UPGRADED PRECON VS THE CLASSICS I The Worst Possible Commander Show #72

[@covertgoblue]

Cascade cascade cascade cascade cascade cascade cascade

[@pattybean457]

FATALITY

[@jorwegs]

Nice game! It was fun watching you destroy everyone else using everyone else 😂 lol

[@adamridhwan6933]

Now we need a cascade song by cgb

[@ForTheFight]

That was cascade nonsense at its best

[@ryanmann5497]

I don’t have as many extra eldrazi as you but I have dragon throne of tarkir to slap on my skittering cicada to super buff my mobs after I cascade a million times and overrun my opponents that way

[@noahschuster4785]

That was absolutely the most evil CGB has ever been on this show!

[@kvikve]

I like Ben more and more. He is under the radar savage :D He makes me laugh every episode :D

[@tapoutologist]

Ben is one of those people I think is so funny and cool I wish I got to hang out with him 😂

[@Xgya2000]

Yet again proving the old adage: it's always okay to bully the Eldrazi player.

[@moop6667]

Haha this is so true

[@privettk]

I love this group so much, always a fun game even when its a blowout! Huge props to the gang for not being salty lol

[@danielshelton2504]

This is exactly it! They all play the game like a game, which keeps it playful and fun to watch. My favorite weekly commander show on YT.

[@silentbob6158]

Holy crap!! "Nasty"!!!! That was SUCH a CGB kind of game, and with a non blue deck. That was HORRIFICALLY AWESOME!!

[@badgeronriodz6792]

Just wanted to say, what you can do with Basalt Monolith combo you can turn mirage mirror into a mystic forge if you need to exile a card and untap it by turning it into a monolith again to untap it and turn it back into the forge. Rinse and repeat. Great game though ❤

[@aurinko575]

Oof, that's pretty backbreaking, would've pretty much been GG on the spot instead of having to rely on luck, nice one! Edit: Thinking about it more don't you need to be able to cast stuff from the top at flash speed or you're otherwise limited to "just" exiling until you hit something you want to cast since you need the mirage mirror activations on the stack? You'd have to let the stack clear otherwise right?

[@vlfive]

At 14:40 Blake could have saved his Old Gnawbone and Temur by using Temurs ability with the 2 treasures he had... missed opportunity...

[@zackwilcox3183]

Yeah the terror of the peaks play was greedy as hell to begin with , he missed 1 land drop so his head was in the pace of these treasures are land drops , but he had enough treasure to essentially save his board on any players turn(s) but played terror. Everyone makes mistakes but man tht whole interaction was just weird.

[@markrosiuslumabas5362]

Yeah i was shocked too but maybe he just doesn’t use sabertooth as much and forgot. Could happen to anybody 😅

[@BenKonK]

Ah, CGB and the classic divert tactics "look the threat over there, we need to stop it" while popping off afterwards.

[@BuckShotTherapy]

Where have I seen other comments like this before 🤣 so true though. To bad they haven't figured it out yet

[@cassweatherwax9559]

that cgb turn is really just such a solid example of why cards like sunfall and farewell are actually very normal and cool and should be in your decks lmao

[@palisage]

Great deck cgb, I would recommend umbilicus, blood clock, and or erratic portal. So that you can pop eldrazi with big cast triggers back to your hand. And also get more cascade triggers.

[@TedMattos]

I love Blenke (Blake & Ben) - seems like a good friendship! :) Sweet at 15:28 when Blake complimented Ben's "glory". LOL Fun guys!😊

[@mRboylls]

This is my favorite live mtg show. All of you are so unique and enjoyable to listen to!

[@bigsooie982]

I love the upgrades to the decks the last 2 weeks. Seeing a big uptick in power but not stepping into cedh combos is a lot of fun to see, and makes for massive swings

[@nathanielreichert4638]

gotta say, Ben and Shea with the crispy haircuts look like the man and maid of honor who just got back from a wedding

[@MarcusTiedemann]

totaly tashed two, by anihilating them and there Board.. , oh, and drove one into suicede on the road. This was one of the most epic wins ever.

[@travisbrandt8663]

So with the Tyranny and Libraries. You always draw the three. You have to pay 4 life to keep them. So Ben shouldve been taking 6 everytime. Not 2.

[@Kestral287]

Library is a may; you're allowed to just not use it.

[@andrespestchanker3443]

That was an eldrazi overrun. Insane!

[@vicentemoreno9702]

When he casted rise of the eldrazi he had enough to cast his eldrazi as well

[@KevinEeckman]

you need sensei's diving top +Foundry inspector + Mystic Forge so you can use your infinite mana to cast your library

[@davidchapman7350]

Wouldn't surprise me if Jhoira's Familiar and Foundry Inspector both are in there, but in this setup he didn't need either of them anymore, just a sensei's.

[@kevofett]

as much as i love the meme ben forgets everyline intros I have to give credit where credit is due Blake killed the intro.

[@RFR-xy7te]

Great videos guys, love the rapport between the team. Been playing edh 10+ years and good to see some quality high power content- cedh is ok to watch but inaccessible to most, and over too quickly- so a lot of us play high power instead. Great idea upgrading the precons, I think a lot of us would like to see what they can do when optimised

[@davidgibson1551]

Your videos are always in my recommended because I watch them all the time. Seeing this was a new one made my weekend! Thanks for everything you guys do!

[@Graphanenanotube]

The post-credits sequence was great 🤣

[@steelstallion75]

37:00 CGB passes the turn to CGB who passes the turn to CGB

[@IanJoshuaObra]

Should have activated temur sabertooth with the 2 remaining treasure tokens to make it indestructible and bounce the old gnaw bone upon casting blasphemous act. Could have saved 2 creatures hehe..

[@orpheos9]

12:46 feel like this is a mistake in how a lot of people play multiplayer formats. I would not cast something as devastating as terror of the peaks into a board with treasures if I could just do the same thing next turn and also have other plays. No reason to expose it to a board wipe or sorcery speed removal. But the real play was to not be “nice” and allow people to block on the original attack. Send everything at the person with no blockers, get enough treasures to play the terror and buyback and recast wanderer. You will probably get enough etb triggers to kill the other terror and zhulodok anyways.

[@Mr.F0nG]

Yea man he had a softcombo on board but the attack was so bad😅

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

That wasn't even a game of magic! Haha Love this group. Your show is unique in the ocean on commander shows ❤️🌊😎

[@oia]

Yessss 🎉 thank you editor for letting us witness CGB’s otter shuffle! 😂 🦦 ❤

[@insainraven9875]

I have missed the otter shuffle

[@ForeverGazette]

The post credits was hilarious as always! Wonderful game to watch. Great vibes all round. 🌸🌺

[@jeramiahbarclayjr.7839]

As someone who owns Sylvan Library and uses it in a very complex draw deck, I just wanted to say that it doesn't actually work that way. You can't refuse the draw. It actually works more like a Brainstorm. You draw extra cards every turn and then put an amount of them back. The amount you put back is proportionate to the life you pay. I didn't count how much life that would amount to, I don't think Ben wouldn't be dead, I don't think, but he'd be a lot lower.

[@luka2784]

I just checked the oracle text and it says 'you may draw two additional cards'. Is thier something I'm missing?

[@KaZuKan]

I'm new to the game and building eldrazi. How did he cast all the cards from the top of the deck?

[@Flupse99]

Mystic Forge allows him to cast artifacts and colorless spells from the top.

[@KaZuKan]

@Flupse99 hi thanks, sorry for another question but how did he get the mana for all of it? I wish they would show the cards or explain it more for noobies

[@shwy]

It's the basalt monolith and forsaken monolith combo. 1. Tap basalt monolith for 3 mana plus an extra 1 from forsaken monument 2. Pay 3 to untap basalt monolith. You have one floating mana 3. Repeat steps one and two to create infinite mana Hope that helps!

[@Ramschat]

Anyone know why Blake didn't save his sabertooth and bounce his Old Gnawbone in response to the Blasphemous act? He had two treasure to pay for it...

[@shekki3192]

Wihout haste that old gnawbone would have been cast 1 thing and do nothing and pass, propably losing it to annihilator as well.

[@Ragnaroc90]

I just assumed he would rather save the treasures to cast his commander again

[@Kestral287]

@@Ragnaroc90 I think this is the right of it. What's his plan look like if he bounces? He has a 4/3 do nothing in play, he's on six mana. He rips a land he can slam Gnawbone and he's immediately the table's problem again, and it likely just gets answered. Versus being on eight mana, giving himself more room to draw threats with immediate board impact or just draw more mana to get his commander down.

[@HTYM]

Because.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Turns out colorless decks are very good

[@stratuvarious8547]

Turns out, the words on Zurgo and Ojutai are worth ready, who knew?

[@jojojo9240]

How was cgb able to cast spells from the top of his library?

[@ShuffleHerci]

Mystic Forge.

[@Kenthis15]

The most glorious CGC victory yet.

[@ItsNoBigE]

I love seeing nekusar. I'm gonna have to build a deck soon. What life counter app are they using?

[@TECHNOBLADE_NEVER_DIES3028]

My favorite types of decks are chaos decks and the colorless cascade precon made me so happy

[@machinemadechris4944]

Heavy is the head that wears the crown! GG's guys!

[@MrBe56]

Now this is EDH!

[@Q_Budz]

Might need to build a colorless deck😂

[@fablerh2476]

CGB turning full villain and obviously likes it more than anything. I’m glad he didn’t try to fake compassion :D great game at least for one deck, but again I’m here wondering: why didn’t Blake just save the Wanderer? And why did absolutely nobody play artifact hate, despite the fact that mana rocks play a big role in EVERY game in this pod? And most of all: Why did nobody assess the threat of a colorless eldrazi deck? With mana? But fun it was.

[@chiefchowmein5498]

When Shae said nekusar my finger auto click the like button somehow...

[@H4NN4BLESL4YER]

Dice throne was made by someone in my home town of spokane wa . Its actually a very fun game

[@steelstallion75]

CGB full evil episode.

[@shekki3192]

I absolute lost it at "Cascade, cascade will return..." youtube might not like it but I would like to hear some cascada songs from CBG. 'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling and every time we kiss I swear I could fly.

[@lark4970]

I feel like everyone except cgb forgot to bring their level seven deck!!

[@jamesramey4050]

So the lesson is to take a $50 precon and upgrade it with $500 in cards not including dual lands, those are just a bonus. Gotcha

[@Ukkepuk123]

Great game as always. Not that it matters much, but the mirage mirror shouldn't be a copy of It that betrays because of the shroud from the greaves

[@ferdithetank7535]

Didn't really matter because greaves equip for free and he could've done it before or after re-equipping. The bigger issue for me was cascading of Kozilek, since Zhulodok only triggers from spells cast *from hand* .

[@ethanr1247]

Seems like balanced decks.

[@thekingtwink50]

The king of cascade has been dethroned!

[@Shmackle123]

Zhulodok is one of those cards that is JUST bad enough to not be CEDH playable, but has NO place anywhere near a casual to mid-power pod. God that was digusting.

[@redeyeskev]

Only if you pack absolutely no interaction for sth like a vanilla dude from the command zone and the forsaken monument. The other 3 decks were absolutely greedy and Blake swung at too many different players when he had the gnawbone. Just swing to the only dude who cannot block. These games are made for content.

[@maximusfatticus]

why did ben draw twice off ojutai

[@jonholland573]

69,420 mana...I like were you're minds at cgb 😂

[@Sinfamous81]

Ok, that was beautifully gross. Lol

[@dragonecethefirst9229]

SOOOO, this was what? turn 5 or 6?

[@Masty13]

33:17 missed lethal, with infinite mana you can turn mirage mirror into planar bridge and tutor then turn it into basalt to untap it. Planar bridge can get all permanents from library including endbringer which the mirror can copy to ping infinitely by alternating between it and basalt.

[@ch4Ron23]

Once Mirage Mirror's ability resolves, it no longer has that ability.

[@Masty13]

@@ch4Ron23Yes, you are right. To get around this you can put all of the activations in the stack (bridge, basalt, bridge, etc.) before any of them resolve and still tutor whole library. I believe you can also use mirror’s ability targeting itself initially at the bottom of the stack so that afterwards it turns into a copy of itself and you can do it all again with whatever you tutored.

[@thijsmussen551]

He even targeted a creature with shroud. So another misplay added doesn’t hurt.

[@Foede]

Man, game was fun till it stopped being a multiplayer game... Thankfully I can just concede when I'm playing... But hey, at least my boy Nekusar appeared :D

[@lark4970]

Can i join a pod where my artifacts last more than one turn?!?! Lols every deck ive ever played against always has at least one answer ready and waiting.

[@ShiroHeroGyro-k7m]

Down to 1080p on this one

[@joschajustinski14]

First time I saw someone dying to a breeding pool :D

[@MegaPianoX]

Great Game 😊 but you can't pay life, to go down to 0 or less, this mistake happens a lot in different shows, but I don't know why 😮

[@a_c8d3n17]

Thanks for making my day

[@tcmatias]

CGB could have played paradox engine 😂

[@iatebambismom]

Covert go Colourless?

[@rabidpickleosrs2995]

I have to imagine Nekusar has to be CGB least favorite magic card. It punishes him for doing his favorite thing.

[@webringthebooms]

Shea is playing nekusar which means she's now my favorite (I don't make the rules I'm just a nekubro).

[@sugemagnolia5423]

Was I haate your deck filmed her?

[@nathanielreichert4638]

And can I just say, I can't believe CGB's personal friends here have never called him by his real name by mistake. Always calling him 'CGB.' Imagine if your good friends all started calling you by a three-letter acronym, and did it fairly consistently, if not all the time. Can anyone recall a time someone called him some legit male name, whatever it might be? am I wrong? call me out.

[@Nakikitsune]

Not that I'm aware of, but also there could be some level of editing that even if they did slip it was just gracefully cut out.

[@therealax6]

I have many friends who have absolutely never called me by my given name, even though they've always known it.

[@Nakikitsune]

I just have a hard time believing that in his normal everyday life they call him C.G.B. like if they were out at a coffee shop together. They might, but I feel it'd be weird. @@therealax6

[@JEL625]

I keep telling people that colorless is the best color.

[@syntaxerror2409]

That was a massacre

[@Richuardo]

Love old gnawbone

[@archangeljmj6008]

Kick some ass cbg

[@odysseygamer9538]

cgb is evil man 😂

[@peteryoung8873]

and no one would ever face his deck again. Problem with deck power level balance but otherwise still fun.

[@gardnering]

All that talk of stripping made me think of the Worst Possible Only Fans Page. Yikes. Good news though, Ben is secretly a muscle beast.

[@Kazz1187]

So much cascade!

[@DevTheo1]

Be sure to stay to the very end (just like a marvel movie)

[@MrSnuffity]

is editor on vacations?

[@chortlesinthecorner]

Probably the tenth EDH game I've seen on youtube where the colorless deck just kills it. The synergy of colorless makes up for the over-costed payoffs. Even when Blake was looking the strongest the group should have been teaming up to get rid of CGB

[@Kestral287]

Their ramp is also just often better to pay for those things too. Cards like Thran Dynamo and the Hedrons have downside in colored decks that makes them not always see play, because pretty often you need black or green mana, not colorless mana. But here Thran Dynamo covers your 'colored' requirement too. Granted, this was a game where the colorless deck got to keep a Forsaken Monument. That card is by a mile the best card they can play, and while it got slowed down it was never stopped. A cheaper Mana Reflections that also buffs the team and gives life to stave off the aggressive decks is, as it turns out, completely broken when your deck enables it for free.

[@jul1anpa]

This game did not seem fun at all to play in.

[@void91g]

Yes! ❤😂🎉 infinite manas!!

[@alessandrotozzi8572]

Your show is the best and i love it! But when CGB plays aggressively like in this episode and goes combo , it’s quite annoying because shea blake and ben can’t play and enjoy this match and you can see this in their expressions.

[@lonelyman2531]

Ooh first ! Love the content !!

[@simcosports2584]

This might be my favorite game of magic ever.

[@angelointrisano439]

These overkill matches are a little bit boring to me...

[@edh_alters7116]

Man after he got infinite mana with mystic forge why didn't you guys just say GG. LOL WHAT IS THIS

[@breaking4me]

Who likes solitaire?!?! 😅

[@MM-lv7iy]

8:55 Just a heads up: Ben here has to draw the three, as per sylvan library, then put two back. So Ben would be taking 6 or paying 6 mana each draw step. Hot tip: DON’T play sylvan library against a Nekusar player!

[@covertgoblue]

“May”

[@MM-lv7iy]

@@covertgoblueI stand corrected, sir. I apologize for spreading misinformation. Nekusar still scary, tho.

[@Ragnaroc90]

I had to do a quick check on sylvan library too but they got it right 👍

[@edh_alters7116]

Do you guys stack your decks for the purposes of making an interesting episode?

[@porkthepink]

colorless winningest because of boring Forsaken Monument blah...imagine that

[@gardnering]

Another triumph! Kudos to the writers, this game was a little unrealistic, but they made it seem plausible.

[@latinojackson9694]

What

[@gardnering]

@@latinojackson9694 the writers of this show. They are amazing! The choices for the actors seem spot on for nerdy nerdsters. Ben's a little too good looking though.

[@luzifer960]

I have almost the same upgrades as CGB in my Precon and had almost the same board state with the deck last week... So what are you talking about?

[@gardnering]

@@luzifer960 i said it was plausible

[@thomaseddy7347]

Yesss! Finally done with Lord of the Rings torture! I missed me some real Magic the Gathering commanders!

[@ella6547]

I think this game highlights just how broken colourless mana generation can be. Perhaps it's time Eldrazi Monument was culled from commander!

[@luzifer960]

Why? It's not like there are no broken things in EDH. And it's a casual format. EDH is exactly the format for cards like Forsaken Monument, since it's absolutely up to the playgroup whether they accept cards like this or not.

[@RegimentJoker]

Cgb is cringe. Good magic player, smart mind. But mannerisms and spoken words. Cringe.

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

Nah colorless is cringe 😬

[@matthewlohmeier2056]

Yes, and I suppose you're in perfect control of your mannerisms and words. Don't troll people for being who they are. At least he's not living a fake life that just leads to being miserable.

[@briankaplan4729]

the music is bad

[@rapchor6667]

Boring

[@user-sb9ke1ox3o]

Game was boring.

[@AdaWongMistress]

Person that started with fast mana wins. What a shocker

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

Yeah people saying colorless is bad so bull

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

It doesn’t need help

[@AdaWongMistress]

@@DarkPikachuYTV it´s far from bad but having like 7 mana on turn 3 surely helps.

[@lark4970]

Flood of Tears restart game lols.