Theros Beyond Death w/ The Asian Avenger and Ashlen Rose | Game Knights 33 | Magic the Gathering

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    Show Notes:
    On this episode, we’re playing Commander with the new legendary creatures from Theros Beyond Death! Can popular Twitch streamer Crim (The Asian Avenger) claim victory in his first ever appearance on the show? Will Ashlen Rose be able to maintain her undefeated record? Or can Jimmy or Josh defend their home turf?
    It’s an epic clash between Gods and Titans: Thassa vs Klothys vs Uro vs Dalakos
    Who will emerge victorious?? ONLY ONE MAY STAND!!
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    Where to find our guests online:
    Crim
    Twitter: @Theasianavenger
    Twitch: / theasianavenger
    Instagram: @theasianavenger
    You can also catch Crim on MTGoldfish content:
    / mtggoldfish
    Ashlen Rose:
    Twitter: @AshlenRose
    Twitch: / ashlen_rose
    Instagram: @RawrItsAshlen
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    Deck Lists:
    Ashlen’s Klothys:
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    JLK’s Uro:
    www.archidekt.com/decks/46638...
    Jimmy’s Dalakos:
    www.archidekt.com/decks/46638...
    Crim’s Thassa:
    www.archidekt.com/decks/46638...
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    Credits:
    Director and Supervising Editor: Josh Lee Kwai
    Editors: Josh Murphy and Jake Boss
    Assistant Editor: Ashlen Rose
    Special FX, Animations and GFX: Sam Waldow
    Director of Photography: Lauren Haroutunian
    Sound Recording: Jim Funicelli
    Sound Mix: Jake Boss
    L2 Judge: Danny Simard
    Set Design: Bonnie Vacevich
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  • @commandcast
    @commandcast  Před 4 lety +3121

    You may notice a small error involving deathtouch and trample in this episode. While technically a player mistake and not a rules mistake, we still apologize. -JLK

    • @loganunger4910
      @loganunger4910 Před 4 lety +43

      No problem!

    • @Doombl4de
      @Doombl4de Před 4 lety +109

      It's fine every player makes mistakes can't wait for the next episode 😁

    • @josh24214
      @josh24214 Před 4 lety +52

      Well nobody's perfect Josh. We are all human and we all make mistakes, But you still rock anyway JLK!

    • @jjbrxo1426
      @jjbrxo1426 Před 4 lety +19

      ive been waiting for so long for this episode! BTW don't worry about it Josh

    • @mirkomigliavacca9894
      @mirkomigliavacca9894 Před 4 lety +21

      WE STILL LOVE YOU SO DAMN MUCH!!!
      HUG U ❤️

  • @mcgengar2430
    @mcgengar2430 Před 4 lety +965

    One and only lie in Jimmy's life:
    "No way you're dying to milling Josh"

    • @CaptBackwards
      @CaptBackwards Před 4 lety +35

      01:14:37
      The long con

    • @CaptBackwards
      @CaptBackwards Před 4 lety +15

      It was a set up for the long con

    • @mcgengar2430
      @mcgengar2430 Před 4 lety +7

      To be honest i thought that Jimmy kills Josh with that one thopter, until he got this altar of dementia :p

    • @DieJG
      @DieJG Před 4 lety +13

      The truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

    • @johncreekpaum4998
      @johncreekpaum4998 Před 4 lety +4

      @@mcgengar2430 I really thought Jimmy was gonna win with Commander damage. Dalakos with an Embercleave is no joke.

  • @souradeepgoswami4654
    @souradeepgoswami4654 Před 4 lety +2401

    Josh: *nearly mills himself out*
    Jimmy: "I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move"

    • @bisonsama321
      @bisonsama321 Před 4 lety +30

      Seems to me like there was a line where Josh could've milled Jimmy out with this very Altar after finishing Crim, pumping his plant tokens with Avenger+landfall enablers. Probably should've kept these extra fetchlands, Farseek & co instead of pitching them to hand size

    • @lucaspaddock928
      @lucaspaddock928 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol😂

    • @Arghore
      @Arghore Před 4 lety +1

      He's going to restart the client ?

    • @asgerrevsbech5800
      @asgerrevsbech5800 Před 4 lety

      Shawn Goswami hyhyhhbhbjbjbjbjbjbj

    • @dcw8284
      @dcw8284 Před 4 lety

      @@bisonsama321 didn't need to keep the extra landfall trigger enablers. The tokens plus Zendakra plus anything else would of got there. But yeah Josh could have won in the same way Jimmy did.

  • @docauch5938
    @docauch5938 Před 2 lety +245

    “I just paid 11 mana and tapped out…for a Tormod’s Crypt” had me laughing so hard. Jimmy’s fails are always the funniest

    • @prodfife
      @prodfife Před 9 dny

      "it's not funny. no one's laughing."
      josh: "AHAHAHAHAH"

  • @milohill3290
    @milohill3290 Před 4 lety +1023

    Ashlen: plays a card,
    Josh: that's a cool card let me get one of those

    • @joehadari7315
      @joehadari7315 Před 3 lety +11

      Narset's reversal is far too powerful.

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven Před 3 lety +1

      @@joehadari7315 it does make for some pretty funny scenarios

    • @bobwilson679
      @bobwilson679 Před rokem +4

      The great thing is that Jimmy won by doing the same thing that Josh was doing, copying permanents

  • @AnEnemySpy456
    @AnEnemySpy456 Před 4 lety +1174

    Man, that was like a duel from Yugioh where the good guy wins on the last turn by turning the villain's own strategy against him.

    • @MinecraftManiacs1to3
      @MinecraftManiacs1to3 Před 4 lety +15

      EXODIA, OBLITERATE

    • @ilovethelegend
      @ilovethelegend Před 4 lety +39

      Wasn't there an episode of Yugioh where basically this exact thing happens?

    • @mikelong2756
      @mikelong2756 Před 4 lety +7

      Eminem: I'll slice you like a Ginsu, Anything you say(play) can and will be used against you!

    • @friedpinnapple
      @friedpinnapple Před 4 lety +1

      Woolytop AN episode?

    • @friedpinnapple
      @friedpinnapple Před 4 lety +4

      Maria Bovallius lol I remember an episode where someone was playing against a mill deck and then one from a single card that was like i do 100 for every card in my graveyard!

  • @MTGMuddstah
    @MTGMuddstah Před 4 lety +2643

    Jimmy: Plays a sweet Theros basic.
    Ashlen: Plays two sweet Theros basics.
    Josh: Plays an Evolving Wilds to find a sweet Theros Basic.
    .....
    Crim: Plays a Snow-Covered Island.
    Sounds about right.

    • @jakubwisniewski1827
      @jakubwisniewski1827 Před 4 lety +32

      #pauperpower

    • @CR-kr9cs
      @CR-kr9cs Před 4 lety +70

      MTG Muddstah I traded all my theros basic lands from two booster boxes for snow covered lands. Pokémon energy cards aren’t for me.

    • @MTGMuddstah
      @MTGMuddstah Před 4 lety +74

      @@CR-kr9cs That's fair. I've heard other have similar feelings on it. I just like to poke fun at Crim though :)

    • @redstonepro5412
      @redstonepro5412 Před 4 lety +3

      Nly if crim plays a mismatched basic after this

    • @willsowder1237
      @willsowder1237 Před 4 lety +21

      The real question is did he also bring counterbalance?

  • @AidyJames
    @AidyJames Před 3 lety +686

    It's so fitting that this ended like a Greek tragedy, Josh losing to his hubris. Definitely one of the all-time best Game Knights!

    • @MrOceansEleven
      @MrOceansEleven Před 2 lety +3

      Hm damn this spoilered me :(

    • @johnP0908
      @johnP0908 Před rokem +25

      @@MrOceansEleven basic youtube rule. never ever read the comments before watching the video.

    • @adventurer3288
      @adventurer3288 Před rokem +6

      Drew too close to the sun

  • @nikolasversteeg
    @nikolasversteeg Před 4 lety +651

    "alright, let's do this."
    "alright, let's play."
    "lets clash"
    Ad: "LET'S PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS"

  • @DrPlant-fg9yn
    @DrPlant-fg9yn Před 4 lety +801

    Jimmy: “It’s not funny, no one is laughing.”
    Josh:🤣

    • @dustinlee5985
      @dustinlee5985 Před 4 lety +24

      I paused cause I was laughing so hard and said "its just like Hermit Druid!" Then it got refrenced which made me laugh a little more

    • @eddipl5055
      @eddipl5055 Před 4 lety +1

      I loved that part.

    • @Mognet_t
      @Mognet_t Před 4 lety +7

      He should change his name to Jimmy Whiff.

    • @sweetkicksvideos7566
      @sweetkicksvideos7566 Před 4 lety +3

      They should of done the laugh in slow motion

    • @Gondor80
      @Gondor80 Před 4 lety

      directive for 8 gets a 0 cmc artifact Lols poor jimmy

  • @primespeakersanders5561
    @primespeakersanders5561 Před 4 lety +1419

    Josh: *casts cyclonic rift* “Time to start making the moves to close out the game.”
    Me: *sees there are forty minutes left in the video* “so that was a lie”

    • @Mizelei2012
      @Mizelei2012 Před 4 lety +13

      They also state it outright, einstein. What would we do without you.

    • @anttilappalainen6636
      @anttilappalainen6636 Před 4 lety +5

      @Dekatrea Had that happen to me too once, except I was the first to die after the first three. Had to sit and wait in hope that there would be another game that would never happen :D

    • @CT-1255
      @CT-1255 Před 3 lety +1

      @@anttilappalainen6636 me too I own a lot of the precons so we like to match up each years precons but since I've been playing the longest they all target me because I "know too much" I try to remind them that the decks are about equal but nope I get destroyed and get to watch and advise

  • @toastghost9145
    @toastghost9145 Před 4 lety +269

    Crim was secretly absolutely critical to this game. He was never really threatening, but he had a few key plays that absolutely swept the legs from under Josh. Best support build 10/10

    • @vanthadoun1
      @vanthadoun1 Před rokem +4

      I was really rooting for Crim to start drawing lands but he kept drawing colorless lands that was painful to watch.

    • @bobwilson679
      @bobwilson679 Před rokem +3

      @@vanthadoun1 Well, Crim got a support win by helping to divert Josh’s attention, allowing Jimmy to take down josh

  • @maxjohansen9475
    @maxjohansen9475 Před 4 lety +518

    WOW what an immensely satisfying conclusion. I often feel like 90% of episodes are "Josh Lee Kwai Shenanigans vs Everyone Panicking And Doing Inferior Shenanigans" but DAMN Jimmy! Well played!!

    • @malmasterson3890
      @malmasterson3890 Před 4 lety +31

      I think the real moral of this episode is that tribal is really hard to pull off nowadays. At least the more obscure tribal.

    • @monarchgupta2712
      @monarchgupta2712 Před 3 lety +13

      Josh is too good with the value building of his decks.

    • @maxjohansen9475
      @maxjohansen9475 Před 3 lety +22

      @@monarchgupta2712 it's honestly kind of irritating that he's such a good brewer AND without a doubt mid way through, when he's on the ropes, he manages to make some lifesaving deal that ends up winning him the game!

    • @McNasty7100
      @McNasty7100 Před rokem +1

      More like everyone vs. Cassius Marsh and his shenanigans I feel

  • @davidbrooks2872
    @davidbrooks2872 Před 4 lety +1865

    What made it the best, Josh was winning by stealing everyone's card effects, and he lost by Jimmy stealing his card's effects.
    Poetic Justice

    • @CaptBackwards
      @CaptBackwards Před 4 lety +25

      01:14:37
      The long con

    • @Jaqen-HGhar
      @Jaqen-HGhar Před 4 lety +10

      Josh was winning because he kept not exiling cards every time he used Eros' escape mechanic like he was supposed to.

    • @imperialphoenix1229
      @imperialphoenix1229 Před 4 lety +14

      @@Jaqen-HGhar he was doing funky stuff so he didn't have to... No 'supposed to' involved

    • @abhikan7654
      @abhikan7654 Před 3 lety +15

      @@Jaqen-HGhar I think he never actualy cast Uro for escape. He just cast it from the command zone.

    • @SuperSayianWarrior
      @SuperSayianWarrior Před 3 lety +4

      @@abhikan7654 he attempted to, but before he could Jimmy exiled his entire grave, and since the way Commander works, Josh placed it back in the command zone and had a Commander Tax of 9

  • @nicolastoe8328
    @nicolastoe8328 Před 4 lety +301

    when jimmy hit the tormod's crypt, we all felt that

    • @soueu8D
      @soueu8D Před 4 lety +2

      But it was useful

    • @Deathkeeper43
      @Deathkeeper43 Před 4 lety +1

      Why tf is new purphoros in that deck instead of another artifact?

    • @savitararcanis2143
      @savitararcanis2143 Před 4 lety +6

      Deathkeeper the new purphoros cheats out artifacts

  • @T1nyFr0gg
    @T1nyFr0gg Před 4 lety +1048

    This was one of the most phenomenal comebacks I have ever seen, not just in magic but ever

    • @grandterrabyte8996
      @grandterrabyte8996 Před 4 lety +21

      I know it gives me chills just thinking about it

    • @josephford4972
      @josephford4972 Před 4 lety +33

      These are the kind of games that make people love magic even more.

    • @MonarchMan
      @MonarchMan Před 4 lety +3

      Hell ya

    • @michaelroy1175
      @michaelroy1175 Před 4 lety +31

      JLK blew a 28-3 lead

    • @kellischoefer7762
      @kellischoefer7762 Před 4 lety +6

      Ik right. It's still not as crazy as when my so called friend Will was playing the gideon archenemy deck, and he was teaming up with nicol bolas.

  • @pabloyepesbarrera9083
    @pabloyepesbarrera9083 Před 4 lety +302

    I remember once berely having 50+ life and trying to oneshot a friend with an aetherflux reservoir. Another friend of mine redirected the target so I ended up paying 50 to blast myself in the face.
    I know that feeling, RIP Ashlen 24:32

    • @legoawsomeness
      @legoawsomeness Před 4 lety +5

      Pablo Yepes Barrera buddy, narsets reversal doesn’t work on activated abilities

    • @kingofbudokai
      @kingofbudokai Před 4 lety +68

      @@legoawsomeness He didn't say they used that spell. He said they redirected the damage. Narset's reversal is irrelevant to Pablo's point.

    • @sigmarapper
      @sigmarapper Před 3 lety +3

      oof

    • @denissantek4055
      @denissantek4055 Před 2 lety +1

      It's funny that you still call him a friend

    • @God-..
      @God-.. Před 2 lety

      @@kingofbudokai you’re such a narsesist

  • @divineright3034
    @divineright3034 Před 4 lety +339

    Josh "I am inevitable."
    Jimmy "and I am Iron Man" snaps fingers

    • @MEIZimm
      @MEIZimm Před 4 lety +24

      Even sorta works given their commanders. Big, strong, seemingly-omnipotent alien being, vs Mr Engineer whose primary strategy is suiting up.

  • @silverleon8580
    @silverleon8580 Před 4 lety +448

    Josh: *Counters Purphoros
    Josh right afterwards: "Why do I hear Giorno's theme?"

    • @Jokubasinc
      @Jokubasinc Před 4 lety +61

      I, Jimmy Wong, have a dream

    • @dahuntre
      @dahuntre Před 4 lety +24

      Uro/King Crimson:
      - draws cards: Epitaph premonitions
      - moves within skipped time: extra land almost like extra turn, but avoiding his fate (self sacrifice) with Crystal Shard/time skips
      Only one turn/one moment until victory - 1:10:45 “Yatta! I’ve won!”
      - Suddenly, -Goblin Engineer- Goblin Experience Requiem pulls out the piano.
      1:13:20 = “This is Requiem.”
      He strikes Josh with Dementia, forcing him to forever relive his moment of victory 1:14:20 yet never reach it - drawing a card:)

    • @Danothyus1
      @Danothyus1 Před 4 lety +5

      So Josh is Diavoloand Uro is king crimson, Jimmy is Giorno, Crim is Buciaratti. Crim dies so Jimmy can use his powers to get mirage mirror (stand arrow), then uses Nahiri (golden experience) to get another one, so he can make Xenagos and altar of dementia (golden experience requiem). sounds about right.

    • @dahuntre
      @dahuntre Před 4 lety

      That’s even better for requiem! Josh’s Simic-mafia empire has fallen (I’d love to see a Simic mafia, would that just be Sultai though?)

    • @alexanderdnieves5286
      @alexanderdnieves5286 Před 4 lety +3

      Ashlyn is definitely 100% Polpo, had her own banana (Xenegos) turn against shoot her down

  • @100nodog
    @100nodog Před 2 lety +28

    "A second Mirage Mirror... What could he target with that? I'm looking around my board..."
    That glance that Josh throws at the camera is priceless

  • @nicolasrodriguezbadala1024
    @nicolasrodriguezbadala1024 Před 4 lety +90

    I loved Jimmy's "you know what 1+1+your life total is..." Moment

  • @quantumstuntmonkey7293
    @quantumstuntmonkey7293 Před 4 lety +440

    “I block with my face.” Classic Crim.

    • @quantumstuntmonkey7293
      @quantumstuntmonkey7293 Před 4 lety +38

      Crim missing land drops. Classic Crim.

    • @GiovanniBoss
      @GiovanniBoss Před 4 lety +3

      The missing land part is even more Crim-esque. XD

    • @autobotjazz1972
      @autobotjazz1972 Před 4 lety

      I am totally using that in my next MTG match

    • @ritchie1457
      @ritchie1457 Před 3 lety

      Dousing dagger played by Jimmy must have reminded Crim of Richard in that moment 🤣🤣 really hope Tomer and Crim or Richard and Seth come on sometime 😁

  • @liamtwhitekrawiec9625
    @liamtwhitekrawiec9625 Před 4 lety +353

    Jimmy: *taps out and plays potentially threatening spell*
    Lords of Chaos: can't let him have good plays.

    • @kingmric
      @kingmric Před 4 lety +1

      That hurt. Lost a purphoros, dockside, and that intervention. Feels bad

    • @ikeepsecrets6641
      @ikeepsecrets6641 Před 4 lety

      @@kingmric I found it extremely entertaining

    • @Shockwave377
      @Shockwave377 Před 4 lety +2

      On the up side it churned through his deck

    • @hoppeltrottel7484
      @hoppeltrottel7484 Před 4 lety +1

      Jimmy doing Jimmy things. Whenever he taps some Mountain, hilarity ensues. I really like him for that. =)

    • @kdchmln
      @kdchmln Před 4 lety

      not so much lords of chaos as he still doesn't understand how to build commander decks

  • @KnowingisHalftheBattle
    @KnowingisHalftheBattle Před 3 lety +38

    The Eldrazi queen at the end with the petty "No Kozilek?" was so good 🤣🤣 Love Ashlen!

  • @johanneshermansson7630
    @johanneshermansson7630 Před 4 lety +37

    Not only was the general narrative in this episode amazing but I love that the guy with the Icarus inspired magic card as his commander won by punishing his opponent for flying too close to the sun.

  • @josephg3462
    @josephg3462 Před 4 lety +329

    "Time to make the moves that close out the game..."
    *Sees over an hour still left in the video*
    Seems legit

  • @jakeapplegate6642
    @jakeapplegate6642 Před 4 lety +382

    Josh “flew too close to the sun”. Truly a fitting end for a theros themed game.

    • @shinigami_0127
      @shinigami_0127 Před 4 lety +2

      Icarus?

    • @jakeapplegate6642
      @jakeapplegate6642 Před 4 lety +6

      Cherry Blossom yeah. Theros is supposed to be based on Greek mythology.

    • @00SmileTime00
      @00SmileTime00 Před 4 lety +2

      I think you flew a little too close to that allegory

    • @saphired02
      @saphired02 Před 4 lety +1

      Wow this litterly just happened to my friend he drew much cards throughout the game got greedy and died from it classic.

    • @Steve-xw6bl
      @Steve-xw6bl Před 4 lety +4

      Careful, Icarus

  • @epicmlgchicken7578
    @epicmlgchicken7578 Před 4 lety +116

    Draws Tormod's Crypt from eleven mana: no ones laughing
    Josh: *(windows 10 noises)*

  • @Lith5484
    @Lith5484 Před 3 lety +30

    I’ve watched this episode somewhere in the realm of ten times since it came out. That cut when Josh realizes that Altar of Dementia will kill him is still probably the best editing masterpiece the command zone has ever done.

  • @EricTann
    @EricTann Před 4 lety +455

    What a crazy ending. There's some lesson here about Theros, Greece and the concept of Hubris.

    • @lucarr1041
      @lucarr1041 Před 4 lety +1

      Sorry, what's that last thing? I don't speak spanish :-P

    • @apple2awesome697
      @apple2awesome697 Před 4 lety +3

      S V maybe it wasn’t supposed to be, but (at least to me) it was a reference to a LRR sketch. It was also about Theros(but original Theros)

    • @bigwig8657
      @bigwig8657 Před 4 lety +7

      Josh displaying hubris and arrogance, to the surprise of literally no one.

    • @jeremycocciolone9223
      @jeremycocciolone9223 Před 4 lety +1

      @@apple2awesome697 The Oracle of Theros. Yes. You are a man of culture.

    • @nicholasepsilon3534
      @nicholasepsilon3534 Před 4 lety

      Josh thought himself a hare away from victory
      But Jimmy, though slow going, made it out from the jaws of defeat.

  • @CanuckMonkey13
    @CanuckMonkey13 Před 4 lety +1420

    The quality of the editing on this video... **Chef's Kiss** Too many details to call out specifically, but I have to mention that the montage of Josh drawing and self-milling, mixed with Jimmy saying he'd never mill out, had me laughing SO HARD. The editing is always great, but somehow, your team stepped things up several notches for this one. Thanks to all involved!

    • @Mortyee
      @Mortyee Před 4 lety +26

      That montage was truly awesome.

    • @mikhar
      @mikhar Před 4 lety +51

      The editing I noticed was the Mirage Mirror activation effects. Great stuff.

    • @soricesofast
      @soricesofast Před 4 lety +26

      like the end of Usual Suspects. so good. made it seem like Jimmy knew how he was going to win all along :D

    • @CanuckMonkey13
      @CanuckMonkey13 Před 4 lety +5

      @mikhar: Yeah, the Mirage Mirror stuff was also beautifully done. I've never played with the card myself and for the first few times, I had no idea what was ACTUALLY supposed to be visible in the mirror!

    • @skinnyman8320
      @skinnyman8320 Před 4 lety

      I laughed so hard!

  • @iMorands
    @iMorands Před 4 lety +203

    Jimmy: "It's not funny. Nobody's laughting"
    JLK: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

  • @pedramcq
    @pedramcq Před 4 lety +151

    Josh: "Now we see the power of Xenagos and Selvala"
    Me: "You mean Ashlen's cards right?"

  • @genie7190
    @genie7190 Před 4 lety +513

    I'm not gonna lie, about halfway through this episode I got the feeling of "Oh, not another Josh Lee Kwai roflstomp win"
    Thank you Jimmy. You may not have been the hero we wanted, but you were definitely the hero we needed.

    • @Tylersingin
      @Tylersingin Před 4 lety +11

      What are you saying? I wish there were more wins by mill out there

    • @kitcoakley1357
      @kitcoakley1357 Před 4 lety +8

      Idk, I love a good underdog victory and in this game the powerhouse died first and the ultimate threat of the game was vanquished in the best of ways.

    • @BowTieSoFlyGaming
      @BowTieSoFlyGaming Před 4 lety +20

      Same. Was getting annoyed with the seemingly inevitable Josh steamroll (since he’d been up basically all game), but was happy with how things ended up.

    • @nicholasepsilon3534
      @nicholasepsilon3534 Před 4 lety +2

      He was the Asian avenger this time!

    • @TheGprinziv
      @TheGprinziv Před 4 lety +5

      I was screaming at Josh when he didn't plasm capture the Saheeli. Screaming.
      He also could have sacced the Xenagos in response to the Mirage Mirror (Xenagos, Henge, Avenger, and Zendikar Resurgent is 7 devotion) and avoided the whole thing

  • @Avalonians_
    @Avalonians_ Před 4 lety +389

    Josh with an altar of dementia on the board and 33 cards left in his library: "I can't think of an artifact that could kill me right now"
    Mindslaver: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @veganwiener8047
    @veganwiener8047 Před 4 lety +79

    Jimmy: Next you’ll say, “What artifact could he copy to win?”
    Josh: What artifact could he copy to win?... NANI!?
    *Overdrive blasts*

  • @achris8923
    @achris8923 Před 4 lety +26

    Wow, I didn't expect this show to be this rookie-friendly. Quite educative indeed, and equally entertaining.

  • @lafgames4866
    @lafgames4866 Před 4 lety +432

    "He died the way he wanted, drawing cards" - JLK. What a quote

    • @faerie7dragon
      @faerie7dragon Před 4 lety +2

      He went out with a smile too!

    • @mamasboii9437
      @mamasboii9437 Před 4 lety +2

      Such a cop out. "I'm not giving my opponent credit for beating me, I'm considering this a victory and the only reason I lost is because of what I did, nothing to do with my opponent" is the general translation of that. What a dick move.

    • @mamasboii9437
      @mamasboii9437 Před 4 lety

      @Xicor
      Oooooooohhh, "kid", we got a Shakespearean poet over here!

    • @SilverAlex92
      @SilverAlex92 Před 4 lety

      @@mamasboii9437 actually he's right. He overmilled himself, and was drawing three for each creature cast even on a full hand. Jimmy and crim pulled a nice sequence of plays at the end, but Josh only lost because of his greed. And also because of a simple deckbuilding mistake, a single copy of og ulamog or kozilek would make his engines run forever and be inmune to mill. In a deck that actively wants to draw a ton of cards and mill itself, it seems a decent backup.

    • @mamasboii9437
      @mamasboii9437 Před 4 lety

      @Frank Martinez
      Jesus Christ you're either an uneducated foreigner or a child with that level of vocabulary. Get schooled, kid.

  • @rmk9892
    @rmk9892 Před 4 lety +418

    When Jimmy whiffed with the Saheeli's directive and Josh said "that was Hermit Druid-esque" I felt that

    • @sigmarapper
      @sigmarapper Před 3 lety +5

      only ogs remember that lol

    • @ThisIsAigle
      @ThisIsAigle Před 3 lety +10

      Mmmm Bear Force

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven Před 3 lety +1

      F o r e s t

    • @100nodog
      @100nodog Před 2 lety

      "How bad could a single Hermit Druid activation actually be?"
      It felt pretty bad for Jimmy

  • @natebrown1917
    @natebrown1917 Před 3 lety +37

    I watched this when Theros first launched. It hits differently after losing to Uro infinitely many times on arena

  • @Rose-nz8ej
    @Rose-nz8ej Před 4 lety +60

    Anything: Happens
    Josh: So anyways I started responding.

  • @boyonemaddox2426
    @boyonemaddox2426 Před 4 lety +193

    ashlin: board wipe
    josh: no you

  • @lukestacey9018
    @lukestacey9018 Před 4 lety +286

    Ashlen: is undefeated
    Josh: “if you can’t beat ‘em, BE THEM”

  • @crodog100
    @crodog100 Před 4 lety +48

    Jimmy:”There’s no way you’re gonna mill out!”
    Josh:”So that was a lie”

  • @jasmithcomposer
    @jasmithcomposer Před 4 lety +19

    Everyone else- "We're playing Gods and titans, massive threats with powerful abilities that are hard to to kill."
    Jimmy- "I'm gonna play the fish guy who makes neat stuff!" XD

  • @michaelc.4724
    @michaelc.4724 Před 4 lety +171

    Ashlen plays Pyrohemia
    Jimmy: “Beautiful.”

  • @QrazyQuarian
    @QrazyQuarian Před 4 lety +145

    One of the best endings to a game I've ever seen. An out-of-nowhere, Yami-Yugi play that nobody sees coming, ripping the rug out from under the archenemy on the last possible turn! An underdog play for the ages! You could not fabricate a better play for television. Congrats Jimmy, you earned the win.

    • @JPRyan816
      @JPRyan816 Před 4 lety +16

      this comeback win is second only to the bears.

    • @jackbell6023
      @jackbell6023 Před 4 lety +27

      Add to that the fact that Jimmy used Purphoros (god he loves), Metalworker (a card he won an early episode with), Mirage Mirror (has Neheb, the cursed commander on the art), Altar of Dementia (strong contributor to his Hogaak performance) and kind of pulled off what Graham did to him, and it definitely feels like an anime ending - it all came together. That, and he never cast a blue card in that final turn; only red!

    • @jackbell6023
      @jackbell6023 Před 4 lety +4

      Oh, and Purphoros helped him win the Numot/Gaby Spartz episode too

  • @noodleks956
    @noodleks956 Před 2 lety +8

    That cocky look on ashlyn's face when Josh was counting his cards left and she said 14 before him was pure gold I love her so much

  • @malcolmpayne3598
    @malcolmpayne3598 Před 4 lety +22

    "No way you're dying to milling, Josh."
    *Proceeds to mill Josh*

  • @Duskraven377
    @Duskraven377 Před 4 lety +200

    Even at the start of the ep, I was like "Uh-oh, they let Josh, God of Value Engines, play UG?" And it played out like I thought it would...
    ...but that ending. Easily the most epic win of this series to date.

    • @perrycarters3113
      @perrycarters3113 Před 4 lety +7

      I'll be honest, once he started milling himself I was like "That's probably a mistake unless you're planning to Escape Uro several times."

    • @dylanjohnson6481
      @dylanjohnson6481 Před 4 lety +22

      I agree super epic, but what about jimmy playing hogaak and swinging with a full board casually saying "math is for blockers" and then dying to an onslaught of bears?

    • @ionga
      @ionga Před 4 lety +1

      @@dylanjohnson6481 Yeah, couldn't stop laughing at that one. I made an Ayula deck because of the episode

    • @LetMeCookBro69
      @LetMeCookBro69 Před 4 lety +1

      Damn i gotta stop reading comments before the video. I dont even wanna watch anymore lol

    • @ilianceroni
      @ilianceroni Před 4 lety +1

      @@perrycarters3113 yeah, thought the same, I knew it was going to end like this. There was to much value in cards draw and all that mill was really usefull only twice I think. And even when escaping Uro, he draws a card and play a land, value with no real Win-Con and a big downside attached to it.
      My question was "Who's going to be able to use it against him?" but also "does he has Oracle of Thassa in his hand?"

  • @guffe5813
    @guffe5813 Před 4 lety +236

    can we just appreciate the animations, that happens when a commander enters the battlefield

    • @joppe5746
      @joppe5746 Před 4 lety +6

      A User agreed, the thassa animation was amazing

    • @ironhanssmithy
      @ironhanssmithy Před 4 lety +7

      Just the whole production value in these videos are the best of any magic channel I've seen :)

    • @MrAndrewsAnimations
      @MrAndrewsAnimations Před 4 lety +3

      Mirage mirror has such a great animation! All that work for about 3 seconds

    • @jdubbleyou
      @jdubbleyou Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah you know what- not worth it to me. I'd rather see twice as many game knights episodes with half as much work put into animations/editing. That's just me though.

    • @ironhanssmithy
      @ironhanssmithy Před 4 lety

      @@jdubbleyou the whole game knights episodes are only running once a month regardless of their editing due to other things like getting guests on the show every episode so they wouldn't make it more than once a month anyway.

  • @OmniumAtmosphere
    @OmniumAtmosphere Před 3 lety +21

    Having recently gotten back into MTG after about a 10 year hiatus, and watching some pro tour coverage, this was 100x more entertaining than watching pro's constantly shuffle the cards in their hands. Sub'd!

  • @kal5em
    @kal5em Před 3 lety +11

    "He died the way he lived, drawing cards"

  • @KomoliRihyoh
    @KomoliRihyoh Před 4 lety +105

    Fun tidbit: In Mirage Mirror's animation, Embercleave shows up for a split second to foreshadow it's entrance
    edit: Master of Waves, too!

    • @rforplants6088
      @rforplants6088 Před 4 lety +7

      Doesn't it show all the cards in the field it could be? It was super amazing!!

  • @puffin-onehandedgamer1164
    @puffin-onehandedgamer1164 Před 4 lety +167

    45:08 Josh is completely right here. if you know someone has Cyclonic rift or a counterspell in their hand, force them to use it. this is why, I always agressively attack the person that has answers in their hand that I know about. they think that if they say "I wouldn' attack me, I have cyclonic rit in my hand", I will attack someone else, no, I will attack you and force you to use it, because every time I don't, it's like one extra use of it you get for free.

    • @Unforgiven11
      @Unforgiven11 Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah I liked that he casually dropped that little morsel of information. So many times people play too carefully around someone with big counters. Gotta start just kamikaze-ing them asap so they dont keep increasing value each turn

    • @gothkrix
      @gothkrix Před 4 lety +2

      @@Unforgiven11 Yep, as a Talrand player that's true. If my opponents start coming at me without fear of counterspells and bounces, eventually my juice will run out and they "win by exhaustion" before I am able to really lock down the table for good. So yes, going with no fear is the best option when you know the control player has something in his hand, instead of avoiding it allowing just for the control player to keep stacking more control in his hand, while controling without doing anything just by people avoiding him.

    • @TheRealSarceus
      @TheRealSarceus Před 4 lety +6

      Yup, the best strategy to adopt in these cases is "don't negotiate with terrorists." My Ur-Dragon deck is especially good at this; every creature is such a powerful threat that no amount of counterspells will ever be enough to hold it down for long.

    • @gon.042
      @gon.042 Před 4 lety

      I think it's just that Jimmy and Crim didn't really have anything at that point. So it was Ashlen trying to deal with Josh by herself and getting overwhelmed by Josh's great start (the amount of card and mana pool advantage was a bit insane).

    • @ppellacani
      @ppellacani Před 4 lety

      I agree with you!

  • @melindagreer4177
    @melindagreer4177 Před 4 lety +14

    27:13
    That look on Ashlyns face.
    Reminds me of how my parents looked at me my entire life.

  • @Flip4Crypt
    @Flip4Crypt Před 2 lety +6

    The mill sequence editing is almost as spectacular as The comeback at the end of the video
    Amazing

  • @princephantom1294
    @princephantom1294 Před 4 lety +255

    Ashlen: I cast Xenagos, God of revels
    Kylothis: wait that's illegal

    • @amadeustd3418
      @amadeustd3418 Před 4 lety +3

      Klothys: This pantheon ain't allowed to have us both, including this game!

  • @tylervantuinen871
    @tylervantuinen871 Před 4 lety +55

    "And that's all I can do"
    -JLK after doing literally everything

    • @TheGprinziv
      @TheGprinziv Před 4 lety

      Except sacrificing his Xenagos :P

  • @The__Thunder__
    @The__Thunder__ Před 3 lety +5

    Alright imagine, josh reaches his hand out to jimmy to shake, jimmy is so excited he finally won, but inside josh's hand is a mnemonic nexus

  • @giuseppedagostino6854
    @giuseppedagostino6854 Před 4 lety +9

    Jimmy: "I'm gonna reveal the first eight cards of my deck and take the artifacts"
    Luck: "That's it, I'm calling the police"

  • @Dracinard
    @Dracinard Před 4 lety +66

    That final sequence - beautiful. Utterly beautiful. Out of nowhere, crazy sequence, that Mirage Mirror... oooh, that's some damn good Magic.

  • @jacobjusino1997
    @jacobjusino1997 Před 4 lety +131

    "No one's laughing"
    Everyone: oh nooo..
    Josh: hehehehehe

  • @georgeb9977
    @georgeb9977 Před 4 lety

    Legitimately your most epic yet. The effects were absolutely superb with each of the card animations and the match could not have turned out any more crazy! Nicely done, so excited for the next.....and I gotta get me an URO!

  • @katycrisler8528
    @katycrisler8528 Před rokem +1

    The foreshadowing in the second half is so perfect 😂😂😂 just the subtle looks at Josh’s deck, the “I don’t want to mill out sooo” it’s practically cinema

  • @KalebAsmadi
    @KalebAsmadi Před 4 lety +131

    Right up there with Bearforce One winning.
    Overpowered deck is roflstomping against relatively fairer decks, but one rises up and crushes the tyrant.
    Well done, Jimmy.

    • @pyronix
      @pyronix Před 4 lety +6

      bearforce one was epic haha!

    • @koderandom3004
      @koderandom3004 Před 4 lety +1

      Nice name.

    • @Skylos
      @Skylos Před 4 lety +5

      Litterally only the Bear deck was fair in that one game

  • @morgano.4047
    @morgano.4047 Před 4 lety +246

    Game Knights: We're having a Theros Beyond Death epidsode!!
    Also Game Knights: *discards all the god cards*

    • @OhNoTheFace
      @OhNoTheFace Před 4 lety +3

      They want to make actually interesting TV

    • @DraconisMarchVII
      @DraconisMarchVII Před 4 lety +1

      @@OhNoTheFace Only having one blue deck with any kind of stack interaction definitely detracts from the interesting factor.

    • @Izelor
      @Izelor Před 4 lety

      That's because they suck.

    • @fidly4
      @fidly4 Před 4 lety

      Yes, I would much prefer zero blue decks with stack interaction.

    • @DraconisMarchVII
      @DraconisMarchVII Před 4 lety +1

      @@fidly4 Okay, potato.

  • @captaind5367
    @captaind5367 Před 4 lety

    Great Video! Fun to watch and the editing is awsome! I dont play commander but I'm inspired to try it out after watching this. The card explanations helped alot since I don't know many of the cards.

  • @aaronmiller1004
    @aaronmiller1004 Před 2 lety

    That...was an epic sequence of events! You guys are super fun to watch. I enjoy and learn so much every episode. Keep doing what you're doing! Only One May Stand!! Congrats Jimmy!

  • @timothybuehler1823
    @timothybuehler1823 Před 4 lety +242

    Best line in the video: “If you to have been affected by Cyclonic Rift, be sure to call 1-800-why isn’t that card banned?” 😂I want that shirt!😂

    • @erik19borgnia
      @erik19borgnia Před 4 lety +1

      However, double Cyclonic Rift and then lose xD

    • @daviddeveymestdagh303
      @daviddeveymestdagh303 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah, that's a super fun card /s

    • @erik19borgnia
      @erik19borgnia Před 4 lety +3

      @@daviddeveymestdagh303 Totally agree. Other cards at least are a bit more fair. Evacuation it's all creatures. Upheaval is a sorcery, same as Washout, and mostly all the others. Cyclonic Rift is the only card with an instant one sided effect. Pretty rough.

    • @timothybuehler1823
      @timothybuehler1823 Před 4 lety +1

      Sunder returns all lands at Instant speed.

    • @erik19borgnia
      @erik19borgnia Před 4 lety +1

      @@timothybuehler1823 But it returns ALL lands. Also, it's a totally different effect. Just lands, even when land destruction is pretty much "banned" in most playgroups, is not totally awful. However that's a card I would never play just because it's not really fun for the board.

  • @TheJR7360
    @TheJR7360 Před 4 lety

    Damn the editing is so good! As some one who doesn't play commander, the editing does a good job at helping me understand the cards. Amazing!

  • @macch33zygaming42
    @macch33zygaming42 Před 2 lety +5

    That flashback part at the ending was hilarious and epic!

  • @TheLibertybellz
    @TheLibertybellz Před 4 lety +22

    Shout out to the Mirage Mirror animation. Giving some well deserved love to the most dynamic artifact around. ALSO shout out to that double activation play by Josh. That was the zestiest thing that I've seen in awhile.

  • @Noihara
    @Noihara Před 4 lety +351

    JLK: NotLikeThis
    Me screaming at the Screen: YES LIKE THIS YES DO IT JIMMY PLEASE

  • @questforchips
    @questforchips Před rokem

    The editing and production is awesome. Well done. First time here, will watch more!

  • @stevehammer4139
    @stevehammer4139 Před 4 lety +4

    i've watched this 3 times and EVERY time i enjoy that ending. well done Jimmy.

  • @ubermusli
    @ubermusli Před 4 lety +248

    Me: Oh I definitely know who's going to win now.
    *Sees how much time is left of the video*
    Or do I...?

    • @redstonepro5412
      @redstonepro5412 Před 4 lety +2

      Effectivly he won on turn 3, the loss was just misplay amd/or bad deckbuilding

    • @ubermusli
      @ubermusli Před 4 lety +8

      @@redstonepro5412 is it bad deckbuilding, in your opinion, if you don't always build decks to be the strongest deck possible?

    • @redstonepro5412
      @redstonepro5412 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ubermusli nope, bad deckbuilding is if you play way to less interactionspells for no reason

    • @punkhippe
      @punkhippe Před 4 lety +2

      @@redstonepro5412 i mean is a turn three on games nights good content. Like spike feeders are a thing. You can watch cedh but have chosen not to by clicking the video. It wouldn't be fun to watch Josh just stomp the guests on turn 4. The branding of this show doesnt really facilitate that.

    • @brysonmcguire7298
      @brysonmcguire7298 Před 4 lety +3

      @@redstonepro5412 I mean you say "less interaction spells", and looking at his decklist, I would say that it has less than normal JLK levels... but are you forgetting that he consistently interacted with the board in a 1vs3 situation?? Seems like the deck has less interaction because he can consistently draw into it AND replay it.

  • @zanewederell9571
    @zanewederell9571 Před 4 lety +168

    Josh: *has a big board state*
    Ashlen: I'm about to end this man's whole career
    Josh *plays Narset's Reversal* no u

  • @michaeldaigle7818
    @michaeldaigle7818 Před 4 lety

    Love this channel. Just started playing commander and this channel is a big reason for it. Probably my new favorite format.

  • @pablogimenes5704
    @pablogimenes5704 Před 4 lety +1

    wow, I blame the editing lmao Soooo good! Loved the channel and you guys, thank u for creating all of this! Xoxo

  • @AngeloRosales64
    @AngeloRosales64 Před 4 lety +154

    The mirage mirror was the best card played today. Hands down.

    • @collin4555
      @collin4555 Před 4 lety

      Having just learned that this card exists, I am now in love with it

    • @sephyrias883
      @sephyrias883 Před 4 lety +3

      Cyclonic Rift

    • @fantasioification
      @fantasioification Před 4 lety

      Josh could play better and turn Mirage Mirror to Zendikar Resurgence and fload more mana in the meantime.

    • @gianmarcosilli8883
      @gianmarcosilli8883 Před 4 lety

      And I found one yesterday in an hour of devastation pack😆 it will be perfect for my upcoming Thassa's commander deck

    • @RayFisherBiscuitstix
      @RayFisherBiscuitstix Před 4 lety +1

      Mirage Mirror is my favorite card in commander hands down, versatile, can dodge removal, and can do some buuuusted stuff. I love it.
      My playgroups not so much.

  • @samueldugas-beaurivage3223
    @samueldugas-beaurivage3223 Před 4 lety +39

    Let's Play Spot the Veldaken Orrery: 35:31

    • @Customerbuilder
      @Customerbuilder Před 4 lety +3

      This should be a game. A Where's Waldo for VO.

    • @frago321
      @frago321 Před 4 lety

      Dude, you just created a new mini game!

    • @erik19borgnia
      @erik19borgnia Před 4 lety

      I did saw it. And I thought "OH NO THE ORRERY!"

  • @voltcorp
    @voltcorp Před 4 lety +6

    "that's when you make the movements to close out the game" *looks at time left* I love this show.

  • @stefanwolf7171
    @stefanwolf7171 Před rokem

    Honestly best game I watched like ever. Gave me goosebumbs in the end. Thank you for all your content.

  • @joelhatterini6392
    @joelhatterini6392 Před 4 lety +54

    This entire episode is basically the saying "One is not zero"

  • @robbiegurnicki4632
    @robbiegurnicki4632 Před 4 lety +87

    Misplay when jimmy attacked w/ wurmcoil an embercleave. Josh shouldve taken more because trample states that the creature will deal enough to kill the blocker then the rest to defending player. However because of deathtouch 1 damage is enough to kill so therefore wurmcoil always deals 13 damage total to players if blocked by 1 creature

  • @roberthastings5969
    @roberthastings5969 Před 2 lety

    This was the coolest thing I have ever seen in the history of MTG, I have never seen a cooler comeback in my entire life, bravo!

  • @Judsantos
    @Judsantos Před 2 lety

    What an epic episode!
    Thank you, guys!
    It was realy amazing!

  • @robinsgryer6237
    @robinsgryer6237 Před 4 lety +73

    Never thought having a game knights drop at the end of what seemed like a pretty bad day for me would brighten it up so much and I haven't even watched it yet
    Thanks so much guys !!

    • @commandcast
      @commandcast  Před 4 lety +18

      Glad we could provide a little pick-me-up! Hope the rest of your day goes better.

  • @Dracinard
    @Dracinard Před 4 lety +117

    Jimmy, after hitting the Tormod's Crypt: "It's not funny. No-one's laughing."
    Me: I beg to differ.

  • @ryanseditz9465
    @ryanseditz9465 Před 4 lety

    Thank you guys for teaching me commander
    I learnt it simply from just watching you guys play magic
    Plus this is probably my 4 month of playing magic and I already have so many cards

  • @Divock
    @Divock Před 4 lety

    I want to give props to the editing not just for the cleverness but also because there was definite restraint to make the moment funny but not too over the top.

  • @Kazz1187
    @Kazz1187 Před 4 lety +96

    "ill block with... my face." I think that's a quote I'll never forget, might even introduce it to my playgroup hahah

  • @DerDarkfire1
    @DerDarkfire1 Před 4 lety +66

    "Shut the doors, close the windows, we are in a house, a cyclone came... The metaphor is just great."
    This gotta be one of THE best quotes from Gameknights for me this far.

    • @joaocisne556
      @joaocisne556 Před 4 lety +2

      better then "such a jerk card for jerks" from episode 14?

  • @mtgburgeoning3205
    @mtgburgeoning3205 Před 4 lety

    Wow! This was probably one of the best Game Knights ever! You never disappoint! Thank you again!!

  • @Kuronosa
    @Kuronosa Před 4 lety

    Ya gotta love the humble beginnings of the catchphrase "Only One May Stand", from just something Josh said offhandedly in one of the first videos, to now being something that they legit have to get everyone to say now....It's awesome.

  • @OvAeons
    @OvAeons Před 4 lety +52

    ok that was one of the top wins i have seen on here! Redeems Jimmy for that " MATH IS FOR DEFENDERS" game :D

  • @srf1011
    @srf1011 Před 4 lety +148

    That moment where even though Jimmy won, he looks like he lost everything.

    • @MegaNOObxX
      @MegaNOObxX Před 4 lety +29

      It took every ounce of his being to get that win. It leeched his poor soul hahahaha!

    • @FairchildTom
      @FairchildTom Před 3 lety +3

      literal bags under his eyes

  • @tayshope8406
    @tayshope8406 Před 2 lety +3

    Jimmy: *plays Dowsing Dagger*
    Crim: *internal screaming*

  • @OmegaMTG
    @OmegaMTG Před 3 lety

    Been watching your playlist of Game Knights. Haven't played commander yet but love seeing a mill win as I run a blue and white mill deck in standard as my primary.