Utility Land Tier List in Commander | Ranking the Utility Lands of EDH

[@xdavid00]

Can I request the cards being talked about stay on screen before being placed into the tierlist? I'm not sure what the best placement would be to not obstruct anything, but I find myself having to scrub back and forth to reread the card sometimes. Idk if this is something that had been considered, but I'd appreciate it, and of course I don't expect you all to go too far out of your way if it's too troublesome. Either way, thanks!

[@MrBLAAHHHHHHHHHHH]

Seconded!

[@AlsonamedDennis]

Thirded!

[@andrewwhite2123]

Fifthted!

[@AugustAMcClung]

I was just thinking the same thing…there is no reason to move it until you move on to the next card!

[@JustRightPinedo]

7thed (or 29th?)

[@matthewbell4897]

My favorite thing to do with Gier reach sanitarium is to activate it in response to a thassa's oracle trigger

[@rteishe]

Came here to say this, knew it had already been said, haha. Yeah, ontop of being a handy loot effect on an etb untapped land...its very good anti-thoracle tech. GRS should be rated a least a little higher imo

[@egoish6762]

Cephalid colosseum is better in that anti thoracle slot as it forces draw 3, most thoracle combos can still leave 2 on top and eat a loot before still winning. Draw 3 puts them at a point that they leave 3 in their deck and if they don't have the devotion they don't get the win or go to 2 and lose...

[@matthewbell4897]

@@egoish6762 cephalid colosseum is def. better, especially if you expect to see thoracle. But GRS is colorless and has more use outside of that aspect. I just wanted to mention it since it wasn't mentioned in the vid

[@egoish6762]

@@matthewbell4897 my point was any thoracle player will probably only fall for GRS once as it's an easy play around, so i don't really see it having an impact outside of, an admittedly quite fun when it works, gotcha moment.

[@devin5297]

I play thespian stage in basically all my commander decks, I rarely build a deck that doesn’t have lands I’d be happy to have more than one copy of, and the copying others lands is gravy

[@willgary8792]

Worst case it's a basic land....its in all my decks as well

[@ConstanceMists]

Worst case scenario its either a basic or a dual, best case you copy someone’s coffers or a bounce land is even good value. Such a good card

[@devin5297]

@@Ceyx000 my favorite targets are field of the dead and lotus field, but bounce lands and lots of powerful utility lands are good too

[@troylambert1601]

haven't even watched yet and I already know halimar depths is getting an S+++

[@CheenTheCat]

ngl Halimar Depths in Yuriko HAS killed people tho xD

[@zhanghia]

halimar secretly was so good. Being able to hit my lands or curve was a godsend.

[@loganestes2841]

Just started following you guys on Moxfield! And it’s my sons 5th birthday!!

[@berserkerah1336]

Myriad Landscape it's a jewel for me. I use green in a lot of my edh decks, and that's a "must" card. When I use it in my Yarok's landfall deck, it's just blows everybody minds.

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

Myriad landscape is great cause it turns elvish reclaimer into essentially a 3 mana land dork, on top of all it's other uses (T1, Forest, reclaimer. T2, land, activate reclaimer to get myriad landscape. T3, land, activate myriad landscape. Now you're 2 lands in the yard, and one land ahead on the board)

[@soleo2783]

Thats 5 mana btw, because of myriad activation. Doesnt seem worth tbh

[@NoobN00b]

Sunhome, fortress of the legion. Is one of favorite utility lands. I will randomly give other players creatures double strike. Especially if they have a beefy commander.

[@Ensaladarusagod]

I've been waiting for months for it to be my birthday just so you guys would say happy birthday to me

[@NitpickingNerds]

Happy bIrthdat!

[@greatbrandini3967]

I think you're under valuing Myriad Landscape. It is ramp in a land slot, it is ramp that finds other lands, and it can be activated at instant speed. Might not be as powerful of an effect as some other lands, but it has more, reasonable homes than almost any other card on this list. Also, it gives you 2 zombies off of Field of the Dead late game, or can find a snow and regular basic to get Field online, so that adds even further to its value

[@quakins6814]

As someone who played it for the longest time before cutting it, it just feels so bad to have to skip a turn to play it. Especially since it doesn't line up well with the way other ramp works (which is something like a signet on 2). In this case you have to crack this on turn 3 when you might want to be playing your commander or wait until later and at that point you'd much rather be doing stuff on each of your turns. And then in addition it's also a tapped land and doesn't give you any colors. I would much rather be playing an untapped dual land. I like it in mono color decks though because you're usually lighter on ramp you are even able to play

[@johnshifflet]

Love you guys, helped me build decks to be able to play with my friends that have epic commander decks!

[@pauldyson8098]

Spot on about proliferate. I run PnT walkers and I've cut stuff like Thrummingbird and Tez's Gambit. E Sage, as you note, is still worth it. Fair assessment of Reliquary Tower. It should not be ubiquitous. I run it one deck (Minn). Stage/Depths is definitely scarier in 60-card formats.

[@FireHawkDown]

Absolutely love the content you two do. I watch every day I can, and it always helps me find new and exciting cards to use and keep me up to date on what is top-tier. Would you ever consider having the Card Image shrink a tad and move below your camera while continuing to talk about it and rank it? One thing I find for me is that I have to go back to see what card it is if I don't recognize the art print, or if I want to read it again. Otherwise, keep up the great daily content!

[@dakodastevens8972]

It's worth noting that you can use rogues passage on enemy creatures. Really funny if you are playing a goad deck, or a deck like Breena. You can also just ambush people sometimes. No one pays attention to the rogues passage when it's not your turn.

[@jordankirby7632]

Glacial chasm is the biggest omission here. It doesnt go in everydeck but it straight up beats a good amount of decks and even stops a good variety of combos. Insanely good with crop rotation.

[@MrCamel254]

why not talk about shizo, deaths storehouse and the other legendary lands? Shizo is basically a better rogues passage for voltron and yuriko and the other ones are pretty great too. Do they not count as utility lands?

[@AlsonamedDennis]

I like Maze of Ith. It's an old-school inf. mana combo with Krosan Restorer and similar cards. I play it in Windgrace and the combo powers up my Wolfrun and Dark Depths!

[@the_names_rob]

Kessig Wolfrun is at least B tier imo. Definitely better than command beacon, high market and I want to also say inventers fair but i havent played with thag one before

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Agreed, I have made Birds of paradise 5/6 and doubled it with Xenagos to a 10/11 Haste Trample Flier... my opponent was so surprised but I quickly reminded them to always bolt the bird! LOL. Kessig Wolfrun is a great card and can come out of no where if used right :P

[@gabrielchovan-spence4215]

It is in b tier.

[@JohnSmith-hs9ez]

It's definitely not better than inventor's fair

[@derrickwarner1]

Try to view this list in a meta that relies on a non-combat, combo-centric and alternate win-con meta of cEDH.

[@the_names_rob]

@@derrickwarner1 these guys dont do cedh tho

[@coxco93]

Great video. So you know bojuka bog is a house is power lvl 10 and cedh.

[@grampaw5605]

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx goes in all my 2+ color decks. Surprised you didn't mention it.

[@Turkin4tor]

I'm right there with Beezy on Field of the Dead. It's just free extra value! So good.

[@InGovWeMistrust]

Sanitarium is there to stop thoracle. When they mill their library you activate the sanitarium with thoracle on the stack. To be fair that’s a cedh thing mostly but still comes up sometimes.

[@charliemarlow647]

You talked about Thespian's Stage, but where do you land on Vesuva (pun intended)? Similar, but works slightly differently.

[@andrewwebb3813]

I would argue Field of the Dead is A tier. It’s really good, but it’s pretty bad in mono color or budget lists. S tier would indicate a ubiquitous value in any deck, and I think FotD is too specific. Budget and mono both run too many basic for Field to generate Zombies, and a player just tossing it in because it’s S will find that it’s a tapped Wastes there.

[@quakins6814]

That's a very specific case for it to not be good. In pretty much every other case it's incredible.

[@thebuthcer123]

Valakut and goblin guide is the reason why started playing magic back in 2010

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I guess this is part 1? Some of my favorite utility lands and some interesting designs of lands over the years Winding Canyon- Alchemists Refuge- Emergence Zone Myriad Landscape- Blighted Woodland Gavony Township Mirrorpool Lotus Vale- Lotus Field Deserted Temple Lake of the Dead Homeward Path Academy Ruins- Volrath Stronghold- Riptide Laboratory- Unholy Grotto- Hall of Heliods Generosity :P

[@Darth_Pro_x]

I like having Reliquary Tower even when I don't really need it because I like not having to decide what to discard

[@jarendavidson5758]

NEW NITPICKING NERDS VIDEO!

[@JD-gk7eh]

Maze of Ith's best use is on your own creatures. It's great if you have an attack trigger on an otherwise fragile creature (Kaalia, the new Chun-Li, etc.). It can randomly screw over Voltron decks because it's colorless (so protection, except that given by Giver of Runes, doesn't help) but mostly, it's for your own creatures. You can do some really wild stuff like attack with a first striker + a Lure effect and then remove your creature from combat after first strike damage to kill something. But these are the best homes. We are a looooooong way from the days when this card was restricted in Vintage because it brought games to a screeching halt.

[@AlsonamedDennis]

I also like Strip Mine as a rattlesnake. I've gone back-and-forth with this issue, but currently, I believe it's appropriate to ruin the person who is threatening to take you out. However you come down on this issue sets the precedence for future games. And, I would prefer my opponents think twice about killing me.

[@dannyirvin5990]

The seedborn with alchemists refuge is exactly my goal in simic ezuri

[@Crappuccino12]

Glacial Chasm and Bojuka Bog are my favorite utility lands for sure

[@misterdonwaters]

Dudes, I have had Kaalia stolen from me several times now. I have played the deck only 5-6 times and had her stolen at least 4-5. Blue loves to play the “gain control of” effect! Even if they don’t steal your commander they may steal your big stompy. The player who does a lot of this finally told me “You need a Homeward Path”. It is not only Kaalia that can get stolen. My very first edh game a player on an early turn played something that caused us all to gain control of the commander card to our left! Homeward path will shut it down and you don’t even have to sac it to do it! You guys should show some love to a card that can keep the fun in the game! (Though I’m sure blue guys have fun taking your commander).

[@AugustAMcClung]

Lol, I bet people wish they had Homeward Path against my Marchesa, the Black Rose deck 🤣 The deck revolves around taking the board’s best creature attacking the opponent within highest life, sacrificing it with a +1/+1 counter on it, and keeping the best creature on my end-step. I throw in fulminator mage just in case they have one of these or for some rinse and repeat land destruction. My steal effects double as card advantage and pseudo removal. I need to add High Market and Pharexian Tower to really oil the machine. People usually crack back at my shenanigans but that just helps keep me from having the highest life total. 👍🏻

[@velkejkoren]

OMG Nerds how can you be this good

[@marcodarsie5936]

what do you think about Cabal stronghold and Crypt of Agadeem? where do they go in the list ?

[@youngnikos9625]

Cabal Stronghold is like B+. Gives you colorless mana at the minimum and turns into a mini-Cabal Coffers late game. I'd say B for Crypt of Agadeem if you can fill your graveyard very quickly in a black creature oriented deck. You'll have to use self mill engines like Mesmeric Orb , Altar of Dementia, Buried Alive etc ... to really make it work. I won't throw it in any mono black deck.

[@Adjacent_2]

no Gavony Township or Vault of the Archangel :(

[@Blacksunstoneful]

With the new Mycosynth Gardens, lands like Vesuva and Thespian's stage are completely busted as it give two more chances (more if using sculpting steel, copy artifact etc.) to clone artifacts so you can drop like four defense grids in commander so it costs every player an extra 12 mana to even swing at you add it with other stax pieces and you're immune to interaction by virtue of it costing like 20+ mana to even do so. But it's any artifact so you can use mycosynth and thespian combos to do anything, even more deadly with mycosynth lattice in play as you can copy anything on the field multiple times.

[@the_names_rob]

If you had 4 or 5 cards that you would want to discard in your self mill deck would you run geir reach sanitarium?

[@tbclabamba8051]

Like you said, maze of ith is good in decks where you play crop rotation and so on. It really gets amazing in a lands matter deck with cabal coffers and urborg, since you almost always tutor for urborg at some point and then your maze can even tap for mana. Add a commander that can use mana on enemy turns and maze is the absolut best

[@JD-gk7eh]

I feel like if Cyc Rift were ever banned, Req Tower would start to decline in usage rate. I think a lot of people play it because they don't want to lose cards to Cyc Rift.

[@michaellanphier851]

Excited to watch and curate my mana bases!

[@zackkelley2940]

Implying that I can only use command beacon once, how silly^^ My Crucible of Worlds disagrees with that statement sirs, let alone the many MANY options if I'm in Green.

[@CmdrUD87]

I think you're giving Karn's Bastion not quite enough credit. It's super solid if you play it in a deck that cares about counters and keeps mana open for answers- like, say, Ezuri, Claw of progress, or, to a lesser extent Atraxa.

[@Supertails224]

I use Rogue’s passage in my Voltron Jared Carthelion deck and my dimir ninja deck. Perfect add for both

[@NewOldEBM]

I keep saying it, but... You really seem to be missing how important/impactful halimar depths is/can be with cascade. It's huge, in cascade decks (which historically contain simic, therefore amazing ramp) moving the sol ring off the top to run into something bigger and spicier is 100% worth it. I know you don't like to dabble in budget too much, but as an alternative to top, it's great.

[@leonsegade-garcia2936]

its probably pretty decent in decks with a good way to shuffle their deck also!

[@leonsegade-garcia2936]

also decks that might care about the top of their library like yuriko, aminatou etc...

[@jasondeberry3353]

Beezys smile the entire field of the dead explaination: 😁

[@jordanlawlor89]

😂 Into the order of alphabetical. It’s alchemist refuge is first. Love you guys!

[@BigDrew49]

Mystic Sanctuary = Infinite turns in my Orvar deck thanks to boughtback whim of volrath plus an extra turn spell

[@ICEDNOTBLENDED]

I think a cool land could be one with “Landfall: Add one mana of any color.” You can’t tap it for mana or do anything else, and if you miss a land drop you miss out on mana, but it can be like a tapped command tower that can activate more than once per turn if you get multiple lands on your turn.

[@randymotter51]

so its a Lotus Cobra, but a land? Would be interesting to say the least on top of being very powerful due to the general lack of focus on land destruction for most players.

[@ICEDNOTBLENDED]

@@randymotter51 yeah essentially. I feel like it would even somewhat fit into a deck without a bunch of ramp cards just because of fetch lands.

[@baconsir1159]

Lotus Cobra on a land sounds insane. Any landfall deck it’ll be absurd

[@ICEDNOTBLENDED]

@@baconsir1159 keep in mind it doesn’t tap for mana and if you miss a land drop you probably don’t benefit from the land. But yes, it could definitely ramp well in the right deck.

[@olivermeloche2042]

Sounds pretty busted, as already mentioned fetches would push this land over the top

[@patrickheinz8466]

Rogue's Passage is an all-star in Yuriko.

[@crawdaddy1234]

Was there no Moxfield ad mid-video? I wasn’t fully paying attention.

[@epicness877]

If u rapidly hit 0:00 , you can get some sick beat boxing from Joe Cherries 😎

[@mattdeters8306]

Muldrotha loves Command Beacon, because you can keep playing the Beacon back out of your graveyard. Also, no Bazaar Of Baghdad? No Diamond Valley? No Mishra's Workshop? No Tabernacle At Pendrell Vale?

[@julianvickers]

They picked the most popular lands from EDHrec so obviously they didn’t pick the ones that cost thousands.

[@afrotoa]

A cameo from Amber is a cameo well deserved!

[@dominikbeckmann1042]

I sometimes use Ghost Quarter on myself to trigger Landfall again.

[@lysander3262]

Grave Titan- makes two Zombies on turn 6 Field of the Dead- makes 0 Zombies on turn 6 Remind me why Grave Titan- isn't better 🤔🤔🤔?!?!?!

[@SnuggyDabbins]

They over hype field of the dead. Its a terrible card in most decks unless you're playing 15+ turn games everytime.

[@jean-lucgenereau4617]

Is Homeward Path a good answer for someone running Beamtown Bullies, maybe?

[@Chidon0]

were would academ ruins be a or b?

[@stevenrhodes8338]

You’ve always been able to loop time warp you got meloku even gives you a win con

[@Xopher1222]

The most Strip Mines I've played per turn is 5. With the Cat Daddy of course.

[@sharkmanyt4431]

What if halimar depths was an mdfc, where it entered tapped as a land but had the effect as a sorcery on the other side?

[@FarCough145]

It’d be cool if you also had the price of a card up when you’re talking about it.

[@TraigoRespuestasEDH]

What about Urborg and Yavimaya?

[@jankpilediver3863]

Hey nerds, thanks for the premium content as usual! What are your thoughts on Karakas (comes in untapped, taps for white or to bounce a legendary creature)?

[@1ntegrator]

It's banned in EDH because it's too good bouncing everybodys commanders. But it would obviously be ridiculously good if it were legal

[@jankpilediver3863]

@@1ntegrator that makes sense.

[@nebnesnah]

Surprised to see high market in the A slot. I think it's too specific in what it does to be A. I would have graded it B

[@kristianovergaard1112]

Phyrexian tower is a colorless land. How many lands besides Dryad Abor is actually colored?

[@SnuggyDabbins]

As far as I know arixmethes is the only other colored land.

[@thrillhouse4151]

I wish there was a Wirewood Lodge for goblins, I’d use that with Krenko in a heartbeat.

[@nwttp]

Krenko is already absurd enough.

[@Gravetanha]

What about Emeria, The Sky Ruin?

[@Eyr]

Zedruu with homeward path can shift a game very suddenly lol

[@mfitkin]

“I think if you’re metagaming that’s great” - Beezy, out of context, 16:42

[@NitpickingNerds]

Beezy is jerk get him!

[@ygaudreault]

Mystic Sanctuary is my main win con in my orvhar deck

[@Mell042]

Y’all did Maze of Ith dirty. It can give your creatures pseudo vigilance by untapping it after damage resolves.

[@dswan505]

Reliquary tower is a meta pick against decks that run Jin gitaxias

[@nwttp]

Neither of the haste lands? Odd.

[@NitpickingNerds]

We did the most played

[@nwttp]

@@NitpickingNerds oh, makes a lot more sense, then. Heh.

[@demphisford614]

I was cool with no more nick names eventually,but dang ,no more tid bits? I'm sure I'll grow used to it again, but Even as big as the command zone is they have the end step . I know it's daily, but still, idk .

[@jessesandburg]

Command beacon is HUGE for Phage the Untouchable

[@NitpickingNerds]

Agreed!

[@AugustAMcClung]

Rouge’s Passage and Blightsteel Colossus

[@thetogtube2]

COMMANDFEST VEGAS BABY!!! Ya'll going?!?!?!

[@jessesandburg]

What Yavimaya and Urborg considered among land types?

[@NitpickingNerds]

They are more fixing than utility

[@jessesandburg]

@@NitpickingNerds Okay thanks

[@jordango8847]

Please do more “is this card worth the price” videos!!

[@crawdaddy1234]

Super hoping Riptide Laboratory is in here.

[@baconsir1159]

No Mutavault?

[@outtatime9836]

Note field of ruin is one of the few cards to FORCE a shuffle from for opponents, killing all to the top tutors

[@jamesgratz4771]

Garbage unplayable bro play cabal coffers broooo

[@outtatime9836]

@@jamesgratz4771 I am not saying it isn’t bad, but in a format dominated by tutors it is far from garbage, getting rid of a cradle while fizzling an vampiric tutor… yes the low end is ramping 2 players, but in higher end pods one extra land on turn 7 isn’t as bad as you would think

[@andrewathanassopoulos548]

Where is glacial chasm?

[@Ham_Strokers_Ejacula]

An amazing thing about field of ruin is you can stop your opponents from searching with something like ashiok and reap the benefits alone. That and forcing your opponent to search their library you can combo cards like archive trap for free, not to mention hitting another landfall trigger.

[@slayersam1]

Sadly ashiok doesn't work as ashiok only stops them search with effects or abilities they control

[@Ham_Strokers_Ejacula]

@@slayersam1 you don't say..... probably why I said "something like ashiok", as opposed to "field of ruin with ashiok" 👍

[@taylormilleman7337]

I feel like you misplaced alchemists refuge. I agree it's a little niche, but I tend to play it in either big bomb decks, or decks that can be really explosive if they can untap with your commander. You guys misspoke a little, it enables you to cast ANY applicable nonland card from any applicable zone.

[@psychotronain]

No Rishadan Port?

[@domlozano1990]

"Oh, Hi Mark-et"

[@JajaYms]

Ever time I hear joe say card I die… caryyyrd!

[@AugustAMcClung]

Karen’s bastion with Felidar Retreat, maybe throw in a Doubling Season and Parallel Lives

[@jasongwinn28]

High Market protects a creature from Exile effects.

[@reaumwingblade5783]

Eeey today's my birthday episode

[@tacothursdays6546]

Ya didn't have to do my boy Alchemist's Refuge dirty like that :.(

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

I throw command light paws because she gets removed alot.

[@kylebrandon9602]

Homeward path with beamtown bullies

[@DavidMitchells]

What about arcane lighthouse? Remove hexproof and shroud... yes please

[@Atanar89]

Didn't even mention Oran-Rief which is my favorite land for counter decks, unlike crappy proliferate this adds counters for 1 mana instead of 5 mana.

[@pvcure1365]

Tabernacle?

[@NitpickingNerds]

We did most played

[@zackkelley2940]

Ludicrously expensive AND extremely niche, though damned good in the few that want that effect.

[@jasongwinn28]

I'll slot it in a tier for you. B+ in the right build, it overperforms, but for most decks, it's not needed and for the price, it's definitely unnecessary.

[@akorthouwer]

hmm commander is really strong in my titania(since she brings back a land from the graveyard when she etbs), but don't use it outside of that cuz it is in ways worse then a tapland don't think I agree on the b part in most decks it's just not good enough