Rishadan Port - From Sleeper to Superstar | MTG Design | Recurring Insight Ep. 12

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Would you believe one of Magic: The Gathering's strongest lands flew under the radar in previews despite being from one of Magic's weakest sets? On this episode of Recurring Insight, Patrick Sullivan analyzes the history and design of one of the most polarizing lands of all time - Rishadan Port!
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@SCGCommander 3 года назад

Catch all of Patrick's SCG content over at: articles.starcitygames.com/author/patrick-sullivan/

@jpmeyer 3 года назад

As a more general category, "cards that you think are really bad designs but that you nonetheless love to play"

@reccaman 3 года назад

I love 5+ mana value enchantments that do nothing 😳

@itsbennurt 3 года назад

V Clique! Lots of cool lines there

@TimothyTylerThomason 3 года назад

Port has some similarities to Standstill in that it slows the game down but can provide an advantage for a player who is already ahead on board while not being as punishing as something like Armageddon. It is definitely a problem once you realize that "Port your Port" becomes the default play when everyone is playing it. I'd love to see a Recurring Insights on the card Standstill actually.

@TheJollyRajaOfficial 3 года назад

This series is the highlight of my Monday morning.

@MrPinkpanzer 3 года назад

Still interested in hearing you talk about abrupt decay. I hope everyone has a great day.

@kellyhoesing2573 3 года назад

I kind of want to see Stasis.

@michaelthomascrotch-harvey9197 3 года назад

After Patrick's rant about Teferi's Response basically saying "screw you Rishadan Port" I explained Valentin, Dean of the Vein to my gf as a card with a lot of text that amounts to "screw you, Cauldron Familiar"

@TechInspected 2 года назад

I ran a Rishadan Port on my land destruction deck. It was great 2nd turn to shut down any early weenies. It was a godsend vs. counterspell heavy decks or a green creature deck. You can even effectively tap 2 lands (leave it unused on your turn, tap during their turn, then on your turn tap another land) to make sure they don't have mana for counterspell if you need your spell to go through. I crapped on expensive lands with it just to spite rich kids and their rainbow decks with elaborate combos with expensive cards. Landy was so fun until WOTC said nope you need to build expensive elaborate decks now instead of thinking outside the box and coming up with a deck that craps on expensive decks.

@sadukulelegirl7454 3 года назад

"Ask me a question, there's zero chance I'll respond."

@dvikingj 3 года назад

Gitaxian Probe. Would love to hear your thoughts on phyrexian mana.

@Cyborg009V 3 года назад

I’d like an analysis on why deathrite shaman was a problem while noble hierarch is nice

@JeezJeezy 3 года назад

+1, DRS would be a great card for this series.

@Jonathan-qk5ed 3 года назад

Shaman provides WUBRG mana. Noble, just WUG. Shaman provides damage straight to the face. Noble provides half of the damage Shaman does *and* is restricted to unblocked creatures. Shaman provides a level of resilience against aggro via lifegain. Noble, nothing. Shaman provides main deck graveyard hate. Noble, nothing. Shaman is a mana dork, wincon, etc for Thoughtseize decks. Noble, acceleration for creature decks...

@christiansmith5047 3 года назад

One mana planeswalkers that can't be attacked is too powerful. Mana dorks for non-green decks is too powerful.

@alexjackson7929 3 года назад

The most fundamental tension of Magic is that some cards in your deck are mana sources and the rest are action/business/"gas", and if you draw too many of either category and not enough of the other then you can't take game actions. By circumventing this tension, cards that are both mana sources and gas are inherently very powerful--think of how creature lands become metagame-defining Standard staples every time they get printed. Noble Hierarch is only "gas" in the barest minimum sense--exalted is better than the 1 power of a Llanowar Elf, but it's still just 1 point of power. Deathrite Shaman on the other hand does a *lot* of non-mana things--it's a clock, it's lifegain, and it's main deck graveyard interaction (a category of interaction which usually requires narrow sideboard cards) Shaman also synergizes with both sacrifice lands (fetchlands and Wasteland) and cantrips (every Brainstorm in your yard is 2 points of face burn), and those are already the two most powerful categories of cards in Legacy. On top of everything else, it's the best "Llanowar Elf" ever printed for formats with a critical mass of good sacrifice lands and it doesn't even require green mana to cast.

@cheefjeef2437 3 года назад

Shaman also costs G or B. I think at just G, it would still be powerful but much less egregious. Giving decks that lean on swamps a turn 1 elf with upside distorts the typical restraints we see on elves

@bakert 3 года назад

Cheekily reposting my asks from video #1 - Undercity Informer (I think it's an all-time classic for limited, although it only has problems in constructed), Life from the Loam, Dark Confidant, Devastating Dreams (and that whole cycle), Spider Spawning, Sylvan Library, Feed the Swarm, Frantic Search, Memory Lapse, Recurring Nightmare, Satyr Wayfinder, and (even though I know what you're going to say from watching Legacy broadcasts!) Wasteland. I would watch the hell out of any of those!

@LinguisticHegemony 3 года назад

Another great episode. I didn't play when Port was around so it's cool to learn about it.

@MTGEDH 3 года назад

Thoughts on Fireblast

@iamdadodo 3 года назад

Spellstutter sprite is an interesting one: mix of tribal & control elements, and rewarding synergy is a way many control/tempo cards dont

@naomi3557 3 года назад

Runaway Steamkin - The card that birthed my love for MTG

@heavenlyevan 3 года назад

Arclight Phoenix please. I love that card. Love the series!

@ThunderBirdJack 3 года назад

I'd be down to see an episode on something prison-y like Blood Moon, Chalice of the Void or Ensnaring Bridge. Or even trinisphere / thorn of amythyst

@randomrandom7208 11 месяцев назад

Thank for the video

@turtvark 3 года назад

Talk about how horrible Brimaz is in practice as opposed to what's written on the card

@cheefjeef2437 3 года назад

I think the following cards would be cool to cover: Wild Mongrel Primal Command Goblin Guide Thalia Plow under Lot of interesting design decisions on all

@flintyminty3665 3 года назад

Think it's interesting to look at equipment like batterskull & maul of the skyclaves that get around the feel bad of taking a turn off. On a completely different note, Vendillion Clique is just great.

@noahwallaert 3 года назад

Maybe some thoughts on primeval titan or the titan cycle. Looking at how designs might seem medium on printing and then grow into a much stronger card over time

@christiansmith5047 3 года назад

Wasn't Primeval Titan $50 on release week?

@derekjbarbee 3 года назад

I'd be curious to hear you talk about Phyrexian Negator or Phyrexian Obliterator (or the evolution of the two, with magic's power level/focus).

@sealeo5772 3 года назад

That point about being more powerful against already fringe playstyles is really interesting, especially when thinking about how a format like legacy came to be the way it is.

@kimdiz4171 3 года назад

Goblin Lackey might be an interesting one.

@zachariahhenzel3518 3 года назад

Submitted for your approval - the card lightning axe. How did we end up with that one?

@alexcox37 3 года назад

I would like to hear your thoughts on Thragtusk. It was such a house in its standard, but that may have been a result of the support for it during the time.

@MaxYoung-Maxinfet 3 года назад

I found your revised activation cost interesting because Icy Manipulator had the ability to do what Rishadan Port did but of course it cost 4 mana to get on the board first and could be interacted with more easily since it was an artifact, as well as not producing a mana. Could you ever see a world where we had mana that had a cost associated with playing it other than sacrificing another land like some lands do? I wonder if Port would have been OK if you had to sac it if you did not pay X mana when it came into play. I know that is clunky and the fact that it is a trigger could be problematic too so would be interesting to have lands that you paid mana for and put into play as a special action.

@RidiculousHat 3 года назад

Many years ago you were casting an open where a running gag was someone dying with Ancestral Visions on 1 counter. Would love to hear your thoughts on the card!

@Jus2Salty 3 года назад

Would love to see your thoughts on Life from the Loam. Is it "fair dredge"? Does it make bad play patterns or interesting game choices.

@jonahcoffman3078 3 года назад

Could you do Simic Charm that would be cool

@naverdadendada 3 года назад

Birthing Pod could be an interesting one!

@TheLaughingMan42 3 года назад

Smuggler's copter

@HeyApples 3 года назад

Hey Patrick, would love to get your perspective on Thassa's Oracle. I personally think the card checks a lot of problematic boxes, but this seems the minority view. Would love to hear your thoughts.

@gafdl6365 3 года назад

Ayee Clippers! Rip Lob City :,(

@Sidenonra 3 года назад

When I first started playing in the time of Unlimited I was kid but hot damn was force of nature like just the best card ever. At least I thought it was.

@TimothyTylerThomason 3 года назад

Who chose to show Dread Return as a sorcery that is stopped by Rishadan Port? That card is almost never played with its mana cost!

@Sidenonra 3 года назад

Rishadan port and Thalia, baby.

@hosersupreme 3 года назад

INTRUDER ALARM

@blizzardcrow3051 3 года назад

I'm curious about Carnage Tyrant

@jeremyparejo-krakowiak8405 3 года назад

Thraben Inspector

@TheCartajay 3 года назад

Please make a video about hammer of bogardan

@MaxYoung-Maxinfet 3 года назад

I started in Mercadia but did not really get into Magic competitively until Apocalypse and even then just block constructed and draft. Even though I have heard Rishidan Port is miserable to play against I wish I could go back and experience it just so I had a better feel for discussions that come up around it. I am sure I could go play legacy to learn about it but they have always had Wasteland. I have a feeling playing against this in block with Dustbowl was a lot different than playing against this in Legacy at the time.