Grading White Commander Staples of EDHREC | Which White Staples are Worth Playing?

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Welcome to the start of a brand new series, where we (Joe Cherries and Beezy) discuss all of the top White commander staples on EDHREC, and go over which we like most, and which we don't like at all! In fact, we're giving them each a grade, so strap yourselves in!

[@twl232]

A for Auto-include. B for Build Around. C for Cut. D for Don't Bother. F for Forget about it. Pretty good memory points.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I like!

[@NitpickingNerds]

We are going to use this!

[@beepboopkendo4206]

A small suggestion would be E for Eeehhh...

[@vondoom3141]

S for sir why aren’t you running that?

[@SlickSnake69]

G for Ghostly Prison

[@AverageGamer-us1tr]

I disagree with Ghostly Prison being a “F.” Ghostly Prison is one of the best cards in my Elsha deck because I have only a handful of creatures. It makes it harder for me to be attacked when I don’t have a lot of blockers (which is about 80-90% of the time).

[@TioFranTV]

I think the same. The only way that it should be a F is in a meta where combat damage wasn't relecant. Otherwise is a udefull card, I see a lot how people forgets the player with this card in play at the combat phase, even when they don't have blockers. Just think how many times they don't pay for smothering or ristik.

[@MaSolSC2]

Yeah, if your meta usually includes 1-2 decks that go for win by combat (Stompy, Go-Wide, Voltron....) this card can save your ass. Especially if you have some synergie with your theme. It falls behind in the end game due to removal and big mana pools. But in my experience it forces the beatdown decks into a war with another opponent during the mid game, so you can watch the fireworks. Sure if you play pretty much exclusevly on level 9+ combo tables this will not work, but thats no fun for me anyway.

[@TheSuperReaper]

My roommate HATES ghostly prison, and also propaganda. Especially when I have them both on the field at the same time.

[@aikendrum3228]

I think it's playable and has homes, but it shouldn't be anywhere near the top 30 imo.

[@sasorispupet]

Totally agree. Fight an elfball deck and say that it’s not at least useful. Highest 30 cards? Probably not so much but if you’ve ever gone against a go wide deck that started with sol ring and mana crypt? It’s good, it’s has it’s places. Probably a C+to a b- IMO.

[@Greg501-]

Time to start putting Grave Titan in decks until it becomes listed as a staple

[@NitpickingNerds]

It is on the staple list

[@summeryoung1026]

As in stapling it to the user as punishment. ;P

[@jasonbarry3301]

I love the way joe reaches past his microphone. Feels like he’s gonna get over excited and jump out to grab me by the collar and ramble about gravy.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I’m a my way excited 😜

[@bedwarssweat6205]

I can't wait to see all the staples graded

[@NitpickingNerds]

They will be!

[@dylanj2925]

Tbh I don’t know how great grades staples will be, you can’t play a psa 10 smothering tithe in a deck 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@dylanj2925 I’ll fight you

[@RedCometNurse]

Ghostly Prison and Propaganda together make it pretty hard for your opponents to attack. In my Jeskai Spellslinger, it slams the door shut on attackers while targeted removal deals with the other threats.

[@Helpfulhelp]

Gotta disagree on path to exiles ranking. While giving an opponent some ramp is worse than life, it is still just another version of swords. There's literally no reason not to include it alongside swords.

[@savinobalducci6148]

i just hate that if I exile a Commander he's gonna return the next turn

[@stephanecolarocchio804]

My meta is very aggro we have a big creature and attack meta so ghosthly prison is good

[@noahz42]

I knew the cedh comment was coming the second you said red elemental blast was bad xD

[@NitpickingNerds]

Exactly! You know us!

[@timbombadil4046]

Landtax is a definite B+ in monowhite for the looting/rummage effects. It's also one of the few cards that can pull out enough lands to actually have thinning that is worth noting. If you start building around it and similar cards like Archaeomancer's Map you can get it to do more. Add in Extraplanar Lens, Lotus Field, etc... And you keep your count lower so the triggers occur more frequently.

[@Gruxx22]

Thanks for all the super platonic uncomfortable love guys, back at ya!

[@maxwellharris1434]

You guys are the most prolific and quality mtg content-look forward to your uploads everyday

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks Maxwell!

[@leyasu888]

Gravetitan is so good and such a staple it should be in this list even if it's color identity is wrong 🤣

[@hastadvalorant]

Silence is really good bro, play it for bait counter or just win the game, nobody can do shit if u used silence. G_G

[@Interrobang212]

KZbin recommended me this channel a few weeks ago, and i gotta say you guys are POUNDING out the good content. Keep it up, wishing you steady channel growth.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you so much we really appreciate that

[@Thrasheddd]

"Does your deck have permanents?" "Maybe. You don't know me"

[@NitpickingNerds]

Sorry! Lol 😝

[@athenazoey5093]

"You know me, Idont have permanents" So your using and playing "Fake cards".

[@Razdasoldier]

Definition of opps all spells :P​@@athenazoey5093

[@hauntingthegrave]

in what world is Ghostly Prison an F?! what?!

[@falandrion2870]

Exactly, after all it stops Grave Titan ;)

[@Morrodin182]

It ain't ... I made a seperate comment just moments earlier as I also think it is a plain mistake from their end. Ghostly prison in the right style of deck is absolutely golden and even in a deck where it 'does not belong' it will at least protect you from go wide token strategies.

[@alonso30012]

I do play Red Elemental Blast, but only because my deck contains a lot of loot effects.

[@pauljimerson8218]

Yeah faithless looting and cathartic reunion just dump it if its not viable.

[@pauldyson8098]

"If you want all the serotonin, you gotta get back Burnished Hart."

[@NitpickingNerds]

So much serotonin

[@RobinHollinshead]

Just realised I’ve been seeing yall through my recommended and haven’t been subscribed, this blunder has been rectified

[@NitpickingNerds]

Lol, thank you Conner we appreciate it!

[@andrewhoward6946]

I have to disagree with the Ghostly Prison F. It's not an A, but there are so many times in games where people say "Oh yeah. I guess I'll go ahead and swing" and you can say "pay 2?" And they respond with "Oh, I'll attack someone else instead" It won't save you from a game winning play, but it can easily redirect 10+ damage over a game, and it DOES hard shutdown token swarms. Also, Land Tax as a C?? Even if you only get one trigger, 1 Mana draw 3 is so far beyond the curve I don't get why you would cut this unless you were worried about your deck looking too competitive.

[@imprisonedmike]

You know what’s a really bad card in white decks! Grave titan. Pretty much unplayable in mono white.

[@NitpickingNerds]

If you are playing GT in mono white you need to rethink everything

[@KingMasteron1]

I think Grand abolisher puts in way more work than you realize, you're just not able to see it because your opponents are literally unable to do anyting

[@frandynamo2143]

Path gets a C grade!? What?? I mean I get that Swords to Plow is clearly better but this is still 1 mana instant exile effect. Surely you would usually keep both in white decks as you need multiple removal spells..

[@kristennorth3268]

"Obviously every deck is going to have fetch lands in it." Not on my budget. But thank you for starting with my favorite color to play!

[@dereko333]

you guys are extremely good at keeping each video fresh and interesting. i don’t even play white in any of my EDH decks, but you guys are just so damn entertaining and charismatic i gotta watch! keep it up, nerds.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you that was very kind of you to say

[@uphillwalrus5164]

Land Tax isn’t really a ramp card. It’s a card advantage engine that fixes land drops

[@kevinbullman1350]

I'm now getting back into mtg after a 5 year absense. Your videos have been awesome and are making me think completely different and I've now decided I am gonna try commander thanks to your videos

[@NitpickingNerds]

That's amazing to hear, I hope you have fun with it!!

[@bch9124]

I screenshotted about 7 cards that I got ideas for while watching. Thanks, Nerds!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Wow awesome! Glad to give you some food for thought

[@robertteisher3638]

Dunno about that Mother of Runes grade...especially if you care about your commander staying upright (which most my decks do). Otherwise I can't disagree with the rest of the list...maybe the Grand Abolished grade too. Ok now I'm done 😆

[@autoenthused]

Agreed. It’s great having a free way to protect your commander from spot removal. I have this in my Kraum/Akroma deck. There’s only so many free ways, even on blue, to protect my seven drop commander.

[@robertteisher3638]

@@autoenthused also love see an opening hand mom (mother of runes). Fact that she protects herself ends up being relevant quite a lot too

[@harveydc5733]

Ghostly prison isn't that great to be honest, but I am a sucker for that kamigawa art

[@NitpickingNerds]

I do enjoy the art as well

[@aidankeyes5526]

When are we making the kick starter for the nitpicking nerds vacuum cleaner.

[@AbyssArray]

Ghostly Prison - as the token player, more than half my decks are go wide strategies, varying effectiveness but can absolutely shut down some of them if I don't have the proper removal in hand (I'd probably put it as a D+, though against me it's probably like a C+, I've liked it less and less as I've played - back 2 years ago, it was in every deck basically at our table, our decks were definitely all board based): * Omnath, Locus of Rage (I can't feasibly pay the mana for the tokens I make, there are ways to get around it like Warstorm Surge, but there's only a few options for that in the deck - primary wincon is to get a bunch of 5/5s and smash) * Slivers (naturally go wide synergies, I don't play any infinite combos in this deck) * Rhys the Redeemed (tokens tokens.. there's only so much mana to go around) * Kykar, Wind's Fury (anthems and tokens build) * Anowon, the Ruin Thief (going wide with creatures, and ideally mill a creature from each player to draw) * Hope of Ghirapur (voltron deck, not really affected) * Liesa, Shroud of Dusk (unaffected, though, it can matter sometimes if I want to play something in my hand and I need to hit that person) * Zaxara, the Exemplary (is a token deck but heavy mana strategies, main wincon is to get an infinitely sized trampling hydra to connect to face) * Meren of Clan Nel Toth (not really affected but I don't actually have a wincon for this deck, so there's that) * Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces (attempt at a high power level deck, combo deck, unaffected) * Rin and Seri, Inseparable (built to be more lifegain and control, so not too bad) Always love these lists - definitely agree almost every rating.

[@johnfinch9164]

Ghostly Prison is really good in a Stax deck, guys. REALLY good.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We are not fans 😅

[@madboywhiteboy1160]

Ghostly prison isn’t an F wtf, it’s definitely a B-/C+, one of the better edh pillows Fort/ Enchantments matter cards giving protection against go wide and tokens. It goes down to C-/D in CEDH because combat is weak in that format

[@fieldingfowler3793]

Hey Nerds! I love your videos! I’m a subscriber and watch a lot ok ok I watch all of them. Can I give you one nugget of feed back? As you’re ranking these cards you’re not explaining really why you like or dislike them very much. I feel like you should go into detail a little bit more on why thinks aren’t good (swords) and why things like (path) is less good.

[@Morrodin182]

Thanks for the video. I don't agree at all with some of the ratings given though. For instance I think that grading ghostly prison an F is just a plain mistake. Do you want to play it in just any deck? Nope. Is it a strong performer in a certain style of decks? Oh hell yes: It stops go wide token strategies, it protects your planeswalkers in superfriends, in a stax deck it just totally stops you from getting attacked and so on. This is in other words, not a card you just play in an attack heavy meta, it is card you play when you know your deck is not relying on creatures to defend itself OR needs/wants protection versus go wide strategies. Just my two cents of course.

[@zes793]

#stoptheghostlyprisonhate Stop trying to make "ghostly prison is bad" happen. It's NOT going to happen. Haters gonna hate and Ghostly Prison gonna continue to be an MVP.

[@sh1pme2themune9]

So hear me out… I play a Phelddagrif deck with an enchantress sub-theme, so I need to have the Ghostly Prison effects to keep me from dying while I pass out free hippos.

[@dakillaklown715]

Ghostly Prison, like Propaganda, are good when synergy is a thing. Ex. Tuvasa.

[@garrettschrepfer7659]

Sphere of safety is not fantastic outside of enchantment heavy decks. However, when someone has to pay 20 mana to swing one creature at you, that card feels SOOOOO good.

[@alecbluhm3826]

NN: don't play ghostly prison Also NN: cathars' crusade will win you games in combat But actually the one deck I had prison in I removed because I realized it was the opposite of what I wanted in superfriends.🙃

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hey we helped!

[@marcussanchez9592]

Strong work gentleman, I love ya work. Let’s see some BLACK 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@jongailey85]

Loved the video and y’all’s content as a whole. Great honest input on stuff! I like to hear y’all’s opinion on new and existing cards. Honestly though, I would’ve given Path to Exile a B+. You’d be hard-pressed to find much removal that is more efficient than PtE that exiles a creature rather than destroys. Running both Path and Swords is almost like running two copies of the same card. Two copies of 1-mana “exile a creature” at instant speed is sweet. Al that said, I totally get where y’all are coming from with it. Sometimes giving someone an extra land can be a bit of a feel-bad.

[@nickhughes8179]

Condemn is a very underrated 3rd copy and it puts an attacking creature to the bottom of the library. Probably a C+ to a B- for me. Oust is another powered down functional reprint sitting at a C, but Oust gets rid of Indestructible creatures for a cpl turns.

[@meatrace]

Elspeth makes weenies and bakes meanies. Meanies being creatures with power 4+ as everyone knows. It’s of the tier of cards that needs an answer and there’s not a lot of that in white or in planeswalkers.

[@NitpickingNerds]

She is cool 😎

[@MassEffectFan113]

These guys don't play enchantment decks do they? Land Tax is amazing, lol.

[@FaithsFurryCritters]

I have only played Magic for 3 years, my first prerelease was Dominaria and I been exclusively been a standard player until I found you guys and have helped me a lot, finally bought my first deck with Lorehold this year and your upgrades worked top notch for me! I just got sick of how broken standard had been and rotation sucks and Mana bases always changing and needing 4 copies of stuff all was too hard! You guys single handedly converted me to a format I thought I would never play but now I'm all in so Thank you so much!

[@trytoxania7020]

I found and subbed to this channel 2 days ago, and for the past 2 weeks have been putting together my first mono-white deck, this was meant to be!

[@ThorMan91587]

Ah, the "good ol days", when Joe snorted fat lines of coke right before hitting record 😅 (I know this isn't old, but I forgot about Exuberant AF Joe 💗)

[@NitpickingNerds]

I am also exuberant lol

[@HighSocietyDrumLabs]

Ghostly Prison is clutch for Stax. I'm also surprised blazing archon doesn't get more play

[@wesleypederson5497]

Yeah, seems like it’s good when you’re really squeezing them for mana with something like a winter orb

[@twistedsword8612]

Glad I pulled Smothering Tithe in a pack

[@beepboopkendo4206]

I've been playing since alpha and have never owned a swords to plowshares (just never pulled one)

[@NitpickingNerds]

That is crazy to think about

[@ColoradoCardBreaks]

I’ll be upset if all of the colors and artifacts aren’t done. Great episode, super informative and enjoyable!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you we will be covering all the top 30 and then some

[@zotmaster]

I'd definitely like to see more of this. I'm amazed at how quickly you put out great content.

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's because this channel is our #1 focus :)

[@TopLevelJiuJitsu]

100% better than Pewdie Pie

[@ellisgriffin668]

I think the staples should be rated by how well they do in their respective colors, but I do appreciate the commentary on how they fare in multicolor decks

[@wtficantfindagoodnam]

Would love to see more of this series. Also would love if you guys eventually do this for the dual color pairs.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We will be doing this once a week for a while

[@troper25]

@@NitpickingNerds yaay!

[@Joelthelobo]

Could you put the TCG price off the card also

[@danielaserkoff7746]

I second this, would really help! Other than that I love the episode

[@RalpOwns]

I actually think that would (mildly) detract from the focus of this video, and possibly confuse viewers about what the specific purpose of it is. But I respect your suggestion. In any case, if it helps, they're just rattling through the edhrec top 30 by color, and edhrec already lists pricing info under every card. Hope that helps! edhrec.com/top/w

[@Wojtek36762]

“Obviously every deck has fetch lands in it...” my dudes, I own one fetch land. A set of 10 would run me what I spend on multiple new decks 😫 You seem to know about some people not owning several hundreds of dollars in fetches when you tell us not to run Brainstorm without them

[@grimreefer4110]

I've been on the fence but you talked me into getting a smothering tithe. Can't wait for the rest of the colors♡

[@LucasSkywalker19]

I love how the content is interesting without being repetitive ! Fun in all ways! Great hug on you guys!

[@NitpickingNerds]

No , great hug on you

[@schrottinator]

27:07 I disagree because Silence gives me the chance to go off with my OTK combos.

[@soullessslacker]

I'd like to see your deck. It's interesting seeing your decks and how you would make them.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Our list are on mox field

[@soullessslacker]

@@NitpickingNerds but it doesn't say how it got there. That want I'm talking about.

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@soullessslacker what do you mean?

[@soullessslacker]

@@NitpickingNerds like why did you pick this card instead of that one.

[@PSroka]

Hey Nerds, how do we feel about Once Upon a Time, I pulled 2 copies during Eldraine so I've been trying to fit them in for Timmy reasons

[@NitpickingNerds]

Card is pretty good nothing crazy.

[@PSroka]

@@NitpickingNerds run in every deck with green, got it 😂

[@looptydooptydoo]

Can't speak for everyone, but if you wanted to make this video a series where you cover top-played cards in every color, I would certainly watch that 👍

[@Late_Night_Mega]

So you give Ghostly Prison an F because most decks are going to win with combos and don't care about attacking. If that's your attitude, then you are way closer to cedh than you care to admit. But then later you talk about how good Elish Norn and Cathars' Crusade are because you get a bunch of creature tokens and go wide and kill everyone. Yet, Ghostly Prison stops that exact thing. I'm not saying prison is an all star auto-include or anything like that, but it's way better than you give it credit for. I like it in Enchantress Decks where I get synergy for playing enchantments, or decks where I'm not running a lot of creatures so I can't rely on creatures for defense and need to deter attacks so I don't just get run over in the early game, and ghostly prison does just that.

[@staticnetwork]

Disagree on grand abolisher, frequently in my group the player before me will activate an ability on my end step so they can repeat that ability on their turn. Also, they can't counter spell my stuff.

[@blacklancejeo6625]

I'll rate Path to Exile as a B since you can also exile one of your own creatures to ramp into plains faster

[@michaelpoerio9926]

How is it Swords to Plowshares gets an A, but Path to Exile is a C. I'm also of the opinion that PtE is not as powerful as StP, but is the difference worth two letter grades? How is it EASILY replaceable, this is where I'm skeptical. What 3-4 other white removal spells do you find just much better that is instant speed and exiles for 1 mana? Works quite nice in 1-3 color decks. This is no pet card of mine, but I'm thinking a strong devaluing here... unjustly so. A solid B+ easily for me. What do I care on turn 7-10 if you get 1 more land? And I could use it as ramp, take out my utility creature later if needed as plan B.

[@emerson685]

Awesome video! The only thing I slightly disagree with is Elesh Norn. She's an A for me. I really love playing blink decks, and I can confirm that Elesh Norn pretty much shuts down my game. Turns out most creatures with good ETBs have a 1 or 2 butt. Just it's effect on getting rid of 99% of utility creatures makes it an A for me, and I don't even own a copy. To me the bump in power is the gravy, but the text that basically says "you're opponents don't get utility creatures" is the real text. And for non-CEDH, most of people's synergy is built into creatures. I just think it's power to shut down decks makes it good by itself. Just think about this... it shuts down Skullclamp in most decks!! Lol. Can't get stronger than that! Also, just writing this is tempting me to go order a copy. Lol

[@zweis]

If there was a card that cost 1 white mana and said "Sacrifice a creature: Put a basic land into play" at instant speed it would be an auto include in every white deck. Path to Exile does that, but it's also a modal Swords to Plowshare and somehow we're rating that a C? I only recently started playing Commander so maybe there's something I'm missing, but surely we can't be putting Path below Plow right?

[@s1y_guy928]

I thought this was gonna be a tire list lol.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Why?

[@iDog-kv8nc]

Love the vid but y’all are dead wrong about Ghostly Prison. Not sure if y’all just haven’t played it enough or played against it enough, but 2 mana per creature adds up quick. It’s a massive deterrent in my Liesa deck, and it often prevents opponents from swinging out at you, even late game. Definitely a C+ at its very worst. And Land Tax is a B. It’s not just a ramp spell; it’s a deck filtering spell. Getting all your basic lands out so you reduce the risk of top decking them late game is crucial. That always needs to be taken into account when talking about Land Tax.

[@Bobob1700]

If you are playing Austere Command in more white decks than Land tax, fat yikes. You don't play land tax as a ramp card, you play it because it's usually a one-mana draw six+ (in normal commander). If cards like Cathars' crusade can regularly make it around the table then you're gonna always be happy with Land Tax.

[@vonLuck130]

You guys have ZERO respect for how disruptive the Ghostly Prison/Propaganda/Sphere of Safety can be to the tempo of your opponents. Yes, sometimes your opponents will have plenty of mana to circumvent these however more often they will be faced with situations where they can double spell/drop a fatty OR they can pay to attack you. These work even better against wide board states and can be an affective deterrence. Often making your opponents choose between developing their board or attacking you is enough to dissuade them. That said they don't belong in every deck and need a little build around to reach maximum efficiency.

[@Threads_Of_Fate]

I really don't agree with Silence being F. Its trash if you treat it as a sorcery to protect your own combo like cEDH players do. In casual EDH you should treat it as a pre-emptive super counter spell, drop it on problem players upkeep. I would still only give it a C in most decks though, as like counter spell your going -1 for the rest of the table and in this case your target doesn't even loss a card. Orim's Chant is just better in every way that matters in casual EDH.

[@ioioioio5997]

I really disagree with your assessment of Grand Abolisher. Unless you are considering every single combo deck to be cEDH (they aren't), your assumption that it is never relevant outside of cEDH is horribly wrong. Winning with a combo deck almost always comes down to being able to get all the pieces you need on the board at once. If you can do that, typically you win on the spot. Grand Abolisher helps to ensure none of your opponents can disrupt this. Once you start the turn with Grand Abolisher out, you know they won't be able to respond and can take the risk of actually casting your combo pieces. To say this situation only comes up in cEDH is not accurate at all.

[@riggypiggy22]

I think any late game deck would love ghostly prison. It doesnt protect you forever, but it does one of two things. (1) it guarantees that you will get to your late game...sure you take some damage, but you are there or (2) it forces a player to use enchantment removal. In the 2nd scenario, you can say that about anything....so the 2nd shouldn't influence the ranking. Id say the ranking should be a C-. It does its job perfectly in a late game control deck. Not so much in anything else

[@selkokieli843]

There's three reasons not to play smothering tithe: 1. you can't protect yourself from three other players or win quick enough, 2. it's super annoying, 3. it's bloody expensive. Other than that, it's stupidly good as everyone knows by now. Man I hate this effect and how it slows down games

[@joeldykman7591]

Land tax is NOT a land ramp card. It never puts you ahead in mana. While i agree that its not a pure auto-inlcude, its synergy with scroll rack makes it one of whites best card draw effects. Seriously, whats better than fetching 3 random lands to then ditch for x+3 cards on the top, then just to shuffle them away on your next upkeep, all the while being able to get under draw restrictions like spirit of the labyrinth?

[@user-tl4ze2vq9i]

As a long standing mono white/red and Boros player, I find myself not playing land tax as much these days, even in my mono white. It's a dead draw later in the game and only good in early hands. It's also quite replaceable by cheaper cards like gift of estates or wayfarer (that can search for any land). I've moved away from it a couple of years ago and never looked back. Fun fact, I have an Elesh Norn deck

[@syna2557]

I think you guys underestimate Red Elemental Blast, I understand it's not about CEDH but a lot of people play blue aswell in casual, if you play mono red and you really need your commander to get through it's really nice to be able to get rid of a counterspell. Often I'm able to counter Rhystic Study early or destroy it which is something red normally can't do, counter a cyclonic rift. Red also plays wheels and looting effects which makes you able to get rid of it if it's stuck in your hand, I wouldn't consider it a F.

[@tonyantony6110]

Daily quality videos for the magic format we love. Why NOT like, comment and be subscribed. Get these boys payed and help them keep up the good fight....

[@ChannelJjordo]

I've never tried Grand Abolisher out myself but I have the strictly worse version, Dosan the Falling Leaf, in my Xenagos deck and my god does he rumble. Unless someone's playing counterspells you cast it and they don't even get the chance to deal with it before it's static effect kicks in. It literally protects itself, asceticism doesn't even do that! Sure it needs a proactive deck but nothing feels better than slamming a Dosan/Grand Abolisher effect into a hastey Balefire Dragon Also as a side note; love the position it puts your opponents in after when they then have to choose between dealing with the new threat or risking that fresh protected hell they went through in the last of your turns again

[@darksteelmenace595]

So you're telling me you like austere command, but merciless eviction is bad? Bruh

[@breadnbutterbutter2121]

great vid

[@Kalaha86]

You guys are really underestimating the impact of ghostly prison and Grand abolisher. Prison is perfect in those decks where you dont have a lot of creatures like voltron decks or control decks. Grand abolisher is a definite auto include in some decks and should be a high consideration for many other decks. Many decks just want to build up a board state and then wait for the right opportunity to go off. You can even keep this in your hand until you want to go off. As long as it doesnt get countered, you can do whatever you want during your turn and your opponents can't interact. That's awesome no matter if you are a creature based deck or a combo deck.

[@isocity-info]

Enlightenend Tutor B, Swords to Ps A? What a comparison. The tutor is definetly A++++ and the best white card over all.

[@EvanFarshadow]

Dispatch, while it should be a B due to needing Metalcraft synergy, but if you have Metalcraft, it is a strictly better Swords to Plowshares.

[@esrohm6460]

i rarely play swords to plowshare in white decks. i don't like cards that just remove creatures. i normally try to get permanent removal because creature rarely matter so much that i would like to remove more than 1-2 in a game and instead just win before creatures, that aren't literally win that turn or when they untap. i am used to building, without even wanting to do it, decks that lock down the board or win turn 6. i just have to make sure that i don't lose to win and with experience you know what matter and what not and most things don't matter to your game plan if your not in lower power levels. ps.: knight of the white orochi is better than you give it credit. searching non basic lands untapped is even good if you play green, where you have the land base that fits. it gets whatever color you need and you can use it right away and thats strong when you know that your opponents do land ramp.

[@kilian6464]

Why is there this big price different between Europen and american prices? I picked a smothering tithe for about 15€ thats not nearly around 40 dollar.

[@blaze556922]

This is the only one you don't put grades on the cards as you discuss them. I don't watch your entire videos. I skip through and stop on specific cards I want to hear you discuss. Please put time stamps in your videos for when you are changing topics or discussing a new card. Thanks it would really help your viewers

[@michaelmorack1654]

Awesome series guys! Would love to see more. As a new player, reading the card doesn't always explain the card. Understanding the card in gameplay situations is very helpful. Keep up the great work!

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you we will continue the series 😊

[@chevin0]

I don't understand the hate on the Ghostly Prison effects. if your meta ends the game through combat at least a good chunk of the time, they are a relevant speed bump that can buy you another turn or three over the course of the game, more if you have them stack up. and if creatures swinging are not regularly a part of ending your games, your group and meta are an anomaly in the EDH community.

[@DaRKWizaRdGaming0]

I’m confused on why y’all bash decimate? 4 mana destroy 4 things. Yes I know you have to have legal targets but in a 4 causal pod it’s not hard to find them

[@TemporalOnline]

I don't understand how ghostly prison and sphere of safety are so F if you keep going back to "going wide" strategies and going Gaga over Elesh Norn.

[@TIprgm]

When you compared swords and path I was like dafuq!? But I remembered that not everyone plays Feather and uses them mostly on their own tokens.

[@jamesloder8652]

I play open the armory in my orzhov aristocrats deck that only runs skull clamp and sword of light and shadow... are you saying that's not worth it? 🤣

[@TopLevelJiuJitsu]

Love ur stuff, but will forever disagree about ghostly prison/propaganda. Even in cEdh I like those cards. Slows godo, shuts down token decks, forcing them to other options, they're just great in control decks. P.S.Makes Cathar's Crusade irrelevant

[@NitpickingNerds]

Hey disagreeing is ok. 😀 format is vast and we aren’t an authority

[@XNamelessXNill]

Man I remember I pulled a smothering tithe in one of those white black themed packs and bought one for 4$ when it came out Side note. Extort is reminder text and does not contribute to cards color identity.