Top 20 Kaldheim Cards! (Mtg)

[@ssglitchers]

Wizards let this man play the pre release.

[@andylee9884]

I would love to see that!

[@andylee9884]

@@TheSword2212 haha wow. He seems pretty popular. No need to voice your negative shit dude.

[@SG-qx1fg]

@@TheSword2212 Jackass.

[@stormcry0]

Can you believe Wizards? Really, Dev (and ziggy) is like the top ytber for the arguably biggest mtg player population, casual players.

[@germanyjones2700]

My favorite part of kaldheim? Dev’s content! Thanks dev!

[@joshbowdish9851]

WIZARDS. LET THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN PLAY THE PRE RELEASE.

[@Aelesis]

Totally agree on Glorious Protector. Blink chain shenanigans are the obvious application but even just on the level of COMPLETELY eating boardwipe effects (EVEN EXTINCTION EVENT?!), even on the level of having two relevant creature types, the card is just so gravy in so many different strategies. I don't blame you for saying "unbelievable" so much because it really does beggar belief how many cards in this set will define formats & give more decks more tools to FIGHT those format-defining cards too.

[@Jamiethekatz]

Is nobody going to mention how Rally the Ranks is both 2 CMC and shares a colour with Lurrus?

[@nickniehaus1763]

👀

[@MisterAnthropist]

Nice work, per usual. Very good list. I can't seem to stop reading the text on Tergrid/Lantern and In Search Of Greatness and saying "...ummmm....what?!"

[@hodge4041]

Fun side note on the new resto - foretell this against someone you think might have sweepers. Literal sweeper protection in a pinch (aside from tokens).

[@discobiscuits4251]

It was pretty funny when CGB thought he was playing you in the pre release, he was getting pretty fired up! I think we gotta see that 1v1 very soon. 5 CGb brews vs 5 sbmtg brews? Sounds sweet to me!

[@danielcolliver1993]

Hope you get into a prerelease soon man! Would absolutely LOVE seeing you get a new toolbox to brew like a mad man!

[@vorsknie5557]

why is nobody talking about Tergrid? what a sick card. I play three copies in my mono black discard/sac deck alongside Rankle. Tergrid is my number one Kaldheim card. goes so well with Rankle, which is still my favorite card in standard.

[@nickniehaus1763]

Honestly, Goldspan Dragon is underrated. Shit is so fun/ good and fair.

[@High5748]

Just foretell a a bunch of Saw it coming to protect Goldspan and be like bruh you should have saw that coming

[@damned2127]

Glorious protect is your favorite white anti-boardwipe angel... but I wouldn't have put it in top 1 though

[@jeremymayville6799]

Really enjoying your videos, your explanations are comprehensive and thorough!

[@championofwits4621]

Doomskar has entered the chat Protector has entered the chat Protector has left the chat Doomskar has left the chat

[@jackalackb17]

Glorious Protector is amazing in my Gyruda deck. Been playing it in Mythic most of today and people are often surprised enough to misplay or rope.

[@codygottman2642]

WIZARDS GIVE THIS MAN THE CARDS HE NEEDS!

[@eileenhittnerbean5755]

Wizards needs give Dev early Kaldheim access......

[@manythanks2]

Glorious protector will be the best card in both UW control and WW

[@BS-gk2cb]

A lot of good points, but I'm disappointed you didn't bother to talk about why Cosima is screaming at a dolphin in its showcase art

[@Jdjsksjdhdj]

glorious protector could save my night hawks in a verdict sweep

[@kyleb4772]

Came to the comments looking for somebody to say it but nobody has. I will: Birgi is BUSTED, should have been above 20.5. On SCG VS live series, it has been played twice and was NUTS both times. In just mono red it was relevant for bonecrusher giant / stomp, escaping Phoenix, and even haste creatures into cheaper cleave. I think you’re sleeping on it a bit. Anybody have thoughts?

[@michaeldudley3756]

no redane? interesting! that card seems insane to me, but i haven't played an actual game of magic in a bit lol

[@Flippyfloppy007]

Don’t you remember “fumerole” from “wandering funerole”? Xx

[@adarian]

Or from the card Fumarole back in Ice Age.

[@zinkarius7]

Lol and I thought i just missed your early access stream...

[@Mcace100]

Give Dev early access WOTC. Cmon maaaan. Great content as always.

[@TheGaryDaniel]

Dev, you really think Egon is better than Cosima? Really 😑....Cosima will be the best card in this set in a few weeks once people learn how to play it. You can bring Cosima back on the opponents turn with a fabled passage to draw many cards at instant speed and give Cosima effective haste. Then you can exile it on your upkeep again and do it again next turn. I don’t think you have thought this through.

[@TheGemoChamp]

Isn’t protector also wrath ....protection?

[@michaelperodeau2159]

WOTC GET THIS MAN IN THE PRE RELEASE EVENT.... WHAT THE HECK!!!!

[@ainekitraverso4608]

put tyvar in simic for some kinnan and kell action

[@RobberStormfire]

Really surprised you didn't get to play in the early access event. A streamer that has a KZbin channel the size of yours is way more exposure than some of these streamers that got invited that don't have a KZbin channel. WOTC is always a bit out of touch I guess. It would be especially good since you are an actual deck builder that would show off the new cards. Watching some of the streams today there were so many decks that were basically Eldraine block decks with one new card in them, super boring.

[@jaymarshbank3862]

No world tree? In 20 cards + honorable mentions? even understanding that you dont hate bergi, which is my favorite card in the set not named tegrid ( also not on the list) I'm normally in lock step with you Dev but suffice to say I'm surprised with you. Still love you though, and the kittys. Nom nom kittys.

[@Albert-_117]

Ogt back from 92

[@connorcoen79]

Love the content

[@alesicamara7202]

Cat stole the video had to leave a like

[@scrymglin]

Wait, what? Dev is not in the early access? WTF WoTC? This man is a grandee of the magic community, but you let a bunch of Johnny-come-latelys have access. Shame WoTC shame!

[@marlowcowan5343]

Was nice seeing you in CGBs chat, shame you didnt get to play prerelease yourself. Thanks for all the great Kaldheim content!

[@coreyjasper8329]

How did he not get access to the early stream event? Idk why but I feel like Dev even though he makes some of the best MTG content and just seems like a great genuine guy gets left out alot like I never see him in the collabs with other channels and stuff even though he has a pretty big channel

[@memetaco7732]

I've noticed that as well I'd love to see some collabs in 2021

[@coreyjasper8329]

@@memetaco7732 me too!

[@Grimlocksmith]

Dev is one of the only KZbin channels where I can't click away until he tells me to, "Spread love, and be kind." You rock, sir!

[@TheQuinnTM]

Watching Dev is like going to your LGS and talking magic with my peeps. I miss you guys.

[@henryreinhold9097]

That’s exactly it

[@tns4]

Paused mid video to comment- "Peanut butter and ladies" lmao

[@jeffswett4579]

Ziggy ziggy ziggy can't you see sometimes the way you purr just hypnotizes me.

[@chiknsmack]

*sometimes your purr does hypnotize me

[@johnsonbobo2376]

@@chiknsmack *sometimes your purr will hypnotize me

[@tsunamioflove]

How the eff did you not get an invite to the pre-release event? Get your ess together WOTC. Keep up the the good work. I look forward to seeing your content.

[@robiniles4982]

WTF is wrong with WOTC this is one of the most wholesome MTG youtubers he deserves all the things

[@HaleG9]

Fumarole is the gas/steam that comes out of a Volcano, Dev.

[@JO11190]

Please don't click away, you love me ; this is part of my job. Damn man. Right in the feels.

[@powertothepod8143]

WTF? You don’t get early access? Your the OG with mtg KZbin creators! That crazy af bro

[@hurktang]

I'm surprised no one still talk about the shapeshifter party deck that seems to be coming.

[@DonovanPresents]

Maskwood Nexus would totally work in a party deck that I'm so down to slot into my brawl decks on Arena!

[@lloydlineske2642]

There is one coming? That's news to me. How does it function?

[@hurktang]

@@lloydlineske2642 Well i don't have the entire deck list but once you have a party of 4, coveted price let you pay 2 black to play a 4cmc card from your library. Spoil of adventure cost 1W+1B for win 3 life+draw 3 cards and there is more broken cards like that. Once you reach the 4rth party member, degenerate stuff happens. And shapeshifters from kaldheim are ALL types, so they are the perfect glue for a party deck.

[@anoc_gaming]

I felt that. "Which I would like to play in...Wizards Of The Coast."

[@alianrobles7635]

I think Dev really didn't see Cosima in action. The card is arguably the best card in the set. Watched a few streamers yesterday with this and I am convinced the card is great.

[@lloydlineske2642]

I haven't seen it being played. I hate standard so that's probably why, but the card does feel legit.

[@stripeybag6977]

I don't know about comparing it too much to Yorion because the main abuse of Yorion comes from being able to restart Omens and Sagas because that's totally fair and not f#@king stupid to point it's one of like 3 decks you see.

[@LeetMasterAce]

This set has proven, beyond any shadow of a doubt (as if there was any doubt anyway), that WotC favors Control over any other strategy. Three mana sweeper and a 2 mana counterspell? And don't try to hurrdurr "BUT YOU'RE PAYING THE FULL COST!" that's completely irrelevant when the only way aggro decks can win is via tempo. Now control has even better tempo!

[@PZcryptic1]

Not sure how you can unironically say this after 3 years of creatures getting everything stapled to them. We control players finally get a genuinely playable sweeper and an instant speed Scry 2, draw 2 and suddenly "WiZaRdS fAvOuR cOnTrOl". They've favoured aggro and midrange for years.

[@LeetMasterAce]

@@PZcryptic1 Are you joking? Control has always been the most oppressive and obnoxious strategy in the game. Midrange has fallen out of favor HARDCORE for years now. Aggro got a major boost with Embercleave, but you can't deny that without Embercleave, most aggro would be unplayable in the current meta anyway. Add to that that during half of Embercleave's existence, control had 3feri, which was like a t3 win condition for Control players. Also note: creatures get "everything stapled to them" and are still barely playable. People hardly play Elder Gargaroth, for instance, because it's actual trash against control despite having "everything stapled to it."

[@brendan8114]

instead of calling it resto... perhaps... resTWO... i'll be going now

[@networkzanimex]

While there is no guarantee that you'll get to take advantage of Vorinclex's ability the turn you play him, to say that a 6/6 trample haste creature does not affect the board the turn you play him is a bit of an undersell

[@adamhall1340]

Yo! Comment for the biggest of the season.

[@tjgoebig7058]

How TF do you not get a early access invite?

[@trewilliams383]

Um, couldn't Vorinclex be ramped into with elves? Especially with Kell Mitchell aka Tyvar Kell. It also synergizes with the +1. Jorn could also help this deck if you run all snow lands which is kinda gross.

[@OnlineAlbatross]

first magic youtuber i found, through the years you're consistently the most charismatic magic youtuber hands down

[@Proudfootzorz]

Funny, the only card I pre-ordered was glorious protector x4

[@PawzBrownMTG]

Bro where do you get these oldschool shirts? I'd like a couple of them.

[@GreySectoid]

Interesting thoughts on the Glorious Protector. My hunch is that it's not that good because it triggers only when it leaves battlefield, unless there is some synergetic way to sack it by yourself.

[@benjaminreynolds3659]

Sigrid can target your own creatures, might be some ETB shenanigans possible.

[@2MeterLP]

As realmwalker enters the battlefield, all tribal becomes viable.

[@elsanto2401]

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[@danollerenshaw8410]

The colour scheme on the wings on Glorious Protector would look amazing on a 40k Magnus Daemon Primarch...for those with a foot in both worlds lol

[@FilmColossus]

It would be cool if you did one year later updates on these lists

[@biggayhomofag]

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?!?! Dude, you're enjoyable to watch, but the CONSTANT nervous laughter is really taking me out.

[@JasonCleghorn1975]

Hey WOTC... Content creation isn't always about production values and glitz and glitter. SOME of us prefer the actual CONTENT such that DEV provides. He's more than earned the respect of your company, IMO.

[@sebastiankearney554]

Valki is D O P E! Played him in a Grixis Control against Lurrus Mill when I was on the play. Turn 2 stole a crab out of his hand. Followed up on Turn 3 by swinging as Valki, becoming a crab during main 2, playing a land for trigger, then: Kroxa. All the disruption!!

[@seanwayne4603]

Since black and white Sac-Cleric is pretty powerful in Kaldheim, Glorious Protector has the most utility of all the angels in the set I'd say. Also End of Turn Protector and Doomskar on your turn can pretty much be gg in 4/5 times.

[@6rimR3ap3r]

I just went back to MTG Arena after some time off. Have to say Goldspan dragon is probably my favourite big red creature, dragon and 5-drop all at the same time... Those 2-mana Treasures really are a pseudo-protection in an Izzet deck 90% of the time.

[@nimmer4749]

No Koma? I wouldn't put him top 10 but I think he's better than a number of cards in your 10-20 slots. Simic has an easy time getting to the mana to cast him and he does quite a lot. There are ways to get around his "can't be countered" but conversely there are a lot of ways to get around those ways. He's hard to get off the board and his power is no joke.

[@lloydlineske2642]

Wasn't that in the sleepers?

[@nimmer4749]

@@lloydlineske2642 I didn't catch his sleepers video, but I don't think it's a sleeper either way lol the card is blatantly pretty powerful.

[@atlys258]

Considering there are a bunch of playable Changelings in Kaldheim it actually makes Sigrid's pro-Gods more relevant. Idk man, Glorious Protector and Doomskar look really good together as a top end in Mono-White or White based aggro/mid-range deck to sweep the board of anything scary your opponent has while maintaining your board state and getting extra ETB value.

[@evantarracciano4211]

Tergrid, God of Friday day for me. Oh lord alive, this card is going to be BONKERS with the Lantern.

[@troysuza2065]

Glorious protector number 1????? Wow this hasn't aged well. I've literally never played against it.

[@fredalt]

what?? Wizards didn't give you a prerelease tryout? I guess you didn't listen to dad, less good content and more clickbait, it's simple math. Just put like "broken deck" "top mythic deck" in every video thumbnail, like almost every other mtg arena youtube streamer.

[@jojodelacroix]

Talking from the future, it could be interesting to see Glorious Protector combined with Telportation Circle. Every turn you could go ahead and re-protect new things, or get things that you hadn't protected out of protection. Or, you could rely on it to basically act as the big Teleportation Circle. So Teleportation Circle blinks Glorious Protector and then you can use it to blink everything else (even if there is a delay to it). You could easily run it in a cleric deck that doesn't feature many (or any) angels in it to make sure you are able to protect things reliably while also getting a ton of extra value from things like Skyclave Apparition, for instance. Still, overall, I think you ended up overvaluing the flash status of Glorious Protector and Sigrid. Had GP been able to be foretold for 2 instead of 3, I think that would have made it a LOT better. Holding up two mana isn't too much of an ask, but holding up 3 mana is going to slow most decks down a lot.

[@ronniejamesdio7585]

Hey Dev, all respects to your number one, will surely do a lot of work. But did you see what Merchant pulled off yesterday? Turn 2 Ugin due to Tibalt's Trickery. Just food for thought.

[@bucketfridge13]

Ty for the video man! I also just found out I can watch in 4k, High Res Dev, best Dev.

[@bonez2450]

I like the optimism on Glorious Protector, but I doubt we will see much of it. I'd bet money something like Annul will see more standard play than Glorious Protector. And I do think it's comparable to Thassa. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but looks like its slow and janky. But then again Torrential Gearhulk costs 6 and no one thought it would be good. They do feel similar.

[@moocowp4970]

Always like the video once I see Ziggy getting pats. From the future: the main card you missed (unless I missed it) is Alrunds Epiphany which turned out to be much better than I expected.

[@hoechel]

Coming from the future: so "Glorious Protector" it is? Well, I hate to say it, but I didn't actually know, that this card exists :)

[@philray47]

Great analysis! Almost too much coming in Kaldheim. I agree with your #1 pick - I feel like the top two are both ridiculous depending on your play style and Kaldheim is going to change standard significantly with Protector doing its share of the changing.

[@chaseblauvelt7008]

You probably have seen fumarole before in "wandering fumarole" from BFZ. Not the .ost memorable set and not the most memorable card so I don't blame you for forgetting lol.

[@garrettclayton4741]

I think you are underrating Jorn an absolute metric ton. You literally only need 4 of them and removal, that is it, it is a one card win-condition. The Artifact half is a better Eternal Witness, on top of a very solid creature half that has synergy with the Artifact itself. People are not noticing that you can reanimate Snow cards at instant speed. Just imagine its modern, and I play this on turn two with a Bird/Elf and with a snow land in my graveyard, which is very easy too do. Im ramping at instant speed with flexibility to get creatures as well. Or just drop a three mana Wilderness Rec that comes with a 3/3 body, that I can recur with the Artifact. And those are simply the floors of the cards, both halves can just go off and win the game solo. For three mana. This card is a mistake.

[@maxrichard2244]

Had to pause the video to come down here and say THANK YOU You are the first person I have heard on youtube to actually pronounce Jorn as Yorn!!! That made me more happy than you know it!!!!!

[@pigspigs76]

I've had great games with 'in search of greatness'... Also, I've seen it do basically nothing all game

[@Thegameshadow1]

It's funny how the no 15, 8 and 5 ended up being the most played cards in the format. You were right about Doomscar though. Points for that.

[@SG-qx1fg]

Fynn is my fav card in the set, by far. That plus hooded blightfang makes my Golgari Deathtouch heart burst in joy.

[@stormcry0]

Can't wait for your deck tech and quick gameplays! Please work on some budget decks for beginners in the game :)

[@plumokin5535]

How tf do you not give SBMTG early access. That's downright disrespectful for one of your biggest creators

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Well I mean just like Restoration angel, people didn’t give a shit about that’s angel itself but people focused rather on what restoration angel was flickering over and over again. Thragtusk was that warping and it’s hilarious how new green cards make thragtusk look like a joke

[@DrHyde-hj3ym]

No love for Dream Devourer? I think this card will be solid for both EDH and Standard. Being able to disrupt discard stratergies and set up cards for later is strong especially with the new god Tergrid.

[@Lomiauz]

"A fumarole is an opening in a planet's crust which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. The steam forms when superheated water boils as its pressure drops when it emerges from the ground." The more you know

[@irishrunner27]

Magda is super neat and i have 2 decks in EDH that will use her VERY effectively without changing anything else about them. which is weird cuz she seems kinda niche

[@envysart797]

Day one and I’m already playing UB flash foretell with Poison the Cup and Saw It Coming. There is a *ton* of power in the uncommons here.

[@NeryPineda]

What do you think about Glorious Protector instead of Angel of Glory's Rise for combo with Fiend Hunter?

[@oia]

I wanna see some dank jank in the next early access event =) c’mon WotC make it happen

[@MortiferGnome]

Everybody I know who pays attention to MTG online content respects your content. WotC missed a good opportunity for promotion by excluding you.

[@IAmQale]

I’m going to put Glorious Protector in my Changlings deck!!! ... ... oh.

[@TMFW]

I fell out of magic about 4-5 years ago, and here you are still making videos. Appreciate the videos, guess I have some catching up to do lol.