INSANITY ON MIDDLE EARTH | Worst Possible Commander Show Balrog, Sauron, Gandalf, Farmer Cotton #70

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 103

  • @caylangale5722
    @caylangale5722 Рік тому +65

    Did anybody else notice that blake technically lost the second he cast rishkar's expertise. The consuming abberation's power wouldve made him deck out

    • @veeclash4157
      @veeclash4157 Рік тому +15

      TRUE! CGB needs to chew out Blake in the next session to explain that Blake actually lost thanks to his arrogance and greed!

    • @fnbits6484
      @fnbits6484 Рік тому

      He said consuming aberration when casting the spell to make Ben mill. He drew ten because he pointed and actually chose apex devastator

    • @caylangale5722
      @caylangale5722 Рік тому +11

      @@fnbits6484 rishkar's says "draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control" which was the abberation. He would've decked himself, therefore losing

    • @veeclash4157
      @veeclash4157 Рік тому +6

      @@fnbits6484 He can't CHOOSE the Devastator though. The card says draw equal to the power of your HIGHEST power card. Blake LOST that game and nobody caught it!

    • @josiahsantos6286
      @josiahsantos6286 Рік тому +2

      So Ben wins

  • @cipriano3246
    @cipriano3246 Рік тому +46

    That was not a game, it was a massacre.

  • @marvinbuck5984
    @marvinbuck5984 Рік тому +49

    Also, just a heads up, Cyclonic Rift doesn't trigger Gandalf, even if you overload it. Its mana value is still only 2.

  • @mandielyn0416
    @mandielyn0416 Рік тому +17

    The second CGB isn’t there to keep an eye on things, Blake cheats his way into a win! Just kidding guys, was a fun watch.

  • @johnnyhellkite6347
    @johnnyhellkite6347 Рік тому +34

    That “kill em!” as soon as the game started was too much 😂 great game

  • @markrobertbb
    @markrobertbb Рік тому +30

    Farmer Cotton, what are you doing caught between the crossfire of Maiars? I'll be rooting for you.

  • @GBeani
    @GBeani Рік тому +9

    "the worst I can do is One With the Multiverse" proceeds to ramp into One With the Multiverse

  • @michaelmckinnell5870
    @michaelmckinnell5870 Рік тому +12

    Why dose Blake pull this bs when CBG is out of town.

  • @alucarddelta6576
    @alucarddelta6576 Рік тому +14

    Blake shouldve lost bc rishkars expertise does the highest power of creatures not highest cmc which highest power was consuming aberation

    • @davidthomas4635
      @davidthomas4635 Рік тому +2

      This is true

    • @Sunseaker-tg9xb
      @Sunseaker-tg9xb Рік тому +4

      Yes true lol he went for apex lol Ben would of won by turn order hahahah

    • @Dark-Pikachu1
      @Dark-Pikachu1 Рік тому

      @@Sunseaker-tg9xbthey never should of die to mill because he couldn’t Copy bens creature because of mom right?

    • @Dark-Pikachu1
      @Dark-Pikachu1 Рік тому

      @@Sunseaker-tg9xbit would be a 0/0

    • @essan346
      @essan346 Рік тому +2

      @@Dark-Pikachu1Progenitor Mimic states “You may have it enter”, therefore it’s still on the stack and not affected by Elesh Norn. If it said “When Progenitor Mimic enters the battlefield”, it would be stopped by Elesh Norn.

  • @vOid-tl3tj
    @vOid-tl3tj Рік тому +6

    Blake should've died from rishkars expertise, he wouldve drawn 200+ cards because of consuming aberration 😂great game tho, love the great content you guys have been making 👍

  • @damientalrose553
    @damientalrose553 Рік тому +5

    I've always thought Progenitor Mimic needs more love. I'm glad it got to shine in this game 😄
    Thanks Ben for making that your card of the game, even though it hurt you so much 🤣
    On that note, Consuming Aberration is another card I think gets overlooked a lot. I've got a gross mill deck that uses a few of them.

  • @andrewroy5677
    @andrewroy5677 Рік тому +2

    Ben and Shae always have awesome poses for the thumbnail! You all have so much fun, and I love the show.

  • @skykur
    @skykur Рік тому +8

    That’s not how Gandalf works 👀

  • @Blackadam36
    @Blackadam36 Рік тому +1

    Way to consume the whole board there.

  • @williamriven
    @williamriven Рік тому +1

    The great thing about that win, is that he did that all with Ben's creature, that wasn't even the explicit plan of his deck.

  • @rafaeldasilva2042
    @rafaeldasilva2042 Рік тому +1

    Great episode. Blake didn't get to craterhoof win this time but I think his play was as satisfying

  • @tigerpunch3402
    @tigerpunch3402 Рік тому +2

    Nice game of solitaire.

  • @AlthalusKane
    @AlthalusKane Рік тому +3

    When you do the Apex devastator cascades, do you cast all of those first then all of the effects that trigger from the ETBs and cast effects?

    • @Dark-Pikachu1
      @Dark-Pikachu1 Рік тому +1

      People gets this wrong no he’s right

    • @Dark-Pikachu1
      @Dark-Pikachu1 Рік тому +2

      Mom was out too I think none of them should of been mill out because clone wasn’t supposed to work and become a 0/0 he cheated

    • @Suhrvivor
      @Suhrvivor Рік тому +1

      @@Dark-Pikachu1 Clones are replacement effects, not ETB so Mom doesn't affects them.

  • @kobelasse
    @kobelasse Рік тому +2

    Really happy to see that the Balrog was featured. It's the first video where I've seen someone build the deck. Would love to see it in action though!

  • @ericap1098
    @ericap1098 Рік тому +6

    Nice to see Gina again!
    Even with the Rishkar's Expertise whoopsie, the Simic BS was bananas.

  • @bryandegroat857
    @bryandegroat857 Рік тому +10

    So it was basically play the best blue and green cards. Gandalf was useless

    • @Suhrvivor
      @Suhrvivor Рік тому

      Yeah, I noticed that. Simic's power is always underrated for some reason.

    • @spencerw8117
      @spencerw8117 Рік тому +2

      It was such a boring deck. It just was simic. Gandalf could of been any simic commander.

  • @Flyboy245
    @Flyboy245 Рік тому

    26:40 just a casual “mom” from Gina as if she didn’t just drop one an oppressive piece of cardboard 😂

  • @Sunseaker-tg9xb
    @Sunseaker-tg9xb Рік тому +7

    Blake, blake, blake, riskars expertise would of decked you sir haha ben won 😂😂😂 fun anyway

    • @veeclash4157
      @veeclash4157 Рік тому

      Wow Blake actually lost! He would have drawn a minimum of 300 cards!!! 😂😂😂 Wait a minute that means the game was actually a DRAW. Blake killed himself with Rishkar's expertise and everyone else decked out!

    • @famousstranger8468
      @famousstranger8468 Рік тому +1

      ​@@veeclash4157no he would of lost and Ben wins

    • @veeclash4157
      @veeclash4157 Рік тому

      @@famousstranger8468 Why would Ben win? I thought he was out of cards too!

    • @GawegDatmeenjeniet
      @GawegDatmeenjeniet Рік тому +1

      ​@@veeclash4157When there are no cards in library you only lose when you have to draw a card but can't. By resolving the turn order Shea would lose because of mill, then Gina which would leave Ben victorious because he didnt have to draw yet 😊 hope my explanation makes sense

  • @mets_wc
    @mets_wc Рік тому +1

    Something is scary when a gaea's cradle casually gets milled and doesn't get mentioned during Blake's tirade

  • @fnbits6484
    @fnbits6484 Рік тому +1

    Pretty cool for just not letting anyone else play the game

  • @bigsooie982
    @bigsooie982 Рік тому

    I like Ben’s quote in the middle of the match, I caught it. Pitter Patter Ben

  • @stevenfranklin1124
    @stevenfranklin1124 Рік тому

    This is my new favorite commander show

  • @PhoenixInfeno
    @PhoenixInfeno Рік тому +1

    Looks like Shea and Blake share a twitter handle lol

  • @itachycoolman
    @itachycoolman Рік тому +1

    Blake's uter massacre this game made it not so fun for the others 😅😂

  • @MrMalorian
    @MrMalorian Рік тому +1

    Please try Cirdan. It's such an entertaining one to play and watch.

  • @dennis7156
    @dennis7156 Рік тому

    i played my Gandalf deck the other day and got omniciense out.. i had a blast since i could chain the card draw on Gandalf by not casting anything that my opponents had on the top xD i won by having a big boardstate and then copying Overwhelming Stampede giving my guys +14/+14

  • @billberndtson
    @billberndtson Рік тому +2

    Fun game, gang! 😃 Gaea's Blessing is underrated. Just sayin.

  • @travisbrandt8663
    @travisbrandt8663 Рік тому +1

    Riskar’s expertise shouldve killed blake

  • @ay0and0jay
    @ay0and0jay Рік тому +1

    Does the mimic etb still work with Elesh out?

    • @manwithnoname9580
      @manwithnoname9580 Рік тому

      I was wondering the same thing

    • @Suhrvivor
      @Suhrvivor Рік тому +1

      Yes because clones are replacement effects, not ETB.

  • @coreyhattaway8461
    @coreyhattaway8461 Рік тому

    I really enjoy the LOTR commander games

  • @bradstanky
    @bradstanky Рік тому +1

    Blake you actually copy the card you cast not any of the reveled cards for Gandolf

  • @RocketPGolf
    @RocketPGolf Рік тому

    Where was CGB and his counter spells?

  • @ethanfoery9399
    @ethanfoery9399 Рік тому

    When is the "oops all Gandalf" game??

  • @nagsorinaste5658
    @nagsorinaste5658 Рік тому

    Holy shit, this was some awesome simic nonsense 10/10 game ^^

  • @veeclash4157
    @veeclash4157 Рік тому +3

    And that’s what happens when you don’t play board wipes and just let one opponent go off completely!

  • @CorruptedFingersLine
    @CorruptedFingersLine Рік тому +3

    Actually, overloading a Cyclonic Rift doesn’t trigger Gandalf cause the mana value is still 2

  • @papateezy7441
    @papateezy7441 9 місяців тому

    Wow, just wow

  • @liammenchaca8860
    @liammenchaca8860 Рік тому

    That was insane! Haha

  • @AndreborgeZ
    @AndreborgeZ Рік тому

    Go Blake! Nice!

  • @LadySpacePatrol
    @LadySpacePatrol 8 місяців тому

    I was really excited to see this but Blake ruined it for me. No surprise there. Becoming a habit.

  • @weihaigoh9734
    @weihaigoh9734 Рік тому

    UA-cam bring me here 😆

  • @josephbilling3886
    @josephbilling3886 Рік тому +4

    Yall should recorded a different game imo. This was glorified solitaire

  • @mgrazzmataz
    @mgrazzmataz Рік тому +1

    Yay.. no interaction week , its all you Blake ☠️

  • @jakubvanek3789
    @jakubvanek3789 Рік тому

    Brutal

  • @marsssoulprest9736
    @marsssoulprest9736 Рік тому

    Un génocide.

  • @Dark-Pikachu1
    @Dark-Pikachu1 Рік тому +2

    22:50 wouldn’t that card also not work because of mom meaning it’s 0/0?

    • @Suhrvivor
      @Suhrvivor Рік тому +1

      Clones are replacement effect, not ETB.

  • @thetimeformiller
    @thetimeformiller Рік тому

    Wow

  • @anthonysulpizio2269
    @anthonysulpizio2269 Рік тому

    Evil

  • @void91g
    @void91g Рік тому

    Nice😂❤🎉

  • @jeffkuykendall3189
    @jeffkuykendall3189 Рік тому

    Welcome to todays episode of simic bullshit…. Lol

  • @harrisonheppelmann7938
    @harrisonheppelmann7938 Рік тому

    Congrats to Ben on his win!

  • @PrimeShifter
    @PrimeShifter Рік тому

    Oh man, I think if he'd accompanied the apex devastater with the progenitus, it would have been pretty good

  • @jacsonsouzalealjr
    @jacsonsouzalealjr Рік тому

    Mistakes again (Blake actually lost this game). This was SO NOT fun to watch, imagine playing it. Also, I feel like always only one player has interaction with the others in a lot of games

  • @toctheyounger
    @toctheyounger Рік тому

    The One Ring is a cast trigger, not an etb trigger. Blake would still get the protection with MoM in play.

    • @shauntoochaos235
      @shauntoochaos235 Рік тому +1

      No its an etb that check if you cast it as a condition

  • @goldbrickslegocorner3614
    @goldbrickslegocorner3614 Рік тому

    Cascade on the apex predator doesn't trigger because of Mother

    • @magnusmagicus1977
      @magnusmagicus1977 Рік тому +1

      Yes it does, because it happens on CAST, not when it enters the battlefield :)

  • @jopimpare7596
    @jopimpare7596 Рік тому

    Feel like Progenitus Mimic got on the battlefield, Elesh Nkrn was on the battlefield so i believed he couldnt copy anything and the mimic would just die on etb beeing a 0/0.

    • @magnusmagicus1977
      @magnusmagicus1977 Рік тому +1

      No, because the Mimic doesn't have an etb. Those always (always? YES, always) start with When, Whenever, or At. The copy ability is a replacement effect that happens just right away.

  • @famousstranger8468
    @famousstranger8468 Рік тому

    1. The clone doesn't ETB it checks what is on board and becomes that creature already in play.
    2. Blake decked out.
    3. Lotr is so boring please stop playing with the commanders
    4. Stop posting in the discord for deck ideas and bring something personal, i want to see what the cast play at their lgs or home and not what strangers on the internet want you to play

    • @jbfromthe2064
      @jbfromthe2064 Рік тому

      You also sound like an entitled prick 😂

  • @thomaseddy7347
    @thomaseddy7347 Рік тому +2

    Ugh.. I thought we were done with the lord of the rings tcg. Can we PLEASE go back to real Magic the Gathering now? Was hoping for some Commander Masters decks this week.

    • @Suhrvivor
      @Suhrvivor Рік тому

      Most of the cards they played weren't from LotR...

    • @Spiethstar
      @Spiethstar Рік тому +1

      Their commanders only did limit their deckbuilding this game. ^^
      Non did anything relevant.
      No need to ugh them, they just let you in on the fun they have. You are welcome to leave anytime

    • @jbfromthe2064
      @jbfromthe2064 Рік тому

      You sound like an entitled prick 😂

  • @ThomasPRusso2
    @ThomasPRusso2 Рік тому

    Blake's handle was @worstshae, lol

  • @arscalambraperelman6520
    @arscalambraperelman6520 Рік тому

    ban.sol.ring