Goldfish With Me: Joey's Baba Lysaga Deck 

Joey drawing any one of the 99 cards in his baby lasagna deck: "Hello there, good card"

I think this is an outstanding idea for a video. No idea why nobody has done it before. The commentary is really helpful. Seeing how cards interact is awesome. More please!!! Thanks Joey!

Goldfishing and finding lines is my favorite part of MTG. Glad to see some content on it

I legit spend 20-30 minutes a day (if I have time) goldfishing. I love this.

Please do this with more decks. Picking up tips for goldfishing is helpful but honestly I was just really entertained. I especially liked how you explained which times you thought interaction would come your way and acted it out.

This is more often than not what I do when I'm unable to play with actual people. It definitely helps me get acquainted with newer or more complex decks I make as well.

The sheer joy with which Joey plays this deck is so contagious 🥰

This is an awesome idea! This is a great way to see play patterns in-between games (something I struggle with). Hope you make more!

Not gonna lie, was kinda hopin for Matt to pop in with a "sorry for the interupttion but to continue with tradition, im forcing a segway to challenge some stats"

Goldfishing is fun! But I like to use a d6 while doing it (because I play on a very competitive environment, casual tables might use a d10 or d12). Every time I do something I would roll the d6, and if I get a 5 or 6 I pretend someone interacted with something I was doing. If I'm casting a spell, it gets countered. If I'm activating a creature, it gets removed. During big attacks, I get boardwiped. It helps a lot to see the resilience of the deck, how well I can interact with other interactions or protect myself. And for my own interactions/removal, I use them as soon as I can. Counterspells I keep until I roll a 6.

I really like this: this kind of video is perfect to have as relaxing background noise while working remote!

When Goldfishing, I use an 8 sided die to determine if my opponents interact with my permanents. On a 7 or 8, they do, and I use odds or evens to determine the type of interaction (for example 7 might mean single target removal and 8 a board wipe). I do this every turn (on my turn) from turn 4 onwards (my playgroup typically spends the first 3 turns setting up and its extremely rare for someone to interact before then.)

When you're in your thirties and your blessed enough to play one game or two a month., Gold fishing keeps us warm. Happy to see something like this

Lovely ride on Joey’s train of thought. 😁

So sillyness first, seeing Joey's excitement for his "baby lasagna" and literally anything he does with it is hilarious ro me 😆 On a more serious note, I love this style of content! It's something I haven't seen pop up before and it really does open my eyes to a TON of the things I didn't even consider were options for Baba Lysaga and caed evaluation in general! I've heard Joey talk about/mention this deck so much I was almost tired of it but this video alone makes me want to put together some version of a lysaga list and rry it out! TL:DR, great content, more please 😆

Really love this kind of content. It is great to learn more about the thought and decision making process when piloting the deck. Would love to see more goldfishing content in the future.

Somewhere Matt is shaking his head 😂

Love this content Joey -- would love to see more of it in the future!!!

Dude, I love your energy in this video. It’s clear to see that this is your favourite deck and why. Please make more of these videos because I think you explaining the synergies helps seasoned and new players to think in different paths to synergy. Thank you so much for your work 😊

I really loved that video, thank you very much ! You successfully gave it a relaxing quality and it was super nice to hear you talk about your deck and how you lovingly built it. It was both unscripted but in-depth and the editing was great at smoothing it out. I'd love to see and hear more videos about your other decks or by other members of the team ! Thanks again and cheers for this experimentation that went well !

@EDRHECast I built a budget baba lysaga deck many months ago after seeing Joey talk about it in the "taking apart my favorite deck" video, and I noticed it struggled with finishers, and I struggled to pilot the deck well- I always felt behind, short on resources, and not really knowing what lines to play. I ended up putting the deck into storage for a little while until i felt like i could come back with some upgrades / tweaks. Seeing Joey goldfish this version and commentating his thought process helped a TON and I feel reinvigorated now to add some cards and freshen the deck. Thank you for this awesome video!

not only is this a cool deck to watch all the things you could do with it but it's also great second monitor content, I could sit here listening to you goldfish for hours

Great video Joey, hearing the thought process and your ideas was outstanding and would love more content like this.

This video idea is awesome! Being new to MTG and EDH I do this all the time with my Zhuldok deck. Thank y'all for all the helpful videos!

I really loved this concept, I hope you do more videos like this breaking down your thoughtprocess on things!

This was super fun! So cool seeing the thought process of a deck being played out, especially one you love so much ^.^

I'm surprised at how helpful and fun this was. It would be nice to see you goldfishing your other decks too.

Great idea joey I really enjoyed your thought process when goldfishing very insightful

Love this. I do this alot when it gets slow at work. A bit of solo magic to pass the time, keeps my mind engaged, and it's helped me refine decks for more consistency.

This was real chill to watch and goldfish along with using my Grimgrin deck. I would really like more of these and also this is low-key deck tech as well.

Please make more videos like this!!! I would watch you goldfish every single deck you own. Love the running commentary. I muted the vid in areas and made my own determinations based on the cards you drew. I then rewatched those portions to see what you said and how your analysis differed with my own. Wonderful learning tool.

Very much enjoyed this, thanks Joey! ❤

My favorite MTG content is people gushing about their own decks and explaining the intricacies. Not only do you get to see the love for the deck, but you get insight that only comes from actually playing a deck week after week.

I had a Baba Lazagna deck and this video give me reasons to re-build it! All the things about this commander that i've learn is unbelievable! I hope more video like this will come out in the futur.

It was a great video! I look forward to others like this!

I would definitely watch more of this kind of video!

I would love to see more of this type of content. As someone who has only played magic for a bit more than a year now, I really could have used something like this when I was starting out. So many videos I watched told folks to always goldfish, but never demonstrated what that looked like in practice. Would love to see more types of decks with some different ways to goldfish.

I love this, Joey! You are right this is very relaxing but also super instructive.. Please do another one for Thalisse! 🙏

I spend my lunches at work goldfishing and i feel like it has helped me alot with my deckbuilding and it makes me able to pilot my decks more efficiently. Love the video, Ive wanted to build Baba Lysaga for a while and im even more excited to build ger now.

I wish there was more content like this such an intimate look at someone's commander deck thank you for sharing your lasagna with us joey.

It was kinda of exciting to see the actual, physical Baby Lasagna deck, which has been mentioned so many times in the podcast it's become a celebrity to me!

i was waiting for a video like this😍

I LOVE the goldfishing videos, something to watch in the background while i goldfish myself :)

Yes, more plz this was great!

I enjoyed this video, thank you!

this was a cool and chill video that I hope to see more of. it would also be interesting to see Dana and Matt do it, and perhaps you could goldfish each other's decks to see if any unique insights come from that.

We need more goldfish with me vids! So many deck techs but this is fun to kind of see how they play

I love this and I do this when after I make edits! This is great!

Great video idea! I was half expecting Dana to interrupt with some graveyard removal, in order to goldfish Joey's frustration lol

Love this idea. Want to see more goldfishing videos. An area of magic that doesn't get as much focus as it should

I have been waiting eagerly for you to do a "deck tech" on Baby Lasagna and I'm so glad you finally did it.

Love goldfishing and I love these kinds of videos. I’ve personally felt that deck techs should often have a part of the video that does a little demonstrating of the deck, including a couple rounds of goldfishing and maybe a few opening hands with comments on whether you’d keep them or not. Thank you much!

This was really cool to see, and I'm happy to see someone else talk about how cool Starscream is, I have a mono black politics deck with him at the helm and its very fun.

I hope this video is popular. I really enjoy your thought goldfishing deck

Outstanding format

This really is such a cool deck man

Like this video. Thanks! Would be interested in more different decks

DO THIS MORE!! Love it! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Really cool idea for a video. This was fun! I need to goldfish more but I just don’t have time!

Using artifact man lands for the trigger is really cool and i didnt even think of it

This seems like a really cool deck, and now I want to build it 😆

I love Baba Lysaga. I've given here bit more of a life gain/life loss focus than your version of the deck, but every now and then I check in on your list to see some cards I may not have thought of. The Starscream addition is brilliant (though I'm with you that it kinda messes with the flavor feel). I've played a couple games with her at this point and I'm tweaking the list to give myself a little bit more interaction and a few ways to accelerate life loss, but otherwise it's an incredibly fun deck.

Was really debating which deck to make next, and I think this video settled it for me. Baba Lysaga looks so fun to play just constantly saccing your own stuff.

This is a great deck to goldfish, I’m in love

Awesome episode! Felt like we got to hang out with Joey for an hour, but yea I goldfish all the time especially when brewing.

I actually love this idea. Im imagining a series of videos of people showing off their decks while explaining what they are trying to do to win

Hey Joey! I really enjoyed this video 🎉

Really liked this episode, makes me wanna goldfish more

this is the content i want to see i am only five minuets in and already know this is something i can watch and goldfish myself

Didn't know there was a term for this. I really like testing decks this way not for the reason to see it works or not but rather to see my own plays from an opponent perspective and try outbeat myself with my own plays. Kinda opens the mind and helps with game strategy and psychology

While I don't know if watching an hour of this is the most compelling content; Joey is one of few creators that genuinely makes it obvious he loves the game. I really appreciate how he shares his process.

What a cool concept for a video! Would love to see more stuff like this. Wonder if viewer/patron submitted decks could be introduced at one point…?

I NEED THIS DECK IN MY LIIIIIIIFE. This is my favorite deck I don't have. By like, a long, long shot.

Totally love this video! More of Goldfishing, please! (Although I might be biased - I love Baby Lasagna! :D )

I knew you would put conduit of worlds on youre baby deck! That card is a gem

Two goldfish are in a tank... one goldfish turns to the other and says, "Hey... do you know how to drive this thing?"

I goldfish with my Baba Lysaga a lot while thinking of plans for the weekend or other stuff lol. I can turn off my brain and listen to vids like this too

this is very cool, I need to make goldfishing decks I make a regular thing since i tend to just jump right into games with a new list.

I think the best benefit of goldfishing is seeing how consistent you make your land drops/ ramp or even meet your curve. More interactive actions are just harder to asses this way but it definitely helps in deciding what hands to keep and wich to mulligan.

Again, really love this type of video! Perhaps you can revisit the deck to assess it for what can come in and out as a new set arrives? I always have trouble assessing what is a good replacement and what comes out. It’d be a great exercise to walk through and talk out loud!

I love my Baby Lasagna deck as well. Inspired from yours. I splashed Sheoldred, apocalypse in mine lol

Oh! I was expecting you to use a digital method. Very nice. I definitely think using your physical deck is better when possible.

Love this kind of video

I goldfish constantly with my Oswald Fiddlebender deck. Knowing which artifact to play, which to sac, which to get and in which order has been invaluable in making my turns much faster by building "muscle memory". Especially since I don't play it very often because of its power level.

More of these please

This was a lot of fun to watch really and interesting to hear your process. I'd love to see more of these. Do you guys upload VODs anywhere for your games?

Liking and commenting again so that this becomes a recurring popular series so that maybe one day we can pressure Matt Morgan to goldfish a deck at least one single time.

Well I found it really interesting. Perhaps less from the angle of goldfishing, but just as a deep dive into a specific deck and the synergies and choices that went into crafting it.

More of this please!!!!!!!

The pressure to "get to the game" leads to many questionable keeps. It's a good practice to let your opponents know they have the grace period to mull. Sacrifice the five minutes of mulling to a good hand for an hour plus of fun.😊

Only just recently started watching your videos but yeah this got the sub from me, as a new player im too anxious to play at my lgs so im goldfishing 1v1 myself till i learn a few decks 😅😅

Very cool idea.

As an avid Thalisse player, I’d love to see you do another goldfishing video for your Thalisse deck to potentially get some ideas for my own list.

I’ve been nursing this silly injury that makes it painfully challenging to shuffle for a while and I’m starting to enjoy "goldfishing" more and more. As you mentioned in previous videos, piloting decks that require a lot of shuffling becomes less appealing with time. Using platforms like archidekt or moxfiled allows me to make multiple changes to my brews without going through the whole process of acquiring said card(or proxy), sleeving/unsleeving, shuffling up and play testing.

i hate goldfishing, i don't know why really, but i am on a quest of finding my first golgari commander and your thought process here is priceless. i think is a cool idea and a very instructional one too

Great idea!

I love this video idea! Only thing I’d say is while watching it I often feel like I’d enjoy being able to discuss or ask questions, so this could maybe be a good thing to stream with interaction, and then upload as a vod? 🙂

This is really interesting to see but when I goldfish, I'm quite sure I don't do it right at all. I pull out 3 of my other decks, do quick shuffles & play a half-life game instead. It helps me see not only how my new deck plays but also how my old decks interacts with the new playstyle of the trial deck. I'm also terrible at imagining how games night go (I'm too new to MTG and too optimistic so I need the actual cards played). 😅 Loved the vid, Joey! Keep up the great work Challenging the Statistics. 😁

It's super interesting to see how other people goldfish their decks. I personally used to own the "Challenge decks" from the original Theros block. I ended up making a web-app version of the Minotaurs one (With plans to make the other two as well, eventually). I goldfish all of my decks against it and try to limit myself to ~10 turns as I aim for 6/7 power level.

This is such a great video! Even though its sometimes mentioned, I don't think goldfishing is highlighted enough. Even if its very hypothetical as far as your opponent's interactions, I still think its beneficial to guess what is reasonably probable to happen and account for all the viable options you have at that point (like you are doing in the video). When I goldfish, I personally play until I 'win." I think the time it takes for you to close out a game after being in a commanding position or the most probable ways you can lose from that position is important information; I just make sure to take that with a grain of salt. I do focus on probability, because I feel that is the most realistic information I can get when dealing with hypotheticals. I'll sometimes ask myself what I can do against the most popular decks (what does a dragon deck typically do and how am I playing against that and pulling ahead?) or a deck within the same power level that could do what I'm doing better than me (is my deck fast enough to keep astride Edgar Markov?). Contrary to popular belief, I think life totals do matter, and I like to know how much damage I can take before I have to block or interact or when I'm in the position to accelerate enough to make up for it. I think asking yourself these kinds of questions while goldfishing helps build habits that lead to playing your deck better against real opponents. Maybe you don't need to do that if you're already an amazing player, but I find it helpful.