Dominaria United | Game Knights 56 | Magic The Gathering Commander Gameplay

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Show Notes:
With Dominaria in peril, the Game Knights must come together to face their most powerful enemy: each other! KZbinr Sam of “Rhystic Studies” and comedian/podcaster Rachel Weeks challenge Jimmy and JLK to a battle of planar proportions with the new cards from Dominaria United. Who will emerge unscathed at this epic war’s end?
It’s Soul of Windgrace vs. Dihada vs. Shanna vs. Tor Wauki
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Sam (Rhystic Studies)
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Rachel Weeks:
Twitter: @wachelreeks
Instagram: @wachelreeks
Podcast: / commandsphere
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Deck Lists:
JLK’s Tor Wauki:
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Jimmy’s Shanna:
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Rachel’s Dihada:
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Sam’s Soul of Windgrace:
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Directed by: Josh Murphy
Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss
Executive Producer: Josh Lee Kwai
Co-Producer: Jimmy Wong
Lead Editor: Josh Murphy
Edited by: Manson Leung & Jake Boss
Lead VFX: Sam Waldow
VFX Artist: Evan Limberger
Production Design: Ladee Danger
Assistant Editor: Arthur Meadowcroft
Assistant VFX: Patrick Nan
Director of Photography: Jake Boss
Sound Mix: Josh Murphy & Jake Boss
Theme Music: Post Malone
Casting Director: Ashlen Rose
Judge: Jamie Block
Writers: Jordan Pridgen & Jamie Block
Production Assistant: Truc Thai
Soul of Windgrace (voice): Jordan Pridgen
Dihada and Shanna (voice): Ashlen Rose
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[@RhysticStudies]

shoutout to the GK crew. thank you for having me on the show - it meant a lot to me. i appreciate you!!

[@Tuturial464]

Windgrace strike again. who knew you would not be playing Rhystic Study this Game

[@justinanderson2631]

It was great to watch you play some Commander! I loved your videos about Ravnica and Seb McKinnon!

[@falnica]

You strategy of just hanging back until it was time to win was amazing

[@lasterman94100]

Just so you know, you're by far the best mtg content creator, I've watched you forever and your videos are masterpieces, hats off to you sir studies

[@bounthanhoudomsouk8600]

Do a Windgrace tribute video to celebrate~

[@dylanekes-erckert9624]

When Jimmy got ignored trying to shake Rachel’s hand I cried a tear for him

[@neldahl9244]

he was kinda reaching over her for the poison counters for like 5 minutes.

[@wiebehogeweg2313]

I went to the comments to see if anyone comment about that

[@djpowell9148]

@@wiebehogeweg2313 same😂

[@ignacior.dealmeida8581]

*Killing your opponent when they cast a spell* "This is the most red way to counter a spell" - Jimmy. That just killed me hahaha

[@magnetronman298]

It killed Rachel too

[@andrewstephens1531]

Question: would Tor wauki triggers count as commander damage? Because if they did then I think she would’ve died by the time she dropped to 1 life

[@thomasgaillard6713]

@@andrewstephens1531 Commander damage only works with combat damage.

[@andrewstephens1531]

@@thomasgaillard6713 Ah. Ok. Thx for clarifying

[@Sheriff_K]

I was thinking it, then Jimmy said it, lol.

[@reesepountney4986]

"You are already dead" animation was everything I had hoped for and more

[@TheKrilicious]

The puns runeth deepeth

[@ratchapongnasongkla]

Nani??!

[@AdventureSpence]

Came here just to say that, the crunchy audio was everything ❤

[@elliottroose4194]

I have never seen anything embody the concept more: "The best removal is player removal."

[@priestly8164]

The best card for it is the Glock.

[@ikos3645]

@@priestly8164 nah, blightsteel

[@oinkytheink1228]

@@ikos3645 “at the beginning on my turn I shoot you for 8650 damage”

[@SirGeoGio13]

Ah yes, "the best CC is death"

[@samuelthompson6277]

Why didnt he cast the Guttersnipe before casting the other instants?

[@merandahill5274]

This game reminded me of that meme. Josh: “So anyways, I started blasting”

[@kanecrotty2576]

This got referenced in the next video lmao (anyways I started casting)

[@jamesthompson6078]

Josh really proved this episode why his face is on the treasure token.

[@Sheriff_K]

:O it all makes sense now..

[@AmberPanda382]

I was kinda disappointed cuz there were so many cool decks (like jimmy’s and Rachel’s) but Josh kinda ruined it by doninating it

[@GothamKnight-hsw4vx526430]

​@@AmberPanda382 as he too often loves to do, it seems lol

[@nicholasrolo886]

I love Rachel. Always has fun builds and has a very level head in the game. She is however, not opposed to making funny or risky plays for the hell of it. My kind of player.

[@uandubh5087]

Rachel is awesome! It's always a joy to see her play.

[@MrDontSubscribeToMe]

She’s one of the best players on commander shows. Typically has a better understanding of the board state than others

[@nicholasrolo886]

@@MrDontSubscribeToMe She's convincing too. If she makes a political move in a game the way she words it and her cadence are on point

[@danacoleman4007]

Agreed

[@kalshibakode2187]

"And if I know sam, I know he's got a plan" "Boy do I not have a plan but I sure do love my position!" I died, that was the funniest thing I've seen on this show. Love rhystic studies.

[@williampearce5757]

I love the freakin' Irony that Jimmy is playing the Life-Gain deck, and he gets burned for a shit ton by Josh, playing Jimmy's classic colors, and somehow not being Mana-Screwed. Sorry Jimmy, Rakdos just hates you.

[@degreeskelvin3025]

Its so sad 😂😭

[@CAPTAINCHAOS_]

Rakdos hating you is it’s way of loving you.

[@madskil72]

The You Are Already Dead animation was the best thing I've ever seen

[@atlasmz]

I came here to say this. Gave me a nice chuckle

[@roweboat7813]

That moment is so perfect I replayed it like 5 Times

[@mkdesai3742]

Time stamp?

[@ЄвгенІванченко-т3т]

@@mkdesai3742 32:18

[@limpec33]

only thing missing is slicing the devil in 2 parts instead of the card exploding, otherwise just perfect. Just another level of dedication if you do this amount of work for just 1 card animation not even alot of people will get!

[@BadConAngel]

Commander Damage, Infect, Storm, extra combat steps…this game was absolutely amazing! I hope Jimmy gets to more next time I thought it was going to be way closer 😂. Bravo everyone!

[@Plexiux]

Rachel's Ultimatum : Kill me or wipe your boards. Josh: And I took that personally.

[@7swordquanta459]

More like "Challenge accepted." 😂

[@mac_skellington]

The windgrace animation is INCREDIBLE and I'm still dying @ Jimmy's "how much time left in the video" bit right before the midroll. Fantastic work on this episode!

[@tfc_mtg]

Sam narrating the backstory for an episode of Game Knights gave me chills, he is a treasure!

[@isaacsmith3998]

...and I sac him to exile a card with facebreaker...

[@marceloquejinho]

Are we sacrificing him for mana?

[@veeclash4157]

Fantastic Win by Sam! I really didn't expect anyone else to pull it out, but Commander damage win, now that's doing it with style!!

[@ferdithetank7535]

Not just a treasure, but a dragon's hoard

[@itzfinners7458]

Jimmy: "I always lose life when playing commander". Us: "Yes Jimmy, we know".

[@origaming_plays573]

Jimmy: "I'mma play a lifegain deck" Also Jimmy: lowest lifetotal for most of the game

[@Sheriff_K]

@@origaming_plays573 You can take the Red out of the Commander Deck, but you can't take it out of the Jimmy.

[@TheTriforcekeeper]

SPOILER: The one time he plays a lifegain deck to not die to Ancient Tomb... and he dies to infect.

[@paulconyersjr.6742]

I felt the same when Rachel said “you can’t give josh lee Kwai cards it doesn’t end well” Us “we know lmao “

[@SacredMagic13679]

I really love the meta commentary from Jimmy e.g. "Why are you interviewing me?" And "where are we in the video?"

[@davidchapman7350]

as an occasional joke, it's good. I just hope the team doesn't go overboard with it if they decide to continue along that line.

[@jeppekjr4618]

Sam HAS to be on again sometime! He is such a down-to-earth guy

[@amiablereaper]

I guess that's why he was playing a landfall deck

[@blaze376192]

Ha HA I get it... ✌🏽down to earth✌🏽

[@Iam_UNO]

Jimmy: I’m playing a life gain deck, so I won’t be taking damage like usual Also Jimmy: I’m drawing 5 cards in one turn taking 10 damage

[@TheJcjonesacp]

You can take the red out of the deck but you can’t take it out of the player

[@Zombi3NinjaKing]

That's pure black mage energy hunny

[@tinu7551]

But that's only 6 damage though! He had to gain 4 to draw 4 extra cards :p

[@colinpoulson5348]

I like how the dynamic of every episode of Game Knights is: 1) Players caution what will happen if JLK assembles a value engine 2) JLK inevitably establishes said value engine 3) Table is concerned that JLK was able to assemble said value engine 4) Profit

[@DigimonFan814]

You missed a step: Everyone ignores JLK until he's assembled his broken engine and shuts everyone out of the game.

[@OdelyxRa]

This is insane because unless I'm crazy (Ive seen about two dozen episodes over the course of the last week, relatively new here) JLK NEVER wins these games😂😂😂😂😂😂 I think I can count on one hand the number of games I've seen Josh win.

[@jongailey85]

Can’t have a Game Knights episode without having at least one turn where Josh goes off for 5-10 min. Lol. This was an interesting game though! Enjoyed it very much.

[@lesky6711]

My god, the way Sam made a comeback right at the end and finished Josh off was PURE FINESSE. Truly couldn't have asked for a more beautiful execution. Hats off, this is the Magic i'm subbed for!

[@LiLKooPA69]

rachel must have felt like boromir, with those arrows coming at her

[@Tactical_0ni]

LMFAO deep

[@masterthnag105]

RIP

[@yosefzanerva806]

"I would have followed you...my brother...my captain...my king."

[@Mox_Normandy]

This set has really re-energized my love of MTG's setting. Between Ajani and the weatherlight being Compleated or the death of Jaya or the new Coalition coming together the setting and story from just the art of the cards is so well done in this set. I haven't read the story since the WAR book fiasco but the one the cards are telling right now has really gotten me hooked again

[@janmelantu7490]

Rhystic Studies always makes Magic’s lore sound amazing, and always makes me appreciate the art on each card. So glad he got to be on the show!

[@arsenalarsenalCOYG]

When Jimmy said, “we should be about *here* I genuinely smiled because that was so creative and accurate.”

[@rwmj_7569]

Really enjoy the three unique KO's. Doubt they've ever had a storm, infect, and commander dmg kill in the same episode before.

[@craig1287]

So much better to see these kinds of wins than to see infinite combos. Great episode, one of my favorites in a long time.

[@1ntegrator]

Ironically Josh could have gone infinite with fury storm copying fury storm making infinite treasures with storm kiln artist

[@yakobdou]

Sam's interviews were so good, he's ascended to a higher plane of chill

[@RhysticStudies]

all i'm ever trying to do is play cards with my friends and chill

[@theaeskey2502]

@@RhysticStudies you nailed that! Congrats on the sneak win. Well-earned.

[@georgegeorgiev7057]

Appreciate Jimmy's break of the 4th wall moments around 08:43 and 35:27! Very funny and creative! Cheers to whoever came up with the idea!

[@SambaMike]

Robin Hood Men in Tights, "Let me check the script" vibes.

[@stormcountmtg4183]

It feels weird that Jimmy is playing bant and josh is playing rakdos.

[@SquirtleScott666]

RIGHT????

[@rolindahlquist3124]

That's what I was thinking! Is this some kind of alternate reality?

[@Tuturial464]

Well it’s more like JLK playing spellslingers and card draws with Jimmy trying to counter the mana curse and go aggressive.

[@bennguyen4664]

Also not to mention Jimmy lost to infect when Josh is usually the one to lose on infect

[@BradleyGordon42]

So happy to see a Game Knights episode where the game starts out with fair magic.

[@coachesmagic2886]

Josh always wins the “time of possession” battle

[@jameshayes-barber9340]

What?

[@peterstewart7332]

@@jameshayes-barber9340 Josh retains priority / is active player far more than anyone else at the table?

[@jeffkuykendall3189]

Han Solo always said… don’t get too cocky kid..

[@catOwnerJB]

SAM's OPENING WAS AMAZING! Perfect use of his talents!

[@AAAAGGGGGHHHHsphere]

I think Jimmy being interviewed for playing a nature's lore, and then saying, go back! Tho I was really hoping for someone to play a sheoldred or jodah, but the commanders were still interesting to see being played

[@sanga1380]

Unfortunately it is, same with Jodah, they really don’t like using the high power commanders unless everyone is just doing a slug fest.

[@Duskrequim]

@@sanga1380 which is odd.. because they ALWAYS use real Dual Lands that cost more than most peoples commander decks in just 1 card.

[@BOOMDIGGER]

"I think Jimmy being interviewed for playing a nature's lore, and then saying, go back!" What do you think? That sentence makes no sense

[@sanga1380]

@@Duskrequim Lmao ye true, I guess they might be doing the high power commanders for Extra Turns or maybe they just wanted to build these decks.

[@mikastrae]

@@Duskrequim duals are expensive cause they are reserve list. they really aren't that high power

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

That was one of the best games I think I've seen on this show. So much player interaction, everyone got to do their thing, and I think this is the first game I've ever seen where each player died to something different.

[@Sheriff_K]

Yeah, that was interesting deaths; Damage, Infect, and Commander Damage.

[@Hemlocker]

Everyone got to their thing? I think Jimmy would have something to say about that.

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

It was literally 1 player for 99% of the match lol

[@theaeskey2502]

Now people can finally see why commander damage is so needed and should not be done away with EVER!

[@davidpall3283]

If you don't have friends and therefore have to play on the online Arena version It sucks because they already did it on there

[@therealax6]

@@davidpall3283 Brawl doesn't have commander damage, even if you play on paper. (Of course, nobody plays Brawl on paper, but still.)

[@ratchet1freak]

it's kinda great we saw 3 ways of removing a player, raw damage, poison damage and commander damage.

[@theaeskey2502]

@@ratchet1freak totally agree. Its why commander is such an awesome format imo.

[@Agent_OB]

what is commander damage?

[@shaneinnes4681]

The Shanna card edit with her saying get off my plane has angry old man vibes and made my laugh.

[@GothamKnight-hsw4vx526430]

Harrison Ford's one liner from the 1997 classic, Airforce One! Lol

[@Fehrbye]

I'm not sure why, but this episode feels a lot closer to the older Game Knights that we know and love

[@BSengen]

I suspect that this is intentional due to dominaria

[@joshshin6819]

I think it's because both Josh and Jimmy are in it together. We don't always get that lately since they opened the episodes to the rest of the crew. I love seeing the rest of the crew getting some air time but Jimmy and Josh have always had some great onscreen chemistry so I miss not seeing them all the time like we used to.

[@spencernoble6824]

I think the inclusion and reaction to infect made it. Joking about being slightly ill, and just dying to it, is a very early Game knights thing

[@dandonaldson9149]

There are some guests that spend the whole time looking at the camera and making "cute" voices or just talking with their obnoxious KZbin voice. Those people were not in this episode. The two guests remind me of people I generally play with.

[@bendertusepaki8995]

1:07:46 poor jimmy waiting for a handshake that never came 😢

[@DemonaruMusic]

Everyone at the table: "I have this cool low-mid lands matter deck, I have this cool low-mid legends matter deck, I have this cool low-mid lifegain=card draw" Josh:"but what if I do combo storm?"

[@naolislight4442]

As if its the first time this has happened lol

[@jwall1646]

@@naolislight4442 Josh going against the table is really tradition at this point; like using Stranger things legends for and Innistrad game

[@spudster8887]

I mean if they were playing more interaction that game would have looked very different. Point a plowshares at tor wauki, or really any part of the treasure engine and that game looks very different. The tor wauki deck is the strongest of the 4, but it's not by a large margin either. It's simply that he wasn't really interacted with imo

[@Raithian1994]

@@spudster8887 Yeah they really need to start playing some more instant speed removal, even if it were to just show new players what a good deck looks like / in case someone just copied their decks. Between Josh's 3 opponents I only counted 7 ways to interact with someone at instant speed. Jimmy has exactly 1 piece of instant speed removal, which is way too low and will often lead to these situations where you just hope someone else can do something while casting stuff with no impact.

[@spudster8887]

@@Raithian1994 Yup, and i get that sometimes you get into situations where people just don't have a way to deal with it, but when the decks are this poorly built, its no wonder this happened.

[@devinkerr5474]

Welcome to Josh pops off: A sequel. What a way to counter a spell

[@DarkEinherjar]

The Hokuto no Ken joke made my day, even though we all saw it coming.

[@tomasomurchu6052]

When Josh casts Fury Storm, he could've used the copy of Fury Storm to make a copy of the original Fury Storm, then use the copy that's made by the resolution of the copy to copy the original Fury Storm again, etc. to make an arbitrary number of treasures and probably win. If nothing else, he could have killed Rachel then resolved a copy of Ruinous Ultimatum with a billion treasure tokens in play.

[@tomneilson9501]

he cant kill rachel and resolve the ultimatum, because the first fury storm would lose its target

[@bossibozz3528]

yea he could have gone infinite with the stormkiln and exile his whole deck with the face breaker and then cast every instatnt in there. got a big "WHA?!" when he just cast ultimatum twice. big whifs. My kalamax heart is bleeding

[@gatodeluvas6514]

Yes

[@purefallen11]

As an infinite combo player myself, i was disappointed, however, for the sake of the game and show, i am happy he did what he did.

[@tomasomurchu6052]

@ Tom Neilson, Sorry, I mean resolve Ultimatum, then kill Rachel using some of his 5 billion treasure tokens!

[@kyleblanchard6306]

That tor wauki deck was one of the most impressive game knights deck showings in a LONG time in my opinion. Next level deck building and piloting.

[@n0obz27]

Tbh it was a letdown that it lost. He played very well with a super cool deck, and I was rooting for him.

[@simonboucher5170]

At the expense of not seeing anythibg of what the other decks has to offer

[@kyleblanchard6306]

@@simonboucher5170 I see what you’re saying, but I feel like it was cool nonetheless. I doubt he built a deck that was any more busted or ambitious than his opponents’. It just happened to work out really well, and faster than what his opponents were doing this time around. The only busted card I would say he played was dockside, everything else was pretty tame. It just looked like things came together really well.

[@simonboucher5170]

@@kyleblanchard6306 well in my perspective it was excessively time conssuming for the other players. In real life after such a combo starts to go down we would shuffle and play a new game so the other peoples don't look at one player take his turn for 15min. And that also doesn't include the fact that he played during other players turns. In my opinion, when that happens, i'm happy when that person loses in the end.

[@kyleblanchard6306]

@@simonboucher5170 I can respect that, my group would do something similar. But that obviously that isn’t an option on a stage like their’s. Their goal is to portray an entertaining game with unique decks and plays, and I think they succeeded in that. Also, it’s relevant that he wasn’t really combo-ing. If you shuffle up for a new game every time someone’s wheels start turning, you miss out on some fun stuff! Such as upsets like this one where Josh didn’t even end up winning, despite the crazy plays!

[@ilyaginsburg1888]

Absolutely the best game EVER! Teaches a lot, demonstrates various strategies and tactics. A true masterpiece!

[@augustoyuthayasuda6631]

Jimmy getting ignored by Rachel at the end is so good lol 1:07:46

[@B-Randall]

Shoutouts to whoever made that Soul of Windgrace focus shot. That was sweet with the voice in there for extra flavor. That edit makes me want to apply for that editor spot and learn to do this.

[@vitormaione3797]

I'm a simple guy. I see Rachel Weeks playing Magic and I hit the like button.

[@eliamagri7413]

I actually think I am in love with her

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

Can I just say, looking at Josh's playmat upside down makes it look like a deranged pumpkin smile.

[@luck7345]

Love Rhystic Studies so much, glad to see a game knights with him in it

[@freezingfire127]

It was great to finally see Sam on the show, everyone had a blast. Now I’m just waiting for MTGRemy to appear, he’ll fit right in with everyone else

[@colbynelson2760]

The meta joke on how long we had left was priceless 😂😂😂

[@michaelg2168]

This the best Game Knights game y’all have ever done, simply amazing

[@ryancardozo8660]

So Tor Wauki was a sleeper agent all along, but Windgrace was there to save the day

[@forceofwillgaming8475]

I felt so much of sams style in his videos in this episode of game knights. His voice is so hypnotic and calming and airs a feeling of relaxation.

[@wesleynicewanner5855]

That was an amazing game to watch. Josh was insanely brutal and was a force to be reckoned with. I guess you could say Josh was the real phyrexian sleeper agent with all that infect damage. Great game guys.

[@thaddaustentakel7620]

Jimmy: "Hey Josh, thats my playmat!" Josh: "OUR!"

[@jacobrickayzen2744]

that really was the most red way of countering a powerful spell - exhausting your own resources to rapidly burn your opponent to death anyway. Great video! Very cinematic - i can't believe the result!

[@iminnesotawild8858]

HUGE Shoutout to all of the behind the scenes crew! All of the animations really just keep getting better and better! Even the smallest details, such as the arrows from Tor Wauki or the loyalty counters create such an amazing addition to the already incredible video quality. Keep it up everyone! Out of curiosity, couldn't fury storm copy fury storm on an infinite loop?

[@irreleverent]

It could indeed. It'd make infinite treasures and Josh could cast every instant in his deck.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Man, Josh was brutal this episode with his deck destroying Rachel and infecting Jimmy. But this was great to watch

[@CptnClapBack]

Why spoil the episode? Why?

[@halvsketchy9293]

But even though it had infect, it should still have dealt damage to the players. Did they just forget to add the damage on the app?

[@truethumb2266]

@@halvsketchy9293 infect does damage in the form of poison counters instead of regular damage

[@dangerdean9066]

Craig’s smiling right now

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@CptnClapBack sorry. saw it ahead of time and want to comm

[@titaniumxete97]

This is by far my favorite episode yet. Rhystic Studies playing the game just like how I play, piloting Soul of Windgrace (Windgrace is my favorite card) and then he really came in clutch in the end!

[@theadshots]

Rachel is probably my favorite mtg personality. Thank you for having her for this, it was wonderful.

[@RhysticStudies]

she's the absolute greatest. they couldn't have set me up with a better guest.

[@auronwintermoon6064]

It would have been so sweet if Jimmy commented the symptoms from the "Carriers Series" (Phyrexian Denouncer, Debaser, Defiler and Plaguelord) as the poison counters accumulated. That would have been Compleately Perfect! _Hail Phyrexia_ xD

[@VraskaTheScene]

Rachel is my favorite player that isn’t apart of Game Knights, she is so fun!! I built my Akroma and Rograkh deck after I watched that episode

[@shawnallen2088]

Agreed! Rachel is an awesome player and really funny.

[@MultiAsdag]

55:00 its funny how life gain is often considered low tier in power but moments like these show you at certain points life is the most valuable resource in EDH.

[@SquirtleScott666]

10:30 got me reflexively goin "spicy tech" in my best Ladee Danger voice lol. Nice one!! 13:39 i LOVE when they slow pan on Josh like hes a villian on Dateline NBC, makes my laugh every time! 16:05 I feel like im wathin Josh do Jimmy stuff and Jimmy do Josh stuff lol 38:35 oh nvm we're in COmboTown USA lmao listen ok there was a rollercoaster (or two) of emotions between then and now but..... 1:03:00 SPICY TECH WOW great game!!! what a wild one! Love seein all these new cards, even commons from some of the recent sets!! Thanks CZ folks (every one of u!!) ! U can really see all the love and hard work that goes into here. Lookin forward to the next one!

[@graysonchristian2668]

Every time you kill someone with infect Craig gains more power.

[@DenverEight]

In todays episode of Game Knights: Expect a heavy rain of arrows and be weary of sudden squalls with the scent of catnip in the air.

[@brianmelius6877]

Watching Josh 3 v 1 and almost win. Love it

[@Jimmythehead]

Huge props (pun intended) to the set design department, I love everything shown here!!

[@meepmop6]

Love Rhystic Studies, don't think I've ever seen him so animated though! Also sidenote, I'm really happy to see you hiring for junior/entry level positions. So many companies just want people all ready to go and it's a shame.

[@nedsummers9992]

I can’t believe josh didn’t target his own fury storm with fury storm to get infinite treasure

[@CookieJesus75]

That's what I'm saying and infinite draw with that facebreaker might as well go for the win

[@TheDualGamers1000]

While I think that'd be dope, I think from a rules perspective it doesn't work because the copy and the original enter the stack at the same time, and both need valid targets to cast. Since Fury Storm isn't on the stack when you would need to declare targets, the copy also couldn't target it since they enter at the same time. It would be pretty awesome, but a 1-card infinite combo would be a little too nutty.

[@nedsummers9992]

@@TheDualGamers1000 The copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger. This means, for example, that Fury Storm’s copies may target Fury Storm itself, but this won’t trigger the copy’s “when you cast this spell” ability, and it won’t increase the number of copies of other spells you end up with. (2018-07-13)

[@CookieJesus75]

@@TheDualGamers1000 No I'm pretty sure it works as intended check out the storm conduit+fury storm combo online.

[@strickermic]

@@nedsummers9992 this is true, but the thing is: storm-kiln artist also triggers when you copy an instant/sorcery. So the whole combo could work

[@Gophersaurus]

That was so tense! When Josh was attempting to take down Rachel in response to her ultimatum it was absolutely nail-biting! Great episode, kudos to the editors for cutting those big moments together really well!

[@carnagejon]

So bad there was a combo storm deck at this table ... Didn t enjoy watching Josh playing Alone ... Wish i could see more of the 3 others decks. (Was really hyped about the mardu légend😭)

[@Azrichiel]

Agreed, it was incredibly dissatisfying to watch him combo kill nearly everyone before they really did much of anything. Thankfully he received his just desserts at the end of it.

[@spudster8887]

I didn't see a combo storm deck at that table. I saw a storm deck that wasn't interacted with tho

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

Josh playing solitaire has become pretty much as much of a staple of GK as Sol Ring.

[@raulluna5845]

Man I LOVE SAM! It's great you brought him!!!!!! I love his content. I'm writing this before watching the game. Keep up the great job.

[@Chaoslizard]

It's nice to see Kederect Parasite getting some play time. I've had it in my binder for ages wanting to use it!

[@Mike-rj8dg]

This is one of my favourite game knights. Only been playing magic for a year now and after watching this I built my first deck with Tor Wauki, not my strongest deck but I enjoy using more then the others

[@HelgePodolski]

Great episode! Especially that Sam had a chance to finally be there. And Jimmy breaking the fourth wall several times was funny as hell!

[@serafimb2319]

The kederekt parasite survived way longer than it had to. You had the perfect tools to remove it with rachel's devils

[@jehhhGames]

I love that Rachel is like a semiregular guest now! She kicks ass! Great episode!

[@DerDarkfire1]

What an incredible awesome game! Thanks everybody, it was a pleasure to watch this!

[@maroku007]

Sam was such a great guess, we need more episodes with him!

[@gilbertohernandez855]

Loved the animation that happened when Josh cast "You are already dead"

[@DrakleStudios]

Wow, this was such an entertaining game! Thank you for getting Rhystic Studies on the channel and just, giving us such a wonderful show of a game. SPOILERS HOLY SHIT! SOMEONE KILLED JOSH LEE KWAI WITH COMMANDER DAMAGE!!!! ON CAMERA!!!! After years of hearing him say he's hardly died to Commander damage, we finally get to see him eat his words.

[@joshholmes1372]

Fun to watch Josh solo play the entire game.

[@gdlionlover4253]

The ads in the video are 0:00 - 3:19, and 35:37 - 37:58

[@kristoferhammerstone7023]

THAT was absolutely 100% the BEST episode of Game Knights I have seen to date!!! Way to go EVERYBODY!!! Especially Sam!!!

[@lordofbears9463]

When is Benjamin wheeler gonna be on here!? Would love to see you guys all play together

[@N1GHTH4WK986]

Him or anyone from LRR would be awesome!

[@romaindubray2325]

@@N1GHTH4WK986 Adam was on GK #21 in case you didn't know :) Edit: And Graham + Kathleen on GK #15 & #27!

[@N1GHTH4WK986]

@@romaindubray2325 I forgot about the one with Adam, but I loved the one with Bear Force One. 🥰

[@ty_sylicus]

So happy to finally see Sam on cam but, boy did he have a rough go at it.

[@royalfishness1]

The self-burn on the Nature's Lore interview was great :)

[@robertburns22]

THIS is the BEST example of what commander has turned into, ONE player playing. (this is why we "need" a playgroup, where we are all in the same page)

[@moxavenger]

Great opening by Sam, what a perfect voice.

[@ty_sylicus]

My favorite ending in a while! BEATS BEATS BEATS

[@falnica]

On the one hand, there's nothing wrong with Josh being so good at the game, but on the other hand, whenever he is playing the game becomes "how do we kill Josh?"... On a third hand that can be very fun, like what just happened here with the two boardwipes.... But on a fourth and final hand, I would like to see games with a bit more of back and forth

[@heyfizzyjay9076]

personally agree, I find it boring when games becomes one sided for multiple turns, and that's basically tradition with this series now. Josh's treasure engine controlled the game for over 20 minutes of the video including the 3 minutes of ads; the ending was great but I was pretty tuned out during that whole turn rotation. it's impressive playing and luck but eeeeeeeeh.

[@clanechelon]

That's just how magic games turn out sometimes. Given the time it takes to record one of those episode, they can't afford to record 2-3 games in a row and pick the most interesting one. production value and charisma of the crew and guest still makes this the best gameplay series out there imo.

[@Bmikel216]

He's good and he often seems to build a deck that is a tier or two above the rest of the table.

[@AeynYT]

4:30 Sam pulling out *the voice* got me REALLY confused on what channel I was watching. Loved seeing him join the show

[@EdBurke37]

I see Rhystic Studies, I click. That simple.

[@mattlennon4565]

When I play, it's always the player that's "doing nothing threatening" always goes from nothing to the biggest threat. That was a game responding to the threats when needed. I have never seen a game where Josh is mana screwed or dies first. You guys have so much fun playing and it's always great to watch!

[@notmyrealnamesorry3118]

Just watched the commander review and was sad that I would have to wait for the game knights video… That did not last long

[@DanielTA9]

1:07:45 And then the wholesome handshakes, good sportsmanship guys! Wai- Rachel, you- Rachel look at Jimmy, Ra- Rachel, Rachel LOOK AT- *rAcHel loOk aT jiMmY!*