Banding was a great ability, despite what Wedge from The Mana Source thinks. The key here is "Was". Now it is too easy to create tokens for chump blockers.
Glissa the traitor, 3/3 deathtouch firststrike!! only she and another card have first strike and deathtouch on one card! She is my favorite deathtouch creature.
Their is another card with deathstrike :p Master of Cruelties and Nirkana Cutthroat (if u lvl her up) But Mire is NOT deathstrike. Flying, first strike, haste Whenever Mirri the Cursed deals combat damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirri the Cursed.
Glad to see the Nighthawk in this list! That vampire won me some games and got me out of trouble more than one time! My recent fave Deathtouch card would be Vraska, Swarm's Eminence. A Deathtouch tribal card and a creature generator that could kill any Planeswalker with a single hit? Yes, please! Take all of my Rabid Bites!
The top 10 Double Strikers would be interesting. It's a very powerful mechanic and not very common. I suppose Temur Battle Rage would appear on that list somewhere, if it suits the list.
Wurmcoil was my most favourite since I could never afford it I was always rdeaming myself having 4 copies and running them literally in every deck combined with obliterator and Batterskull and winning every time :)
Flippo lovesBMX It has 10 points. But yeah, cards that were never in Standard do struggle to make some lists, unless played incredibly heavily in eternal formats (like Force of Will etc)
BrotherAlpha My wife's first Modern deck ran a playset of Baleful Strix. On her very first game, her opponent pointed towards Baleful Strix and was heartbroken to find out that Baleful Strix is not Modern Legal :(
First place is most likely Snapcaster Mage but the other slots would be more exciting. Primeval titan is there somewhere with thought knot seer most likely
There's so many to consider and this is just a couple minutes browsing Decked for just creatures! Of course my favorite Thraggy boi Thragtusk would likely be high on the list, but you've got Sylvan Primordial, Sundering Titan, Meddling Mage, Phyrexian Revoker, Vendilion Clique, Thundermaw Hellkite, Rec Sage, Kitchen Finks, Bogardan Hellkite, Archangel Avacyn, Torrential/Verdurous Gearhulks, Obzedat, Venser, Master of Waves, Huntmaster of the Fells, Siege-Gang Commander, Reveillark, Ranger of Eos Obstinate Baloth, Mistbind Clique, Loxodon Hierarch, Tidehollow Sculler, Sin Collector.. Soooo many!
I really only casual but my favorite combination to use is always been the thicket basilisk with lure the stone tongue basilisk doing both lures effect and deathtouch was a great bord cleaner for me
My favorite creature with death touch is 1/1 snake token since they are usually a product of value (like putting a -1/-1 counter in something with hapatra in the battlefield).
Type: Instant Cast: Rarity: U Spells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn.
i want to see double face cards with existing cards on the back face imagine two 3/3 wurms melding to become a wurmcoil engine or a living saint traft that transforms in to a geist of saint traft
Acidic Slime is an amazing creature. I extensively used it in a G/R Land destruction deck. His best friends are Deus of Calamity, Avalance riders and Shivan Wumpus. Can you do a video about all Spirit Avatars ? Thank you for the nice content : )
I built a completely filthy and hilariously degenerate Naya list for multiplayer based on Hornet Nest/Boros Reckoner and Blasphemous Act/Star of Extinction with Taminoa/Soulfire Grandmaster for life gain. Deck was banned after turn 4.
Hornet queen could jump to top if you had a doubling season, primal vigor, panharmonicon, coat of arms, and helm of the host as well as paradox engine and Rhys the redeemed would result in in finite tokens forever with 16 1/1s entering every combat
anyone know why hornet nest wasnt on the defender top 10? the bottom card on that list only had 4 points, and hornets nest apparently got 24 in standard, which was before the defender list came out
“If it does at least 1 point of damage to it.” Isn’t this incorrect? I thought it is if the creature does damage at all. Damage can be reduced to 0, but still kill the creature. With Infect and Deathtouch, dealing no “points” of damage, it will still trigger Deathtouch.
I wish they wouldn't make cards like Wurmcoil Engine. If you're going to make something so overpowered at least have the decency to print a lot of them. Feels hollow to win with a more expensive deck and even worse when the cards are so obviously overtuned.
Where’s “Glissa, The Traitor”?!? She has Deathtouch AND First Strike!!! Wouldn’t that alone be awesome?!? Not to mention her casting cost and her artifact ability. Come on!!!
People forget that the attacking player can assign the exact damage needed to kill a defending creature. So attacking a hornet nest will only produce 2 wasp tokens. That's why you have to force the damage with Fighting effects.
+Andrés Prochnik You can only choose where to assign damage with trample, though. You can't decide to do 2 damage to the nest with your random 5/5, you have to do 5.
702.1: Most abilities describe exactly what they do in the card's rules text. Some, though, are very common or would require too much space to define on the card. In these cases, the object lists only the name of the ability as a "keyword"; sometimes reminder text summarizes the game rule. The rules of Magic seem to disagree with you Edit: Think of it this way; All Evergreens are Keywords but not all Keywords are Evergreens
Boss Tsuna To add further evidence to what has been said, "destroy" etc are keyword actions, "desthtouch" etc are keyword abilities: mtg.gamepedia.com/Evergreen
0:24 "and I want to get around to every keyword eventually"
BANDING!!!
BrotherAlpha hahaha.
Nizzahon Magic what about sorcery Armageddon
BrotherAlpha Good friend of mine from an old at group once built a hilarious and decently powerful Banding deck for casual play.
Banding was a great ability, despite what Wedge from The Mana Source thinks. The key here is "Was". Now it is too easy to create tokens for chump blockers.
BrotherAlpha iii
Glissa the traitor, 3/3 deathtouch firststrike!! only she and another card have first strike and deathtouch on one card!
She is my favorite deathtouch creature.
Yeah Mirri the Cursed is the other. Those two keywords together are pretty nuts.
Their is another card with deathstrike :p Master of Cruelties and Nirkana Cutthroat (if u lvl her up)
But Mire is NOT deathstrike. Flying, first strike, haste Whenever Mirri the Cursed deals combat damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirri the Cursed.
Well, ankle shanker grants both
What about Master of Cruelties?
I have a snake with firststrike and deathtouch. Its a 2/2 4 cost
Vampire Nighthawk is my favourite card ever printed in MTG.
That one is incredible
Mine too
Chief Joseph if only it was a 2/4
I have him in my vampire commander XD
I have him in my deathtouch feck
Wurmcoil has to be one of my all time favorites. One of the best cards ever 😀
oh yes I still have my 2 promo foil, from my old UB control infect, (with the mini jace it was viable vs cawblade)
R.A.W. .
Wurmcoil is a savage. I'm glad it won. I own 4 and I'm never selling. They're way too sweet.
my numba 1 favorite card
I was playing edh with my bro once. I had hornets nest, and parralel lives out. My bro attacked with sera avatar. He had 47 health... lol
Glad to see the Nighthawk in this list! That vampire won me some games and got me out of trouble more than one time!
My recent fave Deathtouch card would be Vraska, Swarm's Eminence. A Deathtouch tribal card and a creature generator that could kill any Planeswalker with a single hit? Yes, please! Take all of my Rabid Bites!
The top 10 Double Strikers would be interesting. It's a very powerful mechanic and not very common. I suppose Temur Battle Rage would appear on that list somewhere, if it suits the list.
+Seph Imaru Yeah I would guess it will show up on that one.
hornet queen was the first rare i ever got, i still use that card to this day
Mine was terra stomper one of my favorite cards
Least you still got your first rare. Mine was Commander Esha, but some jerk stole it from a twelve year old me. :(
Wurmcoil was my most favourite since I could never afford it I was always rdeaming myself having 4 copies and running them literally in every deck combined with obliterator and Batterskull and winning every time :)
Glissa, the Traitor is my favorite first strike deathtouch plus once a opponents creature dies you get a artifact back from graveyard to hand
My favourite is defintely Baleful Strix, which unfortunately never had the chance to be in standard, hence it's not on the list :/
Every black / blue control deck needs a playset of Baleful Strix. It is the ultimate blocker and it replaces itself.
Flippo lovesBMX It has 10 points. But yeah, cards that were never in Standard do struggle to make some lists, unless played incredibly heavily in eternal formats (like Force of Will etc)
BrotherAlpha My wife's first Modern deck ran a playset of Baleful Strix. On her very first game, her opponent pointed towards Baleful Strix and was heartbroken to find out that Baleful Strix is not Modern Legal :(
Nizzahon Magic Ambush Viper
good enough to be played in vintage, somehow not good enough for a top 10 list
this might be a hard one.
Top 10: ETB effects
First place is most likely Snapcaster Mage but the other slots would be more exciting. Primeval titan is there somewhere with thought knot seer most likely
There's so many to consider and this is just a couple minutes browsing Decked for just creatures! Of course my favorite Thraggy boi Thragtusk would likely be high on the list, but you've got Sylvan Primordial, Sundering Titan, Meddling Mage, Phyrexian Revoker, Vendilion Clique, Thundermaw Hellkite, Rec Sage, Kitchen Finks, Bogardan Hellkite, Archangel Avacyn, Torrential/Verdurous Gearhulks, Obzedat, Venser, Master of Waves, Huntmaster of the Fells, Siege-Gang Commander, Reveillark, Ranger of Eos Obstinate Baloth, Mistbind Clique, Loxodon Hierarch, Tidehollow Sculler, Sin Collector.. Soooo many!
I really only casual but my favorite combination to use is always been the thicket basilisk with lure the stone tongue basilisk doing both lures effect and deathtouch was a great bord cleaner for me
Woo for hornet queen thumb nail
I used to run a black/red vampire kitchen table deck, and Stromkirk Captain with Vampire Nighthawk was one of my favorite combos from that deck
This is the first video I've seen so far (I'm behind lol) that I have two of the top 10s! Thanks Commander Anthology II and thanks Nizzahon!
I miss Wurmcoil and Grave Titan reminds me when i was playing Magic way back UB Control during Zenikar Standard
My favorite creature with death touch is 1/1 snake token since they are usually a product of value (like putting a -1/-1 counter in something with hapatra in the battlefield).
Doing a kicked "Rite of Replication" on the hornet queen
Have done that, it's very satisfying.
Love these Top 10 videos!
Me: Where is wurmcoil, he best be on this list. BOOM RIGHT WHERE HE BELONGS
Great stuff. Love your top 10 lists. Respect. Keep on keeping on :D!
*THE BEES, THE BEES!!*
THEY'RE IN MY EYES!!!
Confirmed Deathmist Raptor is now a Dinosaur.
Favorite Deathtouch? Ankle Shanker. Everyone gets first strike and deathtouch.
Ambush viper.
Wuz gud
Ever thought about making a list of top 10 infect creatures (on another note I'm trying to build it for modern)
my favorite deathtouch creature by far is baleful strix... god i love that card
Poison tip archer is a fun deth touch card in slimfoot edh decks
Type: Instant
Cast:
Rarity: U
Spells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn.
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i want to see double face cards with existing cards on the back face imagine two 3/3 wurms melding to become a wurmcoil engine or a living saint traft that transforms in to a geist of saint traft
Acidic Slime is an amazing creature. I extensively used it in a G/R Land destruction deck. His best friends are Deus of Calamity, Avalance riders and Shivan Wumpus. Can you do a video about all Spirit Avatars ? Thank you for the nice content : )
Legitimately surprised Hissing Quagmire didn't make the list.
deathmist raptor + den protector (+whisperwood elemental)
Those were the days, those were the days.
+TheRubsi Yeah Green was pretty crazy
There are 32 different commander colour identity combinations. What are the least popular 10?
Hornet nest and some way of regeneration like it would be an amazing combo...
Run trollhide with it maybe
My boy Grave Titan. Heck yeah
surprised not to see baleful strix
wurmcoil is even better when you can bounce from the graveyard to keep reusing it
Gotta have the Ambush Viper in there. Absolute staple for any green deck
No one plays ambush viper in premiere play.
What about a ramped ocran assasin
Ahem, technically you could give Little Girl deathtouch so it isn’t required that one full point of damage is dealt.
Death Baron didn’t make the list? Vampire Nighthawk + skeleton that regenerate+ zombies+ baron+ Liliana that produces zombies
Honestly acidic slime is one of the best cards in my room commander deck
I built a completely filthy and hilariously degenerate Naya list for multiplayer based on Hornet Nest/Boros Reckoner and Blasphemous Act/Star of Extinction with Taminoa/Soulfire Grandmaster for life gain. Deck was banned after turn 4.
Hornet queen could jump to top if you had a doubling season, primal vigor, panharmonicon, coat of arms, and helm of the host as well as paradox engine and Rhys the redeemed would result in in finite tokens forever with 16 1/1s entering every combat
Lawl
He doesn't consider EDH lmfao
The Dim Mak.
And not a single word about Phage the untouchable was made...
Nope!
Vraska doesn't actually say deathtouch but those tokens in combination with rouge's passage is killer
Yeah, basically has "player deathtouch"
has anyone else gotten a 9/10 hornets nest and then played 2 giant growths and killing an emrakul with it? (and then making 13 of the insect tokens)
That would be amazing...
Engine, indeed.
The best keyword!
I love my Tangle Asp
The deal I use now is based on dewthtouch,life link and pirates with treasure artifacts. . . . . . . .I still haven't won yet
+paper bullet Probably because you are focusing on too many things! You cant really "focus" if you have that many things going on in the deck.
anyone know why hornet nest wasnt on the defender top 10? the bottom card on that list only had 4 points, and hornets nest apparently got 24 in standard, which was before the defender list came out
Probably a mistake on my part
@@NizzahonMagic no worries, theres so many cards, and I've never seen any other mistakes. you're allowed a few xD
deathmist raptor will never gain the "Dinosaur" creature type due to the simple fact that dinosaurs never existed in tarkir
Might want to check Gatherer friend: gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=394533
Can you pair deathtouch and vigilance so you can take out 2 creatures at once?
How would Vigilance help you kill two creatures at once?
+Nizzahon Magic sorry I meant menace
exile that wurm shittt or take it overrr
“If it does at least 1 point of damage to it.”
Isn’t this incorrect? I thought it is if the creature does damage at all. Damage can be reduced to 0, but still kill the creature. With Infect and Deathtouch, dealing no “points” of damage, it will still trigger Deathtouch.
It has to do at least 1 damage. 0 damage doesn't do it.
@@NizzahonMagic Okay, good to know. Thanks.
Deathmist Raptor could fit in some commander strategies...
+Donovan Simmons Any card can.
Donovan Simmons “some”
I feel like Stinkweed Imp should've been mentioned somewhere in the video.
+David B Doesnt technically have deathtouch! Deathtouch kills something with any damage, Stinkweed only kills with combat damage.
I know, but could've been a honorable mention when it's a very common and powerful card. That's just how i feel:) Great content however
Would Abu Jafar be considered a death touch creature? He is a 0/1 so he doesn’t do any damage...
He doesn't have deathtouch, so no
Do a top 10 Gravestorm!
deadly recluse + ethereal armor = bring it. :)
+Kiowa Carter Terror.
Counter
autumn's veil
What does that do lol I'm lazy to search it up
No, use Hyena Umbra.
Would you count vraska as a death touch contender with her +1
I predict wurmcoil engine for Number 1
Sounds like hornet nest would be really good to enchant i almost want this cqrd to be reprinted
I would love a hornet nest reprint. That card is so fun.
I wish they wouldn't make cards like Wurmcoil Engine. If you're going to make something so overpowered at least have the decency to print a lot of them. Feels hollow to win with a more expensive deck and even worse when the cards are so obviously overtuned.
Deadly Recluse? Baleful Strix?
I'm trying to get all death touch cards
Dire Fleet Poisoner.....
I am supprized no bassalisc collar.
+aidan dun Nope not quite enough points. It made the equipment list though!
Where’s “Glissa, The Traitor”?!? She has Deathtouch AND First Strike!!! Wouldn’t that alone be awesome?!? Not to mention her casting cost and her artifact ability. Come on!!!
Where is archetype of finality???
That card is pretty op(to me at least😑😑)
I should really stop watching these. I only play commander. But I just CANT STOP
Veraska the unseen............?
Slumlord ogre
what bout glissa the traitor ,shes cool
I thought deadly recluse was gonna be on this list
Hey what about a sorcery Armageddon
Plague Rats.
i haven't seen this yet but i'll be so sad if grave titan isn't on here
You missed two of the proto deathtouch and best cards in the game imho
C
Voracious Cobra
And sylvan basilisk
Where would gitrog monster be on this list
He only has 1 point.
Sad... He's a good card.
Yeah really fun in EDH
Before the video starts I predict Wurmcoil Engine and Baleful Strix in the top 5.
But baleful strix 😭😭😭
Please learn to pronounce Garruk, I was having mini strokes everytime you said it. Other then that I love the lists and your system of rating it.
+aefgfgf What us the official pronunciation?
Nizzahon Magic ua-cam.com/video/DcbD21Cm8E/v-deo.html that's a manasource video that uses wizards pronunciations.
Sad gritrog monster inst in the list well hes also better in commander
People forget that the attacking player can assign the exact damage needed to kill a defending creature. So attacking a hornet nest will only produce 2 wasp tokens. That's why you have to force the damage with Fighting effects.
+Andrés Prochnik You can only choose where to assign damage with trample, though. You can't decide to do 2 damage to the nest with your random 5/5, you have to do 5.
Nizzahon Magic
You are forced to assign lethal damage.
Andrés Prochnik
Unless it has deathtouch, death touch + trample means you can assign one damage to the blocker and the rest to the player.
Garruk is pronounced gar_roook not ga_ruck
Baleful strix, anyone? :/
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It's an evergreen not a keyword a keyword is exile or destroy evergreen is trample first strike ect.
702.1: Most abilities describe exactly what they do in the card's rules text. Some, though, are very common or would require too much space to define on the card. In these cases, the object lists only the name of the ability as a "keyword"; sometimes reminder text summarizes the game rule.
The rules of Magic seem to disagree with you
Edit: Think of it this way; All Evergreens are Keywords but not all Keywords are Evergreens
Boss Tsuna To add further evidence to what has been said, "destroy" etc are keyword actions, "desthtouch" etc are keyword abilities: mtg.gamepedia.com/Evergreen
Balefull Strix should clearly be number 1 but ok...