Commander at Home #20 - Rowan vs Thalisse vs Hazezon vs Anikthea with Rachel Weeks and Joe Johnson

[@therachelweeks]

Yeeeeees! This episode was so fun! Thanks for having me!

[@thewanderingmind3327]

You rock, Rachel!

[@JohnDoe-mt2sy]

We love goddess Rachel

[@therachelweeks]

Can't BELIEVE we missed that Starfield of Nyx doesn't animate itself! That would've changed everything! Brian had it right!

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

​@@therachelweeksit happens. Made the same mistake like 3 times. Lol

[@sirKonradical]

In a game with you and Olivia, it's hard to tell who is gonna be the problem, lmao

[@nhogan84]

That Rowan turn of Blasphemous Act into Comet Storm into Electrodominance into Blood for the Blood God is about 400% more than I needed to get the deck. I must do this.

[@jasonritner9662]

That turn had me legit giggling and wondering how it was only a third if the way into the video.

[@alexandrhilchenko4558]

I have Rowan as a commander and it is killing. I you want to be salty, then take Doomsday into your deck and take care to have some counter spells like pyroblas and tibalts trickery. Also, Dualcaster mage+saw in half + any mana-giving spell gives you infinite mana.

[@wobblycobbly3562]

He also messed up that turn, when Rachel hit him for 4 more damage, he should've been casting with a 15 discount not 11

[@bouboulroz]

​@@wobblycobbly3562he didn't. The damage was dealt after Rowan's effect resolved, so it doesn't count toward the reduction.

[@ALTR_no_EGO]

Brian saying "OW!" Every time he hurts himself, interspersed with his infectious laughter is everything.

[@BrutherBean]

The "Thalisse, FOR SEVEN!" edit was goated 😂

[@northeden9674]

I LOOKED IN THE COMMENTS FOR THIS REASON I LOVED IT SO MUCH

[@theamazingincrediblespider9689]

@@northeden9674 Same

[@AERIle]

I cackled when I read it

[@ravenologies]

I mean, it was something.

[@DaxAtk]

Starfield of Nyx does not animate itself. "Each OTHER non-aura enchantment becomes a creature..." Parallel Lives being reanimated would not double itself because the action making it a token happens when it isnt on the battlefield. A friend of mine has been grinding the hell out of Anikthea trying to optimize his ability to pilot her, so our group has run into a lot of these questions. Rachel is always a joy to watch play, and Brian out the gate making himself the archenemy by casting 34 mana worth of spells in 1 main phase was hilarious.

[@shashankvithalani4145]

Oh man that would've changed the game completely since all of the enchantments would have died from the boardwipe except starfield

[@Blacklodge_Willy]

Do you happen to have a list?

[@conker1847]

Starfield of Nyx made Rachel's boardwipe so much better, except they missed that

[@Deamonic]

@@conker1847 Yeah, that's the downside of Starfield of Nyx. One board wipe, and you're out all your enchantments. Gotta throw an Eldrazi Monument in there so they can be Indestructible.

[@ReyosBlackwood]

One of the reasons why my enchantress edh runs Faith Healer, to sac starfield when its a liability.

[@insainraven9875]

I haven’t even started the episode but I can hear the laughter from the thumbnail alone.

[@zombiefiedchris]

I havnt even started the episode but I can hear the VIOLENCE 😂

[@redcheesecake]

I relate to this on a spiritual level

[@medicatedbear]

😂lol Rachel "I just want to be a little card raccoon" me too tho

[@insainraven9875]

Definitely me too

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

This is my life. Lol

[@Joshbobjovi]

We aren't falling for it.

[@WiLDRAGE777]

Rachel is such a great guest and player. I always love every show she appears in.

[@DaCalZone]

I wish Olivia was playing Will, Scion of Peace for the whole "She will basically never attack and I will always attack." bit with Brian.

[@SporeTres]

Combine that with Commander Quarters' "Just tap Will and draw your library" deck.

[@MrSauron]

I see Rachel in the thumbnail - I click the video. I am a simple person

[@abovetheaverage9962]

The Rowan turn at 22:53 was amazing. Nice job Brian!

[@CoL_Drake]

i dont know why but rachel is one of these players i can watch every time again when they play commander :) same as the prof just a blast to watch them

[@jeffreysmall1087]

Agreed. Fun to watch great card knowledge and likely the best at the game of all the streamers if she does not hold back.

[@Alternative-Works]

Rachel is a top tier deck builder, player, and content creator. Only positive things to say, she's the best!

[@bradmifsud86]

I'm a simple man. I see Rachel I click watch. Always makes you feel like she'd be so much fun to play with

[@Disasterj]

I know, she doesn't seem to have the personality of white bread.

[@ImThatSmooth]

Oh I’d def love to play with her in every way possible

[@msarsur]

Two brief comments: 1. From a viewer that's been watching Commander @ Home since day 1, the show production quality has increased a lot. The same great content, way more attention to set and lighting and audio. Congrats! 2. I think it's great to see the MTG community supporting one another. Kudos on having Rachel on, and on using Sam's shirt. That's the way to grow everyone's viewership!

[@HaydenSkinnerFine]

I just wish they wouldn't highlight controversial figures like Joe. We have other players in the community that deserve to have a platform.

[@msarsur]

@@HaydenSkinnerFine Can't disagree with you there.

[@boneyeah23]

Love the show! That being said a major error that could have easily changed the outcome of the game was Rachel’s boardwipe at 59:24 would’ve taken out all the enchantments on Joe’s board because of Starfield of Nyx.

[@adamballin3062]

Joe sacrificed starfield to protect his greater auramancy from Kibler's removal spell around 56:10, so it wasn't on the field when rachel used her board wipe

[@adamballin3062]

But, now that I thiink about it, starfield doesnt make itself an enchantment so he wouldn't have been able to sacrifice it to evolutionary leap to begin with

[@Gimpocalypse]

Haven't even gotten one second into the episode but just have to say YEEESSSS! I love Thalisse. Massively under appreciated token spam commander.

[@NateFinch]

I really love commander at home. It's my favorite "actual play" channel. You all seem to have so much fun. I even made a deck based off seeing how much fun Brian was having with Ghired. I really appreciate the attention to detail with the editing and camera angles so we can see the cards and know what is going on. And whoever did the music and video for the opener is a genius and I hope you paid them extremely well. It's by far the best opener of any KZbin channel I've seen on any topic.

[@Chinobobat]

Rachel and Olivia together are always a delight. 2 of my favorite EDH content creators ❤

[@murlocmasher3368]

1:05:19 “put your stupid face away!!” Im laughing just as hard as Brian. Please never change ❤

[@michaelsinnreich6626]

Brian: greetings weary traveler, one of us doesn't attack, one of us will always attack.

[@themasterprocrastinator]

Wednesday episodes are so convienient, you watch a video to get you in the mood, Thursday you tune your decks and binders and ... boom you are hyped up for Friday Night magic !!!

[@AZDfox]

My LGS has magic on Thursdays, so it gives me a chance to see cards I might want, then I can look for them the next day.

[@nicholasrolo886]

Rachel building all the commanders we want to build, but cant figure out how to make good. A true brewer

[@veme2857]

Love all the commanders you played, thanks for the episode ! Lovely guests too ^^

[@MrMac873]

Win-Win. Awesome guests and awesome commander choices! Loved this ep!

[@tko_5]

Sorry I missed you guys when I came to Portland. Congratulations on 20 videos!!! You guys inspire me to enjoy and create ridiculous Commander decks that are fun for everyone. Appreciate you guys!!!

[@jantheflyingdutchman]

Really fun episode. Brian's chaos was awesome early in the game. The oversight of the boardwipe and it's effect on Joe's board is painful. I understand we miss things and mistakes are made, but besides Nyx, all enchantments were creatures and should've been blown up, I believe. Rachel could've pinged him to death with Goblin Bombardment, prior to the Nyx bringing back Leyline. After Brian's upkeep and the lifeloss, Rachel could've sacced the remainder of her tokens and finished the game. That's a big oversight. I believe Joe should've caught that.

[@parlangua89]

the type of player joe is he would never do that. this is a heart felt show we all love and he has a before game action like bro wtf. also if you look up everybodys decks his deck is literally 3/4x more than anyone else's kinda sickening. can't stand the guy.

[@Knives4540]

I get that you should give people the chance to show they've improved and that mistakes sometimes happen, but when the three biggest "mistakes" just so happen to be around Joe's cards and benefit him immensely, it really starts getting fishy. Sure, Brian caught that he was playing Karmic Justice absolutely wrong, and no one questioned Parallel Lives shouldn't have made that copy, but those were still interpretations Joe made when HE should be the one who knows his deck. And if he had played Starfield of Nyx right, he wouldn't have any way of protecting his board. Not saying it was on purpose. Again, mistakes happen. But Joe's background of being a bully and a salty loser really leaves a sour taste in my mouth when he only won because he played his cards wrong.

[@dietdrshredder]

His deck is also $3k, second highest out of this pod is in the $600s. Looked at the decklists before hitting play and I just knew Joe was going to be playing the Anikthea, Hand of Erebo$ deck.

[@Slagomancer]

I gave it a chance after the I Hate Your Deck nonsense happened, but it seems like Joe's "oopsies" have carried over and it's real annoying tbh

[@Salemoche]

What happened at IHYD?

[@HJOTech]

A lot of these shows let players free mulligan until they get a playable hand provided they have fast mana in it, makes me wonder how many times joe mulliganed to have that leyline in his hand

[@Chpow01]

@dietdrshredder To be fair, some of us simply have a lot of older cards... it costs me $0 to have 4 full UBR dual 5 color deck, I have 3 Serra's Sanctums, 4 Cradles, 4 City of Traitors, 4 OG Doubling Seasons, 2 new ones, so on and so forth. Sure, I hated the play mistakes this game, but just because people have an "expensive deck" it does not mean they are cheesing their way through things on their credit cards. Unless someone wants to toss me an obscene pile of cash, if I have the cards I am gonna play them... except stuff like Alpha Tutors, Library of Alexandria ect... as they are bad, or simply Tutors, which are not fun in EDH.

[@Silverhand264]

Rachel's final play was stone cold. Who cares who won when you can so confidently lose a game like that?

[@braydonholzinger7257]

This has been scratching the itch of missing game nights with friends. The atmosphere is beautiful, keep up the amazing work. Y’all are incredible!

[@clasherking4528]

$25 for a pallet of boxes of mtg cards? Olivia: I will take your ENTIRE stock

[@kingfuzzy2]

Same thanks love jank

[@PHYTTSHYTT]

Another episode of my favorite show Time to snuggle in and enjoy thank you for always making my day so much better

[@Mattycake5]

Another banger episode! Top tier laughter and another great game. Im sad I missed you guys in Portland.

[@Wildheart800]

Longtime fan of Brian, EDHijinks, and The Command Zone. I've always avoided Joe's channel and his guest spots based on the screenshots and behavior, but decided to give this one a try. Seeing the game warped his way just leaves a really bad watch feeling. EDHijinks it's easy to focus more on the conversation than the play and have it feel like a podcast, but actual play shows like this one it is really fun to get wrapped up in the game and the story it tells. In the future, if you could add a disclaimer in the video itself (The Professor is great at catching these and throwing them in), it might be a big help! Or as the channel keeps growing, it might be worth it to have a judge linger around (every gameplay show could use a Serge Yager

[@rG1vZ]

what screenshots and behavior? lol

[@8nykspree]

​@@rG1vZhis unsavory antics have been documented in length. I'm sure someone could point you to one of the several reddit threads created in his honor.

[@oscarperezcame]

For sure... I've never liked Joe's saltyness... those kind of players damage any play groups they're in

[@KyleWalters126]

What exactly are you talking about when you say “unsavory antics”? I’ve never seen Joe be anything but goofy

[@andrewgamlin7371]

I watch his channel a lot he's just as great, silly and fun as anyone else on the table and the only salt I've ever seen in one of his episodes was from cashes scooping because his commander got countered

[@sheahon1179]

Oh man! With all the product lately I completely missed the “Court of” cycle. Those are immediately awesome includes to a bunch of my decks! Thanks for turning me onto them!

[@SupremeChalupaSnoke]

Rachel Weeks!! She’s become my favorite magic analyst

[@blaze556922]

Haven't been able to watch the last several episodes but I have them saved to my later list. Life is just too busy to watch long content rn but I always like and support when I see a video drop. Love you lot!

[@jaywalker9616]

Great episode. Thanks. Just built Rowan so it was nice to see it played out on stream.

[@commanderathome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SethFlameGaming]

Ahhhh yusss more Commander at Home!!! Super excited to see some Rowan gameplay I'm working on building a deck for her right now! Excited to meet you guys in a couple days! See you at MTG Summit!

[@casperpedersen223]

Ah finally got to see Rachel's Hazezon! That was super cool.

[@paulmiller6431]

Yay for more commander at home! ^_^

[@yoyokoi]

I find it astonishing that no one noticed Joe's mistake when he claimed Starfield of Nyx was a creature. When Rachel wiped out all creatures on the board, Joe's entire board should have been cleared, except for Starfield of Nyx. This oversight is particularly unexpected considering that Starfield of Nyx is widely recognized as a high-risk, high-reward card to play. Edit: reformulate

[@conker1847]

Those enchantments not dying was massive, would have been satisfying to see the player who was playing so many you can't touch me spells get opened up on, especially when they open the game with a protection spell on the board, fuck opening hand spells btw.

[@Djkyo1983]

He had the Dryad which allows him to play another land each turn. Explains the land, but the rest of your post still applies of course

[@justicemcbride2958]

I love Joe’s channel but the amount of time he spends doing magic you’d think he’d know rules better. Sometimes I feel like it’s weaponized incompetence, he sees what he can get away with to put himself in a better position

[@TabletopJocks]

@@justicemcbride2958 you have to take in the fact that when you’re on camera you prioritize performance and entertainment. Everything else becomes second. This is also a new deck so I’ve only played it a handful of times. You’re implying that I’m trying to pull one over on my friends which is not the case at all. The KZbin comment section is a wild thing I tell ya.

[@TheShadowflare789]

I was gonna say he'd already sacrificed the Starfield, but I just realized what you meant - the Starfield doesn't turn itself into a creature, so he couldn't have sacrificed it.

[@UmikaruHadRisen]

Best commander channel

[@nicktadlock524]

Great game! Also, Olivia did draw an extra card when she asked “did I already draw?” At 33:00

[@neutnn]

Whacky interactions and very cool decks all around, sounds like a good game - thanks for sharing with the world :)

[@rhyskrazmaniac511]

Shouldn't Joe's Leyline have been animated by starfield therefore it would have died to the boardwipe ?

[@KingRorix]

Joe sacrificed the Starfield to Evolutionary Leap (56:14) in response to Brian targeting Greater Auramancy with Drain Life; it was gone before the board wipe - this is why some of the other enchantments are still around. However, that in and of itself was a misplay since Starfield doesn't turn itself into a creature and, thus, couldn't have been sacrificed.

[@harrygoz]

Love the new intro! Just starting the ep now but super excited 😎, thanks for the content guys!

[@northraptor]

Great to see Rachel Weeks on

[@Flyboy245]

Glad to see Rachel playing hazezon. Heard her talking about it before, but never got to see it in action. Also “thalisse FOR SEVEN” was hilarious 😂

[@IsNow-iy9bs]

You guys blasted this one out of the park. Everyone on panel is a legend.

[@spikysmoothness]

Sweet! I'm currently working on a Rowan deck so coming across this episode again was wonderful! I'm putting Torment in there unlike Brian though, since sometimes you can simply choose not to cast it. I do agree with his "No tutors." for some inconcistency in always doing the same lines every game

[@andrewblack1406]

Thanks for another great episode. Looking forward to the next one. Also that electro dominance turn is the stuff dreams are made of.

[@crankthatrebecca12]

so excited for this! i love you guys!

[@ElDocBruh]

Johannes Voss tokens! One of my top 5 MTG artists for sure. I love his cat token, the one with the dragon hat.

[@drguthrie7621]

Love that Joe kinda just chilled out and watched everyone else blow eachother up

[@jamesperez988]

Rowan! My cards are coming in now for her deck. I'm so excited to play her, and cards like Toxic Deluge & Torment of Hailfire. :D

[@kyleharrison713]

These are so much fun! Fun games, great people, and lots of laughs...

[@chrispose1916]

❤ love the content and this episode! Also sweet little pro tour nugget about tarnished citadel!

[@DaCalZone]

Is something else turning Starfield of Nyx into a creature because it by itself doesn't turn itself into a creature.

[@NehNehPwn]

I don't see any other comments on it, but Rowan's Grim Search allows you to put *all 4 cards* into the grave if you want to. If all 4 are bad, throw em out and get 2 random ones!

[@commanderathome]

Well that would have been good to know! :p

[@joshualewis5214]

I started playing magic again only about 6 months ago and my little brother gave me an enduring enchantments deck not long after the commander masters precons came out. It's been the deck I've spent the most time and money on and I love seeing the different ways other people build it.

[@mrTjstephens1]

Rachel's new character "The card racoon!"

[@Aphrenka]

Parallel lives is a replacement effect, so it would need to be on the field for the effect to be relevant with reanimating it with Anikthea. Also, couldn't sac starfield to evolutionary leap. It doesn't make itself a creature. Awesome game to watch though!!!!

[@xCythex]

I love how they all were like "Oh Karmic Justice doesn't work off damage." and needed to go look up martyr's bond.....and alllll glazed over the "noncreature" part (on both cards) when it was creatures that were dying.

[@TheMonsterClips]

Yeah that part kinda irked me. Of course its more obvious when the card is enlarged on screen, but I'm surprised Joe played it wrong

[@TylerH229garage]

Awesome start to the morning!

[@Schooch1991]

As a new player This show is just so great and fun to watch . So Glad its on my list of shows

[@junkymtg976]

Love to see some rowan out here. Great card, stellar deck!

[@Mithrandork]

-great gameplay -great banter -great folks -dog 10/10 channel

[@lawnytoast7399]

Been wanting to see Rachel's updates to Desert deck! Happy to see it.

[@cpugwash7085]

33:50 : Lmao. ;) Thanks for the entertainment!

[@HJOTech]

1:04:00 absolutely legendary moment and glare from Olivia

[@nicksogluizzo7247]

Now I need Brian to make the cracked out version of Rowan because this one was “too tame”

[@leejansen3607]

Rachel is the best guest/player on any show. 10/10, no notes.

[@Boomhouwer2402]

With school occupying most of my schedule, this is the break I needed

[@oliviabirkby515]

Really random, but I would love to know where Olivia's glasses are from! LOVE this show so much, makes my evening every time I come home and find there's a new episode. And Rachel is one of my favourite commander players ever.

[@brysonsmith1523]

Brian! With Rowan's grim search you can choose to put all 4 into your graveyard if you dont want to draw any of them!

[@commanderathome]

Well *now* I know

[@brysonsmith1523]

@@commanderathome hehe normally i dont backseat but i was really mad at myself when i lost a game of paper draft because of this

[@Shankx1988]

Greetings from germany 🤘🏼 cant wait to watch the whole game after work 🤪

[@Daruwuin]

this is such a comfort show. i wish there's a weekly low production version

[@JaySay]

53:56 At the beginning of the game, I was wondering if Brian had Villis in his deck, because it pairs so well with Rohan. Little did I know that my question would be answered in such a funny way!😂

[@commanderathome]

He decided to show up at the worst time for me and perfect time for laughs

[@JaySay]

​@@commanderathomeI have to say, that Exsanguinate really helped you out, too! I thought for sure you were going out 25 minutes in to this hour+ long game. And seeing you have Vampire Nighthawk in as a great blocker that gets you some life gain to keep up shenanigans was pretty smart. Awesome work, with the deck, and with the game this time around! Appreciate all that you, Olivia, and everyone else does.🤙 Love you guys!❤

[@rlotts6607]

Ellie’s haircut! So cute so cute

[@TreesPlease]

I can’t wait!!! I love the energy in these videos

[@Nslygh1213]

“Put your stupid face away” is a vibe I’ve experienced playing with my gf so many times.

[@patrickmckee9040]

I LOVE THE NEW PLAYMATS

[@ryanbeckett6299]

Love watching your videos guys and always enjoy the friendship you can see from everyone that joins. I was wondering what your favourite decks of all time would be Brian and Olivia?

[@SamundraDarion]

WOW this game feels like it just GOES ON FOREVER!

[@gcrow1988]

53:00 parallel lives being "reanimated" can't see itself cuz when the token etb the effect creating it already resolved andleft the stack. Rakdos Rowan is insane!🤩

[@jacobbrown9894]

The Teysa + Saw in Half with Elas math was off. When Tesya dies she does double triggers from her death so that's two Elas triggers. Then two come in and one is immediately sent to grave but since two were out at the time it is three more Elas triggers for 5 life. 4 kept being said.

[@binxb2216]

Rachel looked directly into Joe's soul as she played land LAND LAND

[@xMADxGAVx]

Does Greater Auramancy not keep his stuff from triggering? The whole reason I left it out of my deck is because I assumed doubling season wouldn't work on the 3/3 zombie enchantment copy

[@SirForcEdge]

Olivia gets so salty when shes thwarted, its hilarious

[@shawnk7243]

The best part of this show is easily the introduction music.

[@colinlackmann2763]

at 1:09:10 Joe played his second land this turn his first land was at 1:08:03 :o I dont wanna say he did it on purpose just didnt saw any comment of it yet. anyways was a great game too watch!

[@gabzsy4924]

At 32:05 she drew her card, so she drew two cards that turn and she almost got away with playing two lands that same turn aswell 😂

[@natehiggins6441]

I have Evo Leap in my Brenard "Get Baked" deck. Sacking to find the splicers is beautiful.

[@Punisher1818]

Im so glad i got to meet these guys. Best part was when my friend had them sign his tabernacle at command fest portland on the last day. There reaction was priceless. As well as Olivia signing my tibalts trickery and putting "fuck you" on it as well😂😂

[@commanderathome]

That Wrath of God tho

[@Punisher1818]

@@commanderathome that was great too. Sad my deck just kinda crapped the table😂 wish it would have preformed

[@RatzahHarvex]

I've always wanted to see someone play Hazezon!

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

Rachel needed a Questing Beast soooo bad to bust through that damage prevention fortress Joe had built!

[@blaisegeorge8116]

Is that the water bottle from the “walk around the moon” tour? 11:27

[@mightyone3737]

I've long suspected that Rowan is probably stronger than Prosper, nice to see that their is some basis to this belief! I would make an exception to the 'no tutors' rule in Rowan though and at least run Diabolic Revelation... I can't imagine a Rowan deck NOT using that absolute gem, right up to cEDH. I feel for Weeks, I love old cards, even if new cards are usually way better, the old stuff has so much cachet, I will totally run a bad old card just for the joy of seeing it in hand, and it's rarely a single card that actually lost you the game, even if we're all convinced if we get milled for 1 we'll lose our most relevant card. I guess Lucas was considered a pretty good director before Star Wars: A New Hope was made, the prequels make even less sense when you realize he himself could apparently direct quality cinema. My biggest problem with the prequels was probably the (very) blatant racial-stereotypes-as-aliens thing, that felt pretty bad even when I first saw it, though Watto seemed more a caricature of a relative of mine than of Jewish people (it was uncanny!). Forgive me if this is just a brain fart!

[@Spacialvekter]

39:48 "This is why you watch Star Wars in Machete order." I think that line is in Attack of the Clones, Machete order won't save you from it.

[@masseffect3096]

With the two Teysa everyone would have lost three because the token of Teysa that gets sacrificed sees itself die