Definitely picking up a Grave Titan after this video, thanks guys💀💀

@ELDevaux

2 жыл бұрын

This video helped me realize how BUSTED Grave Titan is

@NitpickingNerds

2 жыл бұрын

It's going to get banned soon

@zchwen

2 жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds about time, hopefully they get the blue titan at the same time...

@Jackaroo.

2 жыл бұрын

They’re just trying to crash the price so they can corner the market and hike the price back up

@PileOTaters

2 жыл бұрын

Im a grave titan enjoyer

First “Disclaimer Guy” and now “Tidbit About Our Lives”… gone but not forgotten.

@brendans1983

2 жыл бұрын

Hear hear 🍻

A note on wayfarer's bauble: it will be reprinted as common in the baldur's gate set coming in less than two months, so if you want to pick up a bunch of them I'd definitely wait

@stevematthews4473

2 жыл бұрын

It’s in the just released precons too

I remember when carnival of souls was a bulk rare

I can also imagine the reason double-faced cards can’t be in preconstructed decks is due to it being “playable out of the box.” So a 12 year-old may not have sleeves.

@keldaris8625

2 жыл бұрын

Gavin has previously stated that is the main reason they don't do it. Including checklist cards means less tokens, and an added layer of complexity for new players.

@catit6599

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! i sleeve my pre-cons

@crawdaddy2004

2 жыл бұрын

@@catit6599 and most people do. But if it’s your first Magic: The Gathering product ever, you probably don’t know about sleeves.

@catit6599

2 жыл бұрын

@@crawdaddy2004yeah sorry i came of aggressive i guess i meant to be sarcastic

@crawdaddy2004

2 жыл бұрын

@@catit6599 I appreciate it., but i didn’t take any offense. I just know that we all have the tendency to think about what we do (I know I do), so my thoughts were more in that vein. Let’s just say that my wife has definitely pointed out a few times that I didn’t think about others.

Just started watching you guys a week ago and can't get enough of your content! Keep up the great work. So much knowledge in your videos for a newer player like me. Thanks for everything.

Id say Magda qualifies as a pretty good red tutor only if you can afford all of the goodstuff treasure cards.

I cracked two welcoming vampires in one pack, I gotta say it was a welcomed surprise.

@thetogtube2

2 жыл бұрын

well played sir.

@ramistat

2 жыл бұрын

A surprise to be sure… but a welcome one.

@obadijahparks

2 жыл бұрын

Very punny.

@daniellmartin1993

2 жыл бұрын

Booooooo

My favorite intro Beezy is "vaguely skeptical" Beezy.

As an old player, I remember when Carnival of Souls was literally one of the worst cards ever, thanks to mana burn. There was a running joke that the way to break the card was to cast Donate.

@derrickpaulson3093

2 жыл бұрын

I actually had the EXACT same response when I got to that part of the video! It was literally toted as one of the worst cards ever when I started playing.

@HomeCookinMTG

2 жыл бұрын

Could you not do something cool with it and drain life back then? I don’t know much about the game back then my guess is you probably couldn’t get creatures out at such a high velocity?

@zotmaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomeCookinMTG Not really. Creatures were pretty crappy back then, and since this was Urza block, there were many more broken things that you could be doing. Then Masques block was next, and thanks to Gaea's Cradle, the best thing you could do was crank out Rebels with it. I used to joke that the best card in Masques block was Cradle, and that's barely satire. And no, there wasn't really a great way to get creatures out at such a pace that you would benefit from it. There were a handful of 0-drops, but if you were going to win with something like a Drain Life, a deck like ProsBloom (one of the first true combo decks) was just better at it. So instead you had this enchantment that was pretty blah under your control, and almost always lost you 2 life every time your opponent played a creature. Not great.

@HomeCookinMTG

2 жыл бұрын

@@zotmaster funny how the evolution of the game changes things. Kind of makes me think of lions eye diamond. That card was chaff, and then the grave trolls attacked

The extra life craterhoof is so good. I love both of the arts for it. I love the extra life lairs in general. If there's any lairs that are worth it, it's those. You get at least something that's worth it, and help out with an actual good cause, it's a win win. I got 2 of the first extra life drop and 3 of the 2nd one. I traded one of the second drop for a non foil commander collection black and still have 4 craterhoof.

Regarding the medallions, if you’re in allied colors, the Invasion Familiars are amazing. Yea, they’re off-color, but they are creatures.

Also notably they did print Jwari Disruption in the latest Challenger Deck, so they might have updated their production process to put DFCs in precons

@Vegiroth191

2 жыл бұрын

They have done double sided for tokens in precons for a long time so how is it different?

ever thought about the idea that at some point cards like treachery will be digital only because there will never be new copies and reserve list cards that aren't insane prices mostly get treated like normal expensive cards from players which means they will eventually wear down over time.

Gavin said that they don't put double-faced cards in precons not because of production related problems, but because they want the decks to be playable right out of the box (if you don't have sleeves you are gonna see these cards coming)

@matteobagni1235

2 жыл бұрын

Flip deck has double faced cards, so this is probably going to be possible for the future.

@jWaSiMhE

2 жыл бұрын

@@matteobagni1235 Re-read. :)

Turns out they *can* print DFCs in precons. The 2022 Challenger Decks have DFCs in them (and substitute cards along with the tokens).

@BIGNEILCOUSINS

2 жыл бұрын

That was the excuse for no werewolf commander deck hahaha what a joke.

@bocajnumber

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Gavin said that it's more that they would prefer not to put DFCs in precons since they want those decks easily playable without sleeves.

For the medallions, dont just include it in every mono-G deck like the nerds said. Look at how many 1 drops / artifacts / cards without generic in their cost your'e running first and then decide whether you want it.

I got a Carnival of Souls for 0.5 back in 2016. I found it in a store crap box and I thought it had potential, along with Plague of Vermin. They both amazing in my friends Ayara deck.

Got treachery when it was about 40 and it's an mvp in my yarok deck.

carnival of souls + skullclamp + 1CMC creatures with x/1

Was watching gameplay on another channel pluggin their TCG link, which reminded me y’all are trying to reach a goal! Finally got some reserved list cards I’ve been putting off, and my own steal your stuff deck.

For Cradlehoof you can always buy a Altersleeve if you are not a fan of the art. Also you guys should be sponsored by them 😉

@MrDubshooter

2 жыл бұрын

Altar sleeves are $7 and the card is $10 regular than the base. Might as well fork the 3 extra to get the art you want

Wasn't the reason the double sided cards aren't used in precons is the fact you can't play them without sleeves?

I'm running phyrexian purge in my greven deck and it's the nuts when you slam it too clear the path and one tap an opponent with lifelink

Hey I like the white bordered cards!! The contrast looks really good in my awesome Nitpicking Nerds sponsored Dragon Shield sleeves..!

I took both of your advice and put snuff out in one of my black decks. It way overperforms. I have now put one in each of my black decks.

@pauljimerson8218

2 жыл бұрын

It's so underrated

One of my favorite cards to use with Goblin Engineer is Mycosynth Wellspring.

Best turn I have ever had with selvava stampede. I had the artifact or the enchantment that gave all my cards flash on the battlefield. I waited till everyone voted and they all chose free with one card in hand I choose other. I casted wheel of fortune when the triggers went on to stack drew seven got 3 beaters creatures plus a fourth off the deck. Had I had no flash I would of got one loosy creature because my playgroup are smart players.

@dougfile6644

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you can do that. Once a card has started resolving it must be resolved fully before anything else can be resolved.

@hcgneophyte

2 жыл бұрын

As doug said. Once you start resolving selvala's stamp, you do it entirely, you dont get priority to cast spells or activate abilities until selv's is fully resolved.

@psychozen7169

2 жыл бұрын

@@hcgneophyte whoops lol I got away with one there then lol

Great that you came around on emerlad medallion. I once zad a discussion with you about that card. Love that you change your view on cards♡

Great list!

Natural order, sacrificing Rampant Rejuvenator is a hilarious tempo advantage. Especially in a counters deck.

I'm surprised you guys didn't mention Thermopod. It's Mono Red Phyrexian Altar, essentially. It's $1

@Dracomandriuthus

2 жыл бұрын

Thermopod is an amazing budget option, but Phyrexian and Ashnods are much better for the decks that want them. Skirk Prospector is a better card than Thermopod, for the decks that want it.

@kingginger3335

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dracomandriuthus ok. I never made that argument lol I just said it's a budget option

I got Selvana's stampede for my "I have cards with all the mechanics in my decks" collection last year, it was even half that price back then. In my dragon decks, it is fun

Carnival of souls is pretty nuts in a endrek sahr, master breeder deck. You always net at least 1 mana.

@bobanducci9315

2 жыл бұрын

I tried to play Carnival of Souls with Endrek but the one time I got it out, I didn’t have any life gain and I died after about two turns 😢. Love Endrek though ❤

Tip of advice for those who have a bit of money to spend, if you don't have a goldspan dragon and you want one, get it now before new capenna releases, because it WILL go right back up to being a 30-40$ card for the base version as it's not rotating out of standard yet and with all the insane treasure support and production we're getting in capenna, it will not stay below 20$ for the base version for very long. So snag it while you can if you don't wanna pay an exorbitant price for it.

Blind obedience is in my Queen Marchesa deck and it is beautiful

Yes! I've been waiting months for my birthday wish!!

I love the goblin anarchomancer shout out I bought 250 retro border foils of that card for between .10 - .25 when they first came out figure it will go into every grual deck from here on out… waiting for them to hit 2$ or so and I’ll start unloading them and buylisting some…

Related to Phyrexian Purge: Fire Covenant. 1RG, pay X life, deal x damage divided amongst any number of targets. Potentially more value if picking off several small creatures.

I don't usually listen to ads, but I tried moxfield and it's fucking amazing! I love that there is a playtest function.

I have a copy of Treachery and it is even better than they make it out to be. It can untap other players lands if the situation arises (Two-headed giant format, Strip Mine, Maze of Ith usually), it can be blinked for more value, you can use cards that bring enchantments back into play and get your mana back, you can destroy or sacrifice the Treachery and give back the creature so it can block and kill something else you want gone more at almost no tempo loss. You can sacrifice the creature at no mana loss. You can just hold onto someone's commander using it's abilities for yourself while denying it to the owner. It is just an amazing card. My favorite combo is casting Replenish into this to net +1 mana, steal a creature, and get back a bunch of enchantments.

32:20 the points you make are exactly why I run Rhonas's Monument in my Lathril casual build. Once I realized "dorks put you one mana forward. this thing puts you one+how many creatures you cast in a turn ahead, so it's usually 2+ mana efficiency every turn", I love cost reducers even more and definitely have that emerald on my radar again)

Literally scooped a Gobbo Engineer for Krenko this morning. Shocked when I found it that it doesn't see more play. I am one with the nerds. I have ascended

Just picked up some treasure tribal cards since that's what's been spoiled 😅

I thought they couldn't include MDFC in precons because then you couldn't play it straight out of the box because card protectors become essentially required.

@NitpickingNerds

2 жыл бұрын

That might also be a factor!

@chevyc11two

2 жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds The spirit pre con from Vow has double sided disturb cards so there may be hope going forward.

I love carnival of souls in my Endrek Sahr deck good video guys!

@NitpickingNerds

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a card I want to try soon!

Love these videos, tend to pick up one or two cards every time. Any chance the tidbits will come back? Always enjoyed seeing what random thoughts would get brought up. Cheers!

13:26 The value engine!

@WayfarersBauble

2 жыл бұрын

30:04 Feels good!

Definitely snapping up a Selvalas stampede for my Atla Palani deck

Picked up carnival of souls for 10 bucks earlier this month super happy about it

Love those videos :D

Another reserve list card that I think is worth picking up for graveyard decks is lifeline, it’s about 40 dollars, goes nuts every time it’s in play. Karmic Guide loves it Edit: The big reason they don’t put double faced cards in pre-cons is so that you can play them out of the box without also having to buy sleeves. They could just mitigate that with checklist cards or whatever, But they do have double faced tokens That come with most of the pre-cons

Awesome shirts guys :)

I got emerald medallion a month or two ago for my lathril deck. Havent cast it yet. But its gonna be op when i do

Emerald Medallion is great in my Gargos deck, and the art is amazing

Yesterday was my birthday actually, so thank you! ❤️

Hey nice! I shouted out Carnival of Souls when you asked for cards for this series! I met opens Alela specifically too. Curious, did you guys tale MY shout out specifically??😁 Great video as always!

Carnival of souls have lead to some insanely risky turn 3 wins in my yawgmoth deck. Slam it on turn 2 and cross my fingers my opponents don't go wide. The deck has many sac and etb pay offs, then when paired with endrek sahr, my creatures will start netting me mana So good

I actually prefer the Secret Lair Extra Life Version of Craterhoof Behemoth. It’s so much fun stomping your opponents into the ground with that silly, innocent child drawing! 😂

Good job putting this out the day TCGplayer has their bonus bucks promo haha

I picked up several foil copies of the kids art craterhoof just because of the flavor text

Love me some Welcoming Vampire.

Maybe everyone will stop questioning my Emerald Medallion in my 4-colour Omnath now 👍 Nature's Lore, 3 visits, Rampant Growth etc. for G? Springbloom Druid, Cultivate, Harrow etc. for 1G? Skyshroud Claim for 2G? The medallion is great acceleration.

This is my favorite series. Great to see Wayfair bobble back towards budget. Totally agree burnished heart is hyper overrated

Goblin Matron is s mono red Tutor too!

You guys forgot about hoarding dragon. He is also a red tutor for artifacts. He also doesnt reveal what you've tutored to your opponents.

@krisheemskerk9680

2 жыл бұрын

It gets exiled face up so everyone will know what it is

Carnival of Souls has banger flavor text

Btw can't wait for the reprint of the battlebond lands to scoop them all up!

Altar of Dementia is also modern legal so it's only a matter of time for it to become good there and spike in price

Just bought Welcoming Vampire for $2.50 through your TCG affiliate link

I was already going to pick up snuff out for my villis deck but now I gotta get carnival of souls

I just bought a treachery yesterday for my Ovar deck!!

I've played Treachery on someone's commander to bait out their Fierce Guardianship, totally worth it

The entire “they can’t print double faces in precons.” They literally do all the time

Hey guys, I was thinking, what do you think about running Carnival of Souls and Tangleroot to generate mana in a Green/Black deck?

My brother showed me Crypt of Agadeem last night. I guess I misread the last text. Basically a mini cabal coffers!

Mitotic manipulation is being slept on to be honest. It’s a really really good mono blue card.

I never have extra cash. Somehow I still always get a few of these cards they mention.

My sons 4th birthday today! Love you broly!

Hey guys love the vids can you guys do a video about group dynamics? Me and my friend play with a group where there aren’t as experienced of deck builders and so we try to bring our deck power down to compensate but it almost always just turns into 1v1s with 2 people watching and us getting into an arms race to make better and better decks to beat eachother while people just watch us play and I just wanted to know if you guys had any suggestions

I like to natural order for old gnawbone.

Non Green stuff I use to get lands besides Wayfarer Bauble: Travelers Amulet, Armillary Sphere, Environmental Sciences not exactly ramp but a land in hand is better than lands still in the deck, ammaright eh? Non Green mana sources at 2cmc: Ornithopter of Paradise, ''Mana dork'' Myrs, Diamonds (Sky, charcoal, etc..) :P

Y'all are just now figuring out Selvala's Stampede?! Joe! That card is so good in Maelstrom. So much value!!

Came for the cards, stayed for the shirts.

Lo e ly selvalas stampere when i go void winnower some all haste enabler and pathbreaker ibex.

Akromas will is an absolute buy in my opinion

I use Natural Order in my token deck, sac a squirrel token and get my twin caster

Treachery is a nice card at a nice price

Emeria's call could be getting a bump in price soon thanks to the fantastic mono W angel commander that was just spoiled.

NEW NITPICKING NERDS VIDEO’

I bought the entire medallion cycle for between 4 dollars and less. The green was 50 cents back then.

Hey guys, you were talking about Myriad not too long ago, and Commander Legends 2 leaks have shown they made new Myriad cards !

It’s possible you have and I missed it but you guys might wanna advise people to buy underworld breach before it’s 15-20 bucks in a year or two

Culling ritual is amazingly good against treasure tokens

@derrickpaulson3093

2 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn’t everyone just sack the tokens in response?

@samuelrobinson4638

2 жыл бұрын

@@derrickpaulson3093 they probably would, in which case the card did what it needed to. But you also kill their mana dorks and other cheap creatures, artifacts etc in the process and then have some mana to rebuild your board. It's a legit card

Can you guys redo removal spells. The last one seemed all over the place to me. I would like to see a “USE THESE AT ALL COSTS” style vid. You guys rock!

Almost 40 seconds of patrons too! Pretty soon the scroll is just gonna happen the entire video😎

Nice to see Crypt of Agadeem get some love, probably my favorite land. A little more involved to enable than Cabal Coffers, but with a MUCH higher ceiling. It can easily start making 20+ mana very quickly, where Coffers hits its ceiling around 10-ish mana depending how long the game goes, and you can't really accelerate it to that point since you can only play one land per turn. Also it taps for mana on its own, which is nice.

Natural order your protean Hulk. Lulz. Natural order is one I've been needing to pick up eventually but it's not necessary for my decks either, so I'll end up getting it for probably 15-20$ later on.

Have you guys heard about the new commander card called gravest titan? It's a zombie, giant, god. It has haste, and makes 2 2/2 zombies everytime it attacks, or becomes tapped. The cost is a bit much being a 5/5 for 3 black black casting cost but what can you do?.....

For a future episode of budget bombs, can I suggest Command the Dreadhorde? An absolute house of a card and for some reason it's below 1$