WHO'S THE BEST COMMANDER PRINTED IN 2023 - cEDH GAMEPLAY

The end of 2023 is here and so we're playing the best commanders printed in 2023 for cEDH!
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[@blitz_berlin7230]

Four amazing decks. Can we please have a re-match of those?

[@SweetManaT]

Really was some great gameplay.

[@ryanmilewski9641]

Please another rematch, I love seeing when you guys are play testing fringe decks 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Aarvex]

@@ryanmilewski9641 These aren't fringe outside of Etali though. Atraxa, Talion and Ob Nix have a ton of representation and Atraxa even has multiple tournament wins.

[@ryanmilewski9641]

Ah, I guess my exposure to CEDH comes more from watching it via a multitude of other KZbin channels as I usually play mid - higher power casual commander. I tend to not proxy all that much as a side note. I find Play to Wins content covers more meta popular commanders. Regardless I play Ob Nix without combos and love the card advantage along with group slug the deck naturally generates.

[@damo9961]

Atraxa, Talion and Ob Nix aren't fringe. @@ryanmilewski9641

[@DaDangerDen]

That game was so sick, Kingpin went crazy when he came in with the draw pinger.

[@GTIBROS]

The sideways board is insane. How'd yall not stop it instantly?

[@thetogtube2]

Agreed. Like at least give us all a trigger warning 😂… I would just target that guy just outta principal every single game.

[@RodrigoCML7]

Man I’ve been wanting Aboleth Spawn to be a thing for so long. Thank you Brandon for not letting 2023 not be the year of the Aboleth! Spawn

[@hermesthenerd9967]

That stack of interaction was WILD even with all of the missed triggers 😂

[@peterbraunschweig2779]

This felt like a game of Judge's Tower by the end of it

[@Highwang]

I see Brandon is providing the dutch angle for this movie.

[@jasons9895]

Why is Brandon’s board diagonal

[@magicmac7975]

Preference probably. Like them eSports keyboard positions.

[@addictedtomints9433]

He is fighting three people why would he leave his left side open? xD lol He is diagonal sighted. It's like when people turn a page diagonal when writing xD lol

[@WarmasterSidious]

There’s a camera mounted in between him and cam

[@vroomzoom4206]

He's tilted

[@StephenDakota]

He's just about that life.

[@joshuanugentfitnessjourney3342]

Man I fell in love with Brandons deck I love seeing a cedh game thats so grindy

[@suckmeoffitis]

talion on 1 drew so many damn cards

[@aselbst]

Ok, that was a ridiculous and awesome game with all the triggers. Very cool. And every time I see it in a (non-cedh) pod, I try to tell people that Bloodchief is going to win the game for its caster unless it's destroyed, and every time... Cool to see it happen in cedh too. Even more reason for me to build Talion.

[@hellproof2379]

One of the best games on the channel. What a blast. Ob looks awesome.

[@twhite9615]

Talion puts in so much work, its actually crazy.

[@Ragnarok633]

Dylan saying "Ive been thinking about this for weeks" on the ragavan misplay is basically me. I threw a game as slicer like 6 months ago and I still think about the line I should have gone with to win.

[@brianrinckenberger6265]

I do the same thing- when I punt a game due to a misplay, it’s sticks with me for a long time… 😓😓

[@chrisriggs5292]

Awesome episode, this has become my favorite channel and I look forward to every Friday and Sunday. Keep it up gents 🤘🤘

[@joshuajohnson2532]

This was one of the best games of the year! Can't wait for all the awesome videos y'all will be bringing in 2024!

[@Zap2x_93]

Such a crazy storm-trigger-like game! Amazing guys!

[@Lasor4]

All these decks are awesome and I love that Ob Nix and Talion allow some new cards to shine in cEDH. Great video!!

[@Flip4Crypt]

This game was fucking awesome- such great stacks and really cool interactions Happy new year guys! Can't wait to see this channel grow through 2024!

[@crackerjack_games]

Heck of a way to go out in 2023! Love it guys!

[@mandielyn0416]

Dudes! Awesome game, one of the best in channel history, no question.

[@SubSonicEctomorph]

That was the best game I’ve seen in a long while. Thanx boyoz!

[@wt3869]

Happy new year! Thanks for all your help making my friends sad/angry. At least I keep them well fed.

[@danielcooley5572]

That stack on Brandon's turn 5 was absolutely nuts. Should definitely do a rematch with these decks!

[@Karste1n]

Also happy new years guys, this channel has been a continuous highlight for me throughout the year

[@thomasnoonan2039]

This was a fun game to watch! Crazy turn of events that last turn...

[@ryanheinbach6374]

I'm so glad your sleeves are back in stock! I can finally sleeve Magda

[@stelliocantos4639]

What a great, scrappy game. I really didn't knwo who was ahead for most of that. Excellent game, thanks for playing!

[@jackalpwn42]

One of the best cEDH games i've seen in a while!

[@chiefchowmein5498]

Great game guys and happy newyear!!

[@robertmitchell3030]

Great game as usual! And great year for Play to Win!

[@worms35]

What a game. I particularly enjoyed it as I've just bought and received Ob Nix and Aboleth Spawn so glad to see them doing work

[@DylanD_]

Two Obs makes for a crazy game. So many thing changing the top of libraries at the same time while the top card of everyones deck matters. Fantasitic game to end the year on.

[@joskajiri]

oh yeah that was damn interesting game guys, well done and please have a re-match! 💖 also happy new years from Prague my loved ones!!

[@bradenskaggs5350]

I was waiting for Brandon to hopefully make a return. He was one of my favorite players from the older games

[@diontorres4610]

Man seating at the edge of my seat 😂 trying to keep up with triggers! Awesome match!!!

[@brendenhoving4036]

I want to build all of these decks. This was such an amazing game. Especially the Talion.

[@Orelusz]

The spawn is one of my favorite cards ever, I use on a Zellix deck that is just quite sweet along with Bloodchief Ascension, but seeing Talion being used as this is amazing. I might have to add Talion.

[@obiwanjay5706]

Watching you guys have taught me so much in the past couple months. Love the content and one of the reasons im getting into cEDH. I do have a question when it comes to "friendly proxy event." Do you have to own the card to be able to proxy it and if so i would assume you have to prove it? Sorry if it sounds stupid, just looking for more clarification.

[@velocevisrin5060]

Happy new year from Australia fam, here's to another year of play to win 🎉

[@kencheng8575]

What's crazy is that Brandon was playing an outdated version of Brazytree's deck. A lot of Talion players have moved away from Aboleth Spawn and this video makes me want to add it back into my deck.

[@jasonsavory9748]

It’s good when it’s good but I fear the floor is too low for 3 mana

[@craigrgriffin]

All my versions run aboleth Spawn. Card is a house. Check the decklists closer ;) -brazytree

[@kencheng8575]

@@craigrgriffin Yes, but the more reccent decks that have been doing well with Talion aren't running it anymore. By the way, how has the Ad Naus version been working out for you?

[@skeletor-sx1hy]

I had no idea you guys were relatively local to me. I live about 90 minutes north of Cloud City games, but I was just in their last Saturday. I'm not prepared yet to enter a cedh tournament but I've got an atraxa deck that I'm working on getting to that level. Hope to come join in the next one.

[@leonfriedemann9151]

That was fun to watch. Now I am interested in trying aboleth spawn again 😅 and getting myself a forbidden orchard

[@mitsosoftheelves]

Bonkers game! So. Many. Triggers. Talion (my fave of the year) doing good was also nice

[@GOOMBAHx]

That was the best stack I’ve seen all year. And it came before midnight my time. CRAZY

[@kylecarson3318]

Wow! That was fantastic

[@mattkent5869]

I mean when you get to resolve that many triggers on the stack, I usually take a deep breath, and then I put in evidence on my board the pieces that relate to those triggers. This helps me not to forget any interaction that may happen and I can layer like Shaggy from Scooby Doo when he's making a sandwich. Hey the more Magic happens the funnier any game gets to be!

[@NathanSyn]

Starting my year with Play to Win (Australia-resident here) so all is well :)

[@nerdystore]

Oh man, what a crazy game!

[@craigrgriffin]

NO FREAKING WAY. MY LIST ON A GAMEPLAY VIDEO. SIIIICK

[@pppricher]

What a game ! Awesome

[@chicotivo307]

I looked at the time on this episode and it checks out lol

[@voidprism_studios666]

Great game. I hope there's a game 2!

[@josephdillard2648]

the most stacked game i’ve seen in awhile im glad i only had to rewind twice😂

[@TheCodingle]

That was a wild game. I've been thinking about building etali.

[@SweetManaT]

Talion and Elli are my 2 decks for cEDH. WoE was a top notch set for commanders.

[@adamfisher7099]

Great game!

[@09Dragonite]

Hey Cam, when you Eldritch Evolutioned Etali, why didn't you go get Squee for the Food Chain line?

[@TheBitterSuite7279]

I assume it's because the Talion on the board would've prevented him from getting infinite mana since he would have lost 2 life every time he cast Squee.

[@1ntegrator]

What an amazing game!

[@FightinKidTim]

Loved that game so much

[@TheZombieGrunt]

Happy new year everyone!

[@jgmclellan]

Awesome game!

[@a.artmaster8733]

My gosh that Talion. Before I kind of wanted one, now I really want one.

[@orinmatthew]

I have a suggestion about the Talion deck. Have you thought about mindcrank for the blood chief combo?

[@NT_Escanor]

That game was wild!!!!!!

[@mackmccormick]

great game!

[@thenightangel05]

Amazing game, insanely well played given the triggers. Anyone complaining wouldve missed more triggers, thank yall.

[@dannymerritt7746]

This was the game to end the year. So. Many. Triggers.🤣

[@TheGrifcannon22]

That Aboleth Spawn turned out to be useful.

[@ivernedit4132]

finally some abolish spawn love. Fav card of last few years.

[@syndicate5357]

That was an epic stack state! Screw board states its all about them triggers on the stack

[@nonamenoface9487]

Man ob was doing his THANG lol. I kinda want to try it now.

[@frozentyphoon2049]

Easily the best cedh game I've ever seen

[@ljlk8583]

love to see more ob nixilis gameplay!!

[@GrundysGames]

Those stacks were nuts

[@TeamSprocket]

Jeez, enough triggers to make a Krark deck blush

[@MrBusinessBoss-ft4jk]

Play to win gameplay on my birthday? Nice!

[@Asturjgm]

That last turn really was a trigger salad, what a great game

[@brianrinckenberger6265]

What’s the verdict on the best number to pick with Talion? I usually choose 2, but 1 put in work this game..!

[@josemaravilla6955]

Would casting chain of vapor getting rid of the spawn be better? To not get treasure, and etb copies?

[@g4greed502]

possibly, but the Ward 2 can be relevant

[@skylarthoma5353]

Fucking wild game y’all. That was great

[@Vrir16]

Tyler on Atraxa?! Day made, fun way to end the year.

[@Y0kAiS]

That tower of babel of triggers was insane lol

[@jtmoney606]

cards amazing in Talion I play talion 🖤💙

[@TripsAhoy]

Have a Happy New Year fellas! ❤❤❤

[@nickvillalobos7421]

game of the year!!

[@danielpalin6946]

Bloodchief ascension is a literal mvp in my Kambal deck, it's a disaster to leave out. Also goes infinite with mindcrank (but that card kinda sucks otherwise)

[@simondebesai5947]

Never seen a stack of interaction with so many colors before

[@thejuicecaboose]

I'd love to see a deck tech for Ob Nix

[@noahmurtha4036]

Ngl I play forbidden orchard in EVERY deck nowadays. Tymna and rag blockers are so important

[@liranxiao3150]

omg the trigger storm

[@xSNAKE2423x]

HOLY TIGGERS BATMAN! JEEZ

[@danielcarrillo4800]

I have a doubt, since there is a defense grid in the field, Brandon spells that are being cast from his copy of etali etb supposed to be 3 more mana to cast?

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

defense grid makes spells cost 3 more, not copies, so the first one costs 3 more, which brandon has due to the treasures, but all the copies made from storm do not cost 3 more. I think...

[@danielcarrillo4800]

@@PlaytoWinMTG etali copied etb cast spells or not? 🤔

[@TheBitterSuite7279]

​@@danielcarrillo4800All spells exiled from Etali's ability are cast, not copied. Brandon had 3 treasures to be able to cast Brain Freeze, but as explained above, Defense Grid does not affect spells on the stack being copied, so he didn't have to pay for any of the 15 storm copies of Brain Freeze he used to wipe the table

[@wika1984]

I swear these guys are playing with an identical deck in their hands. Stack on stack on stack every person's turn.

[@caurimyers979]

My brother plays this way and is MESSY on top of it. Literally makes me angry staring at it when we play 🙃🤣

[@Veznikcpg]

6:50 Would Talion trigger here? Do vehicles have P/T while on the stack?

[@anhisfine]

I don't think so but I could be wrong. On the one hand, Imposter Mech is not a creature spell, but on the other hand, Talion specifies only that spells with power or toughness equal to the chosen number triggers it, and Imposter Mech has P/T 3/1.

[@TheBitterSuite7279]

Under C.R. 208.3, a "noncreature object not on the battlefield has power or toughness only if it has a power and toughness printed on it". Thus, a Vehicle spell has its printed power and toughness on the stack and will trigger Talion.

[@a.s1348]

Good game can u make a playlist of all commander game together?

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

we do have this! if you check our playlists, we have ones for each commander we play with as well as one for all the gameplay. I believe it needs to be updated with some older ones, but theres still a lot there!

[@a.s1348]

@@PlaytoWinMTG i saw one with 101 video yea 😁🔥 continue with u content i love it and make game with Jon Irenicus, Shattered One I love this commander and i really like to see u gameplay 👽

[@sabastianfeakes6279]

Dylans eyebrows rolled a 20 on the performance check every damn episode lmao

[@maggiek8616]

Did Cam lose 2 life to the Bloodchief Ascension from his Etali getting forced? As it still goes to the graveyard. Pretty sure you guys are right about storm, it should go on the stack at the same time as all the other spells so won't count.

[@mauriciomartinez8885]

Why did talion trigger at min 4 with the dockside, what am I missing?? Talion was on 1 an he drew cards for 1 and 2 cmc spells

[@PlaytoWinMTG]

talion checks power, toughness, and mana value

[@mauriciomartinez8885]

@@PlaytoWinMTG my bad thanks for explaining

[@McMullenDistillery]

Seeing Tyler discard Dark Ritual was weird. Since when did Kinnan run Dark Ritual?!