Brian Kibler really went from King Arthur to Merlin in five years

@josephswider2166

8 ай бұрын

I was like Game Knights isn't that old wth? I mean he doesn't look old but rather just babyfaced by comparison without the beard.

@aphextwinkie410

8 ай бұрын

@@josephswider2166 oh yeah no disrespect meant by the comment. I just think that it's kind of funny how everyone in this episode looks the same as they did when they first appeared on the show, and Brian now looks like a wizened wizard

@MrDeeluv1996

8 ай бұрын

@@josephswider2166nah he looks pretty old, I know plenty of people in their early 40’s without that much grey. Proves how stressful magic is 😂

@nathanaelwaters2509

8 ай бұрын

​@@MrDeeluv1996some grey looks good tho

@overlordsiii960

8 ай бұрын

W pfp

Kibler needs a T-shirt which says 'I played Decimate and all I got was this Brushwagg'.

@anthonystaton3740

6 ай бұрын

Kibler? You mean Kyle Hill?

@brittonstewart3577

22 күн бұрын

​@@anthonystaton3740 no.

Jimmy misses land drops, Josh nearly kills himself from drawing cards, Jimmy ACTUALLY kills himself out of spite, and the circle of life continues.

@JEL625

7 ай бұрын

Kills himself with a land. The irony is what did him in.

@zephyl7786

6 ай бұрын

I used to think Jimmy got really unlucky, but at this point, I think he just builds super greedy and doesn't play enough lands in his deck. It happens way too regularly to him.

@Fujimokou985

6 ай бұрын

@@zephyl7786 maybe there was one commader game a long time ago where he gets flooded so badly he swear upon the gods to never build a deck with enough lands

@donb7519

5 ай бұрын

​@@zephyl7786so jimmy actually posted his stats for that in a comment and he runs the average number of lands people do with 35 to 38 lands

@veganpork7601

5 ай бұрын

Jimmy actually posts his deck lists on archidekt. He includes a normal, if not higher than average, amount of lands in all his decks (35-38)

I love when someone says "if I can get to my next turn, I'll win" and then I check the clock and there's still an hour on the video. That's when you know everything is about to go horribly, horribly wrong for them.

@darthtorus9341

3 ай бұрын

"And nothing can go wrong.... OH NO IT ALL WENT WRONG!"

Can’t believe they got KYLE FREAKING HILL FOR THIS EPISODE!!!

@RyuujinLetum

8 ай бұрын

Last time here was there was when Jimmy was filming Mulan

@dylanlusczek7104

8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@matichribar5823

8 ай бұрын

😂

@ryvisthemad3357

8 ай бұрын

That guest fella looks like when mom says “we have Kyle Hill at home.”

@mibbzx1493

8 ай бұрын

Great value thor

“I played a huge turn of Commander and all I got was this Brushwagg” is a shirt design waiting to be made

@dillongause7528

8 ай бұрын

Tshirt design is brushwagg eating a stick.

@clasherking4528

8 ай бұрын

I think you may have inspired the next Kickstarter and I am for it

@gabrielcliche

8 ай бұрын

Someone please make it happen :O

Jimmy really needs to realize five lands isn't enough for a 100 card deck.

@TheSOULKNIGHTMARE

6 ай бұрын

What sucks is he is running the most lands of all four decks, its the curse! or he takes sus mulligans

@dinacusic7829

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheSOULKNIGHTMARE35 lands just doesn't cut it either, he probably needs closer to 38. It's only 3 more but it makes a difference.

@animegopher

2 ай бұрын

​@dinacusic7829 He runs more than everyone else almost every game. The point is he has more and never gets to draw them. He either has bad luck, or the game is slightly scripted for him to have that happen to him all the time as a joke.

@wesleywyndam-pryce5305

Ай бұрын

​@@animegopher does he lack strong draw engineS? I haven't watched enough to know.

@animegopher

Ай бұрын

@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 No, not at all. He has really great draw engines. The problem is that he seems to miss his land drops regardless. Either that or he doesn't get to a draw engine. Or both. His draws are historically bad almost every episode. And another thing that happens is other players target him often despite the fact that he almost never wins. Which is why I think it's SOMEWHAT scripted.

"How does anyone believe anything I say?" Is the best line from Game Knights, years in the making

@johnpratts2856

2 ай бұрын

Mmhmm! It's funny because we don't. 😂

It's not game night unless Jimmy doesn't draw lands

@jantammuz

8 ай бұрын

Maybe someday he'll figure out he needs to put lands in the deck in order to draw them. HA! just kidding.

@AlbyNewman

8 ай бұрын

That’s just the way the cookie crumbles.

@dillongause7528

8 ай бұрын

Jimmy should grab his five strongest decks on the podcast and ask the big question how do I draw lands?

@bjchow7933

8 ай бұрын

Jimmy needs to build decks with lands 😂

@MintyMagicMTG

8 ай бұрын

Maybe he should have more than 33 in his decks... 😄

”Go ahead.. Bake my day” might just be my favourite ”lets play”-line ever

@giomartino6

8 ай бұрын

Yea Jimmy won that one best line I've heard so far in all game knights 😂

@nicholasrolo886

8 ай бұрын

I dunno, "Places!? Places Everyone!" was pretty spot on

@imaginationave3687

8 ай бұрын

Ahem. "I hippopota-must win!"

I love how Rachel was able to make an actually fair enchantments deck that was still both solidly good and interesting to see played.

@FPRobber

8 ай бұрын

Somehow every single time Rachel appears in some EDH gameplay she brings an awesome deck. She's one of the most creative deck builders around imo

@TheTezoni

8 ай бұрын

@@FPRobber ikr

@flauschicard

7 ай бұрын

But the deck is soo boring. Why ppl like the deck. If i would play a deck like this i would lose every game

@blackmore9570

7 ай бұрын

@@flauschicardits not abt winning tho; it's abt having fun

@flameofmage1099

7 ай бұрын

@@flauschicard skill issue

Jimmy saying "Nice, that's so cool dude" when Kibler payed the 1 for Esper Sentinel had so much pain behind it lol

This game really illustrates just how underrated Gylwain’s ability really is. All the triggers and little synergies really add up over time. Really cool commander.

@pierluigiadreani2159

8 ай бұрын

yep i am gonna switch my faerie commander after this one

@theArcosa

8 ай бұрын

@@pierluigiadreani2159Gylwain is the Selesnya one with the Role tokens

@dachivale5319

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it's one of the commanders I am building. Some really neat new cards for it in Wilds of Eldraine also.. Can't wait till I get my deck and cards. It also makes some of the modified creatures that where not impressive a lot better. :D

@Hemlocker

8 ай бұрын

"Every creature etb also gives you an enchantment etb" is insane

Best line in the episode: "I'm just horrified that he was even considering eating the dog." Josh Lee Kwai talking about Brian Kibler.

Seeing Brian actively trying not flicking his cards is hilarious.

Josh: "Okay everybody, please coordinate your playmat and sleeve colors" Colorblind Kibler: "I gotchu fam"

@CleanupCrew45

7 ай бұрын

Nah he got it right, green on the sleeves and red on the playmat, representing both colors of his commander.

@Nr4747

6 ай бұрын

@@CleanupCrew45 Was about to comment that ! He presented the Gruul colors perfectly.

Glad you have brought back Kyle Hill, it's really been a while

@RyuujinLetum

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@abc123yoyo

8 ай бұрын

Lol Peak comedy here 😂

@janmelantu7490

8 ай бұрын

Award winning* science educator Kyle Hill!

@captainofthesevenbees

8 ай бұрын

I saw the thumbnail and I was gonna make the joke but you already did it

@comlitbeta7532

8 ай бұрын

This joke will never not be funny

I'm convinced they replace a third of Jimmy's lands before games

@mr.wafflesrz1137

8 ай бұрын

2/3

@dillongause7528

8 ай бұрын

Naw its 1/2 they give them to josh since he never misses lands

@StabbySideways

8 ай бұрын

With Food tokens.

This game was wild. That was probably the most interaction I've seen on this show in a long time.

Draw 9, discard 9, goes to 9, Sean Plott is somewhere in the multiverse feeling very happy with all this on brand game actions

It feels insane that it took this long to get Brian Kibler back on to the show

@grungivaldigurnisson5115

8 ай бұрын

I mean he's got his own show now. And I don't think him and Olivia live around LA

@johannesnagengast7643

8 ай бұрын

Well not too surprising.

@MN-gc4gf

8 ай бұрын

You mean Kyle hill?

@Cy_in

8 ай бұрын

I'm not complaining.

@insainraven9875

8 ай бұрын

@@grungivaldigurnisson5115 I see your point but Olivia has been how many times in comparison? And that’s not counting the couple of times she came in for extra turns. I’m not complaining I’m just surprised is all.

“How does anyone believe anything I say 😂” -Josh 2023

Jimmy misses land drops and Josh draws cards at expense of his life. Classic Game Knights

Jimmy really had all the 7 lands in his deck in play! Impressive!

Just commenting to say I love everytime when Rachel is at the table! Always such cool and creative decks ❤

On this episode of Josh Wins Games… Josh draws 90 cards and counterspells his way to victory

@markusaurelius83

8 ай бұрын

Exactly as it should be. :)

@dillongause7528

7 ай бұрын

Josh should be banned from playing blue

@Deathgaming_7

6 ай бұрын

Also used c.rift and somehow managed to keep all his artifacts..hmmmmm......

@hemellicht

6 ай бұрын

@@Deathgaming_7 C. rift only hits non-land permanents you don't control. his artifacts were always going to be ok.

just wanna take a sec to show appreciation for the editor/editors here, y’all did an amazing job here! I also love the card explanations, really helps a new player like myself understand what’s going on.

Josh putting Black Market Connections into the graveyard is like making Voldemort destroy a Horcrux

@helderboymh

8 ай бұрын

Well Voldemort did destroy one of his own Horcrux's and did have 7 other once, just like josh had 7 cards in his hand after discrading the black market connection.

@mcbescheiden725

8 ай бұрын

​@@helderboymhHarry ist one of the Steven horcruxes, so He hast six other ones

@helderboymh

8 ай бұрын

@@mcbescheiden725yeah so Voldemort had 8 total Horcrux's

@mcbescheiden725

8 ай бұрын

@@helderboymh no, Harry is number 7

@mcbescheiden725

8 ай бұрын

@@helderboymh PS: Google ist youre friend

Always fun to see a Gameknights game with so much interaction!

Im just getting back into magic after a 20+ year hiatus and this series has been keeping me entertained for hours a night! I learn a ton just watching play. This episode was incredible, so many twists and turns!

@wyattmorey3279

8 ай бұрын

Brian Kibler's show Commander at Home is also a fantastic watch and a lot of fun. If you're interested in seeing some of the more powerful interactions in the format I would also recommend Playing with Power MTG, they play and build CEDH decks and though it's not really what I like to do when I deck build, it's fascinating to see all the complex interactions that they have.

Jimmy is the kind of guy to draw a hand of no lands when 92 of the cards in the deck are lands

I kinda want to see Josh use a non control deck, maybe mono red? He just seems to play blue control with lots of drawing 90% of the time so it would be interesting to see how he would do outside his comfort zone

@BlueGriffin20

8 ай бұрын

Right. We didn’t get the R study at least, but it’s doe seem repetitive. To each their own play style, but I’ve seen more interesting decks even if they fail by other players and just seem yon see JLK more than once just go through 50-75% of his deck too often.

@wyattmorey3279

8 ай бұрын

He does play a lot of control/value engine decks, it's kind of his thing, but I recall an Athreos Shadowborn Apostle deck that he played one time and I thought it was pretty cool

Yet another absolutely iconic Game Knights game. Jimmy struggles with his own lands, Josh draws thousands of cards and does crazy combos, and both guests got a chance to do something crazy with their decks when given the chance. These are my favorite episodes.

I always love when Rachel plays on GK

Oh wow, Josh playing a blue deck is something that I never would expect

@luemece

8 ай бұрын

And nobody focused him the whole game....

@joejohnson3393

8 ай бұрын

Yeah im a bit bored of joshs play style, super cocky and unfun...

@wolf_8026

8 ай бұрын

​@joejohnson3393 you're allowed to think it's unfun, but you're projecting on the cocky part. Let people have fun in they're own ways and don't gatekeep it

@luemece

8 ай бұрын

@@Kristjan0209 those are in Jimmy's deck

@Kristjan0209

8 ай бұрын

@@luemece you right

I'm really surprised Josh didn't play Hylda of the Icy Crown with how much he loves tapping shenanigans

@bennguyen4664

8 ай бұрын

True but everyone knows his true love for flash and flash payoffs

The Agatha deck seems so strong

@su0tin731

8 ай бұрын

It felt really good at replaying Agatha every turn.

@Dragon_Fyre

8 ай бұрын

It has very strong combos but is heavily reliant on Agatha. Players with good threat assessment are going to target her with removal.

@iforget9694

8 ай бұрын

@@Dragon_Fyre ye old "dies to removal" argument

@Dragon_Fyre

8 ай бұрын

@@iforget9694 It’s not so much an issue that it can be removed, as that the rest of the deck is severely diminished when you do. Most of their activated abilities are difficult to take advantage of without Agatha, so you can ignore them and key your focus on Agatha.

@Shikigami6

8 ай бұрын

@@iforget9694 Most things die to removal but some cards have a bigger target on them.

This episode was so fire! Sad to see Brian not pop off more but I’m dying to build all these decks now! If only there was a place i could buy em all lol

@AlluMan96

6 ай бұрын

I've never played with it, but I have played against it a few times and it really does feel like this is an issue Agatha decks tend to run into. It feels like it promises you the world, but only gives you a Brushwagg. From just an observer's standpoint, it feels cumbersome to get going and can be incredibly fragile for something that needs to compete with 3 opponents.

Great episode and feels a lot more organic than a lot of other GK games

Brian is such an awesome guy. Hope to see him on more Game Knights.

Hey look it's me

@MaGe-gc1rm

8 ай бұрын

Been watching y’all’s stuff, keep it up!

I've been watching Kibler playing Hearthstone on his Twitch/KZread channel for so many years. His Commander at Home series is what brought me back to Magic after 10+ years away from the game, and since then I've been watching Commander games nonstop 😂 You're the man Kibler

Brian is so fun to watch. His decks are always gas. I know what my next build is now!

@commanderathome

8 ай бұрын

You have excellent taste

@dgarner3804

8 ай бұрын

@@commanderathome weekend made! Reply from the top G!

@_cephalotus4187

3 ай бұрын

well, his deck did nothing in this game or did I miss it?

Perfect timing. I’ve been binge watching ‘Commander at Home’

@commanderathome

8 ай бұрын

You have excellent taste

The classic "i go out my way" route. Great game to watch. Cant wait to see the next one.

I'm always so happy to see slightly older Kyle Hill on GK! All jokes aside, I'm really excited to FINALLY see The Kibbs on GK!!! I was thinking about this the other day, and I'm glad the universe stepped up to the plate.

I had started playing MTG in 2011, and got my very first commander deck in 2013, and eventually got burned out due to toxicity of certain playing groups in 2015, and stepped away from Magic, then at the beginning of this year I got back into commander and Game Knights is definitely to thank for that. I never thought I would get back into Magic, and I’m having more fun than ever.

34:46 You can see the pain on Rachel's face. It hurts when you see another friends deck wrecking their night; be it mana flood or screw. Sorry peoples, I know how both feel😢

A game where Josh draws his entire deck and wins. How original.

@ericb3953

8 ай бұрын

You forget the part where once again the whole table leaves Josh at peace at the start of the game while (at that point) he was the problem.

Kibler got me into HS way back when dragon priest was causing havoc

@uziboozy4540

8 ай бұрын

Same here

@commanderathome

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome/I'm sorry?

@calebbrown1068

8 ай бұрын

Spent a lot of middle and high school watching Kibler. Awesome to see him at the Commander table.

This was one of the grindiest matches I've ever seen.

When Jimmy casted Teferi's Protection got me screaming literally

Jimmy: "what defeated me was my own land drops" this line was perfect

Imagine if they ever got Henry Cavill on here

@TheLocoreaper

8 ай бұрын

I would watch the living %*#& out of that.

@jamesharrigan2244

8 ай бұрын

I could imagine him bringing a upgraded warhammer deck

@jacobd1984

8 ай бұрын

I didn't know he plays Magic.

@TheLocoreaper

8 ай бұрын

@@jacobd1984 Warhammer, but admit...... if ANY celeb would be willing to give it a go, it's him.... I imagine him inviting Post Malone for Warhammer once and him introducing Henry to Magic :P

@BlackHeartsHope

8 ай бұрын

@jacobd7395 idk if he does either but I know he's into rpgs. Hopeful thinking lol

I remember buying a Naya zoo aggro worlds deck with Brian's name on it when I was new to magic. He's an icon.

Josh: Inserts Spaceballs reference Me: I GOT THAT JOKE

The animation for Brenard is amazing

Awesome to see all decks go off at one point in the game. Really liked Brian's deck, seems to have a lot more to it than what we've seen.

I really liked seeing Kibler on the show, it feels like he's the 1st person I've seen on the show actually pay the one on things like esper sentinel triggers

This is like the most interactive Game Knights ever and I love it! Feels like everyone had plays all the time

This was a spicy episode with all the Role Play!

Ah, so it was Agatha all along...

So glad i got the Fae Dominion deck. Now i know exactly how i am gonna build Alela. Killer game

such a great episode! Really felt like you went back to your roots with this one guys! Your Focus on the game and the cards was amazing and having Kyle Hill on the show is always great!

In this new episode of "how do we let our boss win"

@joshbutterfield9339

7 ай бұрын

To say that is to diminish the fact that JLK is a phenomenal player and deck builder. His board state was harassed, and only through his crazy amounts of cherry picked interaction did he manage to come through. While I do believe they play several games and pick the best one, I do not believe the interactions or victory are not genuine and earned. /smack!!

this might be one of the most interactive episode of game knights

32:08 “I haven’t drawn a land yet” *has a plains in hand*

This may have been my favorite episode of GK ever. Each deck was incredibly well constructed, felt super unique, and crazy resilient. Love all of the players, and the each seemed on the brink of a win at various points. Cheers team!

Thank you Game Knights! I just had my first panic attack of the school year and when I’m feeling at my worst you always cheer me up. Love you guys!

Little dissapointed that neither of the wonder twins will be in this game, but im excited to see it anyway

@thezerowulf2046

8 ай бұрын

I really want to see a Rowan slam rakdos return for 10 and just ruin someone's day

@Indy-the-soup

8 ай бұрын

@@thezerowulf2046 that's brutal but paying 99% of your life (like 30), then activating rowan, then casting Exsanguinate so that you gain triple the life you lost this turn is gonna be crazy

@thezerowulf2046

8 ай бұрын

@@Indy-the-soup for sure

Man, what a game! That was exactly the sort of back and forth, crazy interaction stacks, and comeback stories that you hope for in a Commander game. I absolutely loved every single one of these decks, I felt like they all did cool things, and they all got a chance to shine. Awesome episode!

@SuperG3X

8 ай бұрын

it was ok, kinda knew what Jimmy and josh were gonna play.

WHAT A GAME!!!!!!! so much back and forth. It was an amazing episode to watch great card interaction, Great Guests and hosts. This is commander at its finest!!!!

Rachel is a G-E-N-I-U-S!!! 👏 👏 👏

@SmashAdams

8 ай бұрын

she's great

@skate14eras

8 ай бұрын

Her decks are always a pleasure to see

@Surberus1066

8 ай бұрын

She has really elevated their show for me. Things were getting really stagnant and I think she was just what they needed.

"Jimmy, did you draw a land?" "Where's your land drop, Jimmy?" Every episode. Hey Jimmy, just put more lands in your deck, man!

@KnicKnac

8 ай бұрын

Runs a deck building and MtG channel doesn't take his own advice

@Hemlocker

8 ай бұрын

Didn't he say he usually uses 37

@Helios810

8 ай бұрын

@@Hemlockerfunnily enough, the decklist has 35 lands and 1 mdfc card

@Hemlocker

8 ай бұрын

​@@Helios810 God dammit Jimmy 🤦‍♂although to be fair, even with 36, he did get pretty unlucky

@maximillionchaoswolf

8 ай бұрын

I don't think I saw a single ramp card maybe thats the problem.

This was one of the most exciting games I’ve seen. Kudos, team

Respect Jimmy. I once cast Tainted Strike on an opponent's creature just not to sit for 2 extra turns dying when I was their only opponent left. I had hoped to see more of Kibler's deck, but this game was awesome with the back and forth for every inch and different players being threats at different points.

Love me a good game knights on my lunch break ❤

@harristauffacher5935

8 ай бұрын

same here

@gaymer4rmmeletis

8 ай бұрын

Same 💯 😂

Jimmy doesn’t draw lands and Josh draws 76 cards. Looks like a good day of magic. Also….did Crim make that deck for Josh? He has a trademark on having that many counterspells

@qwerXD

8 ай бұрын

by drawing like 80 cards you will automatically have all your counterspells in your hand. they were just stupid by wasting their resources on each other instead of keeping an eye on josh. i will not understand why you won't attack or remove stuff from the player who just drew 20 cards. especially if it's a guy like josh who just builds his deck with powerful staples all the time. it's getting boring to see him win all the time because they can't do proper thread assessment. cool episode and spicy play nonetheless. i don't want to sound to negative haha

This was one of the best episodes in a long time, great back and forth game

I am in love with Kiblers deck, and have lately really enjoyed watching him as a content creator too. Usually I play Dimir decks very similar to JLK's but man it's hard to argue with some hilariously fun gruul shenanigans and Elder Dragon Kyle Hill

Love you guys keep up the great work and edits love them

An all time classic game of commander. That was super fun

That was a FANTASTIC and AMAZING game! Good to see Brian playing on Game Knights! Well played goes out to everyone!

I love the interactions in this game! 😮 Thank you Team Command Zone, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!

That Svella animation at 28:00 was cold as hell!

Great game, and also, just found out Jimmy Wong was in 'John Dies at the End'.

I think this was one of the highest-quality games I've seen played on Game Knights!

Wow… the guy playing Blue being able to counter spell everything, play Cyclonic Rift twice, play on everyone else’s turn, make it so that he can barely be attacked, drew almost their entire library, and even had an extra turn won the game? What an unpredictable outcome lmao.

My unrealistic goal is to one day make it onto Game Knights without having to be a patreon. 😂

@chamber8234

8 ай бұрын

Its really funny though knowing that every viewer guest is actually just a paypig lmao. Im good

@ColonelKoopa

8 ай бұрын

@@chamber8234 "paypig" lmao any patron has a chance of being on it, the lowest tier is $5. i dont think you understand what a paypig is

@Venjamin

8 ай бұрын

@@chamber8234 lmao if you're broke just say it.

@chamber8234

8 ай бұрын

@@Venjamin Nigga Im mega broke and not paying for content thats already free

@thezerowulf2046

8 ай бұрын

​@chamber8234 I mean to be fair, why wouldn't they additionally reward people financially supporting them? I personally would never give someone on the internet a dime, but I channel's set up there pay schemes.

this was probably one of the most fun Episodes to watch,, AMAZING Episode guys, and getting Kibbler on again was great,. thanks for 100min of pure joy

Great game! Loved the back and forth and all the interaction

I'm happy Brian made Agatha. Since I cracked her a prerelease, I've been brainstorming how I'd put together a quirky deck using cards that otherwise would have terrible activated abilities.

Love this set. I made a Goose Mother deck and named it The Honkening 🪿

On the attack when Jimmy stays alive at one life: Josh has enough mana to equip Sword of the Animist to the attacker.

@thezerowulf2046

8 ай бұрын

He could have before he gave all his faeries shroud.

@Hagebuddne983

8 ай бұрын

@@thezerowulf2046shroud only does count opponents effects right?

@Pokemaster-2255

8 ай бұрын

​@@Hagebuddne983Nope, Shroud stops ALL targeting, even your own

@SacredMagic13679

8 ай бұрын

​@@thezerowulf2046Yes, but his faeries didn't have shroud until he cast his lord. He could've equipped and then attacked.

Kibler looked SO serious at 59:56 xD Awesome game, one of my new favorites!

Really awesome game! All decks plays so differently, loved it!

Thanks for this love this set already and glad you brought brian back

Jimmy went out like a champ ✊

Insane Game. Loving the Set and these builds. 10/10

I liked seeing the Brenard deck do its thing. I am a devoted Preston fanatic, and Brenard seems like another Preston-Esque commander; definitely will be building that soon!