Random Funfact: There are exactly 3 Cards in the Game that have the cost that is used to explain Charmed Pendant. At the time it was printed, there were 2: Spinal Embrace, first printed in invasion and Princess Lucrezia, first prined in Legends.
it’s ok but i have found that better board wipe protection comes in the form of instants like end of semester, because then you get all the etbs at once and you can draw even more cards that with the urn
For the people who are probably wondering for charmed pendant: If it’s a hybrid mana symbol, you choose the color for each symbol. If it’s Phyrexian mana, add the corresponding color.
Also, to add to that, even though it is a mana ability you can't use it to pay for things while something is resolving on the stack (say from Bramble Sovereign's triggered ability). This is because paying those costs are happening during the resolution of that ability and you can only use the Pendant when you could cast an instant (which you can't do during a spell/ trigger resolving).
@@dantemalick2872 while you can use it in response to the ability hitting the stack, there can be cases where the difference matters. When When the trigger goes on the stack, you have to hold priority and use it then. Your opponent could then Stifle the ability knowing that your planning on putting mana into it. If you wait for the ability to resolve to hide whether your going to pay for it, you couldn't use Charmed Pendant you'd have to use a different mana ability. Another example would be an ability like Join Forces if used by your opponent. If you want to use the mana from Charmed Pendant to pay for it, you'd have to activate in response. Doing so let's the table know your intention. Normally, Depending on your turn order you may get to see what everyone else pays into it before you decide to. I guess the long short of it is it could give your opponent a little more info. In casual this is pretty inconsequential. But I just wanted to explain what it means for a mana ability to be only usable as an instant.
Can confirm Cloud Cover is amazing, especially if your stuff has nice ETB's. It doesn't help much if you're trying to protect a card like Solitary Confinement, but it's amazing if it's protecting an Avenger of Zendikar, or big Dragon or something.
I've got Cloud Cover in my Reaper King deck. It protects my creatures and if any of my scarecrows are targeted I get the ETB triggers again as a bonus. I've also got Citanul Flute in my Zedruu deck which is red, white, and blue like you mentioned the flute would be good in. I use it to tutor creatures like Steel Golem to "gift" to my opponent. I also use Skyship Weatherlight which is another nice colorless tutoring artifact.
and for Cloud cover i think the golden ticket deck is flicker because its a lose lose situation for you opponents because you want to be able to get the ETB triggers again and this is for everything and you could be out of flicker spells
Charmed Pendant is in my Sidisi deck (that I built right after Khans came out and one of my absolute faves) and while it sometimes wiffs hard, it's such a beautiful and unique card that I'll never cut it. That one time it turned over a Golgari Findbroker was epic!
I love charmed pendant for Vaevictus Asmodi the Dire. The Pendant with effects that return cards to the top of the deck is a cool synergy. It also works to filter non-permanent spells in that deck
If you are playing in a deck with Oracle of Mul Daya, Courser of Kruphix, or Conspicuous Snoop, you can activate Citanul Flute for 0 to shuffle your library, which is pretty nifty.
If you're just after the protection effect for your commander, Voyager Staff is a much better option than Cold Storage. 1 to play, 2 to use, as opposed to 4 to play, 3 to use. Cold Storage can save multiple creatures though, which is relevant against wraths and the like.
Well, I made it. Save maybe about 5 or 6 videos, I'm pretty much caught up entirely. In the past month or so, I've brewed quite a few decks. > Livio, Oathsworn Sentinel // Esior, Wardwing Familiar bootleg Brago. It runs Thousand-Year Elixir, because Livio taps. First Azorius brew. > Prava of the Steel Legion // Halana, Kessig Ranger tokens and deathtouch. Selesnya bores me to tears, but I FINALLY brewed something worthwhile. Also a first. > Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel // Miara, Thorn of the Glade mono black elves. Your videos about it definitely inspired me. I'm still improving it. > Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Tormod, the Desecrator... toolbox and self mill? I didn't have Ravos, Soultender, so I improvised. Thanks again. > Radiant, Serra Archangel // Alharu, Solemn Ritualist +1/+1 counters and flyers. Your video "What White Does Best" inspired me to do a non-aura partner brew. > Keleth, Sunmane Familiar // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar +1/ +1 counters and Orzhov/Silverquill goodies. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill is in the 98. I do have just the one copy of Icatian Moneychanger, but I'm still looking through my collection for more counter based stuff before I can rightfully give him a spot in the brew. I managed to find an Oona's Blackguard, so that's cool. I want to find ways to get first strike, doublestrike, and more deathtouch stuff going to work with Falthis and other cards I want to add in. Thanks a bunch for the inspiration and making EDH fun again, even though I haven't played since March of 2020. I'm looking forward to seeing some of that Adventures in the Forgotten Realms goodness.
Cloud Cover is one my hidden gems for my Ephara Spirits Flash deck. Someone targets my stuff, I bounce it up, and then I get all of the Kamigawa-style casting spirits triggers when I recast it.
Hey Demo! Great options for commander cards. This series always gives me inspiration. I see you talking about Sidisi a lot . Do you have a decklist of the deck? I’m really curious about your build.
I like using Charmed Pendant in my Hua Tuo deck, with it being mono green cards can have a lot of green pips. Hua Tuo also lets me put high devotion creatures from grave to top of deck allowing me to know how much mana I'll get out of tapping the Pendant.
instant artifact removal can destroy Cold Storage while the exile effect is on the stack so you use/lose Cold Storage then exile the creature with its ability (with no way to get it back). Its more resources for your opponent if they needed to get rid of a creature twice, but using it to flicker does have this possible drawback.
YES! Choice of damnations is one of my favorite cards, also has my very favorite flavor text ever. It's pretty good in a deck where you are aggroing early, so your opponent(s) will likely have stabilized the board without much life left, so this is a fantastic game closer. Also good to copy/fork so you pick more than one opponent.
@@vahnthemannraseru1810 if they pick zero, they'll be left with zero permanents on board (including no lands), try reading it more carefully, it reads "sacrifice all but THAT MANY permanents" because you (the caster) chooses wich mode will go off, they only choose the number, you can nuke their whole board if they pick zero.
Colfenor's Urn is an all-star in my Unesh sphinx tribal. Want to wipe the board and get rid of all those scary 6 power flyers? Whoops, too bad, you just gave me a free Unesh Fact or Fiction and that's it. >:)
Caravan Vigil's not terrible, but there are so many effects that do the same thing for one more mana, and I think the hoop to jump through for morbid isn't worth the one mana because it comes down a lot later in the game. Hmm, charmed pendant seems really interesting, I'll have to give that one a try. Choice of Damnations isn't all that good, but it's a lot of fun. Cloud Cover is fantastic. I've never seen anyone else use it either, but it's an all star in my Grand Arbiter deck.
I believe I have watched all of your episodes... have you looked in to Arcum's Whistle? Ice Age card, only printed once, nice addition for a 'Control opponents combat step' style deck, such as Thantis, The War Weaver or Tahngarth, First Mate, or even something like Odric, Master Tactician. Choose a creature on opponents board, they can pay it's Mana Value to counter this ability (Yay, I messed with your mana!) and if they do not, the creature MUST attack this turn. If it does not, it is destroyed. So they can't just tap the creature to protect it from the ability! Check it out!
For the Colfenor's Urn, you said you didnt have alot of creatures with toughness for 4 or more. Couldn't you use anthem or lord effects to boost their toughness. When they die it should still count as a toughness of 4 or more even if their base stat is 2 or 3. Right?
you would just have to evaluate how often your urn is going to sit on the table doing nothing. also you don't want it just be sitting there waiting to be removed. it needs to exile all 3 creatures pretty fast.
as read the rules on Cold Storage....You do NOT put the card in EXILE as those cards will be put in YOUR GRAVE YARD when the Cold Storage would be put in to the Gave yard as it dies That is why it is ON THE Cold Storage NOT EXILED !!
I hate to be that guy, BUT 2:58 It's actually very disappointing when you use it. An opponent will count only the permanents they absolutely need and give you that number. Afterwards, it's not much of a choice, because they either sacrifice stuff they don't need or lose some life, and "target opponent loses 1 life for each permanent they control-ish" is actually not very good for 6 mana. Want to make them pay life and sacrifice important stuff? Get Torment of Hailfire. Want to get on crazy mindgame jank? Goblin Game is the card you want. Not this, not really. Unless you have some cool Arcane synergies in mind, but that would require some good Splice Into Arcane cards to be printed.
@@edhdeckbuilding true, you get all creatures back under your control, even the ones you don't own! It is a bit strange though, when you compare it to other "similar" cards, for example Safe Haven or Endless Sands. So this is the only of these cards that would be good in a "steal opponent's creatures" deck. And it seems absolutely random how they wroth cards back in the day :)
I can’t get enough of this. I love learning about old cards.
Random Funfact: There are exactly 3 Cards in the Game that have the cost that is used to explain Charmed Pendant. At the time it was printed, there were 2: Spinal Embrace, first printed in invasion and Princess Lucrezia, first prined in Legends.
Just if you care, the 3rd one is Wrexial, the Risen Deep, seen first in Worldwake
Colfenor's Urn is a perfect fit in an Arcades deck, for anyone thinking about building one.
I was about to type exactly this. Run it in my own Arcades deck.
Facts. Already in mine
I was thinking Nylia God of the Hunt
I really want it for my dragon deck now...
it’s ok but i have found that better board wipe protection comes in the form of instants like end of semester, because then you get all the etbs at once and you can draw even more cards that with the urn
For the people who are probably wondering for charmed pendant: If it’s a hybrid mana symbol, you choose the color for each symbol. If it’s Phyrexian mana, add the corresponding color.
Also, to add to that, even though it is a mana ability you can't use it to pay for things while something is resolving on the stack (say from Bramble Sovereign's triggered ability). This is because paying those costs are happening during the resolution of that ability and you can only use the Pendant when you could cast an instant (which you can't do during a spell/ trigger resolving).
@@wikidclowne6891 you can use it in response to the ability going on to the stack so in not sure what you are saying would affect anything
@@dantemalick2872 while you can use it in response to the ability hitting the stack, there can be cases where the difference matters. When
When the trigger goes on the stack, you have to hold priority and use it then. Your opponent could then Stifle the ability knowing that your planning on putting mana into it.
If you wait for the ability to resolve to hide whether your going to pay for it, you couldn't use Charmed Pendant you'd have to use a different mana ability.
Another example would be an ability like Join Forces if used by your opponent. If you want to use the mana from Charmed Pendant to pay for it, you'd have to activate in response. Doing so let's the table know your intention. Normally, Depending on your turn order you may get to see what everyone else pays into it before you decide to.
I guess the long short of it is it could give your opponent a little more info. In casual this is pretty inconsequential. But I just wanted to explain what it means for a mana ability to be only usable as an instant.
Can confirm Cloud Cover is amazing, especially if your stuff has nice ETB's. It doesn't help much if you're trying to protect a card like Solitary Confinement, but it's amazing if it's protecting an Avenger of Zendikar, or big Dragon or something.
I've got Cloud Cover in my Reaper King deck. It protects my creatures and if any of my scarecrows are targeted I get the ETB triggers again as a bonus.
I've also got Citanul Flute in my Zedruu deck which is red, white, and blue like you mentioned the flute would be good in. I use it to tutor creatures like Steel Golem to "gift" to my opponent. I also use Skyship Weatherlight which is another nice colorless tutoring artifact.
After already adding orcish squatters to my grenzo deck I’m putting Cloak and Dagger straight in the same deck! thanks for the great content!
Colfenor's Urn is also great for dragon tribal, since pretty much every dragon has toughness 4+.
and for Cloud cover i think the golden ticket deck is flicker because its a lose lose situation for you opponents because you want to be able to get the ETB triggers again and this is for everything and you could be out of flicker spells
Charmed Pendant is in my Sidisi deck (that I built right after Khans came out and one of my absolute faves) and while it sometimes wiffs hard, it's such a beautiful and unique card that I'll never cut it. That one time it turned over a Golgari Findbroker was epic!
Charmed pendant is great in araumi, you can mill and cast that card if it’s only colored mana.
I thought the exact same thing when I saw it in a bulk box at a flea market stall. Very unusual and underrated card that's great in Araumi.
Not cast, encore.
Just about to say this. I’ve got one brewing and I’m for sure gonna try to make space for this
Charmed pendant is definitely the best artifact in my Kethis deck, super valuable.
I love charmed pendant for Vaevictus Asmodi the Dire. The Pendant with effects that return cards to the top of the deck is a cool synergy. It also works to filter non-permanent spells in that deck
Can confirm, cloud cover is very playable. Like you said, it's not seen very often so it kinda flies under the radar but it's very good.
Colfenor's Urn works great in an Arcades Deck. Use all the board wipes lol
If you are playing in a deck with Oracle of Mul Daya, Courser of Kruphix, or Conspicuous Snoop, you can activate Citanul Flute for 0 to shuffle your library, which is pretty nifty.
Used to love playing charmed pendant in my old sharuum deck. Pretty good in sevinne too
This is the first one of these videos that I own, I play, or have tried out almost every card mentioned.
If you're just after the protection effect for your commander, Voyager Staff is a much better option than Cold Storage. 1 to play, 2 to use, as opposed to 4 to play, 3 to use. Cold Storage can save multiple creatures though, which is relevant against wraths and the like.
Well, I made it. Save maybe about 5 or 6 videos, I'm pretty much caught up entirely. In the past month or so, I've brewed quite a few decks.
> Livio, Oathsworn Sentinel // Esior, Wardwing Familiar bootleg Brago. It runs Thousand-Year Elixir, because Livio taps. First Azorius brew.
> Prava of the Steel Legion // Halana, Kessig Ranger tokens and deathtouch. Selesnya bores me to tears, but I FINALLY brewed something worthwhile. Also a first.
> Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel // Miara, Thorn of the Glade mono black elves. Your videos about it definitely inspired me. I'm still improving it.
> Ghost of Ramirez DePietro // Tormod, the Desecrator... toolbox and self mill? I didn't have Ravos, Soultender, so I improvised. Thanks again.
> Radiant, Serra Archangel // Alharu, Solemn Ritualist +1/+1 counters and flyers. Your video "What White Does Best" inspired me to do a non-aura partner brew.
> Keleth, Sunmane Familiar // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar +1/ +1 counters and Orzhov/Silverquill goodies. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill is in the 98.
I do have just the one copy of Icatian Moneychanger, but I'm still looking through my collection for more counter based stuff before I can rightfully give him a spot in the brew. I managed to find an Oona's Blackguard, so that's cool. I want to find ways to get first strike, doublestrike, and more deathtouch stuff going to work with Falthis and other cards I want to add in.
Thanks a bunch for the inspiration and making EDH fun again, even though I haven't played since March of 2020. I'm looking forward to seeing some of that Adventures in the Forgotten Realms goodness.
Cloud Cover is one my hidden gems for my Ephara Spirits Flash deck. Someone targets my stuff, I bounce it up, and then I get all of the Kamigawa-style casting spirits triggers when I recast it.
Hey Demo! Great options for commander cards. This series always gives me inspiration.
I see you talking about Sidisi a lot . Do you have a decklist of the deck? I’m really curious about your build.
I like using Charmed Pendant in my Hua Tuo deck, with it being mono green cards can have a lot of green pips. Hua Tuo also lets me put high devotion creatures from grave to top of deck allowing me to know how much mana I'll get out of tapping the Pendant.
Grenzo loves Cloak and Dagger. Also benefits from the power boost.
Cloud cover has put in some serious work for me. Outstanding card!
Charmed pendant seems good in a Lazav the Multifarious deck so I think I’ll pick one up now thanks!
bought charmed pendant and Cloud cover before covis after looking through a bunch of random singles. great cards
instant artifact removal can destroy Cold Storage while the exile effect is on the stack so you use/lose Cold Storage then exile the creature with its ability (with no way to get it back). Its more resources for your opponent if they needed to get rid of a creature twice, but using it to flicker does have this possible drawback.
charmed pendant would be good in a devotion deck with mill theme.
Definitely going to try cold storage and pendant!!
Colfenor's urn is a great staple in Arcades decks. Helps get more walls and more etb triggers.
YES! Choice of damnations is one of my favorite cards, also has my very favorite flavor text ever. It's pretty good in a deck where you are aggroing early, so your opponent(s) will likely have stabilized the board without much life left, so this is a fantastic game closer. Also good to copy/fork so you pick more than one opponent.
Couldn't they pick 0 ?
@@vahnthemannraseru1810 if they pick zero, they'll be left with zero permanents on board (including no lands), try reading it more carefully, it reads "sacrifice all but THAT MANY permanents" because you (the caster) chooses wich mode will go off, they only choose the number, you can nuke their whole board if they pick zero.
Colfenor's Urn is an all-star in my Unesh sphinx tribal. Want to wipe the board and get rid of all those scary 6 power flyers? Whoops, too bad, you just gave me a free Unesh Fact or Fiction and that's it. >:)
Bunch of great hits!
Caravan Vigil's not terrible, but there are so many effects that do the same thing for one more mana, and I think the hoop to jump through for morbid isn't worth the one mana because it comes down a lot later in the game.
Hmm, charmed pendant seems really interesting, I'll have to give that one a try.
Choice of Damnations isn't all that good, but it's a lot of fun.
Cloud Cover is fantastic. I've never seen anyone else use it either, but it's an all star in my Grand Arbiter deck.
man cold storage is very usable! thanks for your content :)
Colfenor's Urn in a mutate deck seems pretty interesting!
citanul flute is fantastic in a Belbe deck as a sink for the ample colorless mana, which is odd since it's a green and black deck
You make us all smarter
Cloud Cover is perfect for my Alela deck :O
colfenors urn seems so perfect for my purphoros bronze blooded sneak attack deck
cant believe I never heard of this card before
wow, yeah fantastic in a sneak attack deck.
Muse Vessel from Dissension can do some pretty wild things with certain builds. I never hear anyone talk about it tho.
I put colfenor's urn in my prava//ikra shidiqi deck, and it does wonders
10/10 would recommend
I love charmed pendant, but you have to be prepared for alot of inconsistent results. Often times it will mill over a land.
Charmed pendent could be good in a varina the lich queen deck. I made my version of the deck zombie/reanimate so that could be really synergistic
I use Cold Storage to Flip Akroma Angel of Fury early when shes morphed. It works great!
Colfenor's Urn look perfect for my giant tribal deck
Savage
You're great, thanks
I love choice of damnations. More than once I won because of that
I believe I have watched all of your episodes... have you looked in to Arcum's Whistle? Ice Age card, only printed once, nice addition for a 'Control opponents combat step' style deck, such as Thantis, The War Weaver or Tahngarth, First Mate, or even something like Odric, Master Tactician. Choose a creature on opponents board, they can pay it's Mana Value to counter this ability (Yay, I messed with your mana!) and if they do not, the creature MUST attack this turn. If it does not, it is destroyed. So they can't just tap the creature to protect it from the ability! Check it out!
Charmed Pendant would be pretty nasty in Niv Mizzet Reborn
Obviously working through the “C”’s today. 😂
I don't like Cold Storage, but if you do, you might like Safe Haven.
I ran choice of damnation in my jeleva deck, it definitely made a big impact in each game itnwas played
but they can choose 1
With choice of damnation wouldn't they just say 1 then lose one permanent or one life I feel like I am missing something
Citinul flute is an allstar in magda
New intro? I dig it.
wow, nobody else noticed.
For the Colfenor's Urn, you said you didnt have alot of creatures with toughness for 4 or more. Couldn't you use anthem or lord effects to boost their toughness. When they die it should still count as a toughness of 4 or more even if their base stat is 2 or 3. Right?
No because in the graveyard it won't have those anthem effects
actually yes. because it'll see a 4 toughness going to the graveyard then exile it. and once they're exiled their toughness no longer matters.
@@edhdeckbuilding Then the Urn would be pretty good for an aggro deck that utilized alot of anthem effects. What do you think?
you would just have to evaluate how often your urn is going to sit on the table doing nothing. also you don't want it just be sitting there waiting to be removed. it needs to exile all 3 creatures pretty fast.
Can someone explain choice of damnation? Cant the opponent choose 1 or 0 and nothing happen?
If your opponent chooses 0 you have them sacrifice permanents until they have 0 left. Which would be pretty devastating.
Citanul Flute 10/10, v underplayed
Choice of Damnation its so much damn fun to play
I am confused on "Choice of Damnation", can't they just choose 1 for the number?
If they do, you make them sacrifice all but one permanent
as read the rules on Cold Storage....You do NOT put the card in EXILE as those cards will be put in YOUR GRAVE YARD when the Cold Storage would be put in to the Gave yard as it dies That is why it is ON THE Cold Storage NOT EXILED !!
Colfenor's Urn is a very good card for arcades it draws so many cards if no one removes it
🤘🏻
I hate to be that guy, BUT
2:58 It's actually very disappointing when you use it. An opponent will count only the permanents they absolutely need and give you that number. Afterwards, it's not much of a choice, because they either sacrifice stuff they don't need or lose some life, and "target opponent loses 1 life for each permanent they control-ish" is actually not very good for 6 mana.
Want to make them pay life and sacrifice important stuff? Get Torment of Hailfire. Want to get on crazy mindgame jank? Goblin Game is the card you want. Not this, not really.
Unless you have some cool Arcane synergies in mind, but that would require some good Splice Into Arcane cards to be printed.
Well I have to buy close quarters now.
Everlasting Torment is a great combo with it
First finally
Choice of Damnations is a fun card in my Tergrid Deck
Couldn't they just choose 0 for choice of damnation? And nothing happens
Shocker is a great political card
You cast choice of damnation.. OK, I pick zero for the number.
have fun sacrificing all your permanents.
@@edhdeckbuilding im not understanding choice of damnation either, cant they just pick 1? So lose 1 life or 1 thing?
sacrifice all BUT that many permanents. so if you have 100 permanents you keep only one and sac 99.
Choice of damnations is trash, they will choose “1” and it’s basically lose 1 life or sacrifice 1 permanent, for 6 mana in EDH it’s not worth it.
"All but that many permanents" If they choose "1" they'd be left with only one permanent in play. That includes lands.
@@TheCrimsonYoshi I had re-read the card, my apologies.
You always find a real gem man
Cold storage just says return them to play not under your control or permanently are you sure we can use it like that?
the errata says "Return each creature card exiled with Cold Storage to the battlefield under your control." so yes it works.
@@edhdeckbuilding true, you get all creatures back under your control, even the ones you don't own! It is a bit strange though, when you compare it to other "similar" cards, for example Safe Haven or Endless Sands. So this is the only of these cards that would be good in a "steal opponent's creatures" deck. And it seems absolutely random how they wroth cards back in the day :)