First time watching. Appreciate the creative approach to rule zero. Cuts through some of the abstraction involved in ranking the power level of commander decks. Gives both players and viewers a better understanding of how each deck functions. Enjoyed it a lot.
Avacyn wearing a basilisk collar sounds like the most metal thing, even for a gothic plane with a vampire whose card literally means 'Sorin the joyless'
"You're at 72 life!" Not for long he wasn't. Aristocratic life gain/drain is one of my favorite strategies, and I am also a huge fan of Black Market. It's been referred to as a "win more" card, but today it proved it's definitely a card to be reckoned with. :)
This is quickly becoming my favorite commander show to watch on RUclips. Love the dynamic between the 4 of you. Congratulations on the win Blake! Even with all the hate towards the taxation draw effects you kept your composure… respect.
The look on Blake’s face when Ben countered his removal on Shae’s commander was the very essence of entertainment and, I reckon, provided the fuel to go all the way this game. Congrats Blake! Maybe we can get a Spelltable game one day, it would be my honor …Yo 😎
I learned from another comment on here that Blake makes videos about Explorer decks! Explorer is my favourite new format, so I've followed on RUclips and Twitter. Looking forward to watching some great videos!
Teysa Karlov was my first ever EDH deck, way back when she was released. She has been the only deck to have constantly survived my ever changing wheel of commander decks. I can't describe the excitement I had seeing her in the thumbnail, and I'm happy it was Blake as her companion. Excellent game guys! All debt shall be paid, in death and blood.
Once I saw the video was an hour long I thought, “Oh this is going to end in a pop off”, and that’s exactly what happened! Shouts out to the winner, your commander is one of my favs 🥹
CGB flicking a toothpick:Hey Yo! Blake after running through Shea and Ben: I don't care how many treasures you have. YOU"RE NEXT! Nice job on that 3 player OTK Blake. Aristocrats doing Aristocrats things. Loved the gameplay and there was no Peace in our time.
I love the deck Blake!! I have an Elenda the Dusk Rose deck and I’ll sometimes switch it up with Teysa Karlov as commander. I love making so many tokens and then straight up not win by combat damage haha Hope to see more aristocrats in the future :)
The rise of the aristocracy against taxes, a story as old as time itself. Blake just doing his best aristocrat impersonation and dishing out treasures to CGB without a care in the world and benefiting from everyone on the battlefield dying. It was glorious!
AWESOME VIDEO!!! It crazy pay for 1 then yooo pay for 2 then Shea was like nooo then pay for 4 and Ben pinging damage at random like a sniper then Shea dove deep drowning everyone for a bit but CGB rises up in the air with angel wings killing just about everything in it path but no one knew Blake was doing some black market dealing in a dark alley then meeting some questionable people on a dark tower but kick them all off from the top like Sparta that lead to the demise of everyone else in a Instant like taking candy from a baby lol congrats Blake 😎🤟🏾
Congrats Blake! Though I have to admit I'm surprised you didn't give the card of the game to that harvester! He filled your hand sooooo hard so you could sell those bodies on the black market xD.
Yo! Yo! Nicely done Blake! I loved the game and how all that life CGB had didn’t matter in face of the powerful mage Blake who did not use blue this time but brought it home with so many triggers! I’ll say Yo now every time to ask for the tax on smothering tide. Congratulations Blake once again!
Nothing like a opponents synergy to build up your aristocrats strategy. Although black market was the essencial piece to start for the win, Ashnod's Altar proves that free sack outlets are the bread and butter of aristocrats
49:55-52:37. Blake’s Harvester of Souls draw triggers are wrong I think. Blake ends up drawing a card for each creature that died from the Avacyn flip. However, Harvester of souls reads: “Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.” Blake shouldn’t have drawn a card for CGB’s bird token as well as his Harvester of souls and 2 creature tokens. Still a crazy turn thanks to Shea’s board state, but just should have been 4 less cards drawn. Also, I think Requiem Angel should have created at least one more spirit token since both Harvester and Requiem Angel are not spirits. Wasn’t sure what’s Blake’s other doodled creature token was but, if it wasn’t a spirit, then that would have been another spirit token trigger off Requiem as well. I love playing aristocrats which is the only reason I noticed it. There are always so many death triggers to keep track of and sometimes mistakes happen.
Well done blake killing cgb with that many treasures is truly impressive. You’ve built an awesome deck. Sidenote i’ve never seen a teysa karlov deck lose so that’s a good deck choice.
Always pay your taxes! And always sub to Blake! ruclips.net/user/BlakeMTG ruclips.net/user/BlakeMTG ruclips.net/user/BlakeMTG GG all, love these commander games!
Taxes got you down? Just head on down to the Black Market! We've got mana, we've got pingers, we've got sac outlets, we've got lifegain - everything you need and more all without the watchful eye of the Smothering Tithe!
Taxing card draws is the way with this group. CGB definitely swerved on this one after drawing so many cards the last couple of shows. I am also impressed you guys and gal don’t try to gang up on CGB every game.
Stayed till the end even through commercials for more support love you all ty for the amazing contents and can't wait to see what you all do next and please never forget everyone you're cool 😎🤟🏾
Though choice for card of the match for Blake, but I have to say that the Black Market only had that much effect because Harvester got a few cards in your hand And I believe it is always better to have more cards than mana, than the other way around
Blake was not a fan of taxes. Lmao. I was questioning getting Black Market for the new Tasha deck I'm building but now I'm pretty sure this sells it for me.
@@BlakeMTG I have been! You guys inspired me to go to my local card shop the last three Sundays for commander night and I even attended the commander draft for the new set release! It's been great! Hope you're doing well and settling in to content creating :P
@@BlakeMTG Man - Running a card shop would be a dream job. Hoping one day to be able to do it comfortably. Maybe after I retire. 🙃At least for now I can enjoy participating in the community there. It's been great!
Ben really really really got under Blake's skin in this game. Always remember it's a game Blake, smile and laugh more mate. Karma rewarded you in the end 🤙
Jeska's wil could have made 7 because the fish draws before it resolves, and smothering tithe triggers off mystic remora draws (they caught on to that later though)
Sequencing on the Jeska's Will should have made 7 mana i believe. Cast and target Shea with 6 in hand, Remora trriggers and Shea draws to 7 in hand, Jeska's resolves and makes 7. I see these errors loads in local games and i probably make them myself, easy to see when watching but maybe not when you're at ghe table.
I never pay for tax cards because I bide my decks mostly around creatures then before I get too deep into my non-creatures I mercilessly evict all Enchantments exiling those tithes and remoras and studies.
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In this episode of the worst possible, everyone gets slightly (and for blake, more than slightly) triggered by tax effects
I just started to watch these and I have to say, I really do enjoy them.
First time watching. Appreciate the creative approach to rule zero. Cuts through some of the abstraction involved in ranking the power level of commander decks. Gives both players and viewers a better understanding of how each deck functions. Enjoyed it a lot.
every single game up till this point -
Blake: "Peace in our time"
this game -
Blake: "peace was never an option"
Avacyn wearing a basilisk collar sounds like the most metal thing, even for a gothic plane with a vampire whose card literally means 'Sorin the joyless'
"You're at 72 life!"
Not for long he wasn't. Aristocratic life gain/drain is one of my favorite strategies, and I am also a huge fan of Black Market. It's been referred to as a "win more" card, but today it proved it's definitely a card to be reckoned with. :)
Shae: Rhystic Study
Shae: Mystic Remora
CGB: Smothering Tithe
Blake - “… And I took that personally.”
And that is where I check out, yuck!
@@GenKaan yuck bc good card or bc bad attitude?
@@jamesgreenwood1703 Slowing the game down and being like the best cards you can play on top of that
@Jershwuh - You are the comment winner for this episode! Email covertgogina@gmail.com to receive your code for Coolstuffinc.com.
@@covertgoblue Nice! Thanks CGB. Email sent!
This is quickly becoming my favorite commander show to watch on RUclips. Love the dynamic between the 4 of you. Congratulations on the win Blake! Even with all the hate towards the taxation draw effects you kept your composure… respect.
Covert go Blue loved getting to meet and play commander. Hope Dallas treated you well! Thanks for the tickets, You're cool!
The look on Blake’s face when Ben countered his removal on Shae’s commander was the very essence of entertainment and, I reckon, provided the fuel to go all the way this game. Congrats Blake! Maybe we can get a Spelltable game one day, it would be my honor …Yo 😎
Anything could happen 😎
So begins the legend of "Yo."
I learned from another comment on here that Blake makes videos about Explorer decks! Explorer is my favourite new format, so I've followed on RUclips and Twitter. Looking forward to watching some great videos!
Thanks so much I appreciate it!
Teysa Karlov was my first ever EDH deck, way back when she was released. She has been the only deck to have constantly survived my ever changing wheel of commander decks. I can't describe the excitement I had seeing her in the thumbnail, and I'm happy it was Blake as her companion. Excellent game guys!
All debt shall be paid, in death and blood.
It’s sooo cool to see a Runo deck, I built it myself and instantly tell in love with it!
You have made the syndicate proud! My favorite commander is Teysa so I've really got to get Black Market after seeing what it can do
Crazy game! Awesome playing by all! Just started watching this series, but I’m gonna catch up on all of em! Loved all the decks
I run black market and harvester of souls in my toxrill deck! Congrats on the win Blake!
Once I saw the video was an hour long I thought, “Oh this is going to end in a pop off”, and that’s exactly what happened! Shouts out to the winner, your commander is one of my favs 🥹
LMAO Ben's deck in the description: Obeka again, but BETTER
CGB flicking a toothpick:Hey Yo!
Blake after running through Shea and Ben: I don't care how many treasures you have. YOU"RE NEXT!
Nice job on that 3 player OTK Blake. Aristocrats doing Aristocrats things.
Loved the gameplay and there was no Peace in our time.
I love the deck Blake!! I have an Elenda the Dusk Rose deck and I’ll sometimes switch it up with Teysa Karlov as commander. I love making so many tokens and then straight up not win by combat damage haha
Hope to see more aristocrats in the future :)
The rise of the aristocracy against taxes, a story as old as time itself. Blake just doing his best aristocrat impersonation and dishing out treasures to CGB without a care in the world and benefiting from everyone on the battlefield dying. It was glorious!
LETS GOOO BLAKE!!!!!!!!!!!! COMEBACK!!!! unstoppable!!!!! honestly, didnt look good for a second but that one turn killed everyone!!!!.
Yo! Yo yo! The amount of unpaid taxes I think would make the IRS cringe.
AWESOME VIDEO!!! It crazy pay for 1 then yooo pay for 2 then Shea was like nooo then pay for 4 and Ben pinging damage at random like a sniper then Shea dove deep drowning everyone for a bit but CGB rises up in the air with angel wings killing just about everything in it path but no one knew Blake was doing some black market dealing in a dark alley then meeting some questionable people on a dark tower but kick them all off from the top like Sparta that lead to the demise of everyone else in a Instant like taking candy from a baby lol congrats Blake 😎🤟🏾
shae's deck is so unbelievably cool omg
WPCS, still the best videos on your channel, loved it as usual ❤
Missed seeing you at Dallas Blake. You could have witnessed the story of the amazing cut cgb can explain lol
The restoration angel off the Chaos warp love/hate to see it!
I have adopted the 'worst possible' pregame discussion. It's a great way to set expectations on power level.
Congrats Blake! Though I have to admit I'm surprised you didn't give the card of the game to that harvester! He filled your hand sooooo hard so you could sell those bodies on the black market xD.
Harvester should have been his choice, and the fight goblin the choice of the other guy, imo.
Shae: today I'll be playing Runo Stromkirk
Me: *cries in Craterhoof*
Yo! Yo! Nicely done Blake!
I loved the game and how all that life CGB had didn’t matter in face of the powerful mage Blake who did not use blue this time but brought it home with so many triggers!
I’ll say Yo now every time to ask for the tax on smothering tide. Congratulations Blake once again!
Just starting to watch this episode, but Ben my BOI! Playing my favorite commander! Break the game, break their minds, break their souls and hearts!
CGB gets a treasure off the first remora draw since it triggers on successful cast of a noncreature spell
I love your commander content!
I think Blake drew too much cards with the Harvester of Souls. He doesn't triggers himself when dying, and you can't also draw off tokens dying.
too many*
@@aaronlutz6496 Thank you. English is not my mother tongue, as you can see lol.
Nothing like a opponents synergy to build up your aristocrats strategy. Although black market was the essencial piece to start for the win, Ashnod's Altar proves that free sack outlets are the bread and butter of aristocrats
Anyone: Rolls dice to deal damage to someone
Shae: I'm in danger! 👁👄👁
I also am really enjoying your commander series
49:55-52:37. Blake’s Harvester of Souls draw triggers are wrong I think. Blake ends up drawing a card for each creature that died from the Avacyn flip. However, Harvester of souls reads: “Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.” Blake shouldn’t have drawn a card for CGB’s bird token as well as his Harvester of souls and 2 creature tokens. Still a crazy turn thanks to Shea’s board state, but just should have been 4 less cards drawn. Also, I think Requiem Angel should have created at least one more spirit token since both Harvester and Requiem Angel are not spirits. Wasn’t sure what’s Blake’s other doodled creature token was but, if it wasn’t a spirit, then that would have been another spirit token trigger off Requiem as well. I love playing aristocrats which is the only reason I noticed it. There are always so many death triggers to keep track of and sometimes mistakes happen.
3/4 in and ben counters the removal because "i want to see more sea creatures!" love it
Would love to see Blake make an explorer version of this for his channel.
@@thehandleisuseless BlakeMTG
Well done blake killing cgb with that many treasures is truly impressive. You’ve built an awesome deck. Sidenote i’ve never seen a teysa karlov deck lose so that’s a good deck choice.
Always pay your taxes! And always sub to Blake!
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GG all, love these commander games!
Everyone received the true “Tax Karma” to the “Draw Lord” himself, Blake. I see you, Blake. Keep drawing those cards for the rest of us draw junkies!
Taxes got you down? Just head on down to the Black Market! We've got mana, we've got pingers, we've got sac outlets, we've got lifegain - everything you need and more all without the watchful eye of the Smothering Tithe!
this is winning for sure
Blake : i don't want to play if y'all are playing busted cards.... Drains everyone in a single turn. 👌
I think the thumbnail has the wrong commander for Ben. Should be vile smasher 😅
Lesson learned: don't pay taxes.
Drained em out my dude. Look at him, look at him, he is the captain now. Good job Blake.
Taxing card draws is the way with this group. CGB definitely swerved on this one after drawing so many cards the last couple of shows. I am also impressed you guys and gal don’t try to gang up on CGB every game.
Stayed till the end even through commercials for more support love you all ty for the amazing contents and can't wait to see what you all do next and please never forget everyone you're cool 😎🤟🏾
The internal salt from Blake after that counter. 😆
Blake, I love your deck, I need the list, please? Glad the decks here doing the things
The decklist are in the description. :)
Thank u @@Logical_Panda
CGB and Blake. The Merry-yo brothers
Well salty crew at 39:00
Lots of death and taxes. But Blake wasn't p(l)aying. Nice one my friend.
Blake great win bro. Your token looked like Wilson from Castaway. 🙃
Can’t believe how long the smothering tithe was on the field. You need more interaction for problematic permanents in my usual commander pod
Wondering why Ben didn't end his turn with Obeka once Avacyn flipped to prevent the CGB lifegain, boardwipe, and Blake from going off???
Scolding tarns is the raspberry of the fetch lands
Yoooooo, epic sac! Good combo!
such a handsome guy winning today! and showed a good winners attitude!😉
"Tug at Blake's heartstrings". Did you just see that game?! The man clearly has no heart to tug at!
can we get a gruul arcane bombardment deck for standard? Gruul goes to school
Smothering tithe turning the match into a 90s rap video
"Ben, would you like to pay X for Remora/Rhystic/Tithe?"
Ben: I'm going to ignore that
Well, Blake, besides being incredibly handsome (again)... well done proving why you hate letting other people draw cards. what a turn!
why didnt blake draw for other opps creatures dying, also whhy didnt ben end turn when avacyns 2nd trigger happened
Nice job Blake for besting CGB's $2700 deck with your $275 aristocrat sacrifice!
Minute 16 cgb should create treasure because of those mystic remora triggers... it happens to mee too sometimes lol
I have a question would final fortune even work with obeka you are still ending your turn or am i wrong
Alternate title: Blake has had enough.
10:31 shea has 39 life then pops back to 40 a few seconds later
Wouldn't final fortune not work? The effect is at the end of turn, when you end your turn that's the end of turn no? then you lose
Though choice for card of the match for Blake, but I have to say that the Black Market only had that much effect because Harvester got a few cards in your hand
And I believe it is always better to have more cards than mana, than the other way around
Black Market just got a reprint. Good timing.
With Teysa out, shouldn't the cost be 6 life for the Athreos trigger?
Blake was not a fan of taxes. Lmao. I was questioning getting Black Market for the new Tasha deck I'm building but now I'm pretty sure this sells it for me.
Glad you liked the card! It was certainly good here, hope you’ve been well Matthew 😁
@@BlakeMTG I have been! You guys inspired me to go to my local card shop the last three Sundays for commander night and I even attended the commander draft for the new set release! It's been great! Hope you're doing well and settling in to content creating :P
@@Forvesss Dude thats awesome! I loved the BFBG prerelease! I ran our local one, it was fun running and judging it :D
@@BlakeMTG Man - Running a card shop would be a dream job. Hoping one day to be able to do it comfortably. Maybe after I retire. 🙃At least for now I can enjoy participating in the community there. It's been great!
Ben really really really got under Blake's skin in this game. Always remember it's a game Blake, smile and laugh more mate. Karma rewarded you in the end 🤙
Congrats Blake! I thought Shea had it early on with those beefy krakens
Jeska's wil could have made 7 because the fish draws before it resolves, and smothering tithe triggers off mystic remora draws (they caught on to that later though)
Im actually really happy blake won this one after all the stuff he had to deal with
Nice! No need to watch this now. Thanks
@@mbrumbalowmb no problem. Happy to help
Spoiler guy!
Would you guys ever consider having a commander legends two draft and game for one show? I think that would be a fun one off.
"You're gonna love this" someone watched too much dbz there xD
Blake trying to play by Yu-Gi-Oh rules at one point by playing cards face down 😂
Me, at the beginning based on Shea's shirt: ok, simic.
Shea: ... sea creature ...
Me:. Oh, I can never guess right!
The Aristocrats. Winning on the turn after CGB goes to 90. Very nice.
That turned quickly.
Blakes rages atm EDH Taxes... Blake turns in to the Hulk at IRS taxes?
I love Avacyn in all forms
Blake finally got his card draw, good stuff
Sequencing on the Jeska's Will should have made 7 mana i believe.
Cast and target Shea with 6 in hand, Remora trriggers and Shea draws to 7 in hand, Jeska's resolves and makes 7. I see these errors loads in local games and i probably make them myself, easy to see when watching but maybe not when you're at ghe table.
I haven’t watched to the end and I don’t care who wins, my comment of the game is going to Shae for playing Dark Depths in her deck, which is badass
Can’t wait to see this!
Well that was a hell of a win.
Blake has excellent taste. Aristocrats is the best archetype.
Looks like Ben is the true blue mage.
I never pay for tax cards because I bide my decks mostly around creatures then before I get too deep into my non-creatures I mercilessly evict all Enchantments exiling those tithes and remoras and studies.
i came home drunk and left my pc on and this video autoplayed whilst i was conked out so i didnt even see it was out until today T_T
Blake is so handsome and I love watching his strong fingers shuffle his deck.. I mean hand..