Zedruu vs Admiral Beckett Brass vs Kemba vs Sek'Kuar EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

[@admanios]

Alarm bells went off in my head the moment Mind Over Matter hit the bin.

[@thelocustgod9098]

Ada Bee same.

[@NotetoSelf9292]

I’ve never seen people neglect Rhystic study so bad... not a good strategy

[@whiterabbit2786]

Brass Becket gets extra points for keeping the deck on theme. Winning with style, is way cooler than just wining.

[@CrissLeto]

Moral of the story: ALWAYS PAY THE 1

[@GenyaArikado]

if you can

[@spookysocks5914]

That Rhystic Study did some work.

[@mugiwaralee9592]

That Zedruu deck was on a different level than those other decks. They had no chance at all. Also ALWAYS KILL THE PLAYER WITH STUDY

[@thelocustgod9098]

Hey! You remembered most of the Rhystic Study triggers. Good job man.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'm learning!

[@zombiemaster823]

Question, where's the Beckett list?

[@mattfenner7824]

Not to mention that you had the decree of silence/solemnity combo keeping everyone else from playing Magic...

[@Thomeyis]

Have you ever looked at Leave//Chance for your Zedruu list? It's been a pretty serious overperformer for me (after reading it says "permanents you own" and not "control") and you have a few pieces that it works pretty well with. You can bounce an Act of Authority after giving it away for another 2-for-1, bounce your own Opalescence/Starfield of Nyx to dodge a boardwipe, reset your clones/Grasp of Fates/Decree of Silence, etc. The looting part of it isn't the most efficiently costed, but if you're just digging for combo pieces it can get you pretty deep. Especially if you remember your Rhystic Study triggers.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'll check it out!

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

when I've seen you discard 3 good enchantments in one go I knew Replenish was coming

[@gregnanni4409]

Stomping Grounds!?! That's where I play! (big fan of these videos btw -- I get to see commanders not normally in my play group)

[@MTGMuddstah]

Nice! I'll hope to get out there again in the future. It's a bit of a drive for me though.

[@gregnanni4409]

I'll keep my ear out if I hear you make another trip one day!

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'll probably be letting Kai / Pat know in advance. It'll most likely be in a few months though. I've got some stuff that'll make it hard to get away in the coming weeks.

[@gregnanni4409]

Sure -- I'll check in with them! And keep it up with the awesome content!

[@Deathkeeper43]

I see Sek'Kuar I press like.

[@YourGamePreviewer]

Kai seems to have skipped the “at the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it” clause on Apprentice Necromancer who brought back Razaketh (~9:00)!

[@Macattack1023]

Stomping Grounds is my home store had no idea you came into to play some day! Man wish I had been there but super cool to see you there!

[@Level99Chickens]

Eh, felt like your deck was far more competitive than the rest, playing original duals into sanctum into mana drains vs. pirate tribal and mono white voltron.

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Arjahn ! And a solid Jund list you neglected to mention strangely enough. OG duals do not make a deck stronger either. Mana drain plummeted in price as well. Did he spend more? Yes. But did he show up with a top tier combo deck? No. It’s a silly, casual Zedru list not a newb stomping machine.

[@alsaker13]

Still won with stupid combo

[@shelkofsky1]

Also a competitive kemba list could and probably would easily lock all three of those decks down and stomp. And by competitive I mean cards like Armageddon and winter orb.

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Aaron Alsaker how is it stupid? It took multiple cards and it’s janky as can be. If he brought Teferi Chain Veil or Prosh/Tazri Food Chain or Doomsday Zur or Gitrog combo etc I could understand but this was a straight jank combo.

[@shinseikatsu2014]

I thought so too. A bit too many tutors to be just a silly Zedruu deck.

[@travisbrandt8663]

Muddstah. You are the reason i will be building a Zedruu deck

[@Lucarioguild7]

I always love the decks Kai bring

[@lodevdb4179]

Love that pirate deck, got one as well but I use marchesa the black rose as a general for it so it is easyer to attack

[@Crimm323]

thanks for switching the camera angle. I hate the long view from the side of the table. please just keep it like this.

[@pinnito]

Replenish is a great card, every time I see it hit the field I get really nervous. Good win, I can't wait to see the next video bro.

[@jakesmith9204]

Hell yea! Great win! I never seen that coming lol

[@vader1137]

Nice game you played here with your Zedruu, which is pretty different build that the usual "I gift bad stuff to players". You know when you cast Rhystic Study, you were doing pretty well with the triggers, and after that you got distracted and missed like 6 triggers, that could've accelerated your win. =)

[@MTGMuddstah]

My problem is I talk too much during games. This leads to me missing triggers, haha!

[@F-itJamit]

Paradox Haze is a key card! To quote Mitch from Commander's Quarters, it's the Golden Pig of the deck....that hurt to see it discarded. A couple years too late, but I gotta ask why xD *edit* After further watching the video, I see why it was discarded xD lol I didn't know replenish was a thing...I need to get that card lol

[@jjcc8379]

No one saw you discarting enchantment after enchantment after enchantment ? Jeez, I saw replenish coming from a kilometer and 609 meters away. Even serra's sanctum, lol. You could've telegraphed more if you casted an Academy Rector, but that would be overkill :P Nice game!

[@rickimes453]

That ending is why I always have some form of graveyard hate ready.

[@carlosredondomartinez3151]

I love Mean Miserable Enchantment decks! Thank You sir!

[@sneakp07]

There was a missed trigger after Kai attacked with Razaketh after using the Apprentice Necromancer to bring Razaketh into play. Razaketh should have been sacrificed at the end of Kai's turn. Not that it actually mattered since you won before his next turn! Good job!

[@MTGMuddstah]

Good catch, thank you! Dang it, Kai. Your punishment shall be swift.

[@sneakp07]

It was quite swift, as it didn't even make it back to his turn! lol :)

[@ferventalchemist]

I was playing Doomed Necromancer, not Apprentice Necromancer haha.

[@ferventalchemist]

Don't hurt me :(((

[@sneakp07]

You're right! I see the art is different, but that glare makes it difficult! Silly Muddstah got the card wrong :)

[@BangThatGong]

Oh my lord that was dirty Muddstah

[@xzoid128]

Wait, you were at Stomping Grounds in PA?!!! Thats the game store i frequent, Ive played with all of your opponents in this video. Wish I had shown up when you visited.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yep! I was there on March 4th recording.

[@lehandroz]

Nice Zedru pillow fort combo deck! Early group hug then go for the kill later, just like my Nekusar deck. Great win!

[@marshallhoey5466]

Still managed to win through all those missed study triggers :D I might have missed something but I think you drew a card from study when Kai cycled a card?

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Marshall Hoey he did it to James’ card which gave Kai BB from Carnival of Souls which Kai used to cycle but the draw was from the creature cast.

[@Marionettetc]

Hey muddy, have you ever considered streaming a live commander game every once in a while? while I do appreciate the condensed games, I think one of the most important parts of multiplayer magic is the banter/shit talk. Also, I liked the mini stroke you had pronouncing seclude steppe in the beginning. If you start to smell walnuts or taste metal make sure to see a doctor.

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Marionettetc he does with the EDH lounge where he does MTGO with 3 of his friends. They just released a block-constructed decks only game this week. He also streams MTGO if ya follow his twitter.

[@Marionettetc]

Ms. Sysbit thanks, I didn't know that :)

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Marionettetc well you have a lot to discover then! Look in the description and have at it.

[@hunterhotaling7899]

Did they not notice that the replenish at the end of the game brought back decree of silence and solemnity which together counter every spell for the rest of the game unless someone can destroy one of them or have a card that reads can’t be countered

[@VadenZen]

Loved this match

[@MaxtonYJ]

Wasn't your Act of Authority exiling your Mirage Mirror so you couldn't have won with the "Sunbird's Invocation" you were copying?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I'm not sure what you mean. When Kai exiled the Copy Enchantment it was a Sunbird's, but so was the Clever Impersonator.

[@LeoBushydo]

kai was so adamant about using razaketh that he should make it his commander

[@zekersm6229]

Why didn't James steal the Rustic Study turn 5????

[@-Ambos-]

Nice! I like your new deck!

[@Eldrad235]

I love your new camera position

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yea, I agree! I think it's really getting better and better.

[@hans0markus]

you need to get the decklist of admiral beckett brass

[@bdsbtb]

Sick background music.

[@SpamTheWonderful]

he pulls a masterpiece sword of feast and famine, cause thats a thing in commander

[@knowyourchances]

YAY CARNIVAL OF SOULS!

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

i'd like to explain what happened in song, but what was that combo you did? please reply for good story

[@MTGMuddstah]

So the combo involves discarding a card through Mind over Matter to untap Temple Bell. You then tap Temple Bell, and everyone draws a card. You can then discard the new card, to repeat the cycle. What keeps you from losing to your own combo is having an older Eldrazi to shuffle your graveyard in.

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

MTG Muddstah ah i see. Well give me a bit and I'll just edit the comment. Give me an hour.

[@pokeyclawz8727]

Cool, janky combo. It would’ve been funny if someone else revealed an old eldrazi too :P

[@theironbrutes5477]

My money this week is on pirates. Cos if I could I would but I don't have enough doubloons to try it

[@oom-3262]

How dare you to cast the boogeyman himself?

[@joephillips7966]

Can someone explain the Steppe joke to me?

[@Hero-er9oj]

After sram was stolen by pirates could Pat have un equipped the basilisk collar?

[@MTGMuddstah]

Yes he could have.

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Zedru won?!!! That’s a first for you piloting him, right?

[@robg7430]

There's a shop called Stomping Ground here in MI also

[@MTGMuddstah]

Haha, nice!

[@ludicrousluke2787]

There is one in Pennsylvania too!

[@Level99Chickens]

Yup, 9/10 shop names are just Card Name puns

[@aarong2606]

Your sunbirds was gone at the decree of silence play no?

[@MTGMuddstah]

I had a copy of it with Copy Enchantment.

[@aarong2606]

Ahh you had 2 missed that wp wp

[@jeffbt17]

No one ever pays Rhystic Study in these videos.. Why?

[@WhirlpoolMaelstrom]

LRR Playmat :D.

[@federicocarlucci7973]

Really, the victory was basically yours since the moment all players started neglecting Rhystic Study

[@addambarcelos]

surprised to see the potential of zedruu. really insane

[@MTGMuddstah]

I will say that the deck isn't built around her in the traditional sense of giving away those weird punishing cards. I use her more as a pseudo-draw engine in my command zone who can give away stuff like Torpor Orb which hurts everyone. I then dig into my toolbox of enchantments and try and find a win =)

[@addambarcelos]

still it's interesting. that lifegain and card draw really helps a lot, and mind over matter is always a problem

[@MTGMuddstah]

For sure. I typically have to cheat it out because it will almost always eat a counter immediately.

[@addambarcelos]

true

[@damasda15]

i felt like you could of enlightened tutored for sol ring in the 1st turn then ramped and still got azorius signet out...but i guess idk whats more important in your deck

[@MTGMuddstah]

That might have been a good line too. I went with Study because I find people tend to overreact to someone who ramps hard early on.

[@AidanWR]

Razuketh should have died on turn 9. Apprentice Necromancer forces you to sacrifice the creature on the next end step

[@Wolf666Plague]

No Beckett Brass list?

[@MTGMuddstah]

It should be there

[@Wolf666Plague]

MTG Muddstah Not in the description :/

[@jonathanshorty]

When are you going to come out to Utah we have a lot of players :)

[@GeloHobbies]

voice of an angel

[@smack80]

muddstah kind of bringing a rocket launcher to a knife fight. Duals, mana drain, serra sanctum. Slap them with money why don't you?

[@GPcarbone1]

Someone should have read what apprentice necromancer does. It only reanimates razaketh for a turn lol.

[@MTGMuddstah]

Haha, yea. Mistakes were made!

[@revolutionartiste]

The kemba deck go so much hate, why tho

[@francisco7021]

Spicy finish

[@PiroMunkie]

Muddstah dumps three high value enchantments in the bin. Nothing suspicious at all! I feel like enchantment decks have to be one of those focus-them-until-they-die kinds of decks in commander. People typically run very limited numbers of enchantment removal, and certainly not enough to take care of a deck that is so dense with enchantment value that there's no way you could take care of EVERYTHING, especially through Replenish effects and other recursion. There are so few answers to a board full of enchantments as well. You might find 0-1 in any given deck. Pernicious Deed, O-Stone, Larry Nevin's Disk maybe the most common, with something like Merciless Eviction being a runner-up for any BW deck. Aura Shards is great, but limited to those colors. Something like Calming Verse is just unheard of compared to Vandalblast. Jeskai is an interesting color choice, even Zedruu was a weird commander choice (not that Jeskai has a lot of options) since a lot the enchantments I saw you don't really want to donate. Red does give you access to Decree of Annihilation though, which just so happens to not destroy enchantments if you feel like losing friends. Is there a reason you went Jeskai instead of some something like Bant or just Azorious? The few red cards you have seem just okay, though Wild Research alone almost seems worth it.

[@MTGMuddstah]

I wanted to go for something outside of the norm, plus the idea of donating universal hate cards like Torpor Orb so that I could draw more tickles me.

[@ThreatLevel9]

Idk. I really don’t like Brainstorm Jace. His +2 is mediocre., his -1 only bounces a creature, and you’re never going to Ultimate him under most circumstances. He’s only ever used for his 0 ability, and he’s just slapped down in one turn cycle because he only has 3 loyalty. 4 mana for brainstorm and gain 3 just doesn’t seem good to me.

[@joeltagert]

STOP LETTING HIM DRAW FROM RHYSTIC STUDY, YOU FOOLS!

[@Nakpat5897]

MFW you pitch Mind Over Matter with one blue mana up around the whole board. Urgh. :P

[@MTGMuddstah]

I like to live..... dangerously.

[@adrianvargas7099]

When razaketh leaves the battlefield by act of authority, Sek'kuar was on the battlefield and Kai should put a 3/1 token

[@quack2299]

first! haha kiding 50th

[@Jordan-ub5kw]

Nice 4 mana sorcery speed brain storm you got there...

[@MTGMuddstah]

$90+ dollar, sorcery speed, non-flashbackable, four mana brainstorm lol.

[@behemoth1158]

Stop the bad people playing mass calcify. #blackcreaturelivesmatter

[@isaachill1613]

Im Early!!