The Top 10 Kithkin Cards In Magic: The Gathering

[@minervadetauro7646]

Me kissing the Kithkin goodbye before they are errata'd into Halflings for the sake of corporate synergy

[@stefanoderosa9506]

I hope it never happens, that would be horrible. And for that, it will probably happen.

[@HienNguyenHMN]

Note: Gaddock Teeg does NOT stop Hangarback Walker or Walking Ballista.

[@439801RS]

Was looking for this comment 👍

[@michaelburt9888]

Yep Teeg specifically stops *noncreatures* with X in their cost, creatures still get through

[@genesis4322]

Yeah he only does noncreatures which makes him way worse than I wish he were.

[@calicogaming6063]

I think he means that it stops other cards those creatures want to be playing.

[@kh1129]

They're creatures you idiot.

[@jmh8817]

"Oh I remember that card! When was it last play- SIXTEEN YEARS AGO? GoddamnI'm old."

[@elogee_yt]

Man that Goldmeadow Stalwart art hit me hard in the nostalgia. I didn't play much back then and hardly had any cards (and definitely didn't have money to buy cards) but I did somehow have one of those token/pack-filler/advertisement cards that was an advert for the upcoming Lorwyn set. It had the Stalwart art and it made Lorwyn look so captivating to adolescent me. I cherished that little piece of cardboard and it's probably the reason I remember Lorwyn so fondly even though I didn't play at all during that time

[@serradelahorne8289]

Wayne Reynolds’ art is so good.

[@forsetimaster0689]

With a Lorwyn set coming out early 2026, I really hope we get some more Kithkin support. Among the creature types actually dedicated to a tribal theme, Kithkin have been one of the most neglected.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Wizards is already planning to subsume kithkin into halfling in time for Return to Lorwyn.

[@genesis4322]

@@mikotagayuna8494 I truly hope not because they are different. If they do that I know most actual Kithkin are getting cut from Kithkin decks and that saddens me.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

@@genesis4322 Agreed. Unfortunately, Wizards will take the short term profit route per usual.

[@JasonOshinko]

@@mikotagayuna8494 In what way is this change profitable?

[@mikotagayuna8494]

@@JasonOshinko LotR was wildly profitable and is still being sold in some stores. It's also easy to imagine that a tribal set like Lorwyn could piggyback on LotR's popularity and give the halfling creature type enough support to make it viable in different formats.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Wizards released a poll if players would like to have kithkin become halflings. A slight majority of players voted No but I can see Wizards doing it anyway to align the upcoming Lorwyn set with the LotR and D&D sets.

[@Zomburai45]

"We appreciate that a lot of players have an attachment to kithkin, and we think those players and the kithkin creature type are important. However, they're not as important as making sure Magic becomes the Fortnight of analog games, so they're halflings now" -- Mark Rosewater during Return to Lorwyn preview season, probably

[@ceulgai2817]

No, that was Mark Rosewater. They're separate entities

[@hectorgodinez]

Teeg going to see tons of play now that Green Sun's Zenith is unbanned in Modern.

[@SpitefulAZ]

thanks for this comment. I'm going to unlist my teeg card I have for sale until it spikes.

[@andyspendlove1019]

The thoughtweft ties a clachan together.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Ahhh kithkin. I will say, I love their art. But I don't think I've ever played one. Not out of a dislike for them, but I don't recall any being that popular in EDH, or vintage for that matter. Speaking of which, I wonder if we can get "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)" soon.

[@monterraythehomeless]

You’re a legend

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@monterraythehomeless Thank you

[@CasualCoreK]

Top 19 Vintage Cards

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@CasualCoreK Minus power 10.

[@JasonOshinko]

@@monterraythehomeless Why? I find these comments on every single video insanely annoying and I would absolutely block them if KZbin would let me.

[@ronann25]

3:53 Gallia of the Endless Dance & Inspiring Veteran & Legion Lieutenant & Marshal of Zhalfir says "Hi!"

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

3:43 Don't forget the Ixalan lords. So also Vampires.

[@metalblizzard6024]

One of my favorite creature types... can't wait for their return

[@crawdaddy1234]

It should be noted that Forge-Tender was occasionally used to blank attacks from Progenitus.

[@alissonlima3516]

One good idea could be revisite the worst creature types from episode 172. Many got overpowered cards since then and are no more the worst cretures types.

[@georgelacatus1495]

I first started playing MTG right before Lorwyn came out, so seeing this list was a nice blast from the past ^_^

[@cax1175]

I only really know this creature type from the flavor text and artwork of Mystic Gate.

[@sayeshi1]

"wotc, can we get some halflings?" "no, you have halflings at home!" halflings we have at home:

[@SerathDarklands]

I really want to see you cover top ten foxes. Foxes are my favorite animal, and I really want to build a deck with some, but I always defer to your videos when deciding on card quality and whether a card will fit into my deck.

[@TheLuminousCleric]

I loved Kithkin in Lorwyn. Really good creatures for White Weenie.

[@dragun_boss0121]

Hey I recently bought and use Burrenton forge-tender in my black,blue, white party mechanic deck🔥

[@nbridges7321]

Rundvelt Hordemaster is also a 2 mana lord, but for goblins with a slightly worse statline. However, it does also help you get more goblins by potentially replacing any of your goblins that die.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It's also not a 2/2.

[@nbridges7321]

@NizzahonMagic fair enough, but to your point there's also the vampire, soldier, rogue, and knight lords that are 2/2 for 2 mana. Those are just the most popular creatures type lords though, there's also lords for dogs, satyrs, fungus and saprolings, squirrels, enchantment creatures, clerics, and colorless creatures to name a few. It's certainly not a common thing, especially at the time the kithkin was printed, but wotc seems to be willing to print them more frequently now

[@GunBunnyUTX]

Something that didn't get mentioned: Gaddock Teeg also blanks damn near every board wipe spell as well.

[@HyperXIII]

Could you do a deck history of chronastasis ie chronatog kismet stasis or chronatog stasis orb of dreams?

[@samanthalouise641]

I had no clue wtf a kithkin was but learned something new today.

[@ItsDangerousGoAlone]

It is magic's creature type for "halfling" or "hobbit"

[@henlohenlo689]

i'm a kithkin because my dad looked just like gaddock teeg.

[@kanrakucheese]

@@ItsDangerousGoAlone But that's an actual creature type now. I'm surprised how little fanfare seeing Frodo and other Tolkien hobbits "officially" classed as a "halfling" got.

[@T0mbersss]

Hey guys, i used to play in 2007, and decided to play again. I found my old kithkin deck. Are there any all white viable kithkin builds in 2024? Nothing fancy, just something taht can compete with modern stuff..

[@hectorgodinez]

Galepowder Mage is rocking in my Cube for years now.

[@bishop5116]

Wow massive points jump from #3 to #2.

[@tepet_mage]

If Forge-tender gets reprinted as a common, the pauper boost would cement it at the top

[@HyperXIII]

Also you should do the top 10 level up cards. Not very many of them and it is a unique ability in mtg

[@BrooklynMoo]

Is "how good we're they?" Coming back?

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

The only Kithkin I can think of is Gaddick Teeg, so that one.

[@henlohenlo689]

top 10 enchantments that generate creature tokens shark typhoon assemble the legion awakening zone urabrask's forge outlaws' merriment sandwurm convergience followed footsteps this is just naming some. i want what a top 10 list would be like. i brainstormed these up for a boardwipe deck that uses these to generate creatures, and also synergises with doubling season and contagion engine, and caretaker's talent, wrath of god, fumigate. since most of my creatures are generated from enchantments this means cards like fumigate will benefit me more than the opponent most of the time.

[@jdogx211]

After our first trip to Zendikar, do you think we will ever see a REAL return to leveling up creatures like FoD, Hexdrinker or Lighthouse Chronologist?

[@marcoottina654]

Sadly, no: people hated them for being waaaaaay too overcosted, while the support was both rare and inefficient (like a single bue creature with EBT: "Put a single level counter on a single creature"). Yeah, you can proliferate, but more than often you alre already paying twice the mana cost of a card + the proliferation for a very little effect. WotC needs like a "total rebranding"

[@badnewsproduction01]

I was waiting for this one

[@lottasha]

The original Kithkin has the prettiest art

[@kanrakucheese]

Can you do Top 10 CMC2 Knights?

[@jefftaargus6672]

Yes, Knights of the Meadowgrain, Sigiled Paladin Knights of the White Orchid all awesome

[@Psychonautical89]

I'm dying to know how many takes you did for "they're almost always white" because it had the perfect amount of snark to add a nice laugh to the video. I don't assume it was even some political statement and I don't care to get into any of that, but if it was a double-entendre of any kind, you nailed it 10/10 on that one lol love it man

[@SpitefulAZ]

gadok teeg is still.played in multiple formats, very few reprints, and still a $2 card.

[@christopherb501]

0:07 Also kinda sorta not really Kithkin Armor.

[@Datguy12-f6y]

Not Mistmeadow Witch?!

[@RibusPQR]

The best Kithkin is Brigid, Who's Seen Some Stuff.

[@SerialChiller1000]

The Multiverse's Hobbits.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

The type that Wizards wants you to forget.

[@JasonOshinko]

What possible motive could they have for wanting players to forget about it?

[@jonothanthrace1530]

@@JasonOshinko I just remember reading that Kithkin were quite unpopular because of their oblong heads so Wizards retired them.

[@MichelleNghi]

Don't have any of these ten cards 😭🤬😅

[@calicogaming6063]

Do Kors now~

[@anthonypeters3005]

Top 10 Basic Lands please

[@quartersskates]

Lots of 2 cmc 2/2 lords

[@imaginarymatter]

I find it weird that cards like Nagas, Cephalids, etc got an errata to consolidate creature types but Kithkin didn't get and errata to become Halflings.

[@shuboy05]

According to Mark Rosewater, Kithkin are the Magic universe version of the race so they are staying distinct. Halfling will refer to the D&D version (and Middle Earth).

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Mark Rosewater said it was racially insensitive to want Nagas to be Snakes. Anything he says about creature types is meaningless.