My Tournament Winning Run at the cEDH Clash for Cash! | 1st Place Sisay cEDH Tournament Report

[@keller3225]

Hey Ian, I had a dream about you yesterday. We were standing in a creek, and you were trying to tell me about how cEDH was a brutal sport, and how “many good men and women lost their wives to this sport". But I wasn't really paying attention because there was a giant (2ft) cricket behind you and I wanted to tell you, but you just kept going on about how cEDH shows the most primal aspects of a person so I couldn't get a word in. Anyway love the videos, congrats on the big win :)

[@Emzy2217]

That was random but funny

[@ComedIanMTG]

and the #1 entry for things I was not expecting to read today goes to....

[@jonaswilliams9755]

Lmao this comment was a ride😂

[@nebDDa]

that wasn’t a dream, that was real. Source: i was the cricket

[@Pinksabre]

Hey Ian, Birgi player here- it was a blast playing with you dude. See you again soon I’m sure!!

[@brajun2557]

Do you have your decklist posted anywhere?

[@Pinksabre]

@@brajun2557 yeah dude super fun hard sitting deck. Just go big or go home. My moxfield is kdizzle96. It’s just titled birgi lol

[@dominicakadragun3103]

Ian be standing on business every time he sees prize support that can pay 3+ months of rent cause this is getting ridiculous lol

[@inkjorbas]

10 months rent where I'm from😊

[@CptMoralSupport]

Ian is in fact about that life 💯💯💯

[@archer2797]

A coach who actually shows off how good they can do lmao 😂 good work 🔥

[@heirkaiba]

I got 1st at my local CEDH tournament over the week with your Etali list! Was a s very spicy Dino!

[@zakorri3231]

Hey Ian, I would love a gameplay video where you walk through your thoughts during the game explaining your gameplay process and thought process in game.

[@peteryankowsky]

These recaps are nail biting, like we already know you won and I cant look away. hahaha Also, ex-journalist here: Buying a little digital voice-note recorder might be a less taxing way to do the mid-game note taking.

[@NickNicolay-ih4zi]

Love these kind of videos! Always awesome to see Ian’s thought process in these games!

[@CustomRevThe1AndOnly]

Good game in the finals. I went over our match a few different ways and I regret not pitching the Talion to force the smothering tithe. I banked on either Kess or Sisay being afraid of the card and having interaction. Congrats on the win I hope we meet in another finals :)

[@yourboynassa6032]

Hell yeah bro glad to see a true new endlander repping the east for us. Love the videos. Love all your content . Gongrats on the win bro

[@josephrice4799]

Congratulations on your win. Someday I hope to get some coaching from you. Keep up the hard work.😊

[@ComedIanMTG]

you know where to find me haha Thanks for the support :)

[@kekw4007]

38:23 - incase he still had the necro on field can the blue farm player not try and win after he goes to cleanup - discard to handsize - necro triggers and sends cards to Exil - stack is empty and he has priority - silence has worn of (I believe it should work that way afaik) and try to win with borne active right here ?

[@jordanferreira7615]

Borne also wears off when the silence does

[@kekw4007]

@@jordanferreira7615aha yes that makes sense, silly me

[@DoubleSleevedMTG]

It was a great time playing with you all weekend! One of my favorite plays all weekend is still waiting for my Sakashima to resolve so I have a legendary Dockside and maintain priority on the ETB trigger so I can Boseiju your Blind Obedience for my last mana in the finals.

[@lokumo13]

Congratulations, Ian. I’m glad yiu were able to do the Mountain Dew thing as you’ve put it!

[@ComedIanMTG]

Huh?

[@obiwanjay5706]

Ian man, you killing out here. Keep it up dude, finally got my Kinnan cEDH up and running so gonna take your pointers to use lol.

[@TripsAhoy]

Holy cow dude! Grats! Been killing it!

[@moistnar]

I don't understand how you're this good at cEDH--mathematically you're only supposed to win 25% of the games, it's absurd the winning you've done in the last ~calendar year

[@hunteroverstreetnox]

It's called gitting gud

[@peteryankowsky]

RIP the kids that sit down at the first pod and Ian across the table 😂

[@chriswales2252]

Hey Ian, maybe try moving your mic to your left so it doesn't take up the middle of your screen. Love the content.

[@nathanhoward6640]

I thought the mic was dead cells on my screen lol

[@alia1226]

Heya, Kess player here! The event overall was a lot of fun and definitely enjoyed that top 4 game. I probably could’ve aggressively mulled but given I already went down to 5 in seat 3 behind Sisay and Tivit, it was a tough spot. The Vault actually grabbed dockside and Imperial recruiter, at which point I had enough mana to get displacer and start trying to go over the stack. I think I just got antsy with the phases passing and should’ve waited until end of turn. I didn’t think about grabbing the opposition but given the stage of the game I don’t know if I even had another turn coming behind both sisays and Tivit. All in all, enjoyed the games. Already brewing for the next event, and I’m sure I’ll see ya in OKC!

[@WhiskeyDingo98]

Hey! As a Kess enjoyer, do you have a Moxfield?

[@hellproof2379]

Started as a Kess player .. on rog si now. I love Kess. I have my problems with it too .. but I still will get it together to play with friends. Kudos to you on the top 4.

[@Nick-vh4gd]

I recently picked up your list and have been playing it at locals. I'm curious as to why the deck plays the Mardu Dihada instead of the Grixis version?

[@OnTheStackMTG860]

Love the final fantasy battle victory background

[@edsontorrontegui9491]

Hey Ian at 30:12 When this misplay happens, does the player get to take back the counterspell to their hand?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Yeah because it was not a legal game action and therefore couldn't happen

[@famousstranger8468]

Ian is your jetmir deck still up to date? I've been struggling trying to get my foot into the door of the format with that deck. I'm also playing etali PQ, but it just doesn't feel good to play

[@hellproof2379]

I can’t find the results of tourney any where. Would love to see the kess deck

[@EspenOset]

I could see how making public, main-channel videos of gameplay coaching might be hard, distracting from the content/algorithm or intrusive for the ones being coached, but some patreon exclusive videos showing sme good coaching sessions, with gameplay and your feedback/discussions could be a cool perk.

[@midnalight6419]

As another Ian who pilots sisay in my local scene. I really like this list. It's very close to mine. I think I'll test chainer and ertai. I don't like that they're 4 drops. But if they're good, they're good. I've been on smothering tithe for forever. It's so, so good. I'm on even more interaction than you are And I think elvish spirit guide is really interesting.

[@GhoulsNBools]

Chainer is alright but erati is an auto include. Soooooo good

[@a.velderrain8849]

Ertai is very good. However, Chainer... Is pretty overrated. He used to be a staple in the deck prior to ONE, but Tyvar does what Chainer does much better and for less mana.

[@rohantastic9981]

Love the content Ian. Playing Cedh because of your videos!!

[@arkknight92]

Yea last year I got into cedh watching his videos! He’s got great content and is the goat of cedh!!!

[@floridaman6982]

Idk if the format with the commanders on the left is new, but I like it!

[@ComedIanMTG]

Thank my lovely editor Cal for that :)

[@reuvan16]

I’ve been thinking of going sisay recently. What do you think about Breena in the deck? Can make sisay bigger, draws you cards and gets opponents to attack other people. I find that opponents usually never get as much draw as I do with her.

[@ComedIanMTG]

Huh, hadn't thought about the power increase! That's super interesting. The cut is always the tough part

[@Xeph0]

I want to get into cEdh tourneys like this but I can’t afford dual lands. Do these tournaments typically allow proxy cards since they aren’t ofc toruneys?

[@ComedIanMTG]

A significant number of tournaments are actually proxy friendly!

[@bobthor9647]

Are top 16 decklists available from this event ?

[@Hysteria19]

The recap videos of your tournaments are sooooo insanely goated. Thanks for the great content!

[@ComedIanMTG]

Love to hear people are enjoying them!

[@elijahmacias4151]

Hello Ian, new viewer here and 3 months into magic as well. Question. Is it against the rules to record table gameplay during tourneys? I always wanna see live footage from you XD. But your commentary is also really informative and has helped me improve in magic. Keep up the great work!

[@ComedIanMTG]

Unfortunately it is very hard to get a quality recording and universal permissions in that sense. I also don't know how comfortable I'd be being recorded for an entire day as it would take my focus away from the games overall

[@elijahmacias4151]

@@ComedIanMTG Understandable. Your verbal replays are great anyway and still useful.

[@codykizer6359]

Do you have an atraxxa list? I would be very interested to see your take on the deck❤

[@ComedIanMTG]

Haven't spent a ton of time with the deck so I don't have any innovations to really share with it

[@kennethritacco6959]

Didn’t you say you had blind obedience in play in the finals? So why would dockside from your opponents matter?

[@voidprism_studios666]

Damn I should really hit up tourneys. This is inspiring. However I live in a place where there's not even an LGS lol.

[@johnweinhandl8890]

Save up money to travel it’s worth it!

[@midnalight6419]

I'm not a patron, but I have a small question: I'm in the finals for my local league, and the pod is as follows I'm first seed so I'm in first position There's a teshar in the pod There's some kind of midrange deck I'm not sure And then there's something crazy. Do you think sisay would be good into this pod, given cards like deafening silence, smothering tithe, and other midrange nonsense the deck can play?

[@djalmaalmeida4345]

Isn't worth playing kenrith as an instant speed wincon?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Definitely not, we have multiple as I described in the finals

[@Nexusv3]

Always great content.

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

Round 1: that concession seems right. The idea not to give any opponent advantage seems correct. It could just be me.

[@TVVOSTEP]

GOAT cEDH player.

[@ferventalchemist]

I need to know your free use instrumental plug lol

[@ComedIanMTG]

Cal pays for a service

[@ferventalchemist]

@@ComedIanMTG that makes sense. I’m just gonna start using my beats from now on.

[@nathanhoward6640]

Thought the mic was dead cells and my phone was broken for a moment

[@Secretdawg925]

Lol I thought my phone screen was broken from that black smudge on your card

[@Gleebusaz]

Yea that blue farm throw is seemingly becoming more and more popular sucks that pilots don’t listen or think

[@jonaswilliams9755]

Are you on Orcish Bowmaster in your list? In your finals match you could draw your deck, cast Silence, and cast and flicker Bowmaster infinite times for infinite damage. Also never thought I'd hear the phrase "full crowbar to the kneecaps" today.😂

[@ComedIanMTG]

no bowmaster in the list, not really a need

[@jonaswilliams9755]

@@ComedIanMTG fair enough. A pot of the Sisays in my area are on Bowmaster just because it's really good.

[@TheAmbientPulse]

What is the art behind the commanders in the top 16? Is that a Sisay art?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Gw sisay international women's day secret lair

[@manikanniah5707]

Dude your mic gave me a heart attack, I though part of my screen went dead from a drop. Nice accidental troll

[@bobthor9647]

Was this a proxy tournament?

[@softyymaru4435]

Sucks i couldnt watch any of the games but it was cool seeing you and lua

[@bigugs21]

ertai is never bad

[@drawando8588]

Hope i can win the next local tournament with narset enlightened exile next week

[@WarmasterSidious]

Love your content but you gotta do something about that microphone. It’s so distracting being in the dead center of your presentation.

[@xp1446]

Jeez, you can really map out the rest of the game for a player and they’ll still sell 😭

[@chottstuff]

"Right?"

[@ReasonableGames]

Damn when I save 50k for my CEDH tournament legal deck I can't wait to compete too!

[@paullloyd9331]

The vast majority of cEDH tourneys are proxy friendly. No need to drop 50k.

[@ComedIanMTG]

As I've gonebover many times on the channel, many major TO's allow for the use of proxy/playtest cards :) Don't let your wallet keep you.from having fun :)

[@ReasonableGames]

I didn't know this. Ty@@paullloyd9331

[@michaelmcpeters3818]

So there's politics in cedh?

[@ComedIanMTG]

Yes. It's a fundamental cornerstone to any interactive multi-player game

[@FarewellOrwell]

Move the damn mouse cursor

[@lilwigese1]

First ❤

[@yawgmoththeineffable8660]

Congrats 👍🏻😐

[@swiftmic8402]

Why does it feel like cedh is so inclusive. It's like you guys don't want to advertise tournaments or something

[@ComedIanMTG]

I will respectfully disagree. Topdeck.gg is a site literally dedicated to this