Brotherhood's End should be a 4-of in many decks post rotation. It's surprising it's not even more popular now than it is, thanks alone to the synthesizer deck, and also aggro. It definitely stands to get better...er.

@kylelenertz5509

2 ай бұрын

Any deck I have that includes red has 3 in the sideboard automatically. I've won sooo many games because of that card.

@KoshoShinogi

2 ай бұрын

Yes. I think if artifacts ever becomes a successful deck, Brotherhoods End will rise in popularity. Also losing Burn Down the House. For decks without access to white, probably their best option. Maybe Ill-Timed Explosion sees more play as well.

I love how this channel hardly ever is the doomer/click baiting. Always just good comtent!

Invasion of Zendikar gets even better due to now being your most reliable way to ramp without Topiary Stomper. Also this is a bit of a prediction but it seems like we'll get Izzet prowess otters in Bloomburrow so Swiftspear, Codebreaker and Slickshot will get at least a new friend.

@51gunner

2 ай бұрын

We've already got Elusive Otter to add to that as well. I tried building Izzet Prowess around WOE - Elusive Otter hits like an absolute TRUCK on turn 2 if you throw a Monstrous Rage at it. 5/3 that can't be blocked by anything with lesser power (so anything T2 really) is going to get in for some pain. I found that the lack of enemy-color fastlands could be an issue, and OTJ fixed that. I'm not sure if it's worth playing into Temur to have access to the otter's adventure & maybe stuff like Snakeskin Veil (or Royal Treatment?) & Pick Your Poison or just staying in Izzet. I'd looked at Frolicking Familiar & Balmor, Battlemage Captain for some other Izzet toys. Familiar is cute but I'm not sure it makes the cut. Balmor's cool too.

@KoshoShinogi

2 ай бұрын

I'd be more keen to try either Omenpath Journey or Map the Frontier as 4-mana ramp. The absence of Topiary Stomper makes Invasion a bit worse because you probably don't have a means of flipping it right away. And without that, I think the other options have more upside.

Me coming back to MTG after two years Post Covid: Ok what did i miss? .....WAIT, WE GOT A COWBOY THEME SET NOW!?!?!?!

I just subscribed to your Patreon for $5.00 a month. I really like your content and have been watching for years. It bothers me that your view count isn’t higher so I’ll do my part and support you directly. Be well king!

I watch your videos just as much as I do CGB’s, I don’t know why others don’t as well. You seemed a bit bummed out in this one and that makes me sad man. Stay strong king

Dev, you said let you know whats up. so i say, what up brother. hope you are well. this rotation content is very informative for us casual Arena players to decide how to spend our limited wild cards etc. big appreciation to you my dude

I’m pretty excited to try and build the next big ramp deck with caves…

@danielbovv5441

2 ай бұрын

Caves can perform very well in BO3 but don't even try play it in B01, you'll have to change that many cards it won't even be the same deck anymore.

@Reybenn

2 ай бұрын

I've already been doing this to play domain ramp. You lose leyline but run get lost instead. Map to ramp atrxa on 5 is nice plus is finds all your colors.

@ryanedwards7487

2 ай бұрын

Ive been loving a Desert Domain Deck, using that 4 mana two ramp spell (something like "Into the Frontier"?), because it pulls out 2 deserts at once. And you can have a deck with 3-5 colors that works extremely well as long as you have 4 mana and one forest on the battlefield. Suddenly out pops Cactarantula and Ratteworm, Roxanne starts dropping stars, Eriette locks down and steals their best creature, Bonny Pall and her blue Ox start cleaving thru your enemy's blockers....it gets nasty very fast. Heck that "Tumbleweed" spree ramp spell is fantastic too, one desert initially, THEN suddenly you are making 6/6 or larger tokens.

@evancurhan4121

2 ай бұрын

@@Reybenn I had a base-Naya version that was running get lost, helix, and calamitous cave in for removal plus a couple Sunfall/one of farewell in the board. The versatility of cosmium confluence/cavernous maw helps fill in for the go wide win con you lose with herd migration

@Reybenn

2 ай бұрын

I've been playing base Bant. Blue let's me run Jace instead of Beanstalk for draw and Bonny Pall. atraxa is the big payoff, but I also have Nissa walker as that's nice on t5. Black and red is just a splash for Archangel. I haven't missed Herd really. It think the best replacement though would be the Invasion that makes knights and transforms into Tefferi.

When you mentioned Memory Deluge I was already typing about Farsight Ritual :D

Cornucopia is busted. Just watched the last version of this video (2 years ago). You were bang on. Your bar has been set high my friend

DOES THE PROFESSOR IN FACT GO BANANAS FOR DECK TECH???

@bryanedds8922

2 ай бұрын

he goes bananas for your mama's pickle muffin

With rotation less than 2 months away, now being june 9th. I think it's time we talk about PROOF decks and how others might find a way to survive if they can how altered they will be. I play gilgari aggro it's PROOFED with minimal change mana base a sideboard card or 2

Nice, I'm still waiting for slow lands and triomes to crash so I can pick up the entire set for commander.

Hey dev, I hope you and the family are doing well, and thank you for the great content!

Ok .. a 2 mana 3/2 with flying and upside 😂 my how times have changed

@1who4me

2 ай бұрын

Power creep is unreal

@troyrussell177

2 ай бұрын

@@1who4me remember when savanna lions was like a top rare😂 Or Ravnica when everybody was like “ ban watch wolves , it’s a 2 mana 3/3 , it’s broken😂

@reidyo5404

2 ай бұрын

There has been power creep, but people forget we used to get cards that were super easy to break into infinite combos all the time

@tinfoilslacks3750

5 күн бұрын

This feels less like power creep and more like WotC restructuring the game to make creatures in general better and other card types less powerful than they each were in the past. Players want creatures to be more central because combat is where the game's meat and potatoes are. Creatures have gotten more cracked but a lot of non-creature cards especially artifacts are a lot less potent now.

My Mono-Green deck uses Wrenn and Realmbreaker. My prismatic Deck has her as it's deckbox on Arena---she's essential. It's an utterly NASTY planeswalker. Also, The Eternal Wanderer: Yes, she's 6 Mana...she's also a solo lockdown that can END an opponent on drop. I love to use a Planar Disruption on an opponent's good lowbie 2/2, and tagging that to save...and laughing as all their other stuff is swept away.

@demianrusso2499

2 ай бұрын

Wrenn is so underrated, i have 2 on the sideboard agains Azorius control and it can end them very quickly

@ryanedwards7487

2 ай бұрын

@@demianrusso2499 Oh, when I have the rare wild cards again, I'm finishing my 4 Guildpacts to add to my prismatic deck so I can literally use Wrenn to run roughshod over everyone.

I do think, unless bloomburrow has amazing lands, the surveil lands go from a 1/2 of to a 4 of. They still allow for a t3 binding

Farwell will be gone too 🎉

@DX100HHH

2 ай бұрын

Azorius garbage will take a huge blow.

@dustinross2618

2 ай бұрын

@@DX100HHH Bold of you to assume they wont get a replacement.

@DX100HHH

2 ай бұрын

@@dustinross2618 Currently I don't see replacement at the same level of strength.

cool takes! thanks for sharing

Love your content buddy, keep it up!

I think simulacrum synthesizer and the artifact payoffs will get much better once farewell goes adios.

@jmoney9494

2 ай бұрын

I really feel like control decks relied so much on cards like farewell that covered so many bases they didn't have to build their decks honestly. I think control is gonna realize how much they really lost when they just don't have a handful of answers at every point.

I think bandits haul over Cornucopia is the better replacement for celestus. As long as your deck has plenty of targeting.

@kevingrisler4123

2 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree. Cornucopia will be fantastic in stuff like golgari, gruul, and selesnya, but it's kind of niche outside of that. Whereas bandit's haul I think will be seen in the majority of decks that have black because of the massive amount of targeting. You have deep cavern bat, tinybones joins up, cut down, go for the throat, etc. plus Sheoldred, that's a lot of card advantage and life gain.

I think your Atraxa take is very sound

I've been saving up my phyrexians for this moment

Great video. We love rotation stuff!!

Great stuff man. You got a new subscriber.

Nice content brother

Would love to see you do a draft Dev. Maybe just as a one off.

You say that the Innistrad Humans stuff doesn't matter, but I've had plenty of luck with Katilda and Hamlet Vanguard right alongside the Coppercoat. Hell, the pure ramp that Katilda starts up once it hits the table is pretty dang overwhelming to anything but the fastest Tier 1 decks.

While both Leyline of the Guildpact and Wrenn and Realmbreaker will help with a lot with the Mana Issues were going to get into for many 3,4 and 5 colored decks and, in Leyline's case, will basically keep the Domain deck alive. The loss of the Capenna Triomes, Slow Lands and the Capenna Fetchlands (central pieces of the Landfall Combo Deck) will make so much of a impact that we'll start to see decks getting centralized with 1 or 2 Colors in mind while decks with 3 or more mana colors will start to become rarities in the Standard Enviroment I don't think 3 Blind Mice was not designed the way it was designed if it wasn't going to serve as THE replacement for Wedding Announcement. Remember that Wilds of Eldraine was actually designed based on the 2 Year Rotation that Standard once had. Rotation that, if it was applied, would mean that Wedding Anouncement would not have been part of Standard with the release of Wilds of Eldraine, which is were Three Blind Mice came from Once again we're seeing the same thing with Ancient Cornucopia being the direct (although weaker) replacement of the Celestus, specially in Domain Decks

👏 Super helpful for the upcoming Bloomburrow rotation! 🃏

pretty late here, but i think ossification is gonna be significantly better in an environment that has more basic lands and a lack of other exile effects.

I built a Vehicles deck around Subterranean Schooner and it was surprisingly strong! Honestly makes me sad most of my cars are rotating!

I really like the schooner on the list. Such a value card. I also like how much easy value control decks have lost. I really think they are gonna have to consider better deck building to cover their bases

I'll have to check if my RG dino deck loses any cards. I don't think so and which get better

Thanks Dev

I don’t see many people using Melira. Could see a larger play with Rotpriest running around

A card from Aftermath I thought was cool but never caught on is Urborg Scavengers. I wonder if it can fill the role of Graveyard Trespasser? Doesn't have the ward, but it can get much bigger with a few triggers, plus some keyword abilities if you build your deck properly.

I was expecting Sheoldred to make the list. She hasn’t been seeing nearly as much 4 ofs in decks for some reason. She will be missing some key cards like Raffine, though

Battles get better in my estimation

@wilpulling

2 ай бұрын

@AutkastKain I really hope so! Would love to see them become a bigger part of the meta

Having said this, Borso will be a problem for gilgari without path to peril in the sideboard

thank you

Cavern of souls should have been on this list for sure 😮

I've played a decent amount of high noon control and I'm still iffy on the card. You really want to draw/play it as early as possible for it to be effective against aggro decks, which means you want to make it a 4-of. But it's not a great card outside of those matchups. And sometimes even the aggro decks can do pretty well with it in play (mono red has plenty of burn to play on your turn, for example). Anyway, curious to see if/how that changes.

Deadly cover up is arguably better than sunfall in a lot of situations

@jmoney9494

2 ай бұрын

I think auzorius control is losing so much and dimir control is almost as good and not losing much. I have thought that with deadly coverup it will be control meta since it really just doesn't depend on rotating cards to cover its poor deck building

Atraxa gets played a lot at my LCS and on Arena.

3 blind mice is so, so much worse than wedding Announcement. Assuming you're not trying to combo with it.

Just getting back after not playing since shortly before Dominaria came out. Any recommendations on what I should build for my deck that should be rotation-proof? Want to spend my wildcards wisely lol

dev, i love you & chicken. you guys inspired me to get addicted to kratom

It's a Rotation VIDEO!!

Rotation isn’t an issue that’s like calling nighttime an issue. It’s just the nature of standard. There’s a reason people are excited for it, it’s the soul of the format. We have non rotating formats for extended play life or just complete increased viability. Sure some card might not be as good as others in that format so you stop playing them but that’s no different to limited coded cards existing in standard sets. I’ve been posting it on a lot of videos across the community but I think we need two rotating paper formats. We have standard with either the current rotation or old rotation and then what I’m gonna call Contemporary. Defined as “living or occurring at the same time,” Contemporary is parallel to standard but has 2-3 extra years of standard sets legal at any given time. This makes it a 4-5 five year format as apposed to standards current 2-3 year format. At its max Contemporary will home 20 expansions (plus supplementary sets) if my math is correct that would make the current capstone sets Throne of Eldraine and Outlaws of Thunder junction. Probable meta decks would GR Prowess, WG enchantments, UW snow control, B aristocrats/devotion, R red deck wins, G stompy, Domain/escape to the winds, archivists cobra ramp, BUR Rogues/crime, W/WB Humans, ect. Here we see a somewhat difference to both standard and pioneer, but you’ll still have access to cards that’ll be useful in both of those formats. There are many interesting consequences I didn’t even plan with not including war of the spark block, like no Sorin for vampires, no arclight phoenix, no lotus field, no narset/ahiok dedicated sideboard slots, and no $40 shock lands. Look maybe I’m dreaming but I think this format would work incredible as a bridge between standard and pioneer, breaking down the barriers to entry exponentially. So the pipeline for card usability goes limited, standard, contemporary, pioneer. You loose cards every step of the way but you can slowly build up your collection as you pass through the formats. And when Contemporary is unplayable, statistic 3/5s of your deck is standard playable and vice versa. Standard being dominant by one deck your archetype doesn’t have an answer to? I’m sure it’s got the support it needs in Contemporary. Also yes I did name it contemporary for the pun.

@1who4me

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, we need a 2 year rotation, and a 4-5 year rotation format.

As much as I haven’t enjoyed Standard since CawBlade, I do believe that Standard is an important piece of MtG: 1: 14 year-olds can’t afford Reserved List cards, fetch lands, etc. But they can build a deck from their Friday Night Drafts and at least win a game or two. 2. Cards do not need to be “strictly better” than every similar card before it. 3. It encourages opening packs as opposed to just buying singles. 4. Decks change. How often does Modern or Legacy or Vintage see the emergence of a completely new deck? Maybe every five years?

Losing Innistrad is huge for humans. Boros is fine, they have Novice Inspector.

I just looked at the gilgari aggro on standard top 8. They lose nothing. Some land, graveyard trespasser. Path to parrel and Hurst in the side 🤯🤯

Maybe it's too soon to tell what will play post rotation because some cards could pop in the next expansion that refill some spots that will be gone but : ... raffine being gone is great! schooner is not as good as raffine. domain atraxa will be hit hard, boros convoke will be hit hard next expansion as well. golgari is still strong post rotation. sheoldred, gix, glissa... mono red is always mono red. dimir could rise in popularity, there is potential for more control decks and combos could see the light of day. standard need to address some key cards after the next expansion to keep the format fresh.

🔥🔥🔥

mice and meeces

You know Atraxa is strong when cards like Vaultborn Tyrant or Etali still aren't the most busted reanimation targets.

Schooner having no evasion is pretty rough. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think it does anything

What are going to be your top 3 decks to make/play after rotation?

Hopefully Green Stompy will be playable post rotation.

i get your intro song stuck in my head at LEAST once a week

@eliott9508

2 ай бұрын

uh oh devs haunted

@N3gativeR3FLUX

2 ай бұрын

Well it is our favourite magic channel... (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Dammit, still hoping for a rap collab with Swayze. One day... *Sigh* One day...

And then there is me who plays attraxa and whiff so many times

When Reanimator stops reanimating Griselbrand and starts reanimating Atraxa, when Show and tell deck stops dropping Omniscience and starts dropping Atraxa, you don't have you defend your pick.

Someone told me rotation was not till this fall. (October or November) They will as wrong. Dang. I'm trying to finish my ninja deck .and. build a vehicle deck from the kamigawa set. Already finished my samurai deck. It's fun. But needs better ways to have my non-attackers be more helpful than just help my attackers.

I think it's time for me to look into Flesh and Blood.

I was just falling in love with ob nixilis again so it’s kinda sad to say goodbye

Dang Dev, how much weight have you lost? Look great

no more fight rigging =(

@andrewfehl2633

2 ай бұрын

Collector's cage?

With farewell rotating it's time to reevaluate vehicles as additions to your agro decks.

Can you make a video of top 10 things about your cat

re #8 i love this card but i'm not sure bloomburrow is gonna be the set to make "humans matters" matter

@kristiandahl1310

2 ай бұрын

He doesn't mention BB at all in that segment. Yes you're right in that the set won't be a set to make humans mater seeing as how it won't have any. That said theirs still plenty of good enough humans in standard post rotation that it's worth running or at least try some boros shell as he said.

Allski Kowalski! Lol

Hopefully Bloomburrow will make Mono Green Stompy playable post rotation.

@danielwilson8495

2 ай бұрын

New Tyrant and Hydra are both amazing. Cornucopia and the Wurm that ramps along with the desert/spelunking combos and boom goes the mono green dynamite. Ghalta

@kristiandahl1310

2 ай бұрын

We'll see, depends on how many mono color creatures we get.

I think tarannex Rex is pretty DAMMED CLOSE to attraxa, if not better in RAW POWER

Not sure how good Atraxa is going to be if you can't turn 2 Leyline someone. In general, Leyline Binding being more expensive is a huge deal for that deck.

@Y00bi

2 ай бұрын

Domain will take a hit but cheating Atraxa out is still gonna be strong enough for all those decks to still exist. That creature needs to go and standard will be better for it in a year.

RIP GW enchantments. Been solid ever since it came to standard. You will be missed

I want rotation now. There's no downside to rotation. There's always a format to play ur favorite cards. Standard should be fresh. Don't want to feel like I've been playing the same cards for a decade

See my Wispdrinker Vampire deck after Rotation: Deck: Vamp Bats Rotation Main: 3 Sanguine Evangelist 2 Cavernous Maw 2 Shadowy Backstreet 4 Forgotten Monument 2 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch 1 Old Flitterfang 2 Bat Colony 4 Hidden Necropolis 2 Volatile Fault 3 Wispdrinker Vampire 2 Vat of Rebirth 2 Assemble the Players 2 Markov Baron 2 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor 2 Virtue of Persistence 4 Hidden Courtyard 2 Kellan, Daring Traveler 2 Experimental Confectioner 2 Delney, Streetwise Lookout 2 The Raven Man 4 Captivating Cave 2 Roaming Throne 2 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim 3 Preacher of the Schism 2 Baron Bertram Graywater Sideboard: 1 Sanguine Evangelist 1 Wispdrinker Vampire 2 Tocasia's Welcome 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout 1 Preacher of the Schism 1 Roaming Throne

When is Rotation?

Another thing I won't miss: Sheoldred, The Apocalypse. I KNOW it's going to be ruining my life for another year, but it NEEDS to be banned in all formats. I see that overpowered slimy thing come out and I just go: Well, 4/5 I'm about to lose, because I know I won't pull a death spell now (because I know better than to rely on luck, especially on Arena). Sheoldred, The Apocalypse basically gives anyone who uses it a near-guaranteed win. Yeah, you can remove her, fine. But anytime I see black mana, I know that chances are my opponent has her, because she lets them play very sloppily and not see any real consequences. She needs to go away, she needs to be banned, and how that card ever made it thru play testing is honest-to-god beyond me.

Rotation is both sad and a relief at the same time. Loosing some great support cards often wrecks every standard decks I got on Arena. On the other hand, I can't wait to see some cards and decks go away forever. I've been fed up by werewolf deck for at least a year now, for one. I usually flush any Arena game that starts with my opponent dropping Reinforced Ronin on turn 1. It was fun for the first year or so, but can't stand that card anymore.

"Corn-u-copia"

If you ever play alchemy on arena, a popular deck type is blue white soldiers.

Wait wait.. are we just glossing over the fact that Dev said paper, rock, scissors? Who says it in that order??

Can't wait for Farewell to rotate, that's such a lame card to play.

Slow lands are in OTJ

@devinrandall4538

2 ай бұрын

Categorically incorrect

Sorry, Three Blind Mice could cost (1) less and it still wouldn't be a good card. And at 3-cost, it just isn't ever going to be a tier 1 starter in standard. OTOH, the case for Soldiers is very good. Rotation looks like a big win for them.

I disagree with your #1 pick - I don't think Atraxa remotely makes this list. Without tri-lands and reliable removal like Leyline binding, Domain simply isn't a viable deck. Sheoldred is what gets instantly better after Wandering Emperor leaves the format. It was kept somewhat in check since it could barely attack into 4 open manas, but now it totally can - none of the removal cares about whether it's tapped or not. The scary part is that with Insatiable Avarice, it's already a nightmare to deal with and can shell out damage really quickly (Bloodletter not being needed, it's a meh card at best and crowds the 4-mana slot way too heavily). Black is already very well equipped to deal with fast aggro decks, so it has a decent future in the post-rotation meta.

Can you make some commander content?

@JamesOliverLindsey

2 ай бұрын

Boo

@none-c4s

2 ай бұрын

@@JamesOliverLindsey I just love this guy but I don’t play standard.

@none-c4s

2 ай бұрын

I still try to watch as many videos as I can and smash likes.

@JamesOliverLindsey

2 ай бұрын

@RyanBurchfieldMusic gotta try it out :P though finding an LGS that fires frequently is tough.

@none-c4s

2 ай бұрын

@@JamesOliverLindsey I can’t afford the frequent rotation of stand to play the meta decks. I was tired of losing money every 2 months back in 2015.

I really want a smaller standard. I’m too lazy and broke to buy and remember the important things for a standard this big.

I ... I thought a lot more is rotationg out. For a month now I thought everything up to eldrain is rotating out, so no brothers war, no dominaria united, no March of the Mashines. I was already celebrating not having to see shelly or knight errand of eos again and you are telling me those are still terrorizing standard? My day is ruined.

@allpissedup229

2 ай бұрын

If they did that there'd only be 4 sets in standard

Free from Day/night till the return to lorowyn

Losing the tri-lands is gonna kill my decks. IMHO, tri-lands of all of the named (Esper, Jeskai, Grixis, Sultai) colors hould be apart of every set or should become a basic land type so tri-color decks always have a place in the game. It was so weird to not have any new tri-lands for awhile.

You know what I won't miss? Werewolves....NOT AT ALL. I am sick of having the matchmaker throwing me against 4 Werewolf decks in a row and watching as Celestus and "Unnatural Moonrise" ruin any chance I have to win by turn 4. They need to be banned from all other formats once they leave Standard. I want these people who still only use Werewolves THREE YEARS LATER to have to learn another trick...or leave the game forever. Also, if you still use a Raffine deck that's nothing but New Capenna-era Esper Control with Farewell, I honestly hope your life outside of the game sucks. Because you ruin fun and shouldn't be allowed to feel joy. And I know I'm not alone in thinking that.

Wait Boros is the best deck? Boros has been trash for like an month or longer. Pest control alone ends that decks whole day. You make plenty of great points so not hating, but like... what meta are you playing?

@N3gativeR3FLUX

2 ай бұрын

Boros Convoke is still holding a 54% winrate with decent popularity on untapped. Definitely still part of the meta.

@kylelenertz5509

2 ай бұрын

@N3gativeR3FLUX hmmm I can't remember the last time I didn't run through a boros deck. Maybe my main is just a bad match up, or I've been really lucky. But even then it wasn't very successful at the pro tour either.

@TheCeruleanSentinel

2 ай бұрын

where I live, 50% of all decks at the local store tournaments are boros convoke. And they do rather well for themselves. 40% is azorious control trying to control boros convoke. 5% is mono black sheoldred, and the other 5% (which includes me) are people trying to put together something interesting with what we have......the have nots of magic if you will. Boros definitely is running over the meta here, and from what I see with the mtg arena content creators, they are always dealing with it. Best deck may be arguable, but most consistent deck for sure.

@kylelenertz5509

2 ай бұрын

@TheCeruleanSentinel yeah I guess I could see that in paper. I'm on arena these days so nobody is married to any one deck. My Mardu build is a pretty fast Midrange and I have Brotherhood's End and Pest control in the sideboard w/ a lot of incidental life gain in the main. So maybe I just have a really good match up.

the new set name...Bloomburrow? sounds like a hedge fund or large corporation...very offputting.