Best Cards of 2024 | Commander Clash Podcast 179

[@knightcydoniax9561]

Tomer did you get robbed? They only left you one commander deck.

[@rexone9564]

At least it was tribal tribal

[@matthewollar9842]

😂

[@matthewollar9842]

He sold his collection. Nothing is more budget than proxies 🤷‍♂️

[@keepitclean138]

Had to sell it all to afford a spare key for his partner.

[@Lazydino59]

Shelf died to farewell

[@brenp403]

Best commander podcast, content, personalities, etc. in the multiverse. Thanks guys.

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Thanks!

[@Sicktoid]

Hey! New viewer here. Started following your channel a few weeks ago and your podcasts have been a wonderful way to pass time while I've been recovering from an injury. Thank you so much for all the insightful observations, all the hot takes and hours upon hours of free entertainment! Merry Christmas!

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Get better soon! Merry Christmas.

[@imaginarymatter]

Oh no, the Grinch has robbed Tomer's shelves.

[@totakekeslider3835]

IMO, before watching the video: 1. Surveil lands 2. MDFCs 3. Trouble in Pairs

[@andyspendlove1019]

Nailed it

[@deifiedtitan]

TIP needs a reprint with non-stolen artwork. Bit of a travesty that one of the best cards of the year looks terrible and is ill-gotten.

[@Lazydino59]

We going to ignore the fact that Richard Farewell’d tomer’s shelves?

[@DylanHunter64]

He couldn't Untimely Malfunction it

[@gully041]

Normally Richard has some unhinged take, but today I agree with him. As a bouncy boi, I love Arid Archway.

[@conker1847]

I think the fact they got so many more good MDFC's really upped the power of these bounce lands.

[@japplek]

Richard gets so much shit from people who somehow keep ignoring the fact that he has the best win rate.

[@jmoney9494]

Arid archway is good because you can spend the mana before you tap it. I play it in my standard mono black discard where I have alot of 1 drops but lacking in the 2 to 3 drop spells and want to ramp into my 4 and 5 drop spells better and I definitely count it as a land draw by putting a land back in my hand

[@gadischneider9231]

@@japplek THATS WHAT I KEEP SAYING!!! Like literally I don't think he has missed once on a take.

[@avall0nNn1992]

​@@japplek the best win rate in an insanely specific meta that has nothing to do with high powered play because they have to play and build for content, not power.

[@travismanzo3035]

Don’t forget to bounce your exerted arena of glory with your bounce lands to do it again next turn

[@zackerychapman7193]

merry christmas eve

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Merry Christmas eve!

[@michaelpatalano9884]

Thank you so much for the incredible year of content!!

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Thanks for watching!

[@kaszael]

Leave it to Richard to brand "card of the year" a card that's basically a slightly better Guild Commons.

[@alexkulis7295]

I do agree with him that the card is very good, but it definitely is not an auto-include in every deck like he plays it. In particular, I like them in decks where you can play lands from graveyards. Being able to use channel lands or cycle lands, play them from the yard and then bounce them back to hand is incredibly powerful and grindy. He just windmill slams these into everything though, which I do agree with Tomer is just a tempo loss.

[@jmwheelz12]

Tomer’s “two for one” approach is absolutely key to seeing the value in these Swat effects. In commander it’s so pivotal to get the most out of your card slots and having a protection plus a removal spell (albeit conditional) is graaaavy.

[@totakekeslider3835]

Agreed, I love Swat. Think I’ve won more games from it than any other red card.

[@christopherpleasance9726]

Untimely malfunction is soooooo good... nothing better than redirecting a path from your threats to something important on its casters board... get the jars ready for the salt that follows

[@SWAT6809]

Arid archway elevated an entire green ramp package to the top. Every spell that tutors a desert to field in green is peak

[@DylanHunter64]

I feel like Richard explaining catch up ramp to Crim is like when Man Ray is explaining the wallet to Patrick but he still doesnt get it.

[@JonReid01]

It was the year of Richard hot takes. Was glad to see Tomer back on clash

[@BsRascaL]

Thanks for a great year guys, merry Christmas :)

[@malmasterson3890]

You better at least spend 5 minutes talking about how insane the manabase has become this year. MDFC's, Surveils, Non-basic support, a bunch of dope utility lands. Never, not ever, has a new year of cards changed the commander manabase so much.

[@thebluesbrothers]

So happy for my favorite commander Kambal, Proditeering Mayor to finally get the recognition it deserves! It got no hype during spoiler season but Kambal is a low key powerhouse that makes a lot of "bad" cards absolutely cracked (e.g., Tombstone Stairwell)

[@Darkscotty76]

Not that it needed more reasons to be good, but Warren Soultrader is also a great goblin tribal card with all the tokens and a second Skirk Prospector.

[@Darkscotty76]

Also just to pitch my own goblin deck, goblin fans should try Gut True Soul Zealot and Haunted One. Since rakdos Goblins can do impact tremors in multiple ways and aristocrat strategies, so you can do a lot with it.

[@kstrohmayer88]

Ive been playing bounce lands alot more than i had in recent years. Mostly in mono and 2 colored decks to return MDFCs i cant quit get there in most 3 color decks.

[@Arosium]

I actually appreciate this so much, I’ve been out of the EDH scene for about two years and stuff like this is super helpful for keeping up.

[@pauldyson8098]

My favorite thing about 2024 is that Ach, Hans! Run!, Tomer's Luxurious Hair, The Official Fish of Eastern Massachusetts, and West Coast Batdz-Maru continue to regale us with such wondrous wit and witticisms. Great year, lads!

[@maxmazzel]

26:28 It's not really the cheapest haste enabler land. Hall of the Bandit Lord cost no additional mana not even next turn. It only cost life every time 😅

[@Shimatzu95]

Too many cards? Well at least next year i can just ignore half of the sets (universe beyond).

[@stfinalwrath]

Scrawling Crawler and Psychosis Crawler killed the entire table in my Jin-Gitaxias Progress Tyrant. Having two of both just wiped life totals in no time flat. It worked incredibly well.

[@cannonballbrad9522]

Nesting dovehawk and ocelot pride in zinnia goes HAM!

[@mikov6486]

Flare of Fortitude is a must-include for white. It’s been so good every time I’ve drawn it. I have so many stories of how it saved me.

[@carlitos366]

Don’t always agree with your opinions but I’m grateful for your content thank you!

[@jerensteinbear]

Return the favor and untimely malfunction are both in my mono-red "counterspell" package, people rarely expect the interaction out of red so it's a lot easier to catch people lacking

[@matteobagni1235]

Bouncing a mdfc is card draw, I can see most deck playing 3/4 and next year we'll probably get more good ones. I don't like any sort of tap land but this value can't be overlooked

[@cassie7611]

10:42 i played a game with my kambal against a clone deck and we ended up accidentally making infinite kambals. it was hilarious.

[@thatonedudejake]

Good shout on Untimely malfunction, I missed that one. Great with the Liquimetal torque, abrade package so mono red can remove any permanent

[@Azeria]

I completely would’ve missed it if it hadn’t been the top seller on cardmarket for a few weeks straight lmao, I’d rather have it over Abrade 9/10 times

[@thatonedudejake]

@Azeria yeah protecting your commander with a redirect is probably more important that killing a creature toughness 3 or less. I think I'll find room for both though

[@MenaceLendil]

People always talk about red redirect effects as only usefull vs targeted removal but they are actually much more flexible than that, you just kinda have to be tricky. For instance i once changed the target of an opponents reanimate spell to a some random shit that wasn't relevant. Also lets you engage in counterspell wars. Lots of things have targets.

[@Jerhevon]

Over and above the desert bounce land (it's cool and I do want a bounce land or two in most decks), I've been running a lot more of the Conduit Pylon type lands this year. ETB untapped surveil or Scry 1, tap for colorless or filter for a color. Running 2-3 of those in a mana base to smooth out draws and deck flow.

[@heavenlyevan]

Surprised there was no Bloodthirsty Conquerer on the list, but the rest is spot on.

[@Will_Morand]

45:27 But Richard, Boots and Greaves both die to Farewell!

[@DayOfCasual]

I have so far had great to insane success with Three Tree City in following commander decks: - Ovika, Enigma Goliath - just goated Battle Hymn on a stick on a demand that just sticks on board after any wipe, S+++ Class. - Niko, Light of Hope - waaaay clunkier but if I am able to hold off playing it and naming any creature type that's Angels, which are the main wincons, it's amazing. I also have flicker spells so I can reset it if I want so it gets nuttier then but that wasn't needed much. - Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds - This is a Hare Apparent deck, which plays a little too close to Ovika, Enigma Goliath so the Three Tree City is as insane here as it is there, but I am planning to either make this one have a combat based wincon or just be a Ghired.dec not a GhiredAndBunnies.dec and move the bunnies elsewhere. Three Tree City is just utter insanity in a decks it was made for.

[@winter945]

Shout out to the sadly reserved list but not too expensive lotus vale, not hexproof like lotus field but comes in untapped so you aren't down a mana and still has the same effect as field in terms of catch up ramp

[@rexone9564]

I’m on team Richard. Lots of mdfc, and as many bounce lands as I can. Want to ‘draw a card’ pick up a spell land!

[@Worgalphihndor]

Warren soul trader is the most slept on card of 2024

[@ecoKady]

I can't believe trouble in pairs was printed this year. Crazy.

[@Suppaichu]

I think richard is crazy in a lot of topics, but i think he's right about bounce lands. Apart from the case in which people want to sabotage themselves because you get even more screwed by wastelanding a bounceland, it's just very good at the cost of tempo, and in casual edh tempo just almost doens't matter. Even in the worst case with discarding to hand size, wouldn't you loot for a land on turn 2 if you didn't have a land drop for next turn? It's like milling with a surveil land to try and draw a land next turn, except it's guaranteed to be a land. The upside is consistence on land drop, all the other synergies are a plus is how richard thinks, and i think that in casual multiplayer that's mostly correct

[@Jace9IX]

Is this a best cards podcast or a modern horizons 3 reflective? Fair to say that set had good magic cards in it

[@iwaslikeweeeee]

Having Crim read Nadu is great

[@jaronfranklin1]

I'm surprised Tomer the cheerleader of Enchantress is hmmming at an enchantment creature that copies all your other enchantment creatures.

[@snowmanO07]

40:13 tell me this: is there really a big difference between discard to hand size and surveil 1? In some of my decks, I love a turn 2 discard to hand size.

[@dullestpenguin4151]

Merry Christmas to all and cheers to an upcoming year of sets that all feel like universes beyond. 🎉

[@commiecommandermtg]

Commie Commander here, Pretty good list. Spread you guys didn't talk about what the best commander is for 2024.

[@WerrWaaa]

Arena of Glory has really put in a lot of work.

[@lothrazar]

They need to print scry lands with basic types to compete with surveil lands

[@juggernautstark1]

Random thoughts Richard with majority of his includes being mono white weenie support. Forever flavorful. I can’t get on board with the bouncelands There are so many good cards this year.

[@dashkatae]

Pick your Poison is a pretty insane card.

[@Verlajn11]

oh man :D the salt with that Shifting Woodlands was unnecessary :D

[@combatwombat8742]

I’m so happy I got one foundations pack for Christmas and got a foil doubling season 😀😀

[@josefranciscodasilvaeolive674]

3:42 Sethnis absolutely correct. These lands are singlehandedly the best cards of the last year a s there isn't any other obvious choice.

[@snowmanO07]

46:00 oh Richard, blessed by playing with content creators that make intelligent plays. Lol

[@stephenball2108]

Seth still fighting for Three-Tree City like that Japanese soldier who kept fighting WW2 years after it was over.

[@tobiaskrieger9481]

Thanks for the content ❤

[@CyberNewType]

Seriously don’t want to hear them talking about house banning anymore cards 3:08 until we stop seeing almost ever week being decided by who has the Teferi’s Protection. It was one of the first cards many play groups got rid of once they saw how swingy it was. Yet they keep playing with it and it keeps deciding games. Seriously, if your gonna keep T-pro, stop with the house bans, cause nothing is swinging more games and deciding more games than that ridiculous card.

[@tanvirrahman7339]

House bans are all fine and good but I think it's their deck building philosophy that needs a change. Seeing the same 50 cards from game to game is the issue for me. It's a rant/wall-of-text below. It's great you have a "The One Ring" or "Teferi's Protection" or some other powerful card. I understand you want to play it in a deck b/c a) you have one and b) it's really good. When these "staples" are in every deck you can shove them in and when you include a lands package, the first 50-ish cards of a new deck is done. Now you just need to fill the rest with cards that fit the theme of the week. This is efficient when you have to build new decks regularly on top of the other content they make. I get the convenience. It's annoying nonetheless. First - not all viewers have access to similar powerful cards or even some less expensive "staples". This feels alienating to some viewers. Second - powerful cards often times elevate a weak strategy/theme or straight up makes it "viable". Adding lots of fast mana, "free" spells, and other powerful cards to make a "chairs" theme or "only looking left" theme viable feels disingenuous (I don't know if these themes have been done). This sends the message "any theme is viable with powerful cards". Third - the card pool is huge. There are lots of ways to draw cards, ramp, create tokens, end games, interact, etc. Explore other options. I look for content that explores MTG in ways I don't, whether it's b/c of time, access, or creativity (I understand it's a time consuming task and I don't know how alleviate it for content creators).

[@andyspendlove1019]

Everyone’s talking about Tomer’s robbed bookshelf, but why does Seth have a guitar hanging backwards on his wall?

[@leadbone1]

“Nantuckoo” is absolutely how that card is pronounced

[@thaddeuscole3718]

Sad news for Seth, Nykthos was not printed in the last decade

[@xicarus8141]

No Harbinger of the Seas? Come on Seth, where's the Blood Moon love? XP

[@JideKelley]

Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@okgut2033]

not so fun fact: we got this year to over 2k new cards. together with last year its little over 4k. thats close the same amount we got in 6 years with 2007 to 2012. so basically we are close to tripple the amount of new cards... thats alot. if you ever wonder why it feels like its too much, here you have some numbers to throw at people. also cards have more words and alternative art.

[@brendans1983]

Delney is absolutely nuts. Card goes off by accident.

[@Ranis555]

I often finish listening to episodes of this podcast wondering whether Richard has ever actually played commander. Today I find myself wondering whether he's ever played magic.

[@RandomInternetUser999]

What's the best proxy site?

[@thebluesbrothers]

Mpcfill is excellent in my experience. I recently ordered 241 cards for 2 new decks + some new cards for my old decks and it cost $115 total. So long as the cards are sleeved your opponents will rarely know the difference (the backs of non-MDFCs make it very clear that they're proxies)

[@user-tx2mu3cr2o]

Here to vouch for scrawling crawler

[@rylanchampion5972]

Powercrept manadork: Fanatic of rhonas

[@elijahwalker323]

@3:27 I never even use that card for the second line of text.

[@vojtechvanek1686]

Ocelot kind of a card I would drawn if I was Rhys.

[@jareddavenport1631]

How did fear of missing out not make this list? lol and none of the overlords?

[@discoviolenza1984]

Trouble In Pairs might be one of the worst cards of the year in terms of healthy cards for the format.

[@eulefranz944]

Are we getting new pictures of richard for the thumbnails in 2025? LOL

[@AgonalRhythm]

They overcorrected and made white too good. They've also made too many "game objects" synergies. Tokens everywhere. Absolutely atrocious to track

[@alexkulis7295]

Sowing Mycospawn made me stop playing Crop Rotation in a lot of my decks

[@connormacleod908]

Petition for Richard to get a new thumbnail face

[@beingbag2606]

The rapid fire format is cute but I miss the smack talk

[@collinthomson7942]

More than “best” cards, I much prefer to hear about people’s *favorites*. Staples are boring but pet cards are unique and fun

[@Qdrew78]

Tomer gave up so much to afford these 2024 best singles……. cautionary tale to us all concerning our magic addiction my friends!

[@blue9393]

could yall make a mtgGoldfish magic ASMR video? Where yall just say thinks about magic for like hours? Basically what this is but i need more ASMR vibe

[@thesamuraiman]

22:01 3 tree shoulda said "nonhuman"

[@huckstej]

Lotus vale says, "Do I not exist?"

[@Snowfox11]

My comment of the week is, What was the actual card of the year?! 😅

[@claytoncook731]

Long story short, mardu aristocrats have been eating well this year

[@JonReid01]

Crim just speechless when no one has any love for scrawling trawler lmao WE NEED MORE DRAW HATE 😂

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

Did Tomer sell off his card collection to finally buy a spare key

[@marvin5342]

dreamtide whale I feel like is one of the most absurd cards that exist

[@vojtechvanek1686]

Arena of glory won me cube games w kroxa

[@MinghaoLi-c7d]

Had WOTC any respect for the artists they would have banned trouble in pairs in all formats

[@ElmoTheRed]

Don't see the goldfish podcast

[@rquer7913]

First! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ya'll!

[@Princeofseance]

First Tomer gets fired and now his place got robbed

[@ADamItalian1173]

No spelunking!?!?

[@zweis]

Tokens are broken

[@magmortar182]

Tomer what happened? did you take budget too seriously?

[@chadbauer]

Push

[@hundredpercentjuice]

Girl with butter meme title card……