Alphabet Soup | Commander Clash | S10 E18

[@tlachgarrett9272]

This is the most elaborate ploy I've seen to stop Richard from playing Dowsing Dagger.

[@notSoAverageGuineaPigEnjoyer]

He could say Dick’s Dowsing Dagger

[@Indy94445]

Crullbreacher, Copposition Agent, Cotion Thief, Carset, Parter of Veils, Cheel of Fortune, Censei's Diving Top! Go crim go.

[@StevoM08]

Crim: is named that at birth by his parents Seth: What a cheater.

[@marymccleary8757]

Me: "Actually, he was named David." StevoM08: backs away slowly, making a mental note to donate to MTGGoldfish's restraining order fund

[@Dragiceoriginal]

Crim's not actually his real name, I believe it's what everyone calls him though. Thanks to official tournament/promo stuff, I'm pretty sure his legal name is actually David.

[@emilysmith2965]

lol some people just aren’t their legal name… you hear it and it’s like “nah that can’t be right.”

[@PalPlays]

*Crim sees a literal toddler in a stroller. He dashes up full tilt, and whispers into the toddler's ear* "Are we friends? Are we cool? If you don't touch my stuff...can we coexist as allies...?"

[@andrewsparkes8829]

I'm just glad Crim WOULDN'T want a toddler to touch his, um...'stuff'. Would be a lot worse if he did!

[@starmanda88]

I know this is almost a year old but omfg this comment had me howling.

[@PalPlays]

@@starmanda88 A year later and I can still picture him doing it.

[@freehoppernz9058]

1:36:23 Crim notices Scavenger Grounds but Seth tactfully drowns him out to keep his last remaining out alive :D

[@Spaced92]

He predicted all Seth's wincons, and Richard and Tomer were targetting the wrong people haha

[@Megamaduo]

Crim literally bites his lip right after to keep quiet, it's beautiful

[@notsm]

Yeah, you can see him literally biting his lip trying to keep quiet. Thanks for posting the time stamp since I didn't notice upon first watch through.

[@MaxMckayful]

Play of the game from Seth right there, all through the gift of gab.

[@stevenh4314]

I was worried that Seth didn't see the scavenging grounds until the very end, I should have realized that he was just bluffing lol.

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Bluff or punt? No one know ;)

[@shadedcorner]

I'm so happy with that ending

[@Nathanael_Forlorn]

Thank you for not spoiling it! ~

[@daithomas1430]

You could do a "I can do it better" week, where each of you take a deck/theme someone else has done and do your version of it

[@MaxMckayful]

Fun idea!

[@stronggreenflame]

I love this idea

[@Zentenski]

I am so happy. I was screaming in panic and excitement for the last half hour of the game about the Scavenger Grounds, and I could not be happier with the ending :D

[@notsm]

The editor is becoming a judge with all the rules questions popping up and being answered. Compliments to the editor for this well done video.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

I love this restriction and the beauty of it is, it keeps evolving with every new set adding to nearly every Letter. Great game. It really lends itself to some super creative deck builds from ya’ll, and the power level feels so right.

[@matthewblevins7411]

I love the restriction episodes! Also, I just wanted to say this channel has historically had my favorite playgroup dynamics. Even through heavy rivalries (Tomer and Tom, Tomer and Vince, Tomer and Crim) it really seems like you guys are having fun and are genuine friends. Great work and thanks for the entertainment!

[@Meister_Gurkensalat]

I really enjoyed this episode! I like the little bit jankier and fun themes and episodes a lot more and enjoy seeing you guys having fun! Please do more episodes with this kind of vibe!!

[@TheLK641]

Seth, I'm in love with your deck. It's just an amazing idea, it really is !

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Glad you liked it!

[@ebonezra8073]

I love this so much! Your janky weird restriction builds are so fun, and you're very blessed to have a group of friends to play with who are on board for such craziness. I often try to build a compatible deck whenever you have a particularly challenging restriction, and I got lucky with Jodah. Turns out, a lot of great cards start with J!

[@MihaelGeng]

1:16:01 "It's like...'I'd rather die than draw two less card'?" Yes, Tomer, you just perfectly summarized Seth's whole play style in one sentence! 😂

[@keepthebeatfresh8165]

Watching that cut of Tomer pointing to the link had me rolling!

[@Rad343]

Another fancy go of Crim being the "Who, Me?" rapscallion, Richard playing a coherent/synergistic strategy and losing, Seth tinkering and durdling like a madman, and Tomer trying to wheel and deal but getting dunked by on-board shenanigans.

[@ZhadowMoses]

I've been missing the "janky restriction" episodes!

[@indolent87]

Yeah, I miss those as well. It probably takes way more time to build a deck, but what a thrill it is to watch!

[@TheAsianAvenger69]

Seth’s victory is so sweet. Happy you all got to see it!! I never realized I have so many people having hate crushes on me 😂😂😂 I like a certain archetype. stay mad.

[@jamescooley5241]

I love your decks Crim! I'll be a sub forever!

[@jamescooley5241]

I'm also really glad to see you and Tomer getting along this week. He was so mad at you last week...

[@spliffi869]

Haters gonna hate and gamers gonna game. I always love the decks you bring and I think that you add some needed extra spice to this pod, while keeping a positive and fun attitude about it. In fact, I'd go as far as calling you the secret anti-hero of the show, because you often bring the most interaction to the table, which is a crucial element of MTG.

[@fingerling1231]

I'm glad Chrim picked C so people spelled his name correctly. It annoyed me too seeing people spell it wrong in the comments.

[@justanotherhuman7106]

If this is supposed to be ironic then I love this

[@CodenameJD]

As much as I wanted Tomer to win after Richard and Seth spent the whole game teaming up on him, I can't deny how sweet that ending was.

[@DailonGaming]

These kind of games/restrictions are some of the best episodes y'all make

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

I vastly prefer janky themes over regular games, making you guys showcase bad cards is the best. Where else would you get beat up by ruinous minotaur?

[@kieranwouter2361]

Completely agree! I feel like this level of jank is my commander ideal.

[@kingfuzzy2]

100% concur low-mid power games are the best

[@RobiousIllyrian]

I love the return of the absolute jank themes XD. Also that ending man, it was so perfect!

[@alexandrelima2766]

Calling it now Seth's deck revolves around secret salvaging a shadowborn apostle from the graveyard getting them all into his hand discard to handsize and then exiling the graveyard with a tormod's crypt effect

[@tylerfoster2814]

When categorizing, titles that begin with "The" or "A" have that first word moved to the end of the title, preceded by a comma (i.e. "Great Gatsby, The", "Raisin in the Sun, A"). The alternative would be an impenetrable dearth of "A"s and "The"s. To see WotC's take on this, look at the collector numbers of cards that start with those words and look at their neighbors.

[@tylerfoster2814]

The card with the collector number after "The Akroan War" is "Anax, Hardened in the Forge", so WotC does follow common convention.

[@josephhawkins7974]

Definitely. But I also think it's fine for Tomer to have used a few The cards, and also wouldn't have faulted any of the guys for following common convention either. Basically, as long as there are only a few cards per deck that start with The, but otherwise everything fits that theme, I'm fine with both parties having access.

[@jamespatterson5644]

Should have been clarified before build. stating it after is sour grapes, either way.

[@NKMitch42]

I hope Seth saw Konrad Scavenger Grounds and was just being coy the whole time.

[@NKMitch42]

Amazing, I have never been happier.

[@VRanger100]

One day I'll have all the ABCs for Commander Clash: A-Word: Abacus B-Word: Budget C-Word: (Ugh) Crim... D-Word: Dowsing Dagger F-Word: Friends G-Word: Gield of Guin K-Word: Kaldra P-Word: Pals R-Word: Richard Wins...Again. S-Word: Second? T-Word: (Kill) Tomer First

[@WCA1421]

Is there an easy way to search for cards beginning with certain letters? EDIT: Scryfall Result: name:/^W/

[@Karmic_Guide]

Thanks!

[@miniroo612]

Thanks!!

[@lordspaz88]

Watching tomer be afraid of being attacked when he has a Thraxamundar on board, a spires of orazca ready to activate AND a terminate in hand was very frustrating to watch. The last thing he should have been afraid of was being attacked by creatures

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

You can never be too cautious.

[@gxantor]

@@MTGGoldfishCommander Famous last words ;)

[@miguelfreitas5343]

It was a lot more frustrating watching Seth not be able to play anything because Crim existed on the table. I swear, that guy's been ruining Commander Clash since he joined the cast

[@lordspaz88]

@@miguelfreitas5343 yeah, its very interesting. People always say counter spells and one to one removal are just not efficient enough for commander but this group let's crim so much as *imply* he *might* have a counterspell and the whole game comes to a screeching halt

[@JohnSmith-hs9ez]

@@miguelfreitas5343 I think this was more of Seth playing too scared. Seth wouldn't play out his card untill crim was completely tapped out, which is wrong. He should have baited out the counter then played the clamp.

[@CatDadSeven]

Richard legally changes his name to David, just to play Dowsing Dagger this week.

[@VonBearsTube]

Getting 100% blown out by someone trying to help you is pretty funny. Especially when it's followed by the sneaky on-board trick win.

[@NARFNra]

I love seeing Crim say he doesn't have any counterspells while holding the original bona fide Counterspell itself

[@camilovargas1722]

This has to be one of the best commander content out there!

[@timcoberley16]

The editor is the real winner, per usual

[@Sevifor]

1:28:45, before Richard played that Reforge the Soul, Seth was in an amazing position to combo out next turn, even through Tomer's Terminate. With a land drop for the turn, he would have had exactly enough mana to play Syr Kondrad, paid two life to Surgically Extract his Shadowborn Apostles, and then when Tomer tried to kill Konrad in response, activate the Scavenging Grounds for the backup win.

[@mattmiller8818]

Richard better be playing Dowsing Dagger, also known as Rowsing Dagger

[@Gallagher2x2]

They just have to do last letter of their first name next.

[@PalPlays]

Rousing Ragger

[@petersteiman2443]

Tomer’s right. I played Recycle and Null Profusion in a Damia Sage of Stone deck back when she came out. I figured the best way to nullify the downside of skipping your draw step was to go all in on skipping the draw step. The deck also ran Reliquary Tower and Spellbook. Crashing Drawbridge is a colorless card that grants haste.

[@Sevifor]

The first thing I did when loading this video was search the comments for "Geild of Guin," and I was not disappointed. Seth going all Swamps for this week is a delightful callback/redemption arc and I am here for it. Very nice, Seth.

[@natejablonski]

This theme brought us Gield of Guin last time...can't wait to see what happens this week

[@Feyamius]

Seth's missing Srumming Stone. ;) Edit: Damn, they found that joke as well. XD

[@bahumat9853]

I'm honestly surprised that after the 'fill my entire hand with Shadowborn Apostles and discard them' that Seth did, that Tomer didn't just let rip the Torment of Hailfire to smack literally everyone into the dirt. x=8 forces Crim to literally blow up his entire hand and some of his lands to save his blocker, Richard just got set back so he'll either be forced to sacrifice lands or hand as well to maintain his board (or let his replayed commanders start getting more tax) and Seth will lose some cards and some lands. Neither of them will be in a great position to punish Tomer the following turn, and if you really want he could go x=7 to save the Spire activation.

[@b0lkan]

Him not casting Torment was so, so frustrating. And he lost in the end, smh.

[@MarcSiqueira]

Richard is the best, he is the king of the jank, that minotaur that makes you sac a land when he causes combat damage, who besides this madlad would consider to play it? lol. Also, i lost it when he played a random creature from a chandra's planeswalker deck and then tomes goes like: Tomer: Wait.. What? Why? Richard: It is a warrior with upside Tomar: What upside!? You literally have zero chandras in your deck! hahahahahaha

[@winssports4830]

This ending probably goes down in Commander clash history this was hilarious.

[@Gingerbreadley]

All it took was tomer playing grixis for him and crim to get along

[@MaxMckayful]

I love oddball weeks like Alphabet Soup, great to see it return to C-Clash. I'm a sucker for novelty.

[@Ricardo-zo1ti]

That was a good ending. I was getting so anxious lol

[@Y0utube5ucks]

Seth is the true alphabet soup player even his screen name and basics start with an S!

[@necroinsanity2639]

This would actually be a deck I'd consider building because of the matching basics lol

[@zachfayden398]

They each chose the letter of their first name. I’m curious if it was intentional

[@JoshRudis]

On this week of "Punt or Bluff" can Tomer beat Crim at his own game with a Grixis deck or will Richard triumph with a deathtouching Rograkh? Tune in to find out!

[@petercollins1122]

This was fantastic. Seth's epic jank finish here definitely redeemed him for the famous 'Gield of Guin' play on the last alphabet episode a few years ago.

[@avengedbulletromance]

hi just checking in to say i love silly deck building restrictions like this! please keep it up!

[@Ariaoff.Limits]

Seth- did amazing! From Alphabet Villain to Alphabet Hero!

[@Jamie261090]

Seth should absolutely have played "Stone, Thrumming" for the memes

[@MWorl91]

YES SETH! OH MY GOD! THAT ENDING!

[@MWorl91]

This is definitely a great commander clash moment

[@jamiekuryla3940]

I love Seth's mana base of various swamps thank you. Also i like the game think worked out right, i kind of like the randomly chosen letters, but as i have never seen this and everyone had a good letter for their name worked for me.

[@gerardoayala8124]

This season's been packed with memorable moments hahaha And yes, I love the jankier weeks because it forces you all to play with cards that are not often seen in the format. Like, how about a week where you can't play the Top 100 cards (excluding basic lands)?

[@MythicalDaemon]

Shadow's Verdict would be another solid win-con for Seth's (better known as SafronOlive) deck.

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Ohh, good call! I totally missed that one.

[@rodrigoavila4133]

Tomer complaining about counter top when it takes him 5 minutes to scry 1 😂

[@johnortiz3929]

I was caught off guard by that win as Tomer was 😂😂😂 Go Seth!!

[@7someone]

This is a unique channel for magic, but that uniqueness confuses people. People comment on the plays being made or whether or not Tomer can still play with one stacks piece in play. People are confused of why Tomer gets salty. Well I'll tell you this channels foremost mission is not about winning the game or whether they make good plays. This channel is about showcasing deck and card strategies. When Tomer says he can't play the game he doesn't mean play the game so he can win the game. He means he can't showcase his decks strategy and that is his foremost job on this channel.

[@NKMitch42]

I get all that, there's still a line for too much salt and it creeps past it sometimes. Calling out when it's approaching the line or crossing it because it drags down the fun of watching Clash is more than reasonable.

[@ThomasJohnsen2]

So he gave up turn 4 last episode to showcase the decks? Hardly! Showcasing the decks would have been siding with Crim and Richard against Seth's good start. But he was salty and fizzled the game deliberately. We all enjoy magic here - especially Commander. We want to see the decks perform and the players having fun. When people criticize Tomer on occasion, it is precisely because he tanks games, that might have been interesting. I watch everything Seth on Goldfish - he is excellent. I watch nothing Tomer except this - he never formulates a plan before drawing a card for the turn. He never uses function keys. He consistently takes forever to scry and gets distracted by any conversation. Showcasing decks also means playing at a reasonable pace and playing towards what the deck is trying to do. He should've apologized for the travesty last episode imo. You should read the comments on that one. And viewers took the time to assemble decks for them.

[@PinguTuan]

He got salty at crim for playing a card that was in his deck? Would he have been as upset about opp agent if he had drawn it himself?

[@7someone]

@@PinguTuan I agree that the saltiness needs to come down for it to be enjoyable it has become to much lately.

[@babassoonist557]

Crim’s name is busted because Command starts with C, please nerf him to Krim

[@Halinn]

S and T have way more opportunities in terms of non-basics. If you want to build fully singleton letters, those two letters would be your go-tos (but you'd probably still have to go for one of the 5c options)

[@babassoonist557]

@@Halinn you must be really fun at parties

[@Aronia55]

Goob job Tomer, this week was much more enjoyable!

[@EffinChat]

I absolutely love alphabet week! Glad it's back

[@AnHugeNerd]

Amazing game. I loved the turn around at the end.

[@jameshayes-barber9340]

2:13 I am sure Seth getting reamed by Vince is a visual a lot of fans would like to see. :^)

[@johnillg4812]

Crim laughed at “Expedite with a C” when Crimson Wisps is a card that exists. XD

[@BlackPrince1330]

Hats off to Tomer for trying to work with Crim this week!

[@shagua2]

1:29:00 Seth’s face is priceless ! Holy cow

[@joshuarichards9725]

Really liked seth's deck. Really good use of the restriction

[@spliffi869]

Very cute, silly brewing theme. Love the idea!

[@alaraplatt8104]

1:04:12 there literally is an expedite with a C, it's called crimson wisps. it even starts with "crim"

[@itsallenwow]

Tomer man, your threat evaluation was really off during the standoff about Richard swinging to kill Crim :/

[@kingmric]

Tomer build Konrad. I want to see that so much or at least a primer if it doesn't make it to a revenge week.

[@declanreiser236]

Can't believe Tomer missed lethal on seth 1:24:30 ! He played the Thassa post combat anyway and didn't use any of his mana, could've just made his commander unblockable playing her pre instead. Oh well good game, great theme !

[@gagewoodcock2479]

@1:12:00 Cant Seth kill Crim by playing Syr Conrad then discarding to hand size?

[@zacharybosley1935]

I have never laughed as hard in my life as I have watching this game

[@esrohm6460]

i wonder if crim played a gruul deck and had unopen mana the conversation would change or is he such a good control player that simply the action of unused mana brings people to no longer play optimally because of the fear of counter spells no matter the situation. also seth logic: draw 4 and die or block with your creatures. Seth: "Guess i'm going to die?"

[@3toedsloth724]

I love all your content :) would love to see richard or crim play a nath stax deck I think tomer and Seth would enjoy

[@mightyone3737]

If Crim wanted to run Sea Serpent (which clearly starts with 'sea'), I would be here for it. 'The' seems totally broken though, but there isn't *that* many cards that start with 'the'.

[@JohnSmith-hs9ez]

Watching Seth not play that clamp for so many turns was kinda frustrating. There was a turn where crim had already countered one of your things (with a cancel) and you should have just played out the clamp afterwards to get it on board. You can't play scared of counter spells sometimes, you have to make them have it.

[@Bladerxdxi]

"Snow covered, pff too easy" meanwhile has 40 Apostles in deck

[@evaman0182]

Watching Seth not play Konrad and exile his own graveyard with all those shadow borne apostles was painful.... still watching the episode and will edit I'd he actually does it. I'm at 1:24:26 Edit: Seth pulls off the exile combo, the pain has ended

[@formwithoutcontent]

Masterful execution Seth!

[@ivepesusic8792]

Seth could play all the swords of protection hahahahah

[@shadowfox513]

Nobody expects the Scavenger Grounds!

[@aarong2606]

The Crim commentary just makes me wish the Tom episode was all season

[@Macro11Underscore1]

Seth: Crim i have to kill you because you counter. Also Seth: Crim! Counter! .... oh wait....

[@PalPlays]

1:04:10 Oh, Crystal Slippers!

[@PalPlays]

I'm down for more jank themes. At the same time, there are quite a few recent commanders you haven't played. Commander Legends is relatively untapped.

[@kingfuzzy2]

Richards horse tribal

[@13rym26]

I think Tomer and Crim had the advantage for this one in deck building because of mana. Talisman, temple, commander. Probably forgetting others but I'm probably forgetting some good s and r mana cards too. Also, I was just willing Tomer to play the Torment of Hailfire. So disappointing when he didn't and vindicated when it wheeled. Even if they were left alive they would have very little to fight back against his board. Of course the end probably would have been the same since Seth didn't need anything that would have been affected on the board.

[@jugglingfreak369]

This is the most mellow I've ever seen tomer. Perhaps half baked there buddy?

[@samelol8149]

I was hoping for Crimtic Command

[@jfb-]

I actually built Sram S tribal recently and it's pretty sick; you get to run all the swords

[@josephhawkins7974]

I'm fine either way on the "The" debate. I'd say as long as the person is selective with the letter T and doesn't use too many, it's ok for them to use The cards. I'd also say most of the time something like The Chain Veil is usually just called Chain Veil, and would've been fine in Crim's C deck. Again, just don't overdo it, and keep the theming going pretty well and a few small items like that aren't outside the spirit of the restrictions.

[@ODIRGO]

I'm here to see if Tomer Dyed his hair

[@alexandrelima2766]

Next week, next week...

[@Icarus_789]

Syr Konrad being a champ again

[@end-er_1023]

Great video. Loved all the politics. Seth you took the cake.

[@StonedVorlon]

Another card that could have helped Seth's plan is Shadow's Verdict. Overall, fun game

[@jemolk8945]

1:51:39 Balance is banned, Tomer.