#EVERYTHINGISCONTENT

[@TheBigMarshall83]

The Dropout/Smosh/Critical Role Venn diagram continues its drift towards being a circle.

[@antsman6795]

For real, 98 percent of my media consumption is inside that circle.

[@twilighterification]

Throw the try guys in there and it is a circle.

[@samkremer1766]

As long as it stays a venn diagram lol, I like the way both are run separate from each other

[@chand911]

Yeah this crossover makes sense to me. It makes zero fucking sense they hooked up with Ex-Roosterteeth staffers instead.

[@adoragrayskull]

Throw in a college humor/drawfee and that's about all the content I consume

[@PancakeMonster359]

I love that Liam's son built the deck for him, he is beaming with pride the whole game. Team dad & son for the win!!

[@FeedMeezz]

Liam's Deck wasn't only really good, it was also New player friendly which is a plus for his son's deck building chops. Good job for him.

[@nateinthenorth1999]

@@FeedMeezz built my nephew a Ghalta deck for his first commander as an 8 y.o. I think, was good.

[@seanedgar164]

Wish he kept the Garruk in hand and drew 12 lol

[@Highwaym4n]

YES. This cannot be undersold.

[@1notdeadfred]

WHO ELSE SAW MATT ON COMMANDER AT HOME LAST WEEK AND WAS SUPER HYPED IN ADVANCE?!?!?!?!?

[@donnerthor7498]

@@1notdeadfred fuck yeeeeah

[@numlkd]

Got me to reinstall Arena even

[@platinumgame3048]

Yeah I feel you. I am starting the vid and am stoked!

[@calebfleischmann3645]

Same. Didn't even know if Matt played Magic at all

[@blakenicholson6014]

ME i was super stoked when he made a random appearance on a commander show and was hopping to see Liam pay all that's left is see Sam

[@maretyuandroid8273]

"You're next to me and I can see it." is the realest reason for removing a permanent - well played Liam 😄

[@IceMetalPunk]

We don't like to admit it, but "I forgot what you have and what it does, because you're too far for me to read your cards and I don't want to keep grabbing them from you or walking around the table" is a major consideration for MtG targeting tactics 😅

[@JesperoTV]

Liam: "Oh I don't play magic, I don't really know anything. Hope I'll do ok!" Liam 10 seconds later: "Anyway, here's strip mine"

[@gaz-l621]

In fairness, he did say his son built the deck, and he didn't say his son wasn't a sicko. :P

[@ash25y]

He also did not know what permanents are as he had the City's Blessing by 28:20 in the video! A permanent is any card or token on the field, including lands.

[@phantomswagger9363]

@@ash25y Probably thought it only checked when Swordtooth came into play.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Also, "they're being very kind to the novice" while he's got a 19/19 trampling commander on the field 😂

[@ChaosMind10531]

Damn... I remember the deck we had... Strip mine, stone rain... The times when land destruction was more common... And acceptable strategy...

[@CaptainFirefred]

Every CR20 and Dropout Co-Op I am in.

[@h.dwaynearchibald3371]

Word

[@snipa8758]

I stand with you🫡

[@TheWaffleDad]

This is the mashup I need in my life

[@RocKaFella57]

I understood some of those words

[@CaptainFirefred]

​@@RocKaFella57 You want to go to there.

[@seansilveiro2463]

I actually loved this chill magic... normally Commander gameplay is edited to feel faster and more action packed, but this was just so wholesome... dig it

[@Rook986]

Theres a bunch of commander shows that are chill and full of banter

[@tomirasanen2512]

My thoughts exactly. Very nice to have chill MtG. :)

[@seansilveiro2463]

@@Rook986 very possible, guess the only ones that cross my feed are the fast edited ones

[@HarmonicResonanceScale]

check out Commander at Home!

[@nateinthenorth1999]

I had to relax myself a bit, but enjoyed it when I did! Stuck in the optimization brain, like Liam having City's Blessing after casting Ghalta.

[@theflyingfish1]

Emily - 'I've some heirlooms from my husband's old tournament decks' Me, thinking of Murph - Yeah, that totally tracks

[@soconapleura]

"my son built this deck" STRIP MINE

[@GrimaIim]

Robbie posted about buying some Thunder Junction boxes at Costco the other day.... Are we going to start seeing regularly occurring commander games with more cast members?

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

"The hardest part about Magic is the shuffling." Now I know Emily is a veteran, and I am scared of her ability.

[@IceMetalPunk]

I have yet to figure out how to effectively shuffle with sleeves. Maybe my sleeves are just shitty, but they're always too sticky to mash shuffle or overhand shuffle well. And I can't riffle shuffle (nor would I want to bend my cards anyway)... last time I played with sleeves, I overhand shuffled for like 5 minutes straight, and still ended up screwed by having puddles of 4 or 5 lands stuck together in chunks throughout the deck.

[@maximilianrogers7282]

We had this special shuffle for this exact reason. Split Lands and Cards and then put them 1:2 back together. Then shuttle your Deck.

[@LoPan12]

​@@IceMetalPunk the trick is that once you mash (use bottom corner to make it easier) you need to let up on the pressure you're using to hold the deck together. Easiest way to do it without dropping your cards is to put the not ful,y mashed deck bottom down on the table, and then kind of let go with your fingers and thumb, and then push it together with your palms. I can mash shuffle very quickly and effectively this way, just takes practice. Feel free to ask me if I didn't make any sense above 😅

[@cathalmolloy2002]

@@maximilianrogers7282 that's called mana weaving I believe and if I recall correctly it's technically cheating

[@JarlStaubhold]

That was the perfect Sam Neill/Jurassic Park "take sunglasses of in astonishment reaction" recreation from Liam!!!!

[@patdlinkinparkqrl]

And in the same week Ben Schwartz did the Laura Dern recreation on Dropout! A Jurassic resurgence in Burbank, I see

[@calvinmobley9628]

I'm so glad that Matt recently got back into magic. Can't wait for more mtg content *hopefully

[@Jathom]

It's a dangerous pastime for someone with a collector's mentality (which Matt definitely has a tabletop wargamer and RPGer, you can see it in his mini collection). Which has been the biggest reason I've avoided it. Still play every now and then, but I just won't buy any.

[@santi3991]

Emily terrorizing people at a game table of any kind gives me life

[@jackakimbo5718]

I have less than 0% idea of what is happening here, but Emily and Ify are here so yay!

[@lnfreeman]

Yeah, i paused 15 minutes in to research the rules of mtg lol. No way I was gonna miss this cast

[@Ristro44]

Same 😂 Seeing them makes me so happy

[@Thamuel]

@@lnfreeman honestly, great way to learn the rules is the tutorials on Arena. however then you have started playing and that can drag you down to the depths so fast.

[@yargolocus4853]

@@lnfreeman you are so valid for that. thank you for your efforts. it's so worth it.

[@ziforyu]

Widogastean sounds like an amazing term for highly intelligent that it's almost magical/wizardlike

[@davidribeiro1064]

And either Liam is a MTG savant or his kid has earned the moniquer.

[@ahmadal-mousawi1717]

I love how Liam is a newbie but has enough of that newbie’s luck to scare Emilly so she just took halv his deck

[@IceMetalPunk]

Why punch someone when you can make them punch themselves? 😁

[@davidjennings2179]

Emily, more than anyone, knows the power of the unknown.

[@ninorpl23]

I'm so happy that this happens. I'm so glad Matt got back into mtg. I've been working for over a year now on a commander set that adapt the Mighty Nein story. I've currently done 237 cards, excluding the basic lands, with no more than 5-6 reprints, the rest is original creation. After literal hundreds of hours, i need to make a bit of fixing and the set will be ready for printing. From the start i always wanted to send one full printed set to Matt, and i hope i'll do in the following months. I'm currently working on a C3 set, but much bigger, including the Crownkeepers story in it (and let's be honest C3 is just so dense, it's going to take me a few years). I really love making those.

[@DaAijin28]

Sounds amazing! Have You posted it somwhere to get playtested? 😊

[@andrehall23]

I'm trying to do the Critical Role set on a Magic Card builder online! It's awesome!!

[@zacharylewis1944]

This soounds so awesome! Please let us know where we can find it!

[@Hasan-bl3oo]

Please drop a link! I am excited to see

[@Matisyahuwu]

I'm big sad they have cards in UniVersus, as I'm assuming they wont ever be in MTG because of this. But I can dream that it'll happen one day

[@UponThisAltar]

COMMANDER GAMEPLAY ON CR?! Oh Matthew, you spoil us!

[@Heishkin]

Man I love the editing on display here. It was really easy to follow, had all the information I wanted at any time more or less just up on the screen, and still got a little window to see these amazing actors and gamers playing out their moves

[@Dragonroot95]

The mulligan discussion dates the player knowledge and I am so friggin here for it haha

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

@@Dragonroot95 I've been playing MtG since 1994, and I think the mulligan rules have changed at least five times.

[@zmollon]

@@Dragonroot95 I played since it was just reshuffle draw 6. Now it's like redraw 7 but send one back to the bottom or something? And wasn't there a draw 6 but scry 1 time period too?

[@TheViv06]

@@zmollon for sanctioned competitive play, the original mulligan was “all land/no land”. If either player had all lands or zero lands in hand, they were allowed to reveal the hand, shuffle then draw a new 7. The first revision (always named after the city in which the pro tour began using it) was called the Paris mulligan, in which a player may decide to shuffle and redraw their hand minus one any number of times, always reducing the draw by one. est 1997 The next version was the Vancouver mulligan, which followed the same rule as Paris, each mulligan reducing the draw count by one. With this version, if you started with fewer than 7 cards in hand, you would scry 1 card before the beginning of the game. est 2015 The London mulligan replaced Vancouver, and is the current version used for pretty much all sanctioned play. With the London, every mulligan taken is a full draw 7, with one card per mulligan sent to the bottom of the deck. So a game where you mulligan twice before keeping would have you draw 7, then take 2 from your hand and move to the bottom. est 2020 Commander and other multiplayer formats have a kind of static “first mulligan is free” rule, then follow the standard competitive mulligan rule for each one after that. I have heard of creators using what people have dubbed the “streamer mulligan”, which is starting off by drawing a 10 card hand then keeping the best 7, and putting the rest on the bottom. Seems to make for better content games 😁

[@anarkizt]

My mulligan knowledge was sometimes we played with a free mulligan, after that though it was discard, draw 6, discard, draw 5, etc. each mulligan until you get to 1 card and then you’re forced to stick with it

[@metalhat3534]

Mulligan Rules as far as I remember them: Classic Mulligan - reshuffle draw 6, then 5, etc. Vancouver Mulligan - reshuffle draw 6 scry 1, draw 5 scry 2, etc. London Mulligan - reshuffle draw 7 every time but put 1 card on the bottom of library for everytime you mulliganed Multiplayer has one free Mulligan + first player drawing as well

[@Blakobness]

The lure all-in block from Matt just being "No" 'd off the field followed by a complete board wipe was pretty wild. Rat dad says stop fighting, kids.

[@zmollon]

He had to scry a card to the bottom to be able to do it though lol

[@TosiMinde]

I don't know why but this is the first Critical Role video where u can actually see Matthew Mercer's angel wings. They are always invisible for any reason.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Matt: (to Emily) "I don't know how you became the villain of this-" Ify: "I DO." People underestimate Emily Axford at their *peril.*

[@MorganBondelid]

The juxtaposition of this fact with her adoration of & support for her sweet lawful-good husband is delightful.

[@t-r3y]

No matter what Emily Axford is playing she's always a force to be reckoned with lol

[@jamesh3769]

She's one of my favorites. The total chaos that she brings and having Murph attempt to cool it is my favorite part of NADDPOD

[@EvilHeroMaliciousBear]

Oh absolutely 😂

[@LoPan12]

It was when she played a card with *Villainous* in the name 😅

[@rayswift5711]

In which Matthew Mercer plays a seemingly worse Serra Angel as his commander but actually makes a pretty solid and very creative deck

[@daisybeam3357]

I've been listening Emily talk about MTG on NADDPOD for WEEKS!!! So excited to see her commander deck passion in action!

[@dominiricanish]

I was thinking the same thing! I just listened to the Hearthside Chat where she talked about not having played in a while.

[@kamillakilambayeva3819]

omg my first thought when I saw this!! axford knows how to manifest

[@Halfhillz]

I really appreciate that Matt, Emily, and Liam didn't completely know the rules and kind of learned as they went, asking lots of questions. And how helpful Ify was. Even as someone who's been playing for years, I still have trouble remembering how things work. I also appreciate that they didn't cut, explain the mechanic, and then resume filming to make it seem like they knew what they were doing all along. It makes it feel like a real, casual game.

[@LoPan12]

I keep life totals on an old phone just so I can Google rules and interactions 😊

[@JamesMillsNeutralBase]

I love that it's very clear you can still have a blast even if you make rules mistakes here and there.

[@sp8cemonkey83]

*** SPOILERS *** The minute I saw the that Emily was playing BUG I immediately heard Ralph Wiggum exclaim, "They're in danger", in my head. Sure enough, Emily correctly chooses Liam for a pretty spicy Villainous Wealth. Emily is a treasure and I am glad to see her in more Critical Role content :)

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Now we just need to get Murph in here!

[@NobleConman]

Now I understand why he’s dressed up as Dr Alan grant. Adorable.

[@amymurata]

The MVP is Owen making the winning deck to carry Liam to the finish line

[@Tiredprovisioner]

Love this so much! Proper kitchen table casual magic complete with newbies, misplays, and not giving a sh1t!! Just how I like it

[@SorrowBNK]

Liam playing casual mtg is the most wholesome thing I've seen all year. Love you guys

[@sullivanquinn9891]

Fingers crossed for more Matt and Magic Content! FOR M&M!

[@IceMetalPunk]

Maybe next time, we'll get a game with Matt, Becca Scott, Marisha, and Sean Plott 😁 (I haven't seen Day[9] since the Spellslinger days, but I can dream!)

[@GodammitNappa]

Liam is new but i still got a chuckle @28:00 when he says "wayward swordtootch is chilling until i get the cities blessing" as he has 10 permanents thus he has the blessing. I love seeing new people enjoy mtg.

[@jermotank141]

We need a Murph and Matt collab soon

[@erikofthenorse]

Yes!! I'd love murph to dm for matt and brennan!!

[@MC-su3sd]

They’ve been on Um Actually together! But I absolutely agree, I wanna see them play D&D together

[@jmdgrey_2919]

Ee55aaaaaeaa!aà÷5aà⁴e55aaà⁴ae5ae55aa5áa5ár⁴5aaaá⁴e5a! Wasserman 😅😅ð//😅ÁD DERR FLORIDA

[@stanislawlavoie5394]

Very happy to see MTG content on this channel, especially Rampage and Banding ! Very wholesome content and also very refreshing to see real casual MTG. Now, when can when expect to see Matt on Game Knights or vice-versa. However, I spotted two misplays in the game: - 1:08:49: Depending if Tyvar's Stand was cast during the Declare Attackers phase or during the Declare Blockers phase in response to the basilisk's ability, the 1/1 hydra might have needed to block too. - 1:15:20: March of Swirling Mist couldn't have targeted Gabriel as Mirror Shield gives it Hexproof. Emily's board should have been wiped.

[@SunshineChild15]

Love that they're getting into magic! Liam discarding a garruk that wouldve drawn 12 cards for primal might was hilarious. Hope to see more mtg content!

[@koenvandepoll927]

Damn Matt, not only using a friggin LEGENDS card as a commander, but also making it work in a unique strategy focussed around the Rampage mechanic. Very cool design, well done!

[@Claysteeer]

Please more of this! Love the content and can we just take a moment to appreciate that every video is available for CC?? Thank you CR!!

[@dracone4370]

I recently found a tabletop RPG called Magical Kitties Save the Day!, and I think you might have a lot of fun playing it; you could bring Frumpkin back for his own adventures with his own little clutter of friends.

[@skollgrimmson]

Great play with it. Very Magical, very beautiful ❤

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

Ooh will definitely have to find this to play with my family

[@Ephior24]

So commander at home was just a start. Good, goooood

[@ceracen]

At 01:08:00 since her commander was tapped, it couldn't block. She could have used her protection spell on her Veracious Hydra and still kept her commander.

[@MrEllifant]

I JUST got back into Magic after 20 years... please make this a regular thing

[@gabrielcabreira1740]

YES 🙌

[@taylorjohnson5148]

Liam had a good question about tracking everything on the board. When you’ve played long enough you’ll remember what a card does and certain card names send off warning bells like Parallel Lives, but until then you just have to wait and see what happens then ask questions like, “what card just gave you an extra 20 tokens,” or something. Commander has so much crap going on so it’s hard to keep track of and I don’t recommend it for new magic players, even though that’s what I started with and is my preferred format. Playing 1v1 with 60 card formats is what I recommend to the teens I work with that want to learn. I hate being a rules lawyer but I feel like a buzzkill keeping track of triggers or telling everyone their card doesn’t work the way they thought it would, or that certain lands enter tapped 😢😅 but that’s how I learned I guess. When you play around better players, you get better and expand your knowledge. Sir, this is a Wendy’s

[@IceMetalPunk]

Yeah... I've been playing exclusively Commander since around 2012-ish, but my friends just recently got into it. I love playing with them, but having to constantly remind them that no, static buffs are not in fact counters, and then insist on that after they Google it and misread a forum post... like I said, I love playing with them, but there's a learning curve for new players.

[@paulgreene9570]

They are using Parallel Lives wrong. It doesn't work with Emily's commander. It creates a copy of the token that is created 0/0 hydra, but it does not copy the counters. That means the copy dies immediately.

[@taylorjohnson5148]

@ it does work according to gatherer. “The Hydra token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature. Any abilities that modify or trigger on this event apply. After the token is on the battlefield but before any player can take actions, +1/+1 counters are put onto the token,” “If an effect, such as that of Parallel Lives, causes Zaxara's ability to create multiple Hydra tokens, they each receive X +1/+1 counters.”

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@paulgreene9570 No, they're not. Parallel Lives doesn't turn something on the field into a copy of the hydra token, it causes extra hydra tokens to enter as part of the same ability. When they enter, they also enter with the counters just like the original did. It's not copying the counters from the original, it's making the ability from Zaxara create extra tokens and apply to all of them.

[@Mr.Toast117]

This content was so good. I hope to see more of it, and Emily, on the channel!

[@sameveland8560]

lmao i love that liams son built him ghalta thats so cute, and a great intro deck for a new player so awesome choice!

[@100Peterll]

7:00 Yeah, there's also the "Brennan Lee" Mulligan... pretty sure that one has got something to do with almonds.

[@Misfit_Kitten]

A deck where all the flavor text on the cards are bird facts.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@Misfit_Kitten "Storm Crow is not, in fact, a crow, nor is it as powerful as people say. The true most powerful bird in Magic is in fact -- hey, wait, why are you handing my deck back to me? And why are you pushing me out the door when I'M RIGHT?!"

[@savagestreamin1031]

Hey Matt, just a tip. You can tap a land, floating a mana to use, then play a bounceland and bounce the tapped land. Then you have more mana 😊. I think you might have saw that though.

[@EEXPLOSIONN]

Emily completely forgot that Matt just put hexproof on his commander and Matt completely forgot that he just put hexproof on his commander @1:12:30

[@MrBoredinthedorm]

Among many other misplays. A great definition of a casual game

[@EEXPLOSIONN]

It would also be nice if the editors could have included the life totals throughout the game, they showed close ups of cards that were emphasized but not life totals

[@Gwanosh]

Matt also forgot he had 12 1/1 elves he could've really used, but it seemed clear he was happy about the outcome of the game :)

[@jillscott4029]

There were a looott of rules mistakes in that game, not to mention the straight up ignoring of them though I don't mind the go get a land if you've been stuck at one land for like 4 turns.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Ify (and everyone else) also very quickly forgot about his Wound Reflection... ah, well, it's all in fun.

[@erikbleckhorns2303]

Great episode! Just want to point out that Matthew could have assigned the rest of the trample damage to the creature with banding, and not take any trample damage. Trample changes how damage CAN be assigned. Banding changes WHO chooses how to assign damage. Trample doesn't automatically put excess damage on players - it allows the controller to do so, but it's not mandatory. See 702.19b "any excess damage is assigned as its controller chooses among those blocking creatures and the player, planeswalker, or battle the creature is attacking. "

[@FalloutFan011]

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED TO SEE MATTHEW FREAKING MERCER AND LIAM FREAKING O'BRIEN PLAYING MY FAVORITE CARD GAME😱😱 Wow I LOVE this video😂😂 Also, the mulligan rule Emily referred to is I believe the PREVIOUS mulligan rule BEFORE the change (colloquially known as the "Vancouver Mulligan"), and the new mulligan rules (mulligan to a new hand of 7, then put cards to the bottom of your library equal to the number of times you have mulliganed); this is known as the "London Mulligan"

[@Michiel-k8i]

Loved this! A lot of missplays for the crew to look back upon in a month and see how far they've come! But just goes to show you don't need to know the game to perfection to have a great time playing MTG

[@JKMessy]

When are we getting Matt Mercer on Make Some Noise? The noise boys would have a new brother!

[@3ndlessL00p]

Oh god, we REALLY need to see Matt on Make Some Noise someday

[@InexplicableInside]

I also want Marisha on MSN, but for a completely different kind of hilarity.

[@softerandsoftest]

@@InexplicableInsideoh the chaos she’d bring

[@barryhill2836]

Liam's son built his dad a deck only for the little monster to put in land destruction 😂😂😂 good lord

[@Kurisu42069]

And that kids, is why you NEVER start with a 1 land hand. Ever.

[@sonicsanime44]

I have been following this game since its inception in Seattle in the '90's. One thing has never changed: I still don't fully understand it.

[@Mujigsuppa]

Super fun seeing Matt getting back into MtG! Hopefully, there's more to come. He really brought some interesting brews here and on Commander at Home. One thing about banding, though, it actually completely negates trample. Since trample isn't something automatic happening when you deal excess damage, it changes how you're allowed to assign damage. If you wanted to, you could still assign excess damage to the blocking creature, but there's basically no reason for you to normally. But with banding, the defending player can force that to happen. They could also spread damage out on several blockers, possibly soaking it all up without killing anything. It's actually kinda good when you're multi-blocking stuff.

[@furak]

32:00 i get it that Liam is new to the game, but Treetop village comes in tapped so that would be 1 less mana for the primal might and then the Sunfrill wouldn't copy the adjusted galtha values.

[@mattg212]

Who cares man. You literally just said that you get he’s knew but complain about him messing something up? Make up your mind

[@michaelczaiczynski3604]

Thank you Matt for giving love back to the rampage and banding. Bringing back good memories. Makes me want to find my old Hazezon Tamar deck for commander.

[@ChristineReadss]

Critical role and magic is something I've been waiting forever! Liam taking his glasses off like Alan grant and dressed up as him is amazing! I love that his son made the deck ❤❤❤❤ I'm literally so happy

[@dylanvansill2764]

Liam sitting there with exactly 10 permanents “waiting for the city’s blessing” is so good for me. As far as new players go, he played so well!

[@jameslawson6729]

Literally chills again. Please make this a usual thing!!

[@Fizhyr]

Honestly, this was such a nice video. I would love more of this. I’m not into magic at all but do enjoy a good commander video. While others are great: I like the pace of this video a lot. Feels slower and more calm and relaxing.

[@conker1847]

1:08:24 Tap Zaxara before blockers so it doesn't have to block and you keep both the commander and the hydra

[@yurmomsaccount]

Why do Matt and Liam just get more and more adorable?

[@TheBikerdude-v8c]

I'm pretty sure there was missed commander damage not tracked in the beginning. But it doesn't matter. It's for funzies. Great game.

[@Tyler_Barchek]

Did Matt forget to put the 12 1/1s from Sylvan offering on his battlefield?

[@secksysequin2580]

I love the art on Matt's basic lands. They look awesome.

[@matthewcornet290]

As someone who rooted for Matt all game I’m upset that he forgot the 12 1/1s he made off the spell that made the tree. Also the banding could have prevented all the ghalta damage.

[@liambonham-schriver3646]

I have been WAITING FOR THIS DAY

[@victormancha2996]

One thing I noticed is that at 28:24 Liam had the city's blessing, thinking he didn't have it. Had to double check, but lands count towards the ascend mechanic. It specifically says "as long as you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing." Lands and tokens also count as permanents. Yes, I did look it up, because I wanted to double check. But I also noticed that nobody said anything about it, however, as Liam Is Fairly new to MTG, he probably hasn't had the chance to learn every single mechanic. Just thought I'd let you folks know! Love it so far!

[@jordanschleth1760]

The fact that Liam is playing Dinos and he's dressed like Alan Grant from Jurassic Park took me way to long to realise.

[@jordanschleth1760]

Also, PLEASE POST MORE MTG COMMANDER!!!!!!

[@psykonikk]

Please do more of this kind of content, I understand nothing of magic, but love to see you guys playing and having fun together, and there are so many fun people you can have on, or even go the way of playing other tcg's too maybe 😊😊

[@tomirasanen2512]

I really like (in addition of the wonderful people) how well this is edited. :) It's very clear, stylish and there is no visual clutter (the simple gaming mats are very good choice!) Also so chill! Chill MtG best Mtg.

[@colanis90]

Got a lil emotional seeing Matt using my all time most nostalgic sleeves - the og gold dragon shields will always hold a special place in my heart

[@taylorjohnson5148]

2 Matt commander gameplays I’ve seen in my lifetime

[@MagnumDraco]

Yall should definitely do this more often, hopefully more tcgplayer sponsors

[@SilverDime287]

Ok, that Sylvan Basilisk and Lure strat was sick by Matt

[@chrzzzzz]

Was my go to strategy back in '93

[@yupthatsme214]

Believe it or not, I left my tv playing timthetatman in the morning, came home late afternoon, and youtube was asking if I wanted to continue... i almost exited youtube until I realized it was mtg... loved every second of this and whish there was more!!! 1st time viewer and I used to play mtg religiously in high school! Awesome.

[@lindsaymartin2803]

So happy to see mtg content! Thank you! Love the Alan Grant cosplay and little JP references it fits so well for a Dino deck

[@KingsCandidate420]

I really appreciate the captioner who really took their job seriously whenever Liam would do his think scatting

[@Eriochrom]

So Matts deck has several weird functions, which each cancels out the strength of the other players. Banding helps stopping Trample, Rampage punishes hoards of 1/1s, mirror flipps DeathTouch =)

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

Ah thanks for the insight. I haven't played in ages so lots of this is new to me (except combos like basilisk+lure to wipe creatures). Seems like Matt had a broad strategy he wanted to try out in a friendly casual game they wanted to last for a decent amount of time.

[@chad8767]

Banding is such a WILD pull and I love it!

[@connorblack99]

@@twothirdsanexplosiveif it makes you feel better, 2/3 of those mechanics are ancient, having been printed in the 90s and then dropped because they’re hard to use/understand.

[@MrKoor54]

I'm...I'm so happy. I've been playing Commander for years now and always heard the passing convos in past CR videos of matt's love for magic. Now actually seeing it here on the channel? OH my god I hope there is a lot more of these chill commander games on this channel. This is S Tier content, I already want more and more and more of the crit role cast playing Commander

[@anthonyromero9935]

What a nice relaxing game of magic. I love it. Makes me wish there was a bob ross-style asmr magic channel.

[@IceMetalPunk]

And here we're going to play a happy little Emrakul. That's it, just a nice and smiling Eldrazi coming at you now...

[@BromElda]

so at 1:14:04 matt put the shield on his commander which gave it hexproof meaning it cant be targeted by spells and abilities from opponents, meaning that the march of swirling mists at 1:15:26 would have been unable to target it and the combat should have still happened.

[@christianhdzm]

1:16:42: Isn't Matt's commander hex proof? Doesn't that mean he can't be targeted by things like phase out? Never played Mtg so I really don't know

[@PartialCover]

Yes, but the effect didn’t target the commander, it was a blanket effect on his board, so it gets through. Same reason hexproof doesn’t negate board wipes.

[@maddoxbundy4462]

​@@PartialCover March of Swirling Mist says "Up to X target creatures phase out." Being that it says "target," Matt's Commander couldn't be phased out since it has hexproof

[@osianlovidge99]

More of this. The chemistry is bomb. The format is great. Would tune in every week for this.

[@HAMMERofLUCERNE]

I would absolutely love to see Travis play a Giant deck

[@themantyf1116]

Matt has the dumbest combos in his deck, and I'm here for it. Also, the Villanous Wealth. I'm glad to see my favourite magic card used with my favourite commander.

[@Pailzor]

A bit of rules lawyering for Liam's plays, to hopefully help him learn this pedantic game better (as if he'll ever see this; he's got much better things to do): 24:01 Drover of the Mighty's increased power counts towards Ghalta as well, for a total of 11, allowing you to pay only 2 green mana for Ghalta's colored mana cost. 24:18 Ghalta is the 10th permanent you control (lands are permanents), giving you the city's blessing from Wayward Swordtooth's Ascend ability. 28:11 Sunfrill isn't temporarily copying Ghalta, it's a permanent effect (it would say when the effect ends otherwise). And a bit more pedantically, it was never "Ghalta", since Sunfrill keeps its own name. 28:17 Wayward Swordtooth is able to attack or block, as you should already have the city's blessing. 29:30 Treetop Village enters tapped. 30:01 Primal Might's X value should be 6, since Treetop Village would've already been tapped. 32:11 Yes, though Sunfrill is copying Ghalta currently, it can still copy Ghalta again, but copies only look at the printed values/effects on cards. It doesn't copy the adjustments from Primal Might, and it doesn't copy the damage marked on Ghalta from the fight. Sunfrill is still a 12/12 Legendary Elder Dinosaur with trample. 33:50 Not about a play, but just strategy: The commander tax is colorless mana. Throwing Ghalta at a threat with deathtouch is more advantageous for you, because Ghalta's cost reduction also counts toward paying its commander tax. The other players would have to pay 2 extra each time for their commanders, but the extra cost is largely negated for you. 37:39 Emily's play, but with Liam's cards, so I'll include it: Emily had played a sorcery, indicating that the beginning of her precombat main phase had already passed, so can't get mana from Hulking Raptor until her next turn. She had already tapped all her mana to play Villainous Wealth, and so would be unable to activate Thrashing Brontodon's ability. 48:46 Benefactor's Draught untapped all creatures, not just Emily's. Your Ghalta should be untapped. 1:56:38 Emily said Llanowar Elves has to block, which is true at the moment, but you can choose to tap it for 1 "floating" mana to avoid it blocking, so wouldn't then lose the Elves to and pump Gabriel further. 1:57:50 Ify didn't say it, but Liam should've lost 7 more life from Ify's Wound Reflection.

[@victormancha2996]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Ascend mechanic misplay

[@headazrd]

I'm still new enough and just happy to see Liam and Matt play commander, I completely missed some of those, lol.

[@andrewpeli9019]

It's crazy that this table knows the rules to rampage and banding but doesn't know you can tap a mana dork so that it doesn't have to block. You can tell that Matt's mtg dates back to the 90s 🤣

[@aurifulgore]

IFFY AND EMILY!!! My day has been made infinitely better

[@conker1847]

59:08 "I have naught else to do" with that Fanatic of Rhonas on top of her graveyard with parallel lives out that killed me, pay 4 mana get 2 ridiculous mana dorks.

[@gabrielcabreira1740]

This was EPIC hahaha laughed so much... I would love some more MTG videos from you all

[@RCxcon]

Liam could have tapped the elf in response to the attack as well 1:59:00 not a big deal, doesn't change a lot. Great game, yall!

[@jaker2542]

Liam is so happy with that deck. all smiles

[@Luboffin]

Liam pulling Reliquary Tower made me laugh so much I think I ascended to Gabriel's heights for a moment

[@jcole4341]

The adventures of IFY........and his 1 land hand😅

[@CaptainTempest1]

I would love to see a video of Matt just nerding out about his personal Magic decks. I'm so glad I learned that he plays!