One of The Craziest Tournaments in Recent History! | LDXP Tacoma cEDH Top 16 Breakdown!

[@johnweinhandl8890]

Homie was 10?! Hats off! WILD. I remember playing magic when I was 10… and well… we didn’t play with sleeves….

[@andytheindividual3862]

Thats because you're an old fart 😏

[@stephenalsup6300]

This is the Najeela player. Yea the blood crypt is there cause i didnt have a badlands until after tourney. Most of the choices i had were to deal with Sissay and Nadu as the meta became heavy with it up here. Been working with Atlas on the list and its been really fun to play and does surprisingly well. Soul trader also goes infinite really with Chatterfang lets you activate Najeela super easy. Thanks for the love

[@maxxlanglois]

Question for you, did you even notice the difference between the badL and blood crypt?

[@tinykappasubaccount5943]

@@maxxlangloisthere is no difference between them besides the two life Shocks are great for budget reasons if proxying isn’t an option

[@stephenalsup6300]

@maxlanglois958 besides the monetary difference in my wallet the 2 dmg never really mattered.

[@horacecampbell8483]

Hey another najeela player here, what's ur thought on not running druids repository or nature's will.

[@stephenalsup6300]

@horacecampbell8483 I like druids just because derevi draws a lot of hate and sometimes you can just stick that down. I also don't know if I could find a spot for nature's will tbh

[@jasonwarren516]

Atraxa player here. I remember commenting on your video 2 years ago talking about gettting into cedh with Tasigur lol. I've come a long way since then, and having recently picked up this deck I've been enjoying it a lot despite the hostile meta. Thanks for breaking down the tournament!

[@johnweinhandl8890]

Anyone else immediately click on Ian’s video Thinking it was about his run at cowtown? And all the other awesome players at the event ?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Y'all have to know at this point that it's the week after hahaha 😅

[@johnweinhandl8890]

@@ComedIanMTG I wished on a star last night….

[@adamfisher7099]

Big ups to the homey, Cyrus! Keep up the hard work! You'll be the next ComedIan in Split Second time.

[@onemodusvivendi]

No twin flame or breach in the Cheshire deck because he’s trying to win on other people’s turns on top of their win attempts. It’s also the reason for all the flash creatures. It’s a real cool deck.

[@craigrgriffin]

You still control the auras, so amphibian doesn't increase dockside count. They do make you draw cards with Marneus though!

[@johnweinhandl8890]

@@craigrgriffin oh good call judge Yup

[@thiscountryboy4976]

I figured someone pointed it out already lol

[@JonahStarenchak]

I think that in the stella lee wildcard list, blisterspit goblin is meant to combo off with stella lee, dramatic reversal, and any mana rock, or instead of stella lee just isochron scepter as the combo usually goes, correct me if I'm wrong though

[@GoldSabertooth]

Your videos just keep getting better homie, always love your breakdowns!

[@THEChallisMiles]

This was my first ever cEDH tournament. I wanted so badly to get a top 16, but I landed on 20th. At least I can say I played against a lot of these decks and pilots while I was there.

[@MillaTK]

Some awesome spice in these lists! That vexing bauble got me last night. Had a turn 1 aphetto alchemist into turn 2 Nadu, but got stopped by seat 1 turn 1 bauble when I had two 0 mana rocks in hand. Card won them the game for sure.

[@neonron8812]

Was at the Commandfest. I'm glad to see it is being covered. Seems like a good time had by all.

[@tommytoes2738]

Atlas is the best player in the NW. Dude is an absolute monster when politicking. He wins a tournament about every month.

[@jeffreypu9893]

There is a Mox diamond in the Kenrith list. It's just the foil from thr vault version.

[@brendans1983]

"just" 🤪

[@peteryankowsky]

What do you think about these proxyless tournaments? I have a proxyless list but I dont love the idea of supporting tournaments demanding this.

[@bodhitree628]

Props to my man Atlas!

[@Rizso1]

twinflame, pinnacle monk + dockside also goes inf.

[@ottertvmtg6229]

amphibian downpour does not feed your dockside, as you still control all the aura copies, even though theyre on your opponents creatures it does feed your opponents dockside though

[@psychevolvexrp777]

The bird is flapping lol

[@maxxlanglois]

I'm from Canada, so the scene here is meh, but I'm happy you guys are getting support for a competitive circuit. One day maybe (after I get lessons with you ;) )

[@KobeEbf]

In the Elsha list do you think the Windfall over Wheel of Fortune inclusion was because it was a non proxy tourny?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Most likely

[@BlindCarl]

Hey I was the jenson/lurrus player! currently I don't think ezio is a better option for this deck. Jensons filter ability is pretty relevant with cards like jeskas will and bring to light. Ezio is a little bit easier to cast but is basically fully blank text otherwise, so I think jenson is still the preferred commander.

[@scienceoffinance1778]

Awesome to see Veggie CEDH top 16

[@eyeh0]

Skyturtle life! I try to squeeze it in anything with UG

[@VtroboguycEDH]

Talon in Dino!!!!

[@Kizzet373]

Woot! Go Aaron Johnson on Erinis / Street Urchin!

[@bazookachicken_]

Great video! ❤‍🔥

[@Bleach213monster]

I'm pretty sure there's no mox diamond because it was no a proxy tournament.

[@ianross9475]

If you scroll back... there is a Mox Diamond... just a different art style, so he probably missed it. ;)

[@Alikaakui808]

I'm very excited for Ezio!

[@pearcehubbart3767]

Coop af nadu tech came from modern. No thassa just loop deck blowing up all relevant permanents and lands and win with combst damage.

[@batboibob4910]

Too much Izzet 🤢 Congrats to all the players

[@arthurgolia7252]

420th liked guy!

[@Cy_in]

nebby oola or Nebula hahahaha

[@bazookachicken_]

cy gang 🤙

[@TemKhan]

This isn’t Cow Town 😒

[@serrademers6047]

Message to your editor. The music playing while you are talking about the decks is not the thing. It is distracting and makes it difficult to pay attention to Ian's voice.

[@GoldSabertooth]

I actually loved the music!

[@serrademers6047]

@@GoldSabertooth it needed to be turned down because people who are hard of hearing want to be able to focus on Ian and not have the music be louder than he is.

[@smug5707]

How does a 10 year old have a full no proxy deck lol.

[@runeserpent1449]

parents op

[@wizardsmix7961]

When I was in elementary school one of the kids at our magic club was given cawblade by their dad so he could pubstomp our $20 precons lol.

[@harvenger0death]

Kids hustle the playgrounds these days 😂

[@johnweinhandl8890]

My son is 11. If he was committed and passionate about cedh. He could use any of my reserve list for his tournaments lol -- We just play with commons and super casual commander

[@ElisaKlippert]

I wanted to go to this but No Proxy is a No Show for me. I simply don't have the thousand and thousands of dollars to compete with the rest of the players in a "pay to win" scenario.

[@fbinimelis]

I want to be the 421th person to notice that amphibian downpour doesn't feed your dockside, as the auras are under your control

[@ManaOntheRocks]

Atlas winning an event, this is the standard set of events

[@luisalves5262]

Hey I like the music in the video, sounds cool but I feel it's slightly to loud compared with your voice. Just my opinion, keep up the good work

[@BisyBackson365]

Ya missed that there are several list in the top 16 on Mana drain. I found that include for so mana lists interesting

[@ScoopPhase]

Krark Gang. DECLINE THE FORCE, EMBRACE THE PYRO

[@joshuajohnson2532]

Skyturtle gang rise up

[@TripsAhoy]

❤❤❤

[@your_priscylla]

OMG YAY i didn't think you were gonna cover this one! 🥰

[@your_priscylla]

ALSO i played against Cyrus in my round 5 match and holy moley that kid is a giga chad. wanted to ID with him, but our two opponents didn't want to. so he just alphadog mulls to 4 w/ a gemstone, and then land Powerbalance turn 1 and says to us all "good luck 😎" literally baller

[@your_priscylla]

ALSO ALSO Brandyn was on Kinnan!

[@your_priscylla]

3X ALSO Veggie and i did a bunch of prep the day before, and we basically won the exact same rounds and would just be like "oh my god we're both making it??". we were paired up round 2 and both lost XD i'm so proud of him, he rocked it and went through the gauntlet in the top 16

[@jasonwarren516]

@@your_priscylla It was awesome playing against you and Veggie in round 2 as the Atraxa player lol. I didn't notice that you guys also made it until after the tournament, but I'm glad we all did!

[@jacksonkmartin]

I've been playing around with a Nadu deck and was considering poison counters. If you run Infectious Bite and Prolong the Phyresis then play Evolution Sage, you just need to hit 9 lands off Nadu triggers to proliferate everyone's poison counters and kill the table. I haven't seen this explored anywhere. Thoughts?

[@mattkent5869]

Ian would you feel comfortable at sharing your assessment on Powerbalance now that many archetypes are experimenting with it? Of course I cannot lie to myself that it is hit and miss and we are still lacking a significant way to manipulate the top consistently, perhaps it would be nice having that on a partner commander, but yet it's a card that has the potential to rival Smothering Tithe in terms of value. Depending how it rolls can be better than TOR or Rhystic Study.

[@fastestdraw]

IIRC sea gate has a snap/storm kiln line with witness effects. Because its copy on cast its a little awkward to combo proper because you actually need to cast spells, so it feels like high tide (which it plays nice with) in that it sets up a combo but you still need to actually do something else.

[@juancastanon1473]

I've had the pleasure of playing with Atlas and if there was ever someone who deserved to win the whole thing, its him. Congratulations and hopefully one of these days soon we can play again 😊.

[@mattkent5869]

The fact that it's a no-proxy event could explain the lack of Rog-Si in the top lmao

[@jamallynch1218]

i been waiting for this one wait no it's not cowtown

[@screebb]

Nice job Cyrus!

[@kennethritacco6959]

Ian, if I send you a list, would you play it on whatever gameplay video you desire… 🤔

[@ComedIanMTG]

@@kennethritacco6959 this is usually a paid service haha 😅