Greater Good also has a fun combo with Ominous Seas. As soon as you have 8 counters on Ominous Seas you can create a kraken and sac it to Greater Good, drawing you 8 cards and putting 8 counters back on Ominous Seas

@fiofio601

Жыл бұрын

Yep I play this combo too. Even better if you have Doubling Seasons out.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

YIKES that's very spicy

@sharkmanyt4431

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit

@DrewskiTheLegend

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s just silly.

@MTG69

Жыл бұрын

Some MTG knowledge shouldn't be made public.

I don't always agree with your opinions but I love the channel regardless. It is very fun to see and open my thoughts to new perspectives. I think that's a valuable niche in the community! Keep at it!

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Everyone doesn't need to agree on every take for Commander! One of the lessons we hope to teach most

@fernandovilla902

Жыл бұрын

Neither do I, but I think its the healthiest kind of takes to watch. It makes you think, calculate. If I agreed to everything they said, then its at best an echo chamber reassurance that my commander card opinions are right (highly unlikely) @Nitpickingnerds, love you, great content and takes

Amber was worth buying at any given price

@energetek661

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

She's priceless!

@famousstranger8468

Жыл бұрын

Everyone should have at least one Amber in their life

@MTG69

Жыл бұрын

Meeeeooooowwwww!

@DavyMcWavy

Жыл бұрын

I read this before the video started and i thought you meant mox amber haha

Love these videos, didn’t know Sevinne’s Reclamation was down to $2! Thanks, Nerds!

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Anytime :P

@kstandish42

Жыл бұрын

It was almost 11 before they reprinted it in the precon and it’s already starting to trend back up because of the utility so totally worth the price!

Blasphemous act is one of those staples I look for when I just need to spend an extra dollar or two to reach free shipping, i need to keep Sevinne's reclamation in mind for the same reason.

Out the gate, out the window, out the front, out the roof ... all are phrases, but wazoo was definitely the most prominent and fitting. Well done Beezy! You da best!

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, I try!

I actually think Ebola's Citadel is worth mentioning. It's like $5 and it will just win games. Gary has always been cheap so you don't need to run out and buy him but he also is a great wincon for super cheap.

@polarofficial1598

Жыл бұрын

especially with the cool foil retro frame promo version being one of, if not the cheapest

@afriendofafriend5766

Жыл бұрын

@@polarofficial1598 exactly! I almost wish it was more expensive because it deserves to be.

@celerysarcade

Жыл бұрын

They mention Bola's citadel in almost every one of these videos. I wonder why they didn't this time

City of brasses damage can't be prevented by urbord or other mana replacements because it pings you whenever its tapped

One of my favorite moments involving one of these cards was with my Lurrus deck. Turn one Swamp Sol Ring, turn 2 Swamp Dauthi Voidwalker Mesmeric Orb. Good luck opponents.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

BLEGH

Moxfield ad guess: 18:26 This is some of my favorite content you guys do, I've picked up some nice hits from the past and I'm sure that this one will have some bangers as well.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Super glad they're working out for you :)

I think greater good works really well with ghalta as the commander. Sack him to draw 12 and then with enough power on your board you just keep recasting him to get insane card advantage, you don’t even really need graveyard synergy at that point

Videos are objectively better anytime Amber makes a guest appearance

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more

@IncrediPaulAZ

Жыл бұрын

Kitty! 💕

Great list. - Recurring Insight: I sometimes opt for Nezahal instead. - Doom Whisperer: Ridiculous that this card is so low priced still. - Living Death: One of my all time favorites, combine with Doom Whisperer. Honourable mention: Karn Liberated. Personal mention: Manifold Insights. Play for 3 cmc, typically draws me 3 non-land cards chosen by my opponents. Great for politics, tends to always get me gas :p

@savinobalducci6148

Жыл бұрын

didn't know about manifold insights, three mana draw three nonland seems good!

Lol just learned I unintentionally included the storm-kiln artist / haze of rage combo in the balmor deck I’m making! By the way Beezy your list is great and has been super helpful

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it could help!

The underrated part of Recurring Insight is that you end up with 12ish cards in hand the following turn and you have full access to your mana. With 7 mana and 12 cards you should always be able to do some ridiculous stuff. In my case, swing with Kefnet equipped with Empyrial Plate and Fireshrieker for one shots.

I played doom whisperer in my old stick fingers deck, and it just always wins me the game! I get to put a TON of cards in my graveyard, and because it’s surveil and not mill, if I find living death, I can just keep it on top and win next turn!

I think its been forgotten but in a creature heavy deck (especially tribal) Kira, Great Glass Spinner is currently only $4.75! I bought 5 of them recently and slotted them into every blue deck I have that cares about my creatures.

It's true, I didn't have Greater Good in one of my decks and was charged and was going to jail. It was my clean record, and the fact I didn't have any Counterspells just laying around on the table at the time, that saved me.

what do people think of gala greeters in edh? For a while i was just putting it in budget decks because i couldnt think of anything and i had them lying arouind, but now i have started seeing people playing them in my play group and they always make like 10 treasures throughout a game and they get huge. its like creature fall in your creature deck. its just oddly overperformes. also i just grabbed a wargate. nice x3

Kodama really is an answer or lose card, I have one in a random kenrith deck that's just fun jank, and it incredible

That cat really loves you

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

IKR 😍

That was the best Moxfield ad yet haha

I couldn't agree more with oracle of mul daya. I bought it at 20 and it's still one of my favorite cards of all time and I'm not even a big green player. My other favorite is yawgmoth thran physician which I got when it was about 10 🤤

I must officially be a NN disciple I own all but ~4 of these cards and can confirm they’re either super staples or high performers. Interestingly I JUST picked up Sphinx (finally been wanting a copy ior years), and ironically JUST bought city of brass (thank you 2X2 for some needed reprints). Doom whisperer been in my cart for weeks but keeps ending up alone in a package. #$hipping 👍🏽 listen to these Nerds, they play a LOT of edh and you can trust there’s speaking from experience.

@JustRightPinedo

Жыл бұрын

They’re* Also, Whoah I didn’t know wargate existed 😍 and among 14 decks Bant is the only color-combo I have two decks of.

Excellent video guys, I play almost all of those cards so i will not be going to jail lol

One of my favorite combos is Mesmeric Orb + Basalt Monolith to mill myself, brutal :3

The number of times I’ve used Wargate in my Tuvasa deck to either get Serra’s Sanctum or Nykthos (the deck is probably 60 percent Green, 25 percent White and only 15 percent Blue).

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

I have it in my bant Tuvasa deck too!

Maybe I've been living in the realm of high level commander- cedh for too long, but I don't really shrug at a card until like $40-50 range. It's not that it's not a serious amount of money, but usually I consider a commander deck to be a long-term investment rather than meta chasing . Take your time getting the survivals and natural orders of your deck and substitute with the less versatile/'weaker" options in the meantime.

I'm glad you went ham on praising Greater Good because I've been confused for a while why it's SO cheap. Like you said it's gotta be that it's criminally underplayed. I have it in 3 decks, and it's a wincon/absolute house in all of them (Kydele and Dargo, Nethroi, Izoni)

@leonfriedemann9151

Жыл бұрын

I love it in my muldrotha. Definitely one of the best cards in the deck.

I pulled both the sphynx and the force of negaton alt art from my handful of double masters x2 boosters I got. also got a renn and six and a few other great ones. Made my 100 or so back and stopped while I was ahead.. ;p

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Quitting while you're ahead is the hardest part!

So, two questions about Glen Elendra Archmage. If I have Ardent Plea out, and attacked with GEA, does AP mean I can continually sac GEA for countering? What would the timing for that be? And if I have Force of Virtue out, does that mean timing doesn't matter, just repeated use for a blue mana a pop?

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

-1/-1 counters are tracked differently than a generic +1/+1 stat boost, Persist will only trigger if the creature DOESN'T have a -1/-1 counter, so it won't come back if it has a -1/-1 counter on it when it dies. But that means you can use something like Good Fortune Unicorn to sac it as many times as you want because + and - counters cancel each other out

@khzhak

Жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds I never thought of that. Makes sense though, too easy to abuse otherwise. Thank you.

@khzhak

Жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds I'm using it in a Commander deck, my commander is Zur, The Enchanter. I decided to go with Cathar's Crusade, although I saw a blue card that lets me tap to put a +1/+1 on a creature, enchantments are better in a Zur deck. I also already have another enchantment, Ephara's Enlightenment, but that's as bad as another blue creature I saw, pay 3 colorless to put a +1/+1 on target creature. That's the quick fix, the crusade is the reliable fix. I also have the Treasury Thrull and Hall of Helios to protect my enchantments, most notably my game winning one, Near Death Experience. I still have Necropotence in the deck as a last resort, but I intend to win using Stunning Reversal, and most of the rest of my deck is contingencies to protect my game winning cards. With the Archmage and Crusade, 1 blue counters anything.

Greater good with Eerie Ultimatum is just enormous value in any graveyard redemption deck, especially is you have a lot of non-basic lands.

Reflecting pool was baldurs gate which only works if your mana is already fixed. I confuse with mana confluence all the time

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

That's what it was!

@jessesandburg

Жыл бұрын

I confuse it so often, i even bought a reflecting pool because of its price drop and literally telling all my friends how much I love it compared to City of Brass. Literally thiking its mana confluence. Received it in the mail and gave it away the same day. RIP

Hey guys I'm curious; do you batch make videos? Like 2 or 3 at once, or really do them daily

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Nope, we almost never record more than one at a time :D

@one-barwarlord8280

Жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds wow, respect for that,

Glen Elendra Archmage is a counterspell for *Cascade* decks Edit: Also -taps for Azami or Galecaster -tutored with Wizardcycling, Faerie Harbinger, Recruiters -infinite EtB with Metallic Mimic effects -totally bypasses opposing Swan Songs, Offers, FoNs, Guardianships -Evasive enough to steal some Monarchies -blocks big stupid Dragons

Loving the amber streak. Vital part of the nitpicking nerds team.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

We are nothing without her!

Mesmeric orb going right into my zellix haunted one deck, and greater good going into my hapatra deck

I already run reoccurring insight ... might run it more now that you hyped it up.

@jamesoakley9333

Жыл бұрын

The moxfield spot was very well delivered/ snuck in there....

@jamesoakley9333

Жыл бұрын

But I like edhrec and commander spellbook a little more for my purposes.

You guys ever use Wrong Turn? Seems pretty wild

My favorite big draw spell in blue (but only mono blue) is Flow of Ideas

WOOOOH AMBERS IN THE INTRO 😍😍

just bought one of these, can confirm, stormkiln artist is great

I play a combat deck in mardu. I commit to the board alot, so its hard to find a boardwipe. Ultimatum is freakin amazing. It answers everything. Not anything. EVERYTHING. Also you cant be blocked if there is no blockers. Silly level awesome.

PSA you need to resolve each greater good activation one at a time if you sac your whole board.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Yep, we were just shortcutting :)

"That's the only word that could finish that sentence" 😂😂 Beezy cracks me up

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Good to know 😂

Just spent 450$ on proxies to buff all my commander decks extremely happy with quality and cards I wouldn't own otherwise. And rather pay a dope artist for dope cards then wotc or retail for all the staples

Wish I bought several Mystic Remora's when it was around 30 cents. I knew that card was way undervalued and I still didn't pull the trigger. Ugh.

The midroll ad is definitely at 69:420 Love you guys.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

You have the closest guess

How are you paying mystic remora on turn seven thats just expensive as hell

Good picks

I’m kind of confused as to why you guys like Wargate but don’t like three mana tutors (Grim)? I know Wargate puts the card immediately into play but you still have to pay the mana cost of the card you’re searching for and if your opponents have an answer to the Wargate you’re really screwed.

@leonfriedemann9151

Жыл бұрын

Difference is possibly that war gate is nonblack🤔

Comparing sevines rec to cultivate is hilarious lol

I'm going to guess 1:09 for the moxfield ad for every video till I get it right.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Honestly not the worst strategy

I would add Anguished Unmaking to the cards worth buying. It's super cheap right now.

About 25% of these cards I just pulled from double masters!

Greater good doubles as a classic meme where you can say it's name in the most depressed sounding way possible to unlock it's extra special abillity.

One day I strive to be as generous as Post!

While I agree Doom Whisperer is a powerful card, I think it's a niche. You really need to make sure you have healthy lifegain to somehow mitigate the lifeloss lest you get absolutely walloped out of the game when you run out of life and don't hit what you need to. I recently took it out of K'rrik despite it working wonders with Bolas' Citadel and I was dropping to 15 and below, which my opponents promptly took advantage of and killed me. Yes, in theory I could easily win t4 or sooner. In practice, I usually got myself to a really low life total and was promptly reminded why you shouldn't do that. Point is, buy and run Whisperer (and by extension Bolas' Citadel) with caution and lifegain. Don't go willy-nilly. It's a good combo finder for sure at the very least, you just need the life to do the finding.

What is your guys’ opinions of Sensei’s Divining Top? Obviously, a great card, and I need it for a deck but I am hesitant to drop $25 on one card

@switchp8286

Жыл бұрын

It's not exactly necessary for commander. You can get away with mirri's guile, crystal ball, scroll rack, etc.

@andrewschiller9735

Жыл бұрын

@@switchp8286 Appreciate the comment but those two cards are practically the same price as Top lol, I think I am just going to spring for it

@switchp8286

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewschiller9735 scroll rack isn't, nor is crystal ball. you could also try conch horn in the right deck lol. like I said though you don't need a top in commander.

@andrewschiller9735

Жыл бұрын

@@switchp8286 Thanks, appreciate the advide

Doom Whisperer is the most slept on card, no one I know plays it. I use it in my Necrotic Ooze deck with Prossh as my commander. It wrecks every time and is in many occasions better then Necropotence.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

I love that demon dude!

My recent Consecrate Sphinx plays got drained, swords, mind controlled or some kinds of '0' value yeah the card is good OMEGALUL

One of my friends at locals thought I had 2 cards in my graveyard. He went through my graveyard. Cast Living Death. I had 6 creatures in my graveyard. He was upset.

Greater Good is so fun with Hogaak and Bridge from Below. 😂

What does Beezy think about Crop Rotation?

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

It all depends on the lands in your deck, but it's REALLY good

I use doom whisperer to hit lands or answers

I put Wargate in my Gates deck. Flavour and synergy win!

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

That just sounds like a land in that deck lol

@ReLeaseHaVoc

Жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds More like Moregate, amirite!? 😞

late, but words of wilding is funny with greater good if you don't have any cards, just make bears equal to the amount of mana that you have

I didn't even realize Wargate could get a land.

Not tried before, so let's go for it! Moxfield ad guess: 20:22

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

We appreciate your guess!

0:32 **Laughs in KZread Vanced**

Video over 30 minutes... I'm guessing 16:40 for the Moxfield ad. Ima get this some day...

@sstankfish

Жыл бұрын

11:50 dang it

Mesmiric orb plus basalt monolith in my reanimator.

Mesmeric orb is nasty in a Syr Konrad deck

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you’d better watch out against that

This is a small thing, but I like how you've shortened your intro significantly. It's nice to just get right into the video.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

We wish we could just jump in but we we need to make money :P

Why doesn't Joe Cherries shout "WELCOME to nitpicking nerds!!!" Anymore? That was part of my daily routine :( who hurt my boy?!

@JustRightPinedo

Жыл бұрын

Upvote!!! Bring back these Branding 🍒🍒

Mesmeric Orb + Rest in Peace + Wheel of Sun and Moon FTW ;)

Greater good has been incredible in my aura, voltron Tuvasa deck, they go and try to kill tuvasa ok I will draw 11.

Ashaya is the best answer to Ruinous Ultimatum and Cyclonic Rift. 😂

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Hard counter!

music in the background??

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

No 👀

Pre-watching prediction (I’m at 0:42). Moxfield ad at 16:18

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

a noble guess

Posty hooking it up!

Mystic remora isnt "right up there with rhystic study" its ACTUALLY as good as people THINK rhystic study is

@RussianPS3

Жыл бұрын

Remora>Study is what you’re saying? If that’s the case I strongly disagree outside of cedh

@magnarkorsmo1894

Жыл бұрын

@@RussianPS3 i do think remora is usually better than study. I think study is often overrated, if youre playing against competent opponents theyll usually not let you draw many cards off it

You should NOT be using sev rec as a ramp spell. At least not primarily. 2W to recur a fetch is really bad value. Recursion spell first, janky, sub-optimal ramp spell third.

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

It's the same rate as a Rampant Growth :) plus then after that it has flashback

Does lightning grieves fit good in Jetmir?

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Depends on his shoe size... But I would say no, Jetmir doesn't need to be in play until the last turn of the game, and if players have spot removal, greaves doesn't do anything to help. Jetmir is usually in play for about five seconds whether you win or not

@mthlay15

Жыл бұрын

@@NitpickingNerds cool. I had left it out in my first iteration of a deck led by him. I have a few cards coming. I picked up a few upgrades and a couple spicy blue cards like Narset using your affiliate link.

@laurainthesky3765

Жыл бұрын

My Jetmir uses snakeskin veil, heroic Intervention, Valorous Stance, and Grand abolisher, giver of runes, Grand Crescendo. Protect lord Jetmir at all costs! I would consider Veil of summer if strong blue black meta.

I love Amber!

I used greaves with atrata

I like the new intro. The one-liners y'all used to spew out were always felt wasted time.

Look at that kitty!!

Mystic Remora is going into my Chisei, Heart of Oceans deck... Remove those counters!!

Really surprised that fetch lands aren't on this list. They are so cheap right now.

@someperson7622

Жыл бұрын

the ones that got mh2 reprints are, the khans of tarkir ones went up, still, scalding tarn for around 20 is insane to think compared to pre mh2.

@Squee_666_9

Жыл бұрын

@@someperson7622 Yeah there's still a few that are expensive but the rest are as about as cheap as they are ever going to get. Fetch lands for 10-20$? Good lord that's a good deal.

Me a peasant: "LOOKS LIKE PRICE HIKES ARE BACK ON THE MENU, PLANESWALKERS!" "Spare some consecrated sphinx for the poor?????"

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

It's called Recurring Insight 😂

Had a frickin STACK of Mystic Remora's back in the day, before commander was a thing. Thought it was garbage, gave them all away

@switchp8286

Жыл бұрын

its funny cause its such an obviously strong card, but probably not something to play mainboard outside of edh

Guessed 12 minute mark for moxfield ad. So close…

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Keep at it!

Storm-Kiln artist plus storm is silly

Gotta find a way to flash in Vigor for the blasphemous act...

Panharmonicon is has dropped a bunch. It's like $6 😯😋

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness! Didn't feel worth it at that high price before

I love how City of Brass and Mana Confluence seem the same but differ in nuances. City of Brass doesn't synergize well with Urborg nor with turn into creature effects, but winning off of it on exactly 1 life with the trigger on the stack is the most satisfying thing in all of edh. (Actually not only edh, I won a modern tournament game reanimating Protein Hulk back in the good old days before banning of faithless looting)

Oracle of Mul Daya?! Have you cracked open too much of the cardboard crack? I still think it is overcosted in mana, even with the playing lands from the top of the library ability. Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Wayward Swordtooth are better options for 3 CMC. Not saying that the Oracle of Mul Daya is bad, but it is not as good as people think it is.

@dirtyfrench2926

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you on this one. I was thrilled to trade Oracle for 30 bucks. Augur of Autumn is a MUCH better card... it's Oracle with additional upside for 1 mana less.

@Isolanporzellator

Жыл бұрын

It's exactly the playing from the top of the library clause that makes Oracle so good. If you throw Azusa in a random green deck and drop it turn 3, it usually ramps you for 1-2 lands before you just run out of lands in your hand to play. In order to make use of the extra land drops consistently, you either need an insane rate of card draw (at 36 lands you'd need to draw 5-6 cards just to be able to drop 2 lands, remember the first one is free even without Azusa) or you need support cards like Crucible of Worlds. Oracle is an entirely different beast. You can literally just shove it into any deck with no support and it will work well just by playing the lands off the top of your deck. The card basically reads "you're never going to have to draw lands again", which means its main function is actually card draw, not ramp. It's Courser of Kruphix + Exploration, which is a combo that takes 2 cards and 4 mana. Oracle doing this in a single card may help to illustrate its power. And that is why it's a staple while Azusa is only really being played in landfall style decks.

@dirtyfrench2926

Жыл бұрын

@@Isolanporzellator I like how you fail to touch on my point that Augur of Autumn does Oracle's job for less with a potentially huge upside tacked on. Oracle is outclassed and outgunned at this point and is only worth running if you're going deep into ramp/landfall.

@Isolanporzellator

Жыл бұрын

@@dirtyfrench2926 Yes, Augur of Autumn gives the same ability minus Exploration with additional Coven upside. I wouldn't call not talking about it a "failure" as it's not what OP was talking about. Which one is better depends on what type of deck you're playing. If you're playing an aggressive creature deck, by all means play Augur (though my recommendation would be to just play both). If you're more of a value oriented midrange or even control deck, Oracles slow ramp and its ability to not brick when you have 2 lands on top is preferable in my opinion, particularly when the deck is light on creatures. I mostly play grindy decks like Meren or Muldrotha, in which Oracle of Mul Daya is a clearly superior choice (I play both in Meren, but Oracle is generally much better in action). When I do play aggressive I include Augur of Autumn almost every time. It should be noted that Oracle has a much higher tendency of being kill on sight, whereas Augur is often left in play for a while. So depending on your playgroup add a politics point to Augur.

15:12 fires shot at moxfield

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

*misses*

Nice tight intro

@NitpickingNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks we've been working on it :P