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193 thoughts on “Magic TV Top 8 of the Week: Best Gold Cards”
Alex Gonzalez
First 🙂 screw you Tayo!
derp
legendary creatures and/or permanents.
jgraves
this might just be an odd request but you guys should do the top 8 decks of their time or something like that. I’ve seen similar requests on your other videos so maybe itll be interesting
Eric
Top 8 Commander generals/cards?
Top 8 limited formats?
Top 8 counterspells?
Top 8 TSG jerseys?
MickyS
Top 8 worst cards
MickyS
Yes, top 8 best limited commons sounds good too.
The Pope
Top 8 most confusing cards.
Bobbert
Top eight most entertaining standard decks of all time.
Glux
c’mon guys, no love for Fires?
That seems like a slam dunk for the list
King of Jund
Boodbraid Elf!!!
MB
There is no way that BBE is #2.
Sure it was dominant in standard but other then that?
PD and Vindicate are both much more powerful then BBE and see much more play in older formats, they even pop up in vintage from time to time.
And, shouldn’t split cards be competing in this category?
Tarmobrad
<3 Deed so much.
GAbriel Espinosa
TOP 8 GAMES OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!! and as BDM TO HELP IN THIS ONE VIA SKIPE
CJ
TSG didn’t catch the Figure pun. I’m sure LSV was disappointed lol.
Bob, the dog
Top 8 reasons magic is the best and most addictive game ever
Wyatt
This list was fairly accurate, I think Figure ranks a bit high, but I can see the logic.
King of Jund
Top 8 Draw spells
Top 8 Hate Cards
LSV’s Top 8 favorite Sets/Bocks
Top 8 Bears
Top 8 Removal spells
Top 8 “Spells that cost more than 7” (that are cast, not cheated in creatures)
Top 8 “‘Best’ Standard decks”
Top 8 ‘Tricks’
Top 8 Haste creatures
Top 8 Constructed playable Legends
Nolander
Top 8 bombs in a limited format. What’s the all time windmill-iest of slams?
I second eric’s suggestion of top eight limited formats, that’d be an interesting one too
Great top 8 this week, maybe next week the Top 8 WTF decks that made a Top 8, it would be a funny list to see what ya guys can come up with. A small side Top 8 like you guys did before could be Top 8 Stupid moves LSV has done on the PT. (PT Nagoya where LSV forgets he Twisted Image a 6/4, and trys to Turn to Slag it.)
Noverb
I would like to see a Top 8 Creature Effects
SomeNoob
Wacky? Here you go:
I’ll second: Top 8 Worst Templated Cards (Raging River, Icy Cauldron, etc.) and Top 8 Commanders
My suggestions:
Top 8 Multiplayer Cards
Top 8 Weirdest/Worst Art (Word of Command, Stasis, Decimate, etc…)
Top 8 Cards People Thought Would be Bad (Spectral Procession Mr. Erwin…)
Top 8 Cards People Thought Would be Good But Sucked
Top 8 Sexiest Magic Cards (gotta love the new Wedgie Angel in that commander deck)
Top 8 Most Disturbing Magic Cards (original Mutilate on top for sure)
Top 8 Most Ill-Conceived Magic Products
Top 8 Commons in Saviors-Planechase-Morningtide draft.
Top 8 Worst Cards that Saw A Lot of Play
Kevin
Top 8 Cards LSV has Puns for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hug77
how about top8 tribal decks?
fizyk
Top 8 cards that never won a PT
Peter
Top 8 LSV draft videos with links to each 🙂
LORTHOS!!!
Jake2000
top 8 magic sets
Lobsterbob
Top 8 top 8 topics. <3
Aston
Top 8 puns.
smrt
top 8 most confusing cards sounds hilarious for an episode….probably lots of kamigawa block cards (always seemed like too much text) and other cards with “too much text for its own good’ as ochoa stated once about necrotic plague in a M11 draft
Mitch
How about Top 8 cards yet to be released of MTGO
spencer
definately should do top 10 commander/generals. that would be sweet..
Samuel The Swede
Top 8 Worst Plays on the Tour. Hint, Moreno and Brian Davis should be in this list ;D
Mullet_Power
Top 8 creature enchantments
John
Most confusing cards does sound sweet. Sylvan library I still have to read. Dead Ringers is a headache, any of the Browbeat/Book Burning cards, Chains of Mephistopheles, Illusionary Mask, etc.
bwilson
Top 8 worst cards please
Jason
Top 8 first pickable Cube Draft cards.
Theodinson
Top 8 Cycles (this could be very hard to figure out, and could be very contested, since it hard to say what truly makes a cycle, Pacts, Decrees, Winds, Titans, these can be easy when they all share names, but things can also be complicated like the 1mana for 3s in alpha)
Top 8 Most Commonly/Generally Difficult to pronounce cards
Top 8 Cards with Kicker
Top 8 the cost 8
Shady
Have you done top8 enchantments yet?
eric
how about top-8 limited bomb creatures?
thaprodigy58
top 8 Sets/ Blocks
Brendan
Top 8 8CMC cards
JP
I’ll second Jason’s “Top 8 cards to first pick in a cube draft.” (Not including Power 9… I mean, c’mon… too easy.)
Rich
How about Top 8 best creature types? Elves and Goblins and Fae oh my…
Jay
Top 8 decks that have top 8’d a pro tour or won a Grand Prix.
For instance, I always adored Korlash Mono Black from when it was legal for 3 months after Future Sight, or Dralnu du Louve from early Time Spiral standard. Next Level Blue all the way back from 2008 was sweet, too.
Obscure decks are better.
Matt
Go for top8 confusing cards with even more confusing rules. Then build a Judgebreaker.dec with it!
Goldbug
FIGURE OF DESTINY ISN’T GOLD YOU TARDS! JUST LOOK AT THE BORDER!!!!!!
C
I agree with top 8 most confusing cards, along with a TSG explanation (followed by LSV correcting him).
Top 8 embarrassing art.. Ice Age’s “Joven” should be there. He’s a legend alright…
Top 8 Homelands cards…ok ok, Top 2.
Robert F.
Since you did the top 8 cycle of colors, you could do a top 8 cycle of types. top 8 critters, enchantments, (lands and artifacts already done), etc. Top 8 tribal and planeswalkers has a short list to choose from though, but top 8 instants and top 8 sorceries ought to be juicy.
asdf
no love for helix or meddlingmage
and do a T8 cantrips
Aston
Top 8 arms on Lorthos the Tidemaker?
Skott J
I’d like to see you guys talk about and mull over a Top 8 of the most rare and obscure creatures or Creature types. The kinds that got printed and for lack of organization or lack of interest in R&D back in the day, were never heard from again! K Go!
George
I’d love to see “Top 8 X for ones.” as in the top 8 value cards. Big, swingy cards that let you gain a ridiculous advantage over your opponent if they resolve.
Bjorn
Really have to disagree with Cadaverous Bloom. Squandered Recources was much more important to get the combo started. Also, Squandered Recources is the card that got banned in block. Oh well, at least you mentioned it.
Michiel Valcke
T8 celebration drinks (after one of the CF crew wins a GP/PT)
Bjorn
As for the top 8:
Top 8 Magic Legends / Urban Myths
I think Meddling Mage may have been missed other than that I enjoy the top8’s.
I’d like to see top 8 format’s, creatures/spells, worst cards could also be challenging though I think I know.
I also wouldn’t mind a favorites list. Decks, cards in general, card names or flavor text could be neat to.
Attus
Top 8 pro tour Top 8’s. Because of the players, decks, stories, whatever. Just explain why you think they count. Personally I like the Finkle/Maher tinker mirror in the Worlds finals and the one where Chapin and Nasiff played the mirror Dragonstorm in Worlds because both are great stories.
Rich
Top 8 Counterspells for sure.
Also, Fires of Yavimaya was dominate enough to deserve a spot
Pericles
Top 8 edh generals.
Top 8 edh combo’s.
Top 8 edh cards.
Top 8 pro players of all time.
Top 8 ‘best magic stories’
wes
top 8 equipment. It’s only fitting in light of the stoneforge ban.
Kevin
Top 8 Creatures with Activated Abilities
Nathan
I second the T8 PTs/PT feature matches for stories or interesting play (with links for those who were not around at that time?).
ray
top 8 most influential players
David
Liked this one!
How about top8 alltime pros?
Top 8draft formats?
Top 8 deck names? Some sweet PUNishment there.
Schram
I am fond of Lim-Dul’s Vault myself
Gendhil
Top 8 frustrating cards to play against (Hymn to tourach …)
EvanC
Top 8 limited formats, one list for TSG, one list for LSV, and maybe for other CFB members.
Mike
Yes please:
Top 8 Conley decks
Top 8 formats (Team Rochester draft? Unified Modern?)
Top 8 Worst Cube cards commonly included in Cubes (still haven’t heard the full explanation for Sensei’s Divining Top…)
Top 8 commons for limited
Top 8 first picks in Cube/limited
Top 8 multiplayer cards
Cody
The last “tog” is chronatag or chronotog. not sure of the spelling . Also TSG where is your jersey???
Oraymw
Top 8 Funny cards.
Top 8 Commons
Top 8 Uncommons
Top 8 Underestimated Cards
Top 8 Aggro cards
Top 8 Sideboard cards
Top 8 1 drop creatures, 2 drop creatures, etc.
Don
The Jund deck wins at everything forever.
ark
Top 8 Bad Beats stories from tournaments
troacctid
Figure of Destiny really shouldn’t count. Hybrid is not gold. Now what are you gonna do when it comes time for Top 8 Hybrid Cards?
ark
Top 8 best limited cards AND/OR Top 8 best limited cards in their respective expansions
Top 8 most underrated limited cards
Denny
Top 8 set mechanics?
Derek
Top 8 Tribes
The_Sasquatch
Top 8 Un-cards?
royalfishness
I’m a fan of top 8 Windmill slams in draft
Niles
I second top 8 worst cards (bottom 8???)
Styx
Top 8 tribal decks
Top 8 one of’s in PTQ decks
Top 8 1/1 creatures
Top 8 misplayed cards
Top 8 sideboard cards (never main decked)
Top 8 vanilla creatures
Top 8 turn one plays
Top 8 card eratas
Top 8 force of will counter moments
Top 8 casual Cards
Top 8 demons
Top 8 angels
Top 8 group game effects
Top 8 arch enemy cards
Top 8 LSV MISPLAYS
Top 8 tournament rulings
Top 8 coin flipping cards
Portada
top8 most skill intensive mirror matches
Daniel Brooks
Top 8 invitational cards
ArtB
“Figure of Destiny” is NOT gold. Gold cards are multi-coloured cards. Hybrid cards are not (necessarily) multi-coloured.
Eric
@ArtB
Yes, they are. All hybrid cards are multicolored, and all hybrid cards can be targeted by, say, Glittering Wish. Whether this episode should include only cards PRINTED with a gold border is another discussion, but rules-wise it’s very clear that hybrid cards are always considered multicolored.
Rich
@ Styx LSV has 8 misplays???
Rich
Also the Atog you guys were missing was Thaumatog
Hey You
probably the coolest shirt
Blind Fremen
Top 8 Limited bombs
Mark
Top 8 most fun cards to play with (gifts ungiven etc)
Top 8 most annoying cards to play against (stasis, sdt)
Top 8 most beautifully designed decks
Top 8 most horrible cards to get printed by wotc
Dermo
I second Top 8 Most Ill-Conceived Magic Products.
Or Top 8 Best Preconstructed Magic Products
Dlo
Top 8 banned cards (excluding fast mana artifacts)
MtgHambot
Top 8 decisions made by WOTC to improve magic
and
Top 8 blunders / decisions / PR disasters by WOTC.
I think this one would spark a lot of debate, as the company can really excel in both of these areas from year to year!
Thomas
I disagree on tog being number 1. it was alot worse when onslaught rotated in and after scourge/8th it was a tier two deck. oh the good ol days of onslaught/odyssey
it did see some extended play and a small amount of 1.5 play with intuition. but in the same vein cruel ultimatum could .take the same spot on the list. seen a ton of play for years, and is strong in extended just like tog was.
I also feel lightning helix deserved a mention. pulse is probably stronger than vindicate too and probably has seen more competitive play than vindicate. B/W wasnt a huge standard deck, and killing planewalkers was such a big deal. pulse would have been =ly as weak if not for cards like Elspeth and jace. even putrefy was arguably more influential in its standard time.
Thomas
other honorable mentions though clearly not top 8 might include fires of yavimaya, glare of subdual, crystalline sliver, mortify, lightning angel, blightning and split cards like fire/ice.
Carl Lost His Mind
Top 8 Best Banned Cards
Top 8 Pauper Cards
Top 8 “Most Hated” Cards/decks (i.e. stasis, Necropotence, other cards that you pretty well auto scoop to.)
Top 8 Card Art
dongs
proggy?
GiantAmbushBeetle
You should do top 8 tribal lords.
Rich
@ Thomas Lighning Helix was in honorable mention. Vindicate was definately played more than pulse in random junk decks and such. Vindicate still sees play in Legacy today while pulse does not. The ability to take out lands is very good.
Benny
Top 8 misused or misunderstood cards
Top 8 cards that were almost amazing, but instead are terrible
Top 8 “I can’t believe they printed this” cards
Top 8 ways to use your Divining Top
Top 8 Promo cards
Also top 8 draft formats would be awesome. I like to hear LSV’s color commentary on each topic, and theres a lot of mileage that could be gotten out of top 8 Draft formats.
Thomas Kirkemo
What about top 8 useless cards?
Random Scrub
No love for Trygon Predator? You didn’t even give it an HM, and the thing is playable in Type 1.
PJN
How about top 8 Mechanics?
Juan
What about top 8 unplayable cards? Or would that be bottom 8?
Jason Liang
Top 8 most influential 5-Color/ Landtype cycles from a single set, considering ALL 5 CARDS.
i.e. Lucky Charms from Alpha, Pitch spells from Alliances, Tutors from Mirage, Legendary Lands from Urza’s Saga, Wishes from Judgment, Pacts from Future Sight, Titans from M11, Commands from Lorwyn, Ultimatums from Alara, Color Hosers from Alliances or Tempest.
Also, Top 8 Sets of all time for gameplay value.
Top 8 cards vs. each color (i.e. the 5 best cards to beat blue, green, red, white, black, etc…).
Top 8 Opening Plays (i.e. 1st spell cast in a match).
You could also go tribal (top 8 goblins, top 8 merfolk, top 8 elves, top 8 vampires, top 8 dragons, top 8 angels, top 8 demons, etc…).
I also agree that Fires of Yavimaya and Trygon Predator should of at least got mentioned.
Jonathan
Top 8 Commander Cards / Generals
alrightgame
Gerrad’s Verdict?
JasonC
Top 8 Narrow Sideboard Answers. The ideal card is one that wrecks another important deck in its format and era’s metagame, but is nearly a blank against other common decks of that format and era. The opposite of the universal flexible card – but still has to be so useful that is was played, main or SB, and mattered.
Me
top 8 cards with the most flavor
top 8 cube cards
JohnMcQ
There are many top eights possibilities. Speaking of possibilities as a blue mage I like wet cards. You know the cards that give you options. For example Cryptic Command or the charms. These cards are versitle and tend to be best used by more skilled players. Also due to their versitility they make excellent side board cards.
Max
I second top 8 draft formats.
Or top 8 worst draft formats.
Or top 8 worst formats period.
frommerman
worst 8 cards
Styx
@RICH.
Have u watched his drafts he makes miss plays. He still wins those games but I’m sure he has mental missplays that would help improve everyone’s game play from a pro’s perspective. Not to mention his idea of a misplay from what we might have seen compared to his point of view overall in the match.
dwagz
top 8 flavor text
Alex D
Top 8 worst card artwork. or best flavor text.
Matt Clarke
Top 8 best cards in commander.
nate
I like top 8 1/1s and top 8 puns. How about top 8 cards with off color effects?
daniel
I dont remember if you did this one or not, Top 8 hardest cards to play with
Also, top 8 most misunderstood/misused cards
top 8 conley decks
top 8 lords
top 8 value cards
top 8 planeswalkers
top 8 draft archetypes
Yaniv
Top 8 keywords.
BBD
Top 8 sample hands
Tom
Top 8 sleeper cards:
Cards that started off as junk rares or $2-3 rares and then became staples.
SFM, Splinter Twin etc.
Samuel The Swede
Top 8 – Amazing Moments in Magic
hhh
+1 for top 8 limited bombs
top 8 worst creature cards
top 8 useless noncreature cards
goat
Top 8 tribes
josh
top 8 lsv puns
M. Butterfly
Top 8 TSG jerseys.
Pimpin'pim
Top 8 Most counter-productive cards ( like nornin the wary )
Pasteur
Top 8 Gifts piles.
Maotegin
Top 8 Non-Card Magic products
Top 8 Preconstructed decks
Top 8 overcosted cards ($$)
Top 8 Arts
Top 8 Limited Bombs is nice too
JaketheLate
Suggestions:
Top Eight Draw Spells
Top Eight Longest Tournament Placing Decks
Top Eight Top Eights on the Pro Tour
Rush_Clasic
I’m guessing you chose Cadaverous Bloom over Squandered Resources because it was the namesake of its deck, but Resources is clearly the bigger contributor. It was the on banned (ya, I know, they weren’t the brightest at bans back then, but this one has been well recognized as correct). On top of that, it saw tournament play outside of the ProsBloom deck. Its a much more significant card.
dale
top 8 punts by pro players
vik
Top 8 Knights
Top 8 Wurms
Top 8 Hotties “Hot Chick on the card”
Top 8 sweeps “DOJ, WOG, Plague Wind ect…”
Top 8 most powerful cards in standard “without Jace and stoneforge”
Top 8 Plainswalkers
brengera
Bottom 8 cards of all time (worst cards)
Top 8 Moments In championship matches
Top 8 Un-cards
Top 8 Jokes
Top 8 Limited bombs
+1 for Top 8 puns by LSV
Top 8 Destruction cards (anything that ‘destroy’s
partykrew666
top 8 tribes?
elves? goblins?
two drops?
one drops?
isolation
Top 8 misplays?
torrichelli
Top 8 Limited first picks, pretty please
Ron
Top 8 mechanics.
Top 8 flavor cards.
Top 8 silver-bordered cards.
Top 8 “X” drops(1, then 2, then 3….)
Serious Lee
Top 8 Gruesome Encores?
Top 8 cards to leave on Top with a Sensei’s Divining Top?
How about top 8 legendary creatures (not exclusively for commander)? There has to be a few legendary creatures that saw constructed play outside of commander.
fltlike
t8 art
t8 top decks
Punchinello
I would love to see a top 8 “bad” cards. Cards that may have been usable in their block but just don’t make sense unless you understand why they could have been useful. E.G. Goatsnapper (gain control of target goat) which was usable in block because of shapeshifters, but doesn’t make sense outside of that particular scenario.
I should clarify my suggestion on “Top 8 Best Standard Decks”. I don’t just want to hear a numbers report on which decks took up the biggest percentages of their respective metagame.
Which decks do you genuinely feel were the best at what they did? The decks that really shook up the metagame, or the decks that were just so well constructed, so elegant, with such great synergy, you just had to play it.
goodfellow
top 8 commanders for edh would be nifty but kind of akward to do. something about commander would be fantastic
Phillythekid
yeah, it has been said before – but fires of yavimaya definately deserves being mentioned. Don’t you guys remember getting annihilated by turn 1 birds of paradise, turn 2 fires, turn 3 blastoderm, turn 4 saproling burst? That was a big game as luis would say!
TacoMaster
Top 8 Worst Decks that “Everyone” Played…
Janus
Top 8 flavor texts FTW!!!
George
Top 8 Pauper cards
e.g. Top 8 Blue Pauper, Top 8 Black Pauper, ……
Nexus_6
You still haven’t done T8 enchantments.
MO
Top 8 Limited Formats!
Ben
Heh, top 8 GOLD cards, not GOLD-BORDERED cards, lol. I need to read more carefully. How about a top 8 UN-cards. That might be fun.
RegalFantom
Top 8 Worst cards to see maindeck play
Dave
Top 8 removal spells or Top 8 combat tricks could be fairly comical and interesting plus ripe for puns lol
wiwwt
Top 8 worst cards to see play on the pro tour.
Jimmy
Top 8 Limited Bombs
Top 8 most skill intensive cards
Top 8 most misplayed cards
Top 8 “almosts” or overrated cards
Jimmy
Oooh
Top 8 punts in competitive play! (“have any fast effects?”)
Top 8 Cheats! (confirmed or unconfirmed, you gotta have a gold mine of stories here!)
AC
I like the Top 8 commander generals idea.
Michael
Top 8 Flavor Text
weise guy
Definitely top 8 LSV draft videos, with links to each one of them so we can watch some Lorthos smash. Man was that hilarious. Also, top 8 decks of all time would be nice (although you can feel free to edit that to top 8 standard decks or whatnot). Also, top 8 funniest draft archetypes (dampen thought anyone?).
slowlycrashing
I vote for the following:
Top 8 Limited Formats
Top 8 PT/GP Top 8’s
Top 8 Mechanics
Donald
top 8 unplayables
Andrew Tharpe
top 8 red one drops?
Elliot A Raff
Top 8 Gruesome Encores!
loucksj
Top 8 Worst Cards That Luis Has Lost To In Constructed.
(Just because I might account for half of that list.)
Top 8 Reveillarkable Creatures.
Top 8 Gifts Ungiven Packages
(Actually….that one seems awesome!)
Top 8 Constructed Flops
(Cards that didn’t live up to the hype. See: Serra Avenger)
jean
top8 best players of all time
Clinton
Top 8 Phil Foglio cards please
ajfirecracker
Top 8 5-drops.
Branin
Top 8 best magic foods
Top 8 most powerful sets
Top 8 most confusing cards
Top 8 non-magic hobbies amongst the CF pros
Top 8 best things about magic
JR
Top 8 Angels
Top 8 Commons
Top 8 Quirky cards
ORVN
Top 8 Overhyped Cards during spoiler season
Top 8 “Bears” or 2 drops with 2 power (2/2 or 2/1 seems fine)
-orvn
Addict139
Top 8 most Chaotic cards?
stuff like warp world and theifs auction?
jay
Top 8 cards to fork with Chandra the Firebrand !?
Maeths
Top 8 orgasms from playing Tradewind Rider. For all I know they could all very well be mine.
LM
Top 8 limited formats
Top 8 1-drops
Top 8 2-drops
Top 8 3-drops
(etc.)
Let the debate ensue as to whether 1-drop means ‘1 mana card’ or ‘card that you actually want to play T1.’
LM
I guess that by ‘top 8 limited formats’ I really mean top 8 formats for sealed/draft. What’s most fun/skill intensive? Rank IPA against RAV block, or come out with a bold contention that block X draft was totally sweet as 2-set draft before the third set came and ‘ruined’ the block format.
First 🙂 screw you Tayo!
legendary creatures and/or permanents.
this might just be an odd request but you guys should do the top 8 decks of their time or something like that. I’ve seen similar requests on your other videos so maybe itll be interesting
Top 8 Commander generals/cards?
Top 8 limited formats?
Top 8 counterspells?
Top 8 TSG jerseys?
Top 8 worst cards
Yes, top 8 best limited commons sounds good too.
Top 8 most confusing cards.
Top eight most entertaining standard decks of all time.
c’mon guys, no love for Fires?
That seems like a slam dunk for the list
Boodbraid Elf!!!
There is no way that BBE is #2.
Sure it was dominant in standard but other then that?
PD and Vindicate are both much more powerful then BBE and see much more play in older formats, they even pop up in vintage from time to time.
And, shouldn’t split cards be competing in this category?
<3 Deed so much.
TOP 8 GAMES OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!! and as BDM TO HELP IN THIS ONE VIA SKIPE
TSG didn’t catch the Figure pun. I’m sure LSV was disappointed lol.
Top 8 reasons magic is the best and most addictive game ever
This list was fairly accurate, I think Figure ranks a bit high, but I can see the logic.
Top 8 Draw spells
Top 8 Hate Cards
LSV’s Top 8 favorite Sets/Bocks
Top 8 Bears
Top 8 Removal spells
Top 8 “Spells that cost more than 7” (that are cast, not cheated in creatures)
Top 8 “‘Best’ Standard decks”
Top 8 ‘Tricks’
Top 8 Haste creatures
Top 8 Constructed playable Legends
Top 8 bombs in a limited format. What’s the all time windmill-iest of slams?
I second eric’s suggestion of top eight limited formats, that’d be an interesting one too
top 8 most influential decks
top 8 cards named lightning bolt
Top 8 bounce spells
Top 8 Limited Formats!
Top 8 free spells (or alternate cost) spells
Great top 8 this week, maybe next week the Top 8 WTF decks that made a Top 8, it would be a funny list to see what ya guys can come up with. A small side Top 8 like you guys did before could be Top 8 Stupid moves LSV has done on the PT. (PT Nagoya where LSV forgets he Twisted Image a 6/4, and trys to Turn to Slag it.)
I would like to see a Top 8 Creature Effects
Wacky? Here you go:
I’ll second: Top 8 Worst Templated Cards (Raging River, Icy Cauldron, etc.) and Top 8 Commanders
My suggestions:
Top 8 Multiplayer Cards
Top 8 Weirdest/Worst Art (Word of Command, Stasis, Decimate, etc…)
Top 8 Cards People Thought Would be Bad (Spectral Procession Mr. Erwin…)
Top 8 Cards People Thought Would be Good But Sucked
Top 8 Sexiest Magic Cards (gotta love the new Wedgie Angel in that commander deck)
Top 8 Most Disturbing Magic Cards (original Mutilate on top for sure)
Top 8 Most Ill-Conceived Magic Products
Top 8 Commons in Saviors-Planechase-Morningtide draft.
Top 8 Worst Cards that Saw A Lot of Play
Top 8 Cards LSV has Puns for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how about top8 tribal decks?
Top 8 cards that never won a PT
Top 8 LSV draft videos with links to each 🙂
LORTHOS!!!
top 8 magic sets
Top 8 top 8 topics. <3
Top 8 puns.
top 8 most confusing cards sounds hilarious for an episode….probably lots of kamigawa block cards (always seemed like too much text) and other cards with “too much text for its own good’ as ochoa stated once about necrotic plague in a M11 draft
How about Top 8 cards yet to be released of MTGO
definately should do top 10 commander/generals. that would be sweet..
Top 8 Worst Plays on the Tour. Hint, Moreno and Brian Davis should be in this list ;D
Top 8 creature enchantments
Most confusing cards does sound sweet. Sylvan library I still have to read. Dead Ringers is a headache, any of the Browbeat/Book Burning cards, Chains of Mephistopheles, Illusionary Mask, etc.
Top 8 worst cards please
Top 8 first pickable Cube Draft cards.
Top 8 Cycles (this could be very hard to figure out, and could be very contested, since it hard to say what truly makes a cycle, Pacts, Decrees, Winds, Titans, these can be easy when they all share names, but things can also be complicated like the 1mana for 3s in alpha)
Top 8 Most Commonly/Generally Difficult to pronounce cards
Top 8 Cards with Kicker
Top 8 the cost 8
Have you done top8 enchantments yet?
how about top-8 limited bomb creatures?
top 8 Sets/ Blocks
Top 8 8CMC cards
I’ll second Jason’s “Top 8 cards to first pick in a cube draft.” (Not including Power 9… I mean, c’mon… too easy.)
How about Top 8 best creature types? Elves and Goblins and Fae oh my…
Top 8 decks that have top 8’d a pro tour or won a Grand Prix.
For instance, I always adored Korlash Mono Black from when it was legal for 3 months after Future Sight, or Dralnu du Louve from early Time Spiral standard. Next Level Blue all the way back from 2008 was sweet, too.
Obscure decks are better.
Go for top8 confusing cards with even more confusing rules. Then build a Judgebreaker.dec with it!
FIGURE OF DESTINY ISN’T GOLD YOU TARDS! JUST LOOK AT THE BORDER!!!!!!
I agree with top 8 most confusing cards, along with a TSG explanation (followed by LSV correcting him).
Top 8 embarrassing art.. Ice Age’s “Joven” should be there. He’s a legend alright…
Top 8 Homelands cards…ok ok, Top 2.
Since you did the top 8 cycle of colors, you could do a top 8 cycle of types. top 8 critters, enchantments, (lands and artifacts already done), etc. Top 8 tribal and planeswalkers has a short list to choose from though, but top 8 instants and top 8 sorceries ought to be juicy.
no love for helix or meddlingmage
and do a T8 cantrips
Top 8 arms on Lorthos the Tidemaker?
I’d like to see you guys talk about and mull over a Top 8 of the most rare and obscure creatures or Creature types. The kinds that got printed and for lack of organization or lack of interest in R&D back in the day, were never heard from again! K Go!
I’d love to see “Top 8 X for ones.” as in the top 8 value cards. Big, swingy cards that let you gain a ridiculous advantage over your opponent if they resolve.
Really have to disagree with Cadaverous Bloom. Squandered Recources was much more important to get the combo started. Also, Squandered Recources is the card that got banned in block. Oh well, at least you mentioned it.
T8 celebration drinks (after one of the CF crew wins a GP/PT)
As for the top 8:
Top 8 Magic Legends / Urban Myths
Top 8 Top 8’s. Obv.
Top 8 legendary permanents!!!!!!
I think Meddling Mage may have been missed other than that I enjoy the top8’s.
I’d like to see top 8 format’s, creatures/spells, worst cards could also be challenging though I think I know.
I also wouldn’t mind a favorites list. Decks, cards in general, card names or flavor text could be neat to.
Top 8 pro tour Top 8’s. Because of the players, decks, stories, whatever. Just explain why you think they count. Personally I like the Finkle/Maher tinker mirror in the Worlds finals and the one where Chapin and Nasiff played the mirror Dragonstorm in Worlds because both are great stories.
Top 8 Counterspells for sure.
Also, Fires of Yavimaya was dominate enough to deserve a spot
Top 8 edh generals.
Top 8 edh combo’s.
Top 8 edh cards.
Top 8 pro players of all time.
Top 8 ‘best magic stories’
top 8 equipment. It’s only fitting in light of the stoneforge ban.
Top 8 Creatures with Activated Abilities
I second the T8 PTs/PT feature matches for stories or interesting play (with links for those who were not around at that time?).
top 8 most influential players
Liked this one!
How about top8 alltime pros?
Top 8draft formats?
Top 8 deck names? Some sweet PUNishment there.
I am fond of Lim-Dul’s Vault myself
Top 8 frustrating cards to play against (Hymn to tourach …)
Top 8 limited formats, one list for TSG, one list for LSV, and maybe for other CFB members.
Yes please:
Top 8 Conley decks
Top 8 formats (Team Rochester draft? Unified Modern?)
Top 8 Worst Cube cards commonly included in Cubes (still haven’t heard the full explanation for Sensei’s Divining Top…)
Top 8 commons for limited
Top 8 first picks in Cube/limited
Top 8 multiplayer cards
The last “tog” is chronatag or chronotog. not sure of the spelling . Also TSG where is your jersey???
Top 8 Funny cards.
Top 8 Commons
Top 8 Uncommons
Top 8 Underestimated Cards
Top 8 Aggro cards
Top 8 Sideboard cards
Top 8 1 drop creatures, 2 drop creatures, etc.
The Jund deck wins at everything forever.
Top 8 Bad Beats stories from tournaments
Figure of Destiny really shouldn’t count. Hybrid is not gold. Now what are you gonna do when it comes time for Top 8 Hybrid Cards?
Top 8 best limited cards AND/OR Top 8 best limited cards in their respective expansions
Top 8 most underrated limited cards
Top 8 set mechanics?
Top 8 Tribes
Top 8 Un-cards?
I’m a fan of top 8 Windmill slams in draft
I second top 8 worst cards (bottom 8???)
Top 8 tribal decks
Top 8 one of’s in PTQ decks
Top 8 1/1 creatures
Top 8 misplayed cards
Top 8 sideboard cards (never main decked)
Top 8 vanilla creatures
Top 8 turn one plays
Top 8 card eratas
Top 8 force of will counter moments
Top 8 casual Cards
Top 8 demons
Top 8 angels
Top 8 group game effects
Top 8 arch enemy cards
Top 8 LSV MISPLAYS
Top 8 tournament rulings
Top 8 coin flipping cards
top8 most skill intensive mirror matches
Top 8 invitational cards
“Figure of Destiny” is NOT gold. Gold cards are multi-coloured cards. Hybrid cards are not (necessarily) multi-coloured.
@ArtB
Yes, they are. All hybrid cards are multicolored, and all hybrid cards can be targeted by, say, Glittering Wish. Whether this episode should include only cards PRINTED with a gold border is another discussion, but rules-wise it’s very clear that hybrid cards are always considered multicolored.
@ Styx LSV has 8 misplays???
Also the Atog you guys were missing was Thaumatog
probably the coolest shirt
Top 8 Limited bombs
Top 8 most fun cards to play with (gifts ungiven etc)
Top 8 most annoying cards to play against (stasis, sdt)
Top 8 most beautifully designed decks
Top 8 most horrible cards to get printed by wotc
I second Top 8 Most Ill-Conceived Magic Products.
Or Top 8 Best Preconstructed Magic Products
Top 8 banned cards (excluding fast mana artifacts)
Top 8 decisions made by WOTC to improve magic
and
Top 8 blunders / decisions / PR disasters by WOTC.
I think this one would spark a lot of debate, as the company can really excel in both of these areas from year to year!
I disagree on tog being number 1. it was alot worse when onslaught rotated in and after scourge/8th it was a tier two deck. oh the good ol days of onslaught/odyssey
it did see some extended play and a small amount of 1.5 play with intuition. but in the same vein cruel ultimatum could .take the same spot on the list. seen a ton of play for years, and is strong in extended just like tog was.
I also feel lightning helix deserved a mention. pulse is probably stronger than vindicate too and probably has seen more competitive play than vindicate. B/W wasnt a huge standard deck, and killing planewalkers was such a big deal. pulse would have been =ly as weak if not for cards like Elspeth and jace. even putrefy was arguably more influential in its standard time.
other honorable mentions though clearly not top 8 might include fires of yavimaya, glare of subdual, crystalline sliver, mortify, lightning angel, blightning and split cards like fire/ice.
Top 8 Best Banned Cards
Top 8 Pauper Cards
Top 8 “Most Hated” Cards/decks (i.e. stasis, Necropotence, other cards that you pretty well auto scoop to.)
Top 8 Card Art
proggy?
You should do top 8 tribal lords.
@ Thomas Lighning Helix was in honorable mention. Vindicate was definately played more than pulse in random junk decks and such. Vindicate still sees play in Legacy today while pulse does not. The ability to take out lands is very good.
Top 8 misused or misunderstood cards
Top 8 cards that were almost amazing, but instead are terrible
Top 8 “I can’t believe they printed this” cards
Top 8 ways to use your Divining Top
Top 8 Promo cards
How about top 8 for a certain Mana cost? Top 8 3 drops or 4 drops would be kind of fun.
Also top 8 draft formats would be awesome. I like to hear LSV’s color commentary on each topic, and theres a lot of mileage that could be gotten out of top 8 Draft formats.
What about top 8 useless cards?
No love for Trygon Predator? You didn’t even give it an HM, and the thing is playable in Type 1.
How about top 8 Mechanics?
What about top 8 unplayable cards? Or would that be bottom 8?
Top 8 most influential 5-Color/ Landtype cycles from a single set, considering ALL 5 CARDS.
i.e. Lucky Charms from Alpha, Pitch spells from Alliances, Tutors from Mirage, Legendary Lands from Urza’s Saga, Wishes from Judgment, Pacts from Future Sight, Titans from M11, Commands from Lorwyn, Ultimatums from Alara, Color Hosers from Alliances or Tempest.
Also, Top 8 Sets of all time for gameplay value.
Top 8 cards vs. each color (i.e. the 5 best cards to beat blue, green, red, white, black, etc…).
Top 8 Opening Plays (i.e. 1st spell cast in a match).
You could also go tribal (top 8 goblins, top 8 merfolk, top 8 elves, top 8 vampires, top 8 dragons, top 8 angels, top 8 demons, etc…).
Top 8 cards with soulshift!
What about fires of yavamaya?
also top 8 most dominant standard decks?
Top 8 Commons.
Top 8 Sets. (Design)
Top 8 Charms.
Top 8 Draft Formats.
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@Mark – I second your choices.
I also agree that Fires of Yavimaya and Trygon Predator should of at least got mentioned.
Top 8 Commander Cards / Generals
Gerrad’s Verdict?
Top 8 Narrow Sideboard Answers. The ideal card is one that wrecks another important deck in its format and era’s metagame, but is nearly a blank against other common decks of that format and era. The opposite of the universal flexible card – but still has to be so useful that is was played, main or SB, and mattered.
top 8 cards with the most flavor
top 8 cube cards
There are many top eights possibilities. Speaking of possibilities as a blue mage I like wet cards. You know the cards that give you options. For example Cryptic Command or the charms. These cards are versitle and tend to be best used by more skilled players. Also due to their versitility they make excellent side board cards.
I second top 8 draft formats.
Or top 8 worst draft formats.
Or top 8 worst formats period.
worst 8 cards
@RICH.
Have u watched his drafts he makes miss plays. He still wins those games but I’m sure he has mental missplays that would help improve everyone’s game play from a pro’s perspective. Not to mention his idea of a misplay from what we might have seen compared to his point of view overall in the match.
top 8 flavor text
Top 8 worst card artwork. or best flavor text.
Top 8 best cards in commander.
I like top 8 1/1s and top 8 puns. How about top 8 cards with off color effects?
I dont remember if you did this one or not, Top 8 hardest cards to play with
Also, top 8 most misunderstood/misused cards
top 8 conley decks
top 8 lords
top 8 value cards
top 8 planeswalkers
top 8 draft archetypes
Top 8 keywords.
Top 8 sample hands
Top 8 sleeper cards:
Cards that started off as junk rares or $2-3 rares and then became staples.
SFM, Splinter Twin etc.
Top 8 – Amazing Moments in Magic
+1 for top 8 limited bombs
top 8 worst creature cards
top 8 useless noncreature cards
Top 8 tribes
top 8 lsv puns
Top 8 TSG jerseys.
Top 8 Most counter-productive cards ( like nornin the wary )
Top 8 Gifts piles.
Top 8 Non-Card Magic products
Top 8 Preconstructed decks
Top 8 overcosted cards ($$)
Top 8 Arts
Top 8 Limited Bombs is nice too
Suggestions:
Top Eight Draw Spells
Top Eight Longest Tournament Placing Decks
Top Eight Top Eights on the Pro Tour
I’m guessing you chose Cadaverous Bloom over Squandered Resources because it was the namesake of its deck, but Resources is clearly the bigger contributor. It was the on banned (ya, I know, they weren’t the brightest at bans back then, but this one has been well recognized as correct). On top of that, it saw tournament play outside of the ProsBloom deck. Its a much more significant card.
top 8 punts by pro players
Top 8 Knights
Top 8 Wurms
Top 8 Hotties “Hot Chick on the card”
Top 8 sweeps “DOJ, WOG, Plague Wind ect…”
Top 8 most powerful cards in standard “without Jace and stoneforge”
Top 8 Plainswalkers
Bottom 8 cards of all time (worst cards)
Top 8 Moments In championship matches
Top 8 Un-cards
Top 8 Jokes
Top 8 Limited bombs
+1 for Top 8 puns by LSV
Top 8 Destruction cards (anything that ‘destroy’s
top 8 tribes?
elves? goblins?
two drops?
one drops?
Top 8 misplays?
Top 8 Limited first picks, pretty please
Top 8 mechanics.
Top 8 flavor cards.
Top 8 silver-bordered cards.
Top 8 “X” drops(1, then 2, then 3….)
Top 8 Gruesome Encores?
Top 8 cards to leave on Top with a Sensei’s Divining Top?
mechanics or limited formats please
How about top 8 legendary creatures (not exclusively for commander)? There has to be a few legendary creatures that saw constructed play outside of commander.
t8 art
t8 top decks
I would love to see a top 8 “bad” cards. Cards that may have been usable in their block but just don’t make sense unless you understand why they could have been useful. E.G. Goatsnapper (gain control of target goat) which was usable in block because of shapeshifters, but doesn’t make sense outside of that particular scenario.
In light of the controversy surrounding caw blade, I’d love to see “Top 8 Best standard (or type II) decks of all time.
I should clarify my suggestion on “Top 8 Best Standard Decks”. I don’t just want to hear a numbers report on which decks took up the biggest percentages of their respective metagame.
Which decks do you genuinely feel were the best at what they did? The decks that really shook up the metagame, or the decks that were just so well constructed, so elegant, with such great synergy, you just had to play it.
top 8 commanders for edh would be nifty but kind of akward to do. something about commander would be fantastic
yeah, it has been said before – but fires of yavimaya definately deserves being mentioned. Don’t you guys remember getting annihilated by turn 1 birds of paradise, turn 2 fires, turn 3 blastoderm, turn 4 saproling burst? That was a big game as luis would say!
Top 8 Worst Decks that “Everyone” Played…
Top 8 flavor texts FTW!!!
Top 8 Pauper cards
e.g. Top 8 Blue Pauper, Top 8 Black Pauper, ……
You still haven’t done T8 enchantments.
Top 8 Limited Formats!
Heh, top 8 GOLD cards, not GOLD-BORDERED cards, lol. I need to read more carefully. How about a top 8 UN-cards. That might be fun.
Top 8 Worst cards to see maindeck play
Top 8 removal spells or Top 8 combat tricks could be fairly comical and interesting plus ripe for puns lol
Top 8 worst cards to see play on the pro tour.
Top 8 Limited Bombs
Top 8 most skill intensive cards
Top 8 most misplayed cards
Top 8 “almosts” or overrated cards
Oooh
Top 8 punts in competitive play! (“have any fast effects?”)
Top 8 Cheats! (confirmed or unconfirmed, you gotta have a gold mine of stories here!)
I like the Top 8 commander generals idea.
Top 8 Flavor Text
Definitely top 8 LSV draft videos, with links to each one of them so we can watch some Lorthos smash. Man was that hilarious. Also, top 8 decks of all time would be nice (although you can feel free to edit that to top 8 standard decks or whatnot). Also, top 8 funniest draft archetypes (dampen thought anyone?).
I vote for the following:
Top 8 Limited Formats
Top 8 PT/GP Top 8’s
Top 8 Mechanics
top 8 unplayables
top 8 red one drops?
Top 8 Gruesome Encores!
Top 8 Worst Cards That Luis Has Lost To In Constructed.
(Just because I might account for half of that list.)
Top 8 Reveillarkable Creatures.
Top 8 Gifts Ungiven Packages
(Actually….that one seems awesome!)
Top 8 Constructed Flops
(Cards that didn’t live up to the hype. See: Serra Avenger)
top8 best players of all time
Top 8 Phil Foglio cards please
Top 8 5-drops.
Top 8 best magic foods
Top 8 most powerful sets
Top 8 most confusing cards
Top 8 non-magic hobbies amongst the CF pros
Top 8 best things about magic
Top 8 Angels
Top 8 Commons
Top 8 Quirky cards
Top 8 Overhyped Cards during spoiler season
Top 8 “Bears” or 2 drops with 2 power (2/2 or 2/1 seems fine)
-orvn
Top 8 most Chaotic cards?
stuff like warp world and theifs auction?
Top 8 cards to fork with Chandra the Firebrand !?
Top 8 orgasms from playing Tradewind Rider. For all I know they could all very well be mine.
Top 8 limited formats
Top 8 1-drops
Top 8 2-drops
Top 8 3-drops
(etc.)
Let the debate ensue as to whether 1-drop means ‘1 mana card’ or ‘card that you actually want to play T1.’
I guess that by ‘top 8 limited formats’ I really mean top 8 formats for sealed/draft. What’s most fun/skill intensive? Rank IPA against RAV block, or come out with a bold contention that block X draft was totally sweet as 2-set draft before the third set came and ‘ruined’ the block format.
Top 8 werebears.
Top 8 block expansions.
Top eight Top 8s?