Day [9] vs. Gavin Stenhouse in Magic: The Gathering: Spellslingers

[@helperinokripperino8885]

I watch it for the Plott.

[@Tarantel666]

+Martin Ipsen How long did it take to think of this oh so original gem NO ONE in the history of EVER used before?

[@helperinokripperino8885]

You don't even know. You don't even know.

[@NexusSin]

+Martin Ipsen Remember Remember, the fifth of novemeber...of gundpowder, treason, and plott.

[@Kizer5Red]

+Martin Ipsen good one

[@nikolaynikolov4086]

and his hairy biceps :D

[@WillishBroadbino]

into magic the gathering for the right reasons: "I saw a magic card once, it was pretty, I started playing 3 weeks ago when you told me you'd pay me to be on the show"

[@WtbgoldBlogspot]

I look forward to these so much. :) One of the top 3 highpoints of my week.

[@LukeAshley]

Please Please Please make more of these! This is SO much fun to watch!!

[@nxtmaster]

In America you would think it normal for someone to say "It's time to go to church", instead of "It's time to go to the church". In England we do the same when talking about hospital visits.

[@PaperiLiidokki]

Gavin did the best deck summoning in the entire spellslingers series so far

[@dreadboy5314]

The whole moment was magical

[@jakeblues875]

Quite apt, that he summoned his BLUE deck from his nostril...

[@jacobhilton8891]

How do you guys find people to play....here lately it has been like....did y'all meet him on an elevator and just go "Hey Gavin Stenhouse do you play magic?"

[@philipc03]

+Jacob Hilton I'm starting to think that they might not even be friends!

[@ariosona]

+Xavos Von Guard Except for the fact that he's lost at least 50% of the games on Spellslingers :P

[@Edeinawc]

+Ariosona Somehow it feels a lot more than 50%. Most of the episodes I remember had Sean being owned, even by newbies!

[@Ghostneedle1]

That deck that gavin had looked horribly underpowered compared to sean.

[@Ounouh]

+Ghostneedle1 Yea those griffins were so bad...

[@TuberTugger]

+Ghostneedle1 Dat variance

[@Rhazagal]

+Ghostneedle1 Based on one match? Yes. If they played best of three things might look different, which is why I keep hoping they'll eventually go for that format =P

[@nelspaulson3099]

+Ghostneedle1 also sean again is playing against an opponent that doesn't really know what he is doing. yes the celestial flair was the right pick. no double chump blocking wasn't the right call. blocking to kill a creature would have been better. Not keeping up the flair was a mistake earlier. lots of little things that someone who has played for more than 3 weeks would have a better chance of following.

[@thekillerflyswatter]

+Rhazagal sean played that blue/white deck when they did two v two and it didn't all that great either...

[@GRhoen1]

Don't own a single magic card and never played a magic game. But i just like watching this show.

[@SciAntGaming]

+GRhoen1 You could play it for free on Magic Duels Origins online. :)

[@imstupid880]

Oh wait, is that was the target audience was supposed it be? ...huh.

[@alsween218]

+GRhoen1 Youd prolly love playing the game too. Try it sometime ^_^

[@runningsuperska]

Me too!

[@okapops]

I have a suggestion, that the less experienced players should be able to choose the decks they wanna play with, while Sean of course always spin the wheel, for the surprise aspect! Oh, and keep up the great work!

[@dreadboy5314]

Seans reaction during the deck summoning then his subsequent *BANG* was hands down without a doubt the greatest moment ive seen in this entire show so far

[@PimentoZ24]

I think we all need to remember that this show is meant to appeal to ALL levels of magic players....especially newer ones. Theres always Pro Tour coverage if you want to see that kind of match

[@bfrobin446]

Was amusing to see the blue/white deck on the Liliana playmat and the red/black on the Jace mat.

[@MrNemitri]

I'm seeing a trend here, every time someone gets a white/blue deck it's always a weaksauce, I guess whoever makes those decks really hates blue/white

[@Tarantel666]

+Nemitri Yeah, Wizards of the Coast are a bunch of wankers, selling all those impotent pre-made decks to people...

[@IceMetalPunk]

+Tarantel666 They're not playing Wizards precons...they have a guy on staff who builds the decks.

[@WirlWind494]

+Nemitri Well if one of the other comments is to be believed, I think they use buy-from-the-store decks.

[@usmh]

+IceMetalPunk That's inaccurate. It's different between episodes. Sometimes they play decks built by the staff and sometimes premade ones.

[@Tarantel666]

IceMetalPunk You are WRONG. They use pre-made, buyable decks whenever a MTG-rookie is up. They use contructed (they call them "advanced") decks when the guest himself is a LONGTIME active player.

[@Torvar]

Gavin should have attacked before summoning that second fairy.

[@TheCrosshare]

So the important question here is; does caffeine tap for black or green and where does the -1 counter go when the caffeine is removed?

[@archer111000]

+TheCrosshare Pretty sure caffeine is red, what with all the haste and energy.

[@ShantupWOG]

+archer111000 well said sir

[@ShantupWOG]

+archer111000 well said sir

[@Sheriff_K]

+archer111000 I think an argument could be made for Black, since Black usually sacrifices life for energy/resources.

[@archer111000]

Sheriff K True. While the mechanic may fit, the "sense" or "feel" doesn't sit right with me as Black. "This makes you go faster, and improves reaction time, and prevents you from falling to sleep." Just doesn't feel like a Black effect to me.

[@artydragon520]

Why did Gavin not play Celestial Flare?

[@Smeagolthevile]

+Lily Bartrut first episode of this that I ended up yelling at my monitor due to misplays

[@justinc5967]

+Lily Bartrut He tapped the wrong mana and didn't leave 2 white up. That is why.

[@Smeagolthevile]

That is what I was yelling at.

[@Ghostneedle1]

+Lily Bartrut He didn't have the mana to if he were to cast charging griffon.

[@EagleEyeMcFly]

+Smeagol the Vile I thought you said you ended up yelling at your mother due to misplays. I was thinking "What does his mother have to do with this?" Hahaha

[@ARQ93]

"Been practicing my top decking" Pretty great.

[@SuzieQSailaway]

While I agree there were several misplays, I really enjoyed this episode! Gavin was really light-hearted and personable. I think he and Sean riffed off one another well. :D

[@irontiki551]

Great episode! I loved the charming goofy banter Gavin brought to the table

[@zsandmann]

Ah Gavin, star of NBC's Shownooneiswatching

[@PiquantPan]

Not even British, but it makes total sense to say “going to hospital” - when you’re a kid, you don’t “go to THE school,” after all: you just go to school.

[@lenisemicolon]

This guest was very entertaining. Great episode! But I do wonder what's the logic behind having almost exclusively new and inexperienced players? Seems like there should be a balance. Many of the guests appear to have learned Magic just for the sake of appearing on the show; shouldn't the focus be on the game first and guest second? I'd love to see someone like Kyle Hill from Nerdist in an episode. He was great on the MtG show on G&S's twitch, super entertaining and encyclopedic knowledge of the game and cards.

[@chadcarter09]

It’s weird that they say “I have to go to hospital,” but not weird that we say “I have to go to school”? 😂

[@Anyanyadir]

"Sure, it resolves."

[@Bernergy]

When Gavin summoned his Deck i nearly died xD i woke up the whole place *im crying*

[@D30Unity]

Always great stuff!

[@RookyWooky]

I started playing Magic because of this show and honestly I have had very few complaints. I really do like this show, however this one was rough. When it takes literally four minutes for the hands to be revealed (4:01 to be exact), and over four and a half minutes for the first card to be played (4:43), I knew it was going to be a rough episode. When the episode is less than twenty minutes and nearly a quarter of that is doing introductions and deck reveals, it gets rather annoying. You can tell that it was a fast game in real time because nearly every move is then scrutinized and rebutdtaled with commentary. I kinda wish that this game was scrapped and another played (though I have no idea about time constraints and budgets, so for all I know it was rushed.) Regardless, keep up the great work! I loved the Chris Kluwe episode!

[@dougthemoleman]

I love how Gavin keeps jumping from accent to accent like he can't decide.

[@benoitdot3756]

I have these two decks and I know both these strategies... this was really fun to watch 👍👍

[@boundbyblood3539]

Seans laugh is great especially when he's squeaks and really cracks up it makes me laugh so hard

[@connorhamilton5707]

I think it's funny how when gaven plays his first plains, there is a comment that says "sure, it resolves" but playing a land is a special action that doesn't use the stack and therefore doesn't resolve, and it can't be responded to. playing lands just happens.

[@forestshepherd253]

It's blond British Joseph Gordon-Levitt!

[@nightwolf1805]

why did they stop making episodes I used to watch these all the time. #bringitback

[@HeldrikBoldhart]

I noticed Day 9 was Playing the Intro pack deck "Demonic Deals"

[@amacuro]

Can someone clarify a mystery about this show for me please? When they talk to the camera in the middle of the action as if they just stood up and spoke, that is filmed afterwards right? They sort of have to remember how they felt and re-enact it? Or how the hell does that work??

[@psykopyro]

I felt like this guy was offered cash to come on, and said "Gimme dat money. This Magic shit? Let's cram in a random backstory and learn the rules over the next day or so."

[@lottalettuce]

That's the thing about Magic. Sometimes you get great strategic fights, and sometimes the game is over before it starts simply because of the card draw.

[@Dasnazzypenguin]

Faerie miscreant's etb effect doesn't fizzle due to killing the creature , the effect does go on the stack however it does not require the creature to be alive .

[@IceMetalPunk]

+Dasnazzypenguin No, because Sean killed the first before the second faerie resolved. The ETB ability doesn't trigger until after it resolves, at which point the first is already dead and therefore Gavin doesn't control another.

[@PurpleAlzir]

+Dasnazzypenguin It would require the creature to be on the battlefield when the spell resolves which it wasn't due to being killed on the stack before the second faerie resolved.

[@Dasnazzypenguin]

PurpleAlzir sorry didn't realize he targeted the first Faerie not the second

[@Kalron9]

Do they play with intro decks because the intro deck I bought, the one that got me into mtg (and this show), had a lot of the same cards that Gavin played with.

[@therichards2000]

+Sean Plott there is no phase between attack and block phase to play instants.

[@baolongtruong4437]

+the emptyset Technically, the entirety of that turn occurred in the combat phase. The combat phase is comprised of the declare attackers step and declare blockers step. Any player may respond to before the attack step, before the block step, and after the block step.

[@therichards2000]

before declaring attackers, before declaring blockers and after block step. not in between declaring attackers and declaring blockers.

[@baolongtruong4437]

Yes, and Sean cast Unholy Hunger before the declare blockers step

[@therichards2000]

after he declared attackers. which is a no go, there is no phase after declaring attackers and before declaring blockers.

[@baolongtruong4437]

Both Players receive priority, meaning they can cast spells and/or activate activated abilities, in between steps and all phases of a player's turn mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Declare_attackers_step

[@jesselukes5796]

I actually like blue. It's fun to draw cards, then draw cards for drawing cards. Drawing cards for placing mana and blocking spells. Drawing cards for putting all of your drawn cards in your graveyard. Super fun :)

[@Bolomoto]

Just got into magic with friends in college. got the 2015 fat stack starter set for $40. now i play the waiting game with amazon

[@ryanpapagelis1124]

In what world is Aven Battle Priest good

[@gma5607]

No world but he had lost by that point anyway.

[@poprocman0195]

more spellslingers please

[@genmasaotome3503]

You guys have deck lists for the different decks for the wheel?

[@rambospice]

I want new episodes of spellslingers. when can I expect new episodes?

[@vileguy]

Sean, do you go to the church every Sunday, or do you go to the soccer practice?

[@Diditallforthexp]

Is the battleaxe behind Gavin the same one that Laura was playing with during episode 7 of Critical Role? Methinks it is.

[@charliebrown937]

Is the shirt Sean is wearing for sale somewhere?

[@xDeathWish1]

Best guest ever!!!!

[@twincast2005]

I am, of course, aware that mana colors have no inherent alignment, and it all depends on the individual planeswalkers that use them, but in an archetypal way you can't get any closer to LG vs. CE in MTG than with White/Blue vs. Red/Black, which I do enjoy thematically once in a while... Sadly, though, Haven (to mix yet another franchise into my analogy ;P) apparently sent out the third-born son of their third-born son, fresh out of paladin school, to lead an army in disarray...

[@eliotchi1923]

i really want to see sean play a turbo fog deck

[@1028399]

I know this maters not. but it was sterbak who did the meat dress originally. sorry had to mention that. :)

[@gagevehon7818]

I think that Sean and his guest should play several games and act like each is the first and pick the one that best shows how magic games should go

[@AkhmenHotep]

should have set up to use the celestial flare to take out one of his attacking creatures

[@Phunkophil]

Best card channeling motion to date.

[@arcynical8053]

when is Sean going to play against Wedge? they should match two modern decks in such an episode

[@NUSensei]

I normally enjoy the interaction, if not the game itself. I agree with the sentiments that this episode was rather boring. If it wasn't for the inclusion of all the tangents, the video would have been far shorter.

[@spliffi869]

No offense, but to me that rather sounds like negative nancy-ing. The episode was decent and ofc not every game of Magic ends up in a strategic spectactle, especially when introducing newcomers to the game. The edits, chemistry between guest and host and the funny moments are just some examples for positive things to point out.

[@NUSensei]

@@spliffi869 No offense, but disagreeing with 6-year-old comments is a waste of your time.

[@whateverman.9505]

@@NUSensei Replying to a comment in a passive-aggressive tone after 6 years, I imagine, is worse. Could've just not replied and moved on if a response to a 6-year-old comment was so trivial to you, but apparently not.

[@TheSquareOnes]

I know it's probably too much of a hassle to be workable on the show's budget but it would be nice if they'd record the intro, play out 2-3 games and then just pick the one with the most back and forth to showcase. These blowout games aren't quite as fun to watch (although the banter is the real reason to watch anyway, to be fair) but it's just part Magic that they will happen from time to time so it makes sense to plan the recording sessions in such a way as to account for potentially weak games.

[@superratrecords]

In regards to turn 2:Wouldn't Gavin's Fairy Miscreant have to resolve and become a creature (and allow him to draw) BEFORE Sean could target it with fiery impulse? Otherwise its just a spell and would have to be targeted or negated as such, right?I'm a relatively new player but I am just curious.

[@alexvignolo142]

You are right, but sean targeted the 1st one before the 2nd one resolved.

[@superratrecords]

interesting thanks!

[@iraughtika]

+Justin Thompson and that's why we attack first :-)

[@MountainDewar]

there should be a commander deck episode

[@Lovefault]

who's been making the opponents decks? I feel like they never get the cards they need to have a fair fight against sean. Did gavin even draw a blue card once?

[@G0ldnFen1x]

+Lovefault I think they're using premade WOTC decks you can buy, because I literally just bought the deck that Gavin was using.

[@venturous1v]

+Matthew Espinoza We didn't get to see a lot of the deck because the match was over so quickly, but from what I saw, the Kiora deck could have stood a much better chance against Sean's Rakdos.

[@Nazgy]

+Lovefault Someone named Gavin (not that Gavin) makes them, I think he's a Wizards of the Coast employee (creator of Magic).

[@MysteriousSoulreaper]

+Bjørnar Røsnes Ersdal Richard Garfield created Magic. I doubt the decks would blow this hard if he were building them.

[@CMDR_Scorpion]

More of this sort of thing.... WANKERS! :) please keep this series going... its brilliant!!!!!!

[@IceMetalPunk]

A combo-contemplating Plott is the best Plott to ever Sean around.

[@samk8005]

Say what you will about this episode, but Gavin had the best way of summoning his deck that this show has ever seen.

[@jordanrager9561]

That liliana mat

[@crit-c4637]

Did Sean just do a spirit gun from "Yuyu Hakasho"?

[@crit-c4637]

Also, I'd like to take this time to thank @youtube for somehow breaking their tagging system with the intro of gaming.youtube. How that had anything to do with regular youtube I don't know, but as you can see, it's not even tagging youtube & the dropdown menu it used to show after you type the @ sign isn't there anymore (I've tried this with many other names). Yes, I'm ranting about this on a video that has nothing to do with it, but this I had to get it off my chest.

[@stealthxero]

Aw man, the May You Draw Well shirt is out of stock :(

[@aaronborgstrom2696]

gavin is very chill and funny lol awesome episode

[@alainbourassa1998]

Gavin is just so adorable....too bad cuteness isn't a requirement to playing Magic well lol

[@TEEFHOoKS]

Are these decks pre-made or are they drafted off screen? It just seems like these decks are really vanilla.

[@johnangelle5975]

3:47 Hint at an upcoming special Yugioh episode?

[@dougler500]

NEVER EVER. Sean just says that occasionally.

[@hefas842]

i help with a magic club where one of the other that helps plays Blue/white controle,me and the boss likes to play Red/Green ramp... you can guess what happens

[@Vares65]

Why didn't Gavin use Celestial Fare on Sean's Malakir Cullblade?

[@dumnor]

Sean did not miss lethal??

[@shawaam]

Do the Fiery Impulse instant really cancel out the card draw from the Fairy? It feels so weird.

[@peterrabbit1621]

+shawaam He targeted the original fairy so when the fairy being played resolved there was no other fairy to proc its effect

[@Gingersourous]

How can i get Sean's shirt?

[@aroboth]

Channel the heart of the cards? YU-GI-OOOH

[@VarynDEE33t]

Famous people you never knew played Magic is like finding out their apart of the Illuminati.

[@Hellsbuttmonkey]

Sean, how about a game where you go up against Tom 'The Boss' Ross?

[@masonrawls4017]

i feel like this show has spawned in me a naughty desire to play blue.

[@camyron]

I've never left out the "the" weird

[@tylerkister4628]

I have played every color combination i I think

[@PatrickDarge]

Who makes the decks?

[@blackdragonfighter5144]

Dart assasins are very effective in d&d you can throw 16 of them dealing 30-40 damage a piece

[@GoodGuyNeji]

6:12 Sure. - Sure. - Sure. - Sure. - Sure. - It resolves.

[@callapratt7927]

Rakdos is my favorite guild ever. Red and black are my soul. Rakdos the defiler is literally the one card I’ve never lost

[@SigurdKristvik]

Did Gavin forget to put on the counters on his creatures? maybe they cut that part out :3

[@pattmahiney]

I'd love to see Gavin wearing just m&ms lmao

[@clancym1]

part of the reason sean's first move was smart was cause he played it before the other guy could draw a card.

[@raphaelsolanine9284]

Just so you all know, Day9 was wrong when he zapped the fairy. He still would have drawn a card.

[@ZhangHe2369]

Raphael Solanine Fiery Impulse resolves killing the Faerie Miscreant in play while the second Faerie Miscreant spell is on the stack. Therefore there isn't another creature called Faerie Miscreant when the second Faerie Miscreant enters the battlefield.

[@Haeze]

Watch this videos in HD to see Sean spit all over the table at 0:12 !

[@nikolaslovric4557]

7:25 Im literally crying.

[@donkey0303]

it could be cool if they got some people that makes magic cards like mark rose water, or some of the artist of the cards, maybe some from the protour.

[@darrellbarron6901]

i hate some of the newer rules if the card is counterspelled fine then its effect obviously doesnt come into play but if it hits the table and can be targeted then its own text needs to resolve as well.so sure kill it but the card draw should still resolve if not then the card wasnt there to kill in the first place

[@HR7T]

in mtg, do you draw 1 card every upkeep, or enough to get to 7

[@Mirelter]

+Kris Hart 1

[@joshgooding3273]

also it's not per upkeep. it's per draw step, you untap all tapped permanents unless some effect says they don't untap (untap step) then you upkeep, pay any upkeep costs and effects that trigger during upkeeps trigger, unless an effect says it doesn't (this is the upkeep step) then you draw one card, unless an effect says you draw more or less. (this is the draw step) there are cards that have players skip upkeeps or draw steps so it's important to know those are different things.

[@ribby9069]

13:11 British here... I didn't know people said 'to hospital' is that a thing??

[@alexbiersner3350]

I feel real bad watching these videos. Not because I mostly play Pokemon nowadays, but it's the fact that I don't know half of these special guests

[@Locane256]

why isn't white a primary color on the wheel...?