WHO'S THE BEST COMMANDER IN ZENDIKAR RISING FOR cEDH - Play to Win Gameplay

Zendikar Rising is out and we're looking for the best commander out of the set. I've brewed a couple decks and we're smashing em into each other.
WE HAVE
Layered Omnath - This proactive deck looks for a win in a variety of ways, including food chain, dualcaster mage with ghostly flicker, dualcaster mage and twin flame/heat shimmer, or dockside extortionist with Emiel or Barrin Master Wizard - www.moxfield.com/decks/pqgIcU...
Tazri Party Time - A five color consultation list, that can win with infinite mana, and uses party members for card advantage - www.moxfield.com/decks/7nsOPC...
Yasharn Stax - Yasharn attempts to push the game late, shutting off key meta cards with his static ability, and wins by submission due to a hard lock or an overwhelming board state - www.moxfield.com/decks/VAi7O5...
Zareth Consultation A fairly stock U/B Consultation list, looking to counter a few spells before landing a compact win with Thassa's oracle - www.moxfield.com/decks/5ATD9s...
Updated Tazri list - www.moxfield.com/decks/r8UjO_...
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[@tqbrowne]

"It's not very good... but it's in UB, so it's basically a CEDH deck!"--- Love it!

[@brendansmith4182]

Why does u stand for blue

[@Maesan90]

@@brendansmith4182 because b stands for black and u is the first letter that's different between the two

[@vineetchheda2183]

@@Maesan90 wait really I thought it was because u rhymes with blue

[@therealax6]

@Who needs profile Pictures Really? ...and A was in use for artifacts.

[@esrohm6460]

And Yasharn claims 3 more souls for the stax god.

[@richardershig8601]

"Dont you touch that! No!" *furiously paying for fish*

[@geraltrivea1917]

Within the first minute, Cam playing into Fish with Mox Diamond and Talisman... Tyler: What the f*ck are you DOING?! We love to see it.

[@Dylanthevillain_]

Yasharn Stax deserves a chance in a real table! Selesnya may not be a regular competitive colors but they are the perfect colors for stax. Also, what you said about Yasharn ability of shutting off soooo many staples in the format is great. Really exited to see more about it.

[@Amascut]

I've been doing some fun stuff with Siona as a combo deck as well, and both her and Yasharn are showing some incredible stax effects while having loads of ways to win.

[@oateater5044]

What is the Squirrel Next for? What am I missing?

[@Amascut]

@@oateater5044 Earthcraft + Squirrel Nest. Enchant a basic land with Nest, tap it to make a squirrel, tap that squirrel to untap the land, tap it for a new squirrel, etc. You now have infinite squirrels to do whatever you wish with. If you have a sac outlet for instance, you can funnel them into that.

[@Dylanthevillain_]

@@Amascut or kill everyone with squirrels which is always hillarious haha

[@trveheimer6360]

i made good experiences with yasharn in the 99 for stax decks within the color identity.

[@DommyXMommy]

You know, something I really appreciate about this channel is just how lively you both are. The music and commentary cutaways are definitely the right call. Keep up the good work 💕

[@ComedIanMTG]

Little sad that we didn't get to see Ashaya, I think she has a lot of potential

[@thevp_ssb.]

Will say as a player of her now, and very far removed, she's insane. Combos with so much.

[@prithvirajburman3333]

Man i wish i had the confidence to pull off nails like that

[@StackedEDH]

You can do it!

[@SadPoize]

You can do it for sure. I have my nails painted 99% of the time. I’m taking off pink today and doing a matte black. Wear what you want and other people can get over it

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

I believe in you

[@Hitzel]

They're his only win condition after oracle gets exiled.

[@GamerdevilPro]

I really love Yasharn, such a good card and I love that a hate*boar* is exactly the size of 2 hatebears stapled together (four mana 4/4 instead of 2 two mana 2/2s :D). Really satisfying lol Also at 13:33 the tropical island he just played doesn't have haste so it shouldn't be able to tap for mana since it's also a 1/1 creature. I totally get it tho, somehow you often forget about these kinda things with weird effects like that.

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

On a side note: The pig IS that good. We have been brewing him in the 99 with Stax and my boy Gaddock.

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Tyler and I were just talking about how Yasharn is kinda the Gaddock teeg of cEDH. Teeg shuts off a lot of casual and this guys a lot of cEDH

[@legoking1001]

Favourite moment of all time at my table was 3 players having necropotince on the table and me playing the boar and all of them panicking to pay life before there card draw is shut off

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

@@PlaytoWinMTG I almost think WG Stax could be a tier 2 contender.

[@rara2ra2yrra3racjj2]

Dylan. Your nails are amazing. Fabulous. Buuuuut you need to complete the experience. You need to play a mono black deck.

[@riyadtwal8726]

Tyler missed a draw with Runic Armasaur from Dylan activating a fetch in the beginning, I'm just trying to help Tyler draw as many cards as possible haha

[@jackbyrn6216]

Love the commentary on this channel more so than any of the other competitive edh channels!

[@TheG4urdian]

For real...week after week you guys just get better and better, this was a very enjoyable set of games great work guys

[@fevereddreams3805]

that game 2 intro music was magnificent! thank you for all your hard work

[@SaintCreeps]

The CEDH version of "Bolt the Bird" should be "Trip the Fish"

[@09Dragonite]

To be fair, in cEDH, you still Bolt the Bird 😂 cut off that ramp asap

[@veldin4108]

This is what I needed today! Thanks for the video

[@bipidyboo1274]

Hot vid. Can someone link me to their band? They look like musicians.

[@CamToWin]

Funny thing is we both studied a ton of music in high school!

[@Grozdrak]

Amazing work with the decks. All of them are commanders I've considered for a while, but that Yasharn stax has won my heart. I now have a home for token swarm with Elesh Norn on field. Keep up the great work!

[@chriswilliams2559]

i always watch your guys old videos and this one in particular is hilarious to me when you guys try to defend zareth san bc he got the mystic remora. dylans face is priceless trying to hold back laughter

[@JustNathaniel]

Love the nails Dylan.

[@oneof13forestpeople97]

Guess the non conformist

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

Could not have clicked faster. Always a pleasure to watch!

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

Yasharn seems so cool! I kinda love watching Stax decks play out, it's so brutal!

[@lucaswolter3739]

Cool nails, cool decks and cool guys! enjoying your videos alot, keep up the good work and rock on!

[@ben.shields]

Just ordered one of your juicy play mats! Cheers from Seattle meta, where we play to be spicy

[@madmatt222]

Yassss! Cheers from Seattle! Post-apocalypse our IRL games are gonna look like a PTW advertisement, playmats are dope! 😉

[@xxVincentVxx]

One of the times I wish I had some extra cash lying around. That playmat is looking SO good ; -;

[@DaDangerDen]

awesome channel love watching the videos

[@noahmurtha4036]

The 4 mana kor warrior that makes 1/1’s on etb equal to the party is actually super good for a backup when combined with najeela and such

[@noesmash7100]

I've got a karametra hate bears decks which I've been in and out of love with for a while but man this yasharn list looks stacked!!!

[@viniciuslopesarruda8452]

Nice Playmat!

[@poiuoloi]

24:00 Dylan drawing with Cam's Notion Thief in play.

[@chimmy1207]

Did you consider adding Najeela and Derevi to Tazri? It seems like a good include in case something happens to one of your combo pieces.

[@dabearsquid2951]

'It's in blue and black so it's basically a CeDH deck anyway' XD

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

Isn't that sad?

[@erikwright4178]

I've watched a few of these videos. I like the game play. I think it would help if you guys put the players names in the corners, so when a player says they are attacking someone it's easier to follow what's going on cause the cute make it fast to watch at times. Great games though.

[@StackedEDH]

Love that Boar. Seems strong!

[@legoking1001]

Boar is very strong agianst certain decks and its hilarious

[@seriously_leo9177]

ordered one of those sexy signed playmats cant wait to get it keep up the good work boys

[@alexgillard7886]

STOKED to see Yasharn the HATE BOAR put in that WORK. Been brewing it since it was spoiled for cEDH. The list played here is VERY close. Love the Luminarch Ascension mana sink. I found that I always had mana to play with so that's definitely going in my list. GG boys!

[@matthewmartin9983]

The usual suspects is one of my favorite movies

[@kisskoyo]

Why not exploration and budgeoning in the Yasharn list? Toghether with his ETB you can ramp like a mad man

[@user-fj9cr7mu7o]

Ikr, his etb is the perfect pair with exploration and burg

[@connorbell5340]

Yasharn is a pretty sweet looking deck. I would love to build the pig, however I am for some reason super into the Tazri deck.

[@demarge1065]

Karmic bell and tomb of yawgmoth is all I remember of eleshnorn stax

[@noahmurtha4036]

I have my own Tazri build currently and I play hour of devastation as a backup win con since when you go infinite you just ply a ton of creatures and make them huge. Plus I play a bit into the Stax side of things but not super heavily. I also have najeela as a backup with attrition for a win since so many creatures fit the warrior category by coincidence with what I’m trying to do. I found that Winota is a HUGE addition to the deck as well.

[@darkone9003]

Yes cant wait to get a play to win playmat (now all i need are play to win sleeves ........ Just saying) amazing video btw u guys are awesome

[@addambarcelos]

Yasharn looking quite good, awesome ^^

[@chronics23]

Just ordered a signed playmat, so excited!

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Thanks!!

[@chronics23]

@@PlaytoWinMTG absolutely, love the channel!

[@MacMaxwell09]

just a techinal note. The delayed Force of will doesnt fizzle (Fizzle is when a spell loses all targets). Because it cant be even be casted. it's just stuck in the exile.

[@Hitzel]

How does this compare to Etrai's Meddling?

[@MacMaxwell09]

@@Hitzel The original spell is still in the exile. But Ertai's Meddling put a copy directily on stack. Then the copy will fizzle since it's target is no longer on stack.

[@Lasor4]

That Yasharn combo is dope.

[@eliluttrell7637]

Already added Yasharn to Derevi and after seeing all the pieces of good CEDH be completely useless, I just can't wait to test him out.

[@solarraine4902]

I keep thinking that the Tazri deck should stick Oona in there if there's room as a backup wincon with infinite mana, since she is a Wizard you can get her with Tazri and then just Exile everybody's libraries.

[@Xeno-MTG]

Well if you're at infinite mana anyway... Thrasios is a Wizard too, so it's the usual game of pick your win con from there with Tazri.

[@yerrowcookie]

Love the nail polish Dylan

[@robertbauerle5592]

Cam could've brazen borrower'd the luminarch ascension to turn it off for a couple turns at the minimum, and with only 2 other players left it would've been much harder for that to turn online. Maybe He needed the stax piece gone because of somthing in his hand I wasn't aware of?

[@dylanculver1796]

i think he was dead on board anyways so that wouldve just been a spite play at that point

[@robertbauerle5592]

@@dylanculver1796 I meant earlier, not the turn that he realized he was dead.

[@nickpayton9554]

Sweet! Got myself a couple playmats! Watching the videos and every time I see them I'm searching through inked gaming for something cool like this. No need, go straight to the source! You guys should have a very short 10 to 15 second reminder to check for play mats and other merch on your website. I know that I get sick of watching the whole 5 minute spiel on command night, as long as it's super short it's always good marketing.

[@Wiggly-T]

I love some goddamn Yasharn action.

[@orsettomorbido]

YESSS I love to see new and strange stuff in edh and cedh, even when it's not tier1 material. I put Yasharn in my Anafenza, the Foremost deck but I yet have to play it :( Glad to see it might absolutely pull off its weight. Omnath, as every Food Chain commander, is scary XD Might go off at any point in the game. I REALLY want to know what hand was that, to discard two tutors and pitch another to FoW. Zareth... yeah, UB is cEDH XD But i will say that its ability might be interesting! Yes, not that many permanents are put into the graveyards, mosty instants and sorceries, but that's before discarding (whispering madness and windfall!) and destroying stuff. Tazri with ONE win condition? I mean, any deck with just one wincon? That's a receipe for a bad time :O I also am surprised (pleasantly) with how many decent party creatures are out there. Nice games, nice decks. Brewing can be really fun! EDIT: randomly, a card popped off during a search. Mesmeric Trance. The card itself is not that good (sadly, cumulative upkeep is a sad mechanic), but the flavour text is PERFECT for this episode: "“Magic overused can freeze the mind. Creativity is more important than power.” -Zur the Enchanter" Lovely.

[@Aeonsmagicks]

Yasharn is pretty good. Its in my gaddock teeg deck but I do think it has a lot of potential as a commander itself.

[@wilfulbuckle13]

I have a deck that tries to win with living plane/Elesh Norn. I love it.

[@wbw911]

cool video as usual got a question there about Game 2 the players not stopping the Luminarch Ascension from getting quest counters, was I missing something?

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

The blockers made it so getting it turned on was inevitable

[@noahmurtha4036]

The other thing I did with my Tazri list was put grenzo dungeon warden as another I ugin it’s mana outlet because you can just put oracle into play and then dump your deck too

[@wyattfox6299]

Thoughts on Orah, Skyclave Hieroficant stacks with a Vito combo win? Been brewing a casual commander for him and turns out academy rector is a cleric and Vito is a cleric at less cmc so if he’s in the graveyard and you sac academy rector you can get both combo pieces to the field then you just have to gain life or make an opponent lose life. Seems like it could be decent

[@lance8522]

I like how everyone just feeds the fish when 1 person starts feeding

[@cmsfhms]

When your thassa’s oracle got countered you could’ve tapped the wizards to copy your force of will to net +1 counter and probably resolve the oracle and consultation

[@HPWolfgang]

I wanna see more yasharn videos from this channel 😭

[@JcGWAMPROD]

I'm sorry what..? You guys have PLAYMATS now?! Gimme 15 please! Will definitely be ordering one of these!

[@SwarajDhumne]

YES the Yasharn stax

[@prashrad2382]

How do you guys make your proxies? Through MPC or do you print them out on paper?

[@josephandrees5381]

I threw the pig in for advantage in my nethroi list, and i played him randomly. He proceeds to get the most groans from the table that turn lmao card is sweet. You guys the best for sure

[@koreyg8552]

My tazri cedh build runs two infinite colorless mana lines, 2 colored infinite mana lines, thassa oracle, lab man , finale as all win cons and diviner wand and grenzo to draw my deck. It’s pretty strong surprisingly

[@deadNdivine12]

Need more Yasharn footage!... Please? Haha

[@EvolutionMeister]

A solid 3 player game I must say

[@09Dragonite]

Lol, Stax might try to pretend it isn't very good, but there is a reason I main cards like Fracturing Gust and Vandalblast in addition to other wipe effects 😂

[@randallferguson1981]

Why can you tap the treasures to sac them for mana through Rest In Peace and ouphe? Was that a misplay or is it not an activated ability??

[@middknight5202]

GREAT GAME!!!

[@MtgGalaxy]

Quick question, why do you always hold priority and copy the spell with sigil tracer? Wouldn't it be better to see if someone tries to counter it and respond with the copy ability so you don't have to waste it? Is there something you're playing around that I'm missing?

[@ArmorBreaker88]

11:50 was smth blocking you from activating Barrin still? to sac/bounce NT?

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

"What an asshole I am." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I say this a lot! Great vid my Bois!

[@Halinn]

9:30, Tazri was *so* close to being able to get infinite mana. Not just the scepter, but Barrin-Dockside. 7 things on opponents boards, but would have to bounce the Ethersworn Canonist bringing it down to one too few

[@benjamincarter6095]

Yasharn, called it.

[@mocke0609]

Entirely non-mtg related but, i noticed Dylan's nails??? bro they look so good, who did 'em?

[@Gorrbo]

when we getting a face reveal of the other two players

[@bradenskaggs5350]

Tyler has shown his face at the end of a few of the older videos. Best 4c and 3c commander round 1 vids if im not mistaken

[@juanchetumare]

Do... Do you proxy the expensive cards? I've always had the question for all cEDH channels tho

[@Cynossure]

Finally got to purchase a playmat!

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Thank you!!

[@Cynossure]

@@PlaytoWinMTG how long does it take for them to be shipped

[@wirakirros7281]

Hi, may I know why you guys didn't include aura shard in Yasharn deck?

[@HeirophantCarneus]

In the post-gameplay discussion Dylan mentions that best Dimir commander in CEDH is Kels, the Fight Fixer. Dylan, you think she's better than Yuriko??? Bad take! J/k but potentially a video idea? "Who is the best Dimir CEDH deck/commander." I know that Yuriko has to run a lot of subpar cards to be effective, but I also think her effect and it's consistency/resilience make up for it.

[@lovereno5958]

I probably missed something here but at 11:44 couldn't you have activated the scepter?

[@redleader2935]

where did you get your duel land proxies?

[@maggiek8616]

The turn you removed last counter from your delayed FoW, did it count as casting the spell? If so you couldn't cast Dranith Magistrate

[@WccDyer]

No, doesn’t have a target. Even if there was no Rest In Peace on the field it still would’ve been exiled since you cannot cast a spell without targets.

[@mth4456]

I noticed on episodes in the past, theres one player that uses a Pokemon World Championship mat. I am a former competitive Pokemon Player and have played at multiple worlds. So I was wondering if that player used to play as well? Maybe I know them if they did.

[@ChefBoyarBlump]

This is so fire, where are yall located?

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

Pa

[@ChefBoyarBlump]

Play to Win say no more imma pull up in 15 min

[@rexone9564]

‘Stacks whoops you on turn 12, every time...’

[@duncanmitchelson9503]

Stupid question the playmat on the top left where is it from?

[@anaveragegamer3934]

On the first game with the windfall that killed Dylan, couldn't Dylan have used barrin to return notion thief back into his hand?

[@uriahatkinson2103]

Gg everyone...love win with combat damage..a very good showing here...see u next time

[@SuperGoodBoyTobi]

So there’s a lot of proxies, do they own the cards they are proxy-ing?

[@markvillar6328]

I don't know if someone already mentioned it or I could be wrong, if opponent got Yasharn in play, you can still crack fetches, right? Card Text: When Yasharn enters the battlefield, search your library for a basic Forest card and a basic Plains card, reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle your library. Players can't pay life or sacrifice nonland permanents to cast spells or activate abilities.

[@koreyg8552]

Cracking fetches requires you to pay life

[@bradenskaggs5350]

Small note I just noticed at 24:00 but correct me if Im wrong Dylan draws through his Tymna but Cam has a Notion Thief on the board. A small mistake, but I just noticed it on a rewatch of the video.

[@myhairismessy3363]

23:59 Bottom left player draws 2 from Tymna's trigger while bottom right player's Notion Thief is in play

[@brendanwu23]

just something I thought of, if the RULE OF LAW wasn't there, Dylan would've been able to make infinite mana with the dockside extortionist and barrin since there were 7 artifacts and enchantements. So he would've been able to sacrifice his last treasure and tap 2 mana to bounce dockside, then replay it. netting 7 treasures, sacrificing 2 treasures to activate barrin sacrificing a treasure as an additional cost. to wind up with 4 treasures and a dockside in hand.

[@Funder1Nk]

Brendan Wu that’s why those 2 cards are in the deck. Lol

[@brendanwu23]

True

[@redleader2935]

what was that game 2 intro song! i must know!

[@gmpd4191]

Also why did you decide to play fetch lands and mana confluence in Yasharn?

[@iPhoneeditor]

Would someone mind explaining the windfall interaction here that forced Dylan to draw out his deck?

[@madmatt222]

Cam: I'll discard Narset cause there's no time for her in this game . . . . aaaaaaand I have Notion Thief in hand 😂