Who’s the unfairest of them all? Eldraine Planar Championship! Commander - WPCS

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  • @AngelzWrath11
    @AngelzWrath11 Місяць тому +78

    Blake even said in his intro that non-killing CGB first would be a mistake. And yet he still went for Ben first. When will they learn

    • @tjloefflerjaetem
      @tjloefflerjaetem Місяць тому +4

      I'm pretty sure that if Ben hadn't said, "I'd like to see that." he would have killed CGB.

  • @brianhowland5225
    @brianhowland5225 Місяць тому +8

    Appreciate you guys pushing through this one even though most of you were under the weather. Great games as alawys, really enjoy your content!

    • @ZoidbergForPresident
      @ZoidbergForPresident Місяць тому +1

      Going to work while sick is the worst possible thing to do in this context. Let's not encourage this.

  • @STS-qi1qy
    @STS-qi1qy Місяць тому +17

    Blake failing to heed his own advice *but* staying true to his word.

  • @christiandittrich2608
    @christiandittrich2608 Місяць тому +89

    Spoiler: Blake did again his worst possible as foreshadowed, he didn't kill CGB first. 🤣

  • @Raghetiel
    @Raghetiel Місяць тому +7

    We have a new year tradition of playing EDH all night, and we're playing all the wackiest variants. Plain chase, rivals of Ixalan, fog of war, archenemy, 2 headed giant, 8 players edh...and most of us, drunk, or sleepless

  • @jlaw131985
    @jlaw131985 Місяць тому +2

    You know, that is one of the better "I would love to see that" follow ups I've seen.

  • @TheBeard907
    @TheBeard907 Місяць тому +6

    One of my favorite commander shows. For the banter/dynamic between the players, but also because shay and I seem to build a lot of the same or similar decks. So it's fun to see them in action from a 3rd person view. 🔥🔥

  • @josephdillard2648
    @josephdillard2648 Місяць тому +2

    blake not listening to himslef was pure comedy welcome back bro

  • @Dot_Eleven
    @Dot_Eleven Місяць тому +53

    You can tell CGB doesn't know that the Fairy Tales from Disney stray far from the original fairy tales where things like the step-sisters of Cinderella chopped off parts of their feet to fit into the glass slippers or the Evil Queen in Snow White was forced to wear red hot iron shoes and dance at the wedding happened.

    • @Argusthecat
      @Argusthecat Місяць тому +10

      Fun fact about a lot of these! The thing people think of when they talk about these 'original' stories are *mostly* the ones compiled in the works of the Brothers Grimm. But even those stories can't actually be trusted to be the original folk tales and oral legends! There's an amount of evidence that the brothers were... editorializing, let's say. Or picking their favorite versions of the stories they heard multiple iterations of. Their own preference toward darker narratives shaped their work, which then outlived the actual originals.
      In a way, Disney having their own take on things, and creating a 'house style' that is in contrast to where they got the story from in the first place, is just another cycle of a long tradition. Which is actually kinda cool, and deeply human.

    • @tau.r.u
      @tau.r.u Місяць тому +3

      @@Argusthecat Indeed, it's very clear they were editorialising, since they published several versions and changed details between their own publications. While there probably was some personal preference in there, much of it was probably also done with the taste of the public in mind, or the need to not cause to much scandal.
      As you stated, there was with a tendency towards darkness, or at least towards violence - particularly in punishing who or what was (perceived to be) morally reprehensible. On the other hand, some of the stories appear to have been more sexual in nature, contained more innuendo than the brothers Grimm ended up recording.
      Oh, also, in case you ever wondered what's with all the evil stepmothers in fairy tales: those used to be mothers in the stories, but that didn't quite fit the burgeoning bourgeois tastes that were served by these fairy tales. Clearly motherhood had to be this sacred thing in the equally sacred nuclear family. So double whammy on the stepmoms: not real mothers and clearly not a real part of the ideal family.
      Especially with stories like these, of course they got changed all the time, pretty much every generation. There may have been versions with more present ("pagan") deities, there may have been thousands of local variations with names, foods, clothing in the stories. These are archetypal stories that are pretty much there to be a mirror of their time. So I fully agree that Disney is just a part of that tradition, even in yet again reworking the stories with more supposedly woke angles, as some corners of the internet like to decry. That's just the nature of these stories and in a sense, of all stories.
      TL;DR: I agree.

    • @quagsoul
      @quagsoul Місяць тому +2

      @@tau.r.u The stories in the Grimm collections changed a lot between editions, very true. The reason isn't that surprising either - Wilhelm did most of the work on the editions past the first, and changed morals and characters within the stories to align better with christian beliefs. If I remember right (it's been a while since I read the history of the Grimm stories) the church invested quite heavily into the later editions as good ways to teach the masses "good" morals. Jacob only really contributed to the collection of the stories, and the first edition.
      A lot of the darker elements of the stories were heavily toned down, and many of the more characters/contrivances that would come to the heroes' rescue were changed from being folklore-ish to angels, God, etc.
      The first edition is no-doubt editorialised, and many stories will have been omitted, but the difference between it and later/final editions is fascinating, and seeing more modern interpretations of the stories is as much so.

    • @tilmandeuschel9771
      @tilmandeuschel9771 2 дні тому

      Comparative mythology is a real science

  • @mrxpibb
    @mrxpibb Місяць тому +44

    It was all going so well for Ben until it wasn't 😢

    • @TheGirthiestSausage
      @TheGirthiestSausage Місяць тому

      Nah let the only guy who hasn’t won a championship stay down only the strong survive

  • @draz4lyfe326
    @draz4lyfe326 Місяць тому +10

    glad to see Blake back

  • @HaleG9
    @HaleG9 Місяць тому +1

    Big shout out for entertaining us, in spite of most of you being more or less sick :)!

  • @sebastianl4135
    @sebastianl4135 Місяць тому +1

    Mossborn Hydra is such a fun card if all the stars align. I experimented with it a bit in Arena as part of the first Green deck I ever built, and that first game I played with the deck I ended it with three Hydras on board with the first at 118098/118098, the second at 39366/39366 and the third-the slacker of the group!-at 162/162 alongside a Nissa, Resurgent Animist and a Lumra, Bellow of the Woods that was 28/28 versus three Enduring Curiosities and a Floodpits Drowner blocking. That very very first game was the high water mark for the deck. I went to bed after that game, played the next day, it took me three hours of play time to get another win the deck, and at various points I kept making tweaks to try to make the deck go just a little faster but it wasn't getting much better. It's probably too slow for BO1 Standard in Arena, but I dunno, don't take my word for it, I'm still learning the game.

  • @Guevon_Pajaro
    @Guevon_Pajaro Місяць тому +4

    Great to see Blake back!!

  • @danpasquale1620
    @danpasquale1620 Місяць тому

    "I'd love to see you do it." Lmfao great last words Ben 😂😂😂😂

  • @leafy470
    @leafy470 Місяць тому +1

    Very fun to see the Planar Championship back!!

  • @tombonner2799
    @tombonner2799 Місяць тому

    Ben: My tokens now have vigilance.
    Ben: (taps his fearie token) I'm attacking

  • @werevamp
    @werevamp Місяць тому +6

    I foresee a flu-cursed king.

  • @Guevon_Pajaro
    @Guevon_Pajaro Місяць тому +1

    Flu Blake is somehow even funnier and sarcastic 😂😂😂

  • @Richuardo
    @Richuardo Місяць тому

    Blake is back, love to see it! Shea with the dream eriette board!

  • @giovannishepard653
    @giovannishepard653 Місяць тому +4

    I never faked illness, but my mother correctly believe in "mental health days" which I did use to the legal maximum. I'd just tell her "can't do it today" and then I'd just take the day off.

  • @ziopera540
    @ziopera540 Місяць тому +1

    Finally the full crew is back!

  • @mattipaarni8594
    @mattipaarni8594 Місяць тому

    Nice seeing all decks kind of doing the thing. That hydra is scary

  • @yeffwy
    @yeffwy Місяць тому

    My friend got me into yall recently and as of the end of this episode I did exactly what our King, CGB, has commanded: I have liked, I have commented, I. Have. Sub-Scribed.

  • @bryanholdren9043
    @bryanholdren9043 Місяць тому +3

    Ben, He's never been sick a day in his life, faked an old football injury to save face but also marry the girl of his dreams, Ben took up a job at the stadium doing security, he was very good at profiling bad guys, Ben survived a train accident, he was the only survivor, Ben has a hard time with swimming, it's like his only weakness, Water is blue, Ben struggles with blue... Ben is universes beyond M. Knight Shamalan Superman/Bruce Willis.

  • @starmanda88
    @starmanda88 Місяць тому +2

    HECK yeah Blake is back

  • @Ginger0616
    @Ginger0616 Місяць тому

    Blake should have followed thru and killed cgb first 😂 but it was really enjoying to see a Korvold deck since that's my favorite deck I own im gonna be adding some of the cards I saw today! Thanks for the great game guys!

  • @owenpapsdorf29
    @owenpapsdorf29 Місяць тому +3

    Missed the draw from sacrificing mindstone

  • @Pullituz
    @Pullituz Місяць тому

    I love Eldraine and fairytales in general! It would be nice to see full flavor decks without any cards which do not fit the theme. I build many of my decks in this style, it forces me to check different cards and building is fun in that way too.

  • @YuSoSalty
    @YuSoSalty Місяць тому

    Perfect timing! Let's goo

  • @mandielyn0416
    @mandielyn0416 Місяць тому

    I used to wake up early, chew up some campbell’s vegetable soup and spit it into the toilet to fake sick and stay home to play video games.

  • @Azeria
    @Azeria Місяць тому +2

    6:34 TLC’s least favourite land

  • @MagicAlfi
    @MagicAlfi Місяць тому +1

    Comeon Blake you literally said the worst thing your deck can do is not kill him first and than you get so easily swayed to give him time to find something ^^

  • @nickp465
    @nickp465 Місяць тому +1

    For mossborn hydra, do lands entering at the same time double the counters separately? For example, if it had 8 counters and 2 lands entered, would it add 8 counters twice? Or add 8 then 16? I ask because scute swarm has a similar problem

    • @mcgulasch
      @mcgulasch Місяць тому +4

      Yes, they double separately. The lands enter at the same time, which triggers the hydra twice. So both triggers are on the stack, the first resolves, doubling the counters. When the second trigger resolves, it counts the counters at that time, doubling again. Basically it goes from 8 to 16 and then to 32.
      With scute swarm it is a little different, because only the swarms in play see the two lands entering. The newly generated swarms haven’t seen any lands entering when the second trigger resolves. So 8 swarms create 8 new swarms twice, going to 24 instead of 32 like with the hydra.

    • @nickp465
      @nickp465 Місяць тому

      @@mcgulaschthat makes sense, thanks for the clarification!

  • @TheJardis
    @TheJardis Місяць тому

    I could be wrong but I do think on that last turn, if Vito was activated to give creatures lifelink, CGB dies! Since the enchantments would have been seperate instances of life gain right? No shade at all, just a fun interaction I thought!
    Love this game and love you guys! Always have fun watching your content.

    • @jimlonald4917
      @jimlonald4917 Місяць тому +1

      Dont think so as no damage was dealt therefore no lifelink would be applied. Although if Shay did not attack with the flyer she would have had a flying blocker with lifelink that CGB had to answer before attacking in with Korvold as vito would have drained him out because Bloodletter had lifelink from one of the enchantments

    • @thatepicwizardguy
      @thatepicwizardguy Місяць тому +1

      the creatures still aren't doing damage directly since eriette doesn't do the damage herself. so CGB just kinda wins either way due to being able to sac his blockers

    • @TheJardis
      @TheJardis Місяць тому

      Ohhh she didnt actually deal damage. Sick play on CGBs part then, viscera seers a menace!

    • @TheJardis
      @TheJardis Місяць тому

      And looking back, it seems like she was fully planning to do that too, he just beat her there with the sacrificing

  • @TheMusicMan1105
    @TheMusicMan1105 Місяць тому +1

    I’d really like to see CGB tone it down a bit with his decks’ power level. They all have phases over the past years of playing, but lately his are just these classic molds of the best cards in magic and have led to a lot of games where it’s just him playing by himself…
    Not sure if anyone agrees with this!
    I just feel like the best games from this channel have been where everyone is doing something crazy!

  • @shanehare5954
    @shanehare5954 Місяць тому +1

    Shae had an infinite loop that got missed in the camp link and the Vito you gain you drain when you drain you gain when you gain you drain etc.

    • @proface5209
      @proface5209 Місяць тому +1

      Does not work. Vito does not deal damage, he causes loss of life.

  • @runcmd1419
    @runcmd1419 Місяць тому +2

    NGL Korvold is a sweaty commander choice here.

  • @dougnapier6441
    @dougnapier6441 Місяць тому

    Sometimes we have crazy endings, this game was exactly what you expect.

  • @king_eternal
    @king_eternal Місяць тому

    I was hoping Shea was going to enchant Korvold with that Spirit Link

  • @Morg269
    @Morg269 Місяць тому

    I recently played elfball while pretty drunk and it was best worst experience ever. My plays for didn't make any damn sense but I was having the most fun. Would recommend drunk elfball. You could even take a shot for each elf token you generate. Or maybe better not because you'd probably die

  • @mufasafalldown8401
    @mufasafalldown8401 Місяць тому +3

    Korvuld would be first guess

  • @Thaidory
    @Thaidory Місяць тому

    +1/1 for non-token creatures is called "always watching" and it has one of the saddest flavour text pieces in entire Magic history.

  • @Fafnir6803
    @Fafnir6803 Місяць тому +4

    Protect ben at all costs

  • @therealax6
    @therealax6 Місяць тому

    I never faked being ill for school - I was ill often enough already! I don't think I had a single school year with fewer than 20 absences, and they were all for being legitimately sick...

  • @MagicAlfi
    @MagicAlfi Місяць тому

    The production value of this is going crazy with a crown worth nearly 325 thousand dollars price money for just one plane. Wizards really needs to pick up the slack take note and step up their tornament prize money

  • @johndortwegt
    @johndortwegt Місяць тому

    Did Ban draw for turn on the first turn??

  • @DMorfin11
    @DMorfin11 Місяць тому +6

    So 50 million yen is worth 324960.20 USD at time of typing. I have my doubts about the cost of the crown 🤔

    • @BlakeMTG
      @BlakeMTG Місяць тому +11

      turns out I was very wrong lmfao

    • @RMDragon3
      @RMDragon3 Місяць тому +1

      To be fair, even 50 million Iranian Rials (the weakest currency I could find) are 1188 USD, which I doubt is even close either.

    • @tylerqt2uqrivera33yu4
      @tylerqt2uqrivera33yu4 Місяць тому

      Heretic! cast out the none believer!!

  • @DerbyPorcelain
    @DerbyPorcelain Місяць тому

    Episode 134, the wpcs gang discovers edibles

  • @jimbo90
    @jimbo90 Місяць тому

    As a fellow Michigander I feel obligated to answer the did you ever fake sick to stay home question from CGB. I faked so hard I got home schooled for a year to play Halo.

  • @xDanKaix
    @xDanKaix Місяць тому +1

    Although yen is much less valuable than USD, 50 million is still worth 324,960.20 USD. If you wanted the crown to not be worth that much you should’ve used a smaller number because even after googling the least valuable currency in the world (Iranian rial) and doing the conversion, it would still be worth 1,188 USD.

  • @rafaeldasilva2042
    @rafaeldasilva2042 Місяць тому

    I think I got what they had just watching this ^^

  • @stcado142
    @stcado142 Місяць тому

    A friend of mine runs a Kenrith lands deck and I fear the hydra now.

  • @Ev1lHaX0r
    @Ev1lHaX0r Місяць тому +1

    Famously fair plane that Eldraine...

  • @danielthomas2816
    @danielthomas2816 Місяць тому

    Grate game every one that was surprising to see how good korvolt was i can never get the one i have to work that wall

  • @SR-di7ox
    @SR-di7ox Місяць тому +1

    Blake's intro pic with the crown was totally bait!

  • @HatingThePlayer
    @HatingThePlayer Місяць тому +1

    Damn, I'm never this early to a video lmao.

  • @jordanmartinez1003
    @jordanmartinez1003 Місяць тому

    I’ve definitely faked being sick. And now my son tries to pull the same moves I did to get out of going to school lol

  • @kevinmorris9362
    @kevinmorris9362 Місяць тому

    I wasn't able to get out of school by faking sick because my parents had a rule: you only stay home from school if you have a fever or are throwing up.

  • @456jm
    @456jm Місяць тому

    At least now you know why the "Banned as a Commander" rule should've stayed when Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro took over the format.

  • @spidie571
    @spidie571 Місяць тому +2

    Not hate but really confused. I dont understand, every time they said CGB is the problem, and they removed another player instead. Why?
    Are they held hostage to be there against their will?

    • @Kestral287
      @Kestral287 Місяць тому +6

      The threat assessment here is honestly very straightforward.
      In a vacuum, CGB likely has the strongest deck at the table, with his only major rival in that respect being Blake. But Ben quite literally asked for that attack, and while CGB would kill Blake eventually, there were very good odds that if Ben untapped he could have killed Blake immediately (and would have; there's not much reason to let someone who's going to swing a 128 power trampler next turn live). Every token Ben made was a 6/5 flying vigilance, and that number grew with every enchantment he cast. That's a very dangerous person to leave alive, and you have to kill the person who's going to kill you now, not the person who's going to kill you in four turns.
      And then the rest of the game did acknowledge that absent an immediate threat CGB was the problem. On the subsequent attack, Blake did attempt to kill CGB but was stopped. And on Shea's turns, she was generally putting her damage at CGB and forcing him to deal with Blake, who didn't really have damage of his own to pressure back with unless he untapped again.

    • @thatepicwizardguy
      @thatepicwizardguy Місяць тому +1

      @@Kestral287 CGB also basically needed EXACTLY an exile card or he was doomed. he had exactly the answer he needed when he needed it. it was probably the right move to just delete ben and try to delete CGB immediately after but CGB just had that exact answer. play this game another 10x with hydra on board like that and CGB loses most of those.

    • @Kestral287
      @Kestral287 Місяць тому

      @thatepicwizardguy Yup. Sucks that he had it but I'd probably play it exactly Blake's way every time.

    • @spidie571
      @spidie571 Місяць тому

      @Kestral287 i guess because my playstyle is quite different hence my treat assessments are different too. Thanks for the input

  • @Dizoo
    @Dizoo Місяць тому

    What is the app they are using to track life?

  • @mandielyn0416
    @mandielyn0416 Місяць тому

    Didn’t condervines come in the precon…

  • @qwill2019
    @qwill2019 Місяць тому

    I actually never faked being sick as a kid. If I wanted to skip school (very rarely), I let my mom know and usually had a good reason why. It was straight up for legitimate reasons. Lol

  • @malvadoboy
    @malvadoboy Місяць тому +1

    Great game. Great watch!

  • @JaimeAGB-pt4xl
    @JaimeAGB-pt4xl Місяць тому

    Question to the CGCrew... do you guys take Fan decks submissions? ... even if just from Patrons? ... it would be nice to see

  • @karlpontau5433
    @karlpontau5433 Місяць тому +4

    Drunk or Ill? How about Drill?

  • @rabidpickleosrs2995
    @rabidpickleosrs2995 Місяць тому

    SPOILER:
    POSTGAME INTERVIEW: "So Blake, tell us how it feels being directly responsible for yet another CGB pub stomping?"

  • @sjefdebelg3630
    @sjefdebelg3630 Місяць тому

    nice first ramp by Ben...

  • @lucasartigas6645
    @lucasartigas6645 Місяць тому

    No decklist for Ben?

  • @sugaryhornet8472
    @sugaryhornet8472 Місяць тому

    I'm 37 and I still fake sick to avoid my responsibilities 😂

  • @kamilgaisin2868
    @kamilgaisin2868 Місяць тому

    Does lifelink work with infect?

    • @Zeckenschwarm
      @Zeckenschwarm Місяць тому

      Yes. Infect causes a source to "deal damage in the form of poison or -1/-1 counters". This still counts as dealing damage and therefore gains you life with lifelink. It's a bit weird, but that's how infect officially works. It doesn't prevent you from dealing damage, it just changes the effects of that damage (poison counters instead of life loss for players and and -1/-1 counters instead of marked damage for creatures, normal damage to planeswalkers and battles).

  • @mawillix2018
    @mawillix2018 Місяць тому

    UA-cam forced me to start watching this, I don't know if I'm gonna watch this mesa falcon guy video... maybe next one.

  • @j.t.lennon177
    @j.t.lennon177 Місяць тому

    I have not seen scoot mob in a while :)

  • @BenjaminKlahn
    @BenjaminKlahn Місяць тому

    Ok, so MTG the drinking game: Do you drink when you deal damage or when you take damage? Conveniently, in commander you have 40 life which is exactly how many ounces there are in a bottle of malt liquor. So, do you drink from your opponent's bottle or do you drink from your own? Obviously, when you gain life you add that from additional drinks outside the game.

  • @jlaw131985
    @jlaw131985 Місяць тому

    People make a big mistake in thinking fairy tales are light hearted and whimsical. Just like the fairies want.

  • @richardpennertz8180
    @richardpennertz8180 Місяць тому

    38 was Jordan's points in the flu game.

  • @Gaston-Melchiori
    @Gaston-Melchiori Місяць тому

    1:50 Venezuela's currency XD

  • @RelaxYourMind90
    @RelaxYourMind90 Місяць тому

    I only faked being ill once when I was 9 yo and home alone. It was raining outside and I said my nose is bleeding 🤣

  • @Silenceaverted
    @Silenceaverted Місяць тому

    Anyone else think the crew should change seats to add some variety?

  • @chriscunningham6401
    @chriscunningham6401 Місяць тому

    Needed more auras on opponent creatures.

  • @Tsunamiis
    @Tsunamiis Місяць тому

    was literally last night we were all blitzed and smoked

  • @JavierOrtizBultron
    @JavierOrtizBultron Місяць тому

    I don't think I ever faked being sick. I was a little nerd.

  • @TheYoutubeUser69
    @TheYoutubeUser69 Місяць тому

    i am very disappointed by the fact that tiny tates are not weed cookies

  • @jacobb1611
    @jacobb1611 Місяць тому

    I really hope Blake didn't have Covid...

  • @thomaseddy7347
    @thomaseddy7347 Місяць тому

    Grace! She passed away 30 years ago!

  • @EliasMheart
    @EliasMheart Місяць тому

    Long may he reign

  • @NickTemperistic
    @NickTemperistic Місяць тому

    50 million yen is 325k in US dollars

  • @steelstallion75
    @steelstallion75 Місяць тому

    Oh I just assumed Ben always played drunk.

  • @icreateimage7908
    @icreateimage7908 Місяць тому

    Am I the only one who has past resentment from all of these commanders 😂

  • @Gadzinisko
    @Gadzinisko Місяць тому

    Missed chance by Blake to play an infect deck.

  • @jeramiahbarclayjr.7839
    @jeramiahbarclayjr.7839 Місяць тому

    Let us know if you get sick, CGB.

  • @Suavek69
    @Suavek69 Місяць тому

    "it's like a thousand for a dollar"
    Buddy, if you want to give me that "worthless" 50 million yen just let me know where do I sign up, I don't mid some 50k USD extra

  • @Meteorain108
    @Meteorain108 Місяць тому

    So happy to see CGB play Korvold. He was my first comander before I knew he was popular and hated.....

  • @williamhoward7624
    @williamhoward7624 Місяць тому

    I didn't fake illnesses i was in school had a low grade fever for my teeth moving and was sent home but I got to be spoiled I wasn't sick I ate anything and played video games whole day

  • @DToxXx
    @DToxXx Місяць тому +1

    I faked being well so I don't stay home

  • @dr4acula
    @dr4acula Місяць тому +2

    3 cool decks and Korvold... looks unbalanced

  • @TheBestPraetor
    @TheBestPraetor Місяць тому

    For $1190 you can get 50 million Iranian Rial

  • @jazzyjay81
    @jazzyjay81 Місяць тому

    CGB was right.. its 38

  • @jaysmith7062
    @jaysmith7062 Місяць тому

    Drunk or sick? Why not both?