Commander Crunch

Welcome to Zendikar Breakfast Lords! Thanks to the Zendikar Rising Preview Show this past week, we were inundated with so much magic news about Zendikar Rising, and the year of magic ahead, that we couldn't quite process all thats going on. We run through all of the announcements of upcoming specs and speculation on what we may see (fetch lands hmmmm?), then bring it closer to the present for a run through of everything released so far about our foray back to the beloved jungle wonderland of Zendikar, including set boosters, expedition lands, and a bunch of hot picks for favorite edh playables we've got our eyes on. Enjoy the adventure.

If you haven't yet seen it, the Zendikar Rising Preview Show can be watched at:

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Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Intro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.

We're joined at the breakfast table this week by an extremely special guest this week, Commander afficiando, hero of the people, crafter of the very cards and sets we love, and receiver of more “print this card” requests than perhaps anyone else.

You can find the mythical Gavin at:

As well as his regular Youtube series Good Morning Magic

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Intro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.

You're in for a breakfest treat this week jank lords, we're joined by Jeff from MTG Lexicon, the internet's very own Dive Bar of Magic. We discuss everything from the background of MTG Lexicon, what 'The Gathering' means to us, culture, beer, anime, prog rock, and oh yeah some new Commander product just released! It's a mammoth episode, that goes on all kinds of wonderful and mysterious tangents, but seriously, when the conversation is this good you just keep recording – we hope you enjoy.

You can find the magnificant Jeff:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Intro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.

Mornin' breakfast lords! We're excited to be joined for breakfast this week by artist, content creator and all-round wonderful person Meghan, aka Sheepwave. We dive deep on what it means to be self expressive at the commander table, including the discussion of social contracts in Commander, the use of proxies and artistic inspiration, plus of course the related financial implications and complexities of our favorite social format. Enjoy!

You can find Sheepwave and her awesome artwork at:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Music by TRG Banks

Greetings commander jank lords! This week we're opening up a discussion about a theme of positive table interaction in commander. A couple epsiodes back JR from SpellTable brought up the idea of playing cards that result in some table chatter, which got us thinking about what it is that really helps make a commander game enjoyable and positive for eveyrone, and the heart of it is interaction. In the spirit of promoting the best sides of the game we love, we take a look at some specific cards that embody the spirit of positive table interaction, and provoking a conversation, whilst remaining effective to your game plan - that is to say not having to fall into the extremes of chaos, or group hug. We've opened this up as an open ended theme to continue to explore and discuss, and hope you consider some of the ways you get your table involved in your next commander game (whilst still aiming to win!). Enjoy!

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Music by TRG Banks

Welcome back Commander Addicts! This week we resist the urge to have yet another guest, and instead learn to talk among outselves about the latest juicy commander release this year, the Ikoria themed Commander 2020 precons. Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, Chesh received one of each of the decks from mothership to produce a series of sponsored videos showing an upgrade path for each of the precons. We run through Chesh's thought processes for each of the deck upgrades, outlining key deck building considerations, interesting discoveries, fun gameplay stories, and the regular serving of wacky tangents and spinoffs you've grown to expect from us. Enjoy!

Chesh's C20 Precon Upgrade Videos can be found at:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar

Music by TRG Banks

Welcome coffee fiends! This week's esteemed guest is responsible for the very platform that is keeping us connected virtually for paper magic through these weird and wacky times - it's Jonathan Rowny from SpellTable. JR runs through with us the beginnings of SpellTable, the uncanny timing of it's success, observations on commander culture, and then we go right down the rabbit hole for barrage of wild topics, including NHL, NBA, Rocket League and Surf Ninjas - Enjoy.

You can find JR and SpellTable at:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com

Music by TRG Banks

We're super excited to chat this morning to Chase Carroll, aka ManaCurves - she's known for her articles on TCGPlayer, awesome twitch commander deck brewing sessions, being an incredible figure in the Magic community, and for her work and writing around mental health and how that relates to Magic.

We get right into topics of commander deck brewing and some of Chase's latest deck articles, inclusive culture in Magic and your LGS, Chase's work in the mental health field, and a great deal of other great tangents. Enjoy.

You can find Chase at:

Chase's fine articles can be browsed over at:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com

Music by TRG Banks

Today we're joined at the breakfast table by none other than Jason Alt, known around all corners of the Commander websphere for his works with Brainstorm Brewery, EDHREC.com, writing at MtG Price and CoolStuff Inc, and most recently from the Film Hooligans podcast, as well as a great little term we know of eternally in EDH as the '75% Theory'.

We run through everything from Commander philosophy, latest product releases, the future of magic and work as we know it, film and the state of comedy.

You can find Jason at:

The original 75% article:

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com

Music by TRG Banks

Need to start somewhere! Sam & Chesh get things with a run through of all the latest from the release of Core Set 21, including some choice new cards on our radar and what they mean for Commander.

In the entertaining, we discuss Dorohedoro, found on Netflix, as well as The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, also found on Netflix.

Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to [email protected], we'd love to hear from you.

Follow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch

Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here

This Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com

Music by TRG Banks