You know what would be a great target for the Scarab God? Some kind of creature that creates two zombies whenever it enters the battlefield or attacks! If only there was some card like that in the format... :p
Got excited when I saw a scarab god upgrade, but quickly realized y’all just basically explained my exact deck hahaha... minus the painter servant grind stone tech...
Perfect timing on this video. I literally made my first Scarab God deck this week and ran it last night. And I was just sitting down to make some dech techs! Nice work nerds.
One of my Favorite commanders as I have always been known at my table as the "Zombie guy" and when Scarb God came out I immediately went and bought one
Everytime you guys mention the command zone, I can’t help but think how epic it would be to have a Game Knights with you as their guests. I’d give it a year and could definitely see it happen :)
Year1: One day maybe... Year2: Joe and Beezy guests to The Command Zone Year3: Former youtube stars Josh Lee Kwai and Jimmy Wong guests to the much more popular channel "Nitpicking Nerds"
You guys are AWESOME! The changes are awesome. I’m going to be revising this deck immediately. Oddly enough, my friends said yesterday, “Why aren’t you playing Field of the Dead?” 😂 So yeah wow. I’m just really appreciative of this no-holds-barred look at The Scarab God. And yes.... I basically said #GoCrazy - and you guys delivered! 😊👍🏼
I know I’m two weeks behind on this, but I am very curious as to whether or not you think Altar of the Brood would go well in this deck and what you’d take out to put it in, if so.
I own a lion's eye diamond but I proxy it, my playgroup allows proxies if we own the card. I mainly have it in a muldrotha deck but I'm thinking of making a scarab god deck, how does it play in the deck since you only get 1 use out of it?
For mox opal, I would recommend running the artifact lands in this deck. Yes they can get destroyed by vandalblast etc. but that doesn’t usually happen in my experience and the extra artifact count really matters for a deck with only 17 artifacts
With all the milling this deck does, tombstone stairwell could be really good. Each turn you get zombies that will die, thus getting you more death triggers. And at your upkeep you stack the tombstone trigger to happen before scarab God's trigger so you can scry even more and drain your opponents. Also, extra deadly with vengeful dead cuz It counts every zombie, even your opponents zombies.
Man The Scarab God is my main and most treasured deck. It warms my cold dead heart to see beetlejuice getting love. I’ll have to jump into the discord and show you mine, he has mucho bling 💍
In response to the upkeep trigger of the Scarab God, you can activate his ability to create more zombies that with increase the value of X in the upkeep trigger.
So if Scarab god dies, I can put em in graveyard instead of command zone? I thought whenever your commander dies it should go to command zone?…what about the commander tax? Will it cost the same if commander return to your hand or you have to add tax like in command zone?
"very casual and having a good time with his friends" ... turn 1 land, mox, lotus, lion's eye diamond, scarab god, discard rest of hand, and reanimate best thing .... yeaaa.... casual fun with friends.. yea
I enjoy my value town Scarab God deck, probably somewhere between 5-7 power, casual mid-game but can win out of nowhere. I tend to win with Peer into the Abyss+ Living Death or Empty the Pits with my Scarab God. LOL, When I think about it the deck works without Scarab God, their just there because they are my favorite Dimir Commander and works as a good decoy, oh and the value :P
You can play mirror mad phantasm, exile it with scarab god, mill your entire deck and win with thoracle or if you're spicey with a Necrotic ooze package.
I love field of the dead the most it is the secret commander of my gitrog deck. I also have a scarab god deck but I only have so much money so I only have one copy atm
At about 4:50 you guys say that the creatures Scarab God reanimates have several creature types, this isn't true actually. They're 4/4 Black Zombies instead of their other stats and types, not in addition to them.
I don't think zombie tribal is the direction for Scarab God. Yes, lords that give nice abilities like Gleaming Overseer fit in well, but unless you're going infinite, Diregraf Captain is super low impact. You don't want to tread water with a bunch of tokens that can't get in for damage, you want to reanimate 7-drops. Giving those 7 mv threats abilities is good, but just reanimating them is the focus of my deck
Scarab God decks really thrives off a lot of creatures in deck. His ability targets creatures in your and other graveyards...so a ton of enchantments or instants/sorceries PWs etc...no value. Unless you're going really control/mill, and rely on stealing other's creatures. But they may not have creatures.
So I say "Big Money Flex Time" and My GF just asked me to take my Britches off. Thanks Joe and Beezy! (i love the Descriptor you put under your name Beez)
I don’t know about you guys but this deck is not really suited to a casual table. In my experience playing with 100$ mana rocks screams cedh and that is all that people see. Just love the content.
Wants to play casually with his 2000 dollar deck with moxes and painters servant combo. Yeah this guy sounds like a pubstomper of the worst degree. You already got tainted pact jus add thasas oracle an this is basicaly a cedh level deck not a casual deck. If im playing casually there is no world in which getting combod on turn 1 is ok.
I mean they have to draw both pieces... In a 99 card deck not good odds. Also it's not even a turn 1 win. And if this is cedh then I hate to tell you it's not even close lmao, that's like calling a precon "cedh" for getting a turn 1 sol ring
@@Lowelo860 it is turn 1 with ancient tomb mana crypt sol ring. 2 card combos in a 2000 dollar deck doesnt feel casual to ME. this is an optimized competitive dec imo. I wouldnt call sol ring on 1 a cedh deck jus like i didnt call this one a cedh one. I called the guy a pubstomper for wanting to play casually with a 2000 dollar deck. And said he should jus make it cedh by adding thasas oracle.
@@connoringram4948 @connor ingram I mean my goat tribal edh deck is 2000$+ and when it sits down at the table it's always the weakest deck at the table, even against precons. Money doesn't equal = power always. Also even adding oracle combo won't make it cedh, this looks nothing like a cedh deck. Also" This is basically a cedh deck"
My playgroup is really high-level when it comes to their version of “casual.” Sometimes I am the archenemy at the table. Other times, people ignore me..... and that’s a mistake. LOL. Scarab God quickly spirals out of control. But yeah.... I think the word “casual“ is debatable. It’s not cEDH, but it’s close. I just know that I need my decks to be a higher power level if I’m going to compete at my friends’ “casual” table.
For anyone looking to jump onto the gravy train, you know what card this deck really needs.
meta
😂 Love this.
Lol
Grave Titan! Go away!
I love Grave Titan in the chat omg lmao
You know what would be a great target for the Scarab God? Some kind of creature that creates two zombies whenever it enters the battlefield or attacks! If only there was some card like that in the format... :p
Too bad they haven’t printed a good version of that kinda card yet.
If only
@@NitpickingNerds Rot Hulk?
@@EntheogenShaman grave titan
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Thanks so much for helping to support our dream! Always awesome to see other CZcamsrs who are into magic! 😄
Got excited when I saw a scarab god upgrade, but quickly realized y’all just basically explained my exact deck hahaha... minus the painter servant grind stone tech...
Well you are just a great deck builder!
Just when I bought an Invocation Scarab God to run as Commander, you guys do this :D !! The timing couldn't be better
Love you guys
Perfect timing on this video. I literally made my first Scarab God deck this week and ran it last night. And I was just sitting down to make some dech techs! Nice work nerds.
Wow what a perfect coincidence! Thanks Josh :D
Came in the mail today! My first Field of the Dead, and it is all because of you guys.
One of my Favorite commanders as I have always been known at my table as the "Zombie guy" and when Scarb God came out I immediately went and bought one
Perfect! It does a great job at making zombies
Everytime you guys mention the command zone, I can’t help but think how epic it would be to have a Game Knights with you as their guests. I’d give it a year and could definitely see it happen :)
Maybe some day! We would love to destroy those noobs! Lol 😝
@@NitpickingNerds haha that would sure be a sight to behold 😁
Year1: One day maybe...
Year2: Joe and Beezy guests to The Command Zone
Year3: Former youtube stars Josh Lee Kwai and Jimmy Wong guests to the much more popular channel "Nitpicking Nerds"
@@Domenico44055 😊😊😊
@@NitpickingNerds youre not gonna get invited if youre disrespectful lol
You guys are AWESOME! The changes are awesome. I’m going to be revising this deck immediately. Oddly enough, my friends said yesterday, “Why aren’t you playing Field of the Dead?” 😂 So yeah wow. I’m just really appreciative of this no-holds-barred look at The Scarab God. And yes.... I basically said #GoCrazy - and you guys delivered! 😊👍🏼
You are awesome Joe! Thanks for the support and glad you enjoyed the video!
I feel like I play against this deck at least once a week
@@fullmetalcross9818 😂👍🏼
I know I’m two weeks behind on this, but I am very curious as to whether or not you think Altar of the Brood would go well in this deck and what you’d take out to put it in, if so.
So excited for this, love tribes so I built Scarab God right after it came out.
Awesome! Hope you enjoyed
I own a lion's eye diamond but I proxy it, my playgroup allows proxies if we own the card. I mainly have it in a muldrotha deck but I'm thinking of making a scarab god deck, how does it play in the deck since you only get 1 use out of it?
For mox opal, I would recommend running the artifact lands in this deck. Yes they can get destroyed by vandalblast etc. but that doesn’t usually happen in my experience and the extra artifact count really matters for a deck with only 17 artifacts
Big money flex time! 💪 Best category title on any magic content channel.
With all the milling this deck does, tombstone stairwell could be really good. Each turn you get zombies that will die, thus getting you more death triggers. And at your upkeep you stack the tombstone trigger to happen before scarab God's trigger so you can scry even more and drain your opponents. Also, extra deadly with vengeful dead cuz It counts every zombie, even your opponents zombies.
Man The Scarab God is my main and most treasured deck. It warms my cold dead heart to see beetlejuice getting love. I’ll have to jump into the discord and show you mine, he has mucho bling 💍
We have a whole channel just for showing decks, too!
So how do I tell you what I have in my deck to help me
In response to the upkeep trigger of the Scarab God, you can activate his ability to create more zombies that with increase the value of X in the upkeep trigger.
Heck yeah it does!
So if Scarab god dies, I can put em in graveyard instead of command zone? I thought whenever your commander dies it should go to command zone?…what about the commander tax? Will it cost the same if commander return to your hand or you have to add tax like in command zone?
"very casual and having a good time with his friends" ... turn 1 land, mox, lotus, lion's eye diamond, scarab god, discard rest of hand, and reanimate best thing .... yeaaa.... casual fun with friends.. yea
😂 It is casual. Trust me. My playgroup is one step away from cEDH. I need to compete!
How are you not including Havengul Lich and Ashnod’s Altar?
Ouuuu my favorite commander, was considering switching to grim grin though
Gringrim is pretty cool, free sac outlet
Grimgrin was absolutely terrifying when I first played commander! Yisan struggled to keep up with the hangry behemoth. Good times
Just picked up a reassembling skeleton an blood ghast so may need to be done
I enjoy my value town Scarab God deck, probably somewhere between 5-7 power, casual mid-game but can win out of nowhere. I tend to win with Peer into the Abyss+ Living Death or Empty the Pits with my Scarab God. LOL, When I think about it the deck works without Scarab God, their just there because they are my favorite Dimir Commander and works as a good decoy, oh and the value :P
Love a good decoy commander
perfect deck for gravy-T!
False no such deck exists at these power levels
You can play mirror mad phantasm, exile it with scarab god, mill your entire deck and win with thoracle or if you're spicey with a Necrotic ooze package.
i reccently put Eligeth, Crossroads Augur in my Scarab God deck ^^
That’s spicy!
With a good part of mill cards in the deck, rise of the dark realms is amazing
I love field of the dead the most it is the secret commander of my gitrog deck. I also have a scarab god deck but I only have so much money so I only have one copy atm
Field of the Dead is AWESOME
Where is the mulldrifter. Draw two then reanimate for 4/4 flier draw two
At about 4:50 you guys say that the creatures Scarab God reanimates have several creature types, this isn't true actually. They're 4/4 Black Zombies instead of their other stats and types, not in addition to them.
@3:10 - listening... you guys better mention Grave Titan. Lol.
Would Eligeth be good in the deck. It’s pretty expensive but a lot of card draw
Nah, I would just avoid it. Cool synergy but too expensive and doesn't do anything without SG
You should check out utopia if you like shows similar to black mirror
Feels so good to get the tainted pact from strixhaven for $22
Love the transition of not coherent English right into champion of wits... flawless
I think we nailed it too
I don't think zombie tribal is the direction for Scarab God. Yes, lords that give nice abilities like Gleaming Overseer fit in well, but unless you're going infinite, Diregraf Captain is super low impact. You don't want to tread water with a bunch of tokens that can't get in for damage, you want to reanimate 7-drops. Giving those 7 mv threats abilities is good, but just reanimating them is the focus of my deck
Can you maybe create a 50-100 dollar deck from this deck? It looks very interesting! :)
Wow, dreams do come true whoop whoop
So glad for that lol
Scarab God decks really thrives off a lot of creatures in deck. His ability targets creatures in your and other graveyards...so a ton of enchantments or instants/sorceries PWs etc...no value. Unless you're going really control/mill, and rely on stealing other's creatures. But they may not have creatures.
More tidbits 🙏🏽
Where that grave titan at though
Why is Recurring nightmare not in this deck
It is banned in commanded
Hmm, I wonder if there was a Black 6/6 zombie that makes zombies... just wishful thinking though
He is a giant not a zombie
how good would scarab god be if it said surveil X imagine!!
So I say "Big Money Flex Time" and My GF just asked me to take my Britches off. Thanks Joe and Beezy! (i love the Descriptor you put under your name Beez)
That's a first lol
Podcast teach more gooder than less.
Thank. I didn't this before.
Grabe Titen.
Thats my dad joe mersinger and thats his deck wow im so prowd of him.
That’s my son! Heck yeah, bruh! I’m proud of you too, buddy! Always. 😊💚
Wholesome family moment 💜
Awhh this string of comments really warmed my heart. Such a sweet community we got here 😊
I'm not crying you're crying
I don’t know about you guys but this deck is not really suited to a casual table. In my experience playing with 100$ mana rocks screams cedh and that is all that people see. Just love the content.
Sometimes, I am the archenemy at the table. Other times, people completely ignore me.... and they lose soon afterwards. 😂
This deck is a solid 8-9 very strong
This decklist doesn't seem to have enough card draw.
'Altar of the Brood' is conspicuously absent from both lists.
Oh my god. I just started brewing this deck. This video came just in time! Are you magical?
Each video psychically reaches out to one of our viewers and helps them in an extremely specific and uncomfortable way
If ever there was a deck for grave Titan.....
NOT THIS ONE
@@NitpickingNerds bahahahaha
I wish my last name was Cherries.
No paradox haze? Enchant yourself and double your upkeep triggers on scarab god.
Mind BLOWN
@@NitpickingNerds yeah it's one of my favs in scarab God, 3 cmc and doubles the scry and damage.
Tainted Pact is 80? Time to cash out boys
Cha-Ching!
Tainted Pact is amazing. Dig for the counterspell, dig for the win con. I love it! 😊👍🏼
Waiting for marrow-gnawer lmao
No marrow-gnawer :P
@@NitpickingNerds One day, One day I say!
Tainted pact is banned
Zombie apocalypse?
Ha i just buy all the card to make this deck
Awesome!
prefer something like this way more than pack openings.
Wants to play casually with his 2000 dollar deck with moxes and painters servant combo. Yeah this guy sounds like a pubstomper of the worst degree. You already got tainted pact jus add thasas oracle an this is basicaly a cedh level deck not a casual deck. If im playing casually there is no world in which getting combod on turn 1 is ok.
I mean they have to draw both pieces... In a 99 card deck not good odds. Also it's not even a turn 1 win. And if this is cedh then I hate to tell you it's not even close lmao, that's like calling a precon "cedh" for getting a turn 1 sol ring
@@Lowelo860 it is turn 1 with ancient tomb mana crypt sol ring. 2 card combos in a 2000 dollar deck doesnt feel casual to ME. this is an optimized competitive dec imo. I wouldnt call sol ring on 1 a cedh deck jus like i didnt call this one a cedh one. I called the guy a pubstomper for wanting to play casually with a 2000 dollar deck. And said he should jus make it cedh by adding thasas oracle.
@@connoringram4948 @connor ingram I mean my goat tribal edh deck is 2000$+ and when it sits down at the table it's always the weakest deck at the table, even against precons. Money doesn't equal = power always. Also even adding oracle combo won't make it cedh, this looks nothing like a cedh deck. Also" This is basically a cedh deck"
My playgroup is really high-level when it comes to their version of “casual.” Sometimes I am the archenemy at the table. Other times, people ignore me..... and that’s a mistake. LOL. Scarab God quickly spirals out of control. But yeah.... I think the word “casual“ is debatable. It’s not cEDH, but it’s close. I just know that I need my decks to be a higher power level if I’m going to compete at my friends’ “casual” table.
And yes.... my daughter’s Aesi precon stomped this deck. 😂 It made me proud.
That shirt color is weirding me out
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