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@@TolarianCommunityCollege I actually learned about Raycon in this video and already bought them. I also gave a thumbs up to the video and subscribed. All hail to the algorithm.
man that's hilarious I didn't even see the Terror it went by so quickly when he was showcasing cards for the chirurgeon on what spot removal he said it could stop and yep it can't stop that one nor can it stop RH
@@TolarianCommunityCollege yes sir!(scribbles in note book) what else should I do with my life? I've already liked and subscribed... Stay well and keep your sanity best you can.
It never ceases to amaze me how Raycon still sponsors him! His presentation is unrivalled though and I actually watch his full sponsor unlike other youtubers I watch.
That random San Pellegrino Blood Orange in the stack of La Croix. Good taste, there, Prof. Lush pro-tip: the San Pellegrino Grapefruit and gin is an amazing alternative to a gin and tonic.
When I saw the title of this I instantly shouted. "Mark of Fury!" and then told my self "Naw, no one plays that but me, and no one even knows about it. there's no way he'll mention it. " glad I was wrong.
I actually do play Onslaught. It's amazing in a deck with effects like - Willbreaker - Dismiss into Dream - Cowardice - Verity Circle - Horobi, Death's Wail
MASS HYSTERIA! Its a little more expensive now but is a great card for super aggressive commander decks. Its effective for early game ramp for mana dorks or (because its low CMC) it can even be good late game to haste in a clutch to give a needed big creature haste. It also has the benefit in tap activated creature effects like Brion Stout Arm. It has the downside of being a global effect but it can be negated in conjunction with Authority of the Counsels or Blind Obedience.
another 1 drop enchantment worth looking into is dust corona. while it can't be combat tricked like mark of fury, a +2 power and anti-flying tech for 1 red is always nice to have. plus, if the creature does have flying, it basically makes it unblockable! Creature side, orcish lumberjack is another good 1 red drop. while you'd play it in a gruul deck, it can turn your tapped forests into even MORE mana, which can help propel you into a big spell really quick. Add in land recursion, and you have a big mana producer right there. (on a side note, I think that Tinder wall will be featured in the 1 drop Green video, due to its mana acceleration. If you combo that with orcish lumberjack, you can get a 6 mana spell out on TURN 2.)
Overmaster is a kl 1 mana red spell, prevents your next instant or sorcery being countered, also draws a card, so it's never completely dead. You can also use it to bait out a counterspells and hope they're bluffing a 2nd one. Obviously very good if you're about to cast a finisher.
Chirurgeon: Kye-ur-gin. From Latin chirurgia, and originally Greek kheirourgos. Excellent include here, and the Madonna reference probably also went right over the heads of most viewers. :D
This is probably the best of these videos that I've seen. Great suggestions. I built a mono-red deck recently and found Mark of Fury and was surprised that I never see it played. It's so good!
QUESTION: I really like the entertaining way you do your ads/promotions. I wonder, did you have to run your idea by the company first? Like, did you have to tell La Croix how you were going to do their product promotion first? Or did they trust you to just do whatever?
Not 1 mana, but people really underestimate 'Hate Mirage'. a 4 mana card that makes 2 token copies of your opponents creatures with haste 'till end of turn. Which late-game helps finishing games and earlier into the game it can copy opponent's value creatures letting you ramp or draw. It's way way better than you'd think
I totally agree with this list. Some I play or have played. And, because of this video, I now want to put those cards back in my decks. The others I actually want to use in another deck I haven't yet made. So, I really loved this episode and appreciated it. Thanks!
I feel like not alot of people know about winds of change. Also a good, but unfortunately expensive red 1 drop, allows for a full board wheel for 1 mana. This can be useful when you have a bad hand and your oppenents have good hands or someone just searched for their game winning card and has tapped out. It doesnt draw you 7, it will draw your have as it currently is but still a good card
Curse of Opulence.... Its a free bait to attack others and a simple ramp and Thud is also a good option to just ad some extra dmg with something your sure to loose anyways :D
I’ve always viewed Shatering spree as better than Vandal blast since the replicate ability making copies is harder to deal with over Vandalblast that even if overloaded it could get countered.
The skits are becoming my favorite part of the videos - careful there Prof, I may soon be displeased for magic content on this magic channel, and request only more funny bits!
My pick: Mass Hysteria - Enchantment - ALL creatures have haste Literally a red Concordant Crossroads, great for low curve aggro and mana-efficient combo decks that need the haste for surprise factor
Not to barge in to this conversation but Barge In can be a fun combat trick for 1 red mana. In a go wide strategy with anthem effects, or if you have a lot of big bodies on the board, it can ensure some damage gets through and slightly buffs a creature to boot. In a deck like Zara, Hedron Grinder you can buff the entire team and give everything trample.
Brand is a cheeky 1 drop. Instant, "Gain control of all permanents you own. | Cycling 2." Really hoses Your-deck.dek and if it's not relevant in the matchup, at least it cycles. Brutal Suppression has some wombo possibilities, but it's really way too niche unless you do a zedru prison deck. Crown of Flames is a nice enchantment aura that gives firebreathing and has "R:Return Crown of Flames to its owner's hand." so it's in a similar niche to mark of fury. Firestorm is a great fit for any deck that can stomach to discard, either because it themes around madness or is a wheel.dek. "As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. | Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets." The one downside is that you can only do as much damage as you have valid targets / cards in hand. Mob Mentality is a cute enchantment aura that gives trample and "+X/+0 where x is the number of creatures attacking [cc]." Norin the Wary is a one drop, but this is a list of one drops no one is using, so... Outmaneuver gives escentually gives X creatures 'super trample'. Overmastery reads "The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn can't be countered. | Draw a card." A really nice cantrip which either forces a counterspell out on the threat of something big getting forced through or forces something big through. I've been running slumbering dragon for a long time ["Flying | Slumbering Dragon can't attack or block unless it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it. |Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Slumbering Dragon."] and I've never in my life had it turn on, because people don't attack you when you have a slumbering dragon out because no one wants you to have a 1 drop 8/8 flyer.
Would have loved a shout out to Weight of Spires. 1 mana deal damage to something based on the non-basic land count of its controller at instant speed is honestly really strong as a removal spell option for Red. Since red's removal is primarily damage based it can easily miss important creatures if you're trying to keep the cost of the spell low. This gets around that normal issue since non-basics are plentiful in commander and this will reasonably deal +5 damage and at that amount it is going to kill most things you care about.
Shattering spree has an other very good upside. It is very hard to counter. Unless they have a stifle like effect you're most likely going to blow up all the artifacts that you want. You can target an artifact multiple times to get through counters.
by the way, feint might spike now because of the brand new commander Neyith of the dire Hunt and that's because you can double a creature's power and give it a luring effect (which means all creatures have to block it if able) so the creature you powered up becomes block you cast feint on it you tap all the creatures thus leaving them open for everyone to take that player down before they untap (if that's players turn is last before your) Ney of the Dire Hu
I like false orders inclusion as I run it. One card that is a possible miss, depending on your playgroup. Soldier of Fortune. r tap, shuffle target player's library. Can nerf the Tutor to top of deck abilities, scry, fate seal, etc.
I tend to play faithless looting pretty commonly and winds of change may warrant a mention for resetting a poor hand or potentially messing up an opponent's tutor.
I'd add Krark-Clan Shaman and Crown of Flames to the list. Krark-Clan is at least better than the Bloodfire Dwarf who does pretty much the same thing but can't be activated multiple times to increase its effectiveness before dying. Similar to one of the reasons Gorilla Shaman is so good, if your deck ever makes a bunch of junky clue/treasure tokens, he's just a wrath and can be a very selective wrath at that. Crown of Flames triggers prowess and constellation and other similar effects while making any threat you have a little more potent including your commander which is nice.
Actually had a professor at university that was exactly like that. Also how do you not know who Cardi B is? She's from another planet and she literally did all the sound effects for Star Wars.
Here's two that I feel strongly should make the list. They're not as old, but they are very unused according to EDHREC. Molten Vortex only sees play in 300 decks, and while it doesn't have the sweeping effect of Bloodfire Dwarf, it deals 2 damage and can hit fliers. I find it incredibly useful for removing hatebears, combo pieces, and smaller commanders without needing yo use up my premium removal spells to do so. Weight of Spires only sees play in 22 decks. While it may not be the best against mono-colored decks, most of the time there is always going to be someone playing 3+ colors at the table and this card is going to act like your handy-dandy Path to Exile in red against them. This card costs pennies, but its the most effective when playing against people who spend tons of money on their decks.
Another great one mana red card is the new Weaponize the Monsters from Ikoria. Yeah, it's got the 2 mana activation, but it can turn any of your creatures (especially if you have token generation) into a Shock. I love that it's any target, too. It's nifty way in commander to take out opposing planeswalkers hiding behind an army, or finish off some creature post-combat when two other players are duking it out.
I like Martyr of Ashes more in the Bloodfire Dward spot. All the same things apply if you have at least 1 red card in your hand but it can do so much more.
If Master of Cruelties is blocked, then removing its blocker won’t cause it’s triggered ability to proc, since the point at which the ability checks to see if it attacked and wasn’t blocked is immediately before priority in the declare blockers step. Also, Chirurgeon can’t save a creature from Rapid Hybridization, since it’s got that pesky “can’t be regenerated” text on it.
No mention of Quest for the Pure Flame? If you're running red, all you have to do is inflict 4 damage to your opponents then you have an enchantment that doubles all damage dealt by sources you control for an entire turn for just 1 red mana. I've used it many times to finish off a game from out of nowhere.
Maybe artifact blast in mono-red decks. Being able to counter an artifact for one mana seems pretty strong being that there are some artifacts that have huge impacts from the moment they hit the table.
Another great 1 mana red card is anything but unknown, but it's still underrated in commander: Lightning Bolt! It removes creatures, it can finish off a player that was too greedy with using their life as a resource, and it can deal with planeswalkers!
Bloodlust Inciter is a 1 mana card in red that I really like when playing a commander that wants to swing on the turn it enters the battlefield. I run this little guy in my Vaevictis Asmadi the Dire deck.
There's absolutely no way Proff doesn't know who Melissa Ethridge is. Big Red Letter Media energy I love it. I feeeeel the excitement coming from those Raycons.
As the president of Kaiba Corporation I love the color red. It’s how I do business, which reminds me, please trade your cards to me for a brand new duel disk to make your MTG experience better! Toodles. :)
It's not strictly red, but Manaforge Cinder is another kick-ass filter on a 1-drop body. Mana clash (with Torbran) can be really fun and I personally have taken 12+ damage from it before.... 🤪. Flamekin Harbigner is one of the only real tutors in red and amazing in tribal elementals. Quest for Pure Flame is another personal favorite of mine for burn builds and can tip the scales later on
See now I feel bad about having (just) finished college before Legends came out. I also don't buy someone of the same generation from the West Coast not knowing who Melissa Etheridge is. But it definitely made the ad more fun.
At around 10:30 you mention Terror and later Rapid Hybridization which both contain can't be regenerated clauses, so Goblin Chirurgeon wouldn't be too effective against those.
False Orders wouldn't give you the trigger from Master of Cruelties if it was blocked previously. The time for that trigger to happen has already passed, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties remains blocked or not. You can absolutely use False Orders to make Master of Cruelties unblocked, but it will just deal its regular 1 damage in that case.
Firestorm should definitely be included here. A Wrath effect costing 1 mana that also damages other players and acts as a graveyard enabler at instant speed is seriously insane!
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Lesser Known 1 Mana Commander Cards in Red: You're watching it, dummy.
are you sure about that?
I am not sure about anything these days.
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@@TolarianCommunityCollege I actually learned about Raycon in this video and already bought them. I also gave a thumbs up to the video and subscribed.
All hail to the algorithm.
Hey Prof! I thought for sure you'd add Curse of Opulence here. Also, Release the Gremlins is pretty cool too if your deck cares about going wide.
I feel like every introduction in just an extra chapter in Prof's descent into madness during quarantine...
Circio, the Stagelighter couldn’t have said it better
Sooner or later we'd be getting shitpost from him too and when that happens id be there
Cannon confirmed
Join us next week for chapter 12 of Tolarian Community College's reading of Heart of Darkness.
Prof is just getting into the spirit of 2020.
Many Magic: the Gathering players ask the question: “Is prof doing alright? Like, seriously, how much of that intro is a joke?”
That's kinda a theme with a lot of his videos. Go watch the Huatli office hour one if you don't believe me :P
Um, actually, professor... Rapid Hybridization prvents regeneration, so, Goblin Chirurgeon doesn't work against it.
Terror also prevents regeneration - his exempels for removel to avoid was quite a poor choice to present the usefullness of the good Goblin doctor
I gotchu, Prof. He was testing you, you passed! Good job
That's what I was going to say
man that's hilarious I didn't even see the Terror it went by so quickly when he was showcasing cards for the chirurgeon on what spot removal he said it could stop and yep it can't stop that one nor can it stop RH
But it's not a big deal he probably missed that due to the quarantine Madness and all of that Lacroix goodness he's been chugging LMAO
Excellent suggestions! You even picked the Goblin Chirurgeon art I prefer.
OMG! It's MTG Muddstah! Everyone go watch his videos!
@@TolarianCommunityCollege yes sir!(scribbles in note book) what else should I do with my life? I've already liked and subscribed... Stay well and keep your sanity best you can.
Tolarian Community College your a fan of MTG Muddstah!?!?!? That awesome
But does he sound generic enough?
John Lardas okay so
It never ceases to amaze me how Raycon still sponsors him! His presentation is unrivalled though and I actually watch his full sponsor unlike other youtubers I watch.
that's why they do, they know people love to watch his sarcastic pubs.
Lord of Extinction: "Is this, like, a personal attack or something?"
~Prof, thinking of which color to do next~
His friend at table: "Imma cast Lord of Extinction again"
Prof, monotonously thinking to self: "... yeeaah"
No. It's a personal telegram!
"I went with Plain!" had me cracking up harder than I expected.
Always enjoy seeing your sponsorship ads, I think this is the only channel where I never skip them haha
same
x3
"#4 - Feint"
He's gonna confuse feint with faint.
"Your opponents may feel a little lightheaded..."
Yep.
When you feint and they faint.
@@ashenwuss1651 ...they become quite quiet.
Probably not a mix up. More likely using the fact that they are homophones for a nice intro to the card.
Damn first time I'm this early and the Professor is high off La Croix LOL
Vynette same here
That random San Pellegrino Blood Orange in the stack of La Croix. Good taste, there, Prof.
Lush pro-tip: the San Pellegrino Grapefruit and gin is an amazing alternative to a gin and tonic.
I absolutely died when you said "I WENT WITH PLAIN." Love your marketing format you really need to consider doing ads on the side.
Orcish Lumberjack belongs on this list! This card is insane in lands decks, especially if they involve graveyard interaction.
I agree, though it isn't mono red
@@ry7hym neither is Agent of Stromgald...
The lumberjack is supremely good if risky.
Shhhhh lumberjack is insane
I love orcish lumberjack and tinder wall as well
No *Magnetic Theft?* Equipment is everywhere in EDH, and a one mana Instant that yoinks an opponent’s Equipment and equips it for free is terrific.
Only for a turn, the controller can just equip it to their creature on their turn
@@jeledolter you dont need more turns if you steal that F&F sword
@jeledolter Oh, is that the catch? I only ever use it on Feather to make my own Sunforger cheaper to reequip, so I wouldn’t know.
@@jeledolter If you steal a equipment from a player that has no creature, you might be able to use it for more than a turn.
When I saw the title of this I instantly shouted. "Mark of Fury!" and then told my self "Naw, no one plays that but me, and no one even knows about it. there's no way he'll mention it. " glad I was wrong.
Nothing makes me want Raycons more than Prof's presentation of them every time.
I actually do play Onslaught. It's amazing in a deck with effects like
- Willbreaker
- Dismiss into Dream
- Cowardice
- Verity Circle
- Horobi, Death's Wail
2:00 - Quite possibly the best plug/ad I've ever seen in a YT video!
"This card is older than some of you watching this video"
Ooh that may be me chief lol
1994...
@@JMSginoclave yep older than me
Yep same
not older than me
Only older by a year
MASS HYSTERIA! Its a little more expensive now but is a great card for super aggressive commander decks. Its effective for early game ramp for mana dorks or (because its low CMC) it can even be good late game to haste in a clutch to give a needed big creature haste. It also has the benefit in tap activated creature effects like Brion Stout Arm. It has the downside of being a global effect but it can be negated in conjunction with Authority of the Counsels or Blind Obedience.
another 1 drop enchantment worth looking into is dust corona. while it can't be combat tricked like mark of fury, a +2 power and anti-flying tech for 1 red is always nice to have. plus, if the creature does have flying, it basically makes it unblockable!
Creature side, orcish lumberjack is another good 1 red drop. while you'd play it in a gruul deck, it can turn your tapped forests into even MORE mana, which can help propel you into a big spell really quick. Add in land recursion, and you have a big mana producer right there.
(on a side note, I think that Tinder wall will be featured in the 1 drop Green video, due to its mana acceleration. If you combo that with orcish lumberjack, you can get a 6 mana spell out on TURN 2.)
Overmaster is a kl 1 mana red spell, prevents your next instant or sorcery being countered, also draws a card, so it's never completely dead.
You can also use it to bait out a counterspells and hope they're bluffing a 2nd one. Obviously very good if you're about to cast a finisher.
Chirurgeon: Kye-ur-gin. From Latin chirurgia, and originally Greek kheirourgos. Excellent include here, and the Madonna reference probably also went right over the heads of most viewers. :D
I'm glad someone else caught it.
This is probably the best of these videos that I've seen. Great suggestions. I built a mono-red deck recently and found Mark of Fury and was surprised that I never see it played. It's so good!
QUESTION: I really like the entertaining way you do your ads/promotions. I wonder, did you have to run your idea by the company first? Like, did you have to tell La Croix how you were going to do their product promotion first? Or did they trust you to just do whatever?
Not 1 mana, but people really underestimate 'Hate Mirage'. a 4 mana card that makes 2 token copies of your opponents creatures with haste 'till end of turn. Which late-game helps finishing games and earlier into the game it can copy opponent's value creatures letting you ramp or draw. It's way way better than you'd think
I totally agree with this list. Some I play or have played. And, because of this video, I now want to put those cards back in my decks. The others I actually want to use in another deck I haven't yet made. So, I really loved this episode and appreciated it. Thanks!
I feel like not alot of people know about winds of change. Also a good, but unfortunately expensive red 1 drop, allows for a full board wheel for 1 mana. This can be useful when you have a bad hand and your oppenents have good hands or someone just searched for their game winning card and has tapped out. It doesnt draw you 7, it will draw your have as it currently is but still a good card
i think Footfall Crater from Ikoria is a great 1 drop in red and if you for whatever reason don't need it, it cycles for 1!
When you get drunk off of Non-alcoholic sparkling water.
maybe he was doing whipits before
The Prof's been huffing La Croix again...
Thanks, prof! Agent of Stromgald is just what I needed for the Xantcha/Obosh deck I'm building right now.
Curse of Opulence.... Its a free bait to attack others and a simple ramp
and Thud is also a good option to just ad some extra dmg with something your sure to loose anyways :D
Shows goblin chirugeon. You're opponents won't want to use their removal spells to get rid of your creatures...like Terror... *Side eye*
I've got one you missed:
Brand!
Great if you've got an opponent who keeps stealing your stuff, and cycles when you don't have that problem.
lmao "I went with plain"
also the fact that Raycon advertises with TCC has me genuinely researching and thinking about buying them
Onslaught has been a secret weapon in my Radha elf ball deck. the card ends games sometimes
I still impressed on how funny and catchi are the advertisements the Prof. Does.
I started playing during the APocalypse Era
I’ve always viewed Shatering spree as better than Vandal blast since the replicate ability making copies is harder to deal with over Vandalblast that even if overloaded it could get countered.
The skits are becoming my favorite part of the videos - careful there Prof, I may soon be displeased for magic content on this magic channel, and request only more funny bits!
You should do this for artifacts or colorless cards
Bobqwt AJ sol ring everyone will know
@@catit6599 but it's not the only colorless one drop
@@catit6599 It's not underrated tho.
Memnit... wait
Really channeling that Some More News energy there Prof. Nice to see you're... existing, in these times.
My pick: Mass Hysteria - Enchantment - ALL creatures have haste
Literally a red Concordant Crossroads, great for low curve aggro and mana-efficient combo decks that need the haste for surprise factor
Not to barge in to this conversation but Barge In can be a fun combat trick for 1 red mana. In a go wide strategy with anthem effects, or if you have a lot of big bodies on the board, it can ensure some damage gets through and slightly buffs a creature to boot. In a deck like Zara, Hedron Grinder you can buff the entire team and give everything trample.
Brand is a cheeky 1 drop. Instant, "Gain control of all permanents you own. | Cycling 2." Really hoses Your-deck.dek and if it's not relevant in the matchup, at least it cycles.
Brutal Suppression has some wombo possibilities, but it's really way too niche unless you do a zedru prison deck.
Crown of Flames is a nice enchantment aura that gives firebreathing and has "R:Return Crown of Flames to its owner's hand." so it's in a similar niche to mark of fury.
Firestorm is a great fit for any deck that can stomach to discard, either because it themes around madness or is a wheel.dek. "As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
| Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets." The one downside is that you can only do as much damage as you have valid targets / cards in hand.
Mob Mentality is a cute enchantment aura that gives trample and "+X/+0 where x is the number of creatures attacking [cc]."
Norin the Wary is a one drop, but this is a list of one drops no one is using, so...
Outmaneuver gives escentually gives X creatures 'super trample'.
Overmastery reads "The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn can't be countered. | Draw a card." A really nice cantrip which either forces a counterspell out on the threat of something big getting forced through or forces something big through.
I've been running slumbering dragon for a long time ["Flying
| Slumbering Dragon can't attack or block unless it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it. |Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Slumbering Dragon."] and I've never in my life had it turn on, because people don't attack you when you have a slumbering dragon out because no one wants you to have a 1 drop 8/8 flyer.
Goblin chirurgeon has long been a underrated staple of my Krenko Mob boss deck, love how sneaky it is!
Goblin Chirurgeon is great, I have that in my Goblin Tribal EDH deck. All so, I never thought about comprehension rule 702.2E...very helpful.
Would have loved a shout out to Weight of Spires. 1 mana deal damage to something based on the non-basic land count of its controller at instant speed is honestly really strong as a removal spell option for Red. Since red's removal is primarily damage based it can easily miss important creatures if you're trying to keep the cost of the spell low. This gets around that normal issue since non-basics are plentiful in commander and this will reasonably deal +5 damage and at that amount it is going to kill most things you care about.
Super big fan of this series. As a predominately red player I was looking forward to this episode! Will be trying some of these out for sure.
How to tell you're over 40 (from someone who turned 43 today): you actually enjoy seltzer.
im over 40 and still do not like seltzer atleast with out adding something to it
Crap. I'm 15 years early.
Shattering spree has an other very good upside. It is very hard to counter. Unless they have a stifle like effect you're most likely going to blow up all the artifacts that you want. You can target an artifact multiple times to get through counters.
omg prof i have also been completely trauma chugging seltzers every single day as well, this intro absolutely killed me
Faithless Looting is still my favourite Red 1-drop. So powerful even if it's a -1 initially (And a 0 on flashback).
by the way, feint might spike now because of the brand new commander
Neyith of the dire Hunt
and that's because you can double a creature's power and give it a luring effect (which means all creatures have to block it if able)
so the creature you powered up becomes block you cast feint on it you tap all the creatures thus leaving them open for everyone to take that player down before they untap (if that's players turn is last before your)
Ney of the Dire Hu
Professor, are you really just a professor of literature and not theater? The acting in that intro was brilliant! Amazing performance!
Every time he does these raon ads he sounds so unenthusiastic about it and it's hilarious
I like false orders inclusion as I run it. One card that is a possible miss, depending on your playgroup. Soldier of Fortune. r tap, shuffle target player's library. Can nerf the Tutor to top of deck abilities, scry, fate seal, etc.
The Raycon plugs are the best. It reminds me of the advert with Tim and Eric with Zach Galiafanikis with Absolut Vodka.
I tend to play faithless looting pretty commonly and winds of change may warrant a mention for resetting a poor hand or potentially messing up an opponent's tutor.
I'd add Krark-Clan Shaman and Crown of Flames to the list. Krark-Clan is at least better than the Bloodfire Dwarf who does pretty much the same thing but can't be activated multiple times to increase its effectiveness before dying. Similar to one of the reasons Gorilla Shaman is so good, if your deck ever makes a bunch of junky clue/treasure tokens, he's just a wrath and can be a very selective wrath at that. Crown of Flames triggers prowess and constellation and other similar effects while making any threat you have a little more potent including your commander which is nice.
Actually had a professor at university that was exactly like that.
Also how do you not know who Cardi B is? She's from another planet and she literally did all the sound effects for Star Wars.
Here's two that I feel strongly should make the list. They're not as old, but they are very unused according to EDHREC.
Molten Vortex only sees play in 300 decks, and while it doesn't have the sweeping effect of Bloodfire Dwarf, it deals 2 damage and can hit fliers. I find it incredibly useful for removing hatebears, combo pieces, and smaller commanders without needing yo use up my premium removal spells to do so.
Weight of Spires only sees play in 22 decks. While it may not be the best against mono-colored decks, most of the time there is always going to be someone playing 3+ colors at the table and this card is going to act like your handy-dandy Path to Exile in red against them. This card costs pennies, but its the most effective when playing against people who spend tons of money on their decks.
Soldier of Fortune is a great hoser for opponents who rely on Sensei's Divining Top and tutors that put the searched card on top of their library.
Another great one mana red card is the new Weaponize the Monsters from Ikoria. Yeah, it's got the 2 mana activation, but it can turn any of your creatures (especially if you have token generation) into a Shock. I love that it's any target, too. It's nifty way in commander to take out opposing planeswalkers hiding behind an army, or finish off some creature post-combat when two other players are duking it out.
I like Martyr of Ashes more in the Bloodfire Dward spot. All the same things apply if you have at least 1 red card in your hand but it can do so much more.
If Master of Cruelties is blocked, then removing its blocker won’t cause it’s triggered ability to proc, since the point at which the ability checks to see if it attacked and wasn’t blocked is immediately before priority in the declare blockers step.
Also, Chirurgeon can’t save a creature from Rapid Hybridization, since it’s got that pesky “can’t be regenerated” text on it.
Good list I especially liked the inclusion of Onslaught. I used to run that back in the day forgot that card even existed.
No mention of Quest for the Pure Flame? If you're running red, all you have to do is inflict 4 damage to your opponents then you have an enchantment that doubles all damage dealt by sources you control for an entire turn for just 1 red mana. I've used it many times to finish off a game from out of nowhere.
Maybe artifact blast in mono-red decks. Being able to counter an artifact for one mana seems pretty strong being that there are some artifacts that have huge impacts from the moment they hit the table.
Another great 1 mana red card is anything but unknown, but it's still underrated in commander: Lightning Bolt! It removes creatures, it can finish off a player that was too greedy with using their life as a resource, and it can deal with planeswalkers!
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Great series. I love love love False Orders. Also good is Soldier of Fortune.
Bloodlust Inciter is a 1 mana card in red that I really like when playing a commander that wants to swing on the turn it enters the battlefield. I run this little guy in my Vaevictis Asmadi the Dire deck.
Shattering Spree is a beauty! Great recommendation!
There's absolutely no way Proff doesn't know who Melissa Ethridge is. Big Red Letter Media energy I love it. I feeeeel the excitement coming from those Raycons.
Prof with the timely and relevant madonna references.
The Zosu punishment line had me dying, lol.
Pyroblast/Red Elemental Blast goes without saying if you're a heavy-blue play group.
As the president of Kaiba Corporation I love the color red. It’s how I do business, which reminds me, please trade your cards to me for a brand new duel disk to make your MTG experience better! Toodles. :)
10:40 rapid hybridization says it cant be regenerated so that wont actually work with that specific card
It's not strictly red, but Manaforge Cinder is another kick-ass filter on a 1-drop body. Mana clash (with Torbran) can be really fun and I personally have taken 12+ damage from it before.... 🤪. Flamekin Harbigner is one of the only real tutors in red and amazing in tribal elementals. Quest for Pure Flame is another personal favorite of mine for burn builds and can tip the scales later on
Prof , i prefer the old intro music ... very iconic to your channel. pls bring it back hahaha
See now I feel bad about having (just) finished college before Legends came out. I also don't buy someone of the same generation from the West Coast not knowing who Melissa Etheridge is. But it definitely made the ad more fun.
Other strong red one-drops that might be underplayed include...
Soldier of Fortune
Orcish Spy
Firestorm
Last-Ditch Effort
Raze
Telim'Tor's Edict
At around 10:30 you mention Terror and later Rapid Hybridization which both contain can't be regenerated clauses, so Goblin Chirurgeon wouldn't be too effective against those.
also, shattering spree is very mana efficient, I didn't know it! I'll remove by force and add it to my deck asap...
Curse of opulence deserves a mention. Very good "ramp" card for 1 mana
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I went with plain!
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False Orders wouldn't give you the trigger from Master of Cruelties if it was blocked previously. The time for that trigger to happen has already passed, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties remains blocked or not. You can absolutely use False Orders to make Master of Cruelties unblocked, but it will just deal its regular 1 damage in that case.
The same is true for Guiltfeeder.
Goblin Chirurgeon does wonders on my Krenko tin street kingpin since the tokens show up before damage:P
Definitely, look forward to pick up some of those cards to add to the toolbox, pretty cheap too.
Beautiful. Cheers, looks like I need to hunt down some cards online and within my collection. Few I did not know existed.
thanks professor. looking forward to the green video
What a masterpiece of an intro! Love it!
Somebody's aiming for a new sponsor. I knew who 4 of the 5 people Prof named were. Thanks for the content.
Yessir!!!! My earliest comment yet... Great video prof! I have actually started playing a few of these cards in my commander deck.
Firestorm should definitely be included here. A Wrath effect costing 1 mana that also damages other players and acts as a graveyard enabler at instant speed is seriously insane!
quest for pure flame has always been a favorite one drop red enchantment of mine