Northernlion Plays Slay the Spire's New Character - Episode 1: The Watcher

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We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

[@theseabear3008]

That literal hail Mary judgement was some of the greatest shit I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@amidamaru4414]

It was also somehow the most standard NL luck of all time

[@Pedroebut]

@@amidamaru4414 Except that he could have literally seen if it was coming and edited out to seem like luck? (as if he did editing lol)

[@amidamaru4414]

Pedro Henrique hahahahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha edit.... yeah..... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah..... oooohhhh..... I needed that... thank you 😂😂😂

[@crackrawkz]

I love that new Miracle card! It reads “This must be the first card played every combat, whether you need the energy or not” Never change Eggman, keep em comin

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Oh yeah it's my favorite when he's floating 3 mana turn one at end turn. Definitely did not waste it in any way.

[@Chunkosaurus]

I know it's so good and is retained

[@fallouthirteen]

Yeah, how many videos before he realizes it's not like ethereal and in fact is retain? He's playing this like he has the ice cream relic.

[@iami3rian394]

@@fallouthirteen twenty, at least. I'm sure as shit not tweeting him. = )

[@GoodKnight5252]

OMG this is killing me everytime he ends "T1" with 3 energy! I guess pro strats hahaha

[@AREPlp]

Definitely one of the people who'll watch another 100 episodes of StS

[@michaelsikoryak6526]

AREPlp same here

[@iami3rian394]

I think it's hilarious that he thinks he's beating A20 with this guy in only 100 episodes. = D EDIT: Just finished watching. He literally misplayed more than half his turns. I'd be amazed if he hits A5 undefeated.

[@mikeygarriga]

Cheers to this.

[@miguelchris6374]

I know im asking randomly but does anyone know a method to get back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me

[@damiengustavo3391]

@Miguel Chris Instablaster ;)

[@kingofkings6161]

My body is ready egg head, take me back down this country road

[@aGemmstone]

To the place

[@MrUrbnGamr]

West mountaaaain Mama rode meeeee

[@MrUrbnGamr]

Ur the nerd, dork

[@TheEnmineer]

@Geddes I'm not your pal, bucko

[@MaxCuberful]

That was a hilarious peepee dance finish: Judgment card right in time for the relief

[@fallouthirteen]

This character was made for NL wasn't it? I mean with cards named "Just Lucky".

[@GrandpaWorm]

@@fallouthirteen NL couldn't wait to play "Empty Body" after the episode

[@Pirsqed]

The pure triumph into speed exit was, indeed, hilarious. What a great way to start this series back up!

[@fallouthirteen]

@@GrandpaWorm And his usual play is kind of "Empty Mind". I mean how long before he figures out that he doesn't have to play miracle turn 1 unless he actually needs energy, then how much longer before he remembers that he figured it out? And then there's the other issue that even in his other series he barely grasped of "play damage buffs before other attacks". At least he called out himself missing that one several times in this video so he's aware he does that wrong.

[@slinkyshade9558]

@@fallouthirteen if I wanna see good gameplay, I watch jorbs. If I wanna have entertainment and a fun time, I watch NL. It is that easy ^^

[@HolyDeviant1]

Huge props to the Megacrit team for not just making the new character unique to the existant three, but also unique to the Slime Boss, Marisa, and the Disciple, the three kings of the Steam Workshop. Incredible that they can still add new things to the game that don't look like anything else!

[@SexyBibliophile]

HolyDeviant1 You can tell that they actually care and try to put only top notch quality additions into the game.

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

Takes them a year to release a, free mind you, new character. You can see they put that time into every little detail

[@shamblestheclown]

@@ironmaidenmetalgod the game literally released earlier in the year lmao what are you on about

[@HeatIcegame]

@@shamblestheclown Slay the Spire came out in early access in november 2017 what are you on about

[@benhillman8384]

It is very very similar to the character who puts on different masks in steamworld quest though.

[@videogamerluigi]

THE THIN DECK THICC DECK ASSENCION 20 DADDY WRANGLER IS BACK FOR ANOTHER 200 EPISODES OF HIGH OCTANE SPIRE SLAYING

[@Owen-dt6vr]

I read this in Dans voice and I don't regret it

[@InsightReasoning]

@@Owen-dt6vr I think we all did, and I think none of us regretted it.

[@meursaulty6672]

I for one, regret nothing.

[@magnumpicactus]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO! (I definitely read it in Dan's voice and am extremely disappointed that no one said this)

[@graysonguinn1943]

MagnumPiCactus LETS GOGH

[@DoctorShroom]

1:13:00 I'm convinced that Ryan is the protagonist of his own Yu-Gi-Oh spin-off series.

[@JacobDejarnett]

Hahahah

[@Zyjem]

*_H e a r t o f t h e c a r d s_*

[@Jaketoadie]

every time he scrys then moves his mouse to the end turn button I suffer a minor stroke.

[@JacobDejarnett]

Jaketoadie right there with you brother

[@oisinowens7786]

I haven't watch a lot of your vids lately, is this replacing Nuclear Throne?

[@dshockeybreaks]

Good memes brother

[@ALittleMessi]

Nothing can replace nuclear throne

[@takkC]

nah this replaces tumbleseed

[@dshockeybreaks]

It actually is replacing episode 6,000 of flash Isaac

[@bosshunterman]

Nah, it's actually ment to replace Wizard's Lizard.

[@stephenmoore1606]

NL calling himself daddy curdled the milk in my stomach

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Stop drinking milk then.

[@ALittleMessi]

Daddy scrambled your eggs 😏

[@SexyBibliophile]

stephen moore He is Daddy tho...A Thin Decc Daddy 😜

[@TheTrueJesterGuy]

Are you new here?

[@OhNoTheFace]

Get over yourself

[@UGotSerbed]

I love the amount of thought you put into the free miracle in every single fight. The amount is zero, but I do love it :-)

[@mitjajop1868]

That last judgement was incredible. He has one card to play next turn, 1 hp, the boss is attacking, he will draw 4 cards and 3 cards that aren't judgement are in his draw pile...

[@remon95]

yup exactly, just lucky you can say

[@mr.bojangles9215]

Rem0_ N lucky? No. HEARTOFTHECARDS

[@Dynamod123]

"Retain is a new mechanic"...it feels good to be back, egg

[@slothfuldaoist9144]

I mean, it being on a single card is new.

[@Dynamod123]

@@slothfuldaoist9144 to be fair, i've played a lot with the workshop content for marisa kirisame, which utilized a lot of retain on cards directly. Still, the silent definitely has it in the base game, sooo say what you will, egg's being an egg, what can you expect?

[@Bappie0]

@@slothfuldaoist9144 I think you forgot about well laid plans there my friend

[@arceus521]

Baptiste Gyselinck I think he was saying this is the first time in the base game where cards retain themselves

[@iami3rian394]

@@Bappie0 ...and ya know. Runic Pyramid, which P.S. doesn't stack with retain abilities as of yesterday. = )

[@nuhji]

"most characters have 80", uh, only 1 character has 80 and that's the Ironclad

[@iami3rian394]

You CANNOT expect NL to know ANYTHING about a game he's only played for 600+ episodes and 2k hours. That's a little unreasonable, no?

[@ravelordneato4107]

heckin' egg at it again, he misplayed the characters HPs

[@DarklinWolf]

I know this is on PC but I was still disappointed that this video didn't start with Mario Maker 2 in the Switch background before switching to StS.

[@cptKamina]

So happy about more Spire. So please guys, stay civil and constructive in the comments so Eggdaddy doesn't get burned out over negativity. If you wanna insult him just write "thanks for the company" instead.

[@SexyBibliophile]

This is a golden comment, brother.

[@OlujaDoTokija]

Why would anyone want to insult Eggfather when he is always making quality content for everyone to enjoy for free?

[@kittycatlover8000]

I swear!! I love seeing him play this game!

[@cookiebandit18]

Thanks for the company

[@noatiendoboludos]

YOU GOD DAMN EGG WHY WONT YOU UNDERSTAND IM THANKFUL FOR THE COMPANY

[@DJ_Locks]

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAID.... He would never come back!

[@HunHaze]

We've got card players too.

[@iami3rian394]

Literally no one said that.....

[@m-rots]

NL himself said it right before they announced the new character lol

[@x-ray3437]

WELL WELL WELL, HOLY BLESSED DAY. he's back baby

[@pepper99ish]

Holy shit that ending. If that's not classic NL I don't know what is

[@KurticusZen]

SLAY THE SPIRE IS BACK BAYBEE EDIT: i'm looking forward to all the wasted miracles in the coming weeks.

[@ALittleMessi]

He kept it on the final boss at least lol

[@iami3rian394]

I can't wait to see him get punished for his exorbitant amount of misplays. Like, literally more than half his turns.

[@Sinvicta]

Ryab

[@speedfastman]

Get outa here ya stinker!

[@noszelias]

"I know what scry does" never change egg, I love you just the way you are

[@setk1189]

NL just rolled that 1/18 chance to win on 1hp. What an absolute legend.

[@Andre-gy5ml]

Egg playing miracle 1st turn every time is triggering me

[@nathanp.3206]

Andre triggered af

[@l4rry199]

JUDGEMENT!!! SEE YA Damn, more exciting than endgame😂

[@sagbag]

I'll watch you play another 100 episodes of Slay the Spire.

[@faefriend5702]

This is my game and I'll watch another 100 episodes of sts

[@amidamaru4414]

Rj Talamini I see your hundred and raise you another hundred

[@amidamaru4414]

Brandon Bevill I’ll stake 150 lost runs before the view drop strangles the series. Ill raise you a like on each and every video

[@Mathmachine]

Every time I think I'm out Eggman just keeps pulling me back in!

[@minsklit5811]

Just when I thought I was out, you pulled me back in

[@fandomtrashfullmetalunderg923]

Im so happy this series is back. I love watching you play or just putting it on in the background. This episode was super engaging. Thanks for the company egg.

[@nicolasgenereux2530]

Ragnarok with Wrath deals 50 damage without any strength when you think about it

[@FlamingKittenOfDoom]

oh yeah, in a wrath focused build it is cuh-razy dude

[@Dice-Z]

Which is 16-17 damage per energy. It's good but not extreme either.

[@TheWhiteD]

12:40 yeah, don't kill the sentry in the middle with 2 attacks, instead take 3 damage trying to block its attack... THE EGG IS BACK!!

[@BirdRaiserE]

Who would win a race: The Flash Vs. Northernlion (full bladder)

[@GeorgesVTV]

I have been watching your vids for at least 4 years and that was for sure the fastest outro of them all

[@ronaldwangdra9675]

That was such an amazing heart-of-the-cards moment there at the end. I could almost see NL growing spiky hair with layered colors through the bald facade.

[@Fullonnoob]

My heart tells me yes, but my brain, my brain just screams endlessly into the void.

[@iami3rian394]

Watching this left my eye twitching. He's SO bad, it's laughable. I've watched people (NL included) make fewer misplays on their first run.

[@IBlack04]

Galaxy brain: he says "this is going to confuse people", what he means is "this confuses me"

[@LackOfHarmony]

Once I got the stances figured out, I had such a good time with this character. Glad to see you’re as excited as I am about it. 😊

[@MicoDossun]

Unless they also add an orange and yellow character my love of balanced triangles is gonna be very upset.

[@iami3rian394]

I almost guarantee we're going to be getting a fifth character. Probably not for a while, since they've been talking about adding alt routes on act four/a fifth act, but they're not nearly done with this gem yet. Expect at least another two years of development.

[@MicoDossun]

IamI3rian oh yeah I’m sure. It’s just weird that the release build was so heavily built around triangles and then now we’ve got a fourth character that doesn’t really fit into any of those niches. I trust them though even if so far I think the watcher is kinda a bad character

[@iami3rian394]

@@MicoDossun what do you mean bad, like underpowered? Not fun? I disagree _INCREDIBLY_ strongly on both of those points, if that's what you mean. = )

[@MicoDossun]

IamI3rian no not necessarily either of those but sorta like bloated and inelegant? I feel like every card tries to make itself a synergy instead of the other three decks which are many simple ideas that make up a bigger idea. Like Mantra in a vacuum is an interesting idea but it ends up being way sloppier. I will say I still think they’re a good and fun character but a step down from the other 3

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@MicoDossun And I think they are a way more complex character than any of the other three characters so far. And also, the Ironclad is already kinda orange. I do think yellow will be next tho

[@MellowJelly]

When he said Scry I just remembered that detective game NL played that takes place in England and it was just video clips of actors

[@Kokonutzlz]

s c r e w d r i v e r

[@nickkellner1719]

So happy to have sls back. And I've now played it so can appreciate how good nl actually is at the game

[@iami3rian394]

Lol, fuck me.... The sincerity in this comment is almost as hilarious as its inaccuracy.

[@chriswirkus286]

That ending was insane! Really glad to see this series back for a bit!

[@luminvader103]

just so you know Northern, the scrying does work the same as in magic (As in scry 3 means check the top 3 and do what you want with them) but you're right ofc that its either top of draw or bottom of draw, not discard in MTG

[@Tellah3]

So close to being right about Scry.. If only there was a tooltip with the proper information..........

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

i think he thinks miracle is ethereal. he just uses it without reason

[@joehemmann1156]

He's also wrong about how it works in Magic, so there's that...

[@OhNoTheFace]

They did take the magic name and then do it wrong compared to magic

[@morganrusnai4579]

@@cultoftyler9045 yes.. but it only gives an energy that turn. and he wastes it every time. usually ending with unspent energy every time he uses it

[@9terminal]

@@OhNoTheFace no they didn't the only change from magic is you put it in your discard pile as opposed to the bottom of your deck, otherwise scry x does exactly the same thing in both games

[@Fire95Channel]

The voice change in the span of 2 years is crazy

[@rickm2001]

Yes please! I love this series! Keep it up NL!

[@itsmaeday_2105]

What a banger of an episode for first time back

[@GlitchWolf]

This is my game! I'll watch you play another 1000 episodes of Slay the Spire!!

[@diearschmeister]

Double damage is going to be “one of those” mechanics for NL lol

[@andrewmcreynolds3692]

Well, it is a new character, I'm sure he'll figure it out

[@iami3rian394]

@@andrewmcreynolds3692 I've won 6/8 runs, with five straight and I'm on A5 already. Don't give me that shit, it's a new character for _ALL_ of us. P.S. won my first run, easily as well. No heart kill get though. Haven't bothered.

[@femimark5021]

@@iami3rian394 we get it you are a pro, now kindly keep your toxicity to your self

[@iami3rian394]

@@femimark5021 I'm sorry, is pointing out that you're making excuses for a demonstrably bad player toxic now? Holy christ, you kids are such coddled little babbies.

[@caelandemaziere7939]

People like you are the reason NL got burned out on recording sts and other games like sekiro. It's okay to criticize, but this is just being toxic

[@TalkingMachine]

as someone who began my slay the spire journey on the switch, i've been waiting for this.

[@Nickolus21]

its nice to see you playing Slay the spire again

[@ahandsomefridge]

Straight out of work and straight into a new StS episode. Feels good to be home.

[@drakkenmensch]

"JUDGEMENT! JUDGEMENT!" This is Yu-Gi-Oh magic right there.

[@Tauposaurus]

SEE YA!!!

[@Angelon471]

Yo i was just watching the twitch vod where Nl talked about the new character. So hyped about the return of slay the spire

[@TooManySteamGames]

Really love your excitement in this video egg

[@sradac]

"I dont understand! I discard the card I click on!" We Secret Badman now boys

[@iami3rian394]

The fact that he thinks his audience has (potentially) as much brain damage as he does is borderline offense.

[@lucasnadamas9317]

I love how him of all people is always making remarks making fun of metaphorical dumb people who he considers to be the average person, while...well you know

[@IBlack04]

Oh, he's saying 'weave'?... genuinely heard "weed is expensive" and "we gotta put weeb in our hand"

[@sergeantstrawberry]

I was so happy to get the notification for this

[@mitchellmaftean9217]

Wow that final turn. I'm in so much awe. God bless you Egg, never change

[@ArcasCorricol]

obligatory lionBlind in chat, ok let's get this show on the road

[@MrNavetse]

I didn't knew how much i missed hearing "archetype" until i heard it.

[@alexl.1806]

Hey NL I’m one of the 100 who love series; and would appreciate you putting out some more episodes. Either way the decision is yours. Keep up the great work eggy boi

[@Gyurg00]

A friend recommended me to watch your vids and then I learned you have slay the spire on here so I guess this is my life now

[@ZebraLord13]

Uh no, Scry 2 in Magic would be "Look at the top 2 cards of your library. You may put one or both on the bottom of your library. Put the rest back in any order."

[@HOBOSRUS33]

ZebraLord13 What NL explained was explore, kinda... if you remove the part where if the top card of your deck is a land then it just instantly goes to your hand.

[@umbaupause]

Yeah, that looks much more like surveil...?

[@JeckolaEcho]

@@umbaupause Yeah, scry in slay the spire is literally just surveil.

[@HOBOSRUS33]

Samcaesar yeah but surveil puts it to the bottom of the deck while explore is in the graveyard/discard it.

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

lets go. i really wanna see how he plays the monk. NL really is a good STS player.

[@iami3rian394]

...said no one ever.

[@xavierpaquin]

Been itching for a good card game, so glad I found this

[@jaykay8316]

Lets friggin go. So happy to see sts back and all those weird (mis?)plays with the stance changes mean we will hopefully be here a long time.

[@user-sp6os6tc2r]

NL I will watch you play 2000 episodes of Slay the Spire

[@Raiko01]

19:00 Yeah, its a combo with the card in 11:25 (play all your hand from left to right)

[@QastletheKing]

This is what we’ve all been waiting for

[@jacoblavezzo7857]

Please make more sts content after it ended I felt empty so glad to see you playing it again

[@CptnFabulous]

BOWLING BASH did my boys from megacrit play ragnarok?

[@RenzoLanceloT]

Misplay the Spire is really back, huh? The Miracles auto-play hurts every time.

[@ElGiganto17]

That was awesome, NL!

[@JacobDejarnett]

WHAT A BANGER TOPDECK! Perfect eggvideo

[@night4345]

Why is this dude using his Miracle card first turn even though he won't use all his energy? Also I'm glad you're doing Slay the Spire again.

[@HFTVChannel]

Great ending , good to see this series back! Im looking forward to the art for the cards.

[@darknessdash1853]

Im pretty sure almost everyone is happy to see the return of this gem of a series

[@lazylinx4stinx]

Leeeetttsss go 100 more episodes here we go

[@michaelmooc]

So like another 200+ video to get A20 On watcher?

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

Im ready

[@iami3rian394]

...at least. Lol, he thinks he's doing it in 100.

[@jordanwhite4291]

NL, miracle isn't an ethereal. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT TURN ONE!! It also retains!!

[@Eric-xr3hn]

I'm so happy StS is back w/ facecam!

[@UNOwenWasMe]

GLORY AND PRAISE, GOOD CONTENT IS BACK

[@nathanjacobs1468]

IT'S BACK. SLAY THE SPIRE IS BACK YESSSSSS. I AM A VERY HAPPY EGG IN TRAINING.

[@hikane8869]

I'll watch you play another 100 episodes of Slay the Spire Daddy

[@mrlanevo5]

I'll watch you play another 100 episodes of StS!! Welcome back

[@ladygeneveve3805]

"Its over time eater, I believe in the heart of the cards!"

[@pokerdoke14]

I'd watch another 100 plus like another 900

[@Author_G]

ATTACK BEFORE YOU CHANGE STANCES! You kept halving your damage and THEN attacking! Arrgh!

[@diearschmeister]

Wiz my favourite is choosing to take damage over 20+14+14 to one shot the enemy

[@-Bente-]

yo that actually was such a good run!! well done egg father (also please don't play miracle automatically, u keep it in ur hand after ending ur turn so save it for when u really need the energy)

[@Sikonful]

I was the same as your cat "Slay the Spire is back! , Slay the Spire is back!" :D

[@purplepeople3960]

I will watch sts until I'm an old man

[@ZebraLord13]

Maybe stop using your Miracle right away when you don't need it? It's got Retain my guy, there's no sense in just throwing it away.

[@Shines.22]

Best outro, would recommend, *chef's kiss*

[@obemx7094]

Let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOO, i was waiting for this so much

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Jesus Christ NL can you please not play Miracle until you're sure you need it?

[@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974]

jesus christ can you relax?

[@ALittleMessi]

Fortunately this character doesn't seem to run out of energy that often

[@daddymyres4067]

@@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974 jesus Christ where did he seem angry in his comment?

[@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974]

@@daddymyres4067 you mean the whole comment? lmao

[@DerCnark]

Yes, everytime first thing he does is play it without needing it haha It's even retainted...

[@ALittleMessi]

Instead of incorrectly explaining scry, could have just looked at the very simple explanation that was right there

[@iami3rian394]

Must be new here. You don't expect NL to actually _read the screen,_ right?

[@D21_Hardbody]

Dude, I will watch you play this game til the end of time itself.

[@not_ryuka]

greatest ending to any episode ever