Top 10 Cards Designed by the Pros - MtG Invitational Cards 

The players who designed and are pictured in the cards: 10. Avalanche Riders - Darwin Kastle 9. Solemn Simulacrum - Jens Thoren 8. Ranger of Eos - Antoine Ruel 7. Fervent Champion - Javier Dominguez 6. Faerie Mastermind - Yuta Takahashi 5. Sylvan Safekeeper - Olle Råde 4. Meddling Mage - Chris Pikula 3. Elite Spellbinder - Paulo Vitor Damo de Rosa 2. Dark Confidant - Bob Maher 1.SnapcasterMage - Tiago Chan

Why would you not mention the players who won the invitationals and got their respective cards?

I wonder if anyone was like "Can I be a Penguin Artifacter?" And they just had to say "... No."

The best one has to be Dark Confidant or Snapcaster Mage. Their arts are so iconic. Bob and Tiago Chan look so good in those arts

Why not just cover all 14 of them, I'm sure people would have watched, even if it ended up like half an hour long instead of 20 minutes, which I doubt would have happened. I think it probably would have been 25 minutes...

Snapcaster is strong to the point that even when I hadn't even started in Magic, I'd heard the name 'Snapcaster Mage' talked about among my MTG-playing friends. *That's* how much oomph the thing has, that even in my podunk town then I was hearing the fancy strong card being talked about.

I loved the beginnings of this channel and duellogs, but its really become the watch mojo of mtg channels

Another Ranger of Eos inspired card, Knight-Errant of Eos, is seeing play in standard right now! It has convoke and lets you look at the top 6 cards of your library and add up to 2 creatures with equal or lesser cmc than the number of creatures you convoked to cast it Mastermind still sees some play in Esper midrange and legends decks in Standard, but folks are experimenting with a 2/1 flier from the new set that can loot to replace it.

Can't tell you how many times I conceded to turn 1 fervent champion on arena when it was in standard. You could tell right away whether or not you could stabilize before getting cleaved based off your starting hand. That version of rdw was brutal and it seemed like they always had 2 champions or champion and robber of the rich in the starting hand.

Avalanche raiders are the GOAT for me, good times as a kid playing that old card :3 ♥

Wait a moment. Fairy mastermind WASN'T made by the winner of the championship though. At most they just provided some thoughts but they just picked out from a rare already planned for the set. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--x1b3PtsGVs.html as said by magics own gavin verhey. The old program let players work with R&D to make a card. But since the process was VERY slow with the new program they decided to go with this new system to streamline things. I'll admit kinda miss the old version. who DOESN'T want to make a magic card?

16:16 Invasion of Ghobakhan has this effect on the frontside, and a +1/+1 on all attackers plus sac for indestructible on the backside

Why is Elite Spellbinder the only card on this list without its original art? did PVDDR do something wrong?🤔🤔

I can't believe WotC gave Solemn Johnson a card of his own before Konami.

I still use snapcaster on my extra turns edric deck. It goes pretty hard in that deck and has won me games very consistently. Faerie mastermind is also in that deck!

With the recent improvements in digital art I'm looking forward to seeing more and more of these cards with a proper action pose instead of just being a modified resting portrait. We might even get a card where the pro is in the backline with minions in the foreground and their face is only recognizable if you look at it as closely as a true MTG fan would.

Amazing!!!!!❤🎉

Just an errata: the more recent cards based on the world champions were not desinfnby the winners, they just share their appearence

You mentioned there were 14 of these cards... why not feature the other 4 as honorable mentions? the other 4 that wasnt in this list that I am aware of are: - Shadowmage Infiltrator: UB1, 1/3 , Fear (cannot be blocked except by Black and Artifact Creatures), when this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw 1 card - Voidmage Prodigy: UU, 2/1, UU: Sacrifice a Wizard: counter target spell. Morph 3. - Rakdos Augermage: BBR, 3/2, First Strike. Tap: Reveal your hand and discard a card of target opponent's choice. Your opponent then reveals their hand and you choose 1 card from it, that player discards that card. Play this ability as a sorcery. - Rootwater Thief: U1, 1/2. U: Gains Flying until end of turn. When this card deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2, if you do, search that player's deck for any card and exile it. Shuffle deck The common thing I can see with all 4 of of these cards is that they dont immediately do anything when they hit the table... and their effects can be slow to pull off. 2 of these cards require to do combat damage, the augermage has a bizarre way of discarding cards that I wish could be used as an instant... and Voidmage requires significant mana AND resources. I have copies of all 4 of these cards XD PS: It also doesnt help that, at the time, Rakdos and it's "look ma, no cards in hand!" (Hellbent) strategy wasn't THAT refined yet... most of its cards weren't on rate if youre not in Hellbent

Didn’t know sad robot was a champ card. I feel like that should be honored in all the reprint art

Elite Spellbinder above Meddling Mage is craaaaazy

I'd like to see one about the most universal artifact cards, it perhaps the most niche artifact cards.

If I were going to design a card, I’d want it to be like this: “Trial of Atlas” 1, one white and one black Enchantment “During your upkeep, you may choose a card type. All cards with that card type will receive one stun counter. After three uses of this cards effect, it is transformed into ‘Atlas, Holder of the World.’ “ “Atlas, Holder of the World” 1, 1 of each color Creature- Deity “The person who controls this card has their health set to 10, they cannot take damage from any other sources than ‘Atlas, Holder of the World.’ Every turn ‘Atlas, Holder of the World’ is on the field, each player takes 1 damage at the start of their upkeep. After the owner of this card has their life reduced to 0, every other player loses the game except for the owner of this card. Indestructible 5/5

Just a small note, when describing snapcaster mage, you said it targets a spell in your opponents graveyard.

Tiago (snapcaster mage) beat my ass at a prerelease years ago… it was an honor

Who helped design Ranger of Eos? :') I love that card

Would’ve been nice who designed which one, I have no idea who the pros who designed them are but this is pretty cool

Talking about Faerie Mastermind like it's not currently still legal in standard is a little odd.

Do extended top tier decks

Ya’ll forget the true best: Shadowmage Infiltrator 💯

I would make one that's a 1 mana artifact that has Tap: Dredge 20 Also, instead of me I would have them put The Professor on there instead if he was cool with it.

Shadowmage Infiltriator was a replay good card in its time

In fact , some of them are not designed by pro players , WOTC asked them to choose a new card they already made for a future set that would release in a next 2-3 years . That why recently pros card has a decent effect .( Ex. Fairy mastermind and that red champion from ELD) poor Void mage...( from onslaught ) , I feel sad to you 😅

Anyone else think Godo, Tireless pilgrim is the solem simulacrum

i wonder what LSV or Kibler would design? LSV I'm guessing would be a control creature of some sort, probably one that gives you initiative or monarch. Kibler, a dragon.

Top 10 Elves

the playter respect is cool but I finally know now why some cards art looks offputting

weirds me out to hear you talking about current standard in the past tense and I don’t even play standard

Modern Invitational winners don’t design cards anymore. They pick a card, like Faerie Mastermind, and they put the art on it. They have very minor say in the design.

You got snapcaster mages abilities very wrong haha

Very starnge you didnt mention the players they are based on buy still a good video

Hope TheDuelLogs gets his own card someday. A tutor/wish card that can get any card you need.

Faerie Mastermind is an allllll star in commander. If its not dealt with, it can easily draw a significant portion of your deck over one turn cycle. I recently had Alhammarets archive out with Seedborn Muse. Flashed in FM after my turn, triggered its draw, everyone draws 1 and i draw 8. The whole table looked at me and went "what the actual F$%@?" It died before my next turn, but drew me 24 cards before it got banished to the shadow realm. I could have guarded it, but i had already drawn multiple win cons. I dont leave home without it anymore.

Why did you use the art without the champion on elite spellbinder and not bring up the actual people huge miss imo

Who are the pros?...

I think from Eldraine onward they stopped letting the winners on their invitationals design cards, but instead they must choose an already designed card that their likeness will be put on. Fills out the list, but I’m afraid the person who scripted Fervent Champion and Faerie Mastermind are idiot sandwiches.

I’m upset no one made an intentionally bad card. Bunch of try hards man.

missed opportunity to mention that the art is based on the pro who designed each card

Downvoting bc players who made the cards were not also listed.

this is hot soup erasure

He says openers graveyard reading out snap caster. Also he says flashback weird. Don’t tell me these videos are AI🫣

If I were going to design a card, I’d want it to be like this: “Trial of Atlas” 1, one white and one black Enchantment “During your upkeep, you may choose a card type. All cards with that card type will receive one stun counter. After three uses of this cards effect, it is transformed into ‘Atlas, Holder of the World.’ “ “Atlas, Holder of the World” 1, 1 of each color Creature- Deity “The person who controls this card has their health set to 10, they cannot take damage from any other sources than ‘Atlas, Holder of the World.’ Every turn ‘Atlas, Holder of the World’ is on the field, each player takes 1 damage at the start of their upkeep. After the owner of this card has their life reduced to 0, every other player loses the game except for the owner of this card. Indestructible 5/5