High-Stakes Commander Hijinks | Extra Turns 20 | Magic: The Gathering EDH Gameplay
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Show Notes:
Things are about to get real with The Command Zone crew! Josh Lee Kwai, Craig “Mr. Infect” Blanchette, Gaurav Gulati, and Jordan Pridgen face off with some of their spiciest personal decks. It’s a game full of big plays, cool deals, and suprisingly high stakes (you'll see what we mean).
It's Prosper vs. Nemata vs. Oloro vs. Nicol Bolas. But only one can claim glorious victory!
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Craig nearly cried when Jordan said he had a force of will.
what is the card josh used against him with mono white?
@@brunomachioni3490 Laps of Certainty
@@dixoncider1674 which episode was that?
@@blubberwasser5105 the ravnica ones with genjl.And with Olivia
Sorry if I got something wrong
@@Boringwerewolf haha thanks, I found it :D
ruclips.net/video/TomR8EIzxk0/видео.html
this video here, 25:10
"Will you not kill it?"
"Yeah!"
There ya go. Josh, you owe him 50 bucks.
A hundred now that he's been given the fifty from "winning" the bet.
What a weasel. And the balls to bring it up again in the post game recording. Which was probably weeks after the game itself. Feel like he’s all about the money judging by the amount of ads and product hype they are throwing everywhere. They are coming away from the fans and are just shills of WoTC. Be nice to see them critical for once on stuff. Guess we have the prof to balance things out.
@@jamessparks3731 I wouldn't go quite that far.
@@jamessparks3731 it’s almost like they need to make money to pay bills in today’s society
@@Kazz1187 oh for sure. And it’s great that we can just fast forward through it. But I don’t find them to be totally objective around the state of the game. I can appreciate that they would want to play nice with members in those circles in order to get some big name people to be part of their content. Just saying that the content earlier on their channel has truly gone through a evolution of money first.
Got some real ‘dad’s hangout night with the fellas’ vibe to this episode. I love it
Josh clearly said he wouldn't kill the Apex Devastator, but he *also* said it wasn't his preference to kill it.
Agreed
In my books, Jordan was right and won the bet. Josh was giving an answer ("yes") and an explanation. The explanation was not a condition. Am I wrong?
@@kaiwolf6020 I agree. It not being his preference is irrelevant after saying "yeah" on the question "will you not kill it if I don't attack you with it?". But then Josh didn't kill it and Jordan did attack him with it breaking the deal... so 1-1 I guess.
Jordan made the biggest bo-bo in the end, but would have won the bet hands down if not for that attack. I hope Josh knows that, and not believe he can add a sentence that erase the yes he gave to jordans question. Fun episode and seeing their discussion and feelings in that situation.
@@liddantheone however, Jordan did not say he wouldn't attack Josh. He asked Josh if he wouldn't kill it if he attacked him, to which Josh said yes. A question was posed but a deal never confirmed, at least on camera. And regardless, Josh did kill it when Jordan did attack, thus confirming Joshes statement of not killing if it he didn't attack. So since a deal wasn't made it wasn't broken. But do agree that an explanation does not change Joshes original proposal of a deal.
@@liddantheone Yeah... 1-1 seems fair :D They should take the money and enjoy dinner together.
Amazing episode anyway!
No one:
Josh: we’re playing fair magic
Also Josh: has a million permanents on turn four
yeah, but followed by Josh having more stuff of his destroyed than everyone else put together.
@@aartbluestoke3352 are you counting his treasures that he sacrifices?
Craig with the fear of seeing force of will in a mono green deck is that little running joke that always make me laugh xD
As someone who only recently got into MTG around the Guilds of Ravnica and War of the Spark where Nicol Bolas is an immensely powerful and terrifying God Pharoah, its insanely humorous seeing him as an old man in a rocking chair looking like hes peacefully reading a book
But that’s the O G Nic. He’s just a wise old dragon.
Don't sleep on old Nikki B, he can be DISGUSTING, especially as his ability triggers on ALL damage not just Combat damage. Drop a Dragon Tempest before casting him. He pings an opponent for 1 damage. BOOM their hand is gone. He then also has haste from the Tempest, so you hit another player in combat for 7 commander damage, oh and they discard their entire hand too, on the same turn! Now imagine that with Waste Not in play! Cards, mana for extra plays, or build-your-own-zombie-horde. For free!
Then imagine him having something like Quicksilver Dagger enchanted so he can ping at instant speed and draw.
I eventually swapped him out for the 4 mana flip-walker Bolas in my Bolas vorthos edh deck, but yeah, do not sleep on OG Nikki B or he will absolutely fuck you up.
If there's Craig, then it's instantly one of the best episodes.
SO TRUE!!!
Amen brother
Speaking truths
Agreed, I never thought I’d root for the resident Phyrexian but here we are!
His playstyle is infectious!
The Craig - force of will thing at the end is actually a callback from an early episode where Josh played, Titania - a green deck, and saying it may have had a counterspell
Actually, I think it's quite obvious they're talking about Game Knights #21. JLK was playing Emmara, Soul of the Accord. Craig attempted to play an Elesh Norn to wipe JLK's board, but JLK counters with Lapse of Certainty which is a white counter spell.
I don't know this was meant to be a joke. Since both deck involves having a counterspell on a green deck
Also, in the Adventures In The Forgotten Realms skit, Josh asks the Wizard if his spells resolve, but the Wizard is playing mono green
Craig very clearly has some kind of ptsd about getting counterspelled from non-blue decks....
Yeah, mono-green countering spells is a Craig meme nowadays.
They also referenced that time when there were a Lapse of Certainty (a White Memory Lapse) and a couple non-blue counterspells/redirect effects.
I'm in Jordan's side. The deal was finished BEFORE Josh said, "It is not my preference to kill it". He tried to alter the deal and Darth Vader, Josh is not.
But the deal was "If I don't attack you with it, will you not kill it." And then he attacked him with it lol. I can't see how everyone is on Jordan's side here, Josh held up his end?
@@Joshbobjovi theres two things here. One is the deal they made (If I don't attack you with it, will you not kill it), and the other thing is the bet they made (you said you wouldn't kill it?! No, I only said it's not my preference).
Josh clearly lost the bet. Thtats what most here are worked up about.
If you consider their exchange a deal made, then Jordan did break that deal by attacking.
It can be argued however, that just asking and answering a question (If I don't attack you with it, will you not kill it? -Yeah) doesn't qualify as a deal made. But that depends on how that's viewed in the playgroup honestly.
If it was a deal, it had 2 sides.. Everyone's pissed about Josh arguing a bit about the wording even though he still followed through, but nobody (NOT A DAMN SOUL) has actually mentioned that Jordan _actually_ BROKE the deal by swinging at Josh with Apex. Literal smooth brains out here.
@@Joshbobjovi The deal, or lack thereof, is IRRELEVANT to the bet. The bet was whether he agreed, and Josh did in fact say "yeah" (a positive affirmation) to Jordan's question, thus Jordan wins the bet regardless of any deal that did or didn't happen or was or wasn't broken.
yeah but he attacked josh with the apex devastator… so he did backstab josh
After Gaurav got Aetherfluxed, Jordan's delivery on "that man had a family" sent me. Great episode 👍
Prosper, Tome Bound....literally the best example of "fun" & "powerful" overlapping on a commander in years
One of my new personal favorites. So many different ways to build him
He’s too much
@@zacharysain8516 Too much?
He’s extremely annoying to play against if your build is right. You practically can’t play the game anymore
@@collin2791 I play Prosper. The deck is definitely no longer the precon and the power level is probably high. However, limited to Rakdos, it's not as wild. What builds have you played against?
Jordan Clearly won the side bet, it doesn't matter that Josh said it wasn't his preference, it that he said he wouldn't kill it, which Josh did say.
Exactly, to be honest I would have left that game pretty mad at Josh..not because he destroyed my card but because his word doesn't mean anything. Now I'll never trust anything he says in any game in the future.
@@fernandostar3507 Well to be fair Josh didnt kill the apex devastator so he kept his word.
@@fernandostar3507 I mean, Jordan broke his half of the promise of NOT swinging at Josh with the apex.. You should feel a little silly putting so much onus on the guy who actually kept his end of the deal.
@@fernandostar3507 a one time mistake between a friend and/or coworker shouldn’t mean a loss of trust forever
Josh is still the one with more integrity in the end.
Josh didn't think he made a deal, but followed through with it anyway.
Jordan made a deal to not attack Josh, and while fully knowing that, he attacked Josh anyway, breaking the deal while at the same time STILL trying to hold Josh to a broken deal Josh wasn't even sure he made.
Josh is still the bigger man here, even if he doesn't _want_ to pay up.. cus who would after those shitty circumstances?
I feel like Craig is that guy who said once that he likes cats and then everyone started buying them cat paraphernalia, so he just rolled with it and became the cat guy.
To be fair, there are not very many actually good infect cards, and Craig seems to run them as often as he can manage
I was actually thinking the same thing.. "After all these years, does Craig STILL like Infect? Does Brian STILL like Dragons? Or have their tastes changed.."
i don't usually comment on these, but the chemistry between you 4 was really fun to watch! Thank you.
Famous last words: "I think I can survive Craig's turn"
I'm currently on isolation due to covid. Josh playing Prosper? Craig is back? This game was exactly what I needed!
Me too!
Same here
Same friend
Get well soon!
@@exprime8872 Thank you! I'm actually feeling pretty well, however, I'm doing the isolation anyways, as I don't want to spread it
"Will you not kill it if I don't attack you with it?"
"Yeah."
Deal made
"It is not my preference to kill it" flimsy exit clause at best. Bet wasn't in Josh's favour.
If that was a deal the deal was broken by the attack. $100 fine for breaking the deal.
Except...he did actually attack him with it...so he probably should have just blown up the devestator
"will you not kill it if I don't attack you with it?"
"yeah"
*Deal made*
"It's not my preference to kill it."
Josh: Still follows through despite that
Jordan: *attacks Josh anyway*
Comment section: "How dare Josh."
This was super fun to watch. Y'all (obviously) have great chemistry. Thanks for the quality content.
Jordan asked "will you not kill it if I say I won't swing it at you"
Then Josh confirmed he would not kill it because he was worried about Craig. As of that moment, the deal is "I will not kill the AD if you do not swing it at me", then he follows up with the vaguest nonstatement "it is not my preference to kill it" which means nothing, you already said you would not kill it.
Then when someone |(probably jokingly) said "now you have to kill it" and Jordan presses Josh, Josh backtracks with, "I said 'it's not my preference to kill it'", which means from JOSH'S perspective there was no deal made. So now Jordan is free to swing into Josh because JOSH decided to play word games and have his cake and eat it too.
If Josh had stuck to his word and said "yeah I said I wouldn't kill the AD so long as you don't swing at me" then the deal is in play, and Jordan can't swing in or HE breaks the deal.
Adding a little clarifying statement like "it's not my first choice" to every time you have a potential answer is some far-reaching lawyering shenaniganery and I personally would have been absolutely pissed if someone tried to pull that one me. Josh explicitly said "yeah I won't kill it, I have bigger problems" then tried to choose which option was easier for him when push came to shove, and that's the kind of stuff that would make me wary of every making future deals with him because I would be afraid he would pull something like that.
I'm all for being specific with deals, like saying "I won't swing at you doesn't mean I can't destroy your board that wasn't in the deal" but this was full-on backtracking and trying to act like he hadn't said what he said. What, do you need a blood signed contract to hold you to your word in commander?
This is one of your best ones yet! Loved the deal lawyering… happens so often… and even the most professional of players get a dash of salt… love it.
Best thing about this series is seeing you all have fun joking around and laughing 😊
What an episode! You guys should on the table more often 🔥
“This guys has a family” phrase is bomb
just love Gauravs reactions to every single rhystic study trigger... he's so happy playing it :)
as a fellow Nemata player, I'm so very glad to see some representation! It's a labor of love to push Nemata to compete against higher power decks while staying on theme.
I run a lands matter subtheme along with mono green recursion. No one expects Nemata to run Stage / Depths combo or to Sylvan Scrying into Glacial Chasm!
I hope to see more of your deck, Jordan!
It's my very favorite deck and no one runs it so I'm happy to represent!
Does Nemata run Fungal Bloom? If not it should. Fav OG spore counter card.
@@hemjold in my meta Fungal Bloom is too slow to keep up with Chulane, Teller of Tales and similar decks. Big Mana cards like Karametra's Acolyte and Circle of Dream druid replace the slow creep of fungal counters. Holistic Wisdom pitches a basic land to recur Emergence Zone so you can double tokens to really make the Fungus among us on anyone's turn!
@@hemjold I used to run it, but as things have sped up too many of the other fungus cards just aren't good enough! I eventually had to cut it. Love the card though!
I really liked this episode, because all decks were high power and got to shine.
Great way to spend time at work! playing magic against myself while watching extra turns!!
I'll start draw play a mountain play mana crypt onto mana vault and pass turn.
Ya know, in response to Prosper’s trigger you can activate Top and put it on top so it gets exiled and since it’s only 1 then you always know you can cast it that way you don’t accidentally exiled one of the finishers or stupid pricy spells. That’s kinda busted gross honestly
Welp, I may have to get one for my Prosper deck now, I like the sound of that.
This episode was so much fun, and also loved the different playstyles among all of you
Watching this, I really thought the bet should have been resolved the opposite way.
Since Jordan attacked Josh with the Devastator, I'd say the bet is moot. Josh technically didn't make the deal but followed through with it, while Jordan made the deal but broke it despite making a big deal about it.
@@Aaron-qe9ms The bet had nothing to do with keeping the deal they made/didn't make. He said that Josh agreed to it, Josh claimed he didn't. Josh said "Yeah! I need to protect myself from Craig" and clearly agreed to it, confirming Jordan's belief, they showed it in the video. Jordan then attacked with the Apex anyway making the deal moot, Josh could have killed it and kept his word. However, Josh straight up lied when he claimed he never agreed to the deal in the first place and only stated it was his preference not to kill it. He tried to pull some of his bullshit doublespeak after Jordan already moved on and was definitely not enough to negate that fact that he just accepted Jordan's terms.
Wow, I didn't expect that vintage conclusion to the game!
Great game guys, got to see lots of cards i've never seen before in action, and the synnergy with them was fantastic (like the porcuparrot).
Small error detected at 24:31 . Josh pays for extort triggers with a fellwar stone, swamp and a Den of the Bugbear. Can't pay extort with red mana from the Den. Don't think it's a big mistake but thought it worth mentioning. :)
He also extorted when Gaurav was already dead, still got 3 life😅
@@MRnobodyoftheeveryb Thought the same thing at first but 1 life was from the Aetherflux trigger
@@MRnobodyoftheeveryb no he got three life 2 from extort and 1 from Aetherflux
Newb here, but wouldn't cards with extort be illegal because they have a white mana symbol on them wich isn't in the color identity of Prosper?
@@hughsammy4278 Hey! So you are right with color identity, Prosper is red and black, but because the mana symbol for extort is in the reminder text of extort it doesn't actually have a color based on those symbols.
Okay, so for that hilarious deal...Josh said it wasn't his preference to kill the Devastator, but the deal previously made was to not kill it, so basically Josh got exactly what he wanted by not killing it.
And then they both forgot that it wasn't supposed to attack Josh. XD
Finally, been rewatching all the extra turns and game knights awesome job
“people don’t change”
“that’s true”
yeesh, getting existential on extra turns today
I'm only half way but this game has been a joy. I love the interaction between you four.
As somebody who's first commander deck I built was Oloro seeing him makes me happy.
This will be my serotonin to get me through to Kamigawa pre release.
Man that nemata artwork is out of this world!
We don't get art's like this anymore 😪
Imagine looking up videos to learn Commander and this 9 minute old video pops up by y'all. What a good day
A note about Cascade: When multiple instances of Cascade trigger, each is resolved separately. Technically, Jordan should have put his Forest on the bottom of the library as a part of resolving the first instance of Cascade.
Great game, this episode was awesome! Really liked that Azoret's Undying Fury.
Nice. Played against a very similar Prosper deck earlier today. What a pleasant surprise.
Love to see paradox haze being used! I found that card in one of my bulk boxes a few years ago and have been trying to build around it since.
The way each player saying "alright" or "okay" at the start of each of their upkeeps is hilarious to me.
Big co-host shoes to fill of course but great work Jordan!
really fun episode! i remember the good old times when i was playing an infect deck with skithiryx myself. :)
I took me three rotations of the table to realize the Nicol bolas on the playmat had arms. Saw his wings and my brain went "those are arms"
Love seeing all the John Avon lands on Jordan's side of the board! Repping a lot of rare ones too
Yes!! So glad someone noticed. I did a lot of searching to get one of almost every forest John Avon has done. He did the art for the commander, so it seemed like a good fit
Flavor win by Josh using the story lands from Forgotten Realms in his Prosper deck.
I love the immediate "NO!" When Josh exiled the Mox Diamond
Concordant Crossroads. One of my favorite green “gotcha” cards. Just needs to be in every green deck that’s creature heavy.
Josh just said in that last podcast that haste was underrated lol…irony.
I didn't know that Pablo Escobar played magic 😁
Jokes aside great game guys!
So glad to see them use Mutate in a game again! That’s only twice so far in the Command Zone/Extra Turn Series
Regardless of outcome, that was extremely fun watching the Prosper deck in action. It quickly became one of my favorite decks from the moment I got it.
okay, hot take here on the bet situation:
It's clear and on record that josh said he wouldn't kill the predator. That was what the bet was about. He clearly owes Jordan 50 bucks. Him saying later that it isn't his preference doesn't somehow revoke the former statement, those don't even contradict each other.
But:
in terms of game deals, I would argue that this exchange doesn't actually qualify as a deal made between them. Jordan asked Josh a question (will you not kill it if I dont attack you), and josh answered. That is not the same as saying "let's make a deal, I don't attack you and you don't kill my thing". It's just a statement about what he will do.
So in that scenario, Jordan didn't break any deal by attacking josh with the predator, because there was no deal made. Josh would't have broken any deal killing the Predator, since there was no deal made.
However, killing the Predator without Jordan attacking him would absoluteley make him a liar, because he said he wouldn't. But not a deal breaker. Whichever is wose is up to you to decide.
If I were Jordan I would have understood what Josh said as saying he wasn't gonna kill it. That being said, I also understand Josh not seeing it that way. In his mind saying "it's not my preference to kill it" was clarification for his first statement which was that he wouldn't kill it. But they were two separate statements, and my understanding was that the second was an explanation of the first and not an amendment. It's just one of those things where the communication was not understood the same way by the two parties.
Well he first answers with "yes" so he did say he wouldn't destroy it if he didn't attack him.
Maybe I just don’t like Josh but that seemed like him going back on a deal. He was asking so it was set in stone, and Josh agreed. Jordan attacked after when Josh implied his deal wasn’t a real one and, being that there never was a deal and Josh simply chose not to destroy it, he was free to swing it at Josh.
@@categorygrp So Josh said "yes" but the deal was "will you not kill it if I don't attack you with it?" Jordan attacked him with it so it was moot lol Josh technically backed out of the deal and Jordan was the first to act on the deal not happening.
@@michaelgierusz5754 Josh was ready to strike with the information that Jordan would make a bunch of saprolings, not when he went to attack him...which I'm assuming is why people might be bothered by the way things developed. At least it's why it bothered me.
@@Leviathan894 Which is what I said lol
Ironically, if I’m correct, Craig’s sleeves have moon like the Thomas Cole painting “The Oxbow,” except “dragonized,” which as far as I know is only available from Dragon Shield, as part of their “brushed art series.” (As it happens, those are excellent sleeves.)
I would love to see a Pauper Commander game played on Extra Turns
Nicol bolas ??? Dang it’s been a while lol. He’s literally the scourge of dominaria
Woo-hoo! Excited for another episode of my favorite commander Channel. Inspired me to start my own that will have content soon with your last episode. Also will definitely become a patreon when I get paid on the first.
I thought i was the only one that played porcuparrot in my prosper deck. Love to see it
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Thank you for allowing me to win the bet that forces my husband to give the dog a bath. (At 32 minutes we placed a bet on whether Josh would be out next or not. As a Prosper player, my husband didn't think Josh would be out next.) Thanks for the great game, everyone!
"so you are going to extort!"
that was perfect after all the talk of not extorting.
Jordan really rocks the mustache 👌
Hey thanks!
The only channel whos ads I actually watch lmao
Flippin' great game lads. You guys have a nice chemistry
Concordant crossroads is so insane. Haste is indeed one of if not the most underrated keyword.
loved this game! Jordan's deck was fire. Loved the politics in here, it's not always marshmallows and buttercakes but sometimes it's peppers and wasabi
I'm a simple man. I see Craig playing Extra turns, I watch. :D
I love how everyone picked up their first hands in time
If both parties forget part of the deal or some triggers they both don't care enough about them and thus can ignore them. Also my playgroup has a rule: "if you're not present during somebody's combat, your creatures can't block unless stated otherwise previously". This made some fun situations)
Wow that was some amazing editing. Nice game.
Will you not kill it?
Josh: Yeah!
*five minutes later
Josh: that was out of context!
“That man had a family!”😂
Treefolk Legend 🌲 🌳 👑 I like it! Also love the og Bolas btw 😎
Gaurav is an absolute monster tapping counter-clockwise
Whaddaya know, it’s a force of will! Had me rolling. Awesome game among friends, loved to see the interactions, felt really genuine.
It's good to watch Pablo playing EDH.
i so want you guys to play a game where the commanders are made by yourselves (as in, not in official MTG) with a deck built around those (obviously this would be with official cards)
Why, completely goes against what commander is, takes extra work, opens a can of worms with people claiming ... Made their commander to strong. It's completely unrelatable for the viewer as they'll never play with that commander. There are so many commanders with so many different themes that any sort of deck you want to build there is probably a commander for.
It would be purely for the sake of the gimmick that they made there own commanders, it doesn't improve the gameplay. And comes with many negatives
It's doing something for the sake of doing it, not because it improves anything.
@@helderboymh sure, you might be right, but people can have their own op oppinions, mine's that i want to see it, besides, it's not like i'm forcing them to
@@kenzostaelens1688 I'm not saying anything about that. I'm just giving my opinion about your opinion. :)
"I think I have a chance of surviving Craig's turn." Famous last words. When you have a chance to kill someone whose playing big nasty dragons, you kill them. Enough said.
I thought the disagreement over what deal was made between Josh and Jordan was an excellent real-life example of how the politics side of the game can sometimes breakdown through honest misunderstandings. Also a good reminder to be very sure of the terms of any deal you make. I think both men had a good faith--but different--understanding of what transpired. It happens.
Jordan: "if I don't attack you with it will you not kill me?"
Josh: *doesn't kill it*
Jordan: *still swings it at josh*
Nice to see some prosper play. I just ordered one and i hope fun to play since somebody recommended it to me as a fun commander 👌🏾
It’s basically the definition of a value engine on a single card.
Fantastic episode! So much fun.
Guys u should do more commander games with other commander creators, loved the one u guys did with mtggoldfish
We both have gorgeous bolas decks! But man a black border volcanic island oooooooo.
That was a really fun episode!!
It feels wrong to hear Josh play Dockside Extortionist without hearing "Haha, pay up!"
Breaks the Ebony Fly over the Rhystic Study. Reeeeeaaaally casual game.
? Casual players waits for Rhystic to resolve and then flash out stuff? Sorry, I really don't understand this comment.
@@The_Chimney_Imp casual players are more prominently swayed by 'you broke my stuff so now I break your toys', as opposed to targetting the bare bones best threat.
@@Zackeus1992 not sure I get this right, but as a casual player myself, I would flash an Ebondeath with Rhystic on the stack to avoid accidental card draw. I understand the "eye for an eye" argument but I've met a fair amount of players that aren't 5 y.o. and that thinking kinda crumbles.
@@The_Chimney_Imp Craig flashes Ebondeth in properly. And that's great. Then, when Jordan has the ability to break Rhystic Study, with a card that breaks *Two* enchantment/artifacts, he breaks two mana rocks that Josh has. I understand some revenge, but he tunnel visions so terribly and breaks a Ebony Fly over Rhystic Study. Those two cards aren't even in the same Bracket of power level. One is a mana rock for colorless that comes in tapped. One is universally known and, throughout the game draws waaaay too many cards. But Jordan breaks the Fly and it isn't spoken about. I assume that the guys chose to have a casual game and accept the playful 'haha, you got me back on that one'. Even when it's *objectively* the wrong play. Similar to when the concordant crossroads bites him because he doesn't remember the haste is on all creatures. A lot of tunnel vision. Now, again, not hating on the guys, but it would be appropriate to say they aren't playing optimally, or competitively. They are playing *Casually*. The ebondeth was never the point of my post, but sure. Good timing on that. The fact that there was no swaying his targetting, or even mentioning 'you should probably kill Rhystic Study instead' was a terrible play that makes it exceedingly obvious that it is casual.
@@Zackeus1992 He breaks Josh's mana rocks because Josh is the biggest threat. So what if another player has Rystic Studies when the player after you has a billion mana to play whatever they want?
If Josh's mana was not cut he would had won that game by getting to play the reservoir sooner and using more extort triggers.
This episode was awesome absolutely love the players in the game. Craig is the man
Hey there guys, I enjoy the content you make and love seeing all the info you guys drop often. I dont think ill ever get a chance to be a patreon and maybe come on the show and have some fun, but i do like to show my support and i must say i have gotten alot of people to watch and sub to the channel so please keep up the good stuff and maybe one day I can beat Craig and Josh :D
Craig and the God-Pharaoh? Supervillains Unite!
35:49"Will you not kill it if I don't attack you with it?" "Yeah, I need it to protect myself from that." "IT IS NOT MY PREFERENCE TO KILL IT"
Yes Josh, you did say it is not your preference, but you also said YES to not killing his creature. You saying yeah is the totality of what you said. You cant just start straw maning people.
But then Jordan attacked him with it anyway lol. After he didn't kill it.
Gaurav has actually the duty to remind josh that he can search his library when using path to exil. He obvsly knows that, but I think it would be good for new players to see him remind josh.
Did expect to hear the phrase"hoisted by your own petard" on Extra turns.
Guud game guys ! Fun Watch ! +10Rep for flavourful old-school bolas win.
Great episode!…lesson learned: only make deals after the opponent made their play ;)
Just don't make future deals with people who have gone back on their word in the past 🤷🏼♂️
Josh owes Jordan 50 bucks.
josh owes him 100 needs to pay him back the 50 and the 50 for the bet