Is It Worth It To Buy A Lord Of The Rings Commander Deck? A Magic The Gathering Product Review

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@TolarianCommunityCollege Жыл бұрын

@skylermorrow4849 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if this'll be seen but I would like to known that the food and fellowship deck is a card short of being a full commander deck

@sfquigle Жыл бұрын

This product would also be a great option for the magic equivalent of dice shaming. A wall of cards that have failed a player repeatedly (or an area at a store) would be awesome.

@dogthrutime Жыл бұрын

@@skylermorrow4849 I also don't know if this will be seen, but if the deck has 98 cards that is correct, as partner commanders "reduce" your deck size by 2.

@johnsabilla5897 Жыл бұрын

I wish the professor does an "end of the year" commander tier list where he rates all of the commander decks that came out that year.

@leoandthefuture5309 Жыл бұрын

Great idea!!! 🎉🎉🎉

@supdrboblewis Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see this, alongside a shuffle up and play of the best 4.

@dexteradao4186 Жыл бұрын

I agree and maybe livestream a game with the top 4 or 5..

@ChristianM1978 Жыл бұрын

Very good idea. Make it so! :)

@cristinbuskard9250 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video idea!

@jointhetorterra Жыл бұрын

To be fair with the original designs as well: the Warhammer didn't have an actual set attached to it, so they couldn't get away with only having 20 designs in a single deck

@gabrielamaro1470 Жыл бұрын

Additionally, 40K had a bunch of creature types and concepts that just didn't exist in the magic setting. It only makes sense that in order to properly represent a futuristic sci-fi setting they'd need to print more cards for it. But we'll see if the reduced quantity of original designs is a lasting trend.

@benvictim Жыл бұрын

Yeah. The only sci-fi space theme before Warhammer was unfinity . So they needed new art to fit the setting.

@ArtistTech Жыл бұрын

@@gabrielamaro1470 I do believe that its due to the set being included in the UB product this go around, and basis for that is the Doctor Who products which are also commander only will include 40 ( might be 50 can't recall ) per deck and that's again due to not having a set I believe

@steveheist6426 Жыл бұрын

@@benvictim Unfinity came after

@benvictim Жыл бұрын

@@steveheist6426 Warhammer was released at October 7, 2022. Unfinity was also October 7, 2022 but it got delayed. It was originally slated for April 1st 2022 but got delayed due to supply chain issues. So they were released at the same time but unfinity was fished months before 40k.

@davidshiroky2932 Жыл бұрын

Reprints vs Original Designs feels a bit like a can’t-win scenario. If the deck is all originals, people will complain that Wizards is introducing too many universes beyond ‘staples’ into an eternal format. If the deck is mostly (even great) reprints, the deck is slammed for being lazy. As someone who isn’t wild about playing non-MTG IPs in my decks, I’m sorta glad to see more reprints here. All of this takes nothing away from feeling like these decks should be cheaper, but I’m actually glad to see fewer new designs here.

@johnmorton4750 Жыл бұрын

And all the art design is great too, so I don't have much to complain about there

@BobNinjaCat Жыл бұрын

It isn't really a no-win scenario, though. Original designs can later be reprinted as magic-themed cards as WotC already stated they would when the Walking Dead SL dropped (which we're still waiting on, but y'know). There really isn't an excuse not to maintain the same level of original designs across the board unless there simply wasn't enough effort put into the set. I mean, look at the set mechanic of the ring tempting the player. Any time the ring tempts the player, there's basically zero benefit or consequences. In the LotR, the ring tempting its bearer had minimal benefit and significant consequences. The issue here is the sycophantic behavior of those who say this kind of bad design is "okay" cause it offends nobody and doesn't over-saturate the game with external ip's. What even is that line of reasoning? It's incredibly short-sighted and lacking any level of functional intelligence. If original designs are so offensive, do the smart thing and push WotC to reprint those designs as Magic-themed cards. Not that hard to arrive at that conclusion.

@a.velderrain8849 Жыл бұрын

@@BobNinjaCat Reprinting LotR cards in Magic IP versions doesn't fix the problem of introducing tons of new cards directly into Commander, which has caused tons of problems in the past. Think about problem cards like Hullbreacher, Dockside Extortionist, Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat... all made for Commander cards that didn't go through Standard. WotC printing cards directly into eternal formats has a bad track record (the common complaint in Modern is that MH2 took over the entire format, and MH1 wasn't great either... Hogaak had to be banned, and Urza got Mox Opal banned). On top of that, you're completely wrong about the Ring. What negative effects did Bilbo suffer? He had the ring for 60 years and used it multiple times, and in exchange he was able to escape from Gollum, and he got an exceptionally long life for a hobbit in good health. You can even argue Gollum mostly benefited from the Ring, he lived for hundreds of years because of it.

@leoandthefuture5309 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Especially because we are before everything Magic lovers and not the other way around.

@mudvayne6987 Жыл бұрын

100% agreed.

@WCOBDisorder Жыл бұрын

I really like how the decks come with a short description about why these decks were the color identity they are. Very flavorful.

@PsychophantFR Жыл бұрын

I played my first game of magic today and it was so fun!! I went to the pre-release event that was held in my city to try it out and had a ton of fun. I may have gone 0/8 but it was super cool to see try and i will definitely play again some time. You and command zone are the only reason i wanted to play in the first place so thank you professor

@starmanda88 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the game! It’s ok you’ll get better. Plus you’ll learn when people are pub stomping you. 💖😊

@DieFrauAmHerd Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the community, you will get better, its one of the most complicated game for a reason, just keep at it you will win and you will enjoy the game more.

@johnr797 Жыл бұрын

One of us one of us gooble gobble

@acdvfb Жыл бұрын

Had the same experience back in 2017. I had played back in the 2000s but caught onto The Prof and Command Zone early on. Playing more draft/prerelease events will help you with strategy and deck building, but commander can be the more fun route if you're able to get a playgroup going that has the same intensity. Good luck!

@PsychophantFR Жыл бұрын

@@acdvfb thanks homie, I want to get myself a standard legal deck and start really getting into the game as a proper hobby

@pdieraue Жыл бұрын

Magic has elves. It doesn't have Tyranids. I really think that the reason why the Warhammer 40K decks had so many new designs is simply because the decks were impossible to make otherwise, not because WotC just wanted to pack them full of new designs. The Doctor Who decks will certainly be closer to the 40K side of things.

@pytawidmo Жыл бұрын

It could have been Slivers with name-changing treatment. _(I'm still salty it was not slivers in disguise :( )_ Or just aliens / insect / beasts / mutant or any other 'kind of feels like it fits' subtype. _(yes, alien is a creature type in MtG)._ Like Hobbits are Halflings and Dragonborns are Dragons with a class. But I think GW wanted them to feel really Warhammer and forced WotC to include the trademarked names.

@leviponce7730 Жыл бұрын

That and Warhammer wasn't attached to a whole set they had to design

@The-0ni Жыл бұрын

@@pytawidmo Im sorry but do you play 40k? Tyranids are not slivers…I don’t suddenly get wings and can fly with my termagaunts by moving a winged hive tyrant next to them. Just because you wanted/hoped for more slivers doesnt mean WoTC is gonna turn every new card into a sliver. Making Nids into slivers would be a HUGE flavor fail and if you can’t understand that then by all means ignore this post and keep praying for more sliver cards with the Dr.Who set.

@SimKill Жыл бұрын

Why? Dr Who is a core set

@TheSpiritombsableye Жыл бұрын

They have Tyranids now

@Crimson_Fist Жыл бұрын

I picked up the Sauron deck yesterday. For anybody else that did so, I would recommend running Saruman as your commander if you're playing it straight out of the box. As most of the deck is mostly noncreature spells, you can amass a massive army with him in play. You can get him out quicker and thus start doing things earlier.

@ThaMobstarr Жыл бұрын

Just so that new player don't get confused: Amass means that you only make ONE creature token. You don't make a token with each trigger. It looks if you have an "army" token. If no, you make an army token. If yes, it will instead put +1/+1 counters on that existing army token. It won't make another army token in that case.

@zometthecomet Жыл бұрын

@@ThaMobstarrI play all creatures get -1 -1 😂 no? I play a fetch card into wrath of god 😂😂😂

@commandercody8085 Жыл бұрын

thank you battle brother, the chapter approves!

@JacobLambert2 Жыл бұрын

I love the disdain on deck box comment. I would love it more if the deck box I spent a lot of money of from Prof would actually arrive.

@gareyysenpaaiii Жыл бұрын

I bought and used the Food and Fellowship deck yesterday, aside from one game where my opponent’s just ramped way faster than me and I couldn’t recover, it dominated every other game I played last night. Easily could have won 3 in a row if I kept track of my ring tempt counter. Lost by 3 life and if I kept track, the last time I swung with Frodo should have been lvl 4 ring bearer and done 3 damage to my opponent and made all the difference. Can be tricky to remember everything but it’s a very strong and fun deck

@BouncingTribbles Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate good reprints. The effort taken to find the right rules for the right character or moment shows when it really works

@corbenmurphy1807 Жыл бұрын

Prof, this is probably my favorite "Is it worth it to buy" I've watched! Seeing all the reprint names with their associated values was very helpful, and I ended up picking up a deck just because of your video. Thanks so much for your content and I look forward to seeing your deck boxes on store shelves in the future to support you some more!

@doom1153 Жыл бұрын

Played against 3 of the decks (except the elf one) and let me just say, the Frodo/Sam deck is crazy. It easily eclipsed the other two.

@chanic4621 Жыл бұрын

Are they out yet? I thought they didn’t come out till the 23rd?

@jasonr.2506 Жыл бұрын

That is the one I am excited to play the most

@HeGotTheBoof Жыл бұрын

@chanic4621 If you go to a LGS you can usually get them a little early around prerelease. At least for me

@nicka.9057 Жыл бұрын

People on reddit claim that Amazon shipped pre-orders for the early

@kevinredd3354 Жыл бұрын

I can imagine. Just off Pre-Release draft games last night, one dude was running every Food Token generating card he could pull and threw it into a deck. He left early because he had stuff to do, but my game against him was hell. Generated 18 health off tokens alone and could not lose no matter how big I was swinging 😂

@comicgeekpunk7599 Жыл бұрын

As someone who buys playsets for 60 card formats, as a LotR fan the reprints in these are astounding. I’m blown away with many of these reprints, and am so happy to have Tolkien-focused reprints of these cards. I get the ultimate grade, but good golly am I stupid happy with this product. 🎉🎉🎉

@failfurby Жыл бұрын

These deck reviews are my favorite ones you make. I have a fairly experienced eye when I look at precons, but it is always good to see what other highly experienced players are saying.

@AcroxShadow Жыл бұрын

If only Wizards of the Coast weren't appallingly hostile toward its own userbase.

@dasilva552 Жыл бұрын

I went to proxies about one year ago and have no regrets... finally i can enjoy the game after years of paywalls. I actually can feel that I'm not playing magic like it's 2015, totally recommend

@Beckola44 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you taking the time to review the 4 LOTR Commander Decks. My sons and I each bought all 4 from our LGS. I can't wait to make some tweaks with these decks and play Commander. Thank you for the video Professor.

@gestalt1 Жыл бұрын

I bought and played Riders of Rohan out of the box at my LGS and won both of the games I was in that night - Humans/Knights/go wide is one of the decks I didn't have yet, hence picking that one, but I'm certainly not upset with it! Taunt From The Ramparts was an excellent player both times.

@cross_lair Жыл бұрын

I think that they are saving the "Warhammer treatment" for the Doctor Who decks

@AlexanderBC42 Жыл бұрын

Idk what's worse the show itself or the art direction. ugly ass 'realistic' cards and absolutely horribly brainlet show.

@starmanda88 Жыл бұрын

I don’t get it. Why can’t they do that for every damn commander UB deck?

@nicolmanninc3578 Жыл бұрын

@@starmanda88 I think it depends on if you get an additional set tbh cause that's the key difference with LOTR

@dizzlegrizzle1919 Жыл бұрын

doctor who is garbage

@miekamariehodson1731 Жыл бұрын

@@dizzlegrizzle1919 your opinion

@rings-cn1yn Жыл бұрын

Commander decks nailed the flavor of LOTR better than the Modern-legal portion of the set, that's for sure. I really appreciate how you continue to factor in new players, that's a big part of my own playgroup and it helps me a lot since I got all 4 precons.

@TechtonixZi Жыл бұрын

I always appreciate your work for things like this. I do plan to pick up one deck but I will wait and buy singles for others! Thanks again!

@codycarter7853 Жыл бұрын

The other 2 precon decks are also amazing. The Starter Kit has two more precon decks. Is this the first time a set has had six precon decks? A review of those would be amazing.

@williamrodenbough5518 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing these videos I always look forward to them when new Pre-Cons come out.

@agentmoxie4715 Жыл бұрын

Was waiting for this one. Thanks, Professor!

@atasin Жыл бұрын

I really don't mind the fact that there are less original designs, I kind of like it in fact. There are already so many cards in commander, I do think the trend of less new designs and more quality reprints is a good direction to take, especially with so much new product coming out all the time.

@Cromulorf Жыл бұрын

Question Prof: would you rather have more unique designs in these decks or valuable reprints? Are reskins a la Godzilla more or less desirable?

@justinshaddix2775 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this video! Appreciate your analysis.

@darkmagedan2353 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely worth it. Me and my group played last night with all commander decks in the line-up, and it was an absolute blast!

@NickSalvatoriello 5 ай бұрын

The production value on this video is so solid. You showed and told me exactly what I wanted to know about these decks. Such a solid channel for MTG fans. Thank you! ❤

@TheGeth18 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this video! Now the next video I’m waiting for is the update/expansion/upgrade plans for Counter Blessings with these new cards in tow! 😊

@Guevon_Pajaro Жыл бұрын

Bought the elves and sauron decks. Pretty excited to run these out. Thanks as usual prof! Useful info and analysis in these videos.

@ezekielherrera4070 Жыл бұрын

I havnt played magic in years byt i still love watching your vids Prof. Hope you have a good day!

@oom-3262 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if new designs is that much of a need tho- consider the slouch of flavourful but outright mediocre cards in the 40k decks. Plus you can't really compare them directly, since its more difficult to make real 40k cards: things like necrons and space marines don't exist in magic, or at least didn't. On the other hand, elves, golbins and orcs do already exist. I'd rather have them reprint good elves and goblins than to make filler mediocre ones IMHO

@vitran4141 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this review!

@TonyAllen-kx4nu Жыл бұрын

I really love that you did a check up on the prices of Warhammer 40K. Please do a check in on the price for sets more often, they are really helpful! I am looking into buying older precons now and found this very enlightening.

@seanmcnallyactor Жыл бұрын

Thank you prof. Was waiting for your opinion above all others.

@roccocat1000 Жыл бұрын

I just noticed your sub count, been watching over the years ... congrats on 845k!!! so close to 1 mil I can't wait til the day happens!!! grats on the 100% quality content.

@mjjdj88 Жыл бұрын

Very excited. I have finally convinced my friends to let me teach them commander because of this product. Can’t beat that.

@mcnishjr Жыл бұрын

it was nice getting to see you this weekend prof.

@bmprosser Жыл бұрын

Thanks - debating buying these and this was a great help!

@robertneilson2780 Жыл бұрын

Thanks prof! I think I will buy this produt!

@RenstashMCDS Жыл бұрын

Just picked up my Elven Council and some singles to upgrade it with the rest of the singles arriving in the mail Monday! VERY excited to have a fun Elf deck again :)

@pajurr9437 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks !

@PatKVoiceActor Жыл бұрын

I just picked up Food and Fellowship. Thank you so much for this video!

@matheusfolgearinisilveira Жыл бұрын

13:15 the audio explains one deck while the video shows the elf deck. Thanks for the video!

@thomasdehetre300 Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate how you compared the warhammer decks value to how they are today. It was quite eye opening

@aaronallen8257 Жыл бұрын

Love this videos! Thanks Prof

@julianperry4767 Жыл бұрын

I got a serialized 1 of 500 Pinkerton holo. At the cost of one mana they will show up to your house and beat the crap out of you for owning forbidden cardboard.

@Filip-uo2sq Жыл бұрын

What they lack in original design they compensate with high value reprints and mana base never seen in edh precons. But I would be surprised if wizards keep that quality in the future.

@alltappedout Жыл бұрын

Awesome video professor!

@goldenspiral6008 11 ай бұрын

This is gonna be my first time buying a precon deck and hopefully my first time getting into commander. As a cadual fan, I'm just excited for the collab, but it's nice to watch your videos and see what I'm getting in terms of Value.

@hackbug77 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more revisiting prices at release vs prices after the market has settled for these precons. It would be nice to see if it is a easily generalizable pattern.

@SirJamesIGamerfuzion Жыл бұрын

While I'm not super heavy in this hobby as some but as a big fan of the Lord of the Rings I went all in on this set and I honestly do not regret it for all 4 commanders , 1 collectors box , 2 set booster boxes , 3 pre release and 1 Collector Gift Bundle not out yet and sure I may not gotten in of the cool numbered cards I did get most of the collection and completed all the scene cards which to me make it all worth it Being able to sit down and play a Themed Commander game with each of the decks was my favorite experience and I did use 2 of the pre cons in standard plays and actually managed to hold my own I think with of course a couple upgrades here and there it should be great

@MrHardkohr Жыл бұрын

Love your breakdowns...🤙

@BillyMcBillface 11 ай бұрын

My friend got me Food and Fellowship for my birthday and we finally played it a few days ago against his custom deck. I’d never played commander before, and am still a relatively new player, but it played great and I loved the artwork! Certainly something I’d recommend to anyone else who is new to commander

@BlueJtee Жыл бұрын

My fav mtg channel hands down, amazing breakdown

@chrisdixon7377 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this

@TheSteve5154 Жыл бұрын

Friend and I picked up some pre cons today, he got food and fellowship and I got host of Mordor. They were a blast to play.

@sniff3000 Жыл бұрын

im so glad i preordered the food and fellowship deck just looked good gameplay wise. and my favorite colors!

@ervinlathrop7195 Жыл бұрын

So stoked to play the food and fellowship deck.

@LedZesty Жыл бұрын

Amazon shipped all 4 these to me almost 2 weeks ago. We've been playing all 4 constantly since. So much fun and can't wait to modify them once set boosters arrive.

@richardthomas9529 Жыл бұрын

Great video Sir ❤

@thrustssc Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for that Video! 🎉

@SingleLupus 10 ай бұрын

I picked these decks up back when they came out, but I'm dropping by tonight to leave a comment to let you know that your analysis of the Hosts of Mordor deck being just as viable as the other three decks despite its higher skill ceiling was spot on. At Friday Night Magic tonight, I piloted the unmodified Forces of Mordor deck, with Sauron in the command zone, against a pair of heavily modified precons (Prosper, Tome Bound from Adventures in the Forgotten Relams, and Anikthea, Hand of Erebos from Commander Masters), and an Elrond, Master of Healing homebrew based around setting up a value engine to execute some kind of infinite combo shenanigans (as Simic does). Despite getting off to a relatively slow start, and having my commander countered the one time I tried to cast it, I was still able to successfully pilot the deck to victory over my opponents with a little bit of luck and some clever play. There are some legitimately powerful tools in this deck that can absolutely swing games if they're leveraged properly, and even having my commander countered was ultimately irrelevant because I still got value from it just for casting it. Overall, a solid review video, and I look forward to seeing your evaluations of the Doctor Who decks when those are finally released.

@SingerOfW Жыл бұрын

Man, I really wish these decks weren't triple the price of the other ones at my local stores. Guess I'll just have to make do with making some on my own, and luckily, the last few sets are in no shortage of cool new Commanders.

@jaredbarton6161 Жыл бұрын

I played Elves against some decently strong constructed decks after prerelease and it's a house. Even if you don't hit curve right away it goes big pretty easy.

@_Tizoc_ Жыл бұрын

these videos must tqke so much work to make. thank you.

@wulf1046 11 ай бұрын

I just got the Riders of Rohan deck really excited to braille them and start playing

@coybackus7665 Жыл бұрын

newer player here: really looking forward to learning the evil deck. it may not be the best for the beginner, but there is only one evil deck :P

@michellewolfezogg5340 Жыл бұрын

Whoever helps to write and edit deserves an award for the way they got you to say "thicc"

@frisbeez1775 Жыл бұрын

Another good video! My big thought tho is that the reduction of original cards is fine if they reprint high value reprints like they did. Accessibility of good cards is a necessity.

@michaelmiller5177 Жыл бұрын

I think the reprints will end up giving better value over time. There are countless cards that have a modest value, but slap a foil treatment and a unique run of art and the card can be exponentially more valuable.

@Gershelf Жыл бұрын

I got the elf deck, and I'm thrilled to try it. Though I am gonna switch up about 20-25 cards. I think it will work a lot better, if the big creature part is out, non-elves gets cut, and more of the new elves are added, to make it a Simic Scry Elf Tribal. There's a lot more to work with, with Scry, than there is the voting, and it helps stack the game more in your favor.

@felipeguidolin1055 Жыл бұрын

I wanted to do that, but couldn't justify the price

@Gershelf Жыл бұрын

@@felipeguidolin1055 Just give it a month or so. Due to all the boxes being opened of basically everything in this product line, the prices on singles will drop harshly. It's already going down across the board, dur to an oversaturated market. You should be able to get the singles well enough soon. :)

@amacuro Жыл бұрын

3:46 thank you professor! This is all i wanted to know when I clicked this video :D

@sneakybeak4032 Жыл бұрын

As a new player to magic but with experience in other card games, i agree with you, so many other channels are dissing on Hosts of Mordor though

@16philson Жыл бұрын

I would like to see the prof do a comparison video of all commander pre cons

@raizx155 Жыл бұрын

Btw you showed the elf deck while talking about the human deck. Apart from that great video as always!

@danieldragotti2608 Жыл бұрын

Host of mordor feels like it needs sauron the dark lord as it's commander insted, and needs some mana fixing. I see it having the highest ceiling when tuned up

@Duskrequim Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY... I also feel like they should have repirnted some of the War of the Spark Army cards to help boost it as well.

@StJimmy765 Жыл бұрын

Turning this deck into having an amass/discard focus with the Dark Lord as commander is the main reason I bought the precon

@Duskrequim Жыл бұрын

@@StJimmy765 Yep... Im taking my Nekusar wheel deck and switching it over to this. Getting the Orcish Bowmasters and keeping the wheels

@12jacobmar Жыл бұрын

That's the one I'm high on right now, it's buggy out of the box but good potential.

@johnnyreaper9714 Жыл бұрын

adding both Sakashima creatures to it would be very good and the obvious rhystic study and stuff like dig through time etc.

@mkainourg3502 Жыл бұрын

I believe these decks are almost a home run. Almost. It was literally the perfect opportunity to introduce archenemy in the format! So many great evil personalities that fit the description in the lore and even the good guys could get a crack at it by introducing the several different parties hunting for the ring! Each of those decks could have a scheme list to compliment it!

@olist-vier1715 Жыл бұрын

You seem to have switched Riders of Rohan and the Elves lol. Luv your content anyway. Great job!!

@Russian_engineer_bmstu Жыл бұрын

One of the cons: if you get the wrong deck accidentally they will send pinkertons after you

@TMidander Жыл бұрын

That definitely sounds like a magic con

@Mulletdog1 Жыл бұрын

True

@zometthecomet Жыл бұрын

I live in the red and white capital of Canada 😂 They can try and get past the bikes

@jamsebarrow6167 Жыл бұрын

That wasn't an accident, but rather than acknowledging their own mistake, they rather threaten you by sending Pi despite taking measures to rectify it, especially when 2 decks share the same name

@VijoPlays Жыл бұрын

11:24 Gandalf, Westward Voyager is my favourite reprint in this set!

@obadijahparks Жыл бұрын

Will get mine monday.

@Shishkebarbarian Жыл бұрын

I loved the Warhammer decks, i picked up 3 of the 4 but they are fun as hell. i dont care so much about the value of the cards within as long as they are good cards and fun to play. To me the flavor is very important. I picked up all 4 of these decks for just under $50 a deck after taxes/shipping and I feel like playing them together with friends will yield many great game nights. The Mishra/Urza decks from Brother's War are hella fun to play against each other if you like MTG lore.

@sting94408 Жыл бұрын

thanks Prof!

@aeyt4250 Жыл бұрын

When is that next Shuffle Up & Play? I’m so excited for it!

@AtlRopeGuy Жыл бұрын

I built a display case as my coffee table to display my binder. Including a silicone seal and lip incase of spills 😉

@Wazes Жыл бұрын

the sol ring art is a must have

@zRelicx Жыл бұрын

Did anyone else notice that he talk about the humans on elf and elf about when humans where going? i wish they were talk about when showing the cards, but i do love the video still.

@bradenkropp7956 Жыл бұрын

Don’t really play magic much anymore but was going to build a couple of decks from the lotr set and go back and look at the 40k set. Lotr I’m build to themes of the different races like I did in the lotr lcg. Hobbit deck and dwarf deck to name a few

@cristinbuskard9250 Жыл бұрын

As a newbie I really love having the cards all themed to have the same art feel / vibe. It’s nice to have reprints of good powerful cards and new mechanics. I know the game is about collecting and deck tweaking ect but as a new player I would love a hyper focused deck build for a precon. No “we’re running two different mechanics” One that doesn’t need a ton of upgrades with cards from outside that specific set release. And if that were the case then - I would love a commander deck where one artist has created the art for every single card. I know that would take forever but what an incredible, special deck that would be. I’ll take my artisanal commander deck please 😂

@dizzlegrizzle1919 Жыл бұрын

me and friends played with them all today. the elf deck won with 1 life left facing the hobbit deck in the end. but the humans and sauron deck both had to have the entire table gang up on them to take them out first because too much crazy stuff going on. was a blast

@Deadpoolbigboss287 6 ай бұрын

I like the deck boxes that come with the precons….

@angelgaming8016 Жыл бұрын

I already ordered the mordor deck... I can't wait for it to come in

@elfaulkner84 Жыл бұрын

I love the new artwork for the reprints. I sadly can't buy the decks or single yet. I'm hoping Wizards continues this with the Doctor Who decks.

@pytawidmo Жыл бұрын

I feel like Hosts of Mordor are partially a reason why we didn't get an Orkz deck with Warhammer. I will likely build my own Orcs & Gobos deck though, with some of the boyz from the LotR set, close enough.

@C1roKnight Жыл бұрын

Do you guys think this would be a good starting point for me and 3 friends to get into MTG? We usually play boardgames together and are all LotR fans. When I heard of this product, I thought it would be very cool to buy. None of us has any experience with MTG, so I am not sure if this format with 100 cards is maybe too overwhelming?

@EternalDM Жыл бұрын

Yes! Go for it! I think it would be a great time

@Tleilandrek Жыл бұрын

Commander is the most casual and friendly format. Excellent entry point for MtG.

@pytawidmo Жыл бұрын

While inclusion of cards like Reanimate, Heroic Intervention or Toxic Deluge is great and this should be the case for all precons, it's still a shame that the mana bases are rather "mid" at best. At least they included the painlands and checklands (at least the ones that did not have plane-specific names). But could easily get triomes and shocks, with in-universe name treatment same as box toppers for the set if necessary. Given that each color has land-subtype-cycling would make it logical inclusion too. At least one of those got a battlebond land, _it's something_ Why not one for each though? I get they wanted to avoid cards with names specific to MtG planes, but Bountiful Promenade is an easy fit for the Hobbit deck, Training Center sounds good enough for Rohirim, and Morphic Pool is generic enough for 'the bad guys'.dek

@Zaalbarjedi Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that they will print all battlebond lands in the upcoming Commander Master's set, they seem to be perfect fit for a rare land cycle there. Thus, they woudn't want to print a lot of them in these commander decks, as it would decrease the value of the Commander Master's set. And we all know that even a slightest thought of slightly reduced profit is a huge red flag for such a greedy company as WotC.

@airbrushaaron666 Жыл бұрын

In more than half of the commander deck openings I've watched on KZfaq over the last few days for this set. The collector booster promo pack is shoved in the box, and the cards are bent.