Polukranos, Unchained vs Atemsis vs Marisi vs Shalai EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

[@DeanJayJackmanJr]

Chris is truly a champion for letting Nick swing in to draw despite Nick removing Chris's Consecrated Sphinx with Swords to Plowshares.

[@Moclord]

Good players realize when their threats have to be dealt with, nothing to get sour over

[@Kersakofu]

Also adds to the deception he wasn't much of a threat. The two powerhouses would have noticed with him drawing cards when they did. Letting it go away made it seem like Atemsis wasn't doing much, and that's what they wanted.

[@Rewwgh]

This gives me an idea to create a White+other color lifegain deck called "The Punching Bag" with some group hug characteristics. It's idea to allow others to attack the Punching Bag if they are behind. ;D

[@immanuelhassan9072]

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[@parkerabraham7272]

@Immanuel Hassan yup, I have been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :D

[@09Dragonite]

One of the few times I was happy to see the mono blue player win. He didn't hold any grudges against the cat boi, he didn't start any unnecessary conflict at the table, everyone was completely aware of what his commander does, and 2 very aggressive players were goofing off trying to murder each other instead of paying attention to the fact that the blue player had not been casting many spells the entire game. He played what felt like a perfect game, and it was kind of beautiful to watch.

[@esperderek5383]

Once Eric and Martin engaged in war and promptly ignored Chris even while he was starting to ramp up and draw cards I knew exactly where this game was going.

[@addambarcelos]

Using kasmina's transmutation on a mana dork, savage

[@jacobjensen7704]

Such a waste haha.

[@Zectzozda]

You spelled "blunderous" incorrectly.

[@watfordtips]

Love your videos, one change I would make is that once you show the card just played, you don’t “de-zoom” it so quickly when nothing is happening, would rather have time to read the card instead of needing to pause

[@sloanmurray6799]

Really sad we didn't get to see Marisi in action. He warps tables so much once a creature gets in, and those were some pretty huge boardstates near the end there, so I'm reasonably certain players would have died if he had Marisi and maybe one or two evasive creatures out.

[@pterydactyl6572]

Chris sees Ohran Frostfang: "Damn, I need to get me one of those."

[@evafox9696]

Holy crap this game was awesome! So much interaction, and Atemsis taking out Eric in one fell swoop felt so good!

[@AidanWR]

14:20 He hits for nine because The Immortal Sun buffs creatures

[@MTGMuddstah]

Good catch!

[@ianjay8170]

Thanks, always wanted to see how Atemsis does in EDH.

[@Devilish420]

Hey it was cool seeing a shalai deck cause I was just wondering if anyone had one of those. Also, that mono blue deck! Straight taking out someone in one swing, after playing the long game and manipulating that library to meet the commander's requirements plus blue is good for making creatures unblockable (not that he needed to make atemsis unlockable in this scenario)so that's hella good!!

[@DivinePenguin00]

That Atemsis trigger win was awesome! I haven't seen an Atemsis deck yet and that was really cool.

[@d9_1056]

The amount of content you're making is absurd. Thank you!

[@crovax1375]

Is it just me or was Eric and Martain playing a different game then Nick and Chris for most of the game?

[@BackgroundNoisex]

Marisi is quickly becoming one of my favorite decks to play. I hate edh games that are just stand stills with huge boards until one person finds the card they need to win. Making everyone attack one another is very satisfying.

[@d9_1056]

Letting the mono blue player untap at every unstap was a massive mistake. The avatar of woe was cool but giving the blue player that much action was very silly.

[@RandoFromMars]

I've been thinking of breaking down my Varchild deck to make a Marisi deck, interested to see how this goes. btw, seeing Atemsis one-hit KO a player was pretty sweet!

[@bradysfire]

That Shalai deck was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than I thought

[@nicholasberry8456]

Would have been a quick game without detection tower

[@Integer_Overload]

As someone who plays a Shalai decl regularly, I agree with you.

[@Schiedog]

Yeah for EDH! I’m sadly stuck at home because of the Coronovirus so watching edh is my only fix so the moment. Thanks for all your support ;)

[@hiddenleaf414]

Seemed like Eric and Martin got a bit tunnel visioned going at each other. Chris casting Blue Sun’s Zenith and Thassa’s Intervention was a red flag with Atemsis out.

[@Keir-dq8gt]

I play a casual EDH every Tuesday. So I make a new deck on most monday and buy the stuff from my lgs on tuesdays... Point? Everytime I finish a monday decklist and go to chill and watch youtube someones playing the same commander. Its happened 3 times in a row XD I just made Atemsis.

[@MonsterCC]

Unesh Sphinx Storm has been my new favorite deck so glad to see some Sphinx love!

[@LivePhive5]

I got killed by an Atemesis too and it sucked like what the heck man. Great vid as always though.

[@MasterDecoy1W]

I clicked hoping to against hope to see an Atemsis kill. Thank you for not disappointing me.

[@cybersnap6072]

Nice game! One rule mistake I noticed is that Void Winnower says players can't cast spells with even cmc. Black Sun's Zenith has a cmc of 2 until after it's been cast. When Martin casts it where x = 5, it does have a cmc of 7 on the stack, but this isn't until after he has cast it illegally.

[@jakosky1]

Sam Evans Not true, x spells have the base cmc in all zones until the cast, not until after casting. Void winnower would not prevent it as long as the cmc chosen is odd

[@nikos731]

We all knew how the game was going to finish with Martin and Eric hitting each other while Chris always had a Cyclonic Rift from his starting hand...

[@kdchmln]

7:15 seems like this would have been a good time to use the duelist's heritage?

[@judsonbates1359]

Chris’s Atemsis deck is awesome. Would love to be able to ask him questions about it.

[@dustintaylor7152]

I have an Atemsis commander deck that uses cards like Hermetic Study and Sorcerer's Wand to do direct damage paired with untap effects to ping more than one player per turn. With the right card draw and card selection cards getting 6 different CMCs is easy and I can usually kill the table in the same turn.

[@fniggl3]

Do you have a list for it? I'd love to see it

[@dustintaylor7152]

@@fniggl3 I built it mostly out of bulk so it could definitely have improvements but it does pretty well for me.

[@Cyberium]

That Exodia win with Atemsis. XD I'm surprised that there's no equipment/aura in the list that allows Atemsis to ping from afar.

[@faerie7dragon]

Any chance to get the Shalai list? That deck looks like my type of fun.

[@logangames5106]

8:53 When avatar of Woe targets the Bastion Protector in the Shalai deck, wouldn’t that not have worked? Shalai was on the battlefield giving other creatures they controlled hexproof? Or am I missing something :)

[@sofer2230]

The Commander Clash shout-out was well-deserved. Was an insane game, and a great reminder of why you should *always* put in some graveyard hate.

[@ogwalrusboy332]

Hey muddstah you think you and the boys might be willing to play some games at multizone this sunday? im in the area for the weekend and would love to play against some of your decks!

[@MTGMuddstah]

Hi Nathan, I can't speak for the other people in Ottawa, but I'll be away this weekend. Sorry!

[@ProtoSkullX1]

Could you possibly do a conquering your commander for ghave, guru of spores please

[@tatsuhirosatou5513]

I've killed two people in one pod with Atemsis trigger when atemsis was just in the 99 of my kikar the winds fury deck.

[@hemsey9051]

At 11:00, doesn't Polukranos prevent the damage done by the deathtouch creature (and therefore not die)? or am i missing something?

[@bryanstage9715]

These guys missed and misordered a lotta triggers. Awakening is a triggered ability, which means you can stack it so that the Scooze can't remove things with that mana. Seedborn also gives you an untap in untap and then a SECOND one with awakening, and on your own turn awakening gives you double untaps as well (meaning a harder machine gun and better abuse of mana outlets) Fun game, real casual and laid back threat assessment. I love your content =D

[@MTGMuddstah]

Bryan Stage it was most people’s first time seeing Awakening

[@bryanstage9715]

@@MTGMuddstah it's so easy to not see that it's triggered, but now they know how they can extra abuse it =D

[@abyss_trinity0014]

Another reason why monl blue should never be left alone for very long. Great games as always

[@jonathanli1627]

we need that SHALAI DECK LIST!! @MTG muddstah

[@shilohartisan]

9:37 emaeric should get 2 untap triggers, from.Awakening and FROM Seedborn muse. He can tap his lands between those triggers to activate Shalai's ability.

[@edwardphillips7066]

Martin was not supposed to target the creature that give indestructible cause Shali's ability give your creature and you hexproof and that land says until end of turn

[@MTGMuddstah]

Edward Phillips you’re right in a normal situation, but Martin had activated his Detection Tower prior to doing so. It lets you target creatures your opponents control as though they didn’t have hexproof.

[@SuperRogueTrader]

It's still absurd that blue has the best wrath in edh - completely one sided and at instant speed. Great game but somehow the rift always feels like cheating.

[@egarran]

It's banned in this house

[@soulflaya2271]

Yeah I took out of all my casual decks. I’m still holding on to one try hard deck though haha

[@jambostringo]

It is. It's a poorly designed card.

[@amethystwyvern]

I only have one copy and I use it mostly to protect my combos.

[@kingfuzzy2]

@@soulflaya2271 I pulled some fancy ones from packs then immediately sold them because I play for fun

[@charlesmaillho367]

Dropping that awakening was a huge misplay. I don't know what it can potentially do for his golgari deck but allowing a blue player to untap at every step is just bad magic. That's kingmaking which should be a huge no-no at every table.

[@midnightmonty]

I was just gonna say this, giving mono blue the ability to do multiple things every turn was a huge mistake

[@egarran]

But also he was tempted by the avatar of woe to eat all Shalai's creatures.

[@charlesmaillho367]

@egarran I guess? With awakening out there was no need to blow up the Seedborn Muse. That could have been used elsewhere.

[@midnightmonty]

He got greedy and paid the price

[@muzunomi]

I cry from seeing a marisi deck suffer in a game :c

[@Blackvolttage]

At 11:02 polucranos shouldnt have died to a 1/1 frog. Its ability prevent damage, so deathtouch doesnt matter, it would omly become a 5/5...

[@kingfuzzy2]

Yep like phytohydra.

[@caseywellington4761]

@@kingfuzzy2 it was already down to 1/1 though.

[@kingfuzzy2]

Fair

[@nilshaukeholtfester6311]

Where I can buy the play mat, that chris use it's awesome 🤔

[@antonio2708]

Golden rule in EDH: Always put the pressure in the controls decks, otherwise they stays in your comfort zone, buy a lot of cards and in the end win the game. :D :D :D

[@rhainex5952]

Can we get a deck list for marisi please ? I have this guy and plan on building a edh based off of him. Great vid as always!

[@MTGMuddstah]

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/marisi-breaker-of-tokens-or-using-tokens/

[@rhainex5952]

@@MTGMuddstah thank you so much mudstah! This will help me get a good idea on my own build. Really felt bad for Nick not getting a chance to pop off with marisi. Hope to see Nick return with marisi and get another chance!

[@Maejsturu]

see monoblue player -> attack monoblue player.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

4:00 if what he wants to do is draw from clamp, then Nick should've used that 1 mana he spent on mentor trigger clamping the elemental since it'll die on end step anyway.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Mr_Dragon his lands were awkward. The sun grass prairie was problematic in that he had to tap for two mana in whatever phase he was using it.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

@@MTGMuddstah ah didn't notice. My mistake.

[@MrMonti1337]

14:19 doesn't he hit for 9 because of the Immortal Sun?

[@FernandoRojas-py6fn]

Can you build an Adeliz deck? i think it has a good potential

[@aarong2606]

How did Martin kill the Bastion protector without detection tower with Shalai out?

[@kbobMTG1983]

That might have been the biggest ooze I have ever seen.

[@IsaacLaraWolfen13]

good game! can you link marisi decklist please?

[@renewedphoenix6263]

Where did chris get that playmat??? I want it!

[@serafincarlos7851]

Paramint Mana Blast | MTG Playmat... www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJWSFPP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share :)

[@AidanWR]

Nice Meren, I mean Polukranos deck

[@Styckcl]

Heey, the guys who overload a cyclonic rift won the game seting everyone 10 turns behind. Who would say.

[@JoshuaM141]

In this case, the blue player had a full hand an untapped mana anyways. By the point he cast blue zuns senith and thassas intervention he had already won

[@Styckcl]

@@JoshuaM141 Yeh, but i say that when he rifted, everybody had a ok board, but he set everyone back so many turns, that its pretty hard for any deck to come back after such a big set back, so he had plenty of time to assembly what he needed to finish the game while everybody was crawling back to where they where.

[@Styckcl]

Like, almost every time a rift is played that is the result. I'm just pointing that its a pretty dumb card on a multiplayer format.

[@kingfuzzy2]

@@Styckcl yep best board wipe in commander only exception I can think of is against freecasting

[@Jogosa]

Amazing my friend

[@seandowney2338]

That playmat Chris had, so cool, but so...wrong...

[@amethystwyvern]

Shalai is a commander that will teach your playgroup the importance of targeted removal and targeted protection

[@PortestdorFlamvoldt]

Is there a list for the marisi deck? Ive got one and always like to see what peoples takes are on him

[@MTGMuddstah]

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/marisi-breaker-of-tokens-or-using-tokens/

[@PortestdorFlamvoldt]

@@MTGMuddstah thanks! I instanty approve of this man's deck building with the presence of wrecking ogre in this list! Has been a pet card of mine for a while

[@OnreleTehMusicPlayer]

Do you play an instrument, Mudsstah? There’s classical every video

[@MTGMuddstah]

I don't! I just find I like how classical music can match up really well to games.

[@danthelowblood2653]

1:55 No regard for human life

[@rexone9564]

Did the mono U guy never scry with thasa?

[@bulletpenguinproductions8960]

Yes

[@justryangeorge]

Chris's playmat is sweet, where'd he get that mat from?! I need answers! #ihaveaproblem

[@serafincarlos7851]

Parking Lot Paramint Mana Blast | MTG Playmat... www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJWSFPP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share :)

[@Yepnopeyep]

www.amazon.ca/Playmat-Perfect-Gathering-Hearthstone-Balai/dp/B07LG5PD4K/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Magic+PLaymat&qid=1581397832&sr=8-5

[@combosarefun4449]

8:53 Doesn't the Bastion Protector have Hexproof?

[@zwc76]

He tapped the Detection Tower just before to remove hexproof.

[@DarkEinherjar]

So... was shutting down that mana dork in turn 2 really worth it?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Seeing how the game ended, yes?

[@kingginger3335]

I don't think casting the Black Suns Zenith was legal because of Void Winnower. Even though he paid 7 into the X, the converted mana cost of the card itself is 2 because X equals 0.

[@MTGMuddstah]

For X spells, it's a bit funky. When searching for them, their CMC is whatever their cost is without including the X, but for purposes of the stack, they account for the X. So in this case, the CMC was 9 and worked.

[@kingginger3335]

@@MTGMuddstah really? Thank you for clarifying that for me because this exact scenario happened a couple years ago. My buddy had Winnower and I cast BSZ and they said I couldn't because the cmc was even.

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

I’m debating making an atemis deck.... card draw, unblockable, make him a Tim..... I’m worried I wouldn’t have friends anymore is my worry 😵

[@xRevaNx333]

"Ah yes, lets completely ignore the mono blue player at the table"

[@NilsPyssling]

Where can I get Chris's playmat?

[@serafincarlos7851]

Paramint Mana Blast | MTG Playmat... www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJWSFPP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share :)

[@grantbosworth6418]

Mono blue decks gonna mono blue

[@Isheian]

Wouldn’t shalai have made it so avatar couldn’t target the bastion protector?

[@MTGMuddstah]

He had activated his Detection Tower before hand. That land lets you target opponents and their creatures as though they didn't have hexproof. Sorry of my narration wasn't clear on that!

[@Isheian]

MTG Muddstah Balls. You had mentioned it! I got the turn order distracted and thought that effect was already gone. Good play!

[@sephyrias883]

Moral of the story: Never have mercy with the blue player

[@clrl936]

Or maybe just dont play a card that lets your oponnents untap every land they have each upkeep (awakening). What was the point of that? The Polukranos player already had more mana than the rest of the board. That card enabled the blue player to use multiple instant draw spells and mold his hand for Atemsis trigger.

[@ericadams2045]

How come the avatar could destroy bastion protector when shalai was on the field? She gives it hexprooof

[@MTGMuddstah]

He had activated his Detection Tower before hand. That land lets you target opponents and their creatures as though they didn't have hexproof. Sorry of my narration wasn't clear on that!

[@ericadams2045]

MTG Muddstah I thought strip mine blew that up the turn before. Maybe I didn’t see the turns played out correctly.

[@hadrianj]

@@ericadams2045 Ramunap Excavator was still on the battlefield, so the Detection Tower was replayed from the graveyard.

[@MTGMuddstah]

@@ericadams2045 He replayed it from his yard the turn after.

[@m424786]

Cyclonic rift strikes again. Personally, I self ban-it and I play a lot of blue.

[@boopthief2668]

We need more krenko mob boss plz!!!

[@zacharygarforth4832]

Classic commander game. 2 people going at each other and wasting all their resources only to have someone else win

[@CimInc]

pol-U-kranos not Palackranose.

[@BrichoRicho]

Reminded me of Seth 😅

[@Xzarida]

Man watching these videos kind of make my sad.. Like those games look fun, but when i go to FNM its all turn two - three thassa oracle decks or diabolic intent

[@reyavispa1472]

Honestly, if your deck always wins with same combo in 1 or 2 turns then what's the point

[@matejkotz6059]

Not really fan of the music.

[@TheSPARTANusm]

Atemsis is such an awesome card. I love winning games by revealing different cmc cards. Lol.

[@viktore.degray3259]

we need this marisi list :)

[@Logic-cg7qy]

This game is the perfect example of why Cyclonic Rift should be banned. Rewards the player that does nothing, punishes others from playing the game, and at Instant speed. Everyone was having a good game and developing their board and one card essentially makes it all moot.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I don't think it deserves to be banned. Everyone involved in this game was laughing and having fun.

[@Devilish420]

EDH shouldn't have a ban list at all. It should be left up to the playgroups to allow/not allow what cards are playable in the group.

[@jamespooh2]

@@Devilish420 the ban list is a guideline mostly for game stores anyway. It's needed but doesn't have to be adhered to outside of organized play

[@Devilish420]

@@jamespooh2 true.

[@PhlegethonianStream]

When Black Sun's Zenith is in your hand, it has a cmc of 2, therefore it can't be cast with Void Winnower out.

[@marioortizveliz5221]

I ws here bcoz Marisi...... 😢

[@Ceej582]

This is why I hate blue

[@rosavanopheusden5211]

Polakrunos

[@TheAmazingSpiderman87]

That transmute on a mana dork infuriated me, too early to be that aggressive

[@gustavomartinsdesouza5548]

Atemsis overkill.

[@caex]

guess I am the only one who dislikes how sloppy Chris is with his cards in play

[@tonyontilt3522]

Another game decided by cyclonic rift from the person with no board state. Smh

[@georgiygerman2251]

Marisi that lion card is a really bad card. I had it in my deck. It never has a reason to be out other than it has 5 power.

[@bendoucet785]

The grammar nazi in me cries at your pronunciation of "Shalai". If a ninja's 3 pronged hand weapon is a "Sai"[Sī], what's that make this angel's name sound like?

[@filipi2338]

Very bad, very very bad... 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@filipi2338]

Slow game....