We Used Science to Find Magic’s Best Mechanic

U forgot sth like fate seal or gravestorm :(

...where is the Science?

I believe monarch//initiative were some of the worsest mechanics ever created for mtg. So probably monarch shouldnt be in contention for best mechanic

can you do a video on watching the world champion of 2019 where tolaf one and became world champion

To make the process more scientific, I suggest you assemble decks that showcase each of these mechanics exclusively then lock both Jamin and Carl in a room. The one who emerges half-mad while grinning ear-to-ear gets to choose the winning mechanic. The loser gets to have Thoralf sign his admission slip as he wheels him into an asylum.

How can kicker loose when it's 50% of all the abilities in mtg

7 seconds in and I already have opinions :D you guys know how to keep me watching. One thing I have opinions about in MTG is landfall... landfall and dredge, okey two things landfall, dredge and cascade... I´l start again... among things I have opinion about are such diverse mechanics as.... (its a Python joke everybody :D)

As a yuriko player I rooted for ninjutsu the entire video

Why does Carl on the thumbnail always remind me of Mr Beast? 😂

I was with you until the second semi finals. The winner of that has a lot less variety in the playpatterns than the loser and as such the latter never stops creating amazing stories while the first one eventually becomes "I got [mechanic'd] again"

Can’t believe mutate didn’t win this is so rigged

ninjutsu is one of, if not the least favorite mechanic from bad memories when it first came out.

still liked the video though

Love the video, y'all! But for me personally, the whole left side of the bracket is scuffed 😂😂

My opinion, but:
I can't believe that "draw a card" made it to the finals 😂

I think the result for my bracket probably still would've been the same but it would've 100% been Landfall over Monarch, Living Weapon over Landfall, then Meld over Living Weapon.

Also just an observation; I don't know if the results and all the bracket pairings were pre-planned but I got this vibe that something was off. At some points it felt like even the debating was a little scripted, or like, "well, the winner for each pairing has already been chosen so there's really no point in debating, but let's throw a couple points back at each other for show"
Something just felt a little inauthentic, I can't really put my finger on what it was though.

Maybe you guys were trying to do a quicker video, or maybe you didnt feel like setting up the board meeting setup (1 person sitting at the table while the other(s) sit off to the side) and have a real time discussion about which mechanic is more fun, idk 😂

I just want you guys to have the best content possible with the most success possible, and I feel like feedback is the only way I can help 😂 aside from saying some controversial things and farming engagement for y'all 😂

Showing "Squee, Dubious Monarch" as a Monarch card has me feeling slightly dubious...

im not sure bro knows what fun actually means. nor does maro

It's Infect.

Make magic great again, bring back madness.

Living weapon doesn't feel fun... You have a free creature wirh your equipment, like nothing interesting.
Kicker is much more fun even though it might be a little overtuned as a mechanic

Yall probably don't know it but meld came from duel masters,I guarantee that they use duel masters as a testing ground for future magic mechanics you should do a video on it

for me : Ninjitsu :-D i like ninjas

My favorite mechanic is legendary landwalk

Oof, I disagreed with most of the choices lol. I clicked on the vid because I thought there'd be more discussion about what would be better or powerful, and VERY frequently it was a fifteen minute discussion about what would be 'fun' over 'good'. I feel mislead by the title.

Proliferate fans eating scraps

I'm predicting flanking as #1

Disappointed that y'all didn't mention that Morph let's you feel like you're playing Yu-Gi-Oh. Or the line, "What's more fun than playing your cards? Playing then a second time!" when talking about Flashback.

Not picking Kicker over living weapon was just wrong.

So you didn'T use science at all, you used arbitrary opinions.
And it's not about the best mechanic either, it's baout the most "fun".

So the title is just a lie and misleads people who wanted to see the best mechnaic to be proven with science into clicking it.

I was expecting actual science. Disappointed.

When monarch won over Landfall, I straight up checked to see if this was an April Fools video, lol.

obviously the most fun mechanic is storm because of how fun it is to win

Fun Fact: There are no red creatures with ninjutsu (not even multicolor creatures with red in their color)
get on it WOTC. We the people deserve fire ninjas

But horsemanship

monarch.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I disliked so many of the choices but I do agree with the winner. Lol

agree.

landfall loses to monarch I close the video

Ninjutsu is really cool, I agree
Always look for your new videos, they are so interesting and magic oriented but also really comforting! You awesome!

Hear me out. Which standard set is better- you take a prerelease kit from all standard legal sets and put them against each other.
Our LGS had a lot of left over prerelease kits so we did a prerelease event tournament with all different ones. Sounds funny. Sounds wacky. And could make for a “which __ is best” video

I don't know where the science is in analyzing this. I like the video, but I wish it wasn't misrepresented, because it would've been interesting to see an attempt at that

I think you could have done videos leading up to a finals. I'm not sure you picked the top 16 for this tournament. You could have picked Monarch, Enter the Dungeon, Ascend and The Ring (Tempted by the ring) as a division to see which one moves on. They're all game altering affects. So many subgroupings that would match to more interestingly to me. Day/Night, Transform, Meld, and Morph... Thanks for giving us some fun anyways.

Ninjitsu is way more interesting and complex than even represented and it still won. It's amazing. If your ninja has double strike, it can deal damage, then you can ninjitsu another creature in to deal regular damage before the first strike damage was dealt. There's more tricks... It still won without these even being brought up

How do you not have madness on this list but meld and monarch and convoke 🙄

worse magic idea ever: try and add as many add-on formats as you could together into one game (exp. Planechase, Archenemy, Bounty cards, Vanguard, Cluedo, Highlander, 2 Headed Giant, Salt Pile, Cube Draft Magic [mastermind?])

I swear to god, why did you guys take so long for Meld against Devotion? How tf is counting symbols on all your dozens of cards is *fun*?

I would not call this science. I think your thumbnail is misleading.

Annihilator 6

I disagree on Meld, not because the mechanic itself is bad but because most of the Meld cards were so bad. Everyone points at Brisela (which is strong, but not really fun), and since Brother's War I've enjoyed melding both Urza and Mishra many times, but other than those two specific meld creatures the rest are all awful.

I could make a better set of Meld cards in one hour than Wizards has since the mechanic was first introduced, with the exception of Urza/Mishra.