@@seanmacdougall821 It wasn't really a punt IMO, if the scarab God exiles it he puts it back into the cz anyways and he had a mass reanimation spell in his hand. He played to his *only* out there. Sure he did give Josh more chances of an out but the biggest threat at that point was Ashlen anyways. If he doesn't try to get the mass reanimate there he has literally 0 chance of winning there anyways
@@khariperkins4243 I dunno. You can't know more than you do in the moment, and in the moment he made a great political decision which eased the the others into good feels for him, meaning they weren't swinging at him so much. If he'd have put someone to 10, that person would have brought their full wrath on him just to screw him up so another player that isn't Joe can win instead, since they know they likely can't win either because of Joe. Kinda like how Mitch messed up Josh's plans when Josh made him lose during Extra Turns. Edit: Also cutting off Jimmy's life later was a great move; cut off the Bolas's Citadel, while being able to also justify it as fair payback for Jimmy attacking the Sorin earlier.
@@khariperkins4243 At that point, Jimmy didn't have anything on the battlefield. He 'could' have played Kaalia, equipped her and swung with her and another 8+/8+, but later admitted he had no angels, demons or dragons in hand. That's why he had to play new Kaalia instead. So he couldn't have killed Josh at that point, despite his boasts during the interview segment immediately after Joe decided to only plus Sorin.
@@wilsonvolley2244 ''Soyuz nerushimyy respublik svobodnykh Splotila naveki Velikaya Rus'. Da zdravstvuyet sozdannyy voley narodov Yedinyy, moguchiy Sovetskiy Soyuz! Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye, Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot! Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot! Skvoz' grozy siyalo nam solntse svobody, I Lenin velikiy nam put' ozaril, Na pravoye delo on podnyal narody, Na trud i na podvigi nas vdokhnovil. Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye, Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot! Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot! V pobede bessmertnykh idey kommunizma My vidim gryadushcheye nashey strany I Krasnomu znameni slavnoy Otchizny My budem vsegda bezzavetno verny! Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye, Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot! Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot!''
Can we just all take a moment to appreciate the work that Jimmy, Josh and the whole command zone crew put in these videos? The graphics were amazing this game.
Theme of the game: Joe: “I’ll be nice to Josh and let him live.” Josh: “Thanks man. I’ll subsequently steal all of your cards and kill you with them. Appreciate it.” Haha great game.
Yeah, idk if it's just me, but I never do politics like they do in these games, if an obvious play is coming that is going to severely alter the game and someone is trying to politic their way out of me stopping it, I'm usually like..."uhhh, no? If I let you do xyz, you'll run away with the game" I suppose it does make for a more entertaining video though.
Josh is an asshole. hep plays all his games liek hes nothing much then has 1 or 2 explosive turns and winds the game... i really dislike it whenever he wint this way its just cheesy af.
@@321Mrremco I wouldn't say he's an asshole, but he definitely plays asshole decks, and the more game knights I watch, the more sick I get of his same-y deck shenanigans, I find myself rooting for Jimmy more often than not because I want to see someone else win
Can we take a second to appreciate just how good the animations have gotten? Every episode it gets a little better until pretty soon this is going to feel like a Pokemon Battle. Keep up the good work, guys!
didn't joshes zombie have pro black when he did this, correct me if i'm wrong but shouldn't it have survived ?? as well at 50:48 josh had an infinite combo to kill everything, sack the vish-kall to itself, it comes back with a counter from mikaeus, remove the counter to put a minus counter on something else, and rinse and repeat. as well as this joseph had this same combo earlier
@@tehClew still think that wasn't to bad. i mean at least in the first round of sorin he knew, that he wouldn't die and at that point it might be good to wait to see who is the biggest thread. also he had some diplomatic leverage.
@@tehClew For some of the later parts of the game, the Legendary Artifact spell, The Immortal Sun, stopped Planeswalkers from being activated, so he couldnt activate Sorin while that artifact was still in play.
Once again, mad props to the animators. You guys are always have incredible work and just keep getting better with every episode. You guys are awesome! Keep it up!
@@jacknugent3106 Yes he did, Christmas special, BUT he said in one of the CZ episodes (Annoying cards, worst commanders?) he said he would not build that deck because it was so oppressive and not in the spirit of the meta of games he enjoys.
Joe: "I'm going to up tick Sorin again" Josh: "Oh well you learn new things all the time, last turn I learned Sorin had plus ability, this turn I learned what that ability does and that it could target creatures, who knew?"
That colorless deck she used was dirty lol I know it's every person for themselves but they probably didn't expect anyone to show up with a broken deck.
Joe should’ve took Josh to 10 when he played Sorin. Josh wins like 75% of the time! Take him out while you can because his decks are built to win the second half of the game when it’s heads up or close to it.
@@WillishBroadbino they film in advance so it's possible the rule wasn't in effect yet, but otherwise yeah just putting him in the command zone would have lost Josh the game in the long run
Guys, I don't know what you are talking about. He had the whole combo (minus commander) on the table. I am surprised they didn't even mentioned that. Mikaeus + Cruel Celebrant + Vish Kal is a win. That Toxic Deluge saved the game. The reasoning in narration was strange though.
Yeah, the singles are at crazy lows... Why pay 50 for 4 packs when you just get what you need! Though if you split it with friends, that can be good too...
@@allankatch2651 boxes are at 400+ you could get a ps4 pro for that much. Hell you could get a pretty good sized army in 40k for that much. And these are reprints. Reprints should never be that expensive especially for some card stock.
Feels like every time Josh plays blue Cyclonic Rift shows up and wins him the game. The episode with him playing Uro was really the limit for my patience, if he's just going to Rift and win every time he plays blue there's not much point in watching when the other decks don't really get a chance to shine. This episode Jimmy misplayed hard by putting down the citadel when there's a Sorin on board, he could've been patient and won if he'd passed without putting down the citadel.
@@Mattress1996 Bro shut the hell up he was just typing his opinion. Control freaks like you trying to mold your own opinion into the universal opinion are so goddamn irritating.
@@Mattress1996 Dude chill, if I'm watching Game Knights having the same thing happen again and again isn't really what I'm watching for, no need to be toxic about it.
@@Mattress1996 The fact you replied twice to the same comment was pretty petty, now you're just going for low-brow insults. You're welcome to give legimate feedback, but you seem pretty mad about someone leaving criticism of free content.
Well other players could also play better cards... Josh is always a bit spikey, it's an open secret that he simply runs efficient cards, Jimmy suiciding himself... it's kinda their shtick.
The card animations in this episode were on a new level, like I thought I was impressed when they first started doing them - but this episode really blew me away.
Those animations were AMAZING! My favorite was Bolas' Citadel, and that Rakdos was hilarious and technically impressive! Thanks for all that crazy stuff you do!
My favorite part is when Joe doesn't use sorins downtick or feels bad about it showing that he cares that everyone at the table is also having fun and isn't gonna kill them immediately.
Of course, a threat like that could only come from the greatest evil of the multiverse, Ancient Egypt#@*# I mean Ancient Amonkhet!!! (*cue Imperial March*)
Loved Joe and the energy he brings. Great game, kinda boring to watch a tutored cyclonic rift basically decide the game but overall some great plays and fun moments. Animations and production quality off the charts as always!
Jimmy easily could have won if he had played smarter. He drops that Bolas's Citadel, which makes him a prime target for Sorin's -3, and the immediately proceeds to attack Josh instead of Sorin.
@@Kattywagon29 Might want to go to the store and buy a silver tongue and some honeyed words. I find it helps in even the darkest situations. Like cardboard-rectangle-caused universal heat death being prevented by some old mantle centerpiece.
Yeah, I used be able to meet up with my commander group once a week. I regret the days where I wouldn't go because I was tired or something. I took for granted that there was always gonna be the next week.
Kattywagon29 Yeah I’m in the same boat, none of my friends play magic so I made friends at FNM. Damn... I miss them. Even the guy combing on turn four with everyone else playing archenemy on him. FNM will return again. I know it will, and until then I will you the best of luck
kahn it can block hellkite but if Josh removes the counters at the end of turn it’ll die, meaning it’s a trade of bosh and vish kal. There’s then a slightly greater chance of Josh losing
it'd be a trade of hellkite + bosh for Vish Kal, plus healing Josh via lifelink. but yes, it'd be a greater chance since killing Vish Kal will mean that Josh have to find another way to draw that cyclonic rift and still have the mana to overload it
Joe's a great guest! His interview bits had me cracking up. I know you guys plan these things waaaay far in advance, but can I at least get a maybe on having him back for another episode?
As a reminder, you are able to play lands off the top of your library using Bolas's Citadel. Because of the specific wording of the card, "You may play cards from the top of your library", not "You may cast spells from the top of your library".
I just wanted to say thank you guys for getting me interseted in magic a game i thought i would think about playing, until i found this channel. Im already thinking about a few decks to build after i finish building my latest yugioh deck. So thanks to everyone at the command zone.
Did Josh misplay the Lazotep Plating? Couldn't he have let Bosh resolve let her sac and target him then play it. This way he saves the Vish Kal counters and fizzles the Bosh trigger.
You're the first comment I've seen that noticed this but I've been thinking that ever since the game ended. I absolutely misplayed that moment, though thankfully it didn't end up costing me. Good catch! -JLK
Both misplayed. Josh should have held the lazotep plating and Ashlen could have simply waited (she had 3 untapped mountains and extraplanar lens) and kill Josh during his upkeep or something. Instead she played a 5-drop and paid for study. Great game anyway, super fun to watch.
### *MINOR SPOILERS* ### Q: What did we learn today kids?
A: When you put *Sorin Markov* in your Orzhov Commander deck and are willing to pay the restrictive ( 3 )(💀)(💀)(💀) cost you already made a *deal with the devil* so, the least you can do is be merciless and ALWAYS ( -3 ) Josh! Ps. If you are not down for that, NEVER discard a Tutor like *Diabolic Intent* over Sorin.
@@notevenmadbro Maybe discarding Sorin and using the *Diabolic Intent* on the *Cruel Celebrant* to go get *Disciple of Bolas* , then casting another big creature or even *Vish Kal* to sacrifice for the Disciple so he could draw some cards would have been a better course of action, even getting *Phyrexian Arena* would be better...one thing i noticed though is that Joseph's Vish Kal build had near to none card draw!
Copying/pasting another comment I made in another thread: I dunno. You can't know more than you do in the moment, and in the moment he made a great political decision which eased the the others into good feels for him, meaning they weren't swinging at him so much. If he'd have put someone to 10, that person would have brought their full wrath on him just to screw him up so another player that isn't Joe can win instead, since they know they likely can't win either because of Joe. Kinda like how Mitch messed up Josh's plans when Josh made him lose during Extra Turns. Also cutting off Jimmy's life later was a great move; cut off the Bolas's Citadel, while being able to also justify it as fair payback for Jimmy attacking the Sorin earlier.
What he did was the correct play. Had he used it against Josh right away, he would have died to Jimmy and the Citadel . His mistake was letting his commander go to the grave. Had he sent it to the command zone instead, Josh wouldn't have been able to stop Ashlen from killing him.
@@k9commander And then Ashlen would have just killed him too soon after. He needed Josh at that moment to weaken Ashlen anyway. So even that wasn't a misplay, even using hindsight.
Any episode with Ashlen is one of my favorites. Every one of her decks feels so cool and I think she's even cooler! It's my dream to play Magic with her one day!
I think this is my favourite Game Knights episode thus far. The animations were top-notch, Vish Kal's ''Next'' was nice, and Joseph is simply hilarious. Thanks for the laughs!
This game was so sad for me to watch man. I screamed no so loud when ash attacked joe and not josh to take his sword because she wanted 3 artifacts over 2. That artifact alone won the game and shoulda been the item she took. It would have sealed the game 100%. Great game but I was so wanted her to WIN!
I did the same when Jimmy dropped the Citadel, and then attacked Josh instead of Sorin. He had to have known that he'd be a prime target for the -3 at that point.
yahh ahaha, 3 isnt great than 2 when one of the items is a sword of feast and famine. And the guy shes swinging at had almost no cards in hand, and his sorin was locked up, compared to Josh who had 10 cards in hand and a way to reanimate everyone elses biggest threats on board
I would argue he won because Ashlyn thought an arcane signet, sol ring, and phyrexian altar were more important than a fellwar stone and sword of feast and famine.
Joe literally had his ONE moment to shine and instead he squandered it by not “killing” Josh...... then Josh wins the game.... weird, it’s like we’ve seen this happen before or something 😂🤣
@@Arcdemon44 now that I think about it, this happens a lot on the show. Someone is vulnerable and is shown mercy, then they come back and win. Goes to show that you should never show mercy.
Poor decision from Ash with the attack. And it's not hindsight speaking. -It's Josh the ultra spike -He's playing blue -Joseph has no cards, sorin got pithing needle'd -taking away sword and a rock is not that far from 3 artifacts. In fact that rock help pay for Lazotep Plating. Very poor IMO and I thought she played mostly well throughout. This mistake WAS really big.
Definitely, the sword was way more significant than any other artifact on the board and like you said, Joseph was basically no threat at all at that point.
I loved seeing Joe's deck really come together...... on Josh's board.
ikr? Josh really showed the power of Vish Kal, it's a really good 4 mana commander :D
(ok the scarab god did a thing or two as well)
Letting that go to the graveyard was the biggest punt I've ever seen. I hope the scarab god won't see it lol
@@seanmacdougall821 Scarab God with Training grounds
@@seanmacdougall821 It wasn't really a punt IMO, if the scarab God exiles it he puts it back into the cz anyways and he had a mass reanimation spell in his hand.
He played to his *only* out there. Sure he did give Josh more chances of an out but the biggest threat at that point was Ashlen anyways.
If he doesn't try to get the mass reanimate there he has literally 0 chance of winning there anyways
I was thinking the same thing lol
Joseph: I’ll cast my commander
Josh: Our commander
It was nice of Josh to invite Joseph on the show to play his deck haha
Ah, yes. Communism
LMAO
You could say that commander had...double masters...
Communism intensifies
Joe: I wouldn't just take someone to 10, I got more respect than that
Mr. Infect: *sweats*
Also Joe in the future sweats replaying that exact moment.
@@khariperkins4243 I dunno. You can't know more than you do in the moment, and in the moment he made a great political decision which eased the the others into good feels for him, meaning they weren't swinging at him so much. If he'd have put someone to 10, that person would have brought their full wrath on him just to screw him up so another player that isn't Joe can win instead, since they know they likely can't win either because of Joe. Kinda like how Mitch messed up Josh's plans when Josh made him lose during Extra Turns.
Edit: Also cutting off Jimmy's life later was a great move; cut off the Bolas's Citadel, while being able to also justify it as fair payback for Jimmy attacking the Sorin earlier.
Lmao
@@andrewsparkes8829 or Jimmy just bloops him that turn.
@@khariperkins4243 At that point, Jimmy didn't have anything on the battlefield. He 'could' have played Kaalia, equipped her and swung with her and another 8+/8+, but later admitted he had no angels, demons or dragons in hand. That's why he had to play new Kaalia instead. So he couldn't have killed Josh at that point, despite his boasts during the interview segment immediately after Joe decided to only plus Sorin.
Ashlen be like:
Literally anybody else: So I'll draw for turn
Asheln: OUR DRAW
WE draw for turn
*Soviet Union anthem starts playing*
r/unexpectedcommunism
Kofvev
@@wilsonvolley2244
''Soyuz nerushimyy respublik svobodnykh
Splotila naveki Velikaya Rus'.
Da zdravstvuyet sozdannyy voley narodov
Yedinyy, moguchiy Sovetskiy Soyuz!
Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot!
Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot!
Skvoz' grozy siyalo nam solntse svobody,
I Lenin velikiy nam put' ozaril,
Na pravoye delo on podnyal narody,
Na trud i na podvigi nas vdokhnovil.
Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot!
Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot!
V pobede bessmertnykh idey kommunizma
My vidim gryadushcheye nashey strany
I Krasnomu znameni slavnoy Otchizny
My budem vsegda bezzavetno verny!
Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadozhnyy oplot!
Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedot!''
"She put death on the stack." Surprisingly poetic.
I want joe in more episodes. He doesn’t even need to play, I just love his commentary
Joseph was awesome, great new player on the series. Like a breath of fresh air.
@@smittyonline yes we need him again
👍
@@smittyonline hes also animated person
One of the funniest guests so far
Can we just all take a moment to appreciate the work that Jimmy, Josh and the whole command zone crew put in these videos? The graphics were amazing this game.
The Rakdos dancing theme lmaaooo
The real question from this episode: Where can we get that "Rakdos, the Showstopper" animation as a gif?
yes
Yes please!
screen record it
It‘s sooo good, right?
Goat animation
I felt like supporting Joseph the whole game, he was just so wholesome and gave me Bob Ross vibes and yeah. Would love to see him again :)
I was supporting him coz I love aristocracy style.
I agree with you
I don't think he contributed much to the actual game...
António Calado stopped jimmy from going off with bolas’ citadel, that could have had serious knock on effects
@@frosty980 obviously, that's why I said "much" instead of "anything"😜
Theme of the game: Joe: “I’ll be nice to Josh and let him live.” Josh: “Thanks man. I’ll subsequently steal all of your cards and kill you with them. Appreciate it.” Haha great game.
Being nice to Josh never pays
@@danielmarziali4889 agreed. that was a massive misplay, he should have taken Josh out there.. or.. down to 10 and Jimmy would have killed Josh.
Yeah, idk if it's just me, but I never do politics like they do in these games, if an obvious play is coming that is going to severely alter the game and someone is trying to politic their way out of me stopping it, I'm usually like..."uhhh, no? If I let you do xyz, you'll run away with the game" I suppose it does make for a more entertaining video though.
Josh is an asshole. hep plays all his games liek hes nothing much then has 1 or 2 explosive turns and winds the game... i really dislike it whenever he wint this way its just cheesy af.
@@321Mrremco I wouldn't say he's an asshole, but he definitely plays asshole decks, and the more game knights I watch, the more sick I get of his same-y deck shenanigans, I find myself rooting for Jimmy more often than not because I want to see someone else win
Oh my god, whoever did the animation for Rakdos, the showstopper, that was fantastic. Thank you. I snorted my drink laughing.
Agreed iv rewatched this game knights 3 times fav Moment
When
Killed me he be slaying
It was like so good.
When?
Can we take a second to appreciate just how good the animations have gotten? Every episode it gets a little better until pretty soon this is going to feel like a Pokemon Battle. Keep up the good work, guys!
Right also your profile pic is awesome.
I have no idea who Joe is, but he's really funny, an amazing actor, and has a really great personality! I'd love to see him back on one day!
Joe mama
Ya, one of our favourite guests on the show!
He was also in a Key & Peel sketch recently as well.
Josh: plays Toxic Deluge
Jimmy: understandable, have a great day
I said it loudly to myself xD
Lol same, also thanks 4 all the likes, never gotten so many
laughed so hard. :D
didn't joshes zombie have pro black when he did this, correct me if i'm wrong but shouldn't it have survived ?? as well at 50:48 josh had an infinite combo to kill everything, sack the vish-kall to itself, it comes back with a counter from mikaeus, remove the counter to put a minus counter on something else, and rinse and repeat. as well as this joseph had this same combo earlier
@@kaiedwards8997 Protection (and indestructible) doesnt stop non-damage based removal. Also, protection doesnt protect from non-targeted removal anyway.
Rakdos dancing has to be the greatest thing i've ever seen on this channel. XD
I just reliazed if joe never sent Val to the grave josh wouldn’t been able to do half of what he did turning the game differently
He kinda needed the value from it and Commander tax
Joe missed nearly all his land drops and had little mana otherwise, so it was better for him to resurrect it using a cheaper spell.
Or just putting him to 10 when he had the chance. I think he didn’t do anything with his planeswalker like 4 turns in a row
@@tehClew still think that wasn't to bad. i mean at least in the first round of sorin he knew, that he wouldn't die and at that point it might be good to wait to see who is the biggest thread. also he had some diplomatic leverage.
@@tehClew For some of the later parts of the game, the Legendary Artifact spell, The Immortal Sun, stopped Planeswalkers from being activated, so he couldnt activate Sorin while that artifact was still in play.
Once again, mad props to the animators. You guys are always have incredible work and just keep getting better with every episode. You guys are awesome! Keep it up!
All the budget went to that Rakdos dance
Yeah the animations were on a whole other level this time. That Bolas’s Citadel!
I hope Joe comes back for more episodes~
Absolutely! He's a great guest! Bummer he kinda got shutdown before his deck really got online.
he is charismatic and fun
Joseph Johnson was awesome in the Interview, his comments really made my day
YES I want him back or at least for an extra turns
Are we gonna talk about the fact that he is literally a JoJo? WITH A VAMPIRE DECK!
Agree
the mikaeus animation at 12:34 was brilliant
wait lmfaooo the rakdos one tho
You gonna make a second channel name smothering tide?
@@iesxClan of course not he’ll make one called smothering tithe
@@loxvfx8871 *Smothering Tease
Yes my bad
That Rakdos animation single handedly gave Jimmy his win condition.
Style.
Between Joseph's "Vish Kal me maybe" and Rakdos' skull disco ball and amazing dance moves, this might be my favourite episode of Game Knights yet!
Yeah it was rad!
"NEXT!"
The card animation quality is through the roof guys!
At this point they are just flexing.
YUP I really enjoyed the card animations they did this episode. Really adds to the immersion. :)
The rakdos one was hilarious
Can we talk about how 28:57 was the coolest card animation we have seen on this show??
That felt like some next-level kind of awesome. I wholly agree that it deserves some love!
Oh ya your right lol
I liked rakdods the showstoppers animation
@@alexsmythe6815 his is also amazing
With the Star Wars seismic charge sound effect to boot!
Is it just me or is that Bolas's Citadel the coolest animation that has ever been shown on Command Zone.
Did you not see that rakdos animation tho? 💃🕺💃🕺
Huzzah Games Seriously, I need a gif of that Rakdos animation asap.
I liked the Yuriko one
The Rakdos one was pretty sweet not gonna lie.
I agree Rakdos was epic, buuuuuuttttt Citadel had me rewind and rewatch it. Yuriko was also amazing though
Dancing Rakdos is a thing I didn't know I needed in my life. Thank you.
Y’all need to have Joe on again. He was really funny and killed the interviews
Imagine a commander match between prof, Kyle hill, Joe and Cassius, the different personalities would be hilarious
You son of a gun I’m in.
@@fandangorangoyt3346 Me too but switch out Cassius for Kathleen.
Please excuse my ignorance but Kathleen who?
@@fandangorangoyt3346 I'm guessing he means Kathleen from loading ready run
Now I feel stupid.
I knew we need a 1 minute version of rakdos animation on the next roundtable episode.
Guys like thjs comment so josh sees it
Yes double masters, another chance for Jimmy to think about building sen triplets
Omg so true😂 that card is so amazing
Didn’t he play it in game knights Or am I just stupid.
@@jacknugent3106 he did play it but it wasn't his. It was Craig's deck in that Christmas episode.
@@jacknugent3106 Yes he did, Christmas special, BUT he said in one of the CZ episodes (Annoying cards, worst commanders?) he said he would not build that deck because it was so oppressive and not in the spirit of the meta of games he enjoys.
The most awkward fist bump ever. Also know as a metaphor for my entire life.
"Hey, I'm a vampire and this is crazy. But here's some counters! Vish Kal me maybe." I'm dying :'D it did NOT expect that 11/10 well done
Simp
Same ÙwÚ
@@bugoygoy7523 found the guy who just learned the word "simp" last week
@@slavojdyrdek don’t worry he’ll learn
"The deal is made, pray that it doesn't get a little worse" - Darth Vader
THEY DIDENT ROLL OUT THE MATS!!!
You right...
Lol
Cuz they only roll out new mats these weren't new mats
Joe: "I'm going to up tick Sorin again"
Josh: "Oh well you learn new things all the time, last turn I learned Sorin had plus ability, this turn I learned what that ability does and that it could target creatures, who knew?"
Okay I absolutely LOVE Joseph's humor, both in the interviews and during game! He needs to become a staple of Game Knights!
Taking a minute to acknowledge that Bolas's Citadels animation was so lit my house burned down
"Pray it doesnt get any worse....or whatever Vader said to Lando" yea Joe is probably the best guest on the show in awhile.
Okay that Rakdos animation was the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Demon Boogie...demon boogie...it takes pain to get down...demon boogie
When I saw that I froze, rewound the video, watched it again, then laughed my ass off xD
Tbh, I was expecting Ashleen to cast an Eldrazi from nowhere the whole game
That colorless deck she used was dirty lol I know it's every person for themselves but they probably didn't expect anyone to show up with a broken deck.
@@gamebreaker60 bosh the iron golem edh is broken now? What a time to be alive
Think blaze meant the eldrazi deck she use awhile ago and it wasn’t that broken easily beatable she got lucky with fast ramp
Ashlen's deck gave me infinite joy. All the weird interactions, and stupidly giant plays are exactly the best kind of Magic.
But yet so many misplays @@... annoys me to no end tbh XD
Mono red
The card cinematics in this episode are awesome, Bolas' Citadel especially. Also, that Mario Kart analogy was spot on.
The saddest part is that josh utilised Joe's commander more than Joe himself
Who's "Joe"?
😀
@@TabooX1984 haha did you not watch the game?
Joe should’ve took Josh to 10 when he played Sorin. Josh wins like 75% of the time! Take him out while you can because his decks are built to win the second half of the game when it’s heads up or close to it.
Did Joe even need to put it into the graveyard with the new death trigger rules for commanders?
@@WillishBroadbino they film in advance so it's possible the rule wasn't in effect yet, but otherwise yeah just putting him in the command zone would have lost Josh the game in the long run
38:51 Rakdos dancing gives me the energy to succeed in life
I wish this would've been enough for me too.
Joe: makes a mariokart reference
Everyone: wait what?
Me: nods in agreement
why you assuming that no one plays one of the most popular games thats ever existed ?
Tanner Gariepy yeah lmao... all 4 of their careers are centered in pop culture
Sheesh what do you mean?
@@tannergariepy3408 i was gonna say the same thing. Almost everyone knows wut mario kart is. Even non gamers
Same 🤣
sol ring with a label "It's only turn one" would be a nice shirt for josh.
I'd buy that shirt
Literally Joe was insanely close to winning the game like 10 minutes in. Infinite combo with Mikaeus and his commander.
He had a tutor too! All he had to do was play the tutor (saccing the vampire and having it come back), grab a persist creature, and go infinite.
@@DrMonty-ng5fo But he wouldn't. All because to prevent feels bad and lengthen the episode. Pppfffttt...
He didn't even need the Mikaeus for a persist combo, could have gone infinite with a Gravecrawler.
@@Putrefax I don't think he had a not-Mikaeus zombie on board at the time, but otherwise absolutely!
Guys, I don't know what you are talking about. He had the whole combo (minus commander) on the table. I am surprised they didn't even mentioned that. Mikaeus + Cruel Celebrant + Vish Kal is a win. That Toxic Deluge saved the game. The reasoning in narration was strange though.
I love how Josh won almost entirely thanks to Joseph putting his commander in his graveyard
It was really silly to hope Josh would forget because he had all the best graveyard targets, at the same time I get it.
@Kade Corbett If your'e reading the comments before the video, you are choosing to be spoiled. It's literally the area to talk about the video.
@@aaronmazzoleni5252 Tokens hit the graveyard then get exiled.
You have to admit tho Joe choose that fate he put commander in graveyard and when Josh tried to take it he allowed it again 🤔
Can you help me out and explain how he was using a black source to sac his Scarab God when the sword was giving SG protection from black?
Me: I think I will get a booster pack of this new set
Me: walks to lgs
Sees the packs are $15 each
Me:I don’t need this anymore
If you get a booster box it’s less per pack
Reid Gowan Also you will get the box toppers, which the Professor said will make or break if it was worth it or not.
Reid Gowan I don’t have $325 to shell out
No, that’s totally understandable. If you need any of the cards I would just buy the singles you want, since they are at a low right now.
Yeah, the singles are at crazy lows... Why pay 50 for 4 packs when you just get what you need!
Though if you split it with friends, that can be good too...
I love how Joseph's interviews are so much better than the other ones as he's an actor hahaha
Jimmy is also an actor, and Ashlyn is a voice actor, I'm assuming you're referring to other guests?
I know you guys have brought fan favourite guests back in the past. So I would like to put it out there that Joe is awesome.
Jimmy, are you scared of mana screw?
Jimmy: turn one land tax
Still first one to lose tho
@@Hades_Zerker As is red the way. You either lose first or win - anything in between and you're playing red wrong.
@@Hades_Zerker as always 😂
That Bolas’s Citadel animation was great, kudo’s to the editors
38:48 Wins the internet for today! They need to put this animation into Arena! AHAHAHA!!! Awesome
This!
Yep
Double masters: double the good stuff, double the abuse of your wallet.
It's more like 5 times the abuse
I mean, not really that much more expensive than other masters sets
Abuse?. Buying double masters is like throwing your wallet off the roof and expecting it to live
@@allankatch2651 boxes are at 400+ you could get a ps4 pro for that much. Hell you could get a pretty good sized army in 40k for that much. And these are reprints. Reprints should never be that expensive especially for some card stock.
@@Cinomod6066 i got mine for $300 lol
I am 10:18 seconds in and I demand more Joseph Johnson. Like, immediately.
Next up: Cassius Marsh and Joseph Johnson. Epic.
Carlos Arboleda THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE COMBO
Me: Imagine Jimmy not missing a land drop in game knights
Jimmy, 3 game knights in a row: Hold. My. Beer.
13:50 You can see exactly when Josh starts getting jealous of the card draw Ashlen is getting.
Omg so subtle yet so pronounced and thick you can cut the jelly with a knife.
@@DeknasAnimated "Just don't look at it, and it can't hurt you..."
@@brandoncreek5709 What are you talking about? It feeds me...
@@DeknasAnimated I'm talking about Josh
@@brandoncreek5709 i know i was trying to make a funny xp
Is it even an episode of Game Knights if Josh doesn't slam a Cyclonic Rift for the win
Feels like every time Josh plays blue Cyclonic Rift shows up and wins him the game.
The episode with him playing Uro was really the limit for my patience, if he's just going to Rift and win every time he plays blue there's not much point in watching when the other decks don't really get a chance to shine.
This episode Jimmy misplayed hard by putting down the citadel when there's a Sorin on board, he could've been patient and won if he'd passed without putting down the citadel.
@@Mattress1996 Bro shut the hell up he was just typing his opinion. Control freaks like you trying to mold your own opinion into the universal opinion are so goddamn irritating.
@@Mattress1996 Dude chill, if I'm watching Game Knights having the same thing happen again and again isn't really what I'm watching for, no need to be toxic about it.
@@Mattress1996 The fact you replied twice to the same comment was pretty petty, now you're just going for low-brow insults.
You're welcome to give legimate feedback, but you seem pretty mad about someone leaving criticism of free content.
Well other players could also play better cards... Josh is always a bit spikey, it's an open secret that he simply runs efficient cards, Jimmy suiciding himself... it's kinda their shtick.
i've never heard someone exclaim "junk diver" with such enthusiasm. also wow, a blue hexproof spell.
Ryan S it’s so good
I read that as drunk driver
Having watched this episode a second time, i watched JLK's face when Mind's eye triggers and I was not disappointed at the jealousy that's visible.
Man I love this channel. Just getting back into magic after a TWENTY year hiatus and it’s so much fun to see it played at this level.
"Vish Kal me maybe" What a legend!
Thank you Jimmy, Josh, and everyone else on the Command Zone Crew for having a great place to go to escape real life for an hour! Y'all are the best.
Joseph is a really cool guy, hope to see him again one day! And of course, always happy to see Ashlen
I am loving the extra animations and sound effects, really adds another layer to each episode. The extra work is definitely appreciated!
The card animations in this episode were on a new level, like I thought I was impressed when they first started doing them - but this episode really blew me away.
14:50 so the "put into play" triggers the "when enters the battlefield" effect? Asking for clarification, i've always assumed it didn't.
That Vish Kal animation... wow. Well done to whoever did that.
Dancing rakdos baby! Feel the groove!
Those animations were AMAZING! My favorite was Bolas' Citadel, and that Rakdos was hilarious and technically impressive! Thanks for all that crazy stuff you do!
My favorite part is when Joe doesn't use sorins downtick or feels bad about it showing that he cares that everyone at the table is also having fun and isn't gonna kill them immediately.
Joseph studied at the tolarian academy, we can see him in the background of miscalculation right next to karn, that’s why he’s good at this game
You made me laugh in tram on my way to FNM. I tip my hat to you
Did I hear the Seismic Charge sound from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones when Jimmy played that Bolas's Citidel?
I'm not the only one
Yes it is !! I was looking for a comment that notice it too xD
Of course, a threat like that could only come from the greatest evil of the multiverse, Ancient Egypt#@*# I mean Ancient Amonkhet!!! (*cue Imperial March*)
"Oh, that was a proportional response."
Loved Joe and the energy he brings. Great game, kinda boring to watch a tutored cyclonic rift basically decide the game but overall some great plays and fun moments. Animations and production quality off the charts as always!
Me: Waiting years to see Kaalia on the show again, as it was brutally killed the first time
Jimmy: Dies
Thomas had never seen such bullcrap before
Jimmy easily could have won if he had played smarter. He drops that Bolas's Citadel, which makes him a prime target for Sorin's -3, and the immediately proceeds to attack Josh instead of Sorin.
I have a Kaalia deck and I die 1st regulary with it cuz...well Kaalia. I either die 1st or I win. Every time is a roll of the dice.
@@Kattywagon29 Might want to go to the store and buy a silver tongue and some honeyed words. I find it helps in even the darkest situations. Like cardboard-rectangle-caused universal heat death being prevented by some old mantle centerpiece.
Watching this makes me miss my days at my LGS playing FNM. Man, those were the days
Seems like both so long ago and yesterday
One day, the sun of FNM will smile upon us again... one day.
Yeah, I used be able to meet up with my commander group once a week. I regret the days where I wouldn't go because I was tired or something. I took for granted that there was always gonna be the next week.
Kattywagon29 Yeah I’m in the same boat, none of my friends play magic so I made friends at FNM. Damn... I miss them. Even the guy combing on turn four with everyone else playing archenemy on him. FNM will return again. I know it will, and until then I will you the best of luck
Josh drawing lazotep plating: "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."
She still could've won by swinging with hellkite then activating bosh on upkeep
@@koreanninjaguy if it wasn't for Vish Kal(which has flying and can block hellkite) and all those counters on him
I love seeing Lazotep Plating getting a moment to shine.
kahn it can block hellkite but if Josh removes the counters at the end of turn it’ll die, meaning it’s a trade of bosh and vish kal. There’s then a slightly greater chance of Josh losing
it'd be a trade of hellkite + bosh for Vish Kal, plus healing Josh via lifelink.
but yes, it'd be a greater chance since killing Vish Kal will mean that Josh have to find another way to draw that cyclonic rift and still have the mana to overload it
38:49 ok for the love of God, we need more people using rakdos the showstopper in game night because that etb animation is glorious
Having an actor on the show gave it EVEN MORE production value, I loved joe. Really funny guy.
Joe's a great guest! His interview bits had me cracking up. I know you guys plan these things waaaay far in advance, but can I at least get a maybe on having him back for another episode?
I feel like a recurring theme in these is someone being able to take Josh out, they don't, and he then wins.
Happens every time
He does own the show.
I often find myself rooting against Josh, just because he overpowers Jimmy and the guests THAT much.
@@Philigan87 no joke, everybody playing battlecruiser magic and this man drawing a bazillion cards
he plays efficent cards... while others like to curdle. Jimmy loves his odd plays..
As a reminder, you are able to play lands off the top of your library using Bolas's Citadel. Because of the specific wording of the card, "You may play cards from the top of your library", not "You may cast spells from the top of your library".
skittles is in double masters and you guys didn’t have Craig.
I was thinking the same!!
Craig DID made an appearance, in fact 3 Cameos in one go and its at 59:22
Jimmy: *plays Bolas' Citadel*
Me: "It's really lucky there's no one there with a card able to just bring his life total ridicolously low..."
Yeah, he should have attacked Sorin with Kaalia instead of Josh.
@@gregorlangemeier4116 Joe had Vish Kal and could have eatan Kaalia.
isnt that the worse kaaia
@@abhikan7654 Kaalia Zenith Seeker had shroud and also 3 toughness.
@@gregorlangemeier4116 But not unblockable. Vish Kal, while sitting in his art, has Flying and can block Kaalia and eat her that way.
Joe: “But you gotta look on the bright side, at least I didn’t die first” Me: “I see what you did there”
I just wanted to say thank you guys for getting me interseted in magic a game i thought i would think about playing, until i found this channel. Im already thinking about a few decks to build after i finish building my latest yugioh deck. So thanks to everyone at the command zone.
Did Josh misplay the Lazotep Plating? Couldn't he have let Bosh resolve let her sac and target him then play it. This way he saves the Vish Kal counters and fizzles the Bosh trigger.
You're the first comment I've seen that noticed this but I've been thinking that ever since the game ended. I absolutely misplayed that moment, though thankfully it didn't end up costing me. Good catch! -JLK
Didn't Ashlen have enough mana to then sac other artifacts in response?
Both misplayed. Josh should have held the lazotep plating and Ashlen could have simply waited (she had 3 untapped mountains and extraplanar lens) and kill Josh during his upkeep or something. Instead she played a 5-drop and paid for study. Great game anyway, super fun to watch.
Well...
Cyclonic Rift
39:05 The Arid Mesa is tapped for mana because of Chromatic Lantern, clever.
you...you never saw that before?
@@Bjoern_1897 yes I do that myself. But it is Just feel good To tap a fetchland for mana without to sac it
I swear, these animations are killing me
Do u need a doctor?
Yes
Are we gonna talk about the fact that jimmy used fetch land arid mesa as a normal land? 39:09 when he paid for rhystic study
He has a chromatic lantern out. 9:39
### *MINOR SPOILERS* ###
Q: What did we learn today kids?
A: When you put *Sorin Markov* in your Orzhov Commander deck and are willing to pay the restrictive ( 3 )(💀)(💀)(💀) cost you already made a *deal with the devil* so, the least you can do is be merciless and ALWAYS ( -3 ) Josh!
Ps. If you are not down for that, NEVER discard a Tutor like *Diabolic Intent* over Sorin.
If you use life as a resource and have an attacker that can hit Sorin Markov... attack
@@notevenmadbro Maybe discarding Sorin and using the *Diabolic Intent* on the *Cruel Celebrant* to go get *Disciple of Bolas* , then casting another big creature or even *Vish Kal* to sacrifice for the Disciple so he could draw some cards would have been a better course of action, even getting *Phyrexian Arena* would be better...one thing i noticed though is that Joseph's Vish Kal build had near to none card draw!
Copying/pasting another comment I made in another thread:
I dunno. You can't know more than you do in the moment, and in the moment he made a great political decision which eased the the others into good feels for him, meaning they weren't swinging at him so much. If he'd have put someone to 10, that person would have brought their full wrath on him just to screw him up so another player that isn't Joe can win instead, since they know they likely can't win either because of Joe. Kinda like how Mitch messed up Josh's plans when Josh made him lose during Extra Turns.
Also cutting off Jimmy's life later was a great move; cut off the Bolas's Citadel, while being able to also justify it as fair payback for Jimmy attacking the Sorin earlier.
What he did was the correct play. Had he used it against Josh right away, he would have died to Jimmy and the Citadel .
His mistake was letting his commander go to the grave. Had he sent it to the command zone instead, Josh wouldn't have been able to stop Ashlen from killing him.
@@k9commander And then Ashlen would have just killed him too soon after. He needed Josh at that moment to weaken Ashlen anyway. So even that wasn't a misplay, even using hindsight.
Any episode with Ashlen is one of my favorites. Every one of her decks feels so cool and I think she's even cooler! It's my dream to play Magic with her one day!
SIMP
@BottledCitrus you SIMPIN for me?
Same.
Pretty sure Bailey is a girl. Prrrrobably not simping.
This girl be a SIMP
Dont be descriminating everybody cab be everything
You need to bring that guy in the plaid shirt back- he's hilarious
Joe joe joe!
I think this is my favourite Game Knights episode thus far. The animations were top-notch, Vish Kal's ''Next'' was nice, and Joseph is simply hilarious.
Thanks for the laughs!
This game was so sad for me to watch man. I screamed no so loud when ash attacked joe and not josh to take his sword because she wanted 3 artifacts over 2. That artifact alone won the game and shoulda been the item she took. It would have sealed the game 100%. Great game but I was so wanted her to WIN!
Absolutely agree !
I did the same when Jimmy dropped the Citadel, and then attacked Josh instead of Sorin. He had to have known that he'd be a prime target for the -3 at that point.
She should've won at 56:30 if she attacked with Hellkite Tyrant and activate Bosh on upkeep but I guess she tunnel visioned
@@koreanninjaguy no Josh had the 12/12 Vish Kal Flying/Lifelink token. She could not attack.
yahh ahaha, 3 isnt great than 2 when one of the items is a sword of feast and famine. And the guy shes swinging at had almost no cards in hand, and his sorin was locked up, compared to Josh who had 10 cards in hand and a way to reanimate everyone elses biggest threats on board
Ahhhhhh, that sexy, sexy Attack of the Clones seismic imploder sound at 29:01.
Haven't finished watching the game yet, I just had to note that.
I heard that too!
Yeah I’d recognize that sound anywhere lmao
Josh "I win the game with a horde of zombies," but no I would argue that you won with the I win button of cyclonic rift
I would argue he won because Ashlyn thought an arcane signet, sol ring, and phyrexian altar were more important than a fellwar stone and sword of feast and famine.
Cool, now I don’t need to sit through this whole video. Thanks a bunch
@@ChristiantrospectiveGamer that is a fair argument.
@@bardoorble6045 ops sorry
Bruh spoilers... edit yo comment my dude. Be a bro
Joe literally had his ONE moment to shine and instead he squandered it by not “killing” Josh...... then Josh wins the game.... weird, it’s like we’ve seen this happen before or something 😂🤣
Dude imagine not killing Josh only to be killed by Josh lol
Yea Josh deserved to eat that -3 Sorin ability all day long.
@@Arcdemon44 now that I think about it, this happens a lot on the show. Someone is vulnerable and is shown mercy, then they come back and win. Goes to show that you should never show mercy.
@@StacySquared Well they are a more casual group of players. But yea at any pod I play in mercy does not exist and everyone plays super cutthroat.
@@Arcdemon44 its kind of cool that they're more casual
Poor decision from Ash with the attack. And it's not hindsight speaking.
-It's Josh the ultra spike
-He's playing blue
-Joseph has no cards, sorin got pithing needle'd
-taking away sword and a rock is not that far from 3 artifacts. In fact that rock help pay for Lazotep Plating.
Very poor IMO and I thought she played mostly well throughout. This mistake WAS really big.
I totally agree, bad threat assessment at that point. But what an awesome deck she built!
I agree that sword of feast and famine is brutal she should of picked that specially with extra plannar lense
Definitely, the sword was way more significant than any other artifact on the board and like you said, Joseph was basically no threat at all at that point.
the virgins are out
"Josh the ultra spike" lol