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Decks Outside Our Comfort Zone - Ep 49

05.20.2020 - By Ryan Greene & Zack TaylorPlay

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Patreon Patron of the week: Henry Stukenborg Prize -Ikoria Collector’s Booster Patreon Contest- Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends Ryan - @greenegeek Zack - @z4ck38 Together - @commandersocial   Prize - 3 Packs of Ikoria Twitter contest - Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends You can find us on Twitter Zack - Home from my mom’s https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/locked-down-citizens-across-world-dress-take-out-trash-online-n1185011 Ryan - (Say #MtGDad) Veronica has been wanting to wear pretty dresses everyday, and so has Malcolm What’s been going on in your personal life? Mike Condon for audio engineering and tiny spoon from New Hampshire Thanks https://store.mothershipatx.com SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles virtualEDH.com https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf Thursday nights come play at mothership! MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline Our LGS has setup an online store! @HenryStukenborg - 1:40 @DoubleDaves - 5:18 @MothershipGames - 9:15, 1:00:12 @SpellTable - 9:44 @ChannelFireball - 11:16 @GingerJ0E - 11:58 @Marshall_LR - 22:01 @TheKristenEmily - 24:01 @LennyWooley - 33:56, 37:40, 54:00 @Scraignoth - 41:01 @jumbocommander - 42:01 @BentzMr - 43:14, 59:37 @chrisvondoom1 - 45:40 Ep 49 Community Spotlight: 716.5b Commander Rules! Deck outside Ryan’s comfort zone Aggressive Decks Arena Why? Zack discusses with Ryan Why? Ryan discusses some with Zack Deck outside Zack’s comfort zone - Boros / Aggro Lenny (@LennyWooley) Mono red is outside my comfort zone. I can brew it but I don't like playing it because it's not great at defense and I can't make plans with its card advantage.  5 color is also really tough unless I have a very specific idea in mind. Otherwise I get paralyzed by all the opportunity I struggle with playing blue. In particular the whole counterspell/draw go style. I feel bad countering someone's spell and even worse countering their commander, because I find it less enjoyable to play, I play it less which means I'm worse at it. Craig -(@Scraignoth) I'm an Aggro/Midrange player and have always struggled with control. I taught myself how to play control and that helped me to understand how better to fight against control. That being said blue is the color that eludes me the most but I'm always trying to expand my prowess in commander. my main problem is I'm a very proactive player and blue intrinsically plays a reactive game Andy Bently (@BentzMr) my main problem is I'm a very proactive player and blue intrinsically plays a reactive game After he left his comfort zone to play black - It took a second to get in a groove cause of what I’m typically drawn to, but once I got going, I really hit a groove. I kinda role played it. Since I’m a Dimir mage, I approached it as I was spying on everyone else to learn their secrets #MtgAmatureFinance also taught me what I don’t really like so I avoid spending on stuff that won’t hold my interest long term Chris von Doom (@chrisvondoom1) Discuss Four patrons have specifically spoken about blue control What did some of our patrons have to say? Main Topic - Decks Outside Our Comfort Zone Stretch one’s horizons to include new things Understand your opponents strategies better Poker example, players that only put their chips in when they have the best hand So, has anyone out there stepped outside their comfort zone? Let us know! Wrap it up - why should we play decks outside of our comfort zone Thank Super Patron - Andy Bently https://store.mothershipatx.com SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles Our LGS has setup an online store! Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Zack Gets it Together Theme Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial You can email us directly at [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial twitch.tv/greenegeek Ryan individually @greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 Contact Info © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

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