Prof, what is your opinion about the black washing of characters here ? Seeing as you advocate about the importance of cannon with the magic ip I would imagine that you would disagree with changing the story by changing the color of a character in this Adaptation of the Tolkien's epics (key word, adaptation, not reimagining)
Casting Craterhoof Behemoth just gets me Craterhoof Behemoth, but Last March of the Ents lets me put any creature in my hand into play, even Craterhoof Behemoth!
He was impressed after they got the Pinkertons involved. Sauron wasn't aware humans could be THAT evil. Granted, it did take explaining some context to him, but once he understood... he was demanding to learn their ways.
Dear Prof, You're all I could think of whenever Tolarian Contempt showed up in a pack. I honestly think they need to have a version with a picture of you, colored blue, given merfolk features, looking down at the viewer, SNEERING.
I know anthems are kind of boring, but Flowering of the White Tree is really good. If you have a deck that goes wide, it becomes stupid powerful while giving a little protection to your commander (and their legendary friends).
I agree - I was surprised Flowering didn’t make it on here, nor *any* white cards in the video. No harm done, just hoped to get some more input for my Azorius Angel tribal 🥲 that Stern Scolding looks fun though!
Planeswalkers, Shrines, Bolas' Citadel, lots of non-creature legendaries in Commander that make halfling a great card because of the lack of restriction.
#1 most powerful card is the 1/1 the one ring. That card has the hidden effect to make a contract with any LCS to give you all and every card printed and to ever print in exchange for that one card. Or loads of money.... Up to you.
Last March of the Ents should also be good in Arcades. Lots of cheap high toughness creatures to draw with then everything you lay down draws you more cards.
Boneless or rather Meatless Meathook Massacre. It's not a Wincon and can't help you stabalize against aggro, so it will thankfully be much cheaper than the Massacre
Don't forget the lands are really good too! I think probably the mount doom one is the best (board wipe on a land is wack) but I feel like they are all pretty good
I’m not sure if I agree with a 4 mana player-only situational drain being better than a 2 mana flash universal pinger + token/big body generator that triggers on something as ubiquitous as draw. That said, since you think so highly of it, I will take a closer look at the bat and try it out in a deck.
Orcish Bowmaster goes in perfectly in my esper card draw group hug deck, I've been looking for a way to finish off opponents quickly. Tapping temple bell on my turn now lets me create a 3/3 army token and deal 3 damage to any target.
For non-legendary cards Im looking forward to pulling is 1) Lash of the Balrog for Elenda 2) Grey Host Reinforcements 3) Shadow Summoning 4) Mithril Coat for my new King of the Oathbreaker deck Im building, and 5) Dawn of a New Age for card draw for my Jetmir token deck
Honestly Last March of the Ents is possibly going to get slotted over Rishkar's Expertise in my Ultra Magnus deck. It may limit it to creatures but it feels like it has more potential to justify the extra two mana on top of 1: not being counterable and 2: putting them on the battlefield instead of casting without paying the cost. Tons of cool cards to slot into my other decks too but I'm more excited to get singles to build around Saruon, the Dark Lord
One card people should be aware of is 'Rising of the Day' - A literal superior version in every way uncommon version of 'Fervor'. I know I'm getting my hands on one of those!
Elven Farsight is a great common for Commander. Dig 3 for G.... plus conditional draw... lets you dig and is never really a dead draw. Helps you correct course if you hit land flood/drought or maybe need a body. Sorcery speed is never ideal but it's a common after all.
This set just has *so many* cards that slot perfectly into at least one of my decks. Even some really niche ones. Rosie goes right into Rocco, Street Chef. Rhadaghast goes right into Tawnos, the Toymaker. Display of Power is great in any Spellslinger deck, though it's also just generically useful as a tech since it doesn't have to target anything you control. The various landcycling cards don't have to find basic lands, so you can grab your duals and triomes with them. Forge Anew lets you Equip at instant speed (though only during your turn). Ringsight is just shy of Grim Tutor. You can have nine Nazgul in a deck, and they all boost each other to the point where Wraith Tribal is now a deck that I *really* want to make. The last chapter of Song of Earendil gives all of your creatures flying *counters*. Taunt from the Ramparts is more expensive than Disrupt Decorum and requires a second color of mana, but also makes your opponents' creatures unable to block until your next turn.
Ashaya and Adeline can only be countered by Stern Scolding if their defined power or toughness are 2 or less. They */* count in all zones and on the stack. (Sorry to be pedantic but we are Magic Players after all!)
Insane that something like the Bats are COMMON, it also triggers 2 times everytime you clone your legendaries and have to sack the copy token. This can be infinite very fast with ETB triggers of token clones.
@@olafthemoose9413 You are actually correct, still ETBs go on the stack and the token gets created even though you "put it away" but you dont get the sacrifice trigger.
A few months back I got my Raycons because of Prof, they are actually pretty good, but now he is tempting me to get a second pair... damn you Profesor, and your rad advertising skills!!!
I feel like Hobbits sting would be useful for taking care of any annoying creatures if played right. Combined with something like horn of gondor and some other card that quickly generates food tokens, you could you could hit almost anything. But I'm still new to magic and maybe this isn't the best since it is an instant.
A few cards I like: - Dawn of a New Age feels like good but very fair white creature-based card draw. It's a little awkward in that you want to play it when you have a decent number of creatures already out, but at that point you might already be several turns into the game so you might end up not even getting every card out of it. But I think it could easily be 2 mana for 4-5 cards. - Flame of Anor seems amazing in basically any deck in its colours with a wizard commander. 3 mana to draw 2 and kill a creature/artifact at instant speed is insane value. - Taunt from the Rampart is just an awesome fun variant of Disrupt Decorum. Feels very boros, and it could have a huge impact on the game if played at the right moment.
I really think people are overlooking Ringsight. You get tempted and you search for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control. If your commander is out and no one removes it on the stack, you basically search for anything that's not colorless. Creature, enchantment, sorcery, instant, planeswalker, saga, battle, some artifacts that do have color....
Surprised to see Mirkwood Bats at the top of your list! I thought the Bowmasters were going to take that spot for certain! Also, no The One Ring? Poor Sauron 😢
Really happy that one of the best cards in the set (bats of Mirkwood) is a Common. I do agree with most of this list and my favorite card in the set is the Bats of Mirkwood and I do think it is one of the strongest.
Spiteful Banditry is really good. I need that card for my red mana decks. Oof. Very powerful, but not too strong. And then there's Orcish Bowmasters. Wow. That cranks up a game.
I really like Display of Power. I think it'll be especially strong in cEDH, but I' going to try slotting it into some EDH decks too. Hew the Entwood looks like the best way to tempt my terrible luck into sitting with half my lands & no extra value.
Can we have Tolarian Academy have a rivalry with strixhaven now that realm breaker has caused the planes to be traversable? They can have the other 5 color pairs to complete the cycle
For the love of god please I need the professor or someone else to answer, what was the song playing at around 6:10 ???? Im sure it starts earlier than that, but it sounds like Folk Round - from the video game Total Miner Forge. It might be a different, more popular song that i might not know about, and maybe they based the song in the game on that. Either way itd be crazy if prof knew about that game
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Prof, what is your opinion about the black washing of characters here ? Seeing as you advocate about the importance of cannon with the magic ip I would imagine that you would disagree with changing the story by changing the color of a character in this Adaptation of the Tolkien's epics (key word, adaptation, not reimagining)
@@dionisiosmarinos4285 Tolkien described Aragorn as having dark skin in the books though.
@@APerson001 shaggy head of dark hair flecked with grey, and in a pale stern face a pair of keen grey eyes.
I don't agree with all of Sauron's policies, but I must admit, the Dark Lord has a good eye for Magic cards.
❤😂
Casting Craterhoof Behemoth just gets me Craterhoof Behemoth, but Last March of the Ents lets me put any creature in my hand into play, even Craterhoof Behemoth!
A boats a boat but the mystery box could be anything. It could even be a boat. You know how much we've wanted one of those.
@@Logan-lz5gu I was thinking the same thing lol.
I wanted to dislike strictly out of jealousy because I was so excited to say that.. but kudos for beating me to it.
So great to see Sauron and Wotc collab, hopefully his new hasbro internship goes well!
He was impressed after they got the Pinkertons involved. Sauron wasn't aware humans could be THAT evil.
Granted, it did take explaining some context to him, but once he understood... he was demanding to learn their ways.
I'm sure he will learn much from their evil
Dear Prof,
You're all I could think of whenever Tolarian Contempt showed up in a pack.
I honestly think they need to have a version with a picture of you, colored blue, given merfolk features, looking down at the viewer, SNEERING.
Prof is one of the few people who can have me laughing within seconds of a video 😂
one of the few who can have me laughing before I even clicked on the video tbh
When he threw the dab with the sunglasses lol
Profs ad read is giving me serious Slurms Mckenzie vibes in all the best ways.
Wiggity wiggity wham wozzle!
The editing of this video is wonderful. To the person who did it: I certainly noticed! Good job!
Prof is so happy wit the the sponsorship he made a 3 minute joke. Pure gold.
I know anthems are kind of boring, but Flowering of the White Tree is really good. If you have a deck that goes wide, it becomes stupid powerful while giving a little protection to your commander (and their legendary friends).
I agree - I was surprised Flowering didn’t make it on here, nor *any* white cards in the video. No harm done, just hoped to get some more input for my Azorius Angel tribal 🥲 that Stern Scolding looks fun though!
@@corey8378it’s good but not broken or anything. Anthems are worse in Commander bc of how much damage you have to deal to win.
@@UnuUO this sounds like a problem that can be solved by more angels 😇
Bowmaster + Basilisk Collar + Howling Mine. ... That's going to be fun in a lot of decks.
This is where the Fun Police begins.
A three card combo that gains 12 life and deals 12 dearhtouch damage in a turn cycle is not anywhere near broken lol
Bowmaster is the embodiment of "answering a problem in a fun way."
Delighted Halfling is the embodiment of why non-elf dorks can be fun.
Why the fuck are halflings canonically tougher than fucking ELVEEEES
@@AllstateManlove they eat their vegetables :)
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@@AllstateManlove thicc
@@AllstateManlove they are smaller and harder to hit.
Funnily enough the halfling says legendary Spell not creature. Kamahl's Druidic Vow is something that profit a lot from something like this
Well as all those sweet Planeswalker
Planeswalkers, Shrines, Bolas' Citadel, lots of non-creature legendaries in Commander that make halfling a great card because of the lack of restriction.
#1 most powerful card is the 1/1 the one ring.
That card has the hidden effect to make a contract with any LCS to give you all and every card printed and to ever print in exchange for that one card.
Or loads of money.... Up to you.
Last March of the Ents should also be good in Arcades. Lots of cheap high toughness creatures to draw with then everything you lay down draws you more cards.
Spiteful Banditry is just a red The Meathook Massacre.
And I'm here for it!
Boneless or rather Meatless Meathook Massacre. It's not a Wincon and can't help you stabalize against aggro, so it will thankfully be much cheaper than the Massacre
Heathook massacre
Don't forget the lands are really good too! I think probably the mount doom one is the best (board wipe on a land is wack) but I feel like they are all pretty good
Mirkwood bats will make a worthy addition to my Teysa Karlov deck and my Juri, Master of the Revue
I’m not sure if I agree with a 4 mana player-only situational drain being better than a 2 mana flash universal pinger + token/big body generator that triggers on something as ubiquitous as draw.
That said, since you think so highly of it, I will take a closer look at the bat and try it out in a deck.
Orcish Bowmaster goes in perfectly in my esper card draw group hug deck, I've been looking for a way to finish off opponents quickly. Tapping temple bell on my turn now lets me create a 3/3 army token and deal 3 damage to any target.
Delighted Halfling works with any legendary spells not just creatures. Planeswalkers, legendary artifacts, enchantments, instants and sorceries.
For non-legendary cards Im looking forward to pulling is 1) Lash of the Balrog for Elenda 2) Grey Host Reinforcements 3) Shadow Summoning 4) Mithril Coat for my new King of the Oathbreaker deck Im building, and 5) Dawn of a New Age for card draw for my Jetmir token deck
Honestly Last March of the Ents is possibly going to get slotted over Rishkar's Expertise in my Ultra Magnus deck. It may limit it to creatures but it feels like it has more potential to justify the extra two mana on top of 1: not being counterable and 2: putting them on the battlefield instead of casting without paying the cost. Tons of cool cards to slot into my other decks too but I'm more excited to get singles to build around Saruon, the Dark Lord
Dawg, you have a Magnus deck? 👀 Please, tell me more!
I didn’t know i needed to hear the professor say sheesh till today
Spotted the cyclical pushed set! Has Eldraine been out that long already?
One card people should be aware of is 'Rising of the Day' - A literal superior version in every way uncommon version of 'Fervor'. I know I'm getting my hands on one of those!
Elven Farsight is a great common for Commander. Dig 3 for G.... plus conditional draw... lets you dig and is never really a dead draw. Helps you correct course if you hit land flood/drought or maybe need a body. Sorcery speed is never ideal but it's a common after all.
Never thought id see Prof hit the Dab and go "Sheeeeeeesh!" 😂 4:37
Cavern-Hoard Dragon is going straight in my Themberchaud deck. And Gollum Obsessed Stalker in my Astarion deck. Liking these new cards.
Tossing stuff away when you're done with it, like you're on sesame street, is getting funnier and funnier.
This set just has *so many* cards that slot perfectly into at least one of my decks. Even some really niche ones.
Rosie goes right into Rocco, Street Chef.
Rhadaghast goes right into Tawnos, the Toymaker.
Display of Power is great in any Spellslinger deck, though it's also just generically useful as a tech since it doesn't have to target anything you control.
The various landcycling cards don't have to find basic lands, so you can grab your duals and triomes with them.
Forge Anew lets you Equip at instant speed (though only during your turn).
Ringsight is just shy of Grim Tutor.
You can have nine Nazgul in a deck, and they all boost each other to the point where Wraith Tribal is now a deck that I *really* want to make.
The last chapter of Song of Earendil gives all of your creatures flying *counters*.
Taunt from the Ramparts is more expensive than Disrupt Decorum and requires a second color of mana, but also makes your opponents' creatures unable to block until your next turn.
Can't stop staring at the box of homelands in the background. Imagining opening that. Must be millions of dollars of worth in it! Millions!
Your ads are awesome. I miss the live ads from Graham Kennedy. He was the master of the pitch.
I see Prof. I click.
I mean that is generally true, but not always true, I just don't like being called out like this, Loki.
The Archer reference, a dab, AND a sheeeeesh!? I'm dead lmfao 😂💀
Wow, this Sauron guy seems pretty wizard, just like the Prof!
almost nobody will get that wizard means cool
Ashaya and Adeline can only be countered by Stern Scolding if their defined power or toughness are 2 or less. They */* count in all zones and on the stack. (Sorry to be pedantic but we are Magic Players after all!)
Insane that something like the Bats are COMMON, it also triggers 2 times everytime you clone your legendaries and have to sack the copy token. This can be infinite very fast with ETB triggers of token clones.
The legend rules doesn't actually sacrifice the creature. It just get's put in the yard.
@@olafthemoose9413 You are actually correct, still ETBs go on the stack and the token gets created even though you "put it away" but you dont get the sacrifice trigger.
Last March of the Ents with a big Psychosis Crawler is such a basic combo but it still has me drooling
Last march of the ents in a Ghalta deck. Nice.
happy about the LOTR set. most cards will have an impact unlike every other set were only 10 cards were worth it.
the fact that I thought "Last march of the ents would go great in my ur-dragon deck" and then you brought it up is wonderful
A few months back I got my Raycons because of Prof, they are actually pretty good, but now he is tempting me to get a second pair... damn you Profesor, and your rad advertising skills!!!
I think Sméagol, Helpful Guide is going to be a good commander card
Kinda unsure whether or not to put mirkwood bats in my Teysa Karlov deck. I really like having friends
I Miss the Instructor.. He seems to be one that would work with Sauron..
0:39 let me know when the signed card is tolarian academy 😜
I feel like Hobbits sting would be useful for taking care of any annoying creatures if played right. Combined with something like horn of gondor and some other card that quickly generates food tokens, you could you could hit almost anything. But I'm still new to magic and maybe this isn't the best since it is an instant.
A few cards I like:
- Dawn of a New Age feels like good but very fair white creature-based card draw. It's a little awkward in that you want to play it when you have a decent number of creatures already out, but at that point you might already be several turns into the game so you might end up not even getting every card out of it. But I think it could easily be 2 mana for 4-5 cards.
- Flame of Anor seems amazing in basically any deck in its colours with a wizard commander. 3 mana to draw 2 and kill a creature/artifact at instant speed is insane value.
- Taunt from the Rampart is just an awesome fun variant of Disrupt Decorum. Feels very boros, and it could have a huge impact on the game if played at the right moment.
Collab between the Instructor and Kid Young! ❤
I like Elven Chorus, Stone of Erech, Flowering of the White Tree, and the Legendary Lands, just to name a few. Thank you for the video Professor.
Cant wait to put Delighted Halfling in my Carth, the Lion deck. Commander and all planeswalkers uncounterable sounds nice.
i thought prof was gonna have eyeshadow on for the whole vid and got excited
According to Tolkien Sauron prefers to go by Ron. Dude's also a giant fan of yacht apparently.
The preview of this video was in the previous video. I was looking for it about 20 mins
Great list Prof, the only card I'd also included would be "Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff" that treasure production will be pretty crazy. 😄
Orcish Bowmaster would be great with prosperity: just a 4 point prosperity will deal 9 damage in commander (and 9 +1/+1 counters on your orc army)
Sheeeeeeeesh prof is closing in on 1mill subs
Mirkwood Bats + Izoni, Thousand eyed (my own commander): Make 20 insect tokens, sacrifice them all
Personally I'm also a fan of Galahdrim Ambush: it's basically Elfnogenesis.
Funniest sponsor segment in a long time! Good one, Prof!
I really think people are overlooking Ringsight. You get tempted and you search for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control. If your commander is out and no one removes it on the stack, you basically search for anything that's not colorless. Creature, enchantment, sorcery, instant, planeswalker, saga, battle, some artifacts that do have color....
Another benefit of the halfling is the 2 defense, which helps it survive more than the Birds or other 1-mana creatures
Want Mirkwood bats in my Ghave and Kresh the blood braided decks... it's certainly devilish enough
I love when the Prof tries to be young and hip.
Picked up Mirkwood Bats with Horn of Gondor, got out of control really quick.
I just gotta say that all the costumes/props in the recent videos are really fun, kinda dig it.
Never stop wearing shades, prof. Never stop
Yeeet
Moar Dies to Removal soon pls
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/S5yEKSQBA1g/видео.html
Prof just having a casual chat with Sauron
Surprised to see Mirkwood Bats at the top of your list! I thought the Bowmasters were going to take that spot for certain! Also, no The One Ring? Poor Sauron 😢
The top three are complete fire and I can’t wait to put them into Ognis. Also the fact Mirkwood bats is common is wonderful
Hearing the professor SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH gives me the same energy as trying to get my dad to say "bussin"
Really happy that one of the best cards in the set (bats of Mirkwood) is a Common. I do agree with most of this list and my favorite card in the set is the Bats of Mirkwood and I do think it is one of the strongest.
Spiteful Banditry is really good. I need that card for my red mana decks. Oof. Very powerful, but not too strong. And then there's Orcish Bowmasters. Wow. That cranks up a game.
Prof you’re definitely “Hip & with-it” 😅 (Gotta get a game in with the team one day) 😎
Elven Chorus and Doors of Durin are going to be great.
Horn of Gondor is going straight into my Kyler Humans deck.
Prof never understanding the young people trends, but keep trying is pure gold. Please never change that side of you.
Oh, the bat's going into my Chatterfang deck. Thanks Prof, and Sauron
Bowmaster with prosthetic injector will be a fun combo
10:56 so like Blood Money.
5:28
Fun fact, the Welsh spelling for Hugh is 'Huw'.
I love the march of ents card and want to play it in literally every deck :)
I certainly hope you read the small print on that card you signed. Something about your first born child and your immortal soul. 🤔
I really like Display of Power. I think it'll be especially strong in cEDH, but I' going to try slotting it into some EDH decks too.
Hew the Entwood looks like the best way to tempt my terrible luck into sitting with half my lands & no extra value.
That Orcish Bowmasters Ella Fitzgerald joke made me have to pause the video for a second, sigh, then reluctantly smirk.
That bat seems like a good one for Ob Nix
Mirkwood bats is so going into my Golgari food deck.
Professor in here like Slurms MacKenzie for that sponsor
Fall of Cair Andros is gonna be big in burn decks. Trading a boardstate for an 80/80 or larger Army with one Blasphemous Act? Yes Please.
Bats and Rats just became friends, MarrowGnawer sees that bat as an absolute win
Can we have Tolarian Academy have a rivalry with strixhaven now that realm breaker has caused the planes to be traversable? They can have the other 5 color pairs to complete the cycle
For the love of god please I need the professor or someone else to answer, what was the song playing at around 6:10 ???? Im sure it starts earlier than that, but it sounds like Folk Round - from the video game Total Miner Forge. It might be a different, more popular song that i might not know about, and maybe they based the song in the game on that. Either way itd be crazy if prof knew about that game
Another great video prof. Murkwood bats can function with so many easy combos to pull off
I’m so excited for the cards in this set!! Tom Bombadill, I need you at the helm!
They could be anything even a craterhoof behemoth! ; P
Orcish Bowmasters makes Nekusar happy
Stern scolding also hits a lot of creature spells with X in their cost, like hydras
Prof you can't just sheesh and dab, I'll spit my drink!