Kaalia vs Yuriko vs Arcum vs Korvold | CEDH Gameplay

[@Razzia334]

Ryan's plays were very concise and easy to follow. A+ commentary

[@illbetthisnameisnttaken6598]

I especially liked that part where we cast 1 card before dying.

[@tichrondus]

My exact thought process: "oh yay! My favorite fringe cEDH deck!" "Oh WHY!?!?!?"

[@danielmartin3739]

I literally built Arcum last night and was so excited to see it play today and now I have ptsd lol. That was a nasty start from Pyro

[@paulmcclain642]

Wait, Arcum was in this game? 😂😂😂

[@bradcallahan3546]

Because their decks suck. Kaalia is not a cedh commander.

[@DerronOfCairon]

"Pyro Wins the game...with creatures...wait people play creatures...to attack?" This is literally best chapter in a while lmfao.

[@TomGalonska]

I was certain Zack would steal the win with the brainstone... Bad beats for Zack, but i think Pyro deserved this victory! Oh, and RiP Ryan :D I'm sure he had a cool deck :D

[@kams2935]

SPOILERS IN THE TOP COMMENT. SMH

[@TomGalonska]

@@kams2935 who in their right mind looks at the comments before watching the video? oO

[@ecclesiaandune687]

@@TomGalonska If you're watching on a tablet, or some phones, the top comment is automatically on the bottom of the screen with no scroll

[@paulmcclain642]

I really thought he was going to pull it off when he cast it. Sooooooo close

[@kams2935]

@@TomGalonska my phone formats the page so I can see the top comment :(

[@kevinlewis1675]

“Hello 911 is like to report a murder, yeah there are witnesses, about to be 90,000 or so of us.”

[@daringplays3966]

That was actually so close near the end! Even though Zack was running a budget deck he had an answer to almost everything I’m hecka impressed

[@DUxMORTEM]

Well i mean Kaalia isn't exactly a CEDH deck either its super inconsistent and like any Mardu deck relies on a good start, heavy destruction or luck to get going.

[@peterstewart7332]

Woof. Horrible luck with the Yuriko triggers. If he'd hit even one expensive spell game ends differently.

[@TheConnorRoberson]

I thought the same, but Zack's list is playing very few expensive spells - only 4 that cost 6+ which was what he needed on the last turn. Doesn't seem to be a priority of his build.

[@ecclesiaandune687]

Love how the KZbin app shows one comment below the video that can’t be scrolled away from so had the vid spoiled the second I comment on it :(

[@Halinn]

@@TheConnorRoberson If he had a 3+ there would at least have been a chance to win from the mana crypt flip (even if it wouldn't have mattered since Pyro won that flip)

[@GeorgeBolas]

Bad mull decisions from Yuriko, no luck

[@tapsofosiris3110]

If you watch the video it's explained at the start that Yuriko is a budget deck

[@jannamcjanna6802]

Love seeing Kaalia at the table. Always changes table dynamics which is cool to see

[@sunlesssirris]

I love how the deck makes people panic.

[@mikeconnors9287]

Why didn't Zack just use gingerbrute's gain 3 life ability on the last turn instead of attacking with it? He would have won.

[@TomGalonska]

Because nobody reads the flavor text of Gingerbrute :D

[@lucarr1041]

@@TomGalonska I really hope the "flavour text" pun was intentional

[@llamacandy9894]

these kids arnt good at cedh leave them alone kek

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Mike here, I was watching this game, saw this line and didn't say anything until after. He forgot the card had the ability.

[@Serouzo]

I'd say that Access Tunnel is the even spicier card today. It was instrumental in making sure Master of Cruelties remained relevant in the midgame and ensured Pyro to be able to kill with any creature

[@alekcorradini]

Always nice to see that deck win. My personal pet deck is my own with the same commander. Nice seeing no mercy with Master of Cruelties either.

[@AceOfShamrock]

Oh man I used to have an arcum deck. Was my absolute favourite thing to play before the paradox engine ban. Can't wait to see what a more recent list looks like

[@shinykitsunelive]

Well, guess you'll have to wait a bit longer lol

[@antonio2708]

It's good to see oldschool commander's overwehelming the new ones. Deckbuild is it.

[@lucasbockhorst4191]

Never clicked on a video from the channel faster when seeing MoC in the thumbnail.

[@coppertalon4704]

If Zack had held back with the gingerbrute he could have sacrificed it to gain life and live

[@carrotflame7859]

Yeah

[@Ex4_]

Yeeees Korvold and Yuriko are my two favorite Commanders. Awesome to see both in the same game!

[@MindLaboratory]

I think card of the game should also go to access tunnel. Master could only hit the other two players because it was unblockable.

[@dizzyfist7129]

I’m a newer EDH player and I’ve built BOTH yuriko and kaalia so it was awesome seeing them go at it. For a moment I was like “ is yuriko gonna come back!?” Truly awesome.

[@borislibaque1558]

That was beautifully executed. Pyro's a badass, well done!

[@patrickdavis8271]

Wow! Great game Playing with Power! I feel for Ryan. That was so cruel to be knocked out so early.

[@nicolasrodriguezbadala1024]

Master of cruelties is my favorite creature in all of Magic, glad to see it do some work

[@jaredsmith6565]

What a game! Love the Kaalia deck and budget Yuriko is always fun to see!

[@RayearthIX]

Kaalia was my first EDH deck of any sort. Love seeing her win (even if she only cheated out 2 cards all game).

[@Addrum]

Kaalia into Master of Cruelties was the spaciest plays back in Dragon's Maze commander era. Back when Dead-Eye Navigator - Palinchron was THE combo to beat and everyone was asking for a DEN ban.

[@tfuji0012]

Bro the master of cruelty went in

[@ShakaWakala]

Wow what a start from Kaalia...! Nice gameplay!

[@durinsbane8005]

would definitly love to see Ryan play his deck again in the next episode, just to give it an actual chance

[@ThePossibilityStorm]

Whew! That was a close one. Thought Pyro had it early on but damn near lost it anyway.

[@DefinitelyNotReal627]

What would it take to shift the meta to where stuff like Kaalia, Yuriko and Mono-White stax were tier 1, or at the very least tier 1.5. I want blocking to matter in cEDH games more consistently.

[@ssnow5516]

mote tutors in sans black. blood pod and najeela are great decks if you want to attack but mono white specifically would need more creature tutors like recruiter or stax peices on 1 cmc creatures. Yuriko is tier 1.5 imo, very strong deck. Kaalia big beats is interesting but I don't really have comments on how it elevates. Probably just more spells that can enable early kaalia's and more spells that can protect kaalia's for free

[@benjaminking3677]

I knew when Master Of Cruelties was the tag that this was gonna be brutal.

[@Just.a.fellow.stranger]

Ah yes, Master of Cruelty, i've to this guy turn 3 so many times

[@YugiohPwnZ]

Where can I find Ryan's playmat? That thing is amazing

[@shanetemple4342]

I have no clue, but I've been wondering the same thing since the start of PwP

[@ChefPharmD]

What a “nuts!” Hand pyro had… wow!!!

[@Rallad]

Was thrilled to see Arcum!! But-.... C'monnn hahaha

[@oscarperezcame]

Damn! That Mardu deck hit was brutal!

[@joshwinangriawan30]

Always a fan of Kaalia, Pyro always bring the spice with his deck!!!

[@terminator0265]

Rest in Peace Paradox Arcum, my beautiful first cedh deck.

[@dshaw8659]

Pyro and his deck are awesome

[@delasvegas9644]

I didn't know Arcum existed until this match

[@KingQuetzal]

I miss getting Iona with Kaalia. Why did they have to ban it

[@hectormorales4090]

Who's this Pyro guy? Dang! Love his decks mate!

[@gnostechnician]

Arcum comes onscreen and I think "ah, yes. Boomer Blue"

[@Kazz1187]

Master of cruelties doing its thing is glorious

[@trashbat999]

decks like kaalia are why i decided to run plain old lightning bolt in my korvold deck. it kills so much stuff

[@RetroPokemonTCG]

What an insane game!!! Absolute nailbiter there at the end, I really thought Brainstone was going to finish the job. Pyro definitely deserved the win!

[@Neemzor]

Does Pyro have a Moxfield account? I recently proxied up his Selvala deck from a previous episode and it's been a blast. I need more of this dudes lists.

[@pyro1581]

PyroPyro I don’t have a lot on there though.

[@Neemzor]

@@pyro1581 You rock, dude! Thanks

[@YugiohPwnZ]

I think at least a dozen people have asked where to find Ryan's playmat- does anyone know??

[@Engrishhard]

anywhere I can find a deck tech video for Pyros deck?

[@coldpizza2402]

Would have loved to have seen the Arcum deck play out a few more turns

[@duesexistat5016]

Rakdos the Defiler is pretty spicy with Kaalia. Since it enters attacking you can ignore sacrificing stuff yourself but your opponent with have to. Not good for a second attack unless you can get it back into your hand…

[@christianpeahl6692]

I Need help understanding something. This was a topic at last FNM. Is master of cruelties an attack trigger or a replacement effect for combat damage to a player

[@cristianprado8559]

it is a triggered ability that triggers before combat damage is dealt. that's why Ryan lost. Master of Cruelty attacked, he wasn't blocked, his ability triggered (Ryan lost 39 life, yes this is life loss) and then Kalia connected effectively killing Ryan that was at 1 life

[@zealot2147]

Why didn't Zack just hold mana and sac brute? Pyro could only hit for 2 max

[@zealot2147]

And I mean on his last turn, he had 5 mana post impulse. He could've played brainstone, crack brainstone, cracked brute, and he's out of kill range. Then he hits for enough damage on his next turn

[@horacecampbell8483]

I love kalia 😍 great win pyro

[@tedphill1465]

Does anyone know what mat Ryan used is called? I want to pick one up for myself.

[@mathieugaron3428]

Can someone explain to me the why.s of turn 8? Pyro could use Access Tunnel to connects with MoC and kill Zack? Why all this Silence and Shifting Memnite? Thanks.

[@NMS127]

Master of Cruelties deals no combat damage if it isn't blocked.

[@alejandromendoza3646]

I cried just a little for Ryan

[@BandiniTheGreat]

At 8:35, Master of Cruelties attacked alone, which it cannot do according to its rules text.

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

?? It says Master of Cruelties can ONLY attack alone.

[@johnyc555]

master of cruelties :D always sick. great game :)

[@ariankennedy6016]

Couldnt he have just used access tunnel on the manifested creature from reality shift a turn earlier? or am i missing something here?

[@ariankennedy6016]

@@jasonhealy8142 riight right, thank you!

[@georgesel-hage4545]

that was pretty insane

[@asheketchupp206]

How did jeweled lotus bring out kaalia so quick? It only makes 3 mana of one color and reflecting pool does the same so he’d be missing one color

[@brandonshelby6614]

Gemstone caverns. If it's in opening hand, it starts on the board with a luck counter. You can remove the luck counter "add one Mana of any color"

[@byronsmothers8064]

A close friend of mine owns Korvold & Yuriko decks, they don't lose often

[@victorbui6341]

3:28 why does Kaalia still get to attack if Master of Cruelties says it can only attack alone?

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Yes it does. Because it doesn’t get declared as an attacker. It enters the battlefield already tapped and attacking.

[@victorbui6341]

@@PlayingWithPowerMTG thats so cool

[@chaosbuster1275]

Do CEDH decks not play that much creature removal?

[@agoogleuser1085]

No they barely do

[@thetimebinder]

I would totally have tutored a Sire of Insanity off the DT.

[@brenttotland3704]

That's the perfect near God 2 card combo/,synergy hand for the Kaalia pilot. MOC Is what every Kaalia player thinks about while fapping.

[@al_kaufman]

Oh boy! An Arcum deck! I wonder how its going to pl- ... oh, nevermind

[@Peacewalker171]

Whats the name of the art on the bottom right corner?

[@at1990]

Doesn’t master of cruelties miss the “attack” trigger on the turn it cheats out with Kaalia? … I always thought that, since it enters attacking already, any attack triggers were missed until the next turn…

[@SirDoogleBeard]

It's not an attack trigger it's a block trigger it checks to see if a creature is blocking it and if not that players life total becomes 1

[@DarkEinherjar]

Because Master of Cruelties says "attacks and isn't blocked", his ability only triggers after blockers are declared. The fact that he wasn't declared as an attacker doesn't matter, the game only cares if he was blocked or not.

[@mondzior9]

omg, EAT THE GINGERBRUTE :((( ... Idk if there is something I miss from the boardstate, but +3 life from food should save Zack right? Too bad haha

[@DonJulio213]

I am so confused, I thought Master of Cruelties’ effect would not take place as he is not attacking alone??

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

It says he can only attack alone. Cheating him out with Kaalia bypasses this restriction.

[@DonJulio213]

@@PlayingWithPowerMTG copy that. Thank you for the clarification.

[@williamcalloway6783]

Did pyro not tap for the pact?

[@FFassassin71]

Oof, press F for Ryan. Vicious but awesome T2 KO by Pyro

[@Tastedterror]

Why didn't Zack sac Gingerbread man as a food to gain 3 life? He went for the kill when he had a win in 1 more tirn

[@arroaboy7348]

The gain 3 requires that ginerbrute be untapped. If he hadn't swung with it, he MIGHT have been able to pull through

[@Tastedterror]

@@arroaboy7348 I understand, not attack with it, force the 3 mana to be tapped to hace the creature be unblocked and gain 3 life. That would have given him 1 turn for 1 damage

[@Mosl90]

Would conspiracy and Xenocraft be too slow for yuriko?

[@hiddenleaf414]

So what makes a combat based deck cEDH? I’m part of cEDH Reddit and Facebook groups where I constantly see people post their combat based decks and told they aren’t cEDH viable (using non meta commanders). When does a combat based deck become cEDH viable?

[@ComradeCommunism]

If you're playing a strictly proactive deck, then the real measure of power usually comes down to "how many turns on average does it take to reliably goldfish a win". Lists like Godo can do this INSANELY FAST, which is what makes it a long-term CEDH staple, and decks like Najeela have access to interaction on the stack courtesy of its blue color identity which allow it to pivot better to control if its proactive plan gets thwarted.

[@daseinoseven4514]

That was quite entertaining. 👍🏻

[@aidanschauer1581]

Wow that wasn’t as entertaining as frustrating. Good work to Zack, MVP of that game right there.

[@one_bad_mofo8658]

I used to run a Jeskai Magic Martial arts deck with Shu Yun as the commander and my buddy had an Archum Daggson deck and he had everything to go off and win and told everyone "if you don't kill me before my next turn, I WILL win the game". The turn passes to me, everyone kinda sighs and is like ok...what do you plan to do because if you can't stop him we're all dead. I had Shu Yun, Jeskai Ascendency and a mana rock on the board with a full grip, looked at the table and gave them a line straight from Goku. "I'm going to end this in one attack." Combo'd off, gay Shu Yun double strike and unlockable and leathaled him for 22 commander dmg. Still have the deck, just Elsha is the commander now xD. Take THAT Arcum Daggson!

[@draken882000]

So....I guess that Yuriko deck didn't had a single spell over 2 cmc....?

[@therealax6]

16 of them, as it turns out. (Decklists are in the video description.) I guess that was just bad luck.

[@hijump620]

Oof just no luck on those yuriko flips

[@XKrlosOblivionX]

Turn 1 Kaalia... That's nasty....!!!!

[@SAGEXX309]

Tha Kaalia plays were NASTY!! Lmao oooh shit

[@kellyperry5009]

The King is back!!!!!

[@DarkEinherjar]

DAT LADY D PLAYMAT

[@delasvegas9644]

Pyro is merciless!

[@Chandler5.0]

How did Master of Cruelties trigger if kaalia was attacking

[@Chandler5.0]

Wait nvm I'm stupid that's the oldest trick in the book, I think the way he's worded means he can only be declared as an attacker alone?

[@ddurst1]

Yeah after this game I sort of want to build Kaalia for my cEDH deck

[@CharlotteMimic]

I'm interested in seeing one or two Codie games, because I don't understand how tutoring one card can lead to such fast wins - maybe you could have an Into the North guy on as a guest?(clearly they can pilot the deck very well)

[@laicuan1]

Check out the "play to win" channel, they had some cedh codie games recently. Most of the time it's tutoring bring to light or ad nausem to draw a bunch of cards and finding the win from there

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

Codie is coming. Stay tuned in the near future.

[@CharlotteMimic]

@@PlayingWithPowerMTG exciting!!

[@MrJhruscik]

Wasn't there like 3 turn that secret passageway could have been used to win the game? He got him to one with Master of cruelty then stopped using it.

[@black_r0se]

Master of cruelties ability allows him to bring opponents down to 1 life but he can't deal any more damage from there, even if they are already at 1

[@cjl9905]

Sheeesh ... Kaalia is insane !

[@testingtimerift]

Wouldn't Master of Cruielties not trigger due to the tapped and attacking clause of kaalia? "Although the creature you put onto the battlefield is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won’t trigger when it enters the battlefield attacking."

[@DarkEinherjar]

Because Master of Cruelties says "attacks and isn't blocked", his ability only triggers after blockers are declared. The fact that he wasn't declared as an attacker doesn't matter, the game only cares if he was blocked or not.

[@doublebladed1266]

What is Ryan's playmat?

[@hazelbob]

Please Pyro update on Kaalia's deck!

[@Joshbehe]

i would think that master of cruelties doesn't get it's 'attacks' trigger if it's cheated into play attacking, but I could be wrong

[@cristianprado8559]

he does the "can only attack alone" thing Kalia bypasses it by putting it directly into the battlefield attacking. the second part "whenever master of cruelty attacks a player and isn't blocked..." also triggers cause he only cares for 2 things for this ability to trigger 1) the he is attacking 2) no creatures are declared to block it this triggers even if MoC was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than halving been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step

[@FullFatMayo1]

Everyone forgets Gingerbrute is food.

[@igolark]

You need to tap it

[@FullFatMayo1]

@@igolark So don't swing for 1, sac it for 3 life and don't be dead on board? If they crack the Brainstone before they attack they can see if they will need the 1 damage.

[@abrahamdrinkin2534]

Did someone call an ambulance for Ryan?

[@PlayingWithPowerMTG]

No need. He was already dead.

[@ACertainGuy0]

Rule 1 of Kaalia decks: They. Always. ALWAYS. Have Master of Cruelties in their opening hand. Its their Sol Ring. They will greed any hand, even no lands to keep it lmao.

[@christofferthorsen3821]

Zack should have sacced gingerbrute for 3 life instead of attacking with it tbh!

[@Halinn]

He'd also have needed to keep up a blocker, for whichever of Grand Abolisher and Master of Cruelties wouldn't have been made unblockable. I can see why he tried going for the Yuriko win instead.

[@Charlesxo]

@@Halinn Master of Cruelties has text. No blocker matters.

[@Halinn]

@@Charlesxo Reading is overrated. I just look at the pretty pictures and pretend that I know what it does, apparently.

[@Charlesxo]

@@Halinn To be fair magic art is pretty as all hell. I can get behind that.

[@igolark]

The trigger of master of cruelties doesn t trigger cause he didn t attack. The player doesn t go to 1. It s attacking and did not attack