Best New Commander Cards From Wilds OF Eldraine! | Magic: The Gathering

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you're sleeping on Starlight Spectacular for white

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Are you going to review the new sedret lair set?

[@JustRightPinedo]

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[@gilopunk]

Man, I just love how the prof brings Chicorita to the conversation anytime he has a chance. 💚

[@nikitagerasimenko9576]

She is the best gen 2 starter after all

[@MarcDobby]

Justice for torterra

[@technocolossus]

​@@nikitagerasimenko9576 Cyndaquil gang didn't like that.

[@obliviousbookwyrm6907]

@@MarcDobby: Justice for Torterra! English Translation: Justice for _Torture!!_

[@SupahflyJazzguy]

This is twice that WotC has followed a giant story arc with an Eldraine set. Idk if that's significant, but I do find it odd.

[@alexanderschulte8248]

Missed chance for doofenschmirtz meme

[@BlueGriffin20]

Also twice they’ve injected a lot of power creep in an Eldraine set.

[@seasikberry7120]

I'd have 2 nickels

[@ohellyea23]

​@@seasikberry7120which isnt a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@GoDzJtFr]

It was on purpose. Rosewater straight up said that the decision was made because it was a good palette cleanser after the Bolas arc and so they intentionally did it again

[@kasper337]

I am so excited for this new Eldraine set it's gonna be so much fun at prerelease! Looking forward to your reviews of this set Prof!

[@fosterark]

Man, it is nice to have a video from the Prof that is 99% positive. Commander Masters really was a downer for everyone, but WOE seems to be swinging the pendulum in the other direction.

[@bobroberts5820]

Commander Masters would've been awesome if I could afford it

[@malakimphoros2164]

Kinda like the dynamic between Magic 30 and Dominaria Remastered. First was an overpriced mess and second was a great set.

[@baeruttgaming4779]

Surprise. Eldraine IS Commander Masters

[@yomommashaus]

i dunno, i bought a bunch of awesome singles for discount, and many new amazing arts for cards. My overall experience was quite positive!

[@tipulsar85]

The entire Virtue cycle is really good.

[@jorgenorberto293]

The blue one is amazing. The white one is the piece that white winnies were lacking. But the cycle is very good indeed.

[@tuongpham7609]

One can almost say that wilds of eldraine was a master commander set. It's great to finally have such a great masters set for commander.

[@windwaker01]

Yes, the joke he already made

[@tuongpham7609]

@@windwaker01 yes, and I'm reiterating the joke cuz it's that good.

[@ethansokol307]

I agree with Prof for his choices, but the major point that he might bring up later is the enchanted tales. Not even arguable that this list is solid. Rhystic Study, Necropotence, doubling season! Even the UNCOMMONS are fire! And Merlin's beard, they downshifted grasp of fate to uncommon!!! Commander masters done right I say!

[@wademiller2376]

I just love the adventure mechanic and it just adds so much extra playability inball formsts. Eldraine is top three planes for me. Love a revisit

[@MrJeffAqua]

Justice for chikorita, needs more love like the other gen 2 starters

[@l.schaefer9274]

When looking at all of the major battles for gen 2, Chikorita is a landslide pick for the worst starter in its gen.

[@antoniohenderson6090]

Hey man that crazy, but I don't remember asking about viability 😅😂

[@BusinessSkrub]

​@@l.schaefer9274the best part is how easily it crumbles Whitney's Miltank, famously the hardest battle in the game because nobody takes Chikorita lmao

[@delllee4915]

Weed Dealer- I mean Hisuian Typhlosion, Go!

[@nmr7203]

@frankcaggiano8282 That's not a good tradeoff.

[@jakenhsman]

These cards all look pretty great for several of my decks; I'm also hyped for the "Throne of Eldraine" card for my monoblue decks. But its also great in any other monocolored deck that needs card draw!

[@germaniacs8843]

Whats that Card?

[@RBGolbat]

Throne of Eldraine (5) Legendary Artifact As Throne of Eldraine enters the battlefield, choose a color. (t): Add four mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to cast monocolored spells of that color. (3),(t) : Draw two cards. Spend only mana of the chosen color to activate this ability.

[@deloreigames8641]

Throne of Eldraine looks amazing for any Monocolored deck and even for some dual color decks where like 80% of your cards are of just one color

[@someguy4331]

ya, that card is busted af

[@0dylan]

Absolutely going in my mono white deck

[@hithisisandreas]

The fact that you're a Chikorita fan has made me love this channel even more

[@grizbearington7061]

It was Prof enunciating every single possible sound of the word 'Bangers' for me.

[@brandongayhart3277]

I'm also excited for Wilds of Eldraine

[@thefinoll1535]

As a side note for Helix Mattress - It takes ~90-days or so to "break in" a bed. They get better the longer you sleep in them.

[@xMxM9xSx]

Another benefit for moonshaker cavalry: dont forget that white has a bunch of flicker effects to trigger the etb over and over, something craterhoof doesnt have

[@deloreigames8641]

I'm like thinking about just a pure boros token generating deck. Sure, it would pump tokens in a big way and you had some decent anthems, but honestly you would lack that big one turn finisher

[@devinayaz9210]

Damn you for making me appreciate your 99 suggestions and ads, your voice just makes it relaxing to listen to both

[@XJBG1001X]

Holy crap the "Chapter" segments are absolutely brilliant! Showing the card and making the mana cost blown up in the thumbnails blew me away. Now I have more studying to do.

[@grim789]

I just started learning how to play mtg and this channel is number one on great information and helped me buy my first deck. So obsessed with mtg now 😅

[@littlemrdoom5997]

I was so confused when he was talking about a creature that "planeswalked" from ravnica to eldraine because A CREATURE LIKE THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS IN THE SET

[@dkrdTV]

Very informative video. I'm just now coming back to magic, I missed it. Love seeing cool combos and synergy. It's addicting. Found your channel recently. I love your content. ❤

[@TheTTopaz]

Always happy to see Chikorita love. They were my very first starter as Silver version was my first main line game and has been a favorite ever since.

[@teamalice115]

This entire set is amazing and I absolutely love it. All the cards are so cool and unique and I’m so excited to get some packs and see what I pull, then look into some singles. There’s so much good in this set

[@angrypotato2526]

Agatha's Cauldron is borderline experiment kraj

[@GeoQuag]

Love to see another Chikorita fan. We may be small in number but we are out here

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

Behemoth is often tutored and cheated with things like natural order or tooth and nail... So I don't think it really is as good, not because of what is printed on a card, but cause of the context of the format(not to mention 8 mana is still easier to get in green)

[@darylccc]

Smothering Tithe called to say hi

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@darylccc so does: exploration, burgeoning, azusa, sylvala, priest of titania with analogs, sakura tribe scout and hell, even elder... lotus cobra, mana reflection, dictate of kharametra, vernal bloom, heartbeat of spring... nissa who shakes the world, regal behemoth, gaes cradle and "fixed copies" like itlimoc and circle druid or whatever.... yeah...

[@CallMeClass]

this and if ur opponent has a way to deal with fliers its much worse, no trample on big creature is a letdown

[@darylccc]

@@Russian_engineer_bmstu Yea play them in the deck too with Behemoth. Honestly it's not hard to get to 8mana in EDH in any deck these days....

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@darylccc why would you need both tho? If you have, like, seleznia+ tocken deck, why exactly would you need 2 8 drop finishers? Lol? How many 8 drops exactly do you run?

[@BM-rd4ms]

How do you sell standard sets to EDH players? Stuff it full of expensive commander reprints. Thanks for the proxy arts Wizards.

[@Beckola44]

Wilds of Eldraine has quite a lot of powerful cards. Also, this set is so affordable compared to LOTR & Commander Masters. Thank you for the video Professor.

[@PolGamesOnTwitch]

I see all the 2 min Helix ad even when I live in Argentina. Great Video Prof!.

[@BusinessSkrub]

Someone else whose favourite starter is Chikorita?! I never thought I'd see the day

[@NyxTheScary]

The turtle also turns filter lands into free 2 mana lands

[@voraito]

Wow, nice catch!

[@deloreigames8641]

The turtle seems so niche, and sure, the land creatures part may be, but the discount is really powerful. So many land effects are balanced on paying extra, which turtle breaks

[@unwucht1529]

What makes Moonshaker Calvalry so much stronger than Craterhoof is the fact that white is currently the top tokens go wide color and the second best flicker color enabling multiple ETB effects from Moonshaker. Absolutely a massive card! And the mana cost hopefully makes it less interesting for cEDH so hopefully the price tag won't increase too drastically.

[@nathanwilliams9158]

Mirror entity was the former go wide white payoff

[@DigitalinDaniel]

Chikorita is amazing, but I dislike Meganium, and Bayleef's cigars... I really like Decadent Dragon and Mosswood Dreadknight in the main set, and Loamcrafter Faun, Malevolent Witchkite, and Korvold Gleeful Glutton. Also finally a Faerie precon!! What if Ixalan has a Merfolk and/or Dinosaur precon!?

[@yosefzanerva806]

Don't forget how much Blossoming Tortoise helps the filter lands! Instead of paying one generic to tal for two colored mana, you can just tap for two mana! It's strictly better than any other land that taps for two mana!

[@tomfisher6422]

I'm planning a Selesnya go wide deck. I'm drooling at the idea of using Tooth and Nail to grab Moonshaker Cavalry and Craterhoof behemoth...

[@yomommashaus]

MORE POWERRRRRR

[@Hemlocker]

@@yomommashaus I read this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice

[@OmniOtaku]

the professor reading Schwartzwelder is clear indication of good taste

[@joeyn3590]

Moonshaker cavalry is going to go insane in a Sidar knight tribal deck

[@deloreigames8641]

I want it for my LotR Human Tribal, the amount of tokens I make in that deck is insane with Horn of Gondor. I'm also running Archetype of imagination in there, so any kind of recursion is good

[@Genesis-ne9tr]

Picked up my copy before it goes up anymore

[@jxhook]

I want one for my token/ extra combat Otharri deck. This set is looking awesome 👌

[@Hemlocker]

Slamming that bad boy straight into Adeline. Can't wait to dome an entire table with it.

[@nathanielreichley4640]

11:40 My mind instantly went to Wizards with Guns because of the free music haha

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[@pj-wille]

I too eat magic cards in order to get my daily value of fiber

[@benknock981]

blossoming tortuous paired with zirda the dawnwaker makes dark depths an instant 20/20 marit lage

[@benknock981]

not to mention it gets you your dark depths back if marit lage dies

[@DDDHunter]

"this effect cannot reduce the cost to less than one"

[@germinal220]

I don't even play MTG, i'm subbed solely to listen to this man talk.

[@Moshladaan]

Agatha's Soul Cauldron with Kiki-Jiki was one of the first scary thoughts in my head when I saw this.

[@mechabunnyzilla]

Chikorita is my absolute favorite, I see you Prof are a man of culture

[@toxicgaming003]

The most controversial pick in this list is Chikorita as the favorite starter. Love it.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Hey Prof, The Time Machine Did It by JS is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. Absolutely love it and those older Simpsons.

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Glad to see the 2nd Eldraine set has just as many amazing cards like the previous one. Really hyped for the new Throne of Eldraine artifact which helps monodecks so much

[@syctheofsymphogear4290]

i think Moonshaker would be even better than Craterhoof in my Omnath/Preston Deck, where i flicker the Board and get an additional Board with Triggers, but now my Illusions are X+1 Flyer until the Turn of my Opponent ends.

[@malakimphoros2164]

I don't understand. It's Omnath and Preston or (guess 4c) Omnath flicker deck with Preston in 99?

[@peachydls341]

Another legendary title with a legendary thumbnail

[@mstieler8480]

White kind of had a Craterhoof in Righteous Valkyrie + Nykthos Paragon. Gain life = Paragon's toughness (and similar for any other creatures that come into play), then once per turn, get +1/+1 counters = the life you gained. I had this just end a Commander game, what with 6 +1/+1 counters going on everything I had. No evasion, but the beef sticks around :D

[@DelibirdsTV]

I knew the professor was a quality person when he said Chikorita was his favorite starter. ❤

[@BuddyBThree]

I respect the chikorita choice, it’s simple and elegant design.

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

agathas cauldron seems a bit more aimed at enemy cards, hence any colour being allowed to activate.

[@Gzilla313]

Chikorita is a good pick for starter. Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, and Giga Drain makes for quite the wall.

[@jordanhanson6611]

I'm gonna Tooth and Nail for Moonshaker Cavalry and Craterhoof Behemoth. That's all I want in a Selesnya token deck.

[@Eramiserasmus]

Professor giving us the biggest look into the future of Commander.

[@deejayf69]

This Commander Masters Set is looking pretty good!.....wait wha-? I have been informed that this is not Commander Masters.

[@DAsrada]

Note the lack of certain language on the tortoise. It can reduce activated ability costs to 0. This is Relevant due to Ashaya.

[@cooljoe500]

9:20 you laugh, professor. but there is actually a veldalken from ravnica in this set. Troyan, Gutsy Explorer.

[@Tiagothx]

I really liked the Lich-Knights Conquest to add on a Ratadrabik deck. Killing the copies of the legendaries and bringing them back looks a lot of fun to me.

[@tophattoast4252]

Can I just say (I assume someone else has pointed this out :( ) I don't think that loop works how you think it does, devoted druid specifically states untap devoted druid - at no point does magda become devoted druid, it just has the abilities of devoted druid, so it wouldn't untap itself nor would the activated ability change to [untap this creature] - it would stay as untap devoted druid. The same goes for walking ballista, it states 'remove a +1/+1 counter from walking ballista', at no point does magda become walking ballista so the activated ability wouldn't do anything, you could however copy say Heliod sun crown's ability because it's just to give lifelink to a creature

[@ruttokyrpa3472]

Really excited to eat the wrappers from this set! Can't wait!

[@tapedeccard]

I called that Moonshaker Calvary the moment I first saw it. Def gonna be the new hotness

[@loicdespres5466]

Stroke of midnight is too good. A futur staple of commander.

[@LazarusIsBackBaby]

I'd put the Cauldron above the Cavalry just for being colorless. Cavalry rules but you have to be monoW or pretty close to it to reliably cast it, whereas all 5 colors can benefit from the Cauldron.

[@KVGKQuake]

Mosswood Dreadknight is a sneaky good card in EDH. Repeatable card draw stapled to either a blocker or sacrifice fodder is really good, especially in green and black

[@Hemlocker]

It's fine, but you have to spend a total of 4 mana every time you wanna repeat it... black has plenty of "draw cards when things die" effects already. If the creature had deathtouch there'd be much more reason to sink the mana into it every turn.

[@ridiculous_fox]

The Prof did it! He finally broke Devoted Druid for infinite mana!

[@wagnus1923]

I read this as "Best new Commanders" and was super confused when a sorcery was the honorable mention, then the turtle made me re-read to find out i was infact an idiot xD

[@ShyGuy095]

This Moonshaker Cavalry will easily find its place in my Spirit Squadron Deck. I can't wait to slam it onto the Board. 😃

[@TheDerpyDeed]

tbh storm herd works WONDERS with anything from token doublers to priests... Also if you manage to use something like Sphere of Safety in that white enchantment deck to keep your life total high, it gets even stronger It's no "Alesha & Soul-of-Eternity" combo, but it's a nice card if you don't rely on it too hard.

[@diggerdog9205]

My goal is to Tooth and Nail Moonshaker Calvary and Craterhoof

[@Rosedragon15]

I think there's a lot to be said about Asinine Antics. It was never gonna top five, but any blue based enchantment decks should be going feral for the opportunity to turn the entire enemy board state into 1/1s while also triggering enchantment etbs en mass.

[@ctsupergeek]

Wow, the professor actually kept up with Pokemon up until generation 4. Besides Zelda (which I also recently found out you like) never would have expected you to be a Nintendo player.

[@andariel654789]

I think that Agatha's Soul Cauldron might have to find a place in my Agrus, Eternal Soldier deck. Although I suspect she'd make it a bit too strong to enjoy fighting against.

[@andreychen6523]

Just a heads up: I don't think doubling Specter of Mortality's ETB does anything useful. The second trigger asks you to exile cards again, and the "When you do" only happens if a card is exiled, and it only refers to the cards exiled with the second trigger, if I'm not mistaken. Cool list though. The set looks awesome.

[@lordmatz3435]

some wild takes in this video(mainly chikorita)

[@LithmusEarth]

(As of Noon* on Sunday of Prerelease) 5 Mana and Bargain X to return X Creatures to the Field. - Lich-Knights' Conquest $1 4 Mana and ETB/Attack to return 1 Land to the Field. - Blossoming Tortoise $6 5 Mana and Exile X cards from the Grave to -X/-X to all Creatures - Specter of Mortality $0.50 5 Mana to duplicate all ETB triggers. - Virtue of Knowledge $8 2 Mana to build your own combos - Agatha's Soul Cauldron $16 8 Mana and Control X creatures to give your creatures +X/+X and flying - Moonshaker Cavalry $20

[@anthonybalista7421]

Better than Craterhoof? No. The trample can NOT be understated in value. However giving essentially Craterhoof to white without needing green is super good. I’m working on Eowyn Jeskai humans and it will make a great finisher there. I’ll probably also run it in Preston since mono white needs all the help it can get.

[@George-uo2sz]

Death to "Universes Beyond". Long live the Professor.

[@malakimphoros2164]

Based. Based on immense hatred for Universes beyond and limitless respect for the Proffessor.

[@Hemlocker]

Death to things I dislike

[@NearSightedViking]

Looks like a great set. Much better than what ever that last one was called 😆

[@christianbarrera2489]

When I thought I couldn’t love the Professor more, he’s a Chickorita stan. ❤

[@jarltheripper]

Shoutout to anyone reading my comment. If you read this, I hope you'll be happy for the rest of your life.

[@alanmcbeth5867]

thank you😊

[@Lasor4]

Ditto! 😊

[@reyny2118]

And if you read this, I hope your opponents will play Stax in your next 10 games HAHAHAHA

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[@bobroberts5820]

@@reyny2118 I like the way you think

[@CianDelano]

I'm kind of surprised you didn't honorable mention Collectors Vault! While it isn't super powerful, it is both a colorless, repeatable, looter combined with a treasure generator on a single card! And being Colorless, it can go in literally any deck! There are so many decks that would like this card that it could become a staple itself =D

[@slumdutchmillionare]

Agatha is going into my Laelia deck for sure.

[@defiantparsnip]

Question about Agatha's Cauldron: could you target your commander with the exile ability and put them into the command zone after?

[@Zedberstrix]

Wilds has become my favourite set as I have already made Kess’s bizarre adventure with a breathtaking creature deck watching her cast adventures from the grave just remember to have the rules handy for people as it’s not legal at first glance

[@FreeAtlas.]

Given whites ability to blink things in rapid succession, moonshaker can definitely be the better craterhoof in white decks

[@PolGamesOnTwitch]

Breya loves Lich-Knights' Conquest Sidisi loves Blossoming Tortoise Marchesa, the black rose loves Agatha's Soul Cauldron Any human/token deck loves Moonshaker Cavalry

[@Shane16784]

When it comes to the Craterhoof vs Moonshaker I think when it comes down Craterhoof is slightly stronger, but if they don’t win for whatever reason Moonshaker is much better. That said I think Moonshaker can be the conclusion to the chapter of rebuilding White. It’s got the card draw in spades, and now two very good finishers. Also, At least now it wont be the same exact finish each game when you see a token deck haha

[@fajenthygia5760]

Lich Knights' conquest is going to be nuts in my Othelm/Wernog deck

[@yosefzanerva806]

I think Spector of Mortality is more akin to Toxic Deluge than Massacre Girl, but can see what you mean (one-sided -x/-x board-whipe on a creature)

[@alanevans5353]

There is way better reanimation for shrines than Lich-Knights' Conquest. With there only ever being at absolutely most 5 Shrine creatures in your graveyard (that the commander can return by itself anyway) I would strongly recommend one of the white mass return enchantment spells or primeavals glorious rebirth. Very good in normal tribal decks/ creatures matter, though

[@hanschristopherson8056]

The area of commander white was lacking was in wincons so I’m actually glad made white crafterhoof

[@MrCoolioto]

Moonshaker Cavalry is INSANE... Im gonna need 12.

[@shanegrant9576]

Don't forget, with ashaya out all you're creatures abilities cost 1 less. Mini training grounds.

[@sephyrias883]

Obviously number 1 should be Quick Study, the instant speed Divination (/s, but it's actually not bad!).

[@phyrexianjudgement]

Agathas soul cauldron and Grist the hunger tide. All your creatures have planeswalker abilities

[@jessewinter5826]

The Blossoming Tortoise feels tailor made for my Titania deck. Repeatable mill to get lands in the grave, plus a discount for Argoth's mill ability, plus a buff for Gaea Incarnate's land elementals? Shut up and take my money.

[@nharviala]

I gotta say, I'm excited to put the Soul Cauldron into my Tayam deck. It's CMC 3 or lower, so it can be recurred, and is a source of counters for both Tayam and itself!