The BEST Cards With one of the WORST Effects! | Magic: the Gathering

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Like all card games, Magic: the Gathering has variance. However, some cards take this to another level -- like cards that have you flip a coin to determine what effect you get! Most of these cards are pretty awful, but enough of them have found success at Magic's highest level of competition for me to make this video!
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[@prestonpowell9222]

Krark hasn't just been thumbless, he's been homeless Man that's brutal lol

[@strawhataddison]

Made me lol😆

[@TehSeksyManz]

Got an audible giggle out of me lmao

[@MTG69]

I always wondered how could you flip a coin, without thumbs?

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I like how all these cards assume that I still have money after I spent it on Magic.

[@Dazllingston]

Wait, you don't have a coin token?

[@LlywellynOBrien]

In this economy, bold to assume that we have money.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

That's why you have to spend your money on pokemon too, they come with coins included.

[@WhipLash42o]

@@PhoenicopterusR and they have cool pictures on them!

[@seansolberg2907]

I really enjoy the cold open style for the top ten videos, nice change.

[@TheEmeraldboy100]

Reminds me of how The Mana Logs start their video

[@monterraythehomeless]

I agree, though I hope the spooky intro stays

[@LunarWingCloud]

​@@TheEmeraldboy100 yeah, TheDuelLogs has been doing that type of cold open in their videos for years, usually a great way to get people into the video

[@monterraythehomeless]

MTG KZbinr: "Flip a coin is kinda silly" Pokemon TCG: "laughs in convolution"

[@bradcallahan3546]

Gay

[@sablesalt]

@@bradcallahan3546 I agree, citation: I played the game for a decade and it was cringe

[@WhipLash42o]

@@bradcallahan3546 I love how you say then when characters like Oko look like they just walked out of Ram Ranch lmfao

[@cax1175]

Obviously this list couldn't be talking about the OP effect known as Rampage.

[@joefekete4384]

The effect that was so notorious, it nearly killed magic.... For all the wrong reasons. Lol Edit: not really. But the joke still stands.

[@muneerkhan6526]

...Teeka's Dragon

[@joefekete4384]

@@muneerkhan6526 is that a new nerd way to say holy shit? Lol

[@bradcallahan3546]

That ability sucks.. wtf?

[@muneerkhan6526]

@@bradcallahan3546 it's a meme :)

[@Shimatzu95]

Boompile being in a mtg top 10 Richard from MTG goldfisch: Why do I suddenly feel more powerful?

[@joedominguez8064]

I will NEVER forget the time my buddy managed to get off Rals ult in a commander game and got tails ALL FIVE FLIPS 😂🤣 he of course became cartoonishly angry and just conceded at that point

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

So looking at Mana Crypt, it is basixally the Sixth Sense of MTG. A gamble-based card with an innocuous effect that turns broken upon seening how little the gambling aspect matters to the detriment of the card.

[@ryanrodrigues5355]

Double-sided coins are banned in all formats but restricted in vintage.

[@Redrum2381]

I remember playing Mana Crypt when it turned off when it tapped. Then it was truly busted!

[@dyne313]

I was surprised to see Krark on the list. Him and Sakashima are my favorite EDH deck.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Ahhhh coin flips, I'ma be honest, I don't like them in MTG. I find that the stuff happening in my OG card game of YuGiOh makes for more fun interactions with coin flips. But hey, with a #1 with that many Vintage Points, maybe this list will get some representation on "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!

[@Alexander-rk4cu]

Tbh; at first i thoughts nr 1 would be the thumb, i had completly forgotten that mana crypt is a coin flip, seen as most places i see it, they use a dice odds and even, for head and tail.

[@Shadowbane0]

Just for fun, you should have given an honorable mention or even a fake spot to Athreos, Shroud-Veiled. He is one of the best cards involving coins. So what if he doesn't actually flip them.

[@TwoCentReview]

A funny little bonus about Krark the Thumbless is that there’s another card called Krark’s Other Thumb that deals with dice rolls and is one of those acorn cards that would actually not be unbalanced if released in a real set. This explains why he has no thumbs.

[@mikki429]

We actually saw both of Krark's thumbs before seeing the goblin himself on a card.

[@david21216]

Mention for Krark of course: Copy your Krark, only need one copy effect to resolve and if the other bounces the spell you get to cast it again after getting the spell effect off the other trigger.

[@Redpoppy80]

That flavor text on Goblin Assassin is... A good case of dark humor.

[@monogreen]

Is this the largest gap in points between 2nd and 1st place on any of your top 10s?

[@jonothanthrace1530]

A guy in my playgroup bought the coinflip Secret Lair deck and it was amusing to play against the first couple times, but sitting through 40 flips in a row got old very fast.

[@Triceratopping]

About a year ago I played a 60-card casual game with a guy at my LGS. Early on, he played Chance Encounter. I got excited and asked him what coin flip cards he was using, that it was fun to see an alt-win deck, etc. He seemed confused and told me that he did not, in fact, have any other coin flip cards in his deck. So Chance Encounter did literally nothing. Its inclusion actively made his deck worse. He did not seem to comprehend this when I explained it to him. He lost the game but won the war, because now I will always think of him and his baffling deckbuilding decisions when I see a coin flip card.

[@finnfinity9711]

Just in time for the new counterspell reverse polarity! I think a commander build around coin flips could be fun

[@JasonSzulc]

So many games won by Radiating a Fiery Gambit. With multiple opponents, there's usually so many creatures that you don't need a Krak's Thumb.

[@NekoValtz]

One IMPORTANT difference between the Frenetic Efreet vs the sliver counterpart. The sliver requires it to be in play in order for the ability to go off. Where was the Efreet does not. Meaning you can activate his ability infinitely getting you not only infinite effect triggers but also infinite coin flips which matter for some commander decks. If i'm wrong someone please do correct me however.

[@astuteanansi4935]

Yes, the Sliver has a "If this permanent is on the battlefield" clause whereas the Efreet does not. So with the Efreet you can use the ability any number of times in response to itself and get functionally infinite coin flips. This wins instantaneously with Chance Encounter and can power Okaun & Zndrsplt

[@fernandocoali1182]

Planar Chaos its my favorite flip a coin card ❤

[@autobotjazz1972]

I have seen mana crypt kill so many people who had played as it seems to curse their luck.

[@smashflame2136]

Krark on his own usually isnt the best, but where it really becomes a heads i win tails you lose scenario is if you pair him with a good cast trigger, like niv mizzet or stormkiln

[@nickalasmontano1496]

Another difference between Frenetic Efreet and Frenetic Sliver is that its ability doesn't check if the Efreet is still on the battlefield, so you can use it for infinite coin flips. I guess that distinction hasn't really mattered in the relevant formats though.

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

Ydween Efreet feels like it should have seem more play in the early days. It's a 3/6 attacker for 3 mana that mostly can't block. That was an insane rate at that time.

[@darthparallax5207]

Serenbib Efreet was 3/4 flying for 3.

[@mfsoab]

Somehow I expected Rakdos, the Showstopper to make the list. Pretty sure he was played in RNA standard, not sure about a top 8 tho.

[@llongone2]

Frenetic Efreet was one of my favorite cards of all time

[@PKFat]

I don't know how I feel about your new intro. I kinda liked when you touched on the topic's history more.

[@jays.6843]

I'm the opposite, honestly. I don't mind some fun facts, but sometimes it was several minutes of history that didn't actually matter or provide any context.

[@alan2here]

There's a land that taps for 2 white and it's destroyed after its third use.

[@WestPictures]

The best coin flip card is Ragnaros the Firelord

[@jdorffer]

I wonder where Stitch in Time is on the list

[@johngleeman8347]

I love the minotaur that makes you flip more and more coins. Sadly it wasn't good enough to be on the list.

[@christopherb501]

Karplusan Minotaur

[@zachbanks5299]

Why is coin flipping not considered dexterity but card flipping is?

[@j-lohome-slice7425]

I love playing coin flip decks I run a RGU cascading coin flip deck:3 it ramps hard and throws bombs. Or does nothing

[@nihar2009]

hmmm...what about fiery Gambit ?

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

Oh, so Mana Crypt and the 9 others? I will guess the 2nd and 3rd one then, Frentic Efreet and Frentic Sliver? Edit: Ayyyy, I was close.

[@ericc7241]

Top 10 knights please.

[@worldoffood123]

Ral Zarek is 4 mana!? And on average gives you 2-3 extra turns???

[@NizzahonMagic]

Sure, but not the turn you play him, and there's no guaranteeing he stays around long enough to do it.

[@worldoffood123]

@@NizzahonMagic Even still since it's a blue card so that would be pretty easy to proliferate into after a turn or two. I see your point but that's still blowing my mind lol

[@guyyoung4388]

Haven't watched yet, but I'm calling stich in time

[@penguindrummer252]

"He's been homeless too" yeesh. Words were not minced.

[@mikenahmias7102]

Too bad ante cards can't make these lists. I used to love Amulet of Quoz in casual games.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I have done a top 10 on Ante, though!

[@mikenahmias7102]

@@NizzahonMagic I think I remember that now. I'll have to look it up. Good times, Magic in the 90s.

[@jellywillreturn]

I know it's written in the thumbnail, but it's really irritating when a video is titled like "The BEST Cards With one of the WORST Effects" without saying what that effect is.

[@Happytremereinc]

You didn't even mention that mana vault was one of the 1st promo cards....

[@NizzahonMagic]

Nope! I've mentioned in the past of course, but it would have been a pretty big aside to go deep on it here.

[@Isotempo]

Ayyy

[@DL23a]

Sliver