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Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 257! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! This week Mark & Calvin are joined by Adam to discuss the worst color in Commander, possible ideas for a White/Black deck for Mark, and a Technology segment about one of the worst cards cycles in Magic. Also, stick around for the Dangley-Bits to hear their take on what Garruk's back story should be!  

 

 

 

 

CommanderCast Episode 257

Posted: August 15th, 2016

Intros: (No “favorite commanders segment”)

Calvin

Adam

Mark

Patreon

YouTube

REDDIT

Community:

Free-for-all Roundtable: “Is There Still a ‘Worst Color’ In Commander?”

Strategy:

Color Strategies: Orzhov. What’s the most effective/fun/etc. strategy in these colors? For Orzhov in particular, do you sac creatures or sap life totals?  A little of both?

Adam:

Combo (Teysa, Orzhov Scion)

Life gain/sap (Obzidat, Ghost Council, Ghost Council of Orzhova, Karlov of the Ghost Council)

Recursion (Athreos, God of Passage)

Tribal Cleric (Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim)

Enchantments (Daxos the Returned)

Technology:

Aaron’s Maro article

Retro-cycle review on the Maros.

Ademaro:

Kagemaro:

Kiyomaro:

Masumaro:

Soramaro:

Honorable Maro-mentions: Molimo, Maro-Sorcerer & Multani, Maro-Sorcerer

Outtro/Contacts:

Guests:

CommanderCast  - Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Commandercast

Rachel - Email: Wiehernandez(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Blueram1409

Calvin - Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Clay - Email: EDHPanda(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)EDHPanda // Stream on Twitch: Pandalpaca (on twitter as (at)Pandalpaca)

Mark - Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam: (at)squire9999, [email protected]

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These reprints really caught us by surprise. Find out what we think about some of the spoilers. And let us know what you think of the spoilers for Conspiracy 2.

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Philippe Gareau has been playing Magic: The Gathering for 18 years and made his first Grand Prix top 8 at GP Montreal which qualified him for Pro Tour Kaladesh in Hawaii. Philippe lives in Quebec City, Canada.

Click to Tweet: I got a ton of value from Philippe Gareau when he shared his story on #MTGProTutor! Listen here: http://bit.ly/mtgprotutor-ep124

First Set

Tempest / Stronghold

Favorite Set

Time Spiral

Favorite Card

Life from the Loam

Early Challenge

Learning the stack. Understanding the stack helped Philippe get to the competitive level.

Worst Magic Moment

GP Ottowa 2014 - Khans Limited - Philippe had multiple Secret Plans in play with a mandatory draw clause. He was disqualified because he missed the draw trigger.

Proudest Magic Moment

Top 8 at GP Montreal 2016 and qualifying for the Pro Tour.

Favorite Format

Cube

Biggest Mistake Players Make

Players don't trust in their own instincts. Too many players copy the 75 cards of an online deck. To get ahead, look at the strategies and tweak to address them.

What's in Your Tournament Bag

Deck

Playset of commons

Clothes

Ravnica Guild

Golgari

Non-Magic Activity

Talking with people about cards and match ups.

Improvement Suggestions

Try to play for a limited time. Never be afraid to experiment. The best way to win at Magic is to lose at Magic.

Magic Resource

Star City Games

Channel Fireball

Face-To-Face

Mana Deprived

Connect With Philippe Gareau

Find Philippe on Facebook

Check Out Magic Story

Magic Story brings the lore of the Multiverse to life in an audio presentation never before heard in the Magic community.

Listen to Episode 1 here or on www.magicthestory.com

THANK YOU!!!

This week we talk about how my birthday week became a nightmare, how Max trying to do the right thing(car payment) almost totally back fired on him.  And how most of the conspiracy 2 set is going to be Bonkers fun and just plain value!

Intro Song - Five Finger Death Punch - Jekyll and Hyde

Contact Info

Twitter - @Off2FNM

Bob - @NotSoSilentBob1

Max - @forevrundead

Email [email protected]

In this episode we cover the better late than never Eldritch Moon spoilers, our thoughts and what will see play!

As always please hit us up on twitter @cbc_cast and check out our website cbccast.com

We're hitting all the formats this week because of the SCG Invitational. Then there's some Conspiracy, then there are a few bits of nonsense, then...that's about it really. Yay Cluze is back!

MNM Hosts This Week

Chewie Slate from Mana Pool Productions & TheManaPool on Youtube, @TheManaPool

Bill Bloodworth (Squee) from Enchant World, @SqueeGoblnNabob

Aaron Lacluyze (Cluze, Dr. Science) from Random Discard, L2 Judge, @lacluyze

 

This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News

– SCG Invitational (New Jersey) coverage

– Conspiracy: Take the Crown release notes

– Conspiracy: Take the Crown Card Image Gallery

– Neverending preview season in comic form

– Seriously, no contraptions in Kaladesh

– The consequences of speculation

– The WotC Council of Colors...yay I suppose?

 

MTGO News

– Eldritch Moon Championship

– MTGO Announcements

– MTGO Event Calendar

– Year of Modern Flashback drafts

 

Intro/Outro music: Justice League Unlimited Theme by Michael McCuistion

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Spencer and Casey are joined by former host Matt Kling as they discuss Casey’s RPTQ win, the standard format, and some “Tips and Tricks” you can use to help you out in your magic game.

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Episode 76 of the Unspoken Realms podcast, featuring Tyrants by Alison Luhrs and Proclamation by Queen Marchesa and Proclamation by Adriana, Captain of the Guard by Kelly Digges.

Tyrants  is the second chapter in the Magic: The Gathering Conspiracy: Take the Crown story. The Proclamations were posted separately but take place within Tyrants.

To support Unspoken Realms, visit the Patreon page.

​Hello everyone!

This week, the team welcomes fellow podcaster Joe Gardner (Extra Turns, From the Bench)! We talk about the newest Conspiracy spoilers, our week in Magic, and even welcome a familiar voice midway through.

Check out Joe's podcast on MTGCast.com!

Thanks for listening!

Adrian - @mathematrickste

Jerry - @jmee3rd

Patrick - @PatEuglow

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This week Knife and Sauce talk the usual non-sense and discuss Conspiracy 2. Stick around until the end to hear a gut wrenching vocal duet.

Knife City

Ryke

Samhain Crow

Hot Sauce

TWITTER HANDLES:

@knife_city

@rykekardine

@samhaincrow

@tehhotsauce

@iflandscouldkil

Deck Lists

http://tappedout.net/users/knifecity/

http://tappedout.net/users/SamhainCrow/

http://tappedout.net/users/tehhotsauce/

Our very own website:

http://www.iflandscouldkill.com

Make sure to check out our booster box opening and versus videos on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/IfLandsCouldKill

And check us out on this other stuff:

http://www.twitch.tv/iflandscouldkill

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