Ranking ALL 121 Lord of the Rings Commanders!

There's SO MANY commanders from this set!!! Please enjoy a speedrun ranking of them, even though it's a little later than usual!
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[@sscout191]

Arwen, Mortal Queen is a perfect example of flavor for a card. In the books, she is immortal, but gives it up so she can be with Aragorn

[@Jack958]

Yea because staying lord accurate was really important to them here 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the whole set is trash

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Love ya Beezy, stay the course.

[@benmetzger6528]

Did something happen?

[@krevin543]

@@benmetzger6528his co-host left the show over creative differences recently. It’s always been a two host production.

[@benmetzger6528]

@@krevin543 was asking if something happened to the new co-host.

[@krevin543]

@@benmetzger6528 …. Umm yeah, left the show recently due to creative differences.

[@mikgenta]

@@krevin543they’re talking about the new one, Mia

[@faithfulswine8965]

Bravo on the pronunciations! I think you are the only person on KZbin that actually took the time to learn how to say the names, and you did a great job for someone not invested in the IP.

[@graylowe2586]

12:09 On the stun counter reminder text, it states that 'when a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped remove a stun counter from it instead', a tentacle dying would just remove a stun counter from it

[@Jimmythehead]

I recently built the four color Aragorn as a charm and command deck and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite decks ever. Playing a land and saying go has never felt so good when each of your cards are basically 3 cards and also trigger your commander for 3 of the 4 options.

[@gregwylie3970]

Do you have a decklist?

[@Jimmythehead]

@@gregwylie3970 hmm, I've replied twice now, but they aren't showing up. Apologies if they're showing up for you, but it's "If you're winning I will go on my phone" on archidekt. Maybe it's cuz I can't send links or something. Mana base is still pretty budget since I wanted to test it out before going all in.

[@mrjey3434]

I miss Joe 🙂😔

[@zinc4916]

YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME! THANK YOU SO MUCH BEEZY! 💕🎉

[@Controlqueen31]

Sauron, the Dark Lord is a MONSTER. Once It enters the battlefield, if your opponents are attached to their commanders or they need them for doing shenanigans, they won't kill it. Even if they tried, you can let them "pay" the ward cost and then counter the spell. I played a few games with him in a Grixis aristocrats deck with nether traitor, pitiless plunderer, viscera seer... And the amounts of 1/1 army he generates to being sacrifice is amazing. Pair that with "the ring temps you effect" and you will always have at least 4 cards in your hand.

[@evanmartinez1623]

Treebeard is a super fun life gain deck to play and is surprisingly strong

[@scottricks1676]

Treebeard is nastyyyyy good!

[@langstoncoates1636]

Nice Video Breezy, keep up the good work

[@doktarr]

9:12 for Moxfield I was honestly dreading you tackling this video because I wasn't sure I'd be able to digest it in its entirety. You really breezed through it though; well done.

[@mr45buster]

17:10 elves have negligible senescence in lord of the rings, that is, they don’t die due to aging. They have the ability to give that ability up however, which is the flavor reason for having a counter that you can give away

[@noobclips1570]

Merry is a guy... It states that in the flavor text :P

[@SirRanSax]

Thought I was the only one who heard that, lol

[@Alejandrodemontana]

Good for you beezy, keep trucking!

[@ryankelly6595]

Looooove me some Aragorn the Uniter! Great video man!

[@nelsikegaming]

Keep these videos coming! I love your content

[@Buchaus]

Day 18 of guessing the Moxfield ad at 16:44 This is an incredibly short video considering all of the commanders you have to rank 😂

[@BigDrew49]

Wooooo! Been wondering when this one was coming out!

[@ashketchum13579]

YES ive been wanting to build bilbo. Such a perfect flavor win

[@EricKingOfScots]

That feeling when I just finished a full commander deck based around the second lowest ranked card on the list.

[@catman08724]

I can confirm that the Eowyn precon is pretty nuts when Shared Animosity is on the board. Did a precon game with my buddies and my winning combat involved 150+ damage thanks to that card

[@terry6152]

Keep on doing your thing

[@alexnope3200]

9:56 Frodo specifically cannot cheat on collosus hammer

[@mfitkin]

Merry is a dude. Great video as always 👌

[@Jakep54903]

Keep it up Beezy!

[@cyberrflame]

Frodo can't attach the hammer, only 2 or 3 mana artifacts, I was also excited for that one.

[@NateFinch]

Yup, came here to say that. He really is that bad. What a weird restriction.

[@xxxzeroxxx8406]

​@@NateFinchIt really do be like that when the cards from LOTR are legal in other formats... Ugh

[@Nephalem2002]

@@NateFinchConsidering all the Swords are 3’s why does the Hammer Matter?

[@mibbzx1493]

I feel like Gandolf the grey is underrated. When he sees the cast at instant speed, he can untap a land/mana rocks or tap down the scariest creature, drain the table for 3, cast a spell twice and if they try to remove him, you can just put him on top of your library and draw him back and recast him like mainphase 2 every turn. He’s really fun in my storm deck with krark the thumbless

[@millzy8885]

Good job beezy! 👏 Wheres Mia at?

[@one-barwarlord8280]

Aragorn the uniter very quickly replaced torens as my human tribal deck commander, and holy cow! The difference is amazing!

[@Bstone410]

Human tribal slaps so hard. My one game with him I recast after a board wipe. Next turn dropped Adeline swung and made 4 tokens then cast distant melody and drew 6. Final turn dropped Beregond, Coppercoat Vanguard and Shared Animosity for the win 💀

[@YayoCruz28]

Knowing that almost everybody thinking about a Nazgul deck is going to build around the Dimir one, I built a mono black sacrifice Witch-King of Angmar deck with the 9 Nazgul included! It's not tier 1 strong, but it's keeping up pretty well at my LGS level! 👌🏻

[@steevofett]

Love the list content Breezy. Keep it up! Imo the worst art in the set is the Morgul Knife art. Too dark on my print I can’t tell what is on the card.

[@marimi46]

Elrond of the white council is a good simic +1/+1 counter commander. You run a few flicker effects and soon your opponents are forced into bad choices. Even them giving you tokens that get hugely buffed is great for you

[@EJsGameplay]

Mia be M.I.A. Also my favorite Bilbo combo for funsies is Serra Avatar and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.

[@FrostSylph]

Arwen mortal queen is amazing flavor, she gives up her immortality to help her love. Just a little jank that you can proliferate it but that's magic for you.

[@benbuzz790]

I, for one, believe all of the cards should pop in and out with the old mtgo woop woop zoom sound effect.

[@ivernedit4132]

The witch king of angmar deck I build is voltron with a few monarch and other things that make ppl want to attack me even though they will get punished. Have like 15 wins in it

[@litkingbee7476]

Amber said they are good sleeves!

[@HauntedCorpseGaming]

Great video. 18:28 -- 7 Mana is a lot of mana...... Do you even GREEN bro? :D

[@vincentbrand107]

I think its nice to rush thru the stinky commanders at the start up to a certain point but in the end it felt a bit rushed compared to the other ranking every commander that where up to 1:30 h long. Dont get me wrong i really like the series but i think you could have spend a little more time with the top 20 or 15 😁

[@ninoperisi2210]

Wish some of the really powerful elves in lore got good cards like Glorfindel and Celeborn.

[@Chocolate83Bunny]

There's an ajani that ults to give you 100 life so which is very funny for birthday bilbo

[@joebob1533]

Great vid beezy. I noticed that on the list of all commanders you are missing the legal unfinity ones

[@tomnaughadie]

Your voice sort of reminds me of Strong Sad. I mean that as a compliment. A happier Strong Sad, I guess...

[@eliamagri7413]

Bilbo in not an 8 in power cmon

[@Aaron-uk2hn]

Moxfield at 22:22 !!

[@hepic2874]

You forgot to mention that legolas got banned from middle earth for using aimhacks. Also gimli axes (heh) some sacrifice stratagies. Galadriel of lothlorian is very powerful. Ive had games where someone got out 7 lands on turn 4, and by turn 10 they had around 16. Lastly, sauron isn't super level 10 power but how is azorius pippin more powerful? Been excited for this video, despite my nitpicking. And I agree with everything else.

[@ryantriplett6512]

Is the nitpicking nerds just the nitpicking nerd now? What happened to the new girl?

[@crazycasey824]

Gonna guess Moxfield at 9:43

[@crazycasey824]

Dang, 3 min early 😅

[@bingus2464]

Moxfield is at 14:32 no doubt

[@RollieB89]

I recently was thinking of making the Bilbo soul sister deck and you ranked it as #1, nice

[@blues6304]

No way Sauron, the Dark Lord is a 6 when it comes to power level, sure he is 6 mana but he protects himself pretty well, near infinite sac fodders, and refreshes your hand every turn if his army connects. He is also in grixis, meaning thoracle is on the menu if you decide to tread down that path.

[@blues6304]

@@dizzlegrizzle1919 Except I never claimed it to be CEDH playable in the first place and this is not a channel that is geared towards CEDH. So I am judging it based on EDH. You can still play demonic//pact thoracle in non-CEDH tables. If I want to play CEDH there are better commanders.

[@energetek661]

Amber!!! OG nerd

[@NitpickingNerds]

She’s the boss

[@tomnaughadie]

It's sad that Glorfindel isn't more powerful...

[@BrodyTwice]

Frodo can't attach hammer for free, the card was designed to prevent equipping the hammer easily

[@Yargle1]

How has bill ferny a 3 for uniqueness?

[@tomnaughadie]

If you are at all interested in fantasy fiction stuff (which anyone making or watching this video surely is), I cannot recommend the works of Tolkien highly enough. There's some good audiobooks you can find if you like them that way.

[@LedZesty]

I've been playing with Frodo, Sauron's Bane, and that card is stupid as a commander. Add in a Mythril Coat or anything that makes him indestructible, make him unblockable with something like Rouge's Passage, and he becomes scary real fast.

[@gn0s1s]

Bilbo's ring is pretty much made for Frodo's ability

[@TheodoreNelsonBedford]

I was gonna timestamp them all, but I really can't be bothered

[@lorenzomarquez9122]

13:45

[@avatarofpapermagic]

Love you Beezy

[@NitpickingNerds]

Thank you 🙌🏻

[@JK-xw5rn]

DAYUM

[@NitpickingNerds]

So many 😭

[@JK-xw5rn]

@@NitpickingNerds NO, NOT ENOUGH WE NEED MORE

[@DangerousOne326]

Moxfield 23:27

[@SWAT6809]

Frodo can specifically not attach hammer. If you were being sarcastic and that was the joke I look like a clown rn.

[@otaku4life789]

Oh no, kitty kitty kitty!😍❤️

[@johnallard9805]

4:50

[@rontrezbeaugard8212]

Lord of the Nazgûl is the best @ me

[@222056]

moxfield at 6:28

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

So close

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

Hi beezy

[@Frawzen480]

17:14 Mox

[@slimeproject2868]

Why did Amber not say Good Sleeves 😢

[@ReLeaseHaVoc]

This may out me for not paying attention but why are so many content creators saying typal rather than tribal?

[@TristanEason6]

Beezy!

[@alexilike36]

noice

[@nephilimninjaofnibiru2907]

Legolas with Rancor for their creatures goes back to your hand. 19:40

[@ryanc4185]

Where's Mia? At least mention to us where she is. Or is Beezy just incompatible with everybody? o_O

[@tomnaughadie]

I don't know why they had to make mediocre cards out of legendary characters. Make a generic elf mediocre and make the elf lords super.

[@anthonysulpizio2269]

Shelob should be in the top ten

[@gn0s1s]

Shelob is #4? unless you meant the spider tribal...

[@anthonysulpizio2269]

@@gn0s1s the only shelob that matters

[@gn0s1s]

@@anthonysulpizio2269 repeatable Dauthi voidwalker in the command zone is pretty good. Not that ungoliant isn't super flavourful and fun, but i think they got the power levels correct.

[@anthonysulpizio2269]

@@gn0s1s the Golgari deathtouch ward2

[@scottricks1676]

Gold berry is thicccc tho 😅

[@timothymiles2851]

Did you miss Shelob, Dread Weaver? Or am I crazy

[@Winterhe4rt]

u missed it...

[@Constrictor_Victor]

23:56

[@timothymiles2851]

Who knew this community was so helpful! 😂 thanks friends

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Moxfield is... 17:17

[@NitpickingNerds]

Nice try!

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Ahh, I was way off.

[@IlJunkyIl]

i want to enjoy your videos but the moving background always makes me super dizzy after a while, i had to stop after 5 minutes

[@aerynmusick4548]

Anyone else cringe when Beezy called Merry a she? 😅 with love. It’s a love cringe.

[@joemasta99]

No that’s not normal.

[@zakromero7795]

It wasn’t a big deal, don’t cringe..

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

Hey the card didn't come with a he/him, not beezys fault

[@derrickpaulson3093]

@@alwaysabiggafish3305I would expect nerds to know LOTR, and content creators to do some research? Just sayin

[@derrickpaulson3093]

Maybe Merry identifies as a doorstop? Giraffe? Who could ever tell if they don’t tell us! How hard is it for everyone ever to have to not rely on common sense and our eyes for deciphering the world! Great times to be alive.

[@BS-bv5sh]

Mispronounced Celeborn: literally unwatchable. Did you even consult Appendix E?

[@ivernedit4132]

Beezy, you know Mary is a dude, right?

[@caioo08]

I wish this was a straight top 121. There's no reason to rank the legendary against all others since the next set there will be more and the rankings in this video will be instantly obsolete

[@jmarksthespot]

The order they are in is the order they would be from 121-1, you’re welcome

[@windwaker01]

It is a straight 121, also you must be new here because they do this every set and it always gets updated so no, it doesn't go obsolete

[@vincentwerts4724]

I'm seeing a lot of great commanders and some really good flavor, but I'm torn. Because on the other hand they race swapped characters and ruined the lore. First of all, whitewashing the Easterlings is unnecessary and racist, and black-washing Elves and Aragorn directly contradicts the lore Tolkien wrote. It boggles the mind.