I'm not sure that is true there's a few players I've seen in competitive events with the Richard Garfield playmat with lands in the front and a few other weird things that are in square zones.
Can you please ask the players to keep their lands below their other permanents? It gets confusing with the other board states, especially later in the game with full boards.
What I love about this channel is the obscurity of some of the commanders. I subscribe to mostly cEDH channels (it's my thing) and you, obviously, tend to see the same commanders. Watching cards you don't normally use see play is super refreshing.
Imagine casting swords to plowshares at sorcery speed on Saskia when the player that you know has infinite combos in the deck just drew 19 cards. Big brain move right there 🤦
Soooo much more hate should have been directed at Pascal, it was insanely clear early on that they were the most competitive deck by far. What was that wasted Swords to Plowshares on Saskia(who wasn't even pointing at Mike) when the next turn is a player who is clearly playing a combo deck and drew 20 cards last turn?? I loved all of the decks in this game, but that Garna deck seemed a little out of place
As an Orah player, the most inspiring thing about Eric's deck was being able to dodge a lot of the board wipes. You are right about missing some aristocrat key pieces, it didn't look like he found his sacrifice outlet in time or lifegain combos (not sure if that was in his deck to being with). I wouldn't be sure about combat "focus" when he didn't have much to lose for swinging with 3 creatures each turn since they gained indestructible but he didn't really gain anything else from that (except for Orah's Lifelink), but you actually know his deck. I actually made a Hofri cleric-focused deck to satiate my cleric combat ideas 😅.
I really don't understand why they didn't gang up and kill the player who was obviously playing a combo deck after he paid half his life to Necropotence. I guess they learned their lesson.
Pretty poor threat assessment to not yeet the player that drew 20 cards into the sun and save all removal for that player, imho. Combo Gharna (aka all Gharna) is pretty kill on sight because it has a loop piece in the command zone so it feels like it was vastly too strong for this table. Oh well.
Cleric decks do often have to deal with combat because they usually either have life gain, or team pump effects, or some sort of protection effect. Like Suture Priest, ancestor's Prophet, and Battletide Alchemist
It doesn't matter much because the game ended that turn anyway, but that Rakdos Charm made no sense to me... why not exile a graveyard instead, especially when one opponent sacrificed his entire board to benefit from Living Death?
I'd never seen Hunting Grounds before. Your vids are always a good place for great finds. Edit: Also, I might be mistaken, but doesn't Esika give your legends vigilance as well as the tap ability? Edit 2: 12:16 Booo BOOOOO! You made me snort my water.
Bought a few copies of it when I first started playing magic and man have they shot up really glad I bought several for super cheap before they plopped up to 15-30$+
The guys with lands in front got attacked first for reasons we already know. Also, I hate it when my opponent has SO much space on a playmat yet their cards are played on mine because they wanted to put them up front. I don't hate it, but use your own mat, especially if you're not even putting anything down.
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Insane Garna combos, two players playing lands in front, Esika player not using the Bridge half, wtf is this madness
I'm always amazed at where people put lands, artifacts, etc. But seriously, lands up front is an afront to my senses.
Idk what you mean that's how everyone was supposed to play in 93 according to my friends Richard Garfield way to play magic playmat.
When i started playing 20ish years ago that's the way everyone played.
Happy holidays.. that's heretical to put lands up on top and everything else on bottom lol
In commander there are mistakes in the mana tapping and paying that this heretical method seems to be a solution
That was how it was played in 1993 idk what the problem is.
@@kingfuzzy2 its also how i played as a kid. But oponentes rather see what is cast than lands (being in front helps). I believe it's part of rules
I'm not sure that is true there's a few players I've seen in competitive events with the Richard Garfield playmat with lands in the front and a few other weird things that are in square zones.
@@kingfuzzy2 i just googled and it seemes to be a rule in higher competitive games.
FNMs sometimes ignore it
Mike and Eric are monsters. Two of them at the same table is the stuff of nightmares!
Monsters is a serious understatement.
Happy holidays all, even those that put their lands in front of their creatures.
I saw the first guy and told myself: OK, some People play that way. Then the third did the same and i was: whaaaaat.
Using a Pointy Finger of Doom to indicate who Saskia hates is a stroke of genius.
Can you please ask the players to keep their lands below their other permanents? It gets confusing with the other board states, especially later in the game with full boards.
What I love about this channel is the obscurity of some of the commanders. I subscribe to mostly cEDH channels (it's my thing) and you, obviously, tend to see the same commanders.
Watching cards you don't normally use see play is super refreshing.
Imagine casting swords to plowshares at sorcery speed on Saskia when the player that you know has infinite combos in the deck just drew 19 cards. Big brain move right there 🤦
Not realizing that Esika also gives legendaries Vigilance was killing me the entire game.
God why play with lands at top so annoying lol
Soooo much more hate should have been directed at Pascal, it was insanely clear early on that they were the most competitive deck by far. What was that wasted Swords to Plowshares on Saskia(who wasn't even pointing at Mike) when the next turn is a player who is clearly playing a combo deck and drew 20 cards last turn?? I loved all of the decks in this game, but that Garna deck seemed a little out of place
As someone who mains a Garna combo deck, it is always underestimated until someone realizes it says from anywhere
As an Orah player, the most inspiring thing about Eric's deck was being able to dodge a lot of the board wipes. You are right about missing some aristocrat key pieces, it didn't look like he found his sacrifice outlet in time or lifegain combos (not sure if that was in his deck to being with). I wouldn't be sure about combat "focus" when he didn't have much to lose for swinging with 3 creatures each turn since they gained indestructible but he didn't really gain anything else from that (except for Orah's Lifelink), but you actually know his deck. I actually made a Hofri cleric-focused deck to satiate my cleric combat ideas 😅.
He didn’t gain life
And this is why you must always get rid of free sacrifice outlets, specially those who make mana.
I really don't understand why they didn't gang up and kill the player who was obviously playing a combo deck after he paid half his life to Necropotence. I guess they learned their lesson.
Pretty poor threat assessment to not yeet the player that drew 20 cards into the sun and save all removal for that player, imho. Combo Gharna (aka all Gharna) is pretty kill on sight because it has a loop piece in the command zone so it feels like it was vastly too strong for this table. Oh well.
Good game, but ruined with land in front.
Pascal’s deck seemed really strong and combo-y for the pod. I sent this mid episode so I don’t know who wins yet
I have a deck around it 2 but he made couple mistakes.
I see we have two who play their lands in the more cursed section of the play field
Merry Christmas and happy new year ( :
hope to see holiday colour tribal decks today
Not just one, but TWO players putting lands in front
That "Saskia - The pointy finger of doom" cracked me up 9:19
Im impressed eskias opening hand was all legends
Playing a FRONTLINE medic behind his lands.. Madness.
This games threat assessment gave me a headache that wont go away.
how does a sacred foundry and a mountain tap for selesnya? on 2:11 ?
Yavimaya makes everything tap for green
Foundry for white, mountain for green from Yavimaya
Cleric decks do often have to deal with combat because they usually either have life gain, or team pump effects, or some sort of protection effect. Like Suture Priest, ancestor's Prophet, and Battletide Alchemist
2:23 doesn’t morphing a creature cost 3 generic mana not 2?
was about to say that, yeah its 3 generic
It doesn't matter much because the game ended that turn anyway, but that Rakdos Charm made no sense to me... why not exile a graveyard instead, especially when one opponent sacrificed his entire board to benefit from Living Death?
He needed the damage to cast rakdos or yes that makes sense
@@vexxbane6172 But Eric lost life to pulmb the forbidden
I came here to say this, could have shut out clerics right then and there
Keen to see garna, such an interesting mechanic, I hope to see the list
Urza's Ruinous Blast is a Sorcery... it couldn't be used as a response and that likely would have changed the game dramatically
Wait... there's something on the front of Rainbow Bridge?
Almost stopped watching bc those lands on top were bothersome as hell. Followed by 3/4 tapping I almost tapped out
It finally happened. A game where I've never heard of any of the commanders.
I'd never seen Hunting Grounds before. Your vids are always a good place for great finds.
Edit: Also, I might be mistaken, but doesn't Esika give your legends vigilance as well as the tap ability?
Edit 2: 12:16 Booo BOOOOO! You made me snort my water.
Bought a few copies of it when I first started playing magic and man have they shot up really glad I bought several for super cheap before they plopped up to 15-30$+
Is it me or did eric cast a morph creature with only two mana ?
That's what happen when you play lands over, and creatures and enchantments in the place of the lands down, like a sick person xD XD
It was a Foretell card
I incorrectly narrated foretell as morph. Sorry for the confusion!
How did Eric play a morph creature for 2 mana on his 2nd turn?? I am confused.
At 6:05, the 'morphed' creature is revealed to have been a foretold Glorious Protector.
The guys with lands in front got attacked first for reasons we already know.
Also, I hate it when my opponent has SO much space on a playmat yet their cards are played on mine because they wanted to put them up front. I don't hate it, but use your own mat, especially if you're not even putting anything down.
How did the cleric player play a morph for 2 mana?
Its because Muddstah misspoke. It was not morph, Eric foretold the Glorious Protector.
I never thought I'd see "banding" in an actual game
I love that Garna deck 👍
does Pascal have a deck list for Garna? looks sick
How did he have the mana for hunting grounds? I belive he didn't have a green source at the time
The yavimaya made all lands forests in addition to their other types.
Yavimaya made everything forests
Ah okay. I missed that part
Eric running his favorite cleric
Sweet game! Brodie’s deck is sweet, although I wish he remembered that Esika gives vigilance. His turns would be even more insane.
Happy Chrismas Andrew
PLEASE. I need that Garna decklist!!!
Merry Christmas Andrew! I really enjoy your videos, but pls pls tell Eric to put his lands on the wrong place
Merry Christmas everyone!
Great Video!
Garna looks like alot of fun! Love seeing Rakdos win games 👍🏼
2:20 morphs cost 3, how did he play a morph here?
My thoughts exactly
It was actually foretell. I misspoke on the mechanic being used.
@@MTGMuddstah gotcha, does look similar on camera. Thanks for the reply!
now i wonder why mike plow saskia? he could take out pascal and maybe eric with one swing?
Turned it off at 2:30 when it became apparent that not 1 but 2 of the players were playing lands in front. I can't abide such war crimes.
Ummmmm anyone else notice that turn 2 Mike couldn't cast hunting grounds with only white and red mana available........?
Yavimaya makes all lands forests, so they tap for green in addition to their regular colors.
The lands the lands
Garna decklist please...
Pascal's Garna deck is hot hot hot!
Best underated EDH card ----> Soldevi Adnate !
This was a really good game where everyone got to do something. Maybe some people did more than others but people still did stuff so thats nice.
Isn’t Urzas Ruinus Blast a Sorcery
He had Raff Capashen, which lets him cast historic spells at instant speed.
It's legendary, so it counts as historic, and thus gains flash from Raff.
@@DarkEinherjar ah
I missed that too!
Did Eric forget Orah has Lifelink?
I think I may have. Sorry!
That land placement 🤮 Why would anyone ever play that way? 😭
45 degree tap gang.
Is Garna just always a combo commander? That's kinda sad. Sweet game other than that tho!
playing a morph creature paying 2?
It was actually foretell. I misspoke on the mechanic being used.
Eric and Mike are bad people
People putting lands above their other permanents makes me irrationally angry lol
The Lands .....
iv never seen hunting ground's cast without a green before lol ;)
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth makes everything forests ;)
Millicent, Restless Revenant pls pls pls pls pls
ummmm did no one else see mike cheat 2:08
First time I have seen a Garna deck, and I hate her. Stupid mechanic that just makes for way too ez of a combo while playing solitaire.
Um,Mike can’t cast Hunting Grounds with Red White mana.
Yavimaya allows him to do so
Lands in front from TWO players? What is this double-dose of blasphemy?
ugh. I can't watch these games with lands in front . sorry
Necro is such a stupid card
Dumbest rakdos charm I’ve ever seen.
Combo on board and doesn't exile the graveyard. Talk about kingmaking
Millicent, Restless Revenant pls pls pls pls