Dominaria United came out to ring in the early celebrations for Magic's 30th anniversary year with a bang. A successor to 2018's wildly popular Dominaria, Dominaria United saw us experiencing the second Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria. As such, the set was designed to feel much closer in style to the classic early 2000's Invasion Block rather than the Alpha vibes of Dominaria. With it came some truly stellar mythics and today we're going to rank them all!

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• 20. Karn, Living Legacy
• 19. Weatherlight Compleated
• 18. Sphinx of Clear Skies
• 17. Rith, Liberated Primeval
• 16. Ajani, Sleeper Agent
• 15. Sol'Kanar the Tainted
• 14. The World Spell
• 13. Silverback Elder
• 12. Shanna, Purifying Blade
• 11. Soul of Windgrace

10. Karn's Sylex

Karn's Sylex provides a sort of modern day take on Nevinyrral's Disk that also shut down players' ability to pay life for spells and abilities. The card wasn't a huge player in Constructed, though it did see some play in the likes of Pioneer Nykthos Ramp prior to the banning of Karn, the Great Creator in the format. Despite this, it has also shown itself to be a great board wipe option for games of Commander, much like Disk before it.

9. Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

Unlike the original Jaya Ballard planeswalker from the first Dominaria release, Jaya, Fiery Negotiator proved to be an interesting card that saw some play. Unfortunately, it wasn't very much play as the Red decks that might've wanted her sped up so much that there simply wasn't a need to play her, but she would make occasional showings in tournaments during her tenure. As an interesting note, she joins the company of only six other planeswalkers in having four printed loyalty abilities.

8. Timeless Lotus

Timeless Lotus continues the trend of powerful Lotus effects in Magic. This one feels quite similar to Gilded Lotus in that it can be used every turn and taps for multiple mana at once. While a cool card that's a must-have for any five-color deck in Commander, it's simultaneously hindered by the format's color identity, which makes it impossible for any deck that isn't five-color to run. That hasn't prevented it from being a popular card, however, making it a great mythic for this set.

7. Vesuvan Duplimancy

Players really love doubling up on their cards and getting value on top of value. Vesuvan Duplimancy allows you to do this over and over again, creating obscene amounts of value in any format it has been able to put in work. Naturally, this was primarily the case for Commander which could take advantage of the ability with extremely powerful ETB abilities. However, it also proved devastating in Limited as well, allowing players to create a massive army of creatures that would easily overwhelm any player facing off against it.

6. Shivan Devastator

While perhaps not the greatest mythic in terms of raw power, Shivan Devastator made a pretty sizable showing in Standard. Most competitive players at the higher level would argue it's worse than most other options of the era, however that didn't stop players from running a copy or two. It provided a great way to push through damage in the late game and gave players an excellent out in land flood situations. It was also quite the house in Limited, completely dominating any game it showed up in.

5. Serra Paragon

Serra Paragon was instantly beloved by many. It felt like a sort of Mono-White version of Muldrotha, the Gravetide, which has long been a staple of Commander. It didn't just make a big splash in casual formats, though, but rather it also saw quite a bit of Standard play. Pixie decks and some Mono-White Token Control lists took advantage of the card to replay powerful spells over and over again for incremental value.

4. Zur, Eternal Schemer

If I had written this article this time last year, Zur, Eternal Schemer probably would've found a much lower position on this list. Instead, we got to see him shine brightly in last year's post-rotation Domain lists following the release of Duskmourn: House of Horror. The powerful legend paired smoothly with the set's Overlord cycle and enabled some truly brutal finishes, cementing the Domain deck's place in the format for another year.

3. Jodah, the Unifier

The Jodah from the last Dominaria set, Jodah, Archmage Eternal, turned out to be a pretty sweet card for many Commander players. Jodah, the Unifier cranked the experience to 11, though, providing players everywhere a means to go all-in on a fun legends-matters commander. You could simply throw together a pile of whatever legends you had and go to town. This made it an instantly beloved commander, rocketing the charts of EDHREC's top commanders list sitting at number 15 as of this writing. It even inspired some fun Standard decks like Brian Kibler's deck he famously took to the Pro Tour, though these largely didn't amount to much. The real appeal was Commander, and it'll always be among the best.

2. Liliana of the Veil

For years, Liliana of the Veil was hailed as one of the strongest planeswalkers of all time and the thought of it being reprinted ever again into Standard seemed unlikely. Wizards considered it in Magic 2015 but backed down, fearing the card's power. Here, though, they let it loose once again, providing both a much-needed reprint and a strong card for the Standard and Pioneer environments. The card's power may be tempered a little by today's standards, but it's still been a healthy player and helped enable decks in Pioneer like Waste Not as well.

1. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

If you asked many Standard players what their most hated card was for the year following the release of Dominaria United, odds are good they would tell you Sheoldred. The card became a player in not just Standard, but Pioneer, Modern, Commander, Cube, and even somewhat in Legacy and Vintage thanks to powerful wheel effects. This made the card insanely expensive - a fact that is still true to this day despite the looming Standard rotation.

Paige Smith

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