Black - The Color Wheel Series | The Command Zone 79

[@isaiahkahler1316]

Black recently became my favorite color. Blue used to be my favorite, but black is just so much more versatile and fitting to my play style. Good video my friends.

[@servo2706]

What I like most about black is it's diversity of strategies, something I feel you guys could have touched on more. Black can support a control build, an aggro build, and anything in between. I guess that comes with versatility, but it's a great thing to consider when talking about colors. While I feel you guys do a great job making the podcast accessible to lower-budget players, I'd love to see a dedicated episode (perhaps a Deck Doctors on a $75 budget) where you talk about playing on tighter budgets than your average EDH player.

[@andrewjfivory3133]

*everyone else* "but that's unfair, that's not noble!" *Black* "No one told me I couldn't. No one told him he couldn't. And most importantly, I'm still standing." This, for me, is what black is. Also, it seems to me that Blacks absolute prime, is when it's strong and enemies are weak. It might sound obvious, but black has another layer where it's good at injuring people, but great at delivering the last blow. Blood Baron of Vizkopa comes to mind for this as he's rarely bad, but gets A LOT stronger when you're already ahead by a large margin, which plays right into the power part of black's flavour. Bloodghast is a mono-black example of this.

[@Butterworthy]

Black _may_ be my favorite color. I just love how EVERYTHING is a resource. Your life? Resource. Your library? Resource. Graveyard? Resource? Your creatures? Your land? The cards in your hand? All of them are resources to use and abuse as you see fit. Hell, Battle For Zendikar now turns the exile zone into a freakin' resource. How long until Black can abuse the command zone as a resource?

[@joshleekwai8895]

+Butterworthy Very good stuff. Thanks for the comment!

[@Stormraven96]

+Butterworthy Command Zone as a resource? I mean, Black harvesting this podcast to do something seems a bit extreme, even for Black... oh who am I kidding.

[@Xozzen]

You can convert the command zone as a resource into graveyard as a resource when you use xiao dun as a general lol

[@ryanhansen9779]

@Miami Mice what are you trying to say? I misread the dialect.

[@DestroAzureDx]

I know this is a really old comment but I wish each color would get its maximum potential in each set v.v example being how not every standard block/rotation has black using its library as a resource or its land in other ways than tapping it

[@plus2happiness]

The Beseech the Queen refers to Oona because it's from Shadowmoor

[@bayard56]

The Queen in "Beseech the Queen", the queen is Oona!

[@warwerewolf777]

Ah yes, my favorite color. Instantly liked and favorited ^^

[@Stormraven96]

Btw Jimmy, if you look at the art for Beseech the Queen, you'd see exactly what queen they're talking about. She is a bomb of a general after all. :)

[@Kestas_X]

27:54 Wow! That's so flavorful. Because Black does it solo.

[@infiniteswords]

good stuff, cant wait for the blue episode. it also gives me some ideas on how to describe colors (pros, cons, theme) to beginners. I am always just saying the basic stuff, but there is just so much more to each color then that.

[@josephg279]

eli did a really good job putting a bunch of cards and pictures to look at

[@commandcast]

+joseph g Great work Eli!

[@ProtagonistOfficial]

1:18 Probably because "IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!!! was already taken".

[@ryanhansen9779]

28:17, Gate to Phyrexia, each upkeep I can sacrifice a creature to destroy target artifact.

[@ToliG123]

black counter spell: Dash hopes. Sadly, its alternative life loss choice makes it pretty useless in commander. Love that card though.

[@-KillaWatt-]

I love the series. i just feel you should have touched base on supporting colorless spells that can support the color. cards to help deal with artifacts and enchantments. like Perilous Vault. helpful info if your going mono black.

[@joshleekwai8895]

+Christopher Paul (KillaWatt) Yeah fair point. Something we probably could have touched on for sure.

[@-KillaWatt-]

+Josh Lee Kwai love the series. great work guys

[@commandcast]

+Christopher Paul (KillaWatt) That's a good call! We might do an entire episode on colorless as part of the Color Wheel and spend time focusing on how colorless cards can help each of the colors.

[@drakengarfinkel3133]

Black can counterspell! There is a card called deathgrip and it makes mono-green decks cry.

[@manuelaguilartirado8674]

Withering boon is an example of a black counterspell, also the profesor made a video about counterspells that are not in blue and he gave another example of a black "counterspell"

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

Please do a colorless podcast! It's the hardest to do and Wizards doesn't seem like it will help any time soon with a pre con (since they always do cycles)

[@jonathanmedina4496]

Drive to work podcast is INSANE!

[@docterfantazmo]

Why not have some sort of weighted run, only a short distance but with leg weights? Kinda plays to both your strengths.

[@docterfantazmo]

Oh gawd, Wedge and Reale licking the cup... an-and then they kissed 0_0

[@thisislesbomaya]

woo good job jimmeh at the community cup

[@King-fo3kj]

are you considering doing the dual color pairs after you finish the wheel? (if you do you should start with orzhov because it's awesome)

[@commandcast]

+Kyle McHale Yes, this is definitely something we will be delving in to to continue the Color Wheel series.

[@JustJaredThings]

Black has a Counter Spell. Dash Hope. gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=126812 Although I do think it was them deliberately breaking the colorpie to show what a black counterspell would look like.

[@Butterworthy]

Hey guys, as to your end question regarding the gym stuff, why not both measure weight before you get started, then at the end of 12 weeks or whatever, whoever is furthest from their original weight (positive or negative) is the winner. So if, for example, Josh is at 230, but Jimmy is at 150, Josh loses 25 pounds while Jimmy only gains 20, Josh would be the winner. Arguably Josh would have a big advantage here though.

[@joshleekwai8895]

+Butterworthy Yeah that's the worry. It's much easier to lose a large amount of weight than o gain it. Also I doubt Jimmy wants to gain 20lbs. More like 5-8 probably. While I would happily lose 30-35 if I could.

[@Butterworthy]

Josh Lee Kwai You could always agree on a conversion to use this method. For example, 3lbs lost would equal 1lb gained. That way, if he lost 36 pounds, you'd only have to gain 13 to beat him.

[@rjihnvasparia7845]

26:38 say what now? What is "Dash Hopes" ?

[@nawidayobi]

You guys could pick a weight goal between you two and whoever gets to it first wins?

[@slymaster9]

STOP HATING ON BOROS DAMMIT!!!!!!! Mah Aurelia is right here... we can hear you you know... D:

[@geraldinewhite4507]

where is the link for where they live broadcast mtgo? I can never find it T.T

[@joshleekwai8895]

+Geraldine White go to twitch.tv/magic - look under past broadcasts.

[@sithishellsing9432]

Just track the change in your weight percentage wise

[@coltinyancey3671]

Are you guys still doing the deck doctors series?

[@commandcast]

+Coltin Yancey Yes we definitely are. Put your deck on TappedOut.net and then email us the link and explanation to [e-mail]

[@tmcdon]

Can someone explain what "Havelands" are/is? Please?

[@commandcast]

+tmcdon HaveLands is the name we are championing for the new rare cycle in Battle for Zendikar. They are dual lands like Prairie Stream or Sunken Hollow that say "enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands." So in order to play them untapped you need to already "have lands".

[@tmcdon]

+The Command Zone Cool! Thanks for the explanation! Great video btw! Sort of new to the format and your vids are a great resource/tool!

[@tmcdon]

+The Command Zone thanks for the explanation! I am total nub; I appreciate all the great info you guys give out. Commander is my fav format, I'm just bad at it!

[@Y0utube5ucks]

HAHA! "It's time to tumble!" that's great guys. love the show.

[@adbirk19]

Pull ups

[@nickleewright]

"doom blade is the classic" ... umm, don't you mean terror? doom blade wasn't made until m10

[@whatdoithinkofthisyoutubev8787]

Tango lands

[@joshleekwai8895]

+Andrew Sutton Booo! Plus multi-culturally insensitive :-P

[@Stormraven96]

+Andrew Sutton 'Tis a bit of a cumbersome name though.

[@bayard56]

+Josh Lee Kwai #havelands

[@docterfantazmo]

+Stormraven96 More so than Fetch or Shock? I think Tango lands is kinda cute.

[@russellee5216]

+docterfantazmo Yes, but you don't have to tell a story about dancing every time you have to explain "Tango Lands" to someone looking at you like you're growing an extra arm out of your face.