0:49 The Etrata Category 2:53 Why not all cards in the set are ranked 3:40 Brutal Seth callout 50:54 Explanation of what the 'Tomer Favorites [sic]' category means and how it differs from "strongest cards in the set" 53:59 "Tomer Favorites" becomes "Tomer Personal Pickups" 2:12:23 Final Overview I will award three medals and one honourable mention in the Saffron Olive Excellence in Pronunciation competition. === Reviews === Organised alphabetically, which is not exactly the same as chronologically 3:44 Abstergo Entertainment 6:41 Achilles Davenport 8:12 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains 9:58 Adrestia 2:06:00 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos 11:24 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad 14:14 Apple of Eden, Isu Relic 16:37 Arbaaz Mir 18:55 Assassin Den 19:12 Assassin Initiate 21:14 Auditore Ambush 21:42 Aveline de Grandpré 24:37 Aya of Alexandria 26:03 Ballad of the Black Flag (your timestamper's favourite card from the set) 28:53 Basin Ibn Ishaq 31:16 Battlefield Improvisation 31:53 Bayek of Siwa 33:45 Become Anonymous 35:41 Bleeding Effect 37:00 Brotherhood Ambushers 37:12 Brotherhood Headquarters 37:35 Brotherhood Regalia 39:25 Brotherhood Spy 40:26 Bureau Headmaster 41:55 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes 45:58 Chain Assassination 45:01 Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh 46:22 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass 47:42 Desmond Miles 48:39 Desynchronization 51:08 Detained by Legionnaires 51:14 Distract the Guards 52:33 Eagle Vision 54:19 Edward Kenway 56:24 Eivor, Battle-Ready (Saffron Olive silver medal) 58:34 Eivor, Wolf-Kissed 1:01:17 Escape Detection 1:02:59 Escarpment Fortress 1:03:25 Evie Frye + Jacob Frye 1:05:50 Excalibur, Sword of Eden 1:08:09 Ezio Auditore de Firenze (Saffron Olive bronze medal) 1:11:03 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance 1:12:04 Ezio, Brash Novice 1:12:10 Fall of the First Civilization 1:12:30 Havi, the All-Father 1:13:55 Haystack 1:15:33 Haytham Kenway 1:16:30 Headsplitter 1:16:39 Hemlock Vial 1:16:53 Hidden Blade & Hidden Footblade & Hookblade 1:17:26 Hookblade Veteran 1:18:06 Hunter's Bow 1:18:47 Jackdaw 1:20:12 Kassandra, Eagle Bearer + The Spear of Leonidas 1:22:33 Keen-Eyed Raven & Labyrinth Adversary 1:22:41 Layla Hassan 1:23:35 Leonardo da Vinci 1:25:50 Lydia Frye 1:26:39 Mary Read and Anne Bonny 1:28:12 Merciless Harlequin 1:28:22 Misthios's Fury 1:28:28 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer 1:29:54 Origin of the Hidden Ones 2:09:24 Overpowering Attack 1:30:00 Palazzo Archers 1:30:12 Petty Larceny 1:31:04 Phantom Blade 1:31:12 Poison-Blade Mentor 1:31:27 Ratonhnhaké:Ton (Saffron Olive gold medal. Rah-doon-ha-gay-doon, see ruclips.net/video/XM0x02wzA8w/видео.html for reference. Link provided by www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1divygd/acr_ratonhnhak%C3%A9ton_weeklymtg/l96nkb1/ ) 1:32:53 Raven Clan War-Axe 1:32:57 Restart Sequence 1:33:27 Rooftop Bypass 1:34:00 Roshan, Hidden Magister 1:35:55 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector 1:37:32 Settlement Blacksmith 1:37:50 Shao Jun 1:38:52 Shaun & Rebecca, Agents + The Animus 1:42:22 Shay Cormac 1:32:37 Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe 1:44:16 Smoke Bomb 1:45:36 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher 1:47:17 Spartan Veteran (SaffronOlive honourable mention) 1:47:23 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key 1:48:45 Surtr, Fiery Jötun 1:49:43 Tax Collector 1:50:45 Templar Knight 1:52:10 The Aesir Escape Valhalla 1:53:37 The Capitoline Triad 1:56:35 The Revelations of Ezio 1:59:04 Towering Viewpoint 1:59:19 Tranquilize 1:59:27 Viewpoint Synchronization 2:02:59 What Must Be Done
since freerunning works with when your commander hits is Chain Assassination a consideration for Toshiro? like dowside he has to hit but upside you do want murder effects
I tried to build her when it came out but it was too much effort to achieve nothing. This set gonna make it better but i dont think i will rebuild this deck
Yes because the condition allowing its casting is a part of the effect that exiled it. If, instead, it was a different ability that allowed its casting, such as a static ability on Edward then you would need Edward on the board. 😀
@@TMidander Oh yaaaaaa... Because it was an ability that created the effect, but the effect created the condition. So you no longer need the original ability around to use the created condition Edit: THANKS!
The first ability on Ratonhnhaké:ton is amazing flavour. He moves through the trees, so you can't see him or block him until he jumps down and makes that first attack
I just built etrata a month ago and was watching this video to get ideas for cards to add. Then I started watching and you made a whole category for me personally, lol. Very much appreciated
He's spoken Hebrew, and may already have some French from living in Canada and France, while also living with a Portuguese speaking boyfriend. Latin isn't exactly widely taught.
The problem with all these other Assassin commanders is that they made Ezio Auditore da Firenze who can run WUBRG assassin and play them at a huge discount.
Yeah basically I wanna run him as my commander and run all the other AC cards + some general good assassins, maybe even one or two of those cards that makes everything an assassin
I really like assassin’s creed and am going to make an assassin’s deck using them but I agree that Etrata is just better as a commander compared to any of them so I’ll probably just make them the commander
To be fair, I think the AC set does have some good Assassin commanders: my personal favorite is Altair, Edward is great if you want to mix Assassins with Vehicles, and Ezio is obviously good due to being 5C so the most options (though he's even better if you focus on Maskwood Nexus effects that make everything Assassins). Etrata remains my overall favorite because she takes advantage of some of the "face-down" synergies in the set, and also her playstyle matches up to my preferences which can be described as "Edric" :p
I actually think palazzo archers are great if you're in a deck where you can pump them up, no fliers will be able to sneak through as long as its around
I know I'm 2 weeks late, but I wanted to say that Ratonhnhaké:ton (Ra-DOON-ha-gay-doon) is way stronger than you think. Turn 1, Entomb Colossus Hammer, Turn 2 Lightning Greaves, Turn 3 Ratonhnhaké:ton, swing and get an 11/11 menace. Then on Turn 4 you play Arna Kennerüd and the 11/11 becomes a 21/21
It's worth noting for Ezio Auditore da Firenze, his combat trigger can win the whole game with Ramses, Assassin Lord, so it's not completely nothing. could even get an instant speed kill if you can get flash then freerunning in Ramses while the trigger is on the stack
As somebody with a name that used to have an umlaut, and is now spelled with an “e” next to the letter with an umlaut, I can tell you people still mispronounce it 99% if the time.
Bureau Headmaster is insane. Making your Swords XY 2/1 cost instead of 3/2 is a massive difference, so many great equipment become 1 mana total to play and equip. Slam dunk for every equipment deck.
the fourth historical figure(s) you are looking for is Mary Reed and Anne Bonny they were some of the few female pirates during the golden age of piracy. as a pride month special, there's some heavy speculation that the two are queer, there's no real proof, but iirc they were in the games.
They could be bisexual but both got pregnant in the game so they are probably not lesbian, that’s not to say they couldn’t be queer in other ways though
I read it wrong but I've seen the card before and my brain knew it as +10/+0 so no change of opinion really. I also really appreciate vigilance, letting you swing out and still have your best creature up as a blocker is huge.
For What Must Be Done, it's depicting the conclusion of AC3. The world is at risk of a solar flare that will wipe humanity. Desmond (regular guy in the art) has the opportunity to activate someone to stop that from affecting the world, at the cost of his life and releasing Juno (figure behind regular dude), an Isu precursor figure who was sealed away that has the ultimate goal of conquering humanity (I think?). Overall, really flavorful card, destroy everything or bring someone back
I built a cheap Edward pirate boats deck, setting those as the restrictions. And I drew so many cards from Jackdaw thanks to all the treasures I made in each end step
Deeply offended by the Cleopatra rating. (obviously not really, opinions are allowed) I actually think you seem like the right person to brew a deck around her - she's fun! important to remember she works with ALL counters and your OPPONENTS creatures - so "gift of the viper" from MH3 puts 3 counters on a legendary, you trade, you draw 3. Got counter doublers? Bristly Bill? Anduril, Narset Reforged? Suddenly every game action you take is putting counters on your cards and then you can even have a subtheme / couple of cards that make the ring tempt you to boost your legendary count. I'm not sure how viable a budget brew of the deck would be, but I think it's a really cool buildaround commander to look into
As a fellow Etrata player I have to say Eldrazi Monument works wonderfully to close out the game especially paired up with cards like Maskwood Nexus. You can swing out with indestructible assassins, the cloaked cards are now 3/3 and when damage inevitably goes through you cloak however many cards that can now continue to block after swinging out and at the beginning of your next upkeep you have opponents cards to freely sacrifice to keep Eldrazi Monument on the board
since templar knight only gets legendary... I'm guessing akroma's memorial would be the first thing to try and protect them considering what it would take to get 5 of them ready to attack on the battlefield. it's honestly a nearly impossible feat of strength to pull off and requires putting what are otherwise like 30 vanilla 2/2 in your deck XD
Tomer your wrong about Roshan,hidden magister 1:35:17, THIS IS AN EZIO EVERYTHING IS AN ASSASSIN CARD. Nothing is true, EVERYTHING is permitted :). Now we have 4 cards that say the same thing. Maskwood nexus, arcane adapation, Conspiracy, rukaarumel biologist and now Roshan, unless there is more please let me know i want my old gnawbones or some crazy dragon to freerunning in.
Yeah definitely, the strongest Ezio decks will be ones where you run huge haymakers and turn them all into Assassins. Casting Eldrazi Titans for BB is pretty good.
I also think viewpoint synchronization isn't that bad if you have to cast it for 5. You shouldnt really play it outside of landfall if you can't cast it for 3 ever, but comparing it to explosive vegetation style cards which put 2 lands on the battlefield for 4, getting 2 on the field and 1 in hand for 5 isn't a bad deal
I feel like I’m ever the only one who saw potential in Lydia as a commander at this point. First thing I did was build assassin Surveil tribal. Honestly most fun I’ve had in commander in the last year.
You knew how to pronounce the names. Like AC is this unknown game…..you also know the comments calling you can idiot for mispronunciation manipulate the RUclips algorithm.
I don’t know if a hidden blade should have been skipped over, it gives your assassin death touch and first strike, flash it in and kill a blocker/protect your creature or flash it in on defense and kill a big attacker
I built leonardo within the week he was spoiled. It's a very fun deck. Of course you run stuff like darksteel forge but leonardos ability let's you run goofy stuff like staff of nin too.
Im interested to know why they created the free running mechanic. It bothers me that it is a rip off of prowl because assassins fail if they dont kill their target. Surely for flavor the morbid mechanic would have fit better (if a creature died this turn) especially as there are only 25 cards with the morbid mechanic. Furthermore, free running is all about flowing from one area of the environment to the next with more emphasis on self expression. Reducing the casting cost seems uninspired as several prowl costs give you an alternative effect. I would have liked to see something like if the free running cost was paid becomes unblockable and gains haste. My biggest bugbear is chain assassination for this.
They wanted a mechanic that captured the freeflowing movement of the series and figured the best way to go about it was a mechanic that cared about combat mixed with a mechanic that lets you cast things more efficiently. They specifically looked at prowl as the starting point for freerunning.
Desynchronization seems really bad to me. Anything and everything is legendary nowadays and otherwise it's an artifact More often than not it'll just bounce a few nonessential things and maybe an Enchantment or two
I don't like apple of eden because I compare it to sen triplet and I see more value in sen triplet 😆 I didn't know you lived in Paris I couldn't meet you at magiccon, but would love to play a game someday
I'm actually aiming to test Hookblade in my Karlov Voltron deck. I always was a fan of Gryff's Boon as a cheap reusable way to buff him by one extra point while also giving him evasion so that 20 commander damage becomes 21 commander damage, but I'd like to see if "two mana for the first equip and two for each subsequent one" is better than "one mana for the first pseudoequip and four mana for each subsequent one". I have Open the Armory still in the deck instead of Steelshaper's Gift specifically because it can fetch Gryff's Boon (my only Aura) for a quick and easy evasion set-up, but now I can go "Steelshaper's Gift into Hookblade" for essentially the same line while saving a mana if I opt to go for an equipment instead. Beyond that, Brotherhood Regalia is a no-brainer for the deck, and Haystack makes me super hype.
Templar Knights in a nutshell: shove them in Iroas, God of Victory. Your main targets are Thrumming Stone (obviously), The Immortal Sun, Throne of Eldraine, and Oketra’s Monument. If you are looking lose friends, Mindslaver
lol I started building etrata slightly before this set was announced so good to see her get some rep on one of the tiers oh but wrong etrata.... oo this is awkward, if it helps I have deadly fugitive in the 99 Fine... I guess I'll split Deadly Fugitive into another deck as well
On the art of "What Must Be Done" it's a scen from the ending of assassins creed 3 were Desmond miles, the guy, has to choose to either sacrifice himself or let the world be destroyed. The catch is it will release Juno, the goddes be hind him, from her digital prision.
I run Abstergo in a Rocco deck that tutors up Norin. It's just a small insurance, that if norin dies, I may get him back. Same for Layla and What must be done.
Become Anon is also really good in Etrata, the Silencer, you use it on her after she gets her combat trigger so that you dodge the self-tuck and she comes in face down ready to get hit number 2 when you flip her face up next time. Escape detection is also amazing with etrata the silencer, one of the only free bounce effects I know of, and it draws a card
Sigurd's pump has to target another creature so there's some hoops to jump through. I might given him a shot, seeing that he's really good at keeping sagas around via the boast trigger. It's like he loves to retell his heroic deeds.
You gave me a nice wave of nostalgia with that Karona deck, one of my early favorite decks after they printed the goad auras. Was fun but tricky and I had to scrap it in the end
Next podcast has us talking about the Top 10 cards of the set, but there's no way to cover everything in a podcast discussion so I did a solo video as well
I find it hilarious that both you and Seth did the “I don’t know how to pronounce anything” for a set based on a fully voice acted video game series. Every single character’s name is said multiple times, and is easily google-able!
Your comment is even more hilarious since all you can add is criticism even after he said they've never played the games or know the characters! They don't need to know AC lore to give opinion on how good a Magic card is! 🤡
@@kylelittle8816 You have completely misunderstood my comment if you think this is a damning criticism, it was just a mild chuckle at “I don’t know how to pronounce these” when the first result for pretty much every name is a video of someone pronouncing it. The first one for Ratonhnhaké꞉ton is a video of him saying his own name to someone saying “I’m not gonna try to pronounce that”. Clown face yourself lol, if you can’t understand “Heh, that’s funny” is not the same thing as “criticising someone’s work”.
0:49 The Etrata Category
2:53 Why not all cards in the set are ranked
3:40 Brutal Seth callout
50:54 Explanation of what the 'Tomer Favorites [sic]' category means and how it differs from "strongest cards in the set"
53:59 "Tomer Favorites" becomes "Tomer Personal Pickups"
2:12:23 Final Overview
I will award three medals and one honourable mention in the Saffron Olive Excellence in Pronunciation competition.
=== Reviews ===
Organised alphabetically, which is not exactly the same as chronologically
3:44 Abstergo Entertainment
6:41 Achilles Davenport
8:12 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
9:58 Adrestia
2:06:00 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
11:24 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
14:14 Apple of Eden, Isu Relic
16:37 Arbaaz Mir
18:55 Assassin Den
19:12 Assassin Initiate
21:14 Auditore Ambush
21:42 Aveline de Grandpré
24:37 Aya of Alexandria
26:03 Ballad of the Black Flag (your timestamper's favourite card from the set)
28:53 Basin Ibn Ishaq
31:16 Battlefield Improvisation
31:53 Bayek of Siwa
33:45 Become Anonymous
35:41 Bleeding Effect
37:00 Brotherhood Ambushers
37:12 Brotherhood Headquarters
37:35 Brotherhood Regalia
39:25 Brotherhood Spy
40:26 Bureau Headmaster
41:55 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
45:58 Chain Assassination
45:01 Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
46:22 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
47:42 Desmond Miles
48:39 Desynchronization
51:08 Detained by Legionnaires
51:14 Distract the Guards
52:33 Eagle Vision
54:19 Edward Kenway
56:24 Eivor, Battle-Ready (Saffron Olive silver medal)
58:34 Eivor, Wolf-Kissed
1:01:17 Escape Detection
1:02:59 Escarpment Fortress
1:03:25 Evie Frye + Jacob Frye
1:05:50 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
1:08:09 Ezio Auditore de Firenze (Saffron Olive bronze medal)
1:11:03 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
1:12:04 Ezio, Brash Novice
1:12:10 Fall of the First Civilization
1:12:30 Havi, the All-Father
1:13:55 Haystack
1:15:33 Haytham Kenway
1:16:30 Headsplitter
1:16:39 Hemlock Vial
1:16:53 Hidden Blade & Hidden Footblade & Hookblade
1:17:26 Hookblade Veteran
1:18:06 Hunter's Bow
1:18:47 Jackdaw
1:20:12 Kassandra, Eagle Bearer + The Spear of Leonidas
1:22:33 Keen-Eyed Raven & Labyrinth Adversary
1:22:41 Layla Hassan
1:23:35 Leonardo da Vinci
1:25:50 Lydia Frye
1:26:39 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
1:28:12 Merciless Harlequin
1:28:22 Misthios's Fury
1:28:28 Mjölnir, Storm Hammer
1:29:54 Origin of the Hidden Ones
2:09:24 Overpowering Attack
1:30:00 Palazzo Archers
1:30:12 Petty Larceny
1:31:04 Phantom Blade
1:31:12 Poison-Blade Mentor
1:31:27 Ratonhnhaké:Ton (Saffron Olive gold medal. Rah-doon-ha-gay-doon, see ruclips.net/video/XM0x02wzA8w/видео.html for reference. Link provided by www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1divygd/acr_ratonhnhak%C3%A9ton_weeklymtg/l96nkb1/ )
1:32:53 Raven Clan War-Axe
1:32:57 Restart Sequence
1:33:27 Rooftop Bypass
1:34:00 Roshan, Hidden Magister
1:35:55 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
1:37:32 Settlement Blacksmith
1:37:50 Shao Jun
1:38:52 Shaun & Rebecca, Agents + The Animus
1:42:22 Shay Cormac
1:32:37 Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
1:44:16 Smoke Bomb
1:45:36 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
1:47:17 Spartan Veteran (SaffronOlive honourable mention)
1:47:23 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
1:48:45 Surtr, Fiery Jötun
1:49:43 Tax Collector
1:50:45 Templar Knight
1:52:10 The Aesir Escape Valhalla
1:53:37 The Capitoline Triad
1:56:35 The Revelations of Ezio
1:59:04 Towering Viewpoint
1:59:19 Tranquilize
1:59:27 Viewpoint Synchronization
2:02:59 What Must Be Done
Wow thank you!
You're a god! I only wish you'd included the final ranking for each in brackets. Amazing work. Thank you!
o7
Wow... That took a lot of Work?!... RESPECT!
"The hookblade is made of two parts..."
"The hook and the blade" thank you Yusuf, I didn't figured out myself
36:18 Any time Zetalpa has a home I am happy 😊
People sleeping on Connor Tron. Man is gonna be an absolute menace 🎉
since freerunning works with when your commander hits is Chain Assassination a consideration for Toshiro? like dowside he has to hit but upside you do want murder effects
chain assassin is pretty good in the new gitrog deck. swing deal dmg sac big creature draw, get this tap two free run draw and kill?
I tried to build her when it came out but it was too much effort to achieve nothing. This set gonna make it better but i dont think i will rebuild this deck
I always forget this: Because of the wording, can I play Edward Kenway exiled cards even if he leaves the battlefield?
Yes because the condition allowing its casting is a part of the effect that exiled it. If, instead, it was a different ability that allowed its casting, such as a static ability on Edward then you would need Edward on the board. 😀
@@TMidander Oh yaaaaaa... Because it was an ability that created the effect, but the effect created the condition. So you no longer need the original ability around to use the created condition
Edit: THANKS!
Tomer where can I find your Teztin list? Please and thank you 💕
Here: www.moxfield.com/decks/xktxL1DFxUKOiRLwjDLxWw
@@MTGGoldfishCommanderomg thank you so much this is great.
The first ability on Ratonhnhaké:ton is amazing flavour.
He moves through the trees, so you can't see him or block him until he jumps down and makes that first attack
I just built etrata a month ago and was watching this video to get ideas for cards to add. Then I started watching and you made a whole category for me personally, lol. Very much appreciated
I took psychic damage listening to Tomer pronounce Ezio
Pretty sure he never reach out on learning a second language
It's yah boi Easy-O!
He's spoken Hebrew, and may already have some French from living in Canada and France, while also living with a Portuguese speaking boyfriend. Latin isn't exactly widely taught.
Cleopatra is rad in -1/-1 counter decks. She doesn't specify that the legends that die have to be your legends.
Which makes sense, since Hapatra was meant to be the Magic version of her and they work pretty well together!
The problem with all these other Assassin commanders is that they made Ezio Auditore da Firenze who can run WUBRG assassin and play them at a huge discount.
Facts. I knew that my Assassin deck was going to be lead by Ezio immediately when I saw his card spoiled
Yeah basically I wanna run him as my commander and run all the other AC cards + some general good assassins, maybe even one or two of those cards that makes everything an assassin
You have sold me on Etrata.. time for a deck tech
I really like assassin’s creed and am going to make an assassin’s deck using them but I agree that Etrata is just better as a commander compared to any of them so I’ll probably just make them the commander
To be fair, I think the AC set does have some good Assassin commanders: my personal favorite is Altair, Edward is great if you want to mix Assassins with Vehicles, and Ezio is obviously good due to being 5C so the most options (though he's even better if you focus on Maskwood Nexus effects that make everything Assassins).
Etrata remains my overall favorite because she takes advantage of some of the "face-down" synergies in the set, and also her playstyle matches up to my preferences which can be described as "Edric" :p
As someone who runs Etrata, this set added like 15 cards I want to run, the problem is cuts now lol
I actually think palazzo archers are great if you're in a deck where you can pump them up, no fliers will be able to sneak through as long as its around
The only problem is that is a very concrete counterplay card. I love them in MonoGreen and Gruul, but outside of those colors there are better things
Aya of Alexandria with Anim Pakal is crazy
As a swede, I gotta say getting hit with the Eveyore dealt psychic damage. I now know how sethisms hurt other people. :D
That's what's so great about this channel. Equal pain for all! 😂❤
Ok so where is this etrata deck tech. I need a list so bad. You've convinced me
I know I'm 2 weeks late, but I wanted to say that Ratonhnhaké:ton (Ra-DOON-ha-gay-doon) is way stronger than you think. Turn 1, Entomb Colossus Hammer, Turn 2 Lightning Greaves, Turn 3 Ratonhnhaké:ton, swing and get an 11/11 menace. Then on Turn 4 you play Arna Kennerüd and the 11/11 becomes a 21/21
It's worth noting for Ezio Auditore da Firenze, his combat trigger can win the whole game with Ramses, Assassin Lord, so it's not completely nothing.
could even get an instant speed kill if you can get flash then freerunning in Ramses while the trigger is on the stack
Yes, Ezio's WUBRG is up to 10 extra damage on a swing which certainly can nab games.
My German teacher's hack for pronouncing umlauts was to put an "e" next to the letter with the umlaut.
As somebody with a name that used to have an umlaut, and is now spelled with an “e” next to the letter with an umlaut, I can tell you people still mispronounce it 99% if the time.
@@jmantehguy that’s a them problem at that point :)
Bureau Headmaster is insane. Making your Swords XY 2/1 cost instead of 3/2 is a massive difference, so many great equipment become 1 mana total to play and equip. Slam dunk for every equipment deck.
the fourth historical figure(s) you are looking for is Mary Reed and Anne Bonny they were some of the few female pirates during the golden age of piracy.
as a pride month special, there's some heavy speculation that the two are queer, there's no real proof, but iirc they were in the games.
They could be bisexual but both got pregnant in the game so they are probably not lesbian, that’s not to say they couldn’t be queer in other ways though
Tomer misreading Excalibur as +10/+10 instead of +10/+0 I wonder how much that changes his opinions of it
It took me like 10 reads to realize that mistake as well, I thought the same as Tomer.
If you look at the scryfall oracle text it has it wrong too
He is looking at the oracle text instead of the card
I read it wrong but I've seen the card before and my brain knew it as +10/+0 so no change of opinion really. I also really appreciate vigilance, letting you swing out and still have your best creature up as a blocker is huge.
For What Must Be Done, it's depicting the conclusion of AC3. The world is at risk of a solar flare that will wipe humanity. Desmond (regular guy in the art) has the opportunity to activate someone to stop that from affecting the world, at the cost of his life and releasing Juno (figure behind regular dude), an Isu precursor figure who was sealed away that has the ultimate goal of conquering humanity (I think?). Overall, really flavorful card, destroy everything or bring someone back
I literally can not believe how close Tomer got to pronouncing Connor's real name correctly
Ava and Bayak should have been partners. They're married and they're even present in each others art
I cant wait for the richard Socrates deck, fog and rendezvous in 1 card
I built a cheap Edward pirate boats deck, setting those as the restrictions. And I drew so many cards from Jackdaw thanks to all the treasures I made in each end step
Shao Jun will be fun to build around as a commander, you can build your deck in a lot of ways ✨
You missed Battlefield Improvisation! Which is a hilariously powerful card in any equipment deck
Anyone else have the feeling that Havi and Eivor have the face-commander/alternate commander vibe to them
Nevermind her brother has a stronger vibe to cocomander than Havi
"Easy-O"
Deeply offended by the Cleopatra rating. (obviously not really, opinions are allowed) I actually think you seem like the right person to brew a deck around her - she's fun! important to remember she works with ALL counters and your OPPONENTS creatures - so "gift of the viper" from MH3 puts 3 counters on a legendary, you trade, you draw 3.
Got counter doublers? Bristly Bill? Anduril, Narset Reforged? Suddenly every game action you take is putting counters on your cards and then you can even have a subtheme / couple of cards that make the ring tempt you to boost your legendary count.
I'm not sure how viable a budget brew of the deck would be, but I think it's a really cool buildaround commander to look into
As a fellow Etrata player I have to say Eldrazi Monument works wonderfully to close out the game especially paired up with cards like Maskwood Nexus. You can swing out with indestructible assassins, the cloaked cards are now 3/3 and when damage inevitably goes through you cloak however many cards that can now continue to block after swinging out and at the beginning of your next upkeep you have opponents cards to freely sacrifice to keep Eldrazi Monument on the board
since templar knight only gets legendary... I'm guessing akroma's memorial would be the first thing to try and protect them considering what it would take to get 5 of them ready to attack on the battlefield.
it's honestly a nearly impossible feat of strength to pull off and requires putting what are otherwise like 30 vanilla 2/2 in your deck XD
Tomer your wrong about Roshan,hidden magister 1:35:17, THIS IS AN EZIO EVERYTHING IS AN ASSASSIN CARD. Nothing is true, EVERYTHING is permitted :). Now we have 4 cards that say the same thing. Maskwood nexus, arcane adapation, Conspiracy, rukaarumel biologist and now Roshan, unless there is more please let me know i want my old gnawbones or some crazy dragon to freerunning in.
Yeah definitely, the strongest Ezio decks will be ones where you run huge haymakers and turn them all into Assassins. Casting Eldrazi Titans for BB is pretty good.
I also think viewpoint synchronization isn't that bad if you have to cast it for 5. You shouldnt really play it outside of landfall if you can't cast it for 3 ever, but comparing it to explosive vegetation style cards which put 2 lands on the battlefield for 4, getting 2 on the field and 1 in hand for 5 isn't a bad deal
Tomer, you should watch Judging FTW Shadowspear vs Darksteel Plate, where Dave says how Shield of Kaldra can refresh its indestructibility.
I feel like I’m ever the only one who saw potential in Lydia as a commander at this point. First thing I did was build assassin Surveil tribal. Honestly most fun I’ve had in commander in the last year.
You knew how to pronounce the names. Like AC is this unknown game…..you also know the comments calling you can idiot for mispronunciation manipulate the RUclips algorithm.
I think Tomer might need to build a missy deck. Take everyone's creatures once they die as facedown 2/2 then turn them faceup with other effects.
I don’t know if a hidden blade should have been skipped over, it gives your assassin death touch and first strike, flash it in and kill a blocker/protect your creature or flash it in on defense and kill a big attacker
I built leonardo within the week he was spoiled. It's a very fun deck. Of course you run stuff like darksteel forge but leonardos ability let's you run goofy stuff like staff of nin too.
I love etrata too, built her from your budget build (with my own modifications) and it's a really fun deck
Technically speaking Sigurd is a historical figure so if you wanted to do a historical figure pod. He’d fit as a fourth.
Ezio is pronounced ets-ee-oh
Eivor is pronounces eye-vore
So much pain listening to this lmao
Aya is good in the 99 for Winota IMO. The token generation can help her snowball hard.
Tomer got the joke of the Regalia.
The assassin uniform is supposed to look very similar to the monk uniform of the setting of the first game or something like that
Just wanted to give a shout out to Eazy-O, my favorite assassin rapper.
Im interested to know why they created the free running mechanic. It bothers me that it is a rip off of prowl because assassins fail if they dont kill their target.
Surely for flavor the morbid mechanic would have fit better (if a creature died this turn) especially as there are only 25 cards with the morbid mechanic.
Furthermore, free running is all about flowing from one area of the environment to the next with more emphasis on self expression. Reducing the casting cost seems uninspired as several prowl costs give you an alternative effect. I would have liked to see something like if the free running cost was paid becomes unblockable and gains haste.
My biggest bugbear is chain assassination for this.
They wanted a mechanic that captured the freeflowing movement of the series and figured the best way to go about it was a mechanic that cared about combat mixed with a mechanic that lets you cast things more efficiently. They specifically looked at prowl as the starting point for freerunning.
Apple of Eden with Notion Thief, my beloved...
Desynchronization seems really bad to me. Anything and everything is legendary nowadays and otherwise it's an artifact
More often than not it'll just bounce a few nonessential things and maybe an Enchantment or two
Might be good in a Voltron deck, depending on how your approach it. Bounces some of the board while also leaving your Voltron plan intact.
Excalibur-misread it as +10/+10,when it's +10/+0
I don't like apple of eden because I compare it to sen triplet and I see more value in sen triplet 😆 I didn't know you lived in Paris I couldn't meet you at magiccon, but would love to play a game someday
"the ripple card", thrumming stone is actually a legendary artifact so probably the thng you will get with the templar knights
mono black ezio and just put all the assasins in and the black evasion creatures
I'm actually aiming to test Hookblade in my Karlov Voltron deck. I always was a fan of Gryff's Boon as a cheap reusable way to buff him by one extra point while also giving him evasion so that 20 commander damage becomes 21 commander damage, but I'd like to see if "two mana for the first equip and two for each subsequent one" is better than "one mana for the first pseudoequip and four mana for each subsequent one". I have Open the Armory still in the deck instead of Steelshaper's Gift specifically because it can fetch Gryff's Boon (my only Aura) for a quick and easy evasion set-up, but now I can go "Steelshaper's Gift into Hookblade" for essentially the same line while saving a mana if I opt to go for an equipment instead.
Beyond that, Brotherhood Regalia is a no-brainer for the deck, and Haystack makes me super hype.
The set its called assassins creed but Tomer was the true butcher with those names😂
Shay Cormac should have gotten a counter and a draw, I think
Crawlspace maze of ith and royal assassin work really well together
Is excal 10/0 or 10/10???
+10/+0
Templar Knights in a nutshell: shove them in Iroas, God of Victory. Your main targets are Thrumming Stone (obviously), The Immortal Sun, Throne of Eldraine, and Oketra’s Monument. If you are looking lose friends, Mindslaver
Kenway is a total goat in knights, not a "decent filler"
I still don't see how Roshan is good in Etrata 😂😜❤️
You live in Paris? 😮 Can I ask why and how? JC as a new follower
His boyfriend lives there. I am assuming he is staying with him most of the time, as he travels back to Canada every now and again.
lol I started building etrata slightly before this set was announced so good to see her get some rep on one of the tiers
oh but wrong etrata.... oo this is awkward, if it helps I have deadly fugitive in the 99
Fine... I guess I'll split Deadly Fugitive into another deck as well
On the art of "What Must Be Done" it's a scen from the ending of assassins creed 3 were Desmond miles, the guy, has to choose to either sacrifice himself or let the world be destroyed. The catch is it will release Juno, the goddes be hind him, from her digital prision.
I run Abstergo in a Rocco deck that tutors up Norin. It's just a small insurance, that if norin dies, I may get him back. Same for Layla and What must be done.
Become Anon is also really good in Etrata, the Silencer, you use it on her after she gets her combat trigger so that you dodge the self-tuck and she comes in face down ready to get hit number 2 when you flip her face up next time.
Escape detection is also amazing with etrata the silencer, one of the only free bounce effects I know of, and it draws a card
Sigurd's pump has to target another creature so there's some hoops to jump through.
I might given him a shot, seeing that he's really good at keeping sagas around via the boast trigger. It's like he loves to retell his heroic deeds.
One thing Aya has going for her: If you put Library of Alexandria in your Aya deck, noone at the table can say something.
You gave me a nice wave of nostalgia with that Karona deck, one of my early favorite decks after they printed the goad auras. Was fun but tricky and I had to scrap it in the end
Oh yeah The Aesir Escapes Valhalla is gonna be sick in Sigurd or Naya Eivor? :D maybe its how they drew it up?
Really cool video, I kind of want to build an Etrata deck now haha.
Would be interesting to make a video about your updated decklist!
Random question, what is the flag in the background? It looks familiar, but I can't place it.
Aya of Alexandria is going into my General Ferrous Rokiric deck. Free bodies when my golems hit someone is great.
Can't wait for the real world figures commander clash (if there aren't 4 just grab one from the older sets, Arabian nights I think)
For connor it’s (Re-hega-ton)
Cleopatra goes great in the 99 of Reyhan, the partner could be anybody but another strong counter synergy partner would be great.
Super excited about this set for my Etrata deck, liked the video as soon as I saw it was a category 😂
57:16 is my personal bookmarks.
1:47:00 Richard Garfield Phd could be a fun way to fill out that pod
Cleopatra is a perfect fit for Yoshimaru partnered with Reyhan
Nazgûl 23:53
I love Tomer, but I wish these commander tierlists had other people here so he could have a back and forth discussion on some of the cards.
Next podcast has us talking about the Top 10 cards of the set, but there's no way to cover everything in a podcast discussion so I did a solo video as well
I was thinking the same thing about Etrata, good call out.
Radho Hangido 1:31:34
An etrata category would be an etratagory, I believe
All those facedown cards also good in kadena
Hmmm I'm guessing Freerunning on Achilles gets around Commander Tax. That might make him more viable.
It does not. You still have to cast it for its (alternate) casting cost. Commander tax applies to this.
@@mees8711 Ah, yeah, 99 only then
7:40 Assassin's what now? 😳
E Z O
All the nerds raging at pronunciation are a bunch of snowflakes.
Hey dude, shut up about she's not even in the set you're talking about
SUN QUAN IS A MOTHER FUCKING HISTORICAL FIGURE!
I find it hilarious that both you and Seth did the “I don’t know how to pronounce anything” for a set based on a fully voice acted video game series. Every single character’s name is said multiple times, and is easily google-able!
Your comment is even more hilarious since all you can add is criticism even after he said they've never played the games or know the characters! They don't need to know AC lore to give opinion on how good a Magic card is! 🤡
Than they would have to do actual work lol.
@@kylelittle8816 You have completely misunderstood my comment if you think this is a damning criticism, it was just a mild chuckle at “I don’t know how to pronounce these” when the first result for pretty much every name is a video of someone pronouncing it. The first one for Ratonhnhaké꞉ton is a video of him saying his own name to someone saying “I’m not gonna try to pronounce that”.
Clown face yourself lol, if you can’t understand “Heh, that’s funny” is not the same thing as “criticising someone’s work”.
Ehhh, it doesn't really matter. It's fine if someone doesn't want to go through a ton of cut scenes to properly pronounce some magic cards.
Seth cant pronounce half the cards in the game 😂