Kodama/Vial Smasher vs Kodama/Kraum vs Ikra/Rograkh vs Tymna/Thrasios | CEDH Gameplay

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Give Alex (Higher) a very special welcome for his first gameplay episode on the channel!

[@SickOfItAll1988]

Weeeelcome

[@DanteMTG_]

Reeee your kodama is mine Alex!

[@toasterparty5217]

Welcome to Alex! Also a very Kodama-filled episode.

[@MufasaTheMan]

About time! Yay!

[@aortega]

Go Higher!!!

[@cinosaurus]

Dante's deflecting swat to the Phantasmal Image (4:40) was a particularly spicy play in my opinion, whole game was played very well and what a blast to watch. Awesome video

[@andreaslion5877]

came here to say that lol

[@chandlermiller3944]

That goblin deck was certified dank. Such a flexible line to get where he needed to go.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

Man, that was one of the best EDH games I've ever seen, such cool lines from all players, seeing which of their opponents' tools they could use to further their own gameplan and constantly interacting.

[@RetroPokemonTCG]

This was one of the best games I've ever seen on your channel! Somany precise decisions, witj just enough chaos in there, too. Welcome to PWP Alex! Can't wait to see more of your games

[@DanteMTG_]

Wow, what a game, so back and forth 😩

[@RetroPokemonTCG]

I really thought you had the game there with your explosive Kodama turn!

[@tannermattingly4462]

Really nice list that Ryan was running. His combo had a ton of resiliency, while also nearly going off on turn 3.

[@Awsomeman328]

The only question I have about this game is did Ryan reveal all of the cards he drew into his hand while snoop was on the battlefield? I am wondering if this was either done correctly in the game but was not explicitly told in the editing/narrating to the audience, or if this was something that was over looked during play. This could have been important during play because the other players knowing what Ryan had in terms of answers and how close he was to winning at any time would have definitely affected their conscious decision making based around that information. For those of you wondering what I am specifically talking about, with how playing both with the top on one's library revealed and drawing lots of cards, mainly all the wheels in this game, a player would need to reveal each card as they drew them, either one by one or all at ounce after the wheel resolves but before anything else occurs. This is because the game doesn't consider each wheel as strictly "draw seven cards," but rather like "draw a card" repeated seven times. So basically, Ryan should have been playing with his hand mostly revealed to the other players for the rest of the game off of the wheel effects. Well, not really "revealed," but they should have all known what was in his hand that he got from drawing while the card he tutored from Gamble would remain secret.

[@DanteMTG_]

Hi there! Yes, this information was revealed to the table in terms of wheeling with snoop on the field, I just forgot what was in his hand and I am a bad player, oops 🤷‍♂️

[@crazymexicanoloco]

That disallow play surprised me! I've been playing stifle effects in my deck and it also catches people off guard!

[@kenkokuten4887]

Great game everyone! I was so surprised to see the new partner combo I've never seen before try to win twice. That line with kiki was so damn cool! Never would have thought of it. Well done!

[@isaactodd1256]

This was such a good game. Everyone had some sick plays. Also I LOVED all the kiki lines. Snoop ftw.

[@cuI8ter]

I love when Ryan gets to congratulate himself on his own win in the third person lol

[@ericriner9425]

Love the snoop combos, always nice to see new things in these games.

[@arandomday3530]

Damn this was a fantastic game! I was sure the game would end by the midpoint and we’d actually have two rounds but the skillful timing and interaction kept it a nail biter all the way through

[@StackedEDH]

LOVE seeing Bonnie's list get there

[@jaredsmith6565]

Great game! Kinda cool there were 2 different Jund midrange decks :)

[@forgottenartificer]

Loves today's gameplay! Tons of interaction and little chips of damage

[@CharlotteMimic]

Those were some sharp plays from Ryan!

[@ivernedit]

Every time I’m taking a dump and need a video, there’s always a new pwp vid. Thanks guys!

[@styfen]

If you're on the toilet that long you need to go see a doctor

[@ivernedit]

@@styfen nothing wrong with watching half there and half in bed, you know

[@kingginger3335]

I'm in Indianapolis and I'll be bringing my Windgrace deck to the competition

[@the_cosine4353]

Always nice to see unusual decks win

[@styfen]

Absolutely wonderful game. Too many great moments to list.

[@ameliaburton5313]

Damn, what a cool Ikra/Rograkh deck

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

🤔🤔🤔

[@badaryman7139]

This game was truly of a higher standard, loved it 😌👌

[@TribeWars1]

Gotta also chime in to say that this was a great game.

[@derekmccoy2799]

That was a sweet win!

[@veldin4108]

Goblin tribal in cedh. Nice

[@seanmurphy3430]

I love that "I cast Death" is a valid sentence in this game.

[@Lasor4]

Cool game and welcome, Higher!

[@shatterspree4123]

Damn, shaun dying because of ad naus was big sad lol that was a great game!

[@Zzectbu]

One questionable decision I noticed: Deathrite Shaman could have exiled Kiki-Jiki in response to Noxious Revival, with the second Wheel on the stack. Given the shortage of colored mana available to Dante I can understand the choice, but it's something worth considering as it would have probably stopped Ryan doing anything impressive on his next turn, as opposed to easily threatening a win. Quite a good show regardless, though!

[@DanteMTG_]

This is what I was kicking myself over and have been having trouble sleeping at night knowing the outcome of this game came down that play. In the response to him noxious reviving his kiki I did fetch a land but had no correct mana left for deathrite shaman, the result was me not paying attention to the mana I was using :(

[@Zzectbu]

@@DanteMTG_ We've all been there. I've definitely lost tournament games to similar mistakes. Nothing to be done about it, besides learn!

[@addambarcelos]

Man, verity circle is so good! Great game as always o/

[@RoastedPheasant]

Holy crap, TWO jund partner combos?

[@harmlessoffer]

This game was insane. So many swings

[@Seibur]

Does anyone know what playmat Ryan is using? It looks so cool

[@timbusbee1483]

Welcome Alex!

[@themantyf1116]

That's a really nice deck and victory.

[@Rabbit3]

What a grind!

[@DUxMORTEM]

Any time a game goes that long its getting interesting

[@michaelrichards5253]

Awesome game. I don't really play Ad Naus much but was Shaun looking for a response to Kodama w/ it? Do people usually play it on the end step before their turn? Keep up the great work! 🍻

[@styfen]

He was playing it at a point where the table was unlikely to respond and stop him casting it. Higher tapped out was the best window. Unfortunately, he hit some expensive cards and a lot of not great for the situation stuff.

[@marljevincalabia3746]

Just curious. Do you guys play casual edh at all? if so, how often? Thanks guys!

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Yes we do! We don’t get to do it as often as we’d like, but we squeeze them in when we can.

[@cowmark67]

This was a really cool game. I love playing goblins in historic so it's always cool to see the snoop combo as a wincon. I'm not extremely familiar with all the snoop combo lines but why did Ryan sacrifice the Skirk Prospector when he first tried to go off when he could have sacrificed the Goblin Recruiter instead?

[@Froosty11]

If the plan goes sideways, u usually want recruiter out to use the last kiki-jiki ability to copy recruiter, therefore restacking ur deck for a new combo.

[@toasterparty5217]

Goblin Recruiter staying on field is good because you can choose to create a jiki-copy of it to reorder the top card of the deck.

[@cowmark67]

@@Froosty11 Ah ok. I didn't think about that. Thanks.

[@ameliaburton5313]

I also think he should've sacrificed Recruiter. It gives you the ability to sacrifice 5 extra copies of Snoop to cast Kiki which is a good thing to have on board in the worst case scenario happening. However, we're talking a % of a % difference. I built and have played the deck since November of 2020, and never actually had the Skirk vs Recruiter sacrifice matter

[@eljuanpapas]

did the trigger of Vial Smacher 2 damage out of Life/Death ?

[@hectormorales4090]

Awesome game indeed!!

[@kablamio5736]

Can somebody explain what the point is with torch courier

[@styfen]

Snoop becomes knock off Kiki. Then you give snoop haste and go off.

[@stanislav_5312]

Damn, cedh without thoracle and lab man is soo cool!

[@kylehodges2185]

At the end he couldnt have sacced all his snoops to mogg fanatic because it only sacs itself, not other goblins. Right?

[@toemaetoe]

Mogg fanatic isn't on the battlefield, it's on the top of his library. Snoop has all activated abilities of the goblin on top of his library, so he saccs infinite snoops to themselves to shoot his opponent.

[@ameliaburton5313]

Despite Mogg Fanatic reading as « Sacrifice Mogg Fanatic: Deal 1 damage to any target » it really just means « Sacrifice [this object]: Deal 1 damage to any target » which is why Snoop gains the ability despite not being named Mogg Fanatic

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

What was the point of playing Rograkh?

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Mox amber became a Mox ruby. It also turns on cards like Deflecting Swat.

[@ameliaburton5313]

The Rograkh package is 10 cards that normally require a bit of board development to be good, but with Rograkh being free and in the command zone, those cards are always live. The package is: Mox Amber Paradise Mantle Springleaf Drum Culling the Weak Infernal Plunge Diabolic Intent Deflecting Swat Jeska's Will Eldritch Evolution Deadly Rollick

[@curtisfarley6558]

I want to see that newish frog commander

[@thevp_ssb.]

Here we go again.

[@Shenbeiner]

Alex!!!

[@jfb-]

Couldn't ryan have won right after noxious-ing the kiki in response to the wheel?

[@nomatyx5789]

I swear I’ve seen Higher here before

[@NStripleseven]

wow nice

[@wesleymclain9146]

Kodama the Gathering

[@elucor]

D:

[@nicholasmckay625]

Can we all agree partner commanders are too much fucking value? Im tired of the titles all being the same...