Anje vs Atla vs Elsha vs Volrath | Commander 2019 CEDH Gameplay 

"playing with power where we play with the most powerful cards in the most powerful formats" --- "Garretts opening hand consists of a Horseshoe crab..."

“With that red entomb resolved.” That broke me. I love entomb and hearing Gamble referred to that way just caused me to burst.

Mike’s battlefield arrangement nearly gave me a brain aneurism

“Mike loses his Mana Crypt trigger and takes 3 damage” LMAO I swear he lost like half his life to that damn thing

I'm happy to see someone play Verity Circle. I've really wanted to add that card to my enchantress build.

Sick commanders and a sick game. Here are my thoughts: Ryan: On turn 1, there might be an argument to hold up the REB and use it as spot removal before you untap, depending on what you think Folger and Garrett are going to do. If they're likely to sandbag rather than play into it you've put them both a turn behind at the cost of giving Mike a card. If they're likely to pull a Jerry and plow through, then the counter mode is absolutely the right play. The stack interaction in this game was outstanding, especially the Noxious Revival and Animate Dead/WGD battles, but ESPECIALLY the battle on the Gilded Drake. I also really love this Elsha list. It does literally everything I want to do in Magic.

That top of library play was insane.

Would love to see these animated one day. 4 mages going ham on each other; summoning creatures left and right, counterspell stacks, etc. Love the speed you narrate at. It treats the viewer as competent, and is easy to follow. Great job as always, looking forward to the next one

Honestly playing with power is my favorite way of watching commander

Ryan: Casts Slaughter Pact before attempting worldgorger combo into open mana. Me: oh god don’t have a swords or path

Here is what we need. A game with Playingwithpower, spike feeders, mtgmuddash, and the Professor/Josh/Jimmy. Call it Commandzone mtgtuber edition

Mike played an obscenely good game. My Gosh!

12:17 "He recasts Lasagna"

You guys still have one of the best presentation formats for MTG games I've seen... why can't CFB or WotC do it this well? Narration is spot on and very clean/easy to understand. Keep up the great work! Fun games.

13:27 you really get used to having a ton of fetches and duals sometimes. I know that feeling lol EDIT: Also, 16:40 REAL MEN FIGHT ON THE STACK!!

Interesting interaction: Ryan could have actually still cast madness cards with Rest in Peace on the board (they get discarded into exile). He probably just had some instants to play but given that he had 5 mana during Garret's turn he might have played some madness cards as blockers etc.

wow this game was insane, one of your best. The ammount of skill and little luck (mostly from the topdeck counters ) from Mike was outstandiing

Each game just seems to be so exciting and fun to watch. I had to pause and rewind the huge stack when the gilded drake came down to show my roommate. Totally insane, can't wait for the next episode!

My intro to commander was C19 - the Kadeena list. I loved it so much I wanted to build Yidris because I think cascade is awesome, but now I am so torn after seeing so many videos on this channel! You guys make CEDH look and feel so awesome (because it is) and now I’m slowly going to build my library to make my own CEDH deck. Keep up the great work, and thank you for giving CEDH the attention it deserves!

SPOILER: That Mental Misstep into Dovin's Veto topdeck was insane.

16:35 A misplay, because spell can't target "itself". But it can be done by target "Chain of Vapor"

Great stuff per usual but REALLY appreciate the change in the opening hand setup to better read all the cards!

This game was super intense! It didn't seem there was a single moment to catch a breath.

At around 16:30: imp's mischief works but is spoken incorrectly. A spell is not a legal target for itself while on the stack, so Force of Will cannot counter itself. However, Imp's Mischief can have Force of Will target Imp's Mischief. Once Imp's Mischief resolves FoW will fizzle from lack of targets.

i like how you say "so we KNEW this was the perfect commander for him" in like the exact same tone both times

Mike's deck was amazing... That kind of control and abilit to respond at everything was really impressive

Always excited to see these episodes in my notifications, keep up the great work!

The new layout is fantastic and the gameplay and commentary are on point as always! I'm excited the the rest of this season

"Garret cracks a windswept heath for an underground sea." Someone should start a counter for this, because I know I've seen him do this at least twice lol.

As a commander despiser, I have to admit: This is awesome! (And the production value of these videos is through the roof!)

anje is my favorite deck, and i cant wait for new cards and tech to amp it up further :)

As per usual these games are awesome :D One minor nit on Imp's Mischief/Force of Will - the end result worked the way you wanted it to, but a spell can never target itself on the stack (CR 115.5). The "letter of the law" approach is to have Imp's Mischief change Force of Will's target to Imp's Mischief. Then, once Imp's Mischief finishes resolving and leaves the stack, Force of Will is targeting nothing and will be countered on resolution (works the same for any other Misdirection effect). Of course, this could be me interpreting "itself" differently than you meant it in the video, but just in case... :)

I would love to see you guys build competitive decks on a budget. Like 100 dollars or so.

Force of will cant target itself in magic but he can redirect force of will to imps mischief because it's on the stack as it resolves

Mike has some of the strongest counter game I've ever seen.

Watching this was a blast. This high level of play makes me really appreciate that my commander group is like a 5-6 on the power scale. We could never keep up with this level of skill (and cost $$$). Congrats on your channels growth, keep it up PWP.

This was actually the most entertaining episode in MONTHS. Especially because you are all so insanely good at MtG that the "weaker" commanders "cranked to 11" made for a very exciting game!

This was a great episode, that stack! I'll echo what some others have said, this is the best channel for watching commander.

What a blast to watch!!! I really LOVE the Anje build, but man... Elsha... what a POWERHOUSE!!! That ability of hers sure hasn't been made to goof around! That overwhelming advantage really is a heck of a mountain to conquer! 108 spells had me grinning really hard, tho I'm not sure if the multiple casts of Top in the end go into that calculation.... Keep it up, guys! PS: maybe in the future you could show the handsize of the players? At some point, I was really confused if they have any cards left in hand :-)

A lot of great card ideas for my own lists here. It's fun to see what cheap cards show up in these cEDH decks.

At 13:50 Mike could have "1: Draw a card" with top and Elsha at end of turn as much as he had mana. But maybe his hand was full enough.

Oh man this is extremely close to what I asked for on the last video, i'm so glad you're doing it, it's a shame I can't see my boy sevinne but he sadly doesn't belong in a CEDH table. Great content!

OMG this game, so tense. Glad that the player I was rooting for won !

Mike even at three life with the storm/prowess win was really awesome he always seemed 1 or 2 steps ahead if the table

So you guys missed the counter war, huh? The interactions in this game was amazing. Really enjoyed this episode!

That sensei's top counter battle lol

Im gonna create an elsha deck now bc i have grapeshot and top and a few other cards. Excellent episode

Amazing video and amazing editing. Everything is just amazing

Can we please have the video where Ryan eats a whole stick of butter? Or how did you decide the winner of the challege? Whoever ate the most?

I love Anje, and I am building a beautiful madness/reanimate deck with her leading the charge!!

It seems that blue is a good color. (So many answers this game!)

That was awesome guys!! Can see why people say blue decks are supreme

"Ryan wins the death by butter challenge" What... you have my attention

watching this in jan. 2022 is absolutely nuts.

Spells cannot target themselves, so the Imp's mischief would have to redirect the Force of will to itself, meaning the Force still resolved.

Force of Will can't target itself. But it can target any other spell on the stack, including the Imp's Mischief.

That was an awesome game. Earned my subscription!

Season 3 is lit 😱

One-Punch Elsha does her thing again :D

Looking forward to seeing these commanders Duke it out

Holy cow this game was amazing :D I LOVE IT! But just a question in general: What are all these challenges you are doing to determin the starter?

That was a very great match! Sadly, the WGD loop is so flimsy that destroying the enchantment or removing WGD just sets you back to 0. What I consider is that the deck needs another Win Con so it isn't THAT telegraphed the time you are going to pop off. I even play the Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer combo first to let people think that was my only move, make them waste mana in response to it and follow with the WGD loop. However, that approach is too mana intensive and not as flashy. I would like to find another one that might serve the same purpose, obviously winning the game. When that happened to Ryan, it reminded me of the time when I was resetted back to 0 as well, played 4 lands to play Diabolic Tutor to get Dance of the Dead to then do the WGD loop again. My friends were legitimately surprised after considering that I was out of the game and telling me to surrender.

16:38 "You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself."

Fantastic game. I was definitely rooting for Mike the whole time, though that stack got deep. Good plays all around!

Hey there playing with power, I know a few weeks ago you did a poll on the merchandise for the channel, will you guys ever make the Mana crypt coin? I might have missed the announcement for it somewhere but I just want to make sure, thanks (:

“When you open mana drain in a pack” then you see it on cedh :)

That dude fought harder then any man I've ever seen fight over a top,jesus.

Damn mike got dat win giid decks were played but the best won. GG

Inferno titan is the most Folger card in the game.

I still love Anje. Good try and good effort Ryan.

Thanks for another great match!

Great game! Did Mike really target pyroblast with veto? Seems so much safer to target the claim since veto cant be countered :D

this was a good video. i enjoyed this. less blue made it seem more fun for everyone. still looking forward to a 0 blue card edh video from you guys

Awesome game, really cool interactions, loved it.

Love the video, but I would recommend to make the names of the players a little bigger because that is how you refer to them throughout the game.

At 17:28, why does destroying the dance of the dead permanently exile Ryan's permanents instead of returning them to the battlefield?

"i just wanted to play my gilded drake !"

WHAT. A. GAME. THIS WAS INSAAAANE

13:27 I wish my Heath's would crack for Seas aswell :(

idk how i'm just seeing this now, but this game was insane.

imps mistchif targeting chain of vapor +4 life +1 bounce

Can someone explain the interaction of why the permanents exiled by Worldgorger Dragon didn't return, once the Dance of the Dead was destroyed and the Worldgorger Dragon was sent to the graveyard? Isn't this a triggered ability that would circumvent Linvala? I'm sure I'm missing something...

Great episode

Would someone be able to explain the dance of the dead interaction where all the permanents were exiled? Why did the kill of the enchantment not allow the permanents to come back?

Academy Rector? Academy damn near killed ‘er!

"mike had the right answer at the right time" Like... By keep countering everything? That's not answering threads... He made the deck with that many counter spells to protect his thread. He was the one who pressuring the table from the beginning. Start with turn 1 Rhystic Study.

can someone explain what happened at 17:20

Would it have made more sense redirect th Force of Will to target the Gilded Drake?

I bought the RWU deck the day that it dropped. I immediately bought the Top and started using Elsha as the commander. There's a reason why her name is Elsha of the Infinite. I call the deck, Elsha if the Infinite combo

What is the art on Ryan's playmat from?

How many counterspells are in Mikes deck? 73?

The luck on the top of that library. Jesus

Ryan no.... 😭😭😭😭😭 I loved your list from the last season I built it myself

A turn one Rhystic Study would be good, but what do you all think would be the best turn one play?

Great game! Thanks for the content! Just checked the decklists. Why does the Naya deck include so many pump spells?

I swear Mike has some form of plot armour

When you discard a card with madness, you discard it to exile. So when a spell that targets your graveyard happens it does not affect the cards with madness. Misplay

I always worried about worldgorger combo getting blown up on its trigger and I was happy to see it finally get punished.

Btw big fan of the channel, keep it guys the game are so much fun and i learn a lot.

Sick game!!