Arjun, the Roasted Flame has a gambling problem
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- That’s right I hired someone to do thumbnails now we are in that stage of the UA-cam glow up. Meet Arjun, one of the most unhinged izzet commanders in the game.
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The full how to lose friends in 99 cards or less for Henzie is out on my channel!
As a Henzie player, I'm looking forward to this!
Arjun + Teferi's Ageless Insight
With enough zero drops and/or recyce effects
Flash in Oracle
I bought the Henzie precon because of your video last week. It came yesterday, so this is perfect timing
Day 15 of asking for a Nekusar breakdown
@@The_Dying_Rose let's go
Playing Arjun is a delicate balance of being good enough to not waste everyone’s time, but not so good that you cause someone’s Nekusar villain origin story.
Whoops to the last part.
I would use it anyway.
Think I may have found a new commander for my "dragon" deck with 40 copies of dragons approach
My first commander was Zurgo, my second was Nekusar after Zurgo died to the Izzet player one too many times
Eh. I already regularly run Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and before this video, I'd never heard of Arjun!
That fact that you somehow resisted showing Niv-Mizzet Parun for this video impresses me. Him, Arjun and Ghyrson just equal free lightning bolts every time you cast another spell.
I’m honestly just trying to keep the heat off my man he already gets so much
@@maldhoundI think he gets a perfectly accurate amount of heat honestly, and all that heat is channeled directly into my face as he burns my life total down to 0
Niv dies once for taking heat fro. A blue problem, he dosent need it again
@@maldhound Dude is basically a God at this point I think he can handle it
@@maldhound Yeah with Niv you have to draw like your whole deck to kill the table and you have to do that one at a time, real Arjun players play Psychosis Crawler and kill the whole table at the same time with half the cards
I was all “yeah, cool cool” *nodding* “seems chaotic but luck based” and then in my head, slowly appearing like someone was upping the opacity: Teferi’s smug face as he whispers in my ear “get tutelage-d, bitch”
It's not chaotic once the deck gets going and you see all your cards every turn
I’m now going to use “tutelage-d” wherever I can. Thank you.
Mald trying so hard to be an honest Izzet player but the lure of card draw combos won't let him.
They just keep pulling me back in
@@maldhoundkinda like izzit players pulling new cards into their hands.
"Whenever you cast a spell, every other player gets a copy of Orcish Bowmasters in their hand."
Oh lawd he’s bowmastering
As an Arjun player myself, 10000% accurate description of how i play. "Im just tossing cards away...." Meaning- "I havent found my win con yet"
Real question then; do you run any tutors or shuffle effects at all? I tried building mine without any mandatory ones (only 'you may's', and 1 graveyard recycler), doing that makes sure you're not seeing the same cards ever again if you don't want to. I wanted to try some strategy where you could roughly know the order of your whole deck so you could cycle with cantrips and isochron until you find whatever you needed.
@@madeofmandrake1748 naw. I havent optimized it that heavily. I dont care for tutors much as i feel it ruins the chaos the deck is built around. I have plenty of fun wheeling into nonsense
"It reads more like an intrusive thought than an actual textbox"
I mean, judging by that flavour text, being an intrusive thought incarnate is what Arjun is all about
I didn’t even know this card existed but now my play group should be scared
Dude, this card is an UNREASONABLE amount of zany fun. I don't always play it, but I can't bring myself to take it apart. My play group knows it's chaotically dangerous, and I've found myself to be the table archenemy with it on more than one occasion, but even when they kill me, I die with a big-ass Joker grin on my stupid face. Highly recommend.
@@bradsimpson8724 oh I fully plan to pick it up and actually make a good deck out of it lol, might need to test on Cockatrice first tho
@@internetghost5912 As I get older, I've found that I'm less concerned about how good a deck is, and more interested in how much fun it is to play. And Arjun has just the right amount of chaos in it.
@@bradsimpson8724 eh it’s just more fun to play through a deck before I invest
Another roast made of pure gold! Mald, you never disappoint.
Thank you!
I’m glad someone else finally found out how completely BUSTED Arjun is combined with draw triggers
People worked it out the day it was released, lol. The reason you barely see it is not because people didn't realise it's busted; it's because most Magic players have at least a little humanity left.
I saw an A and the word Flame and i thought you were about to speak of the glorious giant dad Aegar, the freezing flame. I guess the "actually 6'1 on just on their profile" tribal will have to wait. That being said i respect Arjuns "you aint ballsy enough to bring rhystic study" effect.
I was waiting for Omniscience to show up when you were talking about salt. It would just be, "Ooo, a card." Play it, "Ooo, a card." And just that, until you are out of cards. My favorite version of this is Niv-Mizzet, Parun plus omniscience. I am become death.
I am buying this and building a deck around him IMMEDIATELY. My crackhead izzet gremlin mind is LOSING it rn
How did yours turn out? I didn't keep the mill and I think I need to add it back.
My Arjun playtime has about a 80% rate of dying while desperately rolling the gacha for the right cards and a 20% rate of decking the table and myself in one turn, yet my friends only ever seem to remember the 20%.
As a White player (in both Magic terms and my lack of melanin), my hunger for order, creatures and board clear protection are best tempered by Izzet, making sure I stay proactive and keep a fist full of cards to use, even if I don't as often dive into pure chaos. As a Jeskai player, I salute you.
Also, day 10 of asking for Kasla, the Broken Halo.
Mildly restricted access to at least triple the amount of cards a blue player normally has will always spell disaster for anyone who wants to play a creature spell, play a non creature spell, or even play the god damned mana they put into their deck.
The script, as usual, is impecable
Thank you! This was one that came together pretty off the top so I’m glad it holds up
@@maldhound bro every short u make cracks me up :)
As a fellow izzet player I must say the only bad part is losing my counterspells each time making Niv a piller for removal
This inspired me to make an arjun deck based around drawing my whole deck as fast as possible.
You're single-handedly tempting me back into playing MtG again, doing potentially unspeakably bad things to my wallet.
Daw. Editing my grammar removed your like :(
Your wallet will recover. Your friends will not.
@alaberti WHEEL! OF! TORMENT! YEAAAAAAAA
Once more I've relapsed... and bought cowboys. Day 1 of asking for Laughing Jasper Flint
I would love to see a 99 cards or less for Arjun. It seems really interesting and like you can have quite a few win conditions in it.
"You see, every time you cast a spell Arjun declares the rest of your hand 'So very 200LATE'"
Never change Maldhound, never change.
Could you please explain that, because I didn't get it and I'm confused :/
@@chromejailer6799it's a reference to an oldish pop song. Singer says her style is 2008 and the girl she's mocking is 2000-late. That's it
@@chromejailer6799It just means 'out of fashion'.
@@thatguyinthecorner4648 I see. I expected something Magic related. Thank you.
@@chromejailer6799"I'm so 3008, you're so two thousand and eight" is a lyric from The Black Eyed Peas' 2008 hit song "Boom Boom Pow"
At this point, I can just come to this channel when I want new Commander ideas.
The double take bit was glorious. Rule of 3'd an everything.
"God hates Izzet players" PREACH IT BROTHER with this gambling addict I might actually hit my land drops. . .just uh, gotta get to 6 first
Need to play more rituals. Can't wait for those lands, you need a higher storm count anyway
@@SteamClockWork rituals are for storming and casting tempt with vengeance for x=34, not dragging out the commander
I fill my deck with cantrips as well so land drops aren't an issue.
Also my nomination for ritual is Battle Hymn. With the incidental token generation my Arjun deck has, it's easy to net +8 red mana off that one spell.
This is the video that sold me on my newest commander deck, just finished it this week! Thanks @MaldHound can’t wait for more deck ideas!
I'm just imagining how you could use this in a Jodah deck. Triggers twice on each Legenadry Cascade, and since you get to pick the order, it can fairly quickly get to the point where you know the order of large chunks of your deck to better control your Cascades.
"I see zero chumba lumabas, and I know what I like." The words of a king.
As a proud Arjun player since 2015 I must say, the thesis behind wanting to see your entire deck every game is 💯
Yep! Just accept that your hand is ephemeral, go digging through your deck for something useful each turn, and make sure you have draw and cast triggers ready to add to the chaos.
this slander against scrooge mc duck cannot stand. scrooge loves his money true, but prides himself on having acquired it fairly and honestly, and he understands that a poor populace cannot afford his products. now the person who would immediately haord all of the ill gotten checks would be mr krabs.
Thank you, Scrooge is a capitalist duck but he has STANDARDS, he will not have people impugning his honor over his methods of acquisition, only his quantity acquired, he will find his money like all good heroes do
ON THE MOOOOON
As someone who has had an Arjun deck for a very long time, it is unbelievably easy to kill yourself with a teferi’s ageless insight.
I remember seeing Alhamarret's Archive, considering it, and then doing a bit of math and determining that if I start with three cards in hand, my average turn decks me without even trying.
Of course, I also run Knowledge Pool so everyone partakes in my shenanigans (and I double my draw triggers) so that doesn't help.
I prefer powerful combos work that way. There should be a risk. Powerful combos without a risk are boring to play and suck to play against.
"I play all these guys. I summon Arjun from the command zone. I play laboratory maniac. I win"
-Arjun players turn 5
You think this guy has a gambling problem? Wait till you get to my boy Yusri, Fortune’s Flame.
lol that's in my eye of wisdom eye of chaos deck I'm building, love basing my winning chance on. a coin flip
Combo with Teferi's Puzzle Box to draw a new hand of cards nonstop.
As somone who has played a bit of Arjun, the REAL fun begins when you have a Mindmoil in play at the same time and a deck full of instant speed cantrips
First day of asking for "Atla Palani, nest tender", pick me to induce salt in everyone on "40th+ day of ___"
I'll be straight with you, Teferi's Ageless Insight is a risky proposition. Once you untap with it on board, you have a limited number of casts before you deck yourself, and my Arjun build can frequently hit that number on the turn it comes up, especially with Knowledge Pool. For example, let's say you start with 2 cards in hand and play zero draw spells.
- Cast (1 card) pool trigger, Arjun double trigger (2 cards) (4 cards).
- cast second spell (3 cards), pool, Arjun (6 cards), Arjun (12 cards).
- Cast third spell (11 cards), pool, Arjun (22 cards) (44 cards).
At this point if you cast another spell you draw more cards than are in your deck and you lose. If you have a bigger hand at the start or any of your spells are draw spells, you can easily lose on the third spell.
this is also really strong with anything that gives all your spells flash (hell, even if you play a deck full of instant speed spells only) because if you have a hand with more than 1 good card, you can just flash in the second one in response to arjun's trigger and resolve his triggers one at a time, flashing in more and more stuff based on what you draw
The thumbnail change us great, i would love for them to be a mainstay!
Fantastic choice! May I recommend Neera, Wild Mage for the list of Cards that need to be Burned? One of my favorite "What's going on?" Commanders. Or you can do Eldrazi. That's fine too.
The real lesson was all the cards we drew along the way!
Captain's log September 30 rounded to the nearest decimal point.
Im still waiting on my roast of Izzet of the Izmagnus. But something tells me to keep asking. Some.............thing!
you should do |Veyran, voice of duality|- they go in the 99 of 99% of izzet decks for a reason, and with effects like storm kiln artist and guttersnipe, you can very easily win in like 1 turn from a seemingly meager board state.
Day 8 of thanking maldhound for the great mtg content, and making me want to burn money on new commander decks constantly.
Also this is my new favorite video from you. The degenerate wincons showing up behind you whilst trying to justify its existence is gold
My roommate has decided to retaliate to the Henzie deck with a group slug deck. He wants ‘maximum chaos’. Any suggestions?
Maximum boardwipe to minimize chaos.
Hard stax. The most chaotic thing you can do is start an actual fight in real life
Arjun is Izzet going full sicko mode: “hahahah yes”
Yessss please roast mizzix of the izmagnus next she's one of the most busted Izzet commanders and I love her ✨
My bf who taught me to play commander mains her. Just the name gives me PTSD flashbacks... I'm surprised I even got into the game at all.
@@metapuns9004 yeeeep I only bring her out for cEDH cause there's no way I can subject a casual game to that level of nonsense lmao
This is how one loses friends when they dont even have friends. Im all here for it.
Step 1: Play that draw doubling card
Step 2: start Drawing double your hand over and over again
Step Everyone hates you: Thassa’s Oracle.
Pro tip: instead of corrosion, use sphinx's tutelage. Does the same thing, but if the two cards share a color, they repeat that mill. You are deadly to mono color decks and at worst it is corrosion with a draw and discard added to it.
Eventually "I put my deck down... and then I draw my deck"
So underrated. So fun. Makes you feel like a wild izzet manic as your brain has to violently thrash everytime you cast anything. Before I tuned the deck I could deck myself by like turn seven because sometimes your lab man win con and that little lizard that let's you NOT draw cards if you don't want is in the other 50 cards in your deck and anytime you cast anything your drawing 200 cards.
This combos perfectly with River Song. You put your hand on the bottom of your library... and then get your hand right back again XD
Although, if you have effects like "if you would draw any number of cards, draw that many cards plus one instead", each spell you cast instantly replaces itself with a new card in hand
Opponent, pointing at my Arjun, Jhoira, and Semblance Anvil imprinting an artifact: What're you doin?
Me: Me?? Nothin'! Just hangin' around...
Arjun dares you to tow the line and then throws that on roulette.
There's a few really fun cards that go with this.
They do various things but they all have 1 feature in common: buyback.
If I ever do the partners commander game type where all legal commanders have ‘Partner’… I’m running this guy alongside Niv.
fire wizard money gang. We love drawing cards. This message was brought to you by. The mald revoltuion.
My man, this is Magic the Gathering. We all inherently have a gambling addiction.
1. Play Tolarian Winds with Arjun, Mindmoil, Alhammarret's Archive and Ageless Wisdom on the board for maximum silliness
I used to play this in my Zndr Okaun wheel and deal deck, which was in fact... A thinly veiled gambling problem deck.
And now suddenly. I feel a relapse urge that I must try VERY hard to push back down. Thank you.
Well, now I'm convinced that I have to build this deck. Looks fun as hell!
Imagine cast this card for free with Jin-gitaxias' last chapter and having the longest turn of magic's history, present, and future.
when you put arjun into the flubs deck
Speaking as a Nekusar player, GOOD. Draw all the cards you want! I'm more than happy to help you.
In the colours known for cantrips and rituals... I can't see a problem here.
I'd be so happy to see you roat Eruth, Tormented Prophet as a spellslinger lover
I will continue to ask for the funny man Blim, comedic genius
Rielle the Everwise is another gambling Commander. After you discard one or more cards in one instance (Cathartic Reunion or Forbid as examples), you draw that many cards. She also bets +1/+0 for each instant and sorcery in your grave.
My friend likes chaos so much that he added mindmoil to this deck. He is definitely touching every card. He has drawn to death on multiple occasions.
I'm not even asking for my love again today. The placement of teferi and psychic corrosion was too priceless.
You should definitely talk about Experiment Kraj and the shenanigans he gets up to on a daily basis
Uril the miststalker is one of the greatest Voltron Commanders. They are immune from any and all roast you got going their way.
I wanna add this to a gambler commander deck with lots of dice rolls and coin flips.
Now see, in theory, if you don't stack your deck with a bunch "I love 2 turn games" cards, this would be a fantastic game of commander. Excellent work Mald, 10/10
As an arjun player: Im not ashamed, I will not apologize. Gambling to see what fun my next hand will have is half the fun of commander.
I have Teferi's puzzle box and a red enchant whose name I am forgetting that does the same thing as this particular card in my superfriends edh deck. But I would love to make a deck with this one as my commander with these two cards. No need to worry about drawing the right cards when you are drawing through your deck rather rapidly. Slinging what works in the moment.
He's like an evil Teferi's Puzzle Box
This is just Teferi Puzzlebox with flying
I dunno if hes the "Shifting Flame" as much as he is the "Shifting Blame".
That damned guy is a walking 7 card Charlie at a Blackjack table.
Definitely the kind of guy who'd have a summer home in Las Vegas, just so he can be near The Strip.
i feel so called out at wanting to touch 99 magic cards
On god might make a deck for this man. Seems way too fun and self-fulfilling.
I kinda wanna do a deck with this commander that has spells and creatures that force everyone to cycle their hands forcing gambling addictions on all and goofing up plans people make like blue decks with counter spells in hand lol
the real hand was the spells we cast along the way
Every time you draw, make them draw too... then discard their whole hands, become enemy number 1 and always keep them guessing lmfao
love me some psycosis crawler with arjun and insight out 3 spells and everyone takes 70 damage
i will never stop asking for toxrill the corrosive
I should consider shoving this into River Song. To cast a spell to just manipulate my bottom draw seems pretty nice actually since see only allows me to draw from the bottom….
Everyone say hello to the MTG Poet Laureate
🥹
My Arjun deck infamous for me going "All right, time to take my last turn before getting knocked out" _draws_ "Um, never mind, I win."
My record (with zero infinite combos in the deck) is 285 cards drawn in one turn. A standout way to win is cantripping through my deck until I hit Fists of Flame, then swinging for lethal.
I run him in a Kydele/Kraum deck.
If he doesn't trigger Niv-Mizzet, Locust God, or Psychosis Crawler into ending the game and there is still two red mana left over at the end of the spin cycle, Kydele will open her grey piggy bank and make it rain comets the size of galaxies.
Arjun + Teferi's Ageless Insight
With enough zero drops and/or recyce effects
Flash in Oracle
And.... another commander going onto the "To buiild" list
Its like a one sided teferis puzzle box
Skittles, the blight dragon or Sydri unethical genius waiting room
this is begging for a notion thief to get flashed in
This is why notion thief is a must!
I paid for the whole deck, I'm using the whole deck!
Combine with Teferi's ageless insight and that one Jace, and you can win pretty easily.