If there “isn’t a combo Carl” in your playgroup, you are the combo Carl

@MoMoVsMTG

18 күн бұрын

You either die as a battlecruiser Barry, or live long enough to become combo Carl

@MoMoVsMTG

16 күн бұрын

Your profile Pic fits ominously well with you comment

when you're the threat (aka when your combo Carl) voltron is always the priority

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

I love that threat assessment changes depending on which player "you" are at the table

As the grouphug player with minimal wincons in my group, i don't blame them when I'm considered the threat. Turns out fast decks don't like when the slow decks get free ramp from me.

@DarthTUK

9 күн бұрын

exactly - in the first scenario (voltron, GH, battlecruiser) it's not wrong to target the GH cuz they make the other two pop off so much harder

Consider a couple questions: Who is the soonest threat at this point in the game? and Who is your bad matchup late game? 1) Who is the soonest threat at this point in the game? Those decks are the ones that could eliminate you. Voltron and other Aggro strategies are often immediate early game threats while resources are low. As time goes on Voltron remains a threat but Combo and midranged decks (Battlecruiser Barry in the video) field faster clocks. At this point Combo is the fastest (0 turn clock) but might not have the threat in hand, the Voltron and midranged have a 2 turn clock on board. Late game soonest threat is Combo regardless of board state, and whoever between Voltron & midranged vs Control won control of the field. 2) Who is your bad matchup late game? If you ignore a deck, they might survive to the late game. Which of their late game positions are the hardest for you to deal with? This depends a lot on your deck. Usually it is the Combo deck and either the Control deck or the grinding midranged deck that is this late game threat to you specifically. Combo fears Control's greater ability to disrupt the combo. Control fears the midranged deck that survived the control attrition. You need to handle the imminent threats. You want to improve your odds vs your bad matchup with surplus resources not needed for handle the imminent threats. 3) Bonus question: Will the game even reach late game? That depends on the balance of interaction vs threat speed and on how much each players' threats contribute to the other players' win conditions.

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

These are all great points. In a well balanced commander pod, regardless of what type of deck everyone is playing, the group dynamic of the table should keep each other's decks in check so that one player doesn't run off with the game. But then you have your personal match ups that might be worse for you, (for example), you are a graveyard based deck, and someone is running decent graveyard hate you gotta prioritize that player otherwise your deck can't function well regardless of others position at the table sometimes. Or vice versa, against a mill strategy, the graveyard based player usally isn't nearly as bothered with that and can turn his attention to the other 2 player. Needless to say, the main point I picked up is that threat assessment often times constantly chages turn by turn, and match up to match up. Great observations!

I try not to remove Commanders unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Reason: they ALWAYS come back. Being perfectly honest, Stax is the playstyle that has the most of my ire (especially Brago). Mill is bad to the extent that I now have to focus on recycling (which many of my decks do) instead of drawing into answers and removal. My own playstyle is more of a battlecruiser with group hug thrown in. I do admit that I love running a mill deck if I have to go against stax.

I’m sometimes milling sometimes battlecruising but the one closer to what I do is combo carl I guess even tho I don’t ever play infinite combos but I do like to win out of nowhere with a OTK

@MoMoVsMTG

16 күн бұрын

My favorite is the Syr Konrad, the Grim "technically isn't a infinite combo" lines 😅

@Aubsty

16 күн бұрын

@@MoMoVsMTG for me its mostly things like " i cast this x damage spell then copy it x times and direct damage all your faces" for exemple 😂

@MoMoVsMTG

16 күн бұрын

@@Aubsty the out of nowhere crackle with power hits different for sure 😂

I am combo carl and the biggest threats are the voltron victor and/or the stax stanley.

As a rat player I definitely a battle combo Barl.

@MoMoVsMTG

13 күн бұрын

There's definitely a decent amount of Hybrid species out there

I'm a Group Hug Gary because when I play combo I'm instantly targeted. Vazi, Keen Negotiator Bjorna, Wernog, Lurrus Jon Irenicus Norin the Wary Are my gotos. When I want to win, it's Slicer, Hired Muscle Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam Elenda and Azor

What about Lil Bean Benny - they seem unassuming at first but become a threat because people think they're smol beans Side note - I need that jojo proxy of kynalos and tiro of meletis

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

Mpcfill, has a lot of MTG Arts. I love this comment, smol bean Benny oftentimes tries to play the part of being just a little guy so that no one notices him and reassures everybody that he's not the threat

You forgot mentioning cEDH Cesar. The guy who brings a tank to a knife fight. What about Proxy Roxy? (Edit)

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

The family tree keeps on growing 😂

I'm mostly battle cruiser myself, endless value engines and armies. I hate combo carls and stax

Always Stax. I can lose, but at least I want to play in game, which stax guy is making hard

@MoMoVsMTG

17 күн бұрын

More magic vs moar magic, a philosophical debate I constantly have with my playgroup

hey guys, I think I know what kind of player made this video

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

Shh, don't tell em about my secret

I'm a textbook Battlecruiser Barry

@asmith587

11 күн бұрын

I feel ya. Go big or fuck off.

and then there's Tergrid Terry, ready to ruin everybody's day

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

Tergrid Terry sits down and everybody else proceeds to stand up. By Coincidence of course.

Oh no, it's Vultron Victor what do I... I cast Baleful Strix

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

In response, I rogue's passage my hexproof commander 💀

Im a solitaire Sara

@MoMoVsMTG

14 күн бұрын

I've heard of your kind but never seen your species in person. Further investigation required.

@themecha47

14 күн бұрын

@@MoMoVsMTG izzet extra turns

@MoMoVsMTG

14 күн бұрын

@@themecha47 I pass the turn to myself kinda player, understood 😂

@DarthTUK

9 күн бұрын

@@themecha47 so combo with extra steps

Where would you slot a politics focused deck?

@MoMoVsMTG

9 күн бұрын

Politician Patrick

@DarthTUK

9 күн бұрын

@@MoMoVsMTG you get to be my Secret Rendezvous buddy if you hit Carl in the face real hard for me. ** wink ** ** wink **

@DarthTUK

9 күн бұрын

@@MoMoVsMTG you'll be my Secret Rendezvous buddy if you hit Carl for me ** wink ** ** wink**

@DarthTUK

9 күн бұрын

In fact, here have some Hunted Phantasm tokens to get the job done.

@MoMoVsMTG

9 күн бұрын

Somewhere between neutral evil and true neutral for sure. Politician are definitely corrupt 😅

If a combo player has 2 cards in hand and someone else has 10 cards in hand and CANT interact with simple creature combo in ANY way, then they shouldnt be playing in a pod with combos.

@linguinibros.productions

16 күн бұрын

Deck issue

Comboplayers are allways the biggest threath, since you have too little information. They could win from nowhere, at sny time

@MoMoVsMTG

11 күн бұрын

Those are the players a give a little extra love to when spreading out some damages

combo carlos ain't living

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

Combo Carlos isn't long for my commander pods 💀

My battlecruiser deck is the Sixth Doctor/Romana2. Last time I played I made 4 Komas... ;p

@MoMoVsMTG

Ай бұрын

Copy all the things!

I’d stay stax Stanley and combo Carlos mix a lot, and if your pulling up to a lower powered game of commander with a stac deck, you suck dude

Then there's me: the infect player. Sneaky aggro with proliferate.

@mrWade101

Ай бұрын

Me playing voltron infect with skittles

@BAAWAKnight

Ай бұрын

@@mrWade101 I have one of those, too, but it's only partly voltron. My other infect is Atraxa--and she's pretty terrifying now that I have Radstorm.

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299

Ай бұрын

Agent Horrigan approves ;p

Im non of these players and it cant be copied based on how i do things irl. Which is scorched earth and i counter everything possible without counter spells