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Ep 19 Community Spotlight:
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Commander Rules!
We are honorable podcasters, and we definitely have to hold ourselves to a higher standard. So, you demanded it, and now we are gonna to revisit our A1 Bold predictions for Commander 2019
Here’s where you can find the previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDge2h9ToY
Main Topic - Heinz A1 Bold Review of Commander 2019 Predictions
We’re going to start of with some of our less bold predictions
Four playable commanders per deck
True
True
No planeswalker commanders
Now for some predictions from our Patrons!
Mono Color Decks - TH
False
TH obviously didn’t spend enough time in the corner contemplating his predictions.
False
Well, Joe had a good idea, but clearly he wasn’t as correct as we have been so far (Forshadowing)
Plane themed - Joe Hoffman
False
A 7 piece combo deck is a very interesting idea (and a very tasty one too!). What would a deck like that looks like?
Tribal, Control, Vehicles, Seven Piece Combo - Andy Bentley
Now for some of OUR predictions
Four Color Decks w/ Three Color Partner Commanders - Zack
False
False
Enemy Crowd Lands - Ryan
False
Five Planechase cards per deck to voltron into a full set - Zack
False
Mono color partner commanders - Ryan
False
Triplet Commander in 3 color decks - Zack
False
Themes: Colorless, Five Color Elemental, withHorde of Notions reprint, R/G Werewolf, Esper Hard Control - Ryan
False
Orzhov People holding fence tribal - Zack
Now onto Reprint guesses
Zack's Reprint Guesses
Bird Stuff
I’m into birds
Sneak Attack, Maze of Ith, Parallel Lives, Patriarch's Bidding, Gauntlet of Power, Consecrated Sphinx, Vedalken Orrery, Teferi's Protection, HM: Rhystic Study, Phantasmal Image (Clever Impersonator WAS reprinted)
Ryan's Reprint guesses (We talk about this clip BEFORE we show it)
OK, so we didn’t really get a whole lot of these right. In fact, we didn’t really get ANY of these right, other than the SUPER OBVIOUS ones, but hey, at least we tried, and hopefully it was entertaining.
Summary
Zack got it right and wins at life.
Clever Impersonator
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Thanks
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Lee - 21:27
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Ep 18 Community Spotlight:
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If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a creature spell. 2019-10-04, Gatherer Rulings
Commander Rules!
Got this for pre-ordering a box of Throne of Eldraine from our LGS, the Mothership
Sub-Topic: Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster
Bitterblossom has been one of my favorite cards since I came back to Magic. I saw it in a list on the internet for Ertai, the Corrupted and have been in love with it ever since. I’ve always planned on building a Faerie deck, but felt kind of stuck with Oona as my commander. With the release of the Esper Faerie Commander I felt like lightning struck
Welcome! You’re discovering the BEST format in Magic: the Gathering (We maaaay be biased, but hey)
Who is this episode for? We assume that you are at least slightly familiar with Magic. Maybe you played a long time ago, maybe you’re brand new to the game, but you at least know the basic rules. Also, we think veteran players might enjoy listening to this episode, and we certainly hope that anyone out there will send this episode in particular to new players they teach, or anyone who is interested in learning about the greatest Magic format.
Main Topic - New to Commander
What is Commander?
Arguably the MOST popular Magic format of all time!
40 life, multiplayer format, where you have a Legendary creature as your Commander
Example: You choose Meren of Clan Nel Toth
This means you can play Black Cards, Green Cards, Black AND Green cards, and any number of artifacts you want. You cannot play with White, Blue or Red cards. To further clarify you cannot play with Terminate because it’s got Red in it’s color identity
Hybrid mana cards (Ex. Kitchen Finks) are both GREEN and WHITE in terms of color identity. So, Kitchen Finks cannot go in a mono-green deck.
Your Commander’s Color Identity determines what cards you’re allowed to play.
This means that you can only play ONE of each non-basic land card
Commander is a 100 card SINGLETON format
SO MANY! Cards all throughout the history of Magic
There is a Banned list maintained at: http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php
It’s actually a pretty small list, 39 cards at the time of this recording (In ALL the history of Magic)
What cards are you allowed to play with?
Why is Commander so great?
It’s a SOCIAL format! Commander can be a time when you get together with your friends and just have a good time and laugh etc.
I’ve made some life-long friends playing Commander
The community is Amazing! We constantly see newcomers welcomed with open arms, and folks are always happy to help people become part of this community
Ryan likes to play with Other People’s Cards, and built a whole Mono-red deck around it
Personal expression! Commander is a format where players can really express themselves through the decks they build and how they play
It’s the Battlecruiser format of Magic! Folks can play with the biggest, baddest cards, and there is more game space to have crazy things happen that wouldn’t in a normal game of Magic.
Your skill in politics can be just as important as the power level of your deck. This leads to a natural balancing effect, where the power dynamics shift as the game goes on
You can play super casual, all the way up to cEDH (Explain here that the format started off as Elder Dragon Highlander, a.k.a EDH, and that cEDH stands for Competitive EDH)
It’s important to find a playgroup that fits your style, and power level.
There are different levels of power when it comes to Commander
How to get started
Start with a precon! There’s no better time than now
Find out when Commander Night is at your LGS.
Decide who your commander is going to be. This can be a favorite legendary character from days past or it could just be a commander who has a mechanic you find interesting.
Decide a plan of attack
Look for cards that synergize with your commander or just look fun to play with.
Use sites like Scryfall to do searches for specific things (ie. Landfall)
If you’re coming up short of a full 100 you can do internet research on sites like edhrec and archidekt for deck lists
Remember this is your deck, so build it in a way that will be fun for you and those you play with.
How to decide what cards to put in
Zack’s steps to make your first commander deck
Tips for a new player
Tips from Discord and Twitter go here
Ramp and Card draw are the building blocks of Commander
Briefly Define Ramp and Card Draw
With 40 starting life total, you can usually afford to spend the first few turns ramping. This will allow you to cast bigger cards, more quickly, and have a bigger impact on the game
You are usually playing against 3 other opponents. So, for every card you draw, your opponents are collectively drawing 3. Having more card draw can lessen this difference.
There are many reasons to want Ramp and Card Draw. Whole episodes can be devoted to these topics, but this is a good place to start
Especially for new players coming from other formats that is a weird and unintuitive thing but it's important to understand this or there will be some social tensions and feel bads
How the social contract works.
Mana curve matters.
Build a deck with a game plan and a direction
Threat assessment, or more accurately, how to effectively deal with problem permanents/spells without drawing a ton of hate.
How to build a solid mana base/ramp package.
Settle on a list before buying singles.
The stack
Priority
Play removal! Especially for artifacts and enchantments
Board Wipes are important, but so is single target removal
It’s OK to take time to READ all the cards! Don’t be intimidated by this, even myself as a veteren player, I have to read a card just about every turn of the game!
There’s a LOT of cards, and this can be kinda scary, but it’s OK to NOT know everything
Resources for learning more
So. You’re interested is peeked, and you want to dive deep into this wonderful format, where can you go to learn more?
Edhrec.com
http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php (pay particular attention to Philosophy of Commander and the social contract: http://mtgcommander.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19170 )
Podcasts: Command Zone, Commanderin, Commander’s Brew, CMDR Central
Youtube - Game Knights, Jumbo Commander, Commander’s Quarters
Scryfall
Summary
Commander is great! And now is a great time to be a Commander player with the new C19 decks just having come out.
It’s a fun, Social format, to share with friends
If you are new to Commander, let us know! We’d love to help you embrace this amazing format
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Disclaimer: These are only after cards that have been previewed up until September 14th (the first week). Also, this does not include the cards in the Brawl decks that don’t appear in booster packs, a la Arcane Signet
Gingerbrute
Trapped in the Tower
Robber of the Rich
Ryan Flips out about the flavor of this set. HYPE TRAIN!
Ryan Top 8
Zack Top 8
Main Topic - Throne of Eldraine Week One Previews Top 8
Learn by teaching. I’m going to be teaching some people who are new to Magic
PSA: You can get Welcome Decks at your LGS (Thanks Mothership!)
Each deck is a monocolored, thirty-card, ready-to-play sample deck, consisting of basic lands, commons, 4 uncommons and 1 rare.
Zack - Open one of the decks, and fan it out a bit
Teaching someone is a great way to cement your knowledge and understanding of a topic. Think about a time you’ve taught somebody at work a new product, or skill, you probably gained a greater understanding of the skill on your own
Zack gets it together
Super-Patron Slide
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How did y’all become so cool? Yet, @z4ck38 wants to play stasis
If you were able to “Sarkhan” a previous Magic storyline (as in go back in time and change it), which ones would you change, why, and how would the ongoing story be affected?
If you could make any change(s) (if any) to commander, what would it be? And why?
what’s your pet card? And what card - no matter how good it is - you don’t like it?
Are there any commanders you want to see we don't Really "have" yet? Like either story characters who don't have (good) cards or maybe a mechanic that doesn't have a commander yet?
I'm building my love song to my favorite card type: Estrid-only enchantments. It will be heavy on control magic type auras. What win cons would you use? Thnx"
What is one deck in any format outside of commander that you would like to play/pilot and why?
What was your favorite deck you played at MF Vegas? Any memorable plays? Favorite deck you played against?
Is there a Commander/color combination outside of your normal wheelhouse you’ve considered building but haven’t?
"What commander cards won't you play because of the social contract? Is Armageddon ok? Winter orb? And on the other side of that, what cards do you include in decks to get the party started?
If you could travel the planes with one Planeswalker, who would it be and why?
If you could summer vacation on any plane where would you go?
Main Topic - 1000 Followers Q&A
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Scott, Jeff, Charles, Andrew, Sergio, Jeremy, Kenny, Thomas - 49:15
Ep 13 Community Spotlight:
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Commander Rules!
Link to Magic Fest prep episode with @dpkrausejr: https://brotherswarcast.libsyn.com/preppin-fo-gps-with-danny-k-ep-74#4WdpRwHdFZ67ydjg.14
Main Topic - Vegas
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Honorable Mention: Skullclamp (Seriously, this card does work in nearly all of these decks)
Bedlam
Rhythm of the Wild
Insurrection
Blazing Archon
Xenogos, God of Revels
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil - Zack
Naya
Main Topic - C19 Legendary Leftovers Part 2
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Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
High Alert
Wall of Denial
Rolling Stones
False Peace
Silent Arbiter
Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
Sensei Divining Top
Mystic Forge
Mystical / Enlightened Tutor
Soothsaying
Soul Fire Grandmaster
Elsha of the Infinite - Ryan
Chainer, Nightmare Adept - Ryan
Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Skullclamp
Master of Cruelties
Trading Post
Gamble
Corpse Connoisseur
Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Rekindling Phoenix
Cavalier of Night
Bitterblossom
Hatred
Greven, Predator Captain - Zack
Rakdos Legendaries
Main Topic - C19
Speed reading / Comprehension
Zack Gets It Together
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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…