Just thought you guys should know i only go to the movies once a year because its pricey and thats because my sister pays as a birthday present. I heard jimmy was in mulan this year and immediately called my mom and said we are seeing that movie i will pay for everything! Now i officially have a favorite actor.
I really like how you included the Vorthos card choices and gave a quick overview of the story elements that support your choices. Lavinia is one of my favourite cards from the new set, and I'm really excited to play her at the head of my Bears in Cars deck! - Jim
The fact that Blind Obedience's Extort can also be payed with Black is actually relevant in an Azorius deck in the (Highly Likely) case that a Black opponent plays Tomb of Yawgmoth
I am okay with deck techs first because it does make for a good tension and you can see when a deck works and doesn’t and the power plays to watch for. And at least this time there was no spoilers. But I think that the no spoiler is key. It would suck to have game knights spoiled because of a single misspoken sentence in a deck review.
Your segment on Vorthos is PURE GOLD, please continue with it! I enjoy learning how to make a super tuned deck, but my heart always calls me to play themed decks. By educating us on both card mechanics AND it's lore, I feel like you get to satisfy the both casual and spiky players. Your hard work is appreciated! Congratulations to the whole team for making such a great episode.
Oh gosh, I used to ask "why is everyone at my table killing me first" all the time.... I feel so dumb for remembering that ONLY because I came along way from Jimmy & Josh's advice and game knights gameplay!!! Extra turns is my fav, but any amount of content you guys produce is phenomenal 🙂
Wow this is a pretty sweet episode! Thanks for sharing the lore part and how to make this a more flavorful deck. I like decks that come together somehow besides just a collection of good stuff. Props!
8:37 interesting rules thing. If a card stops you from untapping during your untap step it won’t stop you from untaping on someone else’s if you have unwinding clock you get your artifacts back.
"Precognition" is actually a card! I'd also enjoy spy network *Not the thopter one* eyes everywhere, eye spy, peek, future sight, arrest and detention sphere for a vorthos deck :)
Aminatou is the best precognition deck with her "look at the top card of your library" ability, setting up Miracles and such, and it's on theme with her lore as well.
Command zone if you ever read this thanks for everything you've done. Your are the first MTG I've ever watched and because of that if you want I have a interesting deck tech you.
Oh, okay. This is epic! I think playing defensive/controlling commander decks is less interesting than playing more aggressive decks. When commenting on the biggest difference on Commander and Canadian Highlander, one player said, "In Canadian Highlander, you try to kill your opponent." As for a commander deck with her, I would consider a beat down with counters for board wipes. I'll go theory craft one now for fun.
I loved watching this episode, cause I opened a Lavinia during the pre-release and went home and immediately built the deck. One card that I've added that was pretty mean, but I know I won't always get it, is Omen Machine. Enforcing players to cast things for free and then countering them from Lavinia can be a game winning situation, because unless people have removal in hand, I will able to get where I need to to close out and win the game. With this episode, however, I can begin to upgrade to either a friendlier game play or more evil one!
You guys sang one of my favourite songs form my FAVOURITE band! This has made me so happy! Best episode ever! Also Lavy looks fun, can’t wait to add her to my Oloro tax and stax
Just had this thought... and it goes back to a card Josh mentioned on an episode with Wedge a long time ago... "If you can't handle me at my Delifs Cone bad, you don't deserve me at my Paradox Engine good"
I was trying to decide between a Tesa Karlov deck and a Zegana, Utopian Speaker deck, and then I watched this and decided to make a politics/no-cheating Lavinia deck. Great deck tech, and full of fun ideas, as usual!
Deck Tech available before the Game Knight episode gives one a the most flexibility, whether studying the deck ahead of time to being able to look at the decks right after the 'cast.
Also, I would build Lavinia non vorthos & non stax. I think she would be really fun as Tithe/Tax commander. All tithe and rhystic study effects that if they do something you benefit.
So, since stasis and teferi's protection were both brought up this episode I thought I would share an.... interesting interaction the two cards have. Objects with phasing phase back in at the start of the owner's untap step, and stasis causes players to skip their untap step. So, if you cast teferi's protection while someone else has stasis on the board then all permanents you control will remain phased out indefinitely.
@@michaeldesjardin705 Probably. But in my head Lavinia seems to be at her best not a prison/stacks deck but instead as a normally "fair" deck that gives symmetrical effects that are pseudo-cancelled out by Lavinia's abilities. Most of the cards like that, I suppose, are in green (such as hearbeat of spring because they can't effectively use the ramped mana unless they are playing a lot of small things).
@@colinjerista2551 Maybe that was part of the thinking process. Probably more so that it just played a big role in a vid recently and they didn't want such similar content. I feel like the uses would be different though because in the Locust God deck it was comboing off, whereas this is just lopsided "ramp" not typically available in this color set.
I feel this is the best home for dream halls! Its an optional cost, for everyone, so you get it for "free" and your opponents can either learn the hard way, or just cast them normally
1st turn. Cast sol ring then use sol ring to cast lightning greaves. 2nd turn. Cast lavinia equip her with lightning greaves or cast lavinia and lotus petal to sac and cast show and tell 2nd turn. 3rd turn cast show and tell to put omen machine or knowledge pool or omniscience. Then hope for the best
Great intro and I like the way u r showing people what ur playing and can give them an idea on what to play and how to build a good deck also been subbed only a couple of months and have binged watched all the game knights and now binging the podcasts great work and cheers me up when I feel down as an ex war vet I do suffer with bouts of PTSD but watching these cheers me up
During game knights it will be very interesting to see if stasis comes out from the Lavinia player and intruder alarm comes out from the Prime Speaker Vannifar player.
Yay game knights on friday now i can look forward to having my finals done opening my booster box for top 8ing in prerelease and now watching game night.
LORE section was great. WP Jimmy! I’d love to hear a full podcast with you telling stories to JLK, and seeing him react to it. (Btw, your WW2 episode still is the best one IMO)
I just bought the Simic sleeves for my Momir Vig deck, they work like a charm for the amount of tutoring I do EDIT: If you're wondering why I commented about my Simic stuff on an Azorius video, it's because I was so impressed that I wanted to find the first Command Zone video that I could find to preach
I think that when you are doing a 1-hour special about a commander, and you recommend a card that works against your own commander, even if it its good, its important to note it. Otherwise people will be mislead. Grand Arbiter and Lavina are nonbos. If anyone plays a free to cast spell, they can now pay 1 and cast it, while otherwise it would be just countered. That second ability is very relevant against many cards, mana crypt, ydris and maelstrom wanderer, and cascade in general, suspend, sunbird's invocation, cards like diluvian primordial or memory plunge, for of will, omniscience, etc. The list is enormous. Its important to show those rules interactions, because not all people know them.
@@aburabr You don't seem to understand. You can evade her second ability, thus all the things she stops are now free, from omniscience to force of will, cascade, etc for jsut one mana. If you are giving thousands of viewers advice, give it complete.
You're right about the grand arbiter enabling opponents to play 0 cmc spells, but (I'm not assuming you didnt know this i just thought ide mention). Lavinia's second ability would still counter spells that were made free by another effect like "... instead of paying its mana cost" because the tax from grand arbiter would still be free
@@bongsesh No they don't, you must pay 1 one mana to cast spells, hence you have spent mana, this means all her combos don't work and half the card is useless. And they don't even mention it, and they are supposed to be commander ''gurus''.
I added a few nasty combos to this deck. Ghostway into a Worldpurgel, or, Enchanted evening, into Aura Thief, then throw down a Cleansing meditation and steal the entire table. Also im surprised there is no Winter Orb aha.
I'd skip stasis, blatant thievery, and planar bridge, and put in sunder, dissipation field, and sunken hope. I'd also drop the extra turns, and put in eldrazi to close out the game.
"They will not control us. We will be [Azorius]"
Matt Lynn didn’t they already sing this one or am I crazy
@@jasoncole316
"Victorious," (the real lyrics), but not "Azorius"
Matt Lynn ahh yes my bad
Also the lyrics are "Call Me" in reference to Blondie, but you know, Mr. Know-it-All here gonna complain.
5/7, mate
First card introduced: Stasis.
*stops video in a salty rage*
*comes back and watches the rest after calming down*
Armageddon.
*flip computer and desk*
Thanks for saving me the time to watch the video...well, I guessed there's no way Lavinia could be fun
@@JohnSmith-ty9cr stasis = fun
@@VittamarFasuthAkbin Static Orb + Winter Orb + Stasis = The best time.
LOL
This way is definitely better; lets you build up to the gameknights, and you don’t need to linger after you’ve seen the episode already
Just thought you guys should know i only go to the movies once a year because its pricey and thats because my sister pays as a birthday present. I heard jimmy was in mulan this year and immediately called my mom and said we are seeing that movie i will pay for everything! Now i officially have a favorite actor.
I really like how you included the Vorthos card choices and gave a quick overview of the story elements that support your choices. Lavinia is one of my favourite cards from the new set, and I'm really excited to play her at the head of my Bears in Cars deck!
- Jim
Some kid at my LGS recommended your channel.
@@spartanboosts Awesome! Have you taken a look yet? Are you enjoying it?
- Jim
Always good videos you will not be disappointed.
The fact that Blind Obedience's Extort can also be payed with Black is actually relevant in an Azorius deck in the (Highly Likely) case that a Black opponent plays Tomb of Yawgmoth
I am okay with deck techs first because it does make for a good tension and you can see when a deck works and doesn’t and the power plays to watch for. And at least this time there was no spoilers. But I think that the no spoiler is key. It would suck to have game knights spoiled because of a single misspoken sentence in a deck review.
Can the next Command Zone/Game Knights shirt say "Its paradox engine good". I'd buy one.
Definitely.
Definitely a buy for me, as well. Upvote this comment boys 'n girls!
Or like "I'm paradox engine good"
I'd say For Rakdos himself, "Devil Went down to Georgia" would be the perfect theme
I like the vorthos discussion! I would be interested in hearing more like this in the future!
As soon as they moved on to Wincons I hoped so hard that Azor's Elocutors was going to be in it, and my wish came true :)
Your segment on Vorthos is PURE GOLD, please continue with it!
I enjoy learning how to make a super tuned deck, but my heart always calls me to play themed decks. By educating us on both card mechanics AND it's lore, I feel like you get to satisfy the both casual and spiky players.
Your hard work is appreciated! Congratulations to the whole team for making such a great episode.
Deck techs before builds tension to game knights like if agree
as long as they dont spoil anything. wich if you ask me they could be better at not spoiling
I like seeing dech techs before the episode for the exact reasons you stated. I really like the change!
A little bit, but not full on Stax. Sounds like our kind of deck. And then the rest of the cards are just mean.
Nicol booklas that's was great. Had me cracking up
Oh gosh, I used to ask "why is everyone at my table killing me first" all the time.... I feel so dumb for remembering that ONLY because I came along way from Jimmy & Josh's advice and game knights gameplay!!! Extra turns is my fav, but any amount of content you guys produce is phenomenal 🙂
Wow this is a pretty sweet episode! Thanks for sharing the lore part and how to make this a more flavorful deck. I like decks that come together somehow besides just a collection of good stuff.
Props!
Very surprised at how hard Jimmy went with this strategy! Very excited for Game Knights. :)
8:37 interesting rules thing. If a card stops you from untapping during your untap step it won’t stop you from untaping on someone else’s if you have unwinding clock you get your artifacts back.
"Precognition" is actually a card! I'd also enjoy spy network *Not the thopter one* eyes everywhere, eye spy, peek, future sight, arrest and detention sphere for a vorthos deck :)
Man.. What I need now is a playlist with all the songs you guys have started each episode with 😅😎👌
Love that you guys talk about KCI and now it's banned
I for one really like seeing the deck tech beforehand. It will let me enjoy the game knights ep even more
That opening was a-muse-ing
Jimmy is who I'm rooting for, I wanted to build a Lavinia deck
Aminatou is the best precognition deck with her "look at the top card of your library" ability, setting up Miracles and such, and it's on theme with her lore as well.
Think about it this way: Reminder text isn't part of the card. It's attached to the ability.
loving the vghs shirt Jimmy. Reminded me of how much you brought me to tears with your amazing performance in series 3!
Thank you for coming back Jimmy.
I love it that Jimmy is calling his hand a "grip".
I'm definately going to start saying that now and I hope he keeps it going
Command zone if you ever read this thanks for everything you've done. Your are the first MTG I've ever watched and because of that if you want I have a interesting deck tech you.
By the way did you guys had time after filming Game Knights to play another round for Extra Turns?? :)
Oh, okay. This is epic!
I think playing defensive/controlling commander decks is less interesting than playing more aggressive decks.
When commenting on the biggest difference on Commander and Canadian Highlander, one player said, "In Canadian Highlander, you try to kill your opponent."
As for a commander deck with her, I would consider a beat down with counters for board wipes. I'll go theory craft one now for fun.
Yesssss more deck techs before game knights. Been waiting for this one!
In the beginning song should've been we will be azorius.
I actually built that precognition deck you talked about with yennett cryptic sovereign as the commander. It's lit
I loved watching this episode, cause I opened a Lavinia during the pre-release and went home and immediately built the deck. One card that I've added that was pretty mean, but I know I won't always get it, is Omen Machine. Enforcing players to cast things for free and then countering them from Lavinia can be a game winning situation, because unless people have removal in hand, I will able to get where I need to to close out and win the game. With this episode, however, I can begin to upgrade to either a friendlier game play or more evil one!
You guys sang one of my favourite songs form my FAVOURITE band! This has made me so happy! Best episode ever!
Also Lavy looks fun, can’t wait to add her to my Oloro tax and stax
Surprised you guys didn't put Dream Halls in there considering how Lavinia prevents you're opponents from using it.
Just had this thought... and it goes back to a card Josh mentioned on an episode with Wedge a long time ago...
"If you can't handle me at my Delifs Cone bad, you don't deserve me at my Paradox Engine good"
I was trying to decide between a Tesa Karlov deck and a Zegana, Utopian Speaker deck, and then I watched this and decided to make a politics/no-cheating Lavinia deck. Great deck tech, and full of fun ideas, as usual!
Deck Tech available before the Game Knight episode gives one a the most flexibility, whether studying the deck ahead of time to being able to look at the decks right after the 'cast.
Also, I would build Lavinia non vorthos & non stax. I think she would be really fun as Tithe/Tax commander. All tithe and rhystic study effects that if they do something you benefit.
So, since stasis and teferi's protection were both brought up this episode I thought I would share an.... interesting interaction the two cards have. Objects with phasing phase back in at the start of the owner's untap step, and stasis causes players to skip their untap step. So, if you cast teferi's protection while someone else has stasis on the board then all permanents you control will remain phased out indefinitely.
Love that intro 😍😍😍. Love me some rock and roll 💪💪😎
No dreamhalls? one sided dreamhalls seems busted.
Well then... i now have to grab lavinia for my esper control deck...
Maybe not enough draw to support it? Or the desire to have something like that
Maybe too busted for Game Knights. It's geared more towards a general audience and they need to make the game fun
@@michaeldesjardin705 Probably. But in my head Lavinia seems to be at her best not a prison/stacks deck but instead as a normally "fair" deck that gives symmetrical effects that are pseudo-cancelled out by Lavinia's abilities. Most of the cards like that, I suppose, are in green (such as hearbeat of spring because they can't effectively use the ramped mana unless they are playing a lot of small things).
@@colinjerista2551 Maybe that was part of the thinking process. Probably more so that it just played a big role in a vid recently and they didn't want such similar content. I feel like the uses would be different though because in the Locust God deck it was comboing off, whereas this is just lopsided "ramp" not typically available in this color set.
Rakdos = We didn't start the fire.
See, the only issue there is that they definitely did.
I feel this is the best home for dream halls! Its an optional cost, for everyone, so you get it for "free" and your opponents can either learn the hard way, or just cast them normally
1st turn. Cast sol ring then use sol ring to cast lightning greaves.
2nd turn. Cast lavinia equip her with lightning greaves or cast lavinia and lotus petal to sac and cast show and tell 2nd turn.
3rd turn cast show and tell to put omen machine or knowledge pool or omniscience.
Then hope for the best
More mana rocks, unwinding clock Stax escaped for you 👌🏻
the juxtaposition of the kci comments at the end is hilarious
i really like that bit of the vorthos, you guys should make a segment for what is going on the story in tip bit sizes.
Great intro and I like the way u r showing people what ur playing and can give them an idea on what to play and how to build a good deck also been subbed only a couple of months and have binged watched all the game knights and now binging the podcasts great work and cheers me up when I feel down as an ex war vet I do suffer with bouts of PTSD but watching these cheers me up
That intro song was harmonic as heck :P
My playgroup runs Armageddon, so I'd totally play that our a full blown stax version of this deck
During game knights it will be very interesting to see if stasis comes out from the Lavinia player and intruder alarm comes out from the Prime Speaker Vannifar player.
no one is playing Vannifar
@@jimsherbahn102 Probably because he's broken.
I’m glad that the command zone has good taste in music
Didn't realize Lavinia combo'd with knowledge pool, my Teferi Knowledge Pool Modern deck just got a new card
yeah i didnt either, and it makes the deck much faster
For budget players like me, Tolaria West can also search for Everflowing chalice!
@@traycarrot I usually run it in mono blue decks where a mana rock that scales feels pretty good.
Rakdos theme song: Papa Roach Getting Away with Murder
Sooo excited for this game knights and really glad to see the deck techs before
Dude, whenever you talk about the ultra pro sleeves you gotta show the clip of DJ trying to destroy a sleeve. It's awesome 👍
The rakdos guild song is "Ready to die" by Andrew WK
Tax effects are a nonbo Lavinia second ability. A tax effect will allow the opponents to cast through pool locks even.
YES MORE VORTHOS SEGMENTS PLEASE!!
I live for these lore talks :D
Im planning on running dream halls with this commander seems good having mostly free cards on one side.
LETS GO JIMMY MY BOY YOU GOT THIS
Yay game knights on friday now i can look forward to having my finals done opening my booster box for top 8ing in prerelease and now watching game night.
Excited to see DJ playing at last!
Best opening song yet! You guys killed it
I built her a few days ago and went stax control and it's so fun. I play in a nasty meta so it was gravy.
That intro was sick
LORE section was great. WP Jimmy! I’d love to hear a full podcast with you telling stories to JLK, and seeing him react to it. (Btw, your WW2 episode still is the best one IMO)
Frozon Either is colour shifted Kismet, sweet! LOL
Great timing on that Krark-Clan Ironworks in Modern comment, Jimmy. ;o)
Azorius' song has to be 'I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)'
See I’m the guy who would’ve put in omen machine.
Rakdos theme = "The Devil's Carnival", end of discussion. XP
Do note that if you get Grand Arbiter out with Lavinia your opponent will be able to cast the 0 mana cards after paying the 1 for Grand Arbiter
I just bought the Simic sleeves for my Momir Vig deck, they work like a charm for the amount of tutoring I do
EDIT: If you're wondering why I commented about my Simic stuff on an Azorius video, it's because I was so impressed that I wanted to find the first Command Zone video that I could find to preach
The VGHS shirt... real throwback there
If we're talking about mean someone gave 3 people in our game aggressive mining with fractured identity
I think that when you are doing a 1-hour special about a commander, and you recommend a card that works against your own commander, even if it its good, its important to note it. Otherwise people will be mislead. Grand Arbiter and Lavina are nonbos. If anyone plays a free to cast spell, they can now pay 1 and cast it, while otherwise it would be just countered. That second ability is very relevant against many cards, mana crypt, ydris and maelstrom wanderer, and cascade in general, suspend, sunbird's invocation, cards like diluvian primordial or memory plunge, for of will, omniscience, etc. The list is enormous. Its important to show those rules interactions, because not all people know them.
Lavinia cares about the CMC of the card, they explained that using the 5 lands playing a 6 cost creature after Grand Arbiter mana cost increase.
@@aburabr You don't seem to understand. You can evade her second ability, thus all the things she stops are now free, from omniscience to force of will, cascade, etc for jsut one mana. If you are giving thousands of viewers advice, give it complete.
You're right about the grand arbiter enabling opponents to play 0 cmc spells, but (I'm not assuming you didnt know this i just thought ide mention).
Lavinia's second ability would still counter spells that were made free by another effect like "... instead of paying its mana cost" because the tax from grand arbiter would still be free
Also just drop an armageddon then laugh
@@bongsesh No they don't, you must pay 1 one mana to cast spells, hence you have spent mana, this means all her combos don't work and half the card is useless. And they don't even mention it, and they are supposed to be commander ''gurus''.
Intro was 10/10
Yay jimmy’s storytime! New segment!
Jimmy rocking that Video Game High School shirt! Nice!
Love abit of muse as an intro
Armageddon followed by Teferi's Protection. You get to keep all your lands and earn the hate of your table
Did you consider the Stormtide Leviathan/Archetype of Imagination lockdown?
Ohhhh taxes lol sweet sweet taxes. Lol I can't wait for this episode of Game Knights.
I love your videos, it's fun, interesting, informative, and we can tell that you guys enjoy it too!
I added a few nasty combos to this deck. Ghostway into a Worldpurgel, or, Enchanted evening, into Aura Thief, then throw down a Cleansing meditation and steal the entire table.
Also im surprised there is no Winter Orb aha.
I appreciate the attention to Vorthos.
still happy that jimmy's back :)
Rakdos - cult of personality by living colour mayhaps?
- Riot by Three Days Grace
Gruul - Burn This City by Sonic Syndicate
Jimmy do more lore dives on your decks, I found it awesome!
If talking more about Vorthos on the podcast means we'll get more dad jokes from Jimmy, then sign me the heck up.
Uprising Intro, seems fitting enough
I'd skip stasis, blatant thievery, and planar bridge, and put in sunder, dissipation field, and sunken hope. I'd also drop the extra turns, and put in eldrazi to close out the game.
Rakdos: Through the fire and Flames