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

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@michaelbalcom5233]

I don't think I have ever made a red deck that didn't play possibility storm or strangle hold

[@separanum]

Lord Professor, newbies and the poorest dudes are starving for budget standard decks

[@Kevgaming4241]

Do you think polukranous unenchanted is a good card

[@theshovelboys1290]

Hey Professor! I’ve loved your videos for years; they’ve brought me and my friends lots of excitement and inspiration when it comes to MTG, and I appreciate all the work you put into your content. I am curious though, would you consider making more pauper videos? Maybe some of your own brews that are more zany and experimental? Pauper, in my opinion, is the greatest format and is the friendliest of the formats to new players, so I’d love to see more of that on the channel. Either way, your videos are great, keep up the good work!

[@happybrain2674]

what do you think about Aether Flash?

[@Joescotterpuss]

I don't know if Prof is serious about all these picks. He didnt say "They're coolio and I'm not foolin yo." after each one.

[@Alikaoz]

There's a strange catharsis to be found in the torment of a professor and I'm not entirely sure why.

[@EveMizgala]

It's because you're a student of the Instructor.

[@TabooX1984]

Humiliation of authority 👍

[@OldGodsGames]

I could see Prof being Izzet. Curiosity and an appreciation of knowledge, contained in a passionate heart.

[@Ducktor]

Or maybe Prof is one who taught Izzet everything he knows

[@Myagic]

Izzet represent

[@Atanar89]

When it comes to pauper he is pretty much golgari.

[@Eramiserasmus]

Prof has admitted if he was on Ravnica, he would go Guildless and work in a coffee shop so he doesn't get pulles into crazy events by a Guild.

[@firstandlast.1254]

Izzet is the "ex-wife" of guilds; overly emotional, likes to interrupt. I've moved on and have never been happier than I am now with my new BUG wife.

[@KarimJovian]

That promo alone will make me buy a Raycon. Cooolio I'm not foolin...YO

[@FollowAlongNow]

"That card is not going to warp your wallets, but it's going to warp any problems away, and it... is Chaos Warp!" *casts my eyes to the ground as I turn around, heartbroken as I tuck my foil Warp World back into my [Not for Trade] section* ... someday you'll get the love you deserve....

[@darkdjinniumbrage7798]

You could also combine warp world with Echo of Eons for maximum chaos

[@hardwareman1158]

I run it in my red blue izzet and play it with hive mind when I feel my life needs a good reshuffle

[@SaltySparrow]

The Professor's hair is starting to go rogue.

[@PinguinoPocho]

Yeah it proliferates good.

[@matthews2125]

We hit levels of cringe that hasn’t been seen since Pleasant Kenobi uploaded his last Milk meme. All that aside professor keep up what you do. Your content is the best bar none.

[@wesley147208]

2:11 While he'd quit his job as an English teacher, I didn't expect he'd speak such fire.

[@gibbysg8143]

I’d argue that torbran is close to a must run in mono red now. He just makes almost every red card better

[@therealcamallu]

When Prof kept saying "warp" for Chaos Warp I hoped so badly he was going to say Warp World.

[@rustythedeli-master6861]

Professor during Sponsor: *End Me...* Professor during rest of video: *Happiness*

[@unything2696]

What's great is that he kept his fresh hairstyle throughout the entire video.

[@davidyoungblood4470]

Did Prof sign a “demonic pact” with Raycon and now we get to catch him suffer for his financial backing?

[@catoticneutral]

This is the unwritten drawback on Demonic Tutor. You have to do a favor for an actual demon later. Ok well it's not unwritten it's just in really fine print i swear it's there ok

[@jeffshittles3664]

vilis ceo of raycon confirmed

[@yepperdeedooda]

I haven't been to your channel in so long, the last time I was here you had long hair.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Here's me shaving it off: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GkfqykotR3abM

[@sniffles8672]

Things have changed...Professor has short hair and sells earbuds :D

[@skrilllfury2120]

Literally the same here. I was not aware that this happened.

[@codygottman2642]

Yaaaaaa he lost a bet!

[@tab021]

It looks great! Digging the new look

[@skyrimlord0120]

I love you prof but like you never cease to amaze me with how many ways one man can just look like a dad

[@nicksnrub]

I'm going to need #relatable prof to do the sleeve reviews from now on.

[@johnroyston3859]

The professor knows what's "hip" with the kids: what with all their Tok Taks and Instachats.

[@ShaneOMac135]

I just love how the prof just embraces himself. The raycon ad was freaking brilliant.

[@jeremycote2222]

Your intro poem was a good demonstration of why poems need to be read out loud to get the full effect. (I studied Eng. Lit. as well).

[@kandjar]

"Shattering Spree" has a bit advantage over "By Force": while being color intense, Blue players hate it! It's a lot harder to counter "Shattering Spree" as opposed to "By Force". That said, I think you miss a few MUST RUN cards in red decks: - "Etali, Primal Storm" is a very much must run in any red deck, this cards give you a massive card advantage. He doesn't even have to his his target to benefits from his insane trigger! His only downside is that you cannot play land with it. :( - "Faithless Looting": Not really a card advantage, but a really good and cheap filter effect for any red deck. - "Mana Geyser": BEST red ramp spell for an explosive turn. And I guess this following one is more restricted and yet insanely good: - Underworld Breach: NOW we're talking card advantage; this card is an win-con for many decks; and a fantastic mid/late top deck card.

[@KyeGuard]

Stranglehold! Stopping both tutors and extra turns is insanely relevant.

[@classymofo1059]

16:00 Prof "that card is not gonna warp your wallets, but, it's going to warp any problems away and it..." Me " * WARP WORLD* " Prof "Chaos warp!" Me "oh..... right"

[@aven78]

My personal favorite red spell is Volcanic Offering, nothing is more fun than a four for one that could potentially make you go "I didn't destroy your creature/land, they did. Go after them, not me" and it works sometimes. Plus if you happen to copy it with Dualcaster Mage it gets even more fun.

[@rant9881]

That was the best ad segment I've seen in a long time.

[@SiegfriedDrachentoeter]

Vandalblast and Mycosynth Lattice go really well together.

[@johnbuscher]

Blasphemous Act, Stuffy Doll and Brash Taunter make for such good value. Fiery Emancipation would also be very nice, but I have a feeling you'll get hated off the board before you can do anything.

[@kylerogers964]

Excellent list, really happy to see Extortionist and Opulence. I think there’s 3 other cards that could be considered for this list: first, Wheel of Fortune. It’s a bit pricey, but it’s easily the best card advantage and wheel effect in the color (and even compared to other colors). Second, I think that Chandra, Torch of Defiance is an excellent new addition to red’s arsenal. It’s very flexible, isn’t overcosted, and has immediate effects when it enters. Lastly, I think Treasure Nabber is an excellent piece of disruption for red. While not quite Extorionist or Tyrant, it costs only 2R and can have a large impact on the board. It seems to be a happy medium between those two cards and I love watching my opponents struggle to keep themselves from tapping their rocks.

[@danlewis7707]

An excellent list to be sure but I would add the following: Stranglehold 3R enchantment Your opponents cant search libraries Or take extra turns. Card is so freaking good! Magus of the Wheel: 2R Creature version of Wheel of Fortune. Cheaper than his big bro and excellent at punishing tutors and consecrated sphinx or Rhystic Study players. Lastly: Fault Line is RR and x for an instant that deals x damage to each creature without flying and each player! Clear boards, end games (with Syr Kara or Neheb the Eternal) And Word of Siezing: 3RR instant split second (nothing else can be on the stack until this resolves) gain control of target permanent until e o t: untap it gains haste

[@RequiemAeterman]

Shout out to Radiate; it is very likely that one of the four players will be running instants and sorceries; and this turns things like spot removal in wraths and targetted draw power into cards for everyone!

[@jtridley1234]

Quoting the ferengi rules of acquisition, love it

[@stickmanphil12345]

I know it's expensive but Wheel of Fortune has to be one of the best red cards in commander. It probably isn't a must run tho because of price.

[@harrison1735]

Treasonous Ogre is a must-run in red. It’s great never having to worry about being a mana or two short or enabling a big turn where you go off out of nowhere.

[@TwitchRR]

Sunbird's Invocation is one of my favorite red cards for Commander. Once you get it out it just keeps giving you extra value, plus it has some fun favorable interactions with cards like Melek and the Expertise cycle.

[@allenmeza6786]

It's in my jodah big mana deck

[@AricHaldan0782]

I love the song that came on with dockside extortionist

[@aaronsamuel501]

Cards like Faithless Looting, Thriling Possibilities and Blood Moon are pretty important in red builds with their lack of card draw and hate against things non-artifact. Goblin Engineer is an entomb for any artifact combo strategies and Treasure Nabber also helps you get into an early game jump on opponents. Red also has the best combo finishers with cards like Comet Storm and Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker

[@RandyFullmer]

Who else sees Gamble typically as a red Entomb?

[@ZhangHe2369]

Correction. It is a second Entomb. *Taps forehead*

[@zaratrustamaster]

Yep! Whoever intends to play red and not be hellbent is doing it wrong :D

[@jaccpothg3479]

It goes super well in my Korvold deck because it has a lot of lands and creatures that care about lands. So most of the time I either get to keep my land or I get to draw and/or gain life thanks to Gitrog/Skola Grovedancer

[@JamesBurrr]

Another Great Video Brother! 🔥🔥🔥 And I'm Not Fooling Yo!!

[@Enchilada_Angel]

I like star of extinction. It's a boardwipe for creatures AND planeswalkers, it also destroys an opponents land. (And fun with stuffy doll too)

[@cecekitty3861]

Love the information in this video professor, I am still new and learning all about the different cards

[@nickfitzpatrick5878]

My favorite red spell is Mages' Contest. How much life are you willing to pay for that spell.

[@michaellarson9571]

If you dont kill yourself countering their spell did you really want to stop them? -a short story about me

[@jankspanking8836]

Someone once chaos warped a card I control into a 40/40 Serra's Avatar.

[@Alikaoz]

Blasphemous Act has become my best Mystical Tutor target in my Izzet Deck. Sure, a good draw spell to get what I need or a piece of my game plan would be better for me, but Blasphemous Act has made sure I live to play them later instead of dying with them in hand before my next turn.

[@twistedsword8612]

Mystical Tutor and Divining Top have been my saving grace as I magically always find the board wipe I need if I don't have my combo

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

The tastiest card advantage is "Wait, I'm not ready yet -- everyone start over."

[@xackwithanx5783]

I JUST finished putting together the rough draft for my Grenzo, Havoc Raiser. This video could not be timed more perfectly.

[@theguywiththetail]

These ad reads just keep getting better and better! Way cool, Prof dude!

[@RATZGobbler]

The way he says “Siege” is hella on fleek, fam. But this list doesn’t have Sunbird’s Invocation so 😒.

[@mrw210]

Braid of Fire is amazing ramp for any deck that has a good number of activated abilities or instants they can cash in on (things like Feather, Bosh, Purphoros, Xantcha)

[@joshbeaty9793]

Treasure Nabber is becoming one of my favorite cards in red. You only get to keep the artifact until the end of your next turn but people don't realize how often they tap artifacts for mana until that little goblin is out on the field

[@oranganewton]

I personally love Meltdown for mass artifact destruction XR sorcery, destroy all artifacts with cmc X or less Soooo good

[@marcwilliams1942]

Adding Outpost Siege to my Starke deck took it to the next level, thanks Prof!

[@Torchstone1]

Mana Geyser! 5 mana to get 1 red for each tapped land opponents control, for often a 10 mana profit!Also not really a red card but bag of holding is awesome in red since you often discard your own cards.

[@benjackson4438]

Two of my favorite mono-red cards are a bit expensive (mana wise), but can both be explosive - especially when on the field together. Sunbird's Invocation and Possibility Storm form a wild combo that essentially casts 3 cards for the price of one, especially in Commander. My Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain has both along with Etherium Horn Sorcerer and it gets crazy, since EHS has cascade.

[@linkmaxwell]

Torbran for his ability to turn chip damage serious.

[@OnlyFinsCanada]

I really enjoyed the touch on the add at the start hahaha. Keep 'em coming.

[@jeffreyseamons5514]

"to break from red's usual roll of tilting creatures sideways and bolting domes." BUT THAT'S WHY I PLAY RED!

[@turnipton9871]

No love for Etali, Primal Storm? That's turned into a game winning value engine in every red deck I've built since I got a copy!

[@thewonderdoc2999]

A card I love with a similar restrictive effect to Wars Toll. "Price of Glory"( 2R, Enchantment, "Whenever a player taps a land for mana during another players turn, destroy that land."). Especially good when your opponents plan to all play with their pesky Vedalken Orrery out.

[@steveng6721]

Slap on a mana barbs while you are at it

[@danielslack9114]

@@steveng6721 In mono red you can use Burning Earth since you can play mostly basics to be unaffected.

[@bobby45825]

Price of Glory is a MUST have. Blue counter-heavy players can easily take over a game if it goes too long and if nobody dedicates to punishing them out of the game, the blue player will likely sour the table with endless bounce effects, extremely lopsided 2 or 3-for-1 counterspells and cards like Jin Gitaxis just making it impossible to play.

[@hawaiiandreads7750]

Nothing like using a Blasphemous Act and Repercussion combo to pull out a left field win.

[@CJSpitler]

Red is my favorite color in Magic and I love these videos. I've been waiting for this one for so long. Well done once again, Prof!

[@Nteschner10]

I enjoyed the back track used during dockside extortionist!

[@Isolanporzellator]

Here's my take on the list: 1 - Dockside Extortionist (It's honestly just OP, but it's fine because red needs it.) 2 - Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Probably the most infamous red combo card. This cards ends games.) 3 - Wheel of Fortune (Whoever said red doesn't draw cards well hasn't seen this before. Unfortunately expensive due to reserved list.) 4 - Gamble (Demonic Tutor for Red? Yes plz.) 5 - Pyroblast / Red Elemental Blast (There's almost always someone playing blue. And if there is, these are great cards.) 6 - Blasphemous Act (A boardwipe for 1 mana is something most decks would at least consider playing. This is often exactly that, at least in creature heavy environments.) 7 - Faithless Looting (There's a reason it was banned in Modern. It's great in Commander, too. Especially if you can use your graveyard.) 8 - Chaos Warp (Universal red removal, just something most decks would want to consider) Honorable Mentions: 9 - Insurrection (The closest thing red has to an "I win the game"-button in one card. More of a casual card due to the mana cost, but very satisfying if you get to play it.) 10 - Goblin Welder (This one mana goblin can not only restore your dead artifacts at the cost of a measly treasure token, but also disrupt opponents by making them sacrifice their best artifacts for crappy artifacts in their graveyard) 11 - Underworld Breach (Great combo card and even ok if just used for value. While this is more niche in it's application, it's extremely powerful when used right.) 12 - Aggravated Assault (Great card in a lot of decks, most notably Najeela. Easy to go infinite with.) My favorite red card is Zealous Conscripts. Few things in life are as satisfying as taking your opponents Planeswalker, ulting it to get the emblem and returning the dead walker to their yard with a chef's kiss. It's also just a really good card in most other scenarios and happens to combo with Kiki-Jiki to end the game. I've only seen Hellkite Tyrant trigger successfully once in all my years of playing commander. It just seems to get blown up or countered every single time. Unless you can give it haste reliably, I don't think it's worth running. War's Toll and Curse of Opulence are a lot less effective if your opponents know what they're doing, so I also wouldn't really consider them to be top tier red cards (especially in a format where most games end either via infinite combo or with a single big swing rather than classic creature combat).

[@showdownz]

OMGul... the earbud ad made me laugh. I am a guy who is hard wired to hate adds. I go so far as to make up my own dialog/lyrics as commercials plays to make fun or just plain remind myself that advertisers will boldly lie straight faced if it will sell a product. Mostly I just avoid them any chance I get. I abandoned network television when Netflix was still only doing DVDs by mail and block busters was still in business by subscribing to both services and basically only watching movies. When I heard Google might break Add Block I looked into running all my network traffic through a Raspberry Pie to strip all adds that way. Believe me I could go on. I've heard it said "kill all lawyers" and I would add marketers to that, but I do recognize they are both necessary evils. Why say all this?.... well cause your delivery of the advertisement for these ear buds was SOOO FREAKING HILARIOUS, that I am actually going to look into these damn earbuds. I've been considering the Senheiser ones as I already have a set of their wired ones and they are great, but spending $200 for something I will only occasionally use before I inevitably leave them somewhere isn't thrilling. Keep up the good work Prof! Oh and DAMN you man.

[@sirvanscoy]

Good to see that the prof is well versed in the rules of acquisition

[@an_averagejoe7837]

That 2nd ad read has me dead 😂

[@lolimmune]

Best color in magic. My top 5 5: scrambleverse 4: stranglehold 3: warp world 2: blood moon 1:Kazuul, Tyrant of the cliffs Stranglehold is a meta call for my LGS as my playgroup jams tutors into everything. Scrambleverse is a painstaking resolution but can often

[@aunrah02]

Your add brought me to tears. Thank you sir, it's been a rough day

[@coreygish7516]

Just gonna say it, this is absolutely the best advertising raycon will ever get😂

[@IshoPlays]

Repercussion It makes any spell that damages a creature also hit face. A great pairing wit Blasphemous Act can win games. Bolt goes 3 to a creature and 3 to the face. Perfect.

[@JeepusChrystler]

For lazy people like me who wanted a quick reference, here's what he recommends: Honorable Mention: War's Toll Curse of Opulence Outpost Siege Blasphemous Act Gamble Dockside Extortionist Hellkite Tyrant Vandalblast Chaos Warp

[@josephs.4813]

1:26 This is the quality content I subscribed for.

[@Summoner_Az]

I once chaos warped an opponent's Vorinclex into their Avacyn, angel of hope and then they wiped the board with an indestructible apex altisaur. Good times with chaos

[@Yellow_Magpie]

I don't know who that guest was at the beginning prof, but he was definitely relatable to my demographic and would like to encourage their return.

[@Selrahcthewise]

The professor channeled Steve Buscemi,during the relatable section of the raycon ad. Keep up the good work Prof!

[@blam9360]

Love your videos, Professor! Could you make some videos on building knight, soldier pauper decks and other pauper decks and some videos on you playing pauper against opponents?

[@djcochrane]

Stolen Strategies is almost an instant in into any red deck for me.

[@m1gr3nA]

not auto include but it's quite good. you can go bigger for a bit more with etali, primal storm. also those allows you to cast wrath/damnation in mono-r. ;)

[@kaszael]

Same. Stolen Strategy over Outpost Siege for me when it comes to card advantage in mono-red / 2-color decks.

[@ashra8281]

No it's an enchantment not an instant

[@EvilGenius007]

@@ashra8281 someone hasn't embraced the Orrery.

[@markjg76]

You know something I think would be great is a montage of all the Professors hair styles throughout this KZbin career. Because they seem to change like the wind. There has just got to be a mtg card reference somewhere. Professor please know that I’m not trying to throw any negative feedback at you because I think you and your channel is awesome and love what you bring to the MTG community. Thank You!

[@kylecarlson1159]

Your sponsorship skits are always on point 😂😂

[@LeonardoOliveira-858]

Hey Prof, new subscriber to your channel and I have already seen many videos. Just posting to say I really like your content and how your text, your video format, your comic relief, and even your hair got better and better with time. Thank you for the great work!

[@Larry.R]

Some of my favourite red staples are Ritual cards. I'm talking about Pyretic Ritual, Desperate Ritual, and Infernal Plunge. And while it's not a red card, Burnt Offering is also a good card that can also add a good amount of black and/or red when you you might need it.

[@Isolanporzellator]

The best "ritual" in red decks is Mana Crypt tho. The second best is Sol Ring, followed by Mana Vault. Red rituals are nice, but with mana rocks being as busted as they are (srsly how is Mana Crypt not banned?), they rarely see play.

[@ujai5271]

I absolutely love Possibility Storm.

[@AtlasHawks]

Honestly prof is my favorite KZbinr I’ve ever watched

[@mr.guizee7764]

No Wheel of Fortune or Winds of Change? They're xtremely evil with Narset or Notion Thief. And since Red has a lot of rummage spells I'm surprised Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion and Glint-horn Buccaneer didnt get at least a honorable mention.

[@evanbeeser3033]

Im not gonna lie, one of the parts of these episodes I look forward to are the raycon ads. Great vid!

[@johnf9710]

Loving the Ray Stantz vibe of the hair

[@Pl4ntman]

I was watching the video to see if there were any "must have" cards I was missing from my mono red Jaya combo + chandra tribal. Good choice of backdrop at the end.

[@GrashUriza]

When you need everything turned up to 11, that's when you need Mana Flare.

[@MGlBlaze]

I really like Insurrection. It's expensive at 5RRR, but the effect is "Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn." It can be an absolute blowout - and if you have a sacrifice outlet like Ashnod's Altar or any number of Aristocrats-style builds, your opponents won't be getting their creatures back either. Assuming they survived the coup. But that is a little bit more situational, so Blasphemous Act might still be a better general pick for any deck in red.

[@timo1672]

hey prof. my girlfriend broke up with me yesterday - and believe it or not your video made me thinking not about her for 19 minutes. thank you so much

[@carsonmichalowski6075]

I was able to call almost all of these. Red doesn't have very much for the commander pool as the other colors in terms of powerful staples, but it has ones that do serious work. Although there is one card I thought would be on here that wasn't. I understand that it's a little pricey, but Disrupt Decorum is one of the most impactful red spells in multiplayer, and one of my favorites. Otherwise, yeah, all of these are great cards in the color! Thanks for the work! I know plenty of people who are intimidated by commander when it comes to deck building, but they say that these are a great starting point. So thanks and please keep it up!

[@MegaSlapster]

I love Outpost Siege in my Stangg deck, as it gets uses out of both modes as a way to gain card advantage, or act as a finisher for my Stangg + Ashnod's altar + Nim Deathmantle combo

[@nosrin1988]

thank you for this list, it will help me eventually finish my commander deck I'll eventually build.

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

That commercial for Raycons was the best "Get off my lawn" ad ever! hahaha

[@janloydllorada868]

That promo video was so lit!

[@oogoeroo]

Advertisment part was excellent!!!

[@matthewmiller257]

I would have included Sunbird's Invocation on the list. 5 and a red enchantment, and its effect is "Whenever you cast a spell from you hand, reveal the top X cards of you library where X is that spell's converted Mana cost. You may cast a card revealed this way with a converted Mana cost X or less without paying it's Mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order." Absolute must run. It can turn a huge play to a double trouble for your opponent.

[@TheJMFG]

I'll add: Red Elemental Blast and Pyroblast. And, of course, Wheel of Fortune

[@andrewl9191]

I can get behind the blasts, but I'm still unsure if I think Wheel would want to go in every deck. I don't think I'd want wheel in a deck that wasn't solely red, or had ways to deal with everybody else drawing cards too.

[@arnior8365]

When I grow up I can only hope to obtain a fraction of Prof’s “Coolness” during those Raycon ads.

[@mumbles727]

Wheel of fortune is basically power, probably not worth mentioning for budget reasons but reforge the soul is close. Stranglehold is stax like War’s toll but scales with the power level of your playgroup

[@froggystrap1232]

My favorite card in red is by far Mob Rule 4RR : Choose one - • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

[@adamrushing5801]

that plus gruesome fate in commander, "deal 1 damage to each opponent for every creature you control"

[@froggystrap1232]

@@adamrushing5801 OMG !!! This looks amazing , I didn't know this card. I want to built an aristocrat deck with this two now

[@PestOnYT]

Best commercial - ever! LOL. Well done Prof!

[@mr.mobboss1190]

Mob Rule will always be my favourite red commander card. Turns the tide of a game so quick

[@TheDarkHumour]

My mono-red EDH deck is my fave deck. Honorable mention for Chain Reaction (one of the better red sweepers) and my personal favorite red card ever, Possibility Storm. It's one of the most fun and random ways to completely shake up a board, and it makes it way harder for combo decks to pop off. If you're trying to get a copy of the expensive Dockside Extortionist, I might recommend just getting the Commander '19 Mystic Intellect deck; the Extortionist is 40 of the decks present [3/10/21} $50 price tag, so you effectively also get 99 other cards for just ten bucks. Plus it's pretty much a guaranteed mint quality :P