Mtg: Top 15 Rotating Cards You Should Keep

[@JediMasterRevenantMADNESS]

0:40 Ooooh, that subtle dig at Rudy though!

[@klaraldblok2305]

MADNESS ooooooh nice1

[@Da40kOrks]

It was BRUTAL!

[@SBMTG]

This wasn't meant specifically for Alpha (or any KZbinr), but I knew people would think I meant him

[@JWL216]

Rudy knows more then he does.

[@JediMasterRevenantMADNESS]

I know you likely didn't actually mean Rudy, but I couldn't help myself, lol.

[@AdoradorStarcraft2]

Dev, you missed Abrade, it sees main deck play in Legacy and already is in a lot of Modern Sideboard play. Thanks and I love ur content!!

[@akselhansen304]

yeah abrade is an insanly good card might be an easier card to reprint though

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Chandra ToD and Hazoret also see play in older formats already and probably should have been mentioned.

[@shawndiaz7528]

Genuinely one of the best cards in standard right now.

[@shawndiaz7528]

Aksel Hansen I'm not really sure that's true at least for standard. The card was essentially a result of Kaladesh and other artifacts dominating the standard format. It'll be a while before we have that situation again.

[@tombob6555]

chandra had that challenger deck reprint that stomped its supply into the ground, it'll be a while before it goes back up. it will go up, just very slowly. hazoret's okish, she just sees fringe play.

[@Simto]

I'm going to miss Kaladesh and Aether Revolt :( I know people hate on it, but I love it. The gameplay was fun and the art direction was amazing. My favourite art style in all of Magic.

[@ashenwuss1651]

It had impeccable lore and flavor. Ixalan and Amonkhet were good as well. I hope Ravnica is as fantastic, new, but still feels like home

[@ignaciogallarati7287]

Probably because it had A LOT of actual good cards. Not like the following sets.

[@Simto]

It was also the new block when I got back into Magic, so it will always be a good set for me :)

[@nickant2293]

totally agree

[@dac314]

Agreed. The art and a e s t h e t i c of Kaladesh was top notch. And there were some very well designed cards, characters, and mechanics that did a lot of work in the meta.

[@simonriley2958]

Liked the video for "Im not a financial expert and nobody on youtube is but Im the only one who is going to tell you that."

[@tacosforus1688]

I also like how real Dev is.

[@Arghore]

Pulls Scrap Trawler out of his 50ct trade fodder binder...

[@TheoFrastB]

This is a great new video series idea. I'm always puzzled which cards to keep (besides the obvious ones). Thx Dev!

[@roguemagehobbies8184]

Dev, great video and I think you are spot on with the cards to keep. I'm agreed that abrade will see play in modern, but don't think the value will increase. I'm starting to make some of my own videos now, and was inspired by you sir. Thanks!

[@elymolloy8333]

Dude i love your vids. your one of the few remain content creators that KNOWS what they are doing and its all about the game.

[@underkri]

You kind of sounded like Yoda when you said ‘especially’ when talking about Inspiring Sanctuary. It was awesome

[@Theorak]

Inspriring Statuaries is already broken now, with Saheeli the Gifted in Commander there is a new Eldrazi deck that just loves cost reduction. Walking Ballista is clearly here to go up in price, it also added a wincon to Commander decks with infinite mana.

[@Chau083]

"no one on you tube is" -air horn- SHOOTS FIRED!

[@julianolotero6600]

I hope Bolas will go up becuase I remember when I pulled a copy and was so hyped becuase it was $20, then it dropped like mad for the rest of that week.

[@nicholaskillmeier4895]

I absolutely HATE getting rid of cards... but the sets rotating out were so massively printed compared to some previous years, I don't know if I'd worry too much about tanking all the bulk rares. I'll keep the mythics just.. because (hello Combat Celebrant...), and of course anything that's seen play in multiple formats. But I'll say goodbye to most of the energy crap since I don't see that mechanic ever getting support in the future again.

[@MajraMangetsu]

1:13 Each time I see the "HM" on this video, or on any of your video , I can't help but think "Hopeless Masquerade". I know, it's silly.

[@Vancity3]

Torment of hailfireeeeee

[@cosmicturban2797]

That card is very commander-y

[@1dent1f1]

Aetherflux Resevoir feels like it should be on this list

[@Skywarp2099]

Throwing it out there, but Fraying Sanity is used in Modern UB Mill decks. I don't think people run a full play set of it, but they do run at least 2 copies - if not three.

[@houseofshadow6380]

I run two. More than that can big down your hand and make you less than stellar play sequences.

[@Skywarp2099]

Yeah, my brother does, too. It's pseudo "win more" card, but I find that it makes your milling far more efficient than two more of X mill card. It's a cool card that I believe makes mill a much better deck.

[@houseofshadow6380]

I've had opponents lose to their own Thoughtseize choices, taking a Glimpse the Unthinkable over a Fraying Sanity. Sure, you saved yourself ten cards now, but every future spell or effect I have is just that much more potent, when my life total is a third of yours. And Fraying Sanity also counts any cracked fetchlands, discard or cantrip spells, dead creatures...

[@darkdave1998]

Baral is a key card for modern storm

[@LastNight0]

i dont see the legacy grinding station with sly req anywhere on google. im really interested in this deck because i *might*have all of the pieces for it

[@coreykline8916]

What about spire of industry/inventor's fair, they see play in older formats right?

[@snakeman830]

Scarab God is a super solid commander. I don't see his price dropping too far.

[@hectorkings4718]

The more content from you on my sub list, the better.

[@FrowningTable]

Cast shadow of the grave hold priority ..... ..... CAST ONE WITH NOTHING

[@ryandick3376]

Speaking of Sram. Spec in foils, scg is sold out only 1 pre-release left. Card will be $$. I already bought 11 on tcgplayer then saw that and bought 12 more :).

[@mr.neqtan]

Sram + Stoneforge Mystic would be bonkers. But Mystic is still banned iirc.

[@benpugh124]

Smuggler's Copter!

[@LukerCX]

You're content is amazing

[@Fearfulocean]

Modern human is the reason heroic intervention shot up to 6 same with unclaimed territory

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

Glorybringer? Any of the amonkhet gods?

[@mattholladay1142]

Just sold my cards to the tcgplayer buylist fhe other day. Maybe I should have kept my Barals....

[@jacebeleren8489]

im sad rotation is coming. i love my hazoret challenger deck.

[@jeffmassicott7186]

Hey Dev, could you do a video that rates your favorite standards and why? I think it would be interesting since you know so much about Standard. Also, love the videos!

[@codelicious6590]

Heroic Intervention is a poor mans Teferi's Protection.

[@sjgalliejr]

Ur whole list could almost be a whole jank grixsis deck.

[@Lumowolf]

I was someone who passed a paradox engine in a draft....

[@13eetle13omber]

Fast lands.

[@KDiaz-hy1xx]

Panharmonicon?

[@jennadrennan1057]

Where is all the green cards

[@squirrelowlmoose]

subtle jab at alpha investments

[@revshad4226]

Send them back to WotC because they are unplayable do to curling, and defective.

[@GLHFMtG]

You da man.

[@roninwolf3347]

Im keeping everything mwuhahaha

[@51artic90ten]

If you know, you know.

[@asellers98]

Gifted Aetherborn is a keeper.

[@mattholladay1142]

The problem is that vampire nighthawk is the same card, it just also has flying.

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Vampire Nighthawk costs 3, Gifted Aetherborn costs 2.

[@jmlitwiller]

Gifted Aetherborn is more efficient for B devotion, if that's what you're going for

[@mattholladay1142]

Jed Litwiller I stand corrected.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

Gifted can't replace Nighthawk, but it can and should go in the same deck. Those two together stand to make mono-black Vampires a force once again.

[@FaunKeH]

How about Nimble Obstructionist, Abrade and fast / utility lands (i.e. Scavenger grounds)?

[@Janshevik]

oh well, I guess I can use fastlands only for building houses of cards according to dev

[@shawndiaz7528]

Janshevik every magic player should know not to trade conditionally untapped duals.

[@ericvernon1182]

While I generally agree with the "don't ever trade away lands" mentality... The fast lands are not really that good even in EDH...

[@СлаваКийски-г7м]

Eric Vernon fast lands are good in edh, if you are playing fast decks. Especially 2-3 colored ones

[@Janshevik]

*cough* Blackcleave Cliffs 48$ *cough*

[@megamawile8540]

Cliff is exactly why I hold onto them

[@Vensris]

Honestly I like shadow of the grave along with cards like reforge the soul and other wheel effects

[@powerofrah]

As a filthy casual modern player I can't wait walking ballista to drop

[@darkchiron]

People don't play decks with Walking Ballista much at FNM anymore where I play, and I can't be thankful enough for that. There was a long stretch where every deck just had it in there and it was annoying as hell having to stare at that thing every game.

[@AgaresOaks]

Missed the legitimately-good-enough-to-be-banned cards, looter scooter, felidar guardian, and saheeli rai (the proxy ban). Saheeli combo has been piloted to 5-0s in modern leagues, but it's in a pretty poor metagame position right now. Energy and mono-red were also banned, but they were more deckbans than the cards themselves being particularly good.

[@YourPalRowan]

I always keep mine for Commander.

[@pphyjynx8217]

Commander, the reason why lots of cards still hold value.

[@takoyaro777]

Ayyye, I have a foil Walking Ballista my friend traded to me for all my merfolk. Immediately went into a heavy sleeve and stashed in my box. A bunch of us bought all different boosters to see what we’d pull.

[@jeffreyd.5558]

15. Metallic Mimic 14. Inspiring Statuary 13. As Foretold 12. Sram, Chief Edificer 11. Heroic Intervention 10. Mirage Mirror 09. Whir of Invention 08. Fraying Sanity 07. Bomat Curior 06. Paradox Engine 05. Fatal Push 04. Baral, Chief of Compliance 03. Scrap Trawler 02. Hallow One 01. Walking Ballista

[@mikechurchill1071]

Great video dev I just went to Gp LA from phx and I made my first day 2 I was alive at 8-2 for top 8 then 10-3 for top 16 and win and in for prize out and I scrubbed out my last 2 games to get there feels bad man. I wanted to thank you for all the standard deck selection videos you did because I really learned a lot from then and now sept 1st is the RPTQ so now we have our first day 2 at GP taken care of so let’s go top 4 and get tat PT birth!!! Thanks Dev!!! PS also got player of the year contender Louis Salvatto in 3 round 12 lol

[@ODIRGO]

I got them all, but I did trade away my 2 barals. Also, at least in my EDH playgroup, the 2 cards that have caused the most impact (aside from paradox engine) are: Approach of the second sun and Gideon's intervention.

[@Robert-vk7je]

I remember a time, where "being popular in edh" didn't had a huge impact on the market...

[@shawndiaz7528]

Robert That's just not true. Many cards that only see play in Commander cost a fortune. Look at cards like Lighthouse Chronologist or Chromatic Lantern.

[@Robert-vk7je]

Oh. I forgot the "I remember a time, where..." in my sentence. xP

[@shawndiaz7528]

Robert and, gotcha. Just took a while to become a ton of people's format of choice I suppose.

[@Chukijay]

It’s still not a huge impact. Some cards spike and some “decks” spike but a card popularity is still not a large impact on EDH. The big-time staple EDH cards are already expensive due to their nature in the game. Duals, some artifacts, and the spells that are old/from old sets and haven’t been reprinted.

[@cosmotect]

I friggin love it. It means not everyone can have everything, but at the same time a lot of people are playing EDH

[@angelojohnson9441]

Shadow of the grave, elite arcanist, intruder alarm, desecrated tomb, mana-dorkage of at least 2. Infinite bats. You can toss this into a “mono”blue deck because you’ll never hardcast it and it will surprise your opponents.

[@SecretlyANarwhal]

How about ALL OF THE FASTLANDS? Those seem a little important :P Thanks for the video Dev!

[@xpowertripx]

What is E.D.H? I know what you mean by standard, legacy, modern (kinda) but Commander and EDH are formats I am not familiar with.

[@michaelsimoncelli588]

YO Dev! What about Rhonas or even Hazoret? Low cmc indestructible creatures seem like a card ready to get broken in modern or legacy. Also Abrade or any of the expertise cards?

[@ill_bonepeep8277]

I wanna really run As fortold in all my edh builds inorder to break Omniscience with its huge CMC . Throw a Clockspinning in there too with its added bonus of having buyback. What more could you ask for really

[@cosmotect]

Would really like a playset of ballista's, but the damn thing is 12 bucks already, and now way to know if it will dip or just start climbing again

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Mirage Mirror so versatile; whenever I have used my Mirage Mirror it has been in a new way each time, other players have learned that if the Mirage Mirror is on the table to get it destroyed before sh*t goes down. LOL, Last time I used my Mirage Mirror to double up on my Panharmonicon in my Inalla Deck with Venser...#DangWizzzards ;D

[@dennisvincent3580]

Can't forget my favorite uncommon winding constrictor he's a beast I'm my b/g splash white modern elves tribal deck

[@intension7997]

Dude, chandra torch of defiance is a keep. It's a four of in almost all mono red prison decks in modern and legacy. It's also a staple in many modern decks. I can see it going up to $30-$40 a piece in coming years.

[@TheRedKnightOfPain]

Don't forget command makes some cards crazy expensive, like for example doubling season

[@williamsimkulet7832]

Paradoxical Outcome, Abrade, Blossoming Defense... and generally speaking anything that costs 1-2 mana and saw standard play...

[@FluffyFractalshard]

the two blocks look actually pretty decent in hindsight dont they?

[@reedjohnson5916]

Scrap trawler/ Walking Balista are very important piece's of my infinite turn deck

[@codelicious6590]

Look for the uncommons and rares with insane foil multipliers for good long-term singles specs to improve your collection.

[@jarrodtheferret]

It always gets me... do you actively look at the "cards" or is there something distracting on your right?

[@michaelreavisjr8614]

Anointed procession, torment of hailfire, authority of consuls??

[@charlie2136]

You should post a deck list with the 15 cards to more easily mass enter them at TCG Player.

[@stuffman231]

Please stop saying "my wizards". It's distasteful.

[@steviep9469]

You the man Dev!!!

[@KerminTheGuy]

Us EDH players absolutely LOVE rotation time!

[@kamakazi339]

I think next time you should be a graphic for "current price" so we can see down the road lol

[@Angel-kk5bb]

I know you dont do modern vids to much but tell me what u think of this one if you can spare some time deckstats.net/decks/74536/613385-heartless-3-way-victory

[@RaymondMcGinlay1]

Isn't Fatal Push the most played card in Modern that's rotating out?

[@soldierofmankind]

What date is the rotation? When is it a good time to buy this cards for future use: before rotation or right after it? Thank you mate.

[@Justinadaysworkdude]

Will be picking some of these on payday for sure!

[@brucelston]

is EVERY card in the packs will be rotated out?

[@SuperNorstShow]

Paradox Engine needs banned in Commander. That shit is not fun.

[@MrBubblegumx]

Its called Bonded Courier, ask saffronolive

[@alexcarter7880]

Number 1 should have been Midnight Oil

[@PaulOkon1981]

I'm a fan of Myr Retriever's cool big brother

[@solorider66]

This is a bit farfetched, but imagine fraying sanity and fleet swallower. Obviously mill deck and add in a bunch of other mill cards, but your main focus is beating them turn 8. Fleet swallower makes the other player discard half of their library, rounded up, into their discard pile when he attacks, and he doesn't have to survive it. If you already have fraying insanity on him, game over turn eight. You win. You would need some blockers and early game mana ramp, maybe. But, when turn 8, or 7 with some mana ramp rolls around and they don't have a way to counter it, that's game over.

[@erikmartir9312]

The Solo Rider just play traumatize and its game turn 5

[@Scarecrow9black]

Dude please scrap trawler! My 4 foil promo copies cry tears of joy

[@vascosazijim3212]

hazoret gearhulk and scarab arent going up?

[@thecollectiblecollectabill2298]

nate has a solo shadow of the grave in his hollow one deck. its good when he discards hollow one with burning inquiry

[@Kattywagon29]

Please make a list of cards you can't wait to rotate! :)

[@danedeslauriers1931]

My only card to add is field of ruin. Uncommon lanx xestruction thats $5 bhcks and im sure will climb. The thing is amazing!

[@brotheroftuxdan]

It's not rotating.

[@johnseiluns7807]

Thank you! You rock Dev. Keep it up

[@gtheforeigngamer384]

I really think that Saheeli Rai has potential to be in this list.

[@Goodluck-hd5gp]

No scarab god or torrential gearhulk whattttt

[@okandrew42903]

About 5 cards are correct on this list. cool story

[@josemanuelgarcia4432]

Surprised panharmonicon isn't on here

[@nsiev7043]

I'm not sure if Baral will skyrocket in price. I play a lot of modern and Storm is a deck that shows up from time to time, but much less so in the current meta. I speculate that Baral will go down to 3 dollars and then go up again to 4 or 5 after rotation.

[@nsiev7043]

Storm is currently 4% of the modern meta, completely overshadowed by other combo decks like KCI, not to mention the prevalence of aggro decks like Humans, Burn and Hollow One.

[@lynnica5219]

We love your videos AND your face!

[@mevpo]

*Sells ballista and push for 40k dice* *watches video* I am a fool!

[@jollyyau]

o no wot has u done

[@ЭрикКартман-ч4ю]

All you had to do was follow the damn train!