1 IS NOT ZERO | WARHAMMER 40K Precons | The Worst Possible Commander Show #31 MTG Friendly EDH

[@CovertGoCrew]

New cameras coming up!

[@Ellie-Angela]

So Blake's Tyranids' basically found the problem with fighting Necrons, didn't they? Even as the swarm think that they can put them down, always more and more awaken from the tomb world, more numerous, more resilient, until even the Tyranid swarm finds itself outswarmed.

[@Forvesss]

Very canonically appropriate! Necrons have no biomass to feast upon, so fighting them is ALWAYS a net loss for the tyranids.

[@LovedandTheLover]

Fair, personal I would still bet on Tyranids' in the long term but its honestly would be very close fight.

[@Forvesss]

@@LovedandTheLover I'm not so sure. The tyranids would probably just begin avoiding the Necrons, reap what biomass they can from the galaxy, then leave. The necrons arent valuable to them - so I doubt the Tyranids would continue to just beat their head against a wall for no benefit.

[@acetraker1988]

@@LovedandTheLover THERE is no long term, Nercons do not feed the swarm, Tyranids actively avoid fighting Necrons and their worlds for this reason alone. A fully activated Tomb World is a Death Star on 40k Crack....

[@valvadis2360]

Super hype to see these decks pop off. Also love Blake's increasing pile of figurines in his playmat.

[@spiderden666]

It was such a perfect flavor win of a game to have the Necron's winning by kinda "reanimation protocols" all those insect tokens into play and out-swarming the Swarm. Great game.

[@sotaran9743]

Honestly so wholesome how excited Blake is about Warhammer, and his models look cool!

[@mordred_19]

easily top 3 favorite Worst-Possible moment in this episode. Blake slowly increasing his figurine army off camera

[@cormoranoimperatore8413]

Well it seems like scarab swarm is extremely good in mtg as well! Thank you Shae for making this ex-warhammer player Necron enthusiast proud

[@just_zohan]

CGB not knowing anything about WH40 world is so wholesome

[@j2c695]

You guys are so fun to watch fool around, and by far my favorite EDH POD! thank you All so much!

[@mandielyn0416]

Ditto!

[@dbotsis]

Great win by Shea. The sibilant snake hiss now the sound of the robotic static of the Necron horde standing silent over the wasteland of Tyranids, Astartes and daemons. Blake’s growing swarm of models outdone by his enthusiasm, but the show rules over all. Great episode everyone.

[@davidchapman7350]

For those curious, to further expand on what Blake was telling: - Imperium of Man: One of the youngest races in the universe of the 41st Millennium, praying to the God-Emperor of Mankind to protect them from their enemies. They need to do some messed up stuff to survive, like feeding the Emperor thousands of psykers' souls daily (space wizards basically, almost every race has them) so he doesn't die, and purging millions of their own at the slightest suspicion of corruption / heresy. Represented factions in the deck are: *Astra Militarum* (Imperial Guard, main bulk of their forces fighting their battles USSR style, as in under-equipped, under-trained, but boy are there a lot of them), *Adeptus Astartes* (Space Marines, genetically modified humans who are bred for war who can survive literally being dismembered and keep on fighting, but most humans die during the selection and transformation process), *Adeptus Sororitas* (part of the Ecclesiarchy, the religious arm of the Imperium, basically crazy space nuns who like torching things), *Grey Knights* (like Space Marines, but even tougher and fewer, and all are Psykers / Space Wizards - their main purpose is to hunt demons), *Inquisition* (just like their historical namesake they're rooting out heresy in the name of the Emperor, but a lot of them turn into power-hungry maniacs in the process), *Adeptus Mechanicus* (the Imperium's scientists, engineers, and mechanics, praying to their own version of the Emperor called the Omnissiah, and very, VERY protective of their secrets of how to keep stuff running) - *TLDR* Theocratic Fascist Empire sacrificing billions daily to ensure the survival of Mankind as a whole - Also, the Emperor is basically in a constant state of dying due to wounds incurred ten thousand years ago, and many believe that when he finishes dying, Mankind will go with him. - Forces of Chaos: Humans and Space Marines who have been seduced by the Chaos Gods (Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh) and now fight for their personal glory against the Imperium. They live in the Warp, a pseudo-parallel dimension which is shaped by will and emotion. Psykers tap into this Warp to use their space wizardry, and sometimes accidentally (or intentionally) summon demons into the real world. Most of the Space Marines (who already have an incredibly long lifespan due to their modifications) converted during the Horus Heresy, which came at the end of the Great Crusade during which the Emperor personally and with the help of his Primarchs (leaders of the Space Marine Legions and genetically his sons) conquered most of the known universe for mankind. The Horus Heresy itself was named because Horus, the Emperor's most trusted Primarch and son, as well as half the other primarchs and legions were seduced by Chaos and promised untold power if they murdered the Emperor and his Loyalist sons. It started a great war during which a vast number of entire planets were devastated, and ended only when Horus was defeated by the Emperor himself, but the Emperor incurred a mortal wound during this fight. Abaddon, Horus' right-hand man and his son in turn, ordered a retreat of the Sons of Horus, and the other Traitor Legions broke rank as well. Abaddon has waged war against the Imperium since then, kept alive by the Chaos Gods to do their bidding. The 4 Chaos Gods are: *Khorne* (God of Hate, Rage, Violence, Bloodshed), *Nurgle* (Mortality, Morbidity, Despair), *Slaanesh* (Lust, Excess, Pleasure, Pain), and *Tzeentch* (Ambition, Plotting, Change, Psychic Powers). *TLDR* Most of the Forces of Chaos used to be part of the Imperium, but they got seduced by demons and are now greedy, selfish bastards trying to tear the Imperium down. - Tyranids: Probably the race the least is actually known about, they arrived out of uncharted portions of the universe with one intent: to devour all. They are divided into multiple swarms, each led by a hive mind which is the collective psyche of the swarm. Their bioships will drift silently through space, until they detect biomass, at which point they will change course and converge upon an unsuspecting planet, bombarding them with spores which will release organisms such as termagaunts, gargoyles, genestealers, absorber swarms (not depicted in game), and Swarmlords. These organisms will attack everything which is not part of the swarm, try to kill it, and drag any dead bodies including their own to reclamation pools, which dissolves any and all biomass into nutrients which are then sucked up by the bioships. Spawning pools will then use some of that biomass to disgorge new tyranids to continue fighting. The fight only ends when the hive fleet has been beaten back, or the planet has been devoured. Sometimes during such fights, genestealers will infiltrate behind enemy lines and infect survivors with their own genetic material. Unless rooted out by their commanders, these survivors will then pass down the gene through the generations, creating mutants which form Genestealer Cults, using their latent psychic powers to attract Tyranid swarms from afar. - Necrons: The oldest of the playable factions in Warhammer 40k, a race so ancient it had hibernated for most of the Imperium's existence. They were once mortal, but made a grave error in judgement which turned them into soulless machines. When they were relatively young, they were born to a star system in which the sun would pelt them with radiation, leading to a short life. All their technological advances - of which there were many - meant nothing in the face of an uncaring world. They then encountered another race, the Old Ones, which had fared much better, and grew bitter and jealous over this. Seeing an opportunity to quell internal strife, the rulers of the Necrontyr, the Triarch, started a war with the Old Ones, now known as The War In Heaven. After initial success, the Necrontyr realized that they had bitten off more than they could chew - the mastery the Old Ones had over the Warp was too much for the Necrontyr to handle, who had never encountered such powers before. In their desperation, they looked for other weapons they could use, and found beings radiating pure energy and feeding off stars. The Necrontyr approached these C'Tan and offered them a physical form in exchange for their services in the war. The C'Tan now known as the Deceiver had an audience with Szarekh, part of the Triarch, and offered the Necrontyr immortality. Szarekh accepted, and helped the C'Tan transform his people into Necrons. This however stripped almost all Necrons of their souls and individuality (the souls feeding the C'Tan), which Szarekh realized too late. Still, armed with their new bodies and new technologies developed as a result of this change, the Necrons won the War in Heaven. Later, Szarekh led a rebellion against the C'Tan, and managed to destroy or imprison most of them, freeing the Necrons from their rule. *TLDR* Space Zombie Robots who imprisoned their own gods in order to be free to pursue their own goals, split into different "Dynasties" Hope this helps?

[@MtGWhatever]

Thank you Blake for the Lore you told!

[@cabellism]

I love how Blake just gradually adds more Tyranid models on his side of the desk.

[@J-Martijn]

Blake is my new hero of the channel. I've played Warhammer for 14 years now, Magic only for 2. Was actually at a Warhammer tournament when this episode aired.

[@pedrogonzalez5340]

I know Blake didn’t win this week but as a fellow Tyranid player I enjoyed his presentation and overall enthusiasm throughout the game. Loved watching and congrats to Shea on the win ^-^

[@omnomnomnath415]

As someone who's favorite decks are token builds, seeing Shea pop off with the Scarab Swarm multiple times was just chef's kiss

[@Foede]

Love Blake's hype and enthusiasm at the beginning, just wanting to nerd out with warhammer lore, it just radiates a lot of fun ^^

[@danlewis7707]

What once had life, becomes twice vile by bargain struck; the Deceiver's guile, now mortal forms become insectile machines of slaughter of the world entire. Necrontyr shall birth the defiler, the end of all, That dark Beguiler, who did unleash mankind's Annihil'er!

[@gamersadvice3633]

In the beginning there was 160 life with four factions striving for power. They clawed, battered and begged to survive. One Necron survived to lead a host of mechanicals to crush the last Tyranid annoyance. Great game way to hang on Shea

[@gerardoramos3179]

I just found it so satisfying that they all cast their commanders one after the other

[@XenoLogioLP]

i never played paper magic and barely played mtg but this show is soooo entertaining. Thank you guys for your good game vibes and your weekly effort. sending love from germany!

[@TheMeiseN]

Thanks for making this amazing commandershow! It really is a highlight of the week

[@sandimtavares]

One of my favorite episodes! For precons, these decks managed to be quite entertaining. Sucks that Ben got mana screwed, that chaos deck is actually pretty sweet. Happy to see my favorite strategy (make dumb small things, attack and kill) win again. Great one guys!

[@davidchapman7350]

Go Shea! Show the lesser races the awesome might of the Undying!

[@chummer2060]

Every game I've seen using the Warhammer decks looks so fun! I'm always happy to see the Necrons doing well. Great game

[@rabidpickleosrs2995]

The physical pain CGB inflicted on Blake trying to pronounce "Astartes" XD

[@georgegottschall3439]

I'm elated Shea was able to repay Blake back for not saving her last game! Haha! Astartes...I literally fell out of bed while eating popcorn because I was laughing so hard! Pronunciation was hysterical. CGB may need therapy after learning about Warhammer! He looked lost and confused haha. Blake was like a kid on Christmas day getting a whoopie cushion..lol. The pure joy he had on his face was priceless. I've been wanting to play Warhammer for years and never had the opportunity. Blake may have sold me on giving it a try! Shea's tshirt was very fitting for her Necrons! When she attacked Rob Zombie *Dragula* started playing in my head. Lol. Ben you may want to talk to a real estate agent and buy some more land. Haha. As always very entertaining! Thank you for the content. I have a CGB day. Saturdays I get some movie theatre popcorn with lots of butter and rewatch these episodes. You guys should make stuffed animals of you guys that talk lmfao. Sssslllithering Shea, Evil CGB, Backstabbing Blake, Barnicle Ben. New Merch! Once again thank you for your hard work and commitment.

[@privettk]

Shea's shirt choices each week are so on point, especially this week! Great win - I'd gotten all the precons except the Necrons, thought it was too weak, but it showed up well here and on Game Knights

[@maniatikoleal]

Im loving this show! Great game guys, I loved that Kharn autodied on arrival, it was so fun despite being so sad.

[@GD0nly]

For someone who asked in chat, I think it was Thea, Blake's tattoo reads "You do not know the first note of the music that moves me."

[@BlakeMTG]

From my favorite series The Name of the Wind!

[@travisbecker4948]

I absolutely love CGB's incredulity throughout the episode as Blake just geeks out. Go Blake, GO! Let your Tyrannid Flag fly!

[@gabry79xxl]

I love all the Warhammer 40k Precon Decks, I was so lucky to buy all of them (starting with the Necron Dinasties), since they come to the stores. I really enjoy to play with all of them, and my favorite one is the Necron Dinesties Deck!

[@russellbaker6599]

Shea, one is the loneliest number but that's all it took to take Blakes life. Very nice plays!

[@powerdevil]

Ben should have drawn 2 cards when his Kharn died since he lost control of it when it died. Otherwise good episode! (Edit: 35:35)

[@ireallycant4416]

Necron really DOES is a comeback play style

[@cashtonholbert4515]

@29:17 POV: Blake is eating your homemade pumpkin pie

[@glacen]

Been looking forward to this episode for a while! Nice seeing Shea pulling off the clutch win at deaths door. I also have to agree, the silent king would not make deals with mere mortal souls. Overall it was nice seeing the threats bounce around the table, I felt like every deck except poor Ben, got to pop off and do what they were built to do and had their turn being the raid boss of the table. Sidenote, I swear CGB would make an excellent Tzeentch player.

[@callmeinfidel8370]

Shea has the best shirts, consistently episode after episode. She should get some kind of mechanical advantage to represent her trouncing the rest of you in this category

[@ironviper72]

I love to tell my friends that I committed 3 major sins when I was young: Magic the Gathering, Warhammer 40k, and Battletech. Seeing you all playing the Warhammer 40k decks just makes me so happy for many reasons!

[@kylelittle8816]

Great game! Love Blake's enthusiasm around this awesome collab! 👍👍

[@mandielyn0416]

I was not interested in this set at all before watching the show, but you have all changed my mind and I will be going to get them. Thank you.

[@doriandog4335]

You guys are great! Cool episode and cool win for Shea!

[@kirinblight]

Fun, intense and engaging! Thank you for another amazing episode!

[@Sandesper]

Oh my god you all are so cute and wholesome together, I wish I could have a group like that or play with you guys... GGS

[@benjaromis1]

very solid intro from Blake! love it

[@somekindadragon3414]

I love Blake’s enthusiasm. The whole crew is awesome and fun! There is only war! For the Emperor!!!

[@wesrouse2599]

Wow what a game!! Awesome stuff, poor Ben though always mana screwed or flooding I swear 😭

[@gauthierphilippe2715]

i thank blake for the warhammer 40k trivia that made the game all the more interesting :)

[@stevenwang6319]

"Pre-con magic is so wholesome" haha. Also appreciating the new cameras, seems like you guys switch the frame rate to 60 fps? Looks good!

[@scottelliott6769]

I was basically Blake's twin when I started playing the Tyranid deck! I've played 40K off and on for over 15 years, and Tyranids have been with me basically every step of the way. Great game all.

[@PracticalEminence]

Lol it’s the “ohhh” for me in the beginning lol 😂

[@Kilawpilath]

I loved how as the game grew longer the Warhammer figures would grow in front of Blake As well. Tyranids definitely speaks to me as a magic player. But man what a come back from behind for Shae. So awesome. Was fun to watch.

[@razielthedamn4301]

You also draw two cards when Kharn dies (leave the battlefield is also losing control).

[@nlgates]

This is amazing, thank you for playing the Precons!

[@KMan77]

Another great episode! Going to get a few warhammer decks for me and my group! I think we need to rename Shay’s salutations to Shay’s swarm just a thought…

[@ella6547]

It'll be nice to compare this episode directly to Game Knights precons one!!!

[@mandielyn0416]

Star city did one as well

[@chris4439]

Mtg The Stack also has some vids. None of them are full showcase pods, but they have shown Red Tyrant, Marneus, and Szarekh

[@jamesramey4050]

@blake. I feel you’re excitement, I was the same way with this release. So glad you are there to give some background to the cards from this set. I was super irritated with a certain veggie/nerdy show that played it with absolutely no clue what anything was. I was so disappointed. Have about 12k of Tau if you ever want to get a game in. Lol I’ll even travel to you, I’m retired and do a lot of traveling.

[@anderm121]

34:48 bens proplay 😂😂😂

[@ColorwaveCraftsCo]

I also know nothing about Warhammer but it’s so funny to watch Blake nerd out over it

[@brtthys1]

Wish they would have made an Ork precon. They are da biggest and strongest boys! WAAAGH!!!

[@nathanielreichert4638]

“Will I Blakespain everything this game”? “Yes”!

[@Alnukem]

What life tracker app are they using?

[@c1dv1c1ous]

Blake is so good at doing the intro.

[@parkerreed8565]

Glad there is a warhammer fan in the group! Love these new precons and might have to pick one up!

[@Meteorain108]

Can we start getting Warhammer game play with Blake and Ben?

[@chris4439]

Pretty sweet that all the channels are popping out their videos and every deck seems to run consistently the same, but the interaction is diverse enough that it's anyone's game. That being said, no bigger boss moment than tanking a couple rounds at 1 life and coming out on top. 1 IS NOT ZERO!!! ☝☝☝

[@pangopod2969]

Yeaaah 40k ! And the Crew !

[@kandjar]

This is the third 40K precons game I watched; I LOVE THOSE PRECONS!!!!

[@schumerus6786]

I like how all 4 decks would technically decline any deals made with them, the Hive Mind would not understand ulterior motives, the Space Marines would recall all being Heretics, the Chaos Fanatics would prefer chaos over an orderly deal and the Necrons would not submit to threats as they just come back from the grave. Flavor wise this seems to be usually not the case in classic magic. Any Blue deck would seize the opportunity to be cunning, any white deck would see a common threat as more important then self justice, green would see a disbalance in order, red would agree to aggro the one most harmful as a resentment and black would gladly take a shift of responsibility to another player

[@bendoucet785]

Blake, I love the Name of the Wind tattoo. It's the first time I've noticed it but I very much enjoyed that "trilogy" and am still waiting for the Doors of Stone to release. Is your favorite character Bast?

[@ketoinvestor]

Without spoiling the result of the game, I’m super excited to see these decks rumble 👍 And to the winner, you know who you are, “You did the thing. You held the line! Impressive!”

[@jeffkosko5815]

Such a good game all around, Go Necrons!!!!! Convinced me to pick these up (thanks to Blake's enthusiasm :)

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

I'm not even pandering, but shay's theming with the skeletons and earrings etc are SICK AF :D what a game too!

[@alcoholicwater]

Really good launch day with so many 40k players trying mtg For all the heretics out there You have xenomorths, terminators, master chief and Covenant

[@Xgya2000]

So the Scute rule applies to Nekron scarabs. Good to know. There's ALWAYS more scarabs.

[@ay0and0jay]

Would’ve been awesome if Shea played Darkness during that Beta Strike Shea lol

[@zachtaylor2560]

Hell ya Blake! Right there with you🤘

[@thrillhouse4151]

I really wish I preordered those, now they’re like twice the price of the usual 4 precon lineups.

[@imanujakku]

Yeah the price is unfortunate. I was initially going to get a collectors edition when they first announced these but it was like 850 at my lgs lol. I was prepared to pay 550 for collectors but cmon. Magic has always been expensive but 2x2 masters and now this is a troubling trend that i feel is going to get worse.

[@bradenpeterson7402]

You can tell CGB is thinking “wish I had spell counters” and “wish I had my board wipes”

[@K0nsulMeisenbach]

Anyone knows which Lifetracker App they are using?

[@ShiroHeroGyro-k7m]

I wish the overhead cam was the one that got the upgrade

[@imanujakku]

Id love to slip a berserk and kessig wolf run into the swarmlord deck lol.

[@TheMotherSeal]

What life tracking app is that? I love the separated commander damaged when swiped right

[@corpse666]

It is so improbable, but yet in every MTG Warhammer 40k game I've seen so far the Assault Intercessor turns up

[@imanujakku]

I dont think any of the cards in the precons are necessarily “broken” but the assault intercessor is a little pushed especially if you look at something like kambal.

[@masonharrell5711]

Shae’s hiss at the end perfectly described that whole game 😈

[@RegimentJoker]

This is the first game the space marines lost that I've seen on KZbin

[@christopherthomas3151]

If only they added Orc in the precon I would get it. Hoping next set is Orc, Eldar, Dark Eldar and Tau.

[@Loafbeef]

there is supposed to be an Orc secret lair drop soon

[@danpaz5934]

I love the Necron pre-con. I've been having a ton of fun piloting it.💀💀💀 Shea's will be done!!

[@J-Martijn]

I'm going to love this sooooo much!

[@donpetronio3166]

Ah Kharn, that guy ... Really nice guy once you get to know him better

[@pangopod2969]

6:50 CGB got it right !... in French

[@dannysway9504]

What is the life tracking app y’all use? Thanks for the edh content!

[@m1xxx3r]

perfect flavor win, Marines and Chaos play around but in the end its Tyranids vs Necrons, and since Necrons have no biomass and are basically race made to fight Bio forms of life they just had to win eventually, or go to sleep for another millenia, except Silent King

[@starry-dazed]

Maybe this has been around for awhile, but I just noticed. What app are yall using for life? I really like it

[@Rumdreg]

The Necrontyr have taken their rightful place in the galaxy!!

[@renegadebond3603]

This is exactly why Tyranids avid Necron tomb worlds

[@thenamedoesnotmatter]

36:00 Kharn should have drawn him 2 cards

[@errolsabajo3429]

Does the card work like that? I thought you only draw if it passes to another player, because of the wording of the card. It does not specifically say "lose control or dies"..

[@thenamedoesnotmatter]

@@errolsabajo3429 Dying is an example of losing control. Some triggered abilities are "Look back in time" abilities. The game will look back and see if any trigger conditions are true, and trigger if they are. Kharn has a triggered ability that sees "I am no longer controlled by (X)" therefore Kharn will trigger.

[@thenamedoesnotmatter]

I see this card misplayed everytime. Check with Magic judges and the Comprehensive rules.

[@errolsabajo3429]

@@thenamedoesnotmatter Thank you for your clarification. Now I know for the next time.

[@BigslowBob]

Shea has the best shirts and I never knew ctb is such a Jurassic Park fan with his shirts and does Blake ever take his hat off

[@BlakeMTG]

27 years later, and anyone who has seen me without a hat hasn't lived to tell the tale ;)

[@Kcboomer312]

What life counter is that?

[@dafickler]

That game was butter for Shea.