The Top 8 Must Have Commander Cards In White for your Magic: The Gathering Collection

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@ViewtuberOG]

Dude, that ad was cringe worthy lol. Never say fleek again please.

[@DonovanPresents]

Return to Dust and Shepard of Emeria (if CMC cost doesn't matter in your deck as much) come to mind.

[@toamatau8785]

@@ViewtuberOG it's only cringe if you don't get Prof's humor.

[@ViewtuberOG]

@@toamatau8785 it wasn't a slight at the professor dumb ass. Anything else to bestow in your infinite wisdom?

[@olafthemoose9413]

You know somebody likes his own channel when he gives his own comment a heart.

[@Coolidge345]

I pretty much died from the Raycon sponsorship. Well played sir.

[@wesstapley]

Calvin Chui I don’t even care about the video itself anymore. I just want this type of sponsorship forever.

[@daanjamo]

@@wesstapley This was the first video I watched after my monthly, and mandatory, welcome to night vale-binge listen, and was suprised to see that the weirdly funny writing style had continued. There are like 120 episodes out now, your dream of listening to advertisements told in a certain, dry, yet funny way can be fulfilled!

[@austinchuilli3652]

Didn't even watch the rest of the video went and ordered raycons the Prof sold them to me.

[@wisdomsoptional]

Worth every second

[@connorharrison7160]

@@austinchuilli3652 Same

[@jabreezy7454]

My name is Jabreezy and I approve this message.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

I knew you were a thing!

[@Izuyoi7215]

Crap

[@Matazuma]

The famous musician! here in my nerdy MTG video!

[@philpauley8155]

Isn't jabreezy a magician and not a musician?

[@Commandersofthecoast]

Love your music !

[@gabrielm3659]

"Welcome 18-24 target audience" 27 year old me: uh-oh....

[@xanderjones6239]

LOLOLOL same🤣😭

[@josuanachname1914]

You 27 yr young guy like: uh-oh... What should I say???

[@dukelornek]

Don't worry I'm over 10 years older then that demographic.

[@0Whitelottus0]

28 year old me: Well ok

[@14Chrysler300sAWD]

16 year old me like 😧

[@dukelornek]

"Look I'm old and cringy how do you want me to sell this?" Leans into cringe factor 110% "That'll work!"

[@PalPlays]

What's wrong with that?

[@pikman0130]

"If my audience's ability is cringe ignorance and not nullification, then there's a limit to the cringe they can ignore!"

[@theswampus670]

i like that even with all his success the Professor still maintains what made this channel great from the start.

[@colinsmith5879]

The only cringe here I see is this comment.

[@bradstern3002]

I didnt need wireless headphones but now I might need to get a pair. I wanna get on flek.

[@mikethered123]

"This is not a secret list of underground cards." If you're playing white, you're already underground.

[@Forsparda]

Id say about six feet under

[@Baconnwaffles0Live]

Wow. I now have to buy Raycon earbuds to be hip and on fleck

[@gretchenlemmond9645]

That was probably the best ad for raycon I've seen yet Edit: I have my degree in advertising

[@FloofysTV]

"You don't win games by gaining life" Aetherflux Reservoir begs to differ.

[@DDNEV]

My Oloro deck winning with Aetherflux is so so so tasty

[@thgsMASK]

But The Death Star also doesn't really win you games by gaining life, you gain life on the process, but really its the paying life that does it.

[@RyanOlander]

*laughs in Felidar Sovereign*

[@xChikyx]

Unfortunately, lifegain only hast that pay off... I have an atalya deck which gains TONS of life, but it does nothing with said life... We really need a better way to spend life on something... Except for the reservoir and the "win if you have over X life", gaining life does nothing

[@luispolanco5966]

Test of Endurance

[@Clawhammer_]

Beautiful ad read. Best Raycon ad I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@bobrashley5936]

First product plug I haven't skipped.

[@ThisIsGOKKAR]

I re watched it lol

[@DavidFast71]

Truth

[@jarrettdiperna8370]

OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO WORTH WATCHING!!!

[@silvanwegenast8695]

I skipped it and then went back to see it when I read the comments

[@Tryo707]

"Which they can no longer back out of", oh man that's gold.

[@jkoon78076]

I laughed way harder than is socially acceptable when he said "I'm relatable"

[@joshbarr810]

Great ad read. You've sold me on RayCon.

[@a.velderrain8849]

"which they can no longer back out of" I'm dead

[@iandehmel]

They're not 'Must-Runs', but two White utility pieces I always go back to are definitely Brave the Sands or Sigarda's Aid. The second one is more narrow, for sure, but they both end up in a bunch of decks

[@xCCflierx]

Brave the sands might as well be. If you have any creatures, if you ever have to chump block, you can stop 2 attacks for the price of an easy to get 1/1 soldier creature token. a 2/2 with deathtouch becomes great removal.

[@itsallenwow]

Wow as a target demographic I'm really excited for this content. Hopefully soon I'll be able to enjoy this counterculture video with a comfortable pair of wireless earbuds.

[@yuvalhuck1]

The professor had reached his peak dad form

[@chadenbruan3274]

I got a pair of raycons for Christmas and they’re pretty lit

[@sephiroth8517]

LIT*

[@emathias5]

They have RGB too? That's so cool

[@Cincinnatijames]

LIT AF

[@Larry.R]

Kind of like the Christmas tree? 😂

[@NecromancyForKids]

I'm sorry to hear they've caught fire.

[@nerd_mor]

Best sponsor spot ever. I almost want to buy one, just for them okaying this.

[@ralphpetagna3778]

Prof to Raycon: "No, seriously, just wait until you see the comments. I know my viewers."

[@RaefGall]

This Raycon ad is easily one of my favorite things.

[@Rillant]

Hahaha amazing that they gave you so much freedom for the ad! It had me in stitches. Usually people just read of the boring prewritten scripts, but this was great!

[@Dwokisking]

we all knew smothering tithe was gonna be the number 1

[@mathieukothe6700]

Swords would be a better number one. More universally good. Smothering is good in a lot of deck, even most but swords is great in all decks.

[@joeshmoe66]

@@mathieukothe6700 In which deck would single removal be better than huge mana ramp?

[@mathieukothe6700]

Smothering tithe is amazing ramp and would be a very close second in my opinion. It's a good addition to all decks but there is better mana ramp via; Exploration, Mana Crypt. However Swords is the best single target removal spell and most efficient, 1 mana at instant speed exile.

[@broadcast7183]

@@mathieukothe6700 did u forget this is a list for things best in monogamy white

[@mathieukothe6700]

@@broadcast7183 The prof prefaced the video by saying that this is a list of best cards in all decks including white, from mono white to five colour Ur Dragon

[@kungfooee]

I usually always skip the sponsers at the beginning but I must say that was friggin Hilarious Prof!

[@fergenstin252]

Going to buy Raycon earbuds and listen to fleck Kanye music thank you Professor

[@cinderspecter]

I feel like Aura of Silence might be a must play for white in commander too. It's very powerful and impactful in every game.

[@alecolson8360]

Just got my smothering tithe, got it from a booster pack no less! Super excited for the future of white in commander! Wizards better come through in commander legends

[@twofacecomix]

Wow! Way cool! Raycon ear music piece is the great buy! Thanks professor!

[@Larry.R]

7:04 I recommend running Gift of Estates for mono-white players. It's basically a budget version of Land Tax.

[@rodrigooneto3194]

I have both in my monowhite deck. And they are the best for land drop

[@julianb.f4007]

Winds of abandon is super slept on...

[@AricHaldan0782]

that card is pretty busted

[@jo_ken]

Julian B.F Too bad WOTC was too scared to make it an instant speed. God forbid white get a worse version of cyclonic rift.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

@@jo_ken please no. Cyclonic rift is busted because you can do it on the turn before yours and combo/attack on a clean board. Instant in white means your aggro deck just slaughters your opponents out of nowhere

[@AricHaldan0782]

@@jo_ken Honestly cyclonic rift is annoyingly good. Even though I would want white to get serious upgrades I don't want it to just be white versions of the most broken cards in other colors. That would be lame imho.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

Being a sorcery really hurt its playability...

[@heatedshenaniganspodcast4225]

This is the BEST sales pitch, I've ever heard!

[@sheahon1179]

It’s been a long time since I actually laughed out loud at a YT sponsor add, very well done! I’ll have to check them out!

[@rileypowell5354]

dude that sponsor plug was brutal. perfection

[@GethIng001]

I'm paused at about 2:10, and I can't stop smiling. The purposeful ching factor is just hight enuff that I want to get away from my computer but low enuff to appreciate what the proffer is doing. Advertising and Comedy quality is high, if not Gold here. Keep up the excellent work.

[@SnapquesterMage]

I have never been more pleased to sit through a two minute shill. This was in fact so funny, I might even have to buy a pair of those earbuds to ensure that the shilling continues!!

[@jacksonwest1619]

Prof, I loved the video, White needs more love. But that ad at the beginning was absolutely priceless. I'm still chuckling. Thank you so much

[@MagorianAx]

That Raycon ad in the beginning was the single best 2 minutes and 13 seconds of youtube content that I have ever seen.

[@hannwaters]

This is undoubtedly my favorite ad read I have ever encountered and makes me love the product and ad more than one that would disingenuously push the product.

[@chad878]

Ad was so good I watched it twice. May go for a third helping......

[@lucasmilano9358]

The sponsor was probably the most entertaining advertisement I’ve ever seen thank you prof

[@wasted4satan390]

"You don't win games by gaining life." Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood would like a word.

[@PalPlays]

They win by dealing damage.

[@jensling]

@@PalPlays Technically not, since the combo causes direct lifeloss, not damage - but yeah, they win by reducing opponent life totals to 0, not by gaining life.

[@wasted4satan390]

@@PalPlays Neither one of those cards deals damage.

[@PalPlays]

@@wasted4satan390 You're right. Loss of life. You're splitting hairs and my point still stands.

[@jek__]

Felidar Sovereign has more to say on this matter than the vampires do

[@mikes7423]

Best ad ever! I generally don't want any ads, but this one I had to watch. You knocked it out of the park prof! Hilarious!

[@TheRealSarceus]

Darien, King of Kjeldor is my pick for a mono-white commander. Runs I think... Literally everything on this list.

[@larrymanns364]

That was by far the BEST ad I have ever seen you do. Bravo.

[@DAAlegendTV]

"You don't win games by gaining life" **Laughs in Felidar Sovereign**

[@diggerdog9205]

Test of Endurance

[@PalPlays]

You won by your opponents being potatoes who couldn't answer a card with no inherent protection.

[@TriangleChloros]

@@PalPlays Or because you played Mana Crypt into Sol Ring into Lightning Greaves T1, because that's a reasonable thing that happens every game, right?

[@densmith8141]

T1: Plains, Sol Ring T2: Mana Crypt, Felidar Sovereign T3: win ?

[@PalPlays]

@@densmith8141 Response, Swords your Felidar? Play Queen Marchesa and attack you for three? Fire Covenant your Felidar?

[@airforcec]

Dude, that ad was amazing! Your videos continue to get better exponentially.

[@NicksMagicstorytime]

The ad at the beginning was hilarious. If I was interested in wireless ear buds. I’d buy.

[@GeekandGlory]

I love it when Proff does these sponsorships because there is that hint of sarcasm and sass. Wonderful videos Proff. They always make me smile and have a lot of good information. This video especially since I have been musing a mono white commander deck.

[@rustythedeli-master6861]

Professor in the beginning: "Man, it hurts to be this hip."

[@MrPinkpanzer]

That ad was fantastic. Normally I dislike these sorts of ads, but yours was delightful. Reycon picked a great sponsor. As to the content of the video, I'd like to mention Elspeth, sun's champion for must run white cards. It's a board wipe and a wincon in one card. It's good when you're ahead, behind, and at parity. It's not only a must run in white, but one of the few planeswalkers good enough commander, generally.

[@ArmadilloAl]

I cast a Smothering Tithe on turn 4 once. I died before I untapped. I think that sums up playing white in Commander.

[@ivepesusic8792]

Then learn to play it

[@AricHaldan0782]

Tolarian community college is the only channel where I find myself liking videos simply for the sponsored skit :p They're simply too funny :D

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@AbsoluteBreezy]

“On fleck” is my new phrase for being hip and jiggy with the youth. Thanks, Prof!

[@emersonfarror9219]

I once played smothering tithe and Revel in riches early in the same game once.

[@jordancollis5569]

Same here a few weeks ago. I got to 9 treasures until someone destroyed both of them. I lost that game but it was still a fun game.

[@clrl936]

Turn 1: Sol Ring Turn 2: Smothering Tithe Turn 3: Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale Turn 4: oponent dead.

[@zacharymartin4683]

Great ad, Prof. Made me laugh out loud on the bus. I run one deck with white and all but Sun Titan and Teferi’s Protection are in it. It’s a Jeskai spellslinger deck, so Sun Titan isn’t strictly necessary, but I definitely could use a Teferi’s Protection.

[@Khorganor]

Personally I'm missing "winds of abandon", a one generic more costly "path to exile" with the overload option to effectively path to exile every creature you don't control.

[@eetuheikkinen8749]

Wind's is a sorcery though, and it's going to put anyone with a lot of creatures way ahead of you

[@ctomsky]

The Raycon sponsorship part was the best part. I put up with sponsorship ads in KZbin videos because I get why they have to do them, and they often try to make them fun or interesting or try to be cynical about it, but I rarely actually enjoy them. Well done sir!

[@olafthemoose9413]

My prediction: Path to exil Swords to plowshares Teferi's protection Alms collector Enlightened Tutor Aven mind censor Smothering tithe Grand abolisher

[@williamwalton9154]

Land tax?

[@Robert-vk7je]

I didn't know about grand abolisher. Nice pick! :)

[@sallomon2357]

And I didn't knew about Alms Collector. Wow, draw engine for white that punishes your opponent is great!

[@Nightmarecit]

Austere commmand is insanely good.

[@wafflehaxxx]

​@@sallomon2357 You'll be surprised at how few draw effects actually net you 2 or more cards at once, almost everything is 1 card at the time, which this does nothing against. It's been a complete dud in every deck I've run it in.

[@f2v2productions22]

BEST. SPONSOR. SPOT. EVER!!!!!!!!! Also, keep these "must have" lists coming. I'm pretty new to Commander, and they are a great help on what to look for.

[@KingDeeeeerp]

Many magic the gathering players say: WAY COOL! RELEVANT!

[@bradold86]

Loved the sponsorship, possibly the best thing I have seen this year. I feel that Monastery Mentor or Eight and a Half Tails could have made the list, apart from that, spot on.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

" the only other consideration?" Are we forgetting open the armory?

[@MagicPrepper]

And Steelshaper's Gift?

[@kriwufei]

Open the Armory is restricted to auras or equipment.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

@@kriwufei which just so happens to be White's specialty.

[@chrismarlow9585]

He also missed Thalia's Lancers, my favourite white tutor. "Legendary card" covers many incredibly powerful options, one being any planeswalker. It's 5 cost but is a 4/4 first strike and can be recurred/blinked like any other creature.

[@Avalonians_]

@@TheMightyBattleSquid Equipment is white specialty but white isn't limited to equipments. When he said he wasn't including annointed procession, which care about tokens, which are "white's specialty", it's precisely those kind of cards he wouldn't mention.

[@joshuamelo7618]

I haven't made it past the ad but I'm already on the floor. Good stuff Prof!

[@willg574]

My good sir, your advertising prowess has effectively robbed my pockets of the currency contained within them... Ear buds are pretty dope though...

[@hickorysmoke3696]

Also a good white card that I run in almost every white deck is Grand Abolisher. My turn is mine. Thank you.

[@frostyhavoc5304]

I actually have Raycons and this sponsor totally caught me off guard

[@PalPlays]

Are you...hip with the grooves?

[@frostyhavoc5304]

PalPlays you know it. Seventh century bops only

[@PalPlays]

@@frostyhavoc5304 MMMmmmyes good sir. It would seem as though we have a...gangsta...in our midst.

[@frostyhavoc5304]

@PalPlays indeed indeed

[@Thingymabob1000]

That intro with the sponsorship was pure gold! Had me rolling.

[@shrekdaman4228]

Hello Professor, I really enjoyed your video- I agree with you list and you explain it in a really interesting way... I just wanted to ask if there was anyway you would do a crossover with Beej from Loadingreadyrun. Together you would solve world hunger and create peace so please, I implore you, SUMMON BEEJ!!!

[@AricHaldan0782]

This intrigues me, why specifically Beej ? I love me some Beej, but he doesn't even play magic...

[@shrekdaman4228]

Beej has power we mortals know not. Check out their episode where they do an olympics and watch Beej eat a pie- they both have great personalities and together would make a great video and HELP THE WORLD! Alex Stacey would also make a fine person to collaborate with.

[@AricHaldan0782]

@@shrekdaman4228 Lrr makes a lot of different content, what series is that from ?

[@shrekdaman4228]

You can get it if you search loading ready run olympics. The video is about eight mins long and you see Beej in the middle

[@AricHaldan0782]

@@shrekdaman4228 can't seem to find it, only found LRR summer games, which did not have a pie eating competion and a sketch about the origin of the winter olymptics :/ never mind it was the third video. I had a suspicion it was an LRR live episode :p they tend to come up with strange competitions in them ^^.

[@Dubblevision1223]

I swear to God even if I'm not particularly interesterested in a topic covered in the professor's videos I'm gonna watch it just to see what he does with the ad of the video. Hands down best advertiser on KZbin 😊🤣 So entertaining

[@MaskedTai]

"Hand" and shoulders? Professor...

[@ctomsky]

Land Tax PSA: It is correct 99% of the time to get 3 basic lands every single time you can, even if you'll just end up discarding them at end of turn. You get 1 land drop a turn, so as long as you have a land in hand to play every turn, you do NOT want to be drawing MORE lands, so they're better off in your discard pile then in your deck, so that you have a better chance of drawing an actual card.

[@fin9658]

Nah fam I’m not 18-24 sorry bro

[@OrangeTangg]

Not the target demographic, time to gtfo /s

[@travis7500]

This video is awesome for the ad alone! Had my coworker wondering what the heck I was laughing at. I already have a pair of wireless earbuds, but I'd get the raycons if I needed one. I bow to thee, good sir!

[@Welverin]

Great thumbnail. Crap, I'm not part of the target demographic, I can't watch this.

[@akondar]

I actually watched the ad bit through because of the presentation, so well done.

[@thetimebinder]

"Top 8 must have Commander cards in White" Wait. There's more than 4?

[@carterbrasel8033]

That sponsered ad was amazing. I personally run a Teshar deck, so I tend to be more based on comboing off than running interaction, but I still run most of these effects. Used to also have both versions of Oketra, a Kemba deck, and a Jareth deck.

[@Zologe]

That Sponsorship bit was delightfully awkward and funny. I absolutely love it. Not often a Sponsorship bit can make me press like... but you somehow succeeded. Great job!

[@TheRandomeDud3]

Ravnica At War is a nice one for me. With the text being “Exile all multicolored permanents.” for a 4 drop, this is a great late game move. Now that Ikoria is bringing the triome lands, this will do all sorts of damage for any multicolored deck.

[@thestralspirit]

I normally skip the sponsored bit on videos... But honestly this was so much fun to watch! I really enjoyed your advertisement lol

[@ShadowTaiga]

I'm never buying those garbage headphones but that ad was amazing Prof! Keep up the great shilling.

[@DavidJohnson-mr2ph]

that intro was your best to date! love it!

[@Ironiclast1312]

Thanks for this video! I just opened Emiel the Blessed and Ive never played white before so this is a nice group of staples for me to use.

[@seanallwang3290]

Dude. That add placement is legendary. I loved it.

[@MakeEmRageQuit]

That was hands down, the greatest in video sponsor ad ever. Can we just like, give him an award for just that?

[@corrindon245]

You sir managed to make your sponsor add entertaining as your regular content. Well played

[@tyrantsonthefield]

And this is the single greatest sponsored content I have ever seen. You truly are as I'm told the kid's say with it.

[@jdoe834]

That was the best ad spot I've seen on KZbin, kudos.

[@mrtalos]

That Ad at the beginning was awesome. I actually watched all of it. Unlike yet another card kingdom ad

[@coreygish7516]

Loved this video prof! More in this series please so great as a new commander player!

[@jongailey85]

You should totally do an updated version of this video. White’s come a long way over the past year or two. In my opinion, it’s pretty much fixed. The color could probably get a couple more tools in its arsenal, but it’s not really that bad anymore.

[@jamesreese208]

That was the most awesome way to put in the sponsership, the mtg was great

[@tristandawson-manzella3632]

This is the most fantastic sponser add ive ever seen. Prof you are the greatest.

[@phyrexiahive9440]

One of my favorite game changers is winds of abandon. You can exile one or overload like Cyclonic Rift.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

Great list of cards one needs to stay in the game when playing a colour that is arguably not the very best in EDH ... but even better was the Professor's delivery of the sponsorship message! XD

[@1beeps]

Oh god the opening promo was perfect. I was simultaneously waiting for it to end but also legit enjoying the embarrassment. It's not easy to purposefully make yourself embarrassing, but it freaking worked here. Loved it, enjoyed it. Now THIS is top tier advertisement.

[@Interesting_Failure]

I think my favourite thing about Teferi's Protection is the idea of blinking an Eater of Days a huge number of times before casting it and essentially just ascending out of the game.

[@realgirl755]

This video was very fun! :D gave me stuff to think about when looking at tuning up my Nahiri deck to be actually competitive. Like. Adding in a *win condition*. I didn't even know that card existed! Which is probably part of why my deck has jank answers to things like *scourglass* lol. I look forward to the next video! Thank you for the wonderfully educational content :D

[@marljevincalabia3746]

So glad I didn't skip the ad. hahahaha too funny, prof!