Top 10 Worst Homelands Cards (One of the Worst Sets Ever)

[@Magnet977]

A TCG player of YuGiOh and MTG once told me that in their early years, MTG and YGO had the opposite approach to their complicated mechanics: YGO had complicated mechanics to make their cards extremely good, while MTG had complicated mechanics to make their cards extremely bad. It was a funny explanation that stuck out to me and I was reminded of in this video.

[@Strathaczar]

You know what I learned the most from this? Poor Amy Weber has her name/artwork all over some of the worst cards of all time!

[@DracoX-hz3tu]

Yea, but she did do the OG time walk art so there's that

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

​@@DracoX-hz3tuThe definition of you win some you lose soon

[@brianwise5850]

Prophecy has one good thing on it. The art, it shows Ishan. One of the most interesting lore villains in magics history on the small scale. Honestly, I would love to see magic do more with Baron Sengir and Ishan and the rest of Clan Sengir. Edward is great and all, but Baron feels like a true vampire overlord.

[@kennydarmawan13]

For Leeches, it's been stated that removing poison counters was a mistake as it made it no different than the life point system the game had. Even if Leeches wasn't a reserved list card, it still won't get printed. If you ask me, Leeches should've been an instant with 1 mana and split second. Then Poison decks would struggle a bit if dominant. And man, it stinks when the worst card in the set costs 1 mana. and you know it's bad when at 16:48, there's a chuckle regarding such effects. Regarding the best card that's not reserved in Homelands, by price, it's Merchant Scroll.

[@maxsync183]

but tbf can you blame them, the theme of using leeches to remove poison is too good to pass up.

[@maxsync183]

but tbf can you blame them, the theme of using leeches to remove poison is too good to pass up.

[@NataliaNeeSama]

Poison is very unfun in commander, specially with Proliferate, and there is no counterplay other than "win the game fast" if you get at least 1 counter there, since the Poison player can just keep proliferating you to death with your counters and playing a control game. I wished there was at least cards that decrease the counter a bit so you can have counterplay

[@falc0n12]

⁠@@NataliaNeeSamainfect usually is blown out of proportion. It can kill 1 player, and they usually run out of steam and then get ganged up on. It doesn’t help most infect cards actually really suck lol. It works well in modern or legacy because it’s a 1v1 format and you only need to take out 1 person. In commander, taking out 3 people is tough

[@connorhamilton5707]

​@@NataliaNeeSama ​There is already counterplay without having cards that decrease the amount you have. Original Melira, new Melira (though she isn't as good as it), Solemnity, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, directly interact with how many poison counters opponents can put on you. Additionally, you can play various forms of regular interaction to stop things from giving you poison counters. Opponent has a lot of infect and toxic creatures? Play a fog, boardwipe, or a lot of creatures to block with. Opponent has a lot of cards that proliferate or otherwise directly put poison counters on you? Counterspells and stifle effects are your friend (Azorius Guildmage + Training Grounds is great at this; great against planeswalkers as well). Poison itself isn't really unfun if you are actually interested in participating in the game, it's Infect that can be unfun by allowing players to easily be killed in one hit. And if poison is really such an issue with your Commander playgroup, consider discussing raising the limit to 20 to keep it in line with the life point increase that the format has. It's really not a huge problem, just like commander damage isn't really a huge problem, and it enables a strategy that has huge issues in the commander format, aggro. Other than infect one-shots, poison is an aggro strategy, and is the only really successful one in Commander because of the increased life points and multiple opponents you have to chew through.

[@uctsuki7396]

16:47 hearing TheDuelLogs break character is so hilarious 😂

[@Evertide05]

It took all the way of getting to the worst card in one of the worst sets, but I got a great laugh out of that, myself.

[@Nijht]

Pleeeeease keep in the cuts of stuff like 16:45. It's hilarious. First out-loud laugh I've had all day.

[@Valued_Member_of_the_Community]

"I'll take a Matron and soda please."

[@christopherb501]

The sad thing is, we have no way to tell of that's his usual self, or an AI not getting the nuance.

[@breadpower]

@@christopherb501this isn't ai

[@Valued_Member_of_the_Community]

​@@christopherb501I was just thinking about that lol. There's always like one word totally off every episode. I think he does it to troll us.

[@SgtImrak93]

KEKW

[@viniciusgrossmann8796]

If you look at prophecy as a 1 mana draw a card, it becomes a filter card in white. Considering that, it's better than joven's tools

[@somerandomdude8837]

well, the draw is on the next upkeep, so the usefullness of such a delayed filter is debatable. At least with joven's tools, once you get enough mana to use it, it can actually reliably do something

[@bluedestiny2710]

With regards to Joven's tools, another aspect on why it sucks, is that in very casual Magic games, some of my classmates ran some wall creatures. If nothing else, Walls were decently stated for their time (i.e Wall of Swords is a 4 mana 3/5 flier) and were pretty good for players who can't spend too much to grab the A tier cards. In situations like that, the Tools even lose more of their use. It's annoying if your opponent has something like Wall of Ice (it's just a 0/7 wall) sitting around and you cant send in your attacker that would most likely have less power than 7 Now, I'm surprised with several cards NOT making this list like Marjhan and Veldrane of Sengir... but I guess narrowing the horrid cards from that set to 10 is already a difficult task.

[@maxsync183]

for me it was the cost that makes it so laughably bad. like ok, the effect isnt incredible but its usable, i can see and have been in situations where having access to that effect would be extremely helpful. but its not worth 6 mana. or 4. or barely even 2 and certainly nowehere near 10.

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

Good God, Veldrane is such a dumpster fire of a card. It was the second card that came to mind when I saw the title (the filter lands deserved to be at #1).

[@Warcrafter4]

I think you misread Prophecy as it ALWAYS draws a card next turn as its a separate effect. Still horrible but 1 mana Cantrips(Cards that replace themselves) as a whole have seen play and even been banned before. So while its one of the worst cantrips in the game, its far from #1 as unlike a lot of the cards below it it always does something good even if insanely slowly. Its a draft/standard card effectively. As in those low power formats where good cantrips rarely exist. Having a bad Cantrip is still amazing for deck consistency especially in White(Worst generic card draw color in the game).

[@mikenahmias7102]

When I first started playing in 1996, the hobby store I was told to go to was going out of business and was sold out of 4th and Ice Age, so all I could get were Homelands, Fallen Empires, Chronicles, and Alliances. The only lands I had to build a deck with were any non-basics I pulled from those packs. My buddy is like "what's wrong with you?" He gave me a bunch of basics the next day.

[@Evertide05]

When your deck is so bad your friend gives you *basic* *lands* out of pity, you know this expansion sucks.

[@quint3ssent1a]

When I saw a Tools card, I was immediately like "wait, aren't there a land card that does the same for same amount?" Really shows how overcosted certain effects were at the start, when someone thought that "duh, this is an artifact, better slap some extra mana in that CMC so it wouldn't be overpowered" was a good idea.

[@N4chtigall]

I genuinly wonder if back in the days they were making these cards bad on purpose or they were just overestimating cards so hard. Becuase I just don't understand how they could print power nine and think it's fine to then print cards like Joven's Tools. You don't need to be a genius to see that this card is insanely overpriced and not worth playing.

[@viniciusgrossmann8796]

@@N4chtigall they Really didn't know what they were doing (in some aspects even today they don't. I'm looking at you Ragavan and Oko)

[@jaceg810]

I do honestly think prophecy is not the worst card. Its very, very, very bad, however I rather flush my deck with 4 prophecy's than a single dwarven sea clan, since prophecy cantrips and thus replaces itself, for the low cost of one mana. Its not great when a cards main upside is how easy it is to replace, however it is not that bad. (also it could be used as a cantrip in a Roil shaper commander deck thats all about spell spamm and it would not be out of place.

[@atk9989]

Also is a bauble, that costs 1 instead of 0 because it could gain you life, so you get deck info faster about your opponents decks.

[@jaceg810]

@@atk9989 , yes, it even has text, also, its even better in legacy* as you can go play a discard spell, have your opponent brainstorm away their best cards to hide them on top, and then you come along with this banger, insanely evil.

[@N4chtigall]

I would agree that Dwarven Sea Clan even though it have restrictions doesn't look that bad when you think about the average toughness of creatures back in the days. Low toughness creatures were much more common.

[@jaceg810]

@@N4chtigall I was trying to say the Dwarven Sea Clan is worse by a mile than any of the cantriping cards, since it does not, and is just bad. Yes, its benefit is great, since its power/thoughness matters more, however in early magic playing more than 2 colors was exeedingly rare because of janky mana bases, so the chance your opponent has an island is less than a 50/50, and while a 3 mana 1/1 was better than it is now, it is still laughably bad. If its benefit comes up, sure, its playable, however still not great as even the worst ping effects can take it out.

[@kcStranger]

Yeah, there's sort of a limit on how bad a 1-mana cantrip can be (even a slow one). Now if this was a list of how *outclassed* a card is...well, this is no Gitaxian Probe.

[@brandonhannah9017]

I disagree about prophecy being #1. Even though it doesn't really do anything, you get to draw another card next turn. It replaces itself with something potentially useful. That's a lot better than having Joven's Tools stuck in your hand.

[@NecromancyForKids]

Eventually going +0 with a card is definitely better than never having a chance to play it

[@nathanstrysko5408]

Agreed, I think overlooking the fact that the card replaces itself completely changes where this would be on the list. I’m not even sure it would be on the list honestly

[@thedude3796]

I remember being a new magic player that thought I should put leeches in every deck I had because I HAD to protect against poison counters

[@lamiaprincess6371]

I'll be honest I'm not entirely sure Prophecy should be that high for a card that replaces itself for one mana. It's probably worse than like, Sip of Life from Ice Age but I think the gaining life aspect was probably hyperfocused on when that's not the main draw of the card.

[@FreddyChoppins]

Wait...WAIT. Do we call it "ramp" because its namesake is Rampant Growth? I always thought it was just something people came up with because your mana is increasing...like a ramp. I feel like I've just had an epiphany. I already know "mill" comes from "Millstone", but are there any other commonly used trading card game terms whose origins come from Magic cards?

[@melvinshine9841]

16:48 We heard that crack, Duel/ManaLogs. All I know about Magic comes from this channel, and even I know that if someone had 10 mana to spare, just about anything would be a better option to spend it on than letting one creature attack directly.

[@RandomPerson964]

I had the video on in the background while I was doing something else (like pretty much everyone does) and I needed to alt+tab to make sure I wasn't hearing things.

[@edatthegovernance]

It's understandable. It's homelands.

[@dyne313]

I love the "Which word will he mispronounce this video." Matron was the winner this day.

[@TheLuckySpades]

Weird that you Crop Rotation wasn't mentioned for the Renewal section, since it is a strictly better version that actually can be useful when a deck has important lands to get since it can get any, like Cavern of Souls in typal decks, or Valakut

[@petrie911]

Not strictly better. Renewal cantrips.

[@earlofdrumer1851]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Aysen Highway could be useful if there is a card created in the future that turns all lands into or additionally into Plains?

[@TheUnspeakeable]

If Prophecy did something with the other card types it at least have some value, but the effect depending of your opponents library instead of yours still makes its terrible

[@Conan_the_Based]

"One shall stand, one shall fall." "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" "That's a question you should ask yourself, Goblinmatron!"

[@demonkingt]

coral reef 6:15 it doens't specify untapped so you don't have to tap an untapped creature right?

[@bluedestiny2710]

Unfortunately, no. It requires an untapped creature. If you check the Oracle / Official ruling of thr card in MTG arena, it was errata'd to indicate it :(

[@demonkingt]

@@bluedestiny2710 ahhhh the errata. that explains the untapped being added. thank you!

[@mikeoleary5444]

I've got one Prophecy in a very silly Psychogenic Probe deck, where I can see the top card of the opponent's library and make them shuffle (for damage) if they are going to draw a good card. It's worth it just to see the person's face when I play the card.

[@jacthing1]

Unless I'm missing something, doesnt renewal have the upside that the land you put into the battlefield doesnt enter tapped? Which seems like at least a bit of an upside.

[@DiscardatRandom]

I don’t think its that terrible of a card since it cantrips

[@SomeGuy712x]

(0:15) Seems weird to show Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle there, as that's not a card from Homelands. (11:57) Okay, now is when showing Valakut makes sense. (16:47) Heh, just couldn't keep yourself from chuckling while saying "hated the player".

[@InOzWeTrust]

Matron was bad enough but the repeated Polyp mistakes is painful.

[@rheawelsh4142]

I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find someone mentioning goblin matrown

[@realmileshall]

I would love to see you rank something other than cards and mechanics. Maybe you could rank sets/blocks for certain criteria, precons, or even entire deck archetypes?

[@LevelUpLeo]

There is a list of most impactful set in magic on this Chanel already.

[@haroldbalzer5916]

For clockwork the card states +1/+0 counters. Wouldn't +1/+1 be a different kind of counter which would allow the card to gain stats?

[@nintandem2119]

This old card art has soul

[@DiscardatRandom]

I love the art on prophecy

[@DiscardatRandom]

Renewal is pretty too but winter sky is terrible

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Nobody. *No. Body.* Disses Homelands. That set is one of the single greatest sets of glorious flavour in the history of the game. *NOBODY DISSES HOMELANDS.*

[@cax1175]

Exactly. Chandler can destroy Teeka's Dragon, how many other creatures can say that????

[@jonbrewer297]

Hey, it gave us Primal Order. Off-color, but damn, how to ruin multicolor EDH decks' day.

[@joebaumgart1146]

Quick question for the community. At Vintage level is Infect weak against Stax? I can Have a Stasis, Winter Orb, and Painful Quandry out by turn 1 and by turn two go on about 5 or 6 walks. Would that be a viable way to beat infect or is there a better way? I'm working on a new brew I want to try out and I Could use the extra brains.

[@joebaumgart1146]

Oh, and Karn Mycosynth combo is my finisher. Usually by turn 3 or 4.

[@lcewolf1991]

Can you target your own creatures with sea clan? Maybe something like polyraptor swing then target to make another token? Or is it just opponent creatures?

[@איתןשי]

Would Renewal be good if it was printed as an Enchantment? Mana fixing, landfall triggers and delayed card draw are good ideas - could it be be really good if it was repeatable?

[@cax1175]

My name is Chandler, so if I was on this list, I was gonna throw hands. Also in defense of Homelands, there are a few decent cards, Merchant Scroll for example is even restricted in Vintage. Plus the setting, lore, and characters are cool.

[@Wallcraft_Official]

Leeches was actually a good sideboard card when people were running Mortarpod Infect. It would ping you for 1 poison with a mortarpod attached to an infect creature, and then proliferate you to death with contagion engines. Leeches was a popular sideboard at FNM where this deck was being run, as it was the only real answer to it when running mono white.

[@archwing3441]

Considering the name, maybe prophecy wasn't suppose to make the opponent shuffle originally? It's weird that you're looking into a prophecy and then shuffling the card you saw into the deck where the odds of ever seeing the card again seems insanely small. If the card didn't shuffle, it would be a lot better as at least you have hand knowledge, which is something at least.

[@lancourt]

It's thematic (useless but thematic) Someday the prophecy will come true... I see... A FOREST

[@sputnik128]

Very surprised Apocalypse Chime wasn't the top choice.

[@EbonAvatar]

The set is super flavorful at least.

[@ashtonwestfall4777]

I was about to say prophecy could be ok against the tutors that stack your deck, then I noticed it was a sorcery

[@astuteanansi4935]

The funny thing is, even if Leeches *could* be played in the formats where it could actually be useful, like in Standard where we actually see some infect decks that cannot win in one big turn, it would still probably be unplayable anywhere outside of lifegain since the life loss you incur from it would probably lose you the game anyway (as Toxic creatures still deal actual damage in addition to the poison counters).

[@linkXness]

I stan for the Homelands Filter Lands. They may be awful, but they have some of my favorite card art in all of magic

[@beesus1412]

vampire hexmage can also get rid of poison counters, no?

[@NomicFin]

Leeches is marginally better in Commander, as the whole "buff Blighted Agent to 10/10 and swing for lethal" strategy doesn't work as well when you have to do it 3 times and only have a single copy of Blighted Agent among 99 cards. Commander infect decks usually rely on putting some poison counters on every player as quickly as possibly and then playing proliferate effects to multiply the counters, which would give an opportunity to play Leeches to get rid of the counters before being proliferated to death. However, it's still a card that's only useful against one very specific deck archetype that would be a dead draw if nobody plays infect so it's still a bad card, and it's not like it even really hard-counters infect. For one it's a sorcery, so if you've kept it in your hand in order to play when you have multiple poison counters (because it's pretty useless to play it when you only have 1 or 2 counters since the opponent can very easily just reapply those counters again) you might still end up dead because your opponent played multiple proliferate effects in a single turn and you went to 10 counters before your turn began.

[@reaper99999]

only real use case I can see for prophecy would be as a cantrip in a mono white commander deck, but I can't even think of a deck where that would be very useful off hand

[@TheWolverineDoll]

Since this video came out, Final Act, Mutated Cultist, Etched Slith, and Suncleanser can now remove poison counters, but only from opponents

[@AlexofZippo]

If renewal was an enchant that let you sac a land to get a land, it would be amazing in landfall decks. So close to being amazing.

[@erebos42]

at least they realized how bad it was and made a far better version later in Crop Rotation, which is 2 mana cheaper, an instant instead of a sorcery, and can grab any land

[@HeavyMetalMouse]

Dishonorable mention - with how absolutely useless Homelands cards in general are, and how unlikely anyone is to ever voluntarily play them, the worst Homelands card must clearly be... Apocalypse Chime. For 4 total mana, you get to... destroy all permanents from the Homelands expansion, which, as established, nobody in their right mind would voluntarily play in their deck. :)

[@bluedestiny2710]

The Chime actually got some brief Meta relevance due to Autumn Willow and Ishan's Shade. Both were choice wincons for their time and are very hard to deal with for some decks. Therefore, a generic, splashable boardwipe that can deal with these 2 wincons is passable for players who cant deal with them with their color's cards.

[@jerviswinter3236]

Prophecy and renewal are at least a cantrip

[@silvertail7131]

Not sure what's so terrible about prophesy. It's kinda like a slow cantrip, cast a spell, draw a card to replace it. Wouldn't be bad if you're doing some sort of prowess, or just want to sift through the deck faster. Probably still better cards that draw immediately, but even the winter sky one seems worse

[@awildsylveon9896]

Ive wished for leeches a few times against Bant Toxic in Standard, but they kill you on turn 3 with the right hand so yeah, still too slow

[@duyas1628]

I would say they could do a homelands set redo but we have Innistrad that fits that flavor netch.

[@christopherb501]

I still want it. Still sore about Ulgrotha's only inclusion in MOM being the obligatory battle card.

[@BS-bv5sh]

I was sure Apocalypse Chime was going to be #1.

[@lancourt]

it can potentially do something, so its not top 10. Then again if they are using a lot of homelands cards you might be doing them a favor

[@agendernerd1134]

I actually have a Kitchen Table apocalypse chime deck, using Barren Glory as the wincon

[@sharpasabutterknife2802]

Agreed. No one uses Homelands permanents because they are horrible, so Apocalypse Chime will always do nothing!

[@jerryhook5906]

I'd like a video on the best Sliver cards and the best Myr cards, please.

[@RaulFelixINC]

I'm addicted to Homeland Hating content. Reminds of my youth in the early 2000's when random Magic articles will take stabs at Homelands just cause it fun to bully Homelands.

[@deadra123]

I cant believe you had an mtg channel and i had no idea about it hell yeah

[@Igor369]

I want to play custom precon event with decks using the bad cards from MtGs history so bad man... Also is not prophecy a cantrip for 1 mana? Since when are 1 mana cantrips unplayable anywhere.

[@thenerdyrockstar]

*tips fedora* "m'trone"

[@darthparallax5207]

There weren't a lot of good cantrips before Mirage and before the Internet everything is different. If the best your opponent is likely to have in 1994 is Nicol Bolas + Animate Dead because it used to be actually hard to collect rares, then Homelands looks vastly different: Renewal to sacrifice your Castle Sengir to get the one City of Brass you were lucky enough to have suddenly looks like a real play, and Prophecy could be a common from Mirage and look okay as a very primitive cantrip.

[@QuinnSincerely]

As someone who runs a draft cube of homelands, there is a lot of context missing and I would argue a handful of these cards. Homelands may be a weak set, but its pretty fun to play with. Comparing it to cards that see print 20 years later misses how the game was.

[@edatthegovernance]

I've often thought the Landwalks would work better if they depended on you having the land type in play, as would abilities like those on #10. But I'm sure that's its own kettle of kraken.

[@markp7262]

The problem that I have with this video is that you are reviewing the set from the standpoint of a competitive player, who would never play any Homelands card except for Merchant Scroll (and maybe Didgeridoo as a long shot). It makes ranking "the worst" an exercise in futility. If 112 of the 114 cards are unplayable (the 115th card, Timmerian Fiends, is banned for being an ante card, so doesn't count), what does it matter which is comparatively worse? On the other hand, from the view of a Commander/EDH player, I can see some of this list being playable in the right deck, with others being an interesting design challenge. The list would definitely be different if examined through the scope of a casual player. Incidentally, Aysen Highway is similar to a card from the Dark called Hidden Path. The difference is, it's a lot easier for a green player to give an opponent forests than it is for a white player to give out plains.

[@MuxusGoblinGrandee]

I disagree about prophecy being the worst card. It’s still a 1-mana draw a card, which is miles better than 10 make something unblockable. While there is no point to ever play prophecy, if you do it for some reason it still replaces itself, whereas tools gets stuck in your hand, and is like skipping your draw step.

[@armygamelover]

Don't diss on my boy Prophecy. I've been contemplating putting it back in my life gain deck because it's funny, costs only 1 to cycle, and can sometimes gain me life.

[@Alecations]

...Renewal is pretty ok compared to homelands.

[@sc2fanterranplayer]

I dont think prophecy is that bad yes effect is not good or either really bad , but if you draw card is a just white draw card , that provide Sorcery type in graveyard also it reshufle opponet deck so it can be paradoxly used in legacy in situation like opponets brainstorm or ponder you get your opponet reshufle ,yes is weak card but it cost one mana is literally something like white opt or white mishra s bauble for one mana with wierd reveal effect and redraw so is not bad card it can something similar like cards like mention previously is card that never see competive play but is atleast white draw effect in pauper for one mana i think this had much worse card like jovens tools is for sure much worse card that this.

[@lowenevvan8619]

Prophecy having a draw effect isn't even worth mentioning because you could have had any other card in all of magic and it'd be more useful then playing Prophecy

[@uselesscommon7761]

16:43

[@jeffbriem]

I bet you like tequila. Dream use of prophecy is to turn 1 shuffle in a land on an opponent’s mull to 5 when they want a land. Total spite play.

[@Morte_n]

Homelands had an insanely cool backstory and lore, sadly the cards in the set are some of the weakest we've ever seen. Especially after two bangers like Ice Age and Alliance with some of the best cards the game has to offer and influenced the game for a really long time. The story was intresting and I'm still mad we didn't get a resolution to what happend to Baron Sengirs army walking through the Dwarven Portal. 😞 All we know is that Grandmother Sengir, one of the maybe now oldest living Planeswalkers, is still about and kicking!

[@shakyrob6512]

You can pair Renewal with those crap filter lands. Use them as the sacrifice.

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

I expected this video to be 10 seconds and just say “yes”

[@schnob]

i don't understand how prophecy is number one. It seems to me like it's the most playable card out of all of these. it's basically a cantrip kind of like a mishra's bauble for 1 mana. sure there are way better cantrips for 1 mana and there is no reason to play this, but i don't think it's a horrible downgrade to the deck like any of the other cards in this video.

[@junkychunky]

My friends and I got into MTG when this set came out. We knew it was bad as teenagers and sought out 4th edition and ice age packs instead.

[@misterschifano]

Clockwork Swarm is Amy Weber art. This alone makes it playable. 🥰

[@lamronjr8785]

So true. She is such an under appreciated artist and her stuff is so charming

[@Interesting_Failure]

I played a commander game once where I killed two people with Winter Sky. (Coin flip deck lol)

[@McD_James]

Prophecy isn't anywhere close to being the worst card in Homelands. There are plenty of cards in Homelands that aren't on this list that are worse than Prophecy.

[@renewagain6956]

4:45 False. There are many other cards that can remove poison counters from players. Forget the name, but there is a green creature card that explicitly removes all poison counters from their summoner as an ETB effect (as only 1 example).

[@Jeison-Nunes]

I like Township's art though, I am going to buy one just for that, it feels homy and warm for some reason

[@raze667]

wait wait wait... "Goblin mah-tron"? It's a may-tron. Like the oldest female member of a family unit?

[@imreadydoctor]

Prophecy is perhaps the best card on this list. 1 mana and draws you a card is much better than expensive bad cards that don't.

[@XYBeautiful]

Prophecy wasn't even all that bad, it thinned your deck to 56 cards essentially and annoyed your opponent. The actual worst card in the set was Baki's Curse and it's not even close. I nearly fell out of my chair when that wasn't listed at *all*.

[@7Alberto7]

Amazing! All great arts tho! 😂

[@DiscardatRandom]

Except winter sky

[@7Alberto7]

@@DiscardatRandom oh c'mon that art is awesome,poor guy is on acid and have no idea why he is on the top of a mountain,i love it

[@DiscardatRandom]

@@7Alberto7 hmmm you’ve convinced me

[@gippygames]

Not a great list. At least Prophecy cantrips. It's missing Samite Alchemist (compare against Mother of Runes), Truce, and Baki's Curse. Those are dreadful.

[@gozer33]

Just sipping some Patrón with my Goblin Matron...

[@TheJadeFist]

3 Mana for a 1/1 that in highly specific situations can tap and deal 2 to a creature only. Terrible, even for blue hate.

[@dovidsafir7085]

Sunchaser honorable mention for poison removal...sorta lol

[@zuni3474]

Manalogs: Homelands the worst MTG set ever Me a hearthstone player that has never ever played a single game of MTG knowing that this sets is at least legal in some of the formats while unglued is banned everywhere, which makes it better than unglued since it’s not banned everywhere

[@baconsir1159]

I don’t think Prophecy is as bad as most of these. There’s only so bad a 1 mana cantrip can be imo

[@tvt9523]

1:34 Not goblin muh-TRUN, it’s goblin MAY-tron. I know I’m pedantic, but geez dude, whoever narrates these either mistypes or mispronounces at least two words a video…

[@jakebachelder9031]

11:45 mroe

[@brandonbrooks779]

There are several other cards that can remove poison counters, nice engagement b8 n

[@guillaumedujardin]

Prophecy might be relevant with archive trap 😅

[@krvys7226]

casual reminder, one of the best cards destroys every card first printed in homelands

[@shinkirou7095]

The best card in the expansion makes it so all instances of the expansion dissapears from the board 😂

[@bluedestiny2710]

For those who might be confused how a set-hosing card (Apocalypse's Chime) actually became good was mostly due to 2 cards: Ishan's Shade and Autumn Willow. For its time, both cards are really good wincons. Autumn Willow is a 4/4 with Shroud that can be changed into Hexproof (somewhat, since you can choose who can target her) for G mana. So unless you have a board wipe spell, youre gonna have trouble removing this card off the field. Meanwhile, Ishan's Shade is a 5/5 with protection from white. He is pretty much immune to spot removal during his time due to its color (most black spot removal doesnt effect black cards) and the protection effect makes it a threat against white players. Therefore, a generic, splashable card that can take down 2 of the more popular wincons at the time gets the attention of players who have no access to boardwipes

[@shinkirou7095]

@@bluedestiny2710 very interesting. Thank you for the comment

[@bluedestiny2710]

@@shinkirou7095 it had its time in the sun... but it was very brief considering better wincons were printed soon after But hey... at least Chime can claim it was a choice sideboard card... 90% of the set only saw play as cup mats O.O

[@fizzure9015]

Constructive critism. Id like to see all 10 actual homelands cards even if the art is the same in reprinting!

[@kcStranger]

No way Prophecy is the worst card in Homelands. It's a very bad be sure, but it's only 1 mana and it eventually cycles. It just doesn't carry the downside of being permanently down a card for a trash effect that most of the other cards have.

[@radlee13]

oh that was some good corpsing at the end

[@DanielRichards-yy3kz]

So hear me out… icy manipulator, royal assassin, word of binding, and giant oyster? Eh? Total ownage right?

[@gulgothica]

Leeches still sees play in Commander.