and you may also add 3 shocklands the same way, these guerentied cards dont go into the trash pile if you swap them out with non-basic lands you got from a booster) once your trash pile has 65+ cards in it you may not get new boosters from matches until you "lock in" a deck meaning the deck you've been building up with the cards you got may no longer be edited and is added to the list of locked in decks you can play against each other and then you build a new deck out of the 65 cards still in your trash pile, then you may also still keep 5 cards from the trash pile and the rest goes back into the random card pool for anyone to get in the "boosters" and the cycle repeats. as an example: I first started out with a Colorless artifact deck since i thought choosing colorless as my deck color was clever but the deck was rly bad but then i got a library of alexandria and dark ritual in the random packs which helped alot and then later i looked through the trash pile and relized i had alot of izzet instant synergy/copy stuff so by the time i had 65 cards it ended up being a grixis control deck that wins most of the time via lava axe imprinted on panoptic mirror while also having an ensnaring bridge or getting a cityscape leveler and/or valgavoth, harrower of souls with dark ritual + ebon stronghold sac waaaaay before your supposed to and run away with the value from there. but just like i improved my deck from the bad starting deck so did my friends so it stays balanced (though the grixis deck is still considered to be the best one but its also so far the only one that got locked in since i play more then my friends so hardly suprising) I think playing like this helps with the problem of only picking the best meta cards over and over cuz if you dont get in your boosters, though luck but at the same time if you do get a rly good card like sol ring (which another friend actually did already) then it doesnt instantly win you the game cuz you only have 1 of it and cant build your intire deck around it cuz of your limited card resources and the deck building process becomes alot more enjoyable when you dont have to consider 1000+ cards at all times and get decision fatigued
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend I think that's a very interesting idea as well. I've seen similar ideas with a cube. Each game someone opens a pack and chooses a card to the ever growing cube. Love it.
@cultiumera
3 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept ye its great, btw after i locked in the grixis deck my deck is very bad again naturally but it does have infinte reflection + animar which could lead to some funny ramp lol
@mandalorianmanic9525
6 күн бұрын
"Damn that's cool" has been Marina Vendrell for me lately, from the Duskmourn set. Just spending my game unlocking, locking, and re-unlocking doors for their wild effects with 44+ enchantments in the deck Marina can hit for her ETB has been hilariously good fun.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
That sounds like a very unique play experience. Big fan
@gpwaltz
5 күн бұрын
I'm really interested in rooms, but I'd be worried that this deck might feel a little solitairey. Does it feel like you have ample opportunities to interact with the board?
@DinoDan1999
7 күн бұрын
I agree that Commander is a social game first, and people who only try to win miss much of the enjoyment; however, I will always run Sol Ring. That high of going Sol Ring, Arcane Signet turn 1 is godly. Does it make me a target? Sure, but god damn, it feels good.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
And luckily there's nothing stopping you from doing so
@Beessoup
6 күн бұрын
A thing I have been doing lately is when i find a commander i want to build, i first build the deck with cards i already have. I just grab my bulk boxes that i have built up from draft games, and pick out more cards than i need, and then cut down to 100 cards. This makes decks that are more unique, because i am just going with what i have, not whats is optimal. it saves money, and makes decks that are closer to precon power levels. Then if i like the deck i will slowly buy cards to put in to make it better, but try to keep some of the weird cards in. Obviously this doesn't work for everyone if you don't have bulk boxes. But i think a lot of magic players have bulk that they never even use, and that's a shame i have found some hidden gems cards this way.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Budget magic stonks to the moon. love this sentiment 🤜🤛
@beleva09
Күн бұрын
My current favorite deck to play is my upgraded Bumbleflower precon. And when I say upgraded, I don't mean that I added ways to negate my gifts... I added far *more* friendly effects, more counters to players, more cards, more politics. I love playing it and people seem to like playing against it!
@BasedDeckDept
Күн бұрын
Based Ironically after a similar comment yesterday I'm now working on a deck that I have currently titled "Fast and Furious" where the literal only focus is accelerating everyone elses game plans. If I have any win conditions, they'll be intended as slow bonuses, like the Millennium Calendar.
@DarthTUK
3 күн бұрын
Ah, a kindred soul. If only more people were approaching commander like this. Among my most prescious memories playing commander was when I named the guy after me in turn order my "friend" with Khorvath's Fury the turn after he cast Behold the Beyond.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend, glad it resonated As for that interaction, truly wonderful. It's moments like that that make commander worthwhile
@DarthTUK
3 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept No problem :) That game was full of moments (it was 5 years ago but I still keep comming back to it): It was a 3 hour five player FFA: Me running K&T politics, next in TO: grixis Marchesa; UR chaos; Teysa Karlov; and Ramos. Chaos player wipes with Blasphemous Act, teysa player has a Divine Visitation. I managed to ramp hard so I go Hunted Troll (giving the tokens to the teysa player), Skullwinder (choosing the chaos guy to get back Act) and still having G open for regen :D "I don't know what you don't like, I'm giving you angels." -"NOT LIKE THIS!" -"Ungrateful 🙃" Later chaos player "Lets have some *fun*" deploys Mind's Dilation. Me failing to contain my giggles "Oh you have no idea" as I show the marchesa player the Fractured Identity in my hand. To which the teysa player goes "I don't like what you're planning" and he himself destroys the enchantment.
@CrimsonWeasel
7 күн бұрын
Loved the video!
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Thanks friend, glad you enjoyed it. I imagine you'll love the next one too
@toedrag-release
18 сағат бұрын
This video is the truth. I always had the mentality of building decks i wouldnt hate losing to. Its not about the win its about the journey to get there. Id rather lose but have a great match where we all were doing things than win a game where i steam rolled the table. I could have made my illuna into a lab man or oracle deck...but mutate voltron is so much more fun. Sure i could have built a typical gitrog cantrip deck....but putting it in the 99 of a glarb frog tribal deck seems like the right choice😂
@BasedDeckDept
17 сағат бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@NakanoHitori
7 күн бұрын
I love building decks that is are all about funny things like Bernard ginger sculptor and Ygra. However since I can't have them as the commanders, I have to find commanders that either benefit me or just have the colors. I'm currently thinking about how I'm going to build a Wick the whorled mind deck. My current pet deck is Denry Klin editor in chief. I recently built a five color vehicle deck. I love building crazy gimmick decks
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Love this. You are the person commander is perfect for as a format ❤
@gpwaltz
7 күн бұрын
Nice! Who's your five-color vehicle commander(s)? Bet you'll get some major new tech on the next mainline "death race" set.
@NakanoHitori
7 күн бұрын
@@gpwaltz I ran Kyodai for the flash indestructible feature. I bought a Ramos but I never really played the commander aside from niche circumstances. I'm actually excited for more vehicles and hopefully more cards for a faster deck
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
@@gpwaltz that is surprisingly an archetype I have yet to touch. I'll have a think 🤔
@NakanoHitori
7 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept don't forget the mount mechanic that started in thunder junction that probably won't get any more attention not for a while at least
@eeveemaster8902
7 күн бұрын
9:30. this is my point with my Main deck. Sméagol helpful guide. I run 31 lands. why? I take other people lands. Online, everyone says this deck should be "landfall or sacrifice" some even mix. THIS IS A BAD THING! it means you are playing to much different stuff and you cannot make it work. this is why the next thing you hear is "I wish he had access to blue" or my personal hate "he just does not do enough". the deck needs to be a ring attempt deck with some minor fun things thrown in. By building around the ring attempt ability. Semgol can do what Semgol does. go crazy and I added in extra draw cards so I can spam big spells and use cards that give me a +net in advantage. (Things like, "Last march of the ents" and Thunders debut"). this is also why I love playing against strax players. Ok I can only play one card. let me throw 3 Nazgul's down all at once and go UwU :D out of all the ring attempt cards available in black and green. I am not running 4. One because I don't want infinite combos and the other 2 are when they die. It's just not good with the strat. My deck goes on a card drawing rampage and as a yugioh player at heart. I love. and it plays to my strengths as a TCG fan.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Love this, and love Smeagol. I ran him in my Meren deck for a while, but recently cut him because he wasn't doing enough of what I needed, which hurt, because I love what he does. Couldn't agree more on contextual rules for your deck, like the 31 lands. Best thing one can do for oneself is ignore what others think if it's not helpful or relevant :D
@eeveemaster8902
7 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept well it helped it being my first deck. It allowed me to see without the constraints of a magic player and from a Yu-Gi-Oh player view.
@NoOneRazer
7 күн бұрын
Great video, but there is one problem that got me so many times - if you build interesting deck with not so flashy/unussual cards, there is always one guy that lie about his power lvl deck and fuk whole table with "good" cards. Just be sure that whole table is on the same page if you want play slower, more casual game.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Yeah this very much relies on playing with good people.
@EliasMheart
3 күн бұрын
I happen to have "Pull from Eternity". I basically never play atm, but I really do want to have that in a deck, because of the weird things you can do with it :D Of course, you can return something that was exiled to your graveyard. But I think removing something from exile that someone put there purposefully, or helping another player out, would be really funny if it happened to fit. I really like cards that have unusual effects like this, and another good example is Lapse of Certainty, which is unusual for the color it's in. I have never seen either in any video, so I am looking forward to using them, and wanted to bring them up, in case you were unaware of their existence ;)
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend ❤️ lapse of certainty is cool. Basically a white memory lapse. As for pull from eternity, I imagine that would be great against impulse draw decks 😅
@itsSmiv
19 сағат бұрын
Damn, Melek looks really fun. Might be the next commander I build lmao
@BasedDeckDept
19 сағат бұрын
Traumatizing myself is one of the best feeling plays. So fun. Thanks for watching!
@derpderpson8796
7 күн бұрын
Hoyl hells, its neat to see another person taking the base philosophy of commander back into focus. I am arguing so much with my playgroup, why I use the more complicated to use/ not best in slot cards for my decks. Or try to argue why I want a good game, not a win per se. Great video! /edit: also looking through scryfall for suiting cards is super fun. I just love that site.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend, glad you enjoyed it 🤜🤛 Time to send this video to your play group to grow the based department I feel your pain. I'm very lucky with my playgroup, though we've gone through our own developments which is a video in itself I think. And re philosophy, given the recent announcements and vitriol aimed at the RC, it's more important than ever that where we can, we remind people this is supposed to be the fun, social format about connecting with people. There are tons of formats focused on winning.
@haroun1760
6 күн бұрын
I agree with most of your thoughts, I sont have many copies of powerfull cards and with my 18+ decks I have to chose which cards fits which deck. But I do play those powerfull cards just not all in a few decks rather than a few in each deck. This makes my decks a little bit more powerfull but doesnt make it unfun. Also I have a playgroup which will tell you if a card or a deck is not fun and will attack you first if you keep playing it.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 and it sounds like your playgroup passes the vibe check 😁
@SuperPengas
6 күн бұрын
First there was a snail. And now we have the frog. REJOICE
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend 🤜🤛 I couldn't imagine a bigger compliment than being compared to the mighty snail ❤️
@untappedlands9853
7 күн бұрын
Even the way I built Chaos was designed to make it more fun, where i throw a spanner in the works like a challenge and players can choose to fix or ignore the problem presented.
@gatoque12
7 күн бұрын
Ah another person that use the japanese draw pngs on videos, you know what its good
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
I am nothing if not a sucker for anything Japanese influenced
@Maikeru176
6 күн бұрын
Some of my favorite commander exclusive legends in recent years were the exclusive ones in Capenna! Those decks were very silly anyway considering the mechanics they decided to focus on(typically being lots of group interaction, even if Tivit has sort of ran away with that idea). But Vazi, Keen Negotiator might genuinely be one of my favorite casual decks and works both as a “kingmaker” deck and a group slug deck all at once. I’m always reminded of a game where it came down to myself and another player and a 12 counter Descent into Avernus trigger would have killed us both and left the game in a draw. And then he countered the trigger on the stack and killed me 😂 the whole store collectively booed him for ruining the fun and we still joke about it from time to time
@Maikeru176
6 күн бұрын
To add, while I’m sad about the loss of Dockside for my mono Red cEDH deck, I think losing it for Vazi is the biggest gutpunch 😭 it was the easiest way to make a ton of treasures and hand them to other people while giving me an option to win later in the game if it drags on
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
You sound like you'd fit into my playgroup 😁 we often talk about how underrated and how much of a banger new capenna is. Descent into Avernus is also a very loved card in the same way. Thanks for watching friend, glad you found this video 🤜🤛
@MerlorMerlor
7 күн бұрын
fantastic! shared, liked and subscribed!
@MerlorMerlor
7 күн бұрын
10/10 content and editing
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
@@MerlorMerlor Thanks friend 🤜🤛 Glad you enjoyed it
@TheDeathless
7 күн бұрын
My favorite deck is my slivers which I intentionally nerf my play style to maintain being "lore accurat". I use gate lands to represent the cities they have spread to and taken over, play passively unless provoked or get to a critical mass and need to "expand the hive", only play my queen if it comes out naturaly and have several tutors in the deck that are all in there for the single purpose of finding possibility storm and letting the hive decide what it needs to thrive. I have never recived complaints and actually have people in my local area building other "lore accurate" decks.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
That is fantastic 😁
@TeamKatastrophe
6 күн бұрын
I'm not versed in lore but I love flavor building. Yeah, massacre wurm would be great in Runo Stromkirk, but it's not nautical so it has to make space for foreboding steamboat. I love the added flavor of a game where we see if the sliver hive can take over Stromkirk harbor. It really brings back the wizard-battle aspect of og magic
@carldooley9344
7 күн бұрын
Reminds me of my Dungeon Cascade deck. I call it Bump in the Night.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
Dungeon cascade sounds like a great time
@spaniardincanada8381
5 күн бұрын
I so agree with this video. I love to play janky gimmicks or themed decks, with weird inclusions that people might not expect like a single ninjutsu card or a single foretell card that'll throw everyone for a loop. My favorite card in this sense is Shifting Grift, which I use to swap two of my opponents' creatures to either kill synergies or to favor someone who might be behind. Commander is at its best when it's weird and people are playing tacky cards. If I wanted to see everyone playing fast mana, the same 3 board wipes or removal, and cards that draw through half their deck in one turn, I'd go play another format.
@BasedDeckDept
5 күн бұрын
Love this sentiment as long as the wackiness synergizes with what I'm doing 😁 also a big fan of cards that swap creatures. My favourite is modify memory. Gets you 3 cards in the process 😁
@andrewjasonhilario
7 күн бұрын
I agree. I subscribed already.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching
@empurress77
3 күн бұрын
Here's a fun way to play commander: Make all commanders start at a 7 CMC. This both evens out very low CMC commanders with high CMC commanders and makes the 99 more important to the gameplay. Encouraging what would otherwise too high CMC and difficult to play commanders that are fun. Also makes what are popular mana accelerators such as Sol Ring and Jeweled Lotus more useful and less game breaking. In my playgroup this works out to be very fun games and allows the pet cards to be kept in the decks. Full disclosure: I and my playgroup are fine with somewhat longer games. F stax though.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤛🤜 it's great when ones playgroup is aligned with you isn't it. It sounds like a fun idea
@noxington4260
2 күн бұрын
In my zombie deck, which of pretty bog standard I admit, I got a win by casting a gray merchant of asphodel with about 10 devotion and then using cleaver skaab to sacrifice it and get two more copies to design the table for 30 total. One of my favorite wins I’ve ever pulled off
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
This is literally me in my Meren deck with saw in half. Love your work friend and thanks for watching ❤️
@TheCoooolmon
2 күн бұрын
I agree that commander isn't necessarily competitive in nature like all the other formats within mtg. But also it's the format with the most diversity and I think that's a good thing. Commander can be what you described in the early part of the video to some. And it can be what cedh is to others. I think that's all fine as long as we communicate with one another about what commander is to us and we all have a good understanding of each other's perspectives going into a game.
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Everything to everyone as long as people communicate and are on the same page. The only catch there is bad actors, but there's no mechanical solution for that. Thanks for watching friend
@Darkchipper07
7 күн бұрын
Good video. Subscribed.
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
🤜🤛 Glad you liked it. Hope you like the next one in about a week
@damonlouis6536
7 күн бұрын
An analogy I use is, when you sit down to watch an epic movie you don't want to get a sitcom, or especially a tiktok video. On the topic of challenge i see it like a video game, the first time you play it it's ok to play on easy mode, but the real challenge is to beat it on legendary mode. To do this things like using sub rate generals and by cutting tutors/staples. One thing you mentioned was being hyper focused on theme and I don't agree, one thing I tell newer players is to have verrying archetypes spread across the color spectrum but imo the decks i play the most are rather generic in theme because they are the most easily tweaked through time and feel the freshest. but yes play fun flexible cards and you will have fun varying games. And don't forget your grave hate kids🙃
@adrianj8370
7 күн бұрын
Really great video
@BasedDeckDept
7 күн бұрын
🤜🤛 Thanks! Glad you liked it. Hope you like the next one in about a week
@The_savvy_Lynx
3 күн бұрын
I actually think it is cool to have a FEW signature cards / pet cards that make it into several decks where they thematically fit. Just make sure they aren't boring staples, but cards you like and seemingly no one else likes (enough to play them). Some pet cards of mine are Felidar Retreat, Arwen Mortal Queen, Rancor/Audacity, Embercleave...
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching Yeah I have no issue with pet cards, provided they actively do something cool in the deck one is playing and add to the synergy rather than detract from it
@The_savvy_Lynx
3 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept Yes of course they should also fit the deck, however I like to put them in even if they might not make the cut if you just put in the X most synergistic cards. For example I run Felidar Retreat in Duskana, because it makes 2/2s; in Atraxa +1/+1 counters, because it can give everything counters and enable the whole board for the commander; in a Susan Foreman Landramp Battlecruiser, because it creates a lot of blockers; in Arahbo because it makes Cats; and in Karametra Enchantress because it is an enchantment and also I get decent landfall there. But it is a pet card simply because I love cats and like the artwork!
@Chaoslorden
6 күн бұрын
This is how I build my decks, except I only use cards I got at home. So it makes me become even more inventive in what to include. It's fun and makes me appreciate my decks more than slap a staple bundle into every deck. There are tons of underplayed cards that needs a home! I can also recommend reducing board wipes and add more "I'm gonna eff you all up" cards as it speeds up games and makes them explosive. I, and many others groan when games takes a long time after 3-4 board wipes. Rather having a couple faster epic action games than slug fests.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 the board wipe point is a fantastic one and I should have mentioned it. I've advocated for less board wipes for ages and my play group thankfully agrees
@Chaoslorden
6 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept yeah and also of you instead of board wipes, include board protection, you can anticipate a wipe and come out swinging like a mad champ haha.
@hammdogporkington3058
4 күн бұрын
I like it when my Commander deck feels like a boss fight in a Nintendo game. Huge flashy creatures that fold to any amount of nuance.
@BasedDeckDept
4 күн бұрын
Sometimes you just need to embrace the glass cannon you know
@TapMeUp
Күн бұрын
W vid! Keep it up
@BasedDeckDept
Күн бұрын
W comment. Thanks friend 🤜🤛
@TapMeUp
Күн бұрын
I dm you on insta 👀
@codethulhu
7 күн бұрын
10:50 -- don't need to worry about not adding dockside, lotus or nadu ever again hoho
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks RC! Oh wait....
@edwardcowart5990
2 күн бұрын
BAN SOL RING. I can tell I've found a kindred soul here. I have very similar philosophies when it comes to commander, I too have a melek deck, and I too hate sol ring. Excellent video ❤
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
Based all round Hope you enjoy the next one!
@crokeyza-team7257
Күн бұрын
#4 is the reason i play cedh. I'm playing against other people, not just trying to do my thing faster than everyone else
@DarkJusticeMetal
2 күн бұрын
New mspaint-tuber just dropped. Now with frogs!!
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
You'll have to tell me whether that's a good thing or not Thanks for watching
@DarkJusticeMetal
2 күн бұрын
@@BasedDeckDept I like frogs 🐸
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
@@DarkJusticeMetal Based
@joshbowdish9851
4 күн бұрын
Omg yay I've been on the Sol Ring hate train for a couple years now. It's so hard to convince people that Sol Ring just makes less interesting games, less interesting decks. There's an addiction to this stupid little card. I've also taken it out of my decks. Was really freeing. Anyway, good stuff.
@BasedDeckDept
4 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and yeah, it's like trying to get your friends to quit drugs. Send them this video in the hopes they soak it in
@aaabbb-gd8no
6 күн бұрын
11:16 now i'm curious about that criminal eldrazi deck!
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 I may use it as a vehicle for a deck tech video as I probably need to review it but I'll update the list a bit later and share it with you
@BasedDeckDept
5 күн бұрын
www.moxfield.com/decks/_Lb299ogFkacLKwBvk0beQ
@chrisbrown4279
6 күн бұрын
We're doing a 35$ budget build every month in my pod, it really limits what can be played and makes it feel less like a race and more of actual challenge
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
My playgroup did something very similar. It was arguably the most fun we had as a playgroup at the time 🤜🤛
@DaCalZone
Сағат бұрын
I made an Inalla deck that's a Zombie Wizard deck basically its really different and people expect some wild stuff since Inalla and then I pull out some jank stuff.
@matthewkuehne5480
4 күн бұрын
You're the best.
@BasedDeckDept
4 күн бұрын
No u Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 🤜🤛
@artist7229
Күн бұрын
I built a gandelf the grey deck that has a bunch of different sets that would be funny. Like use the pipboy as a reference to the watch he was wearing in the movie. And a bunch of apells that i think a crafty wizard would use
@BasedDeckDept
Күн бұрын
That sounds like a fun time 🤜🤛
@shahproductionsuser2965
3 күн бұрын
I have a deck that, not necessarily reliably, but with some frequency, bring the number of +1/+1 tokens on a creature to the integer limit and then give it trample, and sometimes even lifelink.
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
Sounds filthy, I love it. Who's your commander? Thanks for watching
@shahproductionsuser2965
Күн бұрын
It’s in standard, but it’s centered around Bristly Bill: Spine sower, and it’s green with white splash, most notably Archangel Elspeth, who provides said lifeline creature. It also features Innkeepers talent, Kami of Whispered Hopes as a mana rock, and, once I have it, Urza’s Silex as a board wipe that also helps me get Elspeth out, who then shortly brings everything back on my side.
@Laxerjan
7 күн бұрын
I play exactly the same way! The unfortunate reality is that most people will, over time, buy more and more cards and naturally gravitate towards power creeping their decks. It takes a really seasoned player looking for novelty in unusual places to get this approach, as any new player will find novelty in busted cards and go for those first.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 And yeah, I just made a note about making a video about this topic. Getting more people from point a to b, and skipping the whole "play as much power as possible" stage will do the community a great service
@jeluenhayo2410
4 күн бұрын
Great video with emphasys on "fun of a process" instead of "fun of winning". Although I would recommend to change the font of the text in the video as this one is too cursive-heavy to comfortably and quickly read during the video.
@BasedDeckDept
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching And yeah I'll be changing the font in my next video. You can already see the thumbnails have all been changed to a new heading font. Appreciate the input 🤜🤛
@marginis
2 күн бұрын
I prefer decks that make my opponents want to quit Magic after they win, personally.
@BasedDeckDept
2 күн бұрын
Right to jail 🤣 and thanks for watching 🤛🤜
@clothandleather2838
2 сағат бұрын
I don't really enjoy playing mtg too much all these days, and only play once a week. But i still have fun because i grt to talk shit with my friends, they beat my ass or i beat theirs, or they think thry got the win and i snath their smile iff their face with a counterplay they didn't see i was setting up. I still complain about certain decks when my friends play them, and vice-versa. But social games are way more fun than competitive. I hate when people get rilled up about threat assesment when i'm just getting rid of a damned creature getting to big. It's a rough world man
@BasedDeckDept
47 минут бұрын
Ironically my next deck is on play group dynamics, and this speaks to that a lot. Glad you're still getting to enjoy time with your friends, and hope you enjoy the next video. I think it will resonate Thanks for watching
@disbeliefpapyrus643
6 күн бұрын
I’m late, but I have built a non fun Nekusar spins the wheel deck that involves dealing damage by drawing, discarding, and having cards in your hand, also it has counters that make you draw
@LizardKing1470
3 күн бұрын
Nice video. 6, 7, & 8 are so important but even more so than you say. You should build a deck to do a certain thing so it can actually achieve it. Having many of the same cards between decks is just boring and horrible, especially impactful cards and legendaries. I never consult outside sources based on specific commanders only mechanics, building the deck is the best part, why would I outsource that? Just get gud at scryfall (abandoned gatherer). Breaking rules is a given, (deckbuilding) rules suck, just glance at guidelines every once in a while and do what you want with your deck.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching friend, glad it resonated with you
@piewar3076
3 күн бұрын
I don’t mind Sol Ring so much. I think it’s okay to have one fast mana artifact like that around sometimes. Even so, my most recent deck‘s two mana rocks are Cursed Mirror and Springleaf Drum.
@BasedDeckDept
3 күн бұрын
Sol Ring definitely isn't a hill I'll die on, but I would say that there being just one fast mana piece is arguably worse, because it means the imbalance it creates in a game is even bigger if it's not dealt with immediately. I'd probably rather have all the fast mana unbanned, or all fast mana banned. Thanks for watching and appreciate you giving your thoughts
@sanctred
7 күн бұрын
I love this video.
@BasedDeckDept
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching 🤜🤛 Glad you enjoyed it
@Fabyfakid
5 күн бұрын
I like using bounce spells to interrupt my own infinite combo before it negatively affects me.
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