The Best New Commander Cards From Lost Caverns Of Ixalan For The 99! Magic The Gathering

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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@Greg501-]

Why play Spelunking in Commander when you could just proxy the good lands that don't come in tapped?

[@earldrazi2879]

I don't think this set was very good only two cards in the whole set are good and I bought a couple box boosters and didn't pull anything worth anything I kept pulling 50 cent cards $1 cards and $3 cards oh and one $10 card but thats it I don't know if it was wizards quality control or just luck was involved

[@quinnmckinney3153]

I don’t know why, but this is the most excited I’ve been for a magic set in ages! It feels good to be back in Ixalan.

[@palicaoo]

the set is fun and contains a lot of interesting and funny cards

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

i want ikoria to come back with more mutate mechanics

[@koolaiddude7685894]

The limited environment has been a TON of fun. Cant believe there is a legit way to deal 1k damage to someone in a limited format 😂

[@dukevulture4562]

*dinosaur sounds*

[@stevenellenberger6682]

Ixalan''s last run was my first foray back into magic since the mid 90's and it's nostalgia packed and full of some of my fave tribes decks and combinations...glad this set isn't a disappointment either!

[@gustavolrcoelho]

*Professor gives an extensive list of examples for Roaming Throne* Ally decks: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU?"

[@darkrexkigntstone8773]

Yes

[@Rukalin]

I hate Miirym but I have to point out: If played after Miirym, Roaming Throne won't up the number of copies of all other dragons to two. The throne itself gets copied twice so you end up with three thrones, meaning you get four copies of every further dragon.

[@NathanAnderson-ix2ln]

True, but that does assume Miirym is out at the time. So profs statement is correct, he's just not assuming the best case scenario.

[@ryancarey3782]

wouldn't it be more as the thrones would trigger each other too, being as it, itself has a triggered ability?

[@Rukalin]

@@ryancarey3782 The throne's ability is a replacement ability, not a triggered ability

[@PizzaShoes]

What's wrong with miirym

[@Rukalin]

I've hated dragon tribal since I started playing MTG with friends' decks and the tribe getting to have every single mechanic that's ever existed in the game, along with 30 new commanders every set certainly doesn't help.@@PizzaShoes

[@WolxVal]

My favorite thing about this set is new cats!! The two G/W cats, Kutzil and Okinnec are perfect for stopping your opponents and gain ton of counters

[@mistmoorex]

SAME! These two are fitting right into my Ahrabo and Nazahn decks.

[@Ellert00]

I usually play a Phabine deck, I didn't know Okinec existed until yesterday but I've already got him slotted into my deck now.

[@ToxicAtom]

For those looking for more redundancy in their "Lands-Enter-Untapped" suite, why not try Tiller Engine? It's very similar to Amulet of Vigor, with some pros and cons.

[@e6staffsargeify]

It's an absolute banger! I use it in my Obuun deck. It always feels good to have Exploration, Tiller Engine, Myriad Landscape and Crucible of Worlds on the board

[@Ranhert]

Tiller Engine is great in my Galadriel of Lothlorien deck. Of course I also slammed Spelunking in there after pulling at Prerelease

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

The main pro being it’s ten percent of the price, but it’s also a sneaky bonus with bounceland Kodama to tap down everyone else.

[@washada]

All these are good cards with Karametra too.

[@AgentBlackman]

One card I never see mentioned is Bloodletter of Aclazotz! Absolutely awesome staple for life drain focused black decks (So most of them lol) especially strong with Devotion lovers like Gray Merchant of Asphodel. Super awesome card I can't wait to get my hands on!

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Throw in a Skull Collector.

[@Doofindork]

Ixalan seems so fun and fresh to return to. I'm liking it more than Eldraine even. But that could also be because DINOSAURS!

[@PsychoEditor]

Dinosaur tribal is awesome

[@swift5384]

This is one of the first sets in a very long time I've actually bothered to look the story up for, turns out some of the new commander cards actually have pretty great lore, especially the gods. Love ya Ixalan, goated plane

[@Beckola44]

I appreciate you sharing your top 5 cards in the new Ixalan set. I like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant in a Dinosaur deck, Clavileno, First of the Blessed in a Vampire / Demon deck, and Hakbal of the Serging Soul in a Merfolk deck. Thank you for the video Professor.

[@PauperRulesCommittee]

Ahhh, now I understand why white artifact lands went up in price

[@maidenless_tarnished]

Notably with Thousand Moons Smithy, if you use itself to activate the second ability it will transform tapped since it doesn't say something like "exile, then return transformed". Almost learned that the hard way during prerelease weekend. Luckily I realized before I did it

[@KamenRiderCorn]

I'm so excited about Ojer Taq. My first ever Commander deck was the Ghired precon so creature tokens speak to my heart.

[@andrewbreslin273]

Tarrian’s Soulcleaver looks really appealing in voltron decks!

[@marc-antoinegirard2103]

Not just in voltron decks, nearly any decks that run some sacrifice strategy or just treasures, and since treasures have become very prominent in recent years, this thing triggers all the time

[@AndrewS-vu4ji]

I proxied up some of these cards before the set was out and had a blast playing with them.

[@themagicofmtg]

Excellent video! Lots of good cards in Lost Caverns of Ixalan and I'm happy to include a bunch of them in my various Commander decks!

[@FabHuy]

Spelunking was really great during the pre-release event I attended, really happy to see it here :)

[@TheCrowVarietyShow]

I did a prerelease event and got Spelunking and Dauntless Dismantler. Dauntless was a great card to have in my White/green/black 40 card. I lost badly to Bonehoard. One of my close friends got a copy of Roaming Throne. Good times.

[@LeifTheRogue]

I am SO happy to see White getting more really cool, good cards. This set looks amazing so far!

[@enriquevidal1249]

hahaha great reference to sunset boulevard with merfolks Prof! 10/10

[@keegansimpson9117]

Great Video as always Prof!!

[@LucidDreams024]

Ixalan was the first magic set I really truly got into the game. And it's come full circle with my orazov vampires in standard now with my Edgar markov in Commander. I love each and every card from this set Vampires, pirates, merfolk, DINOSAURS!!!! Ixalan is to me like ravnica is to you

[@mattturner3484]

A big sleeper hit in limited was Zoyowa's Justice. Not strictly as good as chaos warp, but better than wild magic surge and, in a pinch, can be used to recoup value off something you own that's doomed by removal

[@sethdoddridge7806]

I'm surprised Get Lost wasn't in this list! Not only is it a powerful removal spell for two mana, you also get to tell someone to get lost!!

[@k2daho]

You got me sold on two of those! Spelunking will perform great my more budget mana bases and will go completely bonkers in Aesi, where I play a ton of tutors with lands entering tapped just for the triggers, including the big boys reshape the earth and boundless realms. And Thousand moon smithy should be a slam dunk in Urza Chief Artificer!

[@Purewater100Percent]

I to one look at The Enigma Jewel and knew immediately that it was going in my Tazri, Stalwart Survivor deck

[@ShyLoo1994]

That whatnot ad had flip in it. Good guy. Shout out to flip and James

[@pigfish99]

Another good way to play Thousand Moon Smithy is with Rhys the Redeemed, and token doubler effects. Mondrak, Doubling season, Parallel Lives will help generate much more Gnome constructs than before, and since they build off of one another, can become obscenely huge, QUICK.

[@afspeellijstnaruto]

Not to be rude, but that is stating the obvious :)

[@ReLeaseHaVoc]

Tiller Engine and Stone-Seeder Hierophant also untap lands but I will certainly be picking up Spelunking for consistency in my lands deck and gates deck.

[@johnnoreau3570]

Lol I run Kyodai mazes end. I run shit like conduit of worlds and strip mine with exploration. I love blowing up a lot of lands in one turn. Anything that untaps lands I’ll have to look into. Also. I’m sure you know because you said you have a gate deck but check out gond gate! Let’s all your other gates come in untapped. I use navigation orb or another way to fetch a land and always grab gond gate first. Also for land decks. Kura the boundless sky from Neo kamigawa has a killer death effect that lets you grab 3 lands out your deck.

[@benjaminloyd6056]

I'm exited for more Skeleton support, for my in-progress all-skeleton deck.

[@TheHyra]

absolutely ecstatic to have pulled Bonehoard Dracosaur and Roaming Throne in the prerelease packs, knew I was going to put them in the Pantlaza deck I picked up too, just need to work out what to cut to get them in there... along with all the Jurassic Park cards... and other powerful dinosaurs... oh no, I've got my work cut out for me

[@LadySayeh]

I'm excited for this set as I'm updating the dino precon, I want ravenous tyrannosaurus and hunting velociraptors

[@brandonbernard791]

Man, prof is the best. Always such good content.

[@marc-antoinegirard2103]

Also for roaming throne in miiryn decks. Since roaming throne will enter the battlefield as a dragon, if your miirym is on the battlefield, it will see the roaming throne and make a copy of it, but because the roaming throne is on the battlefield, it will trigger another time and make two copies of it instead. Essentially quadrupling all of your miirym triggers after that. Its a very strong card

[@quantomsandwich4268]

Final two cards ( holds up three finger). You are so entertaining!

[@barryb.benson3370]

Its the Metas that got small! Love the Sunset Boulevard reference Prof

[@MTGNate]

I'm so glad you agreed with roaming throne as the number 1, it's so cracked

[@crazedzealots]

just ordered the roaming throne yesterday when i saw it in an MTG Goldfish video. This card is going to be a banger.

[@spamcan2284]

I ordered 4 roaming thrones so far because I play a lot of tribal. I cannot wait for it to go into my Miirym deck!

[@JordanNeff-PGH]

Great list! I was lucky enough to open two Roaming Thrones in my pre-release kit :) Also wanted to note, the Dauntless Dismantler has another huge upside: because it doesn't stipulate that x can't be 0 it can get rid of all artifact tokens on the board (treasure, map, food, blood) with a single white mana! This also means it can shut down those beefy gnome soldier artifact creature tokens created by the Thousand Moons Smithy!

[@russelbutt]

got a copy of cavern of souls and resplendent angel in a couple of boosters from mtg arena last night, pretty hype!

[@jmillzoryan9763]

I pulled Bonehoard Dracosaur, Smithy and Roaming throne. Pretty excited. Dracosaur going into Miirym deck, Throne and Smithy is in my Magnus deck.

[@chriscunningham6401]

I am looking forward to picking up a copy of Restless Anchorage for my Derevi tribal birds deck.

[@taylorhumco]

As a Lathril player, and drawing Roaming Throne in my prerelease box; I’m pretty excited 🎉

[@aznirish]

Brass's Tunnel Grinder I feel is a bit overlooked. I like the card advantage it can generate with putting cards you can get later in the graveyard, to drawing cards equal to the number you pitch +1. Then when it flips, getting to discover X in the late game really helps churn out additional value.

[@fuzsyskunk4252]

Im already making a list of 30 single cards from this set i really want for some of my existing decks!

[@robob2968]

One of my favorite cards I pulled was the Hulking Raptor. A 2 generic, 2 green cost 5/3 creature with ward 2 and gives 2 green on your pre-combat main phase.

[@lucknsmile1156]

I would love to see a merfolk Commander deck update for caverns of ixalan

[@lasterman94100]

Hey I got all 5 in my pre-release kit, so I won't even buy singles, I'm set! That roaming throne though... Might need a couple more

[@christina.morris]

Between the main set and the Blood Rites precon, I'm getting so many new toys for my Alesha vampires deck, I can't even pick one that I'm most excited about

[@animesfreakify]

Alesha, Who smiles at Death?

[@christina.morris]

@@animesfreakify Yes, that Alesha

[@XionXLR8]

Dauntless Dismantler’s 4 toughness is also key in not dying to things like bolt and abrade, also blocks Tymna and Najeela very well.

[@waynebush3610]

I was 420 for likes. Love your videos professor and love the way you speak. It really informative and that is how I talked to my associates when I was a manager.

[@thriftypsgr]

I am building ojer in mono green! So happy with this set

[@fredouellet3160]

11:55 "We're down to the top 2 cards" while the prof is holding 3 fingers up. I was waiting for the secret top card... couldn't find it!

[@gareyysenpaaiii]

As someone who loves utility token strategies like the new hobbit deck, prosper, strefan, etc. and using those tokens to let marionette master pop off, Tarrian's Soulcleaver has me so excited. I need like 10 copies now.

[@chromaphasia453]

I might put Dauntless Dismantler in my Stenn commander deck, as being able to get a swath of my own artifacts into the graveyard would be great for effects like Mirrodin Besieged, as I usually end up with a late game board state where I don't have many artifacts in graveyard, but have a swath of 2 or 3 cost mana rocks that generate far more mana for me than I need that would be better off in grave.

[@catalyst-uz6lz]

This set rocks so much this is why I love card games its such a good feeling amazing mechanics and great flavor

[@tl_neerdowell]

Roaming Throne looks sweet with the new Indoraptor legend and a bunch of dinos with enrage.

[@theblueburrow1801]

My set booster box had all of these! Plus, a Cavern of Souls borderless foil! 😉 always worth watching to get the scoop. Too bad I didn't before the box...but hey I pulled them all, so I'm actually satisfied both fronts!

[@OveSorcop]

I'm really exited for Greedy Freebooter, even though he is just a little common guy for my Balrog Treasure Hunt Deck :)

[@antoinedumont2372]

Unless I'm mistaken, ward is also a triggered ability. While the Roaming throne doesn't double its own ward, in gives extra protection to Myriim (Or other tribal cards with ward) too.

[@nosrin1988]

What a great set for my final magic set! (financially, I cant keep spending so much money!)

[@tommottom2571]

the original ixalan set is what got me deep into mtg. my first commander deck was with zacama primal calamity that i got out of a booster from a planswalker deck. seeing it re turn with such glory really makes me a happy man!. besides the cool setting of ixalan and the reflection of one of my faviotite times in human earth. withe cool pritates and wooden sailboots and one of the last times that people used swords and guns didnt rule every form of combat, what again looks way cooler in movies and commicbooks than it would be in real life. what was my point again? oh ya! i just love ixalan and they done this favorite plane of mine is just great! YARRRR MATY, for the queen, Growl, and of course blub blub!

[@drakko95]

Key thing about Roaming Throne is that you don't even need to be a kindred deck to really get use out of it. There are a number of commanders that don't have access to doubling effects, whether it be due to how their triggered ability works, or not being in the right colors. Ever wanted to draw 6 cards for 6 life off of Tymna in one combat step? How about doubling BOTH of Prosper's triggers? Braids, Conjurer Adept putting 2 permanents into play for even more chaotic fun? These are just 3 examples, but there's bound to be plenty more.

[@ghost_tickler1575]

Agreed. I dropped it in like 9 of my 13 decks, and only 2 of them are kindred.

[@MrColtux]

@TolarianCommunityCollege I really would love to see the professor make a video on Sorcery: Contested Realm. As someone who wished I could have been there for the beginning of magic, this game really gives me that feeling and I think is something special. It isn't without flaws, but I would love to see it get a boost and an unbiased review of sorts by the most trusted KZbinr when it comes to TCGs. ❤

[@DavidStillberg]

It feels like "make a token" is starting to become a game design crutch in a lot of cases. Just add instant value engine. In any case, a great suite of cards! I certainly look forward to spelunking in the near future.

[@benjamintrottier2855]

Was expecting to see Charismatic Conqueror. That card is an auto-include in my Winota and Raffine deck

[@mrdiscophoria]

I bought taverns of ixalon. I won the lottery and got mana crypt and cavern of souls. Not to mention some neat edh cards

[@BugManiacRoy]

Man prof, no word on the new manders available? So many cool new legends, not one brought up 😢

[@MultiBeerme]

Merfolk are great. I won our home draft tournament of ixalan with a simic merfolk explore deck.

[@Cobracon7]

I always buy 1 box from each standard set... I love cracking packs... my son opened a foil Cavern!!! On top of the non foil I opened at my prerelease!!

[@zadfert]

Professor. The thumbnail. The thumbnail, Professor. Ixlaan, Professor. Ixlaan. Brian. Ixlaan.

[@dukevulture4562]

Damn, Prof, no tie? Top button undone? This episode might be too spicy for YT.

[@hernanibautista1442]

In the 99, I'm excited for Get Lost, Aclazotz and Squirming Emergence

[@amebolt218]

wow, i finally got with the fresh post and not a week later XD

[@FIVEFIRES]

the amount of text on a 1 drop blue card! WTF 🤣

[@unicorescannacorner6999]

The Eldraine and Dr Who stuff was for me the Stuff of my Dreams, now i see my Wife enjoying Ixalan really wich isn't my cup of tea art wise. but we already drew nice cards for our decks. but rn I don't know if I would just get more eldraine :D

[@kingweb11]

Oh this next SUP looks like its going to be hella fun as the kids say.

[@honeybeeees6666]

Dauntless Dismantler is great because while the (XX)W cost seems high, you can knock every treasure off the board for 1 or all the OP 1 mana artifacts for 3. It gets rid of Esper Sentinel without triggering it and everyones sol ring at the same time. Theres also some potential here with Liquimetal Coating. The Enigma Jewel seems like an auto include in every Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy deck ever.

[@Elderfro420]

Funny enough I got a roaming throne from a whatnot stream with your credit LOL! I did end up spending another 25 on random cards though because were all gambling addicts

[@imaginarymatter]

I wish Locus of Enlightment didn't have the "once per turn" clause. Yes, it probably goes infinite with any number of things (e.g. mana ability + untap ability) but with all the effort it takes to flip the darn thing you should be able to go infinite.

[@HankJ666]

I actually got a box out of curiosity for what I would get and while I only got 3 of these, the dracosaur, spelunking and the dismantler, I got lucky enough to get a Mana Crypt, Chimil the inner sun and a Cavern of Souls, they legit sent me their best box

[@sandydelrosario6748]

The held up number 3 when he says 2 it’s absolutely sending me 😂. Idk if it was on purpose or an accident. Either way it’s a seed that I’ll never know the answer to

[@calebmaddox6114]

Also with thousand moons smithy is you can tap itself as well to transform

[@dizzynarutofan100]

16:03 It also enters AS the type, so myriim makes a copy. Its the mosr myriim card

[@BasisFazer]

I'm hoping to add Bloodletter of Aclazotz to my Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose commander deck

[@Frog_Cat_]

8:36 "ugh more text" - my feelings about this set in a nutshell

[@CodenameJD]

Ooh, I wonder what other cards will be on the list besides Roaming Throne.

[@delllee4915]

Normally when I watch these, none of the singles seem to catch my interest, but Roaming Throne, the Soldier token spam, and the Dracosaur are clearly things I wanna get my hands on.

[@firefliesowlcity12]

Look forward to Eaten By Piranhas as a new blue removal spell Motlen Collapse as an upgraded dreadbore Unstable Glyphbridge as a combination Boardwipe and Stax

[@grantmurdock7385]

Runaway Boulder as the best guest appearance from a movie (sorry Jeff)

[@KyosukeShigure]

Tiller Engine also exists with a similar effect in colorless.

[@deocharismostrales4142]

how does enigma jewel work with planeswalker abilities? would you still need to work on gaining loyalty counters?

[@user-lf4wk4bg5r]

Doesn't Miirym make 2 copies of roaming throne as it enters as a dragon? 1 from Miirym and 1 from the additional trigger from roaming throne itself? Then you could make 4 extra copies per dragon

[@eegles]

Spelunking might end up as the highest impact card from this set.

[@hoodiegal]

Surprised Skullspore Nexus didn't make it onto this list!

[@themantyf1116]

You don't even have to be in a strictly creature deck to like the Throune, though. Even if it just boosts your commander's triggered ability the deck relies on, it's pretty good. Like drawing twice with Kadena, or effectively doubling the token's creation with Zaxara.

[@salmonking007]

With the explosion of artifact token generation, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sunshot Militia as one of the overlooked commons of the set. It gives me Impact Tremor vibes.

[@HAYDS510]

I'm stoked with my dinosaur deck

[@NamelessThun]

Dracosaur is soooo good in my Pia Nalaar deck!

[@benhensley3621]

Regarding Craft- they don't have to be permanent cards if they're in the graveyard! It just needs to meet the quality it asks for. So for Enigma Jewel, if there were instants/sorceries with activated abilities, you COULD exile, say, Repeating Barrage. And that's because Enigma Jewel asks for specifically AA