On a personal note, the fact that you're up at 7am on a Sunday to interact with your followers is amazing. Everyone appreciates it even if you don't always get thanked for it.
This channel sucks it says it's budget commander decks but I want to try them all and doing that will break my wallet. But seriously this channel is amazing. I can actually play commander without needing to drop at least $100 on a deck to get a decent and competitive deck.
the great thing about buying cards is that you can buy half of the cards for a deck at a time, so i just buy half of whatever the most interesting deck tech is every week and eventually i have like 10-11 decks.
I just recently found this guy's Channel and after a cursory glance through a handful of his videos I already own like 90% of the cards needed to make the decks I'm interested in❤
Well considering the cards cost at most 25 dollars, unless you buy the excluded cost commanders... For an average commander deck that can very well cost 200+ You can play about 8 decks, and not saying a lot of mana dorks, rocks are the same so each deck probably only costs about 15$ or less. Which means probably near to 15 of those interesting and fun decks, and you probably are able to upgrade them reasonably with some cards you opened/from another deck they made but was excluded for cost or what so. (Like soul ring or just better mana dorks) Tho switching some of the cards around might be a bit annoying when you switch up the decks. Heck, get like 10 decks at the price of 1 this is pretty darn nice deal. Although, eventually you will still run out of cash due to our incapability to stop watching this awesome channel and your infinite gyre for more decks. So uhm, yeah...
@@supernoodles908 my build concentrates on makeing thropters and myrs, have wormcoil and desolation twin for wincons. Because nothing beats swinging with 300 damage
My friend had taken a break from MTG for a while but as soon as I showed him this deck he wants to get back into commander at least. Thanks Mitch for literally getting my friend back in the game lol
I think this is my favourite segment you've done so far. I have a soft spot for The Scarab God and you've done a great job defining your functional packages to create a very synergistic deck. To add on to your suggested upgrades, I would say Throne of the God-Pharaoh has the potential to ratchet up your damage per zombie. Most of them enter play tapped and you're looking to attack with everything you can, so it seems like a natural fit that won't break the bank. - Jim
You're actually a mind reader, just finished my first prototype of a scarab god end deck, and I open youtube to see this. Thanks for all the great videos, they're a big help to as novice a deck builder as me.
So I played your Zada deck... I was playing against a Doran deck, an elf that focuses on discard and muldrotha. For the first few turns I ramped and fumbled a bit by drawing 5 cards 3 times, then discarding to hand size by 14 cards and thanks to an enchantment, lost 28 life going to 12. The. The literal next turn, thanks to dictate of karamettra, I just drew a lot of my deck and exiled the rest with the spark of creativity. Made a ridiculous amount of tokens and forgetting I had impact tremors in my hand then closed out the game by making 40 goblins from empty the warrens and left one guy to 8 then swung with 3 goblin dark dwellers, two tokens that had haste, double strike and trample only had 3 blockers. Also generating over 40 red mama and storm count up to 20. Zada is fun.
I had never owned a mono-black deck until I saw what he did with Yargle, I only a few minor adjustments and now it is the most fun to use deck I own, and I've only spent about $30 on it.
I think it's because the main goal is to siphon and overrun. Lord of the Accursed would just be win more? But it doesn't siphon life on ETB or creates more tokens.
If you’re looking for a combat-based zombie deck, then yes. It puts in serious work with Grimgrin and Varina. If you’re looking to drain your opponents without attacking (like this deck), it’s not really necessary.
Deck recommendations: Dimir Signet, Sidisi Undead Vizier, Mausoleum Secrets, Champion of Wits, Vizier of Many Faces, Khalitas Traitor of Ghet, and Undead Warchief. Excellent tech as usual!
Again, CAN YOU READ MINDS??? I love using this guy as a commander, even if it makes your opponents mad. Also, I can't wait to see those gameplay videos! Good luck!
Late comment, barely discovered the channel. With the sets that have come out since this episode the best additions i can think of are Gleaming Overseer, Lazotep Reaver and Vizier of the Scorpion for cheap two creatures in one with upside, and Rise of the Dreadmarn and Haunting Voyage for boardwipe recovery and mass recursion.
Love this deck, love channel, I'm sharing it with all of my friends. You make budget decks so fast I always having something to watch and it helps teach people how to make decks and learn new cards which I love! I will always support this channel and I'm absolutely becoming a Patreon after this video!!!
First of all: suggestion. Tombstone stairwell. I have been building a scarab god deck since the beginning of summer. This does help me with some weird zombies I did not know. Also, never thought of paradox haze. Fantastic. I even own it ffs. The best thing is I already own the reasonable upgrades. Also, no lich lord of unx or grimgrim? I also run gis&ger
As much as I love Grimgrin, I dont think he would be helpful in this deck since you have to sac things to untap him. While he is a zombie, and therefore helpful with the Zombie token, i still dont think that he would be viable, though if he could be it would be interesting to see it 😂😂😂
@@fearanarchy I am talking about the upgrades. The maindeck is awesome as it is right now, like every deck in this channel. It made me consider many cards I did not even know existed.
This is hilarious that you put out this deck tech the same day I was tuning the build for my Scarab God deck that I'm busy brewing. I was sad to see you excluded Rooftop Storm since it makes all zombies free. Throne of the God-Pharaoh can also be deadly as it deals damage at the end step and the sorceries create tapped zombies. Undead Alchemist can be a game ender as well. Overall I see a lot of similarities and I'm happy I watched it and knowing that I am on the right track with my brewing. Keep on being awesome!
Another upgrade option: I love Vengeful Pharaoh! Less than 2 bucks. Discard it or sack it, then when it's in your yard it's removal for any creature silly enough to attack you. It bounces to the top of your library to draw, lather, rinse, repeat.
Love the videos and totally went out and bought most of this deck! Can't wait to try it out next week. Just be ready to fiddle the decklist on TCG Player since a lot of these cards come from other vendors with the $2 minimum. I had about 25 packages when I first added this list haha. I managed to get it down to 2 or 3 by cutting all the basic lands and some non-basic lands as well as about 5 other cards. Did not have to cut anything important, which was nice. Totally adding Liliana Untouched
Thanks for these videos, I love them. I have even christened my gaming room/man cave The Commander's Quarters. :) Two upgrade recommendations I would make though is adding Vanquisher's Banner and Rooftop Storm. These make a killer combo with Scarab God's scrying ability. You scry, line up as many Zombies as possible, then as you cast each of them for free, you get to draw a new zombie and repeat. As well Rooftop Storm and Havengul Lich combo fantastically, then you can cast any zombie from your graveyard for just 1 mana! BOOM!
Izoni, Animar, Gishath and now The Scarab God, not to mention I got Nezahal in a pack last week...my wallet is hiding under my couch in fear of what's to come! Awesome decks, keep up the great work!!
Hi Mitch, I have been a subscriber since you had 1 or 2k followers. Seeing you reach 24K in a matter of month shows how good your content is. Keep growing !!
Another definite upgrade: rooftop storm. Because what’s better than lots of zombies? Lots of free zombies. As a bonus, if you pair it with gravecrawler, Carrion Feeder can go infinite.
Currently running Varina as my commander for zombie tribal. Definitely gonna be throwing some of these cards in there. In addition, I think a solid upgrade for the deck as well would be Rooftop Storm, and Liliana Untouched By Death. When she come into play, you can -3 her to cast zombies from your graveyard for the turn. Rooftop storm makes zombies cast for 0. Dump your entire graveyard on the feild for free.
Scarab God is my main, and I've built my deck around not having to cast him because as soon as he comes on, everyone immediately counters/targets/exiles him before I even get to equip him with anything. And even if I have a counter spell, someone else has a kill spell for him.
I think my favorite deck so far is the scorpion God build that I got off the channel,I've won 7 games out of 10 game series,and that's without the upgrades
Really nice decks, but needs more Lilianas imo :P Jokes aside, I think Lich Lord of Unx is probably the best addition to this deck, as he can make Zombie token, as well as draining your opponents for the amount of zombies in play. Its price is also not too crazy at about 15$.
@@TheCommandersQuarters Thanks for the comment and the heart! I just recently got one in foil ✨ ^^ I really need to upgrade my Scarab God deck tho. It is just not comming together, but I think your list will be a great reference.
I randomly pulled The Scarab God from a Hour of Devastation pack right after I watched this video. I guess I'll be buying some of these cards and building a casual edh deck.
I love this I’ve been constantly looking for new cards to put into a black, blue zombie commander deck I’ve been putting together and this gave me so many new ideas for it.
I like it for big blueblack decks with extra turn effects.. as these give extra triggers for scarab. Zombies are a good sub theme but I think stealing your opponents creatures and cloning is good with a rise from the dead commander
Very cool. I bought Scarab God when it was first out wanting to build a deck around him. I built a casual one but this video will help me make it better
I've made this deck and played it and absolutely love it! Biggest concern it needs a few board wipes or removal heads up for anyone wanting to play it other than that it's so much fun!
I have been waiting for this video ever since the first time I watched a deck tech in your channel, since I've had The Scarab God ever since the Hour of Devastation Prerelease (which was also my first prerelease) and have been meaning to make an EDH deck around it. Thanks a lot!
I just got this commander a couple of weeks ago, after the price drop in Amonkhet. Surprisingly, I have a lot of these cards lying around. This is going to be a snap.
A good cheap card for this would be Graf Harvest, really underlooked zombie tribal card in my opnion, who doesnt want all your zombies having menace? Lord of the Accursed is also a good slot if you have it, all get +1/+1 and has the menace ability. Ordered this deck but not all cards were available so imma be slotting those two in and seeing how she goes!
This is my favorite commander video. I like the strategy, etc. Hunt and Vow both have amazing zombies and I would love to see what you would put in/take out, if you would shift a strategy, etc. keep up the great work.
Another awesome video. I discovered your channel not to long ago and have been wanting to build on of these deck. I was deciding between phelddagrif and kozilek. Ultimately I went with kozi, and for 40 dollars I was able to get the deck kozi included along with some other upgrades. Also TCGplayer is a awesome sponsor. After making my purchase I got a email that one of the cards was inventoried wrong, and was not shipped. It was a land that cost .06 cents, so they refunded the .06 cents and gave me $5 in store credit for the mishap. Can’t believe it. Anyways my ranting is over keep up the good work.
btw, vengeful dead: when any token zombie like the ones from curse of disturbance dies, it will not go to the grave yard and you will not get the trigger. Well at least thats how i think it works
@@brendaneichler5244 thats the thing tho, vengeful dead is not a death trigger, its an enter the graveyard trigger. The tokens never get to the graveyard. They simply cease to exist.
undead alchemist! He is very good, providing some serious mill and aditional targets to reanimate with the god, and you don't really care about the absence of damage as the focus of the deck is to drain them out anyways.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Gisa and Geralf somewhere, it's great recursion and dumps the top 4 when it enters, making more recursion/token targets
The new amass mechanic is amazing for scarab god and if you want to get spicy add god eternal kefnet and some extra turn spells it's so good with the upkeep scry (extra turn spells are good alone too)
nice i run a scarab god commander deck myself . one card id add tho is Liliana, Deaths majesty or Jace , Ingenious Mind mage for added draw power and defense
Deck could use Noxious Ghoul. Completely disrupts the opponents' armies, and if you manage to get so many zombies out that Scarab God dies, you still get him back.
Living death and thrilling encore cheap impactful upgrades. A board wipe that summons all your dead and an instant that steals the whole board in response to a board wipe can win games.
I just bought the Undead Unleashed precon. I liked Wilhelt but I don't know why it didn't work that well for me. I changed a few of the cards, put Wilhelt in the 99 and put The Scarab God as the commander, and it worked really well. I think there are still some things to be changed, but a lot of what comes in the precon is in your suggestions, so, maybe that's why it worked so well. Gonna change a few more cards with your suggestions for this one in mind!
Right now I'm rebuilding my zombie Gisa and Geralf deck to be more budget and hell yes, this video is right on time for me! It's great, thanks a lot. :) I have a question... what about cards like Rooftop Storm, Graveborn Muse, Lord of the Accursed or the new Midnight Reaper? Were they ever considered and why the choice not to include them? Thanks a lot. :)
Magic Miracles I think I know why these were not chosen. Midnight Reaper and Graveborn Muse can cause you to draw yourself out/drain yourself far too easily. Lord of the Accursed doesn’t do much when you’re not looking to attack often (remember, this deck wants to drain the opponents, not get caught up in combat). Rooftop Storm just feels like “win more” in this deck. It’s not needed, because you’re not keeping mana open for combat tricks and the like (again, it’s not a combat-based deck).
@@TheComicBookJoker Thank you for the info. :) Now I get it better, but it always depends on the preference and that is the great part about MTG, that you can make it your game. :)
As I mentioned in my other comment, Rooftop combos beautifully with Vanquisher's banner and Scarab's scry ability. SO you stack your zombies, play one draw one etc. etc. helps to quickly flood the board. :) And makes reanimating with Havengul Lich quicker and cheaper.
...If that card called From Under the Floorboards is not a call back to Wes' Craven's film The People Under The Stairs... I don't know what is. Wizards of the Coast must really love their old campy movie references.
It feels like Exquisite Blood should be in this deck. Whenever an opponent loses life you gain that much life is a great counter to the universal agro you will be getting from this deck.
just curious why dictate of erobos or grave pact were mot upgrade options at the end? when ever a zombie dies each opponent sacs a creature and with overseer of the damned and a sac outlet it becomes a board wipe.
i like how this channel does interesting things. A request of sorts. Check out the commander vorel of the hull clade. With all the proliferate in war of the spark i think itll be a fun build
True. But that's only if it's "cast". There are plenty of ways to cheat it into play. Also, it could be a much needed remedy against flyers as zombie tribal is weak on that front. Yes there are other flying zombies that fit the u/b budget build. I just feel this may be one most would overlook.
@@antonalberts9230 true, but while it fits the cheap 💰 aspect it doesn't fit. By that I mean Wonder isn't a zombie (doesn't fit tribal aspect) & it also it doesn't have the ability for graveyard fun (yes it has to be in there, but can't recure itself) so doesn't fit the reanimate aspect of the build. Other than that it would be an awesome addition.
@@antonalberts9230 the reason I suggested ruinator was 1) its a zombie and 2) for 3cmc you can cast a 4/5 flyer from either hand or graveyard. *as noted, the downside is having to exile 3 in addition to its cost. From my stand point if making tokens, the exile part isn't all that bad considering.....
Totally going to be building this one. I was trying to figure out what direction to go with Scarab God. I was also looking for a reason to pull apart my old Sidisi, Undead Vizier deck to build something less combo and more tribal with zombies. Also, reasonable upgrade, how about Undead Warchief?
Love this video! I took apart my Scarab God deck a while ago cause I had a lot of great staple and expensive cards in it. But now, I can rebuild it with his awesome budget option! Also, could you do a deck tech on Karavek, The Merciless? Thanks!
seems like you could get some better cards than read the bones. why not use surveil in this deck for example? surveil and explore have way better synergy with zombie/reanimator cards than scry. notion rain is like 9 cents. has basically the exact same effect but costs 1UB instead of 2B for the benefit of having surveil over scry
@@TheCommandersQuarters Could you please do it? I am really thinking about building him and seeing your idea and advice on it would be immensely helpful.
call of the grave seems like a decent budget card for tribal zombies even if its annoying with a non zombie commander throne of the god pharaoh could also be fun maybe some cheap removal like tragic slip/doom blade/murder maybe also never//return dark salvation is also great for some tokens vizier of the many faces/naga oracle arent zombies but with embalm/eternalize they might as well be and they have awesome effects for their cost and are prime targets for scarab god grave betrayal also isnt that pricey and a lot of fun in zombie tribal
just discovered this channel and watched EVERY SINGLE VIDEO. Amazing work ! Keep it up! Is there a chance you will look at breya or zedruu as they are more well known commanders? or maybe even some nekusar? im looking forward to see whats up next ! subscribed.
On a personal note, the fact that you're up at 7am on a Sunday to interact with your followers is amazing. Everyone appreciates it even if you don't always get thanked for it.
Well thank you!
@@TheCommandersQuarters but also don't feel like you need to.
This channel sucks it says it's budget commander decks but I want to try them all and doing that will break my wallet.
But seriously this channel is amazing. I can actually play commander without needing to drop at least $100 on a deck to get a decent and competitive deck.
This channel has coated me as much as a normal expensive commander deck
the great thing about buying cards is that you can buy half of the cards for a deck at a time, so i just buy half of whatever the most interesting deck tech is every week and eventually i have like 10-11 decks.
He includes the cheapest prices.
This even includes damaged cards.
I just recently found this guy's Channel and after a cursory glance through a handful of his videos I already own like 90% of the cards needed to make the decks I'm interested in❤
Well considering the cards cost at most 25 dollars, unless you buy the excluded cost commanders...
For an average commander deck that can very well cost 200+
You can play about 8 decks, and not saying a lot of mana dorks, rocks are the same so each deck probably only costs about 15$ or less.
Which means probably near to 15 of those interesting and fun decks, and you probably are able to upgrade them reasonably with some cards you opened/from another deck they made but was excluded for cost or what so.
(Like soul ring or just better mana dorks)
Tho switching some of the cards around might be a bit annoying when you switch up the decks.
Heck, get like 10 decks at the price of 1 this is pretty darn nice deal.
Although, eventually you will still run out of cash due to our incapability to stop watching this awesome channel and your infinite gyre for more decks.
So uhm, yeah...
The scarab god has tripled in value since the making of this video.
A deck builds around a god card. Very nice!!! Why not make a deck tech for a godly card ... Brudiclad !!!!
Super Noodles soon, it was in the patreon vote.
Brudiclad... Mana myrs, token makers, and eldrazi twins... :)
@@McBrandon87 I hope people voted brudiclad
@@omgbbqwtfrafl any token though
@@supernoodles908 my build concentrates on makeing thropters and myrs, have wormcoil and desolation twin for wincons. Because nothing beats swinging with 300 damage
My friend had taken a break from MTG for a while but as soon as I showed him this deck he wants to get back into commander at least. Thanks Mitch for literally getting my friend back in the game lol
Glad I could help!
I think this is my favourite segment you've done so far. I have a soft spot for The Scarab God and you've done a great job defining your functional packages to create a very synergistic deck.
To add on to your suggested upgrades, I would say Throne of the God-Pharaoh has the potential to ratchet up your damage per zombie. Most of them enter play tapped and you're looking to attack with everything you can, so it seems like a natural fit that won't break the bank.
- Jim
Glad you enjoyed it, and a great recommendation!
The Spike Feeders also, just wanted to let you guys know that you are doing a fantastic job and I am excited to see your channel continue to grow!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Thank you! We're kinda learning things as we go. It's quite a ride. We're all looking forward to your gameplay series!
Love the deck, and how you always put nicknames for the cards in the upper right corner. Nobody in my playgroup ever calls cards by their actual name.
Glad you are enjoying that!
Exactly
You're actually a mind reader, just finished my first prototype of a scarab god end deck, and I open youtube to see this. Thanks for all the great videos, they're a big help to as novice a deck builder as me.
Glad you are enjoying them!
So I played your Zada deck...
I was playing against a Doran deck, an elf that focuses on discard and muldrotha.
For the first few turns I ramped and fumbled a bit by drawing 5 cards 3 times, then discarding to hand size by 14 cards and thanks to an enchantment, lost 28 life going to 12.
The. The literal next turn, thanks to dictate of karamettra, I just drew a lot of my deck and exiled the rest with the spark of creativity. Made a ridiculous amount of tokens and forgetting I had impact tremors in my hand then closed out the game by making 40 goblins from empty the warrens and left one guy to 8 then swung with 3 goblin dark dwellers, two tokens that had haste, double strike and trample only had 3 blockers. Also generating over 40 red mama and storm count up to 20.
Zada is fun.
Now just think if you had Mindmoil in the deck. Oh boy.
One of the many reasons I love Zada haha
I had never owned a mono-black deck until I saw what he did with Yargle, I only a few minor adjustments and now it is the most fun to use deck I own, and I've only spent about $30 on it.
@@howsjames1 glad you are enjoying it!
lord of the accursed seems like it would be a no-brainer in a zombie deck.
I think it's because the main goal is to siphon and overrun. Lord of the Accursed would just be win more? But it doesn't siphon life on ETB or creates more tokens.
If you’re looking for a combat-based zombie deck, then yes. It puts in serious work with Grimgrin and Varina. If you’re looking to drain your opponents without attacking (like this deck), it’s not really necessary.
A great card! Wish it was a little bit cheaper but there are a ton of great zombies that are too pricey for a budget deck
Undead Alchemist. That card made mill my favorite way to win.
@@tk98998988 Undead alchemist is my absolute favorite Rite of Replication target. That or Gary of Asphodel straight up wins games
Deck recommendations: Dimir Signet, Sidisi Undead Vizier, Mausoleum Secrets, Champion of Wits, Vizier of Many Faces, Khalitas Traitor of Ghet, and Undead Warchief. Excellent tech as usual!
All great recommendations! Thanks!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Np always happy to contribute
This deck cost 130 3 years later
It cost $65 on TGC website lol
Again, CAN YOU READ MINDS??? I love using this guy as a commander, even if it makes your opponents mad. Also, I can't wait to see those gameplay videos! Good luck!
Thanks!
I think Razaketh would be a good upgrade, being able to sacrafice tokens to tutor for creatures or spells to make even more zombies
A good consideration!
Late comment, barely discovered the channel. With the sets that have come out since this episode the best additions i can think of are Gleaming Overseer, Lazotep Reaver and Vizier of the Scorpion for cheap two creatures in one with upside, and Rise of the Dreadmarn and Haunting Voyage for boardwipe recovery and mass recursion.
Love this deck, love channel, I'm sharing it with all of my friends. You make budget decks so fast I always having something to watch and it helps teach people how to make decks and learn new cards which I love! I will always support this channel and I'm absolutely becoming a Patreon after this video!!!
That's awesome! Thanks for your support!
Would you be willing to do a break the bank version of this since all of the new war of the spark zombies came out?
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First of all: suggestion. Tombstone stairwell.
I have been building a scarab god deck since the beginning of summer. This does help me with some weird zombies I did not know. Also, never thought of paradox haze. Fantastic. I even own it ffs.
The best thing is I already own the reasonable upgrades. Also, no lich lord of unx or grimgrim?
I also run gis&ger
Stairwell is around $3.50~. But it can work if you get Vengeful Dead online
Loch Lord of Unx is like $11.00
As much as I love Grimgrin, I dont think he would be helpful in this deck since you have to sac things to untap him. While he is a zombie, and therefore helpful with the Zombie token, i still dont think that he would be viable, though if he could be it would be interesting to see it 😂😂😂
I stand corrected, he'd only really be useful if you had certain cards on the field to begin with XD
@@fearanarchy I am talking about the upgrades. The maindeck is awesome as it is right now, like every deck in this channel. It made me consider many cards I did not even know existed.
This is hilarious that you put out this deck tech the same day I was tuning the build for my Scarab God deck that I'm busy brewing. I was sad to see you excluded Rooftop Storm since it makes all zombies free. Throne of the God-Pharaoh can also be deadly as it deals damage at the end step and the sorceries create tapped zombies. Undead Alchemist can be a game ender as well. Overall I see a lot of similarities and I'm happy I watched it and knowing that I am on the right track with my brewing. Keep on being awesome!
Great cards to consider!
Another upgrade option: I love Vengeful Pharaoh! Less than 2 bucks. Discard it or sack it, then when it's in your yard it's removal for any creature silly enough to attack you. It bounces to the top of your library to draw, lather, rinse, repeat.
A great consideration!
Love the videos and totally went out and bought most of this deck! Can't wait to try it out next week.
Just be ready to fiddle the decklist on TCG Player since a lot of these cards come from other vendors with the $2 minimum. I had about 25 packages when I first added this list haha. I managed to get it down to 2 or 3 by cutting all the basic lands and some non-basic lands as well as about 5 other cards. Did not have to cut anything important, which was nice. Totally adding Liliana Untouched
Nice!
Thanks for these videos, I love them. I have even christened my gaming room/man cave The Commander's Quarters. :)
Two upgrade recommendations I would make though is adding Vanquisher's Banner and Rooftop Storm. These make a killer combo with Scarab God's scrying ability. You scry, line up as many Zombies as possible, then as you cast each of them for free, you get to draw a new zombie and repeat. As well Rooftop Storm and Havengul Lich combo fantastically, then you can cast any zombie from your graveyard for just 1 mana! BOOM!
Well thank you for the support! And great considerations!
FINALLY! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MAN. Really, my community has been thriving because of ur content. Really appreciate it man!
Glad I could help!
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest would be a fun commander to see you do. Hes definitely a lesser appreciated commander
Definitely would be a fun one!
So sadly I'm not a patreon but I will put a suggestion in the comments so you can see. Sygg River guide please :)
Super interesting Merfolk commander
Would be a fun one to build around!
Reasonable upgrades: Strionic Resonator, there's a lot of triggered abilities we can exploit.
Absolutely!
I built your Arcades deck (With a couple upgrades of my own), and it's one of the most fun decks I've played! Love the videos
Glad you enjoy it!
Izoni, Animar, Gishath and now The Scarab God, not to mention I got Nezahal in a pack last week...my wallet is hiding under my couch in fear of what's to come! Awesome decks, keep up the great work!!
Haha my bad! Will do!
Thank you so much I was literally trying to make this deck last week but I don’t play edh so it was really tough
Glad I could help!
Hi Mitch, I have been a subscriber since you had 1 or 2k followers. Seeing you reach 24K in a matter of month shows how good your content is. Keep growing !!
Can you make a Shirei, Shizo’s caretaker deck? I would love to see your approach to it
Another definite upgrade: rooftop storm.
Because what’s better than lots of zombies? Lots of free zombies. As a bonus, if you pair it with gravecrawler, Carrion Feeder can go infinite.
Another great consideration!
Currently running Varina as my commander for zombie tribal. Definitely gonna be throwing some of these cards in there. In addition, I think a solid upgrade for the deck as well would be Rooftop Storm, and Liliana Untouched By Death. When she come into play, you can -3 her to cast zombies from your graveyard for the turn. Rooftop storm makes zombies cast for 0. Dump your entire graveyard on the feild for free.
Scarab God is my main, and I've built my deck around not having to cast him because as soon as he comes on, everyone immediately counters/targets/exiles him before I even get to equip him with anything. And even if I have a counter spell, someone else has a kill spell for him.
I think my favorite deck so far is the scorpion God build that I got off the channel,I've won 7 games out of 10 game series,and that's without the upgrades
Really nice decks, but needs more Lilianas imo :P
Jokes aside, I think Lich Lord of Unx is probably the best addition to this deck, as he can make Zombie token, as well as draining your opponents for the amount of zombies in play. Its price is also not too crazy at about 15$.
A great card!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Thanks for the comment and the heart! I just recently got one in foil ✨ ^^
I really need to upgrade my Scarab God deck tho. It is just not comming together, but I think your list will be a great reference.
@@deathpunch2169 nice!
I randomly pulled The Scarab God from a Hour of Devastation pack right after I watched this video. I guess I'll be buying some of these cards and building a casual edh deck.
Nice!
I love this I’ve been constantly looking for new cards to put into a black, blue zombie commander deck I’ve been putting together and this gave me so many new ideas for it.
Hey since you have increased the limit of your budget can you do a $50 deck tech on The Scarab God ? Or maybe even a break the bank?
I just recently pulled a scarab god and have been seriously considering making one! Most likely will be going with this.
Nice!
I like it for big blueblack decks with extra turn effects.. as these give extra triggers for scarab.
Zombies are a good sub theme but I think stealing your opponents creatures and cloning is good with a rise from the dead commander
Very cool. I bought Scarab God when it was first out wanting to build a deck around him. I built a casual one but this video will help me make it better
Glad I could help!
Seriously, you have earned my eternal gratitude with this deck.
I am honored!
I've made this deck and played it and absolutely love it! Biggest concern it needs a few board wipes or removal heads up for anyone wanting to play it other than that it's so much fun!
I have been waiting for this video ever since the first time I watched a deck tech in your channel, since I've had The Scarab God ever since the Hour of Devastation Prerelease (which was also my first prerelease) and have been meaning to make an EDH deck around it. Thanks a lot!
Glad to help!
I just got this commander a couple of weeks ago, after the price drop in Amonkhet. Surprisingly, I have a lot of these cards lying around. This is going to be a snap.
Nice!
A good cheap card for this would be Graf Harvest, really underlooked zombie tribal card in my opnion, who doesnt want all your zombies having menace? Lord of the Accursed is also a good slot if you have it, all get +1/+1 and has the menace ability. Ordered this deck but not all cards were available so imma be slotting those two in and seeing how she goes!
Good considerations!
This is my favorite commander video. I like the strategy, etc. Hunt and Vow both have amazing zombies and I would love to see what you would put in/take out, if you would shift a strategy, etc.
keep up the great work.
Another awesome video. I discovered your channel not to long ago and have been wanting to build on of these deck. I was deciding between phelddagrif and kozilek. Ultimately I went with kozi, and for 40 dollars I was able to get the deck kozi included along with some other upgrades. Also TCGplayer is a awesome sponsor. After making my purchase I got a email that one of the cards was inventoried wrong, and was not shipped. It was a land that cost .06 cents, so they refunded the .06 cents and gave me $5 in store credit for the mishap. Can’t believe it. Anyways my ranting is over keep up the good work.
Thanks! And yeah they are great!
btw, vengeful dead: when any token zombie like the ones from curse of disturbance dies, it will not go to the grave yard and you will not get the trigger. Well at least thats how i think it works
A great card!
Actually, tokens going to the graveyard *does* trigger death triggers; it's just that they cease to exist once they go to the new zone.
@@brendaneichler5244 thats the thing tho, vengeful dead is not a death trigger, its an enter the graveyard trigger. The tokens never get to the graveyard. They simply cease to exist.
@@orlandopereira5467 It's since been errata'd to a death trigger. gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45862
undead alchemist! He is very good, providing some serious mill and aditional targets to reanimate with the god, and you don't really care about the absence of damage as the focus of the deck is to drain them out anyways.
A great consideration!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Also I forgot to mention that the mill provided by the alchemist comes with the "dread summons" effect.
I'd love to see a deck wtih Vorosh, the Hunter as it's commander. By the way, your videos are simply amazing. Keep up the good work.
Would be a fun one! Thanks!
@@TheCommandersQuarters Vorosh and the rest of the Primevals would be awesome to see
This is probably my favorite deck you've uploaded.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Suppppper happy your doing this deck tech. Omg just built mine. Needed your help.
Glad I could help!
Oh I can't wait to try this deck out. Looks like a lot of fun.
Nice!
I'm surprised you didn't mention Gisa and Geralf somewhere, it's great recursion and dumps the top 4 when it enters, making more recursion/token targets
Definitely a good consideration!
Would have added Corpse Harvester to your reasonable upgrades, a repeatable tutor for Zombies and swamps, awesome!
Really liking all the decks you are putting out. Looking forward to when you do a Boros commander at some stage.
Would be a fun one!
Please upload Break the Bank edition of this Scarab God deck!
The new amass mechanic is amazing for scarab god and if you want to get spicy add god eternal kefnet and some extra turn spells it's so good with the upkeep scry (extra turn spells are good alone too)
This is such a good channel! Definitely getting a patreon for you guys when I get a job in January!
Glad you are enjoying it! Thank you for your support!
nice i run a scarab god commander deck myself . one card id add tho is Liliana, Deaths majesty or Jace , Ingenious Mind mage for added draw power and defense
Deck could use Noxious Ghoul. Completely disrupts the opponents' armies, and if you manage to get so many zombies out that Scarab God dies, you still get him back.
A great consideration
Living death and thrilling encore cheap impactful upgrades. A board wipe that summons all your dead and an instant that steals the whole board in response to a board wipe can win games.
Ayyy I've been looking for a Scarab God video on your channel. Thanks for the great pointers!
I love having that bell activated for ur channel, always want to watch ur vids right away
Well thank you!
Hey, I want to see 1 of 3 commander decks, if possible, on a budget:
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Grothama, All-Devouring
All would be fun to build!
Do a brago EDH deck tech!! He’s a fantastic commander and also I’m building around him currently and could use the expertise
Would be a fun one!
I just bought the Undead Unleashed precon. I liked Wilhelt but I don't know why it didn't work that well for me. I changed a few of the cards, put Wilhelt in the 99 and put The Scarab God as the commander, and it worked really well. I think there are still some things to be changed, but a lot of what comes in the precon is in your suggestions, so, maybe that's why it worked so well. Gonna change a few more cards with your suggestions for this one in mind!
I'd love to see a Brago budget deck, I love this channel already built the Zada deck and plan on building 2 more
Would be a fun one!
Right now I'm rebuilding my zombie Gisa and Geralf deck to be more budget and hell yes, this video is right on time for me! It's great, thanks a lot. :) I have a question... what about cards like Rooftop Storm, Graveborn Muse, Lord of the Accursed or the new Midnight Reaper? Were they ever considered and why the choice not to include them? Thanks a lot. :)
Magic Miracles I think I know why these were not chosen. Midnight Reaper and Graveborn Muse can cause you to draw yourself out/drain yourself far too easily. Lord of the Accursed doesn’t do much when you’re not looking to attack often (remember, this deck wants to drain the opponents, not get caught up in combat). Rooftop Storm just feels like “win more” in this deck. It’s not needed, because you’re not keeping mana open for combat tricks and the like (again, it’s not a combat-based deck).
@@TheComicBookJoker Thank you for the info. :) Now I get it better, but it always depends on the preference and that is the great part about MTG, that you can make it your game. :)
As I mentioned in my other comment, Rooftop combos beautifully with Vanquisher's banner and Scarab's scry ability. SO you stack your zombies, play one draw one etc. etc. helps to quickly flood the board. :) And makes reanimating with Havengul Lich quicker and cheaper.
Im so glad you made this I am making a sidisi brood tyrant zombie tribal right now
...If that card called From Under the Floorboards is not a call back to Wes' Craven's film The People Under The Stairs... I don't know what is. Wizards of the Coast must really love their old campy movie references.
Another great commander deck! Thanks can't wait to try that ^^
Nice!
It feels like Exquisite Blood should be in this deck. Whenever an opponent loses life you gain that much life is a great counter to the universal agro you will be getting from this deck.
I enjoy his channel. He is one of my favourite commander channels
Glad you are enjoying it!
Need to see an competitive/optimized version of this
just curious why dictate of erobos or grave pact were mot upgrade options at the end? when ever a zombie dies each opponent sacs a creature and with overseer of the damned and a sac outlet it becomes a board wipe.
Both are great cards and would be good includes!
Hi wish to know, the reasonable upgrades are used to replace which cards in the 99?
i like how this channel does interesting things. A request of sorts. Check out the commander vorel of the hull clade. With all the proliferate in war of the spark i think itll be a fun build
You need skaab ruinator a 5/6 flyer for 1uu that can be recast from the graveyard for less than $1
The only problem with that is that you have to exile other creatures to do so
True. But that's only if it's "cast". There are plenty of ways to cheat it into play. Also, it could be a much needed remedy against flyers as zombie tribal is weak on that front. Yes there are other flying zombies that fit the u/b budget build. I just feel this may be one most would overlook.
Instead of Ruinator, rather add Wonder to the deck, as soon as she hits the Graveyard all your zombies can fly! Woooosh.
@@antonalberts9230 true, but while it fits the cheap 💰 aspect it doesn't fit. By that I mean Wonder isn't a zombie (doesn't fit tribal aspect) & it also it doesn't have the ability for graveyard fun (yes it has to be in there, but can't recure itself) so doesn't fit the reanimate aspect of the build. Other than that it would be an awesome addition.
@@antonalberts9230 the reason I suggested ruinator was 1) its a zombie and 2) for 3cmc you can cast a 4/5 flyer from either hand or graveyard. *as noted, the downside is having to exile 3 in addition to its cost. From my stand point if making tokens, the exile part isn't all that bad considering.....
Totally going to be building this one. I was trying to figure out what direction to go with Scarab God. I was also looking for a reason to pull apart my old Sidisi, Undead Vizier deck to build something less combo and more tribal with zombies. Also, reasonable upgrade, how about Undead Warchief?
Absolutely!
Could you do a deck tech on room of the hidden realm, that would be awesome since I’ve been trying for cheap for a while
Maybe in the future!
Thanks!
It would be fun to see a budget niv-mizzet the fire mind + curiosity combo
Toss in a Rooftop Storm for $2, 6 drop blue enchantment that lets you cast zombies for 0.
A great reasonable upgrade!
I can confirm this is a really good reasonable upgrade!
What about throwing in a couple eldrazi processers to get the cards from exile back.
Would love an updated video with an upgraded version of this deck $100 perhaps?
This commander could be good with all of the zombie/amass cards coming out in war of the spark, especially since many of them are the right colors.
Definitely!
Cabal Stronghold reasonable upgrade? Obviously would need Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to be optimal.
Hmm might only be truly effective in mono black without Urborg
Love this video! I took apart my Scarab God deck a while ago cause I had a lot of great staple and expensive cards in it. But now, I can rebuild it with his awesome budget option! Also, could you do a deck tech on Karavek, The Merciless? Thanks!
Nice! Maybe in the future!
seems like you could get some better cards than read the bones. why not use surveil in this deck for example? surveil and explore have way better synergy with zombie/reanimator cards than scry. notion rain is like 9 cents. has basically the exact same effect but costs 1UB instead of 2B for the benefit of having surveil over scry
A great card to consider!
So what's next? We talked about prossh, but is he even good without food chain?
Would be a fun one to build around!
oh good he is so fun out of combo, believe me.
@@TheCommandersQuarters Could you please do it? I am really thinking about building him and seeing your idea and advice on it would be immensely helpful.
Great deck. Definitely building that one.
Nice!
Just ordered this deck can’t wait to play it!
Rooftop storm didn’t make it? Not even in the reasonable upgrades?! Personally that would be an auto include. Never the less, amazing list as always!
Definitely a reasonable upgrade! Just wanted to shine some light on other cards
call of the grave seems like a decent budget card for tribal zombies even if its annoying with a non zombie commander
throne of the god pharaoh could also be fun
maybe some cheap removal like tragic slip/doom blade/murder maybe also never//return
dark salvation is also great for some tokens
vizier of the many faces/naga oracle arent zombies but with embalm/eternalize they might as well be and they have awesome effects for their cost and are prime targets for scarab god
grave betrayal also isnt that pricey and a lot of fun in zombie tribal
Good considerations!
just discovered this channel and watched EVERY SINGLE VIDEO. Amazing work ! Keep it up!
Is there a chance you will look at breya or zedruu as they are more well known commanders? or maybe even some nekusar?
im looking forward to see whats up next ! subscribed.
Maybe in the future! Glad you are enjoying the videos!
Damn I just have one scarab god...but he's already built in Muldrotha :D Nice Deck! Keep going
Nice! Will do!
How about Tiania as commander? One of my friends want her as commander, so budget decklist would help him with deckbuilding
Would be a fun one!
You guys have any plans of doing an Orzhov Zombie Deck? I'm currently running one with Tymna and Ravos as commanders.