I built a toxic Gandalf deck | Lord of the Rings Historic Brawl Commander MTG Arena

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Komentáře • 98

  • @EagleRulerSiena
    @EagleRulerSiena Před rokem +112

    In the game against Tezzeret, you actually didn't have protection from everything, as The Ring wasn't cast.

    • @BlackHeartsHope
      @BlackHeartsHope Před rokem +20

      I said that to myself when I saw it. Didn't really matter with the scoop, but still, he wasn't as invulnerable as he thought.

    • @Wolfeson28
      @Wolfeson28 Před rokem +9

      @@BlackHeartsHope Kind of like Sauron, when you think about it. :)

    • @Lordidude
      @Lordidude Před rokem +3

      ​@@Wolfeson28 Sauron also gives you protection from everything? Need to check that card out.

    • @Wolfeson28
      @Wolfeson28 Před rokem +6

      @@Lordidude Lol, no. I meant the part about "he wasn't as invulnerable as he thought" was pretty much like Sauron in the actual stories.

    • @Lordidude
      @Lordidude Před rokem +2

      ​@@Wolfeson28 wait... people actually pay attention to the cursive text and comics on the cards?

  • @Sirdinosaur1104
    @Sirdinosaur1104 Před rokem +13

    43:23 Ring only grants protection if you cast it

  • @colinwest4568
    @colinwest4568 Před rokem +41

    My first time playing CGB! Too bad I made a few embarrassing misplays. Guess that's what happens when you are star-struck (I was Ognis).

  • @LeonLayer
    @LeonLayer Před rokem +5

    "You Shall Not CAST!" ... is absolutely epic. Made my day ;)

  • @shapied
    @shapied Před rokem +10

    At 41:50 im pretty sure you could cast the card and sac gandalf as it's a mana ability. You figured it out after too

    • @yoav.kats6328
      @yoav.kats6328 Před rokem +5

      Yep, once you put a spell on the stack you actually just declare your intentions to cast it and therefore can still use mana abilities, it's not a commonly useful rule but it's very relevant with carde like alter and kci.

  • @gamingislovegamingislife

    Thanks for the match CGB, it was an honor. I was the Smeagol deck

  • @alexanderforbes1452
    @alexanderforbes1452 Před rokem +19

    Combo is unfortunately so often so painful to play in arena. God forbid the opponent has some game actions they're able to take that hold priority. I don't know how they could create a system where you demonstrate a loop and it just does it for you automatically, but I really wish they would try.

  • @dervyryan2353
    @dervyryan2353 Před rokem +8

    @42:25 you encountered the game mechanic of "intent to cast". you can put your spell on the stack before you pay the mana. For example, that's how you can almost always turn 0/turn 1 Emry with the right combination of 0 mana artifacts and 1 or no lands. God forbid you open blue layline... lols

    • @Rihitu-ji7pi
      @Rihitu-ji7pi Před rokem

      This isn’t legal in paper Magic, is it?

    • @Kestral287
      @Kestral287 Před rokem +3

      @@Rihitu-ji7pi It absolutely is.
      For a more in depth example of what they're talking about with Emry, imagine the world where your opening hand is Island, Lotus Petal, Emry. You play the Island and the Petal, then you cast Emry. As part of that cast, Emry goes on the stack, and we work out the costs - 1U because of her ability - and lock it in. That cost remains even as we sac Petal for one of those mana.
      In the Gandalf case, you put the spell on the stack, then you pay the costs, and if you have a mana ability that sacrifices Gandalf, that's okay, because you already locked in that the spell is on the stack.

    • @ZakanaHachihaCBC
      @ZakanaHachihaCBC Před rokem +2

      @@Rihitu-ji7piwhen going through the steps to cast a spell, there a legality check to see if it’s legal.
      At this time it is because Gandalf is in play and his ability to “cast as though it had flash” is allowing it to be legally cast since this step occurs before we activate mana abilities like Alter.

    • @Patronux
      @Patronux Před rokem +2

      ​@@Rihitu-ji7piMagic Arena has each and every rule that "paper Magic" has. They are the same game.

    • @Rihitu-ji7pi
      @Rihitu-ji7pi Před rokem

      @@Kestral287 Interesting. I didn’t realize you could activate a mana ability and pay the mana to cast a spell simultaneously. I always thought you had to add the mana first, and only once you had enough mana in your mana pool you could cast the spell.

  • @odststalker5117
    @odststalker5117 Před rokem +24

    You've heard about Gandalf
    But have you ever seen Gaindalf?

    • @pst5345
      @pst5345 Před rokem

      Froidso: "They are too heavy. I wish those weights were never given to me."
      Gaindalf: "That's what all wish facing such workouts. But that's not for them to decide. The only thing they can decide is how they use the schedules given to them!"

  • @olafthemoose9413
    @olafthemoose9413 Před rokem +15

    0:55 all 3 teshar players will be furious about this statement once they are done winning the game with their 2 and a half hour storm turn slowly turning into a loop to eventually win the game by milling a single card every iteration of the 7 game action loop.

  • @saqvobase4301
    @saqvobase4301 Před rokem +6

    I'm building mono-white control with Gandalf the White in commander. There are many fates worse than death that I can inflict upon my opponents.

  • @grimmonolith
    @grimmonolith Před 10 měsíci +1

    As Tom Hanks once said: "There's no scrying in h brawl"

  • @FlawlessRythym
    @FlawlessRythym Před rokem +12

    0:43 You're also describing Chulane. Would love to see what you could do with him as a commander.

    • @sammysammyson
      @sammysammyson Před rokem +4

      So many shenanigans. So many...the dude goes off with a half-eaten, week-old ham sandwich.

  • @Pubbin
    @Pubbin Před měsícem

    In that first game I believe if you would have re-cast Loran instead of the Palantir you would have had the 1 mana open to go off with Paradox Engine + Curse. What a close one!

  • @Mimz670
    @Mimz670 Před rokem +1

    I've been seeing Galadriel pop off on the opposite end lately. Would be interesting to see a Scryfall deck! (Scry, landfall)

  • @Midnight-ib8tg
    @Midnight-ib8tg Před rokem

    Covert - "Gandlaf I choose you!"
    Opponent - "Die"
    *Casts Removal*

  • @PatrickKassowRossing
    @PatrickKassowRossing Před 11 měsíci

    Watches till the end. Love these Historic Brawl videos. I miss post game wrap.

  • @carlsoll
    @carlsoll Před rokem

    Found you from Rarrens Hearthstone Channel 😄 Funny Video you two made trying to Guess if Cards were Good or Bad :P Magic’s been a bit more complex than Pokémon & Hearthstone, but I’d like to understand it more someday!
    *Subscribed* Thanks for Breaking Down some of the Roles and Functions of this Game & Cards! I can see how it’d get Repetitive after a while :P

  • @joewashburn6057
    @joewashburn6057 Před rokem

    Love the thumbnail on this one in particular 🤣

  • @hellproof2379
    @hellproof2379 Před rokem +1

    I hesitated building this deck cause not really my style but I was only missing one mythic and 2 rares so I went ahead (I build almost all cgb brawl decks ) and I’m glad that I did. Slow but really fun.

    • @hellproof2379
      @hellproof2379 Před rokem

      I added semblance anvil in place of the lotr 3 mana mythic and it really paid off

  • @christin_the_ruiner741

    This version of Gandalf looks like Santa Klaus in white costume...

  • @Darkeep12
    @Darkeep12 Před rokem +2

    Who the heck runs Dispel in a format like this? Even Swan Song feels kinda iffy lately.

  • @officebat806
    @officebat806 Před rokem

    Thanks keeping it causal

  • @serafimb2319
    @serafimb2319 Před 5 měsíci

    37.30 how did you tap all your mana with one click? Is that possible on mobile too?

  • @gamerslayer3380
    @gamerslayer3380 Před rokem

    Are most of these from the new lotr set?

  • @patrickwoodlands4086
    @patrickwoodlands4086 Před rokem +1

    Smeagol losing to the One Ring was only fitting. Lol

  • @goldenpony822
    @goldenpony822 Před rokem +1

    YES You HAD to say it!

  • @agentofashcroft
    @agentofashcroft Před rokem +1

    I put on my robe and wizard hat

  • @TimeWalk936
    @TimeWalk936 Před rokem

    42:09 it works bc you can cast the spell before paying the cost rather than floot your mana and cast the spell

  • @retributin2849
    @retributin2849 Před rokem +4

    Could you play historic or alchemy with the new cards?

  • @sophiethesloth
    @sophiethesloth Před rokem

    do you only make commander deck videos now

  • @Dsmky117
    @Dsmky117 Před rokem

    elrond warned gandalf the pipeweed was toxic

  • @grizzwald15
    @grizzwald15 Před rokem

    this deck is awesome!

  • @Minnakht23
    @Minnakht23 Před rokem

    Blood-Fueled Laser Cannon win

  • @thesadweez
    @thesadweez Před rokem +1

    I honestly feel like Gandalf the White is both flavorful and a missed opportunity at the same time. For once, him being "The White" is really cool, but him not being able to somehow counter spells or return them to hand when in stack feel like a missed opportunity on the "you shall not cast" line.

    • @Lordidude
      @Lordidude Před rokem

      Who cares about the "story" of the stupid picture on the card?
      How would that improve gameplay? Lmao😂

    • @Masty13
      @Masty13 Před rokem +1

      It’s actually “you shall not pass” because he gives everything flash so when the opponent tries to pass the turn you just pop off and win the game instead

  • @just-upn-chuckit1865
    @just-upn-chuckit1865 Před rokem

    LFMAO moment of the day: "One card in hand... It's not a counterspell." 🤣

  • @ciaran.downey
    @ciaran.downey Před rokem

    CGB: I play paradox engine and I weeeeeeen

  • @J.Tarrou
    @J.Tarrou Před rokem +2

    17:24 oof, pretty cringe there op

  • @nooby900
    @nooby900 Před rokem

    cgb your amazing thanks for more brawl

  • @ruudvanlaarhoven5776
    @ruudvanlaarhoven5776 Před rokem

    @43:57 you don't actually get the protection if you don't cast the ring ^^' nice bluff there, it probably confounded both players

  • @cooljamminsthedude1077

    i see cgb, i see "gandalf deck", i click and i like :D

  • @dedhart
    @dedhart Před rokem

    Is that Gandalf? Or Phil from Duck Dynasty?

  • @chriscobb157
    @chriscobb157 Před rokem

    Nebraska is the best Springsteen record.

  • @egemeric5449
    @egemeric5449 Před rokem

    nice

  • @jaredclanton
    @jaredclanton Před rokem

    Why does your Gandalf look like Duck Dynasty? 😂😂

  • @budaclees233
    @budaclees233 Před rokem

    CGB makes the first Paradox Engine deck and says it's a white combo deck, lmao.

  • @bloochalk
    @bloochalk Před rokem

    @CovertGoBlue please add the "- Historic Brawl" into the title, so I can find it in your video list easier :(

  • @yawgmoth
    @yawgmoth Před rokem

    cut snoozedox engine

  • @Cpxxxx1
    @Cpxxxx1 Před rokem +1

    I'm simple man, I see CGB brawl content and Instat click it.

  • @jameslevine4284
    @jameslevine4284 Před rokem

    I bet Eyes Everywhere would be a great scy tool for Galadriel

  • @aznpholyfe6693
    @aznpholyfe6693 Před rokem

    smeagol deck

  • @thegingergaming8984
    @thegingergaming8984 Před rokem

    The ring doesn't protect from everything. Poison still works any sorce but creature attacks. I've taken damage from a saga, a couple different instants and sorcery spells. So either its broken or needs to be more clear

    • @ruudvanlaarhoven5776
      @ruudvanlaarhoven5776 Před rokem

      The ring will give you (the player) the ability "Protection from Everything" until your next turn, but only if you cast it.
      That means that damage from every source to you is prevented, and you can't be the target of any spells or abilities until your next turn starts.
      There are ways around this. If you make it do that damage can't be prevented; targeting a creature with the Stomp adventure on Bonecrusher Giant, for example, will make your creatures and your effects that damage each opponent (not the ones that target though) still do damage to an opponent with "Protection from Everything" because that damage would be prevented by that effect, but then Stomp made it so that damage can't be prevented. 'Can't' always wins in magic rulings, and the opponent will still lose life equal to the damage done.
      Might something like that have happened to you? Or did you maybe cheat it in play without casting it, like CovertGoBlue does in this video with Oswald Fiddlebender? That might explain how you still took damage while you thought you should be protected.

    • @ruudvanlaarhoven5776
      @ruudvanlaarhoven5776 Před rokem

      Or did you maybe miss that it only lasts until your next turn starts? When you untap after casting it, the effect should be gone ^^'

    • @metalhev3989
      @metalhev3989 Před rokem

      You didn't take damage, you lost life. Some sagas cause life loss.

  • @Relentless2112
    @Relentless2112 Před rokem

    Simple man, hear Atlantic City quote, click like

  • @drshinobi3979
    @drshinobi3979 Před rokem

    Gandalf gone Toxic redpiller masculine bacca ?! sheeeessh what times we live in..Gandalf and Wizards rockets 10/10 combo

  • @SmashPortal
    @SmashPortal Před rokem

    Gandalf the Grape
    Gandalf the Wipe

  • @kll345
    @kll345 Před rokem

  • @silverwindfive757
    @silverwindfive757 Před rokem

    I dont like historic brawl. I keep thinking im going to see alchemy please label before intro+ad.

  • @pst5345
    @pst5345 Před rokem

    Every Gandalf deck is toxic.
    Not every toxic deck is a Gandalg

  • @AtomicBorrachito
    @AtomicBorrachito Před rokem

    why would you put that cringe of a game first man? LOL

  • @professortusk
    @professortusk Před rokem

    Nooooo not the "I did __" clickbait title dude

  • @lincolnprestes7617
    @lincolnprestes7617 Před rokem

    They should able LOTR to br played in standard. I really wanted to play this cards, but spend time and money to play Alchemy or Historic is too much

    • @metalhev3989
      @metalhev3989 Před rokem

      Standard follows the standard format in paper. LOTR isn't legal in paper standard.

    • @lincolnprestes7617
      @lincolnprestes7617 Před rokem

      @@metalhev3989 yeah, that is what I meant. I can only afford to play Arena

  • @lisabradley9779
    @lisabradley9779 Před rokem +1

    First!!!!

  • @jameskeenan1351
    @jameskeenan1351 Před rokem

    deck seems weak

  • @callmeinfidel8370
    @callmeinfidel8370 Před rokem

    This is cool, but um... isn't it time for the the One Ring to choose YORION!!!