Rankle vs Greven vs Nicol Bolas, the Ravager vs Azusa EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering 

Could have discarded it tho- big risk big reward play

@@imapaincake2305 Not if the rankle player were taken out by the giant plants...

@@Blackvolttage I might have forgotten the game but didn't he use gamble for that?

do you happen to have a decklist? I am putting one together myself in the near future

@@laneawakeDan it needs an update tbh, I've been putting money towards other things lately rather than MtG and there have been so many powerful cards released that the deck could do with an overhaul. All I can advise is to build it with as much Bolas flavour in mind as you can. Run things to steal opponent's creatures, then attack with them, sacrifice them to something else for value or to hurt your opponents boards/hands etc, then reanimate the creatures you took to stay on your side of the board permanently. Run Insurrection, run Rise of the Dark Realms, run unfair efficient combos like Sensei's divining top (also a flavour win lore-wise) with Bolas's Citadel and Aetherflux Reservoir, run the bolas walkers and the Chain Veil. Run Nicol Bolas The Ravager as the commander to make everyone discard on etb when you have a Waste Not in play, then flip him into his walker side, resurrect a Tezzeret Master of the Bridge, use his passive discount to cast another Bolas walker for 3 mana, activate both his ability and Tezzeret's, then use the Chain Veil to activate all three of your planeswalkers abilities again, then Hour of Devastation/Toxic Deluge the board to protect your walkers. Stuff like that. As Bolas you always want to have more cards and mana than your opponents, always have a plan, a deal, an answer, and always have a way to make your opponents work for you. Illusionist's Gambit/Reins of Power anyone who attacks you, Dualcaster Mage an opponent's powerful spell, copy it, then counter their spell with a Narset's Reversal and copy it again, then Memory Plunder the spell from the graveyard next turn and do what they wanted to do, but 3 times better than they could have XD. Oh you wanted to cast Harrow and sacrificed a land for the cost? Shame. Thanks for the 6 lands and a 7 mana advantage because you sacced one of yours. This deck doesn't make friends, it makes begrudging pawns. I have the Bolas Archenemy scheme deck too and so can play as a proper Aechenemy Bolas Deck as well for fun sometimes.

@@laneawakeDan as mentioned in my comment below: The Ten Commandments of Nicol Bolas: 1) All of thine mana art beholden to Nicol Bolas, and shall be used in unquestioning exercisement of his will. 2) Bolas shall do whatever it is that Bolas desireth to do. Thou will accept that his use for you is far grander in design than thy own childlike notions and thou art to sublimate thyself completely unto his command. 3) Those that fail to recognize the greatest power, Bolas, shall encounter his final judgement, the Ultimatum of Cruelty. 4) Thou shalt satisfy Bolas with the destruction of thine foes while Bolas uses you as an extension of his divine will. Thou art a chosen vessel. Be pleased. 5) Thou shalt resurrect or recruit those annihilated and subjugated into the Great Indoctrinated Holy Order of His Majesty, the Almighty Bolas. 6) Thou shalt not have what Bolas does not wish for thou to possess, for all things belong unto him. If thou receiveth or maintaineth such things, they are as either a gift from Lord Bolas himself, or are something which by thine offering, allow you the joy of being better able to pay him fealty. 7) Thou shalt own one or more Icy Manipulators and Analyze them Deeply, so as to better interpret and act upon his word. 8) The finest servants have servants of their own; thou shalt use small effigies of the Exalted Lord Bolas to commune his messages unto thine pawns. 9) Thou hungereth always for his command, and thou shalt polish his Gems of Becoming for but a taste of his power. 10) None shall stand against the All-Powerful Dragon, the God-Pharaoh Nicol Bolas, for there can exist no folly greater.

He needed his floating mana from Lotus Cobra, and going to combat would have emptied his mana pool.

@@brysonmcguire7298 well, duh, go to combat, and THEN play lands. eezy-peezy-lemon-squeezy!

@@erniespratt1660 might've drawn the board wipe from the clues though

Ward

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I love the music

Good to know!

There were a few people who walked near the tripod.

In that particular deck, none.

Maybe he has Nissa Who Shakes The World and if he ever ults her, his fetch lands would be useless. So he has Urborg so his fetches now tap for black. That's just a wild guess, and your guess would be as good as mine.

I have couples of lands that taps for no mana, like the fetches, eye of ugin and dark depths and sometimes you want to tap ancient tomb or boseiju without taking 2.

Me neither. I mean I understand why you play it in Darien, King of Kjeldor, because there is a combo with sth that deals a player damage when he tapps a swamp and with Darien you get tokens but in Azusa? I dont know

The main use for it especially in mono green decks is being able to tap utility lands that usually don't tap for mana like maze of ith. Useful because you can usually search up lands you need.

In his decklist, it serves no real purpose.

It allows his non-mana lands to still tap for resources, I think. He does have a few, Dark Depths, Glacial Chasm, Eye of Ugin, Boseiju. In niche cases it also allows the tapping of Ancient Tomb without the life loss.

You can tap fetches and utility lands for mana and you can tap ancient tomb without shocking yourself and that's it. (You could get better sunburst/however the BFZ sunbrust is called as well)

Nah. All the plants would still have summoning sickness. So it woulda just been one big craterhoof crashing in, but not nearly enough to kill the table.

@@jordanwolfe607 Oh right, Hoof doesn't give haste to other creatures. Thought it did for some reason.

Regal force isn't in the deck. Also craterhoof doesn't give haste.

the mode happen in order, he cant decide to choose to activate one before another

If you declare no blox He gives you the pox

In spanish we just call him: "El Bromas!"

Yep!

MTG Muddstah That’s awesome! Would love to see you on a EP of Game Knights or some of the Command Zone group in a video of yours!

It is allowed due to the fact that urborg is colorless. The reason why it's in is to make utility lands able to tap for mana.

maybe he needs his Dark Depths to be able to tap for mana, question mark? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He just need to copy the coffers from the black player ;)

"My mind still hasn't recovered from seeing that play."

Corey Sierchio lol

Ernie Spratt win more why don’t we?

His plants wouldn't have had haste

@@greatbrandini3967 all this time I thought behemoth gave haste. Rip lol

Levi Thompson Same, I’ve been thinking that for years lol

nvrwake it’s just the sleeve Miguel likes to use for his commanders.

A good Bolas wins on his own. It does not need the help of plebians.

@@philllllllll When toying with childrens, use childrens toys.

hahah I was thinking the same thing

Haters gonna hate

This isn’t reddit, plus Joè’s deck sucked

People hate on dumb things; didn’t like a commander, didn’t like the discard theme, the urborg in Azusa, tooth and nail combo, any number of petty reasons for petty people to downvote a vid 😒

Commander damage is only combat damage.

Only combat damage can be commander damage, and Rankle's ability doesn't even deal any damage at all. Damage =/= life loss. All damage causes life loss, but not all life loss is actually damage.

mattshuey1 ye that was a bit aggressive >_> I’d probably do the same

I imagine him producing a loud ass scream every time he does that to amplify the impact. "Move to attacks?... *ZHWOOSH!* // *KA-POW!* // *SKR-R-RA!* 🤣 👌

Because his plants didn't have haste.

@@MTGMuddstah Oh my bad! Craterhoof gives Trample, not haste, I confused myself! Great game, keep up the good job!

@@fel_95 No problem!