Holding Priority - Magic the Gathering
Jun 22, 2026 · 3 hr 23 min · 10 segments
Welcome to another episode of Holding Priority, the ultimate destination for Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts seeking to deepen their understanding of the game. In today's episode, we discuss the…
We're under five minutes on the intro, so let's get into the card rating scale before we get into the cards.
So just as a reminder, the card rating scale is one through five for non-Commander cards.
And five, this will be a strong add in any color deck the card can be run in.
Think about like Smothering Tithe, Wheel of Fortune, Ad Nause, stuff like that.
Uh, for the commander cards, we kind of just rate them on a feeling scale of one through five, five being like, you will see this in your next tournament and it might win one being, uh, yeah, you know, this is probably a T3, T4 commander.
We haven't really been using them lately because all of the magic cards have been kind of just generically good.
Either we can mark the card as what we think is the best in the set or overturn someone else's rating.
So, like, if I say it's a 1 and Ghost says it's a 5, it'll be a 5 if they use their Force of Will.
We're under five minutes on the intro, so let's get into the card rating scale before we get into the cards.
So just as a reminder, the card rating scale is one through five for non-Commander cards.
And five, this will be a strong add in any color deck the card can be run in.
Think about like Smothering Tithe, Wheel of Fortune, Ad Nause, stuff like that.
Uh, for the commander cards, we kind of just rate them on a feeling scale of one through five, five being like, you will see this in your next tournament and it might win one being, uh, yeah, you know, this is probably a T3, T4 commander.
We haven't really been using them lately because all of the magic cards have been kind of just generically good.
Either we can mark the card as what we think is the best in the set or overturn someone else's rating.
So, like, if I say it's a 1 and Ghost says it's a 5, it'll be a 5 if they use their Force of Will.
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