Best Planeswalkers in Commander

[@adlinarrgaming673]

"oko's price is too high" has ugin the spirit dragon in same list

[@matthoward6130]

Ugin has value in the long term. Oko will tank soon

[@filippodardi2180]

It's not like he's heavily played in literally every goddamn format. Except Masques block.

[@matthoward6130]

@Daniel Wilson already banned in 2 formats.

[@Cloudpiroth01]

Hindsight is funny on this comment. Oko banned in almost everything and a Ugin reprint. At least 2020 was good for something

[@joshuaritter9747]

Tezzeret the seeker is really good if you have artifact lands in deck it’s ramp in blue it lets you search your deck for key artifacts and it lets you untap artifacts to do insane mana plays

[@nicholaslapoint243]

WAR Ashiok says hi!! Great list though, thank you!

[@justinanderson2631]

Indisposable in my muldrotha deck! Lol I generated so much aggro though after I used plaguecrafter, brought it out again with victimize, then exiled their graves. Which removed a niv mizzet from the game. I was out turn 5 lol

[@Skinney135]

Venser, the Sojourner is one of my favorites in EDH. Love being able to repeat ETB effects. His -1 ability of making all your creatures unblockable is a great wincon too.

[@BAndersJ74]

Nissa, Who Shakes the World is pretty bonkers too. The +1 may leave one of your lands open for creature removal, but if it sticks it protects Nissa and taps for double.

[@ForceOfWill8]

Woah Woah Woah... Where is Elspeth Sun's Champion?

[@derekwalter4238]

Hopefully coming back in the new theros set! Seriously tho she shoulda at least got an honorable mention. Elspeth is so good!

[@L00rdAjduk]

6CMC walker that wipes the board but there are far cheaper boardwipes

[@derekwalter4238]

@@L00rdAjduk but there aren't any others than give you three bodies with a +1 ability. I use it in my trostani deck and there's nothing like plus-one ing elspeth with a divine visitation out. So good

[@L00rdAjduk]

@@derekwalter4238 it can work in some cases with some interaction like divine visitation but otherwise a three 1/1 tokens is quite underwhelming

[@derekwalter4238]

@@L00rdAjduk it's actually really good for a planeswalker in edh. Being able to make three blockers a turn shouldn't be underestimated

[@helcometowell9295]

Side note: just seen the vid with you on Command Zone. Instant suscribe here. Thanks, your channel looks pretty dope!

[@markc6571]

Ashiok, Dream Render. I love the sound my opponents make when she ETB's with a Doubling Season on the board

[@BaygelTheDog]

you denizen of evil

[@AllegoryGar]

Not a she though, but hell yeah

[@travisholcomb8787]

I feel like people always underestimate how good Jace, Unraveler of Secrets is. Great card advantage, decent removal, and an absolutely crushing emblem. Also, I feel like it’s a little weird to not see Elspeth, Sun’s Champion anywhere on the list. She’s another that can just run away with games.

[@germanyjones2700]

Great stuff as always! Funny that 3 of 8 from WAR and half this list comprised of walkers from the last 3 sets

[@PawzBrownMTG]

Very informative thanks for your time and effort

[@captainchaos5705]

I'm surprised we didn't get at least an honorable mention for the new 6 drop chandra. That emblem is surprisingly powerful, especially if she gets to do it 2 or 3 times. She's also very good at killing a single threat or a bunch of small tokens

[@samyravs7792]

With Planebound Accomplice and Cloudstone Curio and a Mana producing red Planeswalkers you can burn the whole table on the spot

[@planeswalkerspub6745]

Love the video. Thanks for showing the planeswalkers the love they deserve.

[@psychozen7169]

This is the best video and content you done in a while. Love the explanations of why!!

[@ShotensGaming]

used sorin vs a ghave deck that made infinite life. They didnt have one of the effects like blood artist to drain life just a souls attendant. Used sorin after a board wipe cleared his field brought him to 10 and wound reflection killed him. Was a good first game of my Virtus/Gorm deck.

[@mechatigrex2335]

epic!

[@L00rdAjduk]

Objectively: Teferi commander as a commander Subjectively: I'd argue that Dack, WAR Narset and WAR Jace are the best planeswalkers in the format. Sorin is meh but those three are really good.

[@TheHutt0326]

I agree, would also add WAR Ashiok.

[@L00rdAjduk]

@@TheHutt0326 yes, WAR Ashiok is really good!

[@nik700]

I don't know if Teferi commander is any good in the 99 (which is the point of the video). As a commander, yes, it's super busted

[@L00rdAjduk]

@@nik700 Edited the post. I've meant to say as a commander :P

[@andrewsparkes8829]

@@L00rdAjduk As nik700 said, this is a video about the best in the 99, and DJ implies this pretty heavily by only making them honorable mentions, so implies the commanders are invalid for the actual list. Because some would still be great in the 99 anyway. So Commander-Teferi-as-commander cannot be the best on the list, as again, this list is about the 99.

[@derekwalter4238]

11:36 difficult, or impossible? What interacts with an emblem??

[@lukenzur1667]

Karn Liberated's ultimate is the only way, that i know of

[@lukenzur1667]

good luck on that though lol

[@derekwalter4238]

@@lukenzur1667 I wouldn't say restarting the game counts as interaction tho. But yeah, that would take away emblems.

[@Zerschnitzler77]

killing the play or hexoroof in case the emblem targets or protection from the source if its a damage based effect

[@derekwalter4238]

@@Zerschnitzler77 I heard protection from a source doesn't work because usually protection specifies a color and emblems aren't considered permanent let alone of a certain color

[@s.i.rjewel828]

My general strategy is to focus on every ability but the alt from Planeswalkers so just add in the one's that can help theme with their +1s and -whatevers, and yeah they're not blockers but if an opponent is attacking them they're not attacking you directly so it adds more potential cushion. Sometimes you still get the alt which can be nice but generally not needing and the fact that their abilities can be activated immediately is a plus

[@savinobalducci6148]

i like your inclusions from latest sets rather than the historic ones

[@draxthemsklonst]

No tutoring - No fetching. One sided. Oppressive. New Ashiok. Like a twisted Narset.

[@DommyXMommy]

Lol when you were talking about oko, I was thinking about my muldrotha control deck that I built recently and then you mentioned muldrotha and I was like YEAH MULDROTHA

[@TheNewOcMuse]

I built a Muldrotha Superfriends list after WAR came out and it's been so much fun (and surprisingly not totally miserable to play against).

[@DommyXMommy]

TheNewOcMuse decklist? I would love some more ideas

[@TheNewOcMuse]

@@DommyXMommy tappedout.net/mtg-decks/muldrotha-friends-v2-1/

[@DommyXMommy]

TheNewOcMuse love it

[@DommyXMommy]

TheNewOcMuse btw, I HIGHLY recommend field of the dead and thespian stage. Especially for superfriends. The zombies will make insane blockers

[@IsesriX]

Personally, I find Will Kenrith to be pretty underappreciated. His +2 just turns off two opposing commanders, which is great. He can lock the board down pretty quick.

[@shinylapras7710]

In a format with so many tutors I’m surprised WAR ashiok didnt even make HM

[@CssHDmonster]

i smell oko the broko

[@blackmountain1983]

Elspeth, Sun's Champion is my favorite. 3 creatures, or a boardwipe or an awesome emblem.

[@danielslack9114]

It's worth pointing out that "target creature or player" has been errataed to be "any target."

[@Fernando-fh2um]

Dack is pretty powerful in his own right, but the top spot seems a little bit pushed to me, specially since Planeswalkers like Teferi exist in the format and his deck has de power to be cEDH, even if the argument doesn´t revolve around raw power Tezzeret the seeker is a much more powerful planeswalker in the sense that he can tutor almost every artifact relevant in the format as he comes into play, other than those two I agree with your list. keep up the good work!

[@Sirdarksalot]

Tezzeret the seeker is a really nice tutor Jace, tms it’s really good in cEDH in my experience due to the lack of creature presence and non impact on board, I could argue that people see TMS as a broken card that is useless in edh but the less creatures there are in your meta, the better for your pw

[@BrunoCasagrandaNeves]

Nice Jumbo, pretty relevant list, good arguments. Personally, I believe both Threeferi and WAR Ashiok to be stronger than Sorin or Nissa, VF, but that might be completely subjective to my play experience. Made me think about staples for color combinations or strategies, both lists could be interesting.

[@markcooper4876]

Nissa, worldwaker is insane in mono green. Costs 5 and untaps four forests, so she essentially costs 1 mana. If you have a mana doubler like mana reflection or caged sun though, she nets you 3 mana. I’ve never used either of her other abilities, but if you need them for some reason, they are there.

[@mariodelarosa6237]

Teferi Temporal Archmage: Am I a joke to you?

[@Will_Morand]

WAR Ashiok and Oath Chandra because self wheeling with upside and locking down your opponents’ tutors is super powerful and very helpful.

[@yaoguai8459]

Personally speaking, as a general rule I think Planeswalkers are a trap in commander. Yes, there are moments where they can run away with the game but from personal experience I've found just as many situations where they're essentially overcosted sorceries because you play them, get one activation and then they die. Planeswalkers generally require you to have commanding board presence to be worth playing. The only planeswalker off the top of my head I think it's worth playing is Ashiok, Dream Render. I basically look at her as a 3 mana sorcery that mills an opponent 4 and then exiles every opponent's graveyard. If she drops and dies I still feel like that's alot of power for only 3 mana. If she sticks around a couple more turns, it's all upside. Alternatively, take something like Liliana, Dreadhorde General. Assume you drop her and only get one activation. Paying 6 mana for a 2/2 is really bad. Paying 6 to make everyone sac two creatures is also pretty bad. Yes, if you hand 2 creatures out and you minus you draw 2 but that just reaffirms my point that you need an established board for her to really be worth it. That's just my opinion anyway.

[@keanulinkers4487]

I thought ashiok was a dude

[@yaoguai8459]

@@keanulinkers4487 technically I think Ashiok is supposed to be "genderless" but she just always seemed female to me so I've always referred to her as such.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

I agree in general but not about Liliana dreadhorde general specifically. The card draw is what makes it worth making a 2/2 for 6 mana. If you’re making a zombie then Liliana gets attacked you are chump blocking with some creatures and drawing some cards even if she gets taken out you are likely getting some more value than a 2/2.

[@yaoguai8459]

@@jakeapplegate6642 I disagree. In that scenario you're essentially paying 6 mana for a 2/2 that draws you a card when it dies. For the same cost I'd much rather play something like Grave Titan or Demonlord Belzenlok.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Yao Guai Liliana DG is way better than belzenlok. Harvester of souls is better than belzenlok in a lot of cases.

[@MrGorillafist]

Saheeli, sublime artificier is my pet favourite Planeswalker in commander. I have her in my Brudiclad deck and it's like she was made for that deck alone.

[@KBgamer2010]

Sorin Markov: Can't tell you how many times I died to him War Ugin: Pretty decent to say the least OG Ugin: Now you given me evil ideas War Liliana: She is pretty good Oko: Mycosynth Lattice exists War Narset: Teferi's Puzzlebox exists Kaladesh Nissa: Pretty damn good especially in a Windgrace deck Dack Fayden: R.I.P. Greatest Thief of the multiverse (Just a note, Garruk Wildspeaker was a pretty good walker due to being able to untap any two lands for a +1 loyalty)

[@derekwalter4238]

Due to*

[@alledzebu1975]

What about Freyalise, llanowar fury? She's ramp, blockers, removal, and a reasonably priced draw power as well...

[@Kuronosa]

He gave honorable mention at the start of the video for all the Mono-colored Planeswalker commanders that came from the early Commander Product.

[@Drakengod691]

Definitely agree with Liliana and both Ugins. I honestly think some of the Bolas walkers should be on here. Also both teferis from DOM and WAR are pretty powerful. Also really enjoy dack as well.

[@zwc76]

@11:29, If you have Pir, Imaginative Rascal on the field you can play Nissa, Vital Force and ultimate straight away, now, that is nuts.

[@ryanrichter1010]

Chandra Torch of Defiance is the best mono red planeswalker, she mana ramps, she gets you card advantage, and her ultimate wins games. My personal favorite is Nicol Bolas God Pharaoh his plus two steal the top non land card from an opponents library oh so good.

[@АрсенСаркисян-й9у]

I think you miss Teferi ,time ravaler and Ashiok from the Spark

[@sqwirl31trkpny94]

Арсен Саркисян no, they don't exist

[@midnightkunai4994]

ugin only live if you casted the painter after ugin tho cause ugin would be those chosen color if you cast him after the painter... and by then it's just not that great unless i'm not understanding how that combo works also what about jace mind sculptor?

[@DerAykac]

Uh boi, the cards synergizing with that "Dack"-Guy are endless. Interesting Guy. Interesting Choice.

[@thecollectiblecollectabill2298]

i think you should have included Stunt Double as an honorable mention. he is a 4 cost ultimate for several planeswalkers like garrruk cursed huntsman and oko and nissa vital force for example

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

LOL My Historic Atraxa deck has most of those planeswalkers on your list but my number one in EDH is Vraska, Relic Seeker, I have won many a game with her ultimate and as one of my opponents put it ''the silly menacing pirate tokens!'', her design is great. Rumor has it that Oko was added to the list after a certain you tube creator was threatened with a possible permanent elk transformation :P

[@tedgop1932]

Thanks for the video my superfriends deck will be upgraded today

[@twest3239]

what about the knew 6 mana chandra? her plus 1 is built for commander!

[@mattatlas8895]

Flawless list, bro

[@carumsarene]

Korvold deck with Dreadhorde General is fun. Sylvan Offering + Mayhem Devil + Zulaport Cutthroat + Liliana's Ultimate. Extremely crippling.

[@YuGiOhEMAN]

Personally I love Elspeth, Sun’s Champion. She makes dudes and more than likely kills a good chunk of the board. I also have a hydra deck that Nissa, Who Shakes the World plays a huge role in getting me more mana to dump into my X/X Hydras. She also plays very well with Leyline of Abundance allowing me to make an absurd amount of mana.

[@justinanderson2631]

Some of my personal favorites: Tamiyo, Collector of tales; her real bread and butter comes in the anti sacrifice/discard passive shared only by sigarda host of herons. Her dig ability isnt that bad especially if you're running cards like "Sylvan library" where you know the top card of your deck every time. Her ability to grab any spell, not just permanents also seperates her from Nissa vital force and she can use either ability right on the cast. Most of the war walkers are actually amazing too. Ajani strength of the pride is also a pretty decent "Budget Ugin" and is a way for white decks with life gain to exile all creatures and artifacts they don't control. I overheard Tezzeret too and that's a great walker for artifact decks. Seeker in particular can do nasty things like making sure you have the blue Mana to spend for stasis every upkeep. (Disgusting) Other then that a great list! And I have more faith in "Broko" now lol

[@kingsinnlos2934]

... And he was Like :"Look, i have a Blightsteel Colossus", and then i was like :"Pretty Cool, i Have Dack Fayden, He is mine now, Jimmi"

[@Skinney135]

Nissa, Vital Force is pretty easy to ultimate, love her in my landfall deck.

[@justtib7429]

You didnt mention Elspeth sun champion ? 🤔

[@victorleese9491]

Um not sure about the painters servant and ugin combo it wont exile lands because I believe they have no cmc that's why theres spells with zero mana as they're cost they still have a cost since they are cast, Lands are played so I think they're lands are safe

[@Phoque_Y00]

What if you do a cyclonic rift with Dack's emblem?

[@timdornaus]

really dug the outro

[@davidfraundorfer5198]

I've seen a few people mention it already but you did not include the best (or at least 2nd best - depending on who you ask) Planeswalker in EDH: Tezzeret the Seeker. If we ignore the mana cost Tezzeret's ability is far stronger than all other Walkers you mentioned. In my games he wins about half the time that very turn he is played. And if he doesn't win instantly, he still threatens to win next turn. The only other Walker that can contest the 1st place is Dack Faden imo. Also WAR Jace is definitely one of the most powerful Walkers. But unlike Tezzeret, you need a rather difficult setup for WAR Jace to win.

[@Agent_TGC]

I'm really confused. I thought we couldnt use any card outside of the commanders colors? Yet the video recommends to use a green/blue with a mono green commander??

[@ehallam08]

Dj, you gotta upload more often. Or don't. I'm not your father.

[@chaddlol1]

No venser? :(

[@tsuki7064]

I dont know why but people seriously underestimate WAR domri. Its a 3 mana mana rock. But he also makes all creatures you cast that turn uncounterable. Not only the spell that that mana was used but all creature spells. It can also be a removal if you have a big creature which its passive helps a little bit. Also it isnt threatening so it will pull less hate.

[@jtarotgon8213]

Is draconic comination worth the massively steep price?

[@dunyip8145]

If painter's servant names green, would Ugin also exile itself due to it also being a permanent with more than 1 colour? Thanks

[@SacredFlames89]

Only if the minus was 8 or more. While gaining a color, the cmc stays the same

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

Oko, enough said.

[@novaknight30]

Elspeth, suns champion definitely belonged on this list

[@CRIMS0N_KING]

Totally agree with number 1

[@maxbloomfield540]

Where’s Tezzeret the Seeker?

[@crongnakpunch7851]

Surprised Nissa, who shakes the world wasn't mentioned at all.

[@ryanfrederick3234]

Hes obviously never had a board full of indestructible trees powered up by finale of devastation.

[@cassiew866]

When you gain control of Golos using Dack, do you get to find a land?

[@fittsmart]

Nah, he's not re-entering the battle field, just changing controllers

[@darkrexkigntstone8773]

I like three Planes walkers. Chandra Fire Artisan is a better outpost siege. I am also a big fan of two Lilianas. Dark Realms is nice because she get you swamps. Death's Majesty is great for graveyard deck like zombie.

[@joseluismckenna1844]

I feel like garruk apex predator should have a honorable mention

[@arkhamjoker8985]

Maybe the new karn it's pretty sweet to stop enemy ramp with artifacts

[@derrekgillespie413]

RIP Saheeli in your honorable mentions

[@BishopDAWG]

Elspeth, Sun's Champion needs to be mentioned in any discussion of best planeswalkers in Commander, come on DJ!

[@mikemoyer8162]

Im down with your list except I think Ugin, the Spirit Dragon should be higher. Put him in a hardcore control deck and his ultimate is totally attainable. His -X is amazing, but if you have enough counterspells to keep him around 2 rotations, you basically win. I've done it a few times with my now extinct Teferi, Temporal Archmage deck. And my (almost current) Baral deck.

[@lefloidNemesis]

Isn't dack a vintage card though?

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Paryas Ruler it’s vintage legal. What’s your point?

[@lefloidNemesis]

I wasn't talking legality but playability. He said that the nr.1 isn't a card that is widly ueed in older formats, but dack is one of the strongest planeswalker in the oldest mtg format as well.

[@RickarRickani]

Narset is a monster with Teferi's Puzzlebox

[@adamrobinson6951]

Surely painter's servant makes Ugin coloured, and therefore it would exile itself?

[@solidmasterdante]

Reading the card explains the card.

[@adamrobinson6951]

@@solidmasterdante indeed. And the card says all permanents are the chosen colour, and to exile all permanents with one or more colours. Ugin is a permanent, and therefore becomes a permanent with one or more colours. Am I missing something?

[@solidmasterdante]

@@adamrobinson6951 you exile permanents of cmc X or less. Ugin is 8, starts with 7 loyalty, so you're probably wiping 6cmc or less. I suppose you could plus him first and then get to the point where he wipes himself? Idk, I basically only ever minus him. But... ya know. Just don't wipe above 7cmc.

[@Shenbeiner]

What about war of the spark Ashiok? Turn off all fetchlands and demonic tutors with powerful graveyard hate stapled on.

[@karymthekoolguy]

I think that this list should have been called beat planeswalkers in your 99. Just thinking about how crazy wind grace can go off.

[@JumboCommander]

That's true. The walkers as commanders are so so narrow because they only work in their own deck, but they are very strong.

[@nekkisgames2602]

i wouldn't say i disagree with ya list but i so say Nissa who shakes the world, Ashiok dream render and Nicol Bolas God Pharaoh have their uses :D nothing better than haveing a graveyard recursion deck as an opponent and dropping Ashiok on the battlefield xD

[@kisamedominates]

Woot Dack! Kinda sad not too see venser though

[@shiroimarcio]

Elspeth, Sun's Champion?

[@JumboCommander]

She was on the list along with 6 cmc chandras and I left them off. I could have made a mistake with that one but I made my call.

[@almogdov]

I wish wizards would make a non broken/weak UGX commander so I can have a place to play Oko. Guess Canadian Highlander will have to do.

[@markomalmi7989]

RIP Dack

[@trueHeBrew]

Nissa lower on the list that Ugin? Not so sure about that one....

[@xMEanimations]

You forgot Deathrite Shaman.

[@allanholman8302]

No Tamiyo? Both are pretty good...

[@edkolbe1850]

New Ashiok is brutal

[@williamsimkulet7832]

Otherwise known as Oko and 7 other planeswalkers?

[@sidney2622]

go go DJ!!!

[@deathwarriorseve]

i'm sad I didn't see a bunch of Elks and Oko...

[@medullaossis597]

In my opinion, nicol Bolas God pharaoh is just rediculously good, felt it should have atleast been on the list if not top 3

[@timothygerbig875]

DJ, I hate to nitpick, but Dack Fayden has been a beast in Legacy.

[@JumboCommander]

Insane in vintage. So I guess he has been amazing in every format hes legal in .... 😂

[@JUSTINBURPER666]

Are you sure ugin works like that? If painters servant makes everything green perse, ugin is a green permanent and should be exiled by the text "exile EACH permanent that's one or more colours". Including himself.

[@sglied1320]

Riley Adams Ugin costs 8 and starts with 7 loyalty, so you usually -x him for 6. This misses Ugin himself.

[@MarkAvo]

Dack steals Oko meals.

[@StrongButAwkward]

I'm a simple man, I mostly just want to see Oko help my Yasova take any creature she wants and turn it into other resources.

[@TheHellsreject]

This is a nice video. To bad it's going to get turned into an Elk.

[@vega138]

Serra the benevolent is rather good if you not against lose of life

[@claytonc.7335]

Muldrotha superfriends?