Just play culling ritual instead and get a lot of black Mana from your hair. It might make you look stupid, but someone needs to collect all that black Mana just sitting around...
Just wanna say I love the attitude of these ads. The practical, yet not predatory, position you approach the product from is something the cosmetics industry needs more of.
Everyone gave me flack for doing my first two years at TCC then finishing my degree at Strixhaven, but you know what, my degree still says Strixhaven and I'm not up to my soul in debt so suck on that nerds
@@kurowasanabe it’s more like, if you just starting out and have no cards, might as well buy a box to build a collection since you won’t know where to start outside of buying a deck online. If you are more experienced and know how to play and build and already have an overflowing collection of cards, you only need to buy singles from new sets that will empower the decks you already have. Of course if you are inspired to build a new one from a box or set then go ahead and buy and see what you get. As the consumer you get lots of choice and can make a game out of buying it, of course just know that cost and your budget.
Alright detectives: who's slashing Prof's tires? Disgruntled students? Adolescent hooligans? Creepy Rudy? The manager from the Jamba Juice that told him to stop parking there?
I am so glad that I signed up up as a Student of the Tolarian Community College. I always listen to what the Professor has to say. He hasn't lied to me yet & more importantly SAVED me $$$.
Knowledge about how to keep your hair? That is as sellout as he can possibly get. And it is really surprising to me as well. Would not have thought him to be. Maybe he'll start working for WotC after this
@@JaLLaM86 Mr. Jacob, not everybody can be bald and look as good as you sir, also its been a hard ride for everyone with the pademic situation, so dont judge so hard for trying to get a little extra money if you dont like the ads you can help to remove them by donating money to the chanel or just skip them :)
@@xymagUyx A lesson AND a compliment. I guess I can't get to angry about that. I do think there are alternatives to advertising for bogus. I mean, how bad can he be? Does the professor have children? If not, I would believe that there are better alternatives, also during the pandemic
@@JaLLaM86 Prof has a family, yeah. And a house and office and sometimes staff to pay for. If you've ever seen his earlier Keeps ads, he takes the least sellout-y approach to these advertising possible, and this one was shorter so didn't have time to do the full spiel.
@@erfunk Well then. I've been put to shame . Go ahead professor. I wish you and your family all the luck in the world with whatever advertisement means you wish to proceed with.
Are you even surprised? I don't agree with about half of Profs ideas but standing openly against the company making the game will be giving him cold shoulder and nothing else in future.
@@Fafnir_92 There's a difference between just being against a company and recognizing when that company does something shitty. Prof isn't entitled to a preview, but he has always been fair in his evaluations and he is honest when Hasbro does something greedy. We should not accept the argument that someone needs to act as a marketing arm of WotC for them to be recognized with a preview. The previews help everyone, it helps content creators get more views and grow their channel, it helps WotC get eyes on new cards without having to make videos themselves (not to mention how few people actually sub to the Magic channel), and it gets players hyped for a new set. Don't side with the corporations, they are almost always in the wrong.
I really appreciate how you present your sponsor Keeps when are on one of your videos. It's really nice to see body positivity and presenting them as an option for those that want the service, but not as something you need to look good, like others often would. Thanks for being a good guy, Prof.
Joshua Daily I’d watch the shit out of that. Especially if it was just a single 10-hour video all shot in one take in which we get a behind-the-scenes look of the Professor slowly succumbing to full a mental breakdown. The final thirty minutes should just be him speaking in tongues while one at a time, ripping each card in half. It would definitely add a fresh new element to the show.
Another use for Double Major is as a counter-counter spell type of effect. If an opponent counters your important creature, you can then cast Double Major in response to still get one copy of the creature. However, you'd have to not hold priority trying to copy your creature spell before the opponent counters it, or you lose both copies.
If your opponent enters some weird bluff game with you because they think you have double major, they're already gonna lose that specific battle. If you start playing some nonsense about "any responses?!?!?!" every time you cast a creature spell, I'm still just gonna wait until you cast the thing I want countered and call the bluff.
You're not alone. For all the good information in his videos, there is something a little hypocritical about "playing the booster box game," which is really a glorified box opening, then insisting that others buy singles. Never forget, this is a man who had to quit the game in the past.
Hey Prof - great video. My favorite commander card of this set is: Rushed Rebirth {B}{G} - Instant Choose target creature. When that creature dies this turn, search your library for a creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. This card is a 2 mana instant speed pseudo birthing pod effect, but it can trigger off *opponents* creatures. In your typical 4 person commander game, just holding this spell back and waiting for someone's avenger of zendikar, consecrated sphinx, or big commander to eat removal lets you cheat a pretty decent creature into play yourself. Also lets you pull some interesting moves if you have a toolboxy type deck (like Meren or Karador). Best part is, this card is currently less than a dollar.
Wow what a top 5. I'm honestly so happy that they're making a colorless tax card. Hopefully gives a bit more love to all colors that don't have a million counter spells.
Hi Professor, I think this is my first time commenting, but I follow you since years and years ago. I'm here just to say how respectful was your Keeps promotion about how is not a necesity, but a choise instead. I think more people need to hear something like that.
I built a Simic deck around my very first commander "Vorel of the Hull Clade" (Double counters on target permanent) and the deck is filled with Artifacts and Enchantments that have Counter-based win cons. It lovingly got the name "Vorel and The Machine". Double Major could make that deck go from muscle car to Tesla Roadster...
I kind of wanted magma opus to be on here. In early game, in can give you a treasure, but when you can actually cast it for 8 mana you get: 1. 4 damage divided exactly how you want (to deal with light swarm creatures or one moderately tanky creature, or just hit them for 4) 2. Tapping two permanents (potentially cast it during an opponents turn to screw with their attacks/utilities or their mana) 3. Create a 4/4 elemental (to make a blocker) 4. Draw two cards (more card advantage) All for 8 mana.
Double major might go in my kodama/sakashima list. I'm playing panharmonicon and dual nature. With those two and kodama out, with sakashima copying kodama, every permanent I put on the battlefield nets 6 kodama triggers. So I drop a progenitor mimic on sakashima, copying the mimic with double major. If I have other clones I will use those on the mimic as well. But let's say I don't. Now every upkeep I get to make two more Kodamas, which each net 3 triggers on their own. And trigger the other Kodamas. The tokens are zero cost so I will only be able to play lands off the triggers. I've got to have a couple kiora behemoth beckoners out to so I draw a card for each kodama I make. This is my first simic deck and I'm not looking back!
"Can anyone give a citation for that reference?" Ooh! I can professor! Shandalar is a plane in the Magic multiverse that was made for the 1997 PC game called simply "Magic: The Gathering" but has also been known as "Shandalar" and "Magic: The Gathering Microprose." It was the last game that Sid Meier worked on before leaving to found the company "Firaxis Games." Shandalar was first used in the IRL card game in the 2010 core set, and the plane is also extremely rich in mana. (Wonder why Nicol Bolas never tried to annex it when trying to reach godhood?)
Hi, Prof: Two cards I think should be on the list are Solve the Equation and Rushed Rebirth. I preordered a Wandering Archaic, Galazeth Prismari, Reconstruct History, and Conspiracy Theorist too, but Solve the Equation is a Merchant Scroll for another mana that can grab sorceries or a Spellseeker (Casually $30) but you aren't restricted to 2 cmc, sorry, 2 mana value. Rushed Rebirth I have less justification for except that you can target someone else's creature in response to your own removal, in response to a board wipe to be the first to rebuild, or even after declare blockers, and it puts your own threat directly on board. Keep safe and get vaccinated.
I'm surprised none of the mastery sorceries made the list, especially Ingenious Mastery. In multiplayer, you have have to either speed ahead of everyone else or hide in second and sprint for the finish. If you're ahead, you can pay the full cost; if you're behind you create some goodwill politicking while helping topple the archenemy. minor bonus: vial smasher synergy
I really like Double Major. It’s aggressive when you want to clone and also serves as a fizzle for counters targeting your creature spells. Just so good.
I just want to say, it is a joy to watch your "tv adds". To me they feel so like the 90's or some late night teleshopping show. But I am from Germany so I don't know are commercials still made in this style today?
I got a Strixhaven box set as my first ever entrance into Magic. Then I got some WAY overpriced ($14.99...) 35-card theme booster packs from my Walgreens across the street (I know, I’m trying...). I’m glad I got the box, but knowing what I know now, getting a box set was great as a newbie (imo), but I’m never wasting money on booster packs again until I get confident enough in my ability to do a draft format. I’m now buying singles and a collector booster pack occasionally to flesh out the Strixhaven expansion and I’m loving it a lot more than opening a box of chance.
Wandering Archaic essentially has cycling: 3. Discarding it to your yard to be reanimated. This makes it even more powerful if you can get it out earlier.
Double Major combos with Illuna, Apex of Wishes' mutate trigger to get three nonland permanents out of your deck. One for the token copy that will resolve and mutate first, two for the original Illuna mutating, as the token clone and her count as separate triggers. This works the same way for all mutate creatures too, but Illuna's the only one that can guaranteed exploit this in commander. If this had been in Mono Blue I would've paired it with Vadrok, Apex of Thunder in a heartbeat.
This should be a series for each set! I lost my Job when the pandemic Closed the place. Now I have a tighter budget and a guide on some of the picks to look out for is awesome! I can pick a few of my favorite and keep to a budget!
I've won *a few* games with body of research, I also have shadowspear in my deck so it's kind of unstoppable with trample/lifelink, but once someone had two planes walkers out and I don't know exactly what mechanics they used but they used it from my library and ended up with two 223/223 fractal creatures... I conceded when they casted life link on one of them, lol.
All the different characters he has ever played in his videos teach at TCC. Except the evil capitalist one, can't remember his name, he made the Tevesh Szat video
I pulled a foil extended border of approach the second son. It's a extremely interesting way to immediately win if you run a graveyard or regeneration deck
I was kinda surprised that the mythic red triple X spell wasn’t on here as a great Commander piece, I would’ve thought that with all commanders ramp and mana combos it would make the list.
My #1 pick was Beledros Witherbloom. It will go great in meren, muldrotha, heck even my Damia spellslinger likes this card as getting extra blockers will protect me and I am already running land untap effects like wilderness rec and seedborn muse.
pretty much that cards only going into decks that are initially meant to be overtly trollish and rude. If I'm playing a deck that's doing a thing, this'll just become an annoyance.
The only thing that struck me as cool, was this is good for decks that have difficulty against counterspells. If they don't pay the 2 you can counter their counter. Might be helpful for more aggro strategies that want to overrun your opponents and push through. Also makes their Cyclonic Rifts cost 9 mana or wind up being symmetrical. But I can also imagine a special hell where this, Rhystic Study, and Smothering Tithe are out... A Grand Arbiter deck maybe lol 😂
I heard that WoTC's R&D team gets most of their character names from discarded Starbucks cups with misspelled customer names written on them. Every few weeks an intern does the rounds rummaging through dumpsters at the various Seattle Starbucks locations.
Reconstruct History can get creatures as long as they have one of the other types. Obviously that includes artifact creatures and enchantment creatures, but it also includes MDFCs with a front face that's one of the five types. As a long time Boros Commander masochist, I am *so* excited for this set and that's a card very high on my list. Galazeth creates a (quasi) mana rock when he comes into play because of the interaction between his two abilities. Disappointed you didn't mention that.
magma opus probably deserves a shout for being (probably?) the highest impact proactive instant for all of the cards that let you cheat instant spells, but not sorceries, with.
Don't forget that you can do all the stax artifact tap shenanigans with Galazeth that you also could do with Urza, except with access to an additional colour and probably for a lower price.
I just finished the Strixhaven commander decks video, and was instructed to watch another. So I saw this one, and decided to come here and say that I have two Japanese draft boxes preordered :)
My favorite is definitely Crackle with Power, but I was also putting the finishing touches on a Kaza X spells deck as it got spoiled so that might have affected my interest :P
Echoing Equation is awesome in a similar way to Double Major. Turn your 10 soldiers into non-legendary Maja, Bretagard Protector. One trample anthem later you defeat all your oppponents.
After seeing Rudy’s video and this one I just want to say you deserve those preview cards man. I don’t know what sets you apart or somehow behind these others but your videos have always been informative and fun. You’re a big part of the magic community my guy!
Not ironic comment, that ad for Keeps was one of the most body positive ads for a cosmetic product I've ever seen/heard. I know it's not the focus of the video, but that by itself got my appreciation
I think i'll run Wandering Archaic / Explore in my Tinybones deck to give some more fuel for upkeep discard triggers, oppression etc. and to slow down with the Archaic That card fits perfectly in my brew atleast.
To be honest one of my favorite card in this set is one that didn't make a cut to both of your list is Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence. In my opinion great card to some burn decks. Ohhh you want to fetch a land, pay additional 1 life for it. I have unspent mana I will buff and hit you for 4 when i attack. I want to prevent you from winning the game in your next turn, no a problem. You want to combo with Thrasios/Kinan etc no a problem infinitive damage in your face.
I still think the Prismari and Lorehold dragons are swapped Lorehold has been all about artifacts, while Prismari has had a special interest in casting spells, it would even work amazingly with their respective commanders. The Prismari one cares about casting spells. It sure would be dope if the Prismari dragon casted a free spell when it attacked. The Lorehold commander cares about artifacts and bringing them back. It sure would be dope if the Lorehold dragon turned all your artifacts into mana rocks.
The professor's character is incredible. The humor in the acting alone is magical, and when you add in the episode's writing you've got a recipe for perfection
I bought a pre release kit. Got the other dragon I wanted, along with a bunch of simic cards. I pretty much got all the cards I wanted from the set. Except maybe one or two collector's packs for the japanese art. I only want one. I was lucky. Even got blue suns zenith which will fit into my x mana cost deck.
As a literature professor: how do you feel about the Silverquill faction? I'm earning my BA in English Lit next Spring and I love the mechanics and game philosophy presented in the silverquill cards. The flavor text and the art are also fantastic, and I love the seamless blending of literature and wizards (something I didn't know I needed more of!) Apologies if you've already talked about this and I've missed it.
my two suggestions would be crackle with power (11 mana to do 45 damage? i will thanks) and the 3 mana instant/sorcery tutor in blue (budget mystical tutor? i will thanks!) but otherwise seems legit. that 5 mana colourless card is gonna go up fast- goes in every deck!
How did the new library of alexandria not end up on this list? Honestly, the card is so insane I am tempted to make a rambling and hollaring video of my own!
When Fracture was forgotten. its the only once that was interesting to me. maybe not top 5 since it was on par with Rip Apart but if Rip Apart gets to be mentioned, I feel like this card also deserves something. a disenchant that can target Planeswalkers.if you already play Orzhov or something that runs Black or white...say Esper (AKA # Chromium best Elder Dragon), you basically can upgrade your disenchant.
I love the content! On a tangent, I wanna work for Tolarian Community College as an MTG Lore Professor! 😂 But if I can’t, there’s always Tolaria West. 🤣
The prof looking for work at Starbucks actually cracked me up that was awesome. Thankfully I managed to get a strixhaven draft box and it turned out okay
Not going to lie - that Lorehold deck spoiled and I screamed and preordered - that has only happened one other time for me, when Ur-Dragon was revealed.
I know we’re not doing commanders on this list but boy - Dina is low key the most exciting commander card from the entire set. Quintorius too. They just printed Tormod into Boros for God’s sake.
Head to keeps.com/tolarian to get 50% off your first order of hair loss treatment.
Is that how you keep that glorious mane?
I want that Minotuar statue. How can I get one pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssseeeee?
Just play culling ritual instead and get a lot of black Mana from your hair.
It might make you look stupid, but someone needs to collect all that black Mana just sitting around...
Just wanna say I love the attitude of these ads. The practical, yet not predatory, position you approach the product from is something the cosmetics industry needs more of.
"Head to..."
GET IT????
takes call from a prospective student, cracks a pun and hangs up on them immediately
yup, that's the American education system alright
Hahaha
😂
If it's the American education system, he's doing them a favor by hanging up.
Student might just be better off
"oh i-er...guess ill call back"
I'm glad we have a professor that doesn't force us to buy new books but instead gives us an alternative. I'm really liking this college.
Don't buy books, buy single pages!
@@empjaio that was perfect 🤣
Dropping the libgen link on Canvas
The instructor.
Bring back the fat packs with mtg books in them so we can have both.
Everyone gave me flack for doing my first two years at TCC then finishing my degree at Strixhaven, but you know what, my degree still says Strixhaven and I'm not up to my soul in debt so suck on that nerds
Relatable lol
LOL
@@emilypearl3510 ;D
I love this comment!
Yo, same
"... and not a miserable *NeW sEcReT lAiR aLeRt!*"
The man has lost faith and is giving no shits. XD
The man was praising Time Spiral, but I'm glad that he's back on the Magic is shit now train.
That bus pass joke was genuinely really funny. The Prof comes out with those funny lines when he wants to. Man of many talents.
I laughed tf out loud
Absolutely gold
He should do the drill bit more often though, that one's never boring
I didn’t think I’d ever laugh so hard at an MTG video
Hey Prof you’ve really opened my eyes to the power of buying singles. That’s why I’m only buying 2 boxes instead of the 3 I had originally ordered!
Hey same here!
When you really think about it, buying boxes is just buying a lot of singles at the same time.
Which two did you pick? :3
@@caitysue8526 I was just messing around! I’m actually saving for the innistrad based sets in the fall!
@@kurowasanabe it’s more like, if you just starting out and have no cards, might as well buy a box to build a collection since you won’t know where to start outside of buying a deck online. If you are more experienced and know how to play and build and already have an overflowing collection of cards, you only need to buy singles from new sets that will empower the decks you already have. Of course if you are inspired to build a new one from a box or set then go ahead and buy and see what you get. As the consumer you get lots of choice and can make a game out of buying it, of course just know that cost and your budget.
Glad for the Keeps sponsorship because Wizards keeps making me pull my hair out.
Alright detectives: who's slashing Prof's tires? Disgruntled students? Adolescent hooligans? Creepy Rudy? The manager from the Jamba Juice that told him to stop parking there?
Rudy is being reported to the SEC as we speak.
Probably wotc
Definitely Creepy Rudy driven mad by the sun after emerging from his mother's basement for the first time in decades.
I think we all know it's the diabolical Instructor.
I bet it's those smug bastards from Tolaria West.
Non Magic Players: Card games are for children.
The Professor: Today's sponsor is Keeps.
I am so glad that I signed up up as a Student of the Tolarian Community College. I always listen to what the Professor has to say. He hasn't lied to me yet & more importantly SAVED me $$$.
The best professor is here at the best college giving us always the real knowledge, thank you!
Knowledge about how to keep your hair? That is as sellout as he can possibly get. And it is really surprising to me as well. Would not have thought him to be. Maybe he'll start working for WotC after this
@@JaLLaM86 Mr. Jacob, not everybody can be bald and look as good as you sir, also its been a hard ride for everyone with the pademic situation, so dont judge so hard for trying to get a little extra money if you dont like the ads you can help to remove them by donating money to the chanel or just skip them :)
@@xymagUyx A lesson AND a compliment. I guess I can't get to angry about that. I do think there are alternatives to advertising for bogus. I mean, how bad can he be? Does the professor have children? If not, I would believe that there are better alternatives, also during the pandemic
@@JaLLaM86 Prof has a family, yeah. And a house and office and sometimes staff to pay for. If you've ever seen his earlier Keeps ads, he takes the least sellout-y approach to these advertising possible, and this one was shorter so didn't have time to do the full spiel.
@@erfunk Well then. I've been put to shame . Go ahead professor. I wish you and your family all the luck in the world with whatever advertisement means you wish to proceed with.
There's still a little salt left from not getting a preview
Are you even surprised? I don't agree with about half of Profs ideas but standing openly against the company making the game will be giving him cold shoulder and nothing else in future.
@@Fafnir_92 It only shows their inability to take constructive criticism.
Doesn't he say he doesn't want them because he doesn't need the exposure as opposed to smaller creators?
@@Fafnir_92 he only does honest reviews. dude had nothing but praise for time spiral remastered
@@Fafnir_92 There's a difference between just being against a company and recognizing when that company does something shitty. Prof isn't entitled to a preview, but he has always been fair in his evaluations and he is honest when Hasbro does something greedy. We should not accept the argument that someone needs to act as a marketing arm of WotC for them to be recognized with a preview. The previews help everyone, it helps content creators get more views and grow their channel, it helps WotC get eyes on new cards without having to make videos themselves (not to mention how few people actually sub to the Magic channel), and it gets players hyped for a new set. Don't side with the corporations, they are almost always in the wrong.
I really appreciate how you present your sponsor Keeps when are on one of your videos. It's really nice to see body positivity and presenting them as an option for those that want the service, but not as something you need to look good, like others often would. Thanks for being a good guy, Prof.
"Hi professor! I hope this e-mail finds you well. Why did you hang up on me? I was legitimately interested in coming to the college."
New Secret Lair Alert is my favorite curse word
We just need The Prof to upload a 10 hour video of the New Secret Lair Alert.
Joshua Daily I’d watch the shit out of that. Especially if it was just a single 10-hour video all shot in one take in which we get a behind-the-scenes look of the Professor slowly succumbing to full a mental breakdown. The final thirty minutes should just be him speaking in tongues while one at a time, ripping each card in half. It would definitely add a fresh new element to the show.
It's like an Amber alert for your wallet.
Sitting on the toilet and hearing that bus joke gave me a good laugh and that final push I needed. Thanks professor!
"What do you mean you are hiring but not me?" Damn, I can relate :')
Another use for Double Major is as a counter-counter spell type of effect. If an opponent counters your important creature, you can then cast Double Major in response to still get one copy of the creature. However, you'd have to not hold priority trying to copy your creature spell before the opponent counters it, or you lose both copies.
If your opponent enters some weird bluff game with you because they think you have double major, they're already gonna lose that specific battle. If you start playing some nonsense about "any responses?!?!?!" every time you cast a creature spell, I'm still just gonna wait until you cast the thing I want countered and call the bluff.
Maybe I am alone, but a lot of the joy I get from Magic is tearing packs and getting that cool rare I wanted.
You're not alone. For all the good information in his videos, there is something a little hypocritical about "playing the booster box game," which is really a glorified box opening, then insisting that others buy singles. Never forget, this is a man who had to quit the game in the past.
Your not alone. But I dont experience that. Not lucky/wealthy enough.
You know fine well you aren’t “alone”. Idiot. Everyone enjoys opening sealed product. Stop being a martyr.
@@lemonchicken507 I enjoy it, yes... But not enough to spend $100 or more on opening many packs when I can buy the singles I will actually play.
@@WaterBottleMan544 Are you sure it is "UA-cam" who knows unboxings and openings get clicks and not the guy producing those very unboxings?
9:42 Cool to see Rudy getting a card even though he didn't win a pro tour
The Professor has really come into his own style of humor. It's just perfect.
Hey Prof - great video. My favorite commander card of this set is:
Rushed Rebirth {B}{G} - Instant
Choose target creature. When that creature dies this turn, search your library for a creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
This card is a 2 mana instant speed pseudo birthing pod effect, but it can trigger off *opponents* creatures. In your typical 4 person commander game, just holding this spell back and waiting for someone's avenger of zendikar, consecrated sphinx, or big commander to eat removal lets you cheat a pretty decent creature into play yourself. Also lets you pull some interesting moves if you have a toolboxy type deck (like Meren or Karador). Best part is, this card is currently less than a dollar.
As someone who works in Admissions for a school, the intro is too real
I went to a community college right out of high school and the Professor actually reminds me of one of my favorite professors there, lol.
I still upset why prof dont get any product review
best new secret lair alert yet xD
Flinging my body of research token at my opponent is the closest I will ever get to throwing my deck at their face and I want it so badly.
In foil
Wow what a top 5. I'm honestly so happy that they're making a colorless tax card. Hopefully gives a bit more love to all colors that don't have a million counter spells.
The Professor: Why didn’t I get a preview card from the upcoming set?
Also the Professor: Do not buy the upcoming set.
LeL
The second is the result of the first.
@@Kibashino2 Not really, he has been pushing against buying boosters for a while now.
Hearing Prof call me sexy is actually the boost my self-esteem needed today. Thanks Prof.
Your creative sketches and honest insight are always much appreciated prof. Thanks for being an unwavering pillar of the MTG community!
Prof said I'm sexy..... it's going to be a good day!
Hi Professor, I think this is my first time commenting, but I follow you since years and years ago. I'm here just to say how respectful was your Keeps promotion about how is not a necesity, but a choise instead. I think more people need to hear something like that.
I built a Simic deck around my very first commander "Vorel of the Hull Clade" (Double counters on target permanent) and the deck is filled with Artifacts and Enchantments that have Counter-based win cons. It lovingly got the name "Vorel and The Machine". Double Major could make that deck go from muscle car to Tesla Roadster...
The Gap in the bookcase really makes me think the middle one is a secret door
As a person who recently built his own atraxa deck the comment made at 9:23 well quite frankly i have never heard anything more true in my life.
I kind of wanted magma opus to be on here. In early game, in can give you a treasure, but when you can actually cast it for 8 mana you get:
1. 4 damage divided exactly how you want (to deal with light swarm creatures or one moderately tanky creature, or just hit them for 4)
2. Tapping two permanents (potentially cast it during an opponents turn to screw with their attacks/utilities or their mana)
3. Create a 4/4 elemental (to make a blocker)
4. Draw two cards (more card advantage)
All for 8 mana.
Double major might go in my kodama/sakashima list. I'm playing panharmonicon and dual nature. With those two and kodama out, with sakashima copying kodama, every permanent I put on the battlefield nets 6 kodama triggers. So I drop a progenitor mimic on sakashima, copying the mimic with double major. If I have other clones I will use those on the mimic as well. But let's say I don't. Now every upkeep I get to make two more Kodamas, which each net 3 triggers on their own. And trigger the other Kodamas. The tokens are zero cost so I will only be able to play lands off the triggers. I've got to have a couple kiora behemoth beckoners out to so I draw a card for each kodama I make.
This is my first simic deck and I'm not looking back!
"Can anyone give a citation for that reference?"
Ooh! I can professor!
Shandalar is a plane in the Magic multiverse that was made for the 1997 PC game called simply "Magic: The Gathering" but has also been known as "Shandalar" and "Magic: The Gathering Microprose." It was the last game that Sid Meier worked on before leaving to found the company "Firaxis Games." Shandalar was first used in the IRL card game in the 2010 core set, and the plane is also extremely rich in mana. (Wonder why Nicol Bolas never tried to annex it when trying to reach godhood?)
Hi, Prof:
Two cards I think should be on the list are Solve the Equation and Rushed Rebirth. I preordered a Wandering Archaic, Galazeth Prismari, Reconstruct History, and Conspiracy Theorist too, but Solve the Equation is a Merchant Scroll for another mana that can grab sorceries or a Spellseeker (Casually $30) but you aren't restricted to 2 cmc, sorry, 2 mana value. Rushed Rebirth I have less justification for except that you can target someone else's creature in response to your own removal, in response to a board wipe to be the first to rebuild, or even after declare blockers, and it puts your own threat directly on board.
Keep safe and get vaccinated.
I'm surprised none of the mastery sorceries made the list, especially Ingenious Mastery.
In multiplayer, you have have to either speed ahead of everyone else or hide in second and sprint for the finish. If you're ahead, you can pay the full cost; if you're behind you create some goodwill politicking while helping topple the archenemy.
minor bonus: vial smasher synergy
I really like Double Major. It’s aggressive when you want to clone and also serves as a fizzle for counters targeting your creature spells. Just so good.
Professor, I really appreciate your body-positive promotion for Keeps, and I appreciate all of you videos. I'm a proud student of TCC. Keep it up!
I just want to say, it is a joy to watch your "tv adds". To me they feel so like the 90's or some late night teleshopping show.
But I am from Germany so I don't know are commercials still made in this style today?
Are you going to make a C21 worth buying video, right? I'm super torn on whether to buy all 5, just 2, or none xD
Yep! That will be out on the day C21 is!
I got a Strixhaven box set as my first ever entrance into Magic. Then I got some WAY overpriced ($14.99...) 35-card theme booster packs from my Walgreens across the street (I know, I’m trying...).
I’m glad I got the box, but knowing what I know now, getting a box set was great as a newbie (imo), but I’m never wasting money on booster packs again until I get confident enough in my ability to do a draft format.
I’m now buying singles and a collector booster pack occasionally to flesh out the Strixhaven expansion and I’m loving it a lot more than opening a box of chance.
I love how the closed captioning says "strict saving" sometimes 😅
Wandering Archaic essentially has cycling: 3. Discarding it to your yard to be reanimated. This makes it even more powerful if you can get it out earlier.
Double Major combos with Illuna, Apex of Wishes' mutate trigger to get three nonland permanents out of your deck. One for the token copy that will resolve and mutate first, two for the original Illuna mutating, as the token clone and her count as separate triggers. This works the same way for all mutate creatures too, but Illuna's the only one that can guaranteed exploit this in commander. If this had been in Mono Blue I would've paired it with Vadrok, Apex of Thunder in a heartbeat.
This should be a series for each set! I lost my Job when the pandemic Closed the place. Now I have a tighter budget and a guide on some of the picks to look out for is awesome! I can pick a few of my favorite and keep to a budget!
I've won *a few* games with body of research, I also have shadowspear in my deck so it's kind of unstoppable with trample/lifelink, but once someone had two planes walkers out and I don't know exactly what mechanics they used but they used it from my library and ended up with two 223/223 fractal creatures... I conceded when they casted life link on one of them, lol.
"One of the professor here at the TCC". I like to image that they are all professor's clones...
All the different characters he has ever played in his videos teach at TCC. Except the evil capitalist one, can't remember his name, he made the Tevesh Szat video
Pretty sure Vince teaches Finance (because Death and Taxes)
@@thomascollins5622 nah, he's bad at math
I didn't expect the prof to say I looked sexy today. I'm ok with it.
I pulled a foil extended border of approach the second son. It's a extremely interesting way to immediately win if you run a graveyard or regeneration deck
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For three green and three blue you get to annoy all your oppoenents while you count the number of cards in your library.
Surprised that Beledros Witherbloom didn’t make this list. That card is definitely designed for commander
I was kinda surprised that the mythic red triple X spell wasn’t on here as a great Commander piece, I would’ve thought that with all commanders ramp and mana combos it would make the list.
My #1 pick was Beledros Witherbloom. It will go great in meren, muldrotha, heck even my Damia spellslinger likes this card as getting extra blockers will protect me and I am already running land untap effects like wilderness rec and seedborn muse.
Wandering Archaic is just a card that makes you say do you pay 2 sir/ma'am and everyone loves hearing that on repeat
pretty much
that cards only going into decks that are initially meant to be overtly trollish and rude.
If I'm playing a deck that's doing a thing, this'll just become an annoyance.
The only thing that struck me as cool, was this is good for decks that have difficulty against counterspells. If they don't pay the 2 you can counter their counter. Might be helpful for more aggro strategies that want to overrun your opponents and push through. Also makes their Cyclonic Rifts cost 9 mana or wind up being symmetrical.
But I can also imagine a special hell where this, Rhystic Study, and Smothering Tithe are out... A Grand Arbiter deck maybe lol 😂
I heard that WoTC's R&D team gets most of their character names from discarded Starbucks cups with misspelled customer names written on them. Every few weeks an intern does the rounds rummaging through dumpsters at the various Seattle Starbucks locations.
Reconstruct History can get creatures as long as they have one of the other types. Obviously that includes artifact creatures and enchantment creatures, but it also includes MDFCs with a front face that's one of the five types. As a long time Boros Commander masochist, I am *so* excited for this set and that's a card very high on my list.
Galazeth creates a (quasi) mana rock when he comes into play because of the interaction between his two abilities. Disappointed you didn't mention that.
Double major is like spark double but without the +1/+1. But on the bright side, it's simic and costs two. How delightful.
My LGS, Amazon, doesn’t seem to have any singles listed but they’re the only game store near me that actually has packs and boxes of cards...
magma opus probably deserves a shout for being (probably?) the highest impact proactive instant for all of the cards that let you cheat instant spells, but not sorceries, with.
Don't forget that you can do all the stax artifact tap shenanigans with Galazeth that you also could do with Urza, except with access to an additional colour and probably for a lower price.
there is a rubric that almost everyone has forgotten and this is Unglued. such a great set with Rush and the Blacker Lotus sooooo Epic
I just finished the Strixhaven commander decks video, and was instructed to watch another. So I saw this one, and decided to come here and say that I have two Japanese draft boxes preordered :)
My favorite is definitely Crackle with Power, but I was also putting the finishing touches on a Kaza X spells deck as it got spoiled so that might have affected my interest :P
Would love to play Commander again. The action in that format is too spectacular.
I do hope that one day we at least get Historic Commander on Arena.
Thanks for always advocating for the community Prof. It's nice to know that someone out there has our back, when Hasbro and Wizards clearly doesn't.
Echoing Equation is awesome in a similar way to Double Major. Turn your 10 soldiers into non-legendary Maja, Bretagard Protector. One trample anthem later you defeat all your oppponents.
Friendship ended with boros, now LOREHOLD is my new friend.
After seeing Rudy’s video and this one I just want to say you deserve those preview cards man. I don’t know what sets you apart or somehow behind these others but your videos have always been informative and fun. You’re a big part of the magic community my guy!
Not ironic comment, that ad for Keeps was one of the most body positive ads for a cosmetic product I've ever seen/heard. I know it's not the focus of the video, but that by itself got my appreciation
I think i'll run Wandering Archaic / Explore in my Tinybones deck to give some more fuel for upkeep discard triggers, oppression etc. and to slow down with the Archaic
That card fits perfectly in my brew atleast.
To be honest one of my favorite card in this set is one that didn't make a cut to both of your list is Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence.
In my opinion great card to some burn decks. Ohhh you want to fetch a land, pay additional 1 life for it. I have unspent mana I will buff and hit you for 4 when i attack. I want to prevent you from winning the game in your next turn, no a problem. You want to combo with Thrasios/Kinan etc no a problem infinitive damage in your face.
I appreciate the heck out of you coordinating with your phone.
I still think the Prismari and Lorehold dragons are swapped
Lorehold has been all about artifacts, while Prismari has had a special interest in casting spells, it would even work amazingly with their respective commanders.
The Prismari one cares about casting spells. It sure would be dope if the Prismari dragon casted a free spell when it attacked.
The Lorehold commander cares about artifacts and bringing them back. It sure would be dope if the Lorehold dragon turned all your artifacts into mana rocks.
Prof calling me sexy was really a bigger boost in confidence than I expected
The professor's character is incredible. The humor in the acting alone is magical, and when you add in the episode's writing you've got a recipe for perfection
I bought a pre release kit. Got the other dragon I wanted, along with a bunch of simic cards. I pretty much got all the cards I wanted from the set. Except maybe one or two collector's packs for the japanese art. I only want one. I was lucky. Even got blue suns zenith which will fit into my x mana cost deck.
Double Major is Cytoshape but fixed/tweaked. Cytoshape was an awesome card back in a niche Simic deck, back the in the day. I miss it :(
As a literature professor: how do you feel about the Silverquill faction?
I'm earning my BA in English Lit next Spring and I love the mechanics and game philosophy presented in the silverquill cards. The flavor text and the art are also fantastic, and I love the seamless blending of literature and wizards (something I didn't know I needed more of!)
Apologies if you've already talked about this and I've missed it.
my two suggestions would be crackle with power (11 mana to do 45 damage? i will thanks) and the 3 mana instant/sorcery tutor in blue (budget mystical tutor? i will thanks!) but otherwise seems legit. that 5 mana colourless card is gonna go up fast- goes in every deck!
How did the new library of alexandria not end up on this list? Honestly, the card is so insane I am tempted to make a rambling and hollaring video of my own!
Oriq Loremage is transferring straight into applied necromancy. Partial credits include flashback, dredge, and aftermath.
I'm SOOO looking forward Koma having a nonlegendary copy on the battlefield
Don't buy magic.. buy food instead 😅
But seriously, you got me even more interested in strixhaven... and I was already hyped as fu*k 😄
Body of Research +Vorniclex, Monstrous Raider.
When Fracture was forgotten. its the only once that was interesting to me. maybe not top 5 since it was on par with Rip Apart but if Rip Apart gets to be mentioned, I feel like this card also deserves something. a disenchant that can target Planeswalkers.if you already play Orzhov or something that runs Black or white...say Esper (AKA # Chromium best Elder Dragon), you basically can upgrade your disenchant.
I love the content!
On a tangent, I wanna work for Tolarian Community College as an MTG Lore Professor! 😂
But if I can’t, there’s always Tolaria West. 🤣
The prof looking for work at Starbucks actually cracked me up that was awesome. Thankfully I managed to get a strixhaven draft box and it turned out okay
He is totally right, 2:20, the most expensive boosters are the worst quality.
Not going to lie - that Lorehold deck spoiled and I screamed and preordered - that has only happened one other time for me, when Ur-Dragon was revealed.
I know we’re not doing commanders on this list but boy - Dina is low key the most exciting commander card from the entire set.
Quintorius too. They just printed Tormod into Boros for God’s sake.
I'm not going to lie. I watched the entire video hoping to get another hint at The PROF making some FaB content!
Sooooo Pumped!!!! Cmon PROF!
I think Rushed Rebirth can be really good most of the time since you don't need to facilitate a creature dying most times.
You forgot to mention cards like: Enlightened Strike, Command and Conquer, Arcanite Skullcap, Fyendal Spring Tunic, and Eye of Ophidia!!! ;-)
Im 1:15 in and you get a like it's that good. The professor had me laughing a ton. Ok so how do I join the college?
I personally like "Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios" and the shenanigans you can get into with it.