Equipment Tier List | Commander Clash Podcast #26

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  @MTGGoldfishCommander · 4 years ago · pinned

  How do you feel about these semi-specific tier lists? Should we rank them in a general sense (it's possible that no card is S tier since these cards are niche), or should we rank them amongst themselves (this is S-tier equipment, but even the best equipment is mediocre). With a general list, most equipment are only good in Voltron giving them a B or C rating, but a specific tier list would put everything at S or A. Same question applies to card draw. Do you rank "white card draw" in its own category or against other card draw? Non-green ramp? Non-blue counterspells, etc etc. We try make the discussion engaging so you understand the nuances/caveats, but people still really fixate on a final letter grade, so we want to try to make it more accurate. Interested in your thoughts.

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  @esrohm6460 · 4 years ago

  crim when he sees sword of body and mind: "I know i could just mill you into some insane cards but think of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE if i mill your win cons.

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  @mercilessjutsu · 4 years ago

  I like sword of the animist because it is an attack trigger not a combat damage trigger, so you just attack and ramp regardless if there are blockers or not.

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• CO

  @cooperburnham2359 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Only sword that combos into a win condition&quot; &nbsp;<br>Hearth and Home can go infinite with Aurelia

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• MU

  @Muongoing.97c · 4 years ago

  In defense of Explorer&apos;s Scope: the two big arguments they proposed against it is Sword of the Animist and Sword of Hearth and Home. In paper, Explorer&apos;s Scope is around $0.25. The two swords are about $9 and $14 respectively. The swords might be guaranteed ramp, but at a 4 and 5 mana investment. Explorer&apos;s Scope has about 33% chance of grabbing a land every turn at 2 mana investment while also not hurting your budget. Also, no one is going to bother removing your Scope whereas Hearth and Home is certainly going to draw some attention.<br><br>At the end of the day, it&apos;s not an amazing card, but it&apos;s cheap, effective, and flies under the radar.

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• PO

  @poipoi9816 · 4 years ago

  fully expected Tomer to pivot from &quot;Swords, the most popular, iconic, and powerful equipment in magic the gathering&quot; to &quot;so we&apos;re going to start off with Sword of Kaldra&quot;

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• CO

  @cooperburnham2359 · 4 years ago

  Sinew and Steel is the best sword for generic commanders because it offers removal in colors without access to it. The other swords just do things

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• GE

  @gerardoayala8124 · 4 years ago

  As a budget-conscious player, I love Explorer&apos;s Scope. &nbsp;I really like how it can take lands off the top of my deck, thereby ramping me and potentially letting me draw more gas.

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• JO

  @jo_ken · 4 years ago (edited)

  Surprised Sinew and Steel was so low on the board. Had good protections from red burn and black removal and it blows up any player’s artifacts/planeswalkers not just the person you swung at. Also odd they didn’t do Fire &amp; Ice.

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• CH

  @chaoticdrewtral · 4 years ago

  Seth: Need a critical amount of creatures to run equipment<br>One Creature Voltron: <b>laughs</b>

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• GO

  @GoyfAscetic · 4 years ago

  One thing I don&apos;t see discussed about the Swords is in addition to protecting the equipped creature they also make it easier for the creature to deal dmg to the player which is required for the rest of the sword to matter. So the GW sword is not as good at saving your creature but it is among the best for allowing the equipped creature to connect. Imo, GW are the colors that tend to run the most creatures.

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  @1331Thief · 4 years ago

  Inb4 dowsing dagger SS tier by richard

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