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  • @mtgmaniac6537
    @mtgmaniac6537 Před 5 lety +316

    *Wizards actually makes a good product* Fires all the people on the design team.

  • @MichaelSmith-iv2rp
    @MichaelSmith-iv2rp Před 5 lety +67

    A box of 30 basic Islands. Except the art is actually one continuous image that's an homage to Monet's Water Lilies

    • @arenkai
      @arenkai Před 5 lety +2

      I'd snap buy that :o
      I'm currently on foil Lorwyn Islands 6 (the ones with the flowers).

    • @nicholasbower17
      @nicholasbower17 Před 4 lety

      Well they can do one of each basic snow land at $30. Take it or leave it.

    • @neoclassicalsuccubus2899
      @neoclassicalsuccubus2899 Před 3 lety +2

      Can't believe you've predicted Secret Lairs, lmao

  • @Billchu13
    @Billchu13 Před 5 lety +210

    These days it would come out through Hasbro Direct

    • @mantislazuli
      @mantislazuli Před 5 lety +17

      For $600.

    • @Teifling
      @Teifling Před 5 lety +4

      80% of the cards will be available in standard sets released around the same time.

    • @mantislazuli
      @mantislazuli Před 5 lety +8

      But they'll have "special" arts ! Surely that's a good reason to ask players hundreds of dollars for a few cards? =D

    • @PewPew_McPewster
      @PewPew_McPewster Před 5 lety +6

      And have ftv foiling.

    • @mtgmaniac6537
      @mtgmaniac6537 Před 5 lety +4

      I feel like Hasbro Direct is another way to say "Sells out immediately and cost 3 times as much on the secondary market" to quote the professor

  • @TheMonyarm
    @TheMonyarm Před 5 lety +227

    We need a Commander's Arsenal 2

    • @FlynnApollo
      @FlynnApollo Před 5 lety +20

      TheMonyarm you know new Wizards is incapable of making product to help its players

    • @davey_rulez7301
      @davey_rulez7301 Před 5 lety +4

      PulseTheRabbit destruction 100

    • @TheCatHerder
      @TheCatHerder Před 5 lety

      Wait a minute, this is just a relabeled From the Vault Armageddon. WotC!!!

    • @NotYourAverageNothing
      @NotYourAverageNothing Před 5 lety

      At least we have Anthology.

    • @TheCatHerder
      @TheCatHerder Před 5 lety

      Not Your Average Nothing Agreed! Amazing that the best commander product is a greatest hits album.

  • @AffinityForCommander
    @AffinityForCommander Před 5 lety +133

    Aaahhh, 2012. What a year! Thanks for another great video Professor!

  • @addambarcelos
    @addambarcelos Před 5 lety +16

    Sylvan library, rhystic study, duplicant? What an era!

    • @sephyrias883
      @sephyrias883 Před 5 lety

      Today they would give us Elemental Bond, Think Tank and Mirror of the Forebear, lol.

  • @Hidewrath
    @Hidewrath Před 5 lety +43

    I honestly think Commander's Arsenal was WotC saying: "You think we don't know what you want? We do know exactly that, but satisfying our customers doesn't satisfy our purses. However, teasing you a little bit; that IS satisfying for us."
    I've lost my hope regarding WotCs policy; them going back and forth between saying they want a "healthy tournament enviroment" and "let the casual players enjoy themselves".
    All I want is WotC realizing that, yes, your old college players most likely have good-paying jobs now and you have a huge amount of people that is still going to be able to pay for your products but PLEASE remember how it all started: with COLLEGE and SCHOOL PLAYERS that played during recess.
    I can imagine the fraction of young players is furthermore shrinking and WotC clearly is at fault, all by themselves, because every LGS I've been into in Germany is trying and trying their hardest to be appealing to young players.
    WotC, please fix yourself.

    • @huyvuminh1048
      @huyvuminh1048 Před 5 lety

      U should try pokemon tcg or cardfight vaguard

    • @iandegiovani4703
      @iandegiovani4703 Před rokem

      OHHH, BOY. They went Sauron levels of Evil after this, haha

  • @TobiasLeonHaecker
    @TobiasLeonHaecker Před 5 lety +81

    How about wizard would do an updated version of this? Commanders Spellbook!!
    20 Bucks, easy affordable, nice new artworks of staples and I don't need everything in foil.
    Many players have ideas and commanders but miss the staples like sol ring, command tower, the good boardwipes outside white, some tutors outside black and much more...
    Give newer players a chance to get these cards, so they can built theri first or second commander deck from scratch and it won't be so clunky...
    I don't want to strip a precon commander deck every time I need some staples or do another pricy order of singles...

    • @TheTrueLeafless
      @TheTrueLeafless Před 5 lety +6

      With new Artworks it would be a seller...especially for Sol Ring and Command Tower

    • @TobiasLeonHaecker
      @TobiasLeonHaecker Před 5 lety

      I think so too. I'm a bit weary about the same artwork of the cards which pops up every game multiple times.

    • @MichaelSmith-iv2rp
      @MichaelSmith-iv2rp Před 5 lety +3

      Alternate art foil Sol Ring would move boxes. Thought Vessel, Skull Clamp, Clyclonic Rift, Phyrexian Arena, and Blasphemous Act are all cards that new players need that really sting after already dropping $30-40 on a precon. If it was packaged like the Jace Spellbook, I know I'd buy one if even half were cards I didn't already own

    • @jakedubiel8483
      @jakedubiel8483 Před 5 lety +4

      Tobias Leon Haecker "commander staples" "20$ bucks" ah I see so it comes with two thirds a cyclonic rift and nothing else

    • @TobiasLeonHaecker
      @TobiasLeonHaecker Před 5 lety +3

      Cyclonic rift was for a long time around 6 Bucks. This could be a reprint to reduce the rising price. Why not?
      Or put in the second best blue boardwipe, a toxic deluge, some of the mirage tutors. I think a spellbook printed in big numbers for 20 could easily hold value for up to 40 bucks. And then it would be totally ok, if just one is foil. Or make it a 30Bucks and give us 15 non foil staples and one of those fancy life counters.

  • @michaelsheets9855
    @michaelsheets9855 Před 5 lety +5

    I'd also like to see something like a format foundation product. Like a box of cards $5 and under that are just widely used stuff. Like Sol ring, Command tower, basic ramp spells, putrefy, swords to plowshares, etc.

  • @Raaanch
    @Raaanch Před 5 lety +53

    How does that song go again? Oh right... *jams on his piano* Don't know what you got 'till it's gone!!

    • @MrNoodle986
      @MrNoodle986 Před 5 lety +2

      Raaanch
      pave paradise and put up a parking lot? 😋

  • @MTGUnpacked
    @MTGUnpacked Před 5 lety +21

    Surprised they haven’t done another one like this since. These would fly off the shelves! Modern and Commander both would be great🤩

    • @TheTrueLeafless
      @TheTrueLeafless Před 5 lety +1

      The only worry would probably be that no matter how high the print run...mass-buyers would keep them off shelves and inflate the prices. Such products should be LGS only and 1 per person tied to the DCI-card

    • @georgethekingiv
      @georgethekingiv Před 5 lety

      Modern arsenal would be arcbound ravenger, bloodbraid elf, lightning bolt, turmagoyf, thoughtsieze and what else? I'm trying to hit one card from the top decks

    • @totallycarbon2106
      @totallycarbon2106 Před 5 lety

      Modern arsenal is harder since for modern you need a playset of the good cards. But the idea for Commander is fucking fantastic.

  • @ChadZeluff
    @ChadZeluff Před 5 lety +34

    “You want to sell packs? Put the cards in the packs!” -Professor at SCGCon.
    I do not need supplemental products at all. I need boosters that contain staples of formats. Why is this so freakin hard?!

    • @CoverofWinter
      @CoverofWinter Před 5 lety +20

      But don't you like playing with useless jank in limited? Where is the fun in playing with powerful cards that you will want to keep after you open them? Can't really have that can we?

    • @Bibbedibabbedibu
      @Bibbedibabbedibu Před 5 lety +10

      I know right? Imagine playing with actual good cards that make the game fun to play. It's my personal nightmare...

    • @jkattack2640
      @jkattack2640 Před 5 lety +1

      The problem with the hasbro direct shit is that that isnt really a supplemental product, you are forced to buy it with 2/3 of a regular box, not just the cool walkers

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid Před 5 lety

      Jordan Klein Feels like the buy-a-box promo cranked up another notch because they don't need to prepare as many packs lol.

  • @toomanyowlz
    @toomanyowlz Před 5 lety +20

    I’m so happy I saw this because I just finished my first commander deck. It is called “Wait, what?” The commander is cromat and it has no theme

  • @RandyG1975
    @RandyG1975 Před 5 lety +160

    I wish Wizards would just try to make money instead of dancing around ashamedly at trying to make money. This and other products could make them and their shareholders a fortune. Purposely making limited print runs is like Famous Amos cookies failing to meet demand. It's like planning to fail. The profit motive and player satisfaction are not mutually exclusive goals.

    • @jesusweeps420x
      @jesusweeps420x Před 5 lety +15

      They try to make money so hard, the problem is they don't know how.

    • @Zomburai45
      @Zomburai45 Před 5 lety +16

      I contend they're trying to do that, but they're trying to do so in a way that's sustainable (they could easily cash grab and Magic would be dead in two years). The problem is that the game that serves many masters. The investors don't want products like this because it hurts their investment. The casuals want more products like this because they actually play the game. The Spikes don't care one way or the other because WotC should be spending its resources fixing Standard (this applies no matter how healthy or unhealthy Standard is at any given time).
      WotC is in the unenviable position of no matter what they do, some big chunk of players will think outs the weirdest thing ever. I tend to be oretty forgiving when I think they screw up.

    • @RandyG1975
      @RandyG1975 Před 5 lety +12

      Zomburai45 the worst offense lately is the Global Series decks. I was disappointed in the playability and then I read WotC’s statements that it was intended to be unplayable. Such a waste of excellent art and with a mandate to fail no less.

    • @RedGazelle1367
      @RedGazelle1367 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Zomburai45 Thank you for stating what I've wanted to say. And I've wanted to say it in response to a number of video reviews. MTG "fails" because they have too many conflicting interests related to their product. I want to go in depth, but don't have the time. (And I love the Professor's work, fwiw.)

    • @GamesWithZigmund
      @GamesWithZigmund Před 5 lety +10

      If tanking prices of once-expensive cards killed games, yu-gi-oh would have died out a decade ago.

  • @Mandaloreish
    @Mandaloreish Před 5 lety

    I actually just got my first commander deck, seeing the cards in this gave me new ideas for cards I already have in my folder. I love brewing!

  • @BiscuitsBox
    @BiscuitsBox Před 5 lety

    Nice to see you back Prof, I was getting worried for a while.

  • @lynnica5219
    @lynnica5219 Před 5 lety +33

    This "blinged out cards with a limited print run and limited availability" thing seems familiar somehow...

    • @starguardlux2874
      @starguardlux2874 Před 5 lety +1

      Erica Savage But somehow also more poorly done than Arsenal...

  • @jbigs65
    @jbigs65 Před 5 lety +96

    WOTC watches this video - makes a Brawl Arsenal.

    • @tyrannotycoon
      @tyrannotycoon Před 5 lety +2

      Frontier Arsenal lmao

    • @frostyshen689
      @frostyshen689 Před 5 lety +2

      Don't give them ideas!

    • @Brendawn12
      @Brendawn12 Před 5 lety +1

      I would take it. Might be able to salvage something to use in commander

    • @su0tin731
      @su0tin731 Před 5 lety +1

      Only this time around, they try not to make the same mistakes, so they make the Brawl Arsenal price tag 129.99 and they produce such a limited print run that only 1/10 of every LGS gets to sell one.

    • @omegafolf
      @omegafolf Před 5 lety

      Brawl will be dead when Dominaria rotates as it is the best source for legendary creatures right now for the format unless they alter the rules.

  • @whydoesfloat
    @whydoesfloat Před 5 lety

    Heck yeah dude! Friday nights is awesome! (Love the little craterhoof behemoth 😉)

  • @xohelgomez1751
    @xohelgomez1751 Před 5 lety

    You are a genius! I would have never imagined such cool videos back in 2003 when I first started playing MTG.

  • @LegendaryCreaturePodcast

    Great video!
    I'd love to see an annual Commander's Arsenal. What I'd love even more though, is an annual Commander Deck Builders Toolkit. Rather than a handful of boosters and a pack of lands, it could include a pre-set list of cards. There we'd find commonly needed cards such as mana rocks, lands, and spot removal spells. It could also include some "chase" reprints that are generally needed in commander, such as Rhystic Study or Chromatic Lantern.
    The Commander Deck Builder's Toolkit could also be themed, much like the pre-con decks. These could provide a core of cards that help build decks around a couple different themes. It would be a great place for wanted reprints to drive sales. Can you imagine a toolkit that we know has a Sensei's Driving Top and a Scroll Rack in it coming 3-6 months after Commander 2018 got into our hands?! It would be an opportunity to build hype for a commander product (the decks) and maintain momentum by having a supplemental product that improves the decks a few months later.

  • @ANDI2713untouchable
    @ANDI2713untouchable Před 5 lety +1

    for real, you‘re the best man. Thanks for everything Professor.

  • @kleptomaniacal
    @kleptomaniacal Před 5 lety

    I totally agree with you, especially on the card sleeves. I think I still have mine somewhere, but I'll never use them again. Those edges tore up so quickly...

  • @stephenklien
    @stephenklien Před 5 lety +1

    Fantastic! I want an updated one!

  • @Sheriff_K
    @Sheriff_K Před 5 lety

    I love the life counters from Anthology, that were based on these.. SOO good!

  • @buno85
    @buno85 Před 5 lety

    Great video professor, keep up the good work!

  • @the_average_canadian
    @the_average_canadian Před 5 lety +1

    Perfect supplemental product in my opinion? Needed reprints to reduce secondary market prices.
    Cards in commander that go in every deck but are prohibitively expensive, such as:
    Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, Thran Dynamo, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Maze of Ith, Chromatic Lantern, Shocklands and Fetchlands, Coalition Relic, Gilded Lotus, Rhystic Study, Grim Monolith, Gaea's Cradle, the "Sword of X and Y" cycle, Umezawa's Jitte, Vedalken Orrery, Cavern of Souls, Snapcaster Mage, any of the expensive Tutors, Ancient Tomb, Phyrexian Tower, and Doubling Season.
    As a Sliver player I'd also love to see a "Sliver Toolbox" supplement that includes some of the essential slivers such as Manaweft Sliver, Galerider sliver, Harmonic Sliver, Quick Sliver, Crystalline Sliver, Heart Sliver, Necrotic Sliver, and Pulmonic Sliver, as well as some of the really expensive sliver cards like Sliver Legion, Sliver Queen, Sliver Hivelord, and Sliver Hive.
    Maybe it would include essential cards like Kindred Summons, Patriarch's Bidding, Coat of Arms, Door of Destinies, Herald's Horn, Heartstone, and Training Grounds.
    Perhaps such a toolkit would include some lands that are of high value to a 5-colour manabase, intended to be a starting point for new sliver players. Cards like Chromatic Lantern, Path of Ancestry, Unclaimed Territory, Ancient Ziggurat, and City of Brass.

  • @CorsairJoshua
    @CorsairJoshua Před 5 lety

    God damn those cards are absolutely nuts! What a shame we haven’t seen anything like this again

  • @forceofwillgaming8475
    @forceofwillgaming8475 Před 5 lety +11

    I think that they need to do this again with a larger print run. The "set" has some extremely powerful cards that need reprinting. One more thing. Give all of the cards in it(and please include a sol ring) a special border that is unique to the box. Now if they did this for modern some cards to put in would be the soon to rotate hazzoret and grislebrand

  • @MrKennethb83
    @MrKennethb83 Před 5 lety

    Hey prof!!
    I enjoyed this video a lot because it featured a product I missed out on. And it truly looks impressive it’s a sad thing too because I would go find one right now if I could.and as to another supplemental product like this I would enjoy another arsenal focused on commander lands to help fix some of the mana bases of the new commander 2018 or even older commander pre cons. I feel a tool box of dual lands or unique lands would sell really well.i know I would snag one!

  • @deathpunch2169
    @deathpunch2169 Před 5 lety +9

    I REALLY want Commander Masters. Just a regular Masters set, but only including allnof the ridiculously overpriced, only playable in commander cards.
    Let me just name a few: Oracle of Mul Daya, Bloom Tender, Phyrexian Altar, Mikaeus the Unhollowed, Greater Auramancy, Reanimate, Demonci Tutor, Cabal Coffers and so many more. All those cards had very little to no reprints EVER and are way to expensive, especially for their original rarity. Reprint commons like Shadowborn Apostle or Viscera Seer and forbthe love of god, Snow-Cowered Basics. A product like this would also be a great place for some expensive Pauper staples, like Gush, Pyro- and Hydroblast, Chainer's Edict or Oubliette.
    Edit: And there are at least 3 land cycles I am aware of that were never completed (Battlebond Duals, Odyssee Filter Lands, Cycle Dual Lands)

    • @deathpunch2169
      @deathpunch2169 Před 5 lety +2

      Gauntlet of Power, Extraplanar Lens, Original Kozilek, Rhystic Study, Sensei's Divining Top, Vedalken Orrery, Leyline of Anticipation, Mana Vault, Mana Crypt, Fyndhorn Elves, Remand, the Swords (Fire and Ice, Feast and Famine, Light and Shadow), Stoneforge Mystic, Noble Hierarch, Sterling Grove.

  • @jheu781
    @jheu781 Před 5 lety

    The Maxx and Sam Kieth are my favorite comic and artist. Great video and great taste.

  • @izaak106
    @izaak106 Před 5 lety

    this would be amazing A Commander toolkit with all the format staples and some much needed reprints

  • @godtiermtg
    @godtiermtg Před 5 lety +3

    I think it would be interesting to do a commander themed, all colorless “arsenal” of about 15 staple cards and with two or three legendary creatures, so EDH players can fit the cards into all their decks

  • @cRu5h3r1337
    @cRu5h3r1337 Před 5 lety

    Superb Video as always!

  • @nomadrl91x
    @nomadrl91x Před 5 lety

    If this product was at a higher pringing i would've probably gotten into commander much sooner. This looks amazing, also more of this product would be amazing!

  • @realcatalinawinemixer
    @realcatalinawinemixer Před 5 lety +3

    If they did a modern arsenal, and it was actually good in a way that it could propel newer players into modern, then I wouldn't care whether if the cards had alternate art or were foil. I'd flip my lid in excitement just for massive amounts of reprints! (WotC if there's a chance you read Prof's comments make a product that has playsets of all the fetches and give it a print run higher than Khans of Tarkir)

  • @robertcotrell9810
    @robertcotrell9810 Před 5 lety

    I didn't even know this existed! I think similar products would be great. Foils, alternative art, cards we want, and I think this would be an exceptional Hot Buy item.

  • @ethanredding9977
    @ethanredding9977 Před 5 lety +5

    So like Commander Anthologies, just that the value cards are just in and WotC can save itself the effort to print the ~ 80 bulk cards of each deck, which mostly end up in an LGS owner's boxes....less cost, higher sales due to a presumably lower price and a happy community....yet I would like this product to be LGS only and maybe even pre-order only tied to the DCI-card so that mass-buyers can't keep them off shelves and inflate the prices (as an added bonus they would get something amazing too...reliable data directly from the customer).

  • @sebastienchateau7559
    @sebastienchateau7559 Před 5 lety +1

    It's be awesome to see a wider range of products available. I think the deck builder kit is a great example of a good product (for beginners in this instance). Will we see a commander builder kit ? More arsenals ? It is very hard to start or to come back to MTG, because not all products are adapted to non-beginners. And in this, local game stores are essential as it seems WotC mostly targets newer players. What if I don't likz the commander deck but would like a run at scoring a thran dynamo and a sol ring ? Couldn't we get commander oriented boosters and the likes ?

  • @retromtg1834
    @retromtg1834 Před 5 lety

    I really wish they made more of these when they came out. Nice cards in there

  • @CDepressionDanny
    @CDepressionDanny Před 5 lety +1

    03:37 'stock their stuffings with' so close Prof, so close :D

  • @newflesh666
    @newflesh666 Před 5 lety

    I was lucky enough to get one of these (of the 2 available at my local game store) at msrp. I still run almost every one of these cards and use the life counter for every game

  • @tiamatt44
    @tiamatt44 Před 5 lety

    Wow, the escapist. Haven't heard about them in ages, shame since they had a ton of fun content back then. Still love that very first Friday Nights episode, thanks for the reminder. :)

  • @lopalx
    @lopalx Před 5 lety +3

    Man, I sure hope they print something like this again soon. Would be pretty great with some reprints

    • @mantislazuli
      @mantislazuli Před 5 lety

      They won't. They would shiver at the idea of putting more than $50 worth of cards in a $75 product, so don't ever expect any good reprints at a cheap cost. Shareholders take most decisions in that company nowadays.

  • @Scherezad_
    @Scherezad_ Před 5 lety

    Not my idea, but a friend's. Figured I'd share it anyhow.
    The Commander's Toolkit: A box containing a collection of semirandom commanders, as well as a semirandom collection of other format staples. So for new players, it's an excellent opportunity to build their collection and build into the format, whereas for already-enfranchised players it's a reasonable chance to get some of the more expensive cards.
    Examples I thought of: Guarantees to include such things as Kodama's Reach, Cultivate, Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Hero's Downfall... but chances (and not minimal chances, mind) to contain things like Teferi's Protection.

  • @MrZerodaim
    @MrZerodaim Před 5 lety

    What I'd like to see is a brewer's toolkit, full of interesting build-around-me cards. There are tons of cards like these, but finding them (on gatherer etc) is pretty hard. Gimme a Zur, a Wild Pair, a Sunbird's Invocation, a Fist of Suns, an Inspiring Statuary... I just want to brew, and new toys are fun.

  • @saulhydeman8846
    @saulhydeman8846 Před 5 lety

    Hey, Professor, I just bought the Commander Anthology vol. II and I wanted to ask if you think it is better to just open it and play it with friends, or save it to resell later? I already have a fun commander deck, but I had to buy anthology for Breed Lethality. I'm tempted to play it, but looking at how much last year's anthology shot up in price, I'm also considering just saving it to resell. What would you recommend?

  • @brennanclement8582
    @brennanclement8582 Před 5 lety

    Didn't even know this existed, I wish they would do another one!

  • @fehlbrandschwele
    @fehlbrandschwele Před 5 lety

    Did you finally crack it open... I've been waiting for this for a long time. Thx!

  • @mtgmax8732
    @mtgmax8732 Před 5 lety

    “Horrid! Absolutely horrid!” 😂Great video prof. Keep going!

  • @mattatlas8895
    @mattatlas8895 Před 5 lety +10

    Arsonal needs to come back. As an izzet player, I need foils of cards that don't have foiling yet. A niv-mizzet "mind over matter" would be amazing!

  • @stevenmatias1321
    @stevenmatias1321 Před 5 lety

    I started playing in 2009-2011 (my play group all moved away), and I picked it back up in 2016. I never even heard of the arsenal before and as an exclusive commander player now I would be excited for something like this if it had a reasonable price tag.

  • @belladonnaRoot
    @belladonnaRoot Před 5 lety

    I would love this. I honestly think that they should visit this again, just a commander build kit. Toss some of the other staples in there too, like Sol Ring and non-basic lands, instead of the sleeves and oversized cards.
    I don't need $150 worth of Legendaries, just like $80 worth of cards that will go into any deck of the right color. And of course printing enough. I mean, it's a multiplayer format; if only one person in your group has access to it, then dang, everyone's jealous.

  • @jabberwockld4316
    @jabberwockld4316 Před 5 lety

    Nothing to truly add, good product need to be done again but in higher cuantity. Nice job prof. Keep it up

  • @musicfighter282
    @musicfighter282 Před 5 lety +4

    Y’know what sucks about LGS exclusive product? It makes MSRP just that: a suggestion. Even now, whenever a new product launches, all the LGSs in my area will without fail, increase the price by a fairly significant amount. Yes, big box retail sucks, but at least a product you buy there will definitely cost the MSRP, and perhaps even force LGSs to keep their prices that way too.

  • @tbs41195
    @tbs41195 Před 5 lety

    From the vault lands, would be easy to make great, and would help every single format except MAYBE standard. A shock or two, a fetch or two, dark depths, maze of ith maybe, maybe a legendary land from urza block or two, one or two of the shadowmoor filters so many possibilities. Cool command tower foil, forbidden Orchard, nyxthos. So many options

  • @TheMperor5
    @TheMperor5 Před 5 lety

    I was looking for a review on this after I saw it in the background of another video. Only ones I found were of people not playing commander. So thank you for this video. Shame I wasn't as interested and rich enough at the time.

  • @TheEarthdeity
    @TheEarthdeity Před 5 lety +1

    Wow, it's amazing how good this is compared to most of what we get.
    I think my ideal product would be modern masters. And while the next thing I would do would shake people, I think it would be the single best decision possible for the game. I'd print fetchlands in it at uncommon, and do a large print run. I think fetchlands at uncommon would be the single biggest way to reduce barriers to eternal formats, and would probably still end up at a ten dollar or so price point (path to exile still costs more than 5 bucks despite reprints at uncommon). With pack value pretty high, I'd then focus on printing draft strategies that see modern play and are in wedges. Humans, burn, grixis shadow, jeskai control, etc.
    Then, because the fetchlands reducing the overall value of the other rares, I'd go for cards like Noble Hierarch and Snapcaster mage for the mythic and rare payoffs. To me expensive cards aren't really a problem, but low cmc auto includes being expensive cards are. It keeps new players out. Fetchlands enemy number one, then probably Snapcaster, then Noble hierarch. I think hitting those three on price in a major way would be enough to open modern up to a lot more people.

  • @toasty5270
    @toasty5270 Před 5 lety +1

    We need more of these

  • @Searchopher
    @Searchopher Před 5 lety +13

    I know it maybe wishful thinking, bit I hope someday in the coming years WOTC will give cards to people based on what we want to play with.

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid Před 5 lety

      So all basic lands...

    • @Searchopher
      @Searchopher Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheMightyBattleSquid nah. WOTC will find some way to jack the price up, make them terrible quality, make them hard to get. Leta go with squirrel tribal commander, or a new format Called Crow of Storms where we can only play 1/2s, maybe they will make some good cards for that ironically...

  • @andremombaque
    @andremombaque Před 4 lety

    I discovered this product in 2020, and hope new commander green "spellbook" come with great cards like this one. Is a pity we don't have more commander arsenals...

  • @jamesdoble7580
    @jamesdoble7580 Před 5 lety

    I loved it wish they made more of the neg/plus tokens. I would love it if they made an Arsenal "Modern, Pauper, and Brawl"

  • @topbanana6524
    @topbanana6524 Před 5 lety

    I remember seeing five of these at Walmart back when it released. I didn't even play MTG at the time, but I still regret not picking it up.

  • @gruul88
    @gruul88 Před 5 lety

    I would love to see a return of the Commander arsenal. I specify Commander because including other formats means you need 2-4 of each card included.

  • @djethanol256
    @djethanol256 Před 5 lety

    I like the idea of a deck-type arsenal. Like a burn arsenal, full of the best burn spells, or maybe a control arsenal, filled with the best control cards. Not any 1 particular format in mind, just like some good cards that people can play with in any format. Like for example, I play a lot of commander, but I also play a lot of modern. So cards that could be good in both formats would be really useful for me. Idk how well the idea would work but it's still an idea

  • @TruestBlack
    @TruestBlack Před 5 lety

    Damn, these sets never even made it here to South Africa. I would LOVE to see this type of product again for Commander.

  • @magiclover9346
    @magiclover9346 Před 5 lety

    Great product. Scored half of one as a door prize. Kaalia become my first commander. Become my favourite format and been playing since

  • @peanut703
    @peanut703 Před 5 lety

    do these foils warp or come warped if stayed in their sealed product packaging for a long time?

  • @AgentPedestrian
    @AgentPedestrian Před 5 lety

    Dude! arsenals look so damn cool. I would Love to have a little pack of staples to buy directly from my lgs instead of having to procure them on the secondary market.

  • @chaloux9419
    @chaloux9419 Před 5 lety +1

    hey prof i always wondered why you sleeve cards from the top down? is it better then bottom up/

    • @emoismyname721
      @emoismyname721 Před 5 lety +1

      He probably double sleeves them, smaller inner sleeves from the top down and regular sleeves from bottom to seal in the cards from both sides. Keeps the valuable stuff well protected.

  • @deyicon1983
    @deyicon1983 Před 5 lety +6

    No one else going to acknowledge he said "Stock their stuffings"? Suppose I shall. xD

  • @wyatthart4550
    @wyatthart4550 Před 5 lety

    And here the Prof preaches truth once again, more format focus!

  • @SacredCharizard
    @SacredCharizard Před 5 lety

    I think it would be great if they brought Commander's Arsenal back and released it alongside the yearly commander products in place of the now excluded fifth deck. It would be a nice supplement of expensive commander staples that could be on theme or have great synergy with the yearly theme of each deck. I wouldn't even mind if the MSRP is more than the commander decks themselves. I guess you could almost think of it as a day 1 DLC? But it could be an efficient way of reprinting expensive staples.

  • @starnik
    @starnik Před 5 lety

    A "Legacy Arsenal" with Dual Lands or a "Vintage Arsenal" with the Power 9 would be a license to print money, plus a breath of fresh life for those eternal formats. A guy can dream, at least!

  • @jamesgilbreath7763
    @jamesgilbreath7763 Před 5 lety

    The music in this videos is so great

  • @captainqwark4863
    @captainqwark4863 Před 5 lety

    Looks like an fantastic product, I would definitely have bought one if it was accessible. It's is like he said "a treasure trove".

  • @TanTan-ni4mg
    @TanTan-ni4mg Před 5 lety +10

    "Stock their stuffings".... Lol.

  • @9Tirol
    @9Tirol Před 5 lety +50

    Did the cards start warping as soon as they were opened? ;-)

    • @RankUpProductions
      @RankUpProductions Před 5 lety +9

      That is a very good question. Maybe he will leave the dragon lair spider out on his desk and see if it curls up.

    • @666Kazekage666
      @666Kazekage666 Před 5 lety +13

      RankUpProductions i have alot of the commander arsenal cards. They aren't like FTV. Cards. They're more like regular foils.

    • @mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299
      @mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 Před 5 lety +3

      LOL Just like a real spider, the Dragon Lair Spider curls up. My regular foils still curl, even some of my normal cards curl...

    • @dizzysmith551
      @dizzysmith551 Před 5 lety

      good joke hahahaha

    • @omegablast2002
      @omegablast2002 Před 5 lety +1

      2012 used the good foiling...they didnt curl.

  • @darmokandjalad7786
    @darmokandjalad7786 Před 5 lety

    Prof reading Imzadi at the start! One of these few not horrible Star Trek books

  • @Bibbedibabbedibu
    @Bibbedibabbedibu Před 5 lety +2

    To keep in line with the "From the Vault" series they could make a "From the Vault - Commander" instead of a second Commanders Arsenal.

  • @brianslusher1375
    @brianslusher1375 Před 5 lety

    Nothing like seeing a pack fresh foil going into a KMC perfect fit

  • @pirateshaman
    @pirateshaman Před 5 lety

    that damn spider would be good with the big spider from the new commander precon, windgrace deck

  • @superbob888
    @superbob888 Před 5 lety

    I had to win mine in a Legacy tournament. Ran amazing and refused to split in the finals because I wanted it complete unopened. And, ya know, I did it. Still sits on my shelf today as my trophy for being good at playing Canadian Threshold for one day. :D

  • @jakobirobi2359
    @jakobirobi2359 Před 5 lety

    God, it hurts seeing how absolutely great some of the older Wizards products were....I only got back into Magic around the end of the Return to Ravnica block, and I feel like I just barely missed out on some really excellent products and sets.

  • @thehammerdk5208
    @thehammerdk5208 Před 5 lety

    Spot on professor!

  • @asiniel23216
    @asiniel23216 Před 5 lety

    As a new commander player in need of good cards, this is a must-have. i dont need them in foil just in general

  • @TheFirstTriplefife
    @TheFirstTriplefife Před 5 lety

    I didn't even know that this was a product! Thats pretty messed up that they had such a short printing commanders arsenal. Man I would sure like to get my hands on one of these today, minus the spider of coarse.

  • @arbhall7572
    @arbhall7572 Před 5 lety +1

    Id love to see this or a sequel product, new art is nice but if they can keep the cost down with simple reprints im cool with that.

  • @trevorknight3904
    @trevorknight3904 Před 5 lety

    I like your lore videos and wish that you would do them again.

  • @laurencebrown3822
    @laurencebrown3822 Před 5 lety

    I remember the gaming store I go to received two copies. They held a raffle to see who got to buy them, and give the LGS their due, they sold them for MSRP despite knowing that over 100 people had entered the raffle for them and could have likely charged double for them and got it.

  • @OscarRobalino
    @OscarRobalino Před 5 lety +1

    They need to revisit this idea.

  • @trevorstokens2894
    @trevorstokens2894 Před 3 lety

    I think something like an ‘archetype arsenal’ would be cool!

  • @luisefn
    @luisefn Před 5 lety

    As a player returning to the game after a while I would love some tipe of Lands arsenal. Its very difficult and very expensive to find playsets of rare lands (Shoks, Fetches, etc). Even the filter-lands are somewhat hard to get (in Brazil). A Commander Landbase Arsenal would be beautiful, of couse, if it is available...

  • @TheClosetGamer
    @TheClosetGamer Před 5 lety

    Just picked one up last night

  • @stephanwyrsta376
    @stephanwyrsta376 Před 5 lety

    Oh man, arsenal for Modern, Legacy, and Commander 2 would be insane. A boy could dream.

  • @dac314
    @dac314 Před 5 lety

    Looks like a cool product, they could not bother with the oversized cards nowadays, but aside from that, their card selection was very good, and the other goodies seem to have actual value instead of just "it also comes with a cardboard box".

  • @leonidasspartan9842
    @leonidasspartan9842 Před 5 lety +7

    Fresh coffee, building a deck, new TCC video comes on. It's already a great day

    • @bentodaro6707
      @bentodaro6707 Před 5 lety

      What're you building?

    • @leonidasspartan9842
      @leonidasspartan9842 Před 5 lety +1

      @@bentodaro6707 Just a casual Hapatra deck. Low threat, low power option to play with a new group.

    • @bentodaro6707
      @bentodaro6707 Před 5 lety

      @@leonidasspartan9842 nice. I'm currently working on a mill deck it's actually working better than I thought

    • @leonidasspartan9842
      @leonidasspartan9842 Před 5 lety +1

      @@bentodaro6707 I've actually seen a mill deck kill everyone at the table surprisingly. The guy had the blue/black god from theros for the commander

    • @bentodaro6707
      @bentodaro6707 Před 5 lety

      @@leonidasspartan9842 currently it's blue white. May go b/r/w

  • @mirthoutofmire
    @mirthoutofmire Před 5 lety

    A set that features a lineup of needed reprints, not bulk for draft but things like diabolic tutor at uncommon and ashnods alter and new cards to balance the meta and answer needed things and new commanders and other cards with a masterpiece taking let's say 10 reserved list land cards like geaes cradel, tolarian academy, cabal coffers, strip mine, serras whatever and such and for regular reprints offer things like ryshtict study and tutors and for the foil slot include alt full art things. It would sell fast, make the bases and compenets cheap, it'd bring in new and returning and sastify everyone as long as it gets a good print run

  • @kevinrees6111
    @kevinrees6111 Před 5 lety

    Good video, keep it up!