Move to Gaffer Step - LotR Decks || Elder Dragon Social Club
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Let’s all get tempted by the Lord of the Rings precons!
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“IT DOESNT FLY!??!!”
LotR fans have been arguing over this for decades, Ben.
But does it have fluffy slippers?
"The Hot Wife has been bottomed" has the same energy as "The Witch has been startled"
Wheeler just casually baiting Ben Ulmer into reopening the 'do balrogs have wings' debate in the Year of our Lord 2023.
The Lego one has wings. That’s all I’m sayin.
Ben & Ben always bring a smile to my soul, but put them up with Kathleen and Nelson? Absolutely wonderful content with the promise of wonderful bits and good fun at the table
Ben-Ben? Akki Hermit??
They're just so gosh darn cute together ❤️
Ah, the Elder Dragon Shire Club.
Also, Ben's quiet "Good for Sam." In response to Sam being tapped is underappreciated comedic gold.
“I hate ponder”
-man who has ponder tattooed on his arm.
Goes perfectly with the other ponder-related wheeler quote of “fish ponder is the best ponder” when it’s orb ponder on his arm
Thaaaat also has to do with Dan Scott (the ponder artist) suddenly posting a bunch of transphobic junk
@@SilasTheLunark Just goes to show how much of a gamble getting a tattoo of something can be
@@ThorAxiun yarp
The only scene with the Balrog literally involves it falling from a great height.
Every time Ben called Sam "Samuel" I blurted out "it's Samwise!" out of the sheer desire for him to get the respect he deserves. What a game! And what an excellent round of precons!
I should get some Jund 'Em Out sleeves for my Esper deck; really lean into the mind games.
"It has wings! And it doesn't fly!" Look, Ben, we've had this debate for decades about Durin's Bane...
Love this series. It doesnt feel overproduced like some other commander series, and the banter is very natural.
39:28 Feel like the meme of Walter White screaming in the car. Ben! No! Cavern-Hoard Dragon has a cost reduction! You can cast it and get a huge amount of treasure immediately! Ben!!
I think I'm going to adopt Wheeler's head-in-hands pose whenever people crack things on my turn now. Seems cute.
We just played these last night! Sauron mind controlled all my hobbits they very quickly became the arch enemy. They had also board wiped like twice by this point so a lot of our resources were spent. The poor riders never got off the ground, it was a bloody battle, but Sauron was finally stopped when Rohan came to aid us, and then won the next turn thanks to the door of destiny. They were very big horsies, some of which had trample.
"Oh. Screaming is a sorcery" is a my favourite quote from this episode
Yes, finally! Elder Dragon Social Club after the move! ITS ABSOLUTELY GREAT TO BE HERE.
As a maiar, I'm pretty sure Sauron is about as old as the universe, and thus older than Galadriel (one of the oldest elves - fun fact, she's older than the *sun*, I'm pretty sure). I'm sure LRR appreciate this level of into-the-weeds LOTR lore.
The greenscreen was pretty good. I almost thought that Ben and Ben were real.
Grahm gonna be sooo happy, More Treefolk for his Treefolk deck!
Ben makes a convincing case for Sauron.
Hat tip to the editing team; the amount of work that must go into these..
I love the background music for these. Everything on the show is really chill, except once every 10 minutes, the sax player goes absolutely apeshit
I like it for the 9 minutes and then that shrill horn is like nails in a chalkboard for me 😢
if the balrog had wings, why didn't it just fly the ring to mordor?
"I hate that card" says Wheeler, casually looking down at the artwork tattooed on his forearm
"A big die, for a creature that's gonna make us big die." Quote of the episode right there xDDD
what unbridled joy y'all bring to the internet. thank you.
So the Balrog not being able to fly is actually tied to a very long history of debating whether or not it actually has wings. To make a long story short, there's one reference to the Balrog having wings, but in an earlier passage from the same scene the Balrog is said to be cloaked in shadow "like wings", so it's unclear if it's just a simile that evolved into a metaphor over the course of the chapter.
The only other possible references to wings are circumstantial and depend on how literally you're reading. So if you read "winged speed" to be the literal speed granted by having wings, or just flowery language that evokes great speed, which wouldn't be uncommon for the writing style. It also depends on whether you read "to fly" in a certain passage as retreating, like the good wizard says, or retreating but on literal wings.
I think my source for this is gone, but the estate seems to fall on the side of "No Wings in canon" but it's left up to people's imaginations.
Either way, the Balrog fell to its death, so no Ben, it doesn't get flying. Some wings are just for show.
while it did fall, technically it didn't fall to it's death, but that's beside the point.
Not to throw more kindling into this fire, but it falling doesn't mean any wings it had would be useless! Most winged beings can't really fly from a standstill, much less a fall, so it's perfectly acceptable that a winged balrog would eat that fall just the same!
I'm a simple man; I see Wheeler playing Hobbits, I hit like.
Thank you, Wheeler, for resisting the "Pippin ain't easy" joke for as long as you could.
53:43 the fact that it needed clarifying that Nelson was talking about his cat and not Kathleen... lol
The poor Sauron deck had the Sauron deck thing happen. Also the hobbit deck is my favorite precon I have ever played with
Excellent game. Big swings. Good jokes. Music mix was a little loud though.
These decks looked so much fun to play. Food based hobbit decks are so perfect!
Even I know the Balrog doesn't have wings. Unless it drinks a redbull
For the turns where Ben Ulmer is digging for lands I kept hearing Diggy Diggy Hole in my head because it's Moria even though it's an orc
Balrogs are never described as winged creatures in the books. That a liberty the film took
"It stepped forward slowly onto the bridge, and suddenly it drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall." - The book in question.
"I'm not going to Pignify that with a response, Ben."
Great episode and I always love watching the Bens playing next to each other.
Any day with a new EDSC is a good day to me!
I love that all the cards have new art!
There should be a rule that says: every time you tap a creature called 'Prize Pig' you have to say out loud "i floop the pig!"
As a person looking to major in jazz, every time that sax hits its long growled note that fits perfectly over every chord in the progression I loose the game and enter the jazz enjoyment zone.
I hadn't considered that Nelson was referring to anyone but his dog when talking about the mushrooms, but it's infinitely funnier to think he is actually talking about Kathleen
1:57:09 "It is a beautiful day in the Shire... and you are a horrible goose."
I was on my hands and knees hoping for the Gaffer to somehow be the reason Wheeler pulled off a comeback.
Ben, welcome to grixis; we don’t draw lands regardless of how many are in the deck.
Oh I am so happy to see this. I’ve watched every episode many times over at this point!!!
YAY, been searching RUclips for more MTG LOTR games!
I don't agree with all of Sauron's policies, but he did reduce Orc and Goblin unemployment in Middle-Earth
NELSON: You sure you should be at that much life? BENJAMIN: (under his breath) Tomatoes omg what a great flavorlicious commander game. Great play, great banter, and so glad you all knew the lore, fun!
39:30 Ben missing that Wheeler allowed him to get net-positive mana with that dragon hurts me.
ETA: Oh, misremembered how many Foods Wheeler had at the time. And he could always do the pig loop. Really, criticizing gameplay post hoc is kind of a bad idea in general.
47:31 Oh! I didn't know that! Thanks for that fun fact, editors! 😂
I was just thinking this morning that I'd love a new EDSC!
Ben playing as Sauron legit made me chuckle, considering that he's basically the human equivalent of a golden retriever in the best possible way.
a lot of the jokes on LOTR here remind of the D20 season Escape From The Bloodkeep. highly recommended if you enjoy fantasy parody (especially lotr)
“Why do you take the ribbons from the pig?”
The pig was found to be using ham-abolic steroids.
I love these goobers. Dream blunt rotation tbh.
There are few things in this world that I love more than Ben Wheeler! And the rest of course but Ben makes me so happy.
After you spoiled the release schedule I was looking for it yesterday and Monday 👀
Super excited to watch
oops whoops 😅
This was a great game! I'm really looking forward to playing these decks with my group soon!
I feel for you Ben 😅. Sauron is always forced out of the party too early. Guess it is just the LOTR vibe.
Homie with the red black lumberjack shirt def goes to a hood barber 😂
I have been a huge fan of LRRMTG and appreciate all the content y'all put out ❤! With all of the prize pig attention, it feels like treebeard missed his attention for all of the +1/+1 counters each time Ben gained life. His board should have been swoll.
So often I see "I can't believe that costs that cheap" when the only reason the card was in a good position was after many turns of other things being set up. Or a 4 mana sorcery speed draw 3, something that by itself would be an okay uncommon at best, which only is a cheaper Time Warp if your opponents let you.
I've been so excited for this episode!
@52:57 The moment Wheeler decides to start a bunch of internet comment section arguments.
23:00 Does Ben know "Good Guy Sauron"-Memes exist? Because if not, it's going to blow his mind
Balrogs did not have wings. It was a detail the movie chose to make it look more like a traditional demon and add mass. There are no references in the literary sources of them flying, nor are they ever described with wings.
"His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings."
@@Caseyuptobat Yes, the key here being the shadows and like, as an allusion to a shape. Not two dark wings like vast shadows. Two very different statements. Good quote to get that fast though, and a very flavorful line that can easily be confusing.
I don't know how well this will land, but I kept wanting Wheeler to say "I floop the pig"
😂priorities: hold gameplay in the name of jokes and giggles, but dont you DARE think quietly about ur next move. ❤❤❤
These videos make me so happy. Great stuff!
Great playing Nelson, I was hoping you’d flash back the token spell that gets cheaper from the cmc of your commander and 1 shot wheeler with jt 🤣
We just played our lord of the rings match earlier. I got the win with Wraiths :)
Just used the affiliate code yesterday to finish my PDH deck.
Love that Turn Cold shirt.
Bosk (sp) is in the good trilogy! Fun game as always 😊
"Thinking Thinking Thinking" ... Why do I suddenly want to respect the helm?
What's the song played in the intro
Best Commander content ever
I just had whiplash from 4h being referenced xp
34:44 I thought the Star Wars joke was about “Orchard Strider” being a knock off Skywalker.
Eomer seems like he could be a real fun aggro token deck, kinda wanna pick him up and brew something with him.
Nelson getting Gafflighted about the dash trigger
20:56 as decreed by SAMWISE (not samual) loyal attendant
Love to See it.
They should do a similar game but build a Sauron deck for archenemy using the archenemy cards
The background music goes really hard sometimes and it can be very distracting. :D
Never seen Wheeler so giddy haha
19:54 was that a Nirvana the Band the Show reference?
@LRRMTG would you mind telling me what type of dice you guys use in your gameplay? (specifically the oversized ones with numerals instead of pips). They are spiffy!
Sauron is older then Galadriel.
farmer cotton, honorary member of the fellowship
Was souron inherently evil?
YES!!!!
Actually no. Sauron was one of the Maiar corrupted by Morgoth.
Ben Ulmer's rant is even funnier knowing that one of the best cards in the set is an Archer that doesn't have Reach. Truly nothing is sacred XD
well that archer isn't in a color that gets reach, and there's been many archers without reach.
@Mordalon The exact same can be said about the Spider, it's a joke dude.
@@oppositecatchyghost8025 I know what you are trying to do, I'm just pointing out the game history behind it and how this "rule" isn't always applicable.
@@Mordalon Thanks I didn't ask.
@@oppositecatchyghost8025 Okay, didn't realize I needed to ask someone on a public comment section if they wanted information.
Ah, the old "Does the Balrog Have Wings" debate- still alive even today. Sorry, Ben!
the balrog has shadows like wings, he doesn't actually have wings. also, do you know how cramped it is to fly in Moria? I get that it has huge halls but the balrog is also huge
one! more! board wiiiiiipe!
I have to add a correction to Wheeler. There are actually 5 H's of hobbits. He forgot about HEMP!
Hampers, Hops, Hemp, and Home
Since when could balrog have wings I genuinely don't remember him having wings
i enjoyed the nirvana the band the show reference