MTG Top 10: Defender | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 78 

Favourite defender? That’d be Shield Sphere. You can’t tell me a 0/6 for 0 doesn’t pique the Johnny and the Spike in you

My favorite defender is wall of *No.* (Wall of denial)

I loved Cemetery Gate, from Homelands, for the flavour text. I never used it, but 15 year old me found Grandmother Sengir's words to be incredibly funny. "It keeps some out, yes. It also keeps others in!"

Fog bank and wall of frost are probably my favorite defenders. Won me a lot of games when my friends and I were just learning.

Always been a fan of Wall of Denial. 0/8, defender, flying, shroud. Like the flavour text says, it gives you time to think. More importantly, early game it definitely can slow down agressive decks.

I like "Axebane Guardian" and "Doorkeeper" for defender matters decks.

My favorite defender is Colossus of Akros. It starts out as a 10/10 indestructible defender for 8 colorless. It then has monstrosity 10 for 10 colorless. Also, when it becomes monstrous it loses defender and gains trample. Thus, it becomes a 20/20 indestructible, trample creature.

I just love he made this list before so much as spoilers for M19 came out (Which gave us the great gift of Arcades) No seriously, Defender Tribal is SOOOO gonna be my thing!

You should do MTG: top ten players

I feel bad for my main man Axebane guardian

I really like the background pictures on some of these cards. especially number 9 on the list.

I love Illusionary Wall. 7/4 flying and first strike, and it has great flavor too

My favourite defender is called "Guard Gomazoa" it is a 1/3 that costs one blue Mana and 2 other Mana, it's ability prevent ALL combat damage that would be dealt to it, so deathtouch won't kill it

Tree of Perdition is my favorite. 0/13 with a game winning combo. Do not attack opponent, switch life totals so they drop to 13 life, then use Ayli and sack this creature for a 20 point life gain. Sanguine Bond if on the board wins the game. So turn 2 play Ayli, turn 4 play Tree of Perdition, turn 5 play Sanguine Blood. Turn 5 tap ToP, it has 20 life. Turn 6 sack ToP and win due to gaining 20 life.

I don't really care if Fog Bank has 0 points, it's the best card and deserves to be number 1.

I loved wall of tinder back in the day. Used to use it to cast surprise lava bursts on friends. Good times.

Just curious, have you ever done a top 10 of cards that refer to EDH mechanics

When I was little and just getting into MTG for the first time, I opened a Grozoth, and it quickly became one of my favorite cards. I didn't mind that it had defender I just thought it was so awesome even though I wasn't even playing Blue. I loved how it seemed like the idea was supposed to be that he was too powerful to be a normal creature so he needed to be a defender to balance him, and the art was just so cool. It's only now that I realize he's not really a good card, but I do still love the design, he's such an awesome looking leviathan.

I'm surprised Wall of Denial wasn't somewhere on this list.

Even if the Thing in the Ice transforms and flattens your creatures as well it's still a good place to be, the board is empty apart from one huge creature you control.

I was a little surprised that Thing in the Ice wasn't higher on the list. It was the first THING that came to mind when it came to defender creatures with end game abilities. I also like the link to the movie The Thing.

This could basically be an Arcades the strategist EDH deck tech lol

My favourite creature with defender...Blistering Barrier! (At least for the artwork)

I liked to combo Wall of Force with Nomads En-Kor, redirecting damage to the wall to give it +1 +1 counters. And you got love flying walls just on flavor grounds! P

I'm pretty fond of Guard Gomazoa myself. A 1/3 for 3 with Flying and Defender is decent in of it's self but it also has invulnerability to battle damage! He could block just about anything and stay on the board😏

I knew wall of frost was going to be on this list! My friend has it and it's so frustrating.

Carnivorous plant is my favorite. I grew up using it, and I love the card

My personal favorites are Wall of Denial and Nivix Cyclops. Wall of Denial is super hard to get past for 3 mana, so it helps stall setting up combos, and Nivix Cyclops can go from a defender to a beater pretty effectively in a Pauper deck like UR Delver.

thing in the ice (with 2 counters left) + titan's strength + temur battle rage = flip, bounce -> 20 dmg = perfect blowout :D

Overgrown Battlements, Axebane Guardian, Wall of omens and throw in a duskwatch recruiter to loot for more walls. Your on the fast track to a 20+ damage Banefire. Add collected company and its even faster. Makes a fun, pretty budget Modern deck.

Lol “thing in the ice only fits in control decks” Arclight Phoenix

Aawww no one else shares my love for Colossus of Akros?

Seeing thing in the ice reminds that one time someone had one out with one counter left and then I act of treasoned it and then cooked it with bubbling cauldron, man it shook his nerves cause he never got thing in the ice to go off

My personal favorite is wall of swords. It has good power for a defender and it's flying so you can often take out attackers from land or sky.

You have such a great thing going here, the way you populate your top ten lists. It's unbiased and helpful to watch. Thanks. 😊

wall of frost, i love it

My favorite Defender is either Wall of Stone or Wall of Swords. Wall of Stone is a 1RR for a 0/8. No fancy tricks, just a three mana 0/8. Takes a lot of punishment to go down. Wall of Swords is a 3/5 flying for 3W. Decent for blocking low-mid-range flyers.

Yay Sylvan Caryatid. I play it in my Bad Medicine Modern deck (Tainted Remedy and Friends: Siege Rhino, Thragtusk, Alms Beast)

My favourite defender of all time is definitely Wall of Glare. It's just so good at shutting down attacks for days

I prefer Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo. Really nice for redirecting things like unblockable damage.

I reckon a top ten cards of all time would be sick as

My friends and I are pretty casual players and usually do mono-colour decks. As such, my Order of the Stars is pretty great.

Surprised Tinder Wall wasn't on this list. Like Wall of Roots, it's green but you can sac it for RR or sac it when blocking with it for 2 damage and a R. I love running it with Orcish Lumberjack (R, 1/1, T: Sac a forest: add three R or G in any combination) ;) sacing things to ramp for kicker and X spells in a R/G Kicker deck.

My favorite Defender is still Illusionary Wall. 4U for a 7/4 Flying First Strike Defender...with Cumulative Upkeep of U. Okay, that last part sucks, but Eon Hub is a thing...and it even gained a bit of utility with the switch to the Defender tag, because it's an Illusion now!

Wall of Tears is probably my favorite wall from back in the day. While not as good at stonewalling as a Wall of Ice the bounce on that thing can make life very frustrating for aggro.

What about Psychic Membrane? Angelic Wall is my favorite, because it's so classic. Steel Wall is also one of the cards I grew up with.

Kheru dreadmaw, hands down one of my favorites

Well done sir! Thanks 👍

Dang, I was hoping Wall of Denial was on here. So good in Alara block limited hnnghhh

I really like Tinder Wall. I have a feeling Wall of Denial is popular in the casual/EDH scene, hence people liking it, but it not showing up in the list.

Hmmmm, have you done Top 10 Banding?

My favorite wall is Fog Bank

No Fog Bank? I'm surprised. 2 mana flying defender that doesn't die no matter what from battle. Gotta Bolt it or something. Really useful.

Tree of Redemption is a great defender, gets a bar rep but I have a nasty TOR/assault formation deck

Surprised about no Wall of Denial. That's probably my favorite.

I like to combo Wall of Hope with Soul Channeling and Pariah.

Personally, my favorite Defender is Wall of Blades. I like how it inverts the way walls normally work by being a 5/1 with first strike so it punishes you opponent for attacking with creatures with low toughness.

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Your annotation logo covers the power toughness of cards when you have multiple on the screen.

wall of reverence is super spicy in my phyrexian processor deck.

Wall of blossoms is not Modern legal btw

We wore out our copies of Wall of Roots back in the day.

My favorite is definitely tree of redemption

My favorite is still guard gomazoa..... Simply because he can block everything without dying (he gets all combat damage prevented).... Add hexproof to that and you have something that really annoys everyone else

if you award points for tournament play, every blue deck had wall of air in the sideboard during the masques/invasion era to stop the blue skies deck

Personally I think fog bank is the best wall. It is the most wally wall. Blocks a 40/40 and is undamaged. Deathtouch dows’t kilo it and it makes sense in terms of walls.

Living Wall is an insane card. 0/6 regenerates for 1

I’m surprised Colossus if Akros wasn’t on here. I thought it saw a lot of play in standard.

Wall of shards is my favorite wall even though it’s Culmulative Upkeep is pretty bad.

Mnemonic Wall is in every Blink Tron deck in pauper

Before even watching I’m calling it wall of omens is number one lol

Wall of Omens and Sylvan Caryatid, amirite?

I miss Pramikon, Sky Rampart

My favourite is souls of the faultless

Is birthing pod the best card in all of MTG? You mention it in every video

Favorite defenders are tree of perdition and redemption

Thermo-Alchemist is pretty good too.

My favorite defender is clearly the "Wall of Glare" enchanted with "Shielded by faith" and "Nimbus Wings" for good measure. As I play in a community which doesn't field much in terms of alternate win conditions this defeats any deck without tramplers. 1/6, can block any number of creatures, flying, indestructible. nuff said.

Besides “all of them”, you should do worst 10 defender.

I play sylvan caryatid in my soulflayer deck!

Wall of Denial is my favorite wall

I do enjoy some wall of tears.

I've always liked Kheru Dreadmaw What's that need health Throw em to the undead corocodile

Dude... Wall of fog

Traproot kami was a great defender. It was a 0/* for G. * was equal to the number of forests in play. And it has reach

What about Colossus of Akros?

I don't think it's fair to say that wall of frost saw play entirely because it's a good blocker, since the same card costed 2U probably wouldn't have been played

When are we gonna get more legendary walls though

I'm a big fan of Nivix Cyclops :D

Wall of denial is best :D

I never thought that Wall of Roots wouldn't get a single point from Modern

Nivix Cyclops has my vote, kills it in izzet blitz

FOG BANK NEEDS LOVE.

WALL OF WOOD

Top 10 banding

i love these videos

I got the top 3 right! I'm such a genius lol

There was no time frame for wall of roots

Don't remember the name of the card but I got this 2/8 for only 4 mana.(white)

opponent turn 3* wall of denial me turn 4* consuming vapors