Fight with the FANS! | Extra Turns 49 | Magic: The Gathering MTG Commander EDH Gameplay

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Show Notes:
We’ve got a groundbreaking Extra Turns for you because this is our first ever FAN EPISODE of the series, made possible by all of our amazing supporters on Patreon and Whatnot!
Patreon audition winner Seth (aka “Daddy”) and Whatnot giveaway winner Johangel were flown to LA to hang with the Command Zone staff and then throw down with Jimmy and JLK in an intense Commander battle. Will a fan take the win on their first XT appearance, or can the guys defend their home turf? You’ll just have to watch and find out.
It’s Hakbal vs. Mr. House vs. Megatron vs. Frodo & Sam
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Deck Lists:
Seth’s Hakbal of the Surging Soul:
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Johangel's Mr. House:
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JLK’s Megatron, Tyrant:
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Jimmy’s Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant:
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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
Production/Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss
Deck Coordinator: Rachel Weeks
Intro Theme Arrangement: Jake Boss
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[@x3dfritz0]

One person is playing Fallout, one person is playing Transformers, and one person is playing Lord of the Rings. Magic is such a wild game nowadays lmao

[@Roxasherz]

Just missing either 40K or Assassin's Creed.

[@912zap]

@@Roxasherz Or Doctor Who

[@sahjhan1]

Magic as Garfield intended?

[@MeZimm]

Let's not forget that MTG is an intellectual property unto itself. Hakbal is no less a stranger to all those franchises than they are to him.

[@AngeloRosales64]

It’s like that web comic

[@tknone]

The boys back home: I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU GOT THEM TO CALL YOU DADDY THE WHOLE EPISODE! HAHAHAHAHA!!

[@daddyismagic]

That is exactly what happened haha. Thought I never "got them" to call me daddy. It was kind of just a back-home persona that got carried in and we all just ran with it for fun. Made for some very funny interactions, both on and off screen.

[@oliverupdyke1429]

I like how the Champions of Minas Tirith flavor text says "The realm of Sauron is ended forever" as Sauron the necromancer reanimates it.

[@Someone-lg6di]

Shouldn't the wraiths die when sarong left?

[@ilshail153]

@@Someone-lg6di you might be getting confused with the exile at end step rule that Sauron has. Since Sauron left, that rule no longer applied when the end step was reached, meaning the tokens would remain even though he, by proxy of being a corpse, was no longer the ring-bearer.

[@therealax6]

@@ilshail153 Actually, that's not quite true! That delayed trigger happens at the end step whether Sauron is on the battlefield or not. (And in fact, if he's not there, he can't be the ring-bearer and the tokens will get exiled!) However, like all delayed triggers, it only fires once. (Once per token, that is.) Once the token survives the end step, it sticks; the trigger doesn't fire again for that token. That's why the tokens don't get exiled.

[@allengaible6436]

"I'd love to know where you got that from? Boromir? No, the audacity!"

[@diegoblin9090]

Josh went from missing 2 land drops to having like 60 mana to having 99 life to being the first knocked out. What a roller-coaster.

[@syferpolski4344]

There is first knocked out, and then there is first knocked out... don't feel like he died early

[@Syrinfox]

Johangel really just existed while dying to "all players take damage" pings.

[@jamisonbebiak7917]

As soon as I saw he was playing a dice roll deck I knew his deck would do basically nothing. Bad choice for your one shot at being on the command zone.

[@bellbilly32]

I think he took a bad opening hand. He had pretty much no card draw, and was missing land drops.

[@user-ex2me9lr9e]

@@jamisonbebiak7917 Totally agree, wish i had a shot to play a decent deck on the show

[@electricangel3161]

@@user-ex2me9lr9e For real

[@electricangel3161]

He literally did nothing the entire game. Like if you would remove him from the video nothing would change...

[@ScallopGaming]

Jimmys deck seemed so resilient, it was always drawing cards and had answers for that toxic deluge, and was able to follow it up on the next turn with a moon-shaker cavalry to even the playing field, great deck building!

[@andreatombesi2458]

I feel like every deck with white and lots of creatures plays teferi's and cavalry/akroma's will. It's not specific to his deck.

[@TheRedKnightOfPain]

The number of foods that deck used! It wouldn't surprise me if Jimmy effectively had as much or more life than Josh did once all the life gain + starting life totals were worked in.

[@AStormbl3ssed]

It really be Hakbal and the universes beyond

[@unseeliedream42]

first time i am sorry for them fishes

[@biggsg1934]

Seth was hilarious and a lot of fun to watch, despite some of the questionable sequencing. I felt so bad for Johangel that his deck didn't get off the ground. Hopefully y'all played more games off camera with them.

[@daddyismagic]

Haha yeah I slipped up once or twice, but some of my end of turn land drops were intentional as usually players (in my play group) usually assume that the size of the merfolk wont get any bigger post combat. So dropping a land during second main does tend to be a deterrent for anyone who considered attacking me after my turn. Good eye there mate!

[@TheSmartCinema]

I felt bad at first too, then I looked at their decklist and gosh I understand why it didnt get off the ground... so little synergy between the cards, 90% of the cards he picked are terrible without the commander out... whereas other decklists have cards that synergize between eachother, not only with the commander... bad deckbuilding imo

[@leemay7780]

I was wondering about his sequencing, but he did it so consistently I came to the conclusion it was on purpose for political reasons.

[@matthewvest5191]

​@TheSmartCinema As someone who has made a Mr. House deck he is definitely missing a few things here lol. The fact he didn't have any of the big dragons nor more of the bobble heads is criminal

[@Bob-nc5hz]

@@leemay7780 or a gameplay purpose e.g. avoid dumpstering the table if you realize your deck could go too fast for the game to be enjoyable. I guess you could call it political but I wouldn't.

[@jinpilla7420]

"do you want daddy to blow on it?" is something i never thought i'd hear on Extra Turns. 😐

[@knzplay]

Last game we got 'deez nuts', and today we get a 'daddy blow on it'. Whats going on 😂

[@comedycorpse9768]

just say thank you lol

[@dawidshakestheworld]

yeah, that's regular show level content. really upping the level

[@andrewstadterman329]

Yeah it's pretty freaking cringe to have your nickname be daddy, like no I'm not calling another grown man daddy lol 🤦‍♂️

[@JaySay]

​@@andrewstadterman329Someone doesn't have a sense of humor. Either that orrrrrrrrr... repressing some emotions?

[@reogreifenfurt7916]

Its fun to see the diffrence between Joash & Jimmy and the fans. The lands from our Game Knights are neatly and orderly tapped, whereas the lands from the fans look like my lands :D This is what years of "camera Play" does to you :D

[@JustinNovack]

You don't need to have "camera play" to not be a disheveled mess and look like you are playing in a hurricane.

[@danestudios405]

Seth not only had a fantastic deck he also he has a great understanding of what makes a game fun and interesting to watch. His banter was light and witty and he knew where to focus his attacks to keep people in the game as long as possible. He was incredible.

[@daddyismagic]

Appreciate that mate. Hugs from Australia!

[@foreal7712]

“I did a thing, I did a Zhu Li” I understood that reference.

[@lovcraftian]

Im glad I wasn't the only one ! 🪨🌪🔥💧

[@chrisgebben2043]

nice fan episod i guess you can mix it up between game knights and extra turns for fan episodes and it was a good one as well i feel so bad for johangel.... i just hate hate hate when people get mana screwed and don't get to join the fun.

[@Xopher1222]

I am 100000% convinced that someone won some money on a bet as to whether or not he could get Jimmy and Josh to call him Daddy on camera

[@zml6580]

Is this about to be 45 mins of everyone calling this guy "daddy"

[@mrpandabites]

Yes. I can never feel clean again.

[@jlbrooks74]

some nicknames you should just leave at home. especially if they are self given 😐

[@LordSibe]

Made the entire thing unwatchable

[@cainancapko4149]

It is and it's glorious. It doesn't really feel like it's done in a particularly over-the-top way, just enough humor to some of the lines that give me a good laugh. I feel like those who are having issues with it are focusing on it too much, since it's not actually said all that often.

[@Cy_in]

the way my face genuinely cringed each time.... his name is Seth... tf...

[@Varler_]

That was fun! Good job Johangel and Daddy! Even though Jimmy and Josh said they didn't pull punches, I noticed that Jimmy still spread the damage around and didn't just kill people when he had the chance. Might be worse for win%, but gave more opportunities for everyone to gang up on him and come back into the game. More exciting game in general.

[@seanlee7658]

jimmy really likes his sam and frodo deck hahaha, i've seen him use it on camera quite a number of times now

[@mvargasmoran]

The food thing is kinda nice.

[@SWNJim]

Not one but TWO Mardu decks? I this make my smash-face, “Mardu Rules!” heart soar. 😍 I never thought see Josh not have blue or green in his deck either and I’m also showed that he spent all of that mana and didn’t win. Crazy, crazy game.

[@TopdeckTech]

What a delight of a match. I loved how much this episode swung back and forth SO much. Kudos to Seth and Johangel!!!

[@blackfrost3272]

"Where did you get that, Jimmy?" "What, the card?" "No, the audacity." That is just a perfect remark considering how wild this game is

[@WayneyMTG]

Fantastic game, shining example of magic bringing people together, appreciate you guys

[@ajchriss5101]

love to see someone from New Jersey on the show

[@tylerkister4628]

Oh yeah

[@ahmetnag]

Why lol

[@Jwhiz24]

It's unfortunate that the dude's deck didn't do anything this game.

[@ezrilebeau8234]

A tank sacrifices a dragon to kill ...... a hobbit lol!

[@ravenjoybower]

So good to see a fellow Aussie on the show! Though the "Crikey!" was a bit much xD Great game :)

[@talonjansen8926]

Wild game, guys, wow! Also, "You have 60 colourless mana, you should save it" killed me. 😂

[@williamfarr9017]

The phrase ”blow on it Daddy” is something I never thought I’d hear on the command zone 😂

[@ingolf82]

Hakbal is super fun, I bought the precon and upgraded it with about 20 cards and I'm having a blast with it.

[@Telmustard]

Honestly it's a great precon and so much of his power comes from sequencing. So I can keep the same deck and just sequence less efficiently or more efficiently to play with different power levels, and no one ever feels stomped...it's always a good fair deck that does it's thing consistently. I love it.

[@TheUltimateRey]

Crazy turns too bad joangel couldn’t go off as well

[@wad_Mr.J]

Jimmy's on a nice little win streak

[@neildoscher9536]

The Mr House Casino deck got me back into Magic. So fun

[@Aerix]

When I made mine I thought it'd be a fun little dice rolling deck. Oh it hits like a truck, or rather... like a house!

[@thefalloutguru]

Really? Got a deck list anywhere? I wanted to build it but this game turned me off of it to be honest.

[@sapphiredraggytheflygon8521]

THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS

[@neildoscher9536]

@@thefalloutguru Sure! archidekt.com/decks/7545888/the_house_always_wins This is the version I'm currently running. I think the guy got really unlucky this game. his lowest cost card that rolled a d20 was deck of many things, which I've cut for being too expensive. I think his decision to run cards like cyberman patrol is really solid though. He also missed a couple land drops so, yeah not a great showing of the deck but I really do have a lot of fun with it.

[@thriftypsgr]

I love my hakbal deck! So happy to hakbal being played outside of the precon battles

[@dedc]

I was playing with you Jimmy in the game that the person came up and gave you the ring! I remember that lol glad to see you using it.

[@Agaures]

That was a wild game! Hakbal is crazy for sure, but Megatron did some wild things as well!

[@wesleynicewanner5855]

Prof would be very proud seeing Seth play merfolk. Great game guys.

[@KungfufightU]

Thanks for the super fun decklist Jimmy! I built it and then modified it pretty heavily (while maintaining the theme somewhat) and it is a menace! Keep up the great content!

[@xusername357]

That 61 damage swing from Jimmy was amazing hahaha

[@joshemert1240]

I loved the way they displayed everything happening on the board. It was much easier to follow than the other game knights commander games. Maybe I can just read pixel animations better or something I don't know but it was excellent either way.

[@nthetiteGHOST]

Its funny, my first deck i built as a guy super new to commander was Mr House. Its fun to just roll dice (even got a casino style dice cup for dramatic/thematic effect)

[@jaycolon5116]

Just got done rewatching vghs, just wanted to say, love you Ted you were a huge staple in my upbringing and childhood memories! Love you man!

[@jlq1331]

Megatron is one of my all time favorite commanders, I even got mine signed by Frank Welker (Megatron himself) at TFCon this year!

[@HeadcrabAndAce]

Four tap lands in a row hurts baddd

[@legozdude]

jimmy literally had turn 1 sol ring

[@datastorm17]

what a game! Loved the guests!

[@yuen4817]

Respect for a person coming to show off a fun dice rolling deck 🫡 would definitely pick a fun deck instead of a strong one.

[@TheMalayLinguist]

Jimmy - I love that he went for Josh instead of outright killing the other two guest players, very on brand for him. JLK - It's always a bad when you see Josh starts doing maths lmfao It's either you're dead this turn or you're dead next turn. Jo - I felt so bad that he missed his lands like everyone knows that feeling and mostly took a defensive play for a red deck and the ending was perfect. Seth - Love this deck, felt like he could have won at any time. Hakbal is insane. He definitely deserve the big daddy title.

[@danielgoldberg2129]

99 lives to 21 lives in one trip around the board was epic.

[@kennethandrews1111]

Jimmy: "No counterspells in mardu babyyyy!" Hello, Tibalt's Trickery, Dash Hopes, Lapse of Certainty, among others.

[@GrompEconomics]

“No counterspells in Mardu”?? I’d like to have a word with you… great episode hahaha

[@nothingbutroaring8868]

Love the golden hour lighting in this episode!

[@calebbrown1068]

A cousin of mine has a well-loved Sam and Frodo deck, and it feels impenetrable! The power of friendship is powerful, indeed. Sweet game, everyone.

[@nicholasrolo886]

I love hakbal i have him as one of my decks!

[@Micro_Tyrant_Games]

Jimmy's LOTR deck reminds me of my old LOTR TCG deck. Your deck was half light side (hobbits, elves, man, dwarves) and half dark side (orcs, urkhai, nazgul, i think something else, I forget) and you moved your light side from different sites (reaching the 9th and surviving won you the game) and depending on what you played/fellowship you had generated tokens for the other player's dark side to play against. Many people had "hobbit rush" decks where the hobbits could avoid combat from the first 4 sites, and then just avoid combat from the last 4. Flaw with this was you couldn't really move multiple sites, as it tended to let you get over-whelmed quickly. I had a hobbit smack down deck, because I had the gaffer and farmer maggot, these two healed frodo/sam, and mery/pippin respectively. Then you could use the "Hobbit party guest" to heal the gaffer and farmer, as he healed himself each turn. Lead to me being able to move 2-3 sites without playing anything extra, which meant the dark side player was resource starved. Loved that deck.

[@luffeinator2654]

Seeing those Bloomburrow precons in the opening minutes really piqued my interest :P

[@HunterLikesSoda]

ive been wanting to brew a megatron deck for a while now but never knew where to start. josh is my favorite deck builder so i am beyond stoked

[@dannycontreras4827]

Johangel's name becomes Johangle at 20:18 and it hit me in a really funny spot within in me.

[@gray7836]

I never thought id see a fellow Australian on the show!!! Gives me hope for the future! ;)

[@therealax6]

There was another Australian fan in another fan episode, I think? Didn't she play Yuriko?

[@user-ex2me9lr9e]

@@therealax6 yes you are right

[@Deathwish44411]

i love the retro vibey intro as well as everyones deck selection top quality game along with some great deck building on everyones part

[@zach12360]

Imagine going on a KZbin channel and telling them you want to be called daddy

[@patrice2847]

This summer is getting so hot that Xtra turns are now inviting *fans* to play

[@mindhackz]

They should switch to only fans

[@patrice2847]

@@mindhackz what a cool response !!!

[@RaikiriGojoAlt]

Being named Seth and loving Merfolk as my favorite archetype. I couldn’t be happier to root for Seth to win it all

[@shlack]

So when you are at the ring tempt you number 4.. you still trigger all the previous the ring abilities.. (The abilities are cumulative, so all the abilities that have been unlocked are active simultaneously.) so when he double blocked your Sauron, both creature should be sacrificed.

[@Magidex]

Whoops. Happens.

[@gombles]

He also missed the draw after 2 tempts when Frodo attacked a second time. Did the draw discard for the ring, but not the draw from Frodo's own static ability.

[@helderboymh]

Souron was never double blocked, never blocked at all infact, the champions were at 29:12 but that's it.

[@helderboymh]

​@@gomblesno he didn't forget 16:41 He doesn't get to draw and discard because he gets level two on the ring after he already attacked.

[@gombles]

@@helderboymh I wasn't referring to that time, the attack afterwards when we goes to level 3.

[@deanmasouras7743]

Gonna be moving out to seattle here soon hoping that I run into these guys during one of my trips to LA

[@rossf8616]

"Daddy" is a name that is earned, not taken.

[@bluecraftsandgarden5130]

Was not expecting a Jimmy win but you love to see it!

[@A3TH3R-dj3hj]

"Son of a Gix" thats the most true line :)

[@WhitePonyAbe]

"I did a Julie" - Great Korra reference!

[@santajose]

Great display of different types of decks and really enjoy the power level

[@kennethandrews1111]

Also, love Seth's retro border basics!

[@tannerwright569]

This lord of the rings deck has got to be jimmy’s favorite he’s played it like 6 times in videos.

[@Magidex]

It gave food like, actual, every turn use. Also I have a tuned Sam + Frodo list, and it, too is my favorite deck.

[@LordT]

Loved the worlds/themes/variation in the decks Felt sorry for the Mr.House player, didn’t quite get the deck rolling for ages and lots of ‘kind’ table play (Well done Jimmy and Josh as always) And that Merfolk deck, offft, very powerful! Would love to see the list :)

[@oakherder17]

Hi Seth from Adelaide /wave. Nice to hear an Australian accent on Command Zone!

[@Itatchi1771]

Its a shame Seth sequenced just a little sub optimally. Instead of tapping 3 merfolk in his second main phase and then expecting the untap trigger, he could've had the same effect if he responded to the untap trigger, thus guaranteeing he gets to have his cake and eat it too even if Jimmy destroyed his enchantment. Still, what a fantastic performance from him, well done either way!

[@Magidex]

I want to say that I really love * The 8bit font * The red highlight bar on a card when an ability is going off. This makes it feel more video gamey, of sorts, and I hope that this theme sticks around for quite some time because it's my favorite aesthetic so far.

[@r_t9419]

What an awesome match

[@judahburlingame]

No chance I'd call that dude "Daddy"!

[@dozerover32]

Looks like Daddy is the only one at the table who doesn't double-sleeve. Lol.

[@thomhitzelberger7876]

very fun game to watch. i had to keep looking at Daddys arm tattoo cause i thought it was....well yeah.

[@jmchristensen42]

Can’t wait for the 2027 fan episode where Jimmy gets wrecked by a 21 power Darth Vader with “ward - sacrifice a stickered contraption,” triple strike, and equipped with Captain America’s shield and a Nimbus 2000.

[@gagekuhn4307]

The Australian , is just a younger professor merfolk for the win !

[@KeepTheKitLow]

Hakbal can be nuts, mine has a good chunk of the "Whenever you add +1/+1 counters, give an additional/double it" and it goes from a couple "harmless" merfolk pre-Hakbal, to something terrifying the moment he's down. Easily my favorite unedited precon I have played, though "Animated Army" could knock that from the podium. I love the added bonus of having 4/4s with some minor removal evasion!

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

Always looking forward to a new Extra Turns episode.

[@binkusu]

That cut to the sponsors is golden!

[@savinobalducci6148]

Back for Seconds is a super cool recursion card in token decks, kudos to Jimmy!

[@YaBoyEdGames]

As a fellow Jersey-an congrats to Johangel for making it on the show. Fun fact I was actually the second alternate from the WhatNot stream so I hope to be on at least once like he did. Fun game and such fun banter as well. Cannot wait for more fan episodes.

[@paultuck]

Josh essentially saying "If you're coming for the Game Knight Kings you best not miss"

[@ethanboyd2981]

Josh didn't pay the mana for despark. He shouldn't have had 12 floating mana for solemn simulacrum and his commander. He should have been down to 10.

[@David_Stevens]

I feel like any time both Josh and Jimmy play, Josh guns for Jimmy.

[@ClarckKent-i1f]

Feed the fish was in this game happening a lot too

[@prestonsasaki]

I see that legend of Korra reference, respect 34:47

[@omegavulture8379]

Kids, this is why you ALWAYS focus the guy playing artifacts 😅

[@peachicetea1994]

I love that Jimmy has enough lands to cast spells

[@Anonymous-hh4js]

Seth is an avatar series fan lol. He said “i did the thing juulie.” Hahahaha

[@shanonkallhoff2431]

Great game guys! :)

[@thork_tv]

42:14 Josh did Not pay for the despark

[@Ollig999]

His shirt says daddy..???????

[@seanprofit3166]

Jimmy had that game under control the whole way through. It was really impressive to see. You could tell Jimmy was gonna win this one

[@InsanoRider777]

Josh had a kill turn prepped when he got eliminated. If Seth hadn't taken him out, Josh probably would have hat-tricked them that turn and won.

[@Toofast2manyminions]

Awesome game guys!! we found a new daddy..... genuine question: wouldn't scion of Draco cost 10 as josh only has 1 "basic" land type. defo entering it in my Megatron.

[@dk25439]

That was a great game!

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

Awesome episode!

[@MadHauk]

Some day I want to see House be good :p But this was still a fun game. Hobbits are strong as usual.

[@greenEntertainer.]

Just built House recently, have yet to see a video where the deck pops off 😢