🟢 Complete Set Review! 🟢 - Lost Caverns Of Ixalan - Green Cards - Constructed And Limited

[@Jerry-zf3ip]

I hope Jim mentions the powerful backsides.

[@JimDavisMTG]

🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

[@AaronRotenberg]

1:15 We need to show Jim some real live capybaras, stat. 25:18 I think you're underrating Ojer Kaslem somewhat for constructed. While it doesn't have an ETB, you can't really Go for the Throat it usefully, it has some evasion when attacking in the form of trample, you're happy to trade it with most things in combat, and if it hits you get to find another creature and dump it directly into play which can get out of control very quickly. 27:02 Poison Dart Frog would be my pick for best green common. Clearly the common you want more than any other if you're trying to play a slow ramp deck in limited. 31:30 My intuition is that a Standard Caves deck is going to be awful. But I'm welcome to be proven wrong. 34:46 "Probably fine in limited" seems like an understatement to me. I think Skullspore Nexus will be strong in limited. You can alpha strike, use the activated ability to pump something after blocks to make the combat favorable, and whatever you lose in combat just gets recycled into a fungus token. And conversely, it's very hard to attack into a player with Skullspore Nexus or use kill spells on their creatures for the same reasons.

[@noahjaffe3094]

And coatis! 4:45

[@BombaJead]

In constructed Ojer Kaslem might just be too slow, it likely dies without ever attacking and you basically payed 5 mana to ramp 1 (if they kill it instead of exiling it) and I think you can easily flip it back only if you were already ahead on board.

[@RafitoOoO]

Watching Jim struggling to say Capybara and Coati was hilarious. Those guys live close to home here haha :)

[@crystalfelts2404]

Spelunking doesn't actually work in Amulet. It's a replacement effect so it actually turns your amulet off. Great content!

[@gmpd4191]

Thanks for the reminder. Had to go back and like the first 3 videos.

[@CanadianOreoable]

Sentinel of the nameless city is everything I've wanted Briarbridge Tracker to be for the last two years.

[@JimDavisMTG]

agree!

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

Seeing Jim just give up on saying some of the names and having the sound byte ready is why he is my favorite creator

[@fraginatrix]

I'm looking forward to Cosmium Confluencing a 9/9 land into someone's face unexpectedly. Also very curious to try some sort of explore/explorer's cache/ozolith/quirion beastcaller "counters for everyone forever" type of deck on a low curve.

[@walrusassociation9317]

I think that the hammerskull is a card you're going to find yourself getting stomped in limited by often. Not sure about constructed, but it's one of the best limited bombs in the set

[@sterlingspencer1166]

Jim is honestly the greatest.

[@aetherllama8398]

I'll definitely be reanimating Ghalta and giving all my creatures haste.

[@FlyingSpaceOstrich]

I am so looking forward to building a dinosaur deck

[@patriceguerette7807]

Continue your great work!

[@BraghDaMan]

Mono-Green or Gruul dinos seems like it might be a thing in Standard now. Topiary Stomper is already a dino, the rampant growth that grabs only a forest is fine in 1-2-color decks, and there are some pushed dino synergies in this set. I hope it is, because this type of ramp deck is my jam. It's still probably worse than the Atraxa domain ramp decks though, but at least Wizards is trying. *edit* Spelunking plays really well with triomes, too. Could be similar to Stompers 5 and 6 for the domain decks, even without gaining life. And you draw a card.

[@collinqs2541]

It sounds fun, and I would love to be proven wrong, but I don’t think Dino’s even get close to being as good as the top decks in the format.

[@chapeldweller]

I love me some Ghalta. Bestest dino.

[@paultravers4739]

Me: I didn't follow spoiler season. Jim: I got you.

[@jasond7743]

Reckon pioneer dinos could be a thing with the new one-drop dork and new dinosaurs?

[@doormatt72]

cenote scout may legit be best in show, as weird as that sounds. (though i do love your pick for best in show too)

[@OsvaldoChannel1]

Hammerskull Is actually kinda gas in Dino decks, probably not in regular Stompy decks. You can play It on turn 2 with the manadork, you can pump the Red 2 mana dino to a 6/2 Trample, After It you can play the Gruul 2 mana dino to have It fight and It will win most fights and it's pretty good with Lukka's -4. Also i dont know how you missed It, but Spelunking Is AMAZING in Gates, like so good It could make the deck into an actual contender as opposed to worse MonoG.

[@davidwitt5585]

Best in Show: Pugnacious Hammerskull - Obviously best and most useful in a tribal deck and predicated on having enough dinos on the curve below it....which I think is doable with there being a couple 2 drop options (though 1 is legendary) unless you plan to precombat another 3 or 4 drop on your turn 4....but it's just kind of a beating. Sleeper: Intrepid Paleontologist - So I happen to think that the Dinosaur deck is real. Most peoples response to creature decks being a thing is "sunfall is in the meta". The card reads like you being able to make use of stuff in your graveyard because you get to exile it....but you can also use this card as an "answer" to sunfall and to get those creatures back yet again. I think the Dino deck will already be strong against non Sunfall decks....and this card could help get more mileage out of your creatures against sunfall variants. (looks like this is wrong because I can't read the card. leaving to embrace my shame) Trap: Skullspore Nexus - Henge at home... Bombin Common: Poison Dartfrog - one of the options for fixing/ramp....has a keyword ability and the ability to get deathtouch. Potentially relevant early and late.

[@davidwitt5585]

hilarious how we agreed on nothing in this color...and my best in show is your trap :D guess I'm just into the Dino idea and you're into the Caves

[@LuciferLuckless]

Paleontologist wouldn't help against Sunfall, it only lets you cast the spells it exiled itself, not cards exiled by other sources. ("from among cards you own exiled with Intrepid Paleontologist")

[@davidwitt5585]

@@LuciferLucklessfail on my part

[@damianvc31]

Sunfall is #1 enemy for the Dino deck, but otherwise it seems pretty competitive I guess the 2 routes you can have to beat Sunfall is splash blue for Stroke or play more hasty stuff

[@davidwitt5585]

Flubbed the sleeper pick obviously. Best in show may also be the merfolk that Jim picked. I stand by my bombin common.

[@Erictraiven]

The green rampy raptor is better than people think, it's very good you will be surprised

[@JuanCarlosDaSilva]

Top cards you think will change any constructed format?

[@autler]

Thanks.

[@Funder1Nk]

Jim is the best

[@bernardvezina-gagnon24]

Really enjoyed your insight on all of these ! i watched them all for support :)

[@ericlizama8552]

I'm gonna go with a bold prediction for Best In Show: Cenote Scout.

[@illbeback111]

The frog can gain Deathtouch for one mana after summoning sickness for blocks right? Thats nice

[@dcnole]

Exactly. IMO it's the best green common by some margin. Ramps and fixes early, sits back on defense and can kill most attackers for (effectively) 1 mana. It even has reach, weirdly, to deal with troublesome fliers.

[@HaleG9]

where is Skullspore Nexus?!

[@juantwothree45]

While I do think Pugnacious Hammerskull is probably overrated, I think it's not being given enough credit. I think Belligerent Yearling on 2 into Pugnacious Hammerskull on 3 is gonna kill alot of people really fast if Dinos can get there.

[@saedbcruzreyes6064]

How was frog not Bombing Common :(

[@warrensharp6681]

Yo why does the best in show music go so hard?!?

[@nerfinatorrr9981]

Thrashing brontodon went to the gym! 😂

[@SoggyWaffles.]

What happens if you kill their only other dinosaur right after Pugnacious Hammerskull declares an attack?

[@Sibula]

The ability triggers when it attacks, so if you kill the other dino after it already attacked, nothing happens

[@solarupdraft]

I'm not sure how this is a loss for Colossal Dreadmaw when Earthshaker's arrival means we can now play EIGHT copies of Colossal Dreadmaw!

[@cybersnap6072]

pugnacious hammerskull audacity?

[@ketoinvestor]

“I like big butts!” - Bedrock 🐢

[@KingQuark27]

A comment for jim

[@Chrisxantixemox]

Green seems BONKERS in limited.

[@jturner582]

Jim not knowing how to pronounce capybara

[@poopmcgee2410]

Last time I've heard so many basic simple words butchered so badly is back in high school from kids who obviously didn't value learning anything

[@3N3MYKN1GHT]

I'm also so mad at the widespread butcherization of Cenote, (see-no-tae)

[@zerragonoss]

I don't care at all about pronunciation, but this one is sad since it implies that Jim does not know that capybaras are real and one of the best things about this planet.

[@CommanderGinyu]

@@poopmcgee2410the guy apparently is an English major but can’t pronounce the simplest of words it’s honestly embarrassing…

[@brianschmitzer6722]

Get a life, you nerds.

[@EltWilder]

Green.

[@dcnole]

Poison Dart Frog ROBBED of Bombin' Common award! How do I file a protest appeal?

[@Douxbelle98]

As someone who mostly plays limited and who’s favorite color is green… I’m scared. Commons look pretty mid across the board and I’m getting shades of LTR. When will green be good in limited again :,(

[@BombaJead]

Green is currently very good in WOE imo but not alone, gruul and golgari had been solid for me.

[@thomasclowater9471]

I love your content Jim but are you like... actually dyslexic? Also how have you never heard of a capybara before

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

i feel ike discover is gonna be the most fun way to lose games

[@joshhudson9839]

Nooooo you've never heard of a capybara? This is deeply concerning.

[@devinanni8117]

Cant just listen to this review. These names are getting wild. Set seems like fire for draft.

[@blahxdx]

Latin american naming scheme is wild?

[@Jerry-zf3ip]

@@blahxdx lol, vaguely Spanish/Portuguese is pretty spicy for the average MTG player >_

[@Sibula]

@@Jerry-zf3ip Mainly the native American sounding names

[@Angel24Marin]

​@@Sibula Native American names are a result of using spanish phonetics for native languages. So they sound exactly as they read in Spanish. The problem comes from trying to apply English phonetics in the first place and that English is a mess with spelling being different from pronunciation.

[@Sibula]

@@Angel24Marin The issue is not with English, it's the original language being hard to pronounce and Spanish/Portuguese having stupid ortography. And yes, it'd be about as difficult if it was the English were the ones to write it down.

[@BobSMASHTV]

I have to say, im really disappointed in this set. Hardly any dinosaurs!