Commander Legends: Baldur’s Gate | Game Knights 54 | Magic: The Gathering Commander Gameplay

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Show Notes:
The Game Knights are back for another Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! This time they’re throwing down in the grandest city in all Faerun with the new cards from Commander Legends: Battle For Baldur’s Gate! Join singer/songwriter Jonathan Young (New Capenna Soundtrack) and D&D streamer/dungeon master Lexi McQueen (a.k.a. Black Girl Mage) for an epic contest fit for the ages.
It’s Miirym vs. Tasha vs. Neera vs. Vhal & Clan Crafter
Hold on to your wizard hats, folks! ONLY ONE MAY STAND!
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Find our guests online:
Lexi McQueen:
Twitter: @blackgirlmage
Twitch: / blackgirlmage
Site: blackgirlmage.itch.io/no-bump...
Jonathan Young:
Twitter: @JonathanYMusic
Instagram: @jonathanymusic
KZbin: / jonathanyoungmusic
Site: jonathanyoungmusic.com/
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Deck Lists:
Lexi’s Neera:
www.archidekt.com/decks/46640...
Jimmy’s Miirym:
www.archidekt.com/decks/46640...
JLK’s Vhal + Clan Crafter:
www.archidekt.com/decks/46640...
Jonathan’s Tasha:
www.archidekt.com/decks/46640...
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Directed by: Jake Boss
Lead Editor: Josh Murphy
Edited by: Manson Leung and Jake Boss
Lead VFX: Sam Waldow
VFX Artist: Evan Limberger
Executive Producer: Josh Lee Kwai
Co-Producer: Jimmy Wong
Assistant VFX: Patrick Nan
Director of Photography: Jake Boss
Sound Mix: Josh Murphy and Jake Boss
Theme Music: Post Malone
Production Design: Ladee Danger
Assistant Art Director: David Coleman
Casting Director: Ashlen Rose
Judge: Jamie Block
Writers: Jordan Pridgen & Jamie Block
Neera (Voice): Ashlen Rose
Tasha and Vhal (Voice): Ladee Danger
“Adventurers Wanted”
CREW
Directed by: Josh Lee Kwai & Jake Boss
Written by: Jordan Pridgen & Jamie Block
Edited by: Gaurav Gulati
Lead VFX: Sam Waldow
VFX Artist: Evan Limberger
Produced by: Josh Lee Kwai
Production Design: Ladee Danger
Director of Photography: Jon Salmon and Jonny Strellman
Make-Up Artist: Jessica Torres
Gaffer: Jonny Strellman
Assistant Art Director: David Coleman
Production Assistant: Truc Thai
Casting Director: Ashlen Rose
CAST
Themselves: Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai
Elf: Beth May
Head Cultist #1: Anthony Burch
Head Cultist #2: Matt Arnold
Villager #1: Danielle Radford
Villager #2: Jamie Block
Guard (Chris): Asian Avenger
Minsc: Jacob Bertrand
Tasha: Josephine McAdam
Elminster: Ned Fulmer
Cultists: Josh Murphy, Manson Leung, Ladee Danger
Villagers: Jordan Pridgen, Shauna Gilles, Ashlen Rose, Gaurav Gulati, Damen Lenz, Patrick Nan, Truc Thai, Arthur Meadowcroft, Evan Limberger, David Coleman

[@commandcast]

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[@thetogtube2]

In case you missed it... ALWAYS vote for money and not time and PAY THE 1.

[@djrmarketing598]

Purchased! My first CZ playmat... Awesome episode guys as usual!

[@almosthonest42]

Ships to nz???

[@jordanhodge9541]

im still waiting on my deck box D:

[@og-no7fn]

I'm still waiting on the deck box 😣 I never got my shipping number

[@jonathanymusic]

Been watching Command Zone since the beginning, so stoked to be a part of this :)

[@pavelontube]

I loved you as a guest, please do this again!

[@adamhachimi1476]

I saw your face on the thumbnail and was like, "Nooo, is that Jonathan Young??" Then I press play and I'm like, "Holy shit that's Jonathan Young. I didn't see this one coming."

[@davecollins7420]

u did great bro, that deck can do so much more. i hope u showed them off camera

[@zerceassking1662]

Dude I fricking love your music, and u play bloody edh, hot fricking damn

[@zerceassking1662]

Dude I fricking love your music, and u play bloody edh, hot fricking damn

[@ElementalResistant]

"Nevermind that we have been giving advice to people for years to not do what he just did" - JLK moments after not paying for any rhystic studies triggers with an infinite mana combo.

[@Oneslicknick]

Made me salty to get on Jimmy for that ngl. “I wonder where Ulamog is going for” 🗿

[@devinkerr5474]

@@Oneslicknick The entire time he was popping off free items and not paying I had my head in my hands. It was a nice game, but "Josh gives game to the Rhystic player while doing nothing, then shaming Jimmy" wasn't what I was hoping for from this match up

[@dchanis1]

they ignore they own teachings

[@jrandomyo1077]

"Do as I say, not as I do" energy. I'm having flashbacks now. Thanks, Mom!

[@jasontappe6838]

So they had fun and played outside how they normally do. Had this been a try hard game I'm sure they would have been more tight on these points. 🤷‍♂️ it was a fun game to watch.

[@JoeVirella]

Josh: "I hope she doesn't have any instants" Lexi: *holding half of her library in hand* 😂

[@Corgicooll]

Yeah I sad she didn't have instants 😂

[@magellan6439]

I'd like to see a redemption episode where some players come back to show off decks that didn't do well in the past

[@camc7222]

Same I really want to see Jimmy’s dragon deck actually play out

[@magellan6439]

@@camc7222 yeah the game really steamrolled past him and Johnathan

[@DeviltoGeorgia34]

MTGNerdGirl!! Kykar rights!!!

[@Smorehead13]

@@magellan6439 no it didn’t, Jimmy chose to discard a land and then he chose to give her an extra turn lol. He just threw the game every chance he had wasn’t on his deck at all lol.

[@magellan6439]

@@Smorehead13 even with the land he discarded that's four lands in a deck with a five coat commander. He gave her the turn to end the game

[@VraskaTheScene]

Josh: it’s all jimmy’s fault he voted for time Also josh: didn’t pay for 20+ Rhystic studies

[@darktiderising4825]

Right? More than a bit hypocritical on JLK's part.

[@complainorgain5068]

@@darktiderising4825 I disagree, If he was trying to win the game on that turn its understandable to disregard the rhystic triggers. Jimmy chose time for a much worse reason, he said like "hopefuly you wont swing at me"

[@danielfrazier5586]

@@complainorgain5068 When you are trying to win the game on that turn, its advisable you don't let the blue player at the table draw interaction. Josh misplayed, Jimmy just wanted the suffering to end.

[@beandon24]

​@@complainorgain5068 Nah definitely a misplay. Josh just got greedy I think. He literally gave Lexi a way to stop him from combo-ing off DURING his big turn (to be expected with all that free draw). Basically just spent a ton of time spinning gears doing nothing while feeding another player card after card. Made for an entertaining crackback though lol

[@greyclaa]

Jonathan: It's all Josh's fault for not paying for Rhystic Study Also Jonathan: I won't pay for Rhystic Study

[@steev-sensei]

I love how Josh admonished Jimmy for giving Lexi an extra turn after he gave her like 20 cards. A real pot calling the kettle black moment. LMAO

[@thetogtube2]

... Josh went for the win... Jimmy through in the towel for no reason.

[@steev-sensei]

@@thetogtube2 yea, but giving any player, especially a blue player, a ton of cards is basically giving them all the ammunition to stop them.

[@_claymore]

@@thetogtube2 no he did definitely not. he could and should have paid for the Rhystic Study everytime - especially since he basically had infinite mana. not paying for the study drew Lexi the cards needed to stop him, otherwise he probably could have ended the game there. and then calling Jimmy out even though he himself ensured that Lexi had all the cards in the world, was a real headshaker.

[@GuyrillaBraun]

Jimmy was playing for second place really, nothing wrong with that IMO. JLK just a moron.

[@7swordquanta459]

@@_claymore I know. I was really expecting to see Jimmy at least go off because I was thinking of building the same deck as he was playing. But in typical JW fashion, the land drops were pretty bad. Nevertheless, what Jimmy did was excusable. Josh was really at fault here.

[@EvilM0nkeyRules]

Josh for years "PAY THE 1 GUYS!! DONT GIVE PEOPLE CARDS" Josh with an infinite combo* "Nah I don't pay the one what could possibly go wrong"

[@loganshaw4527]

Triple kill in coming.

[@thelegendarykidofmystery1226]

Also Josh: Well, if it isn’t the consequences of my actions.

[@metricarea7546]

How much mana did he waste?????

[@EvilM0nkeyRules]

@@metricarea7546 lots

[@markbush1430]

It would be great if you guys could display a count of the floating mana on the "big play" turns

[@3nertia]

I would like to second your comment

[@mattbowerman]

Josh, you know this needs to happen, your internally groaning, but because you know you have to lol

[@matijatrajkovic6496]

Even better if Josh stopped playing these boring decks

[@DenverEight]

In today’s episode: Wild magic gets even wilder as Josh forgets to pay the one.

[@thetogtube2]

And Jimmy forgets to vote for money and not time.

[@dillongause7528]

and not just that we bolt the bird

[@SomethingWiley]

I like how everyone blames everyone else for the drawn answers except/even Jimmy even though he didn't really even give the draws, the many many draws- only Lexy knows. when she got the right card. everyone blames everyone else and/also takes responsibility.

[@davidsamayoa7092]

I mean Josh could in response to the cyc rift could sacrifice copy artifact OR anything to get the e gine back, they are contento creators not that good on magic tho

[@dojomaster1987]

You get to see cyclonic rift cast not overloaded to save the day, and you also see it cast overloaded to save the day. Mind blown.

[@DBanner16]

Josh: "Jimmy did the exact thing we sit in our chairs and tell you not to do" Also Josh: doesn't pay for a single Rhystic trigger while having like 20 mana in his mana pool

[@mightygregdoge]

Wasn't it a thing in a Game Knights ad that says you always pay for Rhystic Study??

[@taylortodd8842]

To be fair I think they usually say after a certain number of cards there are diminishing returns and so paying for rhystic study is not as big of a priority - especially because nobody else is wasting mana on it.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

@@damagedjoker69 maybe he was thinking he going win though Ristick study is not there anymore if you win the game 😉

[@Oneslicknick]

Also Josh: Sees Lexi with 30 plus mana in the pool and grip full of cards: 👁👃👁

[@ninomusician]

@@mightygregdoge that's the point of the OP comment 💪🏾

[@michaelnaramore9310]

Jimmy playing green: there's no way I can get mana screwed now *Distant rakdos laughter*

[@loganshaw4527]

Ya the mana droughts are real. Mana ramp just to play land for turn also happens.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

I've been mana screwed more than once with Elves. if you can get mana screwed with elves mana can fuck you over with any style.

[@Alex-my6me]

It's great getting to see all the new cards like Cyclonic Rift, Rhystic Study and Vampiric Tutor

[@zuterwer1835]

Never mind such exciting new releases like etalli or Ulamog.

[@chilopodamancer]

This is sort of why I'd like to see more Brawl being played at some time, it would showcase more new cards.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

seems to be the norm that it's just the commander and maybe a few other cards from the new sets. I'd prefer it if they needed like a minimum of 20 cards must be from the new sets but, I don't see it happening. old staples are just too useful to pass up I guess.

[@eXJonSnow]

@@TGPDrunknHick”too useful” is the problem, though. If they’re doing videos themed around a set, then the focus of deck building should be the set itself and not making the most optimal deck.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@eXJonSnow I know. my favourite Commander Deck is a midnight hunt/crimson vow werewolf one. only about 10 cards aren't from those sets. They just don't really want to deal with it I guess.

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Jonathan: *takes Sol Ring* Lexi: *_And I took that personally_*

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Jimmy: "I really want to guarantee my land draws." Also Jimmy: Discards the last land he'll see this game.

[@dillongause7528]

jimmy wong mana troubles will be a forever meme!

[@rentonnoah7961]

This man is being mana starved sense the game of magic was given to us mortals

[@yaza862]

"i don't have any lands besides a tap land, let's discard that" smartest move ever

[@dillongause7528]

at least a tap land better than nothing oh wait. jimmy wong's mind!

[@okgut2033]

Jimmy has also only 34 lands in his deck.

[@benhartford11]

I think we need to have Jimmy revisit this deck. I feel like so many of us were looking forward to seeing it do something. I was rooting for you the whole time Jimmy!

[@stratavosstuff7575]

seconded

[@serafimb2319]

3nd'ed

[@Callistemon]

As a yugioh player and totally noobs in MTG, when Josh started his frenzy combo of sacrifing his artifiact to draw cards and bring them back on the field, my mind was blow away of how insane the customization in MTG is, I might considers playing Commander.

[@channelnumber52]

As a yugioh player, commander is way better than Yu-gi-oh. It can also be cheaper than Yu-gi-oh, if you don't go super crazy. I built a Gishath Dino tribal commander deck last year, for not much more than I spent on my UCT dino yugioh deck.

[@DeviltoGeorgia34]

You can easily pick up a preconstructed deck at a game store for about 50 bucks. The newest ones play reallyw ell out of the box and can hold their own in most non-competitive games.

[@amethystrose3480]

Trust me as a person who came from the same background, DO IT. It’s the best thing that will ever happen and will be so refreshing because unlike yugioh before where you weren’t expecting over powered bulls*** to completely take control and make it you literally can’t play, at least here you get time to try and set up and prepare.

[@deanwoodland1991]

Commander is king

[@Fiskie666]

This however as you rightfully pointed out / observed is ONLY in the commander format. The original or more typical format of playing 1vs1 allows for almost no interesting interactions and is very dull.

[@michaelnewton4662]

“How is JLK going to draw his entire library this time?” -Me every time there’s a new game knights episode

[@addambarcelos]

mono blue for the win

[@idontknowyoubutialreadyhat1292]

This time he made another player draw it. ^^

[@hudsonchung7637]

Yeah

[@ShikiRen]

"How hard is Jimmy going to be manascrewed?" comes right after that one.

[@maxl8623]

@@ShikiRen unfortunately I think he did it to himself to some degree

[@rancorpoodoo7445]

PLEASE bring Johnathan back soon! he's good at magic, and he's hilarious!

[@thunderwank2037]

That main phase cyclonic rift would disagree with you,.

[@bertverheugen2075]

As opposed to what? Playing it after josh gets to untap and possibly draw into a counterspell?

[@Hoangapalooza]

Upvote this pls

[@dillongause7528]

I wish the bring back mel lie or make some more episodes with cassuis marsh I miss them both

[@gyorgyor7765]

He's very entertaining.

[@nadrojylrach9637]

Jimmy: Is alsways mana screwed Also Jimmy: "Hey I bet it'd be a great idea to discard this land"

[@Crimby.]

He’s terrible at this game. Guarantees he puts 29 lands in his multicolor deck and think it’s okay because he has 5 spells that are ramp.

[@twoneraps3352]

@@Crimby. he's not Terrible he just gets greedy alot

[@loganshaw4527]

29 lands in a muticolor is not a lot for 120 card decks even more so for more then 120.

[@yoda9240]

@@Crimby. In his 100 card deck, Jimmy had 38 lands and 20 cards that ramp him, give him a large boost of mana for a single turn, or cost decrease dragons. His deck building is fine.

[@noahdaglio9362]

This episode had all the Game Knights classics: Jimmy getting mana screwed, Josh taking a 10 minute plus turn only to fizzle out, and one of the guests going ham with big spells and winning.

[@guerrillagorilla6537]

Seeing jimmy archeomancer back that land he was too good for is my favorite thing I’ve ever seen on this channel

[@jaxsonshipp5193]

Lmao the land he was too good for I love it

[@ocdalby]

Second best after that hermit druid xD

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

With Jimmy's track record of getting mana screwed, his choice to discard a land just because it would enter the battlefield tapped was questionable to say the least.

[@valerian4486]

"If I play this tap land it's going to delay my plan so I'm going to discard it instead" *sits the game out waiting for a land* Yeah..... It would have delayed you SO MUCH, Jimmy *facepalms* I really wish I knew what else he had in hand that were all **so** important he chose to discard the land instead....

[@JudgmentDragon25]

Lexi: 'Hopefully, they make all the bad decisions and I can draw a ton of cards!' Foreshadowing the moment where Josh coulda paid the Rhystic Study with the amount of mana he's been making, really bad decision lol.

[@MrReaperHand]

To be fair, if she didn't have the reliquary tower it would have been painful for her when discard phase came. If he was able to continue a large portion of her deck would be gone.

[@JudgmentDragon25]

@@MrReaperHand That's true, she was excited that she drew it and Cyclonic Rift lol. Whether Josh paid the mana or she didn't have an answer, Josh woulda indeed won, but he didn't in the end. 🤪

[@Sheriff_K]

@@MrReaperHand I wonder who's fault it was that led her to drawing said Reliquary Tower... 👀

[@joelhaggis5054]

Jimmy discarding a land to dig for another land is the Ultimate Jimmy Wong Play.

[@emmanuelmadail]

Josh roasting Jimmy for choosing "Time" all while he chooses to skip on paying the one... Aaah the irony.

[@murlocmasher3368]

Josh was roasted throughout the game for not paying. Yeah he’s gonna mention Jimmy picking Time, but don’t act like nobody noticed JLKs mistake

[@tekf5ve209]

I do agree, but honestly if someone played a card that said "opponent chooses, take and extra turn, or draw 20 cards" im never letting someone take an extra turn.

[@okgut2033]

She didnt even needed the second extraturn.

[@tekf5ve209]

@@okgut2033 she did. Each opponent had 1 more turn if Jimmy hadn't given her a turn. They scooped in response to her 3rd turn.

[@andrewsparkes6275]

@@murlocmasher3368 34:19 lol

[@DarkEinherjar]

And this is when Josh learned a very important lesson: PAY FOR RHYSTIC!

[@flan537]

More importantly, don't ever give time to expropiate lol

[@simplegarak]

ESPECIALLY if you have an infinite mana loop going. lol

[@Mando0Melkor]

The worse of this is that he was iterating mana in way he was up mana even paying rhystic.

[@lvcif3r]

He was sending a message clearly

[@DarkEinherjar]

@@flan537 In this case, I totally understand why Jimmy did it. If he had chosen money and Lexi had taken one of his lands, he might as well concede anyway.

[@qurangreen7041]

The amount of times JLK has drawn a third or more of his deck and done absolutely nothing with it is astounding. It makes what Ladee Danger said a while back that much funnier lol

[@yurigodoy93]

What did she said?

[@Hornswroggle]

24:05 "It's pretty harsh that we don't even get to look at our own cards [that were taken by Arvinox]" I mean... we all know what Jimmy's bottom cards were, because evidently all of his Lands are down there...

[@wqweqwet1804]

First minute of the sketch. Jimmy: *BOLT THE BIRD*

[@dillongause7528]

I really wanted them to cast stuff like firce guardianship or ulamog for the skit or gadeck teg

[@dillongause7528]

also epic move moment and meme moment.

[@Murokoshi]

Man, sure was great watching the 1v1 Commander with JLK and Lexi. Nice of Johnathan and Jimmy to sit at the table to keep them company.

[@Flailkerrin]

I know this is the kinda magic some folks live for (congrats, this must've been a great episode!) but watching folks play with themselves round in circles till they work out how to win just ain't my jam.

[@devinkerr5474]

Every time I wanna see the dragons do their thing 🥲

[@MPerMinute]

@@Flailkerrin Honestly this has kept me from playing more magic. I see turns like this (mostly from JLK haha) and it scares me off. Content to watch the game instead and benefit from the great editing.

[@avavanpelt926]

@@Flailkerrin felt but it being Lexi someone new to me vs just JLK yet again. It was pretty awesome.

[@Murokoshi]

@@devinkerr5474 I would love to have seen Jimmy use that deck again in another game, preferably without getting land-stalled. Still wouldn't beat the infinite combo draw half my deck by turn 4 players, but I think it would have done some damage.

[@GUYMAN261]

How dare Josh roast Jimmy - he had INFINTIE MANA

[@RhysticStudies]

that intro was great fun. y'all are unstoppable.

[@raygun2180]

New vid coming soon? 👀

[@loganshaw4527]

Rhystic studies for the win.

[@jarrenberrett8381]

She was actually right to take Jonathan’s sol ring because technically due to the way it’s worded she can’t get hers back since unless she voted money to get hers back since expropriate checks the owner not the controller

[@modothegreat108]

Also as a side note she got to bounce cards to the hand later on, which is extra value exactly because she could bounce her Sol Ring off Jonathan's field.

[@mibbzx1493]

Lexi sequenced that perfectly

[@ThaAmjab]

good catch!

[@Googleflax]

Admittedly we don't know what else was in Jimmy's hand, but discarding the Kazuul's Fury when he had no other lands in hand seemed like a really weird choice.

[@KeroTheInvincible]

Considering the cards we saw him play and discard, he had a hand of thing like cost reducers, elvish piper/quicksilver amulet, copy effects, ect. If he managed to get that untapped land he wanted, he could've gotten Miirym out, cheated in another Dragon, and started off his gameplan right. But he didn't win the gamble, and tossed away his backup plan (likely because the spell side was not useful without an established board). Long story short, he just got a little too greedy a little too early in the game.

[@dillongause7528]

The thought process only makes sense In green decks you so get use to playing a land,draw a card it feel so bad when you dont it's like buying candybar to realize you broke a tooth.

[@andrewsparkes6275]

Lol I was literally writing this as my own comment but I'll post it here instead - 20:56 Jimmy: casts Thrill of Possibility "The only land I have in my hand is a tapland and honestly, that's gonna slowww down my gameplan..." Me: "Cool, so you'll keep your tapland just in case you don't draw a better land, because at least a tapland will slow you down less than no lands at all?" 21:04 Jimmy: "And I discard my tapland!" Me: JIMMY!

[@chknguirit6166]

I mean thats the most red thing you can do in Magic

[@RussianSpy4632]

When Josh passed up 50 pay triggers for rhystic study with infinite mana

[@jollypopkins9566]

Can you guys play the precons again for the new set releases…. or at least upgraded precons? No one seems to upload those types of games anymore on KZbin . I feel like it was always a nice way to get to see the new set and the new tech. I’m tired of seeing brand new commanders just being stuffed with pricy cards and the same old wincons from before.

[@mrtalos]

I can't afford many of these win cons. I don't own a single fetch land let alone original duels. I want to see the new and the wacky. At this rate we will see someone with a turn 3 win.

[@ich3730]

good point. people click on these videos to see the new cards in action, not expropriate and rhystic study

[@CustardCosmos]

LRR put out a precon video just yesterday as part of their new series. New Capenna precons tho. But I'm hoping Baldur's Gate precons are next.

[@gpcovenant]

I was excited to watch this then realized this is the same 90 cards they always play with a different commander.

[@FlynnApollo]

You would think they would play the precons considering this is legitimately a paid WotC advertising channel.

[@egbert5871]

dang i really was looking forward to seeing Jimmy's deck in action

[@johnrogers9262]

Anytime Jimmy has a deck I am interested in seeing he gets mana screwed. It's tradition at this point.

[@zacharia4061]

@@johnrogers9262 he asked for it by discarding a land that was just greedy

[@7swordquanta459]

I know. I was even thinking of building it.

[@dillongause7528]

agreed

[@ossiliere]

Never thought that I will live to see this chain of bad decisions event on game knights. Also, a high praise to Lexi. Perfect sequencing. Bravo! GG

[@calebjtv]

Josh: “Do as I say, not as I do” Dope game, super entertaining to see Lexi absolutely smash everyone’s face like that!

[@gfkxj123]

Lexi had an infinite at 55:52 : Archeomancer returns sublime epiphany 3 red floating + 4 treasures left, cast epiphany copy targets dockside and original targets Archeomancer, Original resolves Archeomancer copy on the field targets epiphany... PROFIT.

[@CHEFPKR]

Lexi playing Delina makes me so happy. By far my favorite AFR card as you get to watch the dread of the table while you roll dice.

[@dougisacat]

Def made for a format with not a lot of removal in it

[@davidbai3543]

You could say she was cooking this game.

[@dillongause7528]

you should be on this show dude kind of want you to represent black blue since it rarely any good unless josh uses it.

[@elijahsutherlin5280]

I can definitely see this card being banned soon.. It's one of those already broken cards, without having to even combo multiple cards to make it phenomenal.

[@magellan6439]

@@elijahsutherlin5280 they're not going to ban a random chance card before they ban ulamog

[@irreleverent]

That expedite is some quality tech. A cheap cantrip to throw into the wild magic vortex, that also lets you fully utilize any huge creatures you flip without needing to untap.

[@ccellermann6669]

It was so fun seeing the Dungeons and Daddies Cast in this episodes intro!!

[@dantemachiavelli9976]

Jonathan's reaction to Josh going off was GOLD

[@ShivaX51]

The fact that no one ever pays for Rhystic Study even when they EASILY can drives me nuts. And it's not just this episode, it's literally every episode.

[@kyle1078]

Pretty sure they have said that they specifically try to do their best to let the decks, especially the guest ones, pop off and not paying the 1 is a good way to do that.

[@tariik.h]

Yeah, it's a big misplay. The intent of Rhystic Study is to slow the game down, but not lock someone out completely. You should only not pay if you are either sure you can win the game that turn (still risky because they might draw into Pact of Negation etc.) or you need to protect yourself from a game ending play.

[@atk9989]

@@tariik.h right, you cant have a show that has dozens of episodes telling people how to be a better player and then on your gameplay show not do any of that and be this weird mix of some optimal plays and some absolutely horrible plays that they preach to never do, this is why people don't pay the 1 because if they are new and only watch this channel then they never see it paid for so figure that is the right play.

[@det06f006]

Ban tax card, is no fun in yt show

[@Chrysaries]

@@kyle1078 I understand that they probably have to play less harsh to have a more fun game to watch, but at this point all their games seem to end by kingmaking. A soccer game with many goals is more fun than one with many goals for both sides, but Game Knights is more akin to one team not even trying to win and then the goals don't matter as much anymore, because there's no tension. Like, getting 20 cards and an extra turn for free will let pretty much any deck win

[@istarilight]

"Calls forth the Eldrazi to defend her realm" is a phrase I never expected to hear.

[@gyorgyor7765]

LMFAO yeah that funny

[@ich3730]

nahiri moment monkaW

[@Syrinfox]

I like that Jonathan has a thieves guild mark on his arm and is playing the deck revolving around taking the other player's cards.

[@stfinalwrath]

Josh: You should never give time! Also Josh: I'm not gonna pay the rhystic. 😆😆

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Jacob as Minsc was the best part of the intro We also got all the staples of Game Knights: Josh combos off Jimmy missed lands And the game ends with Eldrazi and/or extra turns Still a fun episode

[@spudster8887]

A staple at this rate is Josh comboing out and still loosing due to poor decision making

[@dillongause7528]

kind want more kobra kai cast on game knights imagine Johnny using a rakdos deck or Danny using mono blue?

[@Georgekingdbz]

11:19 start's the video 32:07 skip the ads

[@kmain5587]

Man that was wild, Lexie dropped the uno reverse card on Josh.

[@froggystrap1232]

Lexi is my favorite guest on this show ❤️

[@HinekoAkahi]

Jimmy: "Is he gonna combo off and win right now?" Me: Not according to the episode runtime, he isn't.

[@kawsmelive5379]

To be fair, if it wasn't interrupted it could have easily taken that long for him to keep doing plays and make a huge cycle of things to end up winning if he just never found the winning combo for a long time.

[@dillongause7528]

less video means more skits

[@JonReid01]

@@dillongause7528 you mean more ads? 😂

[@davidsamayoa7092]

Why does no one notice that he can keep going lmao

[@elliotdelecaut1990]

The narrator : "They'll have to face the EVIL WITCH QUEEN" Me : "Hi Josephine !"

[@nicklasbille]

Me: "Hi Jim!"

[@comparatorclock]

imagine if Josh's combo was done all just to have Lexi draw her entire library lol

[@daviddent5662]

Johnthan Young: **Guest Stars** Also John: **Steals Lexi's Sol Ring** Lexi: **Villain theme** "And I'm going to cast YOUR Sol Ring!" ^Amazing Person and Arch Enemy you can root for^ - - - - Dude that Baldur's Gate mini movie was better than any D&D movie ever attempted! Bravo! The game itself was quite nice! I had Vhal and Neera both and had puzzled how they worked. Thanks to Game Knights I might just build around them next, since Duke Ulder Ravegard is my current favorite commander to use from the set, myriad everywhere just so much faster ETB combos than waiting to untap Chulane my previous favorite ETB and can't out speed or power Volo but somehow being in aggro Boros it feels faster and more efficient on some plays even they aren't game winning.

[@OfficialBarbarose]

If we learned three things this episode: Pay for RS, never vote time, and never go full chips when a blue player has mana up lol. Such an awesome game to watch

[@chrisgebben2043]

also at the sam time never discard your last land under any cercomstances (the MDFC)

[@Alternative-Works]

@@chrisgebben2043 I know right? I guarantee that the worst card in Jimmy's hand was not that tap land... This makes me wonder, do Jimmy and Josh still play a lot of commander or are they too busy now?

[@chrisgebben2043]

@@Alternative-Works hmmm well josh failed to realize that persudo infinite mana thing he was doing to pay 1 for the rhystic study

[@davidsamayoa7092]

Josh could have kept going by sacrificing in response and trigering to get his gy creature back why does no one notice?

[@Areinu]

@@davidsamayoa7092 He could have kept going if he sacrificed an Artifact with mana value 4+ to get the original Scrap Trawler back. But the problem is he didn't have 4 mana Artifact on the board when Cyclonic was played. He could have gotten 2 or 1 mana thing back at that point, but none of the things in his gy would have kept the combo going, at most would give him a bit more mana(which he didn't use fully anyway). Unless there is some other line of play that you're seeing?

[@timwright3218]

"8 second ago" - LET'S GO!

[@brettvandermeer5297]

What an epic intro! Hawk the hero xD Great episode everyone

[@frandynamo2143]

What a truly iconic game. From the "origin story" of sol ring stealing.. To Jimmy discarding his land and then retrieving it later in the most convoluted and desperate way possible (bless him). To Josh NOT paying for RS at all and then him roasting Jimmy for giving Lexi an extra turn when he gave her like 20 cards to RS... LOL Priceless. The engine going off for Josh only to be blocked by him giving Lexi the solution by not paying RS.. And the absolute shiny perfect cherry on top to see Lexi then dominate and sequence her final *turns* perfectly at the end. The triple slay.. The spice and synergy. Perfection. GG

[@barryrott726]

Command zone podcast: you need to run more interaction. Game knights: whose got interaction (crickets)

[@makingnoises2327]

Lexi has such fun energy, it was awesome getting to see her go off and kick ass!

[@dangerm52]

Im so thankful for you guys' videos!! Im a newer player and just finished my first commander deck! You guys really help me understand how the flow of my deck should feel, and how to make the most out of the bit of cards ive been able to afford. Even though i have noone to play with I have so much fun watching these and thinking about how my deck would deal with a lot of different things

[@outbreakprime6246]

I was floored to see that Jon was a player. Found Galatikraken a year ago and listened to so many songs since. Been loving his music. Good luck jon!

[@FlameAggron]

"Huh, I guess Josh is hoping to punish her with massive discard by not paying for Rhystic Study." -Reliquary Tower gets played- "Guess not."

[@Knives4540]

Kinda sad Jonathan's debut episode was one where people barely used their commanders, but I'm glad he was there all the same. One of the best guests they've ever had!

[@korver261]

Jonathan Young being in this episode makes me so hype.

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

Sometimes it feels like Jimmy’s his own worst enemy when it comes to a good mana base

[@loganshaw4527]

You need more mana the higher the card count dude is playing to much limits size decks.

[@sieg1430]

Jimmy bolted the bird which means morbid was active. Josh then proceeds to kill someone.

[@Stricken314]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who thought this

[@TheGrifcannon22]

Maybe they had 14 toughness? Hopefully?

[@jiaxihao1847]

38:35 only then Josh relize he's money laundrying XD

[@TheEppypens]

lmao, you could make a whole movie with that opening skit, just great

[@cg5380]

Holy crap its Jonathan Young. I never thought he'd make it on the show but holy crap

[@Depp0vom0Dienst]

love how the "dragon tempest" animation contains the "dragon's approach" damage animation. Nice detail :)

[@TheyCallMeDio]

I guess the dragon tempests are approaching... I'll see myself out

[@travisjohnson18]

Not me being terrified at 36:48 that josh was gonna try to kill queen lexi

[@voiceless0221]

This was a very great episode for me to see. I was interested in building 3 of those commanders and have already finished 2 of them (Neera and Tasha). The one I wasn't impressed with when it was spoiled, Vhal, was a card I pulled at prerelease and hadn't considered how impressive it could be until seeing what Josh did with her. She's definitely a card I'll know not to sleep on anymore.

[@JustforKikX]

Glad to see Jonathan playing Tasha. I'm building her as well so I'm looking forward to seeing how she does.

[@duckstuffer2152]

I remember that he played, but I wasn't expecting Jonathan on here!!

[@WiiTara]

Holy hell, that was an amazing game! Great win for Lexi and also great, fun monster turns. I loved it.

[@dyjost]

I love the energy Jon brings to the table.

[@LoneWolfsLament]

Josh getting salty about Jimmy voting for time meanwhile everyone is screaming WHY ISN'T ANYONE PAYING FOR RHYSTIC STUDY?!? 😆

[@T1nyFr0gg]

Gotta love that all of the events that transpired in this game only happened because of people not doing the actions you should do such as paying the one, or choosing money

[@ahhhanime10]

I had so much fun watching this episode! I laughed so much and both of the guests were incredibly entertaining. I hope to see them again here!!

[@johnfinitygaming7307]

Always fun to watch another episode of Jimmy now drawing any lands

[@snowygrass7866]

the fact that josh gave her a million cards and jimmy giving her an extra turn really says something.

[@KoltonH-le4kp]

There are a lotta questionable plays in this series. I feel like they "accidentally" do a lotta things that put a player at a huge advantage a little too frequently

[@wolfman210]

Jimmy just wanted his suffering to end. :D

[@Tygersama]

So sick seeing Johns career blow up, remember when homie had like 5K subs. Was stoked to see him in the thumbnail!

[@kevinwilliams5427]

I love your guys videos. So entertaining and the your FX dept deserves tons of love. The skits are always the best part!

[@Samhaigh1000]

You guys get better and better with your sketches every time I love it!

[@OfficialBarbarose]

The editing this episode is EXTRAORDINARY. The animations areore epic than ever too, honestly so cool 🤩

[@OfficialBarbarose]

Also these guests were do good, I hope they come back 😆❤️

[@benmills4358]

Wow congratulations Lexi, I hope when my daughter Lexi learns how to play commander she's able to put together a combo like that. ( as long as it's not against me lol)

[@vanchaos7206]

Oh snap, been watching both Jonathan Young and the Command Zone for years and never knew this was a collab I needed till now.

[@ivandragovic5958]

Couldn’t Josh have used Liquimetal Torc to make his commander an artifact then sacrificed it to resurrect the Scrap Trawler and continue his engine? He had the mana for it (and the mana for the Rhystic Study payments).

[@dillongause7528]

then he have to recast his commander and pay commander tax probably still the engine stopped after cyclonic rift

[@edhcube]

Got a little confusing because the way they filmed it was intentionally confusing in that moment, but I also was surprised there wasn't a line to respond with the torque in there

[@saw2135]

@@dillongause7528 Make the commander an artifact, tap it to get whatever amount of mana, sac it to Ironworks, get back Scraptrawler, recast it with the floating mana from itself (since Command Zone isn't your hand), then continue the loop and win after drawing your entire deck.

[@bloodblade487]

Aayyyy i literally just commented this same thing! Yeah this line would have definitely changed the game.

[@ryanmelanson3813]

I was way too late with my comment lol good call, 100% what was going through my mind

[@maye_crescent3829]

I have never been THIS early, can't wait to watch the episode and grab some CLB from my locals on Friday!! Much love to you guys, I love your content

[@UGDMchris]

that was insane! its fun watching high level plays

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

Classic Jimmy Wong, Discards land to look for different lands.

[@QuamQuam2305]

You would think Jimmy has some hours in gameplay experience to not greed on the tapland. Knew he was out of the game the moment he played Thrill and pitched his only land.

[@brocksorensen4605]

We are going to need Jimmy to come back with his Miirym deck please!

[@jaredeppley9199]

Legit Jonathan Young is the main reason I clicked on the video. Love this dude’s music and so stocked that he plays a game I enjoy as well!

[@RC-pz9pi]

You guys are amazing truly the reason why I got into Magic, with just the best Magic related videos. Thank you guys so much❤

[@MasterMetallica1]

Ladee Danger still making the animations great with that evil cackle. Love to see it.