MTG TOP 10: Judgment | The BEST Cards in One of The Most UNBALANCED Sets | Magic the Gathering

[@Bobgriffon]

He didn't make the list, but I still got to give a shout out to my boy Phantom Centaur. Won me so many games against my friends.

[@MichaelSmith-fm5ln]

Seriously. That dude put in work.

[@davidhouseman4328]

With an elephant guide to make it feel unkillable.

[@hiimemily]

Wow, the sheer irony of that #1. That's like if the strongest card from an enchantment-focused set was an artifact... wait.

[@georgeerniej]

Which one is that?

[@mantissaPuc]

What set? (Can't remember either 🤔🤔)

[@daythenite5683]

Urzas block ​@@mantissaPuc

[@marpj6138]

Urza's block, which is know today as the artifact cycle, was mean to be an enchantment block

[@mantissaPuc]

​@@marpj6138 maybe wizards planned it as an enchantment block at first (@NizzahonMagic said something like that in some other video if i'm not wrong), but the block was always sold and promoted as an artifact block (the "new antiquities") during its era. Yes, there was no internet at that time... so, access to information was hard, specially in 🇧🇷... But from people and magazines, never saw any reference of Urza block being an enchantment focused block during the old days 🤔

[@6rimR3ap3r]

Genesis was a staple of my casual decks playing after school.

[@_z3i]

Cunning Wish was also better in its time in standard because you could use it to get stuff from exile. So one thing Mirari’s Wake decks would do is to use the Mirari to get a card from your sideboard and previously exiled copies of Cunning Wish letting you reuse them forever. A classic play pattern at the time was also casting flashback on moment’s peace or krosan reclamation and then grabbing them back along with an exiled cunning wish to never deck yourself and fog indefinitely. That rule changed at some point which made it slightly less powerful.

[@harrison1735]

Glad to see someone remember that Wish looping was a thing.

[@mantissaPuc]

Burning with could grab itself from exile too at that time (but no deck that I remembered used that trick 🤔) In general all wishes were better at that time 😉

[@_z3i]

@@mantissaPuc The main reason it didn't come up was probably because while cunning wish was mostly used to do things to stall out the game when you grabbed something with Burning Wish you were generally winning then and there.

[@jud6ment]

The newest set out when I started playing.

[@jorgemendieta8085]

My best cabal therapy was in legacy, named blindly Lord of Atlantis against a friend, he discarded 3 copies.

[@WisdomIsPrecious]

Nice list I was not tuned in to prismatic strands, but I think I might add it to my white worship pre-modern deck

[@mikenahmias7102]

Such a good time for me, the early 2000s, the Odyssey/Onslaught Standard. Surprised Mirari's Wake or the Phantom creatures didn't make the list.

[@BuckChili-v9j]

Lol I was about to start digging Ray of Revelation out of my bulk...I Know I have several... But I thought to go ahead and double-check the price. It's about 25¢, not $3.99. This is from the Card Kingdom site.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Ahhhh Judgement. What an absolutely *epic* set. I mean, with a name like that, it can't possibly not have something to do with a gigantic apocalypse. Right? I actually don't know much about this era of Magic, so please tell me it has something to do with a gigantic mega-apocalypse. Also, please bring me "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)", or I will be forced to cast my judgement on you!

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Apocalypse was the last set of the block prior to the block Judgment was in. The whole block Judgment was in was kind of the aftermath of the Apocalypse, which was one of those Phyrexian invasions of which there were many.

[@apocratos0174]

A Judgment deck ( Judgement Painflow) was my very first mtg product ever. Way back then when i was a kid....Too bad that mtg is way expensive here in brazil and only the upper class people have this hobby around here.

[@eliakimrodrigues]

If you play competitive formats, that might be true. You can play Commander for cheap and most cEDH players don't care about playing against proxied decks.

[@davidhouseman4328]

Me too, still have an affection for nantuko.

[@henlohenlo689]

i would run genesis with helldozer and steelbane hydra. and alot of creature boardwipe spells. maybe also royal assassin. maybe even casualties of war, and violent ultimatum. essentially i can blow up all my opponents permanents.

[@hellioappollion552]

The Odyssée block is my favorite of all Magic's block 😊😺

[@darushkii]

Such great memories!

[@davidhouseman4328]

Its a shame that some of the iconic cards like Mirarai's Wake didn't make this list.

[@SerathDarklands]

Why do some of these cards have a tombstone icon to the left of their names? I've seen it before, but never knew what that was.

[@JopR84]

It is because they have flashback.

[@SerathDarklands]

@@JopR84 That's all there is to it? Neat, thanks! Been wondering about that for a while now.

[@bunii_1961]

@@SerathDarklandsit’s not because they have flashback, Anger and Wonder have the tombstone but no flashback. I don’t know why they have the tombstones either and I want to know!

[@SerathDarklands]

@@bunii_1961 Okay, so the MTG wiki says that it's just to indicate cards that have an effect when in the graveyard, so that they stand out and can be easily identified.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It's actually because they do something in the graveyard, not just flashback.

[@Windowlick_]

I don't know why, but I just like Riftstone Portal, I wish the cycle was more complete

[@NizzahonMagic]

It is a pretty cool design.

[@faerie7dragon]

As I always say, GW is fun but not competitive enough, too fair and linear. That said, I love this set, to this day Mirari's Wake is my favorite card.

[@mantissaPuc]

@NizzahonMagic you forgot Wonder, Anger and Wishes "points data details" 😮

[@sombat2788]

2:28 for the list

[@peterMolodecki]

Bro it's two minutes. TWO minutes lmfao. Shorts has completely broken us.

[@sombat2788]

@@peterMolodecki In a radically declining culture of saturated overstimulation, I suppose I can't fault you too much for readily attributing a lack of patience to my posting of a time stamp, especially on such a relatively inconsequential video. Rest assured, it is not that I am impatient; it's because that 2 minutes is an inefficient use of my time (I know Nizzahon repeats himself for the sake of new players - I'm not knocking that). I listen to new introduction on x2 speed to make sure I'm not missing anything, then if there's nothing of personal interest, I put a time stamp for others like myself. If nobody sees or cares for it, that's alright by me. But it'll be there for anyone who might. :)

[@blobface103]

Can wishes get a card from exile?

[@mantissaPuc]

Only in the early years (including all Odyssey block standard time). At some point they changed the wishes rules to only grab cards from sideboards. If i'm remembering correctly, the change was made together with the creation of the "exile" term/zone (before that card said "out of the game" or "remove from the game" instead)

[@JasonOshinko]

No. Exile is a zone in the game, it is not "outside the game".

[@mantissaPuc]

@@JasonOshinko nowadays. But In the old days there was no exile zone. Just "outside the game". Look at the old text of cards like Necropotence or Swords to plowshares 😉

[@spyderman312]

I was expecting to see Moment's Peace

[@NizzahonMagic]

Well, it's not in Judgment. So...

[@spyderman312]

*facepalm* Odyssey

[@Igor369]

Back when Color Pie had a purpose...

[@JasonOshinko]

What are you on about? There is literally a Council of Colors to maintain the color pie balance.

[@m1079Mymymy]

Just great! Thank you for such vivid emotions! 💚🍓