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    Show Notes:
    The gloves are off and the fists are flying in this explosive episode of Extra Turns! The Command Zone crew are pulling out some of their favorite high-powered brews and playing to WIN! Craig “Mr. Infect” Blanchette joins Jake Boss, Jordan Pridgen, and JLK for a no-holds-barred Commander beatdown. So join us and see who comes out on top!
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    Credits:
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Комментарии • 764

  • @WhosNick
    @WhosNick Год назад +672

    Besides not feeling like a high power episode, the threat assessment was strange overall. Not swinging at Josh towards the end with Steel Hellkite or hard focusing Jordan felt like kingmaking Josh.

    • @Schmanton
      @Schmanton Год назад +88

      Nearly every Episode ends with kingmaking josh

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Год назад +24

      Also why even bother playing the Rhystic Study to needlessly buff Josh's board?

    • @captainqwark4863
      @captainqwark4863 Год назад +26

      Also Jake had fun casual commanders. Continuous to get destroyed by the rest... Never really got to see the deck in action. (Also why really Mana Drain?? Poor dude)

    • @hodlsage8968
      @hodlsage8968 Год назад +36

      ​@captainqwark4863 and mana drain a 3 drop when the next guys turn you know he is dropping a 5+ drop PW... This game was really odd, like 2v2 or 4 guys that really do not like each other.

    • @brentcampbell459
      @brentcampbell459 Год назад +42

      Weird threat assessment and apparently Josh had a gun under the table pointed at anyone who might make a good decision 😂

  • @TylerOdean
    @TylerOdean Год назад +586

    Jordan played a strong game but he was no match for Jordan

    • @JordanPridgen
      @JordanPridgen Год назад +50

      This is my whole life right here

    • @TylerOdean
      @TylerOdean Год назад +12

      @@JordanPridgen the important thing is you never held back 👍

    • @patrickschmidt6140
      @patrickschmidt6140 Год назад

      Spoilers!😂

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +13

      I think you mean: No match for Josh making one-sided deals everyone agreed to for some confusing reason and killing Jordan even after he was no longer a threat*
      I understand you were just making a witty remark, but let's not pretend this game was anything but complete one-sided tag team trash against Jordan.

    • @famousstranger8468
      @famousstranger8468 Год назад +1

      ​@@TheHetNoonenthud is life of a Jordan in mtg it happens all the time!

  • @joltaikv2340
    @joltaikv2340 Год назад +617

    Dont understand why Jordan is getting targeted when Josh had the biggest board pretty much the entire game

    • @mibbzx1493
      @mibbzx1493 Год назад +43

      They were scared of the vraska ult who got bounced back to hand, that problem got handled immediately and he had no proliferating and dragons got flying so they def should’ve been handling josh board

    • @carloskarner7352
      @carloskarner7352 Год назад +1

      yes, incredible !!

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Год назад +31

      @@mibbzx1493 Also Jake literally knew that Vraska was in Jordan's hand and could've saved the Force of Negation for it, but instead chose to use it on a 2-mana enchantment and ended up bouncing the Vraska with his own Cyclonic Rift anyways. He basically 3-for-1'ed himself because it made Craig tunnel in on him and Mana Drain his commander (which he also shouldn't have done!).

    • @jelloispain
      @jelloispain Год назад +14

      Because he is in charge.

    • @DraygaFlight
      @DraygaFlight Год назад +1

      He almost got to ultimate one of them, which would have basically ended someones game in a big hurry... Vraska can be deadly!

  • @Srodi
    @Srodi Год назад +357

    It was weird seeing this game. Command Zone always tells me the importance of threat assessment, for it to be completely nonexistent this game. It felt like they went "I want Josh to win just because" near the end.

    • @lemons-io
      @lemons-io Год назад +32

      It's seems like that's the case with every video Josh is in.

    • @LeonJohnson-yi3hg
      @LeonJohnson-yi3hg Год назад +22

      @@lemons-iohe pays their bills lol

    • @linus437
      @linus437 Год назад +25

      Yeah starting to wonder if this is just kingmaking out of fear of the boss. Steelkite going at jake twice instead of taking out all of Josh‘s tokens? Such weird decisions, such a badly played game. It‘s clear that the table is afraid of pissing off Josh.

    • @felity1773
      @felity1773 Год назад +12

      it really wasn't fun to watch. never ever should've promised josh to not attack him on the turn hellkite came down, it was a really bad play against his own interest and the table's interest as well

    • @LeonJohnson-yi3hg
      @LeonJohnson-yi3hg Год назад

      @@linus437 I mean it’s like when the general lets the king win at chess 😂

  • @Ominous_severus
    @Ominous_severus Год назад +450

    Everyone got Jordan to full send, then target him, while ignoring Josh and making deals with him, then lose to him. Craig and Jake didn’t even do much. Ya’ll dont play fair. lol

    • @Schmanton
      @Schmanton Год назад +76

      All Deals with josh didn't make an sense to me.

    • @ammonaustin9081
      @ammonaustin9081 Год назад +93

      This game was horrible lol
      Either scripted for Josh to win or just blatant kingmaking via poor threat assessment

    • @bradsimpson8724
      @bradsimpson8724 Год назад +8

      I only watch Extra Turns irregularly, for exactly this reason. The episodes feel rushed and very scripted in terms of who's supposed to win.

    • @GeorgeAlone2277
      @GeorgeAlone2277 Год назад +8

      @@ammonaustin9081 poor threat assessment i think

    • @buddhathegod
      @buddhathegod Год назад +37

      @@ammonaustin9081 Yeah all scenarios of this are terrible.
      1. It's scripted: if it's scripted, the best way to create engaging content would be if it follows some kind of dramatic narrative. It would be if Josh was beaten down and looked like an underdog that couldn't win, only to in the last second turn things around and win. This wasn't it at all, it was clear that Josh would win by turn 4 when everyone just used all their removal on each other and didn't touch beast whisperer.
      2. It's king-making: then again it's awful content, I don't think anyone wants to see a show that's basically "I put 3 guys on payroll so I could win commander games".
      3. Threat assessment was bad: it wasn't just bad then, it was terrible, like beyond-comprehension-do-a-psych-eval-bad. So bad that, again, it's not even entertaining to watch because it's basically watching a chess master play against 5-year-olds.

  • @gianniniolu2218
    @gianniniolu2218 Год назад +527

    I get the full send thing was fun when it started, but I am ready for that to stop every time someone plays a black market connections. The bit has run its course

    • @Richuardo
      @Richuardo Год назад +21

      Now people just have to push though until it’s funny again. Stay the course….lol

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +25

      Agreed it needs to end.

    • @joedoe7572
      @joedoe7572 Год назад +49

      It kills all their games. If they can't agree to not kill themselves, I wish they would at least agree to take it out of their decks. It hasn't been funny since it's third episode

    • @ignacius8466
      @ignacius8466 Год назад +32

      It's cringe-inducing now.

    • @psy_p
      @psy_p Год назад +14

      It is the menache all over again.

  • @mynamesjared3427
    @mynamesjared3427 Год назад +541

    It seems like everyone was told, if Josh lost they were all getting fired.

    • @Leviathan894
      @Leviathan894 Год назад +37

      It does baffle me how people make deals with him when he is the threat. At least force him to use his resources so he can’t sit there building a board state. It makes a game with a lot of variety become very predictable.

    • @xNemesiSxPR
      @xNemesiSxPR Год назад +34

      that last deal was stupid, lol. he had the advantage, the hellkite was obviously going to him so why help him knowing he was going to win with that board. Plus deals are not set on stone, betray them ffs, wtf is this shit lol.

    • @toddfensel2782
      @toddfensel2782 Год назад +4

      I was about to say the same thing.

    • @buddhathegod
      @buddhathegod Год назад +11

      @@xNemesiSxPR 100% especially with Josh's board that's been basically untouched since turn 1 (apart from that small, small impact of Liliana). For the sake of the game continuing and being fun for everyone, I'd 10/10 times make the deal and break. I know they've talked about game etiquette, but I'm a firm believer that games should be fun over anything. Josh was in a position to lock things and just autowin as usual, from a pragmatic point of view, the game would just be more fun if it reset the board for the rest. Maybe he can throw a hissy-fit in the moment, but I think at the end of the game everyone would agree it'd be the only way to have a fun game that isn't Josh-solitaire.

    • @xNemesiSxPR
      @xNemesiSxPR Год назад +4

      @@buddhathegod but that what makes political magic fun. You know u can be betrayed not fucking sign a contract like they do.

  • @kurowasanabe
    @kurowasanabe Год назад +253

    High powered Jake where he cast his commander a few times and attack with her twice.

    • @jakebossmtg4899
      @jakebossmtg4899 Год назад +33

      The sad side of piloting a glass cannon.

    • @pistolpete7422
      @pistolpete7422 Год назад +26

      Exactly why I came to the comments. What a boring game to watch

    • @drrockd9460
      @drrockd9460 Год назад +9

      @@bassfunkprog6730you clearly haven’t watched all the extra turns games then

    • @redzone4412
      @redzone4412 Год назад +11

      @@bassfunkprog6730 he isn’t bad just because he didn’t play well calm down

    • @drrockd9460
      @drrockd9460 Год назад +4

      @@bassfunkprog6730 have you?

  • @caseywellington4761
    @caseywellington4761 Год назад +140

    Command Zone threat assessment rule 1: kill Josh first.
    Command Zone threat assessment rule 2: do not accept Josh's deals. He will always follow them up with a sudden and huge threat that you suddenly can't deal with.

    • @mralumina3566
      @mralumina3566 Год назад +19

      Command Zone threat assessment rule (that actually being followed): Kingmake Josh

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +8

      Command Zone rule no one talks about: Don't piss off the boss.

    • @christophervennix9861
      @christophervennix9861 Год назад +3

      I mean, even when the first deal was made with Josh (aka, I won't send hellkite at you), Josh was a stupidly huge threat to ignore. He had multiple synergy cards down, the ability to draw a full grip every turn, a scry/draw ability that freely triggered, multiple different life gains and targeted damage pings. Not seeing that just by the sheer number of cards in front of him and in his hand is either willfully stupid or bribed to lose.

    • @destinal_in_reality
      @destinal_in_reality Год назад +2

      @@christophervennix9861 Yeah, should have made him at least pay to remove the hellkite if he could.

  • @hatedavarice
    @hatedavarice Год назад +83

    Why is everyone just handing Josh the game? Feels like everyone just made deals with the guy already ahead to leave him ahead.

  • @scifoncra6376
    @scifoncra6376 Год назад +42

    Command Zone: where they hype up Black Market Connections but keep doing this whole "full send" skit and the player that full sends *always loses*.
    That board assessement was legendary. Josh has a threatening board but the Steel Hellkite has to attack the guy that barely has a board to destroy those silly mana rocks :)

  • @GrandoorMcGouty
    @GrandoorMcGouty Год назад +79

    Not sure why jordan was bullied so hard this game. Poor guy had one good turn and as a result was deemed the threat the ENTIRE game even when he was at single digits.

  • @rerodriguez90
    @rerodriguez90 Год назад +50

    0:10 "It is a pretty explosive and exciting game"
    Turns out that was a lie.

  • @truecross4090
    @truecross4090 Год назад +202

    Must be hard to play commander when you don't want to make your boss mad at you for the world to see. Lol

    • @Beleth043
      @Beleth043 Год назад +2

      Lol

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +2

      Lol

    • @MaLordWotan
      @MaLordWotan Год назад

      Seems weird overall because in past episodes he is eliminated 1st or 2nd. I.e. See Post Malone episodes. But even Posty was eliminated early-ish in the 2nd playthrough?

    • @Doctor_Faust17
      @Doctor_Faust17 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@MaLordWotanBecause Post Malone was their ace with that episode. If he got eliminated a few turns into the game, something that happens to every normal player every now and then, then the video would make less views and less money. I really want to believe that these vids aren't fully scripted but they are clearly playing in a way to bring more engagement instead of traditional satisfying mtg like other channels.

  • @Idahofishnerd
    @Idahofishnerd Год назад +71

    Josh: Hey Craig, do this.
    Craig: Okay

  • @pantaliamon7357
    @pantaliamon7357 Год назад +317

    Yet another game of Josh presenting one sided deals that people take for "some reason" and winning the game because of it.

    • @adamrobinson6951
      @adamrobinson6951 Год назад +50

      Agreed. Josh himself said in an advice video that you should never take the deal as offered, because the dealmaker always offers something they think is advantageous to themselves.
      For instance, here he managed to save most of his board and direct all damage at his opponents just by agreeing not to kill a creature that was no threat. Had there been any negotiating or threat assessment, there's no way he'd get away with that.
      Still, commander is a political game. If you out-politic your opponents, that's a valid strategy.

    • @danm2235
      @danm2235 Год назад +15

      The last 3 turnos why no one attack him with Flyers. Weier

    • @kamikirbits7708
      @kamikirbits7708 Год назад +1

      @@danm2235 he could block and kill them?

    • @teadeity363
      @teadeity363 Год назад +33

      Yep, literally stopped watching once he made the deal with Craig, this shit is oblivious king making

    • @ryanweston6182
      @ryanweston6182 Год назад +22

      Exactly. It gets lame watching everyone be afraid to actually attack or kill Josh. As soon as Craig agreed to not attack Josh with Steel Hellkite. I knew that Jish would be winning the game. He had the best board state in the game and the most life. Why was he not archenemy?

  • @CrazedSeer
    @CrazedSeer Год назад +188

    Everyone targeting Jordan literally handed the game to Josh.

    • @F_Freakman
      @F_Freakman Год назад +3

      His fault for playing planeswalkers

    • @matoshlee
      @matoshlee Год назад +13

      @@F_Freakman Yes, but also after Jordan died they should have focused Josh. For some they didn't do anything and were fighting each other when neither one was in enough of a commanding lead. Steel hellkite was forced to not attack a turn even though Josh was the one who had the most to fear from the hellkite, plus the hellkite was swung at Jake for some reason to hit his mana rocks.

    • @mibbzx1493
      @mibbzx1493 Год назад +21

      Planeswalkers are not a threat if he had no proliferating, no flier to protect him. You gotta read the board better, josh was just generating drawing 4 cards a turn and had his engine going fast asf and putting 1/1 counters on ALL his cretires for like 3/4 turns thats just bad threat assessment

    • @PlaneWalker18
      @PlaneWalker18 Год назад +5

      He is there boss, i’ve noticed that a few times he gets handed shit on these games.

    • @Jacob-ee8ux
      @Jacob-ee8ux Год назад +8

      @@matoshlee yeah attacking to destroy two mana rocks on a relatively empty board made no sense.

  • @christophervennix9861
    @christophervennix9861 Год назад +59

    Honestly, I've mostly enjoyed game knights over the years but the last few matches have just seemed made of absolutely terrible decisions in favour of letting Josh win or at least be 'the big bad'. This one feels like the worst of it - you look around the board and see Jake has practically nothing going, Jordan has planeswalkers yes, but little to defend them, Craig is just trying to put something together...and Josh is drawing 3-5 cards a turn, putting massive engine pieces together, gathering a frankly ridiculous stockpile of resources.
    And then Craig goes "wellllll....the real threat here seems to be Jordan, I'll make a deal with Josh..". They all go "oh well, Mazirek made it a scary board state" the next turn which to me just shows staggeringly poor situational awareness. What, the ability to draw multiple cards per turn, ping targeted damage around the board, grow creatures, scry multiple times and gain life every turn *wasn't* scary?

    • @christophervennix9861
      @christophervennix9861 Год назад +13

      Edit: Made this comment halfway through, just watched to the end....if Craig and Jake were not paid to let Josh win that one then they seriously need to go and get a magic the gathering tutorial handbook. Seriously, making deals to slow the hellkite down when Josh had a board state that could *casually* wipe both of them was...something.
      This is their first video I've ever given a dislike which is a shame because I know that they can do better. Hard to believe that some of the greatest and most entertaining commander content I've seen has come from the same channel that produced this...

  • @shadedcorner
    @shadedcorner Год назад +175

    I'm not one to complain about quality of gameplay in at a casual commander table, but it's hard to watch this and think this game wasn't rigged.

    • @ItsColde
      @ItsColde Год назад +3

      It was just a normal game where someone became the second threat of the game, and won because no one had the position to deal with him which is often the way edh and cedh both go down

    • @joshshin6819
      @joshshin6819 Год назад +1

      When and how? The only episode I ever felt was rigged was Post Malone's first episode on this show

    • @ExodaCrown
      @ExodaCrown Год назад +4

      @@ItsColde Jordan was never a threat, the only time that he could have been consider a threat was if he could ult the Vraska. Even then he wasn't a threat, Jake had cyclonic rift that he could/should have saved to overload. Josh had plenty of creatures to block them. The only person the assassin were a threat to was Craig, but he should have mana drain Vraska. Josh on the other hand was a threat to the table, he had a draw engine and more mana than everyone else on the table. Plus kiiler service would have turn into a token factory once his commander hit the field. So this was a game where they went after the second threat and let the primary threat run away with the game.
      After skimming through the episode again it looks much worse. No one went after Josh until Jordan turned his commander into a treasure. Jake didn't try to pressure him with his commander earlier, instead chose to attack Craig. I don't think Josh would have blocked the 3 damage, but it would have been something. Then maybe Craig wouldn't have wasted his mana drain. Jordan got Vraska to ult range then announced to the table to draw more focus on him. When Craig started to get a board presence he immediately focused made a deal with Josh to focus Jordan. Then instead of goading Mazirek, he decided to goad Jake's commander and destroy his mana rocks. The Hellkit should have went towards Josh the first turn it was able. It would have either killed the Mazirek or got through and he could have blew up all the token. He couldn't do that because he made the deal. Jake makes a deal to keep his commander instead of trying to make a deal with Craig to prevent Mazirek from blocking if he sent the Hellkite Josh's direction.

    • @StarborneSybil
      @StarborneSybil Год назад

      Wow it's almost as if it's just for fun, you know, like all games are supposed to be designed for?

  • @InsanoRider777
    @InsanoRider777 Год назад +163

    Okay, I'm not so knowledgeable at Commander, but this game felt one-sided. Pressuring Jordan to commit to the bit and then curbstomping him for it? Making an obviously bad deal with Josh when he was the clear threat? These choices made the game feel scripted.
    Can't say this was one of y'all's better episodes.

  • @user-dy5fk8ff1v
    @user-dy5fk8ff1v Год назад +150

    oh craig, your threat assessment is infamous as usual

    • @iann.8088
      @iann.8088 Год назад +5

      You mean Jake right?

    • @gypsieking3280
      @gypsieking3280 Год назад +15

      Both. So excited to remove Jordan that they let the sac deck get online.

  • @stratoincendus3869
    @stratoincendus3869 Год назад +231

    This doesn’t feel any more or less “powered” than any regular episode… especially when you consider that these guys used to pull out ABU duals like they’re nothing on regular episodes.

    • @AutkastKain
      @AutkastKain Год назад +11

      I think the title is just saying that there isn't any certain theme, like the cat theme last episode

    • @minine6508
      @minine6508 Год назад +4

      Yea, that’s all of command zone LOL

    • @anthonylewis6656
      @anthonylewis6656 Год назад +15

      Is Abu duals really powering your deck up in a noticeable way? Most games I play don't end in exact damage so shocks might as well be right?

    • @AgentArcadia
      @AgentArcadia Год назад +3

      Girlie pop chill out

    • @jacobm954
      @jacobm954 Год назад +6

      Totally agree, I thought I was about to see some cEDH

  • @jeremymann6069
    @jeremymann6069 Год назад +15

    Glad to see I wasn’t the only one put off by these plays/vibes

  • @brandyourfan9244
    @brandyourfan9244 Год назад +136

    Table baits Jordan into a "full-send" every turn.
    Then table uses his low life to bully him out of the game early.
    Worst Extra Turns I've seen.

  • @BstFrmThEst
    @BstFrmThEst Год назад +42

    I think I’m getting to understand the dynamics of playing with Josh. He’s a pretty spiky player and always tries to make deals, but when things don’t go his way he complains and throws a tantrum. I think everyone just doesn’t want to deal with that so they just accept his deals no matter what.

  • @nasekiller
    @nasekiller Год назад +15

    I have to say, these videos are made really well. I barely even notice the gameplay between all the high quality advertisements

  • @Srodi
    @Srodi Год назад +62

    After watching this episode, I kinda get the "The show is rigged" comments. It almost feels like Josh said before beginning "I want to win this one, make it happen"

  • @christopherjones2185
    @christopherjones2185 Год назад +38

    All of the games they play now just seem like it’s more of a tv show and not focused on playing the game. Also it seems like Josh has to win the game everytime he plays

  • @davidnguyen4975
    @davidnguyen4975 Год назад +103

    This episode was peer pressure at its finest

  • @privettk
    @privettk Год назад +47

    I feel like Jordan stopped being the threat a few turns before he died - everyone should've noticed Josh's board and switched gears, especially after Mazirek came down. I also have failed to make Mazirek work as a commander, so was fun to see it do what it was designed to!

    • @felity1773
      @felity1773 Год назад +2

      he was never the threat, maybe when he would've had that vraska ult (with 3 assassins) on his next turn... but even then it wasn't too bad

    • @buddhathegod
      @buddhathegod Год назад +4

      Stopped being a threat way before that. As soon as Beast Whisperer had gotten Josh more than 3 cards (outperformed Harmonize), all the focus should've been on Josh.

  • @himbology100
    @himbology100 Год назад +84

    What was Craig's threat assessment this game lol

    • @calebrichardson521
      @calebrichardson521 Год назад +11

      Pure spite

    • @yotuel9064
      @yotuel9064 Год назад +6

      Vengeance is the name of his threat assessment.

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Год назад +11

      Think he was stunned from the Force of Negation on Dragon Tempest and just wanted revenge. It was admittedly a really sketcky counter (both of them!) because they all knew Jordan just put Vraska into his hand, which Jake even used removal on the turn after because it was such a big threat! Craig and Jake definitely played like donkeys this game, lol.

    • @danm2235
      @danm2235 Год назад +2

      Ridículous He did not attack Josh with the flyers

    • @valentinpoblete1940
      @valentinpoblete1940 Год назад +2

      @@totakekeslider3835 tbh dragon tempest is pretty good on that deck, my buddy has a miirym deck and most of the times that enchant sticks we are dead to just triggers.

  • @adrenalineunlimited
    @adrenalineunlimited 10 месяцев назад +4

    Black Market Connections, I feel like the shapeshifter is rarely worth it

  • @siradzki5905
    @siradzki5905 11 месяцев назад +5

    Next time Jake might want to bring a magic deck too so he can eventually play with them

  • @Dragon_Fyre
    @Dragon_Fyre Год назад +23

    Looking over the deck lists, Jake did not draw enough ramp and has a very slow deck when that happens, Craig drew badly overall, Jordan suicided with the full send nonsense, so the result was inevitable…

  • @maxxx6895
    @maxxx6895 Год назад +19

    I hope they read these comments, because they really need to either get better at threat assessment, or stop deciding who wins the game before it even starts. It's pretty difficult to stay interested in a video when everyone is playing like an idiot.

  • @B3NN3TT066
    @B3NN3TT066 Год назад +22

    I still do not understand why jordan was target focussed lol

  • @thedoctor559
    @thedoctor559 Год назад +14

    I'm gonna say it, intentional misplays do not make content better or more exciting. There's NO WORLD where any of the removal and interaction Jake and Craig were throwing around was used correctly and there's no way they wouldn't have known that. Literally just delivering the game to Josh with bow on it basically from the start.

  • @Aldissimo90
    @Aldissimo90 Год назад +24

    "Play a game against your boss" I hope this will help the three of them keeping their jobs a bit longer.

  • @befuddledfaun
    @befuddledfaun Год назад +13

    Another Command Zone game where the table made ridiculous deals with Josh despite him being the obvious threat. It's starting to get hard to watch.

  • @MrBunksauce
    @MrBunksauce Год назад +18

    This episode is like when you play golf with your boss. Oops, shanked another one.

  • @AwesomeSocialDancing
    @AwesomeSocialDancing Год назад +15

    Dude, all 3 of them played Jordan like a fiddle chanting for something that would be his doom. That card is dangerous.

    • @florinalinmarginean1135
      @florinalinmarginean1135 Год назад

      The card is not dangerous at all if your deck does something to try and win the game.
      Now, I think Jordan just drew very poorly. I'm sure there's a Doubling Season or a Vorinclex in there.
      Unfortunately he also got targeted for no reason the whole game

  • @jankzgsoldier9396
    @jankzgsoldier9396 Год назад +12

    My friend and I wondered why this video had so many dislikes, but I get it now. There are so many questions about why this video was even considered good. One guy did nothing but play commander. Another guy just killing himself, and last having a 1v1 removal counterpell war. ALL while Josh just plays a very standard food deck. What?...

  • @dondariohabibi5118
    @dondariohabibi5118 Год назад +49

    Why is josh making deals to kill a dude on 9 life like he hasnt the most problematic board lmao 😂

  • @spellbreakerunbound
    @spellbreakerunbound Год назад +21

    Wow, would have really liked to see the planeswalker deck pop off! Unfortunately, Jordan died to a bit that seems like it has long overstayed its welcome, shame.

    • @nikhilchhagan7371
      @nikhilchhagan7371 Год назад +7

      The part about full send being played out is so real. I really wish they would retire that “joke”

    • @joedoe7572
      @joedoe7572 Год назад +2

      It really is horrible, and has been destroying Game Knights and Extra Turns since two or so episodes after it debuted

  • @DeCode343
    @DeCode343 Год назад +40

    The full send killing yet another player a round to 2 earlier than necessary.
    Kinda sad, would have loved to see the planeswalkers do some neat/ nasty stuff.
    Maybe jordan can come bavk for a rematch

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Год назад +15

      It's kinda cringe and I wish Josh would stop it, lol. He won't though cause it's kind of his "thing" now.

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +12

      Josh needs to seriously just stop saying full send. The joke is old and it encourages poor play and awkward peer pressure situations.

    • @joedoe7572
      @joedoe7572 Год назад +5

      It's horrible and ruins games. It may have been funny for a few weeks, but I don't think anyone actually enjoys it anymore

  • @TheMonsterClips
    @TheMonsterClips Год назад +51

    Feels like they ganged up on Jordan for really no reason. He was already losing tons of life to the Black Market Connections. And only got to play a whole whopping three planeswalkers.

    • @jtizzle450
      @jtizzle450 Год назад +4

      Kind of disagree. Other than Josh, he had the best board state for majority of the game (while he was alive). just because he's losing life on his own accord, doesn't mean that he shouldn't be punished for extracting the value that he did with the BMC.
      EDIT: i will concede that Josh was a tad bit of a bully by targeting him with the drains while he was the one egging on the 'full send' every turn.

    • @himbology100
      @himbology100 Год назад +16

      ​@@jtizzle450Josh's board state was still 10x better and was vulnerable to Craig's Hellkite and he just never sent it Josh's way for like no reason. Even after Jordan was gone he was like "I'm gonna swing it at Jake and blow up both his mana rocks despite his complete lack of a board state all game." It was like Craig was playing the game just to get Josh to win lol

    • @xybaexpert1139
      @xybaexpert1139 Год назад +2

      His board state was getting crazy and he was threatening crazy effects. Plus Josh ended it soon after so it wasn’t too long.
      Way better than getting knocked out first and waiting 1hr plus for the other 3 to finish.

    • @jtizzle450
      @jtizzle450 Год назад +2

      @@himbology100 Josh had the Mazirek to defend the hellkite on top of the Mazirek getting buffed, which is why it went to Jake.
      Also - I think it's fair to say that these players have played against each other's decks before and it was seemingly known that Jordan's deck is very powerful. even Craig said 'we gotta deal with this' and gestured at Jordan's board

  • @StorytellerCharm
    @StorytellerCharm Год назад +20

    You couldn’t pay me to tell my friends to throw this hard at a game that’s supposed to be fun and interactive.

  • @PiquantPan
    @PiquantPan Год назад +7

    You have to keep in mind that they usually film 2-3 games to find a "good game" to present as content, how lopsided were the games they played but didn't show? idk, i watched of course, but this feels like a real dud of a game that didn't really showcase the power of any deck besides JLK getting to fiddle around with his usual trigger-engines unopposed for 3 turns in a row.

  • @imanujakku
    @imanujakku Год назад +5

    Jake taking the role of table sheriff early could be an interesting episode talking about when you can afford to do this from a card advantage standpoint. without a card draw engine like rhystic study or some way to gas back up i think he has to let the dragon tempest go and make a deal with jordan that he can ult vraska the unseen if the assassins are pointed elsewhere.
    His actions with rift and force essentially put the table down 5 cards to josh who was allowed to build. Fast forward and josh has a card draw engine plus the advantage of being left alone early. It also speaks to the power of playing the incremental advantage game while your opponents drop miiryms and threaten to ult planeswalkers. You dodge the counters and removal.

  • @marcoantoniomejiagonzalez6433
    @marcoantoniomejiagonzalez6433 Год назад +10

    High-Powered King making episode imao

  • @Spirited_skiing
    @Spirited_skiing Год назад +8

    I’m curious how you all decide what’s high power- these didn’t feel that much stronger than the usual decks- what restrictions do you place on normal vs high power decks?

  • @nickchaput219
    @nickchaput219 Год назад +8

    High power? Looks like a normal game

  • @rossf8616
    @rossf8616 Год назад +18

    I wouldn't consider killing yourself for the sake of a meme 'high power'.

  • @brandonoaks5843
    @brandonoaks5843 Год назад +5

    Their plays don't make any sense, Josh is the threat and has been. Yet he's still goading Jake....

  • @Aldissimo90
    @Aldissimo90 Год назад +166

    honestly this is a bit ridiculous... people must be so scared of Josh reaction if he doesn't win so they let him win. None attacked him the whole game. Jake could have just waited and cast the cyc rift the next turn for its overload cost, Craig could have attacked Josh with the hellkite forcing him to kill the mazirek. This was one of the worst and more one sided extra turn episodes ever. And please don't read this comment like "here's another hater" ( I am in love with your channel if anything). Just re watch the episode and look at the deals and interactions that happened during the game and reflect on them, please.

    • @redzone4412
      @redzone4412 Год назад +17

      I definitely see what you’re talking that win definitely felt like it was just handed to Josh when he clearly had the larger board state

    • @cianlacy6515
      @cianlacy6515 10 месяцев назад +4

      My brother, sometimes these things just happen, there have been dozens of times personally, where a whole table of players, me included, overlook a guy or his board and they end up sweeping for a win. That’s not even with the added pressure of trying to get every rule right while all the while filming, so I’m with you if you disliked the episode for the reasons you stated but nobody can be perfect all the time, and like you said, you’re a fan! Just look forward to the next game 👊

    • @jaydub5515
      @jaydub5515 10 месяцев назад +1

      Nobody even tried to attack Josh's board. Whack...

    • @TheOracle30
      @TheOracle30 7 месяцев назад +1

      Jordan has some fun and goes full send, so the entire board attacks him when he's down to 9? Then Josh cries like a baby when an opponent plays something he doesn't like. The same channel who complains about land destruction and hand destruction being unplayable supports an environment where the entire board chests and gangs up on players. Pathetic at best.

  • @drrockd9460
    @drrockd9460 Год назад +48

    I love how black market connections on this channel just makes whoever plays it scramble to find a way to win the game in 5 turns lmao

    • @LadyLunarSatine
      @LadyLunarSatine Год назад +3

      I'm more irked with the phrase "full send", you're the one RECEIVING stuff, what're you sending to others?

    • @alexloree6208
      @alexloree6208 Год назад +2

      @@LadyLunarSatine It's just an expression that means "Go All In"

    • @joedoe7572
      @joedoe7572 Год назад +4

      I wish they would stop with the stupid full send. It was funny for a few weeks at most. Now it just ruins games

  • @joshvillanueva3534
    @joshvillanueva3534 Год назад +12

    I just cant even get through half of these videos without loosing interest now. Another one bites the dust.

  • @9-b_b-9
    @9-b_b-9 Год назад +9

    Anyone else realize the irony of revealing Vraska the Unseen?

  • @kellenfortier9195
    @kellenfortier9195 Год назад +23

    There was literally no reason to "full send" every time with black market connections. That's not high power that's just bad play. Also, horrible threat assessment and deal making. Why would Craig agree to leave Josh's board untouched for a turn?! Completely one-sided deal. I'm by no means a great Magic player but this game had me shaking my head.

  • @chaosof99
    @chaosof99 Год назад +34

    Sorry to say, but this was a really weak episode. Nobody played any removal, Jordan was way too greedy, and nobody hardly touched Josh for the entire game.

  • @Leviathan894
    @Leviathan894 Год назад +40

    Why is Josh, who is at 40 life and has a great board state, whining when Craig brings out a Steel Hellkite? Like do you seriously not want the guy to play his deck so you can go on playing yours. Jordan is at 9 life, how does Josh get away with this kind of politics?

    • @bradsimpson8724
      @bradsimpson8724 Год назад +10

      It's much easier when you're the guy signing the paycheques.

  • @isochronik
    @isochronik Год назад +8

    Oh man, another game of JLK amassing a huge board state and advantage with minimal interaction from the table only for him to win. Cant say for sure but it really looks sometimes like JLK hates losing because he gets handed the game on a platter almost every time hes on. Boring.
    Also poor Jordan man, guy had like one solid turn and then got reamed by the table as if josh wasnt the obvious threat

  • @brent0034
    @brent0034 Год назад +7

    Why would Craig not attack Josh on his "last turn" with the Steel Hellkite and pay 5 and wipe his entire board? Makes way more sense than playing another creature at that point. Hold Firkraag as a blocker instead of attcking Jake with it. His last turn made absoulty no sense imo.

    • @graysonchristian2668
      @graysonchristian2668 Год назад

      Because he had made a deal with Josh to not do that. Which yes bad deal. And this is one of the games with most obvious bad deals being made. But it is still a deal

  • @Rybore13
    @Rybore13 Год назад +10

    Yea i enjoy some of these games srill but ive moved on to other mtg gameplay content creators like Scry Babies, Table Top Jocks and Commander at Home cuz they still feel genuine and the players are usually reasonable. This was a hard watch

    • @angelowilliams5239
      @angelowilliams5239 11 месяцев назад

      I watch others too. I haven't actually watched an Extra Turns in quite a while, but oof...this episode was baaad.

  • @ty_sylicus
    @ty_sylicus 26 дней назад +1

    Wow. Josh was absolutely ruthless.

  • @ezrilebeau8234
    @ezrilebeau8234 Год назад +7

    Poor Jake, aside from stopping a couple things for the table, he didn't do ANYTHING for himself.... oooof

    • @totakekeslider3835
      @totakekeslider3835 Год назад +1

      I think he torpedoed this whole game by countering Craig's Dragon Tempest. It's a strong card, but there was worse stuff going on around them and it totally made Craig focus on him.

  • @ella6547
    @ella6547 Год назад +14

    I wonder if the decks were evenly balanced in power or not.
    Josh got a lot of power out while Craig (no ramp) and Jake (no card draw) did very little. Jordan (no defenders) had a board but couldn't protect it so I wonder if it was just bad luck for the non-Joshes.

  • @LordoftheSandwiches
    @LordoftheSandwiches Год назад +2

    Glad I'm not the only person who thought dunking on Jordan there was pretty questionable.

  • @davidbukowski3463
    @davidbukowski3463 Год назад +11

    Jordan should contact his attorney general after this blatant worker abuse -- dude did not deserve getting ganged up on

  • @lauravturner
    @lauravturner Год назад +4

    If I worked for Command Zone, Josh would always be public enemy number one... which is probably why I will never get given a job at Command Zone.

  • @teadeity363
    @teadeity363 Год назад +29

    "High-Powered" Commander except we obliviously King-Make Josh to kill a "threat" player even though Josh was the threat player lmao. I stayed Subscribed for Rachel Weeks since she's awesome as heck, but this video is my final video for Command Zone, this is not fun to watch.

  • @mollymantooth3483
    @mollymantooth3483 Год назад +5

    Just letting the big dog win again. No one targeted Josh at all.

  • @drosales1981
    @drosales1981 10 месяцев назад +1

    The name of this series should be "who does the worst deal with Josh". Craig NEVER should had agreed a deal with Josh when Steel Hellkite arrived.

  • @patrice2847
    @patrice2847 Год назад +17

    Im not sure i enjoyed this game as much there wasent good threat assement and jordan unecessarily taking absurd extra dmg from full sending

  • @JacktheDoctor
    @JacktheDoctor Год назад +5

    Mazirek and some of the other cards in that deck are great tech for the Frodo and Sam precon, glad I watched this episode.

  • @CherryDad
    @CherryDad Год назад +38

    ah yes, such "high powered" gameplay

    • @loonakay
      @loonakay Год назад +10

      High powered = expensive lands!! and bad threat assessment

    • @DiscardatRandom
      @DiscardatRandom Год назад +5

      @@loonakaydon’t forget the very well used expensive counterspells

  • @TedMattos
    @TedMattos Год назад +5

    I feel like I'd enjoy playing with three out of the four gentlemen sitting at the table in this game. The fourth one - not so much.

  • @donovanloreman
    @donovanloreman 11 месяцев назад +2

    Josh has an uncanny ability to not be targeted even though they very clearly labeled him a threat from the get go. That is his supet power.

  • @QWERTY-du4hc
    @QWERTY-du4hc Год назад +5

    Please do not tell your audience these are high powered decks...

  • @TheHetNoonen
    @TheHetNoonen Год назад +11

    I don't understand why people still just haplessly and gullibly waltz right into deals predominantly termed by Josh. This made for a generic and boring game, the second the deal was accepted I knew it was over the next turn with Josh winning that I just tuned out. I guess it's hard to say no to a deal when the dude is responsible for your payroll, perhaps?

  • @PlaneWalker18
    @PlaneWalker18 Год назад +25

    Hmm, nope not a particularly fun game to watch this time guys. Bad assessment, little interaction (and questionable targets “Mana Drain”), pressure applied where it was badly need elsewhere. For all the talk they do of how to handle games and treat players they really ignored it here.

  • @connorreed779
    @connorreed779 9 месяцев назад +1

    Yea Josh just played solitaire this entire game while everyone else fought amongst themselves doing nothing about him. Craig using Obsidian Charmaw on Jake while he literally had nothing on board and double commander tax, sitting across from Josh with a massive board pretty much sums up this whole game.

  • @TehGranger
    @TehGranger Год назад +3

    Jake got. played by Josh... that steel hellkite, was there. saving grace.

  • @orituvia1836
    @orituvia1836 Год назад +11

    some really weak plays.... why in the world would you bounce the planeswalker that going to ultimate and create creatures that don;t have haste? when you could just wait and overload it, especially when you see from the start that josh is the problem. and why would you keep making deals with clearly the strongest player and keep helping him

  • @elihall6480
    @elihall6480 Год назад +12

    krim would be crying at all the green decks

  • @LouisKing995
    @LouisKing995 Год назад +11

    The whining from Josh when the Helkite hit the board was really cringe to see

  • @finfangfo0m
    @finfangfo0m Год назад +3

    At one point I forgot Craig was there.

  • @ty_sylicus
    @ty_sylicus 26 дней назад +1

    Friends don't let friends play Black Market Connections.

  • @EvertfromNederland
    @EvertfromNederland 11 месяцев назад +2

    I don't care what anyone says, paying 6 life for black market connections each turn is not worth it.

  • @paullion5900
    @paullion5900 7 месяцев назад +1

    "Lets cyc rift a planeswalker whos ability definitely wasn't going to come my way and was for sure going to target josh, instead of cyc rifting the table and destroying josh's board"

  • @okgut2033
    @okgut2033 Год назад +25

    Seeing how counterspells are missused makes me sad :(

    • @DiscardatRandom
      @DiscardatRandom Год назад +2

      Dude wasted 2 cards for one dragon tempest lmao

    • @DiscardatRandom
      @DiscardatRandom Год назад

      Dude wasted 2 cards for one dragon tempest lmao

    • @sunflowertheog
      @sunflowertheog Год назад +7

      ngl dragons tempest is AMAZING in miiyrm, i totally get the counterspell. but mana drain on a 3cmc commander? idk bro

    • @DiscardatRandom
      @DiscardatRandom Год назад

      @@sunflowertheog it would’ve been smarter to just save the counter for miiyrim

    • @sunflowertheog
      @sunflowertheog Год назад

      @inyourwalls8134 using your logic, you'd be then going down 2 cards to have the opponent not even go down a card because their commander is always accessible. i understand we don't see dragons tempest the same way tho, i respect how u feel

  • @GabrielMateusLima
    @GabrielMateusLima Год назад +6

    This is episode is a great example to players understand that threat assessment is really important, here you see what to not do in a game. Ridiculous.

  • @Ramen4Days
    @Ramen4Days Год назад +15

    Josh was the problem the entire game and was almost universally ignored 😂

  • @ajaniking111crystalbeat3
    @ajaniking111crystalbeat3 Год назад +1

    For all the people complaining that Josh won and you feel like he always wins, are you new here? Does he often have explosive and insane boards? Yes. But more than not he gets screwed and loses. Sooooo complain to complain i guess

  • @super6naruto5
    @super6naruto5 Год назад +8

    This game looked fixed.
    It was pretty easy to see that once Josh could get counters on all his creatures that he was the biggest threat. They didn't touch Josh but ganged up on the player that was killing himself.
    Once again Jake looks like a terrible player dude countered a two drop and didn't hold cyclonic rift for late game plan B.
    Worst game I've seen on here lately.

  • @jefflyndon7986
    @jefflyndon7986 Год назад +11

    I think Josh being the boss is a conflict of interest. No one ever screws him. Ruins game dynamics.

  • @crss29
    @crss29 Год назад +2

    🎶Fools' end!
    🎶Fools' end!
    🎶Fools' end!

  • @BasDoGach
    @BasDoGach Год назад +4

    What they did to Jordan was disgusting peer pressure and ganged up on him that's distasteful

  • @rcarey268
    @rcarey268 Год назад +9

    Josh is feeling great this episode being able to yell full send at someone else at the table for once 😆

    • @TheHetNoonen
      @TheHetNoonen Год назад +3

      I'm personally sick of the full send, it's peer pressure to play badly. Just choose the options you need. The joke is old IMO.

  • @sal8582
    @sal8582 Год назад +24

    I’m so over everyone always taking Josh’s deal when it literally only ever benefits him so boring