The Blue Beetle Plays MTG Lord of the Rings | Xolo Maridueña | Game Knights 62 | Magic Commander

[@commandcast]

FYI I ran 36 lands and 12 pieces of ramp in my deck - sometimes you just get unlucky with land drops. If someone else wants to calculate the likelihood of me missing a land drop after drawing so many cards, please feel free to do so. But need I remind you... t's a feature, not a bug people!!!! -jimmy

[@Natedogg2]

Also, keep in mind that Jacob drew a bunch of cards with Rhystic Study and still managed to miss land drops. Sometimes, it just happens.

[@SpellingBeeWiner]

Hahaha gotta love the proactive defense! Honestly I just liked seeing you run a deck with some incremental life gain so you don't die by accident the instant people think you're the threat!

[@brisingr0962]

“Sometimes unlucky”. It’s not luck. It is the curse

[@hotdachsbun]

I can't believe they all committed to shrinking themselves to be hobbits for one episode. That's dedication to the cause. Great game. Great production.

[@bigblind6422]

I think deck builders are over valuing mana rocks and dorks over playing more lands. Yes, the ceiling is high when you can continue to hit your land drops and get ahead on mana, but many times in game if you miss that next land drop, then that other ramp piece was effectively a land. However rocks/dorks are easy to remove and they usually happen to get caught up by sweepers, putting you behind.

[@erikkazmierowicz692]

Xolo: ‘Let’s go to combat’ Table: ‘You’ve already gone to combat’ Xolo: ‘I have once, but what about second combat?’

[@TheMedievalMassacre]

This comment wins! XD

[@obadijahparks]

Tasteful.... like the tears of their enemies.

[@joshuaaronniquay5868]

What about the second breakfast?

[@solomonaddariodavies8974]

Shouldnt jimmy have taken something like 24 damage from Thalia's lieutenant because of double strike?

[@kevinwilliams5427]

this comment gets a chef kiss lol

[@NT_Escanor]

The table being excited about jimmy top decking a land is the most genuine casual commander interaction I have ever seen

[@joshshin6819]

Jimmy I swear never mulligans on 2 land hands so him drawing a land is such a given 😂❤

[@frisbeez1775]

Our group has a rule where if you miss a land drop 3 times in a row, you get a table rampant growth. We want people to play and missing land drops doesn't allow that.

[@joshuaaronniquay5868]

@@frisbeez1775nice rule zero. I don’t like going against someone who missed land drop cuz I like to see them trying to stop me with all their ressources

[@dylanmahoney4889]

Our play group idea the same thing

[@Dragonspirit223]

@@frisbeez1775 I'm stealing this

[@hunterstephens3671]

"I missed a land drop, so long as it doesn't become a pattern. I'll be fine" Famous last words before the drought.

[@loganshaw4527]

The fool temping fate to be funny again.

[@TheIhplodur]

Jimmy Missing a land drop is alraedy a pattern.😂

[@NT_Escanor]

“And I’ll deal with Josh later” a mistake many game knights guest have made

[@joonatuominen7844]

Just forgets he has first strike so the death touch shouldnt matter

[@joonatuominen7844]

Nvm, nissa had first strike also

[@raiderdevellian5752]

1st rule of command zone....... You kill Josh 1st chance you get. Jimmy always kills himself

[@joshuaaronniquay5868]

Josh is always a threat no matter the board state. I love every interactions he brings to the table.

[@lehandroz]

It's basically how the script goes, as always. Jimmy always gets the short end of the stick.

[@kylespitzley5707]

Sam wise, Gandalf, and Treebeard defeat Sauron and then the rest of middle Earth turn on them. Incredible

[@brogangoogerstaff]

That's what happened in the books right?

[@1SI69]

@@brogangoogerstaff Each single word of it

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

A classic Fallout plot twist!

[@murlocmasher3368]

The giant table and chairs is too hilarious 😂😂

[@joshshin6819]

Gotta love that LOTR throw back ❤😂

[@jmeistergaming7399]

There decks are taller than they are

[@xtremesonik2672]

6:41mins in, already a cool idea about the size of the players. This channel thinks of everything. Awesome guys!

[@doors54]

"Xolo isn't the threat anymore" - Josh, before watching Xolo play Horn of Gondor the very next turn.

[@josecampos9717]

Can someone please tell me how on earth when they started their decks were huge and an hour later their decks look exactly the same like please someone tell me why!??

[@dispozablehero9829]

@@josecampos9717 because theres 99 cards in there. Theres no conspiracy going on

[@josecampos9717]

@@dispozablehero9829 it still looks like the same deck after an hour lol that’s all I’m saying and they played a lot of cards

[@derrickhaggard]

I play a Rohan/Gondor deck on MtG: Arena as a "for fun deck" and yeah Horn of Gondor can be useful when used correctly.

[@RasmusVJS]

In case anyone, like me, is wondering, they did errata old Amass cards to be Amass Zombies, and as part of the effect they turn the Army into a Zombie. So he is right that they work with the new Amass cards.

[@Yontanian]

I was so confused when this happened. Reading the card did not explain the card.

[@erikohman2294]

Thanks! I did wonder.

[@yellowmaster52]

​@nzjcooke reading the card (and errata), explains the card.

[@AustinWestbro]

I thought that was so cool! Had no idea til now!

[@nuclearphish8051]

That's really annoying actually. The old Amass would've worked with the new one just fine without the errata, right?

[@DarkEinherjar]

Jimmy missing land drops isn’t a curse - it's TRADITION!

[@catbookworm6438]

Perhaps even... Historic!

[@scottricks1676]

It’s a life style!

[@EliWilliam-n8u]

THE TRUTH

[@moonlight2870]

This was an amazing game. An entire hour before someone got taken down, no one got screwed, everyone's deck got to shine, lots of deals, lots of ups and downs, it could have been anyone's game at any point. That's how it should be.

[@JadeHex]

Jacob drew 14 cards with Rhystic Study - for 2 mana cuz of the nightscape

[@kamikirbits7708]

and he still died first

[@brandonmarshall2370]

​@kamikirbits7708 that's why he died first*

[@kamikirbits7708]

@@brandonmarshall2370 both are correct. He died first because of the cards he got but also those 14 cards didn't help him stay alive and he still died.

[@tkshillinz9334]

I love Jacob. Such an expressive, charismatic guy

[@livleeson1705]

He’s so chill I love him!

[@gareth4009]

Right? I feel like no one hates him. So fun and enthusiastic

[@kfunky209]

Kinda bummed that Jimmy didn't have the win after the Stampede, but it was a very fun episode to watch. The flavor of the LOTR cards fit almost perfectly with MTG

[@MrJustintreat]

1:08:50 jimmy giving josh the win by pointing out an ability he can activate. You are the best jimmy

[@papateezy7441]

Jimmy saying, “it’s a feature not a bug” had me laughing out loud 😂

[@fenixmeaney6170]

Having Goldberry in a Tom bombadil deck is such a flavor win

[@howardjones1388]

Its almost like she was made to help Tom Bom

[@fenixmeaney6170]

@@mfmageiwatch she looks fine, what's wrong with it?

[@thelasttrueblade6684]

​@@mfmageiwatchI'm not a LotR fan but honestly I think the art is excellent. Besides, fat bottomed girls they make the rocking world go round. And who's gonna disagree with Queen?

[@howardjones1388]

@@thelasttrueblade6684 yeah buddy!

[@theholychirch3924]

This is my 1st magic set, and im building my 1st magic commander deck around Sauron, The Dark Lord! Thanks to yall, The Professer, and MTG Arena for getting me into the game! Had a blast at a prerelease event last weekend!

[@mibbzx1493]

You’ll enjoy it so much, you’ll be building more than one deck

[@theholychirch3924]

@mibbzx1493 already working on a scry/+1+1 elf deck too 😭🤣

[@theholychirch3924]

@dontatmetillyouvebeenoutside I will! It seems pretty efficient if you can get the card draw on top of the scry, I guess I'm more worried about sustaining long enough to get the counters up high enough to win. Maybe adding some indestructible like Mithril Coat will help. The main combo I'm trying for is getting "Elrond, Master of Helaing" (commander) and "Arwen Undomiel" capatlizing with "SeedBorn Muse" as my win conditon. I found a great engine to add in is Fathom Mage, Shortcut to Mushrooms is a good engine using The Rings Card draw if u can tempt it high enough, Raise of Palisade seems like it'll be great removal. I'm going to experiment with "Three Rings for the Elven Kings" trying to copy counters and scry with that.

[@theholychirch3924]

@@dontatmetillyouvebeenoutside oh reliquary Tower or something like that, that gives no hand size, helps mw feel more confident throwing heavy card draw in there

[@LeonJohnson-yi3hg]

That’s such a cool card have fun!

[@gauthier1908]

On Jimmy's Overwhelming Stampede, Jacob had a Sauron trigger, he could have sacrificed his tapped Orc Army to scry and create another Army token untapped to block, and as Josh played a spell to flicker Jimmy's token, Jacob's Army token would have been a 2/2 so he could have survived that turn.

[@yoda9240]

You're right! I thought of the sack to have an untapped army, but didn't think it would save him. I forgot that Josh cast a spell so it would have been large enough to leave him at 1. Too bad he didn't know that Josh would cast that spell.

[@Kindaichi83]

If he remembered the trigger and created another army token, then jimmy would just swing at him with an additional creature or assign the creatures differently.

[@yoda9240]

@@Kindaichi83 Jimmy didn't know Josh had a blink spell, I doubt he would have changed his attack.

[@Kindaichi83]

@@yoda9240 i'm referring to the trigger from Jimmy's overwhelming stampede. If Jacob had remembered that and sacrificed his current army token to create a new untapped one, Jimmy would have attacked differently to ensure lethal damage. Anyway, Josh blink spell actually wouldn't have mattered as he only cast it after blockers were assigned.

[@yoda9240]

@@Kindaichi83 The way Jimmy attacked, it still would have killed Jacob if he had 1 more power on the board, he needed 2 more power to survive, therefore Jimmy may not have attacked differently. If Jacob blocked with everything and Josh casts his spell after blockers are declared then Jacob's army still gets buffed and Jacob then has enough toughness among his blockers to live. That is what we are talking about.

[@2ntwins]

got to meet and play with both jacob and xolo when they were shooting cobra kai near my gamestore. Both really awesome dudes

[@drizztfirefly]

Barely a few minutes into this episodes, and you can tell the passion put into it. The editing, animations, voice work make this one of my favorite episodes! Well done command zone crew!

[@scienceoffinance1778]

This episode got more views than the movie Blue Beetle

[@Moonscar1]

so glad to see these two back and on the same episode! can’t wait to watch

[@very_grey]

Jacob plays at Flesh and Blood events too. I played against him and it didn't dawn onto me until halfway through our game lol.

[@jamesh7845]

Used to play magic with a a few of my friends in school and haven't touched it much since then. Having found this channel made me get Magic arena and been having so much fun learning the game again. I love seeing how everyone always uses a completely different deck play style to show off all the intricacies the new sets introduce. Keep up the good work lads :)

[@alltappedout]

Jimmy missing land drops is a staple of the show at this point 😂

[@luemece]

And not only in this show, wherever he goes...we like Jimmy for that...he keeps it real.

[@ZNEO3NZ]

I think Jimmy's decks are either light on lands, or all his lands are very heavy( they settle to the bottom of the deck).

[@VagrantKing]

Cobra Kai x LOTR is the crossover I didn’t know I needed 😂

[@randommindz6782]

and DC (Blue Beatle)

[@yanniymj]

dear command zone team, this whole video was just awesome. the hosts, the guests, the setdesign and all those hundred+ little animations when cards were played or effects took place: perfect and it was so easy to follow the whole match with these inbetween explanations i was just looking for a lord of the rings mtg video and im realy happy i stumbled uppon this one keep up the good work :)

[@k-dawg2104]

Absolutely GORGEOUS episode lads. Still in the beginning but the narration during the commanders is excellent. Thanks for the effort you guys put in. Everytime I’m wondering what you guys are up to with the slower upload schedule I’m immediately reminded by the next video.

[@GenerallyMorgan]

Xolo such a good guy for not knocking jimmy out with mother of runes on the Thalia lieutenant

[@AazixUniverse]

The "players are halfling" effects is such a great idea. Very well done. 11/10 Bonus point for big chairs.

[@snooganz0]

honestly your guys' videos are SO good. the quality combine with the friendly feeling like a place to chill is unprecedented. you guys are 10/10 keep it up

[@maxjohansen9475]

As long as I don’t miss any more land drops, the Jimmy Wong story.

[@Shydoshi17]

That was one of the swingiest Game Knights in a while! Everyone got a chance to show off what their decks was capable of and the decks were very flavorful with their additions.

[@zachrichins2313]

The animations are beyond amazing!!!! Great job team

[@TenPace]

So hyped to see Xolo and Jacob again, them being nerds and just cool dudes got me to watch Cobra Kai

[@Jackathem]

Josh destroying Jimmy's guardian project while there was a rhystic study on board is exactly why he gets so much flak from the community 😂

[@Words-of-encouragement.-.]

Yeah, but for all the cards that Jacob was drawing with that Rhystic Study, he never really did anything amazing with it. At no point did he TRULY become a real problem.

[@UltimateLoaf]

Guardian Project is likely to draw more cards, since no one can pay to stop the draw (unless they remove it).

[@shmohvanni]

i only got into mtg this last year and got into commander less than a week ago and this channel has made learning more about commander and all the different mechanics and cards such a fun experience. keep up the amazing content you guys you make such a positive impact for new players like me.

[@TheChitownboi93]

Can't wait to to see Xolo as Blue Beetle! He is the perfect casting!

[@jinzakk23]

Haven't watched a full game knights episode in a while, this one is so fun to watch.

[@ItsColde]

"As long as this doesn't become a pattern" - James Wong *6 year long montage of Jimbo missing land drops begins to run*

[@jos12321]

I really enjoyed the video format. Especially how it allowed you to explain differences in the choices you make

[@watzesnow7169]

Josh playing five color isnt a suprise😅😂 Nice new table ✌️

[@Lukas_Jman]

The way Jimmy looks at the camera with disgust! Lol😂 14:17

[@whatever2045]

49:15 Gotta love Xolo sneaking a peak lol

[@sharksgobark]

Jimmy: oh wait you could move it to 3 now right? Josh: that’s true, the 3rd one is… oh *quack* This actually sent me💀

[@odyseeus]

It’s so ‘enchanting’ to see these ‘legendary’ ‘humans’ ‘sacrifice’ time out of their day to provide us entertainment. Bless you all

[@madskil72]

This was an absolutely incredible game. Super swingy everyone got to show off their decks and it kept me guessing till the end. Love it!

[@LoreOfTheRingz]

This video is one of the best put together things I’ve seen! Loved all the LotR scenes!

[@danieljung785]

Amazing video once again. You guys got me into Magic three years ago and I’ve made so many friends along the way because of it! Stay awesome.

[@zacharyagee2010]

I have no idea if it's been asked yet. But how do you get those land mats? Those are amazing 😍

[@Lance_Hobbies]

must be from ultra pro. not so sure though. but most of their access are from ultra pro

[@crilleedara]

Broooo, I've listened to every single Lone Lobos episode, I've been sooo excited about seeing both of these madlads duke it out at the same time here!!! Also, Jacob's Gandalf-feint was Amazing!!

[@JaySay]

It's always fun with Xolo or Jacob, but they're *both* here this time! I love this set; there's so much new stuff, and all of the reprints tie in with the flavor and the mechanics soooo well! I hope a lot of will go down in price sooner rather than later, but excited to at least get my hands on a few of these cards. Now I need to get Treebeard into my abzan life gain deck...

[@TB317]

Xolo And Jacob are some of my fav Game Knights guests. Really awesome to see them here for this sweet lore set.

[@ErickC1996]

Ladee danger killed it with this set

[@jeffreylong1478]

Agreed, looks sweet 👍

[@AnthonyKusanagi101]

Ill keep my Yuriko and my Surrack and Goreclaw decks thank you

[@denisevnbrdw]

No idea about series and stuff, but Yay, Xolo is back! The guy who played my favorite commander 2 years ago! 🎉🐶

[@GoodStuff_VG]

Super Fun Episode! Really enjoy Xolo and Jacob on the show.

[@FrostSylph]

"there is only one lord of the ring, and he does not share power" *sauron:* "thraxamundar my guy, I figured I'd help you out so here's this little trinket for you."

[@hoph19]

The height difference between josh and xolos decks at the end 😂

[@ralphgalang5173]

Production, game play, animation, effects, and the people in the table. Everything about this is amazing!

[@LeviStum]

This is the first time I've actually been interested in purchasing the playmats they have but it looks they aren't available anywhere? 👀

[@lic4444]

I also need to know how to get these playmats!

[@code_talkergaming1551]

It doesn't look like UltraPro. I've been looking, post a link if anyone finds them.

[@sabortage4382]

How insane are these Introductions. Very well done Command Zone

[@klick37]

Fun episode. Xolo and Jacob are great guests.

[@TJ_PH]

Very minor editing mistake, but I just really kept rewinding because I got confused for a bit. At around 1:11:22 Jimmy Evokes Solitude and all his lands are tapped. Likewise, a few seconds early we also see all his lands are tapped. So it really confused me on how he was able to play swords to plowshare. I had to rewind a lot more to see his 1 land was untapped

[@gazetronix]

Oh look the players didn't realise that Josh was the biggest threat. Again. 😂

[@calvatron9150]

1:04:50 Could Jacob have sacrificed his orc army to the sac/scry creature then made another orc to save himself? Or is it not a zombie anymore so he wouldn't gain life from the Overseer giving it lifelink?

[@26ffs]

it wouldn't have helped him, 1st he would sac the orc/zombie token to get a new one off Sauron, but the new one wouldn't be a zombie, 2nd, the Overseer gives menace and hexproof not lifelink 3rd, if he had done it on the overwhelming stampede trigger, he would have landed on 1 additional blocked damage which would still kill him (he was at 32 life, 44 damage was coming his way, and even with this additional token he would only be able to block 12 dmg so he would still die) and he couldn't have known Josh had a response to the attacker coming his way. technically an argument could be made that this would still be the correct choice, as it would have meant no one would have been able to cast a spell in response without him surviving (because of an additional +1/+1 counter on the army) which would mean josh couldn't kill the token coming at him, without saving Jacob, though he would still be at 1 with 2 more opponent turns Edit: I had been thinking about ways he might have survived as well xD

[@Jahavagoff12]

Not even 6mins in and I know it's going to be one of the best game knights videos ever

[@solarfinch9111]

I've never played or bought Magic but man do I love watching these! And I just realized I've heard Jimmy's voice in Dungeons and Daddies!

[@VoxyTwitch]

oh my god the chairs LOL

[@ADFawson6098]

I am brand new to MTG and Lord of the Rings brought me. I have been enjoying it, and am only playing on MTG Arena so far.

[@christopherbishop1182]

Love those playmats!!!!! I wonder if theirs more to put together to create the whole map for LOTR.

[@The_Kamookster]

1:11:00-1:12:00 was peak commander 😭😭😭 I love the “I knew that he knew that I knew” energy

[@Burnzi119]

Where did they get those playmats?? They look really good!

[@wesrouse2599]

I just started watching this channel yesterday when i learned CGB had been on here. Ive loved both episodes ive watched so far you all definitely gained a lifetime fan! ❤❤

[@scoffingskeptic]

Low-key had a crush on Xolo ever since his last appearance. Lets go!

[@babyblue4288]

Don’t we all

[@hudsonsin]

Didn't know the Cobra Kai guys were into MTG, cool crossover! Good editing and just enough explanations in there during the plays (with a bit of pausing to read card text) to understand all the synergies popping off, lots of fun (and swings) when multiple players involved.

[@Srodi]

I had convinced myself that Elijah would be playing in this episode, even if I knew that this was never going to happen. Still kinda sad.

[@comatose68]

This was wild! Loved it, thanks for the great content!

[@adamxiong8558]

Josh and jimmy are back!? Let’s go!!

[@augustbirkebo332]

honestly love the Amass cross-interaction because it's like, you're making an army of Orcs and then, as the true dark lord that you clearly are, bolster that army with a company of undead

[@gamer_hempy]

actually the army only is a zombie when the amass from the gleaming overseer happens first not the other way around

[@Gussyboii]

Brilliant set! Are the mats custom?

[@santajose]

Love the approach on the decks and the power level, as always you guys are the best

[@simontodd9631]

who did those voiceovers for the commander intros?! great stuff

[@Duecdropper1941]

Watching this late just getting into magic and lotr and you guys are helping me do it yalls channel is very cool , love xolo he was great as Blue Beatles totally underatted movie

[@toricarrjones]

I keep checking UltraPro, hoping those map playmats will appear 😭

[@eddardstark6554]

As a HUGE lotr fans, this last year was my intro to MTG. I’ve collected many cards from the lotr sets and am growing it over time. I loved watching this match! I wish ALL of the cards were lotr based as I don’t care much for other MTG cards, but maybe that’s an idea for a possible future video?

[@adriancarbajal8999]

This game was awesome 👏🏾 LOTR cards fit so well in Magic, I feel bad for Jimmy’s Land drop Curse 😅 Next time. Love the animations and art work. Amazing Game 👍🏽 Love the mats.

[@michaelsalmon9381]

First time watching. The set up is awesomely fun. Love the big seats. Childhood 😂

[@TheRandomeDud3]

I didn't think that Amassing with Gleaming Overseer causes the Orc Army to also become zombies as well????

[@sirpandaachoo]

It doesn’t. It just says add a counter to target army.

[@1ntegrator]

No it does! The mechanic Amass has been erratat such that they army gains the respective type

[@TheRandomeDud3]

@@1ntegrator ah ok. That makes sense. Thank you

[@progamingnoob3671]

Just found this channel and I love it! I got into magic like a week ago and I'm having a blast.

[@helderboymh]

That's just his shirt see 3:42

[@willscastleofcards2456]

Jacob is always highly entertaining, fun fun game!

[@BrightBlueInk]

What a great game! Tom is quickly becoming one of my favorite cards in the set, the Sagas always have great flavor and art is it's really fun to build a deck around them.

[@m.aassuhidis3840]

Why is Aragorn ad King Theoden black-face?

[@Johnitus69]

Pandering for BSG score

[@emperordraugr]

This made me interested in learning how to play MTG ! Amazing work !!

[@mawortz]

they made Aragorn and Theoden black xD

[@ElionMars]

Loved whoever did the narration on the Tolkein quotes!

[@haingis]

I like mtg, I like lotr, yet I struggle to feel any sort of hype for this set. The artwork doesn't click with me whatsoever apart from maybe "Last March of the Ents". just feels uninspired

[@NormalEnjoyment]

Learned MTG on Thursday. Was prompted to watch this and am so excited to dive in deeper. Thanks dudes!

[@xSling0x]

So excited to watch this one. 2 of my favorite guests

[@thezerowulf2046]

This set is such a desecration of Tolkiens work

[@Argusthecat]

Really? Why? Like, it's just art of classic characters. It's not like they're declaring new canon for Middle Earth.

[@thezerowulf2046]

@Argusthecat from Tolkien himself. "In principle, I object as I strongly as is possible to the "translation" of the nomenclature at all (even by a competent person). I wonder why a translator should think himself called on or entitled to do any such thing. That this is an "imaginary" world does not give him any right to remodel it according to his fancy, even if he could in a few months create a new coherent structure which it took me years to work out. I presume that if I had presented the Hobbits as speaking Italian, Russian, Chinese, or what you will he would have left the names alone. Or, if I had pretended that 'the Shire' was some fictitious Loamshire of actual England. Yet actually in an imaginary country and period as this one, coherently made, the nomenclature is a more important element than in an 'historocal' novel. But, of course, if we drop the 'fiction' of long ago. "The Shire" is based on a rural England and not any other country in the world - least perhaps of any in Europe or Holland, which is topographical wholly dissimilar. The topology of The Shire, to take the first list, is a 'parody' of that of rural England, in much the same sense as are its inhabitants: they go together and are meant to. After all the book is English, and by an Englishman, and presumably even those who wish it's narrative and dialogue turned into an idiom that they would understand, will not ask of a translator that he should deliberately attempt to destroy the local colour."

[@Orfeh9999]

@@thezerowulf2046 which translated nomenclature are you alluding to?

[@Argusthecat]

@@thezerowulf2046 ...This is Tolkien complaining about the Dutch translation of his book. This has nothing to do with artistic interpretation, this is his personal beef with one single translators language choices.

[@thezerowulf2046]

@@Argusthecat I guess you missed the part about him saying "that this is an imaginary world does not give him a right to remodel it as he fancies"...