Commander Cards MOST Worth Buying | Cards that are 100% Worth Their Price

[@IdlestHands]

Here's the list for easy copy and pasting: Felidar Retreat Species Specialist Rhythm of the Wild Teferi, Master of Time Altar of Dementia Goblin Bombardment Toxic Deluge Beast Whisperer Field of the Dead Bolas's Citadel Agent of Treachery Goblin Welder Deadly Rollick Cathars' Crusade Dig Through Time Chord of Calling Living Death Bala Ged Recovery Mizzix's Mastery Mystic Confluence

[@NitpickingNerds]

Feel free to paste that list into any of your favorite affiliate link shopping carts 😂

[@dwaldron]

@@NitpickingNerds maybe post a direct link to this list to buy these in the description? Make that dough boyyyys!

[@obadijahparks]

Way to shorten this video.

[@lum26akua28]

Ready for the price on all these to increase.

[@jimjordan29]

Have all but 3 of these, that makes me feel good.

[@Vidious808]

I'd love to see a video of you guys going over your personal decks.

[@NitpickingNerds]

It's on our list of vids to make!

[@kovala]

The dream. I know it’s gone now but damn do I wanna see Beezy’s Skullbreezy deck.

[@SirCorn]

"So this is my Golos deck, but I know what you're thinking... It's not that kind of deck. But it does use Field of the Dead as a backup finisher..."

[@thebootknifer]

I would love to be your celebrity guest for this video. And by Celebrity, I mean a complete random off the internet.

[@JohnDoe-df7bl]

How about a gameplay episode

[@zachariahpoltergeist4516]

"If they don't kill it, you can't lose!" You underestimate how bad I can make a deck. In my last game, I had three tutors in my hand and no idea what to do with them.

[@NitpickingNerds]

😂

[@elipetrou9308]

Yikes

[@johnperseo1044]

My first time playing demonic tutor in commander was T2 demonic tutor for a basic swamp. Who knew demonic tutor was a bad sylvan scrying. 😅

[@elipetrou9308]

@@johnperseo1044 bruh, just get solo ring if you really need mana

[@johnperseo1044]

@@elipetrou9308 It was my 1st time piloting a friends deck new to commander. It's was a good laugh thinking back. I agree ofc but again I was new to the deck and format.

[@sweetjamin01]

Long work day over, cold beer in hand, and Nerds on the screen. Nice.

[@N1ghthavvk]

37:25 There's already consistency with copying spells by the way: * Cards (in graveyards, hands, exile, etc.) are copied first, then cast (and maybe exiled afterwards). Examples: Isochron Sceptre, Mizzik's Mastery, Reversal of Fortune * Spells on the stack are always just copied and never cast. Examples: Bonus Round, Dualcaster Mage, Radiate It's basically just two different types of effects.

[@NitpickingNerds]

I didn’t know that but thank you for explaining

[@SirDeLisSDLTV]

@@NitpickingNerds and also, when you copy cards with Mizzix’s Mastery and such effects - you don’t get magecraft triggers for copying, just for cast. It works like this because magecraft triggers on “whenever you copy instant or sorcery spell”, but in every other zone not in stack - it’s not a spell, it’s a card.

[@selkokieli843]

anyone know why this is?

[@SirDeLisSDLTV]

@@selkokieli843 because spells are not cards.

[@EdHGuru]

Rhythm of the wild with persist creatures and death loops chefs kiss

[@voxkine9385]

I think you just described my Korvold deck…

[@mayamayhemmusic]

I JUST BUILT A KORVOLD DECK WITH THIS GOD DAMN IT STOP READING MY MIIIIIND

[@jeffnorris211]

Grumgully!!!!!

[@fangornfan]

38:53 Mystic Confluence has 10 different combinations (if order doesn’t matter) or 27 different permutations (if order matters).

[@tichrondus]

Came here for this

[@atomsk1972]

Me too, I must be a Nitpicking Nerd.

[@waitingwarrior4203]

I love your content. Not gonna lie. You guys have got some awesome commentary, fast and funny information. Ugh i've been looking for a commander podcast JUST like yours for so long. Keep it up guys

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

Being a budget player (none of my decks go beyond the $200 mark), I LOVED this video, specially since I like to stock up on "staples" (yes, there are budget staples) for future projects .... Thanks guys, keep up the great work

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you for watching the video 😊

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

@@NitpickingNerds Thank you guys for sharing all the valuable knowledge, not only for deck building and strategy, but also for my pocket ;)

[@WillEnj0y]

$200 is budget? Yikes

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

@@WillEnj0y sadly... it kinda is... I consider a deck budget $200-100 ... less than 100 tends to (not always of course) be very suboptimal in all ways. While $200-100 you can access to power plays or synergies more often

[@jamesoakley9333]

@@WillEnj0y 100 cards× $2 ave is budget....

[@BMazeing]

First time checking out your channel. I appreciate your insight and speculations. Great job with a good quality video and visuals. I'm also super impressed at how chill you were about plugging sponsors. I'll be back to watch more.

[@Oreospartacus]

I love your videos. I’m new to magic and you guys have been a huge help in putting together a deck that lets me hold my own on Friday nights!

[@tylermasek1213]

Agent of Treachery is so good in Araumi. 3 copies for 3 steals then draw 9.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Absolutely NUTS in that deck!

[@robv4849]

@tyler masek AoT is bonkers in my araumi deck

[@andrewduncan9431]

He’s in my Brago

[@paulhanbury1930]

37:25 There is a consistency: if the target is a spell on the stack, the spell is copied (and not cast); but if the target is a card (in exile or the graveyard, for example), the card is copied and then the spell is cast.

[@paulhanbury1930]

I was wrong... your example of "Teach by Example" doesn't do it the way I expected.

[@thrillhouse4151]

Didn’t know Species Specialist existed, that’s why I watch these videos! My toxic deluge arrived today!

[@NitpickingNerds]

We got you homie!

[@nirartov4863]

37:30 when you copy a card you have to cast it, when you copy a spell it has already been cast essentially wheny ou copy something on the stack you don't cast it anything outside of that you have to cast it edit: there is also copying a permenent which is like copying a spell but just on the battle field

[@DalmarWolf]

I was checking the comments because I wanted to say the same. On the stack you copy it as a spell, anywhere else you copy the card and then have to be able to cast it or it doesn't work.

[@bastienclarke1810]

Pioneer is great! Lots of play locally in person.

[@brandonhiggs88]

My favourite plainswalker for commander is Chandra awakened inferno. Maybe not be the best but staking those burn emblems on people is so satisfying

[@NitpickingNerds]

It REALLY is I know that feeling

[@WayfarersBauble]

22:59 You say that like it's a bad thing!

[@NitpickingNerds]

But of course not! :P

[@bobbyfasciano4137]

In addition to Mystic Confluence, I have to recommend Fiery Confluence. It seems weak at first, but combining it with cards like Torbran and other cards that increase damage from sources you control, this four mana spell performs almost everytime. I play it in my Neheb the Eternal deck, and it has never underperformed.

[@fiftynerds]

Turns out even when all of the modes are damage, it's still flexible and good

[@jeremy.oliver]

The third and second to last card being from mizzix's precon really lets us know how underrated that deck and the rares in it were compared to meren and ezuri

[@Wojtek36762]

You guys sold me on Toxic Deluge, gonna grab one for my Awaken the Blood Avatar deck and consider it for Scarab God.

[@Markjwecho1]

Species Specialist 👌 I love that card. It’s great in my Athreos, God of Passage deck. Pick zombie, then bounce my zombie ETB cards back and forth from my hand/graveyard for tons of value.

[@skirtsftw]

Goblin welder is amazing in my krenko artifact deck

[@loganator326]

Genuinely curious if people think the triomes will go down in price once they leave standard. Shocklands dipped down after they left standard (not by a ton but they're not all 40 bucks now) so I was curious

[@NitpickingNerds]

We can hope, right? If so we need to snag like, 3 of each

[@ezekielshackelford9865]

41:16 CLIFFTOP RETEET Another good video you guys, I appreciate the content

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you we appreciate you

[@TheWeekendGeek]

So happy to see you guys growing so quickly

[@timbombadil4046]

Agent of Treachery is *absurd* in Araumi. One encore steals 3 permanents, draws 9 cards in a 4 player game.

[@faperito2389]

Pretty much a wincon, yeap, Araumi can do absurd shit so easily, my playgroup fears her so much lmao. Off the top of my head, great cards for her that I put into the deck are: enigma thief(return 3 permanent to each opponent's hand), altar of dementia, syr konrad, treasure cruise, panharmonicon, consuming aberration, mystical reflection, myr battlesphere, agent of treachery, pityless plunderer, peregrine drake, true-eyed navigator, any creature that entombs on etb! Have fun winning!

[@benjaminking3677]

Just some food for thought: chord of calling doesn’t necessarily work well with stuff like craterhoof because it requires you to tap a lot of creatures down. So you might not be able to get your big swing in.

[@NitpickingNerds]

True

[@kyles8294]

That's why you do it on the end step before your turn

[@allbadmanners]

5:36 I use the +1/+1 counter when someone has a blind obedience or static orb etc... In play.

[@reddragonminecraftmodsandm4366]

Where are you guys getting these prices? Agent of Treachery cost me $8 and field (which I want for my yarok deck) always shows up as about $20. Is there somewhere I can get them cheaper than card kingdom?

[@NitpickingNerds]

We use tcgplayer prices for all our videos, try checking it out there!

[@reddragonminecraftmodsandm4366]

Okay, thanks for the response

[@NitpickingNerds]

@@reddragonminecraftmodsandm4366 also use our link to help the channel 😅

[@jasonsteavens158]

I frequently shop from both. CK has higher prices usually (not astronomically high) but sometimes you can find the cards for cheaper on CK. I think they mark up their prices for convenience purposes. When you order from CK it's one store so it's all there. Shopping from TCG player is fine and prices are good, however sometimes you have to wait longer for shipping if everything wasn't ordered through direct. In short CK quicker shipping slightly higher prices. TCG player might have you waiting for your cards longer for cheaper.

[@jasonsteavens158]

That is true, I have ordered quite a few "G" grade cards which is there lowest and the cards always are close to NM.

[@robertt.4176]

Wish I'd bought up a bunch of field of the dead when it was 79 cents.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Was it ever that low??

[@robertt.4176]

@@NitpickingNerds For the first month it was under 2 dollars with a low of about 70 cents.

[@wlewis19760]

Beast whisperer is so cheap because of the media promo they made of it and ended up on every Walmart Mystery box.

[@mathieubrebouillet714]

I'm glad to see I got nearly all the cards under 5 €

[@NitpickingNerds]

Solid choices!

[@MedievalWerewolf]

Felidar Retreat has made a big splash every time I drew it playtesting my Arahbo tribal/anthem/equipment deck!

[@michaelmcpeters3818]

Beast whisper is also reprinted in the black green elf commander precon

[@elgordo9525]

Beast Whisperer is a solid card that, like bonecrusher giant, has been heavily reprinted. Scoop'em.up when possible.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Heck yeah!

[@Zwagger318]

Imagine Cathars’ Crusaide and scute swarm

[@NoobN00b]

I placed an order for some cards the other day and forgot to I needed a Goblin Welder. Looks like I'll have to place another order lol.

[@NitpickingNerds]

At least shipping isn't too brutal :P

[@daniellmartin1993]

I just cut Felidar Retreat from my Rin and Seri card pile on Moxfield lol, guess I need to rethink that. BTW Nitpicking Nerds, could I pay you two to look at my card pile on Moxfield and make your own cuts so I could compare your cuts to my cuts?

[@muhdafiq3329]

i love bolas' citadel so much! its just a really good card!!!

[@derekludwig3945]

Re: Deadly Rollick and the whole free spell cycle from Ikoria Commander, VERY briefly during Amazon Prime Day a couple weeks ago, they had a bundle of all 5 Ikoria decks for $70. SEVENTY US DOLLARS! Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat alone are worth just about that much! That's completely insane! Tragically, the product listing was halfway down the page while I was looking for other stuff, and by the time I saw that crazy deal and tried buying all I could at instant speed, Amazon had already bumped the price back up into the normal range. My disappointment in that moment was immeasurable. I still got some deals, but that would've been amazing!

[@NitpickingNerds]

That would have been sweeeeeet

[@canbeone7277]

Mystic confluence DOES have 27 combos. since you can pick the same option more than once and you are picking three times, three options * three options * three options 3x3x3=27

[@atomsk1972]

Nope, it's ten.

[@claygillman9351]

Thanks guys. I just bought everything you showed that I didn't have. Including the lands. :-) Still less than $100

[@p1k4nurxp13sr]

The creature that gets around Toxic Deluge: Norin the Wary 🙃 The Beast Whisperer “reprint” you guys are referring to is the “Walmart” promo that comes with those big box repacks.

[@user-fd2co5xr7k]

I just realized how good Altar of Dementia is with Sidisi, Brood Tyrant 😳

[@NightOfCrystals]

Yup. It’s a solid one card combo with her. Make your build overwhelmingly creatures and mill out. Cephalid Illusionist + Lightning Greaves + Sidisi mills out too.

[@zoltarbuzz3523]

Love the channel. Keep up the content-becoming one of my fav go to spots for MTG.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thanks Zoltar we appreciate it!!!

[@zoltarbuzz3523]

@@NitpickingNerds you bet. I’ve been sharing the channel with my FN Spelltable group. 🔥

[@marsrocks247]

pretty sure the rules say anytime your commander changes zones you can choose to place it into the command zone. so, you can't really... reanimate someone elses commander... you can only force it out of the graveyard back into the command zone.

[@NitpickingNerds]

The rule say specifically hand, exile, library or graveyard

[@marsrocks247]

I am wrong. Derp.

[@andrewcreus4905]

Loved this channel

[@leobro6398]

My absolute favorite mtg channel. Love it

[@NitpickingNerds]

That means a lot :D

[@bobbiechristine]

noooo bala ged is a second copy of regrowth not a replacement 😭😭😭

[@gavinforsyth9247]

1 correction: Mizzix's Mastery doesn't let you double dip on magecraft. Magecraft procs on casting or copying "spells", while MM copies exiled "cards" and them lets you cast those copies. You get the casting proc but not the copy proc.

[@futurfry]

Oh man that tiny "nice" from beezy got me

[@NitpickingNerds]

We do it way too much lol 😂

[@stephenball2108]

Basically the rule is, if Living Death is in a deck, it’s the best card in that deck. Not bad for the price. But that brings me to another card that is very worth the 3.50 or whatever it is now, Soul-Guide Lantern. I’ve started making room for this in most of my decks and the ceiling is so high and the floor is also pretty high. Getting the free exile on ETB is so big, often getting rid of the one problematic thing is enough, then you just cycle it for a card.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Soul-Guide is a very good magic card! Finally a Nihil Spellbomb that any deck can play

[@jamesh3267]

"Cherries, what are we doing?" --Beezy doing a good job at sounding like a buddy cop movie

[@josephmaldonado9439]

I love Teferi in muldrotha deck because of the dredge cards I basically get to mill a bunch of cards on each of my oppents turns

[@yumyumeatemup]

25:53 I'm curious as to how "bad" terminate would be considered if you simply changed destroy to exile. I think 2 mana at instant speed spot removal anything is perfectly fine. I would easily include it in any of the 10-12 spot removals I run in a rakdos/mardu or jund

[@Cr4bc4kes]

Those spells that cast for nothing when your commander is out work really well for Oathbreaker format too.

[@EYEOFATE3800]

A little late, but I noticed the "Nice" after revealing the price of the card at 24:56. Also... Nice.

[@ShadeVial]

What card is the art in the thumbnail from? I'm assuming its from one least, the concept of a goblin getting a sol ring seems... interesting

[@NitpickingNerds]

It’s Treasure Nabber, card isnt too shabby but a little underwhelming

[@autofigure00]

Living death is insane. I've been playing it in every black deck (and I have always primarily played monoblack in edh since c14). Even without a sac outlet (but a sac outlet usually makes you win depending on the creatures you have, and ESPECIALLY if you have gray merchant).

[@Chonus]

1 year later and deadly rollick is more than double the price.

[@emerson685]

But have you ever cast Living Death from the top of your library using Bolas's Citadel, bringing back your Agent of Treachery to steal your opponents Field of the Dead?!

[@NitpickingNerds]

GOOD GRAVY

[@MTG69]

You will need a shovel for all that salt.

[@Pantjay]

You know what synergizes really well with Cathar's Crusade? Grave Titan

[@kiprockwood5232]

The only time you cast copies of spells is when the card is exiling cards from graveyards then copying them so that actually makes sense

[@ctctreno]

Mystic Confluence has 10 iterations if i am not mistaken. 111, 222, 333, 112, 113, 122, 133, 123, 223, 233

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you!

[@bobbiechristine]

the most worth buying?! sounds like a list of a thousand grave titans baybee 😎😎😎😎

[@richardjohnson8991]

I run both counterbalance and bolas citadel along side sensei's top in my oloro control deck and 9 out of 10 times im tutoring for citadel above counter-top. 1 life draw a card sorcery speed repeat as many times as you want. A build your own Griselbrand. That combo is pure value

[@acmarcan]

Joe’s thoughts on Damnation: “Amazingly Fine”

[@NitpickingNerds]

Sometimes he worries me

[@wolframflorian]

Whenever someone of our Playgroup casts Rythm of the wild, the whole table starts to sing "The Rythm of the night" by Corona, but with wild instead of night... 😂

[@jhemp]

I am a big fan of staff of nin, idol of oblivion, underworld dreams, and I strongly recommend giving widespread panic a spin in mono red decks. Also Jeska's will and storm-kiln artist are amazing

[@BeefSalsaa]

I won with Felidar retreat paired with Emeria Shepard, while having sakura tribe elder in my graveyard i was just able to keep pulling him back and pulled out about 10 lands

[@jayson1859]

Species Specialist can make sense targeting clerics if you just imagine he’s a serial killer. Gotta make your own flavor sometimes ^_^

[@coltonkinder1424]

Species Specialist is probably better AGAINST tribal decks than anything. I combo it with debuffs like Illness in the Ranks to draw massive amounts of cards, as some token decks like to have cards that create tokens with little effort, such as at upkeep or on Landfall. I think Goblins and Plants are my favorites. Avenger of Zendikar just reads "opponent draws X cards, where X is the amount of lands you control."

[@garrettsmith4034]

"I wouldn't exactly call Cyclonic Rift a board wipe." I've been watching your channel for a bit now and I've never felt so attacked lol. Rift. Teferi. MoT go brrrrrr.

[@sasukesteiner177]

I believe the command zone ruling states anytime the commander would change zones you may put it in the command zone so being on the battle field to battlefield no problem but if they reanimated your commander I do believe you can put it in the command zone

[@dakotastockton4883]

Love the video. Realized I had cards to get still. Cord of calling for Yaron, and cathars crusade for alela, artful provocateur

[@arthurvandenbergh1881]

4:46 ETB ánd attack trigger??? What crazy powerful card has both of those??

[@smolclips5996]

Titans?

[@arthurvandenbergh1881]

@@smolclips5996 yeeess, but which one specifically??

[@stevep5669]

Toxic deluge is 2 and black for sorcery, fire covenant is 1 red black for instant for same effect. 2 color pips for instant speed gotta be at least as good in a vacuum and looks like its about 1/4 the price currently

[@golgariguy]

The craziest thing about Species Specialist is that it doesn't say nontoken! It's bonkers in my Lathril deck

[@mmmbetter55]

Question for Cathar's Crusade- if I have a token generating sorcery that lets me put out say, 4 goblins, does it trigger once for each goblin? Or just once for the entire spell? Thanks

[@MrDeeluv1996]

+1/+1 counter trigger for each goblin. So each will get 4 +1/+1 counters.

[@jdogbemple1]

One game I used chord of calling to get a frilled mystic, and the player had a counter spell but couldn’t use it because he needed a stifle to counter the ability.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Or counter the chord but they got got

[@trialbyicecream]

Don’t dead open inside (first time seeing that. How much else am I missing?) great video btw.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We have all the secrets!

[@joshholmes1372]

Goblin welder seems amazing in prosper tome bound. Cheat out bolas, or cloudkeep and sac outlet.

[@DKMTG]

Beast whisperer was printed as a resale promo and that flooded the market bringing the price to where it is, I remember it being around 10$ before the pandemic Also the reason why there are straight copies and copy and casts is because of where it is being copied from; if you are copying something on the stack, that is where the copy appears and you don't need to cast it, but if you are copying it from a different zone you would still have to cast the copy to have it do anything

[@psychozen7169]

I missed out on treachery at 99 cents. My friend spent a ton of money on that card and been selling them for 3 to 5$ and still has many copies. I just did not see it and normally I can pick out good cards but at 7 mana at most anyone would want is one copy for niche decks but that card shows up in so many decks who knew?

[@Jcarr250]

Btw: Mizzix's mastery doesn't trigger magecraft twice. Magecraft: When you cast or copy a *spell* MIzzix's mastery: Copy each instant/sorcery *card* in your GY, then you may *cast the copy* without paying its mana cost. So you get one trigger per card, for casting, but you never copied any spells.

[@ricketycricket3574]

Love this channel. Do you guys ever do videos of live gameplay?

[@meatrace]

Agent of Treachery goes into my: Marchesa, the Black Rose, Muldrotha, Yarok, and Aminatou decks. And every time I cast it I become archenemy. But then I yoink their Cradle or something and it's always worth it.

[@jamesoakley9333]

I enjoy the videos and look forward to more.

[@Mana2Burn]

19:35 - My favorite border

[@manuelcamara6400]

God, I love Treasure Nabber. Your Mana Crypt? I think you mean our Mana Crypt.

[@NitpickingNerds]

Don't you know we agreed to SHARE?

[@leegoedeken7212]

Species Specialist works with tokens too. Makes it sooo much better than Grim Haruspex in tribal decks.

[@jordonpohl7393]

Love this 🙌 went to look for species specialist the other day at LCS but no luck :( … from commander deck specific right? Gotta start buying online 🤦‍♂️

[@NitpickingNerds]

Good luck!

[@niceatpingpong]

Syr Konrad + Living Death is a masterpiece Copies can't be countered

[@kingginger3335]

Before Mystic Confluence was reprinted in Mystery Booster, it was almost $20

[@vanDaalstad]

Don't forget with Species Specialist it counts tokens. there are really not a lot of death draw triggers that work with tokens, Dark Prophecy, Lili Dreadhorde general are the only ones with no conditions

[@NitpickingNerds]

Right, getting cards back for your zombie tokens is a pretty big game

[@mrpopsful]

I am gonna utilize that Bola's Citadel in my binder one of these days

[@mikeashe842]

I had field of the dead in a golos landfall deck.... it was disgusting good

[@lord_wyran]

agent of treachery is why i always run homeward path in my decks

[@NotALoli_]

Currently making a five color commander deck, the check lands are gonna all be in the deck because I don’t want to make such a high budget for the lands. Play testing shows that almost every time they’ll enter untapped, even with only one copy of each basic land (tainted pact is a win con for the deck). I’m glad seeing them on the list because they’re definitely work their buck. Same goes for the zendikar battle lands cause they also name basic lands 👌

[@retromtg1834]

Beast Whisperer is legit for sure, been running his close friend Archmage Emeritus lately