I love how Brian's board threat assessment is always whatever the strongest thing is that is NOT controlled by Olivia because the threat of being in the doghouse far outweighs any card created by Wizards.
I'm pretty sure for the most part it was because he had a bunch of permanence on his side that were not his And Olivia at any moment could force him to sacrifice them
Lair* And true, unfortunately the deck is barely functional as a precon. Luckily it gives you a lot of stuff to build around to make your own “20 ways to win”, but the Wotc version is mostly just for prints and cute Tom Nook cards 🤷🏾♂️. That said!!! I’m glad he loves the deck and I’m happy it’s out. I personally might try and get it but it’ll probably just be a fun collector kit.
Noooo, Eilidh! You wouldn’t have been able to kill brian in that second combat step because your creatures were already tapped from the first bonus combat step. You needed to attack first (normal combat step) and then play a land for Moraug’s trigger to untap your creatures into a second combat step. So many people still stumble over this. Still such an amazing game! Love you all!
Do you? Moraug's text reads that at the start of the extra combat step he gives, untag your creatures. Don't think it matters in what order you do it unless the oracle is different
@ColonelKoopa In this case Moraug gave the additionnal combat with untap trigger when her creatures are already untapped. Her second combat phase was the "normal" combat (so no untap). A common mistake with Moraug
@@ColonelKoopa it does what you say but problem is if they trigger before your actual combat step your creatures wont untap for your regular combat....which is why you attack first THEN land drop for the extra combats
She’s such a bad player. Earlier in the game she cast Open The Ways and resolved the surveil trigger from the first land before finishing resolving the Open The Ways. Not a big deal, but just shows she really has no clue how the game works. Surprised no one else noticed… a “pro player”, a WOTC staff member, and Olivia who literally gets paid to run the format. Smh
Last week Gavin posted a video about the Sheldon charity drive and playing a game in Sheldon's memory. I have a Karador deck, a commander I read Sheldon enjoyed. I pulled it out in my next game, and won it. GNU Sheldon.
Watching Olivia get emotional about the Sol Ring that belonged to Sheldon not only showed how much they meant to each other, but how much both of them mean to this crazy community of commander we have.
@@goberthicks I think it's an amazing gift to have been given and I hope that you pass that spirit on, when you see that person that Sheldon saw in you, give them a card that also means a lot to you.
Thank you for the brilliant game and I always love me a good ol’ Elder Dragon Hijinks at Home episode. I like the idea of the 20 ways to win and may go ahead and buy it for my crimbo to self. I’m prolly gonna tweak it a little though because I really think it would benefit from a couple of the shrines to aid wincons. Mostly the card draw shrines, lifegain, drain, spirit token, and mana generation. But very excited to see the new art for one of my favorite commanders as well as all the other great new art on other cards as well!
I will say, it’s not that I don’t trust the deck and it’s testing, it just I feel a little silly with a shrineless go-shintai >.> Annie Joins Up also seems like it’d be nuts with all the legendary permanents.
I love this so much! Such a great game. Elder Dragon Hijinks and Commander at Home are probably my favorite commander mtg channels to watch. I know we joke a lot about wanting to have Brian and Olivia sit apart from each other...but I think I took for granted how much Olivia prevents Brian's card flicking/shuffling sounds interfering with the mic. 🤣
Brian shouldn't have been able to buff Niv-Mizzet with Aragorn's trigger, since Niv has protection from multicolored. Also, Brian said he attached the boots to protect Omnath from being Lignified, but reanimating an aura gets around hexproof/shroud.
20:06 Brian could've tapped Garth in his upkeep to copy and cast the Disenchant and get Omnath's card reveal trigger at the beginning of the first main phase. As one of the few Omnath, Locus of All players out there, timing is important! And his ability is worded really weirdly.
That secret lair decklist seems so random and weird. Maybe that's why it is to intriguing. And I love the raccoon/tanuki cards, they have a very cool design, will def. try to get one on monday. As always love your show!
This was an interesting and impressive game, but I wish there were a little more, (or a lot more), explanations of what each player was doing on each turn, including everybody reading and explaining the cards for the first time they show up. I really liked that the secret lair creator was here. Most interesting was when he held up his paper list of the 20 ways to win with this new and expensive deck. I've been looking at it s deck list for the past 24 hours before I saw the list in this episode, I thought they were coming up short, under 20 ways to win. Now I get to verify straight from the creator of the deck!
Idk if this will actually get to Daniel but a consideration for the maze’s end win con is Omo, Queen of Vesuvia. I use maze’s end in my Omo deck as one of my most consistent win cons. I flicker her a bunch and turn non gates into gates. I know it’s too late for the secret lair but for ppl interested in playing it that might be a fun inclusion
@@imdanielholt Nice !! I do it with deadeye navigator and Sage of the maze, since every time you make a new gate you can untap the Sage. I also run a couple frogs from bloomburrow to return Omo to hand and replay her.
The Najeela Warrior Women deck I gave my kid is even more out of date than Olivia's and this was kind of nice to see that updating isn't super-duper important. Though I am sure there are way more warrior women on cards in the past four years or so. Pretty awesome game!
38:08 Eilidh should still have mangara and noble hierarch, i might have missed the use of homeward path, and it wasn’t necessary but Eilidh could have done two lurking predator triggers on go-shintai and revel in riches
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but did Eilidh's creatures have first strike? 28:12 Karlach gives them first strike and Olivia's attacking creatures have death touch. So I don't think she would have lost any creatures. I listen while I'm at work so I might have just missed something! 😅
The fact that 20 Ways to Win is Daniel's design is, unfortunately, one of the few good reasons to buy that Secret Lair Commander deck. But fun 5-color game! Love WUBRG commanders!
I wonder how many minutes of audio feature the sound of Brian flicking cards in the background. I did my best not to be distracted by it but by the hour and 5 minutes mark it's just constant.
This is for engagement/algorithm stuff Brian where is that mana coming from to pay for Omnath? 😊 P.s hope everyone & fam is doing well as we approach the holidays
23:00 trigger from Thundering Falls goes on the stack only AFTER you resolve the spell! So first you put all the lands and then resolve their triggers smh..
@@user-pr6jx5hz9m i mean, I'm a cedh player, so those things are really important for me, but mostly i'm triggered by the fact that if she resolved it correctly, the reality chip that she dumped into grave would go on the bottom anyway, and she would see one extra card And that card was definitely important and crucial for her to win😁 /j
Are all of Olivia's cards in this altered with that border design or is that just part of the card sleeve? If it's the sleeve then I need to know where I can get them because I love the look on all her cards.
As a complete aside from everything else, I would ~love~ to know where Olivia gets those pretty inner sleeves for her deck. I have an intense need to add something like that to some of mine
Here's hoping that the Secret lair isn't going to crash like the last one.... The deck looks silly and fun, though I absolutely need the new Go-Shintai and shrine token art
@ Sorry about that. I didn’t mean that anything was said in the released version. It just seemed like there was a cut/time jump while the camera is over Holts shoulder around that mark. So I assumed some banter from the left side of the table was taken out or a technical issue happened(microphone ect)
43:00 Judge here. No they do not all see each other. They are all cast as part of the resolution of Villainous Wealth, but they are cast as normal, that means they all go on the stack as separate spells and will resolve one at a time, along with any relevant triggers going on in between each.
Great video, feeds my addiction while I'm unable to join a group to play. Hopefully the SL deck isn't run like they have been recently and instead is available for limited time not quantity, would really like to pick this up
Get notified when the 20 Ways to Win Secret Lair Commander Deck goes live on December 2nd at 9am PST: bit.ly/20WaysToWin
Watching this so I know how my deck works!
This Deck sucks hard
I love how Brian's board threat assessment is always whatever the strongest thing is that is NOT controlled by Olivia because the threat of being in the doghouse far outweighs any card created by Wizards.
I'm pretty sure for the most part it was because he had a bunch of permanence on his side that were not his And Olivia at any moment could force him to sacrifice them
Learning that the 20 Ways to Win deck is actually a personal deck by Daniel Holt makes it a way cooler Secret Layer to me.
Lair*
And true, unfortunately the deck is barely functional as a precon. Luckily it gives you a lot of stuff to build around to make your own “20 ways to win”, but the Wotc version is mostly just for prints and cute Tom Nook cards 🤷🏾♂️. That said!!! I’m glad he loves the deck and I’m happy it’s out. I personally might try and get it but it’ll probably just be a fun collector kit.
Its still an unplayable mess, even with his early CD he does nearly nothing.
Bought it instantly once I learned that... plus it would cost almost double the cost to build with singles...
@@heavyduty6532 Pretty sure we just watched him play it fine... Sorry it isn't a top 2 meta cEDH deck out the box for $150... x
@@heavyduty6532 sounds like you just suck at real magic
"Every colored symbol is colored"
- Brian Kibler, 2024
Technically correct!
"The best kind of correct!"
"The Archer class is made up of Archers."
Guess no Devoid cards in his deck.
"HE TURNED MY COMMANDER INTO A TREE" -Brian Kibler :')
“You’re welcome!”
-Daniel Holt
He got better
Also, thank you for 150 episodes, ladies. What a great ride it's been!
Thank you so much!
Rest is Peace Sheldon! His philosophy for commander is at the core of every deck I brew, so every fun game my pod has is largely thanks to him.
Noooo, Eilidh! You wouldn’t have been able to kill brian in that second combat step because your creatures were already tapped from the first bonus combat step. You needed to attack first (normal combat step) and then play a land for Moraug’s trigger to untap your creatures into a second combat step. So many people still stumble over this. Still such an amazing game! Love you all!
also in the same turn her flaming trex died which does damage equal to its power to each opponent. think it was 7, which might of mattered.
Do you? Moraug's text reads that at the start of the extra combat step he gives, untag your creatures. Don't think it matters in what order you do it unless the oracle is different
@ColonelKoopa In this case Moraug gave the additionnal combat with untap trigger when her creatures are already untapped. Her second combat phase was the "normal" combat (so no untap).
A common mistake with Moraug
@@ColonelKoopa it does what you say but problem is if they trigger before your actual combat step your creatures wont untap for your regular combat....which is why you attack first THEN land drop for the extra combats
She’s such a bad player. Earlier in the game she cast Open The Ways and resolved the surveil trigger from the first land before finishing resolving the Open The Ways. Not a big deal, but just shows she really has no clue how the game works. Surprised no one else noticed… a “pro player”, a WOTC staff member, and Olivia who literally gets paid to run the format. Smh
Love that Sheldon lives on in Olivia's decks.
And in a way, all of ours.
Or some other insightful shit.
Last week Gavin posted a video about the Sheldon charity drive and playing a game in Sheldon's memory. I have a Karador deck, a commander I read Sheldon enjoyed. I pulled it out in my next game, and won it. GNU Sheldon.
1:59 "Every single _colored_ symbol on all of my cards is colored." - Brian Kibler, stating the obvious :D
Watching Olivia get emotional about the Sol Ring that belonged to Sheldon not only showed how much they meant to each other, but how much both of them mean to this crazy community of commander we have.
Silly me didn't catch she was talking about Sheldon.
@@childofgaia6857 I sobbed when Scott handed them to me and told me that his wife wanted to make sure I got them
@@goberthicks He had the right outlook on Commander. Just like you do, both in your own way.
@@goberthicks I think it's an amazing gift to have been given and I hope that you pass that spirit on, when you see that person that Sheldon saw in you, give them a card that also means a lot to you.
I was kinda hoping you'd all be playing the 20 ways to win precon
@@Halinn I pitched it hahaha
Thank you for the brilliant game and I always love me a good ol’ Elder Dragon Hijinks at Home episode. I like the idea of the 20 ways to win and may go ahead and buy it for my crimbo to self. I’m prolly gonna tweak it a little though because I really think it would benefit from a couple of the shrines to aid wincons. Mostly the card draw shrines, lifegain, drain, spirit token, and mana generation. But very excited to see the new art for one of my favorite commanders as well as all the other great new art on other cards as well!
I will say, it’s not that I don’t trust the deck and it’s testing, it just I feel a little silly with a shrineless go-shintai >.> Annie Joins Up also seems like it’d be nuts with all the legendary permanents.
Congratulations on the Engagement Daniel ❤
I love this so much! Such a great game. Elder Dragon Hijinks and Commander at Home are probably my favorite commander mtg channels to watch. I know we joke a lot about wanting to have Brian and Olivia sit apart from each other...but I think I took for granted how much Olivia prevents Brian's card flicking/shuffling sounds interfering with the mic. 🤣
I love how it seems the big dice seem to roll higher on average whenever it's a Hijinks episode.
Screw consistency, Brian and Olivia sitting across from each other is, A nice Change of Pace!
It was cool to see the secret lair deck in action before the release! Lots of win angles to keep track of in your head!
Brian shouldn't have been able to buff Niv-Mizzet with Aragorn's trigger, since Niv has protection from multicolored. Also, Brian said he attached the boots to protect Omnath from being Lignified, but reanimating an aura gets around hexproof/shroud.
Ok that yeessssss with audible nail clacking by olivia at 24:50 is just perfect
I love the home at hijinks crew
Knew I really enjoyed Brian’s energy from the episode of the command zone about playing free - I’m only 11:11 in and already having a good time lol
20:06 Brian could've tapped Garth in his upkeep to copy and cast the Disenchant and get Omnath's card reveal trigger at the beginning of the first main phase.
As one of the few Omnath, Locus of All players out there, timing is important! And his ability is worded really weirdly.
That secret lair decklist seems so random and weird. Maybe that's why it is to intriguing. And I love the raccoon/tanuki cards, they have a very cool design, will def. try to get one on monday. As always love your show!
Is that custom art on all of Olivia's cards or do those cards exist as that is amazing
This was an interesting and impressive game, but I wish there were a little more, (or a lot more), explanations of what each player was doing on each turn, including everybody reading and explaining the cards for the first time they show up. I really liked that the secret lair creator was here. Most interesting was when he held up his paper list of the 20 ways to win with this new and expensive deck. I've been looking at it s deck list for the past 24 hours before I saw the list in this episode, I thought they were coming up short, under 20 ways to win. Now I get to verify straight from the creator of the deck!
But they shuffled already 5 minutes every time
So fun as always. The new card art in Daniel's deck is great and I'm looking forward to seeing it IRL.
that prismatic bridge deck is siiiiiiick, love the theme of top of the library. thats awesome.
I was geeking out the whole time in the edit. Genuinely one of Eilidh's coolest deck ideas EVER! -EK
What a fun game. Always a pleasure to see Daniel.
Olivia's lands are gorgeous... can anyone let me know what set are those from?
Same question.
Well i might be late to my family dinner. I would rather watch this episode.
"Hasn't been updated since kaldheim". Plays Karlach...😉
Karlach, Kaldheim, they sound the same 😬
@@EDHijinks Who has the time and energy to keep up?
That necklace on daniel is so nice
That Paul Scott Canavan Swamp is my favorite!
I still say my goofy Urtet deck's win-con roulette is more fuin, but heck is it funny to see this in action. Also love those new art treatments.
This is like the 10th video I've watched and just realized I wast subscribed...
What?!
Keep it up
Love it guys!!!❤
Me seeing the sylvan library merge in with itself 13:33 was trippy
Not that it would have made a difference but you need to fully resolve your spell before putting your land triggers on the stack with Open the Way.
24:03 oko eyes are so precious
Hey, dumb question, but at around 30 ish minute mark, Brian taps garth for black lotus, did he not have summoning sickness?
Was already on the board for a full turn cycle at that point
@@MrZer093 Fair enough, thanks!
Thank you deeply to Brian and Oliver for offering their home for a watchable game of Elder Dragon Hijinks. 🙏😇🙏
Sweet, i Ilove the Secret Lair decks.
Idk if this will actually get to Daniel but a consideration for the maze’s end win con is Omo, Queen of Vesuvia. I use maze’s end in my Omo deck as one of my most consistent win cons. I flicker her a bunch and turn non gates into gates. I know it’s too late for the secret lair but for ppl interested in playing it that might be a fun inclusion
I think Omo is a great consideration :) I was looking at several new cards from that precon to support the Maze’s End win!
@@imdanielholt Nice !! I do it with deadeye navigator and Sage of the maze, since every time you make a new gate you can untap the Sage. I also run a couple frogs from bloomburrow to return Omo to hand and replay her.
Super fun game!!! And love the new deck! Can't wait to build it.
Really happy the team is back together
Where do I go about finding sleeves like Olivias Najeela deck? Those are gorgeous.
Where does one get blinged cards like Olivia?? I can't recall where I've seen those before...
The fancy designs on your Lands are those on the sleeves themselves or has the land itself been modified?
Do the sleeves Olivia uses in this video have decorative flare to them? :O What brand andtype are they?
How were you able to cast The Lost and the Damned at 11:46 if you fetched for a blue source rather than a red one?
Really enjoyed watching this game a lot, that secret lair deck looks like a lot of fun! Also Eilidh's nail work is fantastic!
I saw some art on Olivia's sleeves but on the card sides, what were those? they were absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!
They are alter sleeves! The ones I have are a collab I was involved with, you can find them at mythic gaming dot com and search for blade lotus
Some inner sleeve from alter sleeves called blade lotus
The Najeela Warrior Women deck I gave my kid is even more out of date than Olivia's and this was kind of nice to see that updating isn't super-duper important. Though I am sure there are way more warrior women on cards in the past four years or so. Pretty awesome game!
One thing I want to know is, where did Olivia got them card sleeves?
38:08 Eilidh should still have mangara and noble hierarch, i might have missed the use of homeward path, and it wasn’t necessary but Eilidh could have done two lurking predator triggers on go-shintai and revel in riches
Very cool decks. Also the phrase “there’s so many triggers” is so familiar from my usual table of friends. 😂
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but did Eilidh's creatures have first strike? 28:12 Karlach gives them first strike and Olivia's attacking creatures have death touch. So I don't think she would have lost any creatures. I listen while I'm at work so I might have just missed something! 😅
The alternate win con deck does seem like a lot of fun to play, great game 🫶🏼
Can anyone direct me to where to buy those dice with the cactus on them? I forgot where they buy them from and I want to get some.
Spikefeeders
I managed to get the raining cats and dogs deck, I hope i can get this one, too.
Is there a card list for that 20 ways to win deck?
I'll add it to the description now
@@EDHijinksthank you!
Happy Thanksgiving!!! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. I'm thankful for you guys in this channel 🫡🙏🏾
The fact that 20 Ways to Win is Daniel's design is, unfortunately, one of the few good reasons to buy that Secret Lair Commander deck. But fun 5-color game! Love WUBRG commanders!
Seeing Brian on that side of the table hurts my brain a little
What are those fancy lands Olivia has?
This is the perfect Najeela thing to happen. About to punch through and then, oops gates take the day
I wonder how many minutes of audio feature the sound of Brian flicking cards in the background. I did my best not to be distracted by it but by the hour and 5 minutes mark it's just constant.
that's just brian kiblers musical theme
Are Olivia’s lands special lands? Or did someone just alter them to look like that??
Alter sleeves! Special insets for decks
This is for engagement/algorithm stuff
Brian where is that mana coming from to pay for Omnath? 😊
P.s hope everyone & fam is doing well as we approach the holidays
Phyrexia
from the trees
Fun Fact:
You can activate Najeela's effect before damage to give your creatures Lifelink and Trample during the first combat. 🤓
Does the sld come with that checklist?
It does indeed!!! -EK
23:00 trigger from Thundering Falls goes on the stack only AFTER you resolve the spell! So first you put all the lands and then resolve their triggers smh..
Yeah I don't think shes very good...
womp womp
Came here to say this! Oh well, magic is hard.
@@user-pr6jx5hz9m i mean, I'm a cedh player, so those things are really important for me, but mostly i'm triggered by the fact that if she resolved it correctly, the reality chip that she dumped into grave would go on the bottom anyway, and she would see one extra card
And that card was definitely important and crucial for her to win😁 /j
I appreciate this channel!
i loved the new animation for the cards
1:08:13 its okay Eilidh, sadness is a free action on the stack 😂
Are all of Olivia's cards in this altered with that border design or is that just part of the card sleeve? If it's the sleeve then I need to know where I can get them because I love the look on all her cards.
YES! It's Daniel, THE Saviour of Kamigawa
Don't let Wheeler hear you say that.
@@thadrin Tell Wheeler directly. 😜
@@thadrin I'm not afraid to ruffle the feathers of the 2nd best Benjamin in MtG
Very unexpected ending XD Good game! People don't fall for fomo on secret lairs
Does anyone know where to get the special inside sleeves olivia uses?
Was there a link to that giveaway somewhere?
it's in the video description! 😊 -EK
@@EDHijinks thanks I didn’t click far enough
Damn najeela and Saryth or karlach is a real good anti combo I never noticed
37:36 My wife does that growl, too. And for similar reasons :)
As a complete aside from everything else, I would ~love~ to know where Olivia gets those pretty inner sleeves for her deck. I have an intense need to add something like that to some of mine
@@Demonia105 mythic gaming dot come, that variant is called blade lotus
inner sleeve from alter sleeves called blade lotus
@@s.shadowwe3012 Thank you! Now I know what to make a wishlist towards
THIS is amazing!
Here's hoping that the Secret lair isn't going to crash like the last one....
The deck looks silly and fun, though I absolutely need the new Go-Shintai and shrine token art
I heard that Civilization reference Brain! Made me giggle
bothering me alot that when eili cast 10:29 and then found an island she didnt find the red pip :C
Ah crap! You're right! I knew I had to get red but brain farted on that one
@@EDHijinks equaly great game even if there are errors
I feel like this was filmed at the end of the day after several games lol.
Wouldn’t the 1/1 soldier that attacked the planeswalker kill it because of bow of nylea?
Please tell me about Olivia's sleeves. Are they inner sleeves or alters?
Both they are inner sleeves from a website called alter sleeves
1:12:30 If you activate Najeela before the first combat damage you get the lifelink on the first combat.
NM, you got it. :)
or not?
Lol, we actually had Olivia gain the life then somehow talked ourselves out of them having lifelink. It was a long game XD
Daniel’s Divining Top
The SLD seems like it needs an Amulet of Vigor badly.
I really like the shirt from Olivia. Can someone say me where I can get this?
Where can you get the shirt that Olivia is wearing in this episode?
MTG Pro Shop had it once upon a time, but I believe it was a limited run.
Yo an actual duck shows up on Brian’s mic at around 1 hour 17 minutes! 🤣
I feel like something was said at the 11 minute mark that was not meant to be released/had to be cut
Mind elaborating?
@ Sorry about that. I didn’t mean that anything was said in the released version. It just seemed like there was a cut/time jump while the camera is over Holts shoulder around that mark. So I assumed some banter from the left side of the table was taken out or a technical issue happened(microphone ect)
43:00 Judge here. No they do not all see each other. They are all cast as part of the resolution of Villainous Wealth, but they are cast as normal, that means they all go on the stack as separate spells and will resolve one at a time, along with any relevant triggers going on in between each.
Should Daniel have drawn a second Remora card from Olivia's cultivate?
new secret lair looks cool but scalpers are probably gonna buy it out 😢
Great video, feeds my addiction while I'm unable to join a group to play. Hopefully the SL deck isn't run like they have been recently and instead is available for limited time not quantity, would really like to pick this up