MTG Top 10: Green Lands | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 265

[@gilbes1139]

And at number 1, surprising no one, is Forest. Forest was first printed in Alpha, Magic's first set. While not as powerful as other cards on this list, Forest has been a staple in decks running green from Magic's beginning. With a points lead of all the points, it will be a while before Forrest looses it's place at the top spot.

[@chrisfist2042]

That's what I though but egos d

[@eduardofilippi7698]

LOL

[@cutecommie]

Someone make a parody or YTP of the typical Nizza top 10.

[@DaveyDAKFAE]

"It also benefits from frequent reprintings, giving it multiple chances at standard."

[@TerryTags]

Nizza's formula is comforting to me, if I'm honest. Times are chaotic right now, so I like how every video has the same structure and his voice has the same ASMR quality to it. That said, I'm down to watch a Nizzahon parody video. You know you've "made it" when your fans are parodying you!

[@NizzahonMagic]

So yeah, a couple mistakes in this one! As many have pointed out, Green Sun's Zenith is a Sorcery -- I was thinking of Chord of Calling there. And yeah, Garenbrig only nets one mana, not two.

[@Earthboundmike]

Two. Lol.

[@malmasterson3890]

May your dorks be unpingabke, your mana ramp be plentiful, and your stompies be unstoppable, amen.

[@taylorolson6228]

Rip my boi basic forest. You deserved the top spot

[@mongopoju]

3:45 The art on Llanowar Reborn is amazing

[@EnderofGames]

9:09 You misspoke slightly, GSZ is a sorcery and cannot be cast in response to an edict effect. However, chord of calling is an instant, and it wasn't uncommon to fetch in response with a fetch land, like misty rainforest, either. Little known little synergy: you can play Dryad Arbor off of an Aether Vial with no counters, at instant speed, as ramp.

[@TreeCutterDoug]

I really thought Gaea's Cradle would have scored higher, but seeing the rest of the list it makes sense.

[@NDHFilms]

Clicked on this faster than a green deck's mana ramp-up.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Turn 1 Llanawar into Rampart Growth into etc etc etc gg I win.

[@eddie1993]

Nice joke

[@Rancidtunip]

Castle Garenbrig only adds 1 extra mana, you tap it and spend 4 other mana to make 6. (since you can no longer tap it to make the 1 green)

[@sawderf741]

You are correct

[@bugsySA]

I was somewhat surprised that Cradle was so low based on card power and age, but did not know it got banned in block. But that makes sense as its so strong. Guess I need to start watching the banned and restricted series.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

That, and the fact that it's a reserved list card, and Legacy/Vintage don't really have as many GP's for it to accumulate points in. It's one of the problems with these lists: reserved list cards that are obviously more powerful than other cards in its category will typically have less points than cards printed for multiple formats that are good enough to see play at top level.

[@Mastblood]

CanadianBaconPwnage not all reserved list cards are genetically powerful in a vacuum.

[@kartoffelnpommesgut]

Number 4 28 points, number 3 83 points. Boy that go up quickly.

[@reingp]

Garenbrig gives 1 extra mana though, not 2

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

At first I was like, "What are you talking about? 6-4=2". Then I reread the card, and remembered it can still tap for 1 green without the activated ability. So yeah, only 1 extra mana, if you look at it that way. XD

[@rjphilla]

😂🤦🏼‍♂️ 6 - 4 no matter how you slice it duder.

[@JamDonut11]

@@rjphilla You have the other 4 mana from the lands, but garenbrig taps itself too when it could normally produce one green mana so therfore 6 - 5 = 1

[@rjphilla]

@@JamDonut11 nicely explained 👍

[@noahwolff5455]

That ladies and gents is how we know this dude makes some bombin decks

[@thyleria]

I'm gonna guess one of the top card Either Dryad Arbor or Treetop Village

[@SpitefulAZ]

You can also hide your dryad arbor among your land so your opponent makes a bad attack, no realizing you have a blocker. Works best with FTV arbor.

[@GlichCentral]

This topic feels kinda narrow. As a thought experiment, i did a scryfall search before the video to see how many green lands there were and there are only 29 total, and of those I determined that only 12 of them were likely to make the list, 9 of which did.

[@_cephalotus4187]

GlichCentral nevertheless, a pretty nice list!

[@sentientmeatcomputer8097]

Today is Friday? Good thing I have Nizzahon Top 10's to remind me

[@rattlesnek3847]

This one's a bit trickier than red. Haven't started the vid but I'm going for pendlehaven.

[@petersmythe6484]

(0:00) I am predicting Treetop Village, Pendelhaven and Gaea's Cradle being really high (as well as the artifact one Tree of Tales, and basically just because it is an artifact, I forgot about that one last time). Although if it counts as a "green land" Wirewood Lodge could be listed as well. [Edit, okay you include it being allowed].

[@Mechsrule1]

Don't forget that dryad arbor is also played by players looking to abuse the fact that one of the printings is difficult to tell from a forest without a close examination, making some players not notice it until its too late.

[@karl-erikvik4967]

Castle Gardenbrig would "only" net you one mana right? You tap five lands, and get six mana

[@jimharris5320]

Technically not only 5 lands, they can use mana rocks or dorks too. But the final result is the same, net +1 mana.

[@zoobnash2578]

Two things: 1, Castle Garenbrig inly nets you 1 mana considering you have to forego tapping it for mana to use its ability and 2, Khalnia Garden and similar lands are different from a 0 mana 0/1 that gives you more mana in that they count as your land drop. Great video as always

[@joseluki]

Oh man did I win games with treetoop villag+rancor after a wrath of good back in extended!

[@Jonathan-qk5ed]

One thing to note about Khalni Garden is that it allows you to protect something like Marit Lage from an Edict effect (ex. Liliana).

[@trumanderee2366]

Have you ever wanted to do a topic but realized that there aren't ten cards in that category that performed?

[@randomguy6680]

His top 10 on cards that got unbanned then rebanned had less than 10 cards. He still called the video top 10 even though it was a top 6 (iirc).

[@personalthesus]

He once made a list w only 8 cards I can’t remember which one. But not like Rebanned list this one was actual top ten w pro-level scores etc. just only had 8 cards. In fact I think it might be 8CMC’s top ten!

[@nocapsrage]

I think top 10 spiders didn't actually have 10 cards that put up points at grand prix or pro tours, so numbers 9 and 10 had top 16s or star city games tournament top 8s or something like that.

[@dayel11]

I loved how they learned from Gaea's Cradle, and created Growing Rites of Itlimoc, that has the same effect but with some conditions to be that effective, once transformed in Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun

[@bobbyma1435]

also important to point out that searching Khalni Garden with Primeval Titan allows it to dodge sacrifice effects (i.e. Lily or Gatekeeper of Malikhir) bc you can just sacrifice the plant, and the Titan will survive to attack the next turn.

[@laszlokaszas1003]

A sugestion for a future top 10: MtG top 10 cycle ( and I mean a series of cards, not the cycle mechanic)

[@inujosha]

Best drawn lands of all time? The lands from unhinged

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

You know, green is probably the colour I've played with the least. So I can't think of a very good segue. And it doesn't seem as though many of these have seen play in Vintage, so how about doing "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)" so that I can't stop making these segues.

[@nickbalmes6640]

Same here actually. My first ever MTG product purchase was the Heavy Hitters deck from 8th Edition (at least I think it was 8th Edition) and I just thought that the art for the creatures was simply amazing. Now more than a decade later, Green has been my least favorite color to play since I favor more controlling strategies over creature-based beatdowns.

[@patrickbuerke1390]

I admire your dedication

[@T1nyFr0gg]

Thank you!

[@NizzahonMagic]

You're welcome!

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

Surprised to not see the green Hideaway on here. It felt to me like something that would see a decent amount of play.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It has a much more challenging hoop to jump through

[@fei-hungwong9034]

10: you’re only getting one more mana. 4 to make 6 is a difference of 2 correct. However you need to tap the land itself which would otherwise be able to make 1 mana

[@ThePneumonia1]

Okey, i was thinking the top 1 would be Gaea, but he was only top 5 i'm surprised

[@babeyy-nq9gs]

oh ok i got here earlier than usual... ohand another great vid!!

[@worf7680]

Nice video as always. I enjoyed not knowing what a lot of these cards were going to be.

[@sandwichboy1268]

I play the entire vivid cycle in my budget edh sliver deck. great fixing. My manabase is slow because I run all the tarkir and alara tri-lands

[@jediprotector216]

Growing Rites of Itlimoc/Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun wouldn't make it on here due to it being an enchantment in the beginning. Nizzahon would have stated that in the beginning.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It didn't make it because it didn't have enough points.

[@FoxMcCloudV2]

I wrote this post before I watched the video. I'm guessing that "Dryad Arbor", "Gaea's Cradle", and "Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun" will appear somewhere in the top 5.

[@cutecommie]

I don't think backsides count.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Backsides do count, but Itlimoc doesn't have very many points.

[@11ccrandall]

Honestly, I think there should be a whole cycle of Dryad Arbor type lands. A Golem Mountain, Turtle Island, a Nightmare Swamp, Spirit Plains? Perhaps?

[@NizzahonMagic]

I don't feel like it makes sense flavor-wise anywhere but Green.

[@11ccrandall]

Honestly, red Golem was the only one that really made sense for me, but I also feel like this is such a bizarre one of for wizards to have. They are usually so pattern oriented.

[@tylerhoppert5077]

2:00 Castle Garenbrig only gives 1 extra mana since it requires you tap it as well as pay 4.

[@SephonDK]

Garenbrig is technically 6 mana for 5. It taps itself for the effect. edit im a moron you mentioned this elsewhere

[@SpitefulAZ]

It's usually easier to blow up a non basic land than a basic land. At least it used to be that way.

[@Redfoxe]

At number one: Greenland

[@Seigmoraig1]

Castle Garenbriig gives 1 extra mana. you tap 5 mana worth of stuff (4+ castle) to get 6 mana

[@luna6315]

dryad arbor also sees play in infect decks

[@staurosmenexes7295]

Plz do a top 10 land cycles( shocklands,temples,vivids etc) That would be interesting

[@gilbes1139]

It's Friday...

[@tylerhoppert5077]

Are there any lands with the type "Forest" close to making the list thanks to Arbor Elf and Utopia Sprawl?

[@TehSeksyManz]

@09:10 how can you Zenith in response when it is a sorcery?

[@10freekie2]

Forest is no 1 for sure. Btw garenbrig does not give 2 extra mana, just one.

[@VeGiTo3Po2]

I would love to see how boseiju is doing

[@ghostlyjester9134]

I very much understand what your saying but technically you are tapping mana for pendlehaven , in that you tap the thing that could produce mana Maybe its just other youtubers i watch but most consider it the way i have typed it, that i watch. Pendlehaven seems very good Keep up the great work your amazing youtuber Oh please for the love all that is good do black lands next for this mono black player

[@NizzahonMagic]

I don't think you can say you are "technically" using mana - because you aren't! Yes, you tap a land, but it is still a free effect that nothing else has to pay for.

[@ghostlyjester9134]

@@NizzahonMagic i guess that right but its still a land you placed for the turn Which if i was in scenario where i want to use this effect and cast something else i sometimes can't do both so yes in a way you are down 1 mana I don't think its big deal and maybe it won't come up often. Honestly i am surprised you replied more so than anything else. And in no way am i saying the effect isn't worth it i am just acknowledging that it can have sometimes where you can do its effect and cast some card in hand.

[@JonaxII]

Another upside of getting Khalni with Primetime is dodging an edict effect like Liliana of the Veil.

[@skagra4290]

It's also essentially a land that sometimes taps for two mana in convoke decks.

[@nicholasbower17]

Expect number one to be Dryad Arbor

[@lorth9887]

Could anyone tell me the name of the card in the thumbnail? I really want it as my desktop wallpaper.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It is an alternate for dryad arbor

[@scarletrobin]

Huh, I guess I'm way too high on hideaway lands Potentially getting a huge creature later on for 2 mana always gets me jazzed

[@alaraplatt8104]

can someone explain to me why okina isnt in every modern green deck? are there really just no good decks in modern that have forests?

[@oliverwilson11]

Not fetchable and vulnerable to stuff like Blood Moon.

[@scottdahneke1031]

Also, outside of questing beast, I personally haven't seen tons of green legendaries run in modern. But I'm thinking monogreen. I'm sure there are plenty of dual or multicolored legendaries that would combo nicely with this that I just can't think of. But I'm with you, Okina is definitely a hidden gem that I'm kinda surprised is hidden.

[@eliaswolter2955]

Kinda funny how khalni guarden + Amulett could be played in both modern and standard.

[@blacklanner5795]

No Yavimaya Hollow? I'm surprised.

[@mantissaPuc]

Top 10 dual land cycle!!!

[@DingDongDozo]

#1: Forest.

[@zitroooz]

the castle only gives 1 extra mana per turn though right? cost 4 + tap = 5 lands tapped for it basically

[@NizzahonMagic]

Yes, I addresed that in a pinned comment.

[@zitroooz]

@@NizzahonMagic Ah my bad should've checked that first maybe hehe

[@RandyPerrott]

I'm surprised no firewood lodge

[@llongone2]

Gotta be Gaia's Cradle?!

[@Lovuschka]

I expected to see "Forest" at the #1.

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

I want to say Gaea's Cradle, but I feel like it being banned is gonna hurt its numbers. Edit: Hmm, only 5th, thought it would be higher.

[@MobileEnthusiast]

I want a top 10 5 colored creatures. And maybe also top 10 5 colored non creature permanents

[@adambriton5394]

I do like garenbrig theres a reason i use two

[@jzoobs]

9:09 how could you use Zenith in response to an edict if Zenith is a sorcery?

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

I assume with something like Leyline of Anticipation already in play, or something else that can make your Sorceries castable at instant speed. Leyline of Anticipation is the only one I can think of that would be feasible in Modern though (at the time).

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

@@n.m5253 Non Planeswalker Teferi wasn't good enough to play in Modern back then, at least not in Green Zenith deck.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I was thinking of Chord of Calling.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

@@NizzahonMagic Ah, that works.

[@Ninjamanhammer]

Joaquin Ballista

[@MatheusGomes-ej3mr]

cradle is imo the best green land, but i doubt it will be on the top edit: damn, not even top 3? that being said, i can see why numbers 1, 2 and 3 are numbers 1, 2 and 3.

[@mickdmaster5145]

Wow Gaea's Cradle only #5...

[@maciek19882]

I think Forest will be #1

[@jameswhite-pv3sq]

no oran reif

[@NizzahonMagic]

Correct

[@jameswhite-pv3sq]

@@NizzahonMagic genuinely sadden and surprised

[@ragonel]

Hello everyone, I needs a home

[@HeruCSGO]

Day 9 of asking for top ten basic lands.