We Play YOUR Decks! | Game Knights 75 | Magic: The Gathering EDH Commander Gameplay

[@discosludge]

Okay huge shout out to the editors for animating that Fall From Favor onto Orthion, that actually dropped my jaw. Y'all are the best in the biz.

[@rossjamestobitt]

That was the highlight for me as well. Imagine if we had a videogame that could combine cards and their effects like that.

[@darthmilo1833]

lmao i was just scrolling down to the comments to congrat them then i saw ur comment, yeah that was insane lol

[@HudsonWislerYT]

Truly

[@chrisbaker2059]

Starting at 32:22 for those wanting to see it again!

[@beach_lion]

That was nuts... how even

[@colini6643]

Table's reaction: whenever Jimmy ramps in a commander game: "He has more mana than he's supposed to have; he's a huge threat!!" whenever someone else ramps: "just another normal commander game" whenever Jimmy misses land drops: "just another normal commander game; I'm going to swing at you" whenever someone else misses land drops: "I feel bad for you, so I won't attack you"

[@FroggyBunwich]

This was something I only started noticing recently, but yeah they really go after Jimmy for playing Magic

[@GermanGoodGuy]

Nobody likes the red player. I learned that recently when I played a Dragon's Approach Deck. The hate extended into the next two games. Even after changing Decks.

[@smoothpoon86]

@@GermanGoodGuyI just recently built one of those with Niv-Mizzet, I call it “the middle finger”.

[@inthestateofdelirium]

Yeah this has always bothered me about Game knights, everyone just shits on Jimmy. Like even after they eliminate his threat, they still kick him when he's down. Aaaand just ignore Josh as he builds up his engine.

[@GermanGoodGuy]

@@smoothpoon86 I built it with Ashling, Flamedancer. Never had as much fun with mono-red.

[@eliamagri7413]

Mono red copy etb, a goodstuff monarch theme deck, a... tymna jeska beatdown deck and a golgari graveyard deck... they are all spicy and fun but far from being strange

[@zodiac3981]

Agreed. I was imagining they were going to use commanders that have underwhelming abilities but can be used in very specific ways, such as blind seer or norin, or seeing commonly used decks than win in ways that you would not expect, such as a go shintai deck that wants to tutor omniscience to the graveyard and use it to play draw spell after draw spell.

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

Yeah. Either needed to use a different word, or to choose different decks.

[@Gwinnmusic]

Some of you confuse creative/weird with inefficient and it shows. Or maybe you just think that the commander = deck, which is once again just not true.

[@erichorton3901]

came here to say exactly this. Looks like a standard commander group using their fun B or C Tier decks to me...

[@DangoHsu]

​@@Gwinnmusic The title says "weird", not "creative". Considering most commander decks try to be effective within their respective constraints, "weird" does mean "ineffective" in some way, or at least "less effective".

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

Everyone: "Wow! So great!" The Jank Players: THIS is WEIRD!?!?

[@Syngraphaeor]

Yeahhh I haven't even watched the video yet, and just looking at the decklists it doesn't seem weird at all... But I'll reserve judgement until I've at least seen a bit of gameplay

[@DaPaleOrk]

My friend has an Ur dragon changeling deck and a salamander clone deck.... those were wierd, these not so much haha

[@kvdxx6603]

@@DaPaleOrkthose aren’t weird either bud

[@Nemhain26]

ESPER SENTINEL on 1?? Card never seen before in anyone's life, certainly

[@Street_Chef0]

@@DaPaleOrk nahh those aren't that weird

[@meant09]

The Smaug animation was epic! Even though jimmy lost I know he will never forget making so many smaugs on one turn.

[@cxlys2249]

> "weird decks" > looks inside > tymna/jeska and kenrith

[@kishibelunatik]

Yeah was thinking about it. Like ok at least its like an only odds and only monarch deck. but like, there are some way more unique commander than cedh gigachads

[@chrisgebben2043]

true but that was until the tynma deck was actually a obosh companion deck, and kennrith is monarch matters

[@GrayVMhan]

Commander and deck are two different things, odd decks do not require odd commanders

[@andersrolig]

The Tymna/Jeska deck is odd 🥴

[@cxlys2249]

@@GrayVMhan for a format called Commander it's kind of disappointing when a "weird commander deck" is a high-tier value engine commander just with a bunch of junk in the 99. i'd personally rather see silly commanders that do weird things and win in new ways i've never seen before than Kenrith Does The Thing Again

[@shadewalkerlarp]

Editors, thanks you so much for all your hard work this year and especially for the amount of animations you did on this episode!

[@Lazydino59]

These decks are about as weird as seeing snow in December

[@whatever2045]

Don't flex on us hot climate dwellers

[@edenchen523]

I don't even live somewhere especially hot but there's still no snow yet

[@Akoops1339]

Weird doesn't mean unviable/boring. It needs to be good content still. Besides it was made by patreons

[@fletchindary2191]

Florida doesn't get snow

[@Lazydino59]

@ okay sure but these were completely normal decks you could see at any lgs and are not particularly unique. You can have a viable and weird deck I have many

[@schwindelier1449]

Time to be the "Ummm you didn't see this play guy": Josh had an out at the last turns of the game. If he changed his blue court to one of the mana rocks, he could have enough mana to replay Kenrith and reanimate Jimmy's Meteor Golem to target Varolz, which would make Rachel sacrifice a creature to save him but tapping it in the process, removing two attackers. And making a deal to attack Josh with the golem to keep reanimating it until necessary. Sorry guys, I enjoy playing Kenrith because of situations like these

[@craigvankempen]

Also the chance for Josh to make Jimmy’s commander indestructible with the last saga chapter- probably wouldn’t have mattered but still a possible out!

[@xplod3r]

honest question here. could josh have made court a copy of fall from favor to enchant the troll to keep it tapped? i am more of a stompy player so enchantments are not my thing so wasnt sure if this would work.

[@Pomplort]

@@xplod3r making the court into a copy would not trigger the 'enter the battlefield' effect since it was already in play.

[@Franciscomeirajr]

​@@PomplortJust to be thorough, you're right but it's not a trigger.

[@DraygaFlight]

​@@Franciscomeirajrif he was making a copy he could have done that...

[@hyperam4594]

Video starts 4:17

[@JazzOfTheStinson]

Thank you very much for the skip button

[@kalebkaboom4901]

Luv u

[@hyperam4594]

@@kalebkaboom4901 Welcome to Costco

[@troonlegend8317]

Yall yap too much start the episode instead of selling us stuff

[@Mytosa]

7:07*

[@suddenbigfoot]

I love how Josh suddenly has a crown on at 18:55

[@JC_Hope]

I noticed that too. Must be an editing error. It happens when filming a complex game like MtG. 😊

[@FlatlineGames]

The lands were already tapped tapped too.... who does he think he is, Teferi?

[@geoffcrompton5415]

I'm sure there is an editing story here. I would love to hear what it was in a future command zone podcast. They occasionally tell us stories about the production process.

[@furak]

@@JC_Hope mainly it happens when you overproduce it AF

[@Chimeraiam]

They picked what they picked, but these can’t possibly have been the most unique decks submitted. These were all mid-level cooks at best

[@timothyboland1048]

Great idea, but would have loved to see more strangeness here.

[@drrockd9460]

10:48 Rachel really said “Jimmy’s mono red, but I’m doing the burning” 😅

[@havendavis4318]

ngl these feel like a solid 5 on the weird scale give me like Zar Ojanen Scion of Efrava selesnya domain to abuse thopter squadron and the like

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

5 is right in the middle, so...not weird at all? 😅

[@KingBloodwork]

@@thomaspetrucka9173 no, like 10 is suuper weird and 1 is not weird at all. And on that scale a 5

[@docauch5938]

“These decks are so kooky and weird, you’ve never seen anything like this 🤪” The decks: Kenrith

[@thebushido]

So proud to see my boy Varolz get his time in the spot light. He was my first commander deck and I have been dreaming of new art for him, hopefully he gets a Full art/cool treatment soon!

[@shaggyspykedup]

Dude same! It was my first commander deck I ever built and I love how they got caught off guard completely haha

[@ThisIsACommanderChannel]

Very cool to see decks built by the patreons. I liked seeing them introduce and explain the decks they built. Jimmy getting mono red is always nice to see. Looking forward to some crazy gameplay.

[@paulboulanger00]

I enjoyed the episode but do agree calling the decks weird might be a stretch. Though I do think running Patrons decks is a very cool idea.

[@ShiivaWilding]

You see, I love this concept, it gives fans more chances to appear on the show, or at the very least have their favourite piloted by a master of the format, and if you don't pass the audition to appear in person, you still get to be immortalised introing the decks. New set games aside, I'd love to see much more of this, especially with bizarre or hilarious restrictions!

[@FanOfMostEverything]

The Void play was exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for with this concept. I love seeing people's weird, obscure pet cards wreak havoc.

[@mattaconda77]

This is a fantastic edition to Game Knights and should be added more regularly. Seeing the reactions to plays the knights wouldn’t normally think of or see was a lot of fun to watch. Great game!

[@DouglasKenonIII-qn4dc]

43:53 is the funniest part of the video😂

[@thebobbybabbitt7703]

“No” 😂😂😂

[@taurincochran3398]

"Build a statue in my honor, I am deceased." My favorite line. Thank you, Olivia.😂

[@diegoferrer915]

Dammmm!!! This episode has crazy animations, my congratulations to the animators and editors you better be proud of it

[@PangoriaFallstar]

Josh.... re cast Kenrith, and use his last ability to reanimate Meteor Golem for Jimmy, and you might even have enough mana to heal yourself up too....

[@superjakeyo7559]

32:25 wow that’s an amazing animation

[@ReaperoftheRisingSun]

I had a similar idea where you had to do the opposite of the color. Red can't have haste or anything under 2 cmc Blue can't draw cards or counterspell Green can't ramp or have anything over 6/6 White can't gain life or protect anything And Black can't lose their own life or sacrifice their own stuff.

[@villa3927]

Amazing game! Between Jimmy’s Smaug combo, Rachel going under the radar until the perfect moment to pump Varolz, Josh being the king in the castle, and, to me, the best play of the game: Void by Olivia. Also here is a few time stamps of Olivia being happy because she makes me happy and gosh darn it, I love her. 4:24 Olivia, you are magic stuff floating around. 8:02 8:49 "Terribly offended and hurt" she said, her smile a sunshine. 13:34 25:57 33:45

[@MichaelSpisakII]

At 18:55 when Josh just randomly has the Monarch crown on out of nowhere, I LOST it laughing! A few moments later he gets the monarch and puts it on officially, but the premature crowning made my dang day!

[@MichaelSpisakII]

OK, Update: I burst out laughing several times after the pre-crowning. The "No" for the second Terror of the Peaks animation was GOLD!

[@kyleh.7002]

One of my favorite things about early episodes of Game Knights was the interactions of Josh and Jimmy during the post-game interviews/confessionals (whatever they’re called); I hardly knew anything about magic but I could tell everyone was having a ton of fun. I feel like this episode has some of that same energy with the constant references to the editors, to Murph, and some of the goofiness during the interviews. 👍🏻

[@jaywinner328]

Jimmy: Look at that, I made my land drops this game. Although it was with a deck somebody else built... must be the curse.

[@clasherking4528]

I love those "wait, we're not dead?" Moments especially when everyone was trying so hard to prevent it from happening. The only thing better are the "wait...... I think we ARE dead" moments no one saw coming

[@vitchb.2463]

Such a nice idea this episode was, patreon decks are a nice way to make patreon more worth it and it's really unique and interesting to watch

[@EthanHunt-p1t]

A normal voltron deck, a mono red deck, a broken deck but with companion restrictions, and monarch tribal could not be the most unique decks

[@miguelfreitas5343]

Cool concept, but apart from Rachel's I don't think any of these decks were all that weird/unique... 😅

[@chrisgebben2043]

blieve me i understand orthion is a theme built and the previous commander was kiki jiki one was obosh companion so thats the safest commander to do obosh with and some people have done monrach matters but typically with either kennrith or marchesa

[@weirdo82]

Varolz isn't weird/unique either. Golgari counters has been a thing since before even Varolz existed.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

Cant wait for the next episode of fan submissions! Love when channels do this type of thing, always my favorite types of episodes to see the kinda stuff others cook up but have the people of the channel run the decks and find new stuff they like or have a totally different experience than their used to. Just another great way to bring the community together ❤ great decks all and very great episode! Was a blast to watch

[@joshuawhitney9414]

I literally LOL'd when the no came up for terror of the peaks.

[@DavidSimonTetruashvili]

This episode had me scream "what the hell?!" multiple times at the animations! Not just the flashy ones, the card highlight movement has secondary motion now! Kudos!

[@mattlawton11]

Olivia: "Jimmy has 2 cards in hand. They could be anything." Me: "It could be a boat!"

[@grantmurdock7385]

Olivia more likely to actually play a boat in a given game though.

[@chrisgebben2043]

I'm definitely all in favor of doing this as a new staple in game knights of playing fan decks it allows fun decks to be seen and show amazing decks made by fans, and i know its good because mtggoldfish and starcitygames commander does fan made decks and those episodes have always been a blast. and this was a amazing gameplay episode as well 35:44. That's surprising?! ITS TYNMA! i've seen her decks get that high in cards

[@moonlight2870]

Jimmy: makes 77 treasures Me, looking at the bane of progress in my hand:

[@ovelhadogelo]

I enjoyed the premise of "playing people's decklists". I hope we have more of that, eventually. 👀

[@Pishcott85]

Holly Smaug.... 77 treasures? It's for all the lands he misses in the games for sure....

[@yodamaceani]

Those playmats look really cool and work perfectly across from each other

[@billbixby1404]

Shoutout to Titusville, Florida. Way to go Travis!

[@tigergod1328]

I’m so happy Olivia is back on the screens Yay 😁

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

Red etb has existed for as long as Kiki jiki existed lol

[@Progerard-uk8ix]

I love being early on a commmand zone gameknights. Always nice

[@thebowedacious]

18:13 "its natural baby" i spit out my drink a little haha

[@MrAstarothien]

Really good to see Olivia again having a blast ❤ Great episode and great fun.

[@poldosfamily2490]

Just 2 things: - this game might be one of the best games i’ve ever seen on youtube - the graphics. AMAZING work. Really that’s AMAZING.

[@SNG2me]

One of my favorite things when finding a new commander group is to play decks I don't know, I'm not trying to win, I just want to see new cards and learn a new way to win. It's like a peak at someone else's creative side.

[@milton341000]

Decks: normal as seeing clouds in the sky Animations: CRAZY AS HELL

[@potatodavid1987]

Dat Second Terror of the Peaks Animation 😂

[@TheyCallMeDio]

The animation budget was crazy there

[@DranzerG3]

Ooo fanmade decks are always gonna be interesting. Haven't seen the game yet but my money is on Orthion winning. It's not like Jimmy's ever lost with mono-red on Game Knights

[@Th3Rad10D3m0m]

He’s actually won with mono-red before, remember Magda

[@Dragon_Fyre]

@@Th3Rad10D3m0m He just loses when he keeps missing land drops. So yeah, there was at least one win 😇

[@DranzerG3]

@@Th3Rad10D3m0m Oh yeah forgot about that, and it was a tight win too. Makes sense it'd be with Magda though, she's so strong

[@SamanthaIsTyping]

12:09 Rachel didn't need to add "here." Mirri is just awesome, full stop.

[@sorret]

I gotta say, if I had my stuff destroyed, my hand targeted AND got attacked all by the same person in the same turn I’d declare a Blood Feud.

[@snowmanO07]

She honestly miss played pretty bad…TARGET player reveals their had, why pick the guy with two cards and a locked down commander? Reveal Josh or Rachel’s hand

[@DROSTAR123]

I thought yall were doing weird tribal? Not a single weird creature!

[@rubitheiv]

This is probably one of the best episodes I've seen! Idk not in a bad way there have been great matches but this one had such an, in my case, a heart to heart message at the end of the match. Loved this one! Thank you guys 🎉❤❤

[@cleetusi9559]

I was screaming at what Jimmy pulled off with Smaug!! Worthy of Smaug himself! What a combo in that deck!

[@alexander.tahtadjian]

This was definitely a great video and an awesome game of Commander. Also, congrats Rachel for the win. This was one of the best ideas for a Commander episode because not only was it one of the best ones to watch, but it was because it’s always fun to see what the fans came up with with these weird decks and I’m happy you guys decided to pick these fan built decks and took them into the arena and showed them some love. Rachel is one of my favourite players on Game Knights since she's always so much fun and it was nice to see her claim victory…with an amazing victory thanks to Varolz deck built by Raphael. Rachel and Olivia are some of my favourite players I’ve seen so far and it was fun to see them as well as Josh and Jimmy make these fan built decks come to life with some explosive debuts on Game Knights…and it was pretty fun to see Olivia, Jimmy and Josh get taken out as well as seeing them get crushed by Rachel's Troll deck…never underestimate the power of the creatures of mythology. It was also fun to see these weird decks make an appearance and I hope you guys do more videos like this one ion the future...because it was a lot of fun. Great job Game Knights and I can’t wait to see what you guys do next.

[@tonycharrin7524]

JLK doing a Borat impression is not something I expected to see in 2024.

[@gazza4589]

“NO” That was the funniest no I’ve seen all year and this years almost over. Don’t think any other no will top it this year. Bravo! lol😂

[@orangetuxedoman]

Anyone remember "Olivia's deck is probably the strongest."

[@JeeheeDelta]

I need moistcritkal as a guest one of these episodes

[@wesleymilligan7131]

And oddonesout and shady penguin

[@hans.m.j]

And Matt mercer

[@paradoxdungeon]

we need critikal on game knights lol

[@Tuturial464]

No moist critikal

[@matteobagni1235]

He's not at their play level, or fun level. 😅

[@Electriic.Kitten]

That Smaug animation was chefs kiss!! Loved that crazy play that jimmy had up his sleeve!

[@tyrelwilder1698]

I’m imagining all the magic players that have never heard an elk bugle before who are like “wtf is that noise?!”

[@christophergardam9342]

Big shoutout to the editors, you've really raised the bar 👏🫰

[@xTobsecretx]

In what world is Dryad of the Ilysian Grove a dad bod?!

[@NoctisVigil]

I'm a simple man. I see mah boi Orthion in the thumbnail, I click the vid. I don't think he's weird, but he's definitely my favorite commander to date. There's so much fun he can do.

[@Gegota82]

Ohhh Varolz! I haven't seen this guy in years! I'm really excited for this episode. Edit: it did the thing! jeeeyyy!

[@martaneon5310]

This felt like an old school episode in the best ways possible

[@coreywright33]

Blue IS a color that is associated with a holiday; Hanukkah’s primary colors are blue and white.

[@merklegaming]

The "no" on the second Terror of the peaks animation killed me 😂

[@MrSJM1983]

Loved seeing CZ playing submitted decks. Not sure they are as janky/weird as they could be, but was such a fun game.

[@sebastiankortmann4689]

If only I knew, I would have sent in my "Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor"-Deck. Which I lovingly call: "Copy this, copy that, Copycat."

[@thatpaperbagguy5245]

Getting 77 treasures and instantly sitting on it is such a Smaug move

[@jonathanmartin8113]

My most unique deck has always been Odric, Lunarch Marshall. An abilities deck boosted by Odric's ability. Always fun and always a threat.

[@EliteJroc309]

Hey new magic fan here love the content I’m building my first deck because of yall. It’s a white,red, blue deck can’t wait to put it together thanks for the inspiration 😁

[@matthewdedman8131]

Just finished the latest commander at home video and now game knights with olivia. Its a good day.

[@SnakeyBoiii871]

Thankyouthankyouthankyouuuuu for posting all of the deck lists!!! I've been dying to add Mark Rosewater's JBM deck and make sure it runs somewhat similar.

[@Blackadam36]

11:03 SHOTS FIRED!!! Jimmy don’t get land!! lol 😂

[@Matisyahuwu]

"Where are your walls Josh? Because now I'm in them" - Rachel, probably

[@BsRascaL]

amazing episode!! that was super fun to watch. Olivia is a fun guest.

[@Dragon_Fyre]

@@BsRascaL Commander at Home is great, except when they get too distracted. They had a game recently where I think Olivia spent like 20 minutes searching her deck for a card while Brian and CGB gave a Ted talk about the entire history of banned cards in MTG.

[@BsRascaL]

@ especially when they get distracted. FIFY

[@cleetusi9559]

These were fun! I was also suspect on the decks at first but seeing them play through was really cool! Fun interactions

[@Areopagus]

This seem pretty standard casual decks. Goes to show you how detached from reality TCZ is.

[@ghitapaints91]

THE ANIMATIONS IN THIS ONE ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD !!!!! EPIC EPISODE

[@jonnybirch2268]

I loved the King Bumi impression Jimmy made 😂

[@Lootprechaun]

I have been playing Varolz since Dragon's Maze came out! This is really cool to see! I have had my deck for so long and it's my baby. Thank you but also how dare you for showing it off lol.

[@mpolarbear9101]

Jimmy’s redemption arc for mana! Until Olivia took them all away 😂

[@xxkaizenxx4594]

Okay, that Varolz deck sounds pretty sweet.

[@ilyafoskin]

18:55 Caught a continuity error. Josh has a crown out of nowhere at the start of his turn but only gets the Monarch token in his next main phase and a big deal is made of putting on the hat for the first time at that point

[@finks1]

So looking at the Golgari deck list I’ve figured out what makes it weird. It looks like it hasn’t been “upgraded” since Ikoria. In this day and age that is weird. Heck it has a Spiritmonger in it! I may build it just because of that!!

[@workwithwegs4541]

Even Joshs joke about the slot machine has animations HAHA

[@ProdigalMadness]

Make 70+ treasures in a turn. Throw away your dragon to keep a 1 mana rock. Brilliant.

[@TransparentEclipse]

This was a cool idea! Maybe I’ll submit my hilarious Izzet coin flip deck. That way jimmy can win with even more randomness than usual

[@Karste1n]

It's cool that you play Patreon decks! Though I feel with Kenrith and Tymna/Jeska in the command zones it's a bit of a tough sell as "weird" decks.

[@workwithwegs4541]

Man those animations are so good. Kudos to the editors! 🔥🔥🔥

[@aslamkahn9402]

Animations are amazing. Love it! The animators deserve a raise!