Multi-Color, Except it's Mono-Color | Commander Clash S16 E1

[@alaraplatt8104]

the turn where seth plays his fourth land tapped and passes, realizes it should be untapped, untaps it, unpasses the turn, casts a 5 drop with 4 mana, uncasts it, and then unplays his land for turn... that was amazing

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

I'm good at Magic... ;)

[@paulknight9181]

I was just thinking it would be fun to see more paper magic games from the channel. Also so we could see Seth screw up the paper magic cards :)

[@21Kikoshi]

@@MTGGoldfishCommander How did Book of Exalted Deeds tap on the turn it was played?

[@samhairle]

Artifacts don't have summoning sickness @@21Kikoshi

[@natebeal18]

​@21Kikoshi because artifacts don't have summon sickness?

[@domotoroOfficial]

i appreciate whoever made the commanders have mono-colored borders during the intro, that took some work I’m sure

[@godspeedhero3671]

Not as hard as you'd think, but still a cool edit.

[@StrykerLee]

I love it

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

Yeah I imagine they found the appropriate card frame and then just photoshopped the art and text onto that frame. I’d imagine if they recolored the border on the original card, it’d be harder, but I’m sure they took the simplest route.

[@domotoroOfficial]

@@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai and? photoshopping the art and text onto the right frame for all of them is still a decent amount of work as far as I'm concerned

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

@@domotoroOfficial I mean, it’s work in the same way that selling burgers to a few people at a fast food restaurant is work. It’s pretty basic stuff. Stuff you could learn to do after an hour in photoshop. I’m not dogging on them for taking the easy route, there’s no need to work extra hard for such a short and unimportant part of the video. I appreciate that they put any effort towards it at all. Just saying, it’s not the difficult task you’re making it sound like it is. It’s like the most basic part of an editor’s job.

[@tflceia]

For a webcam play it is very, very good produced: tabletop allignment, sound, graphics, annoucing the play moves.. Well done.

[@TB317]

Agreed. It's one of the few like this I can watch.

[@CentaurionArcher]

I didn't realise that you guys were switching to webcam/paper magic. I like the cuts to cards you talk about, and the edits are cool, though the swoosh could be quieter. Felt like it was covering your talking at points. Much love, and CLASH ON 💪

[@HypnoticGG]

Agreed with the swoosh sound being too loud.

[@jackl8025]

the "ding" on lifegain is also really loud!

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

They do both. This episode wouldn't be possible mechanically on Mt;GO

[@ohmygod7024]

Shame, since I enjoyed watching on mtgo. Don't think I am going to watch anymore if that is the case :(

[@HypnoticGG]

@@TheSpiritombsableye what are you talking about?

[@mksmok3]

I feel like someone needs to track all the misplays during the paper magic season lol. I love the change

[@MakeVarahHappen]

We clown on MTGO but we're never getting another sliver week or chaos week again with this format.

[@michaelcollins4534]

Imagine trying to resolve a thieves auction over spelltable lmao ​@@MakeVarahHappen

[@petercollins1122]

I lost count in the middle of Seth's Ayara/Panharmonicon triggers. I'm pretty sure he missed tutors off the sawn in half demon, more than half of the ayara life-gain, at least half the ayara triggers off bowmaster. I think he might have actually survived the PoP if he'd done the triggers correctly.

[@bamjo9]

Turn 5: maybe Crim forgot to draw his card for the turn. I don't know about the Phil storm turn, cuz it went too fast. Then on 51:40 Crim did 78+8=84. 54:06 Seth didn't lose 2 life from ancient tomb. 56:44 Crim forgot to add 1 +1/+1 counter to a creature. He did the same mistake at 58:26. Probably he thinks he get only 1 counter, but actually they are 2 separate life triggering. Actually, now that I notice it, Suture priest triggers only on your own creature, so ALL the lifegain triggers are wrong, he should only get 2. It may be relevant for the card draw trigger. Also again, Phil turn is kinda of messy: hard to understand without making too much calculations if there are any misstriggers. 1:07:19 Crim: there are 6 triggers for 6 +1/+1 counters, not 4. 1:08:00 I don't understand why Crim lose 1. 1:12:10 I don't understand if Seth tutor for 4 cards or not. After that I kinda of stopped keeping track.

[@collinthomson7942]

Shoutouts to the editor for this episode, it looks great and I know it’s gotta be a whole lot more time-consuming than editing an MTGO episode!

[@TheSpunYarn]

oooooo how fun. excited to see what paper magic brings to this show. now Crim won't ever skip through his turn! I'm expecting good things from him this season

[@izamito]

Did I miss a stats episode? 👀 Always kind of like the breakdown of that with the opinions.

[@jekanyika]

I was just about to say this

[@MTGGoldfish]

We're trying to figure out what to do about stats episodes moving forward. Might end up being a podcast episode or something similar.

[@surfinggarchomp2820]

It always did feel more like a podcast episode@@MTGGoldfish

[@Princeofseance]

Or a Patreon episode

[@Welverin]

@@MTGGoldfish I like the podcast episode idea for stats more.

[@etten4536]

Wow this is quite the change up! I will say I’m gonna miss MTGO and all the hilarity that came with it, but y’all did a great job on this! Would be fun to still have some things like chaos week or slivers, which are imo difficult to do in person, on MTGO

[@iambensummers]

Big fan of the paper magic, it definitely feels different but I LOVE the players not having to click through priority.

[@jeffe2267]

Richard's basic land choice is impeccable. "Did you just mumble Scapeshift" might be one of my favorite Seth quotes of all time.

[@totakekeslider3835]

This is the first Commander Clash that I've actually stuck around and watched the whole thing. The switch to webcam/paper is so much smoother to follow and easier on the eyes than online.

[@dylanhall908]

Editor needs a raise for this one. Id like to see more spelltable games in the future. A mix of this and MTGO would be sweet.

[@lord_raga]

It isn't a commander clash episode until Crim complains about Phil for 5 minutes, for no reason, with zero push back 😊😊

[@romancookie881]

A little less sound effects but man the lighting and paper play looks great feels like you guys are really playing at a table playing good old kitchen table magic

[@JumboToast02]

I would love it if yall put a turn counter in!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Ohh, good idea! We'll see about adding that in the future.

[@JohnS-pg6nm]

Came here to request the same, a turn counter is helpful to remind us how crazy Phil's start was! @@MTGGoldfish

[@ishtarsdonut4489]

Big welcome back to Phil!

[@shawnahern6918]

Personally prefer mtgo. But luckily you guys are by far the most entertaining commander group to watch on youtube.

[@jasonmorley9217]

Two players: Bring burn Crim: *laughs in coincidence*

[@papaUrabrask]

Coincidence? Weird way of spelling "is so sweaty it's genuinely sad"

[@Kryptnyt]

@@papaUrabrask Lifegain tribal is so far from sweaty in commander

[@Bustermax01]

@@papaUrabrask lol you sound like a pleasure to be around

[@papaUrabrask]

@Kryptnyt against burn decks he clearly knew about? Suuuure it is.

[@starmanda88]

@@papaUrabrasksounds like you just don’t like Crim tbh

[@DotDeck]

Been watching y'all since Jake was a player. This change away from Mgto I'm sure will be awesome, but I'm a little sad to see the switch away from mtgo after so long. Kinda felt like part of what made commander clash unique

[@joehusbands8538]

Such a great change. I absolutely love it. I've never been able to enjoy mtgo content. I'm a huge fan, thanks guys, keep up the great work.

[@kingfuzzy2]

Thanks phil for going back to one of the two colours that treasures have support originally in. Still its hilarious they put all of the cards that the commanders they picked normally have and called it mono coloured week.

[@joshmartinez4175]

Thank you Phil for taking care of Tomers plants 😂

[@Arcadious10]

Wow the production value is amazing in this episode! Great job to the goldfish team! 👏👏👏

[@spacesquid4298]

Some of the sound effects are a little loud, so the audio balancing might need to be fixed, but having it all be both in paper and readable is a nice change

[@Lee-em9iy]

New editing and presentation for paper games looks awesome. Great work Goldfish team!

[@harune8476]

Soul sisters looked fun. Super close game, everyone almost won. Great decks.

[@Cloudy573]

The new format looks great! Everyone's camera feeds look really clean, and the card pop-ups are helpful without getting in the way too much. 👍

[@tdimensional6733]

"Did you just mumble Scapeshift?" is not something you want to hear while a mono-green deck is at the table under most circumstances

[@GreenestTrampler]

I love that this came out today. Before I saw this video uploaded, I just put together a mono blue list for the new Melek that's coming out.

[@firelahti]

Love love love the new style! Very clean, minimal overlay. Very classy!

[@littlel9906]

It looks like the change was popular so there isn't much point going against it, but there's some downsides for sure moving to paper. It's basically impossible to read the cards, whereas on MTGO the shorter text boxes were readable and easier to see. Not being able to see each player's hand all the time is also a big loss. Certain themes like Chaos Week and steal decks with bribery style cards also seem much harder to do on webcam. My biggest concern though is that lots of minor rules questions will be answered wrong and result in big mistakes that decide entire episodes

[@bathroomsessions]

Compare to mtgo fails, misplays because of UI, missing cards.

[@jeffe2267]

I also really miss being able to see the hands of each player. Now how will we know how badly they misplayed without knowing what was in their hand?

[@RunninOnYT]

​@@jeffe2267hopefully they'll talk a bit more at the end of the game in the next ones. I seem to be one of few that really enjoys the post game discussions.

[@bondeulv]

​@@RunninOnYTI also felt like a part was missing when they didn't talk about what cards they were most excited about

[@manglemonster]

The downsides are real but I feel that some of them kinda apply to the mtgo style too: namely the reading cards and seeing hands points. Unless you're watching at a very high resolution (higher than my internet can provide w/o buffering, at least), the rules text of cards on the battlefield are illegible and it's impossible to identify cards in non-POV players' hands without recognising the art. Everything else is very valid tho; shutting off theft effects and swapping out mtgo fails for human error will have an impact. Overall I'm still excited to see the crew run a season with a new pool of cards available to them (and to watch them spill their cards everywhere trying to shuffle :P)

[@RyneKelly25]

Seth had two copies of Vesuva in his deck XD great content and I enjoy the switch to paper magic will be a fun season for sure!

[@metatron8578]

My feedback to the new format: I like the life gameplay, but I slightly prefer MTGO, since everything is a bit more legible and it handles triggers by itself (also because this was the only channel to do it). Nontheless, great move to freshen things up and I'll also be watching all these new real card episodes and be having a lot of fun doing so.

[@LazyJukebox]

I'm glad you guys are using a medium where Crim won't be disadvantaged :P

[@alaraplatt8104]

not until he casts a pact of negation

[@Renuzithatesyou]

I love the shift to paper but one thing I found annoying is the iPhone ding every time Crim gained life.

[@josephpayton7522]

This season not being on MTGO is a little sad for me, just because no one likes change, but at least no one's going to time out. I do really miss seeing their hands. It added a lot to the gameplay that the other channels that make gameplay don't have. Obviously a lot of work went into the production here with the lighting and getting the cards. I am very impressed.

[@tmain1320]

I want "I was gonna win, now I'm maybe going to win" on a shirt. Peak phil right there

[@SP-ik6cc]

This was an absolute blast, what an epic episode. Thank you guys for the switch to paper magic, I love it a lot and it feels much smoother the way you go through turns.

[@AutkastKain]

Monored aragorn would be hilarious as a Dragon's Approach deck

[@edgardelgado7792]

In terms of irl playing the editing is superb! I can follow what's happening. My only critique is that the volume of the sound effects is too loud.

[@zemineriver8043]

I've always thought about building multicolored commanders as mono coloe decks as a sort of weird what-if so this episode was really fun to watch

[@twigs9875]

Mono blue aragorn is really cool, swirl the Mists just makes the deck go crazy

[@scotty.mcsquared]

I absolutely love these long ass games. It makes me so happy to watch the back and forth

[@silviudobrescu8672]

The switch to paper is nice, the production quality is super high and I think the set up will be well worth the investment

[@ecoKady]

I was wondering how commander clash was going to continue with so few of the new Commander sets being ported to MTGO. Webcams! I love it. Thanks for keeping current, boys.

[@couver2997]

Webcam play was a nice surprise. Props to the editor. It looks fantastic.

[@ferdibaum]

Love the production quality.

[@markaurelius2333]

Did Phil forget to draw a card on turn2 after playing Explore?

[@nicoletamez518]

Yes! It was driving me insane lol

[@MakeVarahHappen]

Mtgo wouldn't forget that.

[@slacker3653]

Came to the comments section to find this

[@gagewoodcock2479]

Phil missed several triggers. 😂

[@jfrizzell6645]

Phil missed MANY triggers! @@gagewoodcock2479

[@DummyUrD]

I love that it is paper magic. Please continue to do so, it just hits my feels so much better. Probably because I only play in paper.

[@sehinshaw38]

I love the spirit and grayscale for knocked out players!

[@abhinavjha8770]

I want to see the cabinet behind Richard!! It's so COOLLLLL!

[@IOeigo]

I love the change to paper! Sooooo much easier to follow the gameplay, and spelltable is how I play so I’m already a fan!

[@Bleuchz]

I knew Tomer was being swapped for Phil but what's with the unadvertised Crim out for Gengar change?

[@kismetsoul4593]

Loving this format and editing. Great to see you all playing like this.

[@tierfunmtg]

I've watched every episode, and I'm torn. On one hand, the production quality is great. Hats off to everyone for a job well done. On the other hand, MTGO is an engine that enforces rules and clarifies the game state by displaying data: phase names, priority, cards in hand/library, all of that stuff. MTGO games also let you show us the hands at all times. That's a really unique aspect of Commander Clash that I would sorely miss if paper play was permanent. Finally, I'm concerned that paper play is limited to whatever cards each crew member owns. I feel like being able to play almost any card made on MTGO via CardHoarder rentals facilitates all of the jank themes, and I get to see cards that most people would rarely buy, much less play. All in all I think I prefer MTGO to this format, but once again, great job.

[@mrsilverbutton7786]

I'll miss MTGO as watching you guys every week helped me learn more about the stack and card interactions but I enjoy the group so looking forward to more games paper can give you!

[@mightyone3737]

Paper is neat, I like that it would allow you to run some of those sweet old cards that MTGO either never added or that are defective, but it's unfortunate that we'll have more misplays, hopefully they aren't super impactful, but missing stuff is normal in a game this complex.

[@JimboMonkey007]

1:04:00 We discover Seth is a dirty cheater with two copies of Caged Sun in his deck!

[@Keropie666]

Welcome back Phil! Excited for this season so much!

[@Dragiceoriginal]

Phil is back!

[@tylerfoster2814]

I understand the reason for the format change but I'm not sold on it yet, I will miss the inevitability of the MODO win. It also was a distinguishing factor between you and other Commander video series on KZbin. Great game, and great theme!

[@Zentenski]

This was such a blast. I've never seen anyone as excited to trigger Soul Warden as Crim :D

[@timothygorski2581]

I feel like Phill has no idea how to balance the power level of his deck with the other players. Consistently way higher power decks than his opponents.

[@mattsippert5798]

Love the change to paper! Especially with the way the editing is done, it makes it super easy to follow and I definitely want to see more CC in paper!

[@brodusthegreat2109]

I love the switch to paper games, it really speeds up the pace of plays and leads to a more engaging viewing experience! Great first game, can't wait for more!

[@badbadnofour9366]

Love paper magic Nice setup !

[@AmericanRiverHauling]

Being an avid watcher for many seasons, I never liked the in person ones. But you guys seemed to do it really well this time. Great idea zooming into the cards, because that was my biggest issue.

[@TwiztidHeir]

Amazing the difference in play pattern when you don't have MOTO holding your hand on all the triggers and etb if/thens. Fun video.

[@esconde9922]

wasn't expecting the webcam/paper switch, looks fantastic 👍

[@Worgalphihndor]

The fact that Crim one with sort of body and mind is incredible... The one card everyone dogs on him about being useless ended up being incredibly relevant🎉

[@radicalkev]

I love the theme. I've considered doing a mono-color theme deck with a commander that has a mdfc/hybrid/phyrexian mana cost/ activation, that way I can use mostly the same basic land while still being able to cast my commander.

[@SmashCentralOfficial]

I was not expecting a paper episode! This is awesome

[@MWorl91]

I loved this. Everyone actually got to go off.

[@Nathanael_Forlorn]

Have to say, zooming in to read a card worked better digitally - even if it was MTGO!

[@petrseghman4283]

THIS DESERVS SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION! THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF EVERYTHING. Maybe a little less aound effect volume, but else? LOVE IT!

[@HurricaneGregor]

Not a fan of Spelltable personally, though I appreciate the effort put into editing. This was the only show I'm aware of that used MTGO. While MTGO is far from perfect, it has fewer drawbacks than Spelltable in terms of rules violations/missed triggers and overall board state (and hand) visibility. If it were in person with proper cameras, that's another story (besides the rules oopsies and such, of course).

[@damnjekyll]

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the consistent mtg bangers. 💕

[@ThexSlothxKing]

Crim the Judge is really showing in this video.

[@evaman0182]

poor Seth missed out that he gets 4 triggers of the Runescar demon

[@javids.9537]

I’m a long time viewer and this new format is amazing! Great job, everyone!

[@mkorts]

Excellent production, guys! Love seeing you all play paper magic.

[@adkirsch]

Loving the new look of Commander Clash! Good job, editors!

[@Laevus2321]

One of the funniest episodes in a long time! Definite pros and cons for the switch to paper, and mostly positives for me - with credit due for being one of the easiest to follow and least bloated I've seen. However, the biggest con for me was all the play mistakes. I feel it needs a fifth off-camera spectator to be a rules and triggers judge, as so much was getting missed or done incorrectly.

[@Landstalker89]

I was nervous when you announced the switch to paper, but the production value and cam-switches are very good. Definitely looking forward to the season!

[@jevinmorris4683]

Love the webcam format and the editing of the video! I know it’s probably more work than mtgo episodes, but it’s worth it!

[@CameronSMoore]

All of the many missed triggers hurt my soul! Still glad to see you guys play paper though, it brings me happy memories!

[@MagicalHackerMTG]

I will add my voice to the list of people who prefer mtgo to paper gameplay,but that said, I'm glad you guys are not afraid to try new things! I want to encourage you to keep up the amazing work. 😊 Also, I'm looking forward to seeing your stats in a podcast episode!

[@Teurger]

So, about colourless Korvald: how about 4 mono-coloured Korvolds against each other? "Korvold feast" day, or something like that. 😂

[@paulhedges4625]

very cool to see webcam magic! I hope this happens more often!

[@codybrazel3909]

I appreciate you all trying to change some aspects, but I like the MODO format much better. Even when it has its issues, I can see the interactions on board much more clearly and the cards are more visible. Overall, I think there is a trend of gradually becoming more like commander versus. They’re my second favorite commander channel next to yours, because cards and interactions are much more visible Modo style. VS also has an issue where human error becomes much more frequent the bigger the boards get, and they sit at the same table.

[@golfapichatskuldej2497]

Finally. Been asking for webcam games. Much prefer this to mtgo. Can actually see the cards properly.

[@x1PMac1x]

Love the switch to paper! Looking forward to this a lot in the future.

[@TheBoulder93]

I liked the spelltable setup but less sound effects. Great as always. 👍

[@Spaced92]

I've never played MTGO but tbh despite having played Magic since I was a kid I kinda preferred that format. Also you guys missed a million triggers haha, will still watch though.

[@SEDJuniorgaming]

At 1:04:00, did anyone else notice Seth is playing 2 caged suns and 2 vesuvas?

[@sharkydart]

swole warden lol I need "1988 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship" alters of all the cards that are functional variants, and I'm making that deck

[@daxamlhant7285]

The theme to episode was so good. I was hoping the Aragorn was blue to show some interesting results with changing color words

[@marcbeaudoin73]

Omg, this is so much better than watching on mtgo!

[@XTimTheEnchanterX]

I love having Phil back no matter how salty it makes Crim

[@danielanselme4868]

Who knew sword of body and mind was the best card for soul sisters!