Commander VS

[@apparentbliss]

I love how interesting the decisions were in this episode. This is basically the best possible outcome for a pain deck meant for spectators.

[@MikeScarbro]

People are giving this episode some flak, but I think it was a good change of pace. Keep up the good work, guys!

[@zemratsu]

56:50 I can say with certainty, that it was Justin who killed Steven. Bafflingly, Justin chose not to Decimate the Panharmonicon, and thereby caused Gray Merchant to EtB twice.

[@kieranwouter2361]

Thank you for playing the yurlok and Amareth decks, I was about to build a group slug deck again and you reminded me of the reason I took it apart,

[@kingfuzzy2]

Reminded me of the reasons I made two one 10$ and one budgetless.

[@kibernick]

This was hilarious to watch, thank you for a different kind of deck

[@Flaskgarg]

Actually a good game, I do hope someone brings back Jared so we can see him in action.

[@stevenburton7725]

Group slug vs stax vs control vs voltron. I think Stephen was bound to lose no matter how hard he tried

[@kingfuzzy2]

Thank goodness

[@thenewlollipopjam8248]

Nardwuar: You have Venser in that list. Suarez: How'd you know?? Nardwuar: You're Jon Suarez, we have to know.

[@megaman161]

Steven would sniff it out.

[@OzDawg5116]

Keep on mana rockin in the free world and doot doota loot loot *extends mic*

[@thenewlollipopjam8248]

@@OzDawg5116 doot doo

[@lokidragon8725]

Can we get that on a T-shirt? 'Throw Rocks first, ask questions... Maybe.' XD

[@saltfreestudios2496]

Did Jonathan pay Gary’s mana when he encore’d him, I feel like he sacrificed a creature for 2 but never payed the other 3 mana...so he wouldn’t have been able to cycle on Justin’s end step.

[@jkhughes1122]

This is totally true. Gary was cast for the cheap!

[@matttownsend8406]

He didn’t return his land to hand on the original cast either, wasn’t that a symmetrical effect? Edit: he didn’t pay anything for the encore he only exiled a card and Gary, never payed the encore cost. Tbf it’s a new mechanic and Araumi is a wall of text and he’s thinking about what plays he’s making.

[@drazi3356]

@@matttownsend8406 i have araumi and i have made the same mistake

[@matttownsend8406]

@@drazi3356 that’s fair, I was just pointing out that yes he made a mistake, but I’m not judging as it’s easy to do with new cards that have new mechanics that are also a wall of text. It does look like dmir graveyard shenanigans deck which I would say is usually the golgari area. Looks fun.

[@SuperMastermind0]

You know this “un season “ has lasted almost as long as a regular season

[@Dacrada]

Justin's deck reminds me of that Owen Wilson meme from Night at the Museum: "I don't know - just pay!!" life.

[@levithompson1161]

After game discussion, honestly the best part of the video. I would listen to a podcast with the 4 of you guys

[@couver2997]

Thanks for the extra off-season content. Happy Holidays guys!

[@moralessanchezoscarelias6412]

It was great to have Justin's and Jeremy's decks together in the same pod. Such a gift to the audience

[@kingfuzzy2]

( :

[@RabbitsRi]

I've been asked what I have against Justin and Crim, since I usually have negative things to say about them. . . It's cause we have too much in common with our decisions/deck building and play style.

[@bloodfrdeath1]

The bloodcheif shouldn't of triggered for the serra sanctum since they were both destroyed at the same time, and the wording on bloofcheif makes it so the game doesn't go back and check. Also Jon shouldn't of been able to cast that Fact of Fiction since he needed to spend 5 mana of the Gray Merchant.

[@zemratsu]

As is usual, they keep forgetting to read their cards, and miss important things.

[@maxreis9534]

the amount of staxx effects in this episode is too damn high

[@arrowsty]

I recently made a amareth deck, and it's etb tribal, it's at the moment just a bunch of random stuff I had laying around so mostly Commons and uncommons, but it's still hilarious to play

[@Pyrosage2009]

Yeah, don't forget next time you play Dead Tide you still have to pay the creatures cmc as a part of the encore cost

[@fabulous7567]

Bless you Justin & Jeremey! Love the style of the decks you both chose. This isnt sarcasm. Its a fun twist to magic instead of battle cruiser magic or combo centric. And what made this more enjoyable wasr that Jon won and Stephen lost. This is episode was a win, win, win, lose scenario.

[@benjaminmckay-simons6885]

I'm glad you guys brought back the communal intro in the beginning. Probably the mix of that and the deck techs in the way to go. And if anyone cares, Bloodchief can't trigger off of Impatience. They both trigger on the endstep, and because 2 damage hasn't been done, the bloodchief trigger doesn't even go on the stack. I only mention this mistake since it had a rather large impact on the game, unlike some of the other smaller ones.

[@DaBuddhaHMz]

Nice cheat with the Grey Merchant, Jon. Justin actually won this game.

[@DJVU12]

Justin: let me read Araumi Jon: starts reading Araumi out loud Jon: uses Araumi incorrectly Justin: is good.

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

No U

[@suikodin2501]

Unfortunately, in a game like this, missing a land bounce for casting/entering grey merchant means a very warped rest of the game. Also, there are a lot of cards that should have oracle text displayed and read aloud in this game.

[@holdenblessing2836]

So anyone notice that decimate should not have resolved

[@starman21789]

Damage from Impatience will not trigger Bloodchief Ascension since there is an intervening if (the Ascension trigger won't even go on the stack if the player hasn't already lost 2+ life that turn).

[@nikkispliffmtg6892]

Rolling EarthCake Cos W R and X Rolling EarthCake deals twice X to all creatures and each player gains twice X life.

[@Platypus9068]

When you have 2 of the players arguing about the degeneracy of their decks, then they've both built awful decks to play against. I'm with Steven on this, guy never even had the chance to be involved in the game.

[@matttownsend8406]

I think Jeremy’s deck is the worse of the 2 as the bouncing of the lands stopped them playing, if that didn’t happen they would’ve been able to put creatures into play and kill him. Justin’s deck again forces you to essentially pay life to play. Again if people could’ve established a board they could’ve raced the damaging effects to kill them before they were taxed to death. Tho playing against staxx isn’t something I would like, some people do like it tho. Tbf Jon played a Staxx deck a long time ago and literally nobody else could play it was draw pass for all of them except Jon as he stopped them Untapping lands so essentially the same as bouncing them here.

[@TedMattos]

It was definitely a different game to watch, that's certain. Not sure if you gentlemen will see this, but have a merry Christmas, and I hope y'all stay safe and healthy! #TeamGresuarell

[@doulosdphi]

Another great game guys!

[@joshuajordan6632]

Doesn't panharmonican trigger overburden twice?

[@Flayerthehatebound]

Right off the bat Justin promises to let everyone do whatever they want. "Obi Wan. Quite the bold one"

[@darthpapa]

Does Jonathan have a picture framed of Justin on the shelves in the background?

[@GodIwannaFiteUIRL]

You cannot become the monarch on the same turn Jared Carthalion ETBS.

[@bluevader13]

Decklists?

[@SCGCommander]

I Gotchoo: articles.starcitygames.com/videos/commander-vs-226-commander-legends-round-3/

[@ashleyprior6712]

Why was Jon putting the graveyard across the top rather than in a pile?

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Hmm No Ulvenwald Tracker in that Jared deck? Oh wait there it is:P

[@Birchie84]

Let me tell you straight up that I don't have notifications on for 🌟 City games as I have and never will have interest in having my playlist bombarded with Ross Merrium content. The guy is not pleasent to watch. Say if y'all shifted over to a new stand alone CMDR channel like Goldfish then my subs are in 💯 %. I love all you guys as I've been watching from the days when Darby vs West which transformed into Parnell vs Darby (which I found unpleasant due to Darby). But once you got the team that is I will never miss a Ep. Even if I need to hunt. I'm team Green+Parnell+Suarez+Noel (no piticular order) is perfect you guys deliver any day of the week, even in off weeks.

[@vanessaeve925]

I need decklists for Yurlok and Araumi! This was a great game.

[@whynot7295]

I dont know if im the only one but voice seems a bit too low. Lastly the screen is hard to see whats going on. Maybe cut the stuff on the right so phone users can read the cards/ see whats on the field

[@legoose4598]

People should be complaining about the lack of removal not the stax cards 😵😵😵😵

[@dustinsanity85]

Currently brewing up my own Jared CARTHA-LION deck, and gotta say, not too inspired at this point.

[@TarikBrowne]

Starcity is blocked at work so cant check right now, is there an article with lists? Want to compare to my Araumi.

[@SCGCommander]

Yep! articles.starcitygames.com/videos/commander-vs-226-commander-legends-round-3/

[@jbowers227]

So a good friend of mine finds crazy plays with combos of cards mans brain is insane I’m looking to help invest money into him what equipment do you guys use for recording like building a PC for editing, cameras for face recording, top down board gameplay, etc anything would be appreciated

[@microdog]

ABOUT TIME WHERE YALL BEEN

[@carlpeterson8740]

While you don't need different targets for decimate anymore, each type must still be chosen. Decimate needed a creature in play to be cast at all.

[@tank7720]

He targetted Jons commander with it.

[@theymerLoviatar]

Well that's my favorite episode of Commander VS now.

[@Azraell01]

In before one of Stephens ceiling monitor bolts comes loose and we see it fall narrowly missing him. Or in Justins mind maybe it will hit stephen hard enough that he will forget the bitter rivalry they have. LOL

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

LOL I thought Jon had a rivalry with Stephen

[@ProphetofEndTimes]

Justin's deck should be called Crime and Punishment

[@BIBMaster23]

Please show more of the cards in the showcase, I’d like to be able to read the card and not have to go look it up(even if it’s an unusual land)

[@redneckgaming7246]

so excited to watch this

[@johanandersson8252]

Is all that i want for X-mas right Here!

[@ErikTheRedd1]

Why would Steven strip mine wasteland and not sera sanctum

[@captainfry9776]

Jeremy had the strip mine play to protect his Sanctum. Stephen hit Morphin Pool over Serra Sanctum with Star of Extinction which was confusing though. John did have the most control over the table at the time though.

[@its_chris2323]

@@captainfry9776 The Priviledged Position was in play by the time Stephen cast Star of Extinction.

[@captainfry9776]

@@its_chris2323 D'oh! That's right, ty

[@TyranitarStudios]

#TeamParnell happy holydays guys!! Eat as much as a 30+ year old adult can handle and enjoy yourselves :D. Im 35 so I'm not throwing any kind of shade here, please take it easy.

[@atticusdanielson7198]

I was sad asf waiting like two weeks for this

[@AgonalRhythm]

The combination of Jeremy and Justin's stax pieces is absolutely brutal ☠️ 😔

[@jasonholmes5714]

I love it

[@jasonholmes5714]

@@dudemcguy7608 like, it really sucked for Steven, but his spells wouldn’t have done much against that board anyway. Just a bad draw for that particular game. The way they had to play around those enchantments and really stretch their limited mana as far as they could made for an exciting game.

[@alanrollf2856]

Ya know Justin, you have to "not lose" to win.

[@ProphetofEndTimes]

I've waited far too long for this

[@Whitewing89]

You can't become the monarch on the turn you cast Jared.

[@thewillybot]

You have my engagement, but it's not positive. This game was about as frustrating to watch as I imagine it was to play.

[@rainersummer5616]

I absolutely disagree. The game was entertaining as hell to watch!!

[@OodustwindoO]

This should be series 2020

[@ghastlyhooligan9155]

I love the TBS love!

[@iancollishaw3330]

Justin, if you didn't have Mindcrank to go with your Bloodchief Ascension you are foolish

[@ewanhiddleston6642]

Justin, I'd say playing proactively last episode is a great idea, but then why play a reactive card like Sunforger? If you're going to play the card you should use it.

[@benr1286]

Wednesday is better now

[@DJVU12]

Stephen is so annoying when he quits these games like that

[@FogKnight13]

Play mistake. You can't become the monarch the turn you play Jared

[@tank7720]

He cast jared at end of Jons turn. He went to next turn and attacked

[@rexone9564]

Justin is just like my homie, ‘don’t worry this winter orb, Armageddon, tangle wire, trinisphere. It’s symmetrical.” Oh and strip mine lock you with this crucible...

[@yingyangman11]

Both times the decimate was cast it should have fizzled because the Dismiss into dreams meant when a creature was targeted it would have died before the spell resolved and decimate needs all targets in play to be able to resolve

[@ToSGod]

No, you need 4 targets. The spell isn’t countered unless all targets aren’t legal. So it was fine the first time it was cast.

[@suikodin2501]

You need all legal targets for cast (true for any spell), but only one legal target for spell/ability to resolve (true for all spells/abilities). This is ofc only applies to spells/abilities with the actual wording "target".

[@Vesperalsage]

They played it correctly. Decimate does not fizzle if one of the the targets becomes illegal as the spell resolves. Decimate only needs all four targets when casting the spell. If a target becomes illegal before the spell resolves it will just resolve as much of the ability as it can. "608.2b If the spell or ability specifies targets, it checks whether the targets are still legal. A target that’s no longer in the zone it was in when it was targeted is illegal. Other changes to the game state may cause a target to no longer be legal; for example, its characteristics may have changed or an effect may have changed the text of the spell. If the source of an ability has left the zone it was in, its last known information is used during this process. If all its targets, for every instance of the word “target,” are now illegal, the spell or ability doesn’t resolve. It’s removed from the stack and, if it’s a spell, put into its owner’s graveyard. Otherwise, the spell or ability will resolve normally. Illegal targets, if any, won’t be affected by parts of a resolving spell’s effect for which they’re illegal. Other parts of the effect for which those targets are not illegal may still affect them. If the spell or ability creates any continuous effects that affect game rules (see rule 613.11), those effects don’t apply to illegal targets. If part of the effect requires information about an illegal target, it fails to determine any such information. Any part of the effect that requires that information won’t happen." Every instance of the work "target" would have to be made illegal in order for the spell to fizzle.

[@hrocxvid]

Oh wow what a fun and interactive commander game, really fun to see everyone’s deck (not) in action

[@andysalters666]

Love that they missed the cindervines damage to jeremy

[@blueeyedenvy9715]

YESES

[@corrosivecabal]

Binged 2x speed

[@trevorpeters4976]

Like, comment, share, subscribe, binge

[@rocketrae21]

I liked the video because they asked me to, but I didn't actually like it. The deck balance was way off

[@jsdcool]

I think I missed something, Stephen can’t be monarch the turn he plays true heir.

[@jonlamoreaux1889]

Everyone complains about Sera's sanctum, meanwhile justin has seed time.....

[@joselebron4438]

Ya but he never got to use it

[@jessicastevens538]

Easy to win when you cheat Jonathan. Gary costs 5 Mana, not 4.

[@jessicastevens538]

Also Gary is a creature so you forgot to put a land back into your hand after cheating.

[@jessicastevens538]

Can't watch anymore, y'all are cheaters.

[@TheBigPenguu]

Not first, but first to say "First!"

[@tangoshisensei]

Game was funny, but felt blah, didn't feel like a real game, everyone basically killed themselves.

[@dwaynebullington2442]

Seedtime reads only during your turn Justin...

[@joselebron4438]

Second Boiiiiii

[@coreysierchio4650]

*Dummy* *Shirt* ...lol

[@BB-pn2qv]

This video is soooo white I’m not sure if I need to turn down my gamma setting

[@blackblooduser5376]

This was so hard to watch honestly

[@jakek3754]

At the start when Stephen gives monarch to Jon and attacks him, he shouldn't have gotten the monarch. Jared prevents you from being the monarch the turn you played him, so I think it would prevent Stephen from gaining monarch for the attack right?

[@dantebeleren]

There are plenty of errors on Stephen's part this game, and that was not one. He play Jared on Jon's turn. When it got to his turn he can get it back because it's a new turn

[@jakek3754]

@@dantebeleren Ah good call I missed the Savage Summoning. Thanks!

[@TD-bl9lb]

Game was pretty cringe to watch in general because of the decks being played.

[@peewee130946]

What’s wrong with the decks?

[@peewee130946]

@@dudemcguy7608 100% agree

[@QuietPenguinGaming]

Is it just me or do they always kill Stephen first? Justin needs to grow up desperately

[@megaman161]

What a silly game.

[@712toaster]

Excellent case study in; a single stax piece ruins a game of magic. The entire game, after the second piece is in play, becomes literally lethargic as if they are in a simulation and aware they're simply 'watching cube 2'. like holy heck what a great game and to be stuck on 3 lands for so long and have influenced so much.. Balance truly is the responsibility of ALL four players in edh. TLDR: Stephen never runs disenchant.

[@patrickforshag2908]

There were a lot of misplays this game. Especially from Jon

[@swanee2846]

Stax and taxes, no wonder why everyone hates those, such a boring episode to watch

[@znachwd2015]

Can we finally replace Jon? He is so annoying. I just do not want to see that guy on this show.

[@eusouzoom]

Yeah, how come he's not using headphones?!?!