In the 99 Analysis - Neon Dynasty | Command Zone 449 | Magic: The Gathering EDH

[@andrewroy5677]

OK, finally noticed the "dockside reprint...when??" in Jace's notebook. Genius! Love it! Congrats on fatherhood, Jimmy! It'll feel like you're mana screwed and playing from behind for awhile, but it's an adventure!

[@VexylObby]

Jimmy: "White doesn't have as much graveyard removal as much as the other colors do." Red: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@6969pumpking]

Also invoke calamity gets around timing restrictions so you can instant speed sorcery speed spells which makes it pretty cool and also suspend spells you can get around having to suspend them

[@mibbzx1493]

I put invoked calamity in my prosper tome-bound deck, chefs kiss

[@alchadylan4592]

I slammed Invoke Calamity into my Ragavan deck and it's amazing. Tibalt's Trickery let's me use it as a counter spell as well. Hitting like Trickery and Canonnade to counter something and wipe tokens out feels great

[@saucercrabzero]

Also if you use Invoke Calamity put an instant with Split Second on the stack, followed by another spell, the spell without Split Second will still be protected by the spell with it, meaning it is effectively super uncounterable outside of Morph cards like Willbender

[@6969pumpking]

@@saucercrabzero that's a really good point just make sure you stack your two spells correctly that way split second stays on the stack while the other one is resolving

[@mibbzx1493]

@@saucercrabzero damn thats spicy 👌🏾

[@MortiviusMTG]

What a great watch! Love you guys. And congrats Jimmy!

[@EliyaSelhub]

A few minor role players worth mention: Circuit Mender is great in artifact and blink decks. Lizard Blades is great in equipment decks. Moonsnare Prototype is janky ramp early, janky removal late. Kappa Tech-Wrecker can take out a mana rock as early as turn 2 without card disadvantage, and with the deathtouch counter it's good as a blocker and attacker. Also it's a Ninja Turtle.

[@k9commander]

The blue March can also be used on opponent's creatures. If you have lethal on board, phase out your opponent's creatures to get yours through. If they're about to smack you for lethal, phase out 1 or 2 attackers to survive.

[@Kaimadeus]

"It will still be February when this episode comes out" Jimmy living in a leap year 🙃

[@jayshulan762]

Came out for patrons...

[@HenriettaTubbs]

He did immediately follow that up with "I think..."

[@lirazel6414]

Better than this here perpetual March...

[@gabriellorvan4490]

No, no, guys. LEAP year. Like Tatsunari and Keimi.

[@apex8927]

​@@HenriettaTubbs

[@tsuki7064]

1:40:00 there is also a flipside of that coin. If you have an token doubling effect, mechtitan core has 5 mana put a legendary 10/10 with keywords. Because you get 2 tokens, legend rule kills one, you get your stuff back

[@chestnutgaming8285]

I'm glad you guys saw how awesome Invoke Calamity is. I played it with Kalamax this past weekend and it was devastating.

[@kyleblanchard6306]

Colossal sky turtle seems perfect for my mid power mimeoplasm deck. Every ability is relevant, and it’s a somewhat decent body to use when casting the mimeoplasm as well

[@ToastyWaffle7710]

1:23:00 I think jimmy was referring to Vadrik, Astral Archmage

[@roelofftan8814]

i was going a little insane there, thx

[@matthewbrooks5335]

I was playing the new Jin-Gitaxias Progress Tyrant and someone channeled the blue land to bounce Jin to my hand. Well played opponent

[@thesleepershark4265]

Plus don't forget Lion Sash is a cat! Any cat tribal decks, especially Arahbo and nazahn, with equipment synergies would be a perfect include

[@HomeCookinMTG]

Tbh it goes in any white creature deck lol

[@cococream7905]

28:12 "it'll still be February by the time this comes out" Haha nope, March 1st!

[@frozensyndrome]

Honestly, I agree with Jimmy, Wizards needs to buff the other colors, or stop helping green SO much.

[@poofypeanut0221]

Nawww

[@T_Peazy]

Hot take.

[@poofypeanut0221]

@@T_Peazy green didn’t do nothin to no one man!

[@T_Peazy]

@@poofypeanut0221 you're right. It did, however, do everything to everyone.

[@poofypeanut0221]

@@T_Peazy I remember the days when green was a meme. Then somewhere around 2018 I wanna say it started to really kick off with green staples left and right. Then we started complaining red and white didn’t have enough good stuff (even though they did). Red was next in line with an assault of good red cards set after set. Now we’ve been saying for a while how weak white is and we’re finally seeing the dawn of the “staple white cards” era. Next thing we know, these colors will get bugged so much we’re gonna start saying “can we get some better stuff for blue?”. Lol I know it’s gonna happen. So let’s just let green keep doing green while they continue to print better things for the other colors.

[@EnorchesDei]

On 37:28 the overlay shows “Anowan, the ruin sage “, but that is a monoblack commander. The correct one would be “anowan, the ruin thief”, the dimir rogue precon commander!

[@InsanoRider777]

I saw Invoke Calamity and I immediately thought "This card's looking for Jeska's Will in the graveyard." Harsh casting cost, but 100% worth it.

[@nik700]

I'm gonna need sooooo many Roadside Reliquary's Edit: I know that I'm being nitpicky with this, but it bugs me out so much that new Eiganjo has a differtent color pattern than the other lands, with the name-textbox and the type-textbox matching the outline instead of the rules-textbox

[@famousstranger8468]

I got 2 of RR and I keep lurking around my LGS for people unknowingly throwing them in the unwanted card box

[@harrisonheppelmann7938]

Severely underestimating the white channel land. Removal on a plains? Insane. Way better than some whimpy 1/1’s.

[@tim_to_tourach1607]

It's also really easy to hold it up and bait blocks. Definitely being underrated here.

[@Snaglbeest]

A nice, medium synergy with Mirror Box is Spy Kit. You get a +1/+1 anthem for every nonlegendary creature in your deck.

[@spencersonnier1]

Something that some people may not realize about the equipment creatures. Every single equipment tutor is now also a creature tutor. Steelshapers Gift, Open the Armory, Fighter Class, Stoneforge Mystic, Stonehewer Giant. They can all grab creatures now.

[@docterfantazmo]

28:12 Oooh, so close. Congrats, Jimmy!

[@Shane16784]

For the channel lands, the blue and white are far and away the ones I will use the most. Maybe will throw the red one in Winota if I pulled it.

[@Kattywagon29]

CONGRATULATIONS, Jimmy! Wishing you and your family all the best!

[@mightyone3737]

I love that Imposter Mech can tap the turn you play it, IE it can have haste in some situations effectively, as it's not a creature until crewed, yet still has abilities potentially. This can actually be mana positive in some weird games, and can be played in mono-Blue. It can also copy a Voidwalker, and use the stuff it's exiled, so much fun stuff this can do.

[@Beckola44]

Great video. I really appreciate you showing all of the great card combinations.

[@LairScavenger]

As far as ramp goes, Restoration of Eiganjo and Aerial Surveyor are basically identical the first time around, and the former is more consistent by getting you a land and putting it into play unconditionally. It's also an unconditional 3/4, unlike the vehicle. More importantly though, I fear you missed the mode where you reanimate a 2-drop by discarding the plains you just fetched, if not by discarding a card like Sevinne's Reclamation that you'd want in the graveyard anyway.

[@maidenless_tarnished]

The fact that green has no stipulations on rampant growth and is acceptible, but a similar card for white would need to have stipulations is just funny.

[@z-mashupz8069]

The more I look at it the more I'm convinced I need to build a Sakashima clone deck based around Mechtitan Core. The Mechtitan Core itself is non-legendary so I can copy the core, use it's ability and exile the copy with 4 other artifacts to get the token and still have my core in play to be able to clone and reuse again.

[@ayties5113]

I saw a fellow MTGTuber built the Standard Tamiyo's Notebook Token Deck with Mirror Box only to copy Tamiyo's Legendary Artifact Token.

[@Kootify17]

Good vid. A little long for me, but Jimmy and Craig are my favorite personalities on the Command Zone, so rock on.

[@Flellz]

So excited to crack these packs and get some of the cards you guys recommended!

[@rosethorn_48]

1:19:10 huh... funny how craig didn't mention infect in the mindlink mech

[@rhysfuuma4640]

Congrats Jimmy, and welcome to the club.

[@ryanspruce7447]

I recently pulled a foil of the new Tezzeret from a collector booster. I almost flipped out. Gettin closer to building an artifacts matter edh deck

[@Marocax]

"I have been on a could place for a hot minute ..." Jimmy that's Bars!

[@Wojtek36762]

I think the reason the saga creatures have to exile and return is that the saga rules text includes sacrificing the saga after its chapter 3 resolves. They could have handed out haste to more of them, though 😩

[@SSolemn]

Restoration of Eiganjo is good in Alela, you get to ramp in Esper, but the cool part is that you get 2 ETB from the enchantment. So 2 faeries, 1 plains, and a spirit token on attack or block. Keykar might like it too, plus the tokens are also spirits that can be turned into red mana.

[@dustinhutchinson7337]

I enjoy Drumbellower with stuff like Giver of Runes. Constantly have protection from any removal even if you're tapped out, and you don't have to be in green or blue like all the recommendations in the vid.

[@dennismarinos2129]

Welcome back jimmy! Congratulations on the baby. Another warrior for the MTG HORDE!!!

[@sunzet4640]

Hidetsugu consumes all has the potential to become a modern staple card in rakdos sideboards, it's just that good

[@Dalenthas]

Notably if you want to Buyback (or kick) anything cast off of Invoke Calamity you have to actually pay the additional cost, Invoke Calamity does *not* let you cheat it, even if you can cast 6 mana worth of spells.

[@antonfeyerherm1180]

White isn't as bad as they say :/ it's a fun joke but to this extent from a huge content creation really makes it hard for newer players to understand that white is actually a solid color and keeps getting stronger with every set

[@tjeffrey3465]

White has the best removal, and while removal has utility, removal doesn’t win games

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@tjeffrey3465 white has removal on par with blue. But blue does the rest better

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@tjeffrey3465 swords, path, etc etc are good, but rapid hibridization, pongify, reality shift, ravenform are not worse by a lot

[@antonfeyerherm1180]

Yes they have good removal, play control decks. They have strong aggressive strategies that have a lot of support, play voltron, tokens, etc, etc. There are so many different things that white is good at

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@antonfeyerherm1180 red is better at tockens, green is better at voltron. Anything white does is made better in other colors. Well almost, white is still best for blinking

[@p1k4nurxp13sr]

Restoration of Eiganjo is notable as a way to begin a Worldgorger Dragon loop while holding up interaction, by way of discarding WGD and bringnf back a previously binned Animate Dead/Dance of the Dead. I want to test it in my competitive Tymna/Jeska list.

[@JonReid01]

Congrats on your new child, Jimmy! Thanks for sharing your joy and struggles. Good call on minimal social media.

[@TropicPigeon]

I just upgraded the new vehicle precon with Shorikai as the commander and Containment construct is amazing for that deck! You just remove the downside to shorikai's ability and if you get that infinite combo with intruder alarm and whatever 2 mana creature, it's insane. I loved this set so much, I think wizards did amazing with it. It almost feels like an apology for Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow, even though this was planned way before the releases I'm sure.

[@tsuki7064]

29:00 lets talk about march of burgeoning life. There is a pretty neat combo you can do with it. First we need a spy kit. If you equip the spy kit to something, march becomes search your library for any non legendary creature. And also, because of the wording, for example if you have a llanovar elves equipped with spy kit, you could pay 2 mana to burgeoning life to instantly get an it that betrays

[@lic4444]

Interesting choice to show the Seb McKinnon art for Farewell instead of the alternate art.

[@servillo8723]

I've put Ruthless Technomancer in my Glissa, the Traitor deck and I know it's going to put in work. Sacrifice a good-sized Artifact Creature to get a lot of Treasures, sacrificing other Artifacts to get back a big win-con card like Marionette Master or Cabal Paladin, and all of that can be easily recurred with Glissa. I also think that there's a bit of a miss with overlooking the Saga's that turn into creatures. They're designed to be played in decks with Proliferate or Satsuki, the Living Lore to speed up the Sagas to get the effects ASAP and get the creature out quickly.

[@nicolechansawang4054]

I have a similar deck with glissa using all the modular creatures, ruthless technomancer really is perfect for it

[@TonyScimeca]

You could say that about any sagas tho. And the fact these don’t graveyard themselves is a big downside IMO. If all the creatures had haste, then I could understand the value. But right now they’re basically 4 turn sagas where turn 3 does nothing

[@TheBrothering]

New command zone episode! Let's go!!

[@anthonymadrid6388]

I feel that Craig and I were having a staining contest in the intro ads

[@andrefernandez847]

Congratulations Jimmy!! That kid is going to an MTG champion!

[@mfitkin]

I put restoration of eiganjo in isshin because it’s got a reanimator subtheme. It’s also got a good chance to pump out some tokens at double speed

[@mclark347]

I think the expected play pattern of Ruthless Technomancer is either 1) sacrifice big thing, get back multiple smaller things or 2) sacrifice embiggened thing, get it back plus another thing. It does cost a lot of mana to do that, and that probably isn't the best way to play it, but I think that was the idea.

[@Mr0rachadi]

As a new player , just listening. I’ve learned some new shit lol

[@lazerbeam134]

The Restoration of Eiganjo is good for Alesha, Teysa and Lurrus decks. I am surprised they were overlooked

[@p1k4nurxp13sr]

I have used Otawara in a game, and it’s VERY good. I have it in my Tatyova deck, and I had a line that went Crop Rot-> Grab Otawara, play Simic Growth Chamber, bounce a problem permanent

[@Knightmarex5]

In regards to Mirror Box, random thing that wasn't mentioned and is probably not relevant. In decks like Shadowborn Apostles, Mirror Box is a 3-mana Coat of Arms. Just in case you decided you wanted to win with combat damage in a Shadowborn Apostles deck, for some reason.

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

I saw John Dies at the End last week and was like WTF when that dude was giving out beers.

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

nothin'?

[@christophknorr4635]

I drew all of the channel lands except the Blue one from my Booster Box and was so happy since now I can include them in all Decks that can run them. Since I use Proxies for my costly cards and my Manabase these are a Homerun for my Collection.

[@starmanda88]

I’m so thankful that they printed them at rare. Such an awesome inclusion and now people can actually get their hands on them. I bought 6 packs to draft with my husband and we pulled boseju and I was so hype.

[@FeistyVillain]

Mirror Box is also great in rat decks!

[@dreadbot3726]

I remember the days phasing used to destroy tokens lol

[@graysonchristian2668]

As a big mouth fan the acknowledgment of it on this episode was great! I loved that you guys not only knew it existed enough to think of the show but to also name Maury! Love it.

[@HaiRijo]

The moment I saw invoke calamity, I instantly put that into my kalamax deck. At a minimum, Pay 5, cast up to 12 cmc for free...yup, the only 3 color deck I can think to put that in. If you have other copy spell triggers, it can just end a game.

[@petec7948]

This is incorrect - it's "total" mana value of 6 i.e. the total of the two spells much be 6 or less not 6 or less each

[@xenochronos1587]

@@petec7948 I am pretty sure he said 12 because he means 6cmc from each calamity, so for example he targets 4 3cmc spells

[@HaiRijo]

@@petec7948 Xeno is correct. Kalamax copies intant spells when it's tapped. I have lot of other cards that also copy spells, so I can, and have, copied it 4 times when I cast it...my friends folded when I did that, it was glorious lol

[@petec7948]

@@HaiRijo Thank you that makes sense taking kalamax into account - I stand corrected

[@PhoenixianDragon11]

Anyone else think the blue march is sneakily good because it can be used both defensively and offensively, by phasing out blockers or key threats for a turn cycle?

[@Rauthnar]

I'm looking forward to playing Light-Paws. I think it has greater potency potential in white green though so if I don't play it as the commander I would definitely put cards in the deck to retrieve it.

[@blazetrinity9462]

Have played Boseiju and Takenuma in my jund landfall deck, both are really good, especially when you pair it with cards like wrenn and six, life from the loam.

[@monsiourglitch6750]

Last Game Night a friend of mine polymorphed a Eldrazi into play. I bounced it to his hand with Otawara which won me in the game in the long run. These lands are fantastic ❤️

[@ImARichard]

Ruthless Technomancer + Anointed Procession + any big creature = Unlimited mana of all colors right? That would be pretty fun to pull off.

[@Duskrequim]

Whats funny is Mirror Box last line works on Non Legendary creatures.. Now think of the EDH decks that could abuse it with these: Persistent Petitioners, Shadowborn Apostle, Rat Colony, and of course my favorite the Relentless Rats. I really think this would be a strong card in those decks.

[@6969pumpking]

Also don't forget tokens as they all have the same name

[@Duskrequim]

@@6969pumpking it calls out non tokens

[@ColMcWillis]

Editing to update my assertion was incorrect. Leaving thread intact for anyone else that thinks the target must be selected as it is placed on the stack. With Restoration of Eiganjo you need to declare the target for the ability before you place it on the stack so you cannot return the card you discard to the effect as that happens during the resolution of the ability.

[@tzarl]

The ability is phrased as "When you do..." which means it's a reflexive trigger. The ability that first triggers is the ability to discard a card. When you do, the return ability gets put on the stack after that ability has resolved. So you can return the card you just discarded.

[@Natedogg2]

This is addressed in Gatherer: If you choose to discard a card as The Restoration of Eiganjo's second chapter ability resolves, a second triggered ability goes on the stack and you choose a target for it. Notably, this means you may target the card you discarded if it is a permanent card with mana value 2 or less. So you could target the card you discarded.

[@ColMcWillis]

@@tzarl ahh, I saw "Target" completely missed the "when you do". Thanks for the correction!

[@loorky2126]

worst case the blue march could also be used to get rid of blockers, attackers or to stop someones creature based combo/storm turn. realy like the versatility!

[@knotmtspace]

Congratulations, Jimmy!!!

[@jellysandjamz250]

You could put swirling mist in the Hinata deck and pay just one 😂

[@vincenthampe2788]

Wait, Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh 's static ability does not really go infinite with Voltaic Construct, right? It only works with the FIRST activated ability. Or am I reading it wrong?

[@marcopolo1020]

That's true. And of course voltaic construct says untap target artifact creature which they forgot. So you have to make gilded lotus a creature first with Tezzeret -2 first. The construct and lotus can go infinite as long as something makes the lotus a creature.

[@trevorlarson3984]

Finally! Alibou made it to a mention on The Command Zone

[@jeremiahnadeau6403]

Mechtitan core! Dwarves! Another trick in the box!

[@MunchKING]

I would think Brilliant Restoration and Triumphant Reckoning would go in Enchantment heavy decks where you're running Serra's sanctum.

[@danacoleman4007]

really nice job, gentlemen! thanks for the content!!

[@Wojtek36762]

I’m absolutely running Brilliant Restoration in my Tuvasa deck, that thing is only splashing blue anyway. I think it’ll be castable by the time I need it.

[@JACKSONPRYORBENNETT]

I recently cast Mana Geyser into Invoke Calamity, cast Mana Geyser again AND Gamble. It was awesome

[@Tyurri]

There is a mistake at 37:35 wrong Anowon, Great video as always, keep up the good work

[@IAmKeitaro]

Ordered my first ever booster box will be here either tomorrow or Thursday so excited

[@Darkflamecrusader]

Spy kit on an Ornithopter lets March of Burgeoning Life search for any creature card in your deck for one green mana.

[@seisner6655]

Congratulations Jimmy!

[@shockingshane9700]

Invoke Calamity gives sorceries "flash" as well.

[@TheJakeL152]

march of swirling mists just says target creature phases out, it doesnt say creature you control, so you can also use it to clear out blockers temporarily to end someones' career

[@ProphetofEndTimes]

Kamigawa gave me a bunch of cool stuff for the 99 in my Vadrok mutate deck the three channel lands. Eiganjo adds a semi removal spell, sokenzhan makes mutate targets, and otwara expands my card advantage suite.. easily replaced some tapped lands. switched out my nyx basics for the gorgeous Japanese basics. Which because I already run the Japanese versions of chaos Warp, Swords to plow, Mothra's giant Cocoon and faithless looting they fit great and kinda makes a vorthos "Rodan attacks Japan" kind of feel to the deck. The hideaway land secret lair may also be a purchase for the deck but I have to evaluate the opportunity cost. Hinata makes it cheaper to mutate onto my targets like Dreadhorde Arcanist or Geist of Saint Traft plus I run things like Curator's Ward and call the Coppercoats anyway.

[@commanderstories3636]

March of Burgeoning Life is funny with Spy Kit (letting you search for any non-legendary creature in library) and you could target equipped 1cc mana dorks to go get it as the coasting cost only cares about the target creature, not the card in the library). There's at lest one other other name-matters payoff card in green and some good ones in blue and white (mask of the mimic, echoing truth, cornered market, eye of singularity, detention sphere). If you tutor for equipment/artifacts enough to get the Spy Kit reliably ten those don't have to be dead cards.

[@HenriettaTubbs]

Invoke Justice would work in Palani decks depending on your rocks dorks and ramp

[@TeaHauss]

I hope red's impulse draw is put on the eventual green/red sword, it's such a good mechanic. that said, the green side should not be a fight ability because then it's just a better fire&ice.

[@vaporeon344]

Green maybe adds mana of any colour like Selvala, equal to the creatures toughness? It’s strong but then again F&F would still probably be better

[@SirRanSax]

Ruthless Technomancer is amazing in a Strefan blood token deck and it's weird that no one is mentioning that!! I think Strefan is lowkey OP when it comes to cheating out and reanimating big vamps. The deck can hit hard and hit fast! I've really enjoyed playing it since it come out and when I saw Ruthless Technomancer I couldn't wait to add it to my deck. It works beautifully.

[@prollybee]

so many of the b/w cards y'all couldn't "crack" are actually p decent in greasefang (she takes some effort to make her work tho)

[@LokNWykLeer]

The Sagas did just transform during playtesting, which turned out to be to strong, so they added the exile part to give the opponent a chance to deal with the creature.

[@shadedcorner]

Oooh so close jimmy. It is indeed March when this released.

[@Shazzmatazz]

i think You Are Already Dead is getting somewhat overlooked. a black removal combat trick that replaces itself is nothing to scoff at, and the fact that its common means its not going to be in short supply.

[@xXtheONEandONLYXx]

Invoke Calamity is an instant add on for Jeska's Will

[@nicholasbower17]

"You can fork anything!" -Jimmy, having now a child as proof that he has indeed forked

[@christopherkimball2644]

Dragonspark reactor in my Tawnos deck, double that trigger!

[@proudnerd8068]

Surprised Kappa Cannoneer wasn’t mentioned in the Blue cards