Death & Taxes vs Merfolk || North 100 Showdown

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • It's the North 100 Showdown! Serge and Wheeler are showcasing some of their favourite Canadian Highlander decks in a 1v1 showdown.
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Комментарии • 168

  • @bwheelermtg
    @bwheelermtg Год назад +190

    Folks have been asking about my DNT points in this video, so here's a little behind the scenes info.
    We recorded this on September 24th, and at the time of recording my points were Mana Crypt 4, Sol Ring 4, Mana Vault 1, Umezawa's Jitte 1. On October 17th, less than a month later, the points list updated, increasing the points on both Mana Crypt + Umezawa's Jitte.
    If folks are looking to play this DNT list, I'd recommend a points spread of either Mana Crypt 5 + Sol Ring 4 +Mana Vault 1 or Mox Pearl 3 + Strip Mine 3 + Umezawa's Jitte 2 + Mana Vault 1
    Happy highlandering!

    • @adamthorne6136
      @adamthorne6136 Год назад +8

      Crypt5+Mox3+Jitte2 is also not terrible!

    • @MintChocDoublin
      @MintChocDoublin Год назад +1

      (Viewer Engagement) I've been happy with Mana Crypt 5 + Strip Mine 3 + Jitte 2, but my collection isn't flush with power 9. Then again, maybe vault deserves more credit than I'm giving it.

    • @scythmeisteralex
      @scythmeisteralex 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@adamthorne613699⁹

  • @Azadiam
    @Azadiam Год назад +219

    I swear, this is my favorite series on RUclips.

    • @PrincePossum
      @PrincePossum Год назад +1

      Same man

    • @sleepy_alice
      @sleepy_alice Год назад

      Big same

    • @sartdk9111
      @sartdk9111 Год назад

      Absolutely same over here as soon as I see it's uploaded I'm here

    • @BirdBrotherGames
      @BirdBrotherGames Год назад

      Possibly best on the whole internet

    • @pat1933
      @pat1933 Год назад

      It is soooo good definitely best magic content.

  • @xindlepete8316
    @xindlepete8316 Год назад +57

    Serge @55:52 : "I could make a food token so I don't die out of nowhere, but I don't think I die out of nowhere."
    Cut too...
    Serge @58:01, losing out of nowhere. Brilliant to watch a man challenge the universe and the universe not bat an eye at putting him in his place.
    Great games guys!

  • @jeffreyjohnson3687
    @jeffreyjohnson3687 Год назад +144

    Serge: Can I just win here?
    Me, checking the time on the video: oh no.

  • @RhadeBoss
    @RhadeBoss Год назад +27

    Serge's reactions are hilarious as always 🤣🤣 Thank you for making this amazing series 😁

  • @XavierGrim
    @XavierGrim Год назад +42

    Can't believe these Fish are doing Taxes, what a time to be alive.

    • @janmelantu7490
      @janmelantu7490 Год назад +1

      Hope they don’t forget to report their Fishing Boat Proceeds

    • @J4D3R053
      @J4D3R053 Год назад +1

      @@janmelantu7490 that's a deep cut no matter how you slice it

  • @tylerhensel6130
    @tylerhensel6130 Год назад +45

    15:00 I'm curious what Serge had in hand. Containment Priest had also lost all abilities, so he could've activated Aether Vial.

    • @chrisjohnson8703
      @chrisjohnson8703 Год назад +2

      It looked like he had a Gaea's Skyfolk I believe

  • @jakobvindelbo8723
    @jakobvindelbo8723 Год назад +8

    57:37 serge embraces the snerge going full throttle instead of the careful food play and immediately gets punished by the shadow spear

  • @Masterfrogg
    @Masterfrogg Год назад +26

    I feel like the better play for Serge game 1 might have been to use Fading Hope on his own Thieving Skydiver and then recast it to steal Jitte, he even had the protection spell in hand if he needed it.

    • @zotha
      @zotha Год назад +2

      Or just waiting to cast it the first time on the Jitte he knew was in hand

    • @MrThewooter
      @MrThewooter Год назад +2

      @@zotha na stealing the vial allows him to run over wheeler.

    • @Drecon84
      @Drecon84 Год назад

      @@MrThewooter Only if he has a way to deal with Jitte, right? I don't think it's reasonable to expect to beat Jitte straight up with his deck.

  • @ILikePi31415926535
    @ILikePi31415926535 Год назад +77

    I already thought Jitte was good
    But EVERY time it shows up in these games it is so oppressive

    • @zotha
      @zotha Год назад +9

      It's dumb in creature mirrors, but it's not great if you come up against control or combo

    • @filippodardi2180
      @filippodardi2180 Год назад +8

      I would disagree: it helps you kill them faster. Not as good, but still relevant

  • @martonmihaly568
    @martonmihaly568 Год назад +7

    Im hooting and hollering like a baboon every time one of these episodes comes out

  • @MrDeliworker
    @MrDeliworker Год назад +5

    I love how incredulous Wheeler was at Serge going through the other side of the Undercity. I can probably count the number of times I've seen someone do that on one hand.

  • @btbwilkinson
    @btbwilkinson Год назад +12

    Man, I love Canlander. I am trying to start a Canlander event at the store I work at in Utah. Thanks for posting these!

    • @austinminer2244
      @austinminer2244 Год назад +2

      Which store? I'm in Utah as well and am definitely interested.

    • @btbwilkinson
      @btbwilkinson Год назад +2

      @@austinminer2244, it'll be Galaxy of Games in West Jordan! I'll be there all day Saturday if you want to drop by!

    • @austinminer2244
      @austinminer2244 Год назад +2

      @@btbwilkinson I work this Saturday. I could try to make it up there Jan. 7, though!

    • @btbwilkinson
      @btbwilkinson Год назад +1

      @@austinminer2244, sounds good. I'm generally there every Saturday.

  • @HoneyJack07
    @HoneyJack07 Год назад +2

    always a pleasure to see you guys play powerful magic
    Would love to see a cut scene of Wheeler and Serge discussing what they kept in their opening hands and why

  • @BhbtheRock
    @BhbtheRock Год назад +6

    I'm glad Ben pointed out the Vial bluff. Part of why I watch this series is it's focus on education

  • @emieldehouwer4507
    @emieldehouwer4507 Год назад +3

    Amazing games. These two people are amazing, so it figures.
    That said, these were incredibly difficult puzzles of games. I noticed two points in the games where something different could have happened:
    - Serge could have used his eather vial after tapping the containment priest and making it lose all abilities until end of turn during the first game.
    - In the second game, the first time Serge stole the innitiative, he could have played his merfolk lord after combat, giving him one more mana from going into the dungeon so he could have payed the extra 1 and making another merfolk token. It would have ment losing 1 point of damage that turn, but giving him another (buffed) merfolk token to end the game later on. I think...

  • @samwalter940
    @samwalter940 Год назад +3

    First Friday Night Paper Fight and now North 100? All in the same week? I am beyond pleased.

  • @StinkyPete357
    @StinkyPete357 Год назад

    The conversations between games are always so intuitive and interesting. Loving each of the showdowns!

  • @SandsBuisle
    @SandsBuisle Год назад +4

    14:20 One thing I noticed was Serge seems to not have realised his Merfolk Trickster turned off Containment Priest's ability. He could have activated the Vial there, and by his admission later he had some two drops for it.

  • @IndreadColde
    @IndreadColde Год назад +6

    In the first game serge went for the steal on Aether vial and couldn't find value because of the containment priest that wheeler had which Serge didn't know about. Without the containment priest complication, I personally still really prefer getting rid of Jitte - the allure of both going much faster and shutting down Wheeler's ability to go fast is very tempting but in merfolk I like waiting the extra turn before playing the thief to try and protect the units. Great game 1 tho.

  • @mimicranch
    @mimicranch Год назад +10

    I could feel that turn one Aether Vial in my bones

  • @TaruHalt
    @TaruHalt Год назад +4

    I think in the first game there was an opening for Serge to use the Vial after playing the Trickster, as it does not just tap, but also gets rid of all the abilities.

    • @GamerdevilPro
      @GamerdevilPro Год назад +1

      Definitely, don't know his hand at that point tho

  • @AmazingChestTTV
    @AmazingChestTTV Год назад +24

    Great series of games. Real tight play all around, though at 56:05 Serge adds a loyalty to Oko to use its -5 ability. I know Oko is busted but it's not THAT busted! Didn't end up mattering though.

  • @Rycore
    @Rycore Год назад +9

    you you Wheeler, me me entertained

  • @Minijibbleflab
    @Minijibbleflab Год назад +2

    For elk marking; use a clear toploader with elk and 3/3 in black sharpie written on it

  • @filippodardi2180
    @filippodardi2180 Год назад

    This series is the absolute best.
    Sidenote: at 52:30, I like putting two counters on the 3/3 legend, which would then be able to eat the attacking 5/5. At that point, Wheeler has one card in hand, and would haev fired off any sort of removal long ago

  • @ClexYoshi
    @ClexYoshi Год назад +3

    I love Serge pogging for Shadow Spear. INSANE Top deck. very much Craig Jones Top Decking Lightning Helix energy.

  • @Genderkaiser
    @Genderkaiser Год назад +1

    that final turn was a full daylight robbery

  • @Dammarc1
    @Dammarc1 Год назад +1

    50:02 Wheeler did a really good interpretation of a player in a tense match: Opponent draw a card and start reading it. First thought: "Yikes, thats bad"

  • @MasterTrombonePlayer
    @MasterTrombonePlayer Год назад

    Great Series! Can’t get enough!

  • @djk89
    @djk89 Год назад

    That last game was beautiful. Just the pinnacle of Magic.

  • @shawnluehrs2426
    @shawnluehrs2426 Год назад

    Love the content, just wondering if we’re getting other guests at some point? No problems with Serge and Wheeler, but they have their own styles of deck building and play, and I’d like more variety.

  • @Veradux96
    @Veradux96 Год назад

    Great Gameplay!
    Wouldn't Kytheon transform and go back to Wheeler at end of combat though?

  • @MarkFillmore
    @MarkFillmore Год назад

    Such a fantastic set of games! Stay to the end folks!!!!!

  • @sandmanlives3
    @sandmanlives3 Год назад

    Excellent as always. Thank you.

  • @Mordalon
    @Mordalon Год назад

    Containment Priest's ability is a replacement effect that replaces where a creature that would enter the battlefield goes. Since it already has to be on the battlefield to work, it isn't effected by it's own ability.

  • @davidsquires1340
    @davidsquires1340 Год назад

    wow insane game! that last top deck…..😮

  • @joeferreti9442
    @joeferreti9442 Год назад +1

    For elk use some sort of marker token like the ones for Morph and Manifest creatures.

  • @ErayoTwilight
    @ErayoTwilight Год назад +2

    I like how Serge +1ed Oko instead of -5ing to use his exchange ability and neither of them noticed because Oko is so busted that it just seems natural to assume that's how it works.

    • @Mordalon
      @Mordalon Год назад +1

      so it's less busted than people think it is.

  • @spaltunes6501
    @spaltunes6501 Год назад

    Y’all are great! Thanks for this content!

  • @foraker6487
    @foraker6487 Год назад

    Second game was sick! Thx guys

  • @Guevon_Pajaro
    @Guevon_Pajaro Год назад

    Best style of magic, can lander is a fantastic format I wish I could play more. It feels competitive like modern but much more old school and classic 'magic' than anything. I ADORE this series. 😍

  • @HighlanderBrasileiroMTG
    @HighlanderBrasileiroMTG Год назад +1

    Thank you guys great games and game one is the reason why we baned jitte in the Brazilian version of highlander 😂 thank you very much.

  • @stevenlongoria9912
    @stevenlongoria9912 Год назад

    My lord starting at 57:55, I’ve never seen a man eat so many chicken wings😂

  • @Venoseth
    @Venoseth Год назад

    You both played really well and obviously had a good time.
    Both a gracious winner and a very gracious loser, well done

  • @olafweidner8227
    @olafweidner8227 Год назад

    maybe i'm missing smth but serge attacked 2 times with his token making it unblockable instead of the emperor which is less dmg? and also taps the go-to chump blocker against a board of bigger creatures. still great games

  • @Crypt4l
    @Crypt4l Год назад +2

    "I don't think I die out of nowhere"

  • @MrMarclax
    @MrMarclax Год назад

    God I love watching you 2 banter and play magic

  • @samdunn5846
    @samdunn5846 Год назад

    Is there anything else you'd run on the points list if you didn't have the moxen for merfolk

  • @Robster7
    @Robster7 Год назад +1

    Ben has 11 points or am i wrong?
    Manavault 1 point
    Jitte 2 points
    Crypt 4 points
    Soul Ring 4 points
    Love north100, just curious if im wrong or right

    • @moooseman3
      @moooseman3 Год назад

      According to the points list in the description, Mana Crypt is 5 points, so 12 total. I'm not sure if that list is up to date or not.

    • @moooseman3
      @moooseman3 Год назад

      Looks like those changes were both made in October, so presumably this video was recorded a while ago. I didn't notice any BRO cards so that seems possible

    • @bwheelermtg
      @bwheelermtg Год назад +2

      This was recorded before points changes. At the time, the count was Mana Crypt 4, Sol Ring 4, Mana Vault 1, Umezawa's Jitte 1

  • @harrow9389
    @harrow9389 Год назад

    More like North 100 Snowdown... love you guys and love the series

  • @Weasels42
    @Weasels42 Год назад

    What a nail biter - great games!

  • @TheLookout27
    @TheLookout27 Год назад

    Great episode!

  • @2MeatyOwlLegs
    @2MeatyOwlLegs Год назад

    those games were amazing!

  • @set-theory
    @set-theory Год назад

    I would like to reiterate that i love this show and would like you to continue it. All hail algorithm etc etc

  • @bendertusepaki8995
    @bendertusepaki8995 Год назад

    Wake up babe, new highlander gameplay just dropped!

  • @alltheorynopractice5467
    @alltheorynopractice5467 Год назад

    What a sick series!

  • @Thekingsmantm
    @Thekingsmantm Год назад

    Why are Serge & Ben on the opposite sides of the screen to how they are displayed in the thumbnail?

  • @jaelte
    @jaelte Год назад

    One of these days I may actually build that Merfolk deck (or a similar one)... probably with a few proxies. ;-)

  • @phobos_deimos748
    @phobos_deimos748 Год назад +1

    I want to build Highlander RWD. If you feature it on Showdown i'd love it

  • @samspalding6286
    @samspalding6286 Год назад +1

    Engagement! Also, couldn’t Serge have killed wheeler at around 57:00 if he attacked with everything, including the Kytheon? It wasn’t summoning sick or anything

    • @Trowls
      @Trowls Год назад +2

      More engagement! Also, no.
      It did have summoning sickness because Serge stole it that turn 🤓

    • @samspalding6286
      @samspalding6286 Год назад

      @@Trowls wow, I always assumed Oko gave haste but I guess since it’s not a one-turn thing it makes sense

  • @evanperkins3467
    @evanperkins3467 Год назад

    at 56:08 when you activated Oko's minus 5, why did you uptick him one?????????????

  • @lordmeep5803
    @lordmeep5803 Год назад

    19:59 I do like surges play here. Having the token further stresses wheelers Jitte resources

  • @broshmosh
    @broshmosh Год назад

    Incredible games of Magic.

  • @tonyferra2134
    @tonyferra2134 Год назад

    33:31 couldn’t serge hit wheelers creature with the councils judgement as well?

    • @filippodardi2180
      @filippodardi2180 Год назад

      Nope, Judgement doesn't allow to choose something its caster controls

  • @GAMINGWITHCABBAGE
    @GAMINGWITHCABBAGE Год назад

    18:55 if he taps the animated mishras factory to give it +1/+1 wouldnt it make it unable to block even if blocks are already delcared?

    • @Mordalon
      @Mordalon Год назад

      A tapped creature can't be declared as a blocker, that's not the same as being tapped while blocking. It's the same how "put onto the battlefield tapped and attacking" isn't the same as being declared as an attacker.

    • @GAMINGWITHCABBAGE
      @GAMINGWITHCABBAGE Год назад

      @@Mordalon that makes sense

  • @Gophersaurus
    @Gophersaurus Год назад

    Oofa Doofa, bad luck Serge. Great games!

  • @lobotomiseme1653
    @lobotomiseme1653 Год назад

    the ending was sickeniiiiiiing

  • @JonathanHecht
    @JonathanHecht Год назад

    man the last game was holy clutch

  • @alphonse2234
    @alphonse2234 Год назад +1

    58:40. Such a luck sack. Dodge the mana crypt and drew the card to win the game. Crazy.

  • @Balderdashing
    @Balderdashing Год назад

    Serge taking several turns to realise he’d countered clamp rather than vial in game two was pretty hilarious.

  • @DiabloTommaso
    @DiabloTommaso Год назад

    I was wondering why no game 3. Impressive

  • @wavesofbabies
    @wavesofbabies Год назад +1

    Wonder why Wheeler didn't black out the Giver of Runes art like he has for other PoS artists.
    Probably just the answer is "he forgot" or "didn't have time" which is legit

  • @EternalRoxas
    @EternalRoxas Год назад

    What a cool set of games

  • @davidrodriguez5721
    @davidrodriguez5721 Год назад

    What a second game!

  • @AndrewCreswell
    @AndrewCreswell Год назад

    At 48:25 I'm not sure why castle ardenvale went to the graveyard

    • @j27s44
      @j27s44 6 месяцев назад

      Wasteland

  • @swenerickson1704
    @swenerickson1704 Год назад

    Fantastic!

  • @kaitlyndavis6861
    @kaitlyndavis6861 Год назад

    I love your games keep up the amazing work

  • @TheOnlyOrk
    @TheOnlyOrk Год назад

    what an ending! don't need the food, serge says...

  • @Stupidexport
    @Stupidexport Год назад +1

    It's funny how quickly the conversation went from 'I think this is at least a tier 1.5 deck' to 'how do I beat this 6 mana 7/5'

  • @dylanchambers8187
    @dylanchambers8187 Год назад

    Wheeler can we get some Medium R E D for the next showdown?

  • @treyconover4107
    @treyconover4107 Год назад

    The longer it went on the longer I wondered how they'd fit in the third round.

  • @jbreau
    @jbreau Год назад

    "If I live, I have lethal." 😂😂

    • @cpeterso
      @cpeterso Год назад +1

      Needs to be a card kingdom button

  • @PrincePossum
    @PrincePossum Год назад +1

    Top tier content right here

  • @SilverBordered
    @SilverBordered Год назад

    I was tabbed out and my video started to buffer at 22:48, so through I silence I just thought Serge was deep in the tank

  • @irt3hsaint
    @irt3hsaint Год назад

    Don't worry Serge, that's also the reaction I get when I rip Shadowspear for lethal

  • @Jifuryu
    @Jifuryu Год назад

    19:32 Skyclave Apparition is has two toughness, so removing one counter from Jitte would not kill it.

    • @greatdinn8489
      @greatdinn8489 Год назад +1

      It was equipped with Skullclamp, reducing its toughness to 1.

    • @Jifuryu
      @Jifuryu Год назад

      @@greatdinn8489 Ah. True.

  • @AzazelBlau
    @AzazelBlau Год назад

    Brutal. Just Brutal.

  • @beastzerkerjet
    @beastzerkerjet Год назад

    gotta love a grindy aggro mirror

  • @jasonmorgan2263
    @jasonmorgan2263 Год назад

    End of game 2 is prime wheeler skill moment

  • @CynicalScribbles
    @CynicalScribbles Год назад

    Best Possible Ending

  • @flyingtoastr
    @flyingtoastr Год назад +2

    Good to see Oko again putting in work
    ...said no one ever.

    • @Mordalon
      @Mordalon Год назад

      Serge didn't minus Oko when he should have.

  • @Azalzan
    @Azalzan Год назад

    PPPPPowerful magic!

  • @Sklertic
    @Sklertic Год назад

    Jitte should be considered this shows official mascot

  • @chadoftoons
    @chadoftoons Год назад

    Merfolk trickster makes a creature lose its abillities, it couldve obviously been that serge just didnt have any 2 mana creatures in hand but there was a small poin in the first game where he could've used it once.

  • @colaocha1115
    @colaocha1115 Год назад

    If serge had a 2 drop the turn he bounced the Containment Priest he could've activated Vial in responcse to the Giver of Runes, holding priority bounce the Priest.

  • @nicholasfalasco8539
    @nicholasfalasco8539 Год назад

    The top deck of all ages.

  • @richardcrafton3711
    @richardcrafton3711 Год назад

    Towards the end of the second game, the time code serves as a spoiler :p

  • @taytoncochran5375
    @taytoncochran5375 Год назад

    Can we please get surge on shrines prison pleaseeeee

  • @EmmettMcMullan
    @EmmettMcMullan Год назад +1

    Serge, Oko goes to 1, not 7