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An alternative to commander staples. Commander paperclips... I'll see myself out now.
A+
*points at door* get out!
very punny
I like puns. Also words cannot express how elated I am the professor responded. But sound effects will work.
@@williamcecil4265 It's punbelievable that you couldn't command an alternative to that staple of a pundit's lexicon.
This man's ad reads are on another level.
Just like the well leveled sounds in these RayCons! ©®™
He's just so with it!
I'm just glad the sponsers let him do it haha
Prof knows how to profit from his weaknesses perfectly! I love these ads!
I think we all long for raid ad read get on it raid: shadow the hedgehog legends
Hot tip: Sol ring is an excellent alternative to the high priced mana crypt!
Sol ring? Never heard of that card before but it must be sweet on turn 1?
@@MyExStacyOfficial eh to much of a cost on turn one I'd rather be playing a jeweled lotus. I'm gonna pass on sol ring
@@clarkwilmerding4343 Eh I don't know, Jeweled Lotus is a little jank in my opinion, I only run black lotus personally.
Eh, that card is kinda bad. I just run 4 copies of pot of greed which allows me to draw two cards from my main deck consisting of a total of 38 cards of all traps, spells, and/or monsters.
@matt rardin it's a second sol ring. May even be a bit worse than sol ring but it's how you get a second one in your deck. Unlike sol ring however, WOTC doesn't print 5 million of them a year. Price is gonna get up there.
"Thank you Raycon for sponsoring this video..... about commander" killed me, so funny
I swear this ad is almost as good as "raycons are coolio, and I ain't foolin' yo!"
"The cheerful melodies of Snoop doggy Dogg" that was a good one
Confession: I am not actually familiar with Snoop Doggie Dog's music. I just know the name.
@@TolarianCommunityCollege Yes, but are you familiar with our lord and savior, Brandy?
He needs sea shanties right now
@@minniescott2355 Coulda swore Brandy died in a car crash back in the 90s
3 years later, never forget Prof’s jam. Jabreezy
The Professor, Master of Segways.
* segue
@@einstein951 bless you
Legendary Creature, 2/2. Whenever the Professor becomes untapped, transform a card in your hand to an alternative provided in one of his videos.
@@einstein951 Indeed, the "Master of Segways" is a very different thing. Very mobile, has Haste. Probably summons a 1/1 colorless Artifact Vehicle token with Crew 1, or something.
For blue, you forgot rivers rebuke. One of the most underrated blue comparisons to cyc rift
The problem with rivers rebuke is that its single target, so in a X1, worderfull! In full table however...
@@luizhenrique4967 I feel that it can be better in certain multiplayer situations because sometimes there’s just one player who’s so far ahead. You bounce all their stuff and the other two players are still happy and won’t target you (like they would if you cast Rift)
@@craigfernandez4433 Yeah, makes sense when we involve commander politics in the middle.
Flood of Tears + Emergence Zone costs as much mana as Cyclonic Rift, at opponent's EoT, it's a game ender
The Professor getting surprised by his own camera running every single time is my favorite running gag that gets undernoticed.
Aetherize has won way more games for me than cyclonic rift.
Same here. I can play a zur's weirding with it in my hand and as long as I leave up 4 mana, nobody is willing to be the one to get aetherized. The true value of this card is when everyone knows that if they are the first to attack you, that they'll be left wide open.
I run both Aetherize and Aetherspouts in my Nicol Bolas, the Ravager deck. They are my 2 favorite answers to draw against aggro.
Aetherize was my budget rift... But never actually worked well for me.
Agreed they don’t see it coming most of the time.
A little more situational, but at three mana even cheaper is Polymorphist's Jest. The good thing about it: it works independently of attacks and thusly can also be used to deny people certain combos for one round. Drawbacks: it doesn't do much against Voltron or +1/+1-counter-decks.
I appreciate videos like these, where you are giving affordable alternatives to cards that see heavy play. I really dislike when big EDH youtubers make videos giving their opinions on cards you shouldn't play anymore. Like edh is a casual format, people should be able to run any type of cards they want...
While that is true, it's also true that if you stick with the cheaper cards, which are usually cheaper because they cost more mana, you will increasingly find yourself being left out of games, in the sense that you simply don't get stuff done while the money-decks are already going off. Recently my playgroup did a little discord session where we discussed our decklists using a deckstat-tool, and I was kinda shocked to see how low average cmc has become, and how well doing bad in the game corresponded to having, in terms of mana cost, a more expensive deck.
Overall power-creep and WotC actively designing cards for EDH has changed the format quite a bit, and if you happen to play EDH in a store with changing playgroups, like I also do, you need to keep up with the times or you won't have much fun playing the game.
I play any card that makes sense for the commander. Outside of removal spells and non basic multicolor lands, there just aren’t cards that have to be in a deck because it’s a certain color.
I agree with you, finally someone who is not a spike on youtube! We play commander for fun and to use our cards, competition is for legacy, modern and duel commander.
@@plain6677 Legacy is no competition, it’s pure hell
heres the problem all of those cards are not casual they belong in cedh
Noooooo. You’re telling the internet about all my secret budget cards!!
I mean the budget option for something like smothering tithe is to just print proxies that's pretty cheap
I've started proxying for EDH and it's a game changer. I can try out $10+ cards to see if I like them before I buy, and I can use expensive cards like Cabal Coffers without breaking the bank.
@@mimic_ssb Absolutely. Proxies are a great way to test your decks and even just make the $1k+ decks without killing your bank account.
Thanks god i picked my smothering tilthe while it still was a buck rare
I’ve been doing a lot of that the past two years. I buy a single copy, sleeve it up in a binder, then run proxies in any deck I want it in. No one can really complain that I’m not moving that single copy between all my decks.
Buy 1 piece and color Xerox it shuffle it all you want no collateral damage
"Webster's defines ME as 'over it.'" I am stealing this, Prof 😂
Seige behemoth is another budget alternative to craterhoof behemoth and more people need to play it!
Siege behemoth is great, but it does not fill the same spot as craterhoof.
End Raze Forerunners? 😆
Decimator of provinces is also a card
Pathbreaker Ibex is another similar one I like for that effect. Just need to have at least one creature with decent power.... and if you’re in green, you probably do
Kahmal, Fist of Krosa?
I mean this in the best way prof, when you pretend to be young it’s how people pretended to be young 15 years ago haha. It’s so dated that it’s imitating even more dated stuff. 😂
And that’s what we want the most!
Smothering Tithe... no alternatives, while all other color staples have weaker but doable alternatives.
Maybe a card that could create X treasure tokens whenever opponents draw more than one card a turn? Wait, that sounds familiar...
Which one is that? I’m building a treasure theme’d deck
@@joshuarogers4428 Hullbreacher
@@maceyreynolds2211 oh yeah XD
Monologue Tax is kind of an alternative
one of my absolute favorite replacements for Rhystic study is the card "Insight"
also to replace cyc rift, flood of tears
Massacre is a great black "wrath" that should see more play.
Massacre, Languish, Crux of Fate, all the way up to Plague WInd/In Garruk's Wake depending on deck and whether or not you went Big Mana. Black can get it done.
Thanks Prof! Even though I may still run the staples, I will definitely look at these alternatives for more consistent gameplay
Solid video Prof! I have to say the way you guzzled your drink at the end was awesome!
You really did do a stellar job with the RayCon commercial/advert short. I really laughed out loud, literally, and then bothered my significant other with an out-of-context (and very poor) retelling of the finer points of the bit. It did not go as well as I had hoped, but not to worry, that was my delivery and her genuine disinterest, not a reflection of the quality clearly present in your work.
Thank you, I really was tickled, something I've been needing. Not literally, this time.
"Webster's dictionary defines 'me' as over it."
If I could somehow double subscribe to your channel, this is the reason why.
Pestilence and pyrohemia are great in monocolor or if you have maximal 2 colors.
Broughtback is esp good with fetschlands, lotusfield, sad-robot, burnish heart and other "white ramps" esp if you use it to also bring one creature back and fetsch at the same time.
The transition was quite masterful. With that said continue please!!!!!
Tbh, that was the best slide in for an ad the prof. has ever given. Give this man a standing ovation.
For blue, there's Whelming Wave, and Scourge of Fleets, which us a personal favourite of mine.
“Webster’s dictionary defines (x) as (y)” in at least one paper per semester.
That was the joke
@@0entropy indeed.
love it. great video. i'm also a big proponent of people trying to use different cards. there's just becoming way too many "auto-includes" in the format and everyone's deck is starting to look the same.
That is the most compelling and genuine ad for raycon earbuds I have ever seen.
You just talked about most of my commander decks. Loved it!
Instead of doubling season, I run parallel lives and anointed procession in my naya token edh
The ad killed me - it really made my day. Especially when he wonders why they are sponsoring a commander video :D
I like how that middle shelf on Prof’s bookshelf is a low key billboard to promote ideas.
I use chain reaction in every red deck, everyone always expects blasphemous act when i start counting creatures.
Great topic and choices. Love hearing about people playing non-staples. Thanks!
"As a *former* english proffesor"
*shudders* that’s not how you spell that...
Reins of Power is my hidden blue gem. It steals games when played at the right time!
I cracked a henge 2 days ago! Didn't know it was that expensive.
Congrats!
@@anthonydelfino6171 yeah, it actually just went up again due to a spoiler from Kaldheim. The card is stupid good, it plays to all of green's strengths while circumventing or overwriting green's weaknesses. Play it in any deck with 1/3 creatures, you won't regret it.
Planar Void. One black for an enchantment that exiles cards as they hit each players graveyard.
oh, thats just cheaper leyline of the void
Some more not so commonly run white cards that I love to run are Settle the Wreckage and Comeuppance. They work as pretty sneaky wraths and comeuppance can also turn someones damage combo against them.
Edit: also end raze forerunners and lifecrafters beastiary are two of,my favorites! Glad u mentioned them.
Great vid.
Keep it up Prof, drinking is hard, but you'll get it!
Saw the raycon add comming, loved the transition. Very clever, is this why they call you the professor?
I personally love casting Siren's Call on someone else's turn when my defenses are set. The sadistic glee you can get from making someone else go ballistic on a common enemy is priceless.
This is the first time I've ever heard of Living Death being referred to as removal and not a backbreaking combo piece.
I was just searching for black board wipes for my golgari slimefoot edh... thank you!
I've actually got a few favourites to share!
Whelming Wave is a sorcery for 2 and UU to return all creatures to their owners hands except for Serpents, Octopuses, leviathans and Krakens. Great fit in a sea monster deck that you should be running or just a decent cheap board wipe that may hit all your own creatures.
The Magic Mirror is a legendary Artifact for 6 and UUU, this is an insane draw engine in blue, offering to be cheaper for each instant or sorcery in your graveyard, perfect for blue (Or even simic and izzet, I've seen it do work in both) Spell slinger decks, also no maximum hand size! A couple of my friends started running this after I did
Unified Will is a counter spell for 1 and a U. You running a token generating deck that has a splash of blue? Have yourself a very easy to cast counter spell which the downside is you have to have more creatures then the owner of the spell your countering. Works great in my simic deck, and works especially well with a creature like Nadar Kraken in play.
Need a way to get your big spells? Grozoth is a 6 and UUU creature with defender that tutors for all your CMC 9 spells and brings them into your hand to get your Great Henges or the Magic Mirror I know you're gonna use now! Or you can just transmute for 1 and UU to replace it with one CMC 9 spell.
Garruk's Uprising is an enchantment for 2 and G, holy another great draw engine for green, when it enters the battlefield if you control a creature with 4 power or greater draw a card, gives your creatures trample, then whenever you play a creature with 4 power draw a card. A card that I think more people should play in beat down decks.
Masako the Humorless is a creature for 2 and W, has flash and has tapped creatures you control may block as though they were untapped. This comes out of nowhere and can really mess up your opponents plans. Super funny and I completely recommend
Basri Ket is a super underrated planeswalker for 1 and WW, +1 put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, it gains indestructible until end of turn, -2 Whenever one or more nontoken creatures attack this turn, creature that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. -6 you gain an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control". This planeswalker does incredible work, for me in my Boros deck it even has a semi-infinite combo with it's -2 and Breath of Fury, essentially as long as you had 3 creatures to start with, and someone can't block, you can keep creating a ton of 1/1 tokens and take as many combats as it takes for someone to block. Works especially well with Iroas.
Force of Despair. I don't know how this card isn't work more, a free semi-board wipe for exiling a black card from your hand, or just 1 and BB which is not hard at all to come by. This card specifically destroys all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn. This shuts down the infinite token person that did it in one turn, or counters something simple like a Avenger of Zendikar. Highly recommend
When i saw the alternative for Dockside Extortionist was Treasure Nabber i was like: "Why not run BOTH?".
But yeah, great vid Prof! I must say i'm also running a new EDH with a Korlash, heir to Blackblade (wich is almost my fav deck by now) with a swamps matter theme and i must tell you that a good ol' mutilate is working wonders for me.
Agreed. Many of the professors "substitutes" are cards that are ran alongside the format staples to improve consistency in the first place. It felt like a list of cards that see too much play nowadays and the cards that they replaced in the meta, rather than an actual list of budget alternatives to power effects.
That was the most depressing sponsored segment I've ever seen in my life. Are you still feeling okay, Prof?
My thoughts exactly he sounded sad
I can't help but feel it's because it was Ray's Cons he had to shill...
@@MosoKaiser I think it's in their contract to mention Brandy, Ray, and Snoop Dogg during the ads.
Those segues were top notch 😂
Prof! You should make a commander favorites video!
Where you discuss your favorite commanders for each color combo :)
1:40 that "not really, though" killed me 🤣
The 'former' underneath your breath killed me lmao xD
Love and missed this series. As a budget (mostly) player I enjoy learning from people who have been involved in the game for years more than me.
That may be the single best sponsored ad I've ever seen on CZcams.
Really enjoy these videos thank you!
I love all the “here are cards you aren’t running/never heard of” videos! Any more in the pipeline?
I’m glad you said end-raze. Mine does work in my deck. I always called him mini-craterhoof. 😂
A favorite alternative to Cyclonic Rift for me is Whelming Wave, for 2 and two Blue you return all creatures to their owners hands except for Krakkens, Octopi, Serpents, and Leviathans. As long as your deck is those creatures, or even if you are just needing to control the board a bit, it is a card not many expect.
6:43 They use that track on the Dead Meat Kill Count too!
I love imprisoned in the moon, displacement wave and whelming wave for blue and resolute archangel in white (bounce away)
Seems like there’s more than just water or coffee in that mug...
I've had Ætherize in my Kess deck from the start. I absolutely love it and I'm almost gitty every time I cast it.
Thunderfoot Baloth and Pathbreaker Ibex are my go to Hoof replacements when I'm in a red haste-granting deck
Just pulled a smothering in my promo pack I won this week. Feels good.
I love the Bestiary! I think it’s a great include in pretty much any green creature deck. You’re never short on mana, so the extra payment doesn’t hurt much. I use it and the Forerunners in my Chulane elf-ball deck-bouncing the big pigs and replaying them once is usually enough to end the game.
I would add "Beastmasters Acension" as green game ending card, to buff up your team.
dispatch is going on my next order list. thanks prof
Your video of you "working out" for the raycons is what got me to buy a pair :) And they are great!
Oh ya... great video too btw Prof :)
Thanks for the vid prof!
You bet!
Finding ways to circumvent these is a personal goal of my Commander decks.
For Craterhoof, you can always substitute Overrun. It's a classic alpha-strike card that is plenty capable of winning games.
Nezahal, Primal Tide is also sort of similar to Rhystic Study
If you're in selesnya (pretty common for token decks) Jazal Goldmane is a great budget option for Craterhoof's ability.
Thanks Professor that was super helpful!
That transition into the Raycon plug was glorious.
For board wipes in blue I also really like Wash Out, and in black I'm a big fan of Killing Wave and Black Sun's Zenith.
I love warstorm surge in my animar deck. It provides a good wincon with blightsteel colossus
You may also run impact tremors as well for a cheap purphoros like effect for 1R
Nice H.P Lovecraft book, Prof. !! Which one is that? The cover is very enticing
As soon as you said ''wired'' I knew where you were going and I loved every second of it.
That ad got really awkward. I love it.
Fantastic list, here's a few more i'd like to suggest:
Devastation tide 1.54USD on tcgplayer right now. Can bounce everything for 3UU or for miracle cost 1U. Its another great budget option that can have some random upside, and gets way better with top deck manipulation like repeated scry effects.
life//death: 1B for reanimate effect provided you have GB commander colors. It also is a fraction of the cost at 1.67USD at time of comment, a fraction of reanimate's price!
Druid's repository: 1GG for an enchantment that builds up mana as you attack with creatures. Strong in many go-wide strategies and very budget acceleration for early/midgame commander. current price: 1.41USD on TCGPlayer
Most transmute spells: This isn't a single card but more an often forgotten keyword ability more combo and control strategies should definitely be utilizing. Price range on these are between .25-6.00 with most falling under 1.00USD. While they only tutor for a card with a matching CMC, they are absolutely fantastic provided you build your deck with them in mind. Some often fill other roles like muddle the mixture (counter magic/tutor, who could ask for more?), shred memory (graveyard hate at instant speed for those pesky reanimator decks, or go tutor for a powerhouse 2 drop)
Relic Seeker: This card is VERY underrated in EDH. This is a slower but consistent stoneforge mystic that only costs 0.25 USD. In most multiplayer games, you will definitely find the time to hit someone with it since its only a 2 drop, and can also offer diplomatic solutions if you need to get through with it later game. Don't sleep on this one, its great!
open the armory: yet another slept on tutor weighing in at 0.45 USD. For 1W, you can tutor any equipment or aura. Its cheap and effective, and will often fill a niche.
I'd love to hear other's thoughts and more budget commander options =D the format definitely needs more diversity like this.
I use Mob Rule as a game ender in My Rakdos deck 👌🏼. Definitely an overlooked carf
Just might buy some Raycons now for how hilarious his advertisement was.
Necrologia is a cheap underrated stand in for Necropotence. It’s a one off but it instantly fills your hand and also your graveyard (unlike Necropotence).
Shared Summons is a poor man’s Tooth and Nail because you cast it at instant speed to get your combo pieces and then play them on your turn.
Matyr’s Bond a budget Dictate of Erabos/Grave Pact, if you happen to also be running white.
Moment’s Peace a budget Constant Mists.
I’m surprised flood of tears wasn’t a suggestion for an alternative cyclonic rift, living death is incredible, pathbreaker ibex is great in green too, beast whisperer, guardian project or cards like elemental bond a good alternative to the great Henge
Overwhelming Stampede is a nice alternative to Craterhoof Behemoth. It's based on greatest power rather than number of creatures so doesn't fit all decks.
Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse also gives your creature base power and toughness X/X until end of turn for 4GG, where X is the number of cards in hand, so again situational.
Planar Cleansing is a nice 5-cost alternative to Wrath of God. Flood of Tears is a 6-cost alternative to Cyclonic Rift, but only at Sorcery speed.
The "former" english proffessor bit got me. Upvote!
I like Echoing Truth as a bounce spell. Does a number on tokens and also hits people all playing the same card
I commented too soon. That message of hope was on point. Great content again.
so really just cards that help control the board, i was kinda hoping for a quick visit on better and more common staples like tutors and dodge effects.
Some great budget black tutors are Scheming Symmetry, Diabolic Tutor, and Widhclaw Talisman. What do you mean by dodge effects? Recursion? Protection (eg Hexproof)?
That raycon sponsorship is a HUGE come up!!
Pathbreaker Ibex is a personal favorite of mine and doesn't see much play in my group.
I ran a Ceta Sanctuary in a Temur deck with a lot of creatures in place of Rhystic Study just to have something different. It wasn’t too bad and drew less removal than Rhystic.
I'm surprised Rising Miasma made the list when there are other budget cards that do more for less or more for the same cost. Yahenni's Expertise at the same cmc and $0.24 gives all creatures -3/-3 and lets you cast a 3cmc or less spell for free. Cry of the Carnarium & Flaying Tendrils exile creatures that die the turn you cast the spell and are 3cmc and $0.14/$0.07 respectively. Golden Demise is also 3cmc and has the ability to only affect your opponents if you have the city's blessing at $0.10.
Those cards might be suitable hosers for a poorly built krenko deck, but I would reccomend massacre, massacre girl or massacre wurm over any of the 3 mana sorceries you've mentioned. Massacre girl is cheaper than golden demise and will almost always be a completely one sided board clear, with a 4/4 menace as upside. Just add blinks and the board is yours.
Verry good vídeo. And Also cool Cover for your H.P. Lovecraft book, in my country the covers are...well not as cool
Hey Prof! I just started the Pokemon TCG and I predominantly play through the online client. I have been watching your Pokemon playlist but I noticed you do not have a video detailing how the online client works. Do you think you could create a guide on the Pokemon TCG Online client describing the basics and how the economy works? That would be amazing if you could. Thanks for the quality content over the years, be safe and healthy!
Whenever someone mentions Websters dictionary I always think of Jeff Winger.
I got a Helm of the Host before it was popular and used it with Vaevictus Asmadi the Dire, the two things sac’d a turn was fun, especially since the deck had a good amount of token generators