Is It Worth It To Buy A Kaldheim Commander Deck? A Magic: The Gathering Product Review
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Can I play against my friend? 1 vs 1 with these decks?
@@shipkoff Yeah, it's best at 4 players, but 1-vs-1 works too. They rarely are too imbalanced.
You've done a fantastic job at emphasizing "the Gathering" in Magic. Thank you!
I understand your fear for Gavin but to be honest I’m more worried about you...are you oks, it seemed like you were talking positively about Wizards of the Coast....if you’re in danger wear a green tie on your next video.
I'd love to see a deck tech once you've finished upgrading the Azorious deck
Wizards: offers good decks for reasonable prices
Prof: don't do this, don't give me hope
Wizards: it is because of players like you we want to do this.
Somewhere, a Wizards Employee watched this video and shouted “Ha! Showed him” just before he got a call from corporate.
Good one
WotC: Release a good value Magic product
Prof: "Visible confusion"
See A grade and the professor happy with the product overall is refreshing.
2021 is already shaping up to be a better "year of commander".
I’m sure if they were allowed to include the Bond lands in the decks, Gavin was gonna have a very uncomfortable meeting with the company accountants
Yeah, he was already pushing it. Reprinting actually wanted cards and lowering the prices of them? What a lunatic.
They made the mistake of giving us good lands in brawl
Yeah scrylands or pain lands would be more likely to be in a precon
@@dankmemes9942 heck, even just filter lands would be nice.
@@dankmemes9942 yeah. Low tier double lands are fine for me too!
Whoever has been in charge of these decks needs to be promoted ASAP. Ikoria ones were a stumble but I'm ok forgiving that since they seemed to learn from it. I look forward to these decks more than any other product these days and it's nice to be excited and not worried when a new set of decks is announced
What was bad about the ikoria ones?
@@Sehon13Ultd They just weren't on par with the quality of the other ones in terms of gameplay and value. They were decent though, just not amazing like the rest of them.
@@plumokin5535 I actually really liked Kathril, a lot of cards were filler but the core of the deck was unique to me and fun
I’m pissing myself laughing at the end credits and the “dont pay markup”
I love your humour
me toooooo, his freaking hilarious , i so love this guy
Its promising seeing wotc trying to do more positive things. NOW, lets just hope they stay on track, and don't regress.
call me jaded but even a blind squirrel finds a nut eventually
They will fuck it up.
The only thing you can count on with WotC, is that you can't count on them.
They did do a good job on these decks though 👍
REPRINT THE GOD DAMN FETCH LANDS!!!!
/insert JJonahJamesonlaugh.gif
This is probably the most happy I have ever seen you reviewing a product, I couldn't help but smile with you, it was contagious! I know that between the end of year reviews and just general Wotc mistakes, it seems like everyone wants the negative and cynical content from you but this was a breath of fresh air. Hell even made me comment and I normally don't! This just couldn't not be written down.
Thank you for the review, it was very helpful. I would very much like to get the elf deck but your insistence on the foretell one has me interested in at least trying it somehow.
You know I felt the same. To seen someone simplu happy about it. I was very happy when i opened up my foretell!
@@dariocampanella7992 The deck is good I won 2 out of 4 games last night with my pod. Infinite combos are easy 😛
DONT PAY MARKUPS
I picked up Elven Empire at pseudo-MSRP. I had more Elfball pieces lying around for upgrades, including Triumph of the Hordes (which is a totally valid win-con!)
I have these on order (in Australia so a bit slow) and was already looking forward to these, and this review has just increased that.
Professor, I showed this video to my wife. She wanted to let you know that you're a delightful man.
Just passing along the comment. Love your work as always, I was seconds away from paying markup for the Elf deck! Not anymore!
I love how straight forward the decks are... They have one complete strategy and no weird side strategies like in the old commander decks, which had a second and thirt commander in them with a totally different one.
Honestly, I’m a Yugioh player, and I know next to nothing about MTG. I started watching your deck box and sleeve videos, but even without any MTG knowledge, I’m still enjoying videos like this.
You should check out mtg arena I recently got a few friends into mtg with it. You can look up codes for packs to get you a healthy start
Im a yugioh player as well, i started playing mtg last june/july. I really love both games and mtg is really fun and a different experience from yugioh
As an ex-yugioh player, I can guarantee you're going to love Kaldheim. They let you play more cards face-down. :D
I also was once a yugioh-player and looked for good sleeve reviews...now I have more than 10 Commander decks...because of this channel.
If you want to watch some awesome commander game play, search game knights.
Most importantly for me, and I cannot stress this enough, is how easy they are to pick up and play. I’ve been teaching my girlfriend magic, and I cannot wait to get these as her intro to commander
“It 👏🏾makes 👏🏾 no 👏🏾 sense! ... Compels me, tho.” 🤣🤣🤣
Hey, Professor-my Elven Empire deck just arrived! I forced myself to wait, and lo and behold the price dropped! I didn’t pay markups. Thanks for the pointers.
Prof is really worried for Gavin's job security.
Guys... They're learning.
shhh don't jinx it
I highly doubt it. They probably screwed up the card list. Seems far more likely.
Like dreamcast?
Don't hold your breath
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The Professor seems like a genuinely nice guy,and someone I would love to meet and play a game with. Your opinions tend to be spot on with my own in most videos,and I really enjoy your honest opinions and ridiculous antics as well. Thank you sir
I enjoy your perspective and take on Magic and related gaming products. I always find it informative to check out your videos, prof! Even the older ones.
Prof's legitimate shock and horror at these being valuable products cracks me up
It does feel like wotc is about to tell us our dog died or something
Yeah, his concern is very concerning.
I’m buying the Azorius one and you can’t stop me
Me too. I think foretell is such an interesting mechanic and I hope they do it more
@@jgtmtg I have already made a vega deck, this video convinced me that this was fun for kitchen table commander. I will definitely pick it up soon. Foretell is so fun, and it lets you feel like you are doing something on turns where you have nothing to play.
Foretell is AWESOME. Flicker strategies are great :)
He’s having a good time, he’s having a ball.
@@bradensorensen966 don't stop me know
Excellent review! 😎👍 Thank you for taking the time so share this!
I actually paused the video about halfway thru to place an order for them on Amazon.
Hello, Professor. I hope I can bring a smile to you today. I have been viewing your You-tube offerings, as well as a few others for a while now. My introduction to Magic: The Gathering goes as far back as yours, to wit, 4th Edition/Revised/Fallen Empires. A friend of mine was able to interest me in the game. Out in our area, there was not a large following of the game. We were self-taught, read tomes and manuals, and tried a variety of things to increase our game group, eventually teaching my sons the Game (one, the older, still plays and has far surpassed his mentor). As the years progressed, my friend and I put the decks aside, as people of our era were apt to do. What generation, you may ask? Well, I'm not quite as old as dirt, but from my crib I survived my first hard news story, the assassination of the president, in newborn bliss. Around the time of Lorwyn, my son reintroduced me to the game through a wonderful gentleman who was starting his own local game store. Unfortunately, my friend was still focused on the plane of Earth and did not get back into things. Fast-forward to a few weeks ago, and my friend called and asked if I still played. My interest has ebbed and flowed throughout the years but I still dabble. My specialty is kitchen table Magic, and bringing new players to the game. He was ready to return to Dominaria or whatever plane I was currently visiting. He had but two asks, first that I temper my desire to win (which is nice, but I can still enjoy not winning)while bringing him up to speed, and two, were there any books or literature that he could peruse to begin to relearn the game. The LGS has long since disappeared, and the owner has passed his spark to the Multiverse due to complications of poor health, so a local resource other than my son, myself and a few long-term kitchen table mages who are that is left. Thankfully, though, I have been following you in the Community College at Tolaria. It was a no-brainer for me to recommend all of your content, including the Tolarian Tutor. As a brief aside, you are much better and more knowledgeable than even the Demonic Tutor of game fame. We had set up a date and time to begin playing again, when he asked about a strange "new" concept of play called commander. After explaining the Commander/Elder Dragon Highlander connection, I also recommended to him to Game Knights and Command Zone channels, just from the enjoyment and enthusiasm you have shown on your too infrequent appearances along side of Josh Lee Kwai and Jimmy Wong. You have had a great and positive influence on his return, and we are looking toward trying to gather some interest in the Commander format in the future. So, kudos, Professor, for all that you have done for all of us who play, and feel free to mention the extension of these kudos to Josh and Jimmy. This is getting a bit long, so I shall leave you with a hearty Live Long and Prosper, sir, for the good things that you have done for the many far outweigh the any negative opinions of the few or even the one. Thank you.
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: Why is prof so funny and amazing?
I can't remember the last time I saw Prof being excited about an MtG product :o
We're so lucky to have you prof! That outro was funny. I still remember me and my friend's amazement at the arcane signet reveal with Brawl... Fast forward today, my binder's seam stitches are about to burst there's so many signets!
So glad to see how these decks turned out -thanks for the detailed review and words of wisdom at the end haha
I admit I was only half-watching at the end, and thought you were doing a voiceover. You got me, Prof. Good job.
"Don't pay mark-up." -The Professor
I've never heard the professor so concerned about my financial situation.
Yeah man, Mark's in a bad spot, but he's going to spend his money speculating legends reserved list 😱
My friend bought a gaming store last year RIGHT has covid hit and I've been trying to help out with the magic stuff after taking a decade off from magic. I've been binging your videos and they've been awesome at getting me caught up to date with all the new ins and outs of the game, thanks!
I first discovered you through your crossover with Paul from TeamAPS, and after starting to play Commander (I've got a Syr Gwyn deck I've fallen in love with), you were the first person I thought of checking out on CZcams. Looking to get one of these decks for my girlfriend, and your video has convinced me outright. Thank you so much!
Real talk, These were just a blast. I feel like wizards heard us, on ALL FRONTS but the lands base, but I feel as though we can trust wizards a little bit. Criticize the business and hasbro all you want, Wizards still is trying to make magic fun, and its both endearing and exactly where I feel as though they may be on a better streak.
HOWEVER: BUYERS BEWARE: as with all early kaldheim products, I have found these cards having a pre-opened bend/bubble, and the card quality is not exactly up to snuff. Sleeve up these decks fast, or you will see pringling happening rather fast.
they even out after a couple months , 2 of my decks have done that lmao
Some say the Professor is still holding a pose and smiling till this day
Glad to hear this. Looking forward to these arriving on Monday !
Pretty new to magic as a whole. Walked into my lcs this weekend and found the Ranar commander deck. For 20 bucks I was pretty happy! Walked out with that and some sleeves and now I’m looking to get started playing at my store! Love the videos as always prof!
do not pay mark up or I will be frozen in this pose forever!
The credits were amazing.
i totally didnt watch the credits but IM SOOO GLAD YOU SAID SOMETHING OMG THATS HILARIOUS
Great video, funny ending - merry Xmas prof!
I just got the Elven Empire deck with Lathril for commander & played for the 1st time last night with 2 experienced MTG players (I’ve only played 2 times in life lol) & they were both pleasantly surprised by the deck! I came here to learn more about my deck , thanks for posting!
In defense of guildgates: It introduces new players to the names of the ravnica guilds, which are short hand for color combinations at large in the community.
So do the signets
I sometimes put in Dimir guildgates for flavor reasons in my Etrata the Sikencer deck. Sometimes I’m picky with the flavor text...
And so do the bounce lands.
Yeah, but you can do the same with the signets.
Why not both?
Hardly anyone plays commander in my area so when the precons get hiked up I can just go to walmart and get them for msrp.
Hell yeah
That's how I got my cycling command deck
@@nuhuhnope7579 ... and a copy of Fierce Guardianship! I love that precon - mine is all sorts of (extra) fun with some simple upgrades.
I'm so grateful for your product reviews. You are always honest and entertaining, I even watch some of your reviews for products I'm not interested in.
Thank you for you hard work!
Great video! Lol the ending advice, definitely needed. I did get the elf one because I love elf tribal but that all (not at mark up).
Bring back goth professor!!! I need him!!!
We all need more Black Mana professor in out lives
He needs to make the 5c professors a series somehow.
@@kylesavage4525 Radical.
This is seriously a breath of fresh air.
Planning on getting and upgrading the Azorius deck. Been waiting for a blue white strat that speaks to me, and this is it.
Professor thank you for making me smile. Loved the ending and not paying mark up. I bought Elven Empire, non mark up at my local game store. And Some nice Dragon Shield Sleeves
I bought them for the lore. Ranar is an adoptive father turned guardian of Istfell and Lathril has a seeing-eye wolf!
When did it ever say that Lathril is blind? I thought the wolf was just a normal animal companion.
@@dejener8 Not blind completely, but her attempt to achieve godhood at the beginning of her story article mentions her losing focus and peripheral vision, and for a section of her being outside her house she goes eyes-closed to keep the light from straining them. She fights with her eyes closed as well.
I hope these products do well. Wizards should realize that making a profit and keeping people happy can go hand in hand.
I was on the fence about these decks but your review has me excited about the foretell deck
Your honesty is so refreshing and your joy and enthusiasm is contagious!!!! Thank you for being you Professor.
I have always been interested in commander but wasn't jazzed to need to pay hundreds of dollars per deck. Easy fun 20$ decks that can still be good is a really nice breath of fresh air. Edit: I got the decks and they're great. Thanks for the support.
Buy one of these decks and just slowly improve them over time
Or build a pauper commander deck using cards you own and upgrade that, either way works.
Gavin talked about this on GMM, it has more cards because it is a new world without as many good reprint options.
Enjoyed that to the very end... I wondered what my better half would say if they walked in and saw me watching a vid of you just sat there... and me avidly watching and grinning at how ridiculous I’d look! lol
Thanks prof.
Definitely going to consider picking these up for my collection of commander precons I have saved away for the odd game I play every now and then. As somebody who doesn't play Magic too often for the last while, these little $20 decks look nice to have on hand! Thanks for the concise review as always, Prof!
Professor that Gavin comment almost killed me😂 hilarious as always
Edit: I was wrong. The whole video is fire😂😂
I'm just so happy they finally found some design space in Azorious that isn't fliers and stax.
Same
You've got skill with staying still! I continued to be fooled even after I figured it out XD
(I've heard longer comments are better for the algorithm so I'm jamming multiple comments into one. Look out!)
Thank you for these videos, they help give me hope for this frustrating game!
I went ahead and bought these before your video came out knowing I would use several of the cards even if the rest of the deck wasn't fun. I'm so glad I did! I had no expectation they would be worth this much!!
It's nice to hear you enjoy upgrading the precons, that makes me feel a lot better about struggling to make a deck from scratch!
I don't know if you're doing something different with your hair but it looks great!!
Keep up the great work, Professor!
Edit: I can't wait to watch your booster box video for kaldhiem! My friend and I bought booster boxes to support the local game store (they don't sell singles, there's not much else we can do) and he opened 7 mythics! I'm really glad for the alternative art cards because it seems to lower the price of the normal versions making it cheaper for my friends and I to buy the singles we want.
I had already ordered them but know I'm even more looking forward to them. Thx for another great review!
I'd like to imagine the prof is frozen in place like that at the end of every video until another video idea pops into his head, allowing him to move and function normally once more.
Do not pay mark-ups. Love it.
I’m so happy about this value and the thought put into construction!! The Anowon deck from the beginning of this product update is one of my favorite decks after some fun upgrades...slam dunk!!
Hey, great video :D I just ordered both Decks in Germany for 30€ as well as 2 Kaldheim Displays. Im completely new in the TGC World, and watched already some Videos from you. Pretty informative and funny. Keep up the good work!
The Brawl decks were a rip off, even without the markups they were costed at or above a 100-card commander deck
They had shocklands in them they were actually a bargain. I got them at the "msrp" which was 20$.
Watery grave itself is 15$ and the esper one had that AND it had lot's of good stuff as well like smothering tithe??
@@irou95 I was going to say, in retrospect, the Esper one at RRP turned out to be superb value: you basically bought a discounted Tithe and ended up with a free shock land, Signet and 57 other cards.
Everyone outside of Esper was a bit of a stretch I felt. And frankly I was never able to find them at 20 a piece so never got a chance to pick any up
@@gypsieking3280 That's totally fair, there's a great LGS where I live (Leeds, UK) that adamantly refused to mark them up, so it was easy enough for me. :)
I preordered these decks for 70€ /pack of 4. Considering the prices of shocklands and signet at that point in time, it was clearly a steal at that price point. Nowhere near the 2019 commander preconstructed decks with their gates and 1hp gain tap lands for 40€/piece.
Oh hey, I was looking for this video on this channel literally an hour ago! Not bad timing.
I haven't gone out to my LGS to pick these up yet (its kinda spooky out there yall, be safe) but these look like great fun and I can't wait to try them out. Thanks for the awesome review as always Prof!
Loved the credits, I usually skip them but this one was very amusing :)
Its super refreshing to see you happy about a product, Prof! Glad you like it, I might buy one too.
Omg that ending had me in tears lol!
Arcane Signet was always either going to be the new Sol Ring or it would hit $100+ the former being the most obvious
Thanks Prof! After watching this video I ordered the Phantom Premonition deck. Can’t wait to start upgrading it.
This was by far my favorite video you have done in some time. I watch all your vids because I enjoy them but this was amazing on so many levels from start to finish. Reinforced my decision to buy one of these and had a good hardy laugh. Thank you for that. Stay safe prof and crew/fam!
Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question: How many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question?
Edit:
A lot.
This needs more likes!! Lol
Many
It's not a lot, it's many
Good question.
I was already planning on making Golgari elves when commander legends was revealed and this was just what I needed for it. Really glad about what Kaldheim has for elf decks
Prof talking at the end all frozen felt very family guy and I loved it.
Thanks for the great review, Prof! Now I'm looiking to get both precons for me and my brother, who I'm looking to get into MTG.
I love that some of the cards are be reprinted with brand new art
i may have laughed to hard at "compels me though" line
bought both of these with a friend, and we both really enjoy it, these are great decks and i very much hope theyll continue to make these with every new set!
Great video as always Prof! I love the mix of humor and seriousness lol you talking during the credits is legit the best part! Keep spreading the good word!
Poor Gavin. He seemed like such a nice guy. Sad to see him go 😢
I think one of my few complaints about the Azorius deck, is that I wish that it was Esper. Mainly I just wish I could run Dream Devourer in it.
Great review. Looking forward to sleeving up my spirits deck!
LOL the end mumbling bit was so good
I got the elf deck this morning at my local Wal-Mart it was only 22$ so not bad at all
they said when visiting new planes they wanted to put more new cards in these decks
also i like new art Ghostly Prison
Haha loved the ending credits, great work!
Thanks for the review. Love the commentary while the list of patrons scroll by.
I’m leaving a comment to appreciate the “voice over” gag at the end.
Don't pay markups! (The ending was hysterical by the way)
I loved that strained smile at the end, thank you for always doing consumer friendly stuff like this Professor!
My LGS had a Pre-Order Dicount on these too! One that's still going for the next week I believe, great stuff!
Did I catch a Knives Out reference or is “It makes no damn sense. Compels me though” a common phrase.
Definitely a knives out reference imo. He even added a slight southern draw to the "compels me though"
Many magic the gathering players ask: why didn’t they make these commander decks snow themed and include snow basics? Also, why are snow basics not included in the fat packs?
Arent they? I was about to buy one for just for the lands
If they had 5 decks available, I'm sure it would have been snow, elf tribal, foretell, sagas matter, and boast. Maybe giant tribal? But since they had two, they chose the coolest themes: a tried and true elfball, and the new sauce of foretell.
Snow is stupid mechanic in my opinion. Strictly better basics? wtf. Also, it breaks formats. Arcum's astrolabe had to be banned, and skred is literally a modern deck. Snow is more than strong and stupid enough. I'm glad to not see more of it.
@@nadie2016 Buy it anyway for the exclusive Kaldheim basics that are non-snow?
Because they want to force you to buy packs
So that means no non-snow mountains for Kaldheim unless u buy singles or the bundles? 🤔 Very clever of them.
The deck list on the Elf was so close to the one I already have. I was able to pick it up for parts for my existing deck for $18 on Amazon pre-order! Such cool affordable additions!
Very helpful, as always! Thank you for the great review.
With so many pricey lacklustre products out there on the market. I really think these £15 commander decks standout as brilliant. For me, as a relative beginner, £15 for a 100 card, ready to play deck, is so so good.
Been waiting for this
That ending made my day, thanks Prof!
(Also... I ordered the Azorius one. )