We need an entire video dedicated to explaining what an ouphe is
@52flyingbicycles
Жыл бұрын
According to DuckDuckGo 1. A fairy; a goblin; an elf 2. A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.
@balian9177
Жыл бұрын
Yeah a mischevious Feyworld creature, seems about as close as it gets
@seelentau
Жыл бұрын
The sound Mario makes in SM64 when he's hit by something
@NeviTheLettyFan
Жыл бұрын
La creatura
@HeartOfStone.
Жыл бұрын
Yikes, big ouphe.
@andyq1379
Жыл бұрын
Never played magic before watching this channel, now im showing up to card shops having a great time in commander games.
@dereklipinski7922
Жыл бұрын
Aetherflux Reservoir definitely should have made the list. a massive life gain card with a built in wincon for gaining life. Especially if the other storm lifegain made the list.
@Swatteem1
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite cards to use
@joeldykman7591
Жыл бұрын
An honorable mention to my boy thragtusk, for throughout that cards tenure in standard it was such a nuisance for aggro that wizards had to print anti-lifegain cards in order to keep mono-red viable.
@capitalg6
Жыл бұрын
Ever since I learned that pure life gain is bad, I have always played it regardless. I played Soul Sisters in modern, Oloro for commander, and Angels for Pioneer. I love lifegain!
@UniversalJuan
Жыл бұрын
I feel you! One of my favorite commander decks to use is Trelasarra!
@Melissanoma
Жыл бұрын
Very important to note though that none of those are "pure life gain". The life gain is meant to synergize with cards that care about gaining life. Plain life gain that is not part of a combo or anything is generally bad. It needs to be attached to something else to be good.
@brocklebeau3007
Жыл бұрын
My first EDH deck was bant with the goal of lifegain. One of my all time favorites was having boon reflection, true conviction, sera avatar, and it was enchanted with celestial mantle. Unfortunately the double strike is unused when someone is taking an amount of damage that requires an exponent.
@joebaumgart1146
Жыл бұрын
I have a weaponized life gain deck. I use Serra Avatar and Chandra's Ignition as a closer after gaining like 150 life. I found this video helpful and informative.
@MinusculeMule
3 ай бұрын
what's ur deck? I am curious to see
@kennydarmawan13
Жыл бұрын
No matter how bad life gain is in MtG, it's MUCH more useful there than in Yu-Gi-Oh! Test of Endurance is proof of that. An incentive to gain life. Regarding Kitchen Finks, people REALLY use it with Vizier of Remedies (who primarily works together with Devoted Druid). But with so many cards, Kitchen Finks fit under the easy-to-synergize cards.
@denisskenderovic3707
Жыл бұрын
ManaLogs and DuelLogs are among ny favorite YT channels.
@Griever49
Жыл бұрын
my favourite one is blood artist, granted, it not only gains you life, but it has seen a lot of play and it does gain you life at the same time as damaging the opponent
@henke37
Жыл бұрын
Honorable mention to Illusions of Grandeur for being the card to double your starting life. And dishonorable mention to Donate for making the opponent foot the bill afterwards.
@rolandking640
Жыл бұрын
I like to Donate Demonic Lore and Demonic Pact for fun and profit
@Wing0fSilver
Жыл бұрын
White decks in Pauper are using Arashin Cleric as a sideboard card now mostly because, as a 1/3 they block better with all the 1/1s like the Kudoltha Rebirth tokens and such. It only gains one less life. In the main though, stuff like Dawnbringer Cleric is used since it has some toolbox effects including gaining 2 life.
@Chapmanzee
Жыл бұрын
Crypt Incursion is insane life gain in modern mill. That card got me the extra turns needed to win the game.
@i0am0superBlast
Жыл бұрын
Even though lifegain is considered bad, I still find decks that revolve around it to be enjoyable.
@doomtrucky
Жыл бұрын
A life gain aggro deck is the most terrifying thing for red, you just can't stop a board that's filled with creatures and an opponent with over 700 life
@rolandking640
Жыл бұрын
Por que no los dos? - Boros probably
@stevenashley27
Жыл бұрын
Authority was also really good against Cat Combo in that standard, making it so you don’t die to them making infinite Felidar Guardians with their Saheeli Rai
@TheSkullkid16
Жыл бұрын
My favorite card to benefit from life gain triggers is Karlov of the Ghost Council. He gets 2 +1/+1 counters each time you gain life, starts as a 2/2 for 1 White and 1 Black, and when you have 6 or more +1/+1 counters, you can pay his original casting cost and exile any creature. The fact that you can add a bunch of life gain triggers to his deck so easily means you can either exile any troublesome creatures outright for so little mana, or just stack them up and go for commander damage, makes him one of my favorite commanders to play casually.
@Somber_Knight
Жыл бұрын
Thinking of life gain as just a way to gain some life discredits the mechanic. It's the cards that interact with gaining life that make it count. For instance, at 6 mana, Beacon of Immortality seems like a pricey way to gain a relatively small amount of life, but if you have Tainted Remedy, you can win on the spot. (You target your opponent with it, doubling their life, but they lose that much life instead, leaving them with 0.)
@rolandking640
Жыл бұрын
That's not "life gain" that's combo
@Somber_Knight
Жыл бұрын
@@rolandking640 That's kind of my point though. Life gain works best when used either as combos or to stall for them.
@ColeTrainStudio
Жыл бұрын
Lifegain isn't bad, it's just not a win con (unless you're playing that one card that says you win if you have over 40 life). Lifegain is functionally a counterspell for the damage step. The perfect example of this is Uro (which very much should've been on this list, btw). The thing that pushed it over the top in so many formats is the fact that it both cantrips and gains your three life. And that you can play it twice. So, for a single card you draw two, gain six and get a huge body. And that's if you don't get to attack with it. Lifegain being a bad mechanic is just wrong. It's like saying trample or haste is a bad mechanic.
@analyticalj8687
Жыл бұрын
Uro wasn't broken because of lifegain. That's like saying questing beast is broken because it has planeswalker trample. Lifegain isn't a true counterspell, it doesnt prevent them from just attacking more, nor does it affect the boardstate. At most, it's a mana tithe.
@ColeTrainStudio
Жыл бұрын
@@analyticalj8687 good thing I said it was a COMBINATION of lifegain, cantripping, the escape mechanic, and a huge power level on a single card. If you're trying to say that the lifegain on it doesn't matter, then you've never played a format where Uro cancels out the damage from DRC or Delver. Saying its lifegain doesn't matter if like saying ALL OF THE TEXT COMBINED on a questing beast doesn't make it good.
@Karste1n
Жыл бұрын
This was good inspiration for my Bilbo commander deck
@rajamicitrenti1374
Жыл бұрын
At least for a while, Soul Sisters decks would also run Essense Warden, which is Soul Warden in Green.
@benplocica3790
Жыл бұрын
I hate to say it but weather the storm doesn't in fact deal with cycle storm combo, as that deck uses the"Cycling" mechanic, which doesn't count as casting a spell. However to the cards credit it allows slower green beatdown decks to exist in pauper since has the potential to stop your opponent from chaining burn spells in the format which can sometimes mean that 1 activation can win you the game.
@allanflores1077
Ай бұрын
Congregate way back in urza saga was a fun card to play in group formats at its time. Gaining upwards of 100 life from a cluttered board at instant speed caused many a moan when a second player does the same thing in response.
@jommysalami227
4 ай бұрын
New to the game, but Rhox faithmender + sanguine bonde + renewed faith might be my favorite strat so far
@didntsayplease602
Жыл бұрын
This might be my commander brain thinking but I truly think Aetherflux reservoir could have been mentions. Both as a life gain price and one of the best lifegain payoffs
@leefisher6366
Жыл бұрын
I would have thought Exquisite Blood would have made this list. Combining with a large variety of cards, it sets up its own infinite loop with just a two-card combo.
@samclark379
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I have a BW vampire deck with that and Cliffhaven Vampire. Once they're out, let the pain begin.
@nicholasvandonkersgoed3758
Жыл бұрын
It's great in casual and commander, but I don't think the card has ever been relevant in any competitive format, so it didn't make the list.
@samclark379
Жыл бұрын
I use Wellwishers in my Elf tribal deck to gain me a crap ton of life every turn. Combine with Quest For Renewal to untap all my creatures on my opponent's turn, and the life gain adds up fast. So fast that it outruns damage dealt.
@jackl8025
Жыл бұрын
I lost to Wellwisher in high school so many times! No one in our playgroup was playing removal back then
@bobjones4469
Жыл бұрын
I disagree, often the Lifelink portion of a Linklink creature is very important in what makes the creature good.
@bobzour
Жыл бұрын
Biggest example of that is Batterskull, where it's lifelink made it function as a combat finisher for decks that would start out slow.
@HaibaneKuu
Жыл бұрын
Yea, lifelink is one of the better life gain effects to begin with. Probably unwise to exclude it
@Netro1992
Жыл бұрын
Huh, would have thought Martyr would have been mentioned.
@ptbempire
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Kaya’s Wrath! That card is a beast against token decks
@themantyf1116
Жыл бұрын
Authority of the Consuls is also pretty good in commander or multiplayer in general, where the higher number of opponents makes the life gain higher and the stalling potential higher.
@joebaumgart1146
Жыл бұрын
It may not be viable for the list because it's also a burn spell, but my favorite life gain spell is Revival//Revenge. I just use the Revenge half. 4WB and it doubles your life total and halves target opponent's life total rounded up. As expensive as it is, I play vintage where it's easy to cheat out.
@Metallicity
Жыл бұрын
First, the explore package was heavily played pre-WAR without Bolas' Citadel/Command the Dreadhorde, and arguably was most dominant when RNA released Hydroid Krasis the set before. It was mostly rotation making some Ixalan cards no longer look so embarrassingly weak in comparison to Kaladesh. That said, the explore package still quickly becomes garbage outside of Standard, where there can be 5x or even 10x the number of cards competing for the same deck space, without any additional explore cards to be found. This trend extends to over half the list, cards which were basically irrelevant outside of their respective Standards or decade-old Modern formats, and this was the first time my own picks had zero cards in common with the video (despite aggressively cutting cards not run primarily for life gain). Right now, I'd say Blossoming Calm and Shadowspear are the eternal staples that closest to true life gain cards, with maybe Crypt Incursion getting third place, depending on how high you are on Modern mill. All of these lost out to borderline joke cards like Feed the Clan and Authority of the Consuls.
@Goten40373
Жыл бұрын
timely reinforcements was replaced by sunset celebration tbh.
@raynmanshorts9275
8 ай бұрын
Life is a resource, just like tempo and cards. It can be worthwhile to trade tempo and cards for life, but it needs to be _enough_ life for those resources and you need a way to make use of that resource you just gained.
@Y0G0FU
Жыл бұрын
When i was able to actively play magic nothing was more fun then playing Black/White/Green Decks that focus on lifegain and paying life for big gains.
@valkry_
Жыл бұрын
I'm suprised that Nourishing Shoal wasn't mentionned
@F1r3th0rn
Жыл бұрын
Same, it's a critical part of neobrand lol
@HeartOfStone.
Жыл бұрын
Why is nourishing shoal not on this list? The shoal part of the old grishoalbrand deck?
@Llanowar_Kitten
Жыл бұрын
My first thought too! Not super relevant in Modern right now, but it’s actually part of the combo, rather than something used to stabilize until. That alone puts it above most of the cards on this list in my mind.
@HeartOfStone.
Жыл бұрын
@@Llanowar_Kitten right? Even if not used as often, it being in a popular deck and still showing up in a some sideboards today in eternal formats should at least be at the 10 spot
@Melissanoma
Жыл бұрын
the OG combo with Zuran orb was actually Balance. build-your-own Armageddon
@MadnessOpus
Жыл бұрын
I am running Elenda aristocracy with Rhox Faithmender, Boon Reflection and Alhammarret’s Archive. Most games, I’d just need Aetherflux Reservoir to dominate.
@PapiGordo5360
Жыл бұрын
Was surprised at no Sphinx's rev but it probably doesn't meet the condition you mention at the start of the video
@ghostcritic8508
Жыл бұрын
You should make a series of cards that is worst outside its format ( commander, vintage, modern and etc.) .
@kosmaukaszczyk8401
Жыл бұрын
i found a weird card ( obviously not legal in any format)"booster tutor" 1 dark mana , instant (open sealed magic booster add all ( so also banned ones ?) cards from it to your deck then physicli destroy this card
@jeremyzang8802
Жыл бұрын
I have been using a green black deck that sacrifices and uses life alot to gain advantage and life go's on is just a quick brutal 8 hp for me to cew on
@mistermist2000
Жыл бұрын
i would play zuran orb in my artifact deck for a free enter the battlefield trigger also i actually think this card is good because it can give you at least one more attack phase before you die
@brainpower45
Жыл бұрын
Where's Sheoldred? Sure, she deals damage too, but her 2 life/card effect more or less eliminated red aggro as an archtype since being printed.
@WACHULUKNAT
Жыл бұрын
i mean... what about beacon of immortality or celestial mantle or evra halcyon witness? exponential lifegain is fun!
@tilnation14
Жыл бұрын
I thought for sure that Nourishing Shoal would appear :L
@donovanloreman
Жыл бұрын
I disagree with the order, but overall solid list.
@JalebJay
Жыл бұрын
Sphinx's Revelation didn't make it? I'm disappointed as it was also a great draw engine
@EnderPryde
Жыл бұрын
No mention of Nourishing Shoal? Zero mana: "Exile a card from your hand: draw 14 cards" not good enough for a life gain card?
@crh1985
Жыл бұрын
Life gain i think is in a funny spot I think if a card is to low for the cost is it bad but in most cases just adding one it would be broken Like {W} gain 4 life {W} gain 5 life
@_Astrum
Жыл бұрын
My brother did not just say the GeTron monster I swear I can't anymore
@thedanath
Жыл бұрын
you forgot Essence Warden as well, just a green soul sister theres also Auriok Champion. Presuming your actually talking about 60 card formats and not commander(as you never specify) But If thats not the case then there are many other good life-gain cards out there that i think would beat at least a few of the cards on this list. Fountain of Renewal gets you 1 life on your upkeep and personally i like it better then Zuran Orb since you dont have to sacrifice lands. Ajani's Welcome while not as "good" as Authority still gains you life every time a creature comes into play under your control. Courser of Kruphix life gain on landfall.
@kaleb5436
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, life gain, the scourge of mtg arena.
@mayorkeystone3094
Жыл бұрын
Feed the Clan destroyed my Warrior Tribal deck in tournaments at that time. LOL
@AmberPanda382
Жыл бұрын
wheres aethurflux resevoir?
@7Alberto7
Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!!!!🎉
@artickman
Жыл бұрын
That Fastbond pronunciation got me really confused for a second, some things never change, eh?
@terryliliana
Жыл бұрын
"infamously bad" yeah because surviving those red spells and still having enough to spare on a suicidal card that costs life is bad.
@Hagot428
Жыл бұрын
Nourishing Shoal sees play in show and tell type decks for pure lifegain
@hircenedaelen
Жыл бұрын
An idea I had for an April fools day video would be to do a ranking of AI generated mtg cards but completely straight, like 'top 10 cards in mtg' but their all AI generated
@phyrexian_dude4645
Жыл бұрын
No Auriok Champion? That creature its pretty much Soul Warden / Essense warden / Souls Attendant on steroids, 1 turn later but way harder to kill.
@dapperghastmeowregard
Жыл бұрын
I still love during the first run of my Karlov deck, got a turn 1 Authority, and lets just say it was pretty fuckin' good :P Also haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I also run Zuran Orb in there, hopefully as a late game way to get the last few life gain triggers I need to close out the game.
@Linkvega1
Жыл бұрын
Are we not gonna talk about Beacon of Immortality?
@dorping_Wolf
Жыл бұрын
i was thinking of it, as pure life gain (which was a point in the beginning) it should have been on the list, even just as honorable mention. but tbf doubling life is never a staple amount, and since its 6 mana, its probably so late it is not worth more then 10 life, which can get gained for 2 mana. but yea, with the right strategy and deck, beacon can be the "best" card.
@zacclark5945
2 ай бұрын
And at number one we have Healing Salve!
@crawdaddy2004
Жыл бұрын
No Deathrite Shaman or Scavenging Ooze??? 😮
@araen11
Жыл бұрын
No fangren marauder? Smh, this card singlehandedly wins you several matchups in pauper- affinity, boros, even red decks to some extend, although in the case of those it is a bit win more as if you have survived to 6 mana you are probably doing fine anyway
@mangckyatmamon
Жыл бұрын
Life gain would be better if there was a win-con like, "In your upkeep, if you have X life, you win the game." That way, you can use your life as a win-con without it being state-based like having 0 life.
@N4m3lesS_1
Жыл бұрын
well, there are cards that work like this... felidar sovereign with 40, test of endurance with 50. and as mentioned aetherflux reservoir anytime you have 51 life. And celestial convergence kind of works too. Scryfall is a very nice search engine for mtg cards =) funnily enough, i build a deck with three of them a long time ago but if your opponent doesnt play heavy control you win more often with ajanis pridemate that you put in to protect you ;)
@OsvaldoChannel1
Жыл бұрын
technically speaking, Sheoldred the Apocalypse is the best lifegain card
@Metallicity
Жыл бұрын
It isn't even top 5 best "lifegain" creature, by that metric: - Lurrus of the Dream Den - Deathrite Shaman - Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath - Solitude - Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
@joefarrow1599
Жыл бұрын
I was just listening to the audio so I skipped over to have a look at how they were feeding a clam
@LeChaps
Жыл бұрын
Fruition
@luisarturo3860
Жыл бұрын
I began playing a life gain deck
@stevendefeo8424
Жыл бұрын
What format are you going playing these in? A lot of these are terrible
@alexanderdavis1836
Жыл бұрын
Martyr of sands? Isn't she the most important soul sister?
@brunogarcianolles3417
Жыл бұрын
Really thought siege rhino would make it in
@sharpeman91
6 ай бұрын
Rest for the weary
@anannoyedpanda
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile I'm still wanting soul warden banned in historic on arena. Turn 3-4 voice of the blessed shouldn't be a 7-7.
@mikenahmias7102
Жыл бұрын
Anyone who says life gain is not a strong strategy obviously isn't on Arena. I'm so sick of mono white or white/green life gain combo decks. A lot of times, if I see a first turn Cleric Class, I'll concede.
@Metallicity
Жыл бұрын
Arena is largely irrelevant for discussions like "strongest card" in general. Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and to some extent cEDH and even Pauper, are all so much more brutal that the Historic cardpool is basically a footnote.
@Lovuschka
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention "Proposal". Sure, it gained only three life... but in real life. The three children of MaRo and his wife.
@AwakenedAvocado
Жыл бұрын
Angels mercy is the truly greatest
@TheStructuralDoctor
Жыл бұрын
Silverback Elder should definately be here
@nicolaistuhlmuller8718
Жыл бұрын
The list is for cards that gain life and don't do much else, and Silverback Elder does a ton of stuff and only happens to also gain you life.
@ReederMG
Жыл бұрын
Top 10 Elves
@Terry.M.I.
9 ай бұрын
honestly soul warden should be number 1
@adlaireindl5012
Жыл бұрын
Sheoldred, The Forgotten
@davemancini8385
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised no beacon of immortality... that can gain you quite a bit. It is pricey in mana cost, but worthy.
@endlessrain6992
Жыл бұрын
I don't think that card has ever really done anything in any competitive format, which seems to be the criteria for these videos.
@corey2232
Жыл бұрын
C'mon... the card is spelled Fast. Fast..... Bond. Bound is a different word entirely #@*($@(*@#*)&!
@OneOfThePetes
Жыл бұрын
Proof reading is a thing.
@mr.wafflesrz1137
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes Soul Warden, the most annoying and completely not a threat card, just annoying
@moldyorangepeel
Жыл бұрын
You start and end every sentence the same way. Every sentence sounds like the same tune.
@ChildrenOfOwls
Жыл бұрын
Aetherflux???
@ratatataraxia
Жыл бұрын
This list can **** right off.
@anannoyedpanda
Жыл бұрын
Reported
@2School4Cool
Жыл бұрын
No Aetherflux?
@kennydarmawan13
Жыл бұрын
Iirc, this vid is about cards that primarily gain life, not cards that do something that coincidentally gains you life.
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