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This week the guys talk about pre Pro Tour EMN magic. As always though, before they get to the MTG they talk about their weeks, escapades, and general nerd stuffs. Stick around until the end to hear KnifeCity miss making a huge mistake by mere seconds.

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Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 255! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! This week Mark is joined by Clay and Adam as they discuss when is it a good time to drop and older deck or card in favor of the newer hotness. 

 

 

 

 

CommanderCast Episode 255

Posted: August 1st, 2016

Intros: (No “favorite commanders segment”)

Clay

Mark

GUEST: Adam

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Community:

Tired, Fired, and Retired: when & why you decide to put a deck out to pasture.

Adam:

Not fun for me anymore

Won’t work without becoming homogenous

Strategy:

How do you go about retrofitting/updating an old deck?  From scratch? Card-by-card? Just replace the old busted with the new hotness?

Adam:

Card -by-card

Evaluate new sets

Evaluate existing card lists for where a card may fit

Look for something to take the weakest card

Technology:

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: discuss cards we used to love that have either been outclassed by new cards. (Give one pair of cards each and then talk about your feelings.  It’s OK, it’s 2016.  Nobody’s gonna judge… Well, maybe a little, but you can take it.)

Clay: OUT: Pacifism IN: Prison Term, OUT: Clone IN: Phyrexian Metamorph, OUT: Overrun  IN: Craterhoof Behemoth

Mark: OUT: Collective Unconscious, IN: Shamanic Revelation OUT: Clone, IN: Gigantoplasm

Adam: OUT: Sisay’s ring, IN: Hedron Archive; Out: Clone, IN: Clever Impersonator

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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If you like what we do here please consider supporting us on Patreon. Some of you are donating already and I’m really touched that people out there think we’re worth it. Thank you so much.

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network, too. You’re all fantastic friends. Music for our show is the “X meets Heavy Metal” series by 331Erock. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

Matt Tumavitch recently graduated college with a degree in sports and recreation management. He’s a front end leader at a grocery store during weekdays and a ski instructor in the winter. He’s an aspiring Magic pro with one Grand Prix Top 8 and 2 Star City Games Open Top 8s. Matt lives just outside Scranton, PA.

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First Set

Return to Ravnica

(Matt would be in the Gruul Guild)

Favorite Set

Gatecrash / Khans of Tarkir

Favorite Card

Domri Rade

Worst Magic Moment

Matt's first Standard Grand Prix was tough because he started out 10-0 and then bombed. He felt like he was coming up short of his potential.

If you feel the same way Matt says: "You're good enough. Don't give up."

Best Format

Standard

Deepest Thing You've Learned About Yourself

Matt learned he can achieve his goals and succeed if he applies himself. He always tried hard in sports but was never a starter or varsity member. Through Magic Matt know he can get the results he desires.

Biggest Mistake Players Make

Showing too much emotions.

Players let it show when they draw a bad card and it gives a lot of information away.

Control your emotions.

How to Effectively Prepare for a Big Event

Play 10 games of each match up.

Improvement Suggestions

Borrow cards and build budget decks.

Always ask for advice.

Non Magic Activity

Sports help build drive.

Being a skiing instructor taught Matt to ask for advice.

Magic Resource

Star City Games

Channel Fireball

TCG Player

MTGO Decklists

Seth Manfield videos and articles

Connect With Matt Tumavitch

Twitter: @MattTumavitch13

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!!!

Topic covered range from food to the new Planeswalker to Kitty Pryde to FTV Lore

This is the episode 1 of Kitchen Table Magic. I'm so excited to introduce the first guest of Kitchen Table Magic, Travis Woo!

He's a pro Magic player, a deck brewer, a coach, a basketball dunk trainer, a TED talker and a business entrepreneur. He has a thirst for knowledge and loves to read and help people pursue their goals.

Travis shares with us how he got started playing Magic with his brother. They leveled up together and conquered GP Oakland, which got Travis on the Pro Tour. Travis was streaming, writing articles and brewing up decks.

Travis also shares with us what he's up to now and his plans for the future.

This episode was originally released on June 21st 2016.

Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!

- Sam

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MTG Training from Travis Woo and his book, Deck Mastery

Check out the Magic Mastermind Facebook group for professional MTG Coaching!

Watch Travis on Snapchat: Travisdwoo

Travis' TEDx Talk - Why Games Are Important

Travis' TEDx Talk - Rethinking Stairs

 

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Music Credits: (in order of appearance)

Broke For Free - Something Elated

Broke For Free - Summer Spliffs

Minden - Gold Standard

David Szesztay - Strange Meeting

YEYEY - Wild Things

State Shirt - Computer

Minden - Big Because

Topics include: "Buyout" personalities, Pokemon Go, Vintage Cube, the impact of recent TCG pricing changes, cards that might be good in JR's imaginary 20-life multiplayer format, sleep paralysis, and an example of mass hypnosis.

** This cast is for mature listeners**

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Because Pro Tour Eldritch Moon happened, we needed some legitimacy for the show this week. So we reached out to former MNM host Jeremey Schofield to come back and help us out! We've missed him, we really have. He gave us all manner of insight that we just wouldn't have had without him! We're covering the decks that did well at the PT and all the news that happened last week after we recorded!

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

Jeremey Schofield from The Eh Team, Canadian, @j_schofield

 

This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News

– Pairing of the final two rounds of PT EMN had some changes

– Pro Tour Eldritch Moon coverage

– All the Organized Play updates that took up the rest of the show

MTGO News

– Eldritch Moon Championship

– MTGO Announcements

– MTGO Event Calendar

– Year of Modern Flashback drafts

– MTGO Player Advisory Board

 

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

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