Close Quarters #11 | Commander Gameplay | Genju - Sakashima - Prismatic Bridge - Gretchen | MTG

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The Commander's Quarters is your Magic the Gathering source that helps you Command Your Budget! Baron, Dan, Eddie and Mitch square off in an intense Commander game! It's Genju vs Sakashima vs Prismatic Bridge vs Gretchen!
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[@GuusLot]

Ofcourse Mitch has the 5 colors and Eddie is playing Simic 😂

[@Urd-Vidan]

#BlameEddie

[@Aidan8r]

Would it be close quarters if they weren’t?

[@Delwift]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@owenrobinson5031]

2 rainbow and 2 simic decks. That’s pure Commander’s Quarters energy right there

[@jacobeidem3094]

Do you mean one 1 Rainbow and 3 Simic decks... 🤣?

[@owenrobinson5031]

@@jacobeidem3094 lmao I suppose so

[@LibertyFixxxer]

Whatever lightning and camera set up you have is SICK. I think its even better quality than Game Knights. I can see the cards, the lighting is great, and like normal, I get to see mitch and his friends with their fun and unique decks in a less scripted format. A+ on your new studio, Mitch.

[@Closer2Zero]

Eddie’s deck taking up a majority of the episode kind of highlights the biggest thing i dislike about this series- there such a general discrepancy in power levels in some videos that it kind of takes the wind out of the sails, or stomps so hard that i never get to see what interesting stuff Mitch or anyone else has brought to the table. If everyone’s budgets/power levels were more aligned, the games would be so much more interesting to watch. Which is a a shame because if love all of you guys and the videos and the cast and the format, just the content falls flat sometimes because half the time someone other than Mitch brings a big beefy and expensive Simic deck and ends the game before it starts

[@jacobholliday9905]

I haven't watched every Close Quarters video, but every time I do, Eddie wins with Simic or simic adjacent and takes up the majority of screen time with very long turns. I wish someone would go back and record the amount of time dedicated to Eddie's turns in each game compared to the others. His decks always seems to ignore any budget constraints, and IMO fails to capture the spirit of the game and channel. It's one thing to enjoy a certain color combination, but liking simic is not an interesting personality trait. It feels like the person who thinks they are good at Goldeneye and only plays as Oddjob.

[@Closer2Zero]

@@jacobholliday9905 my problem isn't with simic, my problem is that every time he brings he a deck it's basically the same deck but a different dude manning the front desk. And it's not just Eddie, Eddie is just the biggest commonality between the epsidoes and this issues. Usually it's like mitch is the only one that makes this show any different that discount game knights

[@cloudroth6]

But if you actually look at this game every time removal was used it was it was used way too late. They just let him go off

[@Trio3224]

I get what you're saying. However. The guy on Eddie's right, was clearly using a more expensive deck than Eddie was and still lost handily. Your deck's budget doesn't necessarily indicate its power. I have 8 decks currently ranging from around $100 to around $550 for my most expensive deck. My top 2 decks are my 2 LEAST expensive ones of the 8. And as for Eddie taking up more time, that's just his preferred gameplay style. Simic can have long turns, but I find them fun to watch. Everyone has their own things in magic they lean towards whether it's card draw, or counters, or stealing, or particular tribes and colors. Personally I don't find it a problem, although I can see how some might feel this way.

[@skylllex]

I can't help but think about how a Settle the Wreckage would have been the funniest instant to cast as Eddie was swinging for the win

[@Camexagon]

Finally! Been waiting a long time for this! Easily my favorite commander gameplay series.

[@MayBeSomething]

One of the very few complaints I have is this: I miss having something in the title, beyond the commanders being played (Pay the man and Punch the Hippo, for example). Other than that, keep it up! Edit: As an idea for this game, you could go with, "Tatyova vs 74 Negates."

[@Patsfan1987]

Yes!!!!! So pumped for another episode!! This series got me into commander and I haven’t looked back since

[@Shoup1155]

holy crap he's not wearing a hat!!!

[@starmanda88]

I know I thought maybe I clicked the wrong channel or something 😂😂😂

[@corydharma]

Man, Close Quarters is such a great name for this show. It fits so well.

[@jacobeidem3094]

I love the new video quality. Good work. It's awesome to see commander game play that uses rule 0 to add more fun to the format. I loved the juxtaposition of how fun it was to watch The Baron's awesomely creative build unfold while simultaneously hurting from watching Eddie's painfully creative build combo off. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@Rabbit3]

That turn six from Eddie was chef’s kiss 👌

[@dragonreaper9288]

Why haven't they started killing Eddie first every game? He's the most likely to go crazy with his decks lol

[@astuteanansi4935]

I know right? Honestly it's starting to get obnoxious that he's winning easily 80% of these games. Does the guy just have God-tier luck or is he playing borderline cEDH while everyone else is playing casual?

[@astuteanansi4935]

@@branimirstoilov8640 eddie is always playing Simic in spirit. Even when he's playing Boros

[@rynestone1379]

@@branimirstoilov8640 let's be real, Eddie can make mono white do simic stuff.

[@jaminthomas2780]

It just seems that the power levels of decks brought to the table aren't as balanced or more balanced. Eddie is a great player but he also, usually seems to bring the strongest deck to the table.

[@AmberPanda382]

Sometimes I feel bad for Eddie, but then I remember to blame Eddie for making me feel bad and I instantly feel better

[@DevoidGoat]

Sakashima!!!!!!! Glad yall got new stuff ^-^

[@coffeemance.r]

I love the editing in this one! Keep up the good work

[@diSTUD013]

I think this is the first time I've seen Mitch NOT wearing a hat lol

[@matthewcox69]

I saw your video on the Prismatic Bridge deck with one creature and I was super excited to see it in action. Kinda shame that we couldn't, but that's true for a lot of your decks.

[@bananabread4217]

Love this new set up!!!!! Always love to see these videos!!!!! Love this series

[@MichaelrDolan]

Thanks for the great video. Slight critique: the sound seemed off a little with Baron/Eddie being much harder to hear, especially compared to Mitch.

[@TheCommandersQuarters]

Working on some tweaks still! Thanks for feedback!

[@felipeattux9616]

True

[@dizzlebloom120]

Gameplay is great, and bently earned my thumbs up for sure. Always a highlight of the week when a new close quarters comes out

[@MovieManiac67]

crispy visuals! love the production value in this episode

[@lordzaeron]

I love how Mitch can bring out differents strategies outside the unusual, was this though that captivate me love Commander more than the other formats

[@felipeattux9616]

We weren't able to see his deck's strategy, though =/

[@Nyxol001]

Thank you for the content, I enjoy it very much!

[@nathones]

Eddie needs to chill on power level. Read the room bro.

[@reverbstarlight3405]

Love close quarters! Thanks for putting these out Mitch!

[@matthewtollefson4210]

# BlameSimic Or Eddie Both, both is good

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

Yooo that Clear the Land could have easily messed up Mitch's game plan entirely right then and there.

[@kimirikscreations]

New studio seems fine as far as cameras and video goes; You guys just REALLY need a different mic setup. Mitch is the only one who consistently projects his voice in a manner that makes it very easy to hear. Everyone else can sound a bit low and fuzzy and inaudible. Maybe you guys need some lapel mics or something?

[@michaelmilligan9771]

Simic is disgusting. Turn 6 - (Eddie sneezes) OH, here is 20 lands, 20 treasures, and 20 cards. BORING! #BlameEddie

[@frankurmom8741]

OMG 20 sec into your video and i already backed the new kickstarter! Love it!

[@charlesthesage7036]

I love the new layout! it helps me keep up better with the game when i have to do work at the same time! :)

[@benjaminlaubach8482]

Great show! Keep it up Mitch. Long time fan

[@Sparky-uz4rj]

OFF TOPIC - Wayfarer's Bauble got another printing in the Commander Legends 2 Commander decks!!! @The Commander's Quarters

[@Sgt_Bacon189]

While the editing, camera and sound are amazing, especially in the new studio, it was quite hard to understand Baron. I also said this before on a video but these would be a lot more fun if decks were on a similar level in terms of budget. Sometimes these games are just one person absolutely dominating everyone else and while I don't mind seeing that from time to time, I believe that there are people who don't.

[@Izmirization]

Really fun watch. Love seeing content creators normalize proxies for kitchen table shenanigans.

[@connorl0204]

I dont think there were any proxies in the deck, eddie just had a placeholder in his deck then the real card in a clear sleeve so that he didnt have to keep flipping them in the regular sleeves. Its a common practice in higher level play because if your opponent can see that one of your sleeves is different from the rest (ie: using the kinda see through sleeves like dragonshield’s clear blue or clear purple sleeves), you can get DQ’d from a tourney for “marked cards.” Some people take it so far as to try and get a DQ off of one sleeve having a dinged up corner from shuffling too hard and make that an entire strategy.

[@connorl0204]

I had a buddy go top 8 at a local tourney just to get dq’d for exactly that so he now suggests that anyone playing at high levels, if you get to through the early stages of it, get a fresh pack of sleeves just to be safe.

[@druharris6974]

Jeez, Eddie's turn 6 was like half the video 🤣🤣 #BlameEddie

[@ForTheFallen1z]

On another episode of "Eddie plays with himself"....

[@nelsonmarques6732]

The new studio is looking goooood!!!

[@Delwift]

That alter look so clean!

[@dracosfire7247]

Oh man, I can’t wait to see if the footage will be publicly released.

[@toms1782]

Not to be that guy but I’m going to. Would love to be a guest sometime, if the table has room for a middle aged guy from Woodbury :) lol

[@joseavalos2661]

Even when i met you in person I've only seen you with hat

[@specialk5523]

I was waiting for Eddie to get to the cheese tasting phase.

[@stefantincescu7169]

Top tier quality. As for the gameplay, just blame Eddie

[@Akivaran]

YESSSSSSSSS! I love that deck, Mitch!! I pissed off my friend so much he barely looked at me after the game.

[@clownwarlord]

Thank you for the content.

[@scarfhat1]

At first i thought it was only eddie from the usual cast but then i realised mitch isnt wearing a hat

[@TheMrBigShot96]

AHHH MITCH!! PUT A HAT ON!

[@threscik]

Everything looks great, video is SSS. Might just be me, but the audio seemed a little rough and spots and a couple people were a little hard to hear.

[@spacenue2468]

My favorite gameplay series let's goooooo

[@Frozenboyo]

I was really hopping Baron was sitting on a settle the wreckage for the ultimate backlash on attacking with all your lands when you have no lands left in the deck

[@nathones]

Finally realized what is throwing me off. No hat.

[@TitanicTortise]

I blame Eddie...for being a good sport. Takes a non-zero amount of self awareness to be a running gag, love your decks!

[@chummer2060]

I love the wild assortment of commanders. #BlameEddie's deck looked really fun. Mitch, I never remember midnight clock triggers either, hahaha

[@jlbrooks74]

Do you guys normally skip "missed" triggers when they are not a may trigger ? I've always been of the opinion of when you spot a missed mandatory trigger you fix it and resolve that ability as it can affect outcome

[@akorthouwer]

You mean like drawing cards for turn. Yeah we'll propose to add them to the stack if we'll notice it

[@jlbrooks74]

@@akorthouwer no smart ass. More like the missed triggers on midnight clock specifically since it's not a may trigger and forces a shuffle of the hand on its twelfth counter. Not specifically, an end of turn slime counter from something like Toxxril. If you "miss" it those counters should be there and be corrected whether or not it is beneficial to the controller or the table. More trolling or are you done?

[@freerunner1953]

So that's what Mitch's head looks like

[@apjapki]

3 Tatyovas makes this the most typical 2022 Commander game there is.

[@TC-sl8ol]

Looking at a lot of decks I am genuinely amazed at how a simple, cheap selection of cards annihilate most decks. All creatures have -1/-1.

[@nopickles420]

What in the charge counters was Mitch playing? Also, Mizzium Transreliquat is a pretty neat card.

[@Shoup1155]

whoop whoop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spunkyslimeguy6900]

Who’s art is that on the right of the thumbnail?

[@Snaglbeest]

Mitch was sooooo close to bringing out Ink-Treader Nephilim. That guy is nuts! One turn too late.

[@javierdiaz2431]

Nah, he was using the deepglow skate instead

[@TheMorbidHobo]

Am I missing something? Why Rocket Launcher + Gretchen Titchwillow?

[@reverbstarlight3405]

Must be some sort of combo in that deck, too bad we didn’t get to see it in action

[@starmanda88]

This game is a great example as to why MLD needs to be part of the game.

[@markbrierley6367]

1) No. 2) There are plenty of non-toxic answers for what Eddie was doing. 3) MLD wouldn't really have stopped him since a lot of his first pop off turn was fueled by treasures not lands and the turn that was lethal saw many of his lands enter that turn.

[@diegopicchetto5250]

@@markbrierley6367 So MLD is toxic but limiting what someone can or cannot play is not?.

[@markbrierley6367]

@@diegopicchetto5250 So the banlist is toxic?

[@diegopicchetto5250]

​@@markbrierley6367 The banlist defines a format; you saying mdl is toxic is an attempt to limit what can be played inside said format. It's not the same thing. One determines a cardpool for everyone to use, the other is you complaining at a specific strategy just because you don't like it personally. You not liking it doesn't mean it's toxic.

[@markbrierley6367]

@@diegopicchetto5250 I agree my not liking it only means I find it toxic, but a majority of players and much of the rules committee and the format creators holding that opinion does make it a majority opinion. Look at the banlist. 6 of the cards on the main list are mass mana/resource denial only edged out by fast mana/super ramp at 13 because of 6 of those are in the power 9 & the moxen are the same card. And those two categories are more than half the list.

[@Orrphoiz]

Also I blame Eddie for Mitch forgetting his counters on Midnight Clock. It's definitely Eddie's fault. He's acting in a distracting manner.

[@flynnon3835]

Nice!

[@matthewzahringer8723]

Everything is coming up Millhouse!

[@javierdiaz2431]

Hey Mitch, how did you played Whirlwind of Thought? It's not on your decklist.

[@connorl0204]

Eddie said he had 21 lands in play and 38 total in the deck. 16 lands would be pulled out because he said two nonbasics were in the deck and one is in play. He would draw 48 cards off of tatyova triggers.

[@connorl0204]

Not counting the ones in his hand obviously

[@stratuvarious8547]

At least we can rest assured that Eddie played "fair" Simic.

[@Maulhawk]

Where did the artwork for what I'm assuming is Gretchen in the thumbnail come from?

[@ay0and0jay]

I love Simic Solitaire 💙💚

[@poutinemcflurry3544]

"Mitch is course only running one negate in his deck" OR that's what he WANTS us to think, and his deck is secretly negate tribal!

[@aphextwinkie410]

Can we have an episode where everyone *except* Eddie plays Simic? Just so he can get a taste of his own medicine lol

[@tylerrasys]

What app were they using to keep track of life?

[@timeilers5612]

Would like to know as well. It looked slick.

[@maidenless_tarnished]

Could you/have you done an episode explaining your camera/mic setup? I'm want to start a channel with some friends and looking for advice. Thanks!

[@wesleyvankasteren5769]

What's with the cards from the illegal commander deck? They look like they're double? Or a second card in the sleeves?

[@jota.0101]

If Eddie was president he would solve all the climate change issues with all that forests. Also the quality camera is great, keep up the work💪💪

[@jameswalterii1911]

Should have called the episode 3 Tatyova's 1 Mitch

[@laharlfan71]

Eddie Playing Solitaire again

[@rbcareyiii]

Damn you Eddie! It’s your fault!

[@PyxisKV]

Love this series but seriously Eddie read the room and play less competitive decks 😉

[@connorl0204]

Im not 100% sure if this works, but i think if eddie had targeted a clone with the rite of replication, he would have had 5 clones enter the battlefield and then had the ability to have some of them be elvish rejuvenator and some be provisioners because layers.

[@thenovemberedition]

Pretty sure the tokens would’ve survived the blast zone

[@heademptyonlybun881]

As they are copies of a creature in play, they have the CMC of the creature they copied and all get slapped by it.

[@blairbrook1336]

I’m curious how one would build Eddie’s deck without companion.

[@kingfilm100]

Am I the only one 🤔 wondering what Motch was going to get off of that Prismatic Bridge trigger? Like what was the point of the deck he was running real strange cards

[@ThunderstruckElectronix]

What card is it in the thumbnail? The one with a laser bazooka?

[@KingSrt]

What is the combo with her and the launcher?

[@dwpetrak]

Weird stuff like this is why I play Sever the Bloodline...

[@matthewgrubb7984]

I’m pretty new to MTG, but very interested in the Land deck, is that commander legal per say, if I were to go to my LGS and play?

[@connorl0204]

Its very likely that you could find a more casual pod thats cool with it AS LONG AS YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT FIRST, but you also have to be perfectly willing to accept it and grab a different deck if they say no.

[@serenity8561]

That looked like one of the most unfun commander games I've ever seen. Eddie's professional solitaire turn took from 23:47 to 37:46, and I was skipping through most of it just to see if the rest of the game was worth watching. (Spoilers it wasn't). Unless your winning on a turn that takes 14 MINUTES, then I would have just scooped and found another table, not that you can do that here obviously, but in the setting of a local game shop this is extremely bad manners and people quickly ostracize you. People like to be able to play the game, not just stare off into space as you jerk yourself off for 14 minutes. It's not fun to watch as a spectator either, because there's no interaction going on. Shit like this is what makes new players shy away from the game, I've seen it in action. We barely even got to see what the other decks do, how is it fun to watch one person play a 4 person game?

[@felipeattux9616]

Agreed

[@albertonunez2045]

Cool video, I do feel like the mic doesnt sound as good as normal. I blame eddie.

[@callahanjohnson]

23:37 - 37:25: Eddie's turn 6 😶

[@Flip4Crypt]

Holy hell, Mitch is missing the top of his head

[@Kristjan0209]

On turn 6 when he stormed off why didn't he play his commander and Tatyova

[@jbleach23]

Eddie simic'd like nother simic could

[@Mal-ian]

Can anyone explain why Baron's cards look like they are either all misprints or they have other cards behind them in the same sleeve?

[@JusticeJudge]

Prob proxies.

[@dickhammerbush172]

So you mean to tell me that Armageddon shouldn't be played in commander?

[@vranthis]

Great as always, but sound is very echo