Which Lands Should you Play in Commander? | Literally Everything you Need to Know About Lands in EDH

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The complete guide to lands in Commander, all in one video! This is everything you'll need to know about what manafixing lands and utility lands you could be playing in EDH!
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Chapters of the Video:
0:00 - 1:23 Introduction
1:24 - 12:54 Non-Budget Mana Fixing
12:55 - 32:18 Non-Budget Utility Lands
32:19 - 38:45 Budget Mana Fixing
38:46 - 47:13 Budget Utility Lands
47:14 - 52:58 Lands we DON'T Play
52:59 - 58:13 Outro and Spider-Man Talk

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  • @zotmaster
    @zotmaster2 жыл бұрын

    "Most turns are not the first 2 turns of the game." If you ever sell NN shirts, put this on one :)

  • @maxheath1158

    @maxheath1158

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Vladimir turn 1, 2, and 3 wins outside of CEDH are so rare they might as well never happen

  • @maxheath1158

    @maxheath1158

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Vladimir i agree in theory. However, in an awful lot of EDH games, turn 1 and 2 amount to something like "birds, go" and "signet, go" respectively. Missing either of those plays (and still getting to attack and draw and get any trigger if you have any) is a disadvantage, but having a consistent manabase is a HUGE advantage

  • @F3A5T

    @F3A5T

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends on the powerlevel

  • @F3A5T

    @F3A5T

    2 жыл бұрын

    Turn 1 and 2 are the most important turns in cEDH

  • @davestier6247

    @davestier6247

    Жыл бұрын

    Most turn 1s are not turn 3s

  • @weirdproq
    @weirdproq2 жыл бұрын

    One colorless utility land you forgot that is sweet is Deserted Temple. It taps for colorless, and has pay 1, tap: untap target land. It's great with Gaea's Cradle, Nykthos, Cabal Coffers, and Serra's Sanctum.

  • @mightyone3737

    @mightyone3737

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's handy in Ashaya as well, shame it's so $$$. Glad I cracked one ages ago I guess.

  • @Grooove_e

    @Grooove_e

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not too bad, $37 for regular version. Only ever printed in Odyssey so of course the foil is about $300 lmao

  • @Migalosos

    @Migalosos

    Жыл бұрын

    Combine this with Vesuva and Thespian Stage and you have crazy mana

  • @jdogbemple1
    @jdogbemple12 жыл бұрын

    For when Joe is talking about reliquary tower and he asks, “what’s a commander that always draws a bunch of cards every game?” The answer is basically every simic commander ever.

  • @maxleveladventures

    @maxleveladventures

    2 жыл бұрын

    That, and my fucking roommate's overpowered Wyleth deck. I hate that deck so god damn much...

  • @Bezoldz

    @Bezoldz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxleveladventures wyleth op deck?🧐🧐

  • @nealcrabtree3647

    @nealcrabtree3647

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aesi needs the Tower badly.

  • @davestier6247

    @davestier6247

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nealcrabtree3647 wizard class waves hello

  • @nealcrabtree3647

    @nealcrabtree3647

    Жыл бұрын

    I play Wizard Class also

  • @ozmond
    @ozmond2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU. Lands are my favorite part of Magic.

  • @mileshorner8886
    @mileshorner88862 жыл бұрын

    could you guys please do deck tours - we’ve heard so much about beezy’s two karador decks but i’d love to see the actual lists and hear the thinking about the cards in them

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are on the horizon!

  • @ConstanceMists

    @ConstanceMists

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its just 99 copies of Grave titan

  • @p1k4nurxp13sr
    @p1k4nurxp13sr2 жыл бұрын

    Urza’s Saga is probably even more wild than you give it credit for. It can grab certain infamous combo cards, notably LED.

  • @TheUltimateRey

    @TheUltimateRey

    2 жыл бұрын

    There’re not a Cedh channel so not really relevant to them

  • @elipetrou9308

    @elipetrou9308

    2 жыл бұрын

    And top and skull clamp, pretty darn good

  • @satansamael666

    @satansamael666

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fetches for Aether Vial in creature decks.

  • @poofypeanut0221

    @poofypeanut0221

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheUltimateRey you don’t have to play cedh to play an LED

  • @TheUltimateRey

    @TheUltimateRey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@poofypeanut0221 what casual game/deck are you putting an LED and not having it combo? That’s pretty much all it’s used for in Cedh

  • @patrickboswell4399
    @patrickboswell43992 жыл бұрын

    I have started auto including emergence zone in almost all of my decks especially 2 or less colors. The ability to know a board wipe is happening and hold your turn back and rebuild faster is great and also the "i need this card right now but its not an instant" is sooo good

  • @shaunsie
    @shaunsie2 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the most helpful and informative videos you guys have made to help refine decks. You're really upping your game. I've been lacking skill in honing and refining land bases, and I'm working on updating and fine-tuning my 10 decks right now. Thanks for your experience and insight.

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad to hear that!

  • @fulgurobaboon1321
    @fulgurobaboon13212 жыл бұрын

    I love how Joe got all excited when he explains the reveal-lands can reveal a non-basic to enter untapped, made me think of me when I made my Esper budget manabase. Anyway this episode was really helpful, thanks mates

  • @zackthedrummer87
    @zackthedrummer872 жыл бұрын

    Tolaria West is a great utility land. It's a tutor. You can get any land, zero cost artifacts, and even suspend cards that don't have a mana cost

  • @wolframflorian
    @wolframflorian2 жыл бұрын

    I already know, that I will come back to this video again and again. This is one of your most useful videos! Congratulations.

  • @z4t3k21
    @z4t3k212 жыл бұрын

    I am surprised that it took so long for this video.... lands are literally the most important part of MTG basics... love you guys

  • @HomeCookinMTG
    @HomeCookinMTG2 жыл бұрын

    Another good budget replacement for Ancient Tomb is Crystal Vein. Loved this video!

  • @ryanweston6182
    @ryanweston61822 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome video guys. I have always been so hesitant to pay a lot for lands even though they are so important. I have recently smartened up to the fact that lands are very important to a good deck.

  • @lawrencelamontagne328
    @lawrencelamontagne3282 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best videos you've done. Every land I but will be through you tcg link.

  • @ich3730
    @ich37302 жыл бұрын

    33:50 the cycle and basic check lands also make you feel really good about upgrades. So when someone finally gets their hands on an onslaught fetch land, they can instantly use it to full effect.

  • @hatsikujimayonez
    @hatsikujimayonez2 жыл бұрын

    You've been appearing in my recommendations for ages. Finally decided to press the subscribe button, keep up the good work!

  • @sabelaine6044
    @sabelaine604410 ай бұрын

    I loved listening to an hour of you two talking about lands ❤

  • @jerryloiselle8507
    @jerryloiselle85072 жыл бұрын

    It took me one week to decide to watch the video, but honestly thanks a lot for all the tips, I was asking myself which dual lands to put in my 2-3 colors and you answered very well. Really need to upgrade my skullbriar landbase. I still have vivid grove/vivid marsh in it x)

  • @fluff0000zz
    @fluff0000zz2 жыл бұрын

    This is the video I needed my whole life. Thank you

  • @gizzad
    @gizzad Жыл бұрын

    I love hearing you guys talk about stuff.

  • @orfeo-7_
    @orfeo-7_2 жыл бұрын

    I love hall of heliod and academy ruins in my white/blue control. So nice for the solitary confinement/blood clock combo if some one counters solitary confinement I just draw it back. Good vid guys.

  • @Oakenbull
    @Oakenbull2 жыл бұрын

    Winding Canyons can still be had for around $30, seems like a good price for a reserved list playable utility land

  • @selkokieli843

    @selkokieli843

    2 жыл бұрын

    sweet but quite situtational card, I would only invest 30$ worth of cards for such an effect if I already had 500$ budget for every deck and missing only fine tuning. Can't say I can afford that in my life. thinking of downsizing my collection anyway and turning to proxies in the future. no offense, just made me reflect on how I appraise cards these days

  • @jonathanmellette8541

    @jonathanmellette8541

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think he was really just correcting the guys because they said it was a $100 card.

  • @NoobN00b
    @NoobN00b2 жыл бұрын

    I run Yavimaya in my mono green Elf deck. It's nice because it also guarantees a forest walk trigger even if they don't have green.

  • @enemene22
    @enemene222 жыл бұрын

    You guys freakin' KILLED IT!! That was awesome!

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!

  • @CKarasu13
    @CKarasu132 жыл бұрын

    I've mentioned this before, but emergence zone is a decent option for a utility land. Especially on a budget. Lotus Field and bounce lands also have a home, though you probably only really consider them in decks that shut down etbs. Strict Proctor is great in that regard. You just counter the sacrifice or bounce trigger by choosing not to pay.

  • @Npocommander

    @Npocommander

    2 жыл бұрын

    I use lotus field in my obuum with sun titan and crucible of worlds

  • @Npocommander

    @Npocommander

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brought back is awesome with lotus field also

  • @TheUltimateRey

    @TheUltimateRey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah anytime you can recur lands lotus field is amazing or it even benefits commanders that love sacrificing like when Korvold first came out I had it in that deck and it was bonkers every time

  • @Npocommander

    @Npocommander

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheUltimateRey also have the creature version of crucible of worlds

  • @michelemichienzi934

    @michelemichienzi934

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lotus field and bounce lands are super fun in toggo's decks

  • @erikohman2294
    @erikohman22942 жыл бұрын

    I like lotus vale in white or boros, because of how often white count your lands. Also you can put in Flagstones of trokair for hardly any cost.

  • @xdavid00
    @xdavid002 жыл бұрын

    I'm here to nitpick! Forbidden Orchard was mentioned by some other people, but also Thran Quarry and Glimmervoid for the very brave of heart. Also, fast lands enter tapped after the THIRD turn, not the second turn.

  • @DracoMagna
    @DracoMagna2 жыл бұрын

    I like how you guys have chapters for the video!

  • @Necrozma_LifeYT
    @Necrozma_LifeYT2 жыл бұрын

    Just got my dual matte orchid dragon shield sleeves (I did not use your affiliate link because at the time I ordered them tou guys didnt have it) and I cant complain

  • @superdopicecream
    @superdopicecream2 жыл бұрын

    I'm making a deck right now taking good advantage of the vivid lands but I think like you said they are only useful in a very small amount of decks. But the atrax superfriends I am building they fit very nicely

  • @ConstanceMists
    @ConstanceMists2 жыл бұрын

    All this talk about shuffle scuffle has me HYPED for the nerds gameplay

  • @orlandovasquez1409
    @orlandovasquez14092 жыл бұрын

    Great episode! There is actually a butterfly exhibit you can walk through in the San Antonio Zoo in Texas.

  • @54m0h7
    @54m0h72 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I heard these lands, but worth mentioning: Battlebond duels, all good imo. Kor Haven, like a Maze of Ith but taps for mana, but needs to be paid, pretty good imo. and super honorary, the Artifacts from Ixalan that transform into lands, like Thaumatic compass is great.

  • @Pandahboymtg

    @Pandahboymtg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Battlebond lands are now referred to as Crowd lands because of the ones that came out in Commander Legends.

  • @quantum6637
    @quantum66372 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the spoiler alert on Spider-Man. Avoiding spoilers has been infuriatingly difficult, so this was a nice change of pace.

  • @RealScrymeaRiver
    @RealScrymeaRiver2 жыл бұрын

    Slime plush in the background, so proud of you two.

  • @greekPharaoh666
    @greekPharaoh6662 жыл бұрын

    My cosima landfall deck is one of my most favourite deck! Cosima is love.

  • @spreadablefruit6953
    @spreadablefruit69532 жыл бұрын

    Always feels good to use Into The North to fetch a snoodle and double up on the entering tapped requirement.

  • @KVFD1723
    @KVFD17232 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always gentlemen. I was wondering if Mishra's Workshop would be mentioned. Not surprising as it's hella expensive, but it's really powerful in the right deck.

  • @sothisis1962
    @sothisis1962 Жыл бұрын

    Halmair depths is I think very useful. Etbs tapped (taps for blue) but you get to look at and organize the top 3. Sort works out to most of ponder I really like it

  • @maxwellnichols3873
    @maxwellnichols38732 жыл бұрын

    Y'all should do a full-length video listing potential taglines for Dragon Shield.

  • @teddymason6069
    @teddymason60692 жыл бұрын

    Love the longer vids

  • @cursedinfinity
    @cursedinfinity2 жыл бұрын

    Just shipped out a Christmas gift to you guys today! I hope you like it. Merry Christmas you guys!

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, thank you and Merry Christmas!

  • @MTG69
    @MTG692 жыл бұрын

    Man I love these videos.

  • @danielvanginkel7081
    @danielvanginkel70812 жыл бұрын

    16:53 there's this card that says snow permanents ETB tapped. That is the only time you would be bummed out if your deck would be full of snow basics. Other than that snow basics can be put into an Extraplanar Lens so you get the benefits and your opponents don't.

  • @christiansmith1640
    @christiansmith16402 жыл бұрын

    What a great resource this is

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear that!

  • @dutchdronefootage
    @dutchdronefootage Жыл бұрын

    Urza's Saga, besides it being an incredibly good card it has so much else going for it. From the lore behind it to the unique art from Titus Lunter and all the hidden lore pieces he put into the piece, it's one of the coolest cards in magic in my opinion.

  • @andrewroy9263
    @andrewroy92632 жыл бұрын

    Woah. Literally everything

  • @pauldyson8098
    @pauldyson80982 жыл бұрын

    Dudes, I've been hating Maze of Ith since the 90s. I'm so with you here.

  • @cobaltbluemaru
    @cobaltbluemaru2 жыл бұрын

    In all my decks that are Naya, Grixis, Jund, Bant or Esper, I always include Lair lands (Darigaaz's Caldera, Treva's Ruins, Dromar's Cavern, Crosis's Catacombs, Rith's Grove) as additional mana fixing land. Also good if you have a landfall mechanic in the deck.

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    That bouncing a land is a pretty big downside, in nonbudget I think there's so many rainbow lands that you won't need to go there but if they work for you that's cool also

  • @merrickhart3543
    @merrickhart35432 жыл бұрын

    Big fan of the content

  • @thomasbeachy1626
    @thomasbeachy1626 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a big fan of Magistrate's Tower. Stops an equip on a creature, and further equipsto it that turn. Clears a targetable voltron. Random pro artifact for removal, attacking and blocking shenanigans for the equivalent of 2 mana and its repeatable.

  • @kenerwin5716
    @kenerwin57162 жыл бұрын

    4:58 - bonus - the shadow moor foil reflecting pool also taps for white... check it out!

  • @Turkin4tor
    @Turkin4tor2 жыл бұрын

    The Manlands are great in any deck that has Mutate, after a board wipe it can ensure you can still get that mutate trigger off

  • @Dreisgen
    @Dreisgen2 жыл бұрын

    Hi guys, nice video, but you forgot some important lands IMHO, all in budget (as an old player): Tarnished citadel/Forbidden orchard/Gemstone caverns : played in a majority of high powered decks; Mishra's Workshop : insane in anything artifact heavy, and underrated in high powered; Bazaar of Baghdad : more specific, but deserves a line in budget; The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale : I have never understood why this card is the priciest in Legends, but you HAVE to put this in your I'm never playing this section :) Basic lands :) Island of Wak Wak : I'd put this in the same sentence as Maze of Ith!

  • @WeaponXYZ
    @WeaponXYZ2 жыл бұрын

    A good budget land I feel doesn't get talked about are planeshift lair cards like Dromar's Cavern, if you can use them. Yeah, you're bouncing a non lair land back but comes to play untapped.

  • @noahpatch1483
    @noahpatch14832 жыл бұрын

    Good sleeves. Good video.

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    good comment

  • @VulcanGray
    @VulcanGray2 жыл бұрын

    It's my birthday. I'm 30! The best gift I got from you guys was taking out Phyrexian Arena

  • @reesercliff
    @reesercliff2 жыл бұрын

    unclaimed territory is actually pretty good budget dual land for elf tribal decks

  • @connerferguson1667
    @connerferguson1667 Жыл бұрын

    Ok, hear me out, Lair of the Hydra has easily become one of my favorite green cards of all time (and probably my favorite land). I was not impressed with it at first, but no card has single handedly won me more games of commander. It easily goes undetected as a land (also making it hard to remove) and fits with greens ramp super well as an X spell. Pesky late game board wipe? No worries, just throw the ton of mana you have (because you’re in green) into a huge hydra that basically has haste to finish things off!

  • @energetek661
    @energetek6612 жыл бұрын

    This video is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @riccardocalosso5688
    @riccardocalosso56882 жыл бұрын

    My rule of thumb is: Does it enter untapped and gives you at least 1 of your color? Stick it in Does it enter untapped, but it's colorless? Does it do something powerful, or they do something you deck usually can't? Maybe 2 or 3 spots Do they enter tapped? They better fix you really good, or it's a no.

  • @contrerasjesus90
    @contrerasjesus902 жыл бұрын

    My friends and I call crowd lands homie lands ,because if u got homies it comes in untapped

  • @weasley313
    @weasley3132 жыл бұрын

    halimar depth works pretty well in yuriko as long as its not ur first or second land that you play tbh. third land and you can still get in for some dmg somewhere which is not too rare you get top deck manipulation for free..

  • @ozmond
    @ozmond2 жыл бұрын

    Fetching a triome turn one is a pretty good option I find

  • @22freedom33
    @22freedom332 жыл бұрын

    Basic lands are a great pick

  • @MTG69

    @MTG69

    2 жыл бұрын

    WOTC should stop printing basic lands. There has been enough printed to sustain demand for the next 20 years.

  • @ixchel3330

    @ixchel3330

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MTG69 Then everyone has to use buy them secondhand. Also precons will always have them

  • @MTG69

    @MTG69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ixchel3330 I wonder how many basic lands are in landfills. No pun intended.

  • @MareczqZglos
    @MareczqZglos2 жыл бұрын

    I play evolving wilds and terramorphic in my Gitrog deck - and yes i play all fetches too. Even this two goes amazing with Gitrog in game, and one of the "grave" land play enebler. Sac, draw, get a land - two times per turn. Even if they put tappled land it dosent metter if Gitrog is alrady in game - you propably are alrady try to finde yours combo ;)

  • @V2ULTRAKill

    @V2ULTRAKill

    2 жыл бұрын

    The hypnotoad is just that good

  • @burkegiordano2231
    @burkegiordano22312 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping to hear y'alls take on Tolaria West!

  • @headshiphero
    @headshiphero2 жыл бұрын

    It's really interesting hearing about things being "strictly better" than other things. OG duals: I can see why they are considered strictly better, but it does depend on what you're including. A tropical island is better than an island EXCEPT if opponent has something with forestwalk, or if you need to fetch a basic. "Strictly better" mostly seems to mean "almost always better than". But yes, OG duals = amazing

  • @jaredwright1655

    @jaredwright1655

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like me after getting blood mooned

  • @antfayden4559
    @antfayden45592 жыл бұрын

    You forgot about Forbidden Orchard in the non budget rainbow lands! Unless it's mentioned later in the video and I'm commenting prematurely, I'm only halfway through so far 😜

  • @PSroka
    @PSroka2 жыл бұрын

    today I opened a Zendikar collector pack and got Agadeem, Sea gate, a pathway, and Foil Scalding Tarn (my first ever fetch after 14 years) so 4 lucky rare lands for the land video!

  • @youngmeIIy
    @youngmeIIy2 жыл бұрын

    Bojuka bog is my favorite land in commander, so I always put in dual bounce lands in multicolored black secs to hope for multiple bojuka bog activations. Otherwise I hate bounce lands.

  • @mikeowens40
    @mikeowens402 жыл бұрын

    My windgrace's -3 loves evolving wilds and terramorphic expance, although I am an advocate for running basics haha

  • @nickhughes8179

    @nickhughes8179

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Budget friendly, and conducive to my Aesi lands deck. I run Snow basics to use Sunstone which is a budget Fog on a Rock.

  • @Shadeslayer-tp4nu
    @Shadeslayer-tp4nu2 жыл бұрын

    Evolving wilds and terramorphic expanse are a nice budget option for titania at least

  • @z4t3k21
    @z4t3k212 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for mentioning the hideaway lands :) ... always an advocate for those lands.. they cantrip and cheat mana cost and can cheat casting timing.

  • @mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299
    @mr.mammuthusafricanavus82992 жыл бұрын

    Some budget favorites: - Quicksand - Emergence Zone - Lairs - Endless Sands - Safe Haven :P

  • @thomasscheck2070
    @thomasscheck20702 жыл бұрын

    What do you guys think of City of Shadows in a Commander token flood deck? It builds value exiling token/s that would have died anyway after attackers / blockers are declared; however you’d probably want a flash enabler like leyline of anticipation to decide at the last possible moment between tapping it to build mana or for mana. While those steadily accumulating counters might make it a target of land destruction, many better targets were presented in this video (Nykthos, Gaea’s Cradle, Urborg, World Tree, Yavimaya, etc.); yet if those cards return to play it’s at full strength whereas with City of Shadows all those counters are gone. Evaluating the payoff is tough because this seems niche playable; but is it really? A timely video with lots of useful info, thanks very much for covering lands in detail and for any additional insights.

  • @vinnypb33
    @vinnypb332 жыл бұрын

    Was really hoping to hear your opinion on lake of the dead and serras sanctum

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    @totakekeslider3835 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing about MtG, but I 100% agree with Cherries that Into the Spider-verse is the best Spider-man movie. Really hyped for the second one!

  • @dakodastevens8972
    @dakodastevens89722 жыл бұрын

    I think unclaimed territory is okay in 3+ color tribal decks, and ancient ziggurat is even playable in 5 color tribal, at least as budget options.

  • @The_Grimsun
    @The_Grimsun2 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate the spoiler warning. Was a little zoned out and it actually alerted me :P

  • @mightyone3737
    @mightyone37372 жыл бұрын

    Mono-colour decks rarely want Fetchlands, and most 2 colour decks could probably run basics and handle fixing with their ramp and do fine. Fetchlands are very powerful, but they generally require building around, which may further raise the price of your deck. I suspect they are a part of why I default to 1 and 2 colour decks, with my pair of 5 colour decks being very heavy on ramp, especially G ramp able to find other colours. I suspect if you've got G and are willing to make it your primary colour (in terms of land fixing), you will do okay, but it should make it clear how strong fetches are that to build without them requires you to not only not have as good fixing, but to also run more questionable ramp effects (like Manaliths) and you almost have to have access to G. Filter lands are nice, but I very much prefer Signet lands, because you can have none of that colour and still produce it, including if you have fast ramp like Sol Ring or Mana Crypt. Signet lands can easily power out a 3 colour commander on turn 2, but Filter lands can struggle more. Signets are IMHO the most underrated duals that exist, and I really hope they finish the cycle at some point. I wouldn't run Ancient Tomb in a 3 colour deck unless I have Signet Lands for example. Lands that can draw also combo with untap shenanigans, so Ashaya decks love War Room. I actually run Academy and Heliod's Generosity in my cEDH deck, though only HoHG is part of a combo in the deck, the other is just to keep trying to combo off under Rule of Law with artifacts, because my deck is slow but sometimes fast enough to set up Rule of Law. The deck also runs RiP, so the two can be dead cards sometimes, but the deck runs so many lands I can have a few Wastes. The other Wastes are Ash Barrens (which is handy when you run Back to Basics) and Hall of the Bandit Lord, which can turn so-so hands into threats, IE I can swing with my Commander before any sorcery speed stuff can be played, and it only used a land to do it. It is a huge problem if anyone steals a creature you gave haste, because that doesn't go away. Manlands seem interesting in decks that care about creatures, but mostly the 1 or maybe 2 mana activation ones. Blinkmoth Nexus is just another creature if you need it to be, and it only cost you 1 colourless, so it works with Ashnods to generate a neutral sac. Is it good? Maybe not, but those decks tend to be pretty grindy. Maybe better in Meren or another really recursive aristocrats deck, where finding another creature to kill can be an emergency situation to cheat out something big that turn, like a Sidisi. It's insulting that the precons don't run half-decent lands. It costs WotC no more to make a Fetch cost $10 less for a month (they'll go back up, because people stockpile them because they are staples and they know players will 'need them'), but nope. I found a half-decent use for Temple of Mystery in Tatyova... you replay it infinitely to add Scry to your existing draw, so you can at least filter a bit what you're drawing. It's not a huge buff for the deck, but it is an advantage sometimes, and if you've already got a Lotus Cobra or Provisioner out (or Amulet of Vigor haha) you can afford to bounce and cheat the Temple back in. As a result, I didn't find I needed to cut it, that is a deck that REALLY likes being able to either filter away lands or filter away non-lands, depending on what I need access to, yet wants a land to do it. I might have to see if I can fit that Lake that clones a creature in there, to clone a mana generator. That deck also runs Temple of the False God, but it runs 45 lands and likes being able to Crop Rotation into Temple sometimes for a small ramp that leaves a 2 mana land in play. It might not look good in your opener, but it combos off with Oboro Breezecaller if nothing else. I like Ramping Lands, like Blighted Woodlands, Landscape and Verge, but they're not busted by a long shot. They are great if you want to shave a few lands (Myriad feels pretty good in a 3 land hand in my experience, even if it's slow), or desperately need more fixing (because you run too many basics, though Verge can find non-basics, and thus is a non-budget option as well technically). They are also nice in Landfall decks, or decks that need to hit pretty high mana totals and just can't fit in enough ramp. Verge can find tri-lands even, so it's viable in any 5 colour deck that isn't cEDH. I like the Pain Deserts with Field of Ruin, but I've always wanted Deserts to be better cards. I may do something with them someday, but they suffer a lot from just not being very pushed. They help provide untapped coloured sources, which are usually pricey cards, so if you want a budget Field of Ruin deck, these are probably the king of cards you're looking for. In my limited experience, Halimar Depths is like being a really shitty oracle, because it's not actually changing what you draw. I tried running it in very budget Delver, and it was horrible in there, often coming close to costing me otherwise close games by itself, purely by coming in tapped. At least it's upside manages to reveal to me that I need to scoop. I think even in budget delver type decks you STILL prefer an island.

  • @jimmyzphillips5885
    @jimmyzphillips58852 жыл бұрын

    High Market comes in handy against control magic type spells and effect like the dreaded Gilded Drake. Nah, I'll just sac it, gain 1 and send it to the command zone.

  • @kingginger3335
    @kingginger33352 жыл бұрын

    My absolute favorite land is Valakut Awakening. Idc that it enters tapped. In Windgrace or any deck that can recur lands from the grave, it quickly becomes the best land in the deck. If you have Crucible of World's on the field, you can cast it then play it from the grave, then bounce it to your hand, the cast it, then play it from the grave and cast it as many times as you can recur it. The best part is if you have a Nyxbloom Ancient and Amulet of Vigor you can tap it to float 3 red mana, bounce it to your hand and then use that 3 mana to cast the spell. It's insanely good and it can easily have you drawing 14 cards per turn

  • @ragingtempestus6566

    @ragingtempestus6566

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry, but I don’t think that works. The land Modal side of valakut is the non dominant side, so when in any zone other than the stack or battlefield, it counts as a spell. This means it can’t be recurred by crucible

  • @kingginger3335

    @kingginger3335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ragingtempestus6566 it is how it works.

  • @kingginger3335

    @kingginger3335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sensei470 according to a judge and everything I'm reading on the internet, I'm correct. The card is called "Modal Double Face". Double face means you can play either side at any time. The card is either played as a land or as a spell. You can even play them off the top of your library as a land with Courser of Kruphix. Idk what yall are talking about

  • @kingginger3335

    @kingginger3335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sensei470 I understand that it goes to the graveyard with its spell side up. But according to the rules on the Magic the Gathering Website, you can still choose to play it as a land. You can't use Crucible to cast Valakut Awakening from the graveyard, but you can play it as a land from your graveyard if you have legal land drop available. Then all you have to do is return it to your hand with a Bounce land or something and you can recast the spell side of the card.

  • @kingginger3335

    @kingginger3335

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sensei470 you guys can keep playing the cards incorrectly if you want, I'm just trying to help

  • @mfitkin
    @mfitkin2 жыл бұрын

    Butterfly exhibit at the San Diego zoo is off the chain. It is seasonal though which I guess is implied by their very nature

  • @haunter27
    @haunter272 жыл бұрын

    Maze of Ith is good in “when this commander attacks” decks, like Jorn, God of Winter.

  • @elipetrou9308

    @elipetrou9308

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh that’s actually a neat interaction

  • @Phavahg

    @Phavahg

    2 жыл бұрын

    I respect their opinion, but they're wrong about Maze of Ith. It's an attack card as well as a defense card. There are one-turn win combos with it.

  • @elipetrou9308

    @elipetrou9308

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Phavahg there are turn one wins with hundreds of combos, replacing your land drop with a purely defensive card isn’t optimal, especially in metas where combos are more prevalent, it’s okay in lower power but unfortunately the price doesn’t reflect that

  • @Phavahg

    @Phavahg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@elipetrou9308 Our play group is very much casual. Several of us have been playing since 1994 and so a Maze of Ith is nbd.

  • @elipetrou9308

    @elipetrou9308

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Phavahg that’s fair

  • @spudster8887
    @spudster88872 жыл бұрын

    I have evolving wilds and terramorphic expanse in my budget araumi deck only because getting the card in the yard is relevant there, not just landfall decks, but yeah very narrow.

  • @LinkThinks
    @LinkThinks2 жыл бұрын

    See, the problem with this video is that I need to go to work in ten minutes and therefore cannot watch it right now. Looking forward to it, though. Thanks for the daily Magic themed birthday celebrations!

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem, happy birthday to all!

  • @victorgbs
    @victorgbs Жыл бұрын

    As a long time Magic player, who played a lot of Legacy and Modern, it always seems funny to me that you guys would consider lands that add mana like a basic but have some minor utility to be a "freeroll". Shows how unused (and to be honest, a little bit spoiled) Commander players are from having to deal with Blood Moon, Magus of the Moon, Back to basics, Wasteland, Fulminator Mage and to a lesser extent Field of Ruin. Blood moon and Back to basics in particular, but Wasteland + Crucible + Extra land drops can work too (although, to be fair, this format has Strip Mine). Commander even has Mana crypt. I've done Mana Crypt, Mountain, Blood moon, go on turn 1 playing Winota. It was kind of funny because it just completly shut off the highest powered deck and the lower powered ones got to play basically normally. There were entire decks in older formats dedicated to turbo shutting out your opponent from casting their spells by turning their manabase worth thousands and thousands of dollars into mountains, or into wasteland food. I remember in legacy, one of Miracles' biggest strengths was how well it played with just 2 Tundras in the deck, Fetches, and a ton of basics. It allowed them to run Back to basics, made turbo blood moon decks MUCH weaker, Wasteland recursion pointless, and shut off a significant portion of Delver's gameplan. You don't know pain in Magic until you can do nothing but stare uselessly at your lands desperately hoping your deck gives you one of your two basics. You guys say it's a freeroll, I say if you don't need the land to be a nonbasic (either because of mana fixing, very high utility, tainted pact or some specific synergy), just play basics. Don't rely on never meeting opponents who want to wreck your greedy manabase as a gameplan.

  • @the_names_rob
    @the_names_rob2 жыл бұрын

    At the oregon they have a whole walk in butterfly exhibit were they give you nectar and butterflies will land on you. They also have a lot of bugs. They oregon zoo is also one of the top zoos in the nation imo and it is in charge of the elephant breeding for north america

  • @Npocommander
    @Npocommander2 жыл бұрын

    The rogue mdfc land is awesome

  • @pridefulgaming
    @pridefulgaming2 жыл бұрын

    Just play the cards u like. Even if a KZread you like says it's trash. It's your deck play the way u want to.

  • @kingginger3335
    @kingginger33352 жыл бұрын

    I try not to run any etb's tapped lands unless the have the ability to untap per some stipulation. That way you're almost never missing out on mana. It sucks when I have no lands in hand on turn 4 or 5 and draw a tapped land. It's almost like missing a land drop for the turn

  • @derHexenhammer
    @derHexenhammer2 жыл бұрын

    Strip mine should be auto include as sol ring is. Also cleansing wildfire targeting your own indestructible land...2 Mana search for a land put it into play draw a card....also again unclaimed territory is amazing in tribal type decks that span 4-5 colors, slivers humans to name two

  • @narc8835
    @narc88352 жыл бұрын

    pro tip if your budget can’t keep up with your playgroup land-wise, they all lose to blood moon

  • @avista1521
    @avista15212 жыл бұрын

    Guys …you’re crushing it !

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!

  • @reggietheanarchistrat8805
    @reggietheanarchistrat88052 жыл бұрын

    I got three commander legends packs for Christmas, I ended up getting a jeweled Lotus, a scroll rack, and a foil golgari crowd land

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, those are insane pulls!!! Congrats

  • @zacharyfreese7758

    @zacharyfreese7758

    2 жыл бұрын

    sounds almost as crazy when I kept trying to sell one of the triple booster packs of ultimate masters. Nobody wanted to buy it sealed so I eventually opened it up about 2 months later and opened a snapcaster mage, lilianna of the veil, and a foil phyrexian alter.

  • @imprisonedmike
    @imprisonedmike2 жыл бұрын

    I started the video on I knew that Beezey wouldn’t want to talk about field of the dead at all!

  • @NitpickingNerds

    @NitpickingNerds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I NEVER hype that card up

  • @uphillwalrus5164
    @uphillwalrus51642 жыл бұрын

    For mono colored decks that aren't green, I'm a big fan of depletion lands and the sac land cycle from Fallen Empires

  • @joa2789
    @joa27892 жыл бұрын

    You will be so "in brand" with your Neon-Artstyle when the new Kamigawa edition comes out :)

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