Kevin's trigger finger twitching on land drops for the rhystic was funny as hell

Kevin excitedly giving the rhystic study tippy taps like a dog that wants to go outside made my day better.

I've never seen a person so excited for a Rhystic Study than Kevin lol

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

It's cute isn't it. He's so hype

@TheGrifcannon22

Жыл бұрын

👉🏻👉🏻

@fosterdawson7339

Жыл бұрын

Rhystic Study 👉😎👉

God Kevin's Deck is SO PRETTY

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

You misspelled FABULOUS BBY

Lol Kevin @ 6:00 with the sassy Rhystic hands

Kinda seems like the rift wasn't a good idea. Giving blue farm 21 cards

@austinsnodgrass8035

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. Could’ve been countered through Counterbalance too, with the previously revealed Calamity’s Wake.

@Niehm

Жыл бұрын

​@@austinsnodgrass8035 But Katherine wasn't losing anything and would've benefited from the reset being so far behind, so I get risking giving him a turn by ignoring the counterbalance trigger after he has already spent mana on the wheel.

@austinsnodgrass8035

Жыл бұрын

@@Niehm I think I’d rather forego the benefit of “catching up” to the table in terms of board presence and not give the Blue Farm player (who won the previous game) 21 cards. Just my opinion tho!

@Niehm

Жыл бұрын

@@austinsnodgrass8035 which is valid. I guess it's a question of whether to play to win or to not lose. Reasonable minds can disagree

@paulmcclain642

Жыл бұрын

It’s like a mini Ad Naus

Mystic Snake in Kinnan? That's some real spice and I'm here for it

I love how large Kevin's graveyard was in the second game

Yay this is the first video I’ve seen with Kyle in it!

Game 1 Kevin had turn 1 drop hand and chose not to, and that bewilders me. Since he was going first and could risk getting counterspelled first iat the exchange of 2 cards for 2 card (which wasn't going to be the case regardless, but was an unlikely scenario) I'd just risk it all. T1: Fiery Islet > Lotus Petal> Jhoira> Mana Crypt(Draw)> Lotus Petal(Draw)>Mana Vault(Draw) >Metalworker(Draw). End with 6 cards in hand. His first draw for the game was Inventors Fair and he legitimately couldve just gone for the T2 win as well. He would've had 4 other cards drawn for his turn afterwards & The Fair would've been online. Fair would either get him Mystic Forge, Sensei's Diving Top, or Aetherflux Reservoir and he could dig for a win on the spot Turn 2. At the assumption he's obviously good counterspells, the least of his worries would be what gets countered as he'd like draw into it.

@fnx.M

Жыл бұрын

Right? It just doesn't make sense. He could've had a turn 1 Jhoira into Crypt, Vault, Petal *and* Metalworker. First in turn order, too, so a very limited number of counterspells that would've gotten him.

@alexhopewell449

Жыл бұрын

Also confused by this. What confused me even more was his turn 2: casts a bunch of those 0-drop artifacts without first tapping the Metalworker he cast turn 1 and revealing them to float mana. That was the only thing I could see as justifying the turn 1 Metalworker, but he doesn't even use the Metalworker. Are we missing something?

@christopherlapp4553

Жыл бұрын

@@alexhopewell449 Cursed Totem

@alexhopewell449

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Blinked and I missed it, I guess

Kevin booped his rhystic study with every game action😂

btw I was listed as "jay" in previous videos. I am the Yisan player!

I get to see Yoshi CEDH AND Shorikai CEDH? What a treat. Two of my favorite commanders that I'd not really considered for higher level play. Great stuff as always, ya'll.

@moehyrsl6144

Жыл бұрын

Well tbf you didn't get to see much of Shorikai :D

@Dracomandriuthus

Жыл бұрын

Shorikai made waves as a humility commander on printing

Why adnause when you can just windfall for 22 instead!

That second game ending was absolutely insane! I thought that was game over, and it was but not in the way I think everyone thought! Really really impressive.

what an awesome set of opening hands - total of one london mulligan in the pod and all super solid

Kevin's good ol Rhystic trigger finger gets me :'D

the Tymna/Kraum deck list link is not the deck being played

What are the colored dots on the cards for?

@TheGrifcannon22

Жыл бұрын

I saw in a previous video that it's so they can switch cards between decks more easily. The colors are coded to different decks.

I pack a lot of graveyard hate in my stax decks, but this video is telling me I need more

Sorry for the noob question... what are those dots/stickers on the cards they're playing with?

@MindLaboratory

Жыл бұрын

I would guess it's to keep track of which decks the card goes in.

@MindLaboratory

Жыл бұрын

This must be the yellow dot deck

@Ex4_

Жыл бұрын

probably they aren't using proxies, but don't wanna buy more than one copy of an expensive card, so they share those cards amongst their decks and mark it with those dots so they know which cards to put in which deck.

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Each color represents a different commander deck. It's much cheaper and quicker to throw together a different deck using these stickers!

Can anyone tell me what the little circles on their cards are for?

@joewalch89

Жыл бұрын

So they know what decks that specific card goes into. That way they can just use the same card and sleeves with multiple decks and not need multiple copies/proxies of staple cards.

@DarkEinherjar

Жыл бұрын

Apparently they're from the same cEDH cube, so the cube's owner marked the sleeves to remember which decks the cards go into.

The list in the description is mine, but the one in the video was clearly quite a bit different, why not show the actual decklist instead of the database one?

Just here for tips on the kinnen as it is the deck I want to start cedh with

@maximiliangunther9597

Жыл бұрын

Tip 1: don't cast cyclonic rift in response to a fair windfall if the other decks can take advantage of it better than you. Tip 2: If a player has breach, LED and Brain Freeze, but they are out of Red mana, chain of vapor (or cyclonic rift, or brazzen borrower, or tidespout, or nature's claim, or anything) can fizzle their combo.

@Catguyrussell

Жыл бұрын

@@maximiliangunther9597 oh thanks

What's the deal with the stickers kn the sleeves?

What are all the little round colored stickers on the sleeves for?

@ianseibert7347

Жыл бұрын

I too would like to know this.

@HalcyonVentures

Жыл бұрын

I do this, it's to share a card between decks - one copy of an expensive card (e.g. crypt) then gets all the dots, and whichever deck I'm building I then just find all 100 card with that colour dot. Makes sharing cards between multiple decks much simpler if you're swapping between them on a regular basis. I've got 3 cEDH decks in a 200-card deckbox that take 30 seconds to separate out into the deck I want.

@RobSchweitzer

Жыл бұрын

@@HalcyonVentures oof, that seems like a lot of work!

@HalcyonVentures

Жыл бұрын

@@RobSchweitzer easier on the wallet than buying multiple mana crypts, time is money! The question for me is how many times do I have to spend 30 seconds rejigging to make it worth buying multiples copies of fast mana? I should point out that they're all in the same sleeves, so it's literally just picking out the 99 I need from a pile of ~200 cards

@RobSchweitzer

Жыл бұрын

@@HalcyonVentures I know it's easier on the wallet, but I only have 5 or so cards I switch between decks. can't imagine doing entire decks!

what did kyle do with that chain of vapor? That's the kind of plays that I always find dumb, because is not going to help you win in that moment and instead is going to allowed someone else win and the only thing that could have stopped him is that dang card that you decide to bounce!

What’s the deal with the round colored stickers on the sleeves?

Noob question here, can you activate Simian Spirit Guide’s ability with Cursed Totem on the battlefield?

@fnx.M

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Creatures not on the battlefield are referred to as creature *cards*, like on Worldly Tutor. Cursed Totem only affects creatures on the battlefield.

@joelhoskins2066

Жыл бұрын

Ahh makes sense. Thanks!

What's with the confetti in the sleeves?

@PlayingWithPowerMTG

Жыл бұрын

Because it's party time

Who would've thought giving 21 cards to the best deck in the format was a bad idea?

Can anyone explain the dots on the cards?

@lordforrest7686

Жыл бұрын

I am also curious of what they are for.

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Each color represents a different commander deck. It's much cheaper and quicker to throw together a different deck using these stickers!

Katherine should have countered cyclonic rift with counterbalance. Calamity's wake was still on the top of her library and overload costs don't alter the cmc of the card. I don't know if it would have stopped blue farm but I know it would have shut down using underworld breach.

@Niehm

Жыл бұрын

She wasn't losing anything and would've benefited from the reset being so far behind, so I get risking giving him a turn by ignoring the counterbalance trigger after he has already spent mana on the wheel.

@kingofrunescapepking

Жыл бұрын

@@Niehm you still don't take that risk, in Katherine's position Counterbalance is the literal only thing keeping her in the game

No shot that underworld breach wasnt the mvp ;o

In game 2, why get Grafdigger's Cage with Urza's Saga, when he could have gotten Sensei's Divining Top? With Mystical Forge and Cloud Key, he could have drawn his deck...

@Brokenlordike

Жыл бұрын

Could have likely just been a case of drawing forge last in the draw chain. And Grafdiggers was grabbed to be a stop to the Underworld Breach.

@andrewferrante1640

Жыл бұрын

You're right always go top its the mvp in the deck. Great game though I like seeing Jhoria played

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Cloud Key and Mystic Forge were late draws. Defcat had the win in Graveyard. With the limited knowledge, It was the safer play to try to shut him down. If I knew I was going to draw the combo. Of course I would have gotten Top ;)

Nice games!

didn't watch the video yet, but holy shit the starting hands in game 1 are insane already :D

Are the dots used to help sort cards into different decks?

@jadens_mayhem3962

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea, am also curious

@vvGoose

Жыл бұрын

yes that is the case

@HalcyonVentures

Жыл бұрын

That's what I do - one copy of an expensive card (e.g. crypt) then gets all the dots, and whichever deck I'm building I then just find all 100 card with that colour dot. Makes sharing cards between multiple decks much simpler if you're swapping between them on a regular basis. I've got 3 cEDH decks in a 200-card deckbox that take 30 seconds to separate out into the deck I want.

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Each color represents a different commander deck. It's much cheaper and quicker to throw together a different deck using these stickers!

Awesome games! I noticed that some of the cards have little stickers on them. What are those for? Bottom right screen mostly lol

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Each color represents a different commander deck. It's much cheaper and quicker to throw together a different deck using these stickers!

blue farm decklist is not the same. When can find the real list?

I hate to admit blue farm is so resilient... Kevin's deck is... wow...

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

I bullied Defcat not to play Blue Farm in a different game that will come out in a few weeks. I absolutely wrecked him. 🤣🤣

"1 minute ago" Comment: "22 hours ago" Whut Also what a perfect time to decide to eat!

@Cynsham

Жыл бұрын

patrons get to see videos early

Is Charles brewing the new Elesh Norn mono white? Or is that too terrible?

okay, what is up with the stickers?

Finally! 2 matches with no f**king fish!

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

I played fish in game 2 doe

@thedoctor1471

Жыл бұрын

@@DefCatofficial and rhys-Study on turn one of that game. Don't know what that guy is about.

Kevin cracked me up with his Rhystic triggers 😂😂😂

@Kevin_EndStepMTG

Жыл бұрын

Only took 8 hours and 13 games to get these two good ones 🤣

For urza's saga, is it true that when it gets its second saga counter, you can still tap the land for mana?

@toaster4598

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@PlayingWithPowerMTG

Жыл бұрын

Yep!

Is blind obedience legal in Shorikai because it has a black mana symbol in extort? I think this is a stupid rule but I’m curious

@Mars-hs3kf

Жыл бұрын

Extort is a key word and the hybrid mana symbol is in the reminder text which doesn't count as actually being on the card so its colour identity is mono white making it legal

@dylanh8163

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Basically because extort is keyworded it ignores color identity rules since theoretically they could print extort without reminder text and then the color of the card wouldn’t be in question. I don’t know if there are any other keywords like this but theoretically this applies across all keywords that have a specific colored cost for every instance.

@HalcyonVentures

Жыл бұрын

@@dylanh8163 more generally it's the case because the mana symbol is in reminder text - had to clarify to someone once that Trinisphere can go in any deck, as the example they use with black mana is in reminder text

Did everyone forget that Counterbalance had already revealed a CMC 2 on the top and could have countered the C rift? Why was that trigger declined? Did I miss the Calamity's Wake being drawn?

@DrHyde-hj3ym

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I said earlier. I can only they forgot about it.

@HalcyonVentures

Жыл бұрын

@@DrHyde-hj3ym They were so far behind, it's a case of playing to your outs IMO. I'm sure they knew about it, and declined to reveal. I'd have done the same thing - yes the wheel gives Blue Farm 21 cards, but it also gives Catherine 21 cards, which may have included multiple free counterpells.

Why would you c-rift with a windfall on the stack? Especially when Kevin has a BOARD. I'll never understand king-making. I don't think anyone needs foresight to know not to give your opponents more cards to play. Kyle gave his opponents 63 cards. It also doesn't help when each game was basically a 3 person game because Katherine was so far behind in both games.

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

It filled everyone's hand for a bigger windfall

@charlesmaillho367

Жыл бұрын

@@DefCatofficial We don't know when these games were played with respect to one another. All we saw was in game 1, you won on turn 2. In game 2, your opponent gave you a full grip times 3. Yes, your opponents also had 21 cards each but unless they had free spells in their hand, those cards were never going to see play. It's one of those understood rules where you don't help your opponents get closer to their win conditions. So not only did he fill your hand, he filled your graveyard which pretty much had everything you needed. Whether it's hindsight or foresight, gotta recognize how dumb a play that was.

Lol 2 of the 3 cards Kevin played Game 1 Turn 1 aren't in his deck list.

That cyclonic rift into a windfall was sketch. I understand the idea but allowing the person who cast the wheel to draw approx 14 more cards cant be the right thing to do.

@DarkEinherjar

Жыл бұрын

Letting the Blue Farm player draw 21 cards was definitely not a good idea.

A turn one rhystic study may be annoying, but what about a turn 1 eidolon of rhetoric? Did it yesterday with tymna//tana and it slowed the game down so hard that they eventually scooped to me when i eldritch evolution on the eidolon for a potential win

"what a crazy game" bruh, nothing at all happened that game, what was crazy about it

Really poorly timed cyc rift there.. Seemed like that was a kingmaking move.

“Let’s give the blue farm deck 21 new cards on their turn.” - Someone with a Smooth Brain

where the hell is there a Tasha’s laughter in a blue farm deck? It’s not in the list??

"Blue Farm is so overrated"

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

ayeeee

I cant believe the second game, the windfall, you arent a turbo deck and the next oponent was, its like giving half of the game

Thoracle being made was a mistake

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

I love it. Best wincon in blue

@ecclesiaandune687

Жыл бұрын

thoracle isn't really the problem here imo. The fact that the moment UWB resolved the game was over in both games was more the issue if anything

Huh... debatable. Windfall was only this powerful because someone else responded to it with an overloaded Rift. Drawing 21 cards off it is way too situational. I'd argue Underworld Breach was the most valuable card in both games. As always, turning your entire graveyard into your hand, even for one turn, is busted.

Let's be real. Fun games to watch, but absolute bonkers decisions making from the players. That cyclo rift is amazingly bad. I understand it was gonna get lost anyway, but I believe it would have been better. Then the big bad bait is bitten when the dude with 21 cards in hand casts rhystic and (one of) the best counterspell of the format is used on it. Ma hart. Ma soul. And then, Blue Farmer casts a friggin wheel of fortune when everybody has 20 cards in hand, right after they won their first game on selfmill and that resolves. Somehow, three blue player drew 0 FoW or FoN or Fierce or Mindbreak on 63 cards. I can understand the jhoira turn one deciding to keep fuel for turn 2. Or can I ? Its a turbo deck starting on first position, yet instead of going for "commander into hand refill with mana engine", he goes "big target on my back, but without the value". Wish we could have seen more of game one, and maybe its shortness threw people of their focus. But this game 2 was ... something. Keep posting! I fuckin love your games; and I definitely can't play better than y'all. It's easy to criticise from my spectator seat. It's still cool to watch :)

LMAO you can't go one game without partners, I hate partners. I love the content though! Very fun game

Overloading the rift into a windfall was a punt move. This is why edh/cedh can’t be tournament viable. People punt games indirectly kingmaking , poor threat assessment, turn order, etc etc. the kinnan player literally gave the game to blue farm. Imagine being in a final four if a tourney and someone doing this and that’s how you lose as the shorokai or jhoira player

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

It gave 3 other people a full 21 to stop me, I didn't find it punty. They just didn't use their interaction well imo

@koreyg8552

Жыл бұрын

@@DefCatofficial most of them were tapped out or had 1 mana open against a blue farm player. How were they going tk stop a blue farm player with 21 quality cards in hand. Case in point. On top of that kinna now has 3 people with 21 cards going before him. It was never getting back to his turn. Total punt smh

@crispygecko7294

Жыл бұрын

people punt games in all formats lol

@gutsbadguy50

Жыл бұрын

Weirdest take tbh.

@Cynsham

Жыл бұрын

Dumb take. “Mistakes can be made therefore it’s not tournament viable” is a ridiculous opinion

I am tired of watch Tymna or Kraum partner with other card, always the same winning strategy. The Arcum or Kaalia deck before makes me exited than partner deck. Please make more video with different commander cEDH deck.

@DefCatofficial

Жыл бұрын

We haven't played tymna krauma since this video was recorded, only new decks included Syhtis, omnath. Tivit, jhoira, kozilek, krarkashima, tasigur, ect..

@jerryblack7945

Жыл бұрын

​​@@DefCatofficial understand you need time to edit. However, few months ago like cEDH gameplay 199, had played these partner, and many of your videos later and before also used these. As an audience, I wish we have more commanders with powerful format in video. It is getting bored to keep watching partners.

Pretty good games apart from thoracle again

there were a surprising amount of illegal decks in this video.

@richardsapingo1828

Жыл бұрын

They are all legal what you mean?