For me, "Arena of Glory" was one of the most impactful cards. Haste is so important in commander having it basically be free on on a land without having to spend extra mana on that turn is just powerful. Just like the other MH3 lands it's almost a free include in 2 color decks and even if you can't guarantee mountains at all times, it's STILL way better than all the other hase options we've had on lands until now (Hall of the Bandit Lord, Flameking village etc.)
Surveil lands too, which I put as literally the second best cycle in the game after fetches. I'll even take them over shocks or triomes, and in the early game, 99/100 times these are what I'm fetching for. The consistency to look for your next land drop/non-land card or put something in the yard is just so, so good.
Just because a set has a few good cards, it doesn't save it from being a bad set altogether. They took an iconic plane that has themes of guildship and them working together, and made about one murder in the one guild that doesn't care about murder. But hey. You got a couple of powercrept cards, so it all pans out, right?
@7maGic094To be fair, a solid third of the guilds have murder as a center of their operation. Which makes the horrid theme party excuse of a setting even worse. They only wanted to dress the characters in cute detective hats and made an entire set around it.
Surprised to not see Amphibian Downpour on the list. For me its number 1 or 2 next to Sink into Stupor. Both cards went into 95% of my decks that could run them.
Haven’t watched yet but I’m going to guess 3 cards that are in the top 5 (excluding Nadu): Fanatic of Rhonas Sink into Stupor Trouble in Pairs Edit: 2 out of 3, heck yeah!
Fanatic of Rhonas is a wild acceleration card that I think gets overlooked. I rarely see anyone playing it and boy does it make big mana on like turn 3-4, it literally takes you from 2 mana on turn 2, to 8 mana on turn 4 if you get a 4 power on the board. And it meets its own threshold if you eternalize it! Best token deck cards of the year: Caretakers Talent is busted Agate instigator in literally any tokens deck that’s in red is busted Dollmakers Shop//Porcelain Gallery is a white Craterhoof and it earns its payoff with the cheap side starting on turn 1 or 2. Highly recommend it.
Ended up winning a game with Queza and Spymaster’s Vault. An opponent was playing Kykar artifacts and was getting swung at for lethal by another opponent who was at 8 life. Kykar player blocked all the attacking creatures and then sac’d the spirits. After the last spirit died, activated the vault and drew enough cards to trigger Queza and kill both players
Brotherhood regalia. Also, new player, opened a Jumpstart with the Ballista, built a deck around it for fun, and had a turn 3 casual commander win with it last week with Forensic Gadgeteer as my draw that turn, the mana rock tutor on turn 2 with sol ring to get the monolith, had Ballista in the opening. Wow.
I think a card I'm a little surprised to not see here is Split Up. I think it's very passable in a board wipe slot for any deck that can run it, and is absolutely fantastic when built around generally. I don't think protections from targeted removal are going anywhere, and commander by nature is just a place where board wipes are better. I would so much rather see design spaces of wipes in the 3-4 mana range that are potential build arounds that give players a meaningful choice that will be determined by dynamic game states, proactive board wipes that will speed games up when they're resolved with intent, rather than inevitably slow them down. Far and away one of my favorite cards this year. I think they should never print anything like Cyclonic Rift or Farewell again, let those exist, and print more stuff like Split Up.
I'm running Doomsday excruciator with Rev, tithe extractor... I play it then i attack all 3 opponents and take their top card leaving them all with less cards in deck then me... its super risky but super fun!
Would aven stop the cascade trigger? Maelstrom says when you “cast” this card, so even if you interact with it, you still get to Cascade because you’re casting it, no?
I understand Roxanne not being in the list. I see her in the Thumbnail, though. She's just good. gives a rock when she comes down, doinks a dork as it does, then doubles your treasures. that's a great-ass card. I understand a lotta people don't like gruul, but c'mon! the ability's just great.
Free = cost no mana when you cast it. Under your definition there are almost zero free spells. But universally almost everyone agrees on the definition I just listed.
@@327Federal Yeah it's 9 mana, it better be. That's eldrazi territory and we got some great eldrazi this year as well. Like, it's not bad at all. I'll gladly reanimate it or jam it in some rampy golgari cabal coffers deck... but at the end of the day... it's still "just" an expensive dude that does strong stuff.
For me, "Arena of Glory" was one of the most impactful cards. Haste is so important in commander having it basically be free on on a land without having to spend extra mana on that turn is just powerful. Just like the other MH3 lands it's almost a free include in 2 color decks and even if you can't guarantee mountains at all times, it's STILL way better than all the other hase options we've had on lands until now (Hall of the Bandit Lord, Flameking village etc.)
Take notice. Most of these cards are from Karlov Manor, which is the set that everyone thinks it's the worst of the year
Surveil lands too, which I put as literally the second best cycle in the game after fetches. I'll even take them over shocks or triomes, and in the early game, 99/100 times these are what I'm fetching for. The consistency to look for your next land drop/non-land card or put something in the yard is just so, so good.
Just because a set has a few good cards, it doesn't save it from being a bad set altogether. They took an iconic plane that has themes of guildship and them working together, and made about one murder in the one guild that doesn't care about murder. But hey. You got a couple of powercrept cards, so it all pans out, right?
@7maGic094To be fair, a solid third of the guilds have murder as a center of their operation. Which makes the horrid theme party excuse of a setting even worse. They only wanted to dress the characters in cute detective hats and made an entire set around it.
Surprised to not see Amphibian Downpour on the list. For me its number 1 or 2 next to Sink into Stupor. Both cards went into 95% of my decks that could run them.
Haven’t watched yet but I’m going to guess 3 cards that are in the top 5 (excluding Nadu):
Fanatic of Rhonas
Sink into Stupor
Trouble in Pairs
Edit: 2 out of 3, heck yeah!
I am having a lot of fun with Kreat the Boltbreaker as an additional piece in my Krenko, Mob Boss deck.
Fanatic of Rhonas is a wild acceleration card that I think gets overlooked. I rarely see anyone playing it and boy does it make big mana on like turn 3-4, it literally takes you from 2 mana on turn 2, to 8 mana on turn 4 if you get a 4 power on the board. And it meets its own threshold if you eternalize it!
Best token deck cards of the year:
Caretakers Talent is busted
Agate instigator in literally any tokens deck that’s in red is busted
Dollmakers Shop//Porcelain Gallery is a white Craterhoof and it earns its payoff with the cheap side starting on turn 1 or 2. Highly recommend it.
My favorite cards this year are Wolverine, Best There Is, Bristly Bill, and Scythecat Cub.
Ended up winning a game with Queza and Spymaster’s Vault. An opponent was playing Kykar artifacts and was getting swung at for lethal by another opponent who was at 8 life. Kykar player blocked all the attacking creatures and then sac’d the spirits. After the last spirit died, activated the vault and drew enough cards to trigger Queza and kill both players
Brotherhood regalia. Also, new player, opened a Jumpstart with the Ballista, built a deck around it for fun, and had a turn 3 casual commander win with it last week with Forensic Gadgeteer as my draw that turn, the mana rock tutor on turn 2 with sol ring to get the monolith, had Ballista in the opening. Wow.
I think a card I'm a little surprised to not see here is Split Up. I think it's very passable in a board wipe slot for any deck that can run it, and is absolutely fantastic when built around generally. I don't think protections from targeted removal are going anywhere, and commander by nature is just a place where board wipes are better. I would so much rather see design spaces of wipes in the 3-4 mana range that are potential build arounds that give players a meaningful choice that will be determined by dynamic game states, proactive board wipes that will speed games up when they're resolved with intent, rather than inevitably slow them down. Far and away one of my favorite cards this year. I think they should never print anything like Cyclonic Rift or Farewell again, let those exist, and print more stuff like Split Up.
My relatively new build Ancient One deck runs Doomsday Excruciator and it's won the game every time it's been cast.
Staples is coming for you with that "Wow, that was easy"
Can you make an episode about your commander cube?
I'm running Doomsday excruciator with Rev, tithe extractor... I play it then i attack all 3 opponents and take their top card leaving them all with less cards in deck then me... its super risky but super fun!
Urzas cave is also a cave and there's a good amount of synergy for that.
There's scampering surveyor that's just solemn simulacrum but can get caves
Would aven stop the cascade trigger? Maelstrom says when you “cast” this card, so even if you interact with it, you still get to Cascade because you’re casting it, no?
i think i like them both mostly cause they like cat :)
I understand Roxanne not being in the list. I see her in the Thumbnail, though. She's just good. gives a rock when she comes down, doinks a dork as it does, then doubles your treasures. that's a great-ass card. I understand a lotta people don't like gruul, but c'mon! the ability's just great.
She just never makes the cut for me
Does any other color match 3 mana for an unconditional draw 3?
Insatiable avarice looks great, although the number of black pips is a big deal
Insatiable averice is a great card with sheoldred! Boom!
How is the flare 'free' when you likely paid the mana for the unit you sac and you're down a unit too?
I see why it's good just not sure it's 'free'.
Free = cost no mana when you cast it.
Under your definition there are almost zero free spells. But universally almost everyone agrees on the definition I just listed.
Guessing sink into stupor. And trouble in pairs
Zimone Mystery Unraveler for sure, she's a one sided show and tell 💙💚💙
Valley floodcaller?
Ashling, flame dancer💪
Blasphemous edict + blood artist... Big bada boom 💥
surveil lands are better than verges
Yeah, I think that order is a mistep. Being said tho, I think verges are a MUCH more interesting design space.
My favorite lands for sure. Just playing casual edh and sometimes. if you don’t need fast mana, fetching these lands are so so satisfying
@@pretty_fly_for_a_jeskai Are they, though? They're just better check lands. Pretty boring.
I hate the “I want to win the game for 7 mana”. People should play more casual cards
Holy muffled audio batman.
??? Fix your headset. The audio was fine.
@@HollowdTV ??? No it isn't, listen to any other video, lol, get this man some chapstick.
Valgavoth has to be #1
Why?
@ oppressive and crazy strong
That's one of the cards of all time that's for sure lol
@@327Federal Yeah it's 9 mana, it better be. That's eldrazi territory and we got some great eldrazi this year as well.
Like, it's not bad at all. I'll gladly reanimate it or jam it in some rampy golgari cabal coffers deck... but at the end of the day... it's still "just" an expensive dude that does strong stuff.
Valgavoth not even top 100. 9 mana win the game spells are a dime a dozen.
Nadu was amazing and broken
@@thriftypsgr not even worth talking about an unplayable card in any official setting
@ agreed but the card was awesome
I can finally resubscribe now that THEY are gone
Maha was the unfun leader of the year.
Stinky gremlin?
The cat. He was calling his cat a stinky gremlin.
Hi Amber!
she/purr