FIRST LOOK Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Precons | Kaust VS Morska VS Mirko VS Nelly Borca

[@ana-alyciajuarez5958]

Bloodthirsty blade at the end couldn’t equip to the token, it’s supposed to only attach to opponents creatures. Otherwise, this was a great game! I’m happy to have seen the prisoners dilemma

[@rossjamestobitt]

You are correct, but he also missed the Orzhov Advokist trigger on one of his own creatures so he could have just put the two counters on it which would amount to the same thing.

[@Elyeras]

New to watching the channel but I just want to say Alex has such an absurdly fun energy and is a major reason I'm sticking around. Everyone here is great but wanted to highlight his contributions.

[@khetaglagkuev6001]

Funny how even when their creatures were not goaded, they were still mostly attacking each other rather than Alex

[@vicenteacevedo6906]

I believe the answer to that is that they want to show the mechanic of Bell borca and also greed because they want to draw cards, and that only triggers if an opponent gets hit😂

[@SmashMastrCrush]

A little frustrating to watch

[@ElphieCoyle]

Yeah, seemed to be an oversight more than showing off a mechanic, since that's pretty stupid if they did it for that.

[@morgancarlton4544]

They also keep attacking with the lightning ragers even though they don't have to (can just make and sac at end of turn, doesn't have to attack)

[@Onattamato]

Prisoner's dilemma is a hilarious card.

[@MrJ03K3rR]

Prisoner's Dilemma is getting windmill slammed into my Neheb list

[@noise.s]

Madison's a homie, going out in style without snitching on her horrible cellmates

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

Always in our hearts.

[@MM-lv7iy]

Hey Alex, a heads for the future: Advokist says EACH player. putting counters on that rager could make it even more stormy!

[@MM-lv7iy]

Also, also bloodthirsty blade only equips to opponents critters, but you would have had the big rager boi with the advokist

[@Crabalien]

@@MM-lv7iy Rager is sacrificed every turn. It would do nothing to put counters on it. He should have been powering up his critters with Advokist each turn though.

[@MM-lv7iy]

@@Crabalien I mean, yeah. But 7 power trample tho…

[@DuneEcho]

I came here hoping I wasn't the only one that noticed. :)

[@AnnihilatorDigimon]

Just a small note from someone who loves Lazav's Shenanigans. Jim said he'd transform Lazav into Whispering Snitch until end of turn: Lazav permanently transforms with his ability until he uses it again.

[@cwattson5693]

Ooo bloodthirsty blade - attach to opponents creature only 👀

[@TheFewLimited]

I'm watching the opening and Alex's expressions of approval to the whole intro is cracking me up. Can we please just have this be a regular thing where we have happy Alex alongside whoever is doing the intro.

[@stevenrahman8972]

The Boros deck is the quintessential "Let's you & him fight..." superhero plot & I very much love it.

[@MareczqZglos]

I think JIM did a big mistake to not cast his commander on turn 3-rd, or max 4-th. He had so many Survai that his commander woudl be super big, that would for sure metter a lot. He only looked an the reanimate part, and thats the "cheerry" in PreCon. I think his commander would be bigger then AARON ;)

[@TheCrazyBraz]

Revenant Recon is sick. - So many high value cards in there

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

They reprinted NECROMANCY! That by itself is good enough for me!

[@TheCrazyBraz]

@@TheSpikeFeeders Along with Reanimate. Animate Dead, RISE OF THE DARK REALMS. and Phyrexian Metamorph along with Toxic Deluge. - So sick

[@hatchell18]

Jim surveiled over 6 times and went the entire game without even using his commander like why? Lol His commander would’ve been at 6/6 very early, and he could’ve started reanimating stuff for free every turn. All those etb surveil triggers were wasted without his commander out it bugs me😂 also why did he bin reanimate and his talisman? Definitely could’ve been a lot more optimal with the deck. Still fun to watch tho. And yes the deck looks fun asf!

[@gjones9356]

Always love Alex’s jovial energy in these

[@rav5373]

At 44:00 pretty sure bloodthristy blade couldn't be attatched to lightning rager because it says "Attatch to target creature an Opponent Controls" but that wouldn't have made much difference because of Orzhov Asvokist also being able to attack and Phyrexian Arena dealing 1 last damage.

[@mcmc9176]

I love watching the new precons get played so early! Making it real hard to decide what to play though saddly Maddy and her deck didn't really get to do anything so not much insight to how that deck will play but with future games hopefully that deck will get a chance to show.

[@lihailaowai1381]

Loved seeing Prisoner's Dilemma resolve, that card seems so fun to play around.

[@VBane]

I love Ransom Note so much design-wise. A cheap egg for every deck that has an effect that synergizes with the theme of each of the four decks.

[@pjdietrich4470]

Fun thing about orzhov advokist it says each player. The controller also gets to put counters on it and you are not allowed to attack yourself in that situation 😂

[@LucasRoth42]

the owner of orzhov advokist also get to put 2 counters on one of their creatures

[@LordKingKong254]

I discovered you guys like 2 days ago and watched an ungodly amount of your videos. My favourite Magic channel at the moment for sure and i cant wait to see the other games from that day!

[@dukevulture4562]

When it didn't play "Solid as a rock" but I almost heard the sound queue up, I thought the video broke.

[@DUBnonymous]

Awesome game! Just a heads up though, Orzhov Advokist lets you put the counters on your own creatures as well every up keep. Also, bloodthirsty blade can only be equipped to opponents creatures with its ability so Alex got 4 extra damage on Jim at the end there.

[@Spotifist]

Excited to take a look at Blame Game, aikido themed decks are my favourite 🙂

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

In the 4 games we recorded I think it impressed me the most. It draws a LOT of cards.

[@Troy_34]

Was attaching Alex's Bloodthirsty Blade to his own lightning rager legal? Thought it had to be only opponent

[@iPhailepically]

It does have to be an opponent so yea it wasn't legal and technically Jim could've survived that attack, but it would've either put him at too low a life total or cost him his entire board basically

[@cryptidseal5951]

Yeeess!! I'm super looking forward to the many upcoming games. Really makes my week to see many uploads from the Spike Feeders, love yall

[@allhailbolas]

Y'all keep having the cutest merch. Ordered the new dice. Love the colours

[@gxantor]

fyi: Orzhov Advokist can put counters on ones own stuff too

[@bashlindsay7618]

I am definitely getting the Deep Clue Sea Pre-Con because it's awesome and I have a Rhystic Study that needs a home.

[@razorend22]

Love the Nelly Borca deck, both fun and super strong.

[@connorm7815]

Sweet! I'm glad you guys are running these lists back a few times. The decks had good value

[@UltimateDrDoom]

I love all you guys but this is my favorite pod yall have.

[@Karste1n]

Psst, the description says "pre-order The Lost Caverns of Ixalan". Looking forward to the episode! Revenant looks dope!

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

You didn't see nothin'! (thanks)

[@spacelizbian]

It sucks that it seems like the only deck that did anything this game (by the time anyone else got anything on board they immediately got thrown under the bus as blockers) was the goad deck but at least it looked fun! hopefully in future games (assuming y'all are filming more with these decks) the others get to show off their decks. i'm mostly interested in the dimir and bant decks from this set, if any

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

Yep we filmed 3 more. You'll get a good look at all of them!

[@MstrKipper]

I picked up a Watchtower convertible thanks for introducing me to it! Its really cool

[@thedevilcomes2011]

Oh i forgot to mention, My Boss at the IT company (and leader of the POD/Game Night I've started to play CMDR at) loved his dozen THICC SPIKE dice in high vis orange and green :) Thanks again for sorting the tracked deliver Maddy!

[@AutkastKain]

I am so happy to see this. I was considering getting 2 of the decks, one for me, one for my spouse so we can play together more. It's the first time I'm considering buying more than 1 deck in many a commander product

[@bradstanky]

i just bought the big orange dice cant wait till they get here! love you guys content

[@moroCJ4]

Where can you buy these big orange dice from? They look really cool and practical

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

www.spikefeeders.com/shop

[@Blacklodge_Willy]

​@@TheSpikeFeeders will you guys ever make more of the green ones?

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

@@Blacklodge_Willy yep we just made a huge order, restock coming soon!

[@Blacklodge_Willy]

@@TheSpikeFeeders Heck yeah, looking forward to it!

[@amee4231]

So excited for this, these are my favourite content you guys do, great way to get an idea of what the precons are capable of. Shame the morph deck didnt get to shine but Boros was insane.

[@Tclark6199]

Zoids reference is next level. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 😂

[@jacobtrahan1993]

Been waiting for this. Spikes is best content

[@TheGrifcannon22]

Always love seeing the games. Also, I paused the video to buy those dice!

[@theArcosa]

Orzhov Advokist counts its controller as one of the players that can put +1/+1 counters on their stuff!

[@Buchaus]

All four of these decks look really fun! These might be even better than the Ixalan decks

[@kevinwestermann1001]

The Vedalken Fish Detective makes you have no maximum hand size so Aaron would not have needed to discard at the end of his 9th (?) turn.

[@philipblades3213]

Might actually pick up one of those precons for the first time, the reprints look fantastic!

[@NinjaJerky]

Nelly is looking surprisingly good so far. I wanted the Scooby Doo commander but Nelly is making that hard

[@cloaking111]

I like how they made it to the end of the game to question that maybe Stormy Boy didn't have to attack

[@Minifigcreator97]

Pre ordered Revenant Recon after watching this. I am hyped for the deck!

[@ElDocBruh]

Prisoner's Dilemma is such a cool card 😮

[@jacobski4824]

Love the idea the recon deck is going for, hope we get to see them play an upgraded version of it

[@Kestral287]

Not much of a cEDH player so I've only been watching occasionally but when you hit me with a Zoids reference in the first three minutes what am I to do but subscribe.

[@soxfan9551]

Just a heads up, the equipment says it can only be equipped to a creature that an opponent controls. The game likely didn't change as a result.

[@ironwill0439]

Minor missplay at the end, at 44:00 alex equips bloodthirsty blade to his own creature which he can't. But he still had the game by using his other land that gives +2/+0 and vigilance and haste so no big just a heads up.

[@cobaltbeau]

One really cool thing about lightning rager is that you only need one token to represent it.

[@ShammityShamSham]

Can't believe Jim just ignored his commander for so long. It could have been huge with all the surveillance he was doing

[@dominiquereed2217]

Love these precon battles

[@Ironpecker]

Thank you for confirming my *suspicions* that the nelly borca deck is super fun! Can't wait to jam in the monarch, initiative and slicer just to turn the game in a big slugfest

[@joelane8584]

Super interesting that even though the lightning rager isn't goaded they all attacked with it every turn

[@ALTR_no_EGO]

I, an Alex, am also unironically a big fan of Boros. It used to mean that I was a fan of being disappointed by Pre-Cons. This new one is sweet. Lorehold Legacies was sweet. It must be cosmic alignment.

[@werevamp]

I was so excited to see Jim put down Connive, the perfect solution to Brash Taunter, until I realized he was playing the Concoct side instead. :O

[@kstandish42]

I wonder if Jim is as obsessed with marvo as I am, given his love of the Reality Chip. Also very on brand Alex, playing Boros! Lets go spikes.

[@MyT1m3]

Im just hoping we get to see some marvo fun in the coming matches.

[@Rabbit3]

44:09 can you equip the blood thirsty blade to your own creatures?

[@nertak7518]

I get that magic is a game of variance and you can't really judge a deck by one game, but I really wanted to see if the new morph deck was fun. Maddy only playing one face down creature the entire game, and never once using Kaust, Eyes of the glade's ability to flip a creature face up makes that deck look really bad. Very disappointed. I hope that that was just a really bad game for that deck, and that the precon isn't total garbage.

[@alexmcgregor8658]

We've got more games coming out this week including ones that I know have a much deeper showing on that deck.

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

Sometimes that just happens in a game of Magic, but I can tell you right now that deck is AWESOME and it had a poor showing in this game. If I had a critique about it, it needs a little work on the mana base to fix the slow mana, but it has a much better showing in one of the games coming out next week! - Maddy

[@gxantor]

The Blame Game deck is so cool

[@leozmaxwelljilliumz3360]

Watching you folks play is always entertaining. The decks just didn't do it for me, though. Hoping they will be better when I see more of them.

[@ProdigalMadness]

I love the content. I love Eliot going last. I love seeing how many tap lands you manage on precon games(which, WOW how few this time around???) That said, it feels really weird seeing everyone swinging with the Ragers(not goaded) round after round with Alex waaay too high above the rest. (Lazav is just becomes, not til end of turn.) Also, no surveil on his second battlefield reentry. Boros too spicy for that much draw.

[@anthonyi8484]

Love the video! Such a cool set of precons! Does anyone know why the lightning ragers have to attack?

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

They don't have to, but because they get sacrificed on the end step anyway, may as well just attack.

[@anthonyi8484]

@@TheSpikeFeeders thanks!

[@moorecreativearts2544]

Looks like you’re scanning the new MKC cards and it’s producing a moire effect. This can be mitigated by scanning the cards at an angle then rotating and cropping them with a Photoshop action or Gimp macro.

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

Hey, thanks for the tip! We did have to scan them last minute and I didn't have time to troubleshoot that. I'll try that next time! - Maddy

[@VBane]

Question for Jim. Did you consider using the Connive half of the split card to and steal Brash Taunter?

[@jmeind]

i think aaron forgot that morska actually gives you no max handsize, so he doesnt have to discard right?

[@TNRMQN]

Awesome vid! Where does one get those custom dice?! Those things are massive! Would be fun to customize a set! 😭

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

We sell them on our website! We have the orange ones at the moment, and have a big restock coming soon 😊

[@andrewdurham5385]

That Boros deck looks like it’s a lot of fun to play

[@frostbound]

Not sure if Aaron was discarding to handsize towards the end of the game, but the Deep Clue Sea commander gives you no maximum hand size.

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

Aaron realizes this in the game we're releasing on tuesday and we roast him for it!

[@frostbound]

@@TheSpikeFeeders haha amazing! Can't wait to see it

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Crazy to see how much card draw all the colors have these days. 😮

[@dracul115]

Nelly Barca needs a Fred Jones alter with the flavor text “It was Red Herring!”

[@RebornEternal]

Fun game! Excited about this round of precons. Did I miss something with the 2nd Prisoner’s Dilemma? Shouldn’t have Jim and Aaron taken 8 damage for choosing Snitch?

[@alexmcgregor8658]

Dilemma has three different outcomes, 4 if everyone chooses silence, 8 if everyone chooses snitch, or 12 to each silence chooser if it isn't unanimous, but none to the snitch choosers in that last scenario.

[@RebornEternal]

Oh! That makes sense. That’s what I get for trying to understand that card without my morning coffee

[@thatcorpse]

I'm sad Jim didn't steal brash taunter with connive side, but great game!

[@filipebotelho3548]

That 'case' Enchantment at 36:15 could 've phrased waaaaay easier by simply put: "At the beggining of your upkeep, surveil 1. At the beggining of your end step, if you have 15 or more cards in your graveyard, this card permanently gains: whenever you cast a nonlegendary creature spell, copy that spell." There you go. WHYYYYYY WOTC HAS TO MAKE THINGS COMPLICATED???

[@davidkahalewai1530]

Aaron thinking that having five lands doesn't activate Temple of the False God is probably him not thinking that Temple counts itself as one of the five lands needed.

[@enoesiw]

After 24 years, we finally know who let the dogs out.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

The deck lists got spoiled and I preordered them that day. I have a home for a bunch of the reprints and the decks look pretty fun in themselves (my pod tends to play around precon power level)

[@AustinMerfeld]

NGL, I was waiting for the 'solid like a rock' audio when you guys opened the deckboxes, and was disappointed when there was only silence..

[@mcsorcererpig477]

The lighting ragers aren't inherently goaded. Besides that loved the game❤ They clarified it later but Jim seemed to think they were goaded

[@lenstemberger1515]

Bloodthirsty blade says attach to a creature an opponent controls, right? Also, Aaron's commander says you have no maximum hand size, so he didn't need to discard?

[@matteobagni1235]

Decks look neat but the few good reprints are masking that manabase seems terrible. Maybe some secondary commanders are more interesting. Great game thanks

[@54m0h7]

You can't put Bloodthirsty Blade on your own creatures, it says "opponent controls". Still, 5/1 double strike and trample, Jim had 6 toughness on board, would have gone to 4, and with Alex at 27 and his board state I doubt it would have changed much.

[@silverlove8504]

Lightning rager can't get the equipment. It says target opponents creature. But great game

[@flosiporosi7827]

Lightning rager is not forced to attack, right? I am always confused by this

[@beverlyjoint5108]

I thought you can not equip blood thirst to your own creature? Plus was the clue deck discarding to hand size when he should not have been?

[@everdarkraven]

Does your pattern discord have remote games? I want to play, but nowhere around me to play

[@sonkal-elkent6143]

I'm so happy the Boros Goad deck took the W

[@logansanchez7998]

Lightning ragers don't have to attack, they're not goaded or anything. The only restriction is they can't attack alex

[@TheSpikeFeeders]

They are sacrificed on the end step anyway, so there was no reason to hold them back really.

[@itallianstallion1989]

Lightning rangers did some real work all game!

[@frandynamo2143]

Cool game! I love Boros and Goad and so it was great to see that deck do so well. Defo will be the one I pick up. I could be wrong but I think that when you have the upkeep trigger of Orzhov Advokist the owner of it (Alex) can also put 2 +1+1 counters on a creature he controls to promise he won't attack himself lol Believe the wording is player and not opponent. GG tho

[@alexanderschiano2441]

Did Alex know he could put counters on his creature with the orchid guy

[@jdcommander7026]

This is my comment. Thanks for the fun, people

[@joshbaker1639]

This Boros deck is awesome. Appears to be a goad deck that actually wins.

[@L4TMTG]

Love the content!!

[@CubbyTv24]

Orzhov Advokist should be giving Alex counters every turn it's EACH player