WHOS THE BEST NO BANNED LIST COMMANDER - GOLOS//LUTRI VS TYMNA/THRASIOS VS MAIRSIL//LUTRI VS LEOVOLD

Today we're playing some No Banned List Commander so we picked the some of the strongest decks in the format and with some help from Joking we were able to get 3 games in one episode!
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[@s4ad0wpi]

Dylan: "He's tutored, he's tutored, Cam's GONNA tutor, are we in the End game now?" Me: "IT'S TURN FUCKING TWO!!!"

[@alasbruta]

If cEHD is a 10 on the power level scale this is about 17

[@Bthepig]

I thought these decks were gonna be a bit stronger than cEDH, but holy hell that was a whole new level. Like, competitive cEDH... PWP did a NBL episode a while back, but those games did not showcase the power nearly as well as this did. This was scary. Mnemonic Betrayal was amazing.

[@sh2theadow738]

The first 100 or so games were just people messing around with moxen, but after that we started to slowly refine the decks to the point where when we off we have to ask if we are playing soup (4-5c decks that are 95% built for you) or non soup (fun decks like jhoira or UFC), before this video was made we had just played our 400th recorded game and the stats had just started to show the power of 5 color (good players having 40+% winrates), it took a while to get this refined and most of the people that had played their own no ban list games didnt have nearly enough time to explore all the options

[@jonlamoreaux1889]

Definitely shows you why these cards are banned. "I'm just going to go ahead and cast 2 black lotuses"... words that should never be spoken at an edh table. Great content, I love that you guys keep switching it up.

[@estebanmarco8755]

And words that no other format enables.

[@morganpotter2990]

I love everything Joking did in these games. His deck is wild, but more than that I love that he just wants to show you guys all of the fun interactions in your decks

[@seanpkrueger]

My wallet groaned just being near this video.

[@GamerdevilPro]

Printer goes brrr

[@waltercardcollector]

Don't worry - it looks like they use proxies in these games!

[@cmdrsausage]

I have never looked at my foiled out Najeela Deck and felt so small haha. Cool games guys, I was expecting some more key/time vault wins but thoracle is just that damn good.

[@aarongill5176]

Did not realise how insane necropotence and bola's citadel is!! Wish it were easier to get out in regular cedh

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

Just play black lotus... oh.... right

[@maxc7081]

You could play golos citadel!! Use transmute artifact on golos and for 1UU you have a bolas citadel once you have golos in play. Or you can play silas, he's an artifact aswell.

[@forceofwill8012]

@@maxc7081 Do you have a decklist? Seems spicy :3

[@kingnaruto999]

You could play zur so at the very least one half of the combo you know is free

[@marianorivera3272]

This is why 75% EDH is more fun in practice IMO. You usually get the time to cast more expensive cards. That being said, seing how fast decks can resolve a thassa’s oracle with no ban list is pretty cool.

[@viniciusbraga5698]

Cam with the black bordered lotus and proxy tropicals is too funny 😂

[@nathanwallenstein8512]

never have I been so happy to not have to play against flash.

[@Zenondikar]

I wonder how good misdirection would be in this format with all the time walks and ancestral recalls knocking about 🤔

[@davidbaumann3715]

That and deflecting swat haha

[@magicthe7]

Time walk doesn't let you target an opponent though like some other time walk spells let you do, but yeah seems fun :D

[@davidbaumann3715]

@@magicthe7 good to know!

[@Zenondikar]

@@magicthe7 ahh for some reason I errata'd it in my head for Target player takes an extra turn. Whoops

[@TehKorwinMikke]

@@Zenondikar Maybe Commandeer could see some play.

[@dirty_filth]

vintage staples in cEDH gives me a special kind of feeling few things can imitate...would love to see more stuff like this in the future! keep up the great content; you guys are awesome! will be ordering my first batch of altersleeves very soon : )

[@davidiswhat]

I love how everyone is openly talking about lines of play. Misplays are a part of the game but everyone playing optimally is the spirit of competitiveness.

[@unraveki]

Golos being played in this video aged like fine wine🧐

[@aftonlagrandeur5777]

Can you guys do another one of these? This was super fun to watch

[@ModAnonMTG]

Karakas and Golos is one of my favorite Vintage Cube combos

[@TryTakingControl]

The interaction of necropotence and bolas citadel was amazing and makes me want to play it 🤣😅

[@blakemcconnell6213]

Its pretty incredible. I will be using this in the future

[@rara2ra2yrra3racjj2]

I'm playing both of those in my casual Edgar Markov vampire tribal aggro deck, it's super fun and basically wins on the spot if my opponents don't have removal, would recommend XD

[@blakemcconnell6213]

@@rara2ra2yrra3racjj2 Ill have to look into that! I have a casual Edgar deck too and that would add a lot of fun to it

[@SuperPacMan1143]

Damnnnn, this was awesome! The blood pet hulk line looked amazing

[@Customerbuilder]

It's astounding to me how underpowered cards like Carpet, Fierce G, and Swat seem to be.

[@elipetrou9308]

Yeah lol, cards that are normally staples are kinda meh in this. Oko would still be broken tho

[@Stormshader]

Being rather new to cEDH, I have a question: Seeing all of this play out, how much does your commander actually matter at this point? Why isn't everyone running 4 or 5 colors to just have all of the options? Games are apparently done before any meaningful appearance of the commanders themselves happens =)

[@babassoonist557]

That’s not necessarily true, there are cEDH commanders like Godo, and Urza. Or white staks is pretty common. Like sure is any commander that has blue and black in it strong because of Oracle combos? Yeah, but some commanders win by different means, and sometimes the counter magic for your win condition happens and you need a different way to win Which btw is why Kess is so strong as a commander, she runs the combos and if that fails she’s just a strong value commander

[@iNCoMpeTeNtplAyS]

This isn't real cedh since it uses banned cards and this makes it easier to win running many colors because then you can hit easier win conditions

[@estebanmarco8755]

There is also the fact that cEDH is EDH at heart, that means players will have some different preferences for theres game plans and style of play.

[@apock2474]

Delay is objectively the best counterspell in NBL in my opinion. It stops it and exiles the spell. That part seems very good due to turn 0 wins seem very possible here, so I doubt 4 turns will pass.

[@FPRobber]

It's still a lot worse than cheaper counterspells for 0 and 1 CMC. I'd actually argue that Pact is much better in this format because of instant speed win conditions you can do before you have to pay the upkeep cost.

[@Cudcudcudcudcuscuski]

All of these banned cards and dockside still reigns supreme *sigh*

[@grimwal8201]

This kind of Cedh should be called 'game of bottomless pockets'.

[@uselesscommon7761]

More like "the game of proxies"

[@arcynical8053]

I would absolutely love to see some games where all the draw your deck and win finishers are banned. I wonder what kind of interesting win cons there would be possible.

[@andy19934]

this is amazing, I want to see more of this haha

[@MarcellusI7]

Good form People, Kinda new to cEdh, have been watching more and more cEdh vids lately, love it. Have been playing the necropotence/Bolas Citadel combo since Citadel came out and it truly is the powerhouse this vid shows it to be. Keep up the entertainment boys!

[@sedonex]

Cam: *has access to entirety of Magic with no banlist* Also Cam: *wins with Flash-Hulk* Seriously though, these games were awesome, and a definitely show of what some of the banned cards are capable of.

[@Halinn]

There's a reason Flash is banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage. It's a busted card, and I think it's a disgrace that it wasn't banned when Protean Hulk got unbanned in 2017.

[@TCG9777]

I've enjoyed PwP's video on this. But this takes it to another level! Edit: Real happy to see Griselbrand played again

[@Bthepig]

Cameron inspires me to try wearing a cardigan some day

[@somebodywh0]

I know im late to the party but damn... i wanna see more of this format now, it feels a bit like watching a vintage game where weird things just happen

[@aftonlagrandeur5777]

That was really cool to see. Love the channel guys keep up the solid, entertaining videos!

[@alanschellenberger9356]

im glad we have the ban list. i like when the games last a bit longer than this and when people actually need to cast their commanders and have more diversity in their strategies

[@ryanwesneski5359]

His fingers are jumping right out at me. Really feel the intensity of these ban list powerhouse cards!!

[@gunnerhebrlee9501]

Oh yeah we're early as hell today, baby! "Lesh get dish bread" 🍞

[@0xv902]

I enjoyed this so much. I almost never comment but this was lit u got know!

[@amradiel1201]

This reminds me my the last tournament when I played T&T Flash/Hulk, December 2019. It was the second round and second turn. I had eight mana (one of which was a dork). So in the upkeep Silence and then the remaining seven in the main phase -> Ad Naus + Grace and one floating. Draw the whole library and find out I have no way to win. It took me twenty minutes to come up with a solution. All Rocks out (also included L.E.D.) and play Flash with Eternal Witness and Sacrifice L.E.D. pay for Witness and return a dork to my hand and cast it. From then on, I had three creatures onto the battlefield and I could play Dread Return. This was the craziest win I've ever had. :-)

[@nazgir5343]

I get the feeling that no banlist cEDH just negates any actual commander play. we saw 1 commander cast in total.

[@TheGrifcannon22]

Two. Golos and Mairsil.

[@nazgir5343]

@@TheGrifcannon22 Ah yeah, missed the golos!

[@TCG9777]

I think I saw this dude's setup in a CedhTV video about spelltable setups

[@jgmclellan]

Those were awesome games! Tinker is bonkers, 3 games and total Commanders cast was 2! LOL Keep up the great work boys!

[@marcellopozzessere1656]

OMG Mnemonic Betrayal ahahah

[@onunca2324]

this has me wanting more, gibe more

[@Yoyoswagster24]

God I hope you guys just jammed like 10 games in this format. This format humbles you for sure lol. Makes me appreciate the format and banlist we have. Still wish we had The griselFather tho haha.

[@poilu146]

Unban my girl braids mannnn

[@Yoyoswagster24]

@@poilu146 can we TALK ABOUT IT?! Also leovold can come back change my mind.

[@poilu146]

@@Yoyoswagster24 i may be evil but braids is legit my fav card lol

[@poilu146]

@@Yoyoswagster24 it's also a nostalgis factor cause i learned to play commander with a glissa the traitor stax deck that had braids in it and i used to tutor for braids just cause i loved the card

[@Yoyoswagster24]

@@poilu146 when I first started I wanted to build a leovold deck but he was literally just banned like 2 months before I learned that commander even existed lol

[@LookAtThatBrick]

Getting mental mistep from mystic remora with imperial seal on the stack is actually nuts

[@brettsutherland8390]

More of this!

[@itsTronBonne]

Wild format! Loved the content - kinda just wanna force Citadel/Necro into decks now.

[@blabik]

Interesting how this format is basically so fast, it's pretty much just vintage. You can run any commander with proper colors, it's unlikely it will ever hit the board. Let's go Atogatog!

[@ajax4709]

My bank account gave me a dirty look when I clicked on this vid

[@ethanstates884]

Oh crap I forgot to watch the marchesa tournament. Was it recorded and up on KZbin by chance?

[@SirDavidPaladin]

Ok, now I understand why we have a banned list. lol I was bummed when I lost my Flash Hulk TnT list to the banning but at least now cEDH is healthier.

[@Prodigy1010]

Is there an active link to the NBL commander discord? The one in the description is inactive

[@johnayala771]

Anime and magic on Sunday morning is becoming a nice routine

[@sivancohen4940]

this looks super fun, I should try it with my playgroup

[@eierpunsch5158]

Are there playing with proxys or are they go all in with real black lotus ect..??^^

[@nzephier]

"If you wanna pick up some of the cards you saw today...." I definitely want them...buuuut if i can afford them is a different story...

[@louisgreen3071]

Did you use proxies, or did you just spend an insane amount for one vid?

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

I’m pretty sure that they use proxies for even their regular cEDH games.

[@louisgreen3071]

@@MekanikKommandoh88 thank god

[@Egovinco98]

maybe ill have to try this, ive been wanting to play Tinker so much and Time Vault (for Kinnan Basalt) Lists like in Vintage.

[@bryanbonar]

This format be like Me: "what should I name with Demonic Consultation" You: Something banned in EDH 😉

[@MstrKipper]

All right so. I've had this dumb idea for a while now but I need some cEDH players to tell me it is dumb because I can't convince myself it is. cEDH, but you get to choose your starting hand. Obviously that sounds super busted. I grab Thoracle and demonic along with like 2 counter back ups and I win turn one. However, every single player knows you can win turn one so they all grab a free counter spell. So you try and go off turn one but can't and suddenly the second player to go off can go with shields down, meaning you can't be the first player to go off. But then someone else recognizes this meta, so they bring turn one mana with mystic and rhystic. Maybe they grab no counter spells, just a win condition, and plan on drawing into it. It might be more interesting than I think, but it might also just be solved with a set seven cards you need to grab to always win. Any opinions?

[@2Johnny4U]

I do not miss flash.. this reminded me how stupid that format was. If Cameron just held 2 mana, he can wait for someone else to win and just win in response to their win.

[@drackoex]

The moment you said shaharezade was banned I was sad lol I totally wanted to see a shaharazade into burning wish shaharazade for ultimate value Great video overall though! Spicy and fun!

[@lechampion2349]

There should be a no ban commander tier where we can play anything , I’m in I love playing these types of deck

[@lennyfacetd9078]

Black lotus, tinker and flash unsurprisingly are good cards btw I’ll like Lutri to be unbanned since the changes of the companion rule but he might be still too powerful for that even if we didn’t see him in action

[@esrohm6460]

griselbrand is such a nice card, people should put that more into their decks. i know its like 8 mana and the ability cost 7 life and as we saw even activating it twice, as we saw, doesn't really get you anywhere, but the biggest flavor fail in magic at least has a nice artwork.

[@Magidex]

It's banned.

[@esrohm6460]

@@Magidex i was wandering how long it takes until someone doesn't get the irony of saying draw 14 is bad.

[@Magidex]

@@esrohm6460 Oh, it's because I stopped reading after "it's such a nice card".

[@orsettomorbido]

I only read about no banlist EDH and the comment of this person was "flash is not used because it's too slow for the meta" LMAOOOOO The music in the background of the last game was perfect XD And as a person who played Shandalar (nope, not Vintage), playing with moxen and random broken stuff is really *moans* like you did in the video HAHAHA What a cool series of games.

[@Turn2Ugin]

I've got Reese's Puffs in my bowl, Now my day's on cruise control!

[@Manifibell]

I see now why they are banned, and also why some people wanna play with them!

[@forceofwill8012]

This was insane and really fun to watch! Karakas is sooo dump xDD

[@nanya524]

My ego is crushed and my soul is destroyed.

[@jellyfisch4238]

Was thinking of playing some of this myself but the NBL discord link doesn't work. Does anyone know what happened to it?

[@salchi-papa]

what's that song that started playing around 13:50 ?????

[@ashutoshmadhu9821]

Damn this just takes cedh to a whole new realm of power and possibility

[@danielkuttel7867]

I think I would completely losing interest if edh or cedh would be played that way. It kinda feels awkward ... But hey, good thing at least I have seen how cedh would be without the banning list. Good job wotc and good video, I think at least Im impressed how fast you are all build up the combo to finish a match (understanding the synergies).

[@just_unnamed]

NBL Cedh look hella fun. But it also shows why some cards are banned XD

[@Logic-cg7qy]

Imagine Library of Alexandria in these games. I'm curious if it is even in any of the decklists.

[@orsettomorbido]

I play magus of the library (in casual.) Library is BUSTED. It's SO GOOD.

[@sh2theadow738]

Library kinda sux, we tried it for a while but it doesn't really do anything

[@Logic-cg7qy]

@@sh2theadow738 I figured

[@Jondstrong]

Can we add a spotify playlist link for the background music?

[@RandonActs5]

I threw up in my mouth a little when golos and karakas appeared on the screen together

[@odstp1tv1pr37]

I have never been called poor in so many different ways

[@firefoxx7659]

This is weeeeeee!!!! the episode

[@EDGE-cb1vy]

I think with the new companion rule putti should be unbanned

[@oddball_covers]

Ironically golos can be played as a banned commander as much as Leovold now

[@lilkyafroninja4671]

i signed up at like 4:30 in the morning on the 30th going into the 31st will i still get the alter sleeves?

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Yes!!

[@ViXoZuDo]

damn, my cEDH Kess feel like a level 5 next to these decks

[@ModAnonMTG]

heck yeah awesome game!

[@Brandon_94]

Are all the power 9 cards in your guys decks real or proxied?

[@Itsmescoots]

This made me want to do mairsil stuff and we all know that’s a mistake! So sick

[@spencersonnier1]

I hate Protean Hulk. Like a lot. I want it to be banned again. BUT. This video showed me why flash needed the ban hammer.

[@1-trick]

i tried to join the discord link is invalid or expired where can i go to find the server.

[@noahspencer4000]

can i get an updated link to the NBL discord?

[@ORACLE99999]

Im trying to join the NBL discord, but the link seems to be broken. Can anyone help me out? Cheers guys

[@jays1de]

sweet, another video from y'all i can leave a like!

[@toasterparty5217]

I want to see how something like rofellos would fair on a cedh table

[@sh2theadow738]

I really don't think you would, someone tried it in nbl, where it has more tools (this was when decks were unrefined and overall not great) it took 4 games out of the 60 played, cant imagine it would be much better in cedh where people play value engines in their decks and sometimes play for the long game

[@filippodardi2180]

Imma ask since I'm a big ol' sucker: are all those Lotuses real? :D

[@Croltown]

nop.

[@elipetrou9308]

Maybe some

[@DepartmentOfBears]

What kinda mics do you and cam use?

[@maskedfallen1331]

I highly recommend gorilla shaman in this format.

[@sh2theadow738]

Gorilla shaman was tested and isnt really good, it found a home in blood pod (a bad deck) but thats about it

[@Rayonnant_style]

more of this pls

[@MandrewTheFrog]

are the alter sleeves inner sleeves i can slot inside my regular sleeves?

[@bloodbaron6165]

Yeah, they're just an inner sleeve with the design printed on it.

[@ashtonbrockway9312]

i fuckin miss leovold man. hes only banned because hes a legend

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

This is so sweet. I have such a toothache right now.

[@fedexos11]

These games were sbsolutely awesome!

[@richardkeyes8463]

Without even watching the video yet, my money is on Leovold

[@richardkeyes8463]

Boy was I pleasantly surprised. I mean, who needs to cast their commanders anyway when there's no ban list🤣🤣 awesome video from one of if not my favorite channel!