Homebrew Commander w/ The Professor and Wedge | Game Knights 18 | Magic the Gathering Gameplay

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    SHOW NOTES:
    The Professor from Tolarian Community College and Wedge from The Mana Source return to the show to face off against Jimmy and Josh in a good old-fashioned knock-down drag-out battle of HOMEBREW COMMANDER DECKS.
    It's Sygg, River Guide Merfolk vs Ruhan of the Fomori Voltron vs Neheb, the Worthy Discard vs Athreos / Shadowborn Apostle.
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    Decklists:
    JLK's Athreos / Shadowborn Apostle:
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    Jimmy's Neheb, the Worthy:
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    tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rrrooo...
    The Professor's Sygg, River Guide:
    www.archidekt.com/decks/46637...
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    • MTG - A Guide To Sygg,...
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  • @WyllCKP
    @WyllCKP Před 4 lety +1544

    "This is pure chance, and I deny, I defy it; it is not real: Roll the dice."
    "I'm not in combat yet?"
    "ROLL IT!"

  • @RhysticStudies
    @RhysticStudies Před 6 lety +2061

    *"Thank you, Mr. The Source"*

  • @TrackerRoo
    @TrackerRoo Před 4 lety +1241

    These matches tend to devolve into "Everyone we have to band together against Josh to stop his crazy bullshit."

    • @RoxyGotMoxy.
      @RoxyGotMoxy. Před 4 lety +43

      I'm basically the female "J.L.K" in my group too. People tend to get wary of my Bolas deck after the first time they see me cast Insurrection, kill a player, sac the remaining creatures to Mind Slash with a Waste Not out to strip their hands and fill their graveyards more and then use the mana generated off Waste Not to help cast a Rise of the Dark Realms to keep their creatures permanently, with counter mana backup. XD

    • @senoreverything6366
      @senoreverything6366 Před 3 lety +28

      @@RoxyGotMoxy. when I first read that I thought bolas was boros and I thought "since when has anyone ever been scared of a boros deck?? 😂"

    • @mystikx2205
      @mystikx2205 Před 3 lety +19

      @@senoreverything6366 I mean....Game Knights #25, when JLK ripped out a Smothering Tithe/Wheel of Fortune combo and exploded from there.

    • @senoreverything6366
      @senoreverything6366 Před 3 lety +4

      @@mystikx2205 but are those combos ever in a JUST boros deck? Both of those cards are one pip each, you could put those in a 3-5 color deck

    • @Blackflame24
      @Blackflame24 Před 3 lety +6

      Señor Everything I have a pretty nasty Boros deck that I completed a month ago that my friends are still trying to figure out how to beat

  • @insertusername823
    @insertusername823 Před 5 lety +1505

    Prof: "Lords of Chaos, don't mess with me. It's not a threat, it's a promise."
    Lords of Chaos: You're talking mad shit for someone within chaos distance.
    Wedge: *Rolls a 2*

    • @tommygrozier4789
      @tommygrozier4789 Před 5 lety +25

      Prof is great in this episode

    • @mistraven8234
      @mistraven8234 Před 4 lety +3

      I fucking love this comment XD

    • @bradenskaggs5350
      @bradenskaggs5350 Před 4 lety +10

      @@tommygrozier4789 He's also great in their Extra turns video. It's amazing

    • @DraygaFlight
      @DraygaFlight Před 4 lety +8

      The irony is that the winner was the only one never attacked by chaos...

    • @henrywebb3009
      @henrywebb3009 Před 4 lety +1

      I know you replied this a while ago. I just found the channel. This made me laugh. A lot. Well done sir.

  • @DaelinD
    @DaelinD Před 5 lety +1475

    "I phase back in to a wasteland..."
    "Okay, on your upkeep..."
    "What..?"
    "...I'm gonna sacrifice 24 zombies..."
    "Oh, that's..."
    "...to create 24 black mana"
    "Wait, no..."
    "...and 24 Blood Artist triggers, and drain you for 24."

    • @pumpumran6601
      @pumpumran6601 Před 4 lety +65

      Hey, i get the second place

    • @owenk9662
      @owenk9662 Před 4 lety +52

      I was wondering what Wedge was expecting when the alter can just be activated at instant speed.

    • @ivaneckhardt7010
      @ivaneckhardt7010 Před 4 lety +37

      I laughed SO hard when i saw this post. Very, very late, but thank you for writing this, it really made my day

    • @edpaulomcdonnell-velasquez970
      @edpaulomcdonnell-velasquez970 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ivaneckhardt7010 Same lol

    • @flameofmage1099
      @flameofmage1099 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ivaneckhardt7010 You think YOURE late?

  • @sir_toadstool
    @sir_toadstool Před 6 lety +1700

    Thanks Josh. Now Shadowborn Apostle is $10.00 :P

    • @scatterbrainart
      @scatterbrainart Před 5 lety +209

      He owns them all.

    • @richardredmon9016
      @richardredmon9016 Před 5 lety +24

      isnt he limited to only 1 in commander builds?

    • @888Dagon
      @888Dagon Před 5 lety +231

      Shadowborn Aposltes have a special ability saying that you can have as many as you want in your deck.

    • @iangratton6062
      @iangratton6062 Před 5 lety +52

      It says on the card, you can have as many as he wants. @@richardredmon9016

    • @imasiontist653
      @imasiontist653 Před 5 lety +26

      @@richardredmon9016 boi

  • @noahklein9536
    @noahklein9536 Před 5 lety +521

    I love wedges reaction to ob nixilis when Josh said he was a 51/51
    Mans literally said "ok, sure"
    I'm dead 😂😂

  • @YTWgamer
    @YTWgamer Před 4 lety +318

    I don't know why but I always find myself returning to this episode. It's so familial and normal. Almost feels like I'm watching a bunch of lifelong friends hashing it out in a weekend commander game.

    • @Maverick2736
      @Maverick2736 Před 2 lety +30

      It's the excessive at-gun-point overacting in the newer episodes. The card animations are incredible, but the constant forced overacting almost makes me want to ask them to blink twice if they're in danger.

    • @flowdaflava6574
      @flowdaflava6574 Před 2 lety +5

      I’ve probably seen this episode 5-6 times

    • @piquelle2774
      @piquelle2774 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Maverick2736 this episode was the first on I watched and what really drove me to get back into magic. This episode and the bear episode.

    • @Jackie_3
      @Jackie_3 Před rokem +6

      @@Maverick2736 Agreed, the newer episodes seem so uptight, but the older ones have such a relaxed and joking nature that it feels more welcoming

    • @arransnyders242
      @arransnyders242 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Personally I think it’s the jimmy not drawing lands

  • @TolarianCommunityCollege
    @TolarianCommunityCollege Před 6 lety +6692

    Exploding balls of gas thousands of light years away do not influence my personality or the events that unfold in my life. Chanting to non-existent beings does not affect the outcome of a random roll of dice. Black cats do not cause bad luck, and there is no Santa Claus.
    I am a blast at parties.

    • @TheCommanderDojo
      @TheCommanderDojo Před 6 lety +283

      I think you'd fit right in at my annual "nothing matters-existence is meaningless" party.

    • @samarbrander981
      @samarbrander981 Před 6 lety +123

      Deck Builder’s Society nothing’s better in the morning than a warm cup of nihilism

    • @TheCommanderDojo
      @TheCommanderDojo Před 6 lety +78

      Samarbrander 🎶 The best part of waking up is sadness in my cup

    • @samarbrander981
      @samarbrander981 Před 6 lety +48

      Deck Builder’s Society I enjoy my life like I do my coffee bitter and disappointing

    • @trbrtsn
      @trbrtsn Před 6 lety +20

      Not It.

  • @Cimoooooooo
    @Cimoooooooo Před 6 lety +2508

    Plot twist: next Game Knights, Jimmy plays a deck of all lands. 😂

    • @silverfangmoonhunter
      @silverfangmoonhunter Před 6 lety +142

      Cimoooooooo A traveler from a distant land appears. Literally both really weird and really cool to see you in the comment section of an mtg video.

    • @the_trash_mane5875
      @the_trash_mane5875 Před 6 lety +54

      Holy shit how did you end up here dood?

    • @FizzleIsGaming
      @FizzleIsGaming Před 6 lety +30

      Cimoooooooo oh hey you play magic too! Cool

    • @musicjax
      @musicjax Před 6 lety +19

      Jordan L he might be getting into it because he was unfamiliar when he made his video about MtG cards

    • @ElGoblino98
      @ElGoblino98 Před 6 lety +20

      Cimoooooooo this isn't yugioh 😂

  • @dillpickle694
    @dillpickle694 Před 5 lety +295

    I think that dice that wedge used probably doesn’t have a 5 or a 6

  • @trunkmonkeygaming9423
    @trunkmonkeygaming9423 Před 4 lety +735

    46:58 Wedge unequips sunforger and goes to search for chaos warp. This would of trigger Obnixilis, Unshackled losing him 10 life and sacrificing a creature due to searching.

    • @Boringwerewolf
      @Boringwerewolf Před 4 lety +57

      They forgot

    • @conlanrichichi2328
      @conlanrichichi2328 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Denny1026 they still missed the trigger

    • @anthonyvilavong1480
      @anthonyvilavong1480 Před 3 lety +29

      I noticed that too, it didn't change the outcome of the game though so it's not a huge deal

    • @leemiller6977
      @leemiller6977 Před 3 lety +8

      Ob Nixilis, Unshackled is my commander in my mono-black demon commander deck. He is soooo good!

    • @yannickroy1573
      @yannickroy1573 Před 3 lety +6

      Also Josh played the edgewalker after it was exiled lol.

  • @calump.7394
    @calump.7394 Před 6 lety +499

    “Not it!” “Not it!” “Not real.”

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos Před 6 lety +12

      That whole part made me laugh so hard! Man I love the Professor! I love his sense of humor!
      Edit: Crud! I just noticed that I used the wrong spelling for whole! Haha! Oops!

    • @ironstorm1690
      @ironstorm1690 Před 6 lety +3

      Favorite part of the video

    • @calump.7394
      @calump.7394 Před 6 lety

      Same.

    • @rotatorcuffs8140
      @rotatorcuffs8140 Před 6 lety +2

      Calum P. lol that part brought me back to my childhood

    • @sirhasslich536
      @sirhasslich536 Před 6 lety +1

      speaking of it, I always thought that 6-sided dices are too angly to provide the required level of randomness....which was kinda proved in the game? Although that can be managed a bit by at least binding the outcomes to opposite sides of the dice instead of just consecutive numbers

  • @eemeli224
    @eemeli224 Před 5 lety +1324

    Gotta love the professor, hes such a character

    • @OhNoTheFace
      @OhNoTheFace Před 5 lety +14

      Being humourless is a character now

    • @hotpocket1169
      @hotpocket1169 Před 5 lety +106

      @@OhNoTheFace really you didn't know? You seem to fit the roll perfectly

    • @OhNoTheFace
      @OhNoTheFace Před 5 lety +2

      @@hotpocket1169 Without a point, one regresses into lazy insults

    • @kira_strigoi
      @kira_strigoi Před 4 lety +33

      @Ricky Gaughen same i really like him

    • @CantankerousCon
      @CantankerousCon Před 4 lety +33

      @@OhNoTheFace
      [Ricky Gaughen plays Fact or Opinion]
      [Ricky Gaughen targets CamTheKitty]
      [CamTheKitty has no responses in hand]
      Cantankerous: Any counterspells?
      [CamTheKitty has left the chat.]

  • @MW2zeppelinfan331
    @MW2zeppelinfan331 Před 4 lety +185

    40:29 "He saved me. He saved all of us."
    Chills.

  • @kwality1475
    @kwality1475 Před 4 lety +510

    Are we going to acknowledge the fact that wedge rolled 1 2 3 4 in a row

  • @doggod4
    @doggod4 Před 6 lety +361

    Gotta love how Prof’s devotion to his favorite deck was his own downfall since he had to pay double for all of his own effects due to Kira but she didn’t affect literally anything else. That’s sticking to your guns. Kudos Prof.

    • @doggod4
      @doggod4 Před 6 lety +6

      T!TO yeah pet cards are part of what makes EDH decks unique and special. And Kira is or at least used to be in the legacy version of Fish. Probably the modern version too. He loves the deck and I can’t blame him for sticking to it.

    • @ms.sysbit5511
      @ms.sysbit5511 Před 6 lety +19

      Fen Bogarty it’s objectively bad here. Sygg protects from targeting and he targets a ton as is. He just taxed himself for no reason.

    • @doggod4
      @doggod4 Před 6 lety +13

      Agree on all points. Our man Prof is a maverick though and doesn’t need anyone else to tell him how to build his decks. He can build them however he wants, even sub-optimally. There’s nothing I hate more than people telling me how to build my decks.

    • @cutecommie
      @cutecommie Před 5 lety +6

      Well he needs a handicap or else he would win too quickly. That's our Professor, always making sure the others have fun too.

    • @PsionicMonk
      @PsionicMonk Před 5 lety +1

      Fen Bogarty The problem was it simply wasn't worth casting with what the other decks had. He should have just discarded it. It does has a function in the deck, but it's mostly against decks that rely heavily on targeted removal. Things like Mardu get hosed. With the protection ability you can wait until they are low on white or other things (blow up their lands etc). It for sure has a big down side since Prof is relying on those effects but I wouldn't say it is "useless". A "useless" card would be healing salve 😂

  • @mrpg_55
    @mrpg_55 Před 6 lety +169

    I swear, Ancient Tomb is the only land Jimmy puts in his decks. He's always mana screwed.

    • @ignaciogallarati7287
      @ignaciogallarati7287 Před 6 lety +2

      anyone knows how many lands is playing in that deck?

    • @mrpg_55
      @mrpg_55 Před 6 lety +7

      Ignacio Gallarati According to the decklist in the description there are 36. I guess Jimmy is just really unlucky...
      Poor Jimmy...

    • @austin19950618
      @austin19950618 Před 6 lety +15

      the issue is that if mana screw once, you can call him unlucky,
      but if it happens everytime...
      i guess it means he should rebuild the deck or maybe stop keeping Ancient Tomb?

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid Před 6 lety +9

      Mr.RPGamer that's me hahaha. One prerelease event for example I wasn't drawing my 4th-5th land so I brought my land count up to 24 (In a 40 card deck mind you!) and I ended up mulliganing to 4 the next round because my hands had no lands in them. I even let other people shuffle my deck several times and no one could figure out how I was so unlucky.

    • @aaronloiselle3651
      @aaronloiselle3651 Před rokem +1

      He's dumb when it comes yo building decks so several of those "lands" don't even tap for mana, or they tap for colorless. Dude's bad at Magic unfortunately.

  • @baileysmith5169
    @baileysmith5169 Před 4 lety +368

    EVERY single time I see The Professor I smile
    he's so infectious

    • @luluehayes
      @luluehayes Před 4 lety +21

      Prof is totally one of the best MTG Personalities

    • @TheTrueTimbo
      @TheTrueTimbo Před 4 lety +15

      Pretty sure Craig Blanchette is the infectious one :)

  • @HakureiIllusion
    @HakureiIllusion Před 5 lety +686

    Ah, Teferi's Protection... the $40 second place card.

    • @plazstic
      @plazstic Před 4 lety +11

      nope, can’t play shadowborn apostles at instant speed

    • @pomonoli
      @pomonoli Před 4 lety +37

      @@plazstic But you can activate Phyrexian Altar at instant speed

    • @StarDoesntUpload
      @StarDoesntUpload Před 4 lety +8

      People just use it as a fog sometimes, but it's way better when protecting your board from a board wipe.

    • @sl0thgames324
      @sl0thgames324 Před 3 lety

      Really do be like that sometimes, don't it tho

    • @ungekb3499
      @ungekb3499 Před 2 lety +1

      @@StarDoesntUpload Absolutely, but protecting yourself from lethal damage is pretty good use too!

  • @taloutezero
    @taloutezero Před 6 lety +500

    1) Josh was being nice by skipping the Athreos triggers when Edgewalker died
    2) Wedge could have avoided attacking Non-Josh players by using his enchantment to remove the creature from combat BEFORE dmg was dealt.

    • @spewdiepie1067
      @spewdiepie1067 Před 5 lety +6

      SwordInStone it was exiled not killed.

    • @taloutezero
      @taloutezero Před 5 lety +71

      @@spewdiepie1067 Edge "In response to Blood Artist I'm going to Swords to Plowshares your Edgewalker"
      Josh "In response to Swords to Plowshares I'm going to sacrifice Edgewalker to Rasoketh but I won't trigger Athreos because I'm nice"

    • @NotYourAverageNothing
      @NotYourAverageNothing Před 5 lety +14

      That’s kinda cheating. It’s not an optional ability.

    • @mtgfatalpush7640
      @mtgfatalpush7640 Před 5 lety +3

      yes it is bc u can sac something before an ability No Your Average Nothing

    • @NotYourAverageNothing
      @NotYourAverageNothing Před 5 lety +16

      MTG: Fatal Push I’m not referring to Sword in Stone’s example. Athreos’ trigger is non-optional.

  • @commandcast
    @commandcast  Před 6 lety +851

    Apologies. Things got a little complicated at the end and we may have missed a few triggers. Thankfully it didn't affect the outcome.
    Also, Wedge was using Reconnaissance 100% legally. There is an End or Combat step that occurs after damage is dealt. If you don’t believe us, ask the googles real quick before you post.
    Ok that’s it. Hope you enjoy the episode!

    • @TolarianCommunityCollege
      @TolarianCommunityCollege Před 6 lety +290

      JUDGE!

    • @SB-qe6ww
      @SB-qe6ww Před 6 lety +3

      great game guys, Thx for doing what u do. that goes for you 2 prof!

    • @FeedMeezz
      @FeedMeezz Před 6 lety +1

      Great game. I love GameKnights

    • @dpbw0w
      @dpbw0w Před 6 lety +34

      Wedge broke the rules, reconnaissance makes the creature deal/take no damage that turn.

    • @sharkuse1451
      @sharkuse1451 Před 6 lety +14

      The Command Zone you should have the host from spellslingers

  • @FrowningTable
    @FrowningTable Před 5 lety +175

    "I don't know what's going on entirely, but I do know we are all going to die."
    -Prof

  • @codebearer72
    @codebearer72 Před 3 lety +49

    I like that for everyone's commanders behind them in the thumbnail JLK has a Shadowborn Apostle

  • @exxiridon
    @exxiridon Před 6 lety +71

    Now I want to see Melissa DeToro's enchantress deck versus Josh's Apostle deck.

  • @metalsabatico
    @metalsabatico Před 6 lety +174

    And it's another episode of Josh doing disgusting stuff, Jimmy getting mana screwed, and the professor playing jank. Props to Wedge for the good fight.

    • @nebula8851
      @nebula8851 Před 5 lety +18

      Main issue is that Josh was practically ignored for the entire game. Wedge is at fault for playing a Commander that fundamentally cannot be controlled in any way, especially when Josh was stuck for a substantial length of time.. One or two swings at Josh would have taken him out before the deck went off.

    • @taloutezero
      @taloutezero Před 5 lety +6

      @@nebula8851 He had a way to prevent it from disturbing the other players by using that enchantment to remove it from combat before dmg was dealt. Instead he sat back and let Josh win because attacking despite the boardstate was the only thing he cared about.

  • @xgetxsickx
    @xgetxsickx Před 5 lety +108

    The professor would be an amazing bond villain

    • @Fishcrab
      @Fishcrab Před 4 lety +11

      Hello Mr bond, I didn't see you there.

  • @Binni2923
    @Binni2923 Před 5 lety +108

    I read this as Hebrew commander... I thought someone was going to playing a Judaism themed deck. Not sure what would be in it but I would concede out of respect to such a mad lad.

    • @CmdrUD87
      @CmdrUD87 Před 2 lety +10

      Let me check what I could brew... Maybe golem tribal with Kabbala, erm, Cabal Coffers and Armageddon?

  • @emilysmith3594
    @emilysmith3594 Před 5 lety +176

    Jimmy what the hell, man? Minotaur creatures don’t cost 6 mana. What kind of cards were kicking around in your hand?!

    • @DarkEinherjar
      @DarkEinherjar Před 5 lety +81

      Probably cards with double or triple red in their costs, and his only source of red mana was Rakdos Signet. This is why he couldn't cast Chaos Warp and Squee in the same turn.

    • @Shockwave377
      @Shockwave377 Před 5 lety +5

      I would not be surprised if he also had some big demons in his hand honestly the only cord in the game that I can think would’ve helped him would be sword of the animist because he could attached it to one of his creatures and then searched his deck for a land and put on the battlefield practice always has one of these two problems either they can’t get lands or they can’t draw cards

    • @Sterben42
      @Sterben42 Před 5 lety +22

      His Neheb deck focuses on the discard part of Neheb, not the tribal part

  • @Yakkosprite
    @Yakkosprite Před 6 lety +75

    After watching this episode, I'm more than convinced that, if there ever was an MTG cartoon series, the Professor should be a character.

  • @exilezone6827
    @exilezone6827 Před 3 lety +36

    Josh: Plays a tap land
    Jimmy: Nice start from JLK
    Wedge: Hold my beer

  • @davidwilliams3244
    @davidwilliams3244 Před 5 lety +200

    That was the filthiest combo I think I've ever seen.

    • @InsanoRider777
      @InsanoRider777 Před 3 lety +11

      I think it only really worked because the only player able to get answers was Wedge. Neither Jimmy nor Prof were able to contribute to fending off Josh's board and God knows how many potential answers Prof threw away with Scry.

    • @WambwneD
      @WambwneD Před 3 lety +5

      @@InsanoRider777 the problem is that even when you get rid of the apostiles he can still get them back easily either through his commander or other means.
      You basically need to have like 3 graveyard hatepieces in the 3 decks palying against it to stop that nonsense.

    • @aaronmitchell9273
      @aaronmitchell9273 Před 3 lety +18

      @@WambwneD my friend built this deck exactly from this episode, and it’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.. after 2 plays against it I told him I’ll never play that deck again.

    • @jacksonmoen5230
      @jacksonmoen5230 Před 3 lety +1

      @@aaronmitchell9273 like it didn't work or it did?

    • @ComradeAlpharius
      @ComradeAlpharius Před rokem +4

      The fact that Jimmy refused to pay 3 life to put one apostle in his graveyard when he was saccing them for demons was a huge misplay.

  • @langgalea4330
    @langgalea4330 Před 6 lety +160

    Saffron Olive should totally make a guest appearance at some point lol

    • @brambj
      @brambj Před 6 lety +4

      o but that voice

    • @ODIRGO
      @ODIRGO Před 6 lety +6

      I second the idea. or any player from the command clash series

    • @disafear3674
      @disafear3674 Před 6 lety +3

      Yes please!!!

    • @matthewmccafferty8745
      @matthewmccafferty8745 Před 6 lety +4

      Seth and PleasantKenobi would be the best combination of players on this show.

    • @Neo_Way
      @Neo_Way Před 6 lety

      You mean Seth, Probably Better Known As Saffron Olive?

  • @BB-pn2qv
    @BB-pn2qv Před 6 lety +114

    Love it. Just realized I never really saw the professor genuinely laugh and happy on most videos. Was nice to see that when he was joking with Wedge about the Facebook status joke.

    • @thomashughes5453
      @thomashughes5453 Před 6 lety +13

      B Berry sorry i know this comment is old, but if you enjoy seeing a genuinely happy professor then check out the tolarian public library where he uploads his drunken mtgo streams. Its beautiful and wholesome and great. Have a good weekend.

  • @nickporter9835
    @nickporter9835 Před 5 lety +50

    Jimmy: "Why you bully me?" Josh: "Bye."

  • @phobosrising9849
    @phobosrising9849 Před 3 lety +62

    Watching this over 2 years later... I miss the banter. Josh, Jimmy and crew have gotten miles ahead of this in terms of production, but I feel like it lost a little something on the way. This sounds like one of the games around my table, just hanging with friends, casual, like the format should be. The cutaways where we hear the other players laugh are awesome.... I don't know, maybe it's just nostalgia, but I would definitely sacrifice some of the new beautiful production for a little more of this casual, whimsical feeling.

    • @lasterman94100
      @lasterman94100 Před 3 lety +2

      It's definitely the nostalgia syndrom, it happens to me a lot for shows I followed for years, but then I realize it's baseless criticism because the quality of animations, the dynamism and the overall understanding of the game for newer players are through the roof now, and I cannot complain, and if you really feel that it is too much, even though I think you're then a bit ungrateful, there is still extra turns, and I know there are a lot of people complaining about the new format of game knights but weirdly enough, extra turns are yet getting way less views when it's truely the purest form of friend commander with no glitters what so ever

    • @lasterman94100
      @lasterman94100 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alexrecuenco Yeah, you're not 7, so stop wining about production value like an old entitled child, if you feel that animations and fluidity are ment to infantilize you, you probably have an ego problem, like a lot of mtg players these days apparently...

    • @phobosrising9849
      @phobosrising9849 Před 3 lety +1

      @@lasterman94100 I definitely don't feel ungrateful, I love all of their content and appreciate the time and effort in creating it! Plus, I'm sure they are fairly remunerated, so I think a friendly opinion isn't out of order. Just chatting.

    • @lasterman94100
      @lasterman94100 Před 3 lety

      @bret4880 bret4880 I am responding to the one who just responded yesterday to my own comment, saying that he doesn't need all the animations because he's not 7

    • @lasterman94100
      @lasterman94100 Před 3 lety +1

      @@phobosrising9849 I know dude, I already responded to you a long time ago, I am responding to another guy who just commented, but was way more arrogant in his response, I have no problem what so ever with your original post

  • @TheMNZGrandeRio
    @TheMNZGrandeRio Před 6 lety +92

    I felt Jimmy's disgust from here.

    • @kero1640
      @kero1640 Před 6 lety +8

      The MNZ yeah getting mana screwed in edh sucks. The silver lining is usually people won't target you as much but voltron decks are heartless lol.

    • @josht9518
      @josht9518 Před 6 lety

      Jimmy always gets mana screwed.

    • @jonnewman7843
      @jonnewman7843 Před 6 lety

      Yeah, I would have conceded, but he stuck it out.

  • @Vensris
    @Vensris Před 6 lety +100

    Congrats JLK, you probably singlehandedly doubled the price of Shadowborn Apostle :p

    • @FizzleIsGaming
      @FizzleIsGaming Před 6 lety +5

      Dylan Bramer I bought the entire decklist 5 hours after watching the video so if it goes up I'm ok :D

    • @jeffeddy5393
      @jeffeddy5393 Před 6 lety +1

      yeah, anywhere from $3.50 - $5/ea now.

    • @FizzleIsGaming
      @FizzleIsGaming Před 6 lety

      The French Press Test I got mine for 2.09

    • @joelparece5111
      @joelparece5111 Před 6 lety +2

      HE DID IM SO ANGRY I NEED SIX MORE AND I HAVE NO MONEY

    • @joshuanewcombe8454
      @joshuanewcombe8454 Před 6 lety

      Think they are back down to $2 now...could be wrong

  • @sunrisecavalier2550
    @sunrisecavalier2550 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm new to commander and this method of showing a game in progress is incredibly helpful. Having the beginner-friendly commentary, the constant pauses and close ups of cards allow me to actually follow the game. Very well done, thank you to everyone involved in making this

  • @LeBigsou
    @LeBigsou Před 5 lety +61

    Blood Artist to Wedge after Teferi's Protection: "Omae wa mou shindeiru"

  • @blazinj94
    @blazinj94 Před 6 lety +90

    When Wedge used the sunforger to search his library for the chaos warp, he should of lost 10 life and sacrificed a creature because of Ob Nixilis effect @ 46.55. just wanted to point this out
    thanks for the video great deck Josh
    Would love a decklist :)

    • @dankykong5113
      @dankykong5113 Před 6 lety

      Doh!

    • @jocksmachina7759
      @jocksmachina7759 Před 5 lety +1

      Agreed! Josh can we see that decklist!? That deck was nasty.

    • @rustyt45
      @rustyt45 Před 5 lety +1

      they always have them listed just click show more and scroll down

    • @jacobbrain4356
      @jacobbrain4356 Před 5 lety

      this calls for a DECK TECH!!!!

    • @connormacleod908
      @connormacleod908 Před 5 lety

      @@jacobbrain4356 czcams.com/video/kib6r2olta4/video.html

  • @ambianchi
    @ambianchi Před 6 lety +28

    "I'm a man of science!"...proceeds to play Thassa, god of the Sea and pray that she can block when she's just an enchantment. :p

  • @Ranakade
    @Ranakade Před 5 lety +8

    That snapping of the cards is so satisfying to hear

  • @thirsty1629
    @thirsty1629 Před 5 lety +37

    Jimmy: The route we’re taking today is -
    Professor: Your destruction.

    • @mummra479
      @mummra479 Před 3 lety

      Prof hexed jimmy. He stopped drawing lands after that.

  • @nomatyx5789
    @nomatyx5789 Před 5 lety +22

    Prof, Wedge is, in fact, wearing his glasses.

  • @ChieftainKirk
    @ChieftainKirk Před 6 lety +48

    I played last night/this morning in a crazy series of games. There were a couple moments where everyone held their breath, and then laughed like crazy at the stupidity of the boardstate/stack! Commander is great.

    • @Nr4747
      @Nr4747 Před 6 lety +1

      Had exactly this happen today in our 5-hour Commander night tonight. We were only 3 players this time, so I wasn't sure if it would be as fun as usual (we are usually 4-5 in our group) - but it was actually close with tons of great moments and 3 super close, epic struggles. Even the game with 2x Muldrotha and me on Karametra getting locked out by Mist of Stagnation turned out fun once I actually managed to remove it for good and "go off".

  • @Spirited_skiing
    @Spirited_skiing Před 6 měsíci +2

    It’s cool to check this out from the future and appreciate just how much the team’s production quality has improved over the years. The audio, editing, and set design have all come so far!
    Still super fun to watch these now though!

  • @joseaxe
    @joseaxe Před 4 lety +10

    commander is such a good format! "Fun and interactive"

  • @P4r4k
    @P4r4k Před 6 lety +28

    Wedge could've made a deal to not attack jimmy at one point, after all he could remove his commander from combat at any time.

    • @P4r4k
      @P4r4k Před 6 lety +5

      xOldSkoolHollywooDx I think there was a point Jimmy was worth more alive than dead to wedge, removing his commander from combat would've given one more turn for Jimmy which could've been critical to deal with Josh.

    • @DarkEinherjar
      @DarkEinherjar Před 6 lety

      It wasn't just a matter of being nice, but of keeping Jimmy's life high enough so that he could at least stop some Apostles from going back to Josh's hand.
      The Professor attacking Jimmy just to get the most out of his Sword of War and Peace didn't help either.

  • @pokeyclawz8727
    @pokeyclawz8727 Před 6 lety +10

    I’d love it if we could get homebrew commander games like this more often, they’re by far my favorite vids you guys post

    • @hewhogoesbymanynames
      @hewhogoesbymanynames Před 6 lety

      Aren't literally all of the decks they play homebrews?

    • @pokeyclawz8727
      @pokeyclawz8727 Před 6 lety +1

      John McCormick I mean decks that they have that arent gimmick ones, like all using c17 commanders or commanders from a new set etc.

  • @JonLeitheusser
    @JonLeitheusser Před 5 lety +6

    I've watched this a couple of times and just watched it again, and, man, this was an amazing game to watch. Kudos!

  • @V0lk4n00
    @V0lk4n00 Před 4 měsíci +2

    One of the best "Game Knights" episodes of all time. Inspired me to build my own Athreos deck. Thank you JLK for the amazing game!

  • @dziewon2866
    @dziewon2866 Před 6 lety +26

    You're saving my whole week guys. I'm always waiting for new episode.
    LOVE
    YOUR
    CHANNEL

  • @michaelmoore9789
    @michaelmoore9789 Před 6 lety +43

    I have always had a firm belief that it is bad luck to be superstitious.

  • @milkncookie
    @milkncookie Před 5 lety +2

    I haven't played MTG since freshman year college. That was 11 years ago, didn't even know that today I'd be buying my fist cube deck to teach my friends and family Magic.
    Thank you guy for the nostalgia.

  • @petertownsend691
    @petertownsend691 Před 5 lety +4

    This has been my favorite game night. I have been binge watching all weekend!

  • @seasnek7024
    @seasnek7024 Před 5 lety +8

    I think this is pretty much my favourite commander game on gameknights . It has both prof and wedge, whom are so funny when paired together and I always love watching games where the players make the experience enjoyable for both player and watcher, through both awesome plays and hilarious moments of mayhem/shenanigans (lords of chaos and prof’s reaction)

  • @matiasrochaix2234
    @matiasrochaix2234 Před 6 lety +24

    I mean Wedge gave the game to Josh the moment he didn't throw a swords to plowshares to razaketh while the first apostle was in the stack, he had the mana and instead did something irrelevant with the sunforger. There is not returning from that kind of mistakes.

    • @LedPESRule
      @LedPESRule Před 6 lety +10

      Yep, that really sealed the game. It's a shame really, it ended up being not all that interesting and too one-sided because of it

    • @Misinterpretationn
      @Misinterpretationn Před 6 lety +2

      I noticed this to, and it really really left a bad taste in my mouth.

    • @davidvandeheisteeg3458
      @davidvandeheisteeg3458 Před 6 lety +3

      I don't understand why Jimmy didn't just pay 3 life to return five apostles instead of six to Josh' hand!

    • @myztik5716
      @myztik5716 Před 6 lety +1

      Cuz they're all casual and bad but that's okay

  • @thiefox7520
    @thiefox7520 Před 5 lety +47

    Uhm, Prof. says there's no Lords of Chaos, yet no one is commenting on that straight 1, 2, 3, 4?

    • @temptlessmonk9331
      @temptlessmonk9331 Před 5 lety +10

      Lords of order ftw

    • @jacobschiller4486
      @jacobschiller4486 Před 3 lety

      The probability of having a string of four die rolls that are consecutive (e.g 1, 2, 3, 4) is around 0.231%.

  • @deviltrigger85
    @deviltrigger85 Před 4 lety +16

    Josh's take on Athreos is amazing. I give mad props to him for that idea.

  • @Chukijay
    @Chukijay Před 6 lety +23

    You guys didn’t forget about the fans that have been yearning for EXACTLY this. Thank you guys! Josh, that combo was nasty. How consistent is it? I’m glad I got to see the decks work.

    • @erniespratt1660
      @erniespratt1660 Před 6 lety +3

      Very. You just get Razaketh and edgewalker every time and nobody's got anything on you.
      People HAVE TO pay life to disrupt the flow when the first batch of apostles get sacrificed (which Jimmy badly misplayed I think)
      The combo's weak spot is also instant speed graveyard hate (to exile the apostles when they hit the yard), or static hate effects like Leyline of the Void.

  • @444Basketball
    @444Basketball Před 6 lety +66

    I'm 23 minutes in and just realiced that Jimmy is wearing a VGHS T-Shirt. I loved that show and discovered this channel completly unrelated to the show. Took me a while too to realice that it's the same guy xD
    Nice nod there, Jimmy ; )

    • @stevendocker6331
      @stevendocker6331 Před 5 lety +2

      Same! as soon as I saw that shirt I pictured him with a sailors hat and plastic bubble pipe, can't believe I didn't notice before...

  • @TnumsProd
    @TnumsProd Před 3 lety +12

    We need an ongoing counter for how much damage Jimmy has taken from Ancient Tomb in all of game knights lol.

  • @txag007
    @txag007 Před 5 lety +24

    Prof: "Let's do war" ....then passes turn.....bold move

  • @muzunomi
    @muzunomi Před 6 lety +40

    Called it, I knew Prof couldn't resist playing sygg. Keep up the great work guys!

    • @Tuturial464
      @Tuturial464 Před 6 lety +2

      Fluffy Derg he loves low mana cost commanders with cheeky effects

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos Před 6 lety +4

      We know how much he loves Merfolk!

    • @gamehero6816
      @gamehero6816 Před 6 lety +1

      Fluffy Derg I remember he made a Sygg video.

    • @ironstorm1690
      @ironstorm1690 Před 6 lety

      I literally just watched that video

    • @TheMightyBattleSquid
      @TheMightyBattleSquid Před 6 lety

      Game Hero He's made 2 around sygg decks and heavily talked about it in 2 more.

  • @andrewschmidt7885
    @andrewschmidt7885 Před 6 lety +72

    Professor is by far the best guest on the show

  • @tylerblowers1983
    @tylerblowers1983 Před 4 lety

    This episode may be old but its still my favorite because every interactions feels natural and captures the true feeling of commander.

  • @mantis7starblossom210
    @mantis7starblossom210 Před 2 lety

    I'm new to magic and you guys and tolarian tutor have taught me so much in such a short period of time. Keep doing what you love guys, I really appreciate you

  • @denniscantrell5486
    @denniscantrell5486 Před 6 lety +25

    Just backed the Last Stand playmat. It really looks sweet. Will definitely look amazing next to my Aftermath playmat that I got from you guys last year. Can't wait to play find it when the mat comes in.

  • @saintdeyma6563
    @saintdeyma6563 Před 6 lety +102

    I had no idea Athreos was so friggin broken. Three guesses which deck I’m building next

  • @mtghippie3144
    @mtghippie3144 Před 3 lety +26

    I’ve watched this like 4 times already, 2021 still watching it. I miss having prof on GK

    • @MF-Productions
      @MF-Productions Před 2 lety +1

      Why isn't he anymore. And why did mana source ( wedge )stop making vids

    • @mtghippie3144
      @mtghippie3144 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MF-Productions No idea bro, but you can see prof playing commander at I Hate Your Deck channel. I miss Wedge so much also, I think he stopped making videos because he got tired of the internet drama, some guy from another MTG channel wouldn't stop making mean comments and throwing hate at Wedge. It's so sad, The Mana Source was also one of my fav channels to watch.

  • @Society_made_me_toxicc

    4 years later and this is prolly my favorite episode of Game Knights 🔥😤

  • @jericosha2842
    @jericosha2842 Před 5 lety +5

    These are incredibly well done...I can actually follow it even though I'm new. Thank you!

  • @MagicalHackerMTG
    @MagicalHackerMTG Před 6 lety +14

    Razaketh is definitely an "exile asap" target everytime

    • @LedPESRule
      @LedPESRule Před 6 lety +15

      Yep, Wedge not exiling it immediately and instead going for Prof's sword was basically what made Josh win the game

  • @uniqueatbest9646
    @uniqueatbest9646 Před 4 lety +1

    Must have seen this video upwards of 7 times, my absolute favourite Game Knights of all time 😁

  • @garageman2236
    @garageman2236 Před 2 lety +1

    I love how the prof always cites his lands

  • @NicoTown
    @NicoTown Před 6 lety +202

    I read *Hebrew Commander*

    • @diegosaez4885
      @diegosaez4885 Před 6 lety +20

      Damn antisemitic EDH decks and their goddamn removals and graveyard-hatred, but the promised commander people of Our Lord and dominarian Savior Richard Garfield will not be extinguished!
      We will take the promised land! DEUS VULTRON!

    • @phinnos1130
      @phinnos1130 Před 6 lety +1

      Had to reread it a few times xD

    • @ImperatorNocturne
      @ImperatorNocturne Před 6 lety +1

      Hebrew Commander doesn´t stand a chance against Opressive Rays and Honor of the pure though

    • @user-qf2rs5xu9g
      @user-qf2rs5xu9g Před 6 lety +1

      thenewgoddamngambit what do you mean by saying i read hebrew commander?

    • @discworldowl
      @discworldowl Před 6 lety +3

      the guy read Hebrew instead of Homebrew in the video title

  • @timothybierwirth7509
    @timothybierwirth7509 Před 6 lety +9

    Watching this now for a second time, I have to say I love jimmy's early enthusiasm...if only he knew....

  • @Mil89GR
    @Mil89GR Před 2 lety +1

    I love this episode! I keep coming back to it again and again. I hope Prof. And Wedge come back again for more GK.!

  • @blakemcconnell6213
    @blakemcconnell6213 Před 4 lety

    I think this was the first The Command Zone video I watched. This is where it all started

  • @bombshellblonde544
    @bombshellblonde544 Před 5 lety +37

    God Jimmy was right that deck Josh was playing is sooooo cool. I'm trying to put together a decklist now from the video and just make it a long-term pet project >.>
    EDIT: The decklist is in the description and I'm mad excited

    • @henriklewis792
      @henriklewis792 Před 5 lety

      I already made it

    • @Society_made_me_toxicc
      @Society_made_me_toxicc Před 4 lety

      It’s been a year. How did it turn out?

    • @bombshellblonde544
      @bombshellblonde544 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Society_made_me_toxicc I didn't wind up doing it. I looked into it some more, and learned that that deck is a thing multiple people play, and people who run it were saying it only ever has one line of play. Each game just goes the same way, and I'm not really into that

  • @PartisanGamer
    @PartisanGamer Před 6 lety +10

    Of course Prof plays Merfolk.

  • @mr.e6033
    @mr.e6033 Před 4 lety +33

    Wedge looks like Kirby with that shirt on 😂😂

  • @maxgreenwood1965
    @maxgreenwood1965 Před 5 lety +20

    Just a normal day... then suddenly Josh swoops in with 70 shadow born Apostle
    Me: INCOMING!

  • @condenihilit1572
    @condenihilit1572 Před 5 lety +7

    The Professor intro had me clapping. GOALS

  • @hunternorris8832
    @hunternorris8832 Před 6 lety +42

    Jimmy, I love the VGHS shirt. Loved the show as well.

    • @Jptorrent004
      @Jptorrent004 Před 6 lety

      I remember being really excited every time a new episode of VGHS would come out, years ago haha

  • @thelxinoe3
    @thelxinoe3 Před 4 lety +20

    if i has a shadowborn apostle for every time wedge said “this is really disgusting”, i would have a griselbrand

  • @MitchieDBBC
    @MitchieDBBC Před 2 lety

    I forgot how much I loved Josh's Otheroes deck. So fun to watch man

  • @samk8005
    @samk8005 Před 6 lety +3

    Just built this Athreos deck a few weeks ago! It's so fun and so broken.

  • @chrisp3564
    @chrisp3564 Před 6 lety +97

    Please saffron!!!

    • @MagicalHackerMTG
      @MagicalHackerMTG Před 6 lety

      It would be great to see them ask Sean and Andy from Commander's Brew. Maybe 2HGEDH with partners from BBD? Hmm?

    • @BIGpony777
      @BIGpony777 Před 6 lety +1

      SAFFRON! SAFFRON!

    • @LyricBent
      @LyricBent Před 6 lety

      2HGEDH is fun to say. twohgeddhhh!

  • @shades541
    @shades541 Před 3 lety +1

    If you guys find a high res image of the last stand you can get a mat from inked gaming so it really isn't the last chance for the playmat to be in the hands of fans

  • @Habeev07
    @Habeev07 Před 3 lety +2

    5:23 im loving Prof's command of the game. XD

  • @darkblur101
    @darkblur101 Před 5 lety +4

    9:11 I really like watching these as a newcomer to Magic. Sounds like you guys are genuinely having fun :)

  • @lilguipo1407
    @lilguipo1407 Před 5 lety +3

    I love homebrewing a deck while watching this.

  • @andrewmurray8770
    @andrewmurray8770 Před 3 lety

    Let’s all just appreciate Prof and his snazzy suit 😂. Love seeing prof on game knights

  • @lidolf8168
    @lidolf8168 Před 4 lety +21

    I love how Prof always looks hungover.

  • @TheCommanderDojo
    @TheCommanderDojo Před 6 lety +227

    My goal is to be knighted as a Game Knight one day! I'll bring a thunderous beatdown with my boi Sek'Kuar 😎

    • @fearghaldonnellan8946
      @fearghaldonnellan8946 Před 6 lety +4

      Sek'Kuar Deathkeeper is a great card, man! I've made a decent and enjoyable deck with it as a commander before.

    • @croc3862
      @croc3862 Před 6 lety +2

      Deck Builder’s Society Sek'Kaur? Boi it's about that Mizzix life

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos Před 6 lety +3

      Oh I like that commander! May you be knighted as a Game Knight some day!

    • @TheCommanderDojo
      @TheCommanderDojo Před 6 lety +1

      Lilly Lewis Much respect to the Mizzix but nothing compares to the brutality of Jund 😎

    • @GuardianAngelEatos
      @GuardianAngelEatos Před 6 lety +1

      Ah good old Mizzix! Mizzix is a fun commander! I agree though on Jund. Jund is my favorite three color combo!

  • @GuardianAngelEatos
    @GuardianAngelEatos Před 6 lety +10

    Yes! Game Knights! Thank you for making this guys! You guys rock!
    Oh wow! I knew about VRV, but I didn't know you could do all that! That's awesome! Also I love My Hero Academia!

  • @mercuryon8608
    @mercuryon8608 Před 4 lety

    12:05 You can feel his mind and soul breaking apart

  • @Wandows95
    @Wandows95 Před 4 lety

    That backdrop window is amazing