Teaching Arena Zoomers About Emrakul and Chalice

Teaching Arena Zoomers About Emrakul and Chalice | Against the Odds

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How good is new Emrakul? Is Chalice of the Void back thanks to Ugin's Labyrinth? Let's find out!
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@miguelfreitas5343 3 күн бұрын

Ah, yes Seth 😌 Teach those Arena Zoomers about a card that came out a week and a half ago 😂

@foundcause898 3 күн бұрын

So nostalgic

@martinhall7650 3 күн бұрын

I think it's an analog for old emrakul which isn't on arena

@casteanpreswyn7528 3 күн бұрын

Missing the entirety of "And Chalice".

@jaryRim 3 күн бұрын

Maybe everybody playing MTGA are zoomers.

@anthonymentalewicz5143 2 күн бұрын

Found the zoomer...

@trevorkuhfuss3968 3 күн бұрын

I think calling Ajani a sleeper card is one of my favorite unintended puns ever🤣

@joelhaggis5054 3 күн бұрын

He *was* a sleeper. Now he's been cured.

@casteanpreswyn7528 3 күн бұрын

@@joelhaggis5054 so they say...I still think the turned planeswalkers that have been cured will end up being the new praetor like leaders of the next phyrexians.

@jonathanlopez332 3 күн бұрын

35:31 SETH CURSES ON CAMERA CONFIRMED

@jacksonstein809 3 күн бұрын

ESSENCE FUCKS

@swampybwoy 3 күн бұрын

😂

@smore8566 3 күн бұрын

Immediately went looking for comments about this lmao

@enricobreveglieri397 3 күн бұрын

It took only 10 years but we finally got it

@hectorreyes248 2 күн бұрын

Hahahahahaha sneaky !

@zemyla 3 күн бұрын

When I saw the notification, I thought it was about playing Chalice for 12, then casting Emrakul and getting the cast trigger while avoiding the leaves play trigger.

@swampybwoy 3 күн бұрын

hahahahahsha 😂

@thecrazycapn 3 күн бұрын

The true Against the Odds.

@jrjamesson 3 күн бұрын

would have been an actual against the odds instead of "cast one of the all-time great hate cards" (and also the one ring)

@daxamlhant7285 3 күн бұрын

In the games where you are trying to find that third land the kozilek's command can still be used for X=0 to dig deeper. 2 mana cantrip isn't great, but stuck on 2 is worse

@TransformersBoss 3 күн бұрын

Exile up to one target token creature, then draw a card

@daxamlhant7285 2 күн бұрын

@@TransformersBoss I didn't even consider that you could also hit a token. X=0 seems pretty fine then

@zaksaturday1693 3 күн бұрын

"There is a downside to all the power the One Ring offers, which is sometimes it kills ya" - Gandalf 13:43

@L_O_V_E_L_A_I_N 3 күн бұрын

29:00 If you're missing lands like that you can cast Kozilek's Command with X=0 to scry 0 and draw a card. Not sure it would've been enough to win but it was worth a shot.

@zaksaturday1693 3 күн бұрын

It can also still snipe a 0 cmc token when you're at x=0 too, which does do at least something

@ursulcx299 3 күн бұрын

"Key to the city? Really important to this deck" You could say it was a key piece

@StevenDrawsLive 3 күн бұрын

That Essence Fuxx tho??? 👀👀👀

@shadowfox513 3 күн бұрын

it sure does

@InsertCleverNameHere0 3 күн бұрын

"So what did we learn this week?" We learned drawing lands is hard 😅

@lukepilon4440 3 күн бұрын

I love saying that CGBs 1 hr video is a little long in a 1 hr video 🤣

@user-iu9hd6ij5p 3 күн бұрын

13:41 If you played Karn, you could’ve grabbed the One Ring out of your sideboard and cast it to not die

@erikkleve8389 3 күн бұрын

Yea I saw that

@Zerothas 3 күн бұрын

Also could have just blocked with all the scions and banked on hitting a land with ring + draw for turn to discard Emrakul to handsize to cast it. Would have had 7 life with 2 on the way from Cindervines and 3 on the way from Ring, but with the opponents board. They can play Lurrus can't chump Emrakul but even if they block it you can draw 5 for an answer, otherwise the Emrakul swing is lethal. Idk seemed in the bag.

@mewr11 3 күн бұрын

FYI the chance to hit Ugin's Labyrinth off Devourer of Destiny (Assuming you don't already have a labyrinth in hand) is only 27%. Even with two Devourers, which digs seven deep on your first upkeep, the chances are only 44%. Don't keep a hand that only works if your Devourer finds the Labyrinth.

@Nostale97 3 күн бұрын

You can decline to select one with the first Devourer, since putting one card on top is a "may", and dig eight deep if you really need it, and decline as well the second to test your luck with the ninth card. It doesn't improve the chances much, but if you're desperate it's something you can do.

@Anaicyl 3 күн бұрын

At 44:30 Your opponent could have multiple cards exiled with amulet because they flickered the amulet. Because of this, the game considers it a new object and no new card was exiled with the first amulet.

@TheWorldsStage 3 күн бұрын

"Matzalantli, the Great Door" also works as an instant speed discard effect, also "Phyrexian Scrapyard" instead of "Geier Reach Sanitarium"

@imakuni67 2 күн бұрын

People get hostile in the comments about Alchemy Cards 🙄 But, yes that is much better option.

@TheWorldsStage 2 күн бұрын

@@imakuni67 right. I forgot about the anti-alchemy cards purists out there

@alwaysplaythegame 3 күн бұрын

Not drawing with kozileks command was brutal in some of these games.

@fdterritory 3 күн бұрын

Timeless seems like a great format for players who have a lot of money and hate everyone else.

@slaphappy-qb3jb 3 күн бұрын

That's literally magic as a whole. It's prohibitively expensive to get into

@Gorbgorbenson 3 күн бұрын

It's about the same as any other format. There are cheap options, like Burn, and expensive ones like Show and Tell, Eldrazi or Scam.

@TheEvolver311 3 күн бұрын

@@Gorbgorbenson You honestly listed like the only real decks in the format

@Gorbgorbenson 3 күн бұрын

@TheEvolver311 that's not close to true. There's a lot of variety in the format, and SnT is far worse now than before mh3. Jund is viable, boros energy is really good, UB control, Belcher though it's a gimmick, grixis shadow, just off the top of my head.

@wickidgames 3 күн бұрын

@slaphappy-qb3jb I've built commander decks for less than $50 that keep up with the more expensive decks. Also pauper exists.

@CaptTelnet 3 күн бұрын

You’re stretching it a bit with this series now. That Emrakul is brand new lol.

@TransformersBoss 3 күн бұрын

44:23 Amulet exiles the card and lets you play it as long as it’s exiled and you haven’t used amulet a second time. Amulet doesn’t have to still be in play for you to play the card. The opponent flickered Amulet with Phelia, so the exiled card will forever have the “you can play this from exile” rider attached to it, and the “new” amulet can exile another card. Pretty sweet interaction.

@ReyosBlackwood 3 күн бұрын

9:09 probably on "play 30 black or green spells" so tossing them to chalice still counts

@casteanpreswyn7528 3 күн бұрын

I do this shit constantly. I don't care about winning on Arena unless I'm playing Brawl cause I love commander(used to love standard, but that was 10 years ago), so I'll just go into games and cast whatever for the rewards so I can make my Brawl decks better or make new Brawl decks.

@ReyosBlackwood 3 күн бұрын

@casteanpreswyn7528 in the ranked ladder and at the tiers where Seth plays im sure they care, doesn't mean when you know you lost, you can't get those last few spells in for your daily. If it's a color I don't have anything very competitive for, ill play unranked games for it.

@johndoe9343 3 күн бұрын

MTG Arena, but everytime an opponent attacks you while you have protection from everything like from One Ring, a big "NO" appears instead of any attack animations. (any attack triggers can still go off, just the animations are replaced)

@faceoctopus4571 3 күн бұрын

That's nice, because before the attack animations happened, but slower than normal.

@davidhansen5067 3 күн бұрын

57:36 Stealing an Arby with a Magic card still seems pretty powerful, Seth.

@andrewkoch9027 3 күн бұрын

q: can't you K command for 0 and still draw?

@corbenmurphy1807 3 күн бұрын

13:30 the line is: tap ring, play land, cast Karn, minus for ring, cast ring, pass turn. Im not sure if that buys you enough time, but you had Karn in hand, and conceded when you didnt draw another ring!

@SilverAlex92 2 күн бұрын

Hilarious video. Love me some turn 1 chalice action

@wormspeaker 3 күн бұрын

Emrakul, the Little Man in the Canoe

@charlesfuller7774 3 күн бұрын

Essence what now?! 👀

@jerinbiju7870 3 күн бұрын

Seth: I won't scoop Also Seth: scoops the previous round

@MrNesgamefreak Күн бұрын

“You can’t control what comes off the top of your deck” Scrying: am I a joke to you?

@REON-pw5ze 3 күн бұрын

Seff become an evil MTG professor, always seeking to teach Arena Zoomers

@islandwithbirdsMTG 3 күн бұрын

any thought to playing once upon a time in this deck? seems like it highly improves the chances of getting the opening sol land start

@jacobbrj 3 күн бұрын

Are there other cards with madness that would work well with the emrakul plan?

@shapied 3 күн бұрын

Would phyrexian scrapyard be good in this deck?? I think it would as you could discard Emmy.

@rubeshere 3 күн бұрын

Kozilek's command can also be played for 0 to just cycle it. Very good when you need lands, like you did in the last game against Ajani

@johnwilliams2385 Күн бұрын

So, when you play both forsaken monument and arid mesa in this deck, you get to play this whole game with your ugin's labyrinth focused on getting down monument as soon as possible so you can tap labyrinth to return your devourer of destiny or something else crazy and just cast it and then return the labyrinth at something with mesaimprinted mana to have very sneaky turns, like if they don't keep in mind that we are actually plus 3 mana on our next turn.

@andrewwhite2123 2 күн бұрын

Gotta watch the Emrakul video the night I played her off of Show and Tell

@xboxgamer474246 Күн бұрын

I feel bad for Thought Knot Seer in this deck. There are so many turns where he’s ready to get smashing but he shares a curve slot with The One Ring, which just does what it always does :p

@Marksmaan 13 сағат бұрын

The first opponent who Chalice checked before conceding may have just been trying to complete their quests for the day sooner.

@22chameleonman 3 күн бұрын

Saw a few turns of being stalled. You could have used Key to the City to loot into a land 🤷

@Chavorrucosbarandgrill 3 күн бұрын

Seth, when are you doing a deck with big Emrakul?

@darklord161 3 күн бұрын

Also emrakul + mana drain is great, because she never hits the battlefield so you never sac your board

@westonwillard2698 3 күн бұрын

When do we get the Seth and CGB crossover video?

@urzatron84 3 күн бұрын

Am I wrong or did he punt game one by using the ring? He had 8 mama. Cast key, tap Madness emrakul, pass and take 2 from the ring next turn and swing?

@adambeard8241 3 күн бұрын

What happened with the evoked subtelty?

@tylerblalack6684 3 күн бұрын

I cast an emrakul. Opponent only had a mana elf on board. So I stole it. He managed to get a 12/12 with reach and 8/8 green creatures on the board the next turn, with like 6 mana. I lost.

@lotr971 3 күн бұрын

You can cast kozileks command for x = 0 to draw a card

@Dot_Eleven 3 күн бұрын

44:30 -ish. They Blinked the amulet. Because they blinked the amulet it's technically a completely new amulet without any connection the the Phelia that was previously exiled with it. This is why they can have multiple cards exiled with one amulet because it's different instances of the same card.

@capstorm4767 2 күн бұрын

Why no forsaken monument in karn board? Stablize against agro, alternate way to cast emricrul, and makes kozelic command a real finisher?

@zargoff8850 2 күн бұрын

As an arena zoomer, I love being taught about these decks! I'm just glad that I don't have to play against them

@rynegadegamer6414 2 күн бұрын

I beat a resolved emrakul with mono blue affinity. I had a huge board that emrakul stole. I untapped with synthasizer, played a thought monitor and enforcer, then passed to my opponent. My opponent played a devourer of destiny, which tapped them out. They went to combat and i responded by channeling moonsnare prototype to bounce emrakul. They passed, i immediately attacked and won

@gaminggeckos4388 3 күн бұрын

Why run Zhalfiran Void when Crystal Grotto and Conduit Pylons are strictly better?

@NeoSamurai13 3 күн бұрын

Is there a modern Emrakul deck?

@swampybwoy 3 күн бұрын

Good alternative name for the deck: spaghetti surprise

@Mupwumg 3 күн бұрын

Is eldrazi temple not in timeless?

@Bigd2k 3 күн бұрын

The last match, “Italian Stallion” who were you facing Rocky?

@foundcause898 3 күн бұрын

[35:30] Essence FUX

@alexkarst9166 2 күн бұрын

Am I not mistaken that if you cast and then counter your own Emrakul you can take all your opponent's creatures without the risk of the LTB ability? If so that would make a somewhat interesting deck tech

@zeo4481 3 күн бұрын

Teaching Seth about playing Lands WHEN!??

@bigdamij 3 күн бұрын

9:08 they were getting their quests for casting spells before conceding

@jocas94 3 күн бұрын

Teaching arena zoomers is the only serie on Arena I watch

@saintsish 3 күн бұрын

nice video

@vctrsigma 3 күн бұрын

Anyone know the video seth references at 55:30 ?

@empty781 3 күн бұрын

I think it is the video called "HS player evaluates the worst MTG metas of all time" on CovertGoBlue's channel

@shot040 3 күн бұрын

you could do "teaching zoomers about Reflector Mage". I know the card doens't get played a lot and isn't great, but blink is an entertaining deck.

@thatoneperson3113 3 күн бұрын

all I heard this video was "I need to draw a land"

@svendejong8110 3 күн бұрын

Find someone who believes in you as much as Seth believes in Devourer of Destiny finding him an Ugin's Labyrinth.

@laurentrobitaille2204 3 күн бұрын

Why isn’t the deck playing Crystal Groto over Zahlfirin Void? It’s basically the same but you can pay one generic and tap it to make one mana of any color.

@latinkingzgl 3 күн бұрын

But mah wildcards....

@RedPandaStan 3 күн бұрын

sol lands r so necessary for eldrazi to work, only having 1 of them on areana vs 2 in modern is rough

@NeoSamurai13 3 күн бұрын

It looks like there's a bug with Arena at 47:15. All of the creatures you stole suddenly gained summoning sickness.

@jamesesdad 3 күн бұрын

Not a bug, creatures that come under your control have summoning sickness until the begining of your next upkeep. It's why every threaten effect in the game gives the creatures haste.

@fremenGaming 3 күн бұрын

I have deck in Historic that can play any creature (including Eldrazi) of whatever color turn 4 from hand, also can play it from grave turn 5 and if im lucky even earlier from lib. THis seems slo :D

@jaxsonbateman 3 күн бұрын

Is Devourer of Destiny actually good? I feel like in every game I see a streamer play with it, it's basically "if this Devourer hits Ugin's Labyrinth it's on ", and then it never does (which makes sense, it's like a 4 in 53 shot). Forcing any other land to the top of your library otherwise doesn't seem worth a card that almost never gets hard cast.

@jonathanstudentkit 3 күн бұрын

Seth likes his Jellyfish

@jameshayes-barber9340 3 күн бұрын

Maybe you should run a one ring in the sideboard so karma can fetch it

@Beardhomestead 3 күн бұрын

Seems like Phyrexian Scrapyard would be better than Geist, one mana less less to discard.

@vancekuto 3 күн бұрын

Oh my gods, Seth pronounced amulet correctly.

@astrowerm 3 күн бұрын

My favorite series on all of yt fr!

@glazed6178 3 күн бұрын

oh shit just destroyed this deck with a turn 3 blood moon. Didn't know it was yours :D

@Altorin 3 күн бұрын

Howling Mine does some funny things with One Ring and Emrakul. Getting the discard phase emrakul madness is the way to go :P its a funnier deck

@Prophestus 3 күн бұрын

Could use Phyrexian Scrapyard to pitch Em

@AMassiveHeadache 3 күн бұрын

whenever i see a player do "weird" things on Arena, i just assume they're doing dailies. attacking into One Ring protection still counts as attacking, and casting into chalice still counts as casting

@danielrazo450 3 күн бұрын

Maybe arena is missing warping wail to make this deck playable in timeless. Also, without Eldrazi Temple is very difficult to make 4 mana on turn 2 consistently, and Thought Knot seems really really slow because of that.

@hablasetacobell 3 күн бұрын

That poor Subtlety lol

@MrThatguy4444 3 күн бұрын

Can someone explain how in game one when Seth had chalice on 1 it was able to counter Claim//Fame? I thought the aftermath cards are a combined MV of both halves making it MV 3 not 1.

@manuelito1233 3 күн бұрын

Combined when not on the stack, MV equal to casting cost when on stack.

@walkermcmullin8665 3 күн бұрын

Aftermath is technically a separate spell, so its MV is the cost of the spell currently being cast! This is so spells can’t be countered with spells that require a different MV, like Disdainful Stroke!

@randomcrap319 3 күн бұрын

Short answer, Combined MV for split cards is anywhere but the stack. When it’s on the stack, game only sees one part

@REON-pw5ze 3 күн бұрын

Sure! There you go: 505.2. In every zone except the stack, split cards have two sets of characteristics and two converted mana costs. As long as a split card is a spell on the stack, only the characteristics of the half being played exist. The other half's characteristics are treated as though they didn't exist.

@jaredwonnacott9732 3 күн бұрын

Here's a better explanation: The mana value of a split CARD is the combined value of both halves. Chalice doesn't counter CARDS, though, it counters SPELLS. The mana value of the SPELL it countered was 1.

@danielgraves13 3 күн бұрын

add Arid Archway to bounce ugin's when you cant buff it

@Chimyjoe1 3 күн бұрын

doesn't rachet bomb hit the flip walker even on 0 counters?

@user-iu9hd6ij5p 3 күн бұрын

MDFC cards have the mana value of their front side even when flipped.

@poiri 3 күн бұрын

@@user-iu9hd6ij5pminor correction, MDFC means “modal dual faced card” in which case each side will have a defined mana value. Ajani is a TDFC so its mana value on both sides is equal to the front face.

@psychotropican666 3 күн бұрын

Your entire Madness package was just THREE Keys to the City??

@motokuchoma 3 күн бұрын

36:03 I don't understand why the opponent scoops here, weren't they completely winning in this position?

@phantomjoker5362 3 күн бұрын

Yeah Smacking Um with the chalice.... This is Fire...

@goomshill 3 күн бұрын

Smugglers copter instead of key to the city might work- less controllable, can be fizzled by removal, but so much better on its own and on board. Of course underworld cookbook would be better if it was on arena.

@raynmanshorts9275 3 күн бұрын

This deck needs more lands.

@ToadboyMTG 2 күн бұрын

13:20 misplay? Played the land. Could have just madnessed emrakul with spawn token mana and took all the creatures won next turn at 1 health?

@Z3R0SAMA 3 күн бұрын

Teach them zoomers, seth!

@leemay7780 Күн бұрын

I guess Urza's Cave is too slow at 3 mana to fetch? Seems like a nice and janky way to get 4 more chances at Ugin's Lab

@MrDabrain75 3 күн бұрын

Dude chalice with the new ugin land is nuts. My opponet slapped down chalice for 1 turn 1 and completely screwed me.

@arborealblazer283 2 сағат бұрын

I CANNOT figure out what he means by Soul Land???

@ther3aper561 2 күн бұрын

31:00 that's not teaching them about evoke, Subtlety says creature spell. They tried to Subtlety your Chalice

@rubiusstudios5709 3 күн бұрын

I think there's a problem with a card when you topdeck it and it pivots your entire turn into playing that card and passing. Regardless of any other factors, including deck archetype. I'm looking at you, The One Ring.

@boogerhaze93 3 күн бұрын

Petition to retitle the video to "Teaching Goldfish Viewers Why You Shouldn't Keep Sketchy Hands" after that Soul Sisters game. (Glass houses obviously. I've lost countless games to keeping a single land and my combo in my opening hand. I think most people have.)

@jaysonking4055 3 күн бұрын

I standby the fact that drowner should've been green colorless not green blue it's such a big mess up

@gleesmw 3 күн бұрын

45:27 You could have just played nothing for the turn with 8 cards in hand, gone to the end step and discarded to handsize, at that time you then madness in the Emrakul