Professor & Melissa DeTora | Kaseto, Karametra, Nekusar & Intet | Game Knights 5 MTG Gameplay 

2 years later this comment still holds well lol

@@DylanCEdh 2 years and 2 weeks this joke still holds up

Still holds up, even in the new age of humanity, where physical contact is outlawed

@@kabelguy70 still holds up today in 2045 when the Anunaki have enslaved us all

⁠@@xblowsmokexstill holding up after we revolted against those baby deck anunaki in the year 2355

That just shows you how smart she is. Her mind is so clear.

@@Fiskie666 yeah to be that good you have to be able to think at least 5 steps ahead

The amount of money that went into the decks makes me wanna cry. Other than that those stats are cool. Thanks for breaking it down.

This was incredibly helpful.

Mad appreciation for the stats, this was awesome

@@klenlapis6329 thank you!

Can we pay you to keep doing this?

Not to mention you can see an alpha black lotus when she shuffled

Yeah that comp streak to tune and make a deck unfun but powerful is really hard to break and it's usually show by how much money you throw at a deck for cards and I am not talking foils.

What about her whole deck

@@giraffetownfan8810 it was the sleeves, but I wouldn't be surprised

I don't think she pays the cards at full price.

It triggers at beginning of your upkeep then you can pay 2 to prevent. Don't even know what they were talking about made 0 sense.

@@jessicastevens538 Nope, you actually can't. The oracle text reads "..pay 2 before that step". You have to pay before the trigger goes on the stack. You can't pay during the untap step since no one gets priority, so you have to pay before you can untap.

@@jessicastevens538 The way this actually works is that the trigger fires at the beginning of your upkeep, but you can't pay the cost anymore at that stage because it's no longer "before your upkeep". You can pay the cost at any time you have priority before then (it's a special action), which basically means any time before your turn (because you won't get priority during your untap step). On the other hand, if you want to counter the triggered ability (e.g., with Stifle), or interact with it in any way other than by paying the prevention cost, you have to wait until your upkeep so it will go on the stack.

She has to kill someone to make more room.

I think she needed a separate room for her board O.O

Yep

She needs a sidebar for the king of the harvest's mash potatoes and gravy.

billy is a neat person

@@kd8fkt who the fuck is billy?

@Daniel Wilson well maybe, yeah, actually, yes.

@Daniel Wilson and im 4

@Daniel Wilson *months late 😅

Turns out all of us could never possibly out play her in this situation! We should've known better :P

Prof knew what was up and he should have killed her before striking that deal. But thats commander I love it.

Dillon Morrow The professor should have taught her a lesson.No pun intended

Physiwiz lol yes he should have plus getting a kill with commander damage is awesome.

Reminds me of the time where Vinny board wiped with a yahenni deck and Josh just tapped everything for mana and emptied his hand again that was ridiculous

It’s a different pose.

@@hiddenleaf414 that doesn't mean it's not a reference

It's even better than it seems, because she definitely had that planned from the start of the turn. She had Sterling Grove, which gave all her enchantments shroud, so if that was still on the battlefield she wouldn't have been able to blow up the Starfield of Nyx. So before she played the Starfield, which would instantly open her up to creature removal, she sacrificed the Sterling Grove to tutor a completely irrelevant enchantment, which I'm 90% sure was just so she could blow up the Starfield if creature removal happened. Which was a safe bet, because Josh had been stuck with cards in hand for a while, and there had never been a previous turn where there was a threatening enough board to use a creature based board wipe. Turns out Melissa's actually pretty good at this.

Yeah, I was kind of confused why she didn't grab something more relevent, like maybe her sigil

i really dont know how she hasnt got into the hall of fame

HumanityIsDissapointing 21 She doesn’t have the PT record to get in the Hall. That’s not because of her talent (she’s an amazing player) but because WotC poached her just as she was really starting to make her mark.

@@Dracinard what I really didn't get is how she replayed Sterling Grove at 33:58 if she had already sacrificed the card, it probably didn't had much impact in her final victory but I was really thrown off by how she got it back into her hand from the graveyard.

Nick Safford tre

Me too haha but as she kept shuffling more and more of them I was like.. nahh....

At 4:56 I nearly had an aneurism

I was gonna cry if she was actually playing real lotuses

Duel Master bruh same

Black lotus is banned

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the commander format doesn't need help staying alive. it's not going anywhere any time soon.

yeah the commander format is actually bigger than ever. It's the other eternal formats that are dying.

Benjamin Klahn Pretty sure the original comment was in reference to the video format of Game Knights and not the Commander format which is happily about as healthy as it could possibly be.

They were talking about the format of the show...

Those are the go-to sleeves used at Wizards of the Coast. I first noticed them when playing Magic against the Wizards R&D team at PAX East 2015. I had the same reaction you did when I first saw them. They literally have supply lockers in their offices that include tons of these sleeves.

I kind of want those sleeves, can't seem to find them anywhere

Does anyone sell those sleeves? They look sweet!

ZasseG and then you're like hey... that's banned...

Jim Harbor She is a wizards employee

This is what we're aiming for! Making the game interesting to those of us who usually don't enjoy watching magic gameplay.

Josh Lee Kwai Job well done. I've been a fan of Jimmy for years and of Magic for even longer. Command Zone is a good podcast but I rarely enjoy hour-long content but, for you two I've made some exceptions. 🙃

Josh Lee Kwai You'd think maybe the ProTour could take a few notes out of your book hahaha

Same!

I agree! My brother showed me magic today so this was easy and entertaining enough for a noob to enjoy

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It’s the top!!!!

check out his most recent video on deck boxes. theyre amazing

Me too dude welcome back

Dude sorry to hear about your friend. Glad to hear you're keeping his memory alive by playing his favorite card.

In honor of the fellow fallen planeswalker I will get a Intent as well

I've seen this comment no less than five times (on this video) and I stop to re-read it every time I do. I can't believe someone would kill someone over literal cards. May he rest in peace.

JuQmadrid fortunately my mistake didn't end up mattering, it's tough to keep track of every little thing when you're responsible for producing and the filming of the episodes as you play a complex game of Edh! -jimmy

The Command Zone Keeping track of a kiki jiki token is tough

Was wondering about that... Seemed like a pretty obvious mistake.

ThePowerJack ya only one dragon but utvara says whenever a dragon atks get a 6/6 token. So when he made a copy they both had that effect so 2 tokens are made with one atk.

He made an Utvara copy with Kiki, so there were two on board when the token swung. The trigger in question here is Utvara's, nothing to do with the damage dealt. As stated above, he should have made two 6/6 dragon tokens instead of just one when it swung, since both the original Utvara and the copy would trigger. But no, it would not have effected the game that much as it happens. It's only a little bewildering since it looked like that was the point in doing it in the first place, but I guess he was just thinking more about the attack damage instead.

Amigo Rafita me to

I for one am glad he didn't!

Josh Lee Kwai that would not be fun

He enjoys commander too much to be doing the fun police role xD

I think he'd like to be invited back at some point, that deck certainly wouldn't help

Glad you enjoyed! This is definitely my favorite episode as well.

Think Tank People didn't keep track of their triggers well.

Same, I made a recreation of Melissa’s deck with some from the new sets. Karametra is in the deck but not the commander. I run this as the current deck list (I wanted glacial chasm and ghostly prison from Josh, they work well in this deck.) Hopefully this helps if you ever wanna see what it might look like or to try for yourself! Commander: Sythis, harvests hand Main board (creatures): Oak heart dryads Auramancer Nyx-fleece ram Karametra, god of harvests Selvala, explorer returned Nylea, god of the hunt Satyr enchanter Destiny spinner Acidic slime Verduran enchantress Hopeful eidolon Starfield mystic Femeref enchantress Daxos, blessed by the sun Transcendent envoy Mesa enchantress sigarda, host of herons Archon of suns grace Heliod, sun crowned Argothian enchantress Setessan champion Renata, called to the hunt Drago lord dromoka Dryad of the Elysian grove herald of the pantheon Main deck (enchants): Aid from the cowl Leyline of sanctity Broken wings Flickerform Sunbond Gift of immortality Brought back All that glitters Angelic exaltation Aura of silence Enchantress’s presence Wilderness reclamation Wheel of sun and moon Brave the sands Ghostly prison Exploration Aura shards Idyllic tutor Starfield of Nyx Mastery of the unseen Sol ring Heliods punishment Karmic justice Runed halo Stasis snare Natural end Ashes of the abhorrent Privileged position Quarantine field Ajani’s welcome Light of promise Smothering tithe Burgeoning Sigil of the empty throne Stony silence Marshals anthem Overwhelming splendor Darksteel mutation Lands: 13 plains 14 forests 4 split lands 1 Savannah 1 mist veil plains 1 windswept heath 1 Serra’s sanctum 1 reliquary tower 1 glacial chasm Side board: Bronze hide lion Sterling grove (probably, I don’t have this card yet.) Sorry it’s a bit of a read! I’ve found that usually by turn 2 I can play Sythis, and get that ramp. And with 4 ways to ramp its easy to get into more cards that allow me to play more lands. Last time I played (last Thursday) I was super happy. Ended up with just about the same starting hand as her. Glacial chasm is fine to play since I can use the acidic slime to break that land, it’s allowed me to build a board and keep controlling my opponents with some of my enchants. I have to keep discarding since I draw so many, but I have lands to play most of what I get, so having wheel of sun and moon allows me to keep myself from milling out, and even if I don’t have that, it’s not hard to dig until I get an enchantment I need or want, play it then discard into my deck. It’s pretty sweet

@@klenlapis6329 you should def consider adding 2-4 Druid and Cleric classes to your deck. Overkill? Yeah, but damn it’ll make the engine run so much faster churning out even more lands and gaining extra life back per each land card placed

@@aes2621 that’s actually a good point, I’ve recently been banned from playing it with less than 4 people and when I pull it out it’s target number one lol

IntEnsE ༄EK no, FEVERED VISIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does it make any difference in the end? They were bounced back on the next turn

At the time he didn't know that.

@@navo6283 to be fair i'm pretty sure that knowing what they could do with that mana he wasn't expecting to have his board intact in the first place, so it could be an error or maybe was on purpose just to appear less threatning. The real question i have is "could you ignore a trigger or is considered an illegal action?", that could have some impact on the game as far as rules go.

So what you are telling me is that it is perfectly ok to forget about your triggered abilities? At least that's what it sounds like you are telling me.

@@navo6283 is not fine, but the question is if it his illegal. I don't think that someone would be disqualified from a tournament only because he forgot to trigger an ability, is the player fault for not noticing it not of the opponent. And as i said maybe he thought that not triggering it was the right decision for some reason, not that it would make a big difference between board wipes and the fact that they were already going to ocus on him

Evan Moak oh ya I frogot about that but vghs is amazing

I built my first non pre-con deck from watching Melissa pilot Karametra. Lol my friends laughed at 1st till I stomped them with an army of 4/4 Angel tokens!!! :)

He understood perfectly that the aim of a commander game is not to win but to play some shenanigans on people

the prof is my dad

Khairul Irzan yep. I was searching to see if someone noticed

Wouldn’t it also have been 24 damage with the Furnace of Rath on the board?

@@GiovanniMattucci The dragon tokens don't come into play attacking

he only attacked with one utvara hellkite

@@williamb29348 You don't have to attack with both to get the triggers. It says that whenever a dragon attacks, and there was only one attacker but a trigger from each hellkite

How the times have changed

He didn’t forget about Rhystic Study he just dosnt mention it, you can see his hand explode when Melissa draws

They just didn't include it in the edit back then.

I feel ppl underestimate Karametra! She has fantastic synergy and support capabilities!

Nikki S. I agree. I have a Sigarda EDH Deck, and right now... I'm planning on creating a Karametra deck! All because of Melissa's inspiring build! Haha

I never thought I would see Karametra be used in competitive. Not only did she use it, she kicked ass with it

Regirex this isnt competitive........

CodenameJD ,,,,, Ya but maybe he wants you to block. P

Yes

Yea, I was searching for this comment

more importantly, why didn't he swing with both hellkites and make 4 tokens?

@@TheRestlessView because one had somoning sickness the other utvara was a mirror breaker copy with haste

Yep, the editing, interviews, card close ups etc. make this very easy to follow.

I have those doge sleeves

PROF... Prof prof prof prof prof prof prof... "Reading the card explains the card", it's not BEFORE the upkeep, it's DURING the upkeep.

No, it's BEFORE. It says on the card. And on the oracle text. You can pay whenever you want BEFORE your upkeep, including on other players' turns.

Channel Arcane 3

The Command Zone Is the app live yet? I cannot seem to locate it on the Android app store.

Mike Untalan That Dromoka!!!!!!

Now this is something we love to hear! Super glad you still found it entertaining as one of our goals is to make the game more accessible.

InKensify you should get into it! Commander is really fun.

InKensify ygo player her hahaha

If you started with Commander 17, you're set for a while. Fat packs help too. Try playing sometime! The Ixalan Pre Release is in two weeks, and you don't need cards, plus if an get your collection off the ground

One year later i watched this and it's the same for me lol

Beautiful art. Love that card!

No way you watch command zone wth

Ditto!

I love enchantment decks!

It costs so much. The cards she played in turn one alone or worth over $200

Dylan Enrigue Huntington yeah, magic be like that sometimes ;-;

Agree

Kyle Huxtable lmao I was scrolling the comments just to see if anyone else noticed 😂😂😂

He still gets the draw effect from Fevered Dreams, but no, it doesn't damage him. He never took damage from it. All good.

Kyle Huxtable yeah he did it right

@@silverwolf340 never took damage from it look at 8-bit ninjas reply

Such Shuffle!

DrPapperman many madic

Rip Shiba

Not to mention those Black Lotus sleeves.

Tactical psychological-warfare sleeves. She's doing it right.

haha, I read your comment before watching the vid, so I skipped a couple of minutes to see her sleeves and I was like: "Maaan, I dont get it! where are the damn sleeves. All I see is Lotus!! Ohhh waaait..." :D but it took some time xD

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I used to play selesnya and it was fun getting a big creature

Just watched this one again since i just bought the cards for my Karametra angel tribal deck and forgot what she ran in her enchantment cheese deck. But every time i see this episode, i am just disgusted by it. IMO most enchantments are way too cheap cmc wise, and too much of a hassle to remove in time. Wizards and their enchantments :/

Day9 was on Game Knights before but they played 2 headed giant. The M19 ep.

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