The Top 15 Creatures in Commander (Non-Legendary)
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
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We're counting down the TOP 15 creatures in the entire format of commander! The only thing we are excluding for this list is legendary creatures. Will some of your favorites make the list? Dockside Extortionist, Birds of Paradise, or Grave Titan? Tune in to find out! 
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“12 cards, that’s like, a tenth of your deck”
“Yeah, like 12%”
Ahh yes. Adhering to the channels namesake.
Love it
I HAD to do it 😂
@@NitpickingNerds it definitely got a solid laugh (and a sub) out of me!
I love how hating on Grave Titan is the new Disclaimer Guy ... wish he had an animation though lol
Maybe someday :P
He could become the new disclaimer guy with an easier on the vocal chords voice, lol
Grave Titan here. Don’t play me! (I still run it in a list and like it)
@@NitpickingNerds do ittttttt
It’s pretty decent in my Teysa deck. 2 tokens a turn with vigilance and lifelink
The Nitpicking Nerds: not only extremely informative but also incredibly wholesome
"This card is completely insane" counter: 15
All these cards are completely insane!
Out of so many creature cards total in MtG, I guess the ratio is fair.
Lol nicee
Happy for Beezy. Coming out as Beezy must have taken a lot
My life will never be the same
C’mon, spoilers. Now I don’t even want to watch the video because I already know the ending. Jeez!
@@paptimus3666 you know this is referring to 0:18 right?
Back in my day (!) - the most busted thing we did with survival was fetch squee and then use squee to get tradewind rider, and then lock down the board with that and a mitt full of counterspells. Then we hit you with a Morphling, or maybe even just a nice little Treetop Village when we wanted to take our time with it. We'd top 8 extended PTQs with that--- and we liked it!
that deck was VERY strong. tradewind rider in general drove fear into people like nothing else :D thanks for sharing, i love getting reminded off my own retro boomer mtg moments :)
Recurring Nightmare + Survival of the fittest + wide selection of toolbox creatures was insane. Its also banned in Legacy because it instantly wins with Aluren.
I love how when you guys talk about a card that’s different from your current card, you display it underneath the current card that you’re talking about. It’s super helpful and I love the content!
Best tidbit ever! Go Alex!
And I just love how far you've come guys. Good on you, I thoroughly enjoy watching and even just listening to your content these days. I basically know of all the cards and synergies you name already, so, critically, the reason I enjoy your content so much is because of you. Your personalities and your chemistry. Or should I say synergy? Keep on!
Loved that 'Tidbit' ("Who's cutting onions in here?!"). Great episode and love the content. Keep it coming :)
Thanks Clay! This might be a top 15 Nitpicking Nerds video
@@NitpickingNerds Agreed!
Didn't expect that wholesome ending, that was a nice surprise ❤
Even we can have emotions sometimes :P
❤️
I know it's narrow but academy rector. It will tutor any enchantment directly into play if you sac it. Protean Hulk is prolly my number 1 btw.
Academy Rector was close to making it, I think it was actually our last or second last cut
Hey this video has solidified you guys as people to watch, you have good informative videos and the las minute was so wholesome so thanks, it made me smile
The ending was so heartwarming! You guys are da best!
❤️ that tidbit just made me hit that Bell 🔔 ❤️. Seriously you guys should definitely make more shorts I seen the one you guys posted yesterday or the day before but it was awesome 👏 I learned something new that day. Thanks for the videos and always One Love.
Might have to change my name.. to The Empathetic Artificer... 🤔
Y’all I am actually crying from that tidbit 😭😭😭
By far the sweetest tidbit in history lol
1 mana mana dorks are literally the reason I mostly play green decks; aside from Wild Growth, Utopia Sprawl, and carpet of flowers (Which are also green) and Sol Ring, there is no other way to get mana advantage starting on turn one unless you wanna spend a lot of money (Mana Crypt, Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Mishra's Workshop, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Mox Opal, Mana Vault, and Ragavan all range from expensive to extremely expensive) and the other non-green options for getting extra mana on turn 1 don't provide any extra mana on later turns once they've been used (Dark Ritual, Simian Spirit Guide, Lotus Petal, etc.) So anyway I'm glad to see 1 mana mana dorks getting recognized for how good they really are!
Thanks for your warm hearted and honest words!
Why do you think is it still so difficult to come out when actually every comment on that is positive? Serious question!
im not in that boat, but i imagine bcs its always hard to open up to people, it makes you vulnarable. also there are still stupid folks around looking down on that. in general, it shouldnt be an issue at all. it doesnt matter who you love or how you identify. it literally makes 0 difference for you as a human being if your are a white hetero guy or a black bi trans woman. and as joe said, we are very diverse on the discord. people have all sorts of backgrounds, believes, etc. what we care about is you being at least somewhat of a decent human being and accept other people as they are. the rest doesnt matter for how we treat you
That was fun to watch and a great and comprehensive list. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed! We have a lot of fun making these Top 15s
The first edh deck i ever made ran ninjas with etb effects, and i absolutely love the mileage you can get out of creature etb effects. Then one of the people at my table started using a deck that had Overwhelming Splendor which completely negated my entire deck because my colors were UB so it had no reliable enchantment removal
I dk if you guys have yet,It would be cool to see a top 10 or 15 of your favorite card arts for each of you.
Best artwork might be interesting, I'm sure a lot of people would disagree with us lol
@@NitpickingNerds Fudge'em
That’d be a cool video. My number one would be twilight prophet, I just love the seb art on it. It’s a good card too so win/win
One small correction. Dockside Extortionist is only available in a Precon commander deck.
Not anymore lol
@@sentientmeatcomputer8097 Yeah, but it wasn't printed to sell packs originally.
I will keep saying it Grave Titan is good!!!
And we will keep saying it is bad 😊
With the sphinx card,after it goes around once and only one person draws an additional card you have seen at least 1/5 of your deck. You can see the 12 you would draw,the additional 7 you started with,and your commander.
Deathrite is my all time favorite creature, stopped playing Legacy when they banned my guy. Great list! Also fantastic ending tidbit. One of the things I've always loved about MTG is how open, inclusive, and cool the community has been.
Man I have to say that even though you guys consistently bag on my boy GT, you all are some pretty amazing humans.
Where did you guys get that artwork in the back of the room with the basic land cycle? It looks awesome
Great list. Well thought out with excellent reasoning and explanation. You guys are the EDH authorities on RUclips.
Pretty accurate list even for Cedh, well done
Hey you guys forgot the other version of Gilded Drake, Phantasmal Image! Loved the final sentiments and that gift too, awesome stuff!
phantasmla image is a clone, not a steal effect. thats literally comparing oranges to apples :)
Gilded Drake was like $30 when I bought it and now it is at $300. My only regret is not getting one every paycheck. If I viewed it as a bill/investment, I'd be rakin in that sweet sweet cash
I had no idea. Imagine my face when i realized i have two of them.
@@victoryarc8128 Same. I pulled one and then randomly purchased another one... In Japanese. I do not even know why.
Love you guys. Thank you.
Never though that would be number 1, but i definitely agree with this list. Some pretty powerful stuff
Apex Devastator sounds a bit like a mid-nineties techno group. lol
Keep up the great content!
Awesome video! My heart grew 3× just like Joe Cherries' will when he SLAMS down that signed apex devistator 🍒🦖
Love me some wholesome magic content, great work guys!
This is as wholesome as it gets!
I love fawna shaman, but fiend artisan overlooked replacement in those sac token builds.
Where is allosaurus shepherd on your list?
It was in our top 30 but didn’t quite make top 15
Where was walking ballista? That card combos with so many things and is an instant win with infinite mana.
I use Protean Hulk to go get utility creatures in my Muldrotha deck. Viscera Seer, Phantasmal Image, Coiling Oracle, Risen Reef, Reclamation Sage, Spellseaker, Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Thassa, Deep Dwelling, Evil Twin, Ravenous Chupacabra, Gary.
Usually puts out a demanding or responsive boardstate.
I never saw DRS in that light before...still think Hull Breacher should be 1. What a FANASTIC ending. I gotta check this Discord out.
Now your number one can't be numbered.
You guys should do the best commander for every color combination 🙏
Thank you for that ending...representation is so important! You've got me as a new subscriber.
I got Gilded Drake for an Isochrone Scepter back in the days ... never regreted it
lblblblblubb! i bet i can predict every creature on that list! (fun fact: its just grave titans)
lblblblblblblblblbl ;)
Dockside wasn't made to sell "packs" since it was in commander deck lol. Now it is in DM22 though.
Some honorable mentions that bother me in my play group: Stoneforge mystic, Dark Confidant, Snapcaster mage, Aven Mindcensor, Blightsteel colossus...
Opposition agent, and Dauthi are also a pain in the ass.
Glad Pitiless Plunderer at least got a random mention, because that card just continues to be absurd. Phyrexian Altar is like, 50 dollars now, and this uncommon from Rivals of Ixalan just turns every crappy sac outlet into a better version of it. Turns out it’s a creature that can easily be reanimated too.
I like when you said 20 dollars at the end of the gilded drake segment, because that's what I paid many many years ago lmao. And I thought it was too high then omg
Ah, hindsight.....
I pulled an english one and then just for fun also got a japanese one, yeah, that was a good decision. I also purchased and traded for banned cards, because they are strong and cheap because banned, got a little stack of strip mines that way, and tolarian academys, grim monolith, metalworker, time spiral, wheel of fortune, ..... Damn buying those random banned cards after Urzas block really turned out crazy good. Only slight regret is that i did not go after foil grim or foil metalworker.
Can you guys do best ramp in edh? Both artifacts and cards in each color. I think it’s a great topic that would be very helpful for everyone. Which cards are overrated? Etc
Would you say that deathrite shaman produces the most gravy?
6:15 Also just bouncelands or land enchantments.
I feel like the cmc 1 free sac outlets like Viscera Seer and Carrion Feeder deserve an honorable mention too. Not only do they enable lots of combos, they're also very powerful in any kind of aristocrats, reanimator, or graveyard recursion deck, which is like 25% of all EDH decks. Not to mention the utility to deny people theft cards or to get your commander back from being enchanted by a Lignify, etc.
we had them in the first draft of 50ish cards when we talked about them in discord, they def are very good, probably top 20. but sadly not quite as good to make the cut for top 15
Best tidbit so far
Awww thanks! We really do love our fans
When Beezy threw up the 15 had me dying 00:03
Great vid. It’s hard to rank, but for me Seedborn muse makes my top 15.
“When you use seven mana to cast Consecrated Sphinx, you actually pay six mana.” 😂
Shhhh... I didn't misspeak!
Came here for this!
Imperial recruiter is (usually) a little better for the decks that I build. The best utility creatures have higher toughness than power more often than the other way around. Creatures with higher power than toughness tend to be more aggro oriented.
Another creature similar to gilded drake is chromeshell crab.
4U
Morph 4U
When chromeshell crab is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.
3/3
A wild interaction with Gilded Drake is with Orvar, and any instant that could flicker it to your hand
You trigger it, in response, target it with snap, because you targeted you make a token copy of it, steal a commander, hand them a token version, replay the gilded drake and steal something else
Good videos my dudes.
Thanks, we love these Top 15's!
There is a recruiter cycle! It was confirmed by a staff, spellseeker also had recruiter in the flavor text instead of its name because "you dont recruit spells"
Where did you confirm this?? I didn't notice the recruiter flavor text!
@@NitpickingNerds I mean I just googled "recruiter cycle mtg" and a tweet from one of the card designers popped up talking about the creation of the card spellseeker back in 2018 and how they hope to complete the cycle someday
Allright, let me drop my predictions for this one as well (not in any particular order):
1. Deathrite shaman/Llanowar Elves/Fyndhorn elves/Elves of Deep Shadow/Avacyn’s Pilgrim/Birds of Paradise/Elvish Mystic (I believe that’s all the one mana dorks)
2. Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder
3. Protean Hulk
4. Hullbreacher
5. Dockside Extortionist
6. Opposition Agent
7. Sakura-Tribe Elder
8. Reclamation Sage (or Masked Vandal)
9. Eternal Witness
10. Worldgorger Dragon
11. Spellseeker
12. Crypt Ghast
13. Beast Whisperer
14. Consecrated Sphinx
15. Thassa’s Oracle/Laboratory Maniac
Hey WOW you got really close to our list! That's impressive
@@NitpickingNerds thanks, almost half :). Really liked the tid bit btw, you guys are awesome and this is indeed one of the nicest communities I’ve ever been a part of!
You forgot noble hierarch and ignoble hierarch :)
Solid list. I still think dockside is the best of them all because it’s insane ramp and a combo card for a lot of combos. And I’d rather have the one mana jumpstart elf over deathrite. Deathrite is a good card but who really ever said I won the game because of deathrite? Best creatures should be ones that set you up for a winning turn or are part of the win condition. I’d also put craterhoof but that’s lazy.
people win bcs of DRS all the time. its just not as obvious how an early shaman propels your game. you remember finishing the people with torment or expropriate, but forget that the early ramp, GY interaction etc brought you there. its not as flashy, but it truely deserves its spot on the top. and for dockside: we had that discussion in discord before the video came out. hullbreacher and dockside are very close, the tie breaker was: hullbreacher pitches to force of will :D
Tocatli is not really a card often played in cedh atm you want rule of laws not torpor orbs (while yes it stops dockside it normally stops your dockside too)
You guys are awesome
What about serria ascendent? 1 for a 6/g flying Lifelinker?
consecrated sphinx is a pseudo-counter to rystic study/other card draw, because like, why would you pay 1 if you just get to draw to by *not* doing that? since rhystic says may does that person really want to draw those cards if you get to draw double the amount?
what about fanatical firebrand? it can deal a damage WHENEVER YOU WANT
Hermit druid laboratory maniac. New simic combo got it 👍
I feel like if it goes unchecked Seedborn Muse can flat out win games, especially in a Yeva, Nature’s Herald deck or in combination with janky cards like Mishra’s Helix.
Also in turbo fog
we had seedborn muse on the top 50ish list when we narrowed it down in VC. while def one of the best creatures ever, after hard debating, it fell short behind the other cards on this list
I don't mind the Grave Titan shit talking, it's just funny that I'm excited for the Secret Lair that has one for my zombie tribal Varina deck lol
I own a metalworker this thing is amazing.
you should do stand alone creature top 15...seems most of the creatures on this list are combo pieces or niche pieces.
Consecrated Sphinx is a good way to deck yourself after activating Jace’s Archivist. I’m never sad when it happens tho, lol
It is a may so you won’t deck yourself 😊
@@NitpickingNerds I know, I’m just not too competitive with Azami
@@NitpickingNerds gotta have some silliness ya know :)
Thumbs up for the slime lining up with Joe Cherries' head!!! #Slimehat
Survival of the fittest is banned ? I ask because I understand that its was nor the same joke as for the titan and also, if I remeber well it is banned in one of the two commanders format (1vs1 and multi). Or is it too strong and people don't play it to because of the casual philosophy of the format but would be/is played in CEDH ?
its not banned, but on the RL. its VERY good, but also VERY expensive
From afar, if you look at the new picture of Kharmic Guide, it looks like two balls and a shaft. Bet you can't unsee or unhear that from now on. You're welcome.
Body Double is better than Karmic Guide in so many circumstances and it does not target and can become any creature in any graveyard.
Yeah, not 2 bodies once on the field, not flying and not pro-black, but so much more versatile.
Lovely ending to this one gents. :heart:
Could you guys build a competitive Joven deck?
Can't say it's coming any time soon 😅
Did Karador sponsor this video?
Fauna shaman, hermit druid, protean hulk, karmic guide, recruiter of the guard...never would have expected deathrite shaman at no.1
Good show, guys.
Thanks James! ❤
You guy's are great. It would be amazing to play with you guy's one day.
feel free to hop on the discord. we play all the time :) not always with the NN, but it happens
I actually just bought a webcam so I can more consistently play!
@@NitpickingNerds nice!
at this point grave titan should be the mascot of the channel
HE WISHES
What about the top 15 cards you shouldn’t play and why!
I can probably cover that here actually:
1. Grave Titan
2. Grave Titan
3. Grave Titan
4. Grave Titan
5. Grave Titan
6. Grave Titan
7. Grave Titan
8. Grave Titan
9. Grave Titan
10. Grave Titan
11. Grave Titan
12. Grave Titan
13. Grave Titan
14. Grave Titan
15. Grave Titan
@@NitpickingNerds what about gravetitan, though
What about hermit druid with that Jace from War of the Spark
13:10
... I think he might be right.... spellseeker from battlebond fits the recruiter cycle!
Beezy's head canon!
Karmic guide "don't pay the echo". Me looking at my hofri ghostforge commander🤔🤫😆
Where was seedborn muse on your list?
I never realized Fauna Shaman was expensive, I thought it was a bulk rare in Ultimate Masters
Only one of these i play is dockside extortionist and it's in a pirate deck so it's on theme
Great discipline
for glided drake you name it wrong , filker does not double the etb, you need to bounce it
I wanna flicker the imperial recruiter. Alot of my good combo pieces in my red blue are 1/1s
I think I disagree on mana over cardadvantage. Imagine you have 100 mana but no card draw in hand, however your deck is build, you have to win with the cards in your hand. But when you have your deck in hand, you win by playing fast mana and ritual's as Lotus petal and stuff even without any open mana at this point.
I remember when Vampire Nighthawk was awesome. Now for 3 Mana it struggles for a slot. 😞
Now that nighthawk scavenger is a thing
I always cast Sphinx for 8 because I try to have at least ONE counter spell to TRY and protect it. It never lives till the next upkeep.
Yeah if you can protect it you're getting some bigtime card advantage
top 15 cards for each color/color combo. conteeeent
Great Idea!
Beezy was right, spellseeker fits right in the 2 and a blank search for something with a 2 in it.
While yes they are pushed, dockside extortionist and smothering tithe couldn’t help sell packs because they were in commander products and not available in packs.
Sorry to ruin it for ya mate... tithe was a ravnica allegiance card in the set to sell packs, and dockside sold commander decks.
From a cEDH perspective, tocatli honor guard is rarely played, etbs and ltbs arent that big of a deal
True, thassas oracle is definitely not an etb
@@SWAT6809 Nor is Dockside Extortionist...
I don't think it's one of the best cards in EDH, but I love Sidisi, Undead Vizier!
thats also a legendary creature
Is it bad I just realized drannith magistrate counters commanders?