Shadow Era Meltdown 132: Greasypig (Amber) vs. XX3XX (Victor) - Amber Blitz!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: December 11 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 CoTC, 1 DP, 1 SF Is this our fastest live game on the channel so far? Maybe! Enjoying playing these rush decks, basically the exact opposite of how I usually play meltdown.

Shadow Era Meltdown 131: Greasypig (Darkclaw) vs. KrypticChronic (Lance) - Bot or Stoned?!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: December 8, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 4 CoTC I'm thoroughly confused by what seem to be incompetent players playing Meltdown. Meltdown is a slightly more intermediate mode than normal SE, so I assume that anyone playing it would have SOME idea of how SE strategy works, and yet they seem to just do boneheadedly useless moves that even someone who isn't used to the eccentricities of Meltdown should know better than to fall into. I've taken to asking some of these people whether or not they're real, and I guess they are, but I swear man they really seem like bad AI to me.

Shadow Era Meltdown 130: Greasypig (Gwenneth) vs. Ranul Keru (Majiya) - Hack and Slash!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: December 7, 2015 Version: 2.906 Played: 4 CoTC Weapon-based heroes are often the bane of many Meltdown players' existence, including for me, and it had been a while since I played a weapon-based hero, so I figured let's give it another try. Gwenneth is the only Weapon-based hero in Meltdown that I would play without the safety net of What Big Teeth.

Shadow Era Meltdown 129: Greasypig (Aramia) vs. ROK NiceShot (Victor) - Had to Share!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: December 6, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 1 DP, 3 SF (I believe) I haven't done non-live games in a long time, but this was just SO GOOD that I had to share it extra, and with one of the best SE players out there to boot. I won't spoil it, but I hope you enjoy.

Shadow Era Meltdown 128: Greasypig (Ythan) vs. Jumpin Jesus (Moonstalker) - Stealth Bombed!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: December 6, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 DP, 2 SF To my own peril I'm not a huge user of Ythan even though he can be a devastating hero... I'm just not a huge fan of ally-support heroes like Ythan, Tala, or Elementalis. Again, to my own peril. But this was as perfect of a matchup as one could hope for, since Ythan just renders Moonstalker's stealth useless. And of course there was my usual stable of Antimatter/Infinity Core to help out (though Infinity Core wasn't used til the end).

Shadow Era Meltdown 127: Victor Heartstriker vs. Banebow - Plan B!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: November 29, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 CoTC, 1 DP, 1 SF Haha, I'd originally planned to play this game as Lone Wolf Millstalker, but instead it turned into a much more straightforward affair. Even my plan to use Flaming Arrow got sidetracked when I ended up relying more on decoy trap. Fun!

Shadow Era Meltdown 126: Eladwen Frostmire vs. Skervox - Poisoned!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: November 20 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 1 CotC, 3 DP Call it Karma for sticking with Antimatter/Infinity Core. I thought I would be good at anti-ally, but I got paired up with the ultimate anti-ally hero.

Shadow Era Meltdown 125: Greasypig (Baduruu) vs. Gravebone (SoReal) - Weirdest Game Ever!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: November 12, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 1 CoTC, 2 DP, 1 SF I don't blame you if you don't stick around for the entirety of this match, but if you can manage to stay until SoReal actually shows up (or just skip ahead to around 10:00), you can hear me just keep talking about how this was the weirdest game ever. I tried to be nice and be equitable, but seriously, how did the other player not have timed out and given me the win after that long? Thank god I didn't quit.

Shadow Era Meltdown 124: Greasypig (Eladwen) vs. Omega03 (Majiya) - Card Draw versus Card Draw!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: November 6, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 4 DP I've started liking Majiya again in Meltdown because card draw becomes ever important, however when you've got an Anti Matter and Infinity Core combo like I like, you just have a draw and regeneration engine that can really help you out.

Shadow Era Meltdown 123: Greasypig (Aramia) vs. Rathborn (Elementalis) - Against Odds!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: October 6, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 DP, 2 SF Aramia isn't the ideal hero against ally-based heroes like Elementalis, so luckily we didn't have a particularly hard opponent here and we lucked out on some anti-ally cards. I'm glad to take the win, especially since I recorded this after FOUR false-start recordings on games that got disconnected or ended early, which was super frustrating.

Shadow Era Meltdown 122: Greasypig (Victor) vs. DrakeCor001 (Boris) - Eternal Frustration!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: October 6, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 CoTC, 2 DP Haha man that damn Eternal Renewal! I hung in there as much as I could...

Shadow Era Meltdown 121: Lance Shadowstalker vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: June 1, 2015 Version: 2.906 Played: 3 CoTC, 1 SF

Shadow Era Meltdown 120: Greasypig (Skervox) vs. Marbar96 - Happy Anniversary!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: October 2, 2015 Version: 2.92 Played: 2 CoTC, 1DP, 1 SF This is our 120th episode and it was recorded on our exact 1 year anniversary of October 2, when the very first episode of Meltdown Miller came out! How crazy is that?

Shadow Era Meltdown 119: Greasypig (Eladwen) vs. Nickmage (Serena) - Coreless!!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: September 12, 2015 Version: 2.9131 Played: 3 DP, 1 SF Used Antimatter/Infinity Core combo again, but Antimatter got destroyed early, which cut off my card draw quick. Blech.

Shadow Era Meltdown 118: Greasypig (Ythan) vs. Adnixon5 (Bloodfang) - Is Ythan Unbeatable?

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: September 12, 2015 Version: 2.9131 Played: 1 CoTC, 2 DP, 1 SF Heard on Global Chat today that Ythan was unbeatable in Meltdown. I wanted to put it to the test!

Shadow Era Meltdown 117: GreasyPig (Boris) vs. DVSKlown (Gravebone) Stupid Plasma Behemoth!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: August 31, 2015 Version: 2.9131 Played: 0 COTC, 1 DP, 3 SF First time streaming with 3 SF decks. Also since it's no longer possible to record games while easily obscuring screennames I've taken to finally putting the user names in the title of the videos. I figured some people might get a kick of seeing themselves in the videos.

Shadow Era Meltdown 116: Skervox vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Slow and Steady!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: August 22, 2015 Version: 2.9131 Played: 1 CotC, 2 DP, 1 SF Finally a more meaty game, especially after the past few weeks which have either been quick wins or early quits from our opponents. Skervox continues to be a champ for Meltdown for ally control, and for a longer game. My opponent made a weird move in the middle of the game, but then again, I also accidentally sacrificed Braxnorian Soldier, so I’d say that puts us back into equal footing. Good game!

Shadow Era Meltdown 115: Skervox vs. Skervox - Twinsies!

Please Subscribe! New live commentary Meltdown matches every Monday! Originally Played: August 22, 2015 Version: 2.9131 Played: 3 DP, 1 SF This game started out eerily similar but didn't really stay that way for long. My opponent didn't seem to have much of a grasp of their game plan, as originally revealed by their full 56-card deck. Hopefully the next game's a little more exciting!

Shadow Era Meltdown 85: Victor Heartstriker vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: April 17, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Yet another super close game that ended up with me losing because of a last minute bad choice. It wasn't really a bad choice, my Scrying Eye showed that they were about to destroy my Infinity Core, so I shuffled their deck, only for Supernova to show up instead.

Shadow Era Meltdown 84: Praxix vs. Tala Pureheart - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 12, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN Finally, here's an honest to goodness full game where I won with a Praxix. Still learning incrementally here, so definite room for improvement!

Shadow Era Meltdown 83: Majiya vs. Majiya - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 26, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY So... I don't actually know whether or not I would've actually won this game (if I worked it out I could probably deduce it), but my opponent (SPOILER ALERT) quit before we could even get there. It was certainly a close game throughout, lots of allies getting thrown around at the end.

Shadow Era Meltdown 82: Zaladar vs. Gravebone - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 26, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Um, so I would've won this game had I paid attention to what "Exaltation" actually does as a card... I thought it made an Ally immune to negative attachments. Turns out that only works AFTER Exaltation is attached. It doesn't negate any negative attachments already on the ally. If I'd attached Exaltation to Morbid Acolyte, I would've won. Nuts.

Shadow Era Meltdown 81: Praxix vs. Skervox - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 11, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN So last month's Wednesday win showed me playing Praxix for the first time (and losing). This game is actually the second time I've won with Praxix, and my opponent quits prematurely*, but the first time I played the game the opponent quit even sooner. So I'll let this one stand for now! *Other than losing my Temporal Disturbance and Infinity Core, this game went about as well as I could hope for for a Praxix game. Skervox almost went out of his way to get themselves milled. I wish they'd played all the way to the end cause I think they could've had a chance to win. I don't think I've nearly learned all I can with playing Praxix.

Shadow Era Meltdown 80: Zaladar vs. Banebow - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 24, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY Well that was an embarrassing loss. If I were to make excuses I'd say it was because I accidentally sacrificed my Spirit Warden, but really it was just sad.

Shadow Era Meltdown 79: Banebow vs. Elementalis - Friday Fagin Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 22, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL AAAAND that's my first introduction to Oliver Fagin. Sheesh, that guy.

Shadow Era Meltdown 78: Skervox vs. Victor Heartstriker - Wednesday Win!!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN As of the time of this recording (which is a few weeks before it got published) this was the first recorded game I had winning with a Shattered Fates hero. I'd won other games before but I didn't get to putting them up online until now. Bout damn time! According to the final stats the game was pretty lopsided on my end but I think my opponent hung in there pretty well, actually; it was a pretty tense ally-ally showdown.

Shadow Era Meltdown 77: Elementalis vs. Skervox - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 16, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Skervox is a good hero against an ally-based hero like Elementalis, unfortunately, so the best we could do was hang in there. I shouldn't have sacrificed my second Tome of Knowledge, again card draw is what killed me here.

Shadow Era Meltdown 76: Gwenneth Truesight vs. Amber Rain - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 20, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Of course one of the few times I play a weapon-based hero, I had to be put against one :). And I only choose to play Gwenneth (or Amber) when the card choices are really good, too! Grumble.

Shadow Era Meltdown 75: Victor Heartstriker vs. Amber Rain - Wednesday Win!!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN I wish replays would let you see the opponent's top card via Scrying Eye. Anyway, Scrying Eye is great against weapon-based heroes because you can see if/when they're about to draw a weapon card, and you can shuffle it out before they do. The funny thing is, in this instance, I never saw Amber about to draw a What Big Teeth, which is of course the point of choosing Amber in a Meltdown game.

Shadow Era Meltdown 76: Gwenneth Truesight vs. Amber Rain - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 20, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Of course one of the few times I play a weapon-based hero, I had to be put against one :). And I only choose to play Gwenneth (or Amber) when the card choices are really good, too! Grumble.

Shadow Era Meltdown 76: Gwenneth Truesight vs. Amber Rain - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 20, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Of course one of the few times I play a weapon-based hero, I had to be put against one :). And I only choose to play Gwenneth (or Amber) when the card choices are really good, too! Grumble.

Shadow Era Meltdown 87: Ter Adun vs. Amber Rain - Amber TAKEDOWN!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 25, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN After playing four games against this one player who always only used a weapons-based hero (usually Gwenneth), we were 2-for-2, which is pretty impressive for me. But after that, I decided to take a chance and play Ter Adun, knowing full well that I had no other offense if I ended up matching with any other player. I had no Lone Wolf, no Infinity Core, barely any allies. All I had were cards to destroy items. What happened was one of the most glorious games I've ever played. I can't imagine a more tech-ed out victory against Amber Rain. I literally took almost every offensive strategy they had and flipped it around on them (thanks to Morphic Armor and Procured and Restored).

Shadow Era Meltdown 75: Victor Heartstriker vs. Amber Rain - Wednesday Win!!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN I wish replays would let you see the opponent's top card via Scrying Eye. Anyway, Scrying Eye is great against weapon-based heroes because you can see if/when they're about to draw a weapon card, and you can shuffle it out before they do. The funny thing is, in this instance, I never saw Amber about to draw a What Big Teeth, which is of course the point of choosing Amber in a Meltdown game.

Shadow Era Meltdown 74: Zaladar vs. Amber Rain - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 16, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Yikes, sorry for that squeaky voice audio glitch again, it's caused by my microphone recording at 44.1 kHz by default when Quicktime needs 48. The good news I finally figured out how to cut and splice clips directly from Quicktime, which was good because there was about 10 minutes of waiting to get matched with a player. Speaking of waiting, is this the quickest game we've ever done a live commentary on? That's good since I'm generally vulnerable to weapon-based heroes.

Shadow Era Meltdown 74: Zaladar vs. Amber Rain - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 16, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Yikes, sorry for that squeaky voice audio glitch again, it's caused by my microphone recording at 44.1 kHz by default when Quicktime needs 48. The good news I finally figured out how to cut and splice clips directly from Quicktime, which was good because there was about 10 minutes of waiting to get matched with a player. Speaking of waiting, is this the quickest game we've ever had on here? Certainly the quickest for a live commentary game. That's good since I'm generally vulnerable to weapon-based heroes.

Shadow Era Meltdown 73: Praxix vs. Banebow - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 2, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL This is the continuing saga of my Praxix journey. As you can see, it still hasn't gone well. I'm basically just taking all the cards I can get and hoping to outlast the opponent and get lucky, and I'm winning maybe 40% of the time based on that.

Shadow Era Meltdown 72: Zaladar vs. Elementalis - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 8, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN Is it just me or did seem like my opponent was low on allies? I was able to dispatch them pretty quickly and they never really overwhelmed me. Good thing too, cause the Lone Wolf was like the last card I drew.

Shadow Era Meltdown 74: Banebow vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 11, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Hey look at that, we win on another Shattered Fates deck (played 1 SF, 2 CotC, 1 DP). Still learning on using SF cards strategically, mostly just using allies as filler right now. Once again, this win is attributed to generous card draw.

Shadow Era Meltdown 73: Praxix vs. Serena Thoughtripper - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL As a Miller, I really want to be able to play Praxix more often, but in meltdown it's just too easy to not get the other cards you need to really make him effective. Someday I'll win with him!

Shadow Era Meltdown 69: Boris Skullcrusher vs. Gwenneth Truesight - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 28, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN You guys know Gwenneth is one of my weaknesses (or any other weapon-based heroes), so winning this one, especially as Boris, who isn't one of my preferred heroes, is especially sweet. I don't know why Gwenneth switched to Ghostmaker instead of using her Lily Rosecult sooner to bring back Soul Seeker; with her Speedstrike she could've slowly eroded my health without ever losing her bow. Still, when you don't have any other weapon destroyers, Snow Sapphire (the freezing armor) is one of your best defenses against a weapon-wielding hero.

Shadow Era Meltdown 68: Moonstalker vs. Zaladar - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: March 6, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Sorry for the lack of deckbuilding phase here, I finally figured out what was causing my audio glitches from the last videos, and paused the recording to get it fixed, and then promptly lost the earlier part. Anyway, super weird game on this one. This was an Infinity Core deck and instead I won with an Io Void Leviathan, who was just a monster ally here.

Shadow Era Meltdown 67: Zaladar vs. Elementalis - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 24, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Just straight up outgunned from the beginning, even with Infinity Core. Who the hell has two Molten Destroyers in a row??? :)

Shadow Era Meltdown 66: Eladwen Frostmire vs. Moonstalker - Wednesday Win!!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 15, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN Listen, I clearly love a good mill game, so I have respect for others who do the same in Meltdown. That said, Millstalker in Meltdown is an accident waiting to happen; you don't have an abundance of Lone Wolf and stall/control cards at your disposal. Meanwhile you also don't have any offensive cards. What won me this game was Infinity Core (of course) and Scrying Eye, with which I saw that he had a Lone Wolf (that's what I kept shuffling his deck for) and a What Big Teeth. Eventually I couldn't stop him from drawing those cards, but by then it was really too late. I've played a lot of Millstalkers in Meltdown recently and I've lost to few of them. p.s. - just for the sheer curiosity I had for a guy who played this FORTY FIVE TURN GAME, I dragged the ending out a little, to see if he'd keep fighting.

Shadow Era Meltdown 65: Zaladar vs. Baduruu - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 21, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Ugh, the audio issues persist. Sorry about this guys, I'm working on it. Apologies for the skipping and worse, my chipmunk voice. Here's another live commentary game with deck-building portion. Played 1 CotC and 3 DP. Another SUPER close game. I'll say this is karma rewarding me from Friday's awfully close loss.

Shadow Era Meltdown 64: Zaladar vs. Banebow - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 20, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Ugh, this is about as close of a game as you can get. Again, last minute choices that probably cost me the game (I'm actually so disappointed I don't even wanna rewatch this one... so maybe you can tell me what I should've done)

Shadow Era Meltdown 63: Zaladar vs. Banebow - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN! This is the same opponent I played in my huge comeback win in Episode 54 here: http://ift.tt/1JVkeEo And this one is almost as epic as that one was. Just a masterful triumph of milling, using Infinity Core, Temporal Disturbance, and the Scythe of Fate. It was so effective I was able to survive his What Big Teeth (with Speedstrike!), even though at one point I was losing 20 to 7 and 18 to 5.

Shadow Era Meltdown 62: Majiya vs. Serena Thoughtripper - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 13, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY I get the thought ripped out of me by Serena. First I accidentally delete the deckbuilding part of the video, then for the rest of the game I felt like I was one or two turns behind. It's a massacre, really.

Shadow Era Meltdown 61: Majiya vs. Gwenneth Truesight - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 12, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL So close to surviving against this Gwenneth Truesight. Her Lone Wolf kept him alive long enough to be able to take out all my allies.

Shadow Era Meltdown 60: Zhanna Mist vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN This is my first ever video where I win with Zhanna Mist, and one of the only times I've ever done it in my history of playing Meltdown. Which is crazy, cause Eladwen took out my Infinity Core pretty quickly and I ran out of cards pretty quickly... at one point I was losing 32 to 12.

Shadow Era Meltdown 62: Majiya vs. Serena Thoughtripper - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 13, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY I get the thought ripped out of me by Serena. First I accidentally delete the deckbuilding part of the video, then for the rest of the game I felt like I was one or two turns behind. It's a massacre, really.

Shadow Era Meltdown 62: Majiya vs. Serena Thoughtripper - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 13, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY I get the thought ripped out of me by Serena. First I accidentally delete the deckbuilding part of the video, then for the rest of the game I felt like I was one or two turns behind. It's a massacre, really.

Shadow Era Meltdown 65: Zaladar vs. Baduruu - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 21, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Here's another live commentary game with deck-building portion. Played 1 CotC and 3 DP. Another SUPER close game. I'll say this is karma rewarding me from Friday's awfully close loss.

Shadow Era Meltdown 61: Majiya vs. Gwenneth Truesight - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 12, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL So close to surviving against this Gwenneth Truesight. Her Lone Wolf kept him alive long enough to be able to take out all my allies.

Shadow Era Meltdown 60: Zhanna Mist vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN This is my first ever video where I win with Zhanna Mist, and one of the only times I've ever done it in my history of playing Meltdown. Which is crazy, cause Eladwen took out my Infinity Core pretty quickly and I ran out of cards pretty quickly... at one point I was losing 32 to 12.

Shadow Era Meltdown 59: Victor Heartstriker vs. Banebow - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY Here's another commentary with deck construction phase. Just 3 CotC and 1 DP. Fun game against Banebow, at one point losing 23-5. Gotta love those comeback games!

Shadow Era Meltdown 58: Skervox vs. Moonstalker - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 10, 2015 Version: 2.89 FRIDAY FAIL Here's another painful loss; some end-game miscalculations plus not understanding some of the new cards (Tome of Blessings is a bitch if you're carrying "What Big Teeth"). I should've saved my shadow ability at around 10:30 for one more turn, for example.

Shadow Era Meltdown 57: Eladwen Frostmire vs. Lance Shadowstalker - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 9, 2015 Version: 2.89 WEDNESDAY WIN Pretty quick game here, but the main lesson is: Braxnorian Soldier is a perfect counter against Lance, since he prevents opposing allies from having HASTE.

Shadow Era Meltdown 56: Eladwen Frostmire vs. Gravebone - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 8, 2015 Version: 2.89 COMMENTARY MONDAY! This is our first stream using the new version 2.89, AND the first one where I show my deck construction (by request). And if all goes well this is also the first one that'll actually be in real 720p HD. Lots of firsts! Not sure I'll be doing deck construction on the other videos (I don't have too much time to edit these and if there's a large gap between construction and matchup I may ditch the construction part), but you never know! Anyway, played 1 SF, 2 COTC, and 1 DP, and it turned out well! As usual, card draw was the reason for the win here. What are your favorite SF cards? I'm liking that Coercion a lot... reminds me of the original "Mind Control."

Shadow Era Meltdown 29: Lance Shadowstalker vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 4, 2015 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL I should've won this game. I made some critical errors and misjudgements towards the end when he summoned all his allies. If I'd done it correctly I probably could've survived long enough for my Descendant to kill all his allies. A frustrating loss that might've been preventable.

Shadow Era Meltdown 54: Majiya vs. Banebow - HUGE Comeback win

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: February 2, 2014 Version: 2.88 WEDNESDAY WIN HUGE comeback win here, at one point I believe I was down to 3 HP while they had full health at 29, and I only had 3 cards left. Of course, play slow and steady and using Infinity Core, and you could potentially last forever. This is one of my favorite games of all time. 28 turns, super tense the entire way, and textbook milling. I wish I'd done it live!

Shadow Era Meltdown 53: Gravebone vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 30, 2015 Version: 2.88 COMMENTARY MONDAY Fun Ally-cycling here, again nice patient pacing helped by their putting down Bazaar so we always have extra cards. 2.89 is slowly being pushed out to all platforms; as soon as it hits iOS (which can still take a while), I'll start playing on that.

Shadow Era Meltdown 52: Banebow vs. Majiya - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 29, 2015 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL Yes, this is another Shattered Fates loss. That said, the loss is more attributed to their having an Infinity Core, which is one of my favorite cards in the game, which is from Dark Prophecies. If I had been able to destroy that card, I probably would've won.

Shadow Era Meltdown 51: Victor Heartstriker vs. Banebow - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 19, 2015 Version: 2.88 WEDNESDAY WIN Another straightforward Lone-Wolf milling here. Just play it super slow and conservative, and remember to not draw too much with Ill Gotten Gains, which can drain your deck very quickly. Having the ability to see your opponent's hand proves invaluable in not wasting cards.

Shadow Era Meltdown 29: Lance Shadowstalker vs. Boris Skullcrusher - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 25, 2014 Version: 2.88 COMMENTARY MONDAY Welcome to the 50th episode of the Meltdown Miller! In celebration of this feat, I am doing my first livecast of a meltdown game using a Shattered Fates deck (3 COTC and 1 SF). Unfortunately, my newb skills show through and uh, well, there's room for improvement.

Shadow Era Meltdown 49: Gravebone vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 19, 2015 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL Secret to Gravebone is to have a good early attack; you'll push the opponent on the defensive immediately, and then once they've spent their resources killing your early allies you revive them and start swarming. Strategy doesn't work when you don't have a lot of early allies.

Shadow Era Meltdown 48: Banebow vs. Darkclaw - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 16, 2015 Version: 2.88 WEDNESDAY WIN For the life of me I can't understand why he decided to destroy my armor instead of my What Big Teeth. I guess he assumed that since he'd eventually draw his own What Big Teeth, he'd have enough saved SE to be able to ambush me, so he'd rather just get rid of my armor to quicken my death, and also to prevent damage to himself. Oh well! :)

Shadow Era Meltdown 47: Banebow vs. Majiya - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 17, 2015 Version: 2.88 COMMENTARY MONDAY Nice solid win again. Majiya made the common mistake of using her Shadow Ability against an ally with Sacred Fire Walker, which makes the ally immune to Fire Damage. It's a mistake I'd made many times in the past.

Shadow Era Meltdown 46: Majiya vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 14, 2014 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL This was another bitter loss because I really had most things going for me, mainly Infinity Core and Lone Wolf. The funny thing is I sacrificed as second Lone Wolf not long before Eladwen cleared all the attachments, so if I hadn't done that I might've survived a few more turns. Still, he just had a really good roll of allies going.

Shadow Era Meltdown 45:Banebow vs. Eladwen Frostmire - Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 8, 2015 Version: 2.88 WEDNESDAY WIN This might look like a thorough beatdown but I actually played thoughtfully conservatively throughout. Eladwen's ability is better at controlling my allies and with her Ascendant it wouldn't be hard for her to mount an ally army that I wouldn't be able to stop, so I played slow and steady making sure her allies were dispatched before they could be a threat.

Shadow Era Meltdown 44: Banebow vs. Victor Heartstriker - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 4, 2014 Version: 2.88 COMMENTARY MONDAY Another live game! No Lone Wolf, no Tome of Knowledge, no Infinity Core. Just normal grinding (plus What Big Teeth).

Shadow Era Meltdown 43: Banebow vs. Gravebone - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 3, 2015 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL With a good collection of allies, Gravebone can easily overwhelm Banebow, who can't cause enough damage quickly enough to dispatch of high-HP allies. I hung on as much as I could, but couldn't get enough of an upper hand.

Shadow Era Meltdown 42: Zaladar vs. Gravebone- Wednesday Win!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: January 1, 2015 Version: 2.88 WEDNESDAY WIN I've usually been hesitant to use Blood Frenzy because stacked with bleeding and ablaze, I could die very quickly. But given any other lack of card drawing abilities, sometimes you have no choice. With a rush hero like Zaladar and a more defensive hero like Gravebone, you can win quickly before you run out of cards.

Shadow Era Meltdown 41: Banebow vs. Majiya - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: December 16, 2014 Version: 2.88 (LIVE) COMMENTARY MONDAY This was the same opponent I had as in Meltdown number 34, with the opponent playing Majiya again. Another SUPER close game that I just happened to squeak by.

Shadow Era Meltdown 41: Banebow vs. Majiya - Commentary Monday!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: December 16, 2014 Version: 2.88 (LIVE) COMMENTARY MONDAY This was the same opponent I had as in Meltdown number 34, with the opponent playing Majiya again. Another SUPER close game that I just happened to squeak by.

Shadow Era Meltdown 40: Victor Heartstriker vs. Zaladar - Friday Fail!

Please Subscribe! New Meltdown matches every Monday (Commentary Monday), Wednesday (Wednesday Win), and Friday (Friday Fail) Originally Played: December 30, 2014 Version: 2.88 FRIDAY FAIL An opponent with a deck size in the low 30's is pretty confident in their card choices, and with Zaladar they have a pretty good rush deck. I might've been able to outlast them with my slow game but the combination of POISON and ABLAZE just kept me from recovering in time.