Our "Friend" Builds Our Decks | Commander Clash S11E11

Tomer might be fired, but he's still part of the Commander Clash crew in spirit, building the rest of the crew's decks to battle against each other for this week's episode!
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge vs. Krydle of Baldur's Gate vs. Bell Borca, Spectral Sergeant vs. Kardur, Doomscourge
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[@TheDmmay]

I’d love to see a Tomer reaction video to this going over what he expected to happen versus how each player played the decks

[@nacricissa]

Get that reaction CONTENT

[@stevecustodio2919]

That would be great

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

I can tell you that I expected people to cast their commanders asap since their decks are built around them D:

[@Small_Panda]

@@MTGGoldfishCommander agrees and atleast crim lived up to that

[@nacricissa]

@@MTGGoldfishCommander I can see how that would have worked better, yeah

[@josephhawkins7974]

I love that they are playing in to the Tomer getting fired memes still, and I think it's cool they had him make decks for the crew this week!!

[@jeremyphillips3087]

I think it's kind of sad that they fire the guy and then make a whole episode mocking his decks, talk about salt on the wound.

[@that-one-genz7835]

@@jeremyphillips3087 it felt like mocking to you? I thought it was more honoring his legacy and stuff

[@Scienceboy0]

Was he really fired or is that part of the joke? I don't know the story.

[@baileyrose6459]

@@Scienceboy0 it's just a joke. People thought Tomer was fired because he was taking a break from recording Commander Clash this season

[@felipeguidolin1055]

Richard's face when he noticed that he had the wrong art for Witches... Breaks my heart

[@Saro1021]

Crim lost first last week. He better be saying CLASH ON!

[@Zentenski]

This was one of the best games you've ever done. Thank you so much, Phil, for not killing Seth off when you had the chance! (also, to note: that final Mnemonic Betrayal was from the spun Vampire Tutor!)

[@MrShinyObject]

Technically, this was a viewer submitted deck week.

[@Pantjay]

Ya know when I started watching Commander Clash I thought Crim was the bad guy. Always playing control, stealing everyones stuff, playing all the counterspells, and always having the opposition agent. Now I have realized that Crim is the Anti-hero, he isn't trying to win just stop everyone else from doing a bunch of bull. In this analogy btw Richard is the true villain with his secret machinations. He assures you there is no way anything is going wrong after all his deck is just opossum tribal and there is no way he could combo into a win, shortly before comboing into a win. Seth is the obvious Villain what with the beard stroking and the obvious but understated plays where he is going to kill the whole board then freely admits to it when called on it if it fails. Tomer is the Protagonist, usually naive, mistakenly thinks Crim is the real villain, (understandable really) and he plays with a budget deck he made in his grandfather's card shop that he must use to win back his grandpa's soul. Wait that might be the plot of Yugioh. P.S. Love Phil, don't know who he is yet in the plotline tho. Season 2 Protagonist maybe cause Tomer got fired?

[@AwwhHex]

Phil is like a power-crept commander. If you leave him alone, he’ll out value everyone and absolutely annihilate any hope of pulling out a win. He’s probably the most Archenemy/super villain of the group.

[@ODIRGO]

Seth not playing Dranith to avoid the grixis commander to cast from exile, because he was afraid of his creatures dying because of the spell that was in exile...

[@josephhawkins7974]

Richard didn't use many daggers, but he still successfully stabbed crim in the back.

[@shadowpsyke]

Phil letting Seth live to keep Possibility Storm going really is the purest form of EDH.

[@MaxMckayful]

Phil is the hero of this episode, 100%

[@kevinwonnacott5150]

This was the best video yet. Just a thought for a future episode, have a meta-game week, where each player makes a 50 card deck, then everyone sees someone else's deck (in a circle) and builds the remaining 50 cards to try and wreck the other player's deck's gameplan. If you metagame someone into getting last place, that counts as a win.

[@brningpyre]

I love the Goldfish editor's note, LOL

[@kaszael]

Awesome game! Thank you Tomer. I may now have to look at that Bell Borca deck, looks sweet! Also love how you guys all fought bravely against a modo crash and came out victorious after a 15 turns marathon. Clash on.

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Phil has been such a fun addition to the crew this season. Love him.

[@ClaytonChristopherHarbison]

Seth... exiling the dagger... the move of a true FRIEND, lol.

[@anix712]

Seth: What do you have? Richard: A knife! Seth: No!

[@Yig_al_Gaib4242]

R.I.P. Dowsing Dagger. Some would say we hardly knew you, some would say we knew you too well.

[@swirlingtoilets]

Seth: "Idk guys, how are we gonna deal with Crim?" Sitting with Council's Judgment in hand. Keep playing those politics, Seth lmao

[@babassoonist557]

Every time they say clash on my power level rises

[@oafkad]

That literally instant Karma on Phil was so good. He hadn't even finished his evil monologue.

[@Zanthosus]

Crim just changing "I'm a gamer." over and over is my favorite thing ever.

[@quasarkrankinero5004]

Crims play with scheming symmetry is so god tier I love it, also just a hilarious game with possibility storm what a meme card!

[@Shortfilmss]

1:44:44 "It's funny tho" is why I love Phil as a member, hommie doing it for the meme

[@RyuPlaneswalker]

Next time somebody brings up how people always draw their signature cards in Yugioh Anime..I am gonna point out Richard and Dowsing Dager.

[@Mithrandork]

Heart of the cards

[@justharry2190]

its richard's duel links skill

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

It’s almost as if it’s searching for him.

[@Ragwar]

This was such a great episode!!! Going through some bad stuff right now and this made my week. Keep up the good work!

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

You got this, Emanuel!

[@Ragwar]

@@MTGGoldfishCommander Awee thank you so much. Now seriously this episode was NUTS!!

[@colinhoban8660]

They really put friend in quotes lmao. Gotta respect tomer for taking the jokes.

[@jfrizzell6645]

More decks by the "friend!" This was the best we have seen in a long time!

[@discoviolenza1984]

Crim seems so confused by having a functioning mana base

[@DCode504]

The origin story of Phil playing Blatent Thievery in every deck :D

[@remembertobreathe66]

2:27:42 Richard: What the hell is this? The theme of this entire game summed up in one question. Quite brilliant gameplay, guys. Beautiful decks, Tomer. Perfect for your friends. That'll show them for voting you off the island.

[@SmashPortal]

The highest power creatures that can't be blocked are a couple of 6/6 krakens with high mana values (although one has suspend 9 for 2U).

[@Fueled13]

The highest unconditionnal unblockable I could find is Tidal Kraken (6/6).

[@ashtonwestfall4777]

Progenitus is a 10 10 with pro everything

[@jackwick8466]

I think Phil has just the right amount of detachment from the politics that overtake the rest of the table, and it allows for great games like this

[@zaclock-4228]

I just wanna mention that Phil's Shivan Gorge from a couple weeks ago would have been a game changer this week!

[@NoticemeSinPi]

The turn Richard got the lock, Seth could have broken it by casting Return to Dust on the Possibility Storm since Richard cast them in the wrong order

[@neilgulley969]

you saw that too? thought i was missing something lol

[@canadianhighlanderbremen7717]

Deep Sea Kraken/Tidal Kraken are the biggest, straight up unblockable creatures. Pathrazor of Ulamog kinda is unblockable. Or Lochmere Serpent, if you count activated abilities. :)

[@hsMaskman]

On the "kind of unblockable" side of things, there's also Demolition Stomper, a 10/7 Vehicle that can't be blocked by power 2 or less.

[@mr0sandman]

Similarly, Stormtide Leviathan is an 8/8 with Islandwalk that makes all lands Islands. So unless your opponents are landless, he is effectively unblockable.

[@that-one-genz7835]

progenitus? protection from creatures and block spells makes it unblockable? 10/10

[@Belena711]

This was a fantastic game. :) I'm really glad it wasn't just another modo crash. :)

[@coreypatrick18]

I never play commander but always watch clash. So good and I laugh constantly.

[@MaxMckayful]

There were just a million fantastic moments. Trying to catalog a few of them... - Seth's Worn Powerstone dying (and then it coming back!) - The loss of the Spare Dagger, lol - The can't attack Phil clause wrecking havoc with the team trying to beat Seth during the turn Crim controlled Seth - Sygg failing to get there from Richard on card draw, then getting there for Crim

[@marymccleary8757]

At 2:57:42, Seth's one-word response to Crim's 839th complaint about difficulty using the interface is the most blatant straight-faced lie of the whole game.

[@ruudvanlaarhoven5776]

Seth literally giving Richard the Dagger by removing it, Tomer set that up perfectly

[@brianpraamsma2607]

The Phil-o-fort

[@jackierenee4966]

BEST GAME EVER! I have watched every single episode of CommanderClash throughout covid times and this by far take's the cake. Also richard's most interesting win as well :)

[@AgonalRhythm]

Speaking of cards that return things from exile, there's one more I'm aware of in addition to Pull From Eternity and Karn - Riftsweeper.

[@iainwalker-brown1536]

In black can't you use masterminds acquisition?

[@ms.sysbit5511]

@@iainwalker-brown1536 no, the exile zone is not outside the game. In sanctioned mtg outaide the game refers solely to your sideboard.

[@moontorment]

The week when Seth built decks for everyone is still my favorite episode

[@ir0nst0rm]

Could you share a link or search term?

[@ms.sysbit5511]

@@ir0nst0rm season 4, episode 23

[@ir0nst0rm]

@@ms.sysbit5511 thank you, kind sir!

[@moontorment]

I hope this becomes a theme, would like to see a Richard week

[@ms.sysbit5511]

@@moontorment I like when an absent cast member does it. Someone who knows them and crafts a deck for each to enjoy. The time they had a viewer submitted playgroup was awful imo. They kinda just tried to fit into molds of the players and the decks were horribly balanced.

[@theLogicblade]

Of course the Tomer game goes three hours, of course it does. The durdle champ reigns supreme.

[@ohako79]

Varragoth turn 3, swing on 4 to tutor for Opposition Agent, turn 5 play agent and force an opponent to tutor with Varragoth.

[@BrewersKitchen]

Oh nice! That's a wild synergy!

[@aydensauvageau9393]

The editors note is amazeing

[@JoshRudis]

On this week of "Punt or Bluff?" will Crim steal all of Richard's knives or will Phil make everyone else kill each other? Tune in to find out!

[@babassoonist557]

As a mono-black main Varragoth is good, if you drop him on turn 3 he can easily demonic tutor twice for you. And since all of my decks run Boots and Greaves Varragoth plays super well off those two. Plus there’s the added politik value of targeting another player so that they can find an answer for the archenemy

[@Mithrandork]

Honestly I'm more likely to play a snarl than a temple. Always entering tapped isn't worth the scry so while not great the snarl potentially entering untapped makes it better than several rare dual lands in my opinion.

[@ms.sysbit5511]

I usually jam both in enemy dual color decks but am happy with neither. Boros, Orzhov, etc don’t have a plethora of options.

[@Mithrandork]

@@ms.sysbit5511 I feel this.

[@whaleofdarkness]

There are even worse rare duals. In Tempest there was a cycle of painlands that entered the battlefield tapped.

[@Mithrandork]

@@whaleofdarkness I totally forgot about those

[@swiftdragonrider]

Snarls are just playable. 30% to be untapped is way better then 0%.

[@jekanyika]

Seth did say it was going to be a long one.

[@ryanquinn1257]

Lol so nice of fired Tomer to give us a Possibility Storm game when he isn't around, but in all reality it was a weirdly functional storm game. Crim hit land drops and got a beefy Blatant and that gave the table a window back

[@jackl8025]

Phil is always wearing an outfit that matches his deck :P

[@ms.sysbit5511]

Varragoth is a demon-send in my hell deck. Cheap demon that fixes the awkward draws and is easy to play out into Contract due to his low CMC. I love the card tbh.

[@Devynwithawhy]

I just love how amazingly detailed Phil's articles are, expecially compared to Seth's completely Blank "Magic Arena Bug Tribal Deck" I know this isn't that video, but I just finished watching and x'ed it out so this is what you get :P

[@terraqueo89]

It's so funny that Tomer week turned into a long chaos game.

[@twoinone_]

CLASH ON!

[@pked5688]

I LOVE the new name tags! looking snazzy

[@franbecares420]

3 hs, great game! Lots of twist and posibility storm takes the mvp of the game

[@Suppaichu]

59:09 "crim could've exiled seth's graveyard too" they did not think of the possibility that that brainstorm could've put a Rise of the dark realms or something like that second from the top or something xD

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Deep Sea Kraken is a 6/6 unblockable. And of course, Stormtide Leviathan is effectively an unblockable 8/8 as it makes all lands into Islands and has Islandwalk. It's also a pretty nasty stax piece, making it so only creatures with Flying or Islandwalk can attack at all.

[@ninshjok]

Been more than an year or so since I watched a comander clash... becouse the videos are too long, but I laugh so hard I am proably start watching at them again XD

[@Lucat27]

Nobody: Nobody at all: Crim: thank the second sun!

[@andNino]

I didn't expect it of him at first, but he actually does lots of subtle lore references like that. Not on the nose like some other people, but that way I actually like it more.

[@TheEppypens]

I saw Tomer building this deck and I was like thats it your outta here....hahahaha....I didnt even know there was a 16 drop, haha...the banter is great in this one!

[@Hexatomb]

Who's this "Tomer" guy they're talking about? (out of sight, out of mind?)

[@alaraplatt8104]

this was my first commander clash. can't believe they put friend in quotes thats so brutal😋

[@kingfuzzy2]

There are multiple artifacts Richard that pull from exile most are used in combos However.

[@gman8133]

Richard is a evil genius for this one

[@robarnold8248]

The biggest fully unblockable creature is Deep Sea Kraken!

[@dochnik4918]

Nothing better then some really fun jank piles.

[@DischordMabinogi]

CLASH ON

[@kyled00m]

As an INCARNATION, Anger is pretty much a force of nature, something akin to spirits (ghost-like semi-tangible lifeforms(?) that can come in any shape; ie: dog, penguin, humanoid, tentacle horror, etc.). Keeping it simple, Anger is a spirit with a physical body that is the combination of all anger from the planet, probably? Given intelligence is required to some degree to feel anger (though animals have a lower intelligence but they're more retaliatory than angered when they appear to act out in anger), its form with arms and legs makes sense-i guess?

[@tianruixiao9239]

man what an epic game, possibility storm is too sweet

[@suryaeffendy1152]

I love that crim thanks the second sun at 44:39

[@joahfx]

ive been a long time watcher and this was the most funny episode ive ever watched

[@terraqueo89]

17:08 "I see you guys next game. Clash on..." lol

[@joshmartinez4175]

Clash on!!! Louder!!

[@commanderpower99]

Wow what a great game! I got tired just from watching it. Cool stuff.

[@alecolson8360]

Those decks look sweet!

[@diegoramos7494]

OG Emrakul is an effectively unblockable creature. The protection and flying makes it seem that way except against thopters 😭

[@poipoi9816]

I'm playing snarls over the tribal duals from lorwyn or w/e and the tapped painlands from tempest every time.

[@doktorwyvern2883]

CLASH ON! CLASH ON! CLASH ON!

[@waitingwarrior4203]

At 2:44:43, when Crim attacked with Leila, she flipped Greater Gargadon into playable exile. If Crim had suspended the gargadon he could have made Seth sacrifice all his lands using the Gargadon activated ability LOL. XD

[@Niuttuc]

Sadly Greater Gargadon was in exile, and you can only suspend from hand, and Gargadon can only sac stuff from suspend.

[@brenobarbosa3489]

Thinking of building this dagger tribal, would love an explained deck tech

[@Dayyyjoey26]

Seth sandbagging the dranith for so long hurt my soul

[@imprisonedmike]

Clash on! Clash on! Clash on!

[@wilfriedkramer19]

One could say Phil is playing P(h)illowfort

[@samuelfish4830]

What about the lands from from the shadows over inistrad Era that would make you reveal a specific creature type?

[@TheCardq]

Snarls are like bad fast lands, they usually can come in untapped early on, but rarely late game. The only other rare dual land cycle that might be worse are the tribal duals from lorwyn, or the temples maybe.

[@sofer2230]

Seth repeatedly complaining about Phil destroying his Worn Powerstone "for no reason" after literally doing the exact same thing to Richard's Dowsing Dagger. Irony is dead.

[@Dayyyjoey26]

I’m Seth probably better know as “the guy that will have to play every ultimatum in one deck of they add them to arena like Crim asked”

[@carl4735]

The one possibility that’s a guarantee with possibility storm is that it will extend the game.

[@MeriadocMyr]

The lands from oblivion sower would not go back. The reason the lands that crim took with blatant thievery came back is because they were originally on the battlefield.

[@Geevs80]

Seth just stabbing Richard in the back there with the dagger removal

[@JacoDeltaco]

the top deck Dowsing Dagger omg🤣

[@stevecustodio2919]

This was really funny

[@stephenalderson1710]

Does anyone know which platform they are playing on? I've been looking for an online way to play commander for a while, and this looks awesome

[@mark1A100]

You have to pay for it. It's wizards older online client mtgo

[@MrTandtrollet]

Kindo ended on a downer, crim not countering the Mnemonic Betrayal... =S

[@elil7945]

There are 17 cards with dagger in the name, 7 of which are actual daggers and 10 of which are legal in a dimir deck

[@highshelf]

That's the ledge on a balcony 57:54

[@kismetsoul4593]

Tidal Kraken is the biggest "non-cost" unblockable creature I can think of. Lochmere Serpent is the biggest with cost I can think of.