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    Having a collection of Commander staples - love ’em or hate ’em - can make the deck-brewing process much less overwhelming. Things like ramp, removal, and card draw are essentials, but which ones should you always have on hand? This episode, we’re laying out the must-haves for any deck-builder’s arsenal, so join us and see what cards could enhance your EDH toolbox.
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  • @calesmart435
    @calesmart435 Před 2 lety +358

    Card list.... cuz people seemed to want it :)
    Artifacts
    ------------------------
    Sol Ring
    Arcane Signet
    Felwar Stone
    Solemn Simulacrum
    Ramp - Green
    ------------------------
    Rampant Growth
    Three Visits
    Cultivate
    Kodama's Reach
    Nature's Lore
    Farseek
    Sakura-Tribe Elders
    Llanowar Elves
    Migration Path
    Ramp - Blue
    ------------------------
    Midnight Clock
    Search for Azcanta
    Ramp - Red
    ------------------------
    Mana Geyser
    Cursed Mirror
    Dockside Extortionist
    Ramp - White
    ------------------------
    Deep Gnome Terramancer
    Smothering Tithe
    Ramp - Black
    ------------------------
    Cabal Coffers
    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    Crypt Ghast
    Lands
    ------------------------
    Fabled Passage
    Prismatic Vista
    Kamigawa Channel Lands - All but the white one
    Lands that enter untapped - Shocks, Pains, Battleborn, and Fetches
    MDFC Lands
    Bala Ged Recovery
    Malakir Rebirth
    Hagra Mauling
    Shatterskull Smashing
    Turntimber Symbiosis
    Smoothers
    ------------------------
    Ponder
    Preordain
    Brainstorm
    Chart a Course
    Adventerous Impulse
    Abundant Harvest
    Winding Way
    Thrill of Possibility
    Reckless Impulse
    March of Reckless Joy
    Treasure Map
    Mazemind Tome
    Draw - Green
    ------------------------
    Sylvan Library
    Tireless Tracker
    Harmonize
    Draw -Blue
    ------------------------
    Windfall
    Fact or Fiction
    Dig Through Time
    Treasure Cruise
    Future Sight
    Draw - Red
    ------------------------
    Wheel of Fortune
    Wheel of Misfortune
    Cathartic Reunion
    Monarch Cards
    Draw - White
    ------------------------
    Welcoming Vampire
    Mentor of the Meek
    Court of Grace
    Palace Jailor
    Draw - Black
    ------------------------
    Night's Whisper
    Sign in Blood
    Read the Bones
    Bolas's Citadel
    Tutors
    ------------------------
    Demonic Tutor
    Sidisi, Undead Vizier
    Diabolic Tutor
    Solve the Equation
    Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
    Fierce Empath
    Worldly Tutor
    Survival of the Fittest
    Primal Command
    Search for glory
    Open the Armory
    Removal/Interaction
    ------------------------
    Swords to Plowshares
    Path to Exile
    Farewell
    Winds of Abandon
    Forsake the Worldly
    Damnation
    Toxic Deluge
    Crux of Fate
    Curtain's Call
    The Eldest Reborn
    Beast Within
    Bane of Progress
    Pest Infestation
    Kenrith's Transformation
    Rapid Hybridization
    Evacuation
    Cyclonic Rift
    Wash Out
    Ixidron
    Curse of the Swine
    Counterspell
    Neutralize
    Archmage's Charm
    Chaos Warp
    Blasphemous Act
    Burn Down the House
    Flame Blitz
    Nevinyrral's Disk
    Oblivion Stone
    Meteor Golem
    Scour From Existence

    • @michellewebster4163
      @michellewebster4163 Před 2 lety +6

      Thank you!

    • @makemesmile004
      @makemesmile004 Před 2 lety +11

      I hope THEY give you some props! Thanks for the list, very helpful for new to format guy

    • @meyeneetuks4680
      @meyeneetuks4680 Před 2 lety +4

      Yea watching this video just confirmed what i already knew. Pretty much every good card that exists is on here. Idk why i sat thru the whole thing lol

    • @kalbz2991
      @kalbz2991 Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks! big help!

    • @JP-eh4ee
      @JP-eh4ee Před rokem +1

      Thanks

  • @Dalenthas
    @Dalenthas Před 2 lety +256

    I object to Eiganjo's exclusion from the discussion on the Channel lands. Gideon's Reproach might not be the best removal spell, but Eiganjo is still a removal spell in a land slot.

    • @SurgingChaos19
      @SurgingChaos19 Před 2 lety +21

      Not just removal, but it's uncounterable as well.

    • @supranova7594
      @supranova7594 Před 2 lety +11

      @@SurgingChaos19 mostly uncounterable. Can still be stifled by void Slime, trickbind, nimble obstructionist, tale's end, disallow, etc. Style of counters; but still very worth running IMO since it's at worst an untapped land that didn't take a spell slot in your deck

    • @faerie7dragon
      @faerie7dragon Před 2 lety +38

      I have no idea what world they live in where 2 dinky flightless spirits are better when Eiganjo can kill many evasive creatures that attack to generate value.

    • @bloodblade487
      @bloodblade487 Před 2 lety +14

      Agree! Great episode, but how did the red land make it in while the white didn't?

    • @styfen
      @styfen Před 2 lety +10

      Yeah, considering that Eiganjo is a staple in many formats including cEDH it's exclusion is pretty abysmal.

  • @MichaelCarrigan
    @MichaelCarrigan Před 2 lety +162

    “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” - Carl Sagan

    • @trowawayacc
      @trowawayacc Před 2 lety +2

      Imagine that is the reason this universe exists like in toriko.

    • @trichogaster1183
      @trichogaster1183 Před 2 lety +2

      thats a good one ill write that down

    • @frick1926
      @frick1926 Před 2 lety +2

      "earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean, recently we've waded a little ways out and the waters seem inviting." Carl Sagan song

    • @chd1401
      @chd1401 Před rokem +2

      Imagine Carl Sagan narrating himself while playing magic.. I would watch that!

  • @DrFatal1ty
    @DrFatal1ty Před 2 lety +144

    In our playgroup, we have a deal that if you own a card, you can proxy it into other decks. Feels dumb to spend money on cards you already have. Also, has a bit of incentive to buy expensive staples like Heroic Intervention, since once you own it, you can have it in any deck

    • @Bongus_Bubogus
      @Bongus_Bubogus Před 2 lety +54

      I do this, but bring my binder of the proxied cards to prove to people I’m not proxying for power. It allows me to build many more decks than I could usually afford.
      One time, a stranger got pissed that I was proxying cards, so before the game started I took out my binder then replaced about 20~25 proxies with the real ones one-by-one while maintaining eye contact with the asshole. I double sleeve.

    • @allnaturalfarmraisedhandma8637
      @allnaturalfarmraisedhandma8637 Před 2 lety

      @@Bongus_Bubogus I hope your story is true, I hate assholes like that

    • @patrickschmidt6140
      @patrickschmidt6140 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Bongus_Bubogus Thats hilarious. I've started proxying cards I own as well. I order fancy copies for quarters per card online and then kill them with special arts that normally cost hundreds, or don't even exist in paper. It's glorious.

    • @Bongus_Bubogus
      @Bongus_Bubogus Před 2 lety +7

      @@patrickschmidt6140 I don’t even do that, I got blank playing cards and print out the proxied cards in the exact version I got on paper (including that ugly planeswalker stamp at the bottom left for mystery booster/list cards) and use an inner sleeve to hold the them together, to give it the feel of a real card. Over SpellTable you can’t even tell so I make sure to announce the proxying just for those people who think they’re betrayed if I stay silent and they “discover” my placeholder proxies I use because I’m a little too lazy to move the same card between decks.
      Though I did buy a single proxy of Smothering Tithe with the Bernie Sanders meme, it helps a lot with tables’ otherwise frustration with that particular card if I go “I am once again asking for your financial support” to replace the usual.

    • @willzang3000
      @willzang3000 Před 2 lety +5

      my friends still groan a the hand drawn proxies but idgafuuuuuuuu

  • @hiddenleaf414
    @hiddenleaf414 Před 2 lety +29

    Loved the opening explanation!
    A lot of my friends always ask how I can just build a good deck out of the cards I have. I rarely buy packs, only singles and if you know the staples in each color it’s easy to pick them up when they go down in price.

  • @jasminneitzel9067
    @jasminneitzel9067 Před 2 lety +10

    The Restoration of Eiganjo is a white smoothing card. It gets you a land in hand, which you can play naturally or discard for ramp or you get something from your graveyard.

  • @pixelbomb97
    @pixelbomb97 Před 2 lety +16

    They refused to talk about multicolored cards, but I would mention the Ravnica charms. Pretty much all of them(save for maybe Dimir) are just very good multi-use cards in almost any deck that can run them.

  • @davidcollins3906
    @davidcollins3906 Před 2 lety +7

    It's White - Heliod's Intervention. An Instant and 2 W and x destroy artifacts and enchantments. Targeted removal. In all 3 of my white decks.

  • @failfurby
    @failfurby Před 2 lety +14

    A decklist/buylist link for all these cards would have been SUPER HELPFUL since so many of them you just rush through and its really hard to take notes and keep track of what might help me build a library.

    • @calesmart435
      @calesmart435 Před 2 lety +5

      Check my comment, I felt the same way so I wrote one lol.

    • @makemesmile004
      @makemesmile004 Před 2 lety +1

      @@calesmart435 Thanks!

  • @Arohan71
    @Arohan71 Před 2 lety +21

    I don't think I'll be buying much unfinity but I WILL be looking at getting some of those lands. I have an artist friend who these are some of his first pieces for Magic.

  • @han_yolo6742
    @han_yolo6742 Před 2 lety +74

    Video starts at 5:00

    • @hazzenko_
      @hazzenko_ Před 2 lety +5

      I understand the merchandising in the middle of the episode, but at the start of it really sucks.

    • @ajpothast
      @ajpothast Před 2 lety +15

      You mean 10:15 is when the first card is shown. I love the command zone, but agree with @hazzenko_ with the merchandising aspect being overdone when it comes to actual discussion of the cards. I think it's why other channels are picking up more steam due to the simplicity, and straightforwardness.

    • @shiranui498
      @shiranui498 Před 2 lety

      King

    • @grattimmy9937
      @grattimmy9937 Před 2 lety

      Thx

    • @Raven.Bloodrot
      @Raven.Bloodrot Před 2 lety +3

      @@hazzenko_ I'd rather it be at the beginning, gets it out of the way and someone always timestamps it XD

  • @spongebob28290
    @spongebob28290 Před 2 lety +5

    I would put a short emphasis on graveyard hate in commander. So many good cards now cycle themselves too while hating on the yard.

  • @Terran-Lord
    @Terran-Lord Před 4 měsíci

    DJ has my favorite voice for a host. I find myself just getting excited when he talks about cards. You could ALMOST make an ASMR channel about magic with a voice like that haha!
    Love you guys!

  • @TheCommunistGamerTV
    @TheCommunistGamerTV Před 2 lety +4

    I want to expand on smoothers and extend it to card draw in general.
    I wholeheartedly believe that the best card draw in Commander is recursive, and you can leverage card draw, not just selection, to make sure you get what you need. I tend to play very low to the ground, high synergy, decks. My pet Extus deck has 15 card under "card draw," and eight of that is recursive like Skullclamp or Welcoming Vampire, and I combine that with an average CMC of 2.4 to just play and draw everything. Play on curve, find lands and key pieces by just drawing all of the cards, then play them to draw more cards. It's magical, but it required a *lot* of tuning to get right, but I have managed to move the basic template I use to other decks to keep them slim, synergistic, and active.

  • @deckland5155
    @deckland5155 Před 2 lety +3

    I think protección it's an auto include, heroic intervention, akroma's will, teferi's protection. Also counterspell, tibalt's trickery are necessary. And recently released "an offer you can't refuse" and "wash away" will also become an staple.

  • @petershurtleff6053
    @petershurtleff6053 Před 2 lety +25

    I recently got a precon with Ash Barrens and I now consider this a staple, especially in any deck that holds mana open

    • @ericlee1624
      @ericlee1624 Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed. Ash Barrens is excellent any time you might need fixing.

    • @derekwalter4238
      @derekwalter4238 Před 2 lety +1

      Fabled passage does it better, but I'd agree if you're brewing on a budget then ash barrens can be a good place to start

    • @petershurtleff6053
      @petershurtleff6053 Před 2 lety

      As a broke college student , I always do budget

    • @EliyaSelhub
      @EliyaSelhub Před 2 lety +1

      Great with bounce lands

    • @derekwalter4238
      @derekwalter4238 Před 2 lety +1

      @@EliyaSelhub how do you figure?

  • @dreadedevil4055
    @dreadedevil4055 Před 2 lety +18

    19:25
    The effect from Search for Azcanta isn't Scry, it's Surveil. Surveil is like Scry but instead of the bottom of the library it's to the graveyard

  • @empurress77
    @empurress77 Před 2 lety +3

    One other card i have "on inclusion rotation" for all deck build consideration is Cosmos Elixer.
    This card can really be a game saver

  • @Grimblade1996
    @Grimblade1996 Před 2 lety +56

    How can you not mention Esper Sentinel as a white card draw staple?

    • @mrhughesgames3202
      @mrhughesgames3202 Před 2 lety

      Expensive but very good

    • @brandandixon3943
      @brandandixon3943 Před 2 lety +1

      Secret rendezvous

    • @jamesgreenwood1703
      @jamesgreenwood1703 Před rokem

      @@brandandixon3943 HELLL YEAHHHHH BABBYYYY SECRET RENDEZVOUS IS BROKEN

    • @Currywurst4444
      @Currywurst4444 Před rokem +1

      ​@@mrhughesgames3202 It was a little confusing in the video what budget they were talking about. It wasnt unlimited because there was no Mana Crypt but some other cards were well above 10$ too.
      For a "must have" list I would have wished that they limited themselves a bit more so you can just buy all of them just in case.

    • @wubraver4830
      @wubraver4830 Před rokem +1

      Then lets add Rhystic Study and Mystic Rhemora

  • @PurpleTentacle17
    @PurpleTentacle17 Před 2 lety +3

    In addition, there is no need to have 6 sol rings, you could just have 1 of each card and if you need extras for other decks just print / proxy them. If people ask just mention before play that you won't buy extras.

    • @B-Randall
      @B-Randall Před 2 lety +1

      A WotC sponsored show probably won’t promote proxies. But I totally agree. I carry my “proof of proxy” binder and proxy lots of cards that I still technically own one of.

  • @alanpigate8776
    @alanpigate8776 Před 2 lety +1

    I recently went back to a few bounce lands in my deck to pick up my mdfc lands. Has only played out a few times but it like a very big brain move.

  • @jongailey85
    @jongailey85 Před 2 lety +10

    I definitely do feel like the white channel land is the worst of the cycle, however I still think it’s absolutely a staple in all decks with white and shouldn’t have been discounted. All of them can easily be slotted in place of a basic.

    • @jamesgratz4771
      @jamesgratz4771 Před 2 lety

      aBsOlUtE sTApLe lmao sheep

    • @munsulight721
      @munsulight721 Před 2 lety

      I still think the worst land in the cycle is the red one. I dont value making tokens as highly and I would even rate the white one over the black one, but that is just personal preference at that point

    • @jamesgratz4771
      @jamesgratz4771 Před 2 lety

      @@munsulight721 agreed

  • @summerflare2321
    @summerflare2321 Před 2 lety +9

    In my opinion, some of the best recent lands we've gotten are the Inistrad dual lands that enter untapped as long as you have 2 or more lands. Not even basic lands, just straight lands. Paired with things like Azusa, those can enter untapped as early as turn 2. They're phenomenal lands and I picked up one for each deck it could go in.

  • @mtenda3968
    @mtenda3968 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video. Long time Modern player looking to start building some Commander decks. This was perfect timing for me.

  • @equos5060
    @equos5060 Před 2 lety +7

    DJ looks slimmer and healthier! Great to see that! I just buy 1 piece of each expensive staple card and print the rest. In case of someone having issue with print, I can always switch for the original card and make him shut up.

    • @mikea.3686
      @mikea.3686 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, owning 1 copy and then proxying them for multiple decks seems the way to go.

    • @virtuosoflux
      @virtuosoflux Před 2 lety

      @@mikea.3686 Or just limit yourself to 1 of each card so your decks don't all feel samey!

    • @Turn2Ugin
      @Turn2Ugin Před 2 lety

      DJ lookin like gigachad

    • @mikea.3686
      @mikea.3686 Před 2 lety

      @@virtuosoflux I'm referring to staples that you would play across multiple decks. Something like Dockside which would probably end up in a lot of your decks that have red.

    • @virtuosoflux
      @virtuosoflux Před 2 lety

      @@mikea.3686 I know you were. My counter suggestion was to only have 1 dockside so you need to consider the power level of the cards going into your decks.

  • @metagross1259
    @metagross1259 Před 2 lety +7

    This reminds me that I've always wanted to build a 5 color "oops all staples" commander deck

    • @CalebvanderLeek
      @CalebvanderLeek Před 2 lety

      This is a great idea haha.

    • @TotalTimoTime
      @TotalTimoTime Před 2 lety

      This is just what simic does every time but with extra colors!

    • @BR-jo1lf
      @BR-jo1lf Před 2 lety

      @@TotalTimoTime the only difference between each simic deck is the commander.../$

    • @Currywurst4444
      @Currywurst4444 Před rokem

      "Trade binder midrange"

  • @DragonmasterSK
    @DragonmasterSK Před rokem

    I'm currently working on my binder for trades and this video really helped me a lot. Thank you guys ❤

  • @fynnpardoe
    @fynnpardoe Před 2 lety +8

    DJ is the king of MTG content creators, what a delightful human being! ☺️

    • @treyjames7757
      @treyjames7757 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey looks great too, looks like he lost some weight

    • @JumboCommander
      @JumboCommander Před 2 lety +1

      THANK YOU! That's it. I'm done reading comments for today because I can't top this one ... maybe I'll read one more.

    • @JumboCommander
      @JumboCommander Před 2 lety

      @@treyjames7757 Thanks for giving me a gigantic smile.

  • @GaryVigil
    @GaryVigil Před 2 lety +1

    Really helpful to get this broken down. There is such a big pool its overwhelming for new players to brew up their own decks.

  • @jimharris5320
    @jimharris5320 Před 2 lety

    I've got a lot of hinged plastic boxes from the 90's which can hold 3000 cards. I've started sorting my overall collection into long boxes but I'm using the plastic boxes to hold staples. I put non-basic lands in one box based on color ID and have started sifting out the cards I consider to be staples by color ID into one box, and cards I really want to use in future brews in another, and pet favorite cards, also by color ID. It makes deck construction much easier.

  • @Shane16784
    @Shane16784 Před 2 lety +1

    For Card Draw in Red specifically, Valalut Awakening. It’s so good, technically I guess it doesn’t give you card advantage, but pretty much the same as a wheel plus one, but being able to throw the lands you have been flooded with to dig deeper on. And it’s instance speed

  • @egoish6762
    @egoish6762 Před 2 lety +1

    Cursed mirror and midnight clock are certainly lower power staples, i love the black one as well crowded crypt.

  • @jhemp
    @jhemp Před 2 lety +1

    I'm a huge fan of out of time. 3 mana pseudo-board wipe that actually shuts off commanders sometimes indefinitely. Can be good at baiting removal and other people who are behind might waste counter magic protecting it. It really shines in giving you 2 or 3 turns to develop a board state and find the removal you need to assess the situation. All without being so mana intensive that you can't play something after you use it.

  • @brtthys1
    @brtthys1 Před 2 lety +3

    I’ve seen many of games where Jimmy Wong keeps a two land opening hand.

  • @electricblue2920
    @electricblue2920 Před 2 lety

    Very much appreciate your efforts to put out content that's not a set review 👍 🙂 when it's always preview season I know this took some extra work! Thank you 😊

    • @electricblue2920
      @electricblue2920 Před 2 lety

      @@delathenleso5793 is that a fart I smell? Oh no, it's just a poopy head

  • @gazza4589
    @gazza4589 Před 2 lety

    Perilous Vault is a card I really like in my Aesi deck. I don’t run much removal or board wipes because it’s mostly a creature deck. Making my creatures into lands with Ashaya and playing this is game ending!

  • @dam49365
    @dam49365 Před 2 lety +1

    Recently sorted my collection in colored coded binders and boxes, found like 10 chomatic lanters, sol ring and other staples, really reccomend it

  • @ATIRZI
    @ATIRZI Před 2 lety +8

    where can i find the entire list to buy
    in let's say card kingdom or something?
    or just the list

  • @deanofcool
    @deanofcool Před 2 lety +2

    No pongify? Surprised protection isn’t on the list. Heroic intervention is my green staple for that

  • @EPICLYFATALERROR
    @EPICLYFATALERROR Před 2 lety +2

    “Jump Right into it,” at 10:14.

  • @knud_mtg2390
    @knud_mtg2390 Před 2 lety

    Jumbo looks like he really gets into shape 💪🏻

  • @TheBeernist
    @TheBeernist Před 2 lety

    When it comes to tutors, green has an amazing and cheap one that i dont often see play, Travese the ulvenwald. It's sorcery speed but you put the card into your hand :)

  • @zach12360
    @zach12360 Před 2 lety +1

    midnight clock is so underrated. I dont get it out often but I almost always get its sac activation. love that card.

  • @QUIEROJUGARUNJUEGO
    @QUIEROJUGARUNJUEGO Před 2 lety +9

    Eiganjo is such a good card, I don't understand the hate around it (I would say is better than the red one)

    • @makemesmile004
      @makemesmile004 Před 2 lety

      Agreed, the red one is silly. Thanks for the chump blockers.. Feel like using that mode means you're losing lol

  • @lomirwintersturm2311
    @lomirwintersturm2311 Před 8 měsíci

    One of the coolest best „removal“ spells is from Streets of New Capenna: Witness Protection! Powerful effect and an extremely flavourful card!

  • @deanlinden1635
    @deanlinden1635 Před 2 lety

    As a board wipe in red, I've been loving chain reaction. It's nice when in mono red or even izzet when you need more wipes in spellslinger decks.

  • @LadyTsunade777
    @LadyTsunade777 Před 2 lety +12

    Angel's Grace is _always_ an auto-include in all my decks that include White.
    An emergency button that just says "I don't lose the game this turn." for one W is such an out, especially when people are doing some infinite combo they can only really do that one turn, because then you can turn around and either dismantle their combo or crack back on them.

    • @q2kfallen464
      @q2kfallen464 Před 2 lety

      It's my secret cedh tech, no one will see it coming. Except maybe blue decks >.>

    • @CKarasu13
      @CKarasu13 Před 2 lety +1

      @@q2kfallen464 Blue decks can't interact with it, so it doesn't matter. It has Split Second, so they can't counter it.

    • @q2kfallen464
      @q2kfallen464 Před 2 lety

      @@CKarasu13 I'm slapping my face for overlooking that haha, it's been a long day. 😅

  • @nik700
    @nik700 Před 2 lety +1

    In the topic of red card draw, I really like Ignite the Future. The price is basically Harmonize, the cards are exiled until the end of your next turn, it can be discarded to your Thrill of Possibility or Cathartic Reunion becaus it has flashback, and that flashback it's very expensive, but getting to play stuff for "free" in the late game can be huge

    • @wildernaut595
      @wildernaut595 Před 2 lety +1

      I also like reckless impulse is just 2 mana draw 2 in red

  • @jwteunissen
    @jwteunissen Před 2 lety

    Great video! I missed phyrexian arena as black card draw though. It’s so good!

  • @therealmerf
    @therealmerf Před 2 lety

    What I do for expensive cards I use in multiple decks, is using à multiple card binder. I put a good quality print paper version (printed from work) in a sleeve on top of a land, for example of smothering tide, jeskai will, deflecting swat,... (all the staples that can't really be replaced).. in the X decks I use the card in. I put the original one in the binder. Then when I go play to friends places or events IF the place refuse proxies or those friends thinks I'm cheap or lazy to have proxies, then I just exchange the printed version with the original before starting a game or if they are understanding or flexible, when I draw my printed card, by respect for them, I just pull out the original one and exchanged the paper version with the original one from the multiple card binder. At the end of the game I just sleeve them back out and in. Sometimes with the sleeves and high quality printed version you don't even notice it's a paper.

  • @arcee_youtube
    @arcee_youtube Před 2 lety +3

    As a new player I really appreciate this, thank you 🥹🥹🥹

  • @B-Randall
    @B-Randall Před 2 lety

    Wayfarers bauble is a great include for the budget conscious. I know the basic comes in tapped but it’s a small price to pay, for its small price/high build flexibility.

  • @corporalkills
    @corporalkills Před 2 lety +4

    Garruk’s Uprising is something I recommend always keeping spares on hand. Also a suite of Cantrips like Serum Visions or Brainstorm, and Land ramp like Kodama’s Readh and Cultivate.

  • @aladoristcg3769
    @aladoristcg3769 Před 2 lety +2

    Not Eiganjo, the land that kills a rediculous number of creatures and has next to no opportunity cost to run.

  • @borislibaque1558
    @borislibaque1558 Před rokem

    There are some White smoothers, that find lands or draw a card on etb and they really shine if you have some other synergies going on. They tend to 2 drops that find a plains. They 'extra' payoffs might be gaining 2 life, or it might be on a creature, or that you channel the card at instant speed, giving you flexibility across turns

  • @crawdaddy2004
    @crawdaddy2004 Před 2 lety +3

    I would likely not won a game this last weekend had it not been for Bala Ged Recovery. I mulliganed to 5 cards (and did not go first). Because of Bala Ged and Eternal Witness, I was able to cast Rishkar’s Expertise three times.

    • @derekwalter4238
      @derekwalter4238 Před 2 lety

      Your playgroup has mulligan rules? Aside from playing at an lgs for prizes, I've never been in a playgroup that cares about mulligans, we just shuffle and redraw til we get a playable hand. I thought that's what everyone did lol

    • @crawdaddy2004
      @crawdaddy2004 Před 2 lety +1

      @@derekwalter4238 This was at an event.
      However, my play group does one free mulligan, two mulligans to six, two mulligans to five, etc.

    • @EliyaSelhub
      @EliyaSelhub Před 2 lety +1

      @@derekwalter4238 That's fine in a playgroup where everyone is on the same page, but without mulligan rules deck construction becomes much different. You can run fewer lands and just keep mulliganing until you get your perfect opening hand or your combo. Nothing wrong with your setup, but it would break the game if it was an official rule.

    • @derekwalter4238
      @derekwalter4238 Před 2 lety

      @@EliyaSelhub of course it would. Like I said, I consider playing with more flexible rules when just hanging out and playing with friends. We want to have a fun game so shuffle up and draw until you have a playable hand and we'll trust you not to do anything sketchy. If we're at a tournament or playing for money then naturally you need to have proper mulligan rules.

  • @tommybrink1989
    @tommybrink1989 Před 2 lety +5

    Saw you missed a few staples. So I did a run down of cards that I think could count as staples also:
    colorless ramp:
    sword of the animist
    sword of hearth and home
    myriad landscape
    white ramp:
    scholarship sponsor
    kor cartogapher
    path to exile
    lands:
    Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
    bajuka bog
    scavanger grounds
    white smoother:
    rumor gatherer
    your temple is under attack
    green smoother:
    sylvan anthem
    abundance
    colorless carddraw:
    mask of memory
    sandstone oracle
    the imortal sun
    coveted jewel
    red carddraw:
    reforge the soul
    magus of the wheel
    (if we would include impulsdraw:
    harnfell horn of bounty
    commune with lava
    ignite the future
    jeskas will)
    white carddraw:
    esper sentinel
    secret rendezvous
    smugglers share
    mangara the diplomat
    black card draw:
    lillianas contract
    amitions cost/ancient craving
    white interaction:
    generous gift
    red interaction:
    audacious swap
    wild magic surge
    green interaction:
    Thorn mammoth
    Apex altisaur
    Kogla, the Titan Ape
    colorless interaction:
    Introduction to Annihilation
    all is dust

    • @EliyaSelhub
      @EliyaSelhub Před 2 lety +1

      Every deck should have one or two ways to answer graveyards, so a collection of colorless graveyard interaction isn't a bad idea. Sometimes an on-theme option is better, like Lion Sash in an equipment deck, but these can go in any deck and most are dirt cheap.
      Artifact:
      Soul-Guide Lantern
      Crook of Condemnation
      Relic of Progenitus
      Lantern of the Lost
      Sentinel Totem
      Silent Gravestone
      Tormod's Crypt
      Unlicensed Hearse
      Land:
      Scavenger Grounds

    • @tommybrink1989
      @tommybrink1989 Před 2 lety

      @@EliyaSelhub Definately, love lion sash, ooze, and unlicensed hearse and soulguide lantern best i think if we're talking non land-graveyard hate.

  • @Itsmescoots
    @Itsmescoots Před 2 lety

    Great to see my friend Deak’s deck in the opening video.

  • @empurress77
    @empurress77 Před 2 lety +4

    2 inexpensive Stapels i recommend are 1: "Mirror shield". Low casting cost for hexproof , and it's on an equipment. Smashes deathtouch to boot!
    2: As foretold. Your casting cost just gets easier and easier as the game goes on. Can fix mana eventually to boot!

    • @seasunk5891
      @seasunk5891 Před 2 lety +1

      Love using mirror shield, budget friendly for the effect

  • @breathofire1449
    @breathofire1449 Před 2 lety

    1:22:03 Didn't see (or hear) any mention of Sensei's Divining Top for the card selection category. 😦 The Top gives you card selection turn after turn - especially if you combine it with shuffle effects - all for a measly (1).

  • @coreysierchio4650
    @coreysierchio4650 Před 2 lety

    I put together an Eldrazi EDH deck back in 2019 and the price tag was ~$200.
    Today, August 2022, the MTGGoldfish website has it priced at over $400. Colorless cards tend to gain value.

  • @ZidaneTribal1989
    @ZidaneTribal1989 Před 2 lety

    When it comes to tutors, I always make sure there's at least 5 targets. They shouldn't be limited to your combo pieces.

  • @theguywiththetail
    @theguywiththetail Před 2 lety +1

    58:39 Unless you only want non-creature spells, there is also Magus of the Wheel. 2R to play then 1R tap and sac to do the Wheel of Fortune effect. Also there is Wheel of Fate, 1R to suspend 4 and get the same effect.

    • @jcurbz9153
      @jcurbz9153 Před 2 lety +1

      Reforge the Soul as well, especially if you can cast for its Miracle Cost

  • @Dalenthas
    @Dalenthas Před 2 lety +5

    Charming Prince is a pretty good smoother for mono white. Arguably stuff like Land Tax and Tithe also fall in that category. Land Tax especially so if you combine it with Scroll Rack.

    • @kevinj4002
      @kevinj4002 Před 2 lety

      I have never cast a charming prince to do anything except blink a creature lol. Land tax is definitely a good point!

  • @UnreasonableOpinions
    @UnreasonableOpinions Před 10 měsíci

    The essential element to Zendikar DFCs is that you have to be willing and prepared to play them as lands - far too many people hold onto them 'in case' they want the spell even as they miss land drops. It's much better to treat them as lands with an 'in case of emergency' spell on the back. I rotate mine to have land frontside just for this.

  • @CrookedTerror
    @CrookedTerror Před rokem

    I've been a fan of the land cycle creatures since Onslaught. Get a land in your hand and a creature in the graveyard. Always a mana fix staple for me.

  • @alanevans5353
    @alanevans5353 Před rokem

    talismans are the GOAT 2 mana rocks, tons of fun to use! I do agree with the idea against buying multicolor stuff without having a deck to put it in though. I typically build a deck with the cards I have on hand, then I look to upgrade with more specific cards like the dual lands and tri lands.

  • @TheRedKnightOfPain
    @TheRedKnightOfPain Před 2 lety

    Some cards that are solid for what roles they fit:
    Monsterous onslaught - green creature wrath
    Back to nature - green wrath all enchantments
    Geist of the archives - blue smoother
    Sigiled starfish - blue smoother
    Sinister starfish - black smoother
    Reforge the soul - red mass card draw (budget-ish wheel of fortune)
    Wheel of fate - red mass card draw (even more budget)
    Diamond cycle for 2 mana artifact colored ramp
    Dragon 3 mana rocks cycle from baulders gate
    Celestial dawn for white color fixing

  • @pokedadsam9041
    @pokedadsam9041 Před 10 měsíci

    33:26 the fetches are better than the duals here. A Misty rainforest goes in every deck with blue. They have no mana symbols and can grab any triome, dual, tapped dual, etc.

  • @Seanbault1983
    @Seanbault1983 Před 2 lety +1

    Always need tutors and card draw, seems to be the most important part of my game but I play with a ton of life gain

  • @willzang3000
    @willzang3000 Před 2 lety

    DJ lookin real good these days , hail the jumbo commander, king of staples

  • @paraboxmodular
    @paraboxmodular Před 2 lety

    My Favorite board wipe is in green at the moment! Creeping Corrosion. Played with Mycosynth Lattice, it can be strong, in Muldrotha for example :-)

  • @aidennoir597
    @aidennoir597 Před 2 lety +2

    How about Mind Stone and Wayfarer's Bauble, both now in ample supply thanks to Baldur's Gate?

  • @kylebaddeley5434
    @kylebaddeley5434 Před 2 lety +1

    What about Urza’s Saga? I mean a land that is also a tutor is pretty amazing. Colourless means it can go in any deck

  • @thumbwrestler12
    @thumbwrestler12 Před 2 lety

    This video was pretty great and I think this is the first I've seen the same ad play as the sponsored as you did on the same video. Double up on that upside ad. I'm definitely going to get some of these cards

  • @kevinj4002
    @kevinj4002 Před 2 lety

    Mwonvuli Beast Tracker grabs earthshaker giant and god eternal rhonas, also kodama of the east tree acidic slime etc. so I run it in my goreclaw deck and its super good. If you have a soul of the harvest great henge or guardian project out it you can stack the triggers and draw the card you tutor

  • @ingolf82
    @ingolf82 Před 2 lety

    34:00 there are exceptions to this rule. cabal coffers went down to 12 € each when it got reprinted, so I bought 3-4 of them, because I might need them later, I still have one left that is unused

  • @rhysfuuma4640
    @rhysfuuma4640 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm not sure if I missed them, but I feel Blood Money is a great board wipe with an instant payoff with the treasures made, and Organic Extinction is another one for white.

    • @trehenry413
      @trehenry413 Před 2 lety

      I have organic extinction in my Osgir deck. Seems like it will be a good fit, especially if i have liquimetal torque out.

    • @rhysfuuma4640
      @rhysfuuma4640 Před 2 lety +1

      @@trehenry413 I'm building an Elesh Norn deck and have the white version of Crovax in there with Silverskin Armor to protect him from Organic Extinction as my build is a white artifact build

  • @nathan8659
    @nathan8659 Před rokem

    Land enchantments are a better source of Green ramp than half of the ones you listed. Utopia Sprawl and Wild Growth are the most efficient, usually being able to be used the turn you cast them, and in general land enchantments synergize with untapping lands more than any other green ramp.

  • @natebardwell
    @natebardwell Před 2 lety +1

    Red is Purphoros. Always Purphoros. Pingphoros is a nuisance in anything you would be running red.

  • @stephan5574
    @stephan5574 Před 2 lety

    IMHO, there is a white smoother card. In a creture focussed deck Rumor Gatherer can do the job. I admit at 3 mana and requiring creatures to scry/draw it's a little clunky but in mono W helped me out to find the critical 4th land or action in the lategame.
    Rumor Gatherer is a 1WW 2/1 with "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead."

  • @EvolutionSTUD10S
    @EvolutionSTUD10S Před 2 lety

    This is why I use Moxfield/Archidekt to build and playtest decks. I can play MTG solitaire in multiple windows and test the decks before I buy.

  • @faerie7dragon
    @faerie7dragon Před 2 lety

    Cut a Deal is a great White Draw spell. Specially with Smothering Tithe.

  • @bendertusepaki8995
    @bendertusepaki8995 Před 2 lety

    It’s time to build a 5c deck out of only cards they mentioned in this and basic lands. Real question is what commander do we put at the helm?

  • @kylefreeman181
    @kylefreeman181 Před 2 lety

    A white smoother you could consider is professor of symbology. Draw and Discard in white is rare

  • @genkakoza
    @genkakoza Před 2 lety

    You can play fetch lands in any color. So even if 1 color matches it is usually good inclusion for various reasons

    • @lugarial
      @lugarial Před rokem

      Especially the fetchables from Throne of Eldraine...

  • @erezdror5040
    @erezdror5040 Před 2 lety +1

    Necropotence is the best card draw spell in the game!

  • @goatsfluff
    @goatsfluff Před 2 lety

    What board wipes are good for you depends on your strategy.
    In my Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer deck, Nevinyrral's Disk is one of the best wipes in existence. Clock of Omens lets me untap it. I have artifact tutors that can be cast or activated at instant speed (it's so narrow and relatively weak that I don't feel bad playing them). Once I had a Darksteel Forge in my hand and an artifact tutor. I was going to lose, but I cast my Forge and grabbed NevDisk. I let myself lose the game because it's no fun to wipe the board turn after turn. But I had essentially locked down the board.
    That is the one relatively 'infinite' combo in the deck (to my opponents it's infinite, because I can repeatedly remove all their non-land, non-planeswalker permanents). They're not meant to be together, but I needed a wipe on an artifact as the deck contains a lot of them already, and tokens are very vulnerable. I can't exactly play Teferi's Protect in an Izzet deck, so having at least one source of indestructibility is necessary.
    Bane of Progress and Pest Infestation are both great cards, but I wish they weren't as expensive as they are (4-6 and 5-7 euros respectively). Otherwise, I'd play the heck out of them. Aura shards too. There are so many great cards that don't see enough printings. It's great that we had Mystery Boosters; I want Mystery Boosters 2.

  • @stanvlogs4797
    @stanvlogs4797 Před 2 lety +2

    Deak is a competitive player, nice to see him on a video, and his niv mizzet list bonkers

    • @deak5746
      @deak5746 Před 2 lety

      I am! And I enjoyed the 4 second namedrop

  • @cfrydlewicz
    @cfrydlewicz Před 2 lety

    I think Tragic Arrogance is just as good as Farewell too.

  • @sawyerbohland9222
    @sawyerbohland9222 Před 2 lety

    I have an inferno of star mounts deck where it’s pretty much a bunch of smoothers that let me draw into a mana geyser or something explosive. Then to win by inferno haha

  • @julioeller2453
    @julioeller2453 Před 2 lety

    Excellent video, my POV - 1:17:18, I would rather prefer Song of the Dryads than Kenrith´s transformation.

  • @vgleo43
    @vgleo43 Před rokem

    39:57 rare footage of two people trying very hard to not make an among us joke

  • @hubzie
    @hubzie Před 2 lety

    Secret Rendezvous and Cut a Deal are not bad cards. I even play Your Temple is Under Attack in a deck.

  • @olivierdebilde4292
    @olivierdebilde4292 Před 2 lety

    What about "Introduction to annihilation" in place of "Scour from existence" ? I know it's sorcery speed but who's going to hold 7 mana for an instant spot removal anyway ?

  • @starfish753
    @starfish753 Před 2 lety

    what a great way to explain this in the first minute of the video

  • @AquaAK723
    @AquaAK723 Před 2 lety

    I'm really bummed about the exclusion of Netherese Puzzle-Ward from the "smoothing" section. At it's worst, it gets removed before it does anything. Every card can potentially be removed before it does anything. At it's best, it's draw a card, scry 4. Either way, it's 4 mana for card selection between 1-4 cards every single turn, with a 25% time upside of being draw, 4 card selection *before* the draw step.

  • @matthewhettel8316
    @matthewhettel8316 Před 2 lety

    Think tank is a great alternative to search for azcanta's front side.

  • @nickgaylord1387
    @nickgaylord1387 Před 2 lety

    With mwonvuli beast tracker I usually find questing beast and it’s so nice to be able to play it the next turn

  • @davidfirth6325
    @davidfirth6325 Před 2 lety

    DJ: "A lot of times we don't have the land drop we need.."
    Jimmy: "OH, I know"
    🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂