Kalamax vs Najeela vs Elsha vs Urza | CEDH Gameplay

[@adamesparza6748]

The best part of competitive cedh is that you can watch a full game during a 30 minute break at work.

[@addambarcelos]

Vexing shusher was pretty good in this game, so much value

[@path2plowshares274]

That card is very underrated I think. Being uncounterable itself has come up more than once for me.

[@koreyg8552]

Shusher is good in any game. It cannot stay on the field. He’s a kill on sight like grand abolisher

[@bismyan1019]

The reason he doesn’t see play everywhere is because T&T THANKFULLY cannot run it.

[@orsettomorbido]

At first, when she first came out, I thought that Najeela was a boring commander. Seeing how differently she can be built, i started to really like her! Poork Taka. Great game!

[@blackmage665]

she's a 3 cost 5c commander, that combos with herself. it's fucking busted.

[@beartron379]

Transmute Artifact for Witching Well kind of hurt my soul.

[@u_benhakd]

Winter orb...static orb...grim monolith...something that gets you closer to infinite?

[@maxp3659]

he had no mana up, so he had to search for something with cmc 1 or less.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Explanatory comment about Sevinne's Reclamation and Kalamax's infinite turns combo (because there are a lot of questions about them): Sevinne's Reclamation's copying itself is part of its effect. You get the copy as the original resolves. If it gets countered or fizzles, you don't get to copy it. It's different from eldrazi, storm and cascade spells, which have separate triggered abilities when you cast them. As for the Kalamax + Twinning Staff infinite turns combo: 1. Cast Temporal Mastery, hold priority; 2. Cast Twincast, targeting Temporal Mastery; 3. Kalamax triggers, copying Twincast twice thanks to Twinning Staff; 4. Target Temporal Mastery with one Twincast copy; 5. Target Twincast itself with the other copy; 6. Twincast copy targeting the original Twincast resolves, creating two more copies of Twincast; 7. Repeat steps 4-6 over and over again, creating as many copies of Temporal Mastery as you want.

[@silencia08]

Kalamax needs to be Tapped to do his Copy effect on spells, so you need to add a step.

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

Ryan is so powerful and talented that he can tap an Izzet talisman to cast a manadork! Marvelous 😂 Jokes aside, nice game!

[@ToonLinksDair]

I'm new to this channel. What's the in-joke about Ryan?

[@morganath]

ToonLinksDair Not really an inside joke from what I can see, but the voice over said he tapped his Talisman of Creativity (makes blue/red) to cast a 1 green mana dork, but the actual video showed him tapping his mana confluence.

[@ToonLinksDair]

@@morganath Yeah I see that but I believe that Ryan has been mentioned as the star player (tongue-in-cheek or not) on at least one other video.

[@willaby292]

that was a flaming hot take on best poptart flavor

[@evanperkins3467]

Cinnamon brown sugar is king

[@envysart797]

Clearly it’s strawberry and he’s WRONG

[@ellieskunkz5044]

peanut butter chocolate all the way

[@evanperkins3467]

Daniel Stump can’t say I’ve ever had that pop tart flavor. Will report back one day...

[@austinh1805]

The camera was a bit iffy. So what's the BGS grade on that Urza? XD

[@shikaku_]

69. MINT

[@saevin7th]

2:15 you mention he taps his talisman (im assuming cause he took damage) but he's actually using mana confluence for green since the talisman is the UR one

[@raphaeldean5801]

Thank you!

[@Dazulolwarrior]

I see Taka loves his HMS Hood

[@Joey-sd1wz]

It’s such a bummer that Sevinne’s Reclamation only copies itself on resolution. If it was a static ability on the spell so that it copied itself on the stack, it would be really tough to counter.

[@GeorgeAlone2277]

No way. A Playing with Power video with no partners

[@danwilson9522]

Taka has some incredible taste. Best basic island, best ship in Azur Lane, and that Steal Enchantment play was spicy

[@shikaku_]

Hello fellow azur lane fan

[@marcelhoernchn3909]

That playmat from Kyle and Mike! Freaking awesome! :O

[@BossofBlades]

I bought the same sleeves as Kyle and they are sick. Dragon shield saturion. Really good game, the steal enchantment was a really cool tech.

[@DAaBean]

Taka with the classy AL Hood sleeves, mad respect

[@socialq5478]

Hey, what are these sleeves? I can’t find them

[@Numenorean5393]

You guys are consistently creating excellent material. The stat sheet at the end of the episode is very helpful for analyzing games, and I wouldn't be surprised if the other gameplay channels started adopting it.

[@fo0kinz553]

On Kyle's turn 4 one copy of Sevinne's Reclamation was countered, but Kyle and the table seem to have missed the fact that there should have been two copies on the stack because it was flashed back.

[@mentosmuncher]

no, you only get the 2nd copy upon resolution

[@hoverant7709]

Last time I was this early Iona was still legal

[@robvakarian2330]

Perfect video for to watch on break!

[@jessejames9684]

Well I've got 60 bucks, for to say you'll watch Trin tonight.

[@yoshiman9521]

does anyone know what the art on taka's sleeves is from?

[@FlameAngel101]

HMS Hood from Azur Lane, mans got good taste

[@MISFITSERAPH]

Spike from land before time heck yea!

[@sevenseasago6901]

You're definitely wrong. Best Pop Tart flavor is by FAR S'mores. Hot Fudge Sundae would also be an acceptable answer.

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Fite me :P

[@Dazulolwarrior]

Welcome to Poptarts of Power where we judge the most powerful poptarts in the most powerful format

[@koanos2448]

@@Dazulolwarrior A future April Fools Stream?

[@tulersmeesh4077]

Chocolate Chip is the only flavor worth buying. You're entitled to a wrong opinion :^)

[@firsthalthor]

I think both of you are wrong. It’s wild berry

[@D4ggity]

Man some really interesting cards I haven't seen before on this one.

[@swirls5801]

11:37 how does this lead to infinite turns? i know kalamax can create infinite copies of twincast, but each of those copies except for the last two (or three with twinning staff) will resolve as just twincast, not temporal mastery. so at a maximum you would get 4 extra turns, one from the original cast, one from the original twincast, one from kalamax's copy of twincast, and one from twinning staff's copy of twincast. is that not correct?

[@swirls5801]

wait, nevermind, i misunderstood how twinning staff works! that's awesome

[@DarkEinherjar]

Here's how it works, just for clarification: 1. Cast Temporal Mastery, hold priority; 2. Cast Twincast, targeting Temporal Mastery; 3. Kalamax triggers, copying Twincast twice thanks to Twinning Staff; 4. Target Temporal Mastery with one Twincast copy; 5. Target Twincast itself with the other copy; 6. Twincast copy resolves, creating two more copies of Twincast; 7. Repeat steps 4-6 over and over again, creating as many copies of Temporal Mastery as you want.

[@Lvl10CPU]

Really like Kyle's playmat! Wonder where it came from.

[@tcgaddiction2418]

So glad that Vexing Shusher got to shine here! The card is well overdue for some love!

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

Agreed. It’s finally getting a reprint too.

[@mn6334]

I've seen the guys on Play to Win talk up that card before. Seems really good in any meta with a lot of Counterspells flying around.

[@khurgar8120]

Gotta love Taks virgin sleeves XD

[@Magnivore519]

It's S'Mores and you know it!

[@GaucheEtVeule]

My eyes are kinda distracted by Taka having Azur Lane sleeves with best waifu Hood summer skin. Wowsie

[@razzKey]

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@kuu4199]

I saw that and I was like is it? I couldn't be sure if my eyes weren't tricking me lol

[@CeilingNinja]

Is.... is she a boat?

[@GaucheEtVeule]

Yup, just your average animu rendering of something that really existed Still, the game is really good

[@patrickdavis8271]

What a great game! Well done!

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

Did Mike even have to re-use Shusher's ability for that stack at 7:20? Or is there some errata/rule that says otherwise?

[@liammartin6772]

If you respond to the activation with another counterspell, you have to activate shusher again because the counterspell resolves before the original activation.

[@borosman720]

Sounds like a good matchup!

[@DUxMORTEM]

Misplay at 10:20 When taka dies all cards he controls that are not owned by him are exiled, they do not return to their owners field.

[@martydeenihan5002]

Did you guys account for the copy of sevinnes reclamation since it was castfeom the graveyard or did I somehow miss the dialog on that?

[@DarkEinherjar]

Sevinne's Reclamation's copying itself is part of its effect. You get the copy as the original resolves. If it gets countered or fizzles, you don't get to copy it. It's different from eldrazi, storm and cascade spells, which trigger when you cast them.

[@assael2]

How did Ryan cast Elvish Mystic on 2:10? Was that a mistake or did i miss something?

[@Galopino1994]

assael2 they meant to say confluence, not talisman

[@hannahbraggins4515]

Right at the start I was so confused about the talisman casting the elvish mystic and had to rewind the video. So I'd like to use this as an opportunity to applaud the work that goes into the script writing and reading for the narration and how well edited these videos are that made me so confused about one mistake

[@windiesel2826]

Why not transmute for Winter Orb/Static or a Combo piece?????

[@velvety2528]

4:40 This exact same thing happened in my play group recently, but someone argued that the temporal mastery doesn't go to the graveyard until the whole stack is finished, so the copy actually didn't fizzle. I thought it should fizzle. Can anyone else confirm?

[@Frosthief]

Card is no longer on the stack after being countered, so it is in graveyard and cannot be copied.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Countering a spell causes it to leave the stack, so anything else targeting it fizzles.

[@mikedoyle6320]

Najeela puts the token into play already attacking. Druids depository only counts the creatures that attacked. Not the ones that come into play attacking.

[@shikaku_]

This is why I love najeela when it's super interactive and really difficult to stop

[@arcaneprofet]

Taka looks like he had a lot of fun here

[@singinggamer9487]

how did he tap the izzet talisman to play elvish mystic for green color in round 1? :) am i just dumb or is it total missplay?

[@jasperowens1669]

How did you cast elvish mystic with a R/U signet??

[@socialq5478]

Can someone tell where I can buy taka’s sleeve please?

[@takobeller]

Sorry, I try to buy them out as soon as I seen them available. So that I can keep my entire EDH cards in the same waifu sleeves.

[@sebb4269]

at 6:09 a mistake was made, ive seen it far too often, sevinnes reclamation states: if it is cast from grave you may copy it, he should have had two sevinnes reclamations on the stack and gotten either LED or breach since only half of sevinnes was countered.

[@C00kiesAplenty]

The copy effect isnt upon cast, its upon resolution. If the spell is countered then it isn't copied.

[@Lykrast]

Wonder what card game the card that represented the construct token was from.

[@takobeller]

It is from Z/X

[@Punk3r77]

Can someone explain Taka's win-con here. I get that he only has one creature in the 99 to flip into. How does that give him a win?

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

It’s called polytyrant. It intentionally does that. You flip into it and go infinite with mana positive rocks. You then sink that into urza’s ability.

[@qwerty66807]

How does Ryan's combo with twinning staff work to get infinite turns?

[@magicthe7]

mad props to the urza player for the wixoss token

[@NiaTheMilkTank]

can someone explain the infinite turns combo to me?

[@NiaTheMilkTank]

nvm i think i got it. twincast copy -> twining staff copy twincast targeting twincast -> twining staff copy twincast targeting twincast -> infinite to end the infinite you target the original card in this case an Extra Turn spell and you do that for every copy

[@DarkEinherjar]

He needed Kalamax (tapped) and Twinning Staff together for that. 1. Cast Temporal Mastery, hold priority; 2. Cast Twincast, targeting Temporal Mastery; 3. Kalamax triggers, copying Twincast twice thanks to Twinning Staff; 4. Target Temporal Mastery with one Twincast copy; 5. Target Twincast itself with the other copy; 6. Twincast copy resolves, creating two more copies of Twincast; 7. Repeat steps 4-6 over and over again, creating as many copies of Temporal Mastery as you want.

[@ggpt9641]

For posterity, making a comment about this Powerful Perusing of Patron's Playstyles. Spoilers for the video ahead. Notable moments in this game include the following: Pyroblast stopping 2 extra turns. The first Vexing Shusher interaction, preventing Kyle from winning. The 2nd Vexing Shusher interaction, nearly winning Mike the game if it weren't for a ludicrously large stack to prevent infinite mana gain by only being short 1 attacker. Steal Enchantment existing and being used at a competitive EDH table. "Mike taps his Gaea's Cradle for 25, likely just to flex."

[@JBeleren]

And we get a Reprint from Vexing Shusher in Double Master. So he can be countert^^

[@PewPew_McPewster]

Taka is a man of taste. Top tier sleeves.

[@NoboruTakaoka]

Oh hey its Taka rep'ing Hawaii!

[@Someblondeman]

God I love Najeela, insta click any time I see a game with her

[@Starcraftgamer97]

This just reinforces my idea that I want to play Najeela. She looks so fun to play!

[@drackoex]

Did taka get that graded urza from monty?

[@argonnas2]

in this meta i feel too many decks have gotten greedy with removal

[@theproamatuer2185]

BRO that intuition pile is NEXT LEVEL 🤯

[@mechaelbrun-kestler3868]

my understanding is when Sevinne's Reclamation is flashbacked it creates the copy on the stack at that moment which means they would have to counter both copies. Possible punt or am I wrong?

[@DarkEinherjar]

Sevinne's Reclamation creates its copy upon resolution. If it gets countered or fizzles, you don't get a copy.

[@Leivve]

Looking at the Najeela deck, he has a tainted pact in there, but no jayce or Thassa's to win off removing your deck. What's the point of the card?

[@suntitan4419]

Great game awesome play mats but mike should get actual warrior tokens I mean he has all the duals but using a plain white token for his warriors

[@SuperPacMan1143]

Think I saw this live on twitch? Not sure though

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

we stream on KZbin so maybe!

[@jdmj0]

Is Taka from hawaii? I'm assuming his playmat says "Da-Planet" (a lgs here) and... his sleeves :P

[@zacharymedeiros2713]

Yes he is. We stream on twitch check us out thecollective808

[@juliet2306]

Maaaan those counterspells!!

[@runeserpent1449]

the fan of the loli sleeves killed me lol 2:19

[@koreyg8552]

I have a cedh kalamax that’s pure control with Kiki lines, and I can honestly say kalamax turns is probably the worst iteration of kalamax you can make. He can combo really fast if you build around his twinning staff and isc/reversal lines.

[@133sieben]

Can someone explain to me the kalamax infinite turns? Because i dont understand it :'D

[@DarkEinherjar]

1. Cast Temporal Mastery, hold priority; 2. Cast Twincast, targeting Temporal Mastery; 3. Kalamax triggers, copying Twincast twice thanks to Twinning Staff; 4. Target Temporal Mastery with one Twincast copy; 5. Target Twincast itself with the other copy; 6. Twincast copy resolves, creating two more copies of Twincast; 7. Repeat steps 4-6 over and over again, creating as many copies of Temporal Mastery as you want.

[@133sieben]

@@DarkEinherjar thanks a Lot 👌🏻

[@Iamarandomface]

wait is kyle, kyle hill from because science

[@necrocreature9117]

MDGIC BMEP? What a cleverly coded message if there is one

[@hectormorales4090]

Dang! That's a GG guys!

[@soulbound11]

At 5:36 when Kyle cast Sevinne's Reclamation, shouldnt he have gotten a copy of it since it was cast from the graveyard?

[@fletchermcmeans7099]

you said talisman of creativity to cast elvish mystic but you meant mana confluence

[@travelmind5487]

Looked for this comment🤣

[@fletchermcmeans7099]

@@travelmind5487 first thing i noticed

[@acefoster629]

Taka is a man of culture I see

[@smegmalasagna]

I would like to see four stax decks battling it out. How long would the game take? ;)

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

8+ hours ;)

[@orsettomorbido]

It's a pity that Ryan was first and couldn't also play the Carpet of Flowers HAHAHAHA

[@restoreleader]

Watching Kyles board and thinking that it might be a stroke :D

[@Meimes13]

No one gonna mention how many turns Ryan went missing his land drop!!

[@jordanlawlor89]

Why did Ryan hold priority after casting his Temporal Mastery? It wouldn't hurt him to wait for a counter, then he could've countered it with Twincast.

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

He got greedy wanting two turns.

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

if he let it resolve he couldn't get 2 turns if no one countered

[@jordanlawlor89]

Thanks! I had to read up on priority. Apparently, we've played too loosely in our play groups. Great channel BTW! Love watching your games.

[@jordanlawlor89]

I was under the wrong* impression he could wait until priority got passed back to him and he could just "add" Twincast to the top. 😅

[@NMS127]

@@PlayingWithPowerMTG He would have gotten 3 turns thanks to Twinning Staff. Also, if anyone did have a counter, Mike could make it uncounterable, so it was probably as good a chance as any he was going to get.

[@PaulG0000]

I would have searched for Winter Orb after casting Fabricate.

[@harmfulgrainbogitch155]

Wait the talisman doesn’t tap for green. Am I missing something

[@vanxius15432]

He definitely tapped the mana confluence for it, but the commentary said otherwise xD

[@harmfulgrainbogitch155]

@@vanxius15432 oooooo thx

[@aw-ih4wt]

Takas sleeves tho

[@troyuchida3146]

Shoutout to Da-Planet in Honolulu, Hawaii for Taka's playmat haha

[@nathansfarcioc5575]

I'm sorry but your wrong about the best poptart flavor

[@vincentibarra5686]

Good video

[@QDurlstonP]

Sevinne's Reclamation was flashbacked, so there should have been 2 copies on the stack.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Sevinne's Reclamation's copying itself is part of its effect. You get the copy as the original resolves. If it gets countered or fizzles, you don't get to copy it. It's different from eldrazi, storm and cascade spells, which trigger when you cast them.

[@knodeway1826]

Call me simple, but the best poptart flavor is unfrosted blueberry

[@enchiladaofdeath]

Yo wtf are Taka’s sleeves

[@redstonepro5412]

Would not sevinnes reclamation have been copied ?

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Only on resolution.

[@redstonepro5412]

@@PlayingWithPowerMTG oh, okay, i thought it happens on cast

[@paulizard2417]

Not what it says on gatherer...gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=470551

[@PeaceItUp]

It happens on cast not resolution

[@redstonepro5412]

@@PeaceItUp nope, it does not, read the card

[@coldramengx632]

always love to see jeskai represented in cedh!

[@jessejames9684]

Not with top

[@matthewrose8002]

@@jessejames9684 Top is the combo piece in Elsha or you wouldn't play that deck. Just needed a cost reducer and it is free draws. Can draw the deck by placing top on top of it and cast top for free over and over again. My version of Elsha has 6 mana reducers and I pack more artifacts and Urza in it to make it so I can play down all of the mana producers and get to my win cons.

[@stefantincescu7169]

The intro looks like it's missing some frames.

[@duelistzephyr1465]

I refreshed KZbin and saw this was posted 9 seconds ago. Figured I may actually get first comment with no notifications. 11 likes and 2 comments already

[@milesroberts5910]

It’s because Patrons get early access to these, you should sign up! The memes alone make it worth it.

[@rhozpogi]

As a najeela pilot, i approve of this lol

[@ianflannery4291]

Trinisphere....in Najeela.....

[@jdorffer]

Najeela is so nasty, I often win when I play my deck with her

[@tegansumei9772]

This game is why I play UPS instead of Poly-Tyrant. Poly-Tyrant is terrible against Najeela.

[@damnjekyll]

I never really noticed but Najeela is just a cheaper Golos. Smh..

[@wp6007]

So odd Mike let vexing shusher die to get past 1 damage.

[@Ahripostale]

Oh shiet its hood