cEDH Monocolor Deck Battle | Ragavan VS Heliod VS Magda VS K'rrik 

I had to pause the video to see that 22:28

So Alex won😂

Alex won this game. I call for a post-game victory mark on mono-W’s tally 🎉

Or what about casting an instant speed tutor on your turn against a ragavan. These aren’t the most brilliant players.

With a Magda at the table it wasn't a terrible idea imo. I think there is an argument for both.

I was like, "YES, that's 5 treasures baby just cast Magda again and the Dockside you obviously gambled for... but then he didn't"

I love this new flash version of Heliod. The consistency of having four flash enablers completely changes the deck and I love it!

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Hard casted Ooze beats Cage tbh.

I expected him to tutor Dockside on Turn 1. Not sure if it was play to not appear as such big of a threat, but with Dockside he could have attempted a win at any point given how it works with Magda.

I have no clue either.

It does stop magda, just only creatures. Doesn't stop noncreature artifacts

The card is surprisingly quite bad against most tutor commanders. Godo, Sisay and Magda can all win just fine with it on board.

@@ondrejbronec837It mainly exists in stax decks to stop breach lines and Kinnan flips

Mischief can only redirect a spell, not ability.

The stack looks like this: 1. Solitude ETB targeting Magda 2. Swat targeting Solitude ETB 3. Mischief targeting Swat Mischief resolves, and changes Swat to target Mischief. Stack: 1. Solitude ETB targeting Magda 2. Swat targeting Mischief Swat fizzles since its target no longer exists. Solitude ETB resolves targeting Magda One small nitpick about this exchange is that Eliot shouldn’t have shared his intended new target for the Solitude ETB until Swat resolved. This might’ve influenced Jan’s decision to cast Mischief

He opted to play Tainted Pact, so he needs to play only a single copy of everything including basics or he risks killing himself with it. It is an interesting choice, but doesn't feel correct. K'rrik really wants the colored mana and doesn't like taking damage from his lands. The extra tutor doesn't seem worth it.

For a few reasons really: - Tainted Pact means you do not want multiple swamps. In fact cEDH tries to run as little basic land count as feasible. So niche lands like GMine can help. - In cEDH 3 turns is an ample amount of time. Usually the game is over by the time the 3rd counter is removed. - The flexibility of access to any mana type is extremely versatile for cards like Necrotic Ooze, Praetor's Grasp. - K'rrik (generally speaking) is paying life instead of mana, so even the need to tap GMine each turn is not required most the time. - If Jan is running dredge, extra fodder in the graveyard is cool. - Black likes sacrifice strategies. - Urborg,ToY can turn it into a swamp anyway. - It fits a strategy of power at any cost, which is thematic for decks like K'rrik. - Swampwalk while usually very rare (Solkanar or Zombie Master etc), still may be relevant. PS: Because I have not seen Jan's exact deck list yet; I'm just going from the top of my head & I am sure there are other reasons.

He didn't, he played a land and decided to move one to the other side of his playmat.

It's a 75% chance of starting the game ahead by 1 mana

The mono black gemstone mine is the one confusing me

Same story. Being up one mana on K'rrik can be game winning.

@@simonandersen7942 gemstone mine doesn't come into play for free its just a swamp you can only use 3 times

@@joeymoore6796 oh you said mine! Yeah not sure about that.

He is playing Tainted Pact in his deck as another tutor so he is playing a bunch of different name lands so as to be able to find anything in his deck.

@@marsultor878 demonic consultation names not tainted but I guess maybe I see it…I feel like that is about as bad as you can play honestly. Just my opinion. If you had a better reason but if you are demonic for a spire of industry in a mono black deck you are already losing lol

@@MrDavidmauck Yes Demonic Consultation names but for Tainted Pact if you hit the same name twice for any card in the deck while looking, then Tainted Pact fizzles and you get nothing. I'm not saying he is right for running it especially in Krikk as you already run imperial seal, demonic tutor, vampiric tutor, diabolic tutor, diabolic intent, beseech the mirror, beseech the queen, and other more niche tutors. I'm just giving his reason.

@@marsultor878 oh yeah nvm I guess it is until you reveal a same name card. Yeah that also just seems bad lol

@@marsultor878 yeah I just realized taunted pact did that cause it is typically only played in decks that generally do not worry about that.

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I did not, it changed Defflecting swat target

@@Xubruitonutelbit fair, I misheard ^^

The cage is quite good against K'rrik. Otherwise the deck can easily win turn 2 or even turn 1 with reanimate lines (Vilis or Broodlord). In cEDH scene I play in we usually expect the deck to have a turn 1 or turn 2 win ready when we are mulliganing and we are mostly correct. Heck just Jeweled Lotus, Swamp, Reanimate and Entomb is Turn 1 win for the deck on mull to 4. Also I don't know how to say it nicely but Jan doesn't seem that good of a pilot for the deck. With 2 tutors he could have easily gotten turn 3 Peer Into the Abyss with a K'rrik attack available against almost no interaction. That is like close to a goldfishing scenario for K'rrik list. Yes he might have failed since he needs some free mana and Praetor's Grasp an answer to the cage, but it was still within his power to get there and his fail case is a huge K'rrik and board full of demons and creatures. Of course the deck not being the optimized version also doesn't help when an opponent plays a stax piece that stops your loop and can't be removed by any card in your colors.

Don't targets need to be declared when swat is on the stack? Which is when imps mischief needs to be played. Once swat starts to resolve, it's too late to change targets

deflecting swat allows you to choose new targets for the spell. the only thing it targets is the spell/ability which you are trying to re target as it resolves you will choose new targets for the spell/ability. since he could have been targeting the heliod in which case the imps mischif might not have been used.... @@irt3hsaint

Selecting targets are part of putting a spell or ability on the stack. The only things that don't select targets until after are things like clones.

@@irt3hsaintyes, but the only thing Swat targets is the Solitude ETB ability itself. Only as Swat resolves, after all players have passed priority, does its controller declare the new targets for the spell or ability it’s modifying

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