Elminster / Baba Lysaga / Astarion / Thrakkus | BALDUR'S GATE BATTLE WPC #16 | Magic: The Gathering

[@tasteoftacos]

Hey CBG! I rewatched the video and counted the amount of bottoming you did this game lol. You Scryed in total 22 times. Now the amount of cards you topped/bottomed is +/- 2 because at 55:18 I couldn't tell what you did that turn. With that, you scryed in total 48 cards. During the edited bit I mentioned, I think you said top 2, which puts you at 16 Topped cards and 32 Bottomed Cards. Meaning you bottomed 66.6% of your scryed cards. However, if you bottomed those two cards at the edit, at worst you scryed 70.8% of your cards to the bottom of your deck. Fun Bottom Fact: Ben did scry 1 twice in this game. He bottomed both of those cards meaning Ben is 100% confirmed Bottom compared to you. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

[@BlakeMTG]

This is quality youtube comments content.

[@joelhatterini6392]

Enjoy your discount

[@alanboodibabudaho9789]

CBG'S gonna love this

[@LuizFeReis]

😂😂😂

[@SuperMattMart]

Math checked and verified. He bottomed a third of his deck.

[@uwutioussterling3576]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that we get an episode every week at this point !!! Not to mention, at the same high quality camera work and editing, that other shows need a schedule of 1 or 2 episodes/month to provide.

[@fortesfortunaadiuvat4727]

Yes its awesome work

[@heatonxlord3910]

by far my favorite commander show. hope he keeps it up.

[@mandielyn0416]

Best commander show on KZbin. They have the best chemistry and don’t treat the viewers like this is the first game of magic we have ever seen every week. Love it!

[@AstoranSolaire]

I mean... we have been getting an episode a week since this series started, so I'm unsure what is now remarkable about maintaining the status quo... That said, I can't stand The Command Zone acting like none of us have ever read a magic card before - a format where I don't have to skip every time a card is played to get past a 3 minute explanation of how Cultivate works, but rather can appreciate the human interaction between the players is extremely welcome - this has fast become one of my favourite commander shows and long may it continue.

[@uwutioussterling3576]

@@AstoranSolaire I thought it was a 2 weeks break at first and at some point it became weekly, I must have only recently began paying attention on this fact then I guess ...

[@zachufert2331]

CBG on the Arena Craft Podcast: “Scry is such a scam.” CGB going full control mage in commander: “I can turn even scrying into a wincon!” 😈

[@matt21643]

"The amount of bottoming I've been doing this game" The interaction around this comment while CGB tried to not get demonetized or become inappropriate on his channel. I was laughing way too hard at this.

[@privettk]

This series is legit my most anticipated video on YT each week. I love the decks, the banter, the tactics, the humor, and just the dynamic this playgroup has. Deserves more views and revenue!

[@LordKaiju_2]

Likewise

[@lifestyle936]

True, I like this group. No random influencers doing only God knows what.

[@simcosports2584]

Cgb drew about 80 extra cards, scry’d 60 times, lowered the mana cost of 20 spells, and it took him an hour to find the card in his deck to win. This is the most control deck in the history of magic, and I love it.

[@gardnering]

The thing I love about this group is that it reminds me of how funny and present we can be when we show up for game night. Yes, this is a fun group of people, but every game group I can remember has been funny and great in it's own way. This show has really brought that back to me. So, thanks! This show shows exactly what's great about gaming with little fuss or complication. They just play and make us laugh. Thank you Shea, Blake, Ben and CGB. This is super entertaining and inspiring.

[@jordan_mcchesney]

If only Ben’s draws were as good as his comebacks, he’d never lose a game.

[@Gasparisme_art]

This has to be legit the best play group of Commander on yt, their chemistry is so genuine and fun to watch! Please never stop this show, it's such a bless

[@Asian_Caleb]

This is such a great commander show man, appreciate all the work everyone does to get this to happen so often

[@Lancebit]

40 lands, 59 card selection spells, and 1 win con. Blue/white control at its best!

[@kraplaz]

Blake, seeing you lead this commander show from time to time is very refreshing. I enjoy it a lot. Allowing it to happen is a great idea and spices up this weekly event even more. This is becoming my KZbin version of FRIENDS. Good time, nice jokes, good games. Thanks a lot.

[@jmud8392]

CGB - I appreciate the effort you have put into sharing the spotlight on this show. Blake did an awesome job hosting and I know Shea and Ben would do great as well. I think people would watch this group play a game even if you weren't involved. Hats off for building something bigger than yourself.

[@mrshadelock]

CGB: TRIGGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Now that that's out of the way. I love how synergistic CGB's deck was and even though it looked like he was having a tough time scrying to the bottom a lot it moved through his deck and got him to where he needed to be when he needed to be there. It was a pure clinic of Blue magic and I KNOW Blake was kicking himself for meming the dream this week out of all weeks. He had fun but watching his frenemy draw all those cards had to hurt. Good game all and I love the show. I know CGB loses money on each of these videos and doesn't have to put them out but I love the content so thank you so much Sensei.

[@chriss.1614]

The moment, when everyone at the table knows CGB will finish the game now and so does every viewer, but it still takes him playing 20 cards over 20 minutes - thats a blue mage if i ever seen one

[@starmanda88]

This is my first episode I’ve ever watched of y’all playing EDH and I’m glad I did! Excellent chemistry and strong decks. Thanks for the great content!

[@redeyeskev]

I like how people are attacking/damaging everything but the planeswalker that’s clearly central to the deck’s plan. Great threat assessment all around.

[@zero6703]

This is the best commander show on youtube!

[@gardnering]

The look on Blake's face when Shea killed him was excellent. Speaking of Blake, his intro went really well. He either practiced a lot or is a smooth mother trucker. Well done, sir.

[@Logical_Panda]

Love the set release episodes always super hype and a ton of technical knowledge gained from watching the new cards played in actual games! GG to cgb on the win!

[@thomhitzelberger7876]

Just discovered the channel and I'm digging it. Very fun games so far. I like that Ben is playing dragons in both episodes I've watched :)

[@nathanfurman4455]

Mastermind CGB back at it again with the unexpected interactions, foresight of the heart of the cards (bottoming all), and the big brain of value. Everyone at the table acknowledged the value engine he built.

[@danielmerchant5253]

thanks for keeping up on this one of my commander group moved away 2 days ago unexpectedly and I'm glad I can still get a commander fix on the channel

[@CraftySloth]

What an awesome episode! That Puzzle-Box looked like it gave CGB something productive and fun to do every upkeep. Glad to know of it's existence to potentially put in my Neera, Wild Mage deck! Great vibe between everyone - was super enjoyable to watch.

[@brandiboyd4181]

I really enjoyed all 4 of those decks. CGB & Blake each played decks that seemed really unique, while the other decks had a few twists in old favorite decks. Fun game.

[@bakedpotato8582]

"Go scry me a river Blake" -CGB probably

[@michaelkain6167]

I would say that Cgb brought a tear to my scry, but I was blinded by how quickly he approached the second sun! Way to go bad ass blue mage

[@leafy470]

Classic CGB with all the uw shenanigans! this was a super fun video to watch!!

[@Yettipike1]

Thanks for the content and getting to see Elminster in action. I thought the whole new Baldur Gate set was not great but I might give that one a spin.

[@mandielyn0416]

CGB needs his own Elmister Alter.

[@clementachard4724]

Never miss an episode, so good 💪😍

[@kratix0469]

25:00 you can!t cast the spell for 3 less cause the commander wasn’t on the battlefield when the scry of the enchantment went off so it didn’t trigger for that one

[@sebastianl4135]

CGB tempting Shea into killing her friends so he could kill her and her vampires with Two Suns(!!!!) makes him the real Vampire in this episode. A genuine daywalker. Beautiful episode.

[@ColeStephan2ulip]

Grants everyone, love watching you play new decks regularly and good luck next time :)

[@CosmicIceCream]

I was very impressed by how competitive this game was, in spite of the crazy value pile that was CGB's scry deck. All the decks were very cool, and Ben was actually skirting a dominant position, I admit I was a little bummed when CGB saw it too and shut him down. Well played all!

[@SaraKkkkkkkk]

CGB dying inside (and out) at the very end when Blake talked about his card of the game - priceless!

[@paulhorton5168]

For CGB. When he gets to play his favorite comfort zone in blue/white card draw and control, it's pretty much game over from the start. Scry ability is sometimes under rated with what it's capable of.

[@7someone]

Congratulations CGB on your win and good luck on your firings. Can't wait to see the new team.

[@benjaromis1]

Very nice color diversity - commander-wise in this game - which I really like a lot and the playmats are also different in color/style - also very pleasing for my eyes! nice

[@imanujakku]

You guys should do a baldurs gate draft!

[@shalop5614]

This will be fun to watch :)

[@BigfootIsMyDad]

Mystic speculation is an Allstar in my Mizzix deck (and really, that extends to most cards with buyback)

[@DanielBrinkmann1996]

The video description is wrong. It says "Jund Dragons" for Ben's deck but it's simply Gruul. :) What an amazing video though! I thoroughly enjoyed this and hope you're making more commander videos with Baldur's Gate cards. There's so many amazing cards in there!

[@darklight8575]

Honest question here, whose phone is used for the life counters? And what phone is it?

[@damo9961]

inkmoth/blinkmoth nexus and mishras factory can sac for all 3 types in Baba Lysaga, so I run exploration effects and crucible of worlds effects and lots of ways to tutor them and lands. once you get a man land plus multiple lands a turn effect plus GY recursion for lands you can go off.

[@noidboi154]

So your turn where Elminster created a fairie army, you took out Ben, and then drew a new hand from midnight Clock was eerily similar to Gandalf the white showing up on the hill at the end of the battle of Helms Deep. Well done!

[@pleravens]

This is a real mistake... The Mysictal Tutor that found the Second Sun 1:02:10 would have removed all the bonus from your commander It just means that the mana to cast the prison would not have been available...and wouldn't have been able to either: strip mine or mind stone.

[@jeffwilson9272]

These videos are the highlight of my week. Just love you four and your dynamic. Can't wait until it's bens turn to do the intro. Maybe you should rank seating based on the 1st-4th of the last game? just a sound note too, it is perfectly fine, but it is about 20% quieter than other vids on the channel. Not a problem, but just letting you know if you are trying to keep everything normalized. thanks for all the content!

[@didupaytheone2678]

Code blue cold blue helond has blown up everything I ever loved lol..that was a big bourd wipe!! Ben going to get u back for that

[@bentanner199]

It's nice to see CGB being the only blue mage at the table. Every spell cast, all eyes go to him to see if it resolves. You don't get that kind of entertainment on MTGA.

[@floriankaeder]

I love everflowing chalice, such a nice Mana sink ramp spell

[@thewildcyclone3159]

CGB please turn your quote "Blue Mages Just Have More Fun" into your new hit single. Then sing it to Blake whenever you troll him.

[@Fedalkin85]

The image for today: A young and handsome man illuminated by the bright lights of two suns, and an old Wizzard handing him a blue robe and saying: Its your turn now new Sensei!

[@Valindria]

I would have loved to see Shea use Heliod's lifelink on Ben's creature to give it life link to keep him in the game when he blocked.

[@jordanmills5473]

This was a really fun episode. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

[@John--3-16]

AWESOME MATCH MUST WATCH!!!! Also stayed till the end even through commercials for more support 😎🤟🏾

[@rainbowfox22]

Can't wait :)

[@discobiscuits4251]

Im sure a million people have tweeted and commented this but CGB Eligeth, Crossroads Augur is a blue Partner commander that lets you draw every time you would scry , pretty sweet

[@fablerh2476]

Felt like CGB played with his control-smirk for at least 50 minutes straight leaving me with no doubt his victory would EVER be endangered. Totally in his comfort zone this game ;)

[@L4TMTG]

Nice job with all this content

[@CanuckMonkey13]

CGB IS devastatingly handsome, but I don't think this will be his favourite comment! I noticed at 59:50 on the turn when he played the Seagate Restoration, he discounted the cost by 4 because of a scry 1 from Oath of Jace and a scry 3 from the Netherese Puzzle Ward, but that isn't how Elminster works; each scry action discounts the next spell by the amount of THAT scry, so there would have been a discount of 1 from the first and he would have had to cast an instant before resolving the Netherese Puzzle Ward's trigger to get the discount of 1, but since he didn't the Scry 1 is REPLACED by the Scry 3 as the discount for the next spell. I only noticed this the one time, and it wouldn't have mattered here since he had plenty of mana available, but he might have been playing it this way throughout the game and getting some unreasonably large discounts. Something to keep in mind for next time, and for anyone else playing Elminster!

[@sirhamalot8651]

CGB: Interesting interaction with Elminster...the static ability says "X is the number of cartds LOOKED AT while scrying..." Good thing you looked at the cards at the end scrying into the Sun! Haha.

[@ModernArtery]

I love watching these two years later because instead of complimenting CGB I get to compliment Blake. So I just wanted to say that Blake's "Hey, I'm complimenting CGB right now, maybe *I'm* gonna win the $50" comment had me cracking up. Blake is truly the Sam Riegel of Magic

[@haydndavis6753]

CGB: "You're cool." Me: *through tears* "No you."

[@jcomposer12]

The scry bug is strong with this one!

[@ryansnyder6588]

And the beaver shuffle For the Win

[@bleepblarp275]

“right facing Shea isn’t real, she can’t hurt you” Right facing Shea:

[@josephgalindo1769]

CGB has never "bottomed" so much before...but In the "end" he wound up as a "top" for the win. 🤣 Couldn't of chosen a better month. Lul in all seriousness, another great game! There was a point in..."climax"...that a single good draw could of... "swung"...this game in anyone's favor. Congrats! Cbg for another great victory of..."4 play" commander! Glad to see you guys still having fun! You are all 😎 cool!

[@animalheadskullx3362]

The deepest rule zero I ever seen. Nice

[@arjunheart5859]

Sea gate is awesome. Totally going to have to get one.

[@GrunkBunkums]

I wonder if it would be interesting if you guys played almost pauper commander. Weird combos with only commons and a commander could be fun to watch.

[@d2ned912]

Glad to sea the restoration of CGB’s scars. Thought there might be some PTSD from having it copied against him by the 130 card pile.

[@kalebsolberg7902]

Ah yes. CGBs favorite time of the week. He plays magic against his friends by playing magic by himself. The joys of the blue mage 😅😂

[@Mason-th7mx]

“You do not know the first note of this movie that moves you” first off able to read Blake’s tattoo…actually terrifying card is netherese puzzle-ward lol

[@Chace957]

Amazing game once again! #teamshea (I’ve won with that commander on the first prerelease weekend)

[@DeggaTheDev]

❤️ for Ben. You're way more patient than I am. Great game everyone!

[@RibhuChoudhuri]

Just commenting to highlight how wholesome it felt to see both blake and Shea giggle at how often CGB bottoms

[@canadasyrup2125]

They were giggling because of how Cgb phrased it

[@ToeTheFoe]

I just built a Butcher deck and I’m pumped to watch this 🎉

[@ndo420]

Where can we get a cgb playmat ?

[@jacknelson8640]

Loved Baba ❤️❤️❤️ 😁 mean witchyyyyy !

[@briankirz231]

best thumbnail yet

[@didupaytheone2678]

Did we get evil ben this game? Im loving it, sick cuts to the body!! I think has did most of the damage in game so far

[@tjloefflerjaetem]

Thanks for another fun match! I have to say that I am rooting for Ben in the next game. I hope he gets to pop off!

[@nickcoppini5949]

Normally one is the loneliest number but #CGB seems find it everyday, loved the scry-bal deck

[@jenmingd]

Didn’t the midnight clock go off on the wrong turn? Should have been cgb’s turn?

[@johnb9229]

CGB - Back when I played, it was Highlander that was my favourite (I stopped before commander). How do you rate your enjoyment of Commander vs. the old version Highlander?

[@ColorwaveCraftsCo]

Ben: “can you wait till your next turn?” CGB: “No.” 😂

[@zego324]

This video was basically just CGB holding Full Control for an hour and fifteen minutes

[@ColonyIV]

Alrighty, you sold me on the Sea Gate Restoration. I'll take five. One for me, and four for my friends who don't play blue. Maybe it'll be their "gate" way to figuring out blue players have more fun.

[@hfy2073]

Hello sir, how can I contact you?

[@egoish6762]

When I was in an LGS back in 2000ish i was playing some mtg while the owners of the store were conversing about wizards in fantasy, one asked the other "who do you think would win, Gandalf or Elminster?" to which the other replied, "well Elminster isn't real." That was simply accepted as true and they moved on.

[@chriscunningham6401]

Is Archivist of Oghma missing a hand?

[@FidasEternas]

Blake: "my card of the game is making CGB cringe"

[@hcgtrplaya92986]

Patience is a win con. 🤷‍♂️

[@austennaron4768]

I’m not a bad person that I want to play Elminster after seeing all that value, right?

[@gyorgyor7765]

Nope, Elminster is a really cool character too in the novels he's in.

[@sidmidnightskies]

real improvement on the volume editor!

[@benjaminlaubach8482]

I LITERALLY SCHEDULE THESE INTO MY WEEKEND AGENDA AT THIS POINT

[@josiahhook1535]

I’d love to see a 2v2 sometime on your channel!

[@YahMum69]

In all honesty! as much as i was rooting for ben and blake, cgb played that game EXTREMELY well. classic control cgb. amazing wincon. and the seagate restoration. classic cgb. besides yorion i am sure SURE! thats his next favorite card.

[@CosmicIceCream]

Yeah, he deserved the W. Value coming out his ears, very cool deck design.

[@Screengaming01]

Hail CGB prophet of the scrying sun