Baha I was thinkin the same thing. It took me a bit to realize that maaaaybe a bandit/gun-for-hire might been into wearing skin tight leather/latex(?) gloves?
1:04:00; because Glissa has First Strike, her combat damage and abilities would resolve before the sphinx, meaning Ashlen could have destroyed the Parallel Lives and Warleader's Call before she flipped into the Unexplained Absence. Taalia still could have done all those actions in response to the Glissa trigger, so it doesn't really change much, but figured it was worth pointing out.
Spree costs are additional costs, you can add those onto spells you "cast without paying their mana cost", since that is an alternate cost. You chose which alternate cost (if any), then choose additional costs, then discounts, then check trinisphere.
@@brianpendleton2674 Lol! Me too! Usually I am not a sucker for animations, but here I was like"did they animated this just for these two cards specifically!?"
To the editor: I really appreciate the talking heads/board view combo. i.e where the talking heads starts, but then switches to the board view with the talking heads audio still going IF no one else is talking at the table. I know this isn't new, but felt extra snappy this video.
Yeah, this is what I definitely appreciate about the episode. They put a lot of effort into production and were fun without being obnoxious. Immaculate vibes!
Yeah, they seemed extremely snowball-y. Maybe it would be less impactful if they started on turn 3 or something so everyone's had a chance to develop board a little.
18.57 - Josh showing the exact value of a Rhystic Study there - willing to spend two treasures and 3 life to blow it up as early as possible even though those treasures could have rocketed him ahead next turn. This is absolutely how you are supposed to play against Rhystic.
Well, maybe this had cost him the game. But in all fairness, I blame mostly the bounty cards for the win. These are not as random as planechasecards but close.
@@Aaackermann I don't think it was the spending too much resources at the time that got Josh but rather his continious feud with Jimmy that distracted them both from real threats. By the time they thought about calling truce it was too late. As for bounties yeah, they are pretty much reverse Planechase worlds, giving universal reward but some decks just naturally complete them better and it snowballs fast. Also with planes others can sort of interract by rolling the die, where the only way you interract with bounties is by interacting with the player.
Was going to comment this too. Ashlen would have targeted the war leaders call and parallel lives and then Talia would have made all the tokens in response. So Josh would have died anyway. The only thing that changes is that Josh wouldn’t have been around to have anything targeted with unexplained absence. But that doesn’t affect anything. Edit: the war leaders call would be gone before the unexplained absence in the above instance, so that would also be 1 less damage to everyone as it would not be around to trigger off the cloak. They also didn’t do the Glisa triggers at 1:15:48. She could have removed six counters from ledger shredder causing it to not trade with her ninja.
it does sound good. But it must have been an expensive meal in the mid to late 19th century US. Even into the 20th, 1$ was a day's wages for many people.
In even the few short years I've been watching this channel, the production value has gone through the roof. I'm always so impressed by the sets, editing, and most importantly, committal to the bit that you guys put out. Even though my collection of cards and playing of mtg has taken a long pause due to grad school, I still pull up your new set vids and extra turns every so often to put on. Keep up the good work!
I get the impression they saved money on the ads to give us more and better card animations, and i am so so grateful! that transition from the avenger to keeper of fables was awesome, as well as the infernal grasp on etali, not to mention the obeka animation!! what an epic and fun episode. thanks and keep it up - obeka style!
I watch a few of these MTG play throughs and I REALLY love the graphics and speed of yours! THANK YOU to all your video editors and graphic artist. And your hosts are also fun and interesting too!
This is my first time watching command zone and I am incredibly impressed by the production and the interaction between everyone. It is very good and I both enjoyed it and learned from it
Wow - excellent animations and flavor! I've loved the show since the beginning, but my gosh have you guys added so much! Great work to your team, and THANK-YOU!
"Holy cow"! This intro sequence gave me goosebumps. It's a joy to see where all your hard work over the last years have brought you. Keep going an ride towards the sunrise dear Commandzone! 🙂
Not really. Jimmy is notorious for getting salty in the history of this channel. It’s all jokes, but out of the CZ crew, Josh gets the least salty since he’s all about efficiency and making the right play whereas Jimmy plays on momentum and takes huge gambles.
@nickmitch1734 I know Jimmy is usually the salty one. It's more that in this particular moment, it was pretty clear that Josh was quite salty and so it was "the pot calling the kettle black"
@@bfeldz1023 Josh didn’t really seem salty there bruh idk what you’re talking about, maybe Josh was a little salty but Jimmy was the one doing the classic “I understand your decision” salty monologue
@@nickmitch1734 “efficiency and making the right play” meanwhile he removes anything Jimmy can drum up before he can liftoff, while the other two have their engines running clean as a whistle. Only time he deals with them was when he board wiped
1:03:50 glissa's two triggers should've come before the sphinx due to first strike. it wouldn't have changed anything about the outcome but i'm a little know-it-all, so there ya go. great episode, very entertaining and liked the choice of commanders from OTJ very much!! :)
I hate to be the downer to such a fun episode, but this game summed up what I have started hating about commander; everyone just playing the same cards over and over. Multiple copies of Toxic Deluge, Jeska's Will, Otawara; the format used to be about fun cards, now it's just the same as any other format. I had hoped for a "Thunder Junction" episode, I'd see more Thunder Junction cards, I just saw boring staple after boring staple. In an effort to make things more efficient, Command Zone is just breeding homogeny.
But the fact that Commander limits people to having only one of each card in their deck reduces the chances of you seeing the same card again and again. The only way to enforce what you want would be to limit the deck build so that only one deck can have any card, which would force the other decks to get different cards. Every format is eventually going to focus on the best cards unless you limit it somehow.
literally only 1 spree card played the entire game, no one playing Desert tribal, and multiple pairs of staples (2x toxic deluge, 2x jeskas). I don't feel like I really got a sense of the set from this episode.
This expansion was fine, but my issue is that this was 100th expansion and should have been made a bigger deal by WoTC. Reaching the miilestone of 100 feels like it should have been noteworthy. right?
I don’t really care even though I just found out about it being the 100th yesterday. I swear people are just trying to find dumb reasons to hate on this release lmao
@@V34DANT How is being me feeling slightly underwhelmed the same thing as me hating on this release? I am not even saying that the expansion was not a fine choice for the 100th, my core issue was that WoTC could have made the celebration of reaching 100 a bit bigger, there was nothing special about the level of promotion for this than for any thing recently. I had to even double check that it was the 100th expansion since I don't think Wizards even advertised it. Arguably the hype was lower than for some of the recent ones, like the cross over ones, (ie Warhammer and Lord of the Rings) felt like a bigger deals.
As always, major props to the editing and effects in this episode! I loved the cutaway to random animals and clips, and the effects for the cards (especially Infernal Grasp, that shi- was AMAZING!) were superb! Love it, guys! And on a different note, I was surprised at how fun WotC was able to make the set (at least, how it seems to be so far.) When they announced a cowboys/western themed set some time back, I _really_ expected a lot less from them. Way to give us another pretty cool set in recent times!🤙
Glissa should have triggered before Dazzling Sphinx due to first strike. This would have gotten rid of the war leaders call earlier, Vess may have still done what she did in response, but they should have caught this.
Guys amazing video! Unfortunately there were 2 mistakes with sequencing. At 01:03:05 , because Glissa has first strike, her triggers must resolve first. But Ash resolve them as last (at 01:07:54). It happens again at 01:16:00
I play Glissa as my commander in my best deck. It's nice to see someone else realize her worth. She's extremely underrated by most players in my opinion.
Everyone: western attire
Josh: Depeche Mode gloves
Hey they were cowbows in Personal Jesus...Kinda...
Baha I was thinkin the same thing. It took me a bit to realize that maaaaybe a bandit/gun-for-hire might been into wearing skin tight leather/latex(?) gloves?
He's been staring down the barrel of a gun and he just can't get enough.
He's just getting back from a 80's break dancing competition. Or, a early 90s rave. Can't decide which.
BDSM
"Even if I could, I wouldn't!" spoken like a true outlaw.
*spit in the spit jar*
@@comlitbeta7532it’s a Spitoon. It’s not a jar, it’s a metal vase essentially 😂
Josh desperately trying to remember a new month he hadn’t already said each time was perfection.
1:04:00; because Glissa has First Strike, her combat damage and abilities would resolve before the sphinx, meaning Ashlen could have destroyed the Parallel Lives and Warleader's Call before she flipped into the Unexplained Absence. Taalia still could have done all those actions in response to the Glissa trigger, so it doesn't really change much, but figured it was worth pointing out.
To add, she also couldnt pay any spree costs with the sphinx which also didnt matter much😅
Spree costs are additional costs, you can add those onto spells you "cast without paying their mana cost", since that is an alternate cost. You chose which alternate cost (if any), then choose additional costs, then discounts, then check trinisphere.
Also also Taalia optimal play would be to do her creation trick to kill josh before he takes Glissa damage, but this is a more exciting play anyway :P
@@romeesiothat was the line.
Yeah, I also thought of that particular missed trigger!
No guys. I did not skip a second of the intro. I loved it.
I’m not gonna lie. I usually skip the intros but this was too funny to miss a second of it. I love when you can tell they’re just having fun. Kudos!!
I did. Video starts at 4:00 for whoever needs it
I skipped it. Cringe af
@@zebrasmith god bless ya, fella
This is the first time I didn't skip the intro 😂
That spring-leaf avenger and keeper of fables animation went insanely hard what the absolute heck
Yeah I went back to re-watch and went "whoa what was that card again?"
@@brianpendleton2674 Lol! Me too! Usually I am not a sucker for animations, but here I was like"did they animated this just for these two cards specifically!?"
Coz that 2 cards carry Ashlen
came here to say this, blending the 2 cards into one animation was fire
To the editor: I really appreciate the talking heads/board view combo. i.e where the talking heads starts, but then switches to the board view with the talking heads audio still going IF no one else is talking at the table.
I know this isn't new, but felt extra snappy this video.
Talking heads? Mmm. What do you mean?
@@josed.9874 the individual interviews with each player
Josh: immediately picks the most "kill on-sight" commander possible
Josh when people kill his commander: >:(
also runs 0 protection for commander including counter spells
Absolute praise to the graphics team on that intro. The campiness of this episode is top tier without being overly cheesy. 12/10 production
Yeah, this is what I definitely appreciate about the episode. They put a lot of effort into production and were fun without being obnoxious. Immaculate vibes!
Howdy y'all! 🤠 This was a great time!! Those dad gum pesky cards
GG Taalia! Your outfit this EP was ✨🎉🔥
Spoilers!! I'm only halfway through the episode but my phone rotated and this was the top comment...
Way to go though!!!
@@brianpendleton2674 maybe I do win 😊 it's sure looking like it
@@brianpendleton2674 I'll edit it tho ☺️☺️☺️
Really happy to see you finally in Game Knights.
That Obeka animation is amazing! Props to yall for the stunt work 😂
Unironically sick intro, props to the graphics team 💀
nobody going to talk about the cleanest transition at 44:21
Yeah the visuals team are stupidly talented
half the comments are about exactly that lol
Best thing about the video is Ashlen wearing her cowboy hat backwards😂
I wasn’t even paying attention to the hats till you pointed it out and now I can’t unsee it 😂🤚
Reverse cowgirl
@@orvar7035 girlcow
the *not salty* banter between Josh and Jimmy when Josh kills Etali 😂classic commander moment
Jimmy: I’m not salty… swing everything at Josh 😂
100th expansion set of MTG, 69th episode of Game Knights. Perfection!
I feel like the bounty mechanic just makes the strong players stronger, especially with all the combat triggers they require.
Yeah, I think it is not as bad as planechase, but still pretty random for an already random game. Not a fan!
Yeah, they seemed extremely snowball-y. Maybe it would be less impactful if they started on turn 3 or something so everyone's had a chance to develop board a little.
Jimmy really treated the intro like a improv challenge
18.57 - Josh showing the exact value of a Rhystic Study there - willing to spend two treasures and 3 life to blow it up as early as possible even though those treasures could have rocketed him ahead next turn. This is absolutely how you are supposed to play against Rhystic.
Well, maybe this had cost him the game.
But in all fairness, I blame mostly the bounty cards for the win. These are not as random as planechasecards but close.
@@Aaackermann yea this video did not make me very excited to try bounties at my lgs
@@Aaackermann I don't think it was the spending too much resources at the time that got Josh but rather his continious feud with Jimmy that distracted them both from real threats. By the time they thought about calling truce it was too late.
As for bounties yeah, they are pretty much reverse Planechase worlds, giving universal reward but some decks just naturally complete them better and it snowballs fast. Also with planes others can sort of interract by rolling the die, where the only way you interract with bounties is by interacting with the player.
I have the impression that's always the case in the last episodes, josh and jimmy swinging at each other and ignoring the other players
Who would have thought that a "3 mana, draw 20 cards" was a high value card.
An Angel in New Capenna gains its wings and smiles everytime a Rhystic study gets destroyed early in a game of Commander
"Forever, I hope!" Jimmy Wong 🤣🤣🤣
That intro made my toes curl right up into my boots!
The silhouettes over Western theme stock footage was genius. 😃
Did you find a snake in there?
Toe? Singular? Landmine or just from Alabama?
just the one
The biggin@@rustknuckleirongut8107
@@rustknuckleirongut8107not that little annoying one in the end, I hate that one
At 1:03:46 with Ashlen’s combat triggers glissa’s trigger should resolve first as it has first strike
If it were going to be removed she could just do the warleaders call thing beforehand so Josh was probably gone either way
Was going to comment this too. Ashlen would have targeted the war leaders call and parallel lives and then Talia would have made all the tokens in response. So Josh would have died anyway. The only thing that changes is that Josh wouldn’t have been around to have anything targeted with unexplained absence. But that doesn’t affect anything.
Edit: the war leaders call would be gone before the unexplained absence in the above instance, so that would also be 1 less damage to everyone as it would not be around to trigger off the cloak.
They also didn’t do the Glisa triggers at 1:15:48. She could have removed six counters from ledger shredder causing it to not trade with her ninja.
Then she would have removed Warleader's Call at that point, which may have saved Josh.
Noticed that as well right away, makes me feel less bad about misplays in home games given it even happens on here.
@@berryjonwell no. Taalia would have acted at that point instead of the response to the instant
"I'm like a sad ... buffalo." That one had me cracking up.
fr i died
But they showed an African buffalo. They should have shown a bison.
Tougher Than a 2 dollar steak is crazy
Asmon reference lolol
Any $2 steak is going to be rough. I wouldn't go anywhere near that. Food poisoning comes to mind.
it does sound good. But it must have been an expensive meal in the mid to late 19th century US. Even into the 20th, 1$ was a day's wages for many people.
@@zagmir4727 thought the same
HAHA, Josh's western lingo had an element of Macho Man no? Loved it. 100% would recommend.
This episode's intro was bloody golden. Never been more happy to listen to an ad read
So great to see Talia on the show, and great to see Ashlen back!
they should call the Monarch, the Sheriff. you become Sheriff when you hit the former sheriff.
First time I didn’t skip over the intro. Loved it for the first time in forever
Love Talia and Ashlen being back!!!
Taalia on Game Knights!! Boy howdy, what an incredible episode!
In even the few short years I've been watching this channel, the production value has gone through the roof. I'm always so impressed by the sets, editing, and most importantly, committal to the bit that you guys put out.
Even though my collection of cards and playing of mtg has taken a long pause due to grad school, I still pull up your new set vids and extra turns every so often to put on.
Keep up the good work!
Josh struggling with the Card Kingdom ad read with a cowboy voice 😂
I get the impression they saved money on the ads to give us more and better card animations, and i am so so grateful! that transition from the avenger to keeper of fables was awesome, as well as the infernal grasp on etali, not to mention the obeka animation!!
what an epic and fun episode. thanks and keep it up - obeka style!
15:27 we need more episodes with Jimmy and His Iconic Pirate voice 😂
Haha I loved the Dune references! Really fun game. Was Skeptical that the sultai deck would be too similar to Yarok, but had a nice change of pace!
I didnt skip any, I genuinely jumped when I saw the notification. Love your vids, got me into magic and kept me in
I watch a few of these MTG play throughs and I REALLY love the graphics and speed of yours! THANK YOU to all your video editors and graphic artist. And your hosts are also fun and interesting too!
Sadly a missed opportunity to have a red white and blue cowboy commander :(
Ashlens side profile at @1:09:53 is like... adorably menacing 😂 Good shot yall behind the cameras and editors for catching it 👌🏾
I Love when they make their own decks instead of using the precons.
Bro the production quality always makes me smile. Great work as always command cast!
I KNEW that Josh would play Obeka
This is my first time watching command zone and I am incredibly impressed by the production and the interaction between everyone. It is very good and I both enjoyed it and learned from it
HOWDY PARTNERS
HOWDY
This town ain't big enough for the two of us, pardner
HOWDY
I'm your huckleberry.
Super appreciate the use of reflectors to bounce light back up to the face with all them wide rimmed hats on!
I actually watched the sponsored ads during the first 5 minutes this time!!!!! Keeping the accent through was a great choice 😄😆
Wow - excellent animations and flavor! I've loved the show since the beginning, but my gosh have you guys added so much! Great work to your team, and THANK-YOU!
3:46 that intro was amazing! just so so cool :D
"Holy cow"! This intro sequence gave me goosebumps. It's a joy to see where all your hard work over the last years have brought you. Keep going an ride towards the sunrise dear Commandzone! 🙂
Josh calling Jimmy salty was quite funny. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is.
Not really. Jimmy is notorious for getting salty in the history of this channel. It’s all jokes, but out of the CZ crew, Josh gets the least salty since he’s all about efficiency and making the right play whereas Jimmy plays on momentum and takes huge gambles.
@nickmitch1734 I know Jimmy is usually the salty one. It's more that in this particular moment, it was pretty clear that Josh was quite salty and so it was "the pot calling the kettle black"
@@bfeldz1023 Josh didn’t really seem salty there bruh idk what you’re talking about, maybe Josh was a little salty but Jimmy was the one doing the classic “I understand your decision” salty monologue
@@nickmitch1734 you are crazy if you can't hear the salt in his voice
@@nickmitch1734 “efficiency and making the right play” meanwhile he removes anything Jimmy can drum up before he can liftoff, while the other two have their engines running clean as a whistle. Only time he deals with them was when he board wiped
Intro kicks ass! What an incredible job by the editors! Chapeau!
The episode number is NICE 👌🏼
😂
Cringe.
Love how everyone is in character. Great video guys!!
1:03:50 glissa's two triggers should've come before the sphinx due to first strike. it wouldn't have changed anything about the outcome but i'm a little know-it-all, so there ya go. great episode, very entertaining and liked the choice of commanders from OTJ very much!! :)
Wouldn’t Josh just lived?
Daaaamn this intro is so great. Kudos to the editors, your work is amazing!
Taalia looking like a pro poker player
Damn, the production quality is out of this world! Well done on that intro!
Video at 3:45
Thanks, Caleb.
Wait...
I've been turned off to Magic for several years, but you guys always make the game play entertaining and make me want to come back.
....*30 mins of cowboy voice later*, "Please stop."
I am in love with the new intros. They are such amazing quality! Keep up the good work!
7:56 youre welcome
that intro is one of the funniest you've done. the accents and skit were hilarious, thanks of going for it haha
How did Taalia cast all the stuff off of her jeska’s will with only red mana? Like the path to exile ?
She had treasure open to use as the plains
Alright, that's the coolest intro I've ever seen ya'll do, mighty fine job
Invite MoistCritical for an episode
THREE solid minutes of non stop laughter...fantastic job y'all
I hate to be the downer to such a fun episode, but this game summed up what I have started hating about commander; everyone just playing the same cards over and over. Multiple copies of Toxic Deluge, Jeska's Will, Otawara; the format used to be about fun cards, now it's just the same as any other format. I had hoped for a "Thunder Junction" episode, I'd see more Thunder Junction cards, I just saw boring staple after boring staple. In an effort to make things more efficient, Command Zone is just breeding homogeny.
But the fact that Commander limits people to having only one of each card in their deck reduces the chances of you seeing the same card again and again. The only way to enforce what you want would be to limit the deck build so that only one deck can have any card, which would force the other decks to get different cards. Every format is eventually going to focus on the best cards unless you limit it somehow.
literally only 1 spree card played the entire game, no one playing Desert tribal, and multiple pairs of staples (2x toxic deluge, 2x jeskas). I don't feel like I really got a sense of the set from this episode.
"Tougher than a $2 steak"... I felt that LOL
This expansion was fine, but my issue is that this was 100th expansion and should have been made a bigger deal by WoTC. Reaching the miilestone of 100 feels like it should have been noteworthy. right?
Not really, it doesn't matter any way
I don’t think anyone cares about something as arbitrary as that
I don’t really care even though I just found out about it being the 100th yesterday. I swear people are just trying to find dumb reasons to hate on this release lmao
@@V34DANT How is being me feeling slightly underwhelmed the same thing as me hating on this release? I am not even saying that the expansion was not a fine choice for the 100th, my core issue was that WoTC could have made the celebration of reaching 100 a bit bigger, there was nothing special about the level of promotion for this than for any thing recently. I had to even double check that it was the 100th expansion since I don't think Wizards even advertised it. Arguably the hype was lower than for some of the recent ones, like the cross over ones, (ie Warhammer and Lord of the Rings) felt like a bigger deals.
This is without a doubt my favorite episode of game knights, the fashion, the vibes, the guests all 10/10
The glissa should have triggered first because of first strike so the warleader's call should have been gone before the sphinx triggered.
Taalia could have created the tokens at any time, so didn't matter
Why didn't taalia just keep making tokens till she won?
@@davidrolland150 She would need infinite mana for that
Ok I didn't know about the mana cost ty for getting me to double check the card
As always, major props to the editing and effects in this episode! I loved the cutaway to random animals and clips, and the effects for the cards (especially Infernal Grasp, that shi- was AMAZING!) were superb!
Love it, guys!
And on a different note, I was surprised at how fun WotC was able to make the set (at least, how it seems to be so far.) When they announced a cowboys/western themed set some time back, I _really_ expected a lot less from them. Way to give us another pretty cool set in recent times!🤙
Glissa should have triggered before Dazzling Sphinx due to first strike. This would have gotten rid of the war leaders call earlier, Vess may have still done what she did in response, but they should have caught this.
this was just jimmy and josh bullying each other for a hour and im here for it
at 50:53 when josh destroyed the etali, the life counter took off one extra life instead of the 2 he was supposed to lose, he lost 3 life
he tapped the talisman for black which dealt an extra one to him
Epic intro reel, per usual! Shoutout to the editing team, y’all continue to outdo yourselves 🙏
As a southerner, I totally appreciate the effort on the accents in the opener 😂 mighty fine job gentlemen.
Idk why but I laughed out loud for the first ad break. It doesn’t sometimes rain in Seattle….IT ALWAYS DOES!
I’m so glad y’all got a Texan for this episode!
Amazing production. Great work to everyone involved!
“I think it’s pony express, Jimmy”
My favorite part of the entire episode.
Guys amazing video! Unfortunately there were 2 mistakes with sequencing. At 01:03:05 , because Glissa has first strike, her triggers must resolve first. But Ash resolve them as last (at 01:07:54). It happens again at 01:16:00
What an amazing first Game Knights for Taalia. Great episode and worth the wait for your first appearance. Great game everyone!!!
This is the first time in years that I haven’t skipped over the opening sponsor dialog. Hats off to you, partners 🤠
ironically, i think this is the intro that no one skipped. Thank you guys for doing the voice
josh was CRACKING ME UP this episode🤠 and i have been totally charmed by taalia, the greatest bounty hunter the zone has ever seen!
Josh getting so salty that he starts making spite plays and then accusing Jimmy of being salty is classic JLK. He still owes me money btw.
The intro and ad reads are absolutely demented. Top work
I play Glissa as my commander in my best deck. It's nice to see someone else realize her worth. She's extremely underrated by most players in my opinion.
This is the first time I've stayed to listen to the pre-show advertisements. 😂
Came for the ganeplay, stayed for the accents. 😂
replaying HL2 after so many years.. glad to hear the pulse rifle's energy ball sound @6:27
Every time Taalia looks at the camera, my heart melts a little
This has been the best game knights I’ve seen in awhile…keep this type of content going
My favorite game knight of all time won the game! Go Ashlen!!!
i love when posty writes this kind of music. i wish he would just drop a whole album of epic orchestral music
Josh stumbling through the accent at the beginning has to be my favorite thing about the episode
The bounties are an awesome addition. You guys really made this interesting. Truly enjoyed the game. Thank you for sharing. Love you guys.
may I just say the shot at 4:00-4:01 in the intro was SMOOTH AS HECK!