INSANITY ON MIDDLE EARTH | Worst Possible Commander Show Balrog, Sauron, Gandalf, Farmer Cotton #70

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[@caylangale5722]

Did anybody else notice that blake technically lost the second he cast rishkar's expertise. The consuming abberation's power wouldve made him deck out

[@veeclash4157]

TRUE! CGB needs to chew out Blake in the next session to explain that Blake actually lost thanks to his arrogance and greed!

[@fnbits6484]

He said consuming aberration when casting the spell to make Ben mill. He drew ten because he pointed and actually chose apex devastator

[@caylangale5722]

@@fnbits6484 rishkar's says "draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control" which was the abberation. He would've decked himself, therefore losing

[@veeclash4157]

@@fnbits6484 He can't CHOOSE the Devastator though. The card says draw equal to the power of your HIGHEST power card. Blake LOST that game and nobody caught it!

[@josiahsantos6286]

So Ben wins

[@cipriano3246]

That was not a game, it was a massacre.

[@marvinbuck5984]

Also, just a heads up, Cyclonic Rift doesn't trigger Gandalf, even if you overload it. Its mana value is still only 2.

[@mandielyn0416]

The second CGB isn’t there to keep an eye on things, Blake cheats his way into a win! Just kidding guys, was a fun watch.

[@johnnyhellkite6347]

That “kill em!” as soon as the game started was too much 😂 great game

[@markrobertbb]

Farmer Cotton, what are you doing caught between the crossfire of Maiars? I'll be rooting for you.

[@GBeani]

"the worst I can do is One With the Multiverse" proceeds to ramp into One With the Multiverse

[@michaelmckinnell5870]

Why dose Blake pull this bs when CBG is out of town.

[@alucarddelta6576]

Blake shouldve lost bc rishkars expertise does the highest power of creatures not highest cmc which highest power was consuming aberation

[@davidthomas4635]

This is true

[@Sunseaker-tg9xb]

Yes true lol he went for apex lol Ben would of won by turn order hahahah

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

@@Sunseaker-tg9xbthey never should of die to mill because he couldn’t Copy bens creature because of mom right?

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

@@Sunseaker-tg9xbit would be a 0/0

[@essan346]

@@Dark-Pikachu1Progenitor Mimic states “You may have it enter”, therefore it’s still on the stack and not affected by Elesh Norn. If it said “When Progenitor Mimic enters the battlefield”, it would be stopped by Elesh Norn.

[@vOid-tl3tj]

Blake should've died from rishkars expertise, he wouldve drawn 200+ cards because of consuming aberration 😂great game tho, love the great content you guys have been making 👍

[@damientalrose553]

I've always thought Progenitor Mimic needs more love. I'm glad it got to shine in this game 😄 Thanks Ben for making that your card of the game, even though it hurt you so much 🤣 On that note, Consuming Aberration is another card I think gets overlooked a lot. I've got a gross mill deck that uses a few of them.

[@andrewroy5677]

Ben and Shae always have awesome poses for the thumbnail! You all have so much fun, and I love the show.

[@skykur]

That’s not how Gandalf works 👀

[@maidenless_tarnished]

How so?

[@thefruitfan5616]

Is what it is

[@stevenfranklin1124]

This is my new favorite commander show

[@williamriven]

The great thing about that win, is that he did that all with Ben's creature, that wasn't even the explicit plan of his deck.

[@Blackadam36]

Way to consume the whole board there.

[@rafaeldasilva2042]

Great episode. Blake didn't get to craterhoof win this time but I think his play was as satisfying

[@AlthalusKane]

When you do the Apex devastator cascades, do you cast all of those first then all of the effects that trigger from the ETBs and cast effects?

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

People gets this wrong no he’s right

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

Mom was out too I think none of them should of been mill out because clone wasn’t supposed to work and become a 0/0 he cheated

[@Suhrvivor]

@@Dark-Pikachu1 Clones are replacement effects, not ETB so Mom doesn't affects them.

[@tigerpunch3402]

Nice game of solitaire.

[@MrMalorian]

Please try Cirdan. It's such an entertaining one to play and watch.

[@ericap1098]

Nice to see Gina again! Even with the Rishkar's Expertise whoopsie, the Simic BS was bananas.

[@mets_wc]

Something is scary when a gaea's cradle casually gets milled and doesn't get mentioned during Blake's tirade

[@Sunseaker-tg9xb]

Blake, blake, blake, riskars expertise would of decked you sir haha ben won 😂😂😂 fun anyway

[@veeclash4157]

Wow Blake actually lost! He would have drawn a minimum of 300 cards!!! 😂😂😂 Wait a minute that means the game was actually a DRAW. Blake killed himself with Rishkar's expertise and everyone else decked out!

[@famousstranger8468]

​@@veeclash4157no he would of lost and Ben wins

[@veeclash4157]

@@famousstranger8468 Why would Ben win? I thought he was out of cards too!

[@GawegDatmeenjeniet]

​@@veeclash4157When there are no cards in library you only lose when you have to draw a card but can't. By resolving the turn order Shea would lose because of mill, then Gina which would leave Ben victorious because he didnt have to draw yet 😊 hope my explanation makes sense

[@bigsooie982]

I like Ben’s quote in the middle of the match, I caught it. Pitter Patter Ben

[@Flyboy245]

26:40 just a casual “mom” from Gina as if she didn’t just drop one an oppressive piece of cardboard 😂

[@dennis7156]

i played my Gandalf deck the other day and got omniciense out.. i had a blast since i could chain the card draw on Gandalf by not casting anything that my opponents had on the top xD i won by having a big boardstate and then copying Overwhelming Stampede giving my guys +14/+14

[@kobelasse]

Really happy to see that the Balrog was featured. It's the first video where I've seen someone build the deck. Would love to see it in action though!

[@fnbits6484]

Pretty cool for just not letting anyone else play the game

[@billberndtson]

Fun game, gang! 😃 Gaea's Blessing is underrated. Just sayin.

[@liammenchaca8860]

That was insane! Haha

[@coreyhattaway8461]

I really enjoy the LOTR commander games

[@nagsorinaste5658]

Holy shit, this was some awesome simic nonsense 10/10 game ^^

[@PhoenixInfeno]

Looks like Shea and Blake share a twitter handle lol

[@itachycoolman]

Blake's uter massacre this game made it not so fun for the others 😅😂

[@bryandegroat857]

So it was basically play the best blue and green cards. Gandalf was useless

[@Suhrvivor]

Yeah, I noticed that. Simic's power is always underrated for some reason.

[@spencerw8117]

It was such a boring deck. It just was simic. Gandalf could of been any simic commander.

[@ay0and0jay]

Does the mimic etb still work with Elesh out?

[@manwithnoname9580]

I was wondering the same thing

[@Suhrvivor]

Yes because clones are replacement effects, not ETB.

[@travisbrandt8663]

Riskar’s expertise shouldve killed blake

[@veeclash4157]

And that’s what happens when you don’t play board wipes and just let one opponent go off completely!

[@russellbaker6599]

Gina tried to but Blake countered it😕

[@papateezy7441]

Wow, just wow

[@AndreborgeZ]

Go Blake! Nice!

[@ethanfoery9399]

When is the "oops all Gandalf" game??

[@CorruptedFingersLine]

Actually, overloading a Cyclonic Rift doesn’t trigger Gandalf cause the mana value is still 2

[@RocketPGolf]

Where was CGB and his counter spells?

[@jakubvanek3789]

Brutal

[@void91g]

Nice😂❤🎉

[@bradstanky]

Blake you actually copy the card you cast not any of the reveled cards for Gandolf

[@mgrazzmataz]

Yay.. no interaction week , its all you Blake ☠️

[@weihaigoh9734]

KZbin bring me here 😆

[@anthonysulpizio2269]

Evil

[@harrisonheppelmann7938]

Congrats to Ben on his win!

[@marsssoulprest9736]

Un génocide.

[@thetimeformiller]

Wow

[@LadySpacePatrol]

I was really excited to see this but Blake ruined it for me. No surprise there. Becoming a habit.

[@primeshifter1699]

Oh man, I think if he'd accompanied the apex devastater with the progenitus, it would have been pretty good

[@primeshifter1699]

That's if he would have copied not accompanied

[@primeshifter1699]

But that aberration was good, too.

[@shauntoochaos235]

He wouldn't get the cascades so apex isn't good to copy.

[@primeshifter1699]

Ah ok

[@jeffkuykendall3189]

Welcome to todays episode of simic bullshit…. Lol

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

22:50 wouldn’t that card also not work because of mom meaning it’s 0/0?

[@Suhrvivor]

Clones are replacement effect, not ETB.

[@toctheyounger]

The One Ring is a cast trigger, not an etb trigger. Blake would still get the protection with MoM in play.

[@shauntoochaos235]

No its an etb that check if you cast it as a condition

[@goldbrickslegocorner3614]

Cascade on the apex predator doesn't trigger because of Mother

[@magnusmagicus1977]

Yes it does, because it happens on CAST, not when it enters the battlefield :)

[@josephbilling3886]

Yall should recorded a different game imo. This was glorified solitaire

[@jopimpare7596]

Feel like Progenitus Mimic got on the battlefield, Elesh Nkrn was on the battlefield so i believed he couldnt copy anything and the mimic would just die on etb beeing a 0/0.

[@magnusmagicus1977]

No, because the Mimic doesn't have an etb. Those always (always? YES, always) start with When, Whenever, or At. The copy ability is a replacement effect that happens just right away.

[@jacsonsouzalealjr]

Mistakes again (Blake actually lost this game). This was SO NOT fun to watch, imagine playing it. Also, I feel like always only one player has interaction with the others in a lot of games

[@famousstranger8468]

1. The clone doesn't ETB it checks what is on board and becomes that creature already in play. 2. Blake decked out. 3. Lotr is so boring please stop playing with the commanders 4. Stop posting in the discord for deck ideas and bring something personal, i want to see what the cast play at their lgs or home and not what strangers on the internet want you to play

[@jbfromthe2064]

You also sound like an entitled prick 😂

[@thomaseddy7347]

Ugh.. I thought we were done with the lord of the rings tcg. Can we PLEASE go back to real Magic the Gathering now? Was hoping for some Commander Masters decks this week.

[@Suhrvivor]

Most of the cards they played weren't from LotR...

[@Spiethstar]

Their commanders only did limit their deckbuilding this game. ^^ Non did anything relevant. No need to ugh them, they just let you in on the fun they have. You are welcome to leave anytime

[@jbfromthe2064]

You sound like an entitled prick 😂

[@ThomasPRusso2]

Blake's handle was @worstshae, lol

[@arscalambraperelman6520]

ban.sol.ring