SmallAnt Plays Magic??? Commander Gameplay ft. Vorinclex, Vorel, Graaz & Vishgraz | Episode #75

[@EDHijinks]

Headphone warning starting at 1:01:00 for about a minute! I get super loud. Sorry friends! It was great to get in another game with Tanner! Thanks for joining us on the show, SmallAnt! And yes, I know I did a big cheat and blew up an indestructible thing. My bad

[@FoolishSamurai1988]

Hey enjoying the content as always but I have a small(ant) question to ask? Can y’all post the names of each lofi instrumental used in the description? I really love the background music

[@EDHijinks]

@@FoolishSamurai1988 we use all of Harris Heller's Streambeats stuff. It's all on KZbin and Spotify!

[@808SSCamaro]

That's what she said 😜

[@jaywinner328]

I thought my speakers broke.

[@zackwilcox3183]

pin this plz

[@jonathanstead5135]

Darksteel forge shouldn't have blown up from cityscape leveler as it gives indestructible to ALL artifacts he controls.

[@orange-pe8ot]

Yea, that had me trippin for a minute

[@IncredulousPasserby]

Yeah this game would’ve gone entirely differently if they had caught that. The number of times I was scarred by that card in my college playgroup supports this.

[@steelstiletto]

Came to the comments to check for exactly this. Had me so confused, was like "how the eff did they destroy an indestructible artifact with that?"

[@nycstreetpoet]

It keeps bugging me. He caught the creature trade on the block so I was hoping he’d catch the Darksteel Forge, too

[@GreenRayJC]

What really confused me is why not attack with the mites and get some poison in for corrupted. Especially if you're clearing board anyway.

[@mattperkinson9604]

I like that by using pikachu as your bleep for the episode, you’ve accidentally implied that pikachu swears like a sailor.

[@insainraven9875]

He always has.

[@brackpin]

Always has Always will.

[@johnny_crash]

Was hyped seeing SmallAnt again in a Commander Game. Hope it works out better this time!

[@Taygon45]

I also hope he plays more. I just love Smallant

[@johnarmlovich8628]

The Darksteel Forge gives ALL artifacts under his control indestructible.... incuding itself, so the Cityscape Leveler wouldn't have killed it

[@EDHijinks]

😬 I knew that! Promise!

[@dbcomm]

the phases according to Hijinks 1) untippity tappity my crappity 2) upkeep 3) right step 4) instants and lands go here (main 1) 5) smack step 6) more instants (main 2) 7) bye bye cards and other people do stuff

[@scottrinck9630]

You forgot about the cheat step

[@dbcomm]

@@scottrinck9630 isn't ever step the cheat step though really?

[@alexanderstorey5914]

Green Sun's zenith shuffles itself into the library after it resolves.

[@crawdaddy2004]

“It makes all of my artifacts indestructible.” “I’m going to destroy your Forge.” “Yup, that happens.” Uhhh…? 😂

[@gerardgottburg9454]

Darksteel forge is indestructible. Right??

[@crawdaddy2004]

@@gerardgottburg9454 correct, which is why the “Uhhh…?” 😂

[@gerardgottburg9454]

Everyone makes mistakes.

[@crawdaddy2004]

@@gerardgottburg9454 True, it’s just that this particular one was especially funny, because they had just spent the last minute or two complaining about it being indestructible.

[@gerardgottburg9454]

I remember my bigger mistake in a Commander tournament in my local games tore. My commander is Bruenor, battlehammer with grafted exosquelleton, the reaver cleaver and sword of ice and fire, I swing to the first player. 2nd main i casted chandra's ignition cleaning the table. But I realize my commander had pro Blu and RED, which mean it shouldn't work. And I said that to the judge (the owner of the shop and I forfeit the rest of the tournament)

[@rajamicitrenti1374]

The Pokemon Go break section had me thinking "Did someone play the Pokemon equivalent of Shahrizad?"

[@williamriven]

Int eh grand tradition of comments, when the Cityscape Leveler ETB'd, Ben's Darksteel Forge was indestructible, so he should have just gotten a power stone but not lost the forge.

[@mat123456789o]

SmallAnt plays MTG?! This is so cool, speed runner's playing magic, so cool.

[@EDHijinks]

He sure does! Check out Prof's Shuffle Up and Play episode with SmallAnt as well!

[@marvinbuck5984]

It's genuinely shocking to me that more Magic players aren't/weren't also massive LotR fans. Since the set came out, I've discovered SO many players never watched the movies/read the books, and it blows my mind. They're SO amazing, and SO wholesome. You're truly missing out.

[@IxWxSxProud]

Olivia misplacing Vishgraz just made me hear the Carmen Sandiego theme song…😂

[@asacoleman1284]

Love seeing SmallAnt join y'all again! Excited to see the Eilidh and SmallAnt run back after the speed run episode from TCC

[@nycstreetpoet]

Fitting that the Pokémon guy is going to play Simic. After all, what’s more important than evolving? Bengineering and I both use the same sleeves! “The Astronomer” brushed art series, which is classic art, “dragonized!” I love that series. I think I have them all. Every tailed beast is a Pokémon trapped in a Jinchūriki, which are people who are also poké balls!

[@CovetedPeacock]

I recognized SmallAnt in the Twitter teaser but was only maybe 10% certain on your other guest being Ben Ulmer, soooo regretting I hadn't committed to my guess! Just at the start of the video, looking forward to this game!

[@mdmedlin75]

Thoroughly enjoyable. I hate trying to find threat assessment and this one was coming from everywhere

[@matthewdrolet185]

Sorry if this got addressed later, but Darksteel Forge does see itself as an artifact, so it also has indestructible.

[@EDHijinks]

It did not! I did a big cheat and read it as "other artifacts". Sorry Ben!

[@kristianfischer9814]

Dude, you know that got addressed immediately. Some people can't help themselves. HINT. HINT.

[@matthewdrolet185]

@kristianfischer9814 thought so, I wasn't there live..... my bad

[@jeffreyaltenbern5063]

Heck yes! As a fellow Vishgraz player, I approve of vishgraz doing shenanigans! Buggos deserve luv too.

[@PsionicMonk]

5:26 Man this hurts after Toriyama Sensei passed, but I laughed. Love your content I've been hooked on CaH and EDHijinks lately and been introduced to so many cool creators!

[@Tomoka51]

SmallAnt AND Ben Ulmer in one game?! Hell yeah, count me in

[@BadCookies1234]

@44:50 Oh man! EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!

[@pluralkumquat]

I know y'all don't care about being corrected over misplays in the comments but I thought it's worth pointing out. When you sacrifice Yavimaya Elder, you don't draw first. You put the effect of drawing on the stack and then pay costs. Because sacrificing Elder is part of the cost, his effect triggers and goes on the stack above the Draw. So you search, then draw. It's not a choice.

[@burningpapersun1]

Well that was a rollercoaster of board states and lack there of.

[@jessyounge6203]

I love seeing smallant playing magic need to see more of it

[@Alexvandy35]

This game was so over the place and I love it. I especially loved the Pokemon side adventure 😂

[@NT_Escanor]

Elder dragon hijinks releases are some of the best parts of my week

[@BengineeringTV]

No no, darksteel forge wasent up to code. It gets destroyed because it wasent built properly. Common mistake

[@gregputnam7243]

So I am falling down a Tanner/ SmallArt rabbithole right now and A) He is a great human but 2) How lore accurate is that Gengar? Haunter is my favorite pokemon so I strongly agree but I am solely basting it on that decision.

[@lizards4ever]

What was that Canadian games store called that sponsored Hijinks? Oh right, Face to Face! Heading over there to buy my new deck

[@jaykesmith5135]

i feel like youd appreciate our nickname the the ETB Elesh Norn : Panharmommycon

[@EDHijinks]

I call her that too haha

[@Link71386]

36:06 "Gotta get my mite [and lose one]." (Waits for life total to drop below 36.) (40 seconds later....) Has she been subtracting life at all? JUDGE!!!

[@JeremyMGreen]

Hiya Olivia! When will we see the decklist for the Vishgraz list?

[@itsmethzee]

Darksteel forge is indestructible.

[@Bl4eberry]

Giving engagment with the mandatory comment about Darksteel Forge being indestructable

[@Jaebird88]

I like how you all took a break from the game and started playing "Who's That Pokemon?" 😂

[@EDHijinks]

Felt appropriate considering our esteemed guests haha

[@Whiskyandrock]

Where was the mana to play the slith strider, 3 lands, a commander's sphere plus a 2 charge cornucopia. Used 2 for voral's ability and then 3 for kodama which is 5 out of the 6 available mana and the strider costs 3 unless I'm missing something there wasn't enough mana to play him

[@trumpets101]

I love seeing Smallant in more commander stuff :)

[@jarzz3601]

I was hoping olivia would somehow come up with wooper for smallant :D

[@808SSCamaro]

Will you all be reviewing a LOTR Commander set? Thanks Girls! Love Eilidh's evil laugh 😀

[@Halrian-Christopher]

That side quest was awesome, love the content keep it up!!

[@anksingla]

Simic Ascendancy question: At 1:12:40 or so the casting of Simic Ascendancy triggers adding the +1/+1 counter, but then the counter trigger resolves and the counter adds before Simic Ascendancy resolves and is actually on the battlefield, so does it still get the counter? Obviously affects the outcome of the game not at all!

[@Xikren]

You're right. The ascendency is not on the battlefield when the hydra gets its counter.

[@SuperTheNobody]

Not that it mattered but I wanted to point out that the first counter on simic ascendency shouldn't have happened because managorger hydra is a cast trigger and cast triggers go on the stack above the spell they are triggering of, meaning the simic ascendency wasn't on the board yet when mana gorger hydra gained the counter

[@sebastianspeer3910]

I 💜 Olivia's hoodie.

[@Zimmyt11]

Untippity tappity all my crappity. Legend😊

[@PirateNori]

This is always a fun part of my week. Thanks y'all

[@Phantom-vo8jy]

Good ole vorniclex running people over 😂 vroom vroom

[@Alexvandy35]

Such a fun game to watch that just went all over the place. I especially loved the Pokemon tangent most way thru.

[@Flare45]

How did the darksteel forge get destroyed at 33:52 It also has indestructible

[@Oopsall]

‘Twas a goof

[@AutkastKain]

Love seeing smallant in any KZbin video

[@pharmacistjudge]

Love you Ben, but anmating lands to artifact creatures probably have smaller juggernauts and not 5/3s, since the animation effect is newer than the Graaz effect, so mostly 2/2 juggernauts. (odds are you aren't animating lands then casting an 8 drop). Just want to give that tidbit if people planning on building the deck.

[@dracul115]

1:02:39 that’s why I say that the green player is always the threat.

[@nathaniellee6934]

As a fellow Vishgraz player i love seeing phyrexian tribal with him at the helm.

[@ingolf82]

Cultivator Colossus + Abundance = get all your lands out of your deck and you only draw gas from then on. because you pick land or non-land for each draw, so you pick land and play it and you go again until no lands are left. super cool but expensive ramp. 11 mana but thats nothing in green.

[@sakurakinomoto52]

And you also organize your deck after getting all the lands, since you put all non-land cards at the bottom of your library in any order. (You need to pick land after getting all lands to do this)

[@theaeskey2502]

Oh DAMN! Nice. New EDH and smallant. What could be better??????

[@codyeastwood3438]

Ok ok I need Ben's playmat!!!

[@MythrilShotgun]

VOREL OF THE HULL CLADE?! Brooooo. One of my favorite cards!

[@PfunkyMike]

Damn. I didn't guess token bin for Vishgraz, I guessed it somehow ended up in her hood. 🤣🤣

[@pluralkumquat]

Hell yes more SmallAnt commander content

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

Ben, turning all those juggernauts into juggeryes

[@johnveit2139]

When wormcoil died to the oblivion stone shoukd have made tokens.

[@isaakhyde8327]

I will forever be grateful to Olivia for saying Pokémon correctly. I'm rarely persnickity about such things, but when people have been saying Pokeemon for decades while the accent is in the logo, well...

[@Morionite]

Olivia! Give us your deck profile! I want to see all the techs~

[@TheCoyote808]

I feel yah on the Slowpoke, Olivia. Little do they know, Slowpoke are some of the greatest anglers around because of their patience... or absent mindedness. Nobody knows.

[@ekplayscards]

I remembered to do the things that make the dings!

[@hashbrownpuff9356]

Happy to see SmallAnt again!

[@cuppadirt]

Always a gutsy play to throw out something like Nyxbloom and just hope it survives a turn rotation. I would generally always save that for when I could at least capitalize on it the turn I play it, just because it's going to get killed before your untap 99% of the time.

[@stratuvarious8547]

Yay, Eilidh built Vorinclex! I don't have a Vorinclex deck, but I have all 3 of them in my Ghalta deck. Yes, I'm that guy.

[@nightbane727]

but did you make the new ghalta to house them all lol

[@stratuvarious8547]

@@nightbane727 nah, Primal Hunger, I love casting my 12/12s for 2 mana.

[@nightbane727]

@@stratuvarious8547 fair but now you can have even more ghalta as well lol

[@stratuvarious8547]

@@nightbane727 Who needs "Ghalta" tokens when you can just have 3 Vorinclexs?

[@monkeysammich]

"Untappity all my crappity" merch when?

[@richardpaley]

Really fun game, made me laugh a lot

[@jaisonk22]

Bruh Ben's playmat goes hard af.

[@remembertobreathe66]

22:05 Why does every Ben question Olivia on whether commander damage should still be a thing?

[@jasonmorley9217]

AHHHHHHH SMANT, LRR AND ELdER DRAGON HIJINKS CROSSOVER! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

[@lightfut]

Ben playing with the same sleeves I have on a playmat I also have, guess I gotta build a graaz deck now

[@jackyochum294]

Giving engagement as Threats Undetected's strongest warrior ❤

[@PaladinLostHour]

The Pika-Pika caught me so hard.

[@scottpearson9846]

no shot you got small ant to play with you. get him back again, he is super popular and yall do enough work to blow up more than what you have already. give him a challenge to do on stream when making the deck or whatever. thats what his content is, he does speed runs and hacks games, so he could come up with a fun tier 3-4 jank combo or theme deck. he is a pokemon streamer, so maybe a pokemon theme deck for him?

[@MrHamsterpudding]

Sorry to hear Wyatt wasn't feeling good. Was hoping to play a game with the lady who saves me $$$ when I buy stuff!

[@pleravens]

I know it is too late for this game but... JUDGE! The Forge makes itself indestructible and is protected from the Cityscape Leveler destroy effect. All it would do is create a powerstone token. It also killed two things; a Fractal token AND a darksteel forge.

[@kennethlane7645]

Olivia forgot to get her Wurm tokens after the Oblivion Stone got popped.

[@aartbluestoke3352]

37:63 has 3 things with 10 counters on them, plays a flyer with proliferate. I'm like "this is so over soon" ... checks time, it's the middle of the video ...

[@PoopOnThe2nd]

Is it possible for normal people to get the hoodie Oliva has? Love the classic logo

[@leonfriedemann9151]

Does nyxbloom work with treasures? 🤔 Because it's a mana ability?....

[@mightyone3737]

I feel vaguely sad that I probably will never finish my Lickitongue run of Pokemon Red, my OG Gameboy died and I don't think I can fix it anymore, and I'm not sure I really want to buy a new machine. I used the Teleport glitch to get access to a pretty early Lickitongue, but I did find it incredibly weak before I could feed it all the vitamins it could handle, but even then it's typing/techniques weren't that impressive, but at least the Poke looks cool? I liked him in that Detective Pikachu movie that nobody talks about anymore.

[@AielWolf]

30:06 Careful, Icarus...

[@Cenfurion]

Sadly Ben shot himself in the foot by forgetting his darksteel forge is indestructible itself

[@ursulcx299]

Wait, doesn,t oblivion stone destroy stuff? Shouldn,t Olivia get the wormcoil lil friendos again?

[@almand_frappuccino7408]

I am a simple man, I see smallant playing more magic the gatgering I click

[@NT_Escanor]

Alias definitely gives off stubble vibes

[@Sorathil]

I sincerely think THAT was funny and I kept watching 🤣

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

1:02:26 she could gain 4 life when she cast her commander on her turn small miss trigger

[@jayd0lin214]

Ah yes, my favorite magic phase. The "cheat step". The only rule is you cant get caught!

[@ShadXP_Official]

I need Bens decklist lol

[@DiabloTommaso]

Commander damage is essential

[@Pancorania]

Tech issue: around the 1.01.00 mark, Eilidh's audio gets very loud and distorted! It only lasts a minute or so, but ouch! It has been a fantastic episode up to this point though, thoroughly enjoy all the shade being thrown around!

[@EDHijinks]

Sorry about that! Not sure what happened, but we appreciate the heads up!

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

34:42 well actually Olivia gets one extra mana for power stone because of bens card

[@WOHShadow]

wurmcoil tokens are made when it died after the the board wipe .

[@bAd12cheZ]

I'm not biased at all but I'm completely and fully behind Ben in this one.

[@erikstokely4734]

How did cityscape destroy something that has indestructible

[@Arti_Shovelhead]

the muffin gauge...lol