Top 10 Budget Replacements for Expensive EDH Staples | Mtg

[@BigDaddyDirtHog]

Dev if the opportunity ever comes around, would you be willing to appear on some other channels for some commander gameplay? Would love to see you out at TCC.

[@justthedecoy4687]

And have it blow up like marvel after endgame? Let's go

[@__g__1400]

same with game knights

[@nickniehaus1763]

@@justthedecoy4687marvel after endgame is a dead media… let’s not look for that

[@doordash-nh1ih]

"Verity Circle" has a picture of a guy in a clear kids swimming pool full of lemonade. Thanks Dev. 😂 No one will get that joke but, Walk the Aeons is bonkers with Crucible. 🎉 Duuuuude! Second edit for, "Soothesaying". Totally used to play the crap out of that card in my Intet, The Dreamer deck! Love that card!

[@furonet138]

I’m loving this new commander content, and your thoughtful takes and high quality banter are always a joy. Keep it up!

[@61ERock]

Woah it's dev from the place! And he's talking about budget commander??? I watch all his videos despite only playing commander just because I loooove dev and his opinions! Such a goofy guy! ❤

[@alaraplatt8104]

i love midnight hunt... so many cool cards that do awesome things and theyre all perfectly balanced to be barely unplayable

[@starguardlux2874]

Your very grounded analysis of cards is always nice to hear. The evaluation of Walk the Aeons is very true, you NEVER just have 6 mana when you get to a certain point hahahaha

[@oia]

Stoked for this list! Thank you for dropping it for the community. You rock, Dev!

[@canadianham]

Its great to see you talking about every angle of magic these days. It truly is strictly better. You should do a video of your paper decks. Doesn't matter the format.

[@moocowp4970]

Literally watched a video this morning by the professor in this exact subject (he put it out 2 years ago :P), and I think all of these are different suggestions, yay! (I'm also just getting into commander and building my first budget decks) Also glad to hear I'm not the only one who thinks $3-5 is also pretty damn expensive for a card! I told my friend I was thinking of getting Ringsight as my tutor in my Esper deck, and he was like "why not just put in demonic/vampiric tutor?"... My whole deck is meant to be less than

[@moocowp4970]

I think dreadhorde invasion is only $0.8 to $1.5 btw, I was looking at it recently for my Elas Il-kor deck.

[@fl33ce_]

Always here for the Dev take. Never disappoints

[@adriangordon1129]

Legit eyeing up Lazotep Plating for a blue/green creature focused deck, and dark dabbling for a monoblack, never heard of these cards before! Thanks!

[@jedbex7070]

I like your humor, I like that you changed it up even if they’re not the “best cards” I can’t wait to see more videos of yours.

[@brettsmith9910]

I'm new to Commander too, so videos like this help me out Dev. Thank you.

[@Finkeldinken]

You're not three years late, Dev! You're pioneering the next wave! 😅🎉

[@jamesnewport4752]

I'm that guy that still has Wheel of Fortune from playing in 1996. Sold my collection during 09 because I needed rent money (wish I didn't now with playsets of all the duallands, Mox Jet, chaos orb, several Juzam Djinns, etc) but still had a binder of commons from dark, legends, antiquities and revised. The wheel was in that binder. Just started playing commander and haven't even pulled it from my deck yet

[@johanandersson8252]

For Rhystic Study and Remora, there’s also Insight and Ever-Watching Threshold.

[@bpchongo-.-]

After not being able to find my cards in storage this is much needed for me since I got back into playing and now trying out edh

[@CptnHowdy2475]

I'm so happy you're dipping into commander!

[@joshuamartin4103]

All these uploads! We might see every card on the couch at this rate! Love it! Thanks Dev!

[@morganhaney8147]

Dark dabbling ...... Amazing!!!!😮🎉 Great list keep em coming!

[@Hundo_Mo]

11:27 Im a fan of Rose Room Treasurer in place of Dockside.

[@kalebprice5837]

can't wait to see a reaction video for all the new sets that got announced!! love you dev!

[@nachogames6562]

I had the Deflecting Swat learning moment literally yesterday. I had seen it in lists and in videos and I finally went to buy it and had quite the shock lol. Time to buy bolt bend!

[@NightOfCrystals]

Skrelv’s Hive is another great substitute for Bitterblossom (which I’m kicking myself for having spent $44 US on 😬) it’s currently just 83 cents on TCG!

[@randy5606]

I use "wail of the nim" as the black card to help against board wipes not to mention it can help keep 1 toughness creatures in control

[@rafaelrodriguez3338]

nice BACKSTREET BOYS reference!! lol i love that we have the same references (love the reptar on ice poster)

[@dracogold]

I love how dev is from those 2 or 3 years of personality that only exist between 1996-1998, we told you what was cool in those days 😉 props to a homie who's been keeping it real🎉

[@dracogold]

I Wrote this comment before he said "a buck 75" for $150, it just drives my point home😅

[@matthewherrmann9526]

I know you were trying to be really budget here, but professional face breaker is the way for substituting for dockside. It gets you treasures, but also a little value if you need it. It generates treasures on its own and doesn't require your Chainer to attack to get the treasures...

[@mibbzx1493]

Fun fact about guild artisan, if you have 2 commanders with partner, they both get the texts from backgrounds so you can make 4 treasures just for attacking the player with the highest life total 🤣

[@stormycat0905]

Once upon a time Verity Circle saw a lot of play in cEDH. Still a great card in the right metas.

[@empty5013]

warstorm surge is probably the enchantment thats got me the most wins in commander, I run it in nearly all my red decks and it just generates insane value every game it sticks. it was a sad day when I had to cut it for terror of the peaks in my dragon deck, but it still reigns supreme in a bunch of all my other decks. You want card advantage in red? this is how you get it.

[@BadDrummerCarl]

Verity circle is quite fun with turnabout if a player is going wide. Upkeep tap all creatures they control, draw 10 for 4 mana

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

First time I saw dark dabbling. Thanks!

[@cedarbobedar7223]

Have you ever done a video about Pauper EDH? It's a sweet format

[@robertboles247]

Dev!! Love the shout out! I really should get a channel going..

[@ehfik]

so appealing you hit the ce real stuff im feeling

[@actual_catlady]

Awesome video! I will keep these in mind for the next EDH deck I build! I also love that as the video went on, more cats appeared on the cat tree lol

[@joshbowdish9851]

Regarding mana - yes you do get a lot of mana but at least in my playgroup, there's even more things to do with that mana. That said, I've found having mana sinks like Soothsaying really handy to have around to utilize any spare mana you got lying around. Lets you play the right cards at the right time and still use all your mana. Also real good with "Kruphix" cards - Wilderness Reclamation, Seedborn Muse, Bear Umbra, etc.

[@sombat2788]

Dev, you are indeed the damn man. 😎

[@jedbex7070]

I like Verity circle because it also allows you to tap (for a lot of mana yes) another persons really scary card at will AND you get to draw another card. So your opponent untaps, and then you tap it so they can’t use it, and then get a card to help with the mana burn.

[@matthewherrmann9526]

If we're considering other colors for heroic intervention, and flawless maneuver is too expensive, consider Surge of Salvation for W. It's half the mana cost of heroic intervention, and it gives ALL your stuff hexproof, so you can even stop a disenchant! It can stop blasphemous act and wreck combat math by stopping dmg from red and black sources at instant speed as a combat trick. It's not as consistent against wrath effects, but what can you do...

[@jacksonlittle5993]

Just started the video, lets go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@benaemmer6208]

Ree-forge thee Soul!!! Oh yeah it works. Playing this card now just to see if they get the reference.

[@silkywilky7913]

Used to play verity circle with narcolepsy and heliod's punishment.

[@farty555]

Never heard of verity circle but my buddy's blue stax deck would love to run that

[@cedarbobedar7223]

I think the more obscure cards you referenced are probably less popular because given the nature of the multiplayer format cards that create a boardstate are a lot more valuable than most instants and sorceries so most decks that aren't about spellslinging will have a hard time reliably utilizing them. And yeah 35 mana is green deck territory, but it's not unusual to see somebody burn through 12 or 15 mana on a turn when stuff that matters starts happening. That card that can dig for X is still probably too expensive to use though unless you have infinite mana and you're just looking for your wincon, although in that scenario it does look a lot better than the divining top and I'm definitely going to rewind for the card name so I can try to buy a copy lol

[@cedarbobedar7223]

Soothsaying - found one and carted it

[@Jakerunio]

A card I love to combo with verity circle is opposition.

[@alexanderjosefsson4729]

Ahh yes money for cards :/ Welcome to the edh side of magic ❤ Can we all love how he have a soffa full of cards behind hin

[@natahliazaring5291]

The funniest part about this to me is that Soothsaying isn't even just situationally better than top, if you have the deck manip tools (like fetches to shuffle, etc), or miracles/counterbalance/other stuff that cares about top of library, soothsaying's variability is often more useful on opportunity cost. I mean, you probably do play both in those types of decks. But 1: look at the top card is remarkably similar to top's 1: look at the top 3 in a surprising number of cases.

[@Goldy01]

the power of scrying and sensei's divining top lies in the manipulation of your next draw.. looking at the top card and then doing nothing isn't really worth a mana lol

[@farty555]

I just found out about Heroes of the realm cards and I think I'm gonna fire up the HPMasterz and get some printing done

[@the_names_rob]

Dev's new intrest in edh is cute

[@corinelliott3596]

The other thing about verity circle is that you won't antagonize players by asking if they pay the one.

[@cyricnosferat227]

Buttload isn't an amount. But....... Shitton is. Luv u D!!!!!

[@EliyaSelhub]

To your credit, first list to mention Bolt Bend that doesn't also mention Stubborn Denial.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Besides Past in Flames I like using Hypersonic Dragon gives all your sorceries Flashback and has Haste, Flying for 5cmc Izzet :P

[@dontaccoll]

Hey dev, I've been following you for many years now, thanks for your work. But now with bg3 and starfield on the way, i guess I'll see you next year. Besides, with this skipped rotation bullshit, it's possible i'll be taking a longer break from magic. These Arena years have been a blast

[@thebarbecube317]

Awwww yeah! When can I see more of my favorite magic channel’s favorite Pokémon channel tho??

[@Summer_Snows]

Hey Dev! Complete tangent from the actual subject of this video, I noticed you said "you sweet summer boy" and I was curious your opinion on the debate on whether that's an actual term used in the South vs it originating from ASOIAF/GOT and people began using it after that became popular?

[@mjhenkel1984]

walk the aeons gonna go in every simic deci for sure.

[@DonovanPresents]

Also, if you want something cheaper than reforge the soul, wheel of fate is half the price of reforge the soul. The only two little downsides are that you can only suspend the card from your hand or cascade into the card

[@matthijsclaessen8152]

Using time travel for doing good? I love that.

[@obadijahparks]

Commander playing is easy. Just make proxies. All you have to do is take those blank cards that come in the Token slot for double faced cards, and mark them accordingly..... that is all!

[@seanperry4576]

Dev! Love the commander content!

[@germanyjones2700]

You my spirit animal dev

[@RsDrPowers]

"Insight" is a budget replacement for Rhystic, against green lol.

[@trifectamtg599]

You the man Dev!

[@bonkyrogers5828]

If your friends don't let friends print proxies, find new friends.

[@Hundo_Mo]

Im a simple man. I see a Dev video. I watch a Dev video

[@silentcrow5220]

Yay commander videos!!

[@gatophantasma]

I own that shirt and 20 others just like it!!!

[@matthewbutler7681]

Please do more edh videos dev 😅 i gave up on standard years ago

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

another heroic intervention/teferis protection replacement is cosmic intervention

[@rat-op4tm]

thanks for all the content dev!

[@witchlynproductions753]

Skrelv's hive is literally a white bitterblossom

[@RsDrPowers]

Guild Artisan may be better than Dockside in a deck like "Isshin, Two Heavens as One" deck.

[@joshbowdish9851]

Pandemonium. Now that is a commander card

[@robnotwicz7002]

That's Revised edition, the border would be a little thicker for Unlimited

[@BrodyTwice]

Unlimited cards would say "tap to add" instead of revised where they created the tap symbol with the crooked T

[@closetmtg8029]

Don’t worry dev, all those staples will be bulk soon, just give it a few more years at the current release/reprint rate. If it’s expensive, WOTC will reprint it into the ground. Which is nice for those looking to pick up these staples. Cheers man

[@RamielLilith]

Looking forward to some more Pokemon TCG on the other channel. 🤙🏾

[@jackdecker7728]

thank you king 👑

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Right out the gate and with a hitters. Well played, sir.

[@captaindb4998]

It is Revised. Unlimited doesn't have a 'tap' symbol.

[@joshuafisher5447]

What do you primarily play? Isn’t standard expensive

[@tims8326]

Very good

[@marsrocks247]

You can't replace any cards anymore because the format has been power creeped so, so, so hard the last few years that efficient plays are now absolutely mandatory. "Everything is an avengers level threat", or lose.

[@antivalidisme5669]

Llanowar elf, the classiest, ugliest, whateveriest piece of cardboard I could think of. Cheers!

[@michaedove3562]

You dont need to apologize for repeating some other peoples content. I just like listening to you talk about magic more than basically anyone else...so repeat away Dev.

[@JetNAmplify]

Love this video

[@MajraMangetsu]

I am sorry to say... That I forgot Walk the Eons existed and my Emry deck CAN rebuy Island Over Time...

[@hatsudopia5085]

More commander content is rad

[@Cobracon7]

Impact Tremors and Purphoros > Warstrom Surge

[@CleazyMane-ef2cg]

I have a Simic Commander Deck that runs Walk the Aeons and Mystic Sanctuary lol talk about salt

[@BloodSplatterArtist]

If you don't think it looks as cool you've clearly never held a foil reforge the soul.

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

I have a handful of cards I treat as budget staples. but I'm always afraid to share them because most have only been printed once or twice and some are very old and I'm worried some "investor" jackass will ruin them with a buyout.

[@EnordAreven]

420 likes, sweeet

[@JaktenPaingenting]

Dev, have you heard of mtgassist

[@refundreplay]

$2000 for cEDH? Talk about Budget Build! 😂 I've seen decks average 5 digits.

[@robertboles247]

WWWWHHAAAAAAAAAAAATTT!!!!!!!

[@matthewherrmann9526]

You lost me at Soothsaying, not only the card but the rationale. Soothsaying is not a combo piece.. and the options you have for like 5 mana are crazy town. Casually spending U5 to look at 5 cards is just terrible when you can spend 5UU for hardcasting into the story, or 2UU if someone has enough cards in Graveyard. You'd think it would be better if you argue over the course of multiple turns, like, i spend 5, then can do it again, but it's not, since you could just spend that 5 mana to cast the draws you just did from into the story. So 10U to see 10 deep if you had a fetch, vs potentially 4 to draw 4 cards.. fact or fiction, deep analysis (though this costs 6 to get 4 cards). Veritas circle which was mentioned earlier... does have some applicability if you want persistent value. If you still want to just dig 10 deep, play ancestral knowledge for 2 mana (or 3 mana if you don't have a way to draw a card right now). It's $2.

[@matthewherrmann9526]

The annoying thing here is the implication that 'mana costs don't matter in commander' which is silly, bc even in less optimized playgroups you will have other cards that compete for playing that card or using that mana that way. Like, if you can't run top and want to look at the top of your library and you're in blue, try running Rivendell. It's $2-$3. But if you start to get to 40 billion mana where something is good, now you're competing against finishers. It's an off color comparison, but when you spend so much mana you could reanimate a hoarding broodlord. Or play an elder brain, or a combustible gear hulk... there are so many ways to use the mana we're talking about here... faerie mastermind, while $5 gives you a mana sink which isn't symmetrical and can draw 2 cards to 1 for each opponent. Or 3 in the right circumstance. If you're trying to nerf your deck, ok, I guess. But even if you stick to value town is just not great.