Commander Social

Commander Social

By Ryan Greene & Zack Taylor
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Commander Social episodes

  • Strixhaven Top 8 - Ep89
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - Which Strixhaven college would you go to, and what would you study? Three packs of Strixhaven.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 12:09
      2. @Cathaoir1 - 48:44
    5. Ep 89 Community Spotlight:
      1. Top 3 Mystical Archive
      2. Disclaimer: We are recording this on the penultimate day of previews, so it’s entirely possible there’s some awesome stuff we haven’t seen yet, if so, let us know!
      3. Over / Under - Ryan’s Turn to set it
      4. Top 8 Strixhaven
      5. Summary - What did you think of our picks? Did we miss any of your favorite cards from Strixhaven?
    6. Main Topic - Top 8 Strixhaven
    7. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    8. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    9. Contact Info
    10. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    56 min
  • An Infectious Chat with Craig Blanchette - Ep88
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What card do you want to seem timeshifted the most” - win two packs of time spiral remastered.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Craig - @CraigBlanchette
      2. Ryan - @greenegeek
      3. Zack - @z4ck38
      4. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @commandcast - 1:59, 12:02, 40:50, 1:08:31
      2. @z4ck38 - 5:32, 54:34
      3. @MothershipGames - 5:53
      4. @Kesswylie - 10:56, 14:00, 16:30, 58:42, 1:07:35
      5. @jfwong - 11:27, 14:00, 16:30, 21:13, 23:24
      6. @JoshLeeKwai - 11:27, 14:00, 17:13, 21:17, 23:02
      7. @rocketjumptweet - 11:49
      8. @KingCash_7191 - 15:51, 1:04:08
      9. @AshlenRose - 20:09, 53:37, 55:35
      10. @jordanpigeon - 20:09, 24:55, 26:46
      11. @TheTokenOtaku - 33:58
      12. @Scraignoth - 40:04
    5. Ep 88 Community Spotlight:
      1. What’s your MtG Origin story?
        1. How did you become known as Mr. Infect?
        2. What was the very first Commander deck you ever made?
        3. What is your favorite deck to date? Also, is it blinged out? What kind of bling do you like most foil/old border/beta/etc?
        1. The time you built decks for everyone. Can you tell us any stories about this?
          1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_tpwggl74
          1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3olyqHMah9Q
        3. The Love Actually parody. This legitimately cracked me up! 
        4. What’s it like to work on GameKnights and the Command Zone podcast?
      3. There’s been a couple of fun moments with you on GameNights
        1. What do you want to say to the folks out there that think Infect Damage should be increased above 10?
        2. What is your process for building an infect deck?
          1. Joshua Swope asks: “What is a fun way you've forced infect in a non-infect deck?”
          2. Scraignoth asks: “You've made a name for yourself playing a mechanic which a number of people felt was unfair or should be banned. What advice do you have for players who are going through similar "community" pressures to change how they play?”
        3. Questions from Patrons
      4. I think we have to talk about infect
        1. Do you often start with a Commander and go from there?
        2. Do you start with an idea and then find a Commander?
        3. Do preview cards get your brewing juices flowing?
        4. Sometimes I get inspired by watching some content, and think, that would be a really cool deck to build. Does this happen to you?
      5. Let’s talk about your deck building process in general
        1. How many/which decks have you brewed during quarantine?
        2. How often are you playing these days?
      6. How has Magic been for you during the pandemic?
      7. General spot for Craig to talk about whatever
      8. Summary - Thanks for coming on the show!
    6. Main Topic - Craig Blanchette
    7. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    8. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    9. Contact Info
    10. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 11 min
  • Orvar, the All-Form Deck Tech - Ep87
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What card do you want to seem timeshifted the most” - win two packs of time spiral remastered.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 7:35
      2. @LennyWooley - 10:06
      3. @edhrec - 10:06
      4. @CommanderReplay - 12:58
    5. Ep 87 Community Spotlight:
      1. Explain how it’s “one or more” but only get to make a copy of one thing.
        1. Shapeshifter Tribal
          1. This would be kinda similar to some builds of Mistform Ultimus
            1. https://edhrec.com/commanders/mistform-ultimus
            2. Thanks to Lenny for suggesting I look at Mistform Ultimus on EDHRec
            3. Basically taking advantage of having a lot of creatures in your deck that are ALL creature types. Think Azami, Lady of Scrolls here
          1. This one is kinda different from shapeshifter tribal, in that you could go all in on flavor here and just have all kinds of clone effects, including things like Mirrorpool and Glasspool Mimic
        3. Copy/Clone Tribal
          1. Kharsonist - https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/orvar-cedh/
          2. Sarinar - https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/orvar-the-cedh-form/
        4. cEDH combo
          1. Commander Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3FnO3_UFW4
            1. 5 Caged Suns!
        5. Creating lots of copies of powerful permanents
      2. There are lots of ways to build this deck!
        1. Here’s the list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6uk6QfbKo0OVAkcCXgOQ0A
        2. There’s just so many different cool things you can do with this card, that I decided to just jam them all together! So let’s talk about some of the categories, and some of the neat things you can do.
          1. These are kind of the “vegetables” for this deck, like they are the cards that make your Commander work. If you’re going the more cEDH route, these might be the most important cards to consider in your deck. Figuring out how many of these to play will be tricky.
            1. I put “target permanent” in the first tier because I want to do the Locus thing. Read Cloudpost and Glimmerpost here
            2. Clockspinning
            3. Dream's Grip
            4. Gigadrowse
            5. Hydroblast
            6. Mind Games
            7. Moonlace
            8. Thermal Flux
            9. Whim of Volrath
            10. Ghostly Flicker (This is Tier one because you can target Archeomancer and another card, and make a copy of the other card, AND have Archeomancer get back the Ghostly Flicker
          2. Tier 1 - Target Permanent
            1. Aquitect's Will
            2. Cerulean Wisps
            3. Chilling Trap
            4. Fleeting Distraction
            5. Leap
            6. Shadow Rift
            7. Stream of Unconsciousness
            8. Twisted Image
          3. Tier 2 - Cantrip
            1. Enervate
            2. Reality Ripple
            3. Displace
            4. Capsize
          4. Tier 3 - Costs more than 1 (not including Ghostly Flicker)
        3. Cheap cards that target permanents (Not sorted within tiers)
          1. Sapphire Medallion
          2. Baral, Chief of Compliance
          3. Jace’s Sanctum
          4. High Tide
          5. Caged Sun
        4. Mana Cost reducers
          1. Spark Double
          2. Mirage Mirror (Deece ++)
          3. Mirrormade
          4. Phyrexian Metamorph
          5. Sakashima the Imposter
          6. Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
          7. Clever Impersonator
        5. Sweet Shapeshifter/Clone flavor
          1. Spellseeker
          2. Isochron Scepter (no Dramatic Reversal in here)
          3. Tribute Mage, which gets Isochron Scepter or Sapphire Medallion)
          4. Muddle the Mixture which also gets Isochron or Medallion)
        6. cEDH Combo potential
          1. Caged Sun
          2. Staff of Nin
          3. Coveted Jewel (This might not make the final deck, or it might belong in the cEDH category)
          4. Gilded Lotus
          5. Tidespout Tyrant
          6. Draining Whelk
        7. Powerful cards to Copy
          1. Whelming Wave
          2. Glimpse the Cosmos
          3. Galecaster Colossus
          4. Keeper of the Nine Gales
          5. Docent of Perfection
          6. Knowledge Exploitation
          7. Stoneforge Masterwork
          8. Thing in the Ice
          9. Seahunter (Could totally make this a merfolk deck!)
          10. Oathkeeper, Takeno’s Daisho
        8. Sweet Changeling Synergy
      3. So which way did I build it? All of them!
      4. Summary - How cool is Orvar, the All-Form? Do you think you might want to build a version of this? If so, how would you build it. If you’ve got a list that you’re playing, let us know! Any sweet cards we missed?
    6. Main Topic - Orvar, the All-Form
    7. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    8. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    9. Contact Info
    10. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 6 min
  • High Powered Decks - Ep86
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What card do you want to seem timeshifted the most” - win two packs of time spiral remastered.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 5:53
      2. @BentzMr - 9:50
      3. @nateethegreattt - 17:50
      4. @MikeMac389 - 18:21
      5. @Blackneto_ - 41:00
      6. @michaeldlynch - 41:00
      7. @hate_your_deck - 41:00
    5. Ep 86 Community Spotlight:
      1. Disclaimer: This is not the only way to play EDH, people can and should play this game the way that makes them and their playgroup the most happy. That being said, it’s sometimes fun to see how far you can push the limits. Also, it’s often nice to have an assortment of different power levels, so that you can play in any pod, and maybe also great if it’s the end of the evening, and you don’t quite have time for a longer game.
        1. A deck that brushes up against cEDH. Maybe a 1-or-2 holds barred instead of no holds barred? A deck that tries to be super powerful, while remaining just shy of cEDH.
        2. Disclaimer: Neither Zack nor Ryan are cEDH experts, so we may get some of this wrong, but we think it’s a useful framework for a discussion
      2. What is a “High Powered Deck”?
        1. This might be a way to intentionally restrain yourself, and as we know restrictions can breed creativity
          1. Cheap Interaction
            1. Most decks play some of this already, example: Swords to Plowshares
            1. Stuff like Winter Orb and Armageddon, or wheels + Hullbreacher/Narset, Parter of Veils
          3. Stax pieces
            1. Stuff like Aven Mindcensor or Dranith Magistrate
          4. Hate Bears
          5. I think you can include some of the above in any of the variations of Pick 2, although you always want to make sure you’re having the Rule 0 discussion, especially if going the Stax route!
        2. cEDH is built upon a few different pillars. The 3 we just mentioned are probably some of the most important. Here are some others
      3. Fast Mana/Tutors/Combo: Pick 2
        1. I thought it might be fun for us to power rank the different variations on the fly, so listed in no particular order are
          1. Fast Mana + Tutors
          2. Fast Mana + Combo
          3. Tutors + Combo
      4. Which to choose?
        1. Fast Mana + Combo
          1. This seems like one of the more difficult builds to pull off. You’ll want to have lots of different redundant combos, because without tutors, you may not see all the right pieces
          2. Lots of card draw to help you assemble your combo pieces
          3. Also, self mill can be a way to “virtually draw” a lot of cards if you have lots of ways to recur things from your graveyard
            1. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Phyrexian Devourer
            2. Niv-Mizzet (Parun or Firemind) + Curiosity
            3. Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter
            4. Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host
          4. This might also include a deck that has a single card combo with the Commander
          1. This would be a deck that tutors for answers to specific board states, it doesn’t tutor for combo pieces.
          2. Sometimes a deck may want to include a lot of fast mana if the “Mana Value” of the Commander is medium to high.
          3. Some of my first Commander decks were this way, with a TON of tutors, and lots of mana rocks/dorks, and just general good stuff, or cards that had high synergy with the Commander.
          4. This is the type of deck where you really restrict yourself from playing any combos, and you get super sad when you accidentally find a combo.
        3. Fast Mana + Tutors
          1. I think this one depends on where you draw the line for “Fast Mana”. Does Sol Ring Count? Signets? Normal Commander Ramp? This one might be the closest to cEDH, especially depending on how cheap the combo pieces are (Think Thassa’s Oracle + Demonic Consultation)
          2. I think most players will allow for normal commander ramp in this category. 
          3. Personally, I think Tutors and Combo should be the strongest of the options, but in my experience it’s not always worked out. 
          4. I think the density of combos and tutors you are running factors in here as well. If you’re running like one combo and two ways to tutor it, you’re probably going to have a rough time. 
        4. Tutors + Combo
          1. Zack
            1. Yawgmoth has tutors (Demonic, Vampiric, Grim, Recurring Insight, Doomsday) and combos. Aetherfux/Bolas’ Citadel/Divining Top. The only “fast mana” I run is Sol Ring, etc. 
            2. Thrasios / Tormod has combos, but no form of fast mana or tutoring. I’ve considered making this sultai and adding tutors.
            1. I just brewed Samut, Voice of Dissent after watching Joe Johnson play his version on “I Hate Your Deck” Normally, I pull back quite a bit on cards I include in a deck. For example, Survival of the Fittest and/or Worldy Tutor would probably be quite good in my Ashaya, Soul of the Wild deck, but I chose not to include them. I decided I really wanted to go all-out on the Samut deck, so it’s got all kinds of nice cards in it. I intentionally avoided combos, so no Kikki-Jikki + Felidar Sovereign. This deck falls into the “Fast Mana + Tutors” permutation
            2. I’ve got Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter as mentioned above
            3. My Winota, Joiner of Forces is close to cEDH, but mostly just in how quickly it can win. It’s got a decent amount of Fast Mana, and has so many token generators, that it consistently has a lot of creatures to attack and get Winota triggers with that it feels “combo-y”
            4. Emry has “Fast Mana + Combo” 
          3. Ryan
        5. Let’s see if any of our decks fall into this category!
      5. Let’s talk about what the different variations might look like
    6. Main Topic - High Powered Decks
    7. Summary - We hope you found this an interesting way to think about decks on the more powerful side of the EDH spectrum.Do you have any builds that fit squarely into one of the 3 variations we outlined?
    8. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    9. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    10. Contact Info
    11. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    58 min
  • A Chat with Rachel Weeks - Ep85
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What card do you want to seem timeshifted the most” - win two packs of time spiral remastered.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @wachelreeks
      2. @CommandSphere - 3:23, 11:13, 22:52, 1:07:30
      3. @ChannelFireball - 3:24, 15:09
      4. @MothershipGames - 9:39
      5. @ItsDanSheehan - 11:13, 22:21, 1:05:06
      6. @commandcast - 11:52, 16:00, 17:53, 40:04, 42:14
      7. @jfwong - 13:15
      8. @JoshLeeKwai - 13:15
      9. @InkedGaming - 21:19
      10. @camgillettefan - 23:58
      11. @CasuallyMTG - 34:51
      12. @moxfieldmtg - 39:45
      13. @Blackneto_ - 41:01, 
      14. @hate_your_deck - 41:01, 44:03
      15. @michaeldlynch - 41:01
      16. @thespikefeeders - 44:03
      17. @jb_mixmatch - 47:34
      18. @SheldonMenery - 49:06, 51:51
      19. @GuardianPod - 1:03:21
      20. @andyhullbone - 1:05:06
      21. @BtHDnD - 1:07:51
    5. Ep 85 Community Spotlight:
      1. Introduction
        1. Rachel is definitely an amazing community member who is always engaging with her folks on twitter and is a genuinely positive influence on the community!
        2. Her podcast The Commander’s Sphere is both hilarious and poignant regarding EDH and the community. 
        3. You may have also seen her appear twice on GameKnights, the first time winning with a Boros deck!
        1. How did you get into the game?
      3. MtG Origin Story
        1. What prompted you to get into content creation?
        2. How did you and Dan come up with the idea for The Commander’s Sphere?
      4. MtG Content Creator Origin Story
        1. Does your MtG persona affect your comedy?
      5. How is your career as a comedian going?
        1. Were you totally proud to be the first ever winner with a Boros deck
        2. What was filming like?
      6. How was being on GameKnights (twice!)?
        1. What do you feel like your personal mission is now that you’re a part of the CAG?
        2. Has it changed from what it was before
      7. How did you come to be on the CAG?
        1. All of your playmats on inked gaming are awesome!
          1. What kind of stuff do they have you working on?
        2. Working for CFB
      8. Your Graphic Design is awesome
        1. If so how did it compare to regular EDH.
      9. Have you ever played or considered playing cEDH? 
        1. For as long as I’ve known you, it seems like you always play decks that are not always what people expect. You seem to like to do things your own way, can you go into this process a little bit?
          1. A Definitive System For Power Ranking
            1. https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/13449089
          3. Lasagna Tier EDH: Explained
        2. Lasagna Tier episodes from The Commander Sphere
      10. Mini-topic: How do you go about deck building.
    6. Main Topic - Rachel Weeks!

     

    • https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/17442677
    • Lasagna Tier Staples
    • https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/17862587

     

    1. Summary - We hope you enjoyed our conversation with Rachel, I know we did! 
    2. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    3. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    4. Contact Info
    5. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 10 min
  • Warm Blankets - Ep84
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - Which Magic card has the most metal name? You could win a Kaldheim collector’s booster.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
        1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 2:43
    5. Ep 84 Community Spotlight:
      1. What is a warm blanket card? 
        1. Pretty much a reactionary card that can save your bacon. These will be at instant speed for the most part.
      3. There’s nothing quite like that feeling when you’re holding one of these cards. Yeah, things can still go wrong for you, and yes counterspells exist, but knowing that you’ve got a plan for whatever comes you way, brings me a warm snuggly type feeling.
      4. These types of cards are one of the big reasons I like playing at instant speed
      5. Running a lot of these cards can bog your deck down, and they aren’t often great in aggro style decks. You want to make sure you don’t go too far overboard with these, because you can be left with a deck that “can’t loose” but doesn’t really have a “plan to win” and some folks don’t enjoy playing against decks like that.
      6. Ways to protect your board, or protect your combo could go here as well.
        1. One of the benefits of cards like this is that you only use them when you need to. 
        2. This is kinda the other side of the boardwipe coin. Basically, most boardwipes, you have to divine your opponent’s intentions, and go ahead and use them if the board is getting a little bit messy, or if you’re in a meta with a bunch of “wild cards”. With these types of cards, you only use them when you’re being attacked. 
        3. If you’re known for playing cards like this, people may less often attack into you when you’ve got open mana. This is pure gravy when you have other things you can do with your mana at instant speed, like say cast a stunt double, or activate Kenrith, the Returned King. Vedalken Orrery is a good card for a reason.
        4. Often times, these cards can catch opponents unaware, and really leave them open for business
      7. Building a reputation for “Always having an answer”
        1. White
          1. Teferi’s Protection
          2. Swords to Plowshares/Path to Exile
          3. Comeuppance
          4. Selfless Squire
          5. Reverse Damage
          6. Honorable Passage
          7. Eye for an Eye
          8. Selfless Spirit
          1. Counterspells
          2. Illusionist’s Gambit
          3. Aetherize
          4. Evacuation
          5. Cyclonic Rift
          6. Misdirection
          7. Commandeer
        3. Blue
          1. Sudden Spoiling
          2. Darkness
          3. Simulacrum
          4. Imp’s Mischief 
        4. Black
          1. Chaos Warp
          2. Electrodominance
          3. Tibalt’s Trickery
          4. Sneak Attack
        5. Red
          1. Constant Mists
          2. Arachnogenesis
          3. Spike Weaver + Genesis in your graveyard
          4. Obscuring Haze
          5. Crop Rotation + Maze of Ith
        6. Green
          1. Deflecting Palm
          2. Ice-Fang Coatl
        7. Gold
          1. Trading Post
          2. Nuisance Engine
        8. Artifact
          1. Maze of Ith
          2. Kor Haven
          3. Kher Keep
          4. Glacial Chasm
        9. Land
      8. Examples
    6. Main Topic - Warm Blankets
    7. Summary - Are you a warm blanket enthusiast? Do you prefer to forgo stuff like this for more aggressive potential? What are some of your favorite blankets?
    8. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    9. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    10. Contact Info
    11. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 2 min
  • Jorn, God of Winter Deck Tech - Ep83
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - Which Magic card has the most metal name? You could win a Kaldheim collector’s booster.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
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      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 7:47
      2. @scryfall - 12:01
    5. Ep 82 Community Spotlight:
      1. Of all the things I love in magic, Sultai, snow lands, and mana doubling are pretty high up there. So after Ryan and I spoke about Jorn, God of Winter last week it got my gears going and I built this deck.
      2. Disclaimer: This is the first draft, so I can’t guarantee it will work great, but I think it will be fun. I also want to note that this is 100% a combo deck, so keep that in mind.
      3. Decklist - https://archidekt.com/decks/1144778#Salty_Snow_Sultai
        1. Jorn, God of Winter // Kaldring, the Rimestaff
      4. Commander
        1. Maze of Ith
        2. Sculptor of Winter
        3. Rime Tender
        4. Frost Raptor
        5. Ice-Fang Coatl
      5. Commander Synergy
        1. Heartbeat of Spring
        2. Mana Reflection
        3. Dictate of Karametra
      6. Mana Doublers
        1. Horn of Greed
        2. Tatyova, Benthic druid
        3. Rhystic Study
        4. Consecrated Sphinx
        5. Stroke of Genius
      7. Draw
        1. Feed the Swarm
        2. Assassin's Trophy
        3. Vraska's Contempt
        4. Putrefy
        5. Force of Vigor
      8. Single Target Removal
        1. Dead of Winter
        2. Blood on the Snow
      9. Mass Removal
        1. Crop Rotation
        2. Sylvan Scrying
        3. Gyre Engineer
        4. The usual ramp package
      10. Ramp
        1. Fierce Guardianship
        2. Swan Song
        3. Mystic Confluence
        4. Mana Drain
        5. Negate
      11. Counterspells
        1. Vedalken Orrery
        2. Leyline of Anticipation
      12. Flex
        1. Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger / Walking Atlas + Retreat to Coralhelm + Karoo Land
      13. Infinite Landfall
        1. Freed from the Real / Gyre Engineer
        2. Basalt Monolith / Rings of Brighthearth
        3. Infinite Landfall + Lotus Cobra
      14. Infinite Mana
        1. Infinite Turns
          1. Mystical Tutor + Seasons Past + Time Warp
          1. Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger /Walking Atlas + Retreat to Hagra + Karoo Land
        3. Kill Table + Gain infinite Life 
          1. Infinite Landfall + Zendikar's Roil
        4. Infinite 2/2’s
      15. Other Combos
        1. Stroke of Genius + Thassa’s Oracle
        2. Torment of Hailfire
        3. Exsanguinate
      16. Mana Sinks
        1. Dark Depths + Thespian’s Stage
        2. Marit Lage's Slumber
      17. Other WinCons
        1. Glacial Revelation
        2. Aqueous Form
        3. Tyrite Sanctum
        4. Sunstone
        5. Mouth of Ronom
        6. Narfi, Betrayer King
      18. Cards Ryan would add!
        1. Winter Orb
        2. Static Orb
        3. Back to Basics
      19. If you want to be mean:
    6. Main Topic - Salty Snow Sultai
    7. Summary - So this is my combo-tastic mana doubling seems totally fun to me. Yes there are a lot of combos, but they all require quite a bit of setup and you can scale the power up or down based on the number of tutors you run by removing some of the combos we talked about and adding other good stuff. 
    8. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    9. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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      6. On twitter @commandersocial
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      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    10. Contact Info
    11. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 2 min
  • Kaldheim Top 8 - Ep82
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - Which Magic card has the most metal name? You could win a Kaldheim collector’s booster.
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
      2. Zack - @z4ck38
      3. Together - @commandersocial  
    3. You can find us on Twitter
      1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
      2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
      3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
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      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MothershipGames - 5:40
      2. @LennyWooley - 11:06
      3. @scryfall - 11:06
      4. @dpkrausejr - 16:45
      5. @algenpfleger - 29:23, 31:17
      6. @danaroach - 48:43
    5. Ep 82 Community Spotlight:
      1. Disclaimer: We aren’t including the Pathway lands in our lists
      2. Set the over/under - Zack’s turn to set it
    6. Main Topic - Kaldheim Top 8
    7. Summary - How did we do? What are your top 8 cards from Kaldheim? What cards did we totally miss?
    8. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    9. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    10. Contact Info
    11. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr
  • Unique Commander Builds - Ep81
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What are your MtG new year’s resolutions? 
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
      1. Ryan - @greenegeek
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      3. Together - @commandersocial  
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      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @LennyWooley
      2. @CnCPowerHour - 3:03, 3:54
      3. @lab_proxy - 3:18
      4. @MTGMoo - 4:28
      5. @MtgProphet - 4:28
      6. @MothershipGames - 9:00
      7. @scryfall - 23:32
      8. @edhrec - 28:17, 38:28
      9. @CadPopCast - 32:30
      10. @infinitokens - 42:27
      11. @andyhullbone - 49:06
        1. https://www.etsy.com/de/shop/VoodoosDolls
      12. @voodoorusty - 55:03
    5. Ep 81 Community Spotlight:
      1. MtG Origin Story
        1. Mono-White Chulane
        2. Gumball Urza
      2. What are some fun decks you’ve built?
        1. Do you start with the commander or the 99?
        2. Or maybe some out-of-left-field concept?
      3. Deck building Process
        1. What can folks out there do, if they want to try their hand at making a unique deck?
      4. How do you get your inspiration?
      5. Does being up front and telling everyone your self-imposed restrictions actually work? I mean this as: Do people actually leave you alone? Or do you still draw a lot of hate?
        1. What makes a Commander “too good?”
          1. Urza for sure
        2. Which Commanders currently fit the “too good” mold?
      6. Is part of this the whole seeing a “busted commander” previewed, and then realizing you won’t have fun building it normally, but still wanting to experience this card?
      7. How do you find these wonderfully weird and obscure cards?
      8. Is there anything you feel like you do differently than most players?
    6. Main Topic - Lenny’s deck Building 101
    7. Summary - Building unique decks can be a fun experience, it can also stretch your creativity, which just might make you a better deck builder overall. What are some of the most cool/unique deck concepts you’ve built yourself, or even just played against?
    8. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    9. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
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      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    10. Contact Info
    11. © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    59 min
  • New Players Rule! - Ep80
    1. Patreon
      1. Patreon Contest - What are your MtG new year’s resolutions? 
      2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week. 
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      3. Together - @commandersocial  
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      4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
    4. Our LGS has setup an online store!
      1. @MTGMoo - 3:45
      2. @MtgProphet - 3:45
      3. @MothershipGames - 9:15
      4. @TheTokenOtaku - 14:45, 44:15
    5. Ep 80 Community Spotlight:
      1. Today we’re talking about rules new and old players alike might get hung up on. Magic is a complicated game, made even more complicated by the fact that we shortcut things. Today we’re going to go over some patron submitted things that players might get hung up on.
        1. +1/+1 counters and -1/1- counter negate one another. 
        2. Ie. If a creature has 2 +1/+1 counters on it if one becomes removed with yawgmoth for example, it will be left with a single +1/+1 counter.
        3. This can matter for cards like Marchesa, the Black Rose, or any creature with Persist or Undying
      2. Interaction between -1/-1 vs +1/+1 counters
        1. Mention the shortcut here. This can be quite confusing for new players that haven’t played on digital platform where you MUST go through all of the motions.
      3. Attacking:
        1. https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Combat_phase
        2. Beginning of Combat Step
        3. Declare Attackers Step
        4. Declare blockers step
          1. If there is First or Double strike the combat phase is extended to have another combat damage step.
        5. Combat Damage step
        6. End of Combat step
        7. Talk about the card Reconnaissance here. 
      4. Combat Phases
        1. Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over
          1. Ball Lightning vs Llanowar Elf
        2. Simple example:
      5. Trample
        1. Static Ability
        2. 702.2b - A creature with toughness greater than 0 that’s been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked is destroyed as a state-based action
      6. Deathtouch
        1. As we mentioned above “Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over”
          1. Aggressive Mammoth (8/8 Trample)
            1. Mammoth is blocked by:
            2. Hill Giant x3
            3. What do you think happens?
          2. Ohran Frostfang
        2. Here’s the thing, even one damage from a creature with deathtouch is considered lethal (702.2c), so here’s a scenario:
      7. Trample + Deathtouch.
        1. Think of these as creatures with spears, or some other long weapon
        2. Black Knight vs Grizzly Bear 
      8. First Strike
        1. This creature deals First strike damage, and then normal damage. This can cause deals damage triggers to happen twice. 
          1. Prophetic Flamespeaker
      9. Double Strike
        1. This is NOT bringing a creature back from your graveyard, but it would make sense if it was...
        2. This has mostly been replaced by “Becomes indestructible until end of turn” 
          1. It’s a replacement effect
            1. Remove all damage marked on it
            2. Tap it
            3. If it’s an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat
          2. The next time ~ would be destroyed, instead:
        3. Regenerate does a few things. 
      10. Regenerate
      11. Mind control effects and the summoning sickness the creature gets when you control it. 
        1. https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rulestips/2012/08/multiplayer-monday-what-happens-when-a-player-leaves-the-game/
          1. (i.e., library, hand, exile, battlefield, graveyard, command, stack)
        2.  all objects OWNED by that player leave the game.
        3. all control effects controlled by that player end
        4. anything still controlled by that player gets exiled.
      12. What happens when players leave the game?
        1. A zone. The stack is the zone in which spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities wait to resolve. See rule 405, “Stack.”
        2. FILO or LIFO (they mean the same thing)
        3. Spells and abilities are put on top of the stack as the first step is being played, and are removed from it as the last step of resolving.
        4. Any spell or ability that uses the stack can be 'responded to' by all players, meaning players have a chance to play spells and abilities with it still on the stack. 
        5. Since the stack resolves in order from top to bottom, those spells and abilities will resolve before the spell they were played "in response" to. Spells and abilities on the stack resolve one at a time, with a chance for each player to play spells and abilities in between each resolution. 
        6. Actions that do not use the stack, such as paying costs, playing mana abilities, or turning a face-down creature with morph face-up, cannot be responded to.
      13. The stack
        1. Players get priority 
        2. Holding Priority (this can be tough on Arena, but it can be done!)
        3. Priority is the right to cast a spell, activate an ability, or take a special action. 
        4. Players can't cast spells, activate abilities or take special actions at a time when they do not have priority. 
        5. The player with priority may put as many spells or abilities on the stack as they wish, but before anything can resolve all players must "pass priority" without adding anything further to the stack.
        6. Priority starts with the player who takes the first action, then rotates clockwise to each player. 
      14. Priority
        1. State-based actions are game actions that happen when any of a set of improper conditions arise in the game. Whenever a player would gain priority, state-based actions first check for certain game conditions. If any of those conditions are met, the necessary actions are carried out simultaneously as a single event. Then, any triggered abilities go on the stack and the check is repeated. Once no conditions for state-based actions exist, the appropriate player gains priority.
          1. List of State Based actions can be found here: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/State-based_action
      15. State Based Actions
    6. Main Topic - Rules

     

    1. Summary
      1. Hopefully these rules have been helpful. What rules confused you as a new player? What rules still confuse you?
    3. Keep it Social!
      1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
      2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    4. Zack Gets it Together Theme
      1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
      2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
      3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
      4. You can email us directly at [email protected]
      5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
      6. On twitter @commandersocial
        1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
      7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
      8. Zack individually @z4ck38
    5. Contact Info
    6. © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
    1 hr 4 min

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This is a weekly Commander podcast about Magic: the Gathering. Your hosts Ryan, and Zack attempt to entertain you with interesting anecdotes about the game of Magic, including their experience running…