Quick correction you can't cast a spree card without paying at least one additional cost. i.e. final showdown cannot be cast for just one W mana and do nothing.

I do think it's really cool that that Aven Interrupter can act as a white counterspell. It gets around uncounterable and makes their counter be at sorcery speed...seems good.

Molten Duplication copying The One Ring doesn’t give the protection. It’s also good in Magda, because the copy is an Artifact Dwarf.

Aven Interupter if you exile a counter spell (being an instant), it will only be castable as a sorcery so will never be able to counter something while being plotted.

The Goldwaker card turns your tressure into assassin's which are outlaws, which means he gives them vigilance and haste. Which means you can make all the treasures, go to combat and attack with them and then use them for mana in your post combat main phase.

The spree mechanic also helps have a low curve for ad naus decks, maybe thats a thing idk

The Inalla discord is actually very interested in Lively Dirge. It's 5 mana plus 1 more black to put a win on the stack with Spellseeker

I'll say I think you're right on Vihaan maybe not being CEDH and maybe being more high power tier, but theres some potential there for sure. Him making the treasures into creatures with not just haste, but also vigilance, sets up a real "have your cake and eat it too" situation with hitting people in combat and sacking them to make more treasures and/or trigger aristocrat effects (i.e. mayhem devil). Not having to dig for a sack outlet to combo here seems pretty good.

39:53 Quick note that I believe molten duplication on one ring will not give you the ring's etb protection since you did not cast the one ring

A really fun thing to think about with the aven interrupter is protecting your own win cons and getting to cast them for free at a later turn. For example if you ad naus and someone's going to counter it. You can flash us in to exile it and then you get to cast it for free on a later turn

One thing that is good to point regarding the Haste clause on Vihaan is that treasures that entered that turn wont be able to attack, but since the makes them into assassins, they are outlaws and gain the haste, making it possible to make the infinite treasures and attack in the same turn

So initially I had similar feeling about Lively Dirge, but the more I think about it I believe it may be Black's version of Invasion of Ikoria. For 4B, you essential search your library or graveyard for a creature mana cost 4 or less and put it into play, upside if you get 2 creatures back. I'm going to try it out in my Gitrog deck, as it can also be a tutor for Dakmor.

1:03:05 if i understand raktos correctly you only need to evoke the creature and you will already triger the first ability without using the sack outlet

For rakdos the muscle you don't need to use him to sacrifice the evoke cards to get the trigger, it's just whenever you sacrifice so evoke on its own will do the job

Surprised there was no mention of Tinybones. I think the card is gonna do some great things

Tayam player here, time to dunk on the evaluation (with love) Vraska Joins Up does not go in Tayam. One-time counter generation for your dudes is already available with abzan ascendancy, and people aren't even 100% on that, even though it has way more synergy with the deck (Soul Cauldron, making dudes with vigilance counters when you sac stuff, etc.) Also, past a certain point Tayam actively does not want to draw cards unless things have gone horribly wrong, so the back half of the card isn't really great either. There are some weird builds of Tayam playing Auratog, and MAYBE they'll look at it because you can re-use it, but that doesn't change the fact that it's mostly worse than other available options, so you would only really be interested for redundancy

Aven interupter also stops a lot of underworld breach lines making the free spells cast from graveyard cost 2 colorless extra. Its quite a nice stax piece

I would love to see a podcast discussing the ramifications of MTGO hosting cedh tournaments and lobbies

One thing about interrupter is that its a mono white hard counter to counter magic. Flash in Interuppter to exile someones counterspell and now they can only cast their counterspell at sorcery speed, so its basically just gone forever.

32:20 Colossal Skyturtle also deals with Abolisher on a combo turn. I've seen it being ran in RogThrasios

Archmage's Newt would be pretty sweet in a Narset Enlightened Exile deck. Commander saddles it and prowess makes it easier to saddle with your other creatures and get through with the newt. I have to disagree that Aven Interrupter is worse than blue countermagic. The fact that it's creature based interaction means that there is very little to stop it on the stack. Force, pact, and mana drain are gonna be the only things to stop it most of the time, which makes it really good at stuffing wincons.

To add to the twiddle debate, cards like cerulean wisps to me are both cantrips and twiddles. They're like overlapping circles. A card is a twiddle if it taps or untaps something, and it's a cantrip of it's cheap and replaces itself. So some cards do both so they are both

Guys, please look up the pronunciation of avarice. It’s Av-Ah-Ris (like the first syllable in Rhystic Study).

Aven Interrupter reads weirdly because there's no 'speed' text on mtg cards, it's similar 'activate only as a sorcery' or 'cast any time you can cast an instant' It's likely just shortened for older players since it's already ingrained to be slowly cast on our main phases when we have priority on our turns.

such a good video that im now on my sixth rewatch trying to consume all your information. All while learning something new everytime.

Had a long day of work and was very happy to see the new vodcast video can’t wait for the next

39:51 Moulton duplication also is an insane Magda card for adding new combo lines making your dwarves into artifacts

For Stella Lee, Twisted Fealty was a big wincon in that deck, because it untaps the commander, and you create a role aura token on it, which every time it falls off, it pings 1 damage to each opponent.

Archmages newt i could see getting played in kalamax because it forces the tap with him, and recasting an instant for free that will get copied is insane value

Stella also has another infinite with the act of treason from WOE, which makes a wicked role attached to a creature! Since only one role can be on a creature at a time, as you repeatedly copy the card, you'll keep making and saccing wicked roles, each of which will drain each opponent for 1 when they die! It's not a great main strategy, but if an opponent has something out to stop you from drawing additional cards (like Bowmaster, or Sheoldred??), it's a way of winning!!

I've been waiting for this!! appreciate you guys so much!

I feel like you guys need a Tayam guy, like me, on an episode. I have been running Tayam as my main cEDH deck for a few years now. You guys make a lot of good points but you admit you guys dont know Tayam very well and it always makes me chuckle lol Love you guys.

The editing is getting better every pod. Always a pleasure dudes

Spree is great for Casual EDH (and modal spells in general) because you want your slots to be ready for a wide variety of strategies. In cEDH the meta is more tightly focused so playing the best specific options are often the better choice.

Cool thing about Molten Duplication is that you can perform the DCM combo with it on your post combat main phase and with Mayhem Devil out you will kill the table because the tokens sac at the end step.

Also follow up question about yalls opinion on plot as a mechanic. Bc it sounds really good to be to be able to throw a win con into plot which means on a later turn you can force out counter spells with cards on hand and still be able to have a now "free" win con you hit after baiting out oppents counter spells. Like just a strategy this sounds like it should be able work

For Kaervek, if you run Tor Wauki the Younger as a spell slinger/storm it lets you cast all your tutors, rituals, and card draw for basically free since the commander gives you the life back and let's you keep looping the crime committing

Really gonna love Vraska joins up in my high power Yoshimaru/Reyhan deck

On the high noon: note that it has an activated ability and therefore it can be played in a deck with zirda as a companion. On the aven interupter: since plotted cards can only be played at sorcery speed it is a full counterspell for other counterspells. Also it can Stop spells that cannot be counterd. I also think that hitting an adnaus would feel realy good since now your other Opponents need to find more interaction and will not use it on you. Molten duplication does not give you the protection if you copy the one ring because you did not cast the token of the one ring.

A strong point of rakdos, the muscle is that he works as an outlet for the forsaken miner/phyrexian arena combo. He also allows dualcaster/molten duplication to win outside of combat.

Pitiless carnage would go great in chaterfang, especially if you already have pitiles plunderer, just instant dump your board to draw that many, and you can sac the squirrels and the treasures too

"High noon? As opposed to low midnight?" Got you, Cam. Always love the content guys! New set seems legit

Tinybones is cracked imo, it can snowball the game if left unchecked paired up with removal which only enables you and if you can keep hitting opponents consistently with it you can steal stuff like crypt, sol ring,remora, etc. It works like a backup Ragavan, I've also been working on it on a deck that Dylan looked into a while ago, which is called Covenant(Tymna/Jeska) and suits the theme of the deck

It's probably Niche, or High Power.... But I'm really excited for Kambal, Profiteering Mayor: One generic, one white, one black legendary creature - Human Advisor - 2/4 - Rare Whenever one or more tokens enter the battlefield under your opponents' control, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn. Whenever one or more tokens enter the battlefield under your control, each opponent loses one life and you gain one life. Smothering Tithes, Docksides, Lothos, etali? Seems like it has a ton of potential, but maybe not quite cedh. Thoughts?

Stella Lee also combos with Jolt and Infuse. As well as life loss with Twisted Fealty. Meaning there are 6 one card combos.

Kinda suprised to see no mention of the new Saroru the Infiltrator. I've seen lost of people trying to make a dimir eggs deck with him.

One thing I like to add to bovine intervention is that alot of Turbo Rocco lists run Abrade and/or Get Lost as a way to kill Rector and also be a removal spell and it's just a better abrade

Importent for rackdos the muscle: if you evok an ingot chewer you will draw the cards regardless if you sac it to rackdos or not. The trigger on rakdos is not bount to his ability to protect it self. There for someting like gravecrawler phyrexian altar wins the game since you exile each opponents library. And hey rakdos is commiting crimes so the new crime dude (when crime-> pay b to bring it back) works too

Sweet video guys! I could see using lively dirge in my Korvold deck. Gives me a reason to jam Dockside without endgame.. pay 5 for dirge to entomb Temur Sabertooth and reanimate both for the win? Pipedream I know but I believe! 😂

I’m a big fan of molten duplication funny that you brought up how you won’t play it in Magda I think I might try it since a lot of Magda lists are playing dualcaster combo plus molten can turn a dwarf info a artifact for clock of omens or turn sharpshooter into an artifact so it can tap and untap for lethal Magda’s win cons all over the place in 2024 my favourite and most clean is the kci,twin shot and elixir of immortality since you don’t need untapped treasures or to get or run maskwood I still run it in my deck as a backup wincon just incase my elixir gets binned somehow but new Magda auto include for sure another win con even tho it’s not instant speed still good ❤

I think it could be worth keeping an eye out for what creatures turn out to be Outlaws for the Gold Wacker. Vigilance and haste are abilities that can improve some creatures. Think about how often a creature would be better if it had haste and vigilance does stuff like let you chip away at life totals with Dauthi Voidwalker while still holding up the ability.

Molten Duplication also copies a dwarf as an artifact dwarf, funny because it's good in Etali and Magda then. Card is just sick

I had high hopes for the SaddleCaster Mage...but not realizing that Saddle was sorcery speed...yea. It's rough to be sorcery speed else you could saddle once you know it's not blocked. My mind wanted to play this in modern with evoke elementals

44:37 If they print a Black/Blue/Red Drannith, the Mishra BRO Commander becomes even more of a cEDH contender. You can cast Memory Vessel + Grixis Drannith, and then every turn sac the Warform token to infinitely lock everyone else out of the game so you can win

14:36 if you are using Interrupter to shut down Thoracle combo you target the tainted pact or consultation insted, having to play them at sorcery speed prevents any reset attempts

Are you guys participating in the games at the Cloud City Tournament? My buddy and I are big fans - we'd love to get a game in if we can!

The jitte untapping a land so that someone can pay for a spell pierce would also make a hilarious storry

Kind of surprised the new Tinybones wasn't mentioned. It's far from a staple, but I think it has legs in most Tymna decks. Deathtouch is pseudo evasion and the trigger is pseudo card advantage. It's like very poor man's Ragavan.

24:29 for lively dirge we also have to consider utility of the second mode. Return a countered thassa’s oracle without targeting it? Being able to bring it with a grand abolisher? I’m just coping but I think this card could have sleeper potential

In the process of casting a spell you have to choose modes before paying costs since sometimes modes require additional costs. It's a but of pedantry but might help you find loopholes to outplay opponents

Hey Dylan, where can I buy that shirt? 👀

24:52 Gatherer page of Clone says that "If Clone somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Clone can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield." so the clone and dockside play is a no

Plot saying "cast it as a sorcery" is just like an ability saying "Activate only as a sorcery." It's just sorcery for sorcery speed.

Not sure if yall are misunderstanding Rakdos, but his sac ability is not tied to his passive first ability. You can sac through whatever avenue you see fit and he still counts. Not for nothing, Tymna Dargo pilots have been trying him out, and my personal experience has been very good. He can easily take you from a non deterministic storm to a game ending combo within the first 2-3 turns of the game.

Marchesa is going to be amazing as the new grixis commander for grixis good stuff. I've already been plastering her and she is easily a threat once she is out just like ob or kinnan

Bit surprised Satoru, the Infiltrator didnt come up. Really really strong blue black commander that can win the game off of like 6 different infinites within blue and black and allows you to play around 20 free cantrips to just turbo through the deck

What do you guys think of the new Marchesa? Low CMC Grixis value engine that also fuels Breach seems potentially decent

vraska joins up with bloodpod seems good letting your tymna draw more and creatures connect more

I liked this video very much, good job guys but and the best green cards in CEDH?

Harvester of Misery could prolly have a home in Yuriko. Another way to deal with Abolisher that also domes people for 5 seems real good.

Excited to try out high noon in winota

I think Esper and Bant decks might like to try the Aven because of the making breach a lot harder on top of being a “counter spell” that’s super hard to counter.

42:16 I do want to point out that while this *is* true, since you have to copy the trigger on the stack, that means the opposing Dockside will make that many more treasure for themselves (unless you use them all beforehand)

I don't suppose you guys could put links and time stamps for each card. I know it's a lot of work, but it's hard to go back and find a card after youve passed it without it

damn molten duplication seems hella good. can see play with OG maga, phyrexian portal, dockside and in more casual games (Mishra, Eminent One)

Maybe I missed it but I’m shocked they didn’t talk about Marchesa, Dealer of Death. It’s going to be another Grixis control deck.

Could archmage's newt be decent in krarkashima? The sakashima can saddle and a free spell to get it back to your hand seems ok

No tinybones? I was excited to hear what you guys thought about that one

I think something really cool that you guys didn't mention is Magda in other non-Magda decks. Like... imagine magda in Niv-Mizzet? You're already playing a control ish gameplan, if you target something on your turn and then interact(counterspells!) with 2 other players on their turns that's 3 treasures in that turn cycle? And once you have Niv-Mizzet out that's getting you a treasure every turn basically when you ping? Anything else Izzet+ for all the counterspells, Mardu probably loves this because that colour combo has a sizeable amount of interaction and it goes fast, really the possibility to be like 2 mana smothering tithe making you 4 treasures every turn cycle is what's getting me higher on this card. EDIT: Oh god in Ob Nixilis??? The possibilities are endless...

Archmage's Newt is pretty good with Kess, you already intend to fill your GY with things like tutors, having an extra copy of Kess that can be crewed by Kess to give you 2x spells out of grave a turn seems hepful

Don't know where exactly to go with this and love watching the videos but I have basically been out of magic since 2019. I really enjoy you all's content and all but cEDH seem kinda daunting to get into any recommendations for how to get in ?

Note with rakdos the exile effect is not limited to once per turn.

"Molten Dub li cat ion" killed me. Holy shit lmao

Fun fact it’s very specifically not kicker. You must pay one of the spree costs as spree reads “choose one or more”

Interupter also turna instant spells into sorceries which is actually useful. So even if they wanted to play the instant on the next players turn, they cant. They have to wait until their turn again.

40:40 Heat shimmer can copy stuff you don't control, so I don't think duplication removes it from the format

Is Pitiless Carnage good enough for Gitrog because It just say pernament, you can sac a few lands to double draw. 3 lands equal 6 cards. Plotting it allows you to wait until gitrog hits the table

23:35 You need so little work to make lively dirge a wincon. The only “concern” is that the only 4mv 2 creature combo im familiar with, that is in at least black, is that pioneer amalia + wildgrowth walker(and i dont see anyone running walker so I doubt it would be included in lists just for this card). It also works as the one card for a one card commander combo if that other combo piece is a 4mv or less creature(it works as a 5mv spellseeker in inalla). This card, given some time for the community to find the best homes, should push near three, if not fully over that line(the line being ‘3’, a few decks may like it). Im a believer. I know a Kodama tymna player who sees this as a way to tutor up a value piece & recur a previously destroyed hate piece with one spell under their own rule of law(or vice versa). This is probably affecting my judgement, but it’s scary to imagine them with even more redundancy for their dauntless dismantler or other swinging bodies. (Its scary that theyre less scared to attack type vibe) Its a less color intensive way for sisay to get to climb up the chain, or grabs displacer kitten for teferi combos. But I definitely think 5c decks are too hungry for slots for Livey dirge to make the cut. (Edit: @ 50:00 lmao yeah) There’s gotta be more decks in black that have a 4mv or less creature that combos w/ their commander, right?

Building this in temur with 13th doctor and the 2 cmc mana dork companion

You should do a section on reprints In the set you’re reviewing I’m sure there’s at least one cedh player who watches who didn’t hear about mindbreak trap or mana drain getting reprinted

Aven Interrupter is better than you think, I think. Also “as a sorcery” has always meant sorcery speed.

Step between worlds is similar to Memory Jar which, as far as I'm aware, sees no play despite being easier to abuse.

Commandeer changes controllers of spells, and it's printed on the crime sheet alongside multiple counterspells, so yeah.

Im a little surprised that marchesa, dealer of death wasn't mentioned. Is the rate of one mana too bad?

White seems to be getting a lot of great support in each set. Everytime a standard set rolls around, white gets some new really good stacks piece which is pretty wild

You can also run kindred charge in etali

I think Vihaan could be a okay if you did some weird mardu stacks/treasure storm deck

I don't know of anybody already said this, but the saddle snapcaster thingy can see play on Talion

Honestly, I did the same with Wheel of Misfortune, I took a ruler and scratched everything that Wheel of Fortune did not have. Gave that away once I finally bought my wheel of fortune

One thing that has probably been pointed out about Rakdos, you don’t have to sacrifice creatures to him to get the exile effect, there’s no need to sacrifice the evoke creatures to him since they sacrifice themselves