Do Not Buy The Brothers' War! Buy These Commander Cards Instead! Magic: The Gathering Top 7 For EDH

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[@deltablaze77]

I enjoy your video intro sound.

[@bradleymedina1406]

Currently learning Java, i can say it is super rewarding and fun, highly suggested for anyone interested in problem-solving!

[@CyberBuster93]

"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."

[@torstenjensen4708]

"War does not determine who is right, only who is playing green."

[@visionbishop9517]

Wow....just got real!

[@snap-off5383]

. . . and therefore, correct. " You left that part off.

[@ianodell2516]

I don't play Bearforce 1, but it always makes me so happy to see it get support.

[@thatothergalperson]

As a bear player I am excited by a good chunk of the cards from Brothers War but Fade from history is not one of them. A lot of people misreading this card. Each player who has an artifact or enchantment gets a bear. So you nuke the board of artifacts and if everyone has artifacts/ enchantments each player gets a bear. Bears the way I play it leverages a lot of enchantments/ artifacts for pumps and anthem effects so a really nonbo tbh.

[@thirdcoast6513]

Da bears

[@juter1122]

realign the navigation to crash it into the dam

[@NotAnEldritchHorror]

the way prof delivers "Spoilers: It's Urza!" has made it one of the funniest things I've heard all year. And it's only three short words! Bravo Professor, bravo.

[@Gotonis]

Wait I thought Starscream won

[@PyrusCreed]

Thanks for ruining the story for me Prof!

[@YawgmothWasRight]

On the topic of white card draw, Loran of the Third path is phenomenal. For 2W, it's a 2/1 vigilance, which destroys an artifact or enchantment on ETB, and has "tap: you and target opponent draw a card", which is great value and can be used for politics easily in EDH. Demolition Field is a fixed Field of Ruin which doesn't ramp the other two players, and thus will probably find its way into any deck with less than 4 colors. Titania's Command is a sorcery that can put into play ANY two lands from your library, exile a graveyard and gain life equal to the number of exiled cards, or even pump all your creatures by two +1/+1 counters. Calamity's Wake exiles ALL graveyards and prevents noncreature spells for the turn, as an instant for 1W. The Stasis Coffin is an annoying case. 3 mana artifact with "2, tap: exile it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn". It's not gamebreaker, especially since you have to cast it first and so opponents will see it coming, but the fact that it's colorless and gives you protections from everything bothers me, as if it ends up being better than we imagine, it'll just be an easy auto-include in every single deck. Portal to Phyrexia seems like a pretty good card in any deck based around artifacts or with way to cheat permanents into play. Each opponent sacrificing three creatures can reduce to nothing a lot of boards, and reanimating from any graveyard every upkeep seems especially good. Finally Myrel, Shield of Argive, is a really good card. It might not be in a lot of 99's, but its static ability is really good and it basically replaces Adeline as commander, and adds well in any deck that has it already. It especially shines in decks like Isshin, or decks that naturally have an amount of soldiers. Nice video as always Prof ! There's a lot to unpack for this set, and the flavor of it is really well executed too. Speaking of which, will you make lore-based videos, or do you reserve that for other content creators ?

[@Calvin_Coolage]

The other Loran is good if you have a lot of legendaries too.

[@heraldofv3379]

The temporal anchor can be huge too

[@YawgmothWasRight]

@@heraldofv3379 Honestly not a fan of the temporal anchor. It could be good, but only being able to play the cards during your turn and the fact that they're exiled forever if the anchor gets removed or blinked are big drawbacks, and its hefty cost of 3UUU really doesn't help.

[@heraldofv3379]

@@YawgmothWasRight sure but just the design of the card amazes me, and when you get two its cool

[@ernie.zer0]

• Brotherhood's End: Good versatile boardwipe, I'm expecting it to show up in cEDH. • Sardian Avenger: Anti-artifact card, also anti-Dockside. • Meticulous Excavation: Dockside combo piece. • Calamity's Wake: Good way to stop a player from winning (almost a second Silence)

[@VictorianoOchoa]

great list. I was also looking for brotherhood's end in this video

[@drunkgerbil9962]

Personally I think the White Reclamation Sage is super useful and underrated.

[@brandandixon3943]

Buy it now before it gets play tested by people. It's going to be a major staple.

[@sailordaigurren8225]

What's the name for us unfortunate White players?

[@ymmijx6061]

it's playable but rec sage is a little inefficent by today's standards. always good to have in a deck that can toolbox it out tho.

[@angeldoyle859]

@@sailordaigurren8225 loren of the third path, amazing card and I think a new white staple rec sage with a free politics tool tacked on!

[@zackkelley2940]

Pairs exceedingly well with the new Meticulous Excavation.^^

[@matthewcartermusic]

I really like Brotherhood's End. 1RR - Sorcery Choose One -- •Brotherhood's End deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker •Destroy all artifacts with mana value 3 or less. Also... Portal to Phyrexia is so good in a graveyard recursion deck that uses spells that return target permanent from your graveyard to play. Popping that thing out early in any graveyard deck is SO good.

[@alexanderthegreat3383]

As someone who plays against a lot of decks that play with their graveyards to cast their creatures, Calamity's Wake is pretty incredible. 1(w), instant speed, exile all graveyards and silence noncreature spells for that turn? I love it.

[@officeman15]

That one mana artifact insect that activates for G to destroy an artifact or enchantment is gonna be great.

[@Dracinard]

I think Caustic Caterpillar's still better, but I am definitely including Haywire Mite as a redundancy piece.

[@ferdithetank7535]

@@Dracinard it exiles, gains you life and doesn't cost double green to activate right away, it's very good

[@deejay.zedemex]

@@Dracinard Doubtful. This is an upgrade in every way except not hitting artifact creatures or enchantment creatures, but the artifacts and enchantments you care about the most aren't creatures anyway (after all, creature removal is main-deckable).

[@chasingresonance8124]

Got a name for the card? I've been trying to find what card you're talking about, but nothing I find matches the criteria you listed.

[@deejay.zedemex]

@@chasingresonance8124 Haywire Mite, in the upcoming set.

[@ElliotCoen]

Dear professor, you assume I can afford to buy cards right now! 😢

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

I thought it all was for free?

[@Dracosd2]

You have two kidneys.

[@C._Bradford]

Have you heard the good news of our lords and saviors proxies?

[@jvt3888]

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[@thechurchofshulkanism1077]

Sleeve up some index cards my friend

[@markoramius4689]

Gix is going straight into my Breena, the Demagogue deck. An amazing way to encourage my opponents to attack each other more!

[@312dudeman]

With the crazy amount of product and product fatigue, these videos are great for a TLDR approach. Thanks, Prof!

[@cdrrentals3458]

The number one cards for me are reprinted artifacts with retro borders, but my playgroup is pretty pushed and not very casual. Keep up the cool content professor.

[@DevoidGoat]

Interesting thing to note about the prototype mechanic is if you "flicker" the creature it enters as the 7/7 side :) So you can cast it for 4mana (enters as a 3/3) and copy something (preferably with an etb ) then flicker it ( for like 1 mana) and copy something else getting another etb or different abilities but entering as a 7/7 :V You spend 5 mana for 2 etbs and a 7/7 :)

[@jvt3888]

YOOOORIOOOONNN

[@joshuapardee4901]

You're at Summit and still creating videos while there! Such amazing work ethic to bring your desk setup with you! 😁 I'll definitely be buying singles on these cards! The dryad land card looks so fun to try.

[@eduardoramirezjr1892]

I love how excited I get for these, despite that I buy the boxes anyway.

[@rambo191c]

I didn't realise how much I had missed your content! Back in the MTG game after 7 years, and finally back watching :D glad to see some things don't change! Keep going Prof, you're an institution!

[@Hemlocker]

The Temporal Anchor seems really cool to me. Combining card selection and card advantage in a way that feels very blue. And in the right niche decks (e.g. Elminster, or Siani), it could provide a lot of value.

[@JadeIsBunny]

i'm trying it out in my elminster deck as soon as i can!

[@sitapollo90]

I'm surprised Diabolic Intent didn't make the list. Must be because it's a reprint. But I'm glad I haven't picked up the battlebond printing yet, now I can probably just get one playing limited.

[@jumpmanhammerman1311]

Haywire mite is a very good card that is a bit under the radar in my opinion. Very good green removal and even better in a graveyard deck like meren or Muldrotha

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

LOL I instantly honed in on Haywire Mite for my Bai Meren, basically get another Caustic Caterpillar ;p

[@TehSeksyManz]

Definitely picking one up for my Animar deck. Being able to cast for 0 is sweet.

[@PhaseRabbit]

Loran of the Third Path is one I think people are looking over. Basically a white rec sage but with a fun draw on it.

[@RoyToy1021]

I’m really looking forward to Gix. I’ve already built him, but I do also want to include him in my Edgar deck.

[@justinmoore9883]

I really enjoyed this video. My brother from another mother and I recently got into commander after playing years of modern and tabletop. He's a green mage and I'm a blue mage. I was grinning with the blue hate and simic is my favorite combination after starting out with a rakdos pirate starter deck. (Red and black are my 2 favorite colors) Was looking forward to brother's war, and after watching this I want to look into fitting some of these cards after I just built a mono blue commander deck

[@gerald216]

I pulled a mishra claimed by gix and in a token deck it would really do some damage. I really just want to finally build a deck and get some of the powerstone creators in there.

[@tommygilfert]

Prof, good picks, love the uncommon hulking metamorph for my Braids, Conjurer Adept deck. But I want to make a very public PSA about rootpath purifier, I think that card is nuts.

[@fatewalker]

I absolutely loved this set. Except the transformers cards.... every time I pulled one I was disappointed knowing it took a Mythic slot.

[@guzuse7199]

I'm going to the prerelease with my nephew today

[@secpendragon9760]

Tiny little addition that I absolutely love, Loran's Escape. Having that spot protection for a creature or artifact is pretty good, especially just for one white mana, right up there with Blacksmith's Skill. Love the variety that mono white is getting lately

[@beaureynolds4267]

The most foreshadowing of phrases in the ad break: "fix your first bug" Great video Prof! This video has me amped for prerelease tonight.

[@1997Awesomedude]

4:38 you can pair Tocasia's Welcome with Skrelv's Hive from All Will Be One if you want to guarantee that card draw every turn

[@forceofwillgaming8475]

Programming is actually quite interesting. Learning Visual Basic in college has allowed me to learn what different error codes I encounter in different programs. This looks cool so I might check it out

[@zackkelley2940]

Tocasia's Welcome triggers whenever a LOW CMC creature enters. Force of Savagery will trigger it (An 8/0 from Future Sight that costs 2G). Steel Leaf Champion will trigger it (A 5/4 Elf Knight that can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less). The 4/4 zombie warriors that Oketra makes will also trigger it (Token creatures that aren't copies of another creature have a cmc of 0). While low cmc tends to correlate with small creatures this isn't always the case.

[@cax1175]

Thanks for thinking like I do professor. My friends already love my Eldrazi, now they'll love me casting them on their turns!

[@jkattack2640]

I'm pretty excited for meld urza in my raff deck. Most of it is instants and artifacts so urza is pretty great and the rock is flexible and flashable so I like it too. And if I ever find both? Whew, that walker is SCHNASTY

[@Insanir]

Concerning Liberator: morph spells are also colorless spells. Concerning morph: Can I have new morph cards, please?

[@joshrobinson2409]

I pulled a wormcoil engine at pre release and I ended up building a really awesome jund deck with it as one of my bombs, I always thought that three colour decks in events like pre release arent that good but not this time

[@helio6839]

Hostile Negotiations is such a cool card! The bluffing aspect of it reminds me a lot of poker.

[@jamesbourgeois1357]

Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim is my favorite card. I have a tribal Teferi commander deck that I really enjoy playing not really competive but it's fun.

[@charleswolf4860]

I had a couple cards I was looking to add to my black green blue deck and you keep adding new cards onto that list, thank you for card addition ideas

[@jkattack2640]

I'm super hyped about awaken the woods for my titania deck. Making a bunch of lands that can die easily is super cool and I love how flexible it is.

[@Playmatscards]

I finally started my business and got my store setup on TCG today. Totally not checking every hour to see if anything sold. I'm sitting here watching this video and you're listing these new Brother's War cards that work with the cards I just listed. Emrakul and all them other critters. I'm gonna go back to watching TCG Player :)

[@flashfan2]

Fade From History seems like Rampage of the Clans but at sorcery speed vs instant. Rampage: Converted Mana Cost:4 Types: Instant Card Text: Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller creates a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

[@Nurglewaffle]

There are several direct upgrades in my Daretti, Scrap Savant deck in this set, and I'm really happy about it! Though it's getting more and more tempting to swap commanders to add mroe colors in... but the novelty of a Mono-Red deck is keeping me there for now.

[@austinsmith8287]

I pulled wurm coil engine for my first pack

[@viviblue7277]

In colorless commander decks Liberator, Urza’s Battlethopter seems awesome. Kind of just a better Vedalkin Orrery.

[@oinkytheink1228]

They are like shimmer mir really vulnerable to removal

[@viviblue7277]

@@oinkytheink1228 if they are spending removal on a three drop instead of an eldrazi that seems like a win to me.

[@hsffaudioblog]

I have been waiting for videos like this. Well, as you asked: I am most excited about 'One with the Multiverse'. A little suprised it did not make your list.

[@Jidayun]

Also another huge commander for Awaken the Woods. Raggadragga makes all those 1/1s into 3/3s, and if X is 4 or greater, you get that juicy +7/+7.

[@alexkirchner5041]

While not technically in the BRO set proper, Sardian avenger is some insane treasure hate. Getting two for my Kardur and Moraug decks

[@ZycheCiorre]

I love that negotiations card, good tip there prof!

[@johnpaulchua3920]

Definitely got Tocasia's Welcome and Fade from Bear. Great insights!

[@TeddyGraham009]

Recommission is essentially a white unearth that also targets artifacts for 1 more mana, gonna be looking forward to trying it out

[@sallad2645]

Tocasia's welcome is definitely going on my spirits deck.

[@MerfolkJoe]

Hey Professor! I've been working hard on a new Modern Merfolk primer, trying to have a document that can bring newer players up to speed now that the deck has been getting more popular lately. I was wondering, would you mind writing a few sentences about why you love Modern Merfolk? I was thinking it would be nice to have a few quotes from well-known figures in the community in the first chapter, on why people should choose to play Merfolk. Many thanks for your time, and for all your wonderful content. Best, Merfolk Joe

[@LeapingRat]

7. Tocasia's Welcome 6. Hostile Negotiations 5. Hulking Metamorph 4. Fade from History 3. Liberator, Urzas Battlethopter 2. Sarinth Greatwurm 1. Awaken the Woods

[@vinluv]

To be honest, this was probably the most fun box to open regardless of cost. I cracked a set booster box and got teferi, saheeli, phyrexian Mishra, urza the prince, and a whole bunch of retro artifacts I loved. Including mox amber and retro foil helm of the hosts. I had to duke out extra for the rootpath purifier

[@thatothergalperson]

As an Ayula player I am all too familiar with players seeing bear on the text/ typeline and assuming its good. For one Fade From history is not strictly better then most white effects of this nature. You are giving your opponents a creature when you destroy their stuff and at best you will only be giving yourself one. This has middling upsides at best. Its frankly worse than that though as fringe tribes like ayula leverage artifacts and enchantments for pumping/ tribal effects in order to close out games so you really do not want to be running cards like this in general in that deck. This is Ruxa all over again...

[@toms1782]

Awaken the woods is a must in Magus deck, so simple, and so much value.

[@citris24]

These are all great suggestions, but none of them are as good as that outfit. Flawless combination. I love it.

[@michaelcassidy5022]

I'm currently building a powerstone-centric deck, and Wreck Hunter and Great Desert Prospector have massive potential when combined with Eldrazi Displacer. Use the mana from the powerstones they create to blink them and create even more powerstones in an exponential growth... possibly infinite if you include Amulet of Vigor. I'm debating on the actual commander to use, though... right now it's a toss-up between Reaper King and Jan Jansen.

[@RafaelAAMerlo]

Myrel and Loran are amazing too. Still disagreeing that Urza is a villain, great video Prof! Keep up the amazing work

[@OvenfreshDeth]

Arcane Proxy and Liberator are the two I’m most excited about.

[@chriscunningham6401]

Gruul Awaken the Woods + Mana Geyser and any copy spell seems fun. Season with Purphoros and Impact Tremors to taste.

[@shoot_again2753]

Serialized misprints my favorite! Beautiful set.

[@Kinson007]

I'm planning on changing up my Yeva, Nature's Herald deck, and had already put Fade from History on the list of possible cards to add in to the deck. Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter is on my maybe list for my Alibou, Ancient Witness deck (just finished it, and looking forward to playing it a few hours from the time of this post). I have several other decks I want to build and am brewing up, but it takes time and $$...

[@lyracian]

This is great thank you. Will add 3 or 4 of those to the list for my decks.

[@haydenarishenkoff8147]

really looking forward to Queen Kayla and powerstones as a whole for my Osgir, the reconstructor deck!

[@jongailey85]

Yeah Awaken the Woods is an insane card, especially with the new Titania (non-meld version). So good, I’m thinking about building her.

[@saveachip2620]

Yea hostile negotiations seems like its gonna be pretty good. 4 mana draw three lose three would already be not too bad since theres 4 mana draw two spells. But it is essentially draw three, mill three, lose 3 which in black theres countless ways to take advantage of your graveyard and so they typically want their graveyard filled. Overall seems like a very good card, oh also it has the added benefit of being instant so you can do it at end step!

[@Magsz_]

I usually pick up majority of the “pick up these cards instead” that prof. Suggests but this one was a miss for me from him. Thanks again though prof. for the content!

[@tresmith5224]

I just finished building my Omnath deck the other day, now I gotta find that Awaken the Woods!

[@roberthelm87]

I wish i had screen shot it.... I had an amazing conversation over "Amazon Customer Service" text chat today. It was about Shipping and logistics. Neither of these 2 Employees had ANY idea that Magic cards or the TCG(generally speaking) collectors market in their hands has/had a Rampant (maybe an aggressive word here) problem with, what we shall call "Unsealed/Manipulated product". NO Idea. So that leads me to question how they escalate and Quantify these types of issues in the "hopes" of solving the problem for the customers sake. i personnally would think they would by nature of the A.I. to person transfer after you escalate your Ticket would have a host of statistic concerning the product and market for the product.... i mean if "customer service" wants to help the customer might it be prudent if they atleast knew a little something about the issue which has had NO Doubt been recorded the company. Internal theft External theft type stuff generally speaking the figures exist somewhere already.... why does my customer service agent have to be As un informed as the A.I.? IDK weird conversation. not to mention being shipped a box from across the nation when you ordered the product from a store Within you own State..... the gas alone, Christ, what a waste of money and resourses..... like shipping hobos to a different city.... it aint a box anything rare just bs lmao

[@tomaskaizr3720]

12:50 Tbh It's most powerful and devastating spell for sure if you can summon your Ex.

[@mookosh]

Going to pre-release tomorrow :) I'm very excited.

[@TheGeneReyva]

I'm looking forward to playing about with the Mishra meld.

[@snom2187]

Visions of Phyrexia is my pick. A nice upgrade to Outpost Siege, especially for artifact decks!

[@m.a.9517]

I'm super hyped and excited.. I love these videos so much. But Liberator only works for colorless spells and not Bolas' Citadel right?

[@SingerOfW]

Since it says "colorless spells and artifact spells" rather than "colorless artifact spells", it does work with Bolas's Citadel.

[@m.a.9517]

@@SingerOfW thx, reading the card explains the card I think.. I just did not read everything..

[@Lofi_kpop]

Urzas sylex seems pretty good in my Aminatou planeswalker deck. Blink it with the fateshifter pay 2 tutor for a walker! whats not to love!

[@zackkelley2940]

Awaken the Woods also buffs 'creature count matters' cards like Circle of Dreams Druid and Shamanic Revelation... while ramping you.^^ Also remember that this will trigger any 'when a creature etbs cards' in addition to 'when a land etbs cards' gaining you life from Essence Warden or letting you 'explore' with Path of Discovery. If you're feeling particularly evil drop an Awaken the Woods with an Aura Shards out.^^

[@juules3284]

Love the tie, love the content, thank you!

[@bassface1018]

I'm excited about the prototype cards in a Yuriko deck.

[@Eli-jr8wb]

Fade from history is also cuter than the other cleansers, although I'm still a fan of both austere command and farewell as top contenders for that spot

[@777CrimsonChaos]

With all the various artifacts named after Urza, it occurs to me that Urza is essentially the equivalent of Doctor Who’s Rassilon lol

[@plamormick]

Liberator (and the accompanying art) reminded me of Family Guy's Peter Copter

[@KalamShellaby]

I am super excited! I am indeed purchasing a box and drafting with my friends and family. I also need a PS4 to play FFVIIR. awww Dammit have I gotta learn how to budget.

[@TechtonixZi]

I am SUPER excited for Haywire Mite and Clay Revenant. For Grist and for Gyome!

[@Starman_Dx]

"There's a lot more to this set..." Yes, there's more than meets the eye in this set.

[@Crypt4l]

Awaken the Woods is strong, but taps you out sorcery speed and immediately makes you the target.

[@Zakisbackontrack]

Not if you have haste enablers

[@juliannixon9734]

It does also give you a huge army of blockers.

[@heademptyonlybun881]

Or if you splash blue to add effects that let you cast Sorcery spells at Instant speed ((Wizards of Thay or Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy for some recent examples.))

[@jacobd1984]

That’s why you play it with Lotus Cobra!

[@agrape2887]

Tbh I preodered a box and then canceled the same day because after looking through thr card list I was kinda just ehhhh

[@azizsinger5142]

Yo Prof, can we get an updated best-of-the-best list of sleeves, deck boxes, carrying cases, binders, etc.? It's been a while since we've seen a new one, and it would be handy for Christmas shopping. Big fan!

[@underscore_5450]

Scavenged Brawler from the commander decks is gonna be a really nice fit in my Trazyn deck. Same thing with Wire Surgeons.

[@brunorafael6850]

I really wanna get a Mishra's Bauble, I think it is such a good cantrip that can play in most decks, even mono white, for free, the only downside is that it takes 1 turn to get the card, but it is such a cool cantrip

[@UltimaterializerX]

I used to hate your content, but you have very much won me over in recent months. Sorry I ever doubted you, sir.

[@ussenterprise1394]

Thanks. Would you please review the Brothers War Commander decks? I'm fairly new and wonder if those are any good in terms of strong/useful cards and value.

[@KrisSikes]

Omg!!! Bonus points on that BearForceOne reference

[@alecfras]

Awaken the Woods is ideal for Esix. What a nice looking card!

[@narvuntien]

Its actually Sarinth Steelseeker, having a green (black) artifact deck its unusual I get sweet toys in green.

[@KensanOni]

I mean awaken the woods for sure goes into the untapped forests/lands token deck. This card was written for my passion.

[@artistpoet5253]

Nice run down. Can't wait to draft a cube of this set.

[@RafitoOoO]

I believe Awaken the Goods will make ripples in constructed as well.

[@MINDofNIV]

I'm really excited to build Mishra tamer of mak fawa also like the new commands Urza's the least but I'm most excited about the old artifacts I'm a sucker for retro frame cards.

[@link8003]

While it's not super flashy, I think, so far, my favorite card from this set has to be Recommission. Sure, it only really hits small things, but that can bring back quite a lot of stuff from a graveyard.