It can’t possibly be correct to cut a grief, right?
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
I’m back on four now, but primarily to combat Eldrazi.
@JamesKisauАй бұрын
Reanimating Nadu and Nomads was a great line! Reanimate is just a really cool card in general
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Oh man it was so fun 😂
@zolgia1084Ай бұрын
anyway mate i actually was under daze... i cant pay with temple mana. I think you really tilted that game lolllz it happens :) ANYWAY GRATZ FOR THE TOP
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
I think I missed a spawn token which you had in play and used to pay for my daze. Either way, GGs and congrats on the finish!
@guydrinksteaАй бұрын
Congrats on your Top 8! The 2 Dauthi main next to the Frogs was a great call. Unfortunately I made the wrong call and decided not to play Scaminator at a larger event I went to last weekend. I even had my sideboard prepared in a similar way to yours, with 2 Coffin Purge and 2 Dark Betrayal. Having those removal spells only cost 1 mana felt really important.
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Dark Betrayal is 🔥🔥🔥 What did you end up playing instead?
@guydrinksteaАй бұрын
@@Matt_Chow I played Esper Pokepile instead - the deck felt good on Friday, going 4-1 and only losing to a Moon Stompy build with 8 red blasts in the 75. That type of deck is also something that suits my personal playstyle a lot more. The main issue was really that I lost to Grixis Delver twice in the big event because I hadn't practiced the matchup at all and took the wrong approach in my games.
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Grixis Delver is almost always my nemesis haha
@fancypanda98Ай бұрын
I think one issue with Serra’s Emissary is that they will have leylines which are in play some times that you must answer, and half the time you will be reanimating it with animate dead which can easily be killed with the command or the UG kicker card. It’s a strong idea but I think the situations where it is strong and when the other two monsters are not enough is pretty narrow
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Yeah I actually think you’re right, I think I was conflating pre-board and post-board games. In preboard Eldrazi is faster and more likely to have kept a 7 card hand, meaning that they can power through Reanimation if they have the battlemage to bounce it. However during post-board games they are much slower and less consistent due to mulliganing for hate, so any target is usually sufficient.
@fancypanda98Ай бұрын
Tip for future videos: when checking replays you can open the sideboard so that you know exactly what you did in each match. Fun video, have a big paper tournament and will be jamming the best deck
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Good tip! Thank you!
@blakepauling2405Ай бұрын
If u cant beat them join them...
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
🐸
@brandanmatthews4787Ай бұрын
more of this please
@PokemokiАй бұрын
Excellent analysis
@Quiron1985Ай бұрын
got my 4 Nulldrifters and some Vexing Baubles for my Stiflenought deck. Works very well! Thx MH3 Great work dude. Also, ban Grief is the only good choice.
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
I never published the piece, but I went through and reviewed every MH3/M3C card prior to release and Nulldrifter was a something I was extremely wrong about. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to cheat it into play, fully missing the interaction with Stifle and Dress Down 😂 I’m glad you got a cool new tool for Stiflenought!
@Quiron1985Ай бұрын
@@Matt_Chow Stifle/Dressdown/Doorkeeper Thrull. And the thing with the Thrull is, he prevents ETB, but the Nulldrifter's 2 cards are cast trigger, not ETB. So u get the cards anyway, even when countered
@lightworker2956Ай бұрын
Great video, thanks.
@KasumiFoxАй бұрын
Great job as always, Matt! Hope the mtgo get back to work soon so we can get that important info and you can keep this up!
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Thanks and congrats!
@SpitePlaysАй бұрын
The goat 🐐
@AmishtrollАй бұрын
+1 to revamp the scam guide. Cheers!
@guydrinksteaАй бұрын
I really love these videos and always enjoy your data-based insights! Thanks a lot for another awesome video. Gonna send this to my local group as well to get some more eyes on it.
@andreipittol9073Ай бұрын
Great video!
@AdalhardАй бұрын
"Nobody plays tapland really" while showing a list with two tapland 🙂
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
😂 you got me, that was an improvised line and I should have cut it
@lomalindasmogcheck1Ай бұрын
"Really" allows you to be 2% inaccurate.
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
Add qualifiers to everything, never be wrong haha
@JamesKisauАй бұрын
Very nicely done!
@jesusbut5279Ай бұрын
Very well made video, keep it up!
@Fichae1Ай бұрын
Is Nadu good enough in breakfast to play 4 copies + Step Through?
@Matt_ChowАй бұрын
I think I’ve seen a couple lists with 1 copy of Step Through, but in general, Breakfast is a very tight 60 cards these days.
@irhames2 ай бұрын
great video, thank you!
@hollywoodmkx2 ай бұрын
😂
@nathreetimesnineequalstwen71722 ай бұрын
Cool video 👍
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 🤙
@graog1232 ай бұрын
Wait wait wait, back up a bit, you have a friend who changed his legal name to be the same as his favourite MTG deck theme?
@nublord3652 ай бұрын
Matt Chow aka Best A&C Games GTA area judge
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
It’s been a long time haha 😂
@monkey64302 ай бұрын
nice, great content
@monkey64302 ай бұрын
oooh this is nice. what a hidden gem. good work
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and letting me know!
@matthewsawczyn65922 ай бұрын
5:20 yep, I was waiting for an artifact/affinity deck to show up!
@Halospartan1512 ай бұрын
I just found your channel from this video, I love how in depth your deck techs and meta analysis is, and I love you you take time to explain exactly what you’re doing! I’m amazed that you don’t have thousands more subscribers. Cheers from a fellow Matt, looking forward to coming along for the ride!
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
Thanks Matt, that means a lot!
@SanchoNil2 ай бұрын
Any thoughts on why this list doesn't play surveil lands?
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
It’s probably worthwhile to try a Meticulous Archive in place of one of the Tundras.
@Canoptopus2 ай бұрын
Have you tested with karakas? The Samwise Karakas loop in a white based deck has been very oppressive in my experience and seems to have very little opportunity cost.
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
It’s a good idea that I hadn’t considered, especially because of the Sam synergy. The opportunity cost of another non-blue, non basic land might be too high though, the manabase already felt a kinda greedy.
@PassatDream2 ай бұрын
Sam is among my favorite cards printed in recent history. There are so many cool interactions it enables. Love the vids, keep up the great work!
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
Thanks! I’m so glad I got to show off the Samwise loop haha
@DougesOnTwitch2 ай бұрын
Really enjoying your content and metagame analysis Matt - keep up the great work
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
Thanks Douges! I really appreciate it, and am likewise always happy to see what you’re making!
@DarkSygil6662 ай бұрын
Thank you so so much for this! I appreciate all the time it takes to make these, and the amount of knowledge in them. I'm truely grateful.
@Canoptopus2 ай бұрын
clean,to the point, perfect
@mr2fella2 ай бұрын
This is good stuff. I’d put crystal vein in an intermediate bucket myself different to depletion lands, the odyssey and homelands saclands, etc. Crystal vein also stands to get progressively stronger as more busted 2 colorless three cmc threats are printed. It’s obviously not there yet but in another few years I could see them as necessities.
@StevieSparkZ2 ай бұрын
Matt Chow's legacy videos are a national treasure. Legacy needs it, don't stop!
@frostcraver2 ай бұрын
The draw back being a restriction of color used to cast colored spells. With exception of affinity you could get screwed easily by having a lack of the needed color and this is even more true with multi color decks.
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
This is a great point that I didn’t mention!
@MTGMathGuy2 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I'm usually an island, ponder, keep kinda guy but you made me want to try more sol land strategies. Your metagame breakdown and the educational legacy videos are super informative. Keep it up Matt!
@Matt_Chow2 ай бұрын
I’m also very much an Island Ponder player! Playing Ancient Tomb decks is such a different challenge and they are so enjoyable
@user-co6ww2cm9k3 ай бұрын
sticker cards suck. It's a stupid annoying mechanic which they obviously regret. seeing a sticker card in actual table play is a huge eye roll moment
@shepardthemailman3 ай бұрын
The interaction with the player trying to explain you how to use Bauble was kinda funny
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
I feel bad, because I assumed they were being snarky or rude. Turns out they were super nice and helpful 😂
@PassatDream3 ай бұрын
My perspective is that the ban may pre-empt a functionally approximate version of sticker goblin releasing in the near future, possibly even within MH3. This would prevent goblins from having an 8-of of an effective combo enabler.
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
That’s certainly a possibility. I imagine it would have to be in one of the MH3 Commander decks as that level of fast mana is likely too much for Modern to absorb. Gavin Verhey tackled the changes in the Pauper format on Good Morning Magic and I didn’t get the sense that a new version was coming down the pipeline from the language he used to talk about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4fZlaV5fZWtnbMsi=etrKHA51Oh4BQaV8
@JohnFromAccounting3 ай бұрын
Seething Song on a 2/2 goblin body will probably return in a future commander set.
@richardoaks83333 ай бұрын
VERY enlightening. Been pravticing legacy for a couple months, shifting gears every couple based on decklists but ive not been able to pick up on why they keep changing. Turns out, you just have lots of options for how you play. Long live reanimator decks!
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
The overall metagame and card choices made in top performing lists has so much depth to it, so understanding it can be difficult to grasp at a cursory glance. Something that I think gets lost in Magic discourse is how player preference and play-style can vastly impact what decks an individual can or will succeed with. Thanks for letting me know your thoughts, I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it useful!
@guydrinkstea3 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Watched it yesterday night on mobile, but had to open it again on desktop today to show my appreciation. Looking forward to more.
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
That’s so kind of you! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
@odeitorres65633 ай бұрын
ur so missing 2 days undoing
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
Send me a list, I’ll consider playing it
@odeitorres65633 ай бұрын
@@Matt_Chow dont have a list but a friend plays it as a control deck but with the chance of beating combo doing narset+days. the list would be more or less the one u played, swapping both get lost to play the days undoing. i'd probably also cut a snappy to add a surveil land or mystic sanctuary. 1-2 lorien would also be great :)
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
Crucible of Words Esper Control Gameplay kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH66Zp1jpqmmfNksi=Vldc-oe8pYVHLDNv kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTPpHuPq9CbjNksi=JGsE2nKHzJ8OR_tB
@mana_station3 ай бұрын
Also, Love the @crucibleofwords shoutout!
@Matt_Chow3 ай бұрын
Ah crap! I forgot to link his gameplay like I said I would
@mana_station3 ай бұрын
@@Matt_Chow you could still edit and put it in the description if you want to
@mana_station3 ай бұрын
Pest control is absolutely bonkers, and i would argue single handedly opened up or provided a key piece to making esper tempo and bw high tier decks. Love your content keep it up