Original Ugin would be my first-pick and it wouldn't be close. Oko at second. Meld Urza is a cool planeswalker that wasn't mentioned. Sometimes I add a planeswalker just for the artwork, like showcase Chandra, Dressed to Kill.
Nahiri, the harbinger. Draw/discard, mediocre removal or a powerfull tutor if ignored. Worst case I draw 2 discard 1 and "gain" 6 life for 4 mana in boros. Thats fine for me.
I actually decided to run it as the commander on my current Dragons deck and has worked out greatly even without much sinergy with dragons: it's 4 mana so I usually drop it turn 2-3 and get a free attack on Boo as a 4/4. Then I usually go back to ramping and just plus Boo without attacking so I have a 7/7 protecting my planeswalker which is almost always enough to survive to turn 5: that's when I usually minus and sacrifice Boo, get rid of a bothersome creature (I.E. the often only flying blocker someone might have) or just face-burn someone then draw 7 and usually have at least a couple of really big dragons come in, sometimes with haste if I managed to get a haste source in the ramping turns. It's a great plan that really propels up those Dragons that usually come in to just wipe out someone or overwhelm the board with treasures, damage, both, etc.
I really find it great that each of your choices resonate with the type of player you are. I was really happy that Rachel talked about Comet but I was screaming until the end for Minsc and Boo, which is one of my favorite cards of all time even if I don't like planeswalkers that much in general. So thank you for that save, Rachel! 😂
I thoroughly enjoy the draft format, please do more! Ideas: -Boardwipes -MDFCs -Archenemy cards / commanders (things that immediately make you the problem that you LOVE to play) -Cards you would ban from commander maybe?
Another thing to remember about Liliana Dreadhorde General is her ult is a win condition in most cases. So playing her in some decks (such as Carth the Lion) with any way to proliferate out means she just nukes your opponents back to turn 1 basically.
@@hobez64 not necessarily. Many planeswalkers have ults or abilities that don't win or change the game enough in commander because they're more one v one focused. It's why for my Carth deck (which tries to have an ult read either the turn they come down or the next turn) I had to be really choosey about who went in and who didn't because so many of the options you have don't actually further a winning state in a multiplayer format. But Liliana Dreadhorde General definitely does.
@@Worldly_Pitfall3 and that's why I'm disagreeing with him. I don't think a lot of them is right either. It's more select than we like to think. I thank you for trying to point out a good criticism, but I was arguing with his point as he stated it. I don't think a lot of planeswalkers are as good as we like to think they are for Commander.
Love these draft videos! A lot more interesting for me to watch than a normal tier list because you can see everyone’s unique picks and who they leave behind
Not unexpected to have it not be chosen, but Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge is my favorite planeswalker and extremely powerful. Not only does it give affinity for artifacts for creatures, but its +2 ability drains each opponent for how many artifacts you control. Insanely powerful game ender and pretty easy to get 10+ artifacts on the board by the time you drop it. Also, I find Tamiyo, Collector of Tales to be super underrated. Not super threatening when she comes down, but you can mill through your deck looking for a specific card or just get a card back from your graveyard.
Before I start the video, off the top of my head, I want Oko, Thief of Crowns, The Eternal Wanderer, Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter (as commander though so I don’t need to pick it?), and Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Yeah, I was shocked to not see The Eteranl Wanderer on here. I've been high on that card since day 1, and I thought people would know how good it is by now.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion is definitely my number 1 pick. But there's also bias at play there. I started playing MtG in the OG Theros block, she was my first mythic and planeswalker and she helped direct my playstyle of going wide wth tokens.
i really like this draft format! What would be cool is if each of you guys could draft a 99 card EDH deck from a select pool of cards and then play those decks in the next game knights or extra turns!
@@TheSmartCinema as I said. The card is plenty powerful on its own. High loyalty. 4 ridiculously strong abilities. If you're playing ugin in grixis colors, dragon God is just as good if not the better choice a lot of the time
This is my kind of episode, I love planeswalkers. My first pick is definitely Ugin the Spirit Dragon since he can go in any deck, and a close number 2 and 3 are Jeska Thrice Reborn and Daretti Scrap Savant.
Strategy with snake draft is really fun. It’s one of the really unique parts about catan. I actually prefer going 2nd in this format (with 3 people), even tho you don’t get the best in pick one, but you don’t get the worst in pick 3 or 6. Your right in the middle
The static ability PWs are easily the most powerful imo. Time Raveler sits at the top of that heap of brokenness...and i like Narset and Ashiok as strong stax pieces. Out of 9 decks that i own, 5 have PWs... Tezzeret, the Seeker; Vivien, Monsters' Advocate; Teferi, Time Raveler; Narset, Parter of Veils; Liliana of the Last Hope.
Thank you for bringing up Domri! He’s so good at 3 mana. Anthem, ramp, uncounterable, and a fight spell. I have it in my Gishath deck and it’s nice cause it just fills so many different niches with one cheap little card. Plus I’ve found that people don’t often heavily prioritize targeting it, especially if you play political and only use the fight to go after big targets, it’s easy to get a player or two on your side for a bit.
There is a reason my Instant and Sorceries deck is lead by Ovika. I like that i get creatures for casting my value and still get to cast a thousand spells/copies.
Venser, the Sojourner! It flickers any permanent (even other Planeswalkers) giving ETB strats and even pseudo vigilance, and minus ability can win you games making your creatures unblockable, and the ultimate is back breaking.
I'd be partial to Urza, Academy Headmaster in a draft like this. Yes, he's an un-card, and it's nigh-impossible to know what you're getting, and being five colors means few decks can run him, but it is a very elegant design and can be surprisingly powerful.
My top five PWs are Dreadhorde, OG Ugin, Ineffable Ugin, Elspeth Sun's Champion, and Garruk Cursed Huntsman. I'm considered the planeswalker guy in my local play group, so I love this episode of Command Zone. Guys, somebody should run a super-freinds deck on Game Knights. Please make it happen! I used to play a Golos deck with his ability to dump walkers out. Super sad when that card got banned. It was my first and favorite deck.
"Oh wow Rachel gets to be the first to pick two at a time again, I wonder what she'll choose? We have similar playstyles and I would be hard for me to let WAR Liliana and Big Elspeth out for grabs..." "Wow, we have *very* similar playstyles"
I think a sleeper planeswalker is big Chandra (awakened inferno I think). Creating an emblem, for each opponent, that deals damage every turn, that can’t be interacted with, and stacks, could be pretty prominent
The way I play Planeswalkers is to use them as a distraction to my opponent(s) They often come in handy for a quick upside by minusing them and then they draw a lot of attention while I'm working to build my board. The interesting thing is they mostly end up as fodder but sometimes they have turned the tide for myself or another opponent. Opportunity given, especially in commander can put you on top especially if they give some type of evasion. I'm sure everyone has their own preference, but I try to throw at least one synergistic Planeswalker into a lot of my decks. Thanks for the video. Always enjoy.
Something to keep in mind is how some planeswalkers will just end the game if they stick long enough to ult. Chances are low that you get there, but it’s still a chance you just win with the card in x turns. There’s a difference between the best walkers for any deck any time and the best ones for a walker deck. Ults are a lot more achievable in decks with doubling season, proliferation, protection, or other shenanigans. A planeswalker I like that does some of both the og Sorin Markov, if you need it to come down and end the problem player then it will and if you’re the problem player then it’s a distraction that gains buffer life and picks off creatures that will win on its own if unanswered.
Lol I immediately thought of Jace, Vryn's Prodigy too. Such a classic card. I remember opening it at an Origins draft event and it instantly became one of my favorite blue cards.
I'm surprised no one picked Elspeth Tirel. her -3 makes 3 tokens, her ultimate is a boardwipe that destroys everything but her, lands and tokens and her +1 gains you life for each creature you control, so good in token decks.
Top 3 picks for me based on my current decks: Ugin The Spirit Dragon, Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools and Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (definitely surprised more people aren't talking about this one).
I was hoping that Elminster would make the cut. It's my favorite planeswalker commander. It has a static ability, draws, scrys, and let's you create creatures. Love it!
Nicol Bolas the Ravager, Oko Theif of Crowns, Elspeth Suns Champion, Kaya the Inexorable, Ashiok Nightmare Muse would be my picks but I also really like Zariel Archduke of Avernus, Ashiok Sculptor of Fears, Dihada Binder of Wills, Nicol Bolas God Pharaoh, Grand Master of Flowers, and Vronos Masked Inquisitor.
I really like Vivian champion of the wilds. You play it and it can protect its self by giving a creature reach, or you can do the better option of negative and get a creature, which you can cast whenever. So many times I’ve been empty handed and had that extra creature draw save me since it avoided discard spells etc. Oh and obviously the flash is really good.
Underrated walkers, IMHO: flip Nissa, baby Jace (I'm biased because I've had a book promo of the card for years and the art is dope), OG Huatli, Liliana of the Dark Realms.
Surprised that Karn, the Great Creator didn’t get a mention. Sure, it’s mean, but it’s one of the best ways to shut down treasures, and the minus can get something back from exile. And the plus can help remove something if you’ve got artifact removal in hand.
Oko Chandra, awakened inferno Koth fire of resistance Nicol bolas, dragon god Tezzeret, betrayer of flesh Honorable mention Tezzeret master of the bridge Space balleran
hmmm for my list my picks would be 1.Ellywick Tumblestrum 2.Sorin Vengeful Blood Lord 3.Wrenn, and Realm Breaker 4.commodore, Guff 5.Karn, the Great Creator
Ugin, Elspeth and Liliana are honestly like the big 3, the best walkers in commander period. After them they all just drop to generically good or super strong but niche. Like Daretti is absolutely a must run for any artifact strat in red, but any other strat just doesn't care at all. Me personally? I would have put some priority on the Origins transform Nissa and God Bolas. Bolas cause he may be restricted to Grixis but being every walker at the same time and lead to stupidly broken things depending on the boardstate. And the transform Nissa because her creature side is ramp and her walker side will plus to either ramp you or draw a card and then minus for a big 4/4 token. Plus like Grist, she can easily be looped for value. She's an auto include in any reanimation strat with green i play because of it.
Should have mentioned how incredible Grist is now with Agathas soul caldren. Targetable as a creature then turns each of your creatures with a counter being a plainswalker too. Busted
pre video my 15 guesses are. Static Narset, Lilliana dreadhorde, nissa shakes world, ugin ineffable, at least 1 chandra, jeska thrice, jace with the static wincon, the other ugin, flip bolas/ravager, tevish szat, sorin Markov, new exiling ashiok, the vraska that kills someone when deathtouch hits, 3 cmc elk oko, and finally... the garruk that can -3 immediately to draw cards equal to a creature's power. Sorry im bad with names.
If Iearned anything watching this I learned I value combo walkers over all lol, ral storm conduit, professor onyx, and lab man Jace were my top three hahaha
My list would have been 1. Karn, the great creator 2. Tyvar, jubilant brawler 3. Teferi. Master of time 4. Oko, thief of crowns 5. Grist, hunger tide 6. Garruk, cursed huntsman 7. Nissa, vital force 8. Wren and six 9. Wren and relmbreaker 10. Nissa, who shakes the world 11. Ral, storm conduit 12. The eternal wanderer 13. Gideon, ally of zendicar 14. Vivian, champion of the wilds 15. Ellywick tumblestrum
I think y'all forgot that on Ashiok, sure it stops one of your graveyard based opponents, but it enables yourself as a graveyard based deck as you can choose to kill yourself.
Liked Rachel's pick of Comet. Had a game where I had the goblin that duplicated my rolls of 6, got comet to a floating 40+ rolls remaining only cause my pod wanted to watch me roll it out. Comet at over 50 loyalty at one point.
As an older player and a naya (mono, paired or all 3 colors) mage almost exclusively, my top 5 would be #1 ajani, the great hearted (gain life, +1 counters, Planeswalker benefits, plus vigilance is highly underrated), #2 garruk, primal hunter (+1 make a 3/3 every turn, -2 draw cards normally 3-6, or -6 pretty much win the game), #3 domri, anarch of bolas (ramp, creature spell protection, anthem and fight i find the ramp/ spell protection is also underrated in creature heavy decks), #5 Nissa, vastwood seer (hit those land drops, then ramp/card draw, protects with a beefy token) #5 is tough but I'll go with a pet card that is a game ender in the right deck ajani, strength of the pride. If you thought cyclonic rift was bad in a stalemate situation, does this ultimate get any crazier? Honorable mention to, basri ket, xenagos the reveler, garruk wildspeaker, selesnya huatli, and elspeth tirel
My personal top picks are Dreadhord General, Ashiok Dream Render and Narset Parter of Veils. I've got a personal issue with reanimator, so I like to shut those down. Parter of Veils and Dreadhorde General are just good.
Pretended I was at the 4 seed in the draft and played along. My picks were 1. Oko, thief of crowns 2. Nissa, who shakes the world 3. Grist, the hungertide 4: tezzeret, the seeker 5: jeska, thrice reborn
NO xenagos!?!!? Gaeas cradle is such a gamewarping effect, even if its only for a turn. Normally when it drops it goes from "i'm on par with everyone" to "its either farewell NOW or I win"
I honestly couldn’t come up with 5 planeswalkers I would want to play in any of my decks. The only planeswalkers I have in my collection are Narset Parter of Veils, Teferi Time Raveler and Daretti Scrap Savant.
I’d like to see them eventually make decks that include their drafted cards. Also, who else has a play group with a double standard on planeswalkers. My group always kills mine, but never kills anyone else’s.
Card kingdom didnt have Minsc and something after the comma, must be a skill issue My top 5 1. Jace the Mind Sculptor 2. Splashiok, Nightmare Weaver 3. Vraska the Unseen 4. Nicol Bolas Dragon God 5. Chandra Torch of Defiance Honorable mention: Garuuk, Apex Predator
Family. That is going to be the flavor text for the Vin Desiel planeswalker secret lair. Secret Lair alert Fast and Fabulous: Planeswalker edition lol.
What is your first-pick planeswalker? Who came out on top after this draft? Did we miss any planeswalkers you would have snapped up?
Broko
The Wandering Emperor! She's so hoooooot!!!!!
Original Ugin would be my first-pick and it wouldn't be close. Oko at second.
Meld Urza is a cool planeswalker that wasn't mentioned. Sometimes I add a planeswalker just for the artwork, like showcase Chandra, Dressed to Kill.
Nahiri, the harbinger. Draw/discard, mediocre removal or a powerfull tutor if ignored. Worst case I draw 2 discard 1 and "gain" 6 life for 4 mana in boros. Thats fine for me.
Ugin the Spirit Dragon. Can't go wrong with a colorless board wipe that you can easily ramp into. Plus it exiles so do death triggers
I can not stress enough how helpful these episodes are, sometimes it's good to hear how people play/think about how cards fit into strategies
Minsc & Boo was picked by Rachel's Aggro-playing alter-ego, Rachel Days.
I actually decided to run it as the commander on my current Dragons deck and has worked out greatly even without much sinergy with dragons: it's 4 mana so I usually drop it turn 2-3 and get a free attack on Boo as a 4/4. Then I usually go back to ramping and just plus Boo without attacking so I have a 7/7 protecting my planeswalker which is almost always enough to survive to turn 5: that's when I usually minus and sacrifice Boo, get rid of a bothersome creature (I.E. the often only flying blocker someone might have) or just face-burn someone then draw 7 and usually have at least a couple of really big dragons come in, sometimes with haste if I managed to get a haste source in the ramping turns.
It's a great plan that really propels up those Dragons that usually come in to just wipe out someone or overwhelm the board with treasures, damage, both, etc.
The best planeswalkers are the friends we made along the way
The superfriends* we've made along the way
Nailed it
@@lulu1997master damn, my joke but better, bravo 👏
So Karn?
Yes. Have your friends take the hit for you, as a planeswalker should 😂😂😂
I really find it great that each of your choices resonate with the type of player you are. I was really happy that Rachel talked about Comet but I was screaming until the end for Minsc and Boo, which is one of my favorite cards of all time even if I don't like planeswalkers that much in general. So thank you for that save, Rachel! 😂
I thoroughly enjoy the draft format, please do more!
Ideas:
-Boardwipes
-MDFCs
-Archenemy cards / commanders (things that immediately make you the problem that you LOVE to play)
-Cards you would ban from commander maybe?
Another thing to remember about Liliana Dreadhorde General is her ult is a win condition in most cases. So playing her in some decks (such as Carth the Lion) with any way to proliferate out means she just nukes your opponents back to turn 1 basically.
To be fair that is true for a lot of Planeswalkers
@@hobez64 not necessarily. Many planeswalkers have ults or abilities that don't win or change the game enough in commander because they're more one v one focused. It's why for my Carth deck (which tries to have an ult read either the turn they come down or the next turn) I had to be really choosey about who went in and who didn't because so many of the options you have don't actually further a winning state in a multiplayer format. But Liliana Dreadhorde General definitely does.
@@nerd2death899 he said a lot of planeswalker not all of them…
@@Worldly_Pitfall3 and that's why I'm disagreeing with him. I don't think a lot of them is right either. It's more select than we like to think. I thank you for trying to point out a good criticism, but I was arguing with his point as he stated it. I don't think a lot of planeswalkers are as good as we like to think they are for Commander.
Love love love these draft episodes! Hope you do more!
Daretti, scrap savant will always be my number 1. Would love to see more love for my goblin pope in the main lore.
Please do one of these on mana rocks! It would be so interesting to hear your picks.
Honestly one of my top "Planeswalkers" would be the Mightstone and Weakstone, love that card!
Love these draft videos! A lot more interesting for me to watch than a normal tier list because you can see everyone’s unique picks and who they leave behind
I will watch every fantasy draft video you guys make!
Not unexpected to have it not be chosen, but Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge is my favorite planeswalker and extremely powerful. Not only does it give affinity for artifacts for creatures, but its +2 ability drains each opponent for how many artifacts you control. Insanely powerful game ender and pretty easy to get 10+ artifacts on the board by the time you drop it. Also, I find Tamiyo, Collector of Tales to be super underrated. Not super threatening when she comes down, but you can mill through your deck looking for a specific card or just get a card back from your graveyard.
I don’t foresee anyone picking a Garruk card, but Garruk is so much fun to play with in commander. He has 2-4 that are incredible in creature decks
Literally the only planeswalker i play is garruk primal hunter and I play it in like most green decks
Before I start the video, off the top of my head, I want Oko, Thief of Crowns, The Eternal Wanderer, Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter (as commander though so I don’t need to pick it?), and Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Yeah, I was shocked to not see The Eteranl Wanderer on here. I've been high on that card since day 1, and I thought people would know how good it is by now.
flip jace round 1 was cheeks instead of any of these
@@malmasterson3890its just a better board wipe then elspeth too. It is in every deck i own with white.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion is definitely my number 1 pick. But there's also bias at play there. I started playing MtG in the OG Theros block, she was my first mythic and planeswalker and she helped direct my playstyle of going wide wth tokens.
i really like this draft format! What would be cool is if each of you guys could draft a 99 card EDH deck from a select pool of cards and then play those decks in the next game knights or extra turns!
Someone has never been hit by Nicol Bolas Dragon God and Displacer Kitten and it shows.
I think the kitten is the broken part of that equation
@@2ntwins they're both integral to the combo and dragon God is just fine on his lol. Does everything you want in a commander walker.
if they had to analyze cards based on how well they combo with other cards, it would be way too tedious and difficult
Then Jace, Cunning Castaway would finally get the recognition infinite castaways deserves
@@TheSmartCinema as I said. The card is plenty powerful on its own. High loyalty. 4 ridiculously strong abilities. If you're playing ugin in grixis colors, dragon God is just as good if not the better choice a lot of the time
Rachel’s honorable mention Domri is very underrated! Anthem, ramp, repeatable removal and it doesn’t usually draw tons of hate
This is my kind of episode, I love planeswalkers. My first pick is definitely Ugin the Spirit Dragon since he can go in any deck, and a close number 2 and 3 are Jeska Thrice Reborn and Daretti Scrap Savant.
i know for sure Loth spider queen would made my list , underrated
Strategy with snake draft is really fun. It’s one of the really unique parts about catan. I actually prefer going 2nd in this format (with 3 people), even tho you don’t get the best in pick one, but you don’t get the worst in pick 3 or 6. Your right in the middle
I love that Rachel did not ignore the best boy. Comet has been insanely good for me. More people need to jam that one and realize the truth.
Chandra, Awakened Inferno. Sweeps small things, but more importantly puts a clock on the table while going to 8 loyalty on turn 1.
This fantasy draft series is so good please do a mono color one!
Glad you like it! We have LOTS more categories to come!
The static ability PWs are easily the most powerful imo. Time Raveler sits at the top of that heap of brokenness...and i like Narset and Ashiok as strong stax pieces. Out of 9 decks that i own, 5 have PWs... Tezzeret, the Seeker; Vivien, Monsters' Advocate; Teferi, Time Raveler; Narset, Parter of Veils; Liliana of the Last Hope.
Thank you for bringing up Domri! He’s so good at 3 mana. Anthem, ramp, uncounterable, and a fight spell.
I have it in my Gishath deck and it’s nice cause it just fills so many different niches with one cheap little card.
Plus I’ve found that people don’t often heavily prioritize targeting it, especially if you play political and only use the fight to go after big targets, it’s easy to get a player or two on your side for a bit.
There is a reason my Instant and Sorceries deck is lead by Ovika. I like that i get creatures for casting my value and still get to cast a thousand spells/copies.
You’re a believer in Grist? A Gristian, perhaps?
Venser, the Sojourner! It flickers any permanent (even other Planeswalkers) giving ETB strats and even pseudo vigilance, and minus ability can win you games making your creatures unblockable, and the ultimate is back breaking.
I'd be partial to Urza, Academy Headmaster in a draft like this.
Yes, he's an un-card, and it's nigh-impossible to know what you're getting, and being five colors means few decks can run him, but it is a very elegant design and can be surprisingly powerful.
Torch of Defiance would have been my #1, so I am glad you mentioned her at the end.
Chandra Torch of Defiance was my 1st pick
Mine too. I know there’s technically better ones out there, but I just love her versatility. Plus the art on it is fantastic.
Mine too. I know there’s technically better ones out there, but I just love her versatility. Plus the art on it is fantastic.
@@magnusprime962 Exactly
1) Nissa, Ascended Animist
2) Oko, Thief of Crowns
3) Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
4) Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
5) Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Honorable Mention Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
My top five PWs are Dreadhorde, OG Ugin, Ineffable Ugin, Elspeth Sun's Champion, and Garruk Cursed Huntsman.
I'm considered the planeswalker guy in my local play group, so I love this episode of Command Zone.
Guys, somebody should run a super-freinds deck on Game Knights. Please make it happen!
I used to play a Golos deck with his ability to dump walkers out. Super sad when that card got banned. It was my first and favorite deck.
With each pick of Josh I feel an increasing urge to take him out first in every game.
"Oh wow Rachel gets to be the first to pick two at a time again, I wonder what she'll choose? We have similar playstyles and I would be hard for me to let WAR Liliana and Big Elspeth out for grabs..."
"Wow, we have *very* similar playstyles"
I think a sleeper planeswalker is big Chandra (awakened inferno I think). Creating an emblem, for each opponent, that deals damage every turn, that can’t be interacted with, and stacks, could be pretty prominent
Also the semi boardwipe can be verry good depending on the table/playgoup
Big fan of the draft format
The way I play Planeswalkers is to use them as a distraction to my opponent(s) They often come in handy for a quick upside by minusing them and then they draw a lot of attention while I'm working to build my board. The interesting thing is they mostly end up as fodder but sometimes they have turned the tide for myself or another opponent. Opportunity given, especially in commander can put you on top especially if they give some type of evasion. I'm sure everyone has their own preference, but I try to throw at least one synergistic Planeswalker into a lot of my decks. Thanks for the video. Always enjoy.
The fact that no one has 5 Chandra's shows the distinction between our mindsets
Something to keep in mind is how some planeswalkers will just end the game if they stick long enough to ult. Chances are low that you get there, but it’s still a chance you just win with the card in x turns. There’s a difference between the best walkers for any deck any time and the best ones for a walker deck. Ults are a lot more achievable in decks with doubling season, proliferation, protection, or other shenanigans. A planeswalker I like that does some of both the og Sorin Markov, if you need it to come down and end the problem player then it will and if you’re the problem player then it’s a distraction that gains buffer life and picks off creatures that will win on its own if unanswered.
Chandra Awakened Inferno is a really fun one to play
Lol I immediately thought of Jace, Vryn's Prodigy too. Such a classic card. I remember opening it at an Origins draft event and it instantly became one of my favorite blue cards.
I'm surprised no one picked Elspeth Tirel. her -3 makes 3 tokens, her ultimate is a boardwipe that destroys everything but her, lands and tokens and her +1 gains you life for each creature you control, so good in token decks.
Top 3 picks for me based on my current decks: Ugin The Spirit Dragon, Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools and Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (definitely surprised more people aren't talking about this one).
I was hoping that Elminster would make the cut. It's my favorite planeswalker commander. It has a static ability, draws, scrys, and let's you create creatures. Love it!
Grist is wild with Agatha's Soul Cauldron.
Nicol Bolas the Ravager, Oko Theif of Crowns, Elspeth Suns Champion, Kaya the Inexorable, Ashiok Nightmare Muse would be my picks but I also really like Zariel Archduke of Avernus, Ashiok Sculptor of Fears, Dihada Binder of Wills, Nicol Bolas God Pharaoh, Grand Master of Flowers, and Vronos Masked Inquisitor.
I have close to 20 decks but rarely play Planeswalkers in EDH so, only have about 3 or 4 amongst the decks.
Tezzeret, Master the bridge is one of my favorites because I do play a fair few artifact decks. And he just nukes everyone
yall forgot that grist can go under agathas soul cauldron, and now all your creatures have loyalty!
I really like Vivian champion of the wilds. You play it and it can protect its self by giving a creature reach, or you can do the better option of negative and get a creature, which you can cast whenever. So many times I’ve been empty handed and had that extra creature draw save me since it avoided discard spells etc. Oh and obviously the flash is really good.
44:12 I live for this awkward pause
Underrated walkers, IMHO: flip Nissa, baby Jace (I'm biased because I've had a book promo of the card for years and the art is dope), OG Huatli, Liliana of the Dark Realms.
I gotta wonder how many more draft episodes before we have an only draft cards extra turns?
Notably, Comet also gets around Hexproof and Ward when dealing damage.
I would pick: Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God, Narset of the Ancient Way, Urza, Planeswalker, Archangel Elspeth, Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
I am VERY excited to run Comet in my Mr. House deck.
Surprised that Karn, the Great Creator didn’t get a mention. Sure, it’s mean, but it’s one of the best ways to shut down treasures, and the minus can get something back from exile. And the plus can help remove something if you’ve got artifact removal in hand.
Surprised no one has mentioned Karn, the Great Creator. The ability to shut down all of your opponents’ mana rocks is super powerful all by itself.
Oko
Chandra, awakened inferno
Koth fire of resistance
Nicol bolas, dragon god
Tezzeret, betrayer of flesh
Honorable mention
Tezzeret master of the bridge
Space balleran
I love these. Make the decks after you do every card type!
hmmm for my list my picks would be
1.Ellywick Tumblestrum
2.Sorin Vengeful Blood Lord
3.Wrenn, and Realm Breaker
4.commodore, Guff
5.Karn, the Great Creator
Ugin, Elspeth and Liliana are honestly like the big 3, the best walkers in commander period. After them they all just drop to generically good or super strong but niche. Like Daretti is absolutely a must run for any artifact strat in red, but any other strat just doesn't care at all.
Me personally? I would have put some priority on the Origins transform Nissa and God Bolas. Bolas cause he may be restricted to Grixis but being every walker at the same time and lead to stupidly broken things depending on the boardstate. And the transform Nissa because her creature side is ramp and her walker side will plus to either ramp you or draw a card and then minus for a big 4/4 token. Plus like Grist, she can easily be looped for value. She's an auto include in any reanimation strat with green i play because of it.
Should have mentioned how incredible Grist is now with Agathas soul caldren. Targetable as a creature then turns each of your creatures with a counter being a plainswalker too. Busted
pre video my 15 guesses are.
Static Narset, Lilliana dreadhorde, nissa shakes world, ugin ineffable, at least 1 chandra, jeska thrice, jace with the static wincon, the other ugin, flip bolas/ravager, tevish szat, sorin Markov, new exiling ashiok, the vraska that kills someone when deathtouch hits, 3 cmc elk oko, and finally... the garruk that can -3 immediately to draw cards equal to a creature's power.
Sorry im bad with names.
I like Jace Beleren a lot. +2 Each player draws a card. Maybe too much group hug but nobody wants to attack him lol
If Iearned anything watching this I learned I value combo walkers over all lol, ral storm conduit, professor onyx, and lab man Jace were my top three hahaha
My list would have been
1. Karn, the great creator
2. Tyvar, jubilant brawler
3. Teferi. Master of time
4. Oko, thief of crowns
5. Grist, hunger tide
6. Garruk, cursed huntsman
7. Nissa, vital force
8. Wren and six
9. Wren and relmbreaker
10. Nissa, who shakes the world
11. Ral, storm conduit
12. The eternal wanderer
13. Gideon, ally of zendicar
14. Vivian, champion of the wilds
15. Ellywick tumblestrum
Angrath, the Flame-Chained isn't the best planeswalker by anymeans but god do I love to play it. I'll activate his ultimate one day.
I think y'all forgot that on Ashiok, sure it stops one of your graveyard based opponents, but it enables yourself as a graveyard based deck as you can choose to kill yourself.
Liked Rachel's pick of Comet. Had a game where I had the goblin that duplicated my rolls of 6, got comet to a floating 40+ rolls remaining only cause my pod wanted to watch me roll it out. Comet at over 50 loyalty at one point.
It's likely a reaction to my pod, but Elspeth and mono blue Narset would be my 1 and 2.
My guess is when rachel is done playing commander, she’s been sleeving up gruul/naya monsters in canlander based on what grabbed her interest :)
As an older player and a naya (mono, paired or all 3 colors) mage almost exclusively, my top 5 would be
#1 ajani, the great hearted (gain life, +1 counters, Planeswalker benefits, plus vigilance is highly underrated), #2 garruk, primal hunter (+1 make a 3/3 every turn, -2 draw cards normally 3-6, or -6 pretty much win the game), #3 domri, anarch of bolas (ramp, creature spell protection, anthem and fight i find the ramp/ spell protection is also underrated in creature heavy decks), #5 Nissa, vastwood seer (hit those land drops, then ramp/card draw, protects with a beefy token) #5 is tough but I'll go with a pet card that is a game ender in the right deck ajani, strength of the pride. If you thought cyclonic rift was bad in a stalemate situation, does this ultimate get any crazier? Honorable mention to, basri ket, xenagos the reveler, garruk wildspeaker, selesnya huatli, and elspeth tirel
Dimir Ashiok;
Narset, Parter of Veils;
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge would've been on my list. Haven't played the card but I've fought against it too many times
My personal top picks are Dreadhord General, Ashiok Dream Render and Narset Parter of Veils. I've got a personal issue with reanimator, so I like to shut those down. Parter of Veils and Dreadhorde General are just good.
Omg I just figured out that jimmy played in dungeons and daddies! I never realized 😂
You all should build decks with your 5 Planeswalkers just for fun!
Pretended I was at the 4 seed in the draft and played along. My picks were 1. Oko, thief of crowns
2. Nissa, who shakes the world
3. Grist, the hungertide
4: tezzeret, the seeker
5: jeska, thrice reborn
NO xenagos!?!!? Gaeas cradle is such a gamewarping effect, even if its only for a turn. Normally when it drops it goes from "i'm on par with everyone" to "its either farewell NOW or I win"
I'd have taken the old Tamiyo. Card draw based on tapped creatures could be huge.
I honestly couldn’t come up with 5 planeswalkers I would want to play in any of my decks. The only planeswalkers I have in my collection are Narset Parter of Veils, Teferi Time Raveler and Daretti Scrap Savant.
Now gonna make a Wyll, Blade of Frontiers Boros deck just to use Comet. You've sold me it well, Rachel.
3 mana tyvar has been absolutly amazing in commander
I look forward to when you finish this cycle of videos, so that you can release a video where you play decks containing the cards you drafted :D
Cant wait for like a year or two later where we get like a game night or extra turn episode of decks made from draft picks.
My favorite planeswalker is Nahiri, and I really love Tasha, but the ONLY planeswalker I actually have decked is Ugin (both forms).
I’d like to see them eventually make decks that include their drafted cards.
Also, who else has a play group with a double standard on planeswalkers. My group always kills mine, but never kills anyone else’s.
Now have a game with all your picks
Snaking draft order with only 3 people is brutal. Really, it should only be implemented in drafts with high participants count.
I run Garruk, Primal Hunter in too many decks. It’s basically another five mana sorcery, draw cards equal to the biggest power.
I have to admit that I'm a big fan of these Drafts!
Today's Patreon shout out is close enough to mine out to count. 😁
Jace, the Mind Sculptor is really good although not as good as it once was
Card kingdom didnt have Minsc and something after the comma, must be a skill issue
My top 5
1. Jace the Mind Sculptor
2. Splashiok, Nightmare Weaver
3. Vraska the Unseen
4. Nicol Bolas Dragon God
5. Chandra Torch of Defiance
Honorable mention: Garuuk, Apex Predator
Family. That is going to be the flavor text for the Vin Desiel planeswalker secret lair. Secret Lair alert Fast and Fabulous: Planeswalker edition lol.