MTG Top 10: Hexproof | The BEST Cards With one of the BEST Keywords | Magic: the Gathering | Ep. 451

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@ZackeroniAndCheese 2 года назад

I love how even though your list is labeled "top 10", you discuss the cards that have fallen off the list since last time. Keep up the awesome videos!

@gabrielkay6866 2 года назад

Man is a master of his craft

@harrison1735 2 года назад

In addition to pushing Ward they've also shifted Hexproof toward being a temporary effect granted by combat tricks. In fact there are only two creatures currently in Standard across all rarities that have unconditional, always-on Hexproof. For comparison a recent set like Guilds of Ravnica had three on its own.

@kittylynne592 2 года назад

I love that the one modern deck built around hexproof doesn't have any cards on the list. RIP in peace my sweet boi. May you be slippery forever in that big plane in the sky.

@johngleeman8347 2 года назад

It always amazes me to see new cards racking up points in vintage.

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 2 года назад

It's how you can tell a card is beyond busted.

@brandonbrooks779 2 года назад

@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor or the older card/mechanic it has synergy with was busted from the start and remains unchecked

@nickbalmes6640 2 года назад

@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor true that Drew. Veil of Summer is a sterling example of it.

@ArgentumEmperio 2 года назад

@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor Death's Shadow is the beat example as to why you are wrong Cards ain't played in vintage, legacy, or even modern because its busted, but because the synergy or because of the prevalence of one oppressive colour is rampant in these formats Synergy triumphs over individual card strength in formats with more cards

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 2 года назад

@@ArgentumEmperio Well a card having good synergy is a form of strength. It's why Bazaar of Baghdad is busted because of all the synergy with it.

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 2 года назад

Sorry I'm late. I think my mobile network didn't have hexproof so it's been rekt. Seriously, I'm on holiday in Melbourne and ever since I touched down the signal has been awful. But at least I wasn't late to "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)!"

@SomeOfTheJuice 2 года назад

Veil of Summer is another one of those cards where I look at it and say "who thought this was a good idea to put in something other than a modern masters set?" It's just so damn powerful that it basically was destined to be banned from standard and pioneer.

@corey2232 2 года назад

Will always prefer Shroud to Hexproof... I always enjoyed the fact that having such a strong upside of not being able to be targeted by opponents came with a cost; you also can't target it. Feels like a fair compromise for an effect that is very beneficial overall. Hexproof just kills that balance & makes things too one-sided. I'm glad Ward has slowly taken over as the main mechanic for such an effect, as it at least provides more opportunities for counterplay. I don't ALWAYS hate the idea of Hexproof though, as I wouldn't mind it so much on non-creature permanents. But yeah... this list just reminded me of how many cards with this mechanic I've hated over the years 🤣

@TempestDacine 2 года назад

Even with the old legendary rule playing in a format that had thrun sigard geist and invisible stalker was awful lol fortunately we had a 2 mana clone in the format but it def stands out as a reason why they eventually toned down on the hexproof beaters.

@ozmond 2 года назад

Lol I was literally looking at Taoist hermit on Troll&Toad earlier tonight and was like “does this just have hexproof?”

@deifiedtitan 2 года назад

“Veil of Summer is too good at hosing black and blue.” Good. Sincerely, Naya mage

@emperornapoleon6204 2 года назад

Another great video! I love the updated lists - it’s interesting to see how the game evolves.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@makenshao9886 2 года назад

While not nearly as good as Blossoming Defense as it only boosts toughness, I also loved to play with Dive Down when it was relevant, because it was just as good as Blossoming Defense in blanking removal, and sometimes it even let you turn trades into chumps or even wins. That genre of conditional counterspells honestly some of my favorites, because they let you actually interact with more removal heavy matchups, and incentive a bit more of a tall approach to aggro either by playing strong creatures or enchanting one creature to be a threat. I think Karametra's blessing also seeing some play in pauper heroic decks too if I'm remembering right.

@enilson002 2 года назад

I still have nightmares of Geist from those damn Bant Hexproof decks . . . hated playing against it and refused to give in and play it myself.

@elogee_yt 2 года назад

My own personal top 10 would include Dungrove Elder 10 times

@Jeffwinsauce 2 года назад

Your videos are the best and are my favorite thing to watch ever since I started getting back into Magic! Thank you!!!

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Glad you like them!

@timothylee8494 2 года назад

Ever done a “can’t be countered” list? Just saw kenobi talking about Loxodon Smiter, I’d be curious to see what other ones have been good in the past

@EBHsswvZUM 2 года назад

Paradise Druid was a house in Selesnya Auras and Naya Feather decks late in her Standard. If you could stick Sentinel's Eyes on her, she was a great place to stack other auras.

@bonidc6732 2 года назад

I like the revisits, good video!!

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Thanks!

@hesiyyn4880 2 года назад

Enjoyed the video :) Will need to rewatch to see if I missed any of the jokes! Looking forward to Nizzanotes tomorrow

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@troythewizard9940 2 года назад

A note on Hexproof- Wizard's continually says Blue is primary in Hexproof, but the only cards of recent years it gets are like Cradle of Safety (till end of turn; conditional). But Green gets it on things like Avabrook Caretaker every set (as though Green needs the help with pushed creatures).

@andyspendlove1019 2 года назад

That’s hilarious 😂 the only recent blue creatures I can think of with hexproof are 5+ CMC draft chaff commons.

@ROMANTIKILLER2 2 года назад

It's yet another example of WotC designing the game around the annoying philosphy "Green must be the best color and do everything"...

@stevesmith5883 2 года назад

I agree but I'm glad that Avabrook Caretaker exists as somebody with a werewolf tribal EDH deck.

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 2 года назад

Green's share of the colour pie is the whole thing.

@TheSquareOnes 2 года назад

As someone that quit MTG decades ago it's always interesting to read threads like this. Green was always good because mana is always good, but that tended to be the limit of its advantages and blue is still locked in my mind as the "does whatever the designers want it to do" color. Slightly amusing to hear the situation has reversed, although you'd think after this long the designers would finally have a clear idea of what the color pie is supposed to be and how to balance it.

@ppgg8843 2 года назад

I love these top 10s

@nemesisbloodryche22 2 года назад

Can't wait to see episode 450 to be the top ten worst cards overall!!!!

@gigawarman12 2 года назад

Yooooo

@3kojimbles895 2 года назад

funny seeing you here

@alexcapps9290 2 года назад

So surprised not to see slippery Bogle on the list.

@brianwalters8641 2 года назад

With so many great hexproof cards that have come out in the last 5 years, I'm legit surprised that cards that made the list last time still remained!

@BostonMoose513 2 года назад

You should create a list of not quite top 10 where they are cards that see a lot of use but are just always below being used.

@epochsgaming 2 года назад

Did I just miss it or did Bogle somehow not make the list?

@boots4snootin571 2 года назад

Very curious to see where Bogle weighs in, super surprised it wouldn't be in top 10

@streetpeter3210 2 года назад

That one is fucking with me. And wouldn't Gladecover Scout be right along with it? They're best buddies.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

It didn't make the list. Only being played sporadically in Modern generally isn't enough for a list this stacked. It has 24 points.

@user-cf3xm1cq4e 2 года назад

Nice work, as always. How about top 10 green fliers?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Great suggestion! I'll probably do that at some point.

@Tws5515 2 года назад

Invisible stalker gang rise up. Probably one of my favorite mono blue creatures of all time.

@BrainSlug91 2 года назад

If you ever get to 1000 you need to do "top 10 MTG top 10's".

@SR-di7ox 2 года назад

I'm a little surprised that Dream Trawler didn't make the list

@venkelos6996 2 года назад

I am a fan of Hexproof, so this was a fun list, but I must confess I was surprised not to see Narset anywhere. I know she's a rather unpopular Commander, with a Salt score to prove it, but I guess I didn't realize she was do inconsequential in other formats, where "being in the Command zone" availability wasn't a thing.

@watapon3415 2 года назад

I dont play other formats, but she is probably too clunky and vulnerable for the competitive 1v1 formats.

@TheOdinsLance 2 года назад

I wonder if hexproof for just spells or just abilities would be better balanced or just be too weak.

@anxoviqueira2669 2 года назад

Thrun has a really cool art, one of my favs, and reading it 11 years after it's release feels so weak compared to other creatures with the same CMC and stats

@vinnythewebsurfer 2 года назад

Hot take, shroud is a healthier mechanic than hexproof

@TNTColonel 2 года назад

iirc MaRo has admitted as much - they just can't use it because players use it as if it were hexproof anyway

@Shoup1155 2 года назад

whoop whoop i really like your videos......

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Thanks!

@Bloody-Butterfly 2 года назад

I like Dungrove Elder

@joseluki 2 года назад

Veil of summer is ebola card design.

@hungrybois5954 2 года назад

I was hoping my boi Carnage Tyrant would be in here.

@andrewgauthier8479 2 года назад

lol the *lion's* share

@jackattackhissnack 2 года назад

Is there a top ten cards list? No modifiers just the top ten cards with the most points? Would be interesting to see, I'm sure it wouldn't be the power 9 given how they're banned in most formats.

@3kojimbles895 2 года назад

at number 1 island

@tonberrytoby 2 года назад

I suppose cards like Shadowspear aren't eligible for this, even though it interacts with hexproof. You should make a list of cards that remove target abilities, like that.

@JoshPitts530 Год назад

How do I hexproof Giada’s Gift

@thesamuraiman 2 года назад

💜⚡

@andyspendlove1019 2 года назад

I thought Dream Trawler was going to make the list for sure. One of the most annoying creatures in the history of the game 😂🙃

@llongone2 2 года назад

Can confirm. Fuck Dream Trawler.

@MineRoyale. 2 года назад

Wasn't even that good in standard. No chance it gets anywhere near this list.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

It has 22 points.

@Tr3yWill 2 года назад

I don't know why "the unforeseeable future" suddenly sounded so ominous.

@MrDeadHead69 2 года назад

ill say ...Isshin, Two Heavens as One for The Drogons !! and every other Attcating Creature

@GodpraisethePALANTINE 2 года назад

Here Before 15k Chain

@Wolfgar-jx5kl 2 года назад

I know it was mainly a side board card but I won alot of games thanks to carnage tyrant

@EpicGamerz01 2 года назад

Invisible Stalker being a human was such a huge disappointment to me when I was making my Illuna Aura Voltron commander deck

@TheEvilDuck666 2 года назад

I have to ask, how many points does Carnage Tyrant have?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

@taylorolson6228 2 года назад

Sylvan Caryatid's points dont add up. I'm guessing the missing points are from modern?

@stevenrhodes8338 2 года назад

Idea for #450 do the best cards involving luck in spirit for st pattys day

@TNTColonel 2 года назад

Ah yes, 1-mana Cryptic Command, no wonder it's the top contender

@PokeBattlerJaze 2 года назад

Veil of Summer? Edit: Ayyyyyy

@HenryC04 2 года назад

what is the framed card behind you? Edit: Great video by the way

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

You'll find out in a video next week!

@HenryC04 2 года назад

@@NizzahonMagic great cant wait!

@MegatronYES 2 года назад

Geist of Saint Traft is the only broken card in that entire brilliant cycle and it swings for fucking SIX and omg it is literally the solitary blemish on that whole block for me

@usiahz9640 2 года назад

lol just a hour before this came out I watched his old video on hexproof

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Nice

@connormohs6046 2 года назад

How much did lotus field gain? Thought that would make the list

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

It has 26 points.

@connormohs6046 2 года назад

@@NizzahonMagic oh less than I thought. Thank you!

@elementaleighteight 2 года назад

How is that hexproof wolf thingy not legendary?

@primeshifter1699 2 года назад

There's a creature that when tapped all your tap creatures are hexproof and when untapped all your untapped creatures are hexproof out of that werewolf hunt set 🤔

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Yep. Sure is.

@latsblaster 2 года назад

It seems like ward is used at all rarities?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Yep! My point was just that hexproof is only at higher rarities now.

@mikenahmias7102 2 года назад

Shocked Snakeskin Veil is not on the list. I'm expecting that and Tamiyo's Safekeeping to make the list in the future. Both are very annoying in Standard.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

They might make it, but Blossoming Defense is better than both in Modern. I guess it will depend on Historic maybe?

@user-fd2co5xr7k 2 года назад

Can someone explain to me why blossoming defense is more successful than snakeskin veil? I don’t understand

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

In Infect, +2/+2 is way better than a +1/+1 counter.

@user-fd2co5xr7k 2 года назад

@@NizzahonMagic Ahh, that makes sense. Are there any other decks that would want the temporary stats boost more than the counter?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Death's Shadow would also rather have +2/+2.

@user-fd2co5xr7k 2 года назад

@@NizzahonMagic Huh. That's pretty cool! Thanks!

@jackmalloy5902 2 года назад

I’m surprised lotus field didn’t make the list Did it get anywhere near?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Sort of. It has 26 points.

@tedayism.3101 2 года назад

At Number #2 right now and I’m guessing Number #1 is Dream Trawler

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Nope! It doesn't even have 30 points. This list is far too stacked for it.

@Dragracingduleist 2 года назад

How are slippery boogle and gladecover scout not on this list

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Because they are only played in Modern, and not that consistently across the life of the format. They only have points in the 20s.

@philvess6376 2 года назад

Kinda sad to not see Carnage Tyrant on this list...

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Sorry, it doesn't have anywhere close to enough points -- this list is too stacked for a card that just saw a decent amount of play in Standard.

@kingangst233 2 года назад

Wait so if Hexproof is one of the strongest keywords what is stronger? I have to guess storm but like… maybe?

@lightbearer313 2 года назад

Haste and trample are two of the strongest creature abilities. Indestructible and vigilance are also fairly strong, as is menace.

@kingangst233 2 года назад

@@lightbearer313 I will concede that menace and haste are on par with Hexproof. Trample is always good but I would almost always rather see one of the earlier three. Never been a fan of indestructible as they are just “remove me another way” targets.

@zackestin1368 2 года назад

companion is a good contender for strongest keyword, unless you mean evergreen, then it has to be indestructible.

@John_Smith_Dumfugg 2 года назад

I was absolutely angered and saddened that they had not one but TWO innistrad sets and CHOSE not to bring back St. Traft for a legendary card.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

If you want to get even angrier, they didn't give it to us in Shadows Over Innistrad block either! Although, they did at least give us the Saint Traft aura thing I guess.

@sain223 Год назад

Mirror Shield should of been on this list.

@NizzahonMagic Год назад

Nope.

@joeycote480 2 года назад

Wow, carnage tyrant not even on the list? Color me surprised

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

List is way too stacked for such a thing to make it! It only has 28 points.

@Necrotog82 2 года назад

And if you want your friends to hate you, go pick up some Veil of summer and enjoy playing alone at recess.

@DaveyDAKFAE 2 года назад

Clarification: what qualifies for this list? Does Deeproot Waters count? Garruk's Harbinger? Shadowspear?

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

Shadowspear doesn't because it doesn't grant Hexproof. Deeproot Waters does count.

@DaveyDAKFAE 2 года назад

@@NizzahonMagic what about Garruk's Harbinger and other partial-hexproof cards?

@xxANBUxx 2 года назад

God Veil of Summer is such an unfair card.

@superbaas8822 2 года назад

Thrun can't be interacted with on the stack Blue: That can't stop me because I don't follow the rules of the game.

@andynonya1490 2 года назад

Any non-blue card that gives blue the finger is an auto-include for me

@worgenzwithm14z 2 года назад

ahh yes, hexproof, the keyword that makes creatures that cost more than 2 mana playable, and prevents an all-control meta

@XEndlessSteelX 2 года назад

Veil Of Summer should never have been banned. Blue and Black are simply too oppressive and counter-spells should exist to a way lesser extent than they do right now so more "stuff can't be countered" spells should absolutely exist.

@NizzahonMagic 2 года назад

The problem is that Blue decks can just go UG and play it themselves -- that's basically what happened. It is just too good to exist in most formats.

@MortonGoldthwait 2 года назад

Some say its's the glasses. Others say it's the facial hair. I say that tiny gap in your teeth is where your true beauty comes from.

@lunaticfringe896 Год назад

I wish you did MULTIPLAYER best series. I watch these videos and they are just MEH to me, as MP is just an entirely different game, with entirely different strategies. As such, cards you pick I often go, "Ehhh?" But I get it, this is 1v1, not MP. Please consider adding MP commentary videos. It's not a nothing-burger, lots play MP like me