Top 10 Most Broken Green Cards of All Time

Green has been a powerful color since the early days of Magic the Gathering. Its ability to get ahead on mana as well as being the color with the most direct support for creatures has led to various overpowered cards coming out at various points in the game’s history. With multiple cards appearing on multiple format banlists, there is no shortage of options when it comes to listing cards that could be considered broken.

Script by Uncrowned Jules
Editing by Pumkinswift
├ The List
Intro: (0:00)
10. Birthing Pod: (0:16)
9. Earthcraft: (1:58)
8. Protean Hulk: (3:50)
7. Oath of Druids: (5:43)
6. Once upon a time: (7:07)
5. Hermit Druid: (8:45)
4. Survival of the fittest: (10:17)
3. Golgari Grave troll: (11:52)
2. Channel : (13:47)
1. Fastbond: (15:58)

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(Just a note, we have people who actually know the game very well making the scripts for this channel. As the owner of the channel (Theduellogs/hirumaredx) is a total newbie to the game.)

[jonart]

You missed the real best green card Colossal Dreadmaw.

[randommaster]

Honorable mention to Deathrite Shaman for being a one-mana planeswalker.

[ripvanwinkle]

Many years back, I had a pal who bought a Black Lotus just so he could try to pull off the infamous Channel Fireball turn one kill.
After many failed attempts, during a match with me, he finally got the combo and a massive grin spread across his face.
He sacked the Lotus for three green Mana, cast Channel and spent 19 life, tapped his Mountain, stood up and threw the Fireball onto the table saying something like "There it is! Boom baby, BOOM!".
The problem was that I had gone first and had one Plains in play.
I calmly tapped my Plains . . . and cast Heal. Heal prevents one measly point of damage. This is a card that no one plays, but I liked it since it replaced itself at the beginning of the next upkeep. We were both at one life. I ended up winning that game. Poor guy was livid.
He sold the Black Lotus a few days later.

[Darkorinth]

I remember a multiplayer game (this was years before commander) that included a guy that refused to accept Fastbond had any errata or rulings and only the printed text on the card. He claimed that by itself it let him play Stripmine from his graveyard every turn, including his opponent's turns. We responded by refusing to accept he was still in the game.

[theemathas]

There are also infinite combos you could do with Fastbond. For example, with "Oboro, Palace in the Clouds", and a Ruin Crab, you can mill the opponent equal to three times your life, which is often enough to win the game.

[jenniferwilliams]

Damn! This is the second time that you guys have pulled the Summer Magic version of a card for a video. That Fastbond was from Summer Magic, as was a Contract From Below on a prior video! Those are the most rare version (by a mile) of those cards! It is interesting to see them!

[golrakklestuff]

Really surprised to not see tarmogoyf, considered for a long time to be the best creature in the game...

[sheldonamosiii]

Gotta say one of my all time favorite green cards of all time is Craterhoof Behemoth, I remember years ago when I saw it in action I was determined to have it. Still use it when I can

[ElliotButch]

Birthing Pod was banned years before the Devoted Druid combo was a thing. It was banned because it restricted future creature design and was the most played deck. It would be fair It stayed ban because of combos like Devoted Druid

[IceboxOG]

Expected channel over fastbond, interesting choice

[corey]

I get mispronouncing crazy fantasy names, but when a card's name is made up of just 2 basic words like "Fast" and "Bond, " how can you mess that up? 😂

[marcuscarty]

The name's bound...fast bound...I thought "Jaumes" was too weird so I had my first name legally changed.

[christopherfu]

Before watching, some cards I expect to be on the list: The Great Henge and Questing Beast.

[andreaswehrmann]

The artwork of 'Once Upon A Time' is so beautiful!

[theemathas]

You misunderstood the reason Survival Of The Fittest is powerful. If you have Survival in play with 3 green mana, and have Vengevine in hand, you can discard the Vengevine to grab a second Vengevine. Discard that to grab a Rootwalla. Discard that (and casting it) to grab a Hollow One. Then cast Hollow One for free, getting back two Vengevines. This gives you a total of 13 power. And for each extra green mana you have to spare, you can get an extra Vengevine.

[marshallwilver]

Brother the way you pronounce fastbond was making my eye twitch. Jokes aside. Love the content. Keep it up my dude!

[TheAndOnlyGoldenboy]

Fastbond and Channel are so busted, a friend of mine has a deck that's just Rat Turbo. Turn one he'll use cards to get out Thrumming Stone and then Relentless Rats to just flood his board with 20+ rats, and those two are key parts of the combo.

I've even seen him win ON turn 1 by doing that, then dropping a Biorhythm before anyone else even got a turn. Most people didn't want to play against him after that.

[roercula]

arent you the duellogs guy? I remembered you making a video where you reviewed magic cards and you didnt knew anything about the game.
I am happy that you seem to like the game.

[alecazam]

An alarming number of these are two drops from Tempest block....

[calemr]

Predictions: Pod. Zenith. Once Upon a Time.

And a bunch of stuff from before my time like Channel.