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Saw it, loved it, laughed my ass off. These guys are funny as hell and they play off so well against the prof too - bring these guys back anytime, theyre so welcome!
I was going to talk about something alot like this by the taco stand, so this was very cool. Great video and it made me feel better to see you smiling, from one Brian to another. I love finding sleeper cards in old sets tbh, looking through cards for hours as a kid back in the LCS. Great times.
Jank cards are much more fun than the insane power that wotc prints nowadays. I'd be down for a jank set full of ridiculous (not o.p.) combos that are hard to pull off. That's my idea of fun.
Reposting from my comment earlier; To me, Jank is less of a defined, hard-and-fast thing, and more of a combination of qualities, that upon reaching a threshold combine to make something Jank. Qualities that increase “Jank Level” include: - Weird or unusual/unexpected effects - Low price on the card - Having no *immediate* effect on the board state - Being more situational than widely applicable - - ^Related to above; requiring very specific or strange deckbuilds to function well - Making players around the table mutter in confusion and/or question why you’re playing the card Once a card or combination of cards has reached a certain threshold of those qualia, it is then “Jank”. It doesn’t need to have all those qualities, but it needs to have at least some of them. Worth noting, things can become more or less jank over time; Dark Depths was really janky before the Thespian Stage/Vampire Hexmage combos were found.
I honestly would think listing the combos possible with the cards adds more than just discussing the cards in isolation; it illustrates how a seemingly harmless card can cause mass destruction or annoyance.
Yeah I thought that the second round was decided by that type of discussion even. I didn’t view it as a “two card combo”, just an explanation of its uses. Would love more of that expansion of ideas
The true winner was the audience on this one. Bringing jank to people's eyes makes all of our games a little more full of spice. Thank you prof and thank you Ced and Ken. This was a much refreshing and entertaining video to see! (I hope we get more jank episodes because a friend of mine would like to add more jank to his janky decks. The friend is me.)
The cards, their prices, and the time stamps. Delirium: $.22 on tcg. 2:39 Spirit Mirror: $.63 on tcg. 4:10 Bonus jank Unnatural Selection: $2.16 on tcg. 5:33 Aphemia, the cacophony: $.33 on tcg. 7:50 Flooded Woodlands: $.51 on tcg. 9:15 Quicksilver Fountain: $2.36 on tcg. 11:40 Spellweaver Volute: $.72 on tcg. 14:22
What makes quicksilver fountain so freaking great is if you bounce it during the end step of the opponent before your upkeep then replay it on your turn it won't affect PLUS if you can continue to bounce it the floor counter STAYS on the lands, and the ability DOES NOT go away, so their lands are PERMANENTLY islands for the remainder of the match. As per OFFICIAL rulings of WotC's rules page on this card.
@@NotYourAverageNothing It can be in certain niche decks, but it's not jank in every deck or situation. There's some instances where it's just good or beneficial and some where it's just used as yet another piece of stax, just depends on the deck in my opinion. But no, I wouldn't typically consider it to be a jank card either, so I get what ya mean.
@@stfinalwrath Yeah, a big part of jank is intent. If you use the fountain in a 5-color deck, then yup. Lethal Vapors is one of my favorites, but I can see it be used seriously.
I am so thankful prof putting them on my radar... Though I have to say this episode is one of my all time favorite mtg related videos. Thanks for that again, and again! Made (part of) my day
Two days ago i won a game by making valakut a creature with nissa, equipping helm of the hosts to it, while having prismatic omen on the field :) Not using too much jank here, but it definitly was a janky way to win
@@Spootprime Yup, says so in the rulings: "If you control two Anointed Processions, then the number of tokens created is four times the original number. If you control three, then the number of tokens created is eight times the original number, and so on." Which means, first you will get 2 procession tokens. If that all survives then next turn you get 8 new tokens for a total of 11 processions. so on the third turn after you've equipped the helm you will have (2^11)+11=2059 Anointed processions on the board. Assuming the game isn't over by then. :)
That jank combo description in Ken was exactly how I felt the only time I ever pulled off the old restoration angel combo I used to run in my kaalia. Restoration angel, conspiracy, and warstorm surge.
I love this. I would like to lodge a minor complaint- that being the definition of Jank here? To me, Jank is less of a defined, hard-and-fast thing, and more of a combination of qualities, that upon reaching a threshold combine to make something Jank. Qualities that increase “Jank Level” include: - Weird or unusual/unexpected effects - Low price on the card - Having no *immediate* effect on the board state - Being more situational than widely applicable Once a card or combination of cards has reached a certain threshold of those qualia, it is then “Jank” It should be noted that things can start out being Jank, but then lose this quality. Dark Depths is kind of a weird, silly jank card, but now that the Thespian Stage and/or Vampire Hexmage combo has become widespread, and the cards have increased in price, I wouldn’t consider it one. A good rule of thumb; if the card comes down on the table, and your opponent says some variation of the following; “wait, what? What set is that even from? It does what???” “ Why would you play that?” “ Oh shit, that actually works?!” Then you’re probably dealing with Jank
There are so many substitutes for Altar, especially if you go with 0 mana noncreature artifacts. I play this combo in pauper with Nettle Drone and Golem Foundry
The excitement I felt when I saw spellweaver volute and thought it would work perfectly in my Kalamax Instants Tribal deck can only be matched by the disappointment I felt when I read it closer and realized it wouldn’t work at all in my Kalamax Instants Tribal deck
Awesome, jank is the true spirit of commander. Cards that don't see play I'm any other format, that might not always make an impact, but when they do ya better watch out!
@@ronaldflohil7910 That's fair, it is leaps and bounds better than a month ago. I do feel it could use a little work though. The power level is still a touch high due to lingering power such as Throne.
@@tee918 during tarkir was actually pretty low power. You struggled to cast cards such as siege rhino because the fetches were glorified duals that could only get basics. 3-4C shenannigans only started in BFZ with the addition of fetchable duals
@@_cephalotus4187 I don't know. Maybe the colors are more like the noble familys here in europe. Even your enemys are actually your relatives aswell. :P
@@ComfyDents Dude no just no. It is about the ideas behind the colors. Green is for life and nature, black is for dead and decay. Those concepts oppose each other. Hence why they are enemy colors. Red is impuls and passion, blue is logic and planning, and what a suprise they are enemy colors too. You can read the full run down on the wiki I belive.
My favorite janky card is "Possessed Portal" I decided to take it into the local modern tournament. People were very confused and had to double take and read the card twice. Somehow won 3 games... all against combo deck who don't like not drawing cards for some reason.
I love this series! Judge of Jank was so hilarious and fun XD Next time consider allowing to bring additional cards like Ced did on the first turn. It might be fun to demonstrate those weird and janky combos.
Oh man, fun jank cards are my favorite. With the new Rogue deck that came out with Zendikar, I finally found a place for Elbrus the Binding Blade; the very essence of jank. Was sooooooo happy to find a home for this card.
I’m not sure if Color Hosers count as Jank, but let me tell you- if you hate playing against blue players, especially High Tide players, I would like to introduce you to Curse of Marit Lage 3RR, Enchantment, when COML comes into play, tap all islands. They do not Untap during their controllers untap phases. Honestly, it crumples you basically any enchantment removal, and unless you have a way to stop it from being negated, it’ll be hard to make work if/when you actually need it But I’m sure y’all can think of some combos with this that make that less of a problem. ALSO, while I recognize this may be out of bounds (and thus am leaving it up to the judge), I contend that the art, border, and name of the card increase its Jankiness. The weird, surreal art, on a *red card* that mentions *Marit Lage*? That’s janky to me
@@eusouzoom I don't think he made it super "playable", it was probably just for the challenge of making a deck around it lol You gotta jump over hoops to draw value from that card, and even when you do, you're just left with a meh wining plan. It's not like a field of the dead. Thats a truly jank card though
People call it jank, but if they think that exiling your threats worked they were wrong. Also if you can recurr it and exile stuff from your graveyard, you can get anything you need at anytime
I think a good definition of jank is a card or combo that is not overly powerful on its own, but can have a powerful effect in the right situation. Ced's first pick is a perfect example of this - it does almost nothing on its own, but can be devastating against the right opponent or if you mange to get both cards of the combo out. I could see a case for Aristocrats liking the card as well.
I miss when 7 mana do nothing enchaments were the breakout of the sets for me because they're great in edh. Wizard actually making cards specifically for edh feels bad.
hearing Ken say "... and queen plays princes of the universe" to describe an epic moment (and highlander, no less) was the highlight of my day. great content, as always.
Great guests! Good fun MY favorite Jank card is Shields of Velis Vel. I run it in Hazezon Tamar where I have many sacrifice outlets. Play Hazezon on 8 mana. Leave 1 up. Someone tries to do something, I target the player with Shields, turning their entire board into Sand Warriors. Then I sacrifice Hazezon and exile all their creatures. Nobody sees it coming.
Chronotog is one of my favorite jank cards. I know a lot of people don't like staxy effects, but to me there is something satisfying about creating a lock with Chronotog. Finding a way to make skipping your turn work is just fun to me. Stasis+Frozen_Aether+Chronotog= everybody but you draws out their deck. I am also very partial to strange alternate win conditions like Barren Glory, Near Death Experience, ans Maze's End.
Love this video, jank's awesome! Is this a one-of video or we may get more in the future? That'd be an awesome way to share lesser known cards and spread the greatness of jank. Cards like Verdant Succession, Soulgorger Orgg and Wormfang Manta are great to jank with. Favorites must be combos like Shrieking Drake + Wild Pair or Vulshok Battlemaster + Fumble (+Mycosynth Lattice +Bludgeon Brawl to be REALLY nasty).
That last round I would say was wrong. Quicksilver fountain is always going to deliver what you want. Where the other is quite situational and harder to build with being more "jank"
Is no one gonna talk about how the drawback of Spellweaver Volute did not get mentioned of only casting the certain instant once then you have to pick another one?????
@@evanorie535 that's one way to look at it yeah. The way he read it though I thought you could just keep copying the one spell over and over when you find a good one.
I love everything about this video. not only was it hilarious to watch the trash talk, but to both learn about new cards and see how creative you can get with Magic's wide variety of weird and silly interactions was both enlightening and super fun to brainstorm new brews. PLEASE KEEP ON GOIN! Love the Reflection card and the spellweaver volute bc they are weird cards and maybe i will use the reflection card more with other weird interactions in the future
I play Quicksilver Fountain in my monoblue deck, and the best part about it is if someone removes it before it removes the flood counters, the flood counters stay. Meaning you can also bounce it back to your own hand to make sure people are stuck with Islands.
The Professor just made our voices heard. There's no feeling like playing a card and get a "Meh" as reaction. But then the effects start to happen and everyone start to read and re-read the card to make sure they are not getting crazy of being cheated! I love Quicksilver Fountain and Ixidron in my Phenax deck Power Conduit and Spawning Pit as alternate means of +1/+1 counters and an ignored Altar in Marchesa, TBR. Descent into Madness in Varina's Zndrsplt//Okaun being a coin-flip deck are jank by defaul But the true master of Jank is Mairsil, the pretender He just takes every janky creature/artifact with a good activated abilities, but horrible statics and triggers, and stitches everything together to make the most versatile machine made of jank that the world have seen~
Would love to see more of these, always great to see Mana Squad. Creativity in deck-building keeps me going when other formats are stale. I love to jam janky cards in decks (favourite is Traveling Plague) or building around a particular theme (just finished an all female deck!)
The best part about this episode is that I got several new ideas for weird, fun cards to use in Commander. Well, that, and the jokes. I will definitely be coming back for more of this series.
Love this video. I too have picked up some of these cards. A favorite jank card has to be Dragon Whisperer, a mediocre 2 mana 2/2 that requires more mana to be sunk to be good. But after a late game wipe, dropping this down and pumping it with flying and a dragon's breath effect, or if really desperate, get that dragon token out!
very cute video. I have to say the judge really brought his A game and the cards were for the most part fun and felt like jank I didnt see before. I love seeing videos like this come up every now and then
Jank is when you play a card that make heads turn in confusion man. Absolutely love the reaction when others go "what, that is your commander?!" as I flip out my Squee, The Immortal deck
Love Spellweaver Volute. I threw it into an upgraded Spellslinger precon running Elsha. Plus when I found it I was like, "this card looks weird as hell." Good call Ced.
Backlash is a slightly better Delerium, it doesn't stop the creature from dealing damage for a turn (so if they untap and swing your screwed) but you can cast it anytime. also much love for Quicksilver Fountain, a personal Fav of mine lol.
Such a cool video :> reminds me of all the kitchen table combo decks I used to make that never worked bc I only had one copy of any card! Spellweaver volute is such as sweet card! Just wanted to mention two things: 1) the mystery booster foil version is much cheaper (25c from card kingdom I think) than the original printing and the foiling looks lovely! 2) it plays a copy of the instant, doesn’t cast it, so if you have a deck that relies on cast triggers just be aware I don’t think it triggers
My favorite combo of all time... Lightning bolt+Turnabout+Reiterate with Mizzix on the field. Its cute when everyone looks at you funny as you explain to them how LIGHTNING BOLT just machine gun killed everyone.
"Riptide Mangler" from Legions (2003).. My favorite "junk" card that I play in my UW Control (Legacy). No one expects this card on table, but it can shut down lot of Agro decks and buy me few turns.. + that flavor text.. "It wants you to be its chum."
I argue... that additional cards can be applied to the argument if the additional card is either 1) an inconsequential addition in building as it is a traditional addition to the build or 2) significant but inexpensive jank in its own right to allow the playstyle needed for the initial card to exist. I say this... because one day I will make Hedron Alignment work. It's only a matter of time
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Hilarious channel - excuse me while I go watch all of their videos now.
Rematch is demanded.
Saw it, loved it, laughed my ass off. These guys are funny as hell and they play off so well against the prof too - bring these guys back anytime, theyre so welcome!
I was going to talk about something alot like this by the taco stand, so this was very cool. Great video and it made me feel better to see you smiling, from one Brian to another. I love finding sleeper cards in old sets tbh, looking through cards for hours as a kid back in the LCS. Great times.
Jank cards are much more fun than the insane power that wotc prints nowadays. I'd be down for a jank set full of ridiculous (not o.p.) combos that are hard to pull off. That's my idea of fun.
“Thats eating sandwiches inside the bathroom dirty” 😂 Ken is hilarious
2 day underwear, no wipe dirty lol
I love these guys
@El-ahrairah I would flip the table if someone played it against me.
Jank is hard to define, but you know it when you see it.
That’s literally also a famous quote from a Supreme Court Justice about Pornography
Reposting from my comment earlier;
To me, Jank is less of a defined, hard-and-fast thing, and more of a combination of qualities, that upon reaching a threshold combine to make something Jank.
Qualities that increase “Jank Level” include:
- Weird or unusual/unexpected effects
- Low price on the card
- Having no *immediate* effect on the board state
- Being more situational than widely applicable
- - ^Related to above; requiring very specific or strange deckbuilds to function well
- Making players around the table mutter in confusion and/or question why you’re playing the card
Once a card or combination of cards has reached a certain threshold of those qualia, it is then “Jank”. It doesn’t need to have all those qualities, but it needs to have at least some of them.
Worth noting, things can become more or less jank over time; Dark Depths was really janky before the Thespian Stage/Vampire Hexmage combos were found.
If people ask you
"Wait what...what does that do?"
You might be a jank player
"Less optimal but fun" is the best definition I've heard yet.
Something that is awkward or shouldn't work
using hex mage to remove historic counters from my sagas
i like to call that jank
Arman Shad you monster. Infinite defenders from the Birth of Meletis!
More smart than Jank 😉
Even better, Hex Parasite
Hex parasite is even better. Dammit, someone already said it.
Power Conduit will always be my favorite jank piece for counter removal
I honestly would think listing the combos possible with the cards adds more than just discussing the cards in isolation; it illustrates how a seemingly harmless card can cause mass destruction or annoyance.
Yeah I thought that the second round was decided by that type of discussion even. I didn’t view it as a “two card combo”, just an explanation of its uses. Would love more of that expansion of ideas
Yeah, I just wanted to know how on earth you could break Aphemia. Are there enchantments with leave the graveyard triggers?
@@Dracinard maybe Bridge from Below?
@@Dracinard a handful yes
The true winner was the audience on this one. Bringing jank to people's eyes makes all of our games a little more full of spice. Thank you prof and thank you Ced and Ken. This was a much refreshing and entertaining video to see!
(I hope we get more jank episodes because a friend of mine would like to add more jank to his janky decks. The friend is me.)
Jank, charms, glyph's, and circles of protection etc... Will make any Timmy or johneys heart glad at the table especially johney /spikes like me ( :
The cards, their prices, and the time stamps.
Delirium: $.22 on tcg. 2:39
Spirit Mirror: $.63 on tcg. 4:10
Bonus jank Unnatural Selection: $2.16 on tcg. 5:33
Aphemia, the cacophony: $.33 on tcg. 7:50
Flooded Woodlands: $.51 on tcg. 9:15
Quicksilver Fountain: $2.36 on tcg. 11:40
Spellweaver Volute: $.72 on tcg. 14:22
What makes quicksilver fountain so freaking great is if you bounce it during the end step of the opponent before your upkeep then replay it on your turn it won't affect PLUS if you can continue to bounce it the floor counter STAYS on the lands, and the ability DOES NOT go away, so their lands are PERMANENTLY islands for the remainder of the match. As per OFFICIAL rulings of WotC's rules page on this card.
I don’t consider Quicksilver Fountain jank.
@@NotYourAverageNothing It can be in certain niche decks, but it's not jank in every deck or situation. There's some instances where it's just good or beneficial and some where it's just used as yet another piece of stax, just depends on the deck in my opinion. But no, I wouldn't typically consider it to be a jank card either, so I get what ya mean.
@@stfinalwrath Yeah, a big part of jank is intent. If you use the fountain in a 5-color deck, then yup.
Lethal Vapors is one of my favorites, but I can see it be used seriously.
Keep doing collaborations. One More Mana is a great channel that doesn’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
I am so thankful prof putting them on my radar...
Though I have to say this episode is one of my all time favorite mtg related videos. Thanks for that again, and again! Made (part of) my day
I’m four minutes in and I’ve already decided I’m going to be watching more from them.
I lost to that spirit mirror combo last friday
Excellent.
Wait, Mirror Entity - that's only "your" creatures. So you can't make the opponent's creatures into changelings yeah?
@@drpandakun He is saying to use it defensively against somebody trying to run you over. :)
@@drpandakun You use Unnatural Selection to change any creature you choose into a reflection and then use Spirit Mirror to destroy it.
To me a card is Janky when after using it your opponent go "I can't even get mad about it"
Jank is turning Anointed Procession into a creature and putting helm of the host on it.
Ya. Probably the most creative choice in it I may add.
Two days ago i won a game by making valakut a creature with nissa, equipping helm of the hosts to it, while having prismatic omen on the field :)
Not using too much jank here, but it definitly was a janky way to win
That is DIRTY
@@Spootprime Sure, Opalescence and Dance of the Mance come to mind.
@@Spootprime Yup, says so in the rulings:
"If you control two Anointed Processions, then the number of tokens created is four times the original number. If you control three, then the number of tokens created is eight times the original number, and so on."
Which means, first you will get 2 procession tokens. If that all survives then next turn you get 8 new tokens for a total of 11 processions. so on the third turn after you've equipped the helm you will have (2^11)+11=2059 Anointed processions on the board.
Assuming the game isn't over by then. :)
This is really fun. Great video idea, Prof.
Glad you think so!
@@TolarianCommunityCollege hi
I was grinning the whole time. Awesome vid
do more of these, please
Couldn't agree more!!! I need an entire series of these to binge and educate myself in the ways of jank!
I miss the gold frame on multi-colored cards so much.
Same. Old school here.
Don’t they still have gold frames for multicolored cards today?
hot take but the old gold border is the only old border I do not miss.
i miss all old frames
@@nosrin1988 It's fine. You like/hate what you like/hate. I didn't like the old green card border very much.
That jank combo description in Ken was exactly how I felt the only time I ever pulled off the old restoration angel combo I used to run in my kaalia. Restoration angel, conspiracy, and warstorm surge.
This has to be my new fav thing Prof. I love building and using jank, and the chemistry was amazing. Can't wait for more!
I love this.
I would like to lodge a minor complaint- that being the definition of Jank here?
To me, Jank is less of a defined, hard-and-fast thing, and more of a combination of qualities, that upon reaching a threshold combine to make something Jank.
Qualities that increase “Jank Level” include:
- Weird or unusual/unexpected effects
- Low price on the card
- Having no *immediate* effect on the board state
- Being more situational than widely applicable
Once a card or combination of cards has reached a certain threshold of those qualia, it is then “Jank”
It should be noted that things can start out being Jank, but then lose this quality. Dark Depths is kind of a weird, silly jank card, but now that the Thespian Stage and/or Vampire Hexmage combo has become widespread, and the cards have increased in price, I wouldn’t consider it one.
A good rule of thumb; if the card comes down on the table, and your opponent says some variation of the following;
“wait, what? What set is that even from? It does what???”
“ Why would you play that?”
“ Oh shit, that actually works?!”
Then you’re probably dealing with Jank
"I love the stank on this jank"
I will now be using this
Jank Combo: Altar of the Brood + Nettle Drone + Ornithopter + Banishing Knack = Infinite Mill
Having a Jank specifically for combos would be pretty great.
Aminatou + Felidar Guardian + Alter of the Brood works great too!
Altar of the Brood + Ornithopter + Midnight Guard + Retraction Helix works too
There are so many substitutes for Altar, especially if you go with 0 mana noncreature artifacts. I play this combo in pauper with Nettle Drone and Golem Foundry
Junk troller + Tunnel Vision
Man, I’m so in love with this video. And a series?? THIS is what Magic is all about
I can't help but feel that all of these football references have flying where the Prof is concerned...
They go right over his head...
There were football references?
@@TolarianCommunityCollege 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for non biased magic entertainment during all the years, and especially during these times lately.
Laughed out loud multiple times.
The excitement I felt when I saw spellweaver volute and thought it would work perfectly in my Kalamax Instants Tribal deck can only be matched by the disappointment I felt when I read it closer and realized it wouldn’t work at all in my Kalamax Instants Tribal deck
It's fine in Janky urx decks that run a ton of strange and odd instants and sorceries for a flavour win
That "Spirit Mirror" is pure jank! Well played. Well played.
For about five minutes I thought Teferi was just a really quiet and angry fourth person on the show xD
This video is genius, one of the best TCC has ever released - I hope this becomes a series!
Awesome, jank is the true spirit of commander. Cards that don't see play I'm any other format, that might not always make an impact, but when they do ya better watch out!
Jank:
"Why would you play that?"
"Because I want to."
I usually say wdym it's a good card compared to your nekusar infect deck and it's actually fun.
This was such a joy to watch. I love how excited Ken gets for really dirty cards. Spell weaver volute is actually a boss card. Especially in Kalamax.
Man when I was this early standard was a fun balanced format.
standard is quite fun atm
@@ronaldflohil7910 That's fair, it is leaps and bounds better than a month ago. I do feel it could use a little work though. The power level is still a touch high due to lingering power such as Throne.
What was it like playing standard during tarkir? Haha
@@tee918 during tarkir was actually pretty low power. You struggled to cast cards such as siege rhino because the fetches were glorified duals that could only get basics. 3-4C shenannigans only started in BFZ with the addition of fetchable duals
@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 Interesting, well the point remains the same. Since I've been playing standard has constantly been a mess.
opponent: plays flooded woodland
me: laughs in titania
I still do not get why black green are enemy colors. They have so much in common and GB is my favorite combination of colors.
@@_cephalotus4187 it is about what the colors do. They complement each other extremely well. Same with red and blue
@@_cephalotus4187 I don't know. Maybe the colors are more like the noble familys here in europe.
Even your enemys are actually your relatives aswell. :P
@@ComfyDents Dude no just no. It is about the ideas behind the colors. Green is for life and nature, black is for dead and decay. Those concepts oppose each other. Hence why they are enemy colors. Red is impuls and passion, blue is logic and planning, and what a suprise they are enemy colors too. You can read the full run down on the wiki I belive.
That ending was great. The looks on their faces had me rolling.
The reflection combo is exactly what he used to win that 4 player commander game on this channel!
I’ve won games with delirium. It’s great vs +1/+1 “giant monster” decks
Stormseeker + Peer into the Abyss is my favorite personal jank creation. It’s just almost* always a one shot, besides possibly in self mill.
My favorite janky card is "Possessed Portal"
I decided to take it into the local modern tournament. People were very confused and had to double take and read the card twice.
Somehow won 3 games... all against combo deck who don't like not drawing cards for some reason.
A challenge to be sure. Deciding Jank is a challenge.
I love this series! Judge of Jank was so hilarious and fun XD
Next time consider allowing to bring additional cards like Ced did on the first turn. It might be fun to demonstrate those weird and janky combos.
The sun shines a little brighter.
Queen plays Princes in the Universe in the background.
Smoke machine comes out.
Best description ever.
Oh man, fun jank cards are my favorite. With the new Rogue deck that came out with Zendikar, I finally found a place for Elbrus the Binding Blade; the very essence of jank. Was sooooooo happy to find a home for this card.
I forgot that I even had the card. As soon as I read your comment, I went hunting for it. It is definitely going into my rogue deck.
@@theotherguy4478 Glad I could reintroduce you to an old favorite of mine.
Coming back here after the Jank Off and seeing Ken pull off that Reflections combo is so funny. Just filing away the jank.
My favorite jank card is, hands down, Glorious End.
That card is spicy! You either win or crash and burn! Glorious either way.
Or you use it with Gideon of the Trials.
I literally just received that card from TCGplayer today
I’m not sure if Color Hosers count as Jank, but let me tell you- if you hate playing against blue players, especially High Tide players, I would like to introduce you to Curse of Marit Lage
3RR, Enchantment, when COML comes into play, tap all islands. They do not Untap during their controllers untap phases.
Honestly, it crumples you basically any enchantment removal, and unless you have a way to stop it from being negated, it’ll be hard to make work if/when you actually need it
But I’m sure y’all can think of some combos with this that make that less of a problem.
ALSO, while I recognize this may be out of bounds (and thus am leaving it up to the judge), I contend that the art, border, and name of the card increase its Jankiness. The weird, surreal art, on a *red card* that mentions *Marit Lage*? That’s janky to me
balrogdahomie I just learned about this card the other day, it’s so weird.
I wanted to see what Ced was up to with Aphemia, the Cacophony.
Me too!! I didn't really think it was possible to turn Aphemia playable in edh.
@@eusouzoom I don't think he made it super "playable", it was probably just for the challenge of making a deck around it lol
You gotta jump over hoops to draw value from that card, and even when you do, you're just left with a meh wining plan. It's not like a field of the dead.
Thats a truly jank card though
where is "mirror of fate"? aka the self mill glass cannon that more often than not just shoots you deck into oblivion and makes you lose...
And if you are able to copy it you have your own Doomsday. ;)
People call it jank, but if they think that exiling your threats worked they were wrong. Also if you can recurr it and exile stuff from your graveyard, you can get anything you need at anytime
Sounds like the way I use Demonic Consultation
Turn one consultation for booster tutor lets go
Delirium can be fetched with Sunforger! That jank is going in my Gwyn EDH deck
Saw this video after Ken used the reflection combo himself. What a wild coincidence that he discovered and abused this combo on the same channel
Delerium is like an immediate anti-blightsteel.
And here, I thought it was copying it and making them fight.
I think a good definition of jank is a card or combo that is not overly powerful on its own, but can have a powerful effect in the right situation. Ced's first pick is a perfect example of this - it does almost nothing on its own, but can be devastating against the right opponent or if you mange to get both cards of the combo out. I could see a case for Aristocrats liking the card as well.
Agreed. Jank should not be defined by price (basic land is jank?)
I miss when 7 mana do nothing enchaments were the breakout of the sets for me because they're great in edh. Wizard actually making cards specifically for edh feels bad.
hearing Ken say "... and queen plays princes of the universe" to describe an epic moment (and highlander, no less) was the highlight of my day. great content, as always.
This was a blast to watch and I laughed my ass off the whole time. This is quality content start to finish.
The best part of this is how all of you are just having fun, and it really shows you do! Makes me happy
God, I loved this video. Laughed a lot. Please do continue with this idea.
And for sure that I'll be watching onemoremana channel.
I am instantly in love with Mirror Spirit + Unnatural Selection, thank you Ced for bringing this into my life.
This video is barely an hour old and I already can't wait for the next one.
Please create more Judge of Jank content. This was highly enjoyable!
My favorite jank card...
Cleansing Wildlife.
Autocorrect?
That was a sick burn! (get it?) For real tho, tf you on rn, lol?
Great guests! Good fun
MY favorite Jank card is Shields of Velis Vel.
I run it in Hazezon Tamar where I have many sacrifice outlets.
Play Hazezon on 8 mana. Leave 1 up. Someone tries to do something, I target the player with Shields, turning their entire board into Sand Warriors. Then I sacrifice Hazezon and exile all their creatures.
Nobody sees it coming.
A whole episode of SECRET TECH?! Today is a good day.
Chronotog is one of my favorite jank cards. I know a lot of people don't like staxy effects, but to me there is something satisfying about creating a lock with Chronotog. Finding a way to make skipping your turn work is just fun to me.
Stasis+Frozen_Aether+Chronotog= everybody but you draws out their deck.
I am also very partial to strange alternate win conditions like Barren Glory, Near Death Experience, ans Maze's End.
These guys have a certain charisma to them
Prof's face right after he loses the first one is adorable. He's got the perfect "grr I've been foiled" face.
Love this video, jank's awesome! Is this a one-of video or we may get more in the future? That'd be an awesome way to share lesser known cards and spread the greatness of jank.
Cards like Verdant Succession, Soulgorger Orgg and Wormfang Manta are great to jank with. Favorites must be combos like Shrieking Drake + Wild Pair or Vulshok Battlemaster + Fumble (+Mycosynth Lattice +Bludgeon Brawl to be REALLY nasty).
That last round I would say was wrong. Quicksilver fountain is always going to deliver what you want. Where the other is quite situational and harder to build with being more "jank"
lmao "Hadou-Ken" is such a great nickname
I can’t help but smile every time Ken says something - what a funny dude. Ced is a blast to watch too! Thank you for doing this!
Is no one gonna talk about how the drawback of Spellweaver Volute did not get mentioned of only casting the certain instant once then you have to pick another one?????
He skipped right over that part... I was saying Whoa whoa you skipped the drawback.
@@Proudfootzorz I'd call that upside rather than a drawback. You get to keep picking new stuff and you can keep opponents from recurring their spells.
@@evanorie535 that's one way to look at it yeah. The way he read it though I thought you could just keep copying the one spell over and over when you find a good one.
@@evanorie535 true!
Just meant the downside of only getting the spell once, but you can get some sweet other instants too if they're there
I love everything about this video. not only was it hilarious to watch the trash talk, but to both learn about new cards and see how creative you can get with Magic's wide variety of weird and silly interactions was both enlightening and super fun to brainstorm new brews. PLEASE KEEP ON GOIN! Love the Reflection card and the spellweaver volute bc they are weird cards and maybe i will use the reflection card more with other weird interactions in the future
I laughed, and i hardly ever do, nice stuff y'all.
I play Quicksilver Fountain in my monoblue deck, and the best part about it is if someone removes it before it removes the flood counters, the flood counters stay. Meaning you can also bounce it back to your own hand to make sure people are stuck with Islands.
Lmao that judge was great, hes really funny
The Professor just made our voices heard.
There's no feeling like playing a card and get a "Meh" as reaction. But then the effects start to happen and everyone start to read and re-read the card to make sure they are not getting crazy of being cheated!
I love Quicksilver Fountain and Ixidron in my Phenax deck
Power Conduit and Spawning Pit as alternate means of +1/+1 counters and an ignored Altar in Marchesa, TBR.
Descent into Madness in Varina's
Zndrsplt//Okaun being a coin-flip deck are jank by defaul
But the true master of Jank is Mairsil, the pretender
He just takes every janky creature/artifact with a good activated abilities, but horrible statics and triggers, and stitches everything together to make the most versatile machine made of jank that the world have seen~
IMHO jank are cards we love to play because they are funny but not effective.
One of these days, I'm going to drop Blightsteel, Blim it to my opponent, then Delirium / Backlash it.
Hivemind better be on this list.
Edit: Damn it.
I love this. Especially with how many cards have been printed, it's educational and hilarious. I look forward to more in the future!
The 45 people who disliked were laughing to hard and hit the wrong button.
'reach for the ghost pepper, show me what you got'. #gold
Would love to see more of these, always great to see Mana Squad.
Creativity in deck-building keeps me going when other formats are stale. I love to jam janky cards in decks (favourite is Traveling Plague) or building around a particular theme (just finished an all female deck!)
The best part about this episode is that I got several new ideas for weird, fun cards to use in Commander. Well, that, and the jokes. I will definitely be coming back for more of this series.
Love this video. I too have picked up some of these cards. A favorite jank card has to be Dragon Whisperer, a mediocre 2 mana 2/2 that requires more mana to be sunk to be good. But after a late game wipe, dropping this down and pumping it with flying and a dragon's breath effect, or if really desperate, get that dragon token out!
You have given me a new view on jank.
Love this video!
Glad you liked it!
This video was great reminded me of conversations I'd have with friends in my LGS... You all have great charisma together. Thanks for posting.
Ced cheats straight out the gate by doing two cards instead of one lol
That intro just blowed my mind.
"Jank is not hard to define, but it's a little hard to pin down..."
What the...
Please give us more videos like this, or even better more rounds of judge of jank!
This is my favorite video of yours, of all time. I really enjoyed this one. Thank you.
very cute video. I have to say the judge really brought his A game and the cards were for the most part fun and felt like jank I didnt see before. I love seeing videos like this come up every now and then
Jank is when you play a card that make heads turn in confusion man.
Absolutely love the reaction when others go "what, that is your commander?!" as I flip out my Squee, The Immortal deck
Love Spellweaver Volute. I threw it into an upgraded Spellslinger precon running Elsha. Plus when I found it I was like, "this card looks weird as hell." Good call Ced.
Hey Prof! I'd love to see this show come back maybe with a janky combo twist? Either way I love it!
Given all thats going on in the world, your videos are consistently fun and entertaining. Thanks prof
Glad you like them!
Backlash is a slightly better Delerium, it doesn't stop the creature from dealing damage for a turn (so if they untap and swing your screwed) but you can cast it anytime. also much love for Quicksilver Fountain, a personal Fav of mine lol.
Such a cool video :> reminds me of all the kitchen table combo decks I used to make that never worked bc I only had one copy of any card!
Spellweaver volute is such as sweet card! Just wanted to mention two things:
1) the mystery booster foil version is much cheaper (25c from card kingdom I think) than the original printing and the foiling looks lovely!
2) it plays a copy of the instant, doesn’t cast it, so if you have a deck that relies on cast triggers just be aware I don’t think it triggers
My favorite combo of all time... Lightning bolt+Turnabout+Reiterate with Mizzix on the field. Its cute when everyone looks at you funny as you explain to them how LIGHTNING BOLT just machine gun killed everyone.
This was both hilarious and educational. Looking forward for more like this!
"Riptide Mangler" from Legions (2003).. My favorite "junk" card that I play in my UW Control (Legacy). No one expects this card on table, but it can shut down lot of Agro decks and buy me few turns.. + that flavor text.. "It wants you to be its chum."
I argue... that additional cards can be applied to the argument if the additional card is either 1) an inconsequential addition in building as it is a traditional addition to the build or 2) significant but inexpensive jank in its own right to allow the playstyle needed for the initial card to exist.
I say this... because one day I will make Hedron Alignment work. It's only a matter of time