Top 10 Weirdest Protection Abilities

[@4137Swords]

I really do wish Ward had more creative conditions like Sauron's. There's a lot of potential there

[@fernandobanda5734]

They are cool to read but ward is just hexproof if it's impossible to pay the cost.

[@joebaumgart1146]

You have it the other way around, my friend. Shabbot Shalom to you and your's!​@fernandobanda5734

[@ethanrice1102]

They seem to be exploring it. Bloomburrow added ward-discard a card.

[@BoundlessxArts]

​@@ethanrice1102we already have that since graveyard trespasser

[@Kisthenewp]

@@BoundlessxArts there's also a card with ward - sac a food in bloomburrow. (though in that card's case it makes all creatures foods, so it's effectively sac a creature or food)

[@melvinshine9841]

I find it funny how Norin the Wary's answer to just about anything is to say, "Fuck this, I'm out!".

[@timeparadox999]

i think since it is in the set with all those wall glyphs, the "protection" on wall of shadows was a partial downside on purpose. it's a nongreen creature in early magic, it's gotta have a downside somewhere

[@flarelord8425]

If you can make lavabrink venturers etb trigger twice with something like roaming throne, you can pick both for protection from everything

[@pumkinswift8263]

This actually doesn't work. Lavabrink is an "as this enters" ability, not a "when this enters". This means it's a replacement effect, not a triggered ability, specifically so it can't trigger multiple times.

[@Sanguivore]

​@@pumkinswift8263Yu-Gi-Oh ahh effect

[@Arkanemacht]

it should be mentioned in sauron's case, that in the LotR set, there were a lot of legendary creatures (or at least i feel like it had a lot?) and i think also more than enough legendary artifacts. So in those matches, it wasn't too hard for other LotR decks to have a legendary creature/artifact out to get rid of sauron (is at least how i remember it ^^')

[@HouYi-b6g]

Lotr also the "ring bearer" mechanic that makes any creature legendary if applied to them

[@chrismccurry362]

Its ward cost is designed to make you eventually sacrifice your ring bearer and considering how powerful some creatures can get with ring bearer it makes good sense. Not just gameplay wise but theme wise as well

[@metalblizzard6024]

This is such an underrated magic channel...

[@ForTheJerusalem]

Today i learned that there are cards that specifically target walls. Like all 3 walls in the game.

[@BlackBeltGamers88]

I know it doesn't protect itself but I'm surprized Vigor isn't on this list. Has 2 protection options. All creatures you control get +1/+1 counters instead of damage and Vigor shuffles back if they kill it any way but exile. Very nice card. Used it in an old G/W ramp/tokens deck. Granted I played casually but pyroclasm and other mass damage effects were common and my friends couldn't play any of their burn spells 🤣🤣🤣 I miss the old casual days... Mtg is soo complicated now. No one just goes to a card store, buys cheap cards they like and makes a deck anymore. Everyone netdecks. No one has unique creations, everything follows a meta and it's just lame at the end of the day 🤷‍♂️ I know my cleric, changeling infinite spells/creatures with Hakkon, Edgewalker and Undead Warchief isn't winning any tournaments but the deck is mine. I thought it up, it functions, has combos, synergies, and Edgewalker is my favorite MTG card of all time. A unique ability that will never be used again I'm sure. Making your entire cleric deck run off generic mana is rediculous.

[@Xaeraz]

I love Norin the Wary so much. He's my favorite commander, one of the first ones I built in paper, because he really is just built around getting as many ETBs per round as possible. And with both MH3 AND Bloomburrow giving us new creatures that are Impact Tremors on a body, my deck can run plenty of them to immediately threatening potential, doubly so when combined with Genesis Chamber as mentioned

[@jerryhook5906]

I like to see a video about Slivers and a video about Myrs, please.

[@ReaperSaga-3713]

I have a card that has Ward- Collect Evidence 4, with death touch and haste. It's the only card with ward I've seen that has a weird condition like these. Even though it can be easy to out the card if you set up your graveyard, if it's early in the game enough this thing can be a menacing threat.

[@fruitcocktailsamurai]

Since you mentioned Sekki, I thought that Ghave would have at least gotten an honorable mention with how similar they are.

[@vibrantoucan8890]

Since it has emerge, my guess for Drownyard Behemoth is that if your opponent tries to destroy one of your big things, you can sacrifice it yourself to cheat Behemoth out and thanks to hexproof it can block safely or something. Idk, thats the only explanation for giving it hexproof for only the turn I can think off.

[@Drewtwu]

My favorite is Octavia's ward 8. It might as well be untargetable with how steep that is.

[@BellBOYd128]

Mirror-Mad Phantasm basically wins me the game in my Bruna aura’s deck.

[@DUxMORTEM]

1:45 excuse me what? For lower to middle power decks? This card is legitimately in EVERY blue CEDH deck. That's the highest power possible in commander.

[@marcgf1933]

Weird protections, resilent roadrunner: Im a joke to you TheManaLogs? At least a mencion?

[@SnowFoxWithAGasMask]

I love that one! I wonder if it has ever actually done anything in game!

[@viserproductions1]

That's not weird at all. It's like saying it's weird that a bird has flying or that a whale is large.

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

Mep mep!

[@pumkinswift8263]

I'm the writer of this video, so I'll answer for you - this video was written before the release of Outlaws of Thunder Junction. If it had been out, I probably would have shouted it out, but this particular script has been on the back burner for a while.

[@Prince_Eva_Huepow]

Are there any cards with protection from only themselves?​@@pumkinswift8263

[@ReederMG]

I always thought that Foothill Guide with Protection from Goblins was pretty weird

[@robertfarrington2716]

Ashaya is broke in commander. Think outside of the box with morph creatures. A morph creature dies, turns into a land and morph it back to its original self.

[@7Alberto7]

Amazing!!!

[@jiaan100]

I would write 3+2 green mana as 3GG

[@neminem233]

Oh I thought palladia-Mors, the Ruiner's hexproof was only if it hasn't dealt damage this turn The fact that it has it loses it for the rest of the game is FAR more interesting

[@sunrise_flare]

Progenitus says hi lol

[@joshrivet4011]

Lavabrink Winower when?

[@alexbalgar8369]

Sauron go brrrrrr 😎✨️

[@WillowRat]

Does ashaya make wood elemental playable

[@demiurge2501]

If you ignore the rest of the textbox ygra could totally be #11

[@ReederMG]

Top 10 Elves

[@thomasjones3825]

Octavia only has ward 8 where as the Tarrasque has Ward 10

[@davidblakley6806]

pro everything is weird because its actually really narrow

[@ORMACNOR]

No it's not, wizards means everything. Nothing that targets a creature can target Progenisis, you can't block it, and it can't be dealt damage.

[@joebaumgart1146]

You should have said "Evasion" not "Protection." "Protection from" is a thing and is what I thought this video was about. It's still on par with the channels quality, but I was expecting a completely different video. Many Blessings to your whole team and their families. I mean absolutely no disrespect!

[@suzikumieda2452]

"Evasion" is used in Magic almost exclusively to refer to abilities that make a creature unable to be blocked by things (Flying, Shadow, etc). Funnily enough, because part of its effect is that it can't be blocked by certain things, Protection counts as a form of evasion!

[@myeyessonowimded]

this is just a random comment

[@boomislav9936]

and this is not

[@marcoottina654]

7:55 Haktos seems the attempt from WotC (and Hasbro as well) to say "no no, we are not into power creep. See? a 6/1 for 4 colored mana that is basically a vanilla with just some protection. It don't even have protection from mana value 1! See? No power creep at all!" Well .... _cough cough Elder Gargaroth cough cough Questing Beast cough cough_ Anyway, protection should be come at a cost, as well as downsides should not just be tossed apart. There's a design space totally thrown out of the window.

[@thattubaguy217]

2 views in one minute, bro fell off