I actually agree with Richard about the spirited companion. The card is awesome and is exactly what white needed. I wish it said gain 1 life draw a card.

@sethc.1366

2 жыл бұрын

Throw it in any enchantress deck (Sythis), and you got it. Similar to that Priest from Kaldheim

Not playing Lion Sash in an equipment deck seems insane to me. I mean farewell is great, but it’s 1 out of 99 cards, PLAY BOTH

@Deris76

2 жыл бұрын

Even the scavenging ooze comparison is wrong. If you play a +1/+1 or creature matter decks, I'd 100% play 1-2 cmc tutorable graveyard hate

@lach10211

2 жыл бұрын

Not playing Lion Sash in any deck is insane. Scavenging ooze always overperforms. Instant speed graveyard hate that turns into a threat.

I like how much commander and podcast content you guys are putting out. 👍

@MTGGoldfish

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

11:02 Hey Crim if you want a Lava Axe on an mdfc there's this card called Zof Consumption I'm sure you'll love haha

Richard understands these little incremental value cards like Spirited Companion so well. Yes, white has strong cards like Sun Titan or Smothering Tithe. Those are the big game winning ones everyone remembers at the end of a game. But it's the "filler cards" that make a deck work more smoothly which is exactly what white needs more of. Spirited Companion is a simple 2for1 (a body + one time card draw) and in the entirety of possible magic cards, only Wall of Omens is the other 2cmc draw a card on etb card in white, which already sees a ton of play. Plus with possible synergies for enchantments, blink or white weenie, this card will become a silent auto include in many decks.

Glad to see everyone's thoughts about the set. I really enjoyed when everyone did a video on Commander Legends. I think that was the last time I saw a Richard only video.

Spirited Companion is going directly into my Cycling Zur control deck. I use the Astrals to blink creatures that have removal or card draw when they ETB. The doggo is amazing because it's a card draw blink target that Zur can tutor to make sure I find a draw creature I can start blinking to churn through my deck to find Approach, my sole win condition.

They forgot the most important thing about the pupper; it's a companion. We all know how powerful those are...

I love everything y’all do but this is my fav type of content! You bounce so well off each other and it feels like I’m hanging out with friends.

Crew discussion is so good. Thanks for the video.

Great episode, Richard is slowly turning me into a mono white player.

SUPER HYPED to hear the podcast is expanding to weekly. 2022 is lookin up!!

Richard, Lost but Seeking (a Plains)

Tomer's extremely ominous "all will be Simic" line upset me deeply and I would like to put that on record. I'm scared, folks

@Ixidora

2 жыл бұрын

Reminiscent of phyrexia's "All will be One"

30:20 "Blightsteel Colossus, the Hokage of Infect Village." - Crim 2022

Mechtitan unexpected upside? Helps some of your stuff dodge removal like farewell Also, an advantage people don’t mention about Lion Sash is that it exiles ANYTHING from a graveyard, it just gets a bonus if it’s a permanent

Easily makes my day brighter.

Usually I very much agree with Richard but lion’s sash definitely isn’t an omit in equipment decks. Yes Farewell gets it, but most other wraths it can dodge. It’s so good.

Mechtitan Core is so amazing. Won’t care that it isn’t OP…it’s VOLTRON!

@wintersmonologue

2 жыл бұрын

Now, Rule Zero it with your playgroup as your commander and watch the love! I already got the go-ahead to build it. :)

Omfg the 2 podcast combined please do this more often 🙏

It's awesome to see Seth's personal #1 is the same as mine. So pumped to slot Isshin into Najeela and build him.

I really love those types of videos 👍

Can't wait to stifle the mech core. Pay 5 and exile 5 artifacts. Opponent concedes.

Nice Pick Richard I'm super hyped for the kodama of the west tree

I love how Tomer is always the unintentionally funny one on each podcast.

So glad this is weekly now

I only realized now that "Farewell" allows you to choose multiple effects. *Thanks for the Content* !

Fantastic opener Tomer! 10/10!

Naochika Morishita, the illustrator on Mechtitan Core, did indeed do artwork for Gundam (front of box art for model kits too) and a few Digimon cards

You can sac the spirited companion to the spirit sisters call so the best doggo can bring you glory from the graveyard. Then you can bring the best doggo back later, never forgotten.

A lot of the cards you guys mentioned are the ones I’m excited for, but I’m also excited for all the new dragon spirits along with my most hyped card, the wandering emperor. I’m not really big on planeswalkers usually, but I loved the old wanderer and I think this version is really unique and capable of a flashy toolbox planeswalker that doesn’t just make everyone roll their eyes when they see it and think it has to die.

Nice list. Thanks

Satoru Umezawa is a cool commander; it doesn't *really* incentivize running other ninjas though.

@MTGGoldfish

2 жыл бұрын

It incentivizes running Mulldrifter, imo ;)

@DarthChocolate15

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MTGGoldfish Absolutely. Both it and Yuriko kind of present a similar thought on running other ninja cards in my opinion. They both have effects that say "we work well with other ninjas... (Yuriko triggering off of ninja damage and Satoru triggering off of ninjutsu which other ninjas may be able to do for less mana) but we work just as well/better *without* other ninjas". Biggest build difference seems to me to be Satoru wants a big creature(or combo) top end instead of Yuriko's spells with alternate/reduceable costs top end... and Satoru doesn't need to run the enchantments that turn its little unblockable creatures into Ninjas.

@liammcelroy5685

2 жыл бұрын

What about MTG’s favorite ninja Colossal Whale?

Can’t wait for Tomer’s Orzhov Killing Puppies deck tech!

Mechtitan Core seems like it could be strong with artifacts that have Come into Play or Leave the Battlefield abilities.

That Tevesh/Yoshimaru synergy is the stuff that legendary commander games are made of.

Best part of episode. Everyone raving how good Kodama is. Crim first words are "I hate this card". Knew it was come but so on point.

Yes Richard, Spirited Companion is great and probably will be the most played card of the set (also because it’s 10 cents) and goes into so many decks. It’s so much better than wall of omens.

Sokenzan... Excited to put this in my Kykar deck ^-^

So mulldrifter is 5 mana to draw 2 cards and it's a staple. Spirted Companion is 2 mana to draw 1. I know it's less recuring value when blinked, but I still think this card is great! Plus, it's an enchantment dog.

Great picks. I am honestly happy to see mechs and hacking in magic, but the one thing I just never want to see is guns. I think they were right to steer clear of them in Kamigawa: Neon Genesis, but they seem pretty integral to warhammer designs. I hope the magic versions that get printed on The List are more in line with the kamigawa aesthetic.

Richard is right about Spirited Champion. It is a very good card for blinking/recur in Commander. Low mana cost can-trippy creatures are very good in other colors as well and this will go into any deck wants that and has white. I'd rather getting an incremental value over time with blinking/recurring effects than one mega X=7 blue Sun's zenith.

I am going to try and make some good plays using Chulane/Cloudstone Curio/Shrieking Drake/Whitemane Lion etc. with Spirited Companion. Getting that extra card draw on a re cast is awesome. Could also use Beast Whisperer for even more draw. Always some cool broken stuff that can be done with a card like this

Unrelated to this video, because there is no other way to do a video like this, but I would like to see a mixup from top 10s and tier lists. I get that those get clicks, but I would like to see you do some Deck Peer Review and actually learn from the podcasts. Look at why Crim doesn't get mana, or why Tomer gets dogpiled so often. Have each person suggest changes.

5:15 One thousand percent agree with Seth about these lands!

Richard is the smartest commander player out there. He just knows value on the margins, which is really what wins games. He knows that white is actually strong, because he knows that it's flexible and persistent and can answer anything. Just knowing that Spirited Companion is an awesome rate for a common is testament to his knowledge of the game. I feel like I've actually learned a lot of fundamental of magic from Richard.

@twitchtveldenkoo2916

2 жыл бұрын

Richard is the only commander player I consistently agree with.

@chrismarlow9585

2 жыл бұрын

I hope his mindset slowly takes over, before white becomes the new green!

@CodiTC

2 жыл бұрын

What? Are we listening to the same person? He's by far the worst of everyone on the podcast; as an avid Commander player of several years and too many decks to count I would not listen to Richard.

@twitchtveldenkoo2916

2 жыл бұрын

@@CodiTC Good for you!

The fact that the showcase art for Satoru is the closest we can get to a Kojima collaboration instantly makes me want to buy the dang card.

The red is going to be real good in mono red burn, probably the second best of the bunch in modern

Roadside Reliquary! Divination on a land seems pretty good!

Just have to play Kodama of the west tree in a Tayam, Luminous Enigma deck and reap the benefits. There will nearly always be counters on creature and recursion for the Kodama because it is 3 cmc.

@gypsieking3280

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing.

i think the channel lands are doing something good, they’re rewarding you for playing fewer colours, which is something we all keep asking for. There’s just no place in the mana base of a 5 colour deck, and even 3 colour decks realllllly need to think about it. But 1 and 2 colours? slam dunk auto includes for sure

My Tevesh Szat and Rograkh edh deck is gunna love the Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance. Gets thw chump blocks and sac fodder to draw 2 cards

The red channel land is most exciting for me because of my rule of law stax secret commander winota decks, I have like 5 and they all are gonna love Sokenzan

No idea why this hasn't occured to me before, but please call future lists that seth does "top 10 assethments". not only is it a pun, but it beautifully encapsulates seth's relation to names in general.

Nobody mentioned that Spirited Companion is also an enchantment. It adds a lot to its synergy potential.

The artist on Voltron is known for working with Digimon. Pretty sick art.

convinced its worth picking up some packs just to see if i get a channel land, and *thats* how wotc gets you by printing these broken chase rares every set

@deifiedtitan

2 жыл бұрын

What’s broken about an unfetchable land that taps for one colour and can be a spell you’d never run if it were a spell on its own? The closest I can see is it being an ability rather than a spell so much harder to counter, but they’re far from busted especially in this format. They’re just good cards. Also rare cards should be good, if they weren’t people would complain about junk rares and them not impacting draft. WotC serve many masters.

@alaraplatt8104

2 жыл бұрын

@@deifiedtitan fetchability doesn't really matter anyway since these are monocolor and have no extra abilities on the battlefield. if you have any basics in your deck these are an upgrade unless you're terrified of blood moon. its definitely still a bad idea to buy packs just to get rares but when isnt that the case when it comes to draft, i think itd be a lot more interesting if the rare slot was reserved more for solid buildarounds, signposts, and a few weird tools for constructed instead of just jamming randomly superpowered cards into packs, which leads to formats like the recent Crimson Vow, widely considered suboptimal as a draft format because it so often came down to who drew their rare bomb better than the other player. in that department the channel lands are obviously not offenders since they're definitely not bombs, so i actually think theyre great for limited too... can you tell im way off topic

@brenttotland3704

2 жыл бұрын

I pre-order a Set booster box and a bundle pack every release, I pulled 1 foil, 2 non-foil Boseiju, 1 foil full art Sokenzan, 2 Takenumas. As well as both borders of Atsushi, a Foil Gotta play to win sometimes, but I couldn't be happier with how WOTC treated me with my pulls this time around 🥳

I'm excited for the vehicles I'm gonna test out in modern (probably be bad but gonna try it anyways lol). Yoshimaru the goodest boy and Kodama for commander. There's also one card that is gonna be sweet in my modern Selesnya blitz Tamiyo's Safekeeping that cards gonna be solid. I'll have 8 Target permanent is hexproof/indestructible.

Wait a minute... I though Seth was better known as Saffron Olive....

Thank you for mentioning the white elvish visionary, Richard!

I think Richard exaggerates enchantment doggo a bit, but he's on to something: it's a great roleplayer that will definitely see play.

Richard next season you have to play Yoshimaru and Rograkh. It's possible to get a turn two win (granted would require a miracle hand lol) even playing fairly with Norin the Wary in the 99 would be strong. Also Fury Storm is hilariously good with Rograkh and Yoshimaru.

There's 10 artifact cats that I need to try to make into volition. Not generally good on their own but I'm going to try anyway at least once. Edit pretty sure there's a couple more in this set too.

Me as a Mardu player seeing Isshin: Ah yes a good Mardu commander is like a fine wine. Here we see a cheaply priced 3/4 body with heavy notes of aggro, shenanigans, and most importantly the sensation of saltiness from my opponents.

oh whoooo there's SO much in this set. I *was* going to be moving to just buying singles... but there's so much in this set I'm tempted to just BUY A BOX or two... ganangghrrghhhh

Im confused, how can you use blink effects to get around spirit-sister's call. Really interested if I can work this with Aminatou

@ciaran.downey

2 жыл бұрын

If you blink the card after you've spirit sister'd it into play, it loses the extra "if this would leave the battlefield exile it instead" text when it comes back because it's a new game object

The red land is perfect in Winota

Apparently Naochika Morishita did do art for Gundam. So maybe that's why they were asked to draw Mechtitan Core?

double winota triggers also feel sweet, also gotta try my butt off to make a myriad deck work

Power creeping answers is fine. Its when the threats keep creeping that we have issues.

Mechtitan core is the perfect blend of good and fun imo

I think farewell should have been 4 or 5 white pips for the same total cmc, just to make it limited to certain decks. That way they aren't destroying other possible choices over it.

@IronTigrex

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it should a bit more restriced in my opinion. Even a simple "Choose two" would have been super strong. I liked the way they made different white board wipes that you could run in specific decks for additional value, like Celestial Judgement or Promise of Loyalty. Farewell just puts the bar so high for "medium power" that it will be difficult to justify running something else at that cost unless you really don't want to exile your stuff or you have something that is more synergistic with your deck.

@singularleaf3895

2 жыл бұрын

@@IronTigrex Even then you could choose 2 or 3 and leave the one synergistic to your deck. Farewell is the epitome of power creep.

Tomer's Mirror Box with Kaldra line missed talking about the fact that the one mana Kaldra tokens are innately 5/5 from the basic anthem for legendaries, and then the coat of arms effect as advised.

@ciaran.downey

2 жыл бұрын

The 5/5 part is cool but they don't get any anthem cause they're tokens and the effect is limited to non tokens

Farewell is great and all but exiling your own stuff can be brutal outside of superfriends/control and Athreos. Most of my decks want destroy boardwipes because most of my decks run recursion.

Mech Drawer Artist Thingy is officially a canon Tomer-ism

I am so excited that most of the crew picked fun and interesting cards to build around. Satoru Umezawa is going to be the spike card of the set, so I really don't think that's going to add any fun to the format

The Red Legendary land is protection from edict effects

Spirited Companion is great for my God-Eternal Oketra deck.

I think I have to put Kodama in my Rith, the Awakener tokens deck. As long as I have cathar's crusade out I'm good

Satoru and his ninja sea beasts is a deck i want to make

51:00 Are you sure it works with teleportation circle and/or blink effects? Because spirit-sister calls is a replacement effect. I'm not sure, please it will mean a lot to me if you can confirm that

@MTGGoldfishCommander

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it should, based on how blink effects interact with stuff like the unearth mechanic (which is also a replacement effect that exiles).

58:58 I love Richard! 😂

So how to use mektitan core repeatedly: 1.Play with sakashima as your commander 2. Use sakashima to copy core 3. Exile sakashima and return him to command zone 4. Profit and repeat if necessary

My problem with Farewell is that I can’t combo it with Indestructible effects like other wraths. I guess I can combo it with Teferi’s Protection though

@adamfiliatreault3393

2 жыл бұрын

My problem with Farewell is that it's an auto-include. This means I HAVE to play either Teferi's Protection or a tonne of counterspells so that I don't auto-lose with my Sisay Shrines deck

I really would like an episode about archenemy commanders

Spirit Sister's Call doesn't actually work with Teleportation Circle since SSC is worded "if this permanent would leave the battlefield", right?

@ciaran.downey

2 жыл бұрын

I think it does work. The card gets exiled by SSC as a replacement effect, but teleportation circle should still bring it back from exile regardless

Doesn't Spirit-Sister's Call prevent any ephemerate effects from playing around with the exile trigger? It grants the creature the replacement effect ability, and it triggers whenever the creature would leave the battlefield; so won't it simply re-trigger everytime you put another ability on the stack that would cause it to leave the battlefield?

@ms.sysbit5511

2 жыл бұрын

No, Spirit Sister is a replacement effect not a trigger. Since the blink effect exiles it, the Spirit Sister is satisfied (it’s already exiling so no need to replace exile with an exile) but since this exile is tacked to returning it, it returns the card. Then since it left the battlefield and reentered, it is a new object thus it ‘forgets’ the previous inhibition placed upon it by Spirit Sister. Does that make sense?

The red channel land Is a free slot of two no humans tokens in my winota deck.

Make an "All will be Simic" shirt immediately! I will buy it

I just noticed that Kamigawa has "Unquenchable Fury" as a commander extra in set boosters, but that name was already used in original Theros for a sorcery (as a special seperate format). I knew there were cards with the same name in translations since those are not the main language of MTG, but here it is. Has that happened before ? It's the first time I noticed something of the sort.

@TripleGProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Urza's saga Both a set and card

I think Ruthless Technomancer is absolutely nuts for commander. We’ll see how it plays out when release comes.

@michaelearthur93

2 жыл бұрын

What are you thinking of putting it in?

@skate14eras

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelearthur93 I was thinking of maybe putting it in my Yarok deck. It’s become more of a reanimator deck with double ETB triggers. Kinda serves as a Meren deck.

@plain6677

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it looks very good, I’m buying many copies for all my Panharmonicon decks and some token decks.

6:27 - B's land might see some play, but is it worth cutting a basic swamp? Cabal Coffers + bad Cabal Coffers like swamps. There are already a lot of utility lands a monoblack deck runs, so cutting a swamp for this really turns on how often you'll play this is a spell, where as the others do not. Being -1 on Cabal Coffers mana (when you don't draw/tutor Urborg) is a significant cost, and a 4(or 3) mana raise dead effect isn't THAT exciting. I don't even know if this goes in Syr Konrad, and that's probably the mono colored deck it has the most synergy with.

@plain6677

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I won’t run it in my mono-black deck for the reasons you mentioned.

@williamsimkulet7832

2 жыл бұрын

@@plain6677 It's still a constructed staple (though not a well designed card; affinity for legendary really wastes textbox space).

Spirited Companion also triggers constellation 👀

I don't believe I say this, but I miss mono red, as someone who hated Mono Red, it's been more than 2 years almost where Mono Red is literally unplayable. It's going to be fun to play some explosive fun mono red or even boros in standard.

Crimm, bringing up Naruto, made me think of Hinata, doing a clone build to reference shadow clone jitsu.

11:01 that would be so busted in Rakdos Lord of Riots or any group slug deck lol

I might rule zero mechtitan as my commander for a deck and do etb shenanigans

new bucket list item for crim. since kodama is not a may, i wanna see you flash in ob nixilis unshackled and straight up kill the dirty green player.

Sokenzan can be involved in Polymorph style decks

1:00:28 Richard forgot about wall of omens