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Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 253! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! We’re recording this on July 7th, 2016. This week William is joined by Stark Maximum as he does his final send off. Time to say goodbye to William, one last time.

 

 

 

 

CommanderCast Episode 253

Posted: July 18th, 2016

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Technology: Pre-packaged Soul Separator

Populate Trostani, Rootborn Defense, Sundering Growth

Death’s Shadow, Phyrexian dreadnought, Master of Cruelties

Monstrous cards!

Commanders: Sharuum, Glissa, Hanna, Kurkesh, Daretti, Varolz

Strategy: Gisela vs. Bruna

Community:

Will’s SECOND big announcment

Outtro/Contacts:

Guests:

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

William - 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

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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!

For episode 22, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) invited Andy “Brassman” Probasco to talk about the recent changes in the Vintage metagame: Treasure Cruise’s restriction, Gifts Ungiven’s unrestriction, and the arrival of Fate Reforged.

Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:

00:27 – Treasure Cruising Into the Sunset

10:03 – Gifts Unrestricted

44:54 – Monk Business

55:15 – Outro

Total runtime – 53:23

 

For the full write up head to Eternal Central

We begin the episode addressing a move of the Off2FNM After Hours podcast.

Hear how I blew up a Welder!

Max's BUG In the Ice brew!

And how Max is afraid of his alarm so he stayed up way to late!

Recorded on July 29th 2016

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Max - @forevrundead

Bob - @NotSoSilentBob1

Luis Salvatto has 1 Super Sunday Series win, 1 Grand Prix top 8 and 1 Pro tour top 8.

Click to Tweet: I got a ton of value from Luis Salvatto when he shared his story on #MTGProTutor! Click here: http://bit.ly/mtgprotutor-ep119

First Set

Invasion

Favorite Set

Morningtide

Favorite Card

Reveillark

What makes Magic: The Gathering fun for you?

Luis played all kinds of games and saw that Magic had infinite possibilities. Now he loves to draft and play constructed. Just trying all the formats is exciting to him.

Early Challenge

Losing a lot of win-and-ins to the top 8 was hard early in Luis' career. To overcome that and finally make it into the top 8 he focused on minimizing mistakes. Don't justify mistakes, address them head on and admit that you are the problem.

Luis was motivated by seeing a team he wanted to join and learn from.

Pro Player Model

Thiago Saporito

Willy Edel

Worst Magic Moment

Under the old PTQ system, Luis reached the finals and lost. Then he reached another final and lost again by making a huge mistake.

He learned that he is a good player and you have to stay prepared so when luck strikes you can seize it.

Proudest Magic Moment

Making top 32 of his first Grand Prix.

Winning a Super Sunday Series.

Making it to the Super Sunday Series final.

Making Top 8 of a Pro Tour.

Best Format

Draft

Deepest Thing You've Learned About Yourself

Luis learned how to lose. When you lose to someone you think is worse than you, you learn a lot about yourself.

"If you play angry or you play sad, you don't play your best game."

Biggest Mistake Players Make

Not seeing the game unfolding. Not having a plan. You should always be able to answer, "How are you going to win this game?"

How to Effectively Prepare for a Big Event

Find a good deck and play it a bunch.

Improvement Suggestions

Start with a cheap deck and make friends.

Magic Resource

Channel Fireball

Star City Games

Connect With Luis Salvatto

Twitter: @LUISLUJAN77

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

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Are you tired of G/W Tokens and Bant Company being the talk of the town in Standard? Well today Zuby discusses 3 emerging decks in Standard right now that have peaked his interest. Come along and listen and enjoy the show!

 

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In episode 21 Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are joined by teammate and Eternal Games store owner Paul Kim to talk about the Team Serious Holiday Invitational, get a store’s perspective on Vintage, and look ahead to 2015.

Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:

00:25 – ‘Recalls on the River’ (aka Team Serious Invitational) Wrapup

11:00 – Glass City Vault (aka Notion Thief in Combo decks)

13:35 – Nat Moes on his Dig Through Gush deck

15:30 – Jeskai Ascendancy in Vintage

27:59 – A Store Owner’s Perspective on Vintage, with Paul Kim

37:20 – Looking Ahead to Vintage in 2015

Total Runtime – 47:01

For the full writeup head to Eternal Central

In this episode I’m talking to Chris Morris-Lent, better known in Seattle as CML. CML is a writer, journalist, Magic player, SCG Open Champion, Pro Tour competitor and author of the new book, A Brief History of Magic Cards.

CML has a refreshingly subversive perspective and style of writing. He’s written articles for Gawker, The Daily Dot, Kotaku and Seattle Weekly.

CML’s new book, A Brief History of Magic Cards was fully funded through Kickstarter and chronicles the journey of Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast and his own experiences playing the game.

CML’s writing is interesting in that he takes a different perspective. He’s not afraid to get past the peachy rosy side of Magic coverage and dig through all the skeletons in the closet to find something different.

We dive into the possible future of Magic and where Hasbro is taking premier play.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Chris Morris-Lent.

– Sam

Links:

Go say hi to CML on Twitter @CMLisAwesome

Check out CML’s writing. You can find all of his hilarious articles atwww.CMLwrites.com

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Giveaway! Tweet to me and CML, what would you do to make Magic more popular and bring more players into the game?

Send a tweet to @KTMpodcast and @CMLisAwesome and we’ll pick a lucky winner to get a signed copy of A Brief History of Magic Cards.

If you liked some of the music in the episode, please check out and support these artists. Special thanks to Needle Drop Co. in Portland Oregon for allowing us to sample these tracks under the Creative Commons license.

Music Credits: (in order of appearance)

Jahzzar – Siesta

YEYEY – The Vision

YEYEY – Wild Things

David Szesztay – Strange Meeting

YEYEY – The Vision (outro)

 

About Kitchen Table Magic:

Welcome to Kitchen Table Magic, a podcast about the wonderful people in the Magic: The Gathering community.

May name is Sam Tang, and I’m your host. I live in the Seattle area and I play Magic. I’ve been a fan of the game for over 15 years.

Season 1 of the podcast is packed with amazing people from the Magic community and was released on June 21st 2016. Episodes are released on iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play and on this website every week.

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Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 252! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! We’re recording this on June 30th, 2016. This week the gangs all here and ... well... there's a big announcement from William.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CommanderCast Episode 252

Posted: July 4th, 2016

Favorite Commanders:

William - Emrakul, the Promised End  

Calvin - Linvala the Preserver

Clay - Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice “The Spirit of EDH”

Mark - The Gitrog Monster

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Community: Will’s farewell

Strategy: Best Commanders that say, “Draw a Card,” and how to build around them.  To what extent does having a consistent source of card advantage alter or affect your deck design or your in-game strategy?  

Ex) Azami, Selvala, Niv-Mizzet, Nekusar, Kozilek, Zegana, Damia, Xira Arien, Arcanis, Edric, Zedruu

Technology: Siren’s Call: cards that look good in theory and end up as crap in reality.

William: The Alpha Build Examples Island Sanctuary, Divine Intervention, Farrel’s Mantle

Calvin: Liar’s Pendulum, Curse of Shallow Graves, Shared Trauma

Clay: Archmage Ascension, Helix Pinnacle, Bludgeon Brawl

Mark: Symbiotic Deployment, Urza’s Blueprints, Storm Cauldron

Outtro/Contacts:

Guests:

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

William - 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

If you want to message CommanderCast be sure to check out our Facebook page. You can also tweet us (at)CommanderCast or email us at CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com. You can leave us a review on iTunes, and we’ll read off any 5-Star reviews on air!

If you like what we do here and you don’t want to just leave a review, 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!

Posted March 15, 2016

Kessler and Ben have decided to finally put down in stone the exact power ranking of all Modern Legal Planeswalkers. See who the worst of the worst are, as well as some underplayed gems. Tune in next week for the top 30!

GUIDE:

61-51 Should not be played under any circumstances

41-51 Are bad, but could possibly be a thing if stars Align

30-31 Are close to having a lot of things going for them, but just miss being a think in modern.

20-29 Have decent or interesting power levels that could lead to them seeing more play

10-19 Have regularly seen tournament play

1-9 Format staples

RANKINGS:

30 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

31 Xenagos, the Reveler

32 Nissa, Worldwaker

33 Garruk, Caller of Beasts

34 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

35 Ajani, Caller of the Pride

36 Garruk, Primal Hunter

37 Kytheon, Hero of Akros

38 Garruk Relentless

39 Ajani Steadfast

40 Elspeth Tirel

41 Sarkhan the Mad

42 Ob Nixilis Reignited

43 Liliana Vess

44 Sarkhan Unbroken

45 Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh

46 Jace, Memory Adept

47 Garruk, Apex Predator

48 Vraska the Unseen

49 Kiora, Master of the Depths

50 Sorin Markov

51 Chandra, the Firebrand

52 Ajani Goldmane

53 Ral Zarek

54 Chandra Ablaze

55 Liliana of the Dark Realms

56 Sarkhan Vol

57 Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded

58 Nissa Revane

59 Gideon, Champion of Justice

60 Chandra Nalaar

61 Jace, the Living Guildpact

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