From watching Rarran's live streams, I know the type of commander Rarran will like is one that will let him ignore the actual game and open card packs in the corner like a degenerate
I'd love to see a version of this where Rarran looks up various commanders and presents them to the both of you and you have to convince him if it's a good idea or a bad idea
Voxy and CGB are like siblings bickering and I love it, this is hilarious. Their dynamic is great, and then Rarran is the cousin over for a visit trying to keep up with their shenanigans
The Shuffle Up and Play episode that reveals how much Voxy loves Grand Arbiter Augustine IV = ua-cam.com/video/AsCgI0Om-E8/v-deo.htmlsi=-h68TqHA-i-uimgs
@@covertgoblue I was watching that episode thinking “an entire table on Shuffle Up & Play kept hands with zero spot removal” AND “is it possible Voxy will simply remove it herself?!”
I love being the enemy, usually, I tell people in their turns that I can kill them, only to be feared for a moment and five seconds later being absolutly destroyed
Honestly disagree. If you wanna introduce a friend to the friend group. Being the bad guy at the table can be a great way for the new friend to bond with the others too
Yeah! This happens all the time, because I don’t like to win out of nowhere, so I always say it one full turn cycle ahead of time, or whenever I figure it out
And I really really hope the commander games get uploaded too (Cimo as well would be sick). Its been so cool seeing other TCG players getting into other games (as someone who loves em all).
I will say that Gonti (or any "play your opponents cards" deck) can be daunting for a first commander. Instead of having this set 99 you can get familiar with ahead of time, you'll have over a dozen cards you've never seen before, some of which could have convoluted text, that you have to figure out a good use for on the fly.
Additionally, it turns you into the Archenemy REAL fast. People seem find with Green players doing infinite ramp and Blue players having infinite draw, but you steal ONE card from you opponent's deck and they black out with rage.
For zulodok they didn’t mention that most decks aside from monsters the rest of the deck is colorless mana rocks to play your monsters faster. It’s not unlikely for you to have 6 mana on turn 3 or 4.
There's also a lot of cool colourless spells, but I'm not sure if the precon runs them aside from the ones that are similar to zhulodok, triggering off of cast spells, cascading etc.
Knowing what Rarran picked makes this video so much funnier. The game was a million times better with Crim doing Crim stuff and making everyone argue about who the threat is
Some other commanders Rarran might like (these don't have precons afaik): Erebos, God of the Dead - he likes Warlock in HS and this guy literally has infinite life tap, and is indestructible. He also prevents other players from gaining life which lends well to a more grindy attrition-style game. Mono black so no worries about getting color screwed. Pretty open-ended, not very flashy or bombastic which could be used to your advantage in laying low. Ayara, First of Locthwain - play creatures, drain your opponents. Sac those creatures, draw cards. No need to worry about navigating combat, also mono black but she is fragile. The Scarab God - kill people just by having lots of zombies, can also make 4/4 copies of creatures from any graveyard. Can avoid commander tax, has plenty of options, only two colors. Marchesa, the Black Rose - encourages attacking whoever has the most life which could prevent some player aggro, and she can bring back your creatures automatically. Very straightforward and aggressive plan but 3 colors. Navigating combat could be tricky but her colors are good for evasion and removal. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King - all about sacrificing for gains. Three colors but one is green which is good at fixing mana. Doesn't look like much on his own but his decks can be very powerful. Tergrid, God of Fright - one of my personal favorites. Make people discard or sacrifice permanents then put them into play on your side for free. Very mean, people will probably hate your guts, but very fun imo. The downsides are that many discard and sacrifice effects let your opponent choose and if you don't have Tergrid out with your removal you're not doing much. Also mono black. Squee - obviously.
@@blue17echo Seems crazy right? For someone new to M:tG who isn't aware of the possible synergies I don't think he would seem very impressive, you can sac a card to draw a card once a turn. It just so happens there are a *ton* of good synergies.
The amount of gaslighting during a players choice for their first commander is legendary!!! So much fun and thank you, three beautiful souls adding magic content is a gift :)
God this was so chaotic. Loved the whole time. 33:23 CBG Realizes Rarran is a Stax player Anikthea is any Enchantment. Not specifically enchantment creature. We don't call it "The Yard", none of my groups ever have.
The TCG rabbit hole is so cool because I got into commander around OTJ and started watching his videos with you and Voxy and now I get to enjoy all this great mtg and hearthstone content. You guys are great keep it up
Since you are showing him all precons i think you should have shown him the top 3-5 cards for each precon to better build the themes for the decks. It could help him pick one that he really likes!
yeah like with Gonti, I feel like Rarran thinks he is the *only* theft card, and the rest of the deck is roguish creatures going in for the steal. I don't actually know the decklist, but I would assume half of the 99 is even more theft
@@yargolocus4853 Ms Bumbleflower too isn't REALLY group hug. She is just full of card draw and +1/+1 counter win cons. You really don't need to play politics with her because her board is often pretty scary given that she herself starts as 1/5 vigilance, grows and flies and really pumps out commander damage.
@@yargolocus4853 I replied to you because I agreed with you... I was further contributing to your point (that you can't really tell what the deck is like from the commander only). Sorry for bothering you I guess.
@@Iam_Stu oh sorry! I didn't realize you were talking about the precon (I assume). even if you didn't agree, I didn't mean anything with negativity. I was just confused.
Gonti actually was my very first Commander ever :) Had such a great time theoriecrafting and upgrading it with small unblockables and personalizing it to not be too much of a creature beatdown deck... I can FULLY recommend gonti as the first Commander as long as you are comfortable with cardgames in generel because it was so much fun playing cards from like 2002 I have never ever seen just because I stole them ^^ No single game feels the same ever, its great!
I feel like this could be fun for a King of the Hill style format. People take turns presenting commanders and the guest (probably Rarran but could always introduce other people from other card games) choses which one appeals to them the most. The selected commander then becomes the King and the other player suggests commanders until the King is dethroned or they run out of commanders to suggest. Players get 1 point every time their commander becomes King and if the King wins three contests in a row then that Commander is sent to the hall of fame and, the player who suggested that commander gets 3 points and players suggest a new commander. This continues until one player runs out of picks. Otherwise get the guest to draft a deck with people presenting cards for the guest to pick like Hearthstone arena format.
48:15 Um, actually you don't have to pick a *legendary* creature as your ring bearer. It'll become a legendary creature, but that's only after. It can be any creature. 57:28 Fun fact: Phelddagrif is an anagram for Garfield Phd. - the creator of MTG (Richard Garfield Phd).
you should have emphasized the ramp on zhulodok when roxy said he comes out turn 6 lol, how you can get degenerate sol ring, mana rock, mana rock turn 3 zhulodok lol
I can't wait until the gameplay with this group is released! Voxy, CGB, Crim all in a pod will be AMAZING. Looking forward to see what Rarran brings to the table too
Worth mentioning, Gonti is a pretty terrible commander to choose for remote play games on spelltable. You need to have opponents show you the top card of their deck and exile it, then you need them to keep track of which card is exiled in which turn, so that you can reference it later when you cast it. And this all needs to happen without anyone else at the table seeing the revealed card. If it was revealed faceup it would be way easier, but being looked at and exiled face down means that it should be hidden information which makes it way harder to use remote.
This gives massive "if you play this, I will throw you out of the shop" energy, which is completely valid. I love playing blue/white, but I will never put Augustin in any of my decks.
The energy here is impeccable I love all u goobers keep it up I can't wait to hear voxy's screeches as she is suddenly and inevitably betrayed by Rarran
I haven't looked super hard in the comments for someone else saying this also, but Cacophony Unleashed doesn't kill anything if it's reanimated, it's an ETB, but it specifies "if you cast it".
Voxy hair makes me think she’s Boros, and CGB’s decoration makes him look Dimir. And they are both fighting for which colors Rarran is going to be… His ultimate choice genuinely feels very appropriate.
I saw Zhulodok and thought "Oh they should have done Ulalek, that's way stronger and more fun", then I remembered how good you have to be at understanding the stack. Probably not a good first commander. CGB being a smol bean player explains why I relate so much in play style. I've won so many games by saying "I don't think I can win" because I tend to think of how screwed an opponent would be if I had them in my position and then nobody does anything to me for 4 turns and suddenly I have 3 emblems from Planeswalkers and nobody can even touch me.
Great Concept for a video! I love the flavorful way you present some of those commanders. I think this format has a lot of potential, especialy if it gets smoothed out. Improvements would include teaching the participant the most important rules beforehand, like commander tax etc.
Being that Rarran's most common issue with MTG is the land system, I think Rarran is going to have a lot of fun with Zhulodok. I think giving him a 3-color+ deck (or 2-color in some cases) might have been overkill. Allowing him to play a deck in which he doesn't have to worry about the color fixing will allow him to focus entirely on just having an absolute blast casting big spells that, in some instances, don't really care if they're countered. Excellent job, guys!
Would've loved to see Rarran get at least one "Warlocky" suggestion. I was surprised not to see something like Mirko or Tegwyll (if we go with recent precons), or maybe even go as far back as Meren. Had some great laughs this video though. I can imagine Rarran having fun Cascading!
Commander players getting mad at thief decks is so confusing to me, i played a game and this guy was apologising about it and i thought it just sounded fun
Casual players don't want other people using their cards against them, or touching their cards, even when it's pretty weak in comparison to other strategies. That's why if you play a theft deck you gotta go all-in on being the archenemy and bring your evilest costume and deck.
@@altrivotzck6565 It also leads to pretty awful table situations where the best way to stop the thief player is to kill the person they have been stealing from which just makes that person miserable. Or even worse, someone concedes just to remove all their stuff from the thief player's board.
@@altrivotzck6565 I think a lot of it comes down to commander being highlander, everyone has a few favorite cards and not getting to interact with them can feel bad. It’s similar to why discard is disliked by some people.
Voxy is so dirty for claiming that Zhulodok comes out on turn 6. Zhulodok comes out on turn 3. Then it gets removed. Then it comes out again on turn 4 and gets removed. Then it STILL comes out again on turn 5, because its a colourless deck, and all its ramp spells are hyper-efficient mana-positive plays. If one entire opponent takes a turn off every turn to remove your commander, you WILL still cast it for 10 or 12 later, and get value from it XD
Some precons you could've considered for the warlock mana cheater cat lover land hater that is Rarran: Meren (grind grind grind), Kaalia (free is the best mana cheat), Arahbo (what better way to alleviate the fears of losing your commander when you dont even have play them), Omo (teach him to love lands!)
To be fair, colorless decks ramp like crazy. I've never seen a colorless deck reach turn 5 with any less than 10 mana unless they're doing really poorly.
I play commander for a longer time now and a friend of mine wanted to get into it. When he asked me what commander he should build i told him it should be the legendary creature you like the most. So now we always have a Kudo, King among Bears on our table because; Bears and Hugs ^^ Let Rarran go through the mtg card database and look for the legendary creature he instantly thinks its cool and vibes with ^^
Oh God bless UA-cam for suggest me Rarran few years ago. You guys all in my life because of it and is SO Glad it happe. Love your personalities and vibes. Woohoo Rarranverse xD
I can't wait to see Rarran play EDH live, it's been teased for so long. Usually dude's really good at making content and is charismatic af but taken out of his comfort zone he might become suuper awkward, and I'm here for it. Nothing more refreshing to see that the content creators are human after all. That being said, I hope CGB and Voxy will be there, that will propably make his first experience feel a lot more familiar and that way better as well. Edit: I just learned it will be CGB, Voxy, Rarran and Crim playing.
Literal seconds into the video, and Rarran is already breaking lol. 43:33 that was actually my first introduction to Voxy via prof's channel lol. That commander game turned into a 3 v 1 real fast.
Some suggestions for Rarran: (not precons) Mono Red Goblins - Muxus (barf goblins on the field, also run fun spells! Jim Davis played this it's a good time) OmNomNom - Ygra (Shae played this. Disgusting and super fun) For precons probably... Sliver Gravemother . Cuz slivers are GROSS and fun - add reanimation options to not get blown out of the water? Dogmeat. Super powerful precon commander. EDIT: Anikthea is super sick. Out of the ones showcased that would be the one I woulda shown Rarran.
9:17 "You gotta think about every body else at the table will feel as you play it and if you stop them too hard." Couldn't agree more... *squints* "CovertGoBlue".
The fact that they’re forcing themselves to ONLY precons is awesome! My first thought when I saw that Rarren was choosing a Commander was Rowan, Scion of War. If y’all do this again with non-precons, I’d 100% grab it IMMEDIATELY! Rarren, being a Warlock main in Hearthstone means he likes self pain. Who better than the goddess of pain herself? (Also mana cheating is disgusting is his, like, #1 catch phrase)
Now Rarran needs to go play Sucker for love to gain his gym badge for handling Dem' Big Booty Eldritch Cuties, so he can special summon his commander in defensive position or some other children's card game nonsense
YOU MONSTER, THE RABBIT IS AWESOME! You just need to drop every grouphug card from the deck and she becomes an absolute unit with an huge ass that grows out of control, what is not to love about it?
Tbh that sounds like Paladin (or, idk... Naga Priest, Automaton Priest, Pogo Rogue, Rocket Hopper Shaman...) and Rarran isn't a Paladin player. Give him a Blue/Black guy that's really evil and has demons and cards that can be casted for cheaper (this literally a oldschool hearthstone deck btw)
Being similarly new to commander I'm really feelin that cottagecore rabbit grandma, she has my 3 favorite colors and the whole card seems like the coolest battlefield control in the business.
Ms. Bumbleflower is my first ever commander and I love her. I've upgraded the precon deck a fair bit while keeping the main win cons the same (psychosis crawler, simic ascendancy, triskaidekaphile... punch them in the face with a giant vigilant flying commander). It has been a lot of fun to play. And food for though... her ability is a CRIME (freestrider lookout rips land out of your deck so fast)
Now I really want to see a milkshake commander that has built in spot remover. Maybe then Voxy can finally say "My milkshake brings all the boys to the YARD..."
I'd have suggested Radha, Heir to Keld. While not splashy, basically makes sure you get to 4 mana turn 3, mostly solving Rarran's main issue of getting screwed on lands. Plus no one's gonna bother using removal on it outside of incidentally in a boardwipe when dealing with something else.
New MTG Arena Dimir Enchantment control gameplay: ua-cam.com/video/WFiUluCJmjo/v-deo.htmlsi=VMl5K3J51Q1VVW_J
@@covertgoblue Very nice Ancestral Recall vibes. There’s even a few pros out there noticing Eerie Dimir in BO3. As always, you are in good company
I recommend Korvold the Fae Cursed King.
Jund Sacrifice
So when do we think the video will be?
can we rule 0 that rarran gets to play booster tutor in commander?
Halbal sucks compared to Kinnan Bonder Prodigy. It's night and day.
From watching Rarran's live streams, I know the type of commander Rarran will like is one that will let him ignore the actual game and open card packs in the corner like a degenerate
Hmm, so he needs some way to recast/copy booster tutor many, many times...
;)
GOBLIN MODE ACTIVATE
Ah, so Discord.
He need Myntasha
@@aspider3254 that's perfect actually
Rarran: "Mom and Dad are fighting again. I am just going to go open packs in the corner until the screaming stops."
I'd love to see a version of this where Rarran looks up various commanders and presents them to the both of you and you have to convince him if it's a good idea or a bad idea
that could be good if hes doint his first custom commander (not a precon)
So a falcon, a weasel, and a Hearthstone player walk into a bar...
Sounds like either the beginning of a stupendous joke, or a most entertaining opportunity.
One of them should have tried the door first
And they still don't form a party😅
Rarran's a badger. 🦡
*and regular hearthstone legend player
22:00 - "I'm just a little guy until I'm not", AKA the most effective Commander strategy ever.
The Little Bean Fallacy
@@bricknolty5478 The Mesa Falcon Fallacy
Voxy and CGB are like siblings bickering and I love it, this is hilarious. Their dynamic is great, and then Rarran is the cousin over for a visit trying to keep up with their shenanigans
The Shuffle Up and Play episode that reveals how much Voxy loves Grand Arbiter Augustine IV = ua-cam.com/video/AsCgI0Om-E8/v-deo.htmlsi=-h68TqHA-i-uimgs
@@covertgoblue I was watching that episode thinking “an entire table on Shuffle Up & Play kept hands with zero spot removal” AND “is it possible Voxy will simply remove it herself?!”
Oh I saw it. It's one of the rare UA-cam videos I've watched more than once. Also the short several times. Stax players must be punished.
Used to call him hoverpimp in my group. GAA IV is spicy
@@ctcrule100
"No one likes being the enemy at the table" - CGB
This is Crim's whole ethos lmao
I love being the enemy, usually, I tell people in their turns that I can kill them, only to be feared for a moment and five seconds later being absolutly destroyed
Honestly disagree. If you wanna introduce a friend to the friend group. Being the bad guy at the table can be a great way for the new friend to bond with the others too
I don't often go for the win, i prefer to slap everyone at the table at least once
Yeah! This happens all the time, because I don’t like to win out of nowhere, so I always say it one full turn cycle ahead of time, or whenever I figure it out
Gosh yeah, I would have liked to see him here with his completely unhinged takes lol
Worth considering, if Crim is playing, then Rarran probably doesn't need to be worried about being targeted first.
Luckily, he won't need to find out that Crim really "likes Green".
"I'm just gonnaaa.... politelyyyyyy....."
Don't be rediculous CGB. Love in the command zone is a perfect name for a show.
Please do The Bachleor: Commander Edition with Cimo too. I love the title "Love in the command zone"
And I really really hope the commander games get uploaded too (Cimo as well would be sick). Its been so cool seeing other TCG players getting into other games (as someone who loves em all).
I think Cimo has already played commander a few times so I don’t think he needs it
@@eahco8476 he doesn't need it, but we need the content
Actually, this would be an interesting concept, especially to help those that need the collab or something
Cimooooooo would be a great addition he only really has Commander experience from 1 or 2 times playing with his wife
I will say that Gonti (or any "play your opponents cards" deck) can be daunting for a first commander. Instead of having this set 99 you can get familiar with ahead of time, you'll have over a dozen cards you've never seen before, some of which could have convoluted text, that you have to figure out a good use for on the fly.
Also has some physical limitations if they end up playing over webcam.
Additionally, it turns you into the Archenemy REAL fast. People seem find with Green players doing infinite ramp and Blue players having infinite draw, but you steal ONE card from you opponent's deck and they black out with rage.
For zulodok they didn’t mention that most decks aside from monsters the rest of the deck is colorless mana rocks to play your monsters faster. It’s not unlikely for you to have 6 mana on turn 3 or 4.
Cgb did mention that it ramps a bunch but left it at that, so yeah, he could've gone a little harder with it's a ton of mana rocks
real talk, i think he’ll like the deck, the ramp is very druid coded, and the massive effects than run away with the game is too
There's also a lot of cool colourless spells, but I'm not sure if the precon runs them aside from the ones that are similar to zhulodok, triggering off of cast spells, cascading etc.
Also they didn’t mention you can just whiff off the cascade trigger and hit a mana rock or 2
@@steven.d6492 I mean that’s just basically pays for the next commander tax like golos
Simic commander: has words on it, it's broken. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
Simic: goes infinite with a ham sandwich.
Knowing what Rarran picked makes this video so much funnier. The game was a million times better with Crim doing Crim stuff and making everyone argue about who the threat is
This is big "Mum and Dad arguing about my career path" energy
for real
"Viewers please pick me up, mom and dad are fighting"
Some other commanders Rarran might like (these don't have precons afaik):
Erebos, God of the Dead - he likes Warlock in HS and this guy literally has infinite life tap, and is indestructible. He also prevents other players from gaining life which lends well to a more grindy attrition-style game. Mono black so no worries about getting color screwed. Pretty open-ended, not very flashy or bombastic which could be used to your advantage in laying low.
Ayara, First of Locthwain - play creatures, drain your opponents. Sac those creatures, draw cards. No need to worry about navigating combat, also mono black but she is fragile.
The Scarab God - kill people just by having lots of zombies, can also make 4/4 copies of creatures from any graveyard. Can avoid commander tax, has plenty of options, only two colors.
Marchesa, the Black Rose - encourages attacking whoever has the most life which could prevent some player aggro, and she can bring back your creatures automatically. Very straightforward and aggressive plan but 3 colors. Navigating combat could be tricky but her colors are good for evasion and removal.
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King - all about sacrificing for gains. Three colors but one is green which is good at fixing mana. Doesn't look like much on his own but his decks can be very powerful.
Tergrid, God of Fright - one of my personal favorites. Make people discard or sacrifice permanents then put them into play on your side for free. Very mean, people will probably hate your guts, but very fun imo. The downsides are that many discard and sacrifice effects let your opponent choose and if you don't have Tergrid out with your removal you're not doing much. Also mono black.
Squee - obviously.
You're talking like having 3 colors is a liability in 2024 commander
@@bisowa8883 For Rarran specifically because he gets so triggered about mana problems, the fewer the better.
"korvold, fae-cursed king... doesn't look like much on his own" what a take.
@@blue17echo Seems crazy right? For someone new to M:tG who isn't aware of the possible synergies I don't think he would seem very impressive, you can sac a card to draw a card once a turn. It just so happens there are a *ton* of good synergies.
Zhulodok is basically playing Druid in Hearthstone, ramp and cast big meatballs and cheat by doing that
Rarran is going to pluck the Falcon, shave the Weasel, and deCriminalize the table!! Cannot wait to see it!! GLHF
Yup it feels like the series finale of a year long journey
The amount of gaslighting during a players choice for their first commander is legendary!!! So much fun and thank you, three beautiful souls adding magic content is a gift :)
I love how CGB goes full car-salesman mode every time it's his turn to pitch a commander
Damn the game will be CGB vs Crim vs Voxy vs Rarran? That's like actual Avengers level epic
I dont know about that, having multiple known control players at your first table is kinda sus if you want them to continue playing.😅
The comedic interplay between you all is incredible 😂😂😂
God this was so chaotic. Loved the whole time.
33:23 CBG Realizes Rarran is a Stax player
Anikthea is any Enchantment. Not specifically enchantment creature.
We don't call it "The Yard", none of my groups ever have.
At any given moment, two of them are roasting the other three, and it keeps switching up. I love it; never stop!
The TCG rabbit hole is so cool because I got into commander around OTJ and started watching his videos with you and Voxy and now I get to enjoy all this great mtg and hearthstone content. You guys are great keep it up
can't believe weasel tunneler, mesa falcon guy and rarran collab is happening
Since you are showing him all precons i think you should have shown him the top 3-5 cards for each precon to better build the themes for the decks. It could help him pick one that he really likes!
yeah like with Gonti, I feel like Rarran thinks he is the *only* theft card, and the rest of the deck is roguish creatures going in for the steal. I don't actually know the decklist, but I would assume half of the 99 is even more theft
@@yargolocus4853 Ms Bumbleflower too isn't REALLY group hug. She is just full of card draw and +1/+1 counter win cons. You really don't need to play politics with her because her board is often pretty scary given that she herself starts as 1/5 vigilance, grows and flies and really pumps out commander damage.
@@Iam_Stu oh I know how Bumbleflower plays. I don't know what prompted you to reply to me, but I'm well aware of Bumbleflower's past
@@yargolocus4853 I replied to you because I agreed with you... I was further contributing to your point (that you can't really tell what the deck is like from the commander only). Sorry for bothering you I guess.
@@Iam_Stu oh sorry! I didn't realize you were talking about the precon (I assume). even if you didn't agree, I didn't mean anything with negativity. I was just confused.
Gonti actually was my very first Commander ever :) Had such a great time theoriecrafting and upgrading it with small unblockables and personalizing it to not be too much of a creature beatdown deck... I can FULLY recommend gonti as the first Commander as long as you are comfortable with cardgames in generel because it was so much fun playing cards from like 2002 I have never ever seen just because I stole them ^^ No single game feels the same ever, its great!
I feel like this could be fun for a King of the Hill style format. People take turns presenting commanders and the guest (probably Rarran but could always introduce other people from other card games) choses which one appeals to them the most. The selected commander then becomes the King and the other player suggests commanders until the King is dethroned or they run out of commanders to suggest. Players get 1 point every time their commander becomes King and if the King wins three contests in a row then that Commander is sent to the hall of fame and, the player who suggested that commander gets 3 points and players suggest a new commander. This continues until one player runs out of picks.
Otherwise get the guest to draft a deck with people presenting cards for the guest to pick like Hearthstone arena format.
So excited for the concept of Voxy+CGB+Rarran+Cimo EDH game
48:15 Um, actually you don't have to pick a *legendary* creature as your ring bearer. It'll become a legendary creature, but that's only after. It can be any creature.
57:28 Fun fact: Phelddagrif is an anagram for Garfield Phd. - the creator of MTG (Richard Garfield Phd).
Talking about Sauron:
“Yeah, you could blink him…”
Me:
*Stares at “When you cast this spell”*
52:01 the most skilled gaslight I’ve seen in a while
It's great to see all the collabs! It's got me more into MTG
40:20 I half expected Rarran to say, "Mom, dad, please stop fighting :cry:," after this, lol
The next goal is having a commander table with CGB, Rarran and Cimo
Honestly those four together would be a banging commander table, would love to watch that.
My boy Cimo will get absolutely washed but good GOD do I want to watch that 😂
I'd love to see Maldhound get in on this as well. Or have Mald look at Hearthstone cards and roast them the way he does magic cards.
you should have emphasized the ramp on zhulodok when roxy said he comes out turn 6 lol, how you can get degenerate sol ring, mana rock, mana rock turn 3 zhulodok lol
"A lot of exploring, you can call me Dora" got me so good lmao
Its crazy how good chemistry you three have together
I can't wait until the gameplay with this group is released! Voxy, CGB, Crim all in a pod will be AMAZING. Looking forward to see what Rarran brings to the table too
27:11 the ultimate Gonti move: Rarran simply gets Crim's deck
22:53 Hero speech + Eye roll that can't do justice. Thanks Cgb for the content !
Worth mentioning, Gonti is a pretty terrible commander to choose for remote play games on spelltable. You need to have opponents show you the top card of their deck and exile it, then you need them to keep track of which card is exiled in which turn, so that you can reference it later when you cast it. And this all needs to happen without anyone else at the table seeing the revealed card. If it was revealed faceup it would be way easier, but being looked at and exiled face down means that it should be hidden information which makes it way harder to use remote.
Ahah, his introduction to commander will be with Crim & CGB, what a promising game it will be
Now I'm excited to see these three and Crim all play commander together
who is Crim?
@@csarmij he's on MTG Goldfish
Rarran very much seems like someone who would love to play Dimir or the 3 color variants of it.
whenever I see Augustin hit the board I give a friendly reminder to all people at the table that "player removal is the best removal"
This gives massive "if you play this, I will throw you out of the shop" energy, which is completely valid. I love playing blue/white, but I will never put Augustin in any of my decks.
Always a good video when we get to hear Rarran's signature line a lot: "it's tough."
56:55 For anyone who's not aware, Phelddagrif is an anagram for Garfield, PhD.
ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!
Voxy shitting on rarran while trying to convince him to choose her commander pick is so funny LOL 35:05
You're trying to get this guy run outta town with these commanders lol
I'm only halfway through the video and this is already the best collab video ever.
The energy here is impeccable I love all u goobers keep it up I can't wait to hear voxy's screeches as she is suddenly and inevitably betrayed by Rarran
I haven't looked super hard in the comments for someone else saying this also, but Cacophony Unleashed doesn't kill anything if it's reanimated, it's an ETB, but it specifies "if you cast it".
34:37 I love how Voxy says its Sultai when its actually Abzan, then asks if he knows what menace is.. Voxy is the real menace.
Voxy hair makes me think she’s Boros, and CGB’s decoration makes him look Dimir. And they are both fighting for which colors Rarran is going to be…
His ultimate choice genuinely feels very appropriate.
I saw Zhulodok and thought "Oh they should have done Ulalek, that's way stronger and more fun", then I remembered how good you have to be at understanding the stack. Probably not a good first commander.
CGB being a smol bean player explains why I relate so much in play style. I've won so many games by saying "I don't think I can win" because I tend to think of how screwed an opponent would be if I had them in my position and then nobody does anything to me for 4 turns and suddenly I have 3 emblems from Planeswalkers and nobody can even touch me.
Great Concept for a video! I love the flavorful way you present some of those commanders.
I think this format has a lot of potential, especialy if it gets smoothed out. Improvements would include teaching the participant the most important rules beforehand, like commander tax etc.
I mean, his commander is Squee, he loves the guy
We need "Love In The Command Zone" as a real show. Make it happen!
This video has sibling energy in the best way
Being that Rarran's most common issue with MTG is the land system, I think Rarran is going to have a lot of fun with Zhulodok. I think giving him a 3-color+ deck (or 2-color in some cases) might have been overkill. Allowing him to play a deck in which he doesn't have to worry about the color fixing will allow him to focus entirely on just having an absolute blast casting big spells that, in some instances, don't really care if they're countered. Excellent job, guys!
wow! new episode of love in the command zone just dropped
Anikthea's milkshake brings all the boys from the 'yard
Would've loved to see Rarran get at least one "Warlocky" suggestion. I was surprised not to see something like Mirko or Tegwyll (if we go with recent precons), or maybe even go as far back as Meren.
Had some great laughs this video though. I can imagine Rarran having fun Cascading!
Commander players getting mad at thief decks is so confusing to me, i played a game and this guy was apologising about it and i thought it just sounded fun
Casual players don't want other people using their cards against them, or touching their cards, even when it's pretty weak in comparison to other strategies.
That's why if you play a theft deck you gotta go all-in on being the archenemy and bring your evilest costume and deck.
@@altrivotzck6565 It also leads to pretty awful table situations where the best way to stop the thief player is to kill the person they have been stealing from which just makes that person miserable. Or even worse, someone concedes just to remove all their stuff from the thief player's board.
@@altrivotzck6565 I think a lot of it comes down to commander being highlander, everyone has a few favorite cards and not getting to interact with them can feel bad. It’s similar to why discard is disliked by some people.
Also to be frank sometimes people at card shops are not the most hygienic and I don't want your cheeto encrusted hands on my valuable cards
@@GnomallyOrcward didn’t think about that tbf, thats a pretty fair reason to not like it
Voxy is so dirty for claiming that Zhulodok comes out on turn 6. Zhulodok comes out on turn 3. Then it gets removed. Then it comes out again on turn 4 and gets removed. Then it STILL comes out again on turn 5, because its a colourless deck, and all its ramp spells are hyper-efficient mana-positive plays. If one entire opponent takes a turn off every turn to remove your commander, you WILL still cast it for 10 or 12 later, and get value from it XD
Some precons you could've considered for the warlock mana cheater cat lover land hater that is Rarran:
Meren (grind grind grind), Kaalia (free is the best mana cheat), Arahbo (what better way to alleviate the fears of losing your commander when you dont even have play them), Omo (teach him to love lands!)
To be fair, colorless decks ramp like crazy. I've never seen a colorless deck reach turn 5 with any less than 10 mana unless they're doing really poorly.
36:01 Nope, wrong half, I call it the Grave. Being a YGO player before an MTG player probably caused that, but that's not important. I promise.
I play commander for a longer time now and a friend of mine wanted to get into it. When he asked me what commander he should build i told him it should be the legendary creature you like the most. So now we always have a Kudo, King among Bears on our table because; Bears and Hugs ^^ Let Rarran go through the mtg card database and look for the legendary creature he instantly thinks its cool and vibes with ^^
Voxy, thank you for being the only one in the cast to gender Gonti correctly and even attempting to correct the others on their pronouns
Oh God bless UA-cam for suggest me Rarran few years ago. You guys all in my life because of it and is SO Glad it happe. Love your personalities and vibes. Woohoo Rarranverse xD
Zhulodok seems pretty much like Druid in HS and murfolk man looks like zoolok or deamonhunter 😅
love this group, yall are having a great time and it def translate to the viewers well. cheers
I can't wait to see Rarran play EDH live, it's been teased for so long. Usually dude's really good at making content and is charismatic af but taken out of his comfort zone he might become suuper awkward, and I'm here for it. Nothing more refreshing to see that the content creators are human after all.
That being said, I hope CGB and Voxy will be there, that will propably make his first experience feel a lot more familiar and that way better as well. Edit: I just learned it will be CGB, Voxy, Rarran and Crim playing.
Voxy and I had basically the same reaction to finding out Crim was joining. We love crim in this house
Voxy, CGB, Rarran, and Crim all in a game? Oh I'm so excited
I watch Shuffle up and play and seeing Voxy is still upset about the moistcritical game is so funny.
Literal seconds into the video, and Rarran is already breaking lol.
43:33 that was actually my first introduction to Voxy via prof's channel lol. That commander game turned into a 3 v 1 real fast.
Some suggestions for Rarran: (not precons)
Mono Red Goblins - Muxus (barf goblins on the field, also run fun spells! Jim Davis played this it's a good time)
OmNomNom - Ygra (Shae played this. Disgusting and super fun)
For precons probably...
Sliver Gravemother . Cuz slivers are GROSS and fun - add reanimation options to not get blown out of the water?
Dogmeat. Super powerful precon commander.
EDIT: Anikthea is super sick. Out of the ones showcased that would be the one I woulda shown Rarran.
Weewooweewoo nerd police - Abzan was called Sultai @ 34:40
Sauron might be rough. The ring tempting you is a mechanic that is hard to keep track of.
Lets keep it a buck. Rarrans only choice is his boy Sku-E. Its a real grand slam if its Slimefoot and Sku-E, the three of em form the unholy trinity
9:17 "You gotta think about every body else at the table will feel as you play it and if you stop them too hard." Couldn't agree more... *squints* "CovertGoBlue".
The fact that they’re forcing themselves to ONLY precons is awesome! My first thought when I saw that Rarren was choosing a Commander was Rowan, Scion of War. If y’all do this again with non-precons, I’d 100% grab it IMMEDIATELY! Rarren, being a Warlock main in Hearthstone means he likes self pain. Who better than the goddess of pain herself? (Also mana cheating is disgusting is his, like, #1 catch phrase)
Yeesh. This just feels like watching friends hang out. Amazing vibe and fun and can’t wait to watch the commander game.
Now Rarran needs to go play Sucker for love to gain his gym badge for handling Dem' Big Booty Eldritch Cuties, so he can special summon his commander in defensive position or some other children's card game nonsense
YOU MONSTER, THE RABBIT IS AWESOME! You just need to drop every grouphug card from the deck and she becomes an absolute unit with an huge ass that grows out of control, what is not to love about it?
Tbh that sounds like Paladin (or, idk... Naga Priest, Automaton Priest, Pogo Rogue, Rocket Hopper Shaman...) and Rarran isn't a Paladin player. Give him a Blue/Black guy that's really evil and has demons and cards that can be casted for cheaper (this literally a oldschool hearthstone deck btw)
An interesting option to the bunny could be Nekusar, the Mindrazer, an old commander deck. Group hug, but everyone else get thorny hugs
I never managed to make that deck work out well for me with any sort of consistency, but it was lots of fun regardless!
I have for sure cast a spell to have everyone draw cards enough to kill everyone else simultaneously
Being similarly new to commander I'm really feelin that cottagecore rabbit grandma, she has my 3 favorite colors and the whole card seems like the coolest battlefield control in the business.
Ms. Bumbleflower is my first ever commander and I love her. I've upgraded the precon deck a fair bit while keeping the main win cons the same (psychosis crawler, simic ascendancy, triskaidekaphile... punch them in the face with a giant vigilant flying commander). It has been a lot of fun to play. And food for though... her ability is a CRIME (freestrider lookout rips land out of your deck so fast)
Steal Stuff + Bad Guy = Laughing Jasper Flint (!)
yes Voxy the graveyard is just the yard
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4:23 My first reaction "Oh hell naw." They don't want a repeat of the voxy vs charlie and prof game 😂
Now I really want to see a milkshake commander that has built in spot remover.
Maybe then Voxy can finally say "My milkshake brings all the boys to the YARD..."
Giving rarran a cat commander might be interesting. Seeing as he is a cat man.
Me-wow!
I'd have suggested Radha, Heir to Keld. While not splashy, basically makes sure you get to 4 mana turn 3, mostly solving Rarran's main issue of getting screwed on lands. Plus no one's gonna bother using removal on it outside of incidentally in a boardwipe when dealing with something else.