You know you make good, entertaining videos about MTG when you manage to make a guy sit through an hour of watching spoilers of a months old set when that guy doesnt even play Magic. THIS guy. You guys are awesome
"The Oprah of Mana"! I have not played MTG for few years, and this card only makes me cumback so hard... :) All my 5color casual super killer decks may have a new life now!!! :) Best card ever! :P
you guys are seriously entertaining...... The Tardis story... okay maybe a few "you obviously dont watch the show moments" hehe... but you made me laugh.
Druid's Deliverance is a bigger blow-out than they are thinking. In the video they say that creating a token and then blocking won't do anything due to damage being prevented...but they didn't read the card. Only damage to you is prevented. If you have a few good blocks, you could possible kill of or trade a few creatures. This does not prevent damage to creatures, at all.
for the transguild promenade are you paying 1 life or 1 mana, and if you pay one mana are you just tapping or putting it in the graveyard? sorry for the inconvenience, i'm just starting magic.
What's the thing with zombies? I kinda stopped playing Magic a few years ago and just started to get interested again. But I totally missed the last one or two blocks (obviously). Are there any zombies in Return to Ravnica, that work insanely well with zombies of the last block?
It prevents all combat damage (that means from your creatures too). This is the 2 mana fog tempo boost. You have two mana open and they alpha, in response you not only prevent all their damage you populate your tokens so you hit in harder since they are tapped out.
I've been playing a Selesnya populate deck since the release draft. Turn one, forest, Avacyn's pilgrim. Turn two, another forest, Avacyn's pilgrim, call of the conclave. Turn three, plains, Trostani. Turn four, Parallel Lives. Then the populating starts... It works.
as far as the prerelease promos goes i can't but notice the disconnect between my local game store and the internet. that selesnia land is awesome especially when you're populating
Awesome thank you for a proffesional review. Would be nice if you would create a selesnya deck or two to give us some idea Especially since I am still quite a novice, some deck ideas would be nice
Looking back at this video, I find it hilarious that I have still not seen a Geist of ST - Rootborn Defenses combo yet. It was all anyone talked about before the set dropped and I never saw it. I run it a ton in my actual token deck because it is hilarious to swing with a 3/3 beast that is a 4/4 with vigilance because of Intangible Virtue and when they try to kill spell it, get around it, make another, and then give them a buddy with druid's deliverance next turn.
With the Collective Blessing, it has a place in populate decks. If have to 3/3s then they become 5/5s instead of 1 8/8. There power really is in everyone together.
just wanted to point out for you Evan and Brad. Druid's Deliverance only prevents damage to YOU, not all combat damage. so you can actually instant speed fog and blow them out, if you want.
I think Sundering Growth has a good chance of seeing GW aggro sideboards, just to abuse the Restoration Angel/Thragtusk (and soon Armada Wurm) combo. Even if you have nothing else to kill, pop your Rancor and get another 3/3 (or 5/5).
Watching this now in a world of mono-black devotion, with Brad trolling about naming swamp with pithing needle. I like to imagine Evan brings this up as often as possible.
It's delicious how Brad thought both Pack Rat and Underworld Connections were terrible and now they see plenty of play and success (I'm not saying his reasoning back then was wrong, it's just funny in hindsight) - also: Evan was right. ;-)
i think what he was saying is that he wished it were more like safe passage where it protected your creatures as well so you could REALLY blow them out. but that would probably be broken.
Courser's Accord is even better than they mention. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the target for the populate isn't specified, so if you've got your wurm on the field you're paying 6 mana for a 3/3 and a 5/5 with trample. That's a game-breaker, if having an Armada Wurm on the field isn't already enough.
Just an idea on how you could get the Worldspine Wurm out a little faster is by doing the Defender idea into a Somberwald Sage. That potentially already brings you up to 9 available mana on turn 4. Dont be too harsh on the comments for this, im not sure if this would even be effective. But if you ask me, it looks good on paper.
Also, i dont think' they understood (at the time of this video) who the guild leaders are. For anyone that doesn't know it's Jarad, Rakdos, Isperia, Trosani and Niv Mizzet.
For the last time: Thragtusk triggers when leaving the battlefield (no matter which zone it's going to). Thus Selesnya Charm will exile Thragttusk and Thragtusk controller will get a token.
I think you guys miss the fact that "Grove of the Guardian" is like the ultimate play after your opponent wipes the board. If you're both top-decking, and the board gets wiped, you know you're going to be able to throw out an 8/8 regardless of what you draw. ...awesome.
TBH I also read it as "Prevent all combat damage. Populate" the first time AND while watching this video T_T But yes, you are right, it is "Prevent all combat damage dealt to you this turn. Populate" so this card is gonna be sweet AND it does what they talked about in the video :D
I've been playing this deck as lifegain populate using the tablets to ramp up the hero's reunion pumping out 13 life per cast then dropping an elixir of immortality for 5 more and recycling my graveyard. Then using the grove to put out the 8/8 with a guildmage populate backed by parallel lives and growing ranks to the point where people scuff just so i don't overkill with the vigilants.
they probably needed rogues passage for an alternative to get past selesnya populate tokens. okay I know....Trample. But this could be a game changer. Plus, the opponent might have such a surplus of chum blockers that they could probably kill your attacking creature. This being said I feel that the unblockable part of rogues passage was a necessary evil. please tell me if I'm missing something 😁
coolest thing for worldspine wurm is to play simic and pray that you draw it from unexpected results, cuz the 1 out of 20 games you do get it your day will be absolutely made
Trostni plus grove of guardian plus 2 growing ranks....if you set it up correct its terrifying...i suggest running 1 or 2 sphere of safety in there as well, so your opponent can only attack you with like 2 creatures at a time.
I myself have just started playing and...Its rather addicting. Every booster pack is like gambling and it becomes so addicting. Tip though, get a Starter Kit so you can make a deck for every color; that way booster packs will always have something you can use.
That would indeed be completely broken, especially at 2 mana and populate. But it seemed they were saying you couldn't make a token and block profitably, which definitely is not the case.
OMG i´m playing a white/green/blue deck now, see this just poped up in my head, you cast the Armada wurm text turne you copy it geting a tokain of the wurm then you populate that token!!! you get 2 5/5 tramplers evry time you populate!!!!
These videos are wonderful to watch with hindsight.
You guys have awesome chemistry and I always enjoy your reactions to all the cards. Keep these great videos coming!! I love them!
You know you make good, entertaining videos about MTG when you manage to make a guy sit through an hour of watching spoilers of a months old set when that guy doesnt even play Magic. THIS guy. You guys are awesome
Wow. That was more than 5 hours of sitting in front of a green-screen. And you kept being entertaining as always. Thanks for the effort!
Selesnya guild leader as a land is AWESOME in my opinion, because is like the natures they protect, just awaken and is coming to help in the battle!
Dammit, now I will always see the Tree face... on the bright side, HAPPY TREE!
"The Oprah of Mana"!
I have not played MTG for few years, and this card only makes me cumback so hard... :) All my 5color casual super killer decks may have a new life now!!! :)
Best card ever! :P
Pretty boss, can't wait to start deck building!
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you guys are seriously entertaining......
The Tardis story... okay maybe a few "you obviously dont watch the show moments" hehe... but you made me laugh.
I loved the Land :D I picked Selesnya because of it.
Druid's Deliverance is a bigger blow-out than they are thinking. In the video they say that creating a token and then blocking won't do anything due to damage being prevented...but they didn't read the card. Only damage to you is prevented. If you have a few good blocks, you could possible kill of or trade a few creatures. This does not prevent damage to creatures, at all.
Thanks for the info. I'm putting it to use now :)
you guys are so AWESOME
WELL DONE - love it that you guys are having fun
Thanks for the review. Watched the whole thing and enjoyed it.
Populate the 8/8 token elemental it gives you. That is the reason it is so good.
Parallel lives! I never thought about that! Might have to get one of those for my selesnya deck
love these, great job guys!
druids deliverance doesnt prevent creature damage right? so you could use it to populate and block? or am i missing something
if wizards go beyond and troll us harder I hope to see a street sweeper FNM promo
I LOVE THE BOB ROSS REFERENCE! I was lolin' so much when Evan came out with it!
Once you turn Grove of the Guardian into a creatue its a token right? Which means you can populate off of it?
Gonna need 4 Street Sweepers in my decks at all times.
It's colorless so it's an auto include in any midrange or control deck
for the transguild promenade are you paying 1 life or 1 mana, and if you pay one mana are you just tapping or putting it in the graveyard? sorry for the inconvenience, i'm just starting magic.
Great show from Portugal
Could you use the oak street innkeeper as a sideboard in B/G zombies?
Can you a review about the intro packs and the event decks from Return to Ravnica!! Thx
What's the thing with zombies? I kinda stopped playing Magic a few years ago and just started to get interested again. But I totally missed the last one or two blocks (obviously). Are there any zombies in Return to Ravnica, that work insanely well with zombies of the last block?
should i add crusader of odric in a slesnya deck
Are you guys doing a set review for Gatecrash?
Doesn't Geist of Saint Traft say to exile the token?
u can also use Doubling seasons if u use and +1 counters for creatures (ie. Joraga Warcaller for elves)
What is the "Top - Bob" combo they're talking about?
Did these air on premium before here?
Land is a creature token so you can populate it no?
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By the way... thank you for these videos. It has helped me pre-order cards for my new BLUE/WHITE Destroy you and your Cards Deck. :)
that stalemate creature build up happened to me at the prerelease. we both had at least one mythic and three rares on each side
Wasn't there a land much, much earlier in the history of MtG that did something similar to Rogue's Passage?
It prevents all combat damage (that means from your creatures too). This is the 2 mana fog tempo boost. You have two mana open and they alpha, in response you not only prevent all their damage you populate your tokens so you hit in harder since they are tapped out.
Why not use Courier's Accord on something other then the 3/3 Centaur? like oh I don't know the token that the Worm makes?
I've been playing a Selesnya populate deck since the release draft. Turn one, forest, Avacyn's pilgrim. Turn two, another forest, Avacyn's pilgrim, call of the conclave. Turn three, plains, Trostani. Turn four, Parallel Lives. Then the populating starts...
It works.
Doesn't Druids deliverance say damage done to "you" this turn? Wouldn't you be still be able to conduct favourable blocks to kill their creatures?
brad makes these videos swear that street sweeper is gunna be busted some day lol
you know you can put all of common bonds effect on the same creature right
as far as the prerelease promos goes i can't but notice the disconnect between my local game store and the internet. that selesnia land is awesome especially when you're populating
Awesome thank you for a proffesional review. Would be nice if you would create a selesnya deck or two to give us some idea
Especially since I am still quite a novice, some deck ideas would be nice
Looking back at this video, I find it hilarious that I have still not seen a Geist of ST - Rootborn Defenses combo yet. It was all anyone talked about before the set dropped and I never saw it. I run it a ton in my actual token deck because it is hilarious to swing with a 3/3 beast that is a 4/4 with vigilance because of Intangible Virtue and when they try to kill spell it, get around it, make another, and then give them a buddy with druid's deliverance next turn.
With the Collective Blessing, it has a place in populate decks. If have to 3/3s then they become 5/5s instead of 1 8/8. There power really is in everyone together.
bushstrider actually was the mvp of my prerelease, so many times i hit a turn 2 strider, turn 3 common bond both on the strider and bashed for 5
it still works the same bud, but doubling season has an additional effect which makes it a bit more expensive.
=( for some reason this video won't load for me. Where's my fix of the amazingness that is the set review these guys do?
just wanted to point out for you Evan and Brad. Druid's Deliverance only prevents damage to YOU, not all combat damage. so you can actually instant speed fog and blow them out, if you want.
I think grove of guardian is not Risen Sanctuary.
Grove guardian = 8/8 elemental token found on boosters.
They look different.
I think Sundering Growth has a good chance of seeing GW aggro sideboards, just to abuse the Restoration Angel/Thragtusk (and soon Armada Wurm) combo. Even if you have nothing else to kill, pop your Rancor and get another 3/3 (or 5/5).
Oh man, I might make a sweet Kitchen table Selesnya on a budget =)
Watching this now in a world of mono-black devotion, with Brad trolling about naming swamp with pithing needle. I like to imagine Evan brings this up as often as possible.
It's delicious how Brad thought both Pack Rat and Underworld Connections were terrible and now they see plenty of play and success (I'm not saying his reasoning back then was wrong, it's just funny in hindsight) - also: Evan was right. ;-)
Armada Wurm was easy to deal with when I met him at my Prerelease ;) Selesnya Charm on the Wurm, Azorius Charm on the token, done^^
Now I want to play this game!
Can't believe Brad Nelson is playing W/U/R miracles at the SCG open series after the way he went after control in these videos XD
i think what he was saying is that he wished it were more like safe passage where it protected your creatures as well so you could REALLY blow them out. but that would probably be broken.
Courser's Accord is even better than they mention. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the target for the populate isn't specified, so if you've got your wurm on the field you're paying 6 mana for a 3/3 and a 5/5 with trample. That's a game-breaker, if having an Armada Wurm on the field isn't already enough.
My rares at the prerelease: Volatile Rig, Firemind's Foresight, Conjured Currency, Wayfaring Temple, and Jared. I was in Izzet... and still top 8'd.
Collective blessing is good sideboard tech for G/W mid range against a mirror match.
they dont get the 3/3 beast token from thragtusk when exiling with the charm i far as i know
Just an idea on how you could get the Worldspine Wurm out a little faster is by doing the Defender idea into a Somberwald Sage. That potentially already brings you up to 9 available mana on turn 4. Dont be too harsh on the comments for this, im not sure if this would even be effective. But if you ask me, it looks good on paper.
said there wouldn't be control decks and there is UW Mill hmm control?
In terms of story, why would Selesnya ally with Orzhov?
Also, i dont think' they understood (at the time of this video) who the guild leaders are. For anyone that doesn't know it's Jarad, Rakdos, Isperia, Trosani and Niv Mizzet.
For the last time: Thragtusk triggers when leaving the battlefield (no matter which zone it's going to).
Thus Selesnya Charm will exile Thragttusk and Thragtusk controller will get a token.
I got the pack about 3 weeks before ravnica
Found this 2 years too late. Glad the happy big dude likes green white the best, it's my favorite too.
"I don't ever want to attack with this card but it makes you!" lmao
I think you guys miss the fact that "Grove of the Guardian" is like the ultimate play after your opponent wipes the board. If you're both top-decking, and the board gets wiped, you know you're going to be able to throw out an 8/8 regardless of what you draw. ...awesome.
"Bloodrush All the Things!" Is what Wild Beastmaster is yelling.
TBH I also read it as "Prevent all combat damage. Populate" the first time AND while watching this video T_T
But yes, you are right, it is "Prevent all combat damage dealt to you this turn. Populate" so this card is gonna be sweet AND it does what they talked about in the video :D
I've been playing this deck as lifegain populate using the tablets to ramp up the hero's reunion pumping out 13 life per cast then dropping an elixir of immortality for 5 more and recycling my graveyard. Then using the grove to put out the 8/8 with a guildmage populate backed by parallel lives and growing ranks to the point where people scuff just so i don't overkill with the vigilants.
Selesnya charm is a removal for Geralf's Messenger with Rancor for GGW
they probably needed rogues passage for an alternative to get past selesnya populate tokens. okay I know....Trample. But this could be a game changer. Plus, the opponent might have such a surplus of chum blockers that they could probably kill your
attacking creature. This being said I feel that the unblockable part of rogues passage was a necessary evil. please tell me if I'm missing something 😁
grove of the guardian the reason i use a pair of ghost quarters in my sideboard
its not the indestructiblity, its the populate. it creates a NEW 4/4 Angel that doesnt leave at the end of the turn
OH GOD THAT BOTHERED ME SO MUCH
Yea and Thragtusk says leaves the battlefield, not put in graveyard, so you still get the 3/3 token
I thought Trostani was the guild leader?
coolest thing for worldspine wurm is to play simic and pray that you draw it from unexpected results, cuz the 1 out of 20 games you do get it your day will be absolutely made
Trostni plus grove of guardian plus 2 growing ranks....if you set it up correct its terrifying...i suggest running 1 or 2 sphere of safety in there as well, so your opponent can only attack you with like 2 creatures at a time.
in edh, dark depths, mirror gallery, trosteni, hex parasite, populators= ownage. turn 6 or 7.
i am a big fan of Doctor Who and that story at 1:05.00 i WAS hitting my head because they are killing it
Golgari stall with defender, scavange, using vraska + rogues passage as kill could be fun.
u can do both block some creatures and let the other threw
Lol brad was so wrong about selesnya charm in standard
I myself have just started playing and...Its rather addicting. Every booster pack is like gambling and it becomes so addicting. Tip though, get a Starter Kit so you can make a deck for every color; that way booster packs will always have something you can use.
The initial token will go away, but not the copy. If you're talking about Rootborn Defenses, anyway.
Savage Surge + Desecration Demon...?
Evan;s Face when he's like "Land, Land, Smiter" And Brad is like, "Cause you mulled 3." OMFG most amazing Face EVAR.
Vraska's ultimate with rogue passage... magical Christmas land!
That would indeed be completely broken, especially at 2 mana and populate. But it seemed they were saying you couldn't make a token and block profitably, which definitely is not the case.
OMG i´m playing a white/green/blue deck now, see this just poped up in my head, you cast the Armada wurm text turne you copy it geting a tokain of the wurm then you populate that token!!! you get 2 5/5 tramplers evry time you populate!!!!
when they say guild leader they are talking about the promo u get at the FNM not the legendary for the guild...