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@Haiden-p2k
11 ай бұрын
Hey so a couple months ago I signed up for your signed card teir patreon and still haven't got it
@Haiden-p2k
11 ай бұрын
Follow up just got it in the mail today
@joshvon8495
11 ай бұрын
Hmm, yes, very interesting. But THIS time I feel really confident I’ll top deck the lands I need!
@matteorossi1172
11 ай бұрын
Infact the top 10 cards of your library will be lands, ENJOY THE GAME!
@saintkupo7164
11 ай бұрын
You said that six turns ago!
@anikiikardia8279
11 ай бұрын
Two land hands are just cursed
@amarauk9687
11 ай бұрын
I keep the greediest 1 lander of all mtg players lol
@pytawidmo
11 ай бұрын
Just gotta believe in the heart of cards
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX-fk7ux
11 ай бұрын
It's important to note that keeping a hand of removal is sometimes good. For example, rakdos vs mono green in pioneer. Creature quality is high enough in rakdos scam that top decking one is worth the risk if it means fatal pushing your op's dorks every turn
@veggiedragon1000
11 ай бұрын
This. My pet deck is Servo Aristocrats with Yahenni and Syndicste Trafficker (I play very casual Modern). One time against RG Elves and a 7 card hand, I mulled to 4 but my opening hand contained a Swamp, two Divest, and Fatal Push, and I was on the play. Turn 1: Land, Divest, my opponent has two Llanowar Elves, Rishkar, lands, and a higher cost bomb. I take a Llanowar Elves, opponent looks at me strangely for not taking the bomb or Rishkar. He plays forest and the other Elves. Turn 2: Draw second land, Push the elf, Divest Rishkar. After that, I did basically nothing for 3 turns or so while I waited to draw servos and sac outlets; but my opponent did absolutely nothing either, so I won that game.
@User5770
11 ай бұрын
Mulligan decisions is easily the decision point that I think gets overlooked the most relative to how important it is. It is absolutely a massive boost to your gameplay to learn how to mulligan well both in general, and in how your deck wants to use mulligans in particular.
@LadyTsunade777
11 ай бұрын
In EDH, my recommendation is always to keep hands with more lands, and do not keep hands with too few. For example, it's totally fine to keep a hand with 5-7 lands, but a really bad idea to keep a hand with 0-2. _Never_ bank on drawing lands. You won't. The odds are far higher you'll draw nonlands than lands. Most decks have 34-37 lands, thus roughly a 2:1 chance to draw nonlands. Having no nonlands, at least you can participate by playing your commander if nothing else. Having no lands means sitting there doing _nothing._
@Sutefusama
11 ай бұрын
I don't really agree. Sometimes due to bad RNG/shuffle you will just draw lands ONLY. And your commander can't do anything being alone on the table, therefore you pretty much end up doing... Well, nothing, just like when you got no lands. Of course once you finally GET to draw a non-land you're happy to play it, and that wouldn't be the case if you had tons of spells and were happy to get only one land. Yet again, having to play ONE spell on one turn because you had 5 lands top won't change much the game. If you're being late, it's over. No really, just play green.
@wafflehaxxx
10 ай бұрын
There are no hard rules for EDH. A 5-7 land hand means you will essentially not participate in the game in a high power Pod. A high cost Commander needs more lands than cheap one. You can keep a high land count if your Commander has a form of card advantage too. My preferred hand is 3 lands, 1 piece of interaction, 1 piece of ramp, 1 piece of draw/card advantage. Never keep a hand where you can't play anything. People can have explosive starts in Commander so having something to interact and cause a stumble is crucial. Fortunately there's 3 players so sometimes others can make up for it if you don't have an optimal hand.
@ahall9839
Ай бұрын
@@Sutefusama No. Stop vomiting words. You are more likely to draw nonlands. Therefore everything you said is dumb.
@gamingtime1365
11 ай бұрын
Perfect now I can play manaless dredge
@failfurby
11 ай бұрын
Mulligans and sideboarding are my two WEAKEST areas by far in this game, even after playing for well over a decade :/ Thank you for your insights, Prof, and maybe in the future you can cover sideboarding too?
@jaydub5515
11 ай бұрын
I've been playing off and on since Invasion block, and I feel the exact same way.😊
@EE7A
11 ай бұрын
yeah, i can do mulligans fine, but building a sideboard is definitely a weak point in my overall skills. i dont really play competitively enough for it to matter though.
@dexagos7688
11 ай бұрын
If you’re interested in learning sideboarding, I’ll give a few tips if you’re willing to hear them from a complete stranger on the internet. Best singular advice I can have with sideboarding is make a sideboard plan before you even begin playing games. If you’re starting with a stock list, just sit for an hour and decide what cards you’d want to bring in for however many matchups you’d like to plan for and the cards to take out. I’d also recommend checking out the podcast Constructed Criticism, who has a lot of resources on sideboarding in various episodes.
@ColorwaveCraftsCo
11 ай бұрын
Definitely need a video on sideboards. I am so bad at sideboarding
@bch9124
11 ай бұрын
4:00 Prior to becoming an attorney, my bar prep instructor said, "You don't HAVE to sit for the bar, you GET to sit for the bar." It was such an opportunity that I got the privilege to take the exam twice.
@devinochs7685
11 ай бұрын
Says "many Magic the Gathering Players" the same way every time. That takes real dedication and forethought.
@FurrySpatula
11 ай бұрын
A new video from the Prof? My Friday is starting off right! Thanks for all your contributions to the community!
@davecollamore7012
11 ай бұрын
Great break down. One of the most important steps to becoming a better player is getting better at mulligan decisions. This video does a great job teaching easy ways to evaluate your decision in context!
@WangerZ3291
11 ай бұрын
I remember a throne of eldraine limited, where I mulliganed to four cards...3 lands and a scrying knight, if I could share pics in comments, 99% wouldn't believe the end board from a mull to 4
@Deedotcharles
11 ай бұрын
I appreciate these videos as someone who hasn’t played magic since 05. These last 10 months have been very informative from you and other channels alike
@CanuckMonkey13
11 ай бұрын
So I haven't been able to play any MtG for over a year now, and I was going to skip this one. Then I saw your appeal in the video about Play Boosters and I thought, "what the heck, I love the Prof and I'll give it a watch." I'm glad I did! Your educational content is always top notch, and this one left me with a strong desire to find a way to get back into MtG! Thanks Prof!
@astrostl
11 ай бұрын
Great vid. My only addition would be how well Tron in Modern is as a specific multi-type deck (combo, ramp, control) example that mulligans very well.
@Xoulrath_
11 ай бұрын
You should pretty much be willing to mull to four with Tron. That's been my experience anyway. Going to three is even worth it if by the time you've gotten to four, you still don't have the ability to put Tron together by 3.
@Duall8
11 ай бұрын
@@Xoulrath_ Right, you either look at it as a combo deck where assembling Tron is the combo or Ramp where "getting your mana/ramp" is assembling Tron. Probably the latter is a little more accurate as the "combo" of Tron doesn't win the game as it usually does with other combos, but the former makes it sound more dire (which it is for Tron even if it doesn't autowin).
@matthewhitchcock9555
11 ай бұрын
this is a really great vid. discussing the archetype's relationships with their own cards was awesome
@lorddiablo7659
11 ай бұрын
Gotta keep
@wesleyavritt2025
10 ай бұрын
Something I've definitely thought about before, but it's nice to hear it laid out in a deck by deck basis.
@ancientpiguardian7462
11 ай бұрын
I've needed a video like this. Ever since that time i convinced myself to keep a hand with 0 lands, i had a feeling i was doing something wrong.
@Squatch_needs_no_heroes
11 ай бұрын
Trying to get back into MtG after a decade, these more basic videos are much appreciated!
@_somerandomguyontheinternet_
11 ай бұрын
0:13 I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s a snap keep. I mean, 2 Lords of Atlantis, a Master of the Pearl Trident, and a Merrow Reejerey? 2 Aether Vials? Yeah, that hand is nothing but gas. No lands, but who needs them? I’m Gen Z; owning land is a pipe dream anyways.
@VVhirl
11 ай бұрын
You reminded me of something a friend said about combo when the London mull came out. "Mulligan with utter contempt for the idea of playing magic with your friends."
@yoshitheonly
11 ай бұрын
As a new player, I can't tell you how much this type of video helps! Thank you sm once more for the knowledge Prof!
@GunpowderBarrelGames
11 ай бұрын
Yesterday, I had a game go rather morosely for me because I kept a 6-card hand that ended up dooming me. Thanks for the vid, sir
@NinjaRodent
11 ай бұрын
"Do not be afraid to keep a one land hand with six cards with your aggro deck" I cannot begin to tell you how many times trying this has screwed me over.
@dtelad11
11 ай бұрын
The script, editing, and voice work in these videos in phenomenal. Amazing work from Team TCC.
@davidhylton7528
11 ай бұрын
Love to learn from the Professor. I feel motivated to play more!
@jamescrosby1118
11 ай бұрын
This was very helpful thank you for creating and sharing it
@DeaconTaylor
11 ай бұрын
i've been playing since born of the gods and im finally starting to learn how to mulligan better. thanks for these videos.
@ColorfulHelices
11 ай бұрын
hearing Prof. exclaim "pay attention!" triggered my fight or flight evoking the full power of a true educator.
@thibautsoria1956
11 ай бұрын
I was missing Strixhaven, feels good to discover a college in this plane. ☺️
@junomiller522
11 ай бұрын
The music at 12:09 has me wondering if these cards are equipped with ball joints that can SWWWIVEL HERE
@devinochs7685
11 ай бұрын
I've been watching these fundamental videos with my 9-year-old who is just getting into MtG. He has immediately gotten it and put it to use. I am proud to say I've been losing to a kid.
@BrianCheshire-tq1eu
11 ай бұрын
Really do appreciate a good tolorian tutorial video once in a while
@brittanyrainbow1976
4 ай бұрын
"Waiting for your wincon is not part of your wincon" is still something I repeat to myself every time I play
@thatoneguy2886
10 ай бұрын
in my experience most commanders each view mulliganing uniquely, there is one grenzo deck a buddy of mine talked about where he would purposefully mull down a few so he knew what he would get, a few decks with a commander that was, win con, card advantage, or interaction. heck i even have a deck with the new doctor who card that is just steal crap, hit people in the face and then sac it for profit, half the deck is 3 mana mind control cards, a fourth is sac outlets and a fourth is ramp, and honestly the deck doesn't want to do anything for the first few turns because it treads a delicate line between letting opponents run out threats and removing them
@miki49
9 ай бұрын
Excellent video, very true and well thought out. Thanks Professor
@dannyfrenzy
11 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot Professor!
@TheCommunistGamerTV
11 ай бұрын
There was a time where Slot 5 was held by Tempo. RIP Tempo.
@matthhoud2359
11 ай бұрын
What do you think about the mulligan in Lorcana : you draw your first seven cards, keep the cards you like and put down the others in the bottom of your library then redraw to have seven cards total.
@noreviewplaythrough4051
11 ай бұрын
Arkham Horror the card game lets you do this. It can be good and bad. Good that you are keeping cards you know you want, but you are stuck with the ones you replaced. (In Arkham Horror you only get to do it once. I don't know if Lorcana lets you do more than once).
@michaelsinnreich6626
11 ай бұрын
Prof leading the way for game accessibility.
@Rucarlos
8 ай бұрын
I'm insanely obsessed with my mana curves because I dread that anxiety inducing first decision
@profplum1301
11 ай бұрын
Well said Professor!
@dementrio2679
11 ай бұрын
Prof always enlightens me with his lessons. Thank you!
@metalgamer21
11 ай бұрын
Handy vid. Glad to hear a lot of what I've learned confirmed as good practice but I should be willing to mulligan more frequently even if my land to spell ratio looks nice.
@otolley
11 ай бұрын
Does it drive anybody else crazy too, that the to frames on the right side are not parallel? 😂😂 Thanks for the great content anyway!
@clasherking4528
11 ай бұрын
A friend of mine once had a 1v1 game where we each went and picked out what we thought was "the ideal opening hand" for our decks as a way to get better at mulligans If you know what the ideal hand looks like for your deck you can compare the hand you have now to what's ideal and figure out if it's close enough to keep. I just have a bad habit of taking terrible hands just so we can get the game started then I complain that my deck just hates me when I have 2 lands in hand and don't draw any more for several turns
@Xoulrath_
11 ай бұрын
When I'm just playing a deck for fun, I never mulligan unless I literally have an unplayable hand (i.e. no lands, no mana for the cards in hand, or all lands). It's practice, so I do it specifically to see how well the deck can recover from a suboptimal hand.
@inscrutablewut
11 ай бұрын
Watching because Prof said they worked really hard on it. 🧡
@SxTheBo
11 ай бұрын
Always love a good lesson from the professor
@openinghand
11 ай бұрын
Such an important part of the game!
@miguelmartos6092
11 ай бұрын
Yes i'm still obsessed with bg3 prof, you are not alone 😂
@Hellseeker1
11 ай бұрын
Brian, what should we be looking for when making a deck? How many legendaries do I want vs regulars? How many Enchantment or Instants do I want? How do I build a deck that lets me search for cards? What color is good with what kind of gameplay?
@D00813
11 ай бұрын
There are many videos on YT that address deck construction, and they generally acknowledge the format being played, which changes which cards are legal. To answer your questions; it all depends on your specific decks game plan. My advice is to look at deck lists people have performed well with and unashamedly copy one, play it a few times, then start experimenting with making edits based on the experience you've gained
@marcelolima70
11 ай бұрын
The part that wasnt said on video: This apllies only to 1v1 modes. On commander (especially casual pods) there is nothing wrong to play the fisrt spell on turn 3, you can totally keep a only lands hand if your commander have a low cmc and advance your strategy on his own (Prosper Tome Bound by example) and keep a hand with some mana and a powerfull spell that can win you the game is a good ideia depending of your deck (like keeping a hand with 5 lands, an In Garruks Wake and a Notorious Thong on a new Alela deck).
@jaredwonnacott9732
11 ай бұрын
Sometimes you mulligan exactly right, but you still get screwed over. I had a draw with two lands, one in each of my deck's colors, a couple two drops that were good in the early game, and a three drop that ramped me into my bigger threats. I was on the draw (something you didn't mention in your video, for some reason), so I had three chances to draw into a third land before missing a land drop, and a couple turns after that before I'd really be hurting in the late game, since my ramp should catch me up immediately even if I missed a drop. Six turns later, I'd had both my two drops removed, id drawn a couple equipment I couldn't doing anything with, and the third land was still just a draw away. When I did finally draw a land, I stabalized a surprising amount, but I was at too low a lofe total to ever go off the defensive, and eventually just got overwhelmed.
@Princess_Weekes
11 ай бұрын
This is always my hardest decision XD
@TolarianCommunityCollege
11 ай бұрын
This is true for many Magic The Gathering players...
@Lafaugere
11 ай бұрын
Good stuff, prof! Do you play standard?
@markverdugo4501
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video!
@brendans1983
11 ай бұрын
Silly Professor, half these mulligan examples have more than one copy of the same card in them 🥳
@davidcardoso3525
11 ай бұрын
The worst hand I've ever kept in an EDH game is a zero-land hand w/ a Land Tax in it. I top-decked a Plains & won.
@AusSkiller
11 ай бұрын
My playgroup has started using a draw 12 then shuffle 5 back into the library for opening hands in our commander games, no mulligans. It usually makes our opening hands more playable and it is pretty rare to get a bad hand.
@thrillhouse4151
11 ай бұрын
Lol which combo player made up that house rule, Rick? Or Joe?
@AusSkiller
11 ай бұрын
@@thrillhouse4151 Wasn't a combo player, it is actually worse for combos since you only ever see 12 cards, combo players can see 21 and have a great 5 card hand with the normal mulligans.
@Genesis-ne9tr
11 ай бұрын
At my lgs a lot of people do draw 10 put 3 back
@brendaleon2636
7 ай бұрын
Thank you , It really helped me!
@CyberBuster93
11 ай бұрын
Yes!!! More game mechanic videos Prof! You're the best!!!!
@simoneandersson5978
11 ай бұрын
Its fun to have a Grenzo Dungeon warden commander deck, then find out the mulligan rule gets edited to your advantage 😂
@Louis_Varga
11 ай бұрын
"Down to five. Down to five. Down to five." - Princess Weekes & Tappy Toe Claws From Princess Weekes’ Flashback To The Best Standard: OG Innistrad | Shuffle Up & Play #11 | MTG Gameplay
@vinnythewebsurfer
11 ай бұрын
Dang, this was pretty handy.
@only_folls
11 ай бұрын
Very nice guide thanks
@samup4378
11 ай бұрын
I enjoy these educational videos
@MissionGeekNick
11 ай бұрын
Honestly, my playgroup completely changed mulligans via houserule. Too many games were dragged down by poor hands and people not wanting to lose the juice in their hands. So we just made it so you can keep drawing 7 until you get a hand you like or have 3 lands, whichever comes first.
@WCD_Media
4 ай бұрын
I never keep a hand that had less than 3 lands/Mana sources. Also if I get Mana flooded, I tend to run cycling lands for hand fixing.
@albinoblk3sheep726
11 ай бұрын
I dont play magic but i love watching these videos ❤
@lookatthecomments9437
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this
@von4031
11 ай бұрын
Me: “draws 6 lands” Also me: next mulligan I have a chance of drawing one land.. I’ll keep it!
@manwithabasicprofilepic
11 ай бұрын
I was in a CEDH tournament and the guy across from me kept a no lander with Chrome Mox. He lost the round but won the tournament.
@FerghusNohara
7 ай бұрын
I feel Jobby's presence
@echoesvayne9790
11 ай бұрын
if I don't have an ensoul artifact ... mulligan... (budget modern deck with the aim of a turn 2 5/5 either indestructible or flying&lifelink creature... the only expensive part was the spellskites to protect my overinvestments)
@joaopedrobochi
11 ай бұрын
Please do a product review of the new art scene lotr boxes!
@uuu12343
11 ай бұрын
"Is this a brick?" "Yes?" Mulligan
@anwensretroarchive9768
11 ай бұрын
I prefer the mulligan system used by the commander rules committee -> 7 cards each time.
@JimDavisMTG
9 ай бұрын
Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Keep Seven
@LadySayeh
11 ай бұрын
This was amazingly helpful 😁
@TolarianCommunityCollege
11 ай бұрын
I'm so glad! Be sure to share with a friend!
@Aklack15
11 ай бұрын
Great video professor, thank you for these valuable informations
@TolarianCommunityCollege
11 ай бұрын
You are very welcome
@escapistsmusicstuff
11 ай бұрын
Did you write this script, Prof? I thought you weren't familiar with Standard, yet a lot of the examples use those cards. :P
@internetperson8224
4 ай бұрын
I love this channel
@orichumo
9 ай бұрын
here's this man with a 20 minutes explanation on mulligan meanwhile i'm like "2 lands, good enough" oh wait i got to the aggro explanation of the video, i play mono red, turns out i'm not that stupid
@pops91
11 ай бұрын
I feel like we need one of this for commander, alot of people keep a 1 lander just cuz they have turn 1 sol ring.
@nicmastoridis6177
11 ай бұрын
What about Modern Living End that can keep 0-landers in the 15 land deck?
@jayd0lin214
11 ай бұрын
As a very wise man once said, "Victory is decided before the battle is fought."
@Rynosaur94
11 ай бұрын
You listed out what archetypes are most likely to want to mulligan, but I can't figure out what archetype my deck is. I mostly play Izzet Pheonix in 60 card, and its kinda aggro, kinda combo, kinda control? Most people call it a Tempo deck but that wasn't one you listed.
@meric2
10 ай бұрын
If my hand has no lands, than the ratio of lands to spells in my deck will favor the lands, and therefore I will simply draw the lands.
@allog471mtg6
11 ай бұрын
Can we get a source for the math on the win% vs mulligans ?
@ecpracticesquad4674
11 ай бұрын
I hate keeping 2 land hands in the decks I like to play. It’s anecdotal, but I always feel like I get land screwed when keeping 2 landers.
@nachomanrandy
2 ай бұрын
Can someone explain to me whats the point of mulligan if you are shuffling your deck Regardless?
@GustavGans80
10 ай бұрын
so much easier to follow, when set to 1.25 x speed.
@xChikyx
11 ай бұрын
I have proposed to my friends to make the mulligan to 10. Draw 10 cards, put 3 at the bottom at random order. No mulligns allowed unless you showe everyone you have a hand with 0 lands. If you do, shuffle your deck, draw 7, and keep whatever you draw. That way the game process is faster. I just feel mulligan, especially in commander, exhausting and annoying to make.
@frikifit
11 ай бұрын
Mulligan keeps getting better as MTG keeps becoming “all decks are good stuff midrange” tbh
@Timmeification
11 ай бұрын
which pc game? Sry, I'm not fluent in english yet. But one hell of a pc-gamer.
@casual_Lynx
11 ай бұрын
How to mull in EDH? Take the first free mulligan every time. Keep the second hand no matter what.
@mugatu40
11 ай бұрын
are all the pictures on the walls uneven on purpose?
@Luckie_7
Ай бұрын
My home table has rule zero shit for all mana and no mana. If your opening hand is all or no mana you can reveal the hand and you get a free mulligan. I think the best rule zero rules have to do with
@thecmoose4754
10 ай бұрын
The most important part of a mulligan is the ritual you perform as you take one. Do you whisper heart of the cards? Do you pray to a god?
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