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One thing I wanna point out about the honorable mention’s “effects of Creature CARDS” clause means it includes effects that activate from the hand, like ninjutsu or bloodrush! Or cycling! Or channel! Edit: furthermore since it doesn’t even specify “creature cards *in your hand*” it can also produce colored mana for effects like unearth, or disturb, or even COMMANDER NINJUTSU!
I love this. Thanks for pointing that out! I'm still fairly new to the game, especially when it comes to the more technical aspects like this, so it's always helpful when somebody points something like this out!
@@jonathanrobinson8926 yeah, it’s a little thing that doesn’t get much direct attention, but can make a big difference sometimes. Whenever a card is NOT on the field, it’s a “card” when it’s on the stack it’s a “spell” or an “effect” only permanents on the field are referred to without being called cards or spells (because tokens aren’t cards, technically) it’s like how “when cast” and “when enter” have different timing
@@irreleverent that’s where it’s line “creatures AND creature cards of chosen type” comes in, the only part that was unusual is that it also included cards not in play activating effects. I still think it’s pretty fascinating that the reason in the rules for tokens ceasing to exist outside the battlefield literally comes down to “tokens are not cards and cannot be cards.” It would be incredible to see something that created a “card token” in a place outside the battlefield. Which is something hearthstone abuses constantly due to not being a physical card game
Thank you for mentioning Replication Specialist. Everyone is so focused on the rares that I think they missed this and other insane uncommons. Great video as usual sir!
Well sure it's good, but Mirrorworks already exists, so I don't understand why I should play a creature, vulnerable to removal and board wipes. Also, for Mirrorworks, you don't need coloured mana, and it goes in any colour deck. So how is replication specialist any better than Mirrorworks?
@Nadroj because this is a video about cards that are good in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Mirrorworks isn't IN this set. That and I'd wager that a new Uncommon is probably significantly cheaper than an old Rare. So people that are on a budget or purposefully playing alternate cards instead of "the absolute best" can use this.
@@adeadlybeastkiller So there is a lot of old lore being brought back in recent sets, which is very exciting, but also can be understandably confusing without some explanation. In the last few sets we have begun to see some new movements from the Phyrexians which are an older group of villains from the past that I am particularly in love with. Here is a link to the wiki that has a lot of info on them, I hope you enjoy!! mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Phyrexia This joke the Professor made specifically referred to the act of "Compleation" (it looks like a typo, but it isnt), which is something the Phyrexians do to things to make them "perfect" in their own eyes, as well as the Planeswalker Tamiyo, who is a fan-favorite character who tragically has undergone this terrible process in the most recent set. I am super into Phyrexian history and lore, so if you want to discuss any more, I would be more than happy to do so!! More specifically, here is an article on Compleation, mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Compleation And another on Tamiyo mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Tamiyo#google_vignette Again, I hope you enjoy!!
@@jonathanrobinson8926 i might take you up on that thanks, my other question is where do you find the official lore or is it pieced together by the fans then posted also if you havent seen the launch trailer for neon kamigawa its hype
Personally I am a really big fan of Lion Sash. Instant speed repeatable graveyard spot removal for 1 white that also provides a bonus ain't bad at all to me.
@@PwnedintheFaceStudio True. I'm still a bit of a noob to the game, so when I saw it I wasn't even comparing it to Ooze! 😅 Super cool to see multiple options like that though, both with their own unique upsides. I definitely feel like Sash could be particularly useful in something like Voltron where it can be somewhat evasive to removal and also pump up your creatures fast, but again, I'm pretty new comparatively.
Farewell is definitely a commander staple going forward. Can't wait to brew with the new Tezzeret too. Containment Construct, Dockside Chef, Prosperous Thief and Gravelighter are some uncommons interesting to me. And Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough is going to mess with people for sure, at least after it flips.
Also, as our table's resident Phyrexian Vorthos player (always loved the lore) you can bet I am excited about the new canon creeping its way into the lore, as well as them continuing the phyrexian-language cards to flash up my builds.
Shouts out to prerelease, sealed with brand new cards, and playing w people as excited for the set as you! Its easily my favorite type of magic event. Can’t wait to get boseijued or ninjistued for lethal this weekend!!
At that time the legend rule was very different, there could only be one legendary permanent with the same name on the the battlefield, and if another entered with the same name, Both were exiled.
That's the second legend rule. The original was (shortend) if a legend of the ame name as another legendary Permanent would come into play, all but the one that has been a legendary Permanent the longest are put into the graveyard. With this rule, if I had a greel mind raker in play and my opponent played another one, their greel would be sent to the graveyard, while mine would stay in play. This changed to the second rule in 2004 just before the original ravnica set.
I’ve only just started playing magic in the last few months. I want to say thank you for how great your videos are for beginners like me. I can wait to have many more years in magic!
I watched you several years ago, and your videos were alright. I recently came back and let’s say that I didn’t know that watching mtg content could be this interesting. Thank you for the effort on all this great information and making it fun. I also really appreciate your honesty.
I am pretty stoked about Junji for my reanimator deck. Eater of Virtue looks to be a solid include in my Rograkh/Akroma keyword soup build. Lastly, Circuit Mender looks to be quite strong for most artifact decks.
I’m surprised that no one is talking about Weaver of Harmony. Being able to copy any non mana triggered or activated ability from an enchantment is a guaranteed include for any deck that runs enchantments and green.
Now now, subjectivity and all that, yes. This is the Prof's top 5, I get that. But no Farewell? Extremely versatile board-wipe that both exiles _and_ is graveyard hate? If this is a power level top 5, Farewell should be in there.
Okay, but it's not as insane as you think. It's a symmetrical board wipe. It hits you as well. And white has good creatures, artifacts, enchantments and graveyard synergies/recursion. Is it really worth it? No, I'd still rather blow stuff up to have stuff in the graveyard for recursion purposes.
Prof, I have been waiting to hear you talk about this set to glean your opinions on it. Mainly because I think your pretty straight up dude and you always give an honest opinion. Plus your informercials crack me up.
I'm always looking to improve my Damia clone deck and I adore vehicles, so I was really happy to see Imposter Mech; a clone effect at very low mana cost, and a perfect way to give Damia a more active role without risking her in combat.
Great video Prof, but a quick note at 6:40: Graveyard decks may love Spirit-Sister’s Call, but the creatures brought back will NOT have death triggers. If you bring back a Kokusho, the Evening Star in your Teysa deck and then sacrifice it, it will be exiled instead of going to the graveyard. Therefore, it will not die, will not trigger, and Teysa will not double the death trigger that does not exist.
The Go-Shintai shrines are going to be wild since they can actually activate on the turn they come in for once. Plus, we're doubling up on a couple of the powerful effects in token generation and direct damage for the white and red shrines. The black shrine snipes opponents' creatures, and there's even some mill going on with the blue one. They are all easier to grab with Sisay if you still run that, but the Shrine commander is looking pretty fun too.
The prices agree with you, Prof! Boseiju is going for over $40 last I saw, and is probably never dipping below $30 *ever*. Don't you love chase rares? Especially when they become Modern staples practically overnight?
That's all speculation cause it's available for pre-order. It'll change once people open packs and if it actually has the effect on formats that people speculate it will.
@@monty125874693 agreed but when drafting I like to get more than some of my money back if that makes sense. Plus more powerful cards = more fun games imo
I just built a Runo Stromkirk deck, im planning on putting Satoru Umezawa into that for an extra way to cheat out big big sea monsters. And since so many are unblockable already, it meshes well
Thanks for the vid professor! I'll second your shout out for joining pre-release events. It's hands down my favorite format and would encourage everyone to try it once! Plus supporting the local LGS and making new friends always feels good. Cheers!
Some new cats and dogs for Rin and Seri, makes me want to work on that deck and maybe actually play, lol. The Tanuki are super cute, was surprised they count as dogs.
Tbh the only creature type that fit was fox but i think they made them dogs in order for them to have more support and to not raise any questions on how there are sapient and non-sapient foxes on the same plane.
@@fredrikhenriksson1508 That too! Although i just heard that in passing, as in, i only saw one comment somewhere saying that, so i didn't want to say it inthe case that it turned out to be misinformation or smth.
I've thought about it but I'm not sure what you take out for it unless you're in monoblue or maybe two colour. There are so many great utility lands that tap for blue.
@@Sabin41 literally any island unless youre consistently running out of basics to fetch. 3 color and below is an auto include except in specific exceptions. Beyond that it's personal preference
@@theanimeghost1478 Basics are good because - fetchable, mystic sanctuary, back to basics, blood moon etc. You probably want at least 3 of them and in a 3 colour deck you'll probably want other basics, utility etc. Like it competes with Cephallid Colloseum, Castle Vantress, TWest, Mystic Sanctuary etc for your blue lands that aren't basics.
Many cards to be excited about! -The flexible removal/enabler of Swift Reconfiguration -The blue finisher Cyberdrive Awakener -The evasive clone Imposter Mech -The fun enabler Isshin, Two Heavens as One -The shenanigan lord Satoru Umezawa -MECHATITAN CORE -The sleeper Moonsnare Prototype -The strictly better Farewell -White's Scav Ooze, Lion Sash -The all-consuming Hidetsugu Consumes All -And of course, green needed an effect like Kodama of the West Tree
Before this set, if my Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge died, my Dimir artifact deck couldn't do much to get him back. There were 3 cards only. This set gives me TWO more cards to get back a dead planeswalker in black: Takenuma and Soul Transfer. Those are what I'm most excited for.
I'm surprised no mention of Swift Reconstruction. It's a really versatile white instant for just one white mana. I also agree with your other picks. Boseju is just...bonkers. There are MANY cards I already want in this set. I've got a set box on order and I pick up pre-release kits on Friday :D
Hello Professor! @11:22 there is a slight error which is fairly obvious when reading but in case someone is listening and can't see the card, Boseiju destroys artifact, not land :)
Tribute to Horobi seems like a great card, and The Restoration of Eiganjo. Restoration is a perfect ramp spell for non green decks, especially with flicker shenanigans, and Tribute is gonna appeal to my cold, black, heart. Because sacrificing! But honestly a 2 mana 3/3 that sacrifices a creature on attack to draw a card seems awesome.
You did that thing I always do when I switch from thinking something in my head by remembering it and reading text midsentence: "Destroy target land comma, enchantment comma, or nonbasic land an opponent controls". Also, do one for modern! Excited for should you buy on the Kamigawa commander precons. Thanks prof!
Top of my commander cards list is Mirrior Box, I also basically want as many of those channel lands as possible for all my decks, but the black one especially
Great video as always prof; I appreciate the great and consistent video flow. On a side note you had a small error when describing ypur number one pick, boseiju. You said it can destroy target "land, enchantment, or non basic land"
I was super excited to build around the new Mardu samurai commander but after seeing how many other people are also building him as well I’m starting to think I need to pick a new commander for my next deck.
One note about Spirit-Sister's Call: Since it only replaces moving elsewhere, you can flicker the creature and it comes back without that added text. This seems relevant in white.
I just wish each booster pack going forward had a "land slot", similar to what they announced for the Unfinity, where you can get a full art land or shockland in the same slot. So each booster would have either a cool basic land or a common mana fixing with a chance of being "upgraded" to a rare land (like shocklands, fetches etc.). This way you remove the "feels bad" portion of opening a sealed pool with lands as half of your rares and you get more rare lands to the constructed players, such an elegant solution imo.
@@seymour47 But of course, it can never be remedied because it makes for an easy set of valuable reprints. You can reprint fetches and shocks in anything, but once you remove the stockpile of valuable lands you start having to reprint cards with narrower effects and meaningful impacts on limited. Wizards don't print enough of the lands because the lands are good money-makers. That's exactly why they stuck a shockland reprint into the un-set: because that's another selling point on a product that might otherwise seem like too low an EV.
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One of the best cards I saw for my commander decks is Colossal Skyturtle, regrowth at instant speed, hard to counter, and can be a bounce? Yes please, utility always
Noticed this card as well even though I don't have decks that can run it. It's so much packed into just an uncommon and it gets crazier if you can utilize the big, evasive, hard to remove creature.
@@golasticus no joke that card is staple in reanimator deck going forward you will be hard pressed finding a better utility creature which has a full value spells attach one it one a top body what not to love
I went to my first pre release for this set and had so much fun. As a new player I was nervous but the fact that everyone was on the same level was nice. Won two rounds and tied the third. I'll def be going to more, because like what said, what's better than actually playing the game. Also, yeah, I pulled that flying death touch dragon and it's def going in my green white deck.
Many thanks professor for the video! Great picks especially Boseiju but that card was expected. Myself, I am looking forward for "The Kami War" in order to add it into my Ur- Dragon deck
im putting virus beetle in shirei, boseju in all my green decks, and Junji the midnight sky into Araumi of the dead tide. I am not super sure about it, but having 2 copies die immediately to reanimate 2 creatures and the still have one left to swing with that turn seems really quite good
I'll be sliding Tameshi, Reality Architect into my Omnath, Locus of Creation Landfall deck. It will strengthen the recursion of Retreat to Coralhelm, TradeRoutes, Crucible of Worlds, and Felidar Retreat. It also opens the door to play more aggressive anti enchantment/artifact cards like Aura Shards and even a boardwipe with Bane of Progress. The dragon you mentioned is good too but I have this as my first pick to upgrade Omnath Landfall
Thank you for another video. I try to comment more, because you need know how much I rely on you for accurate products information, and fun videos and my favorite games. Please don't stop being you, and please Please, just don't ever sell out to them. We need you.
Oh good I'm so glad they made another super pushed, good in every format, under costed card in green! We all know how much green has been struggling to get some good stuff. I hope they don't do the same with the white version, hopefully they keep it mild to highly limited, more expensive, spot removal so it isn't too powerful.
I mean, most similar effects have been green cards. Naturalizes are green, Assassin's Trophy is green/black, etc. It's unfortunate that green is so often the color that receives the "pay-to-play" power rares, but it's at least more sensible than all the value engines.
@@drpibisback7680 Let's face it straight: Green is getting pushed so hard. It's the color that can do almost all stuff any other one can... But better.
I am a very new player; my first commander deck is Nethroi Apex of Death and I was thinking about spring leaf avenger for the deck (I am currently tuning it to a more focused graveyard deck) but spirit sister's call seems much more reliable. Thanks again Professor!
I am adding Acquisition Octopus, Reality Chip, and Kodama of the west tree to my Simic unblockable creatures commander deck. This will help with ramp, and card draw. Azusa’s Many Journeys may also help with ramp, and a mini Nature’s Will effect when transformed and force the opponent to have to decide whether to give me three mana back, or to take 3 damage each turn.
I'm psyched to pump up my (not exactly legal) genju of the realms led kamigawa spirts deck with the new shrines, lands, dragons and myojins. Will it make the deck finally good or even decent? NO! But it'll be fun!
Great video, as usual. At 9:22 I got confused when Nashi would be a red Ninja and had to rewind. Same... weird... Then it struck me: it's a rat Ninja ;)
Its not flashy but the 2 cycle 2/1 artifact that let's you exile and play any card you discard is pretty crazy. Works in so many decks and synergies. Chainer gets to discard and play lands off his activated ability Prosper gets to generate treasures off anything you discard. Gavi gets play anything you cycle for cycle for free generating extra value. Group slug discard decks that hit yourself too get to play those cards while the opponents lose them. Its insanely flexie and can fit into so many styles of decks.
Even though Kamigawa wasnt the most powerful set it was the set I started playing during and so Neon Dynasty is my most hyped release due to nostalgia for me! Cant wait to make some new EDH decks and buff up my current decks!
Nashi is definitely finding a good home in many Prosper, Tome-Bound decks. Separate from that, I've definitely been wanting to play around with Ninjutsu for a while, and this set is a better time than most to do it. As for things to put in the 99 for that deck, Dokuchi Shadow-Walker is just an uncomplicated "I swing for one in the air, surprise you're actually taking five" play that is both effective and amusing. Also liking Silver-Fur Master for that Lord effect and the sweet discount on Ninjutsu activations.
Ao and Junji (the white and black dragon spirits) are going straight into my Teysa deck and Kodama of the West Tree and Farewell are must haves as well
Hi, artifact creature-construct favorite to add deck, always hated discard to draw but this card will allow you to play it. Discard land then play for land drop…
I'm still busting over pulling an alternate art. foiled Wandering Emperor out of a booster box, on one of the first few packs. Definitely enjoying this set so far to say the least.
As someone for whom Kamigawa is their very first set, I really apprechiate your videos on Kamigawa (and in general, of course.) As a lover of Blue/Black Shenanigans, I really hope I can get the our winning rat son for a Blue/Black Ninja Deck. Maybe not the most original game plan, but gotta start at the basics.
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@GRUMMLER You may say it but it'd be stronger with evidence. Do you have any?
Prof, I appreciate you as a human being. Thank you for all you do for the community. I discovered Magic at the start of the pandemic and soon found your videos. Your work has helped me get through this last 2 years and on the way has resulted in new relationships playing this beautiful game. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Me too. This game is great
One thing I wanna point out about the honorable mention’s “effects of Creature CARDS” clause means it includes effects that activate from the hand, like ninjutsu or bloodrush! Or cycling! Or channel!
Edit: furthermore since it doesn’t even specify “creature cards *in your hand*” it can also produce colored mana for effects like unearth, or disturb, or even COMMANDER NINJUTSU!
I love this. Thanks for pointing that out! I'm still fairly new to the game, especially when it comes to the more technical aspects like this, so it's always helpful when somebody points something like this out!
@@jonathanrobinson8926 yeah, it’s a little thing that doesn’t get much direct attention, but can make a big difference sometimes. Whenever a card is NOT on the field, it’s a “card” when it’s on the stack it’s a “spell” or an “effect” only permanents on the field are referred to without being called cards or spells (because tokens aren’t cards, technically) it’s like how “when cast” and “when enter” have different timing
Oooh, the nitty gritty rules lawyering, this is the real content I'm looking for.
@@telefeeb1 Holy crap! Didn''t realise! This is awesome.
@@irreleverent that’s where it’s line “creatures AND creature cards of chosen type” comes in, the only part that was unusual is that it also included cards not in play activating effects. I still think it’s pretty fascinating that the reason in the rules for tokens ceasing to exist outside the battlefield literally comes down to “tokens are not cards and cannot be cards.”
It would be incredible to see something that created a “card token” in a place outside the battlefield. Which is something hearthstone abuses constantly due to not being a physical card game
Thank you for mentioning Replication Specialist. Everyone is so focused on the rares that I think they missed this and other insane uncommons. Great video as usual sir!
It's an amazing card for Commander.
Containment Construct literally convinced me to build a Daretti deck for EDH
Well sure it's good, but Mirrorworks already exists, so I don't understand why I should play a creature, vulnerable to removal and board wipes. Also, for Mirrorworks, you don't need coloured mana, and it goes in any colour deck. So how is replication specialist any better than Mirrorworks?
@@nadrojylrach9637 valid point
@Nadroj because this is a video about cards that are good in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Mirrorworks isn't IN this set. That and I'd wager that a new Uncommon is probably significantly cheaper than an old Rare. So people that are on a budget or purposefully playing alternate cards instead of "the absolute best" can use this.
"...and a Compleat Tamiyo, too!"
Too soon, Prof. Too soon!
As a phyrexian Vorthos player in our casual meta, I am so excited for the stirrings of a return in the lore. 😁
New to magic could you explain this part or drop a link that does
@@adeadlybeastkiller
So there is a lot of old lore being brought back in recent sets, which is very exciting, but also can be understandably confusing without some explanation.
In the last few sets we have begun to see some new movements from the Phyrexians which are an older group of villains from the past that I am particularly in love with. Here is a link to the wiki that has a lot of info on them, I hope you enjoy!! mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Phyrexia
This joke the Professor made specifically referred to the act of "Compleation" (it looks like a typo, but it isnt), which is something the Phyrexians do to things to make them "perfect" in their own eyes, as well as the Planeswalker Tamiyo, who is a fan-favorite character who tragically has undergone this terrible process in the most recent set.
I am super into Phyrexian history and lore, so if you want to discuss any more, I would be more than happy to do so!!
More specifically, here is an article on Compleation, mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Compleation
And another on Tamiyo
mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Tamiyo#google_vignette
Again, I hope you enjoy!!
@@jonathanrobinson8926 i might take you up on that thanks, my other question is where do you find the official lore or is it pieced together by the fans then posted also if you havent seen the launch trailer for neon kamigawa its hype
Not as soon as the Wizards valentine's card "You compleat me"
Personally I am a really big fan of Lion Sash. Instant speed repeatable graveyard spot removal for 1 white that also provides a bonus ain't bad at all to me.
It's Scavenging Ooze with an upside. Hard not to love it.
@@TheGprinziv it loses the occasional lifegain of scooze, but I do agree that in most situations lion sash is better, which is exciting
@@PwnedintheFaceStudio True. I'm still a bit of a noob to the game, so when I saw it I wasn't even comparing it to Ooze! 😅 Super cool to see multiple options like that though, both with their own unique upsides.
I definitely feel like Sash could be particularly useful in something like Voltron where it can be somewhat evasive to removal and also pump up your creatures fast, but again, I'm pretty new comparatively.
I think the white Scavenging Ooze is going to see a huge amount of play, it's a real boost for mono white or two color
and it's perfect slot in for arahbo cats in hats
it's both a cat and a hat, what more could you want
That pink tie is super fabulous and goes amazingly with the light blue shirt! Keep up the killer fashion Prof.
Kamigawa might not have been held in high regard, but we certainly held it close to our hearts.
Farewell is definitely a commander staple going forward.
Can't wait to brew with the new Tezzeret too.
Containment Construct, Dockside Chef, Prosperous Thief and Gravelighter are some uncommons interesting to me.
And Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough is going to mess with people for sure, at least after it flips.
Also, as our table's resident Phyrexian Vorthos player (always loved the lore) you can bet I am excited about the new canon creeping its way into the lore, as well as them continuing the phyrexian-language cards to flash up my builds.
Great list!
I have a Halana and Alena, Partners aggro deck called “Power Puff Gruuls”, and the new Kodama will just be overkill for it.
Will have to watch later. I am looking forward to my Best Boy partner deck.
Shouts out to prerelease, sealed with brand new cards, and playing w people as excited for the set as you!
Its easily my favorite type of magic event. Can’t wait to get boseijued or ninjistued for lethal this weekend!!
I love how your tie compliments the set colours. A sign of a true gamer gentleman.
After almost two decades its so refreshing to talk and be hyped about Kamigawa once again!
At that time the legend rule was very different, there could only be one legendary permanent with the same name on the the battlefield, and if another entered with the same name, Both were exiled.
i dug to far to see that comment !
That's the second legend rule. The original was (shortend) if a legend of the ame name as another legendary Permanent would come into play, all but the one that has been a legendary Permanent the longest are put into the graveyard. With this rule, if I had a greel mind raker in play and my opponent played another one, their greel would be sent to the graveyard, while mine would stay in play. This changed to the second rule in 2004 just before the original ravnica set.
You seem genuinely excited here! It's nice to see!
I am!
Pog! Love the energy 🥰
Also I'm going to my first prerelease on Friday and I'm so excited!
I’ve only just started playing magic in the last few months. I want to say thank you for how great your videos are for beginners like me. I can wait to have many more years in magic!
I watched you several years ago, and your videos were alright. I recently came back and let’s say that I didn’t know that watching mtg content could be this interesting. Thank you for the effort on all this great information and making it fun. I also really appreciate your honesty.
I am pretty stoked about Junji for my reanimator deck. Eater of Virtue looks to be a solid include in my Rograkh/Akroma keyword soup build. Lastly, Circuit Mender looks to be quite strong for most artifact decks.
I’m surprised that no one is talking about Weaver of Harmony. Being able to copy any non mana triggered or activated ability from an enchantment is a guaranteed include for any deck that runs enchantments and green.
Now now, subjectivity and all that, yes. This is the Prof's top 5, I get that. But no Farewell? Extremely versatile board-wipe that both exiles _and_ is graveyard hate? If this is a power level top 5, Farewell should be in there.
Farewell makes me really afraid, having just built a reanimator deck.
Agreed, at 6CMC it’s just a little over costed
No doubt an exceptionally good card. Exiling is such a big deal
6 isn't too bad late game and cost could be reduced. Its not bad at 6, just not insane.
Okay, but it's not as insane as you think. It's a symmetrical board wipe. It hits you as well. And white has good creatures, artifacts, enchantments and graveyard synergies/recursion. Is it really worth it? No, I'd still rather blow stuff up to have stuff in the graveyard for recursion purposes.
Prof, I have been waiting to hear you talk about this set to glean your opinions on it. Mainly because I think your pretty straight up dude and you always give an honest opinion. Plus your informercials crack me up.
I'm always looking to improve my Damia clone deck and I adore vehicles, so I was really happy to see Imposter Mech; a clone effect at very low mana cost, and a perfect way to give Damia a more active role without risking her in combat.
I’m really excited to put dockside chef into my shirei shizos caretaker deck. Sac outlet + carddraw at instant speed on a creature. Yes please
Great video! I'm most excited for Weaver of Harmony to go in Tuvasa. I'm sure my brother will love some of the new ninjas for his Yuriko deck
Great video Prof, but a quick note at 6:40: Graveyard decks may love Spirit-Sister’s Call, but the creatures brought back will NOT have death triggers. If you bring back a Kokusho, the Evening Star in your Teysa deck and then sacrifice it, it will be exiled instead of going to the graveyard. Therefore, it will not die, will not trigger, and Teysa will not double the death trigger that does not exist.
The Go-Shintai shrines are going to be wild since they can actually activate on the turn they come in for once. Plus, we're doubling up on a couple of the powerful effects in token generation and direct damage for the white and red shrines. The black shrine snipes opponents' creatures, and there's even some mill going on with the blue one. They are all easier to grab with Sisay if you still run that, but the Shrine commander is looking pretty fun too.
The prices agree with you, Prof! Boseiju is going for over $40 last I saw, and is probably never dipping below $30 *ever*.
Don't you love chase rares? Especially when they become Modern staples practically overnight?
“Destroy target [Urza’s Tower], it’s controller may fetch a land with a basic type (hope you have a Basic Forest, sucker!)”
Tron players: *sweating*
I love the possibility of making more than 25% of my money back on a box. Seriously excited for this set
@@deweyfilmz8169 that's not what the cardgame is for
That's all speculation cause it's available for pre-order. It'll change once people open packs and if it actually has the effect on formats that people speculate it will.
@@monty125874693 agreed but when drafting I like to get more than some of my money back if that makes sense. Plus more powerful cards = more fun games imo
I just built a Runo Stromkirk deck, im planning on putting Satoru Umezawa into that for an extra way to cheat out big big sea monsters. And since so many are unblockable already, it meshes well
Thanks for the vid professor! I'll second your shout out for joining pre-release events. It's hands down my favorite format and would encourage everyone to try it once! Plus supporting the local LGS and making new friends always feels good. Cheers!
Tamiyo's Safekeeping I think is an absolute gem for decks that can run it.
Some new cats and dogs for Rin and Seri, makes me want to work on that deck and maybe actually play, lol. The Tanuki are super cute, was surprised they count as dogs.
Tbh the only creature type that fit was fox but i think they made them dogs in order for them to have more support and to not raise any questions on how there are sapient and non-sapient foxes on the same plane.
@@Nobody-zl3kk I think it has more to do with the fact that the tanukis living in modern day Japan are refered to as raccon dogs and not raccon foxes
@@fredrikhenriksson1508 That too! Although i just heard that in passing, as in, i only saw one comment somewhere saying that, so i didn't want to say it inthe case that it turned out to be misinformation or smth.
Nashi who was orphaned when his village was raised by Tezzeret and Jace, both working for Bolas at the time, so the line kinda works.
Honnestly Colossal Skyturtle seems like a really cool and flexible card, so I might put it in 1 or 2 decks
I think “Otawara, Soaring City" is also a very powerful Land.
I've thought about it but I'm not sure what you take out for it unless you're in monoblue or maybe two colour. There are so many great utility lands that tap for blue.
@@Sabin41 literally any island unless youre consistently running out of basics to fetch. 3 color and below is an auto include except in specific exceptions. Beyond that it's personal preference
@@theanimeghost1478 Basics are good because - fetchable, mystic sanctuary, back to basics, blood moon etc. You probably want at least 3 of them and in a 3 colour deck you'll probably want other basics, utility etc. Like it competes with Cephallid Colloseum, Castle Vantress, TWest, Mystic Sanctuary etc for your blue lands that aren't basics.
Many cards to be excited about!
-The flexible removal/enabler of Swift Reconfiguration
-The blue finisher Cyberdrive Awakener
-The evasive clone Imposter Mech
-The fun enabler Isshin, Two Heavens as One
-The shenanigan lord Satoru Umezawa
-MECHATITAN CORE
-The sleeper Moonsnare Prototype
-The strictly better Farewell
-White's Scav Ooze, Lion Sash
-The all-consuming Hidetsugu Consumes All
-And of course, green needed an effect like Kodama of the West Tree
I’m putting a few cards like yoshimaru and Ao into my arvad deck(orzhov legendaries).
This set looks so cool! I can’t wait to build greasefang
Your Keeps ads are ever so wholesome xd. Keep doing great work, Prof!!
Before this set, if my Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge died, my Dimir artifact deck couldn't do much to get him back. There were 3 cards only. This set gives me TWO more cards to get back a dead planeswalker in black: Takenuma and Soul Transfer. Those are what I'm most excited for.
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You are not only super knowledgable, but also very entertaining and resourceful for us MTG addicts!
Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is the best card. This is non-negotiable because he is a very good boy
I'm surprised no mention of Swift Reconstruction. It's a really versatile white instant for just one white mana. I also agree with your other picks. Boseju is just...bonkers. There are MANY cards I already want in this set. I've got a set box on order and I pick up pre-release kits on Friday :D
Hello Professor! @11:22 there is a slight error which is fairly obvious when reading but in case someone is listening and can't see the card, Boseiju destroys artifact, not land :)
Tribute to Horobi seems like a great card, and The Restoration of Eiganjo. Restoration is a perfect ramp spell for non green decks, especially with flicker shenanigans, and Tribute is gonna appeal to my cold, black, heart. Because sacrificing! But honestly a 2 mana 3/3 that sacrifices a creature on attack to draw a card seems awesome.
I picked up the Kamigawa Ink Secret Lair and am going to prerelease this weekend - going to see what cards I get and see what I can build from it :)
You earned a like and comment for the most wholesome ad I've ever experienced.
Nice list! And I love the land :)
You did that thing I always do when I switch from thinking something in my head by remembering it and reading text midsentence: "Destroy target land comma, enchantment comma, or nonbasic land an opponent controls". Also, do one for modern! Excited for should you buy on the Kamigawa commander precons. Thanks prof!
Containment Construct is the card I am most excited for. Will be trying it out in Varina, Seizan, and Hogaak. Great video as always, Professor.
The Reality Chip is a great card advantage piece. Looking at adding it to my Orvar deck.
Top of my commander cards list is Mirrior Box, I also basically want as many of those channel lands as possible for all my decks, but the black one especially
Great video as always prof; I appreciate the great and consistent video flow. On a side note you had a small error when describing ypur number one pick, boseiju. You said it can destroy target "land, enchantment, or non basic land"
I was super excited to build around the new Mardu samurai commander but after seeing how many other people are also building him as well I’m starting to think I need to pick a new commander for my next deck.
One note about Spirit-Sister's Call: Since it only replaces moving elsewhere, you can flicker the creature and it comes back without that added text. This seems relevant in white.
Oh I love that new end roll! That's a college motto I can be proud of, for sure!
Loving the tie and content! Keep it up prof!
I tried to skip the ad read, but darn it, professor, you are just so compelling and funny, I couldn't miss a second.
Fresh cup of coffee and a good dose of TCC to start my morning! Good video! I'm also excited about Nashi out of all the mythics
One of my griefs with Magic is the cost of the best land cards. Every format needs them thus driving up price. It would be awesome to more reprints!
I just wish each booster pack going forward had a "land slot", similar to what they announced for the Unfinity, where you can get a full art land or shockland in the same slot.
So each booster would have either a cool basic land or a common mana fixing with a chance of being "upgraded" to a rare land (like shocklands, fetches etc.).
This way you remove the "feels bad" portion of opening a sealed pool with lands as half of your rares and you get more rare lands to the constructed players, such an elegant solution imo.
This is the complaint that literally everyone has.
@@seymour47 But of course, it can never be remedied because it makes for an easy set of valuable reprints. You can reprint fetches and shocks in anything, but once you remove the stockpile of valuable lands you start having to reprint cards with narrower effects and meaningful impacts on limited. Wizards don't print enough of the lands because the lands are good money-makers. That's exactly why they stuck a shockland reprint into the un-set: because that's another selling point on a product that might otherwise seem like too low an EV.
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Just had to pop by and say that was the most wholesome keeps advertisement ever. The emphasis on self acceptance and on keeps only being a tool if you want it is amazing and refreshing. Thank you for everything you do 🙂.
My grand suggestion is Kodama of the West Tree for Obuun or any +1/+1 counter heavy deck.
I’m still amazed by the fact destroying is cheaper than bouncing for the Wizards designers… I guess it’s just because the ability is green-tied.
I think that the designers are hinging on the "they get a land" part of the card being too much of a drawback so they made it cheaper.
@@Nobody-zl3kk It's still cheaper. And that _drawback_ is irrelevant in most cases.
@@abuelovinagres4411 I know, they are just expecting it to be more relevant thay it actually will be.
One of the best cards I saw for my commander decks is Colossal Skyturtle, regrowth at instant speed, hard to counter, and can be a bounce? Yes please, utility always
Noticed this card as well even though I don't have decks that can run it. It's so much packed into just an uncommon and it gets crazier if you can utilize the big, evasive, hard to remove creature.
@@golasticus no joke that card is staple in reanimator deck going forward you will be hard pressed finding a better utility creature which has a full value spells attach one it one a top body what not to love
Glad to see im not the only one excited for secluded courtyard. the dual use mana is HUGE. not just for commander but pioneer elves.
Awesome video! So glad that we’re getting positivity and optimism for this set.
I went to my first pre release for this set and had so much fun. As a new player I was nervous but the fact that everyone was on the same level was nice. Won two rounds and tied the third.
I'll def be going to more, because like what said, what's better than actually playing the game.
Also, yeah, I pulled that flying death touch dragon and it's def going in my green white deck.
Many magic the gathering players agree, your camera quality is noticeably better!
Many thanks professor for the video! Great picks especially Boseiju but that card was expected. Myself, I am looking forward for "The Kami War" in order to add it into my Ur- Dragon deck
im putting virus beetle in shirei, boseju in all my green decks, and Junji the midnight sky into Araumi of the dead tide. I am not super sure about it, but having 2 copies die immediately to reanimate 2 creatures and the still have one left to swing with that turn seems really quite good
I'll be sliding Tameshi, Reality Architect into my Omnath, Locus of Creation Landfall deck. It will strengthen the recursion of Retreat to Coralhelm, TradeRoutes, Crucible of Worlds, and Felidar Retreat. It also opens the door to play more aggressive anti enchantment/artifact cards like Aura Shards and even a boardwipe with Bane of Progress. The dragon you mentioned is good too but I have this as my first pick to upgrade Omnath Landfall
Just found Drumbellower in the precons and it looks insane
Thank you for another video. I try to comment more, because you need know how much I rely on you for accurate products information, and fun videos and my favorite games. Please don't stop being you, and please Please, just don't ever sell out to them. We need you.
Oh good I'm so glad they made another super pushed, good in every format, under costed card in green! We all know how much green has been struggling to get some good stuff. I hope they don't do the same with the white version, hopefully they keep it mild to highly limited, more expensive, spot removal so it isn't too powerful.
Don’t forget: Destroying is cheaper than bouncing. I guess green needs all the possible help, poor little color.
I mean, most similar effects have been green cards. Naturalizes are green, Assassin's Trophy is green/black, etc. It's unfortunate that green is so often the color that receives the "pay-to-play" power rares, but it's at least more sensible than all the value engines.
@@drpibisback7680 Let's face it straight: Green is getting pushed so hard. It's the color that can do almost all stuff any other one can... But better.
I am a very new player; my first commander deck is Nethroi Apex of Death and I was thinking about spring leaf avenger for the deck (I am currently tuning it to a more focused graveyard deck) but spirit sister's call seems much more reliable. Thanks again Professor!
Triple Champions was probably my favorite draft of all time. I used to build this red aggro thing that was really hard to stop.
Great vid. Also I will literally never skip the sponsorship section where Prof tells us we're gorgeous just the way we are.
Thanks!
TCC, no Secret Lair and it's February!?
Welcome!
If the whole magic thing doesn’t work out, Prof can always do ad reads for a living. No one does it better!
I’m most excited for all the cool white cards we got! Aerial Surveyor, Drumbellower, Lion Sash, etc.
I am adding Acquisition Octopus, Reality Chip, and Kodama of the west tree to my Simic unblockable creatures commander deck. This will help with ramp, and card draw. Azusa’s Many Journeys may also help with ramp, and a mini Nature’s Will effect when transformed and force the opponent to have to decide whether to give me three mana back, or to take 3 damage each turn.
Great video as always. Even your ad was on point 🤣
Boseiju, Who Endures, and Life from the Loam together seems pretty good
Play what you love.... thanks prof you made my mono red ragavan voltron deck feel even more special to me.
I've never even played Magic, but I love listening to the Professor.
EDIT: it's like therapy to me
Thanks for the info about that green legendary. Gonna go great in my mono green death touch tribal
I'm psyched to pump up my (not exactly legal) genju of the realms led kamigawa spirts deck with the new shrines, lands, dragons and myojins. Will it make the deck finally good or even decent? NO! But it'll be fun!
Great video, as usual. At 9:22 I got confused when Nashi would be a red Ninja and had to rewind. Same... weird... Then it struck me: it's a rat Ninja ;)
Its not flashy but the 2 cycle 2/1 artifact that let's you exile and play any card you discard is pretty crazy. Works in so many decks and synergies.
Chainer gets to discard and play lands off his activated ability
Prosper gets to generate treasures off anything you discard.
Gavi gets play anything you cycle for cycle for free generating extra value.
Group slug discard decks that hit yourself too get to play those cards while the opponents lose them.
Its insanely flexie and can fit into so many styles of decks.
Even though Kamigawa wasnt the most powerful set it was the set I started playing during and so Neon Dynasty is my most hyped release due to nostalgia for me! Cant wait to make some new EDH decks and buff up my current decks!
I'm building a Go-Shintai life's origin build. I love the enchantment synergy. It's slow to start but can build up a real board state.
Nashi is definitely finding a good home in many Prosper, Tome-Bound decks.
Separate from that, I've definitely been wanting to play around with Ninjutsu for a while, and this set is a better time than most to do it. As for things to put in the 99 for that deck, Dokuchi Shadow-Walker is just an uncomplicated "I swing for one in the air, surprise you're actually taking five" play that is both effective and amusing. Also liking Silver-Fur Master for that Lord effect and the sweet discount on Ninjutsu activations.
Ao and Junji (the white and black dragon spirits) are going straight into my Teysa deck and Kodama of the West Tree and Farewell are must haves as well
Hi, artifact creature-construct favorite to add deck, always hated discard to draw but this card will allow you to play it. Discard land then play for land drop…
I'm still busting over pulling an alternate art. foiled Wandering Emperor out of a booster box, on one of the first few packs. Definitely enjoying this set so far to say the least.
As someone for whom Kamigawa is their very first set, I really apprechiate your videos on Kamigawa (and in general, of course.) As a lover of Blue/Black Shenanigans, I really hope I can get the our winning rat son for a Blue/Black Ninja Deck. Maybe not the most original game plan, but gotta start at the basics.
Love the synergy of Nashi in my chatterfang deck… especially with swarmyard!
This set is going to pop off in Commander and maybe Brawl. Especially with the heavy artifacts that were dropped in Standard since Kaldheim