Next Level Commander: 3 Simple Tips To Power Up Your Magic: The Gathering Decks

Any video that talks about how to create a better mana base is so helpful to me, but also causes so much stress lololol

This video should be renamed “commander for babies“

Adding an untapped land for the algorithm

Yay!

Yeee-Haaw

Thanks for the awesome video!

Danke.

I can't set my mind on a single specific theme/color.....so I made a 5 color sisay deck, now I get to use the best from every color lol

So what's the general concept you start with 7 cards to start throw down a land and a creature leaving you five cards at the end of your turn do you draw back up to 7 ?

Thanks for the tips Professor.

good job as always prof

Very nice guide prof, I’m personally a little confused as a new player to some of the land stuff mentioned, but I think I understand well enough. Hope y’all having an awesome day today dudes!

"All games of Magic: the Gathering must come to an end" … There is a man in Hawaii who would like to have a word with you.

I have been playing 10 years this guide helps my newer players alot

Other good lands for budget 4/5 color are the Vivid Lands and the Thriving lands, as you can pick what color they produce based of what you need. Much better than guidegates in 3+ color decks

Thank you for all the info prof!

Win conditions? Ha. Ha. How about pillow fort derevi where the whole deck is exile removal, pillow fort cards such as propaganda effects, and field wipes. Be the only person with a creature in play all the time and even if your opponents play a creature they have to pay oodles of mana to even attack you. Win conditions? Penny punch people for 30 turns with derevi. Make them know pain.

What if white has been deemed "unplayable"?

No love for Reckless Spite and Ashes to Ashes? I'd take 5 damage for a 2-for-1 any day!

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I will win every game now

We need more thorough deck building guides. I see people make pretty bad mistakes when deck building. I saw a toski in the 99 of a deck that only had 10 creatures... When the commander was Uro why not play a draw spell thats more impactful like Rishkars expertise?

Great vid prof!

Thanks prof! I have a hard time balancing the mana value of my cards 😅

i like playing second sun because it effectively straps a timer bomb onto my chest and then it becomes the "take out tree froggy in 7 turns" show

that thumbs up "good job" really sent a warmth through me

Only Prof could somehow make begging for more views/likes/comments so wholesome.

Me, who already runs a highly optimized Yuriko Deck:
Hmmmm… Fascinating

Basic lands are Tier 0 magic. Unbeatable.

Appreciate the recommendations!

I'll watch another one of your videos right now ;)

Folks remember if playing cEDH don't focus on mass removal unless it is cyclonic rift as they don't really have creatures as it is a battle on the stack with a few combat based decks done such as Najeela. And combat decks in cEDH are usually fringe with Najeela beating them

Great video as always professor!

I love you too, prof.

Ah, prof, our local game shops would laugh at us if we tried to buy Exotic Orchards with “half-pennies”: it’s pronounced like “hape-knee”!

Good info thx

Always love your videos ☺️

Excuse me, did you not mention Ruinous Ultimatum?

Love you too Prof 💜

100 singleton format? Sure, but then why are so many games ended by T3 or earlier? cEDH is leaking into regular EDH and I can't count the number of games I've played where...




I never really got to play at all. T1: drop land, maybe play a spell or cheap artifact. T2: drop land and ramp or play something small. T3: drop land, play my commander or get 1-2 creatures into play. T4: never got a turn four.

Personally, I don't think a 4 player EDH game should end before turn 10.

Very well done video

I was send here by request from the professor from this future... to watch another video instead of leaving a 'for the algorithm' comment, i just picked a video, so you will likely have to subtract one view from this video yourself when evaluating content engagement. This was a service message for your convenience... though do note, i wouldn't mind more Commander content on this channel

Since parts of the video emphasized that taplands should almost always produce 3+ colors, I wanted to add that the heartiest recommendation I can give for a two-color tapland is the scrylands (all called "Temple of..." and printed in the Theros sets; can be selected by searching "is:scryland" on Scryfall). The scry effect is really nice in commander, especially on early turns when you're not set up to draw more yet.

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Can always count on the Prof to make videos that I now don't have to explain certain concepts to newer players! I use your land videos all the time as I know how I want my mana bases, but I struggle to explain things to a newer player. Magic gets complex and even the basics can be a bit of a battle to explain so having these as a option or choice is great.

“Approach of the Second Sun may not sound ideal to you…”

Me playing Zedruu: “Oh…uh…yeah totally. Who would want to win THAT way?” 😂

I always enjoy my classes with the Prof. Merging informative & fun is no easy task, but it is greatly appreciated.

Is this satire? I'm genuinely asking considering I've never seen you win a game of edh

Truth.