My deck is just an Ukkima solo deck. It's built to pump Ukkima and flicker/bounce. It's almost too easy, tutor up collossification (or several other pumps/equipments) put it on Ukkima, now whoever decides to remove Ukkima loses, and I can swing in and bounce Ukkima back to take out 2 players in one turn. deck is so quick and efficient I had to retire it. I learned about Food Chain after I'd already achieved great success with it, and while it might make it even better, I'm not sure, and I'm not willing to spend the big bucks for Food Chain to find out, especially when it's already OP AF in my playgroup.
@@JakeandJoelareMagic Well strangely at times the deck isn't fun for me, mainly because all I do is ramp up and activate the bomb. And surprisingly I don't get focused down except for by my one friend because he knows, but I have been targeted by 3 people and still managed to survive and win. Being able to OTK the whole table tends to have that effect. Ukkima + colossification swing in 22 commander dmg, bounce Ukkima and copy ability with strionic resonator etc bada boom
@@wiseosirius9643 Any chance you still have that list laying around? Could use it for inspiration. I'm in the process of converting a Yuriko build into Ukkima ad Cazur.
There's a ton of tiny blue creatures that are unblockable. Low mana cost as well. I loaded up with those, sprinkled in some tiny black shadow creatures, and then a bunch of removal spells and counter spells. Forget the ninja stuff. You want this to be fast and aggro. Don't forget the mana dorks too.
The route I went with Cazur and Ukkima was low level mana dorks and unblockable creatures, with a +1/+1 focus. A lot of my cards remove counters to draw cards. I can win with unblockable Commander damage, unblockable big creatures over time, Aluren + Cavern Harpy + Ukkima, and/or Ukkima + Ghostly Flicker + Narumeha. It's a lot of fun!
Same. That's all you need. Like an unblockable version of Ezuri, claw of progress. Those 1/1s become pretty big if you can manage to keep your commander protected. Throw in a couple tiny infect guys like Blighted agent and it's over.
Really interesting ideas, the other options which I use in a non commander deck (considering making a commander with Ukkima and Cazur though) is might of oaks and then berserk, if he has counters on already you can take out two people with the commander damage rule (or in normal just kill them lol) also Merin of clan nel toth is excellent for the sapling idea because you get experience counters and can bring things back into play or your hand… great video though as a first time watcher I found this really useful.
Voltron I like to have a good amount of artifacts that pretect and pump ukkima Also cards that put lots of counters on ukkima are viable as well, especially with Reyhan
Originally I ran kaseto oorochi archmage as the commander for my unblockable matters deck, but there were always a bunch of black cards I wished I could run, so these two getting released was quite the blessing. Kaseto is still in the deck though. He is a great enabler just like thassa
you probably want to cast thassa's oracle first and respond to the etb trigger w tainted pact. TP is also good here bc if you remove the food chain creatures w it you can stop when you get to foodchain and you got your wincon there without oracle
Bro!? Zulaport with skullcap... that’s diiirty😂 and I love it! Talk about a tide changer, currently use zulaport the cutthroat, but you already know ima keep my eyes out for a skullcap😈
Hmm.. one thing I didn't hear you mention was Infect - my initial take on the deck was giving Ukkima Infect through some means, and give 10 power through buffs or equipment, then have it forcefully sacrificed/bounced/flickered/etc - it's LTB effect says it deals the damage, so you can blast all your opponents for 10 infect (I initially had equipment that automatically equips on a creature ETB) Unlike typical infect decks where you need to take an opponent out one-by-one, you can use the LTB to one shot them all lol
Abyss! Thanks for the input. You're absolutely right - infect would be a house here. I try to vary up the strats from video to video - maybe I need to include strats that didn't make the cut but I think would still be viable. I appreciate the note!
Etra the silencer is a bad idea, I put that card into my deck and found unless you have a lot of draw in the deck it is hard to get her out more than once and hit more than once, a great substitute is to play Elbrus the binding blade, ukkima you can play whenever you want, if you wait until turn 6 to play him or if he is out from playing on turn three then when you get to 8 Mana then u play Elbrus the binding blade, it will give ukkima +1/+0 which means more commander damage, also when ukkima hits bc he can't be blocked it will turn into a flying, intimidate, trample 13/13 that gets 13 +1/+1 counters whenever a player loses the game, this card only takes a turn or two to knock one player out and then it gets bigger, this will take the attention away from ukkima and onto Elbrus which will allow ukkima to keep hitting the enemy which means ukkima is getting bigger and dealing more commander, with two threats all the other players will try to remove ukkima but reconsider bc he can deal damage to any player when he leaves the battlefield, this means u get to knock a player if they remove him, this basically means the only way to stop you is a go wide deck that will hit u back really hard, or a board wipe that gets rid of your entire board wipe, also hit player deck is very effective and strong, I play mine with a mix of mutate to make ukkimas power even greater and allows the deck to play faster and really put pressure on your opponents when you choose to
The deck is strong, however it lacks in ramp due to ukkimas CMC and how much the deck wants to get things on the board, also when I play it against my own decks ukkima is often killed due to the second ability, I would recommend running a few cheap counter spells so that ukkima can stay alive long enough to have big impact on the game, but one card that can be secretly good is Ginger Brute due to him being a low cost drop and pay one to basically make him unlockable, plus with kasur and winding constrictor his power quickly goes up and can deal large amounts of damage
And one last thing too is that the consistency of the deck is low, as well so one game.it could be a 6 or 7 on the power scale, but others play like a 4 or a 5, it depends on how much cazzur and ukkima are being removed
Unfortunately there isn't really any mass DS in BUG, but if you're just trying to maximize damage, there's always overwhelming stampede. If you're trying to double up all of your combat triggers though, you might be SOL
blink could definitely work, you just wouldn't want to lean too far in to it, as you want Ukkima to grow a bit to take advantage. maybe something like conjurer's closet?
I'm considering powering down my yuriko deck by making it a cazir and ukkima ninjas deck, utilizing creatures who offer buffs for creatures with flying, and thanks to ninjas in green we actually have a reason to play them. Still am sad that ozolith is 20 bucks now.
@@JakeandJoelareMagic I put everything but Feast and Famine and Fire and Ice in the deck. Now Im building an equipment deck, waiting for Legends so I can use old Akiri and someone else as commanders. Of course gotta put as many swords as I can fit into that deck. Probably gonna bite the bullet and buy the last two and toss them in there. I own like 3 copies of light and shadow, 3 of war and peace (borderless, regular foil, regular), 3 body and minds. 2XM was so much fun.
@@JakeandJoelareMagic well it's sort of stewing in its own juices on my desk at the moment. But it works with that combination of keywords with a splash of unblockable to make blocks hard. It also has Harald of secret streams and reconisience like effects
That's true, mostly considering it from a filtering standpoint - pitch a land you don't need, get your creature through, draw a card you'd rather have when it untaps. And it isn't much mana. Paying two is definitely worth drawing a card.
I basically play it like my old Edric deck with a splash of black. Small, unblockable creatures pumping them with counters and proliferating them. Also drawing a ton of cards. It’s a fun deck to play. Very fast and aggressive. tappedout.net/mtg-decks/cazur-and-ukkima-counters-2/
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My deck is just an Ukkima solo deck. It's built to pump Ukkima and flicker/bounce. It's almost too easy, tutor up collossification (or several other pumps/equipments) put it on Ukkima, now whoever decides to remove Ukkima loses, and I can swing in and bounce Ukkima back to take out 2 players in one turn. deck is so quick and efficient I had to retire it. I learned about Food Chain after I'd already achieved great success with it, and while it might make it even better, I'm not sure, and I'm not willing to spend the big bucks for Food Chain to find out, especially when it's already OP AF in my playgroup.
Damn! So it was just that brutal you had to put an end to it? Were you getting focused down, or did you find that your friends weren't having fun?
@@JakeandJoelareMagic Well strangely at times the deck isn't fun for me, mainly because all I do is ramp up and activate the bomb. And surprisingly I don't get focused down except for by my one friend because he knows, but I have been targeted by 3 people and still managed to survive and win. Being able to OTK the whole table tends to have that effect. Ukkima + colossification swing in 22 commander dmg, bounce Ukkima and copy ability with strionic resonator etc bada boom
@@wiseosirius9643 Any chance you still have that list laying around? Could use it for inspiration. I'm in the process of converting a Yuriko build into Ukkima ad Cazur.
There's a ton of tiny blue creatures that are unblockable. Low mana cost as well. I loaded up with those, sprinkled in some tiny black shadow creatures, and then a bunch of removal spells and counter spells. Forget the ninja stuff. You want this to be fast and aggro. Don't forget the mana dorks too.
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Enjoying this series. Thanks again and look forward to the next
ty for watching, Ben, always a pleasure
The route I went with Cazur and Ukkima was low level mana dorks and unblockable creatures, with a +1/+1 focus. A lot of my cards remove counters to draw cards. I can win with unblockable Commander damage, unblockable big creatures over time, Aluren + Cavern Harpy + Ukkima, and/or Ukkima + Ghostly Flicker + Narumeha. It's a lot of fun!
Same. That's all you need. Like an unblockable version of Ezuri, claw of progress. Those 1/1s become pretty big if you can manage to keep your commander protected. Throw in a couple tiny infect guys like Blighted agent and it's over.
Wicked video Joel Hooper your doing well. Food chain looks like a of fun. Keep up the great work bro
PB! Thanks for watching :)
Good call on Poison Tip Archer and using Eternal Scourge for Food Chain!
Really interesting ideas, the other options which I use in a non commander deck (considering making a commander with Ukkima and Cazur though) is might of oaks and then berserk, if he has counters on already you can take out two people with the commander damage rule (or in normal just kill them lol) also Merin of clan nel toth is excellent for the sapling idea because you get experience counters and can bring things back into play or your hand… great video though as a first time watcher I found this really useful.
Voltron
I like to have a good amount of artifacts that pretect and pump ukkima
Also cards that put lots of counters on ukkima are viable as well, especially with Reyhan
Originally I ran kaseto oorochi archmage as the commander for my unblockable matters deck, but there were always a bunch of black cards I wished I could run, so these two getting released was quite the blessing.
Kaseto is still in the deck though. He is a great enabler just like thassa
It's fun when the previous commander gets to play a part in the 99 of the new build.
Is there a deck list anywhere?
you probably want to cast thassa's oracle first and respond to the etb trigger w tainted pact. TP is also good here bc if you remove the food chain creatures w it you can stop when you get to foodchain and you got your wincon there without oracle
thanks for the video! great production quality too
your oracle suggestion is right on point. thanks for watching! we appreciate the positive vibes :D
Bro!? Zulaport with skullcap... that’s diiirty😂 and I love it! Talk about a tide changer, currently use zulaport the cutthroat, but you already know ima keep my eyes out for a skullcap😈
lol so dirty XD
Add in pitiless plunderer and you won't even need to worry about mana
Hmm.. one thing I didn't hear you mention was Infect - my initial take on the deck was giving Ukkima Infect through some means, and give 10 power through buffs or equipment, then have it forcefully sacrificed/bounced/flickered/etc - it's LTB effect says it deals the damage, so you can blast all your opponents for 10 infect (I initially had equipment that automatically equips on a creature ETB)
Unlike typical infect decks where you need to take an opponent out one-by-one, you can use the LTB to one shot them all lol
How would you one shot the board outside of food chain, or are you meaning on separate turns?
Abyss! Thanks for the input. You're absolutely right - infect would be a house here. I try to vary up the strats from video to video - maybe I need to include strats that didn't make the cut but I think would still be viable. I appreciate the note!
I think they're talking about the "leaves the battlefield" trigger - if it has infect, it would be doing infect damage
Jake and Joel are Magic wouldn’t that only take out one person?
Etra the silencer is a bad idea, I put that card into my deck and found unless you have a lot of draw in the deck it is hard to get her out more than once and hit more than once, a great substitute is to play Elbrus the binding blade, ukkima you can play whenever you want, if you wait until turn 6 to play him or if he is out from playing on turn three then when you get to 8 Mana then u play Elbrus the binding blade, it will give ukkima +1/+0 which means more commander damage, also when ukkima hits bc he can't be blocked it will turn into a flying, intimidate, trample 13/13 that gets 13 +1/+1 counters whenever a player loses the game, this card only takes a turn or two to knock one player out and then it gets bigger, this will take the attention away from ukkima and onto Elbrus which will allow ukkima to keep hitting the enemy which means ukkima is getting bigger and dealing more commander, with two threats all the other players will try to remove ukkima but reconsider bc he can deal damage to any player when he leaves the battlefield, this means u get to knock a player if they remove him, this basically means the only way to stop you is a go wide deck that will hit u back really hard, or a board wipe that gets rid of your entire board wipe, also hit player deck is very effective and strong, I play mine with a mix of mutate to make ukkimas power even greater and allows the deck to play faster and really put pressure on your opponents when you choose to
That sounds super strong, are you having fun with the deck? Good notes on Etra.
The deck is strong, however it lacks in ramp due to ukkimas CMC and how much the deck wants to get things on the board, also when I play it against my own decks ukkima is often killed due to the second ability, I would recommend running a few cheap counter spells so that ukkima can stay alive long enough to have big impact on the game, but one card that can be secretly good is Ginger Brute due to him being a low cost drop and pay one to basically make him unlockable, plus with kasur and winding constrictor his power quickly goes up and can deal large amounts of damage
And one last thing too is that the consistency of the deck is low, as well so one game.it could be a 6 or 7 on the power scale, but others play like a 4 or a 5, it depends on how much cazzur and ukkima are being removed
Is Larceny too evil for the fun version?
Also do you know any ways to give mass double strike in BUG?
Unfortunately there isn't really any mass DS in BUG, but if you're just trying to maximize damage, there's always overwhelming stampede. If you're trying to double up all of your combat triggers though, you might be SOL
Love this series. What about a blink strategy, or is that weak?
blink could definitely work, you just wouldn't want to lean too far in to it, as you want Ukkima to grow a bit to take advantage. maybe something like conjurer's closet?
Go with deadeye navigator for infinite mana and then flicker ukkima infinitely
I'm considering powering down my yuriko deck by making it a cazir and ukkima ninjas deck, utilizing creatures who offer buffs for creatures with flying, and thanks to ninjas in green we actually have a reason to play them.
Still am sad that ozolith is 20 bucks now.
I'd like to see how you'd build a deck involving the new Akroma and Falthis
Would you guys consider a yannick and nikara build?
Absolutely, it's on the list now!
I built an Ukima cazur counter deck mixed with infect. Does that seem good?
Yeah it sure does, do you have proliferate in there?
It's great that the swords just got reprinted because boy those are dangerous attached to Ukkima... 😈
These two have performed amazingly well together! Big fan.
@@JakeandJoelareMagic I put everything but Feast and Famine and Fire and Ice in the deck. Now Im building an equipment deck, waiting for Legends so I can use old Akiri and someone else as commanders. Of course gotta put as many swords as I can fit into that deck. Probably gonna bite the bullet and buy the last two and toss them in there. I own like 3 copies of light and shadow, 3 of war and peace (borderless, regular foil, regular), 3 body and minds. 2XM was so much fun.
I did a flying, deathtouch, trample deck
Sounds strong, have you got a list?
@@JakeandJoelareMagic well it's sort of stewing in its own juices on my desk at the moment. But it works with that combination of keywords with a splash of unblockable to make blocks hard. It also has Harald of secret streams and reconisience like effects
Key to the city doesn't seem like card advantage to me. You're just replacing the card you discard.... If you want to spend the mana
That's true, mostly considering it from a filtering standpoint - pitch a land you don't need, get your creature through, draw a card you'd rather have when it untaps. And it isn't much mana. Paying two is definitely worth drawing a card.
Gottlieb Villages
Boehm Well
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I basically play it like my old Edric deck with a splash of black. Small, unblockable creatures pumping them with counters and proliferating them. Also drawing a ton of cards. It’s a fun deck to play. Very fast and aggressive. tappedout.net/mtg-decks/cazur-and-ukkima-counters-2/
Could be a super Equipment commander also? Just put a lot of equipment in the deck, boost Ukkima and win?
Blick Glens
Kautzer Radial
Marjory Glens
Dayne Field
Greenfelder Row
Kirlin Walks
Waelchi Green
Schinner Crossroad
Clementine Crossroad
Sporer Rapids
Dooley Knoll
Waters Dale
Kuhlman Underpass
Jaydon Summit
Gleichner Manor
Colt Crest
Alexys Track
Dorcas Knoll
Hoeger Station
Trinity Mountains
Harley Tunnel
Smith Fork
Oberbrunner Point
I made hydras for fun
Nice. Hydras are great. Thanks for watching.
@@JakeandJoelareMagic of course I love watching you guys and learning since I’m someone who’s new to EDH I do struggle with making competitive or mean decks
Deckow Courts
Taurean Mission
Bernhard Lake
Lehner Vista
Klocko Turnpike
Jadyn Highway
Adela Neck
Tyler Summit
Olga Center
Ayden Fork
Amari Way
Schoen Ville
Wyman Summit
Rowe Keys
Ernser Courts
Nash Road
Lesly Terrace
Miles Mount
Mante Courts
Brakus Wells
Brekke Manor
Funk Villages
Stokes Parkways
Funk Lakes
Drew Bypass
Rogelio Street
Mike Stream
Jovanny Loaf
Zboncak Lakes
Labadie Views
Mohammad Junction
Lang Loop
McClure Harbors