cEDH PLAYERS TRY CASUAL WITH MANACURVES - SISAY vs GLISSA vs VILIS vs XYRIS - PLAY TO WIN GAMEPLAY

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[@Maverickstyg]

"I'm glad I'm dead! Fuck this!" Should ABSOLUTELY be on one of your shirts, guys

[@asparagusmelontoast]

Would buy

[@ajaydassani9931]

Def make some sleeves of that..

[@quinci]

Lot's of revealing Tetzimoc on other people's turn. The 2-hour long game debuff is real lol. "Activate this ability only during your turn."

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

READING THE CARD SURE DOES EXPLAIN THE CARD GOOD CATCH

[@WarmasterSidious]

Came here to say the same!

[@zeroisnine]

I was like, wow, that's kinda interesting, then I read the card, lol

[@joshbaker8767]

Caught this also. I do really wish they hadn't put that clause on Tetzimoc though. I think he'd see a lot more play if that was the case.

[@cobaltbeau]

I feel like chase learned a lesson about cedh players and rhystic haha

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

PAY THE ONE FOREVER

[@imanujakku]

Yeah i got the sense chase rarely encounters such upstanding tax paying citizens in casual. the rapid response to sisay also seemed like a cEDH reflex :)

[@TLWHDX]

If you dont just pay the one, youre playing against it wrong.

[@user-xo5gy4zt5e]

@@imanujakku even in casual, if you let sissay use her activation you usually lose

[@tmain1320]

They still drew a non insignificant amount of cards though!

[@DeWillpower]

good job to you for editing a 30 minutes long video from a 2 hours long casual game!

[@holstenmason]

“Is this what everyone else’s casual games look like” Pretty much!

[@ODIRGO]

yup, few target removal, tons of boardwipes each round.

[@NT_Escanor]

Casual has 2 options: all the removal or battle cruiser magic where the game ends and everyone wonders why they don’t run more board wipes

[@Lumpyspacejams]

Pretty cool how all the secret lair cards make a decent deck! One thing I saw for Dylan's Tetzomac(?), you can only activate it on your turn

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

YES THATS AN OOPSIE ON ME

[@Lumpyspacejams]

@@PlaytoWinMTG Very familiar with the oopsies, I make them everyday 🤣

[@ERGOPROXY.]

You are not alone, this is what most casual games devolve into from my experience: everyone struggling to get a foothold on the board

[@zweis]

Grass is always greener on the other side. I'd rather see people struggle to develop the board than everyone have 30 creatures and durdle

[@ERGOPROXY.]

@@zweis I’d rather get more than 2-3 games in an evening. If no one has a board then no one is winning, except through combo which is generally frowned on in casual play. Board wipe hell is definitely a thing.

[@zweis]

@@ERGOPROXY. Believe me when everyone is casting a creature each turn and passing until someone draws an overrun it takes just as long as board wipe hell

[@ERGOPROXY.]

@@zweis I think we may have different versions of the word “casual”. That’s straight up battlecruiser EDH. Casual spans the breadth of precon to high powered, only not including cEDH level gameplay. That said, we can probably agree that there are multiple versions of casual hell to fall into, and they all suck.

[@zweis]

@@ERGOPROXY. I think we have the same definition but the people at my LGS believe removal and counter spells are "mean spirited". That might just be cap tho so they force me to play more removal so they can play more engine

[@RedPandaStan]

the only casual edh i like is building non cedh commanders w cedh standards. Someone in my pod has an azusa deck that has like 4 game winning combos. I have a narset deck that wins on swing. very fun way to play the game, and you never have to worry about games lasting hours.

[@frandynamo2143]

13:47 - Everyone missed Tyler’s impact tremors and Purphy triggers from casting and resolving his Commander here which would have resulted in Dylan’s death that turn with the rest of that turns actions. 👀 But gg! Love to see Mana Curves and casual Commander is awesome! It’s funny to see y’all not know cards that do come up in casual like Michiko.

[@Jugglerman]

Fun game! It's fun to see casual and what people bring to the table. :)

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Thanks!

[@ezoleh8941]

@@PlaytoWinMTG What are your rules about what cards you can and cant play?

[@danilohernandez8989]

Dylan going on a rant over what he should have done in a casual game and then realizing it would've saved him is just *chef's kiss* Truly a perfect representation of every time I play casual

[@wabbab]

Future Dylan: I could have gain 34 but it's casual *Gets dealt 7 for lethal* Future Dylan: 😑

[@Halinn]

Also, IMO you should still play to win in casual. The difference ought to be in deckbuilding, not gameplay.

[@ggangulo]

tetzimoc ability only on your turn amigo. not any other time.., fun game though. love casual decks like these.

[@Kelthulu89]

*looks at timestamp before the title” holy shit this has to be an insane game. Oh wait nope just a regular game. Never sad to see twice as much of my fave players and Chase was a DELIGHT!

[@MarcellusWalrus4]

YESSSS! I love watching your content, but I'm a casual player. Always so happy to see these games get posted. Two of my absolute favorite decks are inspired by your casual gameplay vids. Gisa and Geralf + Glissa, the Traitor. Seeing those decks play, I thought "that looks really good...I shoulda got that. GIMME DAT! I'm Jokin' - I'm JOKIN'."

[@exsnypre]

Love seeing Chase on the channel, and would love to see them again. Also good to see a relatively even and highly interactive game despite being "casual." Awesome content.

[@colinstaub455]

Hey Dylan, I have noticed you pull out some binders in the podcasts and like them quite a bit. What brand are they?

[@boredindividual]

Love the music choices throughout the game!

[@datboi864]

New to cedh and I have learned a lot from your content. Thanks yall!

[@Karste1n]

Always so fun to see you play casual and amazing to see Chase on here

[@juggernautstark1]

Plenty of missed triggers. Sure Its par for the course with lots of game actions over 2 hours. But 21:40 and some other moments Chase gets some free additional land drops. 😂

[@hodlsage8968]

Haha... Love to get 2 lands each turn!!!

[@Thelastpraetor]

On the second trigger of Phyrexian Scriptures, when Cam drew a card in response to the trigger, Xyris should have triggered

[@lexisanterre]

Manacurves is such a fantastic name for an MTG channel you go, chase. I appreciate you guys constantly introducing me to new Magic creators, I'll check their channel out.

[@brennanmaddux2721]

The line Dylan would have proposed would of hurt him more then helped because for every life he gained and card he drew Tyler would have gotten another snake. Also Tyler missed 4 Xyris Triggers when Dylan played the demon card that drew him 4 cards. However great game very fun to watch.

[@dekina1198]

"i only play 4 of each basic" so 20 basic lands in a 5 color deck?? Sounds painfull to play with

[@benwolz]

also that implies equal proportions of mana in wubrg ! that's nutso

[@Jack-in-the-Mox]

might lose a few points on consistancy sure; she did seem stoked for the Yavimaya lmao. But the pips seem fine see all the 3 mana mono color single pip spells reach cultivate, beast within generous gift, rhystic study.

[@ianross9475]

"Powerfullness of Villis" Is like Cam's version of Lil' John repeating the last word of every rap song. 😂

[@whirlwindsky]

This was so good! Keep up the great work.

[@ThisVikingLikesTwinkies]

Chase’s Stolas playmat is absolutely serving and making my whole body happy to see my fav character from Helluva Boss rocking it in some magic 😂

[@WushuTaz]

2 hour game edited down to 30 minutes. Impressive. Although I do miss watching fully unedited/trimmed games like Commander VS channel.

[@brendans1983]

Man, i am so glad i have started playing cedh more than casual. Everyone has a different meaning for casual, and this game definitely showcases that 🍻

[@TheWaffleDad]

I really enjoyed watching yall play casual

[@Cy_in]

Bruh. I love watching Chase play. They're the chillest player ive ever seen and always has the most fun gameplay. Love you Chase!!!!!!

[@ManaCurves]

Thank you 🥺🥺🫶🏻

[@jstrobel3620]

All I’ll say, the secret lair thing is cool, but I look at that board and have no idea what any of those cards are when usually I can just see the art and know lol

[@aech2629]

Cam getting excited about the spire garden coming in tapped had me dying

[@mooimahorse2263]

4:30 FINALLY MY FAVORITE MAGIC CREATOR KNOWS ABOUT ONE PIECE!!!

[@Mjoelnar89]

Thanks for reminding me why I prefer cEDH a lot over casual ...

[@nikhilchhagan7371]

My friends and I all play an appropriate amount of interaction so our games are typically in the 45 minutes to an hour range. Ideal imo

[@lapsnofun]

its crazy becuase the only reason my friend groups power level has gone up is because we are switching out board wipes for real things to end games. I feel like the epidemy of casual commander is board wipes. Loved the video tho gave me a new perceptive of casual decks and what i should do for a more casual fun deck

[@noahmurtha4036]

I’ve gone back and forth between casual and cEDH a lot lately and damn I’ve missed playing casual lol. I LOVE cEDH, but something about just not caring about winning (at least not entirely) and just doing the cool things, tickles the fancy

[@taylorjohnson5148]

I love the casual episodes!

[@TheUnfilteredGaymer]

2:18 Cam looking at the decklist, and you playing three visit/Nature's Lore. I'm curious why you don't play one of the common dual lands. Maybe more than one. Idk when this was recorded to mention Underground Mortuary from murders at karlov. The land I would 1 for 1 swap out is Jungle Hollow. I don't see the 1 life mattering as much as a tutorable land, plus counts to Cabal Coffer numbers if you don't have an Urborg out. This is more so a casual/budget easy swap suggestions.

[@izzyskeemy]

*This Is gonna be a Banger letsss goooo*

[@RhythmBeast360]

So happy to see Xyris get some love. Also happy to see Tyler play it.

[@hodlsage8968]

Casual games and someone always shows up with Sissay hahah... 😅 Good times!!!

[@archorboy11]

You know it's refreshing seeing y'all play casual.

[@GollyGoshSensation]

Coat of Arms counts all creature types on the battlefield, not just your own.

[@ajaydassani9931]

Cam sleeves are great what are they?

[@colinfowler3021]

This is my favorite "begin" for awhile.

[@DamnJekyll]

Played Liliana's Contract soon as I found out about it in my Esper deck n was able to win with it the first match I slotted it in. 😅 Definitely put it in as a challenge n it felt very underwhelming 🤣🤣🤣

[@towelguy]

"I misses this awesome line" the epitome of casual play

[@UnstableCommanders]

This was a nice change. Funny how Cam and Dylan mention making mistakes because it’s casual EDH when they make mistakes in cEDH too lol.

[@kamilwhaley-kalaora4839]

I get a little spike of dopamine every time you guys post a casual gameplay video

[@TrixerFerKids]

Ah yes, the good ol' fog to bamboozle the alpha striker. Ya love/hate to see it.

[@tdwpguy42]

Jesus. Chase's deck has got to be so expensive. The ragavan alone

[@McMullenDistillery]

Not a very casual deck with Rhystic, Eldritch Evolution, Ragavan...

[@oscarperezcame]

Man it was a hilarous match hahaha... Chase is really funny

[@jakedalle1]

Tyler missed all the triggers from rhystic draws right? I mean.. he should have had more snakes

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Oooo ya that sounds right

[@jakedalle1]

@@PlaytoWinMTG well it's casual.. who cares 😂😂

[@emmettdouke6657]

I think he knew the enchantment wipe was gonna clean him up, lol he also missed the 4 snakes off the enchantment that Dylan played always fun to watch none the less

[@forerealz]

Curious about Dylans deck.. I see that he is goign for the flavor of having the four demons Liliana made a pact with in the deck, but one of them is banned in commander. I checked out the decklist linked in the description and I see that not only Griselbrand is not present, but that he doesn't even have four demons in the deck.. What is the thought process here? Or did I miss something?

[@aar7149]

Yes I run a lot of interaction as while always have even before I ever played cedh so my casual games in some of the pods go just like that

[@Thwacky01]

This is the most non-casual casual game I have ever seen. Also, Chase's playmat is hype. Stolas is best birb.

[@jessesandburg]

Didnt lose.3.off inferal grasp either. Missing all terror of peaks life drain triggers. Haha. Love these casual games!

[@KunaKuso]

Shouldn't purphoros still be on board sonce it's indestructible? And therefore during the echo of eons and snakes everyone would die?

[@ToadboyMTG]

19:40 for everyone who came from the short and want to know wtf the boardstate was

[@zweis]

I feel like Chase got cEDH trauma when they saw everyone removing Sissay and paying for Rhystic 😂

[@carsonhauss8286]

I dont know if anyone else said this, but there should have been an extra point of damage from purphoros entering bc of impact tremors since he was a creature

[@lostinthewoods2201]

Do you guys have your lists up anywhere? I would like to check out Dylans Demon deck

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

in the description!

[@dcrow9650]

I'm surprised Tyler didn't play some kind of protection for Xyris. I mean, yeah, he has the mana for the 15 of his Commander, but damn...

[@mari3ners311]

Love that this is a casual game

[@jimbojones2211]

Cam taps out turn 2, and plays a spell with 3 colored pips. He uses elves and deep shadow and at least 1 pain land. Should he be at 38? (didn't look at the first land either, maybe 37?)

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth!

[@MrMaddog994]

I’m a sucker for that stolas mat :3

[@sayntfuu]

My pod is slowly starting to look more like this as I watch more of it. Most people do not run enough interaction like this.

[@TripsAhoy]

Nice game! ❤❤❤

[@dekina1198]

Tetzumask reveal is sorcery speed dylan! :

[@dave_8600]

So Cam plays an incarnation of Glissa based on the 1 - 4 choice? Is that how his deck works?

[@benjaminrabuzin9957]

When I saw ragavan come out my brain went “I thought this was a causal game” 😂

[@deandreholmes3807]

Fellow Xyris player. Watching him get obliterated each time he hit the field makes total sense. Sucks you couldn’t hit a counterspell or protection at any point!

[@nerfinatorrr9981]

One time playing casual high power with friends I cast xyris cast wheel in response one friend free countered the wheel and the other blew up xyris. Next turn same damn thing. I laughed.

[@SilHbs]

Ok, REALLY strange Xyris build with no counterspells whatsoever. But insane video. Thanks guys.

[@khazixthevoidreaver9499]

i actually prefer 1000 times more games with lot of interaction that games without, actually hillarious the amount of destruction going around

[@jacobbono]

Did I miss something? Why wouldn't Chase cast the scheming symmetry before attacking with the Etali? The card is basically designed for that exact situation. Not that it would have changed the outcome of the game, just seems like a waste.

[@peruru84]

They probably didn't do it because Tyler was dead and they didn't want to waste any more time. 2 hour game.

[@TheBigIntellectual]

I Love CHACE and their deck. I also have one like it.

[@redrum923]

15 Rounds so either 5 games of cedh that are 3 rounds long or 3 cedh games that are 5 rounds long. i pick cEDH every time over a 2+hours casual game.

[@jonathonskogman8337]

So are you guys excited for all commanders having partner for pride month? I am brewing a Kibo + Ragavan deck.

[@meximan374]

“The powerfulness of Vilis”

[@damo9961]

The promo Glissa has so much better art, one of my fav arts on a magic card

[@kenkokuten4887]

My casual games usually include locking people in a prison using my Estrid enchantments. Safe to say I'm not liked playing at all lol.

[@levijaeger4910]

8:05 I feel seen.

[@GaryAsphodel]

Yo I made a cameo in this game W

[@khazixthevoidreaver9499]

no snakes after lilliana's contract? 9:14

[@TheRDRipley]

In answer to your question, Dillon, its just you lol. Casual games that I play are not removal fests 😂

[@jordanlawlor89]

I’m definitely missing something. Why is Cam choosing a random card? Is it different arts for Glissa?

[@joec9547]

Yep, different arts

[@jordanlawlor89]

@@joec9547 ah thanks

[@MegaTrain]

Yes, he has multiple arts for his commander, and allows an opponent to choose which comes into play each time.

[@twhite9615]

Casual commander but with high powered commanders. Id like to see them play super casual with some jank commanders.

[@CorsairJoshua]

Oooooh Cam I see that Don!! card. One Piece TCG video when?!?!

[@Jack-in-the-Mox]

I love 5c goodstuff so much

[@letswatchification]

The begin sent me

[@Bleesotron]

"Is this what your casual games look like?" No, sometimes there's two Odric, Lunarch Marshal decks that have acquired lifelink, indestructible, and vigilance, and we have to agree to stop attacking until one of us draws an answer to the other so that we don't end up at 5000 life and have to play for eight hours.

[@xEldrazi]

Tyler should have 4 snakes from the Lilly’s contract?

[@tonthax]

Its like when PTW doesnt play cedh they just forget how the game works lol

[@katherinebrossett3415]

I need to find where chase got the playmat

[@ManaCurves]

I got it off of VivziePop’s shark robot store (official helluva boss merch). They no longer sell my mat but they have other ones from the show there

[@SolidFoxHoundSF]

Hahahah so much early removal, you Can hear causal pods getting salty.

[@kartoshka1952]

Not that it matters in the slightest but at 1:45 Cam should've taken 2 damage for casting Glissa

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

I only had to take 1 cause I could tap my pain land for a green thanks to Yavimaya on Tyler’s board