MTG Top 10: Ninjas | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 493 

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I remember going 2-0 in my pod advancing into the final only to face turn1 rhinos into shinobi on t4 (also saw yawgmoth in game2)

Hhhmmmmmmmm, yes, first Dynasty card

The problem is, slivers are only played in tribal decks, so there will be a ton with extremely similar totals, and there's not much analysis to do that won't get very repetitive.

@@Hagot428 I actually see it as the opposite: Not every deck will have the exact same slivers. So the bottom half of the list will be interesting because it'll show which are the (still good) lesser Slivers that people pick and choose between and don't make every deck/fell out of popularity over time (despite originally gaining enough points to make the list, they weren't continually played enough over time as other better slivers replaced them in decks). And the top half of the list will still be interesting as it'll show which Slivers either were so all-star they survived many years of new Sliver sets being printed, or quickly gained points and replaced those lower on the list. If anything, MORE analysis will need to be done in this way, as opposed to "These 10 cards are just so good that a lot of players play them in all sorts of decks". It'd be more like a more in-depth view of the Slivers deck history, but instead of looking at the decks themselves over time, it'd be focused on the cards themselves and seeing when they were released and if they don't see play anymore despite originally ranking on the list, or if they were more recent and quickly established themselves as a Sliver staple. Not only this, but there's actually SOME Slivers that get played outside of Sliver tribal, and it'll be interesting to see how much those other decks affect the stats, and whether they push a card that's 'meh' in Sliver decks but 'wow' in other decks over some of the core Sliver tribal cards.

Nice

Unfortunately it would make for a very weird list, since so many would be tied for points as a result of their very nature.

Slivers don't really lend themselves that well to a top 10, since the slivers that see play all do so in the same decks, there'd be a whole lot of ties.

Mine too!

Yep!

Fuuuu someone beat me to it!!!

@@salthebard6258 :3

It would be awesome to see what lists earned the most points 😄

@@mutedonkey8361 the top 10 [insert card type here] won a few protours recently

Yes she is. I think he just oopsed. It happens

@@Lcngopher I think he like the common more :)

Maybe he meant the first neon dynasty one with ninjitsu on the list but simply misspoke

There has not, he just misspoke

@@JohnSmith-hs9ez Got it.

This will happen eventually

Already did

¡Orale!

There is a history and tradition vs. progress and technology thing going on in Neon Dynasty, hence the enchantment creatures (and creature sagas) to represent the first half and artifact creatures (and equipment creatures) to represent the other. You're still right that there isn't really any specific flavor to this one though. I guess they're just a random traditionalist ninja or something?

Yep, there's an annotation on screen about that.

Yes, there is an annotation about that

@@NizzahonMagic cool! Text made it seem everyone loses the life lol

@@EpicDiscovery It says both "and" and "opponent" (singular), when you don't lose life at all and your opponents (plural) do. The annotation needs an annotation, lol.

"Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines. Raphael is cool, but rude... Michaelangelo, is a party dude!" Wow, I haven't seen that show in at least twenty five years, but the lyrics just all came roaring back.

I don't think it is true I make multiple mistakes in EVERY video. But yeah, I do make mistakes. And more lately for whatever reason. I will try and do better!

@@NizzahonMagic Hey, I said nearly*! :P But this is what I'm talking about!: You read and respond, and with dignity and sincerity! I imagine it's an unwieldy amount of notes, numbers, & names for one person to keep perfectly organized - especially if there's more behind the scenes than what's readily apparent in the videos themselves.

Don't blame the microphone!

@@NizzahonMagic Are you going to make a top 500 card video for you 500th top ten?