MTG - Top 10 Best Magic: The Gathering Cards Ever Printed - Part 1!

[@TrueCorventus]

When I saw Force of Will out of the list, I realized this list is for real.

[@sergio8002]

Storm Crow, most op card in all of magic

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Meh man Hello? Squire, bud.

[@simonlefebvre2005]

Meh man Charging badger, obviously

[@ballbabyjin684]

Meh man Infected Strom Crow, the one true god.

[@julesbarivan3375]

bebe chaman so fricking agreed - my username on every Magic Cards site is ChargingBadger lol.

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Look, I will fight you guys. Brian Braun Duin told me squire is the best and he is not wrong.

[@JessicaZane4realz]

The absolute best card, if they were honest, is Scornful Egotist. A morphing wizard for just one blue mana is so amazingly kick ass in Vintage.

[@adamchorba2810]

lmaoooooooo

[@BudgetMTGDecks]

Fun top 10 list! Good to see explanations on cards most of us will never get the chance to play with. Can't wait for part 2.

[@TheManaSource]

Based on a lot of the comments I've seen so far...a lot of you are going to be maaaddddddd. lol

[@d0a0m]

why not storm crow?

[@obeycelestia]

TheManaSource I'm calling it, #1 is Basic Island. ;)

[@Bradyoungbass]

Where is Tibalt?

[@ArtisticKamenRider]

I wonder if Cloudpost would be on the list? Not only could you use Vesuva and Thespian's Stage to copy it, use Liquimetal Coating to turn Cloudpost into an artifact and use cards like; Copy Artifact, Sculpting Steel, Phyrexian Metamorph, and Mizzium Transrelinquat, then maybe use Stolen Identity to make a token copy of it.

[@milesrout]

Artistic Kamen Rider Cloudpost is nowhere near that good. Neither is Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise or Time Warp. Why are these ridiculous suggestions anywhere near here.

[@TheCharlieChitty]

Black Lotus. Timetwister. Ancestral Recall. Sol Ring. Lightning Bolt. Rancor. Isochron Sceptre. Mana Drain. Blightsteel Collossus. Gaea's Cradle. Swords to Plowshares. Tinker. Yawgmoth's Will. Necropotence. Hymn to Tourach. Demonic Tutor. Island. Mountain. Swamp. Plains. Forst. Charging Badger. Storm Crow.

[@PewPew_McPewster]

So I proxied the Power for my Powered Cube. This happened: T1 Island, Mox Sapphire, Time Walk T2 Land, Tinker for Blightsteel We have a banlist for a reason folks.

[@47Mortuus]

Vintage is STILL surprisingly balanced and interactive.

[@nickfanzo]

vintage is a great format.

[@pippippenguine9057]

Yes the who's line is it anyway quote made me so happy!!

[@jimi_jams]

At my local gaming club, we decided to play a game where we were randomly assigned each other's decks. One person went and got a deck which was designed to specifically not work (had a lot of non-synergistic Ice Age cards among others), and it had Ashnod's Coupon in it. I got this deck. I hid my bottle of drink in the club hall while other people's turns were going on, and I used Ashnod's Coupon as a defence against people attacking me. I was the runner-up of 5 people playing as a result, and the winner (who's deck the one I was using actually belonged to) then spent 10 minutes trying to find my drink because I sacrificed it on his attack. Definitely worth it.

[@lukebowar3788]

A lot of people are giving you crap for this video and your opinions in it, but two things, they're called opinions for a reason, and second of all you are still my favorite mtg channel. Keep up the good work

[@edreed5571]

My ex Maya would give me blow job under the table while I played magic with my brother

[@dogmd7]

I really think you should have done a list of the Top 10 Best Non Power-9 cards. I think it's almost a guarantee that all of us Magic players on your channel are fully aware there's nothing that can touch the Power 9 in terms of sheer power, so it'd be better I think to approach this based on the lesser-known "best cards". Maybe you could do a video like this in the future? It'd allow for more variety in terms of the slots, and there's certainly a lot of hidden gem cards that are among the best that not many players are fully aware of.

[@BrotherAlpha]

I owned nearly all of the cards on this list, including a complete set of moxes. They are one of the few cards that I sold when I first got out of MTG that are now worth more than I sold them for.

[@HeroesandLegendsMTG1]

Ambitious countdown. I love it.

[@jackocallaghan2839]

I remember some kid at a summer camp that I used to go to had a Mishra's Workshop, and he didn't have a sleeve on it or anything of the sort. The kid said the deck he was using used to be his dads. At the time I didn't know how expensive it is, but his dad should've really had his kid take better care of his cards.

[@imdorgat]

I can see it now: The ancient and powerful planeswalker, pulling from the aeons his most powerful of spells. His opponent responds thusly :"WTF is this that's OP as hell..."

[@Omegaroth666]

"Whose mana is it anyway?" "Whose turn is it anyway?" Lolz

[@IbrakadabraRules]

1. lotus 2. recall 3. time vault 4. mana crypt(although it wasnt printed in a normal set so im not sure if its in...) 5. i dont know a tutor(vampiric) maybe

[@coltsfan354]

Not gonna even mention Temporal Mastery when talking about Time Walk and its power. Also, no mention of Mox Opal, the "fair" mox that can still be used to make any color of mana on turn one, just with a bit more setup.

[@noahdaglio9362]

Number 1 is mountain Why? Bolt. That's why.

[@TheSpinRecords]

basse graham turn one ancestral is pretty useless

[@TheSpinRecords]

basse graham but not if you have to discard them right when your turn ends

[@steveebeejodd]

Yung Venuz Turn one Island, Pass, Recall.

[@TheSpinRecords]

***** its stil better to save it for when you need it

[@John-lk5su]

+basse graham lol NOOB!!!!

[@Gee_359]

black lotus, skullclamp, ancestral recall, fetch lands. My 5th pick is uncertain between jace, the mind scrulptor, brainstorm (and brainstorm-like effects like treasure cruise, ponder, preordain) and swords to plowshares. I imagine skull-clamp, fetch lands and swords to plowshares will be the ones Wedge and co might not include.

[@nearfar4]

5:Demonic Tutor 4xTreasure Cruise/Dig Through Time 3:Black Lotus 2: Ancestral Recall 1:Sol Ring

[@SpiderWaffle]

Chaos orb should be an honarble mention, works very well with workshop, no other chief removal like that for (3), best of the best for silver bullets, finds a place in every format imaginable. I ran an online challenge once with the only bans/restrictions being the rules for this list, choas orb errata to remove target permanent. Orb worked in every sideboard an even some main decks just about.

[@twitchster77]

COOL LIST BRO! ...except you kinda sorta forgot about Chatter Of The Squirrel. Yeah. You get a 1/1 squirrel, but then it's got flashback so you get a second squirrel. It's like a "Buy 1 Cuddly Cute Squirrel Pet, Get 1 Gruesome Blood Drinking Zombie Squirrel FREE!!!"

[@crimsontrench9230]

I used to use sleight of mind on someone's force of will... so funny.

[@montythepython535]

1: Black Lotus/Sol Ring 2:Ancestral Recall 3: Time Vault 4: Mana Crypt 5: Tinker

[@treetheoak]

expecting this to be a "whats not the power 9 card on this list". nice too see a very good list, but it is missing storm crow. never mind well see him part 2

[@higglyjuff]

I could honestly use the 1 mana discard your hand for one of my decks. It uses a lot of madness, empty hand play, flashback and revival techniques. I'd prefer it if every player had to though.

[@iCantFindNoName]

- Lotus - Recall -Time vault - Mana Crypt - Yawgmoth's Will

[@vatarants]

for my top 15 favourite (not sorting by power) (no P9) 15.Elspeth, the Knight Errant 14.Armageddon/Ravages of War // same category 13.The Tabernacle at Peldrell Vale 12.Survival of the Fittest 11.Karn Liberated 10.Sol Ring 9. Umezawa's Jitte 8. Snapcaster Mage 7. Inkmoth Nexus 6. Sword of Fire and Ice 5. Crucible of Worlds 4.Force of Will 3.Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2.Vampiric Tutor/Demonic Tutor/Grim Tutor/Imperial Seal // same category. 1.Mana Crypt

[@RGC_animation]

Black Lotus: Isn't in there Me: Reality can often be dissapointing

[@BlackBullNDN]

I loved the "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" reference. :)

[@igNights77]

1. Ancestral Recall 2. Lotus 3. Yawgmoth's will 4. Fastbond 5. Mana Crypt I give an edge to Mana Crypt over Sol Ring. And seeing Wedge's tattoo, I think he does too.

[@oxKaneki]

I'm calling that Necropotence and Blood Moon are going to be on the list.

[@factorfiction6860]

THANK YOU FOR THE WHO'S LINE IS IT ANYWAY REFERENCE!!! also that was brave to broadcast your thoughts on a controversial topic...

[@TheMartianGeek]

Yeah, there definitely needs to be a list for Modern and/or cards that aren't banned in almost everything.

[@jujutherabbit8061]

5. Island 4. Ancestral Recall 3. Channel 2. Black Lotus 1. Angus Mackenzie If Angus doesn't at least top3, I'm gonna be so mad. #mackenzieboys Definitely most controversial video you've ever done. If you survive the next part, you should do a best-of with only cards from the Un-sets. Richard Garfield and Blacker Lotus, y'know. As always, great video. Can't wait to get mad at you next part. Lovr this channel

[@PanemCircenses]

Black Lotus has to make an appearance, Yawgmoth's Will presumably, Jace I'm guessing, Skullclamp, maybe stoneforge mystic, Ancestral Recall, and of course, the most powerful magic card of all time: Island.

[@hectortheking3619]

Its weird how everyone is saying ancestors recall is gonna be number 1. Still think black lotus out ranks ancestral recall. Cause double black lotus turn 1 into Lord of the pit was a thing....ya or into shivan dragon.

[@flamaster1757]

Bread & Circuses You forgot storm crow!

[@paulritch5617]

Gabriel Tackett Funny how you think turn one Lord of the Pit is good if that's all you do in the game you would die first

[@hectortheking3619]

Paul Ritch Do you know how deadly turn one lord of the pit was back in the day? Im not saying I did that stuff I am saying it was very deadly back then. Read please :D

[@hectortheking3619]

Paul Ritch Also dont you think 7 life is worth for a 7/7 on turn one? Of course it it life is a resource.

[@Kuraskvids]

Black Lotus , Contract from Below , Skullclamp , Necropotence , Ancestral Recall. Wouldnt be surprised to see chaos orb though.

[@zeusblue9441]

The artifact mana are the best cards in magic: Black lotus, sol ring, mana crypt, mana vault, the five moxen. These are the cards that define vintage. The next three would be ancestral recall, time walk & demonic tutor in some order. Lots of good choices after that. Not including contract from below, because it's...well banned.

[@tenebrix8490]

UPDATE: Mental Misstep has now been restricted in Vintage. You may now play your Ancestral Recalls and Swords to Plowshares in peace (mostly)

[@ElSiz]

1- Ascentral Recall 2- Black lotus 3- Original 5 Mox´s (1- Sapphire 2- Jet 3- Ruby 4- Pearl 5- Emerald 4- Time Walk 5- Timetwister 6- Library of Alexandria 7- Bazaar of Baghdad 8- Mishra's Workshop 9- The Abyss 10- Nether Void

[@Zegathra]

I'm brainstorming this one really hard, but after pondering it a bit more, I dare not attempt to preordain any beyond any other power nine.

[@Rorschachqp]

Watching in 2018...so far so good.

[@SheevPalpatine]

I'm calling it now. Number 1: Island.

[@definitelyNotGreg]

I kinda wish the power 9s were not included

[@TheManaSource]

Gregory Lindeman We thought about cutting them out, but we figured cutting out the un-cards and promotional cards was far enough. Putting too many restrictions on the list is no fun. Kinda dilutes the meaning of the word "best" at that point ya know?

[@golasticus]

TheManaSource I think for the most part people know that the Power 9 are some of the best cards in Magic so I think it'd be ok to cut it out but that's just me. Kinda like what you guys did with the cards that need reprints the most where you omitted some cards because it was understood that they really need reprinting.

[@robertsiemon410]

I agree. I was really hoping to see a list not so openingly obvious. Power 9 has always been OP, format worping. That's obvious. I wanted to see stuff like Divining top, Grisslebrand, etc. Not a list explaining the top 12 cards.Deluded with Honorablementions taking up 80% of the time.

[@bardunshield]

That Who's Line reference though.

[@zombiemistress]

Some counterspells are awesome considering how common, uncommon they are.. but they do require good timing. Or for your opponent to be out of or very low on mana.

[@zhuxi]

Imo, recall>lotus>yawg will>mana crypt>sol ring, but there are also time vault, chaos orb, and the most broken contract from below.

[@azyxaazyxa9430]

Loving this two parter. I would have put Tabernacle on the honorable mentions as i doubt it's in the top 5. I love that card. I'm guessing Chaos Orb & Black Lotus are in the top 5, as well as Time Vault & Ancestral Recall. That just leaves on card left... Mana Drain maybe as the 5th?

[@TemporalMeteor]

my top 5 predictions, Yawgmoths Bargain, possibly black lotus, ancestral recall, Sol ring almost definitely.

[@Shatamx]

Can't wait to see Sivi on this! She was so fucking broken during the MM block.

[@khalidmubarak3879]

Sol ring, the protection swords, shoeldred, elesh norn and vorinclex, serra acendent, and foil full art basics namely island, plains and swamp tied with original duels

[@KeysofIDproductions]

Necropotence, Lightning Bolt. There should be some creature spell that would make the top 5 I hope.

[@YuriBo26]

Just a thought about time walk. I love extra turns, I love how many shenanigans you can do with it. But 95% you see it being used its just basically like a blue explore...

[@TheRedGauntlet]

I hope Treasuire Cruise is somewhere because i still gigle that a comon managed to make sutch a splash in eternal formats

[@samholden5758]

TheRedGauntlet delver is a common. It arguably made a bigger splash - didn't get banned of course so clearly WoTC doesn't think it's as broken, but due to being legal it's played in every eternal format.

[@lathier]

Part of me hopes that Gitaxian Probe is somewhere in there... even in the next vid's honorable mentions would be enough satisfaction

[@raybeeze]

lets take a stab at this. 5. Demonic Tutor 4. Yawgmoth's will 3. Black Lotus 2. Ancestral Recall 1. Contract from Below (If this isn't included because of the ante clause move the rest up and add Sol Ring as number 5)

[@chekl1982]

Black Lotus would be my pick for #1 #2 Ancestral Recall #3 Dual Lands #4 Jace the mind sculptor #5 Dark Ritual

[@Ignawesome]

1) Contract From Below 2) Black Lotus 3) Ancestral Recall 4) Yawgmoth's Will 5) Necropotence

[@eithanmortenson2742]

I just bought a box of 4000 magic cards and there were 10 bazaar Baghdad I never knew it was so good

[@ValanceJ]

kinda wish that instead of the power 9 cards being put at the top, there'd be a top 10 power 9 cards where I guess #10 is all the runner ups

[@methuselahh_]

atarka approves of this list! Although atarka should be on this list

[@nauticoom]

Nice channel. Trying to get familiar with MTG

[@ben3559]

When you realize beacon of tomorrow is just a worse nexus of fate

[@DevinClarkMusic]

I think you are pretty on base for your picks... good work dude

[@tobiaspause1775]

Im not sure about Timewalk beeing the weakest of the P9. As you Said Always useful. I would say, he is on the same Niveau as the moxes. Twister and Lotus have more impressive effects, but they need the right deck/ situration too. Lotus for example trades Cardadvantage against speed. He IS totally broken and often yumpstart the Kill, but the Idea is even more fair i would say.

[@YadenSamsara]

Nice "Whose Line" reference there.

[@Vivalomedia]

I've only been around since born of the gods sooo I'm going to say treasure cruise/ dig through time should be in there because those are the breaking format cards I know. :)

[@themagicmanpage]

1. Ancestral Recall 2. Black Lotus 3. Sol Ring 4. Jace, The Mind Sculptor 5. Treasure Cruise i really wanted to add Brainstorm, Skullclamp, Thoughtseize, and Lightning bolt but they weren't as overpowered or format warping as the ones i posted above

[@matthewkeller9513]

Juju bubble is gonna be first on the list... wait no, one with nothing, no, razor boomerang... Ohhhh I forgot, BLACK LOTUS

[@shawnruppertsometimes1854]

you're too blue not to have cryptic command. so my bet's on that! but personally like to see that eternal bad-man, vampire nighthawk. if only there were room under all those abilities for flavor text... his/hers would be so good.

[@andykapsar4667]

i think it was a pretty good list, i was kinda upset memory jar wasnt counted.

[@LiquidVoltFlare]

Do you think you'll ever do an all time best cards in silver border list?

[@starcarft21999]

1) Astrall recall 2) Island 3) Jace, the mind sculptor 4) Stone forge mystic 5)Treasure cruise Likely way off but hey

[@minilink6692]

The rest of the power nine jace, the wallet sculptor, stone forge mystic, and sol ring

[@thewonderdoc2999]

Ok My guesses: Skullclamp,Jitte,Necropotence,Lotus,Recall I'm also gonna say Ali from Cairo in addition since I believe it was the first card ever to get banned, that isn't a P9.

[@knexwiz289]

You should do a top ten best bad cards. With the likes of Storm Crow, Scornful Egoist, and Tibalt.

[@australianemily]

Nice who's line is it anyway reference.

[@hipsterglasses1990]

Top five will probably have Mind sculptor or stoneforge mystic, yagmoths will, black lotus, ancestral recall

[@hansvader3791]

On Top of them all at Tier 0 We have Wedges favorite: Sorrow's Path 1. Lotus 2. Recall 3. Demonic Tutor 4.Jace TMS 5.Timetwister

[@gninamah5]

forgot stoneforge ;)

[@asianextinction]

no way timetwister or jace makes the list

[@milesrout]

gninamah5 Stoneforge Mystic is nowhere near the top 10 best cards ever printed.

[@gninamah5]

Miles Rout Maybe. However, it was one of the very few cards to be banned from standard, along Jace, the Mind Sculptor.

[@SuperDomi94]

If we are talking about format-wreacking powerhouses, thes Skullclamp has to be somewhere in the list.

[@UHPhilipA]

When I first clicked on the video, I immediately laughed and said here are going to be some unglued or unhinged lmao

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Top 5 Counterspells (I am a midrange player, so I might be wrong.) 1. Mental Mistep 2. Force of Will 3. Mana Drain 4. Cryptic Command 5. Counterspell I think that 4 and 5 may be switched, maybe not. Wedge, as a Blue player, iwould like to see if you think this list is accurate, though anyone else's help would be fine too.

[@alexcarter8460]

I would personally change cryptic command with daze, ib formats with the highest power level, legacy and vintage, i have never seen cryptic played ever, 4 mana is way too high an investment, your counterspells primary purpose are to protect you from ridiculously fast combos (t1/2) or explosive opening plays. If you have to wait until your opponents hand is empty and isnt casting anymore spells to cast your counterspell, its useless

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Thanks for your input! I forgot about daze. Any counter that you don't have to pay for is amazing.

[@derekdearborn9063]

wb stifle

[@TheAllroth]

You mentioned vintage mentor and I guess that you mean Monastery Mentor... I've seen quite a bit of speculation about mentor in vintage and I was wondering if it has seen any progress in the format?

[@maciejpawlikowski6576]

Did you also exclude ante cards? If not, then the numer one is obviously Contract from Below :) As it is for others, I would guess Lotus, Ancestral, Yawgwill as the top 3, and then something like Brainstorm, Tinker, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Fastbond, Demonic Tutor, Necropotence. Ofc this is more than 5, but I feel like you can choose 4th and 5th pretty arbitrarily.

[@ZeroTradeinValueProductions]

Zuran orb in top 5 maybe ? it would be a total curve ball. And when that card came out it was quickly restricted

[@CrimsonFox36]

can you do a tech on a modern "Budget" Bant aggro? maybe call it "Hippie Rage"?

[@screwthenet]

Awesome. Onward!!! * whispers * black lotus...=p

[@warrenbrooks2220]

Before I got to the top five I was hoping the Door to Nothingness would be one of them.

[@matthewmills8813]

Treasure cruise, lightning bolt, Soul ring, Something like that

[@Cookthefourth]

5: Fast Bond 4: Gush 3: Ancestral Recall 2: Lotus 1: Yawgmoth's Will. Yep. I didn't put lotus in the top spot. A lot of the time, you are lotusing into Will, replay lotus. Will is easily the best card ever printed.

[@killedxcake6259]

1. Storm Crow 2. Storm Crow 3. Storm Corw 4. Storm Crow 5. Storm Crow I swear wedge if this is not the top 5 i'm going to cry

[@gabrielfrassy802]

5 Skullclamp / Treasure Cruise 4 channel 3 Sol Ring 2 Necropotence / black lotus 1 Ancestral Recall

[@milesrout]

#5 Skullclamp #4 Yawgmoth's Bargain #3 Ancestral Recall #2 Black Lotus #1 Contract from Below

[@DulcetRawr]

I think you mean yawg's will, but I think this list might be the most accurate. :)

[@milesrout]

Yeah I meant will. And that's the same top 4, they just went with Tinker over Skullclamp

[@Knockgirlsout]

Force of Will is still allowed as a 4 of because it's necessary to keep the balance of the format, not because of it's "fairness".

[@arich97]

Honorable mentions to: A) Channel B) Demonic Tutor C) necropotence

[@l_scanu8645]

I bet next video is going to be: 5:Forest 4:Swamp 3:Mountain 2:Plains 1:Island But mine would be: 5)Island 4)Forrest 3)Swamp 2)Plains 1)Mountain

[@awphatt]

Top 5 Prediction: 1: Black Lotus 2: Jace, the Mind Sculptor 3: Ancestral Recall 4: Necropotence 5: Stoneforge Mystic I'd probably put Mystic in where Time walk is and move it to 6 and the Moxen to 5.

[@jkattack2640]

Ancestral is better than jace. Period

[@awphatt]

Jordan Klein Bullshit. Jace gives incredible value over a long period of time.

[@jkattack2640]

Or dies immediately ad gives you nothing...

[@awphatt]

Jordan Klein Always gives you something. And what's it dying immediately to?

[@rileysturgis4062]

Platinum Angel is the best the description is the best

[@oddeology1259]

ancestral recall and black lotus has to be there in the top 5

[@TheManaSource]

+Odd Eology Makae sure to watch part 2 ;)

[@oddeology1259]

Number one completly blew my mind...and tbh i thought you would include timetwister, just because it is a power 9 after all...great vid to remind me of my good ol'days of mtg