JLK’s Personal Commander Decks | 695

The Command Zone

Collected Company & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Games

5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He’s been called the Mayor of Valuetown, the Draw-Go Despot, and He Whose Hand Is Always Full; it’s the one and only Josh Lee Kwai! Welcome to a guided tour of JLK’s personal Commander decks. Josh is sitting down to bring you a mini deck-tech for each and every commander in his current collection, complete with key cards and strategy for each. Which decks have stood the test of time? What are the recent favorites? All these questions and more will be answered! -------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- MAGICCON ATLANTA: Game Knights Live swings into MagicCon Atlanta on September 26th! Don’t miss a second of the epic Commander action. Badges are on sale NOW. Get yours before they sell out: https://mtg.social/GKLATL -------- FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor. To get 50% off your first box plus free breakfast for one year, use code command50off at https://www.factormeals.com/command50off ZOCDOC: Stop putting off those doctors appointments! Find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today by going to https://www.zocdoc.com/command #sponsored SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz -------- CARD KINGDOM: The Command Zone is sponsored by Card Kingdom! If you want to receive your cards in one safe package and experience the best customer service, make sure to order your Magic cards, sealed product, accessories, and more at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/command ARCHIDEKT: Discover, build, catalog, and playtest on Archidekt, the deck-building website that makes it easy to brew brand new lists or manage your old favorites. Go to http://www.archidekt.com/commandzone to get started today! ULTRA PRO: Huge thanks to Ultra PRO for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their amazing APEX sleeves and super classy MANA 8 product line. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://ultrapro.com/command -------- JLK - DECK INFO: For full deck lists and links to all related gameplay episodes click here: https://commandzone.com/jlk-deck-info/ -------- Relevant Links: Cassius Marsh: Twitter: @KingCash_7191 Instagram: @cassiusmarsh Kyle Hill: Twitter: @Sci_Phile Instagram: @sci_file Bluesky: @khill.bsky.social Post Malone: Twitter: @PostMalone Instagram: @postmalone Joe Johnson: Twitter: @Blackneto_ Instagram: @josephhjohnsonjr Bluesky: @blackneto.bsky.social Jimmy’s Personal Commander Decks | The Command Zone 579: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERcLhi1LTMU Rachel’s Personal Commander Decks | The Command Zone 535: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqGf27Xyvk -------- Follow us on TikTok: @thecommandzone Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Bluesky: @commandcast.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong @wachelreeks Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: [email protected] -------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list -------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:21 JLK's Commander Decks Ranked 00:02:04 Athreos / Shadowborn Apostles 00:07:50 Ms. Bumbleflower 00:17:14 Greven 00:22:35 Obosh 00:26:16 Urtet 00:30:04 Alela 00:34:20 Teferi / Chain Veil (cEDH) 00:37:50 Shorikai 00:45:16 5-Color Nekusar (Cromat) 00:49:31 Blaster 00:53:17 Vial Smasher + Thrasios 00:56:26 Teval 01:01:12 Tor Wauki 01:04:47 Toggo + Kodama 01:08:18 Mizzix 01:12:23 Vhal + Clan Crafter 01:15:48 Megatron 01:19:58 The Scarab God 01:23:05 The Tim Deck 01:29:58 Jorn 01:34:40 Hapatra 01:37:35 Captain Howler 01:42:11 Teysa 01:45:35 Roon 01:48:45 Niko 01:56:48 Derevi 01:59:25 Final Rankings 01:59:41 What Did I Learn? 02:01:35 To the Listeners #magicthegathering #mtg #commander #mtgcommander #edh #podcast #commandzone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Factor.
0:02.3	Ready to make this your best season yet? Eating well has never been easier, with Factor's huge selection of delicious, chef-crafted, never-frozen meals delivered straight to your door. Plus, Factor meals are ready in just two minutes, so you can spend less time cooking and cleaning and spend more time doing what makes you happy. From Keto to Callory Smart to Gourmet Plus, Factor has meals for everyone, and it's way cheaper than ordering delivery all the time.
0:03.1	Get started. From keto to calorie smart to gourmet plus, Factor has meals for everyone, and it's way cheaper than ordering delivery all the time.
0:24.4	Get started at FactorMeals.com slash Command50 off and use code Command50 off to get 50 off on your first box.
0:33.4	Greetings, humans. You have entered the Command Zone.
0:37.3	Your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander.
0:41.8	Enjoy your stay.
0:44.9	How's it everybody?
0:45.9	Welcome to the Command Zone podcast.
0:48.4	I'm your host Josh Lee Kwey.
0:49.8	I am here by myself because the cycle is now complete or is about to be complete. I today
0:59.0	am going to give you a tour of all 26 of my personal commander decks. Rachel and Jimmy have
1:06.0	already done this exercise and I know y'all have been bugging me to do it for a while.
1:10.0	It's finally here.
1:12.0	I'm just going to get started because it's a lot of decks. I'm going to follow the same
1:15.4	general structure that Rachel set up when she did this the first time. Some quick notes. Most
1:20.3	of these decks have been featured in gameplay episodes. Some of the older ones, we even did
1:25.5	deck tech videos before back when we used to do
1:27.6	deck techs. And all those links you can find in the show notes. Speaking of, let's start off
1:34.1	with one of my most known decks. In fact, not to brag, but I believe that at one point in time,
1:40.9	six or seven years ago, this was the most viewed deck on the internet,
1:45.9	on the popular internet deck list sites at the time. I believe I reached the rank of number one.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Collected Company & Studio71, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Collected Company & Studio71 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.