💀💀💀 S-Tier Yawgmoth Commander | Historic Brawl [MTG Arena] 

I purchased a battery back-up for my PC, and another one for my router, so next time I should at least be able to finish the gameplay video

i really appreciate the HB videos, the format is the only one i can play "competitively" on arena since it only needs singles and a lot of staples can be swapped from deck to deck. It's fun to see you play stuff I could potentially copy and play whereas i feel physically ill when redeeming wildcards for duplicates.

I play commander, and I’m not going to lie the Historic Brawl videos are my favourite part of the channel. I’d also like to see historic videos eventually, so you can experience the degeneracy of all of the broken, Arena-only piles that dominate my favourite format. It’s fun CGB, half the players are mono-coloured tribal aggro! A target-rich environment for control!

Thanks for the story time. It’s genuine of you to be honest about the hollow victory feeling. Your humanness is probably why I keep watching your videos, second only to your excellent magic skills.

I actually really enjoyed story time. I empathize in the hollow victories. That probably is part of what led me to design custom cards for my own vorthos. That's also why I love worst possible. Sure, if you win, you win, but it's more about the interactions you have in the game. The personas and relationships you give us for the camera. I especially love the decks in worst possible where the wincon is for the deck to do its thing, like the All Might deck.

Cgb, all I play is historic brawl. Actually takes thinking and luck of the draw rather than spamming 4 brutal cathars or gold spans. Appreciate these videos very much

I actually started HB because of the videos here. The stale meta in Standard started to really bore the hell out of me so i appreciate the change the brawl videos bring every now and then. So i wouldnt mind if you keep them comeing^^

I play commander and brawl exclusively these days- I haven't invested into standard since eldraine. Your content scratches that itch for me, and seeing you play my favorite format is always a treat

I love my Yawgmoth Commander in paper and I'm glad it can be played on Arena, it is really sick and it is not that common to see in real life. I stopped playing Arena when I started playing paper, mostly Commander, but I keep watching all your videos everyday.

Great surprise story time twist ending! I eat that kind of stuff up and it still kills me that the ArenaCraft podcast has ended. I like all the different versions of CGB that we get to see, but my favorite is still the CGB that talks about Magic with friends like Arjuna, Michael J. Flores, Deathsie, MTGNerdGirl, etc..

I loved the anecdote at the end. I mostly just play with my girlfriend at home, and after a while my decks definitely started trending upwards and it was leading to me beating her every time and it just lost all fun. Now I just make pet decks where we can enjoy a casual game. That’s what I believe Magic was made for and I’m sticking to that.

I absolutely love the worst possible commander show with Shae and Blake, and all your historic brawl videos! Commander is by far my favorite format, and I’d love to see more commander and brawl content !

I play Yawgmoth in Commander so I was super down to see this! Nice job CGB, you did Daddy Yawgz justice 😤💪🏻

I play EDH, and I’ve played cEDH. Hearing you out, you did well. Seriously, at that power level, you and everyone else is basically signing up for misery. It’s true. The fact that you ‘forced’ the game into a 2-hour span is remarkable and noteworthy and I suspect that those players actually did have fun… later, upon reflection. Here’s the thing, any one of those players would’ve gladly combo’d off on T3 or T4 and not given your NPC-esque experience a second thought. Honestly, you gave them a gift bc the next time they get hosed on T3 they’ll remember you and think, “I’m never quitting cEDH and T3 W/L’s but that game vs. CGB was cool” and, on that note, I appreciate The Worst Possible bc you don’t powerup. We all know you can, but by choosing the harder path of trying to ensure great play experiences, you give us something way more entertaining than a T3 Godo beatdown, something with class, something cool 😎

CGB hangout was surprisingly refreshing. Reminds me coming home and hear from a friend enjoy his time at their LGS

I'd love to see Yawgmoth get another video since this one got cut short! Also, storytime with CGB was surprisingly good filler. The feelings you described resonated with me a great deal, and I'm sure with many others as well! It's feelings like that which frequently drive me to try to find activities and outlets where I can do more good for more people and bring more joy, whether that's in my leisure activities or professionally. You already have a job where you know you bring joy to people with what you do, and that's really something special. Keep being you CGB, the man, the myth , the legend; the one in best-of-one. We've got your back.

I honestly feel that commander is more fun when played casually, it's like it was made for that. It just doesn't feel the same to me being a try hard playing edh

Commander player here I really enjoy that we as the mtg community can come together over salt and fun and be here for all of you great entertainers to talk to

The story time was really interesting! My opinion is that when people who enjoy playing cEDH do so, they don't really feel bad for losing. cEDH is the way to try the hardest at playing commander but at the same time it's based on requiring your opponents to do the same. There's no fun in playing against an opponent who holds back to make you feel better, so trying hard is the best way to engage with your opponents even if that means countering and bouncing spells for two hours (usually cEDH games don't last that long, but they also don't always end in a few minutes). What I'm trying to say is you shouldn't feel bad about winning and making your opponents feel bad in general, although this doesn't really apply to that "it would've meant more to them" sentiment. It's something I can't really have an opinion on because I don't really understand your position I guess, but I still feel you shouldn't bash yourself over it. Glad to follow most of your content daily anyway and I appreciate every time you make the effort of sharing your honest thoughts on stuff that's not strictly related to the videos. You come across as an actual human being and not just a byproduct of the internet or a caricature like this platform sometimes tries to incentivize.

I really enjoyed both this chat and the Alchemy discussion. It makes me really miss the ArenaCraft Podcast where I got to hear these kinds of discussions every week!

Thanks for the story time at the end. I've heard others talk about hollow MTG victories as well. I think a lot of people go through this over time and eventually decide that winning just isn't as important to them as it was previously. They find other callings, like making sure others are enjoying the game, or getting hired by wizards to help make the game better, or making RU-vid videos to help others learn. I hope you continue to look for what makes you happiest.

I really enjoyed this one, thanks. As a new Magic player they have helped a lot. Your vulnerability in this one is appreciated and I resonate with that feeling of hollow victories when trying to stomp the table. Anyway, hope you have a good holiday weekend

31:30 I was one of the people like “NO WAIT THERE’S A NARSET!”😂

I love your sarcastic enjoyment of your opponents hypothetical salty tears lol

I play 90% commander and just started playing Pioneer. Played in my first Pioneer tournament this week. This was my first tournament since I believe 1997 when I quit playing magic. I just started playing magic again last year on Arena for something to do during the pandemic. Arena got me to want to play paper magic again. I don’t play much Arena now that I can go to an LGS and play with people I can talk with. Better still are all the public house places that have popped up where we can eat and drink while playing Magic. I do feel old though, compared to my new MTG friends. I still watch your videos even though I am not playing Arena much. I love the EDH Sundays, and the Brawl videos, but I try to watch them all.

I've definitely been enjoying commander/brawl in the recent month. You see more interesting things there than in standard

Love your Brawl games! Great to see all kinds of cards showcased in the matches.

Was in the middle of a big moment watching Everything Everywhere All at Once when we had to pause the movie because my sister had a dumb meeting thing :/, so I hit the play button to see how the Uro match went, when story time came in! The whole sequence of things felt pretty surreal, although I do look forward to more Yawgmoth later on and finishing the movie as I type this comment out. I’m still kind of scared of commander because of this four people each for their own thing, and my brain can’t handle the politics stuff (Watching the Worst Possible helps in the meantime). I still vaguely remember playing Two-Headed Giant on DotP 2014 as a kid and that was perhaps the happiest I’ve ever been because there’s definitely one other person working together with you, but apparently that’s not a huge thing now…? I have gone very off topic, but I still want to thank you a lot for sharing the story and making content! It’s always great just seeing you play Magic, CGB, you’re cool >:) (Sorry for the long ramble.)

Very much enjoyed your storytime. As a cEDH player, winning tournaments definitely feels hollow sometimes. Commander will always be better if you're friends with the people you're playing with for sure. Yawgmoth will always be a favorite commander of mine, I hope you bring him back in HB videos soon!

I think that there is something to be said for the attraction to Magic vs. the reality of competition: what I think you, and so many others (including me) enjoy about Magic is the possibility space. It’s awesome to find ways to win which are unexpected, counterintuitive, or even just amusing. Competition, as in so many sports, is often about reducing the possibility space, condensing the range of outcomes to a few, select, mostly positive ones: the classic ‘percentage play’. And so, for me at least, while competition is cool and winning is a great feeling, playing in intensely competitive environments often feels like a pale imitation of the positive experience of magic: I’m running into the same few options over and over again. I do play a bit of (fairly amateurish) commander and really enjoy it, mostly slowly improving precons with cheap cards. What I would note is that even in the worst possible form (2 player head to head) my friend and I had a blast drafting and then playing the latest set: the limited pool of cards, allied with the direction and focus a commander can give a deck worked really well together and ended up in an enjoyable afternoon of play, then playing again, and again! On the Goldfish commander channel and their podcast they talk about intentionally gimping a deck or making sub-optimal plays - and I agree with their conclusion that’s not where the fun is - but I think the Baldur’s Gate draft, or a deck budget, or a deck building ‘rule’ can do so much to allow high level play without immediately blasting your opponents out of contention, or reducing the possibility space to a few very highly optimised moves. Anyway, great content as always and I appreciated the little anecdote at the end… cheers for sharing!

My favorite commander deck was my first one, Mono-Blue Arcanis, where the strategy was draw my deck and drain everyone with Psychosis Crawler. Commander quickly became my favorite format after that.

I'm a Commander player and have been really enjoying your historic brawl content and The Worst Possible Commander Show! I actually just ordered a Tasha deck after watching the episode where you played her. I was really excited about the card when it got spoiled but ended up holding back from making the deck for various reasons. After watching the video though and hearing about your take on her, I took another look and ended up mashing two of my decks that I don't enjoy as much/are weaker together to give her a good framework. All of that to say, I really enjoy your Commander/Brawl content and enjoy seeing the brews and drawing inspiration from them!

You can make an entire video just with stories, for all I care. I find these experiences way more entertaining than the gameplay, considering I don't play anymore. Kudos for your honesty, not something easy to find the right words to convey

I'm a only a commander player, but love watching you play standard. For a while there I was taking some of you standard deck synergies and seeing if I could apply it to commander. Was a fun challenge. So I'm always excited to see you play brawl, I do hope to see more frequently. Until then it's a real treat for me when you do play brawl. Cheers and thanks for the hrs upon hrs of entertainment.

I do the same, I try to exclude alchemy from my decks and avoid Planeswalkers as commanders so I can practice. Unfortunately I just scoop to Planeswalker commanders because it's not what I want to play against.

Historic Brawl is by far the best format, you play. It is what comes nearest to commander

I enjoy Commander the most for years now! Always so nice to see you coming up with brews you seem to be excited about CGB

Yes! Loving more Historic Brawl content. I think it will see more play once Baldur's Gate hits (since the set is chock full of Alchemy cards).

I liked the talk at end of video about how you feel about competitive in paper. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻.

I love the “I out blue them all…away”

Commander player here, love the Historic Brawl content and storytime with CGB! ❤️

Mid power level commander is a joy, the amount of bizarre and entertaining things you can do with a £3 commander and a pile of "tuned but still jank" is practically limitless.

Glad I got to see some more gameplay on your twitch stream, love a good mono black deck and this has a lot of fun lines. Loved citadel back in the day. Also stuck around for story time.

I play commander and enjoyed the hell out of hearing your feelings and experience with playing paper commander. As I tune up my decks and try make them more powerful I often feel the pressure to unload mass amounts of money to give them a power boost, but the casual play seems more fruitful. Thanks for all the insights!

Oh, I miss the Citadel/Sensei’s Diving Top combo. Yawg is a solid commander irl.

Who would've thought that a Yawgmoth video would turn into something about feelgood at Commander tables?

Grats on that Win man! Even if it was hollow to you, I thought it was cool hearing your 'Captain's Log' playing a paper deck you wanted to play.

Cool to hear your thoughts on cEDH, I have similar feelings whenever I win with a Thassa's or Hulk combo. HOWEVER, because you have the opportunity to win packs which could in turn lead to a monetary value, I feel like you need to "play to win". Most times during our tournaments, the first game is usually done by turn 4-5, then we play a second game with slightly less power levels for more of a high power casual game. So it's easy to get some satisfaction all the way around. What I like most about cedh is that, although it might be pretty monotonous, everyone knows what to expect. A bunch of tutors, free spells and mana rocks and trying to win on turn 2-3. I never feel bad about playing a Mystic Remora or Rhystic Study or Force of Will etc... Whereas in casual, I feel like there's never an ACTUAL agreeable power level. What I might consider a 5-6, some people would call a 7-8, and now it's unfair or uneven... So I like cedh because it just levels the playing field, expectation wise. Also, some of the stacks in cedh get absolutely nuts which make the games ridiculously fun for me. It's just a constantly evolving puzzle that you're always trying to solve in your own particular way... Anyways, I hope to meet you in Orlando and maybe play a game, cedh or casual... Take care bud.

Story time is awesome. The insights into your point of view are really worthwhile. I love that youre a salty controlling mage but so empathetic to other players feelings, (IRL). Well done Siege, Ive watched you for a couple years now and your growth has been super good to see, not to mention the insights into the game of Magic. Cheers from Australia.

CGB, that empty feeling when you win is the God shaped hole in all of us.

I've never played commander, but I never played any format without learning about it by watching vids first and this looks fun. I never mind what format you play dude, thanks for the content.

Really good to hear your thoughts on the competitive aspect of things. Keep chasing what brings you joy, and don't worry about the rest

Honestly, I enjoy almost every format video CGB has played at just coz he's always done it in an entertaining and informative way (legit learned a lot from how to play better control). I don't think anyone should try to let him feel bad for not playing standard 24/7. That said, more Jinny G videos plesz.

I totally get that feeling of hollow victories. Thanks for the storytime CGB!

Extended storytime with CGB, what a special treat!

Very hyped for a sick historic brawl vid!

Thanks for the extra story time! Lantern in TC is also my LGS. Cheers to you my fellow Northerner. Love your content, keep up the amazing work.

I too am loving Commander more and more. I even have a deck I've dubbed "Chaos" . Has some specific win cons but the idea of the deck is having fun. I am with you on most things you have said after your power issue. Really do like your HIstoric Brawl content, will never be the same as commander in a one on one environment. Keep up the great content! Cheers

I didn‘t play Magic for 20 years but got back into it with Commander. Ladder grind is a waste of rare spare time, but i have a friday night Commander group with my Brother, my niece and a Buddy of mine. It allows for much more experiments and is a wonderful social though not always peaceful experience (family rarely is ☺️), but we often stick to modified precons and just try weird and janky strategies. One time i used a Bit More tuned combo Deck and though i won effortlessly it sucked from a fun Perspective. Pulling off the combo didn’t Even remotely feel as satisfying as imagined. Watching your Videos daily and you are both entertaining and keep me in the Loop about what i cannot do myself as a father. I do like the historic brawl content most, closely followed by the sadly discontinued alchemy content. What i liked about Alchemy content is that i love the much More diverse options which makes for an interesting watch, and i would Never be able to ist myself and i always had the Impression your alchemy content was less affected by meta fatigue. But probably that is the problem - the majority seems to be interested in how to win in Standard. For me it is all about having a good time and i wish you that Most of all.

Glad to see you have really warmed up to commander, CGB. I remember when I first started watching your channel, you weren't really into the format.

For anyone wondering - the foretold card in the second game was a Doomskar

I just started playing commander recently. Also enjoyed the Covert and Chill story time at the end.

Congratz for winning the tournament. I think Commander is a more social way of playing. Which means the feeling of having a fun game with alot of crazy stuff happening and seeing the other decks and new interaction of cards is more fulfilling.

With standard being in the state that it is I have really dove into commander going from 1 casual deck to 7. It is a really fun format that offers a varied play experience. (Brawl is kind of an exception as the options are more limited but I still have a lot of fun with it) I'd love to see CGB pop up as an opponent in the arena!

I don't miss a single one of your videos and commander is literally the only format I ever play

Thanks for the shoutout! Here's to more awesome Magic!

Friend and I played commander few days ago and my deck definitely did all worst things possible, and I felt hollow even tho I won. He was a true friend letting me see how far my deck can go however after the game I didn't enjoy any of it, I knew his deck undershowed and just being ahead didn't feel like a win at all. I do appreciate even if I lose if a game I played had weird twists and turns and someone ends up winning with in a cool way

Feeling inspired to build Yawgmoth for commander now.

Definitely a commander player here -- your list for this looks like a fusion between two of my historic brawl lists: My Jadar deck, and my Acererak the Archlich deck. The Jadar deck runs a lot of the same death trigger stuff, while the Acererak deck is combo with Bolas Citadel, Aetherflux Reservoir, Tendrils of Agony... It does run Paradox Engine but it doesn't need to since there are several ways to win outside from that. The Acererak deck focuses basically on constantly ramping, boardwiping, tutoring, and dungeoneering with the Mad Mage to cast for free stuff like Sheoldred and Ulamog.

I play commander sometimes. Your commander show made me start it.

I ran a sultai shadow deck long long ago with mausoleum secrets as a toolbox. Fun card

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it. Also I almost exclusively play kitchen table commander, I've been riding with the same playgroup for around 5 years now.

I personally love HB, you should definitely do more of it. I've been playing it a lot lately. My current favorite deck is a Marrow-Gnawer rat tribal. Loving it.

I enjoyed “rambling story time with CGB” lol. What power level to play in EDH is always a conundrum it seems.

Wow a historic brawl vid? I'm here for it!

I pretty much play commander exclusively. I enjoy all your format videos but I really enjoy your Brawl videos. Thanks for all your videos and hard work!

I have played commander but not for a while. Love these vids. Waiting for the right looking deck to craft it and jump back in

I just started playing Commander really appreciate the videos

Hahaha wow second putrid goblin combo explained to me in the same week! Oh yeah commander is my favorite, I am so glad you have a commander show.

That-a-boy CGB! Very proud of you! Great job!

Commander is the main format that I play. Still love to watch all your content. Always S tier content.

I'm pretty exclusively a commander player, and the reason I'm on your channel is so that I may live vicariously through you as you play standard and other Arena formats that I have not the time and resources to make happen 🥴

I like the brawl videos and Really enjoyed the Little story at the end :)

I very much resonate being someone who has tried to play control in EDH and feeling negative after winning because it drains people in what’s supposed to be a social game and everyone slowly gets more and more silent.

Love and play commander. And love all your different commmader decks!

Not only do I play commander, I have a Yawgmoth commander deck that has 158 different combinations of 3 card infinite drain combos. I love to play it especially against creature heavy decks.

I was the one who played your Prismatic Bridge from some days ago, with additional Hullbreaker Horror. Good game bro!!!

I pretty much play commander exclusively apart from arena when I’m bored. So I love these kinds of videos.

I can relate as I have gotten older to that empty feeling when winning or achieving something of that nature. Probably why I have begun to only grind to diamond on the arena ladder. Just doesn't matter at the end of the day. Ty for sharing.

commanders my fav form of magic so when you do these historic brawl videos it makes my day!

Always glad to hang out. Here's an idea that might please some of your channel members and patreon supporters - make the shoutout at the end or beginning of videos being done by Jinny-G himself. I don't know at what tier that would be or just how many people might be interested, but you've already fed into the meme that much, it just might work.

When i play Paper, i usually play for fun, since im very much one of those people that dont buy single cards just boosters adn play with the cards i drafted or that i just drew on my own, because that makes it feel way more special to me to get sth exciting or mythic. since i wont have 14 copies of the most awesome cards of course i wont win everything but with a bunch of friends that also follow a similar approach it is always fun.

As someone who doesn't play brawl or commander and really prefers standard videos, I just want to let you know that these roughly once a week off-format videos are totally cool with me and I still watch them and enjoy a bit of variety. That power outage was brutal though.

I play mostly commander and enjoy very much your new show about EDH! great way to spice up the channel and at the same time play the coolest format in Magic!

I ran a really fun HB Yawgmoth deck for a while and one of my favourite combos is Nest of Scarabs + Carnifex Demon. Being able to put a counter on it with Yawgmoth, then use Carnifex to shift that counter to every other creature can result in a fair amount of board wipes, especially against token decks. Then throw in a Meathook Massacre? You'll make Phylath players pretty mad.

Yawgmoth and Yorion are my two favorite EDH decks, thanks for the HB video!

I play commander and am a self proclaimed sacrifice expert. I’ve a bunch of decks but my favorite one was Savra, queen of the golgari. Inspired by an old golgari sacrifice deck I built when I was a kid around the time of the first Ravnica block. I’ve since turned her into a CEDH build #Competitor but I love seeing yawgmoth get some love from you in this video. He wasn’t in my OG savra commander deck because he was too expensive ($$$) but CEDH doesn’t have a budget so here we are 😂. He does not ever disappoint 💜

I love the second take outros

Yes, i exclusively play commander so watching you play brawl is fun. Yeah i can see Yawgy being hellq because in commander he is an absolute beast. Hes anti indestructible removal, card draw, and sac outlet on a body that has pro humans spinkled on for flavor. Absolute S teir commander. Absolutely slept on. Edited cause i forgot he ALSO has proliferate. What a freaking G.

Commander became my format of choice, I absolutely love to make jank decks, meme decks (planning to do one with only references to Queen) and friend loosing decks.