Praetor Showdown: Elesh Norn vs Sheoldred vs. Vorinclex vs. Urabrask Worst Possible Commander #57

[@BlakeMTG]

Here is my list everyone! www.moxfield.com/decks/EiWLpXaXTEitAU2FC80acQ

[@CorZ1lla]

That is rough seeing such a low land count.

[@BlakeMTG]

@@CorZ1lla yea, if you want to push this deck in a more CEDH direction you'd cut a few lands and a couple other cards for the really OP mana cards, mox diamond / chrome, jeweled lotus etc.

[@nightbane727]

@@BlakeMTG chromatic orrery would help fix the 3rd saga for you to use everyone elses spells incase you run low on gas

[@endroop]

That turn was like 1/3 of the episode. Amazing. Urabrask finally gets to be best praetor

[@jeancunha5217]

Nice! Thanks for sharing ✌🏼

[@marsiumouse]

The best storm turn I've seen, well articulated and easy to understand too. What a treat!

[@chummer2060]

I totally agree, what a smooth explanation of what was happening

[@theoneandonlyflexo]

Yeah the editing in this series is spot on. A lot of the searching and recalculating and such are cut out so you get a nice correct flow of the game.

[@keatonlindsay3171]

Ben looked like he was cooking something over there... and proceeded to make a food token on his very next turn. Very intuitive of Shea!

[@JuniorOrtiz738]

everybody hates the blue player until they need the blue player to stop this nonsense lol

[@somekindadragon3414]

I have to say, without spoilers, that long complicated turns help me learn so much and I’m having fun watching. That said, i did notice this video is shorter than usual.

[@theArcosa]

The Mizzix's Mastery was handled a little incorrectly. Since Electrostatic Field and Urabrask are both cast triggers, they should have had their triggers resolve after the spells were all simultaneously put on the stack, BEFORE anything resolved. In addition, the Cathartic Reunion should have had its costs paid upon putting the spell on the stack (not after the Reverberate resolution), meaning the cards drawn from the copy of Cathartic Reunion can't be discarded to pay the additional cost.

[@BlakeMTG]

Good point! Thanks for the notes, was trying to do it in a faster / cleaner way but we should properly represent all of those rules

[@ilike2cudance]

i love those type of decks where all the cards just synergize so well that something like what happened in this game, happens. and its not that they are in the deck just as part of a combo... sometimes the cards just fall perfectly to go off on turn 5. beautiful!!!

[@nagsorinaste5658]

This is exactly how I envisioned new urbrask. Was very fun to watch, well done Blake ^^

[@Lancebit]

Putting my money on gigachad Urabrask

[@scottricks1676]

Damn he does have a giga chin don’t heee 😂

[@consolescrub4031]

I do so love how CGB has conditioned all his friends with his catchphrases. I wonder if they ever hear the lead in to one of the phrases and automatically respond to it in public.

[@fablerh2476]

Totally not over too soon :D ok that was ironic. Would love to see a rematch to get a glimpse of what the other decks do. But the design of Urabrask doesn’t leave too many options to build the deck, it’s combo galore.

[@Kilawpilath]

17:05 Game officially Ends 🤣 And yes I was happy to watch Blake Combo off like that.. I could have sat here in my chair for another 10 minutes at least of spell after spell just how glorious it was to see that go off lmao. And Turn 5 LMAO.. So great.

[@Richuardo]

That was sick! I’m always here for the storm decks, and that Urabrask storm deck was insane! Now I have to build it! Also, the link to Blake’s deck is for last week’s game - fyi. Thanks!

[@masterseaturtle6913]

How many spells can you cast this turn? Blake: Yes

[@Kestral287]

Less than six minutes in and we got an MtG Remy reference. I love it.

[@bouboulroz]

It didn't really matter at the end, but be mindful of how you handle Storm guys. Spells with Storm copy themselves on cast, not when they resolve, so the counter should have been lower for at least one of them.

[@Shadowlink4546]

I will say that they upped strom count but still did the correct amount of damage, as they counted the original spell as a copy so they upped to strom 14 and did 14 damage

[@BadgerAhsavarak]

That was amazing. Love that it does not have fast mana...and just waited it out for the perfect strike

[@johnfraney4268]

Awesome game. I'm sure not everyone wants to sit down across from such a menace, but it was fun to see it pop off the way it did at least once!

[@tablegamestcg]

I love red, I love Urabrask, and spoiler alert, I love the fact that I got to see my favorite red Praetor pop off and do incredibly powerful and cool things. Thanks for the quick and crazy game Blake!

[@andrewbailey7045]

Literally everyone hates red players. It's cheap, annoying garbage, as are the people that play it.

[@twissbear]

If you guys are in Minneapolis on Thursday, at 5Pm at the Issues needed comics in Apple Valley, MN they host a commander night. I'll be there and hopefully see some Mahic Con folks early

[@albino_penguin2268]

Good to see Remy get a reference there.

[@redbirdriot]

I really like the design of these new Praetors. Kind of surprised to not see Jin, but very glad to see Urabrask get a turn to do some work!

[@fabiellima]

Storm is why I quit of competitive. It isn't fun when other players only watch one doing stuff for 30 minutes. :/

[@leonardwisniewski3418]

Legit, the only difference between edh and cedh Urabrask is about $1600 worth of fast mana artifacts.

[@BlakeMTG]

Yea certainly, I built the deck to not be cedh, but when someone mills you a bunch for mizzix mastery and people ramp for your mana geyser you can have some gross turns earlier than normal

[@leonardwisniewski3418]

@@BlakeMTG Yeah, diffently a deck that aetherflux reservoir can be a win con in. Though sometimes it feels like win more.

[@BlakeMTG]

In my experience there are better win cons than aetherflux, Fluxing 3 people can be tough outside of pure cedh and it’s pretty vulnerable

[@shawnpanzegraf5642]

I appreciate he knew his cards really well, so there were no dithering delays in the pop-off, but that turn brought back every unpleasant memory I have of playing Type I competitively. A lot of interesting looking decks on display. Was surprised that Sheoldred didn’t end up running area with it like everyone else. I did, however, learn there are in fact worse things out there than the Orzhov Removal-Piles-with-some-Vampires my little Green heart curses so often on Fridays, so thanks for that horrifying glimpse of Worse! ;)

[@sknight567]

kinda random but the way Blake shuffles his deck so quickly and cleanly at 20:09 is awesome, I've been trying to practice it because it seems so much faster than my usual method but no luck, does that shuffle technique have a name by any chance?

[@yomommashaus]

i love how even before watching this, I see that the shorter video length is on point for a praetor showdown lmao

[@ForeverGazette]

As a Johnny player at heart, this was easily my favourite game of Blake’s watched yet. Huge commendations to everyone else for being so fun about it! It was a joy to behold! 🌸

[@oakmountain2788]

Blake builds the greatest decks - LOVED THIS - Making this deck ASAP although I might need some time to learn to pilot it as well as he.

[@carloromero5871]

Great win for Blake. CGB was definitely jelly of the super stormy great long turn

[@damnjekyll]

Well he did go n build a version on Arena 😅

[@egoish6762]

Love the Remy reference, should have been Blakes theme song.

[@MrRandsauce]

I watched this after getting up this morning but after that victory, I'm ready for a nap.

[@phyrexia4ever]

Since I watched several videos about Urabrask decks, I thought on building a storm deck. One of the first days I played it with the few things I had, I played against a Baral deck and I lost because I didn't have red/pyro blast and he mocked me for not having them. Now I have all of that plus Tibalt's trickery and now Baral is no longer a problem ;) Long live the best praetor Urabrask

[@bowercode6417]

This felt like that epic yugioh episode Everyone: Its very easy, when you end your turn it will be ours and we will kill ya! Urabrask:THERE WONT BE NEXT TURN FOR YOU!

[@NamathCB]

"Don't think Ive Land Taxed this hard since the Ice Age". Like the kids say, I felt this SO HARD! Had already felt warm n fuzzy seeing the 95-96 Era print of LT. LIVE IT

[@BrianShaw06]

Normally I would say that the game ended too soon, but seriously that was so fun to watch. Probably not that fun to play against thought 😅

[@marcbeaudoin73]

Cgb, do you have a favorite commander deck or pet deck? Is it the one you played on Extra Turns?

[@kelseyo402]

Was over quicker than I usually like but I mean that last turn was epic so it makes up for it! If you’re gonna end the game on turn 5 make it flashy!

[@inakiguaycochea6647]

Hate those type of players, the other just look at a 15min turn, boring af

[@Flyboy245]

Turns out birgi with upside is really good. The animation for the stack was fun

[@paulhorton5168]

Liked the content but I felt it wasn't much of a game. Too much power on one side of the table. It's why I don't like mono red very well.

[@baz_wtf]

Really enjoyed the game and appreciated the thoroughness of your big turn @BlakeMTG

[@jordanvaughan768]

Well, storm is unbearable (as we all knew already), and the worst way to spend a commander night. However; Blake, your articulation and understanding of triggers/the stack made it almost bearable to see! (Seriously though, well done)

[@dyanpanda7829]

Minor rules quibble for Blake: you cast cathartic reunion when you resolved mizzix's mastery, not when you resolved the reunion. You should have discarded 2 upon resolution of mastery.

[@chrismiles4424]

the decklist for urabrask isnt there

[@davidebosisio3279]

Urabrask is the type of commander that can t touch the ground ... so op

[@DiabloTommaso]

Mana geyser bro

[@jstrobel3620]

Finally! I’ve been waiting for someone to do the new praetors

[@chrisjustiss3298]

Seems like Urabrask is gonna be a problem for the casual commander communities. We'll see if the masses call for a ban hammer.

[@steveallen590]

Where is the first game? With Ben on urbrask?

[@andrewroy5677]

Totally insane! Loved this episode, guys.

[@oia]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Shea you’ve got my vote!

[@kingofpretzels4910]

What a short game lol, this is why blue is healthy for the format

[@runcmd1419]

Or why more colours should have stack interaction.

[@simcosports2584]

@@runcmd1419 They exist, they just didn't play them.

[@Scourged-yq5km]

I like to think the new intro/outro group quotes were thought up by CGB and everyone else hates to go along with it

[@aesir112]

Absolutely loved it! Blake was masterful with that storm 🎉❤

[@anthonymadrid6388]

“I feel evil. I feel ter- nah I don’t feel that bad” 🤣😂🤣

[@DDD-wt7ly]

Imagine designing Urabrask and thinking it’s not absolutely OP

[@noivern1380]

Its to make up for him being so lame for his last two cards

[@behemoth9543]

And then you realise as strong as he is he is still a worse version of Birgi who is strong enough to go head to head with the best cEDH decks.

[@scienceguy1165]

It’s birgi with built-in extra burn

[@DekuLord]

I'm pretty sure they knew.

[@DiabloTommaso]

It s just like 4cmc urza. Just Pray you have answers as soon has he hits the field

[@Nox_Immortalis]

That game was awesome :D. Right now the Ura is one of the 99 in my fresh burn deck. I might change him to commander xD. P.S. The Decklist for Ben has the wrong link. Right now it links to: Borborygmos and Fblthp (Worst Possible Borby)

[@sifucole6019]

winning the stupid WAY

[@MaximilianoEmanuel.]

Love this show great games and great people !

[@michaelgilbert5224]

Good ol commander death on turn five lmao

[@HeyHeyHeyJoJoJo]

When someone i play with casts an Mizzix Mastery with a full graveyard, they can play until they miss a trigger or make a mistake. If they do so they have to end their turn. So everybody has to watch what is happening and is still excited to spot a Mistake. Usually when Mizzix Mastery is cast it has a big impact, but nobody wants to resolve the stack or watch what happens.

[@slysi84]

That was f@#£ing nuts!!!!! Nice one Blake. I was sure Shae was going to take the W this time. Mizzix's Mastery is so f@#£ed up!!!!!! And didn't even need the extra turn. Bonkers.

[@ptp1999]

Absolutely epic, loved it.

[@ChampionWhatever]

Urabrask v Urabrask?

[@RM_3D]

That was amazing, he even finished off with an Urabrask attack

[@unseeliedream42]

amazing storm turn

[@jonathanlabonte4449]

I've seen this commander twice now(This show and one spelltable game) with both identical results.

[@dondariohabibi5118]

BLAKE!! You dont like rhystic study, but you like this!??!?!? :D

[@kjnapper]

Dope gameplay and cool seeing Urabrask work!

[@mandielyn0416]

Not sad, love every second of it!

[@zachariahalexander6371]

Jesus. Talk about getting rolled! 😂😂😂

[@AyrtonotryA]

I opened Urabrask in a pre release and I was happy, but man, thats so much math to do to play it.

[@graog123]

That electrostatic field ended up being waaaay more impactful than runaway steamboi. There was never a shortage of mana with multiple geyser casts

[@taylorjohnson5148]

Just noticed Blake’s shuffling. Super smooth 😮

[@alicesaxon601]

Well that was....something. Kind of disappointing to not get to see the other 3 decks shine or do anything really. I mean I figured from the short video it meant Blake was going to win as he is always going for the kill at all times. Still entertaining for sure, just hope to see elesh norn and vorinclex do something next time.

[@edh_alters7116]

CGB I like your choice for the foil plains. I have several of the same. That's gotta be the best basic land cycle in magic.

[@joshoa90210]

Foiling lands is hard these days with how curly they are.

[@edh_alters7116]

@@joshoa90210 Very true. I just pulled out a bunch of common/uncommon foils from when I got a couple of commander legends boxes and they look like pringles.

[@sebastianr2821]

Wow, never tought that this game ends this way.

[@runcmd1419]

This is what happens when CGB doesn’t play blue.

[@starry-dazed]

Buddy of mine seems to get turn 1 altar of the broad in his lathril deck often. Makes me said lol

[@rubencp93]

I'd love to know how long this game took start to finish. XD GG, Blake. You did Urabrask proud, while all the Control Mages look down on you! BAD, BLAKE!

[@movarie]

burgi did not need an upgrade

[@blade2718]

No Jin-Gitaxias?

[@MrMalorian]

Holy crap... that deck popped off!

[@t-dogn6171]

Thanks Crew

[@mynintendouniverse3271]

maybe another praetor commander game without Urabrask as the commander 😂

[@damonsdecks4785]

Coveted jewel has to enter the battlefield for people to draw the 3 cards.. when you gain control of it, it does NOT leave the battlefield

[@KyleL-n1v]

Damn, I’m speechless with that turn

[@valgeir80]

SPOILER: Finally a player other than CGB weaving game ending combos. Blake earned/deserved this one.

[@ladyangelouve59]

I wonder how it took Blake to stack all his spells... I imagine, a "Aaalriiight, guys, I could win, but let me a minute to mull it over. Wait: make that 5 or 10 mins 😆 . Amazing game and win, bravo! 👏👏👏

[@otz111]

I only like the ones where Ben and Blake sit next to each other and act homoerotic

[@externalaffairs7431]

So glad to find a mtg show that doesn't push politics on people thank you.

[@mjjdj88]

Love the content CGB

[@m1xxx3r]

Urabrask X2 despite Elesh Norn in thumbnail? I sense typo over here

[@Boggsman]

What a fun and interactive game of Magic 😂😂😂

[@SeanTheMeatDealer]

I wonder if Blake would have won if the shuffles had turned out differently. I have won games against Urabrask, but if I don't eliminate a Sheoldred or Norn immediately I have a 0% win rate. Still a great win for the man with the zerg tat

[@mandielyn0416]

CGB! So disappointed that we didn’t see your boy Jin. Twice now you haven’t played him. Omniscience CGB, omniscience!

[@rhettk6263]

I knew urabrask was going to won from the beginning, honestly jin should have taken his place

[@stratuvarious8547]

Sometimes, things happen and games are quick. I prefer games getting to at least turn 6, and usually to turn 10. But, sometimes, even casual commander games are quick.

[@nightbane727]

CGB has to refer to his deck this time as "The IRS"

[@DiabloTommaso]

That s mana geyser for you with a touch of mastery.