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Thanks for the feedback! It's much appreciated! And thanks for watching!

It’s okay, sometimes I forget about cEDH often being 1v1

Haha, yeah, I was careful to call it a turn 1 kill...except in the title. I play a lot of 1v1 over Skype due to circumstances. However, if I manage to pull off a turn 1 kill with a 5-card combo, I'd hope my play group would appreciate it as much as me...before making me the second one out. Thanks for watching!

1v1 commander is a weird format but it is a format.

TL;DR Free spells, including mana, are pretty busted in Magic! Haha. However, besides the turn 1 dream here, Purphoros is a sweet build-around commander if you like playing high mana-costing creatures with powerful effects but don't want to pay full value for them, with or without the free mana. Thanks for watching!

So...mountain, mana vault, and sol ring to make a total of R3 to cast the Ogre, then 24 life to do the rest? Sounds great! Thanks for the comment. The 24 life is not nothing, particularly when we'll have 2 opponents left and we just became target #1 at the table, but hey, living the dream comes at a high price sometimes! And 24 life IS way cheaper than $150. Thanks for watching! What's the most busted thing you've done with Treasonous Ogre?

​@@cyclesgaming.Just trust the heart of the cards (aka cheat) to make sure you draw blightsteel colossus on your next 2 turns. Mountain+sol ring is enough to do it again

Thanks! And thanks for watching! Zaxara is so much fun and getting access to two more colors makes for tons of room for innovation. What kind of synergies does your Gargos deck have that you may lose going to Zaxara?

​@cyclesgaming. The only thing I can think I would lose would be the easy fight trigger by pumping gargos while on the field and using it as pseudo creature removal. But the added versatility of a commander that costs two less, can tap for two mana and helps my board get wider is well worth it. Plus could always get lucky with an early gargos draw lol.

@@MrWhimsicalNonsense I've never been lucky enough to cast Gargos in my deck but I refuse to cut it because, well, so much value! Let me know how the deck building goes! I'm curious to see how you build around Zaxara.

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback! I'm working on a Rakdos build with Magda currently. I just can't quit trying to make her work...

Thanks for the feedback! I currently don't have any plans for a dinosaur for the wish list. The next creature I have in mind might could work as one, though. What are your thoughts on a possible dino for MH3?

@cyclesgaming. well they have the one that triples damage for one player, but I would like to see a 3 or 4 mana Dino to smoothe out the early game. We have a lot of ramp dinos, maybe a card advantage Dino at 3 or 4? Or a different way to bridge to your lategame dinos but with Dino synergy to add to pantlaza discovers and gishath triggers.

I've thought about it a bit. I'd like a pterodactyl of paradise, 2 mana 1/2 flyer dino that taps for any color. I'd like a 3 or 4 mana draw smoother Dino, look at top 4 one on top of the library one on bottom. Perhaps it could be on ETB and attack. I'd like to see an overrun effect just for dinos. Maybe a worse kraterhoof that only works for dinos, but gives trample and vigilance. I would also like to see a dinosaur similar to your dragon suggestion. Some way to punish non basic lands in a dinosaur deck. Dinos have a lot of good haymakers, but I think my ideas could help smoothe you to the haymakers, and Dino kraterhoof could really help close out a game in a flavorful way. Oh, as another thought, I'd like to see a dino that reduces dino costs by 2. We have a human that does it, but I don't want humans in my dino deck.

I don't see it being so busted in Commander, particularly as it can only helm mono green decks. Do you think there are multiple CEDH decks that could run this as a commander? Would having one more CEDH deck with this card be a bad thing? It reminds me of Giada, Font of Hope. Even when you can kill it, it's often not worth it since it's so cheap to recast. She's a powerful commander, but not busted (I know she has different stats, but she's the closest thing to Lost BOP). I think you're right, though, as are the others, that bolting the bird is essential to keep a card like this from making degenerate decks even more degenerate in Modern. I guess Wizards has it right not to give mana dorks the Ragavan treatment. 2 toughness vs. 1 is probably the most reasonable upgrade. Thanks for watching!

@@cyclesgaming. Fair. Being cEDH staple isn't nessicary bad. I suppose I'm mostly against it because it feels like an auto include that messes with the whole bolt the bird glow which I feel is very fair as is. I do feel wizards would never do this sort of thing because it messes with that flow so much. Like this would be insane on arena. Definitely would have to be like ward 1. I feel like that may be fair.

Yeah, if you read the article on cyclesgaming.com, I suggest removing counters whenever it becomes tapped. Just the wording felt clunky. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I really appreciate the compliment. I'm always happy to meet another player of jank! How did Lukka + Emrakul go for you? My next plan is to try the combo in a jund build full of only 2-drop creatures. Thanks for watching!

I've never thought of it like that! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching and for your opinion! So, do you think even ward 2 on a turn-1 mana dork is too good? Having a guaranteed source of extra mana could just make the best decks better, too, which would hurt midrange just as much as help.

​@@cyclesgaming.Ward 2 is pretty strong, id give it ward 1 so that you could still kill it before it produces anything if youre on the play but then youd have to take up you whole turn which might dissuade you, and if youre the bird player and are on the play you can still get something, I think ward 1 and ward 2 are very different and and the cost for the ward is very important to get right

@@cyclesgaming. I think that problem should probably be approached from other side completely, having even ward 1 on first turn makes it un interractable from player going draw perspective, so I think that better desing would be it ramping up instead like being 1/1 that taps for 1 colorless at first but when you use it first time it gets ward 1 and can tap for any color of mana, then with second activation it can become 2/2 flyer and gain hexproof and with third activation it could even tap for 2 mana, this way opponent could interact with 2 first turn (1 no prot and 2 turn ward ) and then it would ramp up if ignored but you can just immidiately fatal push or bolt it to prevent opponent from running away with the game and you dont have mana to stop it.

Haha, seriously. That was like my 10th take and I knew I wasn't breathing but I couldn't find the right spot...Thanks for watching!

Is that a bad thing or a good thing in your opinion? Neither Birds nor Boggles see much play in Modern. Would Boggles be too good with this card? Thanks for your insight! And thanks for watching!

Here's the deck tech: czcams.com/video/_XDx15iNVBA/video.html. I'll post the full article with the deck list and videos by tomorrow on cyclesgaming.com. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I'll assume he/she was being totally serious... Thanks for watching!

I played Pioneer back when it first became a format, but haven't in many years. With this website, I've been thinking about trying out some versions of my decks there. Maybe Hydras will be my gateway deck back...Thanks for watching!

seconding this, although the sprawls make the deck better the power level decrease that comes with going to pioneer should be greater

@@onemanarmy132 Thanks for watching! What's the pioneer industry standard for lightning bolt? It's been a minute since I even looked at deck lists...

Thanks for watching! And yes, that was an oversight on our opponent's part...everyone makes mistakes, but glad it worked out in our favor there!

That might be the best compliment I've ever gotten since starting this website! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! I'll be looking forward to another match!

Thanks for letting me know! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Fun games Colts45s, and thanks for the sub! I figured there was a good reason you splashed for green. Kumena is busted in your deck for sure. How did the rest of your league go? By the way, a viewer pointed out in my last league how I missed a winning line against Izzet Murktide, so I'm all too familiar with costly mistakes! I posted the article with videos from the league here, cyclesgaming.com/?p=2609&preview=true, if you're interested. Thanks again for the fun games and fun chat! Keep brewing! Let's keep Modern janky!

@@cyclesgaming. Green also adds Deeproot Elite. Which is great when you go wide too. Then cast Might of the Masses on an unblockable River sneak for massive damage.. That was the first and only match I've played with it so far. I'm excited to tweak it further. Keep Modern Janky!

Those are some sweet synergies! How's the deck been playing for you?@@Colts45s

Great feedback! Definitely missed that line. ARRGGGHHH! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I'll be running the deck through another league this week, so be on the lookout for those. I appreciate the comment and the support! I've been making videos for a month or two and my site is only about 6 months old, so thanks again!

Hey! That's awesome! Streaming is still on my to-do list. That was a really fun match we played and I'm super happy I got it on video. Thanks for the sub and let me know when you start streaming! Hit me up at johnnycycles16@gmail.com if you ever want to play a match or test out a new brew! Good luck with your deck. I'm interested in seeing its new build if you want to send me a decklist!

Have you started streaming? Still working on mono Black Abyss combo?

Not yet mate! But i’ll text you when i’ll do for Sure!

Thanks for watching and for the feedback! Definitely still learning how to make videos. And I agree with you about the mtgo sfx. Unfortunately, when I went to turn it off on the next video, I turned off all sound, so I have two more videos with absolutely no sound lol. I think I figured it out now. I'll post a few more videos to this article (cyclesgaming.com/lukka-surprise/) later this week. How did you try and abuse Lukka?

@@cyclesgaming. I played it in standard and got to mythic rank on Arena with red white blue lukka/fires of invention, exiling tokens into Agent of Treachery until the deck was effectively banned out of orbit. It was a lot of fun and the mirror match was surprisingly technical, not just who was on the play like many "combo" decks can be

Ah, yes. Fires and Agent were busted in that deck. I posted a couple of more matches to this site and my article. If you want to watch how Lukka and Emrakul do against Amulet Titan and Tron, check it out! Thanks for the comments. You're my first non-family viewer and commenter! lol@@ekuude

@@cyclesgaming. Keep it up 👍 I checked out your website too and enjoyed reading the commander articles

Thanks! I really appreciate that!@@ekuude