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Another big thing you can do with Crescendo of War is pairing it with First Strike or Double Strike cards, to really deter your opponents from attacking you. Things like True Conviction, Valor, Archetype of Courage, Knighthood, or even Concerted Effort, Odric Lunarch Marshal, and Angelic Skirmisher.
Crown of Doom is a lot of fun with Darien, King of Kjeldor. I just hold onto it to increase the amount of damage I'm taking in combat until I'm ready to go all out.
Act of Authority in my Aminatou deck is great because I get to use it on ETB and upkeep, then blink it after giving it to an opponent before they can use it. It’s insane.
Man, I just wanted to send you out a MONSTER thank you for these vids bro. I've been playing and collecting magic since 94' but only recently got unstubborn and started checking out commander format. Around 2 years and just recently started really getting into it. TH-cam algorithm started suggesting your channel so I clicked and boom! I love this content. I swear, after each video I'm thinking wow, that was better than the last one! So if you see a surge in likes for your older stuff, that'll be me trolling your vids. Thanks again, excellent work.
Dulcet Sirens had morph stapled onto it because morph was a subtheme of the Peer Through Time preconstructed deck. The deck also featured reprints of Ixidron and Willbender.
Wave of Vitriol was played against my 5c Shrine deck and it was basically an instant scoop for me. It wiped my whole board and left me with only five lands. Absolutely backbreaking.
It’s funny because this vid is gonna get those cards played and a ton of 4+ color deck owners (like me) to ask them not to play land destruction. That, or the player casting them realizes they essentially auto-kill specific people at the table and feel bad lol. Highly subjective taste of course, but LD isn’t a thing in my playgroup. Our decks tend to be around 7 power level and below, too.
I like Act of Authority a lot. Mainly because the opponent you use it on is usually salty, and when they get it they'll use it on itself. Then the "I'm so stupid" lament begins.
Might I suggest using Eye of Doom with Nesting Grounds? Move those Doom Counters that end up on your stuff onto anything you want. Nesting Grounds also happens to be really good for Sagas if you're tinkering with those, so that could be a good time to toss Eye of Doom in a deck!
- Crescendo of war is hands down busted in Marisi, breaker of the coil. - Crown of doom is good but quite risky too because the player who receive the crown will inmmediatelly send it back to you as soon as he can. You need a couple of fog effects to prevent backlash. - Spoils of doom looks good to consider in Umbris - Act of authority is legit fun. - Stormsurge Kraken is potentially an MVP in Runo Stromkirk
@@ultimateretroasd lol no problem. I played it in Talrand cantrips and it surprised me that rarely did anyone pay the 2 to gift it away, even when I was smacking them for 12+ damage a turn
With the crown of doom. I was under the impression if someone died anything they controlled not just owned and everything they own that anyone else controls, leaves the game with them? Meaning crown would leave the table when they died?
Only if the permanent or spell was under their control from the beginning. So if someone uses gonti to steal and cast a creature it would get exiled when they lose. However if they used agent of treachery to steal a creature of mine in play it would go back to me when they leave the game.
When a player leaves the game: 1. All cards they own leave the game. 2. All effects that caused them to gain control of permanents already on the battlefield end. (Ex. leaving player had cast Insurrection, all those creatures return to their owners but stay on the battlefield.) 3. All cards they control but don't own get exiled _only if_ they entered the battlefield under the leaving player's control. (Ex. leaving player had cast Rise of the Dark Realms, all those creatures would be exiled.) So for Crown of Doom, since it changed control and didn't enter under that player's control, it just goes back to its owner's control.
@@LadyTsunade777 i know the monarch for example, in a case like this goes to the last person who was the monarch. Is it different from crown of doom 'cause the monarch is not a permanent/doesn't have an owner?
@@zaghilol Monarch has its own separate special rules that have nothing to do with the normal rules because it is a game state mechanic; it is neither a permanent nor a card. Just like the City's Blessing, or the new Day/Night.
I still play Wave of Vitriol in my commander decks whenever I'm playing mono/dual color green. Just answers so many late game issues with enchantment/artifact build up and gets rid of any pesky OP non-basics. Also as someone who *gasp* actual enjoys, but can't play, land destruction, it really scratches an itch I almost never get to indulge. Such a great card!
Oh, I did not forget about Wave of Vitriol. I love that card. I run it in Tatyova, Wort, and Ruric Thar. It has a huge effect on the board and tends to hurt more expensive decks more than cheaper ones. Wow - this episode has a bunch of fun cards I run. Crescendo of War is in Marisi. Illusionist's Gambit, Act of Authority, Crown of Doom, all cards I run. It's a shame some of these are ignored.
Oooh! Spoils of Blood will go phenomenally in a Chatterfang deck I've got, can sacrifice a boatload of creatures, drop a massive token for 1, yes please!!
Damn these cards are inspiring me to make an interrupting combat deck. Sounds like alot of fun. Combinging all the new goat card with these blie combat tricks seems kinda sick!
I would like to add that as much as i love building decks not everyone does hence the reason everybody plays netdecks. Meanwhile i have over 30 decks with hardly a repeated card.
Great list! I started playing with commander 2014 so I have alot of these cards. Stormsurge kraken is phenomenal. I ran it in my arixemethes seamonster tribal and I am going to put it in my Runo deck where it can really shine!
Hello, i love the vid, already put a lot of these into my cart lol. Would just like to say that the way to pronounce "Ao" is like "Mao" without the M or "ouch" without the ch.
I think the issue with like 2/3 of the cards here is that 4-5 cmc. There are soooo many good 4 drops, but they tend to get cut for the better staples imo. I had to trim my Zedruu deck because the number of 4 drops was insane! I found myself never being able to really play more than one thing a turn until late game
I play Illusionist Gambit in my "Yuriko/Ninja tribal" deck, a very Ninja move to divert the damage.. Domineering Will in my "Marchesa, The Black Rose" is one of the best Threaten effects, I just chose a creature that don't have summoning sickness, or any creature when I have Anger in the Yard. Or even if the creature can't attack or I can't give them Haste, if it's a thing that need to go away, like a indestructible creature or a combo piece, I get'em anyway and Sac them in one of my Altars.
Wave Of Vitriol's picture and text are so strange. Vitriol isn't a physical thing, but the artist and what the card does imply it is. I love this game 🥳
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vitriol is the general chemical name encompassing a class of chemical compound comprising sulfates of certain metals - originally, iron or copper. Those mineral substances were distinguished by their color, such as green vitriol for hydrated iron sulfate and blue vitriol for hydrated copper sulfate."
@@Mattismen I didn't know that, that is very cool. BUT... it is the 2nd, and archaic, meaning of that word so maybe add that too, next time u dispense some knowledge. Obviously I was referring to the commonly known and used interpretation of vitriol.
I’ve been meaning to make a Moraug deck with half basics half non basics to win on the spot with From the Ashes. I’ve played with wave of vitriol and it’s just awkward a lot of the time. The symmetry is usually really frustrating. I think it’s best if your commander is a Theros god since it’ll be indestructible anyway.
I can't wait to add that Crown into my Thantis, the Warweaver deck. I already give everyone a bunch of creature tokens, just need more incentive to get them to use them on each other and not me.
My favorite land destruction is a 3 card combo. It's really not that hard to assemble though, especially in my Windgrace deck. Life and Limb + Plague Crafter + Yavimaya Cradle of Growth = your opponents can have no lands for the rest of the game
I have a Massacre Girl deck that is built around giving tokens to everyone and taking advantage of all the giant board wipes Spoils of blood is wonderful
I am not a fan of the lieutenant cards because I am relying on my commander (primary strategy typically) to be alive in order to gain the best upside of the lieutenant. If my primary deck goal has failed, these cards will not save me, they are win harder cards and they are easily disrupted. I feel to vulnerable with them.
The Crown of Doom discussion brought up an interesting topic that I hadn't really thought about very deeply before - what happens when a player leaves the game whilst controlling permanents (cards) owned by another player. I guess I didn't realize that temporary change of control effects, such as that of Control Magic or Act of Treason, end when the player leaves the game, so control reverts back the previous controller or owner, as the case may be. But effects like Bribery or any permanent control exchange effects cause the stolen card to get exiled. But wouldn't the Crown of Doom effect count as a permanent control exchange effect and cause it to get exiled when the current controller leaves the game? There's no "until this leaves the battlefield" or "until end of turn" or any "until" effect.
To add on to the other persons reply, it all matters about how someone gained control of something they don't own. If its something like crown, or something stolen that was already a permanent (like from the new Invoke the Winds for example), and the person that was given control/took control of the permanent left the game, whoever had control of it before them regains Control of it. However, if someone steals a card from other zones, like with bribery or reanimating something from an opponents graveyard and then does, that card is exiled. Its all about if it was already a permanent controlled by a player beforehand. If it was, whoever controlled it before gets it back. If it wasn't then no one gets it, and it's exiled.
Crown of Doom will return to the player who most recently had control of it when a player dies with it. So if you give it to Adam and Adam gives it to Bob, then if Bob dies the crown goes to *Adam,* not you, since Adam was the most recent controller of the Crown.
I like the idea of Act of authority outside of blink decks but the problem is the guy who's playing the enchantment and artifact stax deck can just exile the Act of authority with it's own ability. Probably why it doesn't see much play tbh. 3 mana exile two artifacts or enchantments with a delayed trigger on the second isn't great even for that cost. :(
i ran crescendo of war but cut it for true conviction that I think is just better, the huge lifegain really helps aggro decks turn creatures sideways safely. admittedly it's 2 mana more expensive but its my favourite anthem in edh, go big or go home.
The ones that are combat related aren't really played because combat is such an afterthought in commander anymore. Its a race to hit your combo and then win for whatever that is, infinite turns, mana, etc.
eye of doom is a real hit or miss for me. if you play it at the right time, you can get rid of 3 really nasty things. if you play it at the wrong time however, you might find yourself getting 3 for 1'd and losing 3 of your own best tool cards in exchange for 1 thing that might not matter that much after your own boardstate gets ravaged...
I am not gonna lie, I dont think any of these cards are that playable aside from in niche decks with specific synergies, aside from wave of vitriol and that red card put with it. A lot of these seem, too slow, or too narrow, or too costly for what they do. For example, illusionists gambit can be strong in some board states, but not only is holding up 4 mana a lot to ask, but the extra effect of an extra combat where you are safe may not even be relevant, if you are the last player, or if the attacker has no other profitable attacks, hell it may benefit them if they have any attack triggers that they can use again. What reason is there to hold this card up over a fog effect, or even something like an Aetherize, which is the same cost, but actually sets the opponents board state back while also protecting yourself. Not to mention I think Aetherize and fog are both fairly weak commander cards in the first place. I did enjoy the video however, even if I disagree I like seeing other peoples perspectives on cards and their usage.
Spoils of Blood is just worse in a lot of ways than Bloodsoaked Paladin, which is just a Flash creature that gets a ton of counters for the number of creatures that died this turn. It's 2 mana instead of one, but it's an actual creature, gets +1/+1 counter synergies and vampire synergies.
Ok, it's a worse blood soaked paladin. That's not a reason to avoid using the card though, is it? I'd think a non-vampire black deck that cares about such a board-wipe countermeasure may want both cards.
Pretty sure that when the player who controls crown of doom dies, the crown is then exiled and you dont get it back. This is coming from a zedruu player who donates things.
I used to play things like Crown of Doom and Crescendo of War, but found it backfires too easily. An opponent takes the lead, get boosted by the effect, and knocks out another player. Now it's just you versus the better boardstate, while before the other player could've helped stop the opponent. I prefer to have control over how and when I boost my opponents.
I think of a deck's lieutenant more as a backup Commander. This Lieutenant design is bad because it just incentivses for opponents to remove your commander. A more interesting design would be an effect that is stronger if you don't control your commander at the same time as the lieutenant
this is the reason why i like bastion protector/guardian augmenter. they haven't lieutenant but sort of. these 2 in particular function like some sort of parasol for your commander even tho they're useless without them.
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I can’t wait to see this channel get to 100k+, you fit such a perfect niche that edh channels were missing, thank you for your hard work man.
and thank you.
Another big thing you can do with Crescendo of War is pairing it with First Strike or Double Strike cards, to really deter your opponents from attacking you.
Things like True Conviction, Valor, Archetype of Courage, Knighthood, or even Concerted Effort, Odric Lunarch Marshal, and Angelic Skirmisher.
I have a Kwende, Pride of Femeref First Strike deck with this in it, ... it is awesome.
Crown of Doom is a lot of fun with Darien, King of Kjeldor. I just hold onto it to increase the amount of damage I'm taking in combat until I'm ready to go all out.
Act of Authority in my Aminatou deck is great because I get to use it on ETB and upkeep, then blink it after giving it to an opponent before they can use it. It’s insane.
I enjoy Stormsurge Kraken with Mutate commanders, I use Vadrok.
Ohhh that's spicy 👌
It's also vey good in the Mimeoplasm.
I'm thinking about putting this in Kestia, the Cultivator. Stormsurge Kraken seems good with her.
Man, I just wanted to send you out a MONSTER thank you for these vids bro. I've been playing and collecting magic since 94' but only recently got unstubborn and started checking out commander format. Around 2 years and just recently started really getting into it. TH-cam algorithm started suggesting your channel so I clicked and boom! I love this content. I swear, after each video I'm thinking wow, that was better than the last one! So if you see a surge in likes for your older stuff, that'll be me trolling your vids. Thanks again, excellent work.
thanks and enjoy.
Dulcet Sirens had morph stapled onto it because morph was a subtheme of the Peer Through Time preconstructed deck. The deck also featured reprints of Ixidron and Willbender.
Wave of Vitriol was played against my 5c Shrine deck and it was basically an instant scoop for me. It wiped my whole board and left me with only five lands. Absolutely backbreaking.
It’s funny because this vid is gonna get those cards played and a ton of 4+ color deck owners (like me) to ask them not to play land destruction. That, or the player casting them realizes they essentially auto-kill specific people at the table and feel bad lol.
Highly subjective taste of course, but LD isn’t a thing in my playgroup. Our decks tend to be around 7 power level and below, too.
Eye of doom can put doom counters on things with hexproof or shroud or protection cuz it's choose not target so there is that at least.
And can’t you just put your counter on Eye of Doom itself? Since you’re going to sac it regardless.
Act of Authority is insane in aminatou.
You cast it, give it away on your upkeep then blink it to exile 3 targets
Yeah, I was going to mention Aminatou with that.
I always love your videos. Keep up the amazing work!!
Eye of Doom + The Ozolith + artifact recursion sounds like a fun time.
I like Act of Authority a lot. Mainly because the opponent you use it on is usually salty, and when they get it they'll use it on itself. Then the "I'm so stupid" lament begins.
Act of Authority is prime blink deck goodness, especially with blinks that return things to their owner's control.
Crescendo of War in Adeline ends games so fast. Dropping it on turn 4 basically wins on 5 if nobody board wipes.
Might I suggest using Eye of Doom with Nesting Grounds? Move those Doom Counters that end up on your stuff onto anything you want. Nesting Grounds also happens to be really good for Sagas if you're tinkering with those, so that could be a good time to toss Eye of Doom in a deck!
- Crescendo of war is hands down busted in Marisi, breaker of the coil.
- Crown of doom is good but quite risky too because the player who receive the crown will inmmediatelly send it back to you as soon as he can. You need a couple of fog effects to prevent backlash.
- Spoils of doom looks good to consider in Umbris
- Act of authority is legit fun.
- Stormsurge Kraken is potentially an MVP in Runo Stromkirk
Crown prevents it from returning itself to the owner of the card
Crown of Doom can't be given back to its owner.
@James Labbe @Suigen Yukiouji OMG I've been playing it wrong this whole time! thank you guys
@@ultimateretroasd lol no problem. I played it in Talrand cantrips and it surprised me that rarely did anyone pay the 2 to gift it away, even when I was smacking them for 12+ damage a turn
With the crown of doom. I was under the impression if someone died anything they controlled not just owned and everything they own that anyone else controls, leaves the game with them? Meaning crown would leave the table when they died?
Yeah, any permanents they controlled but didn't own get put into exile
Only if the permanent or spell was under their control from the beginning. So if someone uses gonti to steal and cast a creature it would get exiled when they lose. However if they used agent of treachery to steal a creature of mine in play it would go back to me when they leave the game.
When a player leaves the game:
1. All cards they own leave the game.
2. All effects that caused them to gain control of permanents already on the battlefield end. (Ex. leaving player had cast Insurrection, all those creatures return to their owners but stay on the battlefield.)
3. All cards they control but don't own get exiled _only if_ they entered the battlefield under the leaving player's control. (Ex. leaving player had cast Rise of the Dark Realms, all those creatures would be exiled.)
So for Crown of Doom, since it changed control and didn't enter under that player's control, it just goes back to its owner's control.
@@LadyTsunade777 i know the monarch for example, in a case like this goes to the last person who was the monarch. Is it different from crown of doom 'cause the monarch is not a permanent/doesn't have an owner?
@@zaghilol Monarch has its own separate special rules that have nothing to do with the normal rules because it is a game state mechanic; it is neither a permanent nor a card.
Just like the City's Blessing, or the new Day/Night.
I still play Wave of Vitriol in my commander decks whenever I'm playing mono/dual color green. Just answers so many late game issues with enchantment/artifact build up and gets rid of any pesky OP non-basics. Also as someone who *gasp* actual enjoys, but can't play, land destruction, it really scratches an itch I almost never get to indulge. Such a great card!
Oh, I did not forget about Wave of Vitriol. I love that card. I run it in Tatyova, Wort, and Ruric Thar. It has a huge effect on the board and tends to hurt more expensive decks more than cheaper ones.
Wow - this episode has a bunch of fun cards I run. Crescendo of War is in Marisi. Illusionist's Gambit, Act of Authority, Crown of Doom, all cards I run. It's a shame some of these are ignored.
Oooh! Spoils of Blood will go phenomenally in a Chatterfang deck I've got, can sacrifice a boatload of creatures, drop a massive token for 1, yes please!!
Damn these cards are inspiring me to make an interrupting combat deck. Sounds like alot of fun. Combinging all the new goat card with these blie combat tricks seems kinda sick!
Stormsurge kraken is 15.99 now... Ive got one rolling around in my bulk rares...
This just shows how much gem you miss when you play the same 50 ''best cards '' in the format over and over.
So many people call themselves good deck builders when they just throw in staples for a good 50% of their deck
Shots fired
Agreed, the "best cards" don't always have the best synergy with certain commanders or whatever 99 is put together
I blame edhrec
I would like to add that as much as i love building decks not everyone does hence the reason everybody plays netdecks. Meanwhile i have over 30 decks with hardly a repeated card.
Every time I see your videos I lament the loss of secret tech, but then I have more juicy secret tech. I hate it. I love it.
I legit didn't think about most of these, some were even worth throwing into decks. Thanks.
Great list! I started playing with commander 2014 so I have alot of these cards. Stormsurge kraken is phenomenal. I ran it in my arixemethes seamonster tribal and I am going to put it in my Runo deck where it can really shine!
Hello, i love the vid, already put a lot of these into my cart lol. Would just like to say that the way to pronounce "Ao" is like "Mao" without the M or "ouch" without the ch.
I think the issue with like 2/3 of the cards here is that 4-5 cmc. There are soooo many good 4 drops, but they tend to get cut for the better staples imo. I had to trim my Zedruu deck because the number of 4 drops was insane! I found myself never being able to really play more than one thing a turn until late game
Love Crown of Doom in my Goblins deck.
"Here, hold this"
I love storm surge kraken in my sea monster deck. Such a fun card
I play Illusionist Gambit in my "Yuriko/Ninja tribal" deck, a very Ninja move to divert the damage..
Domineering Will in my "Marchesa, The Black Rose" is one of the best Threaten effects, I just chose a creature that don't have summoning sickness, or any creature when I have Anger in the Yard. Or even if the creature can't attack or I can't give them Haste, if it's a thing that need to go away, like a indestructible creature or a combo piece, I get'em anyway and Sac them in one of my Altars.
Wave Of Vitriol's picture and text are so strange. Vitriol isn't a physical thing, but the artist and what the card does imply it is. I love this game 🥳
Also, notice the silhouette at the bottom center of the wave of the person probably casting the wave? Pretty cool.
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vitriol is the general chemical name encompassing a class of chemical compound comprising sulfates of certain metals - originally, iron or copper.
Those mineral substances were distinguished by their color, such as green vitriol for hydrated iron sulfate and blue vitriol for hydrated copper sulfate."
@@Mattismen I didn't know that, that is very cool. BUT... it is the 2nd, and archaic, meaning of that word so maybe add that too, next time u dispense some knowledge. Obviously I was referring to the commonly known and used interpretation of vitriol.
I think I see why this set is so.. loved.
I say this a thousand times but this channel is so good like just so good!
I run the red lieutenant dragon in my Yurlock deck as spot removal on a body, fun cycle of cards
Wave of Vitriol will be perfect in my Titania deck, thanks Demo
The amount of times Illusionist's Gambit has saved my life is actually staggering
I play dominering will, the kraken, ilusionist gambit and crescendo of war, all of them are really good
Do another one of these! This was great, thank you!
I’ve been meaning to make a Moraug deck with half basics half non basics to win on the spot with From the Ashes. I’ve played with wave of vitriol and it’s just awkward a lot of the time. The symmetry is usually really frustrating. I think it’s best if your commander is a Theros god since it’ll be indestructible anyway.
Love these lists! Always learn about (at least) a few new cards. Thanks 👍
Wave of Vitreol is just an overloaded Boseiju, Who Endures channel effect
Haha, a lot of those blue cards are from Peer through Time (which I picked up for a super good price 2 weeks ago)
I also think it's funny that everyone can put the Doom counters on Eye of Doom
I can't wait to add that Crown into my Thantis, the Warweaver deck. I already give everyone a bunch of creature tokens, just need more incentive to get them to use them on each other and not me.
My favorite land destruction is a 3 card combo. It's really not that hard to assemble though, especially in my Windgrace deck. Life and Limb + Plague Crafter + Yavimaya Cradle of Growth = your opponents can have no lands for the rest of the game
I have a Massacre Girl deck that is built around giving tokens to everyone and taking advantage of all the giant board wipes Spoils of blood is wonderful
I am not a fan of the lieutenant cards because I am relying on my commander (primary strategy typically) to be alive in order to gain the best upside of the lieutenant. If my primary deck goal has failed, these cards will not save me, they are win harder cards and they are easily disrupted. I feel to vulnerable with them.
I run Act of Authority in my Vadrok deck. Exile two things, destroy it with Seal of Cleansing, mutate, bring back Act of Authority, rinse and repeat.
The Crown of Doom discussion brought up an interesting topic that I hadn't really thought about very deeply before - what happens when a player leaves the game whilst controlling permanents (cards) owned by another player. I guess I didn't realize that temporary change of control effects, such as that of Control Magic or Act of Treason, end when the player leaves the game, so control reverts back the previous controller or owner, as the case may be. But effects like Bribery or any permanent control exchange effects cause the stolen card to get exiled. But wouldn't the Crown of Doom effect count as a permanent control exchange effect and cause it to get exiled when the current controller leaves the game? There's no "until this leaves the battlefield" or "until end of turn" or any "until" effect.
To add on to the other persons reply, it all matters about how someone gained control of something they don't own. If its something like crown, or something stolen that was already a permanent (like from the new Invoke the Winds for example), and the person that was given control/took control of the permanent left the game, whoever had control of it before them regains Control of it. However, if someone steals a card from other zones, like with bribery or reanimating something from an opponents graveyard and then does, that card is exiled. Its all about if it was already a permanent controlled by a player beforehand. If it was, whoever controlled it before gets it back. If it wasn't then no one gets it, and it's exiled.
Eye of Doom seems really good in a Flicker deck. If your board has hexproof then I don't think your opponents could place counters on your stuff
eye of doom is the best 1 for 4 i have ever seen, if someone cast that there would be instant consensus of we just blow up their stuff
Crown of Doom will return to the player who most recently had control of it when a player dies with it. So if you give it to Adam and Adam gives it to Bob, then if Bob dies the crown goes to *Adam,* not you, since Adam was the most recent controller of the Crown.
I like the idea of Act of authority outside of blink decks but the problem is the guy who's playing the enchantment and artifact stax deck can just exile the Act of authority with it's own ability. Probably why it doesn't see much play tbh. 3 mana exile two artifacts or enchantments with a delayed trigger on the second isn't great even for that cost. :(
With the U/W Kamigawa Commander set that came out, Vedalken Humiliator should see play.
i ran crescendo of war but cut it for true conviction that I think is just better, the huge lifegain really helps aggro decks turn creatures sideways safely. admittedly it's 2 mana more expensive but its my favourite anthem in edh, go big or go home.
The ones that are combat related aren't really played because combat is such an afterthought in commander anymore. Its a race to hit your combo and then win for whatever that is, infinite turns, mana, etc.
Alot of these cards from the same precon lol, my first commander precon
I might put Spoils of Blood in my Umbris deck
I use the kraken in my arixmethes sea monster tribal deck
Stormsurge kraken is one of my pet cards when I play mono blue :P
The mimemeoplasm deck got better after you told me the #1 pick
Eyyyyyyy Domineering Will is one of my pet cards
Note: if you steal stuff with this card it does gain summoning sickness.
Crown of doom seems crazy in token decks like elfball
Subscribed. Thanks for the info!
So I have a Karn, silver golumn deck. I love to know your thoughts on how you'd be around it.
What are you doing, man? You're trying to send me on a shopping spree, aren't you?
Same. I love these uploads but I know when I see them, I'm going to be spending more money.
I use 80% of these all but the kraken and crescendo
Damn i love those kind of videos :D
i love running from the ashes in my zo-zu deck
eye of doom is a real hit or miss for me. if you play it at the right time, you can get rid of 3 really nasty things. if you play it at the wrong time however, you might find yourself getting 3 for 1'd and losing 3 of your own best tool cards in exchange for 1 thing that might not matter that much after your own boardstate gets ravaged...
The king of hidden gems 💎
Funny i was just slotting wave of vitriol into a deck the other day.
I am not gonna lie, I dont think any of these cards are that playable aside from in niche decks with specific synergies, aside from wave of vitriol and that red card put with it. A lot of these seem, too slow, or too narrow, or too costly for what they do.
For example, illusionists gambit can be strong in some board states, but not only is holding up 4 mana a lot to ask, but the extra effect of an extra combat where you are safe may not even be relevant, if you are the last player, or if the attacker has no other profitable attacks, hell it may benefit them if they have any attack triggers that they can use again. What reason is there to hold this card up over a fog effect, or even something like an Aetherize, which is the same cost, but actually sets the opponents board state back while also protecting yourself. Not to mention I think Aetherize and fog are both fairly weak commander cards in the first place.
I did enjoy the video however, even if I disagree I like seeing other peoples perspectives on cards and their usage.
Keep in mind that’s mostly a Spike perspective, and many players make lower powered decks depending on playgroups and such. 👍
Crown of doom is an all star in my kenrith political control deck! Do not sleep on it!
Spoils of Blood is just worse in a lot of ways than Bloodsoaked Paladin, which is just a Flash creature that gets a ton of counters for the number of creatures that died this turn. It's 2 mana instead of one, but it's an actual creature, gets +1/+1 counter synergies and vampire synergies.
Ok, it's a worse blood soaked paladin. That's not a reason to avoid using the card though, is it? I'd think a non-vampire black deck that cares about such a board-wipe countermeasure may want both cards.
Pretty sure that when the player who controls crown of doom dies, the crown is then exiled and you dont get it back. This is coming from a zedruu player who donates things.
I play Stormsurge Kraken in my Koma deck
In Hinata, I think Domineering Will would only cost 1 Blue.
I wonder if you can physically swap chairs with other players to abuse mystic barrier? there's no rulings on gatherer about it
But what if you cast illusionist gambit after damage to make your opponent strike for another round for sudo double strike? :D
Dang, Domineering Will needs to go in Marchesa of the Black Rose. Like now.
Yeah I was just thinking that, wish it wasn’t 4 mana because seemingly every good card in marchesa is 4 but dang
How good is illusionist gambit against ninjitsu since it's at declare blockers?
Act of authority can exile itself
I used to play things like Crown of Doom and Crescendo of War, but found it backfires too easily. An opponent takes the lead, get boosted by the effect, and knocks out another player. Now it's just you versus the better boardstate, while before the other player could've helped stop the opponent. I prefer to have control over how and when I boost my opponents.
One of the benefits of Crescendo is that it speeds up games (if you get in long games frequently).
I know it’s awful but that spoils of blood would fit great in my boardwipe tribal deck
I think of a deck's lieutenant more as a backup Commander. This Lieutenant design is bad because it just incentivses for opponents to remove your commander. A more interesting design would be an effect that is stronger if you don't control your commander at the same time as the lieutenant
this is the reason why i like bastion protector/guardian augmenter. they haven't lieutenant but sort of. these 2 in particular function like some sort of parasol for your commander even tho they're useless without them.
Nice man, interesting video!! 😍
I think every Adeline deck should be playing a Crescendo of War
I cast a Spoils of Blood for 28 last week with my Massacre Girl deck....
I use crown of doom in my Jared deck
very nice
Don't forget act of authority can target itself if an opponent gets it and it's gone forever
you still get to exile 2 things for 3 mana.
Eye if doom is like a worse Council’s Judgement.
Land Killers is on my Black List to never with.
It's funny because I play 4 of these cards, 3 of which are in the same deck lol
From your background I can tell you like metal so why do you use the jazzy music intro/outro?
just thought it suited the channel better.
@@edhdeckbuilding fair enough
I clicked cuz I saw stormsurge kraken. Which I use
Mystic Barrier + Pramikon = no combats