Congratulations on 500 episodes. You should feel very proud of what you've accomplished. I've always respected your statistics-based approach to these top 10 lists, and for taking the time to explain your methodology in relevant episodes. You're my go-to channel for MTG.
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
@ntw3002
2 жыл бұрын
Ravnica was also the set that pushed them to break the mould of basic land art. They went from sticking to the natural landscapes represented in the names to a broader interpretation of what kind of place might be aligned with a colour. Thanks to Ravnica, a Plains can be a train station
@TheGemoChamp
2 жыл бұрын
Happy 500th video Nizzahon! Happy to be here for it. Can’t wait to see the 1000th! Keep it up. Excited to see what cards from Dominaria United are no jokes!
@keiclera6596
2 жыл бұрын
CONGRATS FOR THE 500!!
@85mcarnold
2 жыл бұрын
Good list. I would have put Invasion on the list ahead of Mirrordin. Invasion really breathed new life into Magic after the brokenness of Urza’s block and the boringness of Masques. And for anyone who hasn’t seen it, watch Limited Resource’s set review of Alpha. It’s a great deep dive into why Alpha is so good and stands the test of time so well.
@Marceline5711
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Congrats on 500 episodes and 75k subscribers!
@Cameron-ds9xs
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats and thanks for the content
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching the content!
@RicoDutch
2 жыл бұрын
Congratz, you deserve all the success! Nice list, trip down memory lane again!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@danielwomer
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats, man! I've loved watching your content for years!
@CaptainWwowW
2 жыл бұрын
I can't remember when I started watching these but they were fun to binge. Grats on 500 👏
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@31177075
2 жыл бұрын
Here's a few sets that could arguably be on the list: 8th Edition: Introduced the Modern MTG Frame, which was later only iterated upon slightly even up to this day. The set was probably the tipping point for Modern design theory, having a share of old unfun color balancing mechanics still left (Blood Moon, Choke, Boil), while deliberately not including classic, but unhealthy (for standard) staples such as Counterspell. You can tell there was a change in philosophy amongst the designers during that time. M10 defined what core sets would look like for years to come, introducing new cards in a core set for the first time, not only reprints. Secret lair: The walking dead. Corporate greed manifest, introducing mechanically unique cards in time limited available products and breaking the visual integrity of Magic with cards of non-fiction asthetic.
@cousinjimmy2638
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500. A big miss was not including Alliances somewhere. Fallen Empires, Ice Age, Homelands, 4th Edition, Chronicles. All five sets were duds. If Alliances didn't come out of the blocks screaming, there is no Magic the Gathering now. That was their last chance to get it right after a long losing streak and they did not disappoint.
@ProfessorJabir
2 жыл бұрын
You work so hard. Congrats and here’s to another 500!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@E3Zen
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@laomoua1727
9 ай бұрын
Make a video on the chase card of every set that have ever came out so we can chase them 😅
@bonidc6732
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats !!!!!!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Dexsting
2 жыл бұрын
Btw, thanks for moving the time back to midnight releases.
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
The views made me do it. Haha.
@WisdomIsPrecious
Жыл бұрын
Screw Lorwyn I hate having planes walkers in the game. The player is supposed to be a planes walker, so to cast a planes walker is like introducing another player into the game after you’ve already started it which is exactly how it feels just a huge distraction dance now you have to take a detour to start attacking some overpowered card instead of attacking your opponent.
@dasbot6968
2 жыл бұрын
Way to go 👏
@GenCavox
2 жыл бұрын
500 YEET!!
@IntegerDevourer
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats! A missed important feature of Ravnica was introducing Hybrid mana!
@christopheryoung2874
2 жыл бұрын
good catch
@colinfischer6147
2 жыл бұрын
Well unless I forget something. Hybrid mana is not used outside of ravnica. So it's more a set mechanic not a new recurrent discovery like the changes he talks about (multicolour, planswalker, rules etc...) That applies in every editions
@Vile_Demiurge
2 жыл бұрын
@@colinfischer6147 It's used outside of Ravnica, just think about Lurrus.
@starduststriker8792
2 жыл бұрын
@@colinfischer6147 shadowmoor was up to its eyes in hybrid mana cards
@BurakBoraKapan
2 жыл бұрын
@@colinfischer6147 Hybrid mana is not a Ravnica-only mechanic, it is deciduous meaning it doesn't show up in every set but the designers can use it in any set if they think it is appropriate (this usually means any set with a multi-color focus). In the last few years hybrid mana has been used in New Capenna, Strixhaven, Ikoria, Eldraine (here it supported mono-color draft archetypes). It was also used in Lorwyn and Fate Reforged (here it was in activated and triggered abilities) not to mention commander decks and a few cards in Modern Horizons.
@nickbianchini3967
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500 episodes Nizzahon!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cax1175
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine loving the reserve list lmao. Your investment isn't important to me, it's a game to be played. Invest in the stock market.
@BaronVonCount
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to be here this early for the 500th episode on this amazing series. Your top 10s were highly responsible for getting me back into the game back in 2017, keep up the great content Nizz!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@mournziiLife303
2 жыл бұрын
I started watching this channel when there was like 40-60 top 10’s it’s awesome seeing you progress this far
@siobhangraham7280
Жыл бұрын
With Ravnica, it's also worth noting that the two color combos are now known by the Ravnican faction names. They did such a good job carving out identities for them
@jasonking3182
2 жыл бұрын
Being a player at the time I think you missed how important Ice Age was to the game. It was the first set made were you didn’t have to use cards from the core set to play. Before ice age the expectation was you used cards from The Dark, Legends, Arabian Nights plus the core sets to deck build. In fact they almost put a different back to the cards.
@shuboy05
2 жыл бұрын
Originally Legends was going to be a mix of reprints and new cards but Wizards quickly decided it was much too soon to introduce reprints (outside of the core set) so this was pushed back to Ice Age.
@brianshanahan5274
2 жыл бұрын
A good honorable mention would be Shards of Alara. It was the first set that introduced the Mythic rarity, for better or worse.
@MrZer093
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500 episodes! You and this series have been a staple in my life for a few years now and are what brought me back into the game! Hope to see 500 more!
@mikotagayuna8494
2 жыл бұрын
I believe that Ice Age is the most important set because I started playing around that time and I feel that history peaked upon my birth tbh.
@coreybookman5823
9 ай бұрын
Legit lol
@michaelkofman3881
25 күн бұрын
I also started playing around Ice Age when I was 10. I stopped playing around Invasion. As far as I'm concerned, the only important sets were between those two.
@njoygreen
2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t played magic in probably 15 years, for multiple reasons, but I love watching your breakdowns, talking about older and newer cards, mechanics whatever. Thank you for your hard work and entertainment
@basoon87
2 жыл бұрын
Hard to argue with the list, though I would add Rise of the Eldrazi as an honorable mention since it had such a big impact on limited design going forward. IIRC, it was the first time since Mirage that Wizards broke up the block limited format, being the third set in the block but being drafted as a stand alone set, which let the developers really tune the set for that format. It doesn't hurt that it was also one of the best limited formats of all time. It's really hard to imagine getting some of the better draft formats we've seen over the last 12 years without Rise. I also feel like Urza's Saga (or the Urza's block over all) could get an honorable mention given that it almost killed magic (kinda like Mirrodin after it) through its insane power level. Obviously that's not good, but the design repercussions of those sets have been resonating ever since.
@xChikyx
2 жыл бұрын
congrats on the 500 episodes the reserve list is a mistake tho
@DarklordZagarna
2 жыл бұрын
Important does not equal good.
@AurumAquila
2 жыл бұрын
So I started watching you about 4 years ago and I'll be honest, I never thought I'd see 500 of these videos from you but I'm glad I did! Here's to the next 500!
@Polyphemus89
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500! Surprised Urza’s Saga didn’t make the list, not many sets have broken the game and required a new design viewpoint like that set/block. I’ve always viewed MTG as pre and post Urza’s.
@rashakor
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you on feeling. But Nizz made the good point that the design language and format that we feel is Urza’s block was really introduced in Mirage. Urza’s block just dialed that to eleven!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
I don't really think of Urza's Saga as that important. Other than having busted cards, it didn't do anything that changed the game.
@Polyphemus89
2 жыл бұрын
@@rashakor yeah, definitely true, I agreed 100% with Mirage. Urza was like the weird bridge between mirage and mirrodin where they took some things too far, but still didn’t quite get how broken artifacts can be.
@KC_Enthusiast
2 жыл бұрын
Happy 500! Here's to 500 more episodes of the most informative series in MTG KZitem.
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
2 жыл бұрын
*500 MORE GLORIOUS EPISODES!*
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@hermodnitter3902
2 жыл бұрын
A small remark on the rulings before 6'th edition (also see around 12:40 mark): When I played from 95-99 we could always respond with a Lightning Bolt if an opponent attacked with a Grizzly Bear and then cast Giant Growth, resulting in the Bolt resolving first, thus killing the Bear. And everyone I knew also played this way, and we were quite up to date with the rules, reading magazines, tips, etc. So who is right here?
@乾坤一擲-o9o
2 жыл бұрын
You are correct. I don't think batch works the way he thinks it does. The official magic PC games from the mid 90s also specifically uses your example to illustrate how the batch worked in the tutorial.
@mcelweeseal5583
2 жыл бұрын
500 of some of the best MTG historical content on the platform! congratz!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jacobbrown9894
2 жыл бұрын
Hope everyone who threw a stink about their ‘investments’ in a nerdy card game that led to the reserved list know they’re all going to hell (or other religious equivalents). No exceptions.
@gavinkecan6202
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on a fantastic achievement!! The quality and consistency of your work here on KZitem is awesome and appreciated!! Keep on keeping on!!
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
2 жыл бұрын
Today is a glorious day for us, 500 episodes of the best MTG content on KZitem! Here's to 500 more glorious episodes, including one day, "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!
@crazygermn
2 жыл бұрын
What're you gonna do with yourself if he ever actually does it?
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
2 жыл бұрын
@@crazygermn I'll record myself doing the entirety of Superman vs Goku ERB.
@MarylandBF
2 жыл бұрын
Beastmode! Keep up the great content!!! Would love to see some premodern content in the future, I really love your videos on Threshold, Odyssey block, and Invasion block! You're the man!
@JD-gk7eh
2 жыл бұрын
Nice list! I made a list in my head before I started watching and the first set I wrote down was Legends. So I am not surprised to see you put it that high because I also agree that the introduction of multicolor cards and Legends was the biggest innovation in the game until perhaps the introduction of Planeswalkers. I'd also put 6th Edition a bit higher. I think you have mentioned that you didn't play before it and it...kinda sucked. The rules were so convoluted and opaque that most players didn't really understand them and you'd get different rulings from store to store (no internet to look this stuff up). I don't think Magic would have been able to compete with simpler games that came after. (I'd also have not put Alpha on the list because without it, there is no game, so it's a de facto #1.)
@tangomarcial1541
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! 500th and more to go. Watching your videos has become a really good pause every other day. You're not only knowledgeable and a really good communicator, you're a wholesome person and incredible hardworking. Thank you and keep up the good work!
@kjmergen
2 жыл бұрын
I'd disagree that Chronicles was the first "reprint" set. Beta was mostly an Alpha-reprint, Unlimited was mostly a Beta-reprint, and then Revised was an undated, corrected, "revised" Unlimited-reprint.
@miguelsilva9118
2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea the reserved list existed. All because some greedy bastards bought cards not to play with but as "an investment" (god....), and were scared they were gonna lose money.
@The9gods
2 жыл бұрын
Other stuff I think it is important to talk about in alpha is the idea of keywords. Some games still don't use them (or if they do rarely) and some games over use them. Many of them made sense too, i.e. flying. Also I just learned from you my friend who taught me (and all the people I taught before 6th) played the batch wrong. So wrong in fact I didn't know what there was before the stack. We just played things like it was the modern stack. Not because we were some sort of gamer gods who saw the flaws of the batch and knew how to fix it. No. We were lazy kids who never read shit (including actual cards sometimes) and got about as far as "first on, last off." Good thing I never went to a tournament before 6th or I'd look real dumb.
@Solarisadz
2 жыл бұрын
Something funny I learnt with this top 10 : I was literally born one day before Magic. Anyway, thanks for the new content, mtg top 10 is really something I'm looking forward, and congrats for pushing it up to 500 episodes!
@jamespanter6768
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching your channel for a bit. Been playing magic for a while on again off again since after 4th edition. I do see the reasoning behind you list. It looked like your criteria was impact on the game to date. I remember people sleeping on many cards when they first hit. Looking at you necropotence. Guy played a necro deck running mostly dark rituals, drain life’s, and pestilence. Our playgroup played brawl style with 4-5 players at a time and that deck was hated. Lake of the Dead didn’t help either. We figured it out though. Enchantment hate or gang up. Loved alliances. Loved tempest. Yay slivers. Strangely enough I loved fallen empires. I am in the process of going through and cataloging the set me and my brother have amassed. Brings back memories. We prefer to play limited now. It’s more balanced and the playgroup has whittled down to me and my brother. Limited makes more sense. Good job on the list and the 500 th episode
@Topaz542
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see more set-focused top 10s in the future, like maybe most over/underpowered sets, or your favorite/least favorite sets
@mrgranadas2051
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!! 🎊 500 episodes are incredible!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@minorfffanatic
2 жыл бұрын
Smallllllll nitpick - during the Classic 6th edition section, mention is made of rule changes in Tenth Edition. The changes actually happened in M10. Not hard to get the two mixed up though. That was the only thing that stood out to me. Congrats on 500! Here's to 500 more!
@lonerkyle02
2 жыл бұрын
Having worked at a hobby store during all these set releases this brought back some good memories. Thanks for the video and trip down memory lane
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@Apkooi1
2 жыл бұрын
Happy 500! My late night isn't the same without a Nizzahon episode before bed:)
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rylancheshire1216
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats my man! 🥳
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@muffinoffun1843
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched it yet, but I already know number 1 is Homelands easily.
@Rupert3434
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500 and thanks for all the great videos. :) Gotta say, I feel like Alpha as the most important set is a bit of a cop out. Technically the game doesn't even exist without it, so it's kind of a given. It also doesn't feel as relevant to the subject of important developments in magic history (because how could you develop anything from the first set if that's the baseline being developed on top of?). The fact that there weren't TCGs before magic also feels like a bit of a non-sequitur since that doesn't have a bearing on magic itself as much as on the idea of games as a whole. Credit where credit is due, but that feels more like fun trivia than a reason for the set to be number 1. Un sets, antiquities, whichever set marked the end of ante as a core game mechanic, portal sets, Arabian Knights and three kingdoms (for how they pushed set design wen they were released), and arguably even innistrad (which marked a huge shift in magic's art design philosophy that informed all of the more modern sets to this day that focus on a single plane) would have all been nice to see as honorable mentions. It would also be nice to see a more data driven list at some point in the future. I'd love to see which sets in total accumulated the most points using your system, to gauge which ones had the biggest impact on competitive magic.
@JD-gk7eh
2 жыл бұрын
I agree on Alpha. Without it, there is no game, so it's not really interesting to have it at #1. I'd put 6th Edition there. The rules change was so big for hte game because the original rules were a nightmare. I don't think the game could have grown under those rules because every new mechanic would require so much thought and people would have opted for simpler games that came after. I also have Antiquities in my list because it was the first set themed around a card type. They didn't really do that again until Legions (all creatures) but they've done it a lot since.
@jdogx211
2 жыл бұрын
Commander was, I think, the major reason I got into MTG. When I moved out I ended up near a card shop, so I was finally able to get stuff without buying PACKS ONLY. So, when EDH came out it was all just perfect timing.
@baratiecook
2 жыл бұрын
I stopped playing after Theros. But occasionally buy commander decks and collecting Slivers. But I keep in touch with mtg though this channel. Congratulations on the 500th👍
@johngleeman8347
2 жыл бұрын
"The first five-hundred." XD
@Milkybetrayal
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 500
@vensantillan3000
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 500 episodes! Woohoo. I was thinking of Stronghold. It was the first set that introduced, color coding for the cards. In Tempest, rare, uncommon, and common were all black. In Stronghold, it started to have silver or white for uncommon, black for common, and gold for rares. :) Trading cards became easier or at least we had a guide, we knew which were more valuable without checking inquest magazine haha.
@shuboy05
2 жыл бұрын
It was Exodus not Stronghold.
@vensantillan3000
2 жыл бұрын
@@shuboy05 Haha agreed. It was a bridge icon, and the Stronghold set had a portcullis icon.
Happy 500th episode! Been here since like 350 so its been quite the journey.
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you stuck around.
@harrison1735
2 жыл бұрын
I meant to bring this up in a previous video but the "race-class" model of creature design was first introduced in Mirrodin when Human was debuted as a type. What Lorwyn did was finally go back and errata every old card to fit this new model whereas before that they had only been updating the occasional old card as it received reprints.
@AcedSama
Жыл бұрын
Watched this video 3times and still can't see onslaught o.o but love your content Nizza!! 😍
@FrankBlizzard
2 ай бұрын
God the reserve list is such a bullshit rule today. I get it was needed back in 95. I was there playing but now it needs to be removed. It’s been proven time and time again that reprints TODAY dont affect ABU versions.
@troydenbrum2979
2 жыл бұрын
500 hype! I could watch 500 more.
@jasongates3039
2 жыл бұрын
500 awesome! Love your top 10's!!
@TrumanTheGrayMerchant
2 жыл бұрын
Alpha created Magic: the Gathering. Whether you love or hate that, you can't deny the impact it had on the game's history.
@Firewalk1989
2 жыл бұрын
First of all, big congratulations on making it to 500 episodes! I honestly agree with everything said, even if my set order may have been a little different the choices are very good. Personally, as an honorable mention, I'd pick the Alara block. I absolutely fell in love with it's all foil boosters back in the day. Such a fun and colorful set and major source of cards for my first attempt at Commander decks. Loved the focus on three-color factions! But I'd have to agree that with Ravnica having come out first, it totally deserves to be on the top 10 list instead. Thank you for your hard work and dedication, I'll stay tuned for another 500!
@emperornapoleon6204
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome to see Episode 500 after all these years! This remains the only MTG channel that I consistently watch on certain days of the week, EVERY week, for its informative content, succinct delivery, and consistent high quality. Congratulations on making it this far with this series - here’s to 500 more!
@NizzahonMagic
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@martingutwinski
Жыл бұрын
When I read the title of the video, exactly two set came in my mind: Alpha and Legends. And exactly those two are ranked #1 and #2 here. But I have to say, I personally would put Alpha lower just because it is F*CKING TOO OBVIOUS. I mean, if you ever have something that big, and people would ask someone to rank what was most important? I think in most cases it would be the beginning. The very first of anything. And this is just boring for this video. Nowadays, as the game has evolved, nobody plays a power nine card anymore. Most players play edh (commander) and play multicolored decks. To me, the invention of the multicolored cards and the legend theme are more outstanding than "oh yeah, I chose the set where everything begun, because yeah, of course it's the most important". Legends was like the 10th set or so and changed the game more than any other set. Don't get me wrong, Im super happy with Alpha and Legends being the top two ranked sets, I'm just bored with your ranking because it was my initial thought that you would put Alpha on top and you did it and it bored me. Anyways, really liked the video otherwise. Good research on the sets and a conclusive argumentation.
@capn_sarge
2 жыл бұрын
Ravnica and Mirrodin both on the list, both came out within 2 sets of each other, then followed by time spiral and Lorwyn. Literally the GOAT period of magic.
@LVMTG
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job. I can’t believe you have made 500 Top 10s. 💯 💪
@TheCheat420
Ай бұрын
Mirrodin was the first time I read the lore novels because I was so curious about the new Plane.
@edman1357
7 ай бұрын
6th Edition deserved second. Formalizing rules and introducing the stack is pivotal. Hell, maybe it should even be number 1.
@tymistry
Жыл бұрын
Ok let me take a stab at this before watching the video! Having been an on and off player since Odyssey and in no particular order my take is - *Odyssey* (first set based around graveyard interaction), *Mirrodin* (power creep, new card frames, set based around artifacts, first plane not on Dominaria), *Alpha* (for obvious reasons), *Unlimited* (first white border set?, more accessible then Alpha or Beta), *Invasion* (first multicoloured set), *Shards of Alara* (introduction of mythic rares), *Lorwyn* (planeswalkers), *Modern Horizons 1* (first set printed with cards straight to Modern), *OG Zendikar* (fetches, lands matter, power creep) and in my opinion the most important set is *Ravnica City of Guilds* (Mirrodin block was a dark time and many players quit, Ravnica brought us back with the lore and design and multicoloured cards mattered, also shocklands which continue to dominate multiple formats!)
@alecausderbeek5918
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing goal Nizzahon! I am a suuuper long time subscriber (back during top commander cards videos) and I’m so glad this journey has come so far! Keep up your great content!
@tefnutofhoney2832
Жыл бұрын
Some honorable mentions would probably be *future sight; for probing into new mechanics so deep and letting players use the experiments *unglued, for being the first set intended to both be for experienced players and not be for organized play at the same time. *war of the spark, for completely revitalizing how they did planeswalker design *shards of alara, for the mythic rarity *time spiral, for both being the first set explicitly built off nostalgia, and for introducing the idea of non-standard card frames. Id argue timeshifted cards, and to a lesser extent futureshifted and planar chaos frame cards, laid the groundwork for masterpieces, invocations, extended arts, showcases, all those "chase" variants *Innistrad, for introducing transforming cards And for new ones since the videos release *30th anniversary, for being an absolute joke of a set, full of overpriced proxies *March of the Machine, for adding battles, a card type we dont know the real wider influence of yet. *MoM aftermath, also for being a joke of a set
@jlawsl
2 жыл бұрын
The truth is, Homelands was considered part of the Ice Age block, with it, Ice Age and Alliances until Coldsnap came out. Homelands has always been trying to find a "home". Homelands was tacked on much later to that block when the block mechanics were introduced to make it in line with 3 core sets that came out in sequence as it went Homelands, Ice Age, Alliances. Also, Lorwyn introduced the term "tribal", but Fallen Empires is truly the first set that introduced the tribal mechanic or idea. Each color had a tribe or two that went with it. There were not too many interactions but it still was the first set to have primary creature types: Soldier/Cleric/Townsfolk(which doesn't exist anymore) in White, Homarid/Merfolk in Blue, Thrull/Cleric in Black, Orc/Dwarf in red and Elf/Thallid in green.
@Shawncvd
Жыл бұрын
Congrats to 500! With flip cards granular TOP DOWN design Innistrad definitely should have been on the list. Also it's a all time limited format. Also whatever set introduced the concept of tightening up the artwork to build a consistent world was also a dramatic change.
@davidminor4213
2 жыл бұрын
I think New Phyrexia deserves an honorable mention
@petrkovacs3191
2 жыл бұрын
I will not include Alpha as "important" Magic set.. yeah, it is important because we all knew Magic started with Alpha, but it was the invention of the game at that state.. Alpha didn´t bring anything new/important to the game, no changes. I would include only post ABU sets to this list because they changed rules, way we play and card designs. Still cool list and cg to 500 episode and to 75k subs :) up to 100k soon :) !!!
@fidly4
2 жыл бұрын
I was expecting the top 10 sets with the most impact on the competitive metagame. I was thinking Urza's saga, mirrodin, Eldraine, new Phyrexia, Kaladesh. What you did was better, actually! But maybe my thing could also be a good video idea
@Sauvenil
2 жыл бұрын
OMFG Chronicles was great. The Elder Dragons, Tron, Nebuchadnezzar; young Timmy me was enthralled. And I had SO many playsets of Tron that I gave at least 4 away and still had at least 4.
@deeterful
2 жыл бұрын
Commander 11 is not the first time WOTC acknowledged the format. It was just the first product they made for it. The first acknowledgment happened in From the Vault: Dragons. The insert of that product has the Commander rules and a blurb about the format. That was the year they officially put Commander rules on their web site and in the Comp. Rules. Somewhere around ‘07 or ‘08.
@DarklordZagarna
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats! I'm disappointed not to see Invasion on the list-- that set singlehandedly saved Magic, and it's also easily the best-designed set ever up to that point. The wild swings in power level between Urza Block (totally insane and full of bans) and Masques Block (woefully bad) had driven players away in droves and there were serious questions about whether the game had run out of ideas. Invasion turned all of that around with a set that was wildly popular in both Limited and Constructed. The multicolor focus in Limited-- while not as overwrought as some later sets-- really pushed players into more innovative drafting strategies and rewarded skillful deck construction in both draft and sealed. Kicker is now a de facto evergreen mechanic for Limited (at least if you count all of the various abilities that are basically kicker, of which there are a crazy number). Invasion also revolutionized Constructed, albeit with less unambiguously good results since Flametongue Kavu became a format-defining card. But there were lots of other powerhouse cards from that set and the others in the block. The massive influx of new players not only resulted in a huge expansion of pro play (Grand Prix became a staple of the tournament scene around that time, for instance) but put the game on a stable financial footing and allowed Wizards to abandon gimmicks like the Reserved List. We would not have modern Magic without Invasion; in fact, I would go so far as to say we wouldn't have Magic at all. I'd actually rate it #2 all time, after only Alpha-- I could see a case for dropping it a couple slots further down, but it has to be top 10.
@double2254
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t remember when I started watching MTG Top 10, want to say 2018, but I have watched all 500 episodes to date with plenty of them multiple times… let’s go for 500 more
@Nightenstaff
Жыл бұрын
I think you left one important set out: Fallen Empires. This set wasn't important for the positives of Magic, but the many experiments that did not work. Multiple art for the same card and the incredible overprinting of the set were very important back in the day. This is also the first set that started showing up in non-card/comic stores. Fallen Empires was *everywhere* and I do mean everywhere. Gas stations and book stores were flooded with Fallen Empires.
@ErikReischitz
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 500 episodes. Really interesting topic as always. Small correction: the rules changes to damage on the stack and mana burn you mentioned didn't happen in Tenth Edition, but rather in Magic 2010. Now onto 500 more episodes :)
@adamjankoleno1133
2 жыл бұрын
O would definitely pick Dominaria, as it discontinues block model, introduces Sagas, legendary frame and finally returns to Dominaria. I would also consider Khans of Tarkir. It brings us new card frame, introduces stories on DailyMTG and finally makes a wedges with their own watermark, mechanic and lore.
@mosslelko3700
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 500 videos. I've been watching the channel since 2018. Thank you for being a regular part of my lunchbreaks for over four years now.
@EMSWK
Жыл бұрын
Late to the party but I personally think modern masters shouldn't be on the list because commander 2011 truly existed outside of modern, pioneer standard/ extended. But was allowed in commander vintage and legacy.
@alexpozniak4106
Жыл бұрын
First, congrats on 500 episodes! Second, what about Alara? It gave us multi color planeswalkers, colored artifacts, first set to have only multicolor cards, gave us mythic rares, gave us a storyline villian that lasted until War of the Spark, and most importantly, gave us the names for the allied 3 colors combos that are still used today.
@dalancer
2 жыл бұрын
For a important set missing from this list (especially for modern magic design) is the original Innistrad (2011). That set and the whole block introduced many powerful cards to all formats of the game, but in particular it did the following that has potentially changed magic forever: -successful Top down world design, showing if you got a strong theme (gothic horror) for a magic world, card designs come from that world and related popular culture. This success would lead to other popular Top-down worlds like Theros and Amonket. I will also say here that because of this popularity that it has been revisited twice, making it a world well known and played in by almost all players in the last 11 years. -Double Sided cards and Transformation. This was radical change to the game that opened up a ton of design space for future mechanics, with the most recent use of this card technology being transforming Sagas. -Build-around draft uncommons got a real place to shine here, allowing decks to appear outside of the typical 5-10 draft archetypes we see in a given set. Spider Spawning? That was a whole limited strategy that existed because of that one card and low-drafted commons that supported it. Burning Vengeance? Have a blast with free shocks. Other cards like this appear in later limited sets just trying to catch the fraction of the fun. There is a reason that Innistrad cubes exist: it was a great format that people have great memories of.
@cpoc2004
2 жыл бұрын
I think your analysis was spot on buddy. Only other set that comes to mind for me is Tempest or Urza block for introducing the first cohesive storyline. I know the Weatherlight Saga technically started in Mirage but the lore wasn't truly established until Tempest. That's also when the mainline books started publishing with Rath and Storm and The Brother's War.
@haloreach2074
2 жыл бұрын
congrats on 500!!! Im sorry but I have to disagree, none of this would have ever happened if you didn't make the videos!! Thanks so much for your channel :)
@justinweber1962
2 жыл бұрын
If you were to exclude alpha from this list, given it's undeniably the most important set, what set would you have picked for your #10 spot? I'm curious to know.
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