Every "You Win the Game" Card Ranked from Hardest to Easiest | Magic: the Gathering (MTG)

[@PotatoGuidanceMissle]

Triskadekaphile being #14 is hurtful to say the least.

[@jochenkirn9468]

Seth is trolling intentionally, I am sure.

[@SpecialKail]

Flavor fail

[@RLKC8]

ASDKFJDSAKLFSADFDAFJALSKDFJADSLFKJ the pain

[@MTGGoldfish]

So close to the flavor win ;)

[@adammorin2955]

Helix pinnacle being so low hurts

[@SpecialKail]

I like how Seth shows the Crim biovisionary punt and ignores the time he did the same thing.

[@dingdongs5208]

Seth is all about vanity and putting out a false image of himself, so something that would hurt that image will not go on

[@SpecialKail]

@@dingdongs5208 that's rude and untrue.

[@dingdongs5208]

@@SpecialKail it very well could be but I work in the a public relationships and image building role and trust me Seth feels like a guy putting on a stage performance, his fake voice, overly edited content and gameplay videos where him losing is just him getting 'unlucky' are all signs of this

[@SongbirdOfficial]

​@@dingdongs5208 No shit he's "putting on a stage performance", he's literally an entertainer making videos for a living.

[@bigdaddy9807]

@@SpecialKail Yeah I've met Seth irl and he's an entire different person. Guy above is right

[@aaaa-ni9hc]

OP: Liliana's Contract is normally bad because if you have 4 different demons, you're probably already going to win. OP immediately afterward: Epic Struggle is good because it can win you the game if you untap with infinite squirrels.

[@simic0racle157]

3 treasure hunts, thassa's oracle, 4 mystic sanctuarys, a playset of lonely sandbars, 48 islands, and arena's broken randomizer. Those where the days.

[@ExplainyourselfEli]

now you gotta try. minion of the mighty deck with mv=1 draw cards in red and green, like line up the shot, and win turn 2. with a doublestriked 22 dmg total on their face. love minion of the memes

[@pastapocha5708]

​@@ExplainyourselfEliits so fun

[@gwarfanatik]

@@pastapocha5708 Oof people really have different ideas of fun.

[@TransformersBoss]

I like how Seth can’t pronounce Aria correctly, but he can say Triskaidekaphile perfectly

[@honestabe411]

“Felidar” too

[@blueishgreen76]

What do you mean? He was pronouncing Mayael's Area perfectly. 🙃

[@theronabell1126]

Love these kinds of videos - taking this opportunity to thank you all at the MTGGoldfish team for the great work and great videos :^)

[@MTGGoldfish]

Glad you like them!

[@archons-court]

Honestly, despite (or because of) being terrible, Hedron Alignment is tied for my favorite card in the game.

[@SkyshroudProtector]

what's the other one?

[@kukuc96]

It's the quintessential Johnny card and that alone makes it a lot of fun.

[@cerealamog]

Win with it in commander with Claire d’loon jou sculptor

[@stachu5049]

For real! It's just a really fun challenge to attempt and satisfying to pull off

[@RhysticOne]

We need a ranking list for "You lose the game" cards next! :D

[@kukuc96]

Summoner's Pact is probably No1.

[@Xenozfan2]

Wish granted!

[@RonTrauma]

We need a Against The Odds for Izzet Darskteel reactor. With all the new Proliferate tricks, it’s a must.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, the one time we played Darksteel Reactor we turned it into a creature and used it to beat down. We definitely need to revisit it with some updates.

[@pmsn3674]

the best Against The Odds will be the one with all the alternate wincons in the same deck ironically making it harder to win

[@fosterdawson7339]

@@pmsn3674 I have this as a commander deck (excluding the ones you legally can’t do in commander), it’s super fun

[@BionMTG]

@@MTGGoldfish I use it, and with Luxior, Giada's Gift makes the magic happen!

[@gregprice4834]

@@pmsn3674 I actually have a kruphix deck like that, for all wincons in simic, lot of fun not very good, but it sneaks a win out once in a blue moon, each wincon has few pieces of support in the deck

[@fo-ef8qo]

really love this preview of the next 29 against the odds decks

[@esrohm6460]

the worst part about elocuters is that even in a dream scenario you need a bare minimum of 2 upkeeps 2 win as the last counter has to be put there by the ability. the very best case scenario would be casting it when your opponent cant get through have paradox haze to get 1 upkeep for the first counter then proliferate 3 times and get the 5th in your second upkeep to win in 1 turn cycle

[@db8988]

You're clearly not dreaming big enough. Put all needed counters on it with Doubling Season, Vorinclex, and/or Lae'zel (plus clones). Cast it with flash just before your turn (e.g. Yeva), or have Sphinx of the Second Sun or Cyclonus to have another beginning phase later in the turn.

[@theblaqknight]

I like that I somehow forgot about the existence of Thassa's Oracle so the list was suspenseful up to the end.

[@toubeelo1979]

They should make a variant with "As an additional cost to cast this card, discard 50 cards. You win the game."

[@englishmuffinpizzas]

That might actually be strong with combos that allow you to draw most of your deck. Maybe you’d just start with more than 60 cards to make sure you can always hit it once you combo

[@HeyApples]

Would never work, there would be ways to cheese it with various alt casting mechanics like cascade.

[@toubeelo1979]

@@HeyApples I guess it can be modified a little to be "If you've discarded 50 cards this turn, you win the game."

[@wingdinggaster6737]

@@HeyAppleshen just make it have a really low base mana cost as well as “Cleave - Discard 50 cards.” Then have its effect be You [Cant] win the game and your opponent(s) [cant] lose the game

[@wingdinggaster6737]

@@toubeelo1979that could easily be broken, as there are various cheap ways of dumping your deck to the graveyard through your hand

[@FranciscoMoreno-xo6ed]

This is actually GREAT non-gameplay content that I didn’t know I wanted. Please make more of this kind of stuff!!

[@SimonDouville1]

Putting Triskaidekaphile in 14h position is a statement i wouldn't have been willing to make, being in the same circumstances. well played, sir.

[@CammyBoon]

I bet a color pie break ranking would be interesting.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, that's on my list of future videos.

[@zenmaster8826]

So a lot of stuff from planar chaos..🤣

[@flaetsbnort]

@@zenmaster8826 Funnily, there are a lot of stuff from Planar Chaos that were ahead of the curve in the pie, from haste in green to vigilance in blue

[@bensteinhauser784]

Mana Tithe would easily take the number 1 spot lol

[@kellynorton]

I just blew 4 wildcards on Liliana's Contract because of this video. It took about 4 games to cross 'win with Liliana's Contract' off my bucket list.

[@funkydiscogod]

5:30 My idea for a Barren Glory combo deck: Use Corpse Dance (Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.) to reanimate a Hellcarver Demon (Whenever Hellcarver Demon deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice all other permanents you control and discard your hand. Exile the top six cards of your library. You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.) Then, all I need is to find a Barren Glory in the top six, or an extra combat phase spell for an additional spin.

[@TheMegaMagikarp]

I had gone Hellcarver in my mind as well, but I just thought it'd be easier to Doomsday with it on the battlefield and then attack, you have everything you need then.

[@chargingbadger867]

Alternatively: Academy Rector + Kaervek's Spite. It's instant speed and only in 2 colors Bonus points if you target yourself

[@Alexander-mw1ek]

Azor’s elocutors was actually not uncommon to see when it was in standard. While it was never “the right” card, lots of people played it as a fun of in the turbo fog maze’s end deck. I saw it at four different card shops in two cities, which is not a great sample size, but still, shockingly common.

[@gemmen98]

the cheese stands alone at #1 in our hearts

[@Suspinded]

Darksteel Reactor has a cooked in accellerant in Darksteel with Dismantle. Adding counters is not conditional to the artifact being destroyed, so Dismantling your reactor can double the counters on it.

[@kilerik]

Making Triskadephile number 14 instead of 13 is a missed joke opportunity.

[@AyoJayArr]

It is the joke

[@mellowsisco]

Love this video format, honestly I like the longer videos. Tier lists or MTG history if I can throw on a 30+ minute video I'm happy 😊

[@Temmie_on_smash]

People not realizing they didn't win cause Sakashima the Imposter is such a lore accurate thing that Sakashima would do

[@DirtyDog97]

4:57 Ali From Cairo from Arabian Nights (legal only in Vintage and Legacy) also prevents damage that would reduce you to less than 1 life. It was restricted at one time, but isn't anymore.

[@xxxxSylphxxxx]

Great video, thankyou! Gotta love those alternate win conditions! Permanents that are all colours are important for Happily ever after, imo. There was a time not long ago where you could reach mythic in standard with 'wins the game' cards... I played hundreds of games with a standard deck that used a sort of toolbox approach, winning with "Happily ever after" and Atemsis. Happily ever after wins were surprisingly easy if you could pull a Sphynx of the guildpact out of the sideboard (thankyou "Karn. the great creator" and 'Fae of wishes') Atemsis wins came via Finale of Revelation (3-mana Teferi allowing sorceries cast at instant speed made this much easier). The deck's 'third' win condition was Parhelion 2, which Karn also helped retrieve, 'flood of tears' helped bring to the battlefield (instant speed; thx Teferi), and "Kiora, behemoth beckoner" turned 4/4 angels into insane upside). The deck was mostly white and blue, but relied on lotus field with "Tale's end", "Brought back", and Kiora to 'cheat'. It also relied heavily on Fae of wishes and Wishclaw talisman (which Karn, 3feri, and flood of tears really helps work). There was something wonderful about the enemy never knowing whether happily ever after or Atemsis is going to suddenly win the game this turn. The only other important cards were charming prince, Vantress gargoyle, and Elite Guardmage to survive the first few turns. This might sound like a silly deck, but I got high in standard with it! I miss it loads, but I can't make it work in bigger formats - it's was very specific to a certain time (Eldraine) in standard. It's mental that all these cards were standard legal at the same time, and could take wins from Hydroid Krasis, Oko thief of crowns, and wilderness reclamation. :)

[@StickgeneralArmy]

Maze’s end has always been my favorite because it is the one deck where I don’t hate playing control. A deck full of boardwipes can easily protect it plenty, stall cards and targeted removal to keep the game going for a while, and some Gatebreaker Rams as a weird side threat slash giant blocker. There’s a Staggering amount of cards that work extremely well with a gates deck, and a lot of new gates have been printed that are WAY better than the old guildgates, meaning that you don’t have to play a deck full of bad lands in order to make the win condition happen or worry about a copy of one gate being milled, neutralizing your capacity to do a whole lot of anything. It’s a very fun deck

[@NeoN-PeoN]

For number 23, there's a blue-green creature that has an untap ability (Shadow Moore) that doubles the counters on target permanent. So you just need 10 counters to win.

[@davidlyford-tilley1598]

I have double-digit wins in Commamder from casting Kaervek's Spite, either in response to Barren Glory or with Academy Rector in play :)

[@livanbard]

My favorite is by far Darksteel Reactor. Darksteel was one of those themes that if you were an edgy kid back in the day it was around you can't help get obsessed over having those dark things that cannot be destroyed. And I was such kid.

[@johngalbicsek5567]

So at first I was upset Angel of Destiny wasn't on here, but then I had to go read it and I see why, though I feel it should get somewhat of an honorable mention for 1v1 as being fairly easy to pull off. Anyways, in my circle of MTG friends, we call these "Jarett" cards. Named for my nephew, whom like many children when explained the rules to a game, he was more interested in making his own and also his own card concepts. Unfortunately he was exposed to the yu gi oh show before magic, and the "FINAL" set (in yu gi oh, you collect all 5 letters and insta win much like these in mtga) and thus most the things he would come up with were either broken or way too cheap win condition cards. Thank you for making this, so I can link him to it saying someone finally ranked all the Jarett cards lol

[@ethanbernier7305]

Note that for simic ascendancy if you have a doubling season on board you only need to generate 5 +1/+1 counters

[@DedicatedCaffeineUser]

Wouldn’t a Spy Kit equipped to any creature work if Biovisionary only looks for cards named Biovisionary? If so, then running Masterwork of Ingenuity and Sculpting Steel alongside Spy Kit and having any 3 creatures on the board besides Biovisionary will be enough to win

[@honestabe411]

Used to win with Mechanized Production in magic duels, good times

[@jeremiahschenk7333]

Really nice video 👍😃 I've always liked alternate wins conditions in magic and try to win with those cards is very fun. I hope there will be a second video with the "loses the game" cards like door to nothingness, triskaidekaphobia, vorpal sword or vraska the unseen.

[@robertwilbrand3441]

I am currently planning a Commander deck that starts with every possible "you win the game" card. The twist is that I plan to take out each win con after I achieve a win with it. It's challenging to build in such a way that every single win con is at least somewhat reasonable. But that is also the fun part. Since the release of this video, Gallifrey Stands and Luck Bobblehead have joined the ranks.

[@kukuc96]

Approach of the Second Sun is the only one on the list I ever won a game with. It was just really good in standard at the time. The first one gained you life which is a reasonably effect in many matchups. A lot of decks couldn't interact with it, so you just needed enough time to get to the second. And it was a real threat in control mirrors too. Fun quirk: It doesn't matter if the first one resolves, because it checks for you casting it not it resolving. So noone ever countered no1, and after that the lurking threat of no2 was constant. You could never tap out of a counterspell if the opponent was there already. You could also Accelerate to the re-inserted card with Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin, and it played really well with instant speed threats, because you could start a counter war on the opponent's end step and either resolve something that puts you ahead, or run them out of mana/counters, untap and resolve your second Approach. Oh and the rest of the playerbase didn't hate you as much for playing a control deck, like in the standard after where your wincon was usually attacking 10 times with a Shambling Vent.

[@RPGFanboy14]

I was wondering if you were going to show that game where crim tried to biovisionary win. I was not disappointed lol 😂

[@Pintyhet]

In Canadian Highlander Thassa’s Oracle is the same number of points in your deck as Black Lotus or Ancestral Recall and for good reason.

[@Artaimus]

I built a Darksteel Reactor deck for Modern about 5 years ago. The best I could do was bring it down to turn 5/6 for a victory but it usually went off around turn 7/8. Sadly not fast enough for the meta at the time.

[@sicklysweetdenouement]

To me, the biggest issue with Test of Endurance is the alternative. You COULD run test of endurance, or you could just run Aetherflux Reservoir. Costs the same, except it actually helps you get up to that high life total. And you dont need to wait for an upkeep, you just start blasting. Edit: About Mechanized Production, a very effective alternate option would be Replicating Ring. It's already a decent rock.

[@oafkad]

I love Elocutors. I used them in a venser deck that turned off combat by blinking dignitaries. Good times.

[@902496]

I have an Angus Mackenzie deck that seeks to end the game via one of 5 alt conditions: Darksteel reactor, Azor's elecutors, Mechanized Production, Helix Pinnacle, or Divine Intervention. I run some proliferate effects, some extra upkeep effects, and no infinite mana combos. The deck mostly seeks to build the most durable pillowfort ever and hunker down till it can win. So far the only one I've pulled off is Divine Intervention.

[@doktarr]

I just won my first game with Barren Glory last week. It's a super difficult wincon. I ended up getting it by cheating out Barren Glory with Academy Rector. A couple turns later I got down Dockside Extortionist, and used my treasure windfall to blast the board (and everyone's hands) with Decree of Annihilation. Luckily for me the blue player hadn't left up enough mana to counter. Decree is the only one-stop-shop because unlike Apocalypse it spares Enchantments (and Planeswalkers). I do have Oblivion+Apocalypse in the deck, a long with a bunch of sac outlets, land sac outlets, and discard outlets that can potentially allow me to clear my board and hand on my opponent's end step.

[@zerorequiem42]

Darksteel reactor is a favorite of mine. Twenty counters is surprisingly easy to get with the right cards. Like dismantle.

[@datboi5995]

5:20 Worldfire is more expensive, but more failproof bc it exiles everyones hands

[@doktarr]

Decree of Annihilation is the best high-mana option because it actually skips enchantments. It's the only true 2-card combo with Barren Glory. I actually cut Worldfire from by Barren Glory deck because for 9 mana I don't want to have to jump through the extra hoops of combing specifically with Oblivion Ring or Leonin Relic-Warder. My deck also has a ton of cards that let me discard cards or sac lands so I can use other board wipes to finish things. From most to least expensive the boardwipes that made the cut in that deck: Decree of Annihilation (10 cmc, 1-stop shop) Obliterate (8 cmc, uncounterable, need to discard hand another way) Ondu Inversion (8 cmc, only makes it because it's a mdfc) Farewell (6 cmc, need to clear lands and hand, but a good card anyway) Jokulhaups (6 cmc, need to discard hand) Apocalypse (5 cmc, combo with Oblivion Ring or Leonin Relic-Warder) Doomskar (3 cmc after fortell, can be cast with LED or Diamond Lion mana) Blasphemous Act (effectively 1 cmc, just there because it's good)

[@8thy]

I have a monogreen Ghalta deck and seeing Mayael's Aria makes me wish it was monogreen, but in a Naya deck, someone could consider playing Ghalta, then before this upkeep trigger goes off you use Boon of Boseiju on Ghalta itself, making it a 24/24! Not sure if this works but possibly an interesting wincon, assuming you have the board state to play Ghalta for as cheap as possible to begin with haha

[@MTGGoldfish]

That sounds sweet!

[@8thy]

@@MTGGoldfish Thanks! :D I think with enough cheap and effective combat tricks an Aria win casting Ghalta cheaper also miiiight be a feasible strat haha, but unsure

[@dementievatz]

That actually will work. Most of these kinds of cards don’t trigger unless you already meet the condition as the upkeep starts, but Mayael’s Aria triggers every upkeep (I checked the rulings).

[@bigwig8657]

Richards Barren Glory Atog Atog Commander Clash win was a thing of beauty.

[@jaymarshbank3862]

Approach was the best win the game/control deck ever. Awesome card from an awesome set, in an awesome block.

[@TheUnfallenHero]

It was a true beast. As someone who likes more aggro or midrange type of decks, it was the freaking bane of my existance.

[@lucyspencer9752]

A while back on Arena mill was super popular so I decided to sideboard Jace, Wielder of Mysteries in my control decks. I only got to use him a few times but it was worth it to watch mill players go through so much hard work only to see me win by turning their own strategy against them.

[@davidbakies5022]

Man I laughed so hard when you played that clip for Azor's elocutors

[@notsm]

Imagine someone pulling off the thoracle with just a huge amount of blue devotion.

[@t3st1221]

That was the standard version of the deck with Nyx Lotus for mana, Gadwick for draw X and some untap effect. You sometimes won with an empty library but often you just combo out and draw most of you deck, get 15+ devotion and win with an oracle. Pretty fun but not T1 at the time.

[@bugashi]

Re: Chance Encounter and Frenetic Efreet, Frenetic Sliver would also work for this, and you wouldn't have to rely on your opponent calling heads or tails. The only thing you have to keep in mind is that they could limit how many times you activate the ability, as it could be seen as deliberate slow play.

[@BusinessSkrub]

Liliana's contract is probably better with a bunch of the Demons from the Warhammer Commander set. There are new Demons in the Abaddon deck of varying mana values from 3 up to 7 or 8, so you could very easily have at least 2-3 by the time you even play Contract. Seems like it could be pretty solid

[@jackmarino8162]

I use a lot of these cards as Red Herrings. Simic Ascendancy being a large one. They will be so preoccupied dealing with the instant win they won't see the game ending combo assembling.

[@jacobhawkins6612]

My favorite way to win with Halo Fountain is always tokens with Cryptolith Rite. Just tap them for 15 mana and untap to win, plus the Rite helps play more cards to progress faster potentially.

[@faceoctopus4571]

I was hoping that alternate player loses the game cards would be here. Like Door to Nothingness. Although I very much wasn't expecting you lose the game cards like demonic pact to get in (but if they did, I might have been pleasantly surprised)

[@netebag1758]

I thought you were gonna mention Ramos as the card that makes door busted. Gives exactly what you need

[@jacksonkoski3343]

If anyone's curious on that Ted cruz clip during azor's elocutors, the united states rules on senate filibustering is that you're allowed to hold the senate floor for as long as you keep talking, but what you're talking about doesn't need to be related to whatever bill or legislation you are trying to delay, hence the reading of dr. seuss, but senators have also read entire cookbooks, newspaper articles, the comprehensive rules of golf, etc. As long as you don't stop talking or leave the center podium, you can't be stopped (unless a huuuuge portion of the senate votes to censure you, which doesn't happen often). Usually someone filibustering will start their time with an actual case against whatever they're trying to not get passed into law, but the tactical usage for filibustering is not to convince the rest of the senate that its a bad idea to pass the bill, but to just take up literally as much time as you can so that the senate has to delay voting on it, hope that it the bill dies before it gets to that point, and these things do go on for hours and hours, the longest I think have been a day or two at a time.

[@jocas94]

Nice, now the next video of this kind will be all the “lose the game” effect ranked

[@BratkoCo]

Agreed with Thassa's Oracle being too easy. Real feel bad when you have this interesting commander game going on then someone plays that and just wins. On the other hand, I put it in Gyruda as the alternate win con to milling everyone out, which seems neater because at that point everyone is milled :)

[@xavisimon3095]

I feel like simic ascendancy and other similar cards have the "you win the game" as a backup plan. I feel like in this case the plan is to be agro counters deck, but if you run onto a infinite life combo , some kind of prison, your oponen is playing worship ...you can still win the game

[@Sxcheschka]

I've always wanted to build an Iname, Death's Aspect Mortal Combat build in EDH where I play Conspiracy, Xenograph, and Maskwood Nexus, at the time of brewing Maskwood Nexus didn't exist, so it's like a 5 color spirits deck that's all about having terrible spirit cards in the deck so I can massively dump them all into the yard with Iname, Death's Aspect, and having any of the cards that say creatures are all types everywhere in my deck, I just dump everything and win, well, that's assuming my yard doesn't get exiled, or Mortal Combat being blown up, but I always thought the combo was really cool, and it was inspired from an old video of yours where the old crew all played EDH with each other on MTGO and one of the players was doing Mortal Combat.

[@moongurd20]

I have a casual Mazes end deck that i love to play, and the theme i got about a tunnel that i am searching for the exit to win makes it a bit more fun. I also got a door to nothingness to show another player the "wrong" exit to win that way aswell xD

[@Lucario9457]

I'm surprised the barren glory portion didnt mention atog atog shenanigans

[@Venthris]

For Hellkite Tyrant, Bloodvial Purveyor is a very fair way to win I have found because every time anyone cast a spell they get a blood token, Sure some people may sac in response but that will have had to leave up the mana for that.

[@_v7_257]

Would clue token artifact mass production not work for hellkite tyrant as an alternative strategy?

[@gabrote42]

5:02 There are a few other loss substitution cards that do the same

[@dgreen7464]

I won with hedron alignment one time at an FNM and it was the best feeling in the world. Never did going 1-3 ever feel so good 😂

[@martinfunk4855]

Hedron alignment is easy with the Blackspell that cost (bbb) loose half your life, search your libary for 5 cards, remove the rest from the game shuffle the 5 cards , they are now your libary... i just cant remember the name...

[@dgreen7464]

@@martinfunk4855 doomsday

[@prestonwilson2773]

With Liliana's contract you play Dimir with Arcane Adaptation, it's only three mana I've done it on Arena before and at FNM I actually won a game off of Simic Ascendancy paired with the three drop when a land enters proliferate. I was playing merfolk tribal and dude thought he was gonna bounce it during my upkeep when I had two untapped islands lol

[@Sauvenil]

Happily Ever After was such a fun wincon in Standard. Esika was the way I got the five-color permanent via the Prismatic Bridge.

[@LeanneKami]

Hey I know Pit Scorpion doesn’t state « you win the game » but instead more like « the opponent loses the game » which results in the same thing. How would you rank that card in your list?

[@jaxsonbateman]

I freaking love win/lose the game cards (a shame they weren't the same list, as "your opponent loses the game" often acts the same way). I started playing when Zendikar had just come out, and one of my first decks was a white lifegain value deck with Felidar Sovereign as one of the main wincons. I'll never forget winning an *eight* player FFA game with it - when the player whose turn it was before mine attacked into me with everything to try and make sure I wouldn't hit 40 life, except they didn't realise that Sovereign had lifelink so they actually put me above 40 for the win. I still really enjoy them, but these days Approach is definitely the card I play the most - occasionally as a control finisher, but more often as a combo kill card once I've gotten an early Omniscience down. Super common play from these decks is "cheat Omni into play, Mastermind's Acquisition to get cards from my sideboard, get out Scholar of the Ages (creature with ETB to get back 2 instants/sorceries from the graveyard), get back Acquisition +1 other card, Acquisition for Sublime Epiphany, make a token of the Scholar and get back Acquisition and Epiphany, Acquisition for Approach (or Thought Distortion if I'm not sure their hand is clear of interaction), cast Approach, hold priority and counter it plus make a token of Scholar with Epiphany, get back Epiphany and Approach, recast Approach for the win". Only the second Approach needs to resolve so sometimes countering the first to make it easily accessible in the graveyard is the correct play. And if you're ever playing against Approach, unless you're full to the brim with counterspells or playing one that will exile the other copies like Test of Talents, you definitiely want to save your counters for the second+ copy of it.

[@hviring7441]

I’ve won quite many Standard games with (Faithbound Judge/) Sinner’s Judgement. That is, until Invoke Despair crept into the decks of all of my opponents. I do think it still deserves a (high) ranking in this list though…

[@hviring7441]

Ah… it’s because you don’t “win the game”, but your opponent(/enchanted player) “loses the game”.

[@jacobfleck3457]

Where is 'The Cheese Stands Alone"?

[@maxiewawa]

13:49 this isn't a game winning combo. As time increases you're more likely to win the game, but we technically could be at the heat death of the universe and still be waiting.

[@SpellboundTutor]

I have a question. You mentioned Azor's Elocutors was really bad, slow, and boring. But do filibuster counters work with proliferate?

[@michaelking7391]

Youve already answered your own question

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, they do.

[@SpellboundTutor]

@@MTGGoldfish Cheers! I'm an awful grenhorn with Magic so I wasn't sure if there was like a "Here are all the very specific counters that work with Proliferate" list or something. Thanks!

[@shaxow1142]

With the recent bump on proliferate Azors Elocutors can be accelerated to 2 or 1 turn with it down

[@Guild_Navigator3000]

Do you have a video ranking cards that make your opponents lose like Strixhaven Stadium?

[@Vaprous]

7:59 - Aria = aa-ree-uh. Incidentally, its an operatic thing. Specifically its a solo melody sung by (traditionally) a female actor but not always.

[@turtlekappa7141]

Thassa's Oracle proves a certain narrative in magic. Sure, Merfolk are a very powerful tribe. But the fact that so much has happened to them as a race and tribe. Not to mention the bans, hate and auto targeting. It just stands to reason why the oracle is number 1.

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

With the release of the new doctor who cards they released a new Win The Game card ive been trying called "Gallifrey Stands" I think its 6 mana i don't remember But it's an enchantment that puts all doctor creatures from your graveyard into your hand then allows you to put a doctor creature on to the battlefield for free each turn on your upkeep If buy the end of your upkeep you have 13 or more doctors on the battlefield you win the game Im not bothered to type out my whole strategy but the short version is a good few of the doctor creatures abilitys help bring about this win and i also have some changelings in the deck to pad the numbers haven't one yet but im also very new to magic its been a fun time regardless

[@SeleenShadowpaw]

I just have triskaidekaphile in some of my blue and blue green commander and brawl decks. It's not my dedicated wincon, but it sometimes just happens kind of by accident and it's always great when you can just go 'Oh, i just draw a card and then win, cool? cool'

[@smack80]

#25 Makes for a pretty good deck with Selenia, Dark Angel or Crovax (white)

[@doktarr]

Yeah the Selenia deck is actually pretty easy to pilot.

[@DutchBlackMantha]

I actually use the fillibusters in one of my decks. It's a lockdown deck with a lot of reanimation, so even if he can get a removal though I can recast it soon.

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Near-Death Experience + Wall of Blood + Intervention Pact (to prevent bolts from killing you) Modern-legal alternate win con combo.

[@goblinKingCR]

You should revisit some AGAINST THE ODDS classics from this list

[@MTGGoldfish]

Agree!

[@randomperson5579]

the real question though, what is the most amount of these win the game effects you could have on the same stack, i'd assume most of the beginning of upkeep wincons would be the most likely, though incredibly hard.

[@ttme1234]

I have a "alt win con tribal" commander deck in which I play as many of these as feasibly possible (I don't run the ones that aren't possible in my deck) and I'd say 90% of my victories are from Maze's End. The rest aren't any one or two cards in particular, they can be almost any of them. Thoracle, Lab Man, and Jace are (unsurprisingly) much stronger in my self-mill decks because I can afford to run more cards to support them.

[@xelous9997]

What are the mtg online games you're showing? I recognize one but not both

[@justinhenry508]

Frenetic Efrect states that if you lose a coin flip you have to bury the card; so even if you have the opportunity to flip an infinite number of times, if you lose a coin flip, the creature dies and you can no longer flip, right?

[@justincote5693]

Approach of the second sun is plenty of fun when ran with omniscience. Drawing 7 is easy when everything in your hand is free.

[@matthewsmith3649]

100% agree with the assessment on Oracle. I actually think it needs banning because it's so easy to assemble the combo and it's so prolific that CEDH is super homogenised due to it being in the format.

[@Scrubby03]

Best combo with Hedron Alignment is Intuition (in my opinion). Secret salvage is great but it’s a sorcery and a lot of mana. Intuition is how my legacy deck runs it. What an excellent card.

[@punishedcrow]

I have won the game with Simi Ascendancy and Body of Research... plus a counter spell for a counter spell because my opponent knew what I was doing and i had enough mana to use it. It was simic, so my mana was nearly infinite. For this combo i just recommend you have enough counter spells in hand to pull it off

[@jamesmcternen4608]

Came here to see where Vorpal Sword ranked. I was not disappointed.

[@VodShod]

is there a video like this on "You Lose the Game"?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Not yet, but if people like this one that seems like a good possibility for the future.

[@ODIRGO]

This is calling for a You win the game tribal against the odds.

[@msolec2000]

Well, Sphinx of the Second Sun can help a lot with all those "you need to wait for your next upkeep with this fragile thing" cards near the beginning of the list...

[@AgonalRhythm]

Your final point about Thoracle being so easy and prolific that it's boring is so fucking true lol