Is It Worth It To Buy A Fallout Commander Deck? A Magic: The Gathering Product Review
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Do you get 100% of the set, if you buy all 4 precon commanders? I want a full set, but for the 200, if its not the whole set i would avoid it.
Wow, we got a real Fallout loremaster over here. Paarthurnax is my favorite Brotherhood NPC
Yes the Dark Brotherhood of Steel
Shout out to my peeps at the Institute of Winterhold.
Man i love being the guild master of the Railroad
You hurt my soul. Paarthunax is the synth dragon that the brotherhood of blades wants you to KILL. He's a chill dude and certainly not aligned with Maxon and Delphine's chapter of the Brotherhood.
I just wished they allowed us to turn on delphine and jarl elisif and balgruff @TangledLion
Don’t forget about the best plot point in new Vegas, where Alduin asks you to receive the platinum chip, which will allow him to rule Over the imperial legion.
A new hand touches the pip boy
@@ScornfulEg0tist oh God not again
@@ScornfulEg0tistthis comment section is amazing
@@ScornfulEg0tist under rated reply xD
Platinum chip? Dude he sent him to Megaton for a GECK
The cold open was fucking gold 😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really appreciate that WotC put full-art basics in these precons. It's one thing I won't need to upgrade later on if I end up really liking the deck.
It's almost unbelievably cool. I honestly would not believe it.
The basic lands are gorgeous!
I'm so excited by the mutant menace deck. Payoffs for small amounts of mill is really intriguing.
My only complaint is that they didn't reprint ruin crab as a mirelurk hatchling.
Honestly the best part of it to me are the rads aren't permanent so it doesn't make you a perma archenemy at the table but still allows you to have pretty explosive turns, PLUS AN INEXORABLE TIDE REPRINT PRAISE BE
@@agrape2887Rads are great because you can straight up antagonize one player or be even handed and it's not much different than mill, but with great payoffs
like Prof said: they are maybe not the strongest of all time. But isnt this what we are sometimes even complaining about? That Powercreep is taking over? For me, the most important aspect is, that they are a full FLAVOUR-WIN. The more you know the games, the more you understand how much love and details are in there. I almost got tears when I saw the Arcane Signet. I will always remember how I kept the wedding ring in my Inventory all the time during my playthrough. Or getting an treasure (Nuka-Cap) when you sac an food token (Nuka-Cola). Or the Radiation-Mechanic. Also the art style fits Fallout 100%. Thats what is important to me. Thank you Prof. Im glad you are a true Fallout-Fan yourself. Prof.. Prof is always right..
Yeah, when I saw the Nuka Cola Machine my first thought was that it was such an awesome flavor reference to the game! Much better than just a generic Magic card with a Fallout name and art.
The lore is so spot on, I'm legit impressed with how well these cards capture the feel of Fallout. A+
I'm in the same boat. I'd rather win with a fun and fair deck
I am a little upset we didn't get Maria as a legendary artifact but yeah, flavor is a blast with these.
Keeps sponsoring the mtg youtube with the absolute best hair is a really strong marketing strategy hahahaha
Brian Kibler enters the chat. Oh, and Olivia, too.
@@JaySaywho’s olivia?
@@TheLegoJungle Olivia Gobert-Hicks
I am buying Scrappy Survivors solely because I own a German Shepherd like Dogmeat and I want to make it a deck dedicated to my own goodest boi ❤
That's awesome man! My fiance's mother had a German Shepard, loved that dog. The closest I can come is that there's a little cat on "instrument of the bards" that looks like my cat
Glad that the Caesar deck is good out of the box. I know VERY little about magic but the shear amount of NV love convinced me to try. Can't wait!
I absolutely love that you pronounce Caesar the way you do, it shows that you know what you're talking about.
May I ask why does he pronounce Caesar like that I’ve always heard it normally like Caesar salad?
that's the right pronunciation in Latin@@collinturner5307
Hmm so Kaiser is correct and not Caesar like Julius Caesar. I too would like to know why this corruption exists. Thanks.
IRL, call it linguistic drift.
In New Vegas, it's a why to tell who's thrown in with the Legion. Pronounced the proper way, they're with the Legion. Pronoucee like the salad, not with the Legion.
@@thelonewanderer117But didn't Prof say he doesn't ever pick the Legion? Mmmmmhh... suspicious
I was literally looking up the Hail Caesar deck as you post this. I wanna tear it apart for Mr. House and build a dice roll deck.
Ironically you probably only need the mr house card and the bubbleheads for that
I'm also stoked about Mr. House, he looks like a hilarious commander.
All I need you to do is to either use poker chips or bottle caps as your treasure tokens. That would be a flavour win.
@@AlessandroAltosoleChannelAren't those the only cards that do anything with dice
There's a ton from the dnd sets and unfinity, and if you want to dip into silver border (with permission of your playgroup) there's even more@@durttheelder4035
Would mean A LOT to me if you took a minute to watch our guide to building Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ here. There's a lot of cool insight and talk of Commander strategy: ua-cam.com/video/uf3C8L1Yy2w/v-deo.html
Watched. How about the Next deck tech: Shaun father of Synths, please :P
I definitely watched it! I genuinely LOVE your custom deck series including the budget precons! Appreciate you so much Prof!! ❤😊
Personally, I'm always happiest to see maximum variety and minimum power. It means going back and enriching old cards by way of finding new synergies instead if forcing old cards out due to power creep.
Also, nicest Myriad Landscape art to date, actually feels like all 5 colors are present.
Edit: Also, energy comes back in MH3, so Science! might improve drastically in þe foreseeable future
Liked PURELY for the proper Latin pronunciation of "Caesar". My Classics minor is so happy
Ave, true to Caesar.
Edward Sallow
Hoolius Kaiser. :)
Кесарю кесарево =ъ
The Prof's picks on Card Kingdom is how I first got into commander and I really appreciate it. Really helped me learn to not just buy the most expensive deck or singles.
I got Dogmeat just for Dogmeat.
Had a great time playing these in a Pod last night. We each had a different pre-con.
One thing to note about the energy deck is that there is also going to be a jeskai energy commander precon in MH3, and they've already shown that new energy cards will also be showing up in the regular set. So if you really like the energy theme and want to focus on that part of the deck, we may very well be getting a lot of new options coming up
While it is nice that their commitment to revitalizing the energy mechanic extended farther than just throwing Commander players one deck's worth of toys and leaving it at that, it feels like a shame that they just didn't want to commit fully to that playstyle in this precon. I'm not often the one to cry out "Oh, WOTC just releases half-baked products to sell you the missing pieces later", but I cannot deny that the construction of the Science! deck coupled with the abrupt release of another Commander product in the same colours released on a very short time-frame that has new, synergistic cards with the same niche mechanic, it feels like a hustle. Gives a bit of that "Congrats on buying our product, now buy the next one, you shmuck." air to it. It's not like it's the end of the world. That deck is actually pretty fun anyway. It's just that when you sell it at a premium like this and with it having a sales-pitch as strong as "The comeback of energy after 7 years", it's understandable to feel a little miffed at the fact that the energy part of the deck wound up feeling kinda underwhelming and being told that the next, premium-priced product is going to give you the solution is a bitter bit of cold comfort.
I had never played a Fallout game before, but then I saw the Scrappy Survivors deck and was so excited to see a good boy commander that I bought it and started Fallout 4.
Thanks for the informative videos as always, Prof! My best buddy is getting into Commander with this Universes Beyond set.
This may be stupid, but your keeps ad years ago helped my transition. Wanted to say that to you at magicCon, but the meet and greet line was capped.
that's so cool!
Been so excited waiting for this video to come out.
Been hoping to use this set to help get my Fallout-obsessed wife into MTG, so I am very happy I went with Hail Caesar now that I have watched this video!
Might have to pick up the Mothman or Dogmeat deck to play against her. 🥰
I played Scrappy Survivors today at my LGS. I haven't had that much fun playing MtG since long time! Absolutely in love with Dogmeat. Recommend grabbing it!
I just want to express how glad I am that I found your channel. I'm transitioning from being very invested in hearthstone and dabbling in magic arena only on occasion, to making hearthstone an occasional treat while picking up paper magic.
This channel is a wealth of information and seems so welcoming and encouraging of new players. Your delivery is great and you're clearly adept at engaging your audience.
Life is hard and I'm very thankful people like you exist who have such utility in making this fun, complex game easily digestible for people excited about trying a new hobby.
Thanks again for being you.
Love the break down of each decks worth and value in both money and playability. Great descriptions and comparisons made to other universes beyond decks.
I'm so excited to build Mr. House, President and CEO! I've already made my list on tapped out, and it can do some nutty things
Thanks Prof! I've been undecided about these for a while but I'm intending to try and lure one of my best friends into playing MtG because she's a big Fallout fan!
let's go i have the two best on the way in the mail! I did have to cave in and order on amazon though, I checked both of my lgs and they were neither taking pre orders nor sure if they would have enough of the decks, so I just took the opportunity to ensure i'd have these awesome decks to play.
These videos are absolutely amazing for anyone new to commander, and those that are trying to get others into MTG and commander as a whole.
I'm saving this video for when I've already received my decks, I want to go through all the cards myself first. Hopefully they're ok decks!
I was lucky to grab a Hail Caesar deck when it was
Appreciate all the effort that the professor puts into these videos. Fantastic job
I love that you've actually played some of the games. Other reviewers were tripping and falling their way through pronunciations and completely unable to even comment on how excited they were as Fallout players.
I found this channel a while ago and I really appreciate profs approach to magic. The most important thing to him is getting the best mtg product you can get for a a reasonable price.
Always a helpful and comprehensive review. Thanks, prof!
So far Dr.Who UB (Universe Beyond) was insanely fun since WOTC also added new Planechase cards to the decks.
When it comes to Fallout decks I can't wait to get Science! because I have wanted to play a EDH Energy deck since Kaladesh, which was so long ago it feels like a fever dream... after watching the video: I still want Science! :P
I was honestly Hoping For them to become a thing in all Universes Beyond precons. I would consider buying UB precons from IPs I'm not particular fond on or interested on if I get to add that plane into my planechase deck.
The Science! deck isn't that bad. The energy synergy is indeed lacking, but in the punchy department it's no slouch! Without energy upgrades, I'd use Liberty Prime as the commander; with energy upgrades, Madison Li becomes a serius contender.
The Mutant Menace is a league above, though.
The Science deck went well on Game Knights. Although it was piloted by the mad scientist, Kyle Hill
I'm gonna play the Mutant Menace deck next week and I'm pumped for it! Thanks for the review!
Preordered Scrappy and Science and gonna upgrade Liberty prime to an energy/artifact theme with some blink effects to get a lot of energy. Will try to make the three dog deck in the future too!
I bought Mutant Menace at my LGS for the launch party and I must say the rad mechanic is super flavorful. I love this deck, it’s super fun to play.
Love the flavor behind these. Love my Mr. House deck. Love the idea that you'll be making a Behind the Campus video.
Something that should be noted about the hail Caesar deck is that the secondary commander. Mr. House, more or less doesn't work with the deck. There are a couple treasure makers and a single other dice roller. (luck bobblehead) A fun looking commander but doesn't get much from the aristocrat theme.
Hey prof, great content as usual! I really like the rad and junk mechanics! They feel very thematic and I wish we could see them again in the future, even though I struggle to imagine this wish becoming reality. I preordered the whole lot for 180 euro, which is approximately 49 dollars per deck. Now I just hope they’ll arrive!
Most wholesome ad I've ever seen. Thanks for adding a smile to my day!
The lore summary at the beginning was potent. Truly excellent and I could feel the internal screaming of many lorehounds. Well done.
Sick tie on today's video Prof!
My group played a fallout themed pod last night and I loved playing Dogmeat. Pre-War Formalwear was a great card to surprise my opponents with.
I pulled apart the science deck and remade it better with cards from Kaladesh and Aether revolt…only 27 of the original cards (not including lands but I did fudge with the lands a bit) from the precon stayed. But the fact that we got a Jeskai Energy Artifacts matter deck is the best part to me. I’m playing today and can’t wait to see how good it is
I am currently sick and thought it really got to me, listening to the first part of the video, funny as always PROF
I got the Science deck and upgraded with energy cards from Kaladesh. I loved energy back during that time in standard. It’s not nearly my strongest deck but after the upgrades it’s tons of fun.
Been waiting for this, thank you!
YESSSS!!!! I am so very excited to play with these decks! I want to keep them as is for lore/flavor reasons, but I plan on getting some singles of commanders I want to make build arounds of! SO many legendary creatures, so little time! xD
I stumbled on magic content a couple of weeks ago and am so hooked 😅 I bought Scrappy Survivors on a whim and have been playing Arena on PC. I’m so excited to actually play in person at some point!
Bought all the fallout commander decks (after seeing this video from the Prof.), and looking forward to unboxing and showing them off in one of my next unboxing videos.
Ended up preordering through TCGplayer when they had the special for all 4 at like $168. Really great value imo I can’t wait till they arrive in the mail
Do a shuffle up & play with these decks!
I bought the four pack for my girlfriend and I to enjoy. She’s never played magic but she’s a huge fallout nerd and spent over an hour looking over the cards and gushing about the fallout lore and all the details in the cards.
I love that i watch these after preordering them all a while ago.
Just bought all 4 for $200 at my LGS. This set may not have the best value, but I really dig the art, nostalgia, and mechanics of this set. I’ve been wanting to buy a full precon set for a while, and even bling them out with custom sleeves & deck boxes.
Thanks for the 'is it worth it' video! I always appreciate your honest opinion, even when I have already ordered produuct. I just received my decks that cost me 160 euro for all four and I'm really happy with them and excited to try them tomorrow with friends. I also can't wait to built three dog!!! I got even more excited by watching the trailer for the new Fallout series. As someone who never played the game, but appreciates the flavor on the cards, I bet the series will make me an even bigger fan of the flavor. :)
The best thing from this set is that they printed 'Everflowing Chalice' as your trusty Vault 13 canteen. Absolutely love it.
Glad I put in my order when they were ~45 each! Can’t wait to get them.
Best Keeps pitch I have ever heard. Thank you, you beautiful beautiful being.
0:40
That was golden! Your humor is unmatched in the MTG world.
It has come to the point where I think the same way about Bethesda games.
Props (and my first-ever TCC thumbs up!) for the correct pronunciation of Caesar (def gonna have to check out New Vegas now).
It's also nice to see a Fervent Charge reprint-I have an original and always felt that that card was underrated.
Here's hoping they do a better job with Energy in MH3.
I don’t play Magic, but you sir are a treasure of a man. Amazing content.
Liberty Prime is Red White and Blue. This not putting it into SSS tier is a crime.
I really like the scavy scavenger, played against, mutant and sciencse deck. Its really fun, and they all got good flavor. I have a tendency not to upgrade my univers beyound decks😅 i like my 40k cards to stay together, and the same with my lord of the rings 😅
Absolutely agree. Struggling with the varied prices right now way above 50 USD.
It's always so mindblowing listening to these when it comes to pricing, just as an example, each of these decks here (norway) goes for about 79.99 USD, while a full (say MKM or Outlaw) playbooster booster box goes for 215 USD. Importing is a heck
Managed to snag the set at ~45$ per deck. Can't wait to test them out!
I payed 180 for all 4 about 45 a piece. My nephew is a huge fallout fan and is very excited to come over and play them likely this weekend
Been trying to get into magic over the past few months. I picked up the mothman deck last night but also want to get the legion deck especially after the video said its the best for new players. Now i just have to find a place to actually play at. 😅
Hope you're having a good day, Professor.
My sample booster (Mutant Menace deck) had an extended art Codsworth and a borderless Sol Ring…best part both were non-foil.
I actually really enjoyed the science deck, I think it could do with some rethinking of the energy counter but its artifact mechanics are honestly pretty cool and i've seen it successfully work many times.
Full art lands is nice. I like that the more premium products are getting full art lands now a days (with the cats and dog deck having them too).
just picked up scrappy survivors, excited to play and get into magic
Best opening of a video yet prof
I pre-ordered the Scrappy Survivors deck for 40€ (about 45$ i think) because Dogmeat is a good boy and deserves all the love. Jokes aside, i think that it was a good deal at that price and i am still happy about it.
Thank you for always mentioning that MSRP would be so helpful in standardizing pricing for these products.
Yeah, they could have easily added Dynavolt tower and a few others to the Jeskai deck but I added some from my own collection and mixed it together with my already existing Jeskai Artifacts deck and I think it should play nicely now. With tower and Decoction module and maybe Gonti's aether heart, the deck can actually produce a more consistent amount of energy, whereas out of package it feels like you either get some energy cards during the game or not see a single one..
Thanks for the vid, Prof!
6:04 …y’know, I thought you pronouncing it right earlier was great, and then you had to go and say who you really sided with in the Wasteland.
The Burned Man would be disappointed sir.
Been playing the precons all day and must say.. I have been loving all 4 decks !!
I got the Scrappy Survivors deck at my LGS for $55. So a bit over. Playing it was super fun but I used Preston as the commander. It just felt better with him as the commander. That enchantment Strong Back is super strong!
Just picked up all four Fallout Decks with sleaves for $175 at my local shop. I am loving the art and I cant wait to find more people to play with!
I do enjoy joining Caesar’s Legion in NV, but it’s for the challenge of being hated by basically everyone. When I RP, or think outside challenge runs, yeah screw Caesar, and anyone that says “ThE NCR wAs JuSt As BaD aS tHe LeGiOn!”
Played the Science precon recently. While it's a little saddening to see energy not get the love it deserves as a mechanic, the deck itself pilots pretty well. What I like the most about it is that both of the commanders offer something to players new and old. Dr. Madison Lee is great for newer players, since she gives them something to do at pretty much any point in the game and is very straightforward in her design. Liberty Prime, however, is very good in the hands of an established player, as it benefits the most from someone who understands sequencing to pull off effectively. I tried the robot, and it is a blast to play.
i want to hear more of that skyrim lore from you prof
I got lucky with my pre-order a couple months ago and got a discount on amazon, so i got all 4 for only around 40 a piece. yay.
I'm mostly excited to build a Mr House deck, though I did pre-order all 4 way back when for $45 each.
I was just checking out these commander decks :D
I will say i got into magic due to friends at college, and i now i have a few magic decks, specifically commander. I also got into fallout because of them. So it is nice to see that most of the fallout decks are good, just need to possibly be cheaper. I wanted to get scrappy surviors because dogmeat was may favorite character, and it is nice to know that it might need some upgrades. Granted, almost all of my decks are upgraded precons soooo. Yeah. I also think that some of the cards in mutant mayhem could also work in a counters deck, like rad storm. I think that while most of these decks are good, the cards they have are kinda meant to help boost other decks already made. This could be why they are not as mana heavey as other univere beyond sets.
NGL Wizards got my brother and mine with these decks. We're both big Fallout fans, and they have archetypes we really love to play.
My brother picked the Science deck, and I grabbed the mutant deck. If one day I find the Preston deck, I'll grab it as well.
A'int gonna lie when I found out about the Fallout decks all I said was, "Why'd they do Fallout and not Skyrim or Elder Scrolls?"
That’s next year. Maybe they were trying to align it with the Fallout show release, so they focused on Fallout first.
I never said with the Legion when I play NV, either, Prof. I have tried, but then the encampment wound up getting massacred. Crazy how thst happens. I was very glad to see them make Caesar and Lanius as legendary creatures though. Huge huge part of New Vegas lore.
the mothman feels really divers and looks like so much fun to play!
I would enjoy it if you made a deck for each of the face cards with the same guidelines of your normal deck videos.
6:15, nailed it on the head without fail. Some consistency in prices would be nice.
I literally picked up two science decks and each one was under $26. so I would say, yes and that you can definitely pick each fall adeca for a decent price.
My first fallout deck was Scrappy survivors, then mutant menace and science thereafter.
I think I found myself liking science more than the others.
Liberty prime makes a great backup commander, especially if you have fun playing with buckle up. The two backup commanders are actually pretty identical in function. or close enough that you're not going to see much of a difference beyond one being a vehicle and the other is a creature