Explosive EDH w/ Nitpicking Nerds & Wizard of Barge | Extra Turns 48 | Magic MTG Commander Gameplay

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Show Notes:
Get ready for a colorful Commander showdown as Magic artist Wizard of Barge (Dakota Cates) brings a legendary creature he illustrated himself for his first bout on Extra Turns! He’ll be facing down Nitpicking Nerds (Mia & Beezy), along with The Command Zone’s very own Jimmy Wong. So don’t miss out as our players paint the town red - and all the other colors of the pie - with some epic plays and massive swings.
It’s Muxus vs. Edgar Markov vs. Niv-Mizzet Reborn vs. Samwise
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Instagram: @wizardofbarge
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Deck Lists:
Jimmy’s Samwise Gamgee:
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Mia’s Edgar Markov:
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Beezy’s Niv-Mizzet Reborn:
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Dakota’s Muxus, Goblin Grandee:
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Credits:
Directed by: Jake Boss
Executive Producer: Josh Lee Kwai
Co-Producer: Jimmy Wong
Edited by: Gilberto Navarro and Eric Lindvall
VFX, GFX: Eric Lindvall
Sound Mix: Eric Lindvall
Production/Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss
Deck Coordinator: Rachel Weeks
Intro Theme Arrangement: Jake Boss
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[@FanOfMostEverything]

Sam having to block his zombified wife is a special kind of messed up. Incredible game all around.

[@gr8stonedurgon508]

Agreed. Just about the most horrifying ending to a LOTR alternate universe

[@TheGrifcannon22]

I'm imagining Sam looking at his undead wife and then looking back at their kids staring in horror behind him as he has to make the hardest decision in his life. He knows if it was just him he would let her feed on his flesh and accept his fate, but he needs to be there for his children. They already lost their mother, they can't lose both parents like this. So he grips his trusty cast iron pan as hot tears come streaming down his cheeks. He tells his kids to look away but they still hear the loud clang of metal meeting bone. Then again, and again, each time the sound getting duller and wetter. Finally, with a moanful wail Sam swings down a final time before collapsing to his knees, sobbing his wife's name between gasps for air. His children huddle around him sobbing and sniffling, mumbling mommy as he holds them in his arms.

[@randomaccessfemale]

Groovy.

[@johnmorton6229]

Up to this point I had only heard whispers and horror stories about Edgar Markov. Now that I've seen it in action... gyat dayum.

[@crawdaddy1234]

“I will put Samwise on Rosie Cotton.” 😂

[@wadewilson5712]

well that is how hobbits are made

[@crawdaddy1234]

Pretty sure that’s the first time in history that Niv Mizzet chump-blocked a Cruel Celebrant. 😂

[@bryandegroat857]

Love the nerds, and Dakota seems like a great dude to play against. No salt when all his goblins got destroyed twice! Great game

[@Askyl]

Watching the first 2 turns I now realize the error in my ways and will deconstruct my Edgar deck and rebuild a vampire deck with another commander. What a toxic piece of vampire that is :D

[@trulykvlt]

its not that big of a deal lol

[@jesserodriguez1685]

That early despark play was honestly sick. I love combos so much lol

[@jpricej10]

Dakota seems chill af would love to play a game with him

[@datastorm17]

that was the biggest cruel celebrant ive ever seen

[@babaXIII]

Pretty sure there were 1 or 2 turns where Beezy could have killed a player or absolutely ruined other players' plans, but he kinda held back for the content. The culling ritual in particular would have fucked Jimmy up, would have killed the Cruel Celebrant, and would have removed all the goblin tokens.

[@Open2eyes]

Actually i found that annoying but i guess you are right. Content🤷‍♂️

[@bobbobby475]

@@Open2eyes You proably shouldn't watch because they usually play for content

[@thew1ldcard886]

I havent watched their content in a while and this was a good reminder why. Such terrible threat assessment all around.

[@gronizherz3603]

it's not content, it's just how you play commander with friends lol why kill someone so they have to sit around and wait when everyone has 25+ life total? it's more interesting to keep everyone alive for as long as possible, without sacrificing your own chances too much.

[@Alias_SSBU]

I just now realized that the Muxus secret lair is the same art as my favorite playmat and I love it

[@joecortese9613]

That Niv mizzet deck was really well played and well built. Also we didn't see any particularly mean cards. Excellent build.

[@yuen4817]

Love the nitpicking nerds thanks for bringing them back.

[@justinanderson2631]

Jimmy sure loves his Samwise Gamgee deck. I think this is the third video

[@imaginarymatter]

Are you saying he brought the deck back for a second helping?

[@anzeigefehler6495]

I must say, I created my own deck not long ago and its also one of my favorites

[@weedragonauts4729]

found it ironic that Samwise killed Rosie Cotton considering they marry

[@MythrilShotgun]

I mean, Beezy clearly liked his deck, too.

[@harrisonhill9926]

What other video did he play it on? I don’t remember. Did he do more? This video was pretty boring. Was hoping to see the deck do more.

[@bryceduyvewaardt8136]

So great to see the Nitpicking Nerds again! Great episode and it was cool to see an artist playing again

[@garrettmartin4750]

Mia is a great player. Sure, she is playing Edgar, but she was very respectful and responsible with her aggro. She was fair and didnt bully anyone too much. She just made big things, and swung out. That turn 1 was so good. I predicted Viscera Seer, but I was happy to see how powerful she got so quickly! And Bloodlord Vaasgoth!?!? That is my pet card! Love that dude! Beezy had amazing interaction, and I really loved how balanced his deck was. Niv isn't easy to build super well, and I think Beezy did a great job. Great episode!

[@koba163]

Pretty sure Muxus was supposed to die when it blocked the pest. Ethereal Absolution in play makes him 3/3 and the pest was a 3/3 because of it and Mirari's Wake.

[@cdgizmo2008]

I'm glad i'm not the only one that thought that

[@patdion1161]

I literally yelled at my screen; "That was turn 3!? Wtf Mia!"

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Edgar is dumb

[@mibbzx1493]

Yea but that was the proper threat assessment cuz all those vamps with bloodthirst 3 woulda been bad

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Not just Turn 3, a Turn 3 with a Black Lotus trigger on a stick.

[@nickh8649]

​@@hanschristopherson8056 my favorite card and my favorite deck lmao

[@WallaceTheLlama]

13:35 Edgar killing the goblin happens at first strike, so Beezy should have taken 2 more damage from the cruel celebrant growing before normal combat is dealt

[@brunolustosa3545]

Yeah, noticed that, was about to comment the same thing. Glad I was not the only one who noticed.

[@donutunknown5559]

@25:45 come on dakota you saw him add it to his hand earlier in the game you should have known to kill Beezy when you had the chance with that goblin's silver bullet in hand

[@josephjohnson8473]

Man… ultra pro have some of the worst sleeves around. They have a terrible shuffle feel, lack durability and they are more expensive than dragon shield. For the newer players.

[@jimnah-]

For sleeves I'm definitely a Gamegenic guy, but boy do I love the Mana 7 playmats from Ultra Pro, too bad the red and black ones are sold out everywhere

[@PajamaMan44]

Disagree. Ultra pro eclipse sleeves are my favorite. Dragon shields have such sharp corners and don’t slide as well. Ultra pro art sleeves are terrible

[@ThjyuGaming]

Katanas all the way man. Better shuffle feel than anything else and can take a beating. Pair them with dragon shield inners and you've got the perfect shuffling decks

[@taylorjohnson5148]

@@PajamaMan44I think I traded someone for sleeves for some reason and I believe I was given eclipses. They are fantastic

[@eddiechen9968]

Gotta get the eclipse ones, those are sick

[@Atmatan]

It's about time Wizard of Barge got a feature! I've been following his art since long before he got his secret lair. So stoked to see this match.

[@Atmatan]

Shoulda played Slogurk 😂😂😂

[@bend5963]

Joe Cherries still punching the air

[@savinobalducci6148]

?

[@willdubois]

LMAO

[@MrRomanrin]

OH SO, THATS A VAMPIRE DECK !

[@danpasquale1620]

Holy shit Beezy that is one of the most adaptive decks ive seen on the channal nice win 💯

[@thriftypsgr]

Mia is playing so focused and clean.

[@PedroAbilleira]

Mia's "nothing personnel, kiddo" Coldstell the Hedgeheg moment at 11:20 was perfect haeiuaheiuh

[@taurincochran3398]

DAYUM, Beezy! That was an amazing game. Great job, everyone. That could have gone a dozen different ways. ❤

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

10:06 not going lie any one else thinking those plains that jimmy has kinda looked like forest too

[@salutoris]

yes, very confusing. Cool art but not very functional

[@freezingfire127]

This is why I refuse to use those lands, they all look like forests

[@violetlazuli3998]

Yeah, so confusing. like the innistrad lands I'd only use these in a mono coloured deck.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

What a game! Always a great episode with the nerds! ❤ Great job everyone involved

[@LookNoHands_]

So Jimmy really said "Hol up let me do nothing at all"

[@KnicKnac]

Like usual

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Glad to see the nitpicking nerds back!

[@wad_Mr.J]

Mia outta the gate super fast, n Beezy keeping pace to offset her. 👏👏👏

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

27:42 jimmy knows that vampire won’t die from act 😆

[@Stonehorn]

It’s nice seeing someone else who understands vampire triggers, and doesn’t just create a board full of 1/1’s, and never using Edgar to attack. You can do damage early like that, and it’s fine if you can get a Coat of Arms out early, but that’s a lot of mana you could use to pump up better vampires fast. Very quickly they become so powerful nothing can stop them. I’ve had Edgar attacking at stupid numbers.

[@bunkmastab]

Really happy to see the Nitpicking Nerds back on Extra Turns. I especially liked how the last Extra Turns they were on was a budget battle, then BZ goes and plays an original dual land in this episode that costs more than the last decks combined

[@IrrelevantGeOff]

Holy. Shit. My favorite MTG artist and my favorite MTG content creators getting together for a game?! ❤

[@jackalcoyote8777]

Dakota looks exactly like you'd expect him to from that art. I didn't expect him to be so chill and awesome to be around, though.

[@UGDMchris]

Mia is a damn menace haha. What a fun game

[@crawdaddy1234]

Well, maybe haste or lifelink. Sure, some vampires have menace, but that’s an exception. 🤪

[@francisserpa4465]

Mia got off to such a fast start. That was really impressive

[@knzplay]

im so curious what the "nobody wins" option was going to be by Wizard of Barge

[@TheDanishMiner]

Just had a look at the decklist. It was most likely Skirk Fire Marshal

[@markmcmillian427]

I assumed this as well. The fire marshal with a Basilisk Collar would have been 👌

[@dougisacat]

I think in his spot he should draw the game tbh. It’s prob the best he is getting

[@lilitalianboy5990]

@@dougisacatyeah but then they wouldn’t have a video

[@niklasbolz4267]

I thought he had a chandras ignition. Seems he don’t

[@cristobaluribe1363]

For extra turns or even game knights, you guys should include the turn count somewhere :)

[@chrisgebben2043]

Nice game and nitpicking neards are awesome just like last time oh by the way if anyone is wonder what dakota was gonna try to do that would have killed him (43:27) It was Skirk Fire marshal it deals 10 damage to everything(creatures/players) if you tap 5 goblins he was at 11 life so two activations would have killed him (he would only have 2 activations but even with that mia and jimmy would have survived that since they were at 23)

[@rundinj]

So not throwing one of the beast withins at either the blade or the celebrant seemed like an odd choice, nice start kinda turns into a mush of a finish

[@TheMatgonz]

Even that, if he had waited and used it at instant speed he could have destruyed miraris wake.

[@theamericanwordsmith2670]

Yeah, I was confused by that, too.

[@CeltiesSin]

Wild threat assessment

[@Cephalopopo]

Classic command zone. Good example for that was killing some random dragon instead of miraris wake. Just let the 5c good stuff pile go untouched for 5 turns and watch.

[@Hemlocker]

I know she didn't win in the end, but I was actually losing my mind that removal was being pointed at anything other than Master of Dark Rites on Mia's board early on...

[@mmjj1361]

I need the nitpicking needs on a Game Knight. Command zone and Nitpicking Nerds is the best MTG duo to watch.

[@curtissearle6462]

"My current plan will kill me as well." Is the most mono red thing I've ever heard lol

[@yunaleenoelle]

I'm so proud Mia pulled an Edgar Markov in this episode! I'm running almost the same deck as hers whenever I play commander with my friends. 😂

[@KVGMRadio]

Glad Game Knights support proxies. I saw that guy casually play an Underground Sea and I thought…hmmmm, way to support Hewlett-Packard.

[@CHEFPKR]

Well well, this is a sweet surprise for today

[@Vidious808]

Hey man, you should get on the show as well!

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

The start of Mia was epic. That Dark Ritual maker is OP! Is Pestilence also in that deck? Would fit perfectly.

[@walterwiffles7384]

Have most of the Secret Lairs in my ooze deck and goblin deck. Love the artworks. Please make more! :D

[@da6868]

Mia''s voice is so soothing (she's murdering everyone at turn 2)😊

[@zacdredge3859]

Glad to see a Niv Mizzet Jegantha deck. Was definitely rooting for Beezy.

[@williamblair-]

Yoooo! I just got my first Wizard of Barge shirt the other day. The bad loot shirt. It’s so sick!

[@cptregalz8091]

Such a good episode! Great job everybody

[@roguebard]

Every once and a while I get tempted to make an Edgar deck, then I see it in action and remember why I don't.

[@izaakchance]

Dakota seems like a cool dude! Be nice to see him on again

[@ImKhione]

I find it ironic how back in the “commanders we hate playing against” episode Jimmys was Edgar Markov and yet here he is 😂❤️

[@weedragonauts4729]

@@ImKhione just because someone hates playing against a deck doesn't mean they're instantly going to say no if a guest has the deck

[@devfatdevshredded8792]

COMMMMMMAANNDDDD ZZOOOOONNNEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! DROP THE TRICKY TERRAIN PRECON UPGRADE GUIDE, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS.

[@mightyone3737]

Great game, lots of back and forth, was weird not having Jimmy on the mono-Red deck though!

[@mikeblanchard931]

Broooo Wizard of the Barge playing my favorite version of my favorite commander!?!? Muxus is best! Wow! Such Goblin!

[@wanny225]

Nice Muxus hit, with 38 lands in a goblin deck what was everyone expecting 😂😂😂

[@maxspecs]

Imagine if Jimmy was piloting it, would have grabbed 6 goblins every time.

[@hoythedrick7870]

Dakota went back on his deal with Mia and paid the price lol

[@Brwitunsky]

holy cow my favorite artist Dakota is on here thats nuts!

[@michaelpatalano9884]

I love the nitpicking nerds!!!!!

[@murlocmasher3368]

40:14 “I need to keep something back” like beezy didn’t just reveal a culling ritual last turn lmao.

[@sixtysixstyx]

Man I'm was SO HOPING that beezy had an inkshield or deflecting palm for that massive cruel celebrant. Would've been hilarious. Also I feel like Dakota could have healed so much if he utilized that basilisk collar some more...

[@potatodavid1987]

Wizard of Barge owes Adventure Time Money

[@tonpalacios2964]

Always wondered why my playgroup hated my Edgar M. Deck, now I know why. Also crazy how back in the day my LGS would complain about how no one wanted to buy the Edgar M. Precon

[@seanwhite1104]

Today in things I never expected to hear on Extra Turns: "I will put Samwise on Rosy Cotton".

[@Thaelkor]

Guests are top tier. Everyone likes Goblins.

[@Morg269]

As an artist, having my art on mtg cards would be such a dream. Maybe someday

[@STS-qi1qy]

Bah, I was promised the Nitpicking Nerds, Amber and Miso, not their human spokespuppets! Bah I say! (Great episode!)

[@gfern7]

omg i love wizard of barge, this is sweet

[@VolrinSeth]

Loved Mia's Vampire deck.

[@tacothursdays6546]

Beezy out here showing us why Niv Reborn is underrated in 2024

[@misterrockygaming688]

Keep up the amazing work love the vids

[@kevinwetmore7731]

Let’s all support Dakota’s Magic cards!

[@matthiasmoser6096]

Seriously, I wish we could just clone Jimmy 3 times and then just watch a game of 4 Jimmy's playing against each other 😂 He is the most fun player for me, though he is mana screwed quite often 😅

[@KnicKnac]

It'd be a nothing episode. Missing lands and misplays

[@IamtheTolle]

Never seen the life gain from Food be so important before...

[@Draconamous]

Fun fact. The company I work for makes the plastic that is used for the liquid IV tubes.

[@bububu__]

beezy is a deckbuilding mastermind

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Edgar Markov being fast... I expected nothing less. I love how my friend will try to downplay his Edgar vampire tribal but it plays out as fast as Mia's ;p LOL

[@gustavgans403]

Yeeay been waiting for this 😊

[@micahemerson388]

Nit picking nerds guy has some interesting hair. He’s rockin a full Beavis.

[@griffingovernment]

49:43 "Samwise kills Rosie Cotton" 😱😭

[@peej91]

Smooth playing beezy beast mode

[@willsowder1237]

WIZARD OF THE BARGE?!?!?!? Hopefully we see some more of him!!!

[@mRboylls]

Not past turn 3 yet but this reminds me why I don’t often like playing at my lgs lol

[@Areopagus]

The threat assessment in this game is abysmal

[@kevinnieves3331]

That's pretty much all games in this channel. It's especially bad when they start "politicking" which is pretty much "I'll help you win if you let me be 2nd place" and gives them a bigger lead.

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

@@kevinnieves3331I don’t know everything seem scary

[@DarkPikachuYTV]

@@kevinnieves3331how do you threat assess my thing is always kill blue player first witch might be accurate here

[@psy_p]

Jimmy removing the dragon instead of Mirari's wake 🤦‍♂

[@kevinnieves3331]

@Dark-Pikachu1 Threat assessment is something you have to learn and experience by yourself. In this case, attacking Mia after they dismantled her engine while Beezy paid 10 life for Mirari Wake was genuinely infuriating. That was the moment that they had one more turn, because Beezy had everything set up, and his commander is just card advantage. Letting him untap was going to end the game, which it did because he had such a commanding lead that no one could do anything about it.

[@spongyadani]

Jimmy forgot the crown of gondor, when enter his legendary creatures

[@westblast69]

Gotta love niv 😎 there is a reason he is my cedh commander

[@Mr_B_251]

This is exciting! The deck Beezy is playing is the same concept as a deck I once built using Niv-Mizzet and Jegantha!! :D

[@psy_p]

That is the same concept as every Niv-mizet deck.

[@jookbaux1717]

I knew i wasnt going crazy hearing splatoon charger sfx

[@megacardboard]

Ayee NN again, lets go!

[@brunomeneses]

one of the best games of magic I ever seen! enjoyed everything about this episode.

[@geradenhraba770]

just started the video and i am already cheering for edgar

[@Aldissimo90]

Edgar Markov has to be top 3 most linear and boring commander in mtg. Wdyt? Great show as always ❤️

[@filipebotelho3548]

13:14 "Ai, caramba!" hahahah That's the most brazilian think I've heard in this channel.