Bad Magic Cards (We Play Them Anyway) | The Command Zone 517 | Magic The Gathering Commander

[@commandcast]

What’s your favorite “bad” card to put in your decks? What deck or decks is it in? And why do you love to play with it?

[@XragebootsX]

I like to run Karmic Justice in mono white just as an incentive for my opponents to point removal elsewhere

[@chefboyardee851]

Sunbird's invocation

[@LadyTsunade777]

Absolute Grace and Absolute Law. Giving _ALL_ creatures protection from Red and/or Black is great, especially when your own deck doesn't have those anyway. So now your creatures are all protection from some of your opponents' stuff, and they can't even target their own stuff to buff/equip them. I also really like Endless Horizons. It's a perfect way to make sure you hit your land drops in White. Just put like 6-7 Plains under it (even nonbasics) and you're set for your land drops; meanwhile, people are much less likely to remove it since destroying it would be seen as a dick move, and everyone knows the pain of being mana screwed. (but again, only put like 6-7 lands under it, so if it _does_ get removed you haven't exiled all the lands in your library)

[@fishermankent2417]

Villainous wealth. You could get some lands and maybe a ramp spell. OR! Maybe you get their (insert huge threat here)! I did have infinite Mana once and used it to steal someone's entire library

[@eneser8883]

I absolutely love Possibility Storm, i run it in a Jhoira of the Ghitu deck, since it causes my opponents to not know what they will be playing, but i do since suspend is casting from exile. basically everytime I play it i lose but it is so funny to watch everyone (myself included) flip past great cards that we arent going to play. (it was also very funny to watch a friend mill themselves out by playing the one enchantment they had in their deck, and exiling their whole library)

[@willem1847]

Bringing Rachel to the Command Zone is one of the best descisions ever. She is smart , friendly , funny and just awesome. She's a keeper

[@merlinduty7546]

I missed where they changed the hosts, can someone explain when that happened and what the teams motivation was ?

[@joshuaritter9747]

@@merlinduty7546 I wish I new too I’ve been trying to find out I miss Josh and jimmy together

[@firstnamelastname489]

Ppppplllllpp0😊

[@XragebootsX]

Rachel always seeing the cool side of “bad” cards is why she’s quickly becoming my favorite host.

[@Matlock180]

I agree completely

[@LilianaSimp]

I wasn't sure about her initially but I like that she plays commander like I do, to just have fun. I hear them talk about stuff being unplayable or too slow. Who cares? Just play it anyways if you like it

[@GhaskullThraka]

Not gonna lie tho. Glad she finally lost on camera😅

[@philcolton5933]

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[@philcolton5933]

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[@DerpyHippo]

In every commander deck I’ve built that has dimir colors, I’ve always run Wrexial, the Risen Deep. It was either in the 99 or the commander. It’s my absolute favorite creature card of all time, because my older brother gave me 2 copies of it when I first started collecting the cards. I will never forget how much of an influence he’s been to my life and as a thank you I run it as much as I can!

[@HamburgerTime_]

Oh man, Jordan's philosophy on big mana. I built Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant for that exact reason. Anyone can go infinite, but I want to make 700!

[@JordanPridgen]

Yes! Gimme a huge but non-infinite number any day of the week!

[@Hemlocker]

Repay in Kind is how Crim won the latest episode of Commander at Home, I'd never even seen the card before and I lost my shit

[@vaporeon344]

I watched the MTG Goldfish commander podcast, hearing him mention it in one of their videos. Inspired me to make a Selenia lifeswap tribal deck. It has been so much fun since.

[@nathanialtumlinson5276]

I run it with Lichs mastery, drop myself to 0 and wipe everyone simultaneously

[@Jonzin4BeatzNYC]

I came to comments for this! It was nuts

[@thatepicwizardguy]

was actually the greatest win in MTG I've maybe ever seen. I don't think the card is really that bad it's just very niche

[@joewhite4456]

The best part of lurking predators is it says "may put that card on the bottom of your library" so even if it's not a creature you still get to draw it next turn if you want it.

[@Crowned_Goblin]

I love seeing Repay in Kind. It's a banger in Rakdos self-harm deck.

[@GhaskullThraka]

Great combo with liche too

[@achocofilah]

Repay in kind in my K’rrik deck has made my playgroup go from “dude your health total is too low to pay for that” to “oh no his health total is too low”

[@ferdithetank7535]

The rollercoaster 😂

[@barbarapalone7340]

Same! I love it in my krrik deck

[@eltonsu]

I love using Tempting Wurm and always cast it after making all my opponents draw a crap tonne of cards! Its super fun and chaotic and the fact that it puts me way behind is in some way a decent protection since my opponents are mainly worried about whats going on on my other opponents board.

[@TheSpunYarn]

easily one of the greatest recent episodes of the podcast. love the positive vibes. Mines gotta be Descent into Avernus. If I'm in red, there's no reason not to play it. Ramps everybody, but you use the mana first! the damage is hilarious and makes games go at lightning speed (but in the "everybody is popping off" way)

[@masterbd0505]

I LOVE descent into avernus. It gets wild quick.

[@walterrodriguez4325]

Ohh yes I LOVE that card, nothing like setting a nice fire under everyone's asses!

[@officeman15]

I've got it in 3 decks and have never drawn it 😂

[@nerd2death899]

One of my pet "bad cards" is the Wanderer from war of the spark. I love the card, despite the fact that while it can be really good, it often ends up being a four mana exile. But when its passive matters, it's really cool.

[@verlandes1]

+1, super cool card!

[@gerardoramos3179]

I love the random combo it has with Command the Dreadhorde where you can reanimate everything in all players graveyards without taking any damage. I've only done it once, but the joy I felt was immeasurable

[@nerd2death899]

@@gerardoramos3179 that is legitimately one of the reasons I run the wanderer. That combo is so good, for such a better mana cost compared to something like rise of the dark realm.

[@gerardoramos3179]

@@nerd2death899 and price 😂 it's a budget build your own rise of the dark realm

[@Nickpip11]

It's good in flicker when you can exile 2 or more things a turn

[@michareszka1729]

My pet bad card is Descend Upon the Sinful :) I love its flavor - its not the best mass removal, but when I cast it, I feel like I punish all the sinful doings :) Plus it depicts Avacyn, my favorite Angel in Magic. I also, like to use Archangel Avacyn (the flip one), in many boros decks.

[@kaba9926]

I remember opening it in a booster and being so happy about it :)

[@cidsgamingcorner2727]

I also play lurking predator in alot of my decks but one of my pet cards is Chaos wand, i love the fact that i can use someone else's resources at a chance of course to disrupt someone else plans and I barely use any of my personal resources to do so. nothing will ever beat countering your opponent's expropriate with their own counter spell, one of my proud achievements with this card

[@morganalley3093]

Facts

[@joewhite4456]

Archfiend of depravity is so fun because no one seems to know what it does even when you've read it. It'll get to your next end phase and they'll say something like "wait, it only affects your opponents?!?" Painful quandary is another personal favourite or Serra's emissary too.

[@supernova86]

Doubling Cube can also potentially help fix your mana. If you only have 1 blue available but need 2, and you have plenty of colorless or other colors, you can doubling cube.

[@jacobnordquist3448]

More of these videos please! Song of Creation: added to cart Repay in kind: already in cart Berserk: in each stompy deck already, this is a 10/10 that also let's you use it as a removal against other players when they attack someone else!

[@FlowBerni]

song of creation is really really really bad hahahaha :D

[@Society.gave.me.anxiety]

I feel like I’m going to be attacked this whole episode LMAO

[@Lootprechaun]

Why though?

[@kylemotty5951]

As a budget player and only proxy advocate in my playgroup, I feel you.

[@jaya-prime]

OMG! Only two cards deep at Song of Creation and already like: "I have found my people!" And Doubling Cube? All day long!

[@Renegadetothe64th]

I like idol of oblivion quite a bit as a card draw engine for most commander decks. Also Cauldron of souls is a great way to protect from board wipes.

[@BigDrew49]

I love Idol. My Chatterfang, Ognis, Magda, and Hofri decks all turn it on nearly every single turn. Even getting 2 activations on it feels busted.

[@maxpelaez4955]

That isn't a bad card tbh, it's two mana and easily gets u multiple cards in the right deck.

[@infinitedaryl2267]

Rachel introduced me to Pandemonium in a video on Rakdos LORs. It has been so much fun. I’ve both won and lost because of it. My “bad card” is Havoc Festival. The art is literally 🔥 And it is hilarious everyone freaking out as their life totals get halved one by one and them working out the ideal time to remove it - usually after it gets back round to me. It also speeds up the game a little. A close third and fourth is Keen Dualist and Protection Racket. Again all good but silly in Rakdos decks.

[@oelness]

my pod hates havoc festival, i've been quasi banned from playing it lol

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

Some of my thoughts, for whatever they are worth: Doubling Cube: In the new Omnath, it lets you cast an _even bigger Torment of Hailfire_ and I am totally here for it Song of Creation: Hey guys! Look! I found a way to break Omniscience! But really, this card has the biggest Timmy energy ever and I love it! Repay in Kind: This card screams "if I'm going down, I'm taking you all with me!" Mirrorpool: I think- "I'll copy my Genesis Wave/Exsanguinate/Jaya's Immolating Inferno!", JLK thinks- "I'll copy my Mulldrifter!" Craig- "I'll copy my Craterhoof..." Berserk: One of my favorites, and of course I love Berserk into a "Fling" effect

[@caseywellington4761]

Best episode in a really long time! I love the idea of underplayed cards getting the love they deserve!

[@Lenvyathan]

I think Search For Glory is a very underrated card because it can tutor lands, planeswalkers (especially now that they are all legendary), creatures, artifacts, enchantments, you name it. I run it in my Arahbo deck, since it just finds the best cards in my deck like The Great Henge (like the go-to tutor 99% of the time because when do you NOT need ramp or card draw?), Mirri, Jazal, Ajani, Akroma's Memorial, the list goes on.

[@markcooper4876]

Jordan Pridgen is my spirit animal. Every card he mentioned is in my Omnath, Locus of Mana deck (but I took out Genesis Wave because it took too long to resolve, and it usually resulted in a win.). He has the right mindset. Not infinite mana just a ridiculous amount.

[@christianhamm3563]

I love dropping havoc festival and watching everybody start sweating immediately

[@caseywellington4761]

That card ends games so fast

[@Whiskyandrock]

One of my absolute favorite "bad" cards of all time is Unexpected Results. It's just so fun to play

[@ferdithetank7535]

My favourite in that category is gotta be Glorious End. Red counterspells are mostly unheard of (except for Red Blasts/Deflecting Swat), this is closer to red extra turn effects, where you get the benefit for low mana cost, but have to win or die right after. Also, it features Ray Swanland art, he is my favourite Magic artist!

[@jayhaviland4708]

They talked a lot about the art for Null Brooch but how did they not talk about how amazing the flavor text is?!

[@FrogAtog]

One card I play that I know is not a great rate but I include it in every green deck I can is Krosan Restorer. I love tapping and untapping things and you can do some cool stuff with bounce lands and haste. It also says you can untap any land so someone's maze of ith can get two creatures so you can strike a deal.

[@jyomi7506]

Golden Guardian will always be one of my favorite cards. I love when people who have never seen realize that my 4 drop just punched one of my own creatures with the sole purpose of dying and becoming a land XD

[@ReyosBlackwood]

26:38 I run lurking predators in my Mayael deck. I also run Cream of the Crop, that heavily cuts down on how random it is when it also lets you search the next 5+ cards fir another creature.

[@FlowBerni]

Can we have a Game Knights episode with Arthur and Rachel as the hosts? I miss that guy he has chill vibes and Rachel is Rachel.

[@danacoleman4007]

Who?

[@BillToenjes]

Null Brooch is VERY good in a colorless EDH deck, have played in Karn, Silver Golem and Traxos, Scourge of Kroog - even better with Bottled Cloister + Unwinding Clock, counter a spell every turn to protect your board-state from Cyclonic Rift, Vandalblast, etc.

[@RuudAwakening]

Magma Phoenix! A (limited) boardwipe on a flying stick, a nuisance for most dragons because it can take a 6/6 with it in combat. Rattlesnake type card "dare to attack me". Even more in a deck with sac outlets. Recursive so you always can create a board position (bonus: can help you out when looting or rummaging). Even progresses the game because each time it dies, everyone is taking 3. And an invincible feeling when equipped with a basilisk collar!

[@ShadowMiner2358]

My favorite “bad” card that I just absolutely put in every white deck is probably lapse of certainty. I fell in love with it after I watched Josh play it and even though it’s a stall I just love when I throw it out and the table just goes 😮

[@hiddenleaf414]

I love to play Bloodthirsty Blade. Keep the most dangerous creature off of you, while pressuring another opponent is extremely underrated. Also allowing more time for you to set up. Also: Go Team Galactic Jake! Glad to see another Jelle’s Marble Runs enthusiast.

[@caseywellington4761]

Yes, I love this card too!

[@KLang509]

Search for Glory is so good! And Howling Mine is def one of mine. But my big one I always play if it’s U/R is Fevered Visions. It’s just such a good card. Speeds up card draw for 3CMC and punishes your opponents.

[@shilohartisan]

10:27 "They could be twice as dead" lol this is why you put a comedian in the chair! I love you Rachel! I'm twice as dead.

[@verlandes1]

Mine is Predator, Flagship. Clunky as hell, but kind of flexible for blocking and/or removal. Plus I love all things Rathi Overlay.

[@heath1948]

Doubling cube is a commander stable, especially if you have a way to make infinite mana because you then use doubling cube to make even more mana

[@maxxchop4466]

I love this “series” and seeing the command zone cast’s opinions on random cards.

[@GhaskullThraka]

They should totally just do a part 2 for both. There’s just so much to talk about

[@alvaro234]

Explorer's Scope. I know it is not the best card but I love to run it on my Yuriko deck. I am going to attack every turn, it cleans my top and ramps whenever I find a land on top of my deck for a very cheap cost. It is a bit more casual friendly than a full optimized Yuriko and it has come in clutch many times

[@rustybaker7537]

Mine is spell Swindle. It's a lot of mana for a counterspell but I once used it to stop craterhoof Behemoth and when the player full swung at me that combat I used that mana to Cyclonic Rift my opponents boards. That story and those exceeding low odds of ever happening are why I play it because hey it's not likely "but your saying there is a chance"

[@DrakeAMV]

My favorite interaction is when someone asks me what they can do to make their deck better. I tell them cards ABCDEFandG. Then they say they're their pet cards. Well, all the other cards are good so.......

[@jolteon345]

One of my favorite bad cards to play is Spectral Searchlight. It’s been power crept out of being a good card but I like holding it open as a bargaining chip for when an opponent goes “…if I had one more mana…” Another one is Zoetic Cavern as slow bad ramp. I mainly ran it in red and white decks but have really toned it down. That morph could be anything.

[@michaelmcgee7683]

I love Pandemonium, it was one of the first singles I ever bout back in around 2007. I made a Suspend deck with multiple upkeeps via Paradox Haze, then used Chronazoa to double every turn- then dropped the Pandemonium for damage.

[@ryanscharf3353]

my group calls them "pet" cards, I feel like these cards define a player and show what makes that player unique

[@jstrobel3620]

My pet card and “bad card” I love is Mimic Vat. I try to get that card in every single deck I can!

[@Matlock180]

Mimic vat is awesome!

[@RuudAwakening]

I love that one! same as mirage mirror, so versatile AND colorless!

[@RG-wv3gt]

Great choice, the vat can lead to such fun and silliness

[@hanschristopherson8056]

I completely agree with Jordan, I love slapping together nyxbloom and mana reflection to make ALL the mana

[@jsato4921]

Mine is Feed the Clan. I run it in Kalamax, where the floor is gaining 20 life for 2 mana, and the ceiling is way higher. It does nothing for the overall strategy of the deck, it's just an instant that's fun.

[@bluezamx814]

I LOVE Otherworldly Gaze. 1 mana filter 3 is a great way to use your extra mana, and the Flashback for 2 allows you to easily bluff a counterspell and then still use the mana effectively. And since you will cast it in the end step before your turn, 99% of the time it doesn't matter that you don't draw from it. Finally, it's great on a budget (the card is a ~10 cent common)

[@frankschirmer9464]

My two are Guided Passage (and similar 'opponent chooses' effects) and Pulsemage Advocate (in Sen Triplets). Guided Passage makes another player interact with you and think about what they are giving you. Pulsemage Advocate on the target of Sen Triplets is recursion and 'drawing' three from the opponent's graveyard.

[@_Mythic777_]

Personally, I like howling mine. The way I use it in a way where it exclusively benefits me is pairing it with Karn, Living Legacy, as I can tap it to deal damage as well as prevent my opponents from drawing additional cards, so I am more likely to draw what I need to ramp, inflate, and destroy lol. For those who might be wondering, I use it in a blue-red-black artifacts deck :)

[@arkanixarcmage]

A couple of enchantments... 1. Planar Chaos: for a random little mini game, and the art is crazy! 2. Ritual of Subdual: shuts off mana. I once won a game with 1 forest, a few elves, and single chromatic star! Years later...I married that opponent!

[@anstapa6118]

Loved this episode! CZ often repeats the mantra, “The meta is faster than it used to be.” And I think this creates a feedback loop in the community. It’s great to see them shift gears and focus on suboptimal cards.

[@Mr_B_251]

A card I fell in love with the moment I saw it was Prosperous Partnership. It's borderline inefficient (3 mana to cast, makes 2 tokens so need a third creature, etc), it's pointless to protect, but if left unchecked can literally win games. 3 mana, use the random utility creatures I don't want to attack with to make treasures! Easily my favorite new card from 2022. Not the most optimal card, but if I am in Boros+ and playing creatures, it's going in there!

[@spellbreakerunbound]

My favorite “bad” card is ebony fly, it becomes a creature and can give your creatures evasion and when its not doing that its a 2 mana rock!

[@gideoncurry4921]

Rachel’s laugh has a place in my heart haha, reminds me of a good friend, can’t help but chuckle

[@DrakleStudios]

For me, I think it's gotta be Deadbridge Chant. It was played by one of my friends who built a Golgari deck using the Ravnica guild kit, and as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it and took me years to finally get together a Golgari deck of my own just to play it. The big mill to enable my graveyard shenanigans and the pay off of random card regrowth/reanimation adds a fun mini game to my upkeep. It is the first card I tutour for whenever I get the chance

[@jonathankowatch6947]

I love Search for Glory! My bad cards are probably Pull from eternity, riftsweeper, and End-raze Forerunners. pull from eternity is fantastic when my Avacyn, Angel of Hope gets exiled or for when people suspend a powerful spell. Riftsweeper same thing. End-Raze Forerunners is worse than Craterhoof but I like it cause it more fair and makes it feel like I earned the win more.

[@adrenalineunlimited]

I added Vedalken Orrery to my +1/+1 counter Kenrith deck, and it dramatically improved my ability to win games. Just being able to play cards between Fathom Mage draw triggers is huge. Allows me to set up winning game states without letting the stack fully resolve. I've cut cards that I estimated to be integral to my overall strategy, but the flexibility that thing provides is just something I'm not willing to give up.

[@councilofautumn]

The Great Aurora is mine, a board "sweeper" in green that barely triggers anything on the board and usually puts you way out ahead if your deck is meant to create a lot of permanents. I run it in Halsin/Urchin tokens!

[@MultiDAXDAX]

I love this kind of episodes, specially when they talk into a more casual plays like mason , murph or jimmy! Although I find it kind of wierd when some of they present a "bad card" but it is a really powerfull synergy or play. I have the feeling that some people talk about casual plays and cards but their deck it is optimized as hell. You can see it in many gameplays. Everybody feels itself casual, it's subjective

[@evanp7613]

Jester's Cap - for pure nostalgia. My brother would "Cap" me all the time back in the day and I would hate it. Now, I associate that card with him and it reminds me of my youth and the fun times we had as kids. I also just love looking through decks and seeing players deck designs, and this lets me do it and have fun talking about their deck with them.

[@ReyosBlackwood]

12:40 song of creation grapeshot has become a historic deck i see every few days on arena playing tons of 0 drops or at least mana neutral spells to end up grapeshotting fir game turn 5

[@lcpsteel]

Thieves auction. Most people scoop when it hits but when it resolves it's souch fun in my blim deck

[@DancingPigeon]

I love Oath of Lieges in a big mana White deck for very similar reasons to Murph on Howling Mine. It helps mono W decks accelerate, which isn't something the colour has historically done, but it also normalises the game for anyone not playing Green where we all get to leach off of the big mana Green player.

[@danielgolinski2265]

I love playing conjured currency. It rarely helps my decks plan directly, but it is janky removal and leads to loads of fun as it's passed around the table making a mess of everything.

[@andrewdavis5854]

Debt to the Deathless is a card EVERYONE tells me to take out, but I can't. I love it too much

[@faerie7dragon]

Most metal art ever and if your deck can make a decent enough of mana, you might win in the spot.

[@Hemlocker]

That card is straight-up underrated. It's basically a better Exsanguinate. The total drain is higher than Exsanguinate's when you spend more than 6 total mana, which is the bare minimum that people spend on Exsanguinate in the first place. Pretty much any deck that has Exsanguinate and access to white should just swap it for Debt to the Deathless imo.

[@caseywellington4761]

It's a better Exsanguinate

[@SakuyaFM4]

42:05 MY BOY But yeah, our group likes to play these really weird pet cards. I really enjoy Tragic Slip. One of our friends REALLY like Stab Wound.

[@tam-ka-blam9736]

The card I consider bad that I enjoy is Colossification. Sure it costs a lot of mana, taps my creature when it enters the battlefield, and becomes a huge target for everyone since it is now a scary +20/+20, but if I have enough protection spells it can really change the game. Especially if I have it attached to my commander who can now possibly one hit anyone.

[@DynamicSheep]

Love seeing so much of Rachel! She's funny and has great insight on cards and interactions

[@justinpermar9301]

This episode NAILS IT for your casual commander fans! I’m one of them! Thank you !!

[@LoganPrather1]

I love this discussion topic. At my LGS, I had some people grow to fear the card Compulsion (look it up, it's not great). I love taking personal favorites and making them work

[@BstFrmThEst]

I love that Rachel is on more and more! It really feels like the command zone is becoming Jimmy, Josh, and Rachel and it’s awesome!

[@Vlaecke]

Did I miss something? I did not see Jimmy and there was no mention of him. I even started reading the comments for clues.

[@BstFrmThEst]

@@Vlaecke he wasn’t in this episode. I didn’t see him at least. I was just talking in general because she’s on more and more.

[@empurress77]

Mirror pool and other lands that come into play tapped are great to pair with Amulet of vigor, then add a Crucible of Worlds and you've got some power going.

[@TrackMouse34]

Lurking Predators is awesome in werewolves. Allows you to “skip” your turn to transform your werewolves while still being able to build your board state on opponents’ turns.

[@EvolutionSTUD10S]

Infinite Reflection comes to mind for me. 6 mana is a lot and you're up against the legendary rule but you can do some wacky stuff with this card. For example, Relentless Rats + Infinite Reflection + Jon Irenicus makes for a grand time. I'm also a huge fan of Cloudshift for protection and Thalia's Lancers to go find all those juicy legendary cards we put in our edh decks. Now that I think about it, I also used to run Soramaro, First to Dream in a landfall deck to help with landfall triggers.

[@cosmicprison9819]

The Howling Mine explanation is a good point. Perhaps it would be fun to have a Commander game with a stack of cards full of global effects in the middle - much like Planechase - and then you just flip a few of those. Could be a Howling Mine (Dictate of Kruphix), or something that doubles mana for everyone (Dictate of Karametra), or doubles damage (Dictate of the Twin Gods), etc.

[@nikolamatasin3877]

37:30 Search for Glory is decent card actually, I mean 3 Mana Tutor is expensive for some decks, but great budget option for others, Beseech the Queen is played in Black, but is not as flexible, due to amount of lands restriction (tho with right Commander, like Kirrik, Beseech the Queen is free lol). With SfG you can tutor for Legendary Creature, L Artifact, L Enchantment, L Land, L Sorcery, L Instant, or a Planeswalker... In Shrines deck it's an additional Idyllic Tutor most of the time. In Jodah the Unifier deck, it can fetch almost anything. I think that most people actually miss the fact that you don't have to tutor for Snow things at all, which is why it isn't played more.

[@redram9]

Null Brooch is great for Haakon as a mono-B self discard for your knights. Aurelia's Fury can be repeatable in a Feather Deck - pay 2 into X and target 1 damage at your own creature to get Fury back at end step

[@narvuntien]

I play Mirriorpool in my Glissa, the traitor deck. Since it is mostly artifact creatures I can play a lot of colourless utility lands and combine artifact recursion with greens land recursion.

[@diegoblin9090]

One of the "bad cards" i play was mention, is Darkness, i love the Shakespeare quote. im mad that this card cost so much for an effect not really good but had to have it anyways. Another one is Throes of Chaos. I know is not very good but i get a lot of value from that card in my Keykar deck, usually I discard a land and end up with 2 spirits and a mana rock. I have get exiled this card by my opponents because of the value i was obtaining. Also play it in my Jaxis deck more as a pet card. But since i play 37-38 lands in that deck (i can always discard them with Jaxis) it feels like i cycle a land for one mana and cast whatever i drew.

[@omnigames7396]

The enjoyability of this channel has skyrocketed since rachel joined she's awesome

[@rondoiron6907]

Love me some Surveyor Scope. Play it in most boros and some mono-red as a way of catch-up and ramp. Useless in green but I still love having it in other decks

[@CaptainVryce]

I have a few bad cards in my Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor deck that I really love and are planning on putting in other blue decks. The first is Energy Tap, U - for a sorcery that taps one of your creatures and you add colorless mana equal to the creature's casting cost, since it's only colorless mana it's not super helpful but it's great to cheat your commander out a turn or two early or play a card or two more on a turn because you could tap down your expensive dude. Another fun one that always surprises people is Illusionist's Gambit, 2UU - Instant "Can only be cast on the declare blockers step of opponent's turn. Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them, there's an additional combat phase after this one. Each of those creatures attack if able and they can't attack you or your planeswalkers." It's kinda expensive and can only be used in certain circumstances, but if you're in a game where someone can take out two people and they choose to kill you first, it's great to play this and say "no, please kill them instead." My last is Volrath's Curse, 1U - Enchantment aura, Creature can't attack, block, or activate abilities, but the controller can sacrifice a permanent to ignore the effect for a turn, and 1U to return Volrath to your hand. It's a blue arrest that can also deal with their board a bit if it's on a creature they really need to use the ability on.

[@quelanathecrow]

Thanks for the awesome episode!! For some reason I just really like the Cartouche cycle of auras from Amonkhet, even though they all do things that can be done much better with an instant. But they're so pretty!! Cartouche of Zeal is the one I keep talking myself into, cuz it's just one red to get a blocker out of the way and give something haste ...at sorcery speed. But look at that shiny ruby!

[@justinkopy3354]

Definitely agree with Murph on Howling Mine, but I also like to run cards like Inspiring Statuary, Ghirapur Aether Grid, or Relic Barrier alongside it to have a way to shut off the card draw for my opponents and bask in the singular glory of being the only player drawing two cards per turn.

[@timothye.2902]

I'll throw my answer in as Shadow of Doubt. 2 Dimir hybrid mana for an instant that reads "Players can't search libraries this turn. Draw a card". Unlike something like Aven Mindcensor or Opposition Agent, you can *only* use Shadow of Doubt reactively. it also doesn't get to stick around and continue generating value like those creatures do. It's sort of like a counter spell that only works on search effects. But at the same time, I absolutely love hosing deck searching, since it hits land ramp (hard to disrupt any other way), fetches (best mana fixing in game) and tutors (super powerful card effect). Library search hate is probably the best piece of "stax" you can run in a casual setting, since it's both the most ubiquitous and also hits stronger decks much harder than weaker ones.

[@Meteor270]

I run Search for Glory in my budget Dihada Legendaries deck. It puts in some work, tons of options to pluck out an answer. Table doesn't feel bad as its an "expensive" tutor.

[@adrenalineunlimited]

The first modern deck I ever made, like 10 years ago, was upwelling doubling cube burn. Turn 3 wins pretty consistently at the time

[@The_shadow_who_laughs]

one of my favorite cards is scrambleverse. I love the chaos that follows in its wake. This card ALWAYS makes an impact on the board state

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Would Solemn Simulacrum count? I always put one because it gets a land, it’s a creature to attack/defend and if it dies I draw a card.

[@zachrichins2313]

My favorite bad card is just cause of flavor. And I put it in all my graveyard strategies deck. It’s “Mortal Kombat” -at the beginning of your upkeep if you have 20 or more creature cards in your graveyard. You win the game.

[@HexQuesTT]

for once I am FULLY with Ladee Danger, Lurking predators is one of my FAVOURITE cards in my Neyith deck

[@caseywellington4761]

Yeah, if you're playing lots of creatures and your mana curve is high, it's always a banger

[@SquareViking]

I have to cards that come to mind. Keen Dualist is just a card I really love. I think I'd throw it into any deck I could because it's just dumb fun. Did I just take 7 damage while my opponent took none? Yes. Was it hilarious? Yes. Triumph of Saint Katherine is another one. First because I absolutely love Adepta Sororitas, secondly because it feels so good to cast it for its miracle cost. I played with two new people the other weekend and both of them went "Why? Why would you use this?". My answer: FOR FUN! And it fits into Celestine thematically.

[@sanfranfan53]

I love my Doubling Cube in my OG Omnath deck! This is an attack!

[@T-Sharp]

Mirror march. 50% chance it's just a more expensive panharmonicon with a temporary body, but it can also just very suddenly win you a game or get your 3-4x value. Paired with cards like the aforementioned panharmonicon can make it a bit more consistent by giving you 2 chances at it. Very fun card.

[@dancook6114]

I have a huge soft spot for lurking predators. That mainly comes from when I was in a game and my buddy basically tapped out to cast their ur dragon and it was their last chance to try and win since they basically had nothing but maybe the draw off the dragons attack trigger would give them a chance. My lurking predators triggers and what do I flip but a draining whelk. After the initial salt subsided he did admit that it was a pretty funny thing to flip