38 thoughts on “Commander Monarchy: Wheeler vs Shivam vs Kuro | Shuffle Up & Play #32 | Magic The Gathering Gameplay”
Did you miss our Two-Headed Giant Battlebond Sealed episode with Gavin Verhey, Olivia, and Brian Kibler? You can watch us Shuffle Up & Play here: https://youtu.be/DNvHzz4mF0E
Every episode that comes out makes me more thankful that I was able to support season 2. Loved the episode, and I am EXTREMELY hyped to see BoshNRoll on here!
Jesus…if I saved up a little bit and bought Faerie Mastermind, Esper Sentinel, Smothering Tithes, and Rhystic Studies…Just insane levels of card draw and ramp for such CHEAP mana cost cards.
The Prof's deck is just straight up classic Azorius Flyers and I sorta love it. I pretty much exclusively play Azorius colors because I'm just that asshole, BUT I never have actually gotten to see Inniaz played yet because I was worried that the whole table would hate me instantly if I played him as a commander haha. But it's fun seeing the deck work. I made an Azorius Flyers deck that's a bit more specialized and focused on Bird Tribal just for fun as a more low powered deck but it's still just a really enjoyable way to play the game. Every card feels FUN even if it's not an Esper Sentinel or a *insert flashy, splashy blue/white spell*. I think the most fun part is how in order to make such decks work you often have to optimize a bit in order to keep the deck flowing nicely AND having win cons.
I've since sorta realized that my dream of having just Azorius Flyers isn't always the best for every strategy I wanted…so I've sorta moved into a more Azorius Knights/Pillowfort deck? It's actually mostly white with a splash of blue and Azorius colored cards. I wouldn't say it's CEDH territory at all, but given the 4 person format Harbin, Vanguard Aviator with a bunch of great white and blue cards and soldiers with immense value and a whole freaking swathe of pillowfort cards means I can outlast most other players and then use my commander to fly over with my creatures and MAKE them flyers. If not, then hey, I still have so many ways to pump out soldier tokens so fast that I can still overwhelm. But maybe I'm just newbie enough that I don't know how to do the Azorius Flyers strategy in a more competitive way but I kept feeling restrained by looking only for effective powerful flyers that fit into the deck archetype I wanted…so Harbin is great: I can build an Azorius identity deck while taking the most value out of the Soldier card type and all that comes with it and STILL make them all flyers with a 2 CMC Commander. Kinda my dream commander for that strategy honestly.
why would shivam ping the card that is giving prof more card draw, rather than killing 2 things on prof's board… ping the creature that is giving them +1+1, and the -1-1 counter will kill the other creature. prof wouldve also lost the ability to pass creatures along too
The best part of that Dan Scott Tattoo is that I know EXACTLY which one mana blue card that lets you look at (and rearrange if you wish) the top three cards of your library before deciding whether or not to shuffle before you draw that the art is from!
Since I'm pretty sure almost everyone playing Inniaz will get this wrong (the video included), I'll point something out for your knowledge: if you receive a permanent due to Inniaz's ability and you leave the game (i.e., you die), the permanent is returned, not exiled (see rule 800.4a, where it says that control effects end). Shivam should've gotten his commander back on the battlefield when Prof died.
Rules about players leaving the game are generally unknown, so it's just something for everyone out there to keep in mind!
Did you miss our Two-Headed Giant Battlebond Sealed episode with Gavin Verhey, Olivia, and Brian Kibler? You can watch us Shuffle Up & Play here: https://youtu.be/DNvHzz4mF0E
what is the yize of your snake?
“You’ve been watching too much Macbeth because I don’t talk to ghosts! SHEEEEEESSSSHH”
Every episode that comes out makes me more thankful that I was able to support season 2. Loved the episode, and I am EXTREMELY hyped to see BoshNRoll on here!
I lost it at Prof being an evil advisor to Shivam XD
Canadian snakes are actually called Geese, and they honk
Thank you for having Wheeler, it’s great for him to be here.
Think this might be my new favorite episode even more than that season 1 finale. Ben needs to come back for more episodes!
Gotta say I love Prof’s conniving advisor side
Jesus…if I saved up a little bit and bought Faerie Mastermind, Esper Sentinel, Smothering Tithes, and Rhystic Studies…Just insane levels of card draw and ramp for such CHEAP mana cost cards.
Shivam is lucky, people let him play Hapatra lol. I had to dismantle my budget one because even then people hated going against it
You need to have Shivam, and Wheeler if they can set their hatred of each other aside, on more often.
these dudes seem like such fun to play a game with 🙂
The whole game was amazing, but that Macbeth burn really locked it in for me damn
what sleeves is Wheeler using?
The Prof's deck is just straight up classic Azorius Flyers and I sorta love it. I pretty much exclusively play Azorius colors because I'm just that asshole, BUT I never have actually gotten to see Inniaz played yet because I was worried that the whole table would hate me instantly if I played him as a commander haha. But it's fun seeing the deck work. I made an Azorius Flyers deck that's a bit more specialized and focused on Bird Tribal just for fun as a more low powered deck but it's still just a really enjoyable way to play the game. Every card feels FUN even if it's not an Esper Sentinel or a *insert flashy, splashy blue/white spell*. I think the most fun part is how in order to make such decks work you often have to optimize a bit in order to keep the deck flowing nicely AND having win cons.
I've since sorta realized that my dream of having just Azorius Flyers isn't always the best for every strategy I wanted…so I've sorta moved into a more Azorius Knights/Pillowfort deck? It's actually mostly white with a splash of blue and Azorius colored cards. I wouldn't say it's CEDH territory at all, but given the 4 person format Harbin, Vanguard Aviator with a bunch of great white and blue cards and soldiers with immense value and a whole freaking swathe of pillowfort cards means I can outlast most other players and then use my commander to fly over with my creatures and MAKE them flyers. If not, then hey, I still have so many ways to pump out soldier tokens so fast that I can still overwhelm. But maybe I'm just newbie enough that I don't know how to do the Azorius Flyers strategy in a more competitive way but I kept feeling restrained by looking only for effective powerful flyers that fit into the deck archetype I wanted…so Harbin is great: I can build an Azorius identity deck while taking the most value out of the Soldier card type and all that comes with it and STILL make them all flyers with a 2 CMC Commander. Kinda my dream commander for that strategy honestly.
Love this content, thanks for all the hard work!
why would shivam ping the card that is giving prof more card draw, rather than killing 2 things on prof's board… ping the creature that is giving them +1+1, and the -1-1 counter will kill the other creature. prof wouldve also lost the ability to pass creatures along too
You should do a game of archenemy and play a super OP stax deck as archenemy 😂
Im a simple man. I see a dark souls alter and i press like… i mean i did already but the alter doesnt hurt.
Great episode! 🙂
I want to play some games with Wheeler so bad lol. Not yet watched, but I assume his deck is super fun, it always is!
Dev is my spirit animal, Ben Wheeler is my muse.
The best part of that Dan Scott Tattoo is that I know EXACTLY which one mana blue card that lets you look at (and rearrange if you wish) the top three cards of your library before deciding whether or not to shuffle before you draw that the art is from!
Prof the creative writing major
refreshing to hear Shivam say "Minus one" instead of "Negative one" the way Prof always does.
Since I'm pretty sure almost everyone playing Inniaz will get this wrong (the video included), I'll point something out for your knowledge: if you receive a permanent due to Inniaz's ability and you leave the game (i.e., you die), the permanent is returned, not exiled (see rule 800.4a, where it says that control effects end). Shivam should've gotten his commander back on the battlefield when Prof died.
Rules about players leaving the game are generally unknown, so it's just something for everyone out there to keep in mind!
Missed triggers 😢
A bit of a bummer to die so early to poison
And Canadian snakes bark, you peasant. Lol
Wheeler's rant at the end was fucking perfect.
I still haven't played a Commander game. But if they're all as fun as this, I am obviously missing out.
that alter <3 <3 <3
Can’t believe you got The Eastfarthing Farmer to come out and play
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Prof: "You are a turnip farmer."
My comeback would be "Turn up for what!"
I put grafted skeleton in my Aragorn deck…I like the look of fear on their face when no one can block
I wanna play MtG at the T. College! It looks so fun!