Commander Cards MOST Worth Buying | Cards That Are 100% Worth Their Prices (September 2022)

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[@wtgibs91]

Greater Good also has a fun combo with Ominous Seas. As soon as you have 8 counters on Ominous Seas you can create a kraken and sac it to Greater Good, drawing you 8 cards and putting 8 counters back on Ominous Seas

[@fiofio601]

Yep I play this combo too. Even better if you have Doubling Seasons out.

[@NitpickingNerds]

YIKES that's very spicy

[@sharkmanyt4431]

Holy shit

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

Wow that’s just silly.

[@MTG69]

Some MTG knowledge shouldn't be made public.

[@yuen4817]

Amber was worth buying at any given price

[@energetek661]

Agreed!

[@NitpickingNerds]

She's priceless!

[@famousstranger8468]

Everyone should have at least one Amber in their life

[@MTG69]

Meeeeooooowwwww!

[@DavyMcWavy]

I read this before the video started and i thought you meant mox amber haha

[@Imabirdhaww]

I don't always agree with your opinions but I love the channel regardless. It is very fun to see and open my thoughts to new perspectives. I think that's a valuable niche in the community! Keep at it!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks for the kind words! Everyone doesn't need to agree on every take for Commander! One of the lessons we hope to teach most

[@fernandovilla902]

Neither do I, but I think its the healthiest kind of takes to watch. It makes you think, calculate. If I agreed to everything they said, then its at best an echo chamber reassurance that my commander card opinions are right (highly unlikely) @Nitpickingnerds, love you, great content and takes

[@mikemartin9345]

Blasphemous act is one of those staples I look for when I just need to spend an extra dollar or two to reach free shipping, i need to keep Sevinne's reclamation in mind for the same reason.

[@BlueFox571]

Love these videos, didn’t know Sevinne’s Reclamation was down to $2! Thanks, Nerds!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Anytime :P

[@kstandish42]

It was almost 11 before they reprinted it in the precon and it’s already starting to trend back up because of the utility so totally worth the price!

[@cthree2982]

Out the gate, out the window, out the front, out the roof ... all are phrases, but wazoo was definitely the most prominent and fitting. Well done Beezy! You da best!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you, thank you, I try!

[@afriendofafriend5766]

I actually think Ebola's Citadel is worth mentioning. It's like $5 and it will just win games. Gary has always been cheap so you don't need to run out and buy him but he also is a great wincon for super cheap.

[@polarofficial1598]

especially with the cool foil retro frame promo version being one of, if not the cheapest

[@afriendofafriend5766]

@@polarofficial1598 exactly! I almost wish it was more expensive because it deserves to be.

[@celerysarcade]

They mention Bola's citadel in almost every one of these videos. I wonder why they didn't this time

[@stephenball2108]

One of my favorite moments involving one of these cards was with my Lurrus deck. Turn one Swamp Sol Ring, turn 2 Swamp Dauthi Voidwalker Mesmeric Orb. Good luck opponents.

[@NitpickingNerds]

BLEGH

[@TopMuffin7]

Videos are objectively better anytime Amber makes a guest appearance

[@NitpickingNerds]

Could not agree more

[@IncrediPaulAZ]

Kitty! 💕

[@rudisgoldeneluger2640]

That cat really loves you

[@NitpickingNerds]

IKR 😍

[@austinturgoose]

Lol just learned I unintentionally included the storm-kiln artist / haze of rage combo in the balmor deck I’m making! By the way Beezy your list is great and has been super helpful

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks, glad it could help!

[@Buchaus]

Moxfield ad guess: 18:26 This is some of my favorite content you guys do, I've picked up some nice hits from the past and I'm sure that this one will have some bangers as well.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Super glad they're working out for you :)

[@mikegameslayer8682]

City of brasses damage can't be prevented by urbord or other mana replacements because it pings you whenever its tapped

[@poutinemcflurry3544]

I played doom whisperer in my old stick fingers deck, and it just always wins me the game! I get to put a TON of cards in my graveyard, and because it’s surveil and not mill, if I find living death, I can just keep it on top and win next turn!

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Great list. - Recurring Insight: I sometimes opt for Nezahal instead. - Doom Whisperer: Ridiculous that this card is so low priced still. - Living Death: One of my all time favorites, combine with Doom Whisperer. Honourable mention: Karn Liberated. Personal mention: Manifold Insights. Play for 3 cmc, typically draws me 3 non-land cards chosen by my opponents. Great for politics, tends to always get me gas :p

[@savinobalducci6148]

didn't know about manifold insights, three mana draw three nonland seems good!

[@brendans1983]

It's true, I didn't have Greater Good in one of my decks and was charged and was going to jail. It was my clean record, and the fact I didn't have any Counterspells just laying around on the table at the time, that saved me.

[@kamilwhaley-kalaora4839]

I think greater good works really well with ghalta as the commander. Sack him to draw 12 and then with enough power on your board you just keep recasting him to get insane card advantage, you don’t even really need graveyard synergy at that point

[@nelsikegaming]

That was the best Moxfield ad yet haha

[@colestephenson901]

The underrated part of Recurring Insight is that you end up with 12ish cards in hand the following turn and you have full access to your mana. With 7 mana and 12 cards you should always be able to do some ridiculous stuff. In my case, swing with Kefnet equipped with Empyrial Plate and Fireshrieker for one shots.

[@one-barwarlord8280]

Kodama really is an answer or lose card, I have one in a random kenrith deck that's just fun jank, and it incredible

[@IncrediPaulAZ]

I couldn't agree more with oracle of mul daya. I bought it at 20 and it's still one of my favorite cards of all time and I'm not even a big green player. My other favorite is yawgmoth thran physician which I got when it was about 10 🤤

[@diegosarceno8936]

One of my favorite combos is Mesmeric Orb + Basalt Monolith to mill myself, brutal :3

[@cush831]

I think its been forgotten but in a creature heavy deck (especially tribal) Kira, Great Glass Spinner is currently only $4.75! I bought 5 of them recently and slotted them into every blue deck I have that cares about my creatures.

[@fosterdawson7339]

WOOOOH AMBERS IN THE INTRO 😍😍

[@chelseacomer1363]

Excellent video guys, I play almost all of those cards so i will not be going to jail lol

[@JetNAmplify]

what do people think of gala greeters in edh? For a while i was just putting it in budget decks because i couldnt think of anything and i had them lying arouind, but now i have started seeing people playing them in my play group and they always make like 10 treasures throughout a game and they get huge. its like creature fall in your creature deck. its just oddly overperformes. also i just grabbed a wargate. nice x3

[@JustRightPinedo]

I must officially be a NN disciple I own all but ~4 of these cards and can confirm they’re either super staples or high performers. Interestingly I JUST picked up Sphinx (finally been wanting a copy ior years), and ironically JUST bought city of brass (thank you 2X2 for some needed reprints). Doom whisperer been in my cart for weeks but keeps ending up alone in a package. #$hipping 👍🏽 listen to these Nerds, they play a LOT of edh and you can trust there’s speaking from experience.

[@JustRightPinedo]

They’re* Also, Whoah I didn’t know wargate existed 😍 and among 14 decks Bant is the only color-combo I have two decks of.

[@lysander3262]

Glen Elendra Archmage is a counterspell for *Cascade* decks Edit: Also -taps for Azami or Galecaster -tutored with Wizardcycling, Faerie Harbinger, Recruiters -infinite EtB with Metallic Mimic effects -totally bypasses opposing Swan Songs, Offers, FoNs, Guardianships -Evasive enough to steal some Monarchies -blocks big stupid Dragons

[@Meese12]

Loving the amber streak. Vital part of the nitpicking nerds team.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We are nothing without her!

[@matthewwells5098]

Mesmeric orb going right into my zellix haunted one deck, and greater good going into my hapatra deck

[@nelsikegaming]

"That's the only word that could finish that sentence" 😂😂 Beezy cracks me up

[@NitpickingNerds]

Good to know 😂

[@bobbycorn3966]

just bought one of these, can confirm, stormkiln artist is great

[@sulfitedragon]

Greater good with Eerie Ultimatum is just enormous value in any graveyard redemption deck, especially is you have a lot of non-basic lands.

[@golgariguy]

My favorite big draw spell in blue (but only mono blue) is Flow of Ideas

[@AngelusNielson]

I pulled both the sphynx and the force of negaton alt art from my handful of double masters x2 boosters I got. also got a renn and six and a few other great ones. Made my 100 or so back and stopped while I was ahead.. ;p

[@NitpickingNerds]

Quitting while you're ahead is the hardest part!

[@viridian8853]

I'm glad you went ham on praising Greater Good because I've been confused for a while why it's SO cheap. Like you said it's gotta be that it's criminally underplayed. I have it in 3 decks, and it's a wincon/absolute house in all of them (Kydele and Dargo, Nethroi, Izoni)

[@leonfriedemann9151]

I love it in my muldrotha. Definitely one of the best cards in the deck.

[@joeldykman7591]

Maybe I've been living in the realm of high level commander- cedh for too long, but I don't really shrug at a card until like $40-50 range. It's not that it's not a serious amount of money, but usually I consider a commander deck to be a long-term investment rather than meta chasing . Take your time getting the survivals and natural orders of your deck and substitute with the less versatile/'weaker" options in the meantime.

[@erikohman2294]

I play a combat deck in mardu. I commit to the board alot, so its hard to find a boardwipe. Ultimatum is freakin amazing. It answers everything. Not anything. EVERYTHING. Also you cant be blocked if there is no blockers. Silly level awesome.

[@efnfen]

Good picks

[@jamesoakley9333]

I already run reoccurring insight ... might run it more now that you hyped it up.

[@jamesoakley9333]

The moxfield spot was very well delivered/ snuck in there....

[@jamesoakley9333]

But I like edhrec and commander spellbook a little more for my purposes.

[@keiharris332]

The midroll ad is definitely at 69:420 Love you guys.

[@NitpickingNerds]

You have the closest guess

[@turnugin5645]

You guys ever use Wrong Turn? Seems pretty wild

[@timewizardking]

Just spent 450$ on proxies to buff all my commander decks extremely happy with quality and cards I wouldn't own otherwise. And rather pay a dope artist for dope cards then wotc or retail for all the staples

[@crawdaddy2004]

The number of times I’ve used Wargate in my Tuvasa deck to either get Serra’s Sanctum or Nykthos (the deck is probably 60 percent Green, 25 percent White and only 15 percent Blue).

[@NitpickingNerds]

I have it in my bant Tuvasa deck too!

[@one-barwarlord8280]

Hey guys I'm curious; do you batch make videos? Like 2 or 3 at once, or really do them daily

[@NitpickingNerds]

Nope, we almost never record more than one at a time :D

[@one-barwarlord8280]

@@NitpickingNerds wow, respect for that,

[@Npocommander]

I use doom whisperer to hit lands or answers

[@ecos889]

Greater good doubles as a classic meme where you can say it's name in the most depressed sounding way possible to unlock it's extra special abillity.

[@crawdaddy2004]

Greater Good is so fun with Hogaak and Bridge from Below. 😂

[@CptnHowdy2475]

One day I strive to be as generous as Post!

[@robvakarian2330]

Comparing sevines rec to cultivate is hilarious lol

[@Ungerrb]

About 25% of these cards I just pulled from double masters!

[@jessesandburg]

Reflecting pool was baldurs gate which only works if your mana is already fixed. I confuse with mana confluence all the time

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's what it was!

[@jessesandburg]

I confuse it so often, i even bought a reflecting pool because of its price drop and literally telling all my friends how much I love it compared to City of Brass. Literally thiking its mana confluence. Received it in the mail and gave it away the same day. RIP

[@golgariguy]

I would add Anguished Unmaking to the cards worth buying. It's super cheap right now.

[@ReLeaseHaVoc]

I put Wargate in my Gates deck. Flavour and synergy win!

[@NitpickingNerds]

That just sounds like a land in that deck lol

[@ReLeaseHaVoc]

@@NitpickingNerds More like Moregate, amirite!? 😞

[@charliemarlow647]

Not tried before, so let's go for it! Moxfield ad guess: 20:22

[@NitpickingNerds]

We appreciate your guess!

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

While I agree Doom Whisperer is a powerful card, I think it's a niche. You really need to make sure you have healthy lifegain to somehow mitigate the lifeloss lest you get absolutely walloped out of the game when you run out of life and don't hit what you need to. I recently took it out of K'rrik despite it working wonders with Bolas' Citadel and I was dropping to 15 and below, which my opponents promptly took advantage of and killed me. Yes, in theory I could easily win t4 or sooner. In practice, I usually got myself to a really low life total and was promptly reminded why you shouldn't do that. Point is, buy and run Whisperer (and by extension Bolas' Citadel) with caution and lifegain. Don't go willy-nilly. It's a good combo finder for sure at the very least, you just need the life to do the finding.

[@gilliganallmighty3]

Mesmiric orb plus basalt monolith in my reanimator.

[@xyllos]

My recent Consecrate Sphinx plays got drained, swords, mind controlled or some kinds of '0' value yeah the card is good OMEGALUL

[@joshaponte6087]

One of my friends at locals thought I had 2 cards in my graveyard. He went through my graveyard. Cast Living Death. I had 6 creatures in my graveyard. He was upset.

[@jdmike06]

PSA you need to resolve each greater good activation one at a time if you sac your whole board.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yep, we were just shortcutting :)

[@khzhak]

So, two questions about Glen Elendra Archmage. If I have Ardent Plea out, and attacked with GEA, does AP mean I can continually sac GEA for countering? What would the timing for that be? And if I have Force of Virtue out, does that mean timing doesn't matter, just repeated use for a blue mana a pop?

[@NitpickingNerds]

-1/-1 counters are tracked differently than a generic +1/+1 stat boost, Persist will only trigger if the creature DOESN'T have a -1/-1 counter, so it won't come back if it has a -1/-1 counter on it when it dies. But that means you can use something like Good Fortune Unicorn to sac it as many times as you want because + and - counters cancel each other out

[@khzhak]

@@NitpickingNerds I never thought of that. Makes sense though, too easy to abuse otherwise. Thank you.

[@khzhak]

@@NitpickingNerds I'm using it in a Commander deck, my commander is Zur, The Enchanter. I decided to go with Cathar's Crusade, although I saw a blue card that lets me tap to put a +1/+1 on a creature, enchantments are better in a Zur deck. I also already have another enchantment, Ephara's Enlightenment, but that's as bad as another blue creature I saw, pay 3 colorless to put a +1/+1 on target creature. That's the quick fix, the crusade is the reliable fix. I also have the Treasury Thrull and Hall of Helios to protect my enchantments, most notably my game winning one, Near Death Experience. I still have Necropotence in the deck as a last resort, but I intend to win using Stunning Reversal, and most of the rest of my deck is contingencies to protect my game winning cards. With the Archmage and Crusade, 1 blue counters anything.

[@garrettsmith4034]

Me a peasant: "LOOKS LIKE PRICE HIKES ARE BACK ON THE MENU, PLANESWALKERS!" "Spare some consecrated sphinx for the poor?????"

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's called Recurring Insight 😂

[@Luke-wt2ph]

Why doesn't Joe Cherries shout "WELCOME to nitpicking nerds!!!" Anymore? That was part of my daily routine :( who hurt my boy?!

[@JustRightPinedo]

Upvote!!! Bring back these Branding 🍒🍒

[@markcahalan5698]

late, but words of wilding is funny with greater good if you don't have any cards, just make bears equal to the amount of mana that you have

[@SvviftDeath]

Doom Whisperer is the most slept on card, no one I know plays it. I use it in my Necrotic Ooze deck with Prossh as my commander. It wrecks every time and is in many occasions better then Necropotence.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I love that demon dude!

[@SIRLagalot007]

How are you paying mystic remora on turn seven thats just expensive as hell

[@golgariguy]

I love Amber!

[@shishsquared]

0:32 **Laughs in KZbin Vanced**

[@Slynch25]

What does Beezy think about Crop Rotation?

[@NitpickingNerds]

It all depends on the lands in your deck, but it's REALLY good

[@leagreenall5972]

Mesmeric Orb + Rest in Peace + Wheel of Sun and Moon FTW ;)

[@DfCoolcat666df]

I used greaves with atrata

[@matix0239]

Posty hooking it up!

[@andrewschiller9735]

What is your guys’ opinions of Sensei’s Divining Top? Obviously, a great card, and I need it for a deck but I am hesitant to drop $25 on one card

[@switchp8286]

It's not exactly necessary for commander. You can get away with mirri's guile, crystal ball, scroll rack, etc.

[@andrewschiller9735]

@@switchp8286 Appreciate the comment but those two cards are practically the same price as Top lol, I think I am just going to spring for it

[@switchp8286]

@@andrewschiller9735 scroll rack isn't, nor is crystal ball. you could also try conch horn in the right deck lol. like I said though you don't need a top in commander.

[@andrewschiller9735]

@@switchp8286 Thanks, appreciate the advide

[@LilyWater84]

Pre-watching prediction (I’m at 0:42). Moxfield ad at 16:18

[@NitpickingNerds]

a noble guess

[@bryandegroat857]

Mesmeric orb is nasty in a Syr Konrad deck

[@NitpickingNerds]

Yeah you’d better watch out against that

[@jry0511]

Wish I bought several Mystic Remora's when it was around 30 cents. I knew that card was way undervalued and I still didn't pull the trigger. Ugh.

[@joshuadenton346]

I didn't even realize Wargate could get a land.

[@TheReqyem]

Greater good has been incredible in my aura, voltron Tuvasa deck, they go and try to kill tuvasa ok I will draw 11.

[@crawdaddy2004]

Ashaya is the best answer to Ruinous Ultimatum and Cyclonic Rift. 😂

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hard counter!

[@44Midfield]

I'm going to guess 1:09 for the moxfield ad for every video till I get it right.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Honestly not the worst strategy

[@noahnavarro2992]

I’m kind of confused as to why you guys like Wargate but don’t like three mana tutors (Grim)? I know Wargate puts the card immediately into play but you still have to pay the mana cost of the card you’re searching for and if your opponents have an answer to the Wargate you’re really screwed.

[@leonfriedemann9151]

Difference is possibly that war gate is nonblack🤔

[@yanncatt]

Mystic Remora is going into my Chisei, Heart of Oceans deck... Remove those counters!!

[@Scienceboy0]

This is a small thing, but I like how you've shortened your intro significantly. It's nice to just get right into the video.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We wish we could just jump in but we we need to make money :P

[@anthonymancuso5554]

Look at that kitty!!

[@sstankfish]

Video over 30 minutes... I'm guessing 16:40 for the Moxfield ad. Ima get this some day...

[@sstankfish]

11:50 dang it

[@leocoelho12]

15:12 fires shot at moxfield

[@NitpickingNerds]

*misses*

[@mthlay15]

Does lightning grieves fit good in Jetmir?

[@NitpickingNerds]

Depends on his shoe size... But I would say no, Jetmir doesn't need to be in play until the last turn of the game, and if players have spot removal, greaves doesn't do anything to help. Jetmir is usually in play for about five seconds whether you win or not

[@mthlay15]

@@NitpickingNerds cool. I had left it out in my first iteration of a deck led by him. I have a few cards coming. I picked up a few upgrades and a couple spicy blue cards like Narset using your affiliate link.

[@laurainthesky3765]

My Jetmir uses snakeskin veil, heroic Intervention, Valorous Stance, and Grand abolisher, giver of runes, Grand Crescendo. Protect lord Jetmir at all costs! I would consider Veil of summer if strong blue black meta.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Storm-Kiln artist plus storm is silly

[@petegriswold]

Had a frickin STACK of Mystic Remora's back in the day, before commander was a thing. Thought it was garbage, gave them all away

[@switchp8286]

its funny cause its such an obviously strong card, but probably not something to play mainboard outside of edh

[@Squee_666_9]

Really surprised that fetch lands aren't on this list. They are so cheap right now.

[@someperson7622]

the ones that got mh2 reprints are, the khans of tarkir ones went up, still, scalding tarn for around 20 is insane to think compared to pre mh2.

[@Squee_666_9]

@@someperson7622 Yeah there's still a few that are expensive but the rest are as about as cheap as they are ever going to get. Fetch lands for 10-20$? Good lord that's a good deal.

[@nickA246]

music in the background??

[@NitpickingNerds]

No 👀

[@tristanherrick7273]

Panharmonicon is has dropped a bunch. It's like $6 😯😋

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank goodness! Didn't feel worth it at that high price before

[@magnarkorsmo1894]

Mystic remora isnt "right up there with rhystic study" its ACTUALLY as good as people THINK rhystic study is

[@RussianPS3]

Remora>Study is what you’re saying? If that’s the case I strongly disagree outside of cedh

[@magnarkorsmo1894]

@@RussianPS3 i do think remora is usually better than study. I think study is often overrated, if youre playing against competent opponents theyll usually not let you draw many cards off it

[@charlesmaillho367]

I like the new intro. The one-liners y'all used to spew out were always felt wasted time.

[@smalldiabetes]

Guessed 12 minute mark for moxfield ad. So close…

[@NitpickingNerds]

Keep at it!

[@catit6599]

17:43

[@dylangarcia2644]

For free counterspells. Foil. Very narrow. But good

[@NitpickingNerds]

I love foil in budget

[@dylangarcia2644]

@@NitpickingNerds I use it in my niv mizset deck. It’s not extremely budget but it works after I combo off and don’t kill every player. I’ll draw 30-40 cards so I’ll have islands in my hand to spare

[@armstrongturbo]

Ad guess: 12:12 Edit: I was freakin close

[@NitpickingNerds]

Mwahaha

[@mutsuhanma7807]

Gotta find a way to flash in Vigor for the blasphemous act...

[@PSroka]

Greater good + rancor

[@NitpickingNerds]

I love it