Top 10 Biggest Mistakes Commander Players Make | The Command Zone 196 | Magic: the Gathering EDH

[@liperuf]

6:16 #1 Keeping Sketchy hands 13:09 #2 Impatience / No Plan 18:45 #3 Not knowing your deck 21:30 #4 Angering Multiple Players 24:49 #5 Angering the wrong player 28:29 #6 Not paying attention to the board 30:45 #7 Improper threat assessment 36:32 #8 Complaining about improper threat assessment instead of capitalizing on it 38:59 #9 Playing at sorcery speed 42:25 #10 No politics

[@rikyyy8566]

Not all heros wear capes

[@none-vr6vr]

We need more people like you

[@MrSlenderman608]

#4 is the trademark of my Nekusar deck lol

[@Spartacus.D]

thanks man

[@cultist4194]

Cthulhu bless you

[@88Hyo]

Playing a Full Control game. We had a game with all 4 players playing Control. It went for hours. And we didn't finish It. I still have nightmares.

[@FableErrejeDMR]

Once I played an infect deck against 3 control deck they never allow me to have anything on the board so it was horrible please don't play control

[@88Hyo]

Karl Smink sounds like a troll 🤔 in all seriousness, the decks were pretty good and had Win condition a and threats, but no one could play them because they were constantly countered, tapped, bounced, or otherwise hated out of the game. And we couldn't Focus on a single player because no one was a clear threat.

[@1991LPfan]

I have a deck that I call Blue Bell. I named it that because everyone will have a scoop. It’s one I don’t often play, but it is filled with this game is going to last all night. My win con is to make people scoop.

[@hunterbrandt7800]

Van Tarver that's nasty. I love it.

[@7ItalianStallion]

Karl Smink sounds like someone thinks he's smarter than everyone. Decks were fine. 4 control decks = a long lasting annoying experience. Your stupid control deck would have been the same dumbass

[@lukestadther1218]

7:43 Josh: "Ramp is good, but card draw could be anything. It could even be ramp!"

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

Luke Stadther Repeated card draw will eventually get you ramp, but ramp might not get you repeated card draw.

[@awesomeone916]

Haha! Nice family guy reference!

[@SmartAlec1]

Danimal4900 I know it's a reference but theh are both equally likely to get each other.

[@kenshisanki]

Smart Alec In a vacuum castable card draw is better than castable ramp. Just saying.

[@Auron3991]

Depends on the ramp and the point in the game. Land fetch is arguably better early game due to making draws better and skipping to a further turn. The only real advantage to draw is that it costs less.

[@mr.joesterr5359]

#1: Trusting the ‘group hug’ deck

[@Rosalie7130]

Nice second account

[@dovakhiinmaster2967]

@Nash Braylen I've seen you and your alt, together, over and over. Take your crap elsewhere, please.

[@WoogieWyZe7462]

just started playing with some friends recently. heavily agree with this one

[@hariumonoke5071]

Yes

[@bryanbeers8311]

No such thing as a free lunch

[@flaviomargato5553]

I think people don't attack often enough and don't know who to attack.

[@earthboundkobi1024]

Forgetting your triggers

[@FusterIsBased]

Earthbound Kobi not always easy if board state gets massive. Sometimes there’s so many cards on the table you’re bound to forget something.

[@HAYD3N60]

@Adam Hanson Thank you Professor for the tip lol!

[@samfoogamer1661]

I always find myself reminding everyone of their own triggers plus my own... its very exhausting.

[@pirateshaman]

it's not cool to keep a bad hand but it's funny when you still don;t die in 90 minutes because you become a sort of NPC that gets used by other players as a quest and the other 3 guys fight over you and it can become hilarious, , i think there is no agony in magic when you have 4 guys at a table that want to have fun

[@drpibisback7680]

Spoken like someone who's never played against a stax deck.

[@TheBookreader123]

One big mistake for new commander players is not expecting a wrath and going all in

[@justawasteofspase]

Yeahhh... that's my entire playgroup, haha

[@OblivionKisame]

Jesse M especially if they are playing tokens

[@Wiseguy150]

Agree. lol my friends always complain about me running wipes and taking out their creatures they overextended on... how about running your own or trying to hold back if you are winning? :P

[@OblivionKisame]

Wiseley T wether it's casual or competitive ur supposed to win lol

[@naomisalama430]

JAMES BAKER one of the biggest mistakes is not playing interaction though.

[@nabalcamacho3977]

Commander is a format that sometimes rewards you for making the wrong decision and punishes you for making the right one.

[@Mercury_MPD]

well that's all of magic, tbh

[@badley91]

@@Mercury_MPD no its actually not lol

[@erenjager4698]

not just magic. i feel this on a deep emotional level as someone who also plays poker.

[@art-yt8xn]

That's just life

[@purpleboye_]

No one expects a Phyrexian inquisition!

[@peterhooper3391]

Or a Phyrexian Infestation.

[@Dahajda]

Is that a Phyrexian Bonkle? :O

[@manupontheprecipice6254]

Or anything Phyrexian!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Why is it Phyrexia is Magic's version of the Catholic Church? Lol

[@lordmewthree7989]

Noone expects the Roman empire

[@megadog9305]

Actually starts at 5:17 FYI, here's a thing to get to be on Game Knights before that if your interested in that.

[@flailingweasel8541]

You are a saint.

[@ritualssb]

They talk about how to get on gameknights in the intro tho.

[@Tur713]

Always the comment I'm looking for.

[@pepperonization]

Thnx bro =)

[@croc3862]

Ben Sherson To have my Norin deck played in front of hundreds of thousands

[@tyrael2012]

Great advice guys. Something I've noticed from my playgroup and something I'd add to the list. "learn from your losses". A few of my friends make the same mistakes over and over and never learn from them. Taking away knowledge from a loss makes you a much better player than winning a game.

[@venomomega]

My biggest mistake is mentally giving up before I'm actually dead

[@lavishtato]

I feel this one big time in pretty much every card game I play.

[@dizzyfish1380]

i just noticed that they had siracha, the art of war, and salt in the background

[@sephyrias883]

1. Tappiing out while you have removal in hand 2. Not counting blue mana of control players 3. Not focusing blue and black first

[@naomisalama430]

Sephyrias why focus dimir first?

[@bflandragon90]

@@naomisalama430 blue for counter magic and black for removal

[@benstafford8206]

I'd say the biggest mistake I see people make that wasn't mentioned is taking way too long turns. You have three other turns to at least somewhat plan what you're going to cast. It's okay to stop and think for a bit when you draw a card that changes your gameplan, but no one likes turns that take 5, 10, 15+ minutes for no reason.

[@SeanxEgg]

plan your turn on opponents turn and adapt accordingly!

[@jackhemsworth7515]

I dont think having a 25 minute turn is fair. Especially when you don't just rush them afterwards. I once won with phage in my deck. I gave her menace and punched someone with one creature out.

[@09Dragonite]

I would agree, although I know a few people that will take a 5 to 10 minute turn and win on that turn. The time to think isn't because they didn't have a plan, it is to ensure victory before anyone can silence them. I am, however, incredibly annoyed by people who take that long just to pass a turn after making a couple of plays or less and marginally impacting the board if at all. It is one thing when you can secure a win within 90%, but it is simply rude to waste everyone's time.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Yeah, Izzet.

[@danikirk5774]

What sucks is when you want to plan your turn during your opponents' turns, but their turns take less than 5 seconds each because they're not doing anything but you're set up to do more stuff. I've had that happen way too many times in games I've played.

[@nicholashildenbrand8632]

People are always telling me "I don't negotiate with terrorists" because I just sit there with my Tree of Perdition. Minding my own business.... All I say is don't attack me. Lol

[@zepaduse97]

They always poke me when i threaten them for attacking me, then when I do wipe out a majority of their boards they get mad at me for doing it. Like did you think i wasn’t going to get back you like I promised?

[@seanthomas3467]

#11 building a deck without a defined path to victory. aka - no win conditions

[@colgatelampinen2501]

Meh, opponents conceding is legit wincon. I have won many games with Daretti deck, which only other wincon is turning sideways creatures and the deck has only 25 power worth of creatures split across 9 cards(Goblin Welder, Kuldotha Forgemaster, Lodestone Golem, Magus of the Wheel, Metalworker, Nullstone Gargoyle, Sandstone Oracle, Simian Spirit Guide and Treasonous Ogre), only in one game where I won opponents didn't concede and I had to get beatdown going.

[@andrewmiceli302]

Isn’t that just not knowing your deck and how to win with it

[@toolcheat]

oponents concession is the ultimate winning condition a deck could have. Like sun tzu said the greatest victory is the victory without fighting. it happens a lot with my uw agustin lock deck and i swear i don't have any win conditions in it :)

[@madhatten00]

you only need 1 win condition; spam field with monsters; WHACK WHACK WHACK

[@FlashKillerX]

very true, i find the most challenging thing about trying to build my first commander deck around jodah and making it 5 colors is being selective with bombs. The whole deck very well just could be nothing but ramp and bombs. But it would be better if all the bombs synched up somehow. Im thinking of building around massive elderazi like Emrakul, the aeons torn and tutors that help me fish up those cards, along with some of my "give this thing indestructible" cards. Sometimes an unstoppable monster is a good enough win condition in and of itself, let alone an army of massive lads being sent out for the low price of WUBRG. If you guys have any advice I'm open to it. finding essential core cards is hard.

[@saw31489]

I think a lot of problems with EDH players starts at deck building.

[@AreWeVenom_]

Loved this episode, my friend could really use this advice. Unfortunately he is the guy who pokes at everyone and doesn’t know when to fly under the radar. I’ve told him so many times just chill dude but he hasn’t learned his lesson. Due to this he is extremely salty because people group on him or he just can’t win.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

Best of luck to all the contestants! I can't enter myself due to not living in the states (and being a student who doesn't have time to fly over to LA), but I'll be super excited to see the episode with the winner.

[@cedrikk4331]

Feel you Dude. That are the times where it sucks to be a student

[@DonovanPresents]

Similar, but I live in the states. I wish they did this next year or when I get out of school this semester.

[@commandcast]

There's nothing to say we don't do this again someday. -JLK

[@the_samwitch]

Biggest problem I see at a table: random choices. I think the player that 'attacks at random' and is rolling dice to see who they screw over is the player that needs to go first. It is something that goes against just basic threat assessment, since it isn't that you aren't correctly doing so, but that you're just disregarding threats in play.

[@FusterIsBased]

Knight of Saint Traft I’ll do it sometimes only because I have the most threatening board and nobody else really has anything.

[@GeekandGlory]

That's kind of what I will do with my Jorn deck if no one person is ahead because he needs to attack for the ramp and turn 3 or 4 doesn't have very many creatures on the board.

[@BrunoCasagrandaNeves]

Nice tips. The one about reading the cards... People NEVER read the cards. I'm always allowed to untap with Conqueror's flail and Iroas or Familiar Grounds on the table, with Iroas or Familiar Grounds in my hand... Sometimes with all of them!

[@Finkeldinken]

Bruno Casagranda Neves I am so, so guilty of this. I make plenty of mistakes as I am just not a very good player, but this one is on top of my list to fix. It should be easy, and somehow it's just not.

[@DragonSlayer223]

has jimmy got his own salt brand selling now.

[@RamatiKat]

Problem: Not playing Commander. How did I fix it: Buy a deck and go down to my LGS.

[@EhNoLove]

This should be top comment.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

Honestly, I think the biggest mistake Craig made in the last episode was using Zacama at sorcery speed. Of course Zacama itself is a sorcery, but all of its abilities can be activated at instant speed, so Craig didn't need to destroy the propaganda and the orrery right after casting Zacama. Instead, he could hold the activation over everyone's heads, and use it as a great deterrant against people attacking him or his permanents.

[@dewolx7411]

a lot of groups on youtube do this with not just Zacama but other commanders that have those type of abilities. I don't know why, but ye it happens.

[@mrchuckmorris]

Agreed. It's the main reason why untapping lands is vastly superior to adding mana.

[@madhatten00]

basically playing too fast; Craig seems like the type of guy who just goes in and tries to do things instantly when he thinks of it he doesn't strategize as much, seems like he's all in or nothing no back up plan; it makes for getting rid of a player fast, but not for winning a game his hand is all out on the table already like every turn

[@andrebogardus8098]

SmugLookingBarrel he was excited to dinosaur. I did the same thing with my zacama deck you just get so excited to destroy everything

[@madhatten00]

Except he didn't actually use its ability to do anything.

[@dac314]

I love the "play commander with us. And a guest! *unrelated footage of the Professor plays*"

[@s7121n9s]

I think you all should do a pauper commander episode with the professor in it. That be fun

[@LadyLunarSatine]

Unless you allow for the commander itself to ignore the pauper component, your options are pretty limited (and mostly boring): Barktooth Warbeard, Chandler, Jedit Ojanen, Jerrard of the Closed Fist, Joven, Lady Orca, Ramirez DePietro, Sir Shandlar of Eberyn, Sivitri Scarzam, The Lady of the Mountain, Tobias Andiron, and Torsten Von Ursus The only guys on that list whom I would even consider would be Ramirez and Joven.

[@joshoftheforest]

Lord Sathien in pauper commander typically you use a non-legendary uncommon creature as your commander.

[@pfeffer1729]

Dominaria is out. There are options.

[@naomisalama430]

Old school commander, all cards have to be printed before 98. Would be sweet.

[@darkmatter32x]

Angering multiple player? My deck does that very well, once I place my threat on the board, I need to end the game quickly or the game will end quickly for me.

[@angrywombat2379]

#1: Playing Boros

[@joshpetit44]

Angry Wombat23 unless Gisela is your commander

[@itsaffluented1376]

Gisela is the GOAT!!!

[@joshpetit44]

Tyler DePino what’s goat?

[@itsaffluented1376]

Greatest Of All Time(#TomBradyIsNotTheGOAT)

[@cebenify]

These guys got a video on that.

[@robrichard2907]

Not having removal, for others. My mistake is figuring out when to attack or not

[@andrewmoore7014]

This one's huge. There's also a correlation between the "combos are unfair" crowd and people who don't run enough removal.

[@naomisalama430]

Andrew Moore something I've been saying to my play group so much. "No one can play against your deck, it's so unfair" *lists over 50 cards that disrupt the game plan*

[@AnagrammaMerk]

after having failed at fnm by playing an aggro deck with one land and THREE one drops I NEVER again keep a hand with one land.One of the few lessons I REALLY learned in mtg.

[@Sheriff_K]

#1 Biggest Mistake: Not putting Sol Ring in your Deck. :^)

[@LadyEmaSkye]

Omnath don’t need no sol ring

[@Sheriff_K]

When he has Commander Tax, it doesn't hurt.

[@EVO1148]

Depends, there are many situations I'd rather have a signet over a sol ring.

[@Sheriff_K]

¿Por que no los dos? (Why not both?)

[@iazire]

Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Moxen, Signets, Talismans

[@thatman8848]

At my local I did a misplay. It was a new group so I was nervous. It felt good that the dynamic had been built, It was seen as a mistake. It was laughed at, then corrected with no hostility. THAT to me was the sign of a great communication dynamic/politic move as it made it easier for me to contribute.

[@Cabbrickk]

I love players who bring different decks to the table each week promoting variety. The biggest mistake I see people make is play the same deck for too long. People will become as familiar with the deck as you and start to run hate so situational they would only dare run it if they could guarantee it would come it. I used to play a Splinter Twin deck so people started to play Blind Obedience, Thalia Heretic Cathar etc. to shut me out of the game. I started building different decks that were more budget so I could be less predictable :)

[@xSkye629x]

But not all people have a ton of money to bring a new deck each day though..... I do advocate having 2-3 decks though and rotating through them

[@andrewmoore7014]

Or you can just build to beat the hate.

[@UltimatePokemonFan75]

My buddy put blind obedience in his deck to beat out my kiki jiki combo. I ended up beating him with Storm but that was a pain.

[@Fenizrael]

I have a $400 Nekusar deck that loses more often than my $50 Wort deck. People see Nekusar and go “oh my god! He needs to die!” They see Wort and they say “he’s not great but all you’re doing is ramping all game and playing a few goblins here and there.” Nek minnit Fireball copy where X is like 30.

[@LadyEmaSkye]

That’s fair but not a lot of players, especially casual ones, can even afford to have more than a couple decks.

[@TheCommanderDojo]

Love your podcasts, you guys motivate me to keep making EDH content. Can't wait for the next one!

[@TwiztedSeed]

Basing threat assessment on prior games.

[@InsaneGir99]

I've had a lot more fun after I started admitting when I'm winning and helping people who want to remove something of mine but don't known what. I've found it lifts a lot off of your back and people are way happier to play with you.

[@torysaccount5753]

For knowing the deck I recommend the App „MTG Unofficial“. It is a deck builder that lets you test your deck. You don't have an opponent and it is very rudimentary, but you get a feeling for where the combos in the deck are, when it goes off and what the weaknesses are. It is nothing compared to actually playtesting it, but it helps when you are just planning it

[@torysaccount5753]

I used it for my Omnath-EDH. It took me one year to built it and one more year to get all the parts, but during that time I „tested“ it over a hundred times and it showed me my combos and my earlygame-weakness

[@TheSfid]

Our playgroup still uses partial Paris.

[@mrchuckmorris]

Our playgroup does Full Paris. You tutor 7 cards, then scry 92. j/k

[@jeannebouwman1970]

Joe McIntosh our playgroup does aswel

[@matthewbeattie]

My mindset: I own the entire board, but I only control my deck.

[@zaclindemann9978]

Yeah my play group has several players that struggle with the sorcery speed thing and keep thinking they have to use all their activated abilities on their turn or miss out, I think a couple of them are slowly understanding not only can they use these effects at different times they're learning better moments to use said abilities

[@ChristianDragoon]

One mistake one of my friends made when he was playing commander with me and my other friends was even know that he knew i was playing dragons, he kept on going after me and poking me with certain annoying things like destroying some of my enchantments, swinging at me only with creatures, and other things like that. I warned him by saying "look man, I'm just gonna say this. I have a card in my hand that "might" kill you unless you or someone less here has a counter. If you don't back off, I will play it.". He laughs at me and keeps poking me and right after then, i was like "Alright then, I warned my dude". Right outta nowhere, I played Triumph Of The Hordes while I had 2-3 dragons on the board, all of his stuff was tapped, and I killed him for exactly 10 infect damage beating him, and when that happened, the rest of my friends and I laughed at him and he was so salty for the whole day swearing like a sailor. I still lost that game, but i walked away from that table with the biggest smile on my face because of that triumph of the hordes against that guy. LOL XD

[@yoitsgunattack]

the biggest mistake i made was playing with a dude with anger problems. he played mono blue and i used a cavern of souls of cast iona. he smashed a knife through my Iona however out of instinct I put my hand in the way. he kind of stoped himself once he saw my hand was in the way but the moment kind of carried on so i didnt get stabed fully but he did get about 75% of a cm into my hand.

[@TheClosetGamer]

yoitsgunattack yeah, that guy shouldn't be playing, and you shouldn't be playing with him.

[@whorod8895]

yoitsgunattack actually?!

[@yoitsgunattack]

for some reason its easyier to see smaller then larger but i think its clear enough to tell the is a scar there. imgur.com/a/B8XZA

[@HavocTheWendigo]

And this is why we need to ban Iona

[@yoitsgunattack]

oh fuck you :^) i only bust out counter decks for people who only play with one thing... forever.. constantly...

[@poeticserenade]

"And then you have 1 card or no cards" Me: Ensnaring Bridge

[@parkercole6389]

for me, my biggest mistakes was in the deck building stage and not having enough things to do in the early turns of the games. after a BUNCH of games with a bunch of different players with different play styles, i found that my decks werer always a little too slow and i would always be playing "catch up" all the time. So i tried to lower my curve and use more ramp in my decks :)

[@krenkosenforcer]

Starts @ 5:16

Well, one really big mistake I tend to make is to become a big threat and not being able to win right away and/or not being able to protect myself (like making 40+ 3/3 tokens without haste and leave them vulnerable to board wipe)

[@Dafins100]

Holy Guacamole! FEATURED ON A GAME KNIGHTS EPISODE!?!?!?! AAAAAAHHHHHH

[@THePatEexperience]

in commander, i find i wont mulligan most hands if i am able to cast the spells with the lands i have. Now that's not to say there could be more optimal openers to get, but i'm perfectly willing to keep a hand with 7 lands, or three lands, maybe a ramp spell, and something to do with the mana i currently have. card draw is important but im not mulliganing my second seven cards if i can cast spells or just have a lot of lands in hand that'll help me get to the late game. it also depends on your deck and your commander and a few other things, but two or three lands and cards to play with those lands are very fantastic

[@GamingGuardians]

You guys and the Professor from TCG are my favorite MTG personalities!

[@goldlink567]

I'll have you know that I keep all my hands expect those with only land, and those with no land. The reason is because I forget you can redraw unless those come up, and I believe in the heart of the cards!

[@goldlink567]

4 years later and I can say... I still forget that Mulligans are a thing. But I do mulligan when I get a really bad hand now. Just not all the time. I've been playing YGO since I was 3 what else can I say.

[@davec1004]

I love to be the villian at the table. I will attack anyone at any time for any reason. It's all in good fun and I don't care if I win or lose. I would say forgetting triggers is one mistake that happens all the time, surprised you didn't talk about that as that is the most common mistake by far that I have seen.

[@ransiafalavir]

I think my biggest hurdle to overcome wasn't really gameplay as much as it was deckbuilding. I have a bad habit of putting a lot of answers in my deck and not enough ways to win.

[@nat.twentygaming2792]

My biggest mistake is being consistently competitive. I build my decks to win and rarely pull them out until they are ready. This causes my play group to go into every game with them already watching me closely. I'm the bear before my first turn. I fixed this by playing less competitive decks or using that play group to tune my decks so they can see I don't always play full throttle. It's helped some lol.

[@Macoinebak]

Nat. Twenty Gaming your flaw is your decks are too strong? Shut the fuck up please.

[@tay09876]

A mistake I see sometimes is players not being aggressive enough. Basically not doing anything to other players until they can win the game, especially as a creature deck, they end up not doing anything and dying without making an impact because they were too reserved and didnt want to be the aggressor.

[@grunermrk]

I'll do politics but I won't make any deals or alliances, been backstabbed a few times in the past that left a pretty bad sting.

[@carolusrex9138]

I once made the mistake I had the perfect starting hand but everyone else at the table was mulligan and I did so too because I was afraid they would target me otherwise 😅

[@thormosebar74]

Wait will the guest star be before or after Gram and Kathleen?

[@thormosebar74]

It's Shred I'm okay with that.

[@Auron3991]

The one on knowing your deck is a big one that gets me. It's not that I just toss random cards in, but I'll put a card in with one plan, and then more synergy will end up appearing that I miss until about five minutes after the fact.

[@Tofudagreat]

Good to see them back at it again

[@andrebrown4387]

id k dynasty ftw

[@user-ww3js8ci7d]

“#9 Playing at sorcery speed” *Cries in Muldrotha*

[@aarontrujillo1722]

Always here every episode

[@iPlayChessAndStratego]

this might sound awkward but i really like how the music drops as soon as josh says "peace" at the end. it flows quite nicely

[@connormacleod908]

For 200th episode do a game knights with a few special guest who have been on the show before and they each pick their two favorite decks they have played so far and he was two decks at once so each player is a two-headed giant.

[@jqxok]

A Game Knights episode takes 6-8 weeks to produce. They would have had to already film it to have it be used as the 200th episode of The Command Zone.

[@connormacleod908]

jqxok I know but they could just record it now and then release it later

[@connormacleod908]

Academy Headmaster sí señorita

[@hiygamer]

There's one person in my playgroup who has a few mistakes they seem to make fairly consistently. He always plays his Niv-Mizzet Parun deck, but he thinks out loud about his combos. For example, when we were playing last night, on turn 4, he muttered to himself about how he couldn't quite kill everybody next turn. He then started complaining when people responded to this by targeting him for the rest of the game. The other mistake I've seen him make is the way he counts his mana. If he has Chaos Warp in his hand, he will set 3 of his mana sources apart from the rest of his land and mana rocks.

[@cutecommie]

22:43 Is that card legal in commander? Isn't a flying 6/6 a bit overpowered on turn one?

[@driftingabstract4076]

It's banned in 1v1.

[@nightowlyt5570]

6:09 "this is the jimmy special" I knew getting mana screwed would be on here!!

[@bosunbriney]

totally diggin the hot sauce in the back

[@Sucrose_Mother]

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[@undicesimapietra-forceofwi8253]

Its 00:31 AM in Italy. I really should be sleepung right now. But f**k. Love from Italy :)

[@tintifaxxxxxx]

same here in austria lol

[@Abraktil]

love from France 1:31 am

[@potentpotables5468]

Butt fuck love from Italy. Lol

[@leosciotti1389]

Lode a commander! Il miglior formato che esista :D

[@jeannebouwman1970]

4:30 am here, i’m living on methylphenidate

[@mph8er]

Being too afraid to get your Commander out. It happens in most of the games I play (for my opponents). Definitely agree with being unable to read the board and see where combo pieces are going. I have a Breya deck with the Ashnod's Altar and Nim Deathmantle. I've used it before and explained the combo to my playgroup but most of the them still don't realize what's happening as I'm beginning to build the board state for it. I have multiple options in the deck to win a game but if the pieces are there or if a game is stagnating, I'm going to start building the board state for it. It's kinda frustrating being the most experienced in my playgroup as I play Commander because I like the swings that happen and the politics. I also like being the archenemy but it rarely happens.

[@yenep]

Who knows, maybe episode 200 won't come out for 5 more years

[@richardjohnson8991]

You bring up people not paying attention or being familiar with a friend's deck having insight to what may be going on when it's not immediately apparent to everyone else. I have a fantastic example of playing a game against a Memnarch combo deck where the right play was to bounce a voltaic key on their upkeep, but when the play was made there was a huge issue of the choice in target when other threats where present. The play ended up being correct as I prevented a hasty blightsteel colossus from hitting someone but nobody else could have possibly seen that play without knowing the deck

[@joshuaquiroz9701]

The Phyrexian Inquisition

[@taurincochran3398]

My play group is down with the "friendly" partial. If you haven't got enough lands in your opening hand,pitch your high drops/late game cards,draw that many more,repeat till you have 3/4 lands. We ONLY partial for land.

[@GSGPINBALL]

My politics are I'm North Korea don't anger me.

[@RetroRaven8]

That's right, always be the bear XD

[@iazire]

My politics are, I'm Trump, and my button is bigger.

[@SonAlexander]

Or.... what? You will threat a nuke, then do nothing?

[@DPSSOC]

Mono Red? Lol jk

[@madhatten00]

@SonAlexander lol like craig, he nuked Mel ridiculously hard, but had no follow up plan for jimmy at all

[@therron15]

The one mistake that I tend to do when deck building is Forgetting some of the basic staples of commander like Board wipes, single target removal, graveyard recursion things like that. I get so caught up in whatever the theme is of my deck that I forget some things and find myself stuck in some games.

[@sparhawk2195]

Josh: "oh don't attack me or i'll attack you back!" I'm not sure where this isn't the point in a pvp game. Like they are out to win, you are out to win. There is no high and mighty bullshit. Josh had something on the board that was a problem and Craig took care of it. No need to throw a hissy fit everytime he does something to you.

[@LadyEmaSkye]

Sonic TMP lmao what? Craig started to destroy his board, so Josh attacked him - how is that a hoody fit? What would you expect him to do: “oh ik you just blew up my shirt Craig, so I’ll swing at Jimmy!”

[@santuli_91]

It's not throwing a hissy fit, but what else would you expect? If someone starts messing with your stuff and your gameplan, is it that crazy to hit them back for it?

[@SmartAlec1]

Oh no, trying to kill someone in *magic* after they attacked you, what poor manners...

[@madhatten00]

jimmy and josh said it's fine; it's more about seeing their board and knowing how they will hit back and be prepared for it craig doesn't have counters at all he kept getting his board cleared far too easily

[@michaeldavis3012]

Rushing turns: don’t worry about taking an extra minute to think, but strategize dyeing other people’s turns

[@rhodes7506]

IM 17! WHY DOES THE UNIVERSE HATE ME?!

[@matthewmartin9983]

Rhodes I’m with you brother, Alright all you 17 year olds, let’s start a play group and call ourselves the “Game Squires”

[@jacejames3853]

Rhodes SAME

[@InsaneGir99]

You were born in 2000. It's your own fault honestly

[@andrebrown4387]

Hollie Sullivan yeah! It’s their fault their parents didn’t fuck earlier

[@ashurlarose6023]

Matthew Martin GAME SQUIRES FTW!!! It literally broke my heart though because I turn 18 in late March... so I'm just barely intelligible 😭😂

[@vikinggrimm3139]

Shame I missed this deadline, I'd love to see you guys best my Captain Sisay deck. In fact I formally challenge you to x] Great channel guys, I'm new to it but I love it. Keep on rockin!

[@brunononohay1964]

Why always only for US :( That is all I ever wanted!!!!! :((((((

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

Bruno Nonohay judging by the link, it looks like it's open to everyone, but they can only afford to fly US. If you win and live outside the US, you have to pay for your own flight, but you can still be in the episode (as far as I can tell)

[@brunononohay1964]

On the site it is written this: "Airfare offer is only valid to legal residents of the United States." :((((

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

Bruno Nonohay Exactly. If you can afford the flight, I think they are fine with you playing still.

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

Bruno Nonohay Still specifically is talking about the airfare part, not the show part.

[@brunononohay1964]

You are right! Guess I am making a video, then XD

[@adamwoodward6042]

I would say one of the biggest mistakes people make is revealing their intentions or other forms of information. Whether it be through attempting something that the can’t actually do (counter an uncounterable spell) or through slips of the tongue that give other players extra information (if you attack me, I will kill your creature.) Magic requires a poker face. Even deliberating over whether to respond to someone’s spell reveals that you do in fact have a response. Giving away small or subtle pieces of information can help your opponents reform their strategies to play around you (baiting out removal or counter spells before playing a win con.)

[@HydroponicTricks]

I love everything about this show except the singing.... so annoying. Can't skip fast enough.

[@mcbescheiden725]

its so funny xD

[@PoppaRocks87]

Cool story bro.

[@HydroponicTricks]

happy to oblige!

[@ErikLW]

I love that the bottle of rooster sauce in the background has been used. So authentic!

[@RoJe29]

I've got two major problems in commander, first is forgetting triggers, there isn't a game where I'm someway "oh crap, I forgot that, and I REALLY shouldn't have...", and second is misordering my spells, even if I told myself "I should not do that first, don't do that first... Oh, a fly... crap, I did that first..."

[@remyscreepycorner5135]

I think there is a lot of really essential advice in this video for not just Commander but games and life in general. But specifically to magic, one thing worth mentioning is getting greedy and starting off with a decent hand and mulliganing to a worse hand. The grass isn't always greener.

[@thefrozengoat]

I've been playing Magic since 1998 and only recently got around to playing Commander. This video has been instrumental in both hyping me up and providing some great insight to make my first games more fun. Thanks guys!

[@Neth91]

I do not have a flashy description for it but you probably can help me out with that: In my playgroup we have a lot of midrangy-battlecruiser decks. If there is a combo deck between them that will be ignored mostly as soon as a propaganda comes down and those battlecruisers (most of them with green but without enchantment removal) will fight any other player where they see the best opportunity to lower someones lifetotal. Even if that is totally irrelevant to the board state

[@andrewmoore7014]

If you want to single-handedly hold down the combo player, play stax.

[@dac314]

I think something you guys mentioned but didn't codify, that could be rule-worthy, is the idea of don't play yourself out. IE: just because the board feels stable and you've got a lot of mana chilling, doesn't mean you have to flush all your cards. Keep enough cards, or access to cards, to be able to bounce back, first, from wipes. Another thing that bears mentioning is being aware of the play-order at the table, judge who plays into who plays into you etc. Choose a good seat in relation to who is gonna be coming at you and who you're gonna want to be going at.

[@flameking1753]

When Jimmy talked about the perfect hand, I play Kinnan, so it doesn't matter if I don't have card draw, because Kinnan does that for seven, and it just gets me the best thing in my top 5 cards

[@Kaiserland111]

My play group is composed of a few really good friends who play EDH/Commander to have fun, more than to win. We use the partial Paris mulligan, often play huge games (6-10 decks), and have set up a tournament format (kind of like the Star City Games guys) that encourages fair play and strategy week to week, as well as limiting infinite combos to 5 triggers per turn (most of us eschew them entirely because they aren't fun). Most strategies that are super viable even in the relatively slow games of EDH are not going to do well in our group because the scale is just too large, and some strategies we employ (much higher average CMC) are specific to our play group. We have a blast playing 2+ hour games, chatting, eating, etc...I just want to let people know that you don't have to play super intensely/competitively to have a BLAST with your friends.

[@didoboy2]

Being featured is actually such a great idea! I really wish the best of luck to all the people entering!! You guys are the reason I've started playing commander! :)

[@Fishcrab]

On the topic of improper threat assessment , I convinced one of my friends to board wipe by playing a large creature (I think it was a serras guardian) but when the board was cleared I then played loxodon lifechanter. ( in case you were wondering I was playing a sorin vengeful bloodlord brawl deck vs his niv izzet reborn deck. He time wiped on his own turn to return niv izzet to hand but couldn't rebuild in time to stop a 36 38 life linking loxodon.

[@isaiahwelch8066]

I play Green in Commander -- which means my card draw is Sylvan Library or a way to cantrip, like Elvish Visionary. Other ways to go deep would be your 3-drop or 4-drop that has a way to draw when the power of a creature ETB-ing is greater than X.

[@andrewthomas9217]

Ironically, not angering players does me in quite often. As other players ignore me and wage war, their boards are wiped clean, and my deck ramps up. That makes me the emperor, and the ire of others. Choosing the more terrifying commander, like Krenko, also can be a big mistake.

[@mharmon6467]

Thanks guys for the video. I'm a strictly casual home-brew player with that I agree with most of these except having a plan. Murphy's rules of combat: No plan survives first contact with the enemy.

[@indahood3991]

I like what josh said about how the hands look great without lands..I always have to check myself or I will keep a bad hand sometimes

[@MohalNik]

If I just was playing Commander... do not even have a deck but like to watch the C-Zone... Keep it up. Great fun to watch you playing!