MTG Top 10: Red Lands | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 263

[@bpwnz360]

It'd be really cool if you added the data point "standard legal printings" to each card on the list.

[@bradleynugent9123]

Shock would get alot of printings...

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Nizzahon: "Okay, I know you jerks really like being pedantic..." He's right, of course.

[@karl-erikvik4967]

Nizzahon: lands are colorless The blind seer: allow me to introduce myself

[@snakeman830]

Dryad Arbor. It actually is a colored land.

[@justinwilliams8125]

I like spine rock knoll for commander. An opponent has to be dealt the 7 damage but you don’t necessarily have to be the one to do it

[@09Dragonite]

Definitely an underrated card, and often "slept" on. (Check out the art and artist for both Spinerock Knoll and Knollspime Dragon if you haven't seen it before, they are designed for one another and it's super awesome! The entire Hideaway land cycle has a paralleling creature that accompanies the lands!)

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

I was too young to have the chance to experience something like Urza’s block but when I look at the cycle of legendary lands, I can’t help but chuckle at the thought of being the kid who opened up a foiled Shivan Gorge.

[@Blackvolttage]

Kinda hard, considering theres no foils on urza's saga.

[@rickyhurst2653]

If all ten ain't Mountain I swear to God....

[@mordy1075]

In the words of the man with the best beard in mtg: Everyone loves a real good mountain

[@aluksus9327]

At least all of them arent island

[@Reliquancy]

Not even one mountain kind of funny... Though that might just mean Madblind mountain is not on there, I don’t know if that’s the only nonbasic nonmulticolored mountain...

[@MmKayUltra1]

Mountains are colorless not red

[@ashra8281]

@@MmKayUltra1 so are literally all lands mate

[@hobrev]

with these videos you can have a fun game of "Guess how high this colors artifact land gets"

[@nickbalmes6640]

Oooh the dreaded Ramunap Ruins of Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation Standard

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

You know, considering that it's currently Labour Day, picking *red* lands was probably a good move. Solidarity with the working class! The working class wants me to inform you that the Supreme Soviet wants you to do "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)". Or you will be sent to Gulag.

[@zoesidener7724]

pretty sure labor day is in September...

[@Mr_Myst13]

Can someone explain why people keep requesting that video idea, and why Nizzahon does not make the suggestion into an actual video???

[@nickbalmes6640]

@@Mr_Myst13 it has been the Lobster Emperor's dearest wish since as far as I can remember. Nizzahon did say before that doing the research for this specific topic would take a lot of time :)

[@nothankyou4859]

@@zoesidener7724 May 1st is labor day in most of the world.

[@cutecommie]

@@taranmellacheruvu2504 I'm sure Drew _is_ a lobster. That's why he wants to destroy the bourgeoisie; they've eaten his family!

[@FaustTheThird]

Cool list, be interesting to see the blue powerhouse lands

[@kyoken8691]

I still find it weird that Valakut is not considered a legendary land.

[@jackpabich763]

I find it more weird that the Castle cycle of Eldraine isn't Legendary...

[@nicholaslangrock8293]

Also, library of Alexandria isn't legendary despite it being a reall-ass place that actually exists. Magic is weird sometimes.

[@kyoken8691]

@@jackpabich763 they should be legendary, but aren't for gameplay reasons. Valakut on the other hand doesn't have that excuse. I mean you would think that recurring 3 damage landfall (mountainfall) trigger would be overpowered if you have multiple copies when we have tons of cards that can just ramp to oblivion and beyond.

[@jackpabich763]

@@kyoken8691 It's the exact opposite, actually. Back when Valakut was printed, the legendary rule stated that only 1 legendary permanent of that name could be on the battlefield. Now it's each player can only have one. Meaning the castle cycle should 100% be legendary.

[@09Dragonite]

@@jackpabich763 regardless of whether or not castles should be legendary, Valakut was a specific location in the game and simultaneously has an ability unique unto itself that has proved to be mechanically incredibly powerful. It was designed for a rotating format that wanted deck lists to be able to focus on lands in a land based set without them removing one another, but it was never tested for other possible formats because extended was still a growing format and it was retired about 4 years after the release of Zendikar in favor of a new growing format, modern. During the shift between formats and the primary focus on balancing standard (which had its own issues at the time) Valakut sort of slipped through the cracks for a long time. It makes much more sense now mechanically to have erratad the card to be legendary because of the Legendary Rule change, but hindsight is 20/20 and WotC doesn't like rewriting card abilities and interactions unless it is absolutely necessary (such as Companion). Truth be told, there are a TON of busted cards that slip through standard's "balancing" mechanically, and another land that fits this mold is Field of the Dead. There was no logical reason beneficial to gameplay mechanics to allow multiple copies of that card to see play simultaneously under one person's control, except for flavor purposes because FotD wasn't a named location. In totality, I agree that the castles ought to have been legendary in some respect, but they are in no way as harmful to any meta as Valakut or FotD have been in the past year(s). When creating a game, mechanical design should ALWAYS come first. When the mechanics suffer, the game suffers.

[@SB-xe3pj]

Thanks for another quality video Nizzahon

[@Knuddelbar90]

i build a wrenn-dredge-crop rotation deck a few days ago and was looking through old decks and found a valakut in my 10y old goblindeck. boy was i happy. together with after all 1 scapeshift and 1 field of the dead it seems promising. anyway, those videos help a lot in deckbuilding/finding new cards. thanks for your work

[@Rucarlos]

I'm curious to see what lands from other colors stack up to Valakut.

[@jackpabich763]

2:57 I was not expecting flashbacks to Seth in this video... "Hit some swans, draw some cards..."

[@rattlesnek3847]

Assuming mountain is excluded. My guess is valakut for number 1?

[@rattlesnek3847]

Spoiler alert but that was probably a bit of a gimme

[@hitmangfx7162]

12:04 Can we just take a minute to admire the art on Scapeshift (and ponder why it isn't a Simic card)? I mean...Fish Forest

[@marvthereddevil5418]

I wonder if Keldon Megaliths was anywhere near this list? I use it in the Red Deck Wins I've had since Time Spiral/Lorwyn standard. Now I've watched this vid, I want some Castle Embereth & Barbarian Ring for it too.

[@ViralVenom]

Great furnace as a 3/3 elk, You're welcome.

[@HeruCS2]

Day 5 of asking for top ten basic lands.

[@exiledhero3791]

Top 6, let’s make it not a multiple of 5 and also not a top 3

[@EnderofGames]

Well there are 11 basic lands, 12 if they ever print snow wastes... so top 6 would probably be straight forward believe it or not.

[@Reliquancy]

The guru basic lands must be the best because they cost around $500... I mean if they weren’t what would that imply, magic players have more money than sense? lol

[@yannickbrinkmann9010]

Can someone please explain why someone should use wastes? If it only taps for colorless why not just use colored basics that can do that as well?

[@vincenzofromwiisports3993]

Odd Pal Some eldrazi have to use colorless mana

[@invertedghostgames9899]

Pre-Watch: Here comes Ramunap Red. And possibly Valakut. Post-Watch: Yup. Figures.

[@Fighterchef]

#1 Mountain. This land has been played a lot, and has stayed in standard for many years. Aggro and control decks use this land in their decks, and it is used in even the highest level of play.

[@BengaIaas]

I'm surprised Teetering Peaks didn't at least make #10, although it was mostly a standard card

[@tygonmaster]

A good red mage just needs a mountain and a dream. :^) Great video, Nizzahon.

[@rareroe305]

I love me some Ghitu Encampments and Keldon Megaliths.

[@blaze556922]

There was no doubt what number one would be 🌋

[@petersmythe6484]

I was predicting Valakut and Barbarian Ring to finish really high.

[@5un5hine73]

Yay nizzahon video on my birthday

[@jackpabich763]

I'mGuessing Valakut is 1 with the dreaded Ramunap Ruins at #2. Could be flipped, though.

[@cutecommie]

The auto-generated subtitles are Italian and they're great.

[@Reliquancy]

Is Madblind mountain the only non-basic non-multicolored land with the mountain type? That’s all I could find...

[@sevi1547]

I did a search on scryfall and it seems the only other one is the recently printed Dwarven Mine from Throne of Eldraine.

[@danielmcarthur8169]

What would the point total be for just a plain old Mountain?

[@pandaking7772]

Do blue lands next

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

The minute I saw encampment I know that monster the faerie conclave is about it be here

[@cutecommie]

Will you do two-color lands too in this series? I'm really curious which dual lands are the best.

[@1norwood1]

One of the blue dual lands would win I'd guess Tundra, maybe Underground Sea. Those have been seeing play since Magic came out. I think the top 4 would be the 4 blue dual lands and next most popular land would be maybe Taiga (because of kird ape and all the zoo decks which have been around forever). Hard for more recent dual lands (which only see play in limited formats) to compete with that much history a lot of the dual lands only see play in one standard format and then they rotate. I think lands that tap for more than 2 colours would be way more interesting my guess is Reflecting Pool would be most common maybe Undiscovered Paradise (which used to see a lot of play in Dredge) Cavern of Souls might eke in. Edit forgot City of Brass - that would be no 1.

[@CrazyAbdul1000]

When he said Jokulhaups I felt that

[@T_Peazy]

Hideaway makes more sense when you see the creature with it from modern horizons

[@fo-ef8qo]

Does Ghitu Encampment not have a creature type when its a creature? Is that possible?

[@n3croticism]

It's worded in a weird way because it's from an old set, but if you look at the most recent printings they changed it to the usual "it's still a land".

[@irvinflores4632]

It's a 2/1 red Warrior

[@AidanWR]

I wonder what a list with permanents that sacrifice lands, like Orcish Lumberjack and Zuran Orb, would look like

[@coraline7866]

Aidan Weiss-Rice Just kinda sounds meh. Most decks are just better of with a ton of fetchlands, Knights, Elvish Reclaimers, and some degenerate way to combo kill the enemy. [Orcish does seem decent...]

[@coraline7866]

Methods include, but are not limited to: Dryad + Valakut Valakut + Dryad + Scapeshift Thespian Stage + Dark Depths Having a board state + Westvale Abbey

[@AidanWR]

@@coraline7866 I meant a top ten list

[@seanmcguire713]

Lets get an update on planewalkers. Wanna see how my boy Oko did.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I updated Planeswalkers last year, too soon to revisit

[@danadrian2752]

I’m sure Island will somehow make it on to this list

[@absolutegamer7412]

Top ten preforming cards in magic history?

[@captainkarnage9874]

Top 10 Legendary Creatures would be cool

[@michelemichienzi934]

How about Best cost reducing effects?

[@alaraplatt8104]

wish granted

[@michelemichienzi934]

@@alaraplatt8104 what did I miss??

[@kingginger3335]

Before this video starts, I'm guessing the #1 card is Valakut.

[@Kirbyoh]

Me, a smartass, opening the video: I know what number one is: Mountain!

[@Landmassorussia]

I would like to see them reprint hideaway, just to screw standard even harder

[@Jonathan-qk5ed]

Keldon Necropolis?

[@baratiecook]

Why are zendikar rare spell lands not legendary lands?

[@jackpabich763]

Rare spell lands? Valakut cycle isn't legendary because of the way the legendary rule worked back in the day. Why are you not surprised that the Castle cycle of Eldraine isn't legendary?

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

Oh easy, Valakut, duh. Edit: I mean yeah, like what else was it gonna be? Ranamup Ruins, lol no.

[@anneaunyme]

Normal mountains do not have a red color identity (as they don't have the red color, nor any red symbol in their text box nor any ability that make them red).

[@Brinta3]

@anneaunyme They have a huge red mana symbol in their textbox, and the comprehensive rules say: (T): Add (R)

[@anneaunyme]

@@Brinta3 The "huge mana symbol" has no in-game significance, as a guild's watermark. That text in the comprehensive rules is in italics, which means it is only a rules reminder and thus doesn't count: this is not enough to provide a color identity.

[@Fresh_Pants]

Hello Nizzahon!

[@OmegaMusicYT]

You should do tops of "Most Expensive ____"

[@mantissaPuc]

Top 10 dual land cycle!!!

[@golgariguy]

So... I'm guessing Valakut is first?

[@nicholaslangrock8293]

Shivan gorge didn't make it? Odd, it's easily the best card in its cycle.

[@curthandlovic8987]

Top 10 mana costs

[@maciejnowak666]

I dont know why it irks me the mispronunciation of the card/word "jokulhaups." Then again I realize most people dont know how to pronounce norse words based on Chris Hemsworth unable to pronounce anything norse when hes supposedly portraying thor

[@connormacleod908]

#1: Mountain lol

[@Kirbyoh]

2:08 when your s/o is a magic player

[@Lonewanderer6666]

Mountian & Snowcovered Mountain Lives matters

[@junipermoss4537]

Mountain wasn't even on the list. huh.

[@NizzahonMagic]

lol

[@alaraplatt8104]

MORE LOAM

[@edpaulomcdonnell-velasquez970]

384-0

[@Datguy12-f6y]

Red decks.

[@cutecommie]

Red decks win.

[@henryalexander7325]

...But these are all colorless

[@NizzahonMagic]

Yup

[@behemoth1158]

Early