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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
  • Today in Bloomburrow we get some powerful Rabbits, a new legendary Frog, a bunch of busted Rats and soooo much more! Let's discuss!
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    0:00 Start
    0:55 Season of the Burrow
    5:22 The Infamous Cruelclaw
    10:16 Wick, the Whorled Mind
    13:18 Vren, the Relentless
    19:20 Dawn's Truce
    21:11 Starfall Invocation
    23:42 Darkstar Augur
    26:05 Helga, Skittish Seer
    31:00 Hearthborn Battler
    32:10 Mocking Bird
    34:17 Byway Barterer
    36:16 Mistbreath Elder
    40:23 Burrowguard Mentor
    42:03 Coruscation Mage
    43:03 Huskburster Swarm
    44:12 Persistent Marshstalker
    45:03 Bandit's Talent
    47:44 Splash Portal
    48:48 Into the Flood Maw
    50:23 Commons and Uncommons
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  • @tommylanders1997
    @tommylanders1997 25 дней назад +249

    30:36 X spells see the value of X on the stack, so as long a you pay enough, they will be the 4 or greater needed

    • @SoggyWaffles.
      @SoggyWaffles. 25 дней назад +34

      i know seth has said this himself many times before. he must have just had a brain fart this morning.

    • @tommylanders1997
      @tommylanders1997 25 дней назад +11

      @@SoggyWaffles. The same mistake was actually made earlier this week as well, on the card that lets you cast spells off the top of the deck

    • @themewmoplasm
      @themewmoplasm 24 дня назад +1

      My thoughts exactly 💯

    • @TheDylls
      @TheDylls 24 дня назад +2

      Ok, good. Because when Seth said it I was like "Oh, no! The unintentionally worded the first ability incorrectly."
      But then I read it again and was thinking "Won't Helga's ability see the X Spell on the stack, so it still works?"

  • @balsamicvinegar4454
    @balsamicvinegar4454 25 дней назад +167

    Helga does work with x spell creatures like hydras. It cares about mana value on the stack, which includes what you payed for the x.

    • @adamg941
      @adamg941 24 дня назад +3

      I know x spells would trigger the draw but can you use the mana creation portion on X spells when since they are not over 4 until on the stack?

    • @devinneese1491
      @devinneese1491 24 дня назад +5

      ​@@adamg941when casting a spell you declare x, then pay for x. So it would work there as well. At least that's how I believe it works.

    • @drakeking6745
      @drakeking6745 24 дня назад +3

      ​@@devinneese1491 that is how it works.

    • @yukazra
      @yukazra 24 дня назад +14

      ​@adamg941 Helga's mana ability states that it can be used for creature spells 4 or greater OR creature spells with X in the mana value.
      No rules interpreting needed.

    • @akselhansen304
      @akselhansen304 24 дня назад +1

      ​@@yukazrait's about the first ability on the card that triggers on cmc 4+ creatures
      And yes it indeed does trigger if I cast a Hydroid Krasis with X≥2
      Otherwise casting a chalice of the Void for X=1 while already having a chalice for 0 in play wouldn't work

  • @darron614
    @darron614 25 дней назад +39

    33:00 Mocking Bird copies Atraxa or Etali for 7 mana, not 8 mana. The card says "the mana spent to cast Mocking Bird" not the value of X.

    • @jeffe2267
      @jeffe2267 24 дня назад +8

      These X spells were really tripping him up this video lol

  • @Indomakio
    @Indomakio 24 дня назад +9

    I'm loving this set more now that I'm getting the flavor. Rabbits reproduce, squirrels gather food, weasels are sly and cunning, frogs...just bounce lol.

  • @alicetheaxolotl
    @alicetheaxolotl 25 дней назад +32

    30:36 What you're missing is that X costs DO affect mana value of spells. X is always 0 when evaluating the mana value of cards and permanents, but that doesn't apply to spells.

    • @adamg941
      @adamg941 24 дня назад

      I know x spells would trigger the draw but can you use the mana creation portion on X spells when since they are not over 4 until on the stack?

    • @snakeman830
      @snakeman830 24 дня назад +1

      @@adamg941 Since Helga specifies "mana value 4 or greater or with X in their mana cost," yes, you can.

  • @metalhev3989
    @metalhev3989 25 дней назад +23

    My sides went into orbit at "crustacean mage"

  • @AllTop507
    @AllTop507 23 дня назад +3

    4:00 This is something I learned when looking at Xorn and Revel in Riches. If two cards are synergizing together and they both say "one or more" you only get one effect, but if one of those two cards says "a" or "each" or puts multiple individual triggers on the stack or does multiple individual things, then you get multiple effects from the card that says one or more.
    Another thing I learned on the very first day I started playing Magic is that the wording on a card and every single word on a card matters and it matters A LOT. I know people always joke about "reading the card explains the card", but you do, especially for newer players, have to not just read, but closely read a card if you want to be able to accurately determine what it's going to do. A lot of the wording is the same throughout Magic, but, even for long time players, with new mechanics coming out all the time, it's an important thing to remember. Edit: Season of the Burrow is a little bit different since it's a card resolution mechanic thing, but you get the point. Understanding mechanics is very important too.

  • @erisdiscordia5429
    @erisdiscordia5429 25 дней назад +9

    A frog walks into a bar. Bartender says "Why the wide face?"

    • @TheDylls
      @TheDylls 24 дня назад

      Wow... Most underrated comment! That was a perfect joke

  • @catalyst-uz6lz
    @catalyst-uz6lz 25 дней назад +18

    After 2 standard sets of sets not really feeling like mtg im happy bloomburrow has brought that vibe back and the card designs are so cool

  • @ryanyoung2815
    @ryanyoung2815 25 дней назад +20

    For wick as a commander you can’t forget changeling creatures as both rats and snails.

    • @marshall4439
      @marshall4439 25 дней назад +1

      Oooooh, I forgot about how good changelings would be there

    • @FlowBerni
      @FlowBerni 23 дня назад

      but Wick also has this "if you don't control a Snail" clause.. which would make changelings entering the battlefield worse.

    • @ryanyoung2815
      @ryanyoung2815 23 дня назад +1

      @@FlowBerni well the changeling could have the counter placed on it. Say you have out black market connections and you make the 3/2 changeling for three life it would enter triggering wick as a rat then you can put a counter on it as it is a snail then sacrifice it for four card and damage. Taurine mauler would grow on its own and then sacrificed for a large chunk of damage and cards too

  • @nathanmisener3328
    @nathanmisener3328 24 дня назад +4

    Just a fun fact about the "paw" modal design, it was used in the prototype card "pick your poison" from mystery boosters sets.

  • @NerdByAnyOtherName
    @NerdByAnyOtherName 25 дней назад +11

    Season of the Burrow: notable that the second mode doesn't say "an opponent controls". So, if you want to you can use it exile one of your own things to draw a card in a pinch, which is particularly good with tokens

    • @maikocat
      @maikocat 25 дней назад +3

      Was looking for someone to notice this before posting my own comment. White's great at making tokens, and you can toss two of them and replace one to draw two cards with this.

    • @TheSmartCinema
      @TheSmartCinema 24 дня назад +1

      at best youre drawing 2 cards max with it, for the cost of exiling 2 tokens and spending 5 mana at sorcery speed... there are SOOO many better ways to draw card in white in 2024 I'd say my opponent is lowkey trolling if I get them doing that... just look at Argent Dais. People (like Seth) have said it could do exactly what you said, yet NO ONE is doing it, cuz it's just straight up bad

    • @ninjablade2
      @ninjablade2 24 дня назад +2

      @@TheSmartCinema but consider that you're gonna be getting food tokens, that's a permanent that you can sack to this~
      And it's not the effect alone, it's the fact that you *can* use this as a draw 2 make a 1/1, Draw 1 + reanimate, heck you could even make it a make 3 1/1s and sac one of them to draw a card so if you're top decking with nothing on board you get blockers and a redraw~!
      This is all on top of the fact it's a great removal against your opponent +rabbit tribal synergy~

    • @jeffe2267
      @jeffe2267 24 дня назад +3

      @@TheSmartCinema It's one of the worst ways to play the card, but it still adds to the flexibility of the card.

  • @SmashCentralOfficial
    @SmashCentralOfficial 25 дней назад +5

    Ah yes, Toskis Welcome. I remember that card from brothers war.

  • @maikocat
    @maikocat 25 дней назад +4

    A note on playing Vren with wraths. Vren doesn't care if he was on the battlefield when the creatures get sent to exile, only if he's on the battlefield at the end of a turn in which things went to exile. So if you've got the mana, you could do a wrath with Vren out, and just recast him, and he'll still see everything else that got wrathed to exile and make a bunch of rats. Or if you've got a way to exile-wrath, you can play that first, and then play Vren.
    He also doesn't care what turn things get exiled in, as he makes the rats at the end of every turn. So if an opponent is playing a sac-heavy deck and doesn't care about exiling their tokens, they'll still be feeding Vren's ability.

    • @SlotCurrentlyEmpty
      @SlotCurrentlyEmpty 24 дня назад

      I use that kind of strategy a lot to trigger my Smeagol, Helpful guide! Always make the creatures die first, THEN play the Smeagol... (might differ with Vren).

  • @christina.morris
    @christina.morris 24 дня назад +3

    This really does feel like the most Magic set we've gotten in a very long time. I am so excited

  • @wvanhuss4190
    @wvanhuss4190 25 дней назад +3

    30:21 Seth did you forget that the mana value if X spells is the amount of mana spent on that spell that's why they tacked it on 😂

  • @BAM_Deadstroke
    @BAM_Deadstroke 24 дня назад

    Very surprised that you included Stargaze in the "draft" pile at the end.
    I think that card is extremely good.

  • @scottserage9022
    @scottserage9022 25 дней назад +1

    For clarification, Seth missed another X spell related functionality. Mocking Bird cares about how much you cast it for, not it's own X value. So you wouldn't need 8 mana to play Etali or Atraxa, you would only need 7. This means the card will always be on curve but never above curve. It also means it is a terrible reanimation target (unlike the majority of clones) because it will only be able to copy creatures with mana value 0 (the wording is weird here, if you just put it into play without casting it then that means that value it checks for should be 0 but I may be wrong about how it works).

  • @tinkerermelon6599
    @tinkerermelon6599 24 дня назад

    Tombstone Stairwell mentioned? Thas my favorite Kambal payoff :D

  • @Bersarker
    @Bersarker 25 дней назад +1

    11:51 It's "Song of TotenTANZ" it's a german word, the "A" is pronounced like the "U" in "Luck", "Deaddance" would be the literal translation so "Song of Totendance" would make sense if you'd like to mix it

  • @scottserage9022
    @scottserage9022 24 дня назад

    Big fan of the set so far. The theme is a nice breath of fresh air. I like darker or less traditional magical themes in MTG but it's nice to take a step back to some more classical elements of fantasy. Having only animals so far is also cool, makes the set feel like Redwall with actual magic and 'monsters'.

  • @Hibadell
    @Hibadell 24 дня назад

    Loving how wonky all the frogs are 🤣

  • @shanatokisaki4596
    @shanatokisaki4596 24 дня назад +20

    the comment about this being the most magic set recently actually is a good way of putting how I feel about it. I started magic with Morningtide as a child and fell in love with that kinda feeling bloomburrow has that same feeling of cute but also dangerous.

  • @TheDylls
    @TheDylls 24 дня назад

    Vren would be terrifying to see across the table from me playing my new Azlask deck lol

  • @jorritdriessen5728
    @jorritdriessen5728 24 дня назад

    The Infamous Cruelclaw as a Voltron commander seems fun as well

  • @EricCanton
    @EricCanton 24 дня назад

    Others already posted about the mana value, so I'll just add the comp rules citation is:
    202.3e When calculating the mana value of an object with an {X} in its mana cost, X is treated as 0 while the object is not on the stack, and X is treated as the number chosen for it while the object is on the stack.

  • @MrMalorian
    @MrMalorian 25 дней назад

    Wick can also use changlings or cards that change the creature type (like psychic paper). Either play big creatures and turn them into snails, or threaten your opponent's stuff and make them into snails.

  • @user-xm3ue6us7l
    @user-xm3ue6us7l 24 дня назад

    I think Mistbreath Elder is one of those one drops that you play to draw out the opponent's removal spells. If they don't kill it, it seems like it could run away with games.

  • @oreszteszmurgacs7689
    @oreszteszmurgacs7689 24 дня назад

    Tha fabled Urborg Lurgoyf deck that only ever existed in Seth's set reviews...

  • @petersteiman2443
    @petersteiman2443 24 дня назад

    You can also use Season of the Burrow to exile a useless token or two you control to draw cards.

  • @Catchi1989
    @Catchi1989 24 дня назад

    I'm ready to get some squirrel action going.

  • @danielcohenmunwes
    @danielcohenmunwes 24 дня назад

    Starfall invocation can also reanimate your opponents creatures. Steal your sheoldred haha

  • @lilfoxgod
    @lilfoxgod 24 дня назад

    Frogs caring about bouncing is a massive flavor win.

  • @DayOfCasual
    @DayOfCasual 24 дня назад

    31:28 What Hearthborn Battler does is... whenever ANYONE plays a second spell in a turn, it deals 2 damage to ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS. Not you, always the opponent.
    So not only is opponent punished for casting 2 spells per turn, you can burn them yourself and you can actually do it in your turn and their turn too if you have enough gas. It's really scary 3 drop.
    Obviously not a Shoeldred level threat but still.

  • @ShiroyWolf
    @ShiroyWolf 25 дней назад

    50:55 Don't forget Shanna, Sisay's Legacy! Still Barrowguard Mentor seems to be the best version. Trample is solid.

  • @Mayajid
    @Mayajid 24 дня назад

    Wick would be really awesome for a shape shifter commander deck :)

  • @derelict844
    @derelict844 25 дней назад

    39:25 Like 20+ years ago in Tempest standard there was an awesome deck named SGD that used Stampeding Wildebeests to bounce Wall of Blossoms, Spike Feeders, and Uktabi Orangutan's over and over. Was so fun. The 1mv frog has me excited.

  • @steven.d6492
    @steven.d6492 24 дня назад +1

    The dream is mistbreath elder + mystic remora early in commander

  • @christophertufaro1337
    @christophertufaro1337 24 дня назад

    With Wick, it seems like you really don’t need many snails, you just want one tall snail ->more activations don’t give you more efficient effects

  • @KoshoShinogi
    @KoshoShinogi 24 дня назад

    Starfall Invocation can definitely be a better wrath than Sunfall in certain decks. Two cases come to mind.
    If domain ramp continues to be a deck in standard, I see Starfall Invocation as a strict upgrade to Sunfall. Imagine you have an Atraxa out but your opponent has a pretty big board. You cast Starfall Invocation and get to wipe their board while keeping your Atraxa and getting another ETB trigger. How many times have you seen someone have to Sunfall away their Atraxa because the opponent's board overpowered it? The deck would want to look for some cheaper ETB creatures to replace Topiary Stomper and Archangel of Wrath as well.
    That's one use case. Another is the new dimir rat, Vren. You're in esper colors. Your opponent has a few creatures. You play out a Vren. They can't kill it because of the ward. You cast Starfall Invocation, wrath away the board but keep your Vren. Then every one of the opponents creatures becomes a huge rat on your side. Wrathing away just 3 creatures of your opponent's is going to leave you with 15 power on the board.

  • @kylechmielewski9972
    @kylechmielewski9972 24 дня назад

    Into the flood maw is really sick in vintage oath.

  • @Indomakio
    @Indomakio 24 дня назад

    Oh Gawd, Helga works really well with Solitude and Subtlety...we are screwed.

  • @JoeMomma-di2iz
    @JoeMomma-di2iz 2 дня назад

    I think that you could make a Mistbreath aggro deck work. If you have cards like Burning tree emissary or amped raptor you can keep looping them and you could also return your whacks and kick/surge them again. It probably wouldn’t be competitive but might be a fun against the odds or something.

  • @the_r4ts
    @the_r4ts 22 дня назад

    Having played Vren (I am from the future), ways to make vanilla 1/1 rat tokens are far worse than just running more ramp, edicts, wraths, and card draw to get more of Vren's tokens. Lord Skitter is versatile enough to run, but in the game I played, was really only useful as graveyard hate. The tokens never mattered

  • @ben_clifford
    @ben_clifford 24 дня назад

    The dad joke intro alone earned my like

  • @elijahwalker323
    @elijahwalker323 24 дня назад

    @22:22 I feel like generally sunfall will be better, but starfall I think is preferred over day of judgment, 1 mana for flexibility to keep one of the creatures you control on the field, or re trigger its ETB effect could win the game, where a day of judgment just stops you from losing most of the time, for 1 mana I think it is worth it, especially in commander.

  • @Bigd2k
    @Bigd2k 25 дней назад +3

    I don’t know why but “fair weasel deck” sounds like an oxymoron.

  • @jnorthey9
    @jnorthey9 24 дня назад

    I just noticed that if you use conspiracy effects to turn the snail into a rat, with the trigger on the stack you can sacrifice the snail to ashnods or altar of dementia and loop the snail infinite times to any sacrifice outlet, as it will see another rat entering and then you sac the snail so when it resolves you see no snails on the battlefield. with altar of dementia this will instantly mill out any opponents entire libraries if they don't have a way to stop the loop, and you're also in some of the best colors for stopping opponents messing with you so.

    • @jnorthey9
      @jnorthey9 24 дня назад

      note: it doesn't work with maskwood nexus because then your commander is also a snail and it will kill the loop always, but if it's turning other things into snails you can sacrifice them to the commanders ability and is also a fun synergy. just does not go infinite ever

  • @theprotogamer5253
    @theprotogamer5253 24 дня назад

    Helga works with X spells for the same reason you can cast Prismatic Ending for 2 to get a chalice on 1

  • @johndoe9343
    @johndoe9343 24 дня назад

    Mocking Bird seems interesting in Synthesizer, Dimir Rogue, and Simic or Bant Toxic strategies.

  • @thatonedudejake
    @thatonedudejake 24 дня назад

    Now you can do a commander clash where everyone plays a rat commander in a different color combination

  • @brumpbotungus8425
    @brumpbotungus8425 24 дня назад

    I started playing mtg during Zendikar/Alara block standard and I was always so bummed that I never got to play during Llorwyn/Shadowmoor, which is exactly up my alley from a gameplay and aesthetic perspective. Bloomburrow looks like the closest I'll ever get to playing this vibe and I'm so excited for it!

  • @scottserage9022
    @scottserage9022 25 дней назад

    "What am I missing about the X spell text?" Literally everything lol

  • @johndoe9343
    @johndoe9343 24 дня назад

    50:25 I mean idk, Long River Lurker and Stargaze seem worth testing out in some formats.

  • @user-gj4ml7su3n
    @user-gj4ml7su3n 24 дня назад

    Cruelclaw will definitely be used as a one-hit KO gimmick brawl commander.

  • @jaysonking4055
    @jaysonking4055 25 дней назад

    Helga does work with x spells while being cast they are whatever mana value that was spent but only during that time

  • @jeffe2267
    @jeffe2267 24 дня назад +1

    the price on Maskwood Nexus is gonna get so nutty after this set

  • @troyleven8875
    @troyleven8875 25 дней назад

    Mocking bard does have the potential to copy tokens as well. Not tokens that are copies of a card with a mana value, like offspring, but other tokens that don’t have mana values. Then it’s just a one mana copy of them. Definitely some potential there!

  • @Indomakio
    @Indomakio 24 дня назад

    Also in Modern mocking bird can become a DRC, Ragavan, Nethergoyf...for one mana.

  • @blueberryblues5644
    @blueberryblues5644 24 дня назад

    Oh man I can't wait for Crustacean Mage

  • @anthonymccord2265
    @anthonymccord2265 25 дней назад

    Helga looks fun with Evoke Elementals 😇

  • @arcfox5054
    @arcfox5054 25 дней назад

    Huskbuster swarm seems like it could be good in some kind of Delve deck since it gets the discount even if you delved the creatures out of your graveyard.

  • @KoshoShinogi
    @KoshoShinogi 24 дня назад

    You could play Darkstar Augur alongside Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator. Whenever you reveal a spell to the Augur, you're going to exile cards from your library instead of losing life.

  • @jeremyhicks4517
    @jeremyhicks4517 25 дней назад +11

    There is something that seth overlooked with Mocking bird. I think the best thing to do with this card is to copy token creatures. In standard they have already introduced the Offspring mechanic. So Mocking Bird can enter as a copy of the token created from the Offspring card for 1 mana. This could be really strong copying Karnstructs or other powerful creature tokens as well. Imagine flying Karnstructs. This could also be paired with Fable of the Mirror breaker to copy the goblin to make more treasures. You can also wait til chapter 3, activate the reflections of kiki jiki on the next turn. Then Mocking bird can be a copy of the token Kiki creates. and you can do that all for 1 mana. Because tokens don't have a mana cost.

    • @bronythekight7369
      @bronythekight7369 25 дней назад +5

      While you are right about the Karnstructs and FotMB goblin token, tokens that are copies of cards share that card’s mana value. Even the offspring tokens in bloom burrow specifically state they have a mana value equal to the creature that made it. So mocking bird would still cost more than one to copy copy tokens.

    • @jeremyhicks4517
      @jeremyhicks4517 25 дней назад

      @@bronythekight7369 Copy that! I haven't played magic in a couple years so I'm a bit rusty on rules. I just remembered creature tokens didn't have a mana value. Thanks for clarifying.

  • @Gobeman
    @Gobeman 25 дней назад

    Im allmost upset that he did'nt comment on the fact 'The Relentless' makes 'Relentless Rat' tokens Without the 'has to be named relentless rat' part XD
    Good card, gonna put it in the marrowgnawer and make this the new commander maybe

  • @Matti_Mattsen
    @Matti_Mattsen 25 дней назад

    Oh seth, now you can play Boomer Jund in Standard with Lililana of the Veil, Bob aka Darkstar Augur and Tarmogoyf aka Urborg Lhurgoyf ^^

  • @Chalky2023
    @Chalky2023 25 дней назад

    Season of the burrow is pretty good for a lurrus deck.
    Because of lurrus' companion condition, every permanent is below 3 cmc anyway, and season can return a lurrus which can then return another permanent. Since most lurrus deads use "on death" or ETB effects, getting 5 1/1 tokens can also be benefitial. and the exile target effect is always good.

  • @chammy2812
    @chammy2812 24 дня назад

    I think Mistbreath could be really good in a +1/+1 counter deck with something like Enduring Bondwarden. You get a +1/+1 counter from Mistbreath and a second for a single white mana on Bondwarden ETB every turn (you just have to make sure you always play her). If you have anything that cares about counters happening it is a lot of value for very little.
    The main issue is that any removal on your bouncing creature will just force you to bounce something you probably don't want to bounce. And because it happens on upkeep you can't use it to bounce something like Bristly Bill as protection to replay him before the land drop each turn

  • @maggiek8616
    @maggiek8616 22 дня назад

    Does anyone else see Infamous Cruelclaw and get Rowan Kenrith vibes with the whole red riding hood?

  • @thekopekemaster
    @thekopekemaster 24 дня назад

    I've mostly fallen out of Magic for a wide variety of reasons, I essentially only play Arena once a week while folding laundry. I basically only play one deck (many variations of the same deck), a BGx midrange deck I've been playing since Ikoria. I haven't really gotten any new cards for the deck since LotR, which has made me even less interested in Magic because it's really the only deck I care about - if a card doesn't fit in the deck, I *probably* don't care about it.
    ALL THIS TO SAY - I'm way more excited for Bloomburrow than any other recent set. There are a bunch of new cards from it that will spawn new variations of my deck or even make their way into the core deck! Genuinely excited to play with these cards!
    (For anyone interested, it's a flexible resilient graveyard-focused midrange deck with a core value engine of Fiend Artisan (also a wincon) and Lurrus (maindeck). Nowadays it's usually core Jund with a splash of white, but I've probably played most possible color combinations with it. I really love this deck, to the degree that I actually made a Jenson/Lurrus EDH version of it.)

  • @Junogray
    @Junogray 23 дня назад

    Mocking bird is also great free value with offspring tokens

  • @johndoe9343
    @johndoe9343 24 дня назад

    Mocking Bird sounds like a really funny card to play to copy Ragavan in Timeless.

  • @josereneticsay32
    @josereneticsay32 25 дней назад +1

    Against the Odds Idea- Huskbuster Swarm plus Relentless Rats
    Surgical extraction your own rats to empty your library and have Huskbuster swarm permanently discounted.
    Thasas oracle for backup

    • @josereneticsay32
      @josereneticsay32 25 дней назад

      Or just have the Swarm as backup in your relentless rats deck in case opponent is the one who uses Surgical extraction or something similar

    • @JonReid01
      @JonReid01 25 дней назад

      Surgical extraction is why I am going to add black when I make a slime against humanity deck

  • @tarquv445
    @tarquv445 25 дней назад

    Why is the first thought when I saw Vren was to attempt to make something of a blink deck?

  • @mercadonathedrawmartinezro1660
    @mercadonathedrawmartinezro1660 25 дней назад

    Huskburster swarm IS going to be present in modern meta for sure

  • @MagicRooster41
    @MagicRooster41 24 дня назад

    Question on the Mistbreath Elder
    The 2nd part says "You may return"
    Which means that if I don't want to do it I can keep it there and its still a 1 mana 2/2?

  • @josipkukavica6867
    @josipkukavica6867 25 дней назад

    X is counted as zero unles its on the stack when its being cast, would that technically trigger the frog then? Since it checks the card at the time of casting, so it would work as a hydra commander?
    Or am i missing something really hard

  • @giovannishepard653
    @giovannishepard653 24 дня назад

    Vren doesn't work with Tombstone Stairwell, no? They both trigger on end step, APNAP he resolves first then the tokens get exiled. In fact because he says "this turn" he has all the same problems as Smuggler's Share, ie anything that dies in an end step (after his ability resolves) he never sees.

  • @scottserage9022
    @scottserage9022 24 дня назад

    I think Mistbreath Elder can work in an aggressive deck, the deck needs to be built differently though. Your other creatures should be cheap and ideally have haste or they would have good 'enters' abilities (like making tokens). Kumano Faces Kakkazan is interesting because it is kind of like a 1/1 haste the turn you play it, on the second turn it can potentially "swing" again if the creature you cast has haste and then it dodges Mistbreath's mandatory bounce the turn it flips if you only had it and Mistbreath in play. You can then recast it and doesn't feel bad. This card gets worse in multiples for this type of strategy, but I still think there are a good number of hasters that appreciate being recast for some reason.

  • @jeffe2267
    @jeffe2267 24 дня назад +1

    this set slaps harder than my step-dad

  • @christopherneil8265
    @christopherneil8265 25 дней назад +21

    The 3 color frog legends are all very weird. They seem like they’d all work well together on the battlefield, but you can’t play them together in commander, and flubs isn’t standard legal. Not to mention the mana constraints of getting 3 3-color creatures without protection on the field at the same time.

    • @woundsdrone
      @woundsdrone 25 дней назад +1

      All I want is a frog commander deck for me to get back into magic. Lol

    • @maclainholland4236
      @maclainholland4236 25 дней назад +1

      🐸🐸🐸

    • @victorbourguignon6897
      @victorbourguignon6897 25 дней назад +8

      Both Helga and glarb refer to calamity beasts in the fact that they care for 4 mana value creatures, with glarb being "evil" and caring only for his premonitions. Helga on the other hand turns these predictions into an opportunity for growth through her counters and her literal cantrips (all she could cast ) being white as in opposite to glarb.... As for flubs.... I mean he's a fool I don't know.

    • @MakeVarahHappen
      @MakeVarahHappen 25 дней назад +2

      I like that they make different frog commanders for different colors.

    • @yuvalsela4482
      @yuvalsela4482 25 дней назад

      theyre the three kinds of "simic plus another color".

  • @Kasigi03
    @Kasigi03 24 дня назад

    Season of the Burrow, continuing to make white stronger and crazier.

  • @greenbronze6318
    @greenbronze6318 25 дней назад

    2 good changelings for wick is taurean mauler and bloodline pretender because they can speed up there ability to be buffed.

  • @ullrich
    @ullrich 25 дней назад

    Persistent Marshstalker is crazy at uncommon. Feels like for SURE would have been a rare a year or two ago. I just imagine you think you kill this sort of rat lieutenant in a battle, but during the next wave of rats he just pops back up out of the horde like SURPRISE!

  • @seanmackay4461
    @seanmackay4461 25 дней назад

    I don't think it'll be all that good, but Riku of Many Paths will be pretty fun with the Season cycle. Some fun interactions:
    Season of Weaving: Make 3 1/1 bird tokens, bounce all nonland nontoken permanents, draw 2 cards.
    Season of Gathering: Make Riku 8/8 + trample, draw 8 cards.
    Season of the Bold: Create 5 tapped treasure tokens, impulse draw 5.

  • @vermora356
    @vermora356 24 дня назад

    I'm sure that Into the Flood Maw will be maindeck - not sideboard - for blue tempo and combo decks.

  • @pketr5
    @pketr5 24 дня назад

    I wished Wick had just used "Amass Snails 1" instead. It would be the same, except we would have a Snail Army token instead.

  • @zackwilcox3183
    @zackwilcox3183 25 дней назад

    Wick, the whorled mind (commander) I just wanna ideally jam maskwood nexus and cast phrexian dreadnaught.

  • @insidious
    @insidious 25 дней назад

    Into the Flood Maw is shades of Chain of Vapor, but not being able to target your own stuff is unfortunate.

  • @sireklz1169
    @sireklz1169 24 дня назад

    Starfall invocation with prototype creatures seems like where you would want to go with it. But strictly a sideboard card there I think

  • @BananaP_uwu
    @BananaP_uwu 24 дня назад

    One thing you didn't mention about mocking bird is that it has the potential for being a 1 mana make a flying copy of any creature token, I think with it being blue and us getting dimir rats and as we see rats love to make big boards of tokens and some times pump them (as well as most rats being pretty cheap) it might actually be a 1 mana flying rat if dimir or grixis rats become a real deck. Question is if making just one more flying copy of a token or 1 drop for one mana is really worth it

  • @duk2112
    @duk2112 21 день назад

    Some of these are trying to work well with the Outlaw mechanic with these creature types:warlock, rogue…

  • @redtitan9120
    @redtitan9120 25 дней назад +1

    Mocking bird says mana spent to cast it, not x so if x=6 you can copy a seven drop

  • @turkeythesquirrel
    @turkeythesquirrel 25 дней назад

    Loved it when Seth said it’s bloomburrowin’ time and bloomburrowed all over the place

  • @johncreekpaum4998
    @johncreekpaum4998 25 дней назад

    Helga having Blue means she's a Marwyn with access to a lot of untap effects. Helga with Beast Whisperer and Intruder Alarm is nuts.

  • @DabbleDo
    @DabbleDo 24 дня назад

    That intro made me impulsively say “you’re fired” out loud in a crowd..
    You’re not and I love everything you do, but it was a reflex

  • @Dekaar
    @Dekaar 24 дня назад

    So... Wick.... or as he will be known as John... I love that guy. First of all... first proper Grixis Rat commander. His pet Snail is... well... loving +1/+1 counters... what does Blue do well? proliferate. What goes well with proliferate? Poison.
    What does Wick do? He throws the Snail Minsc&Boo Style and DEALS DAMAGE to all opponents... so basically... proliferate the snail to really big, spam some rats... and then "Tainted Strike" giving Wick infect... I will surely try to build him as a poison maintheme with rats sub...

  • @Zaykahb
    @Zaykahb 24 дня назад

    Ain't no way he actually read that as "Crustacean Mage". Coruscate is a real word Seth, you don't have to guess

  • @1997Awesomedude
    @1997Awesomedude 25 дней назад

    I can't see dawns truce seeing play in standard to give yourself hexproof because surge of salvation can already do that for 1 mana instead of 2

  • @zobeking5647
    @zobeking5647 25 дней назад

    Hey Seth playing an X spell for 4 or more mana would trigger helga. mana value of X spells on a the stack is equal to their cost plus the amount paid into X.