Yidris vs Scion vs Varina vs Thromok EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

[@tyson263]

I'm a simple man, I see Thromok in the title I sit down and like the video. Then I open up a bag of chips and eat it. Then I eat the chair. Then the laptop. Then anything else I can find honestly.

[@adamhudson2839]

Eat 3 chairs, gain the power of 9 chairs

[@eating_a_cookie]

With zombies, it’s always a win-win situation. If they kill everyone else, they won the game, but if they lose, the fallen player joins the horde, making it stronger. This is the type of positive thinking that keeps us going!

[@Fearthecow792]

At 13:00, Mirage Grave Pact would not trigger, as Yidris didn't die, he went to the command zone, so Amadeus would keep his Grimgrin.

[@Hysteria19]

Daniel Wilson this is not right. Moving the commander to the command zone prevents that creature from moving to the graveyard. The wording on grave pact means that it will not trigger

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Adam Wang guess that’s gonna be changing soon.

[@AffinityForCommander]

How do your videos look sooooo good?! They are truly a pleasure to watch! 😃

[@BloodLegaZ]

I'm pretty sure he told me before that he just uses a go pro for his vids.

[@jaded2269420]

For a little there it felt like it was Varina vs Yidris . They were slugging it out while keeping the other two in check.

[@ivernedit]

Just made a varina deck and wanted to see a new game of her on your channel, THANKS DAD

[@thatonescarecrow4692]

Let Thromok eat at peace just one time.

[@johannpohland2826]

I wanted to see a big big creature^2

[@goodknight88]

great video, good to know about the tempest having the dragon deal the damage.

[@Grand_Admiral]

I am totally using glare to take out an opponent's Sol Ring in the future! Seriously though, this game was lots of fun. I'm always impressed with the quality of MTG Muddstah's videos, especially given how consistently they are released.

[@AaronChamberlain88]

Scion is my first and favourite Commander Deck...it’s a real great deck to pilot, but needs to be managed carefully as too big of a start can be bad, as the game becomes Arch-Enemy

[@Linkeh24]

Yeah, same. He's a super fun commander, but if you get too excited about your ability to oneshot out of nowhere in damage step, it can scare the table really badly.

[@ArtPlaysGames]

Reverberating Bring to Light should have only gotten a 0cmc card since no mana was paid on the copy that was cast.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Others have mentioned that as well =( I'll have to watch for it moving forward. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[@kyojitakenouchi9706]

@@MTGMuddstah mistakes happens

[@ArtPlaysGames]

Just an FYI. You still make great content. :-) Thanks for the fun games.

[@LidlRaccoon]

"eaten by the glare" that is beautiful XD 8:38

[@DarkEinherjar]

Why didn't Matt make the Scion an Ur-Dragon BEFORE attacking? That would've given him two extra cards and a free permanent to the field.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I think this was the first time Matt had played Scion since swapping back from the Ur-Dragon. He was just brushing the dust off. The deck has since become a real monster, haha!

[@Tjlo1339]

Seriously... my first scion target is always The Ur Dragon. Card draw plus permanent is busted. I could 1 shot people with the scion combos but I don't because I don't want the board to kill me immediately afterwards. I usually save any 1 shot combos for desperation plays or i'm the last of two players.

[@darylchiu9030]

first? nope 2 Tribal decks and each person having an increasing number of colors from 2-5. Seeing Amadeus play Varina reminded me of my Gisa and Geralf deck that recurs Scourge of Nel Toth, Boneyard Scourge, Prized Amalgam and Bladewing's Thrall, also including Geralf's Stitchwings and his Masterpiece. :3

[@dillonj9889]

My body is ready for every one of these legendary delights. Thank you so much again for putting this gang of my favorite legendary dudes together.

[@nathanspencer6140]

16:08 Amad. Is resolving Varina, Lich Queen’s triggered ability, even if he found an answer when drawing cards he wouldn’t have an opportunity to cast the answer due to him needing to fully resolve his commanders ability. His hand prior to the trigger appeared to be completely empty.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I believe he had one card, which was off to the side. It was a long shot, but he played it out just in case.

[@nathanspencer6140]

If he did have a card, then he correctly played to his best out.

[@Taroofie]

Really great work man, keep it up! Would love to play a game with you guys if I’m ever if the same place (in Iowa right now) but who knows in the future.

[@DarkEinherjar]

I'm not sure if Mike got greedy at that last turn with Eldrazi Monument + Parallel Lives, or simply didn't have any creatures or token-making cards in his hand... he only needed to make six creatures to win the game right then and there.

[@oom-3262]

Who else is hyped about the new shadowborn apostle-like advisor?

[@johannpohland2826]

Derevi advisor tribal incoming

[@nathanspencer6140]

As a player if Shadowborn Apostle (SA), I’m excited to brew with it, but unfortunately due to the stats of the new card I’m afraid it will never be as busted as SA. Not unless there is some other super good reason to play advisors not yet spoiled.

[@pizzadeliveryman8740]

What card?

[@chaoticrevenge7950]

A copied bring to light can only fetch cards with cmc 0 or less because no colors were spent to cast the copy. Trust me Ive tried to do this in my Riku deck but it doesn't work.

[@gavikatz307]

Great video as always! Hopefully one day I can join in on one!(Sadly the shop in this video is about an hour and a half away from me)

[@sasukeds]

I have a Varina deck but it is less zombie tribal and more focused on the draw-discard-lifegain mechanics. I was still rooting for Amad hard though, was a clutch gravepact that kept the big boys from getting out of hand! Oh if if there is one thing I have learned playing against dragons its you have to deal with them early bc you wont get a chance later. GGWP!

[@boneheadcycler1412]

Hey Muddstah! Awesome video, as usual. I was curious if there is any way that we could get a full game-play video, where we can hear some of the politics. I love your normal format and I prefer it when I'm sitting down and watching, but sometimes I like to play videos while I'm working, and it would be cool to have an hour-long Muddstah video going :)

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'd love to but I would need to find a group of people who would be comfortable having their voices recorded + a location that isn't a shop to film in. My current games often have a staggering amount of background noise.

[@animeexpresscon]

@5:15 its a pity that Trevor didn't have the mirage mirror copy the eldrazi monument, that would have saved him some hp.

[@vengray8055]

i was thinking the same thing.

[@alexjustart]

Amazing how Mike was able to do absolutely nothing all game, then get a basicly free win on the board with panharmonicon + purphoros and proceeds to absolutely fuck all and lose the game Respect my dude

[@PyroFace91]

Dragon Tempest is a sweet card. Pairing it with the original Nicol Bolas is nuts too. ETB target player discards their hand.

[@PotatoGuidanceMissle]

So, a few misplays, but I think one that’s ingenious is when Trevor attempts to copy Dragon Tempest. Unless Mirage Mirror is worded differently, it is not still an artifact upon resolution of its ability if it copies a non-artifact permanent. Trevor’s deck is still sweet, and that line of play would’ve been amazing

[@nathanspencer6140]

14:12 Trevor shouldn’t make a copy of his Mirage Mirror from the Saheeli’s Artistry because his target was no longer an artifact after copying Dragon Tempest.

[@juanvasquez-pf2kz]

Scion of the ur dragon for the win I love it when a plan comes together

[@Drow333Grey]

2,3,4 and 5 colored decks. That is a nice mix in a edh game 😃

[@DarkEinherjar]

I'm glad that your voice is back to normal. :D

[@MTGMuddstah]

Getting there! I can still feel some lingering congestion in my nose.

[@liamg5545]

Nice Video. Love the variety of commanders!

[@delaneymurphy7862]

At 13:17 when Mike reverberated the bring to light it should have been x=0, since no colored mana was spent to cast it (source: magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/battle-zendikar-mechanics-2015-08-31 )

[@darksteelmenace595]

The return of ripped Trevor with ripped Ydris

[@specialkender]

How is that 100% of your games have at least 1 sol ring first turn?

[@swordoflorn]

I wish I could play with you guys. Your meta doesn't have solely budget players who cry when you play something like Mana Drain.

[@RedLexLuthur]

I like how Trevor does nothing but annoying plays all game and everyone else just ignores killing him when they've had multiple chances to do so.

[@boneheadcycler1412]

I wouldn't pick on someone with arms the size of my legs.

[@plain6677]

I wouldn't pick on someone with arms the size of Thromok

[@michaelkinsella9473]

At 02:40 didn’t trevor search for one forest to little with the fetch + ranger’s path?

[@shenronsgoldfish]

man i love they copyright free music you use man

[@felipelousada]

varina decklist? so good!

[@ujai5271]

Amadeus discarded a Path to Exile early, which would have been clutch against Ulamog. Also, I do not love saccing the Eldrazi Monument to Annihilate, as it left him open to fliers and Terminates.

[@grimfrost002]

SEPULTURA Primordial at 10:43 !

[@yoricktop8649]

At 14:25 trevor responded to his own spell by making mirage mirror a dragon tempest, this should have fizzled the copy since dragon tempest isn't an artifact, making it an illegal target

[@Zaalbarjedi]

That wouldn't fizzle it, just make it unable to copy Mirror aka Dragon Tempest on resolution. Artistry still had Ventmaw as legal target and would've copy it normally.

[@yoricktop8649]

@@Zaalbarjedi yeah, thats what i meant, no copy of mirage mirror

[@TheSimo350]

There is the possibility to find the deck list of those decks somewhere?

[@tylerbrooks6063]

So, where can I go to find Varina’s decklist since it isn’t in the description?

[@sundaygolessons]

Your voice is soothing.

[@apock2474]

Dragon deck lasted till turn 10+. GG boys GG

[@nzrbroadcasting1421]

Why did he turn the mirror into gravepact? It wouldn't have died to the gravepact trigger. The grave pact trigger would have gone on the stack above it and resolved before the mirror finished becoming grimgrin

[@ivellious209]

I love Jolt but, I miss the OG goblin noise.

[@tribalkai]

Yidris can be really frightening. You never know when that thing is going to go off.

[@09Dragonite]

Really felt like Thromok was getting crapped on for a minute, and I like the static damage playstyle, but he got way too greedy at the end trying to Panharmonicon with a Parallel Lives while everyone blatantly knew there was a Purphoros on the field. If he just used Purphoros and the Scion-token generator he would've been fine. He had enough mana the entire game to play explosively and he should run a few creature tutors. He probably could've won if he had hit an Avenger of Zendikar and then just moved to combat to clean who ever was left.

[@Zaalbarjedi]

More than that, he got his Purphoros on the battlefield illegally, as copied BTL search only for cards with cmc 0)))

[@darkywaf]

Any update on Amadeus' varina list ?

[@TheRushmore12]

Why exactly did Trevor throw away his ulamog by attacking amadeus? He could've attacked mike and matt and saved amadeus for last

[@adventuresinbizarreness2165]

Ulamog shuffles your graveyard into your deck along with itself when it hits the graveyard, so Trevor's Azcanta shouldn't have flipped the next turn

[@Terror1046]

Can you post the varina decklist?

[@rioscardot]

Going for Yidris this time

[@Pramxnim]

Why are the Savage Ventmaws attacking as though they have haste?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Dragon Tempest gives them haste upon entering.

[@thestanimal6076]

Varina is one of my favorite commanders

[@TiredFellow7]

Thromok, my maaaaan

[@mariecarrillo1737]

Did you guys all mul down? Just asking because it just shows 6 cards

[@MTGMuddstah]

They all did, yes.

[@mariecarrillo1737]

@@MTGMuddstah thanks for the reply bro. Great game too. Keep them coming.

[@Scott.not.Scotty]

Guess who pulled another all nighter to watch some new edh

[@thelunchlady8276]

An undead Buddy Hackett?

[@Eldrad235]

can we see that varina list?

[@bolt_vanderhuge]

You gonna play any games at the FFH second location?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'll have to see where it is. I know Rob announced the location, but I'm still not entirely familiar with NJ.

[@bolt_vanderhuge]

@@MTGMuddstah it's tcnj, about 15 minutes from the original location. Im real excited bc i still play edh with the crowd there and we've never had a real location

[@MTGMuddstah]

Cool! I'll see about swinging by when it opens.

[@Shinyhuntershay]

The only thing i wanted to se is mike go off atleast once.

[@Sykdude]

Has Mike ever won with that Thromok?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yup! He won with it last night, but sadly it wasn't on camera.

[@TheNerindil]

Why on earth would you put The Ur-Dragon in the 99? Some kind of stubborn protest against Eminence?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I would imagine it would be so that Matt could pay two before combat to have Scion become a copy, then swing with an army of dragons, draw a bunch and drop a bunch.

[@goldengoosed1574]

Put ur dragon into your graveyard then get it back with animate dead turn 4-5 is how I’ve seen it used

[@VVhirl]

Trevor was trying reallll hard to keep Amad down

[@jorgemendieta8085]

If you copy Bring to Light you didn't spent mana for that, so you only can search for cards that cost 0.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Oh no! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll try and keep it in mind moving forward.

[@addambarcelos]

dude, this game was great!

[@cpcarey1225]

Everyone had to mulligan to six? Crazy.

[@solotopp]

Cool commandersthis game.

[@wolfsritter8151]

I'm ashamed to say that at 8:39 I spent 5 min looking for a card called the glare....

[@taylorthompson8689]

What is everyone’s problem with varina?

[@Ultragunner99999]

How come Canadians can't say "sepulchral"?

[@jacejames3853]

Nice

[@ErikTheRedd1]

1:17 Stromping Ground =p

[@RomanNumerDos]

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Trevor shuffles his deck "upside-down"? His cards are almost out of the sleeves because of it and it's kind of irritating.

[@jundsheep7599]

Thromak doesn't really seem to work well.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

Broccoli!

[@johannpohland2826]

THROMOK!!!!

[@zombieguy75]

early boys

[@zombieguy75]

first btw

[@hendrikgerl3142]

Matt play his deck so bad :/

[@d9_1056]

Horrible threat assessment