New decks are always coming with the never-ending tidal wave of new releases, but sometimes the most satisfying thing for a brewer like John is to take a long, hard look at an old deck: Trelasarra's Sweet Soul Sisters. It's been a favorite of his ever since the commander came out, and a staple of all of his MagicCon and CommandFest decks! If you want to see how to tune up one of your old favorite decks, be sure to check this one out!

00:00 Introduction
01:52 Interrogating Soul Sisters
03:02 Stages of a Game
04:01 Trelasarra's Gameplan
05:11 Curving Out
11:07 Many Types of Advantage
15:05 Interaction
17:34 Closing Thoughts

Trelasarra's Sweet Soul Sisters
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There are a *lot* of combos that Commander players can take advantage of, and with the flood of new sets coming down the pipeline, there are new ones being discovered every day! Which ones are right for your cEDH deck? How do brewers in cEDH integrate the new tech into their decks? This week, John tackles the oft-requested topic of how combos are built for cEDH!
00:00 Introduction
02:26 Combos in cEDH
05:05 Homes for Combos
06:25 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
08:53 Mono-Green
10:46 Selesnya
11:56 Simic
13:30 Golgari
16:03 Jund
18:23 Sultai
19:25 Abzan
21:10 High-Color Identities
21:41 Closing Thoughts


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John got a little excited when he heard about the new Marvel Secret Lair Superdrop, and not just because two out of the five new cards are members of the X-Men: there's also some really interesting options for cEDH builds here! This week, we take a look at how to analyze a potential commander from a cEDH perspective, then apply that to the five Marvel legends coming out this year!

00:00 Introduction
02:21 Analyzing Commanders for cEDH
04:36 Black Panther, Wakandan King
06:48 Captain America, First Avenger
09:54 Iron Man, Titan of Innovation
13:13 Storm, Force of Nature
17:03 Wolverine, Best There Is
18:57 Closing Thoughts

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Stax is back in cEDH, #mtg Commander's most competitive format!

- Malcolm/Kediss Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/CNk1WWgAIEyKEsNJhn6Wgw 

- Izzet Vhal Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BeSZq1KvzE-rWlh9grRXZw 

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00:00 Introduction
01:25 Mana Denial in cEDH
03:23 Blue Moon
06:34 Better Call a Judge
06:15 Mana Crypt's Influence
08:20 Malcolm/Kediss Blue Moon
12:02 Izzet Vhal Blue Moon
14:39 Closing Thoughts

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09/23/2024 brought four new bans to the Commander format, and if you're going to be playing Commander competitively, you need to know how the bans are set to shake things up! This week, John shares his thoughts on how cEDH is set to change after the bannings! 00:00 For the Academy's Consideration...

01:00 Introduction
02:20 A Word from Future John
03:19 The Bans
06:15 Mana Crypt's Influence
08:57 Jeweled Lotus's Influence
10:51 Dockside Extortionist's Influence
14:47 Where cEDH Goes from Here
20:55 Closing Thoughts

• ComedianMTG -- "I Analyze The Top 50 Decks Of This Year and How They Look After EDH's Craziest Ban To Date" -- https://youtu.be/ZrSdAfg7ipw?si=sik8cAJT0iM55l1_
• Into the North -- "Where Do We Go From Here?" -- https://youtu.be/Yix2JhEISD0?si=qKhy3HCnfuQ73Cew 
• The Mind Sculptors -- "cEDH Just Got Completely Changed" -- https://youtu.be/P0B_aFXXoNY?si=GnMnl-jBTzbuF_YA
• 'Anna's Theme' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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It's called "the Storm Scale" because Storm is a fundamentally powerful mechanic, so dangerous that designers are Wizards of the Coast are loathe to revisit it for fear that a format becomes dominated by spellslinging decks. This week, takes a look at how to play Storm in commander (and keep track of all of those triggers)!

00:00 Introduction 02:22 What is Storm?
03:55 Storm Finishers
05:21 Storm Enablers
07:02 Colors of Storm
10:25 Storm Commanders
12:46 Playing Storm Proficiently
15:37 Closing Thoughts

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Goblins. The bane of many tables with commanders like Muxus and Krenko striking fear into the hearts of players everywhere have yet to crack into the cEDH metagame, at least until FENIX of THE MINDSCULPTORS got his hands on a brand new commander from Bloomburrow! This week, we have a brand new HOT BREW featuring Gev, Scaled Scorch with a layered combo deck which pivots seamlessly from one win condition to another! If you've been waiting to crush the cEDH tables under your goblin-y heel, you won't want to miss this one!

00:00 Introduction
02:36 The Commander: Gev, Scaled Scorch
03:46 The Gameplan
08:53 What Are Layered Combos?
10:12 Winning the Game
10:58 On-Board Combos
12:59 Top of Library Combos
15:56 Graveyard Combos
19:30 Beating Face
20:46 Better Call a Judge
22:31 Closing Thoughts

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cEDH is a metagame where breakneck speed is almost taken for granted. Rakdos is a color combination that gets all the 0-mana artifact-based ramp in addition to the best rituals in the format and the added consistency of unconditional tutors, making it a powerful shell to build turbo decks in. This week, John breaks down the core strengths of Rakdos in cEDH, how to use the tools this color gives you outside of cEDH tables, and a bonus Lesson from cEDH about how you too can interact on the stack (even without access to blue!).

00:00 Introduction
01:38 Fusion Ad
02:33 Rakdos in cEDH
07:07 cEDH Without Blue
12:17 Weaknesses for Rakdos
13:35 Winning with Rakdos
14:47 Rakdos Beyond cEDH
18:12 Closing Thoughts

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You've taken your new deck out on its maiden voyage, played a few games with your group or at the LGS, or maybe you got to premier it at a convention. Now that you *know* that it's a keeper, how do you tune it so it plays *just right*? This week, John is sitting down with his deck from CURBSIDE PICKUPS to analyze potential additions to make the deck more flexible while also taking on that most painful part of working on any commander deck: finding cuts.

00:00 Introduction
00:36 Fusion Ad
01:12 Tweaking a New Deck
04:20 Finding Cuts
06:39 Analyzing Counterspells
11:37 Analyzing Exploration Effects
13:03 Analyzing Wincons
17:46 Closing Thoughts

• This week's decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/kJ4O-cz-_k-gx3pChjVXlA
• Check out this deck in action on Curbside Pickups!: https://youtu.be/jk3RHgi1bjw

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This week, we're taking a look at Imskir Iron-Eater through the lens of cEDH! It's time to draw a bucketful of cards, cast our Dockside Extortionists and combo down the table. Plus, everything you ever wanted to know about how Affinity works with Treasures (but were too afraid to ask).

00:00 Introduction
00:59 Fusion Ad
01:38 The Commander
02:40 Affinity and "Locking In" Costs
03:57 More Imskir!
04:34 Another Dockside Deck?!
05:44 Doubling Down
06:59 Winning the Game
10:44 Mulligans
13:59 Closing Thoughts

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