DrLupo’s Commander Deck Is Poggers! | Shuffle Up & Play 54 | Magic The Gathering Gameplay

DrLupo come to play Commander under the condition that I use one of his decks. Join Ashlizzle and Nile Joan Rivers for a game that is totally poggers.
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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Did you miss our Canadian Highlander episode of Shuffle Up with Ben Wheeler, Serge from LRR, and Pascal Maynard? Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5LHgKCDmsyAh8U

[@j453]

Prof, I like ya, but screw you man. I don't play helldivers, i don't play video games even at this point but i would just tell someone i don't care about your game. You would care if it was wotc ruining mtg. Oh wait...

[@Spoodabandit]

I hope to see one day a game where everyone builds a deck and trades them between each other but you all roll for highest then pick which deck you want besides the one you built

[@RoninRose541]

As a Tomb Raider fanboy I feel the need to to let everyone know that Lara Croft does indeed have a PhD in Archaeology and Comparative Mythology from Oxford.

[@halcyon6098]

Yup. She's an accomplished Woman.

[@dragonmaster1601]

It was mentioned in the new tomb raider games 👍

[@thelegendofbardock3816]

Correct as a fan i can also confirm.

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

@@dragonmaster1601 It's a reboot though... what about the original Lara? :D

[@ZETA14.88]

@@ZoidbergForPresident the original Lara went to finishing school. They mostly teach about etiquette, language, history, and practical skills demanded by high class young women. She skipped higher education entirely and went archeology expedition early

[@samtrue3]

From "screw the initiative" to "you are not getting it back"

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Turns out is is pretty good, but you'll never hear me admitting it! ;p

[@tylerabrams8063]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege im waiting for Vince to come charging into the comments :D

[@ThrashMetallix]

​@TolarianCommunityCollege I kept saying "I'm so proud of you" this video when you advanced.

[@lotrloreman]

I'm telling Vince that you love initiative

[@filippomilan2656]

Character development

[@dealinoutdevon5498]

Someone should have told Lupo and the professor that this was 2 headed giant.

[@jarzz3601]

the professors complete inability to give half a fuck about helldivers 2 is great :D

[@CentaurionArcher]

Profs confusion at the start is something I can really empathise with hahaha My younger coworkers talk about things that make me feel like that

[@CentaurionArcher]

I recall them frantically trying to explain Fanum Tax (?) to me at the last Christmas part... I still don't really get it

[@clasherking4528]

I'm 25 and still don't understand what in the theros underworld they are talking about..... What IS poggers?

[@williambrown5934]

⁠@@clasherking4528 the definition of *poggers: surprised or excited reaction to something.* Honestly, til I looked it up I had put my theory that it was a version of ‘crazy’ but something that goes beyond the normal realm… Like crazy to the tenth power 😅

[@williambrown5934]

@@CentaurionArcherhuh, looked it up, simple definition of *Fanum Tax: An internet “slang term” describing the theft of food between friends* Originally coined by American *streamer* Fanum, the term has become an internet meme, particularly by Generation Alpha. The full listed definition on the net lol 😂

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

​@CentaurionArcher is it weird I don't know what that is, but I know what Biboo Tax is? Lol

[@jalbor]

Feels a bit more like two-headed giant. Probably should have actually committed to helping each other, lol.

[@camoking3609]

3 headed giant from that one Ghidora meme

[@eduardoramirezjr1892]

Plays 1 Commander Game. Brings 15 Commander Decks. this DrLupo is of my people.

[@williambrown5934]

DrLupo has a “Seven tools of the bandit” sort of way of thinking- be ready for anything lol. Always nice to have options, plus if you KNOW an opponent is playing a deck that has cards that block or stop incursion you can know what lovely masterpieces not to play to avoid someone playing a counter to it deck lol 😆 The cleaver player comes prepared- 😎 but 15 decks and never played commander before… *I feel that says* he has WAY too much free time… 🤭

[@Logan_MZR]

I’m replying with a 👍 because I don’t wanna wreck the 69 likes 😂

[@Azeria]

Pogger Up and Play

[@williamaldred335]

That is a horrible joke, take my like

[@MarikoftheShadows]

Pogger up and Slay

[@Azeria]

@@MarikoftheShadows hell yeah

[@williambrown5934]

Magic the gathering could be often described as the embodiment of “poggers”… Though even though I like & will play Magic, like YuGiOh, is broken with the madness you can do with a deck built right… When/ if you choose to play to win and care nothing about if others can still ‘enjoy’ the game playing against such a deck…

[@TheForeverRanger]

Lupo and Prof's interactions are so awesome. If you have seen their Commander at Home episode, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@ethanr1247]

For all the talk of threat assessment, the pod let the player who was actually the threat dictate all the plays. Never let someone control the game like that through politics; take them out swiftly because it shows they have hidden plans. I knew from twenty minutes in who would win purely because of that.

[@MrDegan2]

it was wild to watch her draw like 7 cards from braids, and still apparently be considered safe to negotiate with.

[@eggbinary]

​@MrDegan2 it was so frustrating, it felt like nobody's deck got to do anything because nobody was actually dealing with the problem

[@sirmk8873]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who felt this way watching it. I could feel myself cringing every time she brought up being a pro at threat assessment.

[@unanon_user]

isn't that true...

[@indigova]

I was actually getting angry at them for just letting her runaway with it

[@afhaalfiets]

I kinda think threat assessment wasn't done correctly, While Nile kept pointing to others she was controlling the whole game. It felt a bit worse to see a 2 v 1 v1

[@camoking3609]

Lying about threat assesment when you are indeed the threat is still a valid stratagy

[@sirmk8873]

Or just controlling the entire game with it.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

honestly yeah. the others were so dumb to get tricked by that when it was very obvious how dangerous nile was just with how you knew the deck was sure to be constructed. I woulda been gunning them down ASAP

[@IamPandaSteve]

I agree, I didn't like the style of gameplay by Nile.

[@deviousalemanni4235]

​​@@thatepicwizardguy and it would have worked too

[@drexciya8083]

Professor zoning out to I don’t know what the Helldivers 2 that was is the Shuffle Up content I crave.

[@yes.thatjanedoe]

I thought KZbin changed video on me for a sec

[@orvar7035]

Should have left in the whole ten minutes of him zoning out

[@KillSecureSona]

Sounds like Prof needs a piping hot cup of Liber-tea

[@none-vr6vr]

so cool seeing Ashlizzle in a commander format, awesome episode :)

[@cpugwash7085]

She's been in quite a few episodes of The Worst Possible Commander Show recently too, in case you're unaware.

[@JoseSanchez-cq9rg]

I really like Ash but damn did she misplay by letting that Mayhem devil live. It cost her the game

[@JohnSmith-vk9ds]

@@JoseSanchez-cq9rg Yeah at the tables where I regularly play, Mayhem Devil is pretty much a kill-on-sight regardless of the context.

[@JoseSanchez-cq9rg]

@@JohnSmith-vk9ds Specially if your deck is also a sacrifice deck. The ONLY reason to let it live is if you have removal in your hand, but even then you just let it live for a short while. There is no way Ash could win 1v1 if Nile has the devil on board, and Ash is a good player so she should know that too.

[@rednite__8427]

The Helldivers intro killed me lmfao that was hilarious

[@rexemjyrexemjy3211]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1087">18:07</a> must be the consequence of Prof winning the last Commander Shuffle Up & Play. The Universe tries to prevent it from ever happening again.

[@fortniteguytheguyfromfortnite]

'i will open my heart to poggers' 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mullinsakamullins]

Someone please make this a meme!

[@poggerinreal]

im honored tbh

[@jasonmorley9217]

The alliance was specifically a non-attack treaty; no violations occurred, until Prof decided to bully the good Doctor.

[@deviousalemanni4235]

Agreed and the toxic deluge saved their ass too 😅

[@bookworm2442]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1278">21:18</a> the censoring of the Director in the background made me replay it over and over, perfect sound editing!

[@eddric]

4 super villians just got their origin stories from breaking "contracts"

[@jamesaditya5254]

Only Prof could fumble an updog joke into a funnier, more endearing joke

[@SolidWake]

I love this two headed Giant game where one is just sack black and the other keeps punching itself in the face.

[@demeyesoftheuniverse8170]

This is the most interesting game of Two Headed Giant I have ever seen

[@DragonmasterSK]

I love Ashlizzle's accent and how she just brought mono black classics. I was laughing so hard when Prof did the Bugs Bunny joke 😂😂😂 I can't believe the rest didn't burst out laughing

[@buddadragonmtg4848]

Well this was basically two headed giant against two people. Honestly made gameplay a little rough to watch.

[@thomasdespain4027]

-5/-5 wouldn't have been violating the alliance, but -6/-6 definitely was.

[@unanon_user]

Lara Croft has access to blue and the professor didn't even use ONE COUNTERSPELL... Just saying how suspicious that is. I'm sure bad deck probably had access to counterspells.

[@isthou]

and then nile boardwiping him just after saying she wouldnt touch him, he just got f** , that's why you don't politic in commander :D

[@gallicancourier5035]

I love that, since Prof never played the original Fallouts, he doesn't even know his Tragic: The Gathering joke is in Fallout

[@wolflol5390]

tell me why i already knew how this pod would end just from being at local lg's where couples team up till the have to kill eachother.

[@noakiyousfi5395]

I agree with the Professor that toxic deluge for 6 made Dr lupo and him lose the game. Dr lupo should have made a deal he toxic deluges for 5 intrude for a free hit with Obeka.

[@deviousalemanni4235]

Them letting nile controll the game lost them the game

[@xSling0x]

Lupo being on all my favorite magic shows is putting the biggest smile on my face. I’m so happy to see my fav streamer with my favorite magic personalities

[@noise.s]

Prof's proposed olive branch was "let's stop attacking each other", they shaked on that. Prof broke the deal

[@atk9989]

They shook on a temp alliance, killing the commander of a ally is a break of that. If the goal was to knock the other 2 down then nah Lupo broke it first. If Lara hadn't died once before he might have made her have it.

[@MrDegan2]

@@atk9989 while that might be the spirit of the agreement, the wording was "lets stop attacking each other" and that's what they shook on. Lupo never broke that deal, even later on when he really should have to get back the initiative with Obeka, the only person who reneged on a deal here was the prof.

[@silverchill1]

Gaslighting is the real winner here.

[@camoking3609]

Hey if it works

[@thatepicwizardguy]

made the game way less fun IMO.

[@Adamisawesome1497]

This video is a great example to new players to not make deals with people that will not honor them

[@bryanstrahm9961]

The game pretty much immediately became two-headed dragon, except 1 team kept sniping each other instead of the enemy team.

[@itsellysaurus]

this felt like i was watching a 2v1v3 ngl lol

[@user-kq2oh2ks7p]

Ashlizzlle didn’t grasp the fact that there are more opponents than just who is across her 😂

[@unanon_user]

imagine if Samson had been a commander player... I feel like his game would have went a lot like this one.

[@mr.wafflesrz1137]

She should've killed Mayhem devil instead of Kroxa

[@XTempestBuster]

Seeing prof with the initiative is a whiplash, i wasn't prepared for it

[@tahoth5866]

TECHNICALLY 🤓: As with all multi-choice cards, Rankle and Torbran choices must go in order, so you would sacrifice first and THEN pick the additional 2 damage. Since mayhem devil triggers go on the stack and wait their turn to resolve it doesn't matter here, but its a tricky rule bit that does pop up occasionally. Nile is great though, so she probably is aware and just doesn't explain out full stack shenanigans since it is irrelevant here.

[@gazza4589]

Lupo didn't violate the alliance. He didn't attack you. That was the deal. I see nothing wrong here Mr. "Attack him, get the initiative, then agree to no more attacks." lol

[@unanon_user]

let me put it to you in this scenario. let's say two countries are involved in a war and another gets hit by their collateral damage. it is natural that that third country would consider the collateral damage as an attack. thus, the good doctor must certainly did attack the professor... no very indirectly. indirectly not, it is still an attack. The professor however should have simply forgave and forgot. The doctor could have been a good ally, at least for the moment. it was the unity of the women that was their greatest strength and weakness of the two fighting men.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

DrLupo and Ashlizzle are just speedrunning every mtg channel and tbh I’m down for it

[@unseeliedream42]

and that is why, Ladies and Gentlemen, you never-ever let a Mayhem Devil resolve. >.>

[@austingreen4775]

Most excellent, a great video to listen to while working, cant wait for the Behind the Campus video! Also Helldivers 2 is a great game. Very fun.

[@homebrewed]

This was a great two-headed giant episode, when is commander being played next? ;)

[@xNINJ4xSTE4LTHx]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="61">1:01</a>:35 "Shuffle up your hand and play" Oh you mean Brian Kibler's new show?

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

DrLupo definitely broke the agreement. Technically speaking, he didnt. But in commander mtg, he did. He ALSO was being bullied after his turn in that one rotation 😂😂 and its banter like this why i love commander in general anf this channel

[@stillton5592]

I'm pretty sure the game shouldn't have ended that way because of rule 608.2c: Rankle and Torbran would have caused each player to sacrifice a creature before the final ability, causing the 4 mayhem devil triggers to only deal a combined 4 damage rather than 12. 608.2c "The controller of the spell or ability follows its instructions in the order written."

[@unraveki]

Does the OG rankles abilities have to be resolved from top to bottom aswell then? Cuz if so I've just realised I got cheated in my lgs 2 years ago🤣

[@gavindewey2881]

The small smile at the throwing of a infi-token marker behind his back? A psychopath

[@infinitokens6748]

It's the little clues.

[@Harakanis]

i've been thinking about an obeka deck ever since she was spoiled, this game perfectly shows why i've been so hesitant with actually building the deck

[@Spock1777]

I've known about this series for a while but never watched it because of I'm not personally a fan of watching other people play Magic online because a lot of shows are overproduced or have a bunch of expensive cards being thrown around that it loses that casual charm that I love about Commander. But this series just has the energy of a bunch of friends playing a game together in a basement, with a good mix of optimized and casual play that it doesn't lose that charm for me. It doesn't feel like I'm watching a show, it feels like I'm watching some people just play Commander in the back of an LGS.

[@DerpHerper]

Dr. Lupo's Obkea Experience(TM) is exactly why I can't groove with Grixis. I feel like every Grixis deck I make is so desperate to have mana up AND the commander out AND fodder on board. Glad to see it's not just me.

[@jimmychii4538]

Every time I see the OTJ Obeka, it only every does the upkeep thing for one turn and then it dies

[@arrivtuber]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="85">1:25</a> Don't worry lupo I thought it was interesting

[@MrDegan2]

Sorry prof, but the word of the temporary alliance was that DrLupo would not attack you, while the deluge may violate the spirit of the alliance no court would uphold your complaint

[@oldmanstrolseeyt2121]

That Diregraf coming in with next to no counters on it is exactly the trap I've fallen into building Gisa myself. She's a zombie lord, but at the same time, playing zombies kinda feels off when you want to be committing crimes as often as possible. I'm currently building her more into a crime focused control/disruption deck and ditching some of the less impactful zombies😂

[@barrychan3722]

+1/+1 counters are the bonus. You most likely care about his second ability

[@ViliOlin]

just dont play trash commanders

[@alexanderj9891]

Very weird to me that they let the Mayhem Devil live all that time.

[@stephenlarson1493]

This series makes me laugh. During a lot of hard times. Thank you

[@1elfafa]

Oh my god, thanks for inviting Ash! Love her❤️

[@Ramen4Days]

The “Hm” shared table moment at 48 minutes in is actual comedy

[@threshcan6347]

Dr lupo didn't break the alliance, justice for Dr Lupo!

[@unanon_user]

but, he did boardwife when they had an agreement. indirectly or not... it is still an attack. you can just board wise someone and not claim responsibility. you are accountable. what he have been any less guilty if he had used world fire or farewell instead of toxic deluge?

[@giladbaer6433]

the girl closer to the camera is cool, I watch her channel a lot, although she did make me use wildcards on a deck that ended up being very mid. The professor is perfect, as always, Dr. Lupo was my favorite streamer back in 5th grade when we were all addicted to Fortnite, and the other girl is scary. Overall pretty good.

[@bartman64]

I now want vids solely dedicated to explaining internet current events to the Prof.

[@ehwestrich]

I can't wait for the next shuffle up and play. All my favorite streamers playing commander. It is the dream! Love you all!

[@justicepunch8758]

When the comment was made about "Imagine disrespecting your creatures enough to just throw them into the trash," I thought about it. Mono black has a lot of Zombies, Skeletons, and Vampires, so technically the GY is their home and it reminded me of the Happy Gilmore scene where he's yelling at the golf ball to go home.

[@kingokaze]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="832">13:52</a> Lara Croft has a PhD in Archeology.

[@RoninRose541]

And Comparative Mythology

[@kingokaze]

@@RoninRose541 ye

[@thelegendofbardock3816]

Cant wait for the next game.

[@grelgen]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3400">56:40</a> prof didnt sacrifice a creature. he could have sacced the spirit but he didn't, which eats one of Nile's damage <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3431">57:11</a> now starts a long sequence of incorrectly resolved triggers, the counters and the scry don't happen till after the mayhem devil damage is applied

[@Nimblewright1992]

Loving how the prof keeps saying “Laura” instead of “Lara” through the whole game

[@WesleyBosvelt]

Oke! I'm going to watch this while travelling!

[@Anon08061945]

Great episode! I loved seeing DrLupo play with prof. definitely have him on the show again!

[@Sirdoom34]

Hey, that's Dr. Lupo! He knows how to snipe!

[@veridis_qu0]

Yoooo I love Ash. I had a blast playing cookies during the standard season thanks to her

[@kwilson20021]

sure seems like the game was thrown at the end with the wrong target for eaten alive. Other than that, it was not fun watching to people team up against two solo players.

[@soapy5365]

Agree, I was really excited to see a Lara deck being played so I could pick up some ideas for mine but teaming up from the start kinda ruined the game for me :/

[@cptanarchy7]

That helldivers intro is extra funny because all the review bombers were like "yay we won!! we made the huge company back peddle!" when instead sony just delisted the game in every place where psn isn't a thing. So the players still lost horribly and sony still got exactly what it wanted, they just took the illusion of a win as a win. So dumb.

[@NotEvenDavid]

This is one of the most chaotic pods you've ever had and that's why I love it

[@henrykilman9639]

Hearing “poggers” and “roflstomp” in the same episode was like learning cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than the construction of the great pyramids

[@jimmydoescardtricks5057]

I always love the energy on this show. So positive and fun. Here’s too the next million subscribers!

[@zsorens4570]

Not blocking the goblin from mirror breaker with a 5/3 is a wild decision, make them have the removal and use it against a sub par target. I will eat every removal spell I can with people threatening it otherwise you just let them run away with value

[@lostmarble540]

the helldivers 2 incident is actually really relevant to mtg, it's a story of a big company doing something that pissed off its playerbase and then the players organized and retaliated and the company reversed its decision (sort of) (also steam offering refunds regardless of playtime and costing Sony a whole mess of money likely influenced Sony's decision)

[@01cortomaltese]

5 minutes. I'm still laughing from the " Tragic The Gathering" pun.

[@jono330]

so cool seeing an Arena streamer make it onto Prof's channel! Congrats Ash!

[@connormoore5332]

Loving the new animations, like the additional upkeeps from Obeka moving to after combat

[@Sepulcralis00]

The Prof saying "roflstomp" is all I need!

[@funkyjam175]

Helldivers 2 is still restricted for purchase in 180 countries, conveniently all the countries where you can't get a PSN account.

[@voiddl7573]

This is probably one of my favorite Shuffle Up and Play moments of all time. Spice’s excitement when they flip the Bane is just so, so funny, only made funnier by how much it decimates Kenji’s board

[@michaelbutta4764]

Awesome comment. WTF game were you watching? 😂😂

[@themikefrog97XD]

CHARLIE ON SHUFFLE UP?!

[@spfurm01]

Slight misplay at the end of the game--if multiple modes are chosen, they happen in the order listed on the card. The extra damage mode would resolve last--although between the treasure and Kiki Jiki illusion sacrifice there'd still be enough sacrifices after the fact to close out the game.

[@rileydport]

"St. Jude Charity Guy"

[@JohnnyTightIips]

"I'll stop you there because I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't care" hahaha gigachad

[@mikov6486]

When the Prof said “I will open my heart to poggers,” I felt psychic damage. What I need is for the Prof to say “skibidi” and unleash his full psychic damage potential.😊

[@lora5030]

I need to know where Nile got that nail polish, her manicure looks fantastic. Also I'm glad Prof is way more chill about initiative this time, that game with Vince was miserable tbh

[@SharonBrown-m5h]

This episode is pretty darn great!

[@lucyarisato6850]

So, so glad to see more of Season 3!

[@AdamNeikirk-bj6ud]

These “Fable of the Mirror Breaker” and “Mayhem Devil” cards seem good

[@Spoodabandit]

I love how at the end prof and doc say “even tho we both got annihilated” like they weren’t the ones who were annihilating each other

[@dantaylor3468]

Nile is so good at talking through gameplay! Really helps novices like me.

[@michaelatbarnett]

Heck of a topdeck to win the game. Fun ending, great banter from the players!

[@AchySub]

"I will open my heart to poggers" - Tolarian Community College

[@KidsJavo2088]

And that's how you move the table with politics, that's what Nile did to win the game, she didn't won with her deck, she won through politics! Nicely done hahaha

[@camoking3609]

The rakdos is a lie She's been playing Dimir this whole time

[@harbaged]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2213">36:53</a> “Tragic the Garnering” was the Magic spoof from Fallout 2.

[@WonderfulTimes1]

That was a solid shuffle up and play. Love the episode. Really good match.