How to build Brenard, Ginger Sculptor / MtG Wilds of Eldraine spoiler week / Pod Commander Deck Tech

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11 ай бұрын

It's Wilds of Eldraine spoiler week! This is a Magic: the Gathering commander deck tech for Brenard, Ginger Sculptor. Brenard is an amazing birthing pod commander, doubling up ETB and LTB effects as creatures are sacrificed to our pod effects. Uses new cards from the set like Gruff Triplets and Moonshaker Cavalry, alongside golem splicer cards to win.
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Deck list: www.archidekt.com/decks/5236698
Upgraded deck list (Jan 2024): www.archidekt.com/decks/53258...
After playing this deck many times, I've made some changes and this is the list I will keep updating.
I missed out three reanimation spells from the video - Storm of Souls is particularly good alongside Eternal Witness and Celestine (lots of life gain from food).
As promised, here is a more combo focused birthing pod chain:
Pestermite (untap Pod) to Felidar Guardian (blink Pod) to Karmic Guide (get back Felidar Guardian, blink Pod) to Sun Titan (get back Pestermite, untap Pod) to Resolute Archangel (get back to 40 life), or Avenger of Zendikar (get a few 0/1 Plants and get Craterhoof next turn) or Hornet Queen (protection) or go on with Quicksilver Gargantuan (copy Felidar or Pestermite, blink/untap Pod) Craterhoof Behemoth (beats) or Avacyn, Angel of Hope (protection) or Stormtide Leviathan (prison,protection) or Terastodon (problematic permanents).
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Title sequence by George Lee over at @KeywordSoup
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@PubStompMTG 11 ай бұрын

Great content! Im digging the idea of a Pod Strategy with Brenard. Love the idea because the copies of the creatures we have on the battlefield that are the token copies will retain their mana value so you can sac them for another creature in the deck. Thanks for your imput!

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Thanks man, I love your content so this is high praise indeed! When I realised the Gruff Triplets retained that 6 mana value and could be podded into Elesh Norn . . . . well, I achieved a geek like state like no other!

@boedacious 11 ай бұрын

Love all the cooking/baking imagery for Brenard. How very FLAVORFUL 🤭

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

It was difficult for someone like me, jank, roleplay and theme aligned, not to just go full food tribal with this build 👨‍🍳 Happy to have snuck some TASTY TREATS in there though!

@BaconGamer498 11 ай бұрын

Never realized how many Golem support cards there were in MTG beauty of cards bringing stuff into the spotlight

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

I was also unaware before having a conversation with a member of my play group last week that they existed too! There's a lot of happy golem players out there on Reddit at the moment!

@blakehubbell8823 9 ай бұрын

Love the deck and can’t wait to see what you put out next!

@mtgspecs 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I completely fell for this deck, made it in paper and played it in our third gameplay video coming in November! Before that though, it's time to dive into Ixalan. Thanks for the sub! Much appreciated.

@colemanscott4134 11 ай бұрын

This is actually such a sweet deck idea I have to try building something similar on my own time

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

That's the beauty of a pod strategy, you can make your own choices about each step of the mana curve and even change up the commander to abuse the ETB's - Brenard is soooo good though, so hyped for this style of play.

@acidix983 11 ай бұрын

First video of yours I've seen, and you've earned my subscribe. What a fun deck.

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Well, thank you! That is great to hear. My cards arrive for this tomorrow - can't tell you how excited I am to play this. Thanks for the sub - hope you enjoy my other builds!

@pancakewhale 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Subscribed :]

@mtgspecs 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@victorbourguignon6897 11 ай бұрын

Rampant rejuvinator can go all the way up to 7 lands: two from its first life, but since its copie is a 1/1 that enters with 2 more counters (and if brenard is there an additional +2/+2) the second death will give us 5 glorious lands

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Makes me wonder what other creatures have effects based on their power/toughness and leaving the battlefield . . . Good spot!

@alessiosalvatore2347 8 ай бұрын

Loved the video. What do you think about cards like porphyry node, honey drop and aether barrier? They both act as disruption for the opponents and as possible sac outlets

@mtgspecs 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed. It's my current favourite deck. Out of those three, Aether Barrier feels like it is the most controllable, as a taxing effect you can play around. Not for a birthing pod build, which involves tactical sacrifices, but in another type of Brenard build, I think it's worth considering and I LOVE non-staple cards that fit a theme. The other two would start working through the ranks of my poor, innocent food golems or potentially take out a creature I want in play but again, in a different type of Brenard build, I'd be game to give them a try. Not that I can afford Drop of Honey.

@sebastianpotts8278 11 ай бұрын

Just bought birthing pod for this. Also adrix and Nev is a good token doubler and being a creature because of brenard if they are removed you can get a golem copy

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Adrix and Nev! Of course! They're in my Gor Muldrak build. Can't believe I forgot! Great choice.

@brendonford3838 11 ай бұрын

Great vid, great list, gave me some good ideas! Question: did you consider pyre of heroes, and/or was it too restrictive?

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

I considered it, had it in the list, then removed it after looking at the creature type pathways. Humans works up to a point, some very limited Phyrexian jumps and totally falls apart at the top. I would love another birthing pod style effect but there is the idea of using Magus of the Order / Natural Order to tutor into the green creatures (Like Gruff Triplets - I'm obsessed with that card) which still maintains the sacrifice clause that works with Brenard. I just know, like my The Ur-Dragon changelings deck, this is one I am going to be tinkering with and playing with for a long time! And thanks for the kind words.

@brendonford3838 11 ай бұрын

@@mtgspecs yes I didn’t focus on gruff triplets but you highlighting it definitely makes me pay attention now!

@volitant998 10 ай бұрын

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Specimen Collector has an infinite combo with any free sac outlet. With any sac outlet, he makes infinite 1/1s and 0/3s. Ashnod’s Altar gives infinite mana. Peregrin Took gives infinite cards. And Altar of Dementia infinite mills your opponents. Just sac Specimen Collector, then have Brenard’s trigger go first to make a food token copy of Specimen Collector, then have Specimen Collector’s death trigger copy the new food token. Sac the copy, create a new copy. All the while generating infinite tokens, cards, mana, or mill.

@LouieLondt-hm3vp 11 ай бұрын

Big brain moves

@agatonwennerstrom1059 5 ай бұрын

Very good video about an interesting commander! Does someone know at what turn this deck wins on average? I have a hard time imagining it myself.

@mtgspecs 5 ай бұрын

It depends! The current decklist has a mini pod combo to work quickly through to the higher mana value creatures, which are the win cons. I've played it where it has durdled, and played it where it is over by turn 6/7. Craterhoof/moonshaker cavalry - they get the job done! And I think that's important. Last night at the LGS it just clogged the board without those win cons. Short answer: it can be tailored to win quick. Check the description for a pod combo. Irregardless, it's bloody fun!

@agatonwennerstrom1059 5 ай бұрын

@@mtgspecs Alright! I like it! Will definitely build this commander deck, pod theme seems very fun! I would however want it to win a little quicker, around turn 5-6. Do you have any recommendations for how to tailor the deck to make it happen? I would prefer the deck having more consistency over ability to win turn 4 etc, so if its not possible to tailor it to winning faster without sacrificing consistency that is totalt fine! What should I do? Thanks :)

@Buych778 11 ай бұрын

Some things to be aware of with this deck, when you turn your creatures into food golems, you exile them, so they wont be in the graveyard to be able to use graveyard abilities or reanimation

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Very true. Kinda glad, I have way too many graveyard builds!

@saleen12 7 ай бұрын

Why would token copies of triplets have cmc 6?

@mtgspecs 7 ай бұрын

If a token is a copy of another permanent or card, then it has all of the characteristics of the original, including its mana cost. So, it's converted mana cost is the same as the converted mana cost of the original permanent.

@user-sx8cz5jg3b 10 ай бұрын

make a video of your deck shelf!

@mtgspecs 10 ай бұрын

This is the second request for this and I'm coming around to the idea!

@scoobg21 11 ай бұрын

Great content. Super smooth to listen to. We have similar tastes in MTG. Love tokens. Sub from me.

@mtgspecs 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Very kind of you to say. Love a token strategy. And appreciate the sub.

@earbitter 10 ай бұрын

So, what happens when someone blows up your birthing pod?

@mtgspecs 10 ай бұрын

That's an excellent question that I answer in the video. There's a section that talks about how we can't rely on having the luxury of working up our pod chain and talks about cards like Prime Speaker and Vivien that act as redundancy. It'll definitely get blown up. I suppose you could insert 'your commnander' in place of 'your birthing pod' in your question. That's the wacky world of commander, people don't want opponents to have nice things! Thanks for your question.

@mosthatedlivestream8120 10 ай бұрын

I like the video but you used typal which i hate.

@mtgspecs 10 ай бұрын

It's definitely a divisive term. There's some interesting articles out there where you can read both sides of the conversation. I have a 'The UR Dragon tribal tribal' build which sounds quite odd as a 'typal typal'. Glad you liked the video, I've been tinkering with this deck since he was spoiled and playing him in our next multi cam gameplay video!

@mosthatedlivestream8120 10 ай бұрын

I guess i don't see how tribal is offensive when every section of the world was/is tribal. All races were tribal at some point. @@mtgspecs

@mtgspecs 10 ай бұрын

I wasn't sure either so I've been doing lots of reading about it recently. There's loads of interesting articles and interviews, if you are interested in learning more, in relation to sport, marketing, politics . . . . very interesting subject with lots of view points. @@mosthatedlivestream8120