@@jebrooks its not a bad idea but the reason a 25 dollar deck would be better is to see them play with less of the cards they always use and discover cool budget cards in the process
@@joshuaandrecervantes3951 he needs to use the infinity stones to go back in time and stop the price spikes for wayfarer's bauble. Or I guess just snap his fingers to make them all 10-15 cents again
Charles Taylor The Instructor has quickly become one of my favorite things about this channel. I would love to see the Instructor and the Professor be forced into doing an exclusive preview video together. I wonder how the characters would handle it.
How to aggravate players: play way outside the power level of other players. After you see the kids across from you pull out his Mowu deck, go ahead and play food chain slivers!
@@L00rdAjdukplaying infinite combo decks when everyone else wants to do something cool is just annoying, like my playmate who pulls out a $1000 superfriends deck and we literally just have to shit on him before he pulls 4 emblems out of his ass in 1 turn
@@L00rdAjduk I mean you can do stuff with just optimizing your gameplay and the deck but beyond a certain point some decks will just perform better than others. Also it is just expensive in most cases to upgrade a deck. Not everyone wants to do that. I just built myself a sliver deck from some cards I still had laying around and didn't use for a long time but that thing seemed so powerful compared to our playgroup that I am considering not to upgrade it the way I wanted for now. Otherwise neither of us will have a lot of fun because they all would try to focus me (rightfully so in that case) so I don't pop off too hard with my sliver overlord tutoring literally everything and flashing it out whenever I want. It probably is too strong already tbh, now that I think about it more :D (I have to wait a bit how their decks settle and we played a couple more rounds - we just recently started playing commander and only played ~30 games so far but played magic for many years now).
Me first going on this video thinking at least this comander deck isn't goning be easy and within budget for people Mitch: Did someone say comander and budget
I love this was just working on a zur deck. Mine is more enchantment matters but honestly I can blend in the build with it and it'll be even more effective! Thanks guys!
jvalex18 all right, bud. You win. There’s no correlation to cards like Wayfarers Bauble, Sphere of Safety, and Farseek going up in price dramatically since Mitch started doing his thing and highlighting those cards over and over again. The worlds just a wacky place. Also, I have a feeling you’re looking for written statements from consumers saying “yes, I watch CQ and i bought these cards expressly because Mitch said to”.
jvalex18 you want an impossible correlation purely to pick a fight. Which, at this point, I’m done with. And to be honest, the channel I made was for friends to learn games and stuff, never meant to be more than a passing fancy. I have kids and a life :) Night! :)
My best friend's best deck is a Zur deck. Another great upgrade he uses is Vanishing. Great card early game as it allows Zur to tutor up enchantments without having to worry about getting killed, plus the card is only about 40¢
I'm so glad that I got a Commander's Quarters video as a surprise. I was coming in here for the instructors deck tech and wondering how much it'd cost comparatively to Commander's Quarters tech deck and lo and behold, the perfect cross over. I'm happy for this collaborative effort.
Buying cards from your lgs- 0:27 Cracking boosters from Amazon in the hopes of singles 2:41 Ok so my mate didn't get the first bit so I'll explain it here: The owner of our lgs says his favourite players are EDH players because they buy the weird singles instead of everybody wanting playsets of the same 15 cards
I’ve stopped a $800 Zur deck with my roughly $100 land destruction deck. Most of the money was in the Wasteland. The guy never should have told me he had a one land hand.
A lot of those strategies are already in my Zur deck. A few other really obnoxious things to add in are; - Stasis + Tel-Jilad Stylus - Once this is going, only you get to untap. Especially oppressive if you already control Loxodon Gatekeeper or Kismet - Arcanum Wings - Minor evasion, but bigger purpose is to swap into important aura that was drawn (at instant speed). Favorite option here is Eldrazi Conscription - Flickerform - Gives you an option to blink your Zur to avoid things like board wipes, while keeping your auras in tact. - Reconnaissance - Allows you to untap your Zur and save it from combat for no additional cost. Especially useful if your opponent casts spells such as Wing Shards.
Dear Instructor and Professor. I’d like to thank you for collaborating with smaller, unrecognised MTG youtubers like Mitch and Vincent, they deserve way more attention and you give them the opportunity to grow their channels. I also wanted to share my favourite Zur combo, which locks the mana if you don’t have mono black opponents (super fun). All you need to do is attack with Zur twice and tutor for Bitterblossom (or for Dreadhorde Invasion if on a budget) and then tutor for Contamination. Before that you can put some enchantments on Zur to make sure he won’t die.
I created my youtube channel when the commander quarters had around 1K followers... now they have over 70K and appeared with the profesor... I wish I grew like that hahah
The sliver deck you did was great! My friends absolutely hate it XD I have made some changes over the year I have had it. But I love your edh deck builds
I much prefer my version of Zur, it uses the same hexproof core, but also uses things like heart of light, solitary confinement, dovescape and underworld dreams + temple bell/howling mine effects. it focuses on becoming immune to everything and then forcing the opponent to draw themselves to death Letting an opponent go through half their deck, only to realize nothing works as they're drained to death is much more fun
I'm so happy about this collaboration! I've loved the Commander's Quarters channel every since I found it. I would love to see Mitch in even more collaborations across the community :D
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!...........As soon as I saw that it was a Zur deck tech I thought how cool it would be to see a Commander Quarters take on it....and then THE VIDEO HAPPEND!
So happy to see Commander Quarters get sime exposure. I love his videos. Even if you dont run his list he gives amazing budget ideas that you could pull from and even gives upgrades. Amazing channel!!!
I used to play MTG many years ago when commander was invented i played zur and it was fun =D necropotence goes well with solitary confinement and both are 3 mana enchantments. Yawgmoths bargain was not banned then and i played that with words of worship and serras sanctum. I also as a backup and manaplan had that card that turns every permanent to enchantment and destroy all enchantments card =D It was so fun deck back then. Good memories ^^
Does Mitch pitch shift his voice during the deck techs? I noticed he sounded a little different in the tech vs the skit beforehand. Maybe a different mic.
could be that when voiceover is done, he uses some form of voice isolation/sound dampening but when he's speaking on camera like here, such a thing is impractical
It could also just be he’s trying to act, and was not prepared for the USDA-certified 100% grade-A ham that is the Instructor, or his tendency to chew on every scrap of scenery in sight.
I actually had already subscribed to Commander’s Quarters before this video came out, but I agree, Mitch is awesome and his videos are definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen them.
Wonderful way to introduce Commanders Quarters to a larger audience, he’s a fantastic resource. Hard to believe a deck can be that evil for $25. I think I need to take a shower just after watching this. Oh, and best line of the entire video? “Insufferable academic.” Well done!
this was one of the best episodes of the commanders quarters simply because it was so expertly set up by the instructors and CQ just being honest about what type of deck this is.
I just want to say thank you to TCC and The Commanders Quarters for this deck, i love playing it and have upgraded it slightly since i bought it. It still gets my friends very salty and has even been banned from one of my play groups. Pleas keep bringing us this fabulous content.
You forgot to add the fact that the game goes on for an extra hour due to you looking though your deck for most of it. If someone has Zur, be sure to bring a Winston cube and a folding table to draft with the person next to you.
Nice! Love Mitch’s content and makes excellent decks. Pretty much all you need to do with his builds is upgrade the lands and mana rocks to have a deck that can easily hold it’s own against insanely expensive decks. Glad he’s getting more exposure and hope to see him on Game Knights soon...or maybe to see the Professor on Close Quarters?
I feel like my own Zur deck is a bit out of hand, but in cEDH, insanely busted on turn 5 isn't necessarily good enough. I lean into the salt in my deck, and it's actually so salt-dense that even nasty cards like Stasis just don't make the cut anymore. It usually has an 'early' shot at a win, so if nobody can counter/interact, I often win if the game goes to turn 5 or 6, but interaction can be frustratingly effective vs Zur. Once he's out, he usually gets Rule of Law out, because no stax effect can match it's ability to just say 'Nope!' to on-the-spot wins. Yes, decks can win around it, but about the fewest of any stax piece Zur can fetch. My deck is designed to win around Rule of Law, so it doesn't bother with many counters, since it won't be able to use them, but it does run fun hatebears that impact opponent's counters considerably. I think player hate will be an issue if Rule of Law is stabilized (as in, nobody can deal with it, or I get Greater Auramancy out), but Solitary Confinement is a very good survival option, and Web of Inertia + Rest in Peace can stop attacks, while shutting down any manner of graveyard interaction. If someone was interested in countermagic and Rule of Law, Moderation is a good fit, allowing you to draw without paying life, making it easy to pay for the now budget Soliary Confinement's 1 card per turn. Esper has some pretty incredible removal options, arguably better than Mardu now, with U offering several exile effects for creatures that are low CMC. You can easily fit in 30 great counters/instant speed removal in Esper, so if you've got Moderation out, Smother Tithe maybe, and Rule of Law, nobody is going to get anything out vs you unless you want them to, and you can remove anything that later becomes an issue somehow. Slow but thorough, as all good Zur builds will be. The biggest upgrade for Zur though is always going to be one of the best cards ever printed, Necropotence, which just bursts Zur wide open with massive card availability. If you don't have whatever you want, just pay 10 life and boom! You've got it or a tutor for it, so you're good either way. The nicest part about Zur getting a card like Necropotence or Rule of Law is that nobody can counter it, because it's not cast. This can result in a 'win on the spot' through Rule of Law, as you might only need 1 spell to combo off, or even none with Second Chance.
You're forgetting Oubliette which in my opinion is even better than banishing light since it phases out a creature. Rule of Zones for a commander can't mess with a phased out creatures since it's technically no longer part of the game while phased out and is not within a zone. Oubliette cost's about $2-$3
Okay i have the idea, these two play on Game Knights, everyone has to use a $25 dollar commander deck
Shit, let's do it
Helll yaaa
That would be great...I bet Jimmy and Josh would love to try that out
$100 would probably be better, and allow for a lot more range.
@@jebrooks its not a bad idea but the reason a 25 dollar deck would be better is to see them play with less of the cards they always use and discover cool budget cards in the process
I love how you got Mitch, a guy who couldn’t hurt a fly, on an episode with the evil prof. Very clever.
Hey...who says I am not a little evil? haha
@@TheCommandersQuarters no no no, its MUHAHAHAHAHAHHA
@@TheCommandersQuarters a little more practice in evildoing wouldn't hurt lmao!!!!
Mitch hurt every budget player by singlehandedly driving up the price of Wayfarer’s Bauble.
is the Evil Instructor you foool, muahahhahaha U_U)
Mitch and the Commander's Quarters channel are wonderful! I'm so glad you're featuring them here, Professor! Erhm...I mean Instructor!
Well thanks!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Mitch you are awesome
“Avengers Infinity War is the most ambition crossover event in film history.”
The Instructor: *Hold my Icy Manipulator*
feels cold ;p
Mitch: Hold my Wayfarer's Bauble
@@joshuaandrecervantes3951 he needs to use the infinity stones to go back in time and stop the price spikes for wayfarer's bauble.
Or I guess just snap his fingers to make them all 10-15 cents again
@@thestormtrooperwhocanaim496 EEEEHHHHH????
@Donald Trump Thank you avatar of Donald. Your Twitter posts are as wonderful as always 😆
I like that "the instructor" is getting more fleshed out as a character lol
Charles Taylor The Instructor has quickly become one of my favorite things about this channel. I would love to see the Instructor and the Professor be forced into doing an exclusive preview video together. I wonder how the characters would handle it.
The perfect cross-over doesn't exi...
Damn, did not see this coming.
Pleeease sell Tolaria State University shirts with the phrase "this university is not for everyone", that whould be sooo awesome
El Pretender “We Don’t Play Magic For Fun.”
Rachel Orellana this is the better TSU slogan.
At beginning of video: Another Commander deck nice...
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Commander Quarters?
Mitch??? Holy frick. OMG
Hi there!
@@TheCommandersQuarters I can't believe it! You're now one of the big boys! I'm so proud!
@@michaelcabangbang haha well thanks!
Same tho
holy frick indeed
How to aggravate players: play way outside the power level of other players. After you see the kids across from you pull out his Mowu deck, go ahead and play food chain slivers!
Mowu can be the bestest of boys without winning anyways
Mowu can still play Craterhoof Behemoth and be the thickest goodest boi
Mowu with ramp and harden scales effects gets Thick. Dont doubt a mowu player, you'll get surprised 21'd
@@L00rdAjdukplaying infinite combo decks when everyone else wants to do something cool is just annoying, like my playmate who pulls out a $1000 superfriends deck and we literally just have to shit on him before he pulls 4 emblems out of his ass in 1 turn
@@L00rdAjduk I mean you can do stuff with just optimizing your gameplay and the deck but beyond a certain point some decks will just perform better than others. Also it is just expensive in most cases to upgrade a deck. Not everyone wants to do that.
I just built myself a sliver deck from some cards I still had laying around and didn't use for a long time but that thing seemed so powerful compared to our playgroup that I am considering not to upgrade it the way I wanted for now. Otherwise neither of us will have a lot of fun because they all would try to focus me (rightfully so in that case) so I don't pop off too hard with my sliver overlord tutoring literally everything and flashing it out whenever I want.
It probably is too strong already tbh, now that I think about it more :D (I have to wait a bit how their decks settle and we played a couple more rounds - we just recently started playing commander and only played ~30 games so far but played magic for many years now).
THAT VOICE! Glad you got Mitch from CQ in this skit and vid
I was glad to be apart of it :)
Commander's Quarters in here? I love his channel! Great to see him featured here. He deserves much more attention than he gets! Love him!
Well thanks!
Not too much more attention, though, or Wayfarer’s Bauble will become a $5 common.
J/k
@@TheComicBookJoker lmao, could happen
@TheComicBookJoker Thanks for the nightmares
Half of the video was me wondering how he grew a beard that fast
Looks like a hair donut
Probably filmed the first scene last, after shaving, and put it at the beginning.
@@griffith2312 You don't say!
The profesor and the instructor are two different people
@@xChikyx I was thinking the same thing
I'm glad I watched this, I had never even heard of Commanders Quarters before, on my way to subscribe right now
That's a miserable experience there
Same. The premise of his channel might keep me from quitting magic
Two of my favorite magic youtubers? Sign me up! Awesome video!
Awwww well thanks!
So glad Mitch is getting some more love! His channel is fantastic!
Me first going on this video thinking at least this comander deck isn't goning be easy and within budget for people
Mitch: Did someone say comander and budget
Can we get the Professor versus the Instructor heads-up in a Commander battle for control of the channel?
I'd love to see some gameplay with Mitch and the professor!
Ahhh no freaking way!!!!! I can’t believe my favorite commander TH-camr linked up with the professor!!! This just made my day!
Does it still make your day?
You can't fool me, Mitch isn't evil!! :,(
He has a land destruction deck tech, he's as evil as they get lol
Commanders Quarters getting the recognition he deserves. Making me proud Mitch
Nobody:
Absolutely Nobody:
Literally Nobody:
The Instructor: aHAhaHahahaHAh
@AmateurThespian hey, you got it! Good for you :^)
Our boi is getting big recognition and collabs, next is game knights, we can do it brothers!
Edit: grammar
Almost.
He was on extra turns.
I brought a Zur deck to play Commander with friends once. Then the rest of the evening we played Archenemy except I didn't have any schemes deck.
ssame happened to me last weekend.
I love Commander's Quarters and Tolarian! What a great combination. This was a great surprise!
I love this was just working on a zur deck. Mine is more enchantment matters but honestly I can blend in the build with it and it'll be even more effective! Thanks guys!
Finally happy to put a face to that voice. But also sad that now everyone knows my best kept secret for netdecks was using his channel.
Yep thats what I look like haha
jvalex18 check the price increase of 2 CMC mana rocks and cheap green creature ramp. It’s noticeable
jvalex18 all right, bud. You win. There’s no correlation to cards like Wayfarers Bauble, Sphere of Safety, and Farseek going up in price dramatically since Mitch started doing his thing and highlighting those cards over and over again.
The worlds just a wacky place. Also, I have a feeling you’re looking for written statements from consumers saying “yes, I watch CQ and i bought these cards expressly because Mitch said to”.
jvalex18 you want an impossible correlation purely to pick a fight. Which, at this point, I’m done with.
And to be honest, the channel I made was for friends to learn games and stuff, never meant to be more than a passing fancy. I have kids and a life :)
Night! :)
Oh snap! It's the ACTUAL face of The Commander's Quarters!
We need the Instructor's evil version of the shoutout to Card Kingdom and the Patreons!
Serouzo Lee It would be so much hammier, plus it would be moved to the middle of the video for maximum aggravation.
oh my god, mitch looks exactly like someone who’s name is mitch. he is the most mitch looking mitch i’ve ever seen.
its so wholesome
Man, Prof must be able to grow a beard in like, 2 days
N Smith It’s the source of his power.
I'm pretty sure there's a card for 2GG that says "search your library for 4 days worth of stubble and put it onto the battlefield, errr, your face."
My best friend's best deck is a Zur deck. Another great upgrade he uses is Vanishing. Great card early game as it allows Zur to tutor up enchantments without having to worry about getting killed, plus the card is only about 40¢
I'm so glad that I got a Commander's Quarters video as a surprise. I was coming in here for the instructors deck tech and wondering how much it'd cost comparatively to Commander's Quarters tech deck and lo and behold, the perfect cross over. I'm happy for this collaborative effort.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That intro though. Just the best
Hey Prof, I love the video, and I especially love the Colab with one of my favorite MTG TH-camrs. Thanks for the awesome content!!
Well that was cool. Went to look for ideas for my Zur deck only to realize I made a very similar deck with cards I had.
Buying cards from your lgs- 0:27
Cracking boosters from Amazon in the hopes of singles 2:41
Ok so my mate didn't get the first bit so I'll explain it here: The owner of our lgs says his favourite players are EDH players because they buy the weird singles instead of everybody wanting playsets of the same 15 cards
I’ve stopped a $800 Zur deck with my roughly $100 land destruction deck. Most of the money was in the Wasteland.
The guy never should have told me he had a one land hand.
We all know the most evil card ever to be printed by WotC was and is Wayfarer's Bauble.
don't you dare talk trash about the most awesome commander card. It's like a not broken sol ring.
Wooooo Mitch and Professor (well Instructor) in one video?! My two favorite MTG content creators? Hell yeah
Awesome spotlight, glad you and the prof got together.
You still need a cape, a top hat and a monocle for your alter persona.
And a cane. Don't forget the cane.
an umbrella, shoes with spats, and lots of little penguins running around you
All that glitters is another great win Con that was just printed in Eldraine.
A lot of those strategies are already in my Zur deck. A few other really obnoxious things to add in are;
- Stasis + Tel-Jilad Stylus - Once this is going, only you get to untap. Especially oppressive if you already control Loxodon Gatekeeper or Kismet
- Arcanum Wings - Minor evasion, but bigger purpose is to swap into important aura that was drawn (at instant speed). Favorite option here is Eldrazi Conscription
- Flickerform - Gives you an option to blink your Zur to avoid things like board wipes, while keeping your auras in tact.
- Reconnaissance - Allows you to untap your Zur and save it from combat for no additional cost. Especially useful if your opponent casts spells such as Wing Shards.
I'm so happy that commander's quarters is finally getting more exposure
This Phyrexian Private University video must be contained
I love seeing a good teaming of my 2 favorite content creators. :D
I was always thinking that you were quite ruthless sometimes with your commander deck techs, Mitch. Now you finally show your true colors!
Dear Instructor and Professor. I’d like to thank you for collaborating with smaller, unrecognised MTG youtubers like Mitch and Vincent, they deserve way more attention and you give them the opportunity to grow their channels.
I also wanted to share my favourite Zur combo, which locks the mana if you don’t have mono black opponents (super fun). All you need to do is attack with Zur twice and tutor for Bitterblossom (or for Dreadhorde Invasion if on a budget) and then tutor for Contamination. Before that you can put some enchantments on Zur to make sure he won’t die.
I love this character and featuring Commanders Quarters is awesome!
This guy either hasn't updated his scripts since 1995 or he has the humour of a god.
The Instructor and Mitch in the same video?! Get them on Game Knights with budget decks right now!
GET THE PROFESSOR AN OSCAR! That was some excellently fun acting, bravo!
I totally forgot I wasn't watching this episode on the Commander's Quarters halfway through the episode
To Sir, With Love? Wonderful reading choice professor.
The crossover nobody expected but everyone needed. 🙏🙏
Every time Prof says, "It is I, the Instructor," I crack up. Tolarian State was such a brilliant idea!
Didn't expect the prof to collab with the commanders quarters, but im happy he did!
I created my youtube channel when the commander quarters had around 1K followers... now they have over 70K and appeared with the profesor... I wish I grew like that hahah
Nice feature. A lot of my decks are budget and TCQ has been essential to keeping them that way.
Glad you liked it!
The sliver deck you did was great! My friends absolutely hate it XD I have made some changes over the year I have had it. But I love your edh deck builds
I smiled so wide when I saw the Commander's Quarters logo!!! What an awesome co-op video! Thank you Professor...I mean Instructor ;)
I much prefer my version of Zur, it uses the same hexproof core, but also uses things like heart of light, solitary confinement, dovescape and underworld dreams + temple bell/howling mine effects. it focuses on becoming immune to everything and then forcing the opponent to draw themselves to death
Letting an opponent go through half their deck, only to realize nothing works as they're drained to death is much more fun
I'm so happy about this collaboration! I've loved the Commander's Quarters channel every since I found it. I would love to see Mitch in even more collaborations across the community :D
Its Mitch's face! Also I really liked the "reasonable upgrades" suggested what to take out. Will that be ongoing?
Dragynstone1202 I’m pretty sure he’s done this for the last few deck techs he’s done.
I still remember when Mich first posted on Reddit about his TH-cam channel. Amazing how fast he's growing.
I was not expecting mitch to come on! I love his channel!
Well thanks!
Love the colab!! This is what the magic content community should be all about! Great vid!
This is an amazing crossover. Love to see Mitch getting more exposure. His channel is amazing
2:39 OH YOU FIEND! I lOvE iT xD
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!...........As soon as I saw that it was a Zur deck tech I thought how cool it would be to see a Commander Quarters take on it....and then THE VIDEO HAPPEND!
I like Disdainful stroke and Annul a lot for stopping boardwipes to protect your pillowly goodness.
The commander quarters is the best Edh deck help channel there is.
So happy to see Commander Quarters get sime exposure. I love his videos. Even if you dont run his list he gives amazing budget ideas that you could pull from and even gives upgrades. Amazing channel!!!
I am loving the alternate ego, Instructor.
I used to play MTG many years ago when commander was invented i played zur and it was fun =D necropotence goes well with solitary confinement and both are 3 mana enchantments. Yawgmoths bargain was not banned then and i played that with words of worship and serras sanctum. I also as a backup and manaplan had that card that turns every permanent to enchantment and destroy all enchantments card =D It was so fun deck back then. Good memories ^^
Does Mitch pitch shift his voice during the deck techs? I noticed he sounded a little different in the tech vs the skit beforehand. Maybe a different mic.
could be that when voiceover is done, he uses some form of voice isolation/sound dampening
but when he's speaking on camera like here, such a thing is impractical
@@tashfiq17 can't say I know enough about recording processes to know exactly what that means but it sounds technical enough to be probable!
It could also just be he’s trying to act, and was not prepared for the USDA-certified 100% grade-A ham that is the Instructor, or his tendency to chew on every scrap of scenery in sight.
His cadence is also different between deck techs and everyday life I’m sure.
(I've only gotten as far as 3:00) Calm down, Instructor. There is only so much scenery available to chew!
I was looking at cards online and came across Zur, and the noob I am didn't realize the potential, I've already started making a devious deck
I love it, the first time I see Mitch’s face is on a different channel
I expected to see the Professor, then I see the Instructor... then oh wait, I see Mitch... completely wild rollercoaster of a video!
YES THE INSTRUCTOR AND MITCH IN THE SAME VIDEO
Indeed!
I actually had already subscribed to Commander’s Quarters before this video came out, but I agree, Mitch is awesome and his videos are definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen them.
When I heard you say Mitch's name I got so excited
This is great. Love the crossover and publicity for quarters.
Loved seeing this video. Thanks Instructor and thanks Mitch.
Wonderful way to introduce Commanders Quarters to a larger audience, he’s a fantastic resource. Hard to believe a deck can be that evil for $25. I think I need to take a shower just after watching this. Oh, and best line of the entire video? “Insufferable academic.” Well done!
this was one of the best episodes of the commanders quarters simply because it was so expertly set up by the instructors and CQ just being honest about what type of deck this is.
I'm subscribed to both channels. Super stoked to see the cross channel support. Way to go gentlemen.
I just want to say thank you to TCC and The Commanders Quarters for this deck, i love playing it and have upgraded it slightly since i bought it. It still gets my friends very salty and has even been banned from one of my play groups. Pleas keep bringing us this fabulous content.
Thank you for giving TCQ a major shoutout!
I'm more amused by the fact that in the last video professor pointed out no one plays shielded by faith and now it's in this deck
You forgot to add the fact that the game goes on for an extra hour due to you looking though your deck for most of it. If someone has Zur, be sure to bring a Winston cube and a folding table to draft with the person next to you.
I was already planning a Zur control deck, so this was spectacular.
I KIDA HATE U
Include many counterspell cards.
Such an amazing video with amazing content creators ! :D
Nice! Love Mitch’s content and makes excellent decks. Pretty much all you need to do with his builds is upgrade the lands and mana rocks to have a deck that can easily hold it’s own against insanely expensive decks. Glad he’s getting more exposure and hope to see him on Game Knights soon...or maybe to see the Professor on Close Quarters?
Super weird to see a video from Commander's Quarters on the professor's channel xD
I feel like my own Zur deck is a bit out of hand, but in cEDH, insanely busted on turn 5 isn't necessarily good enough. I lean into the salt in my deck, and it's actually so salt-dense that even nasty cards like Stasis just don't make the cut anymore. It usually has an 'early' shot at a win, so if nobody can counter/interact, I often win if the game goes to turn 5 or 6, but interaction can be frustratingly effective vs Zur. Once he's out, he usually gets Rule of Law out, because no stax effect can match it's ability to just say 'Nope!' to on-the-spot wins. Yes, decks can win around it, but about the fewest of any stax piece Zur can fetch. My deck is designed to win around Rule of Law, so it doesn't bother with many counters, since it won't be able to use them, but it does run fun hatebears that impact opponent's counters considerably. I think player hate will be an issue if Rule of Law is stabilized (as in, nobody can deal with it, or I get Greater Auramancy out), but Solitary Confinement is a very good survival option, and Web of Inertia + Rest in Peace can stop attacks, while shutting down any manner of graveyard interaction.
If someone was interested in countermagic and Rule of Law, Moderation is a good fit, allowing you to draw without paying life, making it easy to pay for the now budget Soliary Confinement's 1 card per turn. Esper has some pretty incredible removal options, arguably better than Mardu now, with U offering several exile effects for creatures that are low CMC. You can easily fit in 30 great counters/instant speed removal in Esper, so if you've got Moderation out, Smother Tithe maybe, and Rule of Law, nobody is going to get anything out vs you unless you want them to, and you can remove anything that later becomes an issue somehow. Slow but thorough, as all good Zur builds will be.
The biggest upgrade for Zur though is always going to be one of the best cards ever printed, Necropotence, which just bursts Zur wide open with massive card availability. If you don't have whatever you want, just pay 10 life and boom! You've got it or a tutor for it, so you're good either way. The nicest part about Zur getting a card like Necropotence or Rule of Law is that nobody can counter it, because it's not cast. This can result in a 'win on the spot' through Rule of Law, as you might only need 1 spell to combo off, or even none with Second Chance.
I keep forgetting his evil side is called The Instructor from Tolarian State University. And it makes me crack up every time
You're forgetting Oubliette which in my opinion is even better than banishing light since it phases out a creature. Rule of Zones for a commander can't mess with a phased out creatures since it's technically no longer part of the game while phased out and is not within a zone. Oubliette cost's about $2-$3