When you amass you make an army and put a counter on it if you don't already control one. If you do, you just continue to add counters to it. Thanks to Maskwood Nexus all of Arca's creatures were armies and therefore he could place the counters on any of them.

​@@Tongarism that's a really interesting interaction I didn't think about. Putting it in my saruman deck

Maskwood Nexus things makes everything an orc army

@@Niehmgreat synergy too!

Along with the demonic tutor, and Decklist showing other fast mana like ancient tomb and mana vault, Sauron was on another level compared to the rest..

Still lost though 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

I’d be interested if the “CEDH” esq cards were disclosed in a pre game conversation.

Isn't every game on this channel high power?

This comment section shows people don't play interaction like they should and it's a skill issue

They’re coming back! I’m just usually two weeks ahead of my publication, so it takes time for changes to roll out.

Kind of! I live in Ottawa, but used to live in Montreal! I have several groups who drive from Gatineau to film with me.

Nope! All Braids cares about is the card type initially. Once that criteria for the sacrifice is met, the rest happens.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm always trying to find the right balance between keeping things short and providing enough context.

No, sorry. I haven’t had time with the holidays. I will try and update it in the new year.

My braids wins very consistently. Drawing usually at least 2 but more often 3 (about 2/3 of the time it's 3) extra cards every turn finds your win conditions extremely fast. But if you have the ayara deck already, you can just try swapping commanders. Most lists for either can work well for the other.

@@FootballMedic what are your most consistent win cons? I guess the main difference would be, that Braids will draw more cards, but Ayara will dish out more damage at a faster pace.

Braids is more open ended. She can support almost any win line. Ayara is good but overly committed to tokens, IME

I've played a good deal of both, and both are fun and powerful. I like Braids more though, because Ayara always ends up being the bog standard aristocrats build. Braids can power any mono black strategy you can think of as long as you feed her cheap permanents. She just allows for a much more inventive 99 that's not just Blood Artist, Zulaport, Bastion, etc. She can do mono black artifacts, enchantments, bizarre tribal, etc. I even put her at the head of rat tribal with all the other typical rat commanders in the 99 and it was straight gas.

@@biostem i guess i'll give braids a shot. i avoided mono black black for years, since its my least favorite color, i didn't expect her to pop of that strong and fast. i guess a hybrid of typical aristocrats + big reanimater could be fun

Descent is love. Descent is life!

@@MTGMuddstah Imagine Descent with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror... now instead of losing life, you're gaining twice what you would've lost!