MTG Foundations Set Review Part 1 || North 100 Ep171

[@joshrist]

Man. Got stun locked with "Welcome to north 100" and not immediately hearing "showdown, a Canadian highlander throw down"

[@Simriel]

Glad i wasn't the only one tbh.

[@nerdaccount]

I am not a Canadian Highlander player, but I love these reviews! There are so many cards, and I always find a gem for my casual tribal decks. And you three are so fun to watch!

[@sandrin0]

wait, so 80% of viewers are subbed? that's actually insane, you sure it's not the other way around?

[@adbirk19]

OMG, finally my favorite minecraft streamers collab together! day made!

[@pytawidmo]

I didn't know Coach Nelly plays Minecraft D:

[@Peronioz]

Wait, 80% of the viewer base is already subscribed? That's... a lot.

[@SventFulgur]

Like insanely impressive 😅

[@ZephyrKelsey]

Yeah most channels have a tiny fraction of subscribers to viewers. It’s always amazed me how LRRs fan base is tiny but so dedicated. Their content is amazing and I wish more people knew about it

[@MatthewRyanDP]

That's the first thing I thought too when I heard that stat, but then I realized that this is a sort of niche market but still incredibly impressive

[@stellatedhexahedron6985]

i'm like 80% sure they meant one in five _are_ subscribed, the opposite figure is downright implausible. and serge said there weren't any misplays, lol

[@mostlikelymaybe]

The set is in print for so long that this is still early

[@Sodaman64Classic]

Seeing a card that is as simple as just "it dies and makes 2 more guys that can die" and freaking out about the implications is by far my favorite part of Aristocrats. They've gotten so many insane tools over the last while I've really got to sleeve it up and jam again.

[@BenjaminKlahn]

I gotta say, 1 in 5 not being subscribers is an incredible ratio. Most channels go something like 10:1 the other way.

[@zcipher]

An additional 3 mana Blood Artist effect is the Funeral Room half of the Funeral Room/Awakening Hall from Duskmorn. So it goes to 11!

[@jmanwild87]

We also have popular Egotist which is a 3 mana creature from Duskmourn that drains an opponent when you sacrifice a permanent (very nice with treasure tokens as someone that mostly plays commander)

[@jacenchrisbaker]

I feel like I've waited forever for these three to tell me what cards to buy as I am lazy at card evaluation.

[@rough111]

You got 5 years to decide while they’re in print

[@callumvlex7059]

To be fair, this show has the only set reviews I ever watch and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[@Mordalon]

While they didn't focus on it, it sounded like Serge thought Kiora could make multiple 8/8s, except the octopus is Legendary. They could have been assuming the octopus would die repeatedly, but I thought I'd point this out just in case.

[@ClanWiE]

I also don't think they mentioned that the token doesn't enter attacking, despite being created on attack.

[@IceBlueRhino]

The way it is written does Kiora, The Rising Tide trigger when any Kiora enters? So follow this up with a Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep or Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner.

[@duskbrood1]

@@IceBlueRhino No it's just refering to the card itself, it's part of the change in wording on cards going forwards. Non legendary cards will just say this creature/spell/aura/card etc to refer to the card rather than their card name and legendaries may say just their name not their full title i.e 'Kiora' rather than 'Kiora, The Rising Tide' when required for text space.

[@Mordalon]

@@IceBlueRhino Magic does not care mechanically about partial names of cards. Each version of Kiora is a different card entirely. If it said "whenever a card named Kiora, The Rising Tide enters..." then it would trigger when other copies of that particular Kiora entered.

[@jaeger_404]

Something about James swooping in on Wheeler's punchline with the Found...Dations thing only for Wheeler to turn around at the end and just say "no, this is still *my* joke, and I'm gonna finish what I started" is profoundly funny

[@christopherlundgren1700]

I mostly watch these to get ideas for cube. It’s not exactly the same kind of evaluation, but there’s a lot of overlap. I feel like Archmage of Runes is too much mana for a deck that would want it, but you guys convinced me to buy one just in case. The second clause is admittedly pretty tasty.

[@kraxosOBK]

Ah, my favorite set review podcast

[@tonyfencer]

Thanks very much for this review. I missed the Grub. I didn't see it was TWO tokens.

[@camoyuki]

18:15 I LOVE this card. I picked it up as soon as I could for my Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit commander deck. Anafenza is not a strong commander at all, I just like the art, but I have a build for it that works and this card is stellar in it. Anafenza just wants to have a lot of creatures out, and she will put a +1/+1 counter on Generous Pup right when it enters as long as you don't have a creature with a toughness of 1, which is unlikely with Anafenza out, so it will immediately put a counter on everything else when it enters

[@Dj_Bungle]

I dont play highlander, but i love the card analysis, you guys are always insightful

[@Quentoxic]

I think the more important interaction with Karakas and Kiora is that the octopus is both a legendary and a token, so remove it rather than letting them churn.

[@SymphoneersGaming]

To go to bat for Drake Hatcher a little; I think it's good in specifically izzet or temur blitz, like anything casting spells that give it additional power beyond the prowess trigger. A drake off of some cantrips is eh, sure, but four drakes off of two spells (good pump + any doubler) I think is a lot more compelling, or 2.3 drakes off of Scale Up or whatever. You trade some of Slickshot Show-off's punch in exchange for kind of invalidating top decked spot removal.

[@TheM8]

1/5 is a really high sub count!

[@mackenzierobinson7310]

Can't believe Wheeler missed my boi Hissing Iguanar on the list of 3 MV or lower blood artists

[@davidrodriguez5721]

Nice, I was wondering if they were going to discuss Foundations cards. Let's go!

[@faceoctopus4571]

1:14:49 ocelot pride doesn't care about how many token types. If you gain life and cast dragon fodder, it's giving you another 2 goblins on your end step (assuming you still have the first 2).

[@nathanmeichel7877]

Not a "true" blood artist, but Goblin Sharpshooter also deserves a mention at 3 mv.

[@aHairyBaboon]

I watch these hoping one day i have people to play canlander with and i know what cards i’m going to lose games to

[@stephanieholmes7144]

Lena Richard’s Pearl Medallion full art is one of my favorites. Visited her at CommandFest and grabbed a playmat for that art and brought the Enchanting Tales Defense of the Heart which is a Beauty and the Beast art for her signature.

[@CakesHere]

After playing with kaito in standard, I do think the play patterns are worth trying in canlander. The passive gives kaito so much loyalty, and I ulted them the first game I played with them in standard. The plus is super annoying, and the minus is there when you need it

[@shaden489]

Hope yal talk about Ivora, Insatiable Heir when you get to red in the next part cause honestly I think she has allot of potential in the format as a good agresive red creature that grows and gets value over the game. Sadly when playing my RDW list in the canlander league on wheelers server I never got to resolve her cause the only time I drew he she got countered but if you ask me that just speaks to how good of a 2 drop she is. Also bonus points for being a legendary creature your opponents probably won't feel great about using karakas on

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

Wheeler:"... now that does kind of win you the game, but not if your deck is full of cards like Dovin Grand Arbiter" That's a Chandra level of burn for old Dovin

[@jacobthomas6876]

I think Kiora could be really good in a reanimator deck as it's early-ish board presence with card filtering and that deck regularly has threshold so you can just throw an attack in and create an 8/8

[@RipDeathriteShaman]

Finally! Can't wait to re-listen to this episode for the next month waiting for part 2

[@Zenondikar]

58:20 Wheeler's cooked, we forgot about Mulldrifter! (Kidding!)

[@ectro24]

You guys forgot room blood artist: funeral room (and late game it wins the game for 8 mana!)

[@nicolaskerenski5294]

Kiora might be fine in reanimator. Loots, you get threshold not too late and it is castable....

[@SuperFlamingTomato]

Is it possible for Kiora to see play in Reanimator? It obviously fills your yard and has the same effect of “you gotta kill this or you’ll die”, and in doing so draws in removal away from your actual threats. That’s where it sees play in other formats. Fully possible that reanimator is just too fast in this format though.

[@345tom]

I feel like I missed a lot with foundations. I knew there were some new cards, especially with jumpstart, but I'd really thought it would be more or less a one of podcast.

[@wiigamer1995]

wouldnt the new kaito have a home in flying men? getting your unblockable dude through and ticking himup towards a gamewinning ultimate. or is that just too slow?

[@Xalyn937]

Been really looking forward to this! I'm a bit surprised they didn't talk about nine lives familiar. Is it too slow?

[@sandmanlives3]

Excellent, as always. Thank you!

[@Emzibub03]

I too am excited for the bunny (Hinterland Sanctifier).

[@derekdenis]

Um, as the premier Hare Apparent pilot of the format, I think you missed a certain white common...

[@SeanSmith-ls3np]

What reasons would you give for not mentioning High Society Hunter? The content is great!

[@zacharyrichard3830]

Hey, wait a minute! They missed a 3mv Blood Artist! It just got printed, too. Funeral Room, from Duskmourn. Not quite as good as Bastion of Remembrance because it doesn’t come with a body, but hey, maybe your game goes abysmally long and you get to cast/open Awakening Hall. So 11! Eleven Blood Artists! Or 12 if you count Hissing Iguanar.

[@williamransom940]

18:38 Yes! Proper usage of the term typal!

[@PkerHaezel]

I was already subscribed, but i hit the subscribe button again just for you Serge!

[@seanvanharen2100]

There is Vraan as a blood artist effect, but only procs once a turn.

[@nalkarauke]

Celestial Armor also mucks an attack for your opponent if they thought their flying men were safe

[@Greysnowman]

I wonder how excited the N100 boys would be if Sprouting Thrinax was first printed today

[@xEhCanadian]

I'll only sub if Wheeler does a kickflip with the 100k plaque.

[@fishor6527]

engagement for the KZbin gods to try and push that 100k

[@colaocha1115]

Arahbo, the First Fang is a pretty good Cat lord Joust Through seems like a card that you might want in Control if your meta's aggressive Delightful Discovery is an interesting card in Beans decks Neerdiv, Devious Diver feels like a card that breaks something, with dredge and/or retrace cards Abyssal Harvester is a 3 mana 3/2, but if you do untap with it it does likely win you the game Also the closest thing to Wriggling Grubs is probably Mogg War Martial, which might not die when you want it to.

[@zackreph939]

Arahbo is a card I'm surprised they didn't talk about, just to roast it. Neerdiv, though, I'm surprised didn't get airtime. Sure, Karakas and she's a 2/2, but ... hmm, I guess that's the problem with Arahbo as well. She's been a lot of fun in the jumpstart packs though!

[@harpstudio]

The jumpstart cards are fun

[@JonHerzogArtist]

Oh, I wondered if we would get one! Yay!

[@caywind7]

Yay! My favorite podcast is back

[@SecretShotgun]

I'm shocked they brought Plagon and didn't talk about how it fits into Nadu decks.

[@kelm102]

Damn it Nelly, knowing about Snapcaster Mage doesn't make me old! The card only came out... 13 years ago. Good Lord, I am old.

[@Crash32378]

Subbing from Prof.

[@briantoller2186]

I assume it doesn't make the cut because it's not a creature/doesn't bring along a creature, but on the discussion of Blood Artist effects there's also Funeral Room from Duskmourn that didn't get mentioned

[@jgmweston]

Love this set!

[@KirbytronicWouldLiketoBattle]

Did somebody say Feather?

[@ArctosValentine]

lmao i pulled a kiora in my pre release, didn't have any blue support so im gonna jam that card into any deck that can run it just to spite my pre release

[@kevinwestermann1001]

I believe it is Bree-Go-Née as opposed to Bree-gown.

[@tomhowell8398]

I know I'm just one guy, but you could talk about subscribers all the time and I, for one, wouldn't mind. It's not what I come here for but if it makes number go up I'm happy for you.

[@StetsonM]

It might be the inner modern player in me but when I see kiora I think goryos vengeance in some sort of epser reanimator shell maybe w like a shallow grave or something. Your already playing all the looters bc ur reanimator but now u get a 8/8 generator which sounds pretty cool

[@steveheist6426]

I was sitting here thinking this will be an instant include in the standard Azorius Eye deck when DMU / BRO rotates and takes Haughty Djinn / Founding the Third Path / Recommission with it. Turning Helping Hand into Careful Study is pretty good.

[@StetsonM]

@steveheist6426 it's been a while since I've looked at standard, what's azorius eye?

[@steveheist6426]

@@StetsonM Take the Abhorrent Oculus card from DSK and Haughty Djinn, Helping Hand & Recommission as "reanimate 3cmc or less" at 1 or 2 mana, and some cards that either mill the yard or discard cards like Chart a Course and Founding the Third Path, then the goal is to mill / discard Oculus then reanimate it to put a 5/5 flyer that creates an army of 2/2s on the field ASAP. Fragile to RIP & Leyline of the Void, which are both in Standard right now also, but did get pretty far at the Pro Tour: DSK event.

[@StetsonM]

@steveheist6426 yea that definitely sounds like a good deck. I didn't think this much variety (idk what else to call it) was in standard. I took a break when mono red and mono black where the two end all be alls and started looking at legacy (which at the time honestly wasn't much healthier) as a format to watch content on. It's cool tho to hear that standard is growing from the last I heard of it.

[@Rycore]

Serge post surgery is giving that butler from Gargoyles with the stone arm.

[@DavidBrownMark]

Great content, as always! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@brodoingmovies1613]

Poor James 😅 1:10:01

[@sylvrstone]

[@WiqidBritt]

Why does Brigone look like Dizzy from Guilty Gear?

[@JorgeTorres-pl7ck]

audio is behind video

[@TheAlmightyGoiter]

Flavor fail. Flagon's art isn't by Nils Hamm.

[@Fredrik_RS]

Let's go

[@zacharyenglish2904]

I would subscribe if the channel was just North 100 stuff

[@will2jenk]

Wow

[@TheJFisherman]

First let's gooo

[@dracoelynne]

I would double subscribe if I could

[@IndigoRose13]

I just realized that Celestial Armor doesn't boost toughness, and I hate it. Not for any game mechanics reason, I just hate the fact that it's armour that doesn't boost toughness. It's such a flavour fail.

[@Mordalon]

It grants indestructible and hexproof. There is more than 1 way to represent flavor.

[@IndigoRose13]

@@Mordalon For one turn, yes. After that, even if you re-equip it, it's a suit of armour that makes you fly and hit harder and does nothing to protect you.

[@Mordalon]

@@IndigoRose13 You are taking it way too literally. It could easily be conceived of as very thin "armor" that doesn't add defense in any substantive way. It's not a flavor fail any more so than swords/axes granting toughness or other armors that grant power.

[@corinelliott3596]

It's tragic that to play Brigone, I have to accept anime in my deck. Probably will result in not playing it.

[@TheMolezor]

Skill issue imo

[@El-ik9cv]

Let's be real. Foundations is sub par to what it could have been. White White black White blue White white white. If you aren't running white smth and you ain't got the cards, forget about draft/ and especially sealed. Phenomenal garbage when synergy isnt well designed. This type of set is lack of creativity from mtg.

[@CoL_Drake]

damn i have to say teh japanese letters are HORRIBLE printed for teh name of the artists ... look at lord of teh beach do you guys even in full zoom really see that its GO not KO the first letter ? it looks so like a KO how the hell are u supposed to see the two dots behind it ...

[@Thestar17x]

the weeb art was done by duel masters artist ,wotcs better game