Explosive EDH w/ Nitpicking Nerds & Wizard of Barge | Extra Turns 48 | Magic MTG Commander Gameplay

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Show Notes:
Get ready for a colorful Commander showdown as Magic artist Wizard of Barge (Dakota Cates) brings a legendary creature he illustrated himself for his first bout on Extra Turns! He’ll be facing down Nitpicking Nerds (Mia & Beezy), along with The Command Zone’s very own Jimmy Wong. So don’t miss out as our players paint the town red - and all the other colors of the pie - with some epic plays and massive swings.
It’s Muxus vs. Edgar Markov vs. Niv-Mizzet Reborn vs. Samwise
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Follow Our Guests Online:
The Nitpicking Nerds (Mia & Beezy):
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Twitter: @NitpickingNerds @MiaLargo
Instagram: @mialarg0
Wizard of Barge (Dakota Cates):
Twitter: @wizardofbarge
Instagram: @wizardofbarge
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Deck Lists:
Jimmy’s Samwise Gamgee:
www.archidekt.com/decks/65407...
Mia’s Edgar Markov:
www.archidekt.com/decks/65408...
Beezy’s Niv-Mizzet Reborn:
www.archidekt.com/decks/65408...
Dakota’s Muxus, Goblin Grandee:
www.archidekt.com/decks/65408...
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Credits:
Directed by: Jake Boss
Executive Producer: Josh Lee Kwai
Co-Producer: Jimmy Wong
Edited by: Gilberto Navarro and Eric Lindvall
VFX, GFX: Eric Lindvall
Sound Mix: Eric Lindvall
Production/Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss
Deck Coordinator: Rachel Weeks
Intro Theme Arrangement: Jake Boss
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[@FanOfMostEverything]

Sam having to block his zombified wife is a special kind of messed up. Incredible game all around.

[@gr8stonedurgon508]

Agreed. Just about the most horrifying ending to a LOTR alternate universe

[@TheGrifcannon22]

I'm imagining Sam looking at his undead wife and then looking back at their kids staring in horror behind him as he has to make the hardest decision in his life. He knows if it was just him he would let her feed on his flesh and accept his fate, but he needs to be there for his children. They already lost their mother, they can't lose both parents like this. So he grips his trusty cast iron pan as hot tears come streaming down his cheeks. He tells his kids to look away but they still hear the loud clang of metal meeting bone. Then again, and again, each time the sound getting duller and wetter. Finally, with a moanful wail Sam swings down a final time before collapsing to his knees, sobbing his wife's name between gasps for air. His children huddle around him sobbing and sniffling, mumbling mommy as he holds them in his arms.

[@randomaccessfemale]

Groovy.

[@katielowen]

Sam should’ve offered to pay his wife $18 an hour 😂😂😂😂

[@crawdaddy2004]

“I will put Samwise on Rosie Cotton.” 😂

[@wadewilson5712]

well that is how hobbits are made

[@katielowen]

I want to work for Command Zone please hire me. I can be paid in peanuts 🙏🥜

[@crawdaddy2004]

Pretty sure that’s the first time in history that Niv Mizzet chump-blocked a Cruel Celebrant. 😂

[@babaXIII]

Pretty sure there were 1 or 2 turns where Beezy could have killed a player or absolutely ruined other players' plans, but he kinda held back for the content. The culling ritual in particular would have fucked Jimmy up, would have killed the Cruel Celebrant, and would have removed all the goblin tokens.

[@Open2eyes]

Actually i found that annoying but i guess you are right. Content🤷‍♂️

[@jpricej10]

Dakota seems chill af would love to play a game with him

[@Alias_SSBU]

I just now realized that the Muxus secret lair is the same art as my favorite playmat and I love it

[@datastorm17]

that was the biggest cruel celebrant ive ever seen

[@bryandegroat857]

Love the nerds, and Dakota seems like a great dude to play against. No salt when all his goblins got destroyed twice! Great game

[@koba163]

Pretty sure Muxus was supposed to die when it blocked the pest. Ethereal Absolution in play makes him 3/3 and the pest was a 3/3 because of it and Mirari's Wake.

[@garrettmartin4750]

Mia is a great player. Sure, she is playing Edgar, but she was very respectful and responsible with her aggro. She was fair and didnt bully anyone too much. She just made big things, and swung out. That turn 1 was so good. I predicted Viscera Seer, but I was happy to see how powerful she got so quickly! And Bloodlord Vaasgoth!?!? That is my pet card! Love that dude! Beezy had amazing interaction, and I really loved how balanced his deck was. Niv isn't easy to build super well, and I think Beezy did a great job. Great episode!

[@josephjohnson8473]

Man… ultra pro have some of the worst sleeves around. They have a terrible shuffle feel, lack durability and they are more expensive than dragon shield. For the newer players.

[@jimnah-]

For sleeves I'm definitely a Gamegenic guy, but boy do I love the Mana 7 playmats from Ultra Pro, too bad the red and black ones are sold out everywhere

[@Askyl]

Watching the first 2 turns I now realize the error in my ways and will deconstruct my Edgar deck and rebuild a vampire deck with another commander. What a toxic piece of vampire that is :D

[@jesserodriguez1685]

That early despark play was honestly sick. I love combos so much lol

[@justinanderson2631]

Jimmy sure loves his Samwise Gamgee deck. I think this is the third video

[@imaginarymatter]

Are you saying he brought the deck back for a second helping?

[@anzeigefehler6495]

I must say, I created my own deck not long ago and its also one of my favorites

[@weedragonauts4729]

found it ironic that Samwise killed Rosie Cotton considering they marry

[@MythrilShotgun]

I mean, Beezy clearly liked his deck, too.

[@washada]

@@weedragonauts4729Yeah, killing his zombified wife was probably a bit traumatic for Sam

[@WallaceTheLlama]

13:35 Edgar killing the goblin happens at first strike, so Beezy should have taken 2 more damage from the cruel celebrant growing before normal combat is dealt

[@brunolustosa3545]

Yeah, noticed that, was about to comment the same thing. Glad I was not the only one who noticed.

[@bend5963]

Joe Cherries still punching the air

[@savinobalducci6148]

?

[@willdubois]

LMAO

[@user-tc9fn9ux2u]

You guys are putting in work like WotC does with the ever running spoiler season!! Jokes aside, thanks for all the content :)

[@MJ-rm2je]

Spoiler "season" is a myth, we now live in the spoiler dimension

[@user-tc9fn9ux2u]

@@MJ-rm2je spoiler plane?

[@johnmorton6229]

Up to this point I had only heard whispers and horror stories about Edgar Markov. Now that I've seen it in action... gyat dayum.

[@patdion1161]

I literally yelled at my screen; "That was turn 3!? Wtf Mia!"

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Edgar is dumb

[@mibbzx1493]

Yea but that was the proper threat assessment cuz all those vamps with bloodthirst 3 woulda been bad

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Not just Turn 3, a Turn 3 with a Black Lotus trigger on a stick.

[@donutunknown5559]

@25:45 come on dakota you saw him add it to his hand earlier in the game you should have known to kill Beezy when you had the chance with that goblin's silver bullet in hand

[@yuen4817]

Love the nitpicking nerds thanks for bringing them back.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

10:06 not going lie any one else thinking those plains that jimmy has kinda looked like forest too

[@salutoris]

yes, very confusing. Cool art but not very functional

[@freezingfire1278]

This is why I refuse to use those lands, they all look like forests

[@violetlazuli3998]

Yeah, so confusing. like the innistrad lands I'd only use these in a mono coloured deck.

[@rundinj]

So not throwing one of the beast withins at either the blade or the celebrant seemed like an odd choice, nice start kinda turns into a mush of a finish

[@TheMatgonz]

Even that, if he had waited and used it at instant speed he could have destruyed miraris wake.

[@theamericanwordsmith2670]

Yeah, I was confused by that, too.

[@MrRomanrin]

OH SO, THATS A VAMPIRE DECK !

[@bryceduyvewaardt8136]

So great to see the Nitpicking Nerds again! Great episode and it was cool to see an artist playing again

[@joecortese9613]

That Niv mizzet deck was really well played and well built. Also we didn't see any particularly mean cards. Excellent build.

[@knzplay]

im so curious what the "nobody wins" option was going to be by Wizard of Barge

[@TheDanishMiner]

Just had a look at the decklist. It was most likely Skirk Fire Marshal

[@markmcmillian427]

I assumed this as well. The fire marshal with a Basilisk Collar would have been 👌

[@dougisacat]

I think in his spot he should draw the game tbh. It’s prob the best he is getting

[@lilitalianboy5990]

@@dougisacatyeah but then they wouldn’t have a video

[@niklasbolz4267]

I thought he had a chandras ignition. Seems he don’t

[@brunomeneses]

one of the best games of magic I ever seen! enjoyed everything about this episode.

[@wad_Mr.J]

Mia outta the gate super fast, n Beezy keeping pace to offset her. 👏👏👏

[@thriftypsgr]

Mia is playing so focused and clean.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

The start of Mia was epic. That Dark Ritual maker is OP! Is Pestilence also in that deck? Would fit perfectly.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Glad to see the nitpicking nerds back!

[@Atmatan_Kabbaher]

It's about time Wizard of Barge got a feature! I've been following his art since long before he got his secret lair. So stoked to see this match.

[@Atmatan_Kabbaher]

Shoulda played Slogurk 😂😂😂

[@francisserpa4465]

Mia got off to such a fast start. That was really impressive

[@taurincochran3398]

DAYUM, Beezy! That was an amazing game. Great job, everyone. That could have gone a dozen different ways. ❤

[@danpasquale1620]

Holy shit Beezy that is one of the most adaptive decks ive seen on the channal nice win 💯

[@LookNoHands_]

So Jimmy really said "Hol up let me do nothing at all"

[@yunaleenoelle]

I'm so proud Mia pulled an Edgar Markov in this episode! I'm running almost the same deck as hers whenever I play commander with my friends. 😂

[@mmjj1361]

I need the nitpicking needs on a Game Knight. Command zone and Nitpicking Nerds is the best MTG duo to watch.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

What a game! Always a great episode with the nerds! ❤ Great job everyone involved

[@asrafakhimullah5076]

Didnt muxus die blocking the 3/3 pest because it gets -1/-1? What did i miss?

[@KVGMRadio]

Glad Game Knights support proxies. I saw that guy casually play an Underground Sea and I thought…hmmmm, way to support Hewlett-Packard.

[@IrrelevantGeOff]

Holy. Shit. My favorite MTG artist and my favorite MTG content creators getting together for a game?! ❤

[@adams333]

what happened to the "threat assessment concept" in this game ?

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

27:42 jimmy knows that vampire won’t die from act 😆

[@UGDMchris]

Mia is a damn menace haha. What a fun game

[@crawdaddy2004]

Well, maybe haste or lifelink. Sure, some vampires have menace, but that’s an exception. 🤪

[@zacdredge3859]

Glad to see a Niv Mizzet Jegantha deck. Was definitely rooting for Beezy.

[@da6868]

Mia''s voice is so soothing (she's murdering everyone at turn 2)😊

[@chrisgebben2043]

Nice game and nitpicking neards are awesome just like last time oh by the way if anyone is wonder what dakota was gonna try to do that would have killed him (43:27) It was Skirk Fire marshal it deals 10 damage to everything(creatures/players) if you tap 5 goblins he was at 11 life so two activations would have killed him (he would only have 2 activations but even with that mia and jimmy would have survived that since they were at 23)

[@adamtobiasz8793]

That was superb. I like Mia's chest a lot. She does have big ones. Beezy was cool to win 🏆 😎 👌 👍 🙌 😀 🏆

[@cristobaluribe1363]

For extra turns or even game knights, you guys should include the turn count somewhere :)

[@cptregalz8091]

Such a good episode! Great job everybody

[@Nemhain26]

As an artist, having my art on mtg cards would be such a dream. Maybe someday

[@mikeblanchard931]

Broooo Wizard of the Barge playing my favorite version of my favorite commander!?!? Muxus is best! Wow! Such Goblin!

[@mightyone3737]

Great game, lots of back and forth, was weird not having Jimmy on the mono-Red deck though!

[@matthewmccarthy654]

what camera do you guys use for the top down view?

[@walterwiffles7384]

Have most of the Secret Lairs in my ooze deck and goblin deck. Love the artworks. Please make more! :D

[@xSiCKGaming]

Anyone else noticed that Mia's card sleeves matched her nail polish color? Surely that was made on purpose.

[@michaelpatalano9884]

I love the nitpicking nerds!!!!!

[@IamtheTolle]

Never seen the life gain from Food be so important before...

[@CHEFPKR]

Well well, this is a sweet surprise for today

[@Vidious808]

Hey man, you should get on the show as well!

[@demonoffire2583]

Amazing theme

[@ImKhione]

I find it ironic how back in the “commanders we hate playing against” episode Jimmys was Edgar Markov and yet here he is 😂❤️

[@roguebard]

Every once and a while I get tempted to make an Edgar deck, then I see it in action and remember why I don't.

[@mRboylls]

Not past turn 3 yet but this reminds me why I don’t often like playing at my lgs lol

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Turns out edgar is still pretty busted 😂

[@hoythedrick7870]

Dakota went back on his deal with Mia and paid the price lol

[@Purplewombat1000]

Such a fun game to watch!

[@potatodavid1987]

Wizard of Barge owes Adventure Time Money

[@devfatdevshredded8792]

COMMMMMMAANNDDDD ZZOOOOONNNEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! DROP THE TRICKY TERRAIN PRECON UPGRADE GUIDE, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS.

[@gfern7]

omg i love wizard of barge, this is sweet

[@williamblair-]

Yoooo! I just got my first Wizard of Barge shirt the other day. The bad loot shirt. It’s so sick!

[@izaakchance]

Dakota seems like a cool dude! Be nice to see him on again

[@sixtysixstyx]

Man I'm was SO HOPING that beezy had an inkshield or deflecting palm for that massive cruel celebrant. Would've been hilarious. Also I feel like Dakota could have healed so much if he utilized that basilisk collar some more...

[@Thaelkor]

Guests are top tier. Everyone likes Goblins.

[@alexanderleonard7351]

Love the nitpicking nerds!

[@jookbaux1717]

I knew i wasnt going crazy hearing splatoon charger sfx

[@tacothursdays6546]

Beezy out here showing us why Niv Reborn is underrated in 2024

[@murlocmasher3368]

40:14 “I need to keep something back” like beezy didn’t just reveal a culling ritual last turn lmao.

[@misterrockygaming688]

Keep up the amazing work love the vids

[@seanwhite1104]

Today in things I never expected to hear on Extra Turns: "I will put Samwise on Rosy Cotton".

[@wanny225]

Nice Muxus hit, with 38 lands in a goblin deck what was everyone expecting 😂😂😂

[@maxspecs]

Imagine if Jimmy was piloting it, would have grabbed 6 goblins every time.

[@gustavgans403]

Yeeay been waiting for this 😊

[@hiddenleaf414]

Why didn’t Dakota attach the Basilisk Collar when he attacked with his massive Muxus? He attached it to a small goblin after combat and got no use out of it.

[@thomasbaumann5197]

or wait with the kiki jiki till his chiftain gets targeted and then tap it ... was his only out against the -1-1.

[@zlk42]

Breezy Josh’d the table

[@megacardboard2855]

Ayee NN again, lets go!

[@hyperam4594]

Video 2:56

[@spongyadani]

Jimmy forgot the crown of gondor, when enter his legendary creatures

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Edgar Markov being fast... I expected nothing less. I love how my friend will try to downplay his Edgar vampire tribal but it plays out as fast as Mia's ;p LOL

[@peej91]

Smooth playing beezy beast mode

[@vadigimontamer1555]

At around 18:40 to 21:00 beezy tapped his mana confluence 3x in 1 turn but did not take a damage each time he tapped it

[@helderboymh]

He has an urborg In play 10:14

[@Quack-nq1ok]

When are you doing the omo deck upgrade? Been waiting for it, only precon I got from this set.

[@Areopagus]

The threat assessment in this game is abysmal

[@kevinnieves3331]

That's pretty much all games in this channel. It's especially bad when they start "politicking" which is pretty much "I'll help you win if you let me be 2nd place" and gives them a bigger lead.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

@@kevinnieves3331I don’t know everything seem scary

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

@@kevinnieves3331how do you threat assess my thing is always kill blue player first witch might be accurate here

[@psy_p]

Jimmy removing the dragon instead of Mirari's wake 🤦‍♂

[@kevinnieves3331]

@Dark-Pikachu1 Threat assessment is something you have to learn and experience by yourself. In this case, attacking Mia after they dismantled her engine while Beezy paid 10 life for Mirari Wake was genuinely infuriating. That was the moment that they had one more turn, because Beezy had everything set up, and his commander is just card advantage. Letting him untap was going to end the game, which it did because he had such a commanding lead that no one could do anything about it.

[@Cbzimmie]

YESSSSSSSS! This is awesome!

[@willsowder1237]

WIZARD OF THE BARGE?!?!?!? Hopefully we see some more of him!!!

[@CeltiesSin]

Wild threat assessment

[@Cephalopopo]

Classic command zone. Good example for that was killing some random dragon instead of miraris wake. Just let the 5c good stuff pile go untouched for 5 turns and watch.

[@Hemlocker]

I know she didn't win in the end, but I was actually losing my mind that removal was being pointed at anything other than Master of Dark Rites on Mia's board early on...

[@pierpaolomercurio]

A dear mate of mine has a markov deck and it's... it's really something

[@chriscorey2230]

I feel like a few effects of ethereal absolution was missed on the goblin commander

[@WayneyMTG]

Damn that was a spicy one

[@energetek661]

Nerds!!!