The Top 23 Commander Cards of 2023

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  • These are the BEST Commander cards from all of 2023! See how the new format staples and powerhouses of this year stack up against each other!
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Komentáře • 119

  • @Lootsweeper
    @Lootsweeper Před 9 měsíci +45

    Missed one of the strongest interactions with the new Ghalta. If you hold priority with the ETB trigger on the stack, you can sac it to something like Greater Good or Momentous Fall to draw a bunch of cards then dump all your creatures.

  • @tylercraig5633
    @tylercraig5633 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Roaming Throne is CRACKED in Magda decks

    • @zakbrooks7354
      @zakbrooks7354 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Roaming throne is cracked in general. All tribal decks just want to have one

    • @mrtekbunny
      @mrtekbunny Před 9 měsíci +3

      Or miirym, or admiral brass, or gishath or...

    • @Sami-rw8cs
      @Sami-rw8cs Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@mrtekbunnyit definitely is so strong in Miirym…but I just don’t want to put it in that deck, with so many flicker/panharmonicon effects already, it really doesn’t need it. Great card but it’s a little unexciting. It’s also not a dragon 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @mrtekbunny
      @mrtekbunny Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Sami-rw8cs But it enters the battlefield as a creature of the chosen type so it kinda is a dragon for all intents and purposes.
      But yeah, it's almost boring busted like Ojer. Wizards be getting lazy.

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Sami-rw8cs It's a dragon when it enters, so you get 2 of them with Miirym out. It's literally the best panharmonicon-type card you could put in the deck.

  • @totakekeslider3835
    @totakekeslider3835 Před 9 měsíci +10

    Top 3 prediction: 1. The One Ring 2. Orcish Bow Masters 3. Lorien Revealed
    Edit: dang, 2/3 isn’t bad. Halfling is good, no doubt, (and doesn’t die to OBM, lol) but I’m surprised Beezy isn’t higher on Lorien Revealed for as much as he loves MDFCs. It’s in all my blue decks now!

    • @Sami-rw8cs
      @Sami-rw8cs Před 9 měsíci

      All of my top 3/4 guesses were LOTR cards, although with Borne Upon a Wind instead of Lorien Revealed. It was a really really good set

  • @erichunt1974
    @erichunt1974 Před 9 měsíci +67

    As much as I loved all the cool cards from Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings, 2023 was not a good year for Goblins. Us Mono-Red Krenko players spent the year wandering the desert looking for the one scrap of food that keeps us viable.

    • @NitpickingNerds
      @NitpickingNerds  Před 9 měsíci +16

      2024 is the Year of the Krenko, Mob Boss. He's getting a reprint with cool art!

    • @zakbrooks7354
      @zakbrooks7354 Před 9 měsíci +3

      At least we got Assault on Osgiliath. Double strike to your whole board is no joke at three red

    • @macces82
      @macces82 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Sardian Avenger and the new Breeches, Eager Pillager both seem pretty decent includes in my Krenko deck.

    • @worstever6
      @worstever6 Před 9 měsíci +9

      WHAT?!
      I only made a mono-red Krenko because of the cards this year. Sting, the Glinting Dagger is INCREDIBLE in Krenko. I was making 3000 gobos a turn cycle some games. But they also gave us Reckless Handling as another red tutor to go find Sting.
      I also like Song of Totentanz as a cheap haste enabler, Gleeful Demolition as removal or to get goblin mass up quickly after a wipe, and I like Isengard Unleashed as a way to make those big attacks more lethal to even the blockers.
      There's some cool tools out there, and you could always just jam a One Ring in too!

    • @danielsniff6405
      @danielsniff6405 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Moria marauders is good, sardian avenger wrecks treasures, and redcap gutter-dweller is a fun goblin. Goblins already have sooooooo many playables. I think one year off is OK for them.

  • @Orionthefree
    @Orionthefree Před 8 měsíci +2

    Shout Out for Filter Out- one of the all stars of my Kykar Eggs deck, since that deck wins by making token creatures off recasting free Eggs. It let's me recast a bunch of eggs, draw a bunch of cards, and keep the tokens I make off them.

  • @danielcharlebois1626
    @danielcharlebois1626 Před 9 měsíci +6

    You two are putting out some great content lately. Much appreciated and highly entertaining. Thank you for the good work!

  • @cameronfrey262
    @cameronfrey262 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Beezy's head shake of disapproval at "Panharmommicon" made my day lol!

  • @JNB6037
    @JNB6037 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hoarding Broodlord plus Dream Devourer makes it so all of your spells can be foretold and then on following turns, casted using convoke. Been trying to build a deck around this for a while, might be best in the 99 of Prosh

  • @firelahti
    @firelahti Před 9 měsíci +15

    Can we get a "Most fun cards of 2023" list aswell? Alot of cards on this list is almost too powerfull to put in decks. My vote goes to Dance with Calamity.

    • @alexbufmack852
      @alexbufmack852 Před 9 měsíci

      Oh my god I would love this even more than most powerful cards!

    • @anungunrama9344
      @anungunrama9344 Před 8 měsíci

      Dude I love that card its so fun.

  • @aner_bda
    @aner_bda Před 8 měsíci +1

    Breach the Multiverse fits in thematically with the Faerie Wilds of Eldraine pre-con. It is amazing in any black deck, but the Faerie deck in particular already has that tricksy theme to it. I've even slotted in Opposition Agent into mine for the same reason.

  • @Kwe_gaming
    @Kwe_gaming Před 9 měsíci +2

    Hey thanks for everything y’all do, every time after a long, terrible day (like today) When I see I video y’all help me get through it, THANK YOU!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @slaysfordays3197
    @slaysfordays3197 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Breach the Multiverse is black Etali, Primal Conqueror. I will fight over this.

  • @whostoblame1
    @whostoblame1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Walking throne needs to be top 5 without a doubt. This cards is so busted, its not even funny. In tribal decks that have any kind of triggers its straight out the best cards in the deck and its not even close.
    Just for example. Clavileno, the new vampire commander, gives 2 counters per attack, every dying vampire with a counter creates two 4/3s and draws two cards and dont even get me started on Merfolk and Explore triggers ...
    But not only tribal decks. Prosper Tomebound. Impulsedraw two each turn and get two treasures off of every card you play from exile. I also play it in Sauron the Dark Lord. Want to target him? Have fun sacing two legendarys. Ring tempts you? Draw 8 cards. Enemy casts spell? Get two armies to sac. Oh and dealing damage with an army? The ring now temps you twice and draws you 16 cards!
    Straight out broken in kindred, still autoinclude in any deck that has a commander with a triggered ability that generantes value.
    Whoever thinks differently, hasnt played this card yet.

    • @Goodthrust69
      @Goodthrust69 Před 8 měsíci

      It's funny that they admit they havent tested the card yet. Like play some games lol. But yeah. Its definitely lived up to the hype. I have it in almost every deck I run now and managed to get it out in a non tribal deck and whoooo weee we were having fun. Lmao two people tried to swords it right away but forgot about the ward giggle.

  • @crawdaddy2004
    @crawdaddy2004 Před 9 měsíci +2

    4:27 I just realized that Blossoming Tortoise doesn’t say “activation costs cannot be reduced to less than {1} mana…”
    Does this break the Odyssey Signet lands?

    • @TubbyBubbleLove42
      @TubbyBubbleLove42 Před 8 měsíci

      I don't know if I'd say "break" them, but makes me consider including them in decks with the Tortoise. I've always wanted Wizards to finish the cycle, as I started playing in Odyssey.

    • @crawdaddy2004
      @crawdaddy2004 Před 8 měsíci

      @@TubbyBubbleLove42 I just ask that you give this random CZcams commenter credit if your play group’s jaws drop. 😂

  • @DalvaWolf
    @DalvaWolf Před 8 měsíci +1

    Roaming throne is great if your deck has a bunch of triggered from the same kindred and if your commander has ward (ward is a triggered ability) it also doubles it!

    • @DalvaWolf
      @DalvaWolf Před 8 měsíci

      For example, I have roaming throne in my ghyrson starn spellslinger deck, why? Ghyrson has ward 2 and is a human, just as a lot of human pingers who trigger when casting instant sorceries or noncreatures, so it fits right in even though the deck is not a kindred deck

  • @imanujakku
    @imanujakku Před 9 měsíci +1

    I thought I was going crazy when I was telling everyone how good etali was and most of my friends were meh…it’s too expensive at 7 mana. I bought a couple play sets for a 8-10 bucks each just because I figured it was probably nuts in the 99 of any deck with those colors and some synergy like henzie, Faldorn etc.
    I think the hated coin version is a lot less or at least it was when the set dropped.

  • @crawdaddy2004
    @crawdaddy2004 Před 9 měsíci +1

    19:08 Am I the only person who doesn’t think Moonshaker Cavalry is very good?
    Like, Craterhoof can be Natural Ordered out or even hard cast or searched up with Chord of Calling… because green produces ALL of the mana. I can tap one creature for eight mana in green. Who’s casting an eight-mana WWW creature?

    • @Goodthrust69
      @Goodthrust69 Před 8 měsíci

      No you arent. It's how you can tell if someone is bad at evaluating cards. It's so mediocre.

  • @griff_mtg6311
    @griff_mtg6311 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Roaming throne is just crazy even in win more or Tribal decks.

  • @skullkrusher-dx4kg
    @skullkrusher-dx4kg Před 8 měsíci +1

    Mirkwood bats probably should have been on the list. To many good cards this year.

  • @bryceduyvewaardt8136
    @bryceduyvewaardt8136 Před 8 měsíci

    Hoarding Broodlord is a fun card to get for free in my Muldrotha/Gyruda deck thanks to Gyruda’s reanimation ability 😅

  • @krisahlberg4250
    @krisahlberg4250 Před 8 měsíci

    Im going to echo a lot of comments on here, but Roaming Throne is way underrated. Top five for sure.
    Also, at least on my personal list, i got to throw on City on fire and All will be one. Two of my favorites of the year,

  • @Austynrox
    @Austynrox Před 8 měsíci

    Use mycrosynth garden in the eldeazi precon. Had it come in as a copy of helm of host and had helm on two big guys instead of one

  • @scottricks1676
    @scottricks1676 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Mnt doom in rakdos demons is a god send! Def get your 3 mana back!

  • @janlinhart7914
    @janlinhart7914 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Beseech is my favorite Ring fetcher.

  • @davey_rulez7301
    @davey_rulez7301 Před 8 měsíci +1

    1738 new black-bordered cards this year and none of them made significant progress towards helping red not be the worst color in commander

    • @longdangley
      @longdangley Před 8 měsíci

      THANK YOU. THIS EXACTLY. the ones worth playing like all will be one are just infinite pieces. i just need a good search instead of reckless handling etc

  • @PoopinaBucket
    @PoopinaBucket Před 9 měsíci

    I didn’t know if Beseech the mirror was used in casual. I use it in my Blood Avatar deck. And I’m making a bunch of tokens anyway for my blood god fodder. So I sac a token to grab Mondrak, or Appointed Procession, Grave Pact, or Jeska’s Will. It was a house in my deck, and happy to see it ranked so highly

  • @tysonkrunek4132
    @tysonkrunek4132 Před 8 měsíci

    Roaming throne is beast. 4/4 double all triggers, pick elves double your mana. 22more than deserves its spot.
    Filter out resets jhoira and let’s you replay your board with ease

    • @longdangley
      @longdangley Před 8 měsíci

      elf mana abilites are typically activated not triggered, but i do like this card because maelstorm wanderer

  • @teokoles789
    @teokoles789 Před 6 měsíci

    Bought Etali as it costs 3 $, wondering why nobody wants it. I put it into my Slimefoot&Squee Deck. Holy mother of machines... this bad boy won the most games of its own.

  • @lukenzur1667
    @lukenzur1667 Před 9 měsíci

    That got me "super sick" 26:35 - I'm glad you are here Mia :) 🥰

  • @SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs
    @SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs Před 8 měsíci

    I really am keen for 2024 and Ravnica Remastered for the Full Art Shock Lands ❤️

  • @kritique777
    @kritique777 Před 8 měsíci

    Bloodletter also does insane stuff like doubling Gary's etb, and doubling extort life loss / life gain.

  • @thatguyintherain3168
    @thatguyintherain3168 Před 8 měsíci

    Raoming Throne and Ezuri, Claw of Progress are best friends
    Edit: and yes i play degenerecy like sage of hours

  • @Goodthrust69
    @Goodthrust69 Před 8 měsíci

    I have a feeling roaming throne is gonna be one of those cards youre gonna have to eat crow on in about a year. Not saying its one ring or bowmasters good, but its definitely up there. Top 4 easy.

  • @energetek661
    @energetek661 Před 9 měsíci +3

    We love Amber!!

  • @thriftypsgr
    @thriftypsgr Před 9 měsíci

    I have roaming throne in all 4 of my decks. All of my commanders have triggered abilities and it is amazing. I run chatterfang, Hylda, ellevere, and the green god from Ixalan.

    • @BJAD
      @BJAD Před 9 měsíci

      Sounds boring. I mean, it’s probably good…just not interesting. But good stuff gonna good stuff. Have at it hoss!

  • @colebear
    @colebear Před 9 měsíci

    roaming throne goes nutz in orvar xD

  • @themoops4006
    @themoops4006 Před 9 měsíci +1

    a good number of universes beyond cards on this list. could be problematic going forward if this is the case every year as we have no idea if wotc can ever reprint these cards because they use licensed ip and wotc has made no indication they'll do universes within versions of anything but secret lair cards.

  • @kamakazi339
    @kamakazi339 Před 8 měsíci

    Roaming throne really only belongs in tribal decks for sure

  • @coryledwitch6492
    @coryledwitch6492 Před 9 měsíci +1

    WOULD Roaming Throne work on Edgar? I mean, I’m sure it would work for the vamps in the 99, and Edgar on the board, but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t double his eminence ability due to the fact that he’s not a creature you control while he’s in the command zone. I put it in my Edgar deck, just to see how it fares in the 99. I guess we’ll see. It certainly wasn’t easy to make a cut for it to slot in that’s for sure! But I added Bloodletter of Aclazotz, and I thought it would be sick to have people lose double double life! Lmao

    • @macces82
      @macces82 Před 9 měsíci +3

      It doesn't work with the eminence trigger when Edgar is in the command zone as far as I know. Still a pretty good option. If only it wouldn't be so hard to find a slot in the 99...

  • @mtg-tradingpost
    @mtg-tradingpost Před 9 měsíci

    Concerning roaming throne I have one word for you: nazgul and wraiths.
    I saw someone doing the math to that on reddit and eventhough I do have a witch-king nazgul deck i didnt make the connection until I saw their calculations.
    Its bonkers. Now add a blade of selves to it attachd to a nazgul and attack :D

    • @yannikkissa9419
      @yannikkissa9419 Před 8 měsíci

      Haha, yeah, saw that calculation on Reddit too, but didn't bother enough to try to understand hahaha

  • @SnowmanJazz
    @SnowmanJazz Před 9 měsíci

    I love that y'all still didn't prep a fact of the day ahead of time!

  • @Casual_BackPacking
    @Casual_BackPacking Před 8 měsíci

    Awesome channel ! Hope yall stay awesome ! Love the content

  • @brendans1983
    @brendans1983 Před 9 měsíci

    Most people saw their Broodlord's from hip-to-hip, but i prefer head-to-tail. From the side it fully looks like you have 2 full size dragons 👍

  • @jpvansplunder
    @jpvansplunder Před 9 měsíci +2

    No.1: Archidekt :P

  • @Goodthrust69
    @Goodthrust69 Před 8 měsíci

    Moxfield question. Can you change your default tokens? Ie which treasure token it gives me.

  • @drew-id
    @drew-id Před 9 měsíci

    I use mycosynth gardens for silly starts, or a funny way to protect kraarks thumb

  • @konata8657
    @konata8657 Před 8 měsíci +1

    no mirkwood bats?

  • @everybodytogether5532
    @everybodytogether5532 Před 9 měsíci

    I put that roaming throne in the pirate precon and it gets unruly lol fun stuff

  • @Just-a-Canuck
    @Just-a-Canuck Před 9 měsíci

    I play mycosynth garden in my Ovika deck, I use it to copy big mana rocks or sol ring 😆

  • @thork_tv
    @thork_tv Před 9 měsíci

    For me persanaly the top cards are Last march of the ents, new etali, Plaza of Heroes and Doors of durin.
    But my absolut Favorit has to be ojer kaslem, because He is Just so stupid with His effect.
    (My Favorit Deck right now is Hans Eriksson)

  • @danielpierce2319
    @danielpierce2319 Před 9 měsíci

    My Neera deck got some pretty good support this year so im happy

  • @42grath
    @42grath Před 8 měsíci

    I feel like Atraxa, Grand Unifier should have been on this list just for the similarly insane level of value as Etali was...that said solid list otherwise.

  • @samj7160
    @samj7160 Před 9 měsíci

    “I wasn’t here for that” lmaoo

  • @VexylObby
    @VexylObby Před 9 měsíci +1

    I still think Elesh Norn is just unfun to play against, and would rather just play Roaming Throne.

    • @viscarious1
      @viscarious1 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Oh look, guess I’m just not doing anything this game and you’re doing double things, opponent proceeds to snidely say “just run more removal bro”

  • @stfinalwrath
    @stfinalwrath Před 9 měsíci

    Ehh, I feel like saga Urabrask was the best new red card we got this year. It's also the strongest Urabrask to date. His saga side is just brutal. It's practically its own win condition in any deck it has high synergy with, which is mostly instants and sorceries, and who isn't running a bunch of those in high power decks. Lol..
    He's a literal machine gun.

  • @the_names_rob
    @the_names_rob Před 9 měsíci

    1:47 Doesnt good removal classically go out if style. Wrath of God -> Farewell

  • @Grandiosities
    @Grandiosities Před 8 měsíci

    why dont you post these videos to spotify anymore? used to listen to you all the time but now i cant :(

  • @dragonfist
    @dragonfist Před 9 měsíci

    Mycosynth gardens is already tapped when it becomes a copy

  • @SnowFoxWithAGasMask
    @SnowFoxWithAGasMask Před 9 měsíci

    I Was just playing commander and bloodletter+syr Konrad won me 2 games of the 4 games I played today

  • @chrisfisette6613
    @chrisfisette6613 Před 8 měsíci

    Roaming throne is broken in Yuriko

  • @RazorDevil1
    @RazorDevil1 Před 9 měsíci

    took me a long time to realize and look it up but you were referring kindred as tribal. damn when did we change that

    • @viscarious1
      @viscarious1 Před 9 měsíci

      Articles from 3rd of Nov, so I’d say then.

  • @asto-1255
    @asto-1255 Před 9 měsíci

    Can we get a list?

  • @ryanfohrman7911
    @ryanfohrman7911 Před 8 měsíci

    Can’t believe Bilbo and Oloro didn’t even make A tier… access to 3 colors and payoffs right in the command zone…

  • @revolutionartiste
    @revolutionartiste Před 8 měsíci

    Roaming throne is so busted in tribal decks

  • @BREAKERisDEAD
    @BREAKERisDEAD Před 8 měsíci

    I was promised a Mosasaur in the thumbnail ☹️

  • @Ashaman556
    @Ashaman556 Před 9 měsíci

    Moxfield 12:23

  • @ivernedit
    @ivernedit Před 9 měsíci

    beseech the one ring

  • @Mikey-dt5xi
    @Mikey-dt5xi Před 9 měsíci

    I'm still mad at you for placing Jodah in poop tier. I don't know if I can forgive this. I cried for like, 3 days.

  • @harmoniousrex
    @harmoniousrex Před 9 měsíci

    Much as I love playing with The One Ring, they either need to give it Sol Ring-status affordability or get it out of the format.
    Or we can just keep proxying and bypass budgets altogether but I feel like Hasbro wouldn't like that option.

  • @garagavia
    @garagavia Před 8 měsíci +2

    Wtf kindred decks?? Bruh, it's called tribal decks

  • @lorenzomarquez9122
    @lorenzomarquez9122 Před 9 měsíci

    21:15

  • @Tieslo
    @Tieslo Před 8 měsíci

    fun > powerful

  • @vincentnoonan549
    @vincentnoonan549 Před 8 měsíci

    Since 90% players use Orcish Bowmasters & The One Ring makes their game play highly predictable. Exile it on the stack and their entire strategy is flushed down the drain and everyone can continue playing a decent fun game of commander while those players grumble & pout.

  • @ethanwetzel7
    @ethanwetzel7 Před 6 měsíci

    Really hate the design of Roaming throne. Generic tribal artifact good stuff to sell packs to tribal EDH players doesn't sit well with me.

  • @robertthomas-ps1nn
    @robertthomas-ps1nn Před 9 měsíci

    Keep playing magic. Good Fact

  • @batboibob4910
    @batboibob4910 Před 9 měsíci

    Lotho?!?!

  • @Woozychu
    @Woozychu Před 9 měsíci

    She lowkey a baddy 🔥

  • @justinwendt3472
    @justinwendt3472 Před 9 měsíci

    The one ring is the worst thing to happen to magic in my lifetime

    • @brendans1983
      @brendans1983 Před 9 měsíci +2

      U must be young, they printed $1000 proxies exactly last year 🥳

  • @obadijahparks
    @obadijahparks Před 9 měsíci

    Top three cards lord of the rings... no surprise there.

  • @MTGSavage
    @MTGSavage Před 8 měsíci

    Damn no respect for Everybody Lives?

  • @gavinkecan8917
    @gavinkecan8917 Před 8 měsíci

    If Beezy doesn’t dress up as the “I love turtles” guy next Halloween I’ll briefly consider unsubscribing.

  • @anungunrama9344
    @anungunrama9344 Před 8 měsíci

    Urabrask I would say is one of the strongest cards of year super fun too.

  • @BJAD
    @BJAD Před 9 měsíci +1

    The comments make me sad. Yay good stuff!!! Or whatever.
    Seems boring.

  • @vmarket
    @vmarket Před 8 měsíci

    The thing I hate most about mox field,
    Their prices are to high for the value of cards