CANADIAN HIGHLANDER GAMEPLAY - JESKAI GREEN vs RGw MONSTERS

[@stormtrooperjeepjk]

Hi I'm Benjamin wheeler, it's great to be here thank you for having me

[@mb778_]

welcome to play to win, a canadian highlander throwdown

[@Gearhook]

"You stumbled? Great! You're dead." Quote of the video

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Hahaha that’s how it is sometimes

[@telepaper1]

Wheeler played a Paradox Engine and Tolarian Academy combo deck once on north 100! And for Thoracle, they know, that's why it's worth 6 or 7 points 😅

[@Rootbeer365]

Love to see Canlander content. If you're looking for combo decks, there are some wild paradox engine and fastbond decks. Thoracle Lands is one that's recently got the spotlight.

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Oh perfect! Thank you!

[@ryanmarsh7532]

Came here to mention Paradox Academy & Thoracle Lands

[@adam.whitcroft]

Let’s go! More Canlander content please.

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Noted

[@crawdaddy2004]

17:09 Thassa’s Oracle is seven points. Flash is also seven points. The best combo decks are probably Tinker or reanimator decks.

[@zakmarcus6222]

Time Vault is one of the top decks in the format, the best versions of it are a hybrid combo-control build (the big innovator in this space was Joking101 who you've had on the channel before.) A Jeskai Breach deck called Slushie has also put up some good results recently. Creature combo builds based around Spellseeker, Agatha's Soul Cauldron, Devoted Druid, Kiki-jiki, etc. are viable. Various flavours of Reanimator are strong as well (Dimir, Esper, Oath variants.) The common thread for all these decks is that they have a solid plan B or their combos layer well together. Glass cannon combo can struggle due to the nature of 100 card singleton but you can still find success with Lotus Breach, Doomsday Breach, Flash Hulk and Thoracle decks. In general, recent Magic design doesn't give much to combo and a lot of midrange threats these days feel like 1 card combos (I'm looking at you Minsc and Boo) so the format can feel like a bit of a midrange slugfest.

[@janmelantu7490]

5-color Lands Thoracle (Thoracle 7 + Strip Mine 2 + Tainted Pact 1) did exceptionally well at the Canlander year-end. As did Breach Storm (Lotus 7 + Breach 3). Paradox Academy and Eggs are also popular combo decks. But also Red Deck Wins (the points don’t matter lol) and Death & Taxes are still top decks.

[@markosvafeas]

Dylan and Cam: Looking for combo decks in Canlander Me: Can I offer you a nice egg this trying time?

[@jacenchrisbaker]

Dylan is listening to Ben some amount, as he's on Jeskai Green. haha Waiting patiently for Cam to realize that Canlander is basically 'Vintage Cube Constructed' and it's basically pure joy.

[@TeaHauss]

Seeing jeskai green made me think, what if for the four color names we went flavorful sans-color terms, like Lawless, Thoughtless, Selfless, Emotionless, Shameless

[@jonathanvogels1690]

Please explain which is which. I'm not sure. But love the idea

[@domotoroOfficial]

@@jonathanvogels1690 IMO the problem with the idea, cool as it is, is that its too hard to tell which is which

[@MrWader76]

Witch-maw is already too metal of a name. What’s not broken doesn’t need fixing

[@iclimbeverything2990]

@@domotoroOfficial because grixis is clear on what that means right? jund?

[@FuturePreference]

@@jonathanvogels1690 Lawless is obviously without White, white is the maker of laws. Thoughtless is obviously sans Blue (blue is the color of thought and research). Emotionless is obviously without Red (red is the color of emotion). The last two are harder. I could see Selfless as without Black (black is the color ambition/prioritizing oneself). And that leaves Shameless as without Green (green being the color of the animalistic and natural, you don't care about shame you just exist as you are and live in the moment?), but that doesn't work, because that would be "Shameful", because Green is missing, so I'm not sure about the reasoning for that one sorry. Great idea indeed @TeaHauss!

[@Crona975]

There's a beautiful land throical combo deck that got second in the latest YJ Championship. Theres also plenty of time vault variant decks.

[@jcprofit]

Canlander has become one of my favorite formates recently, so it’s really nice to see my favorite creators play it!

[@niklasbolz4267]

Nice to see some 1v1 in different formats once in a while. Really enjoyed these so far. Keep up the great content

[@matthaus_c]

Oh Comet, Stellar Pup, Grant me thy favor, May my rolls be filled with RNG, And blessings from thy heavenly nature. May your cosmic power guide me, Through the challenges I face, And may your rule reign over the Discord forever, Bringing harmony and grace. As I offer up this prayer, I give thanks for your divine presence, And humbly ask for your continued blessings, Throughout my journey and existence. Oh Comet, Stellar Pup, May your light forever shine, And may I always honor and respect, Your divine will, so sublime.

[@XTimTheEnchanterX]

I love highlander, would definitely watch more of these

[@DarkZadaTV]

I LOVE canlander - would love to see more of it on the channel!! Great showing from both of you. For combo decks, there is a 5 color thoracle lands deck that was played in LRR's 2023 championship that you can check out!

[@stasjovb]

15 min in it seems like you guys for got broadside bombadiers has an incredible power boast ability possible the turn before too because could have just thrown the token add WPA

[@traxefy5633]

So hyped by you guys playing Canlander, the format is sick af! Try paradox academy or 5color Thoracle lands

[@Flashpoint3373]

Love to see more creators doing Canadian Highlander content. Vintage cube and Canlander are the best formats

[@SP-ik6cc]

„Minks“ and Boo 😂

[@fluffylord2742]

I’ve always tried to tell people, if you’re using thought scour to look for a land, mill your opponent and draw your card, that’s how it goes

[@andresarancio6696]

Something I love of Canlander is how even the most aggressive combo deck needs to be able to box against just good old fashioned "So, 8 power turn 3 going in?" Surprisingly fair and balanced format for something you can play freaking Ancestral Recall

[@Atom1c1141]

So for Canlander, right now the midrange piles are king because of the best cards fitting into those decks from recent sets IE. Forth Eorlings/Broadside Bombardiers/Minsc&Boo etc etc. However combo is very potent, lands combo will destroy midrange decks because glacial chasm and tabernacle, storm decks are strong as well, artifact combo is very popular with paradox engine/the one ring (can't do that in Cedh). Loading Ready Run runs a canlander championship every year and lands combo just won the 2023 season.

[@castanus4343]

Guys you should try to play Duel Commander! It's a really fun format. I would love to see it on your channel. It's always a pleasure to watch some high power level Magic.😂❤

[@trentyndays9015]

I said it on Patreon, and I'll say it here: YES. YES YES YES. PLEASE DO THIS MORE (at your leisure, of course). This format is so friggin cool

[@akivamann-robison3644]

For the questions about where the combo decks are, their in artifacts. Time vault is a card, eggs is a deck, and of course tolarian academy

[@Impulse.Jeskai]

This format seems so cool, I'm gonna go join the official discord!

[@captaingalaxy6294]

I love your cedh content but something about the dynamic between you two in 1v1 makes this the most fun content for me to watch. Keep up the excellent work!

[@AndrewLawton16]

Love you guys! Thanks for the Gay to Win merch and I'm really thrilled to see you guys get into CamLander. To my, the format is everything I love about the spirit and ethos of cEDH while actually being magic. 1v1, 20 life is just such a different experience from Commander's multiplayer metagame. And it's a slightly different skill set, which is really interesting to watch. You guys broke it down and referenced some sequencing decisions and misplays, and that's what CanLander is all about you me. Both Decks are basically loaded guns. A pile of the most busted cards in the game. The first one to blink gets shot. Games get ended over tempo and incremental advantage instead of advantage engines. It's magic on the micro level where as cedh is magic on the macro level to me. I love that you can get absolutely blown out on turn two in canlander and you just shuffle up and go again. Instead of getting blown out on turn two in cEDH and now you have to sit through the rest of a game of Commander. Love that we got to see five games in the video. And they are five good games! Love seeing you guys play with initiative once, miss half the triggers and still come to the conclusion of "wait a second, this is busted as shit" Great video and hope to see more like it

[@MomirsLabTech]

7:03 has major "Who do you think you are, I am!" energy lol

[@nyox6110]

6:25 It´s even funnier that they are now printing Laelia in MH3. So now she exsists in 1v1

[@HunterxDante]

Always glad to see more Canadian Highlander play. Great games!

[@tylerkelly3827]

If you want combo decks, I play a Birthing Pod combo deck. There are several different ways to build pod. There is also pattern rector, time vault, various storm decks. Would love to see more of this!

[@jacobparker1651]

Really love seeing some Canlander guys, echoing what other folks have said, would be cool to see you explore this space more, the LRR stuff is always interesting

[@sparkythespooderduck8723]

Love the canlander content, if you're looking for combo asking ben wheeler would be a good start, barring that his moxfield has every tournament decklist so thats convenient for looking at the whole field

[@sparkythespooderduck8723]

The most recent year end tournament winner was a thoracle lands deck that's pretty sweet. I've been running a bant spell seeker time walk deck that's been having alot of luck with the recent points changes of birthing pod and crop rotation to 0, it's even got some spice alluren lines🔥

[@jonathanrichman2330]

Hell yeah! Canadian Highlander is one of my favorite formats. There are so many cool midrange, low to the ground aggro, and combo decks.

[@loganator326]

Canadian Highlander does have combo decks, but god are they convoluted as all hell. Actual masterclasses of deckbuilding because they don't focus on 1-2 combos as much as they focus on assembling an engine that combos out and wins the game

[@jcprofit]

So, on the combo decks, thoracle consult is a deck, but moreso the combos are paradox engine, tolarian academy, lands with fast bond, and underworld breach lines

[@whatwayzup]

If you like cEDH and Canadian Highlander I highly recommend Duel Commander, It's a great format. Having a commander gives some build-around potential and requires less of a goodstuff-ish approach than Canadian Highlander. The ban list includes cards like sol ring, mana crypt, fierce guardianship, deflecting swat, etc. It makes for a slower and more consistent format than Canadian Highlander. I play cEDH, Canlander, and Duel Commander, they're really all worth playing.

[@kellyperry5009]

Most excited I've ever been for a playtowin video! Highlander is the best 1v1 format. Make more of these please!!

[@samuel5345]

Second time they forgot that oko exists saying that boo is the best planeswalker

[@darkperihellion]

Because Oko isn't as good in their respective decks.

[@Dikarika]

The best planeswalker in Canlander is Comet. That card is gross in 1v1.

[@benlucas3151]

Minsc and Boo is better than Oko.

[@stormtrooperjeepjk]

Isn't oko a pointed pw though?

[@yeti1174]

Breach storm, time vault, flash hulk, doomsday breach, and seekerwalk are all great combo decks you could try.

[@Tirantekk]

Would enjoy seeing you guys playing more Canlander with the good old Canadian boys

[@lane9668]

Best combo deck in the format is probably Time Vault (Redless Vault is usually how it’s described on deck dumps) If you’re in the Canlander discord, one of the TOs has a spreadsheet of basically every tourney winner over the last 2 years

[@lane9668]

Also if you want combo decks that're familiar to you as a cEDH player, various forms of Jeskai Underworld Breach (usually called Slushie) or Thoracle Doomsday lists will probably feel pretty approachable. The Breach decks are mostly just Jeskai control with a combo finish, but Thoracle Doomsday is a little more all in, and it DOES get to play Thoracle + Consult. Main gameplan is Doomsday -> Thoracle lines, though, since tutors are pretty slim with Thoracle eating 70% of your points.

[@cobaltbeau]

The (obvious) thing about the combo point - in EDH, you have to beat 3 times as many players that each have twice as much life. That's a much higher bar to clear with combat damage. Oracle consult is win no matter how big their life totals are.

[@erikgrundy]

your editing style fits 1v1 really well - the games feel very snappy

[@RaiderX7997]

Paradox engine, tolarian academy, and paradoxical outcome are the combo decks I believe aside from the thassa’s oracle decks. There’s more I’m sure like lands deck, but those are the some popular combo pieces that I am aware of

[@nmglowden]

More of this please. Love your content long time fan.

[@zacharykennedy7922]

I watch all y’all’s content can’t believe I wasn’t subscribed but I just did

[@Princederbat]

Love seeing Canadian Highlander content! I just built/proxied 4 lists from the most recent championship they had including a Gruul Monster list that seems almost unbeatable. As for combo lists, theres a ThOracle Lands list where you can Crucible back surveil lands that you wasteland yourself and with Fastbond and a Courser of Kruphix you mill your whole library and win with Thassa's its a lot, but im sure there are other combos that win well. Check out the most recent top 8 that LRR and Yellow Jacket put on and you'll see a few more combo lists there too

[@StrykerLee]

I love Counterbalance. It feels super janky even when it's just plain good with the right pilot. With my IQ, it's always just janky. I cracked two back in 2006 and still have them.

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Agree that is a big brain card for sure

[@thehitchickersbro1]

I was playing canadian highlander at my store in large tournaments, that shit was fun

[@jordankerr5057]

Yes CanLander!! Thanks for featuring such a sweet format! Love the channel!

[@levic8984]

I love canlander content! would love to see more! If you want combo there is the Tolarian academy decks, like eggs :3 would love to see y'all try it

[@dewrules235]

Eragon is the main character of the book series by Christopher Paolini

[@Renuzithatesyou]

There is a very fun 5c color lands thassa oracle combo deck that is quite fast. There is also Ben wheeler's eggs deck which is kinda gimmicky but has put up results

[@remotefacade]

More canlander please! For combo decks, try breach storm (slushie) or time vault!

[@cptanarchy7]

Minx and Boo is 100% not the name of that card lol. That being said I fucking love your videos.

[@serrademers6047]

Love seeing Canlander content!! Hope to see more.

[@patrickhenke6968]

This is like Vintage Cube, the format.

[@RaiderX7997]

This was an awesome video. I hold out hope to see canlander more often here and everywhere ❤

[@titak7755]

Oh! Finally! Gay to Win playmats! Immediately ordered one! Thank you guys!

[@DeWillpower]

"...on pikachu" ahaha so funny *looks at the board* XD

[@Schmanton]

Love your Gay to Win merch ❤

[@patopub2]

thank you dragon sield for shupporting the show - Cam

[@xEhCanadian]

Thanks for playing canlander, it was great to watch

[@frostknocker]

Been waiting for this one for ages, love this format

[@tomneilson9501]

if youre looking for fun combo decks, theres a midrange deck that uses spellseeker as a 1 card infinite turns engine

[@Rubber_Ducksauce]

Love to see more Canlander content. Great video.

[@telekin13]

love canadian highlander

[@TheCodingle]

Look up Ben Wheelers Tolarian academy eggs deck. That thing is glorious. theres a bunch of thassas oracle and breach decks as well. They usually use doomsday i believe ( for the thassa decks)

[@bjarkov12]

15:03 missed Broadside Bombardiers lethal with the boast

[@hellNo116]

There are many combo decks. I don't know how you missed them honestly. If not combo at the very least storm. Don't forget both tolarian academy and paradox engine are legal. If you want to play with the forbidden fruits this is the format if you ask me

[@j.aratusmacdonald7041]

Love this format, love you guys. More please!

[@edoardolaviola4668]

YOOO is that Laelia at 06:34 from MH3 way before release date xD ? Love you guys, does not matter if hasbro loves you too

[@segfaultInBrain]

More Canadian Highlander/1v1 content pls!!

[@DoubleJack777]

You could also try Duel commander. Very competitive format

[@Fogshaper]

that was super fun. love me some 20 life highlander. you see so many cards you dont see in cedh or legacy here.

[@florianrossiaud6318]

Probably the first comment I write in youtube. Thank you for your content it's the best ! Could you one day try Duel Commander ? It's a competitive format with singleton and a commande with a restrictive ban list. You'll make my day. Cheers guys

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

I L O V E watching CanLander. I’d be all over a second patreon if you made this a second channel with weekly videos

[@jamallynch1218]

play to win i'm up now love everything y'all do

[@icansavehiphop]

15:00 hes dead to a bombadeers activation

[@Lavorre]

15:03 Missed lethal with broadside bombardiers right? Sac Undermountain adventurer to do 6?

[@Egovinco98]

15:00 all of this game is me wondering if cam read broadside bombardiers

[@RedPandaStan]

Awesome vid! would love to see more canlander.

[@DavidRain]

Hi!! You should try also the 1v1 competitive italian Commander, Centurion! It's very funny and balanced

[@dekina1198]

minsc sure is insane. but i think wren and six + waste land is also a big outchy for your opponent

[@Dikarika]

I've been wanting to build a Jeskai Stoneblade deck for canlander. Maybe i should just do it... 🤔

[@matthugenberg8869]

I'm not one to like videos on yt, but for Canadian highlander, I'll do it. XD

[@thelibrarian6009]

If you are looking for combos you should look at Eggs, Garbage Platter, Mono-Black 2 Card Combos(which is admittedly prett bad) or any kind of Goblin Welder decks.

[@benjamindavidgoebel1818]

Canadian Highlander is a great format! I do prefer watching it to casual games of Deb by a lot

[@multeyemeteor]

Thoracle was one of the first Highlander decks I played a ton of. Oh, we know... there's a reason the card is 7 points. People are aware

[@TheCodingle]

Paradox Engine is a pretty big combo deck as well

[@domotoroOfficial]

I love watching them freak out at how good the undercity is in 1v1. like yeah... welcome to our hell lol

[@milespaskel4776]

SICK VIDEO AND SICK PLAYMAT insta bought that gaytowin, absolutely amazing design

[@goldheart1049]

hey guys love the vid! what do you guys use to proxy? in all your vids the cards look so real. i know some might be real, but what do you use to proxy?

[@Repaurcas]

Have you read Broadside Bombardeer (in the 2nd to Last Game?) :D

[@ryanaymar9124]

Try playing High Tide/Tolarian Academy. Spike Feeders played with it and it looks so fun to play

[@jonahstephens7605]

Very curious to see how laelia shapes up in modern