Magic the Gathering Being Even Easier to Understand

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[@8thPlaceDave]

Everyone should go check out and follow @Snugtheamazing on Instagram. You can see much more of Snug in the comic strip there! instagram.com/snugtheamazing/

[@MagicTheNoah]

I'll just stick to mono green

[@8thPlaceDave]

Dreadmaw

[@Bobqwt]

Only play Colossal Dreadmaw and Hashep Oasis. There are over 20,000 magic cards, but Colossal Dreadmaw and Hashep Oasis are the only two that matter.

[@OfMooksandMen]

Dreadmaw

[@MihaelGeng]

But you just did a mono blue aggro stream my dude... Traitor!! 👆😂

[@marcoottina654]

You will always be monogreen if you would have a single green card and everything else is colourless

[@Supertails224]

Snug just transcended TCG’s and destroyed his opponent with a wincon from another game 😂

[@8thPlaceDave]

Snug does what he wants

[@NStripleseven]

Snug is too powerful

[@omegahyperes96]

I'm so glad I got this joke 🤣

[@realityquake4773]

So, there's a combo using Animate Object from the new un-set that I've *actually used* in un-games to win using Exodia. It allows you to take an inanimate object from outside the game and turn it into a non-token creature. Casting it five times allows you to grab the five pieces of Exodia (Animate Object doesn't say that cards lose their effects, so technically Exodia can be counted as still having its ability) and then you just have to find a way to return them to your hand, and bam, you just won a magic game with yu-gi-oh cards.

[@gilliganallmighty3]

Screw the rules, Snug has money.

[@Xplayer007]

Can't wait for the Unfinity version of this series. Black border, silver border, acorn icons, stickers, attactions, it's gonna be nuts.

[@derboivince9321]

It's gonna be acorns

[@eiszeiten4037]

Don't forget contraptions!

[@Damatovg]

Please tell me that pun was intended

[@quillquickcard8824]

My latest commander deck has Myra the Magnificent in the lead. It runs contraptions, attractions, dungeons, monarch, flip cards, transform cards, dice, coins... basically anything weird or different I could get my hands on

[@kellis7870]

Even Snug knows how busted phyrexian mana is after a few seconds

[@mrtoots2259]

Banding is a fun, balanced, and easy to understand mechanic.. all you need to know is that when a creature with banding-

[@8thPlaceDave]

When a creature with banding...

[@DakonBlackblade2]

We can define banding as the dumb version of enlist lol.

[@genzo454]

@@DakonBlackblade2 More like Enlist is the attacking half of Banding, but easier. The main problem with understanding Banding is that it works slightly differently on attack then it does blocking.

[@MihaelGeng]

A: When any creatures with banding... B: Zzz... A: Along with at most another one without banding... B: Zzz... A: Hey! B: Huh! Did I...have a blackout again? Sorry I promise it's the last time. A: [Sighs] Okay...Take 13: All you need to know is when any creatures...

[@Zaxophone32]

As one of the three people with a banding commander deck and who has read all the rulings on the mechanic, you are correct in your assessment that when a creature with banding-

[@cabbagedestroyer1693]

Remember that mechanics are for cars. And math is for blockers. Just stompy green for the win like a real Chad.

[@ericphelps6714]

1:12 - Idk why watching the bear drop his card on the battlefield is so satisfying, but my god it is.

[@chiko6484]

The most confusing part is you not full tapping your lands tbh lol

[@huantian]

Filthy arena players!

[@andocalrissian2477]

Low key this is me whenever I am teaching my friends or family this game. Also the exodia at the end was a very good touch, very nice indeed.

[@Esper_Compleat]

Shrine is an enchantment type, so not arbitrary, but also not a creature type

[@genzo454]

Yup, just like Aura

[@salvatoredantonio2413]

Will always trigger Volo's ability and make a copy

[@marcoottina654]

so they do not have a creature type, like spirit? makes no sense :/

[@TheWanderingLPer]

@@marcoottina654 Creatures don't NEED a creature type, objectively speaking. Spirit would just be too many words on the card.

[@marcoottina654]

@@TheWanderingLPer nameless race prove it :D

[@Tuss36]

Unlike in most rules, in Magic, there's almost always an exception.

[@devanbrowne8706]

Still waiting on the right commander to make my Reminder Card Tribal deck. There's Monarch, City's Blessing, Initiative, Day/Night... And probably a few more I'm forgetting.

[@kaszael]

you could use textless 4-C Omnath?

[@turti_86]

Garth is a nice option for that already ;)

[@alainpbat3903]

I once spent 5 hours trying to explain turn order stack and damage assignment to my mother. Needless to say, she never tried to learn magic ever again

[@camael4209]

Yea... Mtg is difficult to understand. And boy, 3 friends of mine want me to teach them. I think I'll first keep it as dumb down as possible, wish me luck

[@joshmountain9705]

@@camael4209 as someone fairly new, remember that some people need to see/do to learn so having a couple mechanically easy decks they can try with can be a good idea. Best of luck!

[@OneFoxTwoFox]

@@joshmountain9705 i second that. I purposefully bought all the colors of Card Kingdom's rookie decks for that reason. It basically has a one or two mechanics that are common for that color, so when you play two colors, people only have to get overwhelmed by 2 mechanics in general. It's how i got my son to play magic with me and how he got most of his non magic friends to start playing as well. Of course i pull out the Modern Mill deck to keep him in his place now.

[@gwamhurt]

As someone who had to learn layers for a judge cert at one point... well there always more to learn. Definitely rhw first few months of playing magic is jist being corrected by other players and shocked by old mechanics tho, and that's alright.

[@Alejandrodemontana]

Snug did what we call a pro gamer maneuver.

[@noahb4399]

I chuckled when he completely ignored the banding card

[@alexanderneimeth4538]

Do mutate next. Super easy to understand

[@millibillionth]

It would take the whole video on its own.

[@camael4209]

@@millibillionth mutate isn't that hard to understand, all you need to know is that when a creature mutates...

[@profozpin227]

I was going to point out that Shrine is an enchantment type but someone in the comments did it for me. It's certainly not confusing at all that creatures can have non-creature types though lol. What's REALLY mind boggling is that if your goal is to make the game confusing then this video doesn't even scratch the surface! "Weird things you can do in magic the gathering" is a series that does pretty much just nonsense, like putting your library in the command zone (somehow). Love your videos! Keep it up.

[@Tacklepig]

It's not that confusing that creatures can have non-creature types, imo. I mean, Gingerbrute is a Food, and the Reconfigure cards are Equipments. There also was a Treasure creature in Capenna. It really doesn't feel weird if the creature also has a creature type. With the Shrines, there just wasn't enough space to add a creature type, else they likely would have been Spirits.

[@profozpin227]

@@Tacklepig I'm not saying it's confusing (mechanically) to me, I'm saying it's confusing in general. Most people aren't going to feel like it makes too much sense to be able to "equip" a cat and have it buff your stats. Or to "attack" someone with a shrine (people don't usually associate them as "alive") I will also point out that it's unlikely space was an issue, considering the "Legendary Artifact Creature - Equipment Jellyfish" exists

[@tomjackal5708]

@@profozpin227 wait were you being sarcastic in your original comment

[@Felixr2]

@@profozpin227 For that one they specifically stated that they had to break some rules to make it which caused issues with printing, and they don't want to go through that trouble again

[@nekrataali]

You can build a computer that's Turing Complete using MtG cards. No, the deck doesn't make any sense nor would you ever see anyone play it. But, it can be used to compute the Game of Life, build a Turing Complete computer within the Game of Life, and then program MtG into the Turing computer that's in the Game of Life that's coded using a deck of Magic cards.

[@yosefzanerva806]

What a cute bear. I love his facial expressions.

[@erdega2964]

When in doubt, go with Exodia

[@polishhockeyfan]

Your content is so cozy, please keep up the great work.

[@8thPlaceDave]

Thanks :)

[@luizmazetto2373]

Ah yes! The mono-green Exodia archetype

[@Omega_Orion]

I love that since my return to MTG, throughout the content I've consumed Ive seen references to banding being awful but they never take the time to explain it. And honestly all this time it's made the joke personally funnier to have never bothered to look it up.

[@Mijal15]

Did you just skip Snug's turn? How do you expect them to learn if they don't even get to play?!

[@lauravturner]

I had been joking about building a yugioh inspired deck with the trap cards and hideaways. Then I realised there is a card called Obliterate. Now I have to build this meme.

[@Anew522]

I really do think I'm insane because I love the complicated nature of this and many other games. I thrive on the convoluted nature of some games.

[@nickolaslillogodoy3496]

I'm amazed I was able to understand everything he did, even the Exodia joke lol

[@simonetozzi7912]

I love the teddy bear's expression at 0:52. 😂

[@BenPolaster]

the exodia part got me good xDDDDD I just love how the teddy always looks haha

[@apolo11288]

And Snug takes the game at the end, what an insane match I just witnessed

[@rav5373]

Ah, my favourite combo in mtg - exodia the forbidden one.

[@TobiasHellkyt]

FINALLY SNUG HAS HIS REVENGE!!!!!! Well deserved.

[@Gatsu8601]

Snug reactions and the final were amazing.. so funny. 🤣😂🤣

[@HinduGangsta]

i want to pet snug so bad

[@faustobondt6231]

Im really tempted to make a deck with as many rules as there are

[@samuelopoku4868]

This is awesome. Didn't see the end coming, well done sir

[@lancehaderlie9587]

I love Snug, he should be in every video from now on until forever 😍😍

[@Blacklodge_Willy]

Ok, alright, this might be your masterpiece! Please include Snug in more videos!

[@hanss.5291]

Snug! I knew you'd return!!!

[@astral_ghxst]

oh god, that line about planeswalkers was straight out of my script for when I'm teaching new players

[@laml545]

I laughed at banding and I laughed HARD at the end hahaha dude this is gold

[@harmonicarchipelgo9351]

"It's just.... a word on the card" I'm dead. XD

[@whammaster]

Shrine not being a creature type and just an sub enchanment type on a enchantment creature is the stupidist ruling ever.

[@DuraheLL]

I loved this xD This is perfect comedy. The bear is so cute too looking all clueless trying to understand it all xD Masterpiece, love it 10/10

[@marcoottina654]

Genius, as always :D next: myriad and the defending player has 1+ planeswalker(s). Just to confuse (or clarify) about if, and how many, a copy(/ies) are created

[@kurtreznor]

I have no idea what those Pokemon cards do, but that was hilarious.

[@lightworker2956]

It's the Exodia. If you have assembled all five parts of it, you win the game.

[@Snowy123]

It's cute that snug gave a wave at the end

[@soybeanz2834]

Im determined to make a deck with all the confusing mechanics and card types now

[@jemm113]

Make it either a Garth one-eye deck so you have to remember what each of his sub-cards do or make it the textless 4-color Omnath 😂

[@soybeanz2834]

@@jemm113 ooh, garth works, that way i can have all 5 colors

[@Sutatu]

I did not expected that plot twist at the end 😂! So this must be how my friends feel when I try to explain how to play MTG... No wonder they don't want to play 😅... EDIT Omg I rewatched the end and Snug little hand wave is adorable and funny hah.

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

I hope we get to see a sketch where you with a ley line of sanctity cast emrakrul the promised end to take control of your opponents turn. Then on your opponents turn cast omniclown colossus for 7RR, this being because you are already controlling a clown.

[@MTGUnpacked]

Flashback to recently teaching my son how to play Magic, except he didn't have all the pieces of Exodia in-hand🤣

[@bitecc]

this is your best video, possibly ever 😂

[@nokik8782]

Another Snug video, nice :)

[@magiccardmaster9921]

That ending was unexpected and funny

[@roygbiv390]

This is gold, keep it up

[@Infernoblade1010]

My "every mechanic possible" deck!

[@AraikSarkisyan]

The ending was masterpiece!

[@liberty2087]

Magic’s complexity is beautiful because you can learn things one step at a time as they come. Just start with intro decks and work your way up. It’s fun along the way, too, and you start to say “that’s so cool” when you understand mechanics that seem complex but actually make sense with prior knowledge.

[@7Alberto7]

I love Snug bear so much....you have to respect that he grind that awesome bear deck with old basics and....Exodia i guess🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@oatflakes7262]

Now I wanna make a commander deck with as many convoluted mechanics as possible xD

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Grossed out that there's a walker whose emblem ability is their +.

[@jemm113]

How about a walker whose emblem is their etb static? 😏🤣 Tibalt is a fucking beast in my Prosper deck like it’s not even funny!

[@Moersfreak]

I love that Snug only plays bears.

[@brian4804]

And then I play Pot of Greed, which is kind of like banding, because nobody really knows what it does.

[@8thPlaceDave]

Haha

[@TransformersBoss]

Now, luckily, my creature has Rampage 3

[@vladspellbinder]

1:32 I know it's a joke but "Shrine" is an _enchantment_ subtype so it is not "Just a word on the card.". There are more than just _creature_ subtypes and it is not at all hard to understand. 1:36 As someone who actually understands Banding the Banding jokes never get old. I didn't see that ending coming and it made me laugh out loud, so well done there. Thanks for the video.

[@Sheismywife]

Wow the transformative exodia sideboard, very ambitious

[@Pers0n97]

1:00 You could even have added the Kamigawa Flip Cards on that pile of double cards :D

[@8thPlaceDave]

Those ones were in the 1st video ;)

[@feyfiren]

what it feels like to explain magic to a new player that won't stop asking questions that start with "but what if..."

[@watcher3d360]

i know we all love banding but i feel like we forgot the best mechanic ever added... horsemanship

[@Claugustus]

Every mechanic in Magic is either Kicker or Horsemanship.

[@nijimazero]

Banding is horsemanship with extra steps

[@sclair2854]

"Shrine isnt actually a creature type, its just... A word thats on the card I guess" this hits me so hard haha.

[@lioncrafter7900]

"My deck has no overly-complicated cards, Dave. But it DOES contain...THE UNSTOPABLE EXODIA!!!"

[@leSang27]

Now you definitely need a video with Space Beleren, Problematic Volcano and Raging River that divide all creatures into alpha, beta, gamma sectors, to the left and to the right of the river and to the left/right of the volcano.

[@pineapple5409]

Surprised you didn't go over the new attractions and stickers from Unfinity that will be legal in commander.

[@Isserlyn]

Not gonna lie, as someone who plays both YGO and MTG...there was a point fairly recently where YGO did decide to SOMEHOW become less complicated than MTG...this is why I stick to commander

[@snoozbuster]

I like that it started to feel like you were just making up rules at some point

[@Nowheremovies]

lmao ending got me good.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

Snug "I play 4 copies of wish cards and a fork."

[@MetalPheonix]

As someone who routinely teaches magic to new players every year, this is exactly why I start with a lot of vanilla and french vanilla creatures, basic lands, and sorceries and instants with single lines of text. Magic is daunting when everything is thrown at you all at once. there's a lot of "This is how it works, there are some exceptions and i'll explain them when they come up."

[@draketheduelist]

Exodia is simple to understand. The idea is that it's a monster you can instantly summon by drawing all five pieces, but really it's an effect, except it can't be negated (note: I _think_ this is still true...), but you have to let all other effects complete resolution first, so if you use Graceful Charity and draw three pieces, you must discard two cards to finish Graceful Charity's effect before checking to see if Exodia resolves, so if you discard a piece, you won't win instantly...

[@rolebo1]

Have to resolve the full effect of the chain link that gives you exodia, but not the entire chain.

[@pauldyson8098]

I just built Ivy. I am so excited to confuse the hell out of the table.

[@thetrueinferno7993]

Missed opportunity on Turn/Burn "and there's also this card which IS two cards in one", since it has fuse and whatnot

[@jacobd1984]

New magic zone introduced: The Shadow Realm

[@PandaXs1]

ironically Snug understands banding more than any of the new mechanics in this video

[@hostandersson4301]

love that Banding was too much :D

[@rmachado1987]

Snug with the only sensible option, sending the magic player to the SHADOW REALM!

[@bobbycallaway1819]

I lost it at Noble Elephant. Partially because I have one or two in my old frames box. And partially because banding.

[@TehFoamy]

“Shrine isn’t a creature type, it’s just… a word on the card for some reason” It’s called an enchantment subtype

[@TCG9777]

I love the puppet

[@rinan5317]

Oh boy. That is just scratching the surface. Good luck explaining how you could attach an artifact to a creature. Oh yeah that can also be done by enchantments. Funny thing, if you didn’t cast the aura and placed it on the battlefield, you don’t target it to attach. It just does. Also creatures with mutate or was it bestow? There’s also cipher where it is attached but is not but it is. Imprint? Basically you can put your deck on a single permanent and call it a day.

[@player-oe1sk]

Why didn't you tap lands before casting some stuff hahahaha. Great video man keep up the great work!

[@andrewg9216]

Sometimes the only appropriate answer is "fuck it I'm switching games"

[@gilliganallmighty3]

EXODIA!? NOBODY'S EVER BEEN ABLE TO SUMMON HOM!!!

[@arson55]

Somehow banding is the one that gets glossed over. Despite its reputation banding isn't really that hard to understand. Of course that being said, it was never worth playing anything with banding because they were all garbage even for creatures at the time. To boil it down to the simplest explanation any number of creatures with banding plus one without can form a band when attacking or blocking and essentially all it does it make it so the controller of the band gets to distribute combat damage taken by the band. When attacking if any creature of the band is blocked then the whole band is blocked and when blocking the whole band blocks a single creature. So for example, say your opponent attacked you with a 5/5 and you blocked with a 1/1 a 2/2 and a 3/3 all banded together, you get to decide how the damage goes so you make it so that the 5 damage goes first on the 1/1 and then the 2/2 so the 3/3 only takes 2 and survives. That's it. All it does is allow the controller of the band to divide the damage. They don't share abilities. There are no other benefits; you just get to divide the damage. The only confusing thing about banding is there were actually two forms of banding. There is regular banding which is described above and "Bands with other ___" which only allows the card to band with other things that also have the same "bands with other ___" text. And I think the only things that had the "bands with other" text was the cycle of lands that gave legends of a specific color the "Bands with other legends" ability. Which, yeah, that part was stupid and needlessly complex for something that ended up being completely irrelevant.

[@rextheconqueor9307]

The problem with banding is that it takes longer than it should to explain in the middle of a game. Then it gets worse when dealing with types of evasion and protection. Overall banding is something people avoid dealing with due to its complexity and just flipping combat on its head.

[@Ghost_of_spades]

I love the plushie XD

[@atraxian5881]

I can't be the only one who thinks Banding isn't that hard of an ability to understand.

[@drakegrandx5914]

Banding, easy break down: 1. When you declare attackers, any creatures with banding, plus one without, can attack in a "group"; if you can, you can make more than one group (each of which can include a single creature without banding). Creatures inside a group are blocked together: if one of them is blocked, ALL OF THEM are blocked.. 2. The same applies when you block, except blocking "groups" can be comprised of ANY number of creatures without banding, and you need not declare those groups. 3. When a group receives combat damage, you decide how that damage is divided among the creatures in the group. (Note: of course, you can dump all the damage on one single creature within the band, allowing you to kill the opponent's creature without losing more than one, possibly-useless creature) 4. "Bands with [quality]" is easier to use on the attacker's side and harder to use on the defender's side. In this case, an attacking group is comprised of ANY amount of creatures with [quality], plus of course at least one creature with "bands with [quality]". A blocking group is comprised of any amount of creatures, at least one creature with "bands with [quality]", AND AT LEAT one creature with [quality].

[@YourBroTekk]

the little snug snapping his neck to look up in confusion will forever have me smiling . never gets old 😂 edit: LOL THE ENDING ! YES

[@rooster5man]

Never underestimate the Heart of the Cards

[@MforMovesets]

Real talk, noone I've met could properly explain the game to noobs but I love explaining it in the easiest way possible.

[@TaIathar]

Congrats on acquiring all 5 pieces of Exodia in Ultra Rare, Snug.