These videos always end up costing me a few dollars. Perils of listening while working in a card shop.
@AKAaBuster4 ай бұрын
This series is what got me into the channel and I'm thrilled to see it back.
@mattboots54534 ай бұрын
Ditto
@AidanJacobs-jc7tp4 ай бұрын
One miss with Act of Authority is just deploying it and never swapping it. Your opponents will likely play suboptimally out of fear of removal.
@draco45694 ай бұрын
Or flicker it over and over.
@markbehiter5234 ай бұрын
or liquimetal torque politics
@casketbase77504 ай бұрын
Regarding Ana Sanctuary, it's a part of a cycle. Each of the Wedges have one. My favorite of them is Ceta Sanctuary, which let's you draw 2 and discard 1 every turn you have Temur colors out.
@asdf-pd1uj4 ай бұрын
That sounds incredible, definitely picking that up
@Terrabyte134 ай бұрын
I checked jeskai (rwu) and yeah 3 damage to any creature is a bit less impressive...😞
@JushakF4 ай бұрын
For full cycle: Ana Sanctuary (Sultai): Seen in the video, +1/+1 or +5/+5 Ceta Sanctuary (Temur): Draw/discard 1 or draw 2, discard 1 Dega Sanctuary (Mardu): Gain 2 or 4 life Necra Sanctuary (Abzan): Target player loses 1 or 3 life Raka Sanctuary (Jeskai): Deal 1 or 3 damage to target creature The Sultai and Temur ones seem the only really playable ones to me, with Mardu being weak maybe if life gain is important theme.
@deeterful4 ай бұрын
I remember this series. As a person who owns a f*** ton of older cards I find it interesting to see some of them spotlit.
@Victorinya_Valentine4 ай бұрын
Interesting note about Fervent Charge at 18:00 - it got reprinted in fallout, so it’s $0.19 at current time.
@davwad24 ай бұрын
I'm not sure about others, but if I see a price in a video, I factor in the date of the video and the date when I'm watching the video.
@joedominguez80644 ай бұрын
Man did not know about abjure, that’s definitely going in my Watcher In the Water deck. Or in any of the spellslinger decks that make blue tokens, pretty sweet card
@joedominguez80644 ай бұрын
Act of authority would be great in Aminatou
@thatzombifiedpotato49254 ай бұрын
It's also a good tech option in muldrotha the gravetide decks (I love using it to get a tapped blue creature into the graveyard, just to cast it from said graveyard)
@kaiseremotion8544 ай бұрын
theres a buffed version in MH3 that costs 0 if you sac a blue creature
@reinierdonga17484 ай бұрын
As a tip on the Abduction effect of protecting your commander. You also have False Demise and Fool's demise.
@JushakF4 ай бұрын
Also a ton of instant versions of the same effect. The major downside of the enchantment versions is that your opponent knows it's there and exiling the creature negates the effect entirely. That being said, False Demise has one of the funnier card arts to me, so it gets points for that.
@reinierdonga17484 ай бұрын
Totally agree, they do telegraph what's happening. But that's also funny, because it adds to the information they need to track (brain load). I run these cards in my Ivy, gleefully spellthief. Which is an aura deck. So I get a free copy to defend my commander with.
@mr.nakamura90884 ай бұрын
Altar of Bone is within 10% of it's 6 year lows and it is reserved list. The card is in accumulation so if can snag a copy for around $4 it would be a fairly low risk pick-up.
@crawdaddy20044 ай бұрын
4:23 Lol -Abduction taking Blightsteel Colossus - it would still get shuffled back into the library, because it never touches the graveyard. 😂
@cole100020024 ай бұрын
i am happy you have brought this back. I missed it
@sonofdysonsphere9694 ай бұрын
Your videos have turned me into the guy known at the LGS that "looks for weird cards". Thanks for that and for adding flavour to my commander games!
@Myrddyn664 ай бұрын
So glad you decided to do these again! Watched every single one of them before and loved them. I have a high school games club and because of your suggestions I was often able to dig into my old pile of cards and give my students budget key cards that made all of their decks better. They were so appreciative. I strongly believe this is your best series. Keep up the great work!
@genericnameincАй бұрын
Act of Authority is a slam dunk in Aminatou. Aminatou lets you flicker permanents you own (not control), which is rare. You get 1 removal instantly, then, having in on the board is enough to scare people off of playing their important enchantments. If you need it though, you can use the upkeep trigger, then use Aminatou's -1 ability to flicker it back onto your board. So you get another ETB removal trigger and still have it menacingly on your battlefield. Amazing card
@oxpolitik4 ай бұрын
Love this series!
@ChrisMortJr.4 ай бұрын
Omnispell adept and elvish piper are bangers that fit in a lot of decks
@andrewamann28214 ай бұрын
If you're playing green, and you're playing creatures, I would argue that Elvish Piper and Vivien's Arcbow are both cards that you should have active justifications for not running them, if you're not.
@ChrisMortJr.4 ай бұрын
@@andrewamann2821 doubly so in gruul or golgari
@johncrossley69453 ай бұрын
Ana sanctuary was actually part of one of my favorite cycles in magic. I built my first 5 color deck when they came out. They were clunky and it wasn't commander, but still fun. Might revisit them for another 5 color.
@brandonlopina77334 ай бұрын
Abduction and abjure are both long staying staples in my Talrand deck which was my 2nd ever commander deck. If you have a drake out its pretty easy to cast and you get the drake back. Abduction is also a great modal card. Untapping the creature means you can usually use its activated ability or swing and giving Talrand an extra life is almost always worth it.
@tym621722 күн бұрын
Ashes to Ashes is an awesome 2 for one exile removal that almost no one plays. It can hit most creatures, and 5 life is a much more surmountable cost in commander than it would be in standard constructed formats. I throw that card in most of my decks that have access to black.
@mfitkin4 ай бұрын
Alright you win this round, I hadn’t seen half these cards before
@crawdaddy20044 ай бұрын
11:12 Exactly! The “strictly better” doesn’t hold water. If that were the case, I’d never run Path to Exile, because I have Swords to Plowshares. Yes, I realize you can Path to Exile your own creature, but that happens so infrequently that it may as well never happen - you had enough mana to put a creature in play, but you are still somehow so desperate for that one more mana.
@Jrizzle74264 ай бұрын
You would generally target a Small utility creature, tokens or a creature that Is already dying. I have only once ever used a path on my own creature and it did not feel good.
@franslair21994 ай бұрын
I pathed a creature on my side of the board several times, and that creature was Slicer
@Cerebrosum4 ай бұрын
It's ramp and mana fixing. Can be really good in a pinch
@crawdaddy20044 ай бұрын
@@Cerebrosum Yes, but it’s super rare. I used to play Legacy, and my favorite deck was Abzan Loam. I have used Swords to Plowshares more times on my Knights of the Reliquary against RDW or Burn than I have used PtE in any format on any creature.
@soulpower63174 ай бұрын
Act of Authority is by far the best suggestion here. Consulate Crackdown, Paradoxical Outcome, Riftsweeper, Impending Disaster, Stifle (this one's gotten pricey), Crush of Tentacles, Sire of Insanity, Thrull Parasite, Sunder, and Profane Memento (a must in mill decks) would be my 10 recommendations.
@MetFreak424 ай бұрын
As a side to Ana Santuary, note that the ability specifies "if/or" terminology, and does not include the actual Mana pip for Blue in the description box. Therefore, it is legal to use in Golgari (B/G) decks. However, obviously you would gain the most benefit in Sultai (U/B/G).
@willwoll31384 ай бұрын
I LOVE Aether Flash in my Sorrow's Path Deck. Nearly Everything in the deck is designed to survive a 2 damage hit (because of the Path), so it doesn't really hurt me at all, but can severely hamper my opponent.
@marcoottina6544 ай бұрын
15:15 Trostani Diacordat will get it back at the end of turn My picks: - "Gilraen, Dunedain Protector" + "Professor of Symbology": the latter is awesome in a Orzhov / Abzan sacrifice+reanimator deck, especially with blinkers/flickers like Gilraen amd Serra Paragon, Rodolf, Guardian Scalelord, angel of indemnity, etc. PoS is awesome to draw cards, discard, having a chrap sacrifice and a cleric as well . - Ertha: a bit niche, but works goddamnly well Earned a new subscriber!
@zachariahpoltergeist45164 ай бұрын
Yes! So glad the series is back! I always pick up at least one from each list.
@michaelpohl90774 ай бұрын
I have been recently building some of your tanks and consider them some of the best on KZbin. Really looking forward to the upcoming ones.
@h0ly2084 ай бұрын
My old stax derevi would love Aether Barrier. It also plays Words of Wind, Fatespinner, Rule of Law, Stasis and Winter Orb. No win conditions, only cards that add rules to the game. There's a reason it lives in a shoebox now.
@admazzola35692 ай бұрын
I run aligned hedron network with Sharuum and it actually exiles sharuum inside of it. So if someone is able to destroy it, sharuum can target it to make it come back. Also I can flicker it while sharuum is in there to suck in even more of their new big creatures and return an additional artifact to the battlefield.
@cyslim0074 ай бұрын
Cards I love (and know) from this list - Abjure in Talrand decks, Aether Flash in Atla Palani to kill the Eggs, Altar of Bone especially in Abzan. Fairly certain I can use Act of Authority in Ghen Arcanum Weaver 🧠
@Snipfragueur4 ай бұрын
Ooooh, Act of Authority is very interesting
@draco45694 ай бұрын
I use it in my Brago blink deck as an easy way to get rid of artifacts and enchantments.
@muhlor4 ай бұрын
@@draco4569 wanted to type the exact same answer, then saw yours. It's the ultimate abuse in blink decks :D
@SebastianCova4 ай бұрын
So glad this see this series back. Thank you, I understand you wanted to do different kinds of content, but I liiive for your curation.
@MegatronTarantulas4 ай бұрын
Missed this series. Glad it's back!
@LexAnarchy4 ай бұрын
Glad the series returns! Aftershock is great, I've been running it in quite a few decks and I'm always happy to draw it.
@benlaggins89774 ай бұрын
I'm so glad that this series is back. I can't tell you how many edh decks where made better thru your suggestions. WOO
@stuartjackson78344 ай бұрын
Hey Demo - I loved this series the first time around - glad to see it back - regards Stu
@davidcardoso35254 ай бұрын
Love Aether Flash - it makes Mogis happy!
@AllesistnichtsАй бұрын
Thnaks for brining this Back.
@mtggodzilla73084 ай бұрын
I really enjoy this serie. Its great to see it back. 😊
@JushakF4 ай бұрын
Ana Sanctuary is a fun throwback. That era of magic has a TON of more or less janky three color cards, like the XYZscape cycles from design times before WotC stopped thinking card being multiple colors meant it needed to cost more for some reason and were starting to experiment with making more than handful of multi-color cards that weren't utter trash per set. An-Zerrin Ruins is something I'll likely never bring to a table. I've never liked targeted hosing cards in general, even less so in a casual format and throwing something like that to screw ONE player in multiplayer format just isn't my idea of fun, personally. Act of Authority seems interesting card. Political removal cards are very rare in my experience and I kind of wish there was more of them.
@anthonydelfino61714 ай бұрын
when you talk about aftershock, it’s not as versatile but you can get a similar effect without the life loss by playing fissure it costs 1 more mana and can’t destroy artifacts, but also doesn’t lightning bolt you
@ImWithSmeghead4 ай бұрын
Love these. Even if I don’t use them, I always feel like I learn so much.
@burningpapersun14 ай бұрын
I love altar of bone. It's useful in white and green where your options are low.
@ARonsoInEorzea4 ай бұрын
Aether flash seems like a great ability to double the damage. With effects like whenever a source of your choice deals damage, it deals double that damage . I was doing it for a while with beasts. I forget the red card but basically the enchantment deals 4 damage to any player whenever a beast etbs for me
@stigmaoftherose4 ай бұрын
One awesome old card that I think should see more play is teferi's veil. It's obviously situational but putting it in your blue agro decks as a really good protection piece for your voltron commander or agro board as a way to dodge all sorcery speed board whipes every turn for just 2 mana is amazing.
@bartoffer4 ай бұрын
It's an auto-include in any "until end-of-turn" decks, which either use effects like Unearth or create tokens vis-a-vis Splinter Twin effects, but even there you'll often find that people don't know the card exists.
@OverlyCriticalAnime4 ай бұрын
I ran it in my rouge's deck. It's not as good as I thought. Attacking then board wiping felt amazing but most times it left me open since it's not a may trigger
@stigmaoftherose4 ай бұрын
@OverlyCriticalAnime unless you have vigilance or an untap theme how does it leave you open? And if you are in those themes obviously it's not a card you want in your deck.
@OverlyCriticalAnime4 ай бұрын
@@stigmaoftherose Phasing last until your next untap step. Yeah it leaves you open regardless of vigilance unless I'm missing something
@stigmaoftherose4 ай бұрын
@OverlyCriticalAnime if your creature is tapped it can't block anyway, so how are you left more open with it phased out?
@RagingPoo4 ай бұрын
Something Altar of Bone can do that Eladamri's Call cannot: 1. Sacrifice Academy Rector 2. Get Omniscience 3. Get your favorite creature and cast it for free :)
@Justrex014 ай бұрын
Mostly budget fuckery. I like it. Only been playing since 2020 so most of the cards you talk about are new to me. Thanks, Demo!
@davwad24 ай бұрын
Thanks for suggestions Demo! Great as always!
@CoolWhip1256984 ай бұрын
Aether flash looks like a perfect piece for my Toralf deck, managed to get it for $1.20 at my LGS, should be quite fun.
@niknaheartatak4 ай бұрын
Alligned aligned hedron network is a board wipe/big boy protection at instant speed in the face of board wipes like cyc rift with the flash thopter deck
@stinkyratman4 ай бұрын
Great video, made me want to try my hand at a izzet, jeskai, or maybe grixis stax deck with one of my favourite cards of all time: "Vile Consumption". I think you'd like it if you don't already know about it : {1}{u}{b}, enchantment, All creatures have “At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life.” Please make more !
@micahhonig15754 ай бұрын
Act of authority is an all star in my Ghen deck! You can use ghen to sacrifice Act of authority in response to the second trigger so you exile the targeted card but don’t give act of authority away
@89qwyg9yqa34t4 ай бұрын
Act of Authority with Eon Hub seems like a really good combo.
@GallantLee4 ай бұрын
I started watching your videos... over 2 years ago because of the A-Z videos! love these and thanks for these
@AEstud774 ай бұрын
Thanks. I forgot I had abduction. I played it once long time ago, and the table was saying "what is that!?" I love those little reactions during a game. Gonna throw it in my mono blue, and see what happens.
@JimboBango4 ай бұрын
I love Act of Authority in my Sigarda, Font of Blessings deck. An absolute powerhouse when all your own permanents have hexproof
@jsstefanski4 ай бұрын
Love the series! You always find cool niche cards!
@O_violet4 ай бұрын
Have you covered Fools Demise? It's a lot like Abduction, but you don't untap the creature and it returns to your hand when it's put into a graveyard.
@dariocampanella79924 ай бұрын
I was looking for some nonbasic land hate and I found some interesting stuff. -mercadia downfall: i put it in my naya stompy, seems really brutal against someone that uses a lot of non basic. -bramblecrush. Destroy anything except creature, and that seems very useful even for 4 mana. -creeping mold is similar and I had it in my collection, definely not ideal but still versatile, I put it in a simic deck because im not afraid of spending 4 mana. -primal order. Amazing in a monogreen deck or if you run a ton of basics . -desert twister, expensive, but hits anything
@shrimpboatgames80024 ай бұрын
Aligned Hedron Network is a powerhouse in my mono-red control deck. It doesn't hit any of my creatures, and, as Demo says, it doesn't target and exiles the creatures so gets around hexproof and indestructible. So many aggressive strategies that my deck is weak against want to lay down some big creatures, and if it's a one sided board wipe, some of my opponents might want to work too keep it in play. It's also efficiently costed, so there's no reason not to run it in decks that don't have good board wipes against big creatures (like mono-red).
@ryanfohrman79114 ай бұрын
Abjure is my new favorite counterspell 💙 upside on top of unrestricted target…for 1 mana!! Thanks Demo!!
@JaimeAGB-pt4xl4 ай бұрын
Big LOLs and still amazed on all the stax pieces Red gets 😂😂😂
@kupothegreat45704 ай бұрын
Let's go! I have definitely missed these videos!
@RJP19104 ай бұрын
Wow, abjure is an actual good card I've never seen played. That's kinda wild. That's gotta be a better defensive option for low CMC blue commanders than force of negation
@michaeleaton36954 ай бұрын
Need to discuss one of my recent faves: Mask of the Mimic.
@Zakading4 ай бұрын
Holy shit it has been TWO years?!
@zefiend4 ай бұрын
Hey Demo you might want to double check Act of Authority and Blood Clock interaction. Ruling says you choose the permanent to return as the trigger resolves. Meaning if you stack it under AoA's trigger, you won't control AoA when you are asked to choose a permanent you control.
@edhdeckbuilding4 ай бұрын
yeah i don't see the issue. you choose targets when abilities go on the stack. so AoA goes on the stack choosing a target, then you put the bloodclock on there. bounce your AoA to hand, then it's ability resolves exiling the permanent but since it's in your hand the rest doesn't happen.
@zefiend4 ай бұрын
@@edhdeckbuilding yes, AoA under Blood Clock makes sense. I was thinking you were saying the opposite in the video. My fault
@Keksoe6664 ай бұрын
This was interesting. Have you ever played/heard of the red card "Custody Battle"? If you haven't: check it out! It's cheap and is much more powerful than it might seem at first.
@alexandermoreland72214 ай бұрын
Woohoo 🎉 happy to see it’s back!
@bryceduyvewaardt81364 ай бұрын
Ana Sanctuary is so strong in an Ukkima and Cazur deck. Great recommendations in general!
@NoTengoIdeaGuey4 ай бұрын
I dont know if Ana Sanctuary would actually work in a Tasigur deck. Tasigur is Sultai according to commander color identity ruies, but the card itself is just a Black card. I had this same issue with an Alesha, Who Smiles At Death deck with a card i had in there, Aurelia, exemplar of justice. Aurelias ability gives target attacking creature +2/0 and trample if it's red, +2/0 and vigilance if it's white. Alesha only gets the red one, because she's a red creature card, but with an hybrid orzhov activated ability. So its Mardu according to EDH color id rules, but not actually a Mardu card in terms of color. Just red. It *could* work in Tasigur, but not with only your commander out. Im def putting Ana Danctuary in my Nine-fingers Keene deck tho. 🙏
@EidoEndy4 ай бұрын
Abduction. One of my favorite combos is this card with Iridescent Drake. Immortal drake that can be sacrificed infinitely.
@sipoffinewine57984 ай бұрын
Altar of bone has won me games in my Golfenor, the last yew deck. More times than I can count.
@jayf62064 ай бұрын
Act of Authority may need to go in my kid's War Doctor deck. It can be an alternative use of clue tokens.
@pnelllott73004 ай бұрын
Thank for this, trying to get Aminatou and Kinnan decks better, that Abduction card will help.👍👍
@yaza8624 ай бұрын
act of authority would be really really cool in Ghen arcanum weaver
@chrisgebben20434 ай бұрын
awesome it was this series to why i subscribed in the first place im wondering if you should post the play list for the older versions though blood clock does fit for the underrated series that's great for stuff that you want to bounce back to do cast triggers again infact the eldrazi are back in MH3 and one of the commanders decks and most of the time eldrazis care about themselves being cast for triggers. and also somestuff can be reloaded when you run out like Garth one-eye for example
@davwad24 ай бұрын
ANA SANCTUARY!!! I was hoping to see this at some point on the channel. I literally built a sultai deck just to play this card.
@dapperghastmeowregard4 ай бұрын
Just picked up Ana Sanctuary for Vorosh. Don't remember if I got one or not since at one point it was 10 bucks, but been eyeing Altar of Bone for Drizz't.
@keithwynn83904 ай бұрын
Can't decide whether to steal an opposing creature or protect your own with Abduction? Do what I do: choose both! I run it in Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief!
@SamuraiSam4 ай бұрын
figures this video drops the day after I place a big order on TCGplayer lol. Great stuff!
@moedark43904 ай бұрын
grabbing ana sanctuary for my indominous rex deck. turns him into a 2 hit commander damage kill
@michaelcamburako4 ай бұрын
This made my day.
@Bargadiel4 ай бұрын
Abduction is a fantastic card for this series.
@obadijahparks4 ай бұрын
The abduction creature can simply be exiled to avoid giving it back.
@robusterbrown12914 ай бұрын
Love to see this series!
@stikkbomb37814 ай бұрын
Aether flash could actually be pretty good in a Dinos to trigger enrage.
@mizzlchieizzl4 ай бұрын
Have you ever done a video on Ertai's Meddling? I can't believe it's a bargain bin card
@NerdsofWisdom4 ай бұрын
I use Abjure in my Talrand and Locus god deck, it's perfect.
@XJBG1001X4 ай бұрын
Man, act of authority could get rid of every players One Ring... that's pretty good value
@MatthiasCorvinu4 ай бұрын
I used to run hedron archive in my Brago deck. It was funny but I ended up dropping it cuz I didn't like the 4 mana part of it. And also so many good creatures nowadays are so small and it doesn't get rid of them anymore.
@Mischievous_Moth4 ай бұрын
An-Zerrin Ruins is hilarious, it's a red card, with a blue effect, and a black flavor text.
@GunbladeKnight4 ай бұрын
One Blue card I add to all decks is Behold the Multiverse.
@Fishfoo_Ай бұрын
Aether flash works well in my Atla Palani deck as I have no creatures in it with toughness less than 3 aside from the eggs she creates which I want to die. Win-win
@longdangley4 ай бұрын
aether barrier in codie is really good
@erc43754 ай бұрын
Hadnt seen 7 out of the 10, this vid got a subscribe out of me
@bradyinman65884 ай бұрын
I use abduction to untap my dude then protect my commander all the time.