Can I Win a Game with 99 Mountains and a Monkey? | Brewer's Kitchen

[@BrewersKitchen]

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[@Spirited_skiing]

“After 100 games” Respect.

[@Nosliw87]

dang

[@cameton_youtube]

Just got into watching your videos from the podcast, you do a really great job :D

[@samwalter940]

The monkey's paw curls again!

[@shadowisp]

lol... and what meaty interesting games they were.

[@XoRiZleroX]

Should have mulligan to one or two to show dominance. Especially against the thoughtseize.

[@kristiandahl1310]

That's something I would totally do

[@oelboy]

If you always mulligan four times it looks as though you just kept a full land hand as a last resort.

[@XoRiZleroX]

@oelboy But that's just how you get them. When they try another form of hand disruption and they get another hand of just lands.

[@saqvobase4301]

The best part of this deck is that you draw the perfect hand every game.

[@dracosfire7247]

It’s immune to Duress AND Thoughtseize!

[@ReigoVassal]

This deck has 1000% consistency

[@christopherlockheardt9051]

I laughed my entire way through that video. You are a deranged genius.

[@bernabes8424]

That sequence of Turn 0 scoops to Ragavan was hilarious

[@deaexmachina6534]

Been there done that :D

[@alfred8936]

"Let's set a stop on their upkeep so it looks like we're holding up interaction" is some absolutely devilish shenanigans, gotta respect it

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

With the amount of turn 0 scoop to ragavan I've seen on my side and the opponent's I'm surprised it's still not banned in historic brawl

[@0urher0nik0]

I’m gonna be honest, sometimes I scoop cuz I’m on the draw with a couple bad hands and I just don’t have the capacity to push through it lol

[@Couldnt_Be_Bothered]

It's not actually that busted of a deck. It's just that ragavan is a rather annoying card if you don't have removal or blockers.

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

@@Couldnt_Be_Bothered being on the draw against raga an is just a noxious even with a 1 drop blocker 90% of the time they'll bolt it and then they only need to connect once to pull ahead. The problem is not so much that it's busted it's that there is literally only card that counters it on turn 1 if you're on the draw and it's sword to plowshare. Most people don't want to play against that and that's reason enough to ban it in a casual format

[@Couldnt_Be_Bothered]

@@sharlockshacolmes9381 There are multiple annoying commanders in historic brawl. That's not a valid reason for a ban. I bet more people are sick of rusko than ragavan.

[@Enja_Near]

​@@sharlockshacolmes9381lay down arms, isolate, dead weight, disfigure, lightning bolt, shock and it's functional reprints, cut down, fatal push

[@castineyra13]

Amazing. The salt flows! Always a banger when you upload 🤌

[@HakureiIllusion]

This means that, mathematically, a mono-red deck with a 30% winrate can in fact go up to a >50% winrate simply by putting Ragavan in the command zone.

[@LithmusEarth]

What.... that's... math damn.

[@jeffe2267]

I assume you're just being goofy for a joke, but -- it could be winning those 30% of games off of the same opponents who would salt scoop, so the math doesn't work that way.

[@Pedropapt]

Not quite, that 20% happens independent of the deck so it includes some matches the mono-red deck would naturally win too. Meaning it's more around 0.8*0.3+0.2=44%. So it doesn't reach 50% but 30% was given as a 'lower bound' so in this case a 38% would be the 'magic' number for >50% win rate (in theory).

[@toolittletoolate]

@@Pedropapt No cus this deck only had ragavan and it's 20% so adding ragavan obviously mean +20%. Duh. If that wasn't enough to put your onto the joke, nothing will.

[@moonmist1390]

It’s technically optimal to mulligan to 0 so they don’t gain information from hand disruption (unless you’re on the play)

[@Zosh_]

Actually not really since your opponent is less likely to salt scoop. So the win rate would go down.

[@MrSeanfish]

The whole mulligan to 0 strategy is only the right decision in a best of 3 game after you’ve already mulliganed a few times. If you’re sure you’re going to lose before the game begins you can safely mulligan to 0 in order to gain as much information about the opponent as possible while concealing your information from them. Then use the information advantage during sideboarding for game 2 and 3

[@TheLoneAlpaca]

This is the funniest comment I’ve read in my whole life Ty

[@matthewhalsan6459]

Funny enough I actually still expected ragavan to have a winning record, but fun to watch.

[@duartelopes5223]

Fully on the same boat, feel a little silly looking back 😅

[@Tvboy777]

Technically it did though? If you count all the turn 1 scoops.

[@duartelopes5223]

@@Tvboy777 he says 23% winrate at the end, over 100 matches! :)

[@toolittletoolate]

If you just flood the deck with removal so monkey can always get in, it's ap retty powerful deck. In that when you remove the first two things people play and keep getting monkey hits they'll often salty scoop.

[@KrikrTriwas]

Wouldn't the safer way to play this deck be to dash Ragavan every turn? That way he can dodge a lot of enchantment removal, and your opponent can sometimes swing back in theory and expose themselves to another monkey hit.

[@chartypeplays2396]

If you waited and hoped that the opponent would swing and leave no blockers, then that would be a lot of time spent waiting just on the off chance that the opponent might make a blunder. I think it made sense to do what he did and just scoop when the opponent plays a blocker. Also yes, that would let you avoid sorcery-speed removal, but playing Ragavan turn one leaves you more mana to cast whatever you exile turn two and onwards.

[@Wiseclone5555]

I built this deck a couple months back. The winrate might be abysmal, but man, you really do get a lot of wins in a short amount of time.

[@LuisCruz-wv9qc]

Mmmmm… Monkee…

[@jackwaggin3616]

I wish there was more videos from you. They are so fun to watch!

[@flashfan2]

I dont think a turn one scoop is ALWAYS salty I think it is a form of protest. In a casual formate you play to have fun and for a weak deck the monkey is not fun to play against

[@jezzsmith7593]

Loved the mid-video land change up strategy, classic! I really thought the scary lands would perform better :(

[@ty_sylicus]

"Well hello there random person on the internet" Me: "OMG THAT'S ME!!"

[@fitnesshunter6302]

I kindve want to do this but with like 7 spells. No way to get mana screwed still since the most spells you can ever start with is 7 and if you are on the draw you will always draw a mountain of that's the case. The fun part is figuring out which spells

[@Cheerwine091]

And because of Arena’s hand smoother, you’re actually way more likely to start the game with at least one of those spells

[@provostparkpass]

Where does Ragavan go to get a drinks? The Monkey Bars

[@duartelopes5223]

Ah yes, the infamous Brewer's Kitchen x Meme or Dream crossover fans have been asking for 😂 amazing content as ever!

[@DemiNiBlack]

Rough video to make for sure, but you presented this hilariously and excellently! We're really impressed by your editing, comedic timing, and presentation of the games.

[@benji-menji]

20% chance to die of cringe is quite the power.

[@Trix465]

Actually hilarious, i dont think a mtg arena video has ever made me laugh this much!

[@CathDad4]

A land descruction deck conceeding the second his land is destroyed is literal perfection.

[@TheChannlz]

This was amazing, thankyou Phil

[@thegamesninja3119]

"Monkey!" - Dennis "King Koopa" Hopper

[@dreamwalking]

3:30 This reminds me of running my Izzet Wizards deck in Standard and then Historic when it rotated. Sometimes I would go Island, Siren Stormtamer, and the opponent would just concede, giving me a free win because they thought I was Mono-Blue Tempo.

[@cornball7883]

Ashling the Pilgrim plus 99 mountains is the OG

[@jniteshade5352]

I really haven't minded playing against ragavan in historic brawl. Just Mulligan for interaction and then you get down blockers by the time they recast it. Haven't lost a game to it since the first week it was out.

[@keesschuller6011]

Look, we know the answer is going to be yes before even watching, because of rage scoops Edit: aaaaaand, I was right :P

[@sh41]

The land destruction deck was the best meta-matchup ever

[@yurilopes420]

the slight, smooth zoom in and out when something happens is ABSOLUTELY MARVELLOUS as a video editor, those small details make or break a video. amazing man

[@thestarmandx4448]

I always scoop to Monkey. If enough non-games are played out maybe it'll get the ban.

[@ultrasimp2489]

I can't blame your opponents, I see a monkey in the opposing players Command zone, I immediately scoop too. It's just not a fun deck to play against, and arena games aren't worth anything, so...

[@provostparkpass]

wall of blossoms UNBEATABLE!

[@Orvieta]

MagictheJ...something only got to 98 lands, we got a new emperor now.

[@Enja_Near]

Every single oneof those turn 0 scoops is people soft banning monkey until monkey finally gets the real one.

[@smegmalasagna]

Early scoops are the reason why I would like brawl to have a ranked que.

[@MagicalMasterMind]

The scooping montage got me 😭

[@OsvaldoChannel1]

this is giving me feels of the brawl deck that was only 1 mana ramp and Oko back in the day. People would SCOOP at the sight of Oko alone.

[@NicoGIulianelli]

best MTG content there is. pls more, more, more.

[@MrJoberg]

Finally a deck which doesn’t consume all my wildcards.

[@ty_sylicus]

100 games in.... TWO HOURS?!?! Not bad. Not bad.

[@dylanr.27]

That last game was hilarious

[@TotalTimoTime]

Not running chandra avatar, lightning bolt sleeves and bolthund pet definitely cost you some games!

[@ls2260]

Reject Humanity, return to Monke

[@vladdmitriev4259]

O, not again - monkey! RUN!!! O, first defender( my monkey - bull shit...) video annotation

[@TrueYellowDart]

Did Phil just double plot twist me? Bonus game + unblockable promise then the shutdown. Cheeky bastard.

[@Billchu13]

Quality content! Your commander is a villain so the maindeck answers are justified. Also helps that blocks and removal stop it.

[@benjaminbogel7554]

good video, nice job. my own record was 11:39. nearly the same 22%. but only won one game without conceding. that was against nahiri equipments. got a quite big hexproofed ragavan. mostly lost with early scopes. but one game lost directly against bolas, god-pharaoh +2 as commander. like your videos. like to see more.

[@franciscomuro8427]

I haven’t played Historic Brawl but is it like other games of commander where people on average don’t run much interaction? This is more of a general statement and observation as I did clearly see people playing removal cards.

[@Sharingandud]

There's probably more single target removal as this is 1v1, but I also don't play the format so I may be wrong.

[@1AlasBabylon]

There is interaction, but when you play a format where your opponent *always* has Ragavan on turn 1 and you don't always have your one of Fatal Push/Swords/Lightning Bolt/Bloodchief's Thirst/whatever...

[@canismajor1186]

I'm the kind that would quit the moment I'm matched against the monkey. Same with a few other commanders.

[@SonnigesDeutschland]

I think that's where a ranked cue would really help. Big Atraxa and Etali are may favourite decks to instant scoop to, because they are just ramp-ramp-win, if you don't play blue.

[@frogpizza]

This checks. I've been playing hist brawl with monkey and my win rate is pretty high, if you count turn 0 scoops. Good attempt

[@AntonioDuran-m8i]

Evil genius having a goof day. Loved it!

[@ajax4709]

This is literally what I was explains to people during prerelease for MOM. Like ragavan is a fine card but it’s not gonna be that good lol. Any creature just stonewalls ir

[@ryandowns6233]

i made this joke to my friends! ragavan has my highest winrate of any deck. it's hands-down the best deck for just getting your weekly wins as fast as possible.

[@togethergutlesss]

Ive only ever scooped to monky if my deck is too slow and bad match up ive played against it enough times to know how the match will play out its not that tough to beat if you have lots of early interaction.

[@haeleon654]

I was just waiting for someone to Thoughtseize and be like "...what the heck is this idiot doing" Love your content, keep it up!

[@strikeapose1319]

Wait, it's the OPPONENTS library?!?

[@lutz4820]

The bonus game was awesome!!!

[@Darkeep12]

You should have used the new SMOrc avatar and lightning bolt sleeves for extra intimidation.

[@jongarmulewicz965]

Was this really Brewer’s kitchen this time? Or just kitchen 😂

[@Okamithegod]

I always love kitchens videos

[@lnf720]

I was so excited to see one of your videos and slightly disappointed to see it was only 5 minutes. I know it's a lot of editing but please release more videos.

[@gheist4883]

I probably went up against you lol i remember playing against someone with a ragavan commander who scooped as soon as I had a blocker

[@adrienanderson7439]

I think the arenas match making might be putting you with people who give up quickly since that is what you had to do when you couldn't win. I'm not sure if MTGA actually does this but you might have better luck with the match making if you just passed turns and played lands instead of scooping.

[@cuddlequeen3225]

This is freaken hilarious.

[@archenepnf]

What makes someone surrender on turn one like that xD against such a magnificent hand xD

[@JJpleex]

Brilliant

[@waituntilthis8850]

Brewers kitchen is the only reason why im subbed to mtggoldfish this shit is top tier

[@bodaciouschad]

I've seen this exact deck multiples times the past 2 weeks. Its surprisingly common... and yes, most people will just concede to ragavan on the play because against the actual build of the deck your winrate is

[@masongrae5010]

I feel like maybe if it was all ramp rituals and rocks it could possibly work

[@JustinNelson-kx7qy]

Wtf is going on I haven't played magic in soooooo long (15 years)

[@DeaconofPlague]

This is truly what suffering for the sake of others means : P

[@teamcyeborg]

I'd personally run this with one of every mountain art I own

[@anthonyferguson9282]

with 6 removal, there'd still a guaranteed Ragavan on turn 1...

[@MakeVarahHappen]

This is like the Barry Bonds of decks.

[@jozefkeresturi2139]

2 hours and 21 minutes for 21 wins. Not bad.

[@SteefPip]

I haven't played Magic in a long time, I feel like I'm missing something. If you're drawing nothing but lands how are you getting the monkey on turn one every time?

[@cuddlequeen3225]

It's a Historic Brawl deck, which is a variant of commander for Magic Arena. So Ragavan is the commander for this deck and can be played at any time you could cast him from the command zone.

[@DarklordZagarna]

The deck is called Oops All SPELLS, not Oops All Land.

[@cleytonalves7981]

I really love your content, my friend! I'd say they are my favorite gameplay videos. It's so unfortunate you don't do them more often 😢

[@ryanquinn1257]

I actually use ragavan as a mono red eldrazi commander. It’s absolutely silly. It just helps me ramp on turn 2/3/4. Then some fun like rogues passage, hot soup but usually ragavan is just a lightning rod that ppl carry over modern hatred into EDH for haha.

[@b.b.9364]

Thats one of the best proving footage how much fun modern horizon card design is when you cut out competive drive.

[@AC3handle]

how many lands could you use that are critters? or something else?

[@Magidex]

79% of the time, apparently not. But it was funny.

[@simonetozzi7912]

If you want to be 100% sure to always have a land on turn one, you can play any number of lands between 93 and 99 lands in a brawl deck, the other cards being non-lands. In other words, you are not forced to play 99 lands with that objective in mind, but I suppose you are doing this as a challenge.

[@patritchie1317]

Just add some lightning bolts and value

[@kylereblitz2856]

My favorite was the Wall of Blossoms. 🤣

[@chips8623]

you sure you dont want to run 98 mountains and one lightning bolt?

[@asducommentaire7475]

You could do this as an alternate speedrun from the bat one

[@davey645]

To balance it out we need a deck without any lands like belcher

[@Thomsco]

This brew has no right to be as entertaining as it is. Another top tier video.

[@ThatGSguy]

Hey.... Scavenging Ooze shouldn't have made you quit.... With only one creature, they wouldn't swing because you would go in with your monkey over a tapped ooze... I mean the chances are low but sometimes people make mistakes. Plus if you can rush from the commander zone than you just chump block anyways and then haste over a tapped Ooze. (He says a full year after the video came out)

[@Windows98.]

So glad to catch another Brewers Kitchen vid, my favorite arena content creator

[@-VINihilist-]

You're my favourite person on this channel

[@ryanrobinson2380]

Them are some sweet looking lands

[@suryaeffendy1152]

Quality content

[@papateeter]

This might sound dumb but how is he casting his commander with only one mana when it requires 3?

[@joshwhitmire5753]

Just wait til you hit treasure hunt, such value…