Do Not Buy March Of The Machine! Just Buy These 8 New Commander Cards Instead!
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Hey prof, why do you think wotc is afraid of making good werewolf cards?
But....but... March of the Machines is an amazing blue enchantment for artifacts!
:^3
I can't wait to see 'Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar and The Underworld Cookbook' unleash Wotc's templating potential
It's The Biggest, Baddest, Nastiest, Scariest Creature You'll Ever See
I can't wait for a bbby short squeeze
@@anthonycatania5613 That's why we need a commander for The Biggest, Baddest, Nastiest, Scariest Creature You'll Ever See tribal
We're gonna have to break out the Longest Card Name Ever Elemental frame
I love when I come back to magic after well over a decade, and that’s actually a card now.
I personally think the Last Sword in the Cycle should have a spot, I mean it’s protecting from blue bounce effects and black spot removal and grants graveyard instant/sorcery utility. Certainly not the strongest but certainly a card to give a nod to :)
not only its super obvious, I mean its a total 5 mana to play and equiped + it needs to be done at sorce speed it also doesnt really provide you if a way to hit the oponent unless black and blue is everything they have, in which case they might just blow up your creature before its equipped or bounce the actual equipment, after that all you get is a survey 2 and maybe one free spells, its just too many maybes
@@pedrof6767 Perhaps so but then remember, Mono Blue and Mono Black isn’t all that unpopular, you’ll have your time to shine against them. Obviously timing is key, you play it when your opponent is tapped, both the equipment and the equip cost. A lot of Maybes but a lot of thinking it through too. Any of the swords is worth playing I’d say, some give busted effects like untapping lands, others make you ramp which is cool, others just deal 2 damage and draw, not that great for commander but still. The thing at hand is that your argument would make any commander costing 5 or more also unviable in any way or form. Look, you could run Muldrotha, but it’s gonna be killed immediately, run cheaper. You play Winota, but she gets countered, run cheaper. Play Isamaru, but a turn 1 Mono white commander isn’t very good, you have no chance to win past turn 6. A lot of ifs but a lot of maybes is what makes the game interesting.
@@schumerus6786 I see whats giving you trouble, you mistook "this card is not top 10" for this card is not worth playing.
Your arguments where it protects, yeah it protects against the colors with most instant effects in the game and it takes 5 mana at sorce speed to do so, and even after you do it the ceiling for the pay off is not that high and the floor is a whopping survey 2.
That's not top 10 material at all
@@schumerus6786 honestly in commander the sword that draws and gives +2 is better than this one. Drawing cards in any format, but especially one with longer drawn out games like commander, is FAR better than the surveil and cast an instant
I’m really sad they didn’t name the last sword “The sword of Dreams and Nightmares”. That wouldn’t sounded so much cooler, and represented the nightmare of the phyrexians being fought back against by the creativity of the multiverse. Ashiok should’ve stolen it from Jin’s treasury and given it to Kaito before saying: “Fuck him up”
"I wonder how much Mavren is bringing to the table in that partnership" was exactly my first thought when I saw that card.
What she brings to the table is Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord being able to drop it super fast lol
I believe one of the designers even said this is reflected on the card by having the teamup statline be the same as Ghalta's regular statline
@@BusinessSkrub Holy crap I didn't think of that. Now I need a deck that can do that and blow my friends away😂😂.
@@bwild40 enjoy haha, it's so silly
The funniest part for me is imagining the conversations between them: Mavren's soft, cultured Spanish and Ghalta's roaring
Notably, for those who don't know, Battles enter the battlefield under the control of the player who cast it. I've been hearing lately people saying it enters under an opponent's control probably due to the picking someone to defend it part
The Prof did discuss this but it is good to re-emphasize
Invasion of Kaldheim looks like one of the best wheel effects ever, giving you one extra turn of access to your previous hand. A perfect fit for any RX exile-matters decks (Bell Borca, Nassari, Prosper, Faldorn), and the back side is fine.
I'm always on the market for things that tap Kalamax down, so any new convoke instant is intriguing. Meeting of Minds seems like a perfect fit, while Invasion of Arcavios gives me an extra target to attack and a cheap Swarm Intelligence.
The fact that it doesn't put you up on cards really makes things awkward. One of the things that makes the og wheel so strong is you could vomit your hand and then guarantee a fresh 7, and the invasion leads to awkward situations where you wanna not play spells to try and play the invasion first before dumping your hand which is just unnatural sequencing. Can't play your mana rocks/rituals first, gotta hold them (and have extra mana) so you draw more cards off your invasion. In decks that synergize with it there's potential for sure but idk that I'd play it outside of specific lists
@@pressing_buttons good with prosper and the other commander from baldur’s gate
The one for me is Tribute to the World Tree. 1/1s become 3/3s and 3+ become a card draw machine. It's good in literally any deck that can somewhat consistently cast the 3 green.
As a green player, I wholeheartedly agree😂. Most of my decks include green, so I’m stoked for Tribute. Previous cards with similar effect only triggered when >4 power etb’s, and don’t buff anything smaller like this does.
my ayula likes it
Like Koma, Cosmos Serpent
11:52, the Dominion! Now that would be a Universes Beyond commander deck I’d spend way too much on.
Came for the Tolarian, stayed for the Trek
Me too
As Picard says “make it so”
I'm personally such a huge fan of amonkhet and just finished building bintu the glorified in edh so djeru and hazoret have me so excited. I'm going to be buying their single and building an edh deck as soon as I do.
I love your content bro. I know I'm just a lowly commenter, but I've been supporting your content since I was in college and missing the smell of freshly opened booster packs. I remember when all I had were 3 decks that my brother helped me make. A mono red burn deck, a golgari scavenge deck, and an animar edh deck. They all got stolen at a card shop after a draft tournament and while I was in college I didn't have any money to replace them. That's around when I started watching your videos. Your videos helped me a lot. To save money, feel better, and keep my love for magic alive. Thank you so much for what you do, and I wish you safety and peace in your future bro.
Thank you so much for brightening my day! Cheers, friend!
I could buy the cards I need. OR I could buy the mystery pack. It could have anything! It could even have the cards I need!
Infinite possibilities for infinite value
12:36
Using Chain Lightning, while controlling the very thing you wish to destroy...
The Founders are wise!
You know, it reminds me of how, remember in "Broken Link", when the female changeling told Garak there were no Cardassian survivors from the battle in "The Die is Cast"? That in fact all Cardassians were already dead? And then through a series of events The Founders pretty much saw to the deaths of a significant chunk of the Cardassian population?
Controlling the thing you wish to destroy can be very effective.
props for the DS9 reference Prof, and thanks for the info on Picard, have not started the season yet, but wrong Founders...unless this is revealing the Belladros and the other dragons the college are named after are secretly five changelings who left the Great Link following Odo rejoining at the end of the war in DS9 or something.
Thank you Professsor for the Star Trek references and story discussion. I really actually enjoyed your video with Princess a few years back about your Star Trek custom picks.
for the first set since strixhaven I really, really want to own a lot of the cards in this set
I love strixhaven so much. One of the best sets wotc has done! Honestly, I feel like Marxh of the Machines is the only one that equally gave me so much joy
@@Crusina Is this the first Strix Mixer?! Try the punch, I'm sure nobody has messed with it.
I felt that way about the Japanese altarts.
I sold out and made like five grand and now I don't feel fumble and that feels amazing
Invasion of Ikoria will go straight into my mono-green Stompy deck.😊
This set looks super fun just wish they had Toski and Kardur team up would've loved to see that Jund team up: Demon Squirrel Berserker LOL :P
INDESTRUCTIBLE
Toski was compleated off screen
I really agree with you on the ikoria tutor its just great and worth getting a few in advance before they get pricier, while they'll never get to the prize of a finale, it is still amazing since you can get cards from your graveyard, definitely picking a couple
The tutor isn't bad, though I do think a more accurate comparison is Green Sun's Zenith since Finale of Devestation is so good because it also does an impression of Craterhoof Behemoth when you cast it, where Invasion of Ikoria does not.
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Invasion of Fiora is actually even better since you can choose both options to wrath all creatures.
First of all, thank you professor for bringing me back to magic once again, as you did in 2017.
I've been playing on and off since the 90's. I started playing in exodus and Wall of nets was a monster. Now, it would be a nuisance at most.
Boy do i miss Urza's saga...
But i digress. This time, i have to say i enjoyed Ravnica and War of the spark. Missed the whole school thing and skiped kamigawa.
Now i returned once again for Phyrexia, since it stired up memories...
I don't really enjoy it.
I don't like the toxic and poison counters. I find it annoying that not only do i have to worry about my life pool, also don't accumulate 10 poison counters, since i lose anyways.
Let's see what the next set brings. Hopefully, something more "traditional"?
history wise, it's a different story. I'm enjoying it.
Once again, thank you for your work. Amazing as always!!
Best wishes from Argentina!
Local gamestores will likely not have said 8 cards.. and some are even selling re-sealed packs at premium rates.. so though "buy from your local gamestore" makes a novel sentiment, it doesn't really hold water
Borborygmos and Fblthp is going to be a fun part of the 99, not sure if id make it a commander though
You brought up almost all the cards I think are going to be really good except one. As someone who runs a LOT of basic lands in my decks, I tend to run Explosive Vegetation alongside the standard Cultivate and Kodama's Reach. As such, Invasion of Zendikar is in pretty much every deck, a better version of that card. It costs exactly the same amount, finds exactly the same number of basic lands, but has the benefit of being able to be flickered (in decks that can do that) recurred, and if it's defeated effectively gives you a third land. In any deck that's not recurring or copying spells, this battle is going to be strictly better. And on the note of ramp... while it's not very well costed, I LOVE that with Fertilid's Favor you can really politic since you can choose an opponent to get +1/+1 counters or search for a land.
I'm going to watch and see how it does, but I also think Cut Short is potentially going to be very good here. Granted planeswalkers aren't often that great in commander, but when someone does tend to get one like an Elspeth, Sun's Champion or Tamiyo, Field Researcher out, they typically have little trouble defending them and have ultimates that can be very problematic. So being able to, for free and at instant speed, destroy a planeswalker feels like a handy tool to have. And in the event there are no planeswalkers, it still can target an attacking threat, or even powerful mana producers like Elvish Archdruid or Priest of Titania.
If you're in Black you can tutor for Aether Snap to instantly flip Arcavios by removing all counters from it (though it might have other side effects depending on board state)
Same with invasion of ikoria and vampire hexmage, 4 mana 8/8 that gives your whole board supertrample? Yes please
Surge of Salvation is one of my faves. I can easily see it becoming a White staple and it will be super strong in commander... 1 White cost for Hexproof to all your permanents and yourself until end of turn. PLUS, prevent all damage to your creatures from Red and Black sources. For 1 cost that is huge.
That quick Star Trek nerd-out at around 12:05 was awesome and hilarious.
12:24 I too like when the Backside is Bonkers Good
Dang it! Now I'm extra mad because it's not getting released in March! Why did you destroy my ignorance?!?😭
I agree that battles seem much better in commander.
Really glad to see Invasion of Arcavios here, everyone seemed to be down on it during spoiler season but i’m gonna jam it into so many spellslinger decks
Hoarding Broodlord and Sheoldred are the two cards I'm most excited for. But after watching this, Invasion of Arcavios and City on Fire look like they'd both have a spot in my Anhelo deck.
I’m glad the broodlord is getting love. It’s a fun splashy card with utility. I get tired of the same mid rangy hyped to oblivion cards all the time.
Prof: “I should get back to the video”
Me, enjoying hearing him ramble about my favorite Star Trek: “no, keep going, you’re doing great!”
Now that I know prof is a treky my love for this channel has doubled
I was very interested in what you were saying about Star Trek; thanks for those brief--but deep--glimpses
Great video
The Maquis did nothing wrong!
I’ve actually finally hopped on the bandwagon with buying singles. I can’t justify spending the money on boxes with the rate that WotC is pushing content plus the price jacking they’ve been doing.
Singles are the way to go! I was planning on buying a booster box to get all the cards I wanted, but I stead I got them all (and other cards besides) for only £40!
As much as I've disliked how many alternate arts there have been in the last few sets, this one does have some fantastic art for the various plane showcase frames and art styles
There's definitely something for everyone this time
I just made a titania gaea incarnete deck and was freaking out at how perfectly wrenn and realmbreaker fits in
As a huge DS9 Junky I didn't expect to get represented but I'm happy it happened!
Ah Ikoria, I love when anyone mentions this plane. Battle of Ikoria having the ability to Transform into Godzilla is funny too
I think one card thats overlooked is the newest in cheap board protection cards. Surge of salvation is an instant that costs W and reads "You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Prevent all damage that black and/or red sources would deal to creatures you control until end of turn."
While not as good as heroic intervention, it's a good alternative with a cheaper mana cost or if you aren't playing a deck with green. Protecting your board from blasphemous act or chain reaction, letting you freely block any r/b colored creatures without fear. It also defends from cards like aetherflux resevoir or any targeted kill/exile spell. you getting hexproof is one notable improvement over heroic.
I can’t wait to put City on Fire in my Tor Waukie burn deck along with Fiery Emancipation. 36 damage Lightning bolt? Let’s go!
Dude, you can like Star Trek *and* Star Wars. Excluding one because you love another is nearsighted. Also, they're different genres: Star Trek is Science Fiction and Star Wars is Science Fantasy.
Thank you for reminding me about picard forget last weeks episode!!
..unrelated to the actual content of this video, but that was such a sharp looking outfit. I loved the tie. 😊
6:38 ... "above all of the machines ... "... which one? there are close to no artifacts at all!
As always, awesome analysis! Can't agree more!
Wotc needs to make a Glasspool Mimic with alternative art featuring Odo
I don't think Worf can contact Odo. René Auberjonois died in 2019, so they'd have to recast him.
The Star Trek rant made me laugh so hard I spit out my cereal! I pray that the Prof is a Star Trek fan and this wasn't just an elaborate joke.
Really superb video! I am still longing for Universes Beyond Star Trek and the fight of Megatron vs the Borg Queen 😅
I thinking they're not gonna find Odo without some Old Footage/CGI intervention as the good Constable, Rene Auberjonois, passed away in 2019...
I feel like Invasion of Ravnica has potential to do well in Commander. Colorless single target removal that can exile an annoying creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle as long as it's not two colors seems like pretty solid removal for 5 mana. And if you're in a multicolor deck that can take advantage of the creature on the back side, even better.
Love to see City on Fire at #1 - been wanting that card for my Mardu tokens deck since it got spoiled.
Does anyone else think its absolutely goofy that were getting a physical copy of the second Zilortha before the first?
I'm very excited for Wand of the Worldsoul. Give Elesh Norn (either one) convoke? Yes please!
I think my favorite battle is Invasion of Segovia. Other non legendaries worth mentioning for commander are Dusk Legion Duelist, Surge of Salvation, Faerie Mastermind, Stasis Field, Pile On and Kami of Whispered Hopes.
Nice picks! I'm excited to see if Heliod Radiant Dawn sees any play. Once flipped I think there's some nutty plays that could be pulled off, especially in commander.
I'm going to buy a box 1 to support the game store and also because cards I guess idk mainly the first thing
geeking out for a second, while watching the video I was like "that is just bonkers good" about Invocation of the Founders and right after I thought it Prof said it!
The DS9 Reference made me so happy. Well played, Professor.
I could talk Deep Space Nine for HOURS. Did you know that the first 3 seasons are actually far better than final 3 seasons? As for season 4, well, better buckle up because...
@@TolarianCommunityCollege please do
It'd be interesting to see how many people would watch it. Maybe get it sponsored by Helix Sleep cuz it's so boring haha zing Deep Sleep Nine haha
The previous joke made me sad to type but I stand by Deep Sleep Nine as a banger of a line.
I love the Star Trek bunny trail! I am right there with you Prof... Star Trek Universes beyond set? It could happen.
Maybe not for casual commander, but for staxier competitive-leaning decks Drana and Linvala seems like an absolute house.
Remember to buy singles! Most of the cards will be selling for pennies!!
Saheeli, the Gifted would be an awesome commander to run City of Fire with!
It’s def the changelings and the Borg, Brian!! When is your theory video coming out?
Invasion of Fiora can also just wipe all creatures if you choose both modes
Immediately putting Invasion of Ikoria into Yarok for the double FoD, at the cost of losing the +X/+X. But who needs +X/+X when you can find Craterhoof?
DS9 is the only star trek season where the ending can be described as "Large Black Man tackles Space Satan into an Errupting Volcano."
I think Crucible of the World Tree is being vastly overlooked
I'd love to see how Worf would manage to reach Odo specifically in the great link.
5:51 “each end step”? I believe it says “your end step”.
Did you read the card? 😏😏😏😏
It's cool to see you give a spotlight to Battle for Arcavios, which people have been telling me is impractical.
I think Battle for Theros is just as good: Idyllic Tutor on one side, a God on the other.
i've heard suggested that the big bad is the borg, somehow. or that jack is possessed by a pah wraith. idk. xD
Nooo I was holding off on City on Fire but said I'd pull the trigger now people might realise how sweet this card is. Fiery emmancipation is the card that got away, was drafting the set in my LGS and was boros agro but my curve stopped at 3 when it was passed to me so I couldn't take it and moved it on. Months later I wanted one for commander and was shocked at the price.
I'm not a Trek fan, but the DS9 segue was really funny
Man, I could listen to the prof talk about star trek for hours, even though I'd probably disagree with a couple of his opinions (DS9>TNG) I was kinda bothered when the goo face said that Vadic was expendable, since the whole deal about the founders and changelings is how much they care about their species and their survival. But the latest episodes seemed to hint that, while Vadic and her crew are Changelings, goo face is not, so now I'm super excited to find out who the real antagonist/s might be. Although I wish we had more of Vadic and she had a better ending, she was superb in my opinion as a villain.
Professor please hold some modern classes.🙏 A collage with just one class ( commander ) leaves many magic the gathering players without a teacher or class.
I really like your top 5 picks. One card I find interesting is Herald of the Hoofbeats. Thank you for the video Professor.
I'm not sure I would use Djeru as my commander, but I'm glad to say I remembrer the card even if I have no idea what his role in any story is or was; he's a cool tech for some of my decks.
Professor: "Be sure not to buy mom, but buy the singles you want to play with"
Me: Giggity
Yeah I've been brewing up an Ovika, Enigma Goliath list and am definitely looking for a City on Fire when I go to prerelease next weekend. Lots of cool cards for that list in here. Definitely looking at singles after I play sealed.
Surprised those red damage uppers are worth so much.
Excellent video! Very positive and informative with just a dash of that Prof style cynicism!
This is the channel I fell in love with!
Thanks for the video and information on this mtg set and recommendation ❤happy Easter 🙏🙏🙏 💕
My personal favorite card from the set/commander products is Vodalian Wave-Knight. Seems like a super great card for merfolk or knight decks
1:00 Me (not surprised, but equally as disappointed) when Hasbro/WotC makes greedy decisions 😂😭
i feel like urabrask is a house for storm decks surprised it wasn't on the list
He’s the worse version of Birgi.
If you don’t run her, no reason to run him either.
Urabrask's problem is you've going to have a hard time flipping him in commander. The restriction of casting three instants or sorceries in a turn is not a hoop a lot of decks can jump through in this format. I feel like, at least for this format, he's got the same problem Chandra from Origins did. Great if you can flip them, but they set the bar for doing so too high, especially compared to the others.
@@anthonydelfino6171
Chandra and Urabrask requirements are EXTREMELY different. He will be easily flipped in the right storm/spellslinger deck
@@Uefeti except the other four don't really require many hoops to be jumped through, and Vorinclex doesn't have any extra requirements at all. Urabrask is very niche in what kind of deck can even play him at all.
@@anthonydelfino6171 if you flip it once you are good cause when you get to the third part of the saga it will go to normal and you have to all instants and sorceries in all graveyards and you can cast 3 and pay 1 to activate it again and rinse and repeat
its not EACH end step for the token but each of YOUR endsteps
The ikoria battle is definitely the strongest battle
I have been re-watching DS9; It is great. Secret Lair Star Trek?
Loved he first one, i'll definetely buy this for my commander deck
I appreciate you for the DS9 reference 👌🔥🙌
I'm going to put Invasion of Theros in my aggro Ephara deck. Allowing me to search of Heliod, God of the Sun to give all my creatures vigilance? Very helpful. And if I already have him, it'll allow me to have another indestructible enchantment, with a useful effect, to give my Ephara a higher baseline devotion be able to turn her into a creature.
Now make a video about Standard, I think that would be a lot more interesting and needs great prediction skills
Im super hype for city on fire for my goblin Mishra cliamed by gix deck
Dude, you crack me up. I loved the intro lol. Anyway, keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed
Can I just say I love all the Star Trek and Picard shout outs?
I'm surprised Tribute to the World Tree wasn't on the list
Stay snarky, Prof, I love it and will come back for more. Vampire on a dinosaur, psh, ha!!!