I’ll be honest that bit kinda weirded me out. Like, yeah, day/night sucks, and yeah, the card is good, but have you read like, any card from the past 3 years? I don’t understand how trespasser of all things is what sets him off and not, say the entire initiative mechanic. Probably reading too much into it.
@@oppositecatchyghost8025 I suppose so. Like, I’m a GY head who loves a good bit of attrition and recursion, but I can also recognize the need for cards to hate me out too.
@soren1803 Right but Wheeler doesn't complain as much about Scavenging Ooze or Lion Sash, it's specifically Graveyard Tresspasser because it's got so much more good stuff going on. It's very close to what people would consider power creep to be.
I'm glad I could find out what actually happened with Serge in the comments. I hope he's doing ok and everything gets resolved quickly. Serge is an absolute gem and such a lovely person, even after putting up with Wheeler and Ulmer's playful shit-talking for so long.
honestly Wheeler and Ben Ben have every right to tease Serge have you SEEN how he plays commander? Nicest person to ever Stax you out of the game he deserves teasing but you're right he's a gem who's super nice and friendly and wholesome but in magic he can be a MONSTER
I know I say this every time, but I’m prolly gonna keep saying it. As someone with adhd I absolutely adore the fast play and fast interaction with Nelly and Wheeler. Watching other people play at my speed is so much more enjoyable for me. Keep it up lads.
I kind of wish that if/when Serge returns to bother the LRR crew, he pops out from somewhere unexpected, takes Wheeler out and is Nelly's surprise opponent. (I'm specifically wanting a callback to the return of Beejlander.)
he wasn't actually fired as far as I'm aware from past videos I believe the specific one where they had originally planned for Beejlander and they instead did a chaos draft he just went to visit some family and will be gone for a little bit
@@TheZangetsu322 They'd originally planned for Beejlander but the place they went for the packs didn't have enough so they switched to Canadian Highlander for the Friday Night Paper Fight that week, with Alex escorting Beej off as a bit before the tournament started. The next week, they'd found another source for Beejlander packs, and the opening bit had Serge announcing they were going to run back another Highlander tournament before getting pulled under the table and Beej emerging instead. Hence if/when Serge returns, I hope it something equally goofy. :)
@@novarren oh he's definitely returning they said it during the fnpf that he was gonna be gone a couple months because there was a mixup about the move in date for his new house in Victoria so he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta until he can move into his home they also said he would join some streams remotely in the meantime I was more trying to clarify that he WILL be coming back that is confirmed
for anyone who is going to the comments because they said Serge was fired, he wasn't it was a joke they said on a chaos draft stream(Serge's last stream before leaving for Alberta) that there was a mixup with the move in date for the house he bought so he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta for a couple months until he can officially move into his new home
Serge wasn't actually fired they were joking, something something bought a house in Victoria but he couldn't move in for a couple months so he went back to Alberta for a short break to(and I may be wrong but I think he was gonna) visit family
This is absolutely my new favorite episode of North 100 Showdown. I was thinking to myself literally yesterday about how much I appreciate Nelson's devotion to mono black then out of nowhere I'm gifted with this masterpiece of a video. Thank you two for everything you've done for mono black players.
"ben we can censor this right?" "Yup" "great, it's absolute dog****...but it's FNM dogshit" not sure if the lak of censoring the second time round was intentional but it made me laugh
I love Graveyard Trespasser and it's one of my favorite cards in magic, because it very important for fair midrange decks to have incidental graveyard hate against unfair control and combo. Cards like Scavenging Ooze and Graveyard Trespasser are what make Rakdos and Jund viable in many metas that would otherwise be dominated by graveyard combo decks.
@@Ninjamanhammer It is great to have have a tool to fight against the card advantage of control decks. Other midrange decks can just interact with it by attacking/blocking
@@superfinalcountdown1 From what I know Serge bought a house in Victoria! But the date of moving out of his old house and moving into the new one leaves a couple month gap So he moved back in with his parents for the gap
@@ILikePi31415926535 I was gonna say pretty much the same thing, they talked about it on a Friday Night Paper Fight where they had originally planned Beejlander but then something happened I don't remember what so they switched it to I believe a chaos draft
There was a housing issue that meant he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta temporarily. He made a pastebin about it, you can probably find the link on his Twitch channel somewhere.
Hey Wheeler, if it’s true you guys actually read the comments I want to know your thoughts on the card Ancient Runes as a consideration if you know you’re going into a heavy artifact meta. Even if it’s only viable as a grind option against artifacts and requires you not to be on them, I think the secret mode is like using it as a Blood Oath for artifacts. Since it’s an enchantment it’s a bit sturdier, and all you have to do is drop it, pass, and deal 10+ on their upkeep if they’ve popped off. And you can do that even while playing a bunch of artifacts yourself assuming they don’t dodge it or survive somehow. Card seems kind of cracked
Fun Fact regarding the Attractions- no attractions trigger on a 1 and all attractions trigger on a 6, so there are no versions of Kiddie Coaster that trigger on a 1
Unrelated, but I just did a search for creatures with the type "shade" and we are currently at 34. Eventually we'll be able to build a 50 shades deck. Just for inspiration here :)
at 16:00 wheeler took 6 from nelly from 16 to 12, where he should've been at 10, which means Nelly's lacerator wouldn't have pinged him, and the game would've been slightly different
@@louismuir9485 he forgot, but Nelly did it, you can look at that spot, wheeler was at 14, nelly adjusted it to 16 when he adjusted his own making 16 correct, putting wheeler still at 10 from that swing
Is cameron still playing aristocrats? Is Ben still primarily a rdw player? Who has been winning the ice cream? Fans of the previous highlander seasons got to know!😂 also mirror match those so wheeler can be the premier pilot of the entire format
Serge bought a house in Victoria but something with moving in has caused Serge to move back in with his parents in Alberta for a couple months until he can move into his new house he supposedly is gonna still join in on certain streams remotely so we should still see him occasionally until he can officially move into his house
they talked about in a stream I wanna say like a little bit ago it was Serge's last stream before going to Alberta it was originally planned to be Beejlander but something came up so they switched last minute to a Chaos Draft
@@TheZangetsu322 He appears on Mine O'Clock almost every week and was in the most recent Jackbox stream (not on RUclips yet). He was also was in the office recently to play City Skylines 2.
It's really weird how they exaggerate yet try to make an actual point. Saying Trespasser has "so many abilities" is just silly. It has a single protection ability and a single Triggered ability besides the standard Werewolf transform ability. And how is graveyard hate on an ETB egregious at all? Lion Sash has just as much going on, and Scooze on has 1 less ability, and both are 2 drops.
I'll admit, I've never really had a problem with Day/Night as a mechanic. I've played paper games where they came into things and it's never lead to any issues.
I kind of need a TTC episode of Wheeler discussing Graveyard Trespasser now.
I want a TTC of Wheeler and Nelson tier listing commonly used graveyard hate in Canlander. The anger from Wheeler would be amazing.
I’ll be honest that bit kinda weirded me out. Like, yeah, day/night sucks, and yeah, the card is good, but have you read like, any card from the past 3 years? I don’t understand how trespasser of all things is what sets him off and not, say the entire initiative mechanic.
Probably reading too much into it.
@@soren1803 It's because Wheeler plays a lot of graveyard recursion decks. The two he's most known for are both combo decks that use it.
@@oppositecatchyghost8025 I suppose so. Like, I’m a GY head who loves a good bit of attrition and recursion, but I can also recognize the need for cards to hate me out too.
@soren1803 Right but Wheeler doesn't complain as much about Scavenging Ooze or Lion Sash, it's specifically Graveyard Tresspasser because it's got so much more good stuff going on. It's very close to what people would consider power creep to be.
ah yes, the "No Items, Fox Only, Final Destination" of Magic the Gathering, love to see it
Ah yes, Nelson, the premier serge of the format.
Missed the follow up bleep at 42:18 😂
that actually made me laugh, the second dog s*** just casually sliding thru
I'm glad I could find out what actually happened with Serge in the comments. I hope he's doing ok and everything gets resolved quickly. Serge is an absolute gem and such a lovely person, even after putting up with Wheeler and Ulmer's playful shit-talking for so long.
honestly Wheeler and Ben Ben have every right to tease Serge have you SEEN how he plays commander? Nicest person to ever Stax you out of the game he deserves teasing but you're right he's a gem who's super nice and friendly and wholesome but in magic he can be a MONSTER
I know I say this every time, but I’m prolly gonna keep saying it.
As someone with adhd I absolutely adore the fast play and fast interaction with Nelly and Wheeler. Watching other people play at my speed is so much more enjoyable for me.
Keep it up lads.
The worst thing in other content is when they do the cutaway mid-game commentary...
@@robarnold8248some people enjoy that type of content, but it definitely isn’t for me.
As a Dad and a fan of Nelson. This was delightful. I love North 100!
I kind of wish that if/when Serge returns to bother the LRR crew, he pops out from somewhere unexpected, takes Wheeler out and is Nelly's surprise opponent.
(I'm specifically wanting a callback to the return of Beejlander.)
he wasn't actually fired as far as I'm aware from past videos I believe the specific one where they had originally planned for Beejlander and they instead did a chaos draft he just went to visit some family and will be gone for a little bit
@@TheZangetsu322 They'd originally planned for Beejlander but the place they went for the packs didn't have enough so they switched to Canadian Highlander for the Friday Night Paper Fight that week, with Alex escorting Beej off as a bit before the tournament started.
The next week, they'd found another source for Beejlander packs, and the opening bit had Serge announcing they were going to run back another Highlander tournament before getting pulled under the table and Beej emerging instead.
Hence if/when Serge returns, I hope it something equally goofy. :)
@@novarren oh he's definitely returning they said it during the fnpf that he was gonna be gone a couple months because there was a mixup about the move in date for his new house in Victoria so he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta until he can move into his home they also said he would join some streams remotely in the meantime I was more trying to clarify that he WILL be coming back that is confirmed
"Its like the questing beast of Scavenging oozes" would make a good button
That line made me laugh out loud!
for anyone who is going to the comments because they said Serge was fired, he wasn't it was a joke they said on a chaos draft stream(Serge's last stream before leaving for Alberta) that there was a mixup with the move in date for the house he bought so he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta for a couple months until he can officially move into his new home
Needs a pin tbh, thanks
At 33:00 I couldn't help thinking that a funny un card would be one that says "this creature won't block" instead of can't
Where's Wheeler?
He was taken out back
Alberta
Sent to the Phantom Zone to repent for his sins
Who's wheeler
He was kidnapped by the abzan police
I liked this episode a lot. Thank you Nelly and Wheeler.
The perfect match up doesn't exi-
Did I miss counting life totals or at 16:10 did Wheeler just give himself 2 life by "taking 6" from 16 to 12?
Pretty sick lifegain play if I may so.
That's a game loss
correct, though it didn't matter in the long run
He gained 2 from the aetherborn that wasn't counted
They already counted that unfortunately
My god the sheer bliss I felt seeing attractions introduced so early on…love the pass holder so much man
Absolutely love this series, love these bois, love this content. Keep it up! (also RIP Serge)
Serge wasn't actually fired they were joking, something something bought a house in Victoria but he couldn't move in for a couple months so he went back to Alberta for a short break to(and I may be wrong but I think he was gonna) visit family
This is absolutely my new favorite episode of North 100 Showdown. I was thinking to myself literally yesterday about how much I appreciate Nelson's devotion to mono black then out of nowhere I'm gifted with this masterpiece of a video. Thank you two for everything you've done for mono black players.
"ben we can censor this right?"
"Yup"
"great, it's absolute dog****...but it's FNM dogshit"
not sure if the lak of censoring the second time round was intentional but it made me laugh
Oh god the start of the episode is absolutely great
I love Graveyard Trespasser and it's one of my favorite cards in magic, because it very important for fair midrange decks to have incidental graveyard hate against unfair control and combo. Cards like Scavenging Ooze and Graveyard Trespasser are what make Rakdos and Jund viable in many metas that would otherwise be dominated by graveyard combo decks.
The graveyard hate is the least problematic part of the card tbh
I think the problem is more how hard it is to fairly interact with. If it's against combo it should be weaker against fair decks.
@@Ninjamanhammer It is great to have have a tool to fight against the card advantage of control decks. Other midrange decks can just interact with it by attacking/blocking
I’m here for the wheeler Nelson games. My absolute favorite
I saw the title! I'm here for it! Aggro Babyyyyyy!
im always rooting for you, nelson!
I really like Knight of the Ebon Legion... nothing like a lean mean black machine
Knight and Sleeper have been some pretty nice one drops in recent times indeed
This idea feels so yesterday, and I'm all about it
Nelson's Jace and Vraska sleeves in the style of Klimpt's The Kiss are incredible! Where are they from??
our friend michelle rapp made them! they should eventually be for sale somewhere
Big shout out to Nelson, who brings such an amazing energy to anything they do.
A deck so good, It can be played twice
I love that Jace with huge ears in Wheeler's side of the cam (I know that is just a camera thing, but let me have it)
Unthinkingly went "eyyyyy" when Wheeler gave a shoutout to all the losers in chat.
Welp.
Dad here reporting in for Nelson
i had been waiting for a mirror, so excited
That's sad but I wish Serge all the luck!
What about Alex anyway?
Would love to see him regularly on North 100 Showdown.
What is Serge doing?
@@superfinalcountdown1Serge moved to I think Alberta. He's still part of LRR, but he's taking a small break.
@@superfinalcountdown1 From what I know
Serge bought a house in Victoria!
But the date of moving out of his old house and moving into the new one leaves a couple month gap
So he moved back in with his parents for the gap
@@ILikePi31415926535 I was gonna say pretty much the same thing, they talked about it on a Friday Night Paper Fight where they had originally planned Beejlander but then something happened I don't remember what so they switched it to I believe a chaos draft
That was a Fun one
Wait. Did Wheeler just ruin my life? Is Serge really gone? *starts to be in mourning for the next 48 months*
Only temporarily, and he’ll still show up virtually on streams on occasion
There was a housing issue that meant he had to move back in with his parents in Alberta temporarily. He made a pastebin about it, you can probably find the link on his Twitch channel somewhere.
Yup, he got cancelled (too annoying)
@@overtonwindowshopper Serge is an absolute ray of sunshine, I'm wondering how miserable you'd have to be to find him annoying.
@@overtonwindowshopper How dare you?
Finally! Serge didnt lose!
Nelson's the best
Next showdown should be between you two and you both play lands for the premiere lands player title
Shame Serge got fired after stepping on that hornet's nest. Bet that really...stung
Thanks Wheeler, Reallllly wanted to be called out like that today...
I love how everybody just slanders Serge's name but deep down everybody actually loves him
Hey Wheeler, if it’s true you guys actually read the comments I want to know your thoughts on the card Ancient Runes as a consideration if you know you’re going into a heavy artifact meta. Even if it’s only viable as a grind option against artifacts and requires you not to be on them, I think the secret mode is like using it as a Blood Oath for artifacts. Since it’s an enchantment it’s a bit sturdier, and all you have to do is drop it, pass, and deal 10+ on their upkeep if they’ve popped off. And you can do that even while playing a bunch of artifacts yourself assuming they don’t dodge it or survive somehow. Card seems kind of cracked
Fun Fact regarding the Attractions- no attractions trigger on a 1 and all attractions trigger on a 6, so there are no versions of Kiddie Coaster that trigger on a 1
Great to see mono black take this one in the end.
Mono Black now has both a 100% and 0% winrate. :D
Random question: Is Circling Vultures playable in this archetype?
I put it in my build but I am terrible so its a worthy question
Now for Burn mirror, Ramp mirror, D&T mirror, and Seinfeld mirror
pov: me being tempted with a good time
I know it's a bit, but no version of any of the attractions are successful on a 1. All 1s fail and all 6s succeed when rolling for attractions.
Im surprised wheeler isnt running Sheoldred the Apocalypse. It just does all the things you want in a matchup like this
Reason is probably just "aggro deck, no 4 mana card"
Yeah but Shelly is like... the aggroest card of them all (besides Bloodghast maybe). :D
Yessss, my favorite LRR content
Gee Wheeler, your mom let's you have 2 better Serges??
Love the content!
We miss you serge!!
Unrelated, but I just did a search for creatures with the type "shade" and we are currently at 34. Eventually we'll be able to build a 50 shades deck. Just for inspiration here :)
the mirror match game is really interesting
Attractions my beloved
As a SINK who is supporting someone else right now, can I be a fan of both? I wanna be a fan of both.
I AM DAD AND I STAND WITH NELSON 😂😂😂
I'd like a clean take of Ben's "Uuurbooorg", for reasons.
What’s up with Serge?
dead (in Alberta)
Lost
Got a new place to live in the area, messed up move in date, in Alberta till he can move into new place
fired obviously
Moving mishaps caused him to need to be in Alberta for a while, he'll be back when it's all sorted out.
Bit surprised the runtime is over 30 minutes, given the title.
they just play games until they're close to an hour of runtime regardless of how many that turns out to be.
Wheeler called me out!
I Fucking Love mirror matches so impossibly much
"We can censor this, right?"
Wight?! I thought this was Mono Black!
(I'll see myself out)
at 16:00 wheeler took 6 from nelly from 16 to 12, where he should've been at 10, which means Nelly's lacerator wouldn't have pinged him, and the game would've been slightly different
Wheeler forgot to gain 2 from when he attacked with his Gifted Aetherborn so he would have been at 18 going to 12
@@louismuir9485 he forgot, but Nelly did it, you can look at that spot, wheeler was at 14, nelly adjusted it to 16 when he adjusted his own making 16 correct, putting wheeler still at 10 from that swing
Swing with carnophage. No blocks? Hatred for 18.
Is cameron still playing aristocrats? Is Ben still primarily a rdw player? Who has been winning the ice cream? Fans of the previous highlander seasons got to know!😂 also mirror match those so wheeler can be the premier pilot of the entire format
Beep, and I can not stress this enough, beep!
YES!
Wheeler to Nelson: "You are Dad."
Obligatory algorithmic contribution
Did you guys sneakily record this episode while Serge was sent out to pick up snacks or something? Please tell me he isn't fired.
Serge bought a house in Victoria but something with moving in has caused Serge to move back in with his parents in Alberta for a couple months until he can move into his new house he supposedly is gonna still join in on certain streams remotely so we should still see him occasionally until he can officially move into his house
they talked about in a stream I wanna say like a little bit ago it was Serge's last stream before going to Alberta it was originally planned to be Beejlander but something came up so they switched last minute to a Chaos Draft
@@TheZangetsu322 He appears on Mine O'Clock almost every week and was in the most recent Jackbox stream (not on RUclips yet). He was also was in the office recently to play City Skylines 2.
Wheeler or Where's Waldo *smirk*
YES
mono black aggro my beloved
No hippie? 😢 also, snuff out pitches to Contagion.... bring on the boomer cards Nelson!
trying so hard to win a match lol. next time i will try to win the comment section instead :p
No Hypnotic specter? In EITHER deck? Unwatchable (jk)
Mirror match mirror match mirror match!
I'm in monoblack heaven 🎉 🖤
It's really weird how they exaggerate yet try to make an actual point. Saying Trespasser has "so many abilities" is just silly. It has a single protection ability and a single Triggered ability besides the standard Werewolf transform ability. And how is graveyard hate on an ETB egregious at all? Lion Sash has just as much going on, and Scooze on has 1 less ability, and both are 2 drops.
I'll admit, I've never really had a problem with Day/Night as a mechanic. I've played paper games where they came into things and it's never lead to any issues.
Mah, mah mah-Mirror!?!?
It's almost like Serge did disappear 💔
Gave this a like. Liked seeing Mono black aggro for the first time. Please please refrain from doing mirror match again, variety is the spice of life.
If hippie isnt good enough im not interested
DINKS VS DADS DINKS VS DADS DINKS VS DADS
More mirror matches
no kspite makes me a sad girl
God I totally definitely absolutely love what magic had become and definitely don’t despise an attractions deck ensuring wheelers win
Meow