Animar vs Kestia vs Dralnu vs Vaevictus EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

[@WiiTara]

How did you pay 7 Life to kill a creature that has an aura on it that gives it a base power and toughness of 8/8 Oo?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I think that may have been a mistake on Tony's part =(

[@princevegetaprinceof212say3]

Mistakes were made.

[@backstrok328]

I think his Kestia would have survived too

[@esperderek5383]

@@backstrok328 Nah, Totem armor doesn't protect against Toxic Deluge. The 8/8 would have survived, and sadly that miss had a big effect on the game.

[@backstrok328]

@@esperderek5383 but she was an 8/8 too at that point with bear umbra and unflinching courage on her

[@rioscardot]

11:28 Scott's awesome idea of Not killing Andrew with his protection from black Animar

[@thedog7494]

Keyfer, pointing to Magmatic Force: "Can I be honest? Didn't know this card was in my deck." That one killed me.

[@mikemoyer8162]

I've had it happen to me when replacing a card that was in a different deck. I went to a friends house and found my marker card telling me it was in a deck that I didn't bring. I borrowed a card to fill it and we forgot about giving it back. The next time I used that deck, I realized I had stolen a Thief of Sanity from my friend....

[@DarkEinherjar]

I had the opposite problem: I once used Green Sun's Zenith to try and find a specific creature to answer some threat, only to realize I hadn't put it in the deck.

[@thedog7494]

@@DarkEinherjar I had a similar experience except the card that I was looking for was in my hand lmfao

[@DarkEinherjar]

O C T O P U S U M B R A Yeah, mandatory Octopus Umbra comment is mandatory.

[@mikemoyer8162]

Yeah, one of my eyebrows went pretty high when that happened.

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

I’ve seen enough hentai to know where this thread is going....

[@AstridCeleste96]

This is why you finish players, not just leave them at a low life total. Especially when they're a deck that doesn't rely on being on the board but rather on the amount of mana they have and the cards in their hands! When I get a nasty start I just tell my friends I respect them too much to spare them and the faster we reach the endgame the faster we can restart! Give no pity, expect none ^^

[@Devilish420]

That's exactly how I view it too. If I have a shitty start, it's cause I didn't Mulligan when I should have and that's my own fault and don't expect my playgroup to show mercy cause of it. Like my buddy always says "If you don't have 3-4 lands in your starting hand, you need to Mulligan.

[@unamusedpanda857]

Oh boy this is shaping up to be a great start to the new year! Thank you for the noise.

[@StrawHatHogs]

Another great video Andrew, great to see all these great commanders and gameplay. My friend actually wanted to play Kestia so I'm gonna show him this as it showed it off so we'll.

[@lucasemanuel3136]

Seeing how you ended the game on 1 life the paying 7 mana on Toxic Deluge and killing the 8/8 Octopus Umbra enchanted creature made difference.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yea, that was a bit of a whiff somehow.

[@coopmeister3000]

To be fair he would have just paid for the mana vault; he had the extra mana to do so.

[@frankieh]

Tony's hands 100% told the story of that game's finish. Beauty.

[@devilishdemon8093]

R.I.P the 8/8 that died from -7 -7😂

[@noalsono8481]

WOW what an ending!! Great plays all around, but damn Muddstah, you played everything right there. GG

[@Arohan71]

Nice to see Dralnu again. I thought you'd dismantled that to build Vial Smasher + Tymna so it was fun to get to see you use it again.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Mystical Tutor for Nature's Lore... I knew that opening hand was bad news.

[@jacobkotkowicz9939]

Why didn't Andrew untap the Mana vault he wasted so much life and mana...

[@Dev.L]

I don't know if it would've made the difference, but you could've untapped Mana Vault since turn 4; @3:58 you have 4 open mana before your turn. From my understanding, I believe Decree actually doesn't count commanders. From the ruling, "Destroy To move a permanent from the battlefield to its owner’s graveyard. See rule 701.7," and since going to the commander zone is a replacement effect, commanders never see the graveyard, meaning they never die if they go to the command zone instead. I don't mean to be so naggy, I still love your videos!

[@DarkEinherjar]

701.6b The only ways a permanent can be destroyed are as a result of an effect that uses the word “destroy” or as a result of the state-based actions that check for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g) or damage from a source with deathtouch (see rule 704.5h). If a permanent is put into its owner’s graveyard for any other reason, it hasn’t been “destroyed.” Decree of Pain says "destroy", so that's all you need. A replacement effect putting the permanents in another zone rather than the graveyard doesn't change the fact that they were destroyed, which is why effects that care about things "destroyed this way" will apply to commanders returning to the command zone.

[@Dev.L]

@@DarkEinherjar ah yes you're right. I think I was focused on whether it died or not rather than whether it was destroyed.

[@Godsasslad1]

Imagine being so successful you can afford to pay a demon just to say "Octopus Umbra"...

[@lool270]

This was a very enjoyable game to watch. You had a great counterspell for the infinite combo. :)

[@theRealTyanStrategy]

That was a spicy win at the end there muddstah. Thought your were going to die for a second.

[@PaulGaither]

Dralnu - This is what happens when you play mono black and splash blue for stuff like Turnabout so you can make a ton of mana with Cabal Coffers, then recast it from the graveyard to make even more mana with cabal coffers.

[@Devilish420]

I love that Urborg Coffers combo, into untapping your lands with that spell and exsanguinating the board with the untapped lands...ALL ON ONE LIFE!!!! #neverunderestimatethepowerofblack

[@coreysierchio4650]

Life is a resource.

[@Loremaster85]

The only point of life that matters is your last one!

[@MrGrimord]

This Kestia deck seems better than the last time. Tony should add some counter spells to deal with boardwipes and finishers.

[@CaptCozy]

Havent even seen the video yet, but I was JUST thinking about how I was hoping to see more Kestia :D

[@chihshiangshee9002]

at 9:00 you didnt use your cabal coffers to make 7 black. You could have had 15 mana 7 of which would be black. This should have been enough for you to cast your commander, boots and equip it to him.

[@Cyberium]

Kestia! Dralnu! Vaevictus! Three decks I love to see!

[@sephyrias883]

Finishing the table with Exsanguinate isn't new, but untapping Urborg multiple times by giving Turnabout flashback was interesting.

[@elitekillerz2504]

Did you use high market to cast your mana drain? I think that may have been a mistake

[@MTGMuddstah]

High Market was used to tap the signet

[@Rad343]

11:34 Missed the Mana Drain delayed trigger here. You still had tons of mana and won, but ya know, the little things :-)

[@chuchi741]

He could have used it on the Exsanguinate regardless.

[@couver2997]

Love the Kestia deck

[@alextaylor357]

Animar my favorite temur commander

[@oberondargos5465]

As a fellow goblin enthusiast, I'd love to get a Muddstah's Goblin Pawn Shop mat. How do?

[@Quroe_]

I shouted 'YES!' at the Exsanguinate at 1 life. Also, thank you for the many mechanics clarifications throughout the game. Those were helpful, and I learned some things.

[@adrianocarrasco5286]

I just had searched about gauntletapp today and you posted this video with Scott using a gauntlet playmat ahahahaha Too bad gauntlet is only on apple store :(

[@HigherMammal]

Magmatic Force was out there doing WORK.

[@feetheawkward1739]

I would like one of those beautiful Muddstah playmats. Where can I get one?

[@johnveit2139]

Do you not stream on twitch anymore?

[@crovax1375]

I would have been singing Living on a Prayer at the end of that game! 🤣🤣😉

[@Barjack521]

was that a TMNT Octopus inc. Reference?

[@kasualh]

Did I miss something, or did Andrew tap sunken hollow and high market for two blue to counter the drake with mana drain on turn 9? Genuinely wondering if I missed something or am I not seeing something else in play?

[@MTGMuddstah]

High Market was used to tap the signet

[@kasualh]

@@MTGMuddstah Gotcha! Thanks.

[@alexrothe6197]

10/10 should have swung at Dralnu. Giant creatures are scary, but having someone else having a Cabal Coffers online usually spells death for them or for others.

[@Tehnameless1]

What is life but another resource? Despite the blunder, great game to show

[@jay-esslanoue4862]

I need one of those Gauntlet mats in my life.

[@mistronu2484]

Can one of you please play lord windgrace

[@brendanwu23]

Start to a new decade

[@LiberatorGalore]

The locust god vs Chulane, teller of tales vs Anje falkenrath vs Nahiri lithomancer.........................................three fast and one slow, commander game.

[@jakesmith7842]

Hey Andrew! I have 1 question for you, are we ever going to see evil Adam again??

[@MTGMuddstah]

He moved away! Maybe if he's in town visiting at the same time I am, but it'll be hard to organize.

[@jakesmith7842]

@@MTGMuddstah I gotcha! I thought I'd ask. We haven't seen him in along time!

[@darksteelmenace595]

You were pretty lucky, one more magmatic force trigger on you or the animar attack and you would have been last instead of winner.

[@dragunov108]

The comeback! What a game 😂

[@rexone9564]

The force is strong in this episode

[@BizillionAtoms]

You actually won a game. I can't believe it

[@artificerprime4154]

He's won games before, like with his Trostani deck.

[@Mtglilypads]

Muddstah idk why but i think you like O C T O P U S U M B R A

[@LAmanafull6246]

Why you didn't untapped this dam' mana vault while you have 4 mana in your opponent end turn?

[@saulspanco854]

That last part sounds like a Stalin quote

[@justinschutt711]

I really like my dralnu lich lord deck

[@chrislively9230]

I love the 1 life win

[@samuel137]

Can i ask why andrew goes all roboty when he says octopus umbra?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Because it tickles me to do so =)

[@samuel137]

"tickles" me?

[@DarkEinherjar]

Because it's tradition at this point. It would be wrong NOT to do so.

[@samuel137]

i get that its a tradition, but where did it start?

[@DarkEinherjar]

Ever since the first time someone cast it in this channel.

[@danielsinclair9263]

I was shocked to see no one finish you off.. why leave a blue/black deck alive?

[@AzureAzucar]

I'd like to point out Kestia draws two cards if an enchanted enchantment creature attacks

[@awrenfaussa8887]

Nope. The "or" only cares about if a creature is enchanted or is an enchantment creature.

[@AzureAzucar]

@@awrenfaussa8887 I was sure that I read you'd draw 2 on the Gatherer but I checked again, and it agrees with you. Must've have misread the first time around, my apologies.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Yeah, by all means ignore the Dimir deck that keeps drawing tons of cards. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right? Scott not attacking you baffles me; if I were in his shoes, I would've tried to take you out of the game that turn, over the fact that not only did you counter my spell (and probably stopped my combo), but you were about to get a ton of mana in your turn.

[@Grand_Admiral]

I'll be honest, I just made updates to all of my decks so I don't know all of the cards in them either.

[@rosavanopheusden5211]

Congrats on winning that game, but not taking you out was a really bad play by Scott, *especially* after you countered his spell

[@karstdeboer4538]

Who else likes before watching?

[@spencersonnier1]

BRB, while I go order cards to build that Kestia deck.

[@BangThatGong]

That was a disgusting way to end the game! Finally saw dralnu win won!

[@AidanWR]

For Octopus Umbra being a joke, you sure did forget about what it does and payed 7 life :P

[@ErikTheRedd1]

1 Land sol ring was greedy

[@electromancer2645]

Why do people use Kestia so much as a commander? I much prefer Tuvasa as my Bant Enchantress deck's commander. Kestia is in my 99

[@stevenfraielli9869]

HUGE mistake for scott to not kill you at the end of game. Don't know what he was thinking on that. Like i get trying to be nice and letting people play, but the game had been going long enough for that to not be a factor. "Being nice" straight up let you steal the game out from under everyone.

[@spencersonnier1]

PRO BLACK ANIMAR. ANDREW AT 2 LIFE. WITH ONLY A BLACK CREATURE IN PLAY. ATTACKS TONY. I AM CONFUSION.

[@nathank5496]

Tony. Does the chick on your playmat have 2 left hands?

[@Endsinger]

Nathan K yes yes she does, she’s some kind of demon lady lol, good eye

[@dagothur5800]

Next time untap the mana vault , u put me nervous.

[@PhazonOmega]

MAGMATIC FORCE!

[@FAPM91]

scot played nature's lore with a swamp and sol ring, leaving breeding pool open

[@chuchi741]

You literally just pulled out a yeet at 1 life point. Found it hella hilarious, you even dodged a bullet from Animar.

[@RaiderMaroo]

Time for another generic goblin year

[@stevenlorenzo6540]

Why didn’t Scott just kill you when you were at 1? Yes you could have blocked with your commander but then you would have had to sac permanents. Were you not perceived by the table as a threat at 1 life? Was that commander courtesy ? Look what it did to the game, you stole that one Andrew, well played.

[@Laniakea_Super]

Couldn't even block, Animar has protection from black

[@sasukeds]

Threat assessment -_-

[@decakebaker]

O C T O P U S U M B R A

[@WhatisanAnimar318HA]

So disappointed in my boy

[@timkaercher2459]

Kestia is just worse Kess

[@Spulverin15]

First :)

[@TheOnionKnight1]

What a lame ending.

[@Gauche69]

Meh. Ensaguinate effecta are a boring way to end a fun game