I just wanna say I really appreciate Corey coming on the show he had huge shoes to fill when Parnell left sadly. And he did a great job and is doing a great job. Corey this comment is for you man, keep doing you I think you are doing a great job and commander vs is great having you on the show.
@anthonydean4868 his dad had a stroke, and so he took time off to take care of him. While doing that he realized he should put family first, and then decided to step down from his job at Star City Games. He is currently still making content on his channel, but he just hasn't gotten that big foot hold in other commander content creators. He hosted his first big convention called Cubecon
Suprised no one has mentioned it yet. But Stephen had to attack with 2 or more creatures to give the big tree flying. And he clearly only attacked with one.
Would love to see some LotR cards only upgraded versions of these decks in a future episode once the set is out. A good space for upgrades in these precons, and between the set and the renamed reprints, there's a good selection.
I know this vid is a couple weeks old, buuuuuuttttttt, apparently the Ring that Stephen pulled is even more valuable than previously thought. The extended arts found in the sample packs aren’t found in regular boosters (this was just found out this week), so the foil EA Ring he pulled is currently listed for $1750!!! That’s crazy!!!
Stephen shouldn't have gotten Frodo back from fiend hunter since it is a leaves the battlefield trigger and Corey can't have that trigger when he's dead. I doubt it affected the game much though. Also Jon asked Stephen to confirm the bird at the end said just one creature and he confirmed but it definitely says two or more.
Sure, Sauron was evil, and wanted to trick everybody into slavery ... but nobody saw that murderous Whale (from the Elf deck) coming and killing (pardon exiling) random people just at plane sight. This gives the LTR lore a whole new twist!!! ;DDDD
The decks look fun. I ordered all 4 and intend to keep them stock as my casual table/learn to play set. I see these as something people will always have some interest in due to the IP involved and how well the decks were made.
@@GSZaranza Its not, its just from the milled cards. Edit: "mill X, you may cast an instant or sorcery of cmc X or less *from among them* (the cards milled) without paying its mana cost."
2:15 Stephen Green opening a $1000 dollar One Ring out of a commander deck. These prices are getting insane (Edit: This moment, TCG Player puts the median price of an Extended Art Foil The One Ring above $1k)
Well played Corey and while you say you had zero fun it seems like you had fun taking opponents cards and such! But you definitely improved style wise in my eyes. Good to see the return of the Hawaiian shirts! Also I believe Green's creature requires two or more creatures to attack one of them getting flying. Slight misplay but wouldn't change the outcome.
The turn Stephen played Rapacious Guest, slight misread on timing. Guest makes the food when combat damage happens, not when entering combat. He made a food too early, and so wouldn't have had the trigger from Frodo, since he couldn't have gained life til after combat damage. No extra draw, wouldn't have been tempted that turn, and opponents would not have lost the three life.
721.4. If the monarch leaves the game, the active player becomes the monarch at the same time as that player leaves the game. If the active player is leaving the game or if there is no active player, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch. If no player still in the game can become the monarch, the game continues with no monarch. Stephen should have gained monarch after John died
1:34:09 I believe frodo should have been exiled permanently when Corey lost the game, not put onto Stephen's field. Relatively minor compared to other misplays in the game, but still important to note.
Yeah. There's no way that card stays 40 bucks for the regular printing. It's a free promo in bundles. That card is going to be sub 7 bucks in the first week or two the set is out.
I believe there's a misplay at 19:40 - Palace Jailer doesn't return the whale when it dies, I don't see anything that should have caused Corey to lose the monarchy if he blocked.
1:34:07 wait I though he have put in commander zone because I pretty there was something about exile effects when people die there gone forever or something?
55:00 Y'all forgot to lose 3 life when Frodo dealt damage, but I don't blame you. The Hobbits deck has a crap-ton of triggers and weird timing potential
The Warhammer precon I got was Inquisitor Greyfax and yeah pretty damn powerful for a straight up precon. I was able to get the collectors edition and the foiling, art, and flavor is soooo good.
I'm new so this might sound silly! I just got the f&f commander deck and it has 100 cards plus 10 double sided token cards. Do I have to take a card out for every token card I add to the deck to keep it at 100?
Not silly at all! The token cards aren't part of your library as you play. They are there to represent when a card creates a token. For example, when Sam, Loyal Attendant says "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token" you can then use one of those token cards to represent the token that was created. Magic didn't always have these token cards and players used to represent tokens with all sorts of things like face down cards from outside the game, dice, coins, and slips of paper, You can even have some fun and use something like candy to represent your tokens and eat them when they get removed from play.
This is an odd question, but who made those chairs? You used to have them in the description, but as theyre no longer a sponsor I can't seem to find their info.
He stepped out himself to handle family matters with his father. Last i saw he was doing his own youtube stuff and streaming and announced a big tournament. So unfortunately i dont think he'll ever fully return. Maybe guest star once in awhile, now that they have Corey since they killed the 1v1 channel with corey and ross
Stephen should not have been able to get Frodo back as Fiend Hunter does not leave the battlefield and would not trigger anyway even if it did as Corey died. Frodo should have been permanently exiled.
There are 7 dragons in Tolkiens mythology only a handful have names and we know 3 by named that have died so there could possibly be more dragons somewhere in middle earth
Most likely it’s preference, a lot of people like to see how life totals ended up they way they are, but you can easily get sidetracked in a game of commander with friends.
Decklists: articles.starcitygames.com/magic-the-gathering/commander-vs-343-the-lord-of-the-rings-tales-of-middle-earth-commander-preconstructed-decks/
I just wanna say I really appreciate Corey coming on the show he had huge shoes to fill when Parnell left sadly. And he did a great job and is doing a great job. Corey this comment is for you man, keep doing you I think you are doing a great job and commander vs is great having you on the show.
Corey really doesn’t get enough love tbh, Justin was great and I do miss him but I love Corey’s vibe
@@robinvandepoele2117 He’s great energy and always positive. It’s perfect for the show and he has great chemistry with everyone
What happened to Justan
@anthonydean4868 his dad had a stroke, and so he took time off to take care of him. While doing that he realized he should put family first, and then decided to step down from his job at Star City Games. He is currently still making content on his channel, but he just hasn't gotten that big foot hold in other commander content creators. He hosted his first big convention called Cubecon
@@Jesterofyugi yep I follow Justin and I really hope he gets that boost soon he’s an amazing creator
Suprised no one has mentioned it yet. But Stephen had to attack with 2 or more creatures to give the big tree flying. And he clearly only attacked with one.
Yea Steven cheated. He does that.
Even he mistook he could attack with unblockeable vigilance frodo and the flyer treefolk making the match has same ending
1:57:30 It clearly says TWO or more creatures have to attack and he reads it wrong, and then goes with it.
Would love to see some LotR cards only upgraded versions of these decks in a future episode once the set is out. A good space for upgrades in these precons, and between the set and the renamed reprints, there's a good selection.
Sam defeating sauron through the power of good food how wholesome!
Hard to describe Jon saying "hopefully everybody figures this out" and then staring a hole in Stephen's creature as secretly choosing a card.
A quick shoutout to Stephen Greens Skeletor shirt. A man of refined taste indeed 😁
I know this vid is a couple weeks old, buuuuuuttttttt, apparently the Ring that Stephen pulled is even more valuable than previously thought. The extended arts found in the sample packs aren’t found in regular boosters (this was just found out this week), so the foil EA Ring he pulled is currently listed for $1750!!! That’s crazy!!!
I love that Stephen is a book nerd
There are other dragons, they’re mentioned in passing. But Smaug was “The last great dragon”.
Summons of Saruman only gets spells from the milled cards. Reading the cards folks. It helps understand what the cards do
This game features frodo "get him a body" baggins.
Real excited for the reprints in this set! Awesome to see the decks in action.
Stephen and I are on the same wavelength on the weird number of dragons in the Sauron deck.
So Jon couldn't cast Decree of pain. The card said "Cast an instant or sorcery from among them..." which means from the milled cards.
Why didn’t his creatures get destroyed as well?
@@Worm.emergency His Frontline Medic that he stole from Cory gives his creatures Indestructible when he attacked.
I'm just here for the PO-TA-TOES
What’s taters, precious eh, what’s taters?
@@basschatfield ...give it to us, raw and wiggling!
Stephen shouldn't have gotten Frodo back from fiend hunter since it is a leaves the battlefield trigger and Corey can't have that trigger when he's dead. I doubt it affected the game much though.
Also Jon asked Stephen to confirm the bird at the end said just one creature and he confirmed but it definitely says two or more.
Yep old exile mechanic
Sure, Sauron was evil, and wanted to trick everybody into slavery ... but nobody saw that murderous Whale (from the Elf deck) coming and killing (pardon exiling) random people just at plane sight. This gives the LTR lore a whole new twist!!! ;DDDD
The decks look fun. I ordered all 4 and intend to keep them stock as my casual table/learn to play set. I see these as something people will always have some interest in due to the IP involved and how well the decks were made.
Wait, did Jon choose a card from his whole graveyard, not one of the 8 milled?
Is from de graveyard
@@GSZaranza Its not, its just from the milled cards.
Edit:
"mill X, you may cast an instant or sorcery of cmc X or less *from among them* (the cards milled) without paying its mana cost."
No it's from your graveyard to battlefield. No other clause
@@stevebos4566 Wrong. "Amass Orcs X. Mill X cards. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among them without paying its mana cost."
Yeah, Summons of Saruman wasn't able to cast Decree of Pain because it wasn't one of the cards milled with the first ability.
6:45 “to get the boy’s soul” nothing wrong with that
2:15 Stephen Green opening a $1000 dollar One Ring out of a commander deck. These prices are getting insane (Edit: This moment, TCG Player puts the median price of an Extended Art Foil The One Ring above $1k)
getting the one ring in a collector sampler! thats amazing!
Not Corey slaughtering the names Q.Q "E-oh-en" its okay Corey
Well played Corey and while you say you had zero fun it seems like you had fun taking opponents cards and such! But you definitely improved style wise in my eyes. Good to see the return of the Hawaiian shirts! Also I believe Green's creature requires two or more creatures to attack one of them getting flying. Slight misplay but wouldn't change the outcome.
Excellent, as always. Thank you.
Silly Corey hobbita are loaded with vitamins and minerals and very nourishing for their diminutive size.
Corey needs to get some It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in his Life so that he'll know about the Troll Toll!! 😂🤣😜😁🤘
i wasnt planning on messing with the mana bases in these ones, but after watching jeremy i might remove a couple lands from that one lol
The turn Stephen played Rapacious Guest, slight misread on timing. Guest makes the food when combat damage happens, not when entering combat. He made a food too early, and so wouldn't have had the trigger from Frodo, since he couldn't have gained life til after combat damage. No extra draw, wouldn't have been tempted that turn, and opponents would not have lost the three life.
He got the food at the start of combat from Sam, and he missed the combat dmg food entirely
The whale exiles target creature defending player controls, not any creature on the battlefield.
I love the "well i also didnt read the book so that might be a big problem" comment. Caught me off guard 😂
I am so excited for this fkn set. Fantastic video, thanks so much for the preview of the set. Good game
Stephen "My Precious" Green
721.4. If the monarch leaves the game, the active player becomes the monarch at the same time as that player leaves the game. If the active player is leaving the game or if there is no active player, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch. If no player still in the game can become the monarch, the game continues with no monarch.
Stephen should have gained monarch after John died
The legacy of the Whale 🐋 shall never be forgotten.
At about 19:30, you would have not been able to loot. It only happens when frodo attacks, jot when he's attacking as the ring gains the ability
1:34:09
I believe frodo should have been exiled permanently when Corey lost the game, not put onto Stephen's field. Relatively minor compared to other misplays in the game, but still important to note.
Jon always looks like someone kicked his dog
I'm kinda mad that the Sauron deck doesn't have a single nazgul.
Decks look like fun! You guys are my favorite Edh channel by far
You gotta pay the troll toll to get the boys' soul. Jeez guys, that's the line not whatever yall were thinking 😂
You’re joking right? Lol
@tylershorts2666 pretty sure they we're making an It's always sunny reference there. If you know, you know.
Amazing content! Always enjoy watching it but You are missing Stephens commander damage.
That whale was an odd include, interesting play afterwards.
Jesus great pull Steven that's $180 right there 😂
it is auto included in the pack that comes with 8 boosters. along with 3 other foils. and I only paid 50 or 60 bucks for that
Yeah. There's no way that card stays 40 bucks for the regular printing. It's a free promo in bundles. That card is going to be sub 7 bucks in the first week or two the set is out.
I believe there's a misplay at 19:40 - Palace Jailer doesn't return the whale when it dies, I don't see anything that should have caused Corey to lose the monarchy if he blocked.
1:34:07 wait I though he have put in commander zone because I pretty there was something about exile effects when people die there gone forever or something?
So Landroval triggers when TWO or more creatures you control attack a player. You had to have attacked with one more creature to have a flying tree…..
55:00 Y'all forgot to lose 3 life when Frodo dealt damage, but I don't blame you. The Hobbits deck has a crap-ton of triggers and weird timing potential
The Warhammer precon I got was Inquisitor Greyfax and yeah pretty damn powerful for a straight up precon. I was able to get the collectors edition and the foiling, art, and flavor is soooo good.
Shes my favorite commander to come out in the last year. Everyone was in love with Marneus Calgar. Here I am with Grayfax wrecking their faces :D
@@skykur same. She also works quite well in my Merieke that's mine now deck
So hyped for this set!
I said it once and I'll say it agian GOOOOOOO #TEAMGREEN
45:20 Hey Stephen, if they wanted to keep Planeswalkers strictly MtG, explain the D&D Planeswalkers?
Very excited to upgrade the Elf deck!!! Fun game, these decks all seem really fun and decently strong out of the box.
I need to know what kind of a hand Jeremy kept....
I just want to know where stephen got his T shirt from
Just got mine today my buddies are coming up later can't wait to try them out cool to see Frodo & Sam win it's my favorite deck outta the bunch.
If anyone threw one of my cards like Corey did The One Ring I would bit his finger off like Gollum 😂
awesome you rock
I'm new so this might sound silly! I just got the f&f commander deck and it has 100 cards plus 10 double sided token cards. Do I have to take a card out for every token card I add to the deck to keep it at 100?
Not silly at all! The token cards aren't part of your library as you play. They are there to represent when a card creates a token. For example, when Sam, Loyal Attendant says "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token" you can then use one of those token cards to represent the token that was created. Magic didn't always have these token cards and players used to represent tokens with all sorts of things like face down cards from outside the game, dice, coins, and slips of paper, You can even have some fun and use something like candy to represent your tokens and eat them when they get removed from play.
Excited to see all the LotR episodes!
Summons of saruman can only cast from the milled cards
@corey
Oh you sweat summerchild...read the books!
You'll do yourself a favour 😉👍🏼
I would like another play through but with the alternative commanders for the decks. Like Merry and Pippen
“Everybody keeps trying to take my whale!”
I'm getting the food precon and making the commanders Merry and Pippin instead of Frodo and Sam. That deck looks really sweet
Forgive my ignorance, but the Decree of Pain says destroy all creatures, wouldnt that destroy Jonathan's creatures too?
I want to see someone build around Fact-Or-Fiction Gollum, but what I'd probably build around is Bilbo the 111th. :D
OH and Shelob Food. That seems like it will be fun.
This is an odd question, but who made those chairs? You used to have them in the description, but as theyre no longer a sponsor I can't seem to find their info.
Karnox
Do those sample packs come inside the Commander decks?
Yes.
@@SCGCommander Nice! getting mine tomorrow. So excited😆
Frodo should have gone to the command zone as the trigger would not have hit the stack.
How Steven get the most lord accurate sample pack
Is Justin ever coming back? Did they announce something and I missed it?
He stepped out himself to handle family matters with his father. Last i saw he was doing his own youtube stuff and streaming and announced a big tournament. So unfortunately i dont think he'll ever fully return. Maybe guest star once in awhile, now that they have Corey since they killed the 1v1 channel with corey and ross
Heeey Dear starcitygames
I got a question about the point system that you are using for games
The one ring should have been a special treatment “sol ring”
Stephen should not have been able to get Frodo back as Fiend Hunter does not leave the battlefield and would not trigger anyway even if it did as Corey died. Frodo should have been permanently exiled.
Wait. You can pull the the one of one in those mini sample packs???
Not the One of One, that's only in an English Collector Booster pack.
Wizards of the coast did not give out any early product that COULD have the 1/1 ring in it. Just in case they are accused of rigging who got it.
There are 7 dragons in Tolkiens mythology only a handful have names and we know 3 by named that have died so there could possibly be more dragons somewhere in middle earth
Decree of pain destroys the casters creatures too..right?
"ee-YO-inn"
"AraGON"
"BoroMOR"
There are dragon like characters in Two towers, the Nazghul ride them
PO 👏🏼
TA 👏🏼
TOES 👏🏼
Boil 'em smash 'em put 'em in a stew pooooooo tate ooooooeeees
I can't see Team Green losing this season. GO GREEN!!
Stephen didn’t go for the point by casting your commander 4 times
idk if it was Jeremy or the deck - but wtf was the elf deck trying to do? lol
More.....Moooore!
didn't you have individual mics at some point? the sound is abysmally bad
Why editor is not showing every new cards that played?
Just curious to see if the set is as fun as the LOTR TCG I used to play as a kid.
Corey pronounced it "Ah-ra-gon" and i had to leave
That'll do it
Stephen's disappointment with Corey.... shared by all Tolkien fans around the world. Near universal head-cradle.
Palace Whaler
What if they pulled the one of one ring.
They mentioned the sample packs don't have the serialized ones.
Wizards didn't give away any product that COULD have the 1/1 ring in it. Which is smart, they don't want to be accused of rigging it.
please do a deck with shelob!!!
Does anyone else not wonder why they don’t use a life total tracker app instead of writing things by hand?
Most likely it’s preference, a lot of people like to see how life totals ended up they way they are, but you can easily get sidetracked in a game of commander with friends.
Jon wiped the board, does he had indestructible?
Corey butchering every single name was amazing.
Impressive
Stephen was also saying Sore-on for a bit. He kept talking about reading the books, but I'm not sure he really did 😂
@SCGCommander So when does Steven retire? He open the One Ring which there are people offering a million dollars for that card.
IS THE WHALE IN JAIL? IS IT? MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE THAT JOKE FIFTY MORE TIMES
Should Sam have gone to the command zone? I don't think he is a commander. I know that he partners with, but shouldn't he go to the graveyard?
Partner mechanic in commander is that they are both commanders. They each have their own command tax too.