Razia wasn't lying, that drake truly embodies the worst of Ravnica
@MrRaven0700
9 ай бұрын
lol
@davidlundquist1979
9 ай бұрын
I'd take it over the six mana 0/6 that gets returned to your hand when it blocks. (I forget its name.)
@mattblom3990
9 ай бұрын
Veteran artist Greg Staples actually does a bang up job with Aven Trooper. Bet he read the card when it was completed and thought "are they trying to fire me?"
@altromonte15
9 ай бұрын
it's one of my top cards I'd like to get on a sleeve, it's a really neat art
@thrillhouse4151
9 ай бұрын
I think that card was in the first booster pack I ever opened.
@mikotagayuna8494
9 ай бұрын
As horrendous as Chimney Imps was, it's a nice piece of redundancy for Pauper Chittering Rats lock decks where you loop flicker effects to make sure your opponent never draws anything meaningful again.
@sovsen92
9 ай бұрын
Imp doesn't work in a (usual) flicker loop, it's a death trigger
@altromonte15
9 ай бұрын
the reverse-lifelink the caliph has is neat, I'd like to see it make a comeback in the future, on a better creature. could be an interesting tradeoff in aggro decks.
@kylereblitz2856
9 ай бұрын
A similar creature in black is Flesh Reaver (4/4 for 1B with reverse lifelink). I used it to great success in my suicide black aggro deck years ago. So, yeah, I can see Emberwilde Caliph being successful in the right aggro deck.
@SomeGuy712x
9 ай бұрын
I bet certain people are happy that Teeka's Dragon isn't one of the 10 worst flyers.
@zarator7429
9 ай бұрын
Or Lotus Guardian for that matter
@ROMANTIKILLER2
9 ай бұрын
I mean, it has trample and RAMPAGE 4! How could it make such list?
@markadkins1842
9 ай бұрын
As a fan of Goblin decks, there's a weird twinge of pride in my heart that Goblin Dirigible is one of the WORST flyers! Feels remarkably on brand!
@Captain-Slog
9 ай бұрын
Zephyr Spirit is clearly going to be the no.1 worst flyer in Magic. Oh wait... I forgot the massive flavour fail.
@randy5606
9 ай бұрын
I always liked the art for the falcon so I'd run it solely for that reason. When I think back to being a kid looking at the art of those cards brings back good memories
@tmille171
9 ай бұрын
Chimney Imp probably belongs at 10 or 8 on this list. It at least can be guaranteed to go one for one on cards, unlike a 4 mana 1/2 flying with shroud.
@scottp1001
9 ай бұрын
Back in the 90's I had a casual Enchantress deck with Hawkeater Moth. Deck had no targetable creatures (Moth, Autumn, Deadly Insects, some centaurs), a ton of mana generation (Serra's Sanctum) and enchantments that affected all your creatures without targeting them. There was some Gerrard card that pumped everything. Moth did work in that deck. It was really funny when opponents had a handful of removal and couldn't do anything with it.
@PaulGaither
9 ай бұрын
Tattered Drake has such great art. It should have cost 1UB.
@sinisterpuddle6655
9 ай бұрын
I was going to say this is slander to zephyr spirit to not have it at #1, but then I remembered it doesn't even have flying. God that card is so bad
@nzephier
9 ай бұрын
I could see emberwild caliph being decent in a deck where you have stuffy doll lol
@MainTopmastStaysail
9 ай бұрын
The Caliph and Chimney Imp are both awful but they have somewhat unique effects. If you can find a way to recur the Imp and sacrifice it on the opponent's draw step you can lock them out of the game. Giving away a Caliph and goading it is a fun line you can do with a Zedruu/Confusion in the Ranks/Conjured Currency effect. The other 8 truly have no use case.
@PrinceOfGeists
9 ай бұрын
I imagine the Crimson Roc and Tattered Drake just barely pushed Dementia Bat off the list. Another 2/2 flier for five mana, it has the nice upside of being able to make an opponent discard two cards by sacrificing it and paying ANOTHER five mana! Yay?
@RiptornRory
9 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the #1 card on this list I've called Aven Pooper since I saw it for the very first time back when it came out. I had gotten far too much money for an 18 year old to have (about $38k) and bought far too many boxes of boosters to build my collection. Am almost glad I lost a vast majority of my cards when the amount of that card that I had was obscene and would be a joke with the friend at the time who was opening the boosters with me in if there was one of those then the chances of a good rare were increased. All superstition when that card was always a bad omen and the nickname I have will be the only name I will call it when it's so bad that it makes Chimney Imp look like a good deal in the cost and card disadvantage areas.
@stefanoriva9767
9 ай бұрын
all those money and you never bought a comma
@RiptornRory
9 ай бұрын
@@stefanoriva9767 No need for a comma when it doesn't apply to what I was saying. Spent too many years in English classes in high school, commas aren't needed unless in a list. To which what's the biggest amount of money you've gotten? Mine was for a settlement to an accident that removed my childhood from my memory so tread lightly.
@davidlundquist1979
9 ай бұрын
@@stefanoriva9767 While you apparently couldn't afford ANY punctuation, or a shift key.
@stefanoriva9767
9 ай бұрын
@@davidlundquist1979 are you dumb? My sentence didn't need any punctuation. And as a not native speaker, OP post is impossible to read without commas.
@tmon3y777
9 ай бұрын
Honestly if Emberwilde Caliph had +1/+1 or even just 1 more attack I think there's a tiny chance it could have seen play in an aggressive primary red deck splashing blue at the time. 4/4 flyer for 4 without a downside would have been very strong in that era, I know this one had a lot going against it but actually it might not have been far off.
@pentatronic
9 ай бұрын
In order for the Caliph to be worth playing in any format, even back then, it would need to either deal less damage to you than its total power (e.g. make it a 5/4 that still only deals 4 damage to you), or have a useful ability (e.g. if it damages your opponent they bounce one of their creatures or something). As-is, it will almost always hurt you more than it hurts your opponent.
@pare-b7g
9 ай бұрын
It was nice to see Mirage represented so well! It has some of the worst cards ever, and I think it represents a change in the design process, leading to the modern one. Ice Age was the first block but the Mirage block seems to me to be the first that tried to do consistent design. (I mostly stopped playing after Mirage, so my view is biased.)
@StarkMaximum
9 ай бұрын
I remember when Chimney Imp was a meme.
@briankennedy4141
9 ай бұрын
aven trooper deserves the #1 spot, i appraised that card as horrible when it came out and i was oblivious and 13, so you know its just bad
@shaden489
9 ай бұрын
Aven trooper has such cool art it's really a shame the cards so aweful and unplayable. Also if your taking suggestions for top 10,s I'd love to see you do a top 10 on the worst designed for commander cards. And if course by that I mean cards printed into commander products orginally woth the intent of being played in the format but obviously see no play cause there stinky
@constancebashford2324
9 ай бұрын
Emberwilde Caliph seems bad enough that gifting it to an opponent in edh seems like a decent strategy.
@rowerewolf
9 ай бұрын
It's on color for Zedruu. Hmmm....
@corrinestenman5683
6 ай бұрын
@@rowerewolfcan confirm from personal experience that it is a nasty thing to be "gifted" via Zedruu.
@Silverlightlive
4 ай бұрын
Emberwild Calif and lifelink makes the downside into upside - I just never like depending on a combo to make a creature effective - We had the rough old days with Orcish Cannoneers and Orcish Artillery with Lifelink, and how many pro tours did they go to?
@michaelgriffith7033
9 ай бұрын
Very helpful, since I am tweaking a precon commander deck that uses mainly flying creatures.
@partariop4626
9 ай бұрын
You're forgetting that Chimney Imp untaps for free.
@samuelhowarth9994
8 ай бұрын
Chimney Imp might have a spot in my Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker deck as a stax peice.
@rafaelsousa2633
9 ай бұрын
I have a copy of Chimney Imp on my desk. If that little fellow believes in himself, so can I.
@jairomy
9 ай бұрын
Chimney Imp should be number 1. The Aven Trooper won lots of limited games by attacking for 2-4 per turn in the air.
@Y2KNW
9 ай бұрын
For some reason I remember Emberwild Caliph being in type 2 decks back in the day.
@bluedestiny2710
9 ай бұрын
I do remember some more aggressive Red / Blue decks running it... but not often. You have to have a significant lead against your opponent before you play it... or have enough burn spells to catch up...
@happyslapsgiving5421
9 ай бұрын
I feel like making you inevitably lose the game is a bigger downside than bouncing, having your opponent play something from their hand or even... *gasp* ...+1/+2.
@yaboityler2617
9 ай бұрын
Chimney Imp is overpowered
@adamtobiasz8793
9 ай бұрын
You can enchant the djiinn that does damage to you with lifelink to nullify its effects on you. Nice picks that I never knew about.
@lancourt
9 ай бұрын
Would that work though? The card isnt doing damage to you, it is causing you to lose life. Those are distinct effects and I do not remember if lifelink works with life loss
@Nopenotyou
9 ай бұрын
I believe they are saying that if the djinn does damage to an opponent, it causes you to lose life, and then you regain that amount because lifelink causes you to gain life based on the damage it did. 4 damage to opponent, lose 4 life from the Djinn, gain 4 life from lifelink.
@radiantrealms
9 ай бұрын
But then you're spending 2URW and 2 cards to just get a normal 4/4 flyer (that still is forced to attack every turn). Even at the time it was released, why not just play Serra Angel at that point?
@adamtobiasz8793
9 ай бұрын
@@radiantrealms Serra Angel is 5 mana but the Djiinn is only 4, right?
@adamtobiasz8793
9 ай бұрын
@@Nopenotyou yes that would be correct.
@rowerewolf
9 ай бұрын
Loved Chimney Goyf from the Mystery Boosters.
@whowantstobrawl7061
9 ай бұрын
As terrible of magic that it would be, starting to think playing a “worst of Nizzahon” cube would be a fun gimmick to play
@Maxinidas
9 ай бұрын
if you somehow give Emberwilde Caliph vigilance & lifelink is it good?
@sergiofagostinho
9 ай бұрын
I had a Drake in my zombie tribal commander deck and now I fell ashamed 😂
@kylereblitz2856
9 ай бұрын
Emberwilde Caliph is fun wearing an Assault Suit and goaded in edh.
@grimgorlefort
9 ай бұрын
Goblin sky raider could have make the list !!
@ZanderEzekial77
9 ай бұрын
Chimney Imp is such a failure, he's not even the worst flyer in Magic.
@colinfreyvogel3014
9 ай бұрын
As the poet writes: “Chimney Imp casting, opponents are laughing. Chimney Imp dying, opponents are crying”
@colinfreyvogel3014
9 ай бұрын
The poet is a gatherer comment
@Ryokamen
9 ай бұрын
my personal favorite worst flying is goliath sphinx. card was terrible even during original Zenidkar, was a rare, and got down shifted
@XYBeautiful
9 ай бұрын
I feel like Emberwilde Caliph was really good back in the day. And I mean, like, literally back when Mirage was released.
@nuclearphish8051
9 ай бұрын
It wasn't.
@SmokeRulz
9 ай бұрын
Pretty much this entire list really shows you how they over-evaluated the Flying keyword in the early days, especially with the comparison at #1. It costs twice as much as the other card and has a horrendously-costed bad activated ability, all because it can fly.
@bluedestiny2710
9 ай бұрын
For me... the biggest sin for the trooper is that activated cost. If it was just "discard a card" instead of "w2: discard a card"... i would happily run it in limited I played in the prerelease of Torment. I ran it and it helped power some Madness effects... but that cost pretty much negates the best part of Madness, which is the lowered cost (i.e Psychotic Haze is a sorcery that costs BB2 that deals 1 damage to everything. Its madness cost is B1. With the trooper, it becomes BW3... O.O it works... sure... but thats painful)
@FrobozzElectric
9 ай бұрын
The set it was printed in also purposely powered down green and white cards and powered up black cards.
@Waffletigercat
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for switching to 100-card commander.
@pentatronic
9 ай бұрын
alt title: "10 Flyers Worse than Bird Maiden"
@liaml3739
9 ай бұрын
Shocked to see no Teeka’s Dragon.
@mylespine7731
9 ай бұрын
teekas dragon is a win condition
@hungrybois5954
9 ай бұрын
Nothing like a good Nizza vid to help me conclude my night.
@jrightly
9 ай бұрын
Aven Trooper has sick art, though. a real shame
@cax1175
9 ай бұрын
I'm currently on vacation in Japan. And I thought Nizzahon almost got me, but he's still too scared of Teeka's Dragon's almighty power.
@MrJ6H
9 ай бұрын
How about a top ten with creatures with shadow?
@michaelgriffith7033
9 ай бұрын
😮...and none of these stinkers would find a place in the deck. Awwww....😢 Fun video. Thanks!
@TheDougWay
9 ай бұрын
What about Flailing Manticore? It's so dumb you pretty much can't ever use it without your opponent just paying enough mana to kill it.
@bluedestiny2710
9 ай бұрын
In my opinion, the Masticore narrowly misses this top 10 by virtue of its potential. If (and thats a big fucking if) allowed to live, a 3/3 flying first striking booty is hard to beat in combat... and its ability to beef itself up can be a legit threat If summoned on Turn 3 or 4 and your opponent spends mana to kill it on their turn... you soft time walked them if they dump all their mana in. Of course, these are best case scenarios... the average occurance is you draw this late game... summon it... and then your opponent spends 3 to kill it... netting you 4 mana for nothing... or your opponent chumping with a 2/2 and knocking the Manticores stats to 1/1 So yea... unlike most entries... this one CAN still be a threat. PS: there ARE some entries in this top 10 that i dont agree with. Theyre pretty.bad.... sure... but some of them suffer from a product of their time (i.e the falcon. 3 mana 1/1 fliers with a 2nd ability was pretty normal during its time)
@lark7311
9 ай бұрын
Think you forgot about reach, reach can block flying
@elogee_yt
9 ай бұрын
Does somebody have the Chimney Imp copypasta?
@mathieujaillet5996
9 ай бұрын
Tattered Drake artwork is wonderful though
@NizzahonMagic
9 ай бұрын
Yep, that's why it made the thumbnail.
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
9 ай бұрын
As a lover of bad cards, a list like this just gives me a strong desire to make a terrible EDH deck using them all. But I will restrain myself from making *yet another* EDH deck. However, I won't restrain myself from asking for "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!
@lark7311
9 ай бұрын
I think number 6 is a better card than most of the list below as in limted late game 4 mana usually is nothing.
@GrizonII
9 ай бұрын
Aven Trooper is such a waste of some awesome art (made even more of a shame by that art being printed super low-res).
@nobodyimportant72
9 ай бұрын
So many of these suck but if only we could recost them 2 or 3 mana less the would suddenly be far less terrible. Today a 2/2 flier for 3 isn't that great without some great upside but it might be playable in draft of similar. At 3 the Roc and Drake would be old school playable although at 2 they are so much better. Chimney Imp at 2 would match up with other cards pretty well. Cost reductions wouldn't save them all as some of the abilities also need work but with at-home fun you might use them.
@romankozelov5078
6 ай бұрын
I played number 1 in the list in Limited )))
@robmartin9890
9 ай бұрын
Actually. Flying carpet is the worst.
@ericaschner3283
9 ай бұрын
No Philadelphia?
@marcoottina654
9 ай бұрын
I love your videos! Anyway, since power creep has been going wildly since Mirrodin (included), your "worst" list should be divided into "before powercreep" and "after powercreep"
@D2RCR
9 ай бұрын
But Aven Trooper is an all-star in Bad Card Tribal and Hall of Lame.
@Commanderkittenface
7 ай бұрын
i,, i am making a worst cube and have been for about a year 🥺
@thevaultwalrus
9 ай бұрын
i’m also not that good at flying
@jasonreardon8477
9 ай бұрын
Windscouter isnt that bad at all. Ye its a lil high casting, but it could be playable in control decks who sweep the board often. Theres better stuff ye, but no way he belongs on this list. Cackling imp could be comboed with for fun n make your opponent draw the same card forever so theres some funny use, but ye he sucks 🤣🤣. And windreaper falcon wasnt bad back in block. 3 mana for 2 abilities was considered good back then. I played a lot of blue n that card use to piss me off lol.
@crazedzealots
9 ай бұрын
that was funny
@nihar2009
9 ай бұрын
hahahahah My cards number 1
@Leo90009
9 ай бұрын
I like to listen to these videos ti help me go to sleep... WHY MUST U PUT A LOUD WACK BEAT AT THE END??? let me drift off, thx love u bye
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