Anowon, the Ruin Thief | EDH Three Ways [Commander Strategies for Every Player]

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  • Anowon, the Ruin Thief is a new Dimir (Blue, Black) commander, making it's debut into the Magic: The Gathering Multiverse for the first time in Zendikar Rising, in one of the Zendikar Rising Commander decklists. Joel offers 3 different strategies for building Anowon in EDH: Strong, Fun and Mean. Rogue Tribal, starts things off in the "Strong" category, followed by Unblockable for the "Fun" way, and then finally the "Mean Build," we will be leaning into mill, and really hit our opponents where it hurts. There is a lot to go over! Check out the video and thanks for spending your time with us!
    About the Three-Ways Series:
    Some people like their chicken wings sweet while others prefer them scorching hot; either way, you are eating chicken. Magic the Gathering is a game with many different rules and building a Commander deck that works takes some time and strategy. Understanding the commander of your deck will help inform a deck-building plan that works for you. In this series, Joel discusses commander strategies for every player. This broad-strokes approach will give you a basic breakdown of the commander and three different ways you can build your deck to work with its abilities, without providing a full deck-tech.
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    Commander, officially recognized on June 17, 2011, originated from a format called EDH (Elder Dragon Highlander-- there can only be one). The first time we played EDH was around 2009. It is easily the best way to play Magic: The Gathering. The idea was to have a casual format with 100 cards and only a single copy of any one card, with a General: a singular Legendary Creature card in its own zone that can be cast any time, once you have the mana for it. If your general is removed, it goes up by a casting cost of 2 for each time it is removed. Once WOTC officially recognized the format and printed the first Commander product, your General was instead called your Commander and instead of the format being called EDH, it instead became recognized as Commander. If you ever hear anyone say EDH, they are talking about Commander. Make sure to know the cards that are banned in the format before building your deck (listed below).
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Komentáře • 48

  • @JakeandJoelareMagic
    @JakeandJoelareMagic  Před 3 lety +15

    Anowon, the Ruin Thief
    1. Strong - Rogue Tribal
    a. Zareth San, The Trickster
    b. Tinybones
    c. Brazen Borrower
    d. Sygg, River Cutt
    e. Notorious Throng
    f. Rankle, Master
    g. Knowledge Exploitation
    h. Thada Adel, Acquisitor
    i. Thieving Skydiver
    j. Oona's Blackguard
    k. Soaring Thought-Thief
    l. Sure-Footed Infiltrator
    2. Fun - Unblockable.dek
    a. Deepchannel Mentor
    b. Thassa, God of the Sea
    c. Whispersilk Cloak
    d. Keeper of Keys
    e. Prowler's Helm
    f. Rogue's Passage
    g. Key to the City
    3. Mean - MILL BABY
    a. Phenax, God of Deception
    b. Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
    c. Oona, Queen of the Fae
    d. Mesmeric Orb
    e. Consuming Abberation
    f. Mind Grind
    g. Psychic Corrosion
    h. Memory Erosion
    i. Sphinx's Tutelage
    j. Fraying Sanity
    k. Jace Memory Adept
    l. Syr Konrad
    m. Mindcrank
    n. Ashiok, Dream Render
    o. Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears

    • @blaserjagdwaffen
      @blaserjagdwaffen Před 3 lety

      True-Name Nemesis should've been included into the rogue list. Or unblockable?
      But surely it will surely hurt your opponent a lot if you have a card that's protection from a player haha

    • @mikebott6940
      @mikebott6940 Před 3 lety

      @@blaserjagdwaffen Give it mill equipment and lose friends.

    • @jessianderson3959
      @jessianderson3959 Před 3 lety

      So, I've already milled my table to death with Mind Grind, and after several different decks throwing that out, some promises had to be made that I wasn't going to go that route going foreward.
      That influenced my build quite a bit here, because i thought rogues would be a cool Tribal.
      What I did was focus a lot on quick unblockable damage, a few rocks to get Anowon out on turn 3, some artifact equipments that trigger of their bearer doing damage (these are very important for momentum), and as many cards that allow me to steal as possible from board, deck or grave. Grave is really important because there are some great cheaper to cast black spells that target "a graveyard", but i didn't shy away from 5 costs either as this is more of a late game play you make.
      So kinda like the pre-con, but a lot more "steal-y". By forgoing all but 1 board whipe in favor of Grave reccursion, you can kindof rely on your opponents doing the wipe for you, then all you have to do is rebuild using their biggest pieces with the recursion you hopefully drew on Anowon.
      The goal was to have a mill deck that wasn't super salt inducing, and it does that fairly well, while still holding its own!

    • @R_Arsiks_6
      @R_Arsiks_6 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jessianderson3959 This sounds like exactly what I would like to do, but I've never played commander before and am not sure how to build a deck. Mind sharing your list so I can check it out?

    • @robertviscomi8199
      @robertviscomi8199 Před 3 lety

      May I ask if you have a sample list for the mean/strong versions of this deck?

  • @poofypeanut0221
    @poofypeanut0221 Před 3 lety +1

    Sweet video again! This commander doesn’t personally interest me but these are definitely great ways to upgrade it if you are.
    You guys rock!

    • @poofypeanut0221
      @poofypeanut0221 Před 3 lety

      Also, I’m sure there’s better ways to write this lol, but it’s pronounced something like
      “A-quiz-itter”

  • @benjaminsiera1691
    @benjaminsiera1691 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the video, I really enjoy those "EDH Three Ways"! Your videos add to my magic knowledge as well as they entertain me :-) keep up the good work!

  • @kellyoubre7433
    @kellyoubre7433 Před 3 lety +1

    I think this deck will be really fun to play & looking forward to testing this out once I'm done upgrading it.
    Glimpse the unthinkable works really well in this 👍

  • @benjaminkaye5119
    @benjaminkaye5119 Před 3 lety

    I do like
    Altar of the brood
    And bruvac for the mill strategy.
    Leyline of the void as another way to exile opponents graveyard.
    Great video , always enjoy your 3 ways.

  • @josyhiathompson6883
    @josyhiathompson6883 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the suggestions! I got the anowon precon because i wanted the naya lands precon and my lgs only let you buy the two together for $40 (probally because the naya deck sold more). And after playing it a couple times out of the box I really liked it. Its different from my usual stompy or go nuts with tokens plan.

  • @thedanath
    @thedanath Před 3 lety +3

    Oona's Blackguard is already in the precon :)

  • @skfaenwulfgrimmwald3041
    @skfaenwulfgrimmwald3041 Před 3 lety +3

    I love this deck, i think anowon is a good commander, yes not the best but very solid.
    I have to warn you, don't play mindcrank on turn 2, otherwise you are the enemy of the whole table 🤣

  • @Grozdrak
    @Grozdrak Před 3 lety +1

    I was thinking of going more with Obuun but that strong tribal synergy for me kinda changing my mind.

    • @moreparmesan5261
      @moreparmesan5261 Před 3 lety

      I was going to build Obuun too, trust me, Anowon rouge tribal is so much more fun. And the precon (aside from the lands) seems very well put together.

  • @MyAverageLife01
    @MyAverageLife01 Před 3 lety

    Key to the city is one of my favorite cards. Best card in Alesha

  • @evandercaruso5085
    @evandercaruso5085 Před 2 lety

    I run an Anowon that combines all three but leans toward your mean style. Add a Bloodcheif Ascension and Mind Crank goes infinite. Bruvac combined with a kicked Maddening Cacophony will also get you an instant kill on someone.

  • @russelravellette6612
    @russelravellette6612 Před 3 lety

    I love these videos!

  • @adamcappella8088
    @adamcappella8088 Před 3 lety +1

    I got a rogue deck.
    If notorious throng is played, the game is over

  • @wheelchazeal8089
    @wheelchazeal8089 Před 3 lety

    Loved this man. 🤘 got my sub

  • @randomwny
    @randomwny Před 3 lety

    Mine is heavy rogues, some unblockable and some mill. I'd like more unblockable. Thanks for the tips.
    How about an Arni Brokenbrow 3 way?

  • @daemonrider2199
    @daemonrider2199 Před 10 měsíci

    Can there be a variant with vampires and rogues by adding vroska the scheming gorgon?

  • @Corbin8
    @Corbin8 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the video! I'm going to have to grab a tiny bones now..

  • @jamesperry459
    @jamesperry459 Před 3 lety +2

    Is there a fun way build a mill deck well guess fun be just you. Don't say your opponents need have fun

  • @medicdan5981
    @medicdan5981 Před 3 lety

    Unblock-able equals milling .... and oh yeah everyone gets pissed really quick lol so fun and mean

  • @rafaellumrodas350
    @rafaellumrodas350 Před 3 lety

    Good stuff!!!

  • @ElleHasAGock
    @ElleHasAGock Před rokem

    I wanna do anowon mill infect but idk where to start

  • @robertmorris4163
    @robertmorris4163 Před 3 lety

    I upgraded mine with a nod to the story and have him focus on stealing stuff so added agent of Treachery . , Zeartheth, notion thief and 9ther rogue steal stuff cards. my sub theme 8s mill.

  • @mitchnusco1600
    @mitchnusco1600 Před 3 lety +1

    As a Mitch I accept your apology... only because I plan to build a mill deck

  • @samdalfthegray4495
    @samdalfthegray4495 Před 2 lety +1

    My goal for the deck is to assemble sol ring tron by stealing all of my opponent's and also using my own XD

  • @kylesavage4525
    @kylesavage4525 Před 3 lety +1

    I would like to see Snapdax (infect/mutate/equipments) and Kalamax (value/combo) built in three ways. I have started building them both so i would love some insight.
    Btw i do not think that mill in general is considered a mean archetype since it tends to be quite slow and weak. Plus in edh a lot of people can either use cards in their gys or have cards like the original eldrazi titans that shuffle their gys into their libraries which means that u basically can not win by mill.
    0:03-0:13 just lmao man

  • @thew1ldcard886
    @thew1ldcard886 Před 3 lety

    I wish I had a tinybones so bad for this deck.

  • @craigslattery1901
    @craigslattery1901 Před 3 lety

    My deck is so close to this mill deck, only better. My wife throws he cards and dice as she walks off. FUN FUN FUN for everyone.

  • @zackjordan4728
    @zackjordan4728 Před 3 lety

    Horsemamship for unblockable

  • @collectingclassics
    @collectingclassics Před 3 lety

    Strionic Resonator

  • @nastymcraw2620
    @nastymcraw2620 Před 3 lety

    I'm pretty sure I'm on the right track to creating the "mean deck" very interested in that build. Would anyone be willing to check my deck and see where I'm at?

  • @mraidandm
    @mraidandm Před 3 lety

    I’d totally just grave steal deck steal. I’m a thief

  • @migorvortis
    @migorvortis Před 3 lety

    I'm not a mitch and I'm offended

  • @bobbyz5443
    @bobbyz5443 Před 3 lety

    Good look doing the less popular precon 1st while everyone did this 1 first