Commander Cards You Should Buy NOW (July 2024)

Which Commander cards are worth your money this month? We have you covered with the best buys if you're looking to pick up a copy or two for Commander!
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[@CharlesLeeRay812]

Before the video starts, Fetchlands.

[@justinbrannon1978]

On eBay I’m seeing them even below 10$ I just picked up an extended art windswept heath, after shipping and stuff for 9.55

[@CharlesLeeRay812]

@@justinbrannon1978 I ordered 6 from TCGplayer at $9 each lol crazy that card was around $20 a couple of months ago.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

Proxy

[@SnowFoxWithAGasMask]

Already done. Bird tribal reigns supreme

[@doorknocker8920]

​@mufasafalldown8401 100% there is literally no point in spending 10 or more dollars for a piece of cardboard

[@JetNAmplify]

oh wow i grabbed 2 apex devistators for 3$ or so. supprised it bounced to 9 so fast!

[@thrillhouse4151]

Just found out about Pick Your Poison about a week or two ago, what a strong common card.

[@brendanleuthner4851]

You guys realllllyyyyy exaggerate about how bad white is at drawing cards lol. I have a Delney Streetwise Lookout deck and it has a full hand for like most of the game. Also just SUCH a fun commander. My favorite mono colored deck I've ever had! And I've had quite a few lol. Im the opposite of Mia like that

[@samuelbemis8304]

agree, my Preston the Vanisher deck i'm often discarding to handsize every turn

[@vampirica11]

Yeah all the influences are just repeating each other here, for years. There's enough mono white card draw nowadays

[@jperry253]

Honestly their takes aren’t very good anymore

[@Lazydino59]

I mean your general is functional card advantage, if you have a non-card advantage general it gets much more difficult. Still it isn’t TOO bad nowadays, but it’s still noticeably worse than any other color

[@rhizomic]

Hey guys, how much are Delney and Preston?? Good card draw also can mean accessible/affordable card draw. You can get anything if you feel like spending the money for it.

[@mr.nakamura9088]

Apex Devastator hit $3.78, Selvala Heart of the Wild hit $4, Vesuva hit $3, I also recommend picking up the flares (red one is like $1), Cyber Conversion is awesome, it hangs out next to my buddy strix serenade (light play for $2.5). Below are my MH3 post release bargain bin recs $0.25 - Priest of Titania, Buried alive, Cephalid Coliseum, Meltdown, and Accursed Marauder, deserted temple, null elemental blast, marionette apprentice $0.50 - Ashling flame dancer, dreamtide whale, revitalizing repast, shadow of second sun, orims chant, kappa cannoneer, archway of innovation $1 - Kaalia of the vast, flare of duplication, ripples of undeath, pearl medallion Don't miss the train on Arena of Glory (bordlerless) - it is an auto include in haste matters decks that have mountains (think Kaalia of the vast). All of your LOTR picks are great recommends, Allied Fetches still haven't bottomed yet but we are likely within 20% of a bottom.

[@Wojtek36762]

Yeah I’m ordering a few Arenas, that borderless art is sweet

[@yannikkissa9419]

Arrrgh, reading this post makes me question whether I should buy any other card that is more like 3$.

[@yannikkissa9419]

And yeah, I immediately got a borderless arena for krenko

[@robertsweeney7040]

7:42 Moxfield ad...so there! Damn, missed again...

[@zackbonno3675]

I don't know why people keep saying white sucks at cars draw. Between Welcoming Vampire, Tocasia's Welcome, Minas Tirith, Firemane Commando, Benny Bracks, Chivalric Alliance, Trouble in Pairs and Archivist of Ogma, you have *loads* of good options now that are going to draw you cards for doing pretty much anything you're going to be doing in white now. Red's the color you need to worry about

[@savinobalducci6148]

yep I guess it's just a relic of EDH in the last decade

[@chicco5033]

Because you have to work to actually draw, meanwhile Blue and black have it easy "cast spell draw x". While Red yes it struggles to get card advantage, it can compensate with impulse draw via single spells and that often lets you see more cards that the 1 draw per turn you get from cards like Tocasia and Welcoming Vampire.

[@Pyberspace]

Don't forget Esper Sentinel! 😎

[@Shimatzu95]

White card draw problems have been solved since around new capena.

[@jmchristensen42]

Medallions are really good in two color decks, sometimes I’ve found they’re even surprisingly better because a lot of mono color decks often steer into artifacts for support.

[@KPeter-gj7wu]

Nerds put me on Pick Your Poison early and were dead right. Most important change I've made since subscribing is always favoring modal cards in my deckbuilding. I am a disciple of the NN church of MDFCs.

[@anathema7813]

These are my most looked forward to videos!! Have you guys thought about doing anymore Commander Overperformers?? Loooove that series! Or would just love to hear about more cards you guys discover!! Thank yall for being awesome!

[@DragonShieldOfficial]

Thank you for an awesome time at MagicCon Amsterdam! Our dragons really enjoyed hanging out with you 💛🐉

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you so much for helping us get out to Amsterdam, we had the most amazing time with the Dragon Shield team 💖😁

[@iokcs]

I love Pir's Whim. I run in it most decks that I can. I've used it declaring Foe on myself to sacrifice for various reasons when I need it 💙💚

[@Mike-rj8dg]

Loved hearing your thoughts on this. Would like to hear more like this on other commanders

[@ConstanceMists]

Yall put me onto Pick Your Poison a few months ago and I bought a bunch for under a dollar. Sweet card!

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's been SO good!

[@cannonballbrad9522]

The medallions are good in two color too. In my Boros that is fairly evenly split between whites and reds and actually has a ton of 2 color spells I’m never upset having either medallion out.

[@prestonmitchell9135]

I run it in my 3 color syr gwyn deck since I run a TON of multicolor spells and artifacts

[@MrTyrathor]

Ruinous intrusion is another good answer to the one ring in green. Plus you can add +1/+1 counters from it.

[@CantripCaniac]

Can confirm with my Shanna purifying blade deck, the gaffer is a consistent engine

[@crisgon9552]

I think reality shift is better most of the time. Permanently exile is really strong. On Commanders Cyber Conversion is better but i have manifisted some of my opponents best cards and all they got was a 2/2

[@nicholaschun5918]

I agree with Mia on Spymaster's Vault. My 2 copies have made it into my deck, and I am in the middle of buying another copy right now!

[@MyNameIsTim1337]

10:21 Firm disagree with Green Medallion; that one is actually stronger in mono-green decks since they don't tend to run many artifact (non-green) cards. As for multicolor decks, I don't recommend Medallions anyway... Yes, ramping lands is great, but the cost efficiency is still present (i.e., 2 mana cost to ramp +1 mana). Medallion on turn two = 4-cost commanders on turn 3. Yes, it can be destroyed (like a signet or talisman), but the cost reduction for basically every card in a mono-green deck is pure gas. 👌

[@BlitzFlix1]

Just out curiosity, wouldn't you rather just cast Farseek, Three Visits, Nature's Lore, Sakura Tribe Elder, etc. for the same mana cost + synergy gain in most green decks?

[@PaulSzkibik]

that's a good point really. Just because green already has a lot of ramp and because land-ramp is generally better, doesn't mean Sol-Ring or Mana-Crypt and especially Carpet of Flowers are suddenly unplayable. It's always about the rate. Obviously emerald medallion isn't as strong as those other three cards, but neither are a ton of other green ramp spells. Green ramp is so good because it's so good at colorfixing while ramping. But when it comes to pure speed, artifact colorless mana/cost reduction often ramps you harder. Any reason not to play the green medallion could also be flung at Sol-Ring and friends. Realistically, you can play a medallion turn 3 into another card, effectively making it cost 1 mana to play the turn it comes into play. Next turn you can easily double or even tripple cast stuff.

[@PaulSzkibik]

​@@BlitzFlix1 they serve slightly different roles or rather, have different advantages. If you're playing monogreen, you're not even playing farseek (it fetches non-forests) and the other cards they ramp +1 and more importantly, they fix your mana. Nature's Lore and Three Visits are so good, because they can fetch triomes and shocklands. But that's not monogreen. If I'm playing monogreen I'm still ramping obviously, but a card like Three Visits looses a bit of luster, if all you're getting with it is a Forest. 2-mana green ramp most of the time simply ramps you by one mana. Emerald is a cost-reducer so it can "ramp" for more than one mana + depending on how much else you play in the same turn you drop a medallion, it might be free or even mana positive. E.g. with 4 lands out, playing a an emerald medallion you can still follow it up with a 3-mana green spell or two 2-mana spells, effectively making the medallion free on the turn it's played. Even if it's like turn 7 and you have 10 lands in play, if you just drew 10 cards from a Greater Good or Rishkar's Expertise or some other nonsense -> you could play a freshly drawn medallion and be able to cast a ton of spells reduced by 1 mana from your hand and/or recast your commander. Regular 2-mana ramp doesn't turn into basically a green Dark Ritual.

[@BlitzFlix1]

@@PaulSzkibik: Thanks for the thoughtful response! My point was mainly that even in mono-green, the player would still prioritize getting lands that are unlikely to be removed or have a synergy boost like landfall. You're right, Farseek is absolutely unplayable in mono-green. Bad example. Completely agree that Emerald Medallion can be beneficial in a short burst by netting additional mana through cost reduction though. Here's the problem, Steve + any add additional lands effects still do more for the overall game plan because they remove the lands from your library, thus smoothing out your draws. Using the example with Rishkar/Greater Good, Emerald Medallion hurts your overall chance of a good draw because in that burst since Medallions don't remove lands. You still have other cost reducers in green like Goreclaw which achieve the same effect as the Medallion while also synergizing with the specific game plan. Even in mono-green, you still have cards Wild Growth and Utopia Sprawl that ramp faster or Gaea's Touch which is both a ritual when it needs to be while also getting out more lands for the exact same mana value. Those provide the added benefit of paying for activated abilities which the Medallion won't do. Gaea's Touch will almost always do more than the Medallion, I guess I have a hard time seeing where the Medallion fits in when there's just so many more options that either are practically better or will have more synergy that adds more the deck executing its plan.

[@BlitzFlix1]

@@PaulSzkibik: Gaea's Touch on Turn 2 gets you access to up to six Green on Turn 3 conditional on an extra Forest in hand. Medallion would net you the same amount but only if you had three two drops to play.

[@timbombadil4046]

The flares are such gas in Yuriko.

[@MonsterMasher137]

I like Blasphemous Act because people cast it when I have a Wrathful Raptors on the battlefield. That took out the entire pod in one fell swoop

[@erichunt1974]

I wish you'd put out this video before I bought a bunch of cards for a white/green kudo deck! At first I was "trying" to build it as a budget deck but I couldn't resist the combo with Elesh Norn. At first I was excited to see how all four of my decks stack up against each other, but Kudo is going to get hard countered by Krenko, Mob boss so he certainly has the advantage.

[@Pyberspace]

I was hyping up Outcaster Trailblazer as soon as it was revealed, and ended up getting my copy for $2! Absolutely great 3-mana play that ramps into a big 5-mana commander like Ojer Kaslem.

[@tmon3y777]

Just picked up like 2 or 3 of each fetch last week. Might grab a few more if they dip further.

[@1azertywow]

Flare of malice is such a perfect card for my Lucius the Eternel deck

[@michaelhurst5403]

Glad I have the 2 that yall suggested that I'd want

[@nickchaput219]

I use wrathful red dragon and blasphemous act and chain reaction as win cons in my dragon deck

[@Beckola44]

These are some great buys. Thank you Mia and Beezy for the video.

[@willb5150]

Really love the chemistry between y'all. The show def has improved over the last few years! Keep it up.

[@movieguy4245]

Siege gang lieutenant is insane in brudiclad, effectively trippling your tokens if you turn them all into it.

[@Shimatzu95]

I dont think that one works out, granted thats probably my own experience of people blowing up brudicad as a priority target😢

[@movieguy4245]

@@Shimatzu95 true, but often times when playing brudiclad a smart player will have protection or can go off on that turn.

[@dreadgray78]

Aven Interrupter is another banger for this list

[@PaulSzkibik]

Falre of Malice: I think a lot of aristocrat style decks don't actually want to sacrifice their non-token creatures because those tend to be the ones making tokens or saccing them so it doesn't scream auto-include to me there. Flare of Malice seems to me like it's really at home in more grindy value decks (grixis, jund) and, being instant speed, flare of malice can be used defensively if someone is targeting your creature with a card that has a bunch of extra stuff going on and then just fizzle the entire spell if it has no other targets.

[@prestonmitchell9135]

Sometimes when you play a plaguecrafter you sac a 1/1 soldier instead though so there's some arguments to be made

[@tylerreagle7110]

Cyber Conversion could be the greatest, most broken card in the world and I would never touch it simply because I go out of my way to avoid playing with Universes Beyonds that, by my assessment, don't jive well with MTG.

[@magicmax113]

you can also get a nova chaser with recruiter

[@PaulissVegan]

I wish flare of malice would cost 3 mana as soul shatter does... man I love this effect so much.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

7:34 I pick it up long time ago for like $10 😆

[@KRRyoutube]

I mean, the Akroma's Will can end 3 players at once if it's right, I did that with 3 dinosaurs, one at each other player.

[@andvackur]

I agree on Minas tirith. A spell that costs 1ww and reads "draw 1 card if you attacked with 2 creatures this turn" is a terrible card, but stick it on a land, oh boy! Nothing is worse than flooding out. Sure, if you have other cards in hand for card draw, just use MT for a white, but as a way to dig or if you don't have other draw sources in hand, it is great

[@tsdunn9]

Blasphemous Act = two dollars

[@remogaming791]

I like reprints, but proxying is still better

[@Shimatzu95]

As is playing on free websites

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

3:30 I pool a Flooded strand in pack recently

[@only_folls]

sylvan reclamation might be good to recommend against the ring

[@CarraTheKirrer]

I've used Flare of Malice to send creatures to the graveyard in response to an exile effect. Even though I didn't make anyone sacrifice any creatures, it still saved my bacon

[@PaulissVegan]

great idea, sac your commander which would die anyway and then take 3 more big creatures with it

[@volosguidetomonsters3440]

Of course, the moxfield ad is at 29:29

[@MultiBlackman13]

We live in Buffalo y'all, we don't get the sun most of the year anyway. How else do you think Beezy stays so pale.

[@dreadgray78]

Railway Brawler is one similar to Trailblazer you forgot

[@crims0nsmash983]

Surprised you didn’t mention Toxic Deluge and Farewell; they’re sooo affordable right now.

[@drakimoto]

My LGS keeps having remoras in their case, I've bought like 6 lol

[@RazorDevil1]

i played pick your poison turn 2, got rid of 2 sol rings and arcane signet. and promptly died for it 2 turns later lol. watched a 3 player game for an hour

[@colonelschwartz3578]

If volatile storm drake ain’t on here man yall missing out

[@lit_wick]

Moxfield add after a Flare of card

[@heecks9375]

Mystic remora...rare...Ive got like 10 of those common from ice age...I'm old

[@MTG69]

Beezy's hair should be a legendary creature card.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

9:45 also got one in a pack 12:21 I own 2

[@Brooks0511]

2:30 moxfield !

[@kabriii]

Urza’s incubator dropped from 30$ to 6$

[@Mecal00]

Moxfield 19:19 is my guess Edit: nope!

[@user-qw3oh3dx1o]

The moxfield ad is at 0:46

[@user-qw3oh3dx1o]

OH FUCK I ACTUALLY GUESSED IT WHAT HAPPENS NOW

[@blkmask2]

The most funniest thing that no one has seen is Remora and power conduit 😂😂 artifacts go brr son. Jhoira on top baybee

[@sabomusicllc8165]

Red is the new white

[@ServbotNumba40]

Apex Devistator in a top 10 list?... If there was a card that would be on my list of cards that are worse than Grave Titan, Apex Devistator would be number 1. 10 mana get a 10/10 and 4 crappy ramp creatures and pull a board wipe.

[@HelloThere-uu8ln]

I run it in my mono green deck and it usually does well. No counters or board wipes to reveal.

[@ServbotNumba40]

@@HelloThere-uu8ln it pulls a board wipe from your opponent.

[@pablogarin]

Moxfield ad at 27:34

[@pablogarin]

Damn

[@JazzyAnasazi]

Pick your Poison is fucking nice af

[@Solus3D]

A lot of great cards are cheap for now only because MH3.

[@lorenzomarquez9122]

17:45

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

Rysic study is $30

[@dbballer91]

@6:46

[@Just-a-Canuck]

With arrrrmssss wide ooooopaaannn

[@RedNinjaV]

MH3 released 3 weeks ago. Today is the release date for Assassin's Creed. I think saying "Assassin's Creed came and went already. Now were talking about Bloomburrow," 3 days before the release date is the perfect example of how oversaturated these set releases are becoming.

[@famousstranger8468]

Moxfield must be 8:40

[@brian_simmons_]

This video is expensive to watch lol. Pick your poison and outcaster just went into my exile deck.

[@MrAskmannen]

Proxy everything. always.

[@brendanleuthner4851]

I used to do that all the time! I don't see why some people have a problem with it. Everyone should be able to play this game and anyone who thinks otherwise is a gatekeeping jerk

[@Lasagnadestroyer]

It’s been a while. Where’d the other guy go?

[@joshuaossman2739]

Joe died

[@Russiancow602]

New channel pretty sure

[@crawdaddy2004]

Joe Cherries? He and Beezy had different visions of the channel. They’re still best friends outside of the channel.

[@locu5ts]

It’s 26:42 I didn’t cheat!

[@xenocross6597]

Before the video starts, do not buy fetch lands. If you want them, proxy them. They are not worth the money.

[@Wall_BANG]

Proxy everything, then I guess, lol

[@murlocmasher3368]

Not everyone likes to play with proxies. If you want them ever, you should get them, while they’re cheap.

[@xenocross6597]

@@murlocmasher3368 “cheap”. Your whole landbase (land, not mana) should cost four dollars maximum. These alone cost anywhere from ten to twenty dollars. Do not, EVER, buy these, especially when evolving wilds and terramorphic expanse do the same thing. Or perhaps the New Capenna fetch lands, though I don’t remember how much they cost right now.

[@Wall_BANG]

@@xenocross6597 fetch lands are much better than terramorphic expanse

[@murlocmasher3368]

@@xenocross6597 every one of those lands can only search for basic lands, fetch lands can search for non basics. Nice budget replacements, but functionally very different. 4 dollars can’t even get you a double cheeseburger these days, idk where tf you’re getting your math from LMFAO…. Edit: I’d love to see this math wizard try to sell his proxy fetches, when the prices go up again.

[@bonidc6732]

😢

[@DimirDaddy]

Obligatory 1st

[@andywolflol]

Mystic Remora + Muldrotha = Dumb

[@leagreenall5972]

Blasphemous Act + Repercussion = Game Over

[@brendanleuthner4851]

Very true lol. Funny combo in red for sure!

[@tristanherrick7273]

3rd

[@robertbengel2689]

Nitpicking nerds is secretly the best EDH channel on yt. Keep up the awesome content!

[@TheMajorpickle01]

bros quiff is so bouncy

[@jk47Ssb]

Some more card kingdom shills. Do you people realize card kingdom has their shills pump overstocked cards 😂

[@Atr0sity]

They fuckin’?

[@jorgecea4473]

I like nitpicking nerds for there colorful content, but when it comes to MTG finance, MTG Moxman gives better perspectives.

[@jeremiahchamberlain4179]

No i dont want medallions printed until they are valueless forever, if cards don't retain some value then a tcg dies.

[@craigstuckey319]

Never pay for Mystic or Rhystic. If you lose because you don't pay your deck sucks anyway.

[@brandonallee3342]

Wizards needs to STOP reprinting cards!!!!!!!

[@rabbitmannTDR]

ABSOLUTELY, because poor people suck! Am I right, guy who clearly only invests his future in cardboard instead of a savings or the stock market?

[@Merrick-sm9ld]

you shill card kingdom but their prices are 20-50 percent higher then tcg player and they have complete dog shit customer service.

[@mjhenkel1984]

their buylist is pretty easy tho