"Ryan casts Enlightened Tutor", "Everyone jokes about how he should fetch up a Cursed Totem so he can shut down Kinnan 3 different ways..." " *Ryan fetches Cursed Totem to the top of his library* " I died laughing. Shame it didn't actually happen though, still would have been great!
This new HUD setup for the players is slick. The lightning touching the active cards on the table to show you what's going on is also pretty helpful. You guys nail your editing.
REALLY glad to see Zirda wasn't just... "hahaha basalt monolith go brrrrr" and was more like, Zirda was LITERALLY utility for the deck. The permanent-heavy build was really nice and super control-y, which was a solid way to run the deck and utilize Zirda when available.
Exactly how I love to build my decks! I always have a plan B. Stoneforge with equipments is the perfect plan B because she can be used to tutor for Conqueror's flail to protect your combo. I will be adding Diviner's Wand in the future though. -Mike
I think y'all thinking boros is the worst color combo wasn't bad, it was when Mike was able to just fuel his hand over and over with the Sword so I feel like it should've been dealt with by Folger's Freylise or some kinda artifact removal. The heavy targets on Folger were right to do but threat assessing cards could've been better. All in all great game and great vid as always!!
Also he never paid for it either it may have fissiled but he still had to pay the next shot he was tapping for trip wire so he should have been gone anyway
@@Olympian05 If the pact fizzles it does not have to be paid. If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn’t resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won’t trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Felt like a regular EDH game, but well plaied! Very nice to see, and again your edition/narration plus the very high quality of the games makes this channel so much ahead of any other.
I pulled 3 companions from my Ikoria prerelease - Umori, Zirda, and Kaheera - and I can't say I was that excited to build any of them. This game has totally changed my mind; that Zirda deck was so exciting to watch! Definitely gotta build something with that commander :D
It also has trouble synergizing with itself. Just go to scryfall and search "whenever draw a card" under white and almost every card with an enchantress-like draw trigger for doing something triggers on something different every time. Some want enchantments, some want equips, some want small creatures, etc. You look at green and it's like "cast a creature, a creature enters, a big creature... exists." All of those can go in a deck together. The same can't be said for white and red wants to dump its resources in return for getting more so it's not much help either lol Boros (as in only multicolored) has leave // chance and heartwarming redemption. That's it. No more draw lol.
@@TheMightyBattleSquid Boros should have more card advantage when small creatures deal combat damage. Make a commander which give other creatures myriad and you will have a deck which is very much in boros theme (an army of many small creatures attacking) and could last the long game because of the card advantage. If WotC insist it needs to be temporary impulse draw make them exiled to the next turns end step. Within the existing mechanics it is not hard to make boros a viable strategy with its own flavour. I don't think it would help a lot in cEDH but that isn't really the concern WotC should be addressing first.
I'm building a Zirda deck myself and have to say thank you for showing how powerful she can be. I was able to draw some inspiration from the list you play to include in my own list :D
Glad you like it! Zirda is definitely underrated. It was pretty tough to find much information on her as the commander, but she was definitely good. There's a good chance I rebuild her in the near future. -Mike
@@PlayingWithPowerMTG Zirda is my first own cEDH project, so it was extra hard for me to find cards for it. The only other cEDH deck I have is Fblthp, so coming from mono U to Boros is... interesting.
Minor thing, at 6:15 I got super confused, because the order in which mike tapped his creatures was opposite to the order the voice over said the attackers and targets
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Wow. Zirda was impressive that game. A well placed anti artifact hate piece would have changed the whole game, but Kinna always seems to threaten a win out of nowhere. It was nice to see Boros do some work! Good games, y’all!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it correct to have the Deflecting Swat redirect the pact to itself, so that it still resolved and forced Folger to pay for it next turn?
Are there plans to play with Lurrus and Rielle again? It would be a shame if they only had one appearance and said appearance was the one time Lurrus was shut down completely and Rielle couldn't make any significant board presence.
There was a slight rules error I think- Sword of Fire and Ice says "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, Sword of Fire and Ice deals 2 damage to target creature or player and you draw a card" On turn 5, Mike hits Folger's Freyalise, and targets her (a planeswalker) with the sword trigger.... Don't know if this would have mattered but I was just upset to see my boy Kinnan being treated rough Great video anyway!
Folger's pact of negation didn't have a legal target upon resolution so it fizzled and was countered. Folger doesn't have to pay for it in that circumstance. If the pacts are ever countered, you don't have to pay their upkeep costs.
I don't understand how a SoFI'd Thalia, attacking Folger who is at 3, didn't kill him? Folger only had Nezahal to block with, Thalia is pro-Blue thanks to the sword, but in the video says "Mike shoots Folger with the sword, killing him" - isn't Folger already dead?
Everyone talks about Boros being the worst colour combination, but Selesnya does not really have a cEDH viable deck either XD (Selvala's ability is random at best and no one ever tried Saffi Eriksdotter in my personal experience)
what app or program do u use to webplay? I'm trying to play with my friends without leaving our houses, but I haven't found anything. Thanks in advance. P.S.: I love ur content.
maybe i'm mistaking but i think the kinnan's list could be wrong because freyalise and tishana aren't into it, probabibly it's the previous one played by folger in some lives! Anyway great video ;)
didn't mike make a mistake @ 5:10? sure, abilities cost 2 less, but they can't cost less than 1, he equipted it for free there didn't he? Edit: no never mind, he paid 1 to equip it, I thought he equipt it for free, which he can't. Zirda is really fantastic. what would you say is the better Boros commander, Zirda or Winota? they are both great in my opinion. Winota can become very rediculous very fast.
I understand that the kinnan was under stax early, and targeted but that kinnan build is super casual with the big creatures strategy. It makes the deck way too reliant having kinnan in play. Def not the best way to use him. The best kinnan are the super fast combo off before the group can respond version
These are the games I wish my group and I could play but instead we just play creatures and remain at a stalemate as nobody wants to swing into another blocker.
I literally didn’t notice this was webcam until near the end of the video. Extremely well done as always!
The whole time something was nagging at me about some sort of lag. It took like 10 minutes for it to click. The editing was really smooth.
I literally didn't notice 🤣😂
Gotta watch those hands
"Ryan casts Enlightened Tutor", "Everyone jokes about how he should fetch up a Cursed Totem so he can shut down Kinnan 3 different ways..."
" *Ryan fetches Cursed Totem to the top of his library* "
I died laughing.
Shame it didn't actually happen though, still would have been great!
"Everyone jokes about how he should fetch up a Cursed Totem so he can shut down Kinnan 3 different ways..."
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*Everyone else loses*
This new HUD setup for the players is slick. The lightning touching the active cards on the table to show you what's going on is also pretty helpful. You guys nail your editing.
REALLY glad to see Zirda wasn't just... "hahaha basalt monolith go brrrrr" and was more like, Zirda was LITERALLY utility for the deck. The permanent-heavy build was really nice and super control-y, which was a solid way to run the deck and utilize Zirda when available.
Exactly how I love to build my decks! I always have a plan B. Stoneforge with equipments is the perfect plan B because she can be used to tutor for Conqueror's flail to protect your combo. I will be adding Diviner's Wand in the future though. -Mike
10:29 Giver of Runes only effects creatures you control. She can't unequip enemy equipments.
leon devalire when he goes to equip a creature giver can give it pro colorless making the creature untargetable.
Maximus As Leon said, giver can only target your own creatures
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I think y'all thinking boros is the worst color combo wasn't bad, it was when Mike was able to just fuel his hand over and over with the Sword so I feel like it should've been dealt with by Folger's Freylise or some kinda artifact removal. The heavy targets on Folger were right to do but threat assessing cards could've been better. All in all great game and great vid as always!!
Na. Mike wasn’t that of a target. They kept messing with each others board except for mike.
Wow poor Folger. Getting beat up this game, yikes.
Mike: Cage
Ryan: Needle
Mike: Priest
Folger: crowofjudgement.jpg
Kinnan deserves no mercy
Folger's Kinnan deck when it goes unchecked is nasty
Pact of Negation targeting Sword of the Animist LUL. Rough game for Kinnan and Folger.
At some point you've just gotta go "I'm not winning this, but I'll be damned if I let them walk all over me!"
Also he never paid for it either it may have fissiled but he still had to pay the next shot he was tapping for trip wire so he should have been gone anyway
@@Olympian05 If the pact fizzles it does not have to be paid. If Pact of Negation is countered or otherwise doesn’t resolve (perhaps because its target became illegal), the delayed triggered ability that threatens you with a game loss won’t trigger at the beginning of your next upkeep.
@@TheBacon414 Are you sure i've seen it played both ways because it's apart of the cost?...
@@Olympian05 my comment was a copy paste of the ruiling on the card
Gotta love the quarantine style handshakes.
I haven'y watched this channel for half a year, and I must say I felt the jump in the quality of narration. Great job!
Folger: everybody ready for a good game?
Everyone else:(staring intensely at Folger) yeah....
Folger chose very... Let's just say 'Interesting' spells to counter..
Seeing a Kinnan at the table, I see no mistakes in threat assessment made here.
Felt like a regular EDH game, but well plaied! Very nice to see, and again your edition/narration plus the very high quality of the games makes this channel so much ahead of any other.
I pulled 3 companions from my Ikoria prerelease - Umori, Zirda, and Kaheera - and I can't say I was that excited to build any of them. This game has totally changed my mind; that Zirda deck was so exciting to watch! Definitely gotta build something with that commander :D
I really liked the final image of "Game Results". Keep it up guys, you are super fun to watch.
I loved how kinnan and zirda basically started the thrasios/bruse thal decks. amazing cards.
I like the hand count display
People forget: Boros has some powerful cards.
It just has some trouble drawing and playing them.
It also has trouble synergizing with itself. Just go to scryfall and search "whenever draw a card" under white and almost every card with an enchantress-like draw trigger for doing something triggers on something different every time. Some want enchantments, some want equips, some want small creatures, etc. You look at green and it's like "cast a creature, a creature enters, a big creature... exists." All of those can go in a deck together. The same can't be said for white and red wants to dump its resources in return for getting more so it's not much help either lol
Boros (as in only multicolored) has leave // chance and heartwarming redemption. That's it. No more draw lol.
Which one exactly? Pretty sure all the cards that won him that game where colorless lol, sword drawing a card each turn being the biggest reason.
@@TheMightyBattleSquid Boros should have more card advantage when small creatures deal combat damage. Make a commander which give other creatures myriad and you will have a deck which is very much in boros theme (an army of many small creatures attacking) and could last the long game because of the card advantage. If WotC insist it needs to be temporary impulse draw make them exiled to the next turns end step. Within the existing mechanics it is not hard to make boros a viable strategy with its own flavour. I don't think it would help a lot in cEDH but that isn't really the concern WotC should be addressing first.
the panels containing player information are literally eye asmr
I like the virtual handshake 🤣
Man that totem joke bout killed me. That was hilarious guys. Another good game and I never thought a boros deck would have done so well in cedh.
Mike out here playing true Boros and taking the entire game! I love it!
7:50 casually discards “Timetwister”
> Timmy's Emporium
Ah yes the Rudy reference is clear in this one
Yesssssss. So glad for another episode.
I'm building a Zirda deck myself and have to say thank you for showing how powerful she can be. I was able to draw some inspiration from the list you play to include in my own list :D
Glad you like it! Zirda is definitely underrated. It was pretty tough to find much information on her as the commander, but she was definitely good. There's a good chance I rebuild her in the near future. -Mike
@@PlayingWithPowerMTG Zirda is my first own cEDH project, so it was extra hard for me to find cards for it. The only other cEDH deck I have is Fblthp, so coming from mono U to Boros is... interesting.
I almost felt bad for folger.
Spoilers:
Table: Ryan, you should really tutor up a Cursed Totem to shut down Folger even harder
Ryan: Hah, you think I need to tutor to do that?
Great video
I had a sadder Regal Force once. My friend Stifled the ETB trigger...
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I love seeing Boros run away with a game.
This Zirda deck looks like fun! I'm a throw a twist in here. Presence of the Master and Planar Chaos! Fun little mini game.
Arcmage
I would really love to see this Lurrus combos and play style explained, for the purpose of making one of my own.
Minor thing, at 6:15 I got super confused, because the order in which mike tapped his creatures was opposite to the order the voice over said the attackers and targets
I have to say i liked the digital handshake 😂😂
Freyalese not killing sword of fire and ice was the throw of the game. He must've drawn 8 cards that game from it and dealt 16 dmg
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Love your videos
Wow. Zirda was impressive that game. A well placed anti artifact hate piece would have changed the whole game, but Kinna always seems to threaten a win out of nowhere. It was nice to see Boros do some work! Good games, y’all!
Should sword have triggered at 6:20 from hitting freyalise? I dont think so?
KEK the cursed totem joke got me good LOLS
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it correct to have the Deflecting Swat redirect the pact to itself, so that it still resolved and forced Folger to pay for it next turn?
a spell can't target itself
@@HiroBaskerville 'itself' was meant for Swat.
@rudy, pact was countered by game state for not having legal target since swat alrd left the stack.
Are there plans to play with Lurrus and Rielle again? It would be a shame if they only had one appearance and said appearance was the one time Lurrus was shut down completely and Rielle couldn't make any significant board presence.
What happen to pact of negation? Did folger pay for it?
The through-webcam shake at the end!
Is it possible to build a cedh deck with lurrus as a companion?
Dragonshields have the best sleeves, love your videos!
As much as I like Lurrus, they had me with the name "Kinnan's Fat Chonkers."
There was a slight rules error I think- Sword of Fire and Ice says "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, Sword of Fire and Ice deals 2 damage to target creature or player and you draw a card"
On turn 5, Mike hits Folger's Freyalise, and targets her (a planeswalker) with the sword trigger.... Don't know if this would have mattered but I was just upset to see my boy Kinnan being treated rough
Great video anyway!
"He attacks Adam with Zirda and Containment Priest at Freyalise."
Everything fine.
What is that Kinan Decklist? In game he plays Freyalise but it's nowhere to be found in the provided decklist.
Love that Kinan name.
What webcams and stands do you use?
“Most valuable card goes to sword of fire and ice.” ......what? I love it.
the rielle deck looks super fun....but what is the win con? i looked through the deck list, yay you draw cards, then what? is it only aetherflux?
For a moment I thought Ryan really tutor for cursed totem to tilt folger so hard LOLOLOLOL 🤣🤣🤣
Did folger pay pact of negate cost?
Pact fizzled, so he didn't need to pay.
Thanks I miss that
Why mike didint dye from pact of negetion Tiger?
Folger's pact of negation didn't have a legal target upon resolution so it fizzled and was countered. Folger doesn't have to pay for it in that circumstance. If the pacts are ever countered, you don't have to pay their upkeep costs.
Lurrus is easily the most interesting orzhov commander I love that cat boye
Boros taking the game because of the big focus on kinnan, lmao xD
Pretty sure every single turn Folger just got closer and closer to the crying cat meme...
You guys rock!
I don't understand how a SoFI'd Thalia, attacking Folger who is at 3, didn't kill him? Folger only had Nezahal to block with, Thalia is pro-Blue thanks to the sword, but in the video says "Mike shoots Folger with the sword, killing him" - isn't Folger already dead?
Everyone talks about Boros being the worst colour combination, but Selesnya does not really have a cEDH viable deck either XD (Selvala's ability is random at best and no one ever tried Saffi Eriksdotter in my personal experience)
3:04 that's an Urza's Tower, not a Command Tower.
Actually that was an alter Mike had done himself for Command Tower.
@@PlayingWithPowerMTG Oh cool! Sorry, it looked a lot like the 9th edition art for Urza's Tower!
@@stavingewart i know you from nikatchus streams😀
what app or program do u use to webplay?
I'm trying to play with my friends without leaving our houses, but I haven't found anything.
Thanks in advance.
P.S.: I love ur content.
We used GoToMeeting, but there is a software called spelltable available now that you can try out.
@@PlayingWithPowerMTG Thanks! I'll try it.
you guys should play Ghave, guru of spores he's on of the combo kings and I'd love to see you guys play him.
A cEDH game were the Boros player is the winner is amazing even though Zirda didn’t go infinite
I love everything about zirda it's basically allows abilities to trigger for 1and with one more source of reduction 0
What was he using as Lurrus? Noticed it was not the actual card. Due to the name being too short
C21 was not available yet, and Ryan was having printer problems that day, so he used Stillmoon Cavalier.
maybe i'm mistaking but i think the kinnan's list could be wrong because freyalise and tishana aren't into it, probabibly it's the previous one played by folger in some lives! Anyway great video ;)
What is the yellow counter under each player's name?
Hand size
Lotus logo Tshirts coming soon??
We already have some on our merchandise store.
Giver is a weird choice to deal with Zirda equipments since it only targets creatures you control
didn't mike make a mistake @ 5:10? sure, abilities cost 2 less, but they can't cost less than 1, he equipted it for free there didn't he?
Edit: no never mind, he paid 1 to equip it, I thought he equipt it for free, which he can't.
Zirda is really fantastic. what would you say is the better Boros commander, Zirda or Winota? they are both great in my opinion. Winota can become very rediculous very fast.
What are the numbers below each persons life?
Hand size
Look at that zirda lol amazing
Can you shoot a planeswalker with ballista?
Yes you can. Ballista was errata'd to "Any Target".
I really like this HUD layout, You should use it more
I understand that the kinnan was under stax early, and targeted but that kinnan build is super casual with the big creatures strategy. It makes the deck way too reliant having kinnan in play. Def not the best way to use him. The best kinnan are the super fast combo off before the group can respond version
Ok this video got a like just for the cursed totem joke haha
I like the picks but no Nethroi apex of Death
I don't understand how Ryan Saced the ranger captain then proceed to block with it the following turn
Mike saccd his, not Ryan.
Let's GOOOOO
Sword is amazing.... win this game
I don't understand why Adam died there, he has 17 life? And Zirda was what, 5/5? That couldn't have been 21 commander damage, can it?
His last attack was for 6, which put Adam at 21.
I think (?) Mike could have taken Folger out by letting the Pact resolve then dropping Tanglewire anyway.
These are the games I wish my group and I could play but instead we just play creatures and remain at a stalemate as nobody wants to swing into another blocker.
If your group feels the same, you can agree to proxy the cards.
I thought walking ballistic was the MVP because it was put down early and was hardcountered against
Kinnan needs more mana dorks in the deck...
That C in Kinnans Fat C. definitely don't stand for Chonkers.....
Bloodied Ghost being Lurrus ... what is this, Mental Magic? And a Llanowar Tribe representing a Freyalise token?
Folger’s game today is my game everyday lol 😝
Jk
Too bad folger's deck didn't get a chance to show it's potential. It was Mike's game through the whole vid. Nice game anyway!
FIX THE LOGO ANIMATION!
It worked in the first few episodes but now it just looks weird
imagine getting out-valued by boros
Hey I'm one of the first lets go!
Nezahal?! Spicy...
Seemed like only 1 person was playing that game
Folger didn't even have a chance to play...
yeees yeeeeeees flithy green mages