Daxos vs Hallar vs Thromok vs Mairsil EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

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[@DarkEinherjar]

Facepalming at the fact that no one realized that Anger was no longer in Harry's graveyard to give Mairsil haste at 9:41

[@MTGMuddstah]

"We miss things." - MTG Muddstah, October 1st, 2018.

[@AstridCeleste96]

That is a HUGE mistake.

[@michaelburt9888]

Ahh, sweet interaction (*now putting Anger into all my Mairsil lists*) and unfortunate that it was overlooked.

[@kurowasanabe]

Don't worry, Muddstah, I think Harry wanted his Anger in his graveyard.

[@jthrone7768]

Affinity for goblins, truly an intro of quality. Halar is quickly becoming one of my favorites, can’t wait to see what gruul stuff they get in the next set!

[@Thomeyis]

I wrote Hallar off immediately when they were spoiled but every time I see this deck in action I start dusting off a list of my own. It's super cool!

[@MTGMuddstah]

Hallar is a fantastic and sneaky commander. The damage they do adds up very quickly.

[@CheesyBrie13]

Can the "Oh noooo!" at 2:28 be the next Generic Goblin Noise?

[@DEATHMETALRUST]

Brie Baggaley, you’re on to something there.

[@AffinityForCommander]

We really need to make more of these intros! Can't have you reusing the same ones over and over 😉

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yus plz

[@hiimreyna]

Who did today's intro? They sound super familiar but I lost the channel after binging all their videos.

[@AffinityForCommander]

It was us! Glad to hear that you liked our videos! 😁 - Martin.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Affinity for Commander!

[@hiimreyna]

Nice! I'm really glad I found you guys again, thanks Mudstah!

[@henryrussell8833]

This channel is probably the best thing to ever happen to the mtg community. Especially the varying noises of the goblin variety

[@jtizzle450]

@9:30 could harry use the disk's ability even though Mairsil had summoning sickness? The anger in the yard got exiled and i don't see any other haste enabling effects

[@MTGMuddstah]

He could not have. It was a misplay that the whole table missed, and even I did when scripting the game =(

[@jtizzle450]

oh noey... well you live and you learn... learn to take out Mairsil first - still a gg tho!

[@AstridCeleste96]

Yeah there is no casual friendly Mairsil deck. It's like seeing Sen Triplets or Kaalia, you just kind of kill them.

[@jadiekat56]

Minus the missed haste thing, I really enjoy the game. I might just try my hand at building a Mairsil myself because trying to link together wacky abilities to repeatably use just looks much more fun than i did when I was focused on wizard tribal. Great Job Harry!

[@prodigalmadness9758]

There were several answers to Mairsil, but they came a bit late. Stuff happens. That was obviously Mairsil with a singular card strong start, with no answers immediately hitting. Lots of people in my group complain about Zacama's abilities(yes, abilities on a 9 drop) until several started running Pithing Needle(and various other answers) that they've discovered works on many commanders. Run several generic answers in every single deck, and be ok having a rare dead draw as opposed to the inability to interact. Sorry to Harry for all the hate dumped on your fun deck.

[@TheG4urdian]

That was a rather sophisticated goblin and yet another great video by Mr. Muddstah

[@esperderek5383]

Basically every match I've faced against a Marsil deck has been a miserable experience. Either you dogpile the Marsil player and they sit out through 3/4s of the game being miserable and bored, or everyone else gets to be miserable and bored as the Marsil deck either gets a great start, like here, or is left alone long enough and locks down the ability for others to play the game. I feel like it should have been an attack or combat damage trigger, so decks that run removal over counters have a way of dealing with it if the Marsil deck gets a nutty draw like Riptide into immediate NDisk.

[@Grand_Admiral]

Ryan only taking one card in his first Necropotence activation hurt me deeply, but he totally redeemed himself by taking 26 cards later. That was cool.

[@dillonj9889]

How dare Sean provide excellent customer service during the game! 😎 Awesome games as always. Big Thromok fan!

[@operation_turtle]

In a vacuum, the Mairsil deck probably isn't that bad, but I think this table was much too casual for his deck. I understand if its the only deck he had on him at the time, but if there are softer decks he owns, Harry should have chosen another one. I don't think anyone at the table could effectively interact with Mairsil between the disk and the land that allowed him to be bounced. With Anger, it just locked everyone out of the game (even though Anger was exiled for a few turns and Mairsil was still being used as if he had haste). These aren't really 'fun' cards to the table, but possibly to the player. Dodging two removal spells and locking people out of the game between phasing, tree, land and haste (legit or otherwise) is not exactly fun. TLDR; Spicy commanders are fine, but with other spicy commanders at the table.

[@GuildMcCommunist]

(Harry) It wasn't the only deck I had on me at the time but I don't consider Mairsil to be a high power level deck personally. For the sake of the camera, most of my other decks are either A) too slow and grindy to fit the format of an edited 10 minute game or win too fast. You'll probably never see my favorite decks on camera for those reasons. It's just a playstyle thing and I can completely understand why some people aren't big fans of it.

[@seila-ts5vm]

I love Hallar! Once on my table I got him to 19 counters and kicked a fight with fire killing everyone!

[@sloanmurray6799]

Love me some Mairsil. Enough to have written a primer on how to play him. Super stoked to see him this episode and even more stoked that he won so easily! That being said, even a "fun" build of Mairsil can be leagues ahead of most "friendly" edh games. He's super difficult to interact with and practically oppressive once you cage disk on to him. I loved watching him stomp, but I can see how some folks wouldn't be fans. Still, I wouldn't mind seeing it in a slightly more competitive (i.e. anything with blue) matchup next time.

[@GuildMcCommunist]

(Harry) I have thought of building Mairsil in a ton of ways, he's so versatile and being able to keep any effect in your command zone makes him an amazing buildaround. I've thought of doing Mercenary tribal, Salvaging Station, Sundial of the Infinite, and spellslinger with him too.

[@BangThatGong]

Thought it was boring as hell to watch this dude play Marisil. No one really got anything done at all because of the disk. Pretty lame way to win

[@sloanmurray6799]

@ BeckerAndCall: Yeah that versatility is one of my favorite things about him. There are so many different ways to build him! For a while I had a fairly large sideboard for him and like ten or fifteen flex slots in the deck where I'd just take out certain ones and swap them out for weird abilities to see how they played. Once my playgroup got a little more consistently competitive I settled on where I am now with it, but I still love having the option to bring it to casual game nights at the LGS.

[@sloanmurray6799]

@Ben: Eh, to each their own. I always love seeing other builds of Mairsil to see how they win. Disk is an easy lockdown so it's not usually the first card I want to cage, but when you've got it in the opening hand you might as well. As soon as I saw the opening hands I knew it would wind up going that route.

[@wertoyboy]

Sloan Murray hey, I was actually intrigued by him and wanted to build him. Do you have a deck list or an article about how you play mairsil?

[@frug9236]

I actually like how you referred to Hallar as “they”. I know it’s a detail in the lore that Hallar doesn’t have a gender really, so I think it’s cool that you had the respect to refer to them without a “he” or whatever

[@AnonYmous-mc5zx]

Last time I played against a Mairsil deck was when I was playing monoblue control, and stifled the ability he needed to resolve to win (tried to disk on my turn after I cast omniscience). He got cheeky and did the whole "in response, untap and activate it again...?" until I told him to read Mairsil again.

[@hatashikento2631]

and that is why you NEED a Quicksilver Elemental caged, 1 blue to copy all of your abilities so you can use them again.

[@typoholic]

Wow, Mairsil is dope. What a fun deck. Well played.

[@johngutteridge4735]

I liked the old intro with the music

[@aarong2606]

Wait how did Mairsil tap at 9:44. The R.I.P. exiled anger and I can't tell if there is a hall of the bandit lord. In any case I didn't see him take 3.

[@MrMxyzptlk5]

despite the punt at 9.30, i am IN AWE of that mairsil deck

[@alfascorpi]

What's fun in turn for turn disking:/

[@yvesmathis5651]

The goblin noise meme is real xD

[@ultiplayer1]

I like Brie/Sean's deck. I've never seen a kicker theme commander deck before.

[@insomniackitty9397]

6:54 this is something a lot of people forget, but that windborn muse is exiled, necropotences forces you to exile if you would discard, good video though

[@insomniackitty9397]

i know it doesn't matter, but i want to mention it because a lot of people forget about this part so i wanted to point it out

[@allthingsmtg9824]

Hey muddstah, I'm a KZbinr getting back into magic and planning on transitioning into commander gameplays like this. May i ask what editing software you used and if you have any advice?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I use Adobe Premiere Pro.

[@namename4903]

i'm sure it's been asked already but i'm to lazy to look for an answer and was wondering what harry is using and what other purposes it has.

[@Bcdeano]

wow. Mairsil looks awesome!

[@robertcox2848]

I have a rulings question. If I exiled a reassembling skeleton with Mairsil’s ability, could I use that ability from the graveyard to bring Mairsil back?

[@sparktoad]

Yes, it has the abilities of each card exiled by Mairsil.

[@hatashikento2631]

@@sparktoad, while yes he would have that ability, it wouldn't be practical to use while he is on the battlefield and he doesn't have these abilities in the graveyard since his static effect is only in play while Mairsil is in play. You can't Reassembling skeleton to bring him back.

[@septred3]

Hey Muddstah would it ever be possible for you to be able to do at least a couple of Brawl format videos?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Sorry, but I don't think that'll happen. I didn't really want to get into a rotating format and I don't know anyone who plays it currently.

[@septred3]

I definitely understand the rotating format part, but I find that Brawl is about the only way that I can seem to get into the Standard format in some way because it seems like it may not be as expensive as buying a bunch of booster boxes at a time even with the idea of buying individual cards online.

[@MilkshakeSkunkette]

Didn't marsil lose its haste after bojuka bog?

[@mrsilverbutton7786]

A well done game! Mairsil just needed to focused down more and the commander taken out of combat but it was well fought! I'm also incredible happy at your continued usage of "they" pronouns for Hallar as well as the comments here that do so. It seems so small but it must make some people feel included and just a little more welcome to our wonderful game and format.

[@Zendrig]

Why is it „they“? Is there a background story to this character?

[@mrsilverbutton7786]

@@Zendrig A little snap from Wizards character cards! Check out @wizards_magic’s Tweet: twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/986356145785917441?s=09

[@amethystwyvern]

Zendrig WOTC said that the card features a “gender fluid elf”. As someone who has dated a gender fluid person, getting “kicked” often is accurate.

[@addambarcelos]

Mairsil looks really badass

[@54m0h7]

What good timing, I'm brewing a Marisil deck. lol I gotta pick up one of those phasing creatures, seems good. :P

[@amethystwyvern]

Mairisil is so nasty, the only way my zombie army could beat him is when my opponent had him go to the GY and I used Gravespawn Sovereign's ability to steal it.

[@ayish8981]

Anyone know which set/number the forests Mike has are?

[@mechrodan]

This game inspired me to build my mairsil deck i hope to see more of it in the future

[@shades2all]

a lot of triggers were missed but accepted gamestate

[@BaneAlleyMagic]

Ryan should not have exiled the cards he discarded since Necropotence was no longer on the battlefield.

[@classicsidepart1477]

This folks is the reason why my playgroup and I decided to not run any (soft)locks in our decks... I play Mairsil myself and LOVE him, but a caged Disc combined with a bounce/flicker/exile ability is just obnoxious to play against... can imagine Harry grinning all the time (as I did in several ocasions) but it is obnoxious :-D that Tree of Perdition does some nasty work by the way! Always love it! Sadly, Hallar again suffers the problem of being too dependent on him (or her?) sticking around... it seems like a blast too play when functioning properly, but it appears to never be the case :-( Keep it up!

[@joshuastevens641]

The lighting blows

[@ay0and0jay]

Great video.

[@DarkEinherjar]

GENERIC DUO

[@mtgsus]

Wow that mairsil

[@MystMG]

Give us a game with Oloro and I'll buy 2 playmats.

[@hstuken]

Marisil Disk+Tree lock? Yawn...

[@Odaff33br]

Harry have a deck list

[@AntonHellsten]

Marsil is so cool omg

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

Man, even through all the hate, Harry won

[@grollub01]

what is that thing Harry has on the table, i guess recording his life? he had his commander sitting on it....

[@GuildMcCommunist]

(Harry) It's a little wooden command zone/lifecounter thing. It tracks life totals and command tax with little wheels. It's really neat but IDK where it's from, I won it at a charity raffle at the LGS.

[@0ldManjenkin]

www.etsy.com/listing/507861845/command-zone-the-ultimate-all-in-one?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=mtg%20life%20counter&ref=sr_gallery-1-5

[@0ldManjenkin]

Found it

[@BoBnfishy]

Class

[@ThomasEbel27]

"As soon as Harry was able to exile the disk" Literally the very first Mairsil cast. So, game was decided because it was actually impossible to stop Mairsil. He didn't even have much interaction. Just a repetitive disk. Dunno how that makes for a fun game, sitting at a table with constant boardwipes, but that's not for me.

[@esperderek5383]

Agreed. Early Disk+Riptide+Anger in the yard would have made me scoop probably immediately. That's just no fun to fight against, and I play magic to have fun.

[@GuildMcCommunist]

(Harry) If it's any consolation, I had fun at least.

[@Izelor]

I agree. Control decks should at least be forced to stop somehow. Being able to repeatedly wipe the table is dirty and cheap.

[@GuildMcCommunist]

@@breadguytv sadly I'm likeable enough to get invited back

[@namename8004]

If they had noticed the blind obedience or that Anger was exiled, this might have ended much differently. With haste and the abilities it has, Mairsil becomes an immediate must kill target and commander tax adds up.

[@MaiHead92]

The passive aggressive/sarcastic narrating kills me every time.

[@krystalnunn908]

That deck was MEAN

[@whycantichooseavalid]

Harry no longer had haste

[@andrewblizzard2417]

The Mairsil deck is pretty oppressive.

[@Minecrap13HatesAnime]

Mairsil and fun don't belong in the same sentence.

[@WiiTara]

This is a perfect example why I personally HATE Mairsil. He was litterally focused by three players and he still won because its so broken and you cant really do something against all his abilitys.

[@donald8371]

Canyon slow... wow!

[@Atavistic07]

Mairsil looks absurdly fun, but I can see why Harry gets a lot of hate for playing it even without the combos from the early days.

[@plain6677]

Why inviting Harry? He is not playing the same format as the others

[@MTGMuddstah]

Because we like Harry for more than just EDH!

[@GuildMcCommunist]

(Harry) Yeah I don't know why I play with him either.

[@plain6677]

Ahaha wow even more than EDH! Then that’s a opponent you haven’t eliminated yet

[@Kef_09]

Mairsil deck makes me proud, That is the stronger commander i own

[@Kaxxaa]

*Generic Affinity Noises*

[@smolclips5996]

Mairsil shouldn't have won, that illegal activation would have left daxos in and they might have got him

[@MTGMuddstah]

You're right, but everyone missed it (even I did when scripting the game, sadly!).

[@CeltiesSin]

Oof...

[@aarong2606]

Can't stand mairsil decks. You gotta kill them first or they exile some bounce effect and then they are virtually impossible to deal with. Too hard to interact with caged cards.

[@hatashikento2631]

Why not play the smaller eldrazi from battle for Zendikar or Oath of the gatewatch? I remember there being a few of them that returned opponents cards from exile into his/her grave as a trigger.

[@skillit23beastable]

First

[@novaknight30]

Harry is a blatant cheater. Anger wasnt in the graveyard.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Blatant cheater is a fairly large overstep. We're all friends at the table and mistakes happen.