3 POWERFUL Commander Decks on a BUDGET | Decks Under $50

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00:00 - 00:46 Intro
00:47 - 01:54 Deck 1 intro
01:55 - 02:37 Protection
02:38 - 04:12 What's on top?
04:13 - 06:54 Exile synergy
06:55 - 07:25 Unblockable
07:26 - 07:57 Double strike
07:58 - 08:50 Sum up and price 1
08:51 - 09:49 Deck 2 intro
09:50 - 10:29 Small creatures
10:30 - 11:04 Board blinks
11:05 - 12:18 Pings
12:19 - 13:25 Buffs
12:26 - 15:30 Win cons
15:31 - 16:24 Sum up and price 2
16:25 - 17:18 Deck 3 intro
17:19 - 15:47 Small critters
15:48 - 20:09 Counters (the fun kind)
20:10 - 20:58 Sac outlets
20:59 - 21:35 Death triggers
21:36 - 22:22 Protection
22:23 - 23:04 Win cons
24:05 - 23:51 ???
23:52 - 24:50 Sum up and price
24:51 - 25:32 Outro

[NicksLotus]

Thanks you for watching!
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[aechlloyd]

You are by far my favorite new mtg deck building channel. Especially for budget decks that are powerful at casual tables which is exactly what I’m looking for. Your videos are great quality and I really enjoy the way you break down the deck into sections to make it more digestible. The pace of your videos is also excellent. You don’t drag on and your commentary is fantastic. Keep it up brother your doing the lords work for sure

[ThisAreOr]

I love listening to your videos while I'm doing deck construction, sound like some solid ideas!

[adammccarthy]

“Step in dog shit level threat” 😂😂😂 funniest guy in magic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Hnnghh]

Oh man this is awesome!
You are making want to put one of these together, mission complete!!

[AbsolutDog]

ohh I'm building that Abzan deck, right up my ally... though ppl get salty with looping edicts

[miguelzauzich]

Thanks for the video, i think im going to get the tayam deck, checking how to properly upgrade

[chrisgallo]

I like Cayth the way you built her but I made a deck built around her that worked with the creatures that give keywords if creatures have counters on them. Drop Herald Of Secret Streams and now everything with a counter is unblockable. Drop and Abzan Flaconer, now they all have flying. Abzan Battle Priest, they all have lifelink. The best part is Cayth puts the counters on the creatures so she does the work for you.

[Grumpy_Fog_the_st]

whoa, this was awsome, it cool to see you countine you this video type. If i can, could i requst you do a Jor Kadeen, First goldwarden.

[Demonblaze.]

I might have to build one of these and next time you guys are at the shop, ill give ya the old How ya doin with it 🤣

[Circu_ch]

I made Tayam as a commander actually i strongly suggest DO NOT put anything that is 3cmc more if you want doubling season go for Hardened scales if you need removal go for Fleshbag marauder with the variants sooo yeh then Master chef~ for good stuff

[nokthar]

You should put Illusionist's Bracers in the pako deck

[wesleyshen]

hope you're doing well nick you're a trooper

[andrewfornes]

Pako & Haldan is currently my oldest deck. (I started out with the Derevi & Roon precon) I have had older decks but have taken all other ones apart for one reason or another. Pako & Haldan still haven't been outclassed by a newer commander or commanders. I built it fairly cheaply when Ikoria was released. It was just protection spells, ramp spells, unblockable effects & bounce permanents or spells to the top of library type effects.

If someone plays something I need, I will cast Memory Lapse on it (if it is on the stack) or cast Temporal Spring type of effects at instant speed, right before I attack. Pretty much, as the deck currently is, nothing my opponents have on the battlefield is safe. If I see something I want, I will be casting it from exile soon.

I've read the design notes they post on the main site for these partners & did you know, at first, Pako was going to exile cards equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on him. I think he was going to be a 0/0 that was going to enter with two +1/+1 counters. Then have the same growing effect. Can you imagine how broken he would be if they kept that version. First attack equals six cards being exiled & he would grow from there. Not to mention you could add all of those +1/+1 counter manipulating enchantments. They changed it due to it being a bit overpowered and exiling too much stuff from your own deck for attacking people.

There is a card that I run, that I havent seen anyone else have on their list. That card is Clamavus. It is from the Warhammer 40k Tyranid deck & gives creatures +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter they have. So, if Haldan is a 3/3 naturally then has four +1/+1 counters on him, he would be an 11/11 with Clamavus out.

[wolflotus]

Really interesting video. Im very new in this but your videos are well made and make it easy to follow. Would love another video for a bit higher budget like 160-250$ ♥

[dubblehelix]

I have been playing pako since the precon, its an excellent deck on a low budget but I disagree with the general philosophy of your build here.

The creatures you've included are fine but they could be higher impact non creatures, also the upgrades section was pretty bogged down with creatures which run counter to the strategy of the deck.

The other thing that stood out to me, you talked about one mana cantrips that set the top card, but none of the ones you mention actually do that.

Cards that let you look at the top card feel totally useless. Its not like if you know theres a creature on top or something you dont want to exile you're going to hold back on attacking with pako. You are attacking with pako every turn you can, it really doesnt matter whats on top.

Lastly you missed my absolute favorite card with pako which is summer bloom. Really anything that lets you play an extra land is very busted when you draw so many lands inevitably off of the pako triggers.

I also think leaning into "play from exile" synergies is a little weak compared to leaning in to combat effects, it also makes haldan a bigger target which sucks because haldan is actually your card advantage.

This deck is begging for extra land drops, extra combats/turns, and interaction. You really dont need to play anything but ramp and interaction because the commander draws 4 cards per turn and presents a game winning threat.

Cute synergy doesnt make these commanders better, killing people does.

[dadoeboi]

Hi! If one was to get into these decks, would it be most efficient to get a certain starter and then get singles? Or just pick up the individual cards as singles?

[vishnubhola]

Thank you for making these vids! I'm a new magic player and these are EXTREMELY helpful. Subscribed!

[timeozurcher]

I don't see the point of 'moustrous vortex' (4:44) in the pako and haldan deck bc the only creature with power five or greater is 'etali, primal storm' and we can't cast creatures exiled with fetch counters on them...

[TerminallyNerdy]

For that Cayth deck, I took 1 creature out to put in Dour Port Mage, which is a frog that can pay 1U and bounce a creature, and when you bounce a creature you can draw. And its still under budget hot damn. That deck seems WILD.