***** 4x "Boseiju who shelters all" and 4x "Cavern of Souls", should help your deck out against him. Not sure if you play modern though... Being a blue/black player at heart, I can say how much I hate seeing my son play a Cavern of Souls and then basically laugh at me and just play his freaking creature. The only option I have is nuke spells, which work well, but now with Collected Company and others, he regenerates pretty fast. Too fast... I know that there are plenty of others, but those two cards are kind of an automatic "sure" :-)
Possibly the most epic battle yet. Chris Kluwe tries to lock down Day[9]'s Abzan aggro deck with a blue/black control build using new Magic Origins cards like Demonic Pact! Is demonic trickery enough to sway a charging Siege Rhino from its course?
Magic: The Gathering epic battle? While I was entertained this was the most one sided battle yet in Spellslingers. I mean there was never any real interaction, just a lot of counter.
I've been waiting for true Black/Blue for a while and now I feel vindicated, drinking Sean's tears like a fine wine. I savour his suffering, and you should too!
What an epic game. I totally lost it at the James Bond villain speech, this kind of storytelling within a Magic game makes it such a fun game to play with a friend!
Perfect victory for him! Back to 20 life, kills perfectly to 0, leaves opponent with no cards, has TWO demonic pacts and barely dodges the kill spell Sean would have had the next turn. I love this game!
If only Chris would have played that Disperse before looting with Jace, then he would have flipped and survived the Languish. THEN HE COULD HAVE FLASHBACKED THE DISPERSE ON THE DEMONIC PACT! Oh, the missed value...
AntaresMTG Chris probably didn't actually have the disperse, I can't say for sure because the camera wasn't focused on the cards in Chris's hand but on Sean. That being said, Sean was contributing way to much to the board. Only playing one Undercity Troll and leaving mana up to regenerate it on subsequent turns would have been a much better plan of action.
I started watching these episodes to help myself learn how to play magic. I can proudly say that this is the episode that got me playing blue to this day.
MORE! This is not only a great example of control, it covers a wide range of actions. Really love these spellslinger vids, keep em coming! It resolves!
Great game to watch, both players had a plan and knew the game. Spellslingers is fun to watch players just have fun playing Magic but once in a while, it is nice to see both players know the game well enough to plan a victory turns in advance. Thumbs up to Day9 and Chris Kluwe.
CaptainTalon448 Blue is horrible because my brother thought it was a great idea to put 2x mindrot in his deck. It's a spell that makes target player discards 2 cards. BS. Of course then there is also the other 2 cards that make you discard the top 5 cards and top 8 cards of your library. absolute bs.
Martin Ipsen Blue is awesome, i have 4 cards in my deck that makes the opponent discard the top 5 cards of his or her library and it only cost one island but its super fun to hold them in your hand and just use all those islands you have to make them discard 20 cards total and use Ludevics test subject to finish them off :)
camille bell Nice! Have you ever heard of a card Ludevics Test subject? its so fun to use and your opponents flips the table once its true glory is activated.
Learning and playing magic was on my bucket list after watching your show. I am 57 years with terminal cancer. Watching your show taught me how to play Magic and now my son game every day. Thank you for making my life just a little brighter in the time I have left. I don't want anything from you I just wanted you to know you made a difference.
This video was perfect length. I was able to enjoy the whole thing before work. I happen to find it and watch it when I had 25 minutes before work. Was quite enjoyable. I'm glad I noticed it. Made me want to get back into the game. Been playing Magic Duels, etc. but they aren't the same as playing against a person with physical cards.
I am so glad to see that they are willing to tackle some more complex decks with people who know how. This is a great series, I think, for people not familiar with the game their normal routine is great but its nice for those of us who are familiar with the game to see some more complex tactics used every so often as well!
This one was by far the most entertaining show out of all of these very entertaining shows on Geek and Sundry. Might have even outdone Table Top's Cards of Humanity episode. Good job! Sure....
Great episode! Chris was a great guest, personable, funny, and explaining each step of what he was doing. I enjoy watching episodes with those who know how to play the game well.
Great episode! That is the first time I've had a chance to see Demonic Pact actually played. When it was spoiled I thought it was super cool, great seeing it used so effectively.
I have a question about 15:29. Before languish resolves, can't he use disperse and Jace's tap to have 5 cards in graveyard to them flip Jace before Languish?
At the Pre-Release I did the Two-Headed Giant event. My partner cast Demonic Pact, and we had a 15/15 Managorger Hydra with our opponents at 5 life. On our upkeep he picked the you lose the game option.
Angelina Matthews "Removal..." "counter" "removal" "threat" "mass removal" "counter"... Looks like every other game that includes Blue. Permission is as fun to watch as paint drying. And it's even less fun to play against.
Orinn000 (Please bear in mind that I've only started playing magic since late November/early December last year.) Spellslingers, to me, is a series created to help introduce people to MTG and as a way to provide entertainment using casual play rather than the footage that most people may be watching from GPs or other tournaments that take on a more serious tone with hundred dollar decks. While I can see your point about control decks not being so much fun to play against, as I hate seeing my creatures go into the graveyard as well, every deck has their strengths and weaknesses. What about agro decks as suggested by ***** or mill decks or decks that utilize protection or infect? Those can be just as miserable but I digress... While it was unfortunate that Sean wasn't able to do much, it wasn't like he was unable to do anything at all through the round. Chris just happened to have better answers and draws. Overall, their interactions were amusing and they both seemed to enjoy themselves. Isn't that really the point?
Angelina Matthews The interactions, the players themselves? Great video, actually. I was laughing out loud at points, and I'm going back and watching it again. The gameplay, though? Boring. The video was entertaining despite the game they were playing. And Parth Patel : You can't expect anything to resolve. You can make some predictions, bait the counters, and predict what you can get done, but the one thing you cannot expect when playing against Blue/Black: you cannot expect to be able to play your deck.
As a more experienced MtG player, this was definitely the most interesting episode so far. Seeing some of the new cards was cool and Chris Kluwe was entertaining to watch face stomp Sean.
Even though Blue/Black is pretty cool... my absolute favorite is Blue/Red, it really makes you think about every turn you make and the synergy between spells and creatures is amazing... like most other decks it's not about just putting creatures on the board. The decks I really hate though are the life gaining ones... it's pure stalling without anything happening, really boring.
Loved this match with two experienced players. At around 17:00 when Chris uses Languish followed by Disperse to return his Demonic Pact to hand, he (possibly for the edit) missed a better play? If he intended to Disperse on his turn while Sean had no cards and was tapped out, had he Dispersed first, followed by tapping Jace to draw and then discard a card, he could have flipped his Jace before wiping most of the board with Languish.
I think this was the best episode of the show to date. Experienced players make Sean turn up his game a bit (even though there wasn't much more he could have done with his hand in this game) and make it very entertaining to watch. The decks they played were fantastically built and the interaction between Sean and Chris was on point. Not to mention, seeing the card Sean needed was his next draw was icing on the cake.
I don't know why, but it's always more fun when Sean looses! Spellslingers is by far, the most entertaining MTG show on youtube. The pacing and lighthearted banter make it fun for all level of players. Keep it up!
Soooooo much vicarious joy from watching that blue/black deck. The demonic pact even made it more fun than those decks usually are. I think Chris could have eked out even more soul-crushing value, not only with the Jace/Disperse thing I've seen people mention but by casting silumgar's command in response to the pact trigger, killing the lightwalker and returning the rhino to hand... then having the pact ability resolve, choosing the discard option. :D
***** Alright thanks, once I rewatched the vid again I realized Day9's deck is basically the Origins Clash Pack, and yeah, the Dimir is simply a control deck with expensive Origins cards.
Such major misplays! "Sure" cannot resolve, EVER, the effect of "Sure" reads "Your opponent counters with "Sure" and when your opponent counters you counter their counter with effect of "Sure" creating an endless loop of "Sure"s, "Sure" never resolves, such scrubbery!!!
This is still one of the best Spellslingers episodes, Chris is great and they bounce off each other so well. My group quotes this and the 2HG episode with the Day siblings all the time.
Snowcube94 Concede and go get ice cream. Serious though you counter with a highly aggressive deck with lots of cheap fast creatures and some burn or your own removal for there few creatures, burn being in this case the better option as you can throw it at there face (think like the pacts ability to do 4 damage to a player or creature is what burn is but it comes from red primarily)
Snowcube94 Basically what pervavita said...green deck for lots of cheap summons early on and red deck for lots of burning. Those decks can be built alternatively, but to specifically counter blue/black, people usually build a red/green deck.
Snowcube94 Okay, even is this video you saw he was only one card away from winning the match. It seemed pretty balanced game to me. But to answer your questions there are lands that allow you to cast a creature card that can't be countered, there are creature cards that say "can't be countered" or "protection from blue". Then there is the generic "hexproof" and "shroud" creatures, that once they do get in to play, they can't be targeted. Granted board wipes still get them, but generally by the time your opponent can cast those they should be really hurting. In my opinion Blue has been really nerfed from what it once was. I would LOVE to see "counter spell" back in the game. Two drop, Blue Blue that countered any spell. With all the anti-counter stuff out, it is time to bring that card back.
Steve Michael No it's not. Anti-counter cards are specific to that particular mechanic. They're completely useless against decks without countering. Meanwhile, counter cards work against nearly anything.
Excellent demonstration of the purest form of the strategy that Sean hates so much, as well as supreme example of how to be ingloriously defeated, vent your frustrations and yet remain a sportsman. Bravo Day[9], very good show.
This is another example of why I am one of those terrible people who like both Blue and Black. I aspire to have as much fun playing MTG as Chris Kluwe.
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