MTG Top 10: Demons | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 317

[@trexrex7778]

Ormendahl's flavor text is super fitting considering he is first with Griselbrand right behind him and if Griselbrand overtakes him it will become somewhat ironic

[@nikos731]

Fun fact: The main reason Spirit of the Night was given the protection from black ability was to not get targeted by Animate Dead.

[@noahr4951]

Protection used to be so weird.

[@ElfHostage]

Turn one: cast Dark Ritual, cast entomb, put sire of insanity into your graveyard, cast reanimate. Turn one both players have no hand and you have a 6/4 on the table.

[@Lonewanderer6666]

This was a line for Legacy Reanimator. Iona and Griselbrand is also an option.

[@olivergarcia3635]

Its worst for your opponents if you reanimate in turn 1 Jin Gitaxias, that is just insane.

[@Catchek]

@@olivergarcia3635 No, they have their whole turn to react. And i heard Swords to Plowshares wants to have a word with you. On the other hand if you start and both go down to zero hand cards before the opponent even has a turn, he has no chance to react except with zero mana spells. And i mean Force of Will is the Bane of Reanimator.

[@olivergarcia3635]

@@Catchek of course if he has a Force of will you are fucked up, but the main thing is that you start the game, cast dark ritual entomb and reanimate and put Gitaxias on battlefield, your opponent instantly has no cards in hand and in his turn 1 its very hard to draw swords to plowshares. Basically every card/combo in mtg has his nemesis. I play casual with my friends and I have a deck that the main combo its turn 1 island sol ring and lightning greaves and turn 2 cast tinker sacrifice sol ring and put Blighsteel Colossus on battlefield equip lightning greaves and end of the game😂

[@Catchek]

@@olivergarcia3635 Hey, thats why you play that Angel which makes the opponent to pay one more if you have it in your opening hand. And then your opponent has double force.

[@dahuntre]

Your videos continue to be a familiar comfort. Keep ‘em coming and be safe!

[@entothechesnautknight1762]

Not necessarily related to this list exactly, but I always find it interesting that pretty much all versions of Demonic Tutor tries to get across that demon deals are dangerous, even though the demon in demonic tutor is just helping you straight up, no strings attached. Like, there couldnt be a bigger dissonance between mechanics and flavor then with demonic tutor.

[@Casey-cy6ph]

That's false, the downside is that it ruins friendships

[@pierre-olivierbourquepratt1517]

Well you just gave your soul to a demon for the possibility to get a spell which is gonna get countered by a basic counterspell

[@hermodnitter3902]

...and the honorable mention goes to: Lord of the Pit

[@forrest3491]

I absolutely love your uploads. As long as you continue to enjoy making them, we all will love having them pop up in our feeds. Always puts a smile on my face to watch a new one, even through all this

[@NDHFilms]

3:36 The art seems loosely inspired by Goya's painting _Saturn Devouring His Son_

[@pickledsandwich7201]

Nice catch

[@SenryW]

Woke up with a splitting headache, and terrible lethargy. Couldnt imagine myself watching or listening to anything. Until I saw this! Its somehow really pleasant to listen to

[@scottdahneke1031]

Similar boat. Insomnia be chasing the sandman away. I saw this video and smiled.

[@chaunceyarroyo8490]

The list was all normal and all until Griselbrand was revealed as #2

[@caseywellington4761]

I don't typically comment, but I just wanted to say that I really like how consistent and predictable your videos are. It's fun to keep finding out btw things about this insanely intricate game I love. Have a great day, Nizzahon, and Happy Thanksgiving!

[@JujuInFlames]

Just wanted to let you know that after you said “this video was sponsored by card kingdom” my brain expected for you to next say “when you are finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options”

[@nickbalmes6640]

Did you leave any voicemail today by any chance? 😅

[@JujuInFlames]

@@nickbalmes6640 oh no not at all I wonder what makes u say that 😅

[@volkfidde4269]

Flavour text on Sire of Insanity is awesome. Also sad there were no Demonic Hordes here- I knew there wouldn't be, but I just have fond[?] memories of that card.

[@kevinholmes3587]

really surprised Doom Whisperer didn’t get more points in standard, that thing has some crazy stats for 5 mana

[@dyciefisk2535]

Unfortunately a card that is obviously good like that can go unused if there isn't a deck for it to go in.

[@KevinM491]

creature power creep and removal is at an all time high. it makes sense

[@DimT670]

@@KevinM491 nah it still had impact even if removed. It just didn't have a good deck

[@Xenoneb]

It had an good deck to go in, golgari midrange, but it turns out that it doesn’t make enough of an impact if it is removed, so they played planeswalkers instead, and it was replaced by hydroid Krasis on rotation.

[@Bluecrimson217]

@@Xenoneb Yeah, hydroid krasis and a massive amount of Simic support came in the next se, and War Nissa was in the set after. Doom whisperer didn't have a chance.

[@Wolfgar-jx5kl]

I’ve used the Abby in many decks . Funny though is the fact a lot of my opponents have never seen the card before when I cast it especially newer players . It’s awesome to see there face when I turn i flip it and the game is pretty much over lol .

[@EidoEndy]

Surprised that Westvale Abbey has so many points. It's still one of my favorite cards from Innistrad.

[@jdogx211]

Angel, Sphinx, DEMON, Dragon and Hydra! :-)

[@shawnbrahh]

The middle schooler in me was saying “C’mon Lord of the Pit.. c’mon Lord of the Pit..” as I was starting this video 😂

[@officialbusy]

Westvale Abbey is my favorite land in mtg

[@euclidshield4932]

Westvale abbey was my prerelease promo at shadows over innistrad prerelease. I won 3 of 4 rounds, all because of Ormendahl. In the final round I top decked it and turned around a losing game quick

[@MeridionWanderer]

I love your content

[@_jordaank_4970]

I love the consistency of uploads (: keep it up! 👍🏻

[@AkukAkuku]

I think Auras that turn enchanted creature into a Demon should count too (like Oni Posession, Inner Demon and the recent Demonic Embrace), but I doubt any of them would appear on the list,

[@jonathantillian6528]

Fun fact: Spirit of the Night was the first "voltron" card. You could sacrifice Urborg Panther, Breathstealer, and Feral Shadow to fetch it from your library.

[@sethgardner1536]

I have a whole Clue deck based on Ornendahl. It’s pretty fast and even though rn I only have one copy of him, Clues definitely help to make sure I get him early and have creatures to sacrifice thanks to an enchantment

[@stuflames4769]

MTG needs at least one world where the Demons are hot girls and the Angels are scary guys/weirdos. Maybe it'll be time for another color-warping set at some point. That would be a good time. Give us some smart goblins, truly feral cannibal elves, and general weirdness while we are at it. Maybe governed by an old mad planeswalker?

[@sephirothsadvent]

We have gotten smart goblins a couple of times. The Kyren on Dominaria and the Izzet goblins are different flavors of intelligent. And I like the Lorwyn version of elves where they are basically racist murderers.

[@stuflames4769]

@@sephirothsadvent I know. Most of what I said has precedent... but not so much the angel/demon aesthetic (excepting at least one prettyboy angel) Anyway, just spitballing for the heck of it.

[@stuflames4769]

@@sephirothsadvent I should have stopped after my second paragraph in the original post, tbh. Nothing of value was added after : )

[@dier440]

Amonkhet had male angels so that's one half.

[@l0ker507]

_Biblically accurate angels_

[@nickbalmes6640]

Ahhhh how fitting that the top 1 and 2 spots are demons from the home plane of horror 😈

[@jacobbrown9894]

Doom Whisperer having less points that Spirit of the Freaking Night is so odd to me. Like it’s an evasive hyperefficient creature with no downsides and gives you card selection, I’m still confused how Whisperer had such little impact

[@Bluecrimson217]

It shared standard with Wilderness Rec, Hydroid Krasis, and Nissa, Who Shakes the World. It never had a chance.

[@jacobbrown9894]

@@Bluecrimson217 Fucking Simic

[@MatheusGomes-ej3mr]

what would be the iconic creature type for the other colours? I can assume dragons for red and angels for white, but what are they for green and blue?

[@ashyoung7128]

Hydras and either leviathans or sphinxes for blue

[@NizzahonMagic]

Hydras and Sphinxes

[@volosguidetomonsters3440]

wheres Withengar Unbound//Elbrus, Binding Blade?

[@artlailey1496]

Number 1. the suits at hasbro controlling reprints

[@CriticoMaldispostoGames]

Ohhh was hoping to see my demon of catastrophes xD

[@ElfHostage]

Top 10 Djinns

[@thebfunk5228]

Dooms whisper just top eighted in an uro pile, right?

[@geminiangels5653]

I know its not a demon but I will never not love Skirsdag High Priest. Especially in an aggressive low cost deck you can synergize the Abbey to add more fodder for the High Priest or even bring Ormendahl out for a win con

[@DoubleZDogg]

Gyruda, Soul Flayer, and Scourge of the Skyclaves see way more play across Modern and Pioneer than any of these 10 demons.

[@AreX715]

As a demon collector, I found this video useful

[@priinceoftiime]

Have you done top 10 double strike yet?

[@SantiSanTvGames]

Nice!

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

I think this list is going to need an exorcism soon, considering that the only Demon with any vintage points on this whole list is Griselbrand. "Greatness at any cost" but can't even have more than 1 Vintage card. Maybe one day they'll unban Griselbrand in EDH, once Commander 2553 comes out. BTW, you should do "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)!" This shit segue was sponsored by 3 hours of sleep or something.

[@nickbalmes6640]

Griselbrand too stronk hehe

[@aaron9797]

i was hoping for top ten food for thanksgiving

[@dannymartinez3707]

Does anyone else think that Griselbrand looks a lot like Amon from Devilman Crybaby? It’s so cool

[@EnderofGames]

Surprised Abyssal Persecutor didn't make the list. I guess its standard was plagued by.... better cards.

[@geminiangels5653]

Abyssal persecuter is a favorite of mine.i have a Modern Deck that features 2 of him. I have a number of sacrifice options as well to remove him from play after he beats the tar out of my opponent

[@1norwood1]

He was in a standard environment that was dominated by Jund (i.e Bloodbraid Elf) and then after rotation by Caw Blade decks (Which had Jace the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic), the poor guy never stood a chance.

[@kaspersol1188]

All hail our overlord Grisselbrand!!

[@Shazbut0191]

Desecration Demon looks like such a strong card for only 4 mana

[@cultofnatethemagnificent5879]

If you have Vilias broker of blood when you lose life you draw use griselbrand you draw 14 cards then with folio of fantasies you have no maximum hand size (or any other equivalent) combine with psychosis crawler it's power and toughness is equal to you hand and every time you draw a card your oponnent takes a point of damege then sower of discord also activates when you take damege your opponent also takes damege (vice versa). The ace in the whole I forgot the name is the one where when your opponent losses life you gain that much life. End result? You draw 14 cards you have a creater that at the least is a 14/14 and your opponent takes 21 damege and you gain 21 life. you can do it again but you must not be milled

[@sethevans7883]

Westvale Abbey was put on The Command Zone's list of cards that aren't good enough

[@caseywellington4761]

Well to be frank, idk what they were thinking. Maybe it's not an auto-include in every black deck, but aristocrats loves it

[@Fak3Cake]

5:26 I heard "in standard it was played in Iraq" 😲 like god damn that has to be one ballsy demon then!

[@babysinclairfan]

Withengar walked so Ormendahl could run

[@_.the.gremlin._]

Wheres razaketh

[@bathsaltcircus9630]

Woot woot!

[@SpitefulAZ]

top ten pit lords!

[@YzzleMate]

Ormendahl is indeed quite powerful, but even he hasn't survived the great Demon purge of 2018. Griselbrand will only grow stronger..

[@johngleeman8347]

Nightmare demon horror! XD

[@Npocommander]

No demon of death's gate, no rakdos

[@r.dommizsed2377]

we know that grisstlebrand was not number one cus he's banned pretty much everywhere

[@NizzahonMagic]

He isn't banned anywhere that these lists measure.

[@shadowofseattle1338]

question, do demons exist in the Torah?

[@captiannemo1587]

What this list shows is not a lot of demons make it in magic to the highest level of play.

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

I don't know what else it could possibly be except Griselbrand, but if your format is anything to go on, it won't be that because it is your thumbnail. Edit: Westvale Abbey, riiiiiight.

[@priinceoftiime]

I didn't expect it either, seeing as Griselbrand dominated my LGS during his time in standard as well as modern

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

@@priinceoftiime Right?

[@Vario69]

Poor Belzenlok :'(

[@sincerely_zane]

Abyssal Persecutor anyone?

[@irou95]

You can count doom whisperer out easily from pioneer and historic. I will 100% promise it will never see play

[@yamael14]

Inspired by Demon's Souls re-release?

[@anarchymatt]

I want a legendary Sire of Insanity for cedh purposes

[@thelunchlady8276]

Malfegor spits on your Sire!

[@Optimator7]

Demons

[@raven1462]

I spent $1000 on my Demon Library

[@royalblizzardgaming4355]

I’m surprised Spawn of Mayhem didn’t make the list.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It was #11

[@dukesh8r371]

@@NizzahonMagic That makes sense, plus he shared space with some really aggressively costed aggressive creatures, ie Rotting Regisaur and Murderous Rider at the 3 slot and Rankle at the 4 slot

[@duyas1628]

Unfortunately most demons are bad. They tend to over costed with to many draw backs.

[@felixrodriguez5050]

Finally.... Still took far too long. Dislike.