Ravnica Rumble w/ Rachel Agnes & Kenji Egashira | Game Knights 25 | Magic the Gathering Commander

This video is sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.
ORDER YOUR GAME KNIGHTS TOKENS BEFORE THEY'RE GONE: www.kickstarte...
----------
SHOW NOTES:
Commander Advisory Group member Rachel Agnes and MTG Streamer Kenji “Numot the Nummy” Egashira join us for a special RAVNICA RUMBLE episode. For the first time ever, we put a vote to the audience and you decided which color combinations each player would build around.
Will Rachel be able to exploit the advantages of Orzhov? Will Kenji blow everyone away with Izzet? Will Josh beat them all down with Boros? Or will Jimmy stop the show with Rakdos?
It’s Kambal vs Tibor and Lumia vs Rakdos vs Firesong and Sunspeaker.
Who will emerge victorious? ONLY ONE MAY STAND!!
----------
Want to BE A GUEST ON GAME KNIGHTS? Only active supporters of our patreon are eligible. The entry deadline is March 31st, 2019. Follow the link for more info: / commandzone
----------
Support the show by using our Card Kingdom affiliate link for your next Magic purchase: www.cardkingdom...
Huge thanks to UltraPro (www.ultrapro.com - @UltraProIntl) for sponsoring this episode and providing awesome prizes for our giveaways! Be sure to check out their new Relic Tokens!
Find UltraPro on Facebook: / ultraprointernational
Purchase a Game Knights t-shirt (available for a limited time): bit.ly/GKShirt
Be sure to enter the contest at the end of the episode for a chance to win swag from UltraPro, Card Kingdom and more! Winners will be announced on Twitter and Facebook on the evening of Friday, April 5th.
----------
Where to find our guests online:
Rachel Agnes:
@baetog_
www.channelfir...
Kenji Egashira:
@NumotTheNummy
/ numotthenummy
----------
Find out how Game Knights is made! Watch our behind-the-scenes video:
• Game Knights | Behind-...
----------
Decklists:
Rachel’s Kambal:
www.archidekt....
Kenji’s Tibor and Lumia:
www.archidekt....
JLK’s Firesong and Sunspeaker:
www.archidekt....
Jimmy’s Rakdos, the Showstopper:
www.archidekt....
----------
Credits:
Josh Lee Kwai - Director & Editor
Terry Robertson - Editor
Lauren Haroutunian - Director of Photography
Jim Funicelli - Sound Recording
Josh Murphy: Assistant Editor and Script Supervisor
Ashlen Rose: Assistant Editor
Terry Robertson - Special Graphics and FX
Danny Simard - L2 Judge
Jimmy Wong - Sound Mix
Bonnie Bacevich - Set Design
----------
Follow us on Facebook:
/ commandcast
Follow us on Twitter!
@CommandCast
@jfwong
@JoshLeeKwai
Email us:
[e-mail]
----------
What life total app do we use?
LIFELINKER:
Lifelinker is the premium Life Counter app for Magic: the Gathering - available for FREE on the Apple and Android App Stores now! Customize your experience and redeem codes from your favorite creators to use their logo as your background when you game! Featuring logos from:
Tolarian Community College
Limited Resources
Loading Ready Run
The Mana Source
Magic The Amateuring
The Masters of Modern
Brainstorm Brewery
The Magic Man Sam
Card Kingdom
Commanderin’
Commander’s Brew
SGDoc
...and more! Download Lifelinker today - available on Android and IOS platforms.
----------
Commander/EDH Official Rules, Banlist, Forums, and more:
mtgcommander.ne...

[@dylanwaites]

A counter war with no blue involved! I love this episode!

[@Mordalon]

More of a redirection war.

[@adampaterson1235]

more like what the hell is happing

[@williampeifer1904]

I am working on a black and blue command deck. I want to cash out and support, but I am on GR, FS aka snap. As far as watching, I enjoyed what I see.

[@pokedreadhead6089]

Lol let the girl win

[@nickhowe4802]

JK _Rolling you and me both Grixis pal...you and me both...

[@jozzyalthefool9273]

Jimmy was literaly daring Josh like a real Rakdos Cultist would dare a Boros Soldier to kill him.

[@jamesl.456]

hit me

[@filippodardi2180]

"Come at me, bruh" "K"

[@annanoirne6955]

"What are you going to do?Stab me?"

[@lazarshark8909]

Jimmy: You don't have the guts to kill me Josh: *Kills Jimmy* Jimmy: :0

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

@@annanoirne6955 The last words for every guild member: Izzet: This seems safe Simic: We have this under control Gruul: You know, city life is not so bad after all Rakdos: Come at me bro! Dimir: Everybody loves me! Orzhov: Sorry man, im broke rn Golgari: Man, you should really taste these Selesnya cabbages! Azorius: Halt! Boros: CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE! Selesnya:

[@PresidentofN8O]

The true hero of this episode was Jimmy and you all know it. That was true bravery. Much respect.

[@PLGRN8R]

Laying his life down for the group. Though to be fair, Josh prooooooobably should have nuked Rachel the moment she cast Erebos. Erebos shuts down the entire life gain side of his deck and makes it virtually impossible to keep the Reservoir as anything more than a one-off. He *does* acknowledge that playing Erebos was a loophole in his conditions for targeting with the Reservoir, but he never specified that he *WOULDN'T* fire for any other reason. True, he runs the risk of Kenji and Jimmy pouncing on him when his life is low, but without her removing his F&S, he'd have had an extra 10 mana on his turn, and Kenji was unlikely to damage him too badly. He'd have been at maybe 15 life on his turn and he'd have 10 mana to Sunforger and gain some life off of Reservoir and F&S. I get that sticking to his conditions and forgoing any other reason for firing was the political play here, but it ultimately cost him the game. Jimmy was simply not the threat on the board, and there are limited ways to deal with a God.

[@jodabreez100]

Jimmy doesn’t negotiate with terrorists.

[@ericchua9326]

Jimmy does a Liliana

[@violetblight69]

Eric Chua too soon

[@arbopajur1888]

Also i Like that sweater

[@tomaszrutkowski707]

"If you can't save yourself, you fight to give someone else a chance" - Ajani Goldmane Its like Jimmy vs Bolas (JLK) :)

[@a7wingedsheep]

I understood that reference.

[@gammarayjunior1021]

a7wingedsheep I understood That reference

[@regirex4418]

Lesson from a person who’s favorite archetype is life-gain. Someone plays Erebos, you kill them immediately

[@tudornaconecinii3609]

For sure. If I were Josh I would've instantly pulled the trigger and killed Rachel with Erebos on the stack.

[@le_royal987]

@@tudornaconecinii3609 That wouldn't have made for much of a show however. Josh is a magic player, but on game nights he is also an entertainer. He made the choice that resulted in a longer more theatrical game. Most new players probably would have nuked her at that point...doesn't take a genius to figure out the threat to a life gain-deck.

[@dakukenshin]

Yup totally agree

[@regirex4418]

Nanner Be Minin yea I get that. It’s not just for fun, they need to make it a fun game. But he ended up killing Jimmy because he attacked him. He could have just said “play erebos you die”. That would’ve worked

[@EloquentTroll]

If you don't have enchantment removal you need to find player removal

[@NerdPhil]

Jimmy: I'm nervous playing Rakdos. I've had bad luck with Rakdos before. Builds a deck based on luck.

[@wrjirgrpoklgg]

is he able to run crypt ghast on the deck? cuz it has white mana on his rules text

[@jacobshaffer7831]

@@wrjirgrpoklgg would need to find the rule, but believe that because its in "reminder text" (in parentheses), its ok. hence, you could play something like cryptghast in a mono black list of you wanted, or blind obedience in a mono white list.

[@jacobshaffer7831]

@@wrjirgrpoklgg rule 903.4b relating to color identity, hope this helps! :)

[@wrjirgrpoklgg]

@@jacobshaffer7831 that's true, i found here and you can

[@kellischoefer7762]

@@wrjirgrpoklgg it's in the reminder text, not the rules text, so it is a legal card to run in a rakdos deck

[@joshuamarith6955]

Jimmy attacking Josh to see if he'd get nuked is the most Rakdos thing I've ever seen lol

[@howaboutnow1895]

"Fuck it, if I die it will be for fun at least"

[@juliendarnell3987]

Live your life to the fullest and youll be fricked

[@radikalskippy]

Jimmy killing himself to maim his opponent is the most Rakdos thing he could have done. Good plays!

[@timmcom2m]

no one puts fear in the heart of a rakdos follower

[@Sheriff_K]

The only fear a Rakdos Cult Member has, is fear that Rakdos isn’t entertained!

[@Wolfen5207]

Thing is, if Josh had used the Reservoir on Rachel, he could have started to gain life again.

[@comedyman4896]

A black counterspell countering a white counterspell. Yep, it's commander.

[@sl3075]

Actually super lore appropriate that boros hit rakdos with his baton then got dogpiled by the orzhov and izzet guilds.

[@cybersearcher1041]

Yes, Ravnica lore ftw

[@geckonerd3734]

Everyone will remember Jimmy's bravery, or more like should remember.

[@CosmicErrata]

Such a heroic moment. A blaze of glory. 50 'damage' to Josh. BAM!

[@mshevy9829]

Bravery? More like typical Rakdos xD U THINK IM SCARED OF U? EAT MY FREAKING HELLFIRE M8!

[@SaikyoStudios6832]

he shouldve aimed for the head

[@MokonaTome]

I would thumbs up but the 444 is to good to mess with 4 being seen as unlucky and a sort of death omen. Appropriate with jimmys final play.

[@riyaankamdar6044]

So True Geckonerd

[@CommanderReplay]

Smothering Tithe + Wheel. The Legion Approves.

[@jevry4307]

love u bro boros for life

[@sxuad]

Do you think Gisela would have done better? Lol like we talked the other week

[@CommanderReplay]

@@sxuad Absolutely. Top 4 cards in the Legion are sun forger, Gisela, Aurelia and Iroas in that order. Halving all that incoming damage and life is golden. However, this game really comes down to Josh not using the Aetherflux resevoir earlier. And I know why he didn't, its because their on camera and hes not gonna take out a guest on like turn 6. But the second I see erebos I'm using the aetherflux to take out rachel. I would have also used my teferis a bit sooner I think. He needed to protect his commander better. If that stays in play than you sun forger for more burn spells keep your life total and life is good. But i get it, their on camera they can't exactly say lets go to game 2.

[@CommanderReplay]

@@jevry4307 Love you too. A week or 2 from now i have a ton of Boros and mono red coming up. its gonna be a good time :)

[@jtyree0226]

Commander Replay exactly what I was thinking

[@crovax1375]

I can't help but think that Aetherflux Reservoir should had targeted Rachel when Erebos hit the table. That was a big missplay in my opinion

[@moritzhoff6412]

Same But I feal that was not just a missplay Kinda felt like a decision for the sake of entertainment

[@astrielmaahes1116]

@@moritzhoff6412 exactly Josh has to put a show on, he could have one extremely early, but a 20 minute match doesn't make an episode

[@leovaeg]

@@moritzhoff6412 that was 100% it - nuking Rachel was the SMART play, keeping a 4th player in the show was the FANCY play MTG is full of these choices - Smart or Fancy, and what we choose

[@Tuturial464]

Yeah, I would have nuked Rachel. Red white has some nice board wipes. One of my favorites white board wipes is fumigate for the life gain and well as being in white

[@crovax1375]

Danny Knight a really good board wipe, especially for the commander, is Blasphemous Act.

[@eddiechen9968]

"In response to your annoying counterspell, I activate my death lazer to deal 50 damage."

[@endersparshott]

Laser

[@100nodog]

INB4 um akshuly it stands for "LiGhT AmPlIfIcAtIoN bY sTiMuLaTeD eMiTiOn oF rAdIaTiOn"

[@Randomnumbers-153]

@@100nodog 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@fariskapo8365]

Josh was either being a good host and a showman by not killing Rachel when she stopped him from gaining life or missplayed massively

[@davidtikwa423]

its still a gameshow, if he would kill her there and then the show wouldnt be as entertaining, any logic player would eather flux her and then regain the life

[@ianjosephtan3942]

​@David Tikwa jijinn😅innnijjn nninjninnn jjjininnjnijniininnniinnnnini?

[@ianjosephtan3942]

​ nn😅i

[@ianjosephtan3942]

​@@davidtikwa423 and jinin 😅 NJ in ninin ninn ninininnnni😅nnjnininnjiiinniinjijinijnijn

[@cloudix1337]

​@@davidtikwa423 9p

[@Marcosatsu]

I'm all for Rakdos and Izzet, but that Smothering Tithe play was beautiful.

[@jthoppins4990]

Can't wait to watch it's price skyrocket.

[@DarkEinherjar]

Nah, it's in the Orzhov Guild Kit. Anyone can easily get their hands on it... at least for now.

[@omegablast2002]

@@DarkEinherjar dont forget products disappear when a card in them gets expensive...toughtsieze cause jelevas deck to vanish...true name caused that other commander deck to vanish... soon as the guildkits go out of print, good luck getting tithes for less than 40$

[@Yourbeautiful666]

zeth fox True Name Nemesis was in the Jeleva deck.

[@Kcet_Team_ZS]

@@DarkEinherjar thanks for pointing that out. I've been seeing good results from people using the card and was thinking about getting one, I forgot it was in the kit which I already have haha.

[@m_d_c_t]

boros vs. orzhov had a counter war in this video yeah okay????

[@CommanderReplay]

Never forget.

[@trident042]

It's a weird flex, but okay

[@cybersearcher1041]

....................... Seems legit.

[@Sheriff_K]

I run Imp’s Mischief in Xantcha, no one expects it.

[@GamerdevilPro]

@@Sheriff_K The magic that is Planar Chaos, love that set. (yeah ik I am late to the party)

[@EgoBrain88]

Boros weaknesses are a lack of card draw and mana ramp. So naturally, Josh draws the two best cards in Boros colors for both of those weaknesses...

[@EgoBrain88]

@@MrReyfan619 What makes you think I'm angry about it? It was funny that the things Josh hates Boros for weren't issues at all for him because he drew those two specific cards.

[@FaytVanguard]

Yeah but Wheel of fortune cost so much, should be banned from commander. ($250)

[@jondubois5347]

@@FaytVanguard there are cards worth 10x that and they are legal. Banning cards based off price is absurd

[@ethan6287]

@@FaytVanguard this is a dumb comment on 3 different levels.

[@Frostman1255]

@@jondubois5347 well price is why the power 9 are banned. But they are like quadruple digits so more understandable

[@vladplasmius2854]

I watched this six hours after it came out, and paused it in the middle to order a few copies of Smothering Tithe before it spikes.

[@diegomeringer3953]

me too

[@Inspirawesome]

This comment aged well

[@vladplasmius2854]

@@Inspirawesome right?! I didn't give the card a second thought before this video.

[@bmaxarnold5742]

I remembered when this was $8 now it’s $20 How did that Happen!?!

[@Seergun]

@@bmaxarnold5742 and now it's 30

[@BretasDoc]

*_And I will equip Sunforger..._* _Josh Lee Kwai, 2019_

[@a7wingedsheep]

Or at least attempt to 😂😂

[@andreaferrini99]

Just for having a counter war WITHOUT Blue this episode becomes the best one of Game Knights.

[@TheLocoreaper]

All Josh needed was to respond to Rachel with the Reservoir at about the point she played Erebos. I think that would've drastically turned the tide

[@Jackaroo.]

He didn't on purpose. The game would have been really short, Josh could have won easily, but he wanted the episode to be entertaining.

[@TheLocoreaper]

Yeah, had a feel :P... still, that would've been the secure kill for any magic player going for the winz

[@TheMechanicritic]

Josh also made a table-wide "deal" that he'd only laser someone who did something to his hammer or lowered his life total to 65 or below. Josh even acknowledges it in the interview after by saying that it was a "good loophole" to the deal.

[@OhNoTheFace]

@@Jackaroo. Playing poorly and seeing a lesser deck win is less entertaining

[@somdudewillson]

And then the big demon deck sitting across from him kills him with that low life total.

[@Tsuna_SoulSilver]

Blue: you guys can't counter spells. Boros & Orzov: Hold our beer!

[@dylanrose6411]

“Boros deck is lacking behind the others.” *pulls off near game winning combo.*

[@lolaandjoe123]

To be fair, he drew like the best 4 Boros cards lmao

[@mikelong2756]

"Lacking"😂

[@aarnav3696]

Hmm 21 mana on turn 4 isn't a lot

[@roccocasarotti9678]

Also smothering tide needs to be buffed. A collective 30+ Mana isn't nearly enough to keep up with the other players.

[@herringway434]

"I'm just following the Cold War doctrine" - Josh Lee Kwai 2019

[@calebhortman1971]

6:04 Wayfarer's Bauble The Commander's Quarters approves. Also they would be amazing guests for your show. You could do like a 50$ deck challenge or something.

[@DarkX64]

Because Mitch sure has been having trouble getting his own gameplay videos off the ground lmao

[@skrinkleje]

Mitch should just do a gameknights episode with the command zone

[@joeymurillo4203]

Agree. Most other sites are 25$ I dont mind dropping 50 for a good rounded deck. I spend 50 for some games anyways. Plus I sometimes might sprinkle in more or even less add my own flavor

[@DharmaBums11]

That be kool. A low budget commander match

[@Johan_Liebert_]

I'm curious, are $25 budget commander decks any good?

[@drakon6878]

"Pay for Smothering Tithe?" Is basically the white version of "Pay for Rhystic Study?"

[@Shockwave377]

Now someone is going to have to make that a shirt and a KZbin channel so they Can make a comment in every magic the gathering video

[@charleybrett1663]

And both can go in Grand Arbiter Augustin... god save us

[@jetroturkia3097]

Yes but the REAL guestion is "would you LIKE to pay one"

[@willemboele2079]

woa, no way! how did you come to that conclusion! :::000

[@sebastiangandry9606]

Where is the change My mind memes about this

[@tenara-kun5979]

everyone who plays revel in riches: *have like zero treasures the entire game* Josh: Casually gets 21 treasures at once

[@Woe_YT]

If I were Josh I would have killed Rachel the instant she prevented him from gaining life while he was still at 70 life.

[@MrParagonical]

The best play would have been to kill Rachel when she targetted Josh's commander with mortify. Since her mortify would be removed from the stack and he would have a sunforger equipped and save 10 mana. If he targets her with the aetherflux before she casts anything she can still mortify before she dies.

[@Darknight4434]

Me too

[@drt4527]

I suspect that Josh and Jimmy understandably don't want to knock out the guests too early in the game. I've seen it several times where the "optimal play" would be to take out one of the guest players, but they choose not to do so

[@cringebutyee1326]

Rhea Sheth Lol, "mortified"

[@kyaberryman7367]

@@MrParagonical totally agree

[@cutecommie]

I would've Aetherflux'd Rachel immediately. 7 life is not too low, considering the others had no board and almost no mana.

[@cutecommie]

Called it 😐

[@Foxpawed]

If not earlier, definitely when she tutored Erebos.

[@ODIRGO]

I thought the same, she was the only doing some damage. The only problem is that all the opponents had red, so, 7 damage is very low in that situation. if the other player were selesnya or azorious, for example, his choice would've been easier.

[@Bibbedibabbedibu]

He could have done it at the end of Kenjis turn. That way he could have gained some life back on his own turn.

[@ODIRGO]

@@Bibbedibabbedibu that's true

[@dandyflareblitz2627]

The Boros are ready to fight! The Orzhov are prepared for battle! The Rakdos will start the show! The Izzet have a goblin on a hoverboard!

[@ElucidYT]

Best comment

[@cybersearcher1041]

And you think that’s not as awesome?! That’s even better!!

[@gammarayjunior1021]

Golgary kills the goblin and plants a tree on the hover board!

[@DeepCDiva]

The Selesnya are not that really into fighting!

[@DHeroDarkMagicianGuy]

Understandable!

[@raruteam]

"The clock is ticking and I'm not a watch maker" That gotta be my new philosophy in life from now on haha.

Is Josh getting a percentage of every Tithe that is sold after this episode?

[@jonathonvargas3476]

Community wanted Josh to play Boros and he still didn’t make a combat based deck 🤦‍♂️😂.

[@Tsuna_SoulSilver]

I mean it's the most Josh way possible.

[@TheAwakeOrangutang]

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Josh doesn't care for combat, so he makes his decks to win somehow else.

[@zenbrown7144]

F&S are way more interesting than generic Boros in my opinion.

[@ty_sylicus]

As a player who enjoys combat focused decks, I'll never understand Josh.

[@danielslack9114]

I'd probably play Feather. Was she spoiled when this was released?

[@iPhonix07]

Your deck revolves around life gain. Creature come down that disables that. Doesn’t obliterate the controller. Wait what?

[@Venjamin]

Immediately lose to the other two...

[@troooolin]

@@Venjamin i mean they didnt have any flying yet. and he would have 20 and one less person to deal with and his commander wouldnt died as much. so much mana wasted getting it back on the field so many times.

[@HipHopFreak57]

Jimmy is now called "Jimmy the Martyr" after this episode.

[@manuelgeraldino2235]

@@XCodes i vote jimmy the scourge diva

[@MegaBichiX]

@@XCodes Jimmy the Nuked Hero

[@techoutsider5631]

@@manuelgeraldino2235 thats game knights canon now ;)

[@kevinchai2265]

Josh: would you like to pay for smothering tithe? Jimmy:ABSOLUTELY NOT! Lol

[@khalamari]

Honestly props to Josh for going through with the reservoir, I don't think I would have done it for the sake of pulling ahead later once Rachel was the perceived threat.

[@puppyton2793]

The clock’s ticking, and I’m not a watchmaker.

[@N3THER]

FailFish

[@joshmurphy484]

Fun fact: Kenji's original line was, "The clock's ticking, and I'm not a clockologist." It had us rolling in laughter, but it unfortunately didn't make the cut.

[@Ghost26968]

Nailed it.

[@davedussault7251]

Is this a shirt yet?

[@nathansfarcioc5575]

You guys should get mitch from the commander's quarters and all do one of the budget decks.

[@timmcom2m]

oh my god, I want this so much and I never knew it. please god make it real.

[@jamespooh2]

THIS

[@brandonchau7816]

I think the budget decks would immediately became a lot more pricey after 1 episode

[@penguinproductions198]

I don’t think it will happen because Mitch is sponsored br tcgplayer

[@mtgghouldude]

Yo, Jimmy had the COOLEST saying before the game started and that coin flip was perfect lol

[@AzoiatheCobra]

A moment of silence for the kamikaze attack of jimmy, who sacreficed himself for the greater good.

[@frago321]

I was like "Hey Tokens should be gone with Teferi's Protection" then I read: "Gatherer Errata 25/08/2017: If a token is phased out, it will phase in as your next untap step begins. This is a change from previous rules."

[@Neltharak]

Jimmy is the hero of this game and don't you forget it

[@stevoyah]

Okay props to kenji playing tibor and lumia, HIGHLY underused izzet commander. Jimmy playing showstopper is awesome.

[@thezombiefan777]

Josh threw that match but I totally get it, the match kinda blows if you kill someone that early

[@fearanarchy]

If you have 21 open mana, someone dies that turn.

[@pandaking7772]

Exactly, he had a sunforger he could have tutored for a win con or just a gain x life card and gain 20 kill someone

[@connorhill818]

"clock's ticking, and I'm not a watchmaker" my estimated meaning: Time is running out, and I can't do anything about it

[@digittydave7079]

Props to Rachel for the win, but we all know Jimmy wins for being literally Rakdos.

[@MassiveFoot29]

Modern wisdom with Kenji Egashira: "The clocks ticking and I'm not a watchmaker"

[@NicksMagicstorytime]

That was a great episode. Love that the fans stuck Josh with Boros, but because of Smothering Tithe and Sunforger, he was dominant through most of the game.

[@Monliego]

Josh should've pushed the nuclear button much earlier, at the peak of his life total, either when Rachel started attacking or when Erebos was casted.

[@IndraSunrise]

Upon declaration of her first attack. You're alewDy a massive target, why take four damage three times? Trigger and take the gamble, before someone finds a solution to your threat.

[@dylanenriguehuntington2908]

Yeah I have no idea why he let that Erebos hit, I would have nuked right there.

[@LiberatorGalore]

I would have chose warped erebos waaaaay earlier!

[@mikegibb5082]

Jimmy made the play of the game. In honor of Mel Li, if someone has a nuke, smash them until they push the button

[@piggy6205]

Fans: Ha Josh is playing boros Josh: Challenge Accepted

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Never thought Boros could do lifegain so well! Might be a good idea for a future deck-if I ever get tired of playing the aggro variant.

[@lazarshark8909]

You know its about to get interesting when the counter spell is countered but the counter counter spell is redirected but the spell that redirected the counter counter spell is redirected.

[@ts25679]

I love watching Josh's beautiful mind unfold. They're the kind of plays I wish I could pull off.

[@OhNoTheFace]

and then he soft threw the game by not lasering the player messing him up the most

[@ts25679]

@@OhNoTheFace Yeah he shouldn't have stipulated that he'd nuke the player who brought him down past 65. But he did keep his word

[@supernoodles908]

That treasure play was amazing. Nice little combo :)

[@yonsa8951]

Did he really buy 21 tresure tokens?!😂😂😂

[@tntcows]

Josh lost that because he didnt want to ruin the show by ending someone early

[@outdude]

tntcows 😭 the true sacrifice

[@Avatarbee]

Well Josh was hoping to wheel into something good I imagine. If he had wheeled into another wheel the combotrain would have left the station

[@thezombiefan777]

@@XCodes if you rewatch you would see that he was actually perfectly to do it, there were no substantial threats and he was gaining lots of life after; he just didn't want to kill someone early

[@koreyg8552]

XCodes no stupid, the others had no board and she was the only one throughout the game that was his actual threat . Killing her before erebos would have been the best Move

[@ViktorVonGhoulie]

Yeah he should have killed her immediately once that Erebos hit leaving him with ~22 life

[@EvanYoungMusic]

It's seriously amazing how many people watch these guys. Gives our game so much life!!!!!

[@adamironbender5120]

That was an awesome game of "Game Knights: Archenemy" to watch... hehe.

[@OhNoTheFace]

Too bad the archenemy soft threw the game

[@pauljimerson8218]

I think Kenjis stare has Deathtouch.

[@flaccidreflex5563]

More like infect. When I see it I cant help but feel imma die soon

[@manifest1158]

Paul Jimerson s

[@junhochoi7006]

That was amazing. The stack upon stack of instants and sorcery was sooo good!

[@waffleman2211]

Fantastic game. Jimmy and Josh were the clear stars. "I refuse to live in fear of what that thing can do to me. If he is gonna kill me, I am gonna make him do it." The Scottsman in me is very proud, Jimmy. Live your best life, or no life. Dream on, man, and be free

[@MassEffectFan113]

Josh: "I feel like I'm starting to fall behind in the game." ...yes, because you're intentionally throwing.

[@georgesmith2151]

Looking back he’s so right lmao

[@lokirip2372]

He threw it for sure rather than nuke a guest. I think it was the right way to go though.

[@justanothergiblefan282]

Josh: red and white has bad ramp Also josh: has 21 treasures

[@JpDubbed]

OMG IS IT CHRISTMAS!?!?! 2 Game Knights in 1 month? Yes please

[@adochild93]

Glad you guys did a drawing of the counter battle. I was getting whiplash.

[@fearanarchy]

Lol... never played 1v1 Counter wars I would assume

[@Linosek279]

You know those smoothies you get with two straws for sharing? That’s exactly what just happened to Kenji

[@siegfried1422]

Alternative Battle phrases: The Boros Legion Marches toward victory The Orzhov Syndicate has come to collect The Izzet League has begun to brainstorm The Cult of Rakdos will put on a show

[@joncates9003]

SUPERBLY entertaining episode!! I really enjoy and admire the level of casualness that the group plays with... Josh could have, and realistically should have, killed Rachel when Erebos was out! However, he was a man of his word, and that left a lot of game play remaining DURING WHICH a lot of really fun plays happened! Loved it!!

[@pedramcq]

Loved this episode. The editing has been getting better and better and Rachel and Kenji were such great guests! Also Rachel congrats, love your nails btw!

[@UpstairsEast]

nobody is mentioning how jimmy's haircut randomly changes sometimes during the commentary of this episode lol. Look at him a 47:43 and compare it to 20:59

[@_reenzane]

Not that weird considering the game and the small comment scenes are filmes weeks or even months in advance

[@jordanries6761]

@@_reenzane Actually they are only filmed a couple days in advance unless something important comes up. more then half the time youtubers will film a couple days in advance if they know they will be busy the days the videos come out or have editing to do on other videos and I do agree that the hair style change isn't even that odd since the gameplay and commentary are recorded separately typically on the same day and put together within the next couple days.

[@mattsmith457]

I thought you were saying Kenji and Jimmy were the same person lol

[@ShenSage]

@@jordanries6761 watch their behind the scenes.

[@eamonbell6378]

Erebos won that. Had it not been for that, I think Josh probably could've pulled it off

[@YoungLiam74]

eh if this wasn't a show josh would have steamrolled this. He kills her the moment she casts erebos.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

I like how the entire game everyone is trying to stop the Boros player, of all people. THERE IS HOPE!!!

[@ElucidYT]

No hope without Smothering tithe. One removal spell and bam, boros is garbage again.

[@malissn]

Really cool editing! It was fun to watch! I've never seen a commander game in youtube presented that great! Nice work

[@GM-rs2fv]

"I am going to try and redeem myself by playing...Rakdos, the Showstopper" lol I cracked up at that part.

[@kenshafer8672]

I HAVE WAITED FOR SO LONG! just finishing up the Geek and Sundry game with Josh now.

[@dexdres5419]

The one from months ago? Or is there a new one?

[@kenshafer8672]

@@dexdres5419 months ago, i was really needing my commander fix lol

[@araremario]

Jimmy went out in one of the rakdos way possible, having no fear love him for that

[@IlanPerez]

I have watched so many of these game knights and Josh literally always has brilliant engines...so impressed

[@andrewking5013]

There should be a Game Knights Crown for the winner.

[@griffinsalyer1804]

Josh should have lazerbeamed rachel as soon as erebos dropped.

[@Skrippy33]

What did we learn here today folks? Phyrexian Revoker naming Treasure Token.

[@MrFeierkind]

Tokens are not cards so you can't actually name them

[@fearanarchy]

I guess I slept in on the right lesson

[@scoffingskeptic]

It’s been really awesome to see this channel returning to its roots and putting out great commander content again. Hope it continues.

[@shoelesshobo7744]

I feel when Josh tried to resolve the Teferi's Protection a good idea may have been to sac the Aura of Silence to destroy the sunforger prior to him vanishing out. Granted getting rid of that deathtouch was key as well but destroying sunforger just shut down everything Josh was doing.

[@OvanVannLight]

I've never cringed harder than when Jimmy first flipped a metal coin and hit his mana crypt.

[@IndraSunrise]

I used to know a guy who riffle shuffled. This was in beta, years before we had slip covers. I still get cold thinking about it.

[@billowen3285]

Inside Out lucky he had UltraPro sleeves

[@LexFrank-Arcaneium]

me: smothering tithe is so good for boros! also me: *whispers* it has orzhov art so that is a hard *no* for my boros deck art is important to me ;-;

[@EloquentTroll]

It's actually the Boros shaking down the Orzhov? Just trying to help

[@TransparentEclipse]

Lex Frank dude that’s pathetic

[@dillpickle694]

Lex Frank well I play unbreakable formation in my naya deck

[@joshuanolte9126]

@@EloquentTroll but how?

[@EloquentTroll]

@@joshuanolte9126 punching a pontiff in the gut until coins come out?

[@hisfriend2892]

Jimmy you're my hero. Never retreat never surrender.

[@joshuajones6690]

Nothing but respect for jimmy in this one. It takes a true magic player to stare down the barrel of an active aetherflux reservoir and say come at me. Props. The world needs more magic players like you!!

[@kittenclanclan]

anguished unmaking getting redirected to kill her own angel generator was some delightful flavor

[@chrisprescott7839]

I'm legitimately depressed that I missed getting your custom tokens 😭

[@wintercat1027]

Do you think it would've been worth it to run your "skullclamp package" to get sunforger?

[@DarkEinherjar]

I think it hurts the focus of the deck, because it means less slots in the deck dedicated to instants and sorceries that deal damage/gain life, and Boros needs to make every card count because of how bad it is at ramping and drawing. Not to mention Josh is already running Enlightened Tutor, which lets him tutor for Sunforger if he needs to. If a player decides to focus more on Sunforger, s/he might as well dedicate the deck to combat and equipment and play with one of the two Aurelia instead.

[@asiniel23216]

Idk i probably would get a card or two but not to much

[@jondubois5347]

I think it depends on how focused the deck is on sunforger. You can literally build the entire deck around abusing sunforger if you wanted to

[@tomentor2854]

Jimmy MVP... taking a laser to the face for the group xD

[@endermeap6488]

33:44 Erebos was a very shrewd thing to get there by Rachel. Not directly infringing on JLK’s threats, but still threatening him. 👏

[@Carracan]

I love game nights. Coming back to play for the first time since I was a teenager and am learning the commander format. These videos are super helpful and very fun to watch!

[@lordofdeath1876]

I mad both time she tapped out for the win. I wanted a one time mana tithe

[@199022009]

Kenji always looks like he's scheming something whenever he's on GK. XD

[@MajinEvelyn]

I can't believe Josh held back firing his lasers so long lol

[@NuclearConvoy]

I've watched so many of these videos since discovering them only a few days ago. You guys make watching MtG be played a very fun experience and are making me want to get back in to it (too bad there's a pandemic and I cant play strangers at card shops)

[@andykeskimaki5409]

I would've died laughing if someone would've cast disallow to counter that aether flux reservoir trigger and Josh just loses 50 life for nothing

[@zenbrown7144]

It's the dirtiest play in the universe.

Or changing the target of the ability so the Reservoir player shoots himself

[@danielslack9114]

Bolt bend from WAR.

[@ElucidYT]

Aetherflux can be tricky. My baby deck runs it. Most of the time it just screws you over. You're the main target till it's off your board and most of the time someone uses a removal spell in response to you activating it so you just lose 50 life for nothing. It's a great threat, but draws way too much aggro

[@thebirdwizard5947]

@@ElucidYT even worse when someone redirects the trigger into your face so you lose 100 total

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

38:04 a perfect description of modern day War, as a consequence we have all these low-level asymettrical conflicts like syria, ukraine etc. :/ Interesting that a magic-game can recreate some of these thougts made in the cold-war :D

[@phantomaniperv]

I love these boys and everything, but Rachel took the cake here.