Hail Phyrexia! | Game Knights 59 | Magic: The Gathering Commander Gameplay EDH

[@BlastGamer77]

"We're playing as the bad guys!" Urabrask, actively helping the heroes and just wanting to be left alone in his furnace: :(

[@KnicKnac]

Just wants to grill hamburgers in peace. Perhaps invite Karn over for BBQ.

[@danieltoledo5437]

@@KnicKnac instead of Glistening oil he has that glistening BBQ sauce

[@supermoviereviewer7536]

It's because Josh wanted to play Elesh Norn

[@KnicKnac]

@@danieltoledo5437 Gotta use Frank's RED hot sauce too.

[@redacted5616]

@@danieltoledo5437 yummy glistening bbq

[@nerdyluma]

The throuple marriage then the ring smash animation followed by Joshes press speech on the divorce had me cackling

[@johnnysizemore5797]

...and later Josh does the whole thing again when Aslen destroys her's is even funnier! 😆

[@Koumorizen]

Died laughing

[@chrisarmstrong3727]

That's what I'm saying too 😂😂 the marriage skits with them all were so funny

[@HouseWolfGaming]

I was *hollering*

[@brodymorales3520]

It was so funny haha love those details you guys put into this show

[@Zackeus1992]

Honestly, I feel a little bad for Jimmy. Trying to stabalize the entire game against a mono white removal deck feels rough.

[@augustusetmagnus8362]

@@SageWisdom-s1p yeah, Ladee got crushed hard just for existing, if Josh didn't exile sheoldred and wedding ring was there he wouldn't be losing life after the shared lifegain, so that was just unnecessary for him to do and just removed Ladee from the rest of the game.

[@augustusetmagnus8362]

@@Doubletape2 you say that on Josh's first win of the year in December

[@augustusetmagnus8362]

@@Doubletape2 you apparently didn't watch to the end of this video

[@chrisgebben2043]

@@augustusetmagnus8362 ...with...josh...winning?

[@Doubletape2]

@@chrisgebben2043 and he seems to forget this isn't the only commander games they play, also someone is deleting my comments 🤔

[@letsgoalex]

Josh, clear archenemy: How about we make an alliance where you leave me alone and take out both of the other weak players and then in return I’ll immediately remove your whole board? Ashlyn: Sounds good to me, friend.

[@buddhathegod]

yeah no offense to Ashlyn but that was truly an atrocious decision, Josh clearly was in a position to build and spot-remove anything Ashlyn had, Jimmy had already had most of his fuel removed from Josh. Ashlyn should've just thanked Josh for focusing Jimmy so hard, removed Josh out of the game and then very likely could've managed Jimmy and Lady on her own.

[@TaliesonTegwas]

Like a room full of people, no one is saying "what you're doing is a terrible decision"..? Makes 0 sense. Unless the whole point is to point out how busted the chase rare for the new set is.

[@katesperinck1401]

@@TaliesonTegwas Jimmy probably didn't say anything because he's done the exact same thing Ashlyn did dozens of times = befriend the archenemy then promptly lose.

[@armoredduck]

@Talieson de Lyon this whole channel is an advertisement platform for WotC. Of course they let the new cards run Rampant to drive demand.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Gor to shoe off that new card my man

[@timwright3218]

Love Josh being like, "wow Ladee just can't seem to get anything going" like he hasn't utterly wrecked her twice already in the game. Way to deflect blame there Josh.

[@davidhickey8613]

he does that every game.

[@strokedout6298]

blame the deck, josh was taking 8 damage per rotation and he needed to remove her commander. plus thats all josh did, remove her commander and if she cant restablish or recover just from losing her commander, the deck she built is terrible

[@chrisrandles9770]

@@strokedout6298 not saying she had a great deck but i feel like this comment is pretty brainless lol.... it was an archenemy game where the mono removal player got to focus down a commander centric deck without anyone batting an eye while he draws 4+ a rotation. sorry they arent playing hyper tuned variants but nothing she did was "bad" other than playing her commander. Her deck is fine, sure there are cards she could have played to tune it more but wtf is this comment lol😆

[@strokedout6298]

@@chrisrandles9770 Bro wtf is this comment 😂. Did u not read what I said? All josh did was remove her commander because of the loss of life he was getting. I didn’t say anything about the other players not focusing josh, I agree they failed on that part. But Josh’s did what he had to do against ladee which if u didn’t realise was the comment I was replying to.

[@chrisrandles9770]

@@strokedout6298 for someone who said i didnt read, you sure didnt comprehend what i said. let me reiterate: the only thing ladee/her deck did wrong was play her commander centric deck vs a mono removal deck who had no pressure from other players. the other players are at fault for not realizing that she wasnt the threat and basically killing her while josh got to do whatever he wanted drawing 4+ cards a rotation. this was a bad game to watch

[@nathanielwalter5685]

Josh: Man ladee is just not getting much on her board. Also Josh: Continuously destroys Ladee's stuff

[@fl1735]

Right?! It felt kinda bad to hear him say he felt bad for Ladee for not getting anything on board whilst he himself continuously is removing the pieces from her board.

[@Googleflax]

To be fair, Sheoldred is extremely brutal; if you leave her alive for like 3 turns she can kill everyone, so you HAVE to kill her on sight or you just lose.

[@rabidpickleosrs2995]

In our playgroup Sheoldred has what we call a "feels bad ability" in that you are punished for taking normal game actions. Cards like Sheoldred tend to draw a lot of hate, even if the player playing them isn't doing well in the game.

[@pluubooruu]

@@rabidpickleosrs2995 I feel like the same would 100% be said about Elesh Norn too.

[@rabidpickleosrs2995]

@@pluubooruu Elesh isn't as bad imo. Elesh isn't bleeding you for taking a normal game action, but she certainly can be a kill on sight commander too.

[@ajbrown9921]

Josh : no one seems to be doing much this game Also Josh : Jimmy and lady,I get to exile you board each turn

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

And that is why playing against monowhite is about as fun as eating caltrops.

[@eldunae922]

Josh seemed to be playing a 1 VS 1 agaisnt Jimmy, but he just didnt tell the rest of the table and they all pulled out Commander decks

[@Joyexer]

@@eldunae922 Dud you see ashlens board? da hek. And imagine Ladee getting "Peer into the Abyss".

[@perinthia6829]

@Krishnath.Dragon atleast with mono white your able to get stuff on the board, even if for just 1 turn, unlike going against mono blue where you gotta ask permission for each spell you wanna play

[@pluubooruu]

@@Krishnath.Dragon ngl Azorius just as bad sometimes. But fr, if monowhite was there, there should've been a monoblue to balance it out.

[@maxl8623]

"We don't wanna spoil the theme" Title and thumbnail: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@graysonchristian2668]

Is there a way to do that though? Does KZbin have Phyrexian as a alphabet option

[@captaindaddd6055]

@@graysonchristian2668 I do believe theres probably a phyrexian alphabet somewhere here on the internet so it could be possibly they could copy and paste a phrase using the alphabet onto the youtube title

[@weedragonauts4729]

@@billygregory1547 would probably still be a giveaway to fans since they'd know what Phyrexian is

[@MM-lv7iy]

Does anyone know what the thumbnail’s script says, if anything?

[@weedragonauts4729]

@@MM-lv7iy Game Knights, Phyrexian Praetors with the Phyrexian symbol for the o in Praetor

[@su0tin731]

Ashlen asking herself how is she supposed to win this? Well, considering Josh was the archnemesis for the whole game playing monoremoval, I'd say letting Ladee and Jimmy live would've been all for her advantage. The moment she went for the kill I was convinced she would lose.

[@curtistraynham9188]

And funny things is that ashlen should've kill Josh when has chance but did she did do

[@bardock3601]

For me it was not ulting the garruk the first turn. How do we close out games? Dropping whatever we want onto the board each turn

[@alexpivniouk8421]

@@bardock3601 That was the real misplay. Giving a 5/8 +3/+3 when you can get a recurring tutor instead???

[@weirdo82]

People don't watch these games apparently? 1)Ashlen made a pact with Josh. 2)Josh is also running the deck with the most removal. 3)Ashlen's board looked pretty beefy. Why should the deck with huge creatures not attack, *especially when her life is getting pretty low?* 4)Josh's board did not look lethal or scary. I swear some people just never play commander enough to see how these games play out....

[@kaiber0390]

​@@weirdo82Just because you have beefy creatures doesn't mean you should swing them every chance you get, it's you who doesn't know how to play commander if you don't even know the principle of letting other players play for you.

[@Tyabann]

in typical Game Knights fashion, the biggest threat on the board is not removed even once

[@christianfecteau6436]

And as always, Jimmy underestimated Josh by misevaluating his threat-assesssment: he should've removed Josh's Wedding Ring, 'cause he's always the one drawing into tons of answers. Jimmy was instrumental into his own downfall.

[@emiach]

Scripted

[@joshholmes1372]

@@christianfecteau6436 for sure...

[@Dinobot-k2x]

@@emiach i was gonna say are these games scripted?

[@lordkader182]

unfortunately, it looks like everyone else's decks were not designed entirely of removal. But seriously, yes that elesh norn is a better version of yarok in removal color.

[@Renegadetothe64th]

Where the hell is Craig? This would have literally been the perfect episode to have him on.

[@AgentArcadia]

He's got a whole kid bro

[@ryans.5843]

@@AgentArcadia you mean he has a phyrexian mite.

[@Erik_Sjostrom]

I was literally just gonna comment this

[@dualsportoutdoors]

Amen to that. Craig was a must for this episode

[@bend5963]

@@ryans.5843 an inkmoth 😂

[@ShikiRen]

"The enemy of my enemy is my spouse" sounds like a romance manga title.

[@TheElectrikCow]

I'd say it sounds more like a light novel title, but it's not long enough

[@Eramiserasmus]

I would read it.

[@Tryptic214]

@@TheElectrikCow "The enemy of my enemy is my spouse, but I reincarnated as the Demon King's pet dragon's food bowl and this world has no onsens!?"

[@deejayf69]

@@Tryptic214 xD underrated comment

[@SevNeijizawaVt]

Sure damn does. Until then, we have Spy x Family. Unrelated & not giving a singular damn.

Can't believe a mono red and a mono black deck could not remove even once the Elesh Norn, Josh was basically unpunished the whole game. The marriage bits were amazing haha

[@dillongause7528]

Shes really hard to kill from the looks of it she kills etb removal so you can only really on wipes, sorcery/instant/enchantment removal instead of creature removal

[@thebobbybabbitt7703]

If I was Jimmy I would have played the Blasphemous Act. Just to make sure Josh loses 😂. "He can't keep getting away with it"

[@matoshlee]

Mono red would have a hard time dealing with 7 toughness. Ladee may of had creature etb removal as someone else stated.

[@KnicKnac]

@@matoshlee Any threaten effect then a a creature outlet. Fling, Goblin Bombardment, etc. Red has funny removal at times if people look carefully.

[@nathanialmynameisajoke]

@@dillongause7528 so it's like she's SUPER easy to remove

[@CatSculptor]

Jimmy and Ladee just getting focused the whole time was rough

[@jrock69]

NO WONDER LADY QUIT

[@TechLead]

what the.... what is this show? first time seeing it, but the production value is off-the-walls insane good.

[@dougdemadome]

It used to be better in my opinion before they sold out to WoTC. There were no flashy graphics, but the decks were more interesting and did try to push the latest product.

[@loganmoody5806]

@@dougdemadome thats why we watch extra turns

[@Yusei1Fudo]

@douglasgood2916 Before they were sponsored, only like 3 of over 10 game knights were unique decks. The majority of the rest are themed.

[@erikjohnson1435]

@@dougdemadome ungrateful

[@dougdemadome]

@@erikjohnson1435 no I'm thankful for their earlier videos 😁

[@DarkEinherjar]

Game lesson: Josh is an abusive husband. 😢 Also, if we needed an idea of how oppressive the new Elesh Norn is, here we are.

[@dangerdean9066]

The Mother of Machines I believe

[@romain2417]

Except Josh, they played almost no removal 😵

[@9thebigcool]

@@romain2417 Blast Act would have removed it, but it would not have saved Jimmy.

[@dillongause7528]

What's more broken is running that card and putting the emil unicorn in your deck or vise versa both those cards on the field kablamo

[@Theorak]

I believe there was a literal beast within that marriage.

[@theaeskey2502]

I hope we see the return of Mr. Infect with the release of the new set. He’s the flavor win of a return to phyrexia on this channel imo.

[@WhiteIceHawk]

It felt like everyone was playing battle cruiser magic and Josh played mono removal

[@jeffcgh]

I know josh always builds sweet decks.

[@chancecarlson2023]

Double triggering white removal is OP

[@weirdo82]

Wow, the mono white deck playing to its strength?! So mysterious.....

[@AdvocatorofHeresy]

Everyone: *Goes the whole game without attacking Josh or effecting his board Also everyone: "Wow that new Elesh Norn, though!"

[@curtistraynham9188]

Ikr why no board wipe or creature removal spell just to get rid of Josh's creature and commander

[@japoniano]

It's almost as if there was a script saying he had to win to hype the new card

[@williambrown5934]

36:20 did you MISS this part of the video? Ppl DIDN’T go the whole game without attacking Josh! 🙄 …. You really need to get your facts strait… 🧐 Did you even watch the whole video…? 🤔🤔 🤭

[@strokedout6298]

@@williambrown5934 yes but that attack didnt affect josh in any way, she only attacked to get the counters on runic, and she knew jimmy wouldnt block with neheb.

[@GrandDungeonDad]

Another JLK rofflestomp yay

[@hrocxvid]

the news flash after jimmy destroyed the wedding ring was actually very funny and caught me off guard

[@chantjosephdurante2838]

It's funny that Josh cast that wedding ring that target Lady and Ashlen which their commander are elesh norn, sheoldred and vorinclex who are united in the lore while Jimmy with Urabrask who is against elesh norn.

[@SpecialKail]

This occurred to me as well

[@dillongause7528]

It was hilarious

[@jackalcoyote8777]

And then sheoldred breaks that alliance in the next set, so it's even more on flavor

[@chrisgebben2043]

yep thats a flavor win and the urabrask player got rid of one of them.

[@TehKang]

I love how Josh gave the update of how screwed Ladee was by saying "Oh it seems she hasn't really been able to get her deck rolling" when it's directly HIS FAULT that she had to spend mana to keep recasting Sheoldred instead of using that mana to cast cards from her hand lol

[@MrMdawg221]

No lie probably the most I've ever felt for someone on an episode of game knigts. What seemed to make it worse for me was he was removing her before Jimmy ever got hit by it while also leaving an open target for Jimmy to get value from.

[@danilooliveira6580]

its the problem of having a commander that is a slow but painful burn, they are very easy to deal with.

[@FrostlikeReign]

Issue is the sheoldred needs to really be out to make the effective moves that are intended to synergize the rest. As she said, her deck revolves around sheoldred.

[@Tuturial464]

Well sheoldred is a toxic commander

[@FrostlikeReign]

@@Tuturial464 Ehhh i like it tbh. Makes people come up with stuff to getting around it. Gets the wheels spinning. Its really not that bad compared to a lot of other oppressive cards.

[@timmartoni3517]

I just feel that from the beginning of the game it should have been Josh as the Arch Enemy. Because yes everyone else was doing something but the fact that Elesh Norn didn't die once the entire game is kind of sad.

[@danieltoledo5437]

Yeah it's a bit of a commercial, at least it's a funny commercial though

[@Somegak]

no one playing removal is a classic commander sin.

[@sammelm5357]

Green and red being unable to answer Elesh Norn is not that suprising. And black did spent all mana on Sheoldred.

[@SquareViking]

I feel like Josh, barring a few of their guests like Posty and Jesper Eising, should be the default arch enemy. He always tend to shut people down hard or just run amok.

[@FlynnApollo]

WOTC paid for a scripted game where the new hot card didn’t get dealt with so it shows how powerful it is and introduces FOMO to players for the new set.

[@jimmychii4538]

I love the wedding rings "It is unclear how the Permanents will be divided"

[@Jorge24JT]

Ladee's "Nice" after Josh equips Elesh Norn with the sword was gold. "It is now a 6/9." "Nice"

[@edgarventura7497]

50:00 Josh: She is now a 6/9 Ladee: Nice

[@robnolleemteegee9536]

first time she was funny. GG

[@SofaKingDead]

The josh lee kwai divorce statement might be the best thing they have ever done.

[@EspeonGaming0]

The wedding subplot throughout the whole episode is just amazing. I love everything about it

[@xxfenix15xx]

I was so ready for them to have to explain the Laelia + Cascade interaction, and Josh was like: "No"

[@teleitda8805]

Nothing slays me more than the laelia + wild magic sorceror + sol ring from exile combo

[@andersschroder2834]

Josh's praetor sticking around for the entire game without being removed is the true Christmas miracle this season.

[@jgroen5545]

Almost NO spotremoval or interaction was played by anyone other than JLK. And you can't tell me with a straight face you thought that attack from Ashlen at Jimmy and Ladee to take them out (who both demonstrated they couldnt deal with Ashlen's board in the first place) wasn't so that the "shiny new card that will help sell boxes of a future set" could win. It's painfully obvious that she should have taken out Josh with that attack. You know, the monowhite player with a grip full of cards who has played pretty much ONLY REMOVAL. Either she has literally the worst threat assessment I have seen in years and years, or they gave the win to Elesh on purpose.

[@davidhickey8613]

@@jgroen5545 Ashlen is probably the best player at the table. She consistently wins

[@jgroen5545]

@@davidhickey8613 that should tell you all you need to know then haha

[@moedark4390]

ya that commander takes power creep and destroys the definition of it, i would run my removal deck if someone insisted on running it.

[@jamesgratz4771]

@@jgroen5545 for sure. Josh had the shiny new chase value midrange mythic from the newest set. Why would they try and remove it ? They literally sell wizards items. 😂. A simple removal spell would have saved them a lot of trouble.

[@asbjrnlindramskov9415]

Jimmy pls play your deck on extra turns. It looks goddam sweet

[@jonathanjimenez6548]

Completely agree. Was having a good time watching this episode until josh started doing control things.

[@KnicKnac]

And lose there too

[@themenace2718]

Yeah I never really thought the new Urabrask was very exciting but this video really changed my mind on that and I wanna see the deck list.

[@asbjrnlindramskov9415]

@@themenace2718 if you just want the decklist I think it’s under “more” just beneath the video

[@themenace2718]

@@asbjrnlindramskov9415 thanks I didn't even know they show the Decklists on game knights.

[@torreyjohnson6193]

Jimmy motorboating vorinclex at 47:00

[@Kakmize]

Josh: I don't want to give away the theme of today's episode. *Looks at episode title* Me: Is it Phyrexia?

[@martinmoranchel554]

You are a wizard

[@SackofDooDoo]

I think what he was actually hinting at was the fact they all chose to play praetors.

[@Frommerman]

Funnily enough, Vorinclex makes Doubling Season work on your planeswalkers' plus abilities. The reason it doesn't work natively is because Doubling Season specifically looks for effects adding counters, and costs aren't effects. However, because Vorinclex is a replacement EFFECT, the plus ability is now being turned into an effect which Doubling Season sees and doubles.

[@matthiasmoser6096]

Nice, I did not notice that until now :)

[@Ryadic]

The animation of that Wedding Ring being destroyed may be the best thing I've ever seen on this channel. Beautiful. Give whoever created that a bonus for Christmas or something.

[@Ryadic]

@TheCommandZone..... lol no

[@mathewevans9706]

Jimmy should've just popped off Blasphemous Act and made Josh just as viable a target to take out or have to react to Ashlen's deck surviving the wipe, Elesh Norn was too big a threat to leave to chance.

[@jgroen5545]

Script would not allow that. Almost NO spotremoval or interaction was played by anyone other than JLK. And you can't tell me with a straight face you thought that attack from Ashlen at Jimmy and Ladee to take them out (who both demonstrated they couldnt deal with Ashlen's board in the first place) wasn't so that the "shiny new card that will help sell boxes of a future set" could win. It's painfully obvious that she should have taken out Josh with that attack. You know, the monowhite player with a grip full of cards who has played pretty much ONLY REMOVAL. Either she has literally the worst threat assessment I have seen in years and years, or they gave the win to Elesh on purpose.

[@thetruth4654]

@@jgroen5545 How many times are you going to comment the same thing?

[@jgroen5545]

@@thetruth4654 as many times as i see fit.

[@ahtari]

For real not swinging at Josh at the end was criminal. Why even go at the black player who had nothing out and not the person who is obviously playing removal tribal?

[@Somegak]

@@jgroen5545 She agreed to be allied to Josh so he wouldn't target her things. The problem was that she doesn't have a chance to beat him alone. Single removal isn't good value in a 1v1v1v1 format, so people (in this case everyone else) make the mistake of not playing much of it.

[@lolmeister9764]

Though abnormal, I feel this would have been one of the few times a 5 player game could have worked on Game Knights. Each praetor gets a good showing and we get a fun shake up of the formula.

[@durandalbbcom]

I am here for that!

[@durandalbbcom]

That sounds like a new commander variant. 5 players. Each with mono color deck. No doubled colors. Sounds fun!

[@felipearaujodominici3057]

Yes!

[@abrahamwest2005]

Nah Jin Getaxes hits the battlefield and the game ends

[@yoyoninjaman]

​@@abrahamwest2005really? I feel like the new one would've been super easy to deal with this game as most of whites removal was creature/enchantment based so his counter ability wouldn't work as well. If you're playing a jjin deck and fill it with counterspells as well then you're just a monster who'll never be invited back to most tables

[@Chaoslorden]

It seems its a greater chance to win if noone removes your commander that doubles all your effects, and cancels the opponents etb effects. I'm no wizard, or mathematic genius, but I have this sneaky feeling.... 😉

[@DarkEinherjar]

It's very unusual for monowhite decks to draw four cards every rotation, though... Josh really got a considerable boost from Wedding Ring + Howling Mine.

[@eliluke2427]

This was super unrealistic. No one pointed a removal spell at Elesh Norn? Terrible decision making that almost felt intentional

[@AnnaWilliams88]

@@eliluke2427 i mean..wasnt it obvious from the get go...the new card/main card from the new set being showcased wins...not a shocker :p

[@eliluke2427]

@@AnnaWilliams88 I don’t watch Game Knights so it wasn’t obvious to me. I’m disappointed that the table collectively made such poor decisions. This definitely felt like WWE and not an authentic version of magic. Not my cup of tea which is fine. I just tried it because KZbin threw it in my recommendations and the title looked interesting

[@Chaoslorden]

I didn't mean anything negative about it, but sure helps to draw a ton of cards, double your plays and keep your commander the entire game. It's magic and it seems that removal was hiding in the rest of the others decks. Especially the, you know, monoblack deck.

[@Idahofishnerd]

Ashlyn’s threat assessment in this game blows my mind. Watching this, Josh was clearly the threat the whole game with his removal and ETB triggers. Idk why he wasn’t public enemy number 1

[@SackofDooDoo]

People just naturally underestimate monowhite, just because it is the worst color; however, when it receives extra card draw (such as the Howling Mine coupled with the Wedding Ring to amplify it) it is a force to be reckoned with.

[@benemery1490]

I mean it was just bad threat assessment though. It wasn’t even underestimating. The deck had already shown what it could do and he was drawing a ton of cards. Like, in no way does it make even remote sense to swing in Jimmy and Ladee there.

[@jacobd1984]

I could understand deciding to go after Jimmy instead of Ladee since she was already in the weakest position, but Ashlen not swinging at Josh when she had Vorinclex, Vigor, and Ohran Frostfang out at the same time was a baffling choice.

[@MrMielke]

"I will be unstoppable if no-one can slow me down!" is really one of the truest things I've heard today.

[@jbinks02]

That news report after the marriage getting broken up was absolutely hilarious.

[@benjaminlehman3221]

Hilarious but also really weird at the same time.

[@MrFox093]

josh saying "we have a special theme, but im not going to say what it is yet" we are already here, we saw the title, we know whats happening lol

[@johnpaolomiranda9080]

i think the special theme they're referring to is the marriage stuff

[@nickisom471]

I love how the guests have all gradually just become team members.

[@otakusatanist]

I mean haven't they been team members from the start? Ladee was a team member at least 4 years ago

[@SquareViking]

@@otakusatanist I guess Ash is back to being a guest now?

[@nickisom471]

@@otakusatanist I don't think so. A lot of them have joined gradually. But I camt say for sure. And they've been running for more than 4 years, so...

[@OnkelMys]

The Wedding ring enter and destroy animations were S tier, holy shit they just keep getting better and better! :D

[@MoNk3y8oN3]

Josh became the crazy cat lady in a single turn 🤣

[@waynetriba3281]

Love that the flavor was on point. Norn, Sheoldred, and Vorinclex in a "marriage" with Urabrask on the outside

[@dylanneal1952]

Noted: New Elesh Norn is a kill on sight commander.

[@Dragon_Fyre]

So are Vorinclex and Jin Gitaxias.

[@joshuaking7470]

@@Dragon_Fyre So is Sheoldred

[@adwins1257]

Urabrask is fine, though. He's just chillin

[@omeletplayz2731]

@@adwins1257 who?

[@jgroen5545]

Almost NO spotremoval or interaction was played by anyone other than JLK. And you can't tell me with a straight face you thought that attack from Ashlen at Jimmy and Ladee to take them out (who both demonstrated they couldnt deal with Ashlen's board in the first place) wasn't so that the "shiny new card that will help sell boxes of a future set" could win. It's painfully obvious that she should have taken out Josh with that attack. You know, the monowhite player with a grip full of cards who has played pretty much ONLY REMOVAL. Either she has literally the worst threat assessment I have seen in years and years, or they gave the win to Elesh on purpose.

[@bend5963]

I see no one wanted to play Jin-Gitaxias 😂

[@oppositecatchyghost8025]

I mean each Commander they picked fits the player very well, so I think that's more the reason why.

[@bend5963]

@@oppositecatchyghost8025 I agree, I just think it’s funny they left out the most oppressive one

[@CapsFan117]

@@bend5963 Not just that but in the lore Urabrask didn't go along with the Phyrexians plans for world domination.

[@RelicSeeker]

Josh said he was playing Elesh Norn, and I got excited thinking that they had done the flavorful thing and chosen all praetors except Urabrask, but alas

[@bend5963]

@@RelicSeeker yeah, Atraxa colors would’ve made the most sense from a storyline perspective. Maybe we’ll get an extra turns episode where Craig plays Jin-Gitaxias

[@TAJSAllDay]

I just want a game where Jimmy gets some help. Man needs a teammate sometimes in a commander game LOL

[@sethfellenstein3945]

The "so sad" from Solemn Simulacrum is just *chef's kiss*.

[@Witcher96]

Mr. Infect should have been in this episode since he is known to be a phyrexian.

[@ramenkingcruz]

The most obvious sleeper agent!

[@chrisgebben2043]

on the positive note they are likely saving him for either "Phyrexia all will be one" or "March of the machines" episode

[@benjaminlehman3221]

He should be in the ONE episode to have the infect/toxic deck

[@Alwayz114]

Thank you for the perfect timing on this episode. I was almost starting to be productive at my job. Can't have that Edit: And a wonderful game played by Mr Josh Lee Kwai Rose Danger, the divorcees... and Jimmy

[@EvilShade82]

So few interaction from the other three decks made it quite easy for Josh to win this.

[@Maximus61589]

Why Ashlen thought it was a good idea to do JLK’s dirty work for him after he drew so many cards all game is beyond me 😂

[@EvertfromNederland]

Poor Ladee, she had a rough game. Edit; During the middle of te game I forgot about the wedding rings on the table for a while so when Josh kept mentioning his "wife" Ashlen I thought "Oh they are actually married? How nice, I never knew."

[@greywolf7577]

Every time I see Ladee written out, it makes me want to pronounce it Lad ee, like she's a Scottish guy.

[@Thundercall1991]

Wow that new Elesh Norn is very nasty. Josh was basically playing stax, others trying to play, but Josh removing absolutely everything so no one could do anything. Jimmy was playing really well but got a lot of hate/removal.

[@pascall9517]

Yea it makes a powerful deck but even looking at Josh's face you could see he felt finda bad...

[@caseywellington4761]

It wasn't exactly stax but it sure was a prison deck

[@jgroen5545]

Also no interaction from anyone to remove the elesh, you know, the shiny new card WOTC wanted to showcase by sponsoring this episode.... And then Ashlen CONVENIENTLY kills the two opponents when Elesh is obviously the biggest threat.... I wonder why.... *ugh ugh scripted ughugh*

[@trilja6665]

@@jgroen5545 damn bro. You're really mad🤣🤣

[@ysbrann3059]

@@jgroen5545 look like you are pissed

[@theetiologist9539]

I love how Urabrask basically turns off Sheoldred.

[@SpecialKail]

I play a lot of prosper which I felt like was a natural fit for urabrask but always felt disappointed in it's performance. I was pleasantly surprised here jimmy did a good job of making it sing

[@WRAIT94]

Another episode where JLK plays the most obviously threatening card at the table, and nobody removes it the entire game while he steamrolls everyone? Such captivating gameplay

[@korosu8424]

Right! I was so confused how he wasn't looked at as the main threat the moment he played his commander.

[@Coren999]

Yeah and Ashlen accepting that deal was not the best play. She was set against Jimmy with Vigor and Ladee wasnt in the game at all. Why ally with Josh at that point? Also felt for Jimmy, really loved the deck and plays.

[@korosu8424]

@@Coren999 Yup made no sense. Jimmy was being picked on hard by Josh, and Ladee had nothing so the team up wasn't needed at all at that point. I also think Jimmy should have just used BA and gave the win to Ash out of spite to Josh lol

[@Coren999]

@@korosu8424 I would’ve made that deal with Ashlen: don’t attack me and I’ll make them huge. Feel like Josh always gets so much leeway in these situations

[@fidget53]

Yeah Josh simply made this entire match unenjoyable but just my opinion.

[@pinitxopo]

This was a Vortinclex victory in my books

[@joelhaggis5054]

Jimmy blocking Vorinclex to make it bigger for Josh to deal with is the Ultimate Jimmy Wong Play.

[@greywolf7577]

I hear a lot of complaints about people quitting the game before damage is dealt to avoid giving the player lifelink life, but isn't this attempt to make Vorinclex bigger just as bad? You are still negatively affecting a player after you are out of the game.

[@robomelon314]

​@@greywolf7577Late to this, but imo Josh had been deleting Jimmy's board the entire game, so he's just helping someone else, as opposed to actively disabling an ability that would normally trigger.

[@marcelo9752]

And closing this epic year we had this amazing ending of Ladee singing Single ladies right after becoming a single lady, a single ladee ... anyways, pure poetry

[@sanga1380]

The Prof: “BE ONE WITH PHYREXIA” So this is what happens when you break a deal with the Prof.

[@lvfd6117]

Oh how I wanted Josh to have to learn a lesson regarding greeding draw effects, dammit lol

[@DigimonFan814]

I mean, Josh is never punished for anything in GK. I'm so damned tired of people completely ignoring what he's doing and then expecting us to be surprised when he suddenly takes over the game because of people's awful threat assessment.

[@bronzo1217]

I love to see that posty has an active role now in The Command Zone. Such a great channel.

[@scottovegtable]

The breaking news segments made this video so good. Probably best mtg video I've ever seen

[@SingleLupus]

"We're friends, right?" is JLK for "I view you as the biggest threat at the table right now, please don't kill me, and also spend your resources killing the rest of the table for me so I can dismantle you at my leisure."

[@jasonserrano4419]

Facts

[@curtistraynham9188]

That's I'm disappointed at Jimmy he had one .....one freaking board up he didn't use it 😒 🙄

[@Xander44s]

I play an artifact deck lead by Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant, and I'm surprised how good it is. Constantly winning with cards like Blightsteel Colossus, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and Rite of Replication. Love Phyrexia, hoping that all will be one under the hand of our dear mother, Elesh Norn

[@jasoncg2956]

Jin is nuts. I love that card. Dude combos off like it's nobody's business.

[@kingfilm100]

When Jimmy blocked the huge Vorinclex and basically pumped him up with Vigor's help. He looked suprised. I thought for sure he had something in his hand a la mob rule or kari zev's expertise.

[@florinalinmarginean1135]

Maybe he did, but there was no point in using a card like that with Vigor on the board. He could have killed one other player, but not Ashlen, just to lose to her once she untapped. He probably realized it and decided to dig for a board wipe instead

[@kingfilm100]

@@florinalinmarginean1135 true. I specifically had mob rule in mind which was why I thought he was going to stomp (it would take control of vigor as well). But you're right, kari zev's expertise and other effects like it would onlu serve to take out Josh or Ladee and then die

[@georgemowry7324]

Hey, have you guys ever thought about doing a deep dive into what colors win the most on your shows? That could be a podcast topic on it's own now that you've been running things for so long. Maybe even give data to stuff like how much white has been winning more as the years progress

[@brenttotland3704]

Oof, I felt that "SO SAD" from everyones favorite Sad Robot.

[@thewizardprk6334]

This episode had everything! A throuple marriage, two divorces, a bunch of praetors hitting the battlefield, you’d expect nothing less from a Phyrexian episode.

[@jgroen5545]

You forgot one element this episode had: a good script.

[@monomanamaniac]

That elesh norn is an oppressive beast, far moreso than any of the others. Sheoldred generates WAY WAY too much aggro lol

[@thearisthotle4686]

Josh please stop holding these innocent people hostage

[@monkeygaming2859]

I’m equipping the sword to elesh norn, which makes her a 6/9. Then I hear ladee “nice”. 49:54

[@reconstructionmanifest7349]

The speech on the separation was hilarious. The last part the look on your face Josh is priceless while you deliver that line LMAO

[@madskil72]

The wedding ring bit was excellent 😂

[@matthewwebb4777]

No matter what, I always root for Danger - get them girl!!!

[@kylespitzley5707]

Josh is the perfect example of can dish can’t take 😂

[@scarfhat1]

47:12 the face of a man who wasn't ever left out of the mono-white removal barrages. We've been there bro

[@excalipoor]

Love the fact that this one is all about mono color decks. And humor of the marriage is so funny. 🎉🎉

[@jgroen5545]

As soon as ashlen attacked ladee and jimmy i knew josh had won. That attack totally baffles me. Honestly. Id love to hear ashlens reasoning behind this.

[@pantaliamon7357]

they wanted to showcase the new card winning. They are usually pretty good at threat assessment. This game though Josh got to do whatever he wanted even though there was plenty of ways for people to kill his commander. It felt very much like "you guys can do whatever you want but this card needs to win".

[@jgroen5545]

@@pantaliamon7357 Agreed 100% It's painfully obvious and makes me want to not watch this channel anymore. Might as well watch a sitcom it's so scripted.

[@sorren001]

the show is kind of scripted. Like they do the play for the best content not to win.

[@GatheringTheMagicYT]

Love the Praetor Commander theme 😍

[@ryanadams0922]

Josh Lee Kwai fulfilled the dream of having a Harem in a card game

[@sheldsyo4932]

The double marriage and immediate scandal sent me flying. Love the Praetors going at it

[@d0xx1d3]

>Sponsored by wizards of the coast >Showcasing a new card Wow the new card won, what a shocker, who could have predicted that at all. Wow

[@joncheek2413]

Jimmy went with Urbrask over Jin. Interesting, let's see how it turns out

[@ryansprenkle6356]

I think his deck was the coolest one here to be honest.

[@LuckyReden]

Red is his favorite color why is that surprising?

[@PostprandialTorpor]

I applaud him playing the underdog. Urabrask as a character needs more love…hopefully in March of the machines he gets a card that does him Justice.

[@Wyrm7774]

@@LuckyReden Yes but I think its because Urbrask is the weakest of the 5

[@jackalcoyote8777]

@@Wyrm7774 In lore and gameplay

[@carlosheraspardo886]

This game was amazing! I loved the wedding ring, its a great card. I wished Craig had appeared on this episode

[@julianhomolka8088]

Jimmys „Haste“ Shirt is so dope!!! 🔥

[@xxmeizterxx]

I just watch 12 episodes in a row !! The production level is off the chart ! You all gave me some idea to start a commander series too !

[@loekofallcooks]

Missed opportunity to say "All will be one" instead of the standard "Only one will stand"

[@nilesamon7577]

Those animations are getting better with every episode.

[@kaitooker5273]

Would of liked seeing Craig running the Vorinclex with infect. It screams of Craig😂

[@dillongause7528]

That's what extra turns is for

[@Ursa_Mandalore]

I’d love to see Jimmys decklist because it seems like it could’ve been devastating

[@fallout-qx4eo]

It's in the links at the top of the video mate

[@JZjosh2468]

It was nice getting to see jimmy play monored and not get stuck on mana for once. He actually got to do cool stuff (until josh got a bunch of removal).

[@katierose9772]

This made negative 0 temperatures and a snow storm so much more bearable! Thanks for another awesome upload!

[@gnralZTT]

Lesson learned. If I see a deck similar to Josh's at a table, I'm not sitting there to play...

[@runerunesen7261]

So true... Not fun at all.

[@ysbrann3059]

controll deck be like

[@particlehorizon8534]

You are going to drink mommys milk anr you are going to like it

[@DrSnap23]

I feel like this would have been a cool occasion to do a 5-player game, but hey, it was still really cool =) At least it confirmed what we all knew : Elesh Norn is CRAZY !!

[@TheSpectralFX]

Who would have guessed that removal and card draw would win a MTG game!?

[@samuelgardner2653]

Ashlyn Rose, now with a 22/22 trampling commander, "[With] Jimmy being the captain of chaos, I'm not sure what he has planned." Jimmy, "Oh, NOOOoooo!"

[@yoda9240]

I am very impressed with how long Jimmy was able to keep up with Josh's removal, continuing to be a threat for almost the entire game.