Meanest Cards in Commander

[@mth4456]

*plays a 5 color deck with every one of these cards* *gets banned from playgroup*

[@PhoenixXZY]

Or just play blue, which seems to be the color of half this list lol

[@kanevivi]

@@PhoenixXZY oddly my friends black is the issue

[@RedBossTV]

Invoke Prejudice is probably the most controversial card in Magic's history. The art, the artist, the name, everything.

[@Donaldsangry]

Best card for all those reasons

[@bobkoalaraptor7153]

Actually illustrated by an active KKK member at the time. Part of why its so expensive

[@vineciogentile6610]

@@bobkoalaraptor7153 he was a neo Nazi and kkk member who wasn't that bad of an artist but it's still fucked up. Too bad the card had to be so good... The artwork alone doesn't want me to buy it although it would've been great for sen triplets

[@redwillow1853]

Price of Glory should be on the list. CMC: 2R. Enchantment Ability: Whenever a player taps a land for mana during another player's turn destroy that land.

[@aleckwright1607]

+ Drain Power, because someone has to be a living embodiment of a middle finger

[@OGTahoe3]

Isn't there a creature that destroys lands when they get tapped for mana

[@Janlobbo]

Is that really that mean? It kinda just means you gotta play your stuff at sorcery speed. It's a good card, but I don't really feel that it's mean.

[@slasheztech5390]

Me secretly playing armageddon in my new zur deck without telling my group so I can have an invincible Zur while they have nothing

[@salamanteri_]

Price of Glory and similar effects are the opposite of mean. It prevents counterspells and other instant speed shenanigans, which in my opinion are the most nasty things in casual EDH.

[@olafthemoose9413]

Zur''s Werding seems good in muldrotha since you always basically draw the card thanks to muldrotha

[@mth4456]

I've seen CEDH muldrotha stax that play it. There was one on playing with power. You are right, it's super strong.

[@dennisbradford7216]

I have also seen Muldrotha decks run it. It hurts.

[@Illusionmaker_MTG]

I play it in modern and well...noone deserves to be punished with this card in EDH xD

[@LookOut667]

Possessed Portal as well ;)

[@TheGrifcannon22]

DJ: Don't play these cards! Me: Are you saying I should play these cards?

[@runningbull73]

Hey Satan, do you know when DJ is coming back?

[@psy_p]

Friend: Rhystic Study Me: in response Notion Thief

[@cameronwise-maas5610]

Friend: ok, I choose not to draw until your thief gets removed.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

@SupaFly Supreme it stops every draw having the Rhystic Study player ask "would you like to pay extra for that?" which is reason enough to play it in my book.

[@scooterthefrog]

Opponent: rhystic study, I'm gonna draw alot of cards or slow you down. Me: Jace's archivist, you do you chum, but you're not going to be slowing me down.

[@Quicken-li3xo]

8:38 pause it at just the right time and youll be rewarded with a blue screen!

[@eusouzoom]

I tilt so much about these kind of things...

[@claineplummer3421]

Bro this dope! Love your passion for the format. Keep up the Awesome!!!

[@moxavenger]

I got three, Axis of Mortality, Magus of the Mirror and Soul Conduit. Entertaining video as always. Thanks!

[@QuietlyHere666]

Emry, lurker of the loch + mindslaver. "No no no, I get to play magic"

[@leaf_lorien679]

Brutal. Definitely going to be including some of these in my EDH de ks

[@anthonydelfino6171]

"That Craterhoof is suddenly 16 mana... are you ever casting that?" does anyone ever actually cast craterhoof instead of cheating it into play?

[@theelike4302]

I can easily say in the 4 years I've been playing commander I've never seen craterhoof actually hard cast.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

@@theelike4302 I think I've seen it hard cast once... by me in my horrible energy deck where that's one of the only ways the deck can win.

[@eusouzoom]

I hard cast hoof all the time in my Edric deck...

[@tcwaterboy3306]

@@theelike4302 have you ever played vs omnath or selvala? Lmao

[@pkphantom]

Everybody that says they haven't seen craterhoof hard cast I always find myself wishing they could play a game with me. I would make the dream come true for them. Doing it for 16 mana would only be inconvenient because it would limit what follow up plays I could make after casting it, but not enough to stop a big ass play 🤣

[@JimboMonkey007]

“I want them for science” - DJ *Proceeds to build a chaos deck with all aforementioned cards**

[@dakotamcintire7419]

I could get a lot of these to work in a muldrotha deck XD

[@OGTahoe3]

@@dakotamcintire7419 I had that same exact thought

[@andrewsparkes8829]

If you are forming the result you WANT in a science experiment, it is not a proper science experiment. Science needs a little uncontrolled chaos to see what the result ends up being, even if it is whacky.

[@mikeshaver-miller745]

Fun fact: Tidal control has a few best friends in blue instants that allow you to change any instance on one colour word with another. Oftentimes, these effects don’t end at EOT, so if you pair that with the knowledge of whatever your opponents are playing, you can shut down players selectively.

[@saltinegaming9348]

How dare DJ put such a legendary card as divine intervention on that list. That card is awesome and I would love to draw any day. I even built a Zur deck that has that as its tie con.

[@JumboCommander]

Biggest troll card! Although technically a draw ... we all know who really won the game.

[@saltinegaming9348]

Jumbo Commander I’ve played a lot of games with it on mtgo and people get PISSED. “It’s just game, why you hav to be mad?” (Russian guy)

[@Joshy_369]

I had mind twist in Nath of the Gilt-leaf. Super satisfying to see the fear in the blue player's eyes when I ask how many cards they have in their hand.

[@JumboCommander]

AND you get a bunch of adorable elves?!?! The best kind of secure the wastes

[@becausescience]

You have my attention... -- kH

[@KBgamer2010]

DJ, when it comes to Sunder, you're thinking Little...WAY too little Sunder while there is a Teferi's Puzzle Box in play, now THAT is mean Now if you want degenerate combos, I got some good ones Hive Mind with Warrior's Oath or other cards similar to it, and watch as your opponents scramble to win knowing that is their last turn before losing Asceticism + Dismiss Into Dream = The Simic Laser gun, keep your defenses up while using Asceticism's Activated ability to target your opponent's creatures Grip of Chaos

[@Aaarrrgh89]

Also Notion Thief.

[@DavSnow]

Such a spicy list DJ! This was both educational and traumatizing

[@crovax1375]

I love Cabal Conditioning, especially in my Nath of the Gilt-Leaf deck. I also like Thought Distortion for when you need to stop a blue mage

[@KZcovers]

Possessed portal is one of my favorite cards in daretti. 3 turns of wrecking opponents resources, then sacking it on my turn to bring it back with daretti after I've had my draw and turn

[@brandonsolorio9168]

DragonKyng Z when I saw it I was like “yea that’s going In daretti” no one is ready for daretti

[@charlieaydin1377]

My man. I just bought it for my daretti deck. Takes a certain evil to play daretti Stax 🙂

[@theXDeity]

You’re the best DJ thanks for all that you do, i can’t wait to have your playmat!

[@boxingpanda4757]

4:18 if they're playing mono white in commander, just let them be. They're having bad enough of a time as it is

[@PhazonOmega]

Time Sifter triggers during EVERY upkeep, including those during extra turns, and that's why turns essentially become random, and unlucky players will never get a turn. Just a clarification for anyone confused by this, as I was. Definitely interesting when combined with any other extra turn effects, such as Emrakul, Time Warp, or even something like Mind Slaver.

[@Dumplestiltzken]

Perplexing Chimera is my favorite way to slow the game to a halt

[@salamanteri_]

That chimera is gross in a Roon deck.

[@EvanFarshadow]

I put it in my Estrid deck and my favorite strategy is stealing the most useful spell, then following up with the "destroy all creatures that aren't enchanted" card. Because my creatures are all enchanted and i do not enchant chimera ever, it dies. Just play spells that do not care who casts it

[@rorykitchen2727]

Sphinx is a may so they don't need to draw. Thanks for showing these fun cards off!

[@rorykitchen2727]

@Samuel Friedman I gotcha, I thought he meant the other way around and I was lost.

[@facelessgames94]

DJ thank you so much. I'm looking to "improve" my Jhoira of the Ghitu deck and I want all the mean stuff in there, but to counterbalance the cruelty, I'm chucking in a bunch of chaos spells, such as my beloved Timesifter. (Vegas time baby) Ice Cave too! Goodluck countering my high CMC spells Possessed portal is working well in my Muldrotha deck simply because, I don't have to draw any cards. They're in the graveyard ready to play. Thanks for the video. Really great timing :)

[@philippbayer866]

Oh hearing your laughs with every evil card you show is entertaining.

[@darkdragonXD1]

DJ, love you so much to bring me new ideas to my decks, invoke prejudice sounds to me like "Ugh!", people gonna love it. Already have Zur's Weirding but also have an idea to play it with Emry.

[@JumboCommander]

Totally has that ugh factor on so many levels! Effect, pricetag, art! Truly an uuuuuuuuggppppfffttt card.

[@darkdragonXD1]

@@JumboCommander Holy sht that was fast, more videos like this pls, I have to grow to make the world and "Ugh" place :D

[@JumboCommander]

This video is doing well but I did a lot of research on these so a part two would not be as mean lololol, but more top 8 lists for sure

[@darkdragonXD1]

@@JumboCommander My mean soul is crying :/

[@malign3158]

I pulled an Hour or Devastation Sunder invocation (and shatterstorm and omniscience) and I have it in a fun nonblack landfall deck along with Fall of the Thran, both of which I’ve only cast once

[@corvidcognition]

Love this list I have used Zur's Weirding in my Niv Mizzet deck where I draw lots of cards. Make them pay life! And when everyone has had enough negotiate it's destruction for some favours !

[@APSejuani]

Holy shit, Tidal Control! I never thought I'd see it on a top 10 list, but it's an absolute monster in Chisei!

[@CullenReck]

Omg the joy in your voice throughout this whole video 😭😂

[@Hijunk71]

Notion Thief and teferi's puzzle box make me all warm and fuzzie

[@mzondi1970]

I can see that timesifter would go well in my eldrazi deck

[@l0k]

Board State from last Friday: Invoke Prejudice, 2x Nether Voids, the Abyss. Fun times!

[@wolfie766]

Also Thanks Dj, Currently building a deck with most of these cards in it with Alela at the helm..found a purpose for her xD

[@Deathmageddon]

On Invoke Prejudice: Art doesn’t always depict things you’re supposed to be happy about. There’s nothing wrong with drawing villains. It is, however, highly immoral to run Meekstone.

[@xcver]

I just love Invoke Prejudice, although I would say that Land Equilibrium is even meaner

[@Donaldsangry]

Team that with Sunder

[@Jay15199]

"Do you want to be a horrible person, on a budget, without offensive art on your Commander deck?" No DJ, no I do not.

[@commander_k7748]

I watched this and I realized I play at least half of these. This includes divine intervention

[@professor.moriarty9803]

1. Wit's End, mono black sorcery, one of my favorite card that does"Im just here to ruin your day instead of winning" 2. Artifact called "World Slayer", attach it on Zurgo… 3. Run Phenax in a Scarab God Deck, i don't want you to use your shit, so I'll use it for you 4. Atraxa, nothing to say about this bitch… 5. Assemble the legion ＋ Divine Visitation

[@FunAtStreaming]

As a player who plays Zur's Weirding in his Muldrothe EDH, i can confirm it's one hell of a card.

[@PatriciaCross]

Sunder is my usual wincon in Tatyova. I can win through LabMan....but the games over on Sunder. Usually endstep Cyclonic Rift, Sunder on my turn, Mana Breach. I have never lost with this deck. Currently only pull it out a few times a month.

[@inkyo7538]

Frickin' love "Zur's Weirding"! Trying to make it work with "Jace, Wielder of Secrets" and "Mindcrank" in an Oathbreaker

[@f2pgamer491]

Resolves... is always my favorite part of your videos lol

[@belladonnaRoot]

I do have Armageddon in my Avacyn, Angel of Hope deck. The idea is that my lands are indestructible once my commander's out, so it's a one-sided game-ender, not a stall tactic. Is it mean to have a "everyone scoop and let's play again" card?

[@Squidxx-fg7ih]

I think it's fine used to do the same thing with obliterate and world slayer in my zurgo helmsmasher deck

[@faultier1158]

I had such a deck once, but it was basically the arch enemy by design, because everyone could see what was coming. Hitting people with an Avacyn equipped by a Worldslayer was a pretty cool way to win games though. :D

[@scooterthefrog]

As long as you use it responsibly to win games it's fine. Cataclysm and It That Betrays is also a fun way to pull that sort of thing off.

[@GrundysGames]

I actually have an Invoke Prejudice, a little beat up, but still works. Might toss it into my new Emry mono-blue deck lol.

[@danieldonaldson744]

Keep in mind that your colorless artifacts don't help your opponents. Their artifact creatures will always cost twice as much!

[@orlandopereira5467]

Mindslaver. Cause there's nothing meaner than taking control of another player!

[@thesarcasticliberal]

Mindslaver + Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Wilderness Reclamation makes people very unhappy. Once you hit 6 mana, you control every future turn of a single opponent.

[@stens.8394]

@@thesarcasticliberal or just play muldrotha and ramp to mindslaver much easier.

[@spartanboosts]

I'm about to put all these cards in a group hug deck

[@92bagder]

Invoke Prejudice is the Capirote; a pointed religious hood used in Spain during the Inquisition and still used in festivals by religious orders.

[@gitaxias]

Dear dj, We don't want to be mean, we want to be chaotic

[@alexcurtis6180]

I'd argue that Cyclonic Rift is the meanest card in Commander. Also, Possessed Portal is amazing in Muldrotha.

[@danieldonaldson744]

As long as creatures are sorceries attached to permanents it will never compete with some of these.

[@hiddenleaf414]

Works really well in Yuriko too

[@rowanernst]

I use the enchantment ‘contamination’ from urza’s saga in my monoblack rat deck which is just a feels bad for anyone without alot of mana dorks or isnt in black

[@magpie1353]

Ever seen mana breach? 2U “whenever any player plays a spell, that player returns a land he or she controls to owner’s hand.”

[@KBgamer2010]

Storm Cauldron, Tapping lands for mana will be bounced

[@Basap1zti23]

Desolation. Whenever a player taps a land for mana in each turn he/she has to sacrifice a land in the next end step.

[@PhazonOmega]

Seen it? I have two copies :3

[@viniciusgrossmann8796]

Mana vortex: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a land.

[@kwikdraw7332]

Price of Glory 2R Enchantment Whenever a player taps a land for mana during another player's turn, destroy that land.

[@vapixdarmana4428]

I personally like the art on invoke prejudice, very flavorful.

[@backlashX7]

Thank you, this is the first comment I've seen regarding the situation of this card that isn't out right biased. I'm not going to condone the artist's personal beliefs; but at least he chose a thematic art piece which, by visual example, brings attention to the real life history of forcing hardships on others of a different color, thusly fitting the card's premise in the process. Thank you for bearing with my unpopular opinion Ted talk.

[@VampCoffee]

I got hit with a cycled decree of annihilation yesterday. That was pretty mean.

[@taylormatic]

Still better the a cast Decree of Annihilation

[@roger18975smith]

Tidal Control + Brago: Reset the cumulative upkeep each turn.🤣

[@andrewamann8855]

I'll do ya one better: Tidal Control and Solemnity. Then you can just use brago for other things.

[@fallenwayward]

uh guys, painter's servant is legal in commander now...

[@anthonydelfino6171]

or you just play Eon Hub....

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Muldrotha can recast it from the graveyard so you can have a flat rate upkeep instead of cumulative.

[@professor.moriarty9803]

Ever heard something called "Detain"?

[@lumenauta]

Obliteration is a favorite of mine...combine it with a Darksteel Plate to be kicked out of the table

[@zwc76]

Head Games 3BB, "Target opponent puts the cards from their hand on top of their library. Search that player's library for that many cards. The player puts those cards into their hand, then shuffles their library". Enjoy your new hand of basics.

[@shadowphoenix173]

Its a bit mean but its a geat feeling when you windfall and then flash out a notion thief ^^

[@xarshoon7157]

Thanks for the ideas man

[@migerick]

I really like Knowledge Pool and Possibility Storm

[@MrKennethb83]

Haaa that was fantastic!!! I a cave cracks me up!

[@typoholic]

Love the idea for this video. I can tell you did your homework. It must have been fun! I think we can add Chains of Mephistopheles, Contamination, and Reality Twist to the Mean List. If you ever do a “Most Confusing” List, let’s put Raging River somewhere near the top. The way that card is worded is incomprehensible.

[@falc0n12]

Mark Jelfo I swear I have to re-read chains every time someone plays it

[@typoholic]

@@falc0n12 Right? I still don’t know what it does.

[@lonsmithicus]

I play Tidal Control and Invoke Prejudice and Zur's Weirding in my mono blue deck.

[@KyokenX20]

How have I never hear of Time sifter til now?!?!! I'm getting one

[@yeahyeahyeah0yeah]

I play possessed portal in my Muldrotha deck... I do love it, in the most evil of ways

[@thelocustgod9098]

I actually run Zur’s Weirding in my Crosis deck lol.

[@AsbestosFilter]

There is someone in my playgroup who use invoke prejudice in his dexk but i never see it being played because he rarely play. But when he play edh, it always end up with nobody could play anything

[@TheApocalypticsaint]

The collective glare from a well timed winter orb

[@motorologist]

If you look up Invoke Prejudice on gatherer, the top comment talks about the artist and his art for the card. Yes, it's a random guy on the internet, but trust me, his description of the card's artist is worth reading.

[@DarkCrusader27]

One of the meanest discard cards I know of is Monomania. Yes, force your opponent to choose the card they want to keep while they discard the rest.

[@Will_Morand]

Sunder in an Urza deck where you already have all the rocks.

[@PhazonOmega]

Tutoring is not card draw, so it gets around Zur's Weirding and Notion Thief. Also, Brainstorm does not combo with Notion Thief, either, since it causes the caster to draw, not "target player."

[@CastonAdrulu]

my first guess at one of these 8 might be sire of insanity. because everyone likes to discard their hand at every end step. heh.

[@JumboCommander]

Close. I do have some spicy discard on here.

[@jaymorgan3433]

Vorinclex. Vorinclex. Vorinclex. I hate this card. Vorinclex. Vorinclex. 😂😂😂😂😂 Good vid Jumbo!! 😄

[@lorvincent]

Ice Cave is an easy slot in Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. Mishra remains one of the meanest decks in commander. Especially if you aren't limited by your budget (Nether Void, anyone?).

[@jamesknowles9236]

I think Storm Cauldron should be on this list because it's a mean card disguised as a nice card. "hey guys, everyone gets to play a extra land each turn...oh, but when you tap lands for mana they get bounced back to your hand." Can really slow down the game if people aren't running tons of mana rocks or mana dorks.

[@oriongerlach6390]

My inner Evil Maniac is cackling

[@thelowcalcalzone]

Anybody know the image used for the background?

[@samb123078]

Tidal control with solomnity. Have a bit of life gain and shut down any red green spell at will.

[@xarshoon7157]

That is a level of villainy only a madman can aspire to Also throw in a Delaying Shield for protection from damage

[@NRGFL0]

How can you have a list of mean cards without mentioning: Winter Orb, Stasis, and Smokestack? They are like the poster children of mean cards

[@xarshoon7157]

Proliferate and Tanglewire

[@lefloidNemesis]

Oh! a list of cards i need to play.

[@SPQRchris]

Sen Triplets is pretty nasty. “No, you can’t play any spells on my turn, but I can play your cards.”

[@pokethegamingpanda6335]

As mean as it may be I built a monoblue Unesh the cryosphinx deck with possessed portal and all the blue you cant do that cards with all the you cant draw. Only bring it out when everyone wants to get super competitive but it's only lost one game............ Mean mean card

[@EvanFarshadow]

Divine Intervention is separated from the remove a counter at upkeep. Does that mean if at any point it has no counters it is game over? *Thinks evilly in Solemnity*

[@rdbaron102]

Knowledge pool can be mean. Also Moat with Gravity Sphere is fun. I have the old mask-nought combo in one too

[@TheFixer710]

That invoke prejudice card would be funny in an urza deck. I am surprised vorinclex wasn't on the list

[@suelouis9852]

invoke isn't even the harshest blue card in that set, Land Equilibrium is. I like to pair it with another harold mcneil card from the same set, Nether Void, which i respond too with Sunder.

[@durakku]

I really love Death Cloud when I'm about to die as a last ditch effort to either try to take someone with me or just ruin the rest if everyone else's game for killing me.

[@lepromisedmonke7012]

Once got out Ice Caves and smothering tithe out on the same turn and then passed the turn as the madness ensued...😂

[@zackrosenberry9682]

I've had a storm cauldron go unchecked in my Lord Windgrace/lands matter/landfall list. It slowwwweeeddddd the game way down buying me time to find my Omnath, locus of rage....and gave me 20+ additional landfall triggers. Cut it from the list immediately after that game lol The rest of the table wasnt as amused as I was.

[@JumboCommander]

Storm Cauldron is slow Sunder. Very mean!

[@87channels]

Other than the sp00ky $350 card, I might actually build a deck around some of these! I already got a group slug Mogis deck, so might as well go all in

[@atwistedsky9169]

How about Boiling Seas, the ultimate blue player hate? 3 and a red to destroy all islands. This is one of those cards where the mono-blue control player taps out (maybe they've just been countering everything indiscriminately) and it annihilates their board state by stripping their mana base out from under them. Incredibly evil card when compared to other land hate like Blood Moon or Zo-Zu.

[@mikhailpayson1274]

1) Contamination 2) Stasis 3) Back to Basics 4) Tabernacle of Pendrell Vale 5) Rhystic Study 6) Telepathy 7) Gaddock Teeg 8) Expropriate

[@JumboCommander]

I like Tabernacle on this list. It has a gross pricetag too. And difficult to interact with (the magus version feels kinda fair)

[@Casey-cy6ph]

Notion thief + teferis puzzlebox

[@eldraziking1792]

Winter orb my buddy always plays it so now most of our playgroup plays red or green just to get rid of it.

[@Simsystwistedmind]

Asceticism is pretty nasty, it gives all of your stuff hexproof and regeneration meaning that your opponents need to waste board wipes to deal with single threats.