Aristocrats vs Boros Equipment || North 100 Showdown

[@Jade_NAV]

still counting down the days until we see the first 5 hour North 100 where Wheeler plays Mono White Ruin your evening

[@joeyholubek3960]

I believe the decks current iteration is orzhov so its slightly faster. We get 4.5 hours instead of five

[@bwheelermtg]

The best version, and the one that'll be played on N100 showdown will be Mono-White

[@fairygoodmuller8065]

@@bwheelermtg where did you get those sleeves? they look great

[@oppositecatchyghost8025]

This is my favorite thing LRRMTG is making currently, keep it up guys!

[@tybullock1841]

so true so true

[@TravisLastNameUnknown]

By far the best thing.

[@wormspeaker]

Strangely Chit Chaff is a close second for me. If they run out of collections to sort they should just start opening sealed product to sort it. Not like the current crack a pack where they discuss every card in detail as a sort of draft thing, but just crack product and talk about where the better cards see play and combos they work in. That sort of thing.

[@Ymirism]

Wheeler's charisma is just off the charts. The rapport between Serge and Wheeler is top shelf too, easily the best mtg content online

[@wormspeaker]

Wheeler with that steal yo' boyfriend energy.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

@@wormspeaker Benjamin "Smexy" Wheeler 🙃

[@thebassistsoldier]

Aristocrats is my favorite archetype and I'm so thrilled to see it get played.

[@johnmarcellino5034]

God this series is the best. Not only do Wheeler and Serge show off the coolest decks, they often give some top notch advice on how to become a better player!

[@wavesofbabies]

25:42 Ben: "we can do a cut here" Ben: [does not do a cut here]

[@MTG_Scribe]

Getting to see each deck do what they're good at in the first two games and then getting a good game for #3 is so perfect for this set-up. Fantastic episode.

[@olvynchuru1663]

One card I really recommend for a red Aristocrats deck is Greater Gargadon. It's essentially a 1-mana, unkillable, uncounterable sac outlet for creatures, artifacts and lands. The fact that it can also become a hasty 9/7 for zero mana at instant speed late-game if you're willing to sacrifice your board is also great, though even if it stays in suspend the whole game, it works very well.

[@ScornfulEg0tist]

Notably suspending a card is an ability, which can be stifled It's even funnier to stifle the trigger that puts a suspended card on the stack when its last time counter is removed though, stranding it in exile

[@Escorien]

​@ScornfulEg0tist While suspend is an ability, the act of suspending a card is a special action doesn't use the stack.

[@roxannekrogh4228]

@@ScornfulEg0tist From the CR for suspend: “Suspend N-[cost]” means “If you could begin to cast this card by putting it onto the stack from your hand, you may pay [cost] and exile it with N time counters on it. *This action doesn’t use the stack*.”

[@kevinwestermann1001]

@@roxannekrogh4228 (S)he referred to the suspended card trying to move from exile to the stack which can indeed be stifled (unlike the act of suspension itself).

[@roxannekrogh4228]

@@kevinwestermann1001 They said "Notably, suspending a card is an ability, which can be stifled" which seems to be referring to the act of suspending a card (the part which makes it an uncounterable sac outlet)

[@Hollidaydoc111112]

This is by far my favorite magic content on the internet right now. Such good competition

[@quintmarcelis2691]

I don't think I've ever seen a person who plays magic with more skill AND charisma than Benjamin Wheeler. Such a pleasure to watch

[@CryptonicNova]

Was really fun to watch Aristocrats in action finally. I wish they could do a viewer deck series were people could submit CanLander decks to see how they preform. Could be neat to see once in a while.

[@Liz-Istrata]

I'm so happy to see a 4 color aristocrats deck. I used to run a version of that in EDH

[@chaosmittens]

Love this series, love this matchup, love it when audio/visual stuff slips past the edits. I enjoy the little peaks behind the curtains. It’s surreal in a way that makes me happy. Also thank you Bengineering for running tech.

[@gkiyo]

Oh heck yeah, this sounds like an awesome pairing. Looking forward to seeing both of these decks do their thing.

[@localsonly9951]

Thanks for the fast intro/housekeeping on these showdowns. Keeping the plugs short helps the show flow.

[@brooke1129]

love this series, and always happy to see a new one!!

[@megablin6412]

Perhaps the best MTG series currently on youtube

[@DesWombat32]

I was really hoping that Arena all star for Aristocrats, 'Khalni Garden' was in Wheeler's deck, especially after seeing he has the 0/1 tokens anyway for Nissa 😅 great games boys!

[@eirh]

I feel like that sounds ambitious for a 4 color deck, even if it's sweet in principle. Wheelers deck has 2 lands that only produce 1 color (forest and urborg)

[@ironpage]

This was probably my favorite game of the series so far. What a game!

[@racg174]

i hope this series increases the popularity of this format so much that i can play it (with proxies) at my lgs

[@Veelofar]

As someone that used to love the atmosphere of EDH, a format getting popular is not always a path to it getting more fun.

[@ebmusicman84]

@@Veelofar It's hard to play a format when there's no around that likes to play it.

[@Veelofar]

@@ebmusicman84 yeah, that’s fair. There’s definitely a sweet spot.

[@marxmeesterlijk]

This was great all around, but that last game was just amazing. You love to see it.

[@seanclark4071]

I love aristocrats as a deck. It feels so good to watch your opponent use their fatal pushes and whatnot on a card that makes or has already made another body

[@IRFine]

Serge grabbing jitte in game 1 is not the choice I would’ve made. When the aristocrats player can sac blockers before damage, getting counters on jitte can be a challenge. Shadospear seems like it’s much better against aristocrats. Trample so they can’t chump+sac, and lifelink to last against their blood artists Even if wheeler hadn’t had the daretti to remove the jitte, I doubt serge would’ve been able to get any counters on it.

[@DoctorPhanan]

Agreed. Jitte gets really bad when the opponent can sac blockers. Although, in a vacuum on turn 1 without the carrion feeder info, it might be a defensible play but even then if Wheeler's sac outlet had been something like Goblin Bombardment, Serge would have been hosed.

[@TheyCallMeReaper0]

Wooo! North 100! Always love to see it!

[@petrseghman4283]

16:00 - best moment. The subtle Ben laught in the tech is just wonderfuls.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

It's wonderluls P:

[@ff0213]

Ben's Editing joke when Serge made that land slip up is just chefs kiss so good 32:43

[@StanielJeffries]

YEAH! YES! YAAARRRRRR! Any day with North 100 Showdown is a great day. And shout out Boros equipment, the best archetype in the whole game!

[@MrMarclax]

Always a pleasure to see this serie in my notification

[@LucasTheDrgn]

Love Serge realizing just how good White Plume Adventurer is, presumably right before it got banned in legacy

[@freaklikeme211]

These are always great, but this episode was sooo good!

[@nicholasfalasco8539]

I appreciate Serge's gift. Makes sense to keep the saga around there as a visual que.

[@trinir2581]

these were some great matches one game each really showing a steamroll and then a game of grind. great video

[@horuspines9924]

As someone who has always koved Artistocrats, Ive never considered them bad cards. However, you guys talking about it makes me realize it is, and its hilarious how well they work together

[@wyattis8313]

Never stop making Canlander content

[@M3XYPZ]

This is my fav gameplay show now, TY!

[@jasonmiller9473]

Love this series, long may it continue.

[@samallen2074]

not sure what'd I would do without this show and canlander fnpf It scratches a competitive mtg content itch that nothing else does

[@canadianhighlanderbremen7717]

Fantastic game play. Thank you guys for this content!

[@sandmanlives3]

Excellent, as always. Thank you. I love these guys and this series, but I would like to request for Nelson to be included now, please.

[@AndrewLawton16]

As a fellow Boros enjoyer, Serge convinced me to finally build out equipment

[@wax9798]

The Jitte The Jitte for Umezawa The Jitte chosen specifically to kill Wheeler Umezawa’s Jitte

[@MarlaDesat]

Love this series, this was an awesome match!

[@TheTamally]

I love to play aristocrats in commander, Ghave being a sac outlet in the command zone is great. It's really cool to see this CHL style even if I never play the format.

[@Pyrodactyl]

I love this show, I can watch these two play canlander all day :D

[@megajamapalooza]

1:07:35 Wheeler has established boar control

[@zuterwer1835]

As someone who plays aristocrats in commander with myrkul as my commander, seeing how different it plays in 1v1 is fascinating to me!

[@patcheckert295]

Content engaged, keep up the fantastic content!

[@djk89]

That game 3 was amazing. I love the series.

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Truer words were not spoken this day: "That was a close match!"

[@travis_approved]

Wheelers fit is immaculate he looks equally like he’s ready to relax on the beach and fire me for poor performance at the same time. It’s called balance.

[@brawlerike1]

Loving the highlander content! Makes me want to build a deck

[@jakobvindelbo8723]

God i love Canlander, I haven't even watched the episode!!!

[@00GhostSlayer00]

I can't unhear that guy as Nick Offerman, ggs guys!

[@Xalyn937]

I can't wait for the match!

[@sirspate]

For anyone looking to make a dancing Serge gif, 26:19.

[@Halinn]

I'm wondering if there's a version of Serge's list that could be improved by retooling the mana base to make Blood Moon, Magus of the Moon and Price of Progress worth running as a small hate package against greedy manabases

[@kevinwestermann1001]

There is and he stated that he purposefully did not do it. Maybe according to Wheeler's advice on how to beat combo with aggro (pressure not disruption).

[@brands248]

few things are a faster click for me then this show. Absolutely S-tier

[@broshmosh]

I see that matching shirt & sleeves Wheeler! Very stylish.

[@DeSaxofoonVanPeter]

51:40 Oh boy I can't wait for Secret Lair: Monotheistic Religions

[@oliverwilson6013]

I love this series, and I love these people

[@KingMasteron1]

I wonder if, much like expressive iteration, showdown of the skalds is better if you can make a land drop the turn you play it otherwise you only have one turn to play up to all four cards. Unless it's better to keep the tempo up in-play on curve? It's hard to say for sure

[@joshuafleegler5766]

Already my fav mtg content and you add aristocratic whoo boy lezgo

[@oafkad]

Two of the coolest folks on the planet.

[@eaglesandbruinsfan]

i live off these videos wish they werre more frequent !!

[@Radiodragonofdoom]

Oh dang, I gotta tell my talent agency about this episode!

[@nik700]

27:39 Oh don't you worry Wheeler, I got it

[@IncredulousPasserby]

Fantastic games, wonderful match to watch. I would love to see Serge win a match. Not like this is scripted content where that can be decided. But it would be nice to see, I think we’ve seen it once, maybe twice.

[@crissaegrim2697]

If you want an aristocrats allstar planeswalker, I HIGHLY recommend Tevesh Szat. That card is pushed for 5 mana even if his ult does nothing in your format.

[@OBZEDAT]

My bard in D&D is named Brindle Shoat and wheeler/Jer are 100% the reason for that.

[@ewalkedaway2888]

I love this content! Engagement!

[@keab42]

Ben needs a button to make the overlay do something when the shuffle cheevo is unlocked

[@mathewsloat6848]

That's really interesting about Urza's Saga. I didn't catch that it says Mana Cost 0 or 1, instead of mana value. I think I've cheated with that card more than a few times now! Oops.

[@pauloduarte5346]

I was wondering when Serge would play Boros Equipment. Yay!

[@jacksonreynolds7433]

What an incredible game 3

[@WarhawkTalon]

As a Commander player, you quickly learn that Carrion Feeder should be kept off the board at all cost.

[@Dammarc1]

We should engine a "that's a good one/OH" scoreboard!!

[@ajpruitt4628]

Wow that game 3 was insane

[@bigwig8657]

Incredible game 3.

[@IgorDellaPietra]

wheeler is great but he always reminds me of Ed kemper after I've seen mindhunter. gives me shivers whenever he looks concentrated XD

[@MrFluff1324]

I am ready!

[@gmpd4191]

Missed the show last week.

[@martinphillips2461]

Oooh equipment. Always struggle with eq decks, too many options or none.

[@eirh]

Amazing last game

[@plshalpme173]

can't wait for 6 hour martyr proc vs crats

[@IzzetTempo]

Perennially rooting for serge you got this fam

[@Shmoe101]

Love to see it

[@aidancossin1524]

Can't wait to try aristocrats

[@NeveFae]

The Cleveland Browns ride again!

[@T4NK09]

I keep waiting for a great Serge catch phrase in each episode...we'll see if next episode is fruitful

[@Veelofar]

Trample and Jitte. Call that a Treat, Eh?

[@diggerdog9205]

Things I learned today. Everyone I know has been using chapter 3 of urzas saga incorrectly

[@MrThewooter]

Ah M.V. 0 or 1 instead of exact 0 or 1? (Edit to change cmc to mv)

[@Mordalon]

@@MrThewooter it's not "exactly 0 or 1", it's the difference between mana value and mana COST.

[@deanthurston2791]

Ill be honest, Ill probably never play Canadian Highlander. Regardless, this series slaps.

[@Merc1987]

Can I just ask, that block with the elemental and Scooze against the Karn-struct all sauced up, If Serge orders the blocks to kill the Scooze first, does that shrink the Elemental and let a point of damage through? Or have I missed something/It doesn't work like that?

[@MrThewooter]

All the damage happens at once dispite order of blocking sadly.

[@Merc1987]

@@MrThewooter Yeah, thought that it might be as simple as that. Thanks for the concise answer!

[@rinusberntsen8213]

Hey wait a minute! Thats not the Cleveland Browns!

[@delmsh]

North 100 is best show

[@Duskraven377]

Where did Wheeler get his sleeves?

[@jordanfowler4033]

Where is the haste coming from in game 1?

[@tybullock1841]

my 2 favorite archetypes and members lrr

[@ScoutingTacos]

27:31 - Classic Wheeler one liner into shit-eating grin

[@koffeinx6738]

For you shes Lurus, For me shes lulu... Thats a mean burn 🤣