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"Island". That card gives you one blue mana without any downside, and it establishes terror in the hearts of your opponents just by playing it. Better get that one banned fast.

"So next up is wayfarer's Bau- Just kidding, it's cyclonic rift" That was perfect and i love it

Mitch: *goes to the list* "First up is Wayfarer's Bauble..."

The scariest combo is “island, sol ring pass”

Red is sulking in the corner.

"Sol RIng is not quite cheap enough to include in my budget decks." You're the best Mitch!

Next video: What is the Toughness 9 of Commander

Thank you for making my dream of owning a complete set of P9 a reality.

RIP Red for not having any cards in the CP9

What about the Power 9 of Commander's Quarters? 1. Wayfarer's Bauble 2. Wayfarer's Bauble 3. Terramorphic Expanse 4. Wayfarer's Bauble 5. Evolving Wilds 6. The Vivid Lands 7. Star Compass 8. Prismatic Lens 9. Wayfarer's Bauble

The Wayfarer Bauble joke was excellent !!!

Was that a close quarters teaser there at the end?

dockside extortionist is definitely a contender for this list! My playgroup loves and hates that card!

“Was that a little salty?” Oh Mitch I got salty just from hearing Cyclonic Rifts name, you don’t even know lol. Super excited for the gameplay!

Old man story incoming... I memba cracking packs of prophecy and chucking Rhystic Studies into a box of cards, thinking no one would EVER use them.

*shows cyc rift background* Ah yes, starting of strong I see- “So the first card is Sol Ring” ... ...still not as good as Bauble

Thank you so much for mentioning Smothering Tithe. I rail to my playgroup constantly that Smothering Tithe is busted. Paying 2 to deny the effect is much too much. "But mono-white needs cards like this!" Yeah, agreed...but it is NEVER just played in mono-white.

I see edh gameplay incoming...😀

I remember someone did the Elsha the Infinite Sensei top combo while I had Smothering Tithe + Annointed Precession so I had about 160 treasures and as soon as he cast jace and + to draw and win i had enough manna to dig through my deck find Beast within and kill his jace before the + resolved. He was sad.

I think whenever there's a collective groan around the table when a card is played it's worthy of Power 9 status... Every card on this list fits that.

I highly recommend that instead of Gaea's Cradle, you buy Ancient Rites of Itlomac. Granted it takes a little extra to transform it but when you do transform it it does the same thing

The power 9: The 8 most powerful cards in Magic's History, and Time Twister...*

I'd put the top in there too. It's just so good for filtering your cards, it's a brainstorm you can cast over and over again for 1 colorless. *Maybe* Expropriate or Time Stretch, just because they so frequently lead to just winning the game. Labmam may also deserve a mention.

I sent this my playgroup and we got into a HEATED discussion. Awesome stuff, Mitch!

Smothering tithe is insane. Wins me a lot of games when I ready devils play

I agree with the smothering tithe call. Super good card!!

I love how Growing RItes of Itlimoc gets overlooked. It basically flips into gaea's cradle and costs 1/10 the price.

Funny story: this past weekend with my normal pod group I was testing out my new muldrotha deck (still needs work ) and our resident artifact tribal guy ends up with rhystic study and Alhammarret's archive on the field turn 6. At this point he was way ahead of everyone else so I dropped a notion thief and attached him with lightning greaves to slow him down. The next player drops a time reversal. Its a 6 man pod. Also no one payed for rhystic study's tax. By the time it got back to me I had 49 cards in hand. Notion thief didn't make it to the end of my turn lol

Love the tease, can't wait for your gameplay episodes!

I can say that I see Smothering Tithe *alot* more than I see Rhystic Study, so I can vouch for it's spot here

This video is totally fine as a list of some of the top cards for commander decks. The point of confusion I see with a lot of "Power 9" comparisons is that while lists like this are fun and completely subjective, the original Power 9 weren't really subjective, but were grouped together for practical reasons, at least as early as 1995. The "Revised base set" was much more widely available than other sets. It reprinted most of the cards from earlier editions of the core set, but some were substituted with cards from either Arabian Nights or Antiquities. Most tournament-worthy cards were readily available in the Revised set, and some of the ones that were not were uncommons anyway, so still pretty accessible at the time. Aside from the Power 9, there were 11 other rares that hadn't seen higher print runs. These non-power rares were Blaze of Glory, Chaos Orb, Cyclopean Tomb, Forcefield, Gauntlet of Might, Illusionary Mask, Lich, Natural Selection, Raging River, Time Vault, and Word of Command. For one reason or another, these weren't considered tournament-worthy cards. A couple of them were somewhat in demand (Forcefield was a very popular casual card and Gauntlet of Might was probably playable at the time, although that might not have been realized much). Notably, Time Vault was banned and then later received an erratum to make it virtually unusable (it wouldn't be restored to its former glory until 2008). So it was really just Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Mox Emerald/Jet/Pearl/Ruby/Sapphire, Time Walk, and Timetwister that were prohibitively expensive or, in some places, impossible to find. The demand for those nine cards was super-high, and nearly everything else existed in much higher supply or wasn't popularly sought anyway. Now, there were certain cards from early expansion sets that were also quite strong. However, a quirk of the tournament structure at this time was that expansion sets could be considered unplayable! So the most powerful rares from sets like Arabian Nights and Antiquities were not considered in the same category as rares from the "base set" and were not as highly sought-after. Also, none of them turned out to be as widely useful across multiple decks as the "Power 9" rares anyway. And this was a matter of some contention. Shortly after tournament rules stopped allowing judges to block expansion sets from being legal in their tournaments, the term "Tenth Power" started floating around for the card Library of Alexandria. A rare card with a very low print run, used in most tournament decks at the time, it was the only card that became quite as expensive and unobtainable in the mid-90's as the "Power 9" were. But "Power 9" got just enough of a head start in the zeitgeist to stick around over the more obscure "Power 10." Decades later, there are lots of rare and super-expensive Magic cards. But this term from the early days has managed to stick around anyway.

100% agree on Smothering Tithe! Only been out for a year & it seems rare to see a deck running white without it.

Creative topic! Thanks for making these

Nice video dude! Love seeing your content each day!

I think Vampiric Tutor is closer to Demonic Tutor's power level than you think. While it's true that it's a top-deck tutor, the upside is that it's instant speed, which means that it not only allows you to start your turn with fresh mana, thus allowing you to play the card two turns earlier than a Demonic Tutor'd card, but it also maintains the element of surprise up until you play it, unlike with sorcery speed tutors. Personally, it's the second card that I'd put in every black deck. Also, it works great in Golos ;)

That fake-out with putting the Cyc Rift art in the background for #1

Amazing video! Although one note, if I personally was to make a power list for commander, rather having it be set to 9, I would just choose how many that feel appropriate.

I can‘t argue with your picks. Very good list, imo.

Great list, Mitch! I agree with pretty much all of the suggestions! :)

Great commentary I love the humor you added into your videos

I'd also add on honorable mentions Sylvan Library and Heroic Intervention. They are almost auto include on any green deck. The amount of CA and selection that SL generates is just absurd and the "get out of the jail free" effect of Heroic is only second to Teferi's Protection, IMHO.

Survival of the Fittest deserves an honorable mention. best creature tutor for green

Ok the number 4 for your power 9 edh selection. Yeah I do agree smothering tithe needs to be on the list. It’s such an absurd card and I love using it in any deck running white. I run it with my azorius control edh deck and in one game using the emperor format for commander using cards like windfall or emergency powers with this out draws a ton of advantage. Love using it

I agree on Smothering Tithe. I have one on my collection but don't have idea where to use it even when I have 3 white decks (Tuvasa/Shalai/Iroas)

I might have considered Sensei's Divining Top for this list, as it is almost a must include (budget allowed) for any commander deck, regardless of color, at least as an honorable mention.

Aetherflux Reservoir would be on my list...that CONSTANTLY holds games hostage.

This was very interesting! Thank you!

I like the smothering tithe choice. I had out turn 2 in my Orzhov deck by using dark ritual and it did work. By turn 5 I had 42 treasure tokens and drew into Torment of Hailfire. And I think you know what happened next

I'm so excited for gameplay content!

#8 wayfarer's baub- jk it's cyclonic Rift lol love it

Mitch I love you, that Wayfarer's Bauble joke was amazing

I liked the normal full intro/ outro. I just liked knowing more of what everyone was playing before the game started, and I enjoy the banter of these play groups enough that more talking isnt an issue

Through a cEDH lens your power 9 should all be in the conversation for the cEDH top 9 except teferi’s protection. Good stuff.

Smothering tithe absolutely deserves to be there. That card is absolutely broken. It's a STAPLE for white. I've lost to that card far too many times

Good video with your explanation of your choices. My personal "Commander Power 9" would be: - Cyclonic Rift - Teferi's Protection - Mox Opal - Chrome Mox - Mox Diamond - Mana Crypt - Demonic Tutor - Reanimate - Wheel of Fortune This was honestly harder than I thought. So here are some honorable mentions: - Force of Will - Gaea's Cradle - Lake of the Dead - Crop Rotation - Natural Order

Smothering Tithe gave one of the players at my local edh tourney about 5 different infinites with certain other cards. Its definitely worthy of a power 9 if it has that much potency in a singular deck and can also just help in other decks.

Ancient Tomb and Gilded Drake would be in my power 9.

The hype with that hint.

perfect list, you nailed it mitch

My Power 9? Something like this 1- Sol ring 2- demonic tutor 3- birthing pod 4- Kiki jiki 5- rhystic study 6- smothering tithe 7- walking ballista 8- mana vault 9- gaea's cradle

I’m like this for the wayfare bobble joke

It's mostly mana, I'm not surprised.

I really can’t think of a good argument against any of those. Smothering Tithe and Cyclonic Rift were the first ones I thought of. Good choices.

One card that I believe to be VERY underrated is Possibility Storm. It's an Enchantment for 3RR that basically swaps the spell currently being cast for the next one of that type from your deck. Sure, it affects you too, but I loved my friend's reaction when he had to send back his Craterhoof Behemoth. It also protects itself from casted destruction effects by not allowing them to resolve. Yes, Aura Shards can take it out, but even Erase can't. Combo it with on cast triggers like Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain and "Cheerio!"

I feel like Survival of the Fittest is pretty strong, and it goes in any graveyard deck with green

I still remember my local community during the early Ice Age days dismissing Necropotence as bad because you skipped the draw step and had to pay life for cards. As far as I can recall, that sentiment lasted until the second or so game where Necropotence was actually played.

Island, counterspell, dismiss, stifle, swan song, counterflux, force of will, Insidious will, Cryptic command

All of these are solid picks. Definitely some other ones you could argue for. Perhaps the biggest ones I could think of is skull clamp. Skull clamp I think easily fits in the power 9. There are others too, though perhaps less arguable unless this was more CEDH focused. Protean hulk, thrasios, thassas oracle, mystic remora, and notion thief come to mind. I'm sure there are others as well.

We've had one power 9 list yes. But what about second power 9 list?

Some day. Wayfarers bauble will be up there

We can hardly wait to see if your EDH table will have a primarily fixed cast or a rotating community member roster.

The perfect list. Nicely done.

smothering surely deverves its place in the power nine, every time i see it hit the field if its not destroyed asap that player wins

I remember the time when i was talking about how crazy the sol ring is Someone says "its just an artifact that taps for 2, that's not that crazy" And im just like "you have no idea" 😂😂 Mana crypt is crazy, although i dont like the 3 damage part of it, but it's worth it

Really like your take on a power 9!

Necropotence and bolas’s citadel together are sooooo good. Had them out and Aetherflux Reservoir. Everyone was watching me go through my deck.

This is pretty good, i just would have taken out teferis protection and cyclonic rift and added mystic remora and ad nauseum

Commander power 9 imo: Mana crypt Sol ring Mana drain Force of will Wheel of fortune Lion's eye diamond Yawgmoth's will Demonic tutor Cyclonic rift

I agree with this list but for me I feel like some Honorable mentions are yawgmoth's will because it's absolutely broken, command tower because if you are running more than one color it's in your deck, Mana drain because it gives such an advantage in edh having higher cmc cards and sensei's divining top because besides the combo aspect with other cards as a 1 Mana artifact that gives itself protection and card advantage it's broken love the content in all your videos keep putting them out appreciate all the hard work you do

Smothering tithe is the power. Either ramps you by 3 if your oppenets want to do their turn or ramps you a lot when they need to refill their hand and look for answers

If you had placed Ad Nauseum instead of Smothering Tithe I would agree. Talk about busted, it's one of the most broken cards in a 40 life format

Hi

I love how he says the disclaimer before the actual list!

Nice list and concept. What’s bout a list of power 9 cards for less than 5 a piece in EDH?

mana vault and mana crypt, gaea's gradle

Demonic Tutor is a VERY OP card, but I am very happy they FINALLY reprinted Grim Tutor, and with luck, I managed to pull 2 alternate art foiled ones out of 5 boxes. With the price of the original being at $200 on average, (but now dropping because of a reprint) I was never able to buy one. Thankfully I got lucky and pulled out two alternate art foils. :D

Damn, I didn't know anointed processions ability worked for treasure tokens. I really need to get another copy of anointed procession for my flicker life gain deck cause smothering tithe is in that deck, as well as the deck being pretty good at making faerie tokens due to Alela and Faerie formation.

Oooooh that teaser near the end!! 👀👀

My attempt at a Power 9 of cedh: Time Twister Vampiric tutor Mana crypt Force of will Mana drain Food chain Flash Lion's eye diamond Sensei's divining top edit: swapped vampiric tutor for imperial seal for obvious reasons.

Smothering Tithe is legit broken. I have been in games with seemingly no way out. I top deck it and then I'm good. Its nuts and for anyone to say otherwise shows how much they fail to understand about the game..

Damn man you're putting out so many good videos right now. Keep it up

Good luck on what looks to be game knights. Her Josh and Jim mention something about bringing you

no red cards? D: wheel of fortune deserves a spot.

Agreed with the list. And glad for the reprints in the mystery booster boxes. 🤞 For that mana crypt. What will the foils be? 🤔

I ALMOST 100% agree with this take. I would say replace Smothering Tithe with Craterhoof Behemoth

Great list! I agree with a lot of the picks, the only card I think that should have probably made the list is wheel of fortune. Other than that great list I really like it.

Amazingly enough, I mostly agree with this list.

Dude honestly I think you nailed it.

You got me Mitch! I was listening to this video and was not paying 100% attention, so you got me with #8! I genuinely stopped what I was doing and looked up hahaha

I knew smothering tithe would be in this and I completely agree