Another note for that Lich... it says If you would draw "INSTEAD" do this.. that is a card draw replacement effect. Based on a ruling i got from a judge because of "Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar" that means No damage from Nekusar or other burn draw effects, PLUS you don't "draw" a card when your deck runs out of cards so you literally can't deck out either.
Yeah that's a good point. That's relevant in my group too because one of my friends has a Nekusar deck that he's been playing since we started playing Commander.
Yeah. The replacement effect stops the game from knowing you're trying to draw from an empty library. Abundance works this way too. Combine with Sylvan Library and you have a card that triggers the replacement effect 3 times and doesn't cost you any life to keep those cards because there are no cards to choose in your hand that you drew this turn. I'm definitely running this as a second Sylvan Library in my Muldrotha deck though.
15:00 also as mentioned in the pre-prerelease of LRR, the Underrealm Lich's effect makes it impossible for your to deck yourself out. It's a replacement effect for drawing a card so the clause that says "you lose the game if you are unable to draw a card from your library" is overwritten by the Lich's ability. If you can't look at any cards because there are none, the effect just ends with nothing happening at resolution.
Writing this after seeing the decklist but before watching the video, but curious why Savra didn't make the cut? Each black/green token you sacrifice, your opponents have to sacrifice a creature. Seems like a great fit.
I’m building up an Izoni deck myself atm! I like Adam’s idea for the deck, pretty much what I was thinking; putting stuff into the graveyard and having a bunch of sac outlets, but I don’t really think you need to go the tokens route with this deck. So I had 3 main categories for this deck: putting stuff into my graveyard, sac outlets, and finally, recursion. I think that instead of having token producing cards, it would be a better idea to have cards such as Regrowth, Nature’s Spiral, Vivid Revival, etc. With my version of the deck, I went really deep with the cards that are able to throw stuff into my graveyard (Jadelight Ranger, Satyr Wayfinder, Wand of Vertebrae, Crop Sigil, Nyx Weaver, etc.) so I felt like I needed to prioritize recursion as an actual category in the deck. Still need to order a couple of more cards, so I actually haven’t tested it out yet, but I feel like it will be a blast to play! Also, surprised Adam didn’t include any dredge cards lol
On the subject of Avenger of Zendikar, "I always feel like I'm about to be killed by plant tokens, narrowly averted". I swear it's narrowly averted EVERY TIME. It's like he always draws out a board wipe or eats spot removal before the next turn when I could hit my land drop. He's the biggest closer in the deck that never seems to actually close out games and it's hilarious xD
Adam, neat deck. Perhaps you should consider Volrath's Stronghold for recursion, kokusho, the evening star for a 30 point swing each time he heads to the yard, or bonehoard for a powerful late game play. Good luck.
Legit was the 666'th like.. OKAY! - I play Meren.. and this deck tech brings joy to my heart. BG is Bae! Can't wait for the actual game! The hype train is real! -Skott from MTG Mindgames
That only synergizes with a few cards though. You don't want a card in your deck that only synergizes with a few cards, none of which is your commander. Aside from the staple stuff like card draw, removal, etc.
Evolutionary leap would be a great upgrade, as would doubling season/ parallel lives for extra tokens. loads of ETB triggers so panharmonicon may also work wonders, Ashnods altar would be great for sac outlets, skullclamp for crazy card draw, behold the beyond for some crazy tutoring whilst fixing your graveyard.
Totally agree with Everquest being the best MMORPG ever. The whole game was hardmode but still somehow endearing. You could actually get killed by a trash mob
Shout out to Eldrich Evolution... Best and favorite card I run in my Taisigur, the Golden Fang Demon deck .... You want an 8 drop demon for 3 Mana :) ... Can't wait for surveil . Sooooo muchhhhh valueeeee
The deck looks sweet, but there are some things it's missing for my taste: Black Market - Why u no want Mana? Mycoloth - MOAR SAPRO Birthing Pod - Eldritch Evolution and Survival of the Fittest are nice, but why not go with the big one as well? Champion of Lambholdt - Make your entire weenie board unblockable? Yes Please! Those would probably be my big 4 cards that are missing from the deck, but it still looks fun :)
IMO Black market is overrated. A five mana enchantment that doesn't do anything until creatures die. Also it only makes black and is only available during main phases. Unless you're loaded up on X-spells, I can't see it being more useable than Gilded Lotus.
Quick question, why not try using truimph of the hordes to swing in with abunch of tokens with trample and infect plus whatever else you give it buffs too. Maybe throw in a grafted exoskeleton to put on one of the life pingers like blood artist to do a faster kill by killing with 10 infect than trying to ping 40 life away. And one last question/suggestion. If you do put in truimph of the hordes and grafted exoskeleton, would you put in phyrexian swarmlord to get more tokens for each poison counter your opponent (s) have for more token /pressure. I lied 1 more, why no ashnod altar or did i just miss it?
I'm pretty sure wizard is phasing out generation and replacing it with indestructible+tap. See the Skeleton from Dominaria. Makes sense, since regeneration is unintuitive rules-wise.
I'm using Izoni for a golgari rat swarm deck, not really for her undergrowth but more for her second ability. I can get some 30ish rat tokens and get quite some value out of it.
Who else is triggered that izzoni is in a sarkhan sleeve instead of the golgari one (noteably it's more convenient to make sure you don't shuffle your commander into your deck, but it also means you can't shuffle it into your deck by choice, if thats the reason)
My first commander deck I ever built was a Niv-Mizzet the Firemind combo deck and I really want to try out the new Niv as a commander. I’m gonna toss chromatic lantern, fellwar stone and some other mana fixers in there and see if it works better than the current deck. Pretty hyped to try it out.
All I saw was Adams face and I knew I was in for a good time
Amen! That smile let me know that we were in for some solid entertainment.
Another note for that Lich... it says If you would draw "INSTEAD" do this.. that is a card draw replacement effect. Based on a ruling i got from a judge because of "Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar" that means No damage from Nekusar or other burn draw effects, PLUS you don't "draw" a card when your deck runs out of cards so you literally can't deck out either.
If That's accurate, it's even better than it already was
And it was already amazing
Yeah, just an insane card
Yeah that's a good point. That's relevant in my group too because one of my friends has a Nekusar deck that he's been playing since we started playing Commander.
Yeah. The replacement effect stops the game from knowing you're trying to draw from an empty library. Abundance works this way too. Combine with Sylvan Library and you have a card that triggers the replacement effect 3 times and doesn't cost you any life to keep those cards because there are no cards to choose in your hand that you drew this turn. I'm definitely running this as a second Sylvan Library in my Muldrotha deck though.
@@cxsss such a broken interaction with sylvan library
Was not expecting this burley boy on the show....fugggin hyped!!!!
Diabetic of USA *burley boi
HE'S HERE!
*dun dun duddle dun
dun dun duddle dun
dun dun duddle dun
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ADAAAAAM
A-HADAAAAAM!
I heard that in his voice.
Adams voice is like a warm, buttery biscuit.
Can't wait to see Adam get his own cards in Friday Nights. :D
Those WoW stories were amazing,....the entire end step was fantastic! Easily my favorite by far, laughed the entire time.
Same here! This end step is amazing! I laughed harder than I did in any other end step!
best end step ever. 2038 copper.
omg his voice :o
can he read me bedtime stories ??
I know rite
Just listen to a stream his does for Loading ready run an hour of nothijng but this mans gorgeous voice
15:00 also as mentioned in the pre-prerelease of LRR, the Underrealm Lich's effect makes it impossible for your to deck yourself out. It's a replacement effect for drawing a card so the clause that says "you lose the game if you are unable to draw a card from your library" is overwritten by the Lich's ability. If you can't look at any cards because there are none, the effect just ends with nothing happening at resolution.
This is going to be sweet.
Best boy is here! So excited to see him involved in anything
I feel like Adam is the incarnation of joy.
Ugh the highkey love of my life. Thank you for this.
oh my gawd. i didnt know i want ASMR with adam. such a nice podcast voice
Content start at 6:10 Thank me later
Thank you for that. Being able to skip 10% of the podcast that is just adspace is really helpful. I wish they'd put in the notes when each segment is
I'll thank you now!
But thats 6 minutes less of adams voice
Now is later, so thx!
Saw this at 6:10 :(
Rooting for you Josh? You crushed the Game Knights game lol You also naturally are rooted for as one of the constant personalities :)
I’d say this is probably the best camera quality so far on The Command Zone so far.
The MTG world needs more Adam!
Finding out you love EQ just made my week. EQ is the best!
Writing this after seeing the decklist but before watching the video, but curious why Savra didn't make the cut? Each black/green token you sacrifice, your opponents have to sacrifice a creature. Seems like a great fit.
Yea I agree. I actually used Savra as my commander.
Savra with a built in pseudo grave pact should be a commander and or in deck.
In Germany we pronounce it sapróling as well. Also great to see Adam here, he is just the best.
Cute? Into MTG? Smooth buttery voice? *swoons*
Right? He's also a giant. Like, so tall. I have such a crush on Adam >.
I want to be crushed by Adam.
GoldenKing26 I’d rather just cuddle him
I heard Adam was going to be on the next episode of Game Knights. Got super excited when I saw his face on the thumbnail!!!
I liked for the S ranks on Cuphead
Yes Adam!!! I'm so happy to see you in so many places
I’m building up an Izoni deck myself atm! I like Adam’s idea for the deck, pretty much what I was thinking; putting stuff into the graveyard and having a bunch of sac outlets, but I don’t really think you need to go the tokens route with this deck. So I had 3 main categories for this deck: putting stuff into my graveyard, sac outlets, and finally, recursion. I think that instead of having token producing cards, it would be a better idea to have cards such as Regrowth, Nature’s Spiral, Vivid Revival, etc. With my version of the deck, I went really deep with the cards that are able to throw stuff into my graveyard (Jadelight Ranger, Satyr Wayfinder, Wand of Vertebrae, Crop Sigil, Nyx Weaver, etc.) so I felt like I needed to prioritize recursion as an actual category in the deck. Still need to order a couple of more cards, so I actually haven’t tested it out yet, but I feel like it will be a blast to play! Also, surprised Adam didn’t include any dredge cards lol
On the subject of Avenger of Zendikar, "I always feel like I'm about to be killed by plant tokens, narrowly averted". I swear it's narrowly averted EVERY TIME. It's like he always draws out a board wipe or eats spot removal before the next turn when I could hit my land drop. He's the biggest closer in the deck that never seems to actually close out games and it's hilarious xD
Big burly guest!
I was kinda expecting Golgari Grave Troll. It fills your graveyard and gets huge.
I have done that combo in my Prossh Dragon power, Sakura-tribe Elder with Journey to Eternity. The look me friends and daughter gave me was priceless.
Adam, doing the swear pair proud.
Adam, neat deck. Perhaps you should consider Volrath's Stronghold for recursion, kokusho, the evening star for a 30 point swing each time he heads to the yard, or bonehoard for a powerful late game play. Good luck.
Legit was the 666'th like.. OKAY! - I play Meren.. and this deck tech brings joy to my heart. BG is Bae! Can't wait for the actual game! The hype train is real! -Skott from MTG Mindgames
As a Saproling main, I'm very pleased with this deck tech
BY GAWD THAT'S ADAMS MUSIC!
Adam deserves his own Planeswalker in the Lrr intro. Ben having one would be cool too
Adam hype! Looking forward to more guests on the show.
Adam, I watched the pre-pre-release for LRR, you did a great job with your draft. You're awesome man, keep it up!
It's the Adam, AGAIN!
Nice episode! Adam's always a treat to watch.
Oh Lawdy, it's Adam! I love Adam!
Why no Worm Harvest? I can easily see you binning plenty of lands of the Lich and Surveil. Worm Harvest would be quite amazing here.
That only synergizes with a few cards though. You don't want a card in your deck that only synergizes with a few cards, none of which is your commander. Aside from the staple stuff like card draw, removal, etc.
Maybe they just simply ran out of Space for all of the great cards they potentially could use.
WE'RE HERE!
is this a Canadian bumblebee? he's the best Canadian ever and should be on every episode
Vent, Teamspeak, Naxx and DBM. So much endstep nostalgia
Adam is the best person ever!
He seems like an awesome guy, but hey there are a lot of good people out there. That's a strong thing to say man!
Is he not playing Yargle... flavor fail
*hears duel of the fates in the background*
Im surprised the command zone could fit such a big burly boy
I picked up a bundle and got 2 Izoni in it. Got lots of ideas here, thanks!
Adam is sooo cute, I am rooting for him tomorrow !
I love TCZ like crazy, but I've never clicked on a video faster than after seeing Adam "Fucking" Savidan's face on the cover!!
I would love to get into Commander again if I wasn’t 14 and had disposable income! 😖
Good video, and I can fall asleep to Adam’s voice anytime.
Underrealm Lich, Sylvan Library, Gitrog Monster... I am Golgari, hear me roar!
But how burley is Izoni?
Always enjoy seeing lrr members on other programs!
21:40 you know I actually built a Slimefoot deck and would always pronounce it this way to tilt my opponents
That's some 4-d chess level strategy
I mean they didn't spelled it saporling 🤷🏻♂️ maybe it's pronounced sap-roling or Sa-proling
He's here!!!
In love with Adam savidan ♥️
Such a great guest to have on!
Man what a good episode of the Command Zone! Love it.
OMG ADAM!!!! YES MY FAVORITE!!!! I got to met him in vegas as well!
Evolutionary leap would be a great upgrade, as would doubling season/ parallel lives for extra tokens. loads of ETB triggers so panharmonicon may also work wonders, Ashnods altar would be great for sac outlets, skullclamp for crazy card draw, behold the beyond for some crazy tutoring whilst fixing your graveyard.
In addition to the panharmonicon, conjuror's closet let's you reuse your etbs. Extremely strong with the commander in particular.
His voice is super nice to listen to!
One's one of the best Gaming entertainers ever. The other one is Josh.
Show Starts at 6:00
Totally agree with Everquest being the best MMORPG ever. The whole game was hardmode but still somehow endearing. You could actually get killed by a trash mob
I wonder - how would you like the idea of people sending you their deck lists and you select some to try out on the Game Knights?
Wooh! Finally! I made a deck for Izoni as soon as I saw her :D
Sandwurm Convergence is in my Hapatra deck, keeps the skies clear for me and generates tokens as an added bonus.
Pulled it at the prerelease. GOing directly into the Sidisi EDH :)
seems like an awesome guy to play with :)
Such a good show, love you and your work, Josh, you're making mtg growing strong, you really rock man! Cheers from France.
the worst case scenario for Diabolic Intent is having it in hand when you have no creatures to sacrifice, making it a dead card
I'm so excited to build this deck and put my own twist on it. I need to pickup a parallel lives though.
Shout out to Eldrich Evolution... Best and favorite card I run in my Taisigur, the Golden Fang Demon deck .... You want an 8 drop demon for 3 Mana :) ... Can't wait for surveil . Sooooo muchhhhh valueeeee
i live in australia. cardkingdom sent out the cards and got here in a week.
The deck looks sweet, but there are some things it's missing for my taste:
Black Market - Why u no want Mana?
Mycoloth - MOAR SAPRO
Birthing Pod - Eldritch Evolution and Survival of the Fittest are nice, but why not go with the big one as well?
Champion of Lambholdt - Make your entire weenie board unblockable? Yes Please!
Those would probably be my big 4 cards that are missing from the deck, but it still looks fun :)
IMO Black market is overrated. A five mana enchantment that doesn't do anything until creatures die. Also it only makes black and is only available during main phases. Unless you're loaded up on X-spells, I can't see it being more useable than Gilded Lotus.
i cant believe they actually got PHREAK as a guest! Awesome!
Quick question, why not try using truimph of the hordes to swing in with abunch of tokens with trample and infect plus whatever else you give it buffs too. Maybe throw in a grafted exoskeleton to put on one of the life pingers like blood artist to do a faster kill by killing with 10 infect than trying to ping 40 life away. And one last question/suggestion. If you do put in truimph of the hordes and grafted exoskeleton, would you put in phyrexian swarmlord to get more tokens for each poison counter your opponent (s) have for more token /pressure.
I lied 1 more, why no ashnod altar or did i just miss it?
The lich's activated ability feels like regeneration, w/ the "tap it" at the end of that line. Let's just call it Super Regeneration. xD
I'm pretty sure wizard is phasing out generation and replacing it with indestructible+tap. See the Skeleton from Dominaria. Makes sense, since regeneration is unintuitive rules-wise.
Adam is my spirit animal
With such a strong aristocrats theme, I would have put ashnod's alter and parallel lives in for the chance at infinate slimefoot drains
Adam is best boy, no episode of Command Zone can compare to this, they will all be worse if he isn’t in it.
Great episode of Game Knights. Nice being a patron. The deck seemed awesome on there.
I'm using Izoni for a golgari rat swarm deck, not really for her undergrowth but more for her second ability. I can get some 30ish rat tokens and get quite some value out of it.
Adam is my favorite.
Adam is dope af
Eldritch evolution on Izoni gets Craterhoof behemoth, all planned !
Underrealm lich basically says "whenever you would draw, surveil 3 first" it's bonkers
I've gotten to the point where I run twice as many board wipes and hella yard hate. Shuts down all but the best decks.
Izoni might like to meet Hapatra.
I love that your intro contains both art-works for Sol Ring
going creakwood into tender into izoni...
whoops I won
I better see Assassin's Trophy in this deck
Who else is triggered that izzoni is in a sarkhan sleeve instead of the golgari one (noteably it's more convenient to make sure you don't shuffle your commander into your deck, but it also means you can't shuffle it into your deck by choice, if thats the reason)
My first commander deck I ever built was a Niv-Mizzet the Firemind combo deck and I really want to try out the new Niv as a commander. I’m gonna toss chromatic lantern, fellwar stone and some other mana fixers in there and see if it works better than the current deck. Pretty hyped to try it out.
Adam is so handsome... and his voice as well. God im in love!
Izoni is dece but nothing we haven't seen a dozen times
i came here to enjoy magic and easy the most handsome voice and guest Adam.
Holy shit adam is the best. Dying at saproling. PS I hope alex loaned his sharpied DT to you for this.