Every You "Lose the Game" Card Ranked from Hardest to Easiest

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  • @nathanmontgomery7865
    @nathanmontgomery7865 10 місяців тому +724

    Easyo Adotray de Freneez. I die laughing every time.

    • @KingOfDoma
      @KingOfDoma 10 місяців тому +22

      It's Adele Dazeem's long lost brother

    • @elquemanda4329
      @elquemanda4329 10 місяців тому +19

      Let's not forget about Nicole Bolas, either.

    • @SpiceWeazel
      @SpiceWeazel 10 місяців тому +16

      Not to mention everyone's favorite sphinx, "Ate me sis"

    • @mslabo102s2
      @mslabo102s2 5 місяців тому +1

      Easy-O's, that's a new cereal right there

    • @nathanmontgomery7865
      @nathanmontgomery7865 5 місяців тому

      @@SpiceWeazel ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @Firebird4Life
    @Firebird4Life 10 місяців тому +461

    Triskaidekaphobia ranked #13...I see what you did there, Seth.

    • @TheRealMichelozzo
      @TheRealMichelozzo 10 місяців тому +26

      oh shit I actually didn't notice until I saw this comment. Nice catch.

    • @MrVariant
      @MrVariant 10 місяців тому +6

      And 6:11 all the stuff on the art counts to 13.

    • @dyciefisk2535
      @dyciefisk2535 9 місяців тому +5

      Last time he put Triskaideckaphile at #14 for win cards, so it's fitting that the mistake is now made right

  • @Jace9IX
    @Jace9IX 10 місяців тому +248

    Hearing SaffronOlive misproununce Ezio that badly has ruined my day
    Great video tho

    • @jackl8025
      @jackl8025 10 місяців тому +4

      Grow up 🙂

    • @jamesrule1338
      @jamesrule1338 10 місяців тому +2

      Made my day and it's only getting better.

  • @Crunchatize_Me_Senpai
    @Crunchatize_Me_Senpai 10 місяців тому +84

    Damn it’s crazy that they so seamlessly managed to make Triska’s two abilities have exactly 13 words. It reads so naturally, I never noticed it. Like they wouldn’t have worded it any other way anyways.

  • @josiahharvey4413
    @josiahharvey4413 10 місяців тому +1189

    Seth pronouncing Ezio is actually impressively bad lmao.

    • @smarthipan
      @smarthipan 10 місяців тому +161

      i CACKLED every single word as wrong as it could possibly be hsvdgdhssh

    • @catominhund
      @catominhund 10 місяців тому +34

      He also wrecked Firenze 😂 But funny that they didn't translate Ezio's name to English. Think Seth can pronounce Florence 😅

    • @nathanmisener3328
      @nathanmisener3328 10 місяців тому +12

      Good ol' easy-o

    • @ich3730
      @ich3730 10 місяців тому +26

      @@catominhund What exactly do you mean by "translate his name"? Like what are we expecting here, calling him John creed?

    • @sharlockshacolmes9381
      @sharlockshacolmes9381 10 місяців тому +11

      "Easyo"*

  • @sahjhan1
    @sahjhan1 10 місяців тому +346

    Seth about to get murdered by a bunch of angry Italians for that pronunciation of Ezio's full name

    • @lachlank.8270
      @lachlank.8270 10 місяців тому +20

      Mamma mia

    • @MrJerichoPumpkin
      @MrJerichoPumpkin 10 місяців тому +11

      I could close an ear on Ezio Auditore, but Firenze? Really?

    • @lolrotfl7261
      @lolrotfl7261 10 місяців тому +10

      As an Italian, I've heard worse

    • @S4DC4T
      @S4DC4T 10 місяців тому +10

      Im not even Italian, I just like assassins creed, and I am currently sharpening my hidden blade

    • @ildathet
      @ildathet 10 місяців тому +2

      easiest way to loose the game

  • @DarthTUK
    @DarthTUK 10 місяців тому +119

    They say words can't hurt you. Well what Seth did with Ezio was straight up aggravated assault.

    • @S4DC4T
      @S4DC4T 10 місяців тому +5

      I agree completely

    • @ich3730
      @ich3730 10 місяців тому +5

      So bad setzt straight up got an extra combat step and said it again

    • @manuelito1233
      @manuelito1233 10 місяців тому +2

      You can say he assassinated the hell out of the name

    • @NuclearRaven13
      @NuclearRaven13 10 місяців тому +1

      @ich3730
      So bad that it made me no longer be able to block warriors

  • @Wabiman70
    @Wabiman70 10 місяців тому +59

    If Italians get upset when you break spaghetti to cook them in a small pot, I can't imagine what they'll feel when they hear your pronunciation of Ezio

    • @Vector12345t
      @Vector12345t 10 місяців тому +4

      Pain. Just pain.

    • @dentroundalek1498
      @dentroundalek1498 7 місяців тому

      Ciao. Non esageriamo. È più nauseante che facciate i soliti esempi: spaghetti pasta e gesti con le mani. Ma se vi divertite con poco va bene

  • @realbloodydoves
    @realbloodydoves 10 місяців тому +138

    That pronunciation of Ezio Auditore da Firenze actually dealt me psychic damage. Seth, this one you can actually learn, it's Italian, a good ol' Earth language instead of being some fantasy language without a language guide.

    • @AlienValkyrie
      @AlienValkyrie 10 місяців тому +12

      Yeah, I mean. I already cringed at 8-mesis, but Eesio just got *so* much worse. Brothers-Hood End doesn't seem so bad anymore by comparison.

    • @Shimatzu95
      @Shimatzu95 10 місяців тому +4

      Careful he is casting a spell in an elder tounge!

    • @jaydenyamada2916
      @jaydenyamada2916 10 місяців тому +2

      Tell that to all of kamigawa

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +9

      Sorry.

    • @realbloodydoves
      @realbloodydoves 10 місяців тому +3

      @@MTGGoldfish 'sok, it's part of the Seth charm. Ezio is a beloved character from the franchise though, if you plan to play with him it might save you some headaches (and snarky comments like mine) later on to look up how to say his (and other Assassin's Creed characters) names. Them being in video games does make this pretty easy at least. :D

  • @rocktop-games
    @rocktop-games 10 місяців тому +46

    7:51. That pronunciation was flawless xD

  • @normative
    @normative 10 місяців тому +110

    I’ve been convinced for ages that Seth deliberately mispronounces stuff to make pedants comment as an engagement juicing tactic for the algorithm. I feel like mangling Ezio that egregiously clinches the theory. Nobody gets it THAT wrong by accident.

    • @CriticalFeline
      @CriticalFeline 10 місяців тому +10

      to be fair, im almost certain at this point that he has undiagnosed dyslexia

    • @eXJonSnow
      @eXJonSnow 10 місяців тому +5

      100% has to be engagement bait

    • @SilverAlex92
      @SilverAlex92 10 місяців тому +46

      My personal theory is that Seth is honestly a bit dyslexic and a bit liberal with pronuntiations, but it ended becoming a running joke plus a boost to engagment so he never tried to fix it, and throws a random misspronunciation on a funny or known name like Ezio just for giggles xD

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +48

      This is probably the closest to the truth, really.@@SilverAlex92

    • @snoodude
      @snoodude 10 місяців тому +3

      Shoehorned joke:
      What did Yugi's alter ego do to the sandwiches he made?
      He Atem.
      (ngl, I got a little bit triggered by your pronunciation of "AH-TEM-SIS" but I quickly took a deep breath, laughed, and got over it)

  • @TheCould228
    @TheCould228 10 місяців тому +38

    SaffronOlive love you man long time watcher but the way you said Ezio name hurt my soul

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +9

      I apologize to your soul :)

  • @troublemaker9899
    @troublemaker9899 10 місяців тому +15

    We all know that there is only one proper way to win Magic, if you are playing properly. And that is obviously by using The Cheese Stands Alone.

    • @terryfloyd3505
      @terryfloyd3505 7 місяців тому

      I built a first turn win deck with Cheese Stands Alone. Of course u couldnt play it in regular play because of different reasons reasons, but it was a cool deck to show people.

  • @spicymato
    @spicymato 10 місяців тому +29

    I got a Deck of Many Things win, reanimating an exploit zombie when I was definitely going to lose next turn. One of the more memorable wins I've had.

    • @DarthTUK
      @DarthTUK 10 місяців тому

      But how? Exploit is a "may" ability

    • @Shimatzu95
      @Shimatzu95 10 місяців тому +6

      You get the reanimated creature but its owner loses when it dies.

    • @DarthTUK
      @DarthTUK 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Shimatzu95 Oh I see. Maybe I should have re-read The Deck of Many Things before commenting 😅

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +9

      The Deck of Many Things win is still on my bucked list. That sounds amazing!

    • @mythtage
      @mythtage 7 місяців тому

      @@MTGGoldfish love the things on my bucked list

  • @betabrett0223
    @betabrett0223 10 місяців тому +34

    honorable mention, original play test version of time walk for number 0

    • @S4DC4T
      @S4DC4T 10 місяців тому +5

      Oh my god I remember hearing about this XD

    • @ggpt9641
      @ggpt9641 10 місяців тому +1

      IIRC it read, "Target player loses next turn."

  • @ernestosalinas1091
    @ernestosalinas1091 10 місяців тому +5

    The Ezio pronuntiation slapped me right in the face

  • @Garl_Vinland
    @Garl_Vinland 10 місяців тому +2

    Man, that Ezio pronunciation in Seth’s already glaring voice…

  • @horiaandreipopescu8873
    @horiaandreipopescu8873 10 місяців тому +4

    that Ezio pronunciation hurt me so much and I'm not even italian

  • @ddrguy3008
    @ddrguy3008 10 місяців тому +3

    Historic Fires of Invention Bolas was silly fun, back in the day. Fires into a Bolas plus followed up the next turn by a Mastermind's Acquisition into a Planewide Celebration from sideboard, proliferate 4 times, ultimate to win. And all the other possible variations.

    • @Singe0255
      @Singe0255 10 місяців тому +1

      The real fun is casting Bolas and Celebration in the same turn for the surprise win. Happens once in a while with my War of the Spark 'Walkers EDH deck.

  • @chad3166
    @chad3166 10 місяців тому +18

    I lost to my own Triskaidekaphobia at the Shadows Prerelease

  • @gatherer818
    @gatherer818 10 місяців тому +1

    Commander's Quarters did a decklist once of every card that instantly wins, then got several requests for every card that makes you instantly lose... I now run "lose the game tribal" as one of my favorite decks. Besides the original Lich, for pricing reasons, it's got every card that makes ME lose the game in it... and then ways to get value out of them or use them as convoluted win-cons by getting my opponents to "benefit" from them instead.
    Fractured Identity (exile target permanent, everyone but it's controller makes a copy) on Phage is an amazing multi-kill, btw.

  • @haydenmcgregor3413
    @haydenmcgregor3413 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for your videos - as always.
    It was only a few hours after watching this I lost to an opponent casting their second Approach of the Second Sun.

  • @beensupe
    @beensupe 10 місяців тому +31

    Just lost the game. Thanks a lot.

  • @IntegralKing
    @IntegralKing 10 місяців тому +6

    I love how Seth has clips ready for like half the cards on the list while simultaneously telling us how hard or impossible it is for each of these cards to activate

  • @ASassyP
    @ASassyP 8 місяців тому +1

    I saw all the comments mentioning ezio and I really thought it'd be better than it was.
    That was truly one of the most absurd ways to say his name without purposely trying to butcher it.
    Bravo man bravo

  • @Ariamaki
    @Ariamaki 10 місяців тому +8

    There is a VERY funny conditional line that makes Vraska, Scheming Gorgon extremely reliable: Playing her as an instant-win condition in Black/Green Counters! Any counter doubling effect puts her natural 5 starting Loyalty up to 10, so you can ult her immediately on play, and in BG you certainly have a trample threat or two available by turn 4-6 (ramp depending).

    • @N4m3lesS_1
      @N4m3lesS_1 10 місяців тому +2

      yup, vorinclex does that iirc. ramp and play him on 4 or 5 and then a planeswalker the next turn ready to ult just satifies the bug stompy monogreen player :D

    • @DrCoolGuy88
      @DrCoolGuy88 2 місяці тому

      :o doubling season breaks planeswalkers!?!?!?!

  • @jacksonhall2334
    @jacksonhall2334 5 місяців тому

    Just saw the ragavan dartboard in the background. Well played, sir.

  • @Spubbily01
    @Spubbily01 5 місяців тому +1

    Next you should rank all you lose the game cards based off of how hard or easily you can make yourself lose the game.

  • @TacticalOmelette
    @TacticalOmelette 10 місяців тому +9

    I'm surprised Seth didn't bring up Etrata's biggest partner in crime. Well, maybe not cause they're commander only, but I thought it would be relevant enough
    Mari, the Killing Quill
    {1}{B}{B} / 3/2
    Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
    Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it with a hit counter on it.
    Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile. If you do, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens.”
    Mari is the only other card in the entire game to mention Hit Counters. And instead of requiring a combat damage step to make just 1 hit counter, with Mari, she puts hit counters on every creature that dies from any source. So instead of attacking multiple times, you just have Mari out and throw out kill spells/board wipes left and right, then finally sneak in one Etrata attack to finish them off. Of course this still requires them to play creatures, but it's not like they're not gonna play none.

    • @Tazildayah
      @Tazildayah 10 місяців тому +3

      Ravenloft Adventurer as well, which is the same deal as Mari except its a replacement effect so your opponent's creatures never hit the graveyard

  • @BrandinooWOW
    @BrandinooWOW 10 місяців тому +1

    My Phage commander deck is one of my favourite decks. Love it sm

  • @Zander2212
    @Zander2212 10 місяців тому +3

    With Etrata, you did miss how you can speed it up with Mari, the killing quill and Ravenloft adventurer, both of which exile cards with hit counters.
    Probably doesn't change the ranking, but is worth a mention.

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, that's a good call, key to Etrata Commander kills for sure.

    • @crowcoregames1785
      @crowcoregames1785 10 місяців тому +1

      Or maskwood Nexis/similar effects and Rames the assassin lord probably helps

  • @Omnicrom
    @Omnicrom 10 місяців тому

    The b-roll footage of Seth's efforts to use many of these cards while talking about how hard it is to use many of these cards Honestly made this video so much better

  • @AdamKeeton
    @AdamKeeton 10 місяців тому +12

    I've killed so many people with Atemsis in my "Leave me alone; I just wanna draw cards," EDH deck.

  • @patarfuifui
    @patarfuifui 10 місяців тому +4

    I refuse to believe that pronunciation of Ezio was on accident, that was incredible 😂

  • @MagnaKay
    @MagnaKay 10 місяців тому +1

    As a fan of alternate wincons, I've attempted and succeded at most of these, and I can confirm the Deck of Many Things one is near impossible to pull off without infinites or board states that your opponents concede to anyway.
    My heart broke a bit when Seth opened by saying he wouldn't cover giving your opponents the things and then triggering the clause. It's very funny when you force them to exile their brand new Lich Mastery :) And these "alternate wincons" usually aren't that easy, or efficient to pull off anyway.

  • @eggs8021
    @eggs8021 7 місяців тому +1

    This doesn't fully match, but my favourite "lose the game trick" is actually one that's supposed to make me lose, but it's comboing The Twelfth Doctor and Phage the Untouchable
    It's so fucking funny

  • @HakureiIllusion
    @HakureiIllusion 10 місяців тому +1

    Worth noting that we've gotten a handful of cards that deal in hit counters since Etrata's release, so she's become feasible even if you only get in one attack with her.

  • @jonothanthrace1530
    @jonothanthrace1530 8 місяців тому

    I clicked hoping this was a ranking of "YOU lose the game" cards. I look forward to that.

  • @stormcountmtg4183
    @stormcountmtg4183 10 місяців тому +1

    3:58 HE SAID THE THING!!!!

  • @xMareZx
    @xMareZx 10 місяців тому

    Phage my beloved, I remember pulling her twice back in the day. Her name and art makes her my favorite!

  • @Terraphice
    @Terraphice 10 місяців тому +11

    For future reference, it's pronounced like, "Et-see-oh Ah-dih-tor-ay Dah Fear-en-zey".

  • @aequanimus63247
    @aequanimus63247 10 місяців тому

    I'm digging that blood moon tele you have in the background Seth. \m/

  • @nvvv_
    @nvvv_ 10 місяців тому

    My buddy had a Triskaedekaphobia standard deck and I played Triskaedekaphile back in Vow standard when we had Sea Gate Restoration. Good times. Hard card to win with, usually it was off the back of the dimir control plan.

  • @dipmixer1238
    @dipmixer1238 10 місяців тому

    As someone whose favorite commander deck is his Uh-Tem-Sis deck, if you build the deck to ramp into strong late game bangers, you kill two birds with one stone by ensuring your hand has weird costs while also giving you a gameplay in the meantime that makes for a great puzzle every game

  • @edwardgreene2884
    @edwardgreene2884 9 місяців тому

    Its also notable for Etrata that there are two more cards that "exile X your opponents control and place a hit counter on it" in Ravenloft Adventurer and Mari, the Killing Quill, meaning in commander/legacy at least there are much more straightforward paths to victory

  • @verververververver
    @verververververver 9 місяців тому

    Gotten a few Door wins with an Urtet deck recently. Chromatic orrery, clock of omens and doubling cube assures if it enters you can hit it

  • @DAsrada
    @DAsrada 10 місяців тому +1

    Opponent: let's their guard down around Ezio.
    Me: reanimate a Magister Sphinx

  • @mondaynugget6503
    @mondaynugget6503 10 місяців тому

    I’ve had a pretty easy time getting Frodo’s kill off. In my experience people tend to wait until you’ve invested the six and have the four temps to kill him. Make him indestructible to avoid basic removal. Play a “destroy all” board wipe and go in for the kill. Plus if you have a few pie breaking counterspells it’s really easy to make him dodge being exiled. I play him with wraiths and enemies will often use all of their removal on the wraiths before Frodo is a problem and run out of removal by the time he is

  • @N4m3lesS_1
    @N4m3lesS_1 10 місяців тому

    i gotta say, i like some of these cards and while i didnt play mtga with triskedaikaphobia it sounds not that hard or at least kinda funny to try.
    But i had some really nice games and wins with the strixhaven Stadium (by PROLIFERATING rather than attacking!) in Standard in MTGA - and a lot less in historic but i could win against some friends. Instawins (or loses) are kinda fun to play and to build around i think =)
    and thx for the list

  • @myrusEW
    @myrusEW 8 місяців тому

    with vraska, you can proliferate, multiple times per turn, letting you use their ultimate the same turn they are played, which along with playing them in control decks could make it viable (not necessarily efficient or worth it). ima try it

  • @Daniel-q9f8p
    @Daniel-q9f8p 10 місяців тому +7

    I've won a few games of historic brawl in one turn with the elderspell + nicol bolas combo. It's especially sweet when you kill your own or your opponent's Liliana for the flavour win.

  • @SomeGuy712x
    @SomeGuy712x 10 місяців тому

    (6:05) I love how Triskaidekaphobia is actually #13 on this list. And, I have won with it before. I've also had a draw game happen with it before, when the opponent managed to reduce my life total to exactly 13 while they were at 13 themself, which was hilarious.
    (15:58) I almost won a game with Vorpal Sword attached to an unblockable Changeling Outcast one time, but the opponent Disenchanted it, so I ended up winning that game the old-fashioned way, by beating them down to zero life points with my Demons.

  • @doublee343
    @doublee343 10 місяців тому +2

    I’ve won more commander games with Nicol Bolas, dragon God than I can count :)

    • @MTGGoldfish
      @MTGGoldfish  10 місяців тому +2

      Yeah, it's definitely one of the strongest "lose the game" cards, especially if you build around it.

  • @zackbonno3675
    @zackbonno3675 10 місяців тому

    I've consistently had Vraska the unseen in decks since the card came out. I've won with her ultimate once with Xavier Sal. I had intruder alarm and another walker out so I made a bunch of non legendary tokens copies of him and the following turn sacced all of them to each other to proliferate her to ultimate

  • @bryanstrahm9961
    @bryanstrahm9961 10 місяців тому

    I had a game with my Superfriends deck where I had Vorinclex on the field, played Ugin Spirit Dragon, immediately ulted, drew into both Nicol Bolas God-Pharoah, and Nicol Bolas Dragon-God, proceeded to ult God-Pharoah and then Dragon-God. Very sudden borderline unstoppable win once Ugin resolved.

  • @byers1060
    @byers1060 10 місяців тому +2

    While there's no way you're reasonably winning with Atemsis in 60-card, it is a blast to reveal a straight flush in Commander.

    • @acv.critter4811
      @acv.critter4811 10 місяців тому +1

      I did it once (and once only) in an Arena limited format. The Atemsis was supposed to be the top of the curve beatstick but this one time the clock was shortened. I can still remember the thrill of ecstasy.

  • @SElsner2
    @SElsner2 10 місяців тому

    Not gonna read all the comments to see if anyone said this yet, but Ezio is pronounced like the online store where people sell stuff they made, but with an O on the end. Etsy-O. Love your content Seth!

  • @Linkdude74
    @Linkdude74 10 місяців тому

    I'd love for Seth to know I've gotten a deck of many things win, in commander, with Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar. I forced the table to attack each other through Kardur and chainer, using witches oven and underworld cookbook to generate tons of food. When i had one opponent left i cast deck, hit the 20, and force fed the reanimated creature some food to finish the Elf player off before they could kill me. I had a playmat commissioned to celebrate

  • @curtisnielsen1399
    @curtisnielsen1399 9 місяців тому

    I have both a vorpal sword and Vraska The Unseen in my sister's of stone death deck that is based around a ton of ramp and board wipes early to control the board an use her abilities with trample to get through. I have considered adding a Phage as well

  • @spoopyboi1882
    @spoopyboi1882 10 місяців тому +7

    "Ate muh sis" yup, that's how that's pronounced

  • @VCV95
    @VCV95 10 місяців тому

    Ah, Vraska the Unseen. Only planeswalker I have ever pulled! It was a $30-40 dollar card then, too! Was great trade fodder!

  • @JugonEx
    @JugonEx 10 місяців тому +5

    Isio Audotre di Franis killed me, but not in the way the card meant to.

  • @todocotalks
    @todocotalks 8 місяців тому

    Harmless Coil was my favorite deck I ever built and played at a modern tournament.

  • @architectofdreams73
    @architectofdreams73 6 місяців тому

    I have 3 decks, currently building a 4th, that revolve around either forcing an opponent to lose and/or making it so I can't lose.

  • @anderson0607
    @anderson0607 10 місяців тому

    I used to play a very effective Etrata deck. It has some creatures to block, 60 cards only, some control spells and 4 etratas on it. What means each 15 card, one was Etrata and the more the game stand, more likely was for me to draw her back.

  • @HeyApples
    @HeyApples 10 місяців тому

    I used to have a Jeskai control deck that could absolutely kill people with Atemsis on a consistent basis. So much that the playgroup feared it and it was often kill on sight even without much of a hand. It's not a card you should actively shove in decks, but if you just happen to have a lot of card draw and a good MV spread across your deck, it can occasionally be a good inclusion.

  • @berkiangamesandacts6270
    @berkiangamesandacts6270 5 місяців тому

    I actually run Etrata in a modern deck that I occasionally play when facing family and friends. I’ve only got the lose affect to go off a couple of times, but can’t count all the times her third attack killed the opponent with damage.

  • @NereidAlbel
    @NereidAlbel 10 місяців тому

    One important note about Vraska, Scheming Gorgon: your creature doesn't have to deal combat damage to kill, just *any* damage. A "tap to deal 1 damage" creature works just fine, making her a little better.

  • @MtgAlchemist
    @MtgAlchemist 10 місяців тому

    Please try Insidious roots with moss-pit Skeleton! When the roots puts counters on the plants it creates, the skeleton then sees those counters and goes to the top of your library thus leaving your graveyard for a second trigger. Not infinite but seems like a cool synergy.

  • @DungeonMagister
    @DungeonMagister 6 місяців тому

    I had Vraska in a Proliferate deck I build that makes unlockable poison counter monsters, and it didn't usually win, but proliferating loyalty counters onto planeswalkers was a real solid strategy to get that x3 (1/1) assassins ability to pop off. And since the deck made everything unblockable, if it ever worked, it always worked, you feel me?

  • @jamesmcternen4608
    @jamesmcternen4608 3 місяці тому

    On Arena (Ranked Explorer BO1) I run a monoblack Vorpal Sword deck (affectionately named Fourval) that sees a decent amount of success. Basically, I loaded the deck with Menace and ways to make Treasure Tokens. I also run 4 copies in a RB Treasure Token deck which has a variety of wincons and Vorpal Sword is always a factor even if I don't activate it's ability.
    Its all about Foresworn Paladin. He has Menace and generates treasure AND has a universal buff. Both decks use him to great effect. RB especially can get to the 8 mana threshold incredibly fast using Foresworn Paladin, Goldhound, Sticky Fingers, etc.
    Really, I use Vorpal Sword as just a half-decent aggro equip and think of the win button as just icing on the cake in the right circumstances. If the opponent focuses too much on stopping Vorpal death, they end up allowing a lot of damage through anyway. If they just ignore it and foxus on stopping damage they'll end up getting blindsided by Vorpal death.
    Obviously, I'm not getting to Mythic with either of these decks, but I have hit Diamond before. Plus they are fun!

  • @themobiustripper
    @themobiustripper 10 місяців тому

    I could see the planeswalker deck vraska work with counter doublers to one-shot a table in a single combat step. Super friends shenanigans and proliferate can also help pump those rookie numbers up. Also, since Doubling Season costs 5, this costing 6 means it's perfect for curving out!

  • @Come0nAndSlam
    @Come0nAndSlam 10 місяців тому

    In standard I have an exile focused mono white control deck that then uses faithbound judge to close out games I don't really maintain card advantage in, and as long as they are never able to ruin my graveyard it absolutely works
    deck isn't even close to meta, yet still manages to have a decent winrate for me

  • @SomeOfTheJuice
    @SomeOfTheJuice 9 місяців тому +1

    "Ee-see-oh ah-do-tray dee frih-neez."
    Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong.
    Sorry, gotta give you a hard time for that one Seth, though it sincerely made me laugh.

  • @chrisduda2659
    @chrisduda2659 10 місяців тому +1

    I have an atemsis edh deck. When it goes off it goes off. But it's also kinda easy to shut down if I don't have counters.

  • @RajaniIsa
    @RajaniIsa 10 місяців тому

    The Vraska assassins are also prime for the various unblockable artifacts that usually require a low power to work.

  • @jlr1357
    @jlr1357 5 місяців тому

    I actually won once with The Deck of Many Things, reanimating an opponent's Solemn Simulacrum and casting a Deadly Dispute on it

  • @doctorwhouse3881
    @doctorwhouse3881 10 місяців тому

    Ranking of "You Lose the Game" would be fun. Not even in a "oh, you can use this convoluted strategy to use that effect to your advantage" but just "what if I want to spectacularly lose?".

  • @CommanderMastersOficial
    @CommanderMastersOficial 10 місяців тому

    I built a Phage EDH deck and is really fun to play.
    It's like the Dark Souls of decks, one mistake and you're dead.

  • @GrimmsDeath
    @GrimmsDeath 9 місяців тому

    In arena I've won with both Vorpal Sword and Strixhaven Stadium. Treating Strixhaven stadium like a mana rock worked fine for me because people don't think I'm using it as a win condition.

  • @Xhadp
    @Xhadp 10 місяців тому

    On top of Door being easy to trigger it also pairs well in a gate deck with Maze's end. So I find it strange that you say the only reason it is that high is due to improvements in recent years when it is able to be done with an infinite mana engine that can generate any colors during any time since its release.

  • @almogdov
    @almogdov 10 місяців тому

    One of my favourite moments from drafting the deck of many things is I was dead on board and empty handed, drew the deck of many things, played it and rolled 20 and grabbed my opponents creature to block and not die. For some reason the opponent decided to attack, I blocked with his creature and stole the game.

  • @mjb405
    @mjb405 7 місяців тому

    I think i have 3 you win/opponent loses cards in my deck. I have Mirrodin Besieged and Helkite Tyrant in there. I think I've got mechanized production in it too. It's a very artifact heavy deck

  • @luka2784
    @luka2784 10 місяців тому

    I played a trickadekaphobia and tree of perdition deck in a dimir control shell back in kaledesh standard. Pretty fun, I went 2 and 1 a few times at fnm's.

  • @samuelsumuel9683
    @samuelsumuel9683 10 місяців тому

    Ezio and tree of perdition or the Sorin that takes life total to ten seems simple enough. Probably need a whispersilk cloak too. So a 3 card combo, but one card is in the command zone. Seems pretty doable.

  • @RiKSh4w
    @RiKSh4w 10 місяців тому

    I have definitely won with Atemsis before. I can't remember what deck, probably EDH. But I think they had Unlife/Solemnity down so it was actually really clutch.

  • @TheFifthsWord
    @TheFifthsWord 10 місяців тому

    I pulled off Atemsis in a game with Unesh as the commander. Unesh's ability can add so many cards to your hand it's super easy to get 6 different mana values

  • @flint9759
    @flint9759 10 місяців тому

    Note: All of these comparisons are at a casual level. I am not saying these cards are necessarily good in a competitive environment.
    With Atemsis, I had a friend I would often play commander with who had a UW Isperia the Inscrutable deck. Isperia allows him to tutor for a flying creature if he can deal combat damage to a player and guess a card in their hand. The player would then reveal their hand, so he could simply attack the same player twice to guarantee a tutor (assuming the player couldn't block a flying 3/6). He had Atemsis in his deck as an alternate win con, and because he could tutor cards with mana values he needed, it was actually somewhat reliable. It at the very least was threatening, requiring the rest of the players to have an answer (which to be fair is pretty easy to have in commander, although he did have a few tricks to protect/reanimate creatures).
    Also, Faithbound Judge was an effective alternate win condition for me at my LGS when playing FNM. There were some opponents who I would often board stall against, and it allowed me to either force them to hold back removal or counter spells in fear of me playing the enchantment, or close out games where neither my opponent nor I had many things left on board or in hand. This was especially true against a mono red deck, who I would need to burn through a lot of resources to survive against (Faithbound Judge's frontside being one of the more useful resources available to me), and then I could finally flip it from my graveyard. I would say that at least 1/10 of my wins were from Sinner's Judgment.

  • @maxmacdeath
    @maxmacdeath 10 місяців тому

    I've seen a deck of many things being played exactly once, and in that game my opponent managed to roll the 20. He pulled a goldspan dragon from my graveyard, and i, who had not read the card, did cast a removal on said goldspan....

  • @ursulcx299
    @ursulcx299 10 місяців тому

    16:54 "Those win trigger at your upkeep" Says Seth showing us an Angel of destiny triggering on our endstep

  • @QuietlyHere666
    @QuietlyHere666 10 місяців тому

    Atemsis is actually really fun to build around in edh.
    Built it for a friend and it was really enjoyable to playtest

  • @The_Crimson_Gengar
    @The_Crimson_Gengar 2 місяці тому

    If your using the deck of many things then U could use a foretell card that destroys target creature or a card like that can be played from the graveyard with flashback etc that does the same type of thing

  • @ditfing1
    @ditfing1 10 місяців тому

    I have Atemsis in my Unesh deck (probably the worst sphinx in there tbh), and just earlier this year I got my first Atemsis kill, the deck is pretty much a perfect home for it though since I tend to have a massive hand and my curve goes from 0-8.

  • @angelofdeath3245
    @angelofdeath3245 10 місяців тому

    Nicol Bolas Dragon God + Aminatou + Oath of Teferi is infinite activations. Once you have used bolas to remove all your opponents legendaries double up the counters with Vorinclex for the win. It is shockingly fast and consistent in a Sisay deck.

  • @TrophyGuide101
    @TrophyGuide101 10 місяців тому

    Strixhaven was great with Teferi something sunset something and a few cheap untap artifact creatures. Won a handful of games with that. Another was the enchantment that let you win if you have so many counters. It was in standard at the same time there was an aura that doubled counters. Stick that on a X cost or hexproof creature and it quickly reached the criteria.

  • @ShadowDuskSky
    @ShadowDuskSky 10 місяців тому

    Atemsis triggers off of all damage and not just combat, a funny interaction that I’ve seem come up a couple times. So with something like warstorm surge, you can kill people on etb.

  • @franslair2199
    @franslair2199 10 місяців тому

    In commander, door to nothingness is the go-to wincon of Ramos, Dragon Engine decks, as Ramos generates a lot of 5-color mana and that's the perfect sink for it.

  • @jadecameron1254
    @jadecameron1254 10 місяців тому

    I pulled a triskaidekaphobia at the shadows over innistrad prerelease two-headed giant event, and my friend and I decided to go for it. We won a game with it and the look on our opponents’ faces was priceless 🤣

  • @mralloc23
    @mralloc23 4 місяці тому

    Bro assassinated Ezio so fast the Pope's head started spinning.

  • @TheGtDragoon
    @TheGtDragoon 10 місяців тому +1

    See you say Atemsis isn’t happening, but I’ve made it happen almost every time I cast It