MTG Top 10: Indestructible | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 549

[@mattblom3990]

I remember when my neighbour who taught me Magic but was selling it to buy LEGO sold me a Darksteel Colossus for like $20. But being a new player at the time it seemed like there could never ever be a better creature....11/11...Indestructible, to a new player's eyes. I do still love the card, and with his LEGO he placed 3rd on LEGO Masters 2022 so...We're both happy.

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

Dave and Emily? I love those guys!

[@mattblom3990]

@@LolaliciousSmiley Yep, Dave Gueddes. I grew up two doors down and saw him just a couple weeks ago. Neighbors on both sides were super into LEGO ironically. LEGO hired him as a designer, he moves to Denmark in May.

[@wavesofbabies]

TIL there is competitive lego

[@acpe]

This guy keeps creating this amazing lists non-stop, and always finds new ways on making new ones. Could we stop for a moment, appreciate his effort and thank him? You ROCK Nizzahon!!!

[@JustRightPinedo]

Hear hear!!

[@siener]

I surprised Heliod, Sun Crowned didn't make the list. Then again, it's nice to see a list that's not dominated by newer cards.

[@rippujin1735]

What I like about this series is it helps me catch up to the 20+ years of magic I wasn’t playing for. It’s like the cliffnotes version of magic history

[@NizzahonMagic]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@marcoottina654]

I cannot imagine the impact: the powercreep between 2003 and 2023 is MASSIVE

[@NizzahonMagic]

I do always think this is a bit overstated! I think power creep has been big in some ways (mostly creatures), but you have to remember some of the most busted non-creature cards in the game were printed in 2003 and earlier.

[@AidanWR]

It's interesting how the base is 71 points. Normally, when you think of indestructible, you think large hard to power out creatures or artifacts. But, as seen by the list, there are a lot of good lower cost indestructible cards as well

[@MrDeeluv1996]

If only Teeka's Dragon had indestructible, maybe then Nizza would compliment the card.

[@NizzahonMagic]

This seems to have stealthily become a meme on my channel. And I'm all for it! Haha

[@krarkman1]

Darksteel Colossus will always be the GOAT

[@corey2232]

Nah, Blightsteel's the champ!

[@NizzahonMagic]

Nah, he's a Golem. Not a goat!

[@erlanddrow7950]

@@NizzahonMagic Golat 🙃

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Ahh Indestructible, it's honestly one of my favourite mechanics, because no shit. It's just so fucking awesome to have something so invincible. But you know what's more awesome? "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!

[@JBergmansson]

I love you!

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@JBergmansson And I love you too!

[@crawdaddy1234]

Lol - “the lion’s share” for Fleecemane Lion 😂

[@jennietsai1260]

Would love to see a vid on cards that enter the battlefield from the graveyard

[@DanoLefourbe]

I agree, that would be a pretty great theme!

[@NizzahonMagic]

I have done "Creatures That Don't Stay in the Graveyard," which isn't identical, but its close!

[@joeys2234]

"Lion's share" Very nice lol

[@187btokes]

Running two Ulamog, three March of the Multitudes, Katilda, and a WHOLE LOTTA LIFEGAIN. Usually dropping Ulamog on turn 5 after I have 150 life and 15 soilders with lifegain, and a 15/15 Moondancer

[@vonFiedler]

How do you get stats on how many top 8 finishes a card has? I'm interested in doing a data analysis project on the subject.

[@NizzahonMagic]

mtgtop8.com

[@shadowstargaming7186]

I've got a top 10 idea that sounds interesting: Top 10 {format} cards. like the top 10 most successful standard cards, or then the top 10 modern cards. i'd be interested in seeing what cards have had the biggest impact on a single format at some point. this idea came cause of Gideon here, almost entirely held up by his standard points alone. so i got to thinking are there other cards with a bigger standard score than Gideon? a list like that for each format sounds neat!

[@williamfarias7068]

Very surprised that Avacin, angel of hope didn't make the list. An 8 mana 8/8 with flying and giving your whole board indestructible would be an awesome rate! Love the videos, please keep them coming!

[@NizzahonMagic]

She has 0 points. She isn't very good in 60-card formats. Great in EDH though!

[@williamfarias7068]

@@NizzahonMagic That is true. I do have her in my Grand Arbiter commander deck.

[@cax1175]

An opponent in a recent game of edh decided bouncing ulamog to my hand multiple times would be a good idea.

[@NizzahonMagic]

You would think they would have figured it out it wasn't a good idea after the first time. Haha.

[@nocapsrage]

Hah. “Put up the lion’s share of it’s points” I see what you did there

[@catoticneutral]

Even in a burn deck, Boros Charm's double strike mode could lead to 5 or more damage with something like a swiftspear or a kiln fiend. The double strike mode is also kinda similar to the indestructible mode since it's another option to protect a creature in combat. Pretty neat card.

[@alexmoskowitz811]

I don’t know how hard this would be to make, but a top ten list of cards who gained the most points in any one year would be cool

[@bluedestiny2710]

The lions share... hehe

[@authorinabox]

I wonder if Kaldra compleat will have made it on here?

[@TransformersBoss]

6:29 not all Amonkheti Gods are Indestructible. Only the moon-colored ones are before they were Eternalized. The Scorpion, Scarab, and Locust Gods are corrupted, but still Amonkheti Gods

[@superbaas8822]

He means the gods from the set Ahmonket

[@cax1175]

We need top creatures with Rampage 4 so you can say something positive about Teeka's Dragon!

[@williammueller5562]

Preach!! CGB!! Preach!! Personally, I like to dip my toes into all styles of play so I can see all the angles better. But you are right. Magic wouldn't be magic without control. And oh, do I love the feeling when I can beat a well tuned control deck with one of my budget jank decks. Ooooohhh yes! Ps. Jank Style is a style. Respect.✊️

[@Jonasz314]

More background on Gideon for those who missed this standard format. Opponent wipes the board with a wrath effect. Left on the board are Gideon + Heart of Kiran. +1 Gideon to make him a 5/5, crew HoK with a loyalty counter, swing for 9. That's the ugly type of play you had to deal with back in the day. Gideon was utterly broken when printed, even if by today's standards, it's not as impressive (I doubt he'd have the same impact in the current format, by quite a margin actually).

[@alexanderhetlinger3294]

Where is Blightsteel?! I can’t believe it didn’t make it!

[@NizzahonMagic]

This video was just too stacked. Blightsteel has a score around 60.

[@raynmanshorts9275]

"Practice compassion and mercy. But know when they must end." A _lot_ of people need to learn that compassion and mercy, taken too far, is simply enabling evil.

[@cot1579]

We all know that the real indestructible in magic Is the friendships we made along the way

[@BaronVonCount]

Very surprised to see the modern horizons bridges didnt make the list

[@autobotjazz1972]

I run a copy of Westvale abbey/ormendahl in my shirei sac deck as a win con.

[@strawhataddison]

I love my FleeceMane Lion! 🦁

[@jessewatson4876]

Brash taunter completely snubbed

[@grecalmagro]

What about Rhonas the Indomitable ?!? 2🥦 - 5/5 - Deathtouch Indestructible (Attack or Block allowed only if you have another 4 power creature) Here is the catch👇🏼 2🥦: Another target creature gets +2/+0 this turn. So it can turn any 2/? into a 4/? Creature… Or even better, if plaid with the Legendary Planeswalker “Huatli, the Sun’s Heart” (2 🥦/☀️) “Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power”… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Kagebushin01]

Hands down top 3 for me are Sliver Hivelord, Darksteel Forge and Avacyn

[@_boatyAU]

You’re on Elspeth currently. I bet 3 of my EDH cards hit this list

[@Tru3kisame]

Elsbeth had 69 points......NICE

[@anthonypeters3005]

Top 10 Basic Lands for Earth Day? Please?

[@Milkybetrayal]

How would you go about that? Would it be based on artwork?

[@dyne313]

But there are only 6 basic land types.

[@anthonypeters3005]

@@dyne313 There are in fact 11 basic lands.

[@anthonypeters3005]

@@Milkybetrayal No, Because of Snow Covered there are 11 basic lands.

[@dyne313]

@@anthonypeters3005 I clearly said, "basic land types". A snow covered Island is the same basic land type as an Island. Snow is a supertype.

[@madzen112]

No Stuffy Doll??😢

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Surprised Adonto Vanguard didn't make it.

[@pkfatstephen6287]

I never understood why R&D thought it necessary to have to tap Westvale Abby for an ability that untaps it

[@phelandiller4066]

It makes it indirectly cost more mana.

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

If it was just "sacrifice 5 creatures: transform", then you could just tap it for mana. That would make Ormendahl transform in tapped. The flexibility would make the card better, but maybe having a big hasty demon arrive tapped was lame, so the tap/untap was included and mana cost was adjusted accordingly. That's my guess.

[@FirstLast-dh8ks]

that selfless spirit, talk about throwing someone under the bus. RIP

[@natenathan2654]

Is indestructible the newest evergreen mechanic?

[@CaptainWwowW]

I think Ward is

[@NizzahonMagic]

Nope! Menace, Ward, Deathtouch, Vigilance, Flash are all newer off of the top of my head. There are probably more.

[@natenathan2654]

In my defence deathtouch and vigilence have both been around for a LONG time (both since the beginning og mtg?). I will take your word that they were given the keyword after indestructible

[@AkukAkuku]

@@natenathan2654 death touch was standardised around Lorwyn block IIRC, earlier it was mostly triggered abilities that destroyed on blocks.

[@natenathan2654]

Acidic slime?

[@jouysoleycomelles5229]

My precious Slime predator wasn't even nominated :'c

[@nonameimpotantlive9233]

WHAT no blightsteel colossus O.o

[@phoenixclaw456]

Heliod is my Top one.

[@HelminthCombos]

When will they make cards that have protection from exile?

[@jackdaniell4594]

549 episodes and he still doesn't have a home 😞

[@antonmiller3981]

Got the wrong Ulamog in my opinion.

[@NizzahonMagic]

There is no opinion here, since data decides the order.

[@antonmiller3981]

@@NizzahonMagic I understand that it's players use of a card. Just think original is better. Tasty with milk too lol.

[@M0stlyH3lpful]

Elspeth with 69 points. Nice

[@TheTrueSnod]

You didnt say nice after 69 points for elspeth, i know that took a lot of selfrestraint.

[@tepet_mage]

Boomer player moment, but this was even worse to deal with when Darksteel came out. Basically, your only real option was to bounce them

[@ToTheNines87368]

Fuck… 2017 is six years ago?

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

who the hell played gideon in vintage ? there's got to be something better than that

[@rareroe305]

Should have kept the new thumbnail saying Inestructible. Make a new in-joke!

[@rashakor]

Bring back Bury in its original functionality which is not a destroy but place in the graveyard effect. Indestructible solved!

[@douglasalsbury7136]

What do you think of old school jareth the leonin Titan? Always thought he was cool

[@joseluki]

I hate this mechanic, it ruins so many limited environments. All because they wanted to delte regenerate from MTG.

[@corey2232]

I miss regenerate. I also hate how "unblockable" isn't just a keyword 😅

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Indestructible is fine

[@jaxexe9408]

🥚

[@solidstate33g16]

What about blightsteel the one shot robot???...

[@brianwalters8641]

Really? You couldn't have dropped a 'Nice!' after mentioning Elspeths points? :p