I'm gonna say the inspiration for the Razormane Masticore art was the Beast of Gevaudan from the French movie Le pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Loves these videos. Many of them Are gems. Please do a commander analyze/deck build of "garth one-eye"... I cant understand why the heck this commander dont see more play...
I put evolving door in my atla palini deck thanks to your earlier recommendation and it's a powerhouse! I use it to sacrifice my green egg tokens and search for big baddies while I hatch other big baddies
Evolving door is incredible in my Yarus deck. Probably the best use case. Cast some colorless morph creatures, when I sac them to evolving door, Yarus brings them back and flips them face up. Then I tutor for another monocolor morph creature which is pretty much all of them. Rinse and repeat on my next turn.
An idea I've been tinkering with is an Amareth, the Lustrous deck that takes advantage of her ability not technically being a draw ability and then using cards like Spirit of the Labyrinth and Omen Machine to slow down opponents without slowing myself. Parallel Thoughts fits the deck in that it replaces would be draws with a pseudo draw like Abundance or Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
Soul separator is cool (mostly bc of flavor) but we have so many of these recursion/grave hate pieces now. We just got a new one with Ghost Vacuum. Dino DNA is another for 1 mana and 1 to exile a card. 6 to make a token 6/6 body with trample. Another is Dollhouse of Horrors where the cost is upfront for 5 and 1 to exile a card and make a construct copy of it. This is mostly better in that it doesn’t have the “activate only as a sorcery” clause to it. Two bodies may matter as well.
For underrated cards I swear by Matzalanti the Great Door. Even in non graveyard decks I have to stop myself from jamming it in. Looting in general is underrated, but getting it on an artifact without summoning sickness makes it perfect for sculpting your hand
Parallel thoughts is one of my favorites ever. I’ve put it into every blue deck (to always take them out). I have every single time I’ve used it searched out lands. Legit deck thinning at that number
Parallel Thoughts are a incredible include in my 3-cmc based Vannifar(that simic Birting Pod commander) deck The deck is based around 2-cmc dorks that tap for mana of any color. It's the only ramp aside from combos on later turns, and I have 20 of them. My game plan is pretty much t1 land, 2t land + dork, t3 land + commander. I need those dorks to sack them to my commander to search for, for example, Azusa + Ramunap Excavator (3 landdrops per turn + play lands from grave, any fetch turns into huge ramp + 6 landfall triggers) THE PROBLEM IS Any wipe will just stop my deck. My card draw and tutors are based around 3-cmc creatures I tutor from my deck. If I have my 2-cmc dorks I can tutor for another tutors, for card draw, for grave recursion, but without them I can only pray I'm stuck with a decent hand However, Parallel Thoughts can just be a tutor for seven 2-cmc dorks that I can draw whenever I need. It's just a perfect fit into my deck
In other words, if you have a niche deck based around big amount of interchangable cards, Parallel Thoughts may be a great inclusion. Eggs for example may also have it
Many of these are from the days where cards actually had drawbacks. Power creep has replaced most of them unless you need to stack your deck with a lot of such effects. They’re all playable, particularly on a budget, but there are reasons why they are unpopular.
I'll give Pedantic Learning a spin in Mothman. Tons of incremental self-mill happening there. Have to decide if I want to play it with or in place of the new Hedge Shredder though.
I used to play quite a lot of Soul Separator, but after the release of Dollhouse of Horrors, I felt the need to replace it. Repeatable + cheaper for the cost of only getting one token is a good alternative.
Razormane masticore might go in my Oskar deck the problem with all the looters is their small bodies but having a 5/5 that has synergy with my commander it could also be good in an anje deck
For Wave of Terror, if Solemnity were in play (assuming it didn't have any counters on it yet), would that just constantly blow up the 0-mana-value creatures? lol
6:15 Is it just me, or do other people miss set mechanics that are (or at least are in part) DOWNSIDES? Vanishing/Fading, Cumulative Upkeep, Champion, Hellbent, Rampage, Shroud?
This is my favorite underrated MTG channel
Yes!
The only MTG Content Creator where I make sure I watch every video. Demo deserves way more followers then he has. 💪
Agreed, this and @nickslotus help me find a lot of weird cards which I love to build full decks around
Symbiotic Deployment is one of my favorites because it has a cool depiction of Eladamri
That strategy with Parallel Thoughts is a next level IQ play. Outstanding!
This must be Demo’s alt. I see you Demo!
Absolutely! Parallel Thoughts is going into at least two of my decks...
Looks like a lion/tinman/scarecrow combo? Wizard of Oz?
I shitted myself with laughter when you said “Ornithopter. Just kidding its tokens” it was so unexpected
I'm gonna say the inspiration for the Razormane Masticore art was the Beast of Gevaudan from the French movie Le pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Was thinking this too, but you beat me to it 😂 it has to be right?
Wheel of sun and moon definitely became a staple in my group at one point when one player used his Grolnok deck a bunch lol
Loves these videos. Many of them Are gems.
Please do a commander analyze/deck build of "garth one-eye"... I cant understand why the heck this commander dont see more play...
I put evolving door in my atla palini deck thanks to your earlier recommendation and it's a powerhouse! I use it to sacrifice my green egg tokens and search for big baddies while I hatch other big baddies
Evolving door is incredible in my Yarus deck. Probably the best use case. Cast some colorless morph creatures, when I sac them to evolving door, Yarus brings them back and flips them face up. Then I tutor for another monocolor morph creature which is pretty much all of them. Rinse and repeat on my next turn.
An idea I've been tinkering with is an Amareth, the Lustrous deck that takes advantage of her ability not technically being a draw ability and then using cards like Spirit of the Labyrinth and Omen Machine to slow down opponents without slowing myself.
Parallel Thoughts fits the deck in that it replaces would be draws with a pseudo draw like Abundance or Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
Pedantic learning is such a good upgrade for the jumpscare precon!
I can't wait to slot this into my Gyruda clones build. Disgusting.
Soul Separator is good in my Queen Kayla bin-Kroog deck. Since she puts it on the field for 'free' AND can put expensive creatures in your graveyard.
Soul separator is cool (mostly bc of flavor) but we have so many of these recursion/grave hate pieces now. We just got a new one with Ghost Vacuum. Dino DNA is another for 1 mana and 1 to exile a card. 6 to make a token 6/6 body with trample. Another is Dollhouse of Horrors where the cost is upfront for 5 and 1 to exile a card and make a construct copy of it. This is mostly better in that it doesn’t have the “activate only as a sorcery” clause to it. Two bodies may matter as well.
For underrated cards I swear by Matzalanti the Great Door. Even in non graveyard decks I have to stop myself from jamming it in. Looting in general is underrated, but getting it on an artifact without summoning sickness makes it perfect for sculpting your hand
Impending Disaster is one of my favorites. So cheap and usually hard to deal with, save for a counterspell.
Parallel thoughts is one of my favorites ever. I’ve put it into every blue deck (to always take them out). I have every single time I’ve used it searched out lands. Legit deck thinning at that number
Have been playing symbiotic deployment in Emmara for 5 years now and just love the card.
Parallel Thoughts with Forced Fruition and a cheap spell would just be a massive tutor draw.
Tefferi's veil? I hope it's tefferi's veil that one is my favorite underated card.
In an Aesi deck, I'm not sold on five mana for 7 lands that you still have to draw.
Parallel Thoughts are a incredible include in my 3-cmc based Vannifar(that simic Birting Pod commander) deck
The deck is based around 2-cmc dorks that tap for mana of any color. It's the only ramp aside from combos on later turns, and I have 20 of them. My game plan is pretty much t1 land, 2t land + dork, t3 land + commander. I need those dorks to sack them to my commander to search for, for example, Azusa + Ramunap Excavator (3 landdrops per turn + play lands from grave, any fetch turns into huge ramp + 6 landfall triggers)
THE PROBLEM IS
Any wipe will just stop my deck. My card draw and tutors are based around 3-cmc creatures I tutor from my deck. If I have my 2-cmc dorks I can tutor for another tutors, for card draw, for grave recursion, but without them I can only pray I'm stuck with a decent hand
However, Parallel Thoughts can just be a tutor for seven 2-cmc dorks that I can draw whenever I need. It's just a perfect fit into my deck
In other words, if you have a niche deck based around big amount of interchangable cards, Parallel Thoughts may be a great inclusion. Eggs for example may also have it
Many of these are from the days where cards actually had drawbacks. Power creep has replaced most of them unless you need to stack your deck with a lot of such effects. They’re all playable, particularly on a budget, but there are reasons why they are unpopular.
Maybe a stupid strategy, i used parallel thoughts in my elsha, of the infinite deck to grab 7 lands, usually to suck the lands out of the library.
I'll give Pedantic Learning a spin in Mothman. Tons of incremental self-mill happening there. Have to decide if I want to play it with or in place of the new Hedge Shredder though.
I used to play quite a lot of Soul Separator, but after the release of Dollhouse of Horrors, I felt the need to replace it. Repeatable + cheaper for the cost of only getting one token is a good alternative.
Hibernation's End would work well in my elves tribal deck- cheap mana dorks coming up.
Path of mettle in a Naya deck with seed borne muse makes it even stronger
I had seen only one of those cards. Thanks!
I love Soul Separator! I'd play it in a black deck, because with Tree of Perdition in the GY I can nuke someone's life to 1.
Razormane masticore might go in my Oskar deck the problem with all the looters is their small bodies but having a 5/5 that has synergy with my commander it could also be good in an anje deck
I’d guess Razormane is inspired by Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Yeah, that's my guess too!
pendantic learning is considerable for my tazri stalwart survivor deck with her mill ability since it never gets lands
Great underrated picks!
Is Razormane Masticore from Wizard of Oz?
Is the masticore from a Ray Haryhausen flick? Maybe Sinbad?
For Wave of Terror, if Solemnity were in play (assuming it didn't have any counters on it yet), would that just constantly blow up the 0-mana-value creatures? lol
I love Path of Mettle so much
Path of mettle is great with enrage dinosaurs
Here to find out about Razormane Masticore art. 🤷♂️
Masticores are great!
Hercules was the movie
Don't you have a Taigam, Sidisi's Hand deck? Why not put Pedantic Learning in there?
Wheel of Sun and moon in an Atla Palani deck????
Did Riddick inspire Razormane Masticore?
It's gotta be the Matrix, right?
Is it Tremors? Just a guess
Soul separator doesn't fix the legend rule so kind sucks for comanders
6:15 Is it just me, or do other people miss set mechanics that are (or at least are in part) DOWNSIDES? Vanishing/Fading, Cumulative Upkeep, Champion, Hellbent, Rampage, Shroud?